So Gone
Chapter 2: The Gang
*chibikai skips in* Hey, I am so happy I got reviews for this. I thought people would not like this I am so happy they did. Anyway, as I was reading the last chapter I realized a humongous mistake I made. The mistake was that I said that the Battle of the bands thing would take place in July, but it is not it's... well it is just not in July. Ok I think that is the only thing that I have to say now on to the fic. Oh no wait no forget it, *sighs waving you (the reader) off* go on continue. *walks away sadly*
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Next morning
~~~ Narrator POV ~~~~
Yumi dragged herself from her bed at around 11 o'clock the next morning. She began throwing clothes all around her room looking for something to wear for the day. She washed and got dressed in her normal apparel. Her purple one sleeved shirt that said 'Megami' on the front with an angel wing in it also, a pair of faded jeans and her red belt with a broken heart belt buckle.
Half asleep, she walked down the two pair of stairs straight into the kitchen for the coffee pot that sat on the stove. "Cup" she said looking at the occupants of the room. Emma who was sitting at the table pointed to a cupboard above her head. Giving a small nod reached up in to the cupboard pulling out the biggest cup she could find and filled it to the rim with coffee. Hefting it to her face, she took a big gulp.
"Is she always like this in the morning?" Emma asked looking at Sakura.
"Yeah, well to she has some coffee or anything with caffeine in it" Sakura replied with a sad sigh.
"Morning" The three girls looked up to see an equality tired Tala walk in, still in his pajamas. Several snicker where heard from Yumi as she sipped her coffee, now fully awake.
Tala just shot her and evil glare made his way towards the coffee getting a cup and filling it. Taking a sip, he looked around the room.
"How long are they staying?" he asked looking at his mother.
"Why don't you as them?" Emma suggested looking back at the newspaper. Tala finished off his coffee, filling it back up he turned and looked at Sakura. "So how long you two going to be here?" Tala asked.
Sakura shrugged, looking at Yumi for a quick second "I', we're not sure, maybe till Mi-chan is like 18 or something." She said getting up placing her bowl in the sink.
"Oh, whatever" He shrugged finishing off his coffee (A/N: I LOVE COFFEE!!!!!!!!!!!) he put his cup in the sink with Sakrua's bowl.
"Well I have some place to go so later," he said walking out the room. Well almost made it out of the room when Emma's voice stopped him, "Are you going to that end of summer party?"
~~~Tala's POV~~~
"Um, yeah why" I answered. For some reason I had a bad feeling about why she was asking. Emma knew this I had been planning to go to Kai's party since like, last month.
"Well seeing as you're going to be seeing everyone why don't you bring Sakura and Yumi," She said smiling.
Damn, damn double damn, damn. I continued to curse in my head. "Why?" Truly, I had no reason why I couldn't bring them it was just that, well Sakura seemed cool enough but Yumi seemed to hate me right on the spot.
"Because, there going to be here for a while they'll need friends," Emma drawled the beginning.
At first, I was tempted to pout but thought better of it. "Whatever, party in 2 hours be ready 'cause I'm not waiting for you," I said strolling out the room.
I know better than to argue with Emma. Once she had her mind sent on something it was no changing it back. Opening the door to my room, I plopped down on my bed.
My room was like the typical male room. Painted dark blue with a white broader, Emma thought it would add some light to the room. My computer in the corner directly across from where I was sitting on my bed.
There were poster of car's, bands, and most importantly naked women. Well actually, there were only three pictures of naked women on my wall but that does count, right?
Anyway, there were a few pictures of a couple of my friends and me. Those were all glued over my bed and stuff.
Rolling over on my side, I looked at a picture of me and my best friend Kai. We were six when this picture was taken. We were both wearing the biggest, unholy grin that we could muster. It was the same year we met Ryanna Annabel Frances-Gwen Hiwatari (A/N: Hell of a name. Hehehehe). Turns out, she was Kai's sister. On top of this, his twin sister.
We were so shocked that year when she turned up out of nowhere. She turned our lives upside down. She was the last and only new addition to our, clique if that's what you what to call us.
In like two hours, we would have our end of summer party. We had one every years, it was always on the Friday before we went back to school. Well not always we had only just stared having them since like Junior High. We alternated between houses. First, we had it at Ray's, then Spencer's, then Kai's, then my house and now back to Kai's house.
This would be our last time having our End of school party. This year we would go, well most of the group, off to collage.
Stop that. Damn I hate when I do that. I will not feel bad about going off to collage. Emma will be fine by her self. For some reason whenever I think about going off to collage I always, feel bad. I always wonder what Emma would do with out me. Ever since my dad died, all she has had was me. Oh, fuck it. I have to get ready for this party. God.
~~~Narrators POV~~~
Two Hours Later
"Would you two hurry your asses up," Tala shouted into the house as he stood on the porch.
Tala leaned back against the railing of the house. He had long been changed from his pajamas now sporting a black and silver tee shirt and a pair of red swim trunks with his sneakers. In one hand, he held a towel.
A few seconds later a very pissed off looking Yumi stepped out cursing under her breath. She hadn't changed her cloths much. The only difference was now she had a two-piece bathing suit on under her shirt, which was barley noticeable. In addition, she had changed her sneakers in for flip- flops. Also, she had a black backpack.
Sakura who had changed like Tala from her pajamas to her bathing suit top and a pair of blue jeans followed her out. Her pink and black hair was pulled up in its normal twin buns (A/N: Thanx to Sailor Moon for the cool hairstyle). Her ribbons where black matching her top.
"I see you were informed Kai has a pool," Tala pointed out as they began walking down the porch steps.
"No thanks to you" Yumi muttered.
"Yumi leave him be" Sakura scolded her, earning her and glare which she rolled off as if it never happened. "Yeah Emma told us after you left" she said turning back to Tala.
That was there a long silence as they walked. Somewhere during this silence, Yumi produced her Discman and was now humming/ singing what ever she was listening to.
About ten minutes they appeared to be out of the residential area.
"Where are we going?" Sakura asked finally.
"I have to do something first it'll only take like five minutes" Tala answer.
Walking up a store that in the windows had drums sets, guitars and keyboards Tala entered. Inside it was filled from top to bottom with every type of musical instrument possible.
"Mrs. Maxwell, Ms. Maxwell, are you here?" Tala called into the shop.
"Hold your horses Mr.Valkov. I'm coming" a woman in her early twenties walked out of the back of the store. She had short dark, dark purple hair came towards Tala.
"Well what can I do for my favorite aspiring young musician?" She teased.
"I need a job Hilde," Tala told her. (A/N: Gomen I just love Gundam Wing to much not to make the characters appear)
"Well we do have two opening, one for a drum teacher," Hilde offered. Tala shook his head, "naw I think I'll stay away from the little kids, what's the other opening?"
"Well you get to keep stock, sweep the store, stuff like that" Hilde answered.
"Well um...." Before Tala could answer the sound of someone on one of the drums and guitar stopped him.
Both Tala and Hilde looked at each other. Standing up from behind the counter she followed the sound of the noise. Listening closer she relived it was the beat to 'I'd Do Anything' by Simple Plan.
~~~Tala's POV~~~
What the... What are to two of them up to now? As I followed Hilde, I recognized the song as 'I'd Do Anything'. It didn't take a genius for me to figure out that it was Yumi and Sakura.
When Hilde stopped suddenly, I almost walked into her. I hadn't expected her to stop so abruptly. Looking over her shoulder, I saw something that was.... I can't even find the right words.
Sitting at the drums was Yumi pounding away expertly. And Sakura was dancing around as if no one else was in the store playing the guitar.
Damn there good. They both were so rapped up in playing neither seemed to notice either Hilde or me either that or they didn't care.
As the song ended, I heard Hilde clap. Both Sakura and Yumi looked slightly surprised. "Wow you two are really good," Hilde said.
I noticed a small blush appeared on both of their checks.
"Um... thanks I guess, it really nothing we're been playing since for ever" I heard Sakura stammered.
"Really I've never seen you two around who are you any way?" Hilde asked.
"Oh um she's Sakura Ebony and I'm her sister Yumi, we just moved here " Yumi said, "Sorry about using the guitar and drum" she continued, "They were just sitting there I, we couldn't resist," I noticed the small blush that was on her face deepen.
"No prob'" I watched Hilde smirk, I knew that smirk it was the smirk that she got when she was up to something. "But I think there is something you" she said pointing to Yumi "could do."
"What?"
"I have this job open, a drum teacher and seeing as you just moved here it would be a nice way to meet the people who live around here" Hilde explained.
I looked between Yumi and Hilde. NO!!! She can't work here. In my head, I was screaming for her to say no. Now normally I'm not one to be afraid of anyone but it was just that well, Yumi sacred me there was something about her that I did like. Not her in general but, well forget it.
"I guess, ok, I'll take the job," head snapped to Yumi as she spoke. Inwardly I groaned.
"Well great, you can start in two weeks. Kay?" I could tell Hilde was beaming.
"Sure" Yumi nodded.
"Um, excuse me but how much is this guitar?" Sakura spoke up for the first time since this whole conversation started.
"Let me see it" Hilde held out her hand as Sakura passed her the guitar. For the first time I got a good, look at it. I was black and silver with a triangular shaped body with four strings. The neck was all silver that was glittery and when tilted looked black.
"I believe its $1, 500," Hilde finally said. There was no way in hell Sakura was going to be able to buy that, or so I thought. She grinned at Yumi who just shook her head and mutter something that sounded like 'so very immature'.
Turning to Hilde and me, she flashed a grin and pulled out a wad of money from her pocket.
"I'll take it," she said nodding.
Hilde just looked her for a second before turning and walking to the register. Sakura followed her skipping then Yumi and I followed at the rear of Yumi.
After a few minutes, we were on our way to Kai's party. At first, the only sound you could hear was Sakura playing notes on the guitar. Finally, curiosity got the better of me and I asked what was on my mind since we left the store.
"Ok, how did you have the money for the guitar?" I blurted our.
Sakura stopped playing for a moment and cocked her head to the side before continuing playing right where she left off. At first, I thought she was ignoring me but then she said something.
"My mom was a very famous designer and my dad was a musician" she paused, "when they died all their money and saving went to Yumi and me." She looked at me, "I would prefer if you didn't ask me anything else about them thank you," she said.
"Oh, I didn't realize your parents were dead" I under stood I remember how I was when my dad had first did. I really didn't want anyone talking about it.
"It's ok" she said going back to playing.
~~~Narrator POV~~~
In about ten minutes, the trio can up to a huge house. Well more like a mini mansion. It was a classic Victorian maroon and gray with a wooden porch.
"Come on there all probably out back come on" Tala said walking around the side of the house.
Following Tala, the girls heard the sound of shouts, music and slashing. Around back, it seemed the party was in full swing.
~~~Tala POV~~~
When we got out back the party was in full swing. It seemed that I was the last one to arrive. In my head, I ticked off the people that were supposed to be here. Kai, duh, Ray, Spencer, Mariah, Bryan, Lee, Kevin and Ian the evil midget twins, Max, Tyson, um where is Anna?
"Yo T you sure took your time getting here" I was snapped out of my mussing at the sound of my best friends Kai's voice.
"Yeah well I had something to do" I replied.
"Hey Tala who's the chicks?" I heard Ian yell. For a moment I had forgot about Yumi and Sakura. Before I could answer, I saw Yumi walk up behind Ian with an evil grin on her face.
"Who us" She asked innocently. I could tell she was up to something, obviously Ian didn't. "Yeah you" Ian replied rolling his eyes. Before Ian could do anything, she pushed him into the pool.
"Don't ever call me chick got it midget boy" she snapped.
I heard Sakura giggle behind me. I turned around to see that she had found her self a seat on one of Kai's many pool chairs.
"I saw that coming from a mile away," she said between a fit of giggles.
I just humped. I saw Kai walking up to us with beers in his hand. I nodded in thanks as he handed me one of the two.
"So who are you?" Kai inquired to Sakura.
I turned and looked at her. I noted a small blush develop on her faces as she looked down a fiddled with the strings of the guitar. I smirked, she had just got here and she already had a crush on my best friend. This was hilarious.
"Well seeing as Sakura to bashful to answer your question I will" I answered for her. "Sakura and the one that push Ian into the pool is Yumi." "Watch out for her" I said pointing to Yumi, "She's the most moody chick that you'll ever met" I put emphasize on chick knowing it would annoy the bitchy girl.
"Tala um I think you should watch out" Sakura said pointing behind me. I turned around just in time to see a bottle of orange soda hurled at my head.
~~~Sakura POV~~~
That had to hurt. I knew when I saw Yumi get the soda something was going to happen.
"Mi-chan that wasn't very nice, you now" I told Yumi.
"Yeah well he had that coming since yesterday," Yumi snapped at me, glaring at Tala.
"Yes well he may have, but did you really have to throw the soda at him?" I question even though I knew she'd say yes.
To my utter shock though that was not her response, "well no I could have just smacked his dumb ass" she responded with a shrugged, "The soda was just sitting there and it was all I could think to do"
My ears perked as I heard Tala asked the bluenette that had handed him the beer where someone named Anna was. I knew I shouldn't be eavesdropping on the two of them but they where just standing there talking like I wasn't even there.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (A/N: Ok this part is kinda weird. Yes, it's still in Sakura's POV but I wrote it like it was in Narrators POV. K? Oh and you'll just have to figure out who's saying what. Good?)
"So where's Anna?" "No idea wasn't home when I woke up." "Kon's here so where could she be?" "Well I saw her earlier then she just vanished, why are you so worried about where my sister is anyway?' "I'm not, there just nothin' to do till she gets here" "Whatever I don't see why you just don't admit that you got a thing for my sis" "She wishes" "No you wish she's the one with the boyfriend not you" "Of course I don't have a boyfriend I'm not gay" "You're truly pathetic" "You should talk, damn I so bored" "What with the two girls anyway?" "Nothing they just moved into my house, Yumi a complete bitch with a capitol B." "What she's not falling at your feet like every other girl you wink at" "Please I didn't even have time to flirt with her before she dubbed me an ass" "Too bad for you the other girl, Sakura's hot" "Whatever, Kai whatever" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So his name was Kai, and he thought I, Sakura Ebony was hot. Maybe this place wasn't so bad after all.
I pull my new guitar in front of me and began strumming it. I leaned backward against the chair that I had found by Kai's humongous pool. I watched the other people that I wished I knew someone so I wouldn't feel so much like an outcast.
As if some god had heard my thought a guy, a very hot guy walked up to me. He looked about my age he had chocolatety brown eyes and pale white hair.
"Hey" I said looking up at him nervously.
"Your new here," he said, it was more of a statement than a question,
"Um, yeah I live with Tala, oh by the way I'm..." He held up his hand silencing me, "I know who you are Sakura right, I heard Tala and Kai talking"
"Oh, and you are?" I asked
"Spencer, Spencer Terencer" He said. I nodded, Spencer cool name.
"So I why don't I introduce you to everyone seeing as my red head friend has disappeared"
Again, I nodded. You know what; I think I just made a very cool friend.
For the next 20 minutes, Spencer introduced me to well everyone who was there. There was Kai of course, Ray, Mariah Ray's former girlfriend, Bryan, Lee, Kevin and Ian both who I felt were very annoying , Max, Tyson, a girl named Ryanna Kai's sister who wasn't here yet she was also Rays current girlfriend, Aki, Spencer's girlfriend who I was also yet to met, um a kid named Ozuma, and Johnny, .
I sat next to Spencer and a few other people listening to them talk about what they had done during the summer. I think I must of sat there at least, during which I made fast friends with Ray, and Ozuma who I had picked up the habit of calling him Ozzy.
Standing up I stretched my legs and looked around the pool deck for Yumi. I spotted her sitting Indian style next to Spencer dripping wet talking and laughing with each other. I smiled at the site of the two of them happy to see Yumi smile which back home was a rare thing.
Pulling off my jeans I folded them neatly revealing my lime green bottoms. Stepping up to the deep end of the pool I dived gracefully into the water. I swam a few laps before I got out and laid down on the side of the pool. Rolling over on my back I closed my eyes. I guess I must have fallen asleep or some thing cause next thing I remember is everything going black.
~~~Narrator POV~~~
As Sakura slept a girl with waist length two tone blue hair arrived. Because of all the noise Sakura woke up. Standing Sakura stretched bending over and touching her toes not seeing Kai come fly her way.
~~~Kai's POV~~~
I didn't even see Ryan come flying at me till it was too late. As usual being the hyperactive girl she was flying tackled me. Being that I was unprepared for her to launch her self at me, don't know why she does it every time she sees me, I toppled backwards knocking whoever was behind me into the pool.
~~~Narrator POV~~~
A loud splash echoed through the surrounding area, bringing all conversations to a halt. Gazes snapped to the water, drinking in the scene before them, thirsty for information as to what had just happened.
The two-toned bluenette stood cautiously at the side of the pool, his eyes locked on to the form which pushed off from the tiled bottom and swam back to the surface. Sakura broke through the water, breathing intensely before grabbing onto the bars of the stairs, stepping out of the deep end.
All was quite, Seneca Falls fading into the distant background of the raven haired girl's mind. Through a veil of pink and black, Sakura regarded Kai with bewildered anger. She wasn't sure whether to yell at the Russian or just let it go. Yumi stood beside Tala, watching her sister carefully to see what she was going to do next.
Sakura moved forward, hands balled into fists at her sides, an expression of crystalline annoyance on her face. Her lips were pressed tightly together and her gray eyes were fixed directly on the Russian as he shrunk back slightly.
"What the hell was that!?" She cried, flailing her arms about her before pointing towards the pool.
"An accident," Kai responded, a glare now sketched onto his pale features. She wasn't honestly getting mad at him for a mistake was she? Her redden cheeks and blackening eyes told him otherwise. Indeed she was getting cross over this simple misunderstanding.
"Well couldn't you see there was someone in back of you!?"
"No it's not like I have eyes in the back of my head and any way it's not like I could stop myself from flying into you when my sister made me trip over!"
"He he gomen about that" Ryan blushed.
Sakura growled low in her throat, causing the attention to be brought back to her. Rei and Tala glanced at one another, unsure if they should step in or just leave it as it was. In all honesty, nobody, not even the two arguing, thought much of what had happened but word after word, sentence after sentence seemed to make everything worse.
"I'm a what!?" Sakura bit out, holding Kai's last comment in her head before releasing it again in an angry breath. "A-a spoiled little brat!?"
"Yeah! You heard me," The Russian teen barked, "A. Spoiled. Little. Brat! It wasn't my fault and you're blaming me! What the hell?"
"That's because you pushed me into the pool, dumbass!"
Sighing, Yumi sat down on one of the lawn chairs. This was between her sister and Kai now. Drowning them out for a few moments she gazed around the pool deck. Rei and Tala were trying not to laugh while Ryan was sitting some feet away with Mariah and Kevin, pointing out a few of the things Kai used as lame comebacks.
"Well...well you look like a drowned rat!"
Sakura stared, almost disbelievingly, catching her reflection in the glass doors. Her shoulders shook and her knees buckled. It was true!
Tala found it safe to join his friends, taking a seat next to Yumi on the chair.
"What's so funny?" He asked, a single red brow raised.
"He told her she looked like a drowned rat," The younger sibling answered, a smile plastered on her lips.
"Well he is right," Tala commented. Everyone stopped laughing and rolled their heads to face him.
"Excuse us but you're the one with hair that looks like bloody dog ears!" Sakura chuckled madly, folding her arms on her sister's lap and resting her head there after. Kai could not help but snicker at the look on his best friends face. It was well priceless. Tala glared at Kai as he laughed at him.
After that little incident the party continued. Sometime during it towards the end Sakura finally did apologize to Kai for getting cross over nothing.
Around eleven thirty most of the party goers said there goodbyes and headed home seeing as they have school in two days. The last group of people to leave was Tala, Yumi, and Sakura cause they helped Kai clean up some what.
The walk home was more or less silent, the only sound you could hear was Sakura playing notes on her guitar. When they got home the trio went there separate ways to there rooms.
TBC
Chibikai02: Hey there I'm so happy that you guys stayed long enough to come to my useless chatter. I'd like to thank Tari for writing the argument scene between Kai and Sakura. *Chibikai glomps Tari* thank you, thank you, thank you. Um I'd also like to thank Liika for letting me use her town/city. Anyway stay toned for the next chapter. *Waves*
*chibikai skips in* Hey, I am so happy I got reviews for this. I thought people would not like this I am so happy they did. Anyway, as I was reading the last chapter I realized a humongous mistake I made. The mistake was that I said that the Battle of the bands thing would take place in July, but it is not it's... well it is just not in July. Ok I think that is the only thing that I have to say now on to the fic. Oh no wait no forget it, *sighs waving you (the reader) off* go on continue. *walks away sadly*
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Next morning
~~~ Narrator POV ~~~~
Yumi dragged herself from her bed at around 11 o'clock the next morning. She began throwing clothes all around her room looking for something to wear for the day. She washed and got dressed in her normal apparel. Her purple one sleeved shirt that said 'Megami' on the front with an angel wing in it also, a pair of faded jeans and her red belt with a broken heart belt buckle.
Half asleep, she walked down the two pair of stairs straight into the kitchen for the coffee pot that sat on the stove. "Cup" she said looking at the occupants of the room. Emma who was sitting at the table pointed to a cupboard above her head. Giving a small nod reached up in to the cupboard pulling out the biggest cup she could find and filled it to the rim with coffee. Hefting it to her face, she took a big gulp.
"Is she always like this in the morning?" Emma asked looking at Sakura.
"Yeah, well to she has some coffee or anything with caffeine in it" Sakura replied with a sad sigh.
"Morning" The three girls looked up to see an equality tired Tala walk in, still in his pajamas. Several snicker where heard from Yumi as she sipped her coffee, now fully awake.
Tala just shot her and evil glare made his way towards the coffee getting a cup and filling it. Taking a sip, he looked around the room.
"How long are they staying?" he asked looking at his mother.
"Why don't you as them?" Emma suggested looking back at the newspaper. Tala finished off his coffee, filling it back up he turned and looked at Sakura. "So how long you two going to be here?" Tala asked.
Sakura shrugged, looking at Yumi for a quick second "I', we're not sure, maybe till Mi-chan is like 18 or something." She said getting up placing her bowl in the sink.
"Oh, whatever" He shrugged finishing off his coffee (A/N: I LOVE COFFEE!!!!!!!!!!!) he put his cup in the sink with Sakrua's bowl.
"Well I have some place to go so later," he said walking out the room. Well almost made it out of the room when Emma's voice stopped him, "Are you going to that end of summer party?"
~~~Tala's POV~~~
"Um, yeah why" I answered. For some reason I had a bad feeling about why she was asking. Emma knew this I had been planning to go to Kai's party since like, last month.
"Well seeing as you're going to be seeing everyone why don't you bring Sakura and Yumi," She said smiling.
Damn, damn double damn, damn. I continued to curse in my head. "Why?" Truly, I had no reason why I couldn't bring them it was just that, well Sakura seemed cool enough but Yumi seemed to hate me right on the spot.
"Because, there going to be here for a while they'll need friends," Emma drawled the beginning.
At first, I was tempted to pout but thought better of it. "Whatever, party in 2 hours be ready 'cause I'm not waiting for you," I said strolling out the room.
I know better than to argue with Emma. Once she had her mind sent on something it was no changing it back. Opening the door to my room, I plopped down on my bed.
My room was like the typical male room. Painted dark blue with a white broader, Emma thought it would add some light to the room. My computer in the corner directly across from where I was sitting on my bed.
There were poster of car's, bands, and most importantly naked women. Well actually, there were only three pictures of naked women on my wall but that does count, right?
Anyway, there were a few pictures of a couple of my friends and me. Those were all glued over my bed and stuff.
Rolling over on my side, I looked at a picture of me and my best friend Kai. We were six when this picture was taken. We were both wearing the biggest, unholy grin that we could muster. It was the same year we met Ryanna Annabel Frances-Gwen Hiwatari (A/N: Hell of a name. Hehehehe). Turns out, she was Kai's sister. On top of this, his twin sister.
We were so shocked that year when she turned up out of nowhere. She turned our lives upside down. She was the last and only new addition to our, clique if that's what you what to call us.
In like two hours, we would have our end of summer party. We had one every years, it was always on the Friday before we went back to school. Well not always we had only just stared having them since like Junior High. We alternated between houses. First, we had it at Ray's, then Spencer's, then Kai's, then my house and now back to Kai's house.
This would be our last time having our End of school party. This year we would go, well most of the group, off to collage.
Stop that. Damn I hate when I do that. I will not feel bad about going off to collage. Emma will be fine by her self. For some reason whenever I think about going off to collage I always, feel bad. I always wonder what Emma would do with out me. Ever since my dad died, all she has had was me. Oh, fuck it. I have to get ready for this party. God.
~~~Narrators POV~~~
Two Hours Later
"Would you two hurry your asses up," Tala shouted into the house as he stood on the porch.
Tala leaned back against the railing of the house. He had long been changed from his pajamas now sporting a black and silver tee shirt and a pair of red swim trunks with his sneakers. In one hand, he held a towel.
A few seconds later a very pissed off looking Yumi stepped out cursing under her breath. She hadn't changed her cloths much. The only difference was now she had a two-piece bathing suit on under her shirt, which was barley noticeable. In addition, she had changed her sneakers in for flip- flops. Also, she had a black backpack.
Sakura who had changed like Tala from her pajamas to her bathing suit top and a pair of blue jeans followed her out. Her pink and black hair was pulled up in its normal twin buns (A/N: Thanx to Sailor Moon for the cool hairstyle). Her ribbons where black matching her top.
"I see you were informed Kai has a pool," Tala pointed out as they began walking down the porch steps.
"No thanks to you" Yumi muttered.
"Yumi leave him be" Sakura scolded her, earning her and glare which she rolled off as if it never happened. "Yeah Emma told us after you left" she said turning back to Tala.
That was there a long silence as they walked. Somewhere during this silence, Yumi produced her Discman and was now humming/ singing what ever she was listening to.
About ten minutes they appeared to be out of the residential area.
"Where are we going?" Sakura asked finally.
"I have to do something first it'll only take like five minutes" Tala answer.
Walking up a store that in the windows had drums sets, guitars and keyboards Tala entered. Inside it was filled from top to bottom with every type of musical instrument possible.
"Mrs. Maxwell, Ms. Maxwell, are you here?" Tala called into the shop.
"Hold your horses Mr.Valkov. I'm coming" a woman in her early twenties walked out of the back of the store. She had short dark, dark purple hair came towards Tala.
"Well what can I do for my favorite aspiring young musician?" She teased.
"I need a job Hilde," Tala told her. (A/N: Gomen I just love Gundam Wing to much not to make the characters appear)
"Well we do have two opening, one for a drum teacher," Hilde offered. Tala shook his head, "naw I think I'll stay away from the little kids, what's the other opening?"
"Well you get to keep stock, sweep the store, stuff like that" Hilde answered.
"Well um...." Before Tala could answer the sound of someone on one of the drums and guitar stopped him.
Both Tala and Hilde looked at each other. Standing up from behind the counter she followed the sound of the noise. Listening closer she relived it was the beat to 'I'd Do Anything' by Simple Plan.
~~~Tala's POV~~~
What the... What are to two of them up to now? As I followed Hilde, I recognized the song as 'I'd Do Anything'. It didn't take a genius for me to figure out that it was Yumi and Sakura.
When Hilde stopped suddenly, I almost walked into her. I hadn't expected her to stop so abruptly. Looking over her shoulder, I saw something that was.... I can't even find the right words.
Sitting at the drums was Yumi pounding away expertly. And Sakura was dancing around as if no one else was in the store playing the guitar.
Damn there good. They both were so rapped up in playing neither seemed to notice either Hilde or me either that or they didn't care.
As the song ended, I heard Hilde clap. Both Sakura and Yumi looked slightly surprised. "Wow you two are really good," Hilde said.
I noticed a small blush appeared on both of their checks.
"Um... thanks I guess, it really nothing we're been playing since for ever" I heard Sakura stammered.
"Really I've never seen you two around who are you any way?" Hilde asked.
"Oh um she's Sakura Ebony and I'm her sister Yumi, we just moved here " Yumi said, "Sorry about using the guitar and drum" she continued, "They were just sitting there I, we couldn't resist," I noticed the small blush that was on her face deepen.
"No prob'" I watched Hilde smirk, I knew that smirk it was the smirk that she got when she was up to something. "But I think there is something you" she said pointing to Yumi "could do."
"What?"
"I have this job open, a drum teacher and seeing as you just moved here it would be a nice way to meet the people who live around here" Hilde explained.
I looked between Yumi and Hilde. NO!!! She can't work here. In my head, I was screaming for her to say no. Now normally I'm not one to be afraid of anyone but it was just that well, Yumi sacred me there was something about her that I did like. Not her in general but, well forget it.
"I guess, ok, I'll take the job," head snapped to Yumi as she spoke. Inwardly I groaned.
"Well great, you can start in two weeks. Kay?" I could tell Hilde was beaming.
"Sure" Yumi nodded.
"Um, excuse me but how much is this guitar?" Sakura spoke up for the first time since this whole conversation started.
"Let me see it" Hilde held out her hand as Sakura passed her the guitar. For the first time I got a good, look at it. I was black and silver with a triangular shaped body with four strings. The neck was all silver that was glittery and when tilted looked black.
"I believe its $1, 500," Hilde finally said. There was no way in hell Sakura was going to be able to buy that, or so I thought. She grinned at Yumi who just shook her head and mutter something that sounded like 'so very immature'.
Turning to Hilde and me, she flashed a grin and pulled out a wad of money from her pocket.
"I'll take it," she said nodding.
Hilde just looked her for a second before turning and walking to the register. Sakura followed her skipping then Yumi and I followed at the rear of Yumi.
After a few minutes, we were on our way to Kai's party. At first, the only sound you could hear was Sakura playing notes on the guitar. Finally, curiosity got the better of me and I asked what was on my mind since we left the store.
"Ok, how did you have the money for the guitar?" I blurted our.
Sakura stopped playing for a moment and cocked her head to the side before continuing playing right where she left off. At first, I thought she was ignoring me but then she said something.
"My mom was a very famous designer and my dad was a musician" she paused, "when they died all their money and saving went to Yumi and me." She looked at me, "I would prefer if you didn't ask me anything else about them thank you," she said.
"Oh, I didn't realize your parents were dead" I under stood I remember how I was when my dad had first did. I really didn't want anyone talking about it.
"It's ok" she said going back to playing.
~~~Narrator POV~~~
In about ten minutes, the trio can up to a huge house. Well more like a mini mansion. It was a classic Victorian maroon and gray with a wooden porch.
"Come on there all probably out back come on" Tala said walking around the side of the house.
Following Tala, the girls heard the sound of shouts, music and slashing. Around back, it seemed the party was in full swing.
~~~Tala POV~~~
When we got out back the party was in full swing. It seemed that I was the last one to arrive. In my head, I ticked off the people that were supposed to be here. Kai, duh, Ray, Spencer, Mariah, Bryan, Lee, Kevin and Ian the evil midget twins, Max, Tyson, um where is Anna?
"Yo T you sure took your time getting here" I was snapped out of my mussing at the sound of my best friends Kai's voice.
"Yeah well I had something to do" I replied.
"Hey Tala who's the chicks?" I heard Ian yell. For a moment I had forgot about Yumi and Sakura. Before I could answer, I saw Yumi walk up behind Ian with an evil grin on her face.
"Who us" She asked innocently. I could tell she was up to something, obviously Ian didn't. "Yeah you" Ian replied rolling his eyes. Before Ian could do anything, she pushed him into the pool.
"Don't ever call me chick got it midget boy" she snapped.
I heard Sakura giggle behind me. I turned around to see that she had found her self a seat on one of Kai's many pool chairs.
"I saw that coming from a mile away," she said between a fit of giggles.
I just humped. I saw Kai walking up to us with beers in his hand. I nodded in thanks as he handed me one of the two.
"So who are you?" Kai inquired to Sakura.
I turned and looked at her. I noted a small blush develop on her faces as she looked down a fiddled with the strings of the guitar. I smirked, she had just got here and she already had a crush on my best friend. This was hilarious.
"Well seeing as Sakura to bashful to answer your question I will" I answered for her. "Sakura and the one that push Ian into the pool is Yumi." "Watch out for her" I said pointing to Yumi, "She's the most moody chick that you'll ever met" I put emphasize on chick knowing it would annoy the bitchy girl.
"Tala um I think you should watch out" Sakura said pointing behind me. I turned around just in time to see a bottle of orange soda hurled at my head.
~~~Sakura POV~~~
That had to hurt. I knew when I saw Yumi get the soda something was going to happen.
"Mi-chan that wasn't very nice, you now" I told Yumi.
"Yeah well he had that coming since yesterday," Yumi snapped at me, glaring at Tala.
"Yes well he may have, but did you really have to throw the soda at him?" I question even though I knew she'd say yes.
To my utter shock though that was not her response, "well no I could have just smacked his dumb ass" she responded with a shrugged, "The soda was just sitting there and it was all I could think to do"
My ears perked as I heard Tala asked the bluenette that had handed him the beer where someone named Anna was. I knew I shouldn't be eavesdropping on the two of them but they where just standing there talking like I wasn't even there.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (A/N: Ok this part is kinda weird. Yes, it's still in Sakura's POV but I wrote it like it was in Narrators POV. K? Oh and you'll just have to figure out who's saying what. Good?)
"So where's Anna?" "No idea wasn't home when I woke up." "Kon's here so where could she be?" "Well I saw her earlier then she just vanished, why are you so worried about where my sister is anyway?' "I'm not, there just nothin' to do till she gets here" "Whatever I don't see why you just don't admit that you got a thing for my sis" "She wishes" "No you wish she's the one with the boyfriend not you" "Of course I don't have a boyfriend I'm not gay" "You're truly pathetic" "You should talk, damn I so bored" "What with the two girls anyway?" "Nothing they just moved into my house, Yumi a complete bitch with a capitol B." "What she's not falling at your feet like every other girl you wink at" "Please I didn't even have time to flirt with her before she dubbed me an ass" "Too bad for you the other girl, Sakura's hot" "Whatever, Kai whatever" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So his name was Kai, and he thought I, Sakura Ebony was hot. Maybe this place wasn't so bad after all.
I pull my new guitar in front of me and began strumming it. I leaned backward against the chair that I had found by Kai's humongous pool. I watched the other people that I wished I knew someone so I wouldn't feel so much like an outcast.
As if some god had heard my thought a guy, a very hot guy walked up to me. He looked about my age he had chocolatety brown eyes and pale white hair.
"Hey" I said looking up at him nervously.
"Your new here," he said, it was more of a statement than a question,
"Um, yeah I live with Tala, oh by the way I'm..." He held up his hand silencing me, "I know who you are Sakura right, I heard Tala and Kai talking"
"Oh, and you are?" I asked
"Spencer, Spencer Terencer" He said. I nodded, Spencer cool name.
"So I why don't I introduce you to everyone seeing as my red head friend has disappeared"
Again, I nodded. You know what; I think I just made a very cool friend.
For the next 20 minutes, Spencer introduced me to well everyone who was there. There was Kai of course, Ray, Mariah Ray's former girlfriend, Bryan, Lee, Kevin and Ian both who I felt were very annoying , Max, Tyson, a girl named Ryanna Kai's sister who wasn't here yet she was also Rays current girlfriend, Aki, Spencer's girlfriend who I was also yet to met, um a kid named Ozuma, and Johnny, .
I sat next to Spencer and a few other people listening to them talk about what they had done during the summer. I think I must of sat there at least, during which I made fast friends with Ray, and Ozuma who I had picked up the habit of calling him Ozzy.
Standing up I stretched my legs and looked around the pool deck for Yumi. I spotted her sitting Indian style next to Spencer dripping wet talking and laughing with each other. I smiled at the site of the two of them happy to see Yumi smile which back home was a rare thing.
Pulling off my jeans I folded them neatly revealing my lime green bottoms. Stepping up to the deep end of the pool I dived gracefully into the water. I swam a few laps before I got out and laid down on the side of the pool. Rolling over on my back I closed my eyes. I guess I must have fallen asleep or some thing cause next thing I remember is everything going black.
~~~Narrator POV~~~
As Sakura slept a girl with waist length two tone blue hair arrived. Because of all the noise Sakura woke up. Standing Sakura stretched bending over and touching her toes not seeing Kai come fly her way.
~~~Kai's POV~~~
I didn't even see Ryan come flying at me till it was too late. As usual being the hyperactive girl she was flying tackled me. Being that I was unprepared for her to launch her self at me, don't know why she does it every time she sees me, I toppled backwards knocking whoever was behind me into the pool.
~~~Narrator POV~~~
A loud splash echoed through the surrounding area, bringing all conversations to a halt. Gazes snapped to the water, drinking in the scene before them, thirsty for information as to what had just happened.
The two-toned bluenette stood cautiously at the side of the pool, his eyes locked on to the form which pushed off from the tiled bottom and swam back to the surface. Sakura broke through the water, breathing intensely before grabbing onto the bars of the stairs, stepping out of the deep end.
All was quite, Seneca Falls fading into the distant background of the raven haired girl's mind. Through a veil of pink and black, Sakura regarded Kai with bewildered anger. She wasn't sure whether to yell at the Russian or just let it go. Yumi stood beside Tala, watching her sister carefully to see what she was going to do next.
Sakura moved forward, hands balled into fists at her sides, an expression of crystalline annoyance on her face. Her lips were pressed tightly together and her gray eyes were fixed directly on the Russian as he shrunk back slightly.
"What the hell was that!?" She cried, flailing her arms about her before pointing towards the pool.
"An accident," Kai responded, a glare now sketched onto his pale features. She wasn't honestly getting mad at him for a mistake was she? Her redden cheeks and blackening eyes told him otherwise. Indeed she was getting cross over this simple misunderstanding.
"Well couldn't you see there was someone in back of you!?"
"No it's not like I have eyes in the back of my head and any way it's not like I could stop myself from flying into you when my sister made me trip over!"
"He he gomen about that" Ryan blushed.
Sakura growled low in her throat, causing the attention to be brought back to her. Rei and Tala glanced at one another, unsure if they should step in or just leave it as it was. In all honesty, nobody, not even the two arguing, thought much of what had happened but word after word, sentence after sentence seemed to make everything worse.
"I'm a what!?" Sakura bit out, holding Kai's last comment in her head before releasing it again in an angry breath. "A-a spoiled little brat!?"
"Yeah! You heard me," The Russian teen barked, "A. Spoiled. Little. Brat! It wasn't my fault and you're blaming me! What the hell?"
"That's because you pushed me into the pool, dumbass!"
Sighing, Yumi sat down on one of the lawn chairs. This was between her sister and Kai now. Drowning them out for a few moments she gazed around the pool deck. Rei and Tala were trying not to laugh while Ryan was sitting some feet away with Mariah and Kevin, pointing out a few of the things Kai used as lame comebacks.
"Well...well you look like a drowned rat!"
Sakura stared, almost disbelievingly, catching her reflection in the glass doors. Her shoulders shook and her knees buckled. It was true!
Tala found it safe to join his friends, taking a seat next to Yumi on the chair.
"What's so funny?" He asked, a single red brow raised.
"He told her she looked like a drowned rat," The younger sibling answered, a smile plastered on her lips.
"Well he is right," Tala commented. Everyone stopped laughing and rolled their heads to face him.
"Excuse us but you're the one with hair that looks like bloody dog ears!" Sakura chuckled madly, folding her arms on her sister's lap and resting her head there after. Kai could not help but snicker at the look on his best friends face. It was well priceless. Tala glared at Kai as he laughed at him.
After that little incident the party continued. Sometime during it towards the end Sakura finally did apologize to Kai for getting cross over nothing.
Around eleven thirty most of the party goers said there goodbyes and headed home seeing as they have school in two days. The last group of people to leave was Tala, Yumi, and Sakura cause they helped Kai clean up some what.
The walk home was more or less silent, the only sound you could hear was Sakura playing notes on her guitar. When they got home the trio went there separate ways to there rooms.
TBC
Chibikai02: Hey there I'm so happy that you guys stayed long enough to come to my useless chatter. I'd like to thank Tari for writing the argument scene between Kai and Sakura. *Chibikai glomps Tari* thank you, thank you, thank you. Um I'd also like to thank Liika for letting me use her town/city. Anyway stay toned for the next chapter. *Waves*