Hey, guys! I'm BAAAAACK!!! ^.^ Man, public school started and it sucked up all of my time… __ Plus, life is just chaotic and stressful right now. Ugh. And it doesn't help that I'm hooked on Ouran High School Host Club and Cardcaptor Sakura and am trying to finish watching both of them… (XD My list of "Animes to Watch" seems to be growing every day!)
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"Alright, I got the drums!" called Dylan, dragging the drum kit in from Adam's room. It's kept in there because Mom hates it being in the living room. Plus, Adam gets to bang on it whenever he's bored. It keeps him occupied for hours!
Dylan sat on the loveseat, drumsticks at the ready. I personally think I should play the drums, because Dylan has a really bad sense of rhythm. However, he's not much better at the guitar…so we're stuck either way.
After turning on the Wii and putting in Rock Band 2, Adam demanded that he have his guitar back. He always has to be first player when we're playing the Wii. I think it's one of those "youngest child insecurity" things my mom is always talking about. He just always has to be first.
"Oh!" Sora exclaimed from behind the couch. "So, it's a videogame where you play in a band?"
I turned to him and smiled. "Yup!" I grabbed the second guitar and stood back from the TV while Adam set up the game. He's got the set up process memorized after watching Dylan and me do it so many times.
Sora's face brightened. "Wow, cool! On Destiny Islands—"
Demyx looked really intrigued about the game and interrupted Sora, "Can I play after you guys? That looks really fun!" The Keyblade master glared at Demyx, a little angry that he had been interrupted.
"Demyx, it hasn't even started yet," sighed Axel.
The Melodious Nocturne looked surprised. "Oh…really? Well, it still looks fun! It can't be much harder than playing a sitar, right?"
Dylan shrugged. "Probably not. Can't say I've played a Sitar before, but the drums are really hard."
"Ok, guys! Eye of the Tiger!" Adam said, jumping up and down excitedly. I couldn't help but think that he was trying to rack up his cute points now to pay for whatever prank or mischief he was going to make later…
Anyway, the song started. I'm pretty good at playing the guitar, if I do say so myself. The song seemed to wiz by. My fingers nimbly moved from button to button on the neck of the guitar, Dylan pounded out the beat pretty well on the drums, even though he usually didn't do the best job. Adam strummed with the song and sang along.
I was almost sad when the song ended. Almost.
Through my almost-sadness, I laughed and exclaimed, "My wrist is spazzing out!" I held up my wrist to prove the point, and it was still shaking a little from the constant strumming. On hard, Eye of the Tiger involves lots of up and down strumming to hit all the notes.
Dylan laughed and offered me his fist. I bumped it, and we gave each other the "rock on" sign. (LOL, we're such Megas XLR fans! XD)
"My turn!" a voice behind me suddenly said in a loud, excited tone.
I yelped and whirled around, coming face to face with Demyx. "Oh," I laughed nervously, trying to regain the little bit of dignity I had left. "S-Sure. But first, I'll get you to a song…" I turned back to the TV, and scrolled through the songs looking for the perfect tune for Demyx to play. We have Rock Band 2, however, and there are a ton of songs. Therefore, I'm not familiar with a lot of them.
"How about that one?" Demyx asked, pointing to the screen after looking at the difficulty.
The song he had suggested was "One Step Closer" by Linkin Park.
I shrugged. "Ok." I then handed the guitar to him and adjusted the strap so he could play it comfortably.
"Here, Roxas!" chirped Adam. He suddenly shoved the second guitar at the surprised blonde Nobody. "You can play!"
"Uh, no thanks," Roxas said nervously. "I think I'll just watch."
"Oh, no, no, no, no, no!" Adam cried. He pulled Roxas off of the couch and handed him the guitar again. "You can play!"
Roxas smiled weakly, "O-ok…" It looks like the little guy got to him.
"Adam, he doesn't have to play if he doesn't want to!" I said, rolling my eyes.
"No, it's fine. It looks fun anyway," Roxas said as he stood up. "So…uh…how do you20do this?"
"Ok, so first you adjust the strap," I said as I lengthened the shoulder strap for Roxas.
"And to play, you use these three fingers." I wiggled my middle three fingers as a demonstration, "Unless you want to play a harder level. If you do, than you might use these four." I lifted up my pinky.
Roxas and Demyx nodded. "Okay."
Just then, Axel walked up behind us. "Eh, guess I might as well play, too…"
Dylan stood up and handed the drumsticks to the red head. "Ok. Here."
After a few more instructions, the guys were ready to play. I couldn't help but smile at the fact that Axel, Roxas, and Demyx were going to play Rock Band 2, and at my house, too!
"Here we go!" cried Demyx dramatically. He strummed on the guitar and struck what seemed to be a victory pose before starting the song.
My smile widened as the Nobodies played the song. Demyx got into the song immediately and was acting like a real rock star. He hit nearly every note, and was actually dancing around a little! Roxas and Axel were doing OK, but they occasionally lost the rhythm and had trouble getting back into the beat of the song. For the whole song, Adam jumped up and down and cheered for the teens. More cute points.
Everything you say to me
Takes me one step closer to the edge,
And I'm about to break!
I need a little room to breathe,
'Cause I'm one step closer to the edge,
And I'm about to break!
I even found myself bobbing my head in time to the music. I turned to see what Sora and Riku thought of it, but the two teens didn't seem to be paying attention. Their brows were creased in confusion and they were whispering quietly to each other. My smile immediately faded, and I frowned. Dylan caught my gaze and looked at them. His brow also creased in confusion, but my brother only shrugged and continued to watch the game.
They're probably still suspicious, I thought. I just hope they can all keep their promise… Still frowning, I continued to watch the two, but I couldn't hear their conversation. Unfortunately, Riku glanced at me and saw me watching. He whispered something to Sora, who turned and flashed me an all-too innocent smile. All I could do was tilt my head in confusion.
"Hey, Emily, do you want to play now?" a sudden voice interrupted my thoughts.
"Huh?" I turned to see Roxas holding out th e guitar to me. "Uh, sure." I took the guitar and put it back on. "Do you guys want to play?" I asked Sora and Riku.
Sora nodded, his lips curving into an enthusiastic smile. "Sure, this looks fun! Can I play uh…those?" he asked, pointing to the drums.
I giggled. "Those are called 'drums'. And yes, you can! Um, as long as it's OK with Axel…"
The red head stood up, "Yeah, it's fine with me. It's a bit hard anyway." He handed the drumsticks to Sora, who quickly sat behind the drums and tapped one cautiously.
Riku chuckled. "They're not gonna explode, Sora."
"Yeah, I know…" Sora said, frowning, "But these are a lot different than the ones we have on Destiny Islands…"
"You guys have drums on Destiny Islands?!" Dylan and I exclaimed excitedly.
Sora looked a little startled. "Yeah…why?"
I blinked, trying to put what I was thinking into words. But Dylan is a lot blunter than I am, and immediately said what was on his mind.
"You guys just seem so weird, it's kinda…odd that your world would be so much like ours," my brother plainly stated.
I closed my eyes and inwardly sighed. Nice job, calling them weird…
Riku frowned. "Why do you think we're weird?"
Sora nodded in agreement. "Yeah, you guys are the ones with funny hair and games about us! Oh, uh, no offense…"
I sighed, feeling a little impatient. "None taken," I said quickly, "Now, are we gonna play or stand around and talk about differences all day long?"
Sora nodded again. "Alright, let's go!" The spikey brunette is actually a lot like Demyx personality wise. They both seem to be really, well, happy all the time. And even though they hadn't been here that long, I could tell that they both tend to get excited about things easily.
"Hey, Riku!" Sora's voice interrupted my thoughts. "You wanna play, too?"
The silver-haired teen shrugged. "Sure." He stood up, and Demyx cautiously handed the guitar to him. Riku's teal eyes seemed to narrow at Demyx as the Nobody sat down.
Wow, this is going to be a lot of fun… I thought. Trying to keep everyone from killing each other…trying to find them a way home… Yup, absolute fun.
"Emily! Emily! Play! Play!" chanted Adam. He hopped in front of me and jumped up and down, his eyes shining with excitement. I don't think I'll ever understand how he gets so excited about these small things…
"Emily! Emily! Play ! Play!" Demyx echoed. I laughed.
Riku grinned and leaned down to Adam's eye level. "We'll start playing as soon as you go sit down, OK?" The sweet tone in which he said that left me in awe. It gave me the impression that he was fairly good at handling kids, although I didn't know why…maybe because of his maturity?
"OK!" shouted my five-year-old brother. He hopped all the way over the rocking chair, where he finally pounced onto Dylan. Dylan let out a small 'Umph.'
"Alright! Let's go!" Sora yelled triumphantly. He held the right drumstick high, and then smacked the green drum.
I quickly hit the red button on the guitar. "Hold on! Let's play a different song!" I flicked the strum bar to get us to "That's What You Get", my favorite song on Rock Band 2. "This one's good!"
From behind me, Dylan groaned. "That one's so boring though! You always play that one! Come on, choose a different song!"
Rolling my eyes, I replied, "Oh, shut up! It is not boring! You can choose a new song when you play!" With that said, I selected the song.
Sora and Riku started out playing pretty shakily, but after they got into the rhythm of the song, they were just fine. I'm pretty much an expert at playing all instruments because of my excellent hand-eye coordination, so I was playing pretty well.
That's what you get
When you let your heart win!
Whoa-ao-oh!
That's what you get
When you let your heart win!
I lip synched with the song, because my voice is the only instrument I just cannot get to work.
Part way through the song, Demyx spoke up. "Hey, Emily! You need to get into it more!"
I took my eyes away from the screen for a moment to look at Demyx. My fingers faltered for a moment. "Huh?" I quickly looked back and the TV and struggled to regain the rhythm.
"You know…you're just standing there! Dance or something! Get into it! It's a cool song, and you like it, right? Well, show it!" Demyx encouraged.
"U—uh…" I stuttered. "D—dance? I—I don't dance." At this rate, I wasn't going to be able to recover before the end of the song!
"Don't bug her, she's doing fine!" Sora shot back from the drums. Now both20Sora and I had been distracted and were struggling to hit the right notes. The screen was flashing red. Thankfully, Riku was still spot on and we were able to catch up.
"Whew," I sighed once the song had ended. "That was fun!"
Sora's eyes held an anxious gleam. "Let's do that again!"
"Hold it!" Demyx declared. He leaped up and snatched the guitar from Riku.
"What the—hey!" exclaimed Riku, looking annoyed. From his seat on the couch, Roxas laughed at the scene, along with Dylan and Adam. Axel snickered from where he was lounging on the couch.
"It's like I was saying before!" Demyx explained. He struck a pose with the guitar. "It's so boring to watch you guys; you're just standing there! Have some fun!" He proceeded to dance around the room, pretending to play the guitar and humming the notes. Demyx flailed his arms all over, swung his head around, and kicked his legs in the air. It almost looked like he was attempting to perform a sequence of karate moves—but failing miserably at it.
The rest of us simply watched in what could only be described as amazement and shock.
Finally, Demyx ended his performance. "Like that! Do something like that!"
"Ok!" exclaimed Adam. My little brother also danced around the room, doing a near perfect imitation of Demyx. "TADA!!!!!" He screamed, posing goofily next to the couch.
I'm pretty sure I wasn't the only one who blinked twice to make sure I was seeing correctly.
"Yeah, exactly like that!" Demyx leaned down and gave Adam a high-five.
It was at that moment that the rest of us lost it. We succumbed to our laughter, falling onto the floor, couch, drum set, and everything=2 0else around us. I honestly can't remember the last time I laughed that hard!
"I—I can't believe you two!" I sputtered in between laughs, "Haha! There is no way I'm doing that!"
Axel and Roxas looked as if they would die from their laughter. "Y—you looked s—so…haha…and your face! Hahaha!" Axel gasped.
"Y--yeah! And then the wooo!" laughed Roxas, waving his arms in an imitation of Demyx, then falling to the floor.
That only made the rest of us laugh harder. Sora was literally rolling on the floor and nearly laughing his head off. Riku was attempting to control his laughter, but was unable to and finally collapsed on the loveseat next to Dylan, who was doubling over in his laughing fit.
Both Demyx and Adam blinked, unsure of why the dance was so funny. But then they shrugged and joined in the laughter.
"Y—yeah, I gE2guess that was pretty s—silly, huh?" Demyx laughed, his face turning a little red from embarrassment. "Sometimes I get into things a little too much!"
"I'll say!" Riku laughed.
"Yeah, I'll say!" echoed my little brother.
The Melodious Nocturne chuckled and rubbed the back of his head. "Yeah…"
My laughter had finally subsided a bit, though I still giggled every now and then.
"Alright, how's this?" I asked, standing up and pretending to play the guitar. I bobbed my head and let my body bounce back and forth a bit. "Is that ok?" My cheeks were turning red again, but as long as Demyx thought it was OK and I didn't embarrass myself again—
"I—it's a lot better than what Demyx was doing!" Dylan chuckled.
After everyone finally stopped laughing, we got ba ck to playing the game, although most of us broke out into laughter at the sight of Demyx's dancing.
We spent the rest of the morning playing Rock Band 2. The other-worlders seemed to really enjoy it. According to Riku and Sora, Destiny Islands doesn't have many video games, and the Nobodies informed us that they didn't have much free time in the Organization. Not only that, but only a few members of the Organization would even want to play.
Anyway, the rest of the morning was spent rocking out and having fun. In fact, I didn't feel so nervous around the characters anymore. Everything was going great until…
So, it was a bit of a short, uneventful chapter, no? Don't worry, it'll pick up speed in the next one…promise! ^.^
Also, since it's been a while since any of you have heard from me (I'd say a month or so? A few weeks?) I'll give you an update on all of my stories!
Sweet Memories: Wait, this story is done! Or is it…? ^. - I'm also re-uploading some of the chapters to keep some of the details consistent with what we now know from Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days.
Over Her: . The ending wants to be difficult with me…but it's coming along and will be up as soon as possible.
Suppressing the Curse: Undergoing construction. I'm exploring Akira's character a little more. If you would like to betaread this story, or even help me out with some of the ideas I'm toying around with right now, just message me and let me know!
I'd also like to thank my betas, who've really helped me A LOT with my ideas (especially you, Dani-chan!). You guys are great!
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(P.S. Oooh, an interesting fact I found on the internet today for all you fellow Demyx Time fans! A new specie of spiders has been found in Malaysia…and it's named heteropoda davidbowie after David Bowie. XDDD I couldn't stop laughing when I first read it!)
XD Ok, I'm rambling AGAIN. I'm going to leave now…bye!