"So what songs are we playing?" Elizaveta asked the boys. They all thought about it for a moment, going through a mental list of the songs they could do. There are a few songs that they practiced a cover of that they have had enough practice with to perform soon; it was just a matter of deciding which ones. After some more thought and discussion, they decided on Pressure (by Paramore), We Are Young (Fun), Friends for Never (Midnight Beast), and Don't Stop Believing, then began to practice.
After they were finished with the first song once, Gilbert suddenly yelled "You messed up that last part!"
"WHO did?!" Mathias demanded noticing that Gilbert was looking at him.
"You! Dummkopf!" Gilbert exclaimed.
Wha- I am NOT an idiot! You are! Besides, who says you didn't mess up!" Mathias argued.
"I'm too awesome for that!" Gilbert told him with a smirk, as expected.
It may have become a full out fight, had Elizaveta not whacked them both in the head with her frying pan.
"Ow! What the heck?!" they screamed in unison as Elizaveta glared at them, saying "you're BOTH idiots! Now shut up! It doesn't matter WHO messed up, let's just practice so NOBODY does when we really perform!" The two boys then mumbled apologies and got ready to practice again.
After that little issue, everything ran relatively smoothly, aside from some arguments between Gilbert and Roderich but even just a threat from Elizaveta and her frying pan of doom got everyone to shut up and cooperate.
Soon enough, the few days leading up to their first performance had passed and it was the day of performing. Gilbert, Elizaveta, Mathias, and Roderich were standing in front of Basch. He lectured them on not messing up. Gilbert and Mathias, of course, were hardly paying attention.
"Now when we get to the café, make sure you know exactly what you're doing!"
The four band members and their manager then got to the mentioned café.
"Hello everyone, today we have a band performing." Ludwig said in his always serious sounding voice, but still got the crowd excited. "It's Nation Invasion. Elizaveta, Roderich, Mathias, and Gilbert. "
They all stood in front of the crowd, noting that there were more people than usual, feeling nervous (though Gilbert would never admit to it). Staring at the crowd also got them more excited, as they waited to finally perform.
A second later, they started the first song which was Pressure. This was performed by them now, with Roderich on keyboard, Mathias on drums, Elizaveta as bass guitarist and female vocals, and Gilbert singing male vocals and playing electric guitar. They played through it flawlessly. Next they moved onto another song, and only messed up a couple times. They did well on all the others too, especially Friends for Never, which Elizaveta and Gilbert got really into, causing the crowd to laugh, particularly when Roderich was the one to do the rap. All of them did think it felt good to perform in front of people.
Right after they finally finished, Ludwig announced they were done and the crowd cheered as five other people approached the stage area. Them also a band, that Ludwig announced too, as soon as Nation Invasion got off. "Here we also have The Allies; Alfred, Arthur, Francis, Ivan, and Yao." Ludwig stepped back off the stage for the other band to perform.