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THIS STORY IS RATED T FOR LANGUAGE AND CONTENT SO BEWARE OF THE LANGUAGE!
Lil Authors note: This isn't my BEST chapter so sorry if it sucks haha~ Seriously T.T…Anyway thanks for all your lovely reviews, you make my heart go….doki doki 3!
Taking One for the Team
CHAPTER 8: Stop Reading My face
RIMA'S POV:
If you were hoping to see the routine from the Audience's perspective…too bad.
'Cuz this is my story, therefore, this is my perspective.
So after we all screamed 'SEIYO!' and assumed our positions the music began. I was one of the few girls who were on the end, and on the ground. My head hung down and my arms lay dead as they hung loosely in front of me. Amu was somewhere in the center, she was one of the girls flinging Yaya into the air.
Then the music started up it was In The Ayer. If you know the song then you probably know that the beginning sounds like an alarm sounding. As soon as the music sounded my head snapped up, and so did everyone else's (except for the girls in the center who were about to launch Yaya). We all stood still like that for about 3 seconds than started shaking our pom-poms in synch until the words came on.
Than we busted out our awesome dance moves that Yumi taught us. We did some basic dance steps and such. Then I cart wheeled-across the floor towards the right, while Yumi who was opposite to me cart wheeled to the left. When I had switched places with her, I swung my leg up high into the air, and then I continued dancing.
Soon the chorus came out again, and Yaya was launched, she flipped in the air for style and landed on the floor which shocked the audience then she started dancing. Surprisingly enough, she could dance as good as Yumi could I didn't even notice Yaya had hips until that day, she winked at Toyotomi before cart-wheeling backwards into a huddled group of us.
Then the music stopped.
We were all huddled up together in a huge circle with Saaya in the middle. Then Utau turned around and clapped her hands and stomped her feet rhythmically creating a beat. When she finished she screamed "WHO ARE WE?"
"SEIYO!" Lulu screamed turning around and leaving the circle too. She repeated the same rhythm that Utau did then screamed, "WHO ARE WE?"
"SEIYO!" Yumi replied, as she too turned around and repeated the rhythm, "WHO ARE WE?"
"SEIYO!" Everyone in the circle screamed, but we didn't turn around, we continued to stay huddled with our backs facing the audience.
"I CAN'T HERE YOU!" Yumi, Utau, and Lulu screamed, "WHO ARE WE?"
"SEIYO!" We repeated slightly louder.
"STILL CAN'T HEAR YOU!" They screamed again. Then the three of them stomped their feet and clapped their hands in synch creating a beat, and we all rocked to the rhythm still huddled together, "WHO ARE WE!"
"SEIYO! SEIYO! SEIYO!" We all screamed the loudest we could and on the third 'Seiyo' we launched Saaya into the air. The moment she had landed on the ground we all formed three lines, with Utau, Lulu, Saaya, Yumi, and Yaya in the front row. Amu and I were in the second row with three other girls.
We all repeated the rhythm in synch and when it finished Utau shouted with attitude:
"WE'RE RIGHT! WE'RE LEFT! WE'RE UP! WE'RE DOWN!"
THERE'S NO ESCAPING US, SEIYO'S ALL AROUND!
YOU CAN TRY TO HIDE, YOU CAN TRY TO RUN!
BUT YOU CAN'T ESCAPE, CUZ WE'VE ALREADY WON!"
Then the crowd cheered wildly chanting 'SEIYO' like a bunch of idiots. Then for our finale Utau stepped out of our formation and screamed.
"DID YOU HEAR WHAT I JUST SAID?" She shouted.
"YES, MAM!" We all replied with a salute.
"ARE YOU SURE?"
"YES MAM!"
"PROVE IT!" She shouted again.
"YOU SAID ….."Yaya shouted loudly.
"WE'RE LEFT!" We all screamed as we high-kicked to the left.
"WE'RE RIGHT!" Then we High kicked to the right.
"WE'RE UP!" The girls in the first and third row dropped into a crouching position. The girls in the third row launched the girls in the second row in front of them high up in the air and over the first row; basically we did a huge leap frog jump over the first row.
"WE'RE DOWN!" The second row girls shouted (now in the first row) and joined the others on the floor.
"THERE'S NO ESCAPING US! SEIYO IS ALL AROUND!" We all shouted as we huddled together on the floor like a cluster of grapes. We all attempted to look fierce and intimidating crossing our arms and such.
Then we all rose from the ground and formed a long line.
"YOU CAN TRY TO HIDE!" We shouted as we all crouched a little and put our hands over our eyes like binoculars and pretended we were seeking.
"YOU CAN TRY TO RUN!" Then we all ran in our place. Next, we all huddled together once more.
"BUT YOU CAN'T ESCAPE CUZ WE'VE ALREADY WON!" Once we shouted that, both Yaya and Saaya were launched. They did a flip in the air in synch and landed in synch too. Once they landed they both crossed their arms over their chest and leaned on each other.
Whilst the rest of us struck a pose behind them, and Utau had somehow managed to join us at the last minute.
Then everyone cheered wildly for our supposedly bad ass performance.
"Give it up for Seiyo!" Nikaidou shouted loudly, and we got an even louder applaud. All of us cheerleaders left in a line dramatically.
O.O.O.O
We didn't actually leave the court, we we're still there just on the sides.
"Next are the Toyotomi players!"
So there they were. The mighty Toyotomi, they lingered in the lime light enjoying their glory. Ha, you guys are going down! Nagihiko will kick your….and Ikuto, and Kukai. Crap, I forgot to watch all of them during practice again. But seriously, Nag-Evil is amazing!
Then all of a sudden, Love Game started boomed through the speakers. Then the guys cleared the field and the Toyotomi cheerleaders modeled on the court.
Let's have some fun, this beat is sick. I wanna take a ride on your disco stick.
Let's have some fun, this beat is sick. I wanna take a ride on your disco stick.
While the beginning of the song chanted those words, half of the cheerleaders entered from the right of the court, and half from the left. When they made it to the center they all started dancing even better than us!
Well of course we we're hotter and had more energy it's just there's was more fancy. Their legs went way above their head in one swift kick and girls in the back were being launched into the air sideways and they twirled once suspended in the air.
They were doing karate punches and kicks looking really cute, I must say. In fact their uniform included sparkling pink boxing gloves. When their dance stopped they were all standing in two lines, a huddle of girls on the left, and on the right.
"GIVE ME A T!" The girl in the front shouted. They all clapped their hands and stomped their feet in a more complex rhythm than ours then stopped at the exact same time.
"T!" They all shouted.
"GIVE ME AN O!" She shouted. They repeated their complex Rhythm.
"GIVE ME A T-T-T- GIVE ME AN O-O-O, GIVE ME AT.O.Y.O.T.O.M.I!"
"PUT IT ALL TOGETHER, AND WHAT DOES IT SPEEL?" The girl shouted again.
"TOYOTOMI!" They all shouted as they stomped their feet in synch.
"THAT'S RIGHT!" She yelled. She ran to the front of the formation and everyone else so she was singled out, she stared at the audience and smirked, "FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW 'BOUT TOYOTOMI LET ME BREAK IT DOWN!"
She stepped back a little and clapped her hands, and then the girls copied her.
"TOYOTOMI IS NUMBER ONE! TOYOTOMI IS THE BEST!
YOU THINK YOUR TEAM IS ALL THAT, BUT YOU AIN'T SEE NOTHING YET!
WE CAN SEE PAST THE FAÇADE, WE KNOW YOU'RE NOT THAT TOUGH
SO STOP PLAYING AND ADMIT THAT YOU CANT COMPETE WITH US!"
After that they all cheered and danced some more.
To make a long story short….they were better than us.
O.O.O.O
FRIDAY NIGHT, 21:30 HOURS
SEIYO ACCADEMY GYM: SEIYO VS. TOYOTOMI MATCH (S: 10P, T: 12P)
This has been the most exhausting night of my life. Not only did I have to live with the shame of not beating those bimbos but I was cheering all night. We formed pyramids during the guy's break. We screamed our cheers all the time….. it was exhausting.
My least favorite part was when Bimbo No.1 (the team captain) decided she was important enough to talk to Nagihiko. She was all over him like…sauce on a Mitarashi Dango. Seriously.
AND Nag-moron actually smiled at her. Why would he do that? Why would he waste a perfect smile on her? Why! God seriously, look how these whores get me fired up! Allah, I could use another present right about now! Please make lightening strike her, and her entire team.
I wish I knew what he thought about her.
Did he think she was pathetic?
Let's go with that.
Maybe I should ask him…
No Rima! You cannot just walk up to Nag-evil and ask him what he thought about the Toyotomi cheerleading squad captain whom, he probably didn't even notice was flirting with him. I am overreacting.
Oh, dear Buddha, I am overreacting. Is it Nagihiko?
Nah….I just hate those whores. Yeah, let's go with that.
"Rima," Amu's voice somehow managed to snap me back into reality.
"huh?" I asked a little cranky.
"Yukari-sensei has been calling you for a while now,"
"Oh…." I sighed, I looked around to see Yukari fuming and motioning me to come over.
"Rima!" She exclaimed when I approached her.
"Yes, coach?"
"Can you believe they asked ME to hand out the water to the boys?" She asked me in shock. I stared at her and decided to go along with it.
"What you? That's not your job!"
"I know right? Something about being short on staff….anyway you go do it."
What. The. Hell.
"No…." I replied laughing a little.
"Yes…"
"No,"
"Yes,"
"no…."
"Look, Rima. I'm not doing this with you, I have to stay here with the girls, so you go hand out the water, you can handle it right?"
"But why me!" I whined. She chuckled and smiled.
"Because you are the only one I can send who wouldn't get distracted by the boys. Well besides Minazaki and Yuiki. However, Yuiki needs to rest, and Minazaki is currently going over things with Utau about the cheers," She explained. It made sense…damn.
"What about Amu? She won't get distracted! She'll get embarrassed and leave!" I suggested happily.
"She won't, but Ikuto will. Now, Rima, hurry up before the dehydration affects the game and we lose." The wise Sanjo-san commanded. I glared but nodded. She handed me the cooler and I waddled off to the boys area.
Once I had arrived I was greeted by a sweaty and shirtless Kukai. He draped his arm around me happily.
"Mashiro brought us water!" He proclaimed and all the boys ran over to me excitedly. I was mad now. I shoved Kukai off then held up my hand signaling them to stop.
"FORM A FUCKING LINE; I AM NOT IN THE MOOD. IF YOU PISS ME OFF, NO ONE IS GETTING WATER; I DON'T CARE HOW BADLY YOU'LL SUFFFER!"
"What happened to you?" Ikuto grunted as he and the others formed their line. I could hear the others mutter things about how the way I looked contradicted with my personality.
One by one I handed each of them a water, Tadase smiled at me when I handed his, Kairi nodded again, Kukai hugged me ( I don't know what is wrong with him he is acting drunk), Ikuto sort of snatched it before I could hand it, and I glared and moved on. Then finally, it was the last person.
Nagihiko.
"Hello, Rima-chan" Nagihiko greeted with a warm and gentle smile. I could only think about that bimbo, and how he had smiled the same way, it made me mad, and I tried my hardest not to shove the water angrily at him.
"There you go, Nagihiko" I said through clenched teeth restraining a scoff. It would be stupid to be mad at him over that.
"What did I do now, Oushi-chi?" Nagihiko inquired. I blushed and glared at him.
"What are you talking about Nag-evil?" I exclaimed.
"I can tell by your expression that you are restraining violent acts against me,"
"Oh shut up," I groaned, "You are not allowed to read my face."
"But that would mean, I would have to stop looking at you period," Nagihiko chuckled.
"Well, try not to look at me,"
"Too hard," Nagihiko sighed then drank some of his water.
"And why is that?" I asked.
"Because, Rima-chan is so pretty," He said with a smile. Suddenly, I forgot all about the bimbo. All of a sudden the whistle sounded and he grinned, "Wish me good luck, Oushi,"
"Good luck, Nag-moron." I giggled.
"That's a new one," He detected.
"Yeah, I still don't like you."
"That will all change one day, I'm sure."
"How are you so sure?" I scoffed.
"Because I like you," He replied with a wink then he ran off to the court.
As I dragged the cooler back to cheerleader territory I replayed that last sentence over and over in my head and all the many things it could mean.
Wait what?
O.O.O.O
"KICK ASS YOU GUYS!" Yumi cheered loudly.
The score was Seiyo 16 points and Toyotomi 14 points. The time had about four minutes left. I was as tired as a….whatever's tired. I wanted to go home.
Suddenly Toyotomi scored, and it was 16 to 16.
"Girls, it's time." When Utau spoke those words it sounded sort of scary, "Time for the victory cheer,"
"I thought you said we wouldn't have to use it." Saaya gasped.
"Well I didn't know this was going to happen you freak," Utau hissed.
"Positions!" Lulu commanded.
It was only, Lulu, Yaya, Saaya, Yumi, Utau, Amu, some random girl, and I doing the victory cheer.
So the eight of us formed two squares, and started clapping and stomping our feet rhythmically creating another beat
(A/N: Do it with me XD! Stomp your feet twice, then clap, than slap your thighs twice, then clap twice, than slap your chest twice, then clap, then slap your thighs twice again, then clap all really fast lol)
"SEIYO!" We screamed every time we finished the beat. Then music came on and we all did a pom-pom dance to the song I Like To Move It, just like Yumi taught us.
Then Toyotomi started cheering too. Next thing I knew it was 2 minutes left and Kukai had the ball!
For the first time in my life, I experienced school spirit! I wanted Seiyo to win! I wanted those idiot cheerleaders to feel bad! I wanted it so badly! But the only thing I could do was cheer.
So I cheered my hardest as I danced along with my pom-poms. I put my soul into every move.
Kukai passed to Kairi, Kairi passed to Tadase, Tadase passed it back to Kukai, Kukai passed it to Ikuto, and Ikuto passed it to Nagihiko! 55 seconds left.
"GO NAGIHIKO!" All the cheerleaders who weren't part of the victory cheer screamed. I smirked and shouted on the top of my lungs.
"I WON'T FORGIVE YOU IF YOU MISS THIS SHOT!" I screamed the loudest I could. I felt all eyes on me and the court fell silent. Nagihiko, still holding the ball turned to me and smiled, and for once, I actually smiled back at him, the warmest happiest smile I could produce.
Then I realized, the whole school heard us. I glanced at the other girls nervously. Utau raised a skeptic eyebrow at me, then she smirked and continued dancing and the music started up again (it conveniently stopped before I shouted)
As I nervously danced along too, I wasn't paying attention, I was too busy lost in my thoughts about what I had just done, before I knew it the whole school erupted with applaud. I glanced up and stopped dancing, so did Amu and the others. The timer went off with a loud buzz. I glanced up and saw it:
HOME: 18 VISITOR: 16
Before I knew it everyone was shouting and hugging and there was blue confetti everywhere.
"We won!" Yumi screamed excitedly and she tackled me into a big bear hug.
"How?" I asked obviously clueless and oblivious as to what was going on and why.
"You missed it? How could you miss it!" Amu asked jumping up and down with her pom-poms in her hands.
"I don't know…." I mumbled with Yumi still wrapped around me.
"Nagihiko made the shot! He made the shot!" Amu screamed.
"OH MY FREAKING GOD!" I screamed as I hugged Yumi back finally. We both jumped into the air. It was a glorious celebration.
"Come on," Amu said tugging on my hand.
"Where we going?" I asked confused.
"We're gonna go congratulate the star players! I'm gonna go give my boyfriend a freaking hug!" Amu squealed as she yanked me away from Yumi and dragged me all the way to the other side of the court where everyone was crowding around the guys congratulating them.
Amu managed to penetrate the crowd whilst still gripping onto my hand tightly when she reached the center, Ikuto, Kukai, Tadase, Nagihiko, and Kairi were all standing there basking in their glory. Amu let go of me finally and ran straight into Ikuto causing him to topple over and fall with her on top of him.
"WE'RE GOING TO FRICKING TOKYO!" She shouted still on top of him with the world watching them. Ikuto smirked and pulled her closer to him.
I stood there with the rest of the crowd watching their love fest.
"Mashiro-san!" I heard Kukai call my name, and before I could turn and look at him I was yanked into a hug, "WE DID IT!"
"I know!" I squealed and hugged him back. When he pulled away I looked forward and saw the crowd, then it processed into my head. I was in the spotlight! I just hugged one of the star players and everyone freaking watched! That's right I'm a fucking V.I.P bitches!
Then I realized there was one person I just had to congratulate. I looked to my right, and saw him. Nag-evil.
"You did it!" I squealed as I approached him.
"Do I get a hug?" He asked with a chuckle. I glared for a moment then smiled.
"Nope, I have something special for you," I said with a grin. He looked skeptic for a moment but before he could ask questions I said harshly, "Close your eyes!"
"W-What?" He stammered, I swear I saw him blush! I know I did!
"Close them, I won't bite you." I snickered. He was confused but he obeyed. Suddenly I felt quite a few people looking at me from behind. I stood on my toes (since he was so tall and I was so short), and then….
I gave him a pat on the head.
"Good boy," I said with a smile as I continued to pat him, then suddenly he popped one eye open to look at me. But unfortunately for me, I was a lot closer to him than I expected especially since we were now Seeing Eye to Eye due to the fact I was standing on my toes.
I was startled and pulled away hastily and nearly fell over backwards but I managed to balance myself.
"That was my special reward?" Nagihiko asked laughing.
"Oh dear, you weren't expecting anything too special now where you?" I snickered.
"I prefer a hug,"
"Yeah well you're not getting one,"
"Why?"
"Because, I don't like you." I snapped.
"What did I ever do to you?" Nagihiko asked confused.
What the hell? Did he actually just say that!
"You've gotta be kidding me!" I nearly shouted, "When I first met you I insulted the cheerleaders then you got all pissy with me, duh!"
"Oh that," Nagihiko chuckled, "Sorry, that must've been Nadeshiko talking,"
I looked at him and pouted. Is that even normal?
"I still don't like you," I said with another glare.
Then before he could reply everyone was startled by the sound of a loud whistle. Everyone turned in the direction of the noise in search of the source.
"Make way," Lulu's annoying voice shouted, she stood with her hands on her hips looking all high and mighty with a white whistle hanging loosely around her neck. Then suddenly Utau pushed her way through the crowd several hairs out of place. It seems she had a hard time getting through. Good job crowd.
"Ikuto! Congratulations!" Utau squealed clapping her hands then she looked down and saw Amu and Ikuto on the ground. Amu was still on top of him. She just stared at them blinking for several seconds. Lulu and Saaya cringed.
All of a sudden she turned on her heels abruptly and walked away.
She finally cracked.
"Can we go home now?" I groaned as I looked pleadingly at Nagihiko.
"I only give rides to people who like me," Nagihiko teased. I glared at him intensely, but as usual it did not affect him.
"I'll like you for tonight then," I sighed, and then I walked over to Amu and Ikuto and kicked them, "get your stuff, we're leaving."
"Already?" Ikuto whined.
"Shut up bitch, I am tired!" I shouted.
He stared at me for a while then sighed. Amu got off of him and then helped him off of the floor.
"AFTER GAME PARTY TOMORROW NIGHT!" Kukai shouted grabbing the mic from Nikaidou. There was an ever louder applaud than the one after Nagihiko scored.
Nikaidou angrily smacked the back of his head and took back the mic.
O.O.O.O
After Kukai's announcement Amu and I ran off to the locker room to get our stuff. All the girls tackled us to the ground with hugs. Apparently that's what cheerleaders do.
At least at Seiyo.
Yaya was just as drunk as Kukai, and Yumi fell asleep from exhaustion. Utau was smiling at everything and everyone, and was even kind to Saaya. Amu and I rounded up Yaya and Yumi then met up with the guys outside in the parking lot.
As we were all loading into the Limo the Bimbo child that flirted with Nagihiko approached us. Before Nagihiko had noticed her I got an idea.
I ran up to her quickly and gave her a huge smile.
"What do you want?" She spat.
Bitch Alert.
"You guys were great, Seiyo can't compare," I said really politely and friendly.
"Well, Duh. You guys are so freaking tacky. Especially that bottle blonde captain of yours,"
Wow. I really hate her.
"Hmm, maybe that's the reason, yet in the end we we're still victorious!" I said with a smile, her expression dropped.
"Whatever, lucky freaking shot, if it wasn't for that hottie who made the winning shot you guys would've suffered like the rest of the other losers, you'll get crushed in Tokyo anyway."
"You are just so damn interesting," I said with a laugh. She raised an eyebrow.
"What?"
"Like how you think you are the shit, when you're really nothing special. Oh, and how you wear so much make-up but it just makes you look like a clown, and no one bothered to tell you that because if they did you would think they are jealous or something and hold it against them. Like how you easily call Utau a bottle blonde when your blonde hair just makes you look like a French poser or something,"
"You little bitch!" She snarled ready to cat fight with me.
"Rima-chan, I'm waiting!" Nagihiko called out to me as he held open the limo door for me to enter he looked slightly annoyed.
"Coming," I said sweetly with a smile then I turned back to the Bimbo. She looked shocked to see me and Nagihiko interacting, "Surprised by something?"
"You're going home with him?" She spat.
"Yes, that's Nagihiko Fujisaki by the way. He's rich popular and cute, your type, right?" I listed looking at her spitefully.
"What of it?" she asked not wanting to back down.
"If you like him, I offer you some advice." I said courteously, "Try not being yourself,"
"What?" She asked obviously confused by my words.
"Because," I said with a smirk, I turned around and started walking back towards the limo, and then I turned around and winked at her, "No one likes a whore,"
O.O.O.O
THANKS FOR READING! ONCE AGAIN, REVIEWS ARE APPRECIATED!
THE SONGS USED DURING THIS CHAPTER ARE:
IN THE AYER (BY FLO RIDA FT. WILL. AND FERGIE)
LOVE GAME (BY LADY GAGA)
I LIKE TO MOVE IT ( BY REEL 2 REAL)