RAAAAAAAAANNNNNGGGGG!

"AAAaaaaahhh!" Shu sprung up in a panic, immediately tumbling over the bed and tangling himself with the blankets. He tried to get out wanting to turn off the alarm clock on his dresser. It continued ringing louder hurting his very sensitive ears.

"OOOOOWWWWW!" he shouted even his voice was muffled to the blankets but he still screamed in pain. The alarm clock suddenly stopped going off as someone walked into his room as turned it off and then walked over to Shu and roughly pulled the covers off.

"I thought I told you NOT to set your alarm clock to go off that LOUD idiot!" Shu released his ears and looked up at the person who turned off the alarm clock and saw Miku; still in her pajama's and not too happy.

"Sorry, Miku but I don't plan on oversleeping again since a certain someone likes to play pranks on me." He scoffed as he got up and rubbed his ears. Miku who was standing in front of Shu had a smirk on her face.

"Well then that's your fault, not mine, sometimes you're just too easy to mess with."

"I am not!"

"Oh really?"

"Really."

"What about the time when we were at the zoo when you-" Miku teased him before she was cut off by him.

"That was not my fault! How was I supposed to know that the Goats and Rams were going to attack me out of the blue!" He shouted and then turned away from her. Miku laughed at him before placing a finger near his forehead and flicked it.

"Because idiot you jumped into the habitat and decided to take a small tour before you ran into them and provoked them and ended being chased around the entire zoo for about two hours." Miku snickered.

Shu walked out of his room and into the hallway but not before he turned around and faced Miku.

"Well, at least I didn't jump into the panda habitat and cuddled them to death." He told her. Miku's face turned red in anger and embarrassment.

"I didn't do that! They just stayed still in my arms."

"Yeah cuz you hugged them to death!"

"Why you little!" Miku seethed quietly as her hair covered her eyes

"Uh oh." Was all Shu said before he ran out the room with a fuming Miku chasing after him. He zoomed down the hall before quickly stopping at the stairs so he didn't trip and fall down.

"That was close." He said in relief. That relief soon turned to fear when he saw a flying Miku coming at him. Shu had no time to dodge and was tackled, the two tumbling stairs. They both came to a stop at the edge of the steps with Shu laid flat on the ground and Miku on his back. She then wrapped Shu in a chokehold, clutching her legs around his waist and one arm around his neck while her other free arm pushed her fist into his head.

"OWOWOWOWOW!"

"Saaaay iiiiitttttt!"

"Nope."

"Say you're sorry now!"

"NEVER!" Shu shouted before feeling Miku dig her hand into his head even more. As they did this, a girl with orange hair with a pink bow on top came out of the kitchen watching them.

"Aarrrrraagh"

"Hey now you too calm down otherwise you won't get any breakfast." Said Penny.

"Breakfast!" They said in sync.

"I call first plate!"

"Oh no, you don't me first!" Miku and Shu continued pulling each other's pajamas trying to get to the kitchen first while Penny just smiled at them.

"They'll never stop with their small fights." She chuckled to herself and walked to the kitchen. As soon as she walked in she found Shu and Miku with their heads down and a dark cloud above their heads. She knew why they were acting depressed about food.

"It's…gone."

"Someone already had the first bite before us…we were too late…" Miku said.

"All that energy…gone." Shu groaned as he slowly collapsed and slouched on the floor, Miku did the same thing but slouch on the former's back.

"WWhhhhhhhhhhhhhyyyyyyyy!?" They both groaned. Penny rolled her eyes as she picked up the two off the ground.

"Calm down you two, it's not the end of the world. Ace got up early today and decided to make breakfast."

"Don't you usually make breakfast?" They grumbled, still disappointed at being the second to eat.

"She does but today's a special day for you three." Miku, Penny, and Shu turned their head to the new voice and saw Ace leaning on the wall with his arms crossed.

"Morning Ace," Shu mumbled as he had his mouth full of bacon.

"Don't eat it all, you idiot!" She shouted as she pulled the plate away from him before waving at Ace.

"Morning rabbit."

"What's up doc." He replied.

"What do you mean by special?" Miku asked him

"Today's ya first day back to school remember?" Ace reminded them. Miku and Shu eyes both widened at the topic.

"That's right I forgot about that." Miku cheered in excitement

"Yay school woo hoo," Shu said sarcastically before Miku's face was in front of him as she glared into his eyes.

"And you're complaining because?"

"Well, its school and it's so boring. I don't want to sit in a classroom all day learning. If it has to with knowledge or history my brain hurts." Shu said as he placed his hands on his head

"That's if you have a brain at all," Miku said as Shu let out a small growl.

"Now now Miku, there's no need to insult Shu you know how much trouble he has focusing on general education." Penny chastised as Miku just scoffed and turned her head away from Shu before frowning knowing Penny was right.

"And Shu don't cha think that general education is important?" Ace questioned.

"I know's it important. It's just that I….i…I got nothing." Shu said as he frowned and looked at his plate. Penny patted him on the head trying to cheer him up.

"Don't worry Shu, not all classes we got involved sitting in a classroom for an hour. There is one class that involves physical movement."

"Yeah," Shu said still frowning. Miku then leaned over Penny and pulled on Shu's cheek making him grunt in pain.

"Ow, what was that for?

"Don't be such a sad sap." She told him

"Huh?" Shu asked while Miku sighed and folded her arms together.

"Look if you get stuck on any subject you know you could always ask us for help, right?" she informed him. They all knew that when Shu likes to help others with their problems but when it came to his, he tries to deal with it by himself. Emphasis on try since Ace is very observant and Penny can tell when he does something odd while Miku stubbornly keeps asking him about his problems.

"Right sorry. I'll keep that in mind."

"Shu...!" Miku said with an edge in her tone letting him know that if he doesn't ask she'll definitely give him a beating.

"I mean I will ask whenever I need help from now on!" he shouted quickly not wanting to feel her wrath. Miku smirked as Penny patted Shu again on the head and Ace chuckled.

"Alright you two, go change and meet us back down in 10 minutes," said Penny. Shu and Miku both nodded their heads before running out of the kitchen.

"There is never silence around those two is there?"

"Heh heh nope. I got da admit though as much as they love to antagonize each other they both do care for one another even if de other tries to deny it." Ace pointed out.

"I'll be outside meditating."

"Is there ever a time you don't meditate?"

"Nope." Ace answered before walking out the door as Penny washed the dishes and cleaned up the kitchen. Once done, she waited outside with Ace.

Miku and Shu came down dressed in their school clothes ready to go.

"Okay, all set."

"Well then let's go."

"Alright, I'll see you guys there."

"Oh no, you don't!" Miku grabbed his collar and dragged him back.

"You are taking the bus and train with us. Wait Ace, are you coming with us?" Miku told Shu and then looked at Ace with a questioning look.

"I'll be with you guys since it's your first day instead of taking my bike." Ace answered.

"As I was saying, you're coming with us."

"No way you know I hate transportation."

"You hate anything that is a MODE of transportation." She pointed out.

"Right that."

"Oh don't be such a baby it's not that bad." Miku waved off while he gave her a blank look.

"You don't have motion sickness so you don't know anything about it." He retorted.

"Just deal with it," Miku shouted to him.

"Not a chance." He shouted back. They both entered another glaring contest before Penny came in and broke up the two.

"Shu please take the bus and train with us?" Penny asked him gently. Shu wanted to say no but once he looked into Penny's eyes he just couldn't say it.

"Okay. I'll go." Shu mumbled. Penny clapped her hands together in joy while Ace chuckled and Miku turned away.

"City Bus is here."

They turned their heads at the vehicle as it stopped in front of them. They all walked into the back of the bus where it was the only spot not crowded. Penny sat with Shu while Miku with Ace. As soon as the bus started moving Shu's face turned in green before he laid his head against the window in pain and wrapped his arms around his stomach.

"I…hate…vehicles." He groaned.

"Don't worry Shu we're only on this bus for 10 minutes and on the train for about 30," Penny said trying to cheer him up.

"40 minutes that's almost an hour." He said. Shu had to spend an hour of agonizing pain on one of the many death traps that involve moving vehicles...why him.

After spending an hour on the death traps as Shu called them, he and others all walked up to the front of the school where a group of people was waiting for them.

"Hi everybody." Penny waved to the four.

"Hey, Penny." Skyla and Korrina noticed them and waved back to them. Ursula was in her book writing something while Ash was thinking deep in thought.

"It's a pleasure to see you guys again."

"You as well, and uhh is he okay back there?" Korrina replied before pointing finger at Shu who was trying not to throw up at the moment. Miku was roughly patting him on the back.

"Don't worry about him, he just can't keep his breakfast down since we took the train and bus to get here," Miku told them. Ash was brought out of his thoughts and looked at his rival when she said train and bus.

"Well, how long did it take you guys to get here?" Ash asked Shu.

"One…painful hour," Shu replied as he got off the floor.

"Hmph, if you can't even survive being on a vehicle for one hour than your kind of useless," Ursula said while looking at her book and not at the group.

"Hey, Motion Sickness is a common thing." Shu retorted.

"It isn't if no one else has it you, halfwit." She continued.

"My parents have it!" Shu added.

"And do they still?"

"Well no not anymore but-" he said before she cut him off

"Then it's not common." Ursula finalized before going back to her journal.

"Wow, you and Miku both really like to see if I have a short fuse don't you?!" Shu asked in an annoyed tone, his brow twitching with a vein pulsing on his forehead.

"Oh my," Ursula giggled. "Shu Heller has actually learned a new word. Keep that up and you might find reading fun." She teased.

"Screw you," Shu told her with tick marks on his head.

"What..was….that Shu?" Skyla said quietly but Shu saw her aura and knew that if he continued any further, he's dead.

"Nothing, nothing at all!" Shu quickly said. Skyla walked over to him with her hair covering her eyes, Miku and Ursula silently snickered while the others were worried. Before Skyla could get any closer, Ash jumped in front of him.

"Come on sis, cut him some slack if any of us had motion sickness I'm pretty sure we would feel his pain," Ash informed only to be moved over by Skyla as she stopped in front of Shu. Everyone held their breath at what was about to happen. Shu waited for the inevitable pounding but instead, he felt his cheek being pulled by the older girl.

"Owowowowow." He yelped in pain.

"So you won't say anything else like that will you?"

"No, I won't please let go!" Shu pleaded while trying to escape. They all laughed at Shu's situation seeing him getting tortured. Ash shook his head.

"Okay, I guess I can let you go this time," Skyla said as she released his cheek. Shu rubbed his cheek trying to ease the pain.

"I feel your pain Shu, I feel your pain," Ash said as he patted him on the back.

"Oh, do you want to get pinched too?" Skyla asked with a smirk on her lips as she made a pinching gesture with her hand.

"NO thanks, I'm good." Ash quickly said as Skyla laughed.

"Relax, I'm just teasing you no need to be so alert." She said as she ruffled his hair.

"Skyla!" he shouted in embarrassment as she continued messing with his hair.

"Alright, I'll stop." She said as she pulled him into a hug and whispered the words 'for now' sending shivers down his spine. Shu heard it as well as he also shivered while the others didn't.

"So, Ace wanna spar again later on today?" Korrina asked him. Ace thought about it and was about to answer until she continued.

"Come on, pleeeeaaaaaaassssseee."

"Eh, why not." He answered as Korrina cheered while jumping in the air.

"Alright!"

"Okay so how long we have until class starts?"

"In a few minutes. And it's on the 5th floor." Ursula said.

"Can we take the stairs?" Shu quickly asked.

"Yes, we're taking the stairs, you dummy. What did you think there were elevators at this school?"

"Yes." Shu bluntly replied. Miku and Ash facepalmed themselves while everyone else just sighed. Of course, that would be his answer he hates modes of transportation.

"Let's just go already before I get a headache from you," Miku said as she walked by and grabbed his wrist dragging him. Penny followed in tow while Ace stayed behind.

"Where you heading to Ace?"

"Well since I took the ol'fashion way here and have to take that way back, I'm getting my bike and heading out of town to meet an ol'friend." He answered.

"Who is it? Is it a boy or a girl come on tell me!?" Korrina pestered him as she got in front of him curious on who his friend is. She was about to ask again until Ursula grabbed her ear.

"WE got to get to class, it was nice to see you Ace hope we meet again," Ursula said as she walked with Korrina flailing her arms.

"We'll see you later Ace."

"Later you two. Oh, and would you do me a favor by helping Penny, if she's not around Shu and Miku those two will be causing such a fuss that the entire school will be caught from destroying the place?"

"Don't worry they're in good hands," Skyla replied as she and Ash waved him bye and followed their two siblings. Ace turned around and walked back to the train station. As he walked he wondered about his 'friend' that needed to speak with him.

"I wonder what they need me for, whatever is it's probably important." He thought as he stopped for a second and turned around. He looked both ways before he continued walking but he was pretty sure that something or someone was watching him.


Back with Shu, Miku and Penny:

Being dragged by Miku and Penny right behind him, Shu was thinking about his life from back then. The first four years of his life had been Hell. He had hellish from the moment he was born up to the day he was abandoned and given to a rough orphanage for the first 3 then made two new siblings until they left him behind to die after the raid until he met Natsu and Sila. They found him in the forest outside of his village and took him in. They taught him how to read, write, and trained him with magic. When he was 7 he met Miku who was also abandoned by her own family. They didn't get along at first but over the years they learn to treat each other like siblings. As much as they both argue with each other, deep down they both really cared for each other.

"Hey!"

"Huh, what?" Shu was brought out of his thoughts by Miku shouting at him.

"We're here dead brain." She said.

"Miku." Penny chastised.

"Hey, he was the one spacing out, not me. What were you thinking about anyway?" Miku said defensively as she asked Shu about his thoughts.

"Uh, nothing."

"Nothing really?"

"Yep." He replied. Miku leaned closer to his face, knowing he was lying. He wasn't lying though it was more like he was thinking about something and leaves her out of it but she always finds out what's going on in his head. She was stubborn that way. She sighed as moved away from Shu.

"Whatever, our first class is math so make sure you stay focused and don't fall asleep."

"Noooooooo, I hate math. So many numbers and formulas, and other stuff and…and.." Shu complained as his brain was about to click off from just thinking about it.

"Don't worry I'm sure you two will be fine," Penny said.

"What do you mean by that?" Miku asked her.

"Well…" Penny had a finger on her cheek trying to give Miku a right answer to her question while this was happening Shu had a feeling he was being watched and turned around. He saw nothing but a glimpse of the person that just vanished but he was sure he saw something.

"I could've sworn I saw at least pink hair." He thought before he turned back to Miku who was again looking at him in suspicion.

"What did you see this time?" she asked him.

"I thought I saw someone. I only saw a peek of their hair though and it was pink." He explained. Miku just shook her head at Shu. Besides Natsu, they knew only one other person with pink hair and they haven't seen her for years.

"Shu..." Miku groaned.

"I know what I saw," Shu said, confident on what he saw, or in this case, who.

"Come on." Miku walked into the classroom with Shu and Penny in tow and sat in their seats. Shu sat by the window in the back and Miku sat next to him while Penny was in front of him. As class began, Shu suddenly fell asleep as his head hit the desk. Miku looked over at him and sighed at him.

"I know he hates math but does he really need to sleep on it!?" Miku thought. Penny turned her head around and saw Shu asleep. As much as she wanted to wake him up, she could tell that he would get frustrated with the class later, so she made sure she would take all the notes and then teach Shu about it afterward.

They sat in there for about an hour until the bell rang and class was over. Miku turned to Shu who slept for the entire period and shook his shoulder trying to wake him up.

"Hey time to wake up dummy." She told him. He didn't seem to hear her.

"Shu, wake up! Now!" she shouted in his ear but nothing happened.

"Maybe he was really tired from staying up late." Penny thought only for Miku to shake her head.

"No, I made sure he went to sleep last night and he set his alarm so I wouldn't wake him up the normal way." said Miku.

"Then why is he not waking up then, does he have the flu or a headache?" Penny asked her.

"No, I don't think that's it," Miku replied. She placed her hand on Shu's forehead checking for any signs of sickness or fever but his temperature was normal.

"Whatever it is, I can't seem to get him out of it."

"Maybe we can ask someone to help us get him to his next class."

"No need, we both have the same class next and it's not up for the next two hours."

"Well that's good, wait what class is it?" Penny wondered.

"Magic History," Miku answered.

"I wonder if Shu would like that class instead of math," Penny said.

"He probably would since it involves dragons, their magic and other types of magic out there in the world," Miku stated.

"Well, Ace has told us he's traveled to another dimension before," Penny stated.

"Yes, but do you ever wonder if there's more out there?"

"What do you mean?" the orange haired girl asked.

"I don't know it's just….." Miku sighed as she sat back down in her seat. "I get this feeling that something big is going to happen soon and we don't know what it is." She finished.

"Well, it could be a school event or a city event," Penny suggested.

"I don't know…."

"Miku, don't worry about it. If anything happens then we'll be combat ready." Penny said fiercely.

"Hmmm yeah, I guess you're right." Miku giggled.

"Oh, I got to get to my next class before I'm late!" Penny voiced as she ran to the exit until she stopped and turned around.

"I'll see you later Miku." Penny waved goodbye and left the classroom. After Penny left, Miku turned her attention back to the sleeping Shu. He was just softly snoring while here she was worried sick. She raised her hand and was about to smack him but thought about it and stopped. Instead, she placed her hand on his head and ran her fingers through his hair.

"Silver," Miku said unconsciously. She remembered the day he got a strand of silver in his hair but they both don't know how. One day it just appeared in his very short spiky hair. At first, it started as a small piece of hair and by the end of the week, it grew into a line right down the grain. Then it disappeared again a week later. They asked Natsu and Sila about it but even they didn't know why he had silver in his hair.

Suddenly her hand sprang off Shu when she heard him let out a tiny yawn. Shu lifted his head off the desk and looked at his surroundings and saw Miku sitting right next to him with an annoyed expression on her face.

"Oh, sorry Miku."

"Sorry."

"You went to sleep for two hours and all you can say is your sorry!?"

"Wait what?!" Shu questioned her. Miku pointed a finger at the clock and his eyes widened. It went from 8:30 to 11:30, he had been asleep for two hours.

"Oh." He realized why she was pissed at him. He was about to say something else but Miku beat him to it.

"I don't want to hear it, whatever excuse you're going to come up with because you couldn't stay awake I don't want to hear it." She told him. Shu frowned and looked away from her since he got her upset.

"Because….." Shu turned his head up at her and saw worry in her eyes.

"I know you would never sleep in on anything unless you stayed up late and clearly that's not the case." She stated. Miku then looked him in the eyes with a fierce gaze telling him that he was going to answer one way or the other.

"So, tell me what's wrong?" she asked.

"Oh, there's nothing wrong Miku. I'm just…just…uuuhhhh...hungry. Yeah, hungry." He stuttered. Miku shook her head and gave him a look saying 'really' since he was trying to get out of the conversation. If he was hungry, that would've been the first thing he says instead of stuttering or taking a long time to answer her.

"Shu…" she said silently but he still heard her. Shu knew that she wouldn't stop until he gave her an answer, it was the same thing he did. Whenever one had problems, the other would find out and try to help.

"I…..I saw them."

"Them who!?" Miku asked him but he just stayed silent. Miku thought about who he was talking about for a few seconds before her eyes widened in horror. He was talking about them.

"Shu," she said softly. He suddenly stood up and grabbed his bag and started walking.

"Come on sis, let's just go get something to eat. I'm starving." Shu said as he smiled at her before running off.

Now Miku was really worried. He called her sis instead of her actual name. She would be stubborn and try to figure what his problem the easy way but when he mentioned them and called her 'sis' it meant that he wants to keep it to himself and not be a burden to others.

"Shu." Miku gathered her books and followed him to the cafeteria. As they both walked down the hallway, Miku saw that Shu was deep in thought and wasn't paying attention to where he was walking. Making sure he didn't bump into anything or anyone, she grabbed his hand and pulled him with her as she speed-walked. Tightening her hold on his hand to keep him there.

Miku then saw Penny up ahead talking with someone. As she came closer, she saw Korrina and Skyla in view but didn't see Ash or Ursula. Quicken her pace, she met up with the three and spoke.

"Hey guys." she called out to them.

"Hey, you two, nice to see you again," Korrina said.

"Nice to see you too," Skyla replied.

"Miku is something wrong with Shu?" Penny asked

"Um…I'll tell you later," Miku told her. Penny gave her frown making Miku sigh knowing that they were going to have a talk later but before things could get any worse Skyla spoke.

"Come on guys, let's not have a moody atmosphere when we eat lunch," Skyla suggested.

"Yeah, we kinda got Ursula for that," Korrina added.

"Korrina!"

"What!? It's true." Skyla sighed at her before turning back to the other three.

"Anyway, why don't we all go have lunch together we can go to the roof instead of the café?" Skyla asked them. Penny and Miku exchanged glances before looking at Shu who suddenly looked up as now all eyes were on him.

"Um…..sure..sure we can uh…wait what are we doing again?" he asked confusedly.

"We'll meet you up there. Penny go with them, I want to talk to Shu for a bit." Miku said as she grabbed Shu's hand again and speed walked her way out dragging him with her.

"Hey! Miku Stop! there's no need to Ow!" Shu tried to stop her but his cries were ignored since she tightened her grip on him and walked faster.

"Are they okay?" Skyla asked.

"Yeah, he's fine. He's just…." Penny trailed off not knowing what to say.

"Having an off day?" Korrina guessed.

"Mmmhmm."

"Well don't worry, we still got 2 more hours to turn Shu's frown upside down." Korrina encouraged.

"I believe it's 3 hours Korrina, not two." Said Ash.

"Hey, little bro."

"I'm not little. I'm just average!" Ash remarked. Korrina then walked up to him before placing her hand on top of his head and patted his hair.

"Shorty." She joked.

"I'm still growing you know!" he shouted in embarrassment and annoyance.

"Okay you two, stop messing around," Skyla said as she laughed a bit at their antics.

"Now what's this about the rooftop?" Ursula asked.

"Oh, pilot here suggested that we all should eat lunch up on the roof."

"Well, the roof is filled with a small garden," Ursula remembered.

"Garden?" Korrina asked as everyone raised their eyebrows at her.

"Yeah, apparently someone goes up to the roof weekly to either water her flowers or plant new ones," Ash said.

"Do you know who it is?" Penny asked them.

"No, we don't," Ash said.

"Apparently no one around here does, all they know is that it's a woman. They've only seen a glimpse of green cloak, brown hair or blue eyes but that's it." Ursula finished.

"This person sounds more like a ghost than a human." Penny pondered.

"Well, that's just one of them," Ash said as they all turned at him in confusion.

"Wait you mean there's more of them?"

"How many?" Korrina and Skyla simultaneously asked.

"3 more. 4 in total." Ursula answered.

"And before you ask, no we don't know about the other three. We haven't heard any other stories besides the flower girl." Ursula stated.

"Does she come today?"

"She already did, some students earlier saw her in the morning go up to the roof but didn't see her come down."

"How the only way down off that rooftop is either by jumping which I doubt someone would do or through the stairs back to the hallways," Korrina asked as propped her chin and arms crossed on top of Ash's head much to his annoyance.

"Students say that after the garden, she disappears by jumping off the roof or through the hallways. Either way, she leaves very quickly not wanting to be seen." Ursula stated.

"Hmm." Ash started thinking about the whole thing and wondered what these people looked like.

"I got an idea." He shouted.

"Ooh, I smell a challenge." Korrina cheered.

"For the rest of the week we gather info on the other three ghosts that tend to wander around the here." he said.

"And why do you want to do something like that brother?" Ursula asked him and then saw the grin on his face.

"Oh no." she instantly knew what he was about to suggest and was too late to stop him from saying it.

"We're gonna catch ourselves some ghosts." He exclaimed. Skyla and Penny looked at him in bewilderment while Korrina looked at him with excitement.

"Ash that's ridiculous," Skyla said.

"I don't think that is sufficient," Penny added.

"When do we start?" Korrina asked.

"HUUH!?" Penny asked in shock.

"Korrina don't encourage him." Skyla chastised

"Too late," Ursula said as she facepalmed herself.

"Aw come on girls, this sounds too much fun to pass up plus don't you want to know if we're really being haunted by ghosts?" Korrina asked them.

"Ghosts don't come out during the daytime Korry, they come out at night."

"Actually, ghosts are more active at night. During daytime, they just do some type of small manifestation of anything physical and move them around just to scare us or get our attention." Penny stated as Ursula glared at her.

"You're not helping."

"Oops, sorry." Penny apologized.

"*sigh* it's fine. I don't think I can even talk them out of it now." Ursula added.

"Well, you know Ash, once he starts something he won't stop until he gets his answer," Skyla said.

"Well, if I'm going to listen to Ash and Korrina talking about ghosts and plans to catch them and all that, I rather not listen on an empty stomach. So let's go." Ursula said as she passed by them and went up the steps.

"Right behind you."

"Wait up, Ursy." Ash and Korrina called out to her. Ursula flinched at her nickname from Korrina.

"I thought I told you not to call me that around school." She walked up the steps faster.

"Sorry Ursy." Korrina joked and Ursula grumbled as Ash laughed at their antics. Penny and Skyla remained in the hallway.

"Do you want me to come with you?" Skyla asked Penny who was taken out of her thoughts.

"Hmm?" she asked.

"You know to get Miku and Shu?" Skyla emphasized.

"Oh no, but thank you for it friend Skyla. I'll find them and we'll meet you up on the roof." Penny reassured.

"Okay, I see you later."

"Bye" Penny waved back as Skyla ran off. She then turned around and walk the halls to find the two troublemakers.

"Now where did they run off too?" Penny wondered to herself.


With Ace:

Ace was around the corner from the house as he continued walking. He was also being cautious, he felt himself being followed since he left the others and has been looking over his shoulder. AS he turned the corner he saw the house in view and planned on skipping it so his follower wouldn't know where he lived but just as he was about to pass it he saw the front door opened.

"Someone's in the house!?" Ace thought. He turned his head around one more time to see if his follower was still there but wasn't. So, he carefully and quietly approached the house.

He stopped at the door and silently reached behind his back, taking out his sword. He walked in before closing the door behind him slowly. He then slowly made his way towards the living room and stayed close to the wall staying out of sight. He stopped near the entry of the room and heard someone walking. He used his ears to pinpoint the perpetrator's footsteps of which direction they were heading to. The steps were coming to him. As he prepped himself for an attack the footsteps suddenly stopped.

He waited for a few seconds but no sounds came out of the room. He quickly ran out and got into a stance as he scanned the room for the intruder but there was no one there it was silent. Ace then put his sword away as he searched the house for anything that may have been stolen but nothing was missing. After searching through the house again for about five minutes, he concluded that whoever the perp was they weren't coming back anytime soon. The only thing Ace found was a note inside Shu's room that was addressed to him. Ace wanted to know who it was from but he thought since it was for Shu he would wait. He then headed to the garage where his motor bike was about to head out of town to see his friend. There was only one question that replayed in his mind before he left.

"Who…was….that?"


With Shu And Miku:

The two teens were sitting in the gym on the bleachers. Miku took them here since all the other students were in the café and their friends were up on the rooftop. She wanted to talk to him about his thoughts, it was times like these where one of them would be in this state and the other would have to try to the former to talk.

"Shu, what's going on?"

"Miku, why did you bring us here when it's already lunch, I'm starving," Shu complained but Miku gave him a glare.

"Don't start with me Shu, you and I both know that I'm not letting you leave this place until you answer my question so what the hell is your problem?"

Shu was getting angry now. He knew that Miku wouldn't stop until he answered but he knew that she knew that the topic of those two was a sensitive subject to him.

"Miku. Back. Off." He seethed trying not to let the anger get the best of him.

"No Shu, until you tell me what's going on inside that little head of yours…" she trailed off as she knocked on his forehead.

"I'm not moving." She finished.

"Ugh. She is so stubborn but then again so am I." Shu thought. He then remembered what his father told him whenever something was bothering him. He needs to talk about it or otherwise you'll explode and vent your frustrations out on those near you or yourself.

"Maybe she's right. If I am going to resolve this, I need to talk and Miku…..is just the right person to talk to about it." He finished thinking.

"Shu…you need to…"

"Okay." He said stopping her rant and shocking her at the same time.

"R-Really?"

"I knew he would talk but I didn't expect him to talk to me!?" she thought as she smiled at him and sat down on the bleachers.

"Okay then. Come sit." She said as she patted the empty spot next to her. Shu sat down and sighed as he folded his hands together.

"Okay….." Shu then told Miku about his life before he met her and Natsu and Sila. He told her about how his parents had abandoned him and how strict and abusive they were. Then a year later he had two foster siblings who protected him until he was left behind again after the raid and massacre of his hometown. Then came Natsu and Sila where they took him in but he was afraid of being abandoned again so it took them awhile for them to earn his trust.

As Miku listened, she felt so much sadness and anger. She felt anger for those who had left Shu to die. She felt sadness for what he had to go through except he had it much rougher than her. She was left behind on a trip because her family chose to leave her there. He was left behind because the first wanted nothing to do with him while the second left him there for dead. Miku didn't know even feel the tears that silently flowed down her face.

"Hey, are you okay?"

"Huh?"

"Yeah, I'm f-fine you idiot."

"Hey, it's okay. Don't worry about it, that's all in the past. I got Natsu, Sila, Penny, Ace, everyone that I care about now than back then." Shu said as he wiped away her tears. Miku couldn't help but giggle at him as he tried to cheer her up.

"And I got you," he said smiling brightly. Miku turned to him in shock on why he said her last.

"Sure, I mean you and I don't get along much but I still care for you Miku. And no matter what happens to us, you're always going to be my sister no doubt." He finished giving her a cheeky grin. Miku felt butterflies in her stomach at her brothers' statement.

"Shu." She thought he was trying to show off but the way he said sounded so sincere and his smile told her that he meant every single word.

"Idiot." She said as he was about to reply but was stopped when she suddenly placed her hands on his cheeks and leaned his forehead against hers.

"Uh sis?" he asked unsure of what she was doing.

"You really are an idiotic and hyperactive little brother." She said. Shu was about to retort to her until the next set of words stopped him from doing so.

"But you're my little idiotic and hyperactive little brother." He was stunned for a bit before smiling again at Miku.

"Thanks, sis." The two siblings stayed like that for a little while until they both realized that they were supposed to be eating lunch with the others up on the rooftop. They both quickly released each other and got their stuff. Shu had a smile on his face while Miku looked back with her face red.

"Mention this to anyone, and I will…."

"Don't worry, I won't say a thing." He said while sealing his lips and gave her a thumbs-up. Miku laughed before playfully hitting his shoulder.

"Come on let's go meet up with the others."

"Right," Shu answered as the two headed off to the rooftop. As they left the gym Shu looked out the window and noticed that everything stopped moving, the clouds, cars, and birds. He didn't even hear any sounds come from within the school.

"Uh did time just stop moving?" he asked as he looked at Miku who also noticed what was going on.

"What just happened?" she asked.

"I don't know but come on let's go find the others and see if they're frozen in time too." He said as Miku nodded. They both were about to run off until a voice stopped them.

"I'm afraid you both won't be going anywhere." They both turned around and saw a woman standing a few feet from them.

"Who are you!?" they received no answer as the woman shot her arm forward as dark energy gathered in her hand before firing forward towards them both. The blast made an impact that caused a giant explosion that rocked the entire frozen school like a cradle. Smoke rose up from where the gym used to be as an eerie silence filled the air.