Disclaimer: I. HATE. SCHOOL. AND. HOMEWORK. AND. TESTS. AND. THE. FREAKING. EXAMS.

Malin: Sorry guys, we wanted to update earlier and even do a valentine's day special, but due to a hell load of homework and common tests and really lame and time consuming projects, we just couldn't have time to finish even one paragraph. And we're sorry for the false update. But since today's our school's sport's day we KINDA have an excuse to not do work :P So here ya go!

The real disclaimer: As usual we own nothing but our plain craziness(plot).

Ah, by the way, happy really belated valentine's and happy early white day.

And I'm so sorry, happy belated birthday Kagamine Rin and Len….I shall never forgive myself for not being able to wish you on time last year in fanfiction *Sob*

(The REAL) Chapter 9 –Birthday

In the morning, when Garry and Ib were still asleep, the palace was already in chaos for setting up the rest of the castle that's going to be used for the party. Nobody had time to waste in taking rests. Ib and Garry woke up with just the sound of the running of servants from one place to another in a hurry.

"Hmm…?" Ib rubbed her eyes sleepily as she slowly pushed herself up on one arm to sit up on her bed. "It really is noisy…" she said softly. Garry chuckled, "Maybe Allen doesn't have time to give us breakfast today." He joked.

Ib laughed with him before getting off the bed to get herself dressed and washed up so that she could help with the preparations, considering that she had already done so the previous day. When Garry was about to do the same, Allen came in suddenly, almost tripping on air as he hurriedly pushed a kitchen cart into their room.

"Sorry I'm late, I had to help with the preparations and do my usual duties at the same time. And I'm sorry I can't accompany you for your punishment today Garry, you'll have to do it yourself. After that please help us with the preparations, we really need all the help we can get." Allen said before he bowed to them and left hurriedly.

Garry sighed, "Well, I'm almost done, once we eat let's get those toilets sparkly clean and come to their assistance yeah, Ib?" He asked cheerfully.

"Yeah!" Ib replied with a bright smile. She was not only excited about being able to be helpful, but also about the magic lessons Elluka promised her the day before. As she accompanied Garry in Allen's place for his daily duty, Ib couldn't help but lightly skip along the red carpet that covered most of the palace's hallways.

Meanwhile, Riliane was having a luxurious breakfast in her room as usual, despite the fact outside her room, there were many servants running around carrying huge loads of decorations and ingredients for today's party. She was very relaxed, knowing that Allen and Mariam, her most trusted servants, will take care of everything and make sure everything is perfect, including the special surprise she had asked for this morning without further noice to impress her guests and show off the Kingdom of Lucifenia's power to other kingdoms.

There was a knock on the door. "Excuse me Princess for disrupting you, may I come in? I have something I'd like to report." It was Elluka's cold and monotone voice.

"Come in." The princess called out to her. Elluka came in, knelt down to her, reported the information she wanted to report and left quickly, not bothering to know if Riliane wanted Elluka to take action or not, for she knew there wouldn't be much to hear.

Riliane sneered in slight amusement while she took a sip of her tea. "And here I was, hoping they'd never go…"

Garry and Ib sneezed together when they got out of the last toilet they needed to clean today. "Maybe we're getting a cold," Garry thought to himself. Ib still hadn't stopped smiling by this point, she took Garry's hand and walked with him to find Mariam so that they could help.

When they were about to walk around a corner, they almost collided with a maid who was running very fast, almost as though she was lightning. The girl had pink drill twin tails and shouted an apology to them without turning back even while she continued to run.

"Whoa…today really is chaotic…" Garry and Ib mumbled in unison.

After getting instructions on what they could help with from Mariam, the two quickly set on their work with helping to bring decorations to the Grand Hall. From what they could see, other than the floor being re-polished, there were many colorful and bright silk ribbons, each of different thickness, stuck onto all the pillars of the Grand Hall and white silk tablecloths that covered a huge, round table each that wasn't there the day before.

Other than those tables, there were many chairs stacked up at the sides and beside them, a huge pile of white cloths was present, which was probably to cover the chairs. Ib spotted Elluka on the way to the Grand Hall and couldn't stop squealing and asking to be taught by her.

But Elluka simply ignored her squealing and stated that she was busy as she quickly walked away. Ib was slightly disappointed but she decided she wouldn't give up.

They were asked to go to the gardens to see if they could help.

"Aren't those roses?" Ib asked, pointing to one of the random bushes in the garden. The roses on the garden was of a bright yellow, reminding her of Mary.

"Yeah…" Garry sighed. Seeing a huge garden of yellow roses, he almost felt like he was going to be attacked by Mary with the palette knife again. It made the two of them hold each other's hand tightly in fear, even though they knew they burnt Mary's painting and weren't in the gallery now.

Garry was then called by a servant to help carry something back in the palace. Ib stayed behind as she saw the same pink haired maid from before running towards Allen, causing the both of them to fall into the fountain. "Hmm? Are those two..." She didn't complete her sentence and ran towards them.

Several hours later in the early evening, the decorations and preparations of the food were all done. All that was left was to greet guests and serve them their food, which was not something Ib and Garry could handle, thus, they had nothing left to do. They decided to rest in their room as their muscles were aching and sore.

Ib considered looking for Elluka to teach her magic, but she remembered being told by Miriam that Elluka herself had to attend the party. Ib resigned with disappointment on her bed, swearing to herself she'd try again tomorrow.

In the Grand Hall, Riliane was walking around and talking to each guest. She was enjoying being showered with praises and presents by the nobles and aristocrats of the other countries and of her own. She received each compliment and grand presents vainly, holding her head up high with a smirk plastered on her face.

Riliane looked around in an attempt to find Prince Kyle. "He's not here…" She thought sulkily. She wanted desperately to summon a servant over and demand the whereabouts of Prince Kyle, but she didn't want to shame herself in front of all her guests, so she decided to let it go.

The party went by smoothly without a single problem, which was of course, a good thing.

Meanwhile, in a dimly lit room, a lady and a girl stared at a huge black hole in front of them. "It…succeeded…" They whispered in awe, but that short sense of triumph soon disappeared when the hole closed up quickly.

"Damn, won't even last a minute." The older lady cursed as she let herself fall onto the soft cushioned sofa behind her. "There's no other choice…" The younger one sulkily said.

TBC~

Malin: I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! The valentine's day special will be posted as a chapter in this story tomorrow (BECAUSE YUKKI'S SLOW), and for your info, we've written a late Christmas and new year special on fanfiction about this fanfic too! Its title is Merry late Christmas and Happy New Year! And of course, it's still a crossover of Ib and EC/Vocaloid.

I hope you enjoy!

Yukki: I didn't get to say a thing in this chapter until now!

Malin: Well yeah, you're doing the valentine's special chapter…

Yukki: *Pouts* Evil!

Malin: Isn't that why my classmates call me a witch? *Evil grin*

Yukki: *Sulks in corner*

Garry: Now now, Malin please stop being mean-

Malin: Pedophile! Gay! Dead and forgotten guy!(lol just random insults) *Points to Garry*

Garry: *Sulks in corner with Yukki*

Allen: Let me join too…I'm tired *Sulks in corner with Yukki and Garry*

Ib: …? *Decides to sulk as well for no particular reason*

Malin: Noo! Ib! *Joins her*

Elluka: *Sighs* Idiots….

Riliane: No kidding….

Gumillia: Shall we join them? *really excited*

Riliane and Elluka: NO!