Naoto walked over and took his ticket from Sonya. "A magic show? But why?" Sonya ignored the question leaving Naoto with a scowl. He didn't like this. He's only known Sonya for a short time but that was long enough to understand that she was a woman who got straight to the point. It wasn't like her to be subtle. As Naoto pondered this and Sonya have the others their tickets he noticed something out of the corner of his eye. On a shelf in Sonya's portable armory was a pair of devices that didn't look like any type of weapon. Looking over at Sonya he could tell she was at her limit with the group and probably wasn't up for explanations. Naoto decided to leave it alone for now and get some shut eye.

~Next Day~

"Hrmm, I don't know about this..." Naoto spoke to himself as they stood in the back of the crowd. For one, Naoto hadn't been out with a group in two years. He didn't even go to the soccer team's game celebrations. Then there was the fact that Naoto was the restless type and usually didn't stop well in situations where he had to stay still for extended periods of time. It was the reason he fell asleep in class so often. Finally, there was Sonya's motivations. Why send them to see a magic show.

As everyone complained about their viewing position Naoto scratched his cheek awkwardly since the biggest reason they got here late was probably him over sleeping. He noticed Jak laughing to herself about something. "What's so funny?" He asked curiously. "Forget about it. We didn't know this guy would be so popular." Naoto said after Jak apologized for the idea to meet up. "There was no way we could have known his show would get so packed."

Suddenly, the show started. From the moment the masked boy appeared on stage Naoto felt something was wrong. Not just with coming to the show so suddenly but it felt like something was coming soon. [i]I don't like this. I can't put my finger on it but for some reason i feel like things are gonna get a little more complicated.[/i] Though the magicians act was impressive Naoto couldn't fully pay attention to it and was on edge the whole time.

The magician finally got Naoto's full attention when the most states billowing out from under the stage. "There's something off about this stuff..." Then his eyes widened in surprise at Prospero's words. "Mafia!?" Suddenly, everyone except him and the others were fine from sight. Naoto looked around hurriedly in disbelief. The magician stressed him directly causing Naoto to look at him. [i]How does he...?[/i] The masked boys remark about making him disappear transformed Naoto's look of surprise into a glare. "If I was paying attention your act probably would have made that happen already. Who are you and what did you do to those people?" Naoto demanded.