S U P E R S T A R
By Rosegirl18
Disclaimer: Not mine.
A/N: Please, review! I feel very unloved right now… Please, PLEASE review!
But thanks a lot Gibby! More thanks at the end of this chappie!
Chapter Two: A Date at the Beach
The city streets were crowded with people, and it was so noisy, Athrun wouldn't have heard his phone ring if he had not put it to vibration mode.
"Hello?" he said.
"Hey Athrun, it's me, Kira."
"Oh hey Kira. What's up?"
"Lacus called me to invited me, you, and Shinn to a picnic on the beach." Athrun almost choked on thin air (which was impossible.) "You got her cell number?"
"No, she got mine, Pick me and Shinn up at the library, okay? And why aren't you studying for finals?"
Athrun frowned. "Kira, finals are in a month. And besides, you and I don't need to study."
"Just pick us up! And dress nice." Click.
Athrun put his phone back in his pocket with a tremor. "I can't believe… they're in contact so much." He stammered. "They just met last week…"
"Oh what ever. Lets go catch a movie before you have to pick them up." Cagalli said.
"Okay." Athrun said, "Which movie?"
"House of Wax!"
"But I can't stand blood! And besides, we're only sixteen! (Athrun and Kira are in college because they are so smart)"
"Hmph. Come on, you wuss. And we'll get in with no trouble at all if the ticket seller is a girl."
"Ugh," Ezenne said, "I need to buy groceries today…"
"I'll do it!" piped up Ezra, "What do you need?"
Ezenne looked at her through narrowed eyes. "Is this a joke?" she said, "because you'll pay if this is."
"No!" Ezra exclaimed, taking the groceries list away, "See you!"
"Vrrrrm…" went the car.
"Won't this thing go any faster?" yelled Cagalli above the noise of the car and wind.
"Nooo!" Replied Athrun. He checked to make sure his seat belt was on. At this rate, he would be caught in a car crash in-
Crash!
"Oh no…" Athrun groaned.
"Hey you fuggers! Whaddaya think yer doin? Me car's wrecked!" yelled someone.
Beside Athrun, Cagalli was rapidly clicking on the numbers of her cellphone. "Sorry your car got kapooshed. I'll take care of it." Athrun nodded timidly. "Oh, Kisaka? Yeah, I wrecked a car that belonged to my friend. Could you come now and get it please? We're supposed to go to the beach with Lacus. No. Yeah. Emm…taxi. Yeah, we'll get there by taxi. Come quick, k? We'll be going now. NO! I am NOT waiting for you. We need to pick up Kira and Shinn. They're just friends, Kisaka. Geez. No bodyguards. BODYGUARDS DON'T GO TO THE BEACH! Bye. Bye." Cagalli quickly turned her phone off and got out. "Whatya doing, Athrun? Aren't we supposed to pick up Kira and Shinn?"
"S-sure…" Athrun got out of the crushed car and Cagalli got a taxi.
"To the library, please."
"Shiho, you look beat!" exclaimed Aisha as Shiho stepped into the company's office.
"Do I?" Shiho asked in a worn voice. "Maybe I need an assistant…"
"That's exactly what you need! Shiho, you record, you're a manager, you're a band member, you're a vocal AND editor! You're doing too many jobs, especially with the new album coming around."
"Right…"
Tap tap tap.
"Yes?" Aisha said. "Come in."
A brown-haired girl stepped in. "Hello Miss Aisha, you called for me…"
"Oh yes!" then, turning around to Shiho, "Meet Miriallia. She's an excellent recorder and organizer. She used to work for Kodoku, until she quit."
"Kodoku?" Shiho frowned.
"Oh don't worry, Kodoku wasn't like that when Miriallia worked for her. She used to be the sweet, typical girl idol, until…"
"I see," Shiho said. She had been in the music industry long enough to remember those days. "I do hope Starlight doesn't end up like them."
"Oh, they won't. You know that Uzumi is the head of this recording company, remember? He'll keep them in place. Now about Miriallia, how about letting her be your personal assistant? You can finally have some off days, too!"
"Really?"
"Oh course. So how about it?"
"I'll go for a test drive. How about Miriallia help us on this album, and if we succeed, she's in."
"Great!"
Miriallia, rather forgotten in the background, squeezed her hands together. This band would probably be a good one, wouldn't it? It would really be a shame if it became like Kodoku…
Tap tap tap.
"Who is it?" Aisha called, and opened the door. There stood Murrue.
"Oh Aisha, you won't BELIEVE what happened!" Murrue shrieked, bursting into tears, "Someone is impersonating Lacus!"
Kodoku laughed as she watched the impersonator on TV. "She really is something," she said to herself as she remembered the past events.
The boy caught up to her, a triumphant smile on his face. "I think I've finally found a way to make you more popular than Starlight."
Kodoku turned around, her face finally showing a trace of interest. "Will you care to tell me how?"
The boy, called Sai, grinned. "We've found an imposter. Meet Mia." A girl with a mass of pink hair and a big star clip peered out from Sai's back.
"Nice to meet you." She said in a voice that was almost identical to Rai's.
"Unbelievable!" gasped Kodoku. "How-"
"I found her on the last Starlight concert. She's a die-hard fan, and is willing to trick the public and media."
"Fantastic," said Kodoku, an evil smile on her face. She ushered Sai aside. "What will she do?"
"Work at a strip bar. But she'll demand a lot of money."
Kodoku's smile did not fade. "But aren't I Fllay Allster, daughter of a dead millionaire?"
"A very ingenious plan…" she murmured to herself. "I must remember to award Sai for that…"
Meanwhile, Lacus was completely unaware of what was happening to her. She was, at the moment, trying on all the sundresses in her closet. Closets.
"How does this one look?" Lacus asked Stellar, who was sitting on her bed.
"You must really like this Kira, Lacus. It took you an hour to pick out the bikini, and it's been another hour since you put on the first sundress." She replied, smiling slightly at Lacus's blush. "How about this one?"
The sundress that Stellar had held up was a strapless pink dress that had a lighter pink silk ribbon with a bow under the chest. It looked very pretty, and seemed perfect for Lacus and a sunny day at the beach.
"Stellar," Lacus could not speak more as she looked at the dress. "THANK YOU SO MUCH!"
"Heya Lacus, Stellar." Cagalli walked in through the door. "Athrun and the guys are just getting ready at their dorm. Athrun said they'd come by with Kira's car so we could go together."
"Oh? Why didn't you just come directly with Athrun's car?" asked Lacus. Before Cagalli could open her mouth, they heard Kisaka shout from downstairs,
"CAGALLI!"
"You wrecked another car, didn't you?" Stellar said.
"Well, this is our studio," said Shiho, leading Miriallia through the equipments.
"This is wonderful. I hope I'll be of good help."
"I'm sure you will," she replied, smiling kindly. Suddenly, someone knocked at the door. "Who is it?"
"It's me, Shiho. The audition tapes you asked for are here." Mwu called. Mwu was also a worker at the recording studio. He took care of the singers' history and media remains.
"Oh, great! Thanks Mwu!" Shiho came back to where Miriallia was standing and waved at her to come into her office. She set the tapes down.
"Audition tapes? What do you need them for?" Miriallia asked.
"Our new album is going to have some singles," Shiho explained, "And I thought that maybe we could base it on the audition pieces."
"I see," Miriallia said, as Shiho put in a tape in the VCR. "You have a VCR?"
"Sometimes, people find a need for stuff like this."
The two became quiet as they saw Aisha talking.
"Hello everyone, my name is Aisha, one of the judges. This is Andy, Murrue, and Mwu. As you have been notified, Gundam Recording Studios only take audition pieces that have been written by the singer him/herself. The CDs must be with you or mailed to us before. Now, we will start with…Miss MC."
Shiho and Miriallia blinked as a girl with long, curly blue hair stepped up the stage.
"Hello everyone, my name is MC and I will be performing 'Silent Night'!"
The music turned on, but the judges frowned as MC enthusiastically sang through the song.
"It sounds awfully familiar," Murrue whispered.
"Yes, it's at the tip of my tongue…" Andy said, sipping his coffee. Suddenly, Aisha's eyes became bigger and signaled for MC to stop.
"This song is not original," Aisha stated, "It's a remake of 'Shizukana Yoru Ni' by Starlight!"
Murmurs arose in the crowd. "Shizukana Yoru Ni?"
"Yeah, I know, I have their CD!"
"The nerve, doing something like that!"
"Miss MC, you are disqualified," Murrue said. MC's face became red and she ran from the stage. Other auditioning girls and boys cast her unkind looks and cruel comments. Murrue sat back down as if nothing had happened.
"Sometimes, things like that happen," Aisha said to calm the upturned crowd. "Shall we continue?"
"Miss Ezenne Joule, please step up to the stage."
"That's Ezenne, one of our band members," said Shiho.
Ezenne confidently walked to the stage and flicked her hair.
"Hello everyone, my name is Ezenne and I will be performing to you 'I Wanna Go To A Place'."
Wild cheering came from the crowd. Ezenne smiled at them. In front of her, the judges were writing down a few things already.
"Her confident exterior was probably one of the reasons she became a member of your band, Miss Shiho," Miriallia said.
"Just call me Shiho, and yeah, that was probably the main reason."
The music started and Ezenne began to sing.
I wanna go to a place where I can say
That I'm all right and I'm staying there with you
I wanna know if there could be anyway
That there's no fight, and I'm safe and sound with you
And every time I look, I thought you were there,
But it was just my imagination
I don't see it anymore 'cause I see through you now
(short instrumental)
imademo kizukanai deshou kono shizukana sora ni
itsudemo omoidasu kedo mou doko ni mo modorenai
soshite zutto kokoro de samete sotto kizuite
itsuka kitto yasashisa mietekuru you ni
What's stopping me? I get stuck again
Is it really OK? It's never OK for me
What's got into me? I get lost again
Is it really OK? It's never going to be
(Instrumental)
soshite motte sagashite me no maeni kizuite
asu wa kitto kazemuki mo kawaru you ni
kaze ga sotta sasayaku shuunku no wa kono daichi
marowanaide yasashisa mietekuru you ni
And every time I look, I thought you were there,
But it was just my imagination
I don't see it anymore cause I see through you now
I wanna go to a place where I can say
That I'm all right and I'm staying there with you
Ezenne bowed and waved at the crowd. They cheered and clapped again. The judges continued discussing.
"She is a good singer, but her voice doesn't exactly carry a lot of emotion. If a person didn't understand her lyrics, they would think her songs were country." Shiho commented, "She has a twin sister, and she is Ezenne's exact opposite on singing. She is-"
"Please welcome Ezra Joule."
"Hello everyone, my name is Ezra and I will be singing 'Bokutachi no Yukue'." Ezra stomped up to the microphone. She seemed very mad about something. The music started playing, a loud rock-genre that seemed totally against the girl's personality.
"bokutachi wa mayoi nagara
tadoritsuku basho wo sagashitsuzuke
kanashimi kute namida nagashii temo
itsuka kagayaki ni kaete...
short instrumental
tozashita kako ga ima mune wo yusaburu kara
motomeru hodotooku okizari no kokoro
bokura wa ikiru hodo nanika wo ushinatte
sore demo ashita he no yume wo sutetakunai
kanashimi no riuu de sae mo tsuyoku dakishimete itai
toori sugita kisetsu no sono saki ni nani ga aru no darou
'Cause I'm Never Gonna Stop Streak in My Dream
bokutachi wa mayoi nagara
tadoritsuku basho wo sagashitsuzuke
kanashimi kute namida nagashii temo
itsuka kagayaki ni kaete
'Cause I'm Never Gonna Stop Streak in My Dream
short instrumental
dare ka no yasashii ni senaka wo muketa no wa
sabishiisa sore sae mo tsuyosa ni shitakute
deai to onaji kazu wakare ga aru no nara
futatabi ae hi wo bokura wa shinjiyou
subete ni kakusareta imi wo hitotsu hitotsu mitsketai
fukiyou sugita ano hi no SAYONARA mo rikai aueru darou
bokutachi wa kawatte yuku
yume mo kokoro mo miteitakeredo
dore gurai toki ga nagaretemo
kawaranai omoi ga aru
'Cause I'm Never Gonna Stop Streak in My Dream
instrumental
mayotte mo to toomawarishitemo soko ni dake aru nani ka ni
kitsukuita nara hashiridaseru
bokutachi wa mayoi nagara
tadoritsuku basho wo sagashitsuzuke
kanashimi kute namida nagashiitemo
itsuka kagayaki ni kaete
'Cause I'm Never Gonna Stop Streak in My Dream!"
Shiho and Miriallia blinked.
"Wow. She sure seems to get inspiration when she's mad."
"Yes…" said Miriallia. "But what happened back there, with Murrue? Isn't she Starlight's manager?"
"Yeah, some imposter, I guess. You saw the news. She's going all out at the media, going around strip bars. It must be a big strain on Murrue, she's usually not like this."
"Speaking of imposter, wasn't that MC girl so rude, to try to remake that Starlight song?"
"Yes, Murrue's told me about it before. Starlight doesn't know about her, though." But then, Shiho's eyes widened and started mumbling to herself. She flicked out her Digital Camera, rewinded the tape to show MC's face, took a picture, went to her computer, opened up Photoshop, entered the picture of MC, went to a newspaper site, got a picture of Lacus's imposter, worked on MC's picture to make her have pink hair instead of blue, and put the two pictures side by side.
Miriallia, rather stunned by the rapid working of Shiho, asked, "What are you doing, Shiho?"
"Just look," Shiho said, and showed her the two pictures.
Which looked almost identical.
End of Chapter two. I'm rather disappointed by the lack of reviews. And I worked on it so hard… But Gibby, the last reviewer of the first chapter made me so happy that I decided to post this! Thank you so much! And thank you for your comment on Nicol and Ezra! Ahh! Your review has totally made my day!
Well, here's a little preview of the next chapter…
"Mwu! Mwu!"
"Shiho? What's the matter?" Mwu asked as Shiho burst into his office, Miriallia right behind her.
"Call Murrue right now, Aisha and Andy too." She laid down a piece of paper. "Miss MC from an audition four years ago. Do you remember her?"