The tempo of the music was fast and hard. It didn't seem to leave a moment of rest. Akihiko couldn't help but be drawn to harshness of the music. 'It's so her.' he thought as he watched the female lead singer: Shinji as her bangs clung to her face as she held to the mike to her face belting out intense lyrics. She and the male singer: Touma seemed to switch off every song, which drove the fans surrounding the S.E.E.S. members in the fits of screams. After an hour and the intensest only seemed to build. He looked at the others with him. He knew they all had their eyes focused on one person.
Shinji.
Shinji looked so much like Minako, that is was slightly terrifying. The way she smiled as she had dropped to her knees and touched hands with some the fans, the little tilts with her head as she and the other members of the band talked with each other towards the audience. Hell, the little flicks of her arms and wrists. You'd wonder how would she hold herself in a fight.
As the music came to an ended the lights dimmed to the point the audience could barely see Orpheus. Suddenly the male singer: Touma came into full view. "You know I have to say this is one of the most intense concerts we've played." He smiled as he looked at the audience and then to the rest of the band as the lights slowly lit the rest of the stage. He had walked over to Shinji and gave her a shove towards the front of the stage. "We've also decide to tell you guys with Shinji that we're going to be going on hiatus for a while."
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Shinji turned and looked at Touma. He and the others were serious. Right before the last song, why did they have to throw her this curve ball? Did she do something to piss them off? That couldn't of been the reason otherwise they wouldn't of been smiling. Michiru leaned over her keyboard. 'Chiyo Ba-san.'' she mouthed as she smiled brightly.
Chiyo Ba-san. Shinji's guardian and pretty much the band's grandmother. All the members of Orpheus were orphans who didn't have family to call their own. Chiyo was the one who had taken them in and raised them.
Shinji was no different.
Well that was a lie. Shinji was different in the simple fact that she didn't know who she really was. Shinji wasn't even her real name. She was found wandering all the while she was unconscious.
"You guys could have told me. I would have prepared for this better." Shinji said, her face completely red.
Hideki walked over, moving his bass guitar to behind his back. He pinched her cheeks while turning her to the audience. "We wanted the audience to see you flustered and on the verge of crying." he said into her mic.
Shinji shoved Hideki. "Well seeing that this is the last song, I have to send you all into a frenzy!"
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A deep and dark beat filled the air as the audience quietened down. Akihiko and Shinjiro both looked at each other and then the rest of S.E.E.S. Each seemed engrossed with the beat and the fact that each of them had their eyes locked on the young singer.
The sky
Is dyed with crimson red
That comes out of the darkness
Of what needs to be said
The stars we used to know
No longer glow
Obscured by all the ash that falls like snow
Shinji bounced as her eyes latched onto the crowd a smile graced her face as she sang. She could feel the adrenaline from the crowd. She also could feel the intense glare of a group of eyes. Not bothered by it as she was used to it, she continued.
I watched it all
Through the window of my grief
I never dreamed
That I would feel so cold
There...I come for you
Akihiko felt his chest constrict as the beat of the music pulsed through his body. His body seemed numb as he watched the singer give all her attention to everyone.
All of my hopes are in a shroud of desolation
Dreams I that once had have all been crushed
Now that everything's changed, I have been holding on so desperately
To the precious things
That I cannot protect
'Cause I always break them...
Shinjiro clinched his fists and gritted his teeth. He couldn't help but envy the mic Shinji sang through. He didn't know why.
My heart
Is played just like harp
By sinful hands of darkness
With nails oh so sharp
Your voice is like a drug
That makes me numb
It leaves me with no senses,
Deaf and dumb
Junpei started bobbing his head to the beat. A silly grin adorned his face.
No matter how we try to win this war
It never ends!
And why must it be me
Who does the fighting?
Fuuka fidgeted nervously as she watched. She could feel her inside dance as she watched Shinji sing. Her eyes caught a set of red headsets bouncing around the singer's neck.
Even if all the light around us is extinguished
Even if the Earth is turned to dust
I won't ever forget
That tiny wish that burns eternally
It will guide us to a better world, somewhere
Shinji's eyes fell on a group. Her heart seemed to stop for what seemed forever. She couldn't help but feel a sense of déjà vu as she pushed onward as she leaned against Hideki.
There I come for you yeah
Ash Like Snow
is falling down from your sky
Ash Like Snow
Ash like Snow
Ash like snow
Let me hear...
why I have to fight?
And now all of my hopes are in a shroud of desolation
Dreams I that once had have all been crushed
In exchange for the glory that can overcome the choking dark
I have given up the strength I used to protect what I love
(It's falling from your sky)
I don't know what to do...
(Baby I come for you)
Every time that I'm cut by broken shards of what was once a dream
I will reach into the darkness of my heart,
and I will try to find the strength to carry on!
'Cause I've made it this far...
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Mitsuru sighed as she looked at her paperwork. She looked at the concert ticket that wasn't used. Orpheus' Shinji was an enigma if she had ever came across one. If Matsumoto Chiyo hadn't requested that the young musician be enrolled into Gekkoukan High School and dorm, the young head wouldn't have bothered. But she was glad now. After seeing the youth's picture and was surpised on how similar she was to the former leader of the Special Extracurricular Execute Sector. She had already made all the necessary arrangements for the young musician to stay in the special dorm where she would interact with everyone. If she was Arisato Minako it would become obvious to everyone.
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Thanks for reading and everything. I used an English based version of The Brilliant Green - Ash Like Snow. I got the lyrics from geekymcgeekstein on youtube.
Opinions are welcomed.