Chapter 17: Saturday, the auditions!

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the producers (nor do I know them) that write the Vocaloid songs

Len POV:

I freakin hate Twister! My back is still sore! What do I look like? A gymnast? I placed a hand on my leg and tried to stop the soreness in my leg.

" Jeez, why did we have to play Twister all night Mikuo?" Ted groaned. " I'm dead tired. Not to mention I woke up on Kaito."

" Now that was awkward," Kaito added.

" Sorry! It's just so addicting!" Mikuo said quickly.

" If I fail the audition, I'm holding you responsible," I muttered.

Up ahead, the company loomed ahead of us. Above the glass door were the letters Crypton Media Entertainment. I took a deep breath and closed my eyes, opening them again them again to see Miku, my sister and the others climb out of a car, which I supposed was Miku's mom's. Rin turned and acknowledged our arrival, waving wildly. Teto joined her after seeing us too.

" Hey, you see Gumi anywhere?" Kaito murmured in my ear.

I looked in their group and pointed out where she was, behind the rest of them talking to Luka.

" Doesn't she look great?" he sighed.

" Kaito-senpai. If Rin sees me watching Gumi-"

" Got it shota," Kaito said winking. " Let's go."

Mikuo ran forward first to greet the girls and Ted, Kaito, I followed. I saw a green-haired boy come out of a car and wave to Gumi, who seemed to get a surge of energy from seeing him. I smirked at Kaito, who was noticeably jealous.

" Len!" I looked up to see Neru run towards me only to be pulled back by Rin.

They whispered something to each other, and then Rin nodded, looking genuinely shocked. Neru comtinued her run and leapt for me. I stepped to the side and grabbed her hand to stop her fall.

" Aw, Len! You do care about me!" she squealed.

" You're one of my sister's friends," I sighed. " I kinda have to."

" How sweet!" Neru gave me a bone crushing hug similiar to Lily's. What, had she been taking lessons?

I gently pried her off and smiled, pushing her closer to Kaito. He gave her a weak smile and placed her next to Mikuo, who seemed to be fine with it. Just wait until she starts fangirling about you Mikuo. That's when it gets scary.

Rin bounced up to me and punched my shoulder.

" What was that for?" I snapped.

" Just being sisterly!" she exclaimed winking.

I nodded in an understanding way and turned away. Well, you can't blame me for wanting a hug from my girlfriend can you? I ruffled up her hair, to her dismay.

" Oh! Rui and Rei are here!" Miku cried.

Teto elbowed Rin and pointed at Rei. Lily winked and slapped her back.

" Go for it," our cousin said.

Okay, what the hell? Rin's eyes widened and she looked to Miku for help, but the teal-haired girl was staring off into space. Almost as if she was trying to ignore the situation at hand.

" Uh, should we head inside?" Rin said quickly.

" We should, the auditions start in an hour," Rui said in her soft voice.

Taking heed to what Rui said, we walked into the lobby of the company. There sat a bunch of other kids like us within our age range. We seperated our large group and sat next to random people. Mikuo knudged me with his elbow and pointed at a kid with white hair and a girl with black ponytails and a single blue streak going through it.

" She's pretty hot right?" he snickered. " I'm gonna talk to her! You can talk to that white haired kid!"

He ran over to her and sat on the chair to her right. I sat next to the kid and held out my hand.

" I'm Len. Kagamine Len," I said. " You are?"

" Utatane Piko," he said.

" Your voice is...high," I said. " Not girly high! I mean like you haven't hit puberty yet! Not saying that you haven't, but-"

" My voice is lower than this you know," he said in the same high tone. " I just choose to talk this way."

" Why?" I asked.

He pointed to a group of girls staring at both of us. Oh great. A girl with a pink helmet walked over to us, smiling broadly. I took in her colorful, pink clothing before looking at her outstretched hand.

" Hi! I'm Nekomura Iroha!" she exclaimed. " I just want to say that you guys are so shota!"

I glared at her and Piko rolled his eyes.

" Seriously!" she exclaimed. " I mean you two are so cute I could die! But I don't know which one of you is cuter! What are your names?"

" Len."

" Piko."

" Uwahh! That's so cute!" she squealed. She turned around and called back, " Their names are Len and Piko!"

I sighed and watched two other girls walk over to us and introduce themselves as Defoko and Miki.

" Is that blonde girl your twin?" Miki asked. " You two look a lot alike."

I looked at Rin and nodded.

" What's her name?" Defoko asked.

" Uh, Rin," I said.

" You had to think about it?" Piko asked.

I glared at him and turned back to the girls who were staring in awe.

" Wow..Rin and Len huh?" Miki said slowly. " I wish I had a twin..."

" Oh no you don't," I muttered.

Defoko stood up and walked over to Rin and Luka, spoke with them for a moment and came back with two photos.

" Miki! Check this out!" she exclaimed. " It's him in a china dress and as a kitty maid!"

" Rin!"

She stuck her tongue out at me and winked.

" Part of the act huh," I muttered. I looked over at Mikuo, who was still talking to the girl. Sighing, I looked around for my friends. Teto and Miku, easily making friends with some random person, and Meiko showing off her manliness, or as she called it "feminine charm". This outta be interesting.

Third person POV:

Mikuo leaned forward suggestively towards the girl, who looked slightly creeped out. She scooted her seat a few inches away, but Mikuo only leaned closer.

" So, what's your name?"

" Ruko," she said slowly.

" Ruko...that's an awesome name," he said nodding. " You dating anybody?"

" Uh no," she said starting to smirk.

" Really? I find that hard to believe since you're so pretty," Mikuo complimented. " Maybe we could go out."

" Okay, sure, but I just have one thing to tell you."

She motioned with her finger to come closer and Mikuo leaned forward, excited at whatever she was about to tell him.

" I'm 90 percent guy," she whispered.

Mikuo froze and mechanincally moved his head to face her.

" Ninety...percent...guy?" he asked. " You mean...but you...you have a..."

Mikuo put his hands in her lap and gasped.

" But you have boobs!"

" Apparently," Ruko said calmly.

" Ah, oh God, why? Just, no...I don't-no...why? Just-aw why?" Mikuo groaned shaking his head.

Ruko stared at him, trying not to laugh as he had a melt down. Mikuo got up and walked over to Len.

" Len," he said tapping his shoulder. " Len!"

" What?" he asked irritably.

" That hot chick! She's a he," he exclaimed.

" She must've had one of those gender swap surgeries then," Len replied.

" No! I mean she's got both packages!"

Len's eyes widened as he leaned over to look at Ruko.

" You mean...she has...she has oranges and a banana?"

Mikuo gave his friend a strange look.

" It's what Rin and I call them instead of using the other words," he said quickly.

" And it doens't bother you when you eat the fruit?" Mikuo exclaimed.

" Only if you put a name in front, like Miku's oranges or Kaito's banana," Len shivered. " That's when it get's awkward."

Mikuo nodded slowly.

" So that's like saying my leek right?"

" You're a perv Mikuo," Len said shaking his head.

" Hey! I'm not the one who came up with oranges and bananas!" he yelled. He walked back to his seat and shook Ruko's shoulder.

" What? You're back?" she asked.

" Can we still be friends?" Mikuo asked awkwardly.

" After you groped me and freaked out about me being half boy, half girl?" Ruko said. " Sure, why not."

Mikuo held out his hand and shook the girl's, not sure what to say next. Neru, for once looked up form her phone, and glared at the two across the room.

" I don't get it Neru," Teto said watching the girl. " If you like Mikuo, why do you pretend to like Len?"

" I used to like Len for real, that's why I'm the president of his fanclub," she said. " And Len is like, really hot, so I can't help but fangirl about him. But, Mikuo's just...I don't know. But it's all so that Mikuo doesn't suspect a thing."

Teto rolled her eyes. " That's like me pretending to like Ted, when I really like Kaito."

" Well, what do you suggest I do?" Neru snapped.

" Hide it really well like Rin does from Rei," Teto said shrugging.

Neru nodded and looked around the room, locking eyes with a blonde boy that looked similiar to her. She tilted her head and he did the same. Their jaws dropped in unison as they both caught sight of the cell phones in their hands. The abruptly stood up form their seats and walked over to each other, meeting in the middle of the room.

" I'm Neru," she said immediately.

" Nero," the boy said in awe.

The nodded slowly, their heads both going up and down in perfect sync.

" Here's my number," Neru taking his phone and pushing the digits.

" Cool," Nero took hers and did the same, both finishing at the same time as the other.

Neru walked back to Teto and sat down, still in awe.

" That was so creepy," Teto said. She suddenly gasped and grabbed Neru's elbow, shaking it violently and pointed to Rei, who was steadily making his way to Rin.

" Should we go help?" Teto asked.

" We could, like a good friend," Neru said slowly. " Or we could be better friends and do something like this. Get your man Rinny!"

Rin's head jerked up and she blushed at the sudden outburst. Rei sat down next to Luka and stared at Rin's face, his lips forming words that Neru and Teto couldn't read.

" You think she'll be fine? It wasn't nice of you to put her on the spot like that Teto," Neru said shaking her head.

" What? I didn't- you know what never mind."

Rei POV (A/N: Haven't done this in a long time):

I sat down in the chair next to Megurine-senpai, and shifted uncomfortably. Rin's face blazed bright red as she stared at Teto and Neru behind me, her eyes daggers.

" Um, Megurine-senpai?" I began politely. " May I have a word with Rin alone, if it would be to your convenience."

She smiled and nodded quickly, getting up and going to sit next to Gumi. I moved to her chair and glanced across the room at Rui who was sitting calmly, pretending to be distracted. Her words echoed through my head once more.

Get close to Rin. That's all you need to do.

I mean, I was close to Rin, but not super close. What was I supposed to do? Pretend to like her? I couldn't do that; especially with the thing going on between her and Len. I let out a sigh, catching Rin's attention. She smiled and waved shyly.

" So..." I said trying to search for conversation.

" Uh, you nervous?" Rin asked.

" Nah, you?"

She shook her head and it was silent again. I ran a hand through my hand, trying to think of something. Rui would kill me if I didn't establish some type of relationship.

" Um, Rei."

I looked at Rin, who seemed a little more anxious.

" Could I ask a favor?"

I nodded, and she stood, motioning for me to follow. I glanced out of the corner of my eye at Len, who was very aware of me following Rin. I tried shrugging, to show him I didn't know what was going on, but he didn't buy it. Man, for someone so shota, you'd think he wasn't so territorial.

We couldn't go outside the room unless we wanted to be disqualified, so we just kept ourselves away from a large group of people. Rin looked at her shoes and played with her fingers, her eyes downcast.

" Um, Rei," she said softly blushing. I put a hand on her shoulder, kind of concerned for her. She looked up at me, her eyes big, cerulean saucers. " Will you...date me?"

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Rin POV:

I am so sorry Len. I'm probably the worst sister ever right. No, I am the worst sister ever. And the worst girlfriend. But I have to do this! Don't judge me! It's for both Len and myself! Plus, this lives up to my " I like Rei" lie. So technically, once I explain everything to Len, then it'll be okay. Rei knows everything anyway, so he should know I'm not serious right?

I looked up at Rei, who was dumbstruck. His amber eyes were wide with shock, his mouth hanging slightly open in surprise. He was laned back on his right foot as if he were about to run.

" It's only temporarily! That's why..." I said hoping he'd catch on.

" But, Len-"

" Will understand," I said softly. " So will you?"

Rei looked hesitant for a second, and then slowly nodded.

Rei POV:

Fuck. I am so screwed. I mean, Rin was breaking up with her brother, for me! Right? Or maybe she doesn't really like me...Maybe she's pretending so that no one suspects the incest going on! And Len must obviously be in on it! Genius!

I grinned at her and slung an arm around her, hugging her close.

" Gotcha," I said winking. " We're dating."

She winked at my loose usage of the word and walked with me back to our seats. I saw Len across the room. He glanced at us and looked alarmed, but brushed it off and went back to talking to the two girls.

A man then walked into the room, holding a clipboard.

" Hello, participants," he said strongly. " I am Mothy, otherwise known as Akuno-P, one of the producers for Crypton. Me and other producers will be controlling these auditions, and passing the ones we think deserve to go on."

" You make it sound like we're going to be in a reality show," Miku said loudly.

Mothy smiled. " That's because this idol audition will be like no other."

Author's Note: Ha! I finally got it out! And yes, I actually used one of the real Vocaloid producer's names. I don't really know any of the producers personally, so I can't put descriptions. But yeah, keep an eye out for any familiar names! And this wasn't an all that important chapter. Just to introduce any other characters partcipating and to kick off a problem that will eventually snowball out of control.

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