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Shawn was only out of his house for a single minute and already he was hearing Busted and some other Phineas and Ferb songs as he walked past people.
Many people were becoming aware of the songs of the show when they hear it on the street and hear it was from an animate show that amazingly enough had to have one song per episode.
Busted had taken Japan by storm and he was even hearing that the voice actors for the show would be doing their first conference soon.
Some of the singers that the media found out sang on the show, were being interviewed about the song they sang.
Some of the singers were completely unknown to the public and only got the job by being seen on the internet or answering a job ad.
The sudden attention was shocking.
Duffinsmirth voice actor wouldn't due well in the music industry which made the fact he sang songs that reached the top of the chart, that amazing.
Shawn knew he would get more exposure from this.
He walked with handphones in, he started to listen to old and new musician in Japan no matter how small, in this world.
The show is famously forgiven all kinds of musicians a platform that would never be heard on the charts.
He went to the high-end parts of Tokyo shopping district.
Immediately he felt the difference, there was less people here and each shop was sparkling with beautiful yet extremely pricy clothes and items.
Shawn saw a suit shop and entered in, the warm hit his face and ran through his hair.
He began to look around, and that's when he saw him.
Ren Tsuruga.
The man noticed him with his manager, apparently, they had come to try on the suits that were prepared for them.
It was awkward.
"Yes." Said a woman who came to him. "Are you lost?"
Shawn ignored what could be interpreted as an insult, he was dressed in a brown hoody, jeans and sneakers, he wore black shades and headphones you can get at any corner shop.
He didn't exactly scream rich.
"I want a suit," he said, everybody watching was shocked to hear his clearly male voice. "I got a party to go so I need a new one"
"S-Sorry, I just thought," she said, she thought he was a girl.
But he was potential buyer.
"Please come with me to the changing room," said, the woman.
He was taken to the Changing room and somebody took a rack full of suits to present to him.
He began to take off his clothes when Ren Tsuruga went to change and both of them stared at each other, as his clearly male chest was in view.
The appearance of his chest wasn't only surprising the man, the female who came to attend where stunned as well.
They lived in a culture where a people looked like one gender but are actually another gender.
"What do you have in mind?" Said a woman.
He was given several choices for a rough idea, but when he saw the quality of the clothes compared to what Ren Tsuruga was wearing, he narrowed his eyes.
"Why am I being shown such low quality clothes?" Shawn said, surprising them. "What is he wearing?" Pointing at Ren. "Why aren't I being shown those kind of clothes?"
There was silence.
"Are you afraid I won't be able to afford it?" Said, Shawn, before he said. "Don't insult me. Do you know who I am? I am Shawn. The writer for songs like Evil Love that made number one on the charts, I wrote Greece Lightning that got an award and recently Busted. I'm even spearheading the Phineas and Ferb, movie. Now are you going to show me proper clothes or will I have to speak your manager?"
His accomplishments had come to slap them in the face.
Yashiro Yukihito, opened and closed his mouth, he had heard the songs, he even downloaded Evil Love on his phone while wearing gloves, this guy worked for the animated show that was currently reeking havoc in the charts and day time television!?
And Ren Tsuruga didn't listen to music but he sure knew when a director was complaining about competing with an animated show for viewership, complaining that there was something wrong with the world.
The director was even trying to hire Shawn to write for the show.
"O-Of course, sir," said, the woman suddenly changing her tone.
They got rid of the lowbrow suits and showed him their good stuff.
Shawn was taken to behind the curtain and he finally had privacy to pick a suit, Shawn came out an hour later after picking out his suit and said. "I'll be back in a week. If it's not here, then I'm prepared to sue"
Then he walked out, after shocking everybody in the store.
He took his spending money very seriously.
He went to a shopping mall to buy food and then he went home to cook something and work on his storyboard and script.
When he went to work the next morning, he was greeted with a smile and was even given hot chocolate.
And who wouldn't be smiling? They worked on a show that was now 5 in the nation and was competing against Anime.
There was also the fact, lots of singers clamoured to sing a song for the show for low prices and they got to no complaints from parents who saw their show and approved their children to watch.
He walked past the room for the music and saw the voice actors doing a scene together with life in their voices, completely different from the 'I want my paycheck' attitude they had on when he met them the first few times.
He saw the male singer who was hired because he was of Indian origin and could speak Japanese, he was also dubbed for the India version as well.
The man was very surprised when he heard the music that sounded like it came from India.
Was the composer another from the same country?
Shawn sat down and began to draw while feeling several eyes trying to not so sneakily see what he was drawing.
His writing was golden by now.
The next day, he was with the storyboard artists for the movie and saw that they were on scene 22, they were now on their first city, Tokyo.
Shawn could see the fire in their eyes because they wanted to portray Tokyo the best they could and he had to tell them to stop because this was an animated movie not an advertisement for Tokyo.
The next up was the Himalayas but with a heavy Bollywood undertone but when Shawn saw what they imagined India to be like, he scrapped all their papers and tasked them to do research on the actual country and not the stereotypes shown so frequently on tv.
He didn't care if it took longer, he just wanted to know that what they were drawing wouldn't be offensive to that part of the world.
Shawn came to pick up his suit several days later and paid for it without any problem.
He called a company and scheduled a limousine to pick him up two days in advance and paid them, finalising it.
Meanwhile the Christmas special for Phineas and Ferb aired but it was only directed by him and not written by him, three people wrote it, however, he provided the end credit song, debuted 'Parry the Platypus theme song'.
You could really tell, that the writing wasn't as clever as something written by him but it was still an amazing episode because the three brought their A-Game and the songs were very well received especially the end credits.
The special received praise.
Soon it was time for him to attend the party, if he hadn't been called by the driver of the limousine, he would have completely forgot about it.
Shawn went to grab his suit and took off his clothes to put it on.
He wore a white and black striped suit with a black bowtie, he grabbed his large coat and walked out onto the snow.
Who forced people to walk in this snow to attend a party?
He called the driver back and said. "I'm in front of the limousine"
The driver rolled down the window and looked and was stunned to see him and he said.
"Are you going to open the door?"
The same voice was on the other end of the phone!
The man got out and apologised to him before he opened the door and Shawn finally got inside.
The limousine drove away and Shawn began to take off his huge cost, showing his expensively nice suit.
The driver looked very surprised in the mirror.
They drove to the venue and saw all these cars, ranging from low brow to high-end cars.
The limousine didn't look out of place at all, the driver got out and opened the door for him.
Shawn got out while feeling cameras on him as he did so, he got our and straightened out his bowtie.
"Who is that?" Somebody said, looking at the person they were sure was a boy in a suit that should be too expensive for his paycheck and came out of a limousine.
Shawn ignored them all and went to the entrance, he showed them his invention.
When he whispered the name and how to introduce him, the man eyes went wide eyed before he shouted.
"PRESENTING...SHAWN! HEAD WRITER FOR PHINEAS AND FERB THE ANIMATED SHOW!"
When the elite in the room heard the name and title, there was shock as many turned their head to the entrance as soon as it reached the ears.
They saw a young looking girl, no, male in an expensive white and black striped suit.
This was Shawn?
Shawn went to the table and realising nobody was approaching, he got out his notebook and decided to draw what he could see for the show.
Several people hovered to see what he was doing and was shocked to see themselves drawn as characters.
He clearly knew they were looking and quickly stopped looking.
And then Shawn saw somebody.
It was the girl.
The girl was dressed as a kitchen staff!
The girl noticed him and both of them started at each other, while he was a guest, she was a working for the party.
It was like seeing two extreme's of the same person.
Shawn got up and began to walk her way, Kyoko didn't move.
"Hello," he said, his male voice shocked the hell out of her.
Finally, they meet.
"So your Kyoko Mogami," he said, "My name is Shawn. I did a little research on you. Happy birthday and if you can sing really well, feel free to call my company and I'll vouch for you to land you a job on my show."
Kyoko was stunned, who was this successful looking male version of her!?
Shawn walked away the moment he saw the animation producer for Spongebob.
Shawn was actually running at the man like a crazy person.
The man felt the urge to run but managed to keep dignified, everybody looked shocked.
"Mr Hizo, I want to write an episode for your show!" Said, Shawn.
The man blinked and so did everybody else.
Eh?
Shawn wanted to write for a show about cartoonish underwater creature's with the main character being an annoying sponge with pants?
"I really want to write for your show!" Said, Shawn even bowing the man.
The man looked ready to bend over in shock, what about his show would get such a talent writer pleading with him to write on it?
"I-I think I need to my American bosses ..." Said, the man. "But as long as you can write in English. I don't see why they would say no"
"I can definitely write in English," Shawn said, with shinning eyes. "Let's me give you my contact number and email. We can negotiate over the phone"
And just like that, the man had Shawn breathing down his neck.
"YES! IM WRITING FOR SPONGEBOB!" Shawn yelled with happiness even though it was official, while everybody looked at him like he was a crazy person having not been blessed with the gift named Stephen McDannel Hillenburg.
May the man soul rest in peace.
Shawn immediately calmed down establishing himself as a weirdo in their eyes.
He took a drink and then things slowed down, people who were interesting in hiring him approached and those who wanted an interview with him since it was the first time the media had managed to film him.
Shawn had gone into bored mode as he answered questions about how he was hired, how he had such vast knowledge of music, did he know he would have children and some adults singing his songs?
The standard stuff.
And then somebody with a camera came up and immediately Shawn didn't like the person.
"Hey, Mr Shawn are you truly a man?" Said, the man rudely. "People are claiming that your songs arent really yours and you are taking credit. How do you respond to this?"
The other celebrities recognised this man, he was famous for smearing people.
How did he managed to get in here!?
Shawn didn't talk to the man, instead, he walked away, when the man attempt to follow, security came upon him and threw him and his camera person out.
"Sorry, for the reporter," said a person beside him, who was in all white and a top hat.
Lory Takarada.
The look Shawn sent the man, was one of suspicion.
"Don't look at me like that, it's Christmas" said, Lory Takarada. "I came to say I'm sorry about how I and my company treated you early in the year. It was disgusting and it made my company realise we must treat our coworkers nicer as well."
"I've already forgiven you," Shawn said, stunning the man. "I can't even remember that day well. But I've gotten over it"
Lory was relieved, so there was no bad blood between them.
"So is it okay if my company hires you for something?" Said Lory Takarada.
"Old man. You blew it a year ago" said, Shawn. "It scares me to think if my writing skills weren't being recognised then we would never have this conversation. Have a lovely Christmas Lory Takarada" he then turned around and began walking out of the door stunning the man.
Shawn saw Kyoko and said. "I'll wait for you"
His words were very cryptic.
Kyoko was stunned, having seen him talk to the president with disrespect.
Shawn than walked out, just when the clock struck signal the end of Christmas and now boxing day.
Shawn spent boxing day on the script that was one of Hillebury fondly remembered episodes that defined childhoods.
The episode that was so good that the American company in charge of spongebob, would have look foolishly by hiring him for episode.
Band Geeks.
And scene!
Next chapter, Shawn first episode in the new year air's and its song 'Dance Baby' debates and quickly becomes a phenomenon with kids and adults, posting videos of themselves working out to the song. Review/ fav and follow!