Disclaimer: I still do not own YGO or any Silent Hill songs; Twilight, Kai, and Skye are the only characters that I created...along with another character, soon to come. I also DO NOT OWN, WHAT SO EVER, the band, Nightwish, or any one of their songs!!
Chapter 5
After Kai, Jou, and Seto had gone to look for the needed choir, Skye and Twilight continued to set up the equipment for the school concert with the help of Kai's new friends, the stage having been set up first.
"Okay, Yugi, that speaker goes on that side of the stage…and Tristin, could you move the light on the far right a bit more... yeah, right there…okay, I think the set is ready for Adrian to mess with!" Skye declared as everyone sat down on the ground with an exhausted sigh.
"Wow…I never knew that setting a stage is usually this exhausting" Anzu commented as she wiped a small trail of sweat from her brow.
"Yeah but we usually ask the people who own the place where we play to have the set ready for us but, every now and then, we have to set up our own… it comes in handy to know these things" Twilight said as she took out her black cell phone that had a red Chinese dragon on the back with little red and black stars hanging from the antenna.
Twilight dialed Adrian's cell number and waited for him to pickup.
"Yo, Twilight" Adrian said on the other line with his rich, masculine voice. "What's up?"
"Hey, Adrian…yeah, we need you at Domino High school, Kai wants to do a gig here and we need you to set the light patterns and crap"
"Alrighty, I'll be down there in a bit!" Adrian said and they both hung up.
"So…who's Adrian exactly?" Yugi asked, curiosity etched across his face.
"Adrian is out Manager/techy/ keyboardist/sub guitarist, he's pretty cool… aside from the usual 'I'll pay you guys the 50 of the gig money later' crap" Twilight said, a sigh at the end with Skye's to accompany hers.
"Oh…"
After a few minutes, Adrian pulled up into the school parking lot, having found the directions on the Internet on Adrian got off of his pale old-colored, black-flamed Kawasaki motorcycle.
Adrian had long, waist-length raven hair that was pulled back into a ponytail, had emerald eyes, sun-tanned skin. He was wearing a black, leather pants with a skin-tight black tank top, his pleather trench coat bellowing out behind him as he walked over to Twilight, Skye, and the others.
"Hey, Adrian!" Twilight and Skye chimed in unison, Adrian; smiling his usually I'm-Mr. Sexy-and-I-know-it smile.
"Hey, how are my favorite drummer and basest doing, huh?" Adrian said, patting Twilight and Skye on top of the head like kittens.
"We're fine… we have the stage set up and everything" Skye said, opening one her indigo eyes to glance up at Adrian with a small grin.
"All we're missing is the light and graphic effects and…" Twilight replied, her voice sort of trailing off, looking off to the side as well.
"Hey, where's my favorite singer?" Adrian questioned, looking around, barely noticing Yugi, Anzu, and Tristin.
"She'll be back in a few minutes with a choir, brass band, and a few violins" Skye answered, leaning back against her elbows as the bright orb of energy above them shone down.
"Well then… I'll just wait here til she comes back" Adrian stated with a bright smile as he plopped down in between Skye and Twilight.
Kai peeked around the corner; looking at the door that Jou had leaded her to. She peered at it a bit with curiosity. The little demon girl smiled rather viciously to herself as she pictured the door falling into the room. But she resisted the urge to rip the flimsy iron-like door off with her hands.
"Are you sure this is the right door?" Kai asked, looking back at Jou and Seto, a raised eyebrow noticeable on her face.
"Yes, this is the band room, there's a closet to the right when you walk in and that's where the trumpets and what not are." Seto replied as he walked out behind the corner, sighing as if he was embarrassed to know those two.
Kai smiled with a nod as she and Jou walked over to the entrance to the band room. Kai peered a bit closer at the door in front of her. "Okay so… how are we getting in?" She gently rubbed her chin, thinking a little deeper than she was normally used to.
"I thought the mutt had that figured out already…" Seto commented, earning himself a rather hard glare from the mentioned one.
"Hmm…well, I can try and pick the lock…" Kai sort of whispered to herself before reaching into her pocket and pulling out a small, black plastic case that a few small tools inside, sealed with a copper latch.
"Okay but hurry up…before someone spots us, kay...? Most of the teachers get suspicious when they see a student and someone who doesn't even go here sneaking around" Jou stated, looking around, nervously at their surroundings.
"Alright, alright…" Kai assured him, looking back behind her at the boys before turning back to the situation at hand and began her somewhat renowned abilities to pick locks.
It didn't take too long for Kai to unlock the band door. Kai carefully pushed the door open and peeked inside, looked around, and then walked into the room. Most of the students inside stared at her and the other two. The teacher, a somewhat old crone that looked like the top of her head was about to blast off, straight into the ceiling, possibly causing a small splatter due to the expression on her face.
"What do you think you're doing!? Coming in here all suddenly and interrupting our rehearsal!" The old woman shrieked.
"Oh, sorry about that one" Kai looked around, peering at the students before walking up on the stage and looking at everyone, individually. "Hmm…yes, this'll just be perfect for the concert…" Jou and Seto looked at her, not exactly standing next to the band teacher.
"Yes, they'll do nicely…Okay, now, all of you, if you wish to, you may participate in playing in the school concert that I'll be announcing over the intercom…as soon as a fellow associate, meaning this lovely 'teacher' of yours would allow me to borrow you all." Kai glanced behind her at the teacher, the said crone blinking a few times behind her librarian-like glasses.
"Um… Yes… Of course not! This will actually give them a little more recognition within the school and might help out with getting more advertisement for concerts in the future…" The teacher said to herself before speaking aloud to Kai.
"That's the spirit! No, if you all will follow me to the front of school and you must be as silent as you possibly can, we want to surprise the school and all." Kaillena explained, a few of the students whispering as they exited the band Room.
The said boy blinked once before nodding and heading into the back room, grabbing the said people's violins.
"Hey, should I grab a few more, just in case there are more that play violins and that are needed?" Jou questioned, retrieving about four other violins.
"Good thinking, Jou, yeah… Grab them and let's get out of here." Kai called from the front of the Choir crowd. Jou nodded, grabbed them before rushing out the door, shutting the door behind them.
It didn't take long for Kai, Jou, and Seto to return with the violins and a Choir that they had stopped by for as well. Thankfully, the choir had been practicing in a room not too far and they decided to steal them from class, their teacher having been in his office, doing Choirly-teacher things. The others that had been waiting were quite surprised that they had returned with some many people. Seto took his violin from Jou rather roughly, nearly causing him to drop the rest of the violins.
"I don't want your finger prints on my violin case." Seto glared down at Jou, turning his back and giving Jou an opportunity to stick his tongue out at the smug CEO.
Kai smiled before arranging the band and Choir on the stands that Twilight and Skye had brought from home, along with all the instruments and such. She smiled as she realized that most of the people that were in the musicians, both instrumental and vocal, looked a lot like her, wearing mostly black clothing with their hair in different colors or black, along with a few face piercing and whatnot.
"That's awesome, we've got the Choir, the band and the needed violins, we're pretty much set."
"Not entirely…" Kai was then embraced from behind, arms wrapping around her waist causing her to jump slightly till she noticed the voice, the familiar scent of cologne, and the arm around her waist.
"It's been a while, Adrian." Kai said with a smile and turning her face towards his, her eyes half-lidded.
"Yeah, a bit too long, Kai." Adrian said, resting his head on her shoulder.
Kai chuckled slightly and turned around, hugging him before pulling away, slightly glaring up at him. Adrian blinked a few times in confusion of her expression.
"Where's my $50 you still owe me, neh?" Kai tapped her foot slightly, Jou, and even Seto's hair stood on end, seeing as Adrian still had his arms around Kai's waist.
"What? Is that the one thing you can say to me after what we had?" Adrian said, resting his forehead against hers, Kai still glaring up at him.
Skye and Twilight sighed in a way that basically said 'Why does he even bother?' that got Anzu's attention.
"What's that about?" Anzu questioned, leaning a bit towards the drummer and bass player, keeping her eyes on Kai and Adrian as they still talked… well… More like Kai kept arguing while Adrian tried to defend himself.
"Adrian and Kai used to be… well… Lets just say that Adrian still carries a flame for Kai while Kai's flame has burned out for our manager." Skye said, glancing over at Jou then Seto. "As we've noticed so far" she smiled.
Anzu blinked a few times then said "Oh!" and continued to stand, watching Jou's expression turn from annoyance from aggravation to anger as Kai kept pressuring and thrusting that 'you owe me 50 dollars' down Adrian's throat, his arms still around her.
"Aww… Come on, Kai, can't I pay you back later?" Adrian whined, trying to put on his best charming smile… But Kai wasn't broken in by it.
She sighed and quickly slipped out from Adrian's embrace, going over to the Choir, which had begun to chat a bit but Kai didn't mind. When Kai had been in a choir, she and her friends often chatted while waiting for the teacher to direct them.
Kai smiled and stood in front of the choir, the group of singers going hush and silent.
"Okay, with a show of hands, who knows the song 'Ghost Love Score' by Nightwish?" Kai questioned, the majority of the choir raised their hands. "Wonderful then this will be easier that I thought.. Okay, you guys will be signing the back round chorus."
The choir mostly nodded while others looked a bit confused. Kai smiled brightly and clapped her hands together once and she tuned around. Kai walked and hopped up on stage, checking the microphones, finding that they all worked perfectly.
"Great job setting up the equipment, guys?" Kai complimented through the microphones, Yugi and the others blushed slightly.
She then quickly hopped off of the stage, walked over to Nebula, after picking up the violin that Jou had retrieved and had set down on the stage and handed it to her with a smile as she walked back from the school.
"I believe this is yours, Nebula, me and Jou had gotten the band room." She smiled as she handed over the violin to its owner.
Nebula smiled back with a small nod. Kai nodded back with her same smile before walking up on stage, where Twilight and Skye were all ready with their instruments, Adrian at his lap top that Twilight had brought for him so he could mess with the light fixtures.
"Hey, Adrian, you have the sound system up and every thing in the school?" Kai called out to Adrian, strapping on her electric guitar.
Adrian gave a thumbs-up and continued to type vigorously then hit 'enter.' His computer flashed for a split second before he gave the thumbs up again to Kai with a grin. Kai grinned brightly.
"Hello, everyone, and teacher, I'm sorry to have to interrupt your teachings but for your students, this is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see a free concert at their very own school so… Feel free to push and shove your way here outside of the cafeteria!!" Kai cheered into the microphone as millions upon millions of students rushed out of their classes.
"You guys ready for a free concert!!" Kai yelled, the entire crowd erupting into a big 'Yeah!!' causing Twilight and Skye to cheer. "Alright! This song is called 'Ghost Love Score' by one of our mentor bands, Nightwish!"
The crowd cheered again as Kai looked over at the choir and nodded then she nodded at the band to start. Twilight began playing her drums, the choir singing at a high-pitched voice. Kai lightly tapped her foot, playing her guitar, Skye following suite on her bass. The choir then stopped, letting Twilight's drums take their place with the sound of some sort of chime, being slightly played. Kai smiled to herself and started her part.
"We used to swim the same moonlight
waters
Oceans away from the wakeful day"
The choir then joined in their voices, powerful yet amazingly soft, Kai singing soft of echolike, like them, the chorus being repeated twice.
"My fall will be for you
my love will be in
you
if you be the one to cut me
I'll bleed forever"
It was then Kai's turn to sing.
"Scent of the sea before the waking of the
world
Brings me to thee
into the blue memory
my fall
will be for you
my love will be in you
if you be the one to cut
me
I will bleed forever
Into the blue memory!"
After the choir had finished their chorus, Kai dang her small part, the music softening.
"A siren from the deep came to me
Sang my
name my longing
Still I write my songs about that dream of
mine
Worth everything I may ever be"
Twilight then played her drums again, Kai continuing her song.
"The Child will be born again
That siren
carried him to me
First of them true loves
Singing on the
shoulders of an angel
Without care for love n loss"
Kai then played her electric guitar, her singing part having ceased. The soft sounds of the choirs distant voices, the brass band lightly playing till it began to grow in volume. Seto and Nebula then began to play their violins causing Kai to smile before her part.
"Bring me home or leave me be
My love in the
dark heart of the night
I have lost the path before me
The one
behind will lead me"
The chorus then started up, strongly.
"Take me
Cure me
Kill me
Bring me
home
Every way
Every day
Just another loop in the hangman's
noose"
Kai then jumped in with the choir singing a bit slightly before their voices merged into one then the choir faded, came in again, and then disappeared again, Kai still singing.
"Take me, cure me, kill me, bring me home
Every
way, every day
I keep on watching us sleep
Relive the old
sin of Adam and Eve
Of you and me
Forgive the adoring beast"
The band then struck up, powerfully, Nebula and Seto's violins standing out and yet blending in till it was Kai and the choirs turn.
"Redeem me into childhood
Show me myself
without the shell
Like the advent of May
I'll be there when
you say
Time to never hold our love
My fall will be for
you
My love will be in you
You were the one to cut me
So
I'll bleed forever"
The choir repeated the last part a few times while Kai lightly sang with an echo again, the band, Nebula, Seto, Skye and Twilight playing their best till they came to a musical halt ending. The crowd was silent for a moment before they began to cheer, yelling, screaming and wooting. Kai grinned brightly thrusting a clenched fist into the air. They then began to play a series of other songs, rock and pop alike.
