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A/N: And finally we're at the concert. I like to thank Black konako,LuckyDDBH,luis014, and otakunation2000 for the Fav, Follows, and Reviews. Romeo Rising is in the process of being fully written. I was also going to do two to three chapters of flashbacks, but was advise that something like that would stall the story. Instead flashbacks will be place at pivotal points in the story.

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This chapter was co-write betweenBarelyProdigiesand myself, enjoy. Please Review, Fav, or Follow, if you want.

Chapter 7

The Concert Pt.1

As Romeo arrived in Magnolia an hour and a half later, he dispels his construct and decided to go on foot to the jewelry store in an effort to save magic for the trip to Haragon.

"Man, that bird construct really took it out of me despite Natsu-nii giving me some fire. Hope I have enough magic to make it to Haragon."

"Okay, the store doesn't close for another five minutes so if I hurry I can make it-", as he collided with someone.

"I sure pay more attention to my surroundings",Romeo says as he recovers from the fall, "Sorry about that. Are you okay?"

"I'm fine", the person said and the voice cause Romeo to freeze in place, "Oh crap, why here? Why now?"

Romeo stands straight up and comes face to face with the golden eyes of his old childhood friend and next door neighbor, Lindsay Mine, daughter of Wakaba and Milligana Mine and if looks could kill Romeo would be six feet under right now.

"Oh look, it's the crybaby", she sneered.

Romeo was about to argue when he remembers he was about to cry not too long ago when he thought he couldn't buy Chelia the necklace, so he decided against it.

"Well hello to you too, Lindsay. How are you doing this fine night?" Romeo asked while trying to smile.

"Terrible, thanks to Fairy Tail", she complained, never once softening her glare, "Thanks to your guild mates coming and trashing Twilight Ogre guild hall, I have to take a boatload of jobs to help pay for the damages along with everyone else and the fact that over half our guild is out with injuries."

"Well that wouldn't have happened if they didn't come and trash our guild hall over the years", Romeo joked, "But you know what they say: What goes around comes around."

"Don't get smart with me, Conbolt!" Lindsay snarled.

"Oh, so we're on a last name basic now, are we? You think after all the years we been neighbors we could at least address one another by our first names like we use to." Romeo stated, "Guess your loyalty to Twilight Ogre means more to you than our past together."

"Are you trying to pick a fight with me?" Lindsay growls as she summons a grey magic circle.

"I would advise you put the magic circle away, Lindsay." Romeo tells her in a serious tone, "You remember what happen last time you try that against me, don't you?"

Lindsay's face reddens in anger as she remembers the first and only time she ever challenged Romeo to a sparring match after she try to prove that he was a weakling cause he was in a pathetic guild like Fairy Tail. She found out later that her father asked Romeo to go easy on her and that was the only reason why her defeat wasn't anymore humiliating. Luckily they kept it a secret from the other members of Twilight Ogre and told them that she was injury while doing chores at home. That earn her endless taunting from the rest of the guild, but it was better than telling them that she lost to Fairy Tail.

"Whatever.", she scoffed as she walked past him, "At least I can go out in public and not have a heart attack. It's a shame really; you'll never get a girlfriend as long as you're like that."

Romeo watches her walked down the street until she disappears from sight, all the while thinking….

"It never ceases to amaze me how Wakaba and Mrs. Mine can keep my relationship with Chelia a secret from their own daughter",Romeo thought as he takes off again toward the market square, money bag in hand, "I'll have to worry about that later. Good thing she fell for my bluff though. I really don't have the time or magic to waste on her tonight."

As Romeo came to the market square he saw that the shops were all beginning to close so he hightail it to the jewelry store only to be met by a closed sign. As he looked at the clock inside of the store he saw that he just missed the store closing by a mere two minute. Basically meaning if he had just ran pass Lindsay instead of stopping to argue with her he would have made it in time.

"Are you kidding me?!" He screams to the heaven, "I came all this way for nothing?!"

"Is there a reason why you're yelling in front of my store, Romeo?" A voice from the right side of him says as Romeo turns to see a woman who looked to be in her sixty with short faded blue hair and green eyes staring at him with an amused grin on her face.

"Mrs.…. Eyrie?" Romeo says as he remembers his neighbor whose house was on the other side of the canal from his, "What are you doing here?"

"You never were any good at paying attention when you were younger, were you?" Mrs. Eyrie says as steps out of the doorway, "My husband and I have own this store for years, even back when your dad was a kid."

A light bulb goes off above Romeo's head as he remembers his father mentioning that to him some time ago. Mrs. Eyrie waves the boy into her store and Romeo immediately starts looking for his prize.

"I bet you're here for The Shimmering Star I saw you eying the other day? It's for that Chelia girl, correct?" Mrs... . Eyrie asked.

"Yes! Do you still have-", Romeo stops as his brain catches up with what Mrs. Eyrie just said and his face dawns a look of horror as he turns around to stare at her with wide eyes, "H-H-How did you know about that?"

Mrs. Eyrie's grin broadened as she looks down at Romeo, "You didn't really think that you guys were the only ones that like to take walks through the forest now did you? Jacob and I have been doing it for decades. We spotted you two a little over a month ago just relaxing by the lake. Word of advice: you should probably go deeper into the forest to avoid being seen."

Romeo lowers his head and his mind tries to comprehend everything that was going on.

"You-You haven't told anyone yet have you?"

"No, and we're not going to. Your business is your business. It's not ours", Mrs. Eyrie proclaimed as she went behind the display glass, "Now are you going to buy this necklace or what?"

A wave of relief washes over Romeo after Mrs. Eyrie said those words as he walks over and pays for the necklace.

"Half a million?" Mrs. Eyrie says as she counts the money, "The necklace only cost four hundred thousand. If you want, I can engrave it for you for an extra fifty thousand, and that's the discount price."

"Fifty thousand?!"

"The full price is a hundred, Romeo. Take it or leave it", Mrs. Eyrie tells him.

Romeo was about to say forget it when he remembered the words of Master Makarov from the other day.

"The ladies love it when you get them jewelry with their name or whatever engraved into it", ring in his head as he starts to have second thoughts about it.

"Okay, maybe some engraving", Romeo said.

"Alright, what do you want on there?" Mrs. Eyrie asked.

Romeo rubs his chin as he tries to think of something…

"Hmm, can't come up with anything."

"How about that Dark Sky Angel gimmick?" Mrs. Eyrie suggested.

"Were you eavesdropping on our dates as well?!" Romeo screams out.

"It was just that one time", Mrs. Eyrie admits before smiling, "Little firefly."

"ARRRRGGGGHHH!"

"Calm down son. Jacob and I actually find it really cute the way ya give each other nicknames. Remind us of when we were young", Mrs. Eyrie sighs happily as she reminisced, "I remember when we use to be that young. We were next door neighbors who grew up together. Eventually our feelings started to change and before I knew it Jacob asked me out on our very first date at the age of twelve. Of course we heard all the talk; we're too young, it's only a fade, it will pass. But now here we are, married with three kids, seven grandchildren, and going on forty years of marriage."

She noticed that Romeo has gone quiet all of a sudden and when she glances in his direction, notice that his eyes were darken and that he had a sullen look on his face.

"What wrong?" Mrs. Eyrie asked.

"I overheard my father and Wakaba talking about a month ago as I was coming back from one of my forest walks….", he started to say after a moment of silence…

Flashback (Best get uses to them, because this is going to happen a lot)

"Oh man I needed that walk to clear my head", Romeo tells himself as he comes out of the woods and behind the guild hall. As he passes one of the windows on his way to the front door, he overhears something.

"You don't think it can go on much longer, do you Macao?" he hears Wakaba say, "They've been going out for almost half a year now."

"I'll admit; I was surprised that it lasted this long. I assumed they would have broken up somewhere around the three or four-month period, maybe even a little sooner. Kids don't take relationships seriously nowadays. All they want to do is just kiss and tell." He heard his own father say, "They're probably just looking for a way to let the other one down easy."

"Wow, really?" Romeo thought.

"I mean even Chelia admitted that Romeo is her first boyfriend and you and I both know Romeo never had a girlfriend before. The closet thing he had to that was Lindsay and they were just friends and let's not forget that crush he had on Wendy."

"It's bound to happen eventually. Until then I will support this relationship and be there for him when the inevitable happens. This is both of them first relationship, it wasn't meant to last, it's just something to help make it easier in their future relationships", Macao explains as he gets up and heads to the bar with Wakaba following behind him and leaving a depress Romeo outside the window.

Present

"I see", Mrs. Eyrie says as she rubs her temple in aggravation, "While I find it ironic that's it your dad and Wakaba having this conversation, seeing how one is divorced and the other marriage has been having issues lately, I can see where they are coming from. Kids these days' relationships don't last too long. Heck, even a month is something to celebrate, and yet you gone half a year with this Chelia girl."

"You're not exactly helping my self-esteem here, you know?" Romeo grunts.

"If you want someone to boost your self-esteem and sugarcoat everything for you go talk to your friends at Fairy Tail. Talking to me will get you the cold hard truth and nothing else", Mrs. Eyrie tells him as she goes to work on the engraving for the necklace, "Oh and by the way I'm putting Dark Sky Angel on the necklace. I hope there isn't a problem with that."

"No problem here, now back to my problem", Romeo said.

"There isn't a problem as long as you love her and she loves you. It's as simple as that. Let other people have their options cause that all they are, options", Mrs. Eyrie explains to the boy, "Just because people think something is going to happen doesn't mean it will."

"But-", Romeo started to speak.

"You do love her, right?" Mrs. Eyrie asks without turning around.

The question stuns Romeo for a moment.

"Y-Yes?" he stutters out.

"And she loves you, correct?"

"More than you know." Romeo chuckled.

"Don't be so sure of that. From the way she loved up on you, I swear rainbows and unicorns were about to spring forth" Mrs. Eyrie states.

"You know, some people would consider what you guys did as stalking", Romeo muttered.

"Remember Romeo, me and Jacob were walking through the forest before your father was even born."

The two of them made small talk for a couple more minutes while Mrs. Eyrie finished the engraving.

Eventually she holds up the necklace, "It's done."

Romeo examines the necklace and was amazed by the fact that Mrs. Eyrie spell out the letter to DARK on the blue diamonds on one side while the word SKY was spell out on the center pink diamond while the word ANGEL was on the other side of blue diamonds.

"She'll love this", Romeo tells Mrs. Eyrie.

"For almost half a million jewels, I certainly hope so. Now if I recall from what I saw on the lacrima news, she's in Haragon right now doing a concert. That's a long walk if you want to be there in time to give it to her", Mrs. Eyrie states.

"I'll fly there", Romeo simply told her.

"You can create bigger birds then the ones you made to fly around Chelia?" Mrs. Eyrie asks causing Romeo to groan in annoyance.

"Now every time I go walking thru the woods I'm going be constantly looking around for spying eyes!" Romeo moans.

"Yeah kid, whatever. Here you go, you better get going if you want to make it there in time", Mrs. Eyrie tells him as he hands him the necklace.

"Thanks!", Romeo says as he takes off outside and began to form the phoenix construct once more only to find that he was straining just to create it let alone maintain it.

"Oh gods damn it! The flight here took more out of me than I thought!" Romeo screamed.

"Before you throw a tantrum in front of my store again, drink this", Mrs. Eyrie tells him as she holds a vial out in front of him.

"What's this?" he wonders as he takes the vial out of her hand.

"A potion that will replenish your magic energy", Mrs. Eyrie explained.

"Why does a non-magic using jeweler have something as rare as this?"

"We accept payments of all types here", she said casually as if she was commented the weather, "So are you going to drink it or not?"

Without hesitation, Romeo takes the cork off and down the liquid. It leaves a bitter taste in his mouth but within moments he feels his magic surge alive in ways that Natsu's fire never could do.

"Holy crap this is amazing!" he rejoiced.

"Wouldn't know the feeling, now don't you have somewhere to be?" Mrs. Eyrie asked.

"Right!" Romeo agreed as he once again construct a phoenix and hope on.

"How can I repay you, Mrs. Eyrie?" he shouted just before he took off.

"Promise me two things: One, you won't grow up to be like your father. The town doesn't need another Conbolt pervert running around. Two, tell your fellow guild member Max that his engagement ring for Laki is ready!"

Romeo blushed for a brief moment at the first comment before reeling from the second.

"Max has been dating Laki?!"

"You didn't know? The boy been coming to my store for months now looking for the perfect engagement ring", Mrs. Eyrie tells him, "Now you better get going!"

Romeo waves goodbye and takes off into the sky toward Haragon leaving Mrs. Eyrie standing there while shaking her head…

"Good thing I didn't tell him about the bet me and Jacob had about how he thought he would turn out gay", she murmured to herself as she remembers how Jacob had to fix all the broken things around the house after he lost to her.

Outside Haragon

"Great performance Chelia dear, the fan loved it!" one of the director told her as she just gets off stage after performing.

"Thank you. Can I get some water, please?" she asks as she wipes the sweat off her brow.

"Sure dear. Can we get some water over here?!" he yells out as a stage hand brings him a couple bottles and hands them to Chelia.

"Thank you", as she proceeds to quickly gulp one of the bottles down.

"Whoa, whoa, easy there!" the director tells her, "Now you go get some rest. Your duet with Arashi is coming up soon! It's your last performance of the night!"

"Oh great, someone else I don't want to be around",Chelia thought as she walks to her trailer to get some much needed downtime.

Arashi Jyuda, sixteen years old, was the number one singer from the country of Iceberg to the east and the continent's top male idol, right behind Chelia and Megan. He stood a good half a foot taller than Chelia and had ridiculously blonde spiky hair and went with his absurdly sky blue eyes, he was the gods' gift to teenage girls, or at least that's what him and his fans thought. He had well-toned muscles, worn only the finest clothes, uses Ice-Make magic, though Chelia remembers hearing Lyon mentions how he barely qualifies as a practitioner of it, and he was almost always surrounded by groupies.

He had try to lay the moves on Chelia a few times before in the past but the boy never knew when to take no for an answer. By this point Chelia was just a hair breath away from putting him six feet under, because she could no longer tolerate his cheesy pickup lines or his attempts at proving he was perfect boyfriend material for her. Even if Chelia wasn't dating Romeo, she would never go for a sleaze ball like him. Though for some reason Jenny seems to think he would be a great match for her and apparently the media thought the same thing, saying how both of them would be the ultimate teenage couple if they ever got together.

"I would sooner go out on a date with Ichiya before that trash", Chelia tells herself as she spots Sherry talking to some stage hands.

"Let's move some more lighting to the center and raise the treble on the speakers. Also someone send security to deal with the fan in second row toward the center aisle taking suspicious pictures whenever the female idols are performing", she instructed.

Chelia was impressed by how far Sherry has come along since taking over as her agent even though she still had her own wedding to plan and was still taking guild jobs on top of that. As the stage hand disperse to accomplish the tasks assign to them, Chelia taps Sherry on her shoulder to get her attention.

"Chelia!" Sherry says as she turns around, "Great performance, though you were a tad slow on your high kick there on your third verse. Are you sure you're up for this duet with Arashi?"

"Though she does worry about me a little too much sometimes",Chelia thought as she smiles, "I'm fine, really, though I rather not have to sing with that guy, But anyway…. have you heard any word?"

Sherry looks around them before leading Chelia to her trailer. Once inside Chelia lays down on the couch while Sherry leans against the closet.

"So far there's been no word from Romeo, though he told me he was going to Count Balsamico's castle for the job and that's quite the distance from Magnolia."

"Goddammit", Chelia curses.

"Watch your mouth, young lady", Sherry warned, "I'm sure he'll be here. He did promise, didn't he?"

"You did tell him where to go right?" Chelia asked.

"Of course I did. Though I don't think he's going to like the method of which I chose for him to get backstage", Sherry smiled.

Side Street to the Concert

"That was such a long trip I hope I'm not too late." Romeo landed in an alley across the VIP entrance but before he walked out he had one more thing to do. "Alright necklace, check. B.O." He quickly checked to make sure he didn't smell after flying for so long and especially after his fight with Velveno.

"… I think I'm fine." He started to walk out and was going to cross the street but was distracted by the luxury magical vehicles parked along the street. "Whoa! Is that what I think it is?" Romeo rushed up to a sleek black model and fell in love. "How many jewels did this cost?"

He was too caught up in the moment and started trying to fix his hair in the mirror until he felt himself being lifted up by each of his arms. "Alright punk those cars cost more than your life. I don't know how you got this far when this street is closed off, but we are going to take you back."

"Hey! I'm supposed to be here!" He started kicking his legs out and looked to see that he was being carried by men so big they looked like they could have eaten him whole. "Is this how you treat VIPs?" The men didn't listen as they took him further and further away from the entrance.

"Please I need to get in there my gir-, my friend is inside and I need to see her!"

"Yeah, yeah we've heard it all before. I'm sure your best friends with Chelia Blendy too!" The other guard laughed at that as Romeo seemed to slump at the ridiculousness of this situation. What was he supposed to say? Yeah I know Chelia personally?

"Out you go!" Before he knew it they had opened a gate and threw him on his butt. "WAIT!" Romeo rushed to the fence but it shut and the two guards walked back down the closed off side street.

"This can't be happening." He rested his head against the gate and gripped the large chain link fence between him and surprising Chelia. "Please step away from the fence and get to the back of the line. I don't know how you got past me but it won't happen again."

Romeo slowly turned his head to the left and was about to say something but he kept turning his head to see a giant line of people loudly talking about the concert, the idols, or complaining about the wait time. His eyes widened while his jaw dropped and he swiftly moved to the guard sitting in front of the gate in a panic.

"Please let me in! I can't be here long! There has to be a list or something!" The guard seemed have a dull look in his eyes because it was clear he must have heard those words 20 times a minute. "Ugh. Look kid I can't help you just go back into the line alright. It's not the end of the world."

"Just look for Romeo Conbolt please!" Romeo looked over his shoulder to see that people were starting to look at the commotion he was causing. The guard was caught off guard by his panicked attitude and decided to give him a chance. "Alright give me a minute while I check who issued your pass."

"Thank you so much." He refused to look behind him as the chatter grew. The security guard flipped through pages of names and his eyebrow raised when he found his name under Blendy. "You said your name was Romeo Conbolt right?" He quickly nodded and was grateful that it was going to work out.

"Alright what's the password?" Romeo stills for a second as the idea of a password never crossed his mind. "What do you mean password? I'm Romeo Conbolt."

"Hey! I'm Romeo Conbolt!"

"No! I am!"

A few people started to say his name in hopes that they would get in while Romeo couldn't believe what's going on. "Are people really this way?"

"You see what I mean kid? I've had people come up to me claiming to be Arashi himself. Look, there's a password that was made when you bought the passes so that we can properly identify people when they claim them."

"Password?"Romeo thinks, "What password? Sherry didn't mention anything about a password."

"Come on kid, if you don't give me the password I'm calling back-up and I'm really going to send you to the back of the line" the guard said.

"Rainbow fire?" Romeo said.

"Try again, kid" He tells him.

"Fairy Tail?" Romeo says.

"Last chance kid, get it right or I call security", the guard says and waves over someone behind Romeo and it's clearly a large, muscular man standing right behind him.

"Think of something Romeo! Sherry set this up so the password would have to be something that I would know. Something that I would…"As Romeo starts to remember the "conversation" he had with Sherry the first week him and Chelia started going out.

Flashback to around six months ago

"Why am I backed up against a tree with Chelia's cousin glaring at me?" Romeo thought as the Doll Attack mage had cornered him while he was taking his daily stroll through the forest. He just started dating Chelia a few days ago and Lamia Scale was back in town for some business with his father. Chelia was down in Magnolia doing a photo shoot for Sorcerer Magazine and would meet up with him later on.

"Can I help you…Sherry?" Romeo asked while realizing that this was the first direct conversation he ever had with the pink-haired mage.

"What did you do to my cousin?" she spat out.

"Pardon me?"

"My cousin Chelia! What did you do to her?!", Sherry screamed now while stomping her foot, forcing Romeo to avert his eyes the other way lest they be drawn to the voluptuous woman partially expose chest as it bounces up and down with every stomp, "Ever since we got back from the last time we were here all she talks about is YOU! How she can't wait to see you again and such! So I want to know, WHAT DID YOU DO TO CHELIA?! She never been this riled up over a guy before! She never even had a boyfriend before!"

"Really, I'm her first boyfriend?" Romeo thinks, "But I didn't do anything!"

"Doll Attack: Wood Doll!"she screams out as she extends her hand and a magic circle appears. A moment later, Romeo feels the branches of the tree wrapped around him. As he looks up he sees that a face has appeared on the tree and was looking down at him.

"You do remember I'm a fire mage, right? I could easil- oh never mind, now you're forming rock monsters", Romeo said as Sherry using the nearby group of stones to form a pair of golems.

"Now tell me what you did to my cousin! Did you slip her a love potion? Did you hypnotize her? Tell me or else -", Sherry raves before a voice pierces through the forest.

"Oh my little firefly, Where are you?" Chelia calls out as she comes into the clearing where Romeo and Sherry were at, "My photo shoot wrapped up early so I came to see you as soon as….I... could", as she comes across the scene.

"What's going on here Sherry?" The Sky God-Slayer asks.

"I was just…talking to Romeo here", Sherry answers though she didn't dispel her magic so now Romeo was in an awkward position for what will truly be an awkward conversation.

"Talking?" as Chelia looks from Romeo to Sherry and then back to Romeo, "And what do you have to talk about with my boyfriend?"

Sherry's eyes go wide and she nearly collapses from the shock of what she just heard.

"B-Boyfriend?! Chelia, you never had a boyfriend before!" she pointed out.

"So? You're dating that Ren guy from Blue Pegasus, what the difference?" Chelia asked.

"That is another thing entirety!" Sherry tries to argue but Chelia wasn't buying it.

"Sure it is" Chelia said as she crosses her arms.

"I thought you had a thing for Lyon?!" Sherry remembered, "The way you been acting lately for Romeo is not the way you acted when you had a crush on Lyon!"

"That's all I had for Lyon, a crush. I got over it a while ago", Chelia told her remembering how devastate she was when she finally realizes that Lyon would never see her as more than somewhat of a little sister, but then Romeo enter her life.

"So what makes this any different?! Huh?! How do I know you're not just using Romeo as a rebound guy?! Worse yet, how do I know he's not using you as a rebound girl, or just so he can become famous himself?!"

"If I may", Romeo spoke from his position at the tree as a small blush started to appear on his cheeks, "Chelia is my first…. girlfriend."

"It's going to take some time getting used that word.", the boy thought off-handed.

"Okay, so maybe he not using you as a rebound girl or to get back at someone. But what if he's doing it to make himself famous? You hear about those people all the time, Chelia!" Sherry boomed.

"I hardly doubt that, Sherry", Chelia assured her.

"And why is that?!"

"Because if you had pay attention to the first four or five months me and Romeo had known each other you would know that he couldn't care less about my status as a pop singer", Chelia explained to her, "In fact, that was the reason why he didn't want to talk to me at first and also, if I recall you were the one who told me to go talk to him the first time I came with you guys to Fairy Tail. I certainly didn't want to go talk to him at the time. So technically, you're the architect of this relationship."

Sherry's face goes a little red from embarrassment as she remembers that she indeed was the one who made Chelia go talk to Romeo her first day at Fairy Tail in an effort to strengthen the relationship between the guilds.

Sherry stares at the ground for a moment before composing herself and walks straight up to Chelia and is staring her in the eyes.

"Chelia", she starts to say in serious tone, "Is this…. relationship for real? Are you two serious?"

Chelia glances over to Romeo who still trapped by the tree and the rock golems. He looks back at her and gives her a slight smile.

"Is it for real? Yes, I believe so. How serious can it get? I guess we'll find out down the line", Chelia admits to her cousin.

Sherry looks Chelia directly in the eyes for a little bit longer, looking for any signs of doubt. When she couldn't find any she snapped her fingers, causing the tree to return to normal and the golems to crumble back into piles of stone.

"You and I eventually are going to have a talk about how all this came about, dear cousin. But until then", Sherry says before turning to stare at Romeo with a hard look, "You better treat her right or they'll be consequences, little firefly."

And with that Sherry started heading back to the Fairy Tail guild hall, leaving behind a bewildered Romeo and a sighing Chelia shaking her head as she walks over to Romeo.

"Sorry about that Romeo. I'm the only family Sherry has left, so she's a little overprotective of me", Chelia apologizes.

"Don't worry about it. I can totally see where she coming from", Romeo said.

"But look on the bright side", Chelia started to say, "She still hasn't asked about what happen that day you and me were left alone at the guild hall with Asuka. That would've been embarrassing to explain."

"Tell me about it", Romeo agreed as both he and Chelia began to blush from the memory.

Back to the Present

"Oh man, I'm going to regret asking this, but is the password…. little firefly?" Romeo whispers to the man. The guard in front of the gate waved off the guard behind Romeo and flashed his light down the street to signal the others down the street.

"Yep that was it. Hold on for a minute while I set you up. You will get your pass over by the backstage entrance down the street." He turned towards the gate and the two guards that previously threw him out were now back on the other side of the gate.

"You have got to be kidding me", Romeo mumbles to himself.

"Hey escort this kid and give him his pass, here's his ID." The guard opened the gate before handing the two guards a piece of paper and let Romeo walk through only for him to stop right in front of the two huge men. "See I told you!" He stuck his tongue out a little before immediately remembering why he was there in the first place.

"We have to go now!" Romeo began to run forward before a hand clasped his shoulder.

"Careful…sir. Just because your VIP doesn't mean you can run off and accidently cause property damage." One of the guards released his hold while the other grumbled about these damn kids these days. Romeo was about to say something but fought against the urge because it would only slow him down.

After they walked up the street the guards Romeo's eyes went wide at how fancy it all was. A long red carpet was rolled out over stairs leading to a grandiose entrance and along the sides it was roped off for photographers but since he was so late it was empty. They walked up the carpet until they reached a large glass door where one last guard was standing next to it behind a protected booth.

"Here's the kid's ID. He's your problem now." The two guards went back to their post in the street to look out for anymore trespassers. The last security looked over the id before turning around and opening a safe filled with backstage passes that went unclaimed.

"Here you go. I'll let you in but first put this on." The guard had a light green wrist bracelet in his hand and signaled Romeo to extend his hand through the hole in the glass so he could put it on.

"I noticed that there were only like three guards between the backstage gate and this entrance. T thought there would be more-hey!" Romeo felt his magic blocked as soon as the bracelet was clamped around his hand.

"We know you're a magic user and that's how you were able to get to the alley across the street. Look behind you." Romeo turned to see nothing but after a while his eyes narrowed to see a lot more guards posted on the rooftops along the closed street. "I-I didn't even see them when I flew in but why and how are you blocking my magic?"

He looked down at his bracelet to see purple script appear around the bracelet before fading away. "Runes…"

"It's not just for you all guests are supposed to wear this if they go in. It's for the protection of the artists and the staff. Well here is your pass enjoy the concert!" The guard handed him a large pass that Romeo hung around his neck. He noticed it said his name in big bold letters underneath Night of An Thousand Stars with a picture of many of the idols performing tonight with Chelia in the center.

He walked up to the door and gripped the handle before yanking it back only for it to be locked. "Hold on a second." Romeo groaned before seeing a much larger set of runes appear across the glass double doors. When they faded away he opened the door and walked in.

He walked straight for a while before realizing he was lost.

"Argh! How am I supposed to find her in this maze?" Romeo ran his hand through his hair in aggravation before deciding to just wing it and continue forward. He reached a corridor and said screw it and went down the right side.

It wasn't long until he reached someone but it wasn't who he was hoping for.

"Stop you can't go any farther." Yet another guard three times his size was protecting the rest of the hallway to stop anyone who wasn't authorized to go by him.

"But I have a pass!" Romeo was tired of all this running around and after interacting with so many new people he felt like he was going through round two with Velveno. "Sorry about that sir but your pass does not give you access to the artists' rooms. If you're lost then just turn back around and where you made a right, go make a left and then you-"

"Romeo?! You're here!" A pink blur raced up behind the guard and he looked around and smiled. "Sherry! You have no idea how happy I am to see you. It's been so rough." The guard looked confused for a second before Sherry spoke up.

"It's okay he's with me let him through." The guard nodded and lifted the rope dividing the hallway so Romeo could walk by. "Here follow me." The two walked down the hall and caught up.

"Chelia is going to be so happy that you're here. She's already performed though." Romeo slump a little as they walked and felt really bad. Sherry saw this and tried to lift his spirits. "Hey don't worry about it; she still has one more performance! How did your first big mission go at Count Balsamico's castle?"

"Oh man it was wild. First thing was we had to figure out who he was disguised as and…"As the two continued down the hallway Romeo told her all about what happened. "So you're saying that he still got up after a unison raid and it took a second one for him to quit?" He nodded and readied himself for what happened next.

"It must have been through the power of LOVE~!" Hearts came out of her eyes and she seemed to be love struck. "Haha I guess." Romeo honestly didn't mind it at this point because after all it was originally Sherry's thing.

They reached a door with a sign on it that read GREEN ROOM which threw Romeo off. "I thought I was going to see Chelia?" Sherry opened the door and he saw it was a nice room with a couch in front of large lacrima screen with a long table that ran along the back of the room with snacks and drinks. There were chairs spread out across the room to accommodate for multiple groups but the green room was empty.

"Unfortunately Chelia is already backstage preparing to get on stage and if she saw you…" Romeo caught on to what she was implying. "Yeah I don't know if she would be really focused on performing then. I don't mind, besides-" He leapt into the couch and sunk into the comfy cushions.

"I really admire when she performs in front of so many people. She really is amazing." Sherry smiled at his genuine feelings for her cousin and fought off the urge to shout out LOVE~! again. She grabbed a remote and turned on the screen to show a live stream of the concert.

Romeo shifted in his seat and was annoyed at the pain in back so he pulled out the large black box holding the necklace. "Is that what I think it is Romeo?!" Sherry raced across the room at the sight of him pulling out a large jewelry box.

"I-It's nothing I swear!" He stuttered a little before hiding it away from her eager eyes. "AHHH! IT'S LOVE~!" Sherry jumped up and down before she noticed what time it was from a clock on the wall. "I can't wait to see what you got for her! But I have to go and make sure she is ready!"

"Don't tell her please!" He yelled out to the quick pink blur that left him alone. "Well might as well see who's on now. Romeo saw that there was a male idol with ridiculously blond spiky hair and sky blue eyes with several attractive back-up dancers behind him as he danced around the stage.

"Who is this guy?"

Back at the Conbolt's Household

Macao Conbolt and Wakaba Mine were sitting back watching the concert from the couch in the living room.

"I'll tell you Macao, these girls nowadays are something else!" Wakaba commented on as they watch the back-up singers and dancers move to the beat. Most of the teenage idols these days were barely sixteen years old, but the people they got to sing and dance alongside them were well pass the legal age.

"Damn right they are! Can you imagine how much we would score if we were younger?" Macao said as he watches the movement of the girls onstage which mimic the head singer. As time goes on, something occurs to Macao while watching the dances.

"Hey Wakaba."

"What is it, Macao?"

"This may be the alcohol talking, but does it look like we've seen these dance moves before?"

Wakaba takes a glance over at his best friend before turning back to the lacrima.

"I'll attempt these moves they're pulling off seem a little familiar, but nowadays dances are all the same. A lot of shaking and jumping up and down. So you must be imagining it."

"Yeah you're probably. Forget I said anything", Macao says while in his mind…

"I know I seem these movements before...but it couldn't be, could it?"

On Stage

"IS EVERYONE HAVING A GOOD TIME TONIGHT", Arashi yelled into the mic.

A loud cheer comes from the crowd as he looks out over the thousands that came out to see him perform or at least that was what he told himself.

"I said: IS EVERYONE HAVING A GOOD TIME TONIGHT?!" He smiled as the whole crowd was reinvigorated and yelled out in unison. "Well you guys are in for a treat because for my last song-"

A loud groan went through the crowd at the idea of him leaving.

"Now, now I'm going to performing a new song for my newest album coming out later this month." He chuckled a little as the crowd cheered again. Gods he loved his career. "But just for you guys I will be getting some special help for this."

The lights dimmed and a minute later a single light shown down on the center of the stage as fog slowly rolled over the floor. The idol was sitting in a black chair with a guitar in his hands and a mic propped up in front of him.

"I love you Arashi!" He smiled a little at the loud fan that interrupted him. "I love you too. Speaking about love: I have to dedicate this new song to the girl who inspired me to write this." He looked to his right and even though no one else could see it, a figure stood in the dark nearby.

The crowd began to cheer again as Arashi started strumming on the guitar. "I won't lie to you…I know he's just not right for you. And you can tell me if I'm off. But I see it on your face. When you say that he's the one that you want… And you're spending all your time, in this wrong situation and anytime you want it to stop…"

He stood up and kicked away the chair as the music picked up. "I know I can treat you better
than he can. And any girl like you deserves a gentleman. Tell me why are we wasting time,
on all your wasted crime, when you should be with me instead. I know I can treat you better-"

"Better than he can!" The stage lit up and the crowd went wild as back-up musicians started playing on their instruments. The music slowly began to fade as a new voice joined in.

"I'll stop time for you…"A light female voice rung out and while she was still hidden from view the crowd grew even louder. "The second you say you'd like me too." The right side of the stage lit up revealing Chelia singing into her microphone with a big smile on her face and waving to the crowd.

"I just wanna give you the loving that you're missing. Baby, just to wake up with you…
Would be everything I need and this could be so different, tell me what you want to do." She began walking across the stage towards Arashi who was still strumming his guitar. He matched her smile and watched as she started singing right to him.

"I know I can treat you better than he can…and any girl like you deserves a gentleman." Arashi took the lead for his part before Chelia sung the next part. "Tell me why are we wasting time, on all your wasted crime, when you should be with me instead."

The music began to pick back up and the two sung this next part in harmony.

"I know I can treat you better… BETTER THAN HE/SHE CAN!" The entire stage seemed to ignite as lights were flashing and the crowd was cheering as their two favorite idols were performing together and it was a love song too! "Better than he/she can!"

Arashi quickly handed off his guitar to stage hand while Chelia passed off her mic. What happened shocked the crowd.

Both of them began to dance in synch as a voice over of Arashi's voice played. He grabbed her waist and spun her around before dipping her and pulling her in close. The crowd cheered out their approval and the two shared a smile that showed up on a giant screen behind them.

"Chelia I'd treat you better than anyone would…" Her eyes went wide but she kept her smile as Arashi's voice sung over a wireless mic and his arm around her waist tightened. The crowd was quiet for a moment as he said those words. The music and time slowed down as he close his sky blue eyes and leaned in for a kiss.

A/N: Damn!