Chapter 2
After his performance, Hibari rushed down to the cellar where among the stained glass windows stood the candles for remembrance of lost loved ones. He passed by the celebrating stage hands and guests, without a word, to reach this inner sanctum of reflection. Sitting in front of the lit candle of his father, Hibari reflected on the dying will of his father. He said that once he was dead an angel of music would visit Hibari in his stead.
Thus were Hibari's thoughts as Kyoko entered the room. She had short blond hair, unlike many of the girls in the chorus whose hair was grown long, and had very lady-like mannerisms. Hibari's gruff attitude had nearly no effect on the girl compared to most who cowered in fear under his gaze. Even wearing the elegant white dress and the wig that was used to disguise his short hair he could turn blood to ice with one glare, but this girl when she entered the room simply lowered herself to where Hibari was on the floor and stared him in the eyes.
"You were wonderful tonight, but who is your tutor? You never mentioned him before."
"Do you remember the story I told you about when my father died? Well it's come true, the angel of music visits me in my dreams and has taught me to sing," Hibari redirected his eyes back towards the candle while saying this, "If it wasn't my father who has been instructing me all of this time, who could it have been? Certainly no one from the opera house, I would have recognized the voice."
"Have you truly been trusting yourself to this unknown man? That is unlike you," she pulls on Hibari's arm to force him to stand and walk with her, "Come, Byakuran wishes to see you."
There was a massive crowd at the door of the room he would be staying in tonight, Byakuran pushed Hibari and himself through the crowd and into the room without accepting any of the many gifts being thrust at them. The room itself was filled to the brim with large bouquets of all sorts of flowers from carnations to roses. Byakuran, however, ignored this and walked to the vanity where lied a single rose with a black bow tied about its stem. He picked up the rose and gently handed it to Hibari, "He is pleased with you." With that statement he left.
Hibari was left to his own devices as he wandered to the vanity himself while staring in mild amusement at the room. Only those within the Opera Populare knew of the cast's secret and thus the public was led to believe that women portrayed were acted by women. When he had sat down in front of the mirror he was allowed only a brief respite before someone came knocking at his door. Seeing who had let themselves in Hibari was slightly surprised.
"Little Lottie," said the Vicomte de Chagny after closing the door.
"Takashi," responded Hibari with a smirk.
"Oh, it has been a while since last we saw each other, and yet here I find you appearing as if a woman. Yet still as beautiful as ever."
"Takashi, don't flatter me as if you didn't know this opera house uses only men for major roles, you are the patron after all. Quite an impressive title you have gained since I last saw you though."
"Blunt as ever, but I must ask you would you come to dinner with me?"
"No, Takashi, my tutor is very strict."
"Well I won't keep you out late, you will be safe with me."
"Takashi, this is the angel that father sent to guide me. He has given me my voice and I do not wish to betray that."
"No doubt you've been visited by an angel, but I will have you come with me. I shall go get my carriage. Be ready to go soon," he declares as he exits with a wide grin on his face.
"Idiot..," Hibari states in defense as he turned back around. Not long after that he decided to change into sleeping clothes and get out of the dress he was in.
As he was tying the sheer robe closed the candles were suddenly extinguished and with a rumbling crescendo into a roar a voice shouted, "Who is this man who fancies himself your suitor? He wrongly claims a part of your and my triumph. As with the tide he goes with the flow of the crowd."
"Angel of music please forgive me, I do not wish to anger you, and I wish to see your face," Hibari responds timidly.
"Do not worry my angel of music, come to me and it shall be reveled," beckoned the voice. As Hibari turned to the mirror instead of his own reflection being shown back to him slowly the figure of another man appeared. The voice who was the man continued beckoning until Hibari walked through the mirror and took the hand of he who was shown in it.
The warmly lit passage way he was led down by the man did not leave any reluctance to follow his angel who had suddenly appeared to him and entranced him. The man's hair was of a color Hibari had never seen before as human hair, blue, and it was styled up into a twist of hair in the back with a few of the spikes showing from front on. But most noticeable of all was the mask he wore that covered nearly his entire right half of his face, leaving only his lips to show.
All the while this phantom enticed him to sing a duet with the other. It was the description of their bond together and the impressions of each other at first glance. Slowly Hibari was led down a spiraling staircase to a horse and then to a boat that his angel, as if a skilled gondolier, maneuvered through the twisting canals within this catacomb. Finally they reached a gate which opened to the completion of their song. The candelabras rose out of the water lit for them as if in greeting. And at last the boat stopped at the shore of this cavern.
AN: This was a difficult chapter to write. The last scene is by far one of my favorite in the whole movie, but I know I didn't do it justice. I thought for days about how to approach the two sceens before it though because of Hibari's personality, eventually I just had to sit down and type. A reminder here : please vote on my fanfiction . Net profile if you want to have a say in who will be paired with Hibari. It will be open for maybe a chapter or two more. As always please Read and Review.
Thank You,
Inuryu
