You are my Super Star
Chapter 10—Seto's real ID
by YYY
"What are we going to do?" Pegasus says, "Ricky even got the TV stations here."
"I'm going to go and tell Ricky that we're not going to do something stupid like that." Seto leaves the office and walk out to the street.
"Hello Seto, I think you know what I'm doing here." Ricky smirks.
"Yes, Voize is here to challenge Starr." Ricky says.
"Starr is not going to participate in something so juvenile and meaningless." Seto says coldly to his former lover.
"Aww, afraid of losing?" Ricky says.
"Good afternoon, Seto." Gozaburo walks up and asks.
"Sir, what are you doing here?" Seto asks his boss.
"I come here to see Joey." Gozaburo says, "the Voize is here challenge us? How come Joey isn't out here to face Voize?"
"I know why, Joey is just a pretty face. He can't sing more than 3 songs. I bet Seto planned the whole riot yesterday so Joey didn't have to more than 3 songs, cause 3 songs is all that Joey knew!" Ricky says, "not a bad move, you got to cover Joey's incompetent and it's good publicity."
"How dare you think I would harm my people to get some publicity!" Seto shouts.
"We all know that you will." Ricky laughs.
Pegasus and his wife are inside at office looking at the whole thing through the window. "That's a dirty thing for Ricky to say." Cecilia says.
Latino music starts playing. Ricky dances in very seductive salsa steps. Fan girls on the streets gather around the mini stage to see the sexy dance. Ricky sings out the Spanish lyrics in a deep sensual voice.
"What's going on?" Someone comes out from the Starr's agency back room and asks.
"Joey! What are you doing here?" Pegasus screams.
"I was doing laundry. I heard someone singing so I come out and see what's going on." Joey says.
"Doing laundry?" Pegasus asks confused.
"So, who is singing?" Joey peeks out the window.
"That guy is Ricky, Seto's ex-boyfriend, he comes here to challenge us." Cecilia says.
"Hey! Your boss is down there." Joey says.
"Yeah, Gozaburo says he is coming to see you, but he is actually coming to see Seto, he is Seto's father." Cecilia says.
"Seto is the boss' son?" Joey blinks. Pegasus nods, "Ricky knows how much Seto wants to impress Gozaburo. The best way to hurt Seto is to make Seto look bad in front of Gozaburo; that's why Ricky wants to defeat Seto in front of Gozaburo. Seto will never be able to get over it."
Seto stands next to Gozaburo and watches as all the fan girls on the streets cheering for Ricky. Suddenly, Seto feels someone looking at him from above; Seto looks up and see who is watching him.
(Oh, Seto. You might look calm, but I know deep inside you must be really upset. I know you guys were looking for Joey and couldn't find him. Without Joey there is no way you can win. You're going to look really bad losing to me in front of the TV stations and your father.) Ricky thinks. The Starr traitor looks at Seto, wanting the sees Seto looking back at him frustrated. But Seto isn't looking at Ricky, Seto is looking up to the window of the Starr Agency. Joey is at that window looking at Seto.
"When did Joey get back to Starr? I thought Seto is still looking for Joey!" Ricky grunts. He is upset to see Joey standing there in Starr office. He is more upset that Seto and Joey are staring at each other as if they are the only two people in the world. (Seto should only have eyes for me! Who does that gummy bear blonde thinks he is?) Ricky looks at Joey and thinks. Ricky shouts, "Come on, Joey! Get down here and sing the song! Are you afraid of me?"
"What in the…" Gozaburo shouts. Joey jumps out of the window and lands in the middle of the stage without even bending his knees. All the fan girls screams, "Joey is soooo cool!"
"What do you think you are doing you crazy mutt!" Seto yells madly.
Joey points to Ricky and says innocently, "he told me to get down here."
"Did he asks you to jump out from the window? NO, he didn't! Can't you just for once use that degenerated brain in your head! Who in the world would jump out from a window?" Seto yells.
"Hmm…sorry?" Joey says. The blonde just looks too cute to be mad at. The fan girls shouts, "aww…don't yell at him…"
"Just sing, don't waist our time." Seto sighs. Joey beams, "Hai!"
Ricky is even more upset now. Seto never yelled or sighs. Joey is the first to make Seto shows any emotions. To even upset Ricky more is that Joey is dancing salsa and singing in Spanish perfectly! Joey is so hot all the girls forget to scream. They just stand there staring at Joey mesmerized.
"Joey works the song better than you do, you lost." Seto says.
"Arigato! You guys are too kind!" Joey says after he finishes the song. The fans scream.
Pegasus asks Joey, "how did you learn to sing in Spanish and dance Salsa?" The blonde answers, "I didn't. I just learned from watching Ricky."
"You're smart enough to perform a song just by watching it once but you're stupid enough to jump out from a window." Seto says.
Ricky gets back on the stage and music starts to play. Pegasus says, "Stops talking, Ricky is giving Joey another challenge. Let Joey watch Ricky's performance so Joey can learn."
But Joey isn't watching Ricky, he is watching Seto. Seto's stoic face turns annoyed the moment the music plays. "What's the matter, Seto?" Joey asks. Seto grunts, "nothing."
"That song is 'Overreacting'. Seto wrote that song when he was the teen idol of Starrs." Pegasus says.
"Seto was a teen idol?" Joey asks. Pegasus nod, "Seto was a great teen idol and he had what it took to be The Super Star, but he retired his singing career and became Ricky's manager. Seto used all his effort to promote Ricky so Ricky could get to the top."
"Seto wrote this song to be his last song. He was going to sing it at his last concert but Ricky wanted the song. Seto gave the song to Ricky because Seto really loved Ricky." Pegasus says.
Ricky starts singing,
I'm not overreacting when I go crazy,
everytime you talk to another guy.
I'm not being unreasonable when I get mad
when other guys try to get close to you.
I'm only acting so crazy,
because you're the only one for me.
So I can't stop getting upset
when other people try to talk to you…
"It's a beautiful song." Joey closes his eyes and listens to the lyric.
"It was more beautiful when Seto sang it. Seto would have been a great hit with that song." Cecilia says.
Joey blinks. He can't imagine Seto writes or sings a song like that no matter how hard he tries. O.o
"The single of this song was on top of the chat for over 5 weeks. This is the song that made Ricky a super star; Voize asked Ricky to join them after hearing this song, and Ricky dumped Seto and left for Voize after that." Pegasus says, "that song was suppose to be the token of Seto's love to Ricky. But now the song is nothing more than a reminder of Ricky's dumping Seto. It's a token of Ricky's betrayal to Seto."
Ricky finishes the song and says to Joey, "go on, sing the song. All you know is pretend you are me and sings all my songs."
"For all your information, Joey sings the Riders' songs. Those are Joey's songs now because Joey is the lead singer of the Riders. You don't owns those songs anymore when you left the Raiders." Pegasus says. Ricky says, "I sang those songs. No matter how you put it, this thing here is just a wannabe who sings all the songs that I sang."
"How about I sing something else then?" Joey asks.
"You are not going to sing 'Overreacted'?" Seto asks.
"Nah. You don't like to hear that song, right? I'll sing something else." Joey gets up on stage.
"Hi, you mind if I borrow that, please?" Joey points to the guitar and asks the musician. The artist gives Joey the guitar and Joey puts it over his shoulder.
In Yami's art studio, Yugi is working on his manga when he hears giggling. He looks up and sees all his coworkers gathering around the TV. "What are you guys doing?" The manga-ka asks.
"We're just watching MTV. You want to take a look at our new crush?" Yugi's coworkers ask.
"Joey." Yugi says as he looks at the TV.
The TV is broadcasting Voize challenges Starr. The blonde smiles, "hi, this is a song I wrote myself. I hope you like it…
Before the beginning of time,
you and me exist as one
and we live happily in the timeless abyss.
Then the big boom separate heaven and earth,
and blast the two of us far apart.
Even since then, I have been incomplete,
I keep searching and searching,
hoping some day we can be together again.
If I can see you again
I'll climb the Giza a thousand times.
We belongs together,
I'll look for you even if it takes forever and ever.
No matter how hard it is, how long it takes,
I'll never give up my hope until we're one again.
Please trust in me, trust in the love I have for you.
Believe in our love, we'll meet again.
Even the seven deserts cannot separate us.
Our love bind us together,
we will be one again.
Our love bind us together,
we will be one again.
All the girls melt with Joey's songs. "That's the most wonderful song I've even heard. It's like he is really heart broken about being separated from his love, and wants to get his love back." One of the girls says.
"I can feels how strong his love is. He is determined to find his lover even if he had to go to the end of the world. The love is so strong!" Another girl says.
Yugi lowers his head. His body starts trembling lightly.
"Yugi! Are you crying?" The girls ask Yugi. The boy whips away his tears.
"I'm fine. Don't worry about it. I'm going to go, see you guys later, okay?" Yugi smiles and leaves the studio.
Back at the Starr Agency, Joey bows to the fangirls. "Thank you! You guys are too kind!" the blonde says.
"Joey! I love you! You're amazing!" All the girls are so touched by the song they're all crying.
"Joey won, Ricky. You might be able to get those girls scream, but you will never get those girls to cry like that." Seto says to Ricky.
Joey gets of the stage. Cecilia smiles to the blonde, "You wrote that song? That's so sweet!"
Joey rubs the back of his neck and blushes, "I hope I didn't make a fool out of myself up there! I was so silly!"
"You are not silly! You're amazing! How can you write a song like that?" Pegasus asks.
"I got inspired by a friend." Joey smiles.
"This is not over!" Ricky says.
"It is over for today. You have wasted enough of our time and Joey is suppose to be resting." Seto says.
"I'm fine! I don't need to rest." Joey smiles. Seto eyes him. Joey blinks, "hmm…I think I need to rest. It's nice of you to come over, Ricky. Thank you, I have a great time."
Joey extends his hand to Ricky. Ricky pushes the hand away. "Next time, Joey. Next time I'm going to crush you like a bug!" Ricky yells and gets back on the bus.
"Get back inside before you fainted again. This time I'm not carrying you." Seto says.
"Hai." Joey beams gets back into the Starr Agency. Ricky notices Seto's mouth curls up a little when Seto watches Joey.
(Seto is smiling to Joey! How dare Joey steal Seto away from me! I'm gonna makes Joey pays.) Ricky flames as Voize bus drives away.
Seto gets back inside the Starr Agency. "Oh, I'm too tired to deal with this." Seto sits down and rubs his temple.
"Here, black and extra strong, just the way you like it." Someone says to Seto. Seto looks up and sees Gozaburo hanging him a cup of coffee.
"Arigato, sir." Seto says. Gozaburo says, "good job today. I had a great time. I really love to stay but my plane is leaving soon so I got to get going."
"You're leaving? I thought you're coming to see Joey." Seto says.
"Nah, I think there is a rule somewhere that you're not suppose to steal your SON's boyfriend." Gozaburo says.
Seto screams at once, "Joey Is Not My BoyF…" he then realizes Gozaburo is calling him son.
"hmm…you want me to take you to the airport?" Seto asks.
"No, thanks. What I want you to do now is to go to Joey and asks him out for dinner." Gozaburo says, "and call me sometimes, okay?"
"Goodbye, sir." Seto says. Gozaburo heads toward the door, before he leaves, he turns around to Seto and says, "I'm proud of you, boy."
Seto smiles. He takes a sip of the coffee and heads toward the room where Joey is.
TBC…