As we got backstage I looked for Hichigo before I saw him and said “hey… do you want to call them here?”
“You mean the other performers? Sure!” said Hichigo as he used Sonido to disappear and reappear again with the others who collapsed breathing heavily, “sorry forgot to tell them to hold their breaths.”
“I actually meant my mum and brother,” I admitted.
“Oh….. how do I do that?”
I then smiled as he tossed him two tokens, one which looked like a pair of crossed swords and other that looked like a pin with a water like symbol on it, before he said “Using their tokens maybe?”
“Okay then hehe. So do I just call them or do I have to say something specific? I haven’t heard anything from the tokens yet.”
Two voice then rang out the first that said “My name is Asuna, The Berserk Healer and the protector of the innocent. If you are ever in danger and need someone to support you through the good and the bad just say my name and I will be by your side.” Then a second voice said “My name is Kirito, The Twin Blade Swordsman or the Black Swordsman. If you ever need a warrior willing to lay his life down for the innocent just say my name and I will come to your aid.”
“Well alright then. Come Asuna and Kirito!” shouted Hichigo as he tossed the two tokens.
Seconds later two portals opened before two human like Displaced fell onto the ground before the first said “Alright Kirito, why do we always get dragged through portals, just tell me that.”
“Because the Multiverse hates us, that’s why.”
“Well that was quite an entrance. Not as good as mine but I give it a seven.” said Hichigo
“Sorry you are?” Kirito asked.
“Another brother for you Kirito,” I replied as he looked towards me before he said “Wait… what the hell, Craig… I swear it wasn’t your voice i heard… and what do you mean by another brother?”
“Hichigo… I’ll let you explain i need to get ready to go on stage.”
Hichigo looked at the two new Displaced and smiled, “hey there I’m Hichigo! And apparently your new brother since I accepted the offer from Craig. I’m another Displaced like you guys only I came into my Equestria as the Hollow version of Ichigo Kurosaki from Bleach. I know who you two are but I would like it if you introduced yourselves please.”
“Well… I’m Kirito… Craig younger brother from before he was Displaced… and wait Hichigo… you're the one Church was calling for when he was drunk.”
“And I’m Asuna there mother from before there Displacements… although I may not look at now.”
“Am I invisible or something!” shouted a third voice.
“Okay what the hell was that? Nice to meet you two by the way but really what was that?”
A shadow that took the form of Sombra then appeared on Kirito’s shoulder before he said “I’m really that forgettable… although I am just a shadow of my former self now.”
“.... so that’s what happened to you! Well you got it better than the Sombra from my Equestria.”
“You say that but I was mind controlled by a flipping watanabe Fairy King,” Sombra admitted.
“Well the Sombra in my world was killed by yours truly and his head put on a literal pike in the middle of the Empire. Plus he never got a sweat statue.” Replied Hichigo casually.
“I have a statue?” Sombra asked in surprise.
“Of course it’s right next to statues of these two in Celestia’s garden. Haven’t seen it myself but I assume if it’s anything like how I’ve seen in my Equestria it’s pretty amazing.”
“Why would I get a statue… the princess had no trust in me what did it say most useless enemy?’”
“Now you shut up right there man. I will not have you being a depressed shadow while I’m around. Celestia can eat me for all I care cause I think your a great guy.”
“Our sister put no such thing!” shouted a voice from behind them.
“Oh crap its the walking megaphone that speaks in ye ol english! Turn down the volume and use your indoor voice for god’s sake!” shouted Hichigo as he waited for his ears to stop ringing.
“Luna… you are backstage no need to shout the building down,” Craig said as he reappeared.
“Okay my hearing’s back. Now why the hell is Luna backstage to begin with? And where is Celestia?” wondered Hichigo as he started to look around for said solar monarch.
“We are sorry… I guess we we’re just excited to hear Craig perform again, and to answer your question our sister is talking Miss Sparkle outside.”
“Typical. Eggheads of the world unite!”
“Hah, hah… ol Celly is more of a cake person,” Kirito admitted.
“That explains her ‘plump’ backside. Wonder if she has her own cake factory?” wondered Hichigo out loud.
“Well she does have the cooks prepare her a few in the morning… and then there's her vault that has a few in,” Luna admitted with a chuckle.
“..... alright I don’t care what any of you say I am so raiding that vault. Just to see the look on her face after I do.” said Hichigo seriously while also wondering just how good the cake was that Celestia would lock it away in a vault.
“You’d be surprised,” I admitted as Rainbow Dash walked towards us wearing what looked to be a bright blue flightsuit.
“Well someone looks dressed for the job they want! You gonna do your rainboom to start the show?” asked Hichigo.
“That's the plan but I need to see how you were doing… Wait… what are you two doing back here again?”
“Us… we came to watch Craig’s performance and to meet my new son,” Asuna admitted.
“New son… what are you on about?” asked Luna.
“She be speakin of me thank you very much.” said Hichigo with a small wave of his hand.
“Since when?”
“Since now. Also,” started Hichigo before he appeared behind Luna after using Sonido and was rolling around her crown in his hands, “what is this thing made of? I know your sisters is made of gold but what is yours made out of? Onyx?” said Hichigo as he continued to inspect the crown.
“It was made using Ebony,” Luna admitted.
“Well I gotta say your crown looks waaaay better than Celestia’s. Gold is just too unoriginal don’t you agree?” replied Hichigo as he put the crown back on Luna’s head.
“Doesn’t help she uses it for the guards armour… not the strongest material to use,” I admitted “heck I could do better, if I a forge of my own,”
“Still wouldn’t do any good if the guards themselves are pathetic. I mean come on, if the guards were even half as good as they should be guys like us wouldn’t be so needed to handle problems! All their good for is making other uncomfortable with their stoicism.”
“Oh we remember when Craig here defeated them all by himself… my sister really took that badly,” Luna chuckled.
“As she should. The only one any decent is Twilight’s brother and all he’s good for is making a shield!”
“Well I couldn’t Saitama him like I did the other guards,” Craig admitted.
“Doesn’t matter my point still stands, the solar guards suck ass. The lunar guards are much more intimidating in my book. Their freakin bat ponies for crying out loud! Plus their armor isn’t stupid looking either.”
“I don’t know how we can take that?” Luna admitted as she smiled.
Pinkie Pie then ran into the room before she said “I’m not late am I?”
“No Pinkie your ontime,”
“That’s good… oh hello Mrs and Master Rhodes,” Pinkie said with a smile
“And for once you actually speak to them respectfully… I’m surprised.”
“What they are your family and Captains of the old guard… it’s only right I show them respect.”
“Holy god…. Well my mind is officially blown. But I’m still hungry.” said Hichigo as his stomach roared.
Pinkie then smiled as she tossed him a sandwich before she said “I hope you don’t mind chicken do you?”
I then looked at her in surprise before I said “Isn’t meat seen as wrong to eat here?”
“Well partly…. It’s accepted when the people who eat it are carnivores or omnivores,” she admitted.
“I am so happy I could cry… but I won’t so I’ll just settle for saying thank you!” declared Hichigo as he ate the sandwich in one bite and felt his stomach settle.
“Thanks for that Pinkie.”
“No worries, so how are we gonna start?”
“Well Vinyl’s letting is borrow her decks… I want you on them to start,” I admitted.
“But don’t you need two other singers for that one?”
“I’ve got three right behind me.” I declared as I gestured to Kirito, Asuna and Hichigo.
“Okay. I was not expecting that but what the hell I’ll give it a shot.” said Hichigo with a shrug.
“I’m not forcing this on any of you… you can say no if you want… also does the name BlackGryph0n mean anything to you?”
“I don’t mind, and BlackGryph0n does sound familiar.” admitted Hichigo as he tried to remember where he heard that name before.
“Well I brought this incase you didn’t know the guy,” Craig said as he pulled out a silver laptop and placed it on a nearby table before I opened it and began to load it up.
“You still have that! We thought that was stolen when you disappeared!” Asuna shouted.
“Apparently not.”
“I’m still surprised myself,” Rainbow Dash said before she stuttered “Oh Celestia I should have been on minutes ago, i’ve got to go see you in a bit.”
“No worries we’ll see you later,” I said before she flew out the room.
“She always this forgetful?” Kirito asked.
“I would assume so.”
I then smiled before he said “Yes this still works, okay I think this would be the right one,” I said as he clicked on a song that was simply labeled ‘Play.’ before the song came out f the laptop’s speakers.
As the song finished Scootaloo looked at me before she said “wait… why did that sound like Applebloom who was singing?”
“Coincidence kid don’t dig too much into it.”
“If that was a coincidence that Hollow didn’t exist earlier,” Scootaloo argued.
“Oh well… You are aware of what you are back where we came from so there’s no harm in being honest to ya.” I admitted
“Alright then tell her”
“The girl you heard on the track is Applebloom voice actor from the show you were from.”
“Oh… to be fair I should have expected that… eh at least she’s famous there.”
“Technically you're all pretty famous. Even a few background characters are famous like Derpy.” pointed out Hichigo.
“How can she be famous what for breaking everything!” Argued Scootaloo.
“Because people find her crossed eyes adorable!”
“As adorable and me and my friends?” She asked as he gave him the gold old puppydog eyes.
“N-n-n-n- gah! He cuteness is too much!” cried Hichigo as he fell face first on the ground.
“Scoots, stop doing that.”
“Sorry dad, couldn’t help it,” She chuckled.
“Just wait until we start your training kid. I’ll pay you back for that.” chuckled Hichigo evilly.
“Yeah, yeah, I know.” Scootaloo chuckled.
“Now shouldn’t skittles little trick have gone off already?” asked Hichigo.
“Yeah, we should hear Vinyl right… about… now.” I said before she could heard outside, I then smiled and said “anyway, do you remember the guy from the track Hichigo?”
“Well now I do yeah. The few times I went on youtube I listened to him.”
“Do you remember the song getting stronger?” I asked
“The one that has Tirek, Chrysalis and that other guy on the cover? Of course I do!”
“Yep… the other guy was Sombra if I remember correctly.”
“Yeah what about it?”
“Nothing I just remember he was the third person on the cover
“No about the song? You wanna sing it?”
“That's how we planned on starting,” I admitted.
“Well… I don’t remember it,” Asuna admitted.
“Well I do,” Kirito added.
“Well first it starts off with Chrysalis so that’s you Asuna, next I guess would be Kirito and I’ll take the last.” said Hichigo simply.
“If only it was that simple,” Asuna admitted “I don’t know the song… Craig could you take my place?”
“Well yeah easily… I did listen to the song on loop back home.”
“Well now that that’s settled I guess we should get ready to perform. Any wardrobe change I need to know about?” asked Hichigo.
“Right… well you’ll both need this and in terms of wardrobe no… the mayor left it late so I didn’t get anything ready.” I admitted clearly annoyed about the fact…. I then stopped as I realised on fact “Pinkie did we ever sort out a band name?”
“No…. we didn’t… but of an oversight on your part.”
“Don’t remind me… any of you got any ideas?”
“Well let’s think of something that shows a little bit of everyone in the name.” suggested Hichigo as he tried to come up with a name that would work for all of them.
“Well we’re all Displaced… except Pinkie,” I admitted.
“Displacement Theory?” I really got nothing.”
“Hmm… to be fair that actually works for us,” I admitted.
“Yeah Pinkie may as well be displaced with how many weird powers she has.” stated Hichigo gesturing a thumb at said mare.
“Eh… I’ve had worse,” Pinkie admitted with a smile.
“So… Displacement Theory is our name… I actually like it, good going Hichigo.”
“Thanks.” said Hichigo sheepishly.
“No worries,” I replied with a smile before I said “Also Hichigo any songs you want to perform?”
“Well there is one called Show me What you got by Powerman 5000.” said Hichigo offhandedly remembering one of his favorite songs.
“Hmm not i’m i’m familiar with… Pinkie you know it?”
“Yeah… not a dreadful tune… I‘ve heard worse… but is it really suitable for a performance where foals could be?” Pinkie asked.
“Well my fallback is Feel Invincible by Skillet and as far as I know it’s appropriate for foals but I’ll need a female vocalist for certain parts.”
Asuna then chuckled before she said “You can thank Kirito for this but I remember that one.”
“Well then I guess that’s settled.” said Hichigo.
“Okay so we’ll start with with getting Stronger then Feel Invincible and after we’ll decide as we go… everyone okay with that?” Craig asked.
“Yep,” everyone replied with a smile
Asuna then said “So I’ll come in after the first song?”
“Yeah you got it.”
“Yeah I got it to.” said Hichigo.
“Okay the only thing you’ll need are your mic’s and we’ll be set,” I said as I closed my laptop.
“So where are they?” asked Hichigo.
I then smiled before I clicked my fingers as five headsets with mics attached to them.
“Sweet shit my man.”
“I may be new with performing on stage but by no lengths am I under equipped for this.”
“So where do we set up cause I think Vinyl’s performance is coming to a close soon.” asked Hichigo.
“Don’t worry I’ve got that sorted,” I replied with a smile.
“Well why don’t we get this show on the road then huh?” exclaimed Hichigo.
“Well get your headsets we should be on soon,” I replied
Mayor Mare then walked in and said “Craig I hope you're ready you’ll be on in five… also… what was your band's name?”
“The band’s name is called Displacement Theory,” I replied calmly.
“Displacement Theory… it’s different I’ll admit,” Mayor Mare replied calmly. “Anyway you better get ready you’ll be on soon.” and with that she walked out the room.
“You guys ready for this?” asked Hichigo with a bit of excitement in his voice.
“Umm… I guess so,” I admitted.
“Asperger's flaring up again Craig?” Asuna asked.
“Yeah... it is.”
“Just calm down man. We’re gonna do great!” said Hichigo putting a hand on Craig’s shoulder.
“I know,” I replied before placing my headset on before I smiled.
“Alright then.” said Hichigo as he put on his own headset.
“You got it,” Kirito agreed before changing his form into his SAO style and doing the same.
“Same here,” Asuna added as she held hers in her hand before she said “I’ll drop mine on when you call me out.”
“Okay then… Pinks you ready?”
“Yep,” she replied as she placed her own set on that had her cutie mark on the side of the headphones.
“So when do we have to go on again?” Hichigo questioned as he didn’t hear any music currently coming from the stage, “the Mayor going to announce us or do we announce ourselves?”
“The Mayor's gonna call us on, Pinkie you get to the decks.”
“You got it she replied before disappearing out the door.”
“I wonder if she knows Flash Step? No ponies legs should be able to move that fast without breaking apart.” muttered Hichigo.
“It is Pinkie so who knows,” I admitted.
Scootaloo then looked at me before she said “I’ll be outside watching you, have fun.”
“As will we,” Luna replied before placing Scootaloo on her back in her magic before she walked out the room.
“See ya after the show!” Hichigo said as he waved them off.
“Well then shall we get to the stage?”
Kirito then smirked before he said “Let's a go.”
“Way ahead of you guys. See on stage!” said Hichigo using his most favored technique to disappear.
“Okay then,” I replied before we all left the room.
Once we reached the side of the stage we saw Hichigo standing just out of view of actual ordinance before I said “Okay then, now we just need to wait for the Mayor to call us onto the stage.”
“Well alright then. I'm pretty excited about this.” said Hichigo as he shifted his feet in anticipation.
“You ever been on a stage before?” I asked.
“It’s pretty amazing, I used to be a drummer in a band before Craig got Displaced,” Kirito admitted as he smiled at the memories of his band.
“Eh I’ve been on stage a few times. Usually with my brother though so with you guys its gonna be a bit new for me.” admitted Hichigo.
“You never know… he could have been Displaced as well heck we all were at different times,” I admitted.
“Maybe. We actually went to the same con with him as the original Ichigo and me as Hichigo. I hope he’s alright.” said Hichigo sadly remembering his brother and how excited he was going to that con.
“You know it’s funny we went to our Con to remember Craig and his father after they went missing… in fact we never have found any trace of him,” Asuna said sadly.
“Hey you may get lucky. Weirder things have happened.” said Hichigo
“Yeah, keep your chin up mum,” I replied with a smile.
We then looked up as he heard the Mayor begin to say “I hope you have had an amazing day everypony, to close off our festivities we have a performance from our local hero and his band.”
“God dammit, i’m not a hero,” I groaned.
“Most people would disagree with you.” said Hichigo with a grin.
“I would also like to thank both Princess Celestia and Princess Luna for taking time out of there day to actually come and watch our small town's performance.”
“Not like enough happens that they wouldn’t want to keep an eye on this place.”
“True that. This place has more incidents that the city of Detroit.” deadpanned Hichigo.
“Along with the fact that Twilight and her friends are here… they are as much as it pains me to say it her greatest weapons.”
“Especially when Twilight’s used as a rifle by Pinkie. Now that’s just so funny I’m even tempted to try it.” said Hichigo before taking on a thinking pose.
“Yeah, yeah,” I chuckled.
“Damn now I really want to try. How much trouble would I get into if I did that?” asked Hichigo.
“No idea,” I replied with a smile.
“So without further adue I would like to welcome onto the stage Displacement Theory,” Mayor Mare said before beginning to walk off the stage as the first song began to play before we slowly made our way onto the stage.
My return is a mystery, thought you had control of me, I'm offended that you're so surprised. That first defeat was a practice round, But I pulled myself off the ground, And I've already planned your demise. I sang calmly.
I won't stop fighting cause I'm not done yet. You're gonna regret, This time I won't let you forget. Kirito continued.
You're not gonna get away this time, I'll strike when you're blind, You'll awake just to find you are mine. Hichigo sang almost sinisterly.
You thought you won, Thought the battle was over, But I, I, I, I'm just getting stronger. Enjoy your freedom, It won't last much longer, Cause I, I, I, I keep getting stronger. myself and Kirito sang together.
When the sky turns to grey, When the light fades away, Kirito sang.
You will say, I just keep getting stronger! I sang much louder than before.
You can try to prepare, Or attack if you dare, Hichigo sang.
I don't care, cause I'm just getting stronger, I sang holding the last note.
I, I, I, I'm just getting stronger! I, I, I, I'm just getting stronger! I, I, I, I'm just getting stronger! I, I, I, I'm just getting stronger! we all sang.
I am the nightmare that replays in your head, I am the shadow lurking under your bed. And when I lose it's never really the end, You should have known I'd have a plan for revenge. myself and Kirito sang in sections.
And I won't stop fighting cause I'm not done yet, You're gonna regret, This time I won't let you forget. You're not, gonna get away this time, I'll strike when you're blind, You'll awake just to find, you are mine. we all sang.
You thought you won, Thought the battle was over, But I, I, I, I'm just getting stronger. Enjoy your freedom, It won't last much longer , Cause I, I, I, I keep getting stronger.
When the sky turns to grey, When the light fades away, You will say, I just keep getting stronger! Stronger every day, Stronger every day… I, I, I, I keep getting stronger! I, I, I, I keep getting stronger! I, I, I, I keep getting stronger! I, I, I, I keep getting stronger! We all sang separately.
As the song finished I walked up to the front of the stage before I said “Well… That was an experience… A new one for me at that, I would honestly like to thank each of you for actually sticking around for us.”
“Come on Craig you know as well as I do they couldn’t resist the chance for some entertainment that doesn’t involve property damage as is usually the case.” said Hichigo with a grin.
“Fine… Fine, anyway that is Hichigo and he will be performing with someone that some of you may recognise. I would like to welcome Asuna onto the stage.” I said before Asuna walked on as I picked up a guitar that was resting at the side of the stage as I nodded to Hichigo.
Hichigo stepped up to the front of the stage to address the crowd, “alright everyone this song is a personal favorite of mine from one of my favorite bands and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!” declared Hichigo as he signaled for the music to start.
I then nodded to Pinkie and Kirito as they nodded to me as Kirito jumped onto a drum kit, before they started to perform Feel Invincible by Skillet.
Target on my back, lone survivor lasts, They got me in their sights. No surrender no, trigger fingers go, Living the dangerous life started Hichigo slowly before the song started to pick up a bit.
Hey, hey, hey, Everyday when I wake, I'm trying to get up, they're knocking me down. sang Hichigo before Asuna stepped in to sing the next line.
Chewing me up, spitting me out!
Hey, hey, hey, When I need to be saved.You're making me strong, you're making me stand!
Never will fall, never will end! sang Asuna
Shot like a rocket up into the sky, Nothing could stop me tonight!
You make me feel invincible, Earthquake, powerful! Just like a tidal wave, You make me brave! You're my titanium, Fight song, raising up! Like a roar of victory in a stadium! Who can touch me cause I'm, I'm made of fire! Who can stop me tonight? I'm hard wired! You make me feel, invincible!
I feel, I feel it. Invincible! I feel, I feel it. Invincible!
Here we go again, I will not give in. I've got a reason to fight.
Every day we choose, We might win or lose. This is the dangerous life.
Hey, hey, hey, Everyday when I wake, They say that I'm gone; they say that they've won The bell has been rung, it's over and done! Hey, hey, hey, When I need to be saved,They counting me out, but this is my round You in my corner; look at me now! Shot like a rocket up into the sky, Nothing could stop me tonight!
You make me feel invincible, Earthquake, powerful! Just like a tidal wave, You make me brave! You're my titanium, Fight song, raising up! Like a roar of victory in a stadium! Who can touch me cause I'm, I'm made of fire! Who can stop me tonight? I'm hard wired! You make me feel, invincible!
I feel, I feel it. Invincible! I feel, I feel it. Invincible!
You make me feel invincible! You make me feel invincible!
Shot like a rocket up into the sky, Not gonna stop, Invincible!
You make me feel invincible, Earthquake, powerful! Just like a tidal wave, You make me brave! You're my titanium, Fight song, raising up! Like a roar of victory in a stadium!
You make me feel invincible, Earthquake, powerful! Just like a tidal wave, You make me brave! You're my titanium, Fight song, raising up! Like a roar of victory in a stadium! Who can touch me cause I'm, I'm made of fire! Who can stop me tonight? I'm hard wired! You make me feel, invincible!
I feel, I feel it. Invincible! I feel, I feel it. Invincible! roared Hichigo at the end of the song.
Once Hichigo finished the crowd began to cheer before Craig looked to Hichigo and whispered “What's next?” as the mics went quiet.
“How about a classic? No one whether they be pony or human can hate a good Journey song.” whispered back Hichigo.
Asuna then smiled before she whispered “what about Don’t Stop Believing?”
“You just read my mind… mom. Damn that feels weird to say.” said Hichigo.
“It’ll grow on you,” I admitted with a smile.
“I’d hope so.” replied Hichigo with a smile.
“You want to introduce it again?”
“Of course I would be honored.” said Hichigo with a mock bow before facing the crowd, “alright everyone this next song is a classic from our world! If you have even half a decent taste in music then you are going to love it! This is Don’t Stop Believing by Journey!” announced Hichigo before looking into the crowd and spotting Scootaloo with her friends Sweetie Belle and Applebloom and getting and idea.
Using Sonido Hichigo quickly grabbed Scootaloo and reappeared back on the stage with her on his head.
“And my adorable little niece is gonna be helping us!” finished Hichigo trying not to laugh at the surprised looks on the fillies face.
Scootaloo then looked at me before she asked Hichigo “Is this a joke by my dad?”
“Nope. But really I think you should really listen to this song up close to get a real feel for it. It might actually inspire you a bit.” said Hichigo with a grin as he ruffled her mane.
I then looked out to the crowd to see Applebloom, Applejack, Sweetie Belle and Rarity looking at them in surprise.
Seeing their faces Hichigo flashes them a grin and a wink.
I then rolled my eyes before I said “Besides… If i wanted to pull I joke we would have grabbed Applebloom.”
“Why?”
“Who did we listen to earlier?” I replied
“Oh… yeah,” Scootaloo replied in realisation.
“Anyway… I think you’ll need this,” Craig said as he passed her another headset which she placed on.
“You ready for this kiddo?” asked Hichigo
“As ready as I can be I suppose,” Scootaloo admitted.
I then nodded to Pinkie before nodding to Hichigo before the first keys to the song began to play.
Just a small town girl. Livin' in a lonely world. She took the midnight train, Goin' anywhere, started off Scootaloo.
Just a city boy. Born and raised in South Detroit. He took the midnight train, Goin' anywhere, jumped in Craig
A singer in a smokey room. The smell of wine and cheap perfume. For a smile they can share the night, It goes on and on, and on, and on, continued Hichigo
Strangers waiting. Up and down the boulevard. Their shadows searching, In the night. Streetlight people. Livin' just to find emotion, Hidin' somewhere in the night. Sang all three in unison.
Workin' hard to get my fill. Everybody wants a thrill. Payin' anything to roll the dice, Just one more time. Started off Scootaloo once more as she really started to get into the song.
Some will win, Some will lose. Some were born to sing the blues. Oh, the movie never ends, It goes on and on, and on, and on. Sang Craig and Hichigo together.
Strangers waiting. Up and down the boulevard. Their shadows searching, In the night. Streetlight people. Livin' just to find emotion, Hidin' somewhere in the night. The three sang together once more.
[Instrumental interlude]
Don't stop believin'. the three sang.
Hold on to that feelin'. sang Scootaloo
Streetlight people. sang Craig
Don't stop believin'. sang the three in unison once more
Hold on. jumped in Hichigo
Streetlight people. Craig sang again
Don't stop believin'. all three sang together.
Hold on to that feelin'. sang Scootaloo
Streetlight people. finished Craig as the song ended.
Taking a few deep breaths Hichigo turned to Craig and whispered in his ear, “now let’s get the other two up here. Not fair if Scoot’s gets all of the attention.”
“I’ve got the perfect song to sing to spite Diamond Tiara.” I whispered back with a smirk.
“Oh do tell.” said Hichigo conspiratorially.
“There was a more upbeat version of Katy perry’s Part Of Me, I think that would fit them,” I replied.
“Oh that would definitely stick it to that stuck up bitch. I’ll get the other two.” said Hichigo as he disappeared and then reappeared holding a surprised Sweetie Belle and Applebloom.
“What’s goin’ on?” Asked Applebloom in surprise.
“Well… do you want to stick it to a certain duo?” I asked cheekily.
Sweetie Belle then smirked before she said “What do you have planned?”
“This song,” I replied before I placed a hand on their heads and told them the lyrics.
They both then looked at me before they said “I really want to try this.”
“Oh trust me kids you’re gonna love it.” said Hichigo
“You’ll both need these,” I replied before placing two headsets on their heads, before I looked to Hichigo and said “Do you want to to introduce them while I get set, I need a different guitar for this one?”
“Alright. Ahem, mares and colts of all ages I know you know of these three and now I’m happy to announce that they are going to sing a song for all of you! Now this song is a modified version of the original but it is no less amazing. The song is Part of Me by Katy Perry! Your up girls!” finished Hichigo with a flourish as he used Sonido to appear a few feet away to give the three more room.
I then nodded to Kirito before he began to get ready to start the song.
Days like this I want to fly away. Scootaloo sang.
Pack my bags and watch your shadow fade. Applebloom continued.
you chewed me up, and spit me out, Like I was poison in your mouth. followed Sweetie Belle.
You took my light, you drained me down. Scootaloo sang.
That was then and this is now. Applebloom and Sweetie Belle sang in unison.
Now look at me. They all sang together
This is the part of me that you're never gonna ever take away from me. This is the part of me that you're never gonna ever take away from me. Throw your sticks and stones, Throw your bombs and your blows, But you're not gonna break my soul, This is the part of me that you're never gonna ever take away from me. they all sang.
I just wanna throw my phone away. Scootaloo sang
Find out who is really there for me. Applebloom sang next.
you ripped me off, your love was cheap, Was always tearing at the seams. Sweetie Belle sang afterwards
I fell deep and you let me drown. Scootaloo sang.
But that was then and this is now Sweetie Belle and Applebloom sang.
Now look at me. they all sang together.
This is the part of me that you're never gonna ever take away from me. This is the part of me that you're never gonna ever take away from me. Throw your sticks and stones, Throw your bombs and your blows, But you're not gonna break my soul. This is the part of me that you're never gonna ever take away from me. They all sang at once.
Now look at me, I'm sparkling; Sweetie belle sang.
A firework, a dancing flame; Scootaloo sang.
You won't ever put me out again Applebloom sang calmly.
This is the part of me that you're never gonna ever take away from me, This is the part of me that you're never gonna ever take away from me. Throw your sticks and stones, Throw your bombs and your blows, But you're not gonna break my soul, they all sang together.
This is the part of me that you're never gonna ever take away from me. Scootaloo sang by herself to finish the song.
They each then looked at eachother before the bowed to the crowd before the whole crowd began to cheer for the three fillies before they all looked at me and Hichigo before Scootaloo said “Thank you for allowing us to do that uncle, dad.”
“No worries Scoots.” I replied with a smile.
Asuna then walked up to me before she said “Craig… Do you mind if I perform next… I feel like I know a song.”
“Sure what is it?”
“I believe the songs called Overfly, I think it was part of the series Asuna was from?”
“It was, it was the second outro, I believe,” I replied calmly.
“Yeah it does sound like it.” agreed Hichigo as he looked at the three fillies soaking up the attention from the crowd, “lets hope those three don’t acquire huge ego’s after this. That’s Rainbow’s thing.”
“Like we’re one’s to talk,” I chuckled.
“Hey we can’t help but be natural baddasses. It’s in our nature.” pointed out Hichigo with crossed arms.
“Not arguing that,” I replied as I looked to Scootaloo who simply nodded to me before whispering to Sweetie Belle and Applebloom before they walked off the stage.
“So is Asuna ready for her part?” asked Hichigo.
“Of course I am,” Asuna replied as she ruffled Hichigo’s hair.
“Well then do you want to introduce this song then mum… if that's okay with you bro?”
“You act as if I don’t enjoy it?” said Hichigo with a smirk before walking up to the front of the stage and getting the ponies attention fairly quickly, “alright everyone now I know you enjoyed those adorable embodiments of mayhem and chaos, well most of you did at least, but now let’s move on! Next up singing is my mother Asuna!” exclaimed Hichigo.
I then looked forwards to see Luna and Celestia look at each other in surprise at Hichigo’s comment before Asuna walked to the front of stage.
I then nodded Pinkie before what sounded to be a piano began could be heard through the speakers.
“Goddamn I wonder how she does that!” said Hichigo to himself wanting to know Pinkies reality bending powers even more now.
“It’s pinkie don’t question it,” I replied before Asuna began to sing.
Hooves up high raise them high, And cast your worries to the sky. There's no doubt not one doubt, As I make my wish and let it cry out.
If I gathered all the love in my heart, that grows with every passing day, I would find a confusing puzzle that changes and rearranges. Will I ever find my place, I'm not sure. Or will I forever feel insecure? And the moment all the questions fade I notice my tears, But can't hold them back.
Maybe it's too late I've lost my chance, All of my questions shall go unanswered, Will I keep fighting to find the light or will I descend to a bitter end?
Hands up high raise them high, And cast your worries to the sky. If you can't stand then take my hand, And I will rise to fight by your side, My beating heart is burning on. And as it races I realize There's no doubt not one doubt, As I make my wish and let it cry out.
I have always danced to my own beat. But you always throw me out of sync. 'Cause around you I am holding back and I'm mastering a fake brave smile.
Maybe it's too late I've lost to my dreams, All of my wishes come true only here. If I wake up now I'll lose this moment, I fear my dreams will fade around me.
I'm so close yet so far, I can't reach out to where you are, I'd give my heart I'd give my soul, But some things are not in our control. Your hand's not meant for me to hold, And I'll be lonely when you're gone. I'm aware so aware, Only through my memory you'll be there.
It's not the destiny that I've dreamed of, And as I cry I know this is goodbye. How can I ever reach you, When I can't even see the sky.
Hands up high raise them high, And cast your worries to the sky. If you can't stand then take my hand, And I will rise to fight by your side. My beating heart is burning on, And as it races I realize, There's no doubt not one doubt, As I make my wish and let it cry out.
Once she finished singing I looked to Hichigo before I whispered “and she hated singing to crowds before she was displaced.”
“What a change I say. So what’s up next?” whispered back Hichigo.
“Hmm… I’d say we have time for two more songs… maybe… what about an english cover of the fourth opening from Naruto Shippuden… what was it called Closer?”
“Yeah I remember that. Honestly I found it the best opening out of the Naruto Shippuden series save for maybe the eighth one.”
“Best thing in the series to be fair… to much filler for my liking,” I admitted with a chuckle.
“Well that’s just how it is. Now let’s get on with it shall we? I plan on us starting yours and Scoot’s training in gaining a Zanpakuto sometime tomorrow if possible since the process can take a while.” said Hichigo while walking to the front of the stage.
“Okay then, let's onto the next track… I say me and you for this one?”
“Sounds good to me bro.” responded Hichigo.
“Go ahead,” I replied with a smile.
“Alright everyone! Not gonna bore you with a long ass lecture this time! For this next song it’s me and my bro singing Closer!” exclaimed Hichigo.
All that we love and hold so dear, Could disappear one day without warning. I sang first.
We fear if we get too close to it, We’ll lose it all in a heartbeat. Hichigo followed.
Can you reminisce? Can you recall. The last time you felt some joy at all? Or maybe you are so blessed to a point, Where you can't remember anything. I sang.
The fact we’re alive right here and now, We take it for granted but that’s how, We’ll find hope when we may need it most, When we realize the miracle. Hichigo sang.
All that we love and hold so dear, Could disappear one day without warning, We fear if we get too close to it, We’ll lose it all in a heartbeat. You know the closer you get to something, The tougher it is to see it, And I'll never take it for granted. Let’s go. we both sang in unison.
Some people may call the kindest deed, An act of mere hypocrisy, But never mind those who have lost their faith, You shouldn't give in to what they say. Hichigo sang.
As a matter of fact, just hear me out, Even if it was for a selfish cause. I sang.
A salvageable hypocrisy, Is superior to murderous honesty. Hichigo sang.
Everyone tells you from time to time, To never give up like a scene from a movie, They tell you to stand up for yourself, As if was always that easy. There is a handful of courage in my heart, That is waiting to shine on my darkest day, And I'll never take it for granted. Let’s go. I sang.
As the instrumental continued I shouted “Alright everyone, if you know the chorus sing long!”
All that we love and hold so dear, Could disappear one day without warning, We fear if we get too close to it. We’ll lose it all in a heartbeat, You know the closer you get to something. The tougher it is to see it, And I'll never take it for granted. Everyone tells you from time to time, To never give up like a scene from a movie, They tell you to stand up for yourself, As if it was always that easy. There is a handful of courage in my heart, That is waiting to shine on my darkest day, And I'll never take it for granted. Let’s go. finished everyone as the whole crowd erupted in cheers.
As the cheers calmed down I looked towards Kirito who smiled and nodded in agreement to what I was thinking before I said “I know exactly what to do to close this off.”
“And what may that be bro?” asked Hichigo.
“Ever heard of ACDC?” I asked calmly.
“Anyone who hasn’t should be shot in the face.” said Hichigo seriously.
“Do you remember how they finished off their live performances?” I asked seriously.
“Doesn’t Angus run across the stage playing his guitar the whole way?”
“Well yes but I was referring to the last song they sing,” I clarified.
“Not off the top of my head no.” answered Hichigo as he took on a thinking pose.
“Does the song For Those About To Rock ring a bell?” I asked with a smile as I nodded to pinkie who quickly disappeared.
“Oh you mean the firing of the cannons?” Hichigo said with realization.
“Eyupp.”
“But how we gonna do that when Equestria doesn’t have any?” asked Hichigo.
“All I will say is one name… Pinkie.”
“That crazy Pink menace. Does she even have a cannon big enough for that?”
“Who knows with her?” I asked before I saw what looked to be a cannon appear on both sides of the stage as Pinkie jumped back onto the decks as I smiled and clicked my fingers as a ton more appeared floating behind us.
“.... okay I’m just putting this out there now, but if even one of those things just happen to ‘accidently’ hit me…. I’m drowning you in cake batter Pinkie.” said Hichigo with an ‘i’m watching you’ stare.
“There’s worse ways to go,” She admitted with a giggle.
“.... okay I just cannot threaten her with a straight face anymore. She’s fucking adorable!” said Hichigo as he gripped where his heart was as if in pain.
“Scootaloo beat her to it though,” I admitted
“Yeah she nearly gave me a heart attack… and I don’t even think I’m capable of having one!” said Hichigo as he thought back on that little incident.
“You better issue a warning for all pegasi to land just to be safe,” I admitted with a smile.
“Yeah I’ll get someone on that,” said Hichigo as he used Sonido to quickly drag a surprised Rainbow Dash to them. After telling her what needed to be done she quickly took off to make sure there was no pegasi in the sky for when the cannons went off.
“We’ll give her a minute to sort that while we make sure everything's set up,” I replied with a smile.
“Alright but if she doesn’t get it done in ‘ten seconds flat’ I’m so going to tease her for it.” said Hichigo with his usual grin.
“Not the first thing she couldn’t do that fast,” I teased.
“So true, so true.” agreed Hichigo.
I continued to follow Rainbow Dash’s movements I smirked as I realised she took longer than ten seconds until she looked at me and nodded. I then turned to Hichigo and said “Looks like we’re set.”
“Well then I guess we should finish this show.” said Hichigo.
“Okay, be my guest to tell them the last song.”
“Alright, alright.” said Hichigo as he made his way to the front of the stage as if it was second nature now.
“Well wasn’t that something huh!? Well our next and final song of the night will be another classic by a very popular band called ACDC! The song’s name is For those about to Rock!” exclaimed Hichigo.
I then smiled before I began to strum the first few notes on my guitar.
We roll tonight, to the guitar bite.
Stand up and be counted, for what you are about to receive.
We are the dealers, We'll give you everything you need. Hail hail to the good times, Cos rock has got the right of way. We ain't no legends ain't no cause, We're just livin' for today.
For those about to rock, we salute you! For those about to rock, we salute you!
We rock at dawn on the front line, Like a bolt right outta the blue. The skies alight with a guitar bite, Heads will roll and rock tonight.
For those about to rock, we salute you! For those about to rock, we salute you! For those about to rock, we salute you! yes we do. For those about to rock, we salute you!
Salute!
We're just a battery for hire with the guitar fire. Ready and aimed at you. Pick up your balls and load up your cannon. For a twenty one gun salute.
For those about to rock, Fire. one of the cannons behind us fired off a flash along with smoke however no cannonballs. We salute you!
For those about to rock. another one of the cannons fired yet again with no effect We salute you!
For those about to rock, Fire another one of the cannons fire
We salute you, Hold! Fire! another one of the cannons fire yet again We salute you!
We salute you, c'mon
For those about to rock, we salute you! For those about to rock, we salute you! For those about to rock, we salute you! For those about to rock, we salute you! The cannons firing off at intervals.
Shoot! one cannon fired off. Shoot! another cannon fired.
Shoot! another cannon fired off. Shoot! before yet another cannon fired.
For those who give, For those who take, Those left high, And those on the make, We salute you.
We salute you, We salute you! We salute you!
The cannons fired multiples times at regular intervals after each other for a few seconds before Hichigo shouted Fire!as the remaining cannons all fired at once.
The ponies in the crowd went absolutely nuts as everyone who was singing soaked up the praise before Hichigo suddenly had a thought and whispered to Craig, “um will I have to talk to the Princesses again. Cause I don’t want to piss off another Celestia if I can help it.”
“Oh trust me if she knew half the things us Displaced have done she’s hate everyone of us instantly,” I admitted as all of us walked to the front of the stage before we bowed to the crowd as we applauded them.
Kirito then said “There’s one thing I want to do before we finish.”
“And what might that be fairy man?” teased Hichigo.
“This,” He replied as he pulled out a phone and said “How about a selfie with the crowd?”
“I’m game for that.” said Hichigo with a smile.
Asuna then smiled as she reactivate her mic and said “If you wouldn’t mind looking towards the stage for a second we would like to take a photo with you all,” as Kirito held his phone up as everyone got in front of the camera before he took multiple pictures with the phone's camera.
At one point during the pictures Hichigo appeared behind Celestia with a sign saying “SUNBUTT’S ASS CAN CRUSH STEEL AND SHIT DIAMONDS!” all with a shit eating grin on his face. He quickly appeared back in his previous spot though before any of the ponies near Celestia or Celestia herself could notice his little stunt. He still never lost his grin though.
Craig just smirked and whispered “You need to be careful buddy, we don’t want Celestia after us for this.”
“Compared to other things I’ve done that was tame. You want a real show just get me a mallet, some glue and a banana then we’ll have a party.” said Hichigo truthfully.
“...I really worry about what you could do if someone wasn’t watching you.”
“You should be more worried about Pinkie if she ever went psycho. The most you’ll get out of me is sever mental damage that may require weeks or even months of therapy.”
“True I suppose”, I admitted before we all began to walk off the stage.
“But seriously Kirito don’t show that picture to Celestia or even mention it to her or else I'll probably wake up tomorrow with a horn in my ass.” said Hichigo as he gave a final wave at the crowd.
Kirito then smirked before he said “No promises.”
“You may be a duel weilding master buddy but I will still stomp the shit out of your pixie ass if Celestia catches wind of this.”
“And that won’t even take much being I can trounce both of you at once,” I added which caused Kirito to look to the ground ashamed.
“Ah lighten up guys Celestia’s extremely gullible so I don’t think she’ll figure out what happened at all as long as no one tells her.” said Hichigo with an easygoing wave of his hand.
“True,” I admitted with a smile.
As we reached the dressing room again to see Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle and Applebloom waiting inside for us before they all jumped at us and shouted “That was amazing!”
Hichigo managed to catch the three in mid -air before they ended up plowing into the group and said with a smile, “just amazing? Guess we’re losing our touch Craig. But yeah we did pretty good everything considered. I actually wouldn’t mind doing this again in the future.”
“And I have feeling we would all be glad to have you,” I replied to which everyone nodded in approval, before I said “anyway… you said you wanted to start training tomorrow morning… how about you stay my place tonight,” I offered.
“Well alright then. Hope I don’t cause any trouble.”
“I have Rainbow Dash flying around trying to get my attention constantly… my house is almost Twilight’s library to her,” I admitted with a smile
“Well i’m afraid we have to decline we have a lot to do back in the past… but before we go, Hichigo catch.” Asuna said before she tossed him to small objects, the first being a small pin and the second being an amulet that looked like two swords crossed over each other.
“Your guys tokens?” stated Hichigo.
“What else would we give you? We don’t have any amazing skills or abilities we can teach or bestow on you,” Kirito admitted.
“I didn’t expect you to give me any amazing abilities or skills or whatever to begin with. But thanks anyways.” said Hichigo as he pocketed the items.
“No worries… my son,” Asuna admitted before looking to Craig as she asked “Craig could you?”
“Ain’t you two forgetting something?” Craig asked.
“No what?” Asuna asked
“Oh right we don’t have Hichigo’s token,” Kirito replied in realisation.
“Yeah let’s fix that shall we.” Said Hichigo as he looked to Craig.
“What?” I asked.
“How do I summon my own token.” asked Hichigo simply.
“... Actually that a fair point… in my case I just clone my over and over again… maybe you can replicate it or call it from the void if you focus?”
Shrugging his shoulders Hichigo holds out his hand and focuses on brining his token out of the void. A few seconds later and two replica’s of Zangetsu appear and Hichigo grabs one in each hand.
“Huh, well what do ya know it worked!” said Hichigo as he held the two large cleaver blades to Kirito and Asuna.
“Thank you,” Asuna replied before she said “Is there anything we’re forgetting?”
“Not that i can think of,” said Hichigo.
“Actually yes,” Asuna replied before she kissed Scootaloo on the forehead before she said “Now that's everything.”
I then smiled before I said “Kirito, Asuna, our contracts are complete.”
A portal then appeared below them before Kirito said “Well then… we’ll see you all again soon.”
“Count on it.” said Hichigo with a genuine smile.
I then smiled at them and said “you know it,” before I saluted them as the portal closed above them.