Disclaimer: I own neither the anime nor the manga of La Corda D'Oro Primo Passo.

A Violinist's Romance

Five gorgeous male students from Seiso Academy's Music and General Department are made to participate in a musical contour to impress one chosen girl – Hino Kahoko. This new girl will be playing the role of a genius violinist based on Seiso Academy's famous violin romance. The story will lead to its climax when she shall choose one of these boys as partner and also, reveal to him her real self, a transfer student to the General Department with no background in music at all.

Chapter One

The Girl in the Legend

It is the start of a new semester in Seiso Academy. For the students of the General Department, this is no less than a new year of admiration to the future participants to be chosen from the Music Department.

As the legend speaks, two violinist participants from a past contour had fallen in love with each other. Now, everyone is waiting to find out if the legend will once again fulfil itself.

In the middle of the academy is the statue of the fairy saved by the school's owner. This fairy in return for his savior's kindness promised him to spread the love for music to the students of the academy.

And so to speak, the search for this blessed student shall now begin…

"I'm late! I'm late! I'm late again! Oh my mom will kill me if she finds out I'm late in my first day. "

Hino Kahoko breathed and continued speaking to herself as she ran her way to her new school.

"Come to think of it, I wouldn't be accepted at all even in the General Department if I didn't agree to the principal's plan…"

Listen carefully Hino-chan, the faculty is planning a different popularity scheme for our school this year. And since we are actually hoping you could be part of us, we are hoping you could play as our major character…

"And then mom wouldn't stop nagging me. New house, new life, same family and well, who knows what'll happen next? I really have to behave myself and try to blend in. After all, this is sort of like a way to discover things…"

According to Kanazawa sensei, the head teacher for the contour, the girl would be lucky enough to play along. It is a way to get Hino acquaintances, friends and who can tell, she might as well find herself some suitors if she's lucky enough.

The first candidate is Tsuchiura Ryou, a pianist. He and Kahoko had already met a day before when she excused herself from the office and let her mother talk to the principal instead.

She's actually just planning to breathe some fresh air and roam around her new campus, but then there's this strange girl from the General Department like herself who claimed that she's the school's journalist and started taking pictures of her and asking her some backgrounds, both public and private.

If not for her then she wouldn't have started running as fast as she can and bumped to Tsuchiura on her way to the second floor. Good thing he caught her after she lost her balance, saving her the need to visit the infirmary.

Hino Kahoko is now letting herself enjoy the view of the campus. Even more, she's already on her way to one of the music rooms, following the directions given to her by the principal. She finds it weird to be having herself be stared at by some students from the Music Department. But she can't help it, can she? She's wearing the uniform of a student from the General Department and is walking in the territory of those who consider themselves superior to them anyway.

Finally, she reached it. And as the door opened, she found herself a whole new set of audience. There stood the sensei who introduced himself to her yesterday, Kanazawa sensei. And beside him is a line of four male charismatic students from the Music Department.

All she could feel is tension. All of their eyes are on her, like she's something to eat or more like a toy to be made fun of.

She's about to run her way back with the excuse of entering the wrong room. But then one of the four males, the one with the green hair and really huge smile greeted her.

"Hello! You must be …Hi …Hino-san. Kanayan just told us about you. We're the par-ti-ci-pants of the con…tour. I'm, I'm Hihara Kazuki and I … I play the trumpet."

"Hi." is the only word that left out her mouth. She noticed and wondered why he's stuttering. But as she glanced up to meet Kanayan's eyes and with Hihara senpai mentioning her being topic of the conversation, everything became a little clearer.

"No need to stutter Hihara." said the violet haired senpai. "It's a pleasure to meet you Hino-san. I'm Yunoki Azuma and I play the flute. I sure hope we can make the contour as interesting as possible for you."

"Interesting? For … for me?"

"Ko-ni-chi-wa-Hi-no-sen-pai. I-am-Shi-mi-zu-and-I-play-the-ce-llo."

"That's really cool."

She noticed all of them all focused on her except one person, the blue haired guy who just kept on staring at her without saying anything.

But not anymore since their Kanazawa sensei just gave him a tap at the back and pushed him causing him to move closer to her. "Tsukimori Len."

"Hi."

That part is followed by a little silence. Hino smiled at all of them and then introduced herself, "I'm Hino Kahoko. And I'm a transfer student from…"

"Enough of introduction now." Kanayan interrupted. "This girl here is the lady that all four of you are supposed to impress in order to win this year's competition. Having that said, I hope all of you will create an interesting friendship for every one's benefit. Now time for class, everyone may go now… ah, Tsukimori-kun!"

"Yes?" The blue haired boy replied coldly and gave an annoyed gaze at Kanazawa sensei. "Don't give me that murderous look now. You might scare the lady. I'm just asking if you can accompany Hino-san here to her class room. As we both know, she's new here." explained the sensei.

The blue haired boy turned to face her instead. But this time, though cold, he's not that annoyed anymore, a little less.

"Guess that's fine." He replied.

Hihara and Yunoki waved her good bye. She thanked them for being kind to her. At most, she's able to restrain herself from fainting. Shimizu did the same.

Maybe, transferring to Seiso isn't as bad as she thought. Maybe, these good people she just met will understand her being asked to play the major role. Besides, she really has no intention of deceiving them. It's just like she's acting, portraying a role. And though she isn't that good, she just has to take the part, because in reality, she also wouldn't want to go back.

"Hino-san!" The blue haired guy called.

"Yes, Tsukimori-kun?"

"If you're not coming then I'll be off. I don't want to be late for class."

"Ahh, yes I'm coming." She sounded embarrassed. She then turned to the three remaining contour contestants and bade them till next time.

That's right, till next time and so with a few more times after that, she would have to be the same Hino-san introduced to them. She really doesn't play any instrument. But the principal thought the contour participants might as well strive to achieve for something new, something even more exciting than just winning. And since all of them are males, he thought they might as well try to please a maiden.

And well, she did know something about music anyway. Back in Vienna, when she heard someone played Ave Maria…, the first time when she found the music captivating and enchanting, the time when she learned that an instrument can really sound as good as what she heard. And with that belief, she agreed to help as the major character, Hino Kahoko – a genius violinist who stopped playing the violin because of an accident, someone that the participants should work hard to bring back in the field of music and enjoy it once again.

And maybe, just maybe, she really will.

"Uhm…Tsukimori-kun…"

"Yes?"

"Thank you…for this."

"It's really no big deal. But if I were you, I might as well know where my classroom is before my first day." He replied coldly.

"I should have done that. You're right. Sorry for the trouble."

With that, they continued walking without talking.

First impression of Tsukimori Len – cold.

She has to mingle with all of them. She actually heard that the contestants are supposed to be five. And that as of now, one is still thinking twice after being invited. There's also a possibility for an additional participant. This one is up to her to find. This is one big quest. But after receiving the favour of being accepted, it should be up to her. She has to spend some effort as well.

With a fairy looking for someone like her, she might really even spend more effort than she prepared herself for.

A Violinist's Romance – for the search of my music…

A/N: Thanks for reading! Comments? :)

First Chapter accomplished on the night of October 18, 2009.