Now self destuct. !

I'm back in the new year and after overcoming severe writers block and extreme laziness I bring the second chapter of Vocaloid Life. Yes, it's two months late (it's about new year) but taht's when I started this chapter.

Also, get ready for Sumino to the Rescue ch.2! That's halfway through so you shouldn't have to wait long.

However, EB is a bit of a way away. I havent started the new chapter, and I'm gonna release the final two together. But after that is the sequel! I can assure you that will definitely be going ahead.

Ed: But you said you were having second thoughts...

Me: Shut up, I didn't ask you. It's going ahead, don't worry.

I don't own Vocaloid, but I have UTAU and Kasane Teto Voicebank now! And I was going to make a voicebank of my own but freakin UTAU wouldn't let me.

Enjoy and Review!

Chapter 2: New Year, New Arrivals

(CUL POV)

It was cover day. The day most of the singers were looking forward to. The majority of Japanese singers and a few of the more popular English ones were headed to the recording studio to each cover two of someone else's songs. Miku had revelled in the fact that she could sing 'Migikata No Chou' while Luka was determined to bring Miku down from her high by surpassing her with her own version of 'Melt'. The twins Kagamine were still deciding what they wanted to sing, and Sweet Ann was just happy that she was going to do something, as she had been stuck with nothing to do over the holidays.

The few experienced singers left were put in charge of looking after the new arrivals until 6pm, that was when everyone would meet up and have a New Year's party at the studio.

CUL sat in her room, with her room mates, sighing. I t hadn't necessarily ben a warm welcome from most. They just gave them their dorm assignment sheet, told them the rules of the house and that was it. CUL figured that they weren't too keen on new competition. Especially one of her roomies, Iroha. She reckoned Iroha had it in for her.

This wasn't true of course, Iroha just tried to ignore the fact that she had to live with the newbies, but CUL didn't see it that way. However, the best thing was to do was to just ignore her.

She had been placed with the other new girls, as well as some of the experienced ones. The dorm plan now went like this:

Floor 1: Girls 1- Lola, Sonika, SeeU

Girls 2-Miriam, Sweet Ann, Prima

Girls 3-Iroha, Rion, CUL, Yukari

Boys 1-Leon, Big Al, Tonio, Oliver

Floor 2: Girls 1- Miku, Rin, Gumi, Miki, Lily

Girls 2- Meiko, Luka, Yuki, Mizki, Mew

Boys 1-Len, Ryuto, Yuma

Boys 2-Kaito, Gakupo, Kiyoteru

Overall, it was a crappy start to the rest of the year, even if it didn't start until 12 hours later.

(Big Al POV)

"So why are we not going to the cover sessions?" yelled Al across the room to Tonio.

"Because we're not popular enough! Obviously you think you're way more popular than you actually are," Tonio shot back.

"Hey, I'm a sincere guy! If not, I wouldn't have girls swooning over me."

"You don't, Sweet Ann doesn't count as a girl."

"Hey, that was uncalled for!"

The arguing lasted several minutes, the fight lasted until they left for the party. Al thought that this year would have been the year of Big Al. He was wrong.

Ann had been invited, but he hadn't. This infuriated him and he usually took his anger out on his rival, Tonio. Honestly, why would someone wear a tuxedo as an everyday outfit? Al thought he was bonkers. But not as bonkers as him being left out of the cover sessions.

(Miki POV)

'Vocaloid: The Cover Sessions' was under way with the first song being recorded a full compilation of all Japanese singers. Miki was excited; she always loved big occasions and tonight was no exception. What she didn't get was why it took so long for the song to hit the mainstream. She didn't get a lot of things. No one had the heart to tell her about music production. They didn't want to leave her with a headache that night and millions of questions the next day.

Miki was inquisitive. Her parents had never told her much about the world; they had told her that it was better if she found out herself. But she never had time to find out. She was always hanging around the popular people at school or singing. Now that she was living with knowledgeable people (AKA, Luka and Ann and Prima) she could had found out all sorts of things that she never knew before.

As she sang her cover of Meltdown, the only thing on her mind was the party. Party. Party. PARTY! Miki liked parties. A lot.

After, she watched Luka sing 'Melt' and discovered that Miku was very hard to please. She kept making Luka do it over again, saying that it wasn't 'right like mine'. What Miki didn't get was that Miku was purposefully giving Luka a hard time.

Miki then felt sympathy for Miku when she couldn't re-create the English lines in 'Just Be Friends'. Luka, despite hating Miku's guts, also felt sorry and helped her through the intro.

'So that must be why she never talks to Sonika and Lola. She can't speak English!' Miki thought. She never did get why Miku would only nod or shake her head at them. Miki also didn't get why Gumi and Miku clashed. They seemed so friendly by themselves, but when they were in the same room, they made Miki run for the cover of Lily's arms. She cried, wanting them to stop fighting, but all she could do was huddle in the corner with Lily, her first friend made at the house.

'Everyone should just stop and smile, take up cheerleading and eat cherries. That'll make everyone happy.'

As you should be able to tell by now, Miki wasn't the loudest singer in the choir, if you get where I'm going with this really bad metaphor.

(Bruno and Clara)

The party was in an hour and everyone at the house was dressed up and ready to go. A knock came at the door, and a groan could be heard from Al.

"We already told them that we're going over there! Idiots!" he screamed and smashed one of Ann's china plates. Yukari rushed down the stairs after hearing both the door and the plate.

"I'll get it!" she said and tugged the handle of the door towards her.

"Hola Amigos!" came a cheery Spanish voice and Yukari had to stop herself from fainting from surprise. She didn't want to mess up her dress, this was her first big occasion as part of the extended family.

"Bruno they're not idiots," whispered an olive skinned female to her taller friend.

"Oh…sorry. So, uhh… where is everyone?" Bruno asked.

Yukari just stood there, still scared stiff from the new arrivals.

"Uhh, uhh, uhhh…" she managed to say.

"They're at the recording studio. You guys have rocked up at the wrong time, we're just about to go to the party there," said Tonio walking up behind Yukari. Yukari sighed with rlief as he came to her rescue.

"I'm Tonio and this is Yuzuki Yukari. You two must be Bruno and Clara then," said Tonio warmly.

"Si, it's a pleasure to meet you," replied Clara.

Yukari couldn't keep it in anymore. Without notice, she yelled, "Hurry up! We've got less than an hour to get to the studio so get all your stuff in and get changed for the party!"

The two adults stood there, at the threshold, stunned.

"I guess she's right you two. Bruno, you're with me. Clara, you're with Lola over there. I advise you get changed quickly, we don't want to upset the more …eager house members," Tonio admitted.

"Of course," said Bruno, and they rushed up the stairs behind their roommates.

"If you try that on anyone else, I'll kill you," growled Clara as they went their separate ways.

(Haku POV(Yes, I'm including official derivatives now))

Haku felt stunned at the opportunity to work with everyone at the cover sessions. Due to her popular bad voice, she had been accepted within the fandom of the brand. However, this didn't mean she appreciated her voice. She loathed it, she thought she was too weak, too quiet and too raspy. And it sounded like Miku's voice.

Haku was a very shy person naturally, so when almost all the singers rocked up, she had a panic attack and ran into the bathroom, grabbed her emergency bottle of sake and chugged the whole thing down in one gulp.

"Hello, is this Yowane Haku in there?" asked a somewhat middle aged woman from the other side of the door.

"Umm…uh…y-y-yes?" Haku stuttered.

"Can I come in? You looked upset about something," the voice asked.

"Oh yeah, sure…" Haku replied. The door opened and in walked a woman around the same age as her. She then realised that this person was none other than Meiko, one of the first contracted singers for the brand.

Meiko noticed the empty bottle in Haku's hand.

"Want some of mine?" she asked. Haku immediately nodded and Meiko gave her the bottle. Haku drank slower this time, as to be poite to Meiko.

"So, you like sake too?" Haku asked.

"I don't like it, I worship it," exaggerated Meiko. The two women looked at each other and knew that they were going to get along.

Throughout the day Haku did her famous failed covers, some of which were so surprisingly good that Miku actually stormed off to another recording booth and didn't return for another fifteen minutes. And at the end, the producers had a special announcement.

"Everyone, in recognition of her work today and significant contribution to the 'Evil's Series', we would like to present an offer to Ms. Yowane Haku to spend the rest of the year with the rest of the Vocaloid family.

Everyone except Miku cheered and Haku herself cheered as she hadn't quite registered she had been offered to live with everyone else. Finally realising it, she blushed in embarrassment and went up to the producers. Unfortunately, this was one offer she could refuse. She just couldn't face all these famous stars and be accepted.

"I would love to accept this offer but.." she paused as she turned around to see everyone's' faces and her eyes found Meiko's, filled with joy that she could stay. She realised that this may be a chance to face her fears.

"But I would like a separate room in the backyard," she finished.

"I'm sure that can be arranged," said the producers smiling.

(SeeU POV)

Night was fast approaching and SeeU couldn't wait for her first big party in the family.

Christmas had turned out to be a disaster for everybody; Kaito had forgotten to label his presents, so they had to guess who they were for, as he had forgotten himself; and Ann had gotten mad at the dinner table with Al being so drunk she smashed the last of the Christmas pudding into his face.

But she overlooked that part and continued to wait for the remnants of the Vocaloid family to arrive. She herself had gotten changed and wanted to see what everyone else was wearing. All of the girls looked stunning and SeeU had felt a little deflated after seeing them. Compared to them, her outfit was a bit…plain. It was just a gold and silver sequined dress. Nothing else to accentuate her looks.

Finally, the moment everyone had been waiting and dreading had arrived. The remaining singers stepped out of the limo and into the recording studio. SeeU greeted each one, including two unfamiliar faces, probably just some new arrivals. She was a third gen herself, but liked to think she was there before the others, which was technically true.

The party commenced. The music went on (other, non-Vocaloid music and no less, everyone was getting fed up with it), the balloons went up and dancing was forbidden, especially for Kaito. This was a social party, people were going to get to know each other. Or else the producers would make them.

SeeU found her friends Sonika, Rin and a rather shy Miku (three guesses why, everyone knew she could understand English, but not speak it. Only an idiot would have just figured out) standing together. Rin was doing the talking, obviously, for Miku but SeeU didn't really want to hang out with them tonight. She wanted to make new friends.

Then she saw Piko, on his own. She rushed over to where he was sitting but was cut off by Luka just before she reached him.

"A quick word of advice, I tried getting him to talk. It didn't work. And he tried to slap me. Be careful," she said.

"Oh, thanks Luka." She stepped past her and into the shadows where he was sitting. Compared to the rest of the place, it was quite depressing.

"Uh…hi! I'm SeeU!" she said cheerfully. Piko said nothing and continued to stare out into space.

"You know, you didn't have to slap Luka."

"She was getting on my nerves while I was trying to concentrate," he replied through gritted teeth.

"Concentrating! On what! You're just staring out into nowhere land!" she shouted at him, attracting the entire group's attention toward them.

Piko went red as something caught his eye and he became flustered. However he snapped back to attention and his face was full of anger.

"Just leave me alone!Get out of here! He yelled at SeeU, who quickly obliged. She raced back over to her friends.

"What's his problem?" asked Sonika. Miku shrugged.

SeeU turned around to where Piko was sitting and froze. He was staring at her. No, not at her, through her.

"Okay everybody, It's been a great night but the time has come for the countdown!" Meiko announced as the music died down in anticipation.

"Ten!" yelled everyone.

"Nine!"

"Eight!"

"Seven!"

SeeU suddenly realised that Piko had been staring in this direction the whole time.

"Six!"

"Five!"

But why? And at what?

"Four!"

Or who?

"Three!"

"Two!"

'Miku!'

"One! HAPPY NEW YEAR!" everyone screamed. Streamers flew. A strobe light started and the music was turned up to full volume as everyone started dancing. The year they had been dreading had finally arrived. One whole year in one house with god knows how many people.

Get ready world.

They're coming...and next is a Valentines special, where you'll get a story in which I discreetly tell you all my shipped pairings.

See Ya!

Prince Ed