After my brief interlude, it's back to the story! sorry if it's been a while since I've updated, i couldn't for the life of me come up with a title for this chapter until recently, and Physics is getting very difficult. to hell with equations! I WANT ANIME!... now that I'm done ranting, enjoy the new chapter!
Disclaimer: I hate doing these... I don't own the Vocaloids and stuff. just the writing and OC's.
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Ch.17
Favorable Impressions
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*One mile from the concert*
*Ted and Teto were sitting outside of a broken down sedan on the side of the road. Ted was trying to call someone to help them out but he didnt seem to have service on his phone.*
Ted: Well, shit. We're due to go on in 10 minutes, and neither of us are fast enough to make it there on time!
Teto: Crap! What now?
*Just then another car pulled up to them. The driver rolled her window down*
Driver: Having some car trouble?
Ted: Yeah, the transmission went.
Driver: Rough. You two need a lift?
Ted: Would you mind? We're in a hurry. We're just a mile down the road, at the concert stage.
Driver: You're going there too?
Teto: We're performing, actually!
Driver: Wait a minute; you two are part of the Vocaloids? You guys are fantastic! I saw your first concert! Get in!
*Teto and Ted quickly scramble into the car.*
Driver: Hold on!
*Her face took on an almost twisted look, and she floored the gas pedal.*
-Scene change-
*Backstage*
Neru: Where the hell are they! I've called Ted six times now! I am going to beat him so hard... WHERE'S MY KATANA!
Nero: Chill sis, they'll be here.
Kaito: Shit, the twins just finished up. Len's gonna do his bit and then Teto's supposed to be on.
Meiko: Well fuck. Um, a little off topic but does anyone else hear screaming?
*Teto and Ted burst through the backstage door and collapsed on top of Meiko*
Meiko: Oi! Get off me!
Ted: S-sorry!
Teto: *Brushing herself off* did we make it?
Gumi: Ted! *Hugs him* yes, you two made it!
Neru: You morons! What in the hell happened! Why are you so late! You could've fucked up the whole concert!
Teto: Sorry?
*Len comes off stage*
Len: Teto, you're on!
Teto: *Checks her twin drill-curls* Right!
Luka: Good luck!
*Teto waves to the crowd, introduced herself, and moved right into Fukkireta and the rest of her set.*
Luka: I'm up next, and then Gakupo and I will do "Magnet".
Mikuo: We really have this organized. As far as I know, none of us seem capable of this...
Gumo: Well... Gumi and I are pretty organized. You should see our manga collections!
The rest: *blank stares*
Gumi: Otakus, durr.
Lily: ...Right. Hey Miku, you ok?
Miku: *Looking very worried* yeah, I'm fine. I'm just not sure about my line up... I mean, the songs are good right?
Haku: I know how you feel...
Dell: Don't start, you're perfect to me.
Haku: *Blushes madly*
Miku: I mean, I'm doing "Stargazer", "Melt", and "Look This Way Baby"; those are good, right?
Lily: You're fine, just relax. I don't understand how you people get so worked up over performing...
Rin: Coming from the girl wearing less than a-
Gakupo: *Interupts her* Let's not get into it here... Teto's almost done. Luka, you ready?
Luka: *adjusting her skirt* Yeah... Why on earth did I want this to be cut so high up? The black color and the trim is good, but I mean, look at this!
*Shows off the slit on the side of her skirt that went all the way to her hip*
The boys: *nosebleeds*
Luka: oops...
Kaito: *Trying to stop the hemorrhage flowing out of his face* T-Teto's done, you should get out there...
Luka: Good idea... *Kisses Gakupo and runs onstage, still fiddling with her skirt slightly*
-Scene change-
*Back of the crowd*
*Sitting behind the large, ever growing crowd was a rather tall man dressed in a dark suit. He wore a black tie, and had the look of a man capable of killing. In his hands was a clipboard. Busy taking notes on the performances of each Vocaloid, he did not notice another man approach behind him. Of course, Ayatoba had always been known for being sneaky.*
Ayatoba: Hello there.
Man: *Noticeably shocked* Wha-what? Oh, Dr. Ayatoba. You startled me.
Ayatoba: It happens I suppose. I assume you are here to evaluate my Vocaloids? Say, has the record company made an offer yet?
Man: Perhaps, perhaps not. I am surprised you, erm, found me. I was trying to keep a low profile.
Ayatoba: No such luck, it seems.
Man: indeed. Personally, I am incredibly impressed with the abilities of these young men and women. I cannot speak for the corporation on this, but I have confidence you will be hearing from us very soon, perhaps even with an offer. But of course this is only conjecture. Another thing; this is an insane amount of people, how did you get so many people to attend an obscure group's performance?
Ayatoba: lots and LOTS of targeted advertising, mostly over the web.
Man: I see.
*At that moment, Lily walked onstage and began singing Guilty Dancer*
Man: Wow, I've always been a fan of rock... This is fantastic.
Ayatoba: *Realizing he has the talent scout right where he wants him* Of course, the all play one instrument or another, so a band is not absolutely required. For example; The Len boy is an excellent guitarist, and if I am not mistaken he has developed a level of skill with the keyboard guitar.
Man: *Still mesmerized by Lily, but by this point more due to her apparent lack of clothes than by her voice. She had moved on to Marie-Luise* Is that so...
-Scene change-
*A while later*
*Gumi was on stage at the moment. She had just finished "Coward Mont Blanc" and was just starting up with her last song, "Mozaik Role". She was the second last act not counting the duets they had planned for at the very end, and if Miku wasn't sweating bullets yet, she sure was now. Her last performance had gone superbly well, she told herself, so why worry?*
Director: Miku, Gumi's all finished, she exiting right now. Get out there!
Kaito: Wait! Miku! One sec!
Miku: What's up?
Kaito: *Kisses Miku passionately* You're the best damn singer I know. Go get 'em.
Miku: *Blushing hard* R-Right...
*Runs onstage*
Luka: pulled that one right out of my book, huh?
Kaito: It works, doesn't it? And besides, she is.
*Onstage*
*Miku looked out on the crowd. There were a lot more people than she initially thought. The crowd had steadily grown from about three hundred to almost four hundred. As she took all this in, somehow she felt all her apprehension melt away. She adjusted her mike quickly and signaled for her first song, "Look this way baby" to begin. She herself gave the countdown as per the song.*
Miku: "One, Two, One-Two-Three Yeah!..."
*As she sang, she got more and more into "the zone" and the crowd took part. She moved onto "Stargazer", and the crowd loved it even more. By the time she began "Melt" The crowd was like putty in her hands. There was something about her that the audience simply loved, and Miku figured that was the case. She used her stage presence to her advantage and sang as hard as she could.*
Miku: *In her head* I've totally got this! Time to bring it home!
-Scene Change-
*Back with the talent scout*
*Ayatoba had left the man 15 minutes earlier, leaving him alone with his clipboard*
Man: *Scribbling something down* These kids are going to make it big... Who knows, maybe they might even hit the west. Stranger things have happened... This Miku, though, I've got a feeling she's going to wind up being the face of this. She just has that presence...
-Scene Change-
*Back onstage with Miku*
*Miku had just finished "Melt", and was riding a wave of momentary stardom when she was faced with a tough choice; Milk the crowd for all its worth and for all intents and purposes make the face of the Vocaloids her own, or do the right thing and get off stage and allow the duets to go up. As much as it went against her every desire, she backed down.
Miku: Thank you everyone! *moves offstage quickly*
*Backstage, everyone was cheering for her. Her section had gone even better than Luka's and the Kagamines.*
Rin: That was amazing! They freaking loved you!
Miku: Thanks!
Gakupo: I'm thoroughly impressed. You had the crowd at your feet, truly a spectacle.
Luki: We have some duets for the- yep, I hear it- encore.
*Easily audible from backstage was the loud chanting from the crowd, begging for the inevitable encore.*
Rin: Which ones are we doing?
Gumi: "Never" by the twins and "Magnet" by Luka and Gaku-
Gakupo: Um, about that, I'm not too clear on "Magnet".
Luka: Son of a- well, we didn't really practice it...
Miku: I'll sing it with you!
Luka: Um, really? Are you sure about that?
Miku: Of course!
Luka: You know the, erm, lyrics right?
Miku: *Poking her shoulder and half-sneering* Oh relax, who doesn't enjoy a little yuri here and there?
Luka: Um...
The boys: *Nosebleeds*
Neru: We're going to wind up killing them from blood loss...
Miku & Luka: *Laughing hysterically*
Luka: Well, I don't know about this...
Lily: Don't be a wuss. Not like this is the first yuri thing you've done...
Luka: YOU SWORE YOU WOULD NEVER MENTION THAT.
Lily: My bad. *Half-apologetic smirk*
Dell: *Exhaling smoke from his cigarette* Shit just got real.
Gakupo: ...Exactly what is she-
Luka: NOTHING. Lily, I'll kill you later.
Miku: Anyways… You only live once Luka! Come on, imagine the number of nosebleeds we're gonna put the crowd through! *cheeky half-joking smile*
Luka: You guys suck...
Neru: Straight up.
Mikuo: Hate to break up the pity party, but someone's gotta get out there.
Miku: Now or never!
Luka: Fuck, let's just get it over with.
Rin: *Interjecting* We'll go out first, you two prepare.
Miku: Good idea. Best of luck!
*Rin and Len dashed onstage to a cheering crowd and began "Never"*
Luka: We've got about 4 minutes. You know how it goes right?
Miku: Duh! I helped you write it!
Luka: Oh... Right, forgot about that.
Miku: Mhmm... Anyways is there anything else I should know other than the fact that you're uncomfortable?
Luka: Yes, here. Attach this to your audio system. *hands her a teal butterfly wing*
Miku: You can just say headphones... And why exactly am I wearing this?
Luka: If we're doing this, we're doing it right. All out, girl!
*Rin and Len finish their duet to an ecstatic audience and run offstage*
Rin: Get out there and close us out with a bang!
Luka: Don't say bang...
Kaito: A bit pervy, there, Luka?
Luka: Shut it ice cream boy or I'll shove a waffle cone where the sun don't shine.
Kaito: *Shuts up immediately*
*Miku and Luka rush onstage. The crowd cheered madly for the two Vocaloids. Miku and Luka exchanged nervous looks and cued the music. The soft piano began, then the jazzy, rhythmic bass line. Miku started them off strong, and the two flowed like nothing short of perfection through the entire song*
-Scene change-
*In the middle of the crowd, two teenage boys were enjoying the music*
Boy 1: Man, these "Vocaloids" or whatever they call them are amazing! Not to mention hot! And I'm not complaining, of course, but the whole "Yuri" thing those two have going on with this song is... Well it's awesome! God that sounded pervy...
Boy 2: How old is the teal haired one?
Boy 1: She can't be a day over sixteen.
Boy 2: The pink haired one?
Boy 1: Her name's Luka and I think she's like 20 or so. I know what you're thinking, and her boyfriend is really good with a sword.
Boy 2: Damn...
-Scene change-
*Back onstage*
*Miku and Luka finished "Magnet" flawlessly.*
Miku: Thank you everyone! Goodnight!
Luka: Goodnight!
*They run offstage*
Luka: WITHOUT A HITCH! Flawless!
Miku: Yeah girl!
Zatsune: Hell of a show, ladies. Good thing you two didn't kiss after the song was done; you might have caused a few people to bleed out through their noses, and I don't think the hospital's recovered yet from Meiko's drunken fit way back when.
Miku: As funny and/or tragic as that would be, neither of us fly that way.
Zatsune: Fair enough.
*Ayatoba comes backstage with a barely contained grin glued to his face*
Ayatoba: Hello everyone! Congratulations on your second successful concert! I just wanted to let you know, though it's by no means official, the representative from that record company told me you may have a record deal coming your way.
Lily: FUCK YEAH! We're gonna be famous!
Ayatoba: Note how I said "unofficial" and "might".
Lily: Don't ruin this moment.
Miki: Cool! I can't wait!
Iroha: I seem to be in high demand lately! First Sanrio scoops me up and now a record company...
Rin: the only reason they picked you up is because you are actually, for all intents and purposes, a cat. Observe. *Scratches Iroha behind her ear*
Iroha: *Purrs loudly*
Rin: I rest my case.
Miki: Sooooo... Do we just wait now or what? Cuz I've got some cherries back at the dorms that are just BEGGING to be devoured by yours truly.
Ayatoba: The call, I assume, should come within the week. We'll know then.
Neru: Sounds good. Len, let's roll.
Len: In what? You don't have a car.
Neru: Figure of speech. I wanted to go back to our spot for a little while.
Len: It's pretty late, why would- oooh. Right.
Neru: Yeah, I got you a little something.
Gakupo: *Makes suggestive gesture*
Luka: *Kicks him*
Piko: I think we kicked some hardcore ass tonight!
Akaito: I'd have to agree. Zatsune, thoughts? You've been pretty quiet.
Zatsune: We did alright. Although, I WAS about to kill this guy in the front row who kept trying to look up my skirt, the pervy bastard...
Miku: Off topic, but Mikuo, do we have any leeks left?
Mikuo: Erm, I think we ran out.
Miku: Supermarket time!
Luka: That reminds me, I could sure go for some tuna.
Gakupo: Eggplant sounds wonderful right about now.
Ayatoba: The school cafeteria can get you all of that...
Miku: This late? It's like 10:00pm.
Ayatoba: This is a pretty well off institution, remember?
*The Vocaloids couldn't care less, as they were all drooling over themselves thinking about their favorite foods.*
Ayatoba: Right... anyways. We'll go get all of that in a minute. While I've got everyone here I'd just like to say that i think we're going somewhere with this whole thing. You all have amazing talent, and with VOCALOID the potential is limitless.
Haku: H-how exactly does this system even work?
Piko: I don't think we've been as curious as we could have been about it... I mean, we kind of have the right, right? It's inside our bodies and-
Ayatoba: We can address this later. It's quite simple but now is neither the time nor the place for this discussion.
Ted: Fair enough, hey Teto-
Teto: *Making out with Mikuo in the back*
Ted: That's so random...
Lily: He gave her French bread; you're lucky she still has clothes on.
Ted: *uncomfortable*
Ayatoba: You people are pervs today... holy crap.
Kaito: It's getting late, we should head back. I have a feeling we're going to get a lot of questions tomorrow in class...
Len: *Jokingly* Not to mention the hoards of fangirls and fanboys we're going to have to deal with!
*The Vocaloids had a good laugh at that. Little did they realize the soon to be painful truth of those words.*
-End Ch. 17-
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Thanks for reading everyone! Next chapter should be up in about a week, or maybe sooner because of all the time i'm going to have off for thanksgiving. hopefully i wont put myself in a food coma and i'll be able to write a little more for you all :D Please review, it keeps me going :) Arigato Gozaimasu!
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Unfortunately, because of all the reviews i got between the two chapters i posted back to back i'm not quite sure on what chapters some of the reviews i received were directed, I'm just going to give a big THANK YOU! to all of you who took the time to review!
-Rocketman182