Whoah, long time between updates.. I apologize! School is almost over so things are really hectic.. but I'll try and upload a lot more often in the summer, I promise!

Chapter Six: Discovery

When the Host Club door shut behind Akira, she let out a sigh. Len had made her promise to go back to the Host Club. What was she going to tell Kio? She had no time to think, as Kio and company had been waiting outside for Akira. That's when Kio pounced.

"Well, well? How was it? Who was your host? What was he like? Details Akira!"

Akira pushed Kio back. "Calm down, one question at a time."

She picked up her schoolbag and headed for the courtyard to walk home. Kio led the rest of their friends after Akira. She didn't ask again, but instead gave Akira that look, meaning 'tell me now or things might get ugly'.

"It was.. decent. Len Kagamine was my host. He seems like a really nice guy. He laughed a lot, so I'm not sure if he was laughing at me or thought I said or did something amusing.."

Akira only hear her footsteps, so she turned around. Kio and company had all stopped in their tracks, mouths wide open. "What?" she asked.

"You.. Len.. he.. you.. DO YOU KNOW HOW LUCKY YOU ARE?"

Akira stepped back a couple steps. "Umm. n-no? What's the big deal?"

Kio stared at Akira, completely dumbfounded. "You.. you've never heard of Len Kagamine before, have you?"

Akira shook her head no. "I mean, should I know who he is? What's so special about him?"

Kio continued to stare at Akira like she was crazy. "Len Kagamine.. Len is the most popular male pop star ever! His music is on radios all the time. Do you live in a cave or something Akira?"

"No! I just don't listen to the radio much," she admitted. Akira listened to music most people wouldn't have heard of. They were about a block away from Akira's house by this point.

"Well, promise me you'll look up his music when you get home? Please?"

Kio started batting her lashes and giving Akira puppy dog eyes. She was immune to them, bu really just wanted Kio to drop the subject, so she agreed. Akira waved Kio away, "Yeah yeah, I'll look some songs up. See you tomorrow Kio, everyone."

Akira kicked her shoes off and headed up to her room, where she dropped her backpack on her floor, and flopped onto her bed. She turned onto her side, staring at her computer on her desk. I guess it couldn't hurt to take a look.. and I did promise Kio..

Akira loaded up Firefox, and opened up a Google tab. She hadn't even typed the "K" of Len's last name before the search was full of things related to him. Concert dates, album releases, even fanfiction. Ew.. seriously, who would write fanfiction about real people..

She finished typing in her search, which was a list of his songs. There were short summaries of the meanings of each song, and the first song she decided to listen to was one called 'Soundless Voice'.

"Seijaku ga machi wo
Tsutsumu yoru ni furisosogu shiro..

On the night everywhere is dead silent
Snow falls down.."

By the time the song had ended, Akira felt a few tears on her cheeks. The song was beautiful, and told a sad, tragic story between a boy and a girl. By the end, they had both died to be together. Sounds like Romeo and Juliet, Akira thought. The next song in the list was 'Sadistic Vampire'.

"Kocchi e oide yo warui yō niwa shinai kara
kimi no koto o sukoshi shiri tai no..

Hey, baby, come on over here!
I promise that I won't do anything bad
I just wanna taste you and know some more about you.."

Well, I'm not too surprised about the meaning of that one..

The third song was labeled 'Spice'.

"Gozen yoji no kooru de me wo sama su
'kinou dare to doko ni ita?' nante..

Waking up to the 4am call
'Yesterday, where were you and who were you with?' you asked.."

After the song had finished, Akira's face was unbelieving. I can't.. he wrote a song.. about THAT.. She hurriedly clicked on the next song, which was titled 'Kokoro Kiseki'.

"Ichi dome no kiseki wa, kimi ga umareta koto
Ni dome no kiseki wa, kimi to sugoseta jikan..

The first miracle was that you were born.
The second miracle was the time we spent together.."

That was the second song that had made Akira teary-eyed. It told the story of a lonely scientist, who one day created a robot to be his companion. Eventually the scientist died, leaving the robot all alone. Akira decided she would listen to one more song, since five sounded like enough to satisfy a rabid Kio. It was called 'Servant of Evil'.

"Kimi wa oujo boku wa mesitsukai
unmei wakatsu aware na futago
kimi wa mamoru sono tame naraba
boku wa aku ni datte natte yaru..

You are my lady
I am your servant
Destiny divided pitiful twins
If it's to protect you, I'll become evil for you.."

Akira felt tears again. The song told of a princess and her servant, who would do anything for her, even kill. When she was sentenced to death, he took her place so she could live.

I'm surprised.. Len's music is really heartfelt and emotional.. I didn't expect that.

Akira decided to listen to the radio a little more often then, to see what other songs Len had written. In fact, when she turned it on just then, she heard the announcer say that the song was a duet between Len and a girl named Miku Hatsune. The song title was 'My Crybaby Boyfriend / Nakimushi Kareshi'.

"Wakare no toki ni mukuchi na futari
Saigo ni tsugeta kimochi
Jaa ne..

We become silent at the time we are to part
The last feeling we convey to each other
See you.."

For some reason, a white hot fire burned in the pit of her stomach. Akira wanted to hate this 'Miku' with every fiber of her being. She needed to figure out who she was, and fast. Before she could, her mother called her down to dinner. Great timing mother.. as always..

Approximately one hour later, Akira was back up in her room, calling Kio. The phone rang a few times, and Kio answered with an energetic "heya!" Akira went straight to the point without saying hello.

"Kio, who is Miku Hatsune?"

She purposely left out the fact that she had heard her singing with Len, for she didn't want Kio jumping to any conclusions about them.

"Finally Akira, you're deciding not to live under a rock!" Kio sounded even more excited than normal, which was pretty frightening.

"Miku is another pop star, under the same record label as Len. Crypton Future Media," Kio explained.

"And artists under this label can make songs together if they want?" Akira asked.

"Well of course, you can do that under any record label silly. Miku and Len are a really popular pair actually. I'm surprised he didn't tell you about all this when he was your host."

"Ah okay, thanks Kio. I gotta go, see you tomorrow."

Akira hung up before Kio could respond, for she was lost in thought.

He probably just wants to be a normal high school kid.. that must be why he didn't say anything about his fame.. or he assumed I knew and just didn't care.. oh Len..

Akira flopped onto her bed, head in pillow, and drifted off to sleep.

Oh geez.. I'm so sorry for the long wait, and I hope this chapter is alright! I don't have much else to say here really.. Please review!

I DO NOT OWN CRYPTON FUTURE MEDIA, LEN KAGAMINE, MIKU HATSUNE, OR ANY OF THE SONGS / LYRICS USED IN THIS
CHAPTER / FANFIC. Thank you.