Prologue
"Rivalry"
At the bay of Costa Rica Italy, music was heard from all around. A huge gathering was there. It was the celebration of musicians for classical music. The place was filled with many famous musicians all from over the world, decorated with lights, lined at the side with foods and a so beautiful that it will always make you feel at ease.
All of the guests had already arrived, except for the Fiori's, a family, directly, from the lineage of a royal family, the English Monarchy. For an hour that passed, the twin mahogany doors opened revealing the Fiori's. People stared and awed at the said group as they stepped out of the villa to the backyard beach. Then came and popped from the woman's side was a little girl. She has long silky red hair with curls at the ends, pink cheeks, red lips and innocently, beautiful topaz eyes. Even at a very young age, the beauty of this little girl can be compared to a beautiful lady. She was dressed in a pink frilly dress with a ribbon at one side of her waist and wears a ribbon headband and pink doll shoes with long knee socks, making her look more adorable.
"Katherine, don't be afraid come out now don't be shy" said the woman. The woman was in her mid-twenties, at around 24 – 26. She was beautiful, very beautiful, even with a family, she still looks young as she is. Her name was Isabella. Isabella Fiori a world famous pianist.
"Katherine, it's okay, father will protect you. Here come on now." The man said and stretched his hand out to her little girl. He was Edward Fiori, a famous world class violinist. The little girl looked at her father. Her father flashed a smile and his daughter returned it,
The little girl stepped out and ran down the stairs. The little girl was amazed and happy, that she couldn't stop commenting about the place, huffing and puffing, making her cheeks look red.
A man with bluish black hair approached them, He was with a woman with greenish blue hair, about the same age as Isabella and as beautiful as her.
"Ah, Edward my friend, it's nice to meet you again especially at a time and place like this!" the man smiled.
"Aoi! Such a long time! Misa-san, you too! How have you been?" just as Misa was about to reply. A little girl kept muttering words and stomped towards them.
"Otou-san, okaa-san! There was this little boy who keeps on fighting and mocking me! He's making me so mad!"
"Katherine. Please keep your voice down. What did Mommy told you again?"
"But he—"
"Katherine… "
"Gomen…"
"Ah, Isabella is this your daughter?" asked Hamai Misa. Isabella nodded.
"Such an adorable little girl!" She squealed.
"What's your name my child?"
"my name is Katherine Scarlet Firoi and I'm five years old!"
"Well Katherine, can we call you Kate?"
"Un!" Misa then kneeled to the height of the girl and smiled.
"My name's Hamai Misa dear, and this is my husband, Tsukimori Aoi. We're friends with your mother and father. It is nice to meet you Kate!"
"You're Japanese!?" Kate exclaimed
"Hai." The little girl smiled and said,
"Konbanwa Hamai-san, Tsukimori-san. Yoroshiku Onegai-shimasu!" the Tsukimori couple were surprised. For a young girl, living in another country learning a different language, considering that she was brought up in European countries, she knows how to speak Japanese!
"Edward here teaches Katherine to speak Japanese." Explained Isabella.
"Ah so I see! Well you made a pretty good job my friend!" Aoi chuckled.
"Misa-san, where's your son by the way? I thought he was with you?" Isabella asked.
"Oh, he's just around here. My son can be a little curious around him sometimes. Ah, there he is! Len, come over here, we want to introduce you to someone." Just as the Fiori's turned around to greet the boy, there was a loud gasped coming from the little girl.
"It's you! What are you doing here?!" Katherine pointed an accusing finger at him and glared at the same time.
"Eh!? Anata!?" the boy, surprised, returned the icy cold stare. Misa chuckled and said.
"Ah, so the two of you met already. Kate this is my son Len. Len, Kaho. Kaho, Len."
"Hmph" was the girl's reply
"Hn." The boy said and both looked away. The two couples sweatdropped.
Both couples continued on talking to each other to catch up with their lives. The two kids then wandered around. The boy went inside the villa and after sometime, the girl went inside too.
As the little girl roamed around the house, she heard a music being played. She moved closer to the source, looking for the one responsible of it, but then it stopped. She frowned. She then continued on walking until she found an open door. She went inside and there lay at the table near the window was a violin. The same thing his father holds on to. She moved closer to the violin and held it in her hands.
'Hm… it's much smaller than dad's' just then…
"Hey! What are you doing! Let go of my violin!" it was lLen – kun
'so it's his…'the boy took the violin from her and glared.
"Gomen, I just want to look at it from upclose, you see father has one too!" Len ignored her and tried to continue practicing.
"Sorry about earlier. By the way I'm Katherine Scarlet Firoi, age 5!"
"Tsukimori Len, 5 years old."
"So… how do you play it?" the girl asked.
"Eh!? You father's a violinist and you don't know how to play it?!"
"Onegai!" Kate begged. Len just sigh and taught her some basics.
"Is it like this?" Kate then started to play something. Salut d'amore. Len was surprised. Noticing the way she played it, her precision, her skills, her mistakes, her position, she was a beginner yet she plays well for a piece like this in her level?!
"When did you…how did you know to play something like that!"
"I don't know…I just heard my father playing it earlier at our house." She stated. Len was mad, irritated, furious and feeling very inferior to someone like her! How, can a beginner like her know how to play something like that!
"Give me that" Len suddenly grabbed his violin and bow from Kate and placed in its case and fixing his things and music scores.
"Huh, why'd you do that" said a confuse kate.
*SLAM!*
Len suddenly left the room with his violin.
'What is with him?'