Frau Author here with another chapter! In this one you see what Miku thinks of this whole Kaito/Uta situation, also what Kaito thinks about Uta and of course, what Uta thinks about Kaito, and also I'll throw in something about Ritsu and Tei just for kicks.
I was originally planning to make this a Kaito/Uta crack-ish one shot, but its escalating into at least a two or three (or possibly four) chaptered story. I hope you like it!
OUR STORY THUS FAR! In the somewhat epic battle between Utau and Vocaloid, Vocaloid Kaito Shion and Utau Uta Utane find romance. Let's see how it goes! But first, let's go and check up on Miku and see how she's doin'. In this little part of chapter two we go to a flashback of how this whole 'war' started. Very fun happy times.
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"Well that went well," Rin said flipping her short blond hair and adjusting her bow, her blue eyes shining with the triumph and satisfaction that could only come from bullying an Utau. After we made Default promise to leave the studio alone so we could record something for Mizki, we decided to head home. "That wasn't very nice," said a pissed off Luka who was chomping away as some spicy maguro sushi. "You know that Master set the deadline for Mizki's next song for at least another month." Lily nodded in agreement, hugging her bee plushie to her chest.
"Oh come off it," an obviously drunk Meiko said, a large bottle of half empty sake in her hands. "Those Utau need to learn their place, right Kaito?" At this point, my fellow Vocaloid and biggest crush, Kaito Shion, would give Meiko a grunt just to shut her up, all while not paying attention and licking his ice cream. Not hearing his voice surprised me, so I scanned the room quickly to find him. A wave of worry washed over me when I couldn't. Meiko and every other Vocaloid decided to ignore the absence of Kaito, and Luka decided to drone on and on about how all of the Utau were nice, how they aren't that different from us, while Miki argued the opposite. And at that moment, I couldn't care less who thought what about what. All thoughts going through my mind were ones of Kaito.
'There's nothing to worry about,' I told myself. 'He's most likely just… getting some ice-cream. Yeah… ice cream… Or maybe he misplaced his scarf on the way to or from the park. Or maybe… maybe that Default rounded up her little Utau friends and hurt him in some way…' I shifted uncomfortably in my seat, thinking about what the Utau singers may be doing to my precious ice cream lover. I stared down at my perfectly green painted nails (Rin actually did them for me), and I tried to push the thought out of my mind. I didn't even notice when Luka slammed down her chopsticks and stormed upstairs- the debate apparently went in Miki's favor.
Len, Rin's mirror image, stood up, stretching and yawning. "Well, it's late," he said walking in the direction of the stairs. "Apparently we have a long day at the recording studio tomorrow. You coming Rin?" Without waiting for the older Kagamine's answer, he turned and jogged up the stairs, most likely following after Luka to calm her down. I realized all the Vocaloids would choose sides- pro-Utau and anti-Utau. I also realized that I was the one who started all of this, when I started picking relentlessly on an Utau named Tei Sukone for having the biggest crush in the world on Len (and being terribly open about it). She gathered all of her little friends and confronted Rin, Len, Luka, and I when we were innocently having a yummy picnic. Long story short, we got into a huge argument, horrible words were exchanged, and quickly we had become fierce enemies out of each other.
My deep thoughts were interrupted by the arrival of Kaito, smiling that glowing broad smile of his with an ice cream cone in hand. "Heya, Miku," Kaito said and licked his ice cream. "Whoa, your happy glow. It's blinding me Kaito. What makes you so happy?" I asked. Kaito grinned even wider, if that's possible. "I have a date with the Utau you were talking to earlier today in the park. Uta Utane." I was shocked. Utterly shocked. My breath hitched and my palms started sweating. "Default? That-that's wonderful Kaito… Default…" I saw a slight scowl appear on Kaito's face. "Her name's Uta. She's really funny and nice and smart and she loves animal," he said. He then gave me a quick hug and walked up the stairs, along with my crushed heart.
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And with that bombshell, here is the magical date from Kaito's POV!
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I woke up early to take a long hot shower and a bath with those new ice cream scented bath salts that Meiko gave me for my 5th year anniversary as a Vocaloid. I stayed in there for a lot longer than I expected, and was interrupted by a hungover Meiko at the door yelling at me telling me that I 'needed to get my blue ass out of the bathtub so I can take a bath! Leading experts say that warm baths cure hangovers.' Even though if she was really hungover she wouldn't be making loud noises,I chose to get out of the bathtub.
Hell hath no fury like a hungover Meiko… or… something.
I bought tickets online for the new Hetalia movie (hoping and praying that Uta liked anime) and made reservations for an Italian restaurant (also hoping and praying that Uta liked Italian food).
I didn't spend a whole lot of time deciding what to wear- just some blue skinny jeans, a white t-shirt, a black jacket, and of course, my signature scarf. When I told Miku about my date, she looked a little shocked, so I decided not to ask her if I looked too casual or too whatever. Instead, I quietly slipped out of the house and jogged to the theater before anyone could see me. Not that I was ashamed of the date, I just didn't want Rin or Iroha to see me- they would be all like "oh my god, Kaito-nii-nii's going onna date!"
So anyway.
There she was near the entrance to the theater- nervously fiddling with her tie. Her face seemed to brighten when she saw me. "Uta!" I said. "How are ya? Hope you weren't here too long." Uta shook her head. "Not really," she said. "So, I dunno if you like anime or not, but I bought us tickets to see the new Hetalia-" Uta's eyes widened. "Hetalia! Omigod I love Hetalia!" I smiled, seeing as I had done the right thing. "Yeah, yeah, me too. Defiantly," I said. (It wasn't really a lie, I watched the first two seasons and I was impressed, but not a total fanboy). I took Uta's hand and led her into the theater.
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"Holy shit, these breadsticks are amazing!" Uta exclaimed, polishing off another garlic and butter breadstick that was a specialty at the restaurant we were at. "Teto'd absolutely love these. I'll have to tell her about it later." I smiled. "Are you good friends with Teto?" I asked. She nodded. "Yeah, have been since we were first announced as troll Vocaloids. We had a chat and figured out we had a lot in common… being trolls and all." I nodded every so often as Uta talked and talked and talked about her and Teto-chan and someone named Ritsu the Misanthrope Crossdresser. I quickly learned about her- she hated being called Defoko, she loved rice and anime (and apparently Italian food. She said it was because one the characters in that anime we saw that kept shouting 'pa~sta!' and 'veh!' was Italian, and therefore she must love Italian food. Funny logic, if yah ask me). She hated Daruma Otoshi ((it's a Japanese doll modeled after the founder of Zen Buddhism)), which made sense because Daruma even scared the hell out me.
After dinner I decided to walk her home, on account of it seemed like the right thing to do. She insisted we go through the park, even though it was just a little out of our way. But I did have to admit- the park was damn beautiful at night with all the multicolored lights and everything. I caught a glimpse of my date, who was now shivering in the sharp cold, and offered her my coat, but she said no and seemed content to hold my hand and walk close to me, which made my heart beat even faster.
When we reached the Utau HQ, I do admit that I was a little disappointed that I couldn't spend more time with Uta. She stopped in front of the steps to the big white door that said 'Utauloid HQ' that were chiseled on a big gold nameplate, and it occurred to me that I had never been to the Utau HQ before. Then I realized that Uta was still staring at me with half open purple eyes. "I had a really, really nice time tonight. That was the most fun that I've had in a while, honestly," she said and her face flashed me a genuine toothy smile. A refreshing change from her face at the park two days ago when Miku and some of the other Vocaloids were having a 'little forced chat' with Uta.
Yet I knew I couldn't get too close to this one. I did admit she looked dazzling in the moonlight or whatever, if I got too attached to her then the job would be butchered. This, unfortunately, was all simply business. Just business.
I stepped closer to her. "I'm glad to hear that." And with that last statement, I softly placed my hands on her waist and leaned forward, placing my lips on—
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Trolololol! Don't worry, you'll see it in a little bit. Chillax, people. Chillax. NOW. Let's find out what Tei and Ritsu the Misanthrope Crossdresser have been doing. Let's travel back in time- around five minutes before we cut off that last scene with Uta and Kaito. From Tei's POV.
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"Oh God~ I'm going to die~! The song doesn't make sense! Blerg… where's Uta when you need her?" I groaned loudly and sighed. Writing songs had never been my strongest suit- I was more of a singer of songs than a writer of them. This particular song was a challenge from Momo (who told me I wasn't awesome at writing songs and bet her Rin/Len Kagamine Concert ticket, complete with VIP backstage pass, that I wanted so, so bad that I can't write a new song in two days) so I'm determined to get it done. "Why do you need Uta, Tei?" my obviously bored friend (and full time crossdresser) Ritsu asked without looking up from the magazine he was reading ('Hot Shotas Yearly'- which was his favorite magazine. He kept having to hide it from me on account of I kept trying to look for Len in it).
"I need a word that rhymes with orange."
"There isn't one."
"What?"
"There ain't a word that rhymes with orange."
"What? You liar!"
"Why would I lie?"
"You just want me to shut up."
"What, me? Never."
"Do… do you hear that?"
"Hear what?"
"Wait, shh shh shh…"
Ritsu opened his mouth to say something, but realized there was nothing to say and listened. Sure enough, there were voices coming from outside the door. I automatically recognized one of them as Uta's.
Both Ritsu and I rushed to the window- just in time to see a certain Blue Vocaloid kiss Uta. We at Utau hadn't really learned all the Vocaloid's names so we just made some not very creative names for some of the ones we didn't know. Hence Blue Vocaloid.
Who had his lips all up on Uta's.
That creep was forcing her to make out with him.
Forced…
Forced, right?
Right?
It had to be… she was one of the biggest anti-Vocaloids out there…
So… forced…
But Uta didn't look forced at all... She actually looked as though she was enjoying herself in Blue Vocaloid's arms, one loosely draped around her waist, the other supporting her head. "Oh my cucumber, you see this too, right Ritsu?" Ritsu let out a shaky sigh. "Yeah… Yeah I do. This is infuriating! Uta's skirt is too long!" I rolled my eyes and smacked Ritsu on the back of his head.
"Hush, focus on Blue Vocaloid."
"Gladly."
"Oh god Ritsu you are hopeless."
"Urgh, fine. What should we do about it?"
I felt my yandere mode creep up on me. "We tell her about the big mistake she's making. And make her stop this nonsense."
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Woah… shcary… would not like to be Uta right now. Speaking of Uta, let's see how she's doing and pick up two minutes after we left off with Kaito and Uta.
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"Oh, that's me," I said when we exited the park, which was damn beautiful at night, and saw the Utau HQ. He walked me to the steps when I turned around and told him what I thought. "I had a really, really nice time tonight. That was the most fun that I've had in a while, honestly," I said and gave him a smile. He stepped closer to me, and I didn't step back. "I'm glad to hear that," he said, softly draped an arm around my waist with his other hand holding my head, and kissed me.
He was the guy I shared my first kiss with. Looking back, I don't regret it and I never will. The feel of his warm lips against mine was a feel I will never forget. I felt my hands go onto his face, holding it so he wouldn't let go. I don't remember how long the kiss went on, but I remember the feeling of sad feeling disappointment when he stopped. "I should get going. Bye, Uta," he said. I smiled again. "Thank you again, Kaito."
I dug out the house key from my seemingly bottomless purse, unlocked the door, and let myself in the front room. I excepted to see the common room deserted, but instead I was greeted by two very angry pairs of eyes on me. Ritsu's green and Tei's red. "Hey y'all," I said, suddenly gaining a Texan accent. "How you doing?" Both Tei's and Ritsu's eyes narrowed. "You Judas," Tei spat. I blinked. "W-what?" I said, and realized. They were talking about Kaito. They caught me. "You and Blue Vocaloid," Ritsu said. "Whatever's going on between you two, end it. Right now." And with that, he and Tei left me and my conflicting emotions.
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Well! You likey? You hatey? Review review review! Please? Pretty please? With a cherry on top? Tell me all your thoughts and nitpicks! I'm thinking of throwing a Rin or a Len POV into the next chapter. What you say, readers? And should Uta choose Kaito? Choose Utau? Or should Tei and Ritsu lighten the hell up? Tell me your opinion and I promise to listen to it! Wow… this chapter is actually about 1,000 words longer than the last!
Hope to see y'all next chapter!