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Hearing the screeching sound of Minako calling out Yaten's name made Kira look in that general direction as she saw Minako being lifted by Makoto, making her stand out more.
"Oh, it's those two..." recognizing them in the crowd, remembering them from when she bumped into them.
It was times like this Kira wished Liara were there with her to keep her company. In amongst all the screaming and cheering, the archer managed to pull out her mobile phone to check and see if Liara had messaged her, but there were no notifications. Not wanting to miss another second, Kira like most of the other people around her held up her phone and pressed record, since this was her favorite song she didn't want to just "remember" this, she wanted to be able to play it back, turning the camera towards the two girls for a moment then back to Yaten then Seiya, then Taiki, then back to Seiya again. Zooming out, she got all Three Lights on her phone as she recorded them.

Having recorded the majority of the song, Kira placed her phone back into her pocket and began to cheer herself, seeing Seiya had started to walk more around the other lights, it was quite cute Seiya had nudged Taiki, and then walked over to Yaten doing the same thing. It was as if he wanted to silently check on the two, making sure they were happy and enjoying themselves which they seemed to be.
The archer, at the time was watching Taiki, and missed the gaze Seiya had placed on her, there was no attention given, but the idol started to get closer to the crowd in front and made his way slowly to the VIP section, as he leaned down a little bit to high-five a few of civilians. Purposely, Seiya migrated towards the VIP section, Kira could feel the people behind her pushing a little bit just to get that high-five from the idol. Biting her lower lip, Kira's starry eyes glittered the closer Seiya got. "WOOOOW!! I have to try-- ugh it's so crowded here... I have to try and give him a high-five too!" She thought. Reaching her hand up, Seiya made the effort to only high-five her hand, the two were now a meter apart, and when their hands made contact, there was an electric spark that seemed to zap. "Yes! I---" mid-thinking as she celebrated that high-five, her thoughts got interrupted by the weird shock.

Kira whose gaze met with his. Time slowed down, and his voice was muffled to her.
"...Huh?" she thought to herself, watching Seiya quickly retract back and their music continued, they didn't seem to break eye contact until Kira looked down at her hand. "What... just happened?..." looking back up at Seiya who was walking backwards, brushing past Yaten, then stood back in the middle.
Kira couldn't really understand the feeling she got, but at this point, she didn't want to overthink it and clapped as the song ended, however, she didn't seem as energetic as moments ago.
Pulling out her phone again, Kira wanted to record the next song.

Hotaru was enjoying the concert quietly aside from her cheering for Rei-chan earlier and clapping when a song ended. She was used to being more quiet during concerts when she was Setsuna-mama while Michiru-mama played alone or with Haruka-papa.
Hotaru watched as Makoto and Minako went closer to the stage to get the attention of the Three Lights. Then a little after Usagi started pulling Mamoru along to be with Minako and Makoto. She smiled glad to see they were in enjoying themselves. That made keeping the secret from them all the better. She felt a buzz from her phone in her purse in her lap and pulled it out.
"We're going to sneak backstage during half time, come and join us!"
Hotaru sighed and texted to Michiru-mama and Haruka-papa. "Should we let them have their fun and think they are sneaking in? I don't think they remembered they can get in backstage as long as they are with us."
She sent the text and tapped Michiru-mama next to her, once she looked over she pointed to her phone and then her bag.
She noticed while she was messaging on her phone Seiya's voice sounded different. She wondered what could have happened.

Michiru smiled as Haruka took a seat next to her and show her mouth move but she couldn't hear what she said over the screams of the fans.
She also noticed same of the Inners get up to get a closer look and she wasn't surprised. Just a little after she saw Usagi pulling Mamoru along and she chuckled lightly. A moment later she felt a tap on her arm and looked to her left. "What is it sweetie?" She saw Hotaru was pointing to her phone and then to her bag also in her lap. She nodded to her and pulled her phone out and saw 2 text messages. She read the text and chuckled. She messaged Hotaru back. "We might as well play along. Tell her we're in." She turned back to Hotaru and nodded.

Hotaru smiled and looked at the text and moved to Usagi's message. "We're in. smile "

Setsuna Meiou entered into the concert stadium, walking close behind Michiru, Haruka and Hotaru. Light from the ceiling appeared to spot light down towards the walk way as the four of them made entry inside to locate their seats. With their concert tickets in hand, Setsuna couldn't help but look around at the scenery before them. Realizing that not everyone was dressed up. Most of the concert goers were dressed in colors representing the Three Lights. Perhaps she over thought what to wear. Seeing how Hotaru kept swaying with her footsteps in her pretty lilac dress, she disregarded her thoughts of over doing it. It wasn't often that they got to dress up to the nines'.

Just as they were almost to their seats, Haruka made a b-line in a different direction, which caused Setsuna to pause slightly in the footsteps. Half wondering where Haruka was off to, somehow she had an idea. Not saying a word, after locating their seats she lead the way for Michiru and Hotaru to follow.

"Michiru-mama, where did Haruka-papa go?"
"She went to drop something off backstage I believe sweetie."
"Oh ok."



Setsuna was about to say something to both Michiru and Hotaru when the lights went completely out making the stadium pitch black. Redirecting her line of sight towards the stage, the sudden appears of Tuxedo Mask took her aback. Raising her gloved hand up to cover and hush a gasp that was released. Wondering why of all people Tuxedo Mask was on stage before the audience when suddenly the attire was ripped off and the crowd went absolutely wild with the announcement of the Three Lights' return! And with them, was another surprise! Rei Hino would be singing with Seiya Kou! Letting her gloved hand move away from her mouth, allowing her gloved hands to reach up to touch both of her earrings. In the process of touching them, the earrings blinked to life briefly which soon activated a noise reduction ear protection for her. Setsuna was not used to being surrounded by a massive amount of people. Let alone, the whole house of people screaming in unison in different pitches of volume. In doing so, this allowed her to focus on the singing from the stage and enjoy the music on a much better setting of volume. Taking a mental moment to herself, she let her hands drop down towards a pendant that rested along her chest. It glowed in a red aura that helped place her mind at ease and calmed any anxiety from the noise of the crowd surrounding them.

"WOAH! Go Rei-chan!" As soon as Hotaru cried out in cheers towards Rei taking the stage to sing with Seiya, she too began to applaud the performance at hand. After the duet performance was done, it seemed like everyone's cheers got louder. Spoiler alert! Everyone was in undoubted shock factor the moment Seiya kissed Rei! Even Setsuna was surprised!



"Wow, if they were trying to surprise everyone, they both succeeded!" Not thinking that anyone in particular heard her over the roar of the audience. Speaking of volume. Setsuna swore she could hear Usagi screaming in the distance as she turned her head to look towards the general direction of where Usagi, Mamoru, Makoto, Minako and Ami were located at.

"What the...WHAT!? S-SEIYA...KISSED... REI-CHAN?! ON THE LIPS!? WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTT?! SINCE WHEN?! WHY WASN'T I TOLD!!!! WHY WHY WHY?! I'M SO PISSED!"

It was funny to her, that with the touch of a button she managed to silence the majority of the crowd with her device. And yet at the same time, she managed to recognize Usagi's call out in response to what everyone watched unfold before them. Setsuna thought about reaching out to the others with their communicator watches. She withheld from doing so. It appeared that both Minako and Makoto were having a blast in the crowd. Whereas Usagi, Ami and Mamoru seemed to be holding back their excitement in the background. Perhaps it was just what she could see at the distance she was at, because of their seating arrangement. Looking down towards the bracelets she had along her left gloved wrist, in between the bracelets was her communicator watch. She didn't want to cause alarm if she were to contact them so she refrained for the time being in reaching out to their friends. At that point, the stage went dark for a brief moment once more. The sound of a familiar song began to play, which caused the crowd to once again go wild in response!

Near the end of the singing, when the lead singer, Seiya approached the VIP area and began to give high fives to those that were close to the stage. Something odd occurred. It wasn't something that the Outers could see up close and personal, it was something that could only be felt. The Butterfly Effect. The butterfly effect rests on the notion that the world is deeply interconnected, such that one small occurrence can influence a much larger complex system.



Setsuna felt a disturbance in the time flow. It may of been only a few seconds, but those seconds where it felt as though time started to slow down caused Setsuna's ruby pendant began to pulsate which alerted her that something had happened. Turning to look towards Michiru, Hotaru and then Haruka with a serious and concerned expression to see if they too felt the disturbance or was it just her? Just as she was about to say something, she felt the vibration of her phone go off which thereafter followed with a jingle.

"We're going to sneak backstage during half time, come and join us!"

Not even a few minutes after Usagi's message came through Hotaru's message was sent out in response. "We're in. smile " Watching how Michiru and Hotaru were reacting towards one another, Setsuna came to realize that they must not have experienced what she felt at that moment. Lifting her eyes up and over at Haruka to see if she reacted to Seiya's sudden change in how he sang in the end. Releasing a tense sigh, she shifted her attention once more towards the stage and over towards the VIP area. Something or someone over there must have triggered something to cause the change in the air. She was certain of it.

Looking back at Mamoru, Usagi gave a firm nod. "YEAH! She seems lovely! I think she came here alone!"



"AH! You're right Mamo-chan! She has my VIP ticket after all!" Usagi remembered.

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Bowing at the same time as Seiya, Taiki let Seiya do most of the talking, while Taiki observed the crowd.
Nodding in agreement to Seiya he told the audience that they had been practising a song together, with Rei's help.
Slowly making his way to Seiya, who stood in the middle, Taiki knew Rei was going to be dragged out again so Taiki waited for Seiya to announce Rei Hino, and led her out from the wing, while he did this and exchanged some quiet words to her, Taiki continued to walk and stood next to Yaten on his end of the stage.
Nonchalantly, Taiki smiled and did a few waves here and there, then rested his eyes on Kira, who was recording the two idols for a brief moment.
As the crowd grew wild again, Taiki turned to watch Seiya bring out Rei, then took a few steps backwards and clapped for her arrival. Not wanting Rei to stand at the end, Seiya stood on the far right, then Rei, Taiki, and Yaten in that order.



The crowd clapped and cheered, and Taiki bowed, and thanked the audience "Thank you, everyone!" Then he turned to Rei, smiled at her, and clapped.
Watching Seiya lead Rei back in, Taiki had to make some small talk with Yaten for a bit while Seiya and Rei caught up on the information they missed at the start of the concert.

"Do you think we should put that into a single, Yaten?" the crowd roared with "YESS!!!!"
"--Well, I guess that answers my question." Taiki smiled and turned to Yaten. "It was quite exciting when we planned this concert, Seiya has always acted on such a whim, but I think he does think about these things and somehow plays off being cool about it." Taiki spoke so freely of Seiya as he looked back at the idol, who looked at him for a moment, and then his attention went back to Artemis for whatever reason.

Speaking of whims, Seiya had changed his tune and walked back out with confidence, the spark in his eye was almost like he had something on his mind but as Taiki mentioned, he was going to act unrehearsed now.



Giving a nod in agreement to Seiya's comment, he then spoke "It's been an interesting night." Taiki answered.

The crowd screamed twice as loud, making Seiya chuckle.


Once again, Seiya was the life of the party when it came to people.



Shaking his head, Taiki felt a little embarrassed, as usual, Taiki would often feel this way, and Seiya liked to overshare things at times.



Seiya began to walk towards the mic stand and took the mic off. Seeing him do this, Taiki narrowed his eyes a little and thought "Sheesh Seiya, what are you planning?"


Lots of people screamed in response to Seiya's question which made him clap for a few seconds.


He gave Taiki a look, which meant it was time to move forward.

By this comment, Seiya seemed to be slowly making his way in the direction Taiki thought he was going, seeing the idol tug Yaten on his way down. In the distance, Taiki caught a glance at what looked like Hotaru, Haruka, Setsuna, and Michiru. Knowing they were most likely going to get a closer look, it seemed everyone was in on this in some way or another.

Seiya walked down the stairs said something to the guards, and then was able to enter the VIP area. The young lady had then turned slightly to record Seiya but slowly, both of her hands began to rest by her side, putting the phone down realizing Seiya was looking at her. The idol acknowledged her, and not only that, but the second member accompanied Seiya, maybe for support? or was it for something else?



Taiki walked to the edge of the stage, close enough to hear her speak. The young lady just froze up, staring at Seiya in disbelief that they had even acknowledged her. If not Seiya being one reason to freeze up, it was the second member that joined him. Taiki tried to relax his facial expression but thought to himself "Geez... she looks completely terrified... was this the right approach to her, Seiya? How are you going to separate her from the crowd? Poor girl still hasn't spoken yet..." he thought, displaying an empathetic frown.

Usagi glanced over and watched the whole thing play out, and then her eyes followed Seiya. It was a little hard to see him but the big screen on the stage now showed him as the cameras focused on Kira and Seiya, and then Yaten who joined them. "Mamo-chan...?" Usagi questioned confused. "What's going on?" she asked, even though Mamoru most likely wouldn't have a clue either, despite being in the dark about everything currently, Mamoru wasn't stupid.



The blonde spotted the Outers moving closer in the crowd like they were going somewhere. "I wonder where they are going..." Usagi mumbled, looking back at the big screen.

Luna looked at Artemis and spoke "We better move to somewhere she can't see us." knowing soon Kira will come through.

Rei stood in the background, watching Seiya, Yaten and Taiki singing up close and personal. Living in this moment felt like she had died and gone to heaven! Because they were definitely heavenly from the angle she watching. Giggling to herself as she watched the different camera angles flashing on the big screens in the private room. All she could think of was when each of them shared their fan club membership numbers with Seiya, Taiki and Yaten.

"I'm fan club member No. 2906: Rei Hino."
"I'm No. 1606: Makoto Kino!"
"No. 278: Minako Aino!"
"I'm Ami Mizuno, I'm No. 25."

Remembering that time as if it was only yesterday. . . .



Drawn out of her memories, she saw a strange reflection of light emitting along the two way mirror she had been looking through. As she moved to touch the glass, she saw a flash of something to come before it happened. There were two images of people, the outlines of their features were blurred but the red coat that Seiya wore stood out in the flash as he was moving towards someone. His reaction of backing away drew her back to the present time. Perhaps it was only a few mere seconds that passed as she re-watched what she was shown happen right then. Gasping slightly, she could feel Seiya's reaction empathetically. 'Wha-what was that?!'



Wanting to investigate what just happened spontaneously. Rei watched as Seiya turned and looked in her general direction. Their eyes met, which caused Rei's breath to stand still. Neither one of them had to say a word, she knew by Seiya's expression that something happened. As to what precisely occurred, she wouldn't find out until she had a chance to speak with Seiya about what she experienced through empathy. The moment their connection was broken, she watched as Seiya turned to glance back out towards the crowd.

Rei closed her eyes as she glanced down at the floor before her. What was that strange vision she just received. As if... someone or something out in the crowd triggered an event. Hearing footsteps approaching her, Rei looked up to see a stage hand was gestured for her to return to her assigned spot on the stage. Rei's eyes widened slightly as she looked at the stage hand oddly. The man approached closer with his microphone pulled upright, "Seiya said you would know the cue to this. You're up Miss Hino."



Rei's cheeks and face instantly lit up in a rosy tint. As her mouth fell slightly agape, realizing what the stagehand said. She couldn't believe it. With eyes wide, Rei had reached up and gave a light twirl of her hair in between her fingers. Providing herself with a confident head nod to go back out on stage to sing with not just Seiya once more, but to sing with the Three Lights!! The fan girl inside of her was screaming just as loud as the crowd outside was and a visual image in her mind was Rei dancing on the ceiling in excitement. While on the outside she was a tad bit nervous because they had only practiced the song only so many times. Swallowing back those nervous thoughts to bring forth the confidence once more. Rei walked past those double doors out onto the stage once more towards her 'cue spot' and await for Seiya.

"Thank you!"

Rei's timing couldn't have been better as she watched how Seiya looked over at Taiki, then over at Yaten smiling. As she stood along her cued spot in a darkened corner, she saw Seiya look past Yaten and at her. Rei smiled quietly in the darkness back at Seiya. Not knowing what he was going to say towards their audience.

"During our time practicing... we had some other songs we did for a warm-up, and of course..."



Seeing Seiya cast a glance back at her with a grin that held weight. Weight of something he was placing in motion. "Rei was there with us, practicing this one song, in particular, we debated on singing tonight... this song is actually dedicated to a few of our close friends in the who are here, tonight..."

Watching how Seiya stood still momentarily, before turning to walk heading directly to where she was located at. As Seiya offered his hand for her to take, Rei accepted Seiya's hand as he guided her back out into the spotlight beside Seiya's bandmates.

"Lady Rei Hino, it would be such an honor to have you back again to do an encore with us, especially since this song has special meaning to you, and your friends."

Feeling the guidance more towards one of the standing microphones along the stage beside all of them. She felt Seiya redirect her once more.. this time drawn into a quick hug. A gasping sound of surprise was released as she hugged Seiya in response. No doubt she looked as surprised as the audience did. Hearing Seiya speak only to her, "Sorry, this is spontaneous... but the best things are." Providing Seiya a warm smile with the nodding of her head, she understood what he was asking her to do. As Seiya parted from the hug, taking a step back mouthing the words to her "You lead."

Turning to face the audience, as the lights shone down towards the stage where the four of them stood. Looking out across the sea of people, somehow, Rei managed to see her friends out there cheering. Reaching up to touch the side of the microphone with her free hand. Her gloved fingertips barely touched the surface of the microphone. She heard Seiya whisper to her, "Ready when you are." Feeling the gentle, supportive hand squeeze from Seiya. She was ready. The lights before them sparkled like tiny diamonds as Rei began to start the song singing by herself, and then the Three Lights would come in and sing their parts.





Rei ended the song with her signature two finger salute pose that only the Inner and Outer Senshi would recognize out in the crowd. She sang for them! She sang for friends, sang for her family. From the heart and soul she sang to the Three Lights' audience, hearing the fans cheer louder. Realizing what she did, she blushed slightly. Seiya rescued her by giving her another hug, which she gladly accepted and hugged Seiya in return. As Seiya turned off his microphone she heard him say, "You are a natural, Rei, thank you for doing this with us." "Thank you, Seiya, for giving me the opportunity to sing with you all. You've all given me a wonderful gift, one that I will always treasure until the end of time!"

As they parted from the hug, she approached the microphone and thanked the audience, "Thank you! Thank you everyone!" Waving her hands towards the audience with just as much as excitement and happiness as they all had, "Thank you Seiya, Taiki and Yaten for this once in a lifetime opportunity to sing with each of you! Aren't they amazing?" Rei said as she addressed the cheering audience, turning towards the trio of musicians Rei Hino bowed respectfully towards them. Placing her gloved hands across her heart in thanks towards them and the audience, "Another round of applause for the Three Lights!"

The positive energy feeding off from the concert crowd could be felt on a massive volume. Bowing once more towards the Three Lights in the utmost respect and honor she had for them. She felt Seiya take up her hand as they turned to bow towards the audience.

"Thank you, Lady Rei, let's give one more round of applause for Rei Hino!"

Following Seiya's lead as she took up his arm as he guided her back towards the wing. "Heh, sorry for the sudden change of events there... you did well, really well. You should be proud of yourself, I know I am." Rei blushed and released a heartfelt laugh that only
Seiya would hear, "No worries, I ... I followed you... your lead and I am so happy, so proud of what we accomplished together. And I am honored and humbled for the opportunity you gave me, Seiya. I am all tingly too." Giggling softly to herself. It was a good feeling, the adrenaline rush from all of this was real. Taking a breather, she fanned herself lightly as she smiled back at Seiya.

Noticing his smile fading she knew things set in motion, were about to change. "I'm going to move forward with our plan now...I had a moment earlier…" Rei nodded her head in response to Seiya as she saw how attuned Artemis was then to what Seiya was saying.

"Her name is Kira, she is wearing the blue Three Lights top... she's the first Zodiac Senshi. Luna gave her the VIP ticket and her henshin wand, but she hasn't woken yet as a Senshi. As Luna mentioned, we need to find all of the Sailor Senshi and give them their henshins wands to wake them up, starting with her. We need to bring her out of that crowd."

"Got it." When Seiya turned to look back at Taiki and Yaten then, the cogwheels were already on a roll by this point and a plan of things to come was set. "I better go, leave that with us. Rei, I'll need your help to keep her here when we sing our last song before halftime."

"Not a problem." Rei said without so much skipping a beat. Trading a glance at Artemis while Seiya turned his attention elsewhere (to speak only to Taiki and Yaten on their private channel. The world seemed go quiet like white noise for the time Seiya needed to speak to his fellow bandmates. Gaining a sense that whatever Seiya said was done, she felt his blue eyes settle upon her that was followed by a radiant smile. "Don't miss me too much!"

Smiling in response, because Seiya's smile was just so contagious, warm and inviting. "I know where you are." Holding onto the red rose gently; the rose that Seiya had presented to her earlier. Cherishing the gift. "Go on." She said playfully. Keeping that pleasant smile present, "They're waiting for you, Seiya." Rei wasn't just talking about Taiki and Yaten, she was talking about the world. It had been far too long since everyone had seen them, let alone heard them sing once more.

The playful tongue sticking out and cheeky grin, made Rei giggle in response. Smiling at him as he patted her on the shoulder and made his way back out towards the stage of lights. Looking down at her precious gift (the rose) she could hear Seiya talking from the speakers above and riling up their audience with a speech, that made her smile. The memories they all made, was definitely something to write home about.

Strumming the last few notes, as he gave the guitar strings a final stroke. As soon as the song ended, Yaten bowed towards the crowd then towards Taiki and Seiya before moving to place his guitar along a nearby guitar stand. Placing his guitar pick in along his upper breast pocket of his coat.

He immediately felt as if he was a window, recognizing that Seiya was looking at him but not at the same time. Shifting his gaze to see just whom Seiya was really looking at. Quirking an eyebrow as he stared back at Rei Hino who was in the background. When he turned around, Yaten couldn't help but notice the look that Seiya had on a display then.

'Uh oh. . . I know that look. . . . Seiya has something up his sleeve. . .'


Following where Seiya was going, he couldn't help but stare at Seiya wondering what he was currently planning. Remembering to smile as Seiya approached him, because they were all on camera at all times.





Watching Seiya approach Rei Hino, by taking her hand and guiding her back out onto the stage, again. Receiving the feeling that Seiya asked Rei to join them and to sing her part in a song that they had practiced.



He couldn't help but smirk. Shifting his gaze over towards his other bandmate, Taiki that had moved to stand closeby. Seeing that he had waved out towards the audience, Yaten too joined in and waved as he turned on his microphone. Moving to position himself along the stage beside Taiki as they waited for Rei's cue to begin.










As the song came to an ending, the audience went wild! Bowing in unison with Taiki, along with clapping joyfully at how they all sounded with Rei's assistance with that special song.




"Thank you, thank you!"


Before he had an opportunity to respond, Yaten heard the audience's response!

Chuckling in response, he provided a nod towards Taiki, "You received their answer, Taiki." Providing the audience a wave and two thumbs up in response to their wanting a single to the new song they just shared with the world.



Taiki's expression changed slightly when he turned to look back at Yaten. Wondering what was on his mind as the two of them stood there in the spotlight with the fans cheering non-stop in the background.



Yaten was about to respond when they noticed movement from the backside of the stage as Seiya re-emerged after escorting Rei off the stage.





"Yes! I'm having the time of my life! What about the rest of you all?" The crowd roared every more with screams of excitement if that wasn't even possible. Causing Yaten to chuckle some more and wave towards the crowd.







'Hoooo-boy! Don'tcha just know that Usagi, Minako, Makoto and Ami are going to have a real FIELD DAY at hearing this tid-bit!' Yaten said mostly to himself as he listened to Seiya give another story away that their friends were NOT aware of!



Yaten couldn't feel but a bit awkward at this point, with Seiya spilling the beans. Casting a gaze over at Taiki as the two of them watched Seiya remove a microphone from the stand and start to approach the audience a little bit closer.



The audience screamed even louder than before in response to what Seiya was asking all of them then.





Yaten traded a questionable glance at Taiki when he suddenly felt Seiya yank and quite literally drag him off stage with him towards the VIP area. A slight surprised expression and possible blush appeared at Seiya's action, as Yaten followed along down the steps towards the VIP audience that was screaming out their names upon approach.



Upon closer inspection of the VIP section, Yaten came to realize just who Seiya had zeroed in on then. Yaten froze in place momentarily before finding that his feet were guiding him to move forwards little by little. Watching how the girl had been in the process of starting to record but found herself spellbound by Seiya approaching her.



Once Seiya moved past where Yaten stood, time came to a slow roll. Yaten's breath caught up in his throat, as the image of a goddess stood out in the VIP crowd. Long, luscious auburn-brown locks of hair spilled downwards towards the fan based blouse that this girl before them wore.



Completely mesmerized with this unknown beauty standing before Seiya. The girl no doubt was in a state of shock, being picked out from all that stood in the VIP area. The girl's expression was that of a deer caught in the headlights as she stood there motionless.

'. . . .Who's that girl?'

Sensing that the girl finally located her voice as she spoke just barely above a whisper towards Seiya then. As if those two were the only people standing before Yaten then.

"I-it's...Kira..."

A couple of songs jumbled up in Yaten's mind as he watched the scenery before him unfold as Seiya spoke towards this girl... named Kira.

The language of love
Slips from my lover's tongue
Cooler than ice cream
And warmer than the sun

Dumb hearts get broken
Just like china cups
The language of love
Has left me broken on the rocks

But there's just one thing
(Just one thing)
But there's just one thing
And I really wanna know
Who's that girl. . .?

Somewhere in the distance, the lyrics to that song shifted into something else, the closer he approached from the side of where Seiya was standing.

"KIRA-CHAN! IT'S OKAY!!!"

A familiar voice shattered his thoughts for a fleeting moment as Yaten's gaze shifted towards the side seeing a pair of blond buns and tails jumping up and down in the crowd. Causing Yaten to pause. Recognizing that the tail-tale image of Usagi jumping frantically to hopefully capture Kira's attention. Kira in the meantime was landlocked with Seiya as if caught under a spell. Yaten could in a sense could smell Kira's excitement, her shyness, her need to run verses fight as if it was a new spellbound perfume on the market place. A set of lyrics once again entered his mind as he moved forward silently.

Who's that girl?

Who's that girl?

When you see her, say a prayer and kiss your heart goodbye
She's trouble, in a word get closer to the fire
Run faster, her laughter burns you up inside
You're spinning round and round
You can't get up, you try but you can't

Quién es esa niña? (Who's that girl?)
Señorita, más fina (who's that girl?)
Quién es esa niña? (Who's that girl?)
Señorita, más fina (who's that girl?)

You try to avoid her, fate is in your hands
She's smiling, an invitation to the dance
Her heart is on the street, tu corazón es suyo
Now you're falling at her feet
You try to get away but you can't

"Kira? That's a nice name." As time appeared to move at a normal pace once more. Yaten still felt like there was a part of the activity before him moving in slow-mo when Seiya handed a wireless microphone into Kira's hands.

"Kira, do you play any instruments? What are your hobbies?"

The silence from Kira was almost too much. It was apparent from just about everyone, she was at a loss as to how to reply. Even the tension in her body rippled with miniature sparks that rose along the tiny hairs lining Kira's arms. Electrical Sparks. Yaten took notice. Perhaps Seiya saw the sparks of energy flowing along Kira's arms, or perhaps he didn't notice. The moment Seiya's hands left Kira's hands and settled upon Kira's shoulders. Definitely caused a spark of emotion to appear along Yaten's features.

Tapping the side of his headset so that no one in the audience could hear what he was saying. The video feed would only show that he was speaking to someone in the audience as he addressed the girl who was standing before Seiya. Yaten wanted his introduction to one of their fans to be personal, "Kira.." It may of seemed as if Yaten had ninja'd his way to stand beside Seiya, as Seiya had addressed the young lady before them wearing Three Lights attire.

Yaten's emerald green eyes made eye contact with the fans' turquoise eyes that sparkled in response to being addressed by him. He could sense that Kira felt cornered as if she was the only person in the VIP area that was focused in on at that very moment. In the background the screams from other fans that were no doubt jelly, became mute as Yaten's sole attention was focused on her. To not have 'Kira' feel like she wanted to bolt and hide from the pressure she might have been feeling at that very moment. Yaten did not intrude on Kira's personal space bubble, unlike Seiya did just then. Yaten did not want Kira to feel overwhelmed. Let alone crowded by two idols that had approached her.

"Such a pretty name, for a pretty lady." Yaten said with genuine sincerity. The sound of his voice was smooth like honey, soft spoke like velvet and was warm. . .inviting. Inviting Kira to approach him at her pace. Not for Kira to feel rushed or placed on the spot before thousands of fans. Regardless to who Kira spoke with then, Yaten waited patiently for a flicker of change from Kira's eyes.



If Kira's eyes had turned to settle upon him. Kira would have seen Yaten reaching out and up to take ahold of his freshly cut yellow rose that had been pinned to his outfit. Removing the pin carefully to not puncture the stem. Gently holding his signature yellow rose in greeting.

Verses Kira being handed a microphone for the world to hear her response to Seiya. Yaten was being polite, respectful and mindful of Kira's personal space. Yaten's approach was different, not as forward as Seiya's approach was. Having gained a sense that Kira did not like being placed into a position that she wasn't prepared for, let alone approached so boldly. Giving her the chance to make a decision as to how she wanted to respond and who to respond too.

The reply was exactly what Seiya wanted to hear. In fact, even better. That scheming expression was displayed on his face again which caused him to look over at his guitar that was on stage, then back at Kira again.
"Odango, that's it! I owe you!" he thought to himself as the blonde gave him an idea from her cheering Kira on.

There was no reason to pull her from that crowd just because he needed an excuse and got one. Trading another glance at Yaten, then back at Kira, he tapped the headset again and smiled.
"Sort of? Well... how about a demonstration? Ah! Even better-- let's get you on stage!" as he said this, the crowd went wild and clapped and cheered for Seiya's idea.
Spontaneously, Seiya grabbed her hand and tugged her tightly, pulling her from the crowd and past the guards. The idol felt some resistance from Kira, and could feel her pulling back slightly.
"You can close the gates now, thanks." he said to both security guards once Yaten had passed through.
Just being the three of them now as they turned the corner down the hallway before getting into the wing of the stage, Seiya wanted to quickly take a moment to speak with her as he turned off the headset, then went to carefully take the microphone back off Kira and turn that off too.
"Sorry, Kira, I should have asked you first." he started with, pausing for a moment trying to think how to word this next part. "I'd--we would love it if you could do this one thing for us, and that's to listen to you play the guitar. You said sort of, but I know you can, and I promise we will be there with you, every step of the way." trying to reassure her.

Seiya could have said 'any fan would love a chance to do this' but that was a d**k move on his part if he said it like that, the idol only twisted his words a little making it seem like they were the fans of Kira, well, at least that was half true... *Yaten*