Bare with me here, I'm going to have to introduce a lot of new characters in one little chapter. Most of this chapter might just be me trying to explain the characters in depth, so that people reading who don't understand the series of Angel Beats and just happened to come to this crossover because they wanted to find interesting Vocaloid crossovers won't be entirely lost.

Chapter 10

New faces?

Masami rushed towards the park, heart skipping a beat. She was thinking like a supercomputer, all the millions of possibilities streaming through her head. Could it be someone else from Battlefront? If so, who? Her feet hit verdant tarmac, and she knelt down on one knee, panting. She had run all the way from Gumi's home to the city's central park, and had to catch her breath. She looked up, wiping sweat from her eyes. The rest of the Vocaloids were there, chattering away with the new arrivals.

"Who is it?" Masami asked, a bit louder than was necessary.

The chatter stopped, and Luka looked at Masami, then the new arrivals, then Masami again. She moved aside, and three girls walked out from among the group.

Masami gasped, instantly recognizing the girls. Their faces were different, but Masami would have recognized them anywhere.

Yui caught up, gasping as well.

"It can't be… Is that really you?" The central girl asked. She had an electrical guitar on her back, and was wearing the default outfit like all the rest were. Her milk chocolate brown hair wasn't in its regular ponytail, and had been made short rather than long.

Masami walked towards her, not saying a word. When she reached the girl, she nodded her head slightly, "Yeah, Hisako. It's me."

Hisako's eyes went wide for a second, and then she smiled. She leapt forward, pulling her friend into a powerful embrace.

"I never thought… I never thought I'd see you again!" Hisako exclaimed.

Masami laughed, "It's only been three days!"

Hisako pulled away, searching her friend's face, "It's only been three days for you?"

Masami nodded.

"Masami, it's been weeks. So much has happened; it's getting crazy over there." Hisako said.

"What do you mean?" Masami asked.

"A little after Yui left, things got strange. The NPC's started turning into Shadows, these dark creatures that would turn us humans into NPC's. They got Takamatsu, I don't know if he's okay. Yuri told us to accept our lives and pass on, so we did. I don't know any further than that." Hisako explained.

Masami nodded. She looked at the other two girls.

"H-hi…" The pink haired girl said, lifting her hand slightly. She was a bit shorter than she had been when Masami had known her, but her excessive shyness pointed out exactly who she was.

"Irie!" Masami exclaimed.

Irie smiled, "I'm glad to see you again, Iwasawa-chan." She barely opened her mouth as she spoke.

Iwasawa took her friend's hand, "You too, Irie!"

Irie's eyes widened and she gasped, but she regained her composure quickly. She nodded, smiling and giggling slightly, "I'm just glad we got away from all of the insanity that's going on back there."

Iwasawa nodded.

Hisako pulled at her shirt, "Can I turn it into anything else? This teal is just not fitting right with me, you know?"

Masami nodded, patting her SSS uniform, "Just imagine it, just like the Guild guys did to make their weapons. You can do the same with your hair, too."

Hisako nodded, holding out her arms. Soon, in her hands, she held a pink tank top and khaki pants.

"Cute." Iwasawa remarked. "You want your hair to change, you can fix that too." To demonstrate, she turned her hair into a cerulean blue bun, then back to her regular red hair.

Hisako smiled. Her hair returned to its regular length and color.

Irie gasped, "Ooh, me next!" She closed her eyes tightly, and bowed her head down a bit. She lifted her arms as Hisako had. A green dress with long silken sleeves and a high neck materialized. It was pretty, but at the same time very modest. "Hm... I always wanted to try this..." She added a pair of round glasses, smiling.

Sekine clapped her hands, "Irie, you look adorable!" She laughed. "Hm... What should I do?" She placed her finger over her lips, and then did as the other two had. From nothing, a strapless blue dress with a medium length skirt and a ruffled neckline formed in her arms.

"How cute!" Luka approached, smiling.

"Thanks, but…" Irie whispered.

"Where are we?" Sekine said.

Luka laughed, "You two are like little sisters! How adorable!"

"Luka, these are my friends Irie, Sekine, and Hisako." Masami introduced them. "Sekine and Irie are always together. Irie is somewhat reserved, but Sekine is really outgoing, and they round each other out pretty well. Hisako is really cool, and is a lot stronger than she looks. I don't know one person that can beat her in any game, whether it's a sport, video game, or even board game. She plays second guitar, Irie plays drums, and Sekine plays electric guitar, like Yui does."

"Wait… So you all knew each other before? I mean, I knew you used the minds of living human beings, but the fact that you all had encountered one another… What is the Supervisor doing?"

Masami smiled, an inspiration filling her mind. "Hey, you guys have to do a song eventually, right? Maybe we can have a GiDeMo concert, all five of us!"

"GiDeMo?" Luka asked.

"That's our band, GiDeMo, short for Girls Dead Monster!" Masami explained. "So what do you guys think?"

Yui gasped, "Could we! Oh my god, playing with all of GiDeMo past and present… That would be just PERFECT! But… But what song?"

"I know exactly what song. I'll see what the Supervisor thinks." Masami smiled. Her band would play for real, not just to steal meal tickets, but for real people. That was Masami's idea of paradise.

Things will begin to pick up soon, so just you wait! It's all ready to happen in the next chapter of True Paradise!