Here`s chapter 2 of Greased Lightning! This is kinda just coming to me as I write it, so it might take a while to write.
Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Vampire Knight. If I did, Shiki and Rima would probably be engaged to each other.^^
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9:00am. Not the typical time for vampires to be up. Yet, most of the Night Class was up and getting ready for their meet with Shin on the set of the movie they were going to star in.
"Should I wear this skirt," Akira asked Ichijo, brandishing a grey pleated skirt, much like the ones at Cross Academy. "Or this one?" she asked again, handing out a tight leather miniskirt, with fishnet leggings. It was her favourite one, but no matter how much she tried, she couldn`t choose between the two.
Ichijo, who was now her personal fashion designer, sat in front of Akira on her bed. He stared curiously at the two skirts, then up at Akira. "What top are you wearing with it?"
Normally, Ichijo wouldn`t dream of ever asking a girl that, let alone help her with choosing what to wear, but he felt like Akira wanted him to. And he didn`t really get a choice when he lived in the same dorm room as her, and she`d always rope him into it.
"This one," Akira said, holding out a jade green top that matched the colour of her eyes, and had rips and tears in the sides. Again, this was one of her favourite tops to wear, and she loved the way it showed her sides, as well as being in contrast with her silky black hair.
Ichijo`s eyes norrowed and he grabbed the top, along with the grey skirt. He held them up to Akira, draping them neatly over her figure, and looked at them for a minute. Finally he came to his conclusion.
"You should wear the black one," he stated, smiling up to Akira. He could admit that he had some tender feelings towards her, but Akira never so much as looked his way, so he just kept dreaming about his "relationship" with her.
Akira smiled thankfully and made her way to the washroom with the clothes Ichijo had picked for her in her arms. The wood floor felt nice against her feet, and before entering the shared bathroom, Akira turned back to Ichijo and looked at him mockingly.
"Takuma, if you are going out with us, don`t you think that you should put some pants and a shirt on??"
Ichijo looked down at himself, still lounging out on the bed. His eyes met his abdomen, bare in the dim morning light, and the only piece of clothing he was wearing were his underwear. (Ichijo fangirls, if there are any reading this, please stop screaming.)
Embarassed, he jumped off Akira`s bed and his face turned cranberry red, hurrying to get some clothes on.
Akira giggled wildly at Ichijo`s reaction and promptly clicked the bathroom door shut. As soon as she was by herself, her face flushed a bright red, and she let out a loud, happy sigh.
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Once Ichijo had gotten himself properly dressed and Akira stopped fussing over her hair and the two met with the others in the sitting room by the doors, it was 9:45am, and the Night class needed to leave fast if they wanted to be at the studio for 10:00. Everyone else was ready, but the only ones that looked seemingly normal were Shiki and Rima. They wore their everyday clothes like loose shirts, and simple jeans and skirts, but the rest of the students were in elegant attire.
"Damn, you guys look good in anything," Ruka sighed, walking up to the couple in her tight, crimson coloured ruffle skirt and cream corset. Standing by the slightly open doors, the gentle breeze blew through Shiki and Rima`s hair, making them seem even more fabulous than they already were.
Rima immediately started to chat with Ruka about god knows what, and Shiki took it as his cue to leave them. He walked quietly over to Kain, who was stretched out on a couch, wearing a uniform looking shirt and an animal print one underneath, along with beige pants and black dress shoes.
"What are they talking about now?" Kain sighed when Shiki came over and leaned on the arm of the couch. Ever since they had joined the school, Shiki and Kain had been friends, but not very close. Just someone to talk to when you're bored, or when you can't stand someone and need to get away from them, that kind of friend.
"Something about nail polish and tights," Shiki said, shaking his head back and forth, astounded that the girls could actually talk about that and not fall asleep.
It must be a girl thing, he thought to himself, and evidently Kain was thinking the same.
"Shouldn't we get going?" Kain asked, slowly getting up from the couch and standing on his own two feet. Aido, Sakura, Akira, Ichijo, and Yuki were already waiting at the door, and Rima and Ruka stopped their conversations and waited with the rest of the group.
"Yeah, let's go," Shiki said calmly, walking over to the group with Kain in back of him. Aido had noticed he was coming, and took off running for the limo outside. Sakura tried to catch him, and ended up running after him into the limo.
"Don't you think she's kind of desperate?" Ruka asked, reaching out and taking the arm that Kain had offered her. The morning light was getting brighter, and it was starting to make the vampires that weren't in the limo start to get dizzy.
"She's just... shy..." Yuki said, stumbling a bit when the sun began to reflect in her eyes. "She'll tell him eventually."
At that, the teens took off towards the limo and got in, taking in their surroundings of Cross Academy. Then, as quickly as they had gotten in, the driver started the car, and the group of vampires happily, well, maybe not Aido and Sakura, to their future careers as movie stars.
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When the black stretch limo pulled into the studio parking lot, the door of the studio opened, and a man with a clipboard quite similar to Shin's was waiting for the 9 teens. Once they all filed out of the car, the man approached them and introduced himself.
"I'm Hajuku Ryou. I heard you've met my father?" he asked, shaking all of the boys hands and waving to all of the girls. His hair was a short blonde, but it was definutely not as stunning as Aido's. His was a dirty blonde, and did not seem as if it was bleached. He wore a simple work shirt and plain grey pants, odd for the son if a famous director.
"Um, yes, we have," Rima said, being the first to engage in conversation. Acting and modeling was her talent, and so she was quite comfortable at talking to her employer. "Why did he send his son for us?"
"Oh, I'm his assistant," he said rather unhappily, making it clear this was not what he wanted to be doing as a living.
Rima noticed the glumness in his voice, and she didn't utter another word, afraid that she'd hurt this boy even more if she talked about his personal life.
"Follow me," he instructed, motioning the way inside with his hand. The vampires graciously followed, happy that they weren't going to be in the bright light anymore.
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"Ah! There are my stars!" Shin exclaimed when Shiki and Rima stepped through the door of his large office, followed by the others. Shiki and Rima almost jumped into two chairs that were in his office, seeing as there were only four there and nine students.
Aido pushed Ruka into a shelf on the side of the room as he rushed for a chair as well. Her elbow grazed the side of the wood shelving, but Aido amazingly escaped Ruka's flying fists and got to his seat on time.
Kain was busy with helping Ruka back onto her two feet after she had been knocked to the ground, so Akira took it as an invitation to grab the last seat and make herself presentable. She wanted to stand out, and the chair he had was right in front of the desk Shin was working at.
Once the others noticed that the seats were all taken, they either leaned on something or sat on an arm of a chair, keeping in perfect balance. Exccept for Sakura. Instead, she went to the end of the row of chairs, coincedentally beside Aido's, and sat on the floor, curling her legs up to her chest and staying in a ball.
Aido noticed and immediately felt bad for the girl. She always calmed him down when he got mad, and he loved to see her smile. He grabbed her hand firmly and lifted her onto her feet, before pulling her back and making her sit on his lap, like a four year old child on their father's lap.
Sakura's face flushed a bold burgundy and she let out a small squeak when she realized what Aido had just done. Thinking it was too much for her to handle, she attempted to get off of his lap, but Aido pulled her back down.
"I don't want you to sit on the floor," Aido said when he saw Sakura's awestruck expression. He smiled happily for once, instead of being a grump like usual. And to top it off, it was about 10:10 in the morning, which meant Aido was bound to be cranky. But amazingly, he wasn't.
Finally, after rifling through the various shelving units and file folders, Shin had finally found what he was anxiously looking for. A large stack of folders, nine to be exact, and on the top of the pile were the words "Grease roles". On each folder there was a pinted name, and Shin eagerly handed the folders out to the stressed Night class students.
Unfortunately, the light in Shin's roomy office was quite bright, and it had not the slightest effect on anyone, except for Rima who immediately began to get dizzy. She hadn't fed in days, and she was definutely lusting for blood. But not just blood- Shiki's blood.
The others who didn't already know their roles were eager to open the package and look at the name that was printed on it.
Ruka opened it with ease and read the name in bland script. "Rizzo. Cool name, I guess I can play her."
Kain opened his next. "Kenickie. Uh, odd name, but I guess I can manage."
Then Aido opened his, and his expression was priceless. "Doody? What kind of a name is Doody?!" Luckily, Sakura was quick to calm him down and he stopped before the pencils and pens started to magically fling into his cousin's eyes.
Sakura shakily opened her folder, afraid what she would find inside. "Frenchy," she said aloud. It sounded like a good character to her. Not very much to do, or say for that matter.
Akira ripped hers open, and since she didn't remove the paper clip, the entire folder ripped in two. She apparently didn't seem to care, and gaped at the name on her page in excitement.
"ChaCha?? That's such an awesome name!!" she exclaimed, nearly jumping out of her seat with happiness.
Ichijo smiled a bit, glad that Akira liked her role. Remembering that he had to see his role, he opened the folder and didn't know how to react. "Leo. That's....odd. Well I can manage."
Yuki was last. "Patty Simcox. Sounds like fun," she said with a smile.
"Glad you all feel that way," Shin announced, rising from his leather swivel chair. He moved across the room towards the door and opened it, apparently showing the way out to the teens.
"Study your lines and come back on Monday. And practice your singing," he added, smiling to the group and then looking to Shiki and Rima, who were now holding hands and leaning in close to each other in their chairs. "You guys need to practice the most. You need to know almost every line of every song."
Rima turned to Shiki and gave him a tiny grin. "I think we can manage that," she muttered before closing in on Shiki and kissing him lightly on the lips.
"Ok, see you guys in a couple days," Shin told them as they got up out of their chairs. They all walked out in a line, and each took turns at shaking his hand and Akira decided to kiss his cheek, for good measure.
All nine teens filed out of the building in pairs whether they liked it or not. The one thing they weren't aware of, was the fact that a much greater trouble was coming right their way.
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I knida ended it abruptly, but that's okay ^^. I did this all in a day, and I think it was pretty good. Also, my ear's infected, so I'm kinda typing sideways. Oh well, I made the chapter! Review please!
