S U P E R S T A R
By Rosegirl18
A/N: What's there to say? Just read.
Disclaimer: You know what I'm gonna say.
"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.
Ch 4: Beach Party!
"Lacus, I'm sorry. I-I can't be with you anymore!" Kira flew up from where he was sitting and went for a cave to the left of him.
"Wait! Kira!"
Kira ran and reached the cave. There, he saw a familiar blue haired friend crouching near a rock.
"Are they gone, Kira?"
Kira rolled his eyes. "Yes. What's so sexy about you anyway, Athrun? This happens every time you wear a swimsuit."
"I don't know," replied Athrun, "We're guys, Kira, and straight ones at that."
"Well, there are no girls outside right now, so lets – "
"ATHRUN!" Cagalli's voice rang out and around the cave, making it seem louder. "I can't believe it! I drag you out to the ocean to have some fun and all these girls crowd around you so I can't breathe then one of them flings me out and make me land painfully on my butt – I HAVEN'T HAD THIS MUCH PAIN SINCE THE LAST CONCERT!"
"Concert?" Athrun said.
"I knew it!" Kira said.
"Haro!" said Haro.
"Oh there you were," said Lacus, suddenly entering the cave.
"Concert?" Athrun said again.
Cagalli rolled her eyes. "Geez, we sure are popular, huh Lacus?"
Lacus giggled. "They're just not into girl duos, that's all."
The word "girl duo" suddenly rang a bell in Athrun's mind.
Yellow…pink…band…stars…
"STARLIGHT!" Athrun yelled.
"That's right," Lacus replied, "Cagalli and I are Starlight. Rai and Cara are just assumed names."
"Impossible, just impossible. Kira's hooked up with the prettiest girl in the whole world!" Athrun exclaimed.
Cagalli frowned.
"Cagalli looks very pretty if she acts like a girl, too," Lacus said.
"Which she doesn't," Kira said under his breath. The yellow-haired singer punched him.
"In fact," Lacus said, we're making a new album right now! You guys could come see us in the recording studio some time."
"That would be great," Kira said through all the pain. "What studio?"
"Gundam Recording Company." Lacus answered, cheerful as ever.
Athrun and Kira went pale.
"MY SON IS HANGING OUT WITH PEOPLE FROM GUNDAM!" Patrick Zala slammed his fists on his desk. Raww le Klueze, his most unfortunate coffee server, cowered from across the room. "Don't tell me this report is true, Raww!"
"I-I'm sure that's what the spies saw…"
"IMPOSSIBLE! I REFUSE TO BELIEVE SUCH THINGS! FIRE THE MAN IMMEDIATELY!"
"Y-yes sir."
As soon as he left the enormous, round office, he straightened up and returned to his mysterious self. "Hey you," Raww said to the spy who, just minutes ago, had brought in the report, "You're fired."
"Yes sir," the spy said.
"And by the way," Raww said in his cruel, mean tone, "The chairman called you a man." He snickered at the sight of the young new ex-spy running off crying. Her three friends asked her what was wrong, and all of them ran out the building. "Mwa ha ha ha."
In the same building, budding young stars Rey and Lunamaria waited in the waiting room.
"Where the hell is Shinn?" they both thought. They had just barely gotten into the auditions, and if Shinn messed it up by standing them up, he was dead.
"Team numbers 43-50, please come in," said a scary, blonde woman in a white uniform.
"Uh, sure," Luna said. Shinn, where ARE you?
"Hey you guys, what are all you guys doing in a cave?" Shinn asked the four people, two pale and two female.
"OMG! I'M LATE!" he said suddenly, causing everyone to look at him. "Hey Lacus, can I take your car?"
"Sure," Lacus said nicely without even asking him why.
"Why?" asked Cagalli.
Shinn was already running off with the keys. "I need to audition at ZAFT Recording Studios!"
Athrun and Kira went paler, and Stellar followed Shinn. "Stellar will go with Shinn!" she called as she ran.
"Wow, I'm twenty minutes late," Shinn exclaimed as he checked his watch. "Luna will kill me!"
"Who is Luna?" asked Stellar, "Is she Shinn's girlfriend?"
"Oh no, just a bandmate," said Shinn. Stellar smiled.
Meanwhile, Luna tapped her foot, looking anxiously at the clock. The band in front of them went on. "Shinn, where are you?" she thought. Rey was beside her, by the way, he just didn't talk.
Just then, the black-haired boy sat next to them. "Sorry I'm late!" he said.
"Where were you?" Luna hissed.
"Shinn was at the beach!" supplied Stellar, who had sat beside Shinn.
"Who…are you?" Luna asked.
"I'm Stellar." Stellar said.
"She's a friend," Shinn added, "We went with Athrun, Kira, Lacus, and Cagalli."
"Team 49," called the scary blonde lady.
"That's our number!"
"You will be singing…Moment by Vivian or Kazuma."
"I don't know that song!" whispered Lunamaria anxiously. The other auditioners were getting impatient and started chatting with each other.
"Team 49," the blond lady called again.
"What do I do?" Lunamaria squeaked.
"I don't know!" Shinn replied.
"Well, I know how to sing that song…" said a small voice behind them. The team turned around and…
"No way…Meyrin!"
"I'll substitute for Lunamaria," she offered, and Shinn and Rey felt like hugging her. But not Lunamaria.
"They might disqualify me!" she screeched, "What am I to do then?"
"Tell them you dyed your hair and cut it afterwards," Meyrin said, "We look alike, don't we?"
They thought about the logic.
"All right," Lunamaria sighed, "But if we don't pass, you're dead."
"Don't worry about it," Meyrin said as she walked to the stage with the boys.
"dare mo mina samayoi nagara kotae wo sagashite
futari naraba jikan sae mo shihai dekiru to omotteta ano koro
tsuki hi wa nagare sora no ima mo kawaru you ni surechigatteta kokoro"
She had to admit it, Meyrin sure was good.
"megurikuru kisetsu no naka de
ano toki ga tomareba
ii no ni
futari mata samayoi nagara
kono sora wo kanata ni
ai wo sagashite"
Why couldn't she be the one there?
"ima no kimi ni utsuru sora wa donna iro nara kikikaesenai nara
taisetsu na koto wasurete shimatte iku you de sukoshi tomadou kokoro"
Because she hadn't reviewed the lyrics. Damn.
"mekurumeku ginga no naka de
sono kokoro takuri
yosetemu
futari tada hoshi wo miagete
ano toki no sora no
iro wo kasaneteru
taisetsu na koto wasurete shimawanai de itai
kegare wo shiranu kokoro
megurikuru kisetsu no naka de
kono hoshi ga kiesaru
toki ni wa
kokoro goto zero ni modoshite
shounen no hitomi de
mitsumete
futari mata ano yume no hate
arukidasu tsunaida
te wo hanasazu ni"
All of the auditioners clapped. But Lunamaria and the singers' worried, nervous eyes were on the judges. Suddenly, the judge with the long black hair stood up.
"Meyrin Hawke, will you please see us? Oh, and you too, the purple hair at the back."
It was getting late, and all the other auditioners had left. The black – haired judge was still absent, along with Lunamaria and Meyrin. Shinn kicked a dustball and said suddenly, "Maybe they got caught."
"No," Stellar said, "They are testing Lunamaria as a private audition." Rey and Shinn could hardly vision the positive outlook. "Lets go out for ice cream for a while, my treat."
Rey shook his head. "I'll just wait here. You go, Shinn."
"Well, alright," he replied. "You sure you want to stay here? It'll take a while."
"I'm fine."
Baskin Robbins, in all its pink and white sweetness, was right beside the ZAFT building. Stellar got a vanilla and chocolate swirl, and Shinn got a mint and chocolate chip cone. They sat down on the bubblegum pink chairs, and around them, some other teenage couples were eating ice cream, too.
"S-so, Stellar," started Shinn, nervous all of a sudden, "Do you like singing?"
Stellar stayed silent, which made Shinn stutter. "I-I didn't mean to pry…just that well, everyone around you seems to… so…"
What she said next was so quiet that he could barely hear her. "Stellar likes to sing."
Shinn didn't ask why she didn't sing anymore. "I'd like to hear you sometime," he said gently, covering her had with his.
"Geez, where are they?" Cagalli muttered, trying to screen her worry into anger. "You don't think they've rented a motel room, do you?" she ranted to Athrun.
"No!" Athrun exclaimed, surprised at her outburst. "If anything, they'd be in a hotel room!"
She smacked him on the head. "I was just kidding!" she yelled.
"I'm sure they'll be fine," Kira said, sitting beside the ever-calm Lacus. "And I think we have some stuff to talk about, anyway."
"What?" asked Cagalli. Athrun fidgeted guiltily. "What! Tell me now!"
"Yes, what is it, Kira?" Lacus said, sitting up more upright.
"Well," Kira said, "You guys are from Gundam Co. right?" The girls nodded.
Athrun said, "and ZAFT Recording Studios is your rival, right?"
"More than rivals," Cagalli growled.
"And you know Patrick Zala, right?"
"Yes," Lacus said.
"He's a bastard." Said Cagalli.
"He's my dad."
Silence.
"What?"
"He's my dad."
"What!"
"H-he's my d-dad."
"WHAAAAAATT!"
Lacus put a hand on Cagalli's hyperventilating shoulder. "Now calm down, Cagalli, Athrun is Athrun, even though he's a faget's son."
"I-I-"
"Please shut up, Athrun," said Lacus, " I will calm all of you now by singing a song." Suddenly, they were at an abandoned stage and Lacus was in a very pretty white dress.
Then she sang the song "Fields of Hope."
"You mean they just LEFT?" Lunamaria said, highly annoyed at Shinn and Stellar's actions. "What if they rented a motel or something?"
"Shinn has enough dignity to rent a hotel room," Rey said quietly. "If you guys are done now, I'll get going."
"Argh!" Lunamaria shrieked.
"It's alright, Mayura," said Asagi, we can go somewhere else, we're young!"
The girl kept sobbing, "I worked so hard to get that report, I really did!"
"I know," said Julie, "Should I beat them up for you?"
"No," Mayura said, "I don't want to be a spy ever again!"
"Maybe you should," said a voice. "Where people could appreciate your works."
They lifted their heads to see Natarle.
"Who are you?"
"Ever heard of Celebrity times, girls? I think we'll have use of your report – and your services."
Yes, yes. I finally updated. School's tough, starting High School. Now I'll really have some ideas for Highschool Drama! Anyway, hoped you enjoyed this chapter. I know I'm not writing much about Nicol and Ezra, but frankly…I don't really know if I should. So anyway, please review to make me write the next chapter! Or I'll slack off even more!