Starri: Ok, here are the missed transformation descriptions!
Miku(Health Note, Petal Tune)-Green half-navel shirt with red trim, green half-thigh shorts with a red belt and a red cross on the shirt over her heart. Hair ties become large red poofy-looking bows with green tails and green cross-knots. Red high heels with green ribbons.
Weapon: Red cadeceus (is that how you spell it?) with green handle.
Neru (Tech Note, Commuting Tune)- Outfit: Red shirt with yellow ruffles at the top, yellow shorts with red ruffles at the bottom. Crooked red baseball cap with yellow trim and a red N on the front.
Weapon: Giant red double-sided hammer with yellow trim and some red digits on each side.
Gumi (Sky Note, Shifting Tune)- Outfit: Sky blue ballet-style minidress, knee-length. Has white trim and a white sash around waist. Hair turns slightly paler. White aviator goggles with blue lens. Small white angel wings on back and a white ribbon just above it, so that it looks like they are tied to her back. Blue and white ballet flats, platform of course.
Weapon: Blue and white staff with a clear glass orb at the top and light pink wings just below it.
Mika(Fate Note, Divining Tune)-Soft pink and beige ruffled half-thigh skirt and a pink shirt w/ beige frills on the sleeves and bottom. Beige whole note on front of shirt. Beige headband with pink ribbons on each side. Hair becomes very dark indigo, almost black.
Weapon: Gigantic electric-blue double-blade axe with one side of the blade pink and the other side beige. Has a small white ribbon just under the blade.
Starri: I'm sorry if the descriptions were crappy -.- but I tried! And yes, if I have time, maybe I will steal my mom's iPhone.
Teto:*munches new bread* Enjoy the chapter!
"Who-?" The three companions whipped around to stare at the owner of the voice.
It was a man, but they couldn't see what he looked like because of the dark red full-length hooded cloak that he wore. Somehow, he was floating on air, and behind him was an army of Shadowloid minions. Aiko stood on one side of him while a brown-haired minion stood on the other. The man landed on the floor.
"So ..." He took a few steps closer. "These are some of the Vocaloids." He took yet more steps closer, with the minions and his bosyguards following him with every step. The Vocaloids backed away nervously.
The man peered at them. "Well, at least you all are not as scrawny as the last ones." He chucled, the sound somewhere in between a cat hissing and the scrape of a knife on the wall.
Len nudged Marou, eyes on the enemy. "Go get Meiko-sensei and the others. We can't take them on by ourselves."
Marou nodded and snuck away. As she did, the man continues behind her. "You can get Meiko if you want, but light is nothing compared to the power of the shadows."
Marou burst through the music room door. "Meiko-sama!" Only Gakupo, Miku and Teto were there. They looked up in surprise.
"Marou? What's the problem?"
"Shadowloids!" The other Vocaloids immediately rushed out.
"Lead the way, Marou-chan!"
When they got there, the others tapped their badges. "Stay in the back, Marou-chan! Tell anyone who comes here to turn back around!" They were engulfed with different flashes of light.
Gakupo's kimono had changed to red and blue. A sword hung at each waist. He drew them slowly, eyes flashing.
"I am Slash Note, the Samourai Tune!"
Miku winked and her staff appeared in her hands. "I am Health Note, the Petal Tune!"
Teto was by far the one who stood out. She had dark red leather pants with a matching chest-length shirt that had black ruffles at the bottom. Black bat wings and a black devil's tail with a heart-shaped barb sprouted from the back of the clothes. Her hair had become darker and more drill-like. And she had pointed fangs.
"HAHA! I AM CHIMERA NOTE, THE DEMONIC TUNE! AND I SHALL ROLL AROUND IN THE GUTS OF MY ENEMIES!" A three-point black pitchfork with a red pointed ribbon appeared in her hands as she charged foward. "HYAAAAAAAAAA~!"
The enemy scattered. "EEK! It's HER!" The hooded man tried to no avail to round up his army.
"Stop! STOP! I SAID- OOF!" The 'OOF' was caused by Teto kicking him in the midriff, sending him flying backwards. He got up, snarling. "You've not seen the last of me." And he dissapeared, leaving Aiko behind, still in the same spot as before. Teto whirled towards him, rushing foward and raising her trident.
"YAA~!" But Aiko stopped her, grabbing onto the trident right before it hit him.
"Whoa, devil girl. I wasn't the one attacking. I just came to bring a message from Shadowloid." He stuck a note on one of the trident's tips. "Good luck figuring it out. Laterz~" And then he vanished, too.
Teto took the note off of her trident and dissolved out of her transformation. The other Vocaloids crowded around her. "What does it say?"
We are Shadowloid
Every one of us sings
Songs of despair and
Tunes of misery
Rallying out minions
In the midst of the cycle
Killing anyone who defies us
Each of us has our own reasons to sing
At the midst of the night.
The Vocaloids read the poem over and over, but could not find out it's meaning.
"What is this supposed to mean?" Gakupo asked curiously.
"Some kind of threat, perhaps?" Marou wondered.
"Let's get this back to Meiko-sama. She might understand it." Miku said. The others nodded in agreement, and headed back to the music room.
~::*::~::*::~
Marou was about to turn into the courtyard to take a shortcut home when she heard voices. She peeked around the corner.
It was Len and Miku. Miku was saying something nervously.
"L-Len-sama, I-I really like you! I-I know this is kind of sudden, b-but-" Len cut her off.
"It's alright, Miku-chan." He blushed, looking down. "I ... like you too."
Marou grinned and leaned back against the wall. Finally, she thought.
She went to the other corner for her backup shortcut, but again heard voices. She cursed and muttered, "At this rate, I'll never get home!"
"So, Rin-chan. I see you're getting along well." Kaito smirked. "At least your boobs are bigger."
Rin turned as red as a tomato. "PERVERT! You shouldn't even be looking there!"
Kaito pouted. "Aww, why not? We're just gonna get married someday and I'll get to touch them anyways." At this, Rin blushed even harder.
"Why would I marry a perv like you?"
"Because we have a date this Friday, ice cream shop, my treat."
Rin jawdropped and was speechless.
"Later~!" Kaito turned away and waved lazily over his shoulder, leaving Rin standing there looking like a waterless guppy.
Marou giggled quietly. It was so like Kaito to set up a date and just walk away like that. She turned away, forced to take the normal route home to avoid embarrassing her friends by popping out of nowhere.
Looks like I'm going home alone today ...
She unlocked her door, only to find a note on the inside of it. She peeled it off.
Dear Marou,
Daddy had another business trip and I went with him. I'm sorry we had to leave so suddenly. Maybe we can go to the mall another time? I'm so sorry, I know how you must feel. We'll be back at the end of the week.
Lots of love, Mom&Dad
Marou tossed the letter to the side, clenching her fists. She turned towards her room.
"No, mom." She whispered as she walked up the steps. "You have no idea how I feel."
~::*::~::*::~
Marou sat up in total darkness. She could've sworn she'd heard something, like the rustle of fabric on fabric made when someone walks. But the only things in her house was her and her cat, Maia, who was currently sleeping on top of the refrigerator downstairs.
She was about to think, Must have been the curtains, when suddenly she realized that that was exactly what the victim of each horror movie thought right before their heads were lopped off by the antagonist.
So she got up to investigate.
She felt along the walls for the light switch, and suddenly her hand fell on something warm. She continued to feel along it, and then pinched it.
"Ow," Aiko said. "No need to pinch so hard."
She screamed and jumped backwards. "Stalker! What the HELL are you doing in my room!"
She could hear him walking fowards, so she backed up nervously.
"First of all, I am not a stalker. And I already told you yesterday why I'm here."
She scowled. "You still have no reason to sneak in my room at this time of- WAA!" She tripped over something as she walked backwards and fell onto her bed. Aiko pinned her down instantly.
"As usual, I gain the advantage." The smirk was evident in his voice. "Now, you never answered my last question." He leaned closer, and she could feel his breath blowing across her face. It smelled like ... blue jolly ranchers?
"You still eat those?"
He leaned back a little in surprise. "Eh?"
Marou stiffled a giggle. "You still eat blue jolly ranchers? I'd thought that you outgrew those by now."
He scowled and thwacked her forehead. "Oh, shut up."
She laughed now. "What? Are they, like, your main food now or something?" she laughed even harder as she imagined a table set with jolly rancher deluxe. "Hah! And you still have no cavities!"
Aiko smiled a little. "Your teeth are the most important part of your body."
Marou grinned. "And still the old motto. Aiko, you haven't changed at all." She scowled slightly as she freed herself. "Well, other that you being more of a perv, not much."
Aiko had a genuine smile now. "And neither have you ... Marou-chu."
She rolled her eyes. "Now's not the time for old nicknames, don'cha think?"
Aiko grinned. "Perhaps, perhaps not. It depends."
She turned away. "Anyways, hurry up and get to the point so that I can go back to sleep."
So Aiko got to the point. "Are you lonely?"
She spun around to face him, caught by surprise. "Huh?"
"Are you lonely?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well, now most of your friends have a partner. So aren't you lonely?"
She pondered the question and shook her head slowly. "No, because I have them. Even if they go of and get a girlfriend or boyfriend, it's not like they're moving away or anything. I'll still see them every day. They might get a bit ... farther from me, but they're not dying or anything." She paused to smile. "Right?"
Aiko was quiet. Then he spoke abruptly. "It's been decided now."
She looked over in confusion. "What?"
"I want you."
Her eyes widened in shock. She only had time for a "Wai-" before Aiko's lips pressed firmly into hers.
He wrapped his arms around her and gently squeezed her to him. She struggled weakly, but eventually her squirming subsided. He pulled away and grinned cockily.
"Not bad for a first kiss, eh?" She just stared.
"You're mine now, okay?" He squeezed her again, this time slightly harder. "No one can kiss you but me."
Marou scowled slightly. "Y-you have no r-right to decide that! I-I didn't even agree!"
Aiko pulled back to look into her eyes. "But you want to, right?" She gulped.
He grinned again. "Heh, I'll be back." He got up and walked out of the room, shutting the door quietly.
Marou angrily yanked the sheets over her body, "Stupid arrogant demanding Shadowloid!" She stufed a pillow over her head. "And he stole my first kiss!" She rolled over to her side.
Actually ... it wasn't so bad. I kind of enjoyed it ...
Marou scolded herself for having such thoughts. "But still! He did it without my consent!" She rolled over again.
"Muttering to myself won't help. I'd better just get some sleep." She curled up into a ball and dozed off.
Unbeknownst to her, Aiko stood just outside the door, listening to her murmurings. He grinned again.
Mission accomplished. And he headed for one of the guest rooms.
Starri: Well! What an interesting chapter!
Marou: *sits in emo corner*
Aiko:*smug* Finally! She's mine, all mine! MUHUHAHAHAHAH-
Teto:*stuffs bucket over Aiko's head* Yeah, yeah, we get it.
Starri: *takes out double-fudge cream-filled a la mode choco-chip cookies from the fridge* R&R and you get one of these!
Teto: *chimera features pop out* COOKIES!
Starri: *running with cookies in hand* Hurry up before she eats them! AAAAAAAAH!