The Plan

sesho: the first chapters a little rushed but it's not the story everything will slow down in time

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Hello welcome to my world. Nittle Graspers and Bad Luck were neck at neck 2 years ago. But with some 'brilliant' work by Bad Luck's gun-toting manager K Nittle Graspers and Bad Luck joined to create Rage Beat(you can guess how K did it). (Name given as a idea from Ryuichi himself, to Shu-chans surprise). How do I know this, I was there and dating Ryuichi yes hate me fangirls but I don't care. My name is the fabled Winter...no last name. But I did love Ryuichi and he loved me back. Just to warn you he accually told me. Well that was 2 years ago I'm working as a stagehand for one for a good reason, tomarrow Rage Beat was performing. Here I'll tell you the whole story.

Shuichi and Yuki got into a fight and broke up. Shuichi was kicked out so he got kidnapped off the streets by none other than K. And then he was dragged into the famous bar and was told that they were gonna start Rage Beat of course I was there I being Shu-chan 2nd best friend(next to Hiro I just can't compete) and Ryuichi's girlfriend. They couldn't kick me out without being drowned in tears. And they made their announcment with a 'good-bye show'. I watched from the crowd and I dragged Yuki along but threatening kill myself and eternally haunt him. When they said good-bye I could've sworn that I had seen a single tear slide down his face under a pair if very dark sunglasses. He left right before the concert was over. On the day they left they were leaving for America. And Yuki was nowhere to be seen, when I said good-bye Ryuichi asked if I would come, but I declined I love Ryuichi but a single star is much better than a taken one. So as the plane took off I waved 'till it disappeared in the dark clouds that hovered overhead. I smiled while the rain hammered down on me and just as I got to the parking lot I was in tears then I saw Yuki standing there next to his car watching the plane disappear. When he saw me he looked me in the eye and I smiled saying "I like the rain, no one notices I'm crying" he gave me a drive to my apartment that I shared with my friend friend Kia. When she saw me wet and fresh tears rolling down my face she gave me a worried look and gave me a hug.

But that was 2 years ago I got over it and became me again I still visited Yuki just to make sure he didn't kill himself. But he's fine still doing his novels like it never happened. But I know...I can see it in his face.

But right now that's excactly who I'm gonna go see, Yuki to warn him of the up and coming concert. Of course he tried to close the door on me but my foot got in the way, "no. Your not coming in Winter" Yuki yelled struggling to close the door, I smirked and yelled "but I wanna be with Yuki!" Yuki let go of the door and stared at the door, I calmly pushed the door open and looked at his staring face "Yuki, if you ever wanna hear that again you have to hear me out" I said calm turning to slight anger.

His staring face suddenly softened and he walked away from the door allowing me to come in, I walked through and watched as he lit a cigarette and sat down on the couch. I walked over to him and stood infrount of him "you remember don't you" he sat back in his chair "I have no idea what your talking about" he said taking the cigarette out of his mouth "YUKI!!" I shouted angrily. "Get out" he said I looked at him surprised "if your going to yell leave your voice is jarring" I stood there for a second then looked to the ground and muttered "tomarrow, at the place I work, Rage Beats gonna be there" I could've sworn as I paused their and turned to walk out Yuki looked up as I said Rage Beat. "If you ever want to see him again...come" and just as I came to the doors I turned to him and said "by the way I cry once a day" I heard him sharply inhale. And I walked out of the apartment and as I stepped out of the doors leading to the neighborhood and smiled looking up at the bright sky the plan was working.

As the next day came into play I was working happier than ever but still I couldn't wait to help them set up and listen to how they sing now. I really do hope Shuichi didn't change at all I loved the little guy how he was, but a few years in America can change, and I couldn't wait for the plan to take affect. But I knew of man that would get in my way, I paused while lifting a 5 thousand dollar light and I leaned my head against the rope. "Tohma"

As I heard yelling and a bunch of stagehands helping more things and a small group of people including someone I noticed instantly, there he stood the only man that could get in my way, Tohma Seguchi. "Hey Winter come down here and meet the guests" my supervisor yelled "aye aye mon' capitain" I yelled and pulled the light the rest of the way tied it off then grabbed a rope and got onto ther railing "NO WINTER NOT THAT WAY!" my supervisor yelled but it was to late I swung down by the rope and landed right infront of the band. "Sup the name's Winter" I proudly said pointing at myself Tohma's eyes widened exceptionally and the rest of the band stared confused.

Then my supervisor pushed my face down and pointed it at the ground "sorry Mr. Tohma" I smirked "naw more like Mrs." I muttered "WINTER!" my supervisor yelled pushing face even lower to the ground. "It's alright I knew her back then" Tohma said and walked on.

Then when the band had well passed my supervisor pulled my head up slowly and turned my face towards him he didn't look to happy "uh...I'll go back to work" I said slipping out of his grip and running.

As I went in the backroom to gat a few wires I saw Shuichi walking around near the dressing rooms aimlessly, so instinctly as his friends I started walking over. Then I stopped he wouldn't recognize, but then he turned to me he looked sad but then I smiled, he gave me a surprised look, I walked over. "You okay there" he suddenly snapped out of his surprised look and smiled "yeah I'm fine".

Just then I walked over and put my hand on his shoulder "your all on in an hour" I said, he turned to me "okay". And as he walked away I smiled and looked at the ground a single tear ran down, "no you see he dosent remember you" I heard, I looked up to see Tohma staring down at me. I suddenly looked at him with a smirk "Tohma, I have a propisition for you" I said now was the time be serious "I have a plan to bring them back together" Tohma's eyes widened. "Yuki needs him and I saw how Shuichi was looking they need each other" my eyes narrowed "You've threatened people with their lives tell me how I'm doing, Tohma if you try to get in my way you may not live to see tomarrow" I said with a ting of death in my voice. "I'll give you time to concider it" I said and walked away, what I said, I ment.

As the concert started the band got on the stage and the crowd cheered as the band waved, I for one had the best seat in the house I was on the catwalk across from the stage where the band was. I smiled staring down at them, then I looked down at the audience and there he was in the back in a pair of dark sunglasses, Yuki. I smiled and waved down at him, he ignored me so through the screaming audience I yelled "HEY CRUELTY" then he looked up angrily at me, I smiled cutley. He looked away once again and my eyes suddenly darted to the stage as Shuichi started talking he sounded no different. "Hello everyone, were Rage Beat!!" the crowd went so crazy I almost fell of from the sound waves and a few of the light came a second from malfuctioning.

"Thank you for coming" Shuichi finished right before Ryuichi took the microphone from him and said "everyone thank Linkin Park since our lyrics writer was being lazy they let use borrow their lyrics" everyone cheered. His wonderful voice filled my heart and mind with joy, making me dizzy, just then it occured to me he would never remember me. I sighed sadly and listened as they began their first song.

Ryuichi began in a voice that was strangly different "I watch how the Moon sits in the sky / in the dark night, Shining with the light from the sun, If the sun doesn't give / light to the moon assuming, The moon’s going to owe it one, It makes me think of how you act to me / You do Favors and then rapidly / You just, Turn around and start asking me / about, Things you want back from me, I’m sick of the tension / sick of the hunger, Sick of you acting like I owe you this, Find another place / to feed your greed - While I find a place to rest."
Then Shuichi took over with a bit of a stronger, cooler voice "I want to be in another place, I hate when you say you don’t understand"
And then Ryuichi whispered "You’ll see it's not meant to be"
Then Shuichi took back over "I want to be in the energy, not with the enemy, A place for my head"
Then Ryuichi started again "Maybe someday I’ll be just like you / and, Step on people like you do and / Run, Away the people I thought I knew ,I remember back then who you were ,You used to be calm / used to be strong
Used to be generous / but you should’ve known / That you’d, Wear out your welcome / now you see, How quiet it is / all alone / I’m so, Sick of the tension / sick of the hunger, Sick of you acting like I owe you this, Find another place / to feed your greed - While / I find a place to rest / I’m so, Sick of the tension / sick of the hunger, Sick of you acting like I owe you this, Find another place / to feed your greed - While / I find a place to rest"
Then Shuichi took over "I want to be in another place, I hate when you say you don’t understand"
And then Ryuichi whispered "You’ll see it's not meant to be"
Then Shuichi took back over "I want to be in the energy, not with the enemy, A place for my head, You try to take the best of me Go away, You try to take the best of me Go away, You try to take the best of me Go away, You try to take the best of me Go away, You try to take the best of me Go away, You try to take the best of me Go away, You try to take the best of me Go away, I want to be in another place, I hate when you say you don’t understand"
And then Ryuichi whispered "You’ll see it's not meant to be"
Then Shuichi took back over "I want to be in the energy, not with the enemy, A place for my head"

As the song ended I was staring, amazed by the power of their voices then they begun their next song.

Shuichi bagan the song this time singing
"I've lied to you
The same way that I always do
This is the last smile
That I'll fake for the sake of being with you"

Ryuichi sung quietly and slowly escalated
"(Everything falls apart
Even the people who never frown
Eventually break down)"
Shuichi then took back over
"The sacrifice of hiding in a lie"
Ryuichi began again this time escalating faster
"(Everything has to end
You'll soon find we're out of time left
To watch it all unwind)"
Then Shuichi started again
"The sacrifice is never knowing

Why I never walked away
Why I played myself this way
Now I see your testing me pushes me away
Why I never walked away
Why I played myself this way
Now I see your testing me pushes me away
I've tried like you
To do everything you wanted too
This is the last time
I'll take the blame for the sake of being with you"

Then Ryuichi started again
"(Everything falls apart
Even the people who never frown
Eventually break down)"
Then Shuichi began again
"The sacrifice of hiding in a lie"
Ryuichi started once again
"(Everything has to end
You'll soon find we're out of time left
To watch it all unwind)"
Then Shuichi bagan to sing
"The sacrifice is never knowing
Why I never walked away
Why I played myself this way
Now I see your testing me pushes me away
Why I never walked away
Why I played myself this way
Now I see your testing me pushes me away"
Ryuichi started again
"(We're all out of time
This is how we find how it all unwinds)"
Shuichi started a little after he started with
"The sacrifice of hiding in a lie"
Then Ryuichi started the secound Shuichi was done with
"(We're all out of time
This is how we find how it all unwinds)"
Shuichi started again with
"The sacrifice is never knowing
Why I never walked away
Why I played myself this way
Now I see your testing me pushes me away
Why I never walked away
Why I played myself this way
Now I see your testing me pushes me away
Pushes me away"

As they stopped sing Ryuichi looked straight up at me, my heart skipped a beat, he smiled then he looked back at the crowd and said into the mircophone "okay now for a depressing song that...Shuichi forced me to sing" everyone cheered as Shuichi playfully pushed Ryuichi and said into the mirophonbe "I did not me and you wanted to do it". Everyone laughed "well here we go!" Shuichi yelled and the lights dimmed as the crowd cheered in the darkness. When suddenly small spotlights of blue and white covered the floor and a well defined white spotlight fell onto Shuichi and as I probed his mind (yes. I can do that) he thought to himself "I hope your listening Yuki where ever you are" that told me one thing. He did want to get back together with Yuki and the song started.

"This is my December
This is my time of the year
This is my December
This is all so clear" he sang his face slowly growing sadder.

Then the spotlight jumped and hit Ryuichi whom started singing
"Just wish that I didn’t feel
Like there was something I missed
Just wish that I didn’t feel
Like there was something I missed"

Then the spotlight also hit Shuichi as he started singing
"This is my December
This is my snow-covered home
This is my December
This is me alone" and after the last sentance the spotlight slowly faded away.

I looked down at Yuki and his eyes suddenly looked up a 'alone' and then the spotlight hit both of them and Shuichi started singing with.
"And I..."
Then Ryuichi finished with "Just wish that I didn’t feel
Like there was something I missed" and Shuichi then muttered "And I..."
"Take back all the things I said
To make you feel like that"
"And I..." Shuichi started
And Ryuichi finished him with " Just wish that I didn’t feel
Like there was something I missed"
"And I..." Shuichi sang
"Take back all the things I said to you" Ryuichi finished

"And I’d give it all away
Just to have somewhere to go to
Give it all away
To have someone to come home to

This is my December
These are my snow-covered trees
This is my December
This is all I need
And I..." Shuichi sang

"Just wish that I didn’t feel
Like there was something I missed" Ryuichi sang
"And I..." Shuichi added
"Take back all the things I said
To make you feel like that" Ryuichi finished
"And I..." Shuichi started
"Just wish that I didn’t feel
Like there was something I missed" Ryuichi added
"And I..." Shuichi sang
"Take back all the things that I said to you" Ryuichi finished

Shuichi cut in right before Ryuichi finished with
"And I’d give it all away
Just to have somewhere to go to
Give it all away
To have someone to come home to

This is my December
This is my time of the year
This is my December
This is all so clear

Give it all away
Just to have somewhere to go to
Give it all away
To have someone to come home to

Give it all away
Just to have somewhere to go to
Give it all away
To have someone to come home to" and as he finish the crowd cheered loudly. Yuki stared wide eyed, I smiled he got the note in the lyrics. "Now to awaken some old ghosts with a few songs like this one we named our band after it" everyone cheered loudly.

"obieta mezuki de iradatsu omoi uwaki na kaze ni hakisutete
hibi-wareta rojou ni toketa SHIGUNARU wa kizuato dake nokoshite-iku
madoronda NOIZU ga asu o keshi-saru mae ni
yabou ni hibiku kutsuoto o oikakete
doko ni mo tomaranai
mitasanai Emotion SHIKATO kimete oikose yo
furueteru SHAI na seikai no nuke-michi o neratte
tadoritsuku basho e I Want New World
muragaru fuan ni tsume o tatereba mishiranu uso ni hajikarete
mote-amasu jikan ga sabitsuita machi o warubirezu ni kazatte-iru
berubetto no KOIN dake o PAKKU ni tsumete
meiro no you na yume no chizu wa iranai
saka-maku kodou kara
kirakira gin no Passion kakehiki dake no yuuwaku
kowaresou na kimi no hitomi ga ikeru DOA tataite
sagashi-tsuzukeru You Just a New World
MEIN SUTORIITO ni kizamu semegi-atta namida ga
ima mo kikoeru kutsuon o hisumaseru
doko ni mo tomaranai
mitasanai Emotion SHIKATO kimete oikose yo
furueteru SHAI na seikai no nuke-michi o neratte
tadoritsuku basho e I Want New World" As Shuichi finshed the crowd went nuts.

"Hey Hey Hey everyone my turn" Ryuichi yelled into the microphone and everyone was screaming as hey started singing
"tooku de me o hikarasete mezameru monotachi matte iru
yoru no jouheki sasowarete utsurisumu mure no nukegara ni
(deguchi no nai) shougeki ni taeru tsumori nara
(kuzureru hodo) itsuwari o misete
umarekawareru anata yo hitori hohoemanaide hitomi o irodoru
nozonda sekai ga totsuzen hai ni natte mo kiseki ni mada meguriaeru
(sotto dakishimete kowasu you ni)
muku na mama de sarasarete hanabira o chirasu hana no you ni
migaku houseki te no naka no HIBI ni sae kizukihajimeteru
(tsumetai te ga) nukeochita toge o hirou kara
(madoromu hi ga) kusuburitsuzukeru
ima mo todokanu hikari no yukue azayaka ni mau omoi o egakou
michibiku kotoba ga koborete shimawanu you ni utsuru toki o osorenaide
(deguchi mo naku) (kuzureochiru)
umarekawari no anata yo hitori hohoemanaide hitomi o irodoru
nozonda sekai ga totsuzen hai ni natte mo kiseki wa mada megurikuru
todokanu hikari no yukue azayaka ni mau omoi o egakou
michibiku kotoba ga koborete shimawanu you ni utsuru toki o osorenaide
(sotto dakishimete zutto tsukamaete motto kokoro made kowasu you ni)" as he finished the crowd was going nuts.

Then they both yellled into the microphone at the same time "aaand here come's the depression", then Ryuichi yelled into the microphone "listen closly our voice may sound strangly alike" then they stared the song.

Ryuichi began the song with
"Empty spaces fill me up with holes
Distant faces with no place left to go
Without you within me I can’t find no rest
Where I’m going is anybody’s guess"

Then they sang in unison
"I’ve tried to go on like I never knew you
I’m awake but my world is half asleep
I pray for this heart to be unbroken
But without you all I’m going to be is incomplete"

Then Shuichi sang
"Voices tell me I should carry on
But I am swimming in an ocean all alone
Baby, my baby
It’s written on your face
You still wonder if we made a big mistake"

Then they sang in that wonderful unison
"I’ve tried to go on like I never knew you
I’m awake but my world is half asleep
I pray for this heart to be unbroken
But without you all I’m going to be is incomplete"

Then Ryuichi sang loudy
"I don’t mean to drag it on, but I can’t seem to let you go
I don’t wanna make you face this world alone
I wanna let you go (alone)"

Then Shuichi sang only this time
"I’ve tried to go on like I never knew you
I’m awake but my world is half asleep
I pray for this heart to be unbroken
But without you all I’m going to be is incomplete"

Then in unison they sang at the top their lungs
"Incomplete"
As the song ended the applause was enought to make a person deaf. And as they both hugged each othjer around the shoulders and yelled "WERE STAYING!!!!!" the crowd yelled out loudly.

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sesho: and there you go long first chap but then again they'll all be long ta ta 'till next chap