S U P E R S T A R
By Rosegirl18
Ch 3: The Celebrity Times Is Revealed!
Uzumi Nara Attha sighed as he read Celebrity Times, the magazine that seemed dedicated to reporting every second of the lives of the stars of Gundam Co. Especially the girl duo Starlight, which his daughter was a part of. Celebrity Times was first thought to be made from five super fans who wanted to know everything about their favorite singers. Now, they were led by N.K., spying on all the major and minor stars, being the huge army of reporters they were.
"Don't they have anything better to do?" he said warily. Right now, he was reading the section on Rai (Lacus)'s imposter. Even N.K., who had written the article herself, did not know about the past history or true profile of the skimpily clad nuisance. The imposter and Lacus were not exactly twins, since she had darker hair and a star clip instead, not to mention the unattractive face. But the fans seemed not to notice, which was a danger to Starlight's career with the new album coming out.
Uzumi sighed again and sunk back in his chair.
Mwu had been taking a coffee break since he had delivered the tapes, but it was not long before he heard the loud banging on his office walls.
"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?"
"Miss MC?" he pondered. "I'm not sure…" taking a look at the paper, he said again, "Ah! I think I know… except, didn't that girl have brown hair and small eyes?"
"Yes," nodded Shiho, "But I took a picture of her and made her have pink hair and blue eyes and a star clip…"
"You did all that in a couple of minutes?" Mwu's eyes opened wide.
"Seconds." Clarified Miriallia.
"Wow Shiho, good job! I can't believe what a dedicated – "
"It isn't the point, Mwu!" Shiho exclaimed. She pressed a button on his desk and said into the microphone, "Could Aisha and Murrue come to Office 07 please. Murrue and Aisha to Office 07."
"You're not allowed to do that!" gasped Mwu.
"Oh well," sighed Shiho. At least they're coming now. Murrue, Aisha, and Andy burst in through the door at that exact minute. Andy gave a cup of coffee to everyone.
"Mix between French Vanilla and Dark Mocha. You know, white and black, kinda. What's it like?" he asked.
"It's very good," Mwu said, "But maybe too much milk. You want it to feel refreshing, especially here in the workplace –"
"Mwu!" snarled Shiho. "Now, the reason I called all of you here is because of an important discovery. Miss Imposter might just be the girl who auditioned four years ago – and got disqualified for doing a remix of Rai's Shizukana Yoru Ni!"
"MC." Murrue muttered, thinking of the darn girl that claimed the song to be hers…when Murrue herself had written it with Lacus!
"See!" Shiho said, holding up her pictures. "They're almost identical!"
"You're absolutely right, Shiho. I'll take them to Izumi right away." Aisha said.
"Wait!" Shiho stopped her, "Maybe Mwu has her application form and DVD!"
Everyone who wanted to audition at Gundam Co. had to send in a resume with a self-shot DVD showing him/herself writing the song, recording it, singing to it, and talking about herself/himself and past works.
"Yeah, that's right!" Mwu said, and started digging through his files on 'M.' "I think this is it."
Mwu held up a manila envelope labeled, "MC's Application" on the front.
Lacus and Stellar were waiting in the car when Cagalli got ready, finally having got away from Kisaka. She carried her beach bag outside and sat in the back seat.
Athrun and Kira waved at the approaching car.
"Hey Cagalli! Hey Lacus!"
Shinn popped his head out from Athrun's back.
"Hi Stellar!"
Stellar smiled at him.
"I've never seen her do that before to someone other than me and you, Cagalli." Lacus whispered.
"Yeah, I think she has the hots for him." Replied Cagalli.
They unloaded from the car. "Sorry about your car, Athrun. Want me to buy you another one after the beach?"
Athrun stared at her. "I knew you were rich but… All I really wanted was an apology."
Cagalli laughed and slapped him on the back. "Good old Athrun. But really, I have the money to buy you a car."
"I-It's okay!"
"How about odyssey, or sienna? Camry? Oh I know, Lexus! Or…do you want a limo?" Athrun sweatdropped and Kira whispered to him,
"You're lucky, dude."
Athrun irritably nudged him. "You say I'm lucky?" he said, discreetly pointing at Lacus.
Kira blushed and pushed him away. Athrun responded with a wide-eyed look. "Kira!" he exclaimed, "What's wrong with you? You NEVER blush!"
"Hey, lets go to the beach now, what are we waiting for?" asked Shinn. So all of them went to the car to go to the beach.
I SO DID NOT SET EIGHTY AS A GOAL FOR SUPERSTAR. DAMN YOU ALL.
"Impossible!" screamed Murrue as she saw MC sing in a shrilly, way-too-ordinary voice. "How on earth could we have passed through that application? She SUCKS!"
Mwu nodded calmly. "I think Andy's the one who went through this application, remember? Murrue for A-G, Andy for H-N, Aisha for O-T, and me for U-Z."
"That's right!" said Aisha. "What were you thinking when you chose the audition people?"
"Umm…" Andy tried to think back.
Flashback
"Here are the packages, Andy. Make sure to choose carefully!" said Mwu.
"Don't worry about it," he replied. Walking back to his apartment, he put on one of the dvds and went to make coffee. He peeked out to see a glimpse of the applicant, and seeing the enthusiastic girl jump around and dance, he decided to get her in.
And then he went back to making coffee without hearing her voice at all.
End of Flashback
"Andy!" Shiho scolded, "How could you do such a thing?"
"I don't know," he stammered, "She looked so enthusiastic, I felt sorry for her!"
"Or you liked the coffee better," Mwu promptly stated.
Murrue slapped her forehead.
I SO DID NOT SET EIGHTY AS A GOAL FOR SUPERSTAR. DAMN YOU ALL.
Meanwhile, Lacus, Cagalli, Stellar, Athrun, Shinn, and Kira were busy overspeeding the speed limit.
"Are we there yet?" asked Cagalli, and the driver (who was Kira) sighed.
"No Cagalli, we are not."
"Then go faster!"
"No!"
"Why?"
"Because we are speeding already!"
"So what? If we are speeding, speed even more!"
"That didn't make sense!"
"Yes it did!"
"No it didn't!"
"Then let ME drive!"
"No!"
"Why?"
"Because you'll bash it up like you did to Athrun's car!"
"…"
I SO DID NOT SET EIGHTY AS A GOAL FOR SUPERSTAR. DAMN YOU ALL.
"Alright everyone, get to order!" Murata shouted in his annoying voice. "Today we are here to announce three new members of Celebrity Times, the Druggies!"
"Are you NK?" asked one of the druggies.
"No," Murata snapped snobbishly, like he'd been asked this ten times already. "You mean Natarle, right? She's out spying on the weird Rai."
"Weird Rai?" asked the green haired druggie. "I heard she's out on strip clubs and stuff."
"Hey I wanna go!" said the red haired druggie.
"Shaddap!" yelled Murata, "I really don't think it isn't the real Rai. I've heard from one of our reporters that they saw Rai and Cara go to the beach with some guys in their car. So the stripper Rai might be an imposter."
"Whoa, you guys are quick!" yelled the druggie with the noodle hair falling over his eyes, "How many spies do you have?"
"A hundred and three." Murata said, "And with you added, we will have…um…a hundred and… a hundred and…" a person near leaned towards him and whispered something. "Oh right! A hundred and six. Yes." Feeling the people's eyes on him, he cleared his throat and steered from the subject. "Now, what are your names? I can't go by your hair styles forever."
The guy with the short green hair said, "I'm Orga Sabnak. I like to read."
The guy with the greenish noodle hair covering one of his eyes said, "My name is Shani Andras. I like to listen to Extreme Tsunami really, really loud on my mp3."
The guy with the orange hair said, "My name is Clotho Buer. My hair is NATURAL and my name is NOT WEIRD! And, uh, I love my gameboy."
"What a loser," Azrael muttered to himself. "We will make your badges by the end of the day. There are four levels in the Celebrity Times Reporter Squad, the first level is Helper (footstool and underdogs), Spies, Writers, and Supreme Reporters. I myself am a – "
" – A Helper. Azrael, what are you doing, acting like a Supreme Reporter?" barked a harsh female voice.
Murata cowered at the sight of her. "N-Natarle… I-I mean, Miss Natarle… I- I was just… Helping these kids… Really sorry… Washroom…I need to go…"
By the state Azrael was in, the three druggies could tell that this Natarle was one tough lady.
"Badges? You are supposed to tell me about new members all the time! Azrael, you are – "
"Not fired?" Azrael said nervously.
"Nevermind. Here's the notes for Fake Rai."
"Okay!" Azrael chirped, and went away.
"Ooh! The beach!" Stellar said happily. She and Shinn grabbed a beach ball and went out to do some volleyball. Cagalli grabbed Athrun by the collar and made him go swim with her.
"Well, I guess we're all alone. Lets get to know each other." Lacus said to Kira, flashing a brilliant smile.
"S-sure, I guess," Kira said, sitting down next to her on the sandy beach. "Hey Lacus, why do you have such a brilliant smile?"
"Because I'm supposed to. I guess I got used to it, being a pop star and all."
"Oh," Kira said, "That's great.
…
…
"You're a WHAT?"
"A pop star," Lacus said, "Cagalli and I are a duo, Starlight. Have you heard of us?"
All of a sudden, Kira realized why there were so many Starlight stuff. It wasn't because they were fans, it was because they were Starlight.
Okay, I don't want to make this chappie so short, but you reviewers are bugging the hell outta me. I SO DID NOT SET EIGHTY AS A GOAL FOR SUPERSTAR. DAMN YOU ALL. I set eighty for Highschool Drama, and I KNOW that it is totally impossible for me to get eighty on two chapter fics of mine. OKAY? SO MAD RIGHT NOW!