A/N: This is Chapter 4!! It's been so long since I've updated!! I'm so sorry but I've been pretty busy since I am still a student... (sigh)
Anyway, it seems that I won't get much work done this school year because of my super busy days this school year! So much to do yet so little time!
Disclaimer: No the hell way this is mine. If it was, I won't be writing these fanfics for this anime at all!! Duh!
Akira- Here's some tea and cake!
Kit- (eats some cake, eyes water in delight) Uwah!! Akira-kun, your food is always the best! TToTT
Akira- Your welcome, Kit-chan!
Kit- (faces audience and shows the peace sign) Read and review! XD
CHAPTER IV: Miss Mysterious La Viole Blanche
The day of the concert...
It was about 7pm this night. Nokoru, Akira and Suoh, along with Suoh and Akira's escorts, Utako and Nagisa, walked along the grand lobby of the music hall. It was early but they wanted to check out how things were going in the backstage. The three bishounens excused themselves to go and see things backstage.
Nokoru looked for Miki while Akira and Suoh watched the people prepare for the concert. Some were checking on the sound systems; some were practicing on their instruments. Akira stood there until he noticed someone familiar. He looked closer and saw her crimson-looking orbs.
"Shizuka-chan!!!" Akira greeted. He looked back to Suoh, who had a perplexed look on his face. When he turned back she was no longer there.
Nokoru joined the two, along with Miki. She looked very professional. She wore a white blouse with ruffles in the front, a midnight blue formal jacket, a gray skirt and dark blue high heels.
"Akira! How nice of you to join us!" Miki cried, rushing clumsily towards Akira. She shook his hand and turned to Suoh. All of a sudden, she became a bit... serious and unenthusiastic to him.
"Mr. Takamura," she said, bowing then shaking his hand. She bed goodbye to the three to attend to some matters.
"Who was that?" Suoh asked.
Akira looked at Nokoru. Nokoru nodded and said, "That was Miki Tanaka. She's the manager of one of the performers."
"Really? Which performer?" Suoh asked.
"That we don't know. She won't tell us," Akira said.
"I see," Suoh replied.
Nokoru suddenly appeared with Miki alongside him. She looked very professional for her age. She wore a black blazer unbuttoned to reveal what she wore inside. She was wearing a white blouse with ruffles on the front and black pants with thin stripes. Tonight she was wearing glasses. When she was near them already, she greeted Akira cheerfully but she gave Suoh a quick handshake and a bow.
"Miki, you're wearing glasses?" Akira asked.
"Yeah, I wore contacts the other day," she explained. She looked at her Rolex watch. Her eyes widened.
"Oh, the show is about to start," she said. "I guess we'll see you later."
Miki walked away, probably to talk to her performer. Nokoru nudged Suoh and Akira back to the lobby and see how Ms. Azuya and Ms. Okawa are.
After 30 minutes, the group went to their seats and whispered to each other until the start of the performance.
People shushed and wriggled around their seats to get comfortable. The lights then dimmed and the stage lights turned on.
The first performance was a woman who sang in a high operatic voice with an orchestra behind her. The second was a guy who also sang opera. After 10 or so performances, the conductor of the orchestra said an announcement.
"Ladies and gentlemen, it is the first time this world wide sensation had ever performed in our country after she moved to the USA when she was eight years old. She has performed all over the world and now she has come to perform in her own hometown, Japan!" the conductor announced. "She refuses to reveal herself but now, please welcome: La Viole Blanche, Shizuka Tateishi!"
The audience clapped their hands. Others whispered to each other. Nokoru's and Akira's eyes widened in shock. So this was what her talent is! She played the violin. Superbly, probably.
Shizuka appeared through the door on the right. She wore a snow white strapless that went up to her knees, a black bolero and black high heels that must have been two inches. All the young men in the audience gaped at her beauty while the women stared at her with awe. Suoh however kept staring at the raven-haired girl.
Something was nagging his brain. He couldn't put his finger on it but it feels like he has met this mysterious girl before. It was like deja vu.
The conductor tapped his stick. The music started.
Being a fan of music, Nokoru listened intently to the notes of the violin. She played extremely sweetly. Nokoru recognized it as Pachabel's Canon. Throughout her performance, she never missed a note and she played so sweetly. The music flooded through the hall and all the audience. Many of them were relaxed and mystified by the sound. Then it ended. The audience clapped for her. Akira even thought he had heard someone shout, "BRAVA, BRAVA!"
Shizuka bowed gracefully and scanned the audience. Her eyes grew wide when Suoh's eyes and her eyes met. Nokoru noticed this and he even saw that a small tear drop dropped for her eye. Nokoru suddenly became filled with concern. There was something between Suoh and Shizuka.
Shizuka breathed in heavily. Her lips quivered a bit. She took in a deep breath, still looking at Suoh. Miki Tanaka rushed to her side.
-Miki's POV-
Shizuka's performance ended beautifully. I was so proud of my cousin! She was so beautiful and talented! I saw her bow and then her eyes looked at her audience. But I saw the look in her eyes. All of a sudden, her blank eyes which were usually expressionless suddenly flooded with the emotion emotion I knew so well. I rushed over to her side to see if what I was thinking was correct. I asked her what's wrongI looked at where she was looking at and I gasped silently. Suoh Takamura.
Shizuka looked at me, her expression was as if in a few seconds, tears would flood from her eyes. I knew what she was about to do.
"You're not seriously going to play that song, are you?" I whispered desperately. "It's your most beautiful composition but it's also the most dangerous one to play!"
"I made a promise to myself," she whispered. "I have to play it."
"You faint almost every time you play it and your fingers go bloody because of pressing on the strings to hard! There's too much history in that song! Too much despair and pain."
"I know. But let me be, Miki. Let me be."
"You're not going to change your mind, are you?"
"Never."
"He's here. He might remember."
"He doesn't remember me any more." she said quietly.
"Be careful."
I walked back stage once more and breathed in deeply. Here comes the blood.
-end POV-
Nokoru noticed that Miki looked at Suoh. It was suspicious.
Shizuka then walked to the microphone and said, "This next song is composed by me. I dedicate it to a dear friend of mine. He moved away when we were still young. I never heard from him again but I love him. Still."
Nokoru wondered if this friend of hers was Suoh. Were they friends before?
Before Nokoru could answer that question. The music started. It was extremely beautiful. It was nothing the three have ever heard before. The audience gaped in awe (again). The music was sweet and beautiful. After a few notes it became a bit sad and lonely and then intense. The notes were so intense that the pressure Shizuka put into pressing them were injuring her fingers already. Akira and Nokoru stood in alarm. Suoh slowly stood. The audience behind them began murmering complaints but were instantly shushed by other people.
"What's that on her dress?" Nokoru asked.
Akira looked at her white dress. He then looked at something that was dripping from her vioin and on to her dress. It was red. Deep crimson. It was... BLOOD.
"She's... Her fingers are bleeding!" Akira said.
As they continued watching her performance, the blood continued. The audience suddenly chattered because of what was happening. Shizuka was breathing heavily now. After thirty seconds, she collapsed.
"SHIZUKA!" Miki cried as she rushed to Shizuka's side.
"Shizuka-chan!" Akira and Nokoru shouted as they ran over to her from their seats.
Suoh, however, now fully standing, was glued to the spot. Nagisa reached out for his hand. He snapped out of it and looked at Nagisa.
"They need you," she said. Suoh nodded and ran to where Shizuka fell.
When he was there, he kneeled beside Miki and Akira. He told Miki to call the ambulance and she did. Suoh then looked down at Shizuka.
There was something about her that was familiar. He didn't know yet but he will. Why did he already like her when they haven't even talked to each other? And most importantly, why did she look at him like that?
Suoh kept thinking about these things until Shizuka was loaded into the ambulance, with Miki and Ino beside her.
He had to find out. But how?
A/N: HAAAAAAAAAA!!! I'm finally finished with this chapter! I've been itching to finish but I didn't have the opportunity to! I miss the feeling of finishing a chapter! It's so refreshing!
I hope this chapter is okay! Please review!
So who is this mysterious girl? Why did Suoh felt so weird around her? Did they meet in their past lives? Keep reading to find out! (And please understand that I can't update fast! Gomen!)
Akira- WAAA!!! She had blood on her fingers!
Kit- Akira-kun, calm down! She's okay.
Akira- (calms down a bit) Oh, okay... But she was bleeding! So scary!
Nokoru- She played so beautifully it left Suoh in a daze!
Kit- Awesome!
Akira- Where is Senpai, anyway?
Nokoru- Now that you mentioned it, where is he? (looks around the room)(the others do the same)
Kit- Is that him? (pointing to the window)
Akira- (approaches Suoh) Senpai? Senpai?
Suoh- Oh, Akira... I was just... thinking...
Kit- About???
Suoh- Nothing... (stands up and walks away)
Kit- (muttering) So weird...
Akira- (giggles at me)
Kit- What?
Akira- Nothing! (giggles) You're just funny.
Kit- Oh, okay. (turns to readers) Stay tuned for the next chapter! XD
