Jackie was walking through the hallways alone. It was the weekend, so there was no school. The students could go out or hang around if they wanted to. Jackie had decided to go for a walk around the school. Tomo had asked to go with her, worried, but she insisted that she wanted to be alone. Tomo was right to be worried. She had been doing this for a weak.

Ever since the incident at Hayato's concert, she had suddenly become distant. She didn't talk too much, she disappeared at night, she slipped away at lunch, and she had even skipped a few classes here and there. All the boy were worried. They tried to stick by her, but she always found a way to get away. She was something she had been for 8 years: She had become a hollow shell.

She never smiled, unless she was assuring the boys she was okay. She hadn't goofed around or acted childish. Her eyes were dull and she hadn't used her abilities for a while. Her feet dragged on the ground as she moved. The way she moved would make you cry, but she didn't mind. It wasn't like she had never done his before, she was use to it.

After the concert she had realized that she had begun to trust people again, and that scared her. And fear was not a nice feeling.

As Jackie walked through the halls, she heard the clicking of heels ahead of her. She looked up to see her teacher, Ringo. Jackie stopped walking as her cross dressing teacher stopped in front of her.

"Ringo-sensei." Jackie whispered.

"Jack-chan, what happened?" Ringo asked, bending down to her. "You stopped showing up for class, thats not like you! And now look at you, down in the dumps like that." He frowned.

"I'm sorry for missing class. Excuse me." Jackie said, attempting to walk past him. Ringo moved quickly, getting in front of his student, stopping her.

"Jack-chan, what's wrong?" He asked.

"It's nothing." She lied.

"Tell me, you know you can trust me." Jackie visibly flinched at the mention of trust. Ringo didn't miss her movement, narrowing his eyes. "So, it's trust issue. Well, tell me." Ringo said, putting his hands on his hips. Jackie looked away from him, causing him to sigh. "Tell me, I won't gossip." Jackie looked at her teacher and sighed.

"It's nothing." She insisted.

"Alright." Riingo said, sighing. "If you don't tell me, I'll give you detention." Jackie's eyes widened and she turned to Ringo with an accusing glare.

"But thats not fare!" Jackie cried.

"Life isn't fair, but that doesn't mean you can go around moping about it." Ringo said. Jackie looked away, upset. She wasn't comfortable talking about it, but she was being forced into a corner. She sighed, leaning on the wall.

"You know trust is a complicated thing. You trust someone, they trust you back, right? Well, there are those times you trust but the person you trust betrays you and that makes it hard to trust again."

"So, this is an issue from the past." Ringo whispered.

"Then you say that you won't trust again, but over time you can't help but do it again. And when you realize that..." She said.

"Well, there's nothing I can tell you." Ringo said, turning around, causing Jackie to turn to him. "Trusting is a hard thing to do, but you can't live life on your own. Any job requires communication and trust, and it's only natural to want to trust." Ringo said, beginning to walk away. "I suggest you look at what you're doing and who you're trusting and decide whether or not they will hurt you. And you know," Ringo said, turning to Jackie. "Those boys and Tomo-chan, they definitely care."

Jackie watched as the peppy teacher walked away, leaving her alone to think. "They don't mean harm." Jackie whispered to herself. "But she never meant any either..."

Jackie walked down the hall alone, heading to the room. She had been thinking it over and felt bad about making her friends worry. Friends...

The rhythm of clicking heels sounded on the floors in front of her. Jackie looked up to see Tokiya, turning into the hall she was walking down, walking away from her.

"Tokiya." She called. He stopped and turned around to her. Jackie walked towards him, stopping right in front of him. They looked at each other for a minute, neither saying anything, both blank faced.

"What is it?" Tokiya asked.

"Your HAYATO." Jackie said.

"Why do you say so?"

"Your exactly alike."

"We look the same, act different. Were not alike." Tokiya said, turning away. He began walking, but stopped at Jackie's remark.

"I didn't mean personality." She said, catching his attention. She began walking towards him. "You both have the same voice...and the same fault." Jackie passed him, but kept walking.

"And what is that?" Tokiya asked. Jackie stopped. She didn't turn to him, simply pointed at his heart, earning her a surprised noise. Jackie kept walking, leaving him behind her.

Jackie was playing with her peas, looking off into space, having her dinner after class, which she finally agreed to go to again. What's with Tokiya? He seemed so out of it since the concert. And he's always so cold, why not lighten up a bit?

"Jackie-chan!" Tomo called, causing her to bounce.

"Hu, what?"

"Come on, I've been talking to you for ten minutes. For the last week you've been really depressing, but now you're just not here at all." Tomo sighed. "And those are for eating, they don't have any buried treasure in them."

"Yeah, sorry." Jackie said, scooping some into her mouth.

"Your getting really concerning." Tomo frowned.

"Maybe she's depressed." Otoya whispered to Natsuki, who nodded.

"Maybe I should show her my Piyo-chan collection, to brighten her up." Natsuki suggested. Jackie heard this, her lip curling up ever so slightly.

"There you go!" Tomo said, clearly seeing the secret smile. "Now, why don't we go back to the room?"

"You go on ahead, I'm not done yet." Jackie said. Tomo shrugged and walked off. As the boys cleared out, Jackie fell back into her dream world. She stood up, absentmindedly walking back to her room. As she walked, she rounded a corner and nearly bumped into someone, narrowly dodging them. Looking up, she saw Tokiya. He looked a little surprised by her appearance, but not at all happy about it.

"It's you." He said.

"You look more down than usual. Care to explain?" Jackie asked curiously.

"It doesn't concern you."

"So?" Jackie asked.

"Please stop interfering." Tokiya said, walking past her. "It's bothersome." Jackie stared after him, frowning at his attitude. Why did he act like that?

"Ah, it's nice to relax." Tomo said, stretching out on her bed.

"Yeah..." Jackie agreed, laying under the covers, looking at the ceiling. Tomo turned to her, staring.

"Hey, did you hear what happened to Tokiya?" Tomo asked.

"No." Jackie said, turning to Tomo. "What happened?"

"He was kicked out of the S-class." Jackie bolted up, staring wide eyed at Tomo.

"Really?" She asked, not sure she had heard her friend right.

"Yeah, so he's being moved down to our class." Tomo said. Jackie looked at Tomo for a little before looking out the window. So thats why he looked so down before. He had been kicked out of the S-class and put into the A-class. Jackie frowned. She would be upset if that happened to her. She watched as the rain hit the window. It wasn't hard rain, but it would be pretty bad to get stuck in.

As she looked out the window, she spotted movement out of the corner of her eye. Looking closer, she discovered a familiar blue haired boy that was the cause of the current commotion. Tokiya was walking down the path, an umbrella held over his head. Jackie watched as he walked, his head held lower than normal.

Jackie got off her bed, causing Tomo to look up at her, surprised. Jackie continued to surprise her roommate by suddenly running out of the room, leaving Tomo to call out for Jackie.

Jackie walked out of the building, letting the rain soak through the uniform she had forgotten to take off. She ran down the path Tokiya had taken earlier. She tried to follow his muddy footprints into the woods the best she could, but they were mostly washed away by now.

Sighing, she closed her eyes and opened them again, revealing golden orbs that she hadn't used in a while. She looked around for Tokiya's purplish music. Unable to see much, because of the rain, she took the music of the rain that was flowing around everywhere and pulling it out of place, throwing it as far as she could, causing the rain to stop.

"And they say you can't control the weather." She smirked, looking around. Sadly, rain had a tendency to cover other music strips, making it hard to find music after or during a storm. "Great, the only thing that would help me to find him now was if he started singing, since someone's music likes to spread when they sing." Jackie frowned, looking down at her feet. There was no way he was just going to start singing after a rain storm in the middle of the woods!

Suddenly a voice rose into the air, like a breath of fresh air. Jackie looked up just in time to see a familiar strip of purplish music to flow through the forest.

"Well I'll be..." Jackie said, amazed at her luck. Although, she still questioned his reason for singing in the forest after a rain storm. She rushed along side of his music, following it to a clearing by a lake. She had been her a few times before, once to write some of Otoya's music down, where she met Cecil. She had also been going down there recently while skipping class.

She spotted Tokiya standing by there lake, singing to nothing in particular. The clouds almost seemed to part to shine light down to him, the moon's glow coming down to him like a spotlight. It streamed down, showing a beautiful spectacle of light. His voice echoed through the misty air and he sang without care, his eyes closed, thinking about nothing but what he was singing. Jackie watched him in amazement. She had understood before that his songs lacked emotion, but, the way he was singing, she could see how much he loved music.

She smiled, liking the way he was coming together. She could tell, from his voice and from his music, he was a nice guy, just a little distant.

Remind you of someone? The question rang in her head. Were Tokiya and her really so similar? Wanting to push people away yet still kind?

Tokiya's music returned to him, becoming smaller again and spinning around him. He stopped singing, the night becoming quiet again. Jackie stared at him, taking a step towards the blue haired boy. A twig snapped under her foot, causing Tokiya to turn around. They held eye contact for a moment, neither saying anything. Finally, Tokiya looked away.

"Why are you here?" He asked.

"I heard you are being transferred to the A-class." Jackie bluntly said, causing Tokiya to frown. "Also," Jackie said, walking towards him. "You still haven't answered me. You are Hayato, are you not?"

"And if I said that I wasn't?"

"Do you really want to keep lying?" Tokiya looked at her, still strain faced. "I'm not asking you to tell the world, I just want to know why someone who's already famous is trying to debut again."

"Why do you care?"

"Why would you?" Jackie asked, causing Tokiya to glare. "Why would someone famous care so much about starting again that he would lie?"

"I have my reasons." Tokiya said, turning away.

"And what are they?!" Jackie demanded, raising her voice for the first time, causing Tokiya to look up in surprise. His eyes shined with untold emotion and frustration and he gritted his teeth.

"I just want to sing." He whispered, looking away. "But theres no point. Apparently my songs lack heart."

"That song you just sang sure didn't." Jackie pointed out.

"Thats only because it's Hayato's song, it's his song." Tokiya said, smiling in a heartbreaking way.

"Funny." Jackie said, catching his attention. "I don't seem to see him..."

"What are you talking about?" Tokiya questioned, narrowing his eyes.

"I don't see Hayato." Jackie smiled. "I don't see him singing. I see you singing, and your heart shining, but I didn't see him." Jackie said, causing Tokiya to look away from her. "So, doesn't that mean..."

"Thats enough." Tokiya said, causing Jackie to stop in surprise. "I can't stand listening to you talk as if you know how I feel, that it's that easy to fix." Tokiya walked past her, leaving her standing there. She turned around and watched as he slowly walked away. His figure grew smaller and smaller until he disappeared from her sight. She continued to stare after him even after he disappeared.

She turned her head to the lake. She looked out across the blue waters that sat still. She walked towards the lake, looking out over it.

"He's right, I don't know how he feels." She said, smiling a little. Chuckling, she continued to speak aloud. "I don't know how he feels. But, I do know what it feels like to be powerless to fix anything. Isn't that right, Miss Muse?" Jackie laughed, letting a tear roll down her cheek. "You're the reason I learned how to be happy... and how it's felt to have that happiness taken away from you."

Jackie walked down the hallway alone, heading to class for homeroom. She couldn't help but think about Tokiya. Today he was going to be in her class. She frowned at the thought of that. She ran her fingers through her brown hair, which was loose from her usual ponytail. Today was casual day, so she wasn't wearing her uniform.

Jackie opened up the door of the A-class and stepped inside, closing it behind her. She looked around the classroom at all the students wearing their own cloths. Spotting her friends, she walked over to them.

"Ohiyo." Jackie smiled lightly.

"Ohiy-..." Tomo turned around to greet her roommate, only to stop mid greeting, staring at Jackie's cloths. Tomo was wearing a designer shirt. It was yellow with orange fringes. The back was open, tied together with black strings and she had purple pants on and yellow heels. "What are you wearing?"

"Oh, this?" Jackie was dressed in long, worn out jeans, gray in color. She was also wearing a loose, red shirt and black sneakers. Her hair was down, brown locks cascading far past her shoulders, naturally curling a little, music note shaped clips of different colors tangled in them. "It's nothing."

"The principal gave you a huge amount of money and thats what you spend it on?" Tomo asked, sighing. "What kind of girl are you?"

"An alien." Jackie said, causing Tomo to raise one of her eyebrows. "I am an alien, from America. I'm not a legal citizen here." Jackie shrugged sitting down.

"I guess..."

"You look better today." Otoya smiled. He was dressed in a red shirt with black cuffs and a guitar printed on it with some Japanese text written beside it along with black pants and shoes.

"I suppose." Jackie shrugged, feeling much more comfortable in her normal attire.

"Jackie-chan's happy!" Natsuki smiled, throwing his hands up. He was wearing a blue hoodie over his green shirt and he had on gray pants. Masato stood behind Natsuki, dressed in a brown jacket over his dark blue shirt and long, black pants.

Suddenly, the class fell silent and the door opened. Tokiya Ichinose walked into the class, sitting down. He was dressed in his school uniform, a white shirt with a blue tie and greenish blue pants. He ignored the whispers and stares, digging his nose into his studies. The others in the class began to whisper about him, glancing at him every once in a while.

"Wow, he's already become the talk of the school." Tomo said, leaning on her desk.

"Ohiyo, mina!" Ringo said, walking into the room, clapping his hands. He was dressed in a red dress that showed the tops of his arms with a black belt around his waist, tied together with a silver circle clip. "Everyone settle down, in your seats! I have an important announcement!" The class took their seats, all eyes going onto the cross dressing teacher.

He looked at Jackie, smiling at her, glad that she had come. She smiled back, also glad she had returned to her classes.

"Alright, it's that time of year! It's time for our summer trip!" Ringo said excitedly. The class erupted with whispers about the trip. "Quiet down, class. Now, the trip will be on a private island to the south!"

"This is great!" Otoya smiled. "I can't wait to go to the beach!"

"However." Ringo said, slamming his hands onto the table. "Right after the trip, you'll need to grab yourself a partner, because we will be having our graduation auditions! You'll need to start thinking about who to partner with. You may have already chosen your partner, but, keep in mind, you don't have to pick someone from this class. You can have a partner from the S-class or B-class. But, if you don't have a partner picked out, use this trip as a chance to choose one." Ringo smiled. "Good luck!"

The class chimed together and began to talk among themselves. Jackie turned to Tokiya who was sitting in the corner by himself, not talking to anyone. Jackie watched him for a minute before turning away.

"A trip to an island, hu? Sounds fun."