MELODY
Disclaimer: Vocaloid doesn't belong to me, though I'd love to have an actual Vocaloid of my own. :3
Murmurs and varied noises echoed throughout the large theater hall, mostly by the soon-to-be students of the respected Vocaloid Music Academy. The faculty staff and other members of the school are gathered on tables near the stage, and mellow music filled the air.
Everything, though, fell into silence as the lights dimmed. A plump woman made her way into the stage and held the microphone.
"Good morning," she greeted with a completely expressionless face. "I see you are the students who have successfully passed the high standards of the Vocaloid Music Academy. Congratulations and welcome. First I would like to introduce myself… I am Miss Fumiko Aizawa, the head of this school. So… before we may begin the orientation, maybe you might want to listen to the magnificent voice of one of the graduated students that our academy is most proud of. Let's all give a round of applause to Ms. Meiko Sakine."
Applause filled the air as Miss Aizawa left the stage maintaining her poker face and the dim lights went completely off.
"On a frozen night path, I'm with a white snow rabbit…"
Without the mellow instrumental and Meiko's singing voice, the silence in the school theater would be very deafening. Everyone listened with impressed faces until the brunette finished the last notes of her song.
As the song ended, the deafening silence followed, then came another loud round of applause.
Another woman, a tall one with auburn hair this time, walked to the stage with a grin that was obviously fake.
"Well… thanks for that, Meiko…" she said, gritting her teeth though maintaining that grin (hopefully the audience doesn't notice this). "Ahahaha… this girl's been one of my best students in the Music class… she's confident, this kid. Heck, we're so close we often had long chats after class! Right, Meiko?"
The brunette laughed, and whispered something to the woman, though it was still quite audible. It sounded something like, "You're referring to my detentions aren't you." The students sitting on the front seats snickered.
The woman grinned wider. "Glad you remember."
Meiko shook her head, and gazed at the students. "So. You guys know me, right?"
The audience replied with yells. "Of course, you're that famous singer!" "Erm… a former student?" "Lol yes you just got introduced earlier"
"Sshh, sshh…" she tried to silence the students down. "Don't be noisy or you'll get detentions from your future Music teacher. Anyway… here, she's beside me, Miss Kazumi Murasaki~ if you want to hear detailed descriptions of your future teachers, feel free to approach me. I'll be everywhere. I love this school, so expect me to be walking around everyday. Anyway, Miss Murasaki… after this orientation, will there be some sort of dinner for everyone?"
"Well… of course," she replied. "Before the students go to their dormitories."
"Great, great…" Meiko smiled, nodding. "Will there be beer?"
An awkward silence followed.
"Dang, act professional you stupid piece of crap you are already twenty and you're acting like that right in front of the students be ashamed of yourself for heaven's sake…"
Chapter One: Before the Beginning
"Woah… she sure is creepy when drunk…"
"You mean, she brought that lot of sake by herself, and drank them all alone?"
"Tsk. Might ruin the academy's reputation."
"I don't think so… it's not the academy's fault why she's like that…"
Miku Hatsune sighed as she listened to the soft conversations about the former Vocaloid academy student who performed in the orientation earlier. They are now heading towards the dormitories, for dinner was over earlier than usual because Meiko had begun doing crazy things (guess why).
So that is how one of my idols behaves? If so, I wonder what Kaito Shion is like…
She climbed another staircase and gazed at the hallway. Third floor, room 304. As she neared the door, she stared at the piece of paper posted on the door, where the names of her and her roommates are listed.
Hatsune, Miku
VY, Mizuki
VY, Yuuma
Right… Mizuki and Yuuma. They must be related, she thought. They have the same surname.
She took a deep breath as she knocked on the door. She could overhear someone saying, "Yuuma, open the door." "Why me?" "Because you're younger."
A series of arguments followed, and after minutes of wondering if her roommates could even remember her knocking, the door opened. A tall guy with pink hair, wearing a black bonnet, a tee-shirt and baggy shorts, looked at her.
"Oh, hi," he said, "You must be Hatsune-san. I'm Yuuma."
"E-erm… hi, Yuuma-san…" Miku greeted him awkwardly as she entered the room. Yuuma closed the door.
She stared at a black-haired girl sitting on the middle bed with a pillow on her lap, watching television as she munched on some crackers. The girl looked back at her and waved. She waved back.
"Uh… I'm-" Miku began, but the girl cut her off.
"Hatsune-san," the girl mumbled. "I know. I'm Mizuki. Nice meeting you."
Miku grinned. "It's nice meeting you, too. I'm glad you two would be my roommates this year."
"How could you be?" Mizuki threw the empty packet of crackers into a nearby trash bin. "You don't even know us yet."
Miku's grin faded. She lowered her head as she walked towards the third unoccupied bed, hearing Yuuma saying, "Onee-chan, I don't think that's very hospitable."
As she placed her bag under the bed, she felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned around.
"Hatsune," It was Mizuki. She spoke in a low, monotonous voice. "Stay away from my brother."
Miku raised an eyebrow and looked at Mizuki. "Why?"
Mizuki, not giving any reply, threw herself into the bed and closed her eyes. Yuuma, oblivious about their conversation, looked up from his book and glanced at his sister.
"Uh, Onee-chan," he said. "Have you seen my—"
"Don't talk to me."
Miku sighed as she slowly began to think that things might not be fun for her this year.
Rin Kagamine tapped her fingers into the cream-colored wall of room 308, her mind being blown away by boredom. She envied her twin brother, who had something to do – read. She began to wish she was interested in books as well.
"Rin, stop it," Len yelled, irritated. "It's too noisy. I'm reading."
"I'm bored," she complained. "Give me something to do if you can't appreciate my wonderful wall-drumming skills."
As if on cue, someone knocked on the door. Len snickered.
"Open the door, then," Len told Rin.
Rin scowled. Glaring at the door, she shouted, "It's open."
The doorknob turned, and a purple-haired girl with low pigtails entered the room. She grinned at them. Flowers and bubbles immediately replaced the boring background.
The girl sparkled in Rin's eyes. She looks like… the definition of moe! She can be an anime character! What a cute creature desu!
The girl felt awkward. Her eyebrow twitched as Rin's eyes sparkled with excitement, staring at the girl from head to toe. She stepped backwards.
"Rin," Len said. "I know she's cute, but don't scare her."
Rin snapped out of her thoughts and glared at her brother. "Did you say… cute? Who's cute? This girl? You said she's cute?"
It was now Len's turn to move away from his twin. "Uh… Rin-"
"YOU NEVER TOLD ME THAT I'M CUTE! SAY IT NOW, SAY IT NOW!" Rin grew larger and larger, her teeth got sharper, her eyes were red, and flames danced behind her. Len flinched.
"Uh… no one's cuter than my twin sister!" Len blurted out in fear of the freak who turned out to be his sister.
"What?" Rin seemed to have become angrier. "Don't say that! I could sense that it's against your will! Liar, liar, liar!"
"But Rin-"
"Don't speak! Apologize!"
"I'm sorry then!"
"IT'S NOT FROM THE BOTTOM OF YOUR HEART!"
"Rin-"
"CAN YOU EVEN UNDERSTAND THE PAIN THAT I'M FEELING RIGHT NOW?"
"Rin, look, don't get mad-"
"DON'T ORDER ME AROUND!"
"But it's not a big deal!"
"It is a big deal for me!"
The girl stared at the twins, her purple eyes now turning into two plain circles of confusion. Sighing, she headed towards the only unoccupied bed in the room, wondering if having a pair of twins bickering in the room would make her year any good. She didn't even have any chance to tell them her name – Rion Tone.
Room 309, Gakupo Kamui thought to himself. Right, this should be it.
The purple-haired senior entered the room. There was only one person yet, a young girl, probably a freshman, with long, pink hair. Her bed was already pink and her area in the room was full of Hello Kitty merchandise. He raised an eyebrow.
The girl noticed her, and slightly furrowed her eyebrows. But she smiled warmly short after.
"Hi Onii-san," the girl said cheerily. "Iroha-chan here! It's nice meeting you!"
As soon as she said that, the pink background behind her seemed to sparkle. The girl's face glowed. Young, smooth, pimple-free face. His head involuntarily showed some scenes.
Gakupo mentally slapped the stupid thoughts away. He smiled back. "Hello, I'm Gakupo Kamui. It's nice meeting you too."
"Nice meeting you too, Kamui-sempai!" Iroha laughed. "Oh, and please don't step anywhere on the pink areas and stay away from Hello Kitty! Thank you!"
"Uh… sure," Gakupo placed his bag a bed away from Iroha's. What a weird girl, he thought. He lied on the bed and closed his eyes.
"Ah, and nice hair you have there!" Iroha added. Gakupo sighed. He had long, purple hair, tied into a ponytail. He believed he'd look like a samurai with that hairstyle.
"Tell me, Kamui-sempai, are you gay?"
Gakupo decided that he'll strangle this girl once he gets the chance.
There was another knock on the door. Iroha got up and ran for the door. As soon as it was open, Gakupo heard noises and an 'ouch'. He quickly got up and peered outside. He regretted that he did, because his face heated up at the scene and crazy thoughts raged into his mind.
Iroha was on all fours on the floor, a small view of her pink strawberry panty showing from under her short dress. And pinned into the floor beneath her was a girl with light hair and another short skirt, revealing yet another panty. Her face was tomato red as Iroha's cute face almost collided into hers.
Gakupo couldn't stop his thoughts.
Yuri… adorable yuri… he thought, imagining them doing censored things. He kicked the idea off his mind and chopped them down with his sword.
Iroha quickly stood up, her face red from embarrassment. "Sorry, Yuzuki-san, I only wanted to hug every person who knocks on the door as a sign of welcome. I didn't expect that I'll…"
Hug every person who knocks on the door? Gakupo regretted his action of not knocking before entering.
"Uh… it's fine…" the girl, who apparently was Yukari Yuzuki, said, shaking her head. "I know it was only an accident, anyway. You'll never do that."
"How did you know?" Iroha smirked seductively. Yukari flinched.
The Hello Kitty obsessed freak laughed maniacally as she went back to her pink bed.
Gakupo wanted to complain. Why did he have to be placed in a room with two cute girls?
Luka Megurine flipped the next page of her book. She had already read it multiple times, but it has such a great plot and interesting protagonist that she somewhat got hooked to it. She was still alone in room 310, and it was a comforting fact. She didn't want to think about what her future roommates could be like. She'd actually prefer not having any roommates at all. Not that she's not being friendly, she just wanted silence for her and her books.
Just as she reached an interesting part, she heard a knock on the door. She lazily placed the book face down on the bed and headed to the door. She almost scowled after opening the door, but she knew she had to be friendly to her roommates so she just grinned at the young green-haired lad standing before her.
A young boy. A child.
Children are deceiving creatures. They may seem cute, but in reality they are really noisy and annoying. They need a lot of disciplining. You wouldn't want one in your room, especially if your name is Luka.
The boy bowed and grinned at Luka. "Good evening. Could you be IA-neesan or Megurine-neesan? You can call me Ryuuto-chan, by the way."
Luka lazily motioned him to enter the room. "I'm Luka-neesan."
Ryuuto slid his bag under his bed. "It's a pleasure to meet you."
"Yeah, you too," she walked back to her bed and picked the book up to continue reading. Ryuuto glanced at her.
"Wow, Luka-neesan!" he exclaimed. "That book…!"
Luka looked at him irritably. Here starts the annoyance. "What?"
"That book! The Curious Case of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon! I've read that!" Ryuuto's eyes sparkled.
"Uh… yeah, good," Luka prayed that this boy leave her alone before she could strangle him. "Christopher Boone is an interesting character."
"Oh, of course!" he sat on the side of his bed, facing Luka. "I like his way of thinking. People should think more like him."
She laughed. "You mean, everyone should run away from their father and roll on grass?"
He laughed as well. "Except that part, of course! And his atheist part, too. People should have their own opinions on religion. I would usually protest whenever he mentions how much he doesn't believe in heaven."
Luka smiled. This kid was getting interesting.
"How wonderful," they heard a third voice.
A girl with very long and light-colored hair was leaning against the door, smiling at them. "I'm sorry for barging in without knocking, but your conversation was just so interesting. I like the fact that I share the same hobbies with my roommates. By the way, I'm Ia."
"Uh… don't get me wrong, Ia-neesan," Ryuuto scratched the back of his head. "I rarely read."
"But you still read," Ia said happily. "By the way, guys, what can you say about the Percy Jackson series?"
"Ah, awesome series!"
"That's the one with Greek mythology, right? I haven't read it yet, but I'm planning to."
"Oh, I strongly recommend it! For now, we'll be giving you spoilers."
"What? Hey, please don't!"
"Who's your favorite character? I like Nico."
Luka smiled. She couldn't believe it. Her roommates were a lot like her!
She could hardly wait for a fun school year.
Gumi wondered if her brother, Ryuuto, would be okay. She just saw another teenager enter the room next to hers. Earlier too, it was another teenager who seemed like a senior. She wondered if Ryuuto would be okay with having two girls who were way beyond his age range as his roommates.
They were already complete in Room 311 now. A blue-haired girl was lying on her bed, eyes closed, and the other white-haired boy went outside just earlier. When he came back, he was drinking a can of coffee.
"Uh, Utatane-kun," Gumi said. "Where did you buy that?"
Piko Utatane glanced at her. "Oh, this? From a vending machine near our room. It's not too far, you'll see it right when you go outside. And calling me just Piko would be fine."
"Oh, uh… thank you, Piko-kun." Gumi reached for her wallet and walked towards the door.
"By the way," Piko said, "I saw a young boy with green hair on the corridors earlier. Do you guys think he's a student here? He's too… small."
The words reached Gumi's ears. "Ah, that's my brother!"
"Really?" Piko faced her. "Does he have height problems?"
"Uh, no, haha," she laughed, shaking her head. "He's accelerated."
He seemed to be suddenly interested. "Hm? My cousin Yuki-chan is too!"
"Eh?" she grinned happily. "That's good to hear! Ryuuto-chan won't be alone!"
"Yeah, good for Yuki-chan, too…" he also smiled.
"Erm, by the way, I'll be leaving now," she headed towards the door. "I'll be buying coffee too."
"I'm going with you," he took another sip from his canned coffee as he walked outside as well.
Lapis Aoki, who was left inside, could hear Piko saying, "So… how did your brother get accelerated?" and a series of explanations from Gumi that gradually got softer and softer. She sighed.
"Utatane-san and Nakajima-san, huh."
She stared at the empty wall, the sound of deafening silence filling her ears.
"I want to talk to you guys, but I'm afraid of…" her voice trailed off. She cursed. How come she couldn't say it even while talking to herself, alone? No one's going to hear her. But she couldn't trust the silence and emptiness of the room.
"If I have friends, I might spill things to them."
A woman gazed out of the window, thoughts wandering inside her mind.
She wasn't very prepared for this. She didn't even have any break since the day the last school year ended. And now... this. She's back to her job.
The sudden ringing of the bell almost made her flinch. It's been months since she last heard that sound. As students slowly filled the classroom, she took a deep breath and braced herself for another tiring year.
And that's all. Maybe the idea of a cat writing a Vocaloid fanfiction is new to you, nee? Don't worry, I won't let any reader down.
Anyway, my master is coming home soon and it'll be weird if she catches her cat typing on the computer, so I didn't include Miki, Lily, and Yuki's part in room 312 and jumped to the next day. Still, I hope you'll like it.
Please review! A little harshness is fine, but please don't forget that I'm just a cat.
