AN- Woo new chapter =D
And Len's finally here xD
YAY!
Disclaimer: I in no way own Vocaloid or Crypton. I do however own the character Amene Taiyou.
"You always walk to school?"
"Yes."
"How come? Too poor to take a bus?"
"S-shutup, Meiko." Kaito childishly crossed his arms, turning away from his companion. Meiko smirked in response. She decided to leave him alone for once. The day felt too good to get on anyone's nerves today {Even if it was a robot who apparently was programed to annoy the crap out of her Master). It was in the middle of Spring, not too hot or cold. There was a light breeze drifting through the air that carried the scent of blooming flowers. Along the sidewalk were planted flowers and shrubbery that looked well care for. On the other side beyond a small wall bordering the sidewalk were a line of Sakura trees who's petals dazzled in the morning sunlight.
Meiko leisurely threaded her fingers behind her head, leaning back into them (It was soft since she had fitted her black arm warmers over both arms to hide the plug in on her wrist). She'd seen images of scenery's in the lab at Crypton, but seeing them in person was a completely different experience. It was so...so..for a lack of a better word breath taking.
Her chocolate eyes then turned toward Kaito, hesitantly, as he made awkward noises to get her attention.
"There are two more Vocaloids running around, right?" He asked. Meiko nodded.
"What about it?" She replied.
"Will you...be able to tell who they are? If you see them?" He added quickly. Meiko hummed in thought. Her arms once again lowered to her sides.
"I...don't know. I don't really remember much about the others. I only remember a bit about Crypton Labs." She said the company name with obvious bitterness. Obviously she didn't think much about her creators. Kaito decided it was best to avoid the subject.
"Why do you ask, anyway?" Meiko eyed Kaito curiously. He immediately, threw his up defensively.
"No reason. Just curious, is all." He said. The robot-girl turned her attentions back to the scenery before her. Kaito silently wondered to himself why he was so curious about the other Vocaloids. Probably because he wanted to make sure their Masters were suffering just as much as he was......(damnit).
He also wondered why Meiko had such a bitter attitude toward Crypton. Without them, she wouldn't exist, right? She was a robot, and robots can only be made artificially....It's not like we've got robots running around getting it on to populate the planet with little baby robots. Could robots even...do that? Well maybe if they were anatomically correct....
In his thoughts he eyed Meiko. But then shook his head violently, attempting to erase the mental images that sprung forth.
He was pretty sure Meiko wasn't meant for that sort of service.....
Or was she? He wasn't brave enough to ask. Even if she was, he probably wouldn't even think about doing it. Even if she was...kind of...cute. In her own way...
"Why are you blushing like an idiot?" Meiko asked suddenly pulling him from his thoughts.
"N-n-nothing! Iwasn'tthinkingaboutanythingdirty!" He said, stumbling over his words, and playing with his trademark blue scarf. Meiko snorted as she caught every word he said.
"Yeah. Ok. That means you were. But for your own safety, I'm not going to ask."
Kaito's blush intensified.
She was so not cute!
...
Ok maybe a little.
Meiko sighed, disappointed as she gazed at the school. The entrance walkway wasn't very elaborate, just cement paths and a sign naming the school. The building was kind of a boring gray colour with windows dotted here and there. It looked like it had two stories but it wasn't really all thatbig. Probably a 1,500 student limit. Kind of the boring type of schools you see on lame animes where the main character has fantasies about his school being shrouded in dark rain clouds. The school yard was dotted with trees and healthy looking grass, and then a baseball diamond a ways to the left.
But Meiko had expected something more....dazzling.A private school with rare plants in a garden lining the stone pathways to a gothic looking academy for her Master. But 'ohohoho~' she got stuck with Mr. Average.
Well it wasn't really Kaito's fault....He was all alone.
"Something wrong?" Kaito asked. Meiko immediately broke from her thought process without hesitation and gave a quick 'Nope,' in response. Kaito merely shrugged and continued onto school grounds. Meiko followed with a bit of a hop in her step. She was at least excited to be around humans that weren't trying to re-wire her and test her intelligence.....Well the teachers would be testing her but she was really only here to help Kaito. By the looks of how he handled his homework the night before, he needed it.
It wasn't cheating...per se. She was like...a tutor. That also attended class with you. Simple as onigiri.
"Hey, Kaito!"
Both Kaito and Meiko turned to see a short, blonde boy running in their direction. He wore the same attire as Kaito, except his tie was a bright yellow instead of navy blue. If asked why the boy would tell you to mind your own business.
"Len, Good morning." Kaito greeted cheerfully, turning around fully to meet the other. Though he didn't look it, Len was a junior just like Kaito. Though he was short and didn't really have any athletic skill, he was one of the smartest students that attended the school. He always got straight A's and despite his offers, Kaito was too proud to ask for his help in any subject. Meiko though, he didn't have a choice with.
"Morning." Len smiled, but then looked curiously at Meiko who was giving him the same stare.
"Oh!...uh Len, this is Sakine, Meiko-chan.." Kaito muttered, using the last name Meiko had told him Crypton had signed her up with "She..uh...J-just transferred here, and I was assigned to show her around." He stutteredfinding a suitable excuse. "Meiko-chan, this is one of my good friends, Kagamine Len." he continued. Meiko gave him a sideways glare at the suffix added to her name. Kaito inwardly smirked in victory.
"Oh, it's nice to meet you, Sakine-san." Len said politely. "Where did you transfer from, if I may ask?" He made no notion of why Meiko was wearing the male uniform.
Without any hesitation Meiko waved her hand indifferently.
"Oh just some school in America." She said. Kaito raised a brow.
"Oh so you speak English?" Len asked, curiously.
"Quite fluently." Meiko said in English with only a little bit of Japanese accent. Why hadn't Kaito known this? Len looked impressed, while Kaito stared with the usual dumb expression.
"Len-kun! There you are!" A blonde girl suddenly appeared at Len's side, and as Kaito looked between both pairs of blue eyes his stupid expression vanished, replaced by realisation.
"I'm sorry, Rin-chan, I thought it'd take a while at the office." Len said apologetically to the girl. The blonde then turned his attention back to Kaito.
"Kaito, this is my twin sister I've told you about." He said.
"Ah so thisis the lovely Rin-chan Len has talked non-stop about." Kaito said taking her hand and bowing like a gentleman. She laughed, amused. "I'm glad to see you feeling well."
The girl smiled brightly.
"Thank you, Kaito-kun. It's nice to finally meet you." She said before suddenly realisation hit her eyes. "Len talks non-stop about me?" She asked, looking to her twin.
"Why, yes. Yes he does." Kaito said, smugly, enjoying how his friends face began to turn a light pink colour.
"Aw...He's blushing." Meiko cooed, then introduced herself as well to Rin (oddly she didn't say anything about the uniform either). After that Rin began pulling Len away saying something about retrieving her uniform.
Once out of ear shot Meiko turned to Kaito.
"What was that about?" She asked. Kaito began walking toward the school again, and as usual Meiko followed in almost a skip.
"Rin-chan has been ill since she and Len were little. Len sometimes gets bad fits of illness sometimes but never enough to keep him in the hospital, like his sister. They've started Rin-chan on a new drug recently and her symptoms seem to be getting better day by day, so they've finally let her go back to school. Of course she requested the one Len goes to. Those two are real close, from what I hear. Len goes to visit her, everyday, and does everythingshe asks him to. He's actually pretty easily manipulated, but for Rin-chan, it's just that twin-bond thing." He explained.
So that meant even though she was new, that ruled out Rin as a Vocaloid. Len had talked about Rin long before the day at the mall.
"That's sweet of him." Meiko said quietly. Kaito nodded. Entering the building, the two shuffled their way through the crowd in the halls. After retrieving the correct text books from his locker, Kaito headed into his math classroom, Meiko following. She'd already informed him she had every class he had. He wasn't really bothered as much as one might think.
Kaito took his usual seat in the back row next to the window. He'd always like to daydream, or watch the girls gym class from the safety of the window. This week was archery week, he remembered.
But before he got himself comfortable he was immediately evicted by Meiko, who dragged him along by his scarf.
"Nu-uh. No more back row, Mister." She said, pulling him to the front row and sitting him down a bit roughly. Kaito sighed and placed his books on the desk. She took the desk next to him, and sent him a smile with a small wink.
He let his face drop onto the desk. It wasn't like they had assigned seats or anything. But in the front row he wouldn't be able to slack off at all. Then again...that was probably a good thing.
It wasn't long before he felt a looming presence standing next to him.
"Shion-san?"
Kaito lifted his head, to stare into the crystalline eyes of his kind-of-friend Amene Taiyou. He wasn't really that far away from the role of friend. He sat with Kaito and Len at lunch and other opportunities, he just was rather quiet. Kaito had no idea where to start with this guy. His look kind of deflected other people. He was kind of short, about the same height as Len, maybe taller, and thin with a bit of muscle. Crystal blue (almost white) eyes, and knee-length raven black hair. He kept it tied in a low ponytail, with a red hair tie. His skin was a kind of white shade, making most of the students gossip that he was a vampire. That was completely ridiculous however because as everyone knows, vampires can't stand sunlight. And there weren't any night classes that's for sure. Plus the guys name meant 'sun.' Duh.
"Did you copy the last bit of the notes from yesterday's lesson? I...kind of feel asleep again." Taiyou admitted. Kaito felt himself blush a bit, before scratching the back of his head.
"Sorry Amene-kun, I took a little nap yesterday too." He laughed nervously, catching Meiko roll her eyes next to him. Taiyou held up his hand.
"Don't worry about it. I'll just ask Sensei." He said, before making his way back to his seat.
Good thing, since their purple-haired sensei decided to enter the classroom. Not a second later, the bell rang.
"Good morning, class." He said, taking a seat at his desk, taking a sip from a cup of what could only be coffee.
"Glad to see you're on time today, Gakupo-sensei!" Called a student from the back of the room, earning a few snickers from the class. The purple haired teacher's eye twitched, annoyed.
"Shut it, Nero." Someone whispered to the blonde male who'd caused the disruption.
"Yes, please shut it, Akita-san." Gakupo said, clearing his throat angrily. His sea-blue eyes found Meiko and he silently gestured for her to stand. She did so.
"As you can see we have a new student with us today. Why don't you introduce yourself to the class?"
Meiko abruptly walked to the front of the class room and turned to face the students. She bowed deeply.
"My name is Sakine, Meiko. I've just transferred here from America. It's nice to meet you all." She said, rather blankly. Kaito rolled his eyes.
"Are there any questions for Sakine-san?" Gakupoasked. The boy called Nero rose his hand almost instantly and upon calling he asked:
"How come you're wearing the guys uniform?"
Meiko smiled sweetly and only Kaito could have guessed what followed.
"How about you shut your mouth before I shut it for ya? That's why I'm wearing it."
Needless to say she was sent back to her seat without any further questions.
She smiled as she heard Nero whispering to his buddies about what a bitch she was.
Not even five seconds into class and she was making friends.
AN- I love Meiko xD
I wanna be just like her when I grow up!
....Except the drunk part ._.
And of course there's gonna be some side Kagaminecest. I can't resist. So deal with it.
Remember kiddies: Reviews help the starving egos in my head D= I certainly don't feed it.
