A/N: Happy Halloween! This story has been taking over my mind for the last month and a half so I finally wrote it down. Right on time for Halloween too!

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN Mai-Hime! D':

ENJOY!

Chapter 1: Midori's Majority Rule

DING DONG!

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"…Maybe no one's home," A young boy with dark brown hair and slate blue eyes mumbled to his companion. The small girl, who has curly blonde hair and hazel eyes, next to him crossed her arms and pouted.

"Figures. She's always been a lousy neighbor. I mean, who isn't home tonight of all nights?" The boy rolled his eyes, used to the girl's rude manners.

"We should be happy to have a neighbor like Kuga-san. You remember when she babysat us a few months ago? She was the coolest baby sitter that we've ever had." Now it was the girl turn to roll her eyes.

"You're only saying that because you have a HUGE crush on her." She smirked when her friend's face became as bright red as a traffic light.

"Shut up," he grumbled as he rang the doorbell again.

A loud crash was heard from inside the apartment, causing the pair to give each other perplexed and worried glances. The crash was followed by a long string of curses. "So much for her not being at home," the girl remarked.

The apartment door flew open. There stood a panting teenage girl, clad in jeans and a black and white baseball shirt and her long hair pulled back into low ponytail. The boy noted with awe how if the light hit the older girl's black hair just right, it looked like it was really blue. He flinched when the younger girl next to him elbowed him right in his gut. 'Stop drooling' was what the hazel eyes said, and the boy merely glared back at them, as if replying 'I wasn't.'

"Oh… *pant*… Hey Hikari and… *pant*… Souma-kun. What's up?" From the way the older girl was breathing, one would guess that she just participated in a marathon.

"Trick-or-Treat," the young duo said in unison. An awkward pause followed before the girl deemed as Hikari spoke. "You forgot about Halloween, didn't you, Natsuki-san?"

Natsuki smiled sheepishly. "Heh, maybe I did, maybe I didn't."

"You did. I can tell."

"Hikari-chan, stop being so rude," Souma muttered, elbowing his friend on the same manner she did him. He then turned his back to the blunette. "Do you have company coming over, Kuga-san?"

"Please, Souma-kun, just call me Natsuki or something. When you call me 'Kuga-san', it makes me feel old. And yes, Nao and the others are heading over here right now. Even though I told them to be here an hour ago…" The last part came out as a low grumble. "So," Natsuki smiled. "Can I guess what you guys are dressed up as?"

The duo nodded. Souma's was eager, but Hikari's was indifferent.

"Hmmm… Souma-kun's obviously dressed up as the Green Lantern –a good choice, by the way –and Hikari's a… princess?"

"WRONG! I'm a FAIRY princess. And a pink one, too," Hikari glared at Natsuki with all her might, but the teenager merely lifted a brow. Natsuki leaned down to whisper in Souma's ear.

"Some one is sure acting like a spoiled brat tonight, huh?" Souma grunted in response.

"You should just be happy that you don't have to go trick-or-treating with her…er… Suki-san?" The blunette smiled softly at the adorable little boy.

"That'll work just fine, Souma-kun," she sing-songed while ruffling the short brown hair affectionately. "Anyways, I obviously don't have anything that I can give you guys right now. I actually didn't expect any trick-or-treaters since you're the only kids in the building…"

"It's okay, Suki-san. You can make it up to us later. We actually are about to head over to our friend's house to trick-or-treat in his neighborhood, but we wanted to come see you first."

"Oh really?" Natsuki smiled.

"No, not really. I wanted to leave as soon as possible, but Green Wimp over here refused to go anywhere until he saw you," Hikari shifted her glare from Natsuki to Souma, and vice versa. She huffed before trudging down the corridor in the direction of the apartment Souma's family stays in. The two that remained just shook their heads.

"She'll be just awesome to be around in her teenage years," Souma said with a stoic face. Natsuki couldn't help but chuckle.

"I've met people that are worse than Hikari. Much worse."

"Is that a fact?" Blue and stunning green turned to be met with grassy green.

"…Midori-san?" Natsuki asked.

I wouldn't happen to know any of these people, would I?" Midori grinned.

"No, you don't. The people I was referring to are still in San Francisco… hopefully. Gods forbid that they are anywhere around here."

Souma looked back and forth between the two older women before bowing to Natsuki, muttering something about not wanting to make Hikari even more upset, and running off after said blonde. The blunette watched the boy scamper away before leaning against her doorframe and crossing her arms.

"Why are you here, Midori-san?"

The redhead's grin widened before changing to a faux hurt expression. "Is that how you choose to treat me, Natsuki-kun? After I helped you out so much a year ago?" Natsuki responded with a grunt and walked back into her apartment, but not before signaling for the redhead to follow her.

"Shouldn't you be throwing a party or something? It's Halloween, and you always throw parties, whether it's a holiday or not." The blunette hopped up onto the granite counter in her kitchen.

"Heh, funny you should mention that," Midori smiled sheepishly as she rubbed the back of her neck. Natsuki raised a dark brow, wondering if she looked that sad a minute ago. "You see, I am having a party in two hours."

"There's a 'but' in there, followed by you asking me for a favor, right?" Natsuki smirked when Midori fidgeted. "You're becoming too predictable, Midori-san."

"But," Midori continued. "The band I hired backed out of it an hour ago."

"… Hell no."

"Oh come on, Natsuki-kun! I you owe me! No one will come to my party of there's no music," Midori whined.

"Oi! I don't owe you anything! If anyone owes someone, it's YOU that owes ME!"

"Why are you guys so loud?" Natsuki and Midori turned and found three teenage girls standing in the entrance of the kitchen from the hallway of the front door. The tallest among the three had short black hair, glasses, and hazel eyes. Next was the person who spoke before, another redhead with lime green eyes. And the youngest girl has sharp golden eyes and short black hair with two braids on each side of her face.

"It's about time that you guys got here," the blunette growled. "I've been waiting for almost an hour!" She turned back to Midori, her intense green eyes flashing with irritation. "And that's why I'm saying no, Midori-san. We're too disorganized to perform anywhere."

"You're too hard on yourself, Natsuki-kun. You guys have been playing together for almost a year! Don't you think it's about time for you to reveal yourselves to the world?" The blunette huffed.

"You're forgetting that we're all still minors. I'm sure that there will be alcohol at this party of yours."

"What do you mean 'you're all minors'? You, Yuuki-san, and Harada-san are all 18 and older! Mikoto-kun is the only exception." The tallest of the teenage girls stepped forward.

"What are you guys talking about? What party? And sorry to burst your bubble, Midori-san, but the legal age to drink is still 21."

"Midori-san wants us to play at her Halloween party in 2 hours. I already told her that we're not ready nor old enough," Natsuki said, hopping off the counter and crossing her arms. "Do you agree, Chie?"

Chie shrugged. "Kinda."

A dark brow quirked again. "'Kinda'?"

"Midori-san is right, Natsuki. It's about time that we play our first gig. And there are ways around the whole 'minors' issue."

"Yeah, we could wear costumes," the youngest girl, Mikoto, chimed in.

"There's no way that I'm performing in some lame costume," the younger redhead muttered. "Why don't we just wear shades?"

"Shades?" Everyone asked in unison.

"Yeah, shades. We could change our appearances so no one recognizes us."

"That's another reason why we shouldn't play: we're high school students. I don't know about you guys, but I don't want a bunch of college creeps to stalk me. Besides, I'm sure that some of our teachers will be there. The last thing I need is another detention," Natsuki grumbled. The younger redhead smirked.

"So that's why you had to stay after today. What did you do? Beat up an admirer again?"

"Let's not get off subject, Nao," Chie warned the redhead. "Natsuki, if you're really that concerned about people knowing who we are, we can adopt new identities."

"New identities?" Everyone asked in unison again. Chie nodded.

"Exactly. We'll dress differently like Nao suggested, and we'll act differently. Well… everyone except for Mikoto, that is. You should just stay silent. If anyone hears your voice, they'll automatically know something is up. Besides, Travis Barker doesn't talk much at all, either." At the mention of her idol, Mikoto nodded vigorously.

"Sounds like fun," Nao smiled slyly. "I'm in."

"Sweet! Well, Natsuki-kun, it's 4 to 1. Looks like you're performing at my party," Midori practically sang.

"Hmpf. Fine. C'mon, guys. Let's go get our stuff. We only have 2 hours to set up and find out what we're going to play," Natsuki growled.

"Sheesh. Talk about a sore loser," Nao whispered to older redhead before following the grumpy blunette down towards the band's studio/practice room.

A/N: Yeah, yeah. I know that this is really vague, so I'll clarify some things right now.

Natsuki is the band leader. She switches between rhythm and lead guitar depending on who's singing and if Chie playing or not (Refer to Chie's notes). She is usually the lead vocalist, but becomes backup when Nao is the lead. She is a senior at Fuuka High School and is 19 years old.

Nao also plays guitar, but only lead (when necessary). If Chie is not playing, then she plays bass guitar instead. Whenever Natsuki is sing the lead, Nao sings backup, though there are occasions that Nao will sing the lead.

Chie is the bassist of the group, but due to her weak physical condition, she can only play for short periods of time with breaks in between. When Chie isn't playing, Nao takes over for her on bass. Chie always sings backup, if she sings at all.

Mikoto is the band's drummer, and a fantastic one, at that. She became inspired after listening to Travis Barker of Blink 182. Natsuki was kind enough to give Mikoto a few lessons, but then Mikoto was set. Natsuki sometimes refers to Mikoto as "a drummer in the ruff," meaning that Mikoto is actually musical genius, but she just doesn't have an interest to expand beyond the drum set.

...In other words... Sometimes just Natsuki, Nao, and Mikoto will play (Natsuki= lead guitar & vocals; Nao= bass & backup vocals; Mikoto= drums), but other times, Chie, Natsuki, Nao, and Mikoto will play (Natsuki= rhythm guitar & vocals; Nao= lead guitar & backup; Chie= bass & backup; Mikoto= drums). There will also be time that Nao is just lead vocals, but I'll get into that later. I don't want to completely fry your brains, especially if you're not into music as much as I am. :)

Please review! :3 ~Wolf-of-Wind