IA was faster than Yukari, who was falling behind. Still, as they began to break out of the crowd, Yukari was able to see the back of the redheaded woman. By now she was pretty sure she wasn't Miki. This person was elegantly outfitted in a lacy black dress and hat, which didn't look like anything that Miki would ever wear. Yukari opened her mouth to tell IA, but she was already charging ahead at the unfortunate woman.

"Hey, Miki! Why'd you disappear like that? You made us wait for so long!" IA put her hand on the woman's shoulder. The woman whirled around indignantly, green eyes flashing. This definitely wasn't Miki.

"Excuse me?" the woman stared at IA. "My name's Ritsu Namine. I don't know who 'Miki' is."

"Oh," IA hurriedly took her hand off Ritsu's shoulder and backed away a little. "Sorry about that. You see, we've lost our friend, and she has red hair like you."

"Sorry, ma'am," Yukari added. She wondered if it would be rude to pull her rabbit-eared hood over her face. She usually didn't talk much around strangers, and she hated situations like this. IA was the outgoing, talkative one. Yukari preferred to hide behind her and fade into the background.

Ritsu was looking strangely at the two girls. "You know, you look familiar somehow. I swear I've seen you before." IA and Yukari glanced at each other. This had happened before, when people vaguely recalled them from videos and posters. It usually took a couple seconds before the person remembered who they were. "Wait a minute." Ritsu's face lit up with enlightenment. "You girls. Are you Vocaloids?"

"Yes," IA tried a smile. "I'm IA, and this is Yukari Yuzuki." She pointed at Yukari, who gave a little, nervous wave. "We're Vocaloid 3's." Yukari hoped that Ritsu wouldn't react strangely.

"Ha," Ritsu said. "I was wondering if I could find Vocaloids, and then they literally chase me down."

"You were looking for Vocaloids? Why?" IA asked. Ritsu produced a phone and brought up a picture, motioning for IA and Yukari to come closer. The picture showed a girl with curled red pigtails standing in a very familiar lobby.

"I think that's Miku," Yukari pointed out the superstar in the background. It seemed she was arguing with someone. "But who's that girl?" Neither IA nor Yukari had ever seen her before.

"She's Teto, my friend," Ritsu answered. "She sent a text with this picture." Ritsu showed the Vocaloids Teto's message.

Miku took me to record a song here –Teto

"What I wanted to know is whether this is fake or not," Ritsu informed IA and Yukari. "If you're Vocaloids, you should know where this is, right?"

"Yeah," IA nodded. "This is where we go to record our songs. And that really looks like Miku in the background."

"They don't let many photographers in, so there aren't that many photos," Yukari said. "I think it's a real picture." Yukari was puzzled over why Teto was allowed in in the first place. Then she factored in Miku's argument in the background. Maybe Miku was getting that man to let Teto sing? But when did Miku meet Teto in the first place? Miku would talk about anything, but she'd never mentioned meeting anyone like Teto.

"If Miku's getting them to let your friend record a song, she must be pretty good!" IA smiled. "I hope I get to hear her song soon."

"She is good," Ritsu turned off the phone. "She just has a few confidence issues. Maybe this'll help her with that. Thanks for the help."

"You're welcome," IA responded. "Hey, do you think you could help us as well? Have you seen a girl with long red hair walking around? She's pretty unusual looking, so she's hard to miss." Ritsu thought for a minute.

"I saw someone like that near the toy stores," Ritsu remembered. "She looked really….different." Ritsu made a strange face. "I've never seen a girl like her before."

"Thanks!" IA rushed off. "Come on, Yukari!"

"Thank you, ma'am," Yukari was still unsure. That description was too vague. She was going to ask for more details, but she noticed that Ritsu was smirking at her. "What?"

"I'm a guy," Ritsu said.

"Huh?"

"Yukari! Hurry up!" IA called impatiently, already halfway down the hall.

"Coming!" Yukari ran after her friend.

Note: So here is Ritsu, another UTAU. Sorry if they are OOC. I tried to put the personalities that were on the wiki, but my headcanon leaked in.