Nothing really to say this time. ;_;
Flashback-
I smiled as we finally entered the auditorium. It looked as if they had all packed up and were about to leave, but stopped when they saw me and Nagi walk in.
I stood in front of them all and said with my 'Cool and Spicy' tone. "Fine. I'll join your band."
{Amu POV}
They all dropped what they were doing and turned to face me and Nagi. "You'll…Join…The...Band..?" Kukai repeated slowly. When the information finally sunk in, Kukai launched himself at me and pulled me into a huge hug. "YAY! Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you! This is so awesome! We finally have a singer!" Kukai unglued himself from me and started running around the auditorium in a fit of happiness. I just giggled at his reaction, and looks back for the reactions of the others.
Tadase just nodded his head in approval, giving me a small but kind smile. "Welcome to the band, Amu." He said. I nodded a thanks then turned to look at Ikuto's reaction. He was…Smirking. "Why the hell are you smirking?" I asked with an annoyed tone.
"Oh…No reason." He said with that stupid arrogant tone. 'He probably thinks I joined the band 'cause of him..Friggin' self absorbed jerk.'
{Ikuto POV}
'She most defiantly came back for me. Of course she did. Who wouldn't? I knew she really didn't hate me..Just playing hard to get..' I smirked at the idea, and Amu apparently saw this, because she said "Why the hell are you smirking?" I just replied with "Oh…No reason." I guess this pissed her off, 'cause she just puffed out her cheeks and turned the other way. 'She's so..Cute..' I quickly caught myself and shook me heard at the thought. 'The hell is wrong with me..'
I snapped out of my thoughts when I noticed that the guys and Amu had gathered around in a circle and were talking about something. I raised my eyebrow at the scene. 'I stop annoying them for one minute, and they forget my existence.' So I walked over and threw my arm around Amu's shoulder. "What 'cha doin'~?"
{Amu POV}
Kukai, Tadase, Nagihiko, and I were talking together in a group about the band's positions and stuff. Ikuto looked like he was on cloud nine, but he wasn't being annoying so we let him be. "Sooo…Who plays what?" I asked bluntly.
"I play the drums!" Kukai shouted with excitement.
"I play the bass." Nagihiko said with a little smile.
"I play the gutair, along with Ikuto, who also plays the violin for some parts and sings for most of our songs." Tadase finished up. 'Ikuto.. Plays the violin? He never seemed like the orchestra-type of guy to me…More like the obnoxious-annoying-good-for-nothing-type…Maybe I..Judged him a little to soon .And harsh..'My thoughts were rudely interrupted when Someone decided to stop spacing out, and join the conversation. I felt a long slender arm snag around my shoulder, and I looked up to see Ikuto's face not more than ten inches from mine.
"What 'cha doin'~?" He asked curiously. I was too absorbed with the little space between us, and the blush slowly rising to my cheeks. 'Why the hell does this bastard have to make me blush all the time?' When I tuned back into the conversation around me, I heard Kukai offer that we go get some ice cream to celebrate my joining the band. I was about to agree, but then I remembered that I had to pick Ami up from preschool after school every day, since my dad is always working now. I barely see him anymore…
"Uhm. Sorry guys, I can't go today." I said with a disappointment in my voice. "Whaaaaat? But why? We can't celebrate you joining the band if you aren't there!" Kukai complained.
"Yeah, well…I…Have some stuff that I need to do after school." I answered with my 'Cool and Spicy' tone, daring them to ask me what. Although Ikuto raised his eyebrow at my explanation, I pretended to be oblivious and said my goodbyes. I left the school and started walking towards Ami's preschool-Singing the whole way there.
{Ikuto POV}
'What a suspicious answer..' I thought to myself after Amu left. I looked around at the guys, and I could tell they were all thinking the same thing. 'What does she have to do…'
Without one word to each other, we all started after Amu. We may seem like stalkers, but-
Well hell, we are technically stalking her. I saw her walk out of the front gate and turn down a road that isn't the usual short cut she always take. [A/N: WOW! That sounded very stalkerish! But remember, Ikuto and Amu both live near each other and take the same short cut home. :D]
The four of us silently followed, curiosity getting the better of us. She started to sing a random song, but not a sad song like before. I think I've heard this song before… 'Ordinary Day'. Not really my kind of music, but the way Amu sang it, anyone would fall for it.
Just a day..Just an ordinary day
Just trying to get by
Just a boy…Just an ordinary boy
But…
He was looking to, the sky
We were walking down a street a couple blocks from the school. I slightly recognized the area, because it's only about ten blocks from my house. Amu was still singing.
And he said
Take my hand
Live while you can
No you realize you have life
In the palm of
Your hand
Her angelic voice rang throughout the street, the four of us were captivated by it. Only when she took a sharp left and stopped singing, did I look around and see where we were. 'Hey…Isn't this…The preschool? What on Earth would Amu be doing in a preschool..' I saw her stop and stand outside, as if waiting for something-Or someone.
Just then a little girl, about four years old it looks like, came running out of the preschool. She had little light brown pig tails tied up in pink ribbons and a pink dress. She ran up to Amu yelling things like "Big sis! Big sis! Hi! Hey! Big sis!" She exclaimed happily. 'Big….Sis…Amu…Has a younger sister?' The idea seemed so.. Not Amu..
As soon as the little girl reached Amu, Amu held her hands out and said "Hey, Ami! Did you have fun today? Are you ready to go?" 'So..It must really be…Amu is a big sis, huh?' The thought still seemed alien to me. I looked back over at the two girls and saw what's-her-name-Ami jump into Amu's arms for a big hug, saying things like. "Lots of fun! But even more now that big sis is here~!" The little girl cried out. Amu heard this and gave a warm, beautiful smile. 'Wow…I've never seen this part of her…Just the violent, annoyed type…Maybe…She's like me? Maybe that 'Cool and Spicy' person, isn't the real Amu?' I had so many thoughts running through my head, that I didn't notice Amu and her little sister walking back this way. The other guys must've noticed, but left me there as they ran away, scared of what Amu would do if she found out they stalked her. 'Note to self. Kill the guys later.' Before I could think anything else, there stood Amu with a shocked expression on her face, and the little girl with a confused expression.
{Normal POV}
"I-Ikuto? What the hell are you doing here?" Amu asked, getting over the initial shock. Ami turned her confused face upward towords her big sister, wonder who this man was. "Big sis, who's that guy?" Ami asked pointing a finger at Ikuto. Ikuto himself had no idea what to do, so he just put on his cool face and stared blankly at the little girl pointing at him. Then turned over to Amu and answered cooly "What? I can't walk around my own neigborhood?"
Amu was suspicious with his answer, and was about to ask him another question when suddenly Ikuto felt a jab at his leg. Both Amu and I looked down to see Ami little sister relentlessly poking Ikuto's squatted down and stared at her, and she stared back for a good five minutes.
Then Amu bursted out laughing which caused both Ikuto and Ami to turn their stares to her.
{Amu POV}
I started laughing as hard as I could. They were just staring at each other blankly for so long. 'The big bad boy playboy..Having a staring contest with a little kid..' I found it very amusing, if you couldn't tell. Both of them looked at me like I was crazy or something, so I decided to try and explain myseld between my hysterics.
"Ikuto..Big..Little..Ami..Stares..So..Stupid.." I said incoherently. This only made them more suspicious, the look on their faces were similar, which just added to my laughter. I probably looked like an idiot right now, but I really didn't care. 'This is the first time in a while that I've laughed so care freely..'
Apperently, Ami noticed this too, since her eyes were wide as she stared at me. She turned to Ikuto with a new look on her face..One of..I can't even explain it..
"Big brother!" She yelled out happily and glomped his leg. This made me stop laughing and stare at the two dumbfounded. Ikuto seemed to be amused by my sister sudden outburst, because he smirked. I quickly grabbed Ami and started walking away from Ikuto, hiding my embarrasment. He suddenly yell back at me "Hey! We have band practice tomorrow, you better not skip!"
"Yeah, yeah. Whatever!" I called back. Tomorrow was Saturday, so that means I wont have to pick Ami up or anything, and Dad will be home to watch her. It all works out.
Then I suddenly remembered what Ami had just said to Ikuto and I started scolding her. "Ami! Don't go around saying that kind of stuff to people, it causes misunderstandings." I said with a slight blush. She just stared at me for a while before replying with "But..Big sis hasn't laughing like that for a long long time..And when Big brother was there, you laughed so I thoughted…"
I smiled down warmly at her, and told her to not worry about it and that it had nothing to do with Ikuto. Then we both got home,I made dinner, and went to sleep.
The Next Morning
{Amu POV}
I slowly woke up to a rythmic pounding on my door. I slowly got up and made my way towords the door, still half asleep. When I finally reached the door, I slowly opened it, and saw the last four people I expected to be standing outside my room. In all their glory Kukai, Nagihiko, Tadase, and Ikuto stood there staring at me for about thirty seconds until looking away with a slight blush on all their faces. My head dropped slightly to the side confused, until I realised that I was still in my pajamas..Just a tank top and a pair of short shorts. So I quickly slammed the door shut in their faces, put on some actual clothes, and opened it again. Not surprised that they were still standing there, I asked the obvious question.
"What the hell are you guys doing here?"
"My dearest Amu, I told you yesterday was band practice didn't I? It's already like ten in the morning. Time to get your lazy ass out of bed, and time to start practice." Ikuto informed me sweetly. I just growled inresponse, and added sarcasticly "Yeah? Theres this thing call a phone; You use it to call people and tell them if you're going to drop by so you don't get caught just woken up in your pajamas."
"I don't even think those counted as 'pajamas'..More like underwear." Ikuto shot back at me. Which in return made me glare hard at him.
"Anyway..Are we going to practice today or not?" Kukai asked suddenly, breaking me and Ikuto out of our little argument.
"Oh yeah..Where do you guys normally practice anyway?" I asked curiously.
"We usually practice at Kukai's place, but since his is unavailable today, we'll just go to Ikuto's." Answered Nagihiko sweetly. "And when was this decided?" Scoffed Ikuto.
"Ever since I decided it. Have a problem wih that?" Nagihiko's eyes suddenly became deadly and Ikuto shivered a bit. "Not at all..Let's get going, shall we?" Ikuto quickly said. I just laughed at the two of them and followed to the car waiting outside.
At Ikuto's House
"Alright, let's just go straight up to the studio." Ikuto said to the four of us. I just followed them up into what seemed like the atic of the house. When we got there, I looked around in amazement. 'There are so many instraments..Like a professional studio..' I continued to look around baffled like an idiot, as the guy started to set up their things.
"Hey, now that I think about it I've never actually heard you guys play before…And I was wondering.." I thought of a way to say it without sounded offensive
"-You were wondering if we sucked or not?" Nagi finished off with a little smile. I jjust laughed and rubbed the back of my head, a little embarrassed.
"Well Amu, why don't you just take a seat and we'll show you." Ikuto ordered me to take a seat as they Talked with eachother about what to play and such.
"Hey! Let's try out that new song!" Kukai said excited.
"Uhh..We only have a bit done.." Nagi said a little cautious of the idea.
"Well, it wouldn't hurt to just try it out would it?" Ikuto replied with a smirk. After that they finally started to play.
There was a long instramental intro, then Ikuto started to sing.
[CanYou Keep A Secret-The Cab]
It's true, that I'm a silver shadow and you
Are always on my mind
You. You need to get over here
We'll dissapear.
'Wow..They play really well. It's all in sync and nothing sound out of place..' I thought in wonder as they continued to play.
Your secrets safe, and no one has no know
I'm your getaway
A little bit more than you can take
I can make
Everything feel so damn good
I was mesmerized by all of them. 'Specialy Ikuto. He sings really well. 'I wonder why they even want a female singer. Ikuto sings sufficient enough.' I tried to figure it out as they finished up what they had.
I could have sworn we dissapeared tonight
Come on and dance with me
Come on and dance with me, baby
And don't you know I just appered tonight?
You wanna dance with me
You wanna dance with me all night.
Nobody there will ever see us, don't talk don't walk
Just the two of us
Dance with me
Dance with me
Come on and dance with me
Dance with me, baby.
They all finished up with huge grins on their faces. Kukai yelled out 'THAT WAS AWESOME! LET'S GO THROUGH AGAIN! AGAIN!" We all laughed at his outburst, and Ikuto turned to me.
"So, did we suck?" He asked with a joking smile. I simple shook my head and asked "You guys were amazing! But..If you can play that well, and Ikuto sings well enough, why did you guys want a female singer?" I was genuienly curious.
"Well, firstly, we want to start playing more complicated songs, and most complicated songs sound best with both male and female vocals." Nagi explained I nodded, silently agreeing. 'I guess that makes sense..'
"Second" He continued. "Wewant people to listen to our music because they like the actual music. Not just how we look. So we thought if we got a female singer, the fan girls will actually try and listen to our music rather than just droll and block out the sound…I don't really know how to explain it.." He finished up with a sheepish grin. I just smiled and nodded back, kind of understanding what he was talking about.
"Yeah, but that didn't work out to well." Ikuto said putting his arm around my shoulder. "With a cute little singer like Amu, we're just going to get fanboys that droll at her and not listen." He finished off with a little scowl. I laughed, trying to hide my blush, and obviously failed because Ikuto started chuckling at me, which annoyed me a bit but I let it go. This time. I continued to ask more questions about the band.
"Then, do you guys have any songs with female vocals written up yet?" I asked getting a little excited to start.
"I haven't een able to write one with the auditions and everything." Ikuto admitted. I was a little shocked that Ikuto was the one that wrote the songs. It just didn't seem to be him..
"Oh..I see. Well, then what should I do for this practice?"
"How about you try and write a song for youself?" Tadase proposed.
"Psssh. I doubt she'll be able to write a verse, let alone a song." Ikuto said with a laugh. This pissed me off so I marched up to him, and challenged him.
"Yeah? I'll have a song ready by next week. Just you wait you Stupid-Perverted-Cat. We'll see who can't write a song." And I stormed out with their shocked looks behind me.
At Amu's House Later That Night
'I'm such an idiot! Why did I say next week? What's so good about next week?' I sighed heavely as I accepted the fact that I have to write a song and started thinking of ideas. I thought so hard, I eventually fell asleep. The ideas paper still blank.
LOL THIS REALLY LONG CHAPTER IS TO MAKE UP FOR THE THER REALLY SHORTS ONES. IT KIND OF RUNS ON BUT I DON'TCARE 'CAUSE I'M RETARDED LIKE DAT. HURHUR. 3