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A new chapter, wohoo! Thanks all reviewers, here comes the response!
E.S Simeon: Glad you liked it. More Sheena/Lloyd moments in the next chapter!
InuKratosStan: Yes,Kratos do have a hard head. He has sued me for revealing that, actually. So, we'll see if I need to make an officialapology in future chapters.
Zelda's Fox 38: YAY! I got a gold sticker! WOHOO! stickies it on shirt
Teddy-The-Bear: Indeed. (REGAL ALERT!)
King of No Pants: I will keep writing. I've figured the story will be between 8-78 chapters. Go me.
Just some TOS fan: Yes, I do make fun of Regal alot. We'll see more of Regals serious sides in the next chapter. Romance warning...
Doctor Daiguri: Thanks for the compliments. I bow to you, my master.
lugiamania: You'll see how the concert goes...below.
Yes, a short chapter here, I'm building up for a longer chapter with more romance. That is the focus of the next chapter. But first, concert and an unexpected guest.
Thanks for reading.
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-Celebrity Insanity- Issue 114-
Name: Sheena Fuyibayashi
Age: Take a guess. Interviewer guessed 24 and got beaten up.
Weight: I'm not answering to that.
Occupation: Bass guitarist and voloptuous hunny of The Chosen.
Instrument of choice: Bass guitar
Pets: Corinne, I guess. But not anymore. Didn't really like him anyway.
Favourite possession: Corinne's bell. Don't really need it, but it makes a fun noise when you squeeze it.
Last thing you bought: I don't buy things. I steal things. Oops, did I say that?
Favourite band member: Is there anyone in the band that is sane? No. So I refuse to answer that question. But Lloyd is cute. :D
Favourite movie: I don't watch movies.
Favourite book: I don't read books.
What do I do in 10 years: I'll be married to Lloyd, and we'll have children.
Motto: Don't use a motto. That is my motto.
-Thank you, Sheena Fuyibahashiyounashi or whatever, good luck with your life-
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Meltokio was packed with people. Every inch of the streets in the imperial city were crowded with all sorts of odd looking humans, half-elves, katz', penguinists, and all the other creatures you could imagine seeing in a city that is celebrating a king's birthday.
An enormous stage had been built in front of the castle, right by the church, and enormous speakers spread the music of the bands that had been chosen to play to honor the king.
The king, yes. Where was he? He was supposed to make his birthday speech 10 minutes ago.
The crowd was getting worried. Actually, they didn't care at all. They were just there for the music and the free food.
-Inside the Meltokio Castle-
"I'd say what an amazing painting!" The king said and smiled widely. His eyes looked like they were made of glass, and he had a hard time maintaining balance.
"That is the wall, dear." Princess Hilda replied. "Come now, it is time for your annual speech."
"Spee-eech?" The king mumbled and turned towards Hilda. "Speeeheeech? Schuch a funny word..."
"Almost as funny as minimalistic, but just almost. Now, let me help you." She walked over to help the king stand properly. "Why do you always have to get drunk on occasions like this?"
Suddenly, the king froze. Then he pushed princess Hilda away and stretched out his body.
"Drunk?" He said, smiling. "I am not drunk, Hilda. Look, I can walk straight."
He did walk in a straight line for two seconds. Then he tripped over his own feet and fell down the stairs.
"I am all-rights, Hilda" He yelled from below. "I just can't understhand why someone would... ah never mind..."
"We must go now, dear."
"Wait, I just thought of something... You know, Hilda... During my reign I've found out that there are three types of people in this word... Those who can count... And those who can't."
"What's the third type?"
"What third type? You hear voices, Hilda. Come on, my servants await!"
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"We're going to screw up." Genis mumbled. "I'm absolutely sure of it. I'm so nervous I can't even hold my saxophone right."
"Me too. I've forgotten what parts I play, and what parts Lloyd play." Colette said, looking guilty.
"Have you forgotten my parts, angel!" Lloyd exclaimed as he grabbed his electric guitar. "Now how do I know what to play?"
"Does she memorize your parts, Lloyd?" Sheena asked and frowned her forehead.
"Well, yeah."
"O-kay, I don't even want to know how you do it."
"It's simple, really. I just..."
"I said I don't wanna know."
"But..."
"No buts..."
"I love butts!" Zelos said and smiled. "Especially..."
"Don't you dare finish that sentence, Zelos." Sheena waved her bass guitar over her head, and had a murderous look in her eyes.
"Okey-dokey, Sheena's feeling pokey."
"We're gonna die!" Genis weeped. "Can they execute someone if you play wrong?"
"I have a bad feeling" Colette said. "We haven't practiced enough. And what if they don't like our songs."
"Then it's Lloyds head!" Zelos yelled and waved a finger against Lloyd. "He wrote the songs, and I will rip off his toenails if he destroys my image!"
"Calm down, everyone." Raine said. "I'm sure you will all do fine. Those new songs that we got in that mysterious letter will work, I'm sure. Just focus and do your best."
"Sure, I'll do my best sis." Genis said and faked a smile. "But I'm still going to die."
"Me too." Colette smiled. "I will do my best, that is. Not die."
Zelos jumped up on a chair and struck a pose.
"Do not fear, my voloptous hunnies and everyone else in the band! For I, Zelos Wilder the Chosen will not allow our great band to fail. We shall overcome all obstacles together as a team, and only together can we win. So come on, let us pray for our success and if we do, we will succeed!"
A long silence followed.
"Hmm" Sheena said. "I don't think anyone here have the heart to say no after such a dramatic speech. Let us go and die then."
"You are truly an optimist, my voloptous hunny." said Zelos while he was trying to get his hair to lie perfectly around his face.
They were standing inside the church, from where they would enter the stage when it was their turn. The doors where opened, and a man came in.
"The Chosen, you're up. The stage is all yours in 2 minutes." He said, and then disappeared in a cloud of pink smoke.
"I guess it is time" Raine said. "Just do your best out there. Is everyone ready?"
Genis, who was holding his saxophone as hard as he could, nodded nervously.
"I'm ready" Sheena said, checking carefully that her black bass guitar was properly tuned.
"What's the setlist again?" Colette asked. "I kind of forgot."
Raine took out a piece of paper and read out loud.
1. Rock The World
2. Falling In Love
3. The Things I Meant To Say
4. Oh Raine (Take Away My Pain) "
She froze when she read the last line.
"Who wrote this song!" She yelled in Genis ear.
"How am I supposed to know? It was one of the three songs in the letter."
"But why would someone send us songs?" Regal asked.
Everyone turned towards Regal, looking suspiciously at him.
"What is it?" He said innocently. "You look like you just saw something surprising."
"This is a surprise. You are awake." Zelos said and waved his hand in front of Regals face.
"What's so strange about that?" Regal asked and frowned his forehead.
"Absolutely nothing." Zelos said and smiled. "DUH!"
"What is the meaning of DUH anyway?" Colette asked. "Raine never teaches us important things like that."
"It means Don't Use Helium"
"Really?"
"Yeah!"
"Hmm, I guess it makes sense. DUH! DUH! DUH!"
"What's wrong with helium?"
"I dunno, just DUH!"'
"Huh?"
"No, it's DUH!"
"What's DUH!"
"DUH is DUH!"
"I KNOW THAT! But what is it!"
"Just DUH!"
"You are driving me mad." Raine said, interupting them all. Steam was coming out of her ears.
"DUH!"
"I KNOW, GODDAMMIT! NOW GET OUT ON THE STAGE BEFORE I GET MAD!"
Zelos leaned towards Genis and whispered in his ear.
"So how is your sister when she's mad? Pretty intense, huh?"
"If you only knew" Genis said and sighed.
The crowds cheering was unbeliavable when the band entered the stage. Their expactations were high, and their volume was even higher.
Zelos grabbed his microphone and put on his best smile.
"Are you ready to rock, Meltokio!" He yelled.
"YEAH!" The audience yelled back.
Still smiling, Zelos turned towards the rest of the band.
"May I introduce to you all..." He said, making an intended pause before he started again. "On the electric guitar, the beautiful, blonde-haired bunny-cute Chosen of Sylvarant, miss Colette Brunel! Yeah!"
The crowd cheered in unison.
"On the bass guitar, the incredibly cute Sheena Fuyibayashi! Just take a look at those..."
An angry look from Sheena made Zelos avoid mentioning what he originally intended. He kept on smiling as if nothing had happened and walked over the Presea.
"Give her a big applause! Behind the drums, honey-sweet Presea Combatir!"
"Of course the band would be nothing without our amazing manager, Raine Sage! Come on up here and give Zelos a hug!"
Raine did enter the stage, but refused to go anywhere near Zelos. She put on her best smile, made an angry gesture towards Lloyd who was picking his nose and then she stomped off again.
"What an amazing band I have behind me" Zelos said, still keeping the same broad smile from chin to chin. "Besides my voloptous hunnies, we also have Regal, Lloyd and Genis. Give them..uh...a big hand. Let's also give a big round of applause for the king who celebrates his birthday today!"
The crowd cheered with full lungs and Zelos gave them one final big smile before Presea started to pound on the drums.
"This song is called Rock The World!" Zelos yelled, and it all began.
Or at least it was meant to begin. Just as Lloyd struck the first chord on his electric guitar, the sound just died. Zelos sang in his mic, but his voice didn't ring out from the speakers like it was supposed to.
"What the..." He said, but suddenly he saw a dark figure (So yes, it was in the middle of the day but still a dark figure. SUE ME!) standing behind a speaker with a cable in his hands.
"YOU!" Zelos screamed and dropped the microphone. "Catch him!"
The dark figure threw away the cable, which had been cut off and ran.
"Catch that thing!" Zelos yelled, and the whole band ran off stage in pursuit of the malignant mischeif-maker who had destroyed their concert.
The crowd was silent, staring at the now empty stage.
"So, what happens now?" A man said.
"I have no clue."
"Hmm, maybe we're supposed to bring them back on for an encore."
"But they never even began to play, now did they? How can you do an encore before the show even starts?"
"Hmm, good point."
"Excuse me, lady, have you seen a dark, suspicious looking figure anytime recently?" Zelos asked an old lady just outside the slums.
"As a matter off fakt, I dooo" She said with a strange voice. "He runna straight into da beelding ova there"
"Thanks alot, lady" Zelos said and bowed. "Come now, servants! Into the building!"
Raine, Presea, Lloyd, Sheena, Colette, Genis and Regal came after him. The building was large, and it had no windows. It looked like a storage building of some sort.
They all headed in. The building was dark since it had no windows, and it did not have any lights at all. It was filled with various boxes without labels.
"Hmm, where is he?" Genis said.
"He must be in a box!" Lloyd suggested. "Let's crash them all! WAHOO!"
"I have a better idea!" Colette yelled. "Let's attach them all to the roof and play Tetris!"
"Come out come out wherever you are..." Zelos said in a smooth voice. "Daddy's got cookies for..."
BANG!
Suddenly the large double doors behind them was slammed shut. It became pitch black, and they all froze.
"I think we just got trapped." Raine said.
"Could it be that the very man who saboutaged our show did this?" Zelos suggested.
"Your sharp intelligence is blinding" Sheena said sarcastically. "So what now?"
"We'll be trapped in here forever and we'll die!" Genis yelled. "Raine, if you die, can I have your golden mirror?"
"You idiot! If I die, you die!"
"What, are we linked together in some mysterious way?"
"ARGH! I am surrounded by imbecills!" Raine yelled and walked straight into a box. She fell to the ground with a large THUMP visible over her head and it became quiet.
"We're done for." Sheena said. "We have no food, no water, no silver spoons! What can we do?"
"How about we draw our weapons and start hacking the door apart?" Lloyd suggested and drew his two swords.
"Now that is an idea the Chosen approves!" Zelos said, excited. "Let us attack the fearsome beast that stands before us, and we may be victorious!"
"It's a stupid door, Zelos."
"I know. But the two glowing red eyes that roars in front of it is not."
How will the band survive this? And more importantly, can they get ahold of the person that destroyed their hope of a successful concert? And will I be able to come up with more questions?
We'll see in the next episode of Rock The World! Review, folks!