Disclamer: I am in no way responsible for the ownership of said Moon, or any of her friends. I am a starving college student, so even if you wanted to sue me, you wouldn't get jack! Also, as a note, I do NOT own any of the songs in this fic! They belong to Evanescence, Seether, AfroMan and Joy Williams. I don't know who wrote "Life of the Party", but it sure wasn't me! On with it man!

Italics: Thoughts

Chapter 12: "Life of the Party"

"I was gonna clean my room, until I got high!"

"I was gonna get up and find the broom, but then I got high!"

"My room is still messed up, and I know why!"

"Why man! Yeah heah!"

"Cause I got high, cause I got high, cause I got high!"

Darien, Chad, and Jonathan finished the rousing rendition of AfroMan's classic when the girls arrived. They looked around at Darien's apartment, which once was completely spotless, that now carried all sorts of goodies, confetti and fake snow. They all gasped at the extensive work that was put into creating such an inviting party atmosphere.

"Darien! I never knew you had it in you!" Was all that Serena managed to say.

He looked hurt, but only until Jonathan ribbed him.

"Well, it was fun to break out for once." When the friends settled down, they moved to the lobby. A semi-formal stage was set up and the drum set, amps, grand piano, and sound board were already there. The mics were hot, and all it needed now, were the players.

Jonathan and the crew broke out their smaller stuff as the people started to show up. At first, only a few people were there; Molly, Melvin, Andrew and Rita being the most visible. Soon, however, from the street came more people, and more, until finally the lobby was packed. The girls were ready, and Jonathan walked up to the lead mic.

"Konbonwa, Tokyo! Ogenki desu ka? (now back to English) Merry Christmas, and thanks for coming out and having a great time with us tonight! We will be performing a lot of different songs for you tonight, and I hope that you enjoy them all!" With that finally settled, Jonathan went back to the set to count off the first song, Lita's.

Her song caused a stir of applause from the audience, and she bowed graciously. Ami was to go next, and she let the audience have it. Her voice wasn't as strong as Lita's, but the song they chose suited her and she was rewarded with just as much applause as Lita.

"Now for the new stuff!" Jonathan couldn't contain his excitement as he counted off Mina's number. It was a slightly slower jazz number, with a whole lot of feeling. It started off with Rei on the keyboard providing brass and Ami strings. Jonathan played lightly on the high hat.

"Who needs money? Not me.

Who needs fortune or fame,

I don't need a new career, a sympathetic ear, a name.

All I need is time to play, only want the game.

Point me to the mic, I know what I like.

Don't ya wanna be, the life of the party,

Don't ya wanna be the crème of the crop.

Don't ya wanna feel those shivering fits till some one calls it quits, or some one calls a cop!

Don't ya wanna land the role of a life time,

Well ya better get down on one knee,

Cause you can play the life of the party, if you can pray with me.

Who needs lovers, not I.

Who needs heaven above?

Don't have time for things unsaid,

For baking bread

For love.

All I need is room to fight, hand in fisted glove

Point me to the sky

It's my turn to fly!

Don't ya wanna be, the life of the party,

Don't ya wanna be, the top of the heap,

This is where the jamboree never ends why not for counting friends instead of counting sheep?

If you wanna join the heavenly choir, well hurry up and get yourself in line,

But don't you pass the life of the party, until you pass the wine.

Let the drinks pore,

Let the crowds roar.

Let the heavens unleash it.

Till the sunrise,

Brings the good byes.

I'll be here, never fear!

Who's it gonna be the life of the party?

Who's it gonna be now, the king of the hill?

Don't ya wanna be there runnin the show until its time to go, until it's time to deal.

Don't ya wanna be somebody to envy,

Don't ya wanna be foot loose and free,

Well you could be the life of the party,

If you were more me! Yeah!"

When Mina finished, the crowed exploded in applause. She was clearly enjoying herself and Jonathan took time to admire her some more.

She isn't egocentric. She accepts the applause so humbly. I wonder how I would react to that kind of attention?

He turned his thoughts to the next song. It was called Every moment, and it expressed a holiday feeling.

The sounds of the grand piano echoed through the lobby as she started the song.

"We laughed out until we cried and the tears were sweet.

Midnight melted to morning,

A moment, faded to memory

All these days, just slip away through our fingers so,

Don't let go, hold onto every moment,

Always know, hold onto every moment that you can.

Move on, with no regrets to our destiny.

And the hands of the Father, we share his love and he leads us through,

All these days.

Cause they slip away through our fingers so,

Don't let go, hold onto every moment,

Always know, hold onto every moment that you can.

Running through yesterday, and till tomorrow.

Don't let it just drift away.

Forget about tying the hands of time, and give every minute to the one who's given today!

Don't let go, hold onto every moment,

Always know, hold onto every moment that you can.

More thunderous applause from the audience and the crowd was growing! The people outside doing some last minute shopping stopped to hear what was going on in the building. Then it was Serena's turn. When she stepped forward to the mic, Darien almost fell flat on his face. His precious rabbit was about to sing and play the bass at the same time! Well this ought to be really good!

She move to say a few words before she let Jonathan start the song.

"I just realized who this song is for, and I wanted to make a public dedication of this song to Sailor Moon and her friends. They often don't get as much credit as they should." And with that, she nodded to Chad and Mina, who started the melodious fast rhythms. When Jonathan added his sound, and the rest of the band came in, the crowd went nuts! Serena just closed her eyes and started signing.

"Perfect by nature,

Icons of self indulgence.

Just what we all need,

More lies about a world that

Never was and never will be,

Have you no shame, don't you see me,

You know you've got every body fooled.

Look here she comes now,
Bow down and stare in wonder
Oh, how we love you
No flaws when you're pretending.
But now I know she,

Never was and never will be,
You don't know how you betrayed me.
And somehow you've got everybody fooled.

Without the mask,
Where will you hide?
Can't find yourself,
Lost in your mind!

I know the truth now
I know who you are,
And I don't love you anymore and

Never was and never will be,
You don't know how you betrayed me.
And somehow you've got everybody fooled.

Never was and never will be,
You're not real and you can't save me.
Somehow now you're everybody's fool."

When that last song finished, the crowd's applause rose to the most deafening height of the night. When the members of the band took their bows and said thank you, Darien made his was up to the stage. Jonathan remained on stage, and preparing Darien's acoustic guitar and the girls all stopped.

He just smiled and said, "Oh, Darien's got a number. It's just the two of us for now though. Later, we can add all of you, but we wanted to surprise you."

Darien finally reached the stage and gulped, sending Serena a "you better not laugh" look. When they were ready, Jonathan started to play softly. Darien stood in front of the mic, and started to sing,

"I wanted you to know,

That I love the way you laugh.

I wanna hold you high and steal your pain, away.

I keep your photograph, and I know it serves me well.

I wanna hold you high and steal your pain.

Cause I'm broken, when I'm lonesome.

And I don't feel right, when your gone away.

You've gone away,

You don't feel me here, anymore.

Jonathan started to sing the second verse:

The worst is over now, and we can breath again.

I wanna hold you high and steal my pain, away.

There so much left to learn,

And no one left to find.

I wanna hold you high and steal your pain.

They both finished with harmony that rivaled many famous duets:

Cause I'm broken, when I'm lonesome.

And I don't feel right, when your gone away.

Cause I'm broken, when I'm lonesome.

And I don't feel right, when your gone away.

Cause I'm broken, when I'm open.

And I don't feel right, I'm not strong enough.

Cause I'm broken, when I'm lonesome.

And I don't feel right, when your gone away.

Cause I'm broken, when I'm lonesome.

And I don't feel right, when your gone away.

You've gone away, you don't feel me here, anymore."

Not much was available from the crowd but more thunderous applause, but the girls and Chad all went hysterical and ran to hug their respectable crushes, all except Ami and Lita, who both had tears in their eyes and were wondering how this guy could effect so much change to their lives in so little time.