"Andddd cut!"
We just finished a recording of the song of Syo, Yamato, and me. But we ended with unsatisfied faces. Nothing was wrong with the music itself...I suspect it was something with us, the singers.
"Hey can we record that again?" Syo seems to notice the lack of impact our song made.
"Yeah, I'd like to record that again if we could." I looked over to Yamato who just frowns at us.
"It's good enough that I'm singing with you." Yamato suddenly just walks away.
"Oi! Just good enough?!" Syo raises his voice. "Do you know how important this duet project is for both of us?! Just what is your problem? You haven't been trying ever since we started this!"
"Syo! Yamato!" I scold.
It's true that Yamato wasn't really trying over the past week. It was as if he just wanted to get this done as quickly as possible. He wasn't like this when he was with HEAVENS, I've seen it when I visited their agency. Something was up with him and I couldn't decipher it. Maybe it was because he was singing with us?
I composed the song with their ideas and it turned out really well, but again the problem wasn't in the song. It was the singers.
"Tch." Yamato just ignores us and looks away.
"I was looking forward to singing with Mr.Hyuga's younger brother and this is it?!" Syo sounded disappointed.
Yamato seems to react poorly to that.
"Shut your mouth!" Yamato then full-on punched Syo in the stomach which made him fall to the ground.
I understood now, at least a little bit of what was bothering Yamato, based on his reaction. It was his older brother Mr.Hyuga.
"Yamato! You went too far!" I kneel down to Syo checking if he was okay. "Hey, Syo you good?"
"Yeah...I'm fine." Syo gives me a pain-filled smile, trying to reassure me.
"I'm my own person! I am Hyuga Yamato!" Yamato then walks away from us. "Just watch me at the next Muscle Fight, I'll take him down!" He then slams the door leaving us alone.
"Muscle Fight...?"
We quickly went to the clinic after that mess to make sure Syo was okay. Which he was. He just needed to rest for a bit.
"What's his problem?!" Syo seems irritated, understandably so.
"I think...I know why." I had my own suspicions but I wanted to confirm it with a reliable source. "Let's talk to Mr.Hyuga shall we?"
The next day came and we asked Mr.Hyuga to meet up with us to chat. Natsuki also tagged along with us because he was worried, mostly for Syo.
"Mr.Hyuga!" I smile and wave him over to our spot in a cafe.
"Yo! How are you guys?" He smiles and sits across from us.
"Not...well?" Syo looks at me worriedly.
"I'll tell him." I pat his back. So I told him everything leading up to now.
"He's still the same huh..." Mr.Hyuga looks troubled.
"What do you mean?" Natsuki tilts his head in question.
"Since we were kids, he always challenged me when it came to sports or games, basically everything under the sun. Aside from that, he wasn't interested in anything else. That's why I was surprised that he became an idol in the first place."
"Ahhhh." I look accusingly at Mr.Hyuga.
"W-What?" He seems to notice my look.
"And? Who won all those games you guys did as kids?" I'm starting to understand now.
"Me, why?"
"No wonder he's so hostile to us." I sigh and shake my head.
"What do you mean?" Syo still doesn't seem to understand.
So I explained my thoughts. I felt like Yamato feels overshadowed by his brother.
Mr.Hyuga is more popular, obviously, because of how long he's been in the industry, but also because of his overwhelming talent and skill. When Syo mentioned Mr.Hyuga this seemed to trigger him, hence the start of my suspicions.
"I...had a feeling about this." Mr.Hyuga leans back on his chair. "I thought that he would just get over it."
"I see...I feel sad for him." Sweet Natsuki sympathizes.
"I understand where he's coming from but still!" Syo ruffles his hair in frustration. "He's so talented in singing and dancing too! If he could just put a little more effort in."
"Didn't he mention something about Muscle Fight?" Natsuki remembers.
"Muscle Fight?" Mr.Hyuga reacts. "Right! He said that he'll beat me in Muscle Fight didn't he?"
"Just what is this Muscle Fight?" I ask, having heard nothing about this before.
"It's a sports variety program where they pin celebrities against each other." Natsuki seems very knowledgeable about it.
"They let strong and agile celebrities face off in a variety of contests." Mr.Hyuga elaborates.
"The two highest-scoring people will face off in a boxing match right?" Syo adds.
"Yeah."
"You've participated before?" I ask Mr.Hyuga.
"I did." He nods.
"He made that one episode become the legendary episode of all time! Everyone forfeited in the middle of that match and it was a total victory for Mr.Hyuga!" Syo's inner fanboy let loose.
"They extended me an offer to appear once more." Mr.Hyuga explains.
"Can you let me appear in your stead?" Syo suddenly offers which took us completely off guard.
But in the end, Mr.Hyuga placed his trust in Syo and allowed him to enter his place. Whether it was his determination or stupidity that made Mr.Hyuga allow it, whats done is done. Syo proudly states that he wanted to defeat Yamato and prove to himself.
It wasn't that I didn't trust Syo, but appearing for Mr.Hyuga was a big deal. If he entered by himself it would have less pressure, but I guess that's what Syo wants. So until the day of the program arrives I have the duty to train Syo, well more of supervising him really.
One day we manage to meet up with Mr.Hyuga for a jog and ran into Yamato. He didn't even notice us as his eyes were glued to his brother.
Mr.Hyuga asked why he became an idol in the first place and he just replied, 'I don't give damn about being an idol. I joined Raging Entertainment to beat you.' I began to wonder how long has Yamato looked up to his brother to the point that it became his one and only goal.
I kinda feel bad for him.
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The Goddess Voice 3 (Uta No Prince Sama Fan Fiction)
Fiksi PenggemarThe 3rd and most probably final book of this series. Sorry for the long time fans who have been waiting for this! I got the majority of song lyrics from silvermoon249.livejournal.com. Will state otherwise. I don't claim any characters, photos, vide...