Sally Takahashi's Idol Ranking Performance: Stage 20

* **Name:** Sally Takahashi
* **Episode:** 34
* **Event:** Idol Ranking Competition AS020
* **Song:** Mahou no Mambo / Mahou Tsukai Sally
* **Coord:** Magical Star Coord

## Start

Here it was... Sally was suddenly feeling rather nervous about performing songs she has covered with Megu. Yet at the same time she wanted to sing them because she missed them.

She took a deep breath, trying to calm down, but it worked only a little. Grimacing sadly Sally told herself: "Serves you right for what you did to Megu..." She suddenly wanted to have her friend by her side, but it was hardly likely that Megu would come.

"I need to apologise to her..." were Sally's last thoughts as she entered the stage.

## Performance

Sally entered the stage, and feeling too nervous to respond to some of the cheers, she quickly got into the opening pose.

mahou no MAMBO mahou no MAMBO

mahou no MAMBO mahou no MAMBO

mahou no kuni wa ii na U!

She was doing relatively well, but her nervousness came through.

mahou wa ii na tanoshi na

sugata o keseba itazura wa

nandemo kandemo yari houdai

jumon o tonaerya PA PA PA

yaritai koto wa shihoudai

kowai mono nado nannimonai yo U!

Suddenly she made a mistep and nearly fell, which got her an "oh..." from the audience, throwing her off for a while, her first reaction being wanting to run away, but she managed to make herself sing the last line of the first song somehow (even though ot sounded strained).

(mahou no MAMBO mahou no MAMBO

mahou no MAMBO mahou no MAMBO)

mahou no kuni wa ii na U!

During the flow in from one song into the other, Sally remembered how Megu used to tell her that, even if she made a mistake, she should go on, so she tried to get back into performing.

Mahariku maharita yanbara yanyanyan

Mahariku maharita yanbara yanyanyan

Suddenly a thought "This is for Megu!" came into Sally's mind, making her worried expression change into more focused one.

Mahou no kuni kara yattekita

Chotto CHARM na onnanoko

Sally! Sally!

Fushigi na chikara de machijyuuni

Yume to warai ga ahuredasuno

Sally! Sally!

Mahoutsukai Sally!

As she was singing these lines, she was more all less getting back to her usual side.

Houki ni notte yattekita

Chotto ochame na ohimesama

Sally! Sally!

Mahou no kotoba wo tonaeruto

Ai to kibou ga tobidasuno!

Sally! Sally!

Mahoutsukai Sally!

Three faint sparkles of her aura appeared during each of the following calls, each of them getting slightly stronger than the previous.

Sally! Sally! Sally-chan!

Sally ended her performance with a pause and some of the members from the audience clapped for her.

## End

When Sally get of the stage, her eyes were teary. "I messed up..." she said to herself in disappointment.

Chisaki came over to her and patted her kindly: "While you might have made a mistake, you still managed to finish the performance, which is good."

Sally gave a small nod, but still felt miserably: "I'm going to use the restroom..."

Chisaki gave her a nod, feeling that Sally needed some for herself: "Okay, see you later," and watched the younger girl leave.

Sally however wasn't the only one heading for the restroom... In the audience Megu Kobayashi has excused herself as well, for Sally's performance with the mess up in the middle... well, has left some sort of impact on her. After all she did know both songs by heart, and she also knew that Sally was the type to easily break from concentration after messing up.

So... when Megu openned the door, she is shocked by seeing that someone is already there... and well, Sally is also shocked by who has just entered.

Megu: "...Sally...?"

Sally: "Me- Megu...?!"

The two girls stare at each other, clearly speechless by the sudden encounter after more than two months of being appart. Finally, Sally is the first to find her voice again, yet her eyes get teary as she blurts: "I- I- I'm so sorry! I was such an idiot!!" She sinks to her knees, silently weeping.

Megu is overwhealmed by the emotions herself and she takes the few steps between them and sinks to the ground next to Sally: "I- Me too." Tears are also falling from her eyes. "I wanted to reach out to you again, but was too stubborn to do so..."

And with that the two reunited friends open up once again as they cry out their hearts in the arms of the other one...