TADAAAAA~~ WELCOME BACK TO ANOTHER CHAPTER OF MIZUIRO TO BENI KOI! Kyaaaa reviews and feels last update! I'm supppper happy, anyways this week prelims has ended for meeee along with a storm-honestly it will be the first time EVER, that its going to be raining on my birthday. Oh yes, ahahaha *blushes* I'll be celebrating my birthday on December 18, AND EVERYONE IS INVITEED lol-kidding, I don't really do much on my birthday, BUT CONSIDER THIS AS M GIFT FOR MY BIRTHDAY, all my three new stories will have an update today so WATCH OUT! hohohoho~! Also I've been stocking LOTS OF IDEAS IN MY HEAD, Mizuiro to Beni Koi! is going to be a KAGUKURO, MIDOTAKA and AKAFURI story though I might drop hints of MuraHimu and AoKise here and who is exited to see the first ever performance of Hikari no Ou?
AHAHAHAHA AND SO I SHALL NOT MAKE EVERYONE WAIT ANYMOREEEE, I know I was nasty for cutting it last time BUT WE'RE GONNA SEE THEM NOOOW. How will Kise react seeing Kuroko for the first time again, and what will Kuroko do the very moment he sees Kise? CAN THEY PROVE THEIR WORTH TO THE STAGE or will the stage reject them? READ TO FIND OOOOUT! Thank you for Sola Potterhead, Ern Estine 13624, AJ-san, TheRandomSekihanFan for their lovely revieews asdfghjkl never fails to make me happy! And also to everyone who gave Mizuiro to Beni Koi a fav and follow, and even those who are randomly reading this-THANK YOU GUYS I LOVE YOU ALL! I hope you review sometime so we can have a few exchange of words! Thank you again, and hope you like the new updaaate!
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Also to all SHIZAYA fans out there...I will be releasing a SHIZAYA fanfic, for now I have only come up with a single chapter...however I HOPE THAT YOU HONESTLY LIKE IT AND if its not much, I do hope you visit it sometime *winks*It will be entitled LYCORIS!
Oh and DISCLAIMER FOR THE CHAPTER, I DO NOT OWN IN ANY FORM THE SONG 'WHIMSICAL STARDOM' any songs used in this chapter!
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Chapter 6: Whimsical Stardom
"Ryouta."
The blonde transfer student blinked as he turned to the source of that voice, standing behind him with arms crossed over his shoulder wearing the summer uniform of Teiko was Akashi Seijuuro, the scarlet haired boy despite his smaller stature was Teiko's prided upon student, an unmistakably prodigious child. Kise Ryouta smiled back to the other before bowing his head. A few weeks ago, Kise's manager decided to send the young model to Teiko saying the boy had a very good chance of getting a lot more projects if he prove his worth in the field of music. The very first time Kise came for the interview for the admission, he was quickly listed into the first section earning him a quick spot within the group of prodigious musicians.
"Good morning Akashicchi!" Kise greeted the other.
"Good morning," Akashi replied, "as agreed upon, I will give you someone whom could teach you the things that you might have difficulties with since you've only been recently placed here. This is for you to be adjusted into the atmosphere here."
Kise's eyes beamed, he wondered who it might be. There isn't no second grade among the class, nothing but perfection was to be expected from this class. Kise felt extremely excited to be at the care of someone this institution deems as prodigious.
"Meet your mentor from this day on," Akashi said gesturing to his side. "Kuroko Tetsuya."
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Kuroko felt his heart drumming loudly in his chest, he couldn't breathe, his legs felt like jelly and could give up under his non-existent weight, his lips felt dry and his palms were colder than ever. Was this how a panic attack feels like? Kuroko had never thought it would be so soon to see them again. The wave of memories that floods his mind whenever he sees one of them never fails to stir his amity. And everything felt suffocating again, like the air would grow thinner.
It was an unspoken truth for Kuroko, the fact that a piece of him was still held by his former bandmates, and they never fail to remind him of it—the flowers during before his theatre performances, Aomine getting VIP tickets and watching him only to leave in the middle of the performance as if mocking him. Those things never fail to stir him up, shake him, pull the anxiety to the surface of his skin. How could he stay calm now? Kise will be there, he will be watching him too. He will be looking at him, waiting for him to make a fool of himself. Would he be the same as them? Was he aiming the same?
To tell him, he needs them—only them.
GASP—Kuroko's eyes widen as he felt an ice cold item kissing his cheek, turning to his side Kuroko's line of sight was blocked by a blur of blue and white. Backing a bit Kuroko found the item to be a bottle of water. Taking the item in his hand, he found the person holding the bottle, it was Kagami.
"You 'kay?" Kagami asked.
Kuroko looked at the bottle of water, even if he lies, he has this feeling that Kagami would see through them easily just like he did back in the theatre performance. Holding the water bottle with both his cold hands, Kuroko wondered if he should tell the other. But telling him would entail the other feeling obliged to comfort him.
Before Kuroko could fall into a decision he felt a warm palm against his forehead, his eyes snapped up and found Kagami running his hand from Kuroko's forehead to his bangs and slightly gripping the blue locks away from those eyes. Kuroko almost gasped, Kagami was clear from his view with his hair tucked away from his eyes, those red eyes were intense, almost like a wild fire it almost hurt to look at them.
"Is this about Kise?" Kagami asked, Kuroko nodded sheepishly trying to hide his face from the other, however with the larger hands slightly gripping the blue locks, it was impossible, this caused embarrassment to bloom in the teal haired singer's face. Kagami sighed before letting go of Kuroko's head. As soon as Kagami let go of Kuroko the other almost curled into a ball, Kuroko's head hung low and his shaking hands gripping the water bottle.
From afar Takao who was listening to the instruction of the floor director saw the sight of the two in the corner of his eyes, raising an eyebrow he turned and found the two seemingly having their own conversation. Takao was about to call the two's attention when he felt a tug in his shirt, blinking Takao found Furihata shaking his head, he then pressed a finger to his lips. Furihata then smiled.
"What are you afraid of?" Kagami asked Kuroko, despite the loud music in their back Kuroko could hear Kagami's voice was clear to his senses. When Kuroko didn't answer Kagami sighed, somehow it hurts to look at the other like this. Kuroko wanted this, he knows Kuroko had been waiting for so long for this moment to perform again, and it breaks him to see the other fall before his most awaited moment.
"And so what if you're not lustrous?" Kagami said suddenly. Kuroko's eyes widen at the other's sudden use of his own words to him. Raising his head he found Kagami looking straight in his eyes with a fiery determination, "And so what if you're not lustrous, without you…without you we couldn't nail this. Light cannot exist without darkness."
Kuroko felt like those words just wrapped him in a blinding light, like some kind of spell he had momentarily forgotten his earlier thoughts, everything was now turned to Kagami's eyes, his voice and words. Kuroko stared at the other as he found Kagami reaching in the inside of his white printed shirt, Kagami slipped the item from his neck and clenched it in his hand before slightly pulling Kuroko. Before he knew it Kagami was slipping something from his head. It was only when the teal haired vocalist felt the cold metal grazing his skin that he realized what happened—looking down in his chest he found a necklace with a pendant as a silver ring that Kagami had him wore.
"That's something my brother gave me back in America." Kagami said calmly, "When I get tense and all I ran my fingers in them and the cold metal really calms me down. Wear it from now on."
Kuroko blink in confusion as he reach to rub his thumb against the cold metal. "I-If…If this is a very important momento for Kagami-kun, then why give it to me? For all you know I might ran away with it."
Kagami chuckled, "Like hell." He said, "You're not that kind of guy, and that's more of collateral."
"Co…llateral?"
Kagami hummed, "Since you know its something important to me, you won't run away. You're too nice to run away before returning that to me. So I know you wouldn't leave without telling us." Kagami said confidently, "At the stage when you can't contain the light just hold to it. It won't break easy so you can hold into it as tightly as you want until you calm yourself down."
Kuroko was quiet for a moment but as those words sunk to him he felt as if those words were like a fire burning all those paper thin thoughts that caused him anxiety. It was replaced by warmth. His hand traced the outline of the ring and felt as if he was holding Kagami's words in a concrete form with the ring. Does Kagami knows the implication of those words? He was telling him never to go away from them.
Kagami was not the first person who told him not to leave, but Kagami was the first person who told him not to go because he was needed. Before Kuroko knew it the pounding in his chest and the static sounds in his ear had eased.
"I…I won't."
"Huh?" Kagami raised an eyebrow not quite catching Kuroko's words.
Kuroko took a deep breathe clenching the ring in his hand and pressing it to his chest—with a new found determination Kuroko raised his head. He promised Kagami, he promised Takao and Furihata, that they will become the best in Tokyo.
"I won't leave Kagami-kun." Kuroko said, "Because…no light exist without a shadow."
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I EXIST BECAUSE YOU DO
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Kise stared at the stage, he couldn't believe it. After that incident, Kuroko disappeared, he couldn't find anything that could link him to his former band mate with teal hair. Kuroko changed his number, he changed his address and for so long Kise did not hear a thing or two about the other, and now he was there standing before him. The band checked on their equipment, Kuroko looked at Kise for a moment before returning his eyes towards the tall red haired young man who was saying something. Kuroko sighed and pointed something on the other's bass guitar. The red haired male nodded before walking towards the microphone and readjusting the height of the microphone.
"Kise-san?"
Kise ignored his name being called, he was sure that Kuroko looked at him just now, but Kuroko didn't seem to look shock at all, nor did he look scared. He remember, he knows that after that incident this shouldn't be how Kuroko would look at him. After he was psychologically broken by all the things that happened then he was sure Kuroko would be at least be alarmed by Kise's presence. Could it be that Kuroko joined because he knew Kise was here?
"Kise-san is there a problem?" The producer asked Kise again.
"N-No..N-Nothing." Kise said as he picked up his seat and sat in his seat.
Propping his elbows in the table Kise stared at the stage again. Seirin Productions, huh? It was a pretty novice production when it comes to the show business, there aren't lots of famous stars produced by Seirin. Aida Riko, she's still beginner compared to many other talent managers but seeing that she had taken Kuroko with these people, does she know the nature of Kuroko's voice at all? Does she know that she is risking almost all her credibility here? Why would Kuroko join a band? Why these people? Who are these people?
Kise turned to the paper in his hand, how could he not notice, the names of the members were on the sheet—Furihata Kouki, Kagami Taiga, Kuroko Tetsuya and Takao Kazunari. Why didn't he realized sooner? Why did Kuroko come out now of all time? Was he still hoping to prove Akashi wrong?
Kise's line of thoughts was interrupted as the host from the corner of the stage made a thumbs up gesture to the lighting and musical directors.
"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! Are you ready for the third band?" The host said with the highest energy, the crowd cheered and whistle in excitement. "Okay, okay, our third band has no background in the music industry in the past and this is their first time. But they really look promising! Are you guys ready?! Let's welcome—Hikari no Ou!"
As the name was called the drums started beating and the loud cries of the bass guitar echoed in the stage, the lights turned towards the stage. The spotlight was directed towards Kagami who started nodding his head waiting for the tune to fade in slowly. Slowly Kagami could hear Kuroko striking his guitar and creating the melody to follow. The cries and vehement striking of drums and guitar slowly went a note down and slowly became one with Kuroko's tune.
Kagami smiled and pulled the microphone to his lips, "Our first song Dear Ms Ms Picarasque."
The melody started mellowing, the crowd went silent, Kagami closed his eyes feeling the beat flowing in his ears and into his chest, and with a tap of a foot Kagami opened his eyes—
"Dare no tame no egao de
Kokyuu sura boku wo ukagau you de"
Kise's eyes widen, the timing was perfect, it was smooth and edgy. The drums died as Kagami started singing, Kise could see the drummer the brown haired boy was relaxed, he was watching Kuroko and Kagami. Kuroko nods his head as he strums his acoustic guitar and slightly turned to the raven haired bass guitarist. Kuroko was the stem of the signal, Kise concluded. And their song…it is new. Could it be that they have come up with this themselves? Honestly, if that's the case it isn't very surprising, after all they have Kuroko. However…
This isn't Kurokocchi at all…just as I thought they cannot utilize Kurokocchi like we could.
"tachi sukun de sono basho de
Towa eto tsuzuku hikari wo matsu dakara"
The drums started again and this time Kise as caught off guard—his breath was caught in his throat, his hands shook and chills run up his spine. The people started chattering and making noise, and the producer in his side had his eyes widen. Kise couldn't believe it, he could feel it yet it seems so unreal—is this really, really, happening? That was why he was positioned there, that was why, because…he inteneded to sing.
The crowd started clapping and whistling with the new voice coating Kagami's rough and husky voice, a much more mellow, and colder voice, an exact contrast to the other's. Since when was he there, some asked, however the fact that his voice and Kagami's was perfect was undebiable.
Kuroko was singing with Kagami.
"Tsuyoku dakishimete kowashitai kimi wo
Konagona ni narumade aishite shimaeba"
Kise was speechless, it was…it was frightening, that two lines Kuroko sang with Kagami sounded like a threat, like a declaration of war. It felt strangely unpolished yet perfect. As Kuroko left the red head to sing the rest of his part of the chorus, Kuroko turned to Kise who was there sitting in that rectangular table with the rest of the judges, for a moment Kise thought he would furrow his eyebrows at him, but no anger showed in those pool of blue instead…Kuroko smiled. And it was as if he was telling him…I've forgiven you Kise-kun. Kuroko's monotonous voice rung in his head and Kise almost felt in the brink of tears.
"me ni utsuru koto wo kitta kotow o tada shinji rutto
Toza shitemiru mabuta niwa betsu no kotae ga kobore te wa kie nakute"
The chorus came again however this time the drums went quiet again letting the soft sound of acoustic guitar and bass. Kise was shock Kagami stepped away from the microphone and a familiar lone voice resounded—
"Furueru hodo shiawase wo kanjiru toki
Sore ga itsuna no kawa donna kao nanokawa."
When the drums started beating again the crowds cheered even louder than before almost defeating the sound system of the halls, Kise could hear the scream of the female audience at Kuroko's. For the first time ever Kise could see Kuroko up in the stage, for the first time he could see him alive there, he wasn't just a part of it, he is in it and the audience could feel him. And not just him, it was the lead vocalist, it was because of that red haired guy who was now grinning at Kuroko and nodding his head to Kuroko's tune. Kagami abandoned strumming his guitar and grabbed the microphone joining Kuroko's voice—
"Boku ga kimi no kagami ni katte sono kokoro ni tsuki sashite"
The cries of the female audience intensified, and Kise could feel the drumming in his heart getting louder, he had never felt threatened before until upon hearing their duet. The two…was strangely compatible. Since when had Kuroko known Kagami? Since when had they been singing together? This kind of chemistry in the stage, Kuroko couldn't even establish with them before—no, not this intense, not this strong.
"Tada kimi deite hoshii jibun de itai"
Kagami continued singing as he pulled the mic from the stand and walked towards Kuroko, the crowd went wild and uncontrollable in a second as Kagami stop just inches away from the teal haired guitarist as if those lyrics were directed towards the other. Inevitably the teal haired guitarist stared back at the other as if listening to his words. The sight earned a loud scream and squeals from the crowd.
"Futatsu wo musubu mono tada hitotsu ai nara
Furi kaerazu mae mo mizu tokeru you ni"
Raising his own microphone Kuroko abandoned his guitar as well and the two stood facing each other as they sing the last two lines of the song.
"hitotsu mata hitotsu to konoru ai dake
Mabuta ni ai tsukete"
The two parted and Kuroko return with his guitar as Kagami walked to the center of the stage waving his hands to the audience who clapped their hands. Some had their mobile phones raised above their heads and waving to the tune of the guitars and drums. Kise had never seen the crowd been that hyped up until their performance. It was as if even the supporters of the earlier bands is now all cheering for this band.
"That was…intense!" Kise heard one of his fellow judges said as he smirked. "I didn't even get to write anything down because I was so busy listening. That was surprising, I didn't think that guy would sing at all."
Kise wanted to say that he agrees. For a moment there he thought they wouldn't let Kuroko sing, however what surprised Kise the most was the fact…that Kagami's voice didn't entirely ate Kuroko's mellow and colder voice, instead it became one with it. Kise bit his lower lip, just how many time they had to rehears this, or where did they found this guy? Kuroko looked at ease with him, it was as if singing with Kagami was merely as obvious as breathing, and the other looked at it like some exciting play.
For years he had known Kuroko, he had seen Akashi experiment on Kuroko's voice—and that ended them with a single conclusion, Kuroko's voice couldn't be paired to anyone other than of the Generation of Miracles, it was due to the high flexibility that their voices have that they are able to use Kuroko's catalyst like voice. Kuroko's voice is like an amplifier, if you have great vocals it produces and even more quality voice, however if your voice is mundane, mediocre it would result to a disaster. There will be only one explanation, and that filled Kise with an unwelcoming chills—
Kagami Taiga…a miracle that didn't become a miracle.
Kagami's voice could become par with those of the Generation of Miracles, and not just that, he has this kind of voice that could make you want to listen and wait for something great to happen. And as difficult it is to admit for Kise, Kagami's kind of voice is perfect for Kuroko's voice. It didn't just utilize Kuroko's voice—it balances. It made Kuroko's voice and presence in the stage present. He made Kuroko noticeable there, he made him seem as if he was really there with him singing—something no one dared to do back then.
"Encore! Encore!" The crowd cheered at the group.
Kagami smirked and suddenly his head turned sharply at Kise's seat, and with a grin Kagmi mouthed words that Kise swore would never forget—
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"A light is brighter with a shadow."
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Midorima frown's deepen as he stare at the last page of the manga he was holding, this isn't fair, he thought quietly. On the last page of the manga, the author managed to slip a small note for her readers, and the note simply didn't suite Midorima's mood at all. He felt like contacting the publishers right then. He wanted to be angry at Kazue-sensei for doing this, however at the other side he wanted to be considerate of her. She must have been having a difficult time or maybe she was going through something. Midorima has no idea how a mangaka's schedule is like, was is as difficult as he was during his days with the band?
Midorima fixed his eyeglasses that was now almost falling from his eyes. After waiting for a month for the release of Golden Time's new volume he gets this news all of a sudden. Midorima reread the note again for the umpteenth time since finishing the book as if trying to convince himself that he must have misread or something—unfortunately, he didn't.
Hello readers! Thank you for reading the latest volume of Golden Time, I will have to apologize in advance, you see the next serialization might be later than expected. Things are going on and I sincerely hope you understand. Also, please wish me luck!
-T. Kazue
Wish her luck on what? Midorima wondered, Kazue-sensei doesn't usually leave notes but when she does she speaks in riddles that it feels like sometimes she seems to be commanding, as if saying, 'stop asking just do as I say'. Midorima briefly wonder if Kazue-sensei was like that in person, was she a very bossy woman? A mental image of a woman with slick black hair and in black fitting dress with hand on her hips appeared in Midorima's mind, but somehow it doesn't seem fit with how Kazue-sensei wrote her stories. Midorima felt like the true Kazue was an energetic girl with lots of smiles and a very strong personality.
Sighing again, Midorima carefully placed the manga down on the coffee table and grabbed the remote of his TV, as soon as the screen flashed, his phone on the table buzzed loudly catching his attention. Taking the moble device in his hand, Midorima slid the screen to unlock and found the message, his eyes widen, its been so long since he last received a message from this person—and somehow hearing from him sounded like an omen.
Watch on SakuraTV
It simply said. A loud screaming and cheering noise interrupted Midorima's thoughts making him eye the TV screen. To his surprise the channel was on SakuraTV and it was broadcasting a live battle of the bands—wasn't Kise one of the judges here?—The green haired musician thought quietly. It was not until the camera zoomed into the stage that Midorma almost knocked the coffee table down as he stood in disbelief. There in the screen was a familiar teal haired singer, with his favourite guitar slung on his shoulder with three other guys.
"Kuroko."
A/N:
The lyrics of the song are quite aggressive and quite a bit destructive in a sense which makes it seems very masculine, especially with the words the song writer uses. The song is titled Dear Ms and Mr Picarsque by flumpool—I discovered the song while I was browsing over and looking for some Shizaya MAD LOL. I do not own the song nor the lyrics—which is why I only used a portion of it, if you have time you could try and look it up on youtube, I like the whole song and the lyrics personally. Its like showing the second face of love—destructive(but at some point in the lyrics it speaks of being yourself and living a life worth dying for so it's a bit of like encouraging).
And here are some translation notes for the song lyrics;
dare no tame no egao de, kokyuu sura boku no ukagau you de
"for whom do you smile for? Every breathe I take seems to ask me"
tachi sukun de sono basho de, towa eto tsuzuku matsu dakenara
"I stand here frozen in place, waiting for the light that continues on."
tsuyoku dakishimete kowashitai kimi wo
Konagona ni narumade aishite shimaeba"
"I will tightly hold you until you break and love you until you turn to dust."
"Furueru hodo shiawase wo kanjiru toki, sore ga istuna no kawa donna kao nanokawa"
When happiness is enough to be felt, no matter what when or what form it takes"
"Boku ga kimi no KAGAMI ni natte sono kokoro ni tsuki sashite"
"I will become your mirror that pierces your heart"
"tada kimi deite hoshii jibun de itai, futatsu wo musubu mono tada hitotsu ai nara, furi kaerazu mae mo mizu tokeru you ni "
"My only wish if for you to be yourself, if the only thing that would link us both is love then I would not look back or forward until I melt."
"hitotsu mata hitotsu to konoro ai dake, mabuta ni aki tsukiette"
"Only the love that builds itself one after the other is what I want to be burnt to my eyelids"