Whoa! Chapter three and the OC is going to make a debut in the story! I hope you're excited for it! I know I am. Today we're also going to have Kaito here woo! But Len will always be here because Len…is Len…
Len: I know I'm great aren't I?
Len, I will still slap you if you act asshole-ish…
Len: …
Kaito: Well I'm going to stay on topic! None of the characters besides the OC belong to this writer! Now who has an ice cream?
Len & Me: Good job staying 'on topic' Kaito…
Kaito: What?
Len blinked.
A new… Vocaloid…?
Simultaneously Rin, Gumi and Miku all gasped in excitement as the black curtains settled to the sides of the stage. Meiko, Luka and Gakupo were all eyeing the newly revealed living machine on the raised floor with interest. Leaning on the wall room wall, still smiling, was Kaito.
"Oh, I am most definitely happy…" He nodded his head approvingly, looking the new Vocaloid up and down.
Standing in the middle of the stage was a young girl that seemed to be in her early teens. Her hair was blonde and long, falling down to her waist, and turning to an orangey color then brown near the ends as it did so. It seemed whilst making this new Vocaloid the creator had decided to gift her with a cute, sweet face. However it then looked like when they started making her body they changed direction to a more 'shapely' than 'cute' route, as much of that look as a fourteen year old can achieve any way. The girl standing on the stage achieved quite a bit.
The outfit she was wearing was a dress with a white top that came all the way up to her neck, but lacked any sleeves and a back. Around her waist it turned into a light pink ballerina style skirt with a brown belt. Dangling from the belt there was a small white cat keychain hooked onto one of the holes in the material.
On her feet were dark brown knee high boots. Coming up out of those boots were white ruffles and a pair of white stockings that came to her upper thigh and gartered to what everyone guessed were shorts under the bright skirt. Her hands were clad in white fingerless gloves that matched the rest of the outfit and stopped just below shoulders. The palms of the gloves were decorated with a pink paw design. Hanging from the brown collared part of the shirt around her neck was a big pink bow with a yellow bell placed in the center.
Her light blue eyes were big and soft. She looked with an expression which no one could identify at the group of Vocaloids staring at her curiously. (Thought that knowing her outfit was important because usually when you think of a Vocaloid you think of them in their usual outfit…It kind of defines them more in a way…)
Very slightly Rei Koneko tilted her head to the side.
"Aw! She is so cute!" Rin exclaimed.
"But…" Len said hesitantly examining the blonde haired Vocaloid. "Why does she have cat ears and a tail…?"
Instantly everyone looked to her head. It was true, sticking up out of her hair were two cat ears the same shade of yellow as the top of her hair. A cat tail of the same color accompanied them, a bow tied around the tip. In tiny movements it swayed back and forth.
The Master looked over at the cat eared girl and smiled sheepishly.
"Oh, right…" Rubbing his head he thought of his answer. "About that…" He shrugged. "Well, I like nekos."
Meiko moved her hand to cover her face.
"Of course you do…" Exasperatedly she shook her head.
Similar looks were given to the Master all around the room.
"Hey, nekos are one of the wonders of the world." Kaito said happily in agreement with the Master's decision to make the new neko girl.
Rei gave him a glace then looked down blankly at the ground. The Master shot Kaito a thumbs-up. He had taken off his tuxedo and hat, now randomly wearing normal clothing.
"Exactly!" He nodded at Kaito. "And now that the introductory is over, let's move this up to the living room."
He made a motion to Rei for her to follow. She nodded soundlessly and grabbed hold of his arm, clinging to it tightly as he led the way. As they walked by Rin tried to make conversation with Rei.
"Hi!" She smiled cheerfully putting out her hand. "I'm Kagamine Rin!"
The new Vocaloid stared emptily at Rin for a moment as she passed then looked down at the floor, hugging the Master's arm even tighter.
"Ow." He winced in pain then smiled gently. "That hurts."
Loosening her grip Rei continued up the stairs and out of the room on the Master's side. Kaito, Meiko, Miku, Luka, Gakupo and Gumi all followed. When Len tried to go along after them Rin grabbed his arm, pulling him to a halt.
"She didn't even respond to me…" Rin pouted. "How rude…"
Len shrugged.
"Maybe she's shy." He told her.
"Maybe, but she could have at least said hi… Humph! I hope she doesn't think she's a great big diva already…" She puffed, making her own way up the stairs and leaving Len behind.
Hm… Len pondered looking thoughtfully at the doorway out of the practice room. There definitely does seem to be something wrong with her though…
Sticking her head back through the opening to upstairs Rin glared at Len.
"Are you coming?" She asked, still irritated.
Nodding Len quickly stepped up the carpeted stairway. However as he was going over the last step his foot caught on the bottom and he began to fall forward, his blue towel all a flutter around him. He ended up flat on his face in the hard wooden hallway.
"Len…" Rin said in a dark tone of voice. "Do you need some help…?"
Instantly Len stood up, waving his hands at his sister.
"N-no! I'm fine!" He stammered.
Rin stared at him expressionlessly before turning around and going into the living room where everyone else was waiting. Heaving a sigh of relief Len followed.
All of the seats were already taken in the large room, besides the one Rin was now hopping into. In defeat Len made his way next to his twin's chair and sat on the floor. Luka, Meiko, Luka and Kaito all shared the one large couch. Sitting in various armchairs were Gakupo, Gumi and Rin. The Master and Rei were seated beside each other on a small loveseat.
"Soooo…" Gumi said, wiggling in her armchair excitedly. "Can we here the details of the new Vocaloid?" She turned to Rei expectantly then looked embarrassedly at the Master uncomfortably. "I mean I know I'm not from here, but…"
"Oh, it's fine Gumi." Laughing the Master winked at the Megpoid. "It's nice to have you around. Ask all the questions you want."
Gakupo fidgeted a bit as Gumi smiled in a flattered way.
"Now," He started his lecture. "Rei Koneko is a Vocaloid, of the age of fourteen, designed and created by me." Looking apologetic he turned to Rin. "Which would mean, technically you are not related."
Rin looked at the Master with an un-phased expression.
"That doesn't mean I can't call her 'onee-chan', does it?" She shrugged and tried to send a smile to Rei.
Rei's reaction was to blink slowly and tilt her head to the side again, causing Rin to slump in her chair sulkily while Len suppressed the urge to face palm.
The Master glanced at Rei in a troubled way then continued.
"However as you are all owned by me… She will be living with us and most likely at… some point in time… sing along with all of you and perform…"
Miku raised her hand and began to speak.
"Oh, I want to hear her singing voice!" She spoke softly to Rei. "You've been awfully quiet… What's your voice like? I bet it's pretty."
Len watched interestedly as Rei's ears went back against her head and her tail tip started to twitch erratically. She glanced robotically around the room before tugging on the Master's sleeve. Len's face was not the only one to be a question mark.
"Well…about that…" The Master hesitated and Rei tugged on his sleeve again harder.
"Her voice software isn't quite finished yet…" He finished, rubbing his head in embarrassment.
All the Vocaloids in the room stared at him in shock. Len turned to see Rin with her hand to her mouth, looking guiltily at the Vocaloid she had criticized.
"Why activate her when she doesn't even have a voice yet?" Meiko was the one to break the silence, bluntly.
"Meiko!" Kaito stared at her in disbelief as Miku directed a sorry smile towards Rei. Luka, Gumi and Gakupo all seemed uncertain of what to do.
"I'm sorry, but it's the obvious question." Meiko crossed her arms and looked away with an unhappy scowl.
Len watched as Rei's face, for the first time since he had seen her, showed emotion, even if it were only barely so. He saw her eyebrows fronts slant upwards and her eyes shine sadly for a few seconds until as suddenly as it had came it disappeared, leaving Rei staring blankly at the ground.
"That is also a problem…" The Master's face was surprisingly serious. "You see, as I was making her an error occurred in which many of her memory files were lost. She still has mostly all of the basic knowledge but… I thought the time between now and when I was finishing her voice would be a good time to…find herself if you will." His eyes flicked to the un-reacting Rei.
"I see…" Luka said in her husky voice, glancing at Rei. "So that's why she's been so…" She didn't know how to finish.
"Zombie like…" Mieko mumbled what was on her and everyone else's mind.
Len's eyes flashed and he decided to speak.
"Just because she has some errors doesn't mean she isn't feeling anything right now. And at the moment we're speaking like she isn't even here." He spoke loudly.
Rin blushed, embarrassed as always when her brother had his outbursts. Of course the size of them varied greatly depending on what finally made Len crack.
Rei brought her blue gaze up to Len as Meiko chuckled softly.
"You're a good kid, banana boy. And it's cute how emotionally in touch you are." She smiled and winked teasingly at him.
The banana towel wearing boy's face flushed to red at this comment. Rei perked her ears as everyone in the room quietly laughed at the truth of Meiko's words.
While everyone was still playfully making fun of Len's 'feminine side', Len himself looked up from his embarrassment with curiosity to Rei. He was surprised to see her open her mouth and try to imitate what looked like what might have been laughing. When no sound came out she put her hand to her lips and stared calculatingly at the floor.
"Ah, look how late it has gotten!" Looking out the window Gakupo broke from his laughter. "I hope we are not worrying our Master…"
The very top of the sky was a dark grey, changing color from a dull rosy pink that was slowly draining away.
"Aw! But Gakupo this is so interesting!" Gumi gestured to the room, and then realization suddenly crossed her face. "Oh! And we never even did introductions! How could we forget that?"
The Master lightly hit his head with his fist. "You're right, how improper of me to forget on such a big occasion!" He began to stand up, Rei quickly doing the same as he did so. "Well you can all do the honors." Happily he nodded at all the Vocaloids.
"I'm Megpoid Gumi!" The green haired Vocaloid took the honors of introducing herself first. "And although I don't live here I'm sure we'll see each other a lot. This guy in the purple pony-tail is my brother Gakupo." Mischievously she glanced at Gakupo then leaned closer to Rei. "You know… you're pretty cute… What if I told you onii-chan didn't have a girl friend…? I mean… I'm certain you'll work out your little…issues soon so…"
"It was nice to meet you Rei, but we must be going now... Especially now that Gumi is starting one of her rants…" Gakupo cut in smiling embarrassedly at his bubbly sister's loudly whispered words.
Seeming to know enough to be polite Rei dipped her head in a small bow. After that Gumi followed her hastily retreating brother grumpily out the door. Through the window a giant purple eggplant could be seen flying off into the distance. If anyone had been watching a little while longer, they would have also seen a person, pony-tail streaming behind them, fall from the vegetable's back and impact in the ground. The remaining green haired rider didn't look back as she flew on.
Next to introduce himself was Kaito.
"I'm Shion Kaito. I do live here so we should become very, very good friends." He gave a flirtatious smile and tried to take her hand but Meiko pushed him out of the way.
"Don't touch him." She told the confused girl. "He's dirty…" You could almost see her words stabbing into Kaito. "But anyway I'm the always charming Kaji Meiko." Reaching out she grasped Rei's hand in a firm grip and shook it.
"Aw… Why do you always have to be so mean, Meiko?" Kaito complained.
Meiko shot him a menacing glare and pointed at him sharply.
"Don't touch the neko. I'm going to bed now; I'll see you all tomorrow." Yawning, she abruptly made her way out of the room and disappeared in the direction of where her bed was located. Kaito sat depressed in a corner.
A polite expression on her face Luka bowed slightly to Rei.
"My name is Megurine Luka. I also live here. Before you I was the newest Vocaloid so I understand what it may be like. And this is…" She looked around and then put her hands to her mouth. "I forgot Tako Luka in the car! Oh no…" And just like that Luka dashed out of sight and was also gone. A long, angry lecture from a pink octopus awaited her.
The moment she disappeared Kaito was back by the neko's side, chatting basically to himself as Rei stood statue still, staring into the open space in front of her.
"Kaito onii-chan," Miku said from behind Kaito and brought a particularly stiff looking leek down on top of his blue hair Llevan style. Kaito crumpled to the ground with swirling eyes.
"It was my turn…" Still holding her leek Miku turned with a sweet smile to Rei, who had been watching the knocked out Kaito on the floor. Slowly her eyes shifted up to the long teal pig-tailed girl.
"My name is Hatsune Miku! And don't worry that you don't have a voice yet, I'm excited to be singing with you soon!" As she spoke you could see Rei's previously dull eyes take on a bit of a shine, and then fade again. Rei nodded her head and bowed respectively to the cheerful negi girl.
Rin stepped up next, grinning happily.
"I'm Kagamine Rin, but you already know that. I know that you're not really my onee-chan, but let's just pretend you're to married my twin over there so I can say you are, eh?" Deviously she glanced over her shoulder and smirked at Len.
"H-hey! W-wait a minute!" Len protested, his ears turning a deep red.
"Oh, quiet down." Rin laughed and stuck her tongue out at her brother playfully. "I was only kidding."
Rei looked horribly confused for a moment then shook her head and reverted back to a lack of emotion. She raised her arm, extended her pointer finger towards Len and tilted her head to the side.
Awkwardly Len pointed to himself.
"Me?" He asked confusedly.
Rei nodded and took turns pointing at everyone in the room. As her finger stopped on each person she mouthed words.
"Kaito," Her lips formed the name as she pointed at his body on the floor. She then moved to Miku, who was munching on the leek she had used to disable Kaito.
"Miku," Rin looked extraordinarily happy as Rei's finger traveled in her direction. Her large white bow bounced as she wiggled excitedly in anticipation.
"Rin," After Rei said her name Rin gave a small fist pump of victory. Len face palmed embarrassedly at his sister until Rei pointed to him and tilted her head again. Her ears were perked in question.
"O-oh! I-I'm Kagamine Len." Nervously he bowed quickly, and then shot back up again.
Rei dropped her finger and put her hands behind her back, her bow adorned tail waving slowly behind her. She continued to stare at Len with her icy eyes.
"Len." He watched her mouth his name and instantly felt hot in the face again.
"Y-yes…" Answering he swiftly turned around to hide his blushing. As he did he spotted the Master who had fallen asleep lazily sprawled on the loveseat. Of course, just as he saw this he heard Rin behind him.
"Oh, are you tired?" She asked the yawning Rei, who nodded her head in response to Rin's question. "Hey Master, Rei is tired… The lazy bum… He fell asleep… It looks like Miku-Chan has too…" She looked at said person, who was curled up on the couch, cradling another leek in her arms.
Rei yawned again and began to acquire a droopy lidded look. It had an odd effect on her blankly featured face. Suddenly Rin looked excited.
"I know! Why don't you sleep in my room? It'll be just like a sleepover!"
Len turned around.
"But what about me, Rin?" He asked his sparkling sister.
"You can sleep in the hallway Len…" Her voice was dark as she looked at her brother. She began her sparkly mode again as she turned back to Rei. "So how about it, Rei?"
Silently Rei shook her head side to side. Pulling aside her long hair she put her back to Rin and pointed to a charger hole in the back of her neck.
"Aw…" Rin said disappointedly. "Well make sure you charge up properly next time, and then maybe we can another night?" She fidgeted excitedly, not yet sleepy herself.
This time Rei nodded her head in approval. She then walked to the exit of the living room and pointed down the hall, in the direction of the door that led to the practice room and past that the Master's workshop. Understanding Rin nodded her head.
"Goodnight then, Rei!" She waved happily.
"Goodnight!" Len said quickly bowing nervously again.
Rei returned politely with a small bow of her own then disappeared behind the wall. A few seconds later the Kagamine twins heard the door to the previously mentioned room open then shut with a click.
Both Rin and Len also began to make their way to their room.
"Len, this is so exciting! I can't wait for tomorrow!" Rin happily told Len.
Sleepily Len nodded his head.
"Yes, neither can I. Rei is an interesting person…" He contemplated her programming errors as he said this.
"But I feel bad for her… A Vocaloid without a voice… isn't much of a Vocaloid, is it?" She spoke her worries. "And she acts like she barely feels anything… I can't even imagine that…"
Len looked determinedly ahead.
"Rei will get a voice soon. I'm sure of it. And I saw her; she definitely has emotion, even if she's not exactly sure how to deal with it yet. But she'll learn." He said.
"Len…you're so soft!" Rin snickered at her brother, running ahead to their room's door and pulling it open.
"I-I am not!" He called after her and tried to catch up. "What do you mean?"
Rin paused at the door and shrugged.
"Just the way you act. It's girly and weak." She said with pursed lips.
Len walked into the room with his head hanging and pulled the covers aside from his bed. Crawling in, he adjusted his towel so he was more comfortable. He then reached over to his charger chord and plugged it into the back of his neck.
"I'm just going to go to sleep…" He sighed in a depressed way and pulled the comforter back over his head.
"Alright, I don't really care what you do as long as you man up a bit." Sitting down in a stuffed orange shaped bean bag Rin pushed the power button on one of the many game consoles surrounding the television against the wall of their room. The screen flashed to life and Len pulled his face out from under the covers.
"Won't you be too tired to do anything tomorrow if you stay up all night playing?" He asked.
"I won't be up for long… I only wanted to get past Nappa tonight anyway…" Rin replied, clicking the story mode setting for Dragonball Raging Blast 2. (Oh, you know I just did that… Sorry… I could not think of any other games at the moment…)
"You're going to get pulled in…" Len warned his sister, watching as Rin collected coins as the Nimbus cloud.
"I don't' need advice from someone who can't even find their own underwear…" She retorted in an annoyed voice as the DBZ grunting noises began (My DBZ fandom is really starting to show in this fic). "And I thought you were going to go dream about bananas now."
Giving up Len rolled over on his side and closed his eyes.
I am not girly and weak… He thought.
Letting out a breath Len fell asleep to the sweet sounds of Krillin getting owned. (HA! TAKE THAT KRILLIN! Haha… Space Duck…Quack…) Meanwhile Rin cheered/yelled at her beloved game all through the night.
AND THERE IS CHAPTER THREE… It was really funny though because when I started writing I was like "Oh, snap… What does Rei look like…?" Yeah so it took me a few days to figure that out and then my internet is broken or something on my laptop so… I am not very computer compatible…
Len: Woo… Still no pants… and also apparently weak and girly…
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Len: …No objections…?
…It makes you cute Len. :D
Len: …
Just kidding (kind of)! I love ya Len. You are super manly. Those high notes you sing are seriously attractive. Anyway I feel Luka was not seen enough in this story so here she is to say 'bye'. Just 'bye'.
Luka: Goodbye!
…DAMN IT LUKA… Please review everyone! It is quite depressing when no one does! :D See you next chapter!
Len: Bye...
