Glad you guys enjoyed the past chapter ^^

Hehe, well maybe this chapter will be a lot longer than the one before. Sorry I had to practice for my piano recital. Now that I finished my composition I'll be able to focus on this chapter a lot.

Hope you will enjoy it loves~!

Disclaimer: I do not own La Corda D'oro, Yuki Kure does. I only own the plot and the characters I make up.

.:Recap:.

Len's POV

"Oh trust me Len, I will have to have both of yours and Kaho-chan's help! Come on now! Let's keep going! We're not that far from the kingdom.

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Len's POV

"Ah! Home sweet home!"

I turned my head to see what Lili was walking about. I saw that he was pointing at something as we were now on a cliff's edge which was a good spot to view the scenery.

"Hm? Let me see!" Kahoko exclaimed.

She let go of my hand and I released it… reluctantly.

"Ah… beautiful Lili-kun! I can't believe that this is your home!"

I walked further up ahead to see what the commotion was about. It seems that we were closing in on our destination. We can now see the castle ahead. It was vastly enormous. Even bigger than any mansion I have ever seen, and I have seen plenty of mansions myself. The view looks like something that would be out of a fairytale story.

"Well come on now, it will look better once we get a bit closer don't you think!"

With that Lili led the way once more.

-Short Time Skip-

(Let's just say that they are in reach of the entrance to the kingdom now)

Kahoko's POV

Ah finally, we were now close to the entrance. How can I tell? Well there seems to be a drawbridge. Like in those fairytales, they were usually the entrance to the kingdom.

Once we were on the end of the road, we stopped. Of course we stopped, we didn't want to fall in the moat.

I gulped when I looked down. They certainly didn't look like crocodiles… they looked scarier. I backed up a bit and bumped into Len's chest by accident.

"Ah gomen Tsukimori-kun!"

He just grunted.

Lili turned around.

"I'll fly ahead to let them know that visitors have arrived. It's not common for people to visit which is why hardly anyone watches the entrances. Be back in a few~!"

With that he took off.

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Kahoko's POV

I was feeling so self conscious of myself. Len and I were alone again and well to be honest I was kind of scared.

Don't get me wrong, I know he was a perfect gentleman, just that well… we have nothing to talk about! The only times we actually talked about was when it included two things.

Music and my safety.

I involuntarily sighed, just out of habit when I'm frustrated about my thoughts. I was so caught up in them I didn't realize I was walking a bit then somehow stumbled over the edge of the moat.

"Woah-ohah-oh!"

I closed my eyes for the impact of water to once again, cover me from head to toe. But it never came. I opened my eyes with my mouth forming a small 'o' shape.

Len caught one of my hands just as I was about to fall.

Len's POV

There were so many things I wanted to say or ask her.

'Are you alright?'

'Did you hurt yourself?'

'Do you need me to search your ankle if you twisted it anyway?'

'Be careful, I don't want you to get hurt.'

But what did I say?

"Troublesome."

I mentally slapped myself. Really? I just said that to a girl that may be the only one I feel this way for, and I say she's troublesome!

"Ah g-g-gomenasai Tsukimori-kun." She apologized once again.

I pulled her in closer in arm's length to make sure she's on stable ground.

"Please stop apologizing, as a gentleman I wouldn't want a woman to get hurt, especially you."

Oh no. I slipped.

She tilted her head. "Especially me?"

What was I going to do now?

Then the drawbridge started making sounds as if it was going to open now, and I was correct. I breathed out in relief. Arigato Kami-sama.

Kahoko's POV

I directed my attention to the drawbridge as it was opening, forgetting my question to Len. Once it was fully opened I saw a carriage with four horses in the reigns of a man that seemed to be nonchalant of our arrival. Lili came out of the carriage and waved to us.

"Don't be shy now, come come!"

Len and I looked at each other questioningly and decided to get in the carriage as Lili told us to. Len and I were facing each other as I heard the man snap the reigns and we began moving.

"Neh Lili, about what you were saying before, what did you actually need help with."

From what Kahoko can see, Lili sweatdropped and played with his fingers.

"You might actually get mad at me when I do ask you, so I think it'll be best if the queen tells you instead." 'There will also be witnesses there…'

"Oh alright then Lili~!"

I heard Len sigh and I tilted my head. He nodded outside, "Looks like we're already passing the town."

It was true, we were so into our conversation we barely noticed the stares that we were being given. Either if it was admiration, curiosity, or out of fear, it was downright creepy for Kahoko since people hardly stares at her.

"Ah don't mind them." Lili said trying to comfort me. "As I said, we're not used to visitors."

That didn't stop me from blushing and looking out the small window. The homes were not those from the present or those in the past… They just look weird to her since she's never seen those kind of homes before. The people's outfits though were certainly not peasant clothing, nor present clothing, but somehow in the middle of that. Not too fancy nor old. The village scenery was now disappearing as the castle was towering over us now.

"Wow…." I looked at Len's face. Even he was a bit amazed by the figure of the castle. I guess he wasn't used to seeing homes that were bigger than he has ever seen in his teen life.

The doors to the grounds of the castle opened for us. I bit my lip. I was bit nervous I admit…

"Why the sudden anxiety Hino?"

I looked at Len who in turn was looking at me. Was it that obvious I was nervous? Or the fact that he might maybe is over analyzing me?

"Yeah, a little bit. I just have a bad feeling about this..."

Before further comment, our carriage door opened as we heard the gates close. We stepped out of the carriage.

"Well then let's get you inside to meet the queen! She's very excited assure you. You two might take a linking to her." Lili said as he gestured two men to open the fancy doors that opened the castle.

"Ooooh~"

I said in awe as I stared at the room that seemed to be the lobby part (A/N: You know how in mansions there are tons of parts? I think one of them is the lobby. It's not a living room, but it's more like an entrance room where they have fancy furniture, staircase, and portraits. I don't want you getting mixed up into thinking it's like a hotel X"3)

"Come now, you can look around as much as you want to later on. First things first. Meeting the Queen~!"

Lili waved his wand and all of a sudden, then entrance door opened once more and two maids appeared out of nowhere.

"Please right this way." They said simultaneously.

Creepy much? Don't get me wrong they were nice enough to lead the way… but it's still creepy.

"A-arigato..." I looked sideways at Len and he looks disturbed by the fact that maids were leading him but pushing him.

Lili was in front of us as we were walking.

As we were walking, we could hear a faint melody…

"Ah… Kopusuburaido…"

I tilted my head, but before I opened my mouth, Len was speaking.

"I've never heard of that piece before."

Being a prodigy in music and always spending time on looking at music scores, it would be odd for Len to not know every composition made in my opinion.

"It's not really supposed to be a famous song actually. Her highness has recently watched a film and there was a particular song that was always playing instrumentally. So she decided to play it on the piano by ear."

"What's the name?" I asked.

"The movie's name was Corpse Bride. The queen was always picky with names, so what she did was change that American title into a Japanese title and that in turn was the title for her song."

(A/N: I am a BIG Tim Burton's fan and Corpse Bride is one of my all time favorite movies. The song that I am implying is Victor's Piano Solo. In the film, it's a lie that the song kept playing instrumentally throughout the film, but just go along with it ;D. I do not own the movie or title Corpse Bride, nor do I own the Song, nor anything that relates to Tim Burton's work

x"3)

Len and I nodded at the information.

The music was becoming louder for we have come close to the doors on what may lead in to the room the queen was in. Lili waved his wand once more and the maids from before opened the doors for us.

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The room was very well decorated. The walls were painted a similar color to match Len's hair. In addition of the golden pattern also painted with it. The floors were polished so well that we could see our own reflection. Above us was a huge chandelier. When I say huge, I mean, very, very huge. I couldn't stop my mouth from forming an "o" shape as I started at it. Who knows how many genuine diamonds it took to make that? I looked down and saw a variety of instruments, but they weren't clattered because of the spacious room. In the middle of them all was a grand piano. And on its bench was the queen I'm guessing. Her back was facing us, but from what I can tell she had hair that compared to the sun's color which reached all the way to her waist and was also wearing a green gown.

The last note of the song hovered and she slowly stood up and turned to look at us.

"Welcome…"

Sorry to end it there everyone, but i felt like the talk between her highness and Lili, Len, and Kahoko have to be in a separate chapter c:

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