Hello there! I'm Harune-kun, a new writer in the world of fanfics. I just hope you enjoy this first chapter of my first every fanfic as much as how much fun I wrote it. Feel free to review!
Chapter 1: Hajimemashite
Flames everywhere. Where is this? Where am I? I can't move. I can't shout. What's happening here? Why are all the buildings crumbled? As I try to move, I see a figure with white hair, ghostly white eyes with flames around him, battered by another figure with long black hair, dark eyes, looking merciless. A constant stream of flames shooting out from the white figure and the black figure effortlessly dodging, like it was nothing.
(Miku's POV)
"Riiiiiiing!"
I fell off my bed, startled from the alarm clock. I tried to lift my heavy head from the grasps of the force called sleepiness. I tried to recollect about what I have just experienced.
"Oh, it was just a dream." I mumbled to myself.
Luckily it was a dream, though. I don't want to get myself in that kind of situation. 8.43 am? Wow, I'm up early. My terms that is. Time to get ready for breakfast, I suppose. I stumbled to the bathroom, half asleep, somehow reaching my destination. I dipped my face in the sink filled with warm water, brushed my teeth and tied my hair into my signature pigtails. Ok, time for breakfast!
As I left my room, I noticed a pair of yellow streaks passing by. I'm still half asleep, yeah, that's it.
"Hey, come back here, you pair of bakas!" a very pissed person came running past me in the form of a red streak.
"Hmm, Kagamine mayhem for the morning. It's so early too." I complained to no one in particular.
It's a bit quiet today. Maybe it's because it's still early. It's a possibility, right? Somehow, I managed to arrive at the dining table without getting ambushed, trapped or flatten by anything today.
"Morning everyone!" I greeted everyone at the dining table with a smile, as always. "Where's Kaito-nii and Yuki-chan?"
"Good morning, Miku-chan. Kaito and Yuki are out buying groceries. I guess he ran out of ice cream again, he was drooling when he saw Mikuo's hair." Luka answered with a giggle, getting herself a death glare from Mikuo.
"Oh, okay then. Mikuo-kun, don't worry about Kaito-nii drooling over your hair. It looks like mint ice-cream. You know how much he likes mint, don't you? Also, your hair looks irresistible, you know. In an un-confectionary way, of course" I said while patting him on the back.
"Whatever, Miku-nee"
"Someone got up at the wrong side of the bed this morning" I glared. He glared back. It's now a glaring contest, which Mikuo's winning.
"Okay! What's for breakfast?" I said, still glaring at Mikuo
"Since Kaito's out and I still can't cook because of that accident, nothing yet. You can help yourself to some cereal for now. Do not, and I repeat, do not remind me of that day again"
"Mkay, Luka-nee!"
I quickly ran to the kitchen faster as any Kagamine can run –you know how fast they are, right–and grabbed a bowl of cereal. I reached back at the dining table about 52 seconds flat. Yep, I'm starving and I'm not waiting for some slowpoke Kaito to kill me out of hunger. Exaggeration, I know.
"Itadakimasu! Oh wait, where's the rest? Even Sakura isn't here. She's never late for breakfast as long as I can remember."
"Miku, it's barely 9 o'clock. This table will be full in at least 10 minutes, at most. Even Sakura isn't up ye-never mind" Mikuo was cut off by a certain 10-year old with blonde hair tied into a ponytail, unlike me. Well, at least our hairstyles are unique.
"Ohayo!"
(Kaito's POV)
"Why did I need to go shopping?" I mumbled
"Well, you ate all of the ice cream plus you dropped most of the food we had. You don't want Meiko-nee to kill you young, do you?" a 9-year old answered
"That doesn't explain anything, Yuki" I answered
"So, you DO want to be killed by Meiko-nee, huh Kaito-nii?" Yuki provoked
"No, I don't. I love my life and I haven't tasted all the flavors of ice-cream in this world" I defended myself. Surely I can beat a 9-year old, right?
"Yes, you want to be killed early" she provoked again
"No"
"Yes"
"No"
"Yes"
"Yes"
"No, ehh, no fair, Kaito-nii"
"That's the power of your nii-chan, Yuki, remember that" I smirked and gave her the 'I beat you' glance. She just stuck out her tongue. I've got to admit, it's cute.
"Who was the one who yelled 'Noooo!' when all the ice-cream was finished?"
"Sheesh, girl"
We walked towards the supermarket with a very lively Yuki and a tired me. I regret using Yuki's "advice" to walk our way to the supermarket. It's like 10 minutes away. If I stuck with my decision to use the car, we will be there by now. Oh, for your info, we have walked for 9 minutes.
"Kaito-nii! Kaito-nii!" "We're almost there!" the girl squealed.
I sweatdropped looking at her reaction, she looked more like a fangirl. "I know, Yuki-chan. We've been to that supermarket for like ten times, at least" She stuck her tongue out again.
"We're here, Yuki-chan"
"Yay!" she squealed. Due to her excitement, she crossed the street without looking. Without her noticing, a car was closing in on her, fast.
"Yuki!" She was stuck there, petrified, and I can only shout her name. I closed my eyes, shivering, waiting for the moment of impact.
…
…
Nothing.
I opened my eyes and saw something unbelievable. A 16-year old boy with black ruffled hair, an outfit that looks a lot like Kiyoteru's with a violin case strapped on his back. He stopped the car with one of his arms, while holding Yuki on the other one. I ran towards the two, going through the crowd around them looking shocked and awe.
His left arm, the arm that blocked and stopped the car was bleeding and the part of the car that hit him was dented, badly. Who in the name of vanilla ice-cream can do that?
"Ermm, Yuki-chan? Are you Ok?" She was still petrified and traumatized by the event. "Err…" I tried to ask the black-haired teen.
"Tsuyoshi. The name's Tsuyoshi" he said with a smile. How is he even smiling after enduring that?
"Dude, how are you even smiling? You just-" the boy known as Tsuyoshi interrupted
"Stopped a car? It's no problem. This bleeding will stop soon enough. Anyway, I can't leave a cute little girl on that situation, right?" he said, looking at the scared Yuki.
"I guess so" I mumbled.
"Tsuyoshi-sama!" a voice called him from a distance. "Oh, are you Ok? You just ran like that and-" he interrupted again. Geez, this guy has a knack for stopping people's sentences, huh?
"Just relax, I just stopped another car from hitting this girl over here" he said pointing to Yuki. "Don't mind the bleeding, you do remember that I stopped a bus once"
"Tsuyoshi-sama, you couldn't use your right arm after that incident" the older man said.
"That's because you didn't let me use it" he said, crossing his arm. "By the way, where's Hikari?" I was shocked. He stopped a bloody bus? (A/N: I am trying very hard to not write any faces here)
A little girl, probably a year younger than Yuki popped out from nowhere.
"Tsuyoshi-nii!" she squealed, hugging Tsuyoshi. His name was Tsuyoshi, right?
"Hi there, Hikari-chan" he said before looking at me. "Say, blue-haired man, what's your name and what were you even doing here?"
I twitched at the nickname but managed to answer him. "My name's Kaito. I was on the way to buy some groceries.
"Vocaloid?"
"Yep, why?"
The white-haired boy pulled up his bloody sleeve – literally – and I saw something shocking. A Vocaloid tattoo. It looks more complicated than the others. For instance, Miku has a '01' on her left arm, or was it her right arm? This guy has a 'XIV' written on the tattoo and the letters were surrounded by detached lines, forming an octagon frame.
"I was kept a secret for a while. Today's the day that I can finally meet the other Vocaloids. Seems that I bumped into you first." "Anyway, you said you had shopping to do. Go on, I'll take care of this girl here" he said patting Yuki on the head.
"Oh..ok then" I mumbled.
As I entered the supermarket, I heard music, a very soothing one. I looked behind my shoulders and saw Tsuyoshi playing the violin and Yuki stopped shivering. In fact, she looked calm and relaxed. He saw me and gave the "I got everything under control" look. I shrugged and went inside to buy the groceries. Like Yuki said before, I don't want to die young.
Ten minutes later, I come out with Yuki back to normal, playing with who I assume is Hikari. The older man and younger boy were watching over them.
"Kaito-nii! Let's go home now. I'm tired" Yuki said, putting her head on my hand.
"Okay, Okay, let's go" I looked over the three who were leaving. "Hey, want to follow us back to the mansion?"
"Sure!" Hikari and Tsuyoshi exclaimed together.
A few minutes later…
"So, don't be surprised if a certain pair of twins try to kidnap and gag you, it's normal. If you see Meiko drunk, avoid contact. Also, don't disturb anyone's personal stash, you'll get killed" I reminded the black-haired teen and his company.
"Okay, I guess" he said, carrying Hikari, the little blonde girl with an ahoge. It looks like when Miku without her pigtails. I've seen her without in once or twice in my lifetime. No, I am NOT a Miku-stalker. I for one know the greatness of the mighty leek.
"Ok, we're here. Look out for any bodies, traps, bombs or twins" I carefully approached the front door and opened it.
"I'm hom-" I got interrupted by a furious and hungry Meiko.
"WHERE HAD YOU BEEN, YOU ICE-CREAM BAKA!" she fumed while strangling me half-way to death and only stopped when she saw Tsuyoshi and his company. "Oh, who's this?"
"Hello there, let me introduce myself. I'm Tsuyoshi Azayakane. This cute little girl is my little sister, Hikari Azayakane and my personal butler, Hiroki-kun. All three of us are Vocaloids, under Project X. I assume you're Meiko. I think you have some clue about that project, right?" he introduced himself and the other two Vocaloids.
"New Vocaloids, eh? Come on in, this baka here is about to cook breakfast. Oh, and yes, I'm aware about Project X"
"What? You knew about it?"
"Yes, Master told me. He asked me to keep it a secret until he was released. Now, go cook breakfast, I'm starving!"
"Meiko, we kind of got ourselves into an accident. Me and Yuki are still shaken from that little incident. You don't want me to cook another monster, do you?"
"So, who's going to cook then?"
"I will, if it will help you from killing poor Kaito over there" Tsuyoshi said. I gave him the 'thank you for saving my life again' look. It's a trademark, you know.
"Oh, are you sure? Since you just arrived here with that bleeding arm, wait, WHY IS YOUR ARM BLEEDING?"
"Wow, Meiko, relax. It's nothing serious, really. I will wash it over there and introduce myself to the other Vocaloids before cooking. Even though it may be weird for me to do so"
"Ok then. I'll tell the others. Bakaito, you're explaining everything to us" Meiko said before tugging me away.
(Third Person POV)
Half an hour after Kaito, Yuki, Tsuyoshi and Hiroki arrived at the Vocaloid household
"-and he stopped the car with his left arm like it was nothing. Even the car was dented from the collision and all he got was a bleeding arm and nothing more, fortunately. This concludes to our current situation now" Kaito explained about his encounter with the three new Vocaloids.
"Wow, is that true, Tsuyoshi-kun?" Miki asked, fascinated by the story.
"Yep, that's about it, actually. See, my arm's not bleeding anymore" Tsuyoshi said while moving his arm around.
"Tsuyoshi-sama, I think you shouldn't move that much" a worried Hiroki tried to remind the black-haired teen.
"I'm alright, see. Don't worry about me, right Hikari-chan?"
"Right, onee-chama!" the 8-year old squealed and hugging his brother's leg.
"I told you to stop calling me that, seriously"
A certain teal-haired girl and a red-headed girl with an ahoge stared blankly at the black-haired teen without noticing the others are staring and giggling at them.
"Miku-chan, Miki-chan, are you online?" Len tried to pull the two girls back to reality.
"I know what to do!" Rin squealed. She ran as fast as a Kagamine can run and came back with a leek and a cherry. "Wakey wakey, both of you" she said waving the two foods in front of their faces.
"LEEK!"
"CHERRIES!"
"Wow, that worked like a charm" Meiko exclaimed
"Huh, what are you talking about, Meiko-nee?" the teal-haired girl asked
"Nothing!" everyone shouted at once
"Oh, okay. Oh yeah, who's cooking breakfast. Most of us are still hungry"
"I will, as soon as you guys let me go" Tsuyoshi said.
"You can cook?"
"I can but don't expect anything too good"
"Off you go then! We're hungry!"
"Ok, ok"
The black-haired teen went into the kitchen, cleaned his hands and went to get the ingredients for a simple breakfast. He started cooking a few eggs and pancakes enough for the whole Vocaloid household -which is a whole barrelful of ingredient- at once. He squeezed some fresh oranges to make orange juice and made some tea. "It's going to be an English-style breakfast, if it turns out well" Tsuyoshi thought to himself.
"Wow, that boy is good" Luka said while watching Tsuyoshi cook
"Yeah, no one can cook like that. Miki-chan, Miku-nee, why do you keep staring blankly at Tsuyoshi-kun?" Piko asked out of curiosity.
"Huh? Oh, it's nothing" both of them exclaimed at once
"Miku, we need a girl talk session after breakfast" Gumi said to her best friend
"S-sure"
"Breakfast is ready!" Tsuyoshi shouted from the kitchen
"Coming!"
When they reached the dining table, the Vocaloids were in awe. The menu was normal, fried eggs and pancakes with orange juice but the way Tsuyoshi made it, it was too appealing to even eat.
"Come on, eat up"
"Itadakimasu!"