Desperate Angel

by Basil Anise

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Chapter 1

Shinya winced as something hit his head when he was opening the door of rehearsal room. He blinked and found white powder spread everywhere. A laughing sound boomed out, turning him angry. He looked around and saw his bandmates were ridiculing him. They were in One on One recording at L.A.

"Oh!!! You have powder on your face. Do you want any make-up?" Die came to tease him again.

"Die!!!!! It's….you!" Shinya was trembling with anger.

Die still smirking at him and handed him a lipstick teasingly.

"I think if you have red on your lips, it'll be perfect!"

Shinya had a chance to smite Die with his palm, but Die eluded easily. The two guys started to chase around the room. One was angry and the other one was amused. The room became tumult. Kaoru frowned. " Hey guys! It's enough. Could you stop?"

There wasn't any response from the two confusion guys. It seemed as if Kaoru's demand was being ignored. They bumped against the things, making noisy sounds. Toshiya tried to duck in the corner as Kyo peeked his eyes and nodded to himself that they didn't have any rehearsal yet, continued his sleeping again.

"Stooooooop!!!!!!" Kaoru shouted at the top of his lung. He turned to his god of death mode (^^"), looked very scary. Shinya and Die stopped immediately.

"Stop playing like a child! You're not a kid anymore.!"

"But…. Kaoru! Die…"

"Stop ! Shinya , you must be an adult , could you stop playing with him? We have to work now!" Kaoru ordered.

"I'm not playing! He bullied me, You see? It's not my fault." Shinya's voice was cracked with his gasping for breath and whining in petulance.

"O.K! I see. But then what? It could stop if you didn't deal with him."

"Kaoru…"

"No! Shinya. I don't want to talk about whose fault right now. Yoshiki-san will come to see our rehearsal for a while. What'll happen if he come to see this confusion?"

Shinya bent down his face, biting his lower lip. He felt hot around his eyes as Kaoru went back to his place. He saw Die’s feet step to him.

"Ne~ Shin-chan don't be mad and cry. It'll ruin your make-up!" Die's voice was still playful.

"You idiot, Die!" He shouted at Die face and rushed to the door. He slammed the door shut. The others were stunned.

Kaoru sighed heavily. "Die, why didn't you stop?"

"Hey! Kaoru, I didn't do anything. You could see."

"Didn't you think it's too much?" Toshiya asked wearily.

"Don't be worry he will get well soon such as another. That's how he's cute."

"You think when will he come back?" Kyo asked in a sleepy voice.

"I think he’ll come back in about 20 minutes. Kyo, you shouldn't sleep. You should make the lyrics of the rest of the songs and I don't want Yoshiki-san listen to your sleepy sound" Kaoru commanded.

"Oooow!!!. Kaoru-kun, How long have you known me? I'm ready for signing every time. You look so nervous about Yoshiki. I know he is your hero, because he is the leader of X/X-Japan, right?"

"Shut up, Kyo!" Kaoru blushed.

Die looked at the door. He hoped Shinya would come back soon and forget everything that happened. Just like other times.

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Shinya was walking on the street next to the studio building, kicking a can he found along the way.

"Stupid Die!" He murmured to himself for every time he kicked the can. "Stupid Die! …… Stupid Die! …… Stupid Die! ……" He could calm down and smiled to himself. He's ready for back to rehearsal, but for the last…. " Stupid Die!!!" He kicked the can all out he could. It flew in the sky and dropped on……

" Ouch!!!" A teenage punk boy cried out, covering his head with a hand. The can dropped again on the pavement making a sound and rolled away.

"I'm sorry!!" Shinya's alarm voice.

"Heh! A cute Japanese girl." The others turned to see Shinya. He froze on his feet . He wanted to show his apology , but they all looked dirty and scary.

"I'm… I'm ….really sorry." Shinya stepped backwards as the punk group walked to him. There were 5 people.

"That's not enough, gal. You should do something for fading my pain. Do you have money for my damages?"

"Yes! I'll give you money." Shinya searched for money in his pocket in a rush.

"Are you lonely ? Wanna have some drinks with us?" One touched Shinya's long-hair. He jerked away and ran.

"No! I must go back." Shinya knew he was in danger. Why was this street so lonely!?

" You are so rude." Another one smirked at him and the other grasped his delicate figure from the back. Shinya struggled and screamed.....

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"Where' s Shinya?" Yoshiki looked around the rehearsal room and the boys under his rule.

"He is out." Kaoru said hesitatingly. "I think he'll be back in 10 minutes."

"How long has he been out?"

"Uuh….for awhile."

"It's so dark outside. How could you let him out? It's dangerous." Yoshiki was worried about Shinya.

"It's just about 6 o'clock in the evening. I think…."

"No! It's winter time. The day is so short. This place is not Japan. You should be careful." Yoshiki said loudly. Then he saw guilty conscience face of Kaoru.

He turned down his voice. " I'll go to look for him. You should continue your work."

Yoshiki walked out the room. When the door was shut, Toshiya spoke." He made us frightened."

"I agree with him. This place is dangerous after sun set. We must be careful," Kaoru said.

"Shinya is a lucky boy. He will be alright," Kyo cheered his companions up.

Die kept silent; not the usual him. He felt intuitively that something happened to Shinya. He put his guitar on its place and got up. "I'll look for Shinya."

"You can't, Die. If he comes back, we'll start rehearsal immediately. We can't waste time." Kaoru commanded.

Die looked at Kaoru, offended, but he sat down silently.

He refused to believe his intuition. As Kyo said, Shinya is a lucky boy….

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