It's an alternate universe

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Second chapter


Return of Madoka

Arriving at home early in the morning, she tip-toed in the house and made a run for it for the bathroom next to her room. She washed her hair to bring them back to their original chocolate colour. She almost thought she had succeed her stealth mission until she saw her bedroom door opened and notice her bed had been moved a little… so her grand-mother knew she wasn't home that night.

Mitsuki had to deal with her grand-mother. She wasn't aloud out for a week and she was living it awfully bad. She was locked in her room at the moment. She didn't wanted to face anyone in the house for a little while. She had too much to think through. Everything seemed to come back to that guy, Takuto. Even Eichi had slipped off her mind for a moment.

The door opened wide but she was too lost in thoughts to realize it. A beautiful girl entered. She was wearing a jean skirt and a tank top with the American flag on. She smiled seeing the back of the little brunette on the ground.

"Aye little sister! How have you been? "

That was something really unexpected. Mistuki's eyes grew wide and she couldn't help but smile. She jumped into the open arms of the older girl.

"Madoka! When did you come back? How was America? Did you see Eichi-kun? Did you talk to him? How are you? Is Eichi-kun visiting soon? Is…" Mistuki was rambling on with happiness.

"Mitsuki, stop it now. You don't even let me time to answer your questions." Madoka smile at her.

Mitsuki sat down, signalling the older girl that she could sat down too. And so she did. They talk for a while, talking about the past years, the future, the present, their dreams… And that's when it turned wrong and the younger girl remembered why she didn't feel sad when her older sister left two years ago.

Madoka was such a beautiful young woman. She was extremely thin with curves and tall. Her face was beautiful, her eyes deep and her smile could make any man flinched. She had always been praise for it. She was the most beautiful one in the family and she liked to be told so. They had always been compared, Madoka the beautiful one and Mitsuki was the little sister.

Madoka worked as a model world wide, she even had some appearance in a couple of movie. She always had had everything she wanted.

And now they talk about dreams. Mitsuki had just told her about her dream to sing and find Eichi-kun. And the older girl had just laughed at it. Small tears swelled in the young girl's eyes but she wouldn't let them fall.

"Onee-chan, why are you laughing. It's true! And I know I can become a singer. I sang the other day and everyone liked it." At that she clamped her hands on her mouth. She was well aware of the danger of saying it out loud. Her grand-mother wouldn't let her leave the house ever again if she knew. She didn't know why, her grand-mother had always hate music and singer with such a passion.

"Don't say things like that. You might be able to trick yourself in thinking you're good… but I know better. This is a harsh world outside. You shouldn't throw yourself in such dreams that you know you won't ever be able to reach. It's not that I want to put you down Mitsuki, it's just that you don't have it at all. Singing isn't something everyone can do. You should drop it before it crashed down. Try to stay in the same reality as everybody else."

It didn't took much for Mitsuki to start crying. Madoka took her in her arms and brushed her hair softly with her finger.

"I know reality is cruel, but I had to tell you Mitsuki. I love you, you know it right?"

They stayed like that for a couple of hours, until the young girl cried herself to sleep. And Madoka left the room. She talked with her grand-mother for a little while until Mitsuki woke up and joined them.

They talked about everything and nothing for a little while.

"Oh, Mitsuki, I have great news! I encounter a boy in America! Sometime soon, we'll be getting engage! Isn't it exciting! My pictures will be in every magazine!" She sighed.

The younger girl just nodded. She was still hurt by the words her sister told her a little earlier.

"Oh my god! I almost forgot! I'm so sorry Mitsuki, I won't be able to pass the day with you. I have a photo shoot in an hour. A place like that isn't for you… I'll see you another time!"

The older girl smiled apologetically to the younger girl before smiling sweetly to her grand-mother and promising to come back within the week. She left in the sport car that was rent for her time in Tokyo.

Mitsuki sighed softly. Her sister was back. She walked back to her own room with her head hanging low. She just dropped down on her floor without looking at her surrounding. Everything felt wrong for a moment. She looked up a little, to look at herself in the mirror but it wasn't her reflection that caught her attention, it was the reflect of the ticket Takuto had given her the previous night.

Why would a singer asked her to sing with him if she was that bad? Wouldn't he laugh at her? Was he playing with her the whole time? Maybe she was fooled. She shook her head roughly. She shouldn't be thinking like that. Eichi-kun told her he loved her singing. She would keep singing.

Her sister was wrong. Maybe she wasn't the best singer, but she was good. Good enough to sing a duet with Takuto. Good enough to be listened by Eichi-kun.

And that was enough. She didn't need more for now.

She got up and put the ticket back into a little box on her desk. She was going to go to that concert no matter what.

The week was a long one. Her sister came back once. She didn't talk to her much, Mitsuki didn't want to throw her hopes down again. She knew her sister to be the kind who liked to be the centre of attention. She knew that she wouldn't let it slip that the little sister wanted to sing. If she did, she would lose what she took so much years to put together and have all the attention of her grand-mother. She was another person in front of their grand-mother. It was all an act… but that act was still a part of Madoka.

She had gone to school, hearing about the upcoming concert, not saying a word on her ticket. She knew some of her friends had used all their pocket money to have a ticket for that show. She didn't thought that Negi-Ramen was such a known band, all school was talking about them. Some of her friends even kept talking endlessly about Kira-kun, the singer of the band. It took her a couple of days to associate Kira-kun to Takuto.

She wanted to tell all her friends about Takuto, their duets and everything, especially the ticket and the invitation to sing with the band after the show. But she wouldn't. It wasn't time yet.

She was so excited all week.

That week-end, she went shopping with a couple of her friends, they were looking for clothes to wear at the show next week. They all wanted to look good so they could be spotted and might be able to go up on the stage, so Negi-Ramen could sing them a love song, just like they did on their last show in America. The girls were chatting and giggling. They never saw the pink-headed girl ran into them.

"You should look where you are going when walking around!" she criticized them before recognizing the little Mitsuki.

"You look familiar… You're that girl! Weren't you blond? He isn't here, so go back home, now!" She was harsh and the younger girl flinched a little.

They looked at each other, Meroko was glaring at her while Mitsuki was starting to feel quite uncomfortable.

"Meroko! Meroko!"

Meroko stiffened, but the younger girl only smiled, she recognized that voice. That voice that she sung with a week ago.

"Takuto! She is here!" Mistuki shouted while waving at him so he would spot her easily in the crowd.

Something lighted up in the boy's eyes. He almost ran to them with a shopping bag in each hand.

"Mitsuki-chan! I'm so glad to see you! So, you're going to come right? 'Cauz I prepared something special for you, I had lots of trouble to put it into place… but now that everything had been arranged, it would be a shame if you don't show up! So you're coming, right?"

The girl giggled.

"Yes! I won't miss it for the world!"

They smiled at each other.

A friend from Mitsuki pulled on her sleeve, whispering a demand for an introduction to that sexy young man. She only laughed at first and that unnerved Meroko to no end.

"Well, this is Takuto, I just met him the other day." She only said, not wanting to cause trouble saying he was the lead singer in Negi-Ramen. She than introduced her friends to him.

"So what are you all shopping for, girls?" He asked, only wanting to make a polite conversation because they were Mitsuki's friends.

"Well, we're all shopping for good looking clothes for the up-coming show! We all have tickets for Negi-Ramen… Well except Mitsuki…" The girl said with a thoughtful look.

Takuto looked at Mitsuki with a strange expression.

"You didn't lost the ticket I gave to you did you?" He asked, making sure she would come.

Mitsuki blushed.

"No… I still have it. Don't worry." She said softly.

The girls looked at her with wide eyes… that's the reason why she didn't wanted to buy a ticket for herself.

"Good thing than… would have been bothersome… I didn't have any left… would have found a way though…" He said more to himself than for her. He smiled at her.

"I don't really have much time left until the show, but if there's a problem or anything just called me at that number." He wrote his number on a shirt he just bought and gave it to her.

"That is just in case you lose your ticket… And by the way, weren't you blond? Never mind. See you at the show Mitsuki-chan!" And with that he left with the pink-headed girl following him swiftly.

Mitsuki just smiled.

Her friend looked at her and said:

"Now, now, you have so much explaining to do Mitsuki!" And with that, the girls all started laughing.

She succeeded in postponing the interrogatory until after their shopping. They sat in a café at the mall, talking about their new clothes and the last gossips but after a little while all eyes turning to the silent Mitsuki.

"So… Who is he exactly?" The one with short brown hair asked with malicious eyes.

"Well, he is Takuto. I encounter him a little earlier this week. We sang together, had a great time and he gave me a ticket. That's about it." She resumed quite swiftly.

Her friends rolled their eyes.

"That's not what I meant… I already had guessed most of those things…" She took a look around her: all the girls at a mischievous smile on their face. So she continued: " We want to know the relationship between you too… 'cause he seems to like you, he even gave you a ticket… By the way what row is it, is it a good place? I'm curious!"

By that time, Mitsuki was red as a tomato. She murmured really softly and the only person that could hear it was the one to her left and she gasped.

"WHAT! You must be kidding. A FIRST ROW ticket!" The girls gasped.

Mitsuki just collapsed more in her chair. She wasn't going to live through that interrogatory.