Recap

With that they all split up into teams, the men taking off the equipment from the van to set it up, Ayako and Masako doing a walkthrough of the building, Lin was interviewing girls at the school while Mai was going to make the royal pain in her arse his tea.

That's when she noticed a set of red haired twins walking down the hallway, her eye's widened ' no it couldn't be… Uru? Eru?" .

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Chapter 3

After carefully making sure the pair of twins didn't spot her, her mind was going threw a lot of emotions, she rubbed her temples, this wasn't happening. Why was they here?. She made her way to the kitchen and began preparing tea for everyone. Her mind going deep into thought.

5 years ago

A young 13 year old was sat in her hospital bed, she looked at a set of twins beside her. Her knuckles gripping the sheets tightly, she had red hair but her eye's help so much sadness and pain, there also a officer in the room. "Why? Why! Can't I take them in ? WHY CAN'T I RAISE AND CARE FOR THEM!" Screamed the girl in the bed. The twins held sad faces.

"Because Miss, your only 13 yourself, I'm sorry but it has already been arranged for them to be taken in somewhere else. You will be staying with your old sensei" The twins jumped up into their sisters arms and they all cried up until they had to be taken away by an orphanage that was the last time she saw the two young red haired twins.

The steaming whistle of the kettle brought the young girl back to reality, pouring the tea she smiled remembering seeing the twins faces. " they seem happy with their life now.." with that she picked up the tray turning around but jumped when she saw a tall dark violet haired man. " but you my young maiden don't seem happy with your life." Raising her eye brow. She had to act like she didn't know this man or this place.

"I'm sorry sir, I didn't see you there." He walkd over taking the tray off the girl and took her hand, " a young maiden can only lie to herself for so much before her heart completely shatters is that what you want to keep doing to yourself?" "W..what are you talking about."

He gave a smile, " I can see threw that image of yours, I won't tell anyone but you will have to open your closed heart and let the secret out eventually…" he turned his back and began walking off. Closing her eye's she gave a deep sigh this job was only going to get harder and harder.

Taking the Tea back to the base, she saw everything was set up, " Here, I got tea," With that everyone took a cup taking a quick break before Mr. All mighty slave driver put them back to work.

Later that evening as everyone was sat taking a long break while watching the monitors, a knock came from the door, Mai stood up and opened it, her eye's widened seeing it was the president, she handed the girl some bags which held a very viberante smell of food.

" I thought you all might get hungry , its my way of saying thanks for helping us out" Mai bowed to the woman and gave a smile. " thank you very much, we are very happy to help out." Mai walkd into the room with the president following behind her, " any luck on the case?" "Apart from the information you , and your staff plus students have given us, no activity so far. We haven't even been able to narrow down the main place for the most activity." Naru spoke while looking over his notes, Lin was watching the screen until they both had their toys taken away by Mai and food shoved in front of them.

"You two eat! Don't let the presidents efforts go to waist." They didn't look happy, well Naru didn't Lin just began eating knowing the faster he gets done the faster he gets his toy back. " My you surely have them on a tight rope there." Mai couldn't help but laugh and smile " Well someone has to look after them."

The president looked to the girl then it hit her again, something about this girl, an image of a young girl 5 years ago standing on the ice skating ring trying to preform the aurora rising. She quickly shook that image out of her mind, and bowed , " I'll leave you too it, I have to go see two of my top students here and give them a quick pep talk on about what's happening." with that the woman left, Mai thought about it then realised who the girls was. Sitting down at the table she began eating her meal.

" Well we will be done for the rest of the night, you all can go to bed after you finish eating or do what you want. The president did give us permission to use the facilities if we wished." Naru spoke once he was finished eating and set the rubbish in the bin while going back to his book.

Mai decided to go sit by Lin and watch the monitors, Naru watched her closely, she had never been this detmind in a case before.

As Mai was watching a girl with long orange hair was in a dance room doing some stretches, she placed the music on Kokoro Juuden and began doing so street dance moves with it, Lin looked over seeing the girls eye's watch the girl on the monitor closely. "She's Rhythm isn't she? One of the top Prism stars at the moment." Mai only nodded when she noticed something, " The tempurature is dropping in the room, and oh no!" Standing up she threw down the ear phones.

She ran out of the room leaving a stunned 6 faces, Monk went over to the monitor, and saw a shadow behind the girl, but what caught his eye's even more was the blade in its hand. " No Mai you idiot!" He ran out of the room after the girl but she was way too face.

Mai's heart was beating fast, she had to get to that room as fast as possible, as she ran she went straight past a short blonde haired girl who turned around, ' is she?'

In a quick turn she found the room 2-A the one that has been said to hold the shadow of the spirit that cries. She slammed the door open not bothing that she was being rude to the poor girls practice, The girl turned around and widened her face was happy, but Mai wasn't she ran forward grabbing the girl in a hug and spun round as she felt the cold sensation of a blade cut downwards on her shoulder, The girl in her arms smile then turned into fright, and then shock as Mai threw her out of her arms towards the door "Go! Get out of here!"

" But!- Ar-" " No buts Rhythm! Get out of here!" Mai held her shoulder, the pain was sering threw her whole left shoulder. Rhythm looked down seeing blood trickle from Mai's fingers. But Mai raised her bad hand and began doing the 9 cuts, once she had finished the spirit had gone leaving behind the bloody blade.

"That took… a lot more energy than I thought it would." She fell down onto one knee holding her shoulder tightly, the girl now called Rhythm rushed to her side, " Aria? Is it really you?" Mai looked up to the girl and nodded slightly but her eye's got a little heavy, "I'm….glad… I got here… in time.." Mai closed her eye's and fell forward, Rhythm caught the girl.

" ARIA!"

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So the first attack has happened, Mai's not Mai? But she's this Aria? Stay tuned and find out who she is on the next episode of Can I dance again! XD

~Cure Dream 90 over and out!