Hello. I am on a writing spree because I will be out of the country for a week as of Thursday. If you're lucky, I'll put up another chapter after this before I go, but don't hold your breath. This chapter is easier because I include a person that many of you are familiar with. Anyway, I'm sorry for all the babbling, on with the fic.
Tenchi found himself on carpet ground. He was in a music store in mid-afternoon. Ryoko was above him wearing headphones and moving with the beat of the music. "Ryoko, you're going to make a scene" Tenchi said.
"This music is just so great. Have a listen." Ryoko said as she put the headphones on Tenchi. He was blasted away by the loud music. He immediately ripped the headphones off his head. "What was that?" Tenchi asked still recovering from the beats.
"Not for the faint of heart apparently. It's a song called Zips done by…" Ryoko began to say.
"We're getting off the point. I took your advice from a magazine she reads and I end up that I adopted a kid and a cat…rabbit…thingy." Tenchi said angrily.
"Well, I was so sure the wish would work. I can't believe that you could get so close only to fail. But I think I know what the problem is. Ayeka hasn't noticed you yet, so if you wish to be…" Ryoko began saying.
"Oh, to be on TV? When I made that wish, I ended up a criminal." Tenchi interrupted.
"Well, your wishes have been kind of vague, so if you were to be more specific with your wishes, you might have a chance. That's why I brought you here. She secretly spends much of her time listening to J-Pop in her office while she doesn't have immediate work. This time, it will work." Ryoko said.
"If this doesn't work, then…" Tenchi said.
"…Then you won't know the first thing about Ayeka and your wishes will be useless to you." Ryoko replied.
"This might actually work. I want to be a J-Pop star so Ayeka will notice me." Tenchi wished.
"That's perfect. Then you'll become the guy you just heard. T. M. Revolution!" Ryoko said. As soon as she had said this, Tenchi, who was now Takanori Nishikawa, was performing onstage in Tokyo with a field of thousands of screaming fans.
yamikumo ni osore hiza wo daku
(Blindly afraid, I hug my knees)
chigau desho? soko wa warau tokoro
(This has to be wrong - I should be smiling here)
The music kept playing as Ayeka and Kiyone listened from two seats. Kiyone was standing up as Ayeka began to speak. "Thanks for getting me in here Kiyone. I love this guy."
"Hey, it's not a good thing that I could get you in here. I have to work security here for three days. But, I'm pretty lucky. When that drug pusher somehow disappeared, three men got fired. It's all over the press. And we officers who were there only caught a glimpse of the guy and that's all anyone has of him. But if I ever see that unforgettable face again, all hell will break loose on him." Kiyone responded angrily.
"Oh, Kiyone." Ayeka said.
"Yeah?"
"Your friend Nagi, she stays at my house on her days off and makes a slob of herself. How can you have someone like that for a roommate?" Ayeka asked.
"Nagi is a strange one. All she knows is her work. They have to force her to take vacations. Once they even needed a restraining order. But Nagi and I are in different leagues. She is Tokyo's best cop and utterly ruthless when she finds a convict. Many of us are afraid of her, but when she isn't working, she's the slob who was at your house." Kiyone replied. The music stopped as T. M. Revolution was ready to say goodbye.
"Arigato Gozaimasu (Thank you. Goodnight.)" Tenchi said not noticing he was speaking Japanese. He went off-stage and saw Ryoko backstage. "What are you doing here Ryoko?" he asked.
"I like Nishikawa. And to tell you to catch Ayeka before she leaves." Ryoko replied.
"Ryoko, I wanted to be a J-Pop star myself. And where is the real Takanori Nishikawa?" Tenchi asked.
"Don't you like being one Japan's number one singers? And anyway, there's no time for that. Get Ayeka before she leaves. She's out there." Ryoko said pointing to Ayeka's seat. Tenchi hurried to the seat while she was waiting out the rush.
When he got there, he put his hand out and greeted Ayeka. Kiyone noticed him and made eye-contact. Tenchi's mind raced. She's the one who almost killed me that last time. What if she notices something about me and finds out that I was in that car? Oh, crap. Oh… Kiyone's voice turned to that almost of a bishonener. "Takanori, I am a big fan of yours."
Other women noticed him and tried charging towards him. They stopped when Kiyone pulled her gun and pointed it at them on one knee. "Now, was there something you needed?" she asked.
"Oh. I just wondered if the lady here wanted to come backstage?" Tenchi asked. Ayeka took him up on the offer. As she began walking behind Tenchi, Kiyone whispered to her, "Be careful."
"I'll be fine." She replied and went off with Tenchi.
She and Tenchi were in his trailer backing a couple drinks and talking of simple things. "Oh, I never formally introduced myself. My name is Ayeka." She said.
"Well, I haven't either. I'm T…" he replied.
"Oh stop. Everyone in Japan knows who you are. Hey, not that I'm complaining, but why did you want me to come with you here?" Ayeka asked.
"Well, I guess you reminded me of someone." He replied.
"An old friend?" Ayeka questioned.
"More like an old love." He replied. He looked at his watch and saw how late it was. "Well, it's really late and we've had a few. You better get going home. If you want, I can call you a taxi."
"No thank you. My apartment is only ten minutes away. I'll be fine." Ayeka replied.
"Oh, and I have an encore tomorrow night, I would like it if you come. You can have any seat or be backstage if you want." Tenchi said.
"Yes, I will. I'll see you tomorrow." Ayeka said with one foot out the door.
"Wait Ayeka. What if I told you that I wasn't really Takanori Nishikawa?" Tenchi asked in a serious tone.
"What?" Ayeka asked surprised.
"You would believe, wouldn't you? You have had too much to drink." He said again in a humorous tone as she laughed and stepped out the door. She was walking away, not knowing that a secret man was taking pictures of her, but never caught her face, He didn't need her face. She needed to be with him to have him ruined.
Uh. Tenchi thought with his head leaning back on the couch still drunk. Can the only way to get Ayeka be to be someone I'm not? I... drank…too…much… He thought as he fell asleep on the couch.
He awoke startled in the morning when his manger rushed in. "Takanori, what have you done?" He exclaimed.
Wiping the sleep from his eyes, he asked, "What?"
His manager said as he threw a newspaper on a table in front of him. "This is front page. A man took a picture of a women coming out of your trailer late last night. She was intoxicated and now everyone thinks that you're doing this to take advantage of young women." He said. ."(A/N: Normally, Ayeka wouldn't be called underage, but she is 20 or so and Takanori is 35. Sorry)
"But, I didn't have…" Tenchi began to say as he felt horrid. He covered his mouth and raced to the toilet and began vomiting.
"And you were drinking? You have an encore tonight. Sober up and be on stage in…" his manager said as a stage hand rushed in as Tenchi came out of the toilet.
"Takanori, dozens of press members are coming. You have to be ready. You've really screwed up this time, Takanori." The stage hand said.
"Hold them off as long as you can. All of you. Keep them out of here for as long as you can. Now." Tenchi said as they emptied the trailer.
"Great, I can't see Ayeka or else people will try and say that I'm taking advantage of women. This sucks. I thought that people would like me if I was a star." Tenchi said to himself.
"Takanori, they're going to break down this door if we don't step away. You've got one minute before they get to you." Yelled his manger.
Tenchi sat up against the bottom of the couch. He had only ONE option. "Where is that…here it is." He said as he found his flip-phone.
He dialed 666 and hit send.
Well, for those of you who don't know, the press has harassed Takanori Nishikawa before. They made a false claim that he was having an affair and he had to divorce his wife (Yumi from Puffy AmiYumi) because of it. Anyway, please review. I'll try to put up more before I leave.