Chapter 4- Berry

Berry is one of my friends on My Candy Love. Her character is really young so I decided to make her act like Kaai Yuki, I absolutely adore her~! I also like how Matsui Jurina got into SKE48 at age eleven. I wanted to add that sense of innocence they both bring to my charcter.

Also, I'm know I haven't been posting many chapters lately,, I'm sorry about that, but since I haven't had a very big fan base, it hasn't really hurt anyone besides me... Maybe I should take this down and work on my other fan fics.

In the background, the line of Carry Your Burden can be heard playing.

"Smile Berry!" yells the director, off set.

"I am!" yells Berry back

"No sass! So as your told the first time! I know your ten, but you're in this buisness for a reason! Snow me why President Ellery picked you!" yells the Director. "No! Cut! Cut! Cut! The feeling is all wrong! Do it again!"

"Aggh!" groan a few girls.

"Come on Berry!" yells Lisa as she steps out of position to get closer to Berry. "Get it together!"

"Lisa!" yells Ai as she gets between Lisa and Berry, hoping that a fight wouldn't brake out. Ai glares down at Lisa and Lisa just snarrls at her.

"Sister," says Aurora quietly as she tries to pull Lisa back. Lissa just pushes passed her and storms off. Aurora follows behind to catch up with her, the whole way saying, "You really shouldn't show that face. It isn't very idol like!"

"Shut up!" Lisa is heard yelling from across the Music Video set. Aurora mumbles something at is inaudible to Berry and Ai.

"Don't mind her," laughs Ai as she turns her attention back to Berry. "She's just hot-tempered. I bet she's like this with the guys also."

"Look," interrupts Berry with a puff of her cheeks. "I'm sorry that I'm not smiling. . I'll get it right next time."

"Why don't you try to remember all those fans cheering for you?" asks Ai.

"What?"

"That's probably stupid, but that's how I've always been able to smile, even when I'm to my limits," says Ai with a big smile. "Because of their dedication, though small now, needs to be appreciated, and if the person receaving this affection can't appreciate it, then they don't desearve it."

"Look!" snaps Berry. "I don't need you telling me how to be a star! I'm the youngest idol in H&S11, and I didn't get here by being somone else!"

"Well... when you put it like that..." says Ai.

"I don't want to hear it from you!" yells Berry as she storms off.

"Hey!" yells Ai as she grabs ahold of her arm to stop her. "If someone gives you the decency to give you advice for your career, especially your career, then the least you can do is say 'thank you'!"

"Thank you!" mocks Berry.

"You're welcome!" yells Ai, letting the insulting tone pass. Berry then slams the stage door as she leaves the studio, enraged by her senior.

"W-where is she going!" yells the director. "We still have to finish the shot!"

"I'll get her," sighs someone from off-stage. The boys of Kings of Hearts was standing off-stage, waiting for their music video shoot. The boy who offered to find her was a handsome fifteen year old boy with silver hair and two different colored eyes, not looking particularly interessted in what was going on.

"Oi!" yells Ai as she stops him in his path. "She's part of our groups so I'll handle it!"

"You already tried handling it," says Lysander, the boy who offered to help. "Look where that got you."

"Lysander!" yells Castiel as he gets up and walks onto the shoot where all the light in the room was. "That was uncalled for!"

"Stay out of this!" yells Lysander as he glares at Castiel.

"Why should I!"

"Stop!" yells Ai as she screams at the top of her lungs. "You both are members of the same group! If you don't stop fighting you'll get nothing done! Berry's my member! Let me deal with her!"

"'my' member? Who gave you the right to claim H&S11 as yours! Who made you more special!" yells Lysander, getting a little mad.

"President Ellery did when she gave me the title of Center!" yells Ai. Lysander's eyes grew wide and everyone in Kings of Hearts look over at Ai in shock. Ai continues to glare at Lysander, not backing down, not gloating or being smug about it, just angrily glaring at him. "And I take it that you don't understand what that intitles, such a role? That's why I consider her my member!"

"But you have to finish the music video," points out Lysander. "And the quicker you do that the quicker we can get done."

"How are we suppose to finish without Berry?" asks Ai as she cocks one of her hips.

"I don't know, do individual shot of you guys singing the song or something," shrugs Lysander as he turns to walk off set. "It's really up to you."

"I'm not done talking to you!" yells Ai as he opens the studio doors and exits. Castiel puts his hand on her shoulder to calm her down.

"Ai," he says simply.

"I know," sighs Ai, letting the situation go. She looks to the ground, almost depressed. "I just wish I could do something..."

"You've done enough," says Castiel.

"Ai! We need you on set!" yells the director.

"Yes sir!" yells Ai as she rushes over to the cameras. Castiel just watches her go, not knowing how to react to this... woman.

Knock, knock

"Go away," says Berry, muffled into her knees.

Click

Berry looks up at the defiant intruder, hating their guts. "I said...!" yells Berry at first, before she saw who it was. She then places her head back into her knees. "It's just you..." she says as she stares at some random spot on the floor.

"Now is that any way to greet an old friend?" says Lysander with a laugh.

"You might be old, but you're not my friend!" snaps Berry.

"Ouch..." says Lysander as he clutches his chest in a mocking tone. "That really hurts."

"Did Ai send you here?" pouts Berry.

"Not at all," says Lysander as he comes to sit next to her. "In fact, she told me to stay while she comes and finds you."

"Thank you for not letting her come. But you didn't have to come either!"

"I know... But I wanted to.

"Really!" asks Berry, extremely excited.

"Of course!" says Lysander with a sweet smile that seems to always get the girl. Berry flashes him a similar smile that seemed to be filled with more power then his, shocking him.

"S-so why are you here?" asks Lysander, trying to get his footing back by moving the conversation on.

"It's stupid Ai! She's trying to control me! I don't know why! But is so annoying!" yells Berry.

"I hate when people try to do that," agrees Lysander quietly.

"I mean! I'm my own person! Why is she always butting in! She should just mind. Her. Own. BUSINESS!" rants Berry.

"She's probably doing what she thinks is best for the group. She loves it you know," says Lysander as he starts to play with his fingers as if they were the most interesting thing in the world right now.

"So you're on her side two... aren't you?" accuses Berry as she viciously glares at Lysander.

"It's obviously not for her!" says Lysander as he rolls his eyes at her. "It's for the fans. She gets a connection when she sees them that motivates her to be perfect, that's what Ellery saw in her in the first place."

"But the fans don't react to perfection, they react to the melody," says Berry as she jumps off her seat and dances on the floor. "Like when I sing this, Gotta keep moving, no point in losing! The crowd reacts better then if I would have sung it like, Lade la ladode, La tede da la deda! "

"What makes you say that?"

"Because our fans are more... pop and contemporary people with a twist of techno and rock. That is... um... really I'm just basing off of your fans, because I know I saw some of our fans at your concert the other day."

"Oh! So you're a fan of Kings of Hearts?"

"Yeah..." says Berry slowly, hoping he wouldn't see her blush. "I like how you manage to make our base go badomdadomda badomdabombom dabomda. And I like how the notes intertwine with your voices to create girls fantasies. Its really something else!"

"So you like melodies?"

"Well... I am hyper aware of them... if that's what you mean... but yeah! I love them! I like how the notes flow and how the beat can amplify certain areas that need it and make other areas intense. I also like the beats that get stuck in my head because I get to re-live them a little longer."

"Then why don't you do that for your fans?"

"Do what for my fans?" asks Berry as she tilts her head at Lysander in a quizical way.

"Make a melody for them."

"Why?"

"So it'll get stuck in their heads. Don't you want a fan who loves rhymes and reasons like you do?"

"Can I?!"

"But you have to put in the effort. And listen to Ai, she know the fans best."

"Oh sweet love! Why do I have to!"

"Because this isn't a job, it's our life. We live for the fans and we love the fans. If we don't try and do something we like then we've picked the wrong career."

"But I don't want a job~!"

"But jobs give you money!"

"Then they can't be too bad~! Money get's you games don't they?"

"You're a very fickled girl, aren't you?"

"Am I?" asks Berry, completely clueless.

"Flipping from one thing to another is called being fickled."

"I don't flip," pouts Berry as she sternly glares at Lysander.

"I bet you flip all the time!" laughs Lysander.

"I do not!" yells Berry as a big blush grows on her face.

"Fine then, tell me how you feel about Ai?"

"She's still bossy! But she has a point and I think she's okay. That's not flipping though! That's only putting up with her! She's doing this for the fans, and so am I!"

"Good girl," says Lysander as he ruffles her hair. She tries to pat it back down as she glares up at him."You ready to get back?"

"Yeah!" says Berry as she runs out of the room and towards the stage. "But I need to get there first! So I'm not waiting up for you!"

"I wouldn't count on it!" yells back Lysander with a smile on his lips. He catches himself and shakes his head. She's a ten year old! Don't you dare do it! It's totally inappropriate! Well... maybe not in eight years... I can deal with that...

-X- -X-

Berry bursts through the set and goes flying at Ai, jumping up and down.

"Ai! Ai! I know how I can benifit the fans!" jumps Berry up and down excitedly.

"Really?" asks Ai, her attention has been caught now.

"Yeah! But... I don't know how to put it in words..." says Berry with a blush. "It's more like... a beat I guess."

"Why don't you show us?" asks Aurora as she walks over to the two, curious about their conversation.

"Um... okay~! Well... it's something like this..." Berry then starts to hum a tone it has a pop feel with a mix of hip-hop and rock to it. Another voice from the group acts as the base as it layers that one. Soon, another girl uses her talent as a beat boxer to act as the drums and another sings out the piano part with las and dodedas. After a few measures of this completed piece, Aurora starts tapping her feet and swaying left and right, composing a dance routin in her head.

"Wait, wait, wait!" says Ai as she stops the fun and looks around at the people. "Are we really going to do this? Are we really going to put together this piece for the fans? Do bypass the President and write this song, which we will one day sing for the fans, without permission?"

"Why not?"asks one girl.

"It could be worth it."

"Seems like fun~!"

"You're always saying that everything is done for the fans, why don't we show them what we do?" asks Lolo as she places a hand on Ai's shoulder.

"Okay, but we're going to do this perfect the first time so we can practice it perfect the rest. This is going to be all us now... We're not going to have a choreographer tell us where to step or a vocal teacher fixing our pitches. We're going in and we're going in blind," says Ai as she places her hands on her hips. "Now! I want two rows of four and one row with three. The row with three will be in the front with me, Aurora and Berry. The second row will have Four, Snow, Cecil, and Lady. The last four will be Lolo, Cameron, Julliet and Mona Lisa. We'll go in a diagonal so that Aurora is front and center. If you can see Aurora then move, but remember your spot. Everyone get that?"

"Got it!" cries Hearts & Stars 11, already in the given positions.

"Now Berry," says Ai as she gets into her spot. "Let's go~!"

"Five! Six! A five six seven eight!" counts off Berry before she goes off into her, now louder, melody. The steps match each others perfectly, almost as if the team is in sinc, only a half second off of Aurora. After about four measures, Ai takes a deep breath and sings;

I feel like I've seen you before

And screwing up is something I can't afford

Loving you is something I adore

And I feel it in my core!

Lolo and Snow chime in as Ai continues to sing;

So I'll tell you

How I really feel

And tell me too

That this is real!

I know you don't know me~

But I know you from what I believe

Soon, the remaining voices pile on to sing the chorus;

Love isn't a word to say often

And your feelings shouldn't be soften

And I'll go all the way~

to the top

And maybe someday~

I'll make your heart stop~!

Julliet moved to the front of the line and has taken Ai's spot as she sings the the versue;

I'll make you see

My true feelings

And I don't want you to flee

When my heart is reeling

Because I can only be me

And your heart is for my stealing!

Ai was now at the front of the group, standing beside Julliet, to formation of the group changeing with each lyrics as if it was pre-planned that way. The voices then meld together, harmonizing as they re-sing the chorus;

Love isn't a word to say often

And your feelings shouldn't be soften

And I'll go all the way-

To the top

And maybe someday-

I'll make your heart stop~!

Now, Lady, Ai, Lolo and Berry sing there part;

Love is waiiting for you

So here's what I'll do

I'll make my prescence so obvious

And I'll try my best to be famous

Now the whole group joins in on the chorus, repeating the moves that Aurora has already set in stone as they sing;

Love isn't a word to say often

And your feelings shouldn't be soften

And I'll got all the way-

To the top

And maybe someday-

I'll make your heart stop~!

Love isn't a word to say ogten

And your feelings shouldn't be soften

Ann I'll go all the way-

To the top

And maybe someday-

I'll make your heart stop~!

There was a musical interlude as Snow slowly makes her way to the front of the group, getting her solo, singing;

Believing in something helps

To love someone else

But telling you might be

The hardest thing for me

And I'll have to sing

In hopes you feel something!

Rappunzel, Sally and Mona Lisa take over as they quickly sing;

But my heart won't stop beating

And my love for you isn't fleeting

But I will show you

What I can do

And show my feelings through

The songs I'm singing to you

The other girls then add to it as Ai makes her way back to the center position as they finish up the song with the song with another chorus;

Love isn't a word to say often

And your feeling shouldn't be soften

And I'll got all the way-

To the top

And maybe someday-

I'll make your heart stop~!

It finishes slowly with the voices being taken away until Berry is the only one left, singing the final few chords. There was a giddy cheer as the girls jump around, excited. It was the finally to the most amazing song they've ever sung.

"Are you girls ready to practice this?" asks Ai as she waves her hands to quiet them down. There was a collective groan through the girls as they roll their eyes.

"We promised we will dedicate this song to the fans," says Ai, a little aggrivated by them, "Now we're going to practice this till it's perfect!"

"Yes~!" says the girls, a little less enthusiastic.

X-X-X

"This is bad..." whispers Aurora as she just stares blankly at the screen.

"What's bad?" asks Berry as she stretches out on the bar in the dancing studio. They were going to practice their new song, which they've labled Make Your Heart Stop, again. Aurora had loaded her computer before that and quickly checked the internet when something popped up, after searching their groups name in Google like she does everyday.

"Look at this!" says Aurora as she turns the computer towards Berry. Berry goes white as she hears the conversation of the girls on the youtube video and watches as they get in formation. She feels her heart stop as she sees the smiling, dancing faces of them as they sing the song Make Your Heart Stop. It was them, on the first day of making the song, dancing and singing it. One of the cameras must have been on in the studio and someone must have filmed it. After they filmed in they must have put it on Youtube. Of course the group got the correct authorization, the filmer taking no credit, not even the filming credits.

"This is so bad!" cries Berry as she goes into some sort of panic and shock.

"I know," hypervenilates Aurora.

"Members of Hearts & Stars 11," says the intercom above them. "Please report to President Ellery's office. Members of Hearts & Stars 11, please report to President Ellery's office."

"What's that about?" asks Ai as the group walks down the hall towards the Presidents office, which is the penthouse on the top of Black Swan Agencies. In the elevator, Berry explains her findings to the team and there is a collective gasp among the members. After the information truly processes, some girls... let's say, handled the information differently. All around it was very entertaining to watch them, but you just knew something was completely and utterly wrong.

"Calm down! Calm down!" cries Ai, getting the troop back. "There's a big chance that she hasn't seen it yet. Let's just hope for the best!"

"Right! Right," says Lolo as she starts to calm down. "She probably hasn't seen it!"

All the girls get off of the elevator and walk down the hall into a room. The surrounding rooms show complete signs of human activity, while the 'office' that Ellery works from, is completely and utterly, technified. There are flat screens plastering the walls of the room, almost as if they were the walls themselves. The screens blink from members of Black Swan agency in reality shows or varity shows or concerts or other uses of media while a few small ones that were squard off in the cornors show servalince photage of up and coming attractions and possible Black Swan Agency candidates. In one cornor there was the biggest palm tree ever seen off of the beach, and in the center of the room was a glass desk that had a hallogram coming from it. Ellery was interacting with it, like something off of Iron Man. The hallogram flashes down and she sits there, hands folded, looking at the group of girls seriously.

"This morning, you could imagine my shock when I look up trending searches and find that the number one search of the day is Hearts & Stars 11's Make Your Heart Stop," says Ellery as she gets up and starts walking around the room. "At first I was like 'This can't be my girl! They haven't debuted yet. And their song is Carry Your Burden, not Make Your Heart Stop.' So I click this fraud of a link and see, that not only was it my girls, there was also a little dance number and acapella music to go with this lyrics. Can anyone explain this to me?"

"We didn't mean for you to figure out until after!"

"We were going to memorize the lyrics and the dance and play it at our next concert!"

"We didn't know the camera was filming! Honest!"

"Does it not say that Hearts & Stars 11 will debut before October 10th on your contracts?" asks Ellery as she leans on her desk and crosses her arms in front of her chest.

"Yes," says Aurora sadly.

"And does it not say that you will debut with an original song written by Lolo?" asks Ellery as she raises an eyebrow.

"But this is an original song! This is what H&S11 put their heart and soal into for the fans!" protests Lolo, who was interupted with a raised hand from Ellery.

"Now let's run through the list. It's September 3rd, Lolo did not write this song, and none of this was approved by me before hand. Did I leave anything out?"

"We didn't breach our contracts!" replies Ai. "There was no definate date set for us, and Lolo waas never mentioned as the sole writer of the song we debut with. She did help us write it so techiniqually it is still in the contract. It also states in the contract that 'every and all actions must be approved by President Ellery if a fan doesn't see fit to continue the project.' There are over 10,000,000,000 views, which clearly means that the fans have approved of the song and execution taken to bring the song to life."

Ellery glares down at Ai until she can't contain it any more. She lets out a loud, brawling laugh that shakes her entire body, tears running down her face. "It looks like someone did her homework!" laughs Ellery as she cheerfully pats Ai on the back. "I was wondering when someone would say that!"

"S-so you're not mad?" asks Aurora, peaking from behind Berry.

"Of course not! You sold out for your first concert, and their are people who want to get tickets for the Kings of Hearts tour because you guys will be opening," says Ellery as she sits behind her desk again, starting to type something into the computer on her desk, which was 2-D on the glass top. "I couldn't even get this popularity if I tried. I'm raking in big right now and it's all thanks to you guys putting that video up. Just please... don't do it again! If you want to surprise me, remember my birthday or get me a canoli or something. Let's not do this again!"

"Yes ma'am," says the group as they slowly exit the room, confused. Ellery just watches them go and laughs again!

"I can't believe she quoted the contract! And that beat!" laughs Ellery as she spins around in her wheelie chair. "I think I've taken on a project that might be too big for me this time."