OG Before story Note:

Hey! Uh yeah hi. Um

God im so awkward

Okay so I have a FEW things sorted out to do for the rest of the competish, so yeah. I still need suggestions though ;w;

Enjoy!

Updated note:

Hey people! (er... person.)

I've updated this chapter, because I thought "Hey, this needs more dialogue" after

Pandabelle (Guest) Said it could use some more. Which, by the way, THANKS FOR THE REVIEW! Glad you were happy that this story was up again ^^

Anyway, yeah this has more dialogue. Just a bit though, I haven't properly written much Vocaloid fics in a really long time ;w;

Anyway, Enjoy!

Third Person View

"To the Vocaloids, competitors from Crypton"

A letter addressed to them had been delivered to their school, and Lily-sensei was given permission to interrupt their classes to get them.

Unfortunately, she announced it on speakers for everyone in the school to hear. "Hey you little maggots, a letter came in. Come to the music room in five minutes or I'll kick your sorry butts."

Everyone sweatdropped. "Kagamine-san, Kagamine-san, Megpoid-san, and Megurine-san, you will turn in your homework a week later, as I know your competition is very stressful, just like school is. You may go now, but if I don't get that homework next week, you will get a zero."

The two blonds, pinkette, and the green-haired girl gathered their things and left for their music room. "What do you think it is?" Gumi wondered aloud.

Rin shrugged. "I just hope it's something good."

"What if we're booted? Or Yamaha won for no apparent reason, and so suddenly!"

Luka huffed. "If that happened, I wouldn't be surprised if it was that Miki girl that blackmailed. She'd probably use 'sex appeal' to Dell and Meito.

On the way to the music room, they ran into everyone else. "Hey, Meiko, what would you do if we were booted out of the competition?"

She slammed her fist into her palm intimidatingly, and said, "I'd kill a man. Or two."

Everyone backed away in fear, and arrived to their destination. They opened the door, revealing their blond teacher sitting on her desk lazily. Kaito blurted, "Did we get booted?"

"It's good all y'all are here within my time limit, but no you idiot. Someone take the letter and read out loud." Lily-sensei said, holding out the letter lazily.

Miku took the document, tore open the envelope and read its contents.

'Hello students.

Now comes the third round; two original duets. For this round you must write two sets of two different songs; one set must contain songs that tells a story of loss and sacrifice. It doesnt matter how upbeat or slow it is, it must include the death, the sacrifice, and a mention of someone or something evil. The second set can have anything you choose; heartbreak, friendship, love, something dark and twisted. We don't care.

You must then put them together and make it sound good. For the day of the performances, you must bring in an outsider that plays an instrument. He or she will be a very important part of this round, for it tests your ability to cover up mistakes and cooperate with others.

If you do not have someone on the day of the performance, you will be deducted five points out of 12 and given a player.

Your two songs must not include profanity, use of drugs, or any sexual themes for this round.

Sincerely,

Aoki Lapis, one of four Judges'

Everyone sweatdropped. How were they to improvise with a stranger?

But then Rin and Len remembered Yukari, the violinist from the other day. "We can provide the outsider, but I have no ideas for the songs." Rin stated, taking out her phone to contact the musician.

"Good. Any song ideas for the first set?" Lily-sensei asked, looking around faces.

"We can do a story about how there is a hellish place people are repeatedly sent there for their deaths day after day after day, the evil person being the mastermind of it all and the sacrificer could be this girl that repeatedly rewinds time to save her friends, only for them to die again.*" Miku suggested.

Everyone nodded and Kaito added, "I've been thinking about writing a song that evolves around two friends a boy and a girl that get caught in this loop. In which the girl dies repeatedly no matter what the boy does. Then he chooses to stop her from dying again by dying himself. They could be in the exact same story. And since it's summer we can call my song... The Heat Haze Days**."

"Sounds gory, like it. You and Miku work on it now. Any ideas for the other song?" Lily-sensei asked.

"Maybe a song about hidden layers of feelings, but they just want to let go and have fun?***" Luka suggested.

"And a song about a girl who learns to accept the world.****" Gumi said.

Lily-sensei nodded in approval, and they went off to work. Even if they had to bring in an outsider, they can still write the music to practice the melody right?

School flew by and they were only half done. Lily sensei gave them a break, food and rest. She bought them their favorite snacks/food and praised them without saying maggots. They were touched, but then she called them weak maggotlings (maggot weaklings) and made them go straight back to work.

It has been decided that Kaito would sing the first song and Miku would sing Kagerou Days** together, and that Gumi and Luka would sing the second set.

The performances were to be performed at their respective schools. Students were allowed to come and watch their representatives perform, so every class was given a choice; study hall or watching the performance.

"Yo, Gumi. You look extremely nervous, you fine?" Meiko asked, putting her hand on the goggled girl's back. She turned around from her hunched position, and honestly, the makeup scared Meiko for half a second.

"Y-yeah I'm, I think I am, okay I guess. Shaking, just a bit though. Do you think I'll be okay?" she uttered.

Meiko found this cute. The great gamer girl that owns all the boys in MMORPGs and first person shooters, is shaking like a newborn lamb. "Gumi, you'll be amazing. It'll be fine, I'll be there with you okay?"

Gumi took a deep breath in, and smiled. "Thanks Meiko."

Meanwhile, Kaito was in the same boat, but more worried about Miku. "Miku, are you sure you'll be okay? I remember one time last year you were terrified of going onstage because you had such bad stage fright and-"

"Yes I'll be fine Kaito, worry about yourself. But, Kaito?" she said sweetly, fluttering her lashes.

"Yes, my love?"

"I've never had stage fright. Who were you talking about just now."

Before Miku got to kill her boyfriend for talking about a different girl, Lily-sensei cut the chatter. "Alright you little maggots. All five of the judges are here, so everything little thing you do could change the outcome of your score. Behave, or I'll smack you five times your score afterward. Now, go out, listen to their mini speech, and play like your life depends on it. Because for the boys, it does."

They walked out in a line onstage and bowed to the judges. Momo stood up with a mic in hand and smiled warmly at them. "Hello Crypton. We are excited to hear your newest and original songs. May we please hear the names of the songs, as well as an introduction for your outside friend"

Miku, Kaito, Luka, Gumi, and Yukari stepped forward and was each handed a mic. "Our first song is called the Heat-Haze Daze**," Miku said.

Kaito added, "The song it's to be mixed with is called Outer Science. The second song's title did not have much to do with the meaning of the song. I thought it sounded cool."

The judges nodded, as if understanding, and let Luka. "Our third song is called 'Shadow-Stepping Etranger. It's subtly related to the song."

"And our last song is called Matryoshka."

Dell took the mic. "Like the Russian doll?"

Gumi nodded yes, and signaled for Yukari to step up. She nervously bowed and held the mic up. "M-my name is Yukari. I'm Rin and Len's friend, I play a lot of instruments, but I mainly play violin along with flute, piano, and cello. I'm 17, and I should be going to Yamaha, but I had to drop out of school at 14 due to family circumstances. I aspire to become a world famous violinist."

"What's the earliest age you've played any instrument?" Meito asked.

"I think when I was 3. I don't remember, but my mother had picture proof, so I guess I've always loved music even at such a young age."

Cul spoke. "Very well, Yukari-san. What instrument will you be playing for us here today?"

"My violin, Cul-san."

The judges nodded, and Aoki took the mic. "Well, we look forward to your performance. Your titles make me curious about what the songs are actually about, and I'm hyped to hear the mix. We will judge and score you on your notes, and pitch along with Yukari-san's improv playing. You may begin any time you are ready."

Everyone took their places on stage, Meiko, Luka, and Rin on electric guitars with Len on bass guitar, Gakupo at drums, Gumi for backup vocals, Kaito singing while on piano, and lastly Yukari on violin, both her and Miku roaming and/or dancing wherever they wanted.

Rin played a beat that went on and off while Meiko did a riff and Luka did a different one. Gakupo slowly entered, tapping on the cymbals in beat with Luka. Meiko's riff went up a note and the purple haired man tapped three times to signal the start, then everyone started playing. Miku started singing about waking up at noon on August 15th, while in the background Rin played multiple glissandos of the same notes. Between pauses in Miku's singing, Yukari would play an echo of her voice. Soon, Kagerou Days reached a calm in which the teal haired girl would sing without much emotion. The beat caught up again, and she practically screamed into the mic, describing how "her friend" was hit by a truck, and then fainting on sight of a shadow look-alike.

Yukari had a violin solo, going crazy enough to hit high notes then immediately drop down to the lower ones. Kaito began singing his part. his voice emotionless and rapidly going up and down between two notes. His song reached another calm before the beat caught up again. He screamed into the mic as insanely as possible, wanting to create the mood of mad and villainous. The cut off, the instrumental part of the mashup coming in, sounding a bit like dubstep.

Miku came in, her voice quiet while half singing, half speaking into the mic, fake tears pricking the corners of her eyes. Kaito came in a bit louder than that, singing about idiots that keep doing the same stupid things over and over again.

They reached the climax, and everything went overdrive. The pair sang simultaneously, the mix sounding bad, but perfect at the same time. By now, Miku was crying while singing passionately, running out of breath because of how hard she was screaming into the mic. Miku cut off, and Kaito sang his "day afters". Outer Science stopped playin, Rin and Gakupo still playin for Kagerou Days as Kaito took in a breath before singing the last part. He cut off and Miku sang "Mata dame datta yo" before Kaito finished off, the guitar and drums hitting the last two beats and cutting off.

Their school stood up and clapped, hyped for the next song to play. Gumi switched with Miku, and Luka put her guitar aside to stand next to the green haired girl. Meiko walked off stage into the audience, and the rest stayed at their spots.

After regaining their breaths, Yukari once again put her bow on the string as a signal she was ready, waiting for her cue as Kaito played a rhythmic tune on the keyboard, Rin slowly entering the song on her electric guitar. Gumi and Luka "1, 2" twice before going to four and the beat went down. Rin played her part louder than she entered with Len at the bassline, Gakupo started with the drums while Yukari played a fancy upbeat melody to accompany their song, Kaito also striking the keys at a high speed.

Gumi entered first with "Shadow Stepping Etranger," her voice calm and at a moderate pitch, soon cutting off for a short instrumental break. Luka entered the song, her voice one of excitement with a hint of crazy mixed into it, her makeup also adding to the illusion of insanity. As she sang, she danced a choreographed dance she and her green-haired friend had come up with. After mildly shouting "Matryoshka," Gumi immediately came in again with her part of the same song, dancing their dance. There was a short part where they sang lyrics from both songs, but went back to the first song, Luka singing it this time around. After her part was done, the drums played a more quiet beat and the mood changed just slightly, going from insane partying to a suspenseful walk outside. Yukari had a solo where she played an upbeat yet eerie melody that you would hear at a Halloween party.*

The two girls entered again, Luka quietly singing Matryoshka and Gumi singing Shadow Stepping Etranger. Right before Luka solo'd "ano ne," Yukari cleverly cut off, and began playing again after those little words. The girls switched repeatedly while singing the insane song and counted once more, breaking off along with Yukari for Rin to have a guitar solo. After her part was done, she, Len, and Gakupo stopped playing to clap in rhythm while Gumi sang and Kaito continued to play a "softer" melody.

Kaito faded out moderately fast while Rin slowly came in again while the clapping also stopped. Soon, all instruments and both vocals went full blast as the climax of the mashup caused their audience to stand up and cheer for them, ignoring their teachers' hushes for them to settle down. The cast stopped for a short moment's silence before playing again, Gumi and Luka scatting incoherently.

They stopped singing and playing to let Yukari a short solo, which was an improvised melody that would go well with Matryoshka, and added a faster version of the original ending of the song. Everyone, including the judges, stood up and applauded, the school audience screaming for the violinist. She blushed lightly and chicly bowed. Everyone on stage was exhausted from performing these four songs, especially from the adrenaline Yukari's improvised playing gave them. Meiko re-entered the stage, and they lined up once again.

Everyone sat back down and the judges had a small moment of discussion. Aoki Lapis once again took the mic and stood up. "You guys did great! The violinist there did amazing with her winging skills, and the songs were amazing. The first one, the lyrics I mean, gave me chills. Who knew someone could be that twisted and evil? The story was also sad, and a bit romantic even. As for the second set, it was very upbeat and catchy. I even caught Dell and Meito dancing a bit to the beat. It was quite amusing. We gave the first set a score of 10.5/12, and the second song a 11/12. Overall, you get a 19.5/20. Thank you all for the stunning performances, and may you have a great day."

The group cheered and hugged or high fived each other and everyone in their school clapped and whistled for their high score.

OG After story note:

Ah well

That was something.

I think this took me about 5 days in all to type.

-checks-

Oh my god it was five days ago IM PSYCHIC

*ahem* anyway

i know Yukari didn't get much action in The Heat Haze Outer Science Days, but she got more in Stepping Insanity (matryoshka x shadow stepping etranger)

Oh yeah, they're both pretty good mashes, although the outer x kagerou wasn't as good as i wanted it to be.

Uuuh

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this! I have some other notes after this a/n but yeah

Thanks for reading, leave a review, maybe follow, maybe even favorite? :O

Thanks!

~Rumi Amano

Edited After Note:

Eyyy

I added more dialogue, and a bit of comedy/humor to this one. Uuuuuuuh

Yeah

Next chapter is all about that revenge

but bear with me

i suck at writing revenge plans so uh

bear with me sorryyyyyy

But yeah

I hope you enjoyed this chapter (and the one before that)

So, maybe review? Maybe even follow/favorite?

Thanks!

~Rumi Amano

*Outer Science

**Heat Haze Days/Daze / Kagerou Days/Daze

***Matryoshka

****Shadow Stepping Etranger description: about a girl who learns to accept the she told herself she can take it but deep inside she couldn't believe the world was she was a child her mother smiled a lot but then she didn't pay as much attention as before and they start to is why the girl drew her own her mother dies and she is left asks herself "Aren't you going to do something?" and learns that the world will always change and stands up,confident.

*The song she plays is sort of like the video I found: ' "Legacy" - Upbeat Orchestral Violin Beat ' by OminousKill on YT; just the first part before the clapping-sounding part comes in. When it's the part where they counted and such, "Rebekah's violin solo" by learn2316 on YT

At the end for her solo, go on YT and look up teppeikunviolin's cover for Matryoshka 2:41 to the end. Put it on x1.5 speed. You're welcome.