Chapter
two: Party in Japan:
“Oh come on Basil. Please!” Aneko pleaded. “No Aneko. We’re not going.”
Basil said serenely. Her roommate wanted to go to a party going on
downtown.
“Ross will be there.” Aneko said using her weapon on her roommate.
Basil
froze in shock. She looked up with big eyes. “Ross….is….going?” Basil
asked.
“Uh-huh.” said Aneko. *Basil has stars in her eyes* “Ross.” she sighed.
“So are we going?” Aneko sighed. “Yes.” Basil sighed. “Yeahhh!” the
princess
cheered.
“So let me get this straight, we’ll going all the way to Japan for a
party?”
Dolly asked. Gorillaz and co. were at the airport. “Yes.” said Murds.
“Why?”
she asked. He just ignored her. Murdoc looked over at Reese. She was
holding
Trevor in her arms. “Why are you taking the rugrat with you?” he spoke
up. “Because I want to!” Reese snapped back. “Let her take the crumb
snatcher
if it keeps her happy.” Dolly cut in. “What for?” Murds hissed. “So we
won’t have to her whining about his safety!” Dolly whispered to him.
“Oh!
I see.” Murdoc whispered back. Then with that, the crew boarded the
plane
and headed for Japan.
Evening came quick over Kyoto. The crew was waiting eagerly to get in
the
community center. The Gorillaz and co. were also waiting in line.
Noodle
especially. She was going into the guitar contest. She wasn’t nervous,
just excited. Finally, the cent’s doors opened. People were rushing in.
The two groups just walked right on in.
The
center was packed. Women and teenage girls with guitars were lined up
for
the contest. “This will be fun!” Noodle thought. Basil and co. were
excited.
“Wowww!” Aneko exclaimed. “Like it?” Tom asked her. “Uh-huh.” said she.
“It’s only getting started.” said he.
Tom was right. Everything was slow at first. But when the guitar
contest
began, the party got better. Noodle was the twelfth contestant. The
first
three were pretty good. Contestants four through seven sounded awful.
Eight
through eleven sounded a little better. At last, Noodle’s turn. Her
song
to play was “Ain’t Afraid to Die” by Dir en Gray. The guitarist sounded
great. “Isn’t that Noodle from the band Gorillaz?” Aneko whispered to
China.
“I thought she was younger.” China whispered back. “Must be a spell.”
the princess thought. Once her song was over, Noodle bowed and left the
stage. The audience was amazed. The last three weren’t as good. Then
came
time to vote. The audience had to vote by applause. Noodle got the most
applause. She won the prize money. “Are you glad I brought you to this
contest?” Sky asked afterwards. “Hai.” Noodle said. “(I am).”