This chapter is mostly Piko. This explains his job as an actor on a sci-fi show, and some of the characters we'll be see threw out the story. This first bit is Piko at an interview, the second is Piko at the Happi Syn. mansion. And then it picks up where the last chapter left off. Oliver makes a mysterious first appearance at the end. He'll show up more next chapter. WARNING: the next chapter get a little wacky, because I'll be pulling out all the stops! So, keep reading! Love ya'll! Enjoy!
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Alden!" cried the AI "…please, you can't die!"
There was only silence.
"ALDEN!" the hologram screamed. No answered. "ALDEN!" the program began to cry. "You can't, you can't…"
"…who said anything about dying, you stupid computer program?!" A black haired boy in a space suit struggled back onto the platform. "I probably got six more lives left in me" His gold eyes shined. The hologram made a sound that sounded like genuine relief. "Alden! I…I…You idiot! Jumping off the platform?! What were you thinking?!"
The boy, Alden rolled onto his back, and then looked at the hologram buzzing next to him, and gave it a 100 watt smile. "I wasn't!" he laughed.
The "face" made a look of surprise. Then, it smiled to.
Then, the audience cheered.
…
The TV studio camera zoomed out from the flat screen, and switched back to the talk show host and his guest. The same black haired boy with gold eyes, and a silver haired boy that looked like the face from the holograph.
"Wow!" Said the host. "Wow! I can see why you guys are shipped so much! That scene!" the studio audience laughed at the host's joke. The black haired boy put his face in hand. The silver haired boy looked unfazed, but his ears were red.
"I've gotta say seeing you two guys together, right now.." the host gave an excited hiss "ooh! I just…" he did an excited arm pump. The audience cheered. "O! T! P!" he shouted, making the ladies scream excited by the idea.
"Oh god, kill me" said the black haired boy. Making the audience laugh, the silver haired boy tried to hold back his own laugh.
Viewers today with me I have Piko Utatane and Rei Kagene with me from the sci-fi hit, ZeroHEAT!" The blues band played a little tune, as Rei and Piko waved at the crowd. The fan girls in the audience shouted their names.
"E-dot-kun!"
"Alden, I want your La-dui babies!"
"She wants your babies, Rei" Piko smiled.
"You can't have babies, robot" Rei smiled back.
"Ooh, " went the audience. The host made an "O" face. "This is interesting, you known I heard you guys are actually the inspiration for most of the arguments E-dot and Alden have in the second season. Is that true?"
"Well, you see" Rei moved forward in his chair . " Back in the first season Alden is completely clueless. He doesn't know much about the world of ZeroHEAT, and depends on others for information. During the second season he's smarter, he's accomplished more, and he's able to hold his own in an argument with E-dot."
"And E-dot and Alden argue a lot" said the host.
The two boys nodded in agreement. "Yeah" said Piko. "Sounds about right" laughed Rei.
"So, I hear you guys weren't originally going to be in this show" said the host.
"Well…"both boys looked at each other.
Piko spoke first "well, when the idea of ZeroHEAT came they wanted the character to be at least twenty. He wasn't a country kid, but a guy who moved to the city a couple years ago, and then ended up at a bar at the wrong place, at the wrong time. But, the guy who signed up for Alden's part…he said the character was too moody and rough and…"
"Basically, he didn't like the character" finished the host.
"No," said both boys. "The original character was a total asshat," said Rei "truth was nobody, and mean nobody in the show found him likable. He was this loose cannon kind of man that got lucky a lot, and would end up taking the credit for saving the day."
"No one thought the script would work, but the director went with it until… the star quit."
"After that" Rei stepped in " They looked at the script again, and they thought about rewriting it."
The audience laughed.
"So, how'd you get the part?" asked the host.
"Well, it's not a big story. The actor for the original part got a copy of the revised script and as he read it he thought of me as soon as he read the lines 'doesn't a cat naturally have three legs?'"
The a few audience members whooped at the familiar line.
"He just called me up and told me to get my agent to call the guys from the show" Rei shrugged "saying 'it'll be worth it!'"
"And it sure was" the host smiled.
As the audience cheered the host asked Piko got his part.
"Piko actually was going to be the quiet genius who hands Alden most of his gear" Rei answered.
Piko glared at Rei. "Bet Alden loved that idea" the host laughed.
Rei laughed back. "Oh yeah, much better for Alden." More laughter from the audience.
Piko cleared his throat "Originally, the character playing Slash, Big Al, was supposed to be E-dot. But, during a screen test he had trouble saying a word and—
"Einstein here said it for him!" Rei interrupted "so I had to keep going so I said the line I was supposed to be saying to E-dot which was—
"'No one asked you for your help, you stupid pc!" Piko blurted, so whooping came from the audience again. "When he said that I replied with E-dot's "eh?! Dot-dot-dot-dot-dot!" More whooping again. "It was meant as a joke on Rei, because at the time…I didn't like him."
The audience laughed at this. "So, now you like him?" the host asked.
"Yeah, definitely" said Piko shaking his head. "You see what I go through?" said Rei smiling.
As the show continued the host asked more questions. The teenagers even took questions from the audience ((if you want you can ask questions about the show, ZeroHEAT, since we'll be using it throughout the story)). Piko and Rei were asked to sing the Gorgon's lullaby from episode 19. And the crowd ate it up.
At the end of the interview, the host said there was one more thing they had to do.
"Could you say one of your "freak" lines?" asked the host.
The two boys laughed, and stood up. "Alden, this fellow…" said Piko in his airy E-dot voice. "Yes, E. I absolutely agree." The both stepped up to the host with finger guns. "This freak should know his place!" they both said shouting a loud cry, as gun sound effects went off.
…..
The audience cheered as Piko and Rei left the stage. While the host made another joke, Piko gave Rei a push in the shoulder. "What was that?!" Piko asked hissing. "Like I'd let you do most of the talking, you'd just say something stupid. Stick with giving information, that's what your good at that."
"The question was for me!" Piko burst "I didn't need your help!" Rei groaned, "God, I feel bad for Yuuma, dating you must of been horrible!" Piko blushed. "Don't bring that into this!" "That, is the reason they ship us so hard." Rei pointed out. "When you and Yuuma started "dating", they started making videos and fan-fics that I wanted to "steal you back", like I would."
Piko and Yuuma never dated. Piko only had been the star's only friend while going through rehab. So, people just assumed a relationship. Piko also made a mistake of telling a reporter he liked Yuuma as "more than a friend". The two hadn't talked since. And Piko didn't feel like talking about it with Rei.
"You know what? I'm done with this; I'll see you at the studio, okay Rei?" Rei gave Piko a look, then shrugged.
Piko walked out through the back door, passing a crowd of fans and reporters. Rei four feet away signing autographs, and shaking hands. Both boys headed to their vans, and while Rei waved smiling at his fans, Piko couldn't help but wonder, when had Rei stop smiling like that at him.
…
Oh, the young master is home" said Tonio, not lifting his head from his magazine. Probably porn, thought Piko.
"Don't call me that" Piko said half-heartedly. He got used to being called that since he moved in with Miss Prima. Back when he first started to pursue an acting career, Master had recommended him to stay with Prima, but…
"Piko-kun!" Piko turned to coming face first into Lily, Tonio's maid's Double D breast. "Piko, why were you gone so long, when you and Oliver are gone it's so~~~ boring!" She rubbed him against her chest more.
"LILY!" Piko struggled to get free. "LILY, I CAN'T BREATHE!"
LILY" shouted another voice "let the poor boy go."
Disappointed Lily let go with a sigh. Piko turned towards his savior. "Thanks Ann," said Piko to his agent. "You welcome, how was the interview?" she asked.
She might as well of stabbed. "Right to business, aye Sweet Ann?" Piko wandered if he was coughing blood at the moment. "That bad?" asked Ann.
"…the interview was fine…"said Piko sitting down. It's just…Rei, he's…he's became such a tyrant, because of this thing with the yaoi ships." " I think he doesn't like the idea of him being a uke" said Tonio, an Alden/E-dot shipper himself. "But, he isn't!" Piko snapped. They make him the seme in most of the fanfics! And, I don't think it's them shipping "us" that's the problem. It's the E-dot/Captain Sword/ Alden stuff that driving him crazy. He's always hated Yuuma!"
"Mayhap the boy is just jealous his lover was stolen…"said Tonio looking over. When someone behind him smacked him upside his head, with a thick roll of newspaper. "Don't so stupid things, stupid guy!" said Hiyama-sensei, one of the tenants at the mansion. "It's obvious," Sensei continued "that's the reason behind all this. Being told he's jealous of another's relationship, why any boy his age would be furious!"
"Hmm…" said Lily " You know it makes sense…"
Sweet Ann nodded "yes…"
"Hmm…" went Tonio.
The four adults all nodded in agreement. Piko couldn't help, but think there was a hidden meaning to all this. If I stay any longer I'll get a headache… "I'm going out!" he shouted.
"What but you just got back!" shouted Lily. But, Piko was already gone.
Lily pouted. "He could have at least eaten something" she mumbled sadly.
-Back to the scene at Forum-
Piko stared back and forth at the scene he'd just witnessed. What the HELL was that?! He thought. One minute they were high-fiving on backstage, then they broke up? The celebrity world never ceased to amaze him.
As he saw three of the band members leave, he noticed one of them; a blonde boy, one of the twins were crying.
Wait, a moment…he looked to see the other twin, a girl, standing with the blue-haired guy burying her face in their shirt.
It wasn't just the band that broke up thought Piko. He sipped his drink, it suddenly felt uncomfortable sitting where he was. I should leave he thought eventually.
And decided to go. He put back on his hat and green sunglasses, and went back outside.
….
It was raining cats and dogs outside, and Piko wished once more he was old enough to drive his own car. His umbrella felt heavy from the rain and he still had six more blocks to go. Geez, I should get a motorcycle or something, I'm a big TV actor and I'm walking home! Ha-ha! Great joke, God! Real funny!
Four block from home though something caught his eye.
The blonde kid from earlier. He was wearing glasses, but it was still him. He was standing outside of a closed store, with a suitcase, a gym bag, and a school backpack. Despite his large coat, he looked like he was freezing.
"Why the HELL is this guy outside?" Piko thought aloud. "…did he get kicked out?"
It was curiosity, which led Piko Utatane to Len Kagamine that day. A single curious thought that led Piko to hand Len his umbrella and invite him to Happi Synthesizer's .
And the only witness (the only real witness) was companioning with a ravened-haired woman, as that day. A blond haired boy with a bandage on his right eye, currently dressed in yellow duck raincoat. "Aunt Prima…" said Oliver. "…that boy…"
"Yes, Oliver?" asked Miss Prima.
Oliver looked at the two teenagers walking down the street, he smiled. "Nothing, Aunty. I just love my new boots, that's all"
The older woman beamed. "Oh, Oliver you're so cute~~~!"
Oliver watched the two boys make their way to Happi Synthesizer, and couldn't help but wonder what next should become their little world. His smile grew bigger. People are so interesting!