Sorry if the last chappie was rushed, but, well...I was rushed. XD
So, anyway...
The whole "orphanage" thing isn't going to come back up in this fic, but I couldn't resist-I have an original story in which there is an orphanage run by a Miss Strikt. Ahehehe...
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Kalenzii: Neither! 3XD She is somewhat obsessed with Vocaloids already, don'tcha think she'd make a Fanloid of her own? And by her I mean me?
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FORGET WHAT I JUST SAID! XDDD
MoonStar1312: *bows* Danke shuen! XD
Before anything else, apparently the name I was gonna use for Seem, Murani Cota, means "I have arrived at the village." What? So instead she'll be named Otonashii Momoko. Momoko-chan! And I have an idea to keep Murani in the game! m(^.^)m Anywhoosle, R&R, F&F, all that jazz! Cuz more work goes into stories when the author's happy! So, yeah, Momoko-chan? If you would?
Momoko: *.* No.
Yeesh...Momoko-chan, KT, Darly, etc. are mine. The others aren't, much as I'd like them to be. v.v Meh... Thusly, this isn't canon, per se, for anyone but my OCs.
ONVARDZ! 3XD
Last time on Shut Down...
That's when I noticed.
My backpack should be gray.
I stood up in a hurry and rushed to the sidewalk, using a window as a mirror. I was in a black t-shirt, reddish-pink overall dress, and black flats. My eyes-green!? My hair-GREEN!? WTFeezy? Then someone accidentally sent us both sprawling on the ground! I shook my head, then I couldn't help gawking at who had hit me...
Now, back to the present...
"Oh, I'm sorry miss!" yelped the other girl as I stared in shock. Then she caught sight of something in the distance, so called over, "I"m coming!" before running off. I just stood there, paralyzed by-dare I say?-excitement! I took a double take to be sure I wasn't seeing things.
A negi? Teal pigtails!?
The only person I can think of who would have that would be-but it can't be! I stared at the passerby as inconspicuously as I could-
A blue-haired guy greedily wolfing down ice cream-Kaito?
A brunette happily gulping a bottle of sake-Meiko?
Blonde twins laughing as they drive around in a road roller-Rin and Len?
Luka eating tuna? Gakupo staring at an eggplant shop? Gumi juggling carrots? Neru on her phone? Everywhere I looked I saw Vocaloids, fanloids, failoids, UTAUloids!
I was about to let loose a squee of epic proportions-for me, at least-when someone bumped into me, sending stuff flying every which way-again.
"OMGosh, I'm soooo sorry!" cried out the pinkette as we splayed out on the ground. "Are you okay?" Internally, I shrieked in happiness. However, years of silence kinda interfered, so I just nodded. "My name is Teto." the enthusiastic pink-head told me. "Kasane Teto. What's your name?"
I thought hard, trying to speak, and finally I stammered, "I-I...I go by Otonashii Momoko."
"Hmmm, shy, are we? No problem! Come on Momoko-san, let's go meet up with my friends!" she declared. Oh, am I in for it...
We started off towards her dorm and she asked me, "So, Momoko-san, are you new here? I know either the faces or the names or both for everyone in town, but I haven't heard of you before. Are you a transfer student?" I nodded, relieved that I wouldn't have to lie to one of my idols. "Well, then, be glad you showed up after school got out!" She said with a grin.
She began pointing people out to me, and even though I knew who most of them were, I obediently looked where she said so I could keep up my appearances of being the newbie. "That girl over there is Kikyuune Aiko, with the blue hair, see her? She's kind of a loner, but I've seen her with her brother, Akio, and they're really good friends, so at least she's isn't lonely." I saw the blue-head humming a song to herself under a tree. Then her twin showed up, and the frown on her face flipped right over as they walked off.
"Then there's Yorune Mimi-the purple hair, over that way-and...well, nobody really knows much about her. Aiko is a loner, but at least she interacts with people. Mimi...well...she's Mimi. I used to be really good friends with her, but then rumors started." I gave Teto a questioning look. "Someone told someone, who told someone else, and so on, that she was a witch. Eventually I...let's talk about someone else!" She said, suddenly cheery.
Completely out of the blue, she asked me, "You don't have anything against the genderally challenged, do you?" I shook my head, confused. "Good. Two of my friends, not best friends, but friends? Ahehe...one of them is a boy, but...Oh! There she is now! HEY RITSU-CHAN!" She called to a redhead in a pretty dress. I followed her gaze, and lo and behold, she was right! Ritsu was a guy in girl's clothing! *For story purposes, Ritsu will be referred to as a she, even though she's technically a he. No like-y, no read-y*
"Hi Teto!" the young Ritsu came up, enthusiastically bouncing around Teto. "Huggie?"
"Sure, Ritsu-chan!" Teto laughed, picking her up and swinging her around before setting her down again. "I was in the middle of showing Momoko-san around! You wanna help?"
"Yeah! Can I go get Big Sister?" asked Ritsu.
"Go right on ahead, we'll be right here!" Teto answered, but she was long gone already.
"Sooo...crossdresser?" I asked shyly.
"Yup. Apparently, she was born with...I think the science-y term for it is an XXY chromosome? Pretty much she got an extra dose of girl DNA (A/N: Like one of my brothers! XD) and decided to act on it (A/N: Not that part though). The missle implants don't help either."
I gave her the classic WTFeezy look, but she didn't see and went on.
"Anywho, Big Sister is Ruko. Due to Ritsu being Ritsu, she assumed that Ruko is a she, and we all just went with it. Technically, though, Ruko is a he and a she."
I swear, if this were an online chat, I would be going O.O a ba-jill-ion times right now!
"But anyways, Ruko is the other friend I was telling you about. And that's just the people I'm kinda close to! Wait 'till you meet my really good friends! Come on!" She yelled happily, pulling me away just as Ruko got there.
"Eh? Where are they off to so fast?" asked Ruko. "Come on, Ristu-chan, let's follow them!"
"Yaaay!" Ritsu cheered.
So it turns out that Teto has two good friends, Momone Momo and Utane Uta. Go figure. I was grinning like the creepy guy from 3rd and Main by the time we actually got to the Kasane's dorm!
"So, Teto, who's this? I don't think I've seen her before." Uta trailed off.
I tried to raise my voice as best I could, so they could hear me. "H-hi...I'm Otonashii Momoko...it's nice to meet all of you..." And I gave a small smile to them all.
"Well, hi Momoko-san! I'm Utane Uta, but my friends call me Defoko. And this watermelon here-" she gave Momo a noogie "-is Momone Momo. But we all call her Momo, even if we're trying to be formal, cause come on! You try saying 'Mo' that many times in a row!" At this point everyone started laughing and talking-sans myself, of course-and needless to say, but I was happier than I had been in a loooooong time.
"So, Momoko-san, where are you from?" Teto asked. I blanched, but I recovered before anyone in our group saw.
Thinking fast, I answered, "W-well...I'm from this little town on the shores of Lake Huia'ar'wa. It doesn't really have a name..." I trailed off, hoping they would accept me.
"Well, I think that sounds cool!" Momo declared. "Any siblings?"
"Uhm...not in the normal sense..." I answered sheepishly. See, I was born an only child. My parents never adopted anyone. As far as I know, Mom isn't pregnant again, so that only leaves a few reasons for...ahehe...ignore that rant...
"What do you mean?" asked Defoko.
"Ahehe...ya know about MPD?" I mumbled, barely loud enough to be heard. Their eyes widened in shock, and is that, familiarity?
"Yesss..." Teto said hesitantly.
"Welllll...when I was six, I heard someone sing, and I loved it so much that I made a character of my own, if I could join them. I named her Murani Komomo. Then when...bad stuff...happened, I heard a voice in my head that identified herself as Komomo. For years, she was kinda the only person I could talk to without being ridiculed. Ever since, she's been kinda my big sister. Sometimes she takes over when I'm being picked on, and from what I've been told, my eyes turn pink when she shows up. I can-" I started crying "-understand if you don't wanna be my friends anymore..." And I ran off.
"WAIT, MOMOKO-CHAN!" they yelled after me. I skidded to a halt.
"Chan?" I wondered.
"Did you just say...chan?" I asked, turning around to see them come up by me.
"Yeah, 'course we did! Anybody who's willing to just open up like that to practically complete strangers is braver than most people here! Ya know what we say in this trio?" Defoko asked with a sly grin.
"What?" I asked.
The three of them pumped their fists in the air, shouting together, "MISFITS FOR THE WIN!"
Momo told me, "I'm a freaking robot!"
Defoko declared, "I have NATURALLY PURPLE HAIR!"
Teto spoke up, "And I've been told I'm part Chimera!"
Together they spoke again, "And we don't give a feezy what other people think of us!"
I looked up, smirking, one eye minty green, the other hot pink. "And neither do we!"
We started laughing as we reached our destination, where...
"Hey, sis!" yelled a boy's voice from inside the house. "You gotta come see this!"
"Oh, that's Ted! I'LL BE BACK!" shouted Teto, pointing her right hand in the air before running off. The other two and I shared a glance, then we all started laughing so hard we were crying, rolling on the floor laughing, and all that shtuff. Looking around the house, I saw pink, pink, and WAY MORE PINK! There was the occasional red, though, so I supposed that Ted at least had some influence over their home decor. Merp. I noticed that she had a lot of rental DVDs. At closer inspection, they were all more than a month overdue. I stifled a laugh, getting a strange look from Momo. I waved my hand at her in a "don't worry about it" way, so she shrugged it off. Then we heard Teto yelp in surprise.
Dashing to the backyard, we saw Ted laughing his head off and Teto sopping wet.
Let the laughter begin anew!
This chappie was kinda hard to write-I don't think I do well on those sad scenes. Tell me what you think!
Also, I may or may not get to describing Komomo in greater detail later on. I have an idea where Komomo originally was though! 3XD
So yeah, R&R, F&F, all that shtuff!
Also, I HATH DISCOVERED BIOHAZARD BAH KIKYUUNE AIKO! THOU SHALL GO LISTEN NAO! XDDD
Also, I'm only gonna update this and Kinky and the Earthly Adventures-in the Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures thingie, since they were reviewed. And I might put up a Leverage/Vocaloid X-over. XDDD
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