Authors Note- So I got inspired to write another chapter of this story. Weird right? I think so.
Usual disclaimers apply.

Seven years ago had you ever asked someone whether they had heard of Black Star, they would have just looked at you and asked you what astral body were you referring to. Then a year later the entire world stood shocked as Gakupo Kamui , a man no one had even heard of, topped the Forbes list of the richest people of that year. And so Black Star became the topic of international interest. As it turned out, Black Star was the world's biggest weapon manufacturer. They had managed to remained in the shadows for almost a decade before their current CEO (then a member of the board of directors) took over the entire organisation and bought almost all the shares from the shareholders. Never had the world witness such a complete and total hostile takeover, for Gakupo owned 96% of the shares. And the rest were of some of his closest employees. But even after the sudden introduction to the world, the organisation preferred to remain secluded from the media. Apart from the basic information which was anyways public domain, nobody knew what happened in the company. So it gave rise to many rumours, with the most popular being that they were currently working on some extremely dangerous technology which will be a huge advancement in warfare.

"I am Miku Hatsune. But my codename given to me by Black Star is Rock the Shooter."

But instead of giving answers, the strange girl had just raised many more questions in Len's head. He looked at his sister, completely perplexed. She was frowning, her gaze intently on the girl in front of them. "Rock...the Shooter. What am I to make of that? I know enough about Black Star to know that you are no archery expert." Len stared at his sister. What did she know about Black Star?

"No, the Shooter refers to firearms." she replied. Then suddenly her face broke into a smirk. "But I can garuntee you that I am an excellent archer."

Firearms? Shooter? Len's head swam as he tried to connect the dots. "Look, why were you busted up? And what were doing on our roof?"

Miku sighed and looked at him. The intensity of her gaze flustered him. "I was hit. And I jumped to your roof." Looking at Meiko, she continued, "I just need a place to lie low for some time. Can you think of any such place?"

"Depends. Who is after you? And why?" Meiko's voice was icy. Miku looked frustrated now. "I can't tell you." Meiko maintained her cold indference and replied, "Then I can't help you."

Len was shocked at Meiko's behaviour. How could she just refuse to help such an injured person, that to not even an adult. His mind couldn't help but point out that she was a very pretty injured person. He was just about to tell off his sister when Miku spoke up.

"Black Star is after me. I can't explain much without putting you in even more danger than you already are, so I'll just show you." She got up from the couch, winced, and took a deep breath. Then her left hand touched a bracelet on her right wrist. Len noticed it for the first time. It was completely black, with two thick black metallic looking strips and a thin black matte strip in between. She murmured something under her breath and the centre strip of the bracelet started pulsating electric blue light. Shocked, Len's head snapped up to her face and his shock grew further still. Her right iris had also turned the same colour, and it was as though her eye was glowing too.

The bracelet suddenly looked like rubber and started to extend. Before their eyes the bracelet turned into a shotgun which was attached to Miku's hand. Len let out a low whistle while Meiko's frown deepened.

"Cool!" Len exclaimed. "You are Iron Man! Wait, more like Iron Girl. So do you have an arc reactor attached to yourself?"

Miku looked at Len quizzically while he kept staring her with an impressed look on his face. As he was looking at her, he noticed she was shivering. Suddenly she tapped the gun and whispered again. The bracelet was back and her eye was back to normal.

Sighing, she sat down on the sofa again. "So is that device what they are after?" Meiko asked. Miku considered her question for a few seconds. "Yes, as you can see it is not something normal, is it? With this bracelet you won't need to have multiple firearms on you. As it is such technology would have destruction as it's only purpose, but in the wrong hands this would be a weapon of mass destruction. Yes I know what I have done is technically stealing, but Black Star was planning to sell this to the highest bidder."

"Okay you can stay here with us." Meiko replied after some thinking. Len didn't know what to think about this. On one side he really did want to help this girl, she was injured after all. But on the other hand, wouldn't this be dangerous?

As though reading his mind, Meiko said, "We will have to be careful though. We can introduce you as my family relative, but you will have to then be convincing. That means going to school."

Both Miku and Len stared at Meiko as though she was from outer space. "S-school?" Miku stuttered out. "Yeah, with Len. Starting Monday. I'll get all the necessary documents."

Miku looked dumbfounded while Len made empathetic sounds. He was sure that whatever Miku had been expecting, school was not one of them. And she couldn't argue because she was being helped by Meiko.

Meiko got up and Len suspected that after today's events he would have to get another batch of beer by tomorrow. He gave a quick glance at Miku and noticed she was deep in thought. As she started to get up, Len rushed to her side to help her. But she rejected his helping hand and got up. He saw her pained expression and felt really useless. Since he has brought her inside, the most useful thing he had done was boil water.

"Where will I sleep?" She asked. Len though he should consult Meiko about it and went to the kitchen. There he saw Meiko sitting at the dining table chugging beer like there was no tomorrow. "Where will she sleep?" Meiko thought for a moment.

"Can you sleep on a mattress?" She asked Len. He stared at her. "Why? Mom and Dad's room is empty. One of us can sleep there..." Len mumbled. "Yeah but I want to keep an eye on her. So either you guys share the double bed in your parents room or you let her sleep on your bed. Your choice." Meiko declared her verdict.

Len though about sharing the bed, and his face heated up. He decided to take his chances with the mattress.

Returning to Miku he told her the arrangement. She didn't seem to mind sleeping on his bed so that was a problem solved. He really wanted to do something for her, because he was sure that Miku though he was totally useless. Suddenly, he had an idea. If Len had a talent, it was cooking.

"Miku, are you hungry?" He asked her. She turned to him, startled. Her eyes were wide and if he didn't know better, he would have thought she was completely flabbergasted. Suddenly, he noticed that her cheeks were a little red. He silently mused whether or not she could have fever. "No, I think I am fine." She replied after a few seconds, her eyes still big and staring. Such an intense gaze was making him blush. He was not used to the undivided attention of pretty girls, especially not of beauties like Miku.

Grumble Grumble

Both of them stared at Miku's stomach.

"Maybe I'll have something after all."

"The device, hu?" Meiko was on her third can of beer. Rock the Shooter. Clearly even though she was stealing the device from Black Star for a good reason, the fact remained that she was too a mercenary. Or worse. Meiko knew something of the under the table dealings of Black Star and had no trouble believing that they would use it for a negative purpose. But it was the girl which was making Meiko nervous.

"Miku Hatsune. I have heard this name somewhere..."

Meiko would get to the bottom of this one way or another.

Okay, I know Len was pretty silent in this chapter. But that will be cured in the next one.

Did you get the hint about the shiver? And how could Meiko know about Miku? She works in a hospital...
Oh and Len and Miku sleeping in the same room! That should be fun. This chapter was pretty boring because it was all plot related and gave practically zero character insight. I know ;_;