Chapter 2 : Let me know all about you

A Romance Mystery Fict

Originally From Aprian K. Len

Main Pairing : IA & VY2 Yuuma, Maybe a slight pair and crack pair content

Disclaimer : Vocaloid ©Yamaha, and other companies

Story ©Aprian K. Len

Translation © Me

UTAUloid © Its Respective owner and creators

Summary :

"I've always lived out of habits, nothing really matters, disappearing without any meaning. When that memory is finally imprinted, somehow, in the end, it is forgotten. Until she came, and changed my whole life."

Warning : OOC (Maybe), typo(s), lack of depiction, misused word(s)

'Abc' : Flashback, foreign words, indirect conversations (Phone calls, email, etc.)

'Abc' : Normal conversations

'Abc' : An emphasized word or sentences, important statements

HAPPY READING MINNA!

Chapter 2 : Let me know all about you

Yuuma's POV

"Huh? What are you looking at?"

Dear lord this girl, getting angry over a gaze.

"No, Nothing."

"Since everyone just left, and it's just the two of us now. I'm quite interested in you, especially that brain of yours."

She spun the lollipop in her mouth, while twirling her bangs that seems a bit too long, is it not bothering her?

"IA-"

"Hush… IA is just a codename your father gave me. I'm a little uncomfortable by it, it gives out an impression that you never knew me. Just call me Aria, It's not my real name, but, I like that name."

She continued to interrupt my sentence, well calling her "IA" does seems like I'm calling someone else[1]. Though i'm curious, what is she going to ask me?

"Hmmm, let's see. What's the formula for Tangent in Trigonometry?"

Eh?! Why is she asking me this?! This girl...

"Sine by Cosine,"*

"Oh wow you knew, I thought you were just a simple airhead,"

WHAT?! Not only rude, but she's also taking me lightly and calling me an airhead?! I guess she's quite arrogant despite her size.

"Ah, let's change the subject...[2]"

Aria went to look for something, wandering around her seemingly small apartment; she took a rose from a vase she found outside.

"Here, try and explain this. Maybe this has nothing to do with Trigonometry, but if you really do like classical literatures, you must have known this trick."

She squeezed the stalk, slowly the color of the petals changed from red to blue, and then green. I know this.

"You put cotton in your fist; the stalk absorbed the ink from the cotton and it transferred the color to the petals,"

"Ah yes, but how come it changed colors twice?"

Aria's right, it changed color two times, it's impossible for one piece of cotton having two colors without it mixing.

I tried to find a rational way around it, but nothing came to my mind.

First, I analyzed from other people's perspective, some said blue is similar to green, especially elders. Is it possible for her to put a mirror or a filament to reflect the lighting?

I looked around and found a reflected light, just as I suspected.

"You only used a blue ink on the Cotton. That explains the color blue on the flower."

"Yes, but it doesn't explain why it changed to green."

I pointed towards the light reflection; she turned towards it, and smiled slightly.

"You used that to reflect the light; you were wandering around the room to put it in the right corner. What's more, you were using a replica that was covered with plastic. The color blue that was absorbed was given a reflection in a dark room, the principle would be the same as a prism, if it's exposed to light in a dark space, the color will look a shade lighter. That explains how it turned to green,"

Aria released the (Now forgotten) rose and clapped her hands. I'm rather confused with this little girl, her figure might be small but her personality is not small at all. If you know what I mean, it means she's not sweet in the least.

"Great! You're the first person to answer my questions almost immediately! I'm quite interested in you! Bu-but it's n-not because I like you, ba-baka..."

Hooo... She's a tsundere. This just gets more interesting.

I slightly lowered my head to stare at her eyes (Keep in mind, she's shorter than me) and pinched her cheeks.

"Now, now nice little kid! Don't pull pranks on other people again okay!"

I pulled both of her chubby cheeks, her cheeks quickly reddened and she brushed my hands away.

"Ba-baka! I never said you were al-allowed to to-touch me whenever you like! And, who were you calling a kid! I have matured!"

"Hm? How 'mature'?"

"Fi-fifteen years old..."

"Well I'm older than you. I'm sixteen years old,"

"Yeah, your head is not as mature as your body though. "

She cynically responded towards my actions. This kid, I know she's a genius and school is pointless for her, but is that even an enough reason to mock me, an elder?

"Aria-chan! Here's the yakisoba you ordered! And, you guys are going to stop flirting, right?"

Rin suddenly barged in with a food on both of her hands, making Aria act rather awkwardly, while I merely whistled strangely.

"Wha- Who's flirting!"

"You and Yuuma of course! And Yuuma, stop whistling inside a room. It brings bad omen," Rin babbled at me, Aria looked rather content after hearing Rin lecturing me.

"Ya-ki-soba~~ Come here~~"

Aria assaulted Rin and took the wrapped food. I just stared at her; I guess I chose the right choice by listening to Lui-sensei.

"Okay I want to discuss about yesterday's case,"

It has been two days since I followed this lunatic group of people. Lui-sensei suddenly brought us all to Aria's apartment. While Aria herself is happily watching an anime, I just recently know of this hobby of hers. What Lui-sensei had said was unclear, I decided to ask him more straightforwardly.

"You meant that dead old guy with a torn mouth?"

I asked Lui-sensei what he meant; Lui-sensei stared at me grimly, and approached me.

"She comes at night, with a mask covering her mouth, a beautiful lady with a long hair and its color that seemingly brings you closer towards death. If you meet her, she will ask, 'Am I pretty?' If you answered yes, she will then ask 'Even if I'm like this?' while showing her mouth that was torn form one side to the other. If you answered no, you will share the same fate as her,"

Lui-sensei sounds like he was reading a poem. I think I've heard thatstory before, but where?

Snip... Snip... Snip...

"UWAAAA! "

I screamed loudly while I was deep in thoughts, Len! He put a gardening scissors near my mouth! This kid! Does he want me to call him a girl again!

"Don't play around! I was surprised you idiot!"

Len started to run around in the room while laughing like a maniac, has he always been this crazy?

"Ignore him, you know that story right? It was an old Japanese folklore, Kuchisake Onna, a ghost that was said to be wandering around to seek for her revenge. Revenge for the person that tore her mouth,"

Aria joined the conversation, which reminded me of something. Ah! Right! That myth, but are they really going to say that this murder was based on a myth?! What a joke!

"Are you saying, this murder was based on a myth?! Don't play with me!"

"Yuuma, our client, Culnoza, requested us to finish this case. That man that you saw killed yesterday was Cul's father. These cases have occurred for the last few weeks, but the Police never found the culprit. Every victim has the same mark, which is the ripped mouth. The local neighborhood decided to settle this as a myth and a bad omen. We have no authorities involved, but if the clients requested it, we will finish it."

Lui –sensei explained to me, but is it really, for an accident like that to be closely tied to a myth? That's irrational!

"We already have a plan, though it's dangerous. We can't continue to drag you through this, if you are not brave enough."

Oh, so you take me as a coward?

"Fine I'll go! Don't start without me or you will know the consequences!"

And I could somewhat see them flashing a mischievous grin at me…

It is now night time... Setagaya district was still bustling with people... And i'm just staying silent, but... WHY DO I HAVE TO BE THE BAIT!

Darn you Lui! So that was what the grin meant?! You said my father's henchmen are watching, but how can I not worry about myself?!

Rin is cheering from the upper floor in the Building next to my right; Len seems to be with Rin. Gakupo is around 50 meters behind me, Lui-sensei is monitoring with Aria, in her room.

While deep in thought; so Aria is younger than me? I feel like I have a new younger sister figure. Would it be okay if I introduce her to nee-chan?

EH? What am I even thinking?! This might be the cause of Lui's idiocy infecting me; idiocy that exceeds that of a dog chasing its own tail.

"Yuuma, it is now 10.00 PM, you better be ready, circle around the district; we'll keep monitoring you,"

I gulped, the me that doesn't believe in myths, right now, is scared of facing a myth that, as the most probable explanation, was just rumors.

I went through a small alley, with bad feeling. Even though the district is still full of people, dark corners like these are hard to see.

I continued my walk, and tightened my jacket. The air feels colder than before. The street seems longer. My head started to spin.

I can't stand much of it any longer, I went out of the small alley and went to the more crowded main street. My consciousness seems to be fading; the alleys looked foggier than the area around it.

I have a hypothetic theory, the culprit might be using hallucinogen to make its victim hallucinate and very drowsy. Though, what would be his or her motive? Stress? That's too common. Revenge? Unspecific, there is no reason to get revenge by killing off random people; well, I never read the list of victims myself, so let's save that for later. A hidden motive? A hired killer?

"Yuuma, Yuuma?"

My ears buzzed, these kind of communication devices are quite bothering, it had surprised me.

"What? Aria, you found something?"

"When you went out of that alley, I picked up movements other than yours. You had better be careful, well... Unless you want to die faster, I'm not forbidding you..."

"If you want to play around. I won't hesitate to do it in another table, Aria."

My smile twitched, this one child, I can't understand her nature at all. I looked towards the alley, it seems like the fog is fading. I won't try to get back in, I would rather stay in the main street, narrow streets like an alley makes the culprits acts easier, making me an easier target, due to its small moving space.

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It is now midnight, I'm lucky it's not a school day tomorrow, or I might sleep for the whole day.

"Master, please allow me to accompany you, sir."

Gakupo approached me, he unsheathed his katana, making me relax a little.

Snip... Snip... Snip...

What's that noise, it sounded like a pair of scissors. Is the culprit showing itself? The sound is getting closer, I ordered Gakupo to be on his guard, it's insane if we really did encounter a ghost!

"Huh? Gakupo and Hmmm... Yuuma?"

Eh? Why is Cul here? Where did the sound earlier went to?

"What are you doing here in the middle of the night?"

"We are executing a plan for hmmppfff.."

I silenced Gakupo and smiled awkwardly. Is he going to give out this mission? Yes, it's true it is for Cul, but my gut is telling me that she must not know.

I pulled Gakupo away, while keeping my smile directed towards Cul. Cul just tilted her head in confusion, just right before I left, I saw a light reflection from Cul's back. Even if this is just a feeling, after we went far enough, I could've sworn I felt Cul grinning towards us...

Translation done...

This, could have been published a few weeks back, the translation was 3/4 done a couple of weeks ago.

But I was, you could say, 'lazy'.

For the 'star' marked sentences... I don't know... I'm not sure...

And this, 'explanation' :

[1] : 'IA' in the original language, or in Indonesian, means he/she. So calling IA, with IA, is like talking about someone else.

[2] : I skipped out a lot here, it's not related to the story though.

I'm sorry for any mistakes that I have done, thank you.

Oh past me, you sound so depressed and stressed, I feel just a bit sorry.

Signed,

UnGood

Update 07/07/15 – Fixed some words to fit the situation...

Update 04/08/18 – Fixed some more, you're welcome, past me