Hey there, it's BloodyHolly. No, I'm not changing the storyline for Blacklite Wings. I'm just making small (or big) adjustments to the chapters since when I reread them, some really didn't make sense.

Summary: Mikan Sakura lives with her only brother, Ruka and her best friend Kokoro Yume, a drummer and guitar prodigy. She has a split personality where she treats people differently according to gender. The day she met Natsume, she didn't at all expect to have a larger family. But the day Natsume met her, he didn't at all expect to fall in love. As they work together to form a band, they go through a lot of hardships, particularly Natsume's cousin Reo who seems to just love stealing things away from Natsume. Read on to find out who gets Mikan.

Chapter 1: Prologue

"Nii-chan," Mikan knocked lightly on Ruka's door. "Nii-chan," Mikan called again and she heard Ruka yawned and started stretching. "You have your band audition today."

"Yeah, yeah, I got it. I'm awake," The door opened and Ruka walked out groggily. "Can you put a towel over the door knob later?" Ruka asked and Mikan nodded her head.

After she left a towel on the bathroom's doorknob, the phone started ringing and Mikan rushed to answer it. "Hello, this is Mikan."

"Oh, hey, is Ruka there?" An unfamiliar voice asked.

"He's in the bathroom, shall I take a message?" Mikan asked.

"Just tell him that the audition has been moved to the hall down by Hashibaya Street," the voice replied.

"Oh, allright," Mikan said.

"Thanks," the voice said and the line ended.

Mikan was then making breakfast, she flipped an omelette and placed it on the table. Ruka got out of the bathroom and smelled the freshly burnt toast. He stared at the plate and saw 2 black square-looking objects. "Mi-chan," Ruka raised an eyebrow. "What's this?" He held up the object.

"Toast!" Mikan smiled.

"It's more like collected ash," Ruka chuckled. "I'll teach you how to use the toaster later, in the mean time, get ready. I'll treat you out for lunch after my audition."

"Seriously?" Mikan asked.

"Seriously," Ruka replied. "Oh, I heard the phone ring earlier. Who was it?"

"I think a friend of yours. He said that the audition has been moved to Hashibaya Street," Mikan recalled.

"Oh, allright then. We're leaving in 15 minutes, go and change," Ruka said.

...

They got off the bus just in time to make it for the audition. It was a simple studio in a small community hall. Mikan followed Ruka into the hall. There were a lot of people around, mainly girls. "Most of the girls are auditioning to sing."

"Oh," Mikan replied. She walked on following Ruka.

Ruka searched around the hall and he raised up his hand when he saw his friend. "Yo! Natsume!" Ruka called out.

Mikan tried to see who Ruka's friend was. She tip-toed but she still couldn't see anything above the crowd. After a few shoving and pushing, a guy emerged out from the sea of people and started breathing heavily. "Next time, remind me to tell dad to get people who doesn't like standing." Natsume breathed out.

Mikan stared at Natsume, he had raven-coloured hair, crimson red orbs, and he had one ear pierced with a ruby earring.

Natsume was staring strangely at Mikan as well. She's petite, with her waist-length hazelnut brown hair falling over her shoulder, her auburn eyes and he noticed a scar on her upper arm but since he just met, he didn't dare ask what had happened.

"Mi-chan," Ruka startled Mikan's thoughts. "This is a friend of mine, Natsume Hyuuga. Natsume, this is my sister, Mikan."

"Ah, the oh-so-famous Nogi sister," Natsume chuckled and held out his hand. "Hi, I'm Natsume. Ruka talks about you a lot."

Mikan shook his hand. "I never recalled him mentioning you to me at all, I'm Mikan," She smiled.

"What? He's never talked about me?" Natsume asked. "What's wrong with you?" Natsume playfully punched Ruka's shoulder and they started laughing. "Well, the audition is going to take a while, we need a drummer, a keyboard player and a singer. Well, we'd take in one more guitarists but I don't like sharing a part in the band."

"How come you get to decide?" Mikan asked.

"Well," Natsume thought. "It IS my father's company that's sponsoring the band, so I think it's only fair his son is in it without trying." Natsume said and turned around. "Come on, I'll lead you guys to the upper deck, there's so much more space there."

Mikan leaned towards Ruka. "Isn't he a bit selfish? How can he think like that?"

"That's how Natsume works. It's him, or nothing," Ruka smiled.

"I still find it weird you've never talked about him before," Mikan pouted. "But he really doesn't sound like someone I'd get along with."

"Hey, he's one of the coolest guys I know. You'll learn to see the good parts in him," Ruka smiled and they continued walking, following Natsume's lead.

...

"Oh, you're Ruka's sister?" A guy who doesn't look a day out of 20 asked. He wore thick framed glasses and stared at Mikan. "You guys don't look alike at all. Ruka actually looks like a foreigner."

"Well, my mom's French, so it makes sense. Mikan got dad's genes," Ruka chuckled.

"Oh, I see," He still thought about the connection. "Well, my name is Yuu Ichijou, I'm the manager of the band. Nice to meet you."

"Same here," Mikan smiled. She started walking around the studio. Those auditioning for the singing role are the ones lining up down in the hall. They have to perform on the stage. For the instruments, the drums and keyboard is in another studio somewhere in the hall.

Ruka checked his watch and glanced around. "Yuu, where's the audition room for keyboard?" Ruka asked.

"Oh, when you get out, it's the seventh door to your left," Yuu said. "You can't miss it, it's the only room in the hall with two huge wooden doors," Yuu added.

Ruka nodded and ruffled Mikan's hair. "Wish me luck, Mi-chan." He smiled and walked out.

While waiting, Mikan saw Natsume leaning against the balcony looking at the stage, listening to every participant singing. The room is sound proof, Natsume wore headphones that could hear the participant's singing clearly.

A lot of people, mostly students walked in and out of the studio. Mikan noticed they signed something in a book in front of Yuu. Mikan glanced and Yuu saw Mikan hovering over the registration book. "Mikan? Are you okay?" Yuu asked.

"Mmm," Mikan replied. "What's this?"

"A registration book, so that only those that booked an audition with us could participate, we don't really have enough time to choose, so there's a limit for participants, except for the singers. We can audition as many, since they're only to sing a few parts until Natsume tells the music to stop." Yuu pointed to the remote Natsume was holding.

He had a built-in mic in the headphones and that's how he directed the participants and music to synchronize. "All right, five minute break," Natsume said and the crowd started walking out to the restaurant outside.

Natsume took off the headphones and stared blankly into space. The sudden burst through the doors startled everyone. A tall guy appeared with a pair of drumsticks. "Am I too late to audition?" He breathed out. "Sorry! I missed the bus, I ran as fast as I could," He fell down to his knees. He was completely exhausted.

"Koko?" Mikan asked and the guy's head lifted.

"Mi-chan?" The guy asked.

"Ah!" Mikan squealed and hugged him. "I haven't seen you in two weeks! Why did you skip school?"

Koko laughed. "It was the Athletics Championships, I don't like to do all those things. Besides, I had a gig down by Osaka for a week, I couldn't make it to school with the terrible weather," Koko said.

"The auditions for drums is about to en, in a few minutes, I suggest to sign your name and head there immediately," Yuu said.

"Oh, right," Koko signed his name and fist punched Mikan. "Allright, I'm up. See you later Mikan."

Mikan waved and Koko left. "I just wished he had the guts to say he likes Anna, it's been two years," Mikan smiled.

"Anna?" Yuu asked.

"Hmm?" Mikan turned around and heard Yuu said something. "Oh yeah, Anna, she's a classmate of mine in school. She likes Koko a lot, and well, I think Koko likes her too, he just won't admit it."

"Which school do you go to?" Yuu asked.

"Alice Academy," Mikan said.

"Anna Ichijou?" Yuu asked.

"Yeah, how'd you know?" Mikan asked.

"That's Yuu's baby sister," Natsume appeared and slammed his body weight on the couch. "I haven't seen her in a while, hiding her from me?" Natsume joked.

"She's been busy with her cooking, she's working part time in a restaurant right now," Yuu said.

"Oh, I heard about that!" Mikan exclaimed. "She got promoted last week, a food critique was completely impressed with her traditional cooking."

Ruka came into the room quietly and Natsume noticed. "So, what happened?" Natsume asked and jumped off the couch.

"Tell me, what does a green chop mean?" Ruka held out his audition slip.

"You got it?" Natsume asked.

"I got it!" Ruka exclaimed excitedly and they hugged.

"Awesome! My brother-from-another-mother is in the same band as me!" Natsume cheered. Mikan hugged to congratulate Ruka too.

"It was weird, your dad was there and he stopped everyone from playing right after the chorus, I got so nervous I wanted to die, after he stopped me, he auditioned everyone else and stopped me before I got out of the room and signed my slip," Ruka said. "This is amazing!"

"Hey, when you've got talent, people know," Natsume said.

After a few minutes of cheering, Koko burst through the doors jumping around. "I got it! I got it! I got it!" Koko shouted. "Woots! I got it!"

More people cheered, suddenly Mikan felt left out in the room. Everyone was talking about their plans for rehearsals. She glanced out to the balcony and saw the number of participants slowly decreasing. "Sir, you've got to see this," The speaker announced and Natsume turned around.

"Put it on loud speaker," Natsume ordered and then he saw the person standing on stage. A familiar girl with short wavy green hair was standing on stage, holding the mic. "Oh no..."

"NATSUMEEEEEEEE!" She squealed and started waving her hands. "NATSUUUMEEEEE!"

Natsume facepalmed and glanced at Yuu. "Seriously Yuu? She's auditioning?"

"You know as well as I do that she sings pretty well, I had no power to stop anyone from signing up," Yuu said.

"Damn, if dad hears her voice, he'd take her in a heartbeat," he cursed.

"Allright, my name is Sumire Shoda, I'm number 56," Sumire introduced. "The song I'll be singing is titled Mirror Mirror by M2M."

(A/N: Skip to the last verse if you don't want to read the lyrics)

Mirror mirror lie to me
Show me what I wanna see
Mirror mirror lie to me

Why don't I like the girl I see

"Clearly no one likes the girl she sees in the mirror," Natsume chuckled.

The one who's standing right in front of me
Why don't I think before I speak
I should have listened to that voice inside me
I must be stupid, must be crazy, must be out of my mind
To say the kind of things I said last night

Mirror mirror hanging on the wall
You don't have to tell me who's the biggest fool of all
Mirror mirror I wish you could lie to me
And bring my baby back, bring my baby back to me

Mirror mirror lie to me
Show me what I wanna see
Mirror mirror lie to me
Show me what I wanna see

Why did I let you walk away
When all I had to do was say I'm sorry
I let my pride get in the way
And in the heat of the moment I was to blame
I must be stupid, must be crazy, must be out of my mind
Now in the cold light of the day I realize

Mirror mirror hanging on the wall
You don't have to tell me who's the biggest fool of all
Mirror mirror I wish you could lie to me
And bring my baby back, bring my baby back to me

If only wishes could be dreams
And all my dreams could come true
There would be two of us standing here in front of you
If you could show me that someone that I used to be
Bring back my baby, my baby to me

Mirror mirror hanging on the wall
You don't have to tell me who's the biggest fool of all
Mirror mirror I wish you could lie to me
And bring my baby back, bring my baby back to me

Mirror mirror hanging on the wall
You don't have to tell me who's the biggest fool of all
Mirror mirror I wish you could lie to me
And bring my baby back, bring my baby back to me

Mirror mirror lie to me
Show me what I wanna see
Mirror mirror lie to me
Mirror mirror lie to me
Show me what I wanna see
Mirror mirror lie to me

"That song is beautiful," A man who was standing silently in the back of the studio muttered.

"Dad," Natsume said.

"Kaito-sama," Yuu bowed, Koko and Ruka followed. Mikan who was completely blur had to be pulled down to bow by Koko.

"She's the best I've heard all day," Kaito Hyuuga said.

Shit! Natsume clenched his fists. "I don't like her."

"I don't care, it's not you who's investing money to create this band. She's the best, and I want the best," Kaito said.

Mikan looked out at the crowd and Koko saw her longing gaze. "Do you want to sing?" He asked.

Mikan shook her head. "No way! There's so many people down there."

"Mikan, you sing?" Yuu asked.

"Only in the bathroom and while cooking," Mikan laughed.

Natsume took this opportunity to try and distract his dad from jotting down Sumire's name on the list. "Go on, just go down there and sing. If everyone else can, why not you?" Natsume asked.

Mikan's eyes shifted from Ruka to Koko, then she stared at Natsume. "No, it's okay."

"You should," Natsume insisted. If more people keep singing, someone's bound to be better than that seaweed-headed girl.

"Go on, Mikan, you know you want to," Ruka urged and finally Mikan agreed.

"Okay, can I borrow Ruka to play the guitar for me?" Mikan asked.

"I can play the drums too you know!" Koko said and they followed Mikan out of the room.

"My mind's practically made up," Kaito said.

"Just hang on dad, just wait, I know something good is going to happen," Natsume is trying to buy time. Someone, please, just please sing better!

Mikan appeared on stage and the hall dimmed, the spotlight was on her and she shuffled in her place. Natsume saw Ruka calming Mikan down. "Hi, I'm Mikan Nogi." She introduced. "The song I'll be singing for this audition is, Fly, by Hilary Duff."

Ruka started playing the guitar followed by Koko's drums.

In a moment, everything can change,
Feel the wind on your shoulder,
For a minute, all the world can wait,
Let go of your yesterday.

Can you hear it calling?
Can you feel it in your soul?
Can you trust this longing?
And take control,

Fly
Open up the part of you that wants to hide away
You can shine,
Forget about the reasons why you can't in life,
And start to try, cause it's your time,
Time to fly.

All your worries, leave them somewhere else,
Find a dream you can follow,
Reach for something, when there's nothing left,
And the world's feeling hollow.

Can you hear it calling?
Can you feel it in your soul?
Can you trust this longing?
And take control,

Fly
Open up the part of you that wants to hide away
You can shine,
Forget about the reasons why you can't in life,
And start to try, cause it's your time,
Time to fly.

And when you're down and feel alone,
Just want to run away,
Trust yourself and don't give up,
You know you better than anyone else,

In a moment, everything can change,
Feel the wind on your shoulder,
For a minute, all the world can wait,
Let go of yesterday,

Fly
Open up the part of you that wants to hide away
You can shine,
Forget about the reasons why you can't in life,
And start to try,
Fly
Forget about the reasons why you can't in life,
And start to try, cause it's your time,
Time to fly.

In a moment, everything can change

Natsume was speechless, so was his father. The way she expressed herself through the song captured Natsume and Kaito's attention. "Well, that was surprising." Kaito said.

Natsume was still quiet. He related himself to the lyrics of the song. His lips turned into a faint smile. "Well, I guess we've found our lead singer, Natsume. Let's welcome her to band."

"Yeah, let's," Natsume agreed.

So this is how I changed the first chapter of Blacklite Wings, it's the same storyline, I'm just correcting my grammar and punctuations, and also trying to decrease the amount of dramatic scenes of a self-conceited Mikan. Thank you for reading Blacklite Wings, it's currently officially completed.