Howdy, people. Kitty Kat (or MeerKat, as Emma now prefers to call me T_T) is back for the thrilling chapter four of her story, Vocaloid: You Don't Know Me! If you wanna know the background story for Miyako, you will NEED to check my profile, or you might not understand some of it. Just warning you, haha. Some of the info is quite brutal, but it will be explained almost as detailed-ly (is that even a word?) later on in the story. I hope you've liked it so far, ahaha c:
Shoutout to Emma, for being awesome as usual. I do need to find out how to DJ, to be honest...xD random reference to something completely irrelevant, but oh well :D Kaito let something slip last time, and we might find out what he meant during this chapter. Without further ado, let the chapter commence!
Just a quick note. Incase people are wondering, now pretty much everyone except for Len (though he will change perspective in this chapter), Gakupo and Miku-sensei (who call her by Nakamura-san, although Miku-sensei seems to like her more and might call her Nakamura-chan, or even Miyako-san), and Neru (though she'll change to just Miyako in this chapter), will call Mimi by Miyako-chan. Kaito, Rin and eventually Len will call her Mimi, and Neru will eventually just call her Miyako, as well as Lily and SeeU doing the same. Just so this doesn't get confusing, here's the list:
People Calling Miyako by Mimi: Kaito, Rin, Len (by the end of this chapter).
People Calling Miyako by Miyako: Lily, SeeU (although they'll soon call her Mimi as their friendship strengthens)
People Calling Miyako by Miyako-chan: Pretty much no one (except for Neru to show that they're not friends)
People Calling Miyako by Nakamura-san: Gakupo-sensei, Miku-sensei (unless she decides to call her by Nakamura-chan or Miyako-san)
Does that clear it up for people? :D if not, I really don't see how I can show you more except for in the chapters. I don't really get the -chan and -kun and -san etc. bits myself, but ah well. Anyway :D
After the group performance, when all six of the kids reach the park/wherever I decide to take them after Music, they all just call each other by their actual names; instead of Kaito-kun, Rin-chan, Len-kun, Miyako-chan, Lily-chan, and SeeU-chan, they'll call each other by Kaito, Rin/Rinny, Len/Lenny, Miyako/Mimi, Lily and SeeU, as a reminder of their friendship, unlike Neru, who calls them by -chan, -kun. Just thought I'd clear that up right now.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of Vocaloid, so yanoe. Len's still mine though, relationship-wise. Completely eternal dibs and all that stuff.. Happy New Year, everyone c: I've literally been writing this since about half nine, taking various breaks, and it's now the 1st of January 2013, so I can really say Happy New Year now. Especially to Emma (x-ChibiRinny-x). Don't forget, your first 2013 word has to be Vocaloid. Mine was, awesomely enough...on with the story :D
WAIT WAIT: I know I'm going on but there's a lot of technical stuff in this chapter that you need to understand. One of these things is that there will be an English Neru song later. It will be a (possibly incorrect, depending on my sources) English translation of Bad Apple. Basically, I don't know many of the lines, just one or two, but Neru will be on her own singing it, after her group ditch her (SPOILER ALERT, SOWWY ABOUT THAT ;_;) so I just thought I'd warn you now, before you get any ideas to torch my house. Let's do this thing!
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~Chapter Four: A Shared Moment~
~Miyako's POV~
"I feel terrible," a voice whispers.
"It's not your fault," another reassures them, sounding unsure. I quickly recognise the second voice to be Kaito, and the first to be Len.
"Yes, it fucking well IS!" Rin screeches from somewhere else in the room.
"Rin.." Kaito replies.
"Don't you Rin me! Mimi could have died thanks to Neru...that bitch, I could kill her right now!"
"I'm sorry, Rin-chan. I totally get it if you want to kick my ass," Len whispers.
"I totally do, don't worry about that, sunshine."
"Will all of you just be quiet?" another voice cuts in, and I slowly recognise it as the school nurse, Yowane Haku.
"Sorry, ma'am," Kaito, Rin and Len all chorus. Wait a second...why is Len still here, anyway? I can understand Rin and Kaito, but Len? Hmm...
"Thank you," Haku sighs.
"Is Mimi gonna be alright?" Rin asks, worried now.
"Well, she has a nasty bump on her head, so she might be a little dizzy, but other than that, she's fine. It's not bleeding anymore. You'll just have to keep an eye on her for the next hour or so," Haku says, voice softer now. Someone sucks in a breath.
"Thank God," Kaito whispers, and a fuzzy memory of something he said before I passed out slips into my mind. I can't figure out what it is that I'm meant to be remembering, and I'm interrupted by Haku's voice.
"I'm gonna go get something to reduce the dizziness for when she wakes up. Be about five minutes. You kids gonna be okay?" she asks.
"We'll be fine, don't worry," Kaito says. Haku exits the room, and I hear a soft click as the door closes behind her.
"Shit, shit, shit..." Len hisses under his breath.
"She's fine, really," Kaito assures him.
"I guess..." Len replies quietly. Suddenly, I hear the scraping of a chair close to me, and someone's taking my hand. What the... "Miyako-chan, if you can hear me, I'm so sorry. I don't know what I ever saw in Neru..."
"Me neither," Rin scoffs from where she must be standing or sitting. Len ignores her. He lays a hand on my forehead and pushes my hair back. I tense up slightly, waiting to see what he's gonna do. He just leans down so his mouth is by my ear. (A/N: He's not gonna do anything, chillax xD)
"I won't let her hurt you again, Miyako-chan. I promise," he whispers gently, and I almost sit up in shock. Where the hell did that come from? He sighs and stands up, letting go of my hand. I decide the world has probably stopped spinning, so I open my eyes slowly. All three of the people in the room let out a breath, and I smile weakly at them.
"Thank God!" Rin squeals. Kaito smiles in relief, closing his own eyes. Len meanwhile, jumps right up from where he's sitting, blue eyes huge and...wait...somewhat red? Why has Len Kagamine been crying over me? Why has he been crying at all? Rin's slap couldn't have hurt that much, could it? Then, what...
"Miyako-chan..."
"That's me," I say, a little hoarsely. "Seriously, don't call me Miyako-chan, it's weird."
"But that's your name," he says, confused.
"Just call me Mimi, okay? Just Mimi," I reply irritably.
"Okay...Mimi. I like it. It's a pretty name."
"Um...thanks," I say, managing a smile. Rin, disregarding everything that Haku has just said about the bump on my head, rushes up and almost cuts off the blood to pretty much everywhere with a choking hug. I pat her back awkwardly, and she draws back and pokes her finger at me.
"Don't you EVER do that to me again, okay?" she says sternly. I suck in a breath.
"Yes, ma'am," I say. Small as she is, Rin can be dead scary sometimes.
"You gave us all a fright, Mimi," Kaito adds, walking towards me and giving me a more gentle hug.
"It's my speciality," I reply, sharply blowing my dark fringe out of my eyes. At that moment, Lily and SeeU come in, with Neru close behind. I meet Neru's eyes, and they are full of fury, rage, and even more hate than before, especially when Len Kagamine steps out between me and her, his back to me. He looks like he's pretty darn angry, from what I can see, and somehow, he's put himself between us to...protect me?
"Calm down, freak, I'm not gonna hurt her," Neru says glossily, smirking at me.
"I might hurt you, though, if you try anything funny again," Len almost growls. Okay, now I'm confused. What happened when I was out?
"Okay, okay, chillax," Neru replies, but she looks a little scared, honestly. Len suddenly steps close to her, very close, in fact.
"If you even try to hurt her again, you'll regret it. Are we clear?" he whispers, almost snarling in her ear.
"C-clear," Neru murmurs, suddenly very pale and very scared-looking. Len nods and steps back towards me, still watching Neru.
"You okay, Miyako?" Lily and SeeU ask, pretty much in unison. I give them a thumbs up, still a little shaken by their sudden concern. Then something weird happens. SeeU and Lily exchange glances, and then they both walk from Neru's side to stand beside Len, me, Rin and Kaito. Neru blinks at them.
"SeeU, Lily, get your butts back over here!" she hisses. Lily and SeeU stay where they are.
"You can't control us anymore, Neru," Lily says.
"We're not your puppets," SeeU adds, flicking her long blonde hair out of her face. Neru is stunned into silence for a moment or two.
"Fine," she says. "See if I care." Then she turns on her heel and stomps off...right into Haku! The glass of water that Haku has on her tray goes flying, and lands on Neru, soaking her hair and her clothes. She shrieks, running out of the room like lightening. All of us giggle a little, even Haku. Then she comes over to me.
"I see you're awake," she says. "What were you doing to give yourself that cut on you head, anyway?"
"Uh...tripped?" I say, locking eyes with Kaito, who nods, as if to say stick to that story.
"Neru hasn't said anything, and neither have we," Kaito mouths silently as Haku looks at some papers in the corner.
"Well, we'll have to call your parents, Miyako-"
"No!" I shout, interrupting her. She watches me closely.
"Why not?"
"My parents are at...work! At an important business meeting. They could get fired if you disturb them.." I say, trying to sound sincere. Luckily, it works, and Haku nods and puts down the phone she's carrying. I let out a breath of relief. Kaito and Rin nod to me, and Len, SeeU and Lily just look confused. I shake my head as if to say don't worry about it and smile, hopefully convincingly.
"Well, I think you'll be fine to go back to lessons, but come straight back if you feel any dizziness or pain, okay?" I nod and she turns to Kaito and Rin. "Can I trust you two to keep an eye on her?" My two best friends nod dutifully. I slide my legs off the white bed in the medical room, and Len is at my side in an instant, helping me down as if I might fall.
"Uh, thanks.." I say quietly. He nods and Kaito comes over, taking my arm and supporting me as we walk towards our current lesson, which is soon to be Music, oh joy...but Kaito's support doesn't make it look like I'm leaning on him; more like a booster if I need it. I'm grateful for it, and smile at him. He smiles back, but it looks a little sad. Weird. Rin pops up at my other side, back to her normal hyper self.
"You know we still have that music assignment later on, right? Miku-sensei won't care if you've had a near death experience or not, she'll still expect a performance from you!" she natters on.
"I wonder what Neru will do now that her group have disowned her," I say.
"You're not feeling sorry for her, are you?" Lily asks, coming up beside us.
"Hell no," I reply. "I'm just wondering."
"I don't care, to be honest," SeeU adds.
"She can find someone else to duet with," Len sniffs, making me jump. Where did he come from? Jesus, he needs to stop sneaking up behind me..
"What're you guys gonna do anyway?" I ask them.
"Well...um..." SeeU murmurs. They don't have a clue.
"You could join our group. We were doing the same song anyway, so we'll just quickly split the lines between us," I suggest.
"Are you sure?" Rin asks.
"Yeah, I think it's a cool idea. That way, we're all working together. Clean slate, huh?" Lily, SeeU, Len and Kaito all nod, pretty eagerly. Rin finally gives in, and we all link arms in one huge line on the way to music; Lily, SeeU, Kaito, me, Rin, and Len.
When we arrive in music, Miku-sensei gives us a long look. Neru is already slouched in her seat, still a little damp. It looks like Miku-sensei has already been told everything by Haku, and she nods and tells us to sit down.
"Alright, ladies and gentlemen, I've asked you to create a performance for today. Would anyone like to go first?" No one raises their hand, not even us, so she sighs and randomly picks out a small group of semi-popular kids; Kasane Teto, Sakine Meiko, Megurine Luka and Megpoid Gumi. They all rise and stand at the front, where the music begins to play. World is Mine, huh? Pretty good choice, I guess.
"Sekai de ichiban ohime-sama," Meiko, Teto and Gumi begin, and then they mix together in harmonies that are so good that I'm distracted from the words for a second or two. Then Luka's voice breaks into the chorus for a small solo.
"Yo ne?" Luka sings. Then all four of the girls continue to sing. I pick up odd words, but I'm mostly distracted by their singing. They're actually really good, if I'm being honest. It makes me kinda nervous, to be fair.
"DAISUKI DAYOU!" Gumi's high voice suddenly cuts in. The girls complete their song and we all clap loudly as they sit down. (A/N: If you're wondering why it's only little snippets of the song, I don't know much of it, but it's a good song, and I wanted to focus on Miyako's group (and Neru) as much as possible, hehe c: anyway, carrying on..)
"Next?" Miku-sensei calls out. As the next pair go up, our group begin to split up the lines between all six of us. We agree that SeeU and Lily, Len and Kaito, and Rin and me should be divided into said pairs, as our voices kind of suit, and it just fits anyway. When we're satisfied, we sit back and continue to listen to the duo singing. They're not as good as the previous group, but they're quite good. Before I know it, it's our turn.
(MASSIVE A/N MOMENT (is this even allowed? o.o): This is basically how the voices plan out (they probably won't be right, as I haven't heard the full extent of some of these, but never mind. This is how the voices plan out in MY story :D
Kaito and Len - put together because they're both boys, and believe it or not, have the lowest voices.
SeeU and Lily - although their voices differ a little in this,, they're both middle-high ranged (in the story :D) and they fit well together.
Rin and Miyako - Rin's voice is pretty high, and Miyako's is kind of the same, if slightly lower, basically they just fit.
Clear enough for you people? Okay, good. Remember it's just for my story that this applies. Continuing...END OF A/N MOMENT!)
"May I present," Rin says, in her most presenter-ish voice. "The group to knock your socks off, featuring Kaito, Lily, SeeU, Len, Miyako and me, the one and only, Rin!" Everyone laughs a little and claps as we take our places. Miku-sensei dims the lights at Rin's request, and somehow Kaito and Rin manage to fix them so they put a spotlight on each of us. Kaito whispers instructions to Miku-sensei, who nods and takes her place by the lights.
"What did you do?" I whisper as the instrumental of the song floods in.
"Set it up so that when each of us sing, the spotlight will move to us," Kaito replies quietly. Wow. Hidden talents, much?
"Let's do this thing," I whisper to the whole group, as the music builds up and we open our mouth to sing. Well, here goes. Between the six of us, we've managed to slow the tempo down until the third verse, at which point it builds up dramatically. (A/N: You really need to know Meltdown to know about this - the bit at which it goes 'I dreamed I was wringing your neck, etc' is the bit where it builds up. Before that, it's pretty slow. As for this lyrics section, okay, they may be slightly wrong, but you get the picture.)
"Machiakaru hanayaka EETERU masui tsumetesa," Lily begins slowly.
"Nemurenai gozen niji subete ga kyuusokyu ni kawaru," SeeU adds quietly, at the same tempo.
"OIRU kire no RAITAA yaketsuku you na inonaka," Kaito sings in a much deeper voice, which floods into Len's.
"Subeta ga sou uso nara hontou ni yokatta noni ne," Len sings. Damn, he's actually a really good singer. Okay, we're up. Cue build up of music.
"Kimi no kubi wo shimeru yume wo mita hikari no afureru hirusagari," Rin sings, her voice high and sweet, and a lot faster and more dramatic.
"Kimi no hosoi nodo ga haneru no wo nakidashisouna me de miteita~" I sing, slightly nervously, and I see most of the heads in the class, including those in my group, turn to me as they hear me sing for the first time. Most of those people have smiles on their face, especially Len. He winks at me as I meet his eyes, and I shyly smile back. Then I turn my attention to the front as we split into our pairs for the chorus, at which point the music is at its climax.
"Kakuyuugouro nisa tobikonde mitai to omou," Lily and SeeU, the middle-high pitched girls, sing. They even manage to get in the high pitched note, which is awesome. They keep to the key as well, which is an added bonus.
"Massao na hikari tsutsumarete kirei," the two boys 'reply', their voices melting into each other and sounding amazing.
"Kakuyuugouro nisa tobikonde mitara soshitara," Rin and I add in. Time for the big finale. Okay, so we're only doing a part of the song, but Miku-sensei said that doesn't matter, so long as it sounds good.
"Subete ga yurusareru youna kigashite!" we all chime in, and the lights black out on us, just as Kaito planned, probably, as we hit the last note. Cheers ripple through the classroom, and even Neru shows the ghost of a smile.
"That was amazing, guys!" Miku-sensei says delightedly. "Miyako-san, I didn't know you could sing like that!" (A/N: I know in real life the teacher wouldn't call Miyako by Miyako-san (probably?), but I wanted it as a contrast to Gakupo's Nakamura-san, to show that Miku-sensei was younger and more 'down with the kids' so to speak. Also, I wanted to show that she likes and believes in the kids way more, as well c:)
"Hehe," I laugh quietly. SeeU, Lily, Rin, Kaito and Len pull me into a group hug, and we all compliment each other on our singing.
"Oh, my God, Kaito-kun, I didn't you could sing that awesomely!" SeeU squeals.
"Haha, I wasn't as good as you, SeeU-chan!" Kaito replies with a smile.
"Rin-chan, where'd you learn to sing like that?" Lily asks.
"I could ask you the same question, Lily-chan!" Rin replies. Suddenly, Len looks up at me and smiles. I half-smile back.
"You were amazing, Mimi," he whispers. Then he takes my hand and squeezes it. It's a strange feeling that follows, one that makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside...huh...
"You were pretty dang good yourself, Len-kun!" I reply with a grin on my face. His own face breaks into a smile, and we all take our seats, bubbling with pride over our performance. Miku-sensei shakes her head at us, but you can tell she's not serious. She liked us, too.
"Well, after that awesome performance, I think we have only one person to go...Neru-san, isn't it your turn?" Miku-sensei asks. All of our heads turn to Neru as she slowly and shakily stands up and takes her place at the front. She looks nervous, but no matter how scared Neru is, when she's in front of a crowd, she can usually pull off a performance. Unless of course, that crowd is the six of us. Then, she's screwed. But as the rest of the class and Miku-sensei are watching her too, she can probably do this. She doesn't disappoint. She takes one deep breath.
"I'm gonna be singing an English version of Bad Apple. You guys heard of it?" she asks. Most of the class grin and cheer. Bad Apple's a pretty cool song, to be honest. Especially if she's gonna pull an English translation out of her bag of tricks. I don't hear most of her performance, as a slightly retarded bird (A/N: It's a totally random moment, but I needed something to fill in my lack of knowledge on some of the English lyrics) has decided to perch right outside the music block window and squawk dementedly for the whole lesson. I do catch a little bit though..
"I'm slipping through the cracks of a dark eternity with nothing but my pain and a paralysing agony~" Neru sings. She is an amazing singer, if you get down to it. It's just the matter of her also being a spiteful witch that spoils it. When she's finished, there are some large claps around the classroom, including a few scattered ones from our group, just to be nice.
"That was great, Neru-san," Miku-sensei says. Neru looks tired as she takes her seat, and her eyes lock with mine. She suddenly looks vulnerable, like a little child. I swallow, trying to think of something to say, but she quickly looks away as the bell goes, packing away her stuff and clearing out of there as soon as Miku-sensei dismisses us. We reform our line as we exit the music room.
"Well, what do you guys wanna do?" Lily asks. Rin and Kaito both look at me, and I suddenly remember the talk we were gonna have. Seriously doesn't matter anymore, I mouth, and this time, they nod and smile. Wow...since when do they trust me on this? Meh, oh well, I guess I can't moan.
"Well, we could go to the park!" Rin suggests.
"Isn't that the place where you like to hang out, Mimi?" Len says, and I feel myself blush.
"Maybe.." I say, half smiling back at him.
"I think it'd be cool there. We'd have the chance to act like kids again!" SeeU adds.
"Dude, are you kidding? We are kids!" Rin disagrees, grinning madly.
"Let's go. I hear they have trees to climb, and benches where we can sit and chill," Kaito says.
"If we stop at mine on the way, I can ask my mom to make us a picnic!" Lily nods, and we all agree eagerly. I've seen some of Lily's packed lunches from her mom, and darn, do they look good."I'll just call her now. You guys go on ahead, I'll meet you at the end of the road." With that, she dials a number and calls her mom. "Hi, mom, I was wondering if you could make me and my friends a picnic? We were heading to that park down the street...oh, there's six of us...just some kids from school...Kaito, Rin, Miyako, Len and SeeU...awesome, thanks, mom!" She hangs up and runs up to us triumphantly.
"Did she say yes?" Rin asks.
"Course she did. My house is just here, c'mon!" Lily says, leading us down a well lit road lined with large Victorian houses. I gape as we reach Lily's place, taking in its three storeys and huge garden. Man, what I wouldn't give for a place like this. Lily tells us to wait by the small metal gate, and goes up to knock the door. Her mother opens it, already holding a large picnic bag and a bottle of lemonade and one of Coke. Len quickly runs up and takes one bottle, and I take the other. Kaito helps Lily to carry the heavy looking basket, and Rin and SeeU are given cushions and tablecloths to spread out on the grass in the park.
"Mom, there's benches there," Lily says.
"The grass will be much comfier, trust me, Lil'," Lily's mom replies cheerfully. "I used to go on picnics all the time!"
"Well, thanks, mom." Lily gives her mom an awkward one armed hug, tackling the basket with her other hand, and then we all set off towards the park.
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Well, I think it's safe to say that that was probably my longest chapter ever. Jesus, it tells me on my mystical word counter that I have 3.5k+ for just the story. Me: AMG what? My look of shock made my dad slightly suspicious, I can tell you. Him: Okay, what are you looking at? Me: Uhh, nothing... Him: Uh huh. No seriously who are you talking to? Me: Uh...Emma ¬¬ ...haha, sorry for dropping you in it there, Emma, luckily, he doesn't know exactly which Emma I'm on about at this point, haha :D
I hope you guys liked the story, and I'm sorry if you find it extremely long and boring. It'll be like 1:47pm when I finish writing this end note. I'll give you the exact time at the end. I just got really bored and had nothing to do, so whala, new chapter.
~CHAPTER 4 & START/END NOTE COMPLETED ON TUESDAY 1ST JANUARY 2013 AT 01:48 AM~
Well, until next time, folks. Kitty Kat, away :D