Sorry for taking too long guys, I was kinda busy. Anyway, I hope you all enjoy my story. I've changed some small details so it will make more senses than the previous version. Instead of Christmas, it's near Lunar New Year.

Please review.

I don't own anyone from La Corda, just the OCs.

***Next Monday***

"OHIO MINA" A boy with light green hair yells, getting attention from all people in the station.

"Can't you please just keep your voice down for once?" Kanazawa pats the boy on the head.

"Ouch, why do you always treat me like this huh? I'm just so excited" Hihara rubs his head "Can we go now?" He asks happily.

"We are waiting for YOU to show up Hihara-sempai" Tsuchiura raises his eyebrowns.

"Oh really? Sorry about that. LET'S GO NOW PEOPLE!" He waves his hand around crazily.

Kanazawa sighs and gives the tickets to his students and they all get in the train.

***1 hour later***

"Wow, it's so beautiful here! – Hino says, amazed by a very gorgeous wind hill which is full of white flowers.

"It sure is Hino-sempai" Fuyuumi nods.

"Men, so windy, this reminds me how much I love the wind" Tsuchiura grins, relaxing himself.

"This is the land of not only the Victor clan but also their partner. They're both very powerful so watch where you are going OK?" Kanazawa looks at his students "What the…Where is Shimizu?"

"What do you mean by that? He sat just next to me in the train, that's mean…" Hihara says "AHHH NOOO! WHERE IS SHIMIZU? HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE RIGHT HERE!" He runs around crazily, looking for any sight of his junior.

The others also start searching around for Keiichi.

"Oh my god, I'm so sorry Shimizu. I can't believe that I actually forgot you. Because of my stupid mistake, now you're all alone in the train that's full of strangers. They're going to take you to a faraway world…" Hihara lost himself in the fantasy world.

"Quit it sempai" Tsuchiura growls, obviously getting annoyed of Hihara.

"Kanazawa-sensei, I found him" Fuyuumi says.

"Really? Where?" Hihara yells.

The girl leads the others to where Shimizu is.

"Aw, look at him, he's so cute when he's sleeping" Hino smiles.

"Can't blame him. It's so peaceful here. But if he keeps lying there he'll catch a cold for sure" Yunoki kneels down besides the boy.

"It's almost 8.15 AM" Tsukimori says coldly "If we don't go now we'll be late"

"Tsukimori's right, we must go now… Urg, how?" Tsuchiura, for the first time ever, agrees with Tsukimori. He takes a look at his surrounding and sees nothing but endless field.

"Walking of course" Kanazawa answers in an as-the-matter-fact voice "Chiridofu's mansion is at the other side of the hill. Hihara, wake Shimizu up or just carry him with you" He commands.

***10 minutes later***

Appear in front of their eyes is a very beautiful & large mansion or should I say, castle. It has a gorgeous garden in which flowers are glooming everywhere, a huge garage with many types of modern cars part in side, and many servants can be seen walking around, etc.

"You can close your mouth anytime before you start drooling Kahoko" Yunoki smirks.

"Come on, let's go in guys" Hihara shouts excitedly "I'm sooo hungry"

Everybody anime falls.

When they arrive at the gate, it opens automatically, reveals a boy with light brown hair and chocolate eyes standing behind. He looks at them, then looks at some documents he's holding.

"So, you are Kanazawa-sensei, Hino Kahoko, Tsukimori Len, Tsuchiura Ryoutarou, Yunoki Azuma, Hihara Kazuki, Fuyuumi Shouko and Shimizu Keiichi. Am I right?" The boy asks.

"Yes, and you are?"

"I'm Hayashi Ryuu, son of the owner of this mansion. Welcome you all!" He smiles.

"But sensei said this mansion belonged to the Victor's family" Hino questions. Somewhere in the background, Kanazawa slaps his forehead and the others shake their heads slightly in disappointment.

"Didn't Aleera explain to you? The land you're standing on, along with this castle, they all belong to two clans, the Victor and the Hayashi" He explains.

"That means you're living with Rinkitory-chan?" Hino stares at Ryuu in disbelief.

"You have any problem with that?" The boys responds coldly "Now please hand your stuffs to the maids and tell them your names, they'll lead you to your rooms"

"Each of us has our own rooms?" Hihara yells excitedly.

"Sorry for letting you down but no" Ryuu answers "You'll be staying in pairs, Hino & Fuyuumi; Hihara & Tsukimori; Yunoki, Tsuchiura and Shimizu. But if you want, I can arrange one room for you"

"Oh, I don't really need that" Hihara shakes his head "I'm good with anything" He grins childishly.

"Excuse me, can I have a room for myself?" Tsukimori asks.

"OK, no problem. Follow me then!" Ryuu nods.

After all of them have settled their stuff, they gather in the living-room.

"I'm sure you're here for practicing right? There're four soundproof rooms in this mansion. Turn left from here, you'll see them right away. In each room, there are a lots equipments and different kind of instruments so you can train your skills easier. Feel free to use them. And the CDs, you can listen to them anytime you want" Ryuu gives them the instructions.

"Thanks for being so helpful!" Hino smiles, showing her appreciation toward the strange boy.

"Your welcome! But please pay attention to what you use and handle them with cares. All the tools are rather expensive"

Her face goes pale after she's heard the words "I'll be very careful. Anyway, I…can I ask you something Hayashi-san?"

"If it's not too personal then go ahead"

"How old are you?"

"Well, I'm 20"

"What is your relationship with Rinkitory-chan? You do live together so…"

"I'm just her friend. Is this conversation going anywhere? What exactly do you want to know?" Ryuu is obviously annoyed.

"It's just…Oh well, where's Rinki-chan anyway? I haven't seen her since we arrived"

"She's probably reading in the Secret Garden" He mumbles under his breath, mostly to himself, then looks at the guests "I'll go and get her. You guys wait right here OK? Please WAIT RIGHT HERE!" He demands and leaves the room.

But the moment Ryuu closes the door, Hino and Hihara stand up, following him.

"What are you doing?" Tsuchiura raises an eyebrown.

"Sneaking up of course. I have a feeling like Hayashi-san is hiding something. And I'm gonna find out about that" Hihara grins "Right Kaho-chan?"

The girl nods in agreement "You guys wanna join us?"

In the end all of them end up going after Ryuu and surprised enough, "them" here include Tsukimori and Kanazawa.

They follow him through a green house at the back of the house, go deep into the wood and doesn't stop till they reach a glorious waterfall. Hino almost gasps cause of the glory of the view but quickly cover her mouth. They look at Ryuu quietly.

"Hey, move closer guys, we can have a better view" Hihara whispers.

They all do as Hihara said. Once they're close enough, they see Aleera sleeping peacefully on a carpet of beautiful white flowers, still holding a book on her hand.

"Wow, she looks just like a princess, right Tsukimori-kun?" Hino asks her friend, but she notices that something is definitely wrong with the guy. Because right now, Tsukimori looks as if his soul had been taken out of him. He's staring at Aleera like she were an angel from the other world. Not only Hino but the rest realizes that too, they all exchange mischievous grins to each other.

Meanwhile, Ryuu has come closer to Aleera. He kneels down in front of her, stroking her hair slightly and somehow the sight makes Tsukimori feels very uncomfortable.

"Hey sleeping beauty, wake up! All the competitors are here" He whispers into her ear.

"I wanna sleep a little more, lemme alone" The girl mumbles sleepily, turning to the other side.

'Now this is a rare scene' Everybody sweatdrops.

"Aw, come on princess, don't make me force you" Ryuu lowers his head, kissing Aleera on her forehead.

Obviously, that really pissed Tsukimori off, he now looks like he's about to kill someone. Knowing that, Kanazawa quietly tells his students to get back to the living room. In an incredible short time, they find themselves sitting on the couches of the room, breathing heavily .Why? Simple, because they had to chase after a very angry Tsukimori and he was walking/running extremely fast. Once they have all calmed down, they all look at Tsukimori who is shooting the most deadly glare ever at the window. And if Tsukimori had any hidden super power, then that poor innocent subject would be burning by now.

"So…you like Chiridofu don't you?" Tsuchiura asks, but he receives no answer at all. Tsukimori just keeps on his glaring contest with the thing "Hm…I'll take that as a yes"

"Stop threatening the window Tsukimori, it has done nothing to you" Kanazawa sits down next to his student "Don't be upset, Chiridofu is an English girl, those kissing stuffs are normal there. They probably do that everyday and still it doesn't mean a thing to her" As soon as he says that, everyone glares at him "Hey, it's true"

Tsukimori's face turns emotionless, his mouth still shuts close.

"Yeah, yeah, I can understand. But look, you can't say anything to them about this ok?" The young man puts his hand on Tsukimori's shoulder (doesn't this guy feel odd talking to himself?).

"What's taking them so long?" Hino looks at the door and suddenly, it opens, making her fall off the chair.

"Hello everyone, sorry I wasn't here to greet you" Aleera and Ryuu go in at the same time "Oh dear, are you ok Hino?"

"I..I'm fine, but what took you guys so long?" The clumsy girl rubs her head.

"We were just talking" The "princess" answers "Do you have something in mind?"

"We were just…well…you see we were…uhm…" Hino stammers "You looks sleepy, did you not sleep well last night Rinki-chan?"

"Aw, you're trying to change the topic huh?" Aleera raises an eyebrown, then she looks at Ryuu "But do I look that much of a sleepy head Ryuu?"

"Maybe. Maybe not" The boy cups her chin, smirking teasingly.

"I hate you, baka" She growls.

"Aw, you're sooo cute" Ryuu pulls her into a tight embrace "I have work to do, have fun with your new "friends" OK? Bye!" He then turns to the guests "Oh, enjoy your stay here" then leaves the room.

Aleera follows Ryuu with her eyes, wondering why he is in such a rush. But she decides to leave the thought and turns back to the others "Sorry for being rude, I stayed up a bit late to watch the early butterflies last night so I feel somehow uneasy"

"Butterflies? You mean there're butterflies around here? In this season? So cool!" Hino yells excitedly "Can I see them?"

"I'm not sure, but maybe, if you're lucky and capable of staying up until 1.00AM and walk back after that then, yes" Aleera smiles.

"Wow, that's late. No wonder why you're so tired today. But it sounds so cool. I mean, to watch the beautiful early butterflies and walk home all by yourself. Is that place really far from here?" The red head starts making up dreamy scenes in her head.

"Actually Ryuu carried me home" Without realizing it, she thinks out loud. That's when she notices that everyone in the room is staring at her blankly 'Oh great, now they're going to think that Ryuu is my boyfriend, for heaven's sake' , she shakes her head slightly 'Whatever you have in minds now is not true so please through with it already. Ryuu and I are just friends"

'Even their answers are the same' All of them sweat drop.

Out of sudden, Tsukimori stands up and leaves without saying anything.

"Hey, where're you going?" Tsuchiura seems somewhat concern.

"Practice – The words escapes his mouth quietly but coldly at the same time.

'What's wrong with him?' Aleera's eyes follow Tsukimori, the first person ever beside her family can make her express her true feeling, "I have my own business to take care of too. So be my guests. If you have any questions about the place, please feel free to pick up the phone and press number 1, our maids will answer you" She explains carefully then goes out of the room.

"I bet that she's going back to her book" Hihara grins at his friends "Should we follow her?"

"NO!" Kanazawa pats the boy hard on the head "We're here for practicing, not spying. Go get your instrument already"

"Fine fine. You don't have to hit me so hard you know" Hihara pouts like a baby when everyone laughs "That's not funny guys" He yells.

"Ok ok"

And they all burst out laughing again.