Okay, guys. Not gonna tell you my real name, but I'm Minami Ren. Call me Ren. This is my first fanfiction. Kinda like a tryout. If I get some good feedback, I will continue it. Also, I don't have alot of time, so I probably won't update that much. But if I get some positive reviews that make me happy, I'll update as soon as possible. I enjoy constructive criticism, especially small little grammar errors or misspells that I miss. Grammar nazis, come at me! Flames are okay too ^_^
Disclaimer: I do not own Vocaloid. I do own the story though.
Here's to it!
Chapter One
**Rin's POV**
BEEP BEEP! BEEP BEEP! BEEP BEEP!
I shot out of bed and shrieked, "WHERE'S THE BOMB?!" looking around wildly. It wasn't until I saw my alarm clock that I mentally faceplamed myself. I shut off the alarm and sat back against my pillows. Today must be a big day for me, but why would I have to wake up at seven thirty? SEVEN THIRTY FOR PETE'S SAKE! Its summer and I never wake up before eleven when I don't have to. I looked over at my calendar up on the walls. The fruit on the top of the calendar was an orange. I smiled really big to myself, because everyone knows that oranges are the best fruit in the world. So sweet yet bitter, juicy, and just, just orangey. But I digress. I stared at the date on the calendar, not getting why it seemed like something important was happening today, considering the thick felt-tipped marker circle around it.
"RIN! IF YOU DON'T HURRY UP THERE, YOU'RE GONNA BE LATE FOR YOUR FIRST DAY OF HIGH SCHOOL AT CRYPTON ACADEMY!"
…Oh. That was it.
I ran into the closet and grabbed my uniform, throwing it on (A/N, just your average sailor's outfit, nothing special. I'm not that creative). I ran a brush through my hair, and then tied my trade mark bunny-eared bow around my head. I raced down the stairs, grabbed an orange, and ran out the door.
I raced into my class just as the bell rang and looked around. Mostly everyone was there, just a few late stragglers. You know, those annoying people who always arrive late, or right as the bell rings (yes, I'm a hypocrite sometimes. Get over it).
I saw my group of friends, Miku, Luka, and Gumi, all sitting in a corner of the room. Luka was a quiet yet smart person, and always had her nose stuck in a book of some sort. She also seemed to have some weird love of tuna. I mean, why tuna of all things? Oranges are so much better. Anyways. She has long pink hair that she leaves down, and I swear, all her hair is the exact same color as tuna because of all the fish she eats. Gumi was munching on a carrot, even though you aren't allowed to eat in school. She has always been a bit of a rule bender, but the teachers never cared because she was such a sweet and smart student. She has short green hair that is held back by the goggles she wears on her head, which may seem odd, but you get used to them. Miku had her long teal hair tied back in her trademark twintails, and is the loudest and noisiest of the bunch. She is so hyper, I swear one day she will drive me insane. She is also obsessed with leeks. Weirdo.
Speaking of Miku, she was waving her hand wildly at me, even though I am already looking at her. She saw my gaze and called rather loudly, "Come over here and sit down with us, Rin!"
I shook my head as I walked over. "Who else would I sit with?" I asked. "With my other best friends that I don't have? Or maybe with Sonika and her group." Sonika was the meanest girl at school, who had decided she did not like me from the moment we met.
"That's our Rin," Gumi said. "Always the sarcastic one."
By the way, I just realized I never introduced myself. Hi, the names Rin. Kagamine Rin. If you think I have some sort of relation to that idol that everyone talks about, think again. The only reason I know he exists is because every one of his fangirls that I meet ask me if I know him and if I can get his autograph. It gets real tiring, real fast. Trust me. I may be sarcastic sometimes, but I get the top grades in school, even though I'm in the music class, which is the hardest class to get an A in, considering Teto is the teacher. She drills you so hard, you're lucky if you haven't lost your voice by the end of the week. Speaking of drills, she always wears her hair in these twin drills that seem like they should either come out or make a hole in you any moment, but they never do. I wait for the day. Miku, Luka, and Gumi share that class with me too.
"Rin? Are you daydreaming again, because the teacher is about to mark you absent if you don't answer," Luka's voice brought me out of my fantasies. Fantasies, cause who would I be talking to anyways? Must be going crazy. I should get back to class and finish my life story when I'm not trying to figure out who the heck is teaching my class.
I look up to see Gakupo is the sensei of our class. I smile a little. He may be kinda strict, but if you get good enough grades and know anything about either music or swordsmanship, you get along just fine. I heard a rumor once that he is a professional katana user, and can beat even the best.
"I exist" I raise my hand lazily.
"Excellent. Now there's one more student who seems not to have arrived yet…I shall just have to start my introduction. My name is Professor Gakupo, and I will be your teacher for…" I tuned out the rest. Heard that speech way too many times. If I hear it one more time, I swear I will be able to recite the dang thing by heart. Not cool.
By the end of class, the kid still hadn't come. I was kinda interested by then. I mean, who misses the first day of school? Did he just forget school was today or something? How does that even happen? Pfft. Fail.
Well, as the rest of the day will just be listening to Gakupo drone about random stuff we'll be doing this year, and somehow manage to make that speech last the whole day, I might as well continue. Miku and I have been like, best friends since we were small. She may be loud and hyper but she has one of the best voices on earth in my opinion. The two of us decided when we were ten years old that one day the two of us would become famous singers. We have both been working hard at this goal for the past five years, and our dream has finally come into action, because this weekend we are both scheduled to see separate interviewers for a job at Yamaha, the best music studio in the world. Thank oranges that school started on Wednesday this year, and I only have to wait three more days to be able to go to my interview and tryout. I am determined to do the best I can.
Finally, after a couple millennium passed in the classroom, everyone was dismissed for their extracurricular activity (A/N yea it's weird, don't judge the way I made their school. Its just different, okay? One teacher until the last hour of the day where they go to whatever extracurricular they want). I love this part of the day, mainly because it's so entertaining. Teto is pretty loose on anything other than singing, so something interesting always happens. I mean, there was that time that Kaito brought an entire ice cream truck to class. Apparently he bought it off the ice cream man. I swear on my life that the whole thing was empty by the time class ended. And that one time Teto started beating Mikuo with her bread because he missed his queue in the song that we were singing. The people in our class all sing well. Mikuo, Piko, Miki, Miku, Luka, Gumi, Gumiya, Kaito, Neru, and I all are in the musics class.
I walked into the classroom with Miku, Luka, and Gumi and swung my bag over my chair. I propped my feet up on my desk while waiting for Teto to come in and give us the music for this semester. The bell rang, and a red blur flipped into the room and yelled "OKAY, MY NAME IS TETO, DON'T CALL ME ANYTHING ELSE OR I WILL USE MY BREAD STICKS ON YOU!" I shuddered. The horror. You don't wanna know.
The first day, we surprisingly didn't do much, other than get our very first piece. It was called Kagerou Days, and was not overly school appropriate, but Teto is Teto, and Teto does what Teto wants to do (A/N just had to. Love the song. Look up the Nico Nico Chorus version if you want to hear one by multiple people. It's pretty good). We were told to that we would be practicing it by ourselves this week, and next week we would try to put it together. It turns out that the missing kid was also in this class, which was surprising considering that it was so hard to get into this class. We were pretty elite, and won most of the inter-school competitions, resulting in getting some pretty good awards for our school.
After a few minor incidents, concerning a stolen cell phone and some prank texts (I'm pretty sure Miku has a crush on Kaito. She stole his phone…texted…stuff about his new 'skirt' to some other guys…I cracked up and Kaito almost cried. Hilarious.) the bell rang, signaling the stampede out of school. I hung around with Miku, cause we like avoiding that stuff.
"Nee, Rin," She started.
"Yea?" I replied lazily, flicking my bangs out of my eyes.
"Do you realize that our big chance is in just three days?! Then, we could both be stars! Our dream! We're even going to different tryouts so we both get accepted and there's no competition between us! We planned it so carefully!"
"I know…" I moaned. We've worked so hard on this, and I am not backing down until the end. Usually I'm laid back, but this is my dream. I refuse to give up.
"But I've been thinking," She started, "what if- what if one of us gets in, but the other doesn't? What then? I would just cry if you didn't get in, and I'm pretty sure you'd do the same for me…"
Her eyes were already welling with tears just thinking about it. Overemotional baby. I still love her though.
I patted her head and gave her my best smile. Even if I was unsure, I couldn't let her know. Not when she doesn't know what to do herself. "Don't cry, Miku. Be happy! You're sure to get in; your voice is so beautiful. And you shouldn't cry for me, because that will make me sad. And if I don't make it, I'll just have to try the next tryouts that they have, won't I? It's not the end of the world if one of us don't make it in this time, because there are many tryouts, this is just our first one! Now smile and be happy and hyper like always, okay?"
She smiled through her tears. I got a tissue from the desk in the front of the room and handed it to her, with which she wiped her eyes. She sniffed and said "Thank you, Rin. You're a wonderful friend and I'm so glad that I can talk to you and that we have this opportunity together…"
I grinned at her. "Now come on you big crybaby, let's go to my house so we can start homework before my mom freaks out and calls the cops and tells them that she has a missing child."
"Okai~" She sang, prancing out of the room. I sighed and followed her. Good old Miku, already back to normal. But what she said bothered me. What if one of us didn't make it?
Oh well, I might as well follow my own advice and smile. We can worry about the rest when the time comes…
Hehe, Rin acts tough, but shes so kind and caring for her friends. ^_^
So, readers (if I have any), was it any good? Should I continue? Please tell!
Mata ne (hopefully ^_^)~
Minami Ren