~AUTHORS NOTE~
MangaLuv: Hey, everyone! What's up? This is my first FanFiction, so don't kill me if it sucks. XD
Len: I bet you it will.
MangaLuv: Shut up, Mr. Positive. So, without further ado, my FIRST FANFICTION STORY! *cues trumpets, but instead gets thunder*
Len: Was that a sign?
MangaLuv: *happy derp face* I hope not! *normal face* Now, Len, if you would do the honors of the Disclaimer, por favor. (Yay! Spanish!)
Len: Fine. MangaLuv doesn't own Vocaloid. She only owns the plot, and the characters Bow and Arrow Shimizu, and any other OC's that might appear later. (If she owned Vocaloid, I would be wearing dresses 24/7.)
MangaLuv: Thank you, Len; and shush about the dresses. You look good in drag.
Len: -_-' Wonderful...
MangaLuv: Oh, another thing! I'm new to this, and I own a Mac, so if the story turns out looking funny, don't blame me. I had to learn how to export it as a Word Document piece, so yeah.
Len: That would change it, how?
MangaLuv: I don't know. I'm just warning people in case it does! Also, there is more then just 2 genres for this story, too. XD
Len: Ok, then. So, enough chatter. We'll do that later! Let the people read!
MangaLuv: Kay, then, Len! All right! This has been Len and MangaLuv! Now, featuring my first story, "Dumped On A Lucky Front Yard."
~oOo~
?'s POV
I open my eyes.
Darkness.
No, wait, there are small streams of light.
I must be in a duffle bag or something.
Maybe if I rip the holes, I will be free.
Upp. Never-mind. Hands tied. I'm gagged.
I'm screwed.
I think I'm in a car. Truck? Whatever it is, it better stop hitting damn potholes.
I attempt to look through one of the holes, and I see another duffel bag, also with holes. I am not the only one. I am relieved.
I also see tires and plastic bags filled with who-knows-whats.
Wait, are those BOMBS? Or just alarms clocks set at 00:00?
We are jolted to a stop. I close my eyes and hope for the best.
I am lifted out and dropped onto the ground.
Ow.
I hear another drop. Must be the other bag.
The zipper opens slightly for my bag, and they do the same to the other bag as well, from what I can hear.
I hear, "Let's go."
A man's voice. Dark. Evil.
The opening of a door, them climbing in, the door being shut, and the car being driven away. I hear it all.
Through my gag, I scream for help.
5 seconds pass.
Then 10.
Then a minute. (I'm assuming. There are no magic watches inside a duffle bag.)
There is no answer.
I fumble with the ropes around my hands. I can feel they are tied loosely. Thank the gods.
I continue to untie myself and I finally manage. Then I undo my gag. I intake air with my mouth. Then, due to the fact they opened the zipper slightly, I open the duffle bag.
I sit up.
Where the fuck am I?
Wow, that's one big house.
Hold on, back up. What's the last thing I remember?
I was outside with a boy. My brother. Arrow.
Is he ok?
That's the last thing I remember.
Oh, and a pain in the back of my head. Which is gone.
Oh, shit, there's another duffle bag.
I get up out of bag and run to the other one.
I open it up.
It's Arrow.
I un-gag him and untie him. He's still out cold. I lift him out the bag and limp over to the big ass house that I saw before with Arrow in my arms, bridal style.
We were dumped right on their front lawn.
It's Christmas early, everybody!
There are no cars in the driveway. Don't tell me we have to go door to door, do we?
Wonderful.
I go up and kick the door once. Sorry, pardon my manners, I can't knock. There's a boy in my arms.
There is no answer. Door to door, I guess.
Gods, Arrow's getting heavy. I kick the door multiple times.
Waiting...
Nothing? Oh, come on!
There is a car pulling into the driveway.
It's red.
I start panting due to the loss of energy in my arms, and the loss of energy due to the not-fun-excitement. The people that pulled up in the car quickly get out and run up to me and my fainted brother. There are 3 of them. One with reddish-brownish hair, another one with blue hair, and one with long, tealish-greenish pigtails.
What are they saying?
It's Japanese, but what are they saying? I don't answer.
Oh, great, now they're yelling at me. The pigtails girl stands in the background, looking frightened. She stays quiet.
I do something I didn't think I would do. I drop to my knees and start bawling.
It's not my fault I was just dropped here.
Wait, how did I get from America to Japan?
Doesn't matter now.
The adults stop yelling. I cry even more, squeezing tears out of my eyes. If it gets them to stop yelling, I will keep on crying.
I look over to the duffle bags. The adults follow my gaze. They look confused.
I look at Arrow, who starts to move. The adults and the teen look at him too.
He opens his blue eyes. I gasp and smile. My tears stop falling. He smiles weakly and touches my face.
The adults look at him suspiciously. He sits up and looks at the new people. Then he looks at me.
"Where are we?" he asks me. I shrug. One of the adults, the female, facepalms, then says something in Japanese. She sounds annoyed.
"What do we do?" Arrow asks. "I don't know. But I'm placing you on the ground." I say in response. I place him down lightly.
It's not easy to place a 14 year old teen on the ground lightly.
Trust me.
I sniffle. Arrow stands up. I stand up next to him.
"You guys speak English?" he asks them.
No one responds. The adult with the blue hair says something, still looking at us.
The adult women takes out her cell phone and dials a number.
Shit. Police.
We both look frantic. We look around. There is a gate surrounding the balcony. Maybe if we jump...
The male hold up his hand in the "calm down" motion and speaks to us calmly. He says something to the teen girl behind him. She runs right past us into the house.
The adult women still talks on the phone. The man points to himself.
"Kaito." he says.
Yay. Introductions.
Hi. We're from the Shimizu clan. We were dumped on your front lawn by unknown men who seemed to magically transport up from America to Japan with us not being able to wake up during the meantime. How are you doing today?
Great. Now, how do you say all that in Japanese?
The women hangs up. She says something to the man. He nods. Kaito points to us. Arrow raises his hand halfway and says his name.
Everyone turns to look at me. My face is red now, I can feel it.
I close my eyes. I know that after I say my name, my life is going to change.
I say my name. One syllable.
"Bow."
~oOo~
We were ushered inside by the adults.
Now, we are sitting on a couch.
It's a nice green, I guess.
We are all silent. I take a sip of water from the glass that the teen, Miku, gave me. Arrow has one, too.
The women's name is Meiko.
The front door opens, and another women with long pink hair walks into the room.
She looks at us, then at Meiko and Kaito, who stand up and go to talk to this new women. I hear our names, but other then that, I have no idea what they are saying.
Miku sits there and looks at the cluster that is over near the front door. Then she looks at us. Then at the people at the door again. Then us again. She smiles at us.
The new women comes up to us and sits next to us.
"Hello. My name is Luka. I speak English as well as Japanese, so I'm going to be translating for you."
Arrow and I look at each other with happiness. "Thank the gods!" we say in unison and hug each other.
Meiko and Kaito sit back to where they sat before.
"What is your age?" Luka asks. "14." Arrow answers. "For both of you?" Luka adds on to the previous question. Arrow nods. Luka translates what we said into Japanese for everyone to understand.
Luka asks tons of questions.
"Where are you from?" "America."
"Are you guys twins?" "Yes."
"What's your last memory?" "Being outside in front of our home with each other. We were sitting on our porch."
"Why is your hair bright neon purple for you both?" "Why is your hair pink?" "...Good point."
"Can you speak Japanese?" "Words, but no sentences. The only sentence we know is 'My name is dot dot dot' and that's it."
"Can you sing and dance?" "Err, yes... Why?" "No reason."
"Did you get a good look at your kidnapper?" "No, but he did speak English, and was male."
Gah! Tons of questions! Looks like she's done. Luka opens her mouth to say another word. Oh lordie...
"Do you know what Vocaloid is?"
GODS! My brain just flickered... That sounds familiar. Arrow looks down. He's thinking the same thing.
I say the word out loud. "Vocaloid..." I repeat it over and over again. So does Arrow.
"Sounds familiar?" Luka asks. We both nod and are now silent. Luka looks at Miku. She asks Miku something. I know she asked her something due to the way Luka said it.
Come to think of it, the name Miku sounds familiar, too. Miku starts to sing. Hmm, I know I have heard that before... Where? Luka tells Miku to stop, so she does. Miku stops and smiles at us.
"Called 'World Is Mine.' Sounds familiar to you?" Arrow and I nod.
"Still not to sure what Vocaloid is?" Luka asks. We nod. Sounds so familiar. I bet ya if one of them say the right word, we'll know it for sure.
The front door opens (yet again) to reveal 2 blonde kids. They enter the house. Gods! They look familiar, too. When Luka said something, that word, Vocaloid... I remember hearing the word, and these guys were associated with it... I know it. I remember hearing it. I do.
But where?
The blonde kids come over to the couch. They look very curious. Luka talks to them, probably telling them our situation. I lean over towards Arrow.
"They look familiar, don't they?" I ask him. Arrow nods.
The blonde twins (I bet you they are) come up to us. The blonde girls says something to the blonde boy, who nods. The boy smiles at us. He points to himself and says one word.
"Len."
BAM! I remember everything! Holy shit, it feels good to remember everything. I. Remember. Vocaloid. Everything that I know, I remember now; and I decided to show it.
"Vocaloid is a computer program voice synthesizer. There are the most popular 6. Their names are Meiko, Kaito, Luka, Miku, and Rin and Len. They were created by a company called Crypton. Other companies have made other people, too, like Gakupo. There are also the second most popular set of "Loids" I guess you can say. They are the Utauloids. They are like Vocaloids, except also made by a different company. The biggest and most popular Utauloid is Teto, who has drills for hair, and bat/dragon wings. Of corse, there are tons of other things that I know, but it would take forever for me to go through them, so I will stay silent with what I know."
I clap my hands and squeal. "I remember Arrow." Arrow and I hug as everyone smiles. "I do, too, with the amount of information you just gave us." Arrow says with a chuckle.
Luka smiles bigger than anyone else. "You remember now?" Arrow and I nod, smiling. Luka nods as well.
"Good. So, we must look familiar then, huh?"
Holy. Chiz.
"Cosplayers?" Arrow asks, hoping for what he asked was half true.
"Nope. You guys were dumped on a lucky front yard. If you were dumped anywhere else, who knows what would have happened." Luka says.
This. Is. Awesome.
These are the Vocaloids. The real people. Wait, hold on.
"Androids?" I ask.
Luka nods. "Yes. We are androids."
Wow. That's really cool, actually. "Any questions, just ask." Luka says with a smile.
She stands up and says something in Japanese, which everyone groans to. I hope it's not about us.
Luka looks at us. "I just told them that they all are going to have to go to Master to get English into their language box. It's not actually called a language box, it's just much more easier to say."
Arrow and I nod, and sigh with relief.
"So, they will be able to talk, understand, and even write English if they please?" I ask. Luka nods. Luka says something else, and everyone stands up (if they were sitting) and they all leave in the same direction.
Downstairs.
Luka motions for us to follow her, so we do. We go downstairs. It's dark, but bright at the same time, with blue glowing lights all around. Are those pods?
"Master!" Luka yells.
There is no answer. "Masutar!" Miku yells in the best English she can get. Well, have to give her props for trying.
There is a response this time. It's in Japanese. There is a brushing off of hands, and someone enters the room. "Hai?" he asks.
This must be Master.
He has dark brown hair, which was kind of a mess, and brownish-blackish eyes.
He reminds me of Light from Death Note.
Luka and Master start off a conversation in Japanese. Arrow and I look at each other and shrug.
Their conversation stopped. Oh boy.
Master says something, and all the Vocaloids except Luka walk into another room. Master closes the door behind them.
"What's going on?" Arrow asks. "They are getting English put into their language boxes. It's going to take a whole day, though." Luka responds.
"Ahh." Arrow says. We all walk upstairs and go and sit back down on the green couches. I curl up onto Arrow, who pats my head and strokes my hair. I close my eyes...
~oOo~
ARROW's POV
Upp. Bow just fell asleep. How adorable. I continue to stroke her hair. Luka looks at us.
"Is she asleep?" Luka asks.
I nod. I'm starting to get sleepy, too. It's still the afternoon, and I'm tired as all get out.
"Good. I need to ask you something." Luka says with serious-ness in her voice. I look at her with shock. "What's wrong?" I ask.
"Nothing. It's just, well, how long have you known Vocaloid?" she asks. I put my finger on my chin in the thinking position. "About 4 years or so. But we already learned so much during those 4 years. Why?" I answer.
"Because, 4 years isn't enough. You will learn so much more." Luka says. She leans in close to us. "You will learn more then you ever wished to know. About how scary Meiko can be when she's drunk, Kaito and how bad he can be without any ice-cream in the house, Rin on the roadroller... You get my point. I'm warning you. Don't ever piss off a Vocaloid."
I look at Luka really shocked. Then she smiles sweetly and says, "But, you will also learn how nice and kind we really are. Even if we are androids, we can still feel. We can even, well, as most people would suspect, we can love, too."
I nod as Luka stops talking. I loosen up. The serious Luka is sort of scary. "It's good to love." I say.
Luka nods. There are footsteps running up the stairs. It is Master. He starts talking to Luka in Japanese, and they are talking back and forth, with me having no idea what they are saying.
Luka looks at me. I bet you I have an eager expression on my face right now. "He said that the Vocaloids will be able to talk English soon, as he was actually working on that machine when we came downstairs." Luka translates.
"Ahh, that makes things much more clearer." I say, and chuckle. Luka laughs, too. Master waves to me, and runs back downstairs. I look at Luka, and she looks at me. "Do you like your sister?"
"Errrrr, what do you mean?" I ask with edginess in my voice. "Incest." she says. Darn, there's no water in my mouth for the best spit-take ever. "WHAT?" I say loudly. Then I look down at Bow to see if she's still sleeping. She is, so I sigh with relief. "Ahh, good. She's still sleeping. Didn't want to wake her." I say.
Luka looks at Bow. "Someone already likes her." Another spit-take moment. "WHAT?" I say again really loudly. I repeat the 'She's still sleeping' act. Luka giggles. "Yes. Someone likes her; and someone likes you, too. Don't be shocked. They are growing."
What does that mean? "They?" I ask. "Yes. If you are smart, you should know who I am talking about." Well, thanks for calling me dumb, Luka. "Errr, sorry. Don't know what you're talking about." I say, blushing, feeling embarrassed.
Luka sighs, exasperated. "It's ok. You'll find out sooner or later."
Wait, hold on. I'm so slow...
"Never mind. I get it." I say. I chuckle. "But really? They just met us." I say. "Yeah... It's that age, I suppose." Luka says. "No offense." she adds. I put up my hands. "None taken." I say with a smile.
That reminds me of something. Something faint. It's with my sister. Bow, and another boy. Black hair, dark brown eyes. He had on glasses.
Renna. I remember his name. Renna. That kid was nice, but she was actually upset when he broke up with her. She never dated again.
That was 2 years ago. I had to comfort her for about half a week. It was the worst time of my life, seeing her like that.
She's scared to date again. That's what Bow told me. Now, she goes around telling people that she doesn't want to date ever again, or get married.
She says that some of it is true, but that she wouldn't mind falling in love again.
Ahh, teen girls. They can be really confusing sometimes.
"So, Luka, how could you tell?" I ask said person.
She shrugged. "It's something inside me, I guess. 6th sense, I suppose. But, I'm usually right. With you guys, I'm not so sure who you guys like. Don't know you to well. But the fact that Bow remembered everything when Len said his name, does that mean-" "Yeah." I interrupted. "She basically loves him. So does about half of her friends in the school, too." I add.
"Well, Len should be pleased." Luka says. Footsteps run upstairs from the basement. "Hey, Luka! Listen! English!" Ahh, right on cue. Len runs into the room with arms wide open. "I speak English! Do you understand me?" Len asks me.
I chuckle and nod. "Yes, Len, your English is amazing." I say. "I understand everything! This is so cool! I knew we had a language box, but we never used it except for Japanese. Any time we sang English, we just sang, but we never really knew what we were saying unless Luka told us." Len rambles.
He sits next to Bow, who is curled up. He looks at her. "She asleep?" he asks. I nod.
The way he looks at Bow. It's true. All that Luka said is true. Len does like Bow. Wow, Luka is amazing with love...
"Cute when she's asleep, huh?" I ask. Bow shifts a little, and her feet push against Len's leg. I chuckle as Len tries to shift as well, so that her feet won't push up against his leg.
"Why did you go first, Len?" Luka asks. Len shrugs. He turns slightly red. "Excited." he mumbles. I snort. Len turns his head to face me. "What's that supposed to mean?" he says, turning even more red. He sounds angry.
Shit. "Don't ever piss off a Vocaloid."
Great, Luka just told me to not get a Vocaloid angry, and guess what I do? I get a Vocaloid angry. Oh, no, not just any Vocaloid. No, of corse not. A Vocaloid with a FRICKEN ROADROLLER AT HIS FINGERTIPS!
I curl up with fear. He's got a roadroller. I should be running away with Bow in my arms. "Sorry, sorry." I say. Fear is escaping my voice. Len looks shocked. Luka starts looking over at the wall next to her that suddenly looks beautiful and twiddling her thumbs.
"Errr, I have to go. Gakupo is waiting! I was planning on, errr, hanging out with him today with Yuki. Going to go see a movie. Bye." Luka says, and she gets up and leaves.
Inside my head, I was yelling, "NO! DON'T LEAVE ME HERE TO DIE!" but we all just let her leave.
"Please don't kill me." I say quietly. Len looks extremely shocked. I hold Bow close to my chest. He wouldn't hurt Bow, would he?
I wrap one of my hands around her head and another hand placed on her back. She's still asleep during all of this? My gods, World War Three could have happened in this house and she would still be asleep.
Len looks at me. I hold Bow even closer. Then he bursts out laughing.
What? What just happened here?
"You think I would kill you? Sure, maybe in a few songs I kill people, but that's just songs, and acting. I won't hurt you."
It's my turn to act shocked. Len's laughing like crazy, Bow is still sleeping through all of this, and I'm sitting here with a dumb expression on my face. I let loose Bow a little.
What's going on here?
Len calms down, and says, "Plus, I won't hurt girls." Wow. I can actually expect him to be like that. Kind to women.
"I... don't know how to respond to that." I say.
Len shrugs. "You don't have to."
Silence. We sit there for about 2 minutes. Then, Rin runs right into the room. "I SPEAK ENGLISH!" she yells right in Len's ear.
Len puts his hands over his ears. "Owwww. Shhh, Bow's sleeping." he says.
Rin covers her mouth. "Woops. Sorry." Then she gets close to Len's ear and whisper-yells, "Heeeeey, Leeeen, I speak Ennnnnglishhhh."
"That's amazing. Now, shhh, Arrow and I were have a nice teen-boy to teen-boy talk. If you may please..." Len says. Rin folds her arms and puts her nose up in the air. "Hmph." she says.
She's adorable. I will admit it. She's cute.
Rin leaves the room to me, Len, and a sleeping Bow.
Len sighs. "I just didn't want her here right now." he says. "I didn't mind." I say.
"I bet you that she's just outside, listening to our conversation." Len says, twiddling his thumbs.
I chuckle. "I said I never minded if she was there." "Ahh, but I do. Ya see, she has a diary, actually, and she writes things in it. Duh. But, I know Miku likes to go in and read it. Miku likes to tell people things that she hears or reads, so..." Len concludes.
I nod. I look at Bow, who is still sleeping. "Daww. She's so cute." I say. Len sharply turns his head. "What?" he says sort of loudly.
"Hehehe, just kidding with you. Wanted to see your reaction. Incest isn't all that cool." Despite the fact that Bow thinks it's sorta cute, and might just try to get Rin and Len together. But I'm not telling Len that.
Len sighs. "You guys are here for just a few minutes, and I'm already having heart attacks from you guys. It's like you're already in the family."
I laugh at that one, and he chuckles along. Bow stirs, and I stroke her head. "Shhhh, sweety." Then, I start to sing a song slowly and softly. It's a song that Bow made up when she was young, and I loved it. Still do.
Rest your head, my little love
Don't be afraid to cry.
Rest your head, my little love
You will always be on my mind.
During the nights and days,
You will always be mine.
During the nights and days,
I will sing you my little love lullaby.
Len stares at me. "Something wrong?" I ask.
"Did you write that?" he asks. "Nope. Bow did when she was young. I don't remember how old she was." I respond.
"That was really pretty." Len says. "Any other stanzas to it?" he continues. "Nope. Just that." I look down at Bow, who stops squirming. I close my eyes, lean my head back, and start to dose off along with Bow.
"She is cute, you know. Your sister." Len says. I smile. "Have her. If you are going to love her, love her well." I say. I open my eyes and turn towards Len's shocked face. "I noticed." Ok, so Luka noticed. But she isn't here.
Len has a stern look. He then nods. "Yes, I will." he says. I nod as well, and look up at the ceiling. I close my eyes again. I smile. "Good."
~oOo~
~ENDING NOTE~
MangaLuv: Yay! It's done!
Len: So I get to go home, right?
MangaLuv: You are home.
Len: Oh. Yeah.
MangaLuv: YOU LIKE BOW! :D
Len: Really? Am I always tortured by LenxOC stories?
MangaLuv: I bet you there's some KaitoxOC out there, too.
Len: Haven't seen any.
MangaLuv: Look em' up. Bet ya there's tons. So, hope you guys like. Review if you wish. Review, and Len gets BANANAS!
Len: :D Really?
MangaLuv: No. Review and I'm happy.
Len: D: That was cruel.
MangaLuv: I was just kidding... You know, there's a bunch of bananas on the kitchen counter, right?
Len: Really?
MangaLuv: Yeah. You never noticed?
Len: ...maybe...
MangaLuv: Go get em'.
Len: *runs off*
MangaLuv: Anyway, thanks for checking out the story! I'm not always able to review in a pattern, like every Monday, because my mom doesn't let me on the computer school days, except Friday. So, I might be able to work on it a little during school on the library computer there... So, yes. I won't update on school days unless my mom decides to be nice. Heh. Good luck with THAT. Hope you enjoyed, and tell me what ya think! Tell me if you think I should work on anything, because it's my first story. So, criticize, but not to rough, and REVIEW~! :D