Welcome to Vocaloid Chapter 4: English Please, a vocaloid fanfic

Chapter 4: English Please

5: 15pm, Kagamine House

We had been Vocaloid for about a few weeks, almost a month now, and we were skyrocketing. People loved us, but the most popular of us were me and Kaito. Len and I had lots of songs together, and I had some solo songs too, but Kaito...Kaito just had this thing about him that was so amazing. He had a couple songs, as did Miku and Luka, and it was really fun. We had just finished recording another song that Len and I had written called Death Should Not Have Taken Thee!, which was a really fun song all around, and had uploaded it. We were now scrolling down the comment section when one comment in particular caught my eye. "Wait!" I called so Luka would stop scrolling down. "What's wrong Rin?"Miku asked as they all looked at me as I reread the comment.

"Look at this: Hello Vocaloid. I really like you guys, and though I speak fluent Japanese, maybe you could broaden your horizon and try English. This is just a suggestion, and it would be really cool if you did." We all just stared at the screen. "Try English. That might not be such a bad idea." Kaito shrugged as he hummed one of his songs. "It should be fairly easy to come up with English lyrics if we just translate and maybe tweak here and there. I'll start. Luka, play Snowman will you?" he asked as Luka opened our account page and clicked on the link to Snowman, and it started to play.

(URL: watch?v=yHTBxGZRfWo)

"See? The first line can be, I want to be with you...Someone wishes deeply, and I feel it bringing me to life."Kaito shrugged as I smiled.

"We should do it. Kaito's right. It's pretty much like copying off the lyrics off our other songs and tweaking."

"But what about our classmates? Won't that tell them it's us?" Len asked.

"We don't sing solo enough for them to figure it out." Luka stated as Kaito stepped into the recording booth.

"This one I'll do by myself Len." he smiled as I started the music of our first English song.

"I want to be with you"

Someone wishes deeply and I feel it bringing me to life

On this day, once in a year, with the magic of winter time

I turn into a real, moving snowman

One fateful night, as snow did fall, I was born into this world

Made with a broom for my right arm, and a bucket on my head

Then a young boy approached. I wondered what he was doing here

He said, "I lied to my mom today," and then burst into tears

"I am as pure white as the snow you made me from

Let's use that to remove the darkness in your heart

I'll stay right here with you"

His lies kept on snowballing and growing even bigger, still

They got far too hard to break with mere punches and kicks

A ringing bell, a freezing scarf were, one by one, draped around me

All that I could do was smile and hope for all his tears to dry

There's nothing I could do with my fake eyes

So I wondered what this lie was, and the cause of all this mess

"I'm good at sports, have lots of friends and my grades are the best"

"Well, you have this winter," I said, "to make all your lies turn real!"

But the boy said, "It's too late for that," and crouched down in defeat

"If I'm not a good boy," he cried, tears in his eyes,

"My mom will disappear soon, so I have to try"

"I want to be with her"

His lies kept on falling and collecting, like the dying leaves

However much they were brushed aside, the pile kept rising

Neon street lights colouring the falling snow, once black and white

All that I could do was try to warm your cold fingers, in vain

I only have my two fake hands to blame

Now I'll tell you what to do

The darkness in your heart. Try turning it into pure white, like the snow.

If I show you how to start, will that help? I know you can do it on your own as well

So let the snow fall on our awakening today

Then the boy ran far and wide to find his classmates, just in time

He had to do something soon, before it was too late

"See, Mom, I told you I'm just fine! I beg you please, don't leave my side"

She grasped him right to her chest and nodded with a smile

"I'll always be with you"

That last lie was white, like snow. She couldn't let the poor boy know

Now's the time for us to cry, or laugh to ease the sorrow

I will watch over them both, until I melt and have to go

I know he will overcome the hardships this winter will bring

And then we can move on and welcome spring

The music stopped and we all looked as Kaito came out. It was true that he had a natural talent for music, but this was amazing. "Kaito! That was so amazing!" Luka cried as we let Kaito listen to it before saying we could update it. I placed our "logo" in as the picture and uploaded, waiting for the reviews and comments to start. Then I thought. "Why don't you go Len?" I asked as Len looked at me and blushed.

"It's not really my song so..."

"But it is. Go on Lem, it won't be bad." Kaito smiled as I walked into the booth with a groan as Rin started the music.

( watch?v=ZUz_QJKPejY)

"That was great Len!" Kaito smiled as Rin posted it.

"My voice was on the higher side." I shuddered as Luka put a reassuring hand on my shoulder.

"Your voice is just on the higher side. That's okay Len." Luka smiled as I nodded and sag down next to Miku.

"In the meantime, why not let one of the twins go?" Luka asked as my brother and I both grew the same mischievous glance before I started. "If somehow I could leave it all behind and everything..."

"What? You want me to do Kokoronashi?" she asked as we all nodded before looking at us.

"But what about the choir kids?" she asked, trying to defend herself from singing.

"it's like we were saying earlier...most people don't remember that." I shrugged as Miku and Kaito pushed her into the recording booth and I started the music.

Just relax," Kaito started before it was time for her to sing. "It's really fun."

If somehow I could leave it all behind and everything
Do you think that a bit of joy would finally come to me?
My heart is breaking and the ache will start again
And never end…please don't say anything

If somehow I forgot the world and who I am today
Could I sleep? Would the tears I cry all dry and fall away?
But we can't wish on stars to part from who we are
It's all we are…please don't try anything

Though I call out you reach you, failing time and again
My heart is all I have to give you, only one

You can't see! You can't see! Just take my bones, why not everything?
You're tearing me and damaging, do anything, lay me in the ground
I'm screaming and shaking, my eyes turn red somehow even now
Wrapping me around, your touch abound,
Not letting go even when I say

It's okay

If somehow I could have a wish come true, I'd think of you
And just wish for the things you have and all you try to do
But I don't make a lot of wishes, maybe none
I'd settle then for you to stay by me

Though you call out to reach me, love too heavy to weigh
My heart is all I have to give you, only one

Stop doing this! Stop doing this! Don't show me love that I couldn't give
I never see how you can be this way with me, why you're still around
You're hurting me, you're hurting me, explain in words, tell me everything
I don't know a thing and I'm losing though
Don't go and leave me all alone

You can't see! You can't see! Just take my bones, why not everything?
Start tearing me and damaging, do anything, lay me in the ground
I'm screaming and shaking, my eyes turn red somehow even now
Wrapping me around, your touch abound,
Not letting go even when I say

It's okay

If somehow I could have a heart that beat and everything
Would you know how to find something so deep inside of me?
You met me with a grin and told me "Well ya know,"
"I oughtta know, it's been here all along"

"Wow Luka. That was amazing." Miku cried as she smiled before walking over to me.

"How'd it sound?"

"It sounded great. Can we upload it?"

"Sure. But then you have to go with Len...and by yourself." she smiled as I stiffened as I heard my brother laugh.

"Ugh...fine. Len, do you want to do Death Should Not Have Taken Thee?"

"Let's not. I heard that there were audition for a play kind of going along the theme of the song. And if you guys want to audition and get the part, you have to write a song." Kaito started as I nodded then looked at my brother as he nodded too. I uploaded Luka's song and sat at the computer to think of a song.I have a couple songs available to use. Which one's the most popular? "Tokyo Teddy Bear." Len commented, reading my thoughts as I looked up at him and smiled.

"That would sound great being in English." Luka stated as I nodded and ran inside the booth as the music started.

To my loving mom and dad, I'm sorry and I'm to blame
Knees weak and crumbling, thumb pressed and bitten away
To my brother, sister, and the rest, I'll see you around
My sole is blackening, I'm breaking all of it down (yeah)

Measure out the size of it, sure, any pattern will do
Ends justify the seams, it's all of the same to you

I cried "Why can't I just be loved?" to no one
Maybe grinding my old scissors I
Could slice the look my off my face

Send me a sign, some god on high, show me the words I need to know
So say I'm fine and clear my mind
'Cause why not? I DON'T KNOW
Facing a new day with a new pain, rocking up and down the night
Ripping at seams, I beg and plead, just sew me up again

To the world I say goodbye, and sir I'm wishing you well
Pushing out my chest to see me drool through tiresome hell

What do I spy with fully open eyes?
All that I spy are idiots and lies!
What do I spy with fully open eyes?
All that I spy are idiots and lies!

Aah, can never get enough of the right stuff
Needles oversized to pulverize this heart beating out my chest

There's nothing to find, no, nothing to find, I severed everything I had
Sinking alive through waves of twine, dragging me down alone
I'm nowhere to find, no, nowhere to find, threw me aside and left again
Running away from now a place I'll never call a home

Am I alive? Aah SHUT UP! More lies falling out this living mask
Give me the endgame, skip the foreplay before I explode
Can I ever change? Can I stay the same?
Fade away? But save who I am inside!
Ripping at seams, I pull the string to finally meet the end

Days at end, the flames alit with life are starting to loom
Patch it up without me then, cause anybody will do

"Alright!" Miku cried as she ran up and hugged me. "It sounds so good in English."

"Thanks. I really liked singing that one." I smiled as I nodded to Kaito, who uploaded the song. The more I thought about it, doing the songs in English was probably the easiest part of being in Vocaloid. The hardest part was obviously writing the songs, but singing them in English was much easier than I thought. "Hey guys?" Len started as we all looked at him, perched on a stool in a corner of the room. "What time is it?"

"It's...Wow. We need to go. It's already eight." Luka stated as we said a quick goodbye and they left. We had an hour until lights out, so Len and I decided to do one more thing. "Are you ready?" he asked me as I nodded, hit the button, and ran in before the light flashed and the music started.

L, R, L, R, STOP & DASH & UP & TALK

B, B, A, B, S[tart]