I take it back, it's not that long. Also, there's like five old songs in here, good luck :D
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CHAPTER 41:
Yugo left Reeka in the center for a while so she can make a full recovery. He left Ghezirha in the center as well so when Reeka was ready, the two of them can head to Luminose without any trouble. As Reeka was getting healed, Ghezirha was curious as usual and saw the magazines, deciding to look at them as she waited.
The first magazine was a sports edition, full of weird things, tools, odd balls, and stuff that Ghezirha literally was scratching her head over. The people in the magazine she had no idea who they were and what they were doing.
Next was a fashion magazine and she was actually enjoying it, not for the fashion, but because when she'd see the models in the magazine, she'd picture herself as one and how Yugo would love her even more for how pretty she looked. Of course, she went through all of them down to the last one, and just as she finished, the nurse came out with Reeka as she asked, "Excuse me?"
Ghezirha looked up, "Yeah?"
"You're friend's ready."
Reeka gave a nonchalant glance as Ghezirha gave her a happy smile. Then she jumped up and said, "Come on, Yugo waiting for us!"
And ran out the door as Reeka rolled her eyes and followed. The Nurse, however, looked at the mess of read through magazines. She sighed, "I never thought I'd find a Pokémon reading used magazines."
(Evening)
The entire building was packed as getting into the event was almost impossible unless you got the right bribing cash. Of course, there was a reason why it was so packed. While there may be a lot of regular visitors, at least half the place was actually filled with goons from Rocket, Flare, Aqua, Magma, and such. Frank was officially paranoid that there might be another shoot-up at the show, so in order to not wind up as Lincoln, he had whatever goons he could bribe to come over to the show.
Inside, on a balcony, Frank, Payne, and of course Midori because it was the best spot out of the house, were sitting there as the crowds drew in. Payne asked Frank, "So exactly what the hell is Franco playing, because he never gave me the official list."
Frank shrugged, "I don't know, all I know is that it's old. Best time of jazz."
The lights dimmed down as Payne warned, "It better be good… or else."
"Or else what, I get thrown off the balcony?"
"Like how you did to Ash, yeah, hopefully you become a nice blood splat."
"Well, don't forget my wife's here."
Payne looked over to see Midori as she gave a smile, but she telepathically said, 'He means I'll kill you if you kill him.'
Payne nodded, "Oh… I see."
(Down below)
Yugo, Judas, and Rebecca were down with the crowd, seated at a table, and as the inside darkened, the group was ordering food, with Yugo go crazy on the food and Judas on the wine. Rebecca just sat there as the boys were going to blow their cash, which was all of Yugo's.
After they went wasting, the spotlight came on as a figure walked out and onto the stage. Yugo finally made out that it was Michael, who announced, "Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for attending the January show, we most appreciate your participation."
A roar of applause began as Michael finished, "Now… now before we begin, I do have one major announcement. One of our main singers, Franco Italy, has decided that he'll do a second role of singing for another band. Of course, he doesn't want to ruin your time, so he'll do a double role."
Payne wiped his eyes in frustration, "Fuck, I knew he'd go for it."
Frank asked, "What is it?"
"Heavy metal."
"Good stuff?"
"Well, the base of this… band is rock and roll. But I really hope he doesn't go with them."
"Let me guess, better pay?"
"No, less control on what is sung."
"Eh."
(Play "Minnie the Moocher" by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy")
The drums began a tempo as Michael walked back, then the brass began as Franco appeared on stage then the that 30's beat finally hit, with the trumpet blasting it's little line. Franco began, "Now folks I'll tell you a story of a woman… a woman who was a harlot… messin' 'round and causing trouble, and getting' into trouble... and this is her story."
He began, "Folks, here's a story... about Minnie the Moocher. She was a red hot, hoochy coocher. She waaaas the roughest, toughest frail… but Minnie had a heart… as a big as a whale."
He yelled, "A-HI-DE-HI-DE-HI-DE-HIIII!"
The crowd sung in chorus, "A-HI-DE-HI-DE-HI-DE-HIIII!"
"A-HO-DE-HO-DE-HO-DE-HO!"
"A-HO-DE-HO-DE-HO-DE-HO!"
"A-HEY-DE-HEY-DE-HEY-DE-HEY!"
"A-HEY-DE-HEY-DE-HEY-DE-HEY!"
"A-HI-DE-HI-DE-HI-DE-HO!"
"A-HI-DE-HI-DE-HI-DE-HO!"
Franco sang on, "She messed around with a bloke named Smokey… she loved him though, he was cokey. He took her down, right off to China town, and he showed her how to kick… the gong around."
"A-HI-DE-HI-DE-HI-DE-HIIII!"
The crowd went, "A-HI-DE-HI-DE-HI-DE-HIIII!"
"WhhhooooOOOOOOOOOooooo!"
"WHOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAOOOOOO!"
"A-HO-DE-HO-DE-HO-DE-HO!"
"A-HO-DE-HO-DE-HO-DE-HO!"
"HUU-HU-HUU-WHO!"
"HUU-HU-HUU-WHO!"
Franco spun and had a light appear on Catherine as she was sitting there, where on purpose or not, "She had a dream… about the king of Sweden… and he gave her things that she was need'an. He gave her a home, built of gold and steel."
The beat sped up. "With a diamond car, with platinum wheels."
He yelled out, "HI-DE- HI-DE- HI-DE- HI-DE- HI-DE- HI-DE- HI-DE- HI!"
The audience went, "HI-DE- HI-DE- HI-DE- HI-DE- HI-DE- HI-DE- HI-DE- HI!"
"HO-DE- HO-DE- HO-DE- HO-DE- HO-DE- HO-DE- HO!"
"HO-DE- HO-DE- HO-DE- HO-DE- HO-DE- HO-DE- HO!"
A tongue twister, "Skoodooleevoo, Skoodooleevoo, Skoodooleevoodooleevoodooleevoo."
The audience tried it and laughter at the failure, "Skoodooleevoo, Skoodooleevoo, Skoodooleevoodooleevoodooleevoo."
Now for some weird-ass gibberish, "Sghiueishsihshctehiucctehczcoivydchoi!"
The audience tried to do that, but failed and laughed out loud as the rhythm drummed up and the brass blew. As the short instrumental played, Payne asked Frank, "Exactly how many criminals are in here?"
Frank answered, "Oh… at least a hundred."
"Oh fuck."
The lyrics came back as Franco sung, "He gave her his town house and his racin' horses… each meal she ate was a dozen course… had a million DOLLARS made up of nickels and dimes… she sat around and counted them all one million times…"
He shouted up, "A-HI-DE-HI-DE-HI-DE-HI!"
The audience sung, "A-HI-DE-HI-DE-HI-DE-HI!"
"WhhoooooAAAAAAAAAAOOOO!"
"WhhoooooAAAAAAAAAAOOOO!"
"A-HI-DE-HI-DE-HI-DE-HOOOO!"
"A-HI-DE-HI-DE-HI-DE-HOOOO!"
"HO-DE-HO-HO-HO!"
"HO-DE-HO-HO-HO!"
"POOR MAAAAAAN!"
The drum hits, as another voice appeared, "Pooooor man."
Then a light drum roll as then a soft voice from three of the singers went, "Poooooor…. Maaaaan."
Then the brass played in a low tune the sound of a funeral march, and ended with the piano giving a last play of keys. The music died and everyone gave out their applause for the song. Franco walked off stage as the band reorganized itself. Out came another singer, dressed in white as he signaled for the next song to get played.
(Play "St. Louis Blues" by Guy Lombardo)
The trumpets began, playing the first few rhythms of the tune. As it played, Payne asked Italy, "Hate to ruin your little bubble but who the hell is actually here?"
Frank answered, "Well, it depends, I strategically had the leaders setup in a position where I can see them in a nice row. We have fire head, Don Giovanni, Mr. Gangster, Mr. Business, another pick somewhere, that BB frog…"
"BB frog?"
"Black, bisexual frog."
"You don't mean…"
"Yeeeaaap, he's here but nobody knows."
They finished as the trumpet went on a high note, holding steady, with the playing losing breath. One of the members cheered, "Hold it!"
Another cheered, "Hold it!"
Another one said, "Hold it", but in a lower tone. Two more singers joined on as Michael told the player, "Don't stop now Thomas."
The high note kept for a few more seconds until he went to a normal note and then the trio began, "Have you ever wake up with the blues all 'round your bed?"
Piano played, then they repeated, "Did you ever wake up with the blues all 'round your bed?"
"As the blues so fast, they popped right out of your head."
They went to the next, "You said mercy merce, what can mercy be?"
The piano played as Yugo wise cracked, "Is there anything like that?"
The singers went, "You said mercy merce, what can mercy be?"
Last piano as they finished, "If there's anything like mercy, Lord have mercy on me.
"I got forty-nine pins, and only need one more.
"I got forty-nine pins, and only need one more.
"And when I get that one, I'm gonna let the forty-nine go."
The piano sped up, "Let me be your little dog, until your big dog comes.
"Let me be your little dog, until your big dog comes.
"And when your big dog comes, the sound of what the little dog's run."
They changed verses, "You don't like me peaches, why do you shake my tree?
"You don't like me peaches, why do you shake my tree?
"Get out of my orchard, and let my fruit trees be."
The brass played a low tone, rising in from the deep and playing the dots of instrumental as the singers walked into the back. The band once again reorganized itself, and as they did Judas slurred, "Ya know… where the fuckin' hell is yer um… whoever the Gardy is?"
Yugo rolled his eyes, "Drunk again? Rebecca, can you please get him fixed."
She asked, "How?"
"I don't know, fresh air?"
"And miss this?"
"Wait, never mind, here comes Reeka and Ghezirha… and thank God they got clothes on."
The two girls came up as Reeka asked, "Ok, what the hell by any chance did I miss and can I beat the shit out of…"
"You may do that tomorrow, right now we got this. Also, Ghezirha can you please escort Judas outside and make sure he don't drunk rape anyone?"
Rebecca asked, "I reeaally don't think he can do that."
"Wanna bet?"
Ghezirha took Judas's hand and led him out as he went spurring random sentences, "Ya know… I sometimes think that Reeka has too big on an ass, then again guess the same for Yugo."
Yugo nearly spit his drink and yelled, "You did not just say that!"
"Fook UUUUU."
(Play "A couple of Swells")
Before it got any worse, the spotlights went back on and Catherine and Michael were on stage, and the music began as a huge band, then went down to the loud tubas and brass. Both of them sang in duo, "We're a couple of swells… we stop at the best hotels… but we prefer the country far away from the city smells.
"We're a couple of sports, the pride of the tennis courts… In June, July, and August we cute when we're dressed in shorts."
Catherine then did the solo, "The Vanderbilt's have asked us up for teeeeea."
Michael sang, "But we don't know how to get there, no sirree…"
They sang, "No sirrreee."
The rhthym came back, "We would drive up the Avenue, but we haven't got the price; we would skate up the Avenue, but there isn't any ice; we would ride on a bicycle, but we haven't got a bike…
"So we'll walk up the Avenue, yes we'll walk up the Avenue, and to walk up the Avenue's what we like."
They began the lines, "Wall Street bankers are we, with plenty of currency; we'd open up the safe but we forgot where we put the key.
"We're the favorite lads, of girls in the picture ads, we'd like to tell you who we kissed last night but we can't be cads."
Catherine sang, "The Vanderbilts are waiting at the cluuuuuub."
Michael sung, "But how are we to get there, that's the rub."
They both sang, "Thaaaat's thhhhe ruuuuub."
They sung once more, "We would sail up the Avenue, but we haven't got a yacht; we would drive up the Avenue, but the horse we had was shot; we would ride on a trolley car but we haven't got the fare…"
"So we'll walk up the Avenue, yes we'll walk up the Avenue, Yes we'll walk up the Avenue till we're there."
The song ended with the trumpets giving their last song, and the roaring applause again from the audience. But the band didn't move and then one said, "Alright, let's go!"
(Play "Aw you dog!")
The clarinets began as Michael and Catherine were pretty confused by it. Frank even said, "That wasn't in the show."
Then a voice appeared, "AWWW YA DOG! You dirty dog! You betta stop your sniffin' 'round like that…"
Then a poof of smoke as it was… Magnus, "I know what you just trying at!"
He pointed at Michael, "Aw ya dog… ya dirty-dirty-dirty-dirty-dirty-dirty dog; you sniffin' snappin', yippin' yappin' aaaww you dog."
He then turned to Catherine, "I trusted you so much, then I find you with this ol' butch, cheatin' on me all the time, aw you dog! What did I do to you? To make us become through? Is this what I get for everything we been togetha' through…. Weeeeell here's what I saaay…
"I got the news from goin' 'round… that you and my wife been running 'round… stop it I oughta murder ya now, aw ya dog.
"Franco and Eddy, I been talkin' to, they said that they saw you… kiss my wife in the view, aw you dog!"
He then pushed Michael, "AWW you dog, you damn, dirty, dirty, dirty, dog, stop that sniffin' all of that… I know just what you drivin' at.
"Aw ya dog… ya dirty-dirty-dirty-dirty dog; you sniffin' snappin', yippin' yappin' awwwww you dog."
He turned to Catherine, "Is this what I get in return, making my stomach churn, ruining the view, poisoning me with ya stew? Getting it on with this snitch, making ya'self become a bitch, if that's what you want… aww ya dog!"
As the instrumental played with Magnus playing a little of the fiddle, circling around as Yugo sat wide open, "Ok, Uncle Magnus decided to make a creative divorce."
Then the music stopped a brief moment as Magnus then mumbled, "ScimidididdidlyBOOOOIII!"
"AWW you dog, you dog, ya dirty-dirty-dirty-dirty-dirty-dirty-dirty dog, you sniffin' snappin', yippin' yappin'… AWW YOU DOG!"
He threw Catherine off the stage and into a trolley of food, ruining her dress and herself period. Then he punched Michael straight in the face, making him crash on someone's table. After that, Magnus jumped off the stage and simply took a little walk out, while playing a short piece of "Tradition". Everyone was confused on whether to clap or get 911.
Franco appeared as he announced, "Well… that was kinda unexpected… we'll be back in a few minutes, don't worry."
He went to help out his aunt as Yugo and Rebecca were surprised by it. Reeka asked, "So… what the hell was that?"
Yugo said, "Like I said before, Magnus got creative on divorcing."
Rebecca agreed, "I can see that."
"Also, where's Judas?"
"Didn't you have Ghezirha take him out for some air or something?"
"Oh shit."
(Meanwhile...)
"Just a little..."
"No!"
Ghezirha pushed Judas as the alcohol got to his eyes, "Come on... just a wittle bit."
"Judas, I'm with Yugo!"
"Come on, you're so cute and fluffy and adorable."
She blushed, "Um... I guess one kiss won't hurt."
And Judas kissed her on the cheek, then hugged her as she smiled, "Yeah, this is ok."
(Back to the table)
Rebecca volunteered, "I'll go see."
And as she left, the room got dark again with the lights going dark and a spotlight coming on. Franco appeared, along with Rose as the band began with a great sound.
(Play "She had to go and lose it at the Astar")
One the intro was finished, Franco began as the piano played, "We'd like to tell you a story about a young girl, about eighteen years old, about five feet two, and about to go out. Now her Mother, realizing it was her first time out with a young man, called her into the bedroom and said...
Rose began, "Minnie, you're all dressed up in your finery, your very best clothes, and you look beautiful, you're gorgeous, you're alluring..."
A man in the band shouted, "You look swell, baby!"
"...and now Minnie I want you to remember everything I've always told you, and above all I want you to be very, very careful..."
The band then sang, "But she had to go and lose it at the Astor... she didn't take her mother's good advice.
"Now there aren't so many girls today who have one... and she'd never let it go for any price."
Rose went back as they continued, "They searched the place from penthouse to the cellar... in every room and underneath each bed.
"Once they thought they saw it lying on a pillow... but they found it belonged to someone else instead.
"But she had to go and lose it at the Astor... she didn't know exactly whom to blame.
"And she couldn't say just how or when she lost it... she only knew she had it when she came.
"They questioned all the bellboys and the porter... the chef appeared to be the guilty guy."
"And the doorman also acted quite suspicious... but he coyly said, 'I'm sure it wasn't I'."
"But she had to go and lose it at the Astor... It nearly killed her mother and her dad.
"Now they felt as bad about the thing as she did... after all it was the only one she had.
"They just about completed all their searching... when the chauffeur walked up with it in his hand.
"All they did was stand and gape, there was Minnie's sable cape... And she thought that she had lost it at the Astor."
The band continued as Franco walked back, which the applause clapping to the band. The music finished and returning to the table was Rebecca with Judas hugging onto Ghezirha as she was looking both embarrassed and cheery. Yugo asked, "Did I miss something?"
Ghezirha said, "Judas is... hugging me."
"Good or bad?"
"Nah, he just likes the fluff."
Judas agreed, "Yes I do *kisses on the cheek*."
"And that too."
Yugo tried to hold in a laugh as Reeka said, "Better him than Yugo."
Rebecca countered, "Actually, I'd say otherwise."
Yugo stopped it, "I don't care, so long as he doesn't 'do' anything, we're fine."
After the rest of the show because Yugo had a drunken idiot that was literally glued to Ghezirha. Since it was only for the night, Yugo didn't mind and they headed off to the tent... well, he and Reeka did since Rebecca got Judas to agree to an apartment by saying she'll get some wine in the morning... which he agreed to.
(Later)
Italy and Payne left the building as they discussed some more private issues. Of course Midori was listening but Frank wasn't worried with her, in fact he actually liked her to stay to listen so she picks up any nuisances he misses. But as Frank was talking, a figure stepped out of the building and pulled out a gun, shooting Frank in the gut, making him grab it and collapse down the stairs.
As he went tumbling, the gunshot scared everyone off as Payne crashed down to dodge the shot while Midori stood paralyzed from the shot. She ran to Frank's body as he was still alive, being the bullet missed the internals, but she grew in rage and grabbed Frank's gun. The shooter ran up the stairs, but Midori fired multiple shots at the person, causing him to jerk up in the shot, then crashing down the stairs, only to reveal that the body was decloaked. It wasn't a human...
A Zoroark appeared as two things were shown... it was an Honoris badge... and name tag that read Gizel.
(In Dahara)
As the shoot-up and sing-a-long ruined the night over in Luminose, Dahara was having a new thing. Korrina decided that since the risk of getting killed was starting to reach an all-time high, she'd have to do the unthinkable in her mind... join a Team.
Her first choice was what her father worked for of the Scarlet Dagger, but then that was the major target and he was killed in it, so her next option was a gang calling themselves the Iron Syndicate. So she went there and her first impression was a little fear. She didn't meet Wafu, because he was at the show, and instead met the next ups, King and Florian. Of course, the interview was quick and Florian led her down alongside with her Lucario.
Florian explained, "Now, since Wafu isn't here we can't actually let you join, but you can stay until he comes back tomorrow."
Korrina asked, "Yes, but I want to join because I'm worried about the whole... getting shot. That and I tried asking for someone's help and she responded by knocking out Lucario and shooing me off."
"We won't do that, it's always a pleasure to find somebody who's willing to help."
"But... do I have to be a criminal?"
"That's what this Syndicate primarily is, but as I said, we'll see what Wafu says and go from there."
"Ok."
And as they walked down to what was an empty room, Korrina asked, "Hopefully you don't mind me and Lucario getting... a little..."
Florian said, "Frisky? No, no."
He showed her the room as she went in. "But I should say if you here any noises... they'll probably be loud so try to tune them out. See ya tomorrow."
And the door closed as Korrina crossed her arms, thinking on that. Then shook her head, "Nah... but... why do I get the feeling that this place isn't... going to be a walk in the park?"
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So the "Aw you dog", I actually added in the lyrics that were referring to Catherine because there was an instrumental to it so... fill it in. Hopefully it wasn't too bad.
