"Doshie … do-what was the rest," Shina asked herself as she walked with a notebook in one hand and a pencil in the other, "I always forget the lyrics when I'm writing it down … I hate this!" She stopped walking and folded up her folder into her book bag, "this sucks!" The twins put their arms around her shoulders, "what sucks?" Shiina's frustration grew a bit, "the fact that school's back in session and I can't write down any songs … I should just stick to what I know." They let her go and switched places as they put hats on, "let your worries fade away with playing 'which one is Hikaru game'!"
Shina stared at them with what read as 'what-the-fuck-are-you-doing' face. "Which one is Kaoru and which one is Hikaru," they said walking close to her. "I don't have time for this," she said as she sighed and closed her eyes. They sort of begged, "come on! One guess couldn't hurt!" She siged again as she opened her eyes and pointed to the twin on the left then the right, "Hikaru … Kaoru … there now can I go?" They stared at each other and let her walk away.
As they watched her leave they took off their hats and redid their hair, "she was able to see that we change our hairstyles." Haruhi stood right behind them, "what happened?" They turned to face her, "Shina's able to tell which one is which." Haruhi smiled at them, "then that's two people that can tell you two apart huh?" The trio stood together and walked to class.
Van was running as fast as he could panting and yelling at himself, "she called and said, whoa, that class starts today," he jumped over some railing and crossed the street, "and just like an idiot I forgot to set my alarm! What's the point of having a driver that drinks with the money you pay him?" He jumped over another railing thing and jumped over a pothole, "I hate not living anywhere near the girls! At least THEY would send someone to wake me up!" He rounded a corner and used his heel to slow himself down to come face to face with Lynn and Meroko. "Crap!" Lynn held out his hand, "time to go brother!" Van started to run another way until some vines caught him and wrapped around his body. "Shit! Lynn!"
Back at school Hunny and Mori noticed that Van hadn't come yet. They walked up a flight of stairs and found Kyoya reading his notebook, "V-chan hasn't shown up!" Kyoya looked up and watched Hunny jump around, "V-chan isn't at school yet. Is something the matter with him?" Kyoya closed his book and waved his arm inside the classroom, "let's find out." Within a second Shina walked out doing her hair up into a single ponytail, "what's wrong?" Kyoya stared at Hunny, "V-chan hasn't shown up yet, is he sick?" Shina became confused and put her hands down, "not shown up? That doesn't sound like him; I called him last night so he should've been here by now. Hold on and I'll call again," she said and went back inside the classroom to get her cell. Tamaki noticed she was a bit confused and followed her out the classroom, "Hunny-sempai? What's the matter?"
"V-chan isn't here." Shina pressed two buttons and held the phone close by her ear. They watched her as she started to talk, "Hello Van? Are you there? Van … huh?" She looked at her phone, put it back to her ear, looked at it again, and pressed a button, "it hung up. There was a weird sound in the background too. This is so not like him!" Kyoya held out his hand as Shina handed him her phone. "Let's see what's wrong then," he said listened to the sound himself.
Tamaki: Well?
Kyoya: Sounds like someone was in the background no doubt. Can I download it to my computer and try to get it together?
Shina: Yeah, just don't do anything else ok?
Kyoya: I won't.
(lunchtime)
"Did you find out what happened," both Tamaki and Shina said together as the three sat down together at the same table. Kyoya opened his laptop and turned it around, "have a listen," he said and handed them some earphones. Tamaki took one while Shina took the other, Kyoya pressed a button and the sound from the background was crystal clear.
"It's her right," a female sounding voice said. "Yeah it is," said a male voice, "if you listening to this then we have Van and we won't let him go!" Then a beep sound to indicate that it was the end of the message.
Tamaki: What does it mean?
Kyoya: It means that the mews and the Star Lights have a new task at hand.
Shina: One more thing, when and where?
Kyoya: That was the end of the message, it's up to you.
Shina: No not yet, he has a tracking device in that earring he wears, he put one in there and in each of our pendants.
Shina handed Kyoya her necklace, "Akiko track." The pendant jewels started to glow, "signal search." Kyoya set the pendant on his lap top and watched as the screen started to glow in four different spots. Three of the dots were at the school while the fourth one was mapped somewhere downtown, "where's that?" Kyoya typed and zoomed in on the fourth dot, "it looks like it's … near the … Sky DeTure building." Shina looked at Tamaki, "what's that?" Tamaki thought about it, "it's a skyscraper, made mostly of glass and beams, doing well in the business area though nobody are seen going or coming from there." Shina thought, "is it right across from the Midori Café?" Kyoya typed some more and handed over her pendant, "it is why?" Shina took it back, "I thought I felt something weird coming from that building every time I went by. A dark energy deep within, is that where Van is!?"
(Kyoya voice over: Only one way to find out.)
Akiko crept quietly on a nearby rooftop overlooking the building's entrance with Kami and Mai close by. "Ready girls," Akiko asked quietly as three more shadows appeared, "you came huh?" The three shadows came into better view to show that it was the Star Lights ready to fight. "Just in case you need the help," Star Fighter told her then looked at the building also, "and by the looks of this place I'd say you do need some backup." Kami held out her hand, "welcome aboard, right Akiko?" Akiko gave a slight nod and turned back, "just be ready ok girls?"
