Okay, soooo...

I was going to go for one extra long chapter of the competition but since I was suppposed to update earlier and didn't, I thought I would cut it up in two so that I could update today and kind of make-up for the short chapters so far.

Also, I know that some people reaaaaallllyy wanted Kise to get like a mack-daddy smack-down in this competition and I was trying to help, but like I said before, the words kind of just weave themselves and that's not quite how it happened, but I hope this works! Please be kind!

Please read and review! I'll update the second I can, like I said, these two were mainly supposed to be together but I didn't think it would be fair to hold out from you guys like that!

So please! Read and Review please! And enjoy!

Kise watched, his predator golden eyes locked on his prey as the people around him arranged themselves. He kept his senpai in his peripheral vision. He wanted to see the doubt disappear from those deep eyes as the competition began. He wanted to see the confidence his senpai had always held for him. And only him.

Honey said something to them all but he was in the zone. A Capella was just singing. He knew how to do that and didn't need to get out of his zone to listen. It was the same in their games; basketball was something that swam in his veins and he knew how to play it instinctively. Though after his defeat by Kuroko, he had begun listening more and he realized distantly that he was doing it again…

But…his senpai had…

The first snaps broke him out of the zone he was in for a moment.

Snaps? He looked around at the snappers and then turned his gaze back to the silver eyed male, who still watched him closely but didn't seem surprised at all by the snapping.

A soft sound began next and Kise turned toward his senpai and the tall senpai, and found their lips moving. Before he could differenciate those sounds, more came from other around him. Many sounds. So many different sources…

"Duummm, dummm, daahhhmmm. "

"Dum-dum-dum!"

A whistle.

Soft voices adding to it.

A deep voice in the back.

It was all a jumble! And yet!...

He heard the melody. He heard it! It was music! But…not the same up-beat rhythm as the actual song but…it was the music! They were making it by themselves! Could people even do that by themselves?

But he could hear it. It was the song. How were they all so intune?...

"Kise!" Honey's voice snapped and the blond turned in surprise- and found that it was his verse.

He turned to Takao, hoping his instincts would just take control as they always did. It was music! The same as Karaoke, right?! He could…

But then, while he was waiting, maybe for his instincts to kick in, or maybe for the zone, whatever it was, it was Takao's turn.

And he used it. Well.

Stepping forward, the smaller male began…and it wasn't hesitant.

"I know it breaks your heart!"

"Move to the city in broke down car and.."

"Four years no calls!"

"Now, I'm looking pretty in a broke down bar and…"

Kise grabbed at the chorus, wondering just where the heck their choreographer had gone as Takao sang so passionately in front of him.

"So, baby, pull me closer,"

"In the backseat of your Rover."

More than one person was shocked into near silence- mainly one green-haired miracle. The duet was…freaking perfect. Takao's soft voice blended almost exotically with Kise's surprisingly smooth one. Kasamatsu found himself almost completely leaning forward in surprised curiosity at the two, and he was far from the only one.

Kise grinned in some inner triumph as he somehow found himself in the melody. But, also felt some defeat as he heard Takao begin so smoothly on his own verse. The hawk-eyed shooter seemed to have absolutely no problem navigating the music, his eyes seeming to shine in glee as he seemed to move with the music, almost as if the music was in his very bones.

Kise didn't want to lose though, he didn't! He wouldn't!

Stepping forward, Kise let go of his search for their freaking choreographer and met Takao head on, guns blazing.

They both met each other in the center then, close enough to touch, even as the music surrounded them like the closest and most harmonious of spaces. Kise found it seemed just as serious as when he fought with all of his heart in a game in the fourth quarter. With only seconds left.

Was this how important this was for Takao?...

He met him, and tried to let the music work around him as it did.

"Pull the sheets right off the corner,"

"Of the mattress that you stole,"

"From your roommate back in Boulder."

"We ain't never getting older."

(Dum! Dum! Dum!)

The sounds around them seemed to crescendo just as their voices were. He almost felt…powerful there for a minute as Takao's voice crescendoed, following his lead- but with a bang.

"We ain't never getting older!"

"We ain't never getting older." He sang again and waited for that voice to follow, its power echoing through the forest. He let it build, almost swearing he could feel it in his bones as they went back and forth until finally…Takao…

"We ain't never getting OLD-eeeeerrrrrrrr!" He swore it rang through the entire forest…

Kise smiled at Takao, not even feeling that he was able to be upset as the music began to wind down around them.

"We ain't never getting older…"

Was he upset? Had he lost?

Looking around at complete varieties of faces, he wondered if he should be.

"Did I…?" he asked aloud, not really sure what to say as something suddenly rolled in his gut at what he already knew.

The hawk-eyed male across from him had no mercy. "Yeah. That's a loss"

Damn.

Even the miracles seemed too confused to tell, or maybe they were just in shock, period.

"This isn't like a basketball game." The supposed-to-be choreographer said from somewhere to the side even as he stepped forward and began to stretch. "The results aren't always obvious, but you didn't do very well while Takao did. So, I guess that would be a loss then.

"And where were you?!" Kise asked, still conflicted about his disbelief and yet not.

"Singing," Kiyo answered him, looking surprised. "Didn't you hear, Hon-chan? She said that she didn't want to make the first song too hard so we would wait until the second." A pause as those eyes seemed to grow deep. "Hmm. It seems it was a good call."

"Kise,…" his senpai said, suddenly at his right, holding out what looked like a water bottle, yet a look in those eyes told him that he would be kicked senseless if he actually did what he had momentarily let cross his mind. Not that he would do it, anyway, but his senpai seemed to be a mind-reader.

"Starting in 10 seconds!" Honey shouted and Kise arched a brow, suddenly remembering his first day of modeling when he had to be shown the ropes. It almost felt like…he was going up against an organization. Or maybe… some kind of connected performance group.

This was just a high school club, he knew that, but…it felt when he was on the job in the studio. The same air, maybe? He just couldn't put his finger exactly on why…but he knew what he felt!

"Pay attention!" Blinking back into the moment, Kise realized everyone was in a different order and position. But the blond also had something else to say as she turned to the miracles still watching. "You've seen enough! Hurry up and get over here!"

Four surprised teens looked at her as if she had lost her mind but Honey held her ground. Her eyes blazed, as if she were a tigress ordering her cubs. Akashi…sighed and shook his head, his eyes snapping to a pair of bright blue ones before he began to walk over. The rest followed in shock after their leader, though some looked very close to planting their feet.

"Just sing what you know and follow along, got it?" Honey smiled, her words obviously looking down on them and Kuroko wanted to sigh.

It was one thing to beat them one at a time, but going against the entire team…

"Just trust her."

Kuroko turned in some surprise to the deep voice behind him and noticed Tetsumi-kun looking completely unfazed by the situation.

"You don't know what they can do." Kasamatsu said from the other side of the giant and Kuroko nodded, a sinking feeling entering his chest- but then freezing at the giant's next words.

"This isn't the first time she's gone against a prodigy." Kuroko turned, and also sensed Kasamatsu and Himuro do the same as Honey used Momoi to help position the miracles around Kise. The giant's ice colored eyes were on his shorter companion as Kiyo explained somewhat what was going to take place to some grumbled miracles.

"Kiyo-senpai?" Himuro asked in surprise, but the giant said nothing else, his eyes moving back to Honey as she took a step forward in the circle and began.

"Al right! Let's go!"

By the way, this arrangement was inspired by Mike Thompson's video : watch?v=-T3uR6qWEsc (type it in google and it'll pop up)

Just if you guys want to hear it for yourselves :))))))