Authoress Note: Two updates in a row now this is crazy… but the deadline of the competition is fast approaching and I need to get working. Anyway this is chapter 6 and I'm sorry it's a bit late but I had camp and been busy all week. I might take this down within a little while because the competition rules state that this story cannot be published in anyway before the competition and I'm not sure if this counts.
I've really pushed myself this chapter to write at least five pages in Microsoft word (which I do not own) so please take the time to read the whole thing. It's a big step up from merely three or four pages per "chapter". Hahah sorry had to try and make a little joke .
Credits: I owe HUGE amount of credit to my good friend Sortha tackle/glomps because she has been helping me so much with this chapter and with my story in general. Most of the ideas for this chapter are from her.
Disclaimer: I do not own YGO or any of its characters so no suing me.
….On to the story….
Stepping out of the greenroom, the two musicians had begun walking towards their waiting point behind the hidden door of the set. Stagehands fitting and adjusting them with microphones to make sure that their voices will be picked up evenly while the girls from hair and make-up came over and made minor adjustments to the musicians. The two women from wardrobe adjusted the clothing and making sure nothing was out of place.
Seto grunted in annoyance, signalling for the people around him to disappear before his patience did. Shizuka merely stared at the door in front of them blankly like it was a hole in space. "This doesn't feel comfortable…" Shizuka's soft voice glided through the air to Seto's ear.
"Most of these type shows don't feel comfortable. Just keep your performance persona in mind and don't slip." Seto's frozen tone of voice was more then enough to make the stage hands immediately remove themselves from around him but left Shizuka unaffected.
A familiar silence fell between the two musicians as the studio crew begun adjusting the lighting on the set and the camera positions. More of the studio crew were working on the silence around the studio and reminding everyone that it was another three minutes until the filming would begin. The hosts made their ways to their starting points to await the introduction theme song and the signal to come out into the camera's scope.
More bustling around of crew members and stage hands before one voice came over all the rest through a loud speaker. "We go live in thirty seconds… that's thirty seconds people, everyone to their stations."
Shizuka took a deep breath and closed her eyes briefly while Seto adjusted his collar to the way he liked it and stretched his back to make himself stand up taller; even though he already towered over everyone in the studio. The clock ticked on until it finally time for the crew to countdown the start of the program.
"Okay we are on in 5, 4…" A man with headphones around his neck and a loose grey shirt saying Studio 7 stood next to the centre camera. He was holding his fingers up to count down visually in the form of slowly curling a finger down to his palm after each number. Once the third digit disappeared, the oral counting ceased. The crew member mimed the remaining two counts.
On the signal of the crew member, a cheesy theme song came over followed shortly by a recorded voice saying the name of the show and introducing the hosts. The introduction was followed shortly by Brad and Jeneal running out onto the middle of the set with huge smiles on their faces.
"Hey there all your music fans and welcome to Music Zone." Jeneal flicked her freshly coloured hair behind her shoulders as a large fake smile wiped across her mouth. "I'm Jeneal…"
"And I'm Brad," Brad waved his freshly manicured hand in a greetings gesture to the cameras before continuing with the opening. "Well we have a fantastic show lined up for you today. Jen…"
"Thank you Brad and yes we do have a fantastic show lined up. Not only will we be checking out this weeks music chart but we will also be analysing the new releases, debuts and much more." Jeneal's lively attitude towards the cameras bubbled more and more as the program continued.
Brad smiled and took a step forward. "But not only are we talking music and dishing out the latest in the music biz but we have two very special guests on the show today." At the mention of the day's guest on the show, a huge applause came from the audience in forms of screams of joy and chants of names.
"Whoa Brad I think the audience is excited about our special guests… and why wouldn't they be when our guests are as amazing as these two are." Once again, the host's sentences brought a deafening uproar through the silence of the studio.
"Well Jeneal I think it's time we bought out our special guests for today's show before the audience storms the stage." Brad laughed and waved at the audience. "Are you guys ready for them to come out?"
The audience became louder and louder as the atmosphere around the studio became more desperate for success. More and more screams were breaking through and the security around the audience shifted into a ready position.
"Very well… Jeneal, will you help me bring out our guests?" With a nod from his co-host, Brad turned towards the back corner of the set and in unison with Jeneal shouted out the names of the guests.
"Come on out SHIZUKA KAWAII AND SETO KAIBA!" Dry ice formed a mystique fog that erupted around the back of the set and a remixed song of the two most popular singles played by Shizuka and Seto blasted over the loudspeakers. Behind the lights and fog, Seto and Shizuka pushed open the door and strode through. Shizuka smiling warmly with a convincing fake smile while Seto walked out with his hands in his pockets and a calm, sexy smirk across his lips.
The audience was immediately to their feet, causing the security to move in closer to the stands. The studio was blasted by cries, cheers, chants and screams of die-hard fans. Shizuka gave them her dazzling smile while Seto merely walked straight to his chair before even bothering to glance up at them to shoot his sexy smirk. Brad and Jeneal merely chuckled and exchanged glances with hidden thoughts at the popularity of their guests.
"Whoa… that was quite the impressive entrance. I have to say I don't think any of our guests have ever had an entrance that big." Brad laughed behind his hand while continuing to watch the security calm the audience down.
"I wasn't expecting such a large response to us merely taking a step onto the set." Shizuka gave a light hearted giggle and shook some hair behind her shoulder. Seto couldn't help but take notice of the way her hair cascaded down her back with the small flick.
"That was mind blowing. Do the two of you get this type of reception every time you're in public?" Jeneal's forced curiosity brimmed on every word that was falling from her mouth. Seto merely shrugged in an uncaring way and slide his fingers through his front bangs, causing a few teenage squeals to be released amongst the audience.
"You get used to it after the first few dozen times." The chill behind Seto's tone was enough to make many females in the audience get a shudder as his eyes lazily focused on the camera directly in front of him. "If I'm not going to go deaf from the music it will be from the fans."
Brad and Jeneal both let out a laughing smile at Seto's comment. Shizuka sat their still smiling and gave a meek nod in agreement with the comment.
"I notice you nodding in agreement Shizuka. Do you agree with what Seto just said?" His tone was kind-hearted and had a very friendly ring to it. Shizuka thought over her words before answering.
"I'm afraid that is the situation a lot of the time. After a live concert or even just a public appearance I can barely hear anything people say around me." Shizuka giggled lightly before continuing with her reply. "I'm just happy I have good health care otherwise my career would be over due to the loss of sensation in my ears."
This time it was Seto's turn to give a nod of agreement. Jeneal browsed over her notes to get her question in order. "Speaking of live performances Shizuka, you just recently finished your tour around Australasia and gave a special farewell performance in Hawaii correct?"
"Yes that's correct. I must say I had a fantastic tour around Australasia. The crowds there are just so responsive and really appreciative of my music. The farewell concert in Hawaii made me feel a bit tense." Shizuka's voice was dripping with the essence of sincerity at the memorable feeling of her past concerts. In her mind she ran through the Hawaiian articles claiming to know the reasons behind her merge with the band God's Dragons.
Some of these claims included that her record label owed money to God's Dragons record label so they agreed to sign her over and other claims of her being pregnant with a band member and therefore having to join the band so the baby could be hidden.
"It must have been extremely nerve-racking to have a tense feeling around you during a concert. Seto have you ever had this type of problem like Shizuka had in Hawaii?" Brad turned his attention from Shizuka to Seto. Seto thought over the question, keeping his patience for stupid questions under control.
"In a band you have a lot of tense moments." Seto paused before continuing. "When you walk out on stage you are performing and entertaining. Between band members you can't have tense feelings when you're on stage. It's not professional to walk on stage with a band where the members are ignoring each other. Only amateurs and assholes do that and then their concerts suck." The passion behind Seto's words was solid enough to cause cold shivers to run down people's spines. Shizuka kept her attention on the audience to avoid being affected.
Brad rubbed his hands together to draw the camera man's attention to him. "Alright well I think it's time to check out some video clips… what do you think Jeneal?"
Jeneal switched her attention for Seto Kaiba to her co-host Brad with a slightly startled expression. "Oh right let's check some video clips. We will be right back after this."
While Brad continued to introduce the first few video clips of the show, Seto and Shizuka sat their quietly waiting for the cue from the set crew to signal the filming had paused for a moment.
"Que the video clip… and we have twelve minutes people." The hair and make-up girls came onto the set for patch up work along with the wardrobe people. Shizuka released a small sigh and slid her fingers through her hair as a signal for the hair and make-up girls to leave her alone.
"This is becoming annoying…" Her voice was soft and clearly meant only for Seto's ears.
"Very… how much longer does this program go for?" Shizuka didn't give him a time answer and merely watched as some crew people were talking to the audience.
"Do we have to answer audience questions in this show?" Shizuka's soft voice was refused an answer as the crew began bustling back into positions to show that the video clips were over.
Once again a count down took place, except this time on a television screen nearby the camera that was broadcasting the show so that the crew and host could see how well it was being delivered.
In a moment the music video currently playing began to fade out bring the set and its occupants back into the television view. "I love those dance moves! I doubt you could move like that Brad." Jeneal laughed as Brad began trying to defend his dance abilities by copying some of the video clip moves.
"Okay so I'm not the best dancer… but I am the best at something else Jen." He paused and gave his hair a princely toss out of his face with a smug look. Jeneal merely shook her head in disbelief.
"Oh really Brad… would that be the best at wasting hair gel?" Brad's smug look dropped immediately after hearing Jeneal's insult. Brad replied with a simple 'ha-ha' before continuing on with what he was claiming to be the best at.
"For your information my dear Jen, I am the best in the world at meeting huge celebrities such as… SHIZUKA KAWAII AND SETO KAIBA!" Taking the shouting of the guest's names as a cue, the camera switched to a view of the two guests; both forcing content smiles onto their faces in front of the camera.
"Hi there." Shizuka gave an innocent wave to the camera while Seto remained silent and flicked some of his bangs out from his eyes in a bored fashion. Both guests turned from the cameras to face their hosts ready to answer the next line of questions.
"Okay now I think it's time we got down to the important questions. First up on the list is the all important question." Brad gave a pause in hopes of adding a dramatic and suspenseful feeling to his questioning. "Are their any sparks between band members in either of the bands?"
Authoress Note: Well that was the music show and I hope you don't want to kill me too bad for the cliffy again. Anyway if you review my story and help me out then I won't put as many cliff hangers but until I get more reviews to encourage I'll leave more people hanging… MUHAHAHA! READ & REVIEW! STL.