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 Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 11:58 am
Do you know what you got into
Can you handle what I’m ’bout to do------------------------------------------------}:-  SHOU
No escaping when I start .traeh ruoy nwo I ni m'I ecnO
Beautiful Dreamer
Shou didn't say anything when he woke up not remembering that much of Christmas but his phone told him that he had a good time. He must have played Xbox 360 with Ko. Hadn't he? Staring up at the ceiling for a few moments, he had to wonder.
But the world around the star always spun so quickly at times that he didn't always have time to let his heart ponder for too long. Narcissus' text messages made him chuckle as he lay on the bed. Sometimes he really had to wonder how he and Narcissus managed to be friends and rivals at the same time. They were an odd lot.
He looked to his side and realized a small form was all tucked in. For a moment the thought...Naoko? But no, it was Ko. Why had he thought it would be Naoko? The boy was curled up under his arm with a stuffed Mickey. It made Shou very aware that he was mother....father....everything to this boy. His sister had left him with quite a responsibility but each time he looked at the child, he was determined to fulfill his self made promise.
But why was Ko in his room? Oh yes, it was because there were only two bedrooms in this suite and the other was currently occupied by two love birds. And....where was Jun? He had to think for a moment. Jun was....in the other suite across the hall. It looked like he had fun while Jun was around in the photos that reminded him of the days past.
Turning phone around he shot a photo of Ko's angelic sleeping face and sent it to Narcissus' phone not knowing that Izzy had one now.
Text: I think Narcissus-san reminds me of Ko. It must be that innocent angelic face, ne Izzy?
Pulling himself out of bed very carefully so as not to wake the sleeping boy, he slipped out of the room and instead of going to the kitchen, he headed to the private onsen. Dragging off his yukata, he washed himself as required and then took his towel and carefully slipped into the bath, he was without make up in this ultra private area and there were no mirrors so he wouldn't freak out.
The natural heat from the onsen coming up through the rocks in the water was soothing. Everything was so peaceful even with the skies only hinting at blue. Although he could hear men shoveling snow and snow trucks working farther away. Not a perfect peace but he could imagine it was. The water was so hot that his skin glowed and each pore released cleansing him.
In this instant, he was grateful for this one gift that he had plucked from under the tree at the LA Music Industry Party. Even if other elements of the vacation had left him emotionally distressed, right now, he could feel all that tension drifting away in the bubbling water.
Closing his eyes, he could feel the warmth of the sun trying to reach his pale skin. Reaching over, his hand flopped around finally griping his phone and took a photo then text.
Text: Ne...Izzy...It really is a perfect morning. See, the water here is fine. Just bubbly. Maybe I should quit the music business and buy and onsen? Kami-sama, I hope you're relaxing too...Don't tell me you're still forcing poor Narcissus-san to do fan mail. But...I'm curious as to what shows up in his bags.
After he sent the message, he smirked then text again: Hey, Narcissus-san.
I'll trade you one bag of fan mail for one of my own! Wouldn't that be fun?
He set his phone back down far enough from the edge so it wouldn't be a casualty and leaned his head back once more to watch the clouds drift by.
-:{------------------------------------------------Cause it’s about to get rough for you
I’m here For Your Entertainment
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Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 7:38 pm
If Akihiko had known what Izzy wanted him to sing, he wouldn't have denied him the pleasure of hearing the song again. After all, even though that song had brought about their fight which HAD caused them to be apart during the quake... it wasn't like the normal Akihiko held any ill will for the song.
The song Izzy had come up with though... that was totally a different story...
Back to eating his eggs, the musician smirked. "Of course I asked him to save me! You listen to him more than me!" the young tiger teased, taking a quick sip of coffee. "Besides, did you really expect me to be HAPPY about what we're doing today?" he rolled his eyes. "Course I want someone to save me from this ridiculous torture..."
Of course, on some level, Akihiko was teasing.
But he really REALLY hated going through fanmail. Doing things online was so much easier and... well... safer.
He still remembered the time he opened one letter and they had to get a has-mat team involved not long after. Jealous boyfriends were a pain in the a**...
"No actually, I don't want it to be anything epic this time so no fighting or anything really. Maybe one other samurai for me to duel but no horses." he continued, getting back down to business until his phone went off and he spied new pictures and texts from Shou.
"Seriously, Ruki... sending pictures of me sleeping inspired your little friend here." Akihiko rolled his eyes again, showing the image to Izzy.
Personally he didn't sense the resemblance.
"And... wait is that an onsen?" the young Koyasu looked closer at the picture. "Damn it now Shou's sending you pictures and I KNOW he's naked on the other end of that phone... and... HA!" quickly Akihiko turned the phone around again. "See! He's worried about you forcing me to do this ridiculous task!"
Quickly, Narcissus replied to the text.
Text:
It'd only be fun if I could answer yours and you answer mine, then switch again and answer them ourselves. Confusing fans would be... entertaining in a horribly mean way. But then you could just tweet that a few lucky fans got double responses.
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Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 8:40 pm
(((OOC: Kaiko, I can't get your forum to load... just letting you know why I haven't posted there today.)))
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Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 9:05 pm
((OOC: My forum is up and running. Sorry I had BSoD issues to deal with tonight. Try again and see if you can get in. Clear your Cache before you try Nothing has changed there. The site might have been down for a short while. I can get there fine. Let me know if you can/cannot get in. ))
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Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 9:28 pm
What a shock, it was so surprising,
You looked so small and frail------------------------------------------------}:-  Izzy Lucky
At times life can be so enlightening .uoy no nrut nac ti tuB
"You know asking him to save you might mean that he'd leave that onsen and come down here personally to do that. Shou is...rather...unpredictable." he pointed out as waggled a finger at Narcissus. "And I do not listen to him more than you! Evil!" Izzy teased back with a pout on his lip.
"No I didn't expect you to be happy but I think you'll be responsible and do the job." Izzy said with a smile as he finished his breakfast and picked up his coffee to take a sip. "You really need to get a twitter account. And then maybe I won't be so fervent about this. You might even get less fan mail if people knew you'd sometimes answer on your twitter feed."
But Izzy was determined to get through the lot of the email one way or another. Even if he had to drag Narcissus to the bags to do it!
"Ah well that should be easier then to find some one to duke it out with you on stage." he chucked as he thought about the idea. Of course, seeing Akihiko in samurai garb might be rather enticing to say the least. A blush formed on his cheeks for a moment but he quickly pushed the thought aside knowing the young tiger would take advantage of anything to get out of fan mail duty.
But then Akihiko was showing him adorable photos of Ko! "Awh! Kawaii! He's so sweet sleeping there! Awh!! He does remind me of you. Look at that cute face...just like an angel when he is sleeping." He couldn't help but smile broadly and stare for a moment at the boy.
"Well of course it is an Onsen! He got that as a gift at the party in LA, remember? Oh well, seriously Akihiko, I've seen Shou naked. Oh but wait...or are YOU curious as to what he looks like Naked?" smirked Izzy with a mischievous grin on his lips. Yes, Izzy couldn't have avoided seeing Shou naked at least once on the boat as they drifted. Life had been rather cozy for both of them during those days.
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Just a few moments after Narcissus sent his text, Shou responded.
Text: Then let's do it! Besides...if you tell Izzy that, it saves you from answering one bag today, right? Of course, you do have to exchange a bag with me but I'm sure by the time I get back we can...shrink the bag into a handful from each bag then send the rest to ....processing? -sly grin-
Followed by a quick text 2: Don't show Izzy the last one. I care for him deeply but he's so hard core.
-:{------------------------------------------------I didn't know what to do
I grabbed the tiger by the tail!
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Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 9:37 pm
Narcissus waved a hand at the comment, "And that would be bad how? He could help me with the fan mail and I could make the pancakes I promised, PLUS since he's with Naoko-san I could talk directly with Naoko-san about the kimonos and commissioning him to design the costumes for my PV, and lets not forget I could hear Ko-kun play too. Saving me kills a lot of birds with just one itty bitty text message and a mercurial musician." he added with a wink, finishing the eggs and taking a bite of toast. "But you know... that might make karaoke a bit too crowded... or hell we might get so distracted that all thoughts of karaoke flew from our minds. You haven't heard Michi-kun really really sing yet, ne Ruki? So see, we really should do that after..." blue eyes glanced at the accursed bag of mail. "After that..." With the toast finished, Akihiko started on a few slices of orange. "So if I get a twitter... you won't make me wade through that mess anymore?"
It was an honest question... and if his manager said yes, Narcissus was ready to get a twitter that very day.
At least then, he could have a team do the fan mail and just give him the best of the lot like before.
(((OOC: It was probably my computer. Worked fine not being plugged in all day then randomly when I wanted to post it was like "NO!". -sigh- I'm replying here then hitting the sack, but I'll post in your forum tomorrow. Right now I'm in the living room with my laptop hooked to the tv to watch anime. But dude, what was with the BSoD today? Oh and to reiterate a statement I made the other day that I don't know if you saw or not... you totally need to watch Madoka Magica.)))
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Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 1:05 pm
What a shock, it was so surprising,
You looked so small and frail------------------------------------------------}:- Izzy Lucky
At times life can be so enlightening .uoy no nrut nac ti tuB
"You mean he'd do your fan mail while you were making pancakes with Ko-kun." Izzy waggled a finger again and shook his head. "I know exactly how that would go. But don't be surprised if Shou shows up somehow. If he does, YOU are responsible, Narcissus." He hoped Shou would actually just enjoy the onsen. He deserved that sort of relaxation. But he knew Narcissus was a greedy boy at times too. Spoiled and used to having his way!
"No...I've not heard Michi-kun sing but are you sure he's would if you called him out? And Yes, you Have to do your Fan Mail." Izzy said and tsked when Narcissus looked at the other avenue to get out of his work.
"Look, if you get a twitter account and actually use it with your fans it will get you out of all the bags except this one right here." he answered as he patted the one beside the desk. "I'll take care of the rest in the hall."
Getting up, he took his plate back into the kitchen and refilled his coffee mug. Sometimes his partner was impossible. Of course, Shou was just as much trouble too. So while he sprinkled some Splenda into his coffee, he pulled out his phone and sent Shou a message.
Text: I've my own phone now, Shou. And don't you dare leave that onsen until your vacation is done to try and save Narcissus.
((OOC: Did you see the last part of the previous post Nil? LOL I was surprised that Koy didn't comment.)) -:{------------------------------------------------I didn't know what to do
I grabbed the tiger by the tail!
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Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 5:50 pm
"Of course I want to see him naked." Narcissus answered as if it made perfect sense. "Hell you're probably the only person who's seen what's really under all that glitz and glamor."
But then Akihiko frowned, "You just enjoy killing my fun, don't you? Fine! I'll do the one bag... JUST ONE!" he teased his manager before sending a text back to Shou.
Text:
Izzy's going to make me do one bag no matter what I do apparently. Do we even really need fans? LoL. I still think it'd be a fun publicity stunt though, don't you?
With Ruki out of the room, the young tiger gingerly undid the fanmail bag and pulled out the first letter, looking it over like it might bite him.
Once it was opened and he was sure nothing really WOULD bite him (or fall out), he started to read.
Narcissus-san,
I'm a new fan of your music and I was wondering what makes you create what you do? What inspires you? I'm trying to get inspired to be creative in my own way and I was hoping you could give me a tip.
Arigatou gozaimasu!
Ichikawa Junko
Akihiko stood up from the desk and grabbed some paper and a pen before starting to write back.
Junko-chan,
Look at the world around you and find out what you love. As for me, I'm inspired by just observing. If you watch the world pass by on a quiet spring day, I'm sure you can find various bits and pieces that strike a cord in your heart. It's the same for any artisan. I create music from what I see and my own personal reaction to what I'm seeing and feeling. Everyone's inspired by something and no two people are alike. Find what makes you happy, what makes you want to create beauty, and run with it.
Narcissus
Akihiko carefully put the answered letter on top of the original and set it aside for Izzy, before picking up the next one.
Of course the next one was more of a package envelope so he set that in another pile.
One that his manager could open if he was brave enough...
(((OOC: No I didn't see half of that post because you edited it after I'd already posted. So you'll get a koy reply to that stuff in this one.)))
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Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 6:21 pm
What a shock, it was so surprising,
You looked so small and frail------------------------------------------------}:- Izzy Lucky
At times life can be so enlightening .uoy no nrut nac ti tuB
Izzy smirked a little, "Yes, I think I might be one of the very few people that has seen him in the buff. I must admit he's quite handsome without the makeup too. I never knew what to expect under the mysterious glamour and was rather surprised."
"I am not killing your fun. I'm being a responsible manager and fill your time before you try and jump me." He called out as he walked off to get his coffee.
The return text from Shou came not long afterwards: He is a stubborn man, isn't he. But isn't he just adorable when he's so determined? Hah! Oh my, no fans? Well if we didn't have the fans then someone else would. Do you really want to be someone else roadie? Yes, I think it would be fun too! And Yes, we should do it! You'll have to pick a handful of your mail and I'll pick a handful of mine! It will be fun!
Ruki returned not long after with a full coffee in hand. His coffee was very light from the cream and sugar today. And he smiled when he saw one letter already completed. However, he noticed the next email package and bit his lip. "You're wanting me to open that one aren't you...?"
He sighed softly and set down his coffee then reached into a small bag by the big bag and pulled out tongs and rubber gloves. He slipped on the gloves and then carefully took an exacto knife and opened it up. He peeked inside with the tongs separating the package open.
Inside the package was a book. Izzy paused and looked down at the book realizing it was an English text book. He was a little confused until he noticed a book mark and opened it to that page. The picture on the page made him take a second look. "Akihiko! It's you!" he exclaimed and turned around the book for Akihiko to look at.
(( Figured I play on something that really happened to Gackt last year I think. )) -:{------------------------------------------------I didn't know what to do
I grabbed the tiger by the tail!
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Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 6:51 pm
Text:
Determination and stubbornness are two completely different things here! Haha! And I suppose not... I'm getting a twitter account so Izzy will lay off me with the fanmail. Guess you can tweet that to your fans.
"Still would've rather jumped you." Akihiko told Izzy when his manager returned later with more coffee. "But really? Handsome? Hmmm... guess I do need to watch my back. " he teased with a wink before suddenly laughing. "Yes! Open it! You've got the tongs at any rate."
In the middle of reading another fan letter, Narcissus' blue eyes glanced over and he smirked. "What's it say?" he asked, pointing to the text under the picture of himself.
Well... it wasn't exactly a picture of himself... more like a cover of one of his earlier singles was on the side of a building and the building itself was what was being photographed.
Least that's how he thought it was... Akihiko still had the inability to read or speak English so he had to rely on his manager for that.
"Does this mean they sent it to me because I was in it? Where'd it come from? The shipping must've cost a fortune... mmmm..." the young tiger thought for a moment. "They need something special in return, ne? I know!" he got up from the desk and left the room.
Five minutes later Akihiko had returned with a sheet of music paper, the expensive sort, and a guitar pick. "I'll write the reply on this paper in Japanese and then YOU can translate it into English for me and I'll send this with the pick... I should autograph the pick too, ne?"
(((OOC: Oh yeah about GACKT's picture being in that one World Geography book? I actually have the photo he took and posted, in my GACKT pics folder, hahaha. It was a Mizerable Coverart pic, wasn't it? -goes to look- Yep, purple Mizerable cover where he's sitting down hehe. Personally, GACKT should be in a history book... but hey, that's just me. I wouldn't mind having a college course in Japanese Music History... mwahaha. OH! I learned a lot about Chachamaru today because I found one of his solo albums on jpopsuki hehehe. Read a mini-bio on him. AND I'd forgotten til yesterday that GACKT was part of Cains;Feel back in the day with You (well and with Ren but Ren doesn't play for him anymore). Hehehe reminded me that when GACKT and You first met they kinda sorta hated one another hahahaha. Oh and OMG I found some very VERY interesting Malice Mizer pics I didn't have today... so there's some new non-make-up Azriel fodder in my GACKT folder now, mwahahaha! BTW -> Chatbox on your site hates me while Dropbox is uploading so once that's done I'll be able to comment on your forum again. Posted for Az btw.)))
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Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 7:33 pm
What a shock, it was so surprising,
You looked so small and frail------------------------------------------------}:- Izzy Lucky
At times life can be so enlightening .uoy no nrut nac ti tuB
Text from Shou: True but are you brave enough to call him stubborn to his face? SEE...you'd rather be making the music so suffer the fans. -grins- Hountou ni? I want to tweet you first! What is your user name????
"Yes I know you would but that's off limits until you are well." he answered as he opened the package.
"Mm...It's a Cultural History Book and you're in the section about Japan and its music and culture. They say you're one of the top performing artists at the time this was printed and that your music has an effect on our society here. But your music is heard world wide. There is a bit about how much music you've put out and some of the things you've done beyond that. Wow...I never thought I'd see you in a school book like this in America." Izzy said as he looked the book over a little more and the reached over for his coffee.
"Well I'm sure they spent some money on shipping. It came from New York." Izzy looked over the envelope and out slipped a letter. "Ah...look here is a note from the sender. Awh they tried to write it in Japanese. Here you go Narcissus." He handed it to Akihiko because it would be amusing to see if Akihiko could figure out what the person said. The rest of it was in English so he could tell Narcissus more about the sender if Narcissus couldn't figure it out.
"I think it would be nice if you sent something special back." he called after Akihiko as the man walked off to go find something. "Yes, I think they sent it to you because you might never see it otherwise."
'Oh that would be nice. I have a feeling the sender would really enjoy that." he said with a smile as Akihiko brought the pick and paper in. Sometimes the fan mail was really good like this. And it seemed that Akihiko actually enjoy the good emails quite a bit. Meanwhile, Izzy sipped his coffee and peeked in the bag again. There were several packages but he was afraid some of them would be...scary.
-:{------------------------------------------------I didn't know what to do
I grabbed the tiger by the tail!
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Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 11:08 pm
(((OOC: New GACKT wallpaper by yours truly... http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/LegolasLover2003/gackt-RRIIwall-pictures2.png -sigh- My tummy hurts.... and watching "Ranma 1/2" isn't helping... -tear-)))
Text:
I haven't made it yet... because I'm actually looking through fanmail. -sigh- I'd call him stubborn but then he'd be pissed at me for a week and then where would I be then?
"As long as it's not a letter for a marriage proposal... those get old." Akihiko replied, sitting down and taking the letter.
Blue eyes narrowed. "What'd they use to write this? It's like... well it's like me trying to speak English I guess... huh..." those narrowed eyes glowed for a second and he glanced at Izzy before tossing him back the note. "Read it for me so I can reply. But TRANSLATE it for gods-sake..." he added, picking up a sharpie pen and signing the pick first.
"And by the way... why DO people in America even know who I am? Not like I've toured there before." the young tiger shook his head. "I don't get it... I'm a Japanese musician. I stick to Asian countries!" he shrugged as he looked at the expensive paper and waited for Izzy to read so he could figure out what to say in reply. "Guess I'm old fashioned in that sense... technology's made the world one big place. Globalization. I bet when I was a kid, no one in America even knew a Japanese musician by name, much less wrote him fan letters."
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Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 12:29 pm
What a shock, it was so surprising,
You looked so small and frail------------------------------------------------}:- Izzy Lucky
At times life can be so enlightening .uoy no nrut nac ti tuB
Text from Shou: You'd be in the dog house. And he'd be...Mm...I bet he'd do all your fan mail himself. He doesn't want me to leave the Onsen to rescue you. -chuckles-
I wonder how long it would take me to get to your house from here? Shou seriously thought about doing just that when little Ko found him in the Onsen and crawled into the pool to be with his Uncle. Ok, maybe he wasn't going to rush home quite yet. Seeing the happy youth with the small towel on top of his head was very adorable.
Ko leaned back and smiled brightly, "Uncle Shou, this has been the best Christmas I've ever had."
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"Good grief! It's not a marriage proposal." answered Izzy as he released the letter to Akihiko's hands. "Of course, it is in poor Japanese but the sender tried very hard."
He sighed a Akihiko gave him back the letter. And then looked down at it to read over the English. He pushed his glasses up on his nose as he spoke,
"Dear Narcissus,
I'm an 11th grader in a local High School in New York City. In the package is a text book that I have to use next semester. I saw your album cover inside and knew I had to send you a copy because I am sure you'd never see it otherwise. I hope you like it.
Even though you don't tour here, I've bought several of your albums off the internet. Your music is inspiring me to learn Japanese and more about Japan. Sorry my Japanese is really bad. I'm only in my second semester. I hope one day you'll tour here. I wish I had been in LA so I could have caught a glimpse of you. Do you think you'll tour in America one day?
Oh, and I'm glad your Manager is in good health. My class did a fund drive to send money to victims families in Hawaii. Your manager, Izzy Lucky speaks really good English! "
Then Izzy paused and read over something and stopped for a moment before saying,
Thank you for inspiring me with your songs and all that you do.
Amy Marshel."
"Awh she still in high school. Kawaii People in America know of you because of your fans. You really should look at Youtube sometime and see all the fansubs of your songs. There's more to the world than Asia, Narcissus." said Izzy as he handed Akihiko the letter back. "The Japanese said kind of the same thing. I'll probably correct it for her so she can learn from the mistakes. Yes, you're too old fashion and it will bite you in the butt one day. I still think you should tour the US. People like Amy deserve a chance to see you at least once in a life time. And well if my music takes off I'll probably tour there."
He pulled out more letters and lay them in a neat pile with several packages. "While you're writing back Amy, I'll check a few of these out." Izzy opened a couple packages only to find things that he never wanted to see. One was a whole outfit worn at the charity event that hadn't been washed since then. "Ugh...she wanted to inspire you..after all the things that you've been through in the past few months." His hands gingerly set aside the clothes with the tongs before he opened another package. Inside that one was a pack of very hard homebaked cookie. "Now this is...sad!" He frowned in frustration as he put them into a bag labeled 'trash' "Now I want cookies! This is a departmental error! This fan mail package is a month old!"
-:{------------------------------------------------I didn't know what to do
I grabbed the tiger by the tail!
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Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 2:04 pm
(((OOC: I just finished watching "Domoto Kyoudai" where GACKT was a guest in Feb... omg... something about Hyde and pants... I need to translate this because anything regarding GACKT saying the word "Pantsu" is usually hilarious. Then there was something Hyde said in regards to GACKT drinking wine and crying (which is apparently what he does when he gets super drunk. Like, I've read he finds everything hilarious then after a while everything sad). Not only was he talking about Hyde, but he was also talking about Yoshiki AND he was mocking this kissy face that Takanori (TMR) did behind him and was all, "Kawaii!!!" in his super deep voice. Cracked me up! Then there was something with Daigo about girlfriends but being all feverish it was hard for me to translate in my head (it was a 30 min long program of basically GACKT talking about stuff). Not to mention they showed his 500 bottles of wine... guess this means Akihiko needs a wine cellar now... hahaha. Oh and you know what I learned randomly (not from this show up) it takes him 4 days to make curry... WTF?! Apparently he soaks the meat in wine for 4 days before making curry... man I want his curry now... mmmm... I'd be scared to marinate meat that long!)))
Text:
Stay as far away from this fan mail as you can! Oh, btw, someone sent me a textbook from America with my picture in it.
~ ~ ~
"Wouldn't be the first time I'd gotten a marriage proposal in broken Japanese." Akihiko replied honestly, listening to what Izzy translated.
He began to write back.
Ami-chan,
My manager seems to think an American tour is a very good idea. But my English is very very bad. I can barely speak it so I will have to learn. Lucky-san's English is good because he grew up in America. In fact, everyone around me can speak very good English except me. Sad ne? I'll have to study just like you're studying Japanese.
Thank you for raising money. By some stroke of luck all of my friends made it home, but that doesn't mean we can just forget it happened. I'm sure your class really helped some people in need.
But in answer to your question: Yes, I'll tour America one day. I promise.
I had Lucky-san read me the caption in your textbook. To be honest I never realized how popular I really was in America. For inspiring me, I'll keep your address so that when I do tour America, I can send you front row tickets. But I also included a little present for you in this letter so I hope you enjoy it.
Keep studying! Lucky-san is going to translate this letter into English for you. He's also going to correct your Japanese too! Just think, a Japanese lesson from my manager!
Arigatou,
Narcissus
Akihiko handed his partner the letter that he had written in response. "I need to keep that girl's address. I promised her tickets when I finally tour the US." he sighed slightly, watching as Izzy showed him gift after horrible gift. "Really... why would I want any of this? What goes through girls minds?! Stuffed animals I send to orphanages and most food items I toss. There was a bottle of wine once... that I didn't toss." the musician laughed, picking up another package and carefully opening it.
He pulled out a perfectly folded origami crane with a letter. "See, gifts like this are perfect! I'm not afraid art will kill me."
Blue eyes focused back on his manager for a moment. "I'll tour the US... mmm... for my Asian tour I want Michi-kun as my opening act but for a US tour..." he placed a hand on Izzy's head. "You." laughing, Akihiko smiled. "We could sing some duets together! It'd be fun. But your must would be more suited for the US than Michi-kun's because you've got the language skills. Mmmm... but I'd have to rehearse my concert talks in English, ne?" letting go of Izzy's head, the young tiger crossed his arms over his chest, thinking. "I guess I could use a teleprompter and tell the audience I'm sorry but my English is really really bad... just in case I forget something."
Blinking, Narcissus' attention was suddenly focused on Izzy throwing a mini-fit. "Cookies? I think I've got some in a package in my pantry if you want some that bad. They're chocolate and coconut covered with caramel."
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Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 3:41 pm
What a shock, it was so surprising,
You looked so small and frail------------------------------------------------}:- Izzy Lucky
At times life can be so enlightening .uoy no nrut nac ti tuB
Text from Shou: -laughs- I wish I could do that but they are my Bees. If I didn't make an effort to answer them every so often they'd become more rabid to get my attention. Hountou ni? You are in a text book!? I'm envious! What sort of text?
Shou looked down at Koy and grinned as the boy played around in the water. He took a quick photo of the boy in the water and sent it to Narcissus.
Text: This is the only reason I'm not running to your rescue. Little guy is having a lot of fun here. Oh..I was looking at my phone schedule and I'll be on NHK when I return. I'll probably release a new song there. Maybe you'll have time to watch?
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"Alright, that's easy enough. Mm..I think she'll be ecstatic to have tickets directly from you." Izzy said as he took the letter and paused long enough to write Narcissus' words in English then correct the Japanese. "There, now she's going to be able to understand everything you said."
He took her address and opened his laptop and sent and email to the promotional office for Narcissus who would put it in the proper database. "There, now when you go on the US tour it will be taken care of easily. She's in NYC so I'm sure you'll be going there."
"Ah...well these gifts...mmm..people don't really think do they? Seems like every star gets things like these." Izzy sighed as he dumped another one into the trash. "Ooh..that one is pretty. And nice paper too. Someone was thoughtful. Just as long as they didn't send 999 more like it." he said with a smirk.
"Tanaka-kun will be a good opening act I'm sure. Wait, you want me to tour with you and do a duet on a US tour? Well...umm...Ok. But I didn't think you'd want to sing with me. Are you sure we'd sound good together?" He knew Narcissus wanted him to eventually tour but he never thought he'd want themto sing together. Would his voice be able to mix with the more experienced super star? Would he be more nervous singing with his partner? Going on stage with Shou had made him nervous but Shou...well after the weeks on the ocean it wasn't as hard as he thought it would be. But...
"Yes, you'd have to work on your English for the concerts but it would't be too bad. And you could have a teleprompter as long as you could read the English on the screen for your interviews." Izzy answered and for a moment still seemed in a bit of a daze about the idea of singing with Narcissus.
"Really? You've actually cookies in the house?" It pulled him right off his seat when he heard that and suddenly the manager was off to the kitchen searching the pantry. "Ooh! You do! And they aren't stale!" he squeaked in delight as he squeezed the soft rich cookie before taking a slow happy bite.
-:{------------------------------------------------I didn't know what to do
I grabbed the tiger by the tail!
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