Luka guided us through the parking lot and into the school. She let my hand go once we were inside the hallways of the ever boring school. "Alright were to?" I asked walking past the many classes that terrorized me throughout my life.
"They all said the music room" she said catching up to me as we both walked through the first hall into the second turning the corner to where the music room was. Where all our vocaloid meetings were usually held if we weren't in the mood to spend time in the schools theater where all the drama students hung out. We walked into the classroom.
"Hey guys" Luka smiled giving everyone hugs before she went to sit down next to Kiyoteru.
"Hey Miku" Kaito said as I sat near my guitar case.
"Hi Kaito" I grinned back at him as he came to sit near me "Where are Rin and Len?" I asked playing with kaitos blue scarf as he grabbed a piece of my hair twirling it in his fingers Gumi looked up from her novel.
"Umm I believe they will be here any minute. Rin said they wouldn't take too long."
We all groaned by that they usually meant they would be at least 5 minutes late.
"Well now that we know they will be late" I began " Whats new?" I asked everyone Gumi put down her novel
"I think we may have a new singer." she said as we all turned to look at her
"What?" both Kaito and Kiyoteru said
"Mhm. I heard Izuma-sensei talking to someone about it and then said something about it to me."
We all looked at each other when both Rin and Len burst into the room "Hey Guys!" They both said "Hey" we all replied.
"Why the somber faces?" Rin asked going around giving us hugs as Len sat down a cross from me.
"Well we might have a new singer." Gumi said again
"A new singer?" Len asked
"Yup. Someone new to town. I don't know the specifics right now but Izuma-sensei will probably introduce the singer to us when school start next week."
We all were silent thoughts of the purple haired boy swirled my mind until Luka broke it
"You think it will be a girl?" she said
"I don't think so" Kaito said "We need another male. Izuma-sensei knows this he wont just give us another female singer. It will throw us completely off balance and we would have to rewrite all our songs just to fit another female singer." Kiyoteru said We all nodded in agreement.
"Well we all practiced our songs right?" Gumi asked everyone as she twirled a lock of her green hair between two fingers.
Len snickered "Sure we did" Gumi rolled her eyes at him
"We have to perform Romeo and Cinderella during the first school assembly on Monday we need to practice guys or we'll look like idiots."
We all groaned again "We know Gumi but we can practice tomorrow and Sunday we already practiced all last week give us a break." Kiyoteru said
All of us nodding "Fine" she mumbled going back to her novel.
"So now on to better news!" Luka jumped up "Wanna go to the mall and to a party?" she asked excitedly
"Sure!" both Rin and Len exclaimed Kiyoteru nodded and so did Gumi.
"Ill go if you go Miku" Kaito said meeting my eyes.
I nodded "Um yea" I said. We all knew Kaito has a crush on me. I also had a crush on him but Ive never had the courage to say anything but after our "nights" together, well I'm pretty sure he already knew.
"Well its settled!" Luka said grabbing Kiyoterus hand, pulling him up. "You'll drive us right?"
Kiyoteru sighed "I kinda have to now dont I?" he said mockingly to Luka
"MHMM!" she giggled.
As they walked out of the classroom Gumi Rin and Len running after each other, Kaito stood "Come on Miku! Lets have some fun today!" he said grinning like a Cheshire cat. Smiling I stood with him leaving the classroom, down the halls, and out of the school.
"Come on guys!" Luka yelled getting into Kiyoterus van as everyone scrambled inside.
"Coming!" Kaito yelled back grabbing my arm pulling us towards the van and inside closing the door behind us.
"TO THE MALL!" Everyone yelled out as Kiyoteru drove us to the land of wonder, which we call the mall. Kiyoteru drove like a mad man when he wants to and in this case he did. Everyone jumped out of the van as Kiyoteru shut off the vans engine. "
We only have two hours before the party starts." Luka said already walking towards the mall "I need new clothes and a two new uniforms. Anyone else?" she asked
"Yeah!" Gumi, Rin, and I said running after her leaving the boys behind. "Well we can start with the uniforms if you guys want?" she said walking inside past the many food booths, jewelry stands, and clothes stores. "yea" we all said pushing each other around like a bunch of kids with hair that matched the rainbow.
"Hey girls!" a voice said from behind us. We all turned to see Izuma-sensei coming up to us with multiple shopping bags.
"Hello Izuma-sensei" we all said in unison bowing down.
"What are you guys doing here?" he asked
"Well we are going to get our uniforms for Monday Sensei." Luka said as we all nodded.
"Ahh well if you are going to Yuuki's shop for the uniforms can I ask you to please pick up a new students uniform for me?"
We all looked at each other carefully wondering if the uniform would be for the new singer. My mind went to the purple haired boy again.
" Sure." I said "Where would we leave it?" I asked
"There is a new student coming he doesn't live far off from you Miku you cant miss his home all the movers are still out there."
I nodded "I know where it is"
"Alright then. Here is the receipt." he said handing over a white piece of paper with his signature on it "Ill see you all on Monday!" He said running off into the crowd of people.
"Well that was awkward..." Gumi mumbled as I shrugged
"He seemed busy. I bet with school starting on Monday hes all stressed out." Luka shrugged. "Lets just get the uniforms and off to the food court we go!" She smiled grabbing our arms, dragging us with her Rin giggling beside her. Yuuki's shop is owned by a nice old lady named Yuuki Kasuragi. She makes all of our uniforms to our fit and any design we want at a good price and of course she happens to be a close friend of mine. Luka dragged us into the small store. every inch was covered in uniforms or mannequins in school clothes and there behind the small counter sat Yuuki with her ever so present smile.
"YUUKI!" Luka sang loudly walking up to the counter Yuuki looked up her beautiful cat greens eyes scanned the room landing on me for a while, smiling before going back to Luka.
"No need to yell Megurine" she laughed "What do you need girls?" she said as we all lined up near the counter.
"Our uniforms" we all said in unison Yuuki laughed a melodic laugh.
"Yes. Yes of course." she said going to the back, coming out with four bags "Let me see..." she said checking the names on the bags "Megurine, Gumi, Rin, and Hatsune" she read them off in order handing the bags to each of us. "And you have already payed for them. So there if you need anything else dont hesitate to come back." We nodded bowing "Thank you Kasuragi-san"
"Yuuki. Izuma-sensei asked me to retrieve a uniform for him." I handed her the receipt as she fixed her glasses looking carefully at it.
"Ahh yes, yes." she mumbled leaving for more than five minutes and coming back with another bag much taller than ours. "Here it is Miku dear. May I ask that you please deliver it at once?"
I nodded "Why yes" I said politely.
She smiled "Thank you Miku. Now go on little ones."
We all smiled "BYE YUUKI!" We sang together running out the door. After that the hours passed by quickly we went to the food court to many other stores where we had to drag Luka out before she claimed everything as hers.
"Time to go!" Luka finally said running out the malls doors where the guys were already waiting by the car.
"Finally" Kiyoteru mumbled as we all got in the car
"Don't blame us we love to shop" Luka said
"Umm... Kiyoteru?"
"Yea?" he said as he started driving out of the parking lot
"You think we can swing by the new neighbors home? I need to give the new student their uniform..."
He nodded "Alright. Then off to the party after that."
"What uniform?" Kaito asked me as I leaned my head against his shoulder.
"I dont know. Izuma-sensei just asked to pick it up and deliver it. He never said who it was for and what uniform it was."
"It could be a drama uniform" both the twins said
"Or the art uniform" Gumi mumbled
"Maybe." I said as Kiyoteru parked just outside the neighbors home.
"Ill be back in a few." I said jumping out taking the uniform with me.
"Ill come with you" Kaito jumped out after me ans the others whoooed us. Except Len he wasn't happy.
I rolled my eyes "Children" Kaito just laughed as we walked up the driveway past the moving vans to knock on the door. Footsteps were heard from inside as I knocked again. The door opened and the boy with the purple hair appeared.
"Yes?" He asked looking me over then throwing a glance towards kaito
"Umm here" I said handing over the bag
"Whats this?" he asked looking at it cautiously.
"A uniform. Izuma-sensei asked me to bring it to you." He seemed to recognize Senseis name and took the bag gently from my hands his finger tips brushing against mine, sending a tingle running through me, making me feel giddy, almost hyper.
"Thank you." He said
"Welcome" I smiled, as he smiled back at me.
"Come on Miku the party is going to start soon." Kaito cut in grabbing my hand starting to pull me away from the purple haired boy.
"Oh yea.." I mumbled . "Well goodbye." I smiled waving at him as Kaito pulled me away. The boy waved at me closing the door as we got in the van.
"What a strange boy..." Rin said as Kiyoteru drove us to the party.
"A sexy piece of meat" Luka winked at me
"Luka you think every man with a pulse is a sexy piece of meat." Gumi said
"NO I DON'T!" Luka wailed as we all laughed Kiyoteru calming her down as he drove past a gate revealing a beautifully decorated driveway , rose bushes lining the pathway as it slowly led us to a dark Gothic mansion almost a castle. We were all speechless as Kiyoteru parked in the designated area.
"This is amazing..." Kaito said helping me out of the van along with the others. I nodded wonder whose home this is... I thought to myself.
"Hey Luka... who invited you to this party?" I asked
"A friend you know.. that girl who tried joining the group last year. She invited us and a whole bunch of other kids at school. This isn't her home she just rented this place from someone in town. Apparently the guy that owns this goes to our school he just doesn't want to live here so far away but she said that he might move in after the new year."
Len scoffed "With a place like this I would've moved in already. Right Miku?" he winked as I just smiled and nodded.
"lets go guys!" Luka urged us across the pathway and into the mansion. As we entered we could hear the music coming from deep inside. The entrance was very Gothic literally a small piece of a Gothic castle mixed with a room in the Palace of Versailles there was a staircase lined with gold and the railing black just like the steps and the curtains were black and lined with gold it seemed like the whole theme of the entrance was black lined with gold. A girl with red hair and a matching red dress came out from where the music originated from.
"You're finally here!" she smiled her red ruby lips curling up into a smile. "Come on lets go everyone has been waiting for you!" She ushered us into a room filled with many of our classmates. Now this room was different instead of black and gold it was a blood red with black. Classmates where scattered everywhere some sitting next to the bar and some where just seated on the futons and love seats, the furniture seemed ancient but fit perfectly in this setting. "Now there are a few rules guys, you cant go exploring anywhere else just stay in the room and the bathroom is just through that door" she pointed to the side "And dont wreck anything cuz this place was already too expensive to rent and if you break the furniture I'm dead." she laughed as though it was a joke " and of course have fun!" she smiled dragging Luka with her.
Everyone scattered leaving me alone as Kaito left to speak to a few of his basketball buddies. I looked around the room it was huge and very huge it was a ballroom and it was bigger than both my living room, kitchen, bathroom and the second story of my house combined. not to mention my room, compared to this my room looked like a cramped shack in the wilderness. I stared at the dance floor where some classmates where already grinding up against each other. I sighed i never liked parties... i wanted to stay deep in my room where it was dark and solitary. i may seem fun all the time but all i want is peace and quiet. A thought popped into my mind as hours passed by and I had just sat in the corner of the room scanning everyone Kaito coming to me every few minutes to see if I was alright I just smiled and nodded urging him to go with his buddies and he listened, maybe I could slip out when no one could see me I thought as I slipped into the shadows and out the door into the entrance. I stretched my arms Maybe I could see what was up the stairs... the party wouldn't end for awhile and no one but Kaito would tell I'm gone and even then he'd think i might be in the bathroom. I quietly climbed up the stairs my fingers trailing the wooden rail as i went further and further up. This part of the house was completely different as I reached the top of the stairs. straight ahead was a hallway that was very long and antique vases tables furniture and curtains lined the walls along with many doors lining each side of the hallway. I walked past each door checking whether they were opened but each one i passed through was locked.
"So much for exploring..." I mumbled as a few minutes passed and i reached the end of the hallway where there the hallway split one door on the right and another on the left. I went to the one on the right first.
"Seems like all the doors are locked..." I trailed off as I walked to the other door curling my fingers on the knob and turning it to find the door open. I smiled opening the door slowly careful as to not make any noise. This room was amazingly beautiful, a huge four poster bed was right the middle of the room which was the same size as mine. I walked into the room fully to see the room illuminated by the moon.
"Wow.." I sighed moving around the room from the closet ,which had mens clothes inside... mainly the color purple, to the bed which had curtains tied to the post a beautiful deep purple as was most of everything in the room. The color of royalty I thought, ironically. I turned to the fire place and just above it was a portrait of a man, a woman, and a small boy which seemed like their son. The man had hair as long as mine tied up into a pony tail and the deep rich color of purple almost black. I turned to the woman, she was beautiful her skin perfect like those on the marble statues in Italy and her hair a pretty red I turned to look at the boy, he looked around five, his hair was a lighter purple than his fathers but he had his mothers soft features but he had his fathers eyes.. a purple so beautiful they looked like gems and his mothers where a deep red almost a bloody chocolate brown. I smiled as i turned to look out the window a beautiful landscape filled with trees, a dark forest just like in a fairytale, rose bushes just behind the mansion. I sighed making my way across the room when a book on the bedside desk caught my eye. I walked to it the cover was old but when I opened the cover my eyes widened, pictures of us covered the first few pages. All the Vocaloids where in there. I turned the pages to find pictures of myself in my uniform and many of me in my Cantarella outfit my golden crown sparkling under the stages lights, Kaitos face cut out from all of them. My mind raced, Who the hell lived here? I thought quickly my mind racing trying to find answers. I quickly closed the book and ran out the door into the hallway and down the stairs where I saw Kaito about to go outside the door.
"Kaito!" I shouted his name as I ran down the stairs He turned to look at me
"Hatsune!" he smiled rushing towards me, embracing me "we've been looking for you! Everyone is leaving already." he grabbed my arm and lead me towards the van. "Where were you Hatsune?" he asked as I saw Kiyoteru drag a drunk Luka into the van as she yelled that she didn't want to go home.
"I was just walking around..." I said not wanting to mention what I found in the room , I wasn't even supposed to be there in the first place.
"He...ehe...heya Hatsune Miku... Miku Hatsune... Miki.. CHIBBII!" Luka yelled from inside the van.
"How much did she drink?" I asked opening the van door to reveal Rin, Len, and Gumi covering their ears from Luka's yelling.
"Enough for her to have a major hang over tomorrow." Kaito said.
"KAITO LOVES MIKUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" Luka sang as Kiyoteru tried keeping her quiet once he started driving the van.
"Shut up Luka!" Kaito yelled back as he blushed his pale cheeks turning a rosy red.
I just smiled resting my head on the window trying to figure out why those pictures where there... I turned back to see the mansion my eyes automatically turning to the room, I gasped silently, the moon illuminated the room and a shadow stood at the window watching us drive away into the night.