Hello, I hope everybody liked the prologue even if it was a little long. Now the first chapter begins. Just letting everybody know that Uta no Prince-sama does not belong to me!
"Speaking"
'Thoughts'
Chapter 1
Walking on the cool street of noon was Nanami Haruka, a shy golden eyed, short, pink haired 22 year old composer of the famous group STARISH. She had just recently finished talking with other mangers and producers about STARISH's performance and working out some other schedule to bring more work for them, so with that finished, she decided to head out for a breather before heading home. Since it was the spring time, she is wearing a knee-length white skirt with a matching white top and a pale pink short sleeved jacket.
"Its definitely nice to take a walk outside and with the flowers blooming and the sun shining out right now, its such a beautiful scenery" she said. Then she had a little sad look on her face, "It is such a nice day, but it's a shame that they are out on a job now. We could have enjoyed a relaxing day". A small breeze blew and carried off the flower petals and Haruka just looked at the petals that are blowing by.
She then smiled to cheer herself, "It will be fine and they'll be back in two more days. When they do get back, maybe I'll make a picnic underneath a tree for us to enjoy". With that being done, she turned cheerful and continued her walk and occasionally having an inspiration for a new song. On her walk she noticed a small little girl who was looking at different directions with an almost crying face. Haruka felt sad and slowly approached the girl without her being scared off by a stranger approaching her. As she got closer, Haruka tapped the little girl's shoulder to get her attention and crouched down to her level.
Haruka smiled at the little girl and asked "Sorry for scaring you, but are you ok? Are you lost?" The little girl was at first a little scare that a stranger approached her and her big brother always told her to never talk to strangers, but right now she wanted someone to help her. The little girl nodded her short, dark blond curly hair.
"I am lost. Saki-chan can't find onii-chan" the little girl said clutching the hem of her yellow flowery dress and was on the verge of tearing up. Haruka just patted her head to comfort her.
"Saki-chan, onee-chan will help you find your onii-chan. Okay?" Haruka asked the girl. The girl looked at her with her chocolate eyes and started crying and nodded her head for approval. Haruka stood and picked up the little girl and they started to look for her brother. While looking around, Haruka had asked the little girl some questions to know where to start looking and to calm her down.
"So, what is your full name Saki-chan?" asked Haruka. "Saki-chan name ish Takashima Misaki" the little girl replied. Haruka smiled at her, "Nice to meet you and onee-chan's name is Nanami Haruka. So how old are you?" The little girl used her finger to count and held up two chubby little fingers up. "Saki-chan ish this many" she replied with a lightly happier tone and with bits of tears in her eyes.
"Where were you before you got lost Saki-chan?" Haruka asked and the little girl was trying to remember. "Saki-chan and onii-chan were at a park, but Saki-chan saw a butterfly and follow it" Haruka then new to go to the nearby park and with that she continued her way to the park. Not before long she met up with a little boy around seven years old and carrying a baby and a black and pink back pack and two more little boys carrying matching red and blue small backpack, around Misaki's age following him. Misaki saw them and shouted out, "ONII-CHAN!"
The little boy heard her and came running towards Haruka's direction when she put Misaki down and Haruka can see that the little boy had short black hair with sea blue eyes wearing a white t-shirt and khaki pants. "Misaki-chan, thank goodness you are ok. Onii-chan told you to stay near the park and to not go off somewhere else" the oldest scolded her and gave her a hug. "Saki-chan ish sowwy. It was scawy, but this nice onee-chan helped me" Misaki cried. The big brother looked at Haruka and gave a bow.
"Thank you for looking after Misaki-chan. I didn't realize she disappeared until I told them it was lunch time. I hope she was no trouble" the boy continued to thank Haruka and she just simply smiled at him.
"It was no trouble at all, and I am glad that Saki-chan was able to find you. But make sure to not wander off again, ok Saki-chan?" asked Haruka. Saki-chan gave a firm "Yesh!"
"Ok, be careful from now on. Bye-bye Saki-chan, it was nice to meet you" replied Haruka, but Misaki had clung to her left leg. "Don't go onee-chan! Stay and pway with Saki-chan!" cried Misaki.
"Misaki-chan, we can't keep onee-chan here all day, she might be busy" said the boy, but Misaki was not having any of that and continued to cling to Haruka.
Haruka looked at the little girl and patted her head, "Ok, onee-chan will play with you. Let's go to the park" Misaki let go of Haruka's leg and jumped up and down happily while shouting "Onee-chan is going to pway with Saki-chan."
The boy thanked Haruka again, "Thank you for playing with her, but you really don't have to" Haruka simply replied, "It's no problem at all and I really don't have anything else to do now, so if you want I can look after the baby while you play with your brothers." The boy looked at Haruka and thanked her again.
"Thank you again, and my name is Takashima Kazuki. I'm seven years old and these are my brothers and sisters" Kazuki said and his siblings introduced themselves.
"Hello onee-chan!" shouted the identical twin toddlers who are holding each others tiny little hand. "I'm Daiki!" shouted the short dark blond curly haired boy wearing a blue shirt with a tiger on it, and standing on the left staring at her with chocolate eyes. "And I'm Yuki" shouted the other short dark blond curly haired boy, wearing a red shirt with a dragon on it, and standing next to his brother on the right also staring at her with chocolate eyes. "And we like to tank you onee-chan for finding our sister!" they both shouted out.
Haruka smiled and giggled at their reaction, "Your welcome. My name Nanami Haruka and my, you guys are so identical, I can barely tell who is who, but now I can. How old are you two?" The twins each held up their two fingers, "We are this many!" they shouted.
"Oh, that means that you guys are the same age as Misaki" Haruka said with a surprised voice. Kazuki explained, "Yes, that is because they are triplets and these two are identical twins and Misaki is identical as well although she is a girl, but they get along very well and the two are very protective of her." Haruka was amazed and stared at the three who were very happy together. She then looked at the baby, wearing a cute little yellow onesies that has a kitty hoody and connected with a tail to match, that Kazuki was holding.
"So what is this little one's name?" Haruka asked. Kazuki looked at his little sister. "Her name is Tsubaki and she is only 9 months old." The baby in Kazuki's arm looked at Haruka with her blue eyes and she gave a cute gurgle and waved her arms around. Haruka thought she was so adorable and began to baby talk with her. The twins came to her again and together they said, "Onee-chan since you help our sister, we like you too, so come pway with us."
Haruka laughed and agreed to play with them, so they head to the park. Kazuki let Haruka hold the baby as he went to play with his brothers and Haruka was left to play with Misaki and Tsubaki and as well as watching over their backpacks. The boys were play around on the jungle gyms, swing sets and the sand box while the girls were playing with dolls and occasionally letting the baby join in on the fun. They had to stop their fun time when they realize that the sun was setting and they were starting to get hungry.
"Ok children, how about we grab something to eat before we go home?" Haruka asked them and the triplets began shouting with glee. Kazuki on the other was uncomfortable about the idea, "its okay onee-chan, and you don't have to get us something."
Haruka smiled at him and told him, "It is fine Kazuki-kun and children your age need some food in you. Think of as a treat for letting me spend time with you guys even though you don't know me." Kazuki was still a little uncertain for letting someone they just met hours ago to treat them to a meal, but since his brothers and sister were happy he will let it happen this time. So with that settle, Haruka and kids went to the city and into a fast food restaurant that was like McDonald.
The line was very long, so Haruka and Kazuki made sure that the younger ones washed their hands first. After they washed their hand, they immediately found a table that could hold five people, so they went to the seats and began telling Haruka what they wanted.
"Onee-chan, I want a burger!" Daiki happily replied. "Me too!" Yuki said with equal happiness. "Saki-chan wants chicken!" Misaki said. Kazuki was already feeding Tsubaki with some milk that he carried around and told Haruka, "I would like a cheeseburger please."
"Ok children, you guys wait here and Onee-chan will get you your order. Don't make loud noises and don't wander off" Haruka told them before heading toward the line. This gave Kazuki sometime to think about what has happen so far.
'Haruka onee-chan is very nice. She helped find Misaki-chan and even took the time to play with us. They really like her and even Tsubaki likes her." Kazuki thought. He decided to ask his siblings a question he had been wondering.
"Ne, Misaki-chan, Daiki-chan, Yuki-chan, what do guys think of Haruka onee-chan?" he asked the triplets and all three gave him a goofy smile.
"Onee-chan is nice. She help Saki-chan find Onii-chan" Misaki happily replied and followed by Daiki and Yuki.
"Yeah Onee-chan is very nice and pretty. We like her" both replied. Kazuki gave them a smile that hadn't appeared for a while and went back to Tsubaki who finished her bottle. He cleaned up her mess and patted her back so she will burp. Once she burped, Haruka arrived at a perfect time with the tray of food.
"Sorry it took a while since there were so many people, but here you go" Haruka started to hand out the kid's meal which contained a smaller portion for children with fries and apple slices and with a free toy. The triplets were very happy to receive their meal and the rest of the food on the tray belongs to Kazuki and herself.
"Go ahead and eat Kazuki-kun, I can hold onto Tsubaki-chan" Haruka said, so Kazuki handed the baby to her while he ate. Haruka carefully munched on her meal while holding a sleeping Tsubaki and the children were quietly enjoying their meal. Once they were done, the children obediently threw their trash away and the boys went to wash their hands and mouth with Kazuki, while Misaki waited for Haruka to finish so they could wash their hands. As they finish, they checked if they had their stuff before heading out of the restaurant.
"Thank you for treating us onee-chan. What do you guys say?" asked Kazuki while carrying a sleeping Tsubaki. The children immediately replied.
"Tank you onee-chan!" the triplets said. Haruka replied back with a smile, "You're welcome, and glad you guys enjoyed it."
Haruka then realized that it was already evening and the sun was already gone and replaced with the moon. Not to mention that the kids were outside without their parents, so she asked about them. "Children, shouldn't you contact your parents. I bet that they are very worried about you guys." The children just went silent with a very sad look on their face.
Kazuki decided to tell her. "I'm sorry onee-chan, but nobody will be home waiting for us." Haruka was wondering what he meant by that, so Kazuki kept explaining. "Papa died 8 months ago and mama; we don't even know where she is. It happened yesterday; mama brought us to a daycare before she went off to shop and she told us that she will be late, but it was really late until the onee-chan at the daycare took us home. The onee-chan said that she will make sure that mama will know where we are, but then at night when we went to bed, a big man came and he said that we can't live at our house anymore because mama never paid for the house. We had until the morning to pack our clothes and toys until the man came and even then, mama never came home."
Kazuki finished his explanation and Haruka was left shocked and worried about the children's situation. "So you see onee-chan, we don't have anyone at home waiting for us because we don't have a home. Maybe the reason mama never came home is because she doesn't even want us anymore." The triplets were playing with their toys to not hear what their big brother had said, but Haruka saw such sadness in Kazuki's eyes that she was uncertain of what to do.
"Do the triplets know that you guys don't have a home anymore?" Haruka asked Kazuki and he replied with a simple nod. This caused Haruka to go overboard with anxiety and she really has no clue of what to do.
'What should I do? I can't just leave them here out in the city with no place to go and especially with no home to go to. They are such wonderful children; I can't imagine their mother abandoning them, especially with a nine month old baby. If only there was a way to find their mother and who knows, maybe she is actually looking for them.' Haruka thought and she kept trying to think of solutions that could help the children. With a downcast look, Haruka couldn't think of a solution so she and the children kept walking around town until she saw a television showing STARISH's performances and that is when she thought of an idea.
Haruka faced the children and asked them, "Children, how about you guys come live with me?" The kids were confused at first, so Misaki asked her, "Saki-chan can live with onee-chan?"
"Yes, Saki-chan and your brothers and sister can live with onee-chan. Is that good?" Haruka asked and the next thing she new a tuft of blond hair jumped on her leg. "Yeah! Saki-chan live with onee-chan" and then more tuft of blond hair jumped on her legs. "Yeah! Live with onee-chan" shouted the twins. Haruka was happy that the triplets happily agreed, but when she looked at Kazuki, he had a troubled look on his face.
"What's wrong Kazuki-kun? Do you not like the idea of living with me?" asked Haruka. Kazuki shook his head "It's not that I don't like the idea of living with you onee-chan. You are a very nice person who took time to play with us even though we are strangers and you even treated us to a meal, but we already given you so much trouble and I don't want to cause anymore for you. You did a lot for us already and anymore would be too much."
Haruka walked towards him when the kids let go and put her hand on his shoulder. She gave a smile to him, "It's alright, and understand that I want to help you. It was a fun day for me and I enjoy playing with you guys. Not to mention I was feeling a little down today, but spending my time with all of you had helped lift my spirit up. I know you can probably look after your siblings yourself since you are a smart and mature boy, but I really want to help you right now, so please, will you accept my help?" Kazuki still looked uncertain, so Haruka offered another idea.
"I will also help look for your mother if that will make you feel better. So it could be like you guys can live with me until we find her. So what do you say?" Haruka asked and Kazuki was still reluctantly to accept, but he made his decision.
"If it is not too much trouble, then please accept us. We will be in your care until we can locate our mother. After that we will see what happens, if that is ok with the conditions?" Kazuki asked her. Haruka gleamed with joy. "Of course it is ok and I will make sure that we look for your mother no matter where she is."
Kazuki was giving off a small smile and Haruka was overjoyed that she could help, so they all headed off to Haruka's home. While they were walking, Misaki asked Haruka a question. "Um... onee-chan, where do you live?"
"Onee-chan lives at a very special place and there will be more people there too, so you guys will have some more friends, but onee-chan will need to talk to someone first to see if you guys can live with us. Even if that person does not approve, I will still look after you, so don't worry ok?" Haruka asked the children and they gave a nod.
Finally Haruka and the children had reached their destination, Saotome Academy, the number one place for people to learn to be idols and to compose music. The children stood in awe at the magnificent place that they will be staying at. They were already at the gate which was also very fancy with its gold colors and design and they could see the vast amount of space the academy holds and that includes the garden. Haruka ushered them in through the opened gate and smiled at them.
"Welcome to Saotome Academy, and your new home."
Well that was longer than I expected, but at least I got it over with. The story is progressing slowly, so I will try to speed it up. Please be patient and thank you. Review if you like too.