"Here are the keys, sis. Don't lose them...like you always do..." A teenage boy jingled a pair of keys in front of his sister's face.

"Shut up!" The girl snatched the keys from his hands, a smirk crossed his face. "I'm responsible!"

He chuckled with amusement, "Yeah right..." Suddenly the girl hit him on the head, immediately running upstairs boy following in suit. She ran into her new room quickly shutting the door, causing him the bump right into it. He started to bang loudly on it, "Niika! Niika-chan! Open the door!"

"Arata! Stop banging! If mom were here she'd..."

"Well she isn't! And she's not coming for a while now is she?! Now open the door!" Niika leaned against the door.

"Not on your life, Arata-kun!" Arata groaned in frustration, making Niika laugh with satisfaction.

"Fine, but don't come crying to me about wanting dinner tonight!"

"I can cook myself dinner thank you!" Niika yelled to her brother. "Besides, You suck at cooking!"

"Whatever! You can't cook! You can't even use a stove! You're too young for that anyway!"

"I can cook way better than you ever will! I'm only 1 year younger than you! And you're getting held back for classes here anyway!"

"Ah!" Arata screamed and leaned against the door, "Defeated again..." Niika snickered.

"AW! Don't tell me I won...again?"

"Just shut it already." Arata started to walk away from the door, but turned slightly and asked, "Let me know if you need anything." And disappeared down 1 of the hallways of the gigantic new house he and his sister Niika Takashiro just moved into.

Niika sighed and jumped on her bed. "Baka..." Suddenly a flash sparked in Niika mind...

A red-headed boy jumped into the ocean water. He swam for miles until he could go no further. Soon his arms gave in and his ruby red eyes closed as he sunk under. His unconscious body floated limply along the currents, no sign of him awaking...

FLASH!

Niika sprinted up after remembering such a vivid scene.

'That...wasn't a dream...unless I fell asleep for a couple seconds without my knowledge...' She thought as she hugged her knees, 'But...it had to be...I had the same nightmare last night...and the night before...' She ruffled her long brown hair, 'Honestly, what's going on with me?!' She slowly rose from her bed and walk over to her balcony taking in the nighttime ocean view. 'Could it have to do...with this...' Her finger grazed a crescent(moon)-shaped mark on her neck. Her green eyes then glanced to her chest where there was a cross-shaped mark with a couple stars surrounding it. She looked at the full moon, eyes full of worry, 'Furthermore, who was that boy? And what does this all mean?' Suddenly the mark on her neck started to glow, followed by the one on her chest. Niika raised her eyebrows in question, that was until she looked up and over to the ocean below her. She squinted only to see a small red speck floating in the water, then looking closer to see it was the boy from her so-called-dream. He swam against the currents with all of his might, but soon gave up and stopped moving. Niika couldn't just stand by and watch anymore. She grabbed a jacket and jumped off the balcony...landing on some tree limbs, and ran as fast as she could to the island's boarder.

Not too far away from where Niika would soon arrive, a teenage girl and boy walked across the sand of the island's beach. Embracing in the cool breeze around them, enjoying the moment.

"The spring breeze. It came again this year..." The girl said, her short blond hair blowing slightly in the wind. "Look! A shooting star!"

"What did you wish for?" The blue haired boy closed his eyes, "You can go to Tokyo. I'll be fine."

"What are you talking about? Do you just like being mean?" The boy opened his eyes and looked at her, face stern, serious. The girl grabbed his hand, "Just stop! Do have any idea what you're saying! Swear! Don't you ever..." The girl stopped making the boy blink. "I...I sense a boy I don't know...and its fading!" She let go and ran down the beach, the boy following.

"Wako?" They stopped once they saw a boy floating in the water. "He's Unconscious..."

"He's drowning!" Wako ran forward, only to be stopped by her friend.

"Wait Wako, look!" He pointed to the peak of the rock formation above them. A girl sprung from it, diving into the water just as the boy went underwater. "Perfect dive..." They ran to the ocean boarder, hoping to see them, but no avail.

The boy sunk deeper into the ocean, 'Hold on boy! Just hold on!' Niika thought as she dove deeper trying to catch him. 'Almost...there...gottcha!' As soon as her hand touched his, an x-shaped mark glowed on the unconscious boy's chest, as well as her own, blinding her for a second. Once she regained sight, she grabbed his other hand and swam as fast as she could to the surface. Once above, she exhaled but sea water still lurked in her throat. She didn't have to swim any further as a wave hit them, washing them onto shore. Niika coughed and coughed after setting the boy down. Wako and her friend ran over.

"Miss! Are you okay?!" She only coughed harder. "Miss? Miss!" Niika looked up at the blue haired boy just before she collapsed on the beach beside the unconscious boy. Blue haired boy took action starting preform CPR, pushing on her chest. When water erupted from lungs, he sighed in relief.

"Thank god. She's still breathing..." He announced after checking her pulse.

"...But he's not!" Wako shouted after observing the unconscious red-head. She started to preform CPR too...which ironically, turned into mouth-to-mouth...

The red head awoke in a stranger bed. "So, I finally made it...to my next stage..." He looked around the room as the door opened revealing Wako and her friend.

"Good morning." The blue haired boy said, "You're in my house. I'm Sugata. Shindo Sugata. This is Agemaki Wako. She and that girl saved your life." The boy looked at Wako, his expression unreadable to her. He then turned to Sugata.

"She and that girl?" He questioned.

"There is a girl in the other spare bedroom across the hall. She dove into the water and brought to shore. After she collapsed, Wako..." He looked at Wako out of the corner of his eyes as he chuckled slightly. Wako glared at him, face red. "Maybe I should explain more after breakfast..."

"The girl. Across the hall...can I go see her?" Wako raised an eyebrow, Sugata shrugged.

"She's probably still asleep but...Sure..." He said ushering Wako out, "And bring her downstairs for breakfast while you're at it, will you..."

"Uh, Hai*." He said before they left the room. (*Yes) The red head slowly arose from the bed and made his way down the larger hallway. He soon found 'the other spare bedroom' Sugata had talked about. Cautiously, he turned the knob gently, opening it slightly, and peaking in from the doorway. The room was quite, very spacious, although it was quite empty. There was a 6 huge windows (covered by curtains of course, at least that room was...), a chandler, a closet, a dresser, and Queen-sized bed which by looking closely, was indeed occupied by a young girl.

'She's just about my age...' The boy discovers after he had walked over to the side of the bed she was facing. She was softly breathing, her heart beat steady. He wondered why and how he could hear her heart without touching her, but didn't really mind. He sat down and softly brushed a strand of her brown hair behind her ear, revealing her angelic face. His fingers suddenly started caressing her facial features. For some unknown reason, it seemed like the gestures he made seemed to be calming her. The boy didn't know why, but somehow, he was just so...interested in this girl. It was like he was in some type of trance. Out of know where, the boy lifts the girl's face up to his own, slowly leaning in while eyes closing. 'What am I doing?~' He asked himself but not stopping. Suddenly, emerald eyes slowly awoke to see lips just inches away from her own.

"Do you think it was a good idea to leave him up their alone together Sugata? I mean, we don't even know what~"

Sugata interrupted Wako, "Its fine. Just give him some time." He looked at his watch, "3...2...1..."

"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Sugata smirked, "And there it goes..."

"PERVERT! The girl shouted beating the boy with a pillow, "TAKE THAT! AND THAT! AND THAT!"

"OW! OW! HEY! CUT IT OUT!" The girl stopped unable to understand what he had just said.

"Huh?" She looked at the boy who was on the floor, anime swirls in his eyes and pillow on his stomach. "Hey, your that boy from my nightmares..." He shook his head and sat on the floor looking at her. "What?" He raised an eyebrow. "English?" He shook his hand slightly, indicating that he understood a little bit, but not a lot of it. "Japanese?" He nodded.

"Hai." She let out a sigh as she combed a hand through her hair. "Who are you?" He asked.

"I could ask you the same thing." (A/N: They're speaking in Japanese now.)

"Tsunashi Takuto, Miss!" He was enthusiastic, then suddenly hesitate to hold out his hand for a hand shake, but did anyway.

"Niika. Niika Takashiro." She was about to grab his hand but he pulled his away.

"IN JAPANESE." He says. She sighed once again.

"Takashiro Niika." They shook hands. "Now, what's going on? Why am I...here?" She scanned the room. "And why were you touching me!?"

Takuto sweatdropped, "Apparently last night I past out in the ocean and you brought me to shore, past out and then those two people that found us brought us here..." Then his eyes filled with amusement as he looked at her and continued, "...So you decided to risk your life to dive in to save me, a stranger. You didn't even know me, so why'd you save me?"

"Common courtesy." She immediately answered.

"Yeah right," He sat back on the bed. "I know it was my good looks that caught your beautiful emerald eyes. You couldn't help but rescue me. You just couldn't resist. You weren't able to stand to see such a handsome young man like me drown."

"Pfft. As if."

"Huh? I beg your pardon?"

"I don't like you if that's your getting at. I just saved you cause I happened to notice you floating in the ocean unconscious and I grabbed you so that you wouldn't die."

Takuto paused as if he was considering what Niika had said, "Don't lie!" He finally says, "Just admit you think I'm hot and lets move past this."

Niika rolled her eyes, "Whatever helps you sleep at night." She falls back onto the other pillow, "Besides if I recall, you the one who tried to kiss me while I was asleep."

"No I wasn't!" He lied blushing slightly, "I was just uh, inspecting...you. Yeah."

"That makes no type of sense, no type of way..."

"Can we just please go to breakfast. Please?!"

"You're the one holding me up..." Niika jumps out of bed, stretches a little then heads for the door, Takuto following.

"Its not that funny!" Takuto shouted as Sugata laughed his ass off. He was sitting on the end, then going clockwise was Takuto, Niika, and Wako sat on the other sides of the table. Takuto told his story while he and Wako just kept eating and eating, Niika barely touching her plate, pretty much stayed silent. During all of this, Sugata tried to compose himself but was failing miserably as he laughed his ass off while he listened to Takuto story of how he had got there. Or did I already say that...well he was..."I sent my luggage ahead to the dorms, but I thought I'd figure something out when I got here...This is great! Can I have seconds?" One of Sugata's maids who was dressed as a bunny granted his wish. "Arigatou!"(*Thank you.)

"You missed the last ferry...so you swam across the sea?" Sugata was like really laughing, and it really wasn't that damn funny.

"I couldn't miss opening ceremony!"

"Baka." (*Stupid/Idiot) Niika murmured to herself. Takuto heard her, but said nothing.

"If you're worried about that, you could have taken the morning ferry and make it here with time to spare."

"Say what?"

"Such a Baka." Takuto glared.

"Incredible...you're incredible Tsunashi Takuto." The dude was still laughing.

Takuto sighed, "Well, I got free breakfast right? And I'm alive..."

"You'd be dead if it weren't for those two."

"Eh?" He wasn't paying attention as he was still grabbing for food.

"Takuto, why'd you want to come to school on this island?" Wako asked.

"To do something amazing!" Takuto shouts.

"Something amazing?"

"A fabulous school life! A cerulean sky and azure sea!"

"Like singing out your youth?" Wako asks.

"Exactly! 'Sing out yer youth, ya go to southern island.' That's what Grandpa said."

"Ojii-san?" (*Grandpa)

"Yeah. He convinced me to come here. And I'm glad I did, cause I met all of you guys. Even you Niika-chan." Takuto nudged her in the arm, but she barely noticed as she kept moving her fork around her plate. Sugata noticed this.

"Miss Takashiro." She looked up suddenly, "Why did you come here?" Niika hesitated. If she said the wrong thing, they'd immediately get suspicious.

"Um, transferred." Sugata raised an eyebrow, "Uh, mom wanted to move here so Nii-sama and I had to change schools again." (*Older Brother)

"I see." Niika let out breath of relief and yet another sigh when he turned to Takuto, "Takuto-kun, you know Wako was so worried about you that she came to see this morning. Nice, huh?"

"Cut it out, Sugata." Wako told him.

"Forgive my rudeness, but Takuto, have you had your first kiss yet?" Wako did a spit take, Niika just barely snapped back to reality.

"It on my list of defining moments of youth I plan to go through, sir!" He saluted.

"Would you count mouth to mouth?"

"Mouth to mouth?"

"That's it I'm done." Takuto stood up when Wako did.

"I heard you helped save my life. Arigatou." Niika rolled her eyes.

She nodded, "See you at school."

"I'll walk with you." Sugata and Wako left, leaving Takuto & Niika alone with the maids. He sat back down and looked at her. She was still deep in thought.

"Hey, Niika-chan." He nudged her once more, "You didn't even eat anything."

"Huh? Oh, I guess I just wasn't that hungry."

"But it was a free meal!?"

"Only you would think about that part Takuto." The maid with the cat ears suddenly got in between them.

"Wako's a nice girl. You know, she and the master are betrothed."

"So? Why would we need to know that?~"

"Really?" She nods.

"Nevermind..."

"Hmmmm..." He's suddenly deep in thought. The maid with the bunny ears just like disappeared. "Hey, would you call mouth to mouth a kiss?" Niika rolled her eyes, as she decided to eat a forkful of what was on her plate. The maid hesitated.

"Um, I'm not obligated to answer that question..." Then she disappeared too. Takuto turned to Niika.

"Fine. What about you?"

"What about me?"

"Does mouth to mouth count as a kiss?"

"Well, its just my opinion but if you want to be technical, I'd say yes. I mean it is mouth to mouth, you're technically lips to lips. But I believe that your first kiss isn't a quick peck of the lips or unwilling mouth to mouth. Its a deep, passionate kiss that can only be shared with your first love."

"That's deep Niika-chan. Way to put it." He moved in a little. "So, have you had your first kiss?"

"Nope." Niika flat out stated.

"Good." She looked at him. "So now I can compete with you to see who gets their first kiss first." Niika rolled her eyes again as she stood up.

"Whatever. I'm out."

"I'll walk with you..."

"NO!" He looked at her, "Um, no offence but, I don't want to be seen with a guy who still wears a shirt that doesn't fit, or in another way of putting it, #someone who still thinks midriffs are hot..."

"But they are..."

"...for guys." He realized she was talking about his red long-sleeve midriff with a small silver star on the left side, making him frown. She turned to walk away but Takuto grabbed her wrist.

"Girl, don't cramp my style. Besides," He whispered in her ear, "You know its one of things you love about me." Niika grabbed his collar and she whispered,

"In. your. dreams."

"Oh, I already know you're in my dreams. I'm just waiting for it to be come a reality. And I know its coming soon. So you just wait, Niika-chan." She pushed him away. He sway a bit but caught himself before he fell backwards.

"Jaa' ne, Tsunashi. Takuto." (*Later) She walked out.

"Just admit you think I'm hot and let it go Niika! You know you want me!" He shouted to her.

"Baka!" She shouted back. "Baka, Baka, Baka!"

"I wonder if were all in the same class this year..." Wako says to Niika just as she has another vision.

"We're all in the same class."

"How do you know that~"

"WAKO! WE'RE IN THE SAME CLASS!" Wako's friend Ruri glomps her. "Isn't this great?! And Sugata and that sexy, cool new boy are in our class too." She looks over to them as did everyone else.

Takuto looks at us and waves, "Yo!"

"Hey!" Wako waves too. Niika merely throws her hand up and drops it back down. When they walk over, Ruri jumps in front of them.

"Hi! My name's Makina Ruri and my specialty is meat and potatoes!" We sweatdrop.

Sugata smirks, "Mmm. Meat and potatoes. Sounds good, right?"

"What?" Takuto became confused.

"Sugata, you have such a dirty mind." Niika states.

"I don't know what you're talking about Niika-chan. I just love meat and potatoes."

"I'm standing over here now..."

"Niika-chan! What are you wearing?!" Takuto was referring to Niika's tailored uniform.

"Oh this? I just had the uniform altered a bit. The skirt I had was too big so I had it cut and added some ruffles at the bottom. Hey, its not like its against the rules. Besides, no one's complaining."

"Of course not. Cause their to busy imagining what's under there." Takuto's face was tomato red.

"Only you perv!"

"Oh Ruri, I forgot to introduce you two. This is Taka~"

"Takashiro Niika, I know! Way ahead of ya. Nice to meet you!" She shook Niika's hand.

"You already know me?"

"Of course! I meet your brother! He's super hot and a really nice guy! You're so lucky! And he's in our class too!"

"Whoa. Niika's brother? I gotta get in on this one, I want to meet him!"

"Well than meet me." A slightly deep voice came from behind him, it was her brother.

"Heeeeeyyyy! Takashiro-san. W-What's u-up!" Takuto stutters and hides behind Niika.

"Hi Onii-sama! So you're in my class huh? Figures with ur class averages..."

"Excuse me. To answer your question, yes I am in your class. And no, its not because of my averages but because I need to keep an eye on on you, little sis. Especially with that new skirt of yours..."

"Hey Niika-chan! See those people over there? I want to introduce you to them!" Ruri tugs on Niika's arm.

"Wait, do you know those people?"

"Nope." Ruri starts to drag her over there. "Come on!"

The boys look at this and laugh, "My sister is something else." Arata says getting the boys attention. "Let me properly introduce myself. I'm Takashiro Arata." He extends his hand.

"Nice to meet you, Arata-kun. I'm Shindo Sugata." He shakes it. "And this knucklehead is Tsunashi Takuto."

"Hey! I'm not a knucklehead!" He also shakes his hand, "But it's a privilege to meet you, Arata-kun. May you days at Southern Cross High School be...uh...helpful...and youthful!" He tried to catch himself.

"I think I get why Sugata called you a knucklehead..." He and Sugata laugh as Takuto pouts.

Niika was walking around the exploring the school grounds, obviously the dorms. She had thought about staying in the dorms like everyone else, but her brother insisted that she stay at the house with him.

'You'd be the safest there with me.' Niika didn't know why but something told her that that might be true...

"I can't, believe, that Benio actually did 100 push ups in her swimsuit."

"Yeah, that's like totally lame." She happens to hear a couple of girls chatting as she walks by.

"And what's the deal with that 'don't cross the fence' crap she was blabbing about?"

"She was all like, 'The abandoned mine is dangerous! So whatever you do, don't cross the fence!'. Bullcrap. You know someone's going to try and climb anyway."

"Yeah. But I wonder, if someone even had enough balls to actually do it, What exactly is over that fence? I mean, it can't be that serious...can it?" They looked at each other.

"NAH!" They laughed and kept moving. Niika had heard ever word she had needed to hear.

'I am so there!' She thought as she ran to the supposedly spooky, abandoned mine.

'Tsunashi Takuto.' Sugata thought, 'You risked your life to swim over here. What's your real objective...'

'Huh. What was that?' Wako thought as she got some fresh air, 'Its like...a familiar presence...disappeared...' "AHHH!"

Niika finally made it to the abandon mine after wandering around the island for what seemed like an eternity. 'This place would have been a lot more easier to find if I had asked for directions. But then they would have suspected something. Oh well, I made it here anyway.' She looked at the huge metal fence, 'Its a chance!' Niika proceeded to climb it, but then she heard a familiar voice.

"If you tell me to go, then I'm gonna be dying to go. That's just how guys are..." She looked over to see Takuto talking to himself.

'That Baka...What's he doing here?' Niika walks over, careful not to let him hear her.

"Ojii-chan, I'm going to start my fabulous school life...Right here!" He pulled out some pliers from his pocket, twirling them. "Okay!" Takuto says in English, "Its a pinch!" He says something similar to what she said just a couple seconds ago.

'Actually, to be honest, I say that too...more than the other one.' She thought, 'But how did he know I say that? Did I mention when I was talking to him? No, we didn't have a long enough conversation...' Her thoughts were interrupted by metal being bent and Takuto's sounds of frustration. She came out of hiding.

"Pliers? Really?" Niika says, scaring him.

"Niika-chan?! What are you doing here?" He pauses, "Oh. I know. You sense my manliness and was worried about me." He put an arm around Niika pulling her close. "Its okay, Midori no me*. You don't have to worry so much. I'm fine." (*Green eyes)

"You compliment & touch me an awful lot, for someone who doesn't like me." She informs him. He lifts her face to his before Niika can stop him.

"I never said I didn't." They look at each other for a minute before he lets go. "But I don't. Not like that, anyway." He stretches, "I mean, no offense, but I don't know you...that well...yet. I need to find out more about you to figure out if you're my type or not."

"Huh?! You? Have a type?"

"Of course! Every man does..."

"Hold on."

"Eh?"

"You just said, 'Every man does.' You're not a man, you're still a boy."

Takuto gets in her face, "Well, you're still a girl!"

Niika gets in his face, "I never said I wasn't!" Just then they realize how close they were to each other.

"You're not wrong." Takuto's eyelids lower, "You're just a little girl that gets lost easily..." He cups her chin, "...And still needs special attention..." He moves in closer and closer, until she hears a Click, Clack sound coming from the railway in front of the fence.

Just before his lips touch hers, Niika says, "We've got company." He looks at her. Niika quickly pull him in the bushes, covering his mouth so that he doesn't make a sound.

A railway car comes by, the 1st thing she sees is two strange guys with masks holding a blonde...that looked a lot like... "Wako." Niika whisper shout. Takuto looks and scowls.

"What is it?" One guy asks. The other looks at the hole left by Takuto's pliers. Niika looked at the pliers in her hand behind her back.

"Someone tried to get in..." The other observes. Takuto realizes that Niika had his pliers and sighs in relief. The guy suddenly picks up a rock, "And there he is!" He flings it in our direction. Takuto pushes her deeper in the bushes, as he jumps out. "Looks like I was right."

"Who are you guys!?" Takuto shouts at him. "And what are you going to do with her!?" Niika was still behind the bush in shock that they didn't notice him push her. Takuto and one of the guys start fighting each other.

"Why do you want to know?!" The guy asks.

"I was raised to fight for the powerless!"

"And you're gonna do that by dodging me?!" Out of nowhere, Niika suddenly had another vision.

Takuto & the guy square off having the same conversation. But when he disappears, he comes back and punches him in the stomach, which was so painful it knocked him out.

'Weren't you listening? Fighting and Boxing, totally different.'

Flashing back to reality, Niika knew she had to do something, and quick.

"ITS A PUUNCH!" Takuto throws a punch, but the guy had disappeared. "He's gone..."

"In front of you!" She shout. Takuto then looks and catches the guys hand before he touched him. Takuto flipped him on the ground, causing him to gain anime swirls in his eyes.

The other guy puts Wako down, "Who said that?!" He pulls a taser from his pocket, turning it on.

"Ha! Serves you right messing with my~" Niika flinched when he gets tasered and fall to the ground unconscious. Suddenly she hears footsteps next to her.

"Sweet dreams little girl." Then he tases her. And she falls over, vision slowly fading. The guys walk up next to her, one with Takuto slung over his shoulder. "Leave her." The guy that tased her said. "I don't think she saw to much. Besides, we have who we need..." And that was the last thing she heard.

'Niika. Wake up. Please get up. You need to help him. You have to be there to help him...I have a feeling...That you're the one who can...'

"Sakana-chan." Niika say as her eyes open. She sits up and look around. "I could have sworn it was her. I know that voice anywhere..." Then Niika suddenly remember why she was there, and what happened instead. "Takuto! Wako!" She jump over the fence and ran inside the abandoned building. She just wandered and wandered the place not knowing were they exactly were. But one things for sure, "This place isn't abandoned." It was actually a little up to date. Niika recognized certain hardware, computers, just a lot of updated technology in this place. And there where actually people in this place. Niika almost bump into some of them...if she hadn't use her powers...

As Niika turned a corner she heard, "Let her go!"

"Takuto!" Niika watched from the doorway as he ran towards the person that had Wako. She started to run in when suddenly, she felt like time was stopped. I couldn't move, nothing could.

'You must help him. Go...'

Suddenly, she fell to the ground because of the position she froze in. Niika looked up from the boxes she fell behind. Takuto was frozen in a running position, Wako and the people in front of him, not so much.

"Isn't it a shame?" A girl with a mask said, "Only the chosen are able to make it past this point." And just like that, they disappeared along with a huge statue that Niika had no idea was there because of how huge it was.

"It couldn't be..." Niika mumbled, "...A cybody?" That's when she realized that Takuto was still frozen. "Takuto!"

Niika runs to him. Just as she touched him, her marks glow as well as the x-shaped mark on Takuto's chest, and he unfroze. Takuto fell on the ground and shrieked from the pain. She bent down beside him, "Takuto, daijoubu?!" (*are you okay)

Takuto stilled, a weird smile crept onto his face, "Rest assured, Midori no me. I'm better...now that you're here." She smacked him.

"Can you be serious for one god damn time?! Wako just got kidnapped and her kidnappers disappeared! We have to find her!" Niika starts to get up but Takuto grabs her forearm.

For the first time, he looked serious, "I think...I already know where she is..." He looks up to where the cybody was. Niika became confused, that was until she heard...it...

*singing* Mau yuki wa hoshi no kakera. Tentai ni te wo nobashite. Ikikau negai, Kanjiteiru ne. Subete wa ima, MONOKUROOMU no naka.

"Fish girl..." Niika immediately thought aloud. "I knew it was her..."

"Nani?" (*What) Takuto asks her.

"Didn't you hear her singing? So vibrant, so soothing...so close..."

Sotto koboreta shiroi iki, tsutaetakatta kotoba no katachi.
Kitto nukumori no bun dake. Sora wa honnori, akaruku natta.

"I didn't hear anything."

"Then maybe I'm the only one that can...uh oh..."

"Nani?"

"She told me if I was ever the only one to hear her sing, then..." She trailed off.

"Then?..." Niika stood, looking at him seriously.

"Takuto-kun, something is about to happen. We have to find Wako-chan, now."

Kanashimi ni nureta tsubasa. Kasanariau junpaku e
Watashi atta, mirai e no yasashii yuuki...

Takuto stood, "Zero Time. We have to get there, but how..."

'He needs it. Tell him the key. Help him, Niika. You're the only one who can.'

"Eh?" Takuto grabbed her hand.

"Come on Niika-chan, lets..." As soon as his hand touched hers, his mark and the mark on her chest started to emit a blue light, wind blowing through their hair. "Niika-chan?"

Daremo shiranai sekai no yoake wo matteiru kodou
hikari wo tsurete tabidatsu watashi ni hajimaru ashita...

"So wait, the key, could it be...is it...No...It has to be..." She thought allowed.

"Key?" He asked quizzically, then he gained this like "knowing/understanding" look on his face. "Wait, are you~"

"If those words were the key, then..." She closed her eyes.

Sorezore ga tadoru kidou tatoe mou aenakutemo
hikari ga miseru ginga no dokoka de tsunagatteiru ne...

"Niika?"

Niika opened her eyes revealing that they were glowing bright emerald, "The door to another dimension has been opened..."

chiru hoshi wa suna no you ni, mata mune wo amaku naderu.
shizuka ni nemuru yume no zanzou
subete wa mada MONOKUROOMU no naka.

The light shined brighter, blinding them both. When the light died down, they were in a different place, a different world.

"Zero...Time..." They murmured in unison. "...Whoa..." They looked at each other, "HOW DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ZERO TIME?! HOW DO I!? HOW DO YOU!?"

"Its my obligation to know!" Takuto shouts at her.

"Obligation!?" She shouts back.

"Yeah! I'm the one that's qualified to be here!"

"Qualified?!"

"Yes! The cybody..."

"How do you know what a cybody is?!"

"I don't have to explain myself to you!"

"I don't either! Now answer the question!"

"Because I do okay! What's your excuse!?" Right then, Niika shut up. She couldn't tell him. He didn't need to know.

"And furthermore, how are you able to get here!? Especially without a cybody!?" Takuto closed his mouth turning the other way after he heard a...

BANG!

That cybody that had disappeared from the mine banged its fist together. Takuto saw Wako and immediately started shouting, "I SAID, LET HER GO!"

Wako looked at us, "Takuto! Niika-chan!"

"WHAT!?" The person inside the cybody shouted, "HOW WERE THEY ABLE TO GET HERE WITHOUT A MASK!?"

"Niika. Get to somewhere safe." Takuto suddenly whispers.

"How am I suppose to do that?!"

He looked at her, "If you're who I think you are then..." When he touched her shoulder and pushed her backward, a bubble formed around her and she was lifted upward, spinning around & around inside it until it stopped.

"HA. It did work."

"I...hate...you..."Niika had anime swirls in her eyes.

"ANSWER ME!" The guy in the cybody said, "HOW...HUH?!" Suddenly Takuto's mark glowed.

"I didn't believe it until this happened, Grandpa..." Takuto says to himself, "Now...what happens when the mark lights up..."

Niika finally was able to stand, only to gasp at what she saw, "That...It can't be...HE'S...

"YOU'RE..."

"YOU'RE the GALACTIC PRETTY BOY?!" (MPK: *laughing* GALACTIC PRETTY BOY!? REALLY?! REALLY THOUGH!?...Okay I'm done..) A robotic/cybody hand then poped up out of the ground, Takuto standing in the palm.

"When what you want to do is what you have to do..." Takuto says to himself...once again, "You can hear the voice of the world...So this is it?" He smirks, "Well then, RAISE YOUR VOICE! LET'S SING OUT OUR YOUTH TOGETHER! APPRIVOISE!" The hand reached higher out the ground, followed by a head, body, and legs. That's right, a cybody risen from the ground. Takuto...apparently...had disappeared.

"So he is! Galactic Pretty Boy!" In the middle of the unknown cybody's chest, a blue orb appeared and Takuto stood in the center.

"Dazzling the stage!" He shouts as a white, majorette-like uniform appeared on him, "Galactic Pretty Boy!" His bangs that were once red like the rest of his hair, turned blonde? "TAUBURN!"

"Girl..." Niika said quietly to herself, "Did really say 'Dazzling the stage'?...BAKA..." Suddenly her marks glow in response of Takuto's transformation. "Stop it!" She says, "Before they see..." She whisper shouts as if she was talking to someone. When the marks stop glowing, she lets out a sigh of relief looking back to the action. "Tauburn...has risen once again..."

"Whoa! Nice! Its so light! It feels like a dream!" Takuto says squeezing his hands, over and over in a suggestive way. "Tauburn's power..." He started to do the Michael Jackson moonwalk, "Ooh! Its rising up baby!"

"TAKUTO!" The girls shout in unison. He looked at them.

"WHAT!?"

"HELP HER!" Niika yells at him. Takuto blinked.

"Oh yeah..." He became focused again.

'Homo...I should have stayed home...' Niika thought to herself as she slouched inside of the bubble. Somehow, Takuto had heard what she said, but didn't turn around to question or confront her, as he was, 'IN THE ZONE'...

"YOU THINK YOU CAN JUST GET IN A CYBODY AND GO!?" The guy in the other cybody shouted, throwing a punch. Takuto not only dodged, but punched him instead.

"BACK AT YOU! WHO SAID YOU COULD PILOT?!" 'Just crack the mask of lies...right, Grandpa?'

Tauburn and the other Cybody then engaged into what seemed like a never ending battle for Wako, trash talking and all...which lasted for about two minutes.

(MPK: You think I'm playing? Actually, if you want to be technical about, it lasted like, about 16 seconds. Yup. You look at and do it yourself! You'll see what I mean!)

When the cybody had finally started to malfunction, Tauburn quickly grabbed Wako and jumped behind it, not even watching as it exploded into a million pieces. Wako could only watched in awe, looking at the ordinary boy she had just that today, who turned out to be so much more, A Star Diver. And not only that, but the Star Driver, of the legendary cybody, Tauburn.

"Amazing." Was all Niika could say watching the entire scene. 'Looks like there's more to his story than we thought.' Suddenly, a bright light flashed, Niika covering her eyes.

When she opened them, Niika was laying on some type of rock formation in the middle of the ocean. But when she turned her head slightly, she saw that Takuto and Wako were also there, but were staring into each others eyes. Her eyes narrowed slightly, she had no idea why. When her vision and hearing cleared, she realized they were talking to each other, causally, as if nothing happened. As she started to sit up, she slipped, and screamed as fell through an opening within the rock formation landing in the ocean. Takuto tried to grab her hand but slipped in the process, landing in the ocean right next to her.

"BAKA!" Niika shouted at Takuto once he arouse from underwater.

"WHAT?! I TRIED TO SAVE Y~!" Niika started to swim to the shore not wanting anything else from him. Of Takuto followed her. "WAIT! GET BACK HERE!" Once she stood on the beach, she flipped her hair a couple times to shake the water out. She then looked to the ocean to see where she had swam from. It was indeed a rock formation...but in the shape of a hand.

'HUH.' She thought, 'That's a first.' She began to walk along the beach shore still unfamiliar with the island, wondering where she was and how to get back home.

"COME BACK HERE!" Takuto shouted skidding on the sand as he ran towards her. "WE NEED TO TALK!" He lunged forward, grabbing her forearm. Wako watched this scene go on with a little jealousy. Niika stopped in tracks as he started to shout at her, "YOU'RE GONNA EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TODAY!"

"What do you mean?"

"HOW DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE CYBODIES?! OR ZERO TIME?! EXPLAIN!"

Niika turned her head slightly, her brunette bangs covered her eyes, "I don't know what your talking about~"

Takuto forcefully spun her around so she was facing him, grabbing her by the shoulders, "DON'T PLAY DUMB WITH ME! I KNOW WHO YOU ARE?!" He began shaking her.

"TAKUTO! LET GO OF ME!" Wako began to watch the scene with concern now.

"YOU WERE ABLE TO GET ME TO ZERO TIME! YOU KNEW I COULD TRANSFORM INTO GALACTIC PRETTY BOY AND SAVE WAKO! YOU'RE GALAXY STAR GIRL, AREN'T YOU?!"

Niika stopped fidgeting and looked at him, "Galactic Pretty Boy? Galaxy Star Girl?" She began to laugh, "MAN, YOU REALLY ARE CRAZY! WHO COMES UP WITH SUCH NAMES AS THAT!?"

"ITS NOT FUNNY!" Takuto shouted once more, shaking her much more violently this time, repeatedly. "STOP PLAYING WITH ME NIIKA!"

"TAKUTO, STOP SHAKING ME!"

"THEN ANSWER ME! JUST ADMIT IT THAT YOU'R~" She slapped him...

...Only to get slapped right back.

"TAKUTO!?" She looked at him in disbelief.

"DON'T SLAP ME! I'M SERIOUS NIIKA! TELL ME THE TRUTH!"

"WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME!?"

"I WANT ANSWERS NIIKA! AND I WANT THEM NOW!"

"I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING!" She shouted at him, tearing up. "I'VE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT! I SWEAR!" Takuto glared down at her. "WHY DON'T YOU BELIEVE ME?!" Takuto finally looked at her, seeing the tears threatening to fall from her eyes. He softened. He suddenly jolted her toward him, holding him in a comforting embrace.

"Gomenasai, Midori no me." (*I'm very sorry) He whispered to her, "I didn't mean to make you cry. I'm sorry, I believe you." Niika went wide-eyed. But, the tear that was about to fall...didn't fall. Her quivering lips, in a flash, were replaced with a smirk.

Niika pushed him away from him, scowling at him, "DON'T TOUCH ME! LOOK, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR HEAD, BUT WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT YOU NEED TO CHECK YOURSELF! BECAUSE ITS OFFICIAL, YOU'RE CRAZY!" Niika turned and walked away, this time no one to stop her.

'Is he really the person that I've heard so much about for years? I have to admit, he's more than what I expected. After all those nightmares I had, I finally understand. He's the one...I have to protect. Sakana-chan, how did I end up in all of this?' Niika smirked then looked out of the corner of her eye, seeing Takuto walk the other way, back turned to her, 'You're too impatient. Besides, you'll find out sooner or later. I know you will, Tsunashi Takuto. Or should I call you, Galactic Pretty Boy.'

Takuto frowned as Niika walked away from him, 'I made her angry. Or did I?' He turned and walked along the shore in the direction of Wako, 'Takashiro Niika. Wow. I'm not quite sure what you're up to, but I'll play along. You'll tell me the truth sooner or later. There's a reason fate brought us together, and you'll realize that soon enough. I'll be waiting for you, Galaxy Star Girl.'

And so the adventure of life begins.

MPK: I hope you like the 1st chapter of How To Live With Fate: A Star Driver Fanfic. If you did, please review and tell me I should continue with this story. I NEED TO BE CONVINCED PEOPLE! LOTS OF REVIEWS PLEASE!

AND I DO ENCOURAGE YOU TO WATCH THE ANIME SERIES! STAR DRIVER!

THIS I'LL PROBABLY START TO MAKE SOME TYPE OF SENSE AFTERWARDS! I'M SERIOUS!

For what the song means, go to my profile and look under my OC info for Niika. Then just type it in the search box.

Hopefully, you'll find the meaning you need.