They were fighting. The three were arguing back in forth, paying little attention to the girl that was tugging on all of their shirts. Her nose crinkled and her eyes narrowed, she hated it when they yelled. And they did constantly, they fought over reasons that she didn't get. Just last week Murdoc gave 2D a bloody nose because he wouldn't take out the garbage, and when Russel stepped in to help no one noticed that she took it out for him.
Plain, stupid reasons that she couldn't understand, and even though Noodle barely knew a word of english she somehow knew how stupid they were.
"Gorillaz!" Noodle screamed. That seemed to fit the conversation they were having, and they all turned to her with a look of confusion.
"Gorillazzz," she repeated, carrying out the 'z' while crossing her arms over her chest dramatically.
They paused for a second, almost like they were thinking about it
"Gorillaz," Murdoc smiled, showing his rotting teeth, "Catchy, ae?"
And now they were a band. Noodle played the guitar, Murdoc the bass, Russel the drums, and 2D sang the songs. They were united. A family. And they were only people that Noodle had to look up to.
Noodle never liked thunderstorms.
Ever.
She was pretty sure it all started when she watched Poltergeist with 2D. You know, the part where Carol Anne got pulled into her closet like a tornado was ripping through her room.
It wasn't like Noodle didn't like scary movies, she adored them actually, but thunder was shaking the windows of Kong Studios while they enjoyed that movie. For some reason, just after that, she had been terrified.
So when lightning flashed and lit up Noodle's new room, she cowered under the blanket. The thunder that followed rumbled so loudly that the sounds of her quiet whimpers could not be heard.
"Russel-San," she said to herself hopefully, throwing the covers on the ground and standing up. She paused at her door, running back to grab her Pikachu stuffed toy to her chest before creeping down the hallways of Kong on her tippy-toes.
Thunder rumbled again, and she buried her face into Pikachu's, before reaching for the doorknob to Russel's room and flinging open the door.
"Russel-San! Russel-San!" she squeaked, jumping into his bed and landing on his stomach.
"Oof! Ah, baby girl," he mumbled, and even the sound of his deep voice soothed her a little bit.
"Russel-San, a-" she squealed again, flinging herself backwards as lightning and thunder cracked again.
"Wha's wrong?" he asked, sitting up and switching on a light.
"Gomennasai, a-ano...ano," she couldn't explain this to him, in any way possible, so she just sat cross-legged at the end of his bed, clutching her stuffed animal to her chest.
He sighed, before motioning for her to get under the covers with him. She smiled before quickly climbing in.
"Arigatou gozaimasu Russel-San, eto, oyasumi!"
He mumbled something about not having a clue what she was saying before switching off the light and falling into a deep sleep again, the little girl by his side following quickly behind.
The the last thing she heard was his snoring which drowned out the sound of everything else.
"Russ! She's gone!" 2D panicked, fumbling to get the door of Russel's room open and stumbling into his room. He stopped; smiling at the sight of a small girl who had her arms wrapped around one of the large mans arms. Russel was awake, apparently not wanting to wake her up, and his gaze said one thing; 'Speak about this and I will kill you slowly.' 2D slowly backed out of the room and shut the door behind him as quietly as he could. It seems like that girl brings out everybodys soft side.
"Ae, Muds," 2D said quietly, as the bassist passed him.
The blue-haired singer ducked a bottle of rum that the bassist happened to be holding.
"Shudup face-ache!" Murdoc bellowed, before he got hit in the face with a Pikachu toy.
Noodle stood in the doorway, an annoyed look on her face and her hair sticking up in all directions. She crossed the hallway, picking up the stuffed animal while Murdoc stared at her, confused.
"Baka," Noodle said to him, before shutting the door again.
A/N : Ain't that cute? :)) Anyways, I would like to say thank you to all the people that reviewed/faved/alerted. It makes me so happy to find that people enjoy this as much as I do writing it! Anyways, I will stick to this and try to keep posting chapters as much as possible. Anyways, this was a really short chapter... it took me like an hour to write. The next one will be way longer, I promise! Again, thanks for reading:D
Gomennesai – I'm sorry
Ano – Um
Arigatou gozaimasu – Thank you very much
eto – Um
Oyasumi – Good night
Baka - Idiot