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A rough day? Had his father been giving him s**t just like she'd speculated?

Sighing again as they started off towards the entrance, Riyo grabbed Klyde's hand and gave it a squeeze as she often did when she was trying to make him feel better... At least until they got up to the usher.

Immediately Riyo retrieved her ticket from the pocket and handed it to the tall, slightly intimidating bald man, then waited on the other side for the two.

There was a merchandise booth right before the entrance to the main room, though none of it really held any interest to her... Unlike most of the girls in the room.

"Jess is so dreamy." One of the girls in front of Riyo practically melted as she looked down at her hand-made poster that read 'Take me Jess.' Cute.

"Maybe if we're lucky he'll notice our sign and call us up on stage with him. My life would be complete!" Her fat friend immediately replied, practically melting at the thought.

Riyo couldn't help but cringe. Was she going to a rock concert or a boy band?

Suddenly, the noise of a screeching guitar echoed through the stadium, followed by the screechy little screams of high school girls and the cheers of men. Thank God for the earplugs.

Mitsu flinched when she heard the guitar and the screams of fans. Covering her ears for a moment she hastily tried to put the earplugs in and after a moment of struggling she succeeded. It was so strange how everything was muffled but it seemed she could still hear fairly well despite that.

Following close behind Shun as they entered her eyes took in the merchandise stand, the fan girls and their....signs. There was quite the variety of interesting sayings. Mitsu would have asked about some of them but she had a feeling she really didn't want to know. "So where are we headed?" Mitsu asked trying to speak up over the noise.

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Klyde tried to smile when Riyo took his hand and gave it a squeeze but it was weak at best as he made his way in, passing his ticket off to the usher. Maybe once the music started playing he would forget Blade was here.

Looking to the fan girls he was certain he recognized a few of them from his so called fan club, he was thankful they were in stalking mode for someone else tonight. It actually made him shudder a little. "I feel for Jess." The merchandise caught his eye though he didn't walk over. On his way out he would need to try and snag a CD or something. "So do you want to head up front?" Klyde asked.

"To the floor, by the stage basically," Shun said while keeping an eye on Mitsu. There were a few guys eying her, who were quick to receive a glare from his end. A part of him was a little worried that the people they'd be around would start moshing once the concert began, but he'd fend them off of the wolf girl nonetheless.

"As a heads up, it'll get kinda tight in there, but we can hang towards the back where there'd be a little more space."

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Looking to the stage as well, Blade took note of the instruments up front. He never really noticed it before, but there were a few things about Blaak Kat that reminded him of Riyo. He just chalked it up to coincidence though, seeing how it was incredibly unlikely that she would really have any sort of connection to the band.

"If you want that guitar, I might be able to snag it for you," he grinned. He sounded like he was joking, but one shouldn't put it past him to not be at least a little serious about that offer.

Passing off Blade's 'offer' as nothing more than a joke, Riyo smiled and shook her head, though continued to stare a the instrument. "Nah, I don't play guitar." She admitted. Not that she couldn't if she tried, she just opted not to.

"Well hello there little lambs~" Came a masculine voice over the intercom that made the girls screech and the men scream. The stage was still empty...

Riyo's brows furrowed as she heard the voice. It was like a case of nostalgia had struck her across the face, though by no means could she pinpoint it.

"Man, I've been looking forward to this concert ever since they decided to go on tour." One over-makeup'd man said not too far away to his friend, obviously excited by the voice. "I've never seen Jess in person. I bet he's intimidating."

"The special effects are always amazing." His buddy said back, not completely phased because he had probably seen it before. "There are these weird cat things-"

And then everything went dark, leaving the crowd in suspense. There was something... Stalking around the stage... Something big, almost animalistic.

Red eyes. Red glowing eyes were at the front of this creature that casually walked up to the microphone, earning a gasp from some of the younger women. It only earned confusion from Riyo.

And then the stage lights went up... And the figure was suddenly a man with long black hair and a goatee to match. His eyes were a familiar crimson red... Ears a familiar fuzzy black, and a familiar scrawny tail.

With one grin, he made girls swoon and guys cheer. It was obvious he wasn't young, but he wore his age well. "Shall we get this over with?" His tone was obviously cocky as he picked up the double necked guitar. It hung a little low, just high enough for him to reach all the strings.

Meanwhile, his three other band mates snuck out from behind the curtains, content to let their vocalist get most of the attention. They got enough action without having to deal with the crazy-a** fangirls.

The second the figure came into view, Riyo looked as if somebody had just raped a small animal right in front of her face. And then there was a bout of sadness... And then a churning anger. Then a mix of both. She really couldn't decide how she felt... Even less so when two creatures formed at the vocalist's sides... More than a little similar to her own. Only, these ones appeared more well-formed. Having four legs and... Well... Jaws.

She knew who that was. She knew all-too-well...

That was her father. And the fact that he had been living the wonderful life while she was left suffering all those years caused her insides to set ablaze with pure hatred.

"No, I can't see a thing," Mitsu frowned. She was far too short to see over all the people. Jumping up she tried to get a look at the stage as the crowd started to roar and immediately regretted it when she spotted a large creature with glowing red eyes. The shrieks had her cowering back when she landed, grabbing Shun's arm. "What is that?" But the tone changed rather quickly, the crowd cheering as she heard the man speak into the mic.

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Klyde's attention zoned in on the stage when he heard the voice, eyes looking for the origin of the noise. He had never seen a Blaak Kat concert before so he was interested to see what it was like. There were plenty of stories about the special effects and stage props to make him curious. When the first glimpse of the creature showed up Klyde started to cheer along with the crowd rather excited just like the rest of them.

....Until the man came into view. It didn't hit Klyde right away. At first he was completely oblivious, his brain only focused on the music to come. The cat creatures seemed to trigger a small memory though and as soon as he heard Blade's question faintly through the noise of the crowd his eyes went wide as he looked toward Riyo. Her eyes were full of a mix of emotions. "Riyo? Is that...?" He didn't finish waiting for her to supply the answer herself. Wouldn't that just be the way luck would play out?

"I'm not really sure... This band is known for having things like that. I'm guessing it's either magic or some weird effect," Shun explained while staring at the red eyed creatures. He was too far to really be able to sense whether it was dark magic or what.

"Come to think of it, I think I've seen something similar before..." he added while trying to recall when and where. The time he had been in the locker room when Riyo created her cat creatures was rather short and he didn't pay her much attention since he had been focused on getting Mitsu the hell out of there.

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When Riyo didn't answer either him or Klyde, Blade shot a glance at the vampire who didn't seem to have much more of an idea than he did. It appeared they both suspected a thing or two, but she wasn't giving them a whole lot to work with. It didn't help that she suddenly tossed her hood up and started towards the stage.

"R-Riyo?"

She seemed dead serious and he really didn't have a good feeling about this. Would it be worth jeopardizing his sole friendship to try and stop her? He... wasn't sure.

"Do you know who that guy is for sure?" he asked the vampire before beginning to make his way through the crowd as well. The thief didn't know if he was going to try and stop her but if things went down poorly, he'd rather be close by than halfway across the mass.

Riyo paid no heed to the two after she gave her warning. Being good at getting lost in a crowd, she kept a slow pace like many of the people surrounding her, a sort of fake calm in her hunting mode.

It wasn't hard to get past the security guard at the door to the back of the stage. The shape of a cat scampering past his feet was enough to make him chase after for the short time it took her to sneak in and close the door behind her before the creature just disappeared.

Of course, there were a couple just behind the door, to which she just.. took out.

the whole scenario lasted the length of the song, the silence possibly unnerving for the few people who knew what might be happening behind the scenes.

Jess finished up the song with a bitchin' guitar solo and smirked that cocky smirk he did so well, tipping his invisible hat to his fans.

"Gentleman, thank you for beating the s**t out of people who speak badly of the band. Ladies... If your interested, you might be lucky enough to end up in my hotel room tonight." His words were followed by a wink that sent the ladies a-screamin' again... Until a figure appeared at the back of the stage... The only thing visible being glowing red eyes.

Jess appeared like he was about to say something, but the growling of his minions on either side made him whirl around.

For a moment there was silence on the stage... Until the dark figure formed monstrous looking clawed hands on each arm.

Looking back at his audience, he winked at them, proposing that this too was just part of the show. Honestly, he had no ******** idea what was going on, but he wasn't about to let his last stop on the tour be a flop. If anything, they'd go down in history for this one.

The band mates looked at their leader in confusion, but after a couple hand-signs, they seemed to understand.

As the figure approached, Jess pulled out a wireless mic from his pocket and attached it as fast as he could, his minions stepping forward as he began to play his guitar again.

"Cocky b*****d!" The figure shouted in pure rage, charging at the vocalist only to be attacked by his cat minions.

"Holy s**t! These special effects are fantastic!"

"It looks so real!"

Came a few screaming comments, cameras flashing as the action commenced.

Mitsu didn't reply as Shun grabbed her wrist, she simply followed him through the crowd as they were in an uproar about what was happening on stage. The shoving started as others wanted a better view, her grip tightening on Shun's sleeve so she wouldn't be lost.

"S..Shun," but her voice was muffled out by the crowd as they cheered on the action. She wasn't sure what was going on but it was certainly rising the energy in the room.

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The closer to the front of the crowd Klyde got the more violent he had to be. People were pushing and shoving so he just pushed and shoved right back. He wasn't quite sure what Riyo had in mind but that look in her eye couldn't mean anything good. And when the song started to wrap up and he saw that dark figure come onto the stage with the rest of the band, he was in a panic while the crowd was going crazy.

"s**t s**t s**t s**t," This situation didn't seem like it would play out well. All Riyo really needed was to publicly prove how violent she could be. She said she wouldn't forgive him but he couldn't just stand by.

Throwing his own hood up over his head Klyde started to push his way to the stage directly instead of heading toward the back. Cut to the chase he supposed, the guards were already in a frenzy trying to figure out how Riyo had gotten passed them. Coming to the barrier that separated the crowd from the stage by a few short feet Klyde started to climb over. Too bad he seemed to spark an idea in the fellow people around him as they too started to climb over and mass toward the stage.

((yeah I can change this just brain dead and working with whatever is coming to mind...which isn't much))