'Ello there guys. Sorry that I haven't been on this story lately. Here's the new chapter. I had to rush this up so I could get to my theater performance so I couldn't spellcheck it. Enjoy anyways.

Disclaimer Renewal: I don't own Vocaloid.

"..."

"Rin. It's been a minute and a half and you have said nothing, even though two seconds ago you said, 'I'll tell you.'"

Rin sat in silence, staring blankly at the wall in a random place. Len walked over to her and waved a hand in front of her. She snapped out of her reverie and looked at him for a moment with something he hadn't seen directed at him yet... was that... sadness? Maybe some regret from having to tell him? Should he let it go?

No, he wanted to know. It wouldn't be too much. He hated the emptiness in himself that was his memories, and he wanted them back, even if it was just knowing what they were. For real.

"You might wanna sit down," Rin sighed, and Len did so before she launched into speech.

"You're not a real person. You might wonder what this means, but it is what it sounds like. Dr. Hatsune? She's an Alchemist. An Alchemist is someone who's in tune with the elements of the world, and can use them in the form of magic. They like to dabble in the secrets no one knows about, human hybrids and souls and minds and the like. Dr. Hatsune was interested in human souls, and that's why she started creating you guys - Vocaloids. The name actually started out as a code - Vokka in the Alchemists' code is false and Loid means human - but it stuck and so now they call you all Vocaloids. Are you okay?"

Len blinked out of his own thought stupor and looked at her. To the girl's surprise, he didn't look fazed at all.

"I'll admit, that's a lot to take in, but somehow... Somehow I'm okay with it. Who're the others?"

Rin looked up as she racked her brain. "01 is Hatsune Mikuo. His soul is an almost-exact copy of Miku's - that's Dr. Hatsune - except his gender and nonphysical trait genetics. All the Vocaloids control an element, and Dr. Hatsune gave him light." She smiled and looked over at him suddenly. "I think I figured out what these things are!" She declared, pointing to his necklace. "She was talking about creating a way for you guys to hold in your elemental powers - we call it Angelic Form, but you guys called it True Form - and I think this is it."

"A Barrier, basically," Len said, shrugging. "Now, I know I'm 02. What's my element and who's 03?"

"03 and 04 are Kagene Rei and Rui. They look like nine-year-olds and it's so adorable. Rei is darkness and Rui's shadows. I dunno what yours is - you never told me and now you don't know either." Rin stood and walked over to one of her shelves, picking a music box off the edge. "05 is Kaiko. 06 is her brother, Akaito, and the two of them and Kaito are the same soul base. Kaiko's water and Akaito's fire. I don't know how they're siblings with opposite elements - how do they stand it?" Behind the box was a picture, too far away for Len to clearly see, but it was of a large group. "07 is Utatane Piko. He's about your age, I think you two got along fairly well, and he's got electricity. 08 is Funonori Oliver, the only one of all of you who can speak fluent English. He actually is English, the only one. I think he's air... 09 is Megurine Luka-"

"Luka's one of us?" Len asked, slightly surprised. He wouldn't have expected that, the way he'd expected Kaiko.

Rin smiled as she began walking back to her brother. "Yup. She's based on Luki, but I think you could tell. She controls earth, and because of it she's a giant go-green person. 10... I can't quite remember his first name... but his last name was Maiku. He's the youngest, he's only 2 months old."

"How old am I then?"

Rin sat down and handed him the photo. "You're 11 1/2 months today."

Len didn't respond. He was staring at the photo. It was two lines of people, and he recognized some of them. On the far left was a little boy who looked to be seven or eight, standing and smiling brightly in front of a young adult with hair the same teal as his. She had her hands on his shoulders, and she smiled softly. Her eyes were focused on none other than Rin, standing next to her and looking the exact same as she did now. She had arm around Len and was ruffling his hair roughly, but what surprised him most about himself was that he looked three years younger. His hair was shorter and styled differently, but he wore the same clothes. He was glaring at Rin and trying to get her hands off his head while she laughed. Next to the two blonds was a year-younger Kaito, with one hand holding a ten-year-old Kaiko's while she smiled nervously. His other arm was occupied around the shoulders of a boy who looked like his carbon copy in different colors, same age and all. Kaito's smile was small in comparison to the redhead's, whose grin seemed to go from ear to ear.

On the grass between the two groups was two black-haired six-year-olds, cross-legged. Their clothes were similar but not exactly like Rin and Len's, but what Len noticed most about them was their eyes - they were a mix of green and yellow, mostly yellow, and they almost seemed to glow. They were looking at each other and grinning in the adorably cute way only little kids can do. Next to the Shion group was two boys who looked drastically different but very similar at the same time - the taller one looked eighteen, wore black-rimmed glasses in front of his orange-yellow eyes, and had black hair with super messy bangs. The shorter one looked Len's age, with hair that was a mix between pale blue, silver and white. He appeared taller because of the 'P' on his head, and his eyes were heterochromatic green and blue. The black-haired boy was trying to get him to look at the camera, but he kept on looking away to the left of the photo with his arms crossed, the picture of stubborn defiance. A boy Len thought must be Oliver, because of his more English appearance, was sitting on the shoulders of Luki reaching up toward the sky. He looked about seven, but his hazel eyes were both full of knowledge. Luki was standing next to a pink-haired Luka, who looked the same age as the one Len knew in real life. He thought her all-pink hair was a little strange and liked the brown-and-pink better.

At the far right of the photo, standing by himself, was a fifteen-year-old with yellow-white hair that reached the nape of his neck. His eyes were red, not the nice, soft kind but not hard and piercing, just somewhere in between. He wore a gold chain around his neck along with a pair of black and orange headphones, with an orange cord that disappeared into his pants pocket. His outfit was mainly black, orange and white with a little gray and red. Len thought this must be the Maiku kid.

He and Rin sat in silence for a while looking at it before Len asked slowly, "...So this is all of us? And our soul bases?"

"Yeah." Rin's reply was short and to the point, but she pointed to the teal-haired girl. "That's your mother-slash-creator, Miku. Mikuo is in front of her. That's you and me, and that's Rei and Rui. They're adorable, I told you so. Kaiko and Kaito are over there, and Akaito's the redhead. Piko is the one with white hair, and Nexore is his soul base. Oliver is this one, that's Luki and Luka, and there's Maiku. I dunno why he's all on his own."

Len shrugged, then walked over to his side of the room and put the picture propped up on his side of the dresser. Now he could see his family whenever he woke up.

"Finally! A place with civilization!"

Such was the cry of relief that escaped Akaito's lips as he stepped into town. Rui and Mikuo were both asleep, and Rei appeared to be sleeping while walking. Akaito was the only one still awake. He looked around at the group before muttering, "Oh. I should probably find somewhere to stay."

Luckily for him, there was a house nearby with a sign in the yard that read, "Home for travelers - home hotel." Better than nothing, at least. Akaito held Mikuo up with one hand and grabbed Rei's shoulder with the other, steering him toward the house's door. It was big and red, with a nice aura.

When he knocked, the door opened almost immediately. The person who opened the door was a little girl with pure yellow hair tied in a side ponytail with a thin pink ribbon. Her hazel eyes were wide with happiness, and she wore a school uniform with sneakers. Akaito waved awkwardly at her. She looked like she was nine or ten.

"Hey! Gaku! There's some people here!" She yelled behind her. The smell of scented candles wafted out the door - cinnamon being the strongest. Rei perked up at the sharp smell and blinked a bit to try to stay awake.

"You don't need to yell so loud, Neru!" Yelled a male's voice from down the hall. A boy with hair tied in a ponytail a couple inches long came into view from down the hall, picking the little girl - Neru up onto his hip as he entered the doorway. Akaito noted his hair was a deep purple, a strange color. His eyes were also a weird mix of purple, blue and hazel, and he wore a white dress shirt with a tie draped around his shoulders and nice blue jeans. Her looked like he could be in college - nineteen or so. Neru started playing with his tie was he spoke. "I assume you're travelers, if Neru's sixth sense is correct?"

"Uh.. yeah," Akaito confirmed, shifting Mikuo on his shoulders. "We've been out for a while and we're all about ready to fall asleep standing."

"You guys are the fourth ones here," Neru said. Her voice was nasal but not snobby, and had a quality to it that made her seem like she knew things you didn't. It almost sounded like she was a bit crazy. "The last ones were three days ago."

"She's... a special one," the boy explained. He bounced her a little as he continued, "Neru's ten, but she has the mentality of a five-year-old for the rest of her life. She's also a little strange in the head - our mother was on drugs while she was pregnant with her. Anyways, my name's Kamui Gakupo, this is my stepsister Akita Neru, and we turned our house into a temporary place for people to stay while they travel. Who're you?"

"I am Shion Akaito, this is Mikuo, and that's Rei and the girl is Rui." Akaito gestured to them as he spoke.

"Come inside," Neru said, opening the door farther from her position on Gakupo's side. "Don't freeze. Gaku, I can stay here and play with them while you make the rooms, allrightee?"

The boy set Neru down and nodded. "Stay in here, I'll be back in a moment. See if you can wake up your two sleepers while you're in here."

Rei and Akaito nodded, then stepped inside. Neru skipped over to the couch in the sitting room to the right of the door and sat down, gesturing for the four Vocaloids to come in as well.

Rei set Rui down on a single-cushion couch and started shaking her shoulders. Akaito did pretty much the same thing on another couch with Mikuo. "Rui... Rui, it's time ta get up... c'mon Rui, ge' up..."

The black-haired girl moaned and sat up, rubbing her eyes. "Rei?" She yawned. "Where are we...?"

"Akaito foun' it. Said we're stayin' here tanight."

Neru bounded over to the twins. "Hi! I'm Neru, Akita Neru, who are you? I like your accent. It's cute."

Rui blinked. "Neru...?"

The yellow-haired girl nodded, then the smile faded from her face as she frowned in a calculating way. Rei looked at her questioningly. "Your eyes..." Neru said, pointing to Rui's face, then Rei's. "Those eyes aren't just for show. They glow. That means you are going to do something big... you're destined for it. Your eyes mean you're going to be something great. It's your destiny."

Rei and Rui looked at each other questioningly. Neru walked away to go speak to Akaito and Mikuo, who was now waking up. "I think..." Rei said.

"She's spec'al, huh?" Rui finished. Rei nodded, his left hand reaching up to touch his face right below his eye.

There you go. Gakupo and Neru. I put Gakupo in there and I needed him to have a little sister so I looked through the Wiki pages until I found Neru. And then I made her a small child because I don't like the older version very much. And yeah, she's kind of crazy. (: And No. 10 is a Vocaloid but I used one of his fanmade outfits so I will be very surprised if you can guess who he really is. Seriously. I would be super surprised.

Anyways, next time (hopefully next Saturday) I can update again because I won't be rushing out the door to do my musicals. See ya!

-Kara