A/N: Okay... I know... after that huge spree of about 3 chapters with in a two day or so time period... I was the one to break the quickness of updating. (this is Mimi-san btw, if you forgot who's chapter it was this time) But, I have a very good reason. I waited on purpose this time because I'm updating a whole bunch of stories today. This one, the Shinora Family, Because You Can (a new Naruto oneshot), No Matter What, and Gomen Nasai (a new AU Naruto story) have been updated... most of them on my Lil Enchantress account. Please enjoy the chapter!
Disclaimer: Please do not sue... I own not Fruits Basket.
Kyo had no clue how he'd gotten into this fine mess he was in. Music blared around him, confusing him to the extent his ears felt like they were bleeding. Momiji was running on top of tables, and Ritsu was dressed in a usually Hatori styled outfit. He stepped backwards away from all the crowd and felt his shoe sink into a puddle of sticky stuff he was afraid to find out what exactly it was. Looking down, he found that it was an entire bottle of spill soda. Sighing, he remembered how just that morning, Tohru simply asked if they, meaning Yuki and himself, would go with her to get some groceries. And I mean, how dangerous could it be to go and get a simple bag of groceries?
Apparently, going out to get groceries had been very dangerous. They had walked past a karaoke bar on the way there and stopped in on the way back. One by one, the whole juunishi had appeared at the karaoke bar, spilling their hearts out into songs. Right now, a random guy was on stage, the song killed his ears because it was hard rock and no one could even understand what he was saying. What's more... their refridgerator and freezer food had been left forgotten, and spilled, and everything else you could imagine. What was the whole point of going to the grocery store if they would just have to go again after this?
Kyo looked around for Yuki, not really knowing why... but he finally spotted him on the floor. He was passed out, and looked like he had been drunk. That would certainly explain that absurd performance he'd put on not that long ago. Kyo walked over to him and flicked him on the forehead. When he didn't move or wake up, Kyo stood up and swung his foot backwards. He kicked Yuki as hard as he could, so hard that he flew across the floor knocking a few people over. Yuki still did not wake up, much to his disappointment. Kyo just sighed then walked away again.
Unfortunately, he bumped into Tohru and turned into the cat with missing patches of fur on it's face again. Tohru aww-ed and picked him up, sqeezing him close to a particular area on her chest, making him blush deeply through his orange fur. She started walking around the bar, still holding him close to her... you know. She spotted Hana-chan and Uo-chan, so she rushed over to them, the orange, very embarressed cat swinging wildly in her arms.
"Uo-chan, Hana-chan! Hey, I thought you guys left!" Tohru greet them with a smile.
"That cat..." Hana-chan began, staring at it with blank eyes. "It's got the same waves as Kyo."
"It-it does?" Tohru asked in a scared voice. She threw him across the room while both of her friends were still watching. "I didn't notice... hehehehe..."
"Yeah... anyway, we're still here because we haven't sang yet. I was going to sing next, but that lame ass that's up there now cut in front of me. I'd better teach him a lesson he doesn't forget!" Arisa threatened in no particular direction. Tohru sweatdropped, and Hanajima just nodded. "I'd better make sure I'm on next, so I'll go wait up front by the stage. Later!"
As Arisa made her way to the front, she noticed Shigure Sohma running through the crowd with a pissed orange cat on his head. She blinked, but just kept walked through to the front. It seemed so impossible. Since when were there this many people at this tiny karaoke bar?
Finally at the front, when the guy singing the crappy punk song (a/n: I'm not dissing punk... I'm just saying this guy is just a lousy singer.) was almost finished, Arisa gasped.
"Shit! I don't have the guy background singer for the song I want to sing!" she cursed randomly to the crowd.
Suddenly, Hatori came up from behind her and tapped her shoulder. She turned and gave a questioning stare at him. He smiled. There was an awkward pause. Finally, Hatori snapped his fingers and Kureno appeared beside them. Kureno looked around with a WTF look on his face.
"How the heck did I get here?" he inquired, but then noticed Hatori standing there. "Oh...it's you. What do you want?"
"I needa background singer, do ya think you could help me out?" Arisa cut in, almost beaming through her mask at the guy standing in front of her. She had actually been daydreaming of him mysteriously popping up and singing with her, but she didn't think it'd actually happen.
"Um... I guess so," he said. He didn't really have anything better to do now. Akito had disappeared at the main house, and all he'd been doing there was looking for him. At this karaoke bar he had absolutely nothing to do. So singing was better than nothing, right?
"Alright!" Arisa cheered as she took her mask off, throwing it randomly on the ground. She walked over to select her song, then dragged Kureno up the stairs to the stage.
LIke it did for all the other songs, the lights dimmed, but the spot lights didn't appear. Instead, Arisa started singing almost as soon as the mysterious music started. The dark made the stage seem empty and as if the voice was coming out of nowhere.
(a/n: regular font is Arisa... font in parenthesis is Kureno)
How can you see into my eyes like open doors
Leading you down into my core
Where I've become so numb without a soul my spirit sleeping somewhere cold
Until you find it there and lead it back home.
The lights flickered on and off then the spot lights came on steadily.
(Wake me up)
Wake me up inside
(I can't wake up)
Wake me up inside
(Save me)
Call my name and save me from the dark
(Wake me up)
Bid my blood to run
(I can't wake up)
Before I come undone
(Save me)
Save me from the nothing I've become!
Now that I know what I'm without
You can't just leave me
Breathe into me and make me real
Bring me to life
(Wake me up)
Wake me up inside
(I can't wake up)
Wake me up inside
(Save me)
Call my name and save me from the dark
Hatsuharu called out from the crowd. "Yo Arisa!... did I save you from the dark yet?" Everyone just booed at him.
(Wake me up)
Bid my blood to run
(I can't wake up)
Before I come undone
(Save me)
Save me from the nothing I've become
Bring me to life
(I've been living a lie, there's nothing inside)
Bring me to life
Frozen inside without your touch
Without your love darling
Only you are the life among the dead!
(All this time I can't believe I couldn't see
Kept in the dark but you were there in front of me)
I've been sleeping a thousand years it seems
Got to open my eyes to everything
(Without a thought without a voice without a soul
Don't let me die here
There must be something more)
Bring me to life!
(Wake me up)
Wake me up inside
(I can't wake up)
Wake me up inside
(Save me)
Call my name and save me from the dark
(Wake me up)
Bid my blood to run
(I can't wake up)
Before I come undone
(Save me)
Save me from the nothing I've become.
Bring me to life
(I've been living a lie, there's nothing inside)
Bring me to life.
Arisa breathed in and then sighed. She almost forgot to breath during the performance, which wasn't very smart. Glancing over at Kureno, she blushed. It'd felt so great to sing up on stage with him. He'd had such a great voice too! Why didn't he come to see her anymore. Dammit, he made her mad! And yet he made her feel so good... she was so confused.
A/N: Er... not that great? I wasn't aiming for a particularly funny chapter this time around because I was in a not so funny mood. I'm hoping it's more serious with a funny edge to it... or something like that. ;; Um, the first paragraph in this is almost the exact one at the very first chapter, very first paragraph. I just added a sentence to explain what he stepped in. I had been planning this conclusion since chapter one... but I didn't expect there to be chapters after it. Luckily for you, there are. And the song in this chapter... I was just listening it to it randomly today (like the first time in about half a year), and I wanted to put it in. I just thought it'd be kinda nice to put her and Kureno in to sing it. (actually... they were some of the only characters that haven't sung yet, so I thought, why not? ) Anyway... hope I didn't disappoint you with this chapter or anything. Nemo-chan'll be doing the next chapter... I think we finally decided that we would do the crossover with Naruto, but I just didn't want to start it, so she'll be doing it. So Neji's band is up... we'll see how they do. Later!
-Mimi-chan-
Disclaimer: I own not also Bring Me To Life. Evanescence is the pure owner of that greatness...