A/N Thanks to those others who reviewed - devil or angle and Vocaloidlover - for your generous reviews! Here's the next chapter with the infamous Kagamines!
WARNING: This includes Len/Rin (mainly in IA's POV)
Three ~ Kagamine
"Who the hell are you?!"
"I could say the same to you! I thought this room was vacant!"
"By 'who the hell are you,' I really meant: why are you here, pervert?"
"Gah! I am not a perv!" IA's eye twitched. If the little bugger didn't come out sooner or later… She didn't have to finish that sentence as he squeezed out from under the bed. More light revealed blonde, spiky hair and a childish face. Oops. IA really shouldn't have threatened him. She bowed instantly, "Sorry! I couldn't see it was you!"
"Uh…"
"Aren't you Kagamine Len?"
"Oh! Yeah, sorry, sometimes when you're meant to be fourteen you forget you're famous." IA stared at him, unimpressed. He shifted uncomfortably under her gaze – after all, she was meant to be older than him, wasn't she? She grinned on the inside, it was kinda fun tormenting a guy.
She came out with a very important question, "So what were you doing hiding under my bed?"
"I was playing a game."
IA's jaw dropped. What was he playing, then?! Hide and Seek?! …Or was it a more pervy game? OH FOR GOD SAKE HE WAS FOURTEEN, TOO OLD FOR HIDE AND SEEK AND TOO YOUNG FOR THAT EITHER!
...
IA just said that out loud.
...
Len's eye twitched, and he stuck a finger out towards her with a crooked grin, as if he was trying his hardest not to offend her, "If you've listened to SPICE! I can tell you that was a dare to agree to it, and Rin would've killed me if I ruined our supposed 'reputation', okay?" IA winced, feeling like she was a little kid being scolded. "Oh, and for your information, I only came here for some peace and quiet away from those devils called Miku and Rin, with my 3DS, which is why I said I was playing a game." He groaned, seemingly fed up of having to explain himself.
"Oh." Was all IA could get out. She opened the door again, trying to tell him to get out, but then paused. Maybe she could ask him to take her to Rin and Miku…
"You've got one of those smiles Miku has when she has a plan. That's not a good thing."
"I was wondering if you could take me to meet your friends," IA smiled as best she could, Len giving her the same stare she gave him before: uninterested.
"Who said those devils were my friends?" he slumped onto her bed and resumed his game. -Her bed. IA began to stomp over to him, but he spoke first, "Hey, you're that new girl, aren't you? IA."
"Um, yes, why does everyone know that?"
"Probably because you're meant to be the new star, with your flowing voice and looks and all that same rubbish. But your voice does sound good." IA got the feeling he was being, was it bitchy (?), at her for some reason, like he was jealous. That was when the white-haired singer remembered what one of the UTAUloids had told her last night:
"Poor Luka, Rin and Len, they don't get V3s like Miku or Kaito. –Luka doesn't even have an Append yet! Hopefully the three of them get V4s or the fans aren't gonna be happy."
IA suddenly felt very sorry for Len, but more so for Luka. Then again, Luka has a built-in English system at least. Apparently, Neru had told her, they were planning an English voice bank for Miku, too.
"Sorry, but I probably won't get as famous as you or the others, you know."
He sighed, "It's fine, I can take you to meet Rin and Miku, though, if you still want."
"-You mean the devils, right?"
"Right," They laughed before heading towards the All-stars' rooms.
Fortunately, IA wasn't alone, because she would've taken all the wrong turns and staircases. Orienteering probably wasn't a strong point of her programming, if you didn't count 'Following like a Sheep' as an orienteering skill. They stopped at a door with yellow lines on it, the same patterns as on IA's, just different colours. Len knocked on the door a few times, a squeaky voice coming from within, "What's the password~?"
Len sighed, a look of dread on his face. IA stepped away not to get in the way of anything.
"Rin, do you seriously have to force everyone to do this? It's so easy, anyway. Plus it annoys Miku like hell."
"Well, live with it! Ahem, who's the best singer in the world?"
"…You," IA rubbed her eyes. Was that a… a-a blush on his cheeks?! She stared into space for a minute, many thoughts rushing through her cyberbrain, doing a quick search of Len x Rin on Google Images…
"Who's the girl staring off into space?" IA finally snapped out of it and turned to face Rin. She was so… cute! IA felt like squeezing her in a half-hug-half-stranglehold, like they do in anime, but fortunately restrained herself. It didn't look like Miku was there anymore, and her hopes dropped slightly, but! This was probably better, since she got to meet Rin and Len alone (better for more reasons than one).
"I-I'm IA! I was only created a few days ago, sorry it's late, I just found a random person under my bed and then I found out it was Len and then asked if I could meet you as well and, um…" Great, I'm doing exactly what I said I wouldn't do! She cringed at her own cringiness, wishing someone else would speak for her.
"She was hoping to meet Miku too, but thankfully she's left," Wait, thankfully how?! Ever since that moment before, IA's mind had been plagued by dirty thoughts. Just great.
"Yeah, well, we don't want her trying to sing Sweet Devil to a newbie, right?"
"Of course not!" They laughed, IA feeling like she should know the song. Rin realised her confusion, and explained to her, "It's one of Miku's more famous songs; it's about a girl who's obsessed about her looks and wants to impress her lover, being quite possessive too. The main part of the chorus is the part where she sings in English "Do you love Sweet Devil?" which, obviously, became quite catchy because of its robotic style too."
"Oh, I get it now. It probably has some adult bits too, right?"
"I suppose…" Rin changed the subject, obviously not wanting to focus on Miku too much anymore, since she always hogs all the attention, "Hey, what songs with us in have you listened to, IA?"
"Let's see… Remote Control, Daughter of Evil, Servant of Evil, Tokyo Teddy Bear, Meltdown, Dream-Eating Monochrome Baku, your cover of magnet, Kokoro and… um, and SPICE!."
Rin laughed right out when IA mumbled the last one, "That's a mistake all the newbies make! Ha, Len, ya do know I wouldn't have actually been too mad if you declined, right?" She continued laughing whilst Len glared at her, IA feeling a bit left out of their special connection. Len changed the subject again, "Have you listened to one called Gekokujou yet? You might know it as Revolution."
"Oh yeah! That one was sooo fun, wasn't it!?"
"Meh, not as fun as when we killed Miku in trick and treat," IA felt even more confused than before, so Rin and Len sang the songs.
Gekokujou was quite an upbeat song, with a little humour, the main line being: Green is the enemy! It was a story about Rin and Len trying to become more famous than Miku, declaring war against her and her genderbend, Mikuo. Apparently, Neru was meant to be on their side, too.
-Though trick and treat was a completely different story, where Rin and Len were dolls that Miku once owned, but as she grew up, she forgot about them and replaced them with a Luka doll. Rin and Len got angry and their anger led them to becoming human for a night in order to get their revenge on Miku. At first they 'treated' her with tea and kind words, welcoming her, but then they 'tricked' her, sending her memories of what she did to them and what would happen to her if she didn't do as they said. However, she still died; her heart – resembled by a flower – was ripped off at the end, Rin and Len now dolls again having fulfilled their job.
Both songs were amazing, and IA clapped for each of them, but it was practically dawn and she felt she needed charging (a Vocaloid's bed is like their charger). Rin and Len waved her goodbye, hoping she would share some of her songs with them the next time she came around. IA desperately tried not to think about what they'd be doing now, just the two of them… OH GOD THEY WERE MEANT TO BE FOURTEEN, IA SERIOUSLY HAD TO STOP THINKING ABOUT THIS STUFF! Luckily she had remembered the way and arrived safely at her room, this time with no teenage boys hiding under her bed.
A/N I did say I didn't ship Len/IA, I obviously ship Len/Rin, like, duh, do you know me? Probably not, but, yeah. I was thinking of putting Yuma/IA into this, but Im not sure who I ship him with… It could be Yuma/Gumi or Yuma/IA, but I think the latter would work better because they have similar colours that would contrast nicely. I KNOW, I'M WEIRD but like Rin says, live with it! Oh yeah, I do like Gekokujou but there are so many songs it's not in my top 30. WE HAVE A TIME SKIP NEXT TIME! BWAHAHA!