Snake Rehearsal

Princess was sat in the semi circle as she was between Da Yeon and Xiao Ting. With her purple vest on top of the blue t shirt.

"Let's pick the leader." The producer told them from behind the camera as everyone sat in front of him.

"Raise your hand if you want to be the leader." Xiao Ting asked of all of the girls.

"Raise your hand." Princess asked the girls as she looked around the circle at all of the girls.

Princess nudged Da Yeon making her look up, she had heard about how good of a leader she was with 'Ice Cream' and she wanted them to do really good.

"Anyone want to do it?" Xiao Ting asked and Da Yeon raised her hand, high above her head.

"Da Yeon." One of the girls said.

"Ok." Another said from, as the girl was on the other side of the Xiao Ting.

Rui Qi asking all of the girls "Any one else?"

"I want to be the leader." Cai Bing told the girls as she raised her hand, but not above her head.

"Then let's vote." Xiao Ting told the group.

"Vote." Ya Ning told everyone.

Young Eun told the girls. "Raise your hand if you want Cai Bing to be the leader."

Wu Tammy, Shen Xiao Ting, Fu Ya Ning, Su Rui Qi, Wen Zhe and another member voted for Cai Bing.

Young Eun told the girls. "Raise your hand if you want Kim Da Yeon to be the leader."

Seo Young Eun, Kim Su Yeon, Uy Princess, Ezaki Hikaru and another girl voted for Kim Da Yeon.

One girl didn't vote at all.

"Six votes each, someone didn't vote." Princess told them two leader candidates.

"Is it a tie?" Kim Da Yeon asked all of the girls.

"Yes." All of the girls told her.

"What do we do?" Su Yeon asked the two girls, and the rest of 'Snake' team.

"I will withdraw." Da Yeon told them all.

"Why?" Princess asked her, she has great leadership skills.

"I think we will get things done faster." Da Yeon started to tell the group. "If Cai Bing's the leader. That's why I think it's for the best."

"If Da Yeon won't do it. I will do it." Cai Bing told them all.

Then the girl on the other side of Da Yeon raised her hand. She was on 'Salute' team with Cai Bing. "When Cai Bing was the leader of 'Salute', it felt like it was taking too long. That's how I felt in the last mission. I think Da Yeon should do it."

"I was on 'How You Like That' team with Da Yeon...." Yoon Ji A told the group before she continued. "And in 'Salute' team with Cai Bing." She continued. "In terms of Choreography, Da Yeon got things done faster.We don't have much time, and there are a lot of people. I think we'll move on faster with Da Yeon."

Ezaki Hikaru was up next pleading the case for who the leader should be. "Half of the team is in C Group. If they speak to each other in Chinese, we won't understand them. I'm afraid it settles like that."

Su Rui Qi was up next. "Most opinions say they want Da Yeon to be the leader, I want to ask her whether she wants to be the leader or not. There were several people who don't want Cai Bing to be the leader."

"What do I do?" Da Yeon asked the group.

"I think you two just need to talk it out and see who it is at the end of that conversation." Princess told the two girls.

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When they both came in they both covered their left shoulder and they came in.

"Who is it?" Everyone asked.

"Together at the count of three." Da Yeon told Cai Bing.

"Let's show them together." Cai Bing told Da Yeon.

"In 1, 2, 3." Da Yeon, Cai Bing and all of the girls counted.

They un covered their hands and they showed no leader badge on wither of them. Da Yeon held it in her other hand.

Da Yeon explaining it. "You see. It's not decided yet. Here's the thing. Some of you don't know how I am as a leader, and some of you don't know how Cai Bing is as a leader. So for today, I'll lead practice for a few hours and she will do it for a few hours too."

"And then after that, we'll put it to a vote again." Da Yeon told the group, knowing it would work like that. "Put the friendship or loyalty aside, and make a decision based on actual experience.We will accept the result and decide on a leader."

"I think that's the best we can do." Cai Bing told the group.

~~

Snake team were split in two to see which should be the leader. Cai Bing or Kim Da Yeon.

Princess was already in position and Da Yeon was getting everyone else ready for the moves. They were all ready in place and dancing about, with learning of the dance quickly. While Cai Bing's side was struggling with learning due to not knowing the formation properly.

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Da Yeon and Princess were sat together. Da Yeon was drawing out little stick figure in formations for the dance. Princess watching, really liking what the older girl was doing as it looked to be what she did for the dance. Which was really going to help the girls.

"It's changed a lot because of the killing part and your special part, but I had an idea to do it around the dance break as it could lead well into a big pop for the group, but you can pick what you do once we have the rest of the dance sorted." Da Yeon told the girl after she showed Xiao Ting the picture. "Is that ok?"

"Yes." Xiao Ting told the girl.

"Where?" Xiao Ting asked the girl.

"Second verse." Da Yeon told the girls.

~~

"SNAKE!" Da yeon shouted as they finished the dance for that part. Verse one.

"Ok, can you come forward faster?" Da Yeon asked Wu Tammy. "Like this." She showed her what she meant in the dance.

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"This is Su Rui Qi's part, she'll be in the centre." Da Yeon told all of the girls.

"Let's get the formation down first." Da Yeon told them all, as she wanted them to be able to get to positions.

"She gets us to know where we are going before we learn the actual dance and it's easier that way so we know where we are actually going." Princess told the camera in the interview.

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"You don't know this?" Da Yeon asked Xiao Ting as they all laughed and they were having fun at the same time.

"What is this?" Rui Qi asked the group as she watched the video.

They were all just having a good time as we finished verse one.

~~

Before they all performed the first verse in front of the other team.

~~

The team had gathered to pick a leader.

"Can I say something?" Cai Bing asked of the group as she put her hand up. "I want Da Yeon to be the leader."

All the girls were shocked that she just gave it up instead of just letting the vote happen.

"I felt that Da Yeon was efficient. We got our choreography down fast. So i think it'd be good if we let Da Yeon lead." Xiao Ting old all of the members of 'Snake' team. "I wasn't sure how Da Yeon would be as a leader."

Rui Qi speaking her points of why Da Yeon should be the leader. "But spending the day with her, I felt she leads well. I have no objections."

"Oh... well, them..." Da Yeon said, shocked that the C Group girls were speaking so highly of her being the leader, those four girls had a really good time with her today. "If all of you agree to it, I do too. I'll give it my all."

"Thank you." Da Yeon finished before they all started to clap for their official leader. Kim Da Yeon of K Group.

~~

All of the girls were learning together. They were having fun as they worked together to learn now, Da Yeon fixing the formations of where everyone went through the dance, they were all enjoying themselves.

~~

The girls of Snake were sat together. They would be losing two members, as they had nine members, and U + ME = LOVE needs three new members.

Princess was waiting, she was excited to see who was leaving.

"The two people who do not get any parts here will be asked to leave." The director told the group, making some of the girls gasp. But Princess just knew that two would leave as they had ten girls when they needed eight.

"Oh My Gosh." Rui Qi said from beside Princess as the girl leaned her head on the older girls shoulder.

"Let's start from the beginning." Da Yeon told the group, being their leader, she basically had a guaranteed spot as they all want her to be the leader. "Let's decide the killing part." She told them. Su Yeon or Xiao Ting.

"Xiao Ting and Su Yeon originally had the killing part." Da Yeon told the group. "Since we're re picking the killing part, does someone want to do it?" This had most of the group go for the part, only Da Yeon, Young Eun and Princess were the only ones who didn't.

Da Yeon continuing to lead the group. "Then we'll do the 'What will you do, innocent child' part....." This was the main part that they would take every time.

"I'll play the first verse." Young Eun told the group, with a wide smile on her face as she controlled the music.

Ezaki Hikaru was up first and she did well with the part overall.

Then it was Wen Zhe and she didn't do as well in the part, as she was soft with it all, but she still was someone who would do well within the group.

Then it was Fu Ya Ning, and she did really well with the part.

Shen Xiao Ting was up for the part, she had and she was Princess' favourite she just didn't let her eyes move from her in those parts.

"You were dancing like crazy." Ya Ning told the girl as she moved about a bit, making Princess laugh at her energy.

Then the fifth candidate was Kim Su Yeon, she did well but it seemed messy and even though the facial expressions were good she didn't really keep her eyes on the girl as she didn't keep her attention there, unlike Xiao Ting.

"Ok. Shall we each choose one person." Young Eun told the group as they all sat back as a group.

"On, two three." Da Yeon told the group. Princess pointing towards Xiao Ting. Xiao Ting has five votes and Su Yeon had two votes. Her keeping the part. And she was still in the group.

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"Who wants vocal two?" Da Yeon asked all of the girls. It was Su Yeon versus Ya Ning.

"One two three." Da Yeon told the group before they voted. Princess voted for Ya Ning. Ya Ning had five votes and Su Yeon had three votes.

~~

"Who wants vocal four?" Da Yeon asked the girls. Wen Zhe's hand flew into the air. And She was against Su Yeon.

"Wen Zhe will do Vocal four." Young Eun told the group.

~~

There were seven out of eight parts completed.

Vocal one: Kim Da Yeon

Vocal two: Fu Ya Ning

Vocal three: Shen Xiao Ting

Vocal four: Wen Zhe

Vocal five: Uy Princess

Rapper One: Cai Bing

Rapper Two: Ezaki Hikaru

~~

All that was left was Main vocal.

"Main Vocal." Da Yeon told the group. "Who wants to be main vocal?" Princess would go for it but she knew there were two good vocalists waiting so she let them have it.

It was Seo Young Eun versus Su Rui Qi.

"My voice is a bit hoarse today." Rui Qi told the group as they all got ready for the Main Vocal auditions. "So my singing might sound different, but we've been practising together until now so you know what my voice sounds like."

They both tried out for the lines.

"I want to make this fair on all teams. I think Young Eun would do well in U + ME = LOVE team but Rui Qi wouldn't so as well with the concept, and I think she knows it. So I think we all need to think of who would also go with U + ME = LOVE, and not just who goes with Snake. And also I just really want to have all of the dream team together of intimidating girls for 'Snake'." Princess told the interviewer.

They went to vote for the Main Vocal position.

~~

Princess voted for Rui Qi. And Rui Qi got the part with the votes. It was five for Rui Qi and three for Young Eun.

That meant that Young Eun and Kim Su Yeon were leaving for U + ME = LOVE team.

~~

"Team 'Snake'." The girls were all told as they were in a line in front of the masters. "Five of you are in the TOP 10."

"Since there are five of you...." Sunmi told the group.

"Why do you all look nervous?" Master Baek asked the girls stood in front of him, after having watched the other group's Interim check. "We're not scary people."

Princess was back to being stoic, she was the intimidating ones not the actual masters.

Princess gave them a look of disbelief having watched the other groups be roasted by the masters.

"We're not if you perform well." Master Ju Hee told them.

"Rui Qi, isn't this your first time as the main vocalist on a mission?" Sunmi asked the girl.

"If I practice within the time I'm given, I'm sure I can do well on stage." Rui Qi told the group of five masters in front of them.

"You have to do well here too." Lim Han Byul told the group.

The group performed the song. And there was no big mistake in the performance, which made them all very happy they had done that.

"It's a hard song to sing live, but you did pretty well." Master Baek told the group.

"I agree." Master Jang told the girls.

"When Hikaru rapped, she captured my eyes there." Master Jang told the group.

"Hikaru did her thing." Sunmi commented.

"But some things bothered me." Master Jang told the group. "When they sang, 'A Snake' they sounded so boring." She told them all.

"It sounded to plain right?" Master Baek asked the woman next to him.

"It sounded so dull." She told the group.

"All the masters agree that...." Master Lim Han Byul told the group of eight. "When Rui Qi sings her main vocal parts, she should be more sophisticated."

"It doesn't sound rhythmic at all." They told the group.

"I think Ya Ning's voice suits this song so well." Sunmi commented.

Princess wanted to roll her eyes right them and there, she knew what would happen, a forced change or roles would occur and Ya Ning would probably forced into taking the Main Vocal position.

"Her voice is always powerful and refreshing." Another aster told the girl at the end of the row.

"Have you ever tried out for the Main Vocalist?" The male dance master asked the girl.

'Here it goes' Someone will end up hurt here. And it will either be Ya Ning or Rui Qi, probably Rui Qi.

"When deciding the parts?" Master Baek asked the C Group girl.

"I wanted to give it a try at first, but it's also my problem that I decided not to." Ya Ning told the group, revealing something that would definitely mess up the group.

"Then give it a go now!" Sunmi encouraged. God this would not end well.

"Can I?" Ya Ning asked the woman.

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"The masters said we'd between reconsider about the main vocalist." Da Yeon told the group, as they sat in a circle after the interim check.

"Since they suggested we change the main vocalist, I'll try my best to do it well, if it's okay with you." Ya Ning told the group and Princess was a bit nervous about how this would make Rui QI feel.

"But I hate your part." Rui Qi told the girl as she finally looked up to the group as she realised she was swapping to a new position.

"Try singing vocal two." Xiao Ting encouraged Rui Qi. "If you don't like that part, the other members have to change their parts too. It will take up a lot of time."

"Since we're a team, not everyone can get their favourite part." Da Yeon told the group.

~~

The group got to rehearsing the new positions of the dance Rui Qi needed to know, the rehearsal just wasn't fun as they couldn't practice after the news of the changing of parts.

Rui Qi just wasn't having fun anymore with rehearsals as she wasn't before.

Princess had, had enough of the day. "Guys, can we just stop for today." This got the attention of her team. "None of us anymore are in the right mind to rehearse after today."

~~

The girls all moved to sit in a circle. Da Yeon being the first to speak up. "Rui Qi, you keep feeling troubled about your new part."

"That's not the actual reason." Rui Qi told the group. Princess looping her arm around Rui Qi as she hugged her from the side, knowing the girl was getting emotional. Before she let's the tears flow freely. "What happened today made me realise that I'm not as good as I thought I was."

"Right, listen to me Rui Qi." Princess told the group. "Forget what the Masters told us. Just forget about it. You are talented. You have so much talent and you should never forget that. Just because they don't like one thing doesn't mean that you are untalented. You are amazing. And you can do this, so what they say, you don't have that part, show them that you might not have the part you want but you will show them up and you will show them that you can and will debut, because you are talented. Never forget that. That goes for all of us. We are the intimidating girls and what they said was stupid, just because we have a group filled with people the don't want at the TOP of the leader board going into the finale but we are better then they say we are."

All the girls surrounded Rui Qi and they hugged her. Letting her relax a bit.

"I ride like a Snake!" Da Yeon told the group.

"Snake, Snake, Snake!" They all told her.

~~

"Guys, I'm don't know if I'm that confident with the high note." Ya Ning told the group of eight girls as they all sat together in a circle having just taken a small break. It was the day before the performance.

"Who wants the high note and has hit one before?" Rui Qi asked the group.

"Princess, you hit one in 'MAFIA In The Morning' and you went the highest of the members." Da Yeon brought up the the girl.

"But I haven't done that high of a note properly since." Princess told all of her Snake Team mates.

"Just try, you'll never know otherwise." Xiao Ting told the girl. They got into positions and they danced the part.

"Wait, Ya Ning, you do the pre part and I'll start on the line of the high note." Princess told her friend.

They ran through the part full, with Princess hitting the note and even going a bit beyond in the length and how high she went with it.

"Why haven't you been singing the high notes." Ya Ning asked the 2002 liner.

"There's always been a main vocalist in each group I've been in so I've just let them have the part, or I've liked other lines and it would give an unfair amount of lines." Princess told the group.

"Well let's continue doing that and if you can hit it in the rest of the rehearsals then you do it tomorrow, ok?" Da Yeon asked the girl.

"Ok." She told them all. "But you're keeping the lines before hand ok." Princess told Ya Ning.

All of them hugging her knowing she had something more than just the dance added on parts to show the judges.

~~

Princess was in her room, she was alone, other than Da Yeon, in there as Shen Xiao Ting and Ezaki Hikaru, had gone to the other room, Da Yeon and Princess would be joining them in a few minutes.

"Hey, are you alright with the high note, we didn't force you into taking it?" Da Yeon asked the girl that was sat on her bed, as she joined her.

"No, I was just thinking, could I extend it, into the crouch but it might take away from it all." Princess told the girl.

"Just see how you feel with your voice. And if you want to then just tell us all and we will let you." Da Yeon told the girl.

"Now come on, the girls will be waiting." Da Yeon told the girl, picking her up before they walked out of the room, and into the other room, where all of their members were sat.

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