AN: Oh how the ideas are flooding my brain...XD
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Leon grabbed an early lunch and then headed back to the Kaleido Stage.
Locking his car, he calmly slipped his keys into his pocket as he walked out of the parking lot. His eyes looked at the large clock on the building and nodded in approval.
He was on schedule.
It had been pure chance that he heard the adjustment to the times. Luckily for him, her friends were loud people so it hadn't been eavesdropping when the later afternoon show had been moved to an earlier time.
He didn't really care why it had been, he had simply filed the information away for future reference.
Initially, he had been dismayed that his mind was re-configuring his mental schedule to allow the time change. However, he found that, despite his disapproval of the show, he wanted to catch it again.
He told himself it was to further analyze it so that he could build a case against it.
Cheering could be heard, even from this distance. His eyes noted the bright colors and the balloons tied around the stadium seating.
Childish.
By the time he made it over, it was halfway through. He didn't mind though. They had the same order of performances show after show.
It should be the seal and the girl with purple hair.
Walking up the short steps, he looked at the stage and saw that he was correct. Laughter filled the air as the seal tripped up the girl and made a fool out her. His hands went into his pockets as he stood in the back and waited.
His patience was rewarded when familiar red hair appeared on the stage.
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Ken was watching the show from the sidelines, admiring the way Sora's smile made everything brighter.
He let out his own smile.
The audience, as always, loudly cheered as the performance ended. Her cute waving and beaming smile filled his heart with warmth. He looked over the audience, taking in how they appreciated her.
This is what she was meant for.
She deserved the cheers and applause. It upset him so much that she was no longer the center of that on the main stage. He thought it was unfair and a cruel twist of fate.
After all she's done, after all the struggles she's gone through...
The initial auditions, the Golden Phoenix trial, all the mean gossip and the challenges of Cinderella, The Little Mermaid, Arabian Nights, and then their last show before Yuri took over the stage and they were left without a place of their own.
The harshest experience had to have been Layla's injury. She may not talk about it often, but Ken knew she was still grieving the loss of her partner.
Now, she's been demoted; forced to perform with the newbies.
Sora smiled about it, saying that she'll just have to pass the next auditions. He knew she would rather perform than not be a part of the production, but he was still upset for her. Unknowingly, Ken frowned as he caught him standing in the back, silent and still as he looked on them with judgment in his eyes.
What was Kalos thinking, letting such a man call the shots?
It didn't make much sense to him and he doubted anyone else knew Kalos' reasoning, not even Sarah. The Frenchman was the antithesis of what the Kaleido Stage stood for...
What Sora stood for...
He just didn't understand.
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