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2. Introducing Otaru
The bell rang.
"Squirrelly, I will see you
soon." Squirrelly heard the bell too and he knew Lime was about to
leave.
She climbed down from the tree branch, took her books and walked
inside the school building quickly.
She was on the corridor about to walk
into her classroom. Eric was putting his guitar into his locker on the corridor
and he saw Lime.
"Isn't that girl who sat on the tree branch?" Eric
thought.
Cherry and Bloodberry were already in the classroom. And Cherry
was still talking to Faust.
"Hao Faust!" Lime said.
"Hi Lime! How
are you? I'm talking with Cherry about the gig in the hall next week. It is held
by all music clubs in this school, it will be great! Many student and I will
contribute and Cherry will come to see me play. Would you like to
come?"
"Oh that will be wonderful!" Lime was a Jazz fan. She liked Jazz
since it's very relaxing. "I will come too!"
"Fine I will buy the ticket
for you." said Cherry.
"Thank you so much Cherry!" Lime said.
"Hey
Cherry, don't forget to buy one for me too." Bloodberry said. Bloodberry was
always a hardcore heavy rock fan.
The teacher came, it was
Lorrelei.
All students went back to their seats.
"Ahem... Here I
would like to introduce you a new member of the class."
A short guy with
a bunch of brown hair in the front of his head entered.
"His name is
Otaru." said Lorrelei as she wrote his name on the blackboard. "He came from New
Texas."
Bloodberry was looking at Otaru. "Cherry, that guy is a great
looking fellow, isn't he?"
"Yes he is."
"Otaru, you may take a
seat." said Lorrelei.
As Otaru walked towards the seats, Bloodberry, who
was near him, said "Hey, you can sit here."
Otaru saw Bloodberry, and he
went and sat next to Bloodberry.
"Thank you. What's your
name?"
"My name is Bloodberry. They are my sisters, Lime and
Cherry."
"Oh nice to meet you all." said Otaru.
"You came from New
Texas? How was that place?" asked Cherry.
"Well it's nice, it's where I
was born. But not long after my family moved to many different places. I can't
remember how many different school's I've been in for the past
years."
"So you are like a gypsy?" asked Cherry.
"Well yes... the
best thing about it is we don't have to pay much taxes."
"So you only
study here for a short time?" asked Cherry.
"Well... actually no. My
father told me that we will stay here for a long long time. He was in an army
before and one of his friend in the army lives here. They are really good
friends and when my father heard his friend got 3 daughters, he said he had to
move here and marry me to one of his daughters." said Otaru. "I think he is
thinking about my future too much. I'm worrying what will happen but I dare not
to disobey my father. My father is a real soldier, he treats me like a soldier
and I have to take his orders. Or else he will kick my ass."
"I see..."
Cherry was thinking how poor this Otaru is.
"My father was in an army too
but he never treat us like that." said Lime.
"Really? Well lucky you."
said Otaru.
"Do you know there is a gig in the hall next week?" said
Lime.
"Oh yes, I read the notice outside. I'm thinking if I can
contribute in it."
"You play instruments? What do you play?" asked
Bloodberry.
"I'm a guitarist. I think I'm pretty good."
"Oh! Then
you have to meet Faust and Eric, they are the best guitarists in the school."
said Cherry.
"Hmmm... I see. Actually I have heard about their names
before. I always want to meet and play with them.
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The bell
rang. Finally school was finished.
Faust was busy, he knew about the gig
next week and he wanted to do something different in the gig. He currently had
no band and he was trying to organize one.
He saw many performances in
some gigs before. He had a vision about how his music would be like and he
needed some people to help him achieve it.
He was interested in the band
Saber Dolls. It's a rock and roll band with distinctive style. Panther, who was
a fierce drummer, had a thunderous drumming style. Luchs, a good, intelligent
bass player who could also play the keyboard. Tiger, a singer with a special
voice and style. They just lost their guitarist and now Faust realized he could
not miss that chance.
"Ahem... so you are the Saber Dolls?"
"We
used to be." said Panther. "What can I do for you, the blues great Mr
Faust?"
"Well... you know there is a gig in the hall next week? I know
you lost your guitarist..."
"So you want to join us?" Said
Luch.
"Exactly... I want to start a new band. I have some demos and how
about you come to my home and jam about it? I think you are the excellent choice
to be the members of the new band."
"That's great! We have nothing to do
without a guitarist anyway. We are glad to work with a great guitarist like
you." said Tiger.
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Go to Chapter 3, "Eric Met Otaru".
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