Chapter Two
Pipe's Song Wish
"Okay, there must be creatures down here" Sakura said, looking for any sign of life and failing.
"Other than us?" Syaoran asked as he walked in his "I really don't care, deal with it yourself" type walk.
"Of course." Sakura replied while slapping his arm. She then tripped for the 4th time. She didn't look to see what until something said,
"Ouch! That smarts!"
Well they both looked down at an armless fox creature.
"Wait," Sakura started, "are you a Pipe-Fox spirit?"
"Yes. That means....yes! That's what!"
"Wha-?"
"Moe, what are you yelling about?" a woman asked from behind the creature.
"I found the stars of the show here! Right here!" Moe said while pointing his tail at Syaoran and Sakura.
"Wait," the woman said to Syaoran,"do I know you?
"You do."
"Are you the clone or the real one?"
"Real one."
"Well then good to see you again Sakura and Syaoran. You remember me-"
"Yuko. Otherwise known as the Time-Space Witch." Syaoran finished.
Yuko then turned to Moe. "You sure on these?"
He nodded. "Yes I am."
Yuko beckoned for Sakura and Syaoran. "Follow me."
They entered what appeared to be a large dome stadium type room.
"Yeah, uh, what are we doing?" Sakura asked.
"Why of course Syaoran's going to entertain the little Pipe-Fox Spirits."
"Why?"
"Okay, I am going to explain this. Since only twice a year a The Race Underground is held, these spirits only get entertained ounce a year. We pick out the first challenger from every race to perform. Now then," Yuko said while picking a basket of colored flash cards," pick four colors."
"Huh-?" Syaoran started.
"I said for you to pick four cards. Any common color."
"Then I pick red, blue, yellow, and purple."
Yuko set the basket down and picked out the right cards. She held the red and blue one up. "Pick one" she told Syaoran.
"I pick red.'
She looked at it. "You get Until The End by breaking Benjamin-"
"I can't sing that! It has the "F" word in it!"
".......And?"
"I'm not going to say that!"
"Then you will get whatever is on the blue card. Is this correct?"
"Correct."
Yuko looked at the blue card. "You get Breath, also by Breaking Benjamin."
She then held up the yellow and purple card. "Pick one."
"I pick the purple one"
"Are you sure?"
"Yes."
"....Then you get So-So Suicide by Finger Eleven. Good?"
"Sure."
Yuko motioned for them all to move backstage. She turned to Syaoran with a piece of paper in her hand. "These are the lyrics to Breath. The show is in five minutes."
"Are you serious-?"
"And I’ll see you then."
Of stage in the crowd, Yuko and Sakura sat in the back row since they were the only humans there. Everyone else was a short little Pipe-Fox Spirit. Surprisingly, Syaoran learned his lines in those five minutes. "And I hope this won't be as bad as the last one. I had to sit through a horrible singing of Umbrella."
"Shh. Its starting."
"I see nothing in your eyes, and the more I see the less I like.
Is it over yet, in my head?
I know nothing of your kind, and I won't reveal your evil mind.
Is it over yet? I can't win.
So sacrifice yourself, and let me have what's left.
I know that I can find the fire in your eyes.
I'm going all the way, get away, please.
You take the breath right out of me.
You left a hole where my heart should be.
You got to fight just to make it through,
'cause I will be the death of you.
This will be all over soon.
Pour salt into the open wound.
Is it over yet? Let me in.
So sacrifice yourself, and let me have what's left.
I know that I can find the fire in your eyes.
I'm going all the way, get away, please.
You take the breath right out of me.
You left a hole where my heart should be.
You got to fight just to make it through,
'cause I will be the death of you.
I'm waiting, I'm praying, realize, start hating.
You take the breath right out of me.
You left a hole where my heart should be.
You got to fight just to make it through,
'cause I will be the death of you."
"Wow." Sakura said after the song. "he sure can sing-scream like you hear on the radio and CD's."
"And that must be why Moe picked him." Yuko replied.
Sakura followed Yuko back to backstage.
"Goos job on that part." Yuko told Syaoran.
"I liked it." Sakurs also said.
"Oh thanks-"
"And here" Yuko cut him off, another paper in her hands," is your So-So Suicide lyrics. Have a good time reading that."
"But-"
"Well then see you on-stage."
There were about 5 more in this show. Pipe-Fox Spirits that is. Sakura realized that, even without arms, the Pipe-Fox Spirits played the instruments. She wanted to ask Yuko about this, but act two was starting.
"I felt the blisters
Below the words
A universe waiting to explode
And I felt the words crawl out of my skull
And now you know
Exactly what you should
Don't bother pretending I seem fine
I like that I'm a mess
I can't stand it much longer in my head
I think it's time for bullets
Became so-so suicidal
And now I know the ugly from the good
Don't bother pretending I seem fine
I like that I'm a mess
I can't stand it much longer in my head
I think it's time for bullets
Don't bother pretending I seem fine
I'm trying to confess
I can't stand it much longer in my head
But it's not time for bullets
"Hey Yuko," Sakura said, "how do the spirits-"
"And a bravo to that." Yuko said and joined in the thunderous clapping that the Pipe-Fox Spirits were somehow making, despite not having arms. And her question still un-revealed.
Meeting backstage again, for the third time, they actually congratulated him this time. Sakura did at least.
"I like that. You sounded like real rock stars do."
"I wasn't that good"
Yuko then said, "That was as good as that time I smashed that computer with my bat."
(Sakura and Syaoran "???????????")
"Now here is the $300 dollars you earned." Yuko said with the money in her hand.
"...I'M RICH!!" he exclaimed grabbing the money.
"You're not rich yet. It’s from the Pipe-Fox Spirits. They each payed ten dollars to see the show. Go figure."
On the way out of the stadium, tens of the tiny creatures swarmed Syaoran.
"Y'know what? I forgot to ask Yuko how the Pip-Fox's could play the instruments and clap that loud." Sakura told Syaoran.
"Me neither. And I was the one on that stage."
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And that concludes chapter two. You may not have gotten all that they say if you haven't read xxxHollic and Tsubasa.