Karaoke madness
"So this is the karaoke place you were talking about? Doesn't seem all that special…" said Satoshi.
"Heh…ever hear the phrase, 'Don't judge a book by its cover'? Come on, Sato-kun! Let's go in and wait for Dai and Dark!"
30 minutes later…
"Huh…I wonder if Satoshi and Kari are waiting inside," commented Daisuke.
Probably…let's go in!
"Um, Kari? Satoshi?"
"Hey Dai! We were waiting for ya!" laughed Kari.
"So are you ready to have some fun?" grinned Satoshi.
"Yup…but how are Dark and I supposed to…?"
Kari muttered something under her breath and in a split-second, Satoshi and Daisuke glowed. In their places were two separate bodies. Krad and Satoshi stood together as did Dark and Daisuke. Both boys and their other halves looked at each other in surprise.
"Woah…that was…"
"Weird."
"Creepy…Dark started and Krad finished…" laughed Kari.
"I'm ready to start when you are, Sis!" grinned Satoshi.
"Who wants to go first?"
"I'll…I'll try…" said Daisuke.
"Okay…since Satoshi and I know full well that you lot probably don't know the words to these songs, we've rented the room with the machine that has them scrolling down in sync with the songs."
Satoshi saw Daisuke's confusion and translated… "The lyrics will light up across the screen and all you have to do is sing them when the word lights up."
"Oh."
"Would it be easier to see someone else do this first as a demonstration?" asked Kari.
"Yeah…"
"In that case, I'll go first instead!" laughed Kari. (Satoshi, Krad, Dark and Daisuke all sat down as she started the machine and chose her song.)
"Let's get started!" grinned Kari as the song started…
"Kanashii Hodo Hikari Dashita,
Shiroi Yami Kiri Saku Tsubasa Ni Nare,
Tsumetai Taiyou Ni Teraserateta,
Kai Narasareta Jiyuu Ga Atta,
Kagami Ni Utsutta Kiseki No Yoru,
Masuku O Hazushi Hajimeta My Soul,
Shiroku Someru Yami Tsuki Nukete,
Atarashii Jidai O Kizami Tsuzukero,
Toki Hanashita Kokoro No Mama Ni,
Hateshinaku Tsuzuiteku Byakuya O Tobe."
(Translated version)
The white darkness started shining intensely,
Become the wings that cut through the darkness,
Illuminated by the cold sun,
I was given a tamed freedom,
In the miraculous night reflected in the mirror,
My soul began to remove its mask,
Break through the darkness that is painted white,
Keep engraving a new era,
As the heart you released desires,
Fly into the white night that continues endlessly.
(Opening theme for D.N.Angel…White Night-True Light)
Daisuke and the others were all a bit surprised. Kari's singing wasn't half bad at all. Now it was Daisuke's turn!
"Um…how do I choose a song on this thing…?" asked Daisuke, nervously.
"Oh, Sato and I chose a few songs you might enjoy. Here…this is the first one that came to mind…" said Kari as she entered the selection number.
"Um…okay…" said Daisuke as he prepared to sing the song she put in. (Evanescence, My Immortal. From their Fallen CD.)
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"I'm so tired of being here
Suppressed by all my childish fears
And if you have to leave,
I wish that you would just leave
'Cause your presence still lingers here
And it won't leave me alone
These wounds won't seem to heal,
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears,
When you screamed I'd fight away all of your fears,
I held your hand through all of these years,
But you still have all of me,
You used to captivate me
By your resonating light
Now I'm bound by the life you left behind
Your face it holds
My once plans and dreams,
Your voice it chased away
All the sanity in me
These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears,
When you screamed I'd fight away all of your fears,
I held your hand through all of these years,
And you still have all of me,
I tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone,
But though you're still with me,
I've been alone,
I'm alone,
When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears,
When you screamed I'd fight away all of your fears,
I held your hand through all of these years,
And you still have all of me."
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"Not bad, Dai!" said Kari, happy.
"Thanks…" mumbled Daisuke, slightly embarrassed.
"Who's next?" asked Satoshi.
"Why not Dark?" smirked Krad evilly.
"Why not? I'm up for it!"
"All right then, Dark's up next! Let me set the song for ya!" laughed Kari.
"Here you come knockin' on my door baby
Tell me what you got on your mind
I guess those college boys all went home for the summertime
And you're lookin' right, lookin' good, lookin' like a woman should
So why is it so hard to find
A place to lay your pretty little head down once in a while
You run on a little tough luck baby
Don't you sweat it
Everything is waiting inside for you
You know I got it
So come and get it
Who's your daddy, who's your baby?
Who's your buddy, yeah who's your friend?
And who's the one guy that you come runnin' to
When your love life starts tumblin'?
I got the money if you got the honey
Let's cut a deal let's make a plan
Who's your daddy, who's your baby?
Who's your buddy, who's your man?
You might've run on a little tough love baby
Don't you sweat it
Everything is waiting inside for you
You know I got it
So come and get it
Who's your daddy, who's your baby?
Who's your buddy, yeah who's your friend?
And who's the one guy that you come runnin' to
When your love life starts tumblin'?
I got the money if you got the honey
Let's cut a deal let's make a plan
Who's your daddy, who's your baby?
Who's your buddy, who's your man?
Who's your daddy, who's your baby?
Who's your buddy, who's your man?"
(Toby Keith's 'Who's Your Daddy?' from his Unleashed CD.)
Everyone was a bit taken aback. They had thought that Dark would be an okay singer, but it was quite clear that he could not hit high notes properly! Kari decided to let either Satoshi or Krad take a turn.
"All right, which of you two will try next? Sato-kun or Krad-kun?" asked Kari. (Dark tried not to laugh when she called the Homicidal Blond 'Krad-kun.')
"I'll go…" said Satoshi. (He set his own song, since he had personally picked it himself.)
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"I tried to kill my pain but only brought more,
(So much more,)
I lie dying and pouring,
Crimson regret and betrayal,
I'm dying, praying, bleeding and screaming,
Am I too lost…to be saved,
Am I too lost,
My god,
My tourniquet,
Return to me salvation,
My god,
My tourniquet,
Return to me salvation,
Do you remember me,
Lost for so long,
Will you be on the other side,
Or will you forget me,
I'm dying, praying, bleeding and screaming,
Am I too lost to be saved,
Am I too lost,
My god,
My tourniquet,
Return to me salvation,
My god,
My tourniquet,
Return to me salvation,
(Return to me salvation)
(I want to die)
My god,
My tourniquet,
Return to me salvation,
My god,
My tourniquet,
Return to me salvation,
My wounds cry for the grave,
My soul cries…for deliverance,
Will I be…denied,
Christ, Tourniquet,
My soul is saved,"
(Evanescence—Tourniquet—Fallen.)
"Huh… interesting choice, otouto," said Kari.
"Thanks…I figured it really suited me when I read the lyrics."
"That just to leaves Krad."
"Oh joy…"
"Hey…Don't look so annoyed. We chose a great song just for you!" laughed Kari and Satoshi.
"Why do I have a bad feeling when you say that?"
It was finally Krad's turn, and Dark was all smirks.
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"Is this a dream
If it is please don't wake me from this high
I've become comfortably numb
Until you opened up my eyes
To what's it like when everything's right
I can't believe
You found me
When no one else was looking
How did you know just where I would be
Yeah you broke through all of my confusion
The ups and the downs and you still didn't leave
I guess that you saw what nobody could see
You found me
So here we are, that's pretty far
When you think of where we've been
No going back
I'm fading out all that has faded me within
You're by my side
Now everything's fine
I can't believe
You found me
When no one else was looking
How did you know just where I would be
You broke through all of my confusion
The ups and the downs and you still didn't leave
I guess that you saw what nobody could see
You found me
You found me
When I was hiding till you came along
And showed me where I belonged
You found me
When no one else was looking
How did you know, how did you know
You found me
When no one else was looking
How did you know just where I would be
Yeah you broke through all of my confusion
The ups and the downs you still didn't leave
I guess that you saw what nobody could see
You found me
You found me
You broke through all of my confusion
The ups and downs and you still didn't leave
I guess that you saw what nobody could see
The good and the bad and the things in between
You found me
You found me."
(Kelly Clarkson's 'You Found Me'. Breakaway track 9.)
Next came the duets… and Kari had a special treat for the best pair.
"Whichever pair sings the best gets a special prize…" she said with a mischievous look.
"What kind of prize…?"
Kari whispered the prize to Satoshi whose eyes widened a bit before he grinned.
"I think Krad and Dark will want that prize the most," he grinned.
"So who will be paired up?" asked Daisuke.
"You and Sato-kun, Dark and Krad. I've already set the songs up, you just have to choose who goes first."
"We might as well go first and get it over with," said Satoshi. (They sang a song from one of Kari's favorite groups, Montgomery Gentry. The title was 'You do your thing'.)
After Satoshi and Daisuke sang their duet (which even they had to admit wasn't very good), Krad and Dark reluctantly got onto the stage and waited for the song to start.
"Well a man came on the 6'o clock news
Said somebody been shot, somebody's been abused,
Somebody blew up a building, somebody stole a car,
Somebody got away, somebody didn't get too far yeah,
They didn't get too far
Grand pappy told my pappy back in my day, son
A man had to answer for the wicked that he done,
Take all the rope in Texas
Find a tall oak tree
Hang them high in the street for all the people to see that
Justice is the one thing you should always find
You gotta saddle up your boys
You gotta draw a hard line
When the gun smoke settles we'll sing a victory tune
We'll all meet back at the local saloon
We'll raise up our glasses against evil forces
Singing whiskey for my men, Beer for my horses
We got too many gangsters doing dirty deeds
Too much corruption, too much crime in the streets
Time for the long arm of the law to put a few more in the ground
Send 'em all to their maker and he'll settle 'em down
You can bet he'll set 'em down cause
Justice is the one thing you should always find
You gotta saddle up your boys
You gotta draw a hard line
When the gun smoke settles we'll sing a victory tune
We'll all meet back at the local saloon
We'll raise up our glasses against evil forces
Singing whiskey for my men, beer for my horses
You know
Justice is the one thing you should always find
You gotta saddle up your boys
You gotta draw a hard line
When the gun smoke settles we'll sing a victory tune
We'll all meet back at the local saloon
We'll raise up our glasses against evil forces
Singing whiskey for my men, beer for my horses."
(Toby Keith's 'Beer for my horses' off of his Unleashed CD.)
"Wow…looks like we have a winner!" laughed Kari.
"So what was the prize anyway?"
"You really want to know?" asked Kari, coolly. (Satoshi was trying not to laugh as he knew what was coming!)
Before Dark or Krad could react, she gave them both a kiss on the cheek. The two halves had identical reactions…their faces lit up redder than Daisuke when he was embarrassed! That was when Kari told them of another contest: whoever sang the best out of all of them got to spend an entire day with her without interruptions. (Or in Daisuke's case, an entire day with Riku without worrying 'bout Dark!)
In the end, Krad was the better singer…though he had mixed reactions about this. The rest of the night was both memorable and amusing. They went home, their hearts lighter than before.
(The next chapter will be the second-to-final chapter for Master of Angels. As soon as I post another fic, which is actually the screenplay Satoshi and Kari mentioned earlier, I will start up the second half of this fanfic. Stayed tuned to "Master of Angels: Rebirth")