Hey everyone! Hope you all had a awesome 2013. I started writing again, hence this...

So yeah, I don't own anything. BTR or Kamen Rider Fourze. Or Piano by Ariana Grande. Her album is awesome! Please go check it out if you haven't.

I'm still not 100% sure what possessed me to do this, but oh well. Too late now! We keep going full speed ahead! More Kames... more Cargan.

Thanks so much for the follows, and please write me a review if you got the time! I love reviews and feedback! Happy New Year, or as they say in Japan, Akemashite Omedetou Gozaimasu! Kotoshi mo Yoroshiku ne!

Stage 6 - Piano

"James."

"Go away."

"I'm not going anywhere."

"Just stop it. Just leave me alone! Please!"

"We both know that it's not going to work like that. Not until I get what I want."

Kendall Knight was at a loss. In the past few days at his new school, he had been loaded with homework, hit on by the gorgeous hockey team captain, recruited for the school musical, chased and terrorized by monsters only to be saved by the transfer student and her superhero… what was it? Kamen Rider… friend? Kendall sighed, turning away from his desk and flopping onto his bed face down. Homework wasn't happening. After returning home from school, where the "incident" was still under investigation, all he'd done was stare into space and reflect on the events that'd happened at school earlier.

The connection he'd had when the Zodiarts had grabbed him and James was constantly on his mind. The paintings, the strange things James said about loving him, and waiting for him to return. It was completely insane. All of it. It all had to be some strange, weird coincidence. There was just no way that any of this was feasible, and yet… somehow in his gut he had a feeling there was some truth to it.

"I'm going nuts." He muttered into the pillows, trying his best to ignore his heartbeat, which started racing at thought of how close James' lips were to his. No doubt there was physical attraction. Kendall groaned again, maybe tomorrow would be a better day.

Bright and early, Jennifer Knight dropped off Kendall and Katie at school with some extra money for breakfast before hurrying to her new job that had forced her to come in one hour earlier that day. The half awake siblings dragged their feet into the cafeteria and paid the workers a buck fifty and sat down to eat.

"Frosted Loops and milk?" Katie glared at the cereal and pint of milk on her tray. "I could get a breakfast burrito and a hash brown from a 24/7 and still have change left over!"

"Stop complaining baby sister." Kendall sighed, opening his milk and dumping it on the loop shaped cereal.

"But big brother, I'm a growing girl. I need decent breakfast and this…" Katie gestured at the already turning soggy cereal in her brother's bowl. "Is NOT a decent breakfast. I say, we go to the convenience store down the street for food."

"Did I ever tell you how much I love you, baby sister?" Kendall grinned, ruffling Katie's hair.

"I'll pay for it, if you go get it." Katie said, fishing a 20 out of her wallet.

"Deal." Kendall said, pocketing the money. "Burrito and hash browns, right?"

"Make it so!" Katie said as her brother left the cafeteria.

Kendall smiled as he walked off campus. His sister was very good with making money, and at least had the heart to share it with him. Sometimes, he wondered if he should be worried that she got so much of it (through what he suspected was extortion), but then again, he had the strangest feeling he'd be working for her someday. Pulling open the 24/7's glass doors, he almost walked right into someone, the other person swerving and dropping their bag of food on the ground.

"Sorry, my bad." Kendall bent down to help pick it up when his eyes made contact with the bag's owner.

"We've got to stop meeting like this." James said, an unreadable expression on his face.

"James." Kendall lost his balance and his knees wound up crushing James' bag of food with a satisfying squelch. "Oops?"

James chuckled and helped Kendall to his feet, the blonde staring at his now stained jeans.

"I'm so sorry. I'll buy you another one." Kendall apologized.

"You don't have to." James said.

"I… I want to." Kendall insisted and dragged the other boy back into the store to get breakfast for three. "So… are you feeling better?"

"Yeah." James replied quickly. "Much. Thanks."

"You don't…" Kendall started but James cut him off.

"I don't want to talk about it."

"O...K…" Kendall said slowly. "So… what did I squash exactly?" He stared at the rows of food inside the heated case, before reaching for a breakfast burrito and hash browns.

"I'll have whatever you're having." James said.

"Hope you like soup." Kendall said, grabbing two containers and filling them with chicken noodle. The brunette nodded hungrily, and Kendall moved over to the checkout to pay.

On the way back to school, the two talked. As the conversation went on, Kendall found out he had a lot in common with James; besides sharing love for the same sport, they liked the same comic book superheroes, pink smoothies, and music. The more they talked, the more Kendall felt himself being drawn into James… this James, not the strange other persona he seemed to exhibit in those moments with the Zodiarts. It made Kendall feel even more confused as to which was the real one. The happy, flirty, guy walking beside him or the possessive, dark and mysterious guy with flashing orange eyes. Now that Kendall thought about it, the color was really familiar but he just didn't know where it was from.

"Took you long enough!" Katie's voice snapped him out of his thoughts.

"Sorry, he had a little… accident." James said apologetically as he sat down with the Knight siblings, Katie's jaw dropping as the hockey team captain handed her the food she'd requested.

"And here's your soup." Kendall presented James with the container, wincing as Katie kicked him under the table, causing him to nearly drop the hot beverage. Giving Katie a glare, Kendall handed James a spoon before giving his sister the 'WHAT?!' look.

"Would you excuse us for just one second?" Katie flashed James a sweet grin before grabbing her brother by the ear and dragging him out of the cafeteria.

"Ow! Must you always do that?" Kendall complained once they were outside the doors.

"Dude, that's James Diamond." Katie hissed.

"Yeah, so?"

"James Diamond? As in Brooke Diamond's son? You know, that cosmetics line that Mom sometimes uses… even though it burns?" Katie raised an eyebrow.

"What's your point?" Kendall asked, clearly confused.

"He's loaded." Katie said simply. "You go be best friends with him so he won't mind loaning his best friend's little sister, say, a couple million."

"Seriously Katie?"

"Then I'll take the money, invest it in foreign commodities and triple the profit." There it was, the ambitions take-over-the-world gleam in his sister's eyes. Kendall sighed.

"Or you could just get into his pants, marry him, and then I'll become rich through you." Katie continued thoughtfully.

"WHAT?!"

"What? He's a good looking guy." Katie smirked. "Don't lie to me big brother, you like him. He's totally into you too."

"How would you know that?" Kendall whispered back, glancing nervously at the cafeteria doors, which had glass windows on it. He could see James sitting at their table, staring at the soup while playing with the chain around his neck.

"Trust me, I know." Katie said, grinning while pushing him back towards the door. "Now get back in there and woo him so I can borrow money and eventually rule the world!"

"Everything alright?" James asked as the Knights sat back down.

"Fine. Just a little sister emergency." Kendall said smoothly as he sat down, his eyes falling on the ring hanging from James' neck. The stone glimmered orange briefly as James quickly tucked it back into his shirt.

"Oh." James said, distracted as Tomoko glided up to their table with her bento box wrapped in a handkerchief. Ryusei following her, a hard look on his face.

"Good morning." Tomoko said in a hauntingly low voice.

"Oh, hey Tomoko." Kendall gulped nervously as she passed, Ryusei flashing him a smile as the pair sat down at the next table.

"You two friends?" James questioned.

"Uh… I guess so." Kendall said, digging a spoon into his soup.

"I think you're the first person she's taken an interest in since she's been here." James said, thoughtfully. "You into that?"

"Jealous?" Kendall asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Not in front of the kid." James hissed, glancing at Katie, whose mouth was full of potato. Katie shot James a dirty look and kicked Kendall under the table, causing him to knock his soup over, spilling it on his pants. Great, he might as well eat his pants for sustenance at this point.

"OW!" The blonde screamed in pain, then glanced down at his noodle and carrot covered jeans. James was by his side instantly with napkins, helping him wipe up the mess, his hands rubbing the wet thighs of his jeans. Kendall's eyes widened as James' hands brushed against his crotch.

"EEP!"

"Uh… sorry." James jerked his hands away, face red, eyes not wanting to meet Kendalls equally embarrassed face. Katie smirked, pulled out her phone, snapped a quick picture before grabbing the last bit of hash brown and leaving the table.

"Don't worry about it." Kendall said, reaching for the used napkins to throw away when his hand brushed against James'. Suddenly he was filled with a warm feeling, like he was wrapped up in the most comfortable blanket and sinking into the softest bed. Kendall closed his eyes and relished the sensation. He felt James grip his hand gently and the feeling intensified.

"Hope I'm not interrupting something." A voice snapped Kendall back to reality. His hand being held tightly by James, who was just also realizing Carlos was standing in front of them, helmet in one hand and a corndog in the other. The two quickly untangled their hands, faces flushed.

"Getting to know a potential recruit better?" Carlos grinned. "Come on Captain, you can flirt later. We have that team meeting now."

"Shut up Garcia." James retorted, standing up. "Thanks for the soup Kendall. I'll see you around?"

"Yeah." Kendall said, distracted by the now lack of warmth on his hand, waved as Carlos dragged James off towards a table that was starting to fill up with the rest of the hockey team. Suddenly, he felt a slight chill run up his spine, turning to see Tomoko grinning at him from underneath her black eyeshadow and lace flowers. Kendall stood up and walked over to her table.

"So… you two wanna tell me what's going on?" He asked, sitting down, staring at the transfer students expectantly.

"We're not exactly sure ourselves." Ryusei said, hands folded and staring right at Kendall. The blonde suddenly felt uncomfortable at the sudden pressure he didn't know was possible one could feel just from a stare.

"Stop it Ryusei." Tomoko chastised, turning to Kendall. "I guess we should explain ourselves, but not here. Meet us on the roof during lunch and we'll tell you as much as we know."

"Tomoko!" Ryusei protested.

"It's easier this way." The goth girl said. "As for James, just… be careful around him. Things may not be what they appear to be. Although… it looks like something else might be exactly what…"

"Tomoko!" Ryusei hissed stiffly, breaking Tomoko out of her tangent just as the bell rang. "So. Lunchtime on the roof?"

Kendall nodded as Ryusei gathered up his books and headed off to class.

"He means well." Tomoko said softly as she stood up to leave, Kendall following suit.

Morning classes had been uneventful to say the least. But thanks to period rotation, music class fell before lunch instead of after, Kendall going straight to the auditorium rather than deal with Mr. Rocque. When he got there, Beck was had him get to rehearsing more music right away, which meant spending working with Cat and Logan. Today, Cat's friend Andre was on the piano accompanying them.

The redhead was enthusiastic and bubbly as usual, hitting all the notes spot on as she belted out another number from the production. Kendall tapped his foot and looked up in surprise when he heard a soft male voice join them, Logan joining Cat in the song, his voice getting stronger and louder. At that point, Carlos, now dressed in a wifebeater and paint stained jeans walked past carrying paint buckets and a brush.

"I'd rather tell you about how I'm feelin' boy~" Cat sang, Logan freezing, his voice quiet now that he noticed Carlos was their audience. "And how I'm doing things my way, if I got my piano then I'll know I'll be OK~"

Kendall grinned, the absolute look of embarrassment on Logan's face was adorable. Logan stood frozen in place as Carlos continued to bob his head to the music until the song finished.

"That was amazing." Carlos shouted and clapped when it was over. Logan's face was now as red as Cat's hair. "Logie, I didn't know you could sing like that."

"I uh… well… I guess." Logan muttered sheepishly as Carlos took a few steps closer.

"You should do it more often." Carlos said, gently placing a hand on Logan's shoulder. "I think it's cool you can express yourself like that too."

"You do?" Logan looked up and Carlos grinned back at him.

"Yeah. I do."

Kendall and Cat stared at the scene unfolding in front of them. Andre was also staring, jaw open. Kendall gave the other two a look that said 'Give em' some privacy' and the three turned to leave when another loud crash snapped everyone out of the daze they'd been in.

"CAT!" Jade screeched from the stage.

"AHHHHH!" Cat threw up her hands and started running for the door.

"GET BACK HERE CAT!" Jade jumped off the stage and chased Cat down the aisles.

"Oh no, not again! JADE!" Beck put down his clipboard and ran after his screaming girlfriend.

"Man, I wonder what Cat did to get Jade so wazzed." Andre wondered.

"Shouldn't we stop them?" Kendall asked as Cat continued to evade Jade in the rows.

"Nah, this is a good day. At least she doesn't have any weapons on her." Carlos said. "Right Logan? Logan?"

Kendall looked around but Logan was nowhere in sight. As he and Carlos scratched their heads in confusion, no one noticed Ryusei up in shadows of the wings, watching everything.

Tomoko sat down on the roof of the school. The wind that blew felt unsavory to her, like something bad was going to happen. She glanced at her tablet for any updates on the foodroids finding the Zodiarts location or identity. So far, no hits or new data. She frowned, returning to picking at her natto-covered lunch, wondering where Kendall and Ryusei were. Lunch had started 10 minutes ago and both boys still hadn't shown up yet. The rooftop door banged open, startling her, but what was coming through the door confirmed her suspicions of that something bad happening. Dustards swarmed out the door, crowding the rooftop space and surrounding Tomoko, who had nowhere else to run to, and no foodroids to fight back with.

Kendall and Ryusei were climbing the stairs to the roof when they heard Tomoko scream. The two boys ran as fast as they could to the roof to find the Tomoko fighting the black cloaked ninjas, and losing.

"Tomoko!" Ryusei roared and started fighting his way through the horde, desperate to reach her. Kendall grabbed a pipe that was lying on the roof and charged in as well, his hockey skills working in his favor as he checked and tripped up more Dustards.

Finally, Ryusei managed to reach Tomoko, sending the Dustard that'd been attacking her flying off the roof with a loud "WATCHA!"

"Time to end this." Ryusei said, pulling out his driver and holding it in front of his waist. The belt formed and Ryusei plugged the Meteor switch in and activated the driver.

"HENSHIN!" He called out, but nothing happened. Ryusei frowned, trying again. "HENSHIN!"

"What's wrong?" Tomoko cried out as the Dustards began to regroup, Kendall knocked back at their feet. Ryusei flipped the switches on his driver but nothing worked.

"This is what I was afraid of. I can't transform into Meteor."

TBC

Is this the end for our heroes? Is Kendall ever going to get through the day without soiled pants? And why is Jade so angry at Cat that she's chasing her with a banana? Find out next year!