22 Ch 21 - Some Girls, One Guy
"Yo. Ollie over here is so excited, kid."
"'Hey, Shiro! It's our turn now! Start freestyling shit!'" (Ollie screams at the top of her lungs while clapping)
"Uh. Like a meteor, I'm coming hot."
"Everybody loves the fact I freestyle off-the-top."
"Everybody, go and kiss Reine's feet."
"Give respect to her Majesty. She's our queen." (Reine laughs and claps while saying "YES!")
"It's like that. Yeah, you know I'm coming with the heat, man."
"Cooking them like turkey, and feed this elegant peahen."
"Kill rappers. I don't give a fuck about remorse."
"She sucking like a turkey. She be bobbing back and forth." (The 3 widen their eyes and laugh out of embarrassment. I did a "blowjob" motion)
"I'll knock you up and down like a fuckin' orange ball."
"Don't come in my vicinity. I'm territorial."
"Yeah. And this entire time while I was rapping."
"I couldn't help it but stare at Reine's watermelons." (points at Reine's chest and Reine laughs)
"Pochi-mama, can I please marry your daughter, yo?"
"I turn around. Hold up, everybody, where'd my water go?" (turns around and looks for water bottle)
"....Oh, there it is! I thought it just disappeared!" (points at the Holostars' table)
"I guess they took it while I was busy rapping here."
"Yeah...I'm going full throttle."
"She sippin' out the bottle. I'm never rapping subtle." (Points at Reine drinking water, and Reine almost spit out the water she drank)
"Reine almost spit the water out her mouth."
"Are you okay? Can you drink the water down?" (Reine couldn't hold it and spat the water back inside her bottle)
"Yeah-oh, she spit the water back! She never heard me!"
"Don't share your water if these 2 say they're thirsty." (points at Ollie and Anya)
"Uh. You know that every single rap verse lit."
"No Hiroshima. I be dropping down like some bird shit."
"Ah, fuck it, man. I be dropping harder than H-bombs."
"I'll peck you harder than a territorial peacock."
"And speaking of H-bombs, I'm bigger than big macs."
"When I'm at the top, I'm spraying guns. No Apex."
"Ey. I never played that game that much, yo."
"But I gotta rap for this so-called 'idol'." (Points at Ollie)
"I'm goin' harder. I be flowing better than water."
"I'm charring all you rappers even if you have armor."
"Whether it be blue, yellow, or fuckin' purple."
"I spurt flows, and it'll break the armor you wore, bro."
"Give me a trophy. No, give me a gold cup."
"I could run to that wall, and backflip from a wall jump." (points at the nearby wall and does a spinning gesture)
"And speaking of jumps, I could just do it right here."
"And screw doubles, I do triples if I'm up in the air. " (points at the air)
"Ollie, we be skating through and breezing through the sick mix."
"Heelflips and kickflips. I always hit the slick tricks."
"I'm big, bitch. No fake shit, I always go and slaughter."
"And bitch, I'm not a dog, but my flow is always water."
"Yeah, everytime I rap, you know I go absurd."
"I said 'Oh c'mon, Ollie! Give me, like, a hard word!'
"Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. Have you noticed? " (Ollie starts standing up and goes "WHAT THE FFFFRICK IS THIS?!?!" and proceeds to walk away a bit. Anya and Reine stared at me with a dropped jaw and wide eyes)
"Flow is so good, leaves you hopeless. "
"Interests you like a synopsis. Nuclear bomb, I'm explosive." (looks at Ollie as she goes back down and still couldn't move on from the surprise)
"Mushroom cloud, big explosion. Always got the big devotion, yeah."
"Nothing is a fucking challenge. Yeah, trust."
"That word refers to a disease about silica dust." (giggles a bit)
"Ollie, you tried to trick me, so I tricked you back!"
"This is the result of studying GOATs like Harry Mack."
"It doesn't matter if it's a word that I don't know."
"I would still use it in my raps, and keep on with the flow."
"Yeah. I always go off of the brain."
"Like Ollie's head when it pops off and falls to the grave."
"And if a rapper wants beef, you know I always win the battle."
"Shoutout to the number 1 kawaii zombie idol!" (points at Ollie as she shouts "YEAH!!")
"Ey, that one rap song you did was rad, jeez."
"Shoutout to Avilon letting her rap 'Speed'."
"Yo. Ollie, we both goin' full throttle."
"Here's a good demonstration from the motherfuckin' model!"
"Yeah. The zombie idol that came from the graveyard."
"Then the G tilted, so it's now a G-raveyard."
"Get a long stick, then we give the opps a beating. Matter of fact,"
"We gon' show 'em what it's like to be eaten."
"Yeah. Y'all know that I'm the best."
"I'll leave your corpse on the ground 'till you're rotten flesh."
"It's like that. I caught you by surprise like a hiccup."
"You rappers rap too flat, flatter than this little Z cup." (points at Ollie, and every HoloID member except for Ollie burst out laughing. Ollie dropped her jaw and hyperventilated)
"Yeah. Like our son Roberu, y'all know that I'm winning."
"Ollie, I'm sorry if I got you hyperventilating."
"It just came right off the top. I didn't even think about it."
"But hey, that was the past. Let's just forget about it." (Ollie still hyperventilates)
"When I'm on the-...what's wrong? Too strong of an impact?"
"Finally accepted the fact that you're a Z flat?" (Risu says "Z flat-BWAHAHAHA!", the others laughed very hard. Iofi rolled on the ground while holding her stomach)
"Wait, Ollie. Don't cry! That was just a joke, yo!"
"You know that deep inside my heart, I really love you." (Ollie hyperventilates even more and screamed)
"Not in that way though. We are just workmates."
"Just letting you know in case we get to, like, third base." (Ollie shouts "WHAT?!" as the others laughed a bit)
"Yeah. And you make some cash? Bitch, I make more."
"That's why you're called Ollie, 'cause you're FLAT like a skateboard." (The others laughed so hard that a few of them cried in laughter and Ollie was too roasted to give a proper reaction)
"Yeah. I done 3 raps from 2 raps."
"Ollie, you're the undead. Guess you're now a 'U flat'." (The others continued crying as Ollie was being roasted)
"Ey. Okay. Enough with the flat jokes."
"Time to move on to the keris dagger that's smol."
"Yeah. I know Anya's very cute and very short."
"But watch out. You gon' die, and she'll kill you more."
"Uh. Shiro on the mic, spitting out here."
"Shoutout to the keris dagger girl with the brown hair."
"If you sleeping on me, I'mma kill you in your sleep."
"So the cousin of death won't only kill you in your dreams."
"He'll kill you in real life, so you better be aware."
"It's not Halloween, but Ollie, THERE'S A SPIDER ON YOUR HAIR!" (Ollie jumps a bit and screams as she tried to get the "spider" out her hair as the others also instantly stood up, only to see nothing)
"Kek. I'm just joking. But good jokes have some truth in it." (Ollie laughs a bit and shows me her left fist)
"It's Shiro on the mic, you know that I get loose with it."
"I'm like a ghost. It's like we playing Phasmophobia."
"You couldn't even see me even if you had a camera." (Anya goes "OOHHH!")
"I said that I'm a ghost. I ain't talking John Cena."
"You can't detect me if you had an EMF reader." (The 3 go "Oh my god...!")
"I'm about to kill all of you. I'm on the hunt."
"Go get yourself a crucifix and hope that I will stop."
"Rappers are my student, cause Shiro is the mentor."
"You can't sense my movement even if you had a sensor."
"Coldest with the flow. Go get a thermometer."
"Icy when I go. It's a very cold temperature."
"Everybody going crazy, can't nobody battle me."
"Get yourself some light so you won't fall into insanity."
"I am ethereal. Shiro is a hollow being."
"Watermelons, Apex, then end this shit with Halloween."
"Uh. In the cafeteria, they stop and staring."
"Fuck pumpkins, I'mma carve out of watermelons." (Ollie drops her jaw then goes "SHIRO JUST MIXED-WHAT?!" The other 2 widened their eyes)
"Wear it as a helmet just to spice up the spooky season."
"Cosplay as a zombie with red hair for some trick or treatin'."
"My raps aren't plain (plane), but I'm at the apex."
"All these rappers flat. Try to rap? I just say "Next!""
"Shiro on the mic, and he comin' with the hot sound."
"Killing all these rappers, make them bleed. Call me Bloodhound." (Ollie stomps her feet and claps a lot)
"Rappers full of sodium, cause they be acting salty."
"I'mma eat their brains. I'm a crazy fucking zombie."
"Or maybe I'm like Mori, the way that I just slay right."
"Give me 15 minutes. All these rappers Dead by Daylight." (Anya and Ollie gasped a bit)
"All these rappers dogshit, acting way too poopy."
"Fly like a ghost. Shit, they fear me cause I'm spooky." (Anya giggled a bit)
"It's not even Halloween, cause right now, it's March." (gets phone to stop the beat at the last line)
"If y'all fucking with me, then make some noise and raise your arms!" (raises own arm as everybody raises their arms too)
"WHOO!" I shouted in a high-pitched voice with as much air as I could as everybody kept shouting and clapping for me.
"OH MY GOD! WHAT THE FFFFFFFRICK WAS THAT ALL ABOUT?!" Ollie shouted.
"You said that the 'pneumono' word was too hard for you! You tricked us!" Reine said.
"I KNOW RIGHT?! SHIRO IS A LIAR!" Ollie shouted.
"Jesus...how did you pull off 3 freestyles so flawlessly and as if it's nothing?!" Anya said.
"Hahaha! Thank you so much, everybody! You know, I'm quite used to this sort of thing. I used to freestyle for an hour." I said.
"AN HOUR?!?!" The 2nd gen shouted.
"Mhmm. Multiple times."
"Eh?! No wonder you don't look tired while freestyling! Jeez! You come up with random stuff for an hour?! You're the real deal! No joke!" Ollie said.
"Actually, you know what's crazy about his freestyle right now?" Ollie asked her genmates.
"Hmm? What?"
"I think you 2 know his pattern, right? Give him 3 random words, and he makes references based out of these words."
"Ah, yeah. Now that I think about it, he does make a looot of references for each word." Reine said.
"Right? So I thought 'Ah, Shiro might do the same thing again', and although it's very very cool and it takes a lot of talent to actually do this, it would somehow become a bit repetitive and a bit boring, no offense, but-" Ollie said as we laughed.
"But you started mixing 'Halloween' and 'Watermelons', like WHAT?!" She said as I giggled a bit.
"I mean...you know, I adapt to situations, so…" I chuckled.
"Like seriously! Who would've thought he would use watermelons instead of pumpkins for halloween, then proceed to say a lot more references again. Like what the-SHIROOO!!" She said while clenching her fists as I laughed more.
"Hey, did you three at least enjoyed it?" I asked them.
"ENJOYED IT?! WE LOVED IT FOR FRICK'S SAKE!" Ollie said.
"Yeah! Shiro, that was so cool! I hope you're gonna do a freestyle in your debut!" Reine said.
"Yeah, Shiro! Jeez, you're one-of-a-kind, aren't you?" Anya said.
"Ah, oh yes. I have another thing to say about your freestyle, Shiro." Ollie said as she put her eyebrows together and pouted.
"Oh?"
'Oh god, is it the "flat" punchlines I made?" I thought and sweat dropped.
"Why did you keep calling me 'flat', huh?" She asked as we all burst into laughter.
"O-Ollie, calm down!" Risu said as she grabbed her shoulders.
"S-Shiro, you know it's mean to bully a girl, right?" Ollie said.
"I'm misogynistic. I don't care." I said as they all laughed again and even Ollie.
"Hey, I'm your senpai, you know?!" She said.
"Jokes aside, Ollie. I couldn't think of anything else. I'm sorry if it offended you, okay? It's just there 'cause I placed it there. You can't judge a freestyler!" I said as I giggled a bit.
'For real though, that's why I spat "off-the-top", 'cause it came off the top of my head.'
"B-But still! You know...it's not funny!" She said.
"But it is for me, so eh." I shrugged as she hyperventilated and the others giggled.
"But remember it's out of fun, not 'cause I want to verbally hurt you. Here, give me a high-five." I said as I raised my hand, and she immediately slapped her hand against mine.
"There we go!" I said.
"Shiro-kun! Shiro-kun!" Ollie clapped as she chanted every word, and everybody started chanting the same thing. Not just the HoloID members, but even the Holostars, HoloEN, and especially HoloCN and the students.
"Shiro-kun! Shiro-kun!" Everybody still chanted the same thing as I giggled a bit and scratched my head as I breathed in through my teeth.
"My name is Ishijin Shiro, everybody! The Ex-General! I hope y'all will have a nice snacktime today! That'll be all! No more freestyles in store anymore! Thank you!" I shouted in Japanese as everybody clapped and I ran back to my table.
"Oh my god! What the hell?! Three freestyles! THREE! FREESTYLES! HOW DID YOU PULL THAT OFF?!" Calli asked.
"Practice, baby." I giggled.
"Practice?! That's not JUST practice! That's real fucking talent, you fucking idiot!" Kiara said as we all laughed.
"Well, I'll be honest. I legitimately practiced a lot, from the first time I discovered rap to the present time, so although you're not technically wrong, Kiara, this legitimately is 90% practice."
"Woah...you think you're free this night, Shiro?" Calli asked.
"Hmm? Wanna learn some freestyling tonight?" I asked.
"Hell yeah! Is it okay?"
"Definitely." I smirked and chuckled.
"Thank you so much! How much shall I pay you?" She asked.
"Nah, don't worry. We're workmates, so it shall be free for as long as I'm alive."
"So if I kill you, then I can pay you?" She asked as we laughed.
"Hey, what are you planning to do?" I asked as we laughed again.
I got my sandwich, ate in the bathroom, came back to the table, and we conversed for a good while. After that, we all went back to the Holohouse.
"Konnichiwa!" Everybody in the lounge said.
There were a lot of them actually. Some of the 1st gen like Matsuri and Mel, some 2nd gen like Subaru, Ayame, all the Gamers, all of the 3rd gen, Coco, Kanata, and Luna, and for the 5th gen, Aloe and Nene. There were also a few HoloCN and HoloID members there.
"Yo...huh?" I said as I heard a couple others say "Yo" with me.
"...Seriously? Now you guys are gonna imitate my greeting?" I asked the Holostars as they giggled.
"I mean, you literally just say 'Yo.' and then you just go on with your business. That's something you don't see that often in the Holohouse." Roberu said.
"Try saying 'konnichiwa' to the others for once. We never heard you say a normal greeting usually." Temma elbowed me a bit.
"Eurgh...okay." I said as I looked at the others. My eyes fell on Mel.
"Konnichiwa." I said.
"There we go!" Some of the boys said as Temma went and ruffled my hair as we continued walking.
"Oi! Stop it!" I said as I tried to get his hand off while Temma giggled.
~~Mel's POV~~
"Mel-chan, come to my apartment this evening at the same time again, okay?~" Was the last message I got from the guy who forced me to have sex with him everytime he messaged me.
The time it was sent was 5:24 PM, back in March 1st.
I frowned a bit and clenched my phone.
'How strange...these past few days, he hasn't been giving me a message or anything. He'd usually take a break for a day or two, but up until today, March 4? I'm happy, but...I'm scared as well. I'm scared as to when he might message me again.' I thought.
"Hmm? What might that be all about, Mel-senpai?" I heard behind me.
"WAHAH!" I shouted as I frantically tried to grasp for my phone that almost jumped out from my hand.
I looked back to see Rushia looking at me with a tilted head as she crept over the couch's backrest.
"D-Did you see what was on screen?" I asked.
"I saw something about meeting in an apartment in your messages. Sorry." She giggled nervously and scratched her head.
Hearing that statement made me sigh and groan a bit internally. I sat back down while turning my phone off.
"I hope you didn't see more than that…" I said.
"Hmm? Well, I wasn't able to see more than that, so...you're good." She giggled nervously.
"Though...was that your boyfriend?" Rushia asked.
"A-Ah, no! That's just a male friend. Hehe." I giggled nervously.
"Oh, really? Where's he from?"
'I guess it might be okay to just tell her the location and then lie about the rest.' I thought.
"He's from Kanagawa, Kawasaki."
"...Eh? Kawasaki?" She asked.
"Hmm? What's wrong?" I said.
"D-Does the guy wear glasses and have a mole near his right eye?"
I widened my eyes a bit.
"Y-Yeah…" I said without giving much thought, which then made me remember that I was supposed to lie about it, but I ended up telling the truth.
"Does he look really really thin?"
"Yeah. He looks very skinny."
"Does he go back to his apartment around 4 in the afternoon sometimes?"
"I don't really know...but he usually messages me around 5 PM 'cause he's busy with work. Why?"
"..." Rushia leaned closer to me, putting her hands together to form a small cup as she put it near my ear.
"You think we could talk about this for a bit?"
"Eh? S-Sure, but...why?"
"I just wanna talk about it for a bit." She said as she went back to her original position.
"Hey, you think I can go talk to Mel-senpai for a bit?" Rushia asked her genmates.
"Okay!" They said.
"Thanks!" She said as she stood up, slowly made her way out, and I also made my way out of my side.
"Matsuri-chan. Excuse me for a while, okay?" I said as I passed through Matsuri and Luna.
"Un!" She said.
Me and Rushia finally got out from the couches and Rushia held my hand.
"First though, I'd like to bring somebody else with me. Is it okay?"
"Oh? Okay…"
'I wonder why she'd bring me somewhere else to discuss about this...?' I thought.
She dragged me along as we went closer to the local area of the Holostars' rooms. She proceeded to knock on the door 3 times and say "Shiro-niichan! Are you busy?"
After a while, we heard faint footsteps coming towards the door, and the door opened as we saw the now-trending white-haired Vtuber, Ishijin Shiro, look at us with his fiery red eyes.
"Oh? Mel? What brings you two here?" Shiro asked.
"I'd like to talk to you a bit about something regarding Mel-senpai. Can we talk about it in your room?"
"Hmm...okay."
~~Shiro's POV~~
I let the two girls in and sighed.
"So? What is it?" I asked as I closed the door.
"Well...remember those guys? The three that we took care of before?" Rushia said.
I widened my eyes a bit.
"What about it? What does that have to do with Mel?"
"Well...Mel-senpai. I have a picture about me and three men that I had…'connections' with. Here are their faces." Rushia said as she got her phone and did something. I'm assuming she would go to her gallery, since she talked about photos.
"Hmm?" Mel said.
"...Here." Rushia said as she showed her a pic on her phone which made Mel widen her eyes. She snatched the phone quickly without giving Rushia enough time to react as she looked at it with her unsteady breath.
"I-Is that male friend of yours that guy with the glasses in the picture...?" Rushia asked.
"...Yes. It's him."
I squinted my eyes a bit and went closer to them.
"You know a guy with glasses and a mole below his right eye?"
"Y-Yeah…" Mel said as she gave the phone back to Rushia.
"...So I guess you went through the same thing too, huh?" Rushia asked.
"Same thing...?" Mel asked.
"Sex." Shiro said.
Mel looked at me with wide eyes as Rushia frowned a bit and held her left arm.
"That guy did some really disgusting shit to you, didn't he?"
Mel looked down after I said that and clenched her fists. I could even see some tears dropping from her face towards the floor. I couldn't even see her eyes that much since her bangs and hair covered both of her eyes almost completely.
"...Yes…"
She held both of her hands and still kept on with the same clenching strength. I bet she's recalling every single bitter memory of her and that guy.
"Almost everyday...since that day he met me and blackmailed me...I couldn't do anything except become his onahole...The worst part is…"
She looked at me in the eyes like she wanted me to react somehow. I may be misogynistic, but I'm not an asshole. Mel, even though you're a woman, seeing dipshits like those deserve to be in jail...that's how I want the world to be.
A world without bad things happening to souls that could've had their innocence intact, like Mel...the more that I think about it actually, the more I want to maim those guys.
"The worst part is that...I'm not a virgin anymore…"
I widened my eyes a bit.
"Oh...so THAT happened to you as well, huh?"
"M-Mel-senpai? I'll admit, I did go through the same thing as you, but...I've never had my 'thing' touched by anything…" Rushia said.
"Well...at least you didn't end up with an unlucky situation...unlike mine…" Mel said.
'I get Mel's point. She must've held such a grudge against him for taking her first time that could've been somebody else's, and especially because she's forced to be a sex slave to that guy...wait a minute...!'
"Wait, you said 'blackmailed'. What do you mean 'blackmailed'?"
"H-He said that if I were to become his onahole, he'd keep my identity as 'Yozora Mel' a secret from the internet...and so, almost every night, I would go to his apartment dressed up in something nice, only to then have my tits and ass be defiled as he inserted his thing inside me...!"
"No matter how much I wanted to get out, no matter how much I hated it, no matter how much I wish he would die...!"
Mel sniffed a bit while still keeping eye contact. I clenched my fists slightly, but I unclenched it afterwards.
"...There was nothing else I could do, since he'll just expose me in the end. Even if I call the cops on him, he could've exposed me on the internet at the last minute...so I just had to follow his orders like the 'obedient bitch' I am…"
"Mel-senpai…" Rushia said as she held her shoulder. Mel changed her view from me to Rushia.
"...Well, you don't have to worry about a thing, Mel." I said as I put my hand on her head.
"E-Eh?" She blushed a bit and looked back at me.
"Those three guys? They're pulling their ass hairs off in prison." I giggled a bit.
I patted her head a bit and she blushed a bit more.
"W-Why are you putting your hand on top of my head? Stop it!" She said as she grabbed it and held it as my hand was left hanging in the air.
"Well, I just wanted you to know that, just like Rushia, you don't have to worry about anything bad happening to you anymore."
I got my hand away from Mel's grasp.
"From now on, just tell me if anything is bothering you. I'll protect you like the way I did for Rushia."
"Un. That's right, Mel-senpai!" Rushia said.
"H-Huh?"
"You see...that fat guy? I used to do a lot of stuff for him too...but when Shiro-niichan came, and I vented out my problems to him...he did not lie about being there for me."
Rushia smiled while closing her eyes.
"He really went in and put them into their place! He really saved me from a great burden, and if you've seen a few clips, he was willing to pay off the rest of my father's operation! I didn't even ask for it, yet he did it all because he wanted to."
"Rushia…" Mel said as her gaze shifted back to me.
Mel smiled a bit.
"Shiro-kun...a-are you really gonna protect me and make sure nothing bad will happen to me again?"
"Well...if you want me to. You can always decline...but that'd be stupid, since I'm also stupid." I chuckled.
"Even if you say no, I'd run to anybody that needs help!"
I pounded my right fist to my chest while grinning under my mask.
"That's the principle of Ishijin Shiro! I shall help whoever I see needs help! And I'm willing to do the same for you, Mel!"
Mel looked at me for a second before finally giggling a bit.
"I see...When I feel like I'm drowning in the ocean, you'll come diving to save me, okay?"
"Un!" I chuckled.
"There's one thing that makes me wonder though…" I said.
"Hmm?" Rushia and Mel said.
"If that fat guy did Rushia, and that glasses guy did you, Mel, then...did that other guy do something to another girl...?"
They widened their eyes a bit.
"Now that you mention it, there might be a pattern to this…" Mel said.
"As far as I heard their conversations in the past, Shiro-niichan, no." Rushia said.
"Oh...That's why you acted a bit different when I said he was from Kawasaki." Mel said.
"I don't know much about his history...so I don't think I could help much too, Shiro-kun." Mel continued.
"Hmm…" I grabbed my chin.
'Shit. I freed Mel and Rushia from torture, but if that other guy happened to do another girl too, then who would that be? Another Hololiver? A Vtuber? Or somebody else entirely...?' I thought.
"...Well, in any case, at least those three were put in jail now, so if there was another girl, then she's safe along with you two."
"Well...you're not wrong." Rushia said as she smiled.
"Yeah! I mean, if those three are now gone, then that girl is surely in the same situation as us!"
"Un." I chuckled.
"Well, if you girls don't mind, I got some business to do. Like you know, debut preparation and such." I said.
"Ah, sorry to disturb you, Shiro-niichan!" Rushia said.
"O-Oh, I didn't know you were busy!" Mel said.
"Nah, I wasn't THAT busy, but I would like to go back to my business, so...you know." I chuckled.
"Well, in that case…" They said.
They both bowed a bit.
"We shall be going now. Thank you for your time." They said as they talked to each other for a bit. Rushia just started asking about what Mel would like to do with the others. Possibly lunch?
I closed the door and sighed a bit as I put my mask on the hook.
"Well...if I'm now excused from everybody else...I guess I'd like to create some music for a while."
I went and did so. Opened FL Studio, pulled up the VST plugin called Spitfire Audio, and I just got my MIDI Keyboard and started playing with random notes. Before Mel and Rushia came into my room, I was listening to some dark trap music. So I thought I could try basing my music from that.
The preset I used in Spitfire Audio was the Moon Guitar preset. I just chose a random key, which then I just chose G minor.
I then just pressed random keys for a melody and…
"...Oh? Oh man…" I said as I played the same notes. It was G, D, and Eb.
After playing the melody for a while, and adding a few more keys to add variation, I couldn't hold back my inner rapper.
"I'm the General, bitch. Listen to me. I'll put a gun to your head and make you bow to your knees."
"I'm the General, bitch. Listen to me. Even Calli's dirt doesn't add to what I have seen."
"I'm the General, bitch. Listen to me. You never knew all the struggles I have carried along."
"So while we're here, let's have fun. Your chance of winning? None. I'll show exactly what it means when you carry a ton! HOO SHIT!" I said as I clapped and elbowed downwards.
"Goddamn! That was just a random idea, but FUCK, MAN! LET'S GOOO!" I said as I continued on with the idea, trying out whatever I could for the music project.
Although, I did multitask a bit, and did some Twitter stuff, just making sure to interact a bit with everybody in Twitter. More fanart than usual, a lot of followers, and quite a lot of questions being asked by fans. Jesus, 1k followers? I like that, however, I hope Twitter won't think that it's bots...that'd be troublesome for my account.
After it was around 11:20, I decided to go out and go buy myself some lunch. Just when I was about to go out of the Holohouse though…
"Oi! Wait for a bit, please!" I heard a voice to my left, which was at the stairs.
"Hmm? Oh, Subaru?"
"Hah...you're gonna buy lunch? Let me come too!" She pouted.
"Um...okay?" I sweat dropped.
'Why does she look a bit angry though?'
"It's not fair for other girls to always spend time with you! Don't you know what 'balance' means, Shiro-kun?!" Subaru said.
"...E-Eh?!" I jumped a bit while blushing.
'W-Wait, what? Wait, what?! WAIT, WHAT?! She's angry 'cause I haven't been spending time with her...?! Don't tell me she's…'
I cleared my throat while making sure to really emphasize the clearing sound.
"W-Well, if you're ready, how about we go now, huh? Hehehe…"
'Nah...there's no way she likes me...but if she does…'
I shook my head a bit and groaned to myself.
'The hell, Shiro? She's just an acquaintance! Nothing more! It's not like she likes you that way anyway…' I thought to myself as I looked at her face, observing its rather feminine-like features despite her being quite boyish.
She clung to my arm and pouted.
"Let's talk a lot as we go out, okay?"
"O-Okay…"
We went towards the bridge and called for a taxi. As we did so, we conversed. So far, nothing quite unordinary. We just talked about stuff we did. Apparently, she was amazed to hear my freestyle from the cafeteria earlier. Although she wasn't there, Risu apparently gave her a recorded video of me freestyling in the cafeteria. She couldn't understand it, but nonetheless, was amazed at it.
It did give me a small smile.
We finally got into the taxi...and her mood immediately changed from happy to pouty girlfriend-ish, even though she's not my girlfriend. She just crossed both her arms and legs as she looked out her window.
"E-Ergh...? Subaru, why're you angry again?" I sweat dropped.
"Shiro-kun...!" She said without changing her position.
"Hmm?"
"Do you like me?"
"...W-W-W-WHAT?!" I said while blushing hard.
'SUBARU, YOU FUCKING-' I thought as my mind thought of so many possibilities that she could say afterwards. She could say she would like me to make her my girlfriend, or maybe she's asking if I like her as a friend? Nonetheless, I shall reply to it!
"Do you like me?" She asked me once again.
"Y-Yeah...?" I said as I looked away for a bit.
"R-Really?!" She said as she uncrossed her legs and looked at me.
"Of course."
"Y-YATTA!~~" She said as she instantly clung to my arm. I felt some bounciness around my elbow and I turned red even more.
"O-OI! WHAT'RE YOU DOING?!"
"That's good...! I thought that you were getting too friendly with the other girls that you might start to not see me as a fun friend anymore...!"
"...Huh?" I sweat dropped and deadpanned.
"I mean...you see me as a fun friend, right...?"
"...Y-Yeah…" I said as I looked out the window
"...Hmph!" She pouted again.
"Are you angry 'cause I was angry?" Subaru asked as she tried to grab my face to turn it towards her direction, but to no avail.
"No." I stated that with a bit of air in it.
"Hmph...! You sound angry!"
"I'm not."
"You are!"
"I'm not."
"You are!"
'Oh god...we're gonna be in this loop forever, aren't we?' I thought and sweat dropped.
Well...I mean, it's a good thing that she doesn't like me that way, right?
'...Right?' I thought as I slightly clenched my right hand.
We bought lunch, but this time, takeout, and we rode back towards the school. We did buy a few snacks though. As for me, I just bought monster energy drinks and a hand of bananas. I also bought myself just a few more vegetables, since I thought of trying to cook myself some dinner for tonight.
Though, we did take some time in the mall, since I bought Subaru a drink, so we were held back for a while, which resulted to the time being around 12:30. So, as you would expect…
"I should've known a lot of students would be having lunch outside…" I said to myself as I looked around, seeing everybody look at me and Subaru.
"Yeah...there's quite a lot of girls outside…" Subaru giggled.
"...Oh?" I mumbled as I heard something to my left side. I didn't change my gaze though. I just walked a bit slowly as I tried to listen to something…
"Hey, now's your chance! Go ask him the question!" Girl 1 said.
"E-Eh? But look! He's busy! Besides, he's carrying things! I can't be in the way!" Girl 2 said.
"But it's not everyday he might be out in the open like this!" Girl 1 said.
"I agree! C'mon! Just at least try to give him a bit of a heads-up or something!" Girl 3 said.
"...Do you mind holding these for me for a bit, Subaru?" I asked as I handed my plastic bags to her.
"Oh? O-Okay…" She said as she held onto it as she slowed down and looked at me.
I faced towards the girls that were hesitant to ask me something, and they began to freak out more and more as I got closer. I finally got close enough that we were about a step away from each other.
"So...I heard you girls talking about me." I said to the 5 girls.
"A-A-A-A-A-" All of them stuttered.
"Heh. Honestly, I'm not bothered. Just make it quick. What is it that you'd like to ask from me?"
"P-P-P-P-P-P-" Girl 1 said as she bowed in a pure 90-degree angle, which made me step back once.
"PLEASE GIVE US SOME TIPS IN THE WAYS OF RAPPING!"
'...Oh, that's what it was.' I sweat dropped.
"Well...I guess I could make time for you. I'm just gonna give tips and that's it, right?"
"W-W-Wait, are you really gonna...!!"
"Yeah, I think I could. Please come with us for a bit though. I do gotta finish my personal business first before I can take care of other business."
"I-I-I-Is it really okay?!"
"Mhmm. It's okay. Don't be shy." I chuckled.
She started hyperventilating as the other girls also hyperventilated.
"I-IT'S AN HONOR TO HAVE THE GREAT ISHIJIN SHIRO TEACH US!" They all said as they went into dogeza.
"O-Oi! Stand up! You don't have to go to that extent!" I shouted as I blushed a bit.
'Hah...so it's true. They really treat us Hololivers like some sort of God.' I deadpanned.
I knew idolatry was like this in Japan, but...holy shit, this is the first time I experienced this in Japan.
I got the bags from Subaru back, and we started walking towards the Holohouse with the 5 girls. When me and Subaru finally went back to our rooms and put our stuff into its designated place, I went back outside, and me and the 5 girls went to the mini-park.
"So...before we do what we intended to do, mind giving me an introduction?"
"Oh, sure! My name is Fiona!" Girl 1 said.
"My name is Yoru!" Girl 2 said.
"I'm Asako!" Girl 3 said.
"My name is Mia!" Girl 4 said.
"And I'm Nozomi!" Girl 5 said.
They all bowed and said "Yoroshiku onegaishimasu!"
"Heh. Well, I'm Ishijin Shiro, Holostar's V-Rapper. Yoroshiku." I said.
"So...are you all aspiring rappers?" I asked.
"Yes! All of us are!" Fiona said.
"You know, we're actually huge fans of yours! Ever since the day you came in and showed a great performance at the stage, we instantly fell in love!" Nozomi said.
"Yeah, and we plan to be one of the first members to join the Shiro Fan Club as soon as you debut!" Mia said.
"I see...well, before I get into tips, I want to ask one question for you all."
"Hmm?" They all said.
"Who can speak English among you all?"
"Well...only me, Fiona, and Asako, and even then, the only one who's REALLY fluent is Fiona!" Mia said.
"I see...well, the reason I asked that is because English and Japanese rap can have different rules and ways of doing it. Don't fret though, since it's rather not too different. Just that it's done differently."
"So, general tips when rapping. There are so called 'priorities' when making a song in general. Message, then rhymes. In rap, there's a third called 'flow'. So when making raps, you gotta be coherent first. Get your message straight. Once you established the message, do the rhymes, since rhymes are what makes a song a 'song'. Finally, make your flows good. Don't settle on just one flow. Do multiple flows if possible, and if you sound off-beat, I suggest you try studying multiple rappers as to how they flow when rapping. You can learn a lot from just listening and rapping along, you know?"
"Hai!" They said.
"Alright...now to go into specific tips for each language." I said.
"You girls know multisyllabic rhyming? It's basically rhymes, but instead of one syllable, it's two or more syllables rhyming. So, instead of something like 'dog' and 'log', you say 'speaker' and 'hear her'. Right?"
"Ah, hai!" They said.
"So you would make rhymes like 'annual', 'casual', 'manual', 'national', any word that has that 'a-u-al' sound, to make multi-syllabic rhyming, okay?"
"Got it!" They said.
"For you two that can't speak English, in Japanese, you don't necessarily have to make multisyllabic rhyming for verbs. You could if you want to, but the beauty of those rhymes would lie in what's called 'internal rhymes'. You ever heard of that term before?"
They shook their head.
"It's where you rhyme before the end of a line. So you would say something like 'DAMN, said I'm BACK again. To whoop ASS, the blicka BLAST from the RATCHET, man.' You get it?" I asked the three who could speak English.
"Ah! Hai, hai!" They said.
"Right? For you two, it would be something like what R-Shitei would rap, like 'maiku o nigiru TE FURUETEru kashi o TSUZURU PEN', right? Even if you can't rhyme at the end 'cause of Japanese grammar rules, if you emphasize the syllables more on words other than verbs, and END with those words, you can apply the same rules of multisyllabic rhyming into Japanese rap."
"Ah, yes! We get it!" They said.
"Alright, next tip, punchlines. So...let's say you want to say 'my pen will make the earth shake', right?"
"Humu humu!" They said.
"You can't just say 'Yeah, my lyrics can make the earth shake', because that's too bland. It can't make a person gasp, it has no shock value, it's just a plain line that even a kindergarten could make, BUT...!"
"What does 'earth shake' reference to? Earthquakes, right? What causes earthquakes? Volcanic eruptions, tectonic plates, and a bunch of other stuff. So going with that...instead of saying 'my lyrics can make the earth shake', you instead say something like…'About to cause an eruption, yeah my lyrics will make the earth shake.', right?"
"AH! THAT MAKES SENSE!" They said.
"No wonder we've been getting critiqued by some friends for some bland lyrics! There's not enough build-up for the lyrics!" Fiona said.
"Yeah! That's why it's called a 'punchline'. You build up the tension by adding content to something, then you say this one line that releases all that tension. So instead of saying 'Yeah, Shiro is the best', you would instead say 'Number 1 trending on Spotify. Shiro is the best.' Because it's intended to be at least a bit 'witty'."
"Lastly, delivery. There's flow, volume, and delivery. Flow refers to when you hit words and it sounds smooth, Volume obviously refers to your voice's volume, and Delivery refers to both your pronunciation and pitch. So Flow would be like 'DAMN, said I'm BACK aGAIN to whoop ASS the blicka BLAST'. Delivery would be like "Snap BACK TO REality. OH, THERE GOES gravity. OH, there goes rabbit, he CHOKED'. And Volume is "They used to pick on a legend, now they're ALL ON MY BIZ, APOLOGIZING EVERY SECOND, TELLING ME TO JUST PRETEND THAT THEY WERE THREATENED BY MY PRESENCE.'"
"So, to recap. Get your message down first, then your rhymes, and then your flow. Practice your multisyllable rhymes, which are rhymes that rhyme for more than 2 syllables, like 'lover', 'brother', 'father', and your internal rhymes, which are words that rhyme before the end of a line. Improve your punchlines by setting it up before saying the witty punchline, and lastly, your delivery. That's all for my tips in rapping!"
"Woah! You really are quite proficient in rapping, aren't you?" Fiona said.
"Well, although I studied a lot of Hiphop when I was young, I still have a lot to improve right now."
I looked at them from left to right.
"You girls study well in music too. Although you might not be considered the best, what matters in music is innovation, not recognition. Do well in taking my advice and doing your own research too, okay?"
"Hai! Shiro-sama!" They said.
'S-Shiro-sama...?' I sweat dropped.
"Well, I gotta go back now and continue my own business. It was fun teaching some people some tips in rapping. Make sure to share my advice to anybody that needs help in rapping, okay?"
"Hai!" They said.
"Well, I'll be on my way now." I said as I started walking towards the Holohouse. The girls walked past me and they screeched a lot.
"Oh my God! I can't believe he wanted to talk with us! AAAHHH!" Mia said.
"He knows a lot about rap! Even R-Shitei!" Asako said.
"He's really really cool! AH!! I'M SO GONNA BE THE FIRST TO BUY ALL HIS MERCH WHEN IT'S FINALLY RELEASED!" Fiona said.
"No fair! I'll be the first one!" Nozomi said.
"I'll buy his merch AND his albums!" Yoru said.
"NO FAIR!" The others said.
'Well...as expected of fans…' I sweat dropped.
Now...I wonder what other shenanigans I might get involved in today?
