Poetaster and Singing Dolls
"For whose sake am I living through this day? Wanting to know, today I also look for you. The flower that will suit the created scene. 'Artificial flower.' What is suited for me, you see. A fake. An artificial thing."
Chapter 2-Artificial
Kaito sat quietly on the large windowsill in the nursery, over looking the school's beautiful garden. He listened to his sister's slow, repetitive breathing and beeping of the machines. He then spied Miku and Mikuo tending to the multi colored roses in the north east section of the garden. They glanced up at Kaito and smiled then went back to work.
Kaito sighed. He heard the sound of water swishing around back and forth in a bowl and small tentative footsteps moving softly to the nursery. Kaito turned his head towards the entrance of the room. His mood slightly guilty. He was still mad at himself for not reaching his sister in time. Gakupo stood at the entrance, a bowl of cold water and rags in his hands.
"Can I help?" Kaito asked standing up from his perch.
"No, no, I can handle this. You need some rest." Gakupo said setting up the water bowl on the nightstand beside Kaito's sister's bed.
"But she's my sister! I need to take care of her." Kaito said a little whiny.
Gakupo looked up from what he was doing. "I'm sure if she's your sister she would understand. Now. Go. To. Sleep."
Kaito's eyes widened at Gakupo's sudden command. He usually never acts like that but Kaito understand. He had been working harder then necessary lately. He sighed and laid down in a bed close to his sister's and covered up in the blankets.
"Thank you for looking out for me." Kaito said wearily. All his exhaustion had come back to him.
"No pro-Kaito had started snoring-blem." Gakupo said calmly. He smiled gently at the sleeping figure in the blue scarf.
Gakupo then went back to taking care of Kaito's sister. He dunked a rag into the bowl of water, squeezed it, and then laid it gently on -'s forehead. She had gotten a fever due to her body trying to fight the new germs from the her burn and broken arm soon after she had passed out. After they had gotten her secure in the nursery which was like a small hospital due to all the people that tend to get easily hurt, the fever had broken. She looked calmer now her face less twisted with pain then before. Gakupo then sighed and sat down in a nearby chair to rest.
"Hey!" A slightly deep voice yelled.
"Yeah, hey!" A higher more feminine voice also yelled.
"Whoa, what happened?" Both figures questioned.
"Shhh" Gakupo whispered putting his finger to his lips and pointed to Kaito and his sister.
"Oh, sorry." They both said quietly. "We heard Kaito was in here. We thought he got hurt or something but it looks like a different story."
"It's okay. I just don't want them to be disturbed and yes, totally different story but I can't explain it right now." Gakupo whispered as he started quietly putting the rags and water bowl together to take back to the nearby bathroom.
"No problem. I brought - some yellow roses from the garden." The slightly deep voice said showing Gakupo two yellow roses.
"Yeah! I brought orange ones!" The higher pitched feminine voice yelled excitedly, enthusiastically showing Gakupo her two orange roses.
At the same time both Gakupo and - shushed -.
"Sorry!" - apologized, whispering.
Gakupo smiled as he watched the twins quietly put the roses in the glass vase.
- woke up in less pain then when she passed out. Her arm, especially the area where her burn mark was, was pulsing but it was now just a dull ache. Her body was also the same. She was now covered in dark bruises all over her body. Her vision was blurry and she could see two figures looming over her.
"Kaito, I think you should step back. " A deep male voice suggested.
"Oh, sorry." A slightly lighter voice said along with the sound of faint footsteps.
- let out a groan. "W-Where am I?" She questioned.
"You're in the Ongaku Academy's nursery." The blue haired figure answered.
-'s vision became clearer and she truly saw the two figures beside her bed. A tall blue haired figure with a scarf, and a taller figure with long purple hair tired up in a ponytail and a sword in it's holster.
W-Wait a minute? Blue hair, a scarf. Purple hair, samurai-like presence.
"Y-Your vocaloids?" She suddenly shouting making them jump. She started wondering why she was here.
"Yeah," Kaito said and noticing her hesitation he continued. "Your my sister, that's why your here."
"Y-Your sister?" She continued yelling. "How am I your sister?"
Kaito shushed her calmly. "Please don't yell. It's not good for your health."
- sighed. "Your right. Sorry."
"It's okay." Kaito said smiling.
- noticed that Gakupo was hanging back. "So what's going on? I have to be given an explaination eventually right?"
"Y-Yeah, it's kinda a long story though." Kaito said nervously. He started to glance away.
"Well, I have a lot of time to listen sense I'm bedridden." - said staring intently at Kaito.
A few minutes of silence and staring passed. Kaito gave up and let out a sigh. He pulled up a chair.
"You going to sit down Gakupo?" He asked. Gakupo shook his head and continued standing.
Kaito sighed and begin telling the story.
"A long time ago before humans or even animals existed they were gods they represented all the elements. Everything was all fine and dandy until one of the lesser goddesses discovered the power of song. That goddess made that her own element. The higher gods and goddesses got mad and started thinking that she might be a threat. The goddess's name is Hatsune Miku." Kaito said and was about to continue but got interrupted.
"Wait? So if Miku is a goddess? Is she here? I mean if you are she must be, right?" - suddenly sputtered.
Kaito put up his finger. "She is here but no she is not a goddess. The Hatsune Miku we have now is a less powerful reincarnation. The Miku I'm talking about is the original goddess of song. Sense the gods and goddesses didn't like the new powers she possessed. So she made a deal with them and decided to share her power and so each of the gods and goddesses, along with their original title now gained a new one."
"Whoa. So, who were the gods and goddesses." - interrupted.
"Now if you would just hush I would get to that part." Kaito said.
"Right, sorry." - said and shut her mouth.
"The main gods and goddesses are:
Luka, goddess of the sun and pleasure,
Kaito, god of water and calm/blue emotions,
Meiko, goddess of fire and love/passion,
The Kagamine twins, Rin and Len, god/goddess of the sky and family/friendship,
Gakupo, god of earth and loneliness/hatred,
and finally for discovering the power of song, Hatsune Miku, goddess of song." Kaito said taking a breathe and expected his sister to interrupt. When she didn't he continued.
"So, now that that episode was over they all lived in piece. Soon, they all discovered the creation of animals and eventually humans. After talking in the meeting room for quite some time they came up with an idea. They wanted to reincarnate part of themselves into the humans so that they would always have someone watching over the Earth. So they did just that but they didn't think one of themselves on earth was enough so they created more of themselves. So that's you, me and Gakupo were created." Kaito said finishing up and taking in a huge gulp of air.
- didnt say anything for a while. She stared at her hands lost in thought. About an hour later she finally said something.
"So, we are all just artificial beings?" She sadly a bit of sadness in her voice.
Kaito was a little saddened by this thought. "Basically..."
The room was filled with silence for quite sometime.
"Well, it's not all bad! We get a new life, a singing voice, and I get to meet the reincarnations of my Idols." - said perking up.
Kaito smiled and ruffled her hair. "Nice of you to put in such a positive way."
- smiled back. "So what's my name? I never did know your family all that well."
"Oh, yes that. Your name is Kaiko." Kaito said. "Oh, when you transform it's going to be painful but everyone will be here when that happens so you don't have any need to worry."
"Okay!" Kaiko said cheerfully.
It has been several days sense the accident. Kaiko was still in the hospital but she was soon going to be discharged. Kaiko was now enjoying some Trix yogurt Kaito had brought for her. They were now sitting around chatting happily. The Kagamine twins were also there. Kaiko had become friends with them.
"My name's Rin." A girl with short blonde hair tied up in a big white bow.
"And my name's Len." A boy that looked a lot like Rin except he had his hair in a small ponytail.
"And we're the Kagamine twins!" They both said excitedly.
"Yes, I already know that." Kaiko said putting another spoonful of blueberry flavored yogurt in her mouth.
"Oh right." Rin said.
"Our bad." Len said.
Kaito leaned in and whispered. "They kinda like to show off." Into Kaiko's ear which made her giggle.
Rin and Len looked at each other. They then just shrugged it off.
Suddenly Kaiko started to glow a bright blue. She instantly dropped her yogurt has pain shot through her body. Everyone kinda took a step back except Kaito. Kaito took her other unbroken hand and held it tightly. Her her eyes started glowing a crystal blue as more pain shot through her body. Her body levitated a bit due to the force of her entire DNA structure changing. Her long brown hair slowly dissolved into a short boyish hairstyle and slowly dyed to the soft color of blue.
Her skin started to come off in small silkily patches as she let out more screams of pain revealing small limbs and pale skin. Along with her skin her clothes also came off in patches leaving her naked. Her face rearranged itself into a smaller slimmer figure. After about an hour of this process and as the procedure got more painful ir finally ended. Kaiko collapsed on the bed out cold and naked.
Everyone that was there huddled around Kaito to see if she was alright. She was just exhausted. Which was lucky. Usually when these types of changes happen the person ends up having to stay the hospital a few days due to shock or an internal injury. She was lucky. All that happened was that she passed out. Kaito laid his sister gently back under the covers of the bed.
Rin and Len smiled as they saw that their new friend, Kaiko was okay. They then sat in two nearby chairs to wait for her to wake up.