Chapter 24

A Samurai & an…Ice Cream Lover?

Gakupo customarily placed his sword back on his side pouch. "And I am not lying either, I give my word as honorable samurais can ever promise."

Len turned around with his jaw wide open. "But…but…"

Rin and Meiko were also shocked.

Gakupo chuckled to himself. "It's alright; I get it all the time. I guess maybe I do have a feminine feature here and there, but I am not a female."

Rin tilted her head. "Wait, you're hair…it's long and even in a ponytail."

"Doesn't every samurai have long hair?" he told her.

"But it's purple." Meiko spoke out.

"Man, I wish this wasn't my natural hair color." he said, shaking his head.

Len twitched his eye. "But - you're wearing a dress for the love of bananas!"

"I'll have you know that this is a kimono, not a dress; I wear it often because it helps me battle more effectively."

Gakupo studied Len. "Hey, I noticed that you're wearing a ponytail, too, mister banana fanatic."

"Nice one, Gakupo." Rin sneered and made a entertained face.

I opened my eyes while laughing hard at what Gakupo said.

"Miku, were you even sleeping?" Meiko asked me.

"Nope, I just wanted to know what Gakupo was talking about and it turns out that all this time that she's a guy!" I tried pointing towards Len. "Thanks for making me less confused about the Gakupo-nator." Teehee, another guy that receives a 'nator' to their names. Your welcome!

"Miku, will you ever grow up?" Rin inquired as her face rapidly changed into a mature one.

I know had burst this question out to her. "Seriously, do you read minds?"

Len gave her a signal with his head. She made a mortified look and replied almost mutely, "Yes…"

"Oh, you're lying, you can't possibly read minds." Meiko noted.

Rin elevated one of her eyebrows while grinning. As she was remaining silent Meiko's eyelids started to widen as she was too, remaining silent.

"Now, what did I just tell you right now?"

Meiko formed a semi-smile. "You told me that does this convince you? P.S. I want an orange."

"What happened to the real Meiko? I thought she liked Sake and tackle me while drunk, not oranges." heard someone say from a distance.

I quickly turned my head and it was Kaito in…a wheelchair with a weird tube-like collar around his neck. He was also being pushed by Dr. Salazar and seemed a billion times worse than me. Everyone looked at him since he really did seem more injured than me. "Kaito. Oh this is all my fault…"

"No it's not, it was that Haku girl's fault and you know it." he protested. "Besides, it was worth being a distraction - but the plan was that Gakupo was supposed to distract her but she was evidently a distraction to you."

Gakupo turned to the side and moped. "I am not a she,"

"What? So you're…not a chick?"

He made a huge smile and his cheeks were glowing in a rose-tinted color. "If you want proof, then let us go to the restroom and you will see for yourself."

Kaito tried shaking his head in refusal but he wasn't able to because he was disabled from his neck. "Never mind, I'm fully convinced."

"Ooh, I'll go!" offered Len. Unfortunately, he got a painful ponytail yank by Rin soon after.

"Okay…" the doctor quoted disturbed. "Well, Kaito is going to be okay, but if it weren't for this man who revived him and also happens to be his creator, he would have…well - passed away tonight."

The man that Dr. Salazar described walked in and happened to be Richie - I mean, Richmond Parker. He looked at us with very shiny eyes and cried out, "All of my creations right here, right now in this very room!"

Wait, all of his creations? Oh boy, I guess he forgot Haku again. Man, just thinking about that name makes me shudder.

"I guess my little saying is true, Vocaloids of a feather, always stick together." the doctor said to herself.

"That reminds me, Miku, this is Dr. Salazar, the doctor that assisted treating Kaito." Meiko told me.

"Oh I know her, she treated me, too."

"There's Meiko, Kaito, Miku, Rin, and Len all in a nice perfect order." Richmond (Yeah, I'll call him by that instead of Richie) advised at all of us but he gazed up on Gakupo. "Hm. You seem to look like a Vocaloid as well." He adjusted his glasses while samurai guy made an uneasy look on his face.

"I've never seen you before, sweetheart. Do you happen to be another kind of Vocaloid?" he asked, still observing him.

Gakupo made a face palm. "For the last time, I am not a female!" He even looked like he was going to pull out his sword and slit his throat.

Len grabbed a hold of Gakupo. "Hey, calm down will you? This is my creator for crying out loud!"

Man, talk about a hothead. I'm glad I barely even know the guy. I wonder where that Luka person's at and I wonder if her personality is the opposite of Gakupo. Oh, I don't know but - I think I'll take a nap.

Rin's hair bow twitched due to her 'sixth-sense'. Sleep tight, Miku; I'll take things from here. she notified me telepathically.

"Okay, wake me when this non-stop drama is over." I faintly whispered, unable to answer her back from my mind.

I tossed myself in another direction on my uncomfortable bed and finally caught some Zs.