Yoh, just wanted to say thanks for the positive feedback on the first chapter. Chapter 2's up, leave a review if you can and please enjoy reading ^w^.
Disclaimer: I do not own Vocaloid.

(-Night time streets-)

The city streets isn't the best place to be taking a leisurely stroll in the middle of the night. With gang wars happening almost every single night you'd find yourself in a mess you probably won't be able to get out of so easily. It would be a problem for most people, but Luka isn't bothered. If Miku is feared in the classroom then Luka is feared on the streets.

Luka made her way to an abandoned building that they use as a base via a hidden alley. The infrastructure has been worn out by the passage of time, but it shows no signs of collapsing anytime soon. It has a hole on the roof so most of the time when the moon is shining there's a spotlight in the middle of the room, and in that spotlight sat Gakupo Kamui, the purple pony tailed eggplant-lover with a samurai fetish.

"Welcome home school girl!" He greeted with a grin.
"Stop it" Luka replied. Being the oldest and the leader, the guy is sweet and often acts like a big brother to all of his gang members, though it can get very annoying at times.
"So how was school?"

Luka shot him a look then he knew that it was time to stop. Footsteps were heard from the shadows and a boy wearing a gray hoodie stepped into the light, Mikuo, Gakupo's second in command. Now, despite being smaller than Luka is, the guy is actually older than her by a few years. They have a bit of a rivalry going on in the group but it's mostly viewed as more of a fight between siblings, with Gakupo enjoying almost every single one they have.

"So how was school you mammoth-breasted beast?" he asked.
"Not fun, you midget-balled brute"

Shots of electricity went flying in between the two and the eggplant just smiled as they continued talking.

"I thought you weren't capable of staying even five minutes in that place" Mikuo said.
"I'm not"
"But you stayed a whole day"
"I was forced to"
"Not just anyone can force you"

Luka glared at him and Mikuo shot her a grin. Not that he was wrong, true not just anyone can force Luka into doing anything. What she wants to know is why Hatsune Miku is one of them. Maybe it's because of that little scene that played out between them when she transferred on her first year of high school... yeah that's it. Or at least she thinks that's it.

"Oh whatever," Luka waved her hand, dismissing the topic "where's the venue for tonight?"

"Woah, woah, woah, you still have school tomorrow you're not joining us tonight!" Gakupo exclaimed.
Mikuo burst out laughing.
Luka could feel a nerve pumping on her forehead.

"Give me a break! School was hell and I couldn't even punch anyone! Now where's the venue?"
With Miku watching over her like a hawk the whole day Luka couldn't escape. Her sweet, tsundere-ish little demeanor that showed itself during lunch break completely disappeared the second classes started. She planned on skipping after first period but that twin-tailed demon was like a magnet, she wouldn't let her out of her sight. If you recall Luka offered to translate their project, she doesn't bring a bag to school which is why she is going into battle carrying Miku's notebook. "Okay fine, it's on 8th avenue and it's probably already started."

The three made their way to said street, though they couldn't see anyone the sounds of war echoed through the air. Yells and shouts of anguish and blood-lust. It got Luka excited, her adrenaline went overdrive the second she saw her battlefield. Her demeanor changed and a sadistic grin plastered itself onto her lips.

"Hey there beyatches!"

(-The Next Day-)
When Miku arrived in class the noise immediately quieted down, her footsteps echoed as she made her way to her seat in front. She has a habit of always checking her classmates' uniform and homework whenever she comes. Knowing that she'll be roaming around everyone started to fix their uniforms, and fill in those extra blanks that they hadn't answered the night before. Her column, the one nearest to the window comes first, Gumi the girl behind her. Miku stared at the red goggles on her head

"Still not taking them off?"
The girl shook her head. Miku sighed then moved on. The last time she tried to get her to take them off didn't go so well. She reached half the class and the other half sighed in relief. The door slid open and in walked Luka, with a hoodie covering half her face. She walked over to Miku's desk and dropped her notebook face down. The tealette looked at Luka, only she couldn't see her eyes because of the hoodie.

"Take that off, hoodies aren't allowed in class"
"I'm not staying for class" Luka replied, the bell rang.
"Yes, you are. Now sit, I'll look over-"

Clack!

The door closed and Miku could feel a nerve pumping on her forehead, she had no time to be mad about it either as she heard Kiyoteru's footsteps outside.

In the middle of class Miku found that she couldn't stay focused on the lesson. She realized that she hadn't touched the notebook that Luka had returned to her, may as well take a look at it now and see what the damage is... Well, the cover had a... blood stain? Flipping to the second half of the notebook she saw there that the whole story was translated. Clearly written by Luka's hand she could see that no translator was used. Who knew that girl was good in English?

The second the bell rang for lunch Miku went searching for Luka, with any luck she could still be on campus. As she walked through the hallways anyone from her year hugged the walls as she approached. Her expression cold and icy, suddenly changed. What am I doing? How on earth could she be so sure that Luka hadn't left yet? That girl did what she wanted, when she wanted. She sighed and made her way to the nurse's office.

(-Infirmary-)
Miku knocked on the door and walked inside. A woman stood by the window where the sink is, her hair is snow white and tied into a ponytail and her blood red eyes stood out against her pale skin; Yowane Haku, the school nurse. She dumped a container of water into the sink and smiled when she saw Miku, she gestured for her to come in.

"I'm sorry, am I disturbing something?"
"Not really," Haku said "Just taking care of one of your classmates that's all" she said with a soft smile on her face.
"A classmate? Who is it?" Haku nudged her head towards a separate room with all the beds.
"She comes here a lot actually"

Miku thought it over, she knows that no one in her class has any serious medical conditions, she knows most of their details. Only one bed with the curtains drawn in the very corner is occupied, the occupant; a sleeping Luka. Miku's eyes widened a bit when she saw her condition but her expression didn't change. Her arms and legs are covered with bandages, she also had a few on her cheeks. Her top is open revealing her well-developed chest (which Miku had to put in a little effort to not tostare at) with a bandage covering her abdomen, and several scars. Haku buttoned her shirt back and stuck a fever patch on her forehead before she pulled the blanket over her body.

"What... happened to her?" Miku asked as she sat down on a stool near the bed.
"I don't know, she doesn't attend class but she comes here almost every day looking like this. She's too stubborn to go home, or to a hospital."

Miku's expression softened as she slid her hand into Luka's, the pinkette's fingers slowly wrapping around Miku's hand. Haku smiled and left the two alone. The tealette's thumb rubbed Luka's knuckles which seemed to relax the sleeping teen.

What on earth have you been doing all these years...?

(-The Cafeteria-)
Rin and Len finally managed to grab their trays for lunch after waiting fifteen minutes in line.

"Geez Rin it's all your fault we had to wait in line so long"
"I'm sorry the bathroom was so full!"

Len narrowed his eyes as he looked at his sister funny. She was the first one there, what he wanted to know was why girls take so long while they're in the bathroom. What on earth do they do in there? As they ordered and paid for their lunch, Rin noticed the hair of the person next to her out of the corner of her eye. Teal hair tied into twin-tails... not everyone has that hair color, or that hair length in fact. She was probably a long ways off but she decided to ask;

"Miku-nee...?"
The girl flinched before she looked at Rin "You..." she glanced at Len right next to her "Oh no way..."

"This... is quite the reunion isn't it?" Kaito said, hoping to lighten up the atmosphere a bit. The twins had invited Kaito and Meiko to eat lunch with them the day before. Rin dragged Miku to their table despite the tealette's efforts to get away.
"It sure is..." Meiko said, looking at the three in front of her.
"What is it Meiko-nee?" Rin asked
"Hm? Oh, I'm sorry it's just that I didn't think we'd be able to... be together again that's all."
"You see me in the halls every now and again" Miku said
"Yeah but every time we do you don't even shoot us a glance, it's like we don't even exist, haha" Kaito said with a grin not really matching his words.
"W-well that's... a-anyway why did you guys come back?" Miku asked the twins trying to avoid the topic.
"Hm? Oh well you see dad got transferred again so we had to move" Len said in between bites of the banana he's eating.
"Wait... isn't that the same reason why you guys moved away in the first place?" Meiko asked

"That's not—" Rin thought it over "Actually, yes it is."

Looks were exchanged at the realization. This is probably her first time in a long time Miku's ever eaten lunch with a group of people. Most of the time she just goes to the infirmary, where she became friends with the school nurse. They ate their lunch with a lot of talking, except for Miku. The bell rang and she immediately stood up, but Rin stopped her.

"Wait! Miku-nee," she said before the tealette could disappear "Would you... like to hang out with us after school?"
"Hey, yeah! It can be like the old times-"
"The old times...?" Miku asked the air in front of her. She shook her head
"I'm sorry but, it will never be like the old times."

Miku ran off before anyone could say anything. Although no one said anything, deep down they knew she was right. You can piece together broken glass but the cracks will always be there no matter what you do.

(-After school-)
Luka's eyelids fluttered open and rested on the ceiling above her head. Images of the fight last night run through her head in a millisecond, and she was greeted with a headache afterward. It took a while for the gears in her mind to start running but when they did she noticed that she isn't alone, like she usually is. To her side sat Miku, her legs crossed and her bloodstained notebook in her hand. Luka narrowed her eyes as she stared at her, what is she doing here? Miku seemed to feel Luka's eyes lingering on her

"You're finally awake," she said, flipping the notebook to a close.
"Yeah... I am—- hold it," Luka sat up. "How the heck did you find me?"
"I'm sorry dear," Haku slid the curtains to one side, looking at her with an apologetic look "Miku-chan has been waiting for you to wake up"
"H-Hey!" the tealette's cheeks turned a slight pink
"Well it's true isn't it? I'll just change Luka-chan's bandages and you two can go"

Miku pouted then left to wait outside. Luka has to admit, she is cute in some ways. After Haku changed her bandages she said her thanks and left, with Miku. It felt extremely awkward walking out of school with the feared demon of the second years. Not just because Miku is such an antisocial, but also because of that incident about a year ago. The silence that accompanied them as they walked was deafening, Luka was grateful when someone called out,

"Miku-nee!" The tealette didn't look back, but Luka did. She saw a group of four walking their way. Two twins and two seniors. They ran up to them but then stopped in their tracks when they saw Luka. Again the silence that disappeared crept up on them, only this time accompanied with stares. Luka looked at all of them, the seniors and the two freshmen were staring at her, almost as if they were expecting her to do something, Miku wasn't moving at all.

"Your friends princess?" Luka asked Miku, who still didn't look at them. One of the freshmen stepped forward, a blonde boy with a ponytail at the back of his head.

"What are you... talking about? Luka-nee...?" he asked. Luka stared at him wide-eyed.
"How'd you know my name?"

The pinkette could see the expressions change on the four faces in front of her when she asked that.

"Stop joking around Luka-nee!" the other blonde stepped up, a girl with a ribbon on her head. They have to be twins.
"Don't you... recognize us Luka-chan...?" One of the seniors asked, a brunette.
"She has to be joking," a blue haired boy said, "You still know who we are right?" he asked, stepping forward.

Luka is starting to get a little creeped-out, she backed away from the four who were all looking at her with a look of desperation. Almost like a man asking someone to tell him his wife is still alive despite the fact that she died right in front of him. Again the blonde with a white ribbon on her head stepped forward and opened her mouth to say something, but Miku stopped her.

"That's enough Rin. You have Megurine-san mixed up with another person" She said, holding her at her shoulders.
"Yeah, I've never really met any of you, but I guess princess- I mean Hatsune-san has told you about me"

Again their faces flinched.

"I'll just... go now. Bye."

Luka waved goodbye and dashed off. A heavy atmosphere and a deafening silence fell upon the group of five. Shock plastered on their faces, still trying to digest what just happened. Miku dropped her hands to her sides and opened her mouth;

"Now do you all see why I said that things will never be like the old times again...?"

End.