Hell hath no fury like a Lily pissed.
The next day, Lily and Haku arrived, the blonde excited that her shut-in of a best friend was finally going to get out of the house with her. However, her mood dropped drastically when Meiko told her of Luka's system shut down.
"Why?" she demanded, hands on her hips as she faced the brunette, anger bubbling in her eyes.
"Well, there was… an accident and Luka had to be turned off. Otherwise, we all could have gotten hurt." Meiko tried to explain, scratching the back of her head nervously.
"She got turned off because of an accident?" Lily snapped. "I'm not buying that! Where's Miku?"
"She hasn't been out of her room since yesterday." Meiko replied softly.
Lily's eyes narrowed fractionally and she turned on her heel. "Where are you going?" Haku called.
"Back home." the blonde spat. "The only reason I came today was because I wanted to show Luka a good time. I'll return when she's woken up from her reprogramming."
Haku turned to Meiko with a sigh and cocked her head. "There's something you aren't telling us, isn't there?" she inquired.
"I'm not sure how to tell you." Meiko sighed.
The silverette placed a hand on her friend's shoulder with a small smile. "Tell us when you think it's time, alright?" Meiko nodded and Haku turned with a reassuring smile, heading after her blonde housemate.
Sighing, Meiko turned to glance at the house around her. It felt somewhat empty without Luka moving around doing her chores, but Meiko shrugged off the feeling and moved to the kitchen to grab a bottle of sake to drink while she worked on a new song.
The twins came rushing down the stairs with identical items in their hands. Meiko watched them curiously, noticing that the items looked oddly like firecrackers. Just as this thought registered in her mind, the objects took off, proving to be exactly what she'd thought. All three Vocaloids ducked as the large explosives whirled around the living room, spraying used gunpowder and bits of paper all over the place. When it had finally burnt out, Meiko turned unamused brown eyes on the two sheepish blondes before shaking her head.
"Sorry, Meiko!" they chorused.
"You just made Luka's job even harder!" Meiko scolded them. "Now she's got to…" Meiko trailed off, remembering that Luka couldn't clean anything. At this revelation, her eyes narrowed and she pointed in the direction of the supply closet. "Never mind. Clean. Now."
The twins sulked toward the closet to get the needed supplies while Meiko leaned against the wall. Okay. she thought. This might take a bit of time to get used to.
Master was upstairs outside of Miku's room, trying to get his diva to come out.
Miku, it's not going to be for long. he sighed in exasperation. I just want Luka to be more open about what she's feeling so that the negative emotions from before don't return once the reprogramming is finished.
"I don't want to come out until Luka's awake." Miku called from inside, her voice indicating that she was pouting.
Fine, but I will need you soon and I expect you to be at the meetings, understood?
There was a soft sigh. "Yes, Master."
Master nodded in acceptance, black hair flopping as he turned to head back into his study. Turning away from his computer, Master surveyed the large stainless steel table holding his sleeping creation. Cocking his head, he surveyed the serene expression upon the pinkette's face and wondered if the reprogramming would really make her better.
Of course it will. he told himself, shaking the thoughts away.
The next day, there was still no sign of Miku, so Meiko had Len take her a bowl of soup she had heated up in the microwave. The blonde boy nodded and carefully brought the bowl to Miku's door. Raising his hand, he knocked three times and waited for an answer. When he received nothing in reply, he tried the knob. "Hey Miku?" Len called, beginning to enter. "I brought you some-ow!"
The leek fell again, slamming into his head this time. Three more sharp slaps with it had the blonde retreating back down the stairs, the soup spilled all over him. Rin glanced over and cocked her head. "I take it she wasn't hungry?" she inquired slowly.
"Not hungry, but very violent." her brother replied, rubbing his head in pain.
"Well, she was closest to Luka." Rin murmured, tapping her chin. "It makes sense that she would be the most torn up about it."
"Do you think they were… you know, together?" Len asked softly.
"I don't think they were yet." Rin replied with a grin. "Luka was still reserved and shy. I doubt she would have had the courage to tell Miku her feelings. But, since Master is reprogramming her to make her more open about how she feels, it's only a matter of time."
"I hope I'm there for it!" Len whisper-yelled.
"The look on Miku's face is going to be priceless!" Rin agreed, slapping him a high five.
Meiko simply rolled her eyes at the antics of the twins and set out the soup for everyone, leaving Miku's place empty as it was doubtful she would come down to eat.
A week later, Master called a meeting to discuss how things would go at the next concert. Miku reluctantly came out of her room to join the others in Master's study. The black-haired man glanced around at them all a moment before beginning to go down the list.
As you all know, the next concert is to be Kaito and Meiko. The five Vocaloids nodded. Well, I've got a few ideas as to how that could happen. The twins aren't going to be attending this one. This caused Len to pout, but Rin simply shrugged it off. Meiko could go up first with one of her newer songs, A Certain Night.
Meiko grinned at that and Master returned it before continuing.
Then, she and Kaito could go one for Ai Kotoba. All glanced to the bluenette eating ice cream and he nodded as he shoved another bite in his mouth.
After that happens, Miku will go on with Kaito for Cantarella-.
"No." All eyes turned to the greenette in surprise.
What do you mean, Miku? Master inquired, shocked.
"I want Luka to sing with me." Miku stated, looking directly into the black eyes.
"Luka!" the twins gasped.
"She tried to kill Kaito!" Meiko shouted. "She's insane! You can't take her onstage with you!"
I'm sorry, Miku, but Meiko's right. Master told her. Luka isn't stable enough to go out in front of crowds. She needs to stay under for a bit longer.
Miku nodded and stood. "Then I'm not singing." she said, heading for the door. "I'm not singing until Luka gets a chance to sing."
Miku, you can't speak to me that way! Master thundered. He wasn't prepared for the green-haired powerhouse to whirl on him.
"I can when you ignore your own creations for months on end without explanation!" she shouted. "I'm not going to do another concert when Luka hasn't had even a chance to record anything! Would it be too dangerous to let her record her songs? There aren't that many people in the studio on Sundays. Since you're so certain of how unstable she is, why not let her do it then?"
Miku, we must be certain her reprogramming is complete before letting her wake up. Master told her as calmly as he could.
"Then until you wake her up, I'm not coming out of my room." With that, she dashed up the stairs and slammed the door to her bedroom, locking it just in case and laying back on her bed.
Master stared after her in utter shock. She… defied me? he whispered, disbelievingly. What had happened to his perfect Miku? She used to be completely obedient, compliant, docile. But now, she was irritable, moody and defied orders every chance she got. Surely, she's not going through a rebellious phase? he wondered worriedly. That would not bode well considering she may never come out of it.
Sighing, Master looked to his other four creations and said, This meeting is postponed until further notice. I have to get Miku's cooperation. You are all dismissed for the afternoon.
"Yes, Master." they all chorused before heading for other areas of the house.
Master sat back in front of his main computer console with a sigh. Glancing over to Luka's motionless body, he stood and moved to her side. Brushing the bright pink locks, he gazed at her calm face and wondered how she was feeling. The reprogramming process for a Vocaloid took days to finish, as the files are usually pretty big. Master hoped this would help Luka. It would be sad to uninstall something like her.
Hell also hath no fury like a Miku pissed. Welp, how was that?