Another successful day as I would say proud of myself, Sanaka got selected, however knowing that guy I wouldn't be surprised about the main reason she actually got selected. However what I was most surprised to find out is that the blonde pigtail girl was actually Sayaki, Tayaki's sister. The old man must be thinking the same as me, fate?.
If he thinks the way he used to, the next few months for these girls is going to be a living hell. I consider warning them but I'll allow them to celebrate, for the time being. Except I didn't want everyone here. Even Cya is drinking, wait, that is the stuff I was gifted by Laurance, Like that stuff is practically priceless just because Laurance touched it. I try to pry it off her but it seems she's already drunk most of it and she seems desperate to not let go. Sid and Samarchi, are acting drunk off a few glasses. Hayate, well I hope she is just overwhelmed with joy. And my sister is just sleeping. So now I'm going to bed while these guys play pin the donkey on Sid. I'm pretty sure their training starts next week so at least there is no need for concern this week.
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Sanaka 1st person Pov
My brother wakes me up apparently two mornings later. He tells me that I have training this morning.
"Hey get up idiot" my brother yells like a pain in the ass.
"Also I should warn you that when I did all my research I found some crappy stories about the director. Apparently he made the group train with the monks for a bit. Actually I think that's one of the lessons in the book." Now he's coming up with bad Ideas.
After rushing to get changed and my brother driving way above the speed limit, we make it to the CX training center 5 minutes late. I would consider that on time.
I am currently waiting in a room before we start training. The number of people is around 20 or maybe 30. I guess you have around 15 on stage at a time so we can have two different teams. The annoying looking blonde girl also got in, she looks fairly lonesome. We locked eyes for a second, which I think I won.
"Hayate, doesn't that girl look like a pain." I say pointing at the blonde girl.
"I heard she was easily the best to pass." Hayate said admiringly, she's meant to be backing me up. So I just need to crush this piece of crap, If i want to be the best in this class. Before reminiscing in my undeserving hatred for this girl, the stern woman from before arrives.
"Welcome to the first meeting for the new Shoshina Group. For everyone's information call me Yahiga, I will be in charge of your training sessions and organization of performances. The director of the CX co Idol group and of the training sessions will be Amarno Holland. He likes to, however, be called Sensei. He has luckily come to join us today." she says, spreading her hands sarcastically as a man walks out. And so my brother was telling me the truth. This weird sunglasses guy really is the director of CX co.
He waves his hands about like the queens waives.
"Hello Everyone, thank you Yahiga," he says, grabbing the microphone. " you know, I heard a rumor the other day. That there will never be another Idol group like the 2019 CX co group D. They say that the chances of having three mega stars going to the same Idol group will probably never happen again. However they are just rumors and I don't know if I'm even up to the trends of kids today. I hope you guys understand that each and everyone of your skills are crap, well that's what I heard I don't really know as I said previously. I also heard a rumor that the CX co training is so hard, that the regulars call it torture day whenever they have training. Once again just another rumor. Well that's me done, enjoy" he says walking away from where he came from.
"He's odd" I say but I think it goes to deaf ears, Hayate seems enthralled by his speech somehow. So I turn around to the person next to me
"He's odd isn't he."
"Sorry were you talking to me", What? it's her, the blonde haired girl next to me.
"Oh sorry I thought you were someone else" I say covering up for randomly talking to her.
"Were you in my group for the trial because I don't remember seeing you in any of the other groups."
"Umm. wait what?" It took me a second to realize. She was having a go at me. She was in group 2 as I recall as the center.
"Were you in group 6 at the back right corner?" I ask innocently. I got her.
"So you did notice me. I don't really remember the trials. It just kinda blended into a normal day I guess. Like I think I was walking out of the school gates and then I realized that this trial was on. Imagine if i had missed it, that would have been so dumb right?" Crap how did she wiggle out of that. She even put the countermeasure to me miraculously remembering where she was. Last resort.
"Well I didn't even show up to the trials, I kind of just got this invitation in the mail."
"Oh how funny, with me, this Guy in a suit randomly came and escorted me here saying that the trial didn't have any talent and that they needed me."
"It was odd when the director visited me at one of my concerts, and then visited was at a hot spring. Then he said I was so talented that I ought to be here to become the center of CX ever."
"That's similar to me. Hataya came to me one day while I was practicing my ballet skills telling me that they need someone to help her carry the burden of CX co"
"I was eating cereal with Mayaki Dancho, who was in my house with."
"Tayaki was talking to me in my room about joining CX"
"Shut up" says a girl in front of us.
"It was her"
"Always wanting the last word I see" I say in retaliation
"Isn't it you who had the last word?" she says. I look at her now you've had the last word. 'haha ' I win loser.
"Okay now the two different centers for the two groups will be Hina and Sayaki" the stern lady calls out. The girl in front of me stands up and the girl to my right, noooo. She looks at me smugly. I completely hold my emotions, still appearing cool. (she does not)
"And for the backing people it will be…"
Crap so I ended up being in the same group as the Pig tails girl (she knows her name just doesn't acknowledge it). First we have dance lessons apparently, something I will of course strive at.
….
Crap that did not end well. I am exhausted beyond belief, my lungs hurting like hell, and yet I couldn't keep up. In fact I was useless against that stupid pig tail girl. I won't lose too such an idiot like that again.
But then an ingenious idea hit me. I smile to myself at my own brilliance.
The next day for our dance practice, that girls shoes should feel a bit weird. I watch as she tries to put them on. Naturally I don't look in order to avoid suspicion. Yet she puts the shoes on fine not even complaining one bit.
The dance rehearsal starts, she's at the front of the pack dancing well. Hayate is next to me and she is doing pretty well. I'm not really paying attention to my dancing. I expect this girl to stop any second. Those shoes are three sizes too small. I expect her to give up but she doesn't know how the hell could this be. Her dancing is in fact better than it normally is.
"Everyone looks sloppy, make sure to follow the Sayaki better." calls the stern lady. How the hell are we meant to follow her? Her movements seem too fast.
"Well Hayate is doing a good job" the Lady makes a comment as she moves away from them. Everyone looks at Hayate for a second, me being next to her also gets some of the glances. We start up again, and it seems the person is right, Hayate's movements seem to follow Sayate's so naturally. So now Hayate is also making me look bad. Dancing lessons are a complete failure in terms of everything.
However singing practice will be of course different. I have changed the words on her page, this will hundred percent work. We stand in the studio together to practice singing. Everyone with a separate microphone. As center she goes first.
The song starts to play. the new and improved lyrics are not what you call conventional lyrics.
"The sky says shoo, but I know it's you." she sings them with a weird confidence, like this is meant to be an energetic song, not a love song. So then Yahiga will think Sayaki improvised badly.
But instead of the womens voice I hear the Director's voice.
Bingo even better.
"Okay everyone change the lyrics to that. Good improvise Sayaki" Sayaki smiles smugly. What the hell? Okay if he wants improvisation then I will show him improvisation.
"Okay stop, that is crap, do not try and improvise again Sanaka"
Crap what the hell. When was he so mean, why the hell did he have to say that. I have finally realized, I can't use tricks to get myself into the number 1 spot it seems. This girl is simply to dumb to be fooled by anything (can't recognise that she is actually just good). However unlike her I have the book, over this weekend I'll come back a machine of pure destruction.
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"That girl seems to have a deep desire to beat that person," Yahiga says to the Director as she sits watching the singing.
"Well it's in their blood." the director says, relighting his cigar.
"what ?"
"Nevermind."
"But she's completely outclassed, Sayaki is a prodigy that could be one of the number one in a few years after Hataya decides to retire or something."
"And yet she fears Sanaka, you can see she savors every time Sanaka loses. Why would you, their abilities are so different?"
"Because she recognises Sanaka's potential? Or Sanaka just has a really big ego."
This time the man stands up turning towards the window.
"You remember Mayaki and Tayaki quite well. Do you not?" the woman nods, the man unable to see her nod knows the answer.
A smile crosses his face.
"Mayaki was always a slow learner"
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"Sabiti" I call as I enter the house.
"what "
"You're not Sabiti," it was stupid Sid's voice.
"I'm here, what do you want" I turn around quickly and it's Sabiti obviously trying to scare me.
"I need help, the book, I need to become better." he smiles and turns around walking into the kitchen, grabbing a mug. he always does these mysterious smiles to look cool. he will probably say something like he expected this.
"I expected this to happen"
Called it. but I still need to make him feel happy
"You expected what"
"Didn't I say that blonde girl was good, yet you still challenged her trying to beat her. Am I right?" okay that was unexpected, how the hell did he know?
"What no, how did you"
'Because you're selfish self centered, self absorbed, angry…..' he decided not to say that.
"Because she looked like a pain in the ass." he's going for brownie points.
So my brother has good taste in recognising idiots for idiots.
"Yes I need to crush her to the bone." I say bringing my fist into my hand. He smiles oddly.
"I assume you're worse at everything, So this week we're going to focus on mental and physical fitness" he says, bringing out the book. I thought he said dancing was purely talent based type stuff or something of the sort before.
"So what's the lesson?" Sid and Samarchi say as they slide into the room. What Idiots.
"Actually you guys can participate also, we are going to do the monk test, up in the hills."
"My hair" Sid and Samarchi yell at the same time.
"You idiots, you don't have to cut your hair for the test, only if you decide to become a monk." Idiots.