*Disclaimer- I do not own any of the anime, characters, or setting*
**Author's Note- Welcome, readers to "Light Music and Classic Literature: chapter 8!"As you know, in my last post, I had mentioned something about a/some guest appearance(s). I'll give you some hints about it to see if you know who our special star(s) for today is/are. First, this person is retty famous. you could probably say that she's going virtual so much that the "World is hers!" Another hint is two of her friends are twins that are like butterflies on her right shoulder. Sometimes when they perform together, they can make everybody "shake it!" Another one of her friends is a pink haired girl who is famous for her "night fever." When they sing together, even though they are like magnets, diferent as like and dislike, the two of them combine together well, as rivals and idols. And that are all the hints that I'll give! Figure out who they are yet? Now get ready for chapter 8!**
"Oreki-san!" Chitanda bursted out as she ran into the room.
"What?" he replied bluntly, keeping his eyes on hs book.
The light music club along with Satoshi and Mayaka had just left the clubroom for some kind of famous autograph from a school idol, leaving Oreki and Chitanda behind.
"Take a look at this!" she kept hopping around excitely.
Oreki looked at the paper that she gave him and saw a strange note written on it that said:
hey, lu lu! just thght up of sm new song lyrcs for the C! mt me aft schl the CR! pss mssg 2 twns -h.m.
Oreki sweatdropped as he read the mysterious student's slang. TThen,he looked up and cluelessy asked,
"Why did you show this to me?"
Chitanda replied,
"Please help me track down this person!"
"What?"
"What if this was important for that person? What if they really needed it?" Chitanda's eyes grew larger by the minute. "What does this message mean? I'm curious!"
Oreki winced and tried to look away, but it was too late. The power of Chitanda's eyes have captured him. Then, he sighed and grudgingly said,
"Fine. But this better be quick." He quickly scanned through the paper and asked,
"Where did you find this paper?"
"When I was exiting my classroom to go to the clubroom, I noticed a girl with pink hair drop this paper. I was about to call out to her but she was already gone. And that's it."
Oreki nodded and replied, "Good. Now we have to analyze this message for any clues."
For a moment, both of them stared at the strange message until he finally said,
"It looks like most of these words have missing vowels. Do you know what they are, Miss top student?"
Chitanda blushed at the nickname as she answered,
" I believe that THGHT stands for thought, LYRCS stands for lyrics, MT stands for meet, AFT stands for after, SCHL stands for school, PSS stands for pass, MSSG for message, and TWNS for twins. And the stands for at. As for the others, I don't know."
"So now we know that the note reads, Hey, Lu Lu! Just thought up of X new song lyrics for the X! Meet me after school at the X! Pass message 2 twins. -H.M. The 2 probably means to so we can put that down also. And that will be all the inormation we need."
Then, Oreki stood up. "Let's go now."
"Go where?"
"To find some twins, naturally."
Chitanda's eye lit up as if to say, oh! I see!
The two of them went from class to class, asking everyone if they knew any twins in the school. Finally, a fellow classmate informed them about two yellow haired twins in class 2-B. As Chitanda and Oreki walked over to the class, Oreki told her, "If we see them, please let me do the talking."
She nodded in agreement. Luckily for her, as soon as they entered the classroom, two yellow heads went to greet them. One of them with a short ponytail smiled at them and said in a friendly tone,
"Welcome! You must be Chitanda Eru and Oreki Houtarou! Some friends of ours told us that you needed to talk to us about something. What is it?"
"Do you want our autographs?" piped up the other twin with a white ribbon on her head. "After all, we are pretty fam-"
The other twin elbowed her and frowned. She quickly changed the subject and asked,
"Anyways, what is it that you need?"
Oreki slowly said cautiously, "Well, we were wondering if you know anyone with the initals H.M."
The twin with a white ribbon raised an eyebrow and asked,
"What is this about?"
As a response, Oreki held up the note. When the twins read it, their eyes widen in surprise and then burst out laughing.
"Well leave it to Mi Mi to write in messy slang!" the ribbon girl giggled.
"Thanks for showing that to us," the other twin said grinning. "We have to go now. Can you tell us where to find you guys so we can explain everything later?"
"Of course!" Chitanda exclaimed. "We'll be in the Classic Literature clubroom. Thank you so much girls!"
"Wait-" one of the twins tried to call out. But they were already gone.
The ribbon girl snickered. "Looks like you are in quite some trouble now, my dear brother," she laughed as her twin turned red with embarassment.
Meanwhile, Oreki and Chitanda were about to walk back to the clubroom when they bumped into Satoshi.
"There you are!" he exclaimed. "The light music club, Mayaka, and I were all searching for you to show you guys some of our school idols! Come on!"
Wait a minute!" Oreki called out but was ignored. Satoshi dragged them to a room near class 2-B. But when they got inside, Chitanda and Oreki got a big surprise.
"Looks like we meet again!" the girl with the white ribbon chuckled.
"You were one of the twins from before!" Chitanda gasped. "You must be one of the school idols then! Is your twin sister and idol too then?!"
"Um... Actually...I'm a guy," the other twin with the short ponytail explained embarassed. "And yes, I am and idol as well.
Chitanda blushed when she realized the mistake she made.
"I am so sorry!" she cried out quickly. "I didn't mean to offend you in any way!"
"Don't worry, he's probably use to it by now," said another pink haired girl that was drinking tea, and winked. "You must be Chitanda Eru, the girl that found my note. Thanks for trying to return it."
Chitanda smiled with relief.
"I'm sorry! Am I late again?!" another voice cried out. It was a girl with long light blue/green/turquoise hair that was styled like Azusa's hair. She was running into the room frantically and almost tripped. She almost reminded Oreki of Hirasawa-san. "Sorry, Lu Lu!" the girl said sheepishly before noticing the crowded room. "Oh...um... hello everybody..."
"How many times did I told you not to call me Lu Lu!" the pink haired girl yelled embarassed.
"Um... how about we start with some introductions?" Satoshi suggested. They all agreed.
"Hello. I'm Megurine Luka, a senior," the pink haired girl started.
"Nice to meet you again!" The yellow haired girl said cheerfully. "I'm Kagamine Rin..."
"...and I'm her twin, Kagamine Len!" the now classified boy finished.
"And my name is Hatsune Miku!" the blue haired girl introduced in an energetic tone.
"Nice to meet you all. I am Chitanda Eru," she said politely.
"I'm Oreki Houtarou," he introduced himself bluntly and plainly.
"And I'm Fukube Satoshi!" he said cheerfully.
"Now why don't you guys explain everything from the beginning again?" Len suggested.
So Chitanda and Oreki explained how she found the note that Luka dropped and tracked down the twins to here.
"Amazing, Houtarou! You managed to solve yet another mystery!" Satoshi exclaimed.
"That's quite impressive," Luka said, awed.
Rin and Len smiled at each other knowingly.
"Wow! I wonder how many mysteries you can solve!" Miku said surprised.
"I don't really have a choice," Oreki mumbled.
"By the way, Miku, what was that about the new song you have?" Luka asked frowning. "I hope it won't be another egotistical song like "World is Mine."
"Hey!" Miku protested. "It wasn't my fault that I only have a couple days to write some lyrics. That was all I could think of!"
Everybody sweatdropped.
"Anyways, why don't we give it a look and if it's good, we can sing it at the school's Culture Festival?" Len sighed.
"We'll take our leave now, then," Chitanda said politely. Thank you for everything!"
Hope to see you at the Fest!" Miku and Rin shouted out happily.
A couple days later, when the Classics and Light Music club planned a get-together, they went to the culture festival in time to see the idols' performance.
On stage, Miku announced in her microphone,
"Now, we're going to sing a new song. It's called... Senbonzakura! Please listen!"
Original / Romaji Lyrics and English Translation
daitan-futeki ni HAIKARA kakumei
rairai-rakuraku hansen kokka
hinomaru-jirushi no nirinsha korogashi
akuryou-taisan AI-SHII-BII-EMU
After a bold and audacious Westernization revolution,
this is now an open and upright anti-war nation.
As I pedal forward my bicycle marked with the Japanese flag,
evil spirits will disperse from my intercontinental ballistic missiles.
kanjousen o hashirinukete touhon-seisou nan no sono
shounen shoujo sengoku-musou ukiyo no manima ni
Looping the belt line, I don't care if I'm constantly on the move.
Boys and girls must be unrivaled during the warring era, in the floating world.
SENBONZAKURA YORU NI MAGIRE KIMI NO KOE MO TODOKANAI YO
koko wa utage hagane no ori sono dantoudai de mioroshite
Thousands of cherry trees dissolve into the night. Not even your voice will reach.
This is a banquet inside a steel jail cell. Look down on us from your guillotine.
SANZEN-SEKAI TOKOYO NO YAMI NAGEKU UTA MO KIKOENAI YO
seiran no sora haruka kanata sono kousenjuu de uchinuite
The whole world is shrouded in hellish darkness. Not even a lamenting song is audible.
With your raygun, shoot out the azure sky and the far distance.
hyakusen-renma no mitame wa shoukou
ittari-kitari no oiran douchuu
AITSU mo KOITSU mo minna de atsumare
seija no koushin wan tsuu san shi
Hundreds of fights will give one the apperance of an officer.
The courtesans are going here and there on a parade for their regular guests.
Everyone, assemble here now.
It's a march of the saints. One! Two! Three! Four!
zenjoumon o kugurinukete anraku-joudo yakubarai
kitto saigo wa daidan'en hakushu no aima ni
To pass through the gate to dhyāna[1], and achieve nirvana with cleansing,
the closing act must be a happy finale, accompanied by applause from the audience.
SENBONZAKURA YORU NI MAGIRE KIMI NO KOE MO TODOKANAI YO
koko wa utage hagane no ori sono dantoudai de mioroshite
Thousands of cherry trees dissolve into the night. Not even your voice will reach.
This is a banquet inside a steel jail cell. Look down on us from your guillotine.
SANZEN-SEKAI TOKOYO NO YAMI NAGEKU UTA MO KIKOENAI YO
kibou no uta haruka kanata sono senkoudan o uchiagero
The whole world is shrouded in hellish darkness. Not even a lamenting song is audible.
The hill of hope is in the far distance, so shoot up your flashlight grenade.
kanjousen o hashirinukete touhon-seisou nan no sono
shounen shoujo sengoku-musou ukiyo no manima ni
Looping the belt line, I don't care if I'm constantly on the move.
Boys and girls must be unrivaled during the warring era, in the floating world.
SENBONZAKURA YORU NI MAGIRE KIMI NO KOE MO TODOKANAI YO
koko wa utage hagane no ori sono dantoudai o tobiorite
Thousands of cherry trees dissolve into the night. Not even your voice will reach.
This is a banquet inside a steel jail cell, so jump off from your guillotine.
SENBONZAKURA YORU NI MAGIRE kimi ga utai boku wa odoru
koko wa utage hagane no ori saa kousenjuu o uchimakure
Thousands of cherry trees dissolve into the night. You will sing, and I will dance.
This is a banquet inside a steel jail cell, so shoot randomly and ceaselessly with your raygun.
*And that is "Light Music and Classic Literature Chapter 8!" Did you figure out the mystery guests yet? For those who don't know, Hatsune Miku, Kagamine Rin and Len, and Mergurine Luka are all vocaloids, which are basically idols that are computer programmed and turned to projected holograms on stage, along with many others. And to those who never heard of Senbonzakura or World is Mine, I would definitely recommend you to listen to both since they sound amazingly awesome in my opinion. And to those who don't understand my hints, feel free to ask. Thanks for reading, stay tuned, and as always, R&R!*
