Chapter 13
"Oh I LOVE this sound!"
"But I like this band better…"
"Maybe we ought to try this sound too?"
Yuuma and the others have been listening to music non stop. There were so many different bands that they could borrow from, and yet the sounds were each different an unique to their ears. Yuuma loved the harder stuff, same with Jason. Akira liked light and easy listening. Drax enjoyed rock, Luna and Eclipsa enjoyed pop and instrumental.
"So many choices. I want to try that Bad Wolves song, Zombie!" said Jason.
"How ironic," snickered Eclipsa.
"Shut up!" Jason said jokingly but laughed as well.
"I like City and Color." Akira explained.
"Foo Fighters!" called Drax.
"Disturbed, and those other ones we listened to… Alexisonfire, Stone Sour…"
"I am certain we can use all elements and music. So, how about this, we pick our favorite songs and we practice those!" said Drax.
"Agreed!" everyone announced.
The door to the room suddenly opened, a very distended Suiryu wondered in but paused. "Huh, has anyone seen Alley?" he asked.
They fell oddly silent, until Yuuma cleared his throat. "She was in the lab earlier, but I think has taken off for lunch or something. We really haven't noticed her since we've been listening to music." Yuuma explained.
"Oh… okay…" Suiryu said and paused. "Hey… do I look weird?" he asked.
"Why are you asking such a thing?" questioned Akira.
"I just feel weird, my stomach feel odd too, it's like it's growling but not hungry…"
"Maybe you just need to rest a little more, you do look tired and drink some water." Suggested Luna.
"Good call, thanks…" he walked out of the room shortly after, yet everyone was stunned as they turned to Luna.
"What?" she asked.
"Normally, you blab" said Eclipsa.
"Like a canary," chimed Akira.
Luna however smirked. "I grew out of it."
"I doubt that," said Jason. But then he looked at her oddly. "Were you bribed?"
"What makes you think I can be bribed?!" she demanded.
"Let's move on, shall we?" asked Yuuma.
They listened to their favorite songs over and over again, but the problem soon arise. "Wait, how can we play any of this if we don't have proper sheet music?" asked Jason. "Sure we can try to do it by memory, but it won't have the same sensation now would it?"
"Yeah, that's true…" Yuuma said and sighed. "Could uncle Street or Knuckle be able to turn this into sheet music?"
"I never thought about asking them!" said Drax. "Great idea Yuuma!"
"Also, since we are going to have personas, should we also have stage names?" asked Luna.
"Yeah… huh…" Yuuma paused as he thought it over. "We can go by wolf like names, you know. Timber, Alpha, Omega…"
"Sounds like a plan…"
"But let's focus on the music for now,"
Drax however insisted on one thing. "I think Alpha would be your name, Yuuma. You are going to be the led singer aren't you?" he asked.
"You sure that's okay?" Yuuma asked.
They all nodded in agreement
"And with that, we got the idea in place for band names!" laughed Jason. "That was far faster than I anticipated…"
"Anyway, let's go talk with Uncle Street and Knuckle, maybe they can help us." Said Akira.
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They managed to find Knuckle wondering about the halls. Drax was the one to approach him on the idea of getting sheet music for their band. However he appeared more curious than anything. "Huh. I never done something like that before… this could be interesting!"
They brought him back to the room, where the alien device that played the music resided. Knuckle approached the thing and began to fiddle with it. "So how does this work?"
"We just turn the knobs, however if we know the name of the band, it will automatically find it for us." Explained Yuuma.
"Okay, so let's try it out, what band do you want music for?"
"Let's do Jason's band. Bad Wolves, Zombie." Said Drax.
The gang agreed. Knuckle fiddled with the dial and then the music played. He paused and listened to it before nodding his head. He enjoyed the sound by the looks of it, and then, the song ended.
"Well?" asked Jason.
"Well what? Good music to say the least."
"Can you make sheet music from the song? So we all know what to play?"
Knuckle smirked as his chest opened up, suddenly, a thin piece of paper began to trickle out from between his pecs until he gently removed and offered the paper to Jason. "You mean something like that?"
Jason looked it over, his eyes widened. "It's the sheet music!"
"What other songs you got?"
For the next few hours, Knuckle would stay with them as they picked out various songs. There was one Eclipsa wanted that took the longest. It was called the Poet and the Pendulum by Nightwish; it was a complex song with instrumental, opera like singing and heavy metal. But she was in love with it.
With their music printed off. Yuuma was smiling from ear to ear. "We got music, we got personas, I guess all that's left is costumes right?"
"Yeah we best look the part and have something to go with our masks…" Jason thought.
"Oh that's easy. Go to a warehouse discount place, get some of their fake fur blankets but sew them in such a way that you can make vests and clothing from it. I will give you a rugged and wild appearance… learned that from a show called game of thrones and their costume design team!"
"Game of what?" asked Drax.
"Never mind, alternative world stuff… I got a lot of time on my hands."
For the full week they rehearsed their chosen music until they could play without the need of the sheets. It became second nature to them, and the songs were ingrained into their minds and their fingers. Drax was rather proud of their accomplishment. It was clear that everyone wanted this, and willing to work hard to obtain it.
By the end of the week, Knuckle had come by to listen to them play.
They sounded perfect.
Knuckle appeared to groove to the music rehearsed before him. He would test out how well they were synced by throwing in different problems a band may have live. One moment a mic is cut off, which forces the others to catch and pick up the slack, another time is when the guitar suddenly looses a string. Third, he had them switch up instruments and see who could play what. They were quite versatile to say the least. Yuuma learned to play the drums; Akira bass, Jason keyboard, Luna guitar. Drax however was quite good at playing anything and everything as it was.
They were ready.
Yuki also finished his latest device for the triplets. Bracelets that snapped on their wrists that sent out nanobots across their bodies. With a quick swipe, their scales hid and they appeared human! Now, for the look. The wolf masks are cool, but they need to go a little farther. They took Knuckle up on his advice and went to a massive warehouse store and got the fake fur blankets he spoke of. They made vests and crop tops out of the blankets and gave themselves a rather rugged look. "You are raised by wolves you got to look the part to say the least, right?"
"Nice!" Drax said as he tried on his. The boys wore vests, the girls did as well but ensured it covered them up tastefully. The pants they wore tattered jeans with worn in boots. The look was complete!
"Wow, we're really a band!" said Yuuma.
"Yeah, wait until you start playing in front of people!" teased Knuckle.
"Actually, we are going to try and get into the reality show Amai is starting. We know he is going to raise hell to say the least for those involved. He's told me countless times how much he doesn't want to do this." Drax explained. He still shuttered at the thought of it all. When Amai isn't happy, NO one is happy!
"I think it's going to be fun. Imagine how frustrated he is going to be if we can counter all of his curve balls?" snickered Akira. "I can't wait!"
Yuuma smirked at the notion. "I wanted this to be a revenge band against him, but Drax told me we need to play for us and not for him. I get it now. If I had become so consumed with taking Amai down a few pegs, this would not have been fun to do. But now, it is fun, we're enjoying it and that's all that matters!"
"Wow, he has matured!" whispered Luna.
"He's come a lot farther than Garou did in such a short time," snickered Knuckle.