CHAPTER 3: Yuzuriha Nekoi (X)
Inuki looked up at Yuzuriha with a look of concern. It was the
first time that he has seen his master, his partner, not finish a single
scoop cone of Haagen-Dazs Cookies and Cream ice cream.
"Yes, Inuki?" Yuzuriha asked her faithful semi-invisible friend.
Inuki returned her question with a concerned look and a nudge at
her ice cream cone.
"Oh this? I'm not really hungry...." she said as she nibbled on
the ice cream.
Inuki gave Yuzuriha a "you can down a pint of Cookies and Cream
right after a full dinner!? What do you mean, not hungry for Cookies and
Cream!?" look.
Yuzuriha warmly looked at Inuki. "I guess I can't fool you, can
I?"
Inuki shook his head.
"Yeah, I'm a little upset right now. I think I have been too nosy
with the life of Saiki-san.... maybe he wanted to tell all the stories that
Aoki-san told me.... I don't know how to act around either of them now, I
just feel so awkward, so out of place, so unwanted....." Yuzuriha broke
into tears. "What should I do, Inuki?"
Inuki paused to think for a while, and changed his shape to a
karaoke machine.
"You think I should sing it off?"
Inuki returned to dog form and nodded.
"Hmm. That sounds interesting. I'll try it if I see a karaoke
box..." She started to walk. Promptly, she got lost.
"Hmm, which way should I go?" She looked at Inuki. The dog
started to walk ahead of his partner, as if he wanted her to follow. She
was in no mood to argue with Inuki, so she quietly followed the dog.
Presently, a busy street lined with shops came into view. The big overhead
sign read "Imonoyama Shoutengai."
"Oh my, I ended up on CLAMP Campus? I am really bad with
directions...." Yuzuriha sighed as she walked down the street. Inuki
stopped in front of a karaoke box.
"Inuki, you want me to feel better, huh? Thank you for caring!"
She gave the dog a big hug and entered the karaoke box.
The attendant smiled as she came in. "Welcome!"
"Do you have any open rooms?"
"Why, we have one room open! Would you like to rent it?"
"For an hour, then."
"No problem. 3000 yen please."
Yuzuriha took three 1000 yen bills out of her wallet and gave it to
the attendant.
"This way, please."
Yuzuriha followed the attendant. Inuki followed his master.
"I'm glad that they can't see Inuki, I would hate to leave him
outside while I tried to straighten myself out!" she thought as she
followed the attendant to her box.
The box itself was rather spacious. She sat down and opened the
song list.
"Hmm, these two sound good to start with." She punched in the song
codes (03621) and (06419). She heard the familiar intro to the first piece
and hummed along quietly as she turned the microphone on.
o/~ If you were about to fall in love casually, with a little bit of
kindness
You will only be sad if you fall any deeper in love
Your heart, with someone else
Is playing a double game
I want to see you but I don't want to see you
Much more pitiful than tears
If parting is the choice that is made
I can't even listen to your voice
If we pretend to be lovers I will probably want you until tomorrow
And if hold me* I will be no good and won't be reasonable
Your heart, with another future
Is playing a double game
It's love but it's not love
In reality it is more mournful
If the memories are the choices that are made
I will never see you again
I want to see you but I don't want to see you
Much more pitiful than tears
If parting is the choice that is made
I can't even listen to your voice o/~
(* author's note: this can also be taken as "sleep with me" BTW.)
Inuki looked up at the tear that fell from Yuzuriha's cheek as she
finished singing that song. He could feel that she was thinking how that
song applied to her life. He didn't think there was a way that it fit --
she didn't even have anyone tht she was related to.
Yuzuriha noted Inuki's concerned look. "I'm just sad that there
are people in this world whose lives are exactly like this song..... I wish
that they will find happiness.... they deserve to find happiness."
Inuki nodded as the second song started.
o/~ Because of the day with the long night
I have lost understanding in you
Even more than the most severe of stories
A RAINY DAY makes my heart clam up
At some point in time, the circuit that got too much sleep
Leaves the heart behind as it runs off
Even the sure kiss of that time
SLOW DOWN and disappear in a dream
I MISSED "THE SHOCK" It's no longer reachable
Everything starts to break down
I MISSED "THE SHOCK" I can't make sure
Love is just being left behind
SHOCK!
lonely night in the rain
lonely night in the rain
lonely night in the rain
lonely night in the rain
Because of the solitude that fears the town
Somehow I have gotten accustomed to being alone
In the distant past when I was chased
I leave behind a vague shadow
Instead of doubting, believing
Something is now chipped off and missing
Pushed down with the weight of the approaching night
I foretell what tomorrow will be, JUST A DAY
I MISSED "THE SHOCK" I don't know anymore
I have lost the future
I MISSED "THE SHOCK" Tested love
The tears are tempted away
SHOCK!
lonely night in the rain
lonely night in the rain
lonely night in the rain
I can't see anything, can't be seen, a sky through the glass
Can't be seen by anyone, can't be heard, the sigh of the tears
Not just beautiful
Not just kind
Not just without purpose
I MISSED "THE SHOCK" It's no longer reachable
Everything starts to break down
I MISSED "THE SHOCK" I can't make sure
Love is just being left behind
SHOCK SHOCK!
Woo... I MISSED "THE SHOCK SHOCK"
Woo... I MISSED "THE SHOCK SHOCK"
Woo... I MISSED "THE SHOCK SHOCK"
I MISSED "THE SHOCK SHOCK"
I MISSED "THE SHOCK SHOCK SHOCK"
I MISSED "THE SHOCK SHOCK"
Woo... I MISSED "THE SHOCK SHOCK"
Woo... I MISSED "THE SHOCK SHOCK"
Woo... I MISSED "THE SHOCK SHOCK SHOCK"
Woo... I MISSED "THE SHOCK" Tested love
The tears are tempted away
SHOCK! o/~
Yuzuriha finished singing her two songs. "That made me feel
better.... at least a little bit."
Inuki looked up at Yuzuriha and blinked, showing his approval.
Yuzuriha looked at the time.... "Hmm, 45 more mintues, I guess I'll
sing a little more to make the money worth it."
---to be continued---
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** The songs used in Chapter 3. **
Song code 03621: Double Game by Yoko Minamino
Yukizuri-de sukoshi yasashisa-de koi-wo shikaketeta tsumorinara
Kore ijyou suki-ni naru koto-wa kitto kanashiku naru dake
Anata-no kokoro chigau dareka-to
Double game-wo shite iru
Aitakute Aitakunai
Namida-yori motto kawaisou
Owakare-wo moshimo erandara
Anata-no koe-mo kikenai
Koibito-no furi-wo shiteitara kitto ashita-made hoshigatte
Dakaretara watashi dame-ni nari kikiwake sae-mo nakunaru
Anata-no kokoro chigau mirai-to
Double game-wo shite iru
Ai dakedo Ai-jya nakute
Hontou-wa motto kanashikute
Omoide-wo moshimo erandara
Anata-to nido-to aenai
Aitakute Aitakunai
Namida-yori motto kawaisou
Owakare-wo moshimo erandara
Anata-no koe-mo kikenai
Song code 06419: I Missed "The Shock" by Akina Nakamori
Yoru-ga nagai ichinichi-no sei-de
Anata-ga wakaranaku natte ita
Don-na severe-na shousetsu yorimo
Kokoro-wa fusagi-komu RAINY DAY
Nemuri sugita kairo-wa itsushika
Kokoro dake-wo torinokoshi-te yuku
Ano-toki-no tashika-na kuchizuke-mo
Yume-ni kiete shimau SLOW DOWN
I MISSED "THE SHOCK" mou todokanai
Subete-ga kowarehajimeru
I MISSED "THE SHOCK" tashikamerarezu
Ai-ga mou torinokosareruno
SHOCK!
lonely night in the rain
lonely night in the rain
lonely night in the rain
lonely night in the rain
Ame-wo kowagaru kodoku-no sei-de
Itsuka sabishisa-ni narete shimau
Oikakerareta zutto mukashi-ni
Bonyari kage-wo nokoshite
Utagau koto yori shinji aeru
Nanika-ga ima-wa kakete shimatta
Semaru yoru-no omosa-ni osarete
Asu-wo uranau JUST A DAY
I MISSED "THE SHOCK" mou wakaranai
Mirai-wo nakushite shimau
I MISSED "THE SHOCK" ai-wo tameshita
Namida-wa sasowarete yukuno
SHOCK!
lonely night in the rain
lonely night in the rain
lonely night in the rain
Nani-mo mienai mirarenai glass-goshi-no sora
Darenimo ienai kikoenai namida-no tameiki
Kirei-na dake-ja
Yasashii dake-ja
Munashii dake-janai
I MISSED "THE SHOCK" mou todokanai
Subete-ga kowarehajimeru
I MISSED "THE SHOCK" tashikamerarezu
Ai-ga mou torinokosareruno
SHOCK SHOCK!
Woo... I MISSED "THE SHOCK SHOCK"
Woo... I MISSED "THE SHOCK SHOCK"
Woo... I MISSED "THE SHOCK SHOCK"
I MISSED "THE SHOCK SHOCK"
I MISSED "THE SHOCK SHOCK SHOCK"
I MISSED "THE SHOCK SHOCK"
Woo... I MISSED "THE SHOCK SHOCK"
Woo... I MISSED "THE SHOCK SHOCK"
Woo... I MISSED "THE SHOCK SHOCK SHOCK"
Woo... I MISSED "THE SHOCK" ai-wo tameshita
Namida-wa sasowarete yukuno
SHOCK!
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