Warning: well, not really a warning, but a heads-up. In the next two or three chapters, there might be some unrealistic stuff, even for my story. You might just be like, 'what a terrible way to cheat out of a story.' But please don't be like that. It's not completely unreasonable, and this story IS fiction.

In other news, yes it is a day early; I will be leaving on a trip tomorrow morning and won't get back until like mid-day Monday. And no, I can't really take my laptop.

"My clostest friends are losing what I like best about them," Miku repeated blankly. She stifled a laugh in spite of the situation. "Does that mean what I like best about you is your nonsensical methods?" Then the reality of the situation hit her. "Oh great, this is bad. This is so bad."

"Yep."

"Let's see. I like how Rin is talkative and friendly. I like how Len is calm yet immature and funny. I like how Haku is kind and helpful. I like how Kaito is optimistic and lighthearted. I like how you're easy to be around because you can distract a person with pointless conversations. And now, Rin is quiet and concerned. Len is freaking out and not wanting to let anybody else help. Haku is irritated and uninterested. Kaito is hopeless. You're logical and realistic." Miku thought for a moment. "Maybe your change will actually be useful," she added.

"So why do you think this happened?" SeeU asked.

"I don't know! It's obviously aimed at me, whatever it is. You aren't acting, right? This isn't some big plan to freak me out or anything, is it?"

SeeU shook her head. "Ironic, though, how that day did actually change the future, just not in a good way."

"No! No, this is not what I wanted at all!" Miku protested. "OK, well at least I know this has to be something that was caused because of me. I mean, it's pretty logical, right?" she asked.

"Yeah," SeeU agreed. "Let's start listing possibilites. One: your friends are all cruel and are playing a joke on you."

"Eliminate that, you're part of this too and I know you aren't that smart. No offense."

"None taken. But see, we have a better lead off from what you just said," SeeU said excitedly. "It's obvious that whatever happened couldn't have been in our control, because it's completely altering what we're capable of."

Miku frowned. "So you mean like magic."

SeeU shrugged. "Eh, maybe. I guess that is the only thing that would suddenly affect us like this."

Miku closed her eyes in exasperation and shook her head. "Ther is no such thing as MAGIC!" she exclaimed, looking desperately at SeeU. "What part of magic is logical?"

SeeU half-smiled, as if she knew something that was going right over Miku's head. "The part where time goes slower here. The part where stuff just randomly appears in our rooms. The part where Meiko has some sort of hidden ability to transfer information between humans and us. Even the fact that we have feelings."

"You've been listening to Rin sing Kokoro too much," Miku mumbled.

"But you admit it, right? I mean it's subtle, yes, but magic does exist here, so why wouldn't it be effective on your friends?" SeeU questioned.

"Well I get that, but why?" Miku asked, twirling a piece of her hair around her finger subconsciously.

"It doesn't matter why right now, we're on the right track to changing it. Let's assume it's magic, and that there's someone who has to be controlling that magic. They obviously have a reason for deciding to ruin your life like that, so let's try to decide possible motives they have," SeeU suggested.

"Well obviously it would be someone who hates me, if they want to ruin my life," Miku said miserably.

"Hm, not necessarily," SeeU said, pressing her finger to her lips thoughtfully. "They could want you to learn a lesson."

Miku half-closed her eyes skeptically. "And they think that making me not like my friends anymore would be a good lesson?"

"You're still being my friend, right?" SeeU asked hopefully.

"Like I said earlier, your change is actually a bit useul," Miku remarked nonchalantly. "For now," she added.

"Thanks for that encouragement," SeeU said sarcastically. "Anyways, lets start off by listing everyone you know, in any order. Go," she instructed.

"Meiko. Len. Rin. You. Gakupo. Kaito. Haku. Yuki. Piko. Makoto. Teto. Luka. Momo. Mako. Gumi. Ah..." Miku trailed off in embarrassment, realizing she really didn't know very many people at all.

SeeU was slightly distracted for a moment. "Wait, you told me about Momo, but who's Mako?" she asked.

"I'm pretty sure that's Momo's roommate. I met her on my first day here, along with Momo," Miku answered.

"OK, well let's work with what we have here. We'll start off with people who might not like you. Other than the people who are affected by the 'magic.' "

"I don't think Meiko has anything against anybody. Len, Rin, and you are affected. Gakupo doesn't really know me, and the times I've had conversations with him, he's seemed to like me, so probably not him. Kaito and Haku are affected. Yuki is too smart to do something so unpredictable like that. Piko and Makoto met me after Rin actually stopped talking, if you think about it. Teto and Luka are teachers, and haven't seen me in forever. Momo said she liked me, and Mako seems too shy. Gumi didn't meet me until Rin was silent, either," Miku concluded.

SeeU crossed her arms. "So you surround yourself with people who love you."

"That's not true! I didn't pick to be friends with you people!" Miku protested.

SeeU broke into a smile. "I'm just kidding. But it looks like I was right. Someone did this because they thought it would help you somehow. And I bet it's someone who doesn't know you well, because they would know this is a terrible idea, with the way you overreact."

"OK. I guess the people that I know the least are Piko, Makoto, Momo, Mako, and Gumi," Miku listed.

"You did promise Piko and Makoto a Go Fish game. You should use that to see if you can figure anything out about them," SeeU suggested.

"Ah! That's a good idea," Miku agreed. "But can it wait until tomorrow? It's already evening, and I'm exhausted mentally. I just want to close my eyes and pretend things are normal."

"That's fine, I guess, but you need to go invite them tonight, so that they have some warning," SeeU instructed.

"But I can't remember exactly where their room is and I don't want to think that hard," Miku whined.

"I'll take you," SeeU said, rolling her eyes.

The two girls wandered down a few hallways before coming to one that SeeU decided was correct. They knocked on a seemingly random door, and Piko opened it. He smiled brightly upon seeing the familiar girls.

"Is Rin any better?" he asked. Miku shook her head.

"But I'd still like to play that game of Go Fish I promised you," she added. "Tomorrow, if that's OK with you and Makoto."

"I'd be glad to, what time?" Piko asked.

Miku hadn't thought that far. "How about 10:00?" SeeU suggested. Miku nodded.

"Yeah, that's a good idea," Piko said, smiling sympathetically at Miku's tired look.

Miku and SeeU said short good-byes and returned to their own room, where Miku collapsed on her own bed. "Must. Sleep," she moaned.

"OK, you do that, I won't bother you," SeeU said from across the room, sitting on her own bed, examining her fingernails. She looked over at Miku, who was already fast asleep. "That was fast," she mumbled, before lying down and continuing to look at her nails.

Miku woke up the following morning to the beeping of her alarm clock. She hadn't used it for so long that she had to fumble with it for a moment before she could get it to turn off. "Did you set it for me?" she asked as she sat up, knowing SeeU had to be awake also.

"Yeah," SeeU replied. "I figured you wouldn't want to oversleep."

"I guess it was a good idea," Miku admitted, seeing that it was 9:00. "Five more days," she added, mainly to herself. Somehow, it seemed like the concert would be the peak of her life. But she knew it would only be another milestone, and there would be plenty more opportunities for her. Still, she couldn't help but count down with a feeling of both dread and excitement.

"Are you worried about Rin and Len getting back to normal in time?" SeeU asked, as if she could read Miku's thoughts. "Don't worry, we can afford to be patient for now. Just take it at a normal pace. I'm sure Rin and Len would want to help you if they were fine."

"Do you think whoever used the magic might have run out of it or something?" Miku asked, walking over to SeeU. "It seems like you weren't as affected by it, whereas Rin is completely silent. And you were the last one to be affected by it, too. I know it's silly, but it's a possibility."

SeeU considered the idea for a moment. "I suppose so," she said, shrugging. She pointed to papers sitting at the foot of Miku's bed. "You want to get those done now since you have the time?" she asked.

Miku went and picked up the songs and started to go out the door, when an awful thought hit her. "Rin can't sing her songs!" she exclaimed sadly.

SeeU jogged a few steps to walk with Miku. "I'm sure she'll be fine by the time it matters. You put off your songs for quite a while, too."

"Well most of my instructions are really easy to follow. Or maybe I'm just better at incorporating the instructions into my singing, but Rin has complained to me that some of her songs don't specify very much and so even though she takes her time and reads through it thoroughly, it sounds pretty bad," Miku explained. "So in other words, it's harder for Rin to get through her songs.

SeeU tilted her head as she walked. "Hm. I never noticed that. Ah well."

They proceeded to walk in silence until they reached the recording room, where Miku went to sing her songs.

SeeU listened curiously, trying to pick out lyrics and imagining herself singing them. She passed the time that way, in solitude, not having the luck of the last time where others joined her. Miku was done soon enough though, and SeeU joined her as they went out into the hallway.

"So...we never actually said where we were going to play Go Fish...did we?" Miku said, breaking the silence that had settled as they went back to their room. "I had just assumed our room, but Piko and Makoto don't know where that is."

"We could play in the hallway in front of their door," SeeU suggested.

Miku looked at her skeptically. "That's a terrible idea. The floor could be dirty."

"Oh but it'd be fun!" SeeU said excitedly. "People could join if they wanted to!"

"Yeah I don't think anyone will want to join losers like us playing a card game on the floor. Besides, we're trying to figure out if Piko and Makoto have anything to do with this weirdness that has been happening."

SeeU pouted. "OK, we'll just go knock on their door then and they can follow us back to our room all boring-like."

Miku said nothing else as they directed themselves towards Piko and Makoto's room. Piko answered the door, once again. He grinned and nodded, and Miku didn't have to say a word as he and Makoto followed her and SeeU out the door.

SeeU, luckily or unluckily, broke the awkward silence as they walked back to the girls' room. "So why is Makoto always quiet?" she asked.

"He thinks he's a ninja," Piko said, nudging his friend in a joking manner.

"I'm a ninja!" Miku remembered when Rin had said that. Somehow the memory had connected to just now, maybe because of the circumstances, but it saddened Miku nonetheless. "Rin said that once..." she said absentmindedly.

Piko looked suddenly uncomfortable at the mention of Rin. "But Makoto isn't like Rin..." he tried to explain. "Makoto chooses to be silent. Rin was talkative, wasn't she?"

Miku nodded. SeeU looked like she was staring down Piko, trying to figure out if he knew anything, but Miku knew he was just trying to make them feel better. Miku sighed. "Yeah, she was." She looked over at Piko. "All of my closest friends have been losing what I like best about them, and I can't figure out why."

Piko looked concerned. "That's weird," he said, as Miku and SeeU opened the door to their room. SeeU let out an exasperated sigh.

She leaned close to Miku's ear. "Do you think he did it?" she whispered. Miku shook her head in response. She simply picked up a deck of cards that had been sitting on the table in the room and faced her guests, putting a smile on.

"Come sit down and I'll teach you how to play Go Fish," she said brightly, before sitting down herself. The three others in the room joined her, and she explained the game as cheerfully as she could, even though it caused dozens of memories to replay in Miku's mind.

In the middle of the first game, when Miku appeared to be deep in concentration during her turn, Piko caught sight of the leek that lay on the ground next to Miku's bed. "Hey," he interrupted her thoughts. "That's your character item, right?"

"Hm?" Miku looked over at where Piko was pointing. "Yeah."

"It's a leek, right?"

"Yeah..." Miku said, wondering why he was so fascinated with a vegetable.

"Makoto's look-alike has a best friend who likes to eat leeks!" he said happily.

"Wow, that was random," SeeU said, uninterested. "Now let's keep playing."

"Wait," Miku said, and SeeU sighed. "Makoto. Makoto Nagone. Mako. Mako Nagone. Look-alike. Mako Nagone is your look-alike?" Miku asked, looking at Makoto and thinking about Rin and Len.

Makoto nodded. Miku took in the rest of Piko's statement. "Best friend who likes to eat leeks...you can eat that stuff?" she asked curiously.

"Yes," Piko answered. "I think if your character item is a food, it'll reappear when you eat it."

"Even though it's not necessary that we eat since we're robots..." Miku said, puzzled. "So the best friend's character item is also a leek?"

"Can we get on with the game now?" SeeU asked impatiently. Miku gave her a deadly look.

"You shush. You wanted me to be social, and now I'm interested in this story here. We'll continue when we're ready," Miku said decidedly. She turned back to Piko, who looked amused.

"Her character item isn't a leek, it's a magic wand."

SeeU perked up. "So she can make a leek appear?" Miku asked in confusion.

Piko nodded. "She can do a limited amount of magic, which I personally think is unfair, but whatever."

Miku's mouth opened in utter disbelief. "Your roommate, Makoto, has a look-alike named Mako, whose roommate is Momo and whose best friend has a magic wand. Momo and Mako arrived here on the same day as me. Momo re-introduced herself right before my speech. A bit after my speech, unexplained things started to happen. Everything right so far?" she asked SeeU, who nodded with wide eyes, just as shocked as Miku.

"Do you think I could talk to this girl- what was her name?" Miku asked sweetly.

"Ayane Kanon," Makoto answered.

Miku nodded in acknowledgement at Makoto. "Yes, Ayane Kanon. I really would like to meet her tomorrow..."

I hope magic isn't too weird for you. I mean, it technically has been in the story in subtle places. But bye 'til Monday afternoon. Sort of. I'll probably answer reviews if I get any today. Even though I think there's something wrong with my reviews and my email. Oh well.