The song in this chapter is not mine. The anime is Aquarion, so whoever sung the theme for that is the owner.

One of Us

(Play song: Sousei no Aquarion/Aquarion theme song)

As Bud, Sonia, Pat, and Luna walked through Spica Mall they saw he newest fad everywhere. She was a woman with rreally long blue hair, green eyes, wearing a variety of dresses that seemed to have water themes. Also her song was playing everywhere.

Luna was walking around looking at the posters in confusion.

"Sheesh, you can't go anywhere without seeing her," Luna said.

"Ariel's the newest celebrity. She's almost as good as Sonia," Pat stated.

"Almost," Sonia said, showing how much vanity sh did have about her singing, even if it was only a little.

"Her voice is a little too deep for my taste," Bud said crossing his arms, "I'm a Sonia Strumm fan all the way."

"Aw, that's sweet Bud," Sonia said kissing Bud on the cheek, "Thank you."

Bud tried to keep his tough exterior, but his face turned bright red betraying his expression. He truly was a Sonia Strumm fan all the way.

Luna looked forward and saw Kitty standing in front of a TV in an electronic's store. She was wearing a short jean skirt, red tube top, black jacket, and black boots. Luna thought it was cool seeing Kitty in normal attire, and she looked really good too.

"Kitty!" Luna called out. Kitty turned to Luna and smiled brightly, she was wearing red lip stick.

"Luna!" Kitty said running up to Luna and her friends. Bud and Pat were looking at Kitty in awe. They both thought Luna and Sonia were pretty, but Kitty was just... wow.

"I didn't expect to run into you here," Luna stated.

"I'm in the city all the time. I practically live here," Kitty joked. Luna laughed with her, but concidering how Kitty was when she invited her to her house, Luna was wondering how much of a "joke" that statement really was.

"And who's this?" Sonia asked, being the only one who hadn't seen Kitty yet.

"This is my new friend Kitty. Kitty, this is Sonia," Luna said. Kitty's eyes lit up looking at Sonia.

"Wait, are you the Sonia Strumm?" Kitty asked, almost as if she were afraid of the answer. Sonia sighed looking down, smiled, and then nodded painfully. Kitty supressed a scream as she jumped up and down excitedly. Bud and Pat were following Kitty as she jumped.

"Hey, Bud," Rey, actually, said quietly. Bud was shocked at Rey's appearance, but when Rey raised his eyebrows continuously smiling, Bud knew why they switched. Pat was probably gone by the time Kitty ran over to them. Bud slapped Rey on the arm lightly.

"Luna, you have such cool friends," Kitty said honestly.

"I bet you have some pretty cool friends too. I mean, look at you," Sonia said. Kitty lost her smile and looked down. Sure she had Luna now, but besides that...

"So Kitty, what were you watching?" Luna quickly said to change the subject. Kitty smiled at Luna briefly before answering.

"Oh, they had Ariel's music video on the TV," Kitty explained.

"You're, uh, a fan of Ariel's?" Bud asked rubbing the back of his head. Kitty turned to Bud smiling sweetly.

"Oh yes, I love Ariel," Kitty said in the sweetest tone, making Bud like her even more.

"Yeah, us too, right?" Rey said with a grin. He then hit Bud in the stomach to get a response, making Bud nod. Kitty walked over to Rey and was looking at him closely.

"You seem different Pat, are you okay?" Kitty asked.

"Oh, yeah. I'm fine," Rey said. Luna stomped on his toe hard though, and walked in front of him.

"That's not Pat. You see Pat has split personality disorder, and this is his alternate personality, Rey," Luna said with the slightest disdain. Rey ran up to Luna in shock.

"You told?" he asked.

"She was going to find out anyway. Besides, you know how I hate it when you try to pass for Pat," Luna explained.

"It's okay Rey," Pat said in Rey's head, "Kitty's nice, and it's not like it connects us to being Gemini Spark."

"Yeah, I guess," Rey said pouting. Kitty was nodding looking at them.

"Yep, now I see the difference," she said, Luna and Sonia also nodding next to her.

They spent the rest of the day together. Kitty really liked Luna's friends, and it felt nice to be able to hang out and relax for once. She thought it was weird that Pat didn't take medicine for his disorder, but it seemed like everyone was cool with it, and once she got used to it she was okay.

The relationship between Bud, Sonia, and Luna was funny as well. She wondered if Bud liked either one of them. Probably. Truth was she thought he looked a little different than he did in the picture, chunkier. She had heard rumors that he worked as a Satella Police officer, so that might have played a part in it.

They went all over the mall. In the clothing shop, Sonia, Luna, and Kitty tried on every dress they could find. Kitty found what looked like a wedding dress and tried it on. She looked really pretty.

"Doesn't this look like a wedding gown?" Kitty asked.

"It does a little," Luna said, Sonia nodding.

"Doesn't that mean you can only wear it if you're getting married?" Pat asked.

"You know, you're right," Kitty said walking up to Bud, "Bud Bison, will you marry me?" she asked sweetly.

"Uh... what?" Bud asked since she almost looked serious. Sonia ran up to Bud.

"No way, you were going to marry me, right?" Sonia asked, shocking Bud even more.

"Um... well..." Bud was sweating up a storm now. It got worse when Luna walked up to him.

"Bud Bison, you're pathetic. Now kindly tell them that you're marrying me!" she ordered, sounding like she did four years ago, bringing up old emotions in Bud.

"B, b, but Prez!" Bud said gettig really scared. He looked at Taurus in his Hunter VG for support, but Taurus turned his head. He then looked at Pat.

"Sorry Bud, I'm not in this one," Pat said. The girls all laughed at Bud's pain. As they laughed, Pat looked at his Hunter VG to see if there was any info on Kitty, that's when he saw that Luna was the only Brother Band she had. He looked at Kitty in shock. How could someone as fun and perky as her not have more Brothers?

When they left the clothing store Pat pulled Bud and Sonia back a bit.

"What is it?" Sonia asked.

"Look at your Hunters," Pat said quietly. They did, and they saw the same thing Pat saw.

"Sheesh, no wonder she's so clingy to Luna," Bud said.

"That's too sad," Sonia said. All three of them watched Kitty and Luna walk ahead of them, feeling sorry for her and remembering a certain someone from four years ago who was in the same boat as her at one point.

It was getting late, and the five of them were standing in front of Spica Mall.

"I had a great time," Kitty said.

"Do you live far? If so we could walk you to your house," Sonia offered, but Kitty quickly shook her head.

"No, that's alright. I'll be fine, really. My place isn't too far from here, but thanks," Kitty said, it was obvious that she was defending something, and everyone was getting worried, especially Luna.

"If you're sure Kitty," Luna said.

"I'm sure Luna, really. I'll see you guys in school," Kitty said walking off, but...

"Kitty, wait," Pat said stopping Kitty. She turned to them, wondering what was wrong. Pat looked at Sonia and Bud, all three of them nodding and looking back at Kitty.

"Could you take out your Hunter VG for us?" Bud asked. Kitty shrugged and did as was asked of her. All three of them pushed buttons on their Hunter VGs and golden lights flew into her Hunter VG, which now had pictures of Bud, Pat, and Sonia. Kitty was wide eyed, and then looked up at them.

"This is..." she said trembling.

"Any friend of Luna's is a friend of ours," Bud said, "As of right now, you're officially one of us."

Kitty couldn't believe it. Having Luna as a friend was great, but now she had three more friends. She couldn't hold in the tears anymore and she ran up to them and hugged them.

"You have no idea how much this means to me! Thank you!" she said happily. Luna smiled watching them, but she knew that something was up. Kitty was hiding something about her life style, and while Luna tried not to pry, some of her younger curiosity was getting the better of her. She had to know how her friend was living, one way or another.

After they all parted ways, Luna walked inside her condo, surprised to see the lights on.

"Luna, is that you?" her mother asked.

"Yes Mom, I'm home," she said walking into the kitchen. She only saw her mother, making Luna curious, "Where's Dad?"

"Oh, we had a business trip and he decided to go for the both of us so I could stay home with you," Mrs. Platz explained.

"Wow, this is new. Since when did you do this?" Luna asked sitting down at the table.

"Your father and I thought about doing this for a while. Of course there will be times where we both have to go out, but we'll try to alternate like this more often."

"That's great," Luna said with a smile. It really was nice to be able to spend more time with her parents, but it made her more guilty at the secret she was hiding from them.

Mrs. Platz sat down next to Luna, "Have you heard of this singer Ariel?" she asked.

"I couldn't get away from her today. I think I have her song memorized now," Luna laughed.

"Well, your father is in the area where she's performing today, and apparently her tour is coming here in about a week. We were wondering if you would like to go. You could even invite one of your friends."

To be honest, Luna wasn't too big of a fan of that kind of music, but the thought of spending time with her parents was too good to pass up.

"That sounds great," Luna said with a smile, "And I know just who to invite," she continued pulling out her Hunter VG and sending an Email to the one person she knew was a fan of Ariel.