Disclaimer: I do not own Vocaloid, Kamui Gakupo, (Shion) KAITO, Kagamine Len, Vana N'Ice, or any of the songs I will be using here. (If I did own Vana N'Ice, Len would die a lot less.)
Kaito: don't forget—if you've got an idea for a new title for this story, tell Michan! ^^
Gakupo: yeah, because "Colors of Visual Kei" is really tacky, you know. -_-
Rin: *crushes Gakupo with roadaroller* you jerk, stop being so mean! :U
Michan: *laughs* thanks, Rin! Anyways, please enjoy!
Album One: Fleeting Moon Flower
Part Two
Monday passed uneventfully, and soon enough it was time for auditions.
"It's too soon to have them, if you ask me," grumbled Gakupo.
"That's too bad, because no one was asking you," Miku commented.
"Oh, stop it, you two. You don't want to scare of the auditioners with your banter, do you?" asked Kaito. The blue haired man decided to sit between them for the judging, just in case they disagreed on something and got violent.
"Maybe it would be good if we did, then we wouldn't be able to get another member."
Miku rolled her eyes at the purple haired man. "You agreed to this two days ago, if you don't remember. Just suck it up, today will be over before you know it."
"Okay you two, it's time to begin," announced Kaito. Since the judge's table was in front, closest to the stage, the trio couldn't see who was behind them. When they stood and turned around, they were greeted by the applause of their large fanbase.
Gakupo's jaw dropped. "I didn't expect so many people to show up…"
Miku flashed him a grin. "This is what being famous feels like. Enjoy it." She then picked up a megaphone from the table and yelled, "How's everyone doing today?"
In response, the fans cheered loudly.
"Great! Well, I must say, we didn't expect so many of you to be here to help us pick the new member so give yourselves a round of applause for just being awesome!" She laughed as the crowd cheered again.
"Now, let's get down to business, shall we? My name is Hatsune Miku, and I'm the manager of Vana!" The crowd gave her a warm welcome and she passed the megaphone to Kaito.
"Hey everyone, I'm Shion Kaito, Vana's bass player and vocalist. Nickname's Kyte," he said, giving a shy wave. The fangirls screamed as Kaito handed the megaphone to Gakupo.
"And I'm Kamui Gakupo, Vana's guitar player and vocalist. You may know me as Samurai, or just Rai," Gakupo said with a wink. He passed the megaphone back to Miku.
"I think some of the fangirls just fainted from that wink, Gakupo," laughed Kaito.
"They just can't resist me." Gakupo smiled smugly.
"Now, let's begin the auditions!" cried Miku. "Here's how it's gonna work. Each person is going to walk onto stage and tell us what instrument they play. Then they'll sing and play for us, and we'll judge them afterwards and learn their names. How's that sound?" The crowd gave an affirmative yell of "Yeah!" and Miku nodded in approval. "Let's begin, then."
Miku, Kaito, and Gakupo turned around and sat at their seats, then Miku called for the first person. Kaito and Gakupo had been in high spirits about this—though Gakupo would never admit it—but from the beginning, everything went downhill.
From the start, there were many girls trying to pose as guys. It was too easy to tell who they were, seeing as they barely even tried to sound masculine. Girl after girl was rejected. Even before the judges realized that they were girls, some of them had terrible voices but were convinced they were good, or couldn't play their instruments well. These were the girls that were either booed off stage or rejected even before they could say their names. Others had potential, but were rejected anyway.
Gakupo's spirits fell. Even cheerful Kaito and determined Miku were getting tired of all this. The crowd didn't look good either, for that matter. In fact, whenever someone was rejected, they were booed off the stage.
At one o' clock, Miku stood and announced a lunch break. As all the fans got up to go order food from the local restaurants, the trio stretched and ordered some pizza for themselves, to be delivered right to them.
Sighing, Kaito rested his head on his hands. "I think that last girl gave me a headache."
"Me too," said Gakupo. "I just wish that an actual guy would show up. Even if he was bad, it would cheer me up a little."
"For once, I agree with you, Samurai," Miku said. "Love the nickname, by the way."
Kaito smiled. "I think we'll have to explain the nicknames on the next talk show we go on. Anyway, the pizza's arriving now. That was fast."
They settled down to eat and discuss the other people who tried to audition.
"It really is too bad about the lack of men, though," commented Miku. "I hadn't thought that so many girls would audition. How annoying."
"It is," Kaito agreed. "Really, you would think that since we said only guys can audition, that the girls would give up."
"They're just desperate," snorted Gakupo.
"You can say that again," said Miku.
From then on, the pizza was eaten in silence, since no one could think of anything to say other than how much some of the voices sucked, or in Gakupo's case, how hot some of the girls had been. After about thirty minutes, Miku called the fans back in to continue with the auditions. The first person to walk in actually happened to be a man.
Kaito looked to either side of him, smiling eagerly at Miku and Gakupo. Then he turned to the man onstage, noting his frilly dress and guitar slung over one shoulder, and called, "Hi! So you play guitar?"
"Yes, I do," the man responded.
"Great! Start whenever you're ready."
"Okay." The man raised his hands to his guitar, preparing to strike the first notes. When he did, Gakupo almost cried out and slapped his hands over his ears. Miku bit her lip to keep from yelling, and Kaito's smile dropped off his face. The man was absolutely horrible at playing, and the three had little hope for his voice. When the man began to sing, the crowd, who had been muttering to themselves, began to boo.
"I've had enough," sighed Miku. She called, "Okay, please stop now."
The man stop playing and singing, and looked up with a pleased smile, oblivious to the crowd's boos. "So, how did I do?"
Gakupo groaned. "I'm sorry, you didn't make it. Next please!"
The rest of the day went like that, much to Miku's disappointment. The only other men who auditioned looked terrible in dresses, and even those who successfully crossdressed were not good singers or players.
At the end of the day, no one was good enough to join the group.
Miku stood and grabbed the megaphone to address the crowd. "Well, this audition day was…interesting, to say the least," she said, making the crowd snicker. "Let's hope that tomorrow is better, okay? It's time to go home, come back tomorrow to see if someone makes the cut. Good night, everyone!"
Despite today's failure, the crowd cheered one last time before exiting the auditorium. Turning to the boys, Miku smiled sadly.
"Today didn't work out too well, huh, boys?"
"Yeah…but tomorrow's bound to be better!" Kaito said cheerily.
"That's the spirit! If only your friend was like you," Miku giggled.
Gakupo rolled his eyes and led them out of the auditorium.
"See you tomorrow, Miku. Kaito and I will be heading home."
"Okay then, see you!" With a wave, she walked across the parking lot to her car.
Kaito looped him arm around Gakupo's, leading him to their car.
"Time to head home and get ready for tomorrow!"
"Don't remind me," muttered Gakupo. "I don't know how you and Miku are so optimistic all the time. Well, let's go." With that, the boys headed back to their shared apartment.
The sun greeted them the next morning, making Kaito hop out of bed and open the curtains. He then dashed to Gakupo's room and flung open his curtains as well.
Gakupo moaned, flipping onto his stomach and pulling a pillow over his head. Kaito was having none of that and pulled the pillow out of his hands.
"Wake up, you sleepy Samurai. I thought samurai woke up early to do battle and all that?"
"Yeah, sure, Kyte. That auditorium is a battlefield alright."
Kaito laughed, "Of course it is. Now get up, or we'll be late. If we're late and Miku wants to kill us, it's your fault."
Once there, the boys and their manager greeted the crowd again, and they got down to business.
The auditions started out just like they had the previous day: with mostly girls, and the occasional guy. It was just as frustrating as before, for the most part.
The second-to-last person, a blonde, walked on stage. He—though it could be a she—looked pretty good in his frilly orange dress. As he walked onstage, he gave the judges a friendly smile. Kaito poked Gakupo, who was nearly asleep.
"Look up, Gakupo!" he whispered. "Do you think that's the girl from yesterday?"
Gakupo perked up and stared. "Looks just like her. But she, or he, is actually smiling at us today. Maybe he's grateful! Still, he could be a crossdresser, for all we know."
"Eh, we'll find out soon enough."
"Hey there!" called Miku. "So what do you play?"
"I play guitar," he announced.
"Great," said Gakupo. "Go ahead, whenever you're ready."
Nodding, he picked up his guitar and took a deep breath. Then he began to play, slowly at first, but picking up speed. As his hands flew over his guitar, he began to sing along. His voice was rather high pitched, but still sounded somewhat masculine.
As he performed, Miku smiled, and elbowed Kaito none too gently. When he rubbed his arm and glanced at her, she whispered, "He's perfect! He sounds a bit too feminine for my tastes, but his playing is lovely. Ooh, I hope he's not a girl, that'd be way too disappointing."
When he finished, he bowed to the judges. The crowd applauded for him, and Miku grinned up at him. "So, what's your name?"
"It's Kagamine Rin, nice to meet you!" He smiled back.
"Your audition was great, Rin!" said Kaito.
"Wait a minute. Isn't Rin a girl's name?" asked Gakupo suspiciously.
Rin pouted. "Aww, you got me. Yeah, I'm a girl, I wanted to see how long it would take you to realize it. Took you a shorter amount of time than I thought. Well, I'll be going now!" He—no, definitely a she now—bowed once more before leaving the stage.
"That really sucks, she was amazing," said Miku with a frown. "Next, please!"
As the next person walked onstage, the judges' jaws dropped. Standing up there was the spitting image of Rin, except wearing a frilly yellow dress. Instead of smiling, this person was staring them down coldly.
"…Rin!" said Gakupo angrily. "This isn't funny. We just saw you a couple minutes ago, please leave—"
"I'm not Rin," growled the person onstage. "My name is Kagamine Len, and I'm Rin's twin brother. We're mistaken for each other all the time."
Rin ran back onstage, standing beside her brother. "It's true, please don't accuse him of lying or anything. Besides, he's an actual boy, and he'd be great for your group! I know it!"
"Rin…stop that," complained Len. "It's so embarrassing…"
Miku giggled. "Okay, okay, I see the difference. So, Len, what do you play?"
Rin left the stage and Len turned back to face the front and said, "I play guitar and flute."
"Cool. Go ahead, when you're ready."
Kaito and Gakupo shot each other glances.
"This must be the girl we saved that day!" hissed Gakupo.
"You mean boy, right? Anyway, shush, he's starting."
The boy began to play much like his sister had, beginning slowly while picking up speed all the while. His fingers moved impossibly fast over his guitar and he began to sing. Miku grabbed Kaito's arm in her excitement, squeezing in hard.
"Miku, that hurts," he whispered.
She didn't seem to notice, muttering, "He's incredible! I think I might just let him in right this minute…"
Len suddenly stopped singing and playing, making the crowd clap for him, but he held up a finger. "I'm not done yet," he said, flashing the audience a rare smile that quieted them down. He then reached into a hidden pocket in his dress, taking out a flute, and played. The crowd grew completely silent, listening to the music. When the final note rang out, Len took a bow to a standing ovation from the audience. Even Gakupo stood to applaud him. The boy blushed cutely at all the attention he was receiving, bowing again. When everyone quieted down, Miku stood and walked up on stage, wrapping an arm around Len.
"Well, folks, I suppose it's obvious who the new member of Vana will be!" she cried. "Welcome, Kagamine Len, to Vana."
Len smiled at her as the crowd clapped again. "I'm honored to be working with you from now on!" As he said that, he glanced at Kaito and Gakupo, his eyes turning cold. The boys both gazed back in confusion, but Miku didn't seem to notice.
The crowd began to file out, chatting excitedly about posting on the Vana website about the new member and about a new single with him in it. Miku walked off stage with Len in tow, eyes sparkling.
"Isn't this wonderful? We've got an adorable new member, and we can get started on working on songs with him!"
Len blushed at "adorable," and he murmured, "I-I'm really excited."
Miku smiled at him again, "Don't be nervous, Len. You'll be a wonderful member, I just know it. And everyone loves you already." She suddenly took out her phone and dialed a number. "Oh, that reminds me, we're going on a talk show tomorrow to talk about Len and our new projects with him, by the way."
"Miku! You did it without consulting us again!" Gakupo facepalmed.
Kaito laughed. "Come on, shouldn't you be used to it by now? Len, if there's one thing you need to get used to, it's your manager here doing things without asking you first."
Len barely seemed to hear him, instead whispering, "Talk shows…? Talk shows already? On TV?"
"That's right," Gakupo nodded. "Don't be nervous. Just talk to the host like there's no one else there. It helped me when I first started on talk shows."
"Believe it or not," Kaito commented, "but this guy used to be shy. Amazing, right?"
Miku giggled at that, shutting her phone. "Gakupo, shy? Anyway," she said, turning to Len, "I'll tell you where the studio is so you can meet us there. After we meet, we'll head on the set of the show. Okay?" When Len nodded, she walked away, saying she had things to do. When she left, Len gave the duo an icy stare and walked away as well.
"Hey, wait!" Kaito walked quickly to catch up. "Do you need a ride, Len? We can drive you there."
"No thanks, my sister will drive me home." Len sped up trying to reach the door before Kaito did.
Gakupo got there first, barring his way. "Seriously, do you hate us or something? I mean, first we helped you out that night, then we accept you into the group, but you're still so cold! Explanation, please?"
Len, seeing that he wasn't budging, sighed. "Okay, okay. The thing is, I'm usually like this. Rin's the outgoing twin with all the friends, and I'm just the loner who can't make any. Happy now?" He pushed past Gakupo and ran to the car where Rin waited for him.
Kaito, watching this, said, "Interesting way to put it. But I feel like there's a little more to it."
"Whatever, let's just leave. I feel like that guy's not going to tell us more," said Gakupo.
"True. And we've got that show tomorrow."
"Ugh. I wish Miku would tell us days in advance or something," he complained as he drove them home.
"You know that's never gonna happen. But one can hope."
The boys fell silent then, each one thinking about a certain cute but cold blonde who was on his way to becoming a star.
A/N: lame end to a chapter is lame. D:
Anyways, this chapter is a bit longer than I thought it would be xD not that I'm unhappy about that! I hope you don't mind my chapter lengths either. And I wrote it faster than I thought I would. An update two days after the first one! You guys should be proud. :D
In any case, I hope you had a much fun reading this as I did writing it. The next chapter's gonna explain their nicknames and all that stuff ^^ Review, tell me what ya liked/disliked about it~
Also, I must say thanks to yiseunggi for reviewing, DyingWill4RainSky for adding this to Story Alerts, and RoseKagalimes for favoriting this. Thanks, I hadn't expected anyone to respond to this so quickly. 3