Addon 2: Aim for the top, Miku!
It was three days till the festival would begin. Already, there were signs that said a Vocaloid Concert would happen here. The signs expanded through the city in hopes to let more hear them. Alex wanted to make some last minute choices, looking through the song lineup once again.
"Encounter - Miku Hatsune, Gemini - Rin and Len Kagamine, Double Lariat – Luka Megurine, I Don't Fly – Rin Kagamine, No Thank You – Miku Hatsune, Toeto – Luka Megurine and Melt – Miku Hatsune. I think that's right." he looked over at the pad he used for management. It started to download the schedule and the Vocaloids for each one. There was an outfit change option to each song. Alex set the outfit for Encounter to look like a punk rocker. Gemini outfits were matching colors for the twins. Toeto would change to that famous blue and white stripped dress to sing for everyone. The other songs were left alone but Melt was showing a silhouette.
"Miku? Why can't I change the outfit option on this song?" Miku peered over from the kitchen, already making her and Alex onion burgers.
"It's a surprise. So no telling." a wink from her right eye was a tell of something Alex might enjoy. Even if Miku was made for singing, she did enjoy to cook... even if it has to involve spring onions. While she was pan frying the burgers, a bit of the hot oil splashed on her left index finger.
"MIKUUUUUUUUU!" her cry of pain sounded hilarious but she rushed over to Alex, nearly crying.
"Hot hot hot hot. ow." She hopped and nearly tripped, giving her finger to Alex. He noticed it was a grease burn but her skin was fine.
"Miku. You are not burnt." he turned a cold shoulder to return to work. Miku rest her head on Alex, sulking.
"Master should at least be worried about my injuries. I feel the pain still." her hand waving in the air to cool it off. Alex shook his head.
"Miku. If you had opened joints on your body, I would be worried. Now excuse me. I need to update this twitter I started a few weeks ago." Miku pulled his chair away, tossed him on the couch laying down. She get on top, putting her left index near his face.
"Kiss it!" Alex grabbed her wrist, attempting to push it away.
"I can not kiss it! It still has oil!" Miku struggled to make him kiss it, soon falling over and landing on the floor on her back. Alex turned over "Are you alright?" now worried. Of course that short fall would not hurt her, but she went with it.
"My back. I do not think I can sing for you master." she arched her back, faking her injury and making Alex more worried. He rolled her over to check her back.
"D-does it hurt here?" He lightly touched the middle of her back. She made a cry "Yes. Everywhere. It will feel better if you... kiss it." Alex now catching on.
"Miku. You just want a kiss from me. Is that it?" Alex started to walk away from Miku. She grabbed the back of his shirt, trying to get him down.
Luka arrived from the store with mostly water for the event soon. She noticed Alex on the floor with a leek print on his face. Miku was pouting on his computer chair.
"Luka! Master would not kiss my injury." She latched herself on Luka, noticing Alex finally waking up.
"Miku... That hurt." he struggled, but failed to get up. Luka felt sorry.
"Miku, take these in the kitchen." Luka handed the bags to Miku, inspecting Alex's injury. The imprint was still there "Poor Alex. Miku smacked you with the leek that hard?" smirking. Alex could barely move his face from the pain.
"Luka. Get Miku over here and I will kiss her finger. She is really a demon." Luka lightly smiled, kissing his forehead as a way of saying 'Sorry it happened.'
It was the day before the festival. Alex walked down the street to find some kind of cake to celebrate beforehand. Miku, Luka, Rin and Len patiently waited for him to return. Miku got very nosy, and logged on Alex's computer. She looked in his files, under the Document folder and tried to find anything porn related to make fun of him. There was mostly lyrics and scores, a To do list which was edited a year ago and a file called 'Top Secret'. Miku double clicked only to see it needs a password. After thinking for three minutes, she typed in 'leek'. It was not the password. She tried 'Leekonion', 'Hatsunemiku', and even 'Alex' but nothing.
"What is master's Password!" she cried to the others. Luka responded "Try 'goton'."
It worked. She was in the secret file. Inside were photos. It looked like Alex was with a bunch of people. His keyboard was there as well. It was photos of a band!
"Simply Sound?" she looked at the image with the band's old logo on a wall. Alex looked very happy with the other three members. The images showed the group having fun and singing to crowds. The last file was a saved E-mail to Alex. Miku knew if she read it, she would be in trouble... but she wanted to.
"Dear Alex,
We regret to inform you that Sally, the lead singer of Simply Sound, lost her voice. She is unable to speak after the accident a week ago that sent her in a coma. We sent this Email to her other friends and Members to let everyone know she is alive... but unable to sing. We have offered her to use an experimental 'Vocal Box' but she declined for reason that she may not sound as well as she use to. She hopes to see you all once again. And thank you for the Flowers.
From- Mrs. Weather."
Miku immediately closed the file, closed her eyes, and letting a single tear fall from her cheek. At that moment, Alex came in with a cake and some beer.
"HEY! Let's all celebrate tonight! Here is to a good performance!" Alex seemed happy, sitting down with the items he bought for all to share. He noticed Miku on the computer "Hey Miku! Come sit next to Luka!". Miku got up slowly and asked "How long ago did Sally lost her voice?".
That name changed Alex's mood instantly. He put the beer down slowly and took a deep breath.
"It happened a year and a half ago. I was the keyboard player for a small band that a few high school friends made. Simply Sound. Max was the bass, Gary was the drums and Sally was our vocal. We were not big but we were known well. We were also invited to do a few benefit gigs and perform at conventions. But it was that one night that changed it all... We were all given the chance to perform in Vegas. We all would have been big names like Frank Sinatra, Slayer and even the Beatles. It was a hit but...something happened."
Alex placed a hand over his eyes, tears dripping from his cheek.
"Sally tripped over some wire and hit her voice box on a flat stub. She was sent into a week long coma before waking up. She lost her voice. The band soon started to split up and went their own way. Max could never play bass again. Gary went back to his home town to settle down. I continued my strive to make music." Alex nearly broke down, remembering it all. Luka and Rin comforted Alex while Miku started to look for a 'Sally Weather'.
Finally the day of the festival came. The football field for the concert was packed with people from the college and in the city. Miku peered from behind the curtain and noticed the group.
"Wow! They all came to see us sing?" She was hopping in place in anxiety to sing a song at the moment. Alex was checking off all the outfits and making sure there were no interference by turning off his cellphone. Len and Rin was moving some boxes with extra microphones in case they wanted to use them instead. Luka was testing her mic when she noticed a woman walking up to her. She had brown sandals, white long skirt with frills, a very light brown blouse and her red hair in a ponytail. She looked up at Luka with her brown eyes and wrote on a pad "Is Alex here?". Luka smiled and guided her over to where Alex was speaking to Miku.
"Ok. Make sure you change your outfit before you go on stage. Otherwise it will-" Luka interrupted him with "Alex, someone is here to see you."
The minute Alex turned to see the woman, he immediately looked like he saw a ghost. Miku smiled and shook her hand with both of her's.
"Hi Sally! I'm Miku! Glad you could make it!" she was happy, and noticed another person. He had brown spiky hair, wearing a black tank and jeans with white sneakers. His glasses overlapped his blue eyes as he recognized Alex. He waved "Hey! Long time no see? I guess you wanted to show off what music you made?" joking lightly before Miku could grab his arm and shaking it violently.
"Gary! Thank you for coming! I am Miku!" He was able to pull his hand away and walked over to Alex with Sally. Sally sketched on the pad "Are you doing well? And how is your keyboard?".
"Well my keyboard is fine and I have been eating well. The performance is about to begin in thirty minutes. We can all watch from here." Alex offered, puling up some seats to sit in.
Milly and Kim arrived to meet with the performers.
"I am glad you all could sing for us." Milly explained while letting Kim follow up with "The people that showed up were more than last year's and the year before." the two of them sounding creepy if not, the exact same person. Max suddenly appeared from behind them, noticing his friends.
"Alex. What is going on?" Max asked, a bit stunned to see his old band mates here. Miku hopped over quicky "I invited you and the other band members to our performance. Alex worked hard to set up a short concert for us and I wanted all to hear. Oh and master? I want to change the last song to 'Sound'."
Alex shrugged, changing the song again at the last second "Are you sure Miku? Cause I think everyone knows it." Miku nodded with much determination. The performance was about to begin. Miku changed her outfit to the Punk Rocker and walked out on stage to perform the first song.
"Hello everyone! I am glad to see such a big turn out! We have six songs to sing to you all, so please enjoy every second if possible." Miku was already trying to rally them up, applause and cheers could be heard throughout the school grounds. The music started to play, as Miku started to sing Encounter.
'Someone's heat that doesn't exude loneliness
I probably cannot wish for such a thing
If for some reason, we dislike solitude
We could not possibly have been born.'
Sally and Gary watched and listened with much desire. Sally sketched on the pad 'For an android, she sings beautifully. It's as if she can speak to the instruments playing in the background.' something that made Alex remember how Luka reacted to him playing the guitar horribly.
"You are right. She sings beautifully for an android." Alex turned his attention back to Miku, singing the song still.
'Even if it's a song, even if it's a roar
let your trembling voice reverberate
Even if I'm small, I'm here
Even if you give up, even if you escape
I understand the pain
That day of deceit
Look into my eyes, my eyes, my eyes'
Her voice showing much power and desire to sing it to all. Everyone was rocking to it. When her song was about to end, Luka came walking up and felt ready to sing.
"Luka. Do you want me to change the song? I can do-" Luka interrupted him "It's fine. I feel like spinning for once and not feel like an idiot." hearing the people cheering out at the end of the song.
"Alright! Next up is Luka Megurine singing 'Double Lariat'!" Miku's last words before walking back stage. She shook everyone's hands, Sally nodding in enjoyment.
Luka took one deep breath, and started from the backstage.
'An 85 cm radius is as far as my hands can reach
I'm going to show you now, so please stand back'
And the minute she finished that last line, she spun out on stage till she reach the middle. Hearing the crowd around her renewed her passion to sing. She would of cried but held it in. She stopped spinning to sing a bit more.
'It was fun just to spin, and I wanted to stay that way
When I just kept spinning I forgot how to stop
My pals around me spun much better than me
So I muttered, "Oh well," and pretended to give up'
And once again, she spins and sings. Her smile showing bright. Her eyes glinting with happiness. She wished to truly sing forever. Alex was stunned to see her smile like that. Sally wrote on the pad to Alex 'Luka seems to love singing. Her voice is soothing but awesome to hear at the same time.' her comment struck Alex's process to say she tends to torture him but...
"Luka to me is the eldest from our little group. Her voice is potent." Luka was starting to finish the song.
'A 6300 km radius is as far as my hands can reach
I've realized that I can do it now, so please stand back'
'An 85 cm radius is as far as my hands can reach
When I someday grow tired of spinning, please stay by me'
Luka stopped spinning, hearing and seeing everyone applauding and clapping for her. Her eyes tearing from joy. The smile ever so bright. She trotted off stage and hugged Alex.
"Thank you Alex! I never felt better in my life!" she radiated with happiness, while Len and Rin were preparing their performance. Just then... the dean of the school came up to Milly and Kim.
"Milly? Kim? Why are you still here? You were suppose to tell Alex that we can let him do three songs and no more." So the six song deal was a lie?
Kim tried to explain, both of them shaking in unison.
"Y-you see? We like the music they sing and-" The Dean slammed his foot.
"NO BUTTS! Alex. You have one song left to perform." and off he went. Len and Rin heard the one song limit left and dropped the bench on the ground. Alex was shocked and tried to tell Len to continue setting up. However, Rin ran over and grabbed his arm.
"No! Let Miku sing the last song! She really wants it to be a great closer." her eyes already affecting him.
"Alright. Miku, grab your guitar. If we are going to have one song left, then let's make it a live performance with no pre-recorded music." his instructions made everyone react with a chant. Luka grabbed her bass, Rin started to set up the drums as Miku was preparing her vocals.
"Sorry for all of you to know that we have one song left. It was not our choice but the person who owns this place. So we are going to make this a live performance." Alex used the intercom to explain to all. Len moved Alex's keyboard to the stage, finishing the set up. Sally wrote on the pad 'Everyone do your best.' to boost their performance. Miku nodded, walking out on stage and announcing "For this last song, I will need Sally Weather to come out and listen well." the name making everyone in the audience gasp with shock that Sally came back to this town. She walked out on stage, up to Miku.
"Sally. I know you can not sing anymore, but I want you to listen to this song. It will always be with you and everyone here."... Miku heard the drums play, starting with her guitar rift. 'Sound' was her song and the song for all.
'This seasons passes by, with the unrelenting noise of the crowd around me
Although it just goes on like this, everyday was becoming a little uneasy
I suddenly looked up at the sky, even which seems I'm going to lose sight of
If anyone could just hear, the melody that is only within myself
I close my eyes, amidst the pain of loneliness
Only the time passes, I run across the world
I remembered the time my speakers got tampered
It made the echo thick, and the melody strong
The wish that was always been here with me
will reach afar, until it finally reaches you
Being tormented by this uneasiness, even which I wanted to run away from
I just can't escape from it, and the time just passes by
I reject the strangers around me while pretending,
this is and unfamiliar place with a broken clock
The real sound that my aching heart has
are the childhood memories that I stumble upon
The speakers that were inside my heart
are clamoring, the voice from a long time ago
I remembered the time my speakers got tampered
It made the echo thick, and the melody strong
The wish that was always been here with me
will reach afar, until it finally reaches you'
The final bit was followed by only instruments, The instruments were all playing in full joy. The power of music filled the entire ground with nothing but awe. The clapping started to become loud, the cheering and whistling to everyone's performance was truly as loud as the music was. They loved it more than anything.
"Thank you all! Before we go, try saying something Sally." Miku encouraged Sally, placing a microphone to her mouth. At first Sally did not want to try and speak, but she tried.
"Miku. That song made me realize how strong music is to all." Sally's voice was a whisper and low... but it was there. She regained a bit of her voice back. Miku hopped up and down "It did work! You can speak once more Sally!" already happy and dancing on stage with Sally. The power of Sound indeed helped give Sally the boost to speak. The rest would be up to her.
Alex ran on stage, followed by Gary and Max all giving Sally a hug and nearly crying. Miku just caught eye of the four, then shouting to the crowd.
"This was not only our first performance to you all, but it is the small reunion of Simply Sound! Let's give a round of applause to each of the members!" The crowd and even Miku all clapped to the friends on stage. Luka walked up to Alex "I wish to take a picture of you four." but Milly snatched it, Kim explaining "You all should be In the picture. Gather up and say 'cheese'." Miku, Luka, Rin, Len, and the old members of Simply Sound gathered in a mass. They all shouted Cheese at once. The flash went off, The crowed cheered on once more to the performers and the old group.
That very night, they had a nice celebration. Drinks, singing and even sharing stories. As it got later, Gary waved goodbye on his way to the airport. Max said goodnight to Alex. Sally walked up to Alex and held his hand with both of her's.
"I thank Miku for helping me out. Even if I am only able to whisper now, I still think I can regain my voice. I am glad to see you are still striving to make music, even when we are all gone. But as long as you keep playing, the sound and melody will reach us no matter how far we are." Her low tone and whisper could be considered truly gentle. She placed a simple kiss on Alex's cheek, pulling away. Miku, Luka and Rin felt a bit jealous, until she said "Keep playing music, everyone. I wish to hear more." and turned for the door. Alex felt his cheek, smiling. He looked at his vocaloids to say...
"Miku. I can not thank you enough for what you have done for me..." Miku grinned and held up her finger to him.
"Kiss my finger. You have yet to do it!" Miku forced him once more. He had no choice and kissed her finger. Miku smiled bright and tightly hugged Alex once more like a vice.
"Thank you master!"
Master. You have helped Rin and Len unite. You have brought Luka's real self back and now you have made me happy. I can finally say that you are the Master Conductor we need to spread our music through the world. I will do whatever it takes to make you happy.
I want to be at your side till the end.
((Planing on making a playlist for this fic at the end before making the second story to continue the adventure!))