Disc Five

Early morning, Alex fixed himself up as fast as he could. He quickly made toast, took the disc with the project and waved bye to his Vocaloids.

Alex arrived at his college grounds earlier than before. He only had one class on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. He noticed the class was still gathering together as he sneaked in. Max caught him "Hey Alex! How are the Vocaloids? They treating you right?" He laughed and joked.

Alex however was not finding it funny. He would response but the class begun. The teacher announced "Okay class! I told you two weeks ago to create a small demo of what you can do. And because Alex is lacking in grades, let's see what he made." a bit demanding to see something good. Alex walked up and handed him a CD. The teacher played it, Likeing to it. He slightly liked it till he hear Miku's voice. He immediately started playing it longer than normal. The class was actually paying attention to it and how it was so upbeat. Miku's voice added more feel and the Teacher was stunned after it ended. "My god Alex. Nice use of the Vocaloid program there. I think you may be able to being your grades up." he said, the other students clapping for him.

Suddenly, Alex was called to the entrance of the collage grounds. Apparently, someone came for him. He shrugged and soon noticed Miku's hair color. She was wearing a black school uniform, a red flower over her left chest, a white buttoned shirt with a tie could be seen underneath it. She looked at Alex and a smile. "Ma-Alex! Did they like the demo?" She asked and obviously could not wait.

"Yeah. They did like it. They even let it play to the end." Alex responded, Miku cheering with delight. She caught the sight of his teacher and students who looked at Miku. "Oh...Umm everyone, this is Miku Hatsune. Miku, this is my class." Alex introduced each other, the conversation nearly lasting a good twenty minutes.

Miku stayed until the class was over, watching Alex do his thing and even getting to know his environment. But Alex knew Miku wanted something.

"What did you come here for Miku?" he asked, almost knowing her answer. She looked up at Alex while taking a small clue as to where Len was. "It turns out, there is a woman about three blocks form where we live that has Len. She goes to this school and I thought we could find her." the article she took out said the name 'Hillary Miahno'. Alex inspected the picture, saying "This girl is actually the head of the Acting Club. Let me try to have a talk with her. Thanks a lot Miku." he patted her head, she giggled before walking back home. Alex then thought about the outfit Miku was wearing. "So she has outfits for any occasion?" he was thinking deeply about it and ran into the club room's door. He opened it and noticed the Black haired girl with thin glasses as Hillary.

"Excuse me? Can I have a talk to you?" He said, Hillary lighting up.

I forgot to mention, Alex was asked to join the club as music for all the performances. He denied as he wanted to get better. Also, Hillary has a thing for Alex.

"Alex. Are you finally going to join? It still stands." She reminded him but Alex shook his head no. "Actually...I wanted to ask if you know of a Vocaloid named Len." and that second, Hillary changed her expression. She felt kind of shocked that Alex knew what Len was.

"Yes. I own Len. Why-" She was interrupted when Alex fell to his knees and pleading to her "Please give him to me. I recently bought three Vocaloid androids, one was called Rin and Len is her...other self. She is really down about Len not being at her side."

Hillary thought then remembered something. "I will let you have him. But first, I want you to ask me on a date." Alex looked dumbfound. "B-but I do not get my paycheck till this Saturday."

Hillary laughed "Take me out then. I mean, you have no classes then anyways." and Alex nodded.

"S-so when can I get Len?" he asked with a smile. He was finally going to make his new family happy...

"You can have him once we are done with our date."

Alex did not want to spread news just yet nor did he want to say he was going on a date...

Soon enough Saturday came. Miku and Rin were cleaning while Luka was relaxing once more on the couch. Alex was busy with making music, but that was not the only thing. He recently found a Vocaloid fan site which had Vocaloid songs by various users. Most of them were amazing. But when he found 'Sound' he had to continue listening to it. Alex understood the lyrics, feeling the emotion from it. Even if it was a program, Miku's voice was amazing to him. Alex then accidentally repeated the last line of the song out loud.

"The wish that was always been here with me will reach afar, until it finally reaches you." He tried to sing quietly, but Miku caught his words. She pulled the headphones back and asked "You were listening to 'Sound' again?" with a grin. Alex was caught off guard.

"Miku! I-i was but it was for reference." he felt slightly embarrassed. He pulled up his work.

"I wanted to make a Duet song with you and Luka. I think you two would be great." Alex pointed out some of the lyrics he was making on the left screen. On the right was the program that made the instruments. It took Miku a few seconds of reading to make her blush a bit. She looked away from Alex "A Love song?". Luka heard this and walked over to the computer. She hit Alex on the back of his head.

"I am not singing a song like that, Even without Miku!" She roared, almost protective over Miku. Alex recovered from the blow.

"That hurt! Just give it a try at least. You only need to sing a small portion at first." Alex offered them to try it. They agreed and waited for the lyrics they would sing. Miku seemed to of gotten in the mood for the first few seconds, but when Luka was suppose to come in, she did not utter a sound. Alex stopped the program short. Luka disconnected and walked over to the same couch, laying out. Miku was sad.

"Luka! Alex worked hard on this song. At least sing for a few seconds!" Miku was going crazy. Waving her arms like a nut. Alex looked over to Rin, seeing if she had any idea if Luka had sung before.

"Luka? She did have one song. But she made it herself unlike the other ones. I think it was called 'Toeto'?" Rin hopped on Alex's lap, searching on Youtube for 'Toeto'. Sure enough, there was the video and other copies. The original had over three million views. Alex could not help but play it without his headphones. This song had a video to go with it. It started up, the first two seconds... Luka Immediately had the eyes of death on her, ready to kill Alex. But Alex continued to watch, not knowing what could happen. He saw a crayon like styled movie, the girl in it was Luka. But she wore a cat cap and was so shy. Luka's mood changed when she noticed Alex's reaction around 1:24 in the time line. He was absorbed in this song and truly listening to it. Alex wondered why the movie portrayed Luka as a shy child? It was her first song without a human and yet...he was moved. He watched till the end, pulling up the comments and adding his own.

'I am amazed as to how soft and warm Luka's voice is.' was his comment.

Luka lightly rested her arms across his chest, looking over his shoulder. Her tone was now more gentle.

"I have a warm and soft voice, huh?" she asked to Alex. Alex looked up at Luka, almost scared to death.

"Umm yeah. It sounded like you were a Mother. Soft, Gentle and warm." Alex admitted it, looking up at the clock.

"Oh crap! I forgot I had a date tonight!" He said out loud. Miku, Luka and Rin looked at him with a questionable glare. He tried his best to tell them.

"I was forced on a date with that girl who has Len. If I pull it off, we might get Len back." Rin's expression glowed as she hugged Alex.

"Thank you thank you thank you!" She was happy. She could finally meet her brother.

Alex in the time, prepared for the one shot date. He wanted to make it look like he was on a date. All to get Rin and Len together. While he was drying his hair off, he noticed Luka at his bed.

"L-luka! What are you doing in my room!" he panicked. Luka placed a small device on his bed. It looked like a Headphone that they used but there was no color on it. Luka turned away, hiding her red cheeks.

"Do not take it the wrong way. This is a gift to you from us. You are our master, and it would be right to have a private line with us. It's like a human cellphone. When you turn it on, you have to speak the person's name in the microphone and hopefully we will pick up. Sadly, since Len had his Headphone number reset...We could not talk to him at all."

Alex inspected the headset, asking...

"Do I have to wear it around my head all the time?" he did like it, but not enough to wear in public all the time. Luka sighed and pushed a small button, folding it to pocket size.

"Just push it again when you want to use it, idiot." her attitude looked annoyed but Alex was laughing.

"Luka. Thank you and the others. I promise if I do not get Len back-" He was cut off when Luka grabbed his pant leg.

"That girl that Miku told me about... I doubt she would give you Len so easily. Please... Umm.. Be careful." She hid her bashful self.

Alex knew that little action and played with her a bit.

"Come on. Don't be so Shy." He grinned before Luka punched him into the wall.

Miku heard the commotion and noticed what happened.

"Talk to me like that and I will make sure you forget it." she stormed out and relaxed on the couch.

As he walked out the door to meet his date, Miku could not help but follow him.

"Luka. I need a disguise to follow him!" her eyes raging of fire. She had to watch over her master. Luka said nothing, so Miku rushed to the PC to find her outfit. Many of her options were weird or totally obvious. But she found one. A white outfit with black Lace, her hair would be an Icy Blue. It was perfect! After downloading it, she used the outfit and changed her appearance. Rin noticed her outfit "You look like a ghost, Miku." trying to hide the fact that Alex would notice her.

"It's better than using a Pirate Outfit. I'm off!" she ran out the door, perusing Alex and hoping to find Len as well.

Alex arrived at the Theater entrance, waiting for Hillary. Miku was hiding behind a pillar, watching from the corner. Hillary then appeared, running up to Alex.

"Sorry! The bus was stuck in traffic." She latched onto his arm, his expression showing such hate. Miku watched them walk into the theater, finding a chance to get in. Too late, she was blocked by the usher.

"I'm sorry miss. No ticket, no entry." he stood there, like a wall. Miku tried to talk to him.

"But my friend is in danger! I have to save him!" The usher shook his head.

"No ticket. No entery."

She has to sit outside and wait for Alex to come out. However, Alex did not like the movie. It was Twilight of all things. A reshowing. After fourty Minutes in the movie, Alex got up and took Hillary with him.

"I can't take it. That movie is crap." Alex looked like he was going to barf from the horrible film. Hillary did not like his tone.

"Get back in the movie and finish it before I think twice about giving Len back." she pinned him. He had to sit through the horrible movie, some screams of pain from how horrible it was. Miku tried to get passed the usher once more.

"Sir. What if I told you that you look hansom?" she gave a seductive look, but the usher once more said...

"No ticket. No entry." Miku fell flat on her ass.

"Am I ugly?" she started to build fake tears. The usher noticed them and tried to calm her.

"No, you are pretty. I can not let you in though without a ticket."

Miku continued with fake hiccups. "But. But my friend is in trouble. I have to get in." The usher felt so horrible. He had to let her in to find her friend.

The movie was near over, she had to find Alex. Up and down the isle slowly and hidden. She finally found Alex, but he was already walking out.

"That wasn't so bad, right Alex?" Hillary looked over at Alex, who looked like he was dying.

"Let's just get this date over with..." He offered to take her to a place to eat.

They arrived at Alex's favorite place. Burger King! Alex ordered a Double Whopper but Hillary only ordered some fries.

"Oh man. It's been a while." he licked his chops, waiting for his burger." Hillary did not like it.

"Alex. I thought we were on a date?" Alex heard her question and answering.

"This is a date still. I just REALLY was craving Burger King!" Miku was watching from a table, a newspaper over her face to hide her. Though it was upside down. The dinner date ended quick as they walked out. Miku followed the two back to her house. She hid behind the bush and listened on the conversasion.

"Well...I held my end. Now hold your end." Alex looked inside, wondering if he was inside. Hillary looked at Alex is disgust.

"I did not enjoy it. So no Len." Alex was stunned.

"You promised I would get Len!" Alex yelled out, a bit furious. Hillary was about to close the door, till he put his foot in the door.

"Where is Len! Tell me!" he asked again, now unamused. Hillary looked angry.

"I will not give you Len unless you kiss me." her request made Miku nearly jump out of the bushes. Alex sighed.

"I will kiss you, If you give me Len first. Unlike you, Hillary... I keep my end of the bargain." this made Hillary a bit furious. She wanted Alex badly. She tried to close the door again, Alex's foot still in the door. Miku had enough, and blew her cover.

"Stop hurting Alex!" She popped out, placing her foot in the door as well.

"Please give us Len. Rin misses Len, and Alex is doing all he can do to keep her happy. You must give us Len! PLEASE!" Miku's appearance made Alex retract his foot.

"It's no use Miku. She is untrustworthy. This is the sole reason why I did not join her silly club. It's because she can never be trusted with anything. You ask her to clean, the room is still dirty. She asks you for money and pay you back the next day... It gets put off. We can not win against a person who is bound to be left alone." Alex turned and yanked Miku with him. Hillary heard why he does not like her, and closed the door slowly behind her.

Miku and Alex returned to the apartment. Alex's face showed much Depression. Rin already knew Len did not come back with them for Miku spoke to her from her headphones. Miku helped Alex into his computer chair.

"Don't worry Alex. We will find a way to get Len-" A pen flew by her cheek, being caught by Luka. His expression now was rage.

"I went through that whole ordeal, knowing she would not hold up her bargain.. FOR WHAT?" Alex slammed his head into the desk, absolutely furious with the recent fake date. Rin noticed his action and ran out the door, to the roof, and revealed the speakers on the roof. She changed her outfit to a one piece dress. The bottom half was colored with white on the right with Black on the left. The top section was reversed, a White bow on the right side of her head while a black bow was on the opposite. She turned her headphones up and tuned the speakers up to max. A melody begun to play.

The song she was working on was titled 'Meltdown'. Her voice coming in crystal clear to nearly everyone in the area. The top of the apartment building was bright with her lights and outfit. Dancing gracefully through the song, she vented her sadness and anger through it.

"I dreamed of wrapping my hands 'round your neck

'Neath curtains rustled by a breeze

The words overflow fro myour heart

dried up lips, like bubbles."

She continued, her lyrics reaching out to everyone who dropped what they were doing, looking up, and listening in.

Alex listened in on it too. He heard her song and looked out his window.

"I dreamed that everyone was disappearing

The emptiness and silence of this room in the night

Weighs down on me

I can't breathe anymore."

such Fury, Such sadness and such determination... All in her song. Len herd her song, looking at Hillary who was stunned to see Rin sing so much.

"Hillary? Was that my sister?" he asked, wondering. Hillary remembered what Alex said... She nodded to him and took his hand.

"Yes. Let's go see her."

As the song ended... The lights dimmed down. The speakers turned off. Alex walked up to Rin and put a hand on her shoulder.

"You did all you could. Let's hope he returns." Rin nodded in agreement, heading back to his room. But wait.. Hillary was standing in front of his door. From behind, Len looked and noticed Rin. Rin lit up with tears, the two of them colliding in a hug. Alex looked up to Hillary, who was also tearing.

"Alex. You are right... I am untrustworthy. I should of never played with your emotions like that. Or Len. Please forgive me. I promise I will change and If the club comes back together... I want you to be the lead in Music. Not as anything special... just an offer." She looked like she would cry any moment. Alex placed a hand on her chin, pulling it up to look into her blue eyes.

"This is the first step to gaining someone's trust. Thank you." He said, lightly pecking her on the cheek. Hillary blushed.

"Now, you can either stand here and dream... or go back home and plan for the meeting on Monday?" Alex grinned with much support. Hillary nodded and rushed off home.

Rin has finally reunited with Len. The two are ever so happy. But there is one problem...

"WHO KEEPS LEAVING ALL THE PAPERS ON THE FLOOR?" Alex returned from school, seeing a mess of musical scores all over his apartment floor. The trail lead to Rin and Len who were making a new song. Luka and Miku were trying to clean it up, while Alex was passed out on the couch.

"Just what I need. A Fourth vocaloid to live here...I am sorry if I pissed you off god almighty."