Uta no Prince sama (Utapri)- The Seven Wonders of Starish

Reveal! The identity of the mysterious cloaked guy part 1

Before you read this chapter, do you still remember about the cloaked guy in this story? To avoid confusion, please try reread the story, TQ.

Recap:

"Nanami! Hang on tight!"

"Ah!!!" Haruka exclaimed as she felt someone pulling  her arm and dragged along.

Haruka disappears from Syo's view, leaving him entranced. In exchange, a small bottle of pills dropped onto Syo's chest.

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♚continuation♚

Haruka's POV

Right after leaving Syo alone, I just found out that I was being dragged along to nowhere by the cloaked guy that I first saw before all these happened.

"Um...cloaked guy-san...why did you have to pull me away from Syo? He's sick and-" I asked but was barely able to complete my sentence.

"And he will get better with a kiss?" the cloaked guy asked but his voice trailled off. "Nanami, you really are cute."

"What? Did you say something?" I asked but right after that, I could feel that his heat was radiating all of a sudden.

"N-n-nothing...anyway, that Cheshire cat, Syo, he said something about meeting the king of music, right?" the cloaked guy asked.

"Uh...yeah...do you have any idea who or where he is?" I asked out of curiousity.

"I-I'll lead you to him. You will surely see him as soon as we reach to the palace's entrance," he said while walking towards the path.

"Ok..." I said as I tried to catch up his speed while walking.

As we proceed deeper into the path, the trees are getting smaller, smaller, smaller and disappeared right behind us. It feels like we were leaving the forest empty again. As I was deep in thought, I didn't notice where I was going and suddenly...

I fell forward as I could feel that my legs tripped.

"Nanami!!!" the guy cried as I felt an impact onto something.

Immediately, I returned back to my conscious and tried to realise what just happened to me. Before I even did, the cloaked guy's face was just a few inches away from my face! He was the one that I had impact onto.... AND the hood of his cloak fell,  revealing a mask, which looks like a mask sold during the summer festivals held in Japan.

"Cloaked guy-san...can I take off your mask? I am seriously dying to know who you are," I pled like a kid.

"You can call me Kiyoto for now since 'cloaked guy-san' sounds a bit weird. I can't just yet...not until I escort you to the palace's entrance," Kiyoto said as he ruffled his red fiery hair.

"Kioto? Kyoto? Such a nostalgic name..." I said as I tried to remember something. "I have met Syo-san, Shinomiya-san, Ringo-san, Shinomiya-san, Hijirikawa-san, Jinguji-san, Cecil-sa..."

"Cecil? Who's that?" Kiyoto asked in a confused tone. "and my name is Ki-yo-to."

"Um...uh...the black cat!" I replied to convince him.

"Black cat? Cecil the black cat?" Kiyoto asked.

'Oh no...I lied to him...Cecil and the black cat are different beings!' my mind whispered.

"Uhm...did you get hurt after the fall?" he said as he ruffled his hair.

"I'm perfectly fine. If it's not because of you, I would have a flat face by then," I joked, he laughed a little.

"Nee...Nanami, hold my hand while walking.... I'm not always available when you fall you know," he said in a very shy tone.

"Gomenasai...for my clumsiness," I said as I sweatdropped in an instant.

"Haha, it's ok. That's what makes you cute," Kiyoto said as he giggled softly.

I blushed as soon as I heard what he said all of a sudden. Come to think of it, since when he know my name? Did we met before?

I reached out for his hand as I tried to stand. After that, we walked along the path where it somehow gave me the deja vu feeling. It seemed like the same place that we had been through before I meet Kiyoto.

"Um...are we lost? Didn't we pass through here before?" I asked.

I could feel that he somehow jolted a little. Who knows why...maybe we really ARE lost. Hope not...

"Um...Kiyoto-san...?" I asked again but he continued walking.

"Daijoubu...we are still on the right track! You might find it the same though," Kiyoto said in an assured voice with a thumbs up.

As we proceed further into the path, I found out that the colour of the leaves turned brown and yellow. It seems like autumn to me. I was so concentrated onto the colour of the leaves until I bumped onto Kiyoto, who had stood right in front of me all of a sudden. He took a piece of the autumn coloured leaf from my hair.

"There's something on your hair, Nanami," he said. "We better hurry up now before we are late for the King!"

"Yea..." I agreed.

Kiyoto pulled my arm and we began running towards the only path that we had. As we were proceeding deeper into the path, the trees, which were supposingly brown and yellow became nothing but dead tree trunks, covered in snow. It became alot colder than before. Is this the change of season or something?!

"Nanami, are you cold?" Kiyoto asked as he stopped running and took of his cloak. "Wear this to keep you warm."

"Arigato," I thanked him as I wear the cloak. "You are so ki-"

His outfit...Such a formal attire he wore under the cloak! His white tuxedo like garment with a pair of red headset....somehow reminds me of someone...was it Ittoki?

"Let's continue running now, before it gets breezier here," Kiyoto said as he began dragging me along towards the only path.

I smiled in delight. That's the Ittoki I know. Without any further guessing, Kiyoto IS Ittoki. But then who is this King of music that I was supposed to meet?

-to be continued

Crappy contents...sorry. Just a few more chapters till completion!