Authors Note- Oh boy. This one is kinda keeping me busy. I just may put 'Welcome to My Banquet' on a little hiatus. When it comes to that one, I have a case of writers block. (Damn Muses) So, lets see...things for this chapter are...

Kureno and Kyou are siblings who live with Kazuma, and are cousins of Isuzu. They all have the same surname. Why? cause they look alike to me. And she calls him Kyon, cause it seems like something she'd call him.

The song for this chappy is 'Sound Check' from the Gorillaz


"Tadaima! Isuzu-chan, are you here?"

Isuzu was interrupted by Kagura. She hastily pulled on a sweater, and went downstairs.

"Isuzu."

"Kyon."

"Isuzu-san. Its been a while."

Isuzu's cousins were with Kagura. Sumeragi Kureno, and Sumeragi Kyou. She got along wonderfully with Kureno, but Kyou...thats another story.

"Kureno-nii, why are you and Kyon here?"

"We ran into Kagura-san on our way into town. I registered Kyou-san at a high school here. He hasn't been in school cause of his training."

This made Isuzu pause.

"Which school?"

"Kaibara High."

Now, if Isuzu was having a bad week, this was one of the few things that could make it worse. Now she would have to deal with Kyon, on top of Haru, Akito, and her fanclub.

"Whats the matter, Isuzu? Wait...thats your school, isn't it? Aniki, why did you put me in the same school as Isuzu?"

Kureno just got a sheepish grin on his face. "It was the only one that had room..."

"Kureno-nii, its alright. If you'll excuse me, I'm going to lay back down."

The three of them just watched as Isuzu walked back to her room.


That night, Isuzu snook out of the house to go see Hana.

She was met by Hana's little brother. He was a kind, yet quiet boy. Megumi took her to the back of the house, where Hana and her friends were listening to music.

"Hana."

"Oh...Rin-chan...Its alright if I call you that, isn't it?"

Isuzu just nodded.

"Everyone...this is Sumeragi Rin."

Isuzu was a hit amongst her friends. They all got along instantly.

Shigure slided up next to her.

"Uesugi Shigure. Hana said that you can sing. If we play something, will you sing for us, Rin?"

She just nodded. "So long as its something that I know, yeah."

The song began. It was complicated, but the lyrics simple.

Gravity on me
Never let me down, gently
Gravity with me
Never let me down, gently
No no no, gravity
Oh don't pull me down
Oh don't pull me down on me
Oh don't pull me down
Oh don't pull me down on you

Oh don't pull me down
Oh don't pull me down on me
Oh don't pull me down
Oh don't pull me down on you

Gravity on me
Never let me down
Yeah
Never let me down
No no no, gravity

Once she was done, they all applauded.

"Rin, why don't you ever sing for school?"

"I don't like being onstage infront of people from school. I get enough attention as it is."

That was true. Isuzu did have a fanclub to rival that of Hatsuharu's cousin, 'Prince Yuki'.

"Would you sing on stage with our band?"

They all just gave her the 'puppy eyes'. They truly wanted her to sing with them. They had never heard someone with a voice like hers.

"Alright. I'll do it."