"So, what do you guys think- Natsuki mixed with the sun rise or Natsuki mixed with a flower?" Jackie asked, fiddling with some music. Jackie found herself sitting in the lounge area with Natsuki, Masato, Ren, Otoya, Cecil, and Tokiya. The boys were going over things, Tokiya and Otoya looking at a script while Masato sat reading, Ren writing lyrics to a new song. Cecil was currently working on a large packet that Camus had given him, filling out answers with tired eye. Jackie sat on the biggest, comfiest chair, comparing music in the air.
"That question means nothing to any of us." Tokiya frowned, thoroughly confused.
"It's simple- Natsuki mixed with hope and light or Natsuki mixed with life and kindness." Jackie explained, comparing the music in the shadow of the arm of her chair, trying to see which is lighter.
"What about both?" Natsuki suggested.
"Nah, I tried that. It was too clustered." Jackie shrugged.
"What about-"
"I did it!" Otoya stopped mid sentence, suddenly interrupted by Syo, who just rushed into the room with a large packet in his hand. Everyone turned to Syo as he came to a skidding hault. "Look at this!" Syo heald out what he was holding. Jackie was the first one up, rushing over to the title.
"F-fi- flight- Fight- Fighting! O-um.. Of! Er, Prin- pron- princess? Prince! Fighting of Prince!... Fighting of Prince?" Jackie questioned.
"It says Prince of Fighting." Masato corrected.
"Oh, right, I forgot Japanese people say things backwards." Jackie smiled.
"So what is it?" Otoya asked, walking over. "Wait, is that a - th-that's a scrip! Did you..."
"Don't tell me that you're going to appear in on Prince Of Fighting!" Natsuki cried, rushing over. Syo, with an uncontrollable smile on his face, opened the script and pointed at the cast. Natsuki's face practically exploded with excitement when Syo's name showed up.
"That's so cool!" Otoya cried, his eyes shining.
"I'm so proud of you, Syo-chan!" Natsuki cried, hugging Syo.
"Let go." Syo grumbled, pushing Natsuki away with an embarrassed blush on his face.
"Good luck, Syo-chan!" Jackie smiled, patting him on the head.
"Are you playing the little sister again?" Ren teased, giving Sym a smirk.
"No! I'm not! I am playing an unmistakable male this time!" Syo yelled, growling through his teeth.
"I hope I get some good work soon~" Natsuki hummed, daydreaming about working.
"Yeah! Everyone should get some good requests!" Jackie smiled. "What are you guys doing right now?" Jackie asked, realizing she had no idea what he friends were working on.
"Tokiya's been doing some commercials and a few dramas." Otoya said. "And Ren's been getting a lot of appearance requests for photo shoots in magazines!"
"Shocker." Jackie giggled, rolling her eyes.
"Wait, I'm confused." The group turned to Cecil, who had put down his work for a minute to listen to the conversation. "Idols do more than sing?"
"Of course!" Syo shouted, Cecil flinching back in surprise. "We do a lot of stuff! Like Tv appearances, movie rolls, and work on the stage! You never stop working as an idol and you take any opportunity to appear somewhere and show off what you can do!" Syo shouted, pointing at Cecil accusingly.
"Really? I had no idea..." Cecil said thoughtfully. Before he could add anything, a voice cut into the conversation.
"Hello, everybody!" The boys looked around and Jackie stood up.
"There!" Otoya shouted, pointing up at one of the curtains where Shining's head poked out, a big smile on his face. "President, what are you doing here?"
"I heard you rejected the seniors I assigned to you!" Shining bellowed, his head weirdly falling down and going up from behind the curtain.
"You guys did what?!" Jackie shouted, surprised.
"Didn't we tell you?" Syo asked.
"No." Jackie frowned. Suddenly Shining bursted out from behind the curtains, slowly falling to the floor.
"Working on your own is well and good!" He said, landing. "It's no problem at all if you become actual idols!" Shining began to spin around in some weird, crazy fashion. "BUT! You probably think you're already real idols, don't you?" Shining asked, throwing up one of his legs in a final pose.
"Aren't we?" Ren asked, raising an eyebrow.
"We did put out a CD." Masato said, confused.
"What?!" Shining said in English, throwing his hands out. "Do you not remember what I said?!: In real life, many idols are like fireworks- they make a big BOOM before they fade away." Shining said, pulling out a flower and making it disappear when he said 'BOOM'.
"Are you trying to say that we're going to fade away?" Syo asked, offended. "We're not a one hit wonder!"
"If that is how you really feel, than I implore you to win this title:" Shining pulled a ball on a string out of his hands, which broke open, showing a small banner with some Japanese characters on it, come confetti flying out.
"What's it say?" Jackie asked, tugging on Tokiya's shirt sleeve.
"I says 'UtaPri award'." Tokiya read, suddenly straightening up. "The UtaPri award?!"
"What? What is it?" Jackie asked.
"It's a very rare title and it's only granted when brilliant, new idols appear." Tokiya crossed his arms, explaining the award to everyone.
"Like you guys!" Jackie smiled.
Tokiya smiled back, nodding. "Yes, like us."
"It is the perfect award for you boys. The Uta Prince Brand New Award! Claiming this title will guarantee your standing and climbing in the industry. So... This is a very big chance!" Shining shouted, throwing his arms up. Two sets of cards popped out o his sleeves and he began to shimmy backwards, dropping the cards in front of him. "Do your best, boys!" Suddenly a large tarp fell on top of Shining, and in a moment, it completely touched the ground, leaving the president to disappear suddenly.
"You guys should get that!" Jackie smiled, turning to the boys. They turned to her, smiles on their faces. "I want everyone in the whole world to hear your voices, because they're wonderful!" Jackie smiled, looking around at them with shining eyes.
"Don't worry, Little Lamb, we'll win that award." Ren whinked.
"Yeah, and we'll show the world how great Jackie-chan's music is!" Otoya beamed.
"Yeah, that sounds like a plan." Syo nodded, crossing his arms in a confident pose.
"Yeah! We'll spread the word of music across the world!" Jackie cheered, throwing her arms up.
" 'Spread the word' ?" Otoya asked.
"Well I AM a Prophet." Jackie shrugged.
"What does that mean?" Natsuki asked.
"Eh? I never told you?" Jackie realized, blushing in embarrassment. "I'm the Prophet of the Muse, and that's not just a title, it's a job."
"So, wait, what?" Otoya said.
"Yeah, all prophets help their god or goddess by spreading awareness of them. So I spread the word of the wonders of music." Jackie smiled, explaining the concept of a Prophet to the boys.
"That would make sense." Natsuki realized, nodding.
"Syo-chan, don't you need to get to the set?" Jackie asked, turning to the short blond. He jumped, looking at his new watch.
"Oh yeah, you're right!" Syo yelped, stuffing his script back into the bag to had on his back. "Okay, I'm off!" Syo said, rushing down the hallway. Jackie smiled after him.
"I'm happy for him~" Jackie hummed, beginning to walk down the hallway.
"Are you leaving?" Otoya asked.
Jackie nodded, smiling. "I still have to work on some new songs for you guys! And I've collected more than enough for now."
"That's why you were down here." Smile Tokiya, a chuckle escaping his throat.
"Maybe~" Jackie smiled, running down the hallway.
"She going to end up with a lot of freetime, won't she?" Masato observed, sitting back down.
"What do you mean?" Natsuki asked, turning to the blue haired man.
"Being a composer is normally a very hard job, but she doesn't need to make up music, since she only needs to stick music together." Masato resorted, opening his book.
"I don't think it's THAT simple." Otoya said, leaning over to see what Masato was reading. "She did say before that the music she made before she left wasn't all that good in quality." Otoya pointed out.
"That's true." Natsuki agreed, nodding.
"How does she even know how to do all that music combining?" Otoya asked no one in particular.
"She just does." The STARISH boys turned to Cecil, who smiled into his tea cup.
"What do you mean?" Tokiya asked, crossing his arms.
"She knows by instinct which strips work the best together." Cecil smiled, looking up at the boys.
"How?" Masato asked. Cecil looked up thoughtfully for a moment before giving them a small smile.
"I'm not sure. I honestly don't have a strong enough connection with music to even try to understand it. But I do know that she knows on her own what goes where and how." Cecil said, a little depressed in his inability to properly connect to music.
"How do you know about this?" Asked Tokiya, furrowing his brows.
"I read an old journal written by one of the previous prophets!" Cecil held his chin high, proud of his accomplishments.
"There are others?" Otoya asked.
"That would make sense. It's would be kind of odd if there weren't others." Ren pointed out, sitting back down casually.
"Yes, that's right. But using the word 'are' is a little... Misdirecting." Sighed Cecil with a frown. "If fact, she is the first prophet of the Muse to emerge in over a century, from what I've heard of. It's not unheard of for there to be more than one, but from what I had read, it's frowned upon and usually the two prophets will fight for dominance of a God or Goddess. After all, if the God or Goddess does die, they are replaced by their prophet."
"What!? Really?!" Cried Otoya.
"Y-yeah," Cecil yelped, blacking up into his seat a bit, surprised by Otoya's sudden outburst. "The current Muse was not always the Muse."
"Hey, when she disappeared, like Jackie said, you don't think..."
"No!" Cecil cried, jumping up. "Because then Jackie would be the Muse, but she only reacts so much to my stone!" Cecil said, clenching his fists.
"Woah, calm down there!" Ren chuckled, holding his hands up in surrender. "We're just throwing around ideas here."
"But she isn't dead! I know she isn't..." Cecil said, sitting back down. The boys exchanged glances with each other.
"Oh man, this is so cool..." Syo breathed, looking around the set. The entire set had been put up, taking place in a castle. Cast members, actors, and crew members were all scattered around, trying to get everything ready for today's schedule. "I'm... getting a little nervous." Syo said, a shiver going down his spine.
Syo was dressed and ready for his part. He was dressed in brown rags with a metal shoulder piece on his left arm and a red cloth tied to the top of his right arm. He looked around the set for any actors he recognized, spotting Hyuga. He smiled and ran towards him.
"Hyuga-sensei!" Hyuga turned around, spotting Syo running towards him. "Ohayo!" He called, stopping in front of Hyuga.
"Ohayo." He responded with a curt nod.
"Hyuga-sensei! I just wanted to say that I love this show sooo much and getting to work with you is like a dream! I look forward to working with you!" Syo smiled, finishing with a bow. Hyuga glared down at him, huffing.
"How naive." Syo looked up, both confused and shocked by Hyuga's tone.
"P-parton?" Syo asked.
"You're a professional now. Quit acting like an amachur." Hyuga turned away from Syo. "We're competing now in the industry, so we're officially enemies off stage. And if you don't change that childish way of thinking, you'll never succeed." Hyuga walked away, leaving Syo dumbfounded in the dust.
"Kurusu-san, you're needed on set!" Someone yelled.
"H-hie!" Syo called back, running to them. He was directed up some stairs onto a ledge, where his makeup was checked one last time. He walked onto the cliff where he was directed, taking a few deep breaths.
"Are you ready?" The cameraman asked.
"Yes, I'm ready." Syo said, getting into position.
"Alright! We're about to begin. And... Action!" The director called, the clacket slapping down to start the scene. The other actors ran towards Syo. He clenched his fists and ran forward, knocking them off of the walkway with a couple of kicks. An explosion went off in the background and the final enemy fell off, landing on a mat below and helped up by stage assistants. "Cut!" The director called, turning off the camera. "That was great! You were wonderful! Splendid!"
"Th-thank you!" Syo called down.
"Let's move onto the next set." The director called. "Now, we're moving onto the jumping scene! Syo-san, are you ready?"
"Sir," One of the assistants said, walking over to the directors. "We have a stunt double for that."
"Yeah... but I want to have him do this. It's a very important scene, and it would look real nice if we could have him do it." The director explained, the megaphone he had picking up the sound. "Alright, Syo-san, we'll get the stuntman up there for this scene."
Syo looked at the cliff in front of him, focusing on it. He turned down to the director, calling out to him. "Sir! I'd like to try it myself!"
"That's good to hear! Get him ready for the scene!" A couple stage assistance came over and hooked a harness on Syo, clicking the ropes onto his harness as they checked him off in safety measures. They gave the thumbs up and Syo got into position, taking a few deep breaths.
"Alright. And... action!" The director called. Syo ran forward and jumped off the ledge. He flew through the air and quickly approached the ledge. He reached out to grab the ledge, but as it came close, it just slipped out of his fingers. He tumbled down through the air, stretching down until the recoil made him fly back up. "That's okay, Syo-san, don't worry, we'll try again!" The director promised.
"Sir, we have a stunt double..." The assistant reminded the director, frowning.
"I know... Maybe we ought to..."
"Please! Let me try again!" Syo shouted from the cliff side, pulling himself up.
"Sir, we really can't..." The assistant said. Hyuga walked over to the director, placing a hand on his shoulder.
"Director, may I have a word?" Hyuga asked.
"Syo-chan, are you sure that I can't help?" Natsuki asked. Syo had busied himself all night with working out his body, currently running on a treadmill. He had taken off his shirt from the heat of working out and his teeth were clenched in determination. Natsuki was watching from a few feet away, a worried frown on his face.
"I can do this myself." Syo insisted through herd breaths. He stopped the treadmill and walked over to another piece of equipment to work out his legs some more. Outside of the room, the other STARISH boys and Jackie had gathered to watch Syo as he worked.
"He's going to hurt himself like that." Masato frowned, shaking his head.
"He's fine." Jackie said, leaning against the wall. "I think I know how to heal a bit." The boys turned to Jackie blankly.
"What can't you do?" Questioned Tokiya, raising an eyebrow.
"I can't kill people." Jackie smiled.
"Good."
"Ryuya asked the director to let him continue to try." The group turned around, spotting Ai behind them, the same blank look on his face. "But I don't agree with that."
"Why not?" Otoya asked, frowning.
"He's stiff and too eager. He won't do too well like that." Ai explained.
"That's true," Ren said, leaning against the door. "For the best results you need to relax." Jackie looked into the room, watching Syo as he worked. She could see in his eyes a strong sense of determination. She smiled, nodding. Jackie turned around and faced from the group, walking away from the others, who watched her.
"Where are you going?" Tokiya asked. She turned back around and smiled at them.
"I'm getting an idea." She winked, walking down the hall, disappearing down the bend. Jackie walked to her room, closing the door behind her. She walked over to the middle of the room, closing her eyes and opening her new found golden orbs. She looked around the room, smiling at the large number of music strips flying around her.
She reached out and pulled on a pink strip. She smiled at it, running her fingers across the pink notes, soaking them in order, forcing the sound louder to hear it better. It swirled around the room, shooing other strips away from it as it flew. Jackie smiled at it and pulled it to her once more, sitting on her bed.
"Syo-chan, I hope you'll let me help you." Jackie said with a smiled, brushing her fingers across the strip. A few other music strips flew to her, swirling around her. She giggled, shaking her head. "Don't worry, I'll help all of my friends." Jackie smiled, making the music swirl around her happily. She giggled and pulled the music together into one single strip. She smiled at it, seeing her new white strip fly around the room.
Then she frowned.
She called it over and held it in her hands, looking at it. Something was missing, but she couldn't decide what. She looked around the room for any other strips of music, besides for her friends' songs, trying to see if anything could fit in it. She shuffled through the music for a while before sighing, shaking her head. She sat back down upon her bed, looking at the white song.
"Something is missing now." The strip darkened for a second, flying over to her. "No, nothing is wrong with you. It's just that... you're the same as the others, but I feel like something should be added now, but I don't know what." Jackie sighed, laying back on her bed. The song swirled around in the air, flashing. Jackie smiled at it, sitting up. "Yeah, don't worry, it'll be fine." It swirled around in an excited frenzy, making Jackie laugh. "Aren't you a conscious strip of music." She giggled, closing her eyes. She rolled over so her body was fully on the bed, pulling the covers ever her. "Maybe if I sleep on it... I can think of something new to add." Jackie said, pulling a pillow into her arms, letting herself fall into sleep.
"Morning." Jackie said, walking into the dining room. The boys turned to her, smiling.
"Good morning, Jackie-san." Masato smiled, placing a plate of eggs down. "Here."
"Thank you~" Jackie smiled, sitting down in front of the eggs and starting to eat. She looked around, noticing a few missing faces. "Hey, where are Syo-chan and Natsuki-kun?" She asked, taking another mouthful of eggs.
"They went to the set." Otoya said, taking his own food over to the table.
"Why is Natsuki-kun going?" Jackie asked, tilting her head to the side.
"I'm not sure, something about being an extra, one of the soldiers." Otoya answered, shrugging. "And he brought Cecil with him too." Jackie laughed, covering her mouth.
"Oh boy, I need to see that." Jackie laughed, confusing the other boys. "The prince being a loyal servant!" The other boys chuckled as well, getting the connection. "So, what's up with you guys today?" Jackie asked, looking around the table. The boys began to list off what they had to do that day. Once eight o'clock came around, the boys had to leave, saying their goodbyes to their composer and leaving the building.
Jackie stretched in her seat, picking up her plate and bringing it into the kitchen area, opening up the dishwasher and placing her dish inside.
"Ohayo~" Jackie turned around and smiled, seeing a familiar brown haired man by the open window area of the kitchen, leaning on the counter, smiling inside.
"Ohayo, Rei-chan~" Jackie smiled, walking over to him. "How are you?"
"I'm doing great!" Reiji chirped, a big smile on his face. "I have today off!"
"Oh, that's great. You're probably spent after all the work you've done."
"You don't even know..." Reiji sighed, letting his cheek fall into his palm, keeping a small smile on his face. Jackie nodded. "How about you?"
"Me?" Jackie asked, smiling at him. "Not much. Composing stuff, maybe gonna check on Syo-chan later, maybe help him out."
"Really?" Reiji lifted his head, his smile gone.
"Yeah." Jackie said, frowning. "What's wrong?"
"I-It's nothing." Reiji said, waving his hands, laughing awkwardly. "I just didn't think you would get involved."
"Meh, yeah, but I think I can do something for him." Jackie smiled, taking out a water bottle from the fridge and sipped at it. Reiji turned away from her for a moment before turning back to her.
"Hey, can you throw me that?" Reiji asked, pointing at a banana in a bowl on one of the counters. Jackie picked it up and tossed it at him, Reiji catching it easily, peeling it open and taking a bite. Jackie walked out of the kitchen.
"I'm gonna get to work now." Jackie hummed, walking away from him.
"Hey," Jackie turned back to him, humming in response. "Why were you about to do a group graduation project?" Jackie frowned, a confused look on her face. "I mean, no one has ever done a group graduation before. Why did Shining let you guys do one?"
"Oh," Said Jackie, smiling. "I guess I'm just a very convincing person." Reiji frowned, furrowing his brows. Jackie waved at him before leaving the room. She walked down the hallway, turning on her music sight to see if she could fit together any of the new music she gathered that morning. "Woah!" Jackie gasped and flailed around, trying to keep herself up when her foot caught onto something in front of her. She fell onto her hands, letting out a breath of relief, finding herself unharmed.
Jackie rolled over and looked at what was on the floor. She stood up and picked up the tan bag in front of her. She opened the bag, looking around inside of it. She pulled out a wallet from under a pair of boxers which she, regrettably, had to touch to get the wallet.
"Sanitize my hands later..." Jackie mumbled, opening the wallet and looking inside. She smiled when she saw the face of a familiar blond. "Syo-chan must have left it here." Jackie said, stuffing the wallet back into the bag. She began to dig through the bag, mumbling: "I should go give it to him." While she walked. She smiled, pulling out a sheet of paper. She looked it over, frowning. "I really need to learn to read..."
Jackie picked up the bag and hurried back to the dining room, looking around for any sight of Reiji. She poked her head into the kitchen area, smiling when she saw a familiar boy with light blue hair looking around in the refrigerator.
"Ai-san!" Jackie smiled, making the stoic boy look over at her. He closed the refrigerator door after pulling out a water bottle.
"Good morning, Housan-san." Jackie stopped suddenly, her smile quickly disappearing as she narrowed her eyes.
"How do you know my last name? No one knows my last name! Not even Shining knows my last name!" Jackie crossed her arms, glaring at him. "And he gets everywhere..."
"It wasn't hard to find." Ai said, taking a sip of water.
"Right... Um, can you read this?" Jackie blandly asked, holding out the script to Ai. "I just need the adress." Ai took the paper and looked it over.
"This is where Kurusu is shooting. Based what you're carrying, I'm guessing that Kurusu left his bag behind."
"Yeah, where is the set?" Jackie huffed, hoping to get moving as soon as possible.
"The directions are complicated." Ai said, taking off the cap to his water bottle and taking a drink. "But Kotobuki can drive you."
"Alright, do you know where he is?" Jackie asked, looking around, as if he might just be hiding in the kitchen.
"Kotobuki is in his room. Room three." Said Ai, putting his water away.
"Kay, thanks- and call me Jackie!" Jackie ordered, rushing off. She headed down the hallway, turning into the boy's dormitory, which was right next to the dining room. She walked down until she found room number three and knocked on the door. She could hear a 'coming' from the other side and a sudden bang, making Jackie jump back. The door opened a second letter, Reiji standing in the doorway, rubbing his head, surprisingly shirtless.
He looked at Jackie, surprised. "Jack-chan? What's up?" He asked, furrowing his brows together.
"Er, can I have a ride?" Jackie asked, looking away from his chest with a slight blush.
"Ah!- Um, yeah, just, I need- Shirt!" He fumbled, backing away from the door and pulling a shirt out of a drawer and putting it on in haste. "S-sorry about that, I was just, well, taking a nap." Reiji explained as he stepped out of the room, closing the door behind him.
"Sorry that I woke you." Jackie frowned, following him as he lead her down the hallway.
"No-no! I-It's fine! Um, where do you need to go?"
"To this place- Syo-chan is shooting there and he forgot his bag and change of clothes." Reiji slowed down his hurried pace, turning to her.
"Really? Does he need it?"
"Well his money and phone are in it, so yeah. Unless he has a ride, he'll need it."
"But aren't Na-chan and Cecil there too?"
"Yeah, but this is Syo-chan- if he doesn't get to complete the scene today I'm sure he'll stay late to practice." The two of them exited the building, Reiji leading her to the side where an old, green car was parked. "Nice car."
"Thanks! Get in- um, that's the driver's side."
"What?" Jackie looked into the car through the window and sure enough the wheel was on the right instead of the left. "Woah! You guys are switched!"
"Hu?"
"Well, in America," Jackie explained, circling around the car and getting into the other side. "We have the wheel on the left side."
"No kidding. That means you guys drive on the right?"
"You drive on the left?"
"I am really glad you didn't try to drive on your own." Reiji chuckled, starting the car and beginning to go.
"I'm only just turned 16 a few months ago, I can't drive alone in America." The car came to a sudden stop, Reiji whipping around to stare at her.
"You're 16!? So you were 15 in Saotome Academy?!"
"Y-yeah?" Jackie blinked in surprise at Reiji outlash.
"You have to be 16 to be in that school!"
"Wha- really?! Oh," Jackie frowned, looking down.
"...Well, what's the address?" Reiji asked, clearing his throat and holding out his hand.
"Right! Here it is!" Jackie placed the script in his hand and he looked it over, finding the address and nodding.
"Yeah... alright...That's actually not to far from here." Reiji smiled, pressing down on the gas, the car starting to move forwards again.
"Really? How far?"
"About forty minutes." Jackie groaned. Reiji looked at her out of the corner of his eye, furrowing his brows in confusion. "Hey, what's so bad about that?"
"Being stuck in a car with you for fourty minutes? I'm pretty sure that's every girl's nightmare." Jackie smirked, rolling her eyes.
"Nightmare?!" Reiji laughed, shaking his head. "That's every girl's dream."
"Yeah, in your dreams."
"Oooh! You're cruel."
"Well you driving on the left side is making me nervous." Jackie frowned, holding onto the arm rests. Reiji let out a bellowing laugh, smiling out the window.
"So you're 16?"
"Yeah..." Jackie turned to Reiji, looking him up and down. "You're... 20?" Reiji laughed, shaking his head.
"25."
"Yuck, you're old." Reiji let out another loud laugh.
"And you're definitely the strangest person I've ever met."
"How so."
"Where do I start?" Reiji laughed. "Well for starters, I've never seen someone convince Shining to go along with anything he already turned down. Then, just by being you, you got six guys to cross an ocean to bring you to Japan. Then you start out looking like a scared little kid, only to turn into... This." Reiji gestured to her.
"And that's the tip of the iceberg. You know nothing." Jackie giggled, looking out the window.
"Really?" Reiji peared at her for a moment, his smile dropping. "...What else is there to know?"
"Hm... Secret~" Jackie hummed.
"Well now I have to know." Jackie looked at the brunette from the corner of her eye, a smile slipping onto her face.
"Thanks for the ride!" Jackie smiled, jumping out of the car.
"I'll go park over there." Reiji pointed to a spot at the end of the parking lot, shifting gear.
"Don't worry about it, I can get home just fine." Reiji frowned at her, shifting back into park.
"But don't you need a ride back?"
"No, I just didn't know how to get here. Getting back is easy." Reiji furrowed his brows and shrugged, shifting gears and pulling away. It was darker out now, but not quite sunset. Jackie slung Syo's bag over her shoulder and trudged onto the set. She looked around, hoping to spot Syo nearby, but the set seemed rather vacant. She was sure that he would have stayed tonight, but she could have been wrong. Still, she took a walk around the area, looking for any sign of the blond idol.
Just as she was about to turn around and go home, she heard a yell. Looking up, she spotted something running across one of the sets and jump off of a ledge. It just missed the edge of another walkway, falling down through the air and swinging back and forth. The figure reached up and began to pull itself back up.
Jackie smiled. She just knew that was Syo. She ran up to one of the towers and found the staircase that lead up to the top. She climbed the stairs, feeling the strain of climbing in her legs. She huffed as she climbed another set of stairs. She groaned, seeing more stairs up ahead. Still, she trudged on, eventually reaching the top. She gave a relieved smile when she saw the door that lead outside and left the stairs, looking out. She walked down the aisle, looking for Syo.
"Syo-Chan!" She called, looking around. She smiled at the view around her. It was beautiful out there, and the strong breeze cooled her exhaustion.
"Jackie-Chan?!" Jackie turned and smiled, spotting Syo on the other side of the path.
"Syo-chan! You forgot your bag!" Jackie gave him a big smile
"Jackie-chan, get out of here, this is dangerous!" Syo cried, waving his hands.
"What? I can't hear you over the wind!" Yelled Jackie, walking towards him.
"No! Turn around, go back!" Screamed Syo, waving harder.
"What?!" Syo groaned, shaking his head.
"Turn! Around!" Jackie stopped, blinking. She looked around and finally down, spotting the drop under her feet.
"Oh..." Jackie turned around and began to walk back, but a sudden gust hit her, and she slipped off her feet. "Dammit, music!" Jackie stumbled, waving her arms in an attempt to stay standing. But the wind proved to be too out of nowhere for Jackie to keep herself from tumbling. She felt the floor disappeared from under her feet and she reached, only just managing to grasp the edge of the path. She hung there for a moment, looking down at the drop beneath her. "I really shouldn't be looking down, but wow, this is WAY too high up for a set!"
"Jackie-chan!" Syo shouted. "Hang on!"
"Why wouldn't I?!" Shouted Jackie, looking at Syo. She frowned when she noticed his harnist was off now. However, her slipping fingers seemed to stand out a bit more than that. "On second thought, I'm slipping, so I can't hold on!"
Syo rushed to the back of the pathway and turned to the drop, taking deep breaths. Jackie frowned. He wasn't actually going to try to jump that without a harnist on, was he? Suddenly he took off, running towards the edge.
"Oh Muse, he is." Jackie muttered, watching him carefully. However, as he jumped, he flew farther though the air than ever before. He made it well past the edge, rolling on the ground before shooting up and rushing over to Jackie and grabbing her hand.
"I'm going to pull you up!" Syo cried, yanking on her arm.
"That was dangerous."
"So was what you were doing!" Yelled Syo, pulling her up onto the ledge. She sat down for a moment before Syo pulled her up, walking her to the tower door and bringing her safely inside.
"Not like what you did."
"You almost fell!"
"You could have died."
"So could you!"
"No I wouldn't."
"Yes you-" Syo stopped, taking a deep breath and letting it out.
"Why were you trying to make that jump?" Jackie asked, frowning at Syo. "You could have just had a stunt double do it."
"I couldn't do that!" Syo yelled, standing up. Jackie frowned, gesturing for him to continue. Syo sighed and sat down on the stairs. Jackie sat down next to him, waiting for him to talk. "I was talking to Hyuga-sensei yesterday. And I was such a kid- I started acting like some kind of fanboy and Hyuga-sensei told me of for it. I guess... I wanted to prove I was a professional- graduate from being his fanboy. You get that, right?"
Jackie smiled kindly, placing a hand on his shoulder. "Of course I do, you want to grow up. Everyone wants to grow up adventually, however." Jackie's hand left his shoulder and smacked him lightly on the back of his head.
"Ow-"
"The first thing about growing up is not being afraid to ask for help every once in awhile! I mean, it's annoying when you do it all the time, like me, but it couldn't hurt to ask some advice from the rest of STARISH- even if we have nothing else to say." Syo nodded.
"Thanks."
"Your welcome!"
"Why are you here anyways?"
"You forgot your bag." Jackie smiled, reaching for the bag, only to find it missing. "I think I dropped it..."
"It doesn't matter." Syo sighed, shifting his feet. "I'm just glad you're safe."
"I'm glad you made that jump." Jackie smiled, looking out to the edge.
"I was able to make it because of you." A blush snuck onto Syo's cheeks as he kept his eyes focused on anything but Jackie.
"Not quite the way I was going to help, but this works too." Jackie giggled. "I was gonna give you some kind of award if you made it, but this works too!" Syo let out a sigh, shaking his head.
"How can you be so relaxed already? You almost died." Whispered Syo.
"Cause I you were the only one in any real danger." Styo turned to Jackie, his brows furrowed in confusion. Jackie simply frowned, shaking her head. "I have to admit, I'm a little disappointed in you."
"W-wha-" Jackie stood up and walked back outside, hopping right off the edge of the pathway. Syo stood in silence for a moment, not quite processing what he had just seen. When he did comprehend what had happened, he ran out and looked over the edge. He looked around wildly for her. She wasn't hanging anywhere, and he saw nobody down below.
"Up here." Syo looked up to see the young prophet floating in air, a vacuum of wind swirling around her body, levitating her with a slight bob. "I can't believe you forgot I can fly! Remember when YOU fell off a building and I jumped down after you? We were floating in the air for a while."
"I-I... I-I..." Syo's mouth dropped open as he watched her float in the air, giggling at him. Then his mouth dropped into an angry frown. "I passed out! I don't remember anything from that!"
Now Jackie blushed, looking at her hands. "W-well I'm sure I showed you guys my ability to stand on the Music of the Wind before!"
"No! You didn't!" Jackie blushed, looking down.
"Sorry..." Jackie muttered. "But now you know." Syo began to fume, making gurgling sounds before taking a deep breath and letting it out, repeating this a few times. "Are... You okay?"
"...I' fine. Let's just... Get down now." Syo said, heading towards the stairs.
"Alright! Hold on!"
"Wait, wha-" Jackie grabbed Syo's arm and pulled him forward. She smiled at him, their noses touching. Syo's blush grew to cover his face and she giggled. She pushed up his blond bangs and leaned forward, placing a kiss on his forehead. He froze up, making a small whining noise and squeezing his eyes shut.
"Open your eyes." Syo peaked his eyes open, yelping in surprise when he found her just as close as before, this time, her eyes glowing golden. "Can you see it now?" Syo looked around, seeing a new blurry world full of music strips.
"Y-yeah."
"Then step on!" Jackie stepped back and pulled him with her. Syo stumbled onto the strip of music Jackie stood on, holding tightly onto her arm.
"Can you please warn me before you do stuff like this?!"
"Opps, sorry." Jackie smiled, not looking very sorry at all. "Down we go." The strip of music shook before descending slowly towards the ground. Syo hung onto her, looking down.
"Are you sure this is safe?"
"Yeah, of course, I use to do it all the time. It's like surfing, except it scaires everyone." Syo laughed, shaking his head. They reached the ground and jumped off, the music strip swirling around them before flying away into the distance. "Okay, where did I drop that bag?"
"Well, if we were up there, then it should be-" Syo froze, his hand dropping to his side and he tensed. Jackie turned to him, frowning before turning to see what he was looking at. She gasped quietly, spotting a familiar brunette standing in the entranceway across from them, his mouth hanging open with a bag in his hand.
"What... was that?"
YEAH! I did it! I wrote a new chapter! Aren't you all so proud of me?! I finally finished it, even though it gets a sudden cut off. I have to admit, I like Syo a lot, but he is probably my last choice from the other boys, yet he always seems to be the main character in my favorite chapters to write in this fanfiction. This was actually one of the scene that convinced me to write this fanfiction- though it's a bit different than it originally was.
When I first wrote it, it was actually much more abrupt. What happened in the original was Jackie was on the edge, Syo made the jump and 'saved' her. Then Jackie complimented him on the jump and jumped right off, floating away to leave Syo gawking at her.
So, what do you think? If you noticed a difference in my writing, that's because I've improved a bit. Now I don't just write 'someone said', now I'll occasionally write 'said someone'
I should be writing this much more often now that I have a study hall. I mean, I was able to write half of this within three days at school, so it can't be too long before the next update, but don't believe too much in me- this is the person who abandoned this Fanfic for about five months...
Also, yay for Reiji moment! God I love Reiji! He's my favorite of the senpies, even though I love them all, so expect lots of moment between Jackie and the senpies!
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