The first practice turned out to be total hell for Duo and his new band mates. Frist of all it took Solo a good forty five minutes to get Duo down to the music building. It was a full forty five minutes of Duo freaking out claiming temporary insanity due to a small blond manipulative sweetheart mother hen ... (so on and so forth) person. Solo was convince the only reason he did finally get Duo out of the room because he had run out of names to tack on to poor Quatre, and was distracted trying to think of more. Once out of the room Duo was a little calmer, the two made it all the way outside and to the middle of campus before Duo seemed to remember what they doing and started flipping out again.
Solo practically dragged Duo into the building and when he finally got there it took the threat of killing Duo's guitar to get him to calm down. His band mates looked really pissed when he finally walked into the practice room, though no one said anything once they notice that Solo had clearly taken a beating to get him here.
Duo made a serious amount of mistakes throughout the whole practice, till finally Trowa caught on. Trowa without cluing anyone in started to play Miyavi's pop is dead. The rest of the band took a moment before going with it, they all knew Trowa well enough to know he had good reasons for randomness. After that Duo started giggling and the rest of practice went pretty smoothly.
This was all two weeks ago, presently Duo sat on his bed more or less hyperventilating. Heero had so kindly reminded him today that they had their first show in less then a week, that Friday. Duo had relaxed enough to get through practice actually playing really well, but he wasn't sure if he could get through a show in front of god knows how many strangers. He just wasn't sure he was cut out to do this.
Meanwhile the rest of the band was camped out in Heero's dorm room.
"We have to have a backup plan. Duo is amazing and he has come a long way but none of that matters if he can't play for a crowd of people who are going to be pissed off has it is with the disappearance of Nim." Wufei cut straight to the point of their little makeshift meeting.
"We could always try the miyavi thing that seems to work pretty well." Quatre pointed out. -yes they have dubbed it the miyavi thing-
"It is true that he responds to that but i don't even know how many people are going to be out there." Wufei argued back.
"A recording, we will have to have a recording ready for if he freaks." Heero sighed, he thought he had gotten out of this recording crap.
"He could stand off stage." Trowa spoke up.
"Off stage?" Hilde looked at him like he was nuts.
"Think about it. Duo can play fine when it is just us or by himself, and I'm guessing with Solo though I've never asked. So..."
"So if we put him off stage he can't see the crowd and maybe he won't be so nervous."Quatre finish Trowa's thought.
"Bingo."
"You two scare me, but it might just work. So plan A is he just plain plays, plan B he plays offstage, and plan C we have a recording ready for an extreme case of Duo panic." Hilde perked up at the idea.
"Then it's settled?" Heero looked at his band mates terrified one of them would find an error with this new plan. They all just nodded.
"Solo, seriously, what if I freak what if I can't do it. I'll screw them royally. This is the first show if I screw this up the others might not even happen."
"Duo?"
"I could ruin their chances simply because I can't bloody play in front of people. The crowd never did anything to me, it is not their fault I can't deal."
"DUO!"
"What?" Duo whined as Solo practically shrieked at him.
"Play La:sadie's."
"Are you crazy."
"Not now, right before the show, and see if they care if you wear that outfit the one you made to like Die's from the La:sadie's gigs."
Duo blinked, "I didn't think of that."
"Of course not, that's why you have me." Solo smiled down at Duo who was now sprawled on the floor now pouting like a two year old who got lost in a department store.
"La:Sadie's always makes me feel better. God knows if it weren't for you and beat La: Sadie's tapes I might have died." Duo smiled, but he meant that in all seriousness.
"Can you play one for me." Solo offered his makeshift brother a hand up.
"Sure. Maimu?"
"Of course, what else?"
Duo laughed and pulled out his guitar. Solo thanked god that both him and Duo were surrounded by night students so no one was near enough to be disturbed by the loud song. Duo quickly swung into the face beats of the song. Solo smiled and faked moshing (he is own is own here). Solo had always been amazed at how well Duo could sing Kyo's parts. They varied so much from the Gackt songs that Duo rocked at, even Miyavi was closer to Gackt then Kyo. Somehow Duo manage to hit them all, Solo was convinced one of these days Duo would wake up and just not be able to talk anymore with all the abuse he put his vocal chords through. Solo chimed in at the parts where a second vocal was needed, but for the most part just listened in amazement at Duo.
Outside Duo's door stood Heero stunned at what he was hearing. 'La: Sadie's, it's not possible. People just don't know that stuff, let alone sing it. It has to be a recording Duo found online or something that some nut posted as Dir en grey. That was possible.' At least that's what Heero thought has he stood there frozen. He hadn't heard La: Sadie's in forever, true he did have a couple songs on his computer including the one he could hear at the moment, but he hardly ever listened too them anymore. It wasn't that he didn't like the La: Sadie's stuff, he just like Dir en grey as Dir en grey better.
"Oy, Kid. You just gonna' stand 'ere all day or are ya gonna' knock?"
Heero jumped startled and found this slim slightly slutty looking girl standing there watching him. She had medium length mousy brown/blond hair and deep green eyes. She smiled slightly and nodded in the direction of Duo's door.
"I was just...just..."
"Eavesdroppin'?", She smiled again and held out her hand. "Name's Danny, nice to meet ya."
"Heero, nice to meet you too. I was just coming up to talk to Duo."
"Ain't ya doin' a bang up job. still out 'ere and everything." She moved past him and pushed the door open. "Oy, Solo, ya 'ave a visitor."
"Huh?" Solo stumbled having been half way through jumping off the bed which had suffered through his randomness.
"Oh. Heero!" Duo sat his guitar down and looked at Heero quizzically, who had just about the stupidest and most dumbstruck face Duo had ever seen on.
"You were playing that?" Heero said, looking like a fish out of water.
"Yeah, I like the older stuff." Duo fingered the end of his shirt and looked down blushing.
"La: Sadie's?" Heero stated in disbelief.
"Yeah, I know it's old and not as good as their new stuff...blah blah blah... but I love it." Duo smiled softly.
"Yeah, but, well I mean I prefer the Dir en Grey stuff over the La : Sadie's stuff, and I know some people-"
"Heero you're kind of rambling." Duo cut off before he totally forgot his point.
"Right, anyway I never met anyone who knew that stuff so well they could play it."
"And sing it."
"SOLO! Shut up!" Duo jumped up from his spot on his bed.
"That was you singing too?" Heero looked even more lost as he said this.
Duo smiled awkwardly and shrugged. "Yeah."
"I don't believe it."
"Duo could sing it for ya now if ya want." Danny sat down on Solo's bed pulling him down with her. She smiled sweetly.
"No, I mean." Heero stumbled over his words. "Ah, I believe you I just ... don't."
"Don't worry I get it." Duo held his hands out to let Heero know he could stop now. "Which reminds me, does it matter what I wear for this concert of ours?"
"What you wear? Shit, I didn't even think about that." Heero smacked himself in the forehead slightly.
"I was wondering if I could wear Die's outfit from one of the La: Sadie's gigs?"
"You have what?"
"I made it."
"You are insane, you know that right?"
"Of course he does." Solo laughed at the conversation in front of him. "But then again so are you."
"I knew that." Heero said playfully."As for you outfit I think you're fine, just please don't do the big hair, I know you have enough to do it, but I might have to shot you if you do."
"Don't worry I like my braid just the way it is." Duo smiled.
"I'll talk to the others and see what they're up to outfit wise and what not. Just so we don't look totally crazy."
"Hey you guys are a semi fake jrock original/cover band, I think you have crazy covered." Solo mocked.
" Hey, why are you here anyway?" Duo who just suddenly remembered that Heero was in his room.
"Oh that's right. I don't mean to be sneaky or anything, but me and the others were talking about the whole freaking out thing."
"Oh." Duo looked down and bite his lip.
"We sort of came up with a plan, or options I suppose. You could try and play in front of the audience if you feel up to it, or you could stay backstage and just be plugged in, and if you still feel panicky we can go to a recording. Though we would all prefer to have you play."
Duo looked up surprised. The others had really thought about this, meanwhile he just continued to freak out.
"If it's all right I think I would like to start from backstage and then maybe come onstage for the second half of the performance." Duo mumbled.
"That would great. We just really want you to be the one playing, not some dumb recording of stupid Nim." Heero made a face as he said Nim's name.
Duo looked up at him and smiled. This might just work out after all.
So I'm not dead after all. I've been trying really hard to get this out because I saw the story on another author's favorites and I was like shit I'm an ass and should get to writing. Anyway I got a hold of some La: Sadie's stuff and totally fell in love and the next thing I knew I had another chaptery thing. It's so bizarre at first this was really meant to move around the song Vanilla but it's kind of warping into this insane jrock monster thing. Anyway I needed a break, and it took forever and life isn't "getting better" it's just changing so screw it I'm gonna do something I like for once...HA! I win. ... only not really. Thanks to everyone who reads this you guys (and gals) are my heros.
P.S. I'm sorry if my grammar is completely shot I kind of no longer have word so I can't even get help from my computer, and we all knew I already sucked at it.
Anyway mucho love
Ris Night
Have I gotten weird or what?
Oh and one more thing if I messed up on how to spell La :Sadie's or the name of the song I am very sorry I found it on the web that way so I'm going with it.