As Hoshiko was going to bed, she started to have a strange dream about her past.

(in the dream)

"Brr," Hoshiko says in the middle of a blizzard with nothing but her pajamas on, "Why is it so cold?" In the sky, she could see a man similar to Yukinari fighing five people that look like Dark Musician. Still freezing cold, Hoshiko heard the cries of a little girl.

As the blizzard was clearing, Hoshiko could see herself when she was little. She was standing there in her mother's arms. Of course Hoshiko remembers that day. It was the day of her father's death.

"*sniffles* D-daddy," sad, younger Hoshiko says, as she looks at her father under the train cart, "Please don't do this to me and Mommy! You just can't!" All present Hoshiko could do was see that terrible tragedy happen all over again.

Hidehida, Hoshiko's father, told his daughter, "I-I can't get up, Hoshiko. This train cart got me good. Even if I die, I-I'll just be happy that you and your mother are o-okay." He was struggling to talk, especially with a lot of blood coming out of his mouth.

It just made the sad, blonde, little pigtailed girl shed more tears. "But Daddy!" exclaimed younger Hoshiko, "I won't let you do die! Not like this! Because without you, I-I-. I can't even imagine what would happen next!" as she cried really hard.

"I can't either," Natsumi told her daughter, as she was holding her tight, "but there's nothing we could do about it, Hoshiko," as she was crying.

All Hidehida could do is tell them both to be strong. He told his wife to find someone that could make her happy as much as he did, and to take good care of their daughter. He also wants Natsumi to do what's best for both her and Hoshiko, and that he'll miss her so much.

Sad Natsumi just said she'll do her best. Hidehida had his daughter go to where he was. Younger Hoshiko held his hand and asked him what did he need. He said he'll miss Hoshiko most of all. "D-Daddy...," the young girl said sheding more tears.

"I-I'll also miss playing music with you *cough*," Hidehida tells Hoshiko, "W-we did play our music together, b-but we'll embrace *cough* our harmony...forever." He just lyed there after saying his last word to his daughter.

Both past and present Hoshiko started screaming as Hidehida died.

(dream ending)

Hoshiko woke up with her eyes opened really wide, breathing heavily, and her heart pounded really hard. W-what was that? a curious and scared Hoshiko thought to herself, and why did I see Yukinari fight the Dark Musicians?

(morning)

As she walked to school, Hoshiko didn't feel like herself. She was tired from thinking about that dream. Akemi walked up to Hoshiko and said, "You're not feeling like yourself today, Hoshiko. Did you not get enough sleep?"

"I just had a bad dream Akemi," Hoshiko told her worried friend. Akemi asked, "What was the dream about?" All Hoshiko said was that she didn't want to talk about it.

"Anyway," Akemi says, ignoring the previous conversation, "Last night, at the concert, I saw three bad people fighting these two people that looked similar to you and Kenji, Hoshiko." Hoshiko giggled a bit and said, "Oh, is that so? That's weird," hiding the fact she was fighting, but wasn't sure about Kenji.

Akemi then says, "Well, you know what's weirder? The girl says her name is Guardian Hoshiko. Her name and looks are exactly similar to you." Hoshiko just listened to her friend as they enter the school gates.

(music class)

Inu told her students about Yukinari Aono coming to Yamato High School to observe them. The students, mainly the girls, were cheering. "All right class," Inu says, "I want you to learn or practice a song so Mr. Aono can observe you."

Akemi tells Hoshiko, "This sounds amazing. I bet Mr. Aono will think your music sounds great. Try one of the new songs you practiced Hoshiko." "Okay Akemi," Hoshiko says, unaware of why Yukinari will be there, "I'll see what I have in storage."

(at Hoshiko's house)

Yukinari waits in Hoshiko's room for Hoshiko. Hoshiko screamed and asks, "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING IN MY ROOM! AND WHO LET IN MY HOUSE ANYWAY?!!" "Calm down," Yukinari says, "I just came here to talk, and your mother let me in."

"It's about you coming to my school, isn't it?" asked Hoshiko. Yukinari grins and says, "Yes, I think this might be a chance to find at least one of your teammates. I also want to observe their skills in music to see which one of them is worthy to be your teammate."

Hoshiko just went with the flow, and thought Yukinari was right. "Do you have to follow me everywhere I go though?" Hoshiko asked. Yukinari says, "I was told by Queen Kazuma of the Music Kingdom to guide you, protect you, and find and watch over you and your teammates. It's just my duty as a Music Guardian, and I obey my orders as one as well."

Before she could say anything, Hoshiko heard her mother call her down for dinner. "You should go home," Hoshiko says, "I see what I can do. And besides it's getting late." Yukinari just nods a leaves through the window. Hoshiko has an annoyed expression on her face and thinks, Couldn't he have just went out through the door?

(in the Dark Music Kingdom)

"What do you mean he wasn't there?" asked Queen Kurami, the ruler of the Dark Music Kingdom. Takeshi says, "We were at the concert, but we couldn't get answers to where he was." "And," says Wakana, "there was this Music Guardian girl who claimed to be Guardian Hoshiko. She and her male friend, the Masked Guardian, just defeated us."

Queen Kurami just thought about what Wakana says. "You said her name was Guardian Hoshiko, now did you not, Wakana?" Kurami asked. Wakana just says yes. Hoshiko was the Dark Music Kingdom's real target. Kurami assigned the Dark Musicians to find her and decease her like they did her father.

"Me and Rikiya will go this time," Takeshi says, "Wakana, you're steal weak from that attack the Masked Guardian gave you. You need to rest." "Okay, Onii-chan," Wakana says. As they left, Queen Kurami was deep in thought about the female Music Guardian at the concert.

Well, the evil Queen thought, looks like my own daughter at the Music Kingdom surpassed me again. But there's no stopping me when I get this young princess, Princess Hoshiko, and take her music energy.

(on Earth)

It was that day already. The day where Yukinari observes Class 1-A in music class at Yamato High School. Hoshiko was warming up on her recorder as she helped Akemi warm up on the piano.

"You are gonna do great, Hoshiko," Akemi says cheerfully. Kenji walks to Hoshiko, with his acoustic guitar in his hand, and says, "Akemi is right Hoshiko. All you have to do is try your best. I know you can do it."

Hoshiko looks at him and asks, "You really think so, Kenji? This is Yukinari Aono afterall," while blushing really hard. Kenji just nods and tells Hoshiko to be confident.

As Yukinari walks into the classroom, all of the girls gathered around him. Some of them were asking for his autograph. Inu tells the girls to calm down and take their seats.

"Mr. Aono will be here for today, and the next two days to observe how well you play your music," Inu says. Yukinari then says, "All right let's start the session. I'll give you a box that have pieces of paper with numbers in it, grab one, and pass it around. This determine who's turn it is."

The students did as Yukinari said. They grabbed a piece of paper, and passed it around. Yukinari was in Inu's office while the students passed the box around. "Do you think we can find Hoshiko's teammate like this, Yukinari?" Inu asked. Yukinari says, "I'm positive. And I know for sure I can sense music energy in at least one of these students."

While Yukinari observed the students, and after seeing what numbers they have, Takeshi and Rikiya searched for the music room. "I think this is it, Rikiya," Takeshi tells his younger brother. They both heard Yukinari talk to some high school students as they leaned on the door.

Takeshi played a note on his bass guitar, and it made the door freeze. Rikiya says, "Now it's my turn!" as he crabbed his casenets to blast water at the door. It made both the ice and door break.

The students panicked as the two Dark Musicians came into the room. "Sorry to interrupt," Takeshi says, "but we will be taking your energy." Both Takeshi and Rikiya played some notes on their instruments, and drained the energy of two students to create another soundwave creature. All of the students were panicking.

Yukinari evacuated them outside of the music room and yelled, "HOSHIKO, TRANSFORM!!" "RIGHT, YUKINARI!" Hoshiko yelled back, grabbing her microphone.

She quickly sung a note into the microphone and transformed into her Music Guardian form. After transforming, Hoshiko says, "You again?! I thought you were back at the Dark Music Kingdom with your sister!"

Rikiya says, "She's resting, but we will take revenge on you, Guardian Hoshiko!" getting his casenets ready. "I don't think so," Hoshiko says," By the power of music. For the love of harmony and peace on Earth, I will make sure you seek justice."

Takeshi just get his bass guitar ready and say, "Hm, lets see how you do two against one." Akemi was hiding behind a the drum set as she sees what's going on. It's Guardian Hoshiko, she thinks to herself, but why are those people from the concert after her?

Hoshiko sing into her microphone, and made a giant, purple halo. "I won't let you get away with this," she tells both of them, "ANGEL'S HALO TRAP!!!" She threw the halo in the direction of the monster.

"DEMON'S ICE RAGING FROSTBITE!!" Takeshi play a note on his bass guitar to make the halo freeze.

"DEMON'S WATER CANNON !!"

Rikiya plays his casenets and pointed his right hand in the direction of the frozen halo and broke it.

"That won't work on us again!" Takeshi says. Rikiya sees Akemi behind the drum set and says, "Look over there, Big Brother. There's a girl hiding behind those drums!" Oh crap! Akemi thinks, They spotted me!

When Takeshi looks, he give another attack in the direction of the drums.

"DEMON'S ICE NEEDLE CANNON!!" He plays a note on his bass guitar, which made a lot of pointy, long pieces of ice destroy the drums. Akemi jumps from the drums and Hoshiko stands infront of her.

"Leave while you can, young lady!" Hoshiko says. Akemi asks, "But why? And who are you exactly?" All Hoshiko could say is, "That doesn't matter now. All I need you to do is run, and find safety."

She runs towards Takeshi, and uses hand to hand combat skills on him. Rikiya was about to attack Hoshiko, but got stopped by Akemi.

"I will not let you hurt her," she says furiously, "even if I have to fight you!" Rikiya says, "Fine, if that's how it is-," and swing a kick in her direction. Akemi quickly dodges this attack and throws some punches and kicks towards him.

After Takeshi gets kicked by Hoshiko and falls to the ground, he yells, "C-CHARGE!!" at the monster to attack Akemi. The monster roared really loud, that is caused a lot of wind raised Akemi's skirt, even while she was holding it down. Hoshiko rans towards the monster as Yukinari comes in and see Akemi.

What's this girl doing in here? he thinks to himself. "Hey girly!" Rikiya yells to Akemi, "Nice skirt view!!" to try to embarrass her. Her entire face turned red, and her eyes got enraged.

"WHY YOU PERV!!!!!" Akemi yells, as she gets ready to kick him. Her forehead was glowing lime green as lime green soundwaves with sakura petals in the form of a dragon went in the same direction as her. "AKEMI!!"Hoshiko says, worried about her friend. Yukinari see where that attack came from and was surprised be what he sees.

When Akemi kicked Rikiya in the face, the dragon attacked too. "THIS 'OUGHTA TEACH YOU A LESSON FOR LOOKING AT MY PANTIES, YOU BASTARD!!" she yells angrily. Still kicking him, Akemi has a set of lime green colored piano keys shining on her forehead. Hoshiko sees that marking. No doubt about it, it was Akemi's Guardian Mark.

After witnessing this, Yukinari slides a keytar with a orange strap around it towards Akemi's feet and says, "Akemi! Play a few notes on this!" "What?" Akemi asks, her forehead still glowing. Hoshiko says, "Akemi! Trust Yukinari! You have to transform! You might not believe this, but you're a Music Guardian! Just like me!"

Akemi says, "Wait, y-you're-?" "Yes," Hoshiko says, "it's me." The monster attacked Hoshiko and pushed her into a wall. Yukinari yells, "TRANSFORM AND SAVE YOUR FRIEND!!" to Akemi.

When she played four notes on the keytar, Akemi's body was covered in lime green soundwaves (her music energy) from her forehead. After they vanished, she had a whole new look.

Akemi 's long brown hair with purple underneath it, and on her hair strand that frame her face, is put in a half ponytail. Her piano scrunchy has orange feathers coming out of it. She wears a lime green, open, sleeveless vest with pockets, that have piano keys on the top edges, with one pocket on each side of her chest. A piano belt, with an orange belt buckle, holds up a skirt that matches the color and style of Akemi's vest. Underneath her vest, Akemi sport a strapless, orange top, with big piano keys in the middle, stopping right below her bust. Three, small brown belts are underneath Akemi's top and over her stomach. She wears a set of orange, fingerless gloves that stop at her wrists. Her gloves also has a tiny set of piano keys on the top edges. Akemi wears orange knee socks underneath a pair of lime green calf boots. Another small brown belt goes around her right thigh, with a orange piano leg garter on her left thigh. She sports a white, beaded necklace with a small orange piano dangling from the bottom around her neck. Over Akemi's yellow eyes, she wears orange eye shadow.

"I'm coming Hoshiko!" Akemi says, running to help her friend. The monster released Hoshiko and went to attack Akemi. As Hoshiko fell to the ground, she gets up and says, "Akemi! Just play a few notes on your keytar and say what comes to your heart, and you can defeat him!

A lightening bolt landed infront of the monster, and blew up to the sound like thunder. The Masked Guardian showed up and says, "Guardian Hoshiko is right Guardian Akemi. Just do what she said and you can defeat him." Then he looks at Hoshiko and smiled. "I see you taught her what I taught you, Guardian Hoshiko," he says still smiling, and then disappeared.

Akemi played four more notes on her keytar, and as her Guardian Mark activated, a giant lime green soundwave dragon with sakura petals formed behind her.

"SAKURA DRAGON INFERNO!!" After yelling this, Akemi played another note to make the dragon breath lime green soundwaves with Sakura petals like fire. The soundwave flame swirled arkund the monster, cutting it with the saukra petals like ninja stars.

When the monster was too weak to fight back, Hoshiko sung a note into her microphone, which activated her Guardian Mark. She spun her microphone in the air to form a giant purple halo.

"ANGEL'S HALO TRAP!!" The halo then expanded over the soundwave demon monster, and trapped him. Hoshiko then sung one last note to make the halo explode. The monster disappeared, and the two students got their energy back.

Takeshi picked Rikiya up and said, "You'll pay for this Guardian Akemi and Guardian Hoshiko!" And left the building.

(in nurse's office)

Hoshiko and Akemi were out of their transformations and carried the two unconsciouss students to the nurse's office.

"There you go, Miss Shuruki," said Akari Hiroshio, the school nurse and Akemi's older sister, as she bandages Hoshiko's wrist. Akemi bows and says, "Thanks Onee-chan. Will our classmates be fine?" looking at the two boys passed out and resting. "They'll be all right," Akari says to her sister.

Akemi escorts Hoshiko out of the nurse's office to the school gates so they could go home. "Thanks Akemi for taking me to Akari-sensei," Hoshiko says, "that monster really got me back there."

All Akemi says is, "No problem, Hoshiko! And I had no idea you were Guardian Hoshiko. What makes it more interesting is I get to protect you." "Indeed Akemi," Yukinari says coming out of no where. "You were chosen to be Hoshiko's teammate and protect her. It's a part of your duty as a Music Guardian." Akemi asks him, "Aren't you one of us too, Yukinari?"

Yukinari says, "Indeed. I came to the school today to see if I can find one of Hoshiko's teammate. You're the second Music Guardian I found so far. I need your help to find you and Hoshiko's other three teammates. And you can not tell anyone about you and Hoshiko being Music Guardians. You got that?"

Akemi says yes. "I'll do my best," she says confidently, "and I know me and Hoshiko can find our other teammates!" Hoshiko and Akmei walked home together as Yukinari walked in the opposite direction.

A girl with black shoulder length hair that has some green on the bottom of it, her black side strand in her hair, that look like crab claws at the ends, with a green line on each strand, her loose black and green hair strand on the top of her head is put in a orange hair tie with a brown electric guitar on it to hold it up, red eyes, and a very well-endowed chest with a curveous body comes out of the school gates wearing her Yamato High School sailor uniform like Hoshiko's and Akemi's uniforms.

She looked at them as they walked down the sidewalk. She knew both of them since elementary school, but stopped seeing them a lot in middle school for unknown reason.

Could this girl be a friend, a Music Guardian, or a Dark Musician? Find out in my next story.

(to be continued)