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The sweet melody

Her phone was ringing, and she was rather annoyed by the stupid sound. After the third ring she decided it was better to take the call " Kuga, who's speaking?" she asked in a sleepy tone, before the phone call she had been taking a nap to be ready for tonight.

"Oi Kuga it's me" the other one answered, and a small smile could be seen on the raven-haired girl's face.

"Hi Nao, to what do I owe the pleasure?" asked Natsuki in a teasing voice.

"Come on pup, don't mess around, you know." Said the red-head.

"Oh? I don't know what you're talking about" The green-eyed girl replied

"I was calling to know at what time tonight?" explained Nao.

"At 8 p.m. don't be late"

"You know I won't, well Kuga I got to go, see you tonight" with that she hung up the phone, before Natsuki could reply. 'I should take a bath, Mai is probably about to arrive' thought the girl and with that she went into the bathroom. As she expected a few minutes after she had gone out of the shower, the bell rang.

"I'm coming" shouted Natsuki. When she opened the door, she was greeted by two pairs of eyes, which surprised her "Are you coming too, Mikoto?" she asked, as she lead the two girls to her living room

"Yes, she has been getting used to your work" answered Mai.

"Oh! I'm glad that you like it"

"Also… It seems that it calms her down" whispered the orange-head. At that statement Natsuki suppressed a chuckle. When she looked down she noticed that her friend was holding two bags. Mai, who noticed the curious glance the girl was giving the bag, said "In this bag, are you clothes for tonight and in the other one are mine a Mikoto's"

Natsuki nodded and asked, while taking the bag that Mai was holding with her right hand "So… what did you bring me for today?"

"Well since I know you don't like dresses, and today's performance is rather formal I thought a tuxedo would look good on you". Natsuki nodded again and went to change to her bedroom, before closing the door, she turned her head and said "You can use the spare room to change"

"Ok will be ready in half an hour, hurry or else we are going to be late, call me if you need help"

"Sure, sure" said Natsuki before closing the door.

After fifteen minutes she went out of her bedroom dressed in black pants, and a cobalt blue formal shirt, which tightened a little on her waist, giving her a more feminine look, not that anyone would think she was a boy. The shirt was sticking out of the pants and the last three buttons were undone. Also she was having trouble with putting her vest on. While she was struggling to get it on, Mai went out of her room dressed in a long black, low cut dress which left a lot to imagination and apologized for taking too much time. When she looked up after apologizing she saw the mess her friend had caused and proceed to scold the girl "Natsuki! The clothes are meant to be formal, F-O-R-M-A-L" she spelled.

"So, what's wrong?" asked the other.

"Oh come on, you aren't wearing your bow, your vest is a mess, your…"

"Ok, Ok I get it, but there's no way I'm going to put that thing in my neck, I can bear the formal clothes, but I swear that I'm not going to wear that" Natsuki stopped to take a breathe and Mai took the opportunity to talk.

"Fine, you can trash the bow if you want, but at least let me help you with the rest"

"Uh, ok" She hesitated before taking a step closer and a sudden sadness crossed her eyes when she saw how the other one started to arrange the collar of her shirt and her vest so it would look good and formal, like she had said. After she was done, Mai backed to see her work, but was startled by the look on her friend's face

"Natsuki what's wrong, did I hurt you with my nails or something? Asked a very worried orange-head.

"No it's nothing, really" She tensed after saying that words, she had to calm down. At that moment Mikoto entered the room, she was dressed in a black skirt with a white 'V' neck shirt and black converse, which was the more formal thing Mai, could get Mikoto to wear. She sensed that something was not right with the blue haired girl, so she decided to ask.

"Mai, what's wrong with Natsuki?"

"I don' know Mikoto that's what I'm trying to figure out" answered Mai looking at the younger girl and then at Natsuki, who was trying to recompose herself. "What's wrong Natsuki? Please tell us"

"It's nothing really, let's get going"

"Come on, don't lie to me, tell me what's wrong, you know you can trust us, if you're not felling well we could postpone today's…" she couldn't finish the sentence because Natsuki cut her.

"It's nothing really, It's just that, well, you know… I've never had a mother to support me through my childhood, and even thought you're a friend, I kind of feel you like one, and I like it, because you care" she took a deep breath and asked "You're not leaving me right? I don't think I could afford loosing another…"

"Sush… It's ok, I'm not going anywhere" said Mai embracing Natsuki "Neither is Mikoto, right?" The younger agreed by shouting "HAI" and frenetically sending her head up and down to prove her point.

"Now, now Mikoto if you continue doing that your head is going to rip off" said Natsuki returning to her usual self, and separating from Mai who started to talk

"We should get going or all of our heads are going to be ripped off by Nao if we are late"

"Yeah I agree, go ahead I need to grab my …"

"I know I know, catch us in the high way, don't forget your jacket" said Mai heading to the door with Mikoto

"Yes mum" said Natsuki with a smile before disappearing in her bedroom looking for her precious object, after she found it, she went to the garage and started her Ducati.

After a few minutes of driving Mikoto and Mai heard a loud noise and they saw the biker speeding towards the end of the highway, Mai quickly followed her with her car and finally they arrived at their destination. When they entered the parking lot they saw a flashy red car and a woman leaning against it, the woman was wearing a short red dress, with black, heeled shoes and a matching coat.

Natsuki got off her bike leaving the helmet on top of the seat and heading towards the woman. "Hi Nao…wow you look good" she said.

"Hi pup, thanks, you too" Natsuki flashed the other one a smile. Finally Mikoto and Mai got out of the car and greeted Nao.

"Well since we're all here shall we go?" asked Mai

"Sure, are you coming pup?" said Nao

"No, go ahead I have to get from my bike the…"

"Yeah, yeah we know, good luck pup" said Nao and started heading towards the main door, Mikoto flashed Natsuki a huge grin and went after Nao. Mai took a little more time, she looked Natsuki straight into the eyes and said "I won't wish you luck, because I know you're going to amaze everyone as always" Mai smiled at her friend and went after the other two shouting them to wait for her. Natsuki sighed and prepared for what was coming.

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Well, here's the first chapter, hope you enjoyed it, but I must warn you that Shizuru is not appearing in the next chapter either. Please review and tell me what you think. If you want you can leave an idea and I'll think about it because I don't have all the story planned yet :) Althought I think it's a little early.

Seeya in the next chapter :)

Mary