"You all have been a fantastic crowd." Yuui said happily into his microphone and he definitely wasn't lying. The crowd had joined us in every song either by dancing or singing or cheering. It was a fabulous feeling!
"You're right, Yuui! They've been the best yet!" I grinned, surveying the darkened faces, pretending like I could see them through the blinding stage lights.
"You know, Mai. There's been something I've been wanting to ask you lately but I didn't know the right way to ask." Yuui said, handing his guitar to a backstage worker before walking closer to me.
"Oh yah? And what's that, love?" I asked. Before he could reply, the drums started. He started to play a song I had never heard before:
It's a beautiful night,
We're looking for something dumb to do.
Hey baby,
I think I wanna marry you.
I gasped, putting my hands over my mouth. I could hear girls screaming in the audience about how cute this whole situation was.
Is it the look in your eyes,
Or is it this dancing juice?
Who cares baby,
I think I wanna marry you.
He gently took my hand in his and continued his serenade, while my eyes began to tear up from happiness.
Well I know this little chapel on the boulevard we can go oh oh oh,
No one will know oh oh oh,
Oh, come on, girl.
Who cares if we're trashed got a pocket full of cash we can blow oh oh oh,
Shots of patron,
And it's on, girl.
Don't say no, no, no, no-no;
Just say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah;
And we'll go, go, go, go-go.
If you're ready, like I'm ready.
Cause it's a beautiful night,
We're looking for something dumb to do.
Hey baby,
I think I wanna marry you.
Is it the look in your eyes,
Or is it this dancing juice?
Who cares baby,
I think I wanna marry you.
I'll go get a ring let the choir bells sing like oooh,
The rest of the boys joined in, in order to harmonize. Damn. They were all in on it and they didn't tell me to wear waterproof make up!
So what you wanna do?
Let's just run girl.
If we wake up and you wanna break up that's cool.
I shook my head 'no' at this line! There was no way I would ever want to break up with this man.
No, I won't blame you;
It was fun, girl.
Don't say no, no, no, no-no;
Just say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah;
And we'll go, go, go, go-go.
If you're ready, like I'm ready.
Cause it's a beautiful night,
We're looking for something dumb to do.
Hey baby,
I think I wanna marry you.
Is it the look in your eyes,
Or is it this dancing juice?
Who cares baby,
I think I wanna marry you.
As he ended the song, he got down on one knee and pulled a ring out of his pocket.
"Mai. My love. My best friend. There is no one I would rather spend the rest of my life with than you. Will you please do me the honor of becoming my wife?" I could only nod as the tears escaped my eyes and ran down my cheeks.
"O—of course!" I someone managed to sob out before throwing myself into his arms. He hugged me tightly as the crowd went wild. He gently pushed me away just enough to slip the ring onto my left hand.
"SHE SAID YES!" Aki yelled into his microphone. Yuui stood up, pulling me up in his arms with him and held me in front of our fans.
"Ladies and gentlemen! We're engaged!" He said happily as I waved at everyone and the lights dimmed. Once it was dark, he slammed his lips to mine and I could feel his excitement radiating through his kiss. He eventually was forced to break away from me so we could actually get off the stage. Yuui gently set me back on my feet once we were backstage and I honestly felt like I was on cloud nine. I could not have been happier.
"Hello?" I heard someone ask, breaking me away from my blissful ignorance of everything around me. It was the man from earlier! In the brighter light I could see he was wearing a dark blue suit and really did look just like Yuui.
"I hope we're not intruding." He continued. I then noticed that he also had several friends with him.
"Not at all, man! We were just about to celebrate!" Aki explained, popping open a bottle of champagne, "I'm Aki." Introductions were probably a necessity in a situation like this.
"I'm Fai D. Flowright, this is Syaoran," He said pointing a boy looking no older than seventeen, "this cute girl here is Sakura," she really was a cute girl! Her pink dress definitely seemed to match her appearance perfectly, "and this dark one is Kuro-puu."
"IT'S KUROGANE!" The tallest of the group roared angrily.
"Okay, so, Kuro-puu then?" I smiled, teasing the stranger a bit. He just glared at me.
"Well, I'm Yuui." My fiancé started, "This is Aki and Kyo. And you seem to already know Mai."
"Ah, yes! Congratulations to the both of you." Fai grinned at us. It almost seemed sad, but right then I didn't take much notice of it.
"Thank you!"
"Um.. Mai-san?" the boy named Syaoran began timidly.
"Yes?"
"I—I have a favor I must ask of you." He spoke so formally, it caught me a bit off guard.
"Of course, what is it?" I smiled at him, hoping to relieve any tensions he had.
"That feather you have, in your hair, could you please give it to me? It belongs to Sakura and it is something very important to her and—"
"Absolutely!" I cut him off before he began to ramble. I pulled the piece out of my hair and handed it to the kid. The group stared at me in disbelief.
"Th—Thank you so much!" Before I could respond, there was a sudden explosion from outside our dressing room.
"Fuck." I heard Kyo say under his breath.
"WHERE IS SHE?" a loud and familiar man yelled.
"H—How did h—he find me?" I stammered, backing away from the sound, "We—We have to get out of here!" This man has caused way too much destruction to stay around for very long. I tried to open the window in our room but it was sealed shut for 'our own protection.' Ironic.
"No. This ends tonight. We can't run forever Mai." Yuui told me, heading for the door.
"Bu—"
"No buts. We're finishing this." Aki cut me off before walking out with Kyo and Yuui. Syaoran and Kurogane followed after them. I felt my body give out on me and I fell to my knees.
"Mai-chan!" someone called out. Sakura and Fai were suddenly by my side.
"You don't have to worry, Kuro-puu will take care of anyone that gets in his way!" Fai explained trying to make me feel better. All of a sudden, though, we heard a loud scream that sounded like Yuui. Without a second thought, I leapt to my feet and ran for the door.
Fai's Point of View
There were so many things about this new world that caught me off guard. I could feel magic everywhere but no one seemed to realize it was there to be used. This girl we had just met seemed to have the strongest magical abilities I have been able to sense in a long time but even she seemed oblivious to her own skill. That wasn't even the weirdest part though. I was here. Well, my essence was here. It had been so long since I had heard my own name that now it sounds foreign to me. Yuui. He had just gotten engaged too. No wonder I felt such a strong connection to Mai when I first saw her. I wonder if her essence was in Celes. I wonder if I would have ever met her had my life turned out differently. That's a thought for a different day. Right now, my other self was off fighting some unknown villain and I am here.
"Mai-chan!" I heard Sakura gasp. Without realizing it, I had moved next to her and felt the need to comfort her.
"You don't have to worry," I assured her, "Kuro-puu will take care of anyone that gets in his way!" It wasn't a lie. He really did have the skill to cut down anyone he needed to. She suddenly jumped up and ran to the door.
"Mai-chan?" I asked, prepared to stop her if need be. She turned around and stared at me. Her eyes had gone completely blank and a single tear ran down her cheek. Before I could say anything else, she grabbed one of the musical instruments her friend was playing earlier. As she lifted it, the instrument began to glow and change it's shape to form a sword. She may have been unaware of her magic, but it was now taking over her.
"I'm going." She said before running out of our sight.
"W—Where is she going, Fai?" Sakura asked me.
"To protect someone she cares about, at least, that's where I would be going." I grinned down at the young girl, hoping to comfort her a little.