Ai smiled when she saw Kotaro enter the bath. When the eccentric man was in the bath he stayed there for a considerable amount of time. Time that left Ai to her favorite activity. To no secret of the others, she liked to snoop around his stuff. The zombie walked into his office glancing around for anything to capture her attention. She didn't look for anything particular but just wished to find any info on the mysterious man. Or even more info on zombies.
The idol plopped down on his chair looking at the file cabinets. Above each handle was a key hole. She reached for the first one unable to tug it open. "As expected." She muttered quietly going through each draw. If it was important or something he didn't want them to see then of course, it was going to be locked. Her hand pulled on the last file cabinet shocked with it jerked opened. Inside was a folder divider labeled 'growth' with a few DVDs stacked in it.
The discs were homemade with marker scribbled on the top of the CD. The disc on top was labeled 'Arpino.' The one after that read 'Saga Rock' then 'Hot Spring in Ureshino.' Ai smiled warmly. To think the crazy man had recorded all their performances. It was kind of touching. The last disc was labeled 'first performance.'
"'Franchouchou's first performance?' Wasn't that the Saga Castle show?" The living dead inwardly flinched at the cringy memory. Props for Sakura trying her hardest while barely anyone else moved. Placing the other CD's back into the draw Ai left the room trying to make her presents in his office disappear completely. Not that she truly cared if he found out. He probably already knew since he locked the other cabinets.
The Heisei idol walked into the living room where everyone was located. Most of them doing their own thing. Lily was reading, Junko was enjoying tea and Yugiri was brushing her hair. Tae was biting a dog toy while Saki and Sakura were playing with Romero -since he was upset about his toy being stolen. "Hey, want to watch a DVD I found in Kotaro's office?" Everyone paused in their actions to look up at the young idol that just entered the room.
"Oooh what is it? A movie?" Saki asked getting excited.
"I think it's us, our first performance."
The blonde thought about it for a few seconds. "Sakura's rap? Play it, play it!" She shouted a bit too enthusiastically. The egghead blushed and tried to ignore the biker's commotion. To this day she still had mixed feelings about that performance. Well, it got her Saki's respect and friendship so it wasn't so bad.
Ai opened the transparent case and pulled out the shiny disc. "Wha?" Escaped her lips before she realized.
"What's wrong?" Junko asked from her place on the couch.
Ai held up the case. "There were two discs in this case." The one in her hand was label 'first performance' but the one in the case was labeled 'Saga Castle.' Where there just two copies? Without giving it another thought she popped the DVD in the player.
All the girls gathered on the couch in front of the tv waiting for the video to show up. Every muscle in Sakura's body tensed up. The recording started. The sign hanging from the back curtains of the stage read out 'Geils.' Sakura stood nervously in the middle of the stage while the others walked around mindlessly.
"I don't remember this."
"Where are we?"
The redhead blushed and tried to sink into the back of the couch. The questions of the others becoming incoherent. Then the audio started -loud metal music and flashing lights came from the tv. All the zombies froze up like statues. That was till the amber haired girl picked up the megaphone.
"We're not even looking towards the audience."
"I don't know this music either."
Saki lifted the megaphone to her face, screaming into it. After her scream it was followed through by Tae's yelling. Her voice was surprisingly loud even with the mic she held. The other girls turned to face the crowd with unreadable stoic expression. With shocking unison their spines bent backwards only to quickly through here heads forward.
"...!"
Sakura quickly glance around to see the expression on the others. The performance they don't remember doing. Overall a horrified expression was what was on everyone's face. Saki seemed to be the only one who approved of this. Not surprising. She wore a large smile bobbing her head with the music and tooting her own horn. "We're really good! Even before I was awake I'm a natural leader. I was born for this -I mean I died for this."
Just like Sakura, Junko had pushed herself into the couch trying to appear as small as ever. Her knees were folded up to her chest and she buried her face in her hands. Still you could see the flush. The pinkness had completely taken over her face even to the tips of her ears and her incoherent whimpering.
Ai wore a shocked expression with just a tinge of horror. Unlike Showa girl she didn't hide her face but just stare at the screen in disbelief. "Wha..? That's not idol like... This is our first performance...? This is how we debuted?!"
Once the confusion wore of Lily's face nothing but unhappiness remained. "That's not cute..." Yugiri said nothing and showed nothing as she inhaled on her pipe. Her eyes closed as she blew outward the smoke surrounded the area before slowly dissipating.
The redhead jumped into the crowd please when various pairs of hands made sure she didn't hit the ground painfully. When the song ended so did all the hand banging. With one last grunt Saki kicked the speaker into the audience. Ai and Lily were the only ones to remain on stage as the others leaped off as well. The crowd seems shocked and fearful. Then the video abruptly ends there with a jerk of the camera.
"..." They remained speechless as the disc ejected itself automatically at the end.
"That was awesome!" The golden haired girl was the first to recover. She leaped off the couch and put the DVD back in the case safely. "Tae, you're a great singer." Saki placed a hand on top of her head rubbing her while giving her praise. While the older woman looked mildly confused at the sudden flattery. She enjoyed it nonetheless a goofy smile spreading across her face. The biker glanced at the others. "Hey, hey what's that song called?"
No one said anything. Ai frowned and sat up straight. "I hereby think we should take a vote to never speak of that show." She voiced looking as diplomatic as possible.
"No objections." Came all the other voices in unison.
"Eh? Why?" The biker looked almost horrified at the vote. Why were the others over reacting? Most of the group dispersed but not before the Heisei girl grabbed the DVD back. Once everyone was gone Sakura approached her friend. The older woman noticed the shy look on the younger girl's face. She really did like the memory of that show. Their first performance.
"Welcome to Saga."
A/N: Once that once the screaming actually started Junko was nowhere to be seen on the stage. She should've been next to Tae. But when the camera did its pan it stopped at Tae and never even showed us a small part of her. Sad.