You Don't Know The Real Me – Prologue
"Man, come on, it's just one song!" Gippal laughed, trying to drag his reserved friend up onto the karaoke stage.
"Yeah, that's the problem! I don't sing!"
"Dude, everyone here is to drunk to care."
Baralai sighed, and allowed himself to be dragged over to the mics. "You so owe me one."
"All right, do you know this one?" Gippal asked as a song began to play.
Baralai grimaced. "Yeah, I know it… but do we have to do THIS one?"
"Yeah! It's like the only one that the both of us know!"
"Great…" Baralai muttered as he took a mic that Gippal was holding out to him. "You owe me big time now."
"Yeah, yeah, whatever…"
As the music began to play, Gippal sang the first verse.
I walk a lonely road
The only one that I have ever known
Don't know where it goes
But it's home to me and I walk alone
I walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Where the city sleeps
and I'm the only one and I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk a...
For the chorus, Baralai joined in with his deeper tenor.
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
'Til then I walk alone
Gippal backed off here, giving Baralai the spotlight. When Baralai saw what Gippal was doing, he shot him a death glare. This wasn't what he had in mind when Gippal said, "let's get together and remember our days in the Squad." Nooj fled a few hours ago, and Paine couldn't make it. This was beginning to become unfair...
Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Aaah-ah,
Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Ah-ah
I'm walking down the line
That divides me somewhere in my mind
On the border line
Of the edge and where I walk alone
Read between the lines
What's fucked up and everything's alright
Check my vital signs
To know I'm still alive and I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk a...
Baralai cringed inwardly as he sang that curse word. He HATED cursing… he reminded himself to hurt Gippal later. The both of them sang together for the chorus, Gippal's higher tenor and Baralai's deeper one making a beautiful sound.
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
'Til then I walk alone
Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Ah-ah, Aaah-ah
Ah-ah, Ah-ah
I walk alone
I walk a...
Gippal stole the spotlight again, which made Baralai sigh with relief. Karaoke wasn't Baralai's thing… far from actually.
Walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Where the city sleeps
And I'm the only one and I walk a...
Even though it was the chorus, Baralai was feeling slightly adventurous, and took the spotlight for the last few lines.
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
'Til then I walk alone...
To the men's surprise, they had the entire bar clapping. As they sat down, a man came to their table.
"May I join you two?"
Gippal and Baralai looked at each other, "Uh… sure…" Gippal said.
The man smiled a little bit, and sat down in an empty chair. "Now, I managed to hear your song a few seconds ago…"
"That bad?" Gippal asked.
"No. That GOOD."
"Excuse me?" Baralai said, utterly confused.
"That. Was. Good. Very good." The man explained, a smile spreading over his handsome features. "Perhaps I should introduce myself. My name is Alvis, and I'm the owner of a large recording company here in Luca."
"You mean Alvis Records?" Gippal asked in astonishment.
"Yes, that would be me." The man replied, "As you know, we don't have very many new singers in Spira, and it's becoming hard to sell records when all of the singers don't perform anymore."
"What does this have to do with us?" Baralai asked, slowly becoming interested.
"You guys have a good sound, I'm not kidding. Seeing as no one performs anymore these days, you guys will have no problem rising in fame."
"Wait a minute! You mean you want us to sing for you?" Gippal cried.
The man nodded his head once and smiled. "It might seem sudden, but it's not everyday that I hear a sound as good as the both of yours."
Baralai frowned. "You do realize who were are, right? I'm the praetor of New Yevon, and Gippal is the leader of the Machine Faction. We can't just drop our careers for this."
"I know that, and I do realize who you are. Here, if you'll come to my office tomorrow around noon I'll tell you more about this, and how this might work."
Baralai and Gippal looked at each other, then back at Alvis. "You're on." They said in unison.
A/N: ((giggles in delight)) I COULDN'T HELP IT! I had the idea, and I had to start it before it left me for good. So, enjoy this one along with the other two stories I'm writing... oh geez... I think I've bitten off more than I can chew... hehe?
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-Vincent's Angel of Chaos
Disclaimer: I OWN NOTHING! Song is by Green Day... yeah, I think that everyone knows that... ((lol))