A/N: Thank you all for your faves, reviews and follows! Like, this story has reached 200 reviews and a hundreds of faves and follows! We never thought we'd see the day! Since it's an idol fic…. Thank you so much!

Important note: We strongly advise you to watch the videos posted here as we think our descriptions aren't that clear. We know nothing about dancing, so we try to write what we see. We may have over-described some parts or under-described some parts ―we don't know, but we think we didn't do it clear enough, so please watch.

Also, for the SHINee songs there are Japanese versions to them, but we use the Korean version because that's what we're used to and frankly, it sounds better (to us at least). So if you want to hear what the Japanese sound like, then go on ahead, but the videos we use are the Korean version. Just to let you know.

Catal Rhythm :

First song: "Hide and Seek" by ASTRO.

For full dance: ASTRO (Hide and Seek Dance Practice) on the group's youtube channel. (Because this site doesn't allow links to be shared)

Second song: "Lucifer" by SHINee

For full dance: SHINee "Lucifer" Dance Practice by SMTOWN

For MV: SHINee "Lucifer" Music Video by SMTOWN

Third song: "Hello" by SHINee (I take it that you've already seen this because it was their debut song and MV back in chpt. 10, right?)

Kagami — (Hide and Seek) the one in the white shirt with blond hair (JinJin) / (Lucifer) the one in the black cap (Dance Practice), the one with the short black hair (MV) (Minho)

Kuroko — (Hide and Seek) the one in the orange hoodie (Sanha). / (Lucifer) the one with the long hair in the red and black (MV), the one in the black and white stripe shirt (Dance Practice) (Taemin)

Kise — (Hide and Seek) two people: the one in the pizza shirt (MJ) AND the one in the blue hoodie (Eunwoo). / (Lucifer) the one in the black merina (Dance Practice), the one in the gold fronted sleeveless shirt (MV). (Jonghyun)

Takao — (Hide and Seek) the one with in the white shirt with black sleeves and black cap (Rocky) / (Lucifer) the one in the black t-shirt (Dance Practice), the one with half of his head shaved (MV). (Key)

Kasamatsu — (Hide and Seek) the one in the blue shirt with black sleeves and black cap (Moonbin) / (Lucifer) the one in the white shirt with white cap (Dance Practice), the one in the open white jacket and grey fur on the back (MV). (Onew)

Enjoy!

Chapter 25

MusicStock Concert

…

The weekend ran off quickly, much to Catal Rhythm's pleasure. Shooting the music video spilled over into Sunday, given that they had the radio guesting to do first. It was fun, given that they got to laugh at each other yet again, Kasamatsu and Kagami's faces were (as usual) priceless.

But with the new school week came new troubles, both Kaijou and Shutoku getting into an uproar. In Kaijou's case, the moment Kise set foot through the gates, a horde of fangirls attacked him (and because Kasamatsu was right beside him, he got caught up in it as well), screaming about having evidence that he's Sunn of Catal Rhythm.

"Girls, how many times must I say that until ―" he was unable to continue since a girl cut him off.

"Kise-kun, how many models are there in Kaijou with blond hair?"

"Huh?"

Catching on quickly, Kasamatsu grabbed Kise's wrists and said to the girls as he made his way through the crowd, "I think you all are overreacting a little bit too much. Haven't you thought that this is the very reason why Sunn withheld his identity?"

"Wha ―"

"Think about it. If everyday boys were attacking you like this, would you want the entire school to know that you were an idol?"

That seemed to quell the girls as they all stopped and mumbled incoherencies while the boys escaped. Kise heaved a sigh of relief, but he knew that he was far from safe. Kasamatsu on the other hand, wondered how he could have allowed Kise to make such a slip on Saturday. He should've kicked him under the table to stop him.

xxxx

Hattori Aika never knew what hell awaited her Monday morning.

She doesn't listen to radio broadcastings, so she was absolutely clueless about Catal Rhythm's interview. Well, Takao did tell her that they were going to be on the radio, but she wasn't the type to listen in. The moment she stepped through Shutoku's gates, a horde of girls surrounded her ―girls she never knew existed, girls she hated, and girls she saw but didn't care about.

"Hattori! You do dancesport for Aihara company, don't you?!" one shrieked in her face.

Aika remained unfazed. "Get out of my face and lower your voice before you ask me anything."

The girl drew back. She never expected this sort of reaction from Aika, not because they were total strangers, but because Aika didn't seem like someone that had so much sass. The Latin dancer stood with folded arms and tapped her foot impatiently on the ground like a mother awaiting her child's explanation for doing something wrong.

"I have my class to get to. What is it that you want?" Aika asked again, this time in a more dominating voice.

"Are you Taka's "prospective" girlfriend?" another asked.

The dancer raised an eyebrow in question. This was all news to her. Of course she knew who "Taka" was, but the last part about "prospective girlfriend" was a stunner. "What?"

"Didn't you listen to on Saturday?!" yet another girl shrieked.

"No I didn't." Aika deadpanned. "As a matter of fact, I don't listen to radio. If I'm nearby and someone's playing theirs aloud, then sure. But not off my own."

"So, you aren't Taka's girlfriend?"

Aika had had enough. "I don't know what you're talking about. Why don't you go ask Taka himself? Or haven't you thought that it's because of people like you lot why Taka didn't reveal his girlfriend's name."

With that, she shoved her way through the crowd, heading to her formroom. However, the usually peaceful and easy journey turned into an arduous one. Students kept coming in from all corners of the school just to ask her the same question. Along the way, she encountered another girl ―Airi― who was going through the same thing just because her name begins with "Ai".

Sliding the door open viciously, Aika's brown eyes scanned the room for Takao and found him chatting with a group of guys near to his seat. She stormed over to him and grabbed him by the collar, pulling him to the back of the classroom.

"Ai-chan?!" Takao shrieked in shock.

"Don't "Ai-chan" me, Kazunari-kun." She said while crossing her arms over her chest. "I'm mad."

Takao stiffened. "I didn't do anything!"

"Could you care to share why the entire school is harassing girls with "Ai" in their name?" she asked fiercely. "Since you apparently "didn't do anything"."

Takao slapped his forehead. Aika looked at the boy questioningly, and after he regained himself or whatever, he told her what transpired on Saturday. While Aika was silently planning to kill Kasamatsu and Kise, she realized that Takao brought it upon himself when they provoked the eldest teen. So therefore, if she really were to kill anyone, she'll have to start with him.

"Next time," she sighed, "don't say anything."

"It's not that I meant to. It just slipped out!"

"Fine." She shrugged casually. She then moved closer to him and said, "And why exactly does your other four bandmates think I'm your prospective girlfriend?"

Takao chuckled nervously and avoided making eye contact. "Beats me." He didn't want to tell her that they were all just disgusting bastards who loved to tease each other. That, and, when Kise said that he saw "some seriously blinding sparks fly" whenever Takao and Aika interact, the hawk-eyed boy figured that either Kise was just awful or his eyes were seeing something that he wasn't.

However, judging by his reaction, Aika knew that Takao knew something and wasn't telling her. Well, she had other means of getting it out of the hawk-eyed boy anyway.

"I see." She said with a hum before turning and heading to her seat. Takao let out a sigh of relief but then, his classmates swooped in like hawks on a prey.

"What was that all about?" one of the boys asked. He was a tall youth with black hair and dark eyes ―typical look for a Japanese. He was Tsukiyama.

"That's what you're asking about?" another piped up. He had brown hair and brown eyes. He was Honda. "What I wanna know is if you two are secretly dating or something? Like, she looked like a mad wife."

"Eh?!" Takao screeched out. "No, we're just good friends!" He waved his hand dismissively in front of him.

"Heeh?" Tsukiyama smirked. He leaned over and was seemingly insinuating something. "Good friends who disappear together at lunch time, who are seen walking home sometimes, who look at each other like they're eye-fuc―ow!" Tsukiyama shouted in agony as he felt something holding his hair with a vice-like grip.

"What was that, Tsukiyama-kun?" Aika's face darkened, her voice was cold like ice. "Hmm?" Takao had to admit, Aika looked menacing here.

"Nothing Hattori! Nothing!" he screeched in his defence.

She released his hair and looked in Takao's direction, "Kazunari-kun, you need to choose your friends better."

"They're just a bit crazy, Ai-chan." The point guard chuckled. "They're good guys."

Tsukiyama and Honda exchanged glances with each other before breaking out in devious grins. "What's this? They're on first name basis already?"

xxxx

Catal Rhythm lay on the floor in the practice room, panting like crazy. They had just finished going through their routines for the concert, and they must admit, they will die. Of the three songs, two had killer routines ―Hide and Seek and their new song ―Lucifer. That was what got them flipping out the day Kenji gave them the envelopes. And what's worse, Aihara makes their idols sing and dance on the live stage. No lip-syncing some parts and singing live other parts, like other companies. The only thing they have prepared is the music. But then again, the good thing about this, is that no one can say they can't sing or whatnot.

At the moment, Hikaru was elsewhere, killing off another group with brutal choreography. Plus, since the boys already know their routines, there wasn't a need for him to be constantly watching over them (although he would have given how much he adores his son).

"Guys, I've been thinking," Takao panted.

"Hmm…?" they groaned out.

"We're going up first, right? So since that's the case how about we change the moves and lyrics of "Hello" a bit?"

The other four's eyes widened with surprise. They then looked to each other wondering if they had heard right.

"Change what to what?" Kasamatsu asked. "And, please, don't let it be anything too serious."

Takao laughed. "Of course not." He got up and stood before them. "Here's what we'll do at the concert to make the crowd ours."

Kagami grinned. "I'm all ears."

…

And so the weeks continued on, Catal Rhythm's new music video ―Lucifer― was released. Of course, prior to it being shown to the public, their teammates viewed with them the day before, and like "Hello", they watched it five times, each time focusing on one boy. The teasing was endless, but nevertheless, their teams were proud of them.

In regards to their families, Kazue ―Takao's younger sister― called him non-stop and demanded that the next time they shoot a video, she should be there watching with everyone else. His father ―Kazuo and his mother expressed their pride over numerous phone calls.

With Kasamatsu, his brothers kept screeching about how cool "Onii-chan" was and sounded like hysteric little fangirls. His parents were amazed at their son as well, as never in their wildest dreams they'd see Kasamatsu do something like this. While, it was within expectation that he'd be a guitarist or something, being in a pop idol group ―and the Leader, no less― still had them a bit shocked.

Kuroko's parents were the usual, since they already knew what their son was capable of. Add to that, Hikaru is the group's choreographer. Kagami's dad called from America, and apparently, he was stunned. He was proud that his son wasn't "drowning himself only in basketball" and actually venturing out into something new.

But in the midst of all that, Catal Rhythm readied themselves as well for Inter-High preliminaries. It was nearing that time of the year like always, and to say their workload got heavy would be an understatement. It was a killer. Yet, they managed to pull through with each passing day, one of the reasons being ―the other début groups were dying.

Every evening, they came in the Complex for rehearsals or whatever looking exhausted and drained ―like zombies only with good skin. No matter how many times the boys saw them; Catal Rhythm will always burst into laughter at the sight, the other boys (minus Amari and Hirose) would wonder how they were still functioning.

It puzzled them, especially Nakajima, that the President gave them an order or whatever, and while they were dying, Catal Rhythm only looked a bit tired. Amari and Hirose knew about their monstrosity in basketball, as when they found out who Catal Rhythm were, they made sure to watch some videos and to say they were breaking out in cold sweat due to fear was an understatement.

The two members of D:FI had even watched the Winter Cup videos and saw how viciously the boys played against each other, and wondered if they should make it to the bench and somehow get sent out on the court, Catal Rhythm wouldn't care that they were friends, they'll slaughter them nonetheless.

With the coming week, Catal Rhythm had to head over to Kyoto for rehearsals, in order to see if everything was working properly and to get their stage directions. It was fairly peaceful, given that only three groups were there at the time, and neither were Yume nor N.O.T.E.

xxxx

It was finally the day of the concert.

Kenji drove the boys to the venue, hours before the concert actually began, since they had to rehearse to ensure that all is well with the equipment. They've been doing that for the past week, but just to make sure (because anything could happen on the day), all performers had one last rehearsal to do.

They were the third ones to go up for rehearsing, but Kise and Takao couldn't help but feel uneasy. They know about the "Cinq Curse" and hoped that N.O.T.E didn't try anything today. If they did, not even Kenji would be able to stop them unleashing their wrath.

After the final rehearsals and whatnot, the groups returned to their dressing rooms to get ready for the concert later on today. The boys of Catal Rhythm were ecstatic yet extremely nervous. They were in Kyoto, far away from their comfort zones of Tokyo and Kanagawa. And as per usual, Kasamatsu kept doing breathing exercises like he was in labour, Kagami complaining about wanting to use the bathroom while having a sick look on his face, Kise scrolled through his social media, Kuroko read a novel and Takao took numerous pictures.

"Oi, Sai, don't forget to step once because if you step on my foot again, I'll kill you!"

They heard a deep voice sounded from outside the door. Immediately Kise and Takao's ears perked up.

"Calm down, Kin-chan. I won't, I won't." came another. This time, it wasn't as deep as the first.

Hearing this was all they needed. Kise and Takao immediately knew who they were and flew out of their dressing room with phones in hand. Swinging the door viciously open, they spotted the four boys of Yume a little ways off, walking down the hallway. With a deafening screech, the two boys bellowed―

"Yume!"

—leaving the older boys frightened. The four saw the two boys thundering towards them and stiffened with fright.

"Run!" Eiji screamed in fear. Thinking that they were psychotic fans, the four boys of Yume dashed off, heading to their dressing room. When Kise and Takao saw this, they increased their speed and within a flash, they caught up to Yume, halting them.

"We just want…" Kise panted.

"…some pictures." Takao finished.

Recognizing the faces from the rehearsals, Sai said, "Oh shit! Don't scare us like that!"

"Sorry, but you were running." Kise said with a grin. "So naturally we'll chase you."

"We ran because you looked like crazy fans!" Hoshi screeched. "So naturally, we'll run." He mimicked Kise's speech here.

"Oh." Takao and Kise exchanged glances at this. But within a second, they switched back to their chirpy selves and said, "Can we take pictures with you?!" even batting their eyelashes for extra effect.

"Uh, sure…? I guess?" Eiji said with uncertainty.

"Kyaa!" the ace and the point guard screeched as they practically flew into the midst of Yume.

"Huh? We had fanboys from Aihara?" Hoshi asked with a chuckle. "I never knew that."

"I've been a fan before I became an idol." Kise said, Takao nodding in agreement beside him.

Yume looked at the boys and nodded. While they didn't know much about Catal Rhythm, since they were unlucky enough to get to perform last, they watched all the groups' rehearsals, and they remembered the boys from Aihara. They didn't pay attention to N.O.T.E because they absolutely hate everything that comes from Cinq.

"So, how are we going to take this picture?" Eiji asked. "And we have to make it quick."

"Right!" Kise whipped out his phone and indicated to Takao to huddle with the four boys. When they were all settled, Kise snapped the photo and then indicated that they should do another. This time, Takao asked them for a crazy shot which luckily; the guys of Yume agreed and twisted their faces comically. When Takao was done, he left Yume and Kise took his place.

The blond took his pictures in a similar fashion to Takao, a normal and a crazy shot, although for his crazy shot, they stooped to the group and looked like thugs. Well, Yume were a hip-hop group so the pose was fitting.

"Thank you~!" the two chirped in joy before merrily skipping off back to their dressing room. They were glad that they met and took pictures with Yume and as such, all their fears and nervousness were gone, and they nearly forgot that they were going on the stage first.

"What happened to you two?" Kasamatsu asked when he saw them re-entering the dressing room with huge grins on their faces. "And where did you run off to?"

"We took pictures with Yume! Kyaa!" Kise and Takao both screamed. They were such fangirls. Kagami rolled his eyes but there was a part of him that was accustomed to this behaviour. Kuroko didn't even flinch when he heard the door open so worse, he didn't even look up from his novel. He couldn't care less about Kise and Takao anyway. Kasamatsu, on the other hand, nodded in understanding, and that's what got them raising eyebrows. The captain was clueless to the pop world (well, he's now making an effort), so why did he behave as though he could sympathize with Kise and Takao?

But, before anyone could ask anything, Kenji entered with their make-up artist. After about an hour or so, their make-up was done and they were fully dressed in their outfits. With just twenty minutes to go, Kasamatsu, who had brought along his guitar in hoping to calm his nerves, started to play the chords for one of their songs.

He started to sing in a low and soft voice, totally different from what the studio version sounded like. Kuroko joined in with his sole line before Kise came in. While on the studio version the blond's voice was more explosive and sung in a higher note and pace, given the chords that Kasamatsu was using, he lowered the note and speed in order to match it.

They jammed out the entire song, totally forgetting that Kenji was still in the room, and totally not seeing the man with his phone poised and videoing. A smile graced his face, as when he looked at them, he saw them genuinely having fun. He realized that they were different from all the idols in the industry (to his knowledge). They remained themselves, no matter where they were, or who they were in front of.

"Catal Rhythm," a knock came from the door. "It's five minutes until you head out to the wings."

"Well boys, you ready?" Kenji asked, putting his phone away in his pocket.

"Of course!" they chirped.

"Alright, guys, let's huddle up." Kasamatsu started. The five formed a circle after which they placed their palms over each other. "Don't be nervous guys. If anything, think of this as the first step in conquering Japan before we take over the world."

"Right!"

"So, we're going to go out there, do our best, and ensnare the audience! We're going to leave them stunned and weak and wanting more of us!" Kasamatsu was pumping them up far too much.

"Yeah!"

"So…who are we?!"

"CR!"

"And what are we gonna do?!"

"Take over the world!"

Kasamatsu smirked. "Damn right!"

Kenji chuckled at their group rally cry or whatever they call it. Their faces were priceless although scary when they said they'll take over the world, but given their personalities, Kenji was sure, that they won't stop until they actually achieve it.

"They're going to overwork me." He smiled to himself.

xxxx

MusicStock was one of most attended concerts in the year, given that their line-ups are always pretty good. What's even better, Yume was the headliner given that out of all the groups that will be performing, they were the most famous. Perfect 5th nor Diverse were going to be there, being that they had a bunch of other things to do.

In the wings, Catal Rhythm could hear the sounds of the crowd and strangely, they didn't feel all that nervous. They treated this like Ai-Fest, performing in front of a crowd that knows next to nothing about them.

"Catal Rhythm?" a voice called from behind them. Quickly, they turned around to see the stage director, a man with average height and looks.

"Yes?" Kasamatsu replied on behalf of all of them.

"There's been a change to the directions."

"Huh?" Kasamatsu raised an eyebrow in question. He held up a hand to indicate to the others behind to not make even a peep. He knew what Kise and Kagami were like anyway. "What do you mean?"

"N.O.T.E made last minute changes to their routine and set up. And as such, you guys can't exit the stage as you rehearsed." The Stage Director answered. "Since they'll be coming up from the centre stage, you guys will have to start leaving the stage with thirty seconds remaining in your final song. Try like fading away to the back or something. Just don't be in camera one's way."

"Fade? But that will look tacky. We can't do that." The captain reasoned. "Why the sudden change anyway?"

The Stage director sighed. "N.O.T.E didn't say. Sorry."

"Alright, we got it." Kasamatsu quickly said, wanting to get rid of the stage director as quickly as possible before Kagami and Kise make a lunge for him.

When he left, the five boys were murderous.

"How could those assholes!?" Takao screeched in rage. "What the hell are we gonna do?!"

"We're going to kill them." Kagami snarled. "That's what we're gonna do."

"Hold on, Kagamicchi." Kise said. "I have to call Onee-chan. We need something to dispose of their bodies afterwards, right?"

Kagami grinned at Kise's savageness.

Kasamatsu ignored the raging teens and looked at the stage for one last time before they headed out. A part of it was like a runway, where the groups could walk down to get a closer look to the audience. And of course, since this was a live broadcast, there were cameras everywhere ―above, at the sides of the stage…etc.

He spotted the Rakuzan team and Akashi standing imposingly at the front with Touou beside them, to the left of the runway stage there was Seirin and Shutoku along with Alex and Tatsuya. To the right, there was Kaijou. Just then, a light bulb went off in his head.

"Guys!" he called out, immediately silencing them. "I have an idea." The other four nodded, urging their leader to continue. "Although I've only seen rock bands do this, but —"

"As long as we won't look like shit at the end, Senpai." Kise said, cutting him off. Kasamatsu smiled at this. He knew his ace was agreeing to whatever he thought up, knowing full well that the captain won't let them seem like fools.

"Alright, here's what we'll do. But we'll have to get Kenji-san's cellphone."

xxxx

"Ladies and Gentlemen, our first act is from Aihara Productions." The host began. "And trust me, if you weren't at Ai-Fest or seen a video of them dancing, prepare to get blown away. These five boys are great dancers, great singers, and to top it off, they're a little bit quirky." He chuckled. "And I hear that one of them fell into a basin of politeness or something…" he trailed off when the audience laughed, "…another can see ten thousand miles away…" the man tapped his chin and hummed, as if trying to remember the rest. "…another smiles so bright it puts the real sun to shame…"

The audience roared with laughter.

"…one is a wild animal, apparently. I wonder how does that work?" the host continued, "…and lastly, but definitely not least, one is a gentleman that'll leave all the females weak…Let me welcome to you, Catal Rhythm!"

In the wings, the boys were laughing at the host's antics but at least he managed to get the audience in a good mood. At that moment, the five boys walked out, confident auras seeping out of their bodies in thick waves. They waved to the audience as they emerged, trying and actually spotting Akashi with Rakuzan right in the front. The point guard's red hair stood out, given that everyone he was beside had black hair.

The redhead's piercing gaze was strangely normal, but the five couldn't linger on him too much. Their eyes swept across the crowd to see Seirin, Kaijou or even the Miyaji brothers of Shutoku given that they were the only ones of the team that said they were coming. Seirin were spotted a couple distances away from the stage, but given that they donned bright and obnoxious colours while being surrounded by people who were normal shirts, they were found.

Catal Rhythm had head-worn mics given that their choreography required hand movements and as such they can't use a regular hand-held mic. Their outfits matched in colour —red, black and denim, they all wore denim jeans. Kise was in a red blazer jacket over a red velvet shirt tucked into his denim jeans. His shoes were caramel coloured. Takao was in similar pants to Kise, but wore a red leather jacket with small green trimmings over a black shirt. He wore white sneakers. Kagami, he was in a red bomber jacket over a white t-shirt tucked into his pants and white shoes to match his shirt. Next was Kasamatsu, who wore a red leather jacket like Takao but his shirt was black and white, his shoes were black. And finally Kuroko, he wore a black jacket with red designs here and there over a red and black striped turtle neck shirt. He had on red converses.

Quickly, they got into their positions —they stood in a single file, with Kise at the front.

Hide carefully

I might see you

Kasamatsu's voice rang out at the same time that Kise made a step forward and bent, Kuroko and Kagami stepped outwards to their right (the audience's left) with their hands raised, Takao and Kasamatsu did the same on their left. Within a blink, they resumed their single file position only to disperse again, but this time, they swapped directions —Kuroko and Kagami came out on their left while Takao came out on the right, Kasamatsu remained standing at the back. All except the captain was down on one knee; Kise had his back to the audience.

Then, they got up and went back into the single file for the third time, however, Kise made a tiny step forwards with both his hands stretched out to his sides. Slowly, he came down revealing Takao and Kuroko who, while facing each other, held their hands and leaned outwards to either side of Kise.

Kagami was not seen, but Kasamatsu was hoisted high above everyone else. What the audience didn't know was that the captain was actually kneeling in Kagami's back, his legs placed far apart so as to not hurt the younger male. While Kasamatsu was there, he did a few intricate hand movements, before quickly dismounting in the same breath that Kise came up off the floor.

The blond brought his hands together at his chest before turning to face his right, Kuroko directly behind him coming out on his left and faced the crowd; behind him was Takao who came up with both his hands in the air like a cheerleader, Kagami and Kasamatsu stayed down.

Swiftly, Kise and Kuroko switched directions while doing hand movements, Takao remained facing the crowd as if trying to continue hiding Kagami and Kasamatsu.

At this point, Kasamatsu had stopped singing, only the music could be heard. Yet, the boys continued to dance their routine.

Kise and Kuroko slid outwards to show Kagami, but then the former two continued hopping backwards in a zig-zag while Kasamatsu and Takao hopped forwards. In all this, they managed to get back into the single file for a brief moment, before dispersing again with Kise at the front this time.

I'll fly over to you like a butterfly

And then sting you like a bee

Did you notice? Yellow flowers already bloomed

Kise sang this part, and while he danced, the others (Takao and Kagami around the back and Kuroko and Kasamatsu closer to Kise) behind him had their legs crossed, and their hands in a diagonal before bringing them to meet at their chest. Following that, the four boys spun and came to a stop while facing outwards, not at the crowd. Bending their knees back and returning, they placed their hands into the air, and then swiftly brought them down —Takao and Kagami bent and slid on their knees, coming forwards to stop at Kise's feet. Kuroko and Kasamatsu spun to come closer to the blond but didn't go down on their knees like the former two.

As Kise continued to sing, Takao and Kagami came up on one knee while doing intricate hand movements.

Spring has already come OK everything's ready

Kuroko's part came in, and at the moment, they got into a diagonal line, and did a little cute marching action. When Kuroko sang "OK" and everything that followed after, they seemed to have formed a "z" or whatever in the air.

Out of the many people

I can only see you

Kuroko continued to sing as they moved into their new positions. He along with Kagami and Kise moved to the left of the stage (the audience's right) and with their hands raised above their heads, the three boys danced while Kasamatsu and Takao on the other side froze. When they were done, the former three froze as well, Kasamatsu and Takao's turn to dance.

For the first time in my life

I fell for you at first sight

The duo got up from their position of bending their knees with their arms crossed over each other. They made an arm sweep with one hand before bringing their other hand to their chest sharply and bringing up one bent knee. Kasamatsu was the one singing here, and while he was doing so, he made hand gestures to the crowd, while Takao at his flank simply moved his shoulders stylishly and gliding his feet back and forth. At the end, the two boys froze yet again, with their hands crossed and one knee slightly bent upwards.

My hands tremble because of you

But I'll aim carefully and shoot

Kuroko came back in at this point. All three made a jump —Kuroko jumped to the back, while Kise and Kagami jumped to the front but the light-blue haired boy was still in plain sight. After exiting the jump, Kise and Kagami crouched down lower than Kuroko momentarily and then rose up and started to use various hand gestures.

I'll be brave

and confess like a man

Kasamatsu came in again, but in that instance, Kagami, Kise and Kuroko moved back a little, Taka moved a little bit to be aligned with the former three. Kasamatsu was left in the front, and with cute gestures, Kasamatsu interacted with the audience a little bit. He pointed to the crowd as though he was singing this song for them, and nearing the end, he flicked his jacket a little forward before making a beckoning gesture.

At that, the others were all line up horizontally behind him, Kise and Kuroko on their right, Takao in the middle and Kagami on their left. Everyone faced their outer direction except Takao, who faced the audience. The moment Kasamatsu slid back into the space between Takao and Kagami, the hawk-eyed boy started his part.

Like the game of hide and seek

It's not easy to get to you

But you're already in my eyes

I'm still going around to catch you

Takao rapped his lines with ease, and as he did so, he had made a step forward with his arms outstretched before bringing them back to his chest. Both he and Kise did this in sync while with the others, did it alternately. The last time he did this move; he fully faced the crowd and walked to the front with Kise and Kagami by his side.

While he rapped, he pointed to the crowd and gestured as though talking with them while the others danced ―

He then pointed to Kise then to Kagami before pointing back to the audience and pulling his hands back. The others, meanwhile, drew closer to Takao in a circular formation ―Kise and Kagami beside him, with Kuroko and Kasamatsu at the back blanks.

They faced the outward direction and made a step with their hands outstretched behind them before placing them at their heads. They swung their arms forwards to point at Takao as when he pulled back his arms, they drew closer to him as though pulled. They crouched down and looked up momentarily before springing back up at "Ow!"

The four hopped back outwards, with their legs crossed before carrying their hands around them and turning their backs in one fluid motion.

Kise was the only one who still faced the audience, he took a step forwards, turned in Takao's direction as if trying to communicate with the boy and sang:

You stole my eyes

While turning sideways and jerking back one foot and using the momentum to turn his body to face the crowd, he wore a smile on his face as he pointed towards them, as thought telling the crowd that which he just sang.

During this, the others had stepped off closer to the back of the stage so that all attention could be on Kise.

You're so pretty, I can't take it. Fly. Fly.

Kagami came in quickly with his rap, and as he did so, he went beside Kise and exchanged a high-five with the blond, which was so loud that people in the audience could have heard it. By the time Kagami had rapped "Fly Fly", they had all assembled together in centre stage ―Kise at the front, Takao and Kagami at his right and left flanks, on Takao's inside was Kasamatsu and beside Kasamatsu was Kuroko.

Hide carefully, I might see you

Because you shine brighter than anyone else

I can find you anywhere

This was the chorus and it was sung by Kise. At this point in time, Takao, Kasamatsu and Kagami bent their knees and leaned forwards a little bit, Kise and Kuroko were still standing. All five pointed their hands to their right while facing the crowd. They moved to their right whilst maintaining that position, this dance was called the "Crab dance".

When Kise and Takao bent into the other three's positions, they straightened. They continued to do this going to the right afterwards.

Completing this, Kise swung one arm out in a grand arc, and while he continued to sing and make minimal gestures, the others were dancing their hearts out. Soon, Kise joined in the routine, they placed their face in the crook of their elbows for a brief moment, before bending their knees and moving their arms in a sweeping motion going from their right to left and stopping back to where they started.

They then assembled together, but Kasamatsu and Kuroko were at the front, the taller male having to rest his hand on Kuroko's shoulder and leaned downwards. Doing this, the two blocked out who was directly behind them, Kise and Kagami were in the same position around the back.

Even if others can't see it

I see it in one glance, how could I not know?

The prettiest of them all, the one who stands out

When I look, it's you

Here comes Takao again with his rap and at this, everyone dispersed from the point guard, revealing him. While he rapped and walked forwards, the others grabbed at their pants pockets and twisted their upper bodies to Takao. They made a small running motion, before bending their knees and spinning. They then went down on one knee and it was here that Takao did the same dance although he was still standing.

He and the other four moved their arms side to side, and while he moved up, the others moved in closer.

I don't hate this awkward feeling

I want to keep these feelings forever

Until the end, girl

Kagami started to rap, Takao jumping out of his way quickly. The redhead was now in the middle and all eyes were locked onto him but he didn't care. He was having fun. Forming a semi-circle around him, the others entangled their hands in the air and spun, before coming to a stop leaning forwards, resting their hands on their knees.

Kagami then made a pulling gesture with his hands and Takao and Kise slid on their knees towards the boy, the redhead did it a second time, and this time Kasamatsu and Kuroko slid towards him. They made a fist and placed it at their chest, matching the beat, before crossing their hands over each other in front of their faces and getting up bending their knees.

The audience was cheering but not loudly given that Catal Rhythm were still somewhat unknown. However, their teams were appalled at the quality of dancing the boys were displaying. It was amazing, being able to dance and sing crazy choreography. But what everyone could hear and notice was the rawness of their voices, every breath the boys sucked in, and the controlled panting of the ones who weren't singing. Like Seirin and Kaijou who listened to their songs, they could tell that the boys were singing this song in a lower key than the studio version, especially Kise. At the moment, they knew he knew he wouldn't be able to keep singing the original notes while dancing like that.

But, the boys were winning over the crowd. Their song was "poppy" and cheerful, add to that, the five boys wore playful grins on their faces, not because they wanted to capture the audience, because it was actually fun. Plus, the gestures that they made to crowd were cute, although the audience knows that it must be a part of their routine. They've seen many idol groups do things like that.

In addition, the upbeat rhythm of the song wasn't bad either, and it had many people bobbing their heads and tapping their feet, some were jumping and cheering. Kagami rapped more often in these parts, somehow pumping the crowd up even further.

"Oh my God! Kasamatsu's killing it up there!" Moriyama shrieked as he watched his captain. "Hide and Seek" never got a video so neither of the teams knew what the dance looked like prior to this. Seeing the normally stiff boy moving like that never ceased to amaze them, him and Kagami as well.

The song winded down to the end, Akashi having a pleased look on his face, Hayama was jumping and rocking to the beat, Mibuchi was too busy trying not to get anyone rubbing against him, and Nebuya was munching on a snack while bobbing his head at the music.

The song finally ended with all five boys huddled together at upstage centre― Kuroko at the front, Kise and Takao at his flanks and they were bent down on one knee while pointing to the audience. Behind them were Kasamatsu and Kagami who both stood, and like the former three, they were pointing at the audience as well.

Their heavy panting resonated in their microphones, the five sucked in air like a vacuum because they had two more songs to do, and the next one is just as brutal as this. Couple seconds later, music started to play again, after which Kasamatsu walked towards centre stage and began singing.

Even if I try to avoid you

I can't find a place to hide

I can't even deny you

When he had finished singing the first line, the others had gotten up and struck a pose ―nothing flashy. Kuroko was the only one who walked alongside the captain and when he had sang the second line, the light-blue haired teen made a pose while the others had kept theirs from before.

However, upon completion of his part, Kasamatsu turned his head in Kuroko's direction and stretched out a hand downwards to the boy.

I'm trapped by you

Kuroko came in and sang with his soft voice. At the end, he did the same thing as Kasamatsu and stayed like that prompting Kise to start.

If it was love

If you really love me

Don't do this to me

Her whisper is the Lucifer

The Lucifer

The blond came in with his high pitched voice and fast-paced singing, somewhat "waking audience up". In their previous song he hadn't sung that high, so at this moment; the audience were intrigued, so to speak. He walked to where Kuroko and Kasamatsu were, and when reached, all five lined up with each other before Kuroko and Kasamatsu drifted a little to the back.

Right before he sang the penultimate line, they struck poses ―Kuroko and Kasamatsu's knees were bent and had one hand outstretched to the floor with their heads hung. Takao, who was beside Kise on his right, had his feet shoulder-width apart and had his right hand outstretched to the audience. Kise slightly turned his body to the right, while covering his mouth with one hand and stretching out his other hand to the audience.

Kasamatsu then slid to the right where Kuroko had been standing while the latter boy moved up and Kise moved back into where Kasamatsu had been. Takao and Kagami hadn't moved from their spots. So, now, to the extreme right was Takao and on his inside at the back was Kasamatsu with Kise beside him. In between those two at the front was Kuroko with Kagami beside him on the extreme left.

After Kise finished singing, there was a musical interlude. Bringing their hands around in an arc before doing a little wave-like motion with one hand, the boys got into their routine seamlessly and synched well with each other. After doing that, they began tutting ―that is, with every beat they changed the angles of their arms seemingly reminiscent of Ancient Egypt hieroglyphics.

It awed the crowd into momentary silence as Catal Rhythm never missed a beat, was never out of sync with each other but most of all, their energy was high. Given that they had just danced a difficult and tiresome routine first, the crowd hadn't expected this explosive and energetic routine to follow right after.

If you tie me down and trap me

Then the love is also tied down

The future is also tied down

It can't grow anymore

Freely empty yourself and look at me

I'll fill you only

I'll completely fill you only

"Hmm?!" Akashi's face took on a different expression upon hearing the lyrics that came out of their mouths, questioning just what were they singing about. Hayama didn't seem to notice as he was too busy being captured by their dancing. Over with Seirin, it never perturbed them in the slightest, as they had gotten over it when the video was just released. Kaijou and Shutoku (so too Alex and Tatsuya) were the same, no emotion.

Since it was the chorus, everyone had to sing. Coming out of their tutting, with their bodies turned to the side away from the audience, their hands were over each other at their faces, they separated them after which they placed one hand on their thigh and then the other following while kicking out one of their legs quickly yet sharply.

They brought their hands back upwards in that same breath, and turned to face the audience while rolling their hands over each other as though they were wrapping something. They leaned to the left and right and extended their bodies upwards a little bit before stretching one arm up and out, the other with a balled fist at their cheeks.

Bringing the stretched out hand downwards, the boys then quickly brought them to their sides before crossing their wrists. Still, with their hands like that, they brought their hands up and back and repeat.

Coming out of that, they brought their hands backwards ―for Kuroko; he moved backwards whilst doing this, Kasamatsu and Kise moved forwards, Takao and Kagami barely moved. Thanks to this, their formation now had Kasamatsu and Kise at the front, Takao on the outside on Kasamatsu's right flank, Kagami in the same position on Kise's left flank and Kuroko was in between Kasamatsu and Kise at the back.

They then clapped above their heads once, before swinging one of their arms in a grand arc and then when their hands came down, yet again, they stretched their arms out, palms facing outwards.

Then, they made an "X" at their faces before placing their hands at the back out their heads, elbows pointing out. Within a split second, they crossed their hands yet again at their chests, and then with bent knees, they stretched their arms out at the sides.

Neatly straightening from that position, the boys wrapped one hand over their heads with the other placed at their abdomens, knees bent. Following that, they crossed their hands at their chests again then stretched them out to the sides as before. They did this once more, and when done, they straightened up.

Your undeniable spell is the Lucifer

This was sung by Takao, Kagami and Kuroko and while they sang, all five were standing in place with their hands crossed at their chests in an "X", their index fingers pointing up. Slowly, they were uncrossing their hands as the three boys sang.

Your undeniable magic is the Lucifer

Kise and Kasamatsu sang next, and this time, they moved as though they were having muscle spasms for a short time, as they slowly turned their bodies ―Kasamatsu and Kise turned to each other, Takao and Kagami turned outwards and Kuroko turned slightly in Kagami's direction.

When I approach you with your angelic face

You say that the reason you live is for me

You say

All five boys sang here, creating beautiful harmony. Then, Kasamatsu and Kise placed a palm on their chests with their elbows out and leaned closer to each other before moving outwards quickly to reveal Kuroko who was slowly gliding himself forwards while doing wave-like movements with his arms. Takao and Kagami came closer to the light-blue haired teen, while Kasamatsu and Kise headed further out.

They then turned to face the audience with both their arms stretching to the side. All of this was done in slow motion, given that this part of the song was sung in such a manner.

Then, Kuroko slid over to his right, Kasamatsu slid to his left so too did Takao. Once again, they were in a new formation, but this was the same one as before ―three in the front, two at the back― however, it was Kuroko, Takao and Kise in the front line, with Kasamatsu and Kagami at the back, on either side of the hawk-eyed boy.

When I first saw you,

I stopped for a short time

As if someone was tightly

Seizing my heart, not letting it go (still)

This was where Takao came in, singing his part with ease. With an arm sweep, the boys went into another set of tutting, and after which they placed both their palms over their hearts and mimicked a beating motion. Following that, they flowed into their tutting yet again. As they danced, everyone minus Kuroko had shifted to one side, and in this moment he sang "still" right before flowing into his lines.

You took all, all, all, all, all, all

Of my heart just like that

While the others danced, Kuroko had extended both his arms in their directions while popping the numerous "all" he had sung.

You make my heart burn out

When you're not here

Kise came in with his lines, high noted as always. The other four had entered a diagonal and struck poses while the blond stood outside of it, seemingly to not care what was happening beside him. After he finished singing his lines, they moved back into the position for the chorus and once again, blew away the audience.

Moving their shoulders up and down with their arms bent in ninety degree angles, the five moved to their left before stopping. They turned their bodies slightly to their right, grabbing onto their belts, tapping their heels as they did so. Turning to face the audience, they repeated the moves prior, but after, they crossed their hands over each other and twisting as they stretched them out. These actions made them stand on their heels briefly, pointing their toes upwards. After this, the dance was the same as the chorus earlier, even the formation as well.

As the song continued on, the crowd cheered and screamed while some were just in awe at these boys. They didn't know them, but their routine was fast, and difficult with all those intricate movements and position changing, yet still, the five of Catal Rhythm were absolutely slaying the stage.

Seirin and Kaijou seemed like they cheered the loudest, as even they had watched the music video, seeing the full dance was really breathtaking. Kaijou screamed and screamed as much as their throats would allow, wanting to give their friends especially ace and captain more encouragement. In a crowd such as this, most of the people here couldn't care less about them; they want them to stay positive, so to speak. Riko wondered about how they danced this rigorous routine without falling apart. She the deduced that basketball training helped to increase their stamina, but still, she was amazed.

She was taken out of her thoughts when she heard Kagami's deep resonating through the microphone.

Your stare captures me

As the days went by, it became sharper

I'm tired of your obsession

I've been cut a lot, my heart is bleeding

When it's about time for me to pass out

She comes to me like an angel, saying "I love you"

Even though I knew it was really you

You really confused me

Kagami didn't do much dancing here like the others did. However, when he neared the end of his lines, he joined in with the others and glided to his right with his arm bent at his chest. Right after, they flowed into the chorus but this time, they added adlibs. These adlibs were mostly done by Kise and Kasamatsu with Takao and Kagami dropping in a rap or two here and there.

At the end of the song, they were all in a "V" formation with Kuroko at the front, Kasamatsu and Takao on either side of him and Kise and Kagami around the back. They stood with their feet shoulder width apart with their hands out and index pointing upwards.

Yet again, the audience could hear the heavy panting and breathing of the five, given that two intense routines were done back to back.

"Good evening everyone." Kasamatsu started breathlessly. This was planned yet again, given that they didn't get to greet the audience at the outset because the music started immediately as they were introduced. "Thank you for watching us and cheering us on," he panted heavily, "So, for our final song, we decided to tone things down a bit and sing "Hello"."

After this announcement, the five got into their positions for the song, as like Kasamatsu said, they really toned it down. "Hello" wasn't an upbeat and fast-paced song like "Hide and Seek" and "Lucifer" so the boys were able to catch their breaths and sing in a similar manner to the studio version, although they were dead tired. They crowd had stopped screaming and cheering at this, but they swayed on the spot so show that they were still enjoying the song.

Upon nearing the ending of the song, the five boys walked down the stage, the lighting director, the stage crew, stage director and everyone wondering what the boys were up to. This was not rehearsed, and the technicians prayed that everything will run smoothly. Kenji wasn't so frightened, being that they had told him what happened and their plans to not seem like idiots or "shit" as Kise put it in its rawest term.

Then, they walked down the stairs from the stage, heading towards where the audience was, behind the metal barriers. Of course, Catal Rhythm dared not go where strangers were. Instead, they headed to their teams, Kuroko headed over to Seirin, Kagami headed to Rakuzan since Nebuya would be able to manage him, Takao and Kasamatsu went over to where Shutoku and Kaijou were, Kise headed to Touou.

At first, the security guards were almost freaking out because given how some fans can be, heading into the crowd was a suicide mission. And they weren't prepped about this. Before they could even intercept the boys, the five had already jumped onto the barriers and were on the shoulders of their teammates, singing still. But, here, the lyrics of the song were changed.

Hello, hello, [Uh~yeah] (Takao)

Thank you for listening,

Hello, hello,

Thank you for cheering

[Thank you!] (Kise)

At this moment, the crowd felt as though they were directly being spoken to, given that Catal Rhythm were sitting atop fellow audience's shoulders and looking directly at the mass of a crowd before them. With Takao, his eyes never missed much, so while the others were singing their gratitude, he said to a group of teens,

"Thank you for cheering!" with the most perk he could muster. Though, he really meant it. But making sure that they knew he was talking to them and not the crowd in general, he continued, "That group with the three boys and three girls in the matching purple shirts with indecipherable writings on the front. Thanks much you guys." He added a grin for extra effect.

Said group's jaws drop in shock.

In Kise's case, one male had subconsciously pointed to himself and said,

"Me?"

Lucky enough to actually see this, Kise replied, "Yes, you. In the striped blue shirt."

When it was near the end of the song, the five boys raised both their hands in the air and shouted into their mics ―"Thank you very much!"

―Before the music completely faded away and the lights on the stage dimmed. They dismounted off their friends' shoulders, and grouped up. At this moment, the audience riled up even more, many of them touched by what Catal Rhythm just did. While some didn't know the lyrics to "Hello" it was clear that the final chorus was not a part of the original and sung specifically for this moment. Never before had they ever seen an idol group enter the crowd and sing before, and many who weren't near the stage was silently cursing their luck.

Even though the five boys were safely atop their centres' shoulders, fans kept reaching out to them to which they shook hands with some.

So even when N.O.T.E made their grand entrance through the floor of the stage, hardly anyone budged, as they were still busy talking about Catal Rhythm. And of course, the four boys from Cinq were not amused.

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