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The Next Day In The Studio
Hiro's Point Of View
Shuichi had been staying with me during Yuki's three weeks of space. Last night he didn't come home. I was worried, but I thought maybe he went to stay the night at Yuki's. If that were true I was glad. It was a good thing he wasn't there too. I had Ayaka over. Shuichi came into the studio looking happy. This confirmed my suspicions. "So Shuichi you and Yuki patched things up?" "Nope!" That nope sounded excited. "Are you sick," I said feeling his head for high temperature. "Nope." "Where were you last night?" "Some where." "There you go again with being vague. Will you just stop it and tell me what happened?" "Nope." Mr. K came in. He looked ready to announce something big. "Guess what the awesome, amazing, and not bad looking manager K did this time." "What now," Shuichi and I said together. "I got us a bigger practice room. We're moving up a floor. Which is where I'll announce even bigger news." Here we go again. We grabbed our things and began moving upstairs. What we found in there shocked us both. There were drums. "And so now you know why we need the bigger practice room." "What another member! We're not a four-man group. We weren't even a three-man group. How do you think Fujisaki's going to feel knowing that you took drumming off his list of things to do," Shuichi complained. "I think he'll accept it or I'll shoot him." Mr. Sakano and Fujisaki came in. "What is all this," Fujisaki said examining the drums. "Who's going to play all this," he asked. "And who the hell gave you permission to add another member," Shuichi asked. "The orders came straight from the president," Mr. Sakano explained. Shuichi pushed up his sleeve and started to storm upstairs. Mr. K stopped him. "Don't move or I'll shoot." "On second thought I'd love to have another member. It'll be like having a new brother in the family," Shuichi said nervously. "That's a good boy. Now direct your attention to the door and greet the new member properly. I bet it's someone you know," K said.
Earlier in President Seguchi's office
Tatsuha's Point Of View
I was hoping for a solo gig, but when I proposed it to brother in law, he was discussing putting me in some one's group. "How are you on percussions Tatsuha." "Drums, I can play, but I don't want to impose on someone's group," I tried to protest. "Nonsense, they'll accept you just fine. Mr. Sakano, escort Tatsuha to Bad Luck's new practice room. I've already discussed all this with Mr. K. He should be waiting with Fujisaki, Mr. Shindo, and Mr. Nakano." I followed the man in the glasses down stairs. Did I hear correctly? Did he say Bad Luck? He led me down the hall. "Who is this," someone asked. I turned and saw that it was Bad Luck's keyboardist who spoke. "You'll see come with me in here. Wait out here. When three minutes pass come inside." They went into the practice room. I could hear Shuichi yelling about a new member. I didn't belong here. But if it was my way of making it, then I would have to listen to Touma-san. Three minutes passed. It was now or never. I walked in the studio. There was Hiro, Shuichi, and Fujisaki. Shuichi's anger disappeared. "Hey Tatsuha! What are you doing here?" He ran over to me. "Let me introduce everyone if you don't know them already. I'm Mr. Sakano, the producer. This is Mr. K, the manager. This is Shuichi Shindo, the singer. Hiroshi Nakano, the guitarist. And Fujisaki, the keyboardist," Mr. Sakano said pointing to each as he introduced. I already knew all of them. "Welcome to the band," Shuichi shouted. He hugged me. "Well I guess if Shu's okay with it, then there are no problems," Hiro said. Fujisaki looked a little upset. No one else seemed to notice. "There's more good news," Mr. K announced. "What, oh what could it be wonderful Mr. K? Well I'll tell you. Your first gig together will at Zepp," Mr. K continued to announce. "How long," Fujisaki asked. "What do you mean?" "How long do we have until the concert?" "Four days." "We only have four days for this new member to learn our songs. Four days to get it together! Four days," Fujisaki exclaimed. "Four days is fine. I know all the songs already," I assured. "If you say so," he said tiredly. He walked over to his keyboards and prepared to play. "Guess we'll start with Rage Beat," Shuichi said turning on his microphone. Like magic everything fell into place. The chemistry of the music was astounding. I thought it was great when I listened, but nothing compared to playing with them. I couldn't help noticing that Fujisaki wasn't enjoying it quite as much as the rest of the band. I wondered why.
Later that day
Shuichi's Point Of View
I was so happy for Tatsuha. The only thing better for him would be if he could play with Nittle Grasper. We had just finished practicing 'Blind Game Again' for the twelfth time. "Okay, break time," Mr. K said. We went down stairs to the cafeteria. "Tatsuha, are you sure you're okay with not okay with not singing," I asked. I knew he wanted to be like Ryuichi, and Ryuichi was not a percussionist. "Hey, I'm happy to be in the bussiness at all." "There's something else I want to ask you Tatsuha." "What's that?" "Can I move in with you? I know Hiro wants to spend more time with Ayaka, and it's hard to do with me around so much. So I think I should get out of his hair." "Live with me? That's fine."
At a different table
Hiro's Point Of View
I noticed Fujisaki didn't look like he was alright with the new addition. I decided to find out why. "Fujisaki, what's going on in that head of yours?" "Shuichi's always been the one to complain about the changes that the president makes. Shuichi always been the childish one who just couldn't accept the changes. What makes this one okay for him?" He was jealous? That's all I could come up with. He was either jealous that Shuichi threw a fit when Fujisaki joined the band, but accepted Tatsuha in a heart beat, or he was jealous because he'd always done percussions on the keyboards. "You're young and talented and not many people recognize that do they?" "No." "Not even the musical genius, your cousin, Mr. Seguchi?" "He knows what he's doing, and I shouldn't complain, but do you think it's possible he doesn't recognize my talents." "You want to be good. You are good. You work hard and it will all pay off. Shuichi was upset when you came in here and switched his arrangements. Even if he knew your arrangements were better, it still bothered him. Is it possible you feel the same way about Tatsuha?" "I'm just tired of being underestimated." "It's understandable. With out you, we wouldn't be where we were today." "Thank you Mr. Nakano. Though I could have made up for your parts, I'm very glad you're still with us." "HIRO," Shuichi yelled. He came running, jumped on the table, slid across, and into my lap. "I've got something to tell you Hiro," Shuichi said in a girly voice. "Oh yeah, and what might that be?" "I'm moving in with Tatsuha." "What already!" "It's not like that Hiro." "Then what is it like?" "Well you'd like the place to yourself for Ayaka right?" It was true I wanted Ayaka around more, and she didn't want to see Shuichi. "Hey just what are you trying to imply you little pervert?" I grabbed his arm and twisted it playfully. "Ow! Ow! Ow!" He stepped on my toe. "Hey is that the best you got," I taunted. "Yes," he said in a small voice. He pinched my arm. "Hey!" "Okay you two that enough," Tatsuha said. "He's right, you wouldn't want Mr. K to intervene," Fujisaki added. We went upstairs to practice.
Later At Yuki's House
Yuki's Point OF View
"Okay I can't take sitting around anymore. Let's go out," I said. "You mean on a," I hit him on the head before he could finish. "It's not a date," I insisted. He grabbed his jacket. "Lucky Yuki's going on a d-a-t-e with a cute Scandinavian boy," Frey said. "You know what they say about foreigners."
At Tatsuha's House
Tatsuha's Point Of View
I couldn't believe it! It was so exciting. I was part of Bad Luck now. We'd be having our first concert in four days. Shuichi and I jumped around the house screaming girlishly with excitement. Then the phone rang. Shuichi answered it. "Oh hey Hiro," he said. "Uh huh. Sure. See you there," then he hung up the phone. "So what was that all about please?" "Hiro. He's going out to celebrate. He wants us to come too. Fujisaki is going to be there as well. He also said he has an important announcement." Could this day get any better? We walked to Zenny's together. Hiro was there with Ayaka. Fujisaki had brought some strange girl. "Hiro didn't tell me that we needed to bring dates," Shuichi whined. "We can be each other's dates," I said linking my arm with his. "Hey Tatsuha, Shuichi," Hiro greeted. He looked pleased when he saw our arms linked. Fujisaki stood up. "This is my girlfriend Kima-Nedoriko. Kima this is Shuichi, the vocalist, and Tatsuha the percussionist." She was wearing a pair of fake fox ears and fake foxtails. Her teeth were sharpened so it looked like she had fangs. "Pleased to meet you," she said sweetly. She smelled like cherries and vanilla. "Well now that everyone's here, I have something to tell you," Hiro said. He wrapped his arm around Ayaka and looked at everyone. "Me and Ayaka are engaged." Ayaka held out her hand and revealed this large gorgeous diamond ring. "Oh Hiro yay," Shuichi shouted. He hugged Hiro and nearly knocked him over. What would Eiri think about this? As if he heard me thinking about him he walked right in. "Hey Yuki guess who here," Frey said. He looked over at Shuichi, Ayaka, and me. Yuki just grunted and walked to a table on the other side of the restaurant. Frey came over to ask what was going on. "Well Tatsuha's in Bad Luck now. Miss Ayaka and Mr. Nakano are getting married," Shuichi explained. "Congratulations," Frey said. He ran off to where Yuki was sitting.
Well that's it for this chapter. I hope you enjoyed it. I'll see you next chapter. I've got to find something to wear to that concert at Zepp.