Disclaimer: I do not own the title: La Corda D'oro, its characters, and etc. That honor goes to Yuki Kure
.:Recap:.
"My feelings of Kahoko? Kahoko..."
Too many words to describe her and too many reasons to like her...
"My feelings for Hino-Kahoko is that I-"
"IIIAAAAGGGHHH!"
That voice... that angelic tinkling chimed voice... is screaming in pain!
"KAHOKO!"
(THANKS TO ALL OF THE VOTES, IT HAS BEEN DECIDED THAT LEN WILL RESCUE KAHOKO FROM DROWNING!)
.:Len's POV:.
"Kahoko! Kahoko!" I repeated over and over again as I was looking left and right. I looked at Lili last and held him with a firm grip close to my face.
"..What. Is. Kahoko. Doing here?" I said with venom seeping through my voice.
Lili trembled. "Nani? I didn't know she was going to be here! Honest!"
I had no patience with Lili right now, and being not temperament, I threw him away to heaven knows where.
I was looking frantically once more and-
"IIAAAAAGGHHGUURRL..."
The same screamed echoed in my ears, but faded as fast as I heard the sound. Oh no... she couldn't have-
But before I finished the thought, I dashed in the direction of the scream. I was now very anxious for that sound appeared very fast, but then it sounded like she was drowning...
I burst through the remainder of the bushes and trees and what I saw made the feeling in my heart feel as worst as it was before..
Kaho's violin was by the lake, but she wasn't to be seen anywhere...
.:Kahoko's POV (Before she drowned):.
I closed my bedroom door and fell on my bed exhausted. Well turns out onee~chan got into trouble as well as I did for not coming home on time and for not letting okaa~sama know we were going to be late.
Her excuse was because she was on a date with Aiko-kun (NEW CHARACTER), her boyfriend. And mine was because well, yeah. I was busy thinking about Tsukimori~kun so much that I lost track of time. But I lied saying I wanted to learn a new piece.
I looked up at my window to see that the sky's color had turn from orange into a slight purplish-pink sky. Pretty soon it'll be night time.
I pondered over this. Perhaps it would be nice if I practiced in the moonlight. That way I would get the chance to play in a different location other than the practice rooms or in the school grounds.
I took a quick bath and changed into my nightgown. No one was going to see me anyways. All I brought with me was my violin case and I was out the door of my bedroom.
Of course I had to make sure Okaa~sama did not see me, but luck is by my side tonight for she was tired enough to fall asleep on the couch. I took my coat with me just in case it got extra chilly and I was out of the house and heading for the park.
I was right, the weather did feel a bit cold, but it soothed me in a way. Maybe because the moon's light comforts me in a way... just like Tsukimori~kun. I shook my head. I have got to stop thinking about him. I was about to play when I heard faint voices. That's odd. Who would be out here at a time like this? Well, besides me; but you get it.
So I put my violin down by the lake, but kept a grip on my bow just in case something or someone tries to ambush me.
I had to push through some of the bushes and brush leaves away from trees that were getting to my face.
"I don't want to... relationship with Hino~chan." I froze. Was that not Tsukimori's voice? Or am I still hearing things?
"What are your feelings... Kaho~chan?" I didn't know whose voice was that since it sounded so squeaky and soft that it could have been a chipmunk talking. Nonetheless I was shocked to hear that question.
It was fifty, fifty.
I wanted to run. To not hear the answer for it might be the answer I wished did not happen. Or it could have been something I have wanted to hear a long time..
It didn't matter anyways for a few seconds later, Tsukimori~kun spoke again.
"My feelings of Kahoko? Kahoko..."
I felt a weird feeling in my stomach and heart. He's probably having a difficult time thinking of a word to describe me. I felt tears in the rim of my eye, threatening to come out. I shook my head and ran away quietly before I could have seen anything else.
I was back to where I laid my violin and kneeled there by the lake. What's wrong with me? Why can't he see the feelings I have been holding in for so long? Am I just that hideous? Am I just that bad of a violinist. Am I just a joke?
By now, I was already crying. I decided to play it out to get these aching feelings out of my chest, but before that could have happened I was getting closer to the water for I was now in it. Someone either pushed me in or I fell in by my own choice.
That was peculiar. No one was here except for me and those other people with Tsukimori. What on Earth us goi-
Something grabbed my foot by the end of the lake and I started to scream. I was trying to fight it but that made it worst as I was drowning. I remembered my grip on the bow and smakced whatever held my leg. I was free for a moment being able to scream once more, but this time the same thing grabbed both of my legs and pulled me down the water as fast as the previous.
Dammit...
I was blacking out now... but the last thing I did was release my bow.
'Len...' Was my last thought.
.:Len's POV (Present):.
I was still thinking the worst possible outcomes of what could have happened to Kahoko when something was rising above the surface.
It was the bow. But that wasn't why I started screaming or heading for the lake.
Someone or Something came out of the surface holding-
"Kahoko!"
The silhouetted creature turned its ruby dark eyes on me and when it turned I could see Kahoko lying limp in its arms.
I gasped, but I ran even faster. "Kaho!"
The creature swiped me with its clawy hands. 'What was this creature!' I thought. I looked to my right and saw Kaho just a few feet away from me.
I was struggling as hard as I could and somehow the creature wailed and didn't hold me as tight as before. I didn't know why since I was shutting my eyes as tight as I could have.
I got off and ran using the arm as a path for me. But before I could have had a hold on Kahoko which was just in my reach, the creature started going down in the lake deeper and deeper.
So now we were all indulged in the lake.
I held Kaho's hand before I myself blacked out for the lost of air.
'Kaho…'