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Note: Songs will be bold and in italics(-like this)
Bleach Star
Chapter Nine- Be in The Moment (Part 1)
She stood a few rows away from Rukia and her new friends. They like everyone else was just enjoying the concert not having a care in the world. Rukia was quite unaware of her actions. Hiding her identity was a risky play but she didn't seem to think much of it at all.
"How long was she here?"
Yoruichi Shihouin was well aware of Soi Fon's presence before she spoke.
"About an hour."
"Hmmm…"
"I'm guessing you noticed it too, there is no one from the council's team here."
"That means there is someone on the inside but who?"
"That's why you were placed on the inside to find out."
Soi Fon looked at her superior and nodded. "This is risky, a crowd is so unpredictable."
"Somewhat…you may have to keep closer to her from now on, after what you told me earlier and from what we are seeing here now, it isn't wise to leave her alone."
"I understand but I'm the best as what I do and the council keeps requesting me."
Yoruichi met Soi Fon's eyes before she re-focused her eyes to Rukia.
"We should stay alert, I think that something is wrong here."
"Understood."
Technik was fifteen minutes away from finishing off their performance in others words, in roughly twenty minutes the best in music according to Rukia were about to come onstage together. And Inoue was waving and saying she was leaving and she'll see them later.
"You must really hate their music!" Tatsuki commented,
Inoue just smiled, hugged the girls and quickly waved to the guys before disappearing in to the crowd.
"That's the second time she disappeared tonight." Ishida said while everyone just shrugged.
Rukia looked behind Inoue and noticed that someone in the crowd just shifted quickly. Looking to her left the same thing happened just the person moved smoothly, a bit too smoothly in a crowd if you had asked her. For the first time that night she remembered who she was but she wasn't about to let it ruin her first concert and night out with her friends. She was sure that no one knew she was here and no one knew who she was. She was safe.
Looking out through the crowd to reassure herself, the shifting moving happened again but much more accurately this time, if she wasn't who she was she wouldn't have cared but she was a heiress and she did care. Tucking the lock of orange hair out of her face, she tried to concentrate on the small talk Tatsuki and the others were having. Her eyes gravitated to Renji, who looked up at the same time.
"You ok Rukia?" he asked out of the blue.
"Huh… why did you ask?" she replied, was her paranoia showing on her face too she wondered to herself.
"You look funny."
Everybody was looking at her now and that wasn't helping in the least. Working up a huge fake smile she waved her hands to wave away Renji's comment and the others' concerns.
"I'm fine but I've never saw Sun live before so I'm a little excited."
"You call that facial expression excited." Renji went on in a low voice.
She stuck out the smile and eventually everyone began to just look away. Ishida lingered she noticed but there wasn't much she could do about that except pull her hat lower than it already was and hope she was wrong.
"The DJ is on, so we have a few minutes to make everything perfect!"
Inoue hustled out the dressing room in her short bright blue babydoll mini with mutlicoloured flowers, green knee high socks and orange ballerina heels.
"I'm ready. Where is Moto?" Inoue really hated having to change so often but she was a star and that was the deal. She knew for sure the official concert would be a lot worse.
"Here!"
Moto emerged on the scene, in a lilac baby-T and a pair of black shorts. She wore the same black stilettos and accessories.
"Is everything ready?" she asked,
"Just about." A stagehand answered,
"Great! Are you ready?" Moto asked Sun.
"Yea."
This time they walked directly on stage, it was covered so the crowd didn't have a clue that they were back there. Sun held her mic and Moto strapped her guitar around her. It was without a doubt her pride and joy since she performs with it at all her concerts. Sun looked at her sis and saw the joy lit up her face.
"Tonight we're going to have fun!" Moto whispered, Sun nodded and closed her eyes. The simple Inoue was soon disappearing.
Feeding off the vibe they could feel from the crowd just beyond them, she and Moto held hands while the stagehands bustle from place to place perfecting the stage.
"Okay!"
"THEY ARE HERE AND THEY ARE GOING TO GIVE YOU A TASTE OF WHAT IS TO COME AT THEIR CONCERT! LET'S MAKE SOME NOISE AGAIN FOR MOTO AND SUN HIME!"
That last part said by the DJ wasn't necessary because the crowd was already doing just that. The huge and heavy navy blue curtains were drawn to their respective sides and the band started off with the intro of Moto's Be in the Moment. The lights were dimmed and confetti was thrown out in front of the stage and all over the mall from the roof like snow and for a few minutes no one was really coordinated.
"Why are you thinking about then and when?" Moto sang out.
"And the places that you've never been?" Sun Hime continued,
And why keep looking at the clock?!
What's with the tapping of your feet
and that impatience sigh you repeat
What's so bad about now
You gotta stay in the second
Just flow with the minute
Breeze through the hour
And live in the moment
Fly with the wind
And dance to the music
Sing with the stars on the track
And never look back
Never look back
Be in the moment
Dance with the hands of the clock
Risk the most of it
And lose it just once
Be in the moment
Yea yea yea yea yea yea yea
Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey
Rukia watched the DJ announced the second appearance of Sun and Moto. The lights dimmed and what was left sparkled on the scores of confetti that filled the air. Rukia heard Moto starting her song just before a strong hand with a cloth covered her mouth and another wrapped itself around her waist and hands. Unable to scream or reach out for help, she just helpless allowed herself to be carried off to wherever this person was taking her. The lights were still dimmed and no one was paying attention to her since the star sisters were on. In the dimness, she watched as her friends disappeared further and further away. The cloth was scented with something sweet and she knew she shouldn't be breathing it in but she couldn't hold her breath any longer and she probably already inhale some of whatever it was because her eyes were blurry and her mind was having a fine time deciphering her situation.
She knew she was right about the shifty movements in the crowd, she knew her father was right and she knew she had failed her country. She couldn't look at her attacker and that didn't matter because she couldn't make out much now. Rukia was quite light and thought she'll be unconscious she knew her weight was something this stranger could easily handle.
Somebody…please help….help me, was all she could think.
Then everything was black.
"She's gone!" Soi Fon gasped out looking at Yoruichi who was currently searching around quickly,
"There."
Yoruichi swiftly moved through the crowd, while placing her hair under her hoodie and pulling sunglasses over her eyes, Soi Fon was instantly behind her looking out for any one closing in on them.
"There are two, one on either side think you could-"
"I'm on it."
Soi Fon disappeared through another section of the crowd, seemly unnoticed as the lights were still dim and everyone's focus was on stage. The mysterious man was wearing a black turtleneck and jacket, long black jeans and shoes, the whole blend in the night attire. Rukia was held over his shoulders now and she was limp. He moved quickly and would be at the door in a couple of minutes. With Soi Fon as her only back-up, Yoruichi knew she had to take this guy on her own and as quietly as possible. Ducking through, she closed the distant by two feet and kept it that way till he was out the mall.
As expected, there was a car across the other side already started, in black.
Being as sleuth-like as possible she ran across and tripped the man by dropping low and swiping one foot under him. He did fall but recovered quickly. He tossed Rukia as gently and still yet not so gently away from him and he jumped back up on his feet to lung at Yoruichi with his fist at the force of it.
"Who are you?" Yoruichi asked dodging it and retaliating with a punch of her own to his waist.
Much to her frustration, he didn't answer. He held her hand and pulled her in the same direction she was sending the punch. She fell on her palms and knees but was soon flat when he kicked her in her back.
"Ugh-"
Groaning she watched him walked in front towards Rukia. Regardless of the pain in her vertebrae, she pushed herself forward and grabbed both his legs. She pulled and had him down again. Before he could get up again, she was up and struck him out with one solid kick in his head. By then the chauffeur was out and running to get to Rukia.
"Stay away from her!" she yelled running to them,
He pulled out a gun and pointed it with one hand to Yoruichi while he scooped up Rukia off the lawn with the other. Just like his partner, he didn't say a word and stepped back slowly still pointing the gun at Yoruichi. She knew he would shoot, after all the music from the concert was just the prefect cover-up but she couldn't stop now, Rukia was too important. The man was still stepping away and within a few more steps he'll be crossing the road with Rukia and his mission would be accomplished.
Then in mid-step, there was a flash of light and a distinct clang! Yoruichi didn't think, using Soi Fon's shuriken distraction, she ran straight for the man, who had dropped Rukia and was currently screaming in agony. Soi Fon by then had made her presence known out the shadows of the mall and ran for Rukia. Yoruichi was just closing on the man but he clutched mud and grass with his good hand and flung them at Yoruichi and used that to hide a kick directed at her chest. Yoruichi guessed as much but was only able to block the kick and not completely avoid it.
That killed her chance to direct another attack but created an opportunity for the man to run wildly across the road clutching his hand. Luckily, he made it to the other side of road without being hit to his car that was still running. Wasting no time he climbed in, slammed the door and speed away. Yoruichi sighed audibly and rested her palms on her knees she took a deep breathe and looked behind her.
"What should we do now? I can't exactly take her back home unconscious." Soi Fon stated.
The lights returned on the introduction of Sun's club song that was being blazed on the instruments of the band on stage. Moto was at the left behind Sun dancing and singing the back-up chants of the sound that were usually sang by three girls when Sun was performing by herself or recording it in the studio. Sun was swaying quickly to the rhythm of the song, the wind from the fans onstage sent both her and her sister's hair flailing all over their faces.
"Does everybody know this song?" she asked her breathe barely there.
The crowd was way ahead of her doing like Moto and singing the parts her back-ups usually do. When it came up to her part everyone stop and waited on her.
Throwing her head back with the mic to her mouth, Sun started with the killer note that her fans and producers alike loved.
"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeevery Boooooooooooody HEY!"
Bring her head down at the end of it she popped back up doing the move to this song like in the music video. She crossed her legs then uncrossed and jumped and twirled her waist in a cool and non-suggestive way.
"This be the night,
The night that is ripe
To set scene for this party
Everybody's been just waiting for this day
It be mark on their calendars
If you haven't heard yet
You are so out the loop
Hurry it's not too late to get in
But the time's is ticking
'Cause at the o'clock of dawn
We be getting it on with the music
People p-p-people
Where yall be at?
I say dancers where my dancers
Where's the beat to the step
RIGHT HERE!
The is the Anthem of my party
So sing it and come on on."
Sun pointed the mic out to her fans and listened to them repeat the chorus.
"People p-p-people, where yall be at?" they sang in semi-prefect unison
Sun smiled and turned dancing with her sister while sing the rest of the chorus with the crowd, then she faced them to start the second part of the song. Moto joined her on it and they sang and danced in perfect harmony. Everyone in the mall was dancing, waving a range of random things in the air and singing along. Some if the random things included signs that read like, "I love you Sun and Moto, You Awesome!, Best Singers EVER!" and other phrases of love and fandom. Sun was shocked to the see the countless Moto and Sun wigs everyone were wearing. It was hard to tell if anyone even had it originally. Still concentrating, she sang loud and clear enjoying herself immensely.
She didn't think she would but surprising she saw her friends in the huge crowd. But they weren't even looking at her, instead they were all looking around and searching. They didn't even care that the concert was going on. Still singing, she couldn't help but wonder what was going on.
Moto, seeing that Sun was trying but failing not to look at the same spot, she quickly pick up from Sun was suppose to. This wasn't how they rehearsed it but if she hadn't Sun would have missed her lyrics. Sun realized her mistake instantly and winked at her sister who stopped and allowed Sun to carry on.
She's going to kill me for that later, I gotta keep my mind straight she thought.
"People don't just disappear!" Tatsuki shouted to Renji,
"In a crowd like this, it isn't exactly impossible." Ishida replied,
Ichigo, Renji, Sado and Tatsuki looked at Ishida not feeling the least bit comforted.
"She was right behind you, Tatsuki, are you sure she didn't say anything to you, anything at all?" Ichigo asked for like the umpteenth time.
"She didn't say a thing, one minute I was dancing and we were both singing then I turn to tell her something and she's gone."
It's exactly the same answer as the first and nothing really change from it except that Tatsuki was more agitated.
"What do we do?" She asked finally,
"Let's see if we find her." Ichigo said,
"But this crowd is huge, that's- that's… we'll never find her, maybe she'll just come back here." Ishida suggested,
"We can't be too sure, but one of us should stay here."
"Well, I think you should start by looking at the food and merchandise stalls, and maybe the bathrooms."
"Yea good idea, Tatsuki maybe you should come with me."
"I'll look outside, maybe she's …I dunno." Renji offered,
"I'll go with you." Sado simply said,
"And I'll stay here, incase she comes back." Ishida stated,
Everyone nodded and went their separate places.
"I hope she has a good reason for leaving, 'cause I swear I'll kill her." Renji muttered,
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