Chapter one: The Talent Show Rehearsal
Kira usually got up at 6:30 to get to school early so she could draw and sketch. But today she had to get to school early to rehearse for the talent show with Rei, Tatsuya and Hiromi.
They would all be singing and Hiromi and Kira would be playing the piano. All four of them were in choir and both Hiromi and Kira had a magical touch when they played the piano.
Kira quickly got ready for school and ran down the stairs.
"Mom, I have to get to school early for the talent show rehearsal with Rei and the others," Kira said in one breath.
"Oh, okay honey would you like me to put your French toast, scrambled eggs and bacon into a container for you so you can eat it on your way there?"
"Thanks mom, that would be great," Kira said while putting her jacket on.
Before Kira rushed out the door, her mom gave her a container that contained her breakfast.
"Bye mom, see you later," Kira said.
Kira ran all the way to school. By the time she got there Rei, Tatsuya, Hiromi and Mr. Taniwa were all waiting for her.
"Sorry I'm late guys, I went to bed late yesterday," she said apologetically.
"Okay guys, hop up on the stage and show me what you've got."
"Hiromi your piano's on the right, Kira your piano's on the left and your microphone is attached to the piano."
"Rei and Tatsuya choose who gets to go where and then test the microphone," he said rather quickly.
Kira and Hiromi warmed up on the pianos while Rei and Tatsuya tested the microphones.
"Is everybody ready?" Mr. Taniwa asked.
"Yes Sir, may we begin?" asked Hiromi.
"You most certainly may," he responded.
Rei started them off "Okay, 3, 2, 1, hit it."
Hiromi and Kira began playing the piano as an introduction. Eight bars later, Rei and Kira started singing, then 4 bars later they were all singing.
When they finished their song, Mr. Taniwa was clapping.
"That was definitely the best so far," he exclaimed.
"So are we in?" Tatsuya asked.
"Didn't you just hear him? He just said that we were the best. Maybe you need to clean your ears, there's probably a bunch of earwax piled up preventing you from hearing," Rei said in a teasing tone.
"Oh come on Rei, give the poor guy a break," Hiromi said.
"Yeah," Kira agreed.
"Oh come on he was just having a little fun," Tatsuya said defending his best friend.
"By the way Rei, I just cleaned my ears today," he said.
"Okay that means you must be going deaf," Rei responded, still teasing him.
Everybody burst into giggles.
"Okay you four, that's enough. Go get ready for your first class," Mr. Taniwa said, kicking them out.
"Come on guys, before Taniwa blows up on us and ends up in Taiwan," Rei said, which made them laugh even harder.
So off they went, headed off to Mrs. Hugurashi's classroom.
Rei looked through the window on the classroom door and saw that there was a supply teacher.
"Dudes, there's a supply today. I'm outta here," Rei explained.
"Rei, you promised not to cut school anymore…please don't," Kira begged.
"Oh, all right. But that's only because you're the one asking," he said and gave her a quick kiss on the nose.
Tatsuya looked down at his watch.
"Oh, crap you guys the bells gonna ring in 2 minutes," Tatsuya warned them.
They all ran towards their lockers and quickly unlocked them. They grabbed their stuff and ran back to class.
They all jumped into their seats one after another, Rei was the last one and made it in just seconds before the teacher walked in.
"Good morning class, my name is Mrs. Yuri. Unfortunately Miss Higurashi is unable to attend this lesson so I will be filling in for her," she explained.
"Everybody get out your math books and turn to page 346…please," Mrs. Yuri demanded.
Everyone immediately did as they were told accept for Rei of course. But the teacher was too dimwitted too notice. (A/N: I always thought supplies were dunce, so here's my proof).
So eventually, Rei got bored and fell asleep.
The bell rang and the class was dismissed.
"Yo, Rei what do you think you're doing falling asleep in class?" Tatsuya asked.
"Oh, don't worry Tatsuya, she didn't even notice, at least I don't think she did, did she?" he said completely lost.
"Ugh! Rei you have to stop falling asleep as boring as it is you still have to pay attention or you'll be held back a year," Tatsuya said, getting worried.
"Yeah Rei, Tatsuya's right you can't keep falling asleep in class like that…it's too risky," Hiromi agreed.
They all headed over to their next class. For the rest of the day Rei tried his best not to fall asleep. It was difficult for him, but he managed.
The school bell rang and it was time to go home. The four of them met at the front door. They went to go get slushies and sushi.
"Tatsuya don't worry about it. I'll pay," Rei said, pulling out his wallet from his back pocket.
"Fine," he replied.
"Let's head over to the park," suggested Hiromi.
"Anyone want to have a race to the park?" Rei asked, grinning.
"Sure…" Tatsuya began.
But Rei was already running.
"Hey that's not fair, oh well," Tatsuya raced after Rei.
By the time Kira and Hiromi got there, Rei, had fallen asleep and Tatsuya was waiting very patiently.
Kira walked over to Rei and screamed in his ear.
"Wow! Was that Kira, is she okay, where is she?" he said. Than he looked up, "Oh," he said, embarrassed.
"Oh god I have to get home, my step dad expected me back as soon as possible," Kira exclaimed.
"Okay I think I should be getting home soon too," Hiromi agreed.
So they all went home, Kira hopped on Rei's motorcycle and Hiromi hopped on Tatsuya's bike.
They said goodbye, then left.
When Rei dropped Kira off at her house and he gave her a quick kiss before leaving.
Kira unlocked the front door and walked in at first she expected her step dad to blow up on her, but he didn't.
"Hey Kira what took so long, I thought I told you to get home as fast as you could?" he asked.
"You did Daddy I just went to grab a snack with some of my friends," she replied.
"Okay Kira I'll be right back," he said.
When he came back he was holding a pencil, a pad of paper and a belt.
"Write down your friends phone numbers. Every 10 seconds you waste, you'll get hit with my belt," he explained.
Kira quickly wrote down Rei's number, Hiromi's number, but she couldn't remember Tatsuya's.
Her step dad was counting, "1, 2, 3, 4, 5…"
Kira ran towards her fridge where the list of phone numbers were. She jotted down his number and then ran back to her step dad.