A/N: Wow thanks grammarly, you do great checking my grammar mistakes. *sarcasm*

Nah, grammarly's great.

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Chapter Two

Evening Tuesday

Rin poked her plate of chicken and rice with chopsticks. Debating on what to do, she glanced over at Miku and Mikuo. They both were happily eating their leeks. She remembered those two took her in since the day of the incident, well their whole family did. Rin was very grateful, and the family was really kind to her as well.

"Rin, don't play with your food too long it'd melt." Miku's mom, Michaela chided. Her husband, Kyle just chuckled.

Rin sheepishly smiled, "Sorry Michaela." Then began eating her food.

"So, Miku now that you're in the Vocaloid band what will you be performing for the winter festival?" Michaela asked.

Rin dropped her chopsticks abruptly, the table looked at her for a moment. She apologized and went back to eating.

Miku gave her a strange look, then talked, "We don't know yet. Len's having trouble writing a song, and he doesn't know what to write for the festival either."

Rin averted her eyes from the table and just looked around the dining room. She glanced at all the awards Michaela had won for singing when she was younger and being a model. And glanced at the family pictures on the light sky blue wall as well, with pictures that contained Rin, Miku, and Mikuo of Miku and Rin's first day of freshman year.

Unfortunately, even though she wanted to avert her attention away, her ears listened. "But we're looking for a new songwriter of course. And it'll take time, I think we'll push through." Miku said optimistically. Then started to chatter about how Neru got accepted in, and Rin finally looked back to the table, glancing at Mikuo. Who'd simply raise his eyebrow towards her, and looked at her teasingly, but also suspiciously.

Rin gulped, and went back to her food, quickly finishing up. Soon the plate clattered as she dropped her chopsticks on it, she stood up announcing she was done before putting the plate in the sink and going upstairs to the room they had given her.

Closing the door and locking it, she quickly changed into her pajamas. The moment she finished, a knock was heard and she opened the door seeing Mikuo.

"Hey, you were off at dinner something wrong?" Mikuo asked.

Rin smiled, knowing he was concerned for her, and not wanting to cause trouble, "No, just thinking over stuff." She decided to be truthful.

"Seems like this 'stuff' is troublesome. Want to talk about it?"

Rin thought for a moment, before widening the door and letting Mikuo in, leaving it open for anyone else.

She sat on her bed, while Mikuo sat on her desk chair, "So what's bothering you? Did Ms. Yowane fail you or something?"

Rin shook her head, choosing her words carefully she asked, "What would you think if I decide to become a songwriter for Vocaloid?"

Mikuo widened his eyes, that's news even for him. But at the same time, he wasn't surprised Rin was good in theatre and writing, when you add those two together you make good lyrics at times. And if she'd show off her music skills she'd be golden.

Mikuo soon recovered, and shrugged, "I'd not mind. I think it'd be good for you to make more friends other than Miku and I. As well as Miku would be thrilled just to have you being involved with something musical. I'd be relieved as well."

"But theatre though, don't we have the play coming in the winter festival?" Rin's eyes flickered with concern, she'd also wanted to help and act in the play itself.

"You're just writing lyrics, right? You can always do it before rehearsal starts anyways, and besides the theatre might just close this year due to the school funding sports…" Mikuo cast his eyes away.

Both Mikuo and Rin knew the school didn't support theatre well, especially with the low population of students acting in it. Music, arts, and especially sports were high up the charts. Sports taking up the most, with music following behind. Rin didn't want to lose the play opportunity, it'd be her first time performing this year after all. Last year she wasn't qualified as she was a freshman, now she's better and ready to tackle the lead role with pride.

Not many people saw their plays either, it was overshadowed multiple times last year due to the uprising of the Vocaloid band. The school had their fall and spring festivals, it lasted usually a day and always, since last year the Vocaloid band had taken over. Rin couldn't say she minded it, but she remembered all the hard work the decorating, and costume designing team had put into background work (she was part of stage crew), and how the actors and actresses worked for nothing. After the spring festival last year more people began quitting theatre and gravitating towards music.

In an ironic sense, she was sort of her best friends' rival in terms of school favors. However, the best way for the plays to stay is if they make enough money from people attending and watching the plays. But seeing as the school's high expectations for music, sports, and arts had shown, the theatre may be shut down and Ms. Yowane may just be teaching and that's it.

"I told Ms. Yowane if they don't find a songwriter in three days...three days I'll go after school on Friday basically to see if I can get that opportunity." Rin said suddenly.

Mikuo smiled, standing up he walked over and patted Rin's head affectionately. "I'm sure whatever you choose to do it'll be good for everyone. Three days is generous enough. Also, Miku doesn't know about your grades does she?"

"You know how she is. Music then grades." Rin jokes, Miku had wanted to be an idol like her mother. And it's understandably so too, Miku was drawn to the stage.

Mikuo looked at her with saddened eyes, and they both went silent. Rin used to be that way, now it's gone.

Rin yawned, wanting to take away the awkward tension, "I'm tired. I'm going to get ready and sleep."

Mikuo nodded, then walked out of her room, "Night Rin."

"Night."

Immediately, Miku popped her head in, "Night Rinny-kins!"

Rin laughed, "Night to you as well Miku."

Miku then walked towards her room, tightening her fist. "I should've paid more attention, she's the one who helped me come up with the idea for 'World is Mine' too," she thought to herself. She went to sleep and decided to respect Rin's wishes. However, she'd do what she can to convince the group not to let anyone but Rin join.

Lunch Wednesday

"And so we begin the search," Len announced, glancing at Miku, Gumi, and Kaito. He was nervous, but he had some people in mind who could help.

Neru was new so the group hadn't want to bother her too much, so it was up to the four of them. Miku suggested they should split into groups of two.

Kaito agreed, and Kaito and Len were group one, and Gumi and Miku also consisted of a group. Kaito and Len decided to go find a senior named Lily, while Gumi and Miku decided to try to find a girl in their grade, Luka, who was top student anyways.

Kaito and Len found Lily in the cafeteria, sitting her friend Miki. "Hey Lily, we heard you were good at writing a lot from other students," Kaito started, "Do you want-"

Lily interrupted, standing up and making a 'pause' motion with her hand, "Let me stop you right there. I'm just good at writing reports, I don't really write music related stuff, so I apologize."

Kaito nodded, "Sorry to disturb you then." Kaito then lead Len away from them.

"Alright, so Lily's not an option clearly and we got shot down quick," Len paced back and forth, crossing out Lily's name and went to the next one, "We can ask Mikuo next?"

Kaito agreed, and both of them set out to find Mikuo who hopefully isn't too hard to find.

Meanwhile, the girls had found Luka in the library reading a book. "Hey, Luka!" Miku greeted cheerfully, Luka gasped and accidentally dropped her book, with her glasses slipping off slightly.

Luka stumbled, picking up her book and adjusting her glasses as Gumi and Miku approached her. Luka looked over to them shyly, "H-hi?"
"Do you know anything about lyrical writing that could help us?" Gumi went straight to the point, "We need another lyricist to assist Len."

"N-no, I apologize. I don't know much about music, to be honest, I mostly write more of essay things. And I get good grades because of my essays." Luka rambled, "I'm more of a mathematician and science person than this I apologize."

"Darn," Gumi sighed, "It's alright Luka. Sorry to scare you, continue reading."

Luka nodded and went back to reading as Gumi and Miku left the library.

"We're really dwindling on people here." Miku sighed, "Len's only got seven people left perhaps on that list?" Funnily enough, though Len has a list of students with good writing class grades, apparently Rin wasn't one of those people. Though, it's not surprising since Rin usually stayed on the down-low.

Gumi sighed, "Let's just end our search for now and find the other-"

"I apologize. I'm not really a writer either for music, I'm a scriptwriter only. I do more for theatre work. I wish you luck though." Miku and Gumi glanced down the hall, and by a classroom (assumingly it was the theatre classroom) Mikuo was talking to Kaito and Len. Yet another person turning them down.

"Alright, thank you for letting us ask." Len sighed, and Mikuo went back into the room shutting the door. Miku presumed he was going over his script again.

"Hey, no such luck?" Gumi asked, walking over to them.

Kaito shook his head, "No, we've already been turned down by three people, there's only four people left on that list- maybe three because Teto doesn't really do music writing from what I recall."

Gumi and Miku felt gloomy, and Len was gritting his teeth. He was irritated, not because he couldn't find one but the costs of not finding one.

"Let's just end the search for now, and enjoy our remaining lunch period." Len sighed, he soon started going down the hall. The three left were looking back towards him.

Miku watched him walk worriedly.

"He'll get over it," Gumi said.

Miku looked at her, "He just needs time to be alone. Presumingly who knows where he's going."

"I hope you're right." Miku sighed.

Len ended up on the rooftop again, in the sector between both the courtyards. The school had two, and nobody went to them, most people went to the cafeteria or rooftop. And that's where Len ended up, and he looked over the ledges of one of the courtyards, looking down on the scenery below him.

"If you don't find one, then people will know we're just a one-trick pony, Len!"

Gumi's voice ringed in his head. She's right, and he knew it, but it didn't make him feel any better. She had told him that when he was in writer's block, and it wrecked his mood.

He watched basically the empty courtyard before he somehow heard a voice (well wasn't considerably hard since the school was two floors really).

It was a soft melodious voice, sort of like bells, he heard,

"aoi jikan

sayonara tsugeru

amayoke no kasa wa

boku wo houri suteta

otozureteta

natsu ni mo kizukazu ni

koko wa doko da

boku wa dare da to hoeru"

Len searched with his eyes for who was singing, and soon the actual school bell rang and he groaned. The voice disappeared soon after. He then ran downstairs, hopping to catch the person leaving, brustling past Gumi and Kaito who were headed to music class, and when he reached the mid sector 'hall' between the courtyards he found nobody. Just autumn leaves falling down scattered everywhere.

He heard footsteps, presumingly Kaito and Gumi coming up behind him, watching him confused. Len just walked away from them, and the three of them silently just headed to music class instead.

Len never had heard that voice from anyone in the school, and it felt like he was being hugged, or trapped in an embrace. But in that voice- he couldn't put a word on it. Walking into the classroom he sat down, waiting for the class to start and they'd have to practice chorus singing again. And he'd have to listen to fangirls and fanboys fanning over the band members.

After School Wednesday

"I'm telling you, I heard it. You didn't hear it because you guys were in the building and weren't paying attention but I did!" Len stressed out.

Gumi looked up towards Len as she was reading the list of people auditioning, Kaito was typing things down on the computer, Miku was sorting through song lyrics, and Neru was sitting in the piano seat quietly. They were 'practicing' aka preparing to go back into the auditorium for another round of ear torture. And Len was already giving them ear torture, as he was pacing in front of the board in the music classroom.

"Len, I think you've been depressed for a while and went a little nutty," Gumi sighed. Her friend was being overdramatic, and Gumi could honestly care less, she knew Len had to get over it eventually. She could be playing games instead of doing listening…

Len flailed his arms practically, "I heard it. The first line goes…" he paused before stating, "It went, 'aoi jikan sayanora tsugeru' or something along the lines. If I didn't hear anything I wouldn't notice it!"

Miku flinched, but nobody really noticed. "I thought Rin didn't want to sing the heck?!" Miku thought to herself. And she knew, that was some lyrics Rin had wrote once long ago. She forgot the name of the song though unfortunately.

Len groaned, "Kaito please tell me you somewhat believe me?"

"Len, this seems absurd. You realize you're over what? Ten feet or something in the air and you happened to hear the voice? You didn't even see the person there at all, you might just be a bit depressed and maybe need some rest from a doctor," Kaito paused before continuing, "I really think you need to stop stressing so much over this band. We'll climb through it, we managed to get past the Fall Festival in September, we'll get through the winter ball in December."

Len lowered his gaze to the ground. Gumi looked at him feeling a nudge of guilt, she knows she partially pushed him to be this stressed.

"Hey, Len. It really doesn't-"

BANG!

Len, Neru, Gumi, and Kaito looked over to the noise and Miku had bumped into the door. "U-um Miku, w-where are you going?" Neru asked nervously. She was curious and wanted to say something.

Miku plastered on a smile, opening the door, "I gotta use the bathroom, number two you know?" She smiled sheepishly.

Gumi gagged, "Too much info, just go meet us in the auditorium."

Miku nodded, "Will do." Then left the room quickly, closing the door. She sprinted down the hallway, searching for a specific room and heard the melody of a piano.

Nearing the theatre classroom, panting, she opened the door abruptly startling Rin and Mikuo in the classroom. Rin had been playing the piano while Mikuo was working on his homework at his desk. Ms. Yowane had a piano in the classroom so she could practice singing scenes with the students, Rin only played it after school when Ms. Yowane allowed her and Mikuo to stay after due to them being top students.

Miku shut the door and slouched down to the ground. "What happened to not playing music to hide your identity?" Miku teased after recovering from her sprint, she knew Rin would play after school anyways. Most students were doing after school sports, and the music room was far away from the drama room.

Rin breathed a sigh of relief, "It's just you. And I don't do it during school hours you know this." She looked at Miku, waiting for what Miku wanted to say since she clearly is here for some reason other than just saying 'hi'.

"Rin, someone heard you singing in the courtyard." Miku delivered the news bluntly.

Rin widened her eyes, "W-what?"

Mikuo also looked shocked, and he didn't know whether to be shocked that Rin sang that loud enough for the person to hear, or that she even sang at all in the first place. Mostly both.

Miku explained, "Len heard you singing during lunch in the courtyard. Some old lyrics of yours which I forgot, but he didn't see you luckily. But you're lucky the bell rang and you were nearly caught."

Rin trembled slightly, before quickly recollecting her emotions. "He doesn't know who sang it though right?"

"Nope, and you're lucky." she walked over to Rin and pat her head, to which Rin slapped her hand away. "So why sing then?" Miku asked. It was unusual since Rin never sang unless it's around herself and her brother. Not even Miku's mom and dad heard Rin sing since that incident, then again they weren't home much as Miku's mom became a manager for younger idols and her father was a photographer for magazines, which at times required travelling. Miku wasn't popular in school for that though, she tended to lay low and same with her brother.

Miku tried to cheer her up, "On the plus side he said your singing is good."

Rin flushed, to Miku and Mikuo it'd probably be due to embarrassment. And they were surprised since Rin barely showed emotion nowadays, however, Rin was blushing because of her crush complimenting her.

She shook that thought away, she can't sing she isn't supposed to. Not since that incident, and she planned to keep it that way only singing in private for those close, not for the public's eye view to see.

Rin cast her eyes down, "I'll be more careful alright?"

Miku frowned, she'd hope maybe if Len said she was good she'd consider singing. But Rin was stubborn and Miku didn't want to push it.

Then she looked at the clock, crap. She was late, Miku said she'll see them later and rushed to the auditorium.

Unbeknownst to her, someone was watching from the corridor seeing Miku blaze past the figure.

A/N: That leaves the end of the chapter, and oof Rin's stubborn as hell. Yeesh . Anyways see ya'll later in the next chapter.

Review and critique please! Be nice though .