Yo! I was thinking of a Mermaid Melody episode , and then I somehow got the idea for this! (My train of thought often stops by random places XD ) I kinda got a little. . . tired of all the stories about Amu being the singer, and Rima just a friend, and I haven't seen a RimaHiko fanfic about her living this kind of life, so, yeah XD Chara's do not exist, and they are all in highschool. This is my first Shugo Chara story, so please, review, and don't be afraid to speak your mind, please!

Disclaimer: I (unfortunately) do NOT own Mermaid Melody, Shuigo Chara, or any of the songs that are here. Yup, life is cruel. IF I did own them, Lucia and Kaito would be together from the start, Hanon wouldn't have fallen for that teacher, Gaito would have been a more important character, and Tadagay would have died (Sorry all Tadamu lovers, I'm all for Amuto XD ) or given up on Amu, and Ikuto would have gotten Amu, and Yoru would be with Miki. IT would be VERY different.

Summary : I, Rima Mashiro, am an average teenaged girl. I like this one guy, BUT. . . I also happen to have a . . . little. . . secret. I also happen to be this new pop star, which suddenly everyone admires, and only sings at this one club : Fusion.

Rima POV – Setting : The Club she works at – Name : Fusion.

I , Rima Mashiro am average. The other me, Kagami Mei, is a popular pop star, known for singing at only one place. Fusion.

"Now, everyone, please put your hands together for, . . . KAGAMI MEI!!"

Whoop de do, here we go. Kairi, my manager mentions at his face for me to put on a smile. I rolled my eyes. Whatever. As I walked out, I put on a smile. I always did. Just as I always looked at the crowd. My gaze never really rested on anyone. I normally spent my time looking for just one guy. He's never here though.

Oh. My. God. He's right there. I think I'm going to die. Right there, was the guy of my dreams. Right there was the star of the basketball team, Nagihiko Fujisaki. Surrounding him was the basketball team. Kuukai Souma, he's cute, I guess. Ikuto Tsukiyomi, my friend Amu's boyfriend. Tadase Hotori, he's cute, in a girly way I guess, he's always trying for Amu, to bad she used to have a crush on him. My manager's also on the team, but he's backstage.

I walked up to the microphone, the band behind me nodded, I nodded back. " How about a fast song just to create the mood?" A cheer. They're soooo predictable. It's really hard not to roll my eyes. Kairi would kill me.

I close my eyes, and the words flow from my mouth,

(Song's called Ignorance, by Paramore, again, I don't own.)

If I'm a bad person, you don't like me
Well, I guess I'll make my own way
It's a circle, a mean cycle
I can't excite you anymore
Where's your gavel? Your jury?
What's my offense this time?
You're not a judge but if you're gonna judge me
Well sentence me to another life.

Don't wanna hear your sad songs
I don't wanna feel your pain
When you swear it's all my fault
Cause you know we're not the same
(hey)
We're not the same
(Hey)
Oh, we're not the same
We're the friends who stuck together,
We wrote our names in blood,
(hey)
But I guess you can't accept that the change is good
It's good, it's good

Well, you treat me just like another stranger
Well, it's nice to meet you, sir
I guess I'll go,
I best be on my way out

You treat me just like another stranger
Well, it's nice to meet you, sir
I guess I'll go,
I best be on my way out

Ignorance is your new best friend,
Ignorance is your new best friend

This is the best thing that could've happened;
Any longer and I wouldn't have made it
It's not a war, no, it's not a rapture
I'm just a person, but you can't take it
The same tricks that, that once fooled me
They won't get you anywhere
I'm not the same kid from your memory
Well, now I can fend for myself

Don't wanna hear your sad songs
I don't wanna feel your pain
When you swear it's all my fault
Cause you know we're not the same
(hey)
We're not the same
(hey)
Oh, we're not the same
Yeah, we used to stick together,
We wrote our names in blood,
But I guess you can't accept that the change is good
It's good, it's good

Well, you treat me just like another stranger
Well, it's nice to meet you, sir
I guess I'll go,
I best be on my way out

You treat me just like another stranger
Well, it's nice to meet you, sir
I guess I'll go,
I best be on my way out

Ignorance is your new best friend,
Ignorance is your new best friend.
Ignorance is your new best friend,
Ignorance is your new best friend.

Well, you treat me just like another stranger
Well, it's nice to meet you, sir
I guess I'll go
I best be on my way out

You treat me just like another stranger,
Well, it's nice to meet you, sir
I guess I'll go,
I best be on my way out

It's nice, singing. I can just forget the pains of the world. The way life goes, it just passes me by as I sing. God, I'd die without my singing. I open my eyes. The dance floors crowded, people are cheering. It's the same old thing. My eyes fly over to the basket ball team. Fangirls are crowding them. Ikuto, play boy he is, flirts, Kuukai's dense, so he's just talking, Nagihiko's talking to Tadase, and, DAMN! When'd they get here? Damn, damn, damn. Amu, Utau, Nadeshiko, and Yaya have arrived. Damn. My best friends are here. Amu works her way over to Ikuto,, and then sits on his lap. Utau heads over to Kuukai and talks to him. I snort to myself.

Who the hell do they think they're kidding? EVERYBODY knows they have a thing for each other. Now they just need to admit it.

Yaya and Temari head over to the dance floor.

The drummer comes and taps me on the shoulder.

"Yes?" I question.

"Your manager-dude says that we should play 'Breathe No More' (By Evanescence, and I do NOT own, but I do have it on my MP3!) What do you say?"

"Sure, why not? I love that song!"

"You love all the song.!"

I flash him a smile in response. As he returns ti the drums, I turn back to the people in the club,

" Hey, next is sort of a slow song, so grab a partner, it's sort of sad, but I've seen people dance to it before!"

Empteying my mind of everything but the song, I begin :

I've been looking in the mirror for so long.
That I've come to believe my soul's on the other side.
All the little pieces falling, shatter.
Shards of me,
Too sharp to put back together.
Too small to matter,
But big enough to cut me into so many little pieces.
If I try to touch her,
And I bleed,
I bleed,
And I breathe,
I breathe no more.

Take a breath and I try to draw from my spirits well.
Yet again you refuse to drink like a stubborn child.
Lie to me,
Convince me that I've been sick forever.
And all of this,
Will make sense when I get better.
But I know the difference,
Between myself and my reflection.
I just can't help but to wonder,
Which of us do you love.
So I bleed,
I bleed,
And I breathe,
I breathe no...
Bleed,
I bleed,
And I breathe,
I breathe,
I breathe-
I breathe no more.

I love that song. It seems so sad, but it can really help me just relax.

Amu and Ikuto were dancing on the dance floor, no surprise there. Utau and Kuukai were dancing, finally. Yaya and Nadeshiko were dancing with two guys. No surprise there.

"All right peoples! Two more songs, then I'm calling it a wrap!" I declared into the microphone. The usual halfhearted groan came. They knew that after all the dancing they'd been doing, they would be beat.

I sang one more fast paced song, called Clowns, (Can you se me now?) ( By ,T.a.t.u. and I don't own.) one to finish it up, a slow, and fast song, with tons of meaning, Stand in the rain. ( By Superchic[k], and I don't own.)

Waving goodbye to the people as I walked off, I noticed Nagihiko watching me, our gazes held for a moment, then he looked away to answer something Kuukai asked.

~Backstage~

"Well done Kagami. I'm proud of you." Kairi says the same thing everytime. I always answer the same thing, everytime

"Whatever."

We walked by all the people who worked backstage, many smiling at me, I smiled or nodded in response. As always. Yup, my life as a singer is routine. I want . . . something new, a change in this life. This one and my other one.

We arrived at my dressing room. I was about to head in, but Kairi stopped me.

" There was something else in your singing tonight. More. . . meaning. What's that all about? Hm?"

"I have no idea what your talking about." I answered with my The-world-can-go-die-for-all-I-care face on. And I walked in.

Damn you Kairi. To damn observant as always. My singing was different, I did try to do my best, to let everything I felt in my heart flow with the words, lace inbetween them, make them bigger, more than just words. I tried to make them alive, to try to make everyone think about the song as more than just a song. Most people don't.

I sighed, and pulled off my wig. My golden hair fell around me, shining in the light. I threw the wig on the dresser, and it lay there like a brown mop. Then I pulled out my contacts, and my eyes turned from emerald to a molten gold. Then getting dressed in jeans and a blue sweater, instead of my black, red, and white out fit.

I changed from Kagami Mei to Rima Mashiro.

I changed from someone I'm not to me.

I CANNOT BELIEVE I TYPED ALL THT IN ONE SITTING!!!! I amaze myself. Well, people reading this, there is a button I believe you all need to get familiar with. It's called the review button. Now, what you do, is you press it , then type whatever thoughts came to your heads while reading this!Then you press a button that says Submit feedback/review. Easy. Now, please go do just that!

Till next time. BYE!