Naoto ran a couple of errands when she left her uncles house, technically it was Isham who went around buying things that she and her bandmates needed. She picked up ingredients personally to make everyone a nice meal. Once she got home everyone came out to greet her.

Lennard- So what did the old man want?

Solomon- Lennard! I told you not to call Mr. Otori that.

Lennard- What? Isham does it all the time.

Isham- Obviously because I'm special. I'm not like you lot.

Lennard- You're very cocky for a manager.

Isham- Well then you should be grateful for this cocky manager, all of you would still be-

Naoto- Stop it or else you both wont eat tonight.

Sasha/Hamsa- Yay! Nao's going to cook tonight!

Theodore- Since you've been busy with the movie these past few months we've been eating nothing but junk food.

Lennard- I know what you mean! Nothing beats Nao and Solomons cooking.

Solomon- G-guys. *blushes*

Naoto- *sighs* let's just go inside. It's too hot out here. And you all could have gone to a restaurant.

Lennard- That would be like betraying your food!

Naoto- That's contradicting what you just said. You don't mind it at all when we all go out to eat.

Lennard- That's different, you're with us. *grins*

Naoto- Idiot.

Solomon- Okay okay. Let's all go inside. It really is hot even at night so lets go where it's nice and cool.

Sasha- I want ice cream!

Hamsa- Calm down Sasha. Nao is being kind enough to make us a meal, I'm sure he must be tired after filming. So hold back on your cravings.

Sasha- fine.

As they all helped Naoto and Isham bring in the grocery, a car pulled up with four young men. When they all got out of the car it happened to be Naotos cousins and their two friends.

Eiichi- Nao-chan! You finally came back to us!

Eiji- I'm glad you made it back okay.

?- Nao-chi's finally back!

?- Welcome back.

The two friends that came with Eiichi and Eiji were Sumeragi Kira and Mikado Nagi. You can say that both of them have been all three cousins' childhood friends since Naoto was about eight years old.

Nagi- Did you bring me back a souvenir!? C'mon Nao-chi cough it up.

Eiji- Nagi!

Naoto- I didn't expect all of you to come.

Eiichi- Why wouldn't we? You were gone for a couple months but it always feels like you're gone for a long time.

Naoto- You're just clingy. Though I thought your visit would be much more earlier

Lennard- Ha ha, actually. They did come by earlier.

Theodore- They did. But they left after Nagi and the twins got into an argument.

Isham- And let me guess, the reason why they're showing up now is because...

Before Isham could say anything else, everyone else followed his gaze towards one person... Solomon.

Solomon- Hm? What's wrong?

Naoto- You don't have to explain the rest.

Naoto then walked into the house followed by everyone else leaving Solomon and Isham behind.

Solomon- What up with everyone?

Isham- I may be almighty... but you're more dangerous than you look

Solomon- Hm?

Naoto began preparing the ingredients with the help of Solomon and Kira. The other guys were in the living room. Eiichi, Eiji, Lennard and Theodore watched the news and chatted while the three young boys, a.k.a Nagi and the twins, were bickering on in silent on who was more worthy of Naoto than the other. Isham said he would go upstairs to check in on something.

Eiji- I'm still surprised that Nao-chan was able to finish filming within a month. Doesn't a movie finish being filmed within at least two to four months or so?

Theodore- To be honest, the movie he's in is a pretty long one. So normally the filmmakers did expect it to be done in three months at most. But after a month they were done with all his scenes. Naoto decided to stay until all the other scenes were officially filmed.

Lennard- Even we were surprised. Sure he came to the hotel to sleep and eat every day. He even took a day off for each week when we were there, except he never looked tired. So we didn't nag him about it. Then again we're not surprised. Just amazed every time is all.

Eiichi- Ha ha... hahaha... Ahahahahaha! Ah~ Of course. As to be expected of my dear cousin. *fixes glasses*

Eiji- Brother...

Over to where the three boys were at, they stopped silently arguing and called a truce. Instead of bickering, Sasha and Hamsa decided to share some of their Russian candy that they had bought to Nagi.

Sasha- Mmm~ These Alenka chocolates and Chruchkhela covered in chocolate are just amazing.

Nagi- Mm~ Mm~ I know what you mean. They taste amazing.

Hamsa- If there's anything you two will agree on, is Naoto and sweets.

Nagi/Sasha- Nuh uh!

Hamsa- My point exact.

Solomon- All right everyone, dinner is ready.

While everyone had time to catch up, Naoto, Kira and Solomon were able to make dinner without any interruptions. Solomon suggested Japanese food since it's been a while that any of them has had a proper home cooked meal. During dinner, everyone had a fun time talking about recent events in their lives. Eiichi was boasting on about how his group with Nagi and Kira at Raging Academy, a school in which Raging Otori founded five years ago, was going to be number one next year when all three start classes. Eiji took private lessons at home and received a couple pointers from Naoto when she had the chance. They then started to talk about who was trending lately in Japan, with Naoto's band, NEBULA, being at number one in Japan's top ten male idol group to be popular right now. Second was another idol group known as Quartet Night.

Theodore- We have heard of them but I don't think we ever met… in person I mean.

Lennard- Part of that's because Nao's old man doesn't want us to even speak to Idols from Shinning Agency.

Nagi- And it's good that he does. It's obvious they're not at a professionals level if they can't even win the UtaPri award.

Sasha- That's because it was easy for us to win in the first place. If it's "Natural Born Talent" we're talking about then its obvious they wouldn't have it.

Naoto, Solomon, Kira and Hamsa took a sip of their tea as the others were talking about other idols.

Naoto- I'm going to wash the dishes.

Solomon- That's fine Nao. I'll wash them for you, so you can go ahead and relax.

Naoto- I'll take you up on that then.

Naoto headed upstairs to where the bedrooms were. As she got closer to her room, she passed it and kept going towards the room that was at the end of the hall. When Naoto opened the door, there laid a young man in a bed who was attached to medical equipment while sleeping peacefully. She walked towards him and sat in a chair next to the bed.

Naoto- ... *smiles* I'm home, Shigeru

-The Next Day-

The sound of birds were chirping, the trees rustled as the wind blew. Simple sounds were enough to wake up Naoto. She preferred that than being woken by the honking of cars and the typical city hustle and bustle. Naoto and her group lived in a fenced neighborhood for rich people in the outskirts of Tokyo. It was convenient for her, she didn't have to worry about fans or paparazzi showing up and spying on her. Other than that, when she moved in she had hired new security guards and installed a high tech advanced security system that alerts the police and guards if there were any intruders in the neighborhood or near her house within the first three seconds. Yes... it's that specific. So apart from being trailed by just anything, or being disturbed in her process when writing new songs or basking in her private life, she was very well living a normal life when not performing.

Now, let's talk about our girl for a bit. I'm pretty sure you all want to know how she looks like or the type of person she's become growing up. After being lied to by her uncle when her parents died, she kept to herself when it came to how she felt or wanting to express herself. Naoto was very sociable at a young age and had a small group of friends. Despite being deaf, Naoto loved communicating in sign language with her brother who also studied it in order to be able to understand his sister. She had two loving parents, her parents sometimes have said that she'd be more talkative if she was able to speak. They never wished it though, because they thought they're daughter was perfect. Her mom was said to be from another country and her father from Japan. They knew the basics of sign language in order to be able to communicate with their daughter. Aside from only sign, she learned how to read lips and read as well. Even after Isham gave her the gift of speaking and hearing she continued to learn it. At a young age, many people noticed she remembered things quite well. Even when she learned to speak, she began learning other languages and is now fluent in every single one of them. When she debuted, it didn't take her more than a year to be well known globally. Despite becoming famous world wide, she never let the fame get to her nor think she was above anyone else. Naoto did have certain disagreements with her Uncle, but she was grateful to him for letting her become an idol. Without having the support of Raging, her cousins, band members and fans, she wouldn't had made it this far. She owes a lot to music as well. It has helped her cope with some of her hardships in life.

After Naoto and her group debuted, they sold more than forty million CD copies world wide and more, they all remained the same. Down to earth, grateful to their fans, staff members, and never used their popularity nor wealth to do bad things. Even if they did live in a rich neighborhood, for privacy purposes, they never let the fame get to them. Every one of her group members have tragic pasts and were in dire need of help before Naoto found them. And ever since they joined, Naoto has taught them all she knew. Be it different languages, instruments or life lessons, they promised to remain by her side till the very end, without ever questioning her decisions, because that's how much faith they had in her.

Now on to the good stuff.

Naoto is 5'0" tall and weighs 103 pounds. She has a nice curvy body which is hard for her to hide when she dresses as a guy, though she manages. Since before she became an idol, it was absolutely necessary for no one, except her cousins, uncle and Isham, to know she was female. Naoto began developing around her thirteen birthday, so hiding her breasts wasn't an easy task... *winky face* She had fair white skin that was soft. She had long hair that reached below her waist and short hair that reached her shoulders with bangs parted in the middle. The clothes she wears are mainly dark colored ones.

There, now that we've gotten to know a little bit about our girl better let's get back to the story yeah?

Naoto woke up and got dressed. Today she didn't really have anything scheduled, nor did Isham say anything. So she decided to take the day off. Before she left her room she checked the letter she had received again from Saotome which her mom had written. After rereading it, she felt something odd about the paper. She kept rubbing it between her fingers until another sheet of paper got separated. It was thin enough that not many would notice, not even her uncle. Naoto slowly separated both sheets of paper so the second sheet wouldn't break. It didn't say much, but it was clearly written by someone else. The hand writing was too fancy but with a hint of eccentricity. When she checked to see who wrote it, it said Shinning Saotome.

"Hellooooo Mr. Naotooo!,

By now you should have heard about me and your parents from Raging. Howeveeeerrrr, knowing him, he didn't say everything! If you want to know more about your parents then... come to my Academmyyyy!

With lots of love, Shining Saotome"

Naoto- He's mental.

The address for the academy was written down below, though, Naoto didn't really need it since she knew where her uncle's rival school was located. She got changed and went to her brothers room to change him. When she entered the room, Isham had been sleeping on a sofa next to the window. Naoto slowly lifted her brother and undressed him. She grabbed spare clothes from his drawer and put it on him, once she was done she laid Shigeru back down and tucked him in. The nurse said he wouldn't be getting his bath until later tonight. Before Naoto got home yesterday, the nurse had already given him one while she was at her Uncles house. When she was done she walked over to Isham and dragged him on the floor.

Isham- Wha-!? How dare you do that to the Prince!

Naoto- A Prince who is fully dependent on a human and wont go back home, because your highness is completely hooked on the modern era, shouldn't even be royal.

Isham- Tch! Whatever.

Naoto- You know you have a room… to sleep in. And I made sure you had everything royal put into it.

Isham- Yeah but, *gets up* this couch is way comfortable.

There was a knock on the door followed by a voice.

Eiichi- Good Morning Nao-chan.

Eiji- Morning Nao-chan, Isham.

Isham- Hey.

Naoto- Good morning.

Eiji- Isham, why do you keep sleeping in Shig-chans room?

Isham- Its comfortable.

Eiji- But your room-

Naoto- Leave him. If he wants to sleep here he can. Besides, I feel more at ease if someone's in Shigeru's room.

Eiichi- I don't trust him to be with Shig-chan.

Eiji- He's been with us since we were children though, so Isham's like a childhood friend to us.

Isham- That right Eiichi, if I went away Naoto would be lonely without me.

Eiichi- You're just a-

Naoto- If you two want to argue do it outside! Otherwise I'll have no choice but to kick you out of here.

Eiichi- Hm. Fine, if that's what you want Nao-chan.

Naoto- I told you to stop calling me that. People will get the wrong Idea that I'm a girl.

Eiichi- But you are. You know, you don't have to be "Naoto" or "Nao" the guy. You can just be you. "Naoto the girl".

Naoto- ... I've said this before but, you know I can't do that... it wouldn't be fair to-

*thud*

There was a sudden thud behind the door. After realizing that they were being a bit loud, they approached the door cautiously. When Naoto opened the door it wasn't a person waiting outside, but her pet Panther.

Naoto- Oh, it's just you. *starts petting him* I didn't see you yesterday. Did you go out for a walk?

Panther- *purrs*

Naoto- I'm sorry I was gone for a long time again. Next time I'll bring you no matter what okay?

Panther- *purrs even louder*

Naoto- So did you both sleep here last night?

Eiji- Yep. It was already late by the time we finished talking with the others so we decided to sleep in the guest room.

Eiichi- Only if father would let us stay with you. Then I wouldn't be worried about these guys walking in on you while you're changing or in the bathroom.

Naoto- You don't have to worry about that. Even if they did, I do have ways of making sure they forget.

Eiji- Ha ha, that's just like you Nao-chan.

Naoto- Are the others still asleep?

Eiichi- Yeah, we're the only ones up.

Naoto- That's fine then. I don't have anything planned for today right? I wanted to be sure just in case.

Isham- You're free for this month actually.

Naoto- I'm heading out then.

Eiichi- Where are you going?

Naoto- To get some fresh air.

Eiichi- Mind if we come with you?

Naoto- How about another day? I want to have some time to myself for now.

Eiichi- Okay. This week then?

Naoto- Sure. Come on Deimos, I'll see everyone later. *leaves*

Eiji- We can spend more time with her later brother. In the mean time let's go practice the choreography that Nao-chan made for us.

Eiichi- Ah, I almost forgot about that.

Eiji- You always forget things when it comes to Nao-chan. What'll you do while she comes back?

Isham- I'll just hang here.

Eiji- Okay, let us know if you need help with Shig-chan.

Isham- Will do.

After the boys left, Isham laid back on the couch while staring at the ceiling. He looked over at Shigeru who laid peacefully on the bed. Even though he was in a coma, he almost looked like he was about to wake up at any moment. It's been like that for thirteen years. When ever Isham had time he would perform magic Shigeru that would heal him little by little. The doctors come by every two months to check up on him and always say the same thing. That the possibility of him waking up was too slim. Naoto knew about Isham performing healing magic on her brother, as long as it wasn't harmful to him it was alright with her. If it will help him wake up one day.

Isham- *yawns* … I'm hungry.

Ever since the car accident happened, Naoto has trouble getting into cars. Though she does get into them from time to time, only when she's surrounded by the press or her fans. The idea of it being on the news and papers didn't suit the image of the No. one idol of Japan and the world. However, when it came to motorcycles she was fine. Because she wasn't in an enclosed space that reminded her of what happened thirteen years ago, it always felt like she was flying when riding a motorcycle. She had three different motorcycles, a 1966 Harley Davidson Electra glide, the Ducati monster 821, and The 2WD 2014 Ural Gear-Up so Deimos could travel with her. Every one of Naotos' fans knows that she has a Panther. Naoto has even brought Deimos to her concerts and interviews, she has always reassured people that Deimos wasn't a threat. It took a while for her to convince the Japanese government and Prime minister to allow her to keep Deimos as a pet. Many told her she could have bought her right to keep him, but she said that by doing this, everyone would see that being honest and fighting for what you want is something that she'd rather do than bring dirty money into this. That, and she also stated that she really liked the idea of having a Panther as a pet. After she had won due to her support from many in the world, they allowed her to keep Deimos, and most notably after they saw how good he was around people. He was also part of her band in which he would sometimes play the trophy triangle just for fun to liven up the concert. He seemed to have a keen sense for music. He will go to those who he feels has a strong passion for music, or so Naoto says.

When Naoto arrived at Shining Academy, she was greeted by security. They asked for her identification and when she took off her helmet they were surprised. They allowed her passage knowing that they just asked something so foolish. The nerves. Someone from security showed her the way to Saotome's office. Even though it was summer, some teachers were in school getting paperwork done or other things teachers do. One of them who stood out had long pink hair which seemed oddly familiar, yet soft if touched. As they made their way to Saotome's office, Naoto was able to see how vast the school was. Compared to her uncles, it was similar but more modern with a bit less nature to it. However, she really enjoyed the scenery. It inspired her to write more. Naoto is was always amazed by the various ways songs can be composed in and how many can be written depending on how you rearrange the musical notes.

As they finally approached Saotome's office, which took a while to reach, the guard knocked on the door and announced that Naoto had arrived.

Saotome- Let him in.

Before the guard left he asked Naoto for an autograph… she gave it to him… lol

Saotome- Well well weeelllll, Mr. Naotoooo. Its finally nice to meet you. And your famous companion!

Naoto- Likewise. I was expecting you to look more… eccentric.

Saotome- Did Raging make me out to be, weird?

Naoto- Not just him, everyone does. 'And I can't help but feel as if he's not showing how he really is. He has something up his sleeve.'

Saotome- *chuckles* Ahahahahaaaaa! How very booold of you Mr. Naoto! I like that

Deimos- *growls*

Naoto- I'm not here to joke around. I came because you said you knew my parents

Saotome- Yes yes yeesss. They were wonderful people. Your father, a true genius. And your mother, an exceptional singer.

Naoto- A singer?

Saotome- Yeesss, didn't Raging tell you?

Naoto- Even mentioning their names after all these years makes him change the subject. So no, he hasn't told me anything about them.

Saotome- I see, he still thinks it's his fault.

Naoto- What do you mean by that?

Saotome- You really don't know?

Naoto- ?

Saotome- Hm, Mr. Naoto. Or should I say, "Ms." Naoto.

Naoto- How do you-

Saotome- Know that you're actually, female? Your mother told me she had twins. A boy and a girrrll. One day I went to the hospital to see you both. I was planning on taking you both with me, but Raging had already taken you both in.

Naoto- …

Saotome- One of the nurses told me your brother was in a coma, and that you on your way to recovering. Howeveeerrrrr, there was one thing I've always wanted to know

Naoto- And what would that be?

Saotome- … How and when… were you able to speak or hear? I thought you were deaf and mute.

Naoto- … Hm, well, if you must know. The fact of having both my parents die on the same day and brother put into a coma, was very much a surprise for me. Of course, that would be enough to make someone like a five year old, go into a state of shock. Let's just say that the end result really changed my life.

Saotome- … I won't ask anymore questions then. And you would have to let Raging explain to you on the matter of "it" being his "fault". Now onto the next reasoonn I had you come.

Naoto- And that would be?

Saotome- I want youuu to attend SHINNING ACADEMMYYYYY!

Naoto- … 'I was right… he did have something up his sleeve, plus he's not eccentric, he's a lunatic'. Excuse me?

Saotome- I promised your parents I would take care of you and your brother if anything ever happened to them. Lately you've been, straying from your paaattthhh.

Naoto- What?

Saotome- Your songs are, amaaziinngg! But there's no… Lloooovvveeee!

Naoto- Has anyone ever told you you're crazy?

Saotome- Ahahahaaaaa! You're the third person to have told me that!

Naoto- 'If things get out of hand… Deimos, I'll leave it up to you'

Deimos- *purrs*

Saotome- There's something in it for you of course.

Naoto- Which is?

Saotome- If you attend my academmyyy, I'll give you a reward for each assigned task you manage to compleeete.

Naoto- What are these said "rewards"?

Saotome- It could be either a prized possession of your parents, or anything you would want to know about their past.

Naoto- 'I know little to nothing when it comes to my parents past. I only know the little memories I had when they were alive. Asking my uncle is useless when it comes to them, and aside from him, I knew no one else who knew my parents… until now' … Give me some time to think about it.

Saotome- Hmmm?

Naoto- I'm sure you know how busy my schedule is. There's also the matter of my uncle not wanting me to do anything with you. Right now I have a month off due to finishing a movie I was shooting in. So give me by the end of this month to think about it.

Saotome- … Very weeelll. I'll be waiting for your answer.

Naoto- *bows* Thank you