A/N:

Ok… umm sorry guys… I had like a lot of stuff to do this weekend so yeah… Oh and if you guys have random thoughts or whatever please feel free to message me a lot of you people have great ideas that I could always use… So this chapter things start to get interesting. Haha what is going to happen? Oh and that virus on my computer, I got it fixed hehe *fist pump* hells yeah well… I had some help from a friend, but still… Yay, I can update more often when I have time. Please review if you haven't already, it makes me write faster… I feel guilty if I keep you guys waiting for long :D enjoy!

Subito

It was finally time…time for the world to see.

"First up, Kiryu Zero-kun playing 'The Devil's Trill'.

Zero looked at his piano accompaniment, Ichiru, to see if he was ready. Ichiru nodded… ok, it was game time… The sound of Zero's violin sliced through the silence of the great hall. The piece started off a bit slow, then slowly built up…then reached it's climax. After it suddenly stopped… only to continue once more, then it ended. The crown cheered.

"Woah, that was really cool," someone commented.

Another snorted. "Just wait until Kaname-sama goes up."

A random girl squealed, "Oh my gosh! I love Kaname-sama! He is soooo hot!"

Zero bowed and got off stage. He was covered in a thin sheet of sweat, 'The Devil's Trill' was the hardest piece for the violin. He had spent hours getting it to perfection… Ichiru caught up with him.

"Great job onii-chan, we're sure to win again, same as last year!" He happily praised.

Zero nodded in agreement. " Thanks Ichiru, but it's not over yet…" Just as Zero got into the dressing room, he and Ichiru were surrounded by adoring fans.

"Zero and Ichiru-kun,"they bowed, " Please accept our gifts."

Ichiru laughed. "Of course we'll accept them. Right Zero?"

Zero grimaced. This was the hardest part of the String Showcase. It wasn't facing the crowd or even performing the piece. It was the rabid fan girls…

"Ugh Ichiru, I'm leaving… there is a performance coming up that I am interested in…" Zero protested. He then ran for his life, leaving poor Ichiru behind to deal with all the girls…

"Up next, Kaname Kuran-sama, playing 'Bach solo cello suites prelude No.1 in G Major'.

Kaname smirked. The audience was in for a surprise if they thought that Kaname wouldn't win. Because this competition was in the bag.

As Kaname played a sudden hush fell over the crowd. The performance was inspiring. Kaname had chosen a baroque cello. The baroque cello was known to make resonating sounds in large halls, mainly churches. But it was perfect, the sounds were think and rich like sweet honey, bouncing onto the walls and bouncing off into the crowd… When Kaname was done the crowd cheered thunderously…except for Zero. There were tears down his face, but his hair was hiding it.

~flashback~

"Zero! Zero! Where are you mommy has something to show you."

A Zero about 7 years old came down the stairs. "Mommy, I already said. I am not practicing my violin. I hate it."

Mrs. Kiryu shook her head. "Baby, it's because you don't know what music really does to your soul. Why don't you listen to Mommy play for a bit and see how you feel about practicing afterwards. Okay?"

Little Zero pouted. "Fine."

Mrs. Kiryu smiled and took out her cello. Zero's eyes widened. Hey… that wasn't a violin. Just as Zero was about to start protesting his mother started playing. Each individual note was like a drop of honey, pure and sweet. Since the room was small the deep baritone sounds made the room vibrate. Zero stared in wonder until his mom finished.

"Zero how do you feel now?" she wondered, "Did you like mommy's song? It's by Mr. Bach, it's one of my favorites. Prelude No.1 in G Major."

Zero just sat there for a minute trying to get back to reality. After a while he raced back upstairs to go practice, his mother just smiled to herself and started making lunch…

~end flashback~

After these years Zero hadn't felt any pain from his mother's death… How could this one song just break him like that… why?

Kaname bowed and got off stage, but instead of going off stage he went the other direction, towards the hallway of the school… He didn't want to be surrounded by annoying girls right now… But unfortunately for him, those girls had already thought Kaname would go the other way, so they had waited in the hallway.

"Kaname-sama! Kyaa!" they screamed.

"I'm really sorry girls, but I really must be going," Kaname apologized. Then there was a flash of silver, there stood Zero. Kaname tried walking towards him, but Zero glared at him with pure hatred. A fire burned in those lilac orbs, but they were also dark with mystery and curiosity. They looked so lost…

The look stopped Kaname in his tracks, he wanted to talk to the mysterious boy…but he would probably be at the ceremony so might as well wait, then get killed now…

The intercom suddenly went off. "Attention students, the ceremony will start at 7pm tonight. So please be there to support your fellow classmates. Performers… please dress nicely!" Cross-san announced, "Please remember that the winner will be allowed to play a piece of there choice and an extra surprise that I personally prepared myself!"

Kaname smiled. "I wonder what Cross-san has in store for us…"he thought to himself.

At 7 pm the hall was packed! Everyone had come, even the staff. Aidou was the host of this years ceremony.

"All the performers have worked hard, but it has come down to these 3 students: Ichijo Takuma-kun on viola, Kiryu Zero-kun on violin, and Kuran Kaname-sama on cello."

Everyone nodded and clapped in agreement. These three were well known around the school for looks and music, but mostly looks…

"We are going to have a 10 minute break and then the winner will be announced so please hold on. Thank you."

The hall was suddenly filled with whispers and conversations.

"Who do you think is going to win? I totally loved Takuma-kun's."

"I actually don't know… I really liked Zero-kun's performance, but Kaname-sama's was just uplifting…"

"Oh my gosh! I totally know what you mean. It just had this presence to it. You know?"

Zero rolled his eyes. This was taking forever! Just hurry up and announce me as the winner.

Aidou suddenly went back on stage. He cleared his throat, " The judges have given this much thought and the winner is… Kiryu Zero-kun."

The crowd clapped politely, but Yuuki suddenly ran up stage and whispered something in Aidou's ear. He chuckled and then spoke again. " I have just been informed that there is another winner." The crowd gasped. "The other winner is… Kuran Kaname-sama!"

The girls all screamed and squealed, "Kaname-sama!"

Zero was in shock. "How could this happen?" he thought, "My performance was flawless. I was the winner every year! How can there be another…"

Cross-san suddenly ran up the stage and shook Kaname's and Zero's hand. "Congratulations to you two. I have chosen a duet piece for you two. It is in my office, so please come later to pick it up."

Zero scowled. "No way! I will never play with him!"

The crowd looked at the scene in front of them with silence.

"Kiryu-kun please be reasonable and listen to Cross-san," Kaname said, trying to reason with Zero.

Zero seethed in anger. How dare they! "Shut-up,"he spat. He stormed off stage. "Fuck you Kuran!"

The crowd gasped, no one had ever treated Kaname-sama with such disrespect!

Zero was the first…

A/N

Oh my gosh! I finally finished chapter 2! It took forever… well actually I just wrote most of it in class… But the point is that I'm actually running out of ideas… hehe sorry I'm only 14 so cut the slack . please message me any ideas you might have! Or this story might get progressively worse, if it isn't already… So please review if you haven't…PLEASE, dude seriously… I get all these story alerts and stuff so I'm like hell yeahz, but then I see I only have like 5 reviews so I'm like down in the dumps and the creative juices in my brain start to die! So yeah… If you want to help me with the story just message me, I promise I'll reply. See ya at the next chappie it'll come at the latest in 2 weeks, but… If I get more reviews I promise it'll come faster. . Byez