"Right, I asked the school board" a blue haired teacher explained "and they said that you could start a band under the school's name. They still seemed sceptical though, but that's your problem now." Roxas and Xion left the music room with smiles engraved onto their faces. Those were the words they wanted to hear and now came the fun part, finding another guitarist and a vocalist. Possibly a bassist, but it was out of the picture at the moment. It didn't take long for Xion to infiltrate flyers into everyone's lockers and hands, auditions Friday at lunchtime. This was the chatter of the Wednesday lunchtime chatter, which is exactly what Roxas and Xion wanted: publicity.

"So this new band, do you think they'll play pop?"

"I heard they argued directly with the school board!"

"I think I might go try out."

This was the only talk of the day as mysterious posters with glorified rock symbols on them had made their way around the vast amount of students by recess and was the hot topic at lunch. Namine had one too, in her locker, after morning English. However it was hastily stolen by a boy who had thought she'd had no use for it. It didn't bother her; he must have been a fanatic for music. There were dozens posted around the school, in notice boards, book displays and even cracks in tables. They all said the same thing:

New Band! Try out now! Bring our musical talents to the spotlight this Friday Lunchtime in the music room!

Curiosity always got the better of Namine and she made a reminder for this Friday Lunchtime.

The disgusting clash of instruments made Roxas want to puke, besides the odd singer who could actually sing, there wasn't anyone worth keeping. Ear piercing screeches, out of place notes and chords and the constant macho feel that vibrated off of everyone put off Roxas and Xion. After their denial, most people had a fit and threw harsh comments around before leaving the room. So after pathetic performer after pathetic performer, it only made sense that he and Xion would burst out in laughter when a pale skinned, blonde haired, professionally dressed girl stepped into the room armed with a bright red electric guitar.

Namine didn't understand why the bright blue eyed boy and draggy black haired girl would laugh when she stepped in; she had a right to try out too didn't she? Wasn't this a fair game? After their laughs had reduced to mere giggles, the boy began to speak. He looked familiar.

"So, what's your name?" he started, putting his notepad on a table beside the chair he was only sitting on the top of.

"Namine Strife." she answered confidently, the girl turns her head and tries to hold back the harsh laughs. The boy finds no shame in showing his emotions, his lips a tight line.

"Well, um, Namine Strife," he said sarcastically "go ahead, blow us away!"

"Don't you want to know what I'll be doing?" she replied, somewhat puzzled.

"Nah, you'll be gone soon enough." He mocks as his friend slaps him on the arm making strange expressions.

With that, Namine started up the guitar. The opening riff worked perfectly, despite the lack of drums. Then the verse opened. Her voice, once soft and fragile, ripped open a can of rock and began a harsh ragged chorus, then verse then back to the chorus. A quick glance revealed that their eyes were now widened and the boy had his notepad again, writing aimless scribbles. The girl looked somewhat embarrassed. Namine flew into the guitar solo which lead into the bridge. She finished on a hard stop after a large pick up of chords, which emphasized the ending. The boy and girl were silent before the boy spoke.

"Well, thank you, Namine, I'll take some notes and we'll…" he glanced over at his friend for a moment "…contact you another day, I guess." And with that, Namine left with a polite wave.

It was absolutely impossible. A posh, polite girl left them speechless.

"Well, you did tell her to blow us away!" Xion joked with a weak voice. This didn't cause Roxas to even flinch.

"She had to have planned this, this isn't actually possible!" Roxas said, dashing out of the room following her as the bell rang.

"Planned? Well, the flyer came out on Wednesday and now it's Friday, so yes, I did plan to do that song." The girl, Namine, explained.

"Not that! The posh look, the polite wave! You had to be tricking us from the start! Surely you had planned to make us look like idiots!" he shouted at her, which didn't seem to startle her.

"No, that would be rude." She smiled back at him.

"There! There it is! You're so nice, but you sing like Jesus! You have to be trying to fool us!" he was becoming desperate. She simply smiled again, this time wider and left him hanging for an answer.

Roxas kicked back in his seat, his eyes gazing pointlessly at the roof.

"We don't have a choice." He said to Xion, who was hitting her legs with a rapid beat "We have to accept her." Xion stopped drumming.

"Why? She obviously tricked us!" she complained. Roxas remained unchanged.

"Even if she did, who else do we have?"

"Each other! We can totally pull this off on our own!" rallied Xion. Roxas smiled and his eyes drifted shut.

"No Xion," he laughed "we need her."

Namine wasn't dazed by the boy's behaviour; she knew what they were thinking. They were shocked that a little girl could sing a rock song. What really annoyed her though was that the boy and girl hadn't even told her their names.

The day passed with ease and it wasn't long before she was in her front yard again, rolling in the freshly cut grass. She couldn't stop thinking about the audition either, was she going to get in? She had heard some other great singers, so how well could have she done? But her mind came to peace when she realized that she must have done exceptionally as the boy came running after her. But who was he and her? They wore lower class clothes, with large slogans, greyed whites and various rings.

"Namine!" a female voice called, it was the popular Kairi. "I heard you auditioned for that band today." Namine rolled over to face the socialite who was dressed for a Friday night.

"I did, who told you?" she replied.

"I heard Roxas telling one of his friends at school, Axel I think it was." Namine raised an eyebrow.

"Roxas? Blond hair, blue eyes, palish skin?"

"The one and only!" Kairi winked.

"He was the one directing the try outs, him and his friend burst out in laughter when I arrived."

"I would have too, I mean seriously, it's like a rock band and your so…" Kairi laughed before drifting off.

"I get it, I'm stereotyped" Namine rolled her eyes "don't you have a party to get to?"

Kairi left without saying anything else.

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