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AN: This took way to long to get up, but in my defense, I wasn't home, so I couldn't edit this chapter until just under an hour ago. But even so, I'm really glad that I finally have some reviews and so I'd like to thank HaibaraAiFan and likeabozu for their wonderful reviews however long or short they may have been! That and they were my first reviewers!
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~Love Stories~
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The watchman who guarded the gates of Katashi stood diligently at his post when he spotted someone coming up to the gates.
"What do you want?" The guard demanded. "You can't get inside so get out here!"
Seeing that the person wasn't leaving, he went directly up to the gates himself and was about to tell the person off again when a small marigold was handed to him through the bars.
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Elsewhere Hinamori Tsumugu began doing his usual rounds about the school.
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The same person who'd given the marigold to the watchman continued on their way into the school. They spotted one of the few men who cared for keeping the campus of the school nice and neat.
The man looked up as he spotted an unfamiliar person coming up to him and was surprised when he received a marigold rather than an explanation as he expected.
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Hinamori Tsumugu nodded to the students he passed by as he continued on his daily walk around the school.
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Two men, who were maintenance workers that kept the school clean and running, argued over which job needed to be done first. Suddenly, a hand holding two marigolds out to them appeared between them.
Startled and confused, they looked up to see someone they'd never seen on Katashi grounds before.
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Hinamori Tsumugu gave a quiet 'good morning' the his fellow colleagues as they passed by him.
"Soujiro-san," he adressed another man in a brown suit.
"Yes, sir?" Soujiro-san replied.
"I'd asked you to complete a few papers yesterday," the Headmaster said. "Have they been completed?"
"Yes, sir," Soujiro-san answered.
"Leave them on my desk," Tsumugu ordered.
"Of course, sir," Soujiro-san nodded before leaving the bronze-haired man to continue his rounds.
Suddenly the sound of a violin reached his ears as the sound echoed through the halls of Katashi. Tsumugu stopped before stalking away towards the source of the sound.
He found a man sitting on the front steps, a large leather knapsack and violin case next to him as he played for a little girl. Seeing the frightening headmaster of Katashi, the little girl fled, leaving the man to continue playing.
"What is going on here?" Tsumugu demanded.
The bow stopped, halting the sound as the man's eyes opened. He stood and faced Hinamori Tsumugu, giving the Headmaster a chance to observe the man.
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The man had messy dark-blue hair, his bangs slightly falling into his tanzanite eyes, giving him a somewhat mysterious appearance. He had a slightly dark peach complexion and stood at only a few inches below Hinamori Tsumugu's height.
He wore a pair of black slacks, a cerulean button-down shirt with the first two buttons open and the sleeves rolled up to his elbows, and pair of black socks covered his feet before being enveloped into a pair of black dress shoes. There was a small chain around his neck, but as it hung down to just above mid-chest, Tsumugu couldn't see what was hanging from it. A pair of sleek wire-frame glasses were perched on his face.
(AN: The glasses are the same ones Ikuto wore in the anime when Easter made him pose as the violinist, DL, during the Death Rebel Arc. And the outfit is the one Ikuto wore when he called Amu during Shugo Chara Party)
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"Good morning, Sir," the blue-haired man greeted in a sikly voice, "My name is Yue Yoru. I believe we have an appointment sche—"
"Don't you know there are student here who are trying to concentrate on their work?" The bronze-haired man questioned Yoru. "Don't you understand that you mustn't make any noise in a place like this?"
"Sir," Yoru addressed Tsumugu, "that little girl had seen my violin and insisted on hearing it. I couldn't break her heart."
"It is more important that you not break the rules here Yue-san," the Headmaster said sternly. "Come with me," he ordered, walking away.
Yoru only rose an eyebrow at the man's behavior before giving a small smirk. 'Interesting.' He thought before following the headmaster.
-Headmaster's Office-
Yoru sat quietly in his seat in front of Hinamori Tsumugu's desk as said man read through his resume. He quickly glanced at the Headmaster, to see if he was paying him any attention and smirked inwardly. He began tapping a sort-of upbeat rhythm on the armrest of his chair and continued until Tsumugu gave him a cold look.
"So you have come here to teach music," Tsumugu stated.
"Yes, Sir," the blue-haired man answered.
"Despite knowing the traditions of this university?" Tsumugu asked.
"Yes, Sir," he repeated.
"And understanding that no form of music has ever been taught here and most likely never will be?" the bronze-haired man inquired.
"Yes, Sir," Yoru replied.
"You have been offered jobs in many other universities and colleges," Tsumugu commented, "yet you've come here. Why?"
"I was told that you wouldn't allow me to teach here, Sir," the blue-haired man told the headmaster. "However, this sounded like a challenge. And I happen to enjoy challenges, Sir."
"And what makes you think that you will be able to change my mind, Yue-san?" the bronze-haired man asked.
"Because I have heard of you, Sir," Yoru answered, "and it seems that you like that challenges as well, isn't that right, Sir?"
Tsumugu only gave him another cold look before getting up and pacing around his office. 'Touchy, isn't he?' Yoru thought to himself.
"And just how will my students benefit from learning music?" Tsumugu asked.
"The students are buried in books all day, Sir," Yoru responded. "Music will help them unwind and rejuvenate. And learning music is a beautiful thing in itself, Sir."
"And if you do not find enough students to attend this class of yours?" the headmaster asked.
"Then my bag, my violin, and I will leave the campus, never to be seen again," Yoru answered.
"I like your confidence, Yue-san," the bronze-haired man complimented.
"Thank you, sir," Yoru gave a nod.
"I will give you one chance," the headmaster told the man sitting in front of him. "If you find enough students who are willing to attend your class in their spare time, then you may stay. However, if you do not, you will leave. Is that understood?"
"Thank you, sir," Yoru stood, hands in his pockets.
"All the best, Yue-san," Tsuugu said, before walking off.
-Outside on Katashi Grounds
A few of the maintenance men carried over chairs to a large gazebo situated a few metres to the left of the school entrance.
"Thank you," Yoru told them men as he straightened out the chairs and went to the very front of the crowd of seats. He took out his violin, got into position and waited.
The bell rang, signaling the end of classes and waited a few moments, watching the students pour out of the building before beginning to play a melody.
Some students stopped to stare at the man in the gazebo, playing his violin. But none were as entranced by the music as Kukai, Tadase, and Nagihiko were. They began walking towards the gazebo, ignoring the questioning gazes of their peers around them.
Yoru continued playing, and when his melody was finished, he opened his tanzanite eyes to find a majority of the seats filled, with only three or four at the most, empty.
He smirked.
-Headmaster's Office-
"You've made yourself quite the classroom, Yue-san," Tsumugu commented.
"I believed that being outside at the end of the day would do them more good than being cooped up indoors for a music class of all things, sir," the blue-haired male replied.
"Ten other students have registered for your class, Yue-san," the headmaster told the man. "That is quite the accomplishment you have made in one day."
"Thank you, sir," Yoru said.
"You have the job, Yue-san," Tsumugu informed Yoru, handing him a small packet of papers, "here is your contract. Please read carefully before signing." He walked over and sat in his chair. "But let me explain something to you, Yue-san."
"Please do, sir," Yoru drawled.
"You are about to become a part of this illustrious school," Tsumugu explained. "For the last thirty years I have run this university with tradition, honour and discipline. Nothing has changed in those thirty years." He rose from his chair and began pacing around his office. "It is why Katashi has reached and retained the status it has today. Yesterday you had changed the order of a few chairs. Tomorrow you may want to change something else." He stopped behind his desk once more and look Yoru straight in the eyes. "I do not like change, Yue-san."
"I understand, sir," Yoru gave a nod.
"Then I welcome you to Katashi," Tsumugu held out his hand.
Yoru reached over with his own hand and gave it a firm shake.
-Katashi Gazebo; The Next Day-
The same melody Yoru had played the day before echoed once more in the air across the grounds of Katashi.
The students of Katashi that had signed up for Yoru's class sat in their seats, either with instruments in the hands or a music stand with music sheets in front of them as they listened to the music their new teacher played.
"Love..." Yoru spoke, when he finished playing, "music's greatest inspiration." He stood from his seat and began walking around the gazebo. "Love and music are very closely connected. Because both come from the heart and their destinies depend on whether or not the heart expresses it." He set his violin down in his seat.
"If you love someone," the blue-haired man told his students, "just go and tell them. It doesn't matter whether she accepts or refuses." He went up to a student who was holding his guitar wrong and turned it the right way. "The same thing goes for the instruments you hold in your laps. It doesn't matter if you play well or not; if you want to play, then just play. Listen to your heart and do what it tells you."
Tanzanite eyes glanced around at his students and saw some confused faces. So he decided to use an example.
"Take a look at those gates over there," Yoru pointed at the front gates of Katashi. Everyone turned to look as instructed. "You look at that very gate day after day. It's the very gate that you can never cross. Look again and imagine at the person you love is on the other side, waiting for you."
At this, almost all of the students' heads turned back to their teacher in confusion, as though the entire concept of falling in love was a foreign term.
Kukai gave a grin as he imagined Utau walking past the gates, smiling at him, rather than the glare he got last time.
Tadase tilted his head and a gentle smile spread across his face as he pictured Yaya waving to him with a large grin on her face.
Nagihiko smiled softly as he saw Rima walking towards the gates, a shy smile on her lips.
"What?" Yoru asked amongst the chuckles. "Nobody's been in love before? Come on!"
It was then that he realized that there were only three students that never questioned him the entire time and were still watching the gates.
'Could they be...?' Yoru thought as he hushed the class and whispered to the trio as he plucked their instruments out of their hands.
"Yes," he whispered, "she's calling out for you! She wants you to break down those gates so they can never be closed again! Go on and get going! She won't wait forever! Listen to your hearts and go! Go! GO!"
And with that Kukai, Tadase, and Nagihiko sped off for the gates.
Yoru watched them with a small smirk on his face. 'I've found them.' He watched as they broke through the gates with a loud shout and stood amongst the rest of his class as they cheered.
'There is so much hate in the world,' Yoru thought, 'But even then, their hearts are so full of love. Go on and tell them that nothing and no one can stop these love stories. Not now.'
AN: It might just be me, but I think the chapters are getting longer... There was supposed to be a song in here from the film this is based off of, but I was debating on whether or not to insert it. If you'd like, I can go back and insert it into the story, or if you think it's better without the song, then all right!
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