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"You want to become the best? Ha, I doubt it. With what you are now, who'd believe that?
---"I can't believe it! We have to our concert with them?! Unbelievable!"
"Ma... calm down Eiji, Momo... It's not that bad."
"Yes it is Taka-san! We already said that we wanted to beat them and here we are, joining their concert?""We'll, as the saying goes, "if you can't beat them, join them..."
"Manager! We didn't even get the chance to beat them! And whose side are you on anyways!?" shouted Momo.
"Yeah Sengoku!" Eiji pitched in his opinion.
"Eh-heh heh..." came a nervous laugh from their manager, Sengoku Kiyosumi.
"But why? Can't we have our own? Sengoku..." Eiji whined.
"Well, the company sponsoring us has doubts on your next big hit, they don't really think you guys can pull it off anymore."
"Nani!?" They all shouted, including Kaidoh and Inui, whom kept quiet up until now. And how is it that the tickets fans of Aozu17 have bought are for their concert only, not Cap to Bin's and the company still managed to add them on? Was that even allowed? Those things only happen in fiction stories written by fan-girls! Oh wait, that's what this is... then I guess it has happened. "That's what they said," Sengoku trailed off, eyes wandering, "you guys are going to meet them tomorrow."
---"Come on! Again!"
---"What? The concert with another band? How come Dan-kun?"
"Well, it's not like you guys aren't great or anything, but this band's company made a deal with us and part of it is that they want Aozu17 and their band to form another band... just for this concert. Is that OK with you guys? Any problems?"
"We can still play our own songs right?" Fuji asked.
"Yeah, sure!" Dan replied.
"I'm fine with it then," he decided, "Leader?"
"Hn."
"I'm all for it," Oishi announced.
And they all turned to Echizen, the last of their band to say something. He sat on the couch, shoulders slouched down, cap pulled down also. He didn't say anything. "Echizen, you there?" Dan waved a hand in front of his face and there was no response. His hands were in his pockets and it didn't look like he was conscious. "I think he's asleep..."
"It's fine, 3 against 1 anyways," Fuji said. It was so like him to just decide for Echizen. (Majority rules! 3), "What the band name?"
"Cap to Bin desu!"
"Cap to Bin? What a peculiar name…" Oishi said."I've never heard of them," Fuji said.
"What desu?! They were really popular last year desu! There songs were everywhere desu!"
"But last year I was out of the country for school."---
Next Day...
"Hey, we're Cap To Bin! Nice to meet you guys!" Sengoku said, seeing how everyone else was either too annoyed or too shy to talk to them. Sengoku turned to the other manager, "And hi to you, I'm CTB's manager, Sengoku Kiyosumi!"Before Dan could answer though, "Aozu17 here," was the simple greeting Echizen gave back to them, "Let's get started already."
"Don't you guys want to introduce yours-"
"No," was the answer from all.
"OK," and he turned around to greet others.
Eiji walked behind, following his group and the members of Aozu17 to the sound recording room. Fuji coincidently glanced right when Eiji past him. What…
"Hey wait," Fuji said his hand out to stop Eiji from going any further. The others didn't see and kept going.
"Hm?" Eiji looked over his shoulder.
"You're…. Kikumaru Eiji right?"
"Yeah, why are you asking?"
"Hm.. no reason, just wanted to make sure." He smiled, "Let's go shall we?"
"'Kay"
Fuji watched as Eiji jogged to catch up.
I think I've seen him somewhere before…
-Later-
"So…now that we're done with the schedule and everything," Momo said to no one in particular, just the whole group, "What are we going to do about the song we're going to do together? Since this concert is featuring us…"
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7:00-8:00 Hiro
8:00-9:00 Fureai
9:00-9:30 Sasaki Nozomu
9:30-11:00 Aozu17 + Cap to Bin
December 21st came around quickly. The two bands had hardly enough time to practice (though they didn't need it). Coming up with a name for them was something they did on the day they first met altogether for the concert arrangements. The camera zoomed into the stage, passing the crowd and reaching the front, closing in on the only seen figure on it. "Thank you!" the last singer, Sasaki Nozomu, shouted. Three other bands/singers had already performed their songs and got the crowd psyched up. He disappeared behind the curtains as the lights dimmed and turned off. A few moments passed and…
"Konbawa, Aozu17 des," the lead singer, Echizen Ryoma, said as the spot light appeared on him. (When he found out about the combining of the bands thing, Fuji was right, he didn't care about it. As long as their songs got out also.) The three other members of the band also sang but for most songs, he sang while they played. Those three were nowhere to be seen. The day of their first concert was here. They had only done a single album for their debut but became 'in' and popular immediately when it was selling in stores. It was partly because of their good looks that helped them with the popularity, but their music was great also. It just that handful of people paid more attention to the look than the sound.
Three other lights appeared behind Echizen showing Fuji Syusuke at the electronic piano, Oishi Syuichirou as the bassist, and Tezuka Kunimitsu at the drums. Microphones were attached to their instruments, except for Oishi's, whose mike was beside him.The crowd cheered-
"A-O-Z-U-17!!!"
"FUJI-KUN! We love you!"
"Ryoma-sama steki!!!"
-and screamed their hearts out.Echizen's eyes were closed, and people quieted down a little.
He opened them.
"Freedom."
Jikokuhyou-doori no BUS wo
Waza to miokutte aruita
Itsumo no machinami
Sukoshi chigatte mieta
Fui ni namae yobarete
Miageta hodoukyou no ue
Minareta egao ga atta
Sokkenaku te wo agete kotaete
Narande aruku kaerimichi
Kudaranai kaiwa ga
Myou ni moriagatta
Megurikuru kisetsu no MELODY ga
Machikado ni sotto nagaredashite
Kono toki ga tomareba ii to
Tsuyoku omotta
Shiranai ashita wo mezashite
Tsunaida te wo hanasazu ni yukou
Taisetsu na koto wa bokura ga
Itsudemo Free…dom
"See? You got it, just remember everything you just did."
"Hmph."
"Oh, don't be like that. Let's go for dinner, Mom's calling us."
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steki- awesome (I think)
nani!?- what?!
konbawa- Good evening
ma- wait/calm down (that sort of sound)
Interviewer: And we're back! Who are we going to interview next? How about…Oshitari! Hyoutei Eternity's manager, Oshitari Yuushi! Hello Oshitari-san! How are you doing? How's is your band managing? You should know, since your manager and all. Oh! And Atobe-san! He was real cranky last we saw him.
Oshitari: I'm fine, they're fine.
Interviewer: And..? What about Atobe? Why was he so … so… how do I put it… short-tempered?
Oshitari: Well, I'm not supposed to know this, AND this will be shown next chapter (sort of) BUT, here's some of the facts. Atobe and Tezuka from Aozu17, used to be friends (not best, but good) back in Elementary. When they got to middle school, there was some…issues that aroused. Now, they're rivals.
Interviewer: OK, what about you? What are you and Atobe?
Oshitari: He's my best friend. Since elementary school, that's why I'm his manager. Who else better to manage his band than his best friend?
Interviewer: True, true… well, that's it for this week! Review if you can, tell me what you possibly want to see and maybe I'll add it in! (I already have the plot, but extra things can be added :D) Thanks for reading!