A/N:

YES! Here's the final chapter to One Chance! Wow, it took more than a month to complete this and I'm so sorry to those who had to wait for me to post something up... OTL

Anyway, hope you all like it! ^^

And again, I apologize for the fact that I absolutely suck at romance (I'm not much of a romantic myself), since I tried to add in some more KAITOxMiki romance, so please bear with me. =w="

Chapter Four: Betrayal

"What we can do for another is the test of powers; what we can suffer is the test of love."

"A-are you sure she wouldn't mind?" the young girl asked, her feet shuffling from underneath her.

"Of course I'm sure! After all, she's sooo far behind, she'd never catch up. But you, on the other hand, still have a good shot at this. Stay by my side, and you'll be popular before you know it!"

She smiled. "R-really? You mean that? B-but what about Miki? She's been my friend since the day I was released, she wouldn't-"

"Trust me, she won't mind at all. After all, doesn't she value you're happiness?" the young diva replied with a sly smirk.

The girl slowly nodded. "Yeah, I-I guess so. But are you really sure she won't-"

"I've already told you she won't!" she snapped. "Listen, just do as I say and you can help her out too, if you want."

The naïve girl couldn't help but smile. "Thanks Miku! I now really don't understand why Miki dislikes you so much. You're one of the nicest people I know! She should really try to hang out with you sometime. And thanks again for your offer, I won't let you down!"

The tealette couldn't help but keep a smug look on her face. "I know you won't Gumi", she lighlty patted her shoulder, "I know you won't."

Miki skipped inside of the house, grinning from ear to ear, as she made her way into the kitchen. Inside the living room, Piko was busy trying to untangle his USB cord that had knotted up but looked up when he heard light footsteps coming his way. To his surprise, he saw the face of a jubilant red-head, a smile so wide and perfect that he couldn't help but stare.

Miki stopped for a second to wave at him. "Evening Piko-tan! It's a beautiful day, isn't it?" she said as it took him another five seconds to register that she was actually talking to him.

He hastily shook his head before turning his attention to her. "Kun! It's Piko-kun! Tan is for girls!" he said as he felt his cheeks burn from embarrassment. Wow, he thought, great comeback, she'll definitely respond to that...

Since he was too busy mentally chastising himself, he failed to take note that she was playfully sticking her tongue out at him before saying, "Whatever you say, Piko-tan~" and happily skipped away. He mentally facepalmed himself before burying his face into a pillow to scream out his frustrations. When he was finished, he chucked the pillow back onto the sofa before sliding down in it and sighed.

"Girls are so confusing. For two weeks they act like the most emo-est person on earth. And then, in just a few seconds, they act as if though they've won Miss Universe..." he grumbled before turning his attention back to unknotting his USB cord, silently cursing Lily and Iroha for pranking him...again.

xXx

Swish! After that last swing, Gakupo placed his katana down, exhausted from his daily training in his private dojo. As he sat down on the floor, he inhaled deeply before hearing a sweet voice, humming a beautiful tune. Sure enough, he turned to see a cascade of flowing cherry-red hair, followed by the fair complexion of a young girl. Like the boy before him, Piko, he couldn't help himself as he stared outside the door of his dojo. He started to rack his mind, wondering who was the person that the lovely voice belonged to. It sounded so familiar... It wasn't until she made the slightest turn of her head that he was able to see and knew right away who it was: Miki. He gaped at her smiling face, it seemed so long ago since the last time he saw her do that. He was at a loss of words until she looked directly at him.

Once she realized he was staring, she stopped humming long enough to poke her head inside of his dojo and gave him a small wave. "Good evening Gakupo-sensei!", she went on when she noticed he was opening his mouth to speak, "Sorry, can't talk right now! I'm busy looking for somebody, but I hope you had a productive training session~!" she bowed and skipped away, while he kept eyeing her fading figure.

He let out a small chuckle once he knew she was gone before getting back up. "That young maiden is by far more mysterious than the fair Luka," he said with a gleam in his eye. "But alas, one has already proclaimed to make it his mission to make her his." he finshed with a small sigh as he collected his things and walked out without another word.

xXx

"OW!" Len started to whimper as he saw strands of his golden blonde hair from a hair tie fall to the floor. He couldn't help but sigh as he tried to wipe off the makeup from his face and scowled when he saw the red smear on his hand. If only Lily and Rin weren't so damn strong... He thought as he pulled out another one, a bit too harshly, and threw it at the wall in his room. He couldn't believe that they targeted him to be their victim again for another one of their stupid pranks, it was getting really old. He started to pull the nun outfit over his shoulders as the memory of their ambush was still fresh on his mind.

He shuddered "Just one of these days, I swear, just one of these days I'll-!"

"Heya Lenny-kun! What're you swearing to do?"

"KYA~AH!" he screamed as he quickly pulled the dress down and soon realized that he was face to face with, who he believes, to be the prettiest girl in the Vocaloid home. He felt his face heat up as he struggled to hide it behind his hair. "M-Miki-chan! Wh-what're you doing here?"

He heard her giggle as she started to lightly pat his head. Wait a minute...Did she just- "Oh I just came in for a quick visit, that's all. I need to ask you something, very, very, very important." she said, stressing out every syllable in very.

"S-sure! Anything, ask me anything at all!" I wonder what she wants to know!Or maybe she wants to ask me if I'd like to go out on a... he felt the blush intensify as that possibility popped into his head. He was hoping that would be the case until they were mercilessly crushed by the next thing she had to ask.

"Where's Kaito-sama?"

He felt crestfallen as he slumped down onto his bed. "Oh..." That was the only thing he could say. I thought she was gonna ask if we could go somewhere... She didn't notice his expression and went on.

"I've got something important to say to him and it'll help me a whole lot if you could tell me if you know where he's at." she said as she pulled his hands in hers. At that moment, he felt like he was gonna die. Here she was, in his room, asking for help instead of ambushing, abusing, and insulting him. How could he say no to her?

"H-he's in...the kitchen...making ice cream..." his voice was barely audible but she caught what he said and let his hands go. He couldn't help but pout until she pulled him into a tight embrace.

"Oh~! Thank you Len-kun! That means a whole lot to me!" She licked her thumb and rubbed his left cheek with it. "Sorry, you had some makeup on there. By the way, love the dress. So moé~!" she said as she skipped out of his room.

After she left, his hand went up to the cheek that she touched and grinned.

"...I'm never gonna wash this cheek ever again..."

xXx

Miki started sprinting down the steps and collided into her "brother", Kiyoteru. She tried to side-step him, but his foot got caught on the rug and ended up falling on top of her. Papers were scattered everywhere as they both scrambled to collect them. Once they had managed to collect them all, and after Miki finished apologizing, Kiyoteru doke slapped her. "Miki...please...shut...up..."

She yelped and began to rub her forehead. Uh oh, looks like somebody hasn't had any caffeine in two hours... He did look a little more tired than usual, but he's just that kind of person to over-do his work load. She handed him his papers and started to twiddle her thumbs. "Um, Kiyoteru-" He groaned but she ignored him, "do you need some coffee or something? I'm going to the kitchen right now so maybe I can-"

"Yes!" she jumped at his sudden outburst while his cheeks were starting to turn pink from embarrassment. "Uh, um, I mean...A coke would be fine, I am a little thirsty..."

Miki grinned. Can't be Kiyoteru without caffeine! She nodded and started walking back downstairs. "Alrighty then! I'll make you a cup of black coffee and leave it inside your office. Does that sound ok?"

He couldn't help himself as he smiled at her. "That sounds wonderful. Oh, and Miki?" She stopped and turned around to face him. "Yes?" The corners of his mouth went down a little as he looked a little hesitant. "Uh, sorry about hitting you..." he started to rub the back of his neck as his cheeks turned a darker shade of pink. "I've been a little stressed out lately and -"

She laughed and shook her head. "No worries Kiyoteru-sensei. I understand. Just try to take it easy after I bring you your coffee, 'kay?" she didn't wait for him to respond and slid onto the banister. She was even more eager to get to the kitchen now that she had another reason to go there.

He couldn't help but laugh at her childish antics. "I wonder why she's so excited about making coffee?" he wondered out loud and shrugged. "Well, it certainly beats having her mope around all day, I almost forgot how she sounded like when she laughed..." he stopped and checked his watch before breaking out into a tizzy and rushed to his room.

xXx

Finally, after taking all of those stops, Miki arrived into the kitchen. She couldn't help the smile coming onto her face as the warm blush started to bloom on her pale cheeks. She recognized the messy blue hair from the back of a certain ice cream-loving fanatic. Taking a lock of her red hair between her fingers, she began to nervously twirl it around, suddenly having second thoughts. Would he be...pleased to see me? No, he probably wouldn't. After all, I have been avoiding him for almost a month... She snapped out of it to mentally slap herself and clenched her fists. No! Stop being so damn pessimistic Miki! Do what Luka-sama told you to do!

She sucked in a deep breath, sprinted towards his direction, and glomped him from behind while yelling, "GOOD EVENING KAITO-SAMA~!" He yelped and literally jumped a foot up in the air before turning around to see the cherry-haired girl clinging onto his scarf. She giggled and waved to him with a free hand. "Hiya! Listen, I just wanted to let you know before I-" she stopped mid-sentence because he grabbed her off his back, and flipped her around to face him.

She gasped and became suddenly frightened by the dark look in his eyes. He scowled at her and felt herself shrink back a little. I-I've never seen him like that before... In her mind, the thought he hated her had crossed itself before he surprised her by pulling her body close to him and hugged her tightly. Miki was too shock to say anything as she felt her heart speed up and her face growing unnaturally hot. His arms were wrapped around her limp ones as she rested her chin on his shoulder. They stayed like for a few more minutes (felt like eternal bliss to her) until he stopped and let her go. The corners of her mouth twitched as a pout was threatening to form even though she felt like grinning from ear to ear.

He lightly touched her shoulders as he leaned forward, his lips barely brushing against her ear, and whispered in a husky voice, "Why were you running away from me?"

Against her will, her body shivered as she was struck speechless. He captivated her, she couldn't get her tongue to move or have her mouth form the right words. He pulled away as his cerulean eyes looked into her ruby-red ones, waiting for her to say something, anything, to him. When she still couldn't, she shook her head and shrugged. He looked confused for a moment before letting her go.

Miki looked up at his face and started to wring her hands nervously until she finally forced the words to come out. "I-I want-ted t-to ask...", she took in a deep breath to steady her quivering voice, "...ask y-you about M-Miku-chan..." she finished. She focused her attention back to her feet and tucked a stray lock of red hair behind her ear.

He tilted his head to side in confusion. "Really? What about Miku-chan?" And don't tell me all the crap Miku's been doing to you since you went mute on us, he bitterly thought. It always seemd to be about the same thing, Miku picking on Miki, Miki smiling at her and trying to ignore her hurtful comments- "Are you and Miku-chan dating?" ...or Miki asking me random questions from out of the blue. She caught him off guard as he looked back at her ivory face, which had a tint of dark pink on her cheeks. That's when it hit him.

He never really looked at her clearly the way he looked at Miku, Meiko and all the other women in the household. Even though her face was a lot paler than Miku's, it was fuller, giving her a soft, cherubic look. She had large, clear eyes and her irises shone a brilliant shade of red, uncanningly similar to rubies. Every time she blinked, her long, thick eye-lashes seemed to caress her cheeks before opening up and lightly grazing her brow. Her lips were full, not thin like Miku's or "pouty" like Lily's... He finally understood what he meant.

She really is beautiful.

It all made sense. She was another victim of Miku's jealous rampage, not only because their names were similar, but because Miki had her beat in just about everything. Vanity and personality wise. That would explain why she was the only one Miku resorted to actually physically attack. To tarnish her image in hopes to enhance her own. He began to feel enraged that he had never seen it like that before. Or maybe I did... He remembered all of those times he stood up for her when her own best friend, Lily, couldn't. If he was able to succeed into making Miku shut up for nearly a month, the only time that nobody was at each other's throats, then Miki must mean something to him. Could it be that this whole time I was actually trying to protect-

"Earth to Kaito! Kaito-sama, are you alright? Was that a wrong thing for me to ask?" He snapped out of it when she waved a gloved hand in front of his face and noticed her worried expression. He lightly shook his head a little before stuttering. "Wh-what? Huh? Sorry, what were you trying to tell me?"

Miki repressed a sigh from slipping from her lips and continued to look straight at him. "Um, I asked you if it's true about you and...Miku-chan...you know...being...together..." The more she talked, the quieter she became as she started to fidget again and began to twirl a lock of her hair between her fingers, afraid of his answer. Her fears were confirmed by the pained look in his eyes.

"Y-yeah, we are..." he said, a pang of guilt hit him. Hard. The look in Miki's eyes didn't make him feel any better. She started to shuffle her feet and looked away from him. "O-oh...Okay, I was just, that was just...", she took a deep breath to steady her wavering voice,"...I-I got to go make Kiyoteru-sensei some coffee, I promised to make him a cup..." She didn't leave automatically and stayed rooted at the spot near him. After several, very awkward, minutes she shuffled to the cabinet and pulled out the coffee pot and maker. She could feel his eyes following her every move.

Oh, this is quite lovely, isn't it Miki? she thought to herself sarcastically. I might as well become a freakin' hermit again since the guy I love really is going out with that dreadful!

She slammed the coffee maker on the countertop, causing Kaito to flinch in surprise.

Deceitful! She knocked over countless bottles of spices as she dug through the cupboard again to look for the ground coffee. Once she found it, she stomped over the broken shards of glass and filled a cup of water to pour into the maker.

Kaito was looking at her with eyes wide with fear. Sh-she's actually really, really scary when she's m-mad! He started to take several steps back, fearing that there was more to come. He was right.

He yelped as he narrowly dodged a huge sack of flour from knocking him over, hitting the wall with a hard thunk!The second it hit the wall, the sack ruptured open and exploded in a huge gust of powdery white. Once the flour settled, the entire kitchen looked as though it was covered in an ashen blanket. It was everywhere.

Words laced with venom! Miki continued to stomp around the kitchen, leaving a clear trail in her wake. Before she was about to unleash her wrath on another defenseless object, Lily dashed in with a panicked expression spead across her face. She ignored the fact that Miki was covered entirely in white and grabbed her by the shoulders. Miki was swerved around and looked directly into Lily's dark azure eyes, which were filled with rage. Miki's anguish almost completely evaporated as she felt her body tense up.

"Lily-chan, what's wrong? What are you angry about-"

"It's that bi*** Gumi! The little traitor..." she hissed in a gruff voice. Miki was taken back by her tone and by the amount of malice hidden inside her words. Gumi? I know Gumi-chan doesn't settle well with Lily-chan, but what could she have done to- She was cut short from her thoughts as Lily took a firm grip on her hand and began to drag her along. "Come on, you'll see what I mean. And one more thing...", she slightly cocked her head to the side to take a small peek at Miki's blanched face,"Can I beat the sh** out of her?"

Miki's eyes grew as big as saucers. "N-no! What're you talking about, I don't have a clue why you're dragging me along with you and then you have to ask me something like-"

"You'll know what once we get to the studio!"

"Well, can you at least tell me what's happening at the studio-"

"Dammit Miki! If I'll try to tell you, I'ma get get even more pissed off than I already am if I tell you what that ungrateful bi***-"

Kaito stood at the sidelines, listening and watching the girls closely. Gumi? What's she doing in the studio anyway? Master hasn't made any plans to use her for any new songs yet or anybody else... He grew even more confused as he started to follow them, keeping a healthy distance away from Lily. Everybody knew what she was capable of doing the last time she got into a fight with Meiko... He shuddered at the thought.

Several minutes had passed until Miki could faintly hear singing... Huh? Who could that be? I thought we had a day off today... Miki's hand went out to reach for the doorknob but was beaten to it by Lily's swift kick at the metal door, knocking it clear off from it's hinges. Miki and Kaito paled as Lily stormed right in. They looked at each other, thinking the same thing: Damn girl!

The two girls abruptly stopped singing as they turned to face the three intruders. A gasped slipped through Miki's mouth as she saw Gumi's fingers interwined with Miku's. Gumi's eyes widened as she was overcame with guilt. It seemed like a good idea in the beginning, but the moment she caught sight of the red question mark-shaped ahoge, her throat began to feel painfully tight. She was singing Our Star, the song she promised to have a duet with Miki, but instead was seen singing it with the one person she knew Miki couldn't stand.

She yanked her hand out of Miku's and stuttered,"M-Miki-chan! I swear, i-it's not wh-what it l-looks like!" Miki's face hardened as she looked directly into Miku's cyan eyes.

"That's funny, I could've sworn that bit**y Diva told you that she hated your voice and your hair!" Lily snapped, feeling her anger rise. "How dare you do this to Miki! After everything she's done for you, you turn your back on her and crawl back to the one person who tortured you until Miki stood up for you!" she screeched.

Gumi flinched and tried to hide behind Miku who side-stepped out of her way. She let out a high-pitched giggle and sneered at Lily. "Still going out of your way to spite me, eh Lily-chan~"

Miki had to restrain Lily from striking Miku who laughed her sickenly sweet laugh. "Poor Miki, you're beginning to lose your grip on your 'friends'. How long are you going to try to keep this up?" she jeered. The look in Miki's maroon eyes was enough proof to her that she was finally getting to her. She was beginning to snap.

She nonchalantly flipped her teal hair and gave Kaito a sweet smile. "Hello there Kaito dear~" she chirped. Kaito balled his hands into tight fists infuriated by her indifference. Miku noticed how tensed he looked and feighned a hurt expression on her delicate face. "What is it Kaito? Why do you look so angry?" she pouted. When he still didn't say anything to her, she felt genuinely annoyed at him. Huh, so he's starting to wise up now...

She sighed and plastered a fake smile while trying to appear innocent. "Oh, so you're giving me the silent treatment~? I haven't done anything wrong, all I did was ask Gumi here if she'd like to perform a duet with me~"

Before Lily could retort to Miku's statement, she felt Miki's grip loosen and saw her march up to Miku. Even Miku seemed a little surprised as she saw the red-head walk to her, with murderous intent in her eyes. Miku backed up a little, her smile tensing as she tried to make it look as if though she wasn't bothered by her. Lily and Kaito couldn't move, they could feel Miki's malevolent aura surrounding the area as she backed Miku up to a wall. Miku's smile faltered as she felt the wall to her back and looked at the other three with pleading eyes.

"O-oh come on! Don't be like that, it's not in your nature to look so...vicious." she nervously giggled. Honestly, she was now terrified of Miki. Miki was known to be the klutzy, bubbly, happy-go-lucky sort of Vocaloid. Nobody had ever seen her look so cruel and vindictive. And all of that negative emotions was directed at Miku. She held up her hands in the surrender guesture and forced the muscles in her mouth to go up even though she felt her whole body quake in fear. "Tee hee! Okay, Gumi and I can call off the recording and-" she was stopped short by a stinging, burning sensation on her right cheek.

The slap resonated in the room, thanks to the acoustics of the area. The three of them stood there, dumbfounded. Lily was speechless, even though she was cheering on the inside that the tealette finally got, she had it coming. Kaito was impressed, yet again, at Miki's hidden beast. Gumi's hands went up to her mouth as she mentally squealed, scared out of her mind that she might be Miki's next victim. Miku's hand went up to her cheek and began to rub it as she held back her tears.

"Y-you little bit**! How dare you mar my beautiful face!" she screeched. Miki looked at her with cold eyes and hissed,"I hate you." Miku gasped as she saw Miki turn around and walk to Gumi. Gumi closed her eyes shut and her whole body tensed up, waiting to feel some kind of pain Miki would induce on her. Nothing.

She cautiously opened one eye and saw Miki's pained expression as she took in a deep breath. "I-I thought you were my friend..." her eyes flashed back to the familiar ruby-red hue until she looked away from Gumi's face. "...but I guess Luka was right after all..." She pushed Gumi aside and ran past Lily and Kaito.

Lily snapped out of it and cried out,"Miki! Come back!" and sprinted afterwards.

Kaito looked at Miki's fading figure before looking back at Miku, disgust evident in his eyes. "Miku..." She jolted as she heard him talk to her. For a brief moment, a look of relief crossed her face until she saw the look in his eyes.

She shranked back a little and bit her lower lip. "L-listen, I-I know that this looks bad and all, but I didn't think-"

"That was low, even for you."

She flinched at the sharp edge in his voice as he turned around and ran after Lily. The only noises left in the studio was her heavy breathing, and Gumi's sobs.

A/N:

Okay, I lied. I'm planning on making another chapter since this one was going to be incredibly long and I didn't want to over do it. I mean, this was extremely close to 5,000 words! Guess this had a lot useless details thrown in here...

I noticed that on Youtube, there are more Gumi/Miku duets than there are for SF-A2 miki/Miku and SF-A2 miki/Gumi. So that's what inspired me to use Gumi as a potential backstabber/scapegoat on Miku's part. But in no shape or form do I dislike Gumi! She's one of my top fav, I love her because of the quality of her voice and for the fact that it sounds incredibly pleasing to hear~

Now, about the cross-dressed Len...neh, I don't like that part. Not. At. All. I was having a hard time thinking what the girls could have done to him and that was the best (and most commonly used idea) I could think of. And nun moe isn't well known, he's just lacking the big gun is all. But I was too lazy to change that and I kinda don't plan on changing it...Eh, or I could change my mind. ^^"

I can't type a decent dialogue for Gakupo! Gah, please forgive me... OTL

And for those who are either true or hopeless romantics, advice is greatly appreciated! This was horrible...OTL

...Anyway, I'm really sorry for doing that, I hope none you mind it too much! ^^"