Geneus

Anua vs. Michiru

Near Anua's home

Haruka and Michiru were walking past Anua's house when Michiru stop.

Haruka turns around and says, "What's up Michiru?"

"Do you hear that?"

Haruka listen to the sound and says, "A violin."

"Guess where it come from."

Haruka listen again and says, "Anua's." Michiru smiles and nods.

"She can play the flute and the violin."

"She also a good artist, you should see her newest masterpiece."

"Watch out, Michiru, she moving in to your territory."

Michiru folds her arms and says, "I don't mind the friendly competition."

Haruka sigh (giving up), and says, "Come on, we're going to be late to the meeting."

Michiru nods and says as they walk, "She might go into your territory too." Haruka blushes a bit, then coughs and Michiru giggles. They arrive at the meeting, a minute late.

The next day

Anua was sitting at her desk, working on a math probable when a shadow comes in front of her. She looks up to see Michiru standing in her light.

"Here," says Michiru, handing Anua a booklet, "Come to the music room at lunch time, okay." Michiru walks away and rejoins Haruka before Anua could ask why.

"What this?" Anua says to her self, looking at the booklet, "Music?"

Lunch Time

Anua walks to the music room. She stops and listens, she hears a violin turning up. Anua sigh and walks in to see Haruka at the piano and Michiru turning her violin.

Michiru finishes and says, "You came."

"I have one word for you," says Anua. Michiru looks at Anua's. Haruka smiles and plays four notes on the piano. Anua sweetdrops and Michiru looks at Haruka, who just laughs.

Michiru goes back to Anua and says, "What's your one word?"

"Why?" asks Anua

"You are multi-talented. I thought you would like a challenge," says Michiru.

Anua holds up the sheet music and says, "It's for duo violins. I play the flute."

"Don't lie, I heard you play a violin before. Try it you like it," says Michiru.

"Fine," says Anua, Anua leaves the room for a moment, Michiru gets a chair and two music stands. Anua come back in with a violin case. Anua sits down, removes the violin and gets ready. Haruka plays a note and Anua begins to turn her violin. A few minutes later Anua is ready to go. Anua starts to play reading the music then Michiru plays also reading the music. Anua and Michiru play so beautiful. The song ends and Haruka claps. Haruka stops clapping when they hear more clapping coming from the audience that had accumulate as they played.

Anua blushes and Michiru smiles and says to her, "See I told you."

The music teacher comes to the three from the audience and says, "Very good you two." Michiru nods and bows.

"Remember we have a concert come up. I would like you two to play the duet you just did in addition to the orchestra music and your solos," says the music teacher.

"Of course," says Michiru nodding.

"Miss Graislane?" asks the teacher. Anua could not get the words out, she looks from Michiru, Haruka and the teacher to the audience that was still there. Anua sees her father within the onlooker. Pr. Graislane fixes his glasses on his nose and starts to walk away.

"Uh...I will...uh, have to go," Anua finally says. She leaves as the three watch her leave. They see the retreating back of Pr. Graislane.

"Okay shows over, people back to your classes," says the music teacher. The audience leaves.

"I will talk to Anua's father about this," says the teacher as Michiru nods then the teacher leaves.

"Do you think she'll do it."

"She does play in the orchestra anyway and she does have a solo."

"A flute solo." Haruka shrugs, Michiru comes over to Haruka and lings on her.

"We better get to class." Haruka nods and they walk out of the music hall, then part in their ways.

After school

Haruka and Michiru were walking towards Haruka's car. When they heard a voice.

"Miss Kaioh, Miss Kaioh," says the voice. Michiru and Haruka turn around to see the music teacher coming to them.

"Yes?" says Michiru.

"I glad I got you before you left. Miss Graislane will do the duet with you."

"Good, thank you." They two bowed at the teacher as the teacher bows back then the teacher, Michiru and Haruka part ways.

"You got your wish." Michiru sweetdrops and then giggles. They get into the car and drive off.

Two weeks later, Mockahon school

The inners, Starlights, Haruka and Hotaru were in their formal cloths. Haruka and the Starlights are in tuxedos as the inners and Hotaru are in dresses. They were waiting around for the concert doors to open. Haruka sees a black van pull into a handicap parking space.

Kasumi gets out and opens the door and brings the lift down while the professor un-straps Anua's wheelchair and pushes Anua on to the lift and he activates the lift bringing Anua down. Kasumi takes both instrument cases and Anua to the side door (stage door) as the professor stores the lift. Kasumi returns to wait with the professor.

Inside the concert hall, on the stage

The orchestra warms up and runs though the concert order of songs.

"The order of the concert is: the choir will sing then a small intermission then we are up, our order is orchestra songs, then Anua's solo, then Michiru's solo and finally the duet between the two soloists. All right you all, do finishing touches to yourselves and will be on," says the music teacher, "May I have the choir on stage, please." The orchestra nods and get up and leaves as the choir takes their place. The choir warms up and go though their concert order.

Michiru watches the choir as she realizes something; that Anua was also in the choir too. Michiru smiles as the choir finishes their warms and songs. The choir was excludes to finish getting ready.

"You have a beautiful voice, Anua," says Michiru walking up to her.

"Thank you," says Anua.

"All most time of show time," says Michiru. Anua nods and Michiru walks over to the curtain and looks out, seeing the concert hall packed. She sees the inners, Starlights, Haruka and Hotaru, she smiles, she looks up towards the professor and Kasumi in their box seats, her smile fades, and then she hears a crashing sound. She turns around to see Anua double over, in pain with glass shatter on her make-up table. The teacher comes over with Michiru behind him.

"Miss. Graislane, do you want be to get you father?" asks the teacher.

Anua breathes heavy and says, "No, please no. He'll pull me from the concert."

"Maybe that is for the best," says the teacher.

"No, I want to do that. I want to stay in the concert," says Anua.

The teacher nods and says, "All right," then turns to all of the performers and says, "It show time. Choir, your up first."

In the concert hall

Haruka, Hotaru, inners, Starlights, were waiting for the concert to start. Haruka sighs and looks towards the stage. She slightly sees Michiru from inside the curtain. Haruka follows Michiru's look to a box seat, where Professor Graislane and Kasumi were sitting. The lights dim, a spotlight goes on him, the Professor starts to talk.

"Welcome, ladies and gentlemen," he begins, looking at the audience as the audience looks at him, "To the Mockahon, high school's annual concert. You will hear beautiful songs by the orchestra and by the choir, plus three solos and a duet, one solo in the choir and the other two solos and the duet in the orchestra. Please enjoy. And I will hand it over to the high school division's music teacher." The spotlight goes off of Graislane and on the music teacher as the professor sits down. The curtain opens to revile 15 young women in a half cycle. The piano begins the interlude then the choir sings. They do four songs, even one in English, in between the songs the teacher says something about the song or translates it. At the end the teacher moves to the side as the audience applaud. The choir is dismissed as the soloist comes forward. Michiru was stand watching choir and now the soloist, her eyes widen, and then she smiles because Anua had the choir solo.

Anua was using her crutches when she came forward. The piano starts then Anua sings ("One step at a time" from Anastasia). At the end of the song, the audience applauds as Anua nods and give created the piano player. The curtain closes for the intermission.

A few minutes later

The curtain opens again for the second half of the concert. The stage was set up for the orchestra, the orchestra was already sitting in their sections, there was one chair open, it belong to the first chair violinist. The first chair violinist comes out, the audience applauds. The first chair violinist was Michiru, she plays a single extend note, as the orchestra joins in, tuning them selves. The orchestra stops as Michiru stops. She then puts her hand out as a gesturing to the conductor to come out, he doesn't come out. Michiru waits then sweat drops, then the audience laughs, she hands her violin to the second violinist sitting next to her and starts to walk over to right stage. She halfway there when the conductor comes out. She goes to her seat and the conductor takes his place. The orchestra plays 3 songs. After each song the audience applauds.

The conductor turns around and picks up a microphone and says, "Ladies and Gentlemen, For the next song, please remain in your seats." A young woman comes on to the stage, she blows a whistle. Six pairs of students come running down the aisles, carrying rope that was attach to a rolled up flooring, the students were unrolling, to the stage and in front of the stage. When done the students including the one whom blew the whistle left to go back to their seats. The conductor starts to wave his music stick. The drummer starts to beat 4/4 rhythm, 30 boys and girls come walking down aisles to the beat of the drum. They reach the stage, a boy and girl were holding flags of the school's colors. The students sit the flags down and get ready. The conductor starts the next song, an Irish song, the 30 boys and girls start to dance in the aisles. At the end of the song the audience applauds and the dance group leaves. The conductor gives the signal to the orchestra to clear room for the solos and the duet while the conductor stalls for time. When the orchestra is done the conductor gives the introduce to the first soloist.

"Our next performer, is a young woman, who will give you goose bumps on your skin, Please welcome, Miss. Anua Graislane," says the teacher/conductor. The audience applauds as Anua comes out of stage right. Anua weakly smiles and starts to play her flute, when finish the audience applauds and Anua goes backstage.

"Our next performer, is also a young woman, a musician who can play like there is no tomorrow," says the teacher, "Please welcome Miss Michiru Kaioh."

Michiru was waiting for her cue when she heard her introduces, this make Michiru's face goes blink.

"Oh my," she say to herself, and then she goes on to the stage, bows, and starts playing.

On stage

Michiru bows as the audience applauds when applaud dies Anua comes out again carrying a violin with one hand while using her crutch in the other. Michiru sees Anua's skin color was paler then before.

"Are you alright?" she whispers. Anua doesn't say anything just pick up her violin as Michiru does the same, Michiru wait for her cue. Anua just stand there with her violin up and her eyes close.

Haruka watches Pr. Graislane stands up as Michiru removes her violin from her shoulder and looks at Anua. Anua nods, Michiru puts it up again and Pr. Graislane sits down again. Anua begins to play; Michiru cue was coming up when Anua plays a note then faints just before Michiru starts to play.

"Anua?!" says Michiru kneeling down.

Pr. Graislane and Kasumi come to the stage. Pr. Graislane orders the curtain to be close. The curtains close as Pr. Graislane moves Anua near her wheelchair.

The teacher says, "Nothing to worry about but I am afraid that the concert is over. Thank you all for coming." Then he leaves the stage and goes backstage and goes to the professor as he attends to Anua.

"Sir, I'm sorry, sir, I asks her if she wanted your help, she said no," says the teacher. Michiru listen as she backs up her stuff.

"It fine, she had a slight seizure, she be fine. She wouldn't be coming to school for the next two days." The teacher nods and bows, and the professor takes Anua to the van as Kasumi walks behind them pushing Anua's wheelchair, with Michiru following to rejoin Haruka and the others.

Outside the concert hall

Michiru rejoins Haruka, Hotaru, inners and the Starlights. Haruka motions to Michiru so she could see Pr. Graislane, Anua, and Kasumi. Michiru watches the scene. Pr. Graislane holds Anua in his arms as Kasumi loads Anua's wheelchair and her instrument cases into the van. Kasumi opens the door, she takes Anua so the professor could get in. The professor takes Anua again and Kasumi closes the door, and gets in herself and drive off. Michiru looks at Haruka and the others.

"Though she could be the enemy, I still feel a little sorry for her," says Michiru. Hotaru sighs and nods.

End