Endless Rain | By : Kimigurl Category: J-Rock/J-Pop & K-Pop > S.K.I.N. Views: 1690 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. I do not know the members of S.K.I.N or Dir en Grey. I do not make any money from the writing of this story. |
AN: Well here we go, another chapter within the day. I decided that it was time for kaiora to start getting better. But who could possibly do that for her?
Read on!
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Chapter 4
Smile
“Stop! Stop!” Yoshiki called from behind the drums.
The music stopped and everyone turned to their leader. “There’s something wrong with Miyavi’s amp. I can hear it from here” he said.
A technician jumped on stage and worked over to the amp beside the colourful guitarist
“Play something Myv” he said.
Miyavi played a few chords “Sounds like a short” said the technician as he looked over the box.
Yoshiki looked very irritated “Fix it or replace it” he snapped.
The technician nodded before he called for a second amp to be brought. There was a rush of excitement at the amp was lugged on stage, set up, and tested.
A few rows away from the stage and Kaiora and Angel sat watching “You know that’s the third time he’s stopped in three minutes because he was the only one to hear something like that” Angel said “You always told me he was a perfectionist but man...the only one that seems happy with it up there is Gackt. It looks like they’re trying to out do one another.”
Kaiora made no response.
They continued practicing several songs that both girls did and did not recognize “They must be testing out their album” Angel said “I know you said that they’d been in La recording again. Isn’t it exciting?”
Kaiora nodded.
Angel held back her sigh, as much as she did love Kaiora, and that they were sitting here together she had to admit. Had the ‘real’ Kaiora been there the two would most likely be giggling like little girls, and having an amazing conversation. Instead Angel almost felt as if she were talking to herself.
Suddenly her cellphone rang, she picked it up “Hello?”
“Angel!” came Jo’s desperate voice “I can’t find her! I can’t find Kaiora! I was talking to Ronin, and when I turned around she was gone! We have to find her! She’s due for her pills in ten minutes and I...I can’t...”
“Whoa, whoa, whoa Jo” Angel spoke up, “There’s no need to worry. She’s right here. She’s with me.”
The line went silent “What?” Jo asked.
“I found...well actually she found me in the back hallway” Angel explained “She was trying to find a way out to the main stage. Calm down, she’s okay.”
Jo let out a huge sigh of relief. “Okay I’ll be right there!” she said.
Angel hung up and looked at Kaiora who stared at the band playing. “you really shouldn’t have done that” she said “Jo sounded like she was going to have a heart attack.”
“Angel?” Kaiora asked.
Angel straightened “Yes?”
“Did I like any of these guys?”
“Like...like...how?”
“Did I LIKE any of them?”
“Um...well you liked all of them. I mean, I know you loved their music and you had pictures of all of them on your iPod.”
“Did I talk about any of them?”
“Well, you never really had much to say about Sugizo. You always said he was the hardest to obtain information on. Whenever you talked about Miyavi it was always some kind of funny story about how much energy he had...I’d say you did like Yoshiki. I mean, you did love drummers. And well...everyone’s in love with Gackt, but he’s probably the one you talked about the longest.”
“Yoshiki.”
Angel didn’t hear that last part, she turned back to the stage. “They’re really great arent’ they?”
Kaiora nodded.
Suddenly Jo appeared in front of the stage, she looked frantically from left to right. When she spotted the two sitting not too far from her, she ran over to them “Kaiora!” she yelled “I don’t know what the hell you were thinking but don’t ever to that again!”
“Jo I don’t think...”
“Shut up Angel! Kaiora do you have any idea how worried I was bout you? Do you?”
“Jo...”
“We’ve been given care for you! If anything had happened to you we would’ve been held responsible and we’d have to send you home!”
“Jo...”
“God I can’t believe how stupid that was! I...”
“JO!”
Angel stood in front of her friend, “Yelling at Kaiora won’t help anything!” she said “She doesn’t know any better! And blacking out the SECOND DAY we are here is not going to help!”
Jo looked as though Angel had slapped her. “I...I-I’m sorry” she sputtered “I jus...when I turned around and saw she wasn’t there...I...I freaked out.”
“That’s understandable but...”
Angel stopped when she felt several eyes on her. She then turned left and right to see the entire crew as well as S.K.I.N staring at them. Suddenly Annette, and Minami ran into the hall both panting, “There they are!” Annette said as they trotted towards the three “What happened? Jo said she lost Kaiora.”
Minami looked like everyone staring at them “It looks like quite the scene was caused here.”
“You could say that” Angel said “I think it would be best if we just...headed back to the hotel. Um...come on Kaiora.”
Everyone turned to see Kaiora was sitting with her head in her lap, her shoulders were shaking and small sobs were escaping her. Annette immediately kneeled down “Kaiora” she whispered, as she placed her hand on Kaiora’s back.
She looked up at the other’s “Her entire body is shaking.”
Jo immediately kneeled down “We have to get her back to the hotel, or at least somewhere she can lay down. Now.”
Minami turned to one of the security guards standing by “You!” she pointed at him “We’re going to need your help.”
“When did she last take her medicine?” Annette asked.
“At 1” Jo replied.
“One!” Angel said “Jo she supposed to take one every two hours it’s almost 4 o’clock!”
“That’s why I was panicking!” she yelled.
“hey! This is no time to argue!” Minami said as the security guard ran up.
He kneeled down to pick Kaiora up when she suddenly stood up and pushed him. The guard stumbled back several feet and looked at the woman in complete amazement “Don’t touch her!” Kaiora screamed with poison dripping from her voice.
“Grab her!”
The four girls took a hold of each of her legs and arms and tackled her to the ground. Kaiora screamed as she was brought to the ground “Jo her shot!” Annette cried holding her with all her might as Kaiora kicked and screamed.
By then Miyavi, Gackt, Sugizo and Yoshiki had ran up to help. They watched as the young girl was held down tightly. “CORRIN!” came a sudden scream of anguish filled with pain as the girl began wracking with sobs and cries.
Tears streaked her face. “Someone grab her head quickly!”
Miyavi moved the fastest taking the girls head in his hands just before she attempted slamming it into the cement beneath her. Jo suddenly appeared with a needle in her hand “Hold her!” she said.
Minami kneeled on Kaiora’s arm as Jo leaned over and slipped the needle under her skin. Kaiora screamed Corrin’s name as her shook, and tears slipped from her eyes. Suddenly her eyes became glassy and her body grew limp.
The girls didn’t move from their positions for several minutes as Jo placed a small band-aid on her friends arm. “Get her up” she said.
The security guard picked her up as each girl moved away. “I’ll take her to the hotel” Jo said “You girls better grab our things and meet us there.”
The other three nodded and watched as Kaiora was taken away. They turned to look at the members of S.K.I.N. Not waiting for them to start asking questions Annette turned to her sister, “What the hell happened?” she asked.
“I don’t know” Angel said.
“You said she was completely unresponsive” Yoshiki spoke up still stunned “That is NOT unresponsive.”
“Every action causes a reaction in someone, something must have set her off,” Minami said “you guys were sitting here for almost half an hour, what were you talking about?”
“It was mostly” Angel replied “I was commenting on different things about the band.”
“At what point did she start responding to you?”
“She actually started talking after Jo called me. She asked if she liked any of the guys.”
“And what did you tell her?”
“I told here what I knew that she liked all of them. That she talked about them often.”
“That’s it?” Annette asked “That’s all?”
“She looked like she was deep in thought for once” Angel replied “Then Jo arrived, and started yelling at her, me and Jo got into a fight and...well you saw the rest.”
“She hadn’t had her tranquilizers for almost three hours” Minami said “It’s most likely that something reminded her of Corrin.”
“EVERYTHING reminds her of Corrin” Angel retorted “Look, I’m sorry guys” she said turning back to the band “We haven’t seen a reaction like that since she started taking tranquilizers.”
“I think it’s best if we stay at the hotel tonight” Annette said, “It most likely wasn’t just one event that set her off but several throughout today and yesterday. This has been a very exciting one. I think we should start French tomorrow, I know I’m tired and it would be foolish for us to impose even more stress on you guys than has already been placed.”
The boys agreed “I think that would be best” Yoshiki spoke up.
Miyavi nodded “Just make sure she gets lost rest” he said.
The girls smiled at him and nodded “Thank you, and we’re really sorry.”
“I think from no on we’ll defiantly have to be way more precautious” Angel said “It was an exiting day for us, and we let that get ahead of our feeling for our friend.”
“That’s perfectly fine, as long as we all understand our and your limits” Sugizo said.
The girls then turned and walked away.
The boys smiled when they heard Minami say “I feel so cheap right now” and even laughed with there’s reply of “Me too.”
Later that night...
After many arguments it was decided that Jo and Minami should go to the concert while Annette and Angel would stay at the hotel and take care of Kaiora. “You’re here for a job JO!” Angel argued with her friend “and you and Minami have been waiting for this for months! You should be here. I’m not taking no for an answer! You’re going to go to that concert, and then you’re going to come back here and write that damn blog!”
Jo stared at her friend for several seconds, they’d been screaming the same things to one another for the past fifteen minutes. Minami finally stood up “Okay, let’s just go” she said.
Jo turned looking almost offended “We can’t do anything here but sit and fawn over Kaiora” Minami said “And we did promise Yoshiki and the others that we would work as hard on the blogs as we would with Kaiora. We told them that we were here for them as well.”
Jo slumped in defeat “Fine” she said “I really can’t believe this feels like it’s being forced on me, but I’ll go.”
The girls nodded. Suddenly the door opened.
They all turned to see Kaiora standing there, the air grew thick as the girls nerves shot up. Kaiora stared at all of them before more tears fell from her eyes. “I’m sorry” she said “I’m sorry about what I did. I didn’t mean to cause so much trouble.”
“Don’t be foolish” Angel said “It wasn’t...that bad.”
But Kaiora only stared through her friend’s smile, and it fell. “We’re sorry too” she said “We should have taken better care of you. We shouldn’t have gotten so excited about being here. You’re what’s important.”
She shook her head. “I’m sorry” she then turned and left the room.
The four then turned to look at one another “You’d better get ready” Annette told them “And tell us how it goes.”
Her and Angel walked out leaving the two friends alone.
They sighed.
“I fell sorry for them” Miyavi said looking into the mirror.
“That would be expected with your attitude lately” Gackt replied from his seat.
“I mean it. They’ve done nothing but watch their best friend internally combust over the past three months and are powerless to stop it” Miyavi said seriously “and now, they’re trying one more act to help her. One more act that may not even help her. What then? What if they find they can’t help her? They’ll have to watch a shell of her former self until she dies...and she will if she continues the way she is.”
“This is the most depressing subject I’ve ever had before a show” Sugizo said “I’m wiped out already. But I do have to agree with you Meeves. It’s hard watching a friend destroy themself and trying to desperately help them. Even if they don’t want help. I’m afraid you’re right, that girl has no will to live. And if she continues on the way she is now, she won’t last another three months.”
Yoshiki sat back as his makeup artist pulled away. He then looked at his bandmates through the mirror. He’d been thinking over the past few days events more than anything. It had been along time since they stepped into that room the day before to meet Kaiora. It felt more like a few weeks rather than just a few days rather than just one. He only hoped that everyday from then on wouldn’t be so drama filled. However that may be asking for too much.
“So what can we do?” Gackt asked.
“Nothing” Yoshiki said.
They all turned to him. “It’s not up to us or even those girls” Yoshiki told them “It’s up to her. It’s up to Kaiora. Kaiora’s own fate is her own decisions not ours. Not her friends. If she wants help, she’ll take the help that’s being given to her. It not...then...there’s not much we can do. You can’t save someone who doesn’t want to be saved.”
The other’s had to agree.
There was a knock on the door “Twenty minutes to show” said the stagehand who stuck his head in.
After the show...
“It...was...AWSOME!’” Jo said “I want to slap myself for not wanting to go! Oh my god! That entire place was BUZZING with energy. If you thought that heir performance at Anime Expo was good. You haven’t seen SHIT!”
Angel popped a piece of popcorn into her mouth “So, you’re saying it was good?”
Minami was bouncing on the bed next to them “Good? GOOD? I withdraw my ‘god’ comment! TITANS! That’s what they are! I mean there was this one part where Miyavi did a flip! A FLIP! I mean he didn’t do it with his guitar or anything but he ran on stage and just...flipped! It was awesome! It was amazing!”
Annette looked up from her cards “Was there any fanservice?” she asked.
The two looked up and their eyes alone gave them answers. Angel started laughing “You guys are really making it suck that we stayed here.”
That seemed to sober up the two “How was Kaiora?” Jo asked “Was she upset?”
“She’s always upset but I think she’d more ashamed” Angel replied “She kept apologizing and then started crying. She did that until she fell asleep.”
“How long after we left did she fall asleep?”
“It was less than an hour” Annette replied “I think the whole day really wiped her out.”
“It would have” replied Minami “I’m exhausted.”
“Well we should all hit the sack” Angel said.
Jo nodded “But I first I want to write this blog. I want to tell everyone that everything they think about these guys are true.”
They all prepared for bed as Jo wrote her first blog for American S.K.I.N fans like herself.
3 am...
One would think with all the excitement over the past few days, tht whole day included that Yoshiki would be ready to sleep for days. However after only about 3 hours of sleep he found himself staring at he ceiling. His mind was on overload. Every time he closed his eyes he saw three faces, one was the defeated face he’d stared at 10 years ago when his best friend had died. The second was the smiling face of his best friend framed by his wild pink hair. And the third was the saddest face he’d ever seen, that of a girl with soulless eyes.
He sighed and gave up trying to sleep. He stood and threw a t-shirt on. He then picked up his wallet and the key to his room before walking out the door. He walked to the elevator and clicked on floor ‘2’. As he waited he thought about the past two day’s events, perhaps it was that he didn’t let them really process that they were keeping him awake. Seeing the girls and Kaiora for the first time, the meeting with the girls, the talk with Minami, the practice session, Jo and Angel’s fight, Kaiora’s break down. So many things happen in one day.
The doors opened and he stepped out, looking from left to right he was right in his assumption that no one would be awake at this hour. He walked towards the lounge and opened the door. A young man stood by the bar wiping down the counters, he looked up almost in protest but when he saw Yoshiki standing there he looked surprised. “Mr. Hayashi” he said “Um, welcome! Can I offer you a drink or some kind of beverage?”
“I’m fine” he said “Thank-you...may I use your piano?”
Turning to the piano set up on the small stage the man nodded his head “By all means sir. I’ll leave you alone. I was just finishing up here.”
Yoshiki nodded and walked towards the piano. He was wearing nothing but his pajamas but didn’t really care. As the young man left the room, the older man sat at the piano. Staring at the keys and familiarizing himself with it. He thought over all the songs he’d played in the past, he thought abut which one he could play at this moment. He placed his hands on the keys and began to play a melody he’d written long ago. His fingers danced across the keys lightly, so lightly it seemed as if they had simply tapped the keys that created the beautiful sound. The music enveloped the room and brought new light.
As he played he didn’t hear the door open, or the soft footsteps approach the stage, he did not see the figure move slowly towards or sit and watch him play, as his hands danced in her eyes and the music flowed through her ears she felt as if they filled her heart with something she had not felt in a long time. As she watched and heart him play ‘Endless Rain’ a feeling overcame her. A sense, a want a need that she thought once that she would never feel again. Even through the sadness in her heart and break in her soul the music seemed to touch a deep part of her. And she smiled.
She smiled.
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AN: I have to admit that seeing Yoshiki play the piano just turns me on. I can't deny it! He is so hott! And I thought it was a cute scene that played over in my head. Seriously this scene is one of the first that I thought of when I was thinking up this story and I'm glad that I got it over with.
More to come!
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