Chapter Six- The big Concert preparation

Mass´s POV

`At saturday, there´s our concert and today it´s thursday. Only two days left, then we have a whole night of singing, just Miku and me, Len and Rin and after a long time Kaito with Luka in a duet with some love songs.. This is going to be exhausting and exiting! But somehow I feel strange when I watch Miku since yesterday... I never felt this before... Is it...? Nooo... That couldn´t be... I wouldn´t fall in love with my could also be because I´m worried that I will fail at the concert... Tis feeling is so strange, I... I think I need to practise some more then it will go away for sure but I need a silent room... Maybe I find a hidden room in the basement? I just need to get there without being seen. But what will I do if I still feel the same? … … Ah! I just try to hide it! Yes... that´s it!´ I didn´t noticed that I was looking like some psychopath at this moment while Miku came inside.

``Mass? Why are you looking at the mirror that creepy?´´

I didn´t know what to say and instead of answering, I sprinted towards the window, jumped and kicked it open but sadly it broke and I fell out. As I landed, I ran like the death in person would follow me. I managed it to escape quickly and to my luck, I had my clothes on and the bad thing was: Miku ran behind me. I decided to give everything I had and closed my eyes. Suddenly I felt something at my left shoulder burning, synchrone with my eyes. I had something inside of me activated and opened my eyes and ran so fast, Miku stopped and I just heard her shouting ``COME BACK RIGHT NOW!´´ Also I felt her starting to cry but this wasn´t going to stop me. I ran, didn´t knowing where to go but I kept running for a long time. After a longer time, I decided to stop. I wasn´t exhausted at all but unfortunately I didn´t knew where I went and got lost.

`Of coure this had to happen to me... If I just had answered her I wouldn´t be lost... It´s so beautiful here! Maybe... Maybe I can practice here without being seen... Okay, there we go, Love is War, the song I´m not that good in with.´

Lyrics

There is simply nowhere it can run
Love heat burning me, why can't you see?

AHH!~

See those gray clouds over me, some kind of monochrome shouting at me
Sunlight casts a shadow here, the twilight changes, its color, it's drawing too near

Ahh, the world is getting blurry now, and even so, can my heart still love you somehow?
I know it's true - yet I do not know what I should do oh.
What can I do, what should I do?
I am a fool... His play tool!

Let's start fighting don't ask how, this war I will allow
Just seeing you so happy I could kill myself right now
Ardent L-O-V-E - That is a sin to me
I'll show you all my feelings 'cause emotion it's my key

The megaphone I used, to shout to your heart, it has been torn apart
But it does not matter now, how far I reach and why, 'cause I'll never make it to your eye sight

Ahh, the sky is now so clear, I didn't notice
The sun on my path doesn't suit my tears
I can't hold on, my feelings are out of my reach
What can I do, what should I do?

Because you know I'm not going to cry 'cause of you
I love you, see?

I was fighting from the start, I'm shooting at your heart
I didn't choose this path, you did and you will feel my wrath
I'll show off and let the wind, just blow by and show my skin
I'll steal your gaze away until I'll finally have the win

Are you ready for my act?
This war I'm fighting is a fact and is still a drawback
Love is blind, and love's a bliss
The only way for me to see is by your loving kiss

``Hmh. Let´s give it a shot.´´

I started singing with a more deeper voice than I heard it from Miku. First I thought, this would be my death if I started singing it. Miku and I decided to let her sing it in japanese and me in english because I´m very good at english. So I had the music on one ear and began to sing. First I had to hear the first two minutes over and over again so I couldn´t get the right parts in the same moment, she would sing. My favourite part was the one where We had to sing the Aaaaaah~ Part. I tried the best to adjust my voice in a same frequency like Miku´s voice is. Her voice is very high and so it wouldn´t sound like complete shit, I decided to get my voice as high as I could. Luckily I wasn´t in puberty anymore. I got the voice of an adult but also a almost same frequency as Miku, just a bit deeper. Then, after some tries I shook my head and agreed with myself that I would first: Sing it in japanese too and second: I would return at the concert shortly before the Aaaah~ Part, where I would perform a double backflip and land safe at the stage, linking my headset right in with the micros of the stage and sing the song with Miku. I knew that it would be our turn after Kaito and Luka. Now I had to decide, on which tree I should rest for the night. My singing took me longer than expected, back home I couldn´t because I was lost. All I had was: My headset with only one way to communicate to a unit of mercenaries which I hired forever, also they gave me a small location chip in my jacket. Just in case. Then I had a zippo lighter with me which I bought to place it next to the TV in our room and my dagger. The strange burning feeling on my shoulder was still there and also I could see everything in the dark because my eyes were shining. I rolled my jacket on my left arm up to look, what makes it feel burning. I felt that it was some sort of activation inside of my body. I looked at it. My 01 was shining complete in a warm golden light. I covered it quickly so I couldn´t be found in the dark. I walked a bit through a tiny forest now. I found a big tree with a big branch. Enough space for me to sleep.

I actually managed it to fall asleep quickly but I could only be in a half sleep because if I should turn around, I might fall and die. I thought all the night about Miku. I felt her crying still, even over this distance. I also knew that she was calling my name in the distance. It made me very sad and I was about to cry too but my only chance to get back are my mercenaries I hired today, with their helicopter. They are good men and they are also reliable. They had a honor rule, that they won´t betray me as their client. Also, they are very good trained and armed to the teeth. After thinking, I tried my bes to fall asleep but I just couldn´t sleep. `I´m already used to sleep with Miku at my side. It was just strange, do I regret it? Am I really in sorrow because of her? Is it really that troubling me? … … Only thinking about it sounded stupid to me. I decided to climb my tree down and look if I still got my mobile with me. I really need to talk to Miku and apologize for running away.´

I searched my pockets and my jacket for my mobile. Nothing. Instead I had a better idea: Sending the mercenary squad leader out to my house for a small communication with Miku with her using his headset. That sounded good to me. I would send him with a regula ground vehicle there but the problem will be, that they have only armed vehicles and the others might be scared. I thought a bit about it but then I decided it would be the best if I send the squad leader out.

``Hello, mercenaries, can you hear me?´´

``Clear as day. What is it, Sir?´´

``Tell your squad leader to drive to my home and give his headset to my sister Miku. I need to talk to her.´´

``Okay? Aren´t you at home?´´

``No. And to be honest I don´t want to talk about why.´´

``Enderstood. He will be there in fifteen minutes.´´

``Thank you.´´

Fourteen minutes later, Miku´s POV

I cried a lot because of my brother´s disappearing. I was only thinking about him but it felt so strange... `Is it just because I already miss him really much? I mean I´m already used to have him near me anytime! This must be it... Nothing else!´

I ended the thinking, as I saw a very glaring light falling in the room. I looked outside, a military car? What they would want here? I went downstairs to the others to tell them.

``Hey, everyone, do you know anything about a military car coming to us? Did somebody ordered them?´´

Akaito answered me ``No, why would we need the military?´´

The doorbell rung now.

``Miku, I think they want you, HIDE! QUICKLY!´´

``Eh? Okay!´´ I ran upstairs and looked outside. The lights of the military truck are off.

The same time, Akaito´s POV

``Good evening, what brings you here to this late hour?´´

``I´m searching for a girl. Her name is Miku. I know she´s here. I´ve met her before as her brother signed the contract with my men and me. I´m the mercenary squad leader. I just need to give miss Miku my headset. Her brother wants to talk to her with it.´´

``Alright? Can you please show me the contract? I adon´t really trust mercenaries at night. I´m sorry, but I just want to protect my family.´´

``I understand.´´ He took a paper out. There was truly Mass´s signature.

``Okay, come in. MIKU? THE MEN IN THE TRUCK WAS SENT BY YOUR BROTHER! MAY HE COME UPSTAIRS?´´

Same time, Miku´s POV again

I heard Akaito asking me if the mercenary was allowed to come upstairs. I went to the railing ``Of course. Ah, the squad leader. You can come upstairs.´´

``Alright, ma´m.´´

The squad leader is an american, like his men but hey are nice men. Not aggressive, like normal mercenaries. SO I went back inside and sat down at the bedcouch. He came inside and saluted ``Ma´m, I have the order to hand you my headset because your brother wants to talk to you. He forgot his mobile phone. Here!´´

He held the headset in front of me and I took it.

``Thanks. You can go downstairs now.´´

``Understood.´´

After he went out of the room I began talking ``Mass?´´

``Ah, finally. It´s good to hear your voice, Miku.´´

``Why did you ran off then?´´

``I... I don´t actually know. I just had a feeling that I would mess up our part at the concert so I wanted to sing the song for myself again, but his time in japanese. It will sound stupid otherwise, you know? I mean, japanese vs. english doesn´t sounds that good on the stage by a japanese song. I tried to hide this feeling but then you stepped inside and I lost it.´´

``Eh? I don´t understand this...´´

``You don´t have to. I just wanted to tell you this and that I´m fine and that you don´t need to worry. I will be at the concert, I promise. But also something happened with me... My tattoo 01 glows in a golden shine. It´s not red anymore. Also my eyes are shining bright turquoise, did something like that happen to you too?´´

``N-n-no?! What´s happening with you?´´

``I have no clue.´´

``I guess... We will find out. When did you said again, that you will come back? You know... I feel so lonely... and lost without you... I´m already used to have you around me...´´

``I know this feel, Miku but I can return only at the concert. Look up when you are supposed to stat singing after Kaito and Luka. We will sing every song together. I promise.´´

``So... you will let me alone for a whole day... …?´´ She started to sob.

``I feel you crying. Don´t cry. I´ll be with you. In your heart. I´ll be always with you.´´

``But I need you!´´ Now she cried. I felt so bad, I wish I could be with her right now...

``Calm down. Please. You make me very sad and I don´t want to cry too.´´ I felt tears running down my cheeks. I felt so bad right now...

``I miss you... just... just... take care and if you have one scratch, then I´ll kill you, I swear!´´

``Okay... Do you have anything on your mind? I can´t sleep anyways so I have time.´´

``Like what should we talk about?´´ She seemed to calm down, so did I. I felt the tears stop running down my cheeks.

``Well, how about the last weeks? I think it was great with you. And also I´m used to have you around me aswell. It makes me feel complete and one with you and myself.´´

``I can say the same. I really like having you around me. I feel protected every time you´re around. Even if you would just stand at a concert in the last row, but I would know you´re there, I would feel safe. I would give my life into your hands.´´

``That... I´ve never seen it like this... also it means a lot for me that you say, you would lay your life in my hands... It makes me feel... special...´´

``*giggle* Well, you´re some sort of my guardian angel´´ I felt her smiling in at the stars.

``Seems like we´re supposed to stay together and take care of each other. I´m sorry for running away. I just couldn´t find any words to talk so my body did it for me.´´

``It´s okay. As long as I know that youre alive, I´m okay but I still feel sad. As long as you keep your promise that you will come back at the concert, I still feel protected.´´

``That´s good. It makes me actually happy! And by the way, I think, we can make you `golden´ too!´´

``Golden? Aaaah, you mean with the shining turquoise eyes and the golden 01? Actually that would be fine to me, they I could recognize you better, you know?´´

``Okay and don´t forget, we´re unique again!´´

``Right! At the moment, we´re... separate... and separated...´´

``Yeah. Hey, should I get some new clothes again for the stage or do you think my outfit I wore today was okay?´´

``I think, It was okay. You can literally wear anything and even look good!´´

``So... women´s wear too? Haha´´

``... Not this kind of clothes, stupid!´´ She smiled again.

``Well if you say so then it must be true.´´

``I think, I´ll join the others for a moment, can you somehow get my frequency? I mean the one of my headset. That would actually be great. We could talk later again.´´

``I´ll try. Stay there and get your´s on.´´

``Did it.´´

``Okay, can you tell me the frequency of your headset? It should be written at the left side.´´

``Errr... Ah! 402.113´´

``Okay. Let´s hope it works. Now wear yours.´´

``Can you hear me, brother?´´

``Yes. Okay then go down and give the squad leader the headset back and say thank you.´´

``Okay then. Should I send him home? I mean he has a family too, right?´´

``I don´t know. But yes, send him home or back to the base. Oh, before I forget it, tell him to call me later on my frequency.´´

``Okay. We hear us later! And still: Take care!´´

``I won´t get myself hurt. I promise.´´

``Bye!´´

``Yeah, bye!´´

She took the headset off and went down. Seconds later, she turned her headset off. I decided to walk a bit more. I had to get a clear mind. Tomorrow I had to prepare for the concert and be ready in time to get picked up. I walked the whole night a path and got to a mountain. Since I was sure Miku wouldn´t call again over headset today, I decided to try sleeping here, on the rocks. Luckily I managed it to fall asleep after a long time.

The next day, Miku´s POV

`Mmmmmmh... What a bad night... I feel so lonely again... And I have singing training today... I wish he could be here and hold me... A hug would be nice now. I think I take a shower now. I feel so dirty and I forgot to put my clothes off at sleeping... these are my favorite ones! Dammit... I need to get them washed quickly! Maybe Rin can help me out. She does the laundry sometimes all on her own.´

So first I took a shower that day. The shower felt also very empty without him. Everything felt so empty now. After getting a shower I putted some random clothes on and went to Rin. She was still sleeping that´s for sure because I heard Len snoring. I knocked and went inside. To my surprise only Len was still sleeping and Rin wasn´t there anymore. I had to search her now. I went downstairs and greeted everybody ``Morning~´´

``Good morning Miku, do you want some coffee?´´

``No, thank you. I want Rin, do you know where she is, Haku?´´

``Laundry room. I see you want your stuff get cleaned aswell, right? Then hurry up. She was already putting the clothes in when I saw her the last time.´´

``Thanks!´´

I ran as fast as I could to the laundry room ``Rin, wait!´´

``Huh? Oh, good morning Miku. What´s it?´´

``Can you get my laundry inside aswell?´´

``You´re a bit late but okay. I can still get it in.´´

``Thanks you soooo much, Rin!´´

I hugged her for a moment and gave her my stuff. After getting this done I went into the kitchen and ate something. I was really hungry because I forgot to eat anything after Mass ran away. I was in sorrow, so you forget the one or other thing. I decided to make myself a leek sandwich and ate it right away. Getting this done with, I went to the singing room where Master was already waiting for me.

``Miku.´´

``Master.´´

``How do you feel? I hope you feel good enough to sing after what happened.´´

``Don´t worry. I´m fine. I can still sing.´´

``Good. Did your brother contacted you? Will he come to the concert too?´´

``He´s coming. He told me, that his mercenaries will get him there.

But how, he didn´t told me. I guess it´s a surprise. He wanted to be there, when we start with Love is War. He practiced it outside a lot.´´

``That´s some good news. By the way, don´t get too exited now but you will sing in front of 18 Million people this time. You know, the people of Tokio and some cities around really love your music and also there exited to see you both singing with your brother. We made a big marketing campaign. The people don´t know much about your brother but they already love him. And so many wrote letters asking, when the concert is finally coming. These people can´t await it to see you!´´

``Wow... 18 Million people... This is a really huge number. Is the stadium big enough?´´

``Staduim? HAHAHAHAHAAA! My dear, this number of people won´t fit inside of one stadium. You sing at the ocean. A crew is already building a big stage and installing many TV monitors. It´s amazing, how many people come this time! This is amazing!´´

``Yes, indeed.´´

``You don´t seem to be that excited that much, Miku. It´s becaues of your brother, right? You worry a lot about him, right?´´

``Yes...´´

``He´s fine. After that what I´ve heard of him from the others, I can tell that he´s able to take care of himself pretty good.´´

``I´m actually more worried about his condition. He said, that his tattoo 01 became golden and shines in the night if he puts it out. Also his eyes are shining turquoise and he was super fast as he ran away from me yesterday. He told me a bit later that something inside of him got activated, do I have something like this too?´´

``So something happened to him, what made him stronger, faster and at all better in everything, do I understand this right?´´

``Yes, but answer my question please: Can I activate something inside of me too?´´

``...´´

``Master?´´

``Yes, you can.´´

``Yay!´´

``But promise me something when you discover it.´´

``Okay, what?´´

``Don´t abuse the powers in your regular day. The energy booster can be activated by him every time he wants. I made this only for you but I forgot about this. These power is only to support you in emergency situation, Mass´s brain must´ve thought this is an emergency situation and activated itself. From now on he has a golden tattoo and more shiny eyes than before. The eyes perform that he can see a bit better in the night and the golden 01 is now forever and will only shine in a emergency situation, when the booster is turned on. For the regular day, he just has a golden tattoo and more shiny turquoise eyes.´´

``I see. But how do I activate mine?´´

``In an emergency case of course, like when you need some boost at singing at the stage or you have to flee, like Mass.´´

``Okay. I understand it and also I promise to not abuse it.´´

``Thank you. Now, let´s begin with your training.´´

``Hmh.´´

After understanding all this I felt a bit better to be honest. To my luck Master decided to finish the singing training at 8pm so I could take a break until tomorrow. I felt like playing some video games with the others right now.

The same time, Mass´s POV

This morning I bathed at a waterfall. It was cold water but I got clean and laid into the sun. To my luck, nobody came around to ask me what I´m doing or stuff like that. After I was dry again I noticed, that my tattoo wasn´t shining anymore. It must mean that my power has stopped. Actually it was good to have a break of my powers and after inspecting my tattoo, I took my clothes back on and sat down on the rocks. I thought about the others, what they are doing right now and how they would feel about me running away. I probably get smacked in the face but it was worth it for this beautiful view. I decided to call my mercenaries, it´s now 1 am and I have to ready up to get to the concert place. It will be at least a one hour flight and we have to talk about, how we would design the day first because they had some free time left. Also I wanted to have an epic getaway with me holding Miku in my arms and they let a rope ladder down to let me hold and they fly. Miku would hold herself at me so I can hold her safely in one of my arms and we can say goodbye.

``Hey, here´s Mass. Please come.´´

``Sir, what do you need at this late time of day?´´

``Well, I could use a pickup. You have a locating chip in my clothes. Please get me with a helicopter.´´

``Understood. I´ll be on my way. The others are asleep.´´

``Okay, I´ll be waiting.´´

After half an hour the helicopter arrived. He hovered deep enough to let me get inside.

``Thanks. Let´s fly to your base.´´

``Okay? Well sorry. I forgot that you don´t want to go home right now.´´

``It´s okay. We have to speak about my arriving at the base.´´

``Okay sir. I will do as you wish.´´

``Thank you.´´

We flew to the base. I decided to talk to the pilot first, alone. He understood and also we talked a bit in private to each other until the sunset. It was time to speak with the others about my plan.

Hey there, dear reader. I hope you are looking forward to the next chapter. I can tell you at least the name: The big concert.

I don´t have a better one right now. By the way: I will now upload only every second day something because I need to get some inspiration after all. Thank you for reading as far. -Mass