PURGATORY is one of the all-girl idol groups of Oracle Entertainment that is made up of Adryn Rei, Eclipse Oracle and her younger sister, Nova Oracle and Shiori Sato. They are by far the most popular of the company, yet they still weren't as big as Daichi Oracle, the president, wanted them to be. So, one normal afternoon while the girls of PURGATORY were hanging out in a practice room, Daichi summoned them without telling them why.

"I wonder what dad has to say to us..." Nova muttered as she and the other 3 were making their way to the office of the president.

"While we are working, you should refer to him more officially, not 'dad'." Shiori retorted instantly, causing Nova to turn to her group member and frown.

"He said we can call him whatever we wanted. Hell, he even wants me to call him 'dad'." Adryn stated cutting in to defend Nova. Shiori chuckled humorlessly at that.

"He wants you to call him 'dad' because you've been in Eclipse and Nova's lives since you were, what, 4 or something?"

"Something like that," Adryn responded as they finally approached the door to the office they were summoned to. Adryn knocked on the door and when they heard a response, she opened it up. However, as soon as she saw the occupants of the room, she froze.

"Adryn? What is it?" Nova questioned as she looked over the redhead's shoulder. Nova then froze as well.

"Just move already!" Shiori snapped as she pushed her way into the room. She, too, then froze.

"What is up with you 3?" Eclipse grumbled as she walked into the room, past her best friend and sister. When she saw the people in the room, all she could do was say, "Oh..." Standing there in the room were unexpected people. Shining Saotome, the president of Shining Entertainment, was there, along with the 4 members of QUARTET NIGHT.

"Girls, I'm sure you recognize these men," Daichi spoke up smirking at the 4 girls. "Come on in. We need to talk."

"Talk about what?" Eclipse asked as she pulled her group-mates into the room and closed the door behind them.

"You know how I've wanted you girls to become more popular?"

"Yeah?" The girls responded with total confusion.

"Well, Shining and I decided to come together and help each other out. You girls will be paired up with one of the QUARTET NIGHT boys and you'll write songs together for the foreseeable future."

"Oh... Okay. So who are the pairs?" Nova questioned with a huge smile on her face, the shock had clearly worn off.

"Adryn Rei?" Daichi spoke up, bringing the girl back to reality.

"Yes, sir?" Adryn replied as she looked to the man.

"You will be with Reiji Kotobuki." Adryn felt her world stop as she heard those words.

"Okay." Adryn wasn't sure what else to say, but she knew that she needed to respond something. She just hoped it didn't sound so squeaky as she thought it sounded. "Eclipse Oracle, you are paired with Ai Mikaze."

"Alright," Eclipse responded with a smile.

"Nova Oracle, you are paired with Ranmaru Kurosaki."

"Okay!" Nova replied happily as she looked to the man. He'd met her gaze, causing Nova to look away quickly.

"Finally, Shiori Sato, you are with Camus."

"Cool," Shiori responded simply.

"Now, introduce each other to each other." Shining blurted out loudly, motioning for the men to approach the women. Reiji took the initiative and approached Adryn with a smile. He held out his hand and spoke to her.

"Hey there, my name is Reiji Kotobuki, but you can call me Rei!" Reiji spoke up brightly. Adryn reached out to shake his hand, but before she could speak, Shiori spoke up.

"Yeah, no, she knows who you are. She's a huge fan of yours." Shiori muttered loudly to the group. That caused Adryn to freeze once again and drop her hand to turn to glare at Shiori.

"Mind your business," Adryn grumbled to the girl. Shiori then glared at Adryn in response.

"Screw off, Adryn!" Shiori snapped back at Adryn.

"Seriously?!" Adryn and Shiori then made their way to each other and descended into an argument with each other. That left Reiji standing there, his hand still held out but now just staring at the girls in confusion. Everyone watched as Adryn and Shiori threw insults at each other and got closer together as their volume began to get louder.

"Okay enough!" Nova snapped as she pulled Adryn backward and then shoved her towards Reiji. Adryn stumbled but was caught by Reiji. That caused Adryn's face to turn completely red as she pulled away from the man.

"Uh... Anyway! I'm Reiji, it's nice to meet you!" Reiji spoke up a little less cheery than before.

"Yeah, nice to meet you too." Adryn shortly responded to the man.

"Oh boy, you two are going to get along soo great!" Shiori's voice was as sarcastic as it could possibly be. Adryn instantly shot her a glare, but Eclipse stepped in between them to approach Ai.

"My name is Eclipse, it's nice to officially meet you." Eclipse's voice was calm, not showing that she was actually genuinely happy to meet him.

"It's nice to meet you as well, my name is-" Ai was cut off by Eclipse's smile.

"I know who you are, just like Adryn is, I'm a fan of QUARTET NIGHT. I'm glad to meet you after all this time." Eclipse actually showed her happiness on her face. It was a rare moment. Taking that moment to approach Ranmaru, Nova hurried over to him with a bright smile.

"Hey there, Ranmaru! My name is Nova! I'll enjoy working with you!" Nova was bright and cheery, like normal. Ranmaru was taken aback for a moment before responding to her brightness.

"Hi. I'm sure working with you will be alright." Ranmaru wasn't necessarily unfriendly, he just wasn't as bright as Nova was. Everything was dull in comparison to Nova.

"Hey, Camus? You should feel proud to be working with someone like me. So yeah, let's enjoy working together." Shiori's words were just a little too harsh and it definitely rubbed Camus the wrong way. Camus instantly glared at the blonde girl, only for her to smirk back at him.

"Wow, even I'm not that big of a bitch..." Adryn muttered mostly to herself, even though everyone in the room heard her.

"Anyway..." Daichi began hesitantly. "I think you 8 should live together to be able to get to know each other better."

"Makes sense," Eclipse responded simply to her father.

"So, how about QUARTET NIGHT moves in with you girls."

"How about, what now?" Adryn questioned immediately. "They'd be mauled by our cats!"

"No, no, no! Don't you dare refer to those cubs as "cats"! They are a snow leopard and a white tiger cub! Not any ordinary cats!" Shiori yelled at the redhead in return.

"Wait, what?" Reiji questioned after he processed what he'd heard.

"I have a white tiger cub named Precious and Adryn has a snow leopard named Serenity." Eclipse explained simply. It was like no big deal to her, but it was to the men of the room. Secretly though, Ranmaru was actually excited to meet the cubs, as he is a lover of cats. Even so, he wondered how the girls weren't dead yet and how they even obtained the cubs in the first place, so he decided to ask.

"How did you get the cubs?" Ranmaru questioned as he looked to Adryn and Eclipse.

"Oh, they got them from a rescue place that saved the cubs from poachers. They've been raising them since they were really little. They are both trained and have only mauled someone once. However, that was because that idiot broke into our home and was trying to steal things." Nova responded with a smile as she looked up to her partner.

"I agree with Daichi!" Shining suddenly exclaimed. "QUARTET NIGHT, you will go to your homes, pack a few bags and make your way to the home of PURGATORY. You will remain there for the time being."

"Yes, sir," Reiji responded with a smirk. The others of his group reluctantly agreed as well. Each of them was given the address of the home and they were sent on their way. PURGATORY decided to head home to get everything ready for the men to arrive there. There were a little cleaning and wrangling of the cubs to do. Eclipse and Adryn had to explain to the cubs that they were not to maul the men that were going to be entering their home.

Eventually, Reiji made his way to the home of PURGATORY. Once he got there though, he was confused. No one mentioned that it was a freaking mansion. Reiji didn't know it yet, but there were 3 wings of the mansion. The left-wing was where everyone's bedrooms were among a few extra rooms. The right-wing is where the living rooms and the kitchen were. Then there is the main wing which is where the entrance is. The entrance is a large open room with a staircase in the middle of it leading to the other floors. Outside, to Reiji, the mansion was just large and different. There were even gates blocking the way of getting up the driveway. So, Reiji pulled into the driveway to the gates and pressed the little button there that would page inside of the mansion. After a moment, he got a response.

"Hey there, Reiji. I'll let you in." Adryn's voice came through the voice box. She sounded so much more friendly than she did when he'd first met her, so he was almost confused as to who she was.

"Thanks!" Reiji responded, even though he wasn't sure if Adryn heard him or not. However, the gates opened up without another word from Adryn. So, Reiji began to drive up the driveway until he was met with Adryn standing there in the driveway. "Hello Adryn, where should I park?"

"I'll show you. It's around back in my car garage. There should be room for at least 4 more cars, so yours will fit just fine." Hearing that from Adryn shocked Reiji even more than seeing the mansion.

"How many cars do you have?"

"You'll see." Adryn then led Reiji around the mansion and to the fairly large garage in the back. Once the doors opened and Reiji pulled into the garage, he saw just how many cars she had. There were 4 cars, 3 new sports cars, and one old luxury car to be specific. One

was a forest green, another was a cerulean blue, then a Russian violet one and then finally a gunmetal gray one. "All of them, except the Russian violet one are mine. That one is Eclipse's. I wanted to get more cars, but I'll have to wait. My group mates are complaining about how much money I'm spending on my cars." Reiji is even more shocked now to hear that Adryn was able to afford all these cars, and was able to even buy more if she wanted to.

"How can you afford all this?" Reiji found himself asking.

"I was in a fairly popular band in America, plus all the money from being an idol in Korea and Japan helps too." Adryn smiled at Reiji, clearly not going to give him any more information about her situation. "Well, let's grab your bags and head inside. We can enter through the back deck."

"Alright!" Reiji grabbed the 2 heaviest bags and handed Adryn a lightly light one. The 2 of them then headed into the home and into the left-wing of the house. Once they were on a certain floor, Adryn set down the bag she was holding.

"You can pick any unlocked door on this floor. I'm right here." Adryn stated as she pointed to a door to her right.

"Where is everyone else?"

"Eclipse is to the right of my bedroom, Nova is right next to her and then Shiori is next to Nova."

"I see. Well, I choose this one then." Reiji walked over to the door across from Adryn's room. Reiji then opened the door and walked in with his bags, with Adryn following him with her one bag of his.

"Alright. So, do you want to unpack now or later?"

"I'd like a tour now if that's alright?" Reiji turned to face Adryn with a smile on his face. Adryn returned the smile and nodded her head.

"Alright, let's go then!" Adryn began to walk, with Reiji following after her. The mansion was only 3 stories and had plenty of rooms to be seen. So Adryn decided to just show Reiji the main areas that he'd need to know about. "Okay, so, this is the panic room for this floor. Every floor in the left-wing has one, and then there is one in the right-wing." The room they were standing in front of was just down the hallway from the bedrooms where Reiji and Adryn just were.

"Why do you need a panic room?" Reiji was a little concerned due to that.

"Nothing special. Just in case. I'm paranoid sometimes so I like to live in this one when I'm feeling too scared." Reiji wanted to ask about that, but Adryn continued to walk down the hallway. "This is the weapons room." Adryn opened up the door to reveal a bunch of swords, daggers, and knives hanging on the walls and sitting on various tables. There was even a battle-ax and a few other items that Reiji couldn't identify. "Then..." Adryn continued, ignoring the slightly concerned look on Reiji's face. He thought all the weapons were a bit cool, but they were also nerve-wracking. "This is the precious gemstone room." It was the room directly across from the weapons room.

"Gemstones?" Reiji peered into the room only to see a large amount of purple, blue and variously other colored gemstones.

"Eclipse and I have collected these over the past years and keep all the extra ones here. We keep our favorites in our rooms." Adryn smiled at Reiji as he stared in awe at the number of stones that shinned in the room. "Moving on..." Adryn then lead Reiji out of the left-wing and into the right-wing. "This is where Serenity and Precious sleep." Adryn slowly opened the door to a huge room. Inside the room, there were oversized cat trees and various toys scattered across the floor. There were 2 large litter boxes as well and then finally, Reiji laid his eyes on 2 sleeping cubs on a large bed, which was probably actually a dog bed.

"They are adorable! Ran-Ran is going to love them!" At Reiji's comment, Adryn couldn't help but chuckle.

"The one with the blue collar is Serenity, she's the snow leopard, and the one with the purple collar is Precious, the white tiger."

"They are both beautiful. I love them already!" Reiji smiled at Adryn, who smiled back.

"I hope they'll love you as well, and you know, not maul you." Hearing that caused some of that concern to return to Reiji, but he pushed it aside.

After the cat room, Adryn showed Reiji where the kitchen was and where the few living rooms were. After that was the theater room, which turned out to be where the other 3 girls were. Eclipse, Nova and Shiori were too captivated by the screen to even noticed that Adryn and Reiji had entered the room. They were watching something in English, so Reiji wasn't sure what it was.

"Alright, let's go wait for your group mates in the entrance hall," Adryn spoke up as she walked out of the theater room. Reiji nodded his head and followed after Adryn.

"Let's talk about our first song while we wait!" Reiji called out to Adryn as he followed after her through the maze of halls. Adryn was walking quickly but Reiji and his slightly longer legs were able to catch up.

"Oh, sure," Adryn responded simply as she continued to walk. Eventually, they made their way to the entrance hall. "Let's sit over here." The redhead led Reiji to a part of the entrance hall where there was a little sitting area. So, the two of them sat next to each other and thought for a moment in silence. "So, do you have any idea what you want to write our first song about?"

"Hmm, that's a good question. What types of things do you usually write songs about?" Reiji responded with a huge smile. Adryn was a little disoriented by the smile because she wasn't quite used to Reiji's brightness yet.

"Uh, well, usually... Well, usually I write about-" Adryn was then cut off by the buzzer sounding. It was the buzzer that signaled that someone was at the gate and was wanting inside. "Hold on, that might be your other members." The girl then got up and headed to the little area that had the button to open the gate. There was also a little screen that showed who was at the gate. Reiji had followed her, and before Adryn could even say anything, he spoke up.

"Oh, that's our official car and our driver!"

"I guess I should let them in then, shouldn't I?" Adryn was already pressing the button as she spoke. After about 10 seconds, the door opened fully and Adryn and Reiji were heading out the front door to meet the others.

"Hey guys, glad you got here safely!" Reiji brightly called to his group-mates. They did not share his enthusiasm as they just looked up at the mansion.

"No one said you lived in a mansion," Camus commented as if he'd thought that it was surprising that PURGATORY lived in such a lavish place.

"Is that a problem?" Adryn questioned a little annoyed at Camus' tone.

"I wonder." Camus then began to walk past Adryn with his 2 bags in hand. The other two followed behind him as Reiji thanked their driver and waved him goodbye.

"Come this way. I'll call the others." Adryn led the group into the entrance hall and headed to an intercom on the wall. She pressed a button and began to speak. "Hey girls, come to the entrance. They are all here."

"Alright, we're on our way." Came Eclipse's voice after a moment of silence. So, Adryn turned to the others and frowned at them. She wasn't entirely sure what to say to all of them. She was good one-on-one with people, well to a point, but she was even worse with a group of people, especially men.

"They'll be here shortly." Adryn finally spoke up realizing they were all looking at her looking for answers. It took a few moments, but it felt like an hour to Adryn as they all waited for the other 3 girls to arrive at the entrance.

"Hey there! It's nice to see you all again!" Nova smiled at the others. "Well, without waiting any further, let's head to where you guys are going to stay. Seeing no problem with that, the boys with their bags followed the girls through the hallways until they reached where their rooms were.

"I picked the one across from my partner, I think you should also stay across from your partner," Reiji suggested to his group-mates.

"That sounds fine," Ai responded simply.

"Alright, so you'd be across from me, which would make you next to Reiji." Eclipse informed Ai. The boy nodded his head and made his way to where Eclipse guided him to.

"That means, Ran-Ran, you'll be across from me!" Nova had already picked up Reiji's nickname for Ranmaru, much to the man's dismay. Even so, Ranmaru made his way to where Nova had pointed him to go.

"That leaves you across from me," Shiori stated to Camus as she motioned to the door across from hers.

"Alright, guys! Let's get unpacked and then head to the kitchen!" Reiji then opened his door up and entered it, prompting the others to enter their rooms as well.

"We'll be waiting in the kitchen. You remember how to get to the kitchen, right?" Adryn questioned Reiji before the man could close his door.

"Yep!" Reiji sounded confident but Adryn doubted it a little bit. Even so, Adryn nodded her head and walked off with her group-mates. Adryn was finally able to take a deep breath and think about her conversations with Reiji. She didn't show it, but she was very nervous the whole time as she was a huge fan of Reiji. She hoped that she was a bit more friendly this time around rather than when they'd first met.