Yuna sat in a corner of her room and mumbled out a bunch of words while Psy sat on her bed and watched her.

'Idon'twanttogo. Idon'twanttogo. It'sgoingtobecrowded. Abunchofpeoplewillbethere. WhatamIgoingtodo? WhatamIGOINGTODO? WHATAMIGOINGTODO?! AHHHH!' Yuna yelled, finally going crazy in her head.

"Yuna, calm down! Just relax! It's not even 2 PM yet!" Psy said as calm as possible. Yuna turned over to look at her buddy with a frighten look on her face.

"...."

The two locked eye contacts with each other for a few seconds until Psy decided to break the silence.

".... Uhhh.. So, what are you going to do before it starts?"

"PLEASE DON'T ASKKKKKK!" Yuna pulled her grey cardigan over her head as she hid herself like a turtle in its shell. Her phone started vibrating on the table next to her bed, indicating that someone was calling.

"Ummm... are you going to pick that up?"

No answer.

"Haa..." Psy decided to pick up the phone call for the girl instead.

"Heyallow? It's Yuna's buddy. Uhuh. I don't know about that... Here you can try talking to her. Hey, Yuna, I'm putting the call on speaker."

'Hey, Yuna. You doing alright?'

Yuna lifted her cardigan off her head a few inches and answered the voice.

"Akiraaaaaa! I DON'T WANT TO GO! IT'S GOING TO BE CROWDED ISN'T IT?!"

A sigh could be heard from the other side of the phone. 'You're going to have to get use to it. I mean I can cancel all this if you like, but-'

Yuna cut off Akira midway of his sentence. "YES, PLEASE DO! I CAN'T EVEN SPEAK IN FRONT OF CLASS! WHAT MAKES YOU THINK I CAN SING IN FRONT OF A CROWD?!" she yelled nervously.

'You didn't let me finish my sentence. Anyways, as I was saying, I can cancel this debut and have you quit this job, but you will make the group break apart again and your new fans that were looking forward to listening to you today will be left in disappointment.'

Yuna looked at the phone hard and thought about what he said carefully. "UGHHH, SHUT UP! YOU'RE MAKING ME FEEL BAD! OKAY, FINE. I'LL DO IT!" she yelled, chucking her old brown teddy bear at the phone and knocking Psy over along with it.

"Oof! Hey! Watch where you're throwing!"

'Hahaha! I knew you'd say yes. Come over to the studio an hour early to get ready. Use this time to calm yourself down and don't worry, we'll be doing the talking for you. You don't want to be discovered, right?'

Yuna rolled her eyes at the voice. "Yeah, thanks. I'll see you later. Bye."

Psy turned off the phone before Akira got to answer as she got back into her position.

"Hey, how about we visit the police headquarter in your spare time, okay?"

Yuna laid there for a bit longer and finally sat up from the cramped position, feeling her body ache. "Oww... Yeah, sure... I need my bandages to be replaced anyways..."

"Hello, Yuna! Here for a visit today?" the 18 year old girl asked.

"Yep. Can I also get my bandages replaced today?" Yuna answered sheepishly.

"Sure, come with me."

"Thanks, Stella," Yuna thanked her as she followed her into a room.

"Hey, Stella?"

"Hmm?"

Yuna looked around to avoid eye contacts with the older girl. "D-do you have a secret that you want to... you know.... want to tell people or a certain someone, but at the same time you don't?"

Stella paused for a bit and then continued wrapping up Yuna's arm. "Is this about Tasuku or.....?" Her smile started to widen into a grin.

"Sort of...? It's not only about Tasuku-kun," Yuna said puffing up her red cheeks.

"You're blushingggg~! Hahaha! That's so cuteeee~!" she cooed.

"Stella! It's not what you think! I swear!"

"Right.. Anyways, yes I did have a secret, but I got it out of myself afterwards. Why?" Stella asked curiously. "You're hiding something from us? Would you like to tell me?"

Yuna looked over at Stella worryingly. "Ummmmm.... I kind of have a job..... It wasn't my choice though; I was sort of forced into it...." Yuna spoke quietly so only the two of them could hear.

"Uhuh.... I don't see why that's so bad... what kind of job is it?" Stella asked, finishing up with the bandages.

"... I'm an idol..... And I find it nerve wrecking.. I don't want to have a crowd around me at school every day or have people think of me differently and I also have a concert debut today." Yuna started to feel nervous again.

"Okay, Yuna. Calm down and take a deep breath. I understand that you're scared of the crowd and how people would think differently of you, but you'll get use to it. You are going to tell Tasuku, right? I don't think he'll like this reason of yours if you keep it away for too long. It is quite unreasonable to hide this." Stella smiled a knowing smile at the girl, allowing her to calm down a bit.

"Yeah, you're right. I am being unreasonable, aren't I..?" she said as she chuckled a bit. "Thanks for listening, Stella. I feel a bit better."

Stella nodded. As she opened her mouth to day something a muffled voice cut right into the silent room.

'MR. TAKIHARAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! WHERE DID YOU HIDE MY SHIRTTTTTT?!'

As the two stared at the door weirdly, Yuna started to giggle followed by Stella's giggle.

"You should go visit him now, you're all done. I'm guessing that he ran into base."

"Alright. Thanks again, Stella," Yuna said, calming down from her giggle fit.

Walking with Psy into base, Yuna checked her phone one last time to see a text on her screen.

'Be ready to face a news reporter today, Yuna. She might start asking you questions today. After all you are a new singer. -Daisuke'

Sighing at the text she gave him a reply. 'Great. Yeah, sure.'

Yuna entered the room and as she closed the cover of her phone's case and slid it into her pocket. Looking up from where she was, she saw Takihara looking away, whistling and Commander I looking at the big screen, ignoring them and Tasuku stood frozen in his position, shirtless while his one piece uniform was tied at his waist.

"I have such bad timing with this..." Yuna said, blushing mad as her golden eyes widen.

"Actually, no! Your timing is always on the spot!" Takihara said grinning deviously.

"A-AHHHH S-SORRY! J-JUST A SECOND!" Tasuku stuttered. "GIVE ME MY SHIRT AND VEST ALREADY!"

Tasuku reached desperately to grab the upper half of his clothes from Takihara, who just held it up high in the air.

"Here, Yuna, catch!"

Takihara threw Tasuku's uniform over to Yuna who caught his vest and ended up having Tasuku's shirt land on her face.

"Eep!" she squeaked. Psy just stood there and laughed. Yuna took in the scent of Tasuku's cleaned shirt, blushing even harder than before, as she took it off her head. Seeing Tasuku inching closer to her to get his clothes back, the girl started looking around embarrassingly and started walking over to the boy without making eye contacts.

"Umm... H-here, Tasuku-kun.."

"T-thanks, Yuna.." Tasuku stuttered, his face just as red as his eyes.

"Awwww, how cute~!" Takihara said jokingly.

"Shut up," Tasuku said, shooting a death glare at the man.

"Hahaha, alright, I'll leave you two alone now~!" Takihara sang, leaving them alone.

Finally fully dressed, Tasuku apologized to Yuna multiple of times until he got called in for a job.

"Tasuku, there is a criminal near the store 'Castle'. He hasn't made a move on the store yet, but I think he will." Commander I told the boy.

"M-may I come too?" Yuna decided to ask. Everyone looked over at the girl with concern.

"Well, I think its fine to bring her along.... She does have some trustworthy instincts that pop up out of nowhere," Tasuku stated out.

The Commander gave a nod of approval to Tasuku. "Don't let anything happen to her then. That is all."

As the two ran out of headquarter and got a move on, Yuna check her phone one last time to see that it was only 12:10 PM.

'I still have time to spare..' she thought.

Arriving near the store, the criminal didn't see Tasuku closing in on him along with his buddy and Yuna.

"Buddy police barrier, on!"

The barrier went into a lockdown, not allowing anyone to escape until Tasuku allowed it to unlock.

"As I see it, you're looking at only two options. Either come with me quietly or.... Accept my buddyfight challenge!"

'That same line he uses on the news. Indeed he is a prodigy,' Yuna thought, smiling.

The criminal didn't bother answering him, but luminized his deck.

"They never come quietly now do they.." Tasuku sighed. "Assemble Dragon Army! Dragonic Force, luminize!"

"Raise the flag!" they both said.

"Quickly, find information about this man! One of our men is fighting blindly out there!" Takihara ordered.

"Tasuku, he focuses mainly on attacking and sacrifices some of his monsters to get more attack points. Not much defense, really," Yuna said after a few turns.

"So this is what Tasuku meant when he said she had reliable 'instincts'.." the commander said.

A few police cars came right after the challenge, arresting the criminal right off the bat and having his core deck destroyed.

"Let's go back to headquarter now," Tasuku said, stretching. "Yuna, is it alright if I slept over your house today?"

Yuna looked at the boy for a few seconds.

"S-sure."

'Crap. What time does the concert end?' Yuna thought hesitantly.

"I'll drop by at 5. Is that alright?" Tasuku asked.

"Yes, that's fine with me," Yuna said holding onto Tasuku tighter as they landed.

"Oh shoot. It looks like I have to go now it's already 12:50...." Yuna said as calm as possible.

'I wonder where she's going at this time...' Tasuku wondered. "Would you like me to take you to where you need to go?" Tasuku offered the girl.

"It's okay. I can get there myself. Besides, you need to get back to work."

Tasuku nodded and waved to Yuna as she walked off and waved back. 'Hopefully he doesn't tail me...'

Upon arriving at the studio by foot, the girl was relieved to know that she wasn't tailed by her close friend.

"Hey, guys. Are you going to see that concert later today?" Kuguru asked.

"For the new idol in town? I don't know. I never heard her song yet," Baku answered with his lollipop in his mouth.

Gao was in deep thought until Kuguru poked the boy. "Oh, haa? What? Oh, uhh, I guess I can come.. I don't really have aiki-jujutsu practice today."

Looking over at the studio entrance, the group saw Yuna enter the building, but her face was shielded by her hair.

"Was that Yuna-senpai? Did anyone else see that?" Gao asked.

"I don't know Gao... It could've been another person.." Baku replied while Kuguru nodded her head.

"Hey, why are you all just standing there?" a familiar voice asked.

"Oh, Noboru!" Gao exclaimed giving him his bright grin.

"We were just planning to go to the newest idol's concert today. Want to come with us?" Kuguru asked the boy.

"Raita and Kakumo just asked me that earlier... but fine... Gao, is your sister coming also?"

Noboru imagine the thought of Hana being there. 'Kitten shirt! Kitten shirt!' she would say while Noboru would say, 'IT'S NOT A KITTEN! IT'S A TIGER!' Noboru's face expression deflated at the thought and shook his head to get it out.

"No, I think she'll stay at home," he heard his friend say.

"Thank god..." Noboru muttered.

As the group started walking to the concert area early to find seats, the place was already halfway filled.

"OH! HEY, GAO!"

Gao turned around to see where the voice came from.

"I think that was Kiri. Yep. Oh and he's heading over this way," Drum said, pointing at the violet eyed and light blue haired boy.

"What are you doing? Are you here to see the concert too? I just got curious so I went to take a look!" Kiri said excitedly.

"Yeah, we're here to see the concert!" Gao said smiling.

Raita and Kakumo came from behind the boy and waved over at Noboru. "So you decided to come after all!" Raita said.

"Yeah, yeah," Noboru muttered.

"Let's just find seats now."

Looking around in the studio, Akira popped up out of nowhere, causing the girl to jump from her spot.

"Don't scare me like that!" she exclaimed.

"Hahaha! Sorry, sorry. Let's get you ready. And Daisuke made sure that the background vocals you sang were fully recorded~!" Akira sang out.

Nodding an okay, Yuna followed Akira into another room to get ready for the concert.

"Here's your attire and I made the sleeves longer to cover your wound. Are you alright?" Eiji asked as he handed the outfit to the girl.

"Yes, I'm fine. Thank you very much, Mr. Eiji. This looks nice," Yuna smiled.

"Oh, no need for formality, Yuna, and you're very welcome."

After the girl changed, Fumi and Hanae entered the room to do her makeup and hair.

"Fumi, you know how to change my appearance with makeup right..?" Yuna asked hesitantly.

"Don't worry, dear! We're professionals, so we can change it without a problem!" Fumi answered proudly with Hanae saying 'Mhm. Mhm.'

"Please don't use too much makeup?"

Fumi plastered on a gleeful smile. "Most certainly."

Hanae began styling her hair before Fumi put on the makeup.

"It may feel weird at first, but I'm going to pull some of your back hair forward, some of the long locks of hair in the front to the back, and parting your bangs differently, okay, Yuna?" Hanae told Yuna.

"That's fine with me."

After finishing her makeover, everyone looked at her from head to toe and vice versa giving her approving nods and 'oh's. Yuna's eyes were already pretty slender and big, but the makeup made her eyes a bit more slender to change the appearance. Her bangs were parted on the right and pulled up, one side swayed to the right while the rest, or most of her bangs, went to the left. A long lock of hair was pulled to the front and pushed to the left along with her bangs, allowing it to slightly cover her face. The sides of her head had a braid that led to a twisted bun and the rest of her hair was tied and clipped into a side ponytail, making her hair look shorter in the front and back.

"I certainly didn't think this was possible, but... nice job I do look pretty different..." Yuna said awkwardly. "Tall high heeled boots feel really weird....."

Eiji snickered at that statement. "Don't worry you'll get use to it."

"Yuna! No, Kotone! You will have to design a new personality when you're upstage okay?" Akira said.

"I'll try my best. All I need to do is be livelier than usual right?" Yuna asked, feeling different when she was called by her stage name.

"Apparently, yes," Emiko said.

"Alright, let's head to the concert area now!" Daisuke announced.

It's now 2 PM and Yuna was frightened to see so many people to come see her at today's debut.

"I can see everything from here... and wait is that Paruko? It looks like she's going to record this... And I see the news reporter...."

Getting nervous once more, Psy appeared out of his card and went over to Yuna. "It'll be alright just try your best and enjoy it. It'll be fine! If turns out to be a bad day for you, you can throw your teddy bear at me again, if you like," Psy offered, trying to calm down his buddy. Yuna nodded at her buddy as he returned to his card and flew back into where he was suppose to be.

"Hello, everyone! Thank you for coming to our idol's debut concert! Since she's new to show biz, she was only able to sing one song sadly enough. But, today she will sing her first song she released yesterday and we'll have her answer some questions later," Akira said happily. "And so.. Here is the newest singer, Kotone!"

Daisuke nudged the girl a bit. "That's your cue I'll walk you up stage so take a deep breath and change your attitude!"

"Easy for you to say... You're not embarrassing yourself," the girl said as she took in a deep breath and smiled a very different smile than her usual.

Walking up on to the stage and over to Akira with Daisuke, Yuna turned on her microphone and turned over to the crowd.

'Think that you are recording at the studio, okay?' Daisuke whispered to her as he walked off the stage.

"Kotone will be singing 'Beauties of Nature' for the day and at the end of this concert the news reporter will eventually have the chance to come up and ask her questions," Akira said smiling.

Yuna shot a quick glare at Akira that said 'I thought you were doing the talking?' as he smiled apologetically. 'You do have to get use to this, you know,' he whispered as he walked away.

'Take a deep breath now and just go all out..' Yuna thought. 'I'm Kotone, not Yuna.'

Looking over at Daisuke to cue the music, the music played loud enough for the crowd to hear.

aa hana no you ni azayaka ni saa

aa tori no you ni yuuga ni

aa kazemakase mo kokochi yoi saa

aa tsukiakari terasarete

tadashisa nante mono

hito no monosashi ni yotte kawaru

kono sekai fuhen aru to suru naraba

kachoufuugetsu ogosoka de utsukushii mono

koukai wo shite

manabi mata ayumou

nidoto ayamachi

kurikaesanu you ni

rekishi to wa

kawaranu kanjou ga

megurimegutte kizutsukete wakai sareta

sekai no seichou

tadashisa nante mono

otona nimo wakaranai gensou

kono sekai fuhen aru to suru naraba

kachoufuugetsu odayaka de natsukashiki mono

yogorenu koto ga

seigi na no darou ka?

ayamachi no naka ni aru kejime ni

miserareshitta kegare wo osorenu ai mo

tadashisa to iu koto

katachi nai kara koso

kanjiyou to omoeru sore mo

ikeru mo subete uchigawa ni motsu kachoufuugetsu

hakarenai kara imi ga aru

dakara koso ai wo samayou

kanashimeru kokoro mo

ikareru yasashisa sae mo kitto

ikeru mono subete uchigawa ni motsu kachoufuugetsu

dokomademo utsukushiku nare

itsumademo utsukushiku nare...

As the song ended, Yuna looked up as a soft smile took over her face, seeing Tasuku with Jack in the background watching as she lowered her mic.

'Oh. Crap. Don't panic. Don't panic.'

Yuna took another deep breath without changing her face expression. As the crowd applauded and cheered, Akira came back out with his mic turned back on.

"If you would like, Miss, you may come up to the stage and ask Kotone some questions."

Yuna gave the new reporter a small nod, approving the offer. As the news reporter came up to the stage, her camera flew up uncomfortably close to Yuna.

"T-the camera is a bit too close.." Yuna manage to say with a slight giggle.

"My apologies! Anyways, on to the questions! So, you may start by introducing yourself!" the lady said as the camera backed up.

"As you all now know, I'm the newest singer Kotone." Yuna said with a smile.

"Is that your real name or are you not comfortable in telling us about that?"

Yuna hesitated a bit. "I-I'll keep that a secret for a bit longer..."

"That's fine with me. So, how old are you and when did you start this job?" The news reporter was really focused on the questions she threw at Yuna.

"I'm 13 years old and I started this job not too long ago. About.... almost a week now."

"Wow, a week?" Yuna nodded.

"Yes."

"You're as old as the Child Prodigy as well! So, were you excited for your debut today?"

"Oh, actually, a little. I was really nervous about all this despite being new and I didn't expect such a crowd today."

Yuna turned around to face the people. "Thank you for coming to day! I appreciate it a lot."

The news reporter then decided to pop some other questions in before the end of the concert.

"Do you take an interest in buddyfighting?"

Yuna panicked slightly before answering. "Actually, no... I don't own a deck, but I do watch other people buddyfight with each other sometimes."

"Does that also mean you take an interest in the Wonder Boy Genius and Prodigy, Ryuenji Tasuku?"

Yuna stared at the new reporter for a little while. "When did I say I was interested?" Yuna said giggling. "I do see him on TV sometimes. He is quite a buddyfighter I'll say, haha."

Tasuku flew over to where Yuna was and landed behind her.

"I heard something about me and decided to drop by," he said with a smile.

'Whyyyyyyyyy....!?' Yuna thought desperately.

"I didn't expect the Prodigy to come see you himself! Is there a word you would like to say, Ryuenji-kun?"

Tasuku stood there and thought for a bit as the crowd excitedly called out to both the singer and police officer.

"In fact, I do. Congratulations with your debut and your song was wonderful."

Yuna mentally sighed to herself, thanking Fumi and Hanae for doing such a good job with the appearance change. "Thank you very much, Ryuenji-kun. I appreciate your compliment," she said, shaking his hand as the crowd took pictures of this moment.

"Finally finished with this debut thing...! What time is it?"

"It is 4 PM. Why?" Emiko asked the girl.

Sighing a long sigh as she stretched, the girl answered in a tired tone. "I need to get home quick. Tasuku-kun is visiting at 5 today.." Yuna said tiredly.

"I see. Well, you're all done! Makeup all removed and hair back to normal! Good job today!"

Yuna smiled and left the room to thank everyone at the same time. "Thank you all and good job today. I appreciate your hard work."

As, Yuna got home she took a quick shower and set out some futons in a different room with Psy's help.

"We still have a little time to spare before he comes, but I'm still very tired.."

Psy checked the girl's phone and told her what Akira texted her.

"A website for my performances and my song albums? He's got to be kidding me."

"Not at all. He also said that your fans are posting their recordings of your debut today and sending fan messages on that site..." Psy said, fading away his voice. Tasuku rang her doorbell as Jack turned back into a card a few minutes later.

"Oh, looks like he's here."