Chapter One

"Kara! You're going to be late for school!" Mom yelled up the stairs.

"I'm coming!" I yelled back down as I took Shuichi's Nittle Grasper tape out of my vcr. I ran downstairs and grabbed my bookbag walking out the door. "Bye!" I yelled closing the door behind me.

"Bye!" Mom said back.

I had skated to school and saw Shuichi and Hiro sitting at their desks.

"Here Shuichi. Thanks alot for letting me borrow and copy it." I said smiling at him as I handed the tape back.

"Sure, Kara. No problem." Shuichi said smiling at me.

I had sat down in my seat. Which was next to Hiro's and behind Shuichi's.

"You know Kara," Shuichi paused then said smiling at me. "If you want. I can have you and Ryuichi meet. Since you love him so much."

"Shuichi!" I said in a hushed voice as I felt my cheeks turn a crimson red. "He's probably too busy to meet someone like me."

"No he isn't." Shuichi looked at Hiro and smiled at him, "we can ask him after school. Just come with us to the studio."

Hiro smiled back at Shuichi as he said, "yeah Kara. Come with us after school. We can get you into the studio."

"Okay," I said with my cheeks still red.

"Really? So I'm going to meet one of my biggest fans today?" Ryuichi asked Shuichi over the phone. "Well I'd better surprise her good, right?" Ryuichi asked smiling.

"Hiro and I are going to bring her with us after school." Shuichi said over the phone. "Her name is Kara. And she's been a friend of mine. For about basically as long as Hiro has."

"I'll see you guys when you get here later then. Bye Shuichi."

"Bye Ryuichi." Shuichi said hanging up the phone.

Shuichi went back to where Hiro and I were sitting and eating our lunches.

"I just talked to Ryuichi." Shuichi paused then said while looking at me. "I told him we'll be coming there to the studio after school."

"Okay," Hiro said smiling at me.

I just sat there all quiet as I felt my face grow hot.

"Are you alright Kara?" Shuichi asked as he seen how red I had gotten.

"Yeah. I'm okay." I said smiling. "I'm just really nervous about meeting Ryuichi."

"It's okay. There's nothing to be nervous about." Shuichi said smiling at me.

"Yeah, I know. But," I paused as I asked Shuichi looking him in the eyes, "weren't you nervous meeting Eiri Yuki for the first time?"

Shuichi blushed as he said smiling at me, "yeah. I was like that when we first met."

Before we knew it, the bell for lunch and study hall period had ended.

We had gone back to our classroom.

Soon after that, the bell rang for school to end.

I had gone to the phones to call home to Mom.

"Hello?" Mom asked over the receiver.

"Hi Mom. I was calling to let you know I was going to be spending the day with Shuichi and Hiro." I said to her.

"Okay," Mom paused then said. "I'll see you when you come home then."

"Bye," I said hanging up the phone. I turned torwards Hiro and Shuichi and said smiling at them. "She said it's okay."

"Then let's go," Shuichi said smiling at me.

I had grabbed my roller blades and had put them on when we got outside.

Hiro had gotten on his bike. And Shuichi sat behind him. I had grabbed onto the bar that stuck out from underneath him. We had left towards the studio after that.

"Why are you dressing up Ryuichi?" Tohma asked looking at him.

"Shuichi and Hiro are going to bring one of my biggest fans with them to meet me. And I'm going to take her out tonight." Ryuichi said smiling back.

"Hey. I thought I told them they weren't suppose to bring any outsiders in here." Tohma said angrily.

"Relax Tohma." Ryuichi paused then said smiling at him, "it'll be fine."

"If you say so. But she better not mess up anything in here." Tohma said as he left and went back to his office.

"We're here." Shuichi said walking into the studio.

"This place is big." I paused then said, "since this is the first time I've been here."

"Hey Shuichi!" I heard a voice behind us.

All of a sudden I saw Ryuichi hop onto Shuichi's back.

"Hey Ryuichi," Shuichi said smiling at his friend. "This is Kara. My friend I had told you about." Shuichi said smiling at me.

"Hey," Ryuichi said smiling at me as he held his hand out ot me.

"Hi," I said smiling at him feeling my cheeks blush as I placed my hand in his.

"Wow. She's cute when she blushes." Ryuichi thought smiling to himself seeing my face flush.

"Well it's nice to meet you, Kara." He said smiling at me.

"Nice too meet you too, Ryuichi-san." I said smiling at him.

"Please call me Ryuichi." He said smiling at me.

"Okay," I said smiling at him.

Shuichi and Hiroshi had stood there watching and smiling at us.

"Why is nobody in the studios and singing, Shuichi?" Came a voice in the doorway.

"We're coming, K." Shuichi said to this man holding a gun. "I was intorducing one of my friends to Ruyichi-san."

"Oh, I see." K said as he seen me. "Nice to meet you." He said smiling at me.

"Hello," I said to him.

"Shall we go, Kara." Ryuichi said holding his hand out to me.

"Okay," I said nodding my head as I placed my hand in his.

We had gone out of the studio. We had walked to where his motorcycle was parked in the garage. Ryuichi had helped me get on. Then he had gotten on in front of me. "Here you go," he said handing me a helmet.

"Thanks," I said putting the helmet on.

"All set?" He asked smiling at me.

"Yeah," I said smiling as I placed my hands on his sides.

Ryuichi smiled as he said, "you're going to have to hold tighter than that. I drive really fast on the road."

"Okay," I said wrapping my arms around his waist.

"That's better." Ryuichi said smiling at me.

I smiled at him as I felt myself blush.

"Okay. Now that we're both set. Let's get out of here." He said starting his motorcycle and drove off onto the road.

As we were driving on the road. I could feel my heart beat fast as I had thought of being so close to Ryuichi.

Tohma had looked out his office window seeing Ryuichi leave on his motorcycle with me sitting behind him.

"She didn't stay here for very long. She must have came right after I was done talking to Ryuichi. Then they must have left right after they met." He said as he sat down in his chair.