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Hoku’s POV…

It was finally the morning of Big Bang’s first Big Show concert in Japan for the year. We were all equally excited to be able to witness this from the point of view we were blessed to have.

“Come on girls! Mr. Kim is waiting!” I shouted into the 2 conjoined rooms for the girls that were still preparing. Since we knew we would be there all day with the guys, we were asked to pack a bag of clothes if we wanted to change before the show, which we all would do in the end. I had my bag carefully around my neck, hanging onto the opposite side of my body as not to get too close to my injury that was quickly healing, thank goodness. For the morning, we would be videotaping the guys doing their finally sound check and run through with some fans that were lucky enough to purchase sound check party tickets. So we would be videotaping the fans reaction to the guys, and also the guys rehearsing. It was going to be one tiring day. Finally the girls all emerged from the rooms, bags and essentials in hand; we were also told we would be allowed to use the buildings showering facility for performers before the show.

We quickly and carefully ran downstairs and into the van waiting before racing off to the concert dome. The guys had arrived a few hours ahead of us, we sort of slept in on accident and were in a rush to quickly cover whatever we could.

“Selena, I’m going to need your help today.” I mentioned back digging through my bag.

“With what?” She asked as I looked over my shoulder at her.

“Tyra and Eden, I want you two to be videotaping around the stage from the security area, fans don’t seem to hate you as much as us two.” I pointed out to me and Selena as they nodded in agreement.

“Selena, I need you to take photos, can you do that?” I asked back as she looked at me annoyed before sighing.

“I guess this is the least I can do.” She muttered causing me to smile and hand out the camera to her.

“You remember how to use it right?” I asked as she laughed sarcastically before nodding. Truth be told, she was the one that taught me about the camera in the first place when we were younger. She had more personal taken photos in her room than an actually art museum, but that was a little secret.

“I’ll videotape from on stage during rehearsals, and backstage during the show. Tyra and Eden, during the sound check party, have Mr. Kim follow you, so you guys can also interact with the fans, ask them questions and whatnot.” I added before they nodded.

“Also, YG wanted us to use these walkie talkies today; it’ll be busy and overly packed.” I explained handing each girl a walkie talkie. We arrived at the dome, it was noon which meant that the sound check was going to start within the hour.  We all quickly climbed out of the van and into the side entrance of the building.

“Mr. Kim, please keep an eye on them for me.” I mentioned over to Mr. Kim who bowed and nodded ushering the girls in the opposite direction. We in turn took their bags as we followed one of the employees backstage to a dressing room set with a shower stall for us to use. We kept our bags back there, while we took our cameras to work.

“So do all of the photos need to be of the guys?” Selena asked as we maneuvered backstage, trying to find the stage area.

“No, you can take of fans or anything that has to do with the concert.” I asked back as she nodded, probably adjusting all the settings on my camera to her standards. I on the other hand had a high tech hand camera that I spent most of the night trying to figure out how to work.

“So we’re allowed to be on stage?” She asked as I nodded looking over my shoulder at her.

“We need to pay attention so we’re not in the way though.” I added before she nodded, finally following the loud music to the stage area where it looked as if we just had walked in a club.

“Geez, think they got enough lights?” Selena whispered over as we should security our tags and walked on to see them in various places on stage.

“I’m sure they could have added more.” I teased causing her to snort.

“Channel 2.” I reminded her while she nodded, hooking it up to her waist before walking off.

“Um excuse me?” A voice asked as I looked over to see the same woman that had scolded me yesterday now looking at me apologetically.

“I wanted to formally apologize about yesterday.” She whispered as I turned to her smiling.

“Jiyong-ssi, came and talked to me about it, so I wanted to say I was sorry again.” She said as I looked over to Jiyong’s spot on stage before sighing.

“It’s alright, it’s your job to know whose who when it comes to these guys.” I jokingly pointed over to the guys as the woman looked up to me surprised.

“I’m not upset or offended, but I accept your apology.” I added causing her to smile before she bowed.

“If you need anything, please don’t hesitate to ask me.” She added causing me to laugh and nod.

I set up the camera and found my first victim, Seungri who seemed to just be sitting on the edge of the stage, eyes glued to his cellphones screen. I the camera and quietly snuck over, looking over his shoulder.

“And here we have the maknae of the group looking up .” I teased as he jumped into the air with his phone to his chest, surprised. I made sure to film that face before he sighed.

“Did you see it?” He asked off screen causing me to snort and shake my head.

“Anyways, Seungri-ssi, what can the fans look forward to during this concert? Any hints you can give out?” I asked holding up the camera causing him to look up in wonder.

“This will be a Big Show.” He emphasized Big Show causing me to chuckle a bit.

“There will be tons of surprises in store for the fans, so they should come ready to be amazed.” He said gesturing with his arms only causing me to laugh again. He was such a dork.

Jiyong’s POV…

I finally noticed an extra person on the stage and looked over in interest to see that it was someone I’ve wanted to see all morning. I smiled when I recognized her with a camera, videotaping with Seungri. I quietly left my spot and snuck over to her shoulder to see where she was videotaping.

“Whatcha doing?” I whispered causing her to flinch and look over her shoulder at me.

“Geez, don’t do that.” She whined shutting the camera and turning fully to me.

“Hyung, you interrupted my interview.” Maknae whined before I glared over to him. He quickly sighed before walking away with a mope.

“That’s not nice.” She pointed out as I looked down to her.

“I don’t know what you are referring to?” I spoke innocently before she snorted and turned her camera to me.

“Here we have the overly prideful leader, Kwon Jiyong.’ She mentioned as I looked to the camera and then to her.

“How are preparations for the concert coming along? Any trouble?” She asked as I smiled and shook my head.

“Everything is going as planned, everything’s on schedule, so it’s perfect.” I answered as she looked up from the screen then to the camera.

“Do you have anything special in store for those joining the sound check party?” She then asked causing me to smile and shrug.

“We always have something special planned for the fans.” I explained before hearing someone calling my name.

“Oh, rehearsals.” I gestured over my back before nodded and shut the camera.

Hoku’s POV…

Once he got back to work, I stepped down into the audience area, into one of the higher sections and took a seat.

“Maybe I should do a video blog?” I whispered messing with the camera, before turning the screen so that I could see myself.

“Hello VIPS!” I said waving at the screen, making sure that I looked presentable.

“The US team is here at the Tokyo Concert Dome, where Big Bang is doing their final rehearsal for their ‘Big Show Concert’ Tonight, tomorrow night and Saturday night.” I explained turning so that the stage area could be seen in the screen.

“It’s awesome being able to be this close and be able to wander as we please to get as much coverage of the concerts as possible for you guys.” I gestured smiling before hearing a familiar song begin to play.

“Oh Fantastic Baby.” I explained and began dancing on screen like a psycho before laughing.

“Sorry about that, favorite song.” I explained as I continued to walk down the stairs to where Tyra and Eden were.

“Here we have the security pit area where Tyra and Eden are getting set up for the sound check party.” I explained as Tyra and Eden turned, resting their chins on my shoulder.

“How’s it going girls?” I asked keeping the camera facing them as they were being hooked up with ear pieces for the security pit.

“Tons of fun.” Tyra said sarcastically causing me to smile.

“But it’s awesome to be able to be this close to the stage.” Eden added gesturing to the stage as I turned the camera to show how close we actually were.

“I can touch it, see it.” I noted reaching out to touch the stage easily before I noticed the guys rehearsing on the main stage.

“Let’s go see if Big Bang has anything to say.” I mentioned to the camera, letting the girls know that I was leaving as I maneuvered through the security area then up a pair of stairs to the stage.

“See this badge.” I then added showing the badge I was wearing to the camera.

“This allows me to come on stage whenever I want to, isn’t that cool?” I asked before seeing someone to the corner of my eye walking towards me. I just smiled before turning the camera towards him.

“Do you have anything you would like to say to the state side VIPs Jiyong-ssi?” I asked smiling before he stopped, waving overly excited at the camera before smiling.

“Hello VIPS!” He said posing a bit to introduce him.

“I’m the infamous Kwon Jiyong, also known as G-Dragon.” He mentioned causing me to snort.

“And T.O.P.” Top oppa added walking up behind Jiyong to wave at the camera.

“What are we filming?” Top asked as I smiled.

“This is a video blog for the fan club page.” I added as he nodded staring at the camera.

“Hey guys! Thank you so much for your support this year.” Jiyong mentioned as Top nodded.

“If it wasn’t for you guys, we wouldn’t have had such a great turnout for the concerts this year.” Top added causing me to smile and nod, turning the camera so that I was now in it.

“Sound Check party.” I whispered noting the screaming fans being escorted into the fenced off area in front of the extended stage. I turned the camera towards them and zoomed in.

“These are a few of Japan’s VIPs.” I noted before Jiyong jumped into the screen smiling.

“Now, watch us work our magic.” He said cockily letting me zoom out so that all of Big Bang was now in the screen walking towards the extended stage area. It was definitely going to be a long night for all of us.