SONG/S FEATURED

Your Guardian Angel sung by Red Jump-Suit Apparatus—Suggested by ruinprincess
PEACH (From the Japanese Drama- Hana-Kimi) sung by Ai Otsuka—Suggested by ' a crazy fan girl '

Turn the Music Up
By: Aminatsu032

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My thoughts were suddenly disturbed when she heard a song on the radio—the band's new song. I sat up straight. What the hell was I thinking doubting Hotaru like that? All I needed to do was to believe in her…and maybe someday, she'll tell me the truth.

The song managed to make me smile.

Everything will work out. I know it will!

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VERSE FOUR

"Mikan! MEEKAAAN!!!"

I was waked up by the sound of banging on my door. Darn it, Mom! And I was having such a great dream.

I opened the door. My eyes were still kind of blurred but when I saw mom, she was dressed in her light-blue skirt and blouse, ready to go to office.

Before I could even open my mouth to ask mom why she waked me up so early on a Saturday, she had already hugged me.

"Oh, dearie!" she said, "You just got accepted at The Institute of Next Big Stars!"

"The Institute of wha—"

"At last I don't have to worry about your tuition fee, darling," Mom said as I finally managed to breathe when she let go of me.

I look at her like she wasn't at all my mom. She was really acting weird…

"What is this ins—"

"I'll explain later—wopsie! I gotta go to work, Honey. Bye!" Mom said as she kissed me in the forehead and handed me a white envelope.

And before I knew it, Mom had already gotten out of the house.

I shook my head slowly. Mom sometimes over acts…

I looked at the envelope in my hand. It had a window addressed to Mikan Sakura. Well, I felt excited and annoyed at the same time—how dare mom read letters addressed to me?

I carefully opened the envelope…

MISS MIKAN SAKURA,

Greetings to you!

We would like to invite you to The Institute of the Next Big Stars as a form of 'welcome' to the star world.
Here, in this school, you will have a chance to be with your young co-stars and even meet the people you once looked up to! The institute teaches you ways to improve your talent and be the next big star!

So what are you waiting for? Test not only your academic but also the ranging you inside!
Are you ready to become the next big star?

My eyes widened.

"Wow," I whispered. I was amazed. "This is unbelievable!"

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I whirled around in front of the mirror. I have got to admit, their uniform is cute!

It included brown boots, blue striped mini-skirt and a black coat above the white blouse. My first day will be next, next week. I'm so excited!

I was still looking and admiring the uniform when my cellphone rang.

"Hello?" I said.

"Hello, Mikan?" It was Hotaru.

"Oh. Hi, Hotaru-chan!" I said in a cheerful voice.

"Mikan, head to the stadium near the beach. It seems one of the band who were supposed to perform today backed out and we have to perform in replace of them," Hotaru explained.

"What?" I exclaimed. "Why so sudden?"

"Of course it's sudden! This is how it works," said Hotaru.

I heard voices calling Hotaru, and as I expected, she decided to hang up. "Sorry, Mikan. Gotta go."

And before I could say another word, I heard a small 'ting' and the line was off.

Darn it, that Hotaru. She is always too impatient to explain to me things.

I let out a small sigh and began looking for clothes in my closet. My clothes have gone aplenty after all those concerts and mall tours—but it was worth it. (I think?)

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I arrived at the stadium at around one. Of course, the concert starts at three but you just have to be there two hours earlier. That's just how it works in this world…

The moment I stepped into the back stage, two boys immediately caught my eyes—of course, Cross. Ruka seemed to have noticed me, but Natsume was sitting there listening to his iPod.

I saw Ruka cast a quick glance at me with those expressionless blue-gray eyes. Kind of reminded my of Hotaru's but it had a hint of a hidden emotion.

I tried my best to hide from Natsume who seemed to have been busy listening to his gizmo. He wore a black long sleeved shirt and a chain around his neck. He also wore black, fitting pants that also had a chain hanging in one side—and I gotta admit, he looked kinda cool. It's also been quite a while since I last saw him at the Ocean Bar.

"Mikan," Hotaru placed a hand on my shoulder and dragged me into the corner.

"Y-yeah?" I had a hint of irritation in my voice. How could Hotaru interrupt my moment of admiration? Wait. Admiration? To Natsume? Has the world gone mad? Have I gone mad?

"Well sorry to interrupt your moment of admiration," she said lifelessly. Yet again, she has read my thoughts. How does she do that? Sheesh!

"What? What 'moment of admiration'?" I said—kind of denying the fact that that was what I was thinking of earlier.

I saw Hotaru roll her eyes. "Anyway, we'll play the song Peach. You know, track five on our latest album?"

I blinked twice. Track five? Track five? Oh yes! That song!

I nodded at Hotaru and she raised her eyebrow at me. "You can have your 'moment of admiration' back." At that, she walked away.

There were certain things I couldn't understand about Hotaru.

I cast a glimpse at Ruka who seemed to be looking at Hotaru. But perhaps I was mistaken.

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Okay, fifteen minutes more to go before to three. I looked at the seats for a moment and, god, was it full up!

I was holding a white paper containing the lyrics for Peach.

I looked around. Natsume and Ruka were not around. I was still deep in thought when someone talked to me. "Miss Sakura you are next to Cross."

My jaw locked open. "Next to Cross?"

The lady read the paper in the folder and adjusted her glasses. "Why yes."—she smiled at me—"Good luck."

I looked at her suspiciously. 'Good luck' was supposed to mean 'bad luck' on stage right?

"And now," I heard the host say, "Cross!"

I quickly looked at the stage through the spaces in the red curtains. As the music started to play, I have been carried away to another dimension again.

When I see your smile
Tears run down my face I can't replace
And now that I'm stronger I've figured out
How this world turns cold and breaks through my soul
And I know I'll find deep inside me I can be the one

I will never let you fall
I'll stand up with you forever
I'll be there for you through it all
Even if saving you sends me to heaven

It's ok. It's ok. It's ok.
Seasons are changing
And waves are crashing
And stars are falling all for us
Days grow longer and nights grow shorter
I can show you I'll be the one

I will never let you fall
I'll stand up with you forever
I'll be there for you through it all
Even if saving you sends me to heaven

Cuz you're my, you're my, my true love, my whole heart
Please don't throw that away
Cuz I'm here for you
Please don't walk away,
Please tell me you'll stay, stay

Use me as you will
Pull my strings just for a thrill
And I know I'll be ok
Though my skies are turning gray

I will never let you fall
I'll stand up with you forever
I'll be there for you through it all
Even if saving you sends me to heaven

The two boys put down their mic. Their voices were amazing! It was close…yet so far; strong…yet so mild…it was just so…

"Woah!" I said as I felt someone push me.

"What are you still doing, you idiot?" Hotaru said. "We're up next!"

Oh yeah! I forgot that…

"Next up with the number one is the number two,"God, that was kind of offending, "…no other than Stellar!"

Okay…relax, relax. You can do it!

taiyou sansan
moriagaru kotoshi wa uta itai
kibun runrun
nomitai houdai waraitai

yureru yureru kokoro ni
dokidoki shitai na
soremo sou kana rakuen
ah ah ah
natsu da ne

peach
hikkurikaeru ai no mark
itten de fuantei dakara
sugu itten suru dakedo
kaeshite miseru yo

peach
hikkurikaeru ai no mark
nanbai mono power ga hitsuyou
ganbatte miseru yo
aishichau kara

yuu'utsu ni bye bye
sonna hima wa nai motta inai
dappi de bye bye
ii tokoro mitara chance desho

hitamukisa ga daiji nee
wasureta ano hi
itsu no ma ni yogoreta n da
ah ah ah
tsukushimaasu

peach
oishii darake no yuuwaku
sukoshi kurai shinpai shitatte ii janai
shinjiteru kedo

peach
oshiri ga hoshii kereba ageru wa
sashigeteki na yoru to iyashi no asa yooi suru ne

suikonda naka ni zatteta akuma to tenshi
osedo osedo hiki
moto ni kaeshitara
high touch !

peach !
nanigoto mo balance
otagai my pace
rhythm ni awasete
JUMP! JUMP!

peach !
yappa isshoni iyou yo
iru beki da yo
kigen nao shite tanoshi mou you no natsu wo

peach
hikkurikaeru ai no mark
nanbai mono power ga hitsuyou
ganbatte miseru yo

aishichau kara

aishichau kara

aishichau kara

I gave a wink before I put my mic down. I thought it was a crowd favorite.

The applause was kind of relieving. But all my thoughts were flown away when the thought of my new school entered my mind.

The lights turned off…but my thoughts were still far away.

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I stepped inside the classroom when I heard the teacher call my name.

I heard whispers around the rooms while I felt butterflies in my stomach.

"My name is Mikan Sakura," I said nervously.

The teacher looked around and spotted a vacant seat near the back of the room.

"Ah, you can sit there!" he said as he fixed his class record.

As I walked nearer and nearer to my seat, I felt a lot more anxious.

"H-hello," I said to a boy whose face was covered by a manga.

He took the manga off and cast a painful stare at me.

My eyes widened to see no other than…Natsume Hyuuga.

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Author's Notes

Ahhh!! Cliffy! Sooo cliffy!

Haha…thank you for your reviews and song-suggestions!!! I loved 'em!
Tch. Hope you enjoyed the chapter!

Hahaha…

"moment of admiration"

Lotsaluvvv,

Faye-chan