Puppy Love

Disclaimer: I do not own La Corda D'Oro

Chapter One: Accident

A figure sighed as he placed his violin away from his neck. He brushed his light blue hair away from his frustrated face. He sat back down and placed his head on his hands. It was all over. Today, Hino Kahoko herself had announced that she and Tsuchiura Ryoutaro were officially dating. He placed his violin delicately back in its case and started to walk home.

It was sunset, not much people were left in the campus. He stopped beneath the fairy statue and slumped back against it. He didn't care who saw him, not that anybody did. A light figure came crashing down to him, suddenly. "Wha-?"

A tiny voice erupted from the figure, "H-help me!" Len was stunned even more and he held the tiny figure by his wing. "You're…" he started before he had a handful of it again as he noticed the tweeting of a sparrow. It flew away when Len moved.

Len held it by the wings once again as it struggled, "Hey, you're the fairy of this academy…" Lili widened his eyes and he gave Len a cheery smile, "You can see me. No da!"

"Yeah, so what?"

"I thought only Hino Kahoko can see me. No da!"

His mood dampened more when the little fairy said her name. Lili continued its dance of joy and finally stopped to introduce itself, "I'm Lili, the music fairy and you're Tsukimori Len. No da." Len narrowed his eyes and picked his violin up before standing up, "I'm leaving…" he stated.

Lili tugged on his sleeve as he took his first step. "Wait!" Len stopped and turned around, gripping him with his hand. With a vein clearly popping on his temple, he looked at Lili. "What?" he asked him angrily. Lili flew away from his hand and checked his bent wand. He looked angrily at Len, "Look at what you did with my wand. No da!" He waved the wand in front of Len for emphasis. Lili glared at Len and prepared to leave with the usual waving when he accidentally pointed it to Len instead. "Huh…?"

A cloud of smoke and sparkle surrounded him and Len noticed himself growing smaller and smaller until he was on all four paws. He felt something moving behind him, his body temperature suddenly rose and why did he have the desire to take his tongue out and pant?

Lili clutched his yellow hair as he looked at Len or better yet the creature before him. If it wasn't growling snarling at him or the fact that it was Tsukimori Len, Lili might have thought it was cute. Its pointy ears were erect and alert; its fangs were bare, fur unusual color of blue, eyes gold and a very tiny body with a long tail.

He was about to argue. Len spoke, but instead he barked.

Confused, he barked again and again and finally he stopped to lie down on the cool floor. He looked at Lili from below, glaring at him. Lili scratched his head sheepishly and told him, "I must have accidentally turned you into a dog…" He growled. "Don't worry I'll change you back. No da!" he said warily. He waved his wand and was about to hit him with it when that same sparrow came back and flew to catch him. Lili ran away with a slight scream.

Len barked angrily, "Bark (You), bark (Come), bark (Back), bark! (Here!)" He whimpered instinctively when he heard the loud clap of thunder. It echoed in its ears. 'So this is what it feels like hearing three times the human can.' Len narrowed his eyes, 'I'm going to get that fairy when I get back to normal.' He slumped on the floor underneath the big Lili statue.

He heard voices approaching and quickly looked back. However, he didn't see anyone. He whined, 'If I ever get back to normal that is.' Rain poured in, he growled inaudibly. He placed his head in between his two paws. Fate hated him, but destiny was about to change that.

He opened his eyes and found himself in a different setting. He shook his head slightly. "I must have dozed off…" He yawned and finally noticed the fact that he was on a warm bed in a dark room. He was dry and in fact he smelled quite nice. Almost as nice as a girl. The door opened and his first instinct was to bark and growl at the intruder even though he was the intruder. "Holy cow, I'm becoming more and more like a dog."

"Easy there." A gentle voice came as a hand tried to reach out to him. Len backed away; it was strange that the voice sounded very familiar. The hand approached him nearer and before he knew it…he was backed against the wall. He whimpered slightly when the hand was over his head. The hand petted him gently, calming him down more than he could possibly imagine.

"Now wasn't that so bad?" The voice cooed, making him tense slightly but didn't last long. The hand continued to stroke his blue fur. He was even rolling on his back. After a while, the petting stopped as the voice announced, "I forgot to open the lights. I'll be back in a moment."

He sat up and yawned slightly as moments later, light came from the ceiling. He yelped lightly at the brightness, but later the felling took flight. And a figure went and carried him, "You're so cute." Len blinked slightly and looked up at the figure's face; he blushed a bright red. He came face to face with Kahoko.

Kahoko smiled warmly at him and told him, "You seem to be a stray. I'll keep you for the meantime. You sure are a cute little boy." Len gulped, he was lucky she didn't know just yet. She placed him down on her pink sheets again. He looked at her as she came eye to eye with him.

She folded her arms and placed her head on top. She seemed to be thinking. Len looked around Kahoko's room. Her bed was located near the mahogany door. A desk was located beside the bed and a small vanity mirror was placed on the wall. Another door was located opposite the bed which he supposed was her closet. Her violin case was placed on the floor.

He looked over at the girl. He was surprised when he saw a dreamy look on her face. His ears dropped down to his head. "She's probably thinking about Tsuchiura…" He whined slightly, drawing her attention. She blushed delicately, "Sorry about that." She scratched him behind his ear.

"Now your name will be…" That dreamy smile appeared on her face as she patted his head. He would cringe if his name was related somewhere near Tsuchiura's name. "…Ren." He blinked twice before looking at her, a surprised look on his face. She smiled, "Ren. That will your new name."

She stretched, revealing the large shirt she wore and a pair of light shorts. She carried him slightly and placed him beside her head. She bid him goodnight and slowly she drifted to sleep. Len or Ren looked at her peaceful face, pondering over his new name. "Could it be that somehow? Nah, probably somewhere near HIS name, but…there isn't any hope anymore, right?" With that train of thought, he fell asleep.

Author: My second chaptered story after "Their Relationship" and one-shot sequel, "Sunrise", wow, a little slow. I probably won't be able to update this as quickly as "Their Relationship", because classes here in the Philippines are starting. I'll even be lucky if I can update this once a week. So sorry for any grammatical and spelling errors and please review. Enjoy!