Hello everyone! I along with all the other Macross fans wish Frontier didn't have to end a few months ago but we still have the movie to wait for :)

This story idea actually came to me while watching a bollywood movie called 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai'. The plot runs along two best friends Rahul and Anjali who are inseperable even if they bicker and have a healthy rivalry going between them. Nothing has ever come between them that is until Rahul falls in love with the new girl, Tina, just as Anjali is coming to terms with her love for Rahul. The pain, emotional turnmoil, undying love and awesome plot drew me in and it dawned on me that it wasn't unlike the love triangle in Frontier. I wrote out 80% of the story already so updates will be frequent. I changed things up a bit but it will follow the main plot line of the movie but I will adjust the plot to fit the Macross universe.

Be advised I am a Sheryl/Alto fan but my story requires some Alto/Ranka so bear with it. I actually really love Ranka's character so she won't be bashed or anything in this story.

I do not own Macross Frontier or it's characters, Kawamori does. Yak Deculture.

It was another beautiful day within the campus of Mihoshi Academy, one of the most prestigious schools of the bustling metropolis known as Island 1.

It was the first day back from their winter break and all the students were neither at their morning assembly nor at registration. Oh no. They were all lined up looking down at the front courtyard faces plastered through the windows or waiting at the top of the school steps.

They were waiting for the gauntlet to be thrown before their eyes as it had been since these two had started attending Mihoshi by their legendary resident Hime and Queen.

Michael Blanc flashed his million dollar grin as he walked through the school gates with his sulkier than usual best friend Saotome Alto. The girls of the school cooed and sighed in rapture as they passed by, Michael blowing them kisses.

"You know, I think the only reason you hang out with me is because of this fiasco." Alto grumbled ignoring the large congregation of people who were here to see something he knew wasn't going to happen today.

"Not at all, it's because I love seeing you and Sheryl face off every term. It's the highlight of my youth. Now if she would only go out with me…" He muttered. Alto swung his satchel at his blond head with an incredulous look.

"Are we talking about the same Sheryl here? You know the one who wears whatever she feels like, acts like a tomboy and thinks herself the Queen of the Universe. The bane of my existence that will, most likely, annoy me into an early grave."

"Oho, a little jealous hime?" He snickered with a sly grin. Alto looked at him like he had grown another head.

"Not a chance, she's practicaly part of my family. What is there to be jealous of?" He asked.

"Yeah well the bombshell that performed in Galaxy didn't look a thing like our little fairy." Michael explained shoving yesterday's issue of Galaxy People in Alto's hands. Golden eyes widened in disbelief. There displayed on the cover was Sheryl. Her hair was longer than when she had left at the end of last summer and Michael was right.

She looked gorgeous dressed up in a yellow dress that showed a splash of cleavage he was sure had not been there or he had just never noticed. To him, she was just the very annoying little sister he had never had. But the person starring at him with an aura that seemed to ooze from the glossy pages, bright blue eyes burning with a mysterious glimmer, was foreign to him. Captivating but foreign. He felt like he didn't know this person even if he recognized her clearly and that scared him somehow.

He tossed the magazine back at Michael, shoving his hands in his pockets. "Nothing special here. They may have dressed her up nicely and put some makeup on her face but she's still Sheryl." He said in a tone that left Michael wondering who he was trying to convince.

"I think you put too little importance to Sheryl's increasingly growing popularity. I understand she's your only female best friend and all but come on. I wonder why she still bothers with you after hitting it big with her career." The blond teased as the crowd in front of the school hung onto their every word. It wasn't the main even but it would do for now.

Two bishies bickering would tide them over. For now.

"Jealous Blanc?" Alto retorted with a glare.

"Anyone would be. Imagine being the best friend of the Galactic Fairy herself." The blond exclaimed holding up the magazine. "And soon I'll be graced with her royal presence." Alto rolled his eyes.

"Shut up! She won't be here today."

"Ye of little faith Alto-hime!" He teased.

"That tour she's doing in Galaxy is keeping her. She texted me last night and ordered me to 'survive a few more weeks without her royal presence' my ass." Alto mumbled shrugging his shoulders and walking up the steps of the school.

"That's a shame. Sorry everyone, no show today! Our Queen won't be coming back today." Michael announced to the gathered crowd who cried out in outrage but slowly dispersed.

Luca Angelloni joined Michel who watched Alto's slow ascent.

"Alto sempai seems down today." He remarked with an understanding smile.

"Of course he is. His beloved Queen Sheryl isn't going to make it for the first day back from the break. He's helpless without her." Michael said hands behind his head eyes on the sky. That's when he saw something large heading their way; something that looked strangely like a small jet.

Everyone halted on their way inside the school kneeling down to avoid the large amount of wind and heat from the boosters on the jet as it touched down in front of the school. A door slide open on the jet's side and Michael caught sight of something blond blowing in the wind with a smile.

"She always liked flashy entrances." He said to himself catching a glimpse of a delicate hand on the doorway. A young woman jumped out of the jet, dressed in their school uniform, landing on the ground without any trouble, waving to a purple haired woman who couldn't be heard over the boosters. When the jet left, she quickly marched her way up to where Michael and Luca were standing. She winked at them, Michael catching a glimpse of her purple earrings before she zeroed in on her prey.

"Running away from me are we Alto?" She exclaimed pointing at him as he stood dumbfounded a few steps up. His face contorted in shock then anger as he marched down the stairs to stand over her ignoring the cries of her fans.

'Sheryl-ojou-sama!'

'Sing for us Sheryl-sama!'

'Marry me!'

"I'm not running away from anything! And what the hell do you think you're doing? You can't just land your jets anywhere you please." He berated pointing at the burnt trees below. "And I thought you weren't going to make it back today!"

"I can do anything. I'm Sheryl Nome." She shot back with a flick of her hair and a confidence he could tell was now absolute.

"Tche, what the hell does that mean? You're Sheryl plain and simple, terror of the Galaxy." Sheryl frowned and poked his chest hard.

"I'll have you know I am a growing superstar Alto. Hope you can keep up with me mister I-wanna-be-a-pilot." She shot back, flicking his nose with her finger but he caught it swiftly before she could land a blow.

"No problem, no one has beaten me in the sky yet. So what'll it be this time Sheryl?" He asked with a hint of challenge in his eyes. All the students and teachers were re-gathered at the entrance watching the two. They don't know how it started but every year or term, depending on Sheryl's schedule now, they would challenge each other to a game and the winner get's to make the loser do as they wish.

"Basketball." She said pointing at the court to their right.

"Eh? Basketball. You even know how to play?" He asked chuckling.

"Of course I do, I'm-"

"Yeah yeah, Sheryl Nome blah blah. Let's get this over with before the principle blames us for holding up the whole school. Again." He said dragging her to the basketball courts.

"So Luca, how did Sheryl make it back here so quickly?" Michel asked glasses flashing.

"Well she might have called my older brother and called in a favour." The brunette supplied. "She must have heard about Alto-sempai and decided to leave as soon as possible. He did after all move out of the Saotome household."

"Those two never cease to amaze." Michael praised as they settled to watch the game.

"Oi Sheryl, you can't run with the ball like that!"

"Shut up Hime. I make the rules."

"Whaat?!"

"Too slow."

Their bickering as they played their game was a very sweet sound to Michael's ears. He knew this wouldn't last long. Sheryl may look slim and curvaceous, but she was very able in all the sports in school.

"I win!" Sheryl cried after scoring her 21st point.

"I want a rematch! You cheated pulling my hair and tripping me up!" Alto panted 2 points behind her.

"No way, Sheryl Nome doesn't do rematches. Better luck next time Alto. Now for my prize…You'll make me lunch for the next month and walk to school with me to carry my books." She declared tossing the ball to him.

"I already do those things! You can't cook to save your life and I already walk to school with you!" He roared back catching the ball.

"Oho, so you'd rather be my slave then?"

"I'll be your slave Sheryl-ojou-sama!"

"No pick me!"

"Uwah! Alto-hime is going to be a slave! I wanna join!"

A vein popped at Alto's temple as he tossed the basketball across the courtyard.

"……What do you want to eat tomorrow? And nothing too complicated, I have drills after school." He mumbled finally giving in.

"I knew you'd see it my way. I want my favourite stew! My new cook can't make it like you do." She said jumping on Alto's back and wrapping her arms around his neck like she used to do when they were younger. Alto sighed, adjusting her on his back and carried her into the school as she chattered about her trip to Galaxy and her live performance.

Michael caught the easy smile on Alto's features as he listened to Sheryl speak. The worried lines in his face that had marred his face this morning were gone.

'Ah yes,' thought Michael, 'things were back to normal. Now if only Alto and Sheryl could clue in and ask each other out and save us the ear aches in the morning everything would be perfect.'

"Ah Mari-chan, want to have lunch with me today?" She melted under his sniper's azure gaze.

"H-hai Michael-sempai…" She replied.

"Mr. Blanc won't be joining you for lunch Ms. Yosa. He'll be serving detention with me since he skipped it last term." A high pitched female voice said from behind him. Michael froze in fear but turned around to look down at the small blue haired Micron that stood glaring up at him, arms akimbo.

"Klan this isn't…"

"That's Klan-sensei to you! Detention at lunch with me, understand? Now all of you get to your classes unless you want to join your precious Michael-sempai!" Klan yelled effectively making the crowd disperse. The blond sniper sighed, a lopsided grin on his face as he watched his blue haired childhood friend terrorise the students back into the school. He liked observing her when she was angry, the flush in her cheeks made her look adorable.

'Yep, perfect.'

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It was lunch time and Sheryl had dragged Alto, Michael, Luca and Nanase to a deserted hallway for a quick announcement.

"I know you all have club meetings soon but I just wanted to tell you that I'll be having a concert here in Frontier near the end of term so I would love it if you all came."

"Thank you Sheryl-san, ano, could I ask for an extra ticket? My best friend Ranka is going to transfer to our school and she loves your music." Nanase explained fidgeting. Sheryl grinned.

"Of course. I'll have Grace, my new manager, send you the tickets."

"Oh no, our little fairy is becoming a big star. You should go out with me before those famous creeps start hitting on you." Michael said face serious.

"Hmm, I'll tell Klan you said that, maybe she'll go out with you then." She teased. Michael blanched as the others giggled.

"No thanks." Sheryl turned to face Alto but he was already gone.

"Eh? Where did Alto go?" Luca glanced down the hallway.

"I think he's most likely at the roof. He seemed pretty down today." Sheryl nodded eyes pensive for a moment before she waved at them.

"I'm going to find him; he still owes me half his lunch. See you guys!" She said running towards the roof. She found him sitting near the railing, making one of his paper planes. Her smile softened as she moved to stand next to him, leaning on the railing and looking up at the bright sky.

"I thought I heard you sneak off. So you joined SMS. I knew you were going to become a pilot but this is sudden. Michael told me you switched programs too. I won't get to see my Hime at home anymore and I'll be lonely in drama class all by myself." She said with a fake pout. Alto's lip twitched lightly.

"You'll survive. The student body cried rivers and held a funeral for Sakura-hime. It was quite the sight." Silence reigned for a moment.

"Want to tell me what happened with Ranzo-sama?" She asked softy. Alto continued making his paper plane, long blue hair fluttering in the soft wind.

"The old man wants to run my life and chain me to the ground. Kabuki this, traditions that. I hate it!" He hissed closing his eyes. "I just want to be free and the only way I saw was for me to leave and find my own path. I'm not asking you to chose sides Sheryl, I know you still feel like you owe my family for taking you in and wha-" Sheryl kicked Alto in the side causing him to fall over. He got up and glared at her livid.

"What hell was that for you bit-" Her smile froze him in mid sentence. Her eyes were filled with a glowing conviction that made his throat dry.

"You'll become a great pilot and I'll become the greatest songstress since Minmay. You'll become a pilot free to roam the skies and will one day fly stunts in my concert. We will both soar higher than ever free from our pasts together. You told me that, remember?" She asked extending her pinkie. He hooked his with hers and nodded, remembering that spring they had spent in his late mother's Sakura garden and their promise to each other.

"I do. Sorry for yelling but you could have just nudged me." He amended leaning against the railing with her.

"But kicking you is much more fun! I'm sorry I wasn't there when you needed me Alto and I'm not your friend because of what your family did for a poor orphan so long ago." She added eyes sincere. He smiled, glad to have his best friend back, wrapping an arm around her slim shoulders.

"I know. You're here now that's all that matters." He said looking up at the sky and tossing his plane in the air, watching it glide in the sky. Sheryl felt a blush suffuse her cheeks as she looked up at him watching his plane fly.

"Hey, when are you going to teach me how to make one of those?" She asked peering up at his face.

"Sheryl, you have a killer voice but your craft skills are even more dangerous like your cooking skills. Okaa-sama tried to teach you but you kept cutting yourself on the paper." He replied with a reminiscent smile.

"Alto! I want you to teach me!" He starred at her strangely for a moment and shook his head.

"I'll make you as many as you like Sheryl, I'll always make them when you ask." He promised ruffling her hair playfully.

"Humph. I'll hold you to that and you're not getting out of flying stunts at my concert at the end of term." Alto starred at her brown eyes widening as she smirked.

"Stunts? Me?"

"Ozma-sensei suggested you and few others to do some Ex-gear stunts. It's not a plane I know but-"

"I'd be honoured to fly for you Sheryl. Thank you." She nodded her head as her face took on an imperious look.

"Now feed me, I'm hungry and I see a bento box at your feet." She said zeroing in on the black lacquered box. Alto sighed in defeat, a smile on his lips.

"Hai, hai, Sheryl oni-sama."

"Who are you calling a monster?!"

"Ouch, don't pull my hair Sheryl!"

"Then tell me the other reason why you left home. Being forced with the succession of the Kabuki business couldn't be enough to get you to move out." She reasoned finally letting go of his hair.

"…The old man wants me to attend an omiai." He grumbled.

"An interniew? Why are you so bent out of shape for that?" Alto caught the confused look on Sheryl's face and tried to explain it more simply.

"A marriage interview! Did you not pay attention in those etiquette classes you went too? He want me to get married to some girl he has picked out." Sheryl stopped in mid bite of sashimi and almost choked as she laughed.

"You? Married! To who?" He shrugged glaring at her.

"Stop laughing it's not funny and I have no idea. I don't want to marry some quiet traditional girl who's picked out for me to be my shadow. I want to find someone who I can love." He admitted popping a sushi roll in his mouth. Sheryl looked at him intensely.

"Hmm…So what kind of girl does this mystery woman have to be?"

"Well I don't really know. I want her to be smart and subtly beautiful."

"Subtle beauty? There is nothing subtle about beauty like mine and yours."

"You know what I mean! You asked me didn't you?" He said exasperated.

"Sorry go on oh great one." She giggled.

"I just want her to have her own dreams and share mine as well. I want us to be able to understand each other perfectly." He mused, eyes on his flying plane that finally touched down on the roof.

"Sorry to burst your bubble Alto but I'm not going to marry you if that's what your insinuating. My contract doesn't allow it but if you ask really nice I might consider a compromise." She said with a sly smile.

"I pity the man that has to be saddled with your whims for the rest of his life."

"Hmph, you'll regret those words one day." She said snatching his squid onigiri and eating it with her fingers.

"I want her to be refined and you are not my definition of refined and girly." He replied looking her over critically.

"Well so much for helping you. So what she just has to be feminine and smart for you to jump in the sack with her?" She asked in her blunt manner.

"No! I…I want her to make something happen in my heart. Mother always said that was what love felt like. Something happens inside your heart when there are around and it shakes your soul." He confided flicking a piece of rice from her face. Sheryl smiled and popped another sashimi into her mouth.

"Good luck finding your dream girl in a school full of fawning fan girls' hime. As always your tastes are too refined for us mortals. You'll never find your dream girl at this rate. You're such a recluse, you barely flirt with anyone." She said laughing.

"Well if worst comes to worst, there's always…you." He said with a sly smile. Sheryl's mouth froze in mid bite. Alto had to use his Kabuki trainingto keep his face blank and his laughter contained as she blanched.

"Me?!"

"Yeah if I don't find somebody to marry, I'll just marry you." He reasoned shooting her a sexy smile as he pulled her closer relishing in the sliver of panic in her eyes. How the tables have turned.

"NO way!"

"What? No one else will marry you! I'm your only choice Sheryl, plus you snore when you sleep. You don't want that to get out." He said, peals of his laughter echoing throughout the rooftop.

"I do not! Shut up and eat." She said grabbing the bento and turning away from him as he continued to laugh. Alto saw that she was upset and put a hand on her shoulder.

"Come one Sheryl, I was joking." He felt like an ass when he saw angry tears in her eyes.

"I rush all the way back here to be ridiculed by my best friend. I should have stayed in Galaxy. Well forgive me for not being PERFECT for the great Saotome Alto' standards!" She yelled. Alto dodged a rice ball and grabbed her hand stopping her from throwing the food at him.

"Sheryl, don't say that. You are a superstar; you're not going to be saddled with a normal guy like me. You're going to find a man worthy of loving you and that can put up with your quirky habits that make you who you are. A man who can shine on the same stage as you." Sheryl looked at him with a dubious expression.

"Really?"

"Really." He told her eyes sincere.

"What if he doesn't love me? Since I'm not ladylike and all that other crap you were spewing about." She asked sniffling.

"I'll kick his ass half-way across the galaxy and drag him back to marry you at gun point if I have to. He'd be an idiot to not want to marry a woman like you. You're Sheryl Nome after all right?" He asked winking at her.

"You're silly Alto." She said finally cracking a smile.

"Yeah but it got you to smile." She giggled and removed a piece of rise from his hair.

"So does that get me out of making you lunches for the whole month?" He asked hopefully.

"Make me my stew in three days and I'll reconsider." She said thoughtfully.

"Why three days?"

"I can only be at school for the full day today. I have a photo shoot tomorrow and a few television shows to do so I'll come over for supper then. You live in the barracks at SMS now right?" She explained closing the bento box.

"Yeah with Michael."

"Okay, be sure to have something to show me stunt wise for the concert. I want you to give me your best Alto." She said turning into Sheryl Nome in a flash. He perked up at the idea of flying at her performance, free to show the crowd his skills.

"My best might leave your fans with only me in their minds." He reminded her as they packed up their things and headed towards the stairway.

"Is that a challenge?"

"Scared?" He shot back. Sheryl Nome grinned, her earrings shining brightly.

"Then come at me, Saotome Alto."

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