The scene shifts to Iori and the Orochi entity inside his mind. Annoyed by the being's presence, he tells it to get lost. It jeers that it's always watching him and will forever be a part of him. Iori wakes up in his apartment, cursing the dreams he's been having. Konoe bangs on his door and yells for him to remember their three o'clock rehearsal. On their way to the club, Iori hands Konoe a note that the owner handed him. She recognizes it as the song that Kikuri wrote. When she tells him it's a supposed to be a duet with both of them, Iori refuses to have anything to do with it until they show it to Kuwahara.

Kuwahara is gungho for Kikuri's song, which upsets Iori. Their manager wants to talk to Iori in private so he excuses him from the rehearsal and buys Iori lunch. He complements the bass player on his talents and informs him that a wealthy producer is interested in them. Iori tells him to hand it to someone else but Kuwahara -knowing that the others will accept- explains that he only needs Iori's approval. Before Iori can answer, Orochi...