Nami's Note: This translation is for anyone that wants to read manga. Don't redistribute this translation for your site, commercial use, or anything I consider inappropriate. If you like this story, you could be supporting the author by buying this manga^-^ "Five!" is copyrighted to Yoshihara Nozomi and Shueisha. Signs: (THINKING) [ACTION] ***** = change in time or place Five! Chapter 2 The class list for class A #34 Kirio Akira #17 Bettsho Atsurou #10 Shikura Manabu #11 Shimizu Kouta #32 Igarashi Noriko In class Noriko: (Why did we have to be in the same class!!!) [Noriko is sitting between Kouta and Atsurou.] (I never wanted to see them again...) Kouta: Yoh, you're a student here too? Guitarist from 'pink papas'. Other students: Guitar? Noriko: (No-----) [She pushes him out in the hallway.] Kouta: Oww, what do you want? Noriko: In this school, don't tell anybody that I'm in a band. Got it? Kouta: Why? Noriko: Because!! (Oh gosh, this is trouble.) ***** Girl 1: Hey hey, did you see the three from class A? Girl 2: Yah I know about them. People who came this year right? Girl 3: I'm in the same class and you know Shikura Manabu? The guy with long hair. He's so amazing. Today in English class, he read the pages and his pronounciation was so good. And the other two in gym, they were scoring point after point in basket ball. Girls: They're so great!!! ***** At the dormitory in Noriko and Kirio's room Kirio: Amazing, thoes three are the centre of attentions now. Seems like no one knows that they're the guys from SPARK though. Noriko: This is so not funny. What if every one finds out that I'm in a band... Kirio: Well unlike other students, you've got a special reson to be an "honor student". Just watch out. [Opens the window.] [Noriko jumps out of the window.] ?: Oww!! [Noriko realize that she is on top of Kouta.] ***** Kouta: You.... That hurts!! Noriko: I didn't think you'd be down there. Kirio: You guys sliped away from the dorm to practise too? Shikura: Yes. But I was surprised that the curfew at that dorm is 7 p.m. Kirio: Yah, our school is pretty strict about thoes kinds of rules. Shikura: So did you guys thought about it? About joining with our band. No need to rush with the response. Or! Why don't you girls hear us play for once. How about it Kouta? Kouta: What would you have done if my bass was damaged!! Huh!? Noriko: That's why I'm appologizing!! Takeshi: Kouta? Hey it's you, plus Shikura and Bettsho. Noriko: Who's that? A friend? Kouta: Not at all. He's the one that left our band. He was the guitarist. The name is... Kouta, Atsurou and Shikura: Igaguri-kun. Note: They call him Igaguri because his head looks like one. Igaguri is a chestnuts in burrs. Takeshi: It's Yamashita Takeshi!! Well you guys haven't changed. So have you found a new member yet? Don't you just regret that you made me leave the band? Kouta, Atsurou and Shikura: No way. Kouta: You were in the band only because you wanted attentions from the girls. You never came to practises anyways. Takeshi: !! [Throws the tickets to Kouta's face.] Kouta: Oww, what's this? Takeshi: It's the tickets for my band's live tonight!! You jerks just come and watch! I'll make you guys regret that you made me leave! You guys have lots of spare time anyways, don't you? [The last remark made Kouta and Atsurou angry.] Shikura: So, what do we do? Kouta: Sure, we can go. Noriko: There are tickets for us too. Kirio: Wanna go? ***** At the live house Noriko: Wow, it's pretty crowded. [By an audience, Noriko was bumped into Kouta.] Noriko: Woh. ! Why are you close to me? Kouta: Look. Noriko: Get away from me. [She is trying to push Kouta away, in the crowd.] Kouta: Just listen. You're the one that came to me. Takeshi: Well then, next we have our new song to perform. And... Before that, today I have called in special guests. The band I used to be in! The three from SPARK!!! Well get up here and do a song for us SPARK. Noriko: (What?) Kouta: That guy! Shikura: He knows that we don't have enough members. I guess he wants to embarass us. Noriko: (He has a bad character alright. What a jerk.) Can you guys play Aerosmith's Nine Lives? Kouta: Huh? Yah. Noriko: Great, let's go!! Kirio: Noriko!? [Noriko gets up on the stage.] Takeshi: !? Who are you. Noriko: I'll just borrow the microphone. Ok, before SPARK does one song, there's one announcement to be made. [The others are coming up on the stage too.] Kirio: Hey Noriko, what are you planning to do? [Noriko pulls Kirio's arm.] Noriko: We are the new members of SPARK just joined recently. Igarashi Noriko and Kirio Akira. Takeshi: !? Kirio: Noriko. Noriko: Just to tell you, it's just for now, K? Come on, let's do this. Kouta: Well you showed him. Alright! Let's go guys!! [They all start playing.] Noriko: (At that moment, I heard their sound for the first time. This feeling vibrating in the heart! These guys...) [They finished the song and the crowd is roaring.] Guy: Hey they got a better reaction from the crowd than us. Kouta: Hey you, Igaguri!!! If you make a fool out of us SPARK, you'll pay for it good! Atsurou! You tell him a word or two. Atsurou: ......... Huge Marimo. Takeshi: Grrrrr ***** Out side on the road Kouta: Did you see his face? Atsurou: A masterpiece. Kirio: Hey Noriko. [She holds on to Noriko's hand.] This was the first time we've played together. But don't you think that we were musically in tune? Noriko: (The vibe passes from our hand to hand. We want to do music with them! Well for now here formed the new SPARK!!)