A/N: I don't own Vocaloid, or the UTAUloids. Or Yamaha. *sniff* Also, in this chapter there will be UTAUloids. (le gasp) However, I am not a magical being who knows all the UTAUloids that matter. I went on the UTAU wikia page. So, if you know one… and you don't see them…and you'd like them up…please send me their name, their personality and their age if you can find it. I appreciate it. THANKS
"What happened? Did Neru chase her again? She really should return those videos…" Natsuko glanced up to see a pinkette maid leaning over Teto. Suddenly the girl turned to look at her. "Oh! My goodness! I didn't see you there! Um, you must be the new UTAUloid? Wow, you're so pretty! M-my name's Momo Momone, but you can call me Momo."
Natsuko smiled and shook the maid's hand. "Thanks, nice to meet you." She scanned the small entrance to the house. "So this is the UTAU house…"
Another girl popped out from behind a corner. "Hey, Momo, what's the clatter? Did your head fall off again?" she asked. "Hey! You're the new UTAU! Very cool. I'm Defoko."
"I'm Natsuko," Natsuko answered.
Defoko nodded. "Come on and meet everyone. They're really excited about it." The violette showed Natsuko to a large room where dozens of people sat on a sofa around a TV.
"You're blocking. I can't see," said one blond girl.
"No I'm not!" denied another, an orange-haired boy.
"Shin, your goggles are obstructing my view," a gentlemanly-type man said patiently.
"Hey, you guys! The new UTAU's here!" Defoko yelled above the noise.
Everyone turned around and started exclaiming at once, all trying to introduce themselves simultaneously.
"One at a time, one at a time!" Defoko insisted. "Okay. This is Natsuko. She's new."
Teto marched in from the entrance, apparently refreshed. "Okay! Natsuko, meet the gang."
"This is Mako. She's a ninja." "Only sometimes," the dark-haired girl remarked.
"Luna Amane. She's obviously a rabbit." "Part rabbit, Teto, how many times do I have to explain it to you," the pretty blond girl from before remarked irritably.
"Taya Soune. He's… nice." A blue-haired guy raised his hand politely.
"Sora Suiga. He likes curry, but he's not useful for anything." "Hey!" the blond boy yelled, annoyed.
"Koe Utane, also known as Defo. She's—" "My sister," Defoko cut in, putting her arm around the long-haired violette.
"Right," Teto said. "Koto Fuuga—"
"I LIKE BIRDS!" an orangette cried excitedly. "Nice to meet you!"
"Sayu Yurika," Teto continued, glaring at Koto. A silver-haired girl waved happily.
"And Sai Yurika, her brother. He's lazy." "I'm not lazy, I'm lethargic," he corrected.
"Sure. Whatever. Tsubame Uta…Utano…"
"Utanomiyatsuko," a suited man pointed out. "Heyyyyy!"
"No leching! Shin Kaiga." "Yo!" called the orange-haired boy.
"Yufu Sekka. She likes winter stuff."
Suddenly Natsuko's eyes met with a pair of icy silver eyes across the room. The girl smiled sweetly and said, "That's me." Natsuko felt a deep hatred stir within her, like a blazing sun of fury that threatened to melt everything including that accursed girl with the braided hair—
"Natsuko?" Teto asked. "You ok?"
Natsuko shook her head furiously, breaking whatever spell had come over her. "Yeah. I'm fine."
"Okay. Sen Koumi and Sen Koumi (they're brother and sister)." Two brown-haired individuals waved from the back of the room.
"Mon Anchi, the pervert…although not the only one." "Come on! I'm fashionable," remarked a teen in a fedora. "Just because I think she's beautiful—"
"THAT'S ENOUGH," Teto boomed. "Don't blush, Natsuko, he's only playing you. Ron Keine, he doesn't like anyone." "Shut UP, Teto. NO ONE likes you," spat a dark-haired teen.
"Oh, go jump in a lake, Ron. Yone Mochitsuki. Now there's a nice kid!" "Pssh, you're too kind, Teto!" a pretty kid in a beautiful kimono smiled.
"Mayo Tagone." A pause. "Mayo Tagone! Oh, please tell me no one sat on her again!"
"She's right here," someone called (Natsuko thought her name was Mako). "She was in the fridge again."
"Hey," remarked a tiny girl in Mako's hand. "I'm a chibi android."
Natsuko nodded. "I see that."
"Suzakuppoid!" Teto continued. "He's a VIP escort!" A huge bald man in dark sunglassed nodded briskly from the side of the room.
"Pine Namarine. He crossdresses and he's an alien! At least no one can say he's not original!" A small boy in a purple dress raised his hand, silent due to the fact that his mouth was covered in plaster.
"Todoroki Eiichi and Eiji! They're siblings." A tall guy and a smaller, apparently female version of him smiled and greeted her cheerfully.
"Sirakane Hiyane!" a blond girl pumped her fist in the air. "Yo!"
"Supune Niku, a lady in the name of perversion! Seriously, watch out for her."
"I only like little boys," the woman pouted.
"Riiight. Nene Nene. She's a plant." A small girl in a black sailor uniform raised a root silently.
"Leeds and Loop Kasumiga, inseperable twins!" A pink-haired girl and a white-haired boy, both with their hair covering their eyes, waved quietly from a far corner.
"Get to Nana! When are you gonna get to Nana?" a small girl with large pink pigtails demanded.
"Um. Haruka Nana, age 10. While we're on the kids," Teto continued, ignoring Nana's persistent protests, "Ritsu Namine, age 6. He crossdresses unusually well." A girl (well, actually a boy) nodded from her (his) seat on the floor. "Japan is stupid. I like Korea," he said pointedly.
"Aaaaand Yokune Ruko! Actually, her user made her 12, but so many fans decided she's 19. So there you have it." A drowsy-looking girl with highlights in her black hair flashed a thumbs-up from her seat next to the coffee maker.
"Natsuki Nanto. Widower. With her cat N~Nyan," Teto said, pointing a painted finger towards a woman in an unusual dress holding a small gray cat.
"My brother, Kasane Ted," Teto said proudly, pointing to a moody guy near the door with hair similar to Teto's.
"Natsu Mizuka, she's from—" "I'm from Osaka, sugar! Y'all better not forget that," a girl shouted enthusiastically in a country accent.
"Yeah. Karasu Akabane…he's probably a lolicon. He likes crows."
Natsuko smiled. "Nice to meet you, Karashi."
A heavy silence filled the room. "Karasu," the redhead corrected, annoyed. "Not mustard. CROW."
"Yeah, that's what I said. 'Karashi'."
A few giggles echoed from the corners of the room.
Teto clapped her hands together loudly. "Um! So! Last one. Yuzu Shouga. He's bisexual and perverted."
Yuzu stared at Natsuko for a few seconds through his glasses, then shrugged. "Hi," was all he said.
Teto glanced around the room. "Eh…yeah, I think that's everyone."
Suddenly a strange slimy trail began to trace its way up Natsuko's leg. "What the heck?" she screamed, glancing down to see a snake with a dog's head slithering up her leg.
"Oh yeah, I almost forgot about Inuhebi! He's a dog…snake…I don't really know," Teto laughed.
Natsuko peeled him off her leg. "Aha…hi there." Inuhebi panted happily and slipped back down to the floor, where he slithered out of sight.
"Okay! So! You need to take a tour…and dinner is pretty soon…and you have school tomorrow," Teto said, counting off her fingers. "I'm gonna take a nap. Someone want to help—"
"I got it!" Koto yelled, prompting the people around her to plug their ears. "Meeeeeee!"
"Alright Koto. Just don't blast off her ears."
The orange-haired girl jumped up and grinned at Natsuko. "What are you waiting for? This waay!" she shouted happily, skipping out of the room. Natsuko smiled at the rest of everyone. "It was great to meet all of you!" she said, then followed the bird-loving girl out.
"Soooo Natsuko! How old are you?" Koto asked as she led the girl down the hallway. "These are a bunch of the girls' rooms, by the way. The guys' rooms are down there," she added, pointing down another hallway.
"I'm 15," Natsuko answered.
"Really? You're pretty tall, I thought maybe you were 16. I'm 17 myself!" she said. "You like birds? I love birds. My favorites are pidgeons and toucans."
"My favorite's the albatross!" Natsuko said energetically. "They're super big! I also like pelicans."
Koto grinned. "Oh my gosh, I LOVE pelicans! They look so funny!" she laughed. "Oh, my room's here…with the bird on it, see?" A large picture of a toucan was posted on the door.
"Yours is a few more…here!" Koto said. "You can put whatever pictures you want on it!"
Natsuko opened the door to a small bedroom with a desk, a bed, and a window. "There's a closet on this side," Koto said, pointing.
The brunette grinned. "It's perfect," she said. "I love it!" She rushed over to the window and peered out. "Wow, I can see a garden! Is that one of the UTAUloids' gardens?"
"Nope, it's all of ours! We all get a small plot of land."
"Wow…"
"I'll leave you here, kay? I have to help with cooking tonight. Just head out in about ten minutes or so, back to the room we were in before. Someone will show you the dining room and kitchen!" Koto turned and grinned one more time, bright orange hair falling over her shoulder.
"I hope we can be friends!" she shouted happily, skipping back down the hallway.
Natsuko closed the door to her room and lay down on the small twin-sized bed. There was too much to process—tens of thousands of thoughts floated through her head.
I'm an UTAU. I met Len. Koto wants to be my friend. UTAUloids. Miku talked to me. Luka talked to me. I'm a summer girl. I wonder when Dad'll figure out I'm gone. I have my own room in a dorm. I can sing whenever I want. I wonder if Michelle will notice I'm gone. I hope Max does. Max. I miss him. I'm an UTAU…
Natsuko sat up on the bed, holding her arm out in front of her to look at. It was slim and tan, with long fingers painted with a pink that matched her dress. Not at all like her usual arm, pale and round, with stubby, unpolished nails. Not a single mark that she recognized on her arm, not a mole, not a scar.
She really was the girl she had always wanted to be.
There was nothing that made her still Mina, though. Suddenly uncomfortable, she shifted again to face the wall. Was she Natsuko or Mina?
She smiled. She knew this line from dozens of books. She was both.
It would take time getting used to, though.
That's probably ten minutes, she thought to herself. After a final glance around her room, Natsuko pulled open the door and walked out into the UTAU house—or home, as she could call it now.
A/N: So yeah that's it so far and I'll keep going
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