A/N: Hello, I am Lisha Venus, publishing a new story. This is my first English story so I am very sorry for any mistakes. I love Momo Momone and I was really sad when I saw that she only has a few stories.
Disclaimer: I do not own Vocaloid and Utauloid. This story is inspired by Hojo-sama so if you like this story, then all credits are for her. But, if it is not very good, then I am the one to blame.
It is almost Christmas eve. I stare at my window, waiting for my parents to come home. There is no snow outside so my parents should come home a little after sunset. I keep my self comfortable by covering my blankets around me.
Sitting on my bed while staring at my window is what I usually do in Christmas eve. Then, when my parents came home, we would go to my grandmother's house; I only have one grandmother because my grandparents from my father has passed away. It's not far from here so we could go there at the last minuet. Thinking about it already makes me very happy.
A knock was heard, I do not need to ask to know who it is because, other than me, there is only my brother in this big house. "Come in, Brother." I said as I put my blanket aside.
Brother opens the door softly with a gentle smile on his face while holding two cups. "I have some hot chocolate. Do you want some, Little Sister?" Brother ask as he walk to my side.
I move aside so he could sit. "Yes, please." Brother sits besides me and then he gives me a cup of hot chocolate. I took a sip of the hot chocolate. "It is a good thing that it does not snow in this Christmas eve. I hope that this year will not be a white Christmas." I stopped for a while to take a breath. "The snow is always so beautiful. But I can not stand how it makes mother and father comes home late. I would prefer not having white Christmas this year or any other year."
"You are different than most people." Brother said calmly. Brother is always so calm and patient to everyone. Unlike me, I am still very childish and I can get really annoying sometimes. I just can't believe that brother is only a year older than me.
My eyelids are getting heavy. Brother noticed it. So, he took my cup so I could sleep. He is only seven years old but he acts like a grown up. I really like that part of him. I rest my head on brother's shoulder and close my eyes.
When I open my eyes, I was in a moving car with a really thick blanket covering my feet. Maybe it was supposed to cover my body but it fell. I saw brother sitting besides me while staring to the view outside the window. I guess I was still asleep when my parents came home.
I tried to sit in the right position but stopped when I saw something white falling from the sky. "Oh no, it is starting to snow." I said, loud enough for my family to hear.
Brother notice the disappointment in me. So, he pulled my head softly to his shoulder. His warmth transferred into me. I did not know that I was really cold. Was it because of my clothes being not thick enough or was it because of the snow, I wonder. "It's okay, the falling snow is not that much. You don't need to worry, Little Sister." Brother said to calm me down.
"Momotaro is right. We have already drive half way to our destination." Mother said.
"Just go back to sleep, Momo. We would be in grandmother's house by the time you wake up." Father said.
I nodded. After all of those comforting words, my eye lids are getting heavy again. Just when I was going to close my eyes, I saw a blue figure standing one hundred meters in front of this moving car. I raised my head, "Look out, Father!" I yelled.
Father steps on the brake and turns the wheel. Because of the shock, father turns the wheel to the wrong direction. The car fell for four meters and then crashed to a rocky land. I felt like I hit a wall really hard. I heard the scream of my family and me before it all went dark.
Someone is shaking my body."Momo! Don't die! Momo!" I heard my brother's voice.
I open my eyes a little. I saw a blue haired boy. I think he is the blue figure from before. He seems younger than me. He looks cute with his yellow eyes. But, why is he crying? Please don't cry. I raise my hand to pat his head, "Don't cry, please." I said with a faint smile on my face and then it all went black again.
I can feel consciousness comes to my body. I am breathing steadily and I can move my fingers a little. "Miku Miku ni shite ageru~" A cute voice is singing, I wonder who could have such cute high pitch soft voice like that.
I want to open my eyes but my head feels too dizzy to do it. Judging from the smell, I am in a place with lots of drugs. The soft thing that is beneath me feels like a bed. My guess is that I am in a hospital.
"Miku-chan, time for your medicine."
"Okay, nurse-san."
And that short conversation has just support my statement. I open my eyes as slow as possible. I want to see my surroundings. I see a teal haired girl and a tall brunette. The tall brunette must be the nurse and the teal haired girl must be the owner of the cute voice I heard just a minute ago. The teal haired girl smiled to me, which makes the nurse turns her head to me. "Momone-chan, I shall get the doctor for you." The nurse said kindly before she walks to the door to get the doctor she mentioned.
"You are Momo Momone, right? I am Hatsune Miku, nice to meet you." She said with her innocent face. Her face makes me want to hug her. But her skin is so pale that her white sheet seems to be connected.
"Nice to meet you, Hatsune-san." I replied with a friendly smile.
She seems really happy when I said her name. "I've just been called 'Hatsune-san' from a really nice girl. Well, Mo-chan. Why did you ended up being in a hospital with all of those wounds and bruises?"
I suddenly remembered my family. I looked around to search for my mother, father, and brother. I ran to the door so I could search for them out side but someone stops me at the door. The person was a boy with pink hair just like mine. By the time I realized whats happening, I was already hugged by my brother. "I am so glad you are alive, Little Sister." I don't get it, why is his voice so sad and did I just see brother's tears when I was running towards him? "I am really glad that I don't have to loose you too."
"What are you saying, Brother? Where is mother and father?" I feel like brother is shook his head. I starts to panic but tries to think positive. "Do you not know where they are?" Brother show his face and I don't like it, not one bit. He shows a very sad face that is decorated with tears of sadness. "Where are they? I want to see them. My mother and father, I want to see them."
The doctor carry me to my bed. "I am very sorry, Little One. But your parents has passed away and you can not see them until it is time for the funeral ceremony."
"No! I want to see them now. Mother! Father!" I saw the nurse looking at me with sad expression, my brother crying, the doctor being silent and expressionless. Probably because he was trained to hold back his emotion. But Hatsune-san, why is she crying too? She does not have anything to do with this, so why? The doctor waited for me to calm down so he could check my wounds and bruises.
After all of that is finished, the room became quiet. Brother fell asleep on the couch when he was waiting for the doctor to check my wounds and bruises. The nurse and the doctor has already left. Miku has stopped crying but she still has a sad face. I don't know what to say to her. Should I cheer her up? But I don't know the reason of her crying. Maybe I should ask her about it. What if she thought I was being rude? I really don't know what to say to her.
"You probably think I'm weird because I was crying without any logical reason, right Mo-chan?" I smiled because of the cute face she is making. I know that smiling at someone who is sad without any logical reasons is rude. But, I just can not restrain my happy emotion.
"The answer is no, Hatsune-san. I do not think that you are weird. I was confused when I saw you cry. But I never thought that you are weird. I am actually kind of happy that you cried for me."
Miku stare at me for a while. Her expression slowly changes from sad to happy. "Ah, well, it's just that, mom always told me to hold back as many negative emotion as I can and now, I'm kind of confused on how to respond to people when it comes to sadness and anger."
Huh? Why did her mother do such a thing? It is unhealthy to hold back any emotion. At least, that's what mother said to me. Oh no, my eyes are getting hot and watery. Am I going to cry? Since when did I turn so sensitive? My face feels warm, it is probably has already turned red. I close my eyes because it is so hot. I can feel some tears pouring out from my eyes.
I open my eyes to see Hatsune-san already on my bed, sitting right in front of me, and patting my head slowly with a confused face. My tears stopped and Hatsune-san's face slowly changes to something that a three years old would do when they have discovered something. "Oh! So patting someone's head when they are crying makes them stop. I never knew it would work."
So she really has no idea how to comfort someone. But, I don't think that she has never cried before. Maybe, she has never experience hurt before. That would be dangerous, her mental will not be ready when she finally felt what it is like to be hurt. Then, was she really that confused that she would cry that time?
"Hatsune-san, were you so confused that you cry that time?"
"Yes, I don't know what to do and I see your crying face so I felt like crying."
Felt like crying? She really does not understand about hurt. No wonder her face looks so innocent.
I can observe her more easily now that she is so close to me. Her teal hair is so short that it still has not reach half of her neck. Half of her small face is covered by her eyes that is the same color as her hair. Her eye lashes is not that thick so it does not make her eyes look too flashy. Her lips and nose are so small that it makes me want to pinch them like what my grandmother would have done.
She looks really cute but why does she has such pale skin? Is she sick? Wait, we are at the hospital so it should not be so surprising if she is sick.
The door was suddenly open. A boy that look just like Hatsune-san is running to Hatsune-san's side. "It's about time you wake up, Little Sis." The boy hands over a present to Hatsune-san. Hatsune-san did not accepts the present. "Hey! Accept the present already. My hands are getting tired."
Hatsune-san turns away "I'm not going to accept it until you say it."
The boy thinks for a few seconds before saying "Oh yeah, merry Christmas. Now, accept the present." Hatsune-san still wont accepts the present. "Are you mad?" I don't think Hatsune-san is mad. She is annoyed because she still wants him to do something. The boy realized what Hatsune-san wants, "Please?" Hatsune-san turns to him and accepts the present happily.
"Merry Christmas, Mikuo. Here's your present." Hatsune-san gives the boy his present.
They both look so happy together. I think they are twins because of their similarity. The only difference they have is in their eyes. Hatsune-san has calm and gentle eyes while her brother has eyes that shows his intelligence. I am sure that he is one of those person that will be success in his study.
"Merry Christmas, Miku." A tall man came in. His eyes is the same as Hatsune-san's, even tough they are not the same color, his eyes show the same calm and gentle aura as Hatsune-san's.
The tall man hugged Hatsune-san. When he has already put Hatsune-san down, he stare at me. I don't know what to do so I just say the first thing that came into my mind. "H-hello Sir, you must be Hatsune-san's f-father. I-I am Mom-mo Momone. Please t-to meet y-you." Oh no, I stuttered a lot. Am I going to be scolded?
"Daddy, meet Mo-chan. She is my very first friend." Hatsune-san's father and brother seemed shock.
"You are friends?" Hatsune-san's brother turned his head to me and then back to Hatsune-san. "This normal and clearly young girl is your friend?" Hatsune-san nodded. Her brother pushed him self to the floor while muttering "I've lost to my sister."
Hatsune-san's father smiled at me and shook my hand. "I'm Miku's father, nice to meet you. I was really shock when I heard that you are my daughter's friend because she would usually scare her friend away with her weird attitude." I saw Hatsune-san turns her head away with a pout. But I don't get it, she doesn't seem weird to me. She is just a girl who lack social skills. "You know, I'm friends with your dad, where is he anyway?" Hatsune-san's dad said, not knowing the condition of my dad.
I don't have the heart to say that my father has passed away. What if I cried after I said that sentence? I hesitate for a moment before opening my mouth to speak. "He passed away, sir." Huh? That was not my voice. I turn my head to the sofa to see that my brother has already woke up.
"What? What happened?" Hatsune-san's brother asks.
My brother explained about the car crash but he did not explained who the blue figure is, even tough he saw who the blue figure is. Hatsune-san's father seems to be in shock. It seems that Hatsune-san's and my father is very close. Hatsune-san's father told us how he and my father first met, how they became friends, and how they were going to have a New Years party together with their family.
Hatsune-san seems confused. I think she does not know that her father is hurt because of the lost of my father. She must be thinking of a way to cheer her up. She walks to her father, climb up to the sofa where her father is sitting, and place her hand on her father's head. She began to stroke her father. Hatsune-san's father turn his head to his daughter. Hatsune-san smiled at him. Hatsune-san's father hugged Hatsune-san tightly.
"I'm sure that she has no clue why dad's hugging her." Hatsune-san's brother said.
"She looks like she is only enjoying her father's hug." Brother replied.
"I didn't ask for your judgement. Who are you anyway?"
Brother turn his whole body to face Hatsune-san's brother. Brother bows, "My name is Momotaro Momone." Brother straighten him self again. "May I ask of your full name?"
Hatsune-san's brother seems to be taken back by my brother's action. Brother always does this to everyone. He makes everyone thinks that he is not an ordinary seven years old.
"Mikuo Hatsune, just call me by my first name so it wont get mixed up with my sister."
The next day, my brother and I can go home. My uncle was the one who picked us up, we said our goodbyes to the Hatsune family and went on our way. I think I would miss Hatsune-san. Maybe I will get to meet her again someday. I look forward to meet her again.
That someday came too soon because, six days later, when I opened the door, I saw the Hatsune family standing there. "Mo-chan!" Hatsune-san hugged me.
I just stood there, not knowing whether I should greet them warmly or ask them what they are doing here. "I...do not know what to say." I saw Hatsune-san's father is pleading behind Hatsune-san. I think I know what is going on. "I-I am very happy that you c-came, Hatsune-san. I was r-really surprised."
Hatsune-san and his brother came in while Hatsune-san's father stopped in front of me. "I'm very sorry, Momo-chan. I'll explain it right away."
"It does not have to be right away. You have just got here. Please, come in and make yourself comfortable. Would you prefer coffee or tea?" I know how hard it is to not make Hatsune-san experience hurt so I do not want to burden him by making him give me the explanation right now.
Hatsune-san and her brother has fallen asleep in my room because of exhaustion. Their home is quite far from here. My grandmother and aunt are making some osechi for new , my uncle, brother, Hatsune-san's father and I are sitting in the living room.
Hatsune-san's father said some apologies before he explained everything. "Miku-chan has a weak heart. The doctor said that not doing any heavy exercise should keep her safe but my wife doesn't want Miku-chan to experience any kind of hurt whether it is mentally or physically. That's why Miku-chan has never experience hurt, betrayal and anger. She shouldn't have experience sadness too but when her mother dies, she was so confused that she cried. I don't want to do anything to make Miku-chan sad again so I agree with her decisions to come here."
So, Hatsune-san has experience sadness before but she still does not know that she was sad. Hurt, betrayal, anger, and sadness are all negative feelings that is very dangerous for anyone who lacks experience from it. If she does not experience it now, her mental wont be ready, but if she does than it could effect her heart. It is like walking in a labyrinth with no way out.
"I also have a request to ask of you but first, how are things going?" Hatsune-san's father said.
"Well, it's been decided that we are not going to sell the house but they would live with their grandmother's, and I would take care of their living needs like schools, food, and transportation." Uncle explained.
"What if I take care of all of their living needs and more. But," Hatsune-san's father stopped for two seconds, "Momo-chan and Momotaro-kun will come live with me. I need Momo-chan to protect Miku-chan. I know it's a big offer but what do you say, Momo-chan?" All three heads are looking at me. "Before you make your decisions, I need to tell you that we would be moving far away from here so it's reasonable if you refused. I'll give you until tomorrow morning to decide because the plane leaves at one pm."
After all that being said, Hatsune-san's father leaves. Uncle said that he would agree with my decisions, what ever it is. Aunt said that it is good to be in different places. Grandmother said that she will misses me but she wants me to help the one who needed me. All I need to do now is to ask whether brother wants to come with me or not.
I walk to brother's room. I was going to knock but uncle said that brother is in the kitchen. Uncle was right, brother is in the kitchen helping aunt clean the kitchen. Brother notice me, he stopped what he doing. He already knows what I would ask so I just waited for his answer.
"Moving is not something that I would disagree because I like going to new places. But I don't feel right to just take that offer without giving anything in return, even if your presence would safe someone's life."
"Well, we could always serve Hatsune-san and her brother if they need something, like what butler and maid do." Brother nodded.
I guess I can just tell Hatsune-san's father that I accept his offer but I want my self to agree too. I have just met Hatsune-san so I do not know if I would get along with her or not.
Night has come. my family, Hatsune-san's family, and my self are eating noodles. We talked and play until it is almost midnight. Everyone seems to have so much fun. But, I have not got the chance to talk with Hatsune-san. Or rather, Hatsune-san did not even spoke a word. She just locked her self in my room after she eats her noodles. Mikuo-san said that she always does this so I do not have to worry about anything but I can not help it, I am very worried about her.
I tried to not think about Hatsune-san but I am the only one who does not have a partner to talk to. My uncle with Hatsune-san's father, brother with Mikuo-san, and grandmother is with aunt. I do not want to disturbed them but I do not want to be alone too.
I stand up and started to walk to my room. I knocked a couple of times. No answer. I start to panic. My head is filled with negative thoughts. I open the door and let out a relief breath. Hatsune-san is only drawing.
"Mo-chan! I'm so glad you're here. Come here!" Her voice does not seem to hold any sadness.
I stand on where she wants me to stand. She holds up a paper. I can not see the drawings from where I stand. "What are you holding, Hatsune-san?"
"This? This is a maid uniform for you. Daddy said that you and your brother are going to live with us. I am so happy because that way, we can talk about our future cafe. We can build it in daddy's broken cafe. It wasn't very popular here so it went out of business. You know my dad owns lots of cafes right? It's called 'Negi~o~Wonder' he said that he got the name when he saw me and Mikuo playing with negi happily. That time I was only two years old. Oh yeah, I also want to sing in the cafe so I could entertain the customer. I want to sing my original songs even tough I only have one which is Miku Miku ni Shite Ageru." She suddenly stopped.
Her lips are now shut close. Her eyes does not show any lights like one second ago. She stares blankly at the air. Her hands are wrinkling the end of her knee length skirt. "My mother...was the one who made that song for me." My heart felt like it has just fell. The song must be very precious to her. "What...is this weird feeling?"
Oh no, she must be feeling sad. I must do something. I look around to find something to change the topic. Ah, her drawing. "Hatsune-san, may I see your drawing?" It worked, Hatsune-san is giving me her drawing. But, it is still not enough to cheer her up.
Her drawing is really good. She draws a green maid uniform that is covered with a full body apron. The maid uniform is sleeveless. There are also arm warmers, long white stockings, a pair of brown shoes, and a poofy head.
"It is very cute. I will be looking forward to wear them." Those words just came out of my mouth. That means that I accept Hatsune-san's father's offer. At least Hatsune-san is happy.
It is already midnight. The bells are ringing one by one until one hundred and eight times. Each of them lightens my burden. It is as if I can see all of those people in the temple.
I look out the window to see the beautiful view of the night sky. The stars can not shine because of the clouds. Snow starts to fall from the dark sky. After the car accident, it does not matter if it is a white Christmas or not, mother and father still wont come back home. Now, I do not have parents that I have to wait for. Every and each snow that fall reminds me of them. Can I ever be as happy as I was before my parents passed away?
I want to cry. I want to cry until all of my tears are dry and scream for them over and over again. But, I have a little girl that I need to protect.
I look to her. She stands besides me while staring out the window. She seems very exited. Her wide eyes are sparkling. They look so cute, especially with that big smile of her. It is better for her to be happy than sad.
"Vocaloid." Huh? Why did she said that out of the blue? "I can see the top of the Vocaloid building from here."
Oh, Vocaloid. It is a school that only accepts students with an amazing voice. Vocaloid School is the older sister of Utauloid. They only have one class per generations because they do not accepts students more than twenty. The school is very complicated so students prefer going to Utauloid more.
Their current best student is Meiko and Kaito. They are like fire and ice and they are always together. Their voice are perfect together. They are only eleven years old but they have debuted two albums.
"I want to go to that school from Utauloid. It is harder but more simple to go to Vocaloid from Utauloid. Let's come back here in ten years so we could go to the Utauloid together." Hatsune-san said, half asleep.
I smiled to her, she still has a dream even tough her weak heart could kill her someday. "Okay"