Rin had taken Miku's hand, luggage in other, as they made their way off the plane, and stepped into the airport, warm air greeting them both, along with conversations that were in German, English, Japanese, and other languages they couldn't recognize. They saw a sign written in Japanese just a ways off. Miku and Rin Hagane, it read. Rin looked confused.
"Whos Hagane?" Rin asked.
"Thats Meiko-sama and Otou-san's last name. And since we're now legally their kids, its our last name too." Miku responded.
"Do you have another last name besides Hagane?" Miku froze.
"I have the name my Master gave me." Rin frowned.
"What is it?"
"Its Hatsune."
"Hatsune Miku, hm? Fits you nicely, actually."
"Uh, thanks."
They walked towards the elderly man, as he bowed in a repectful manner. Miku raised her brow. She had never seen this man before. Sure, Meiko sometimes had strange old men over at the house to help with the chores, but this man was a bit strange. He was clad in a elegent black dress suit with a red ribbon tied succurely around his neck. He was wearing glasses, but he squinted out from them anyway. He smiled at the two dumbstruck girls.
"Its alright. My name's Tashoni Yuhara, and I'm a butler at the Shikyokei school for Vocaloids," The man bowed below to them. "Its my duty as of now to escort you to the facility uptown from here."
Miku blinked. "Ah, yes. I see." Yuhara smiled and grabbed the girls luggage.
"Follow me. The car is awaiting outside."
The two nodded and followed the man to the exit of the airport. Once they reached the outside they were greated by the sight of a sleek black limo, that had a young man standing next to the door that he held wide open for the girls. For Miku, this was no biggie, for she was used to riding in fancy cars like this, so she slipped in and sat down. Rin however, was in daze. She used to travel a lot, yes, but her parents only used taxis and luxary cars. A limo was like a whole new expirence for her. Miku noticed her lack of movement and motioned for her to come and sit next to her. Rin noticed and shyly slid in next to the pigtailed girl. Miku smiled at her. The back trunk being slammed close along with the rest of the doors awoke them from their stupor. Yuhara was sitting in the next to the driver.
"Are you both ready to go?"
"As ready as we'll ever be..."
And off they went, towards their new home for the next nine months.
The ride wasn't very boring actually, since both girls had decided to push all the buttons they could find just to see what they do, and they ended up finding out where the champange was kept, that a little door could be put up between the drivers and the passengers, and that the red button makes your seat warm up. They were scolded numorus times by Yuhara, expecially when they clicked a button that made his seat lean back abruptly, practicly scaring the poor man. But he assured the girls he was fine.
Now, as they made their way up the cobble stone path of the mansion-like school, Miku was almost scared to leave the confinements of the limo. She wasn't good with such huge places, she could barely contain herself when she first stepped foot into the building where Meiko and Kaito worked. She noticed no one was outside. She wondered why.
"We're here," Yuhara exclaimed, obviously happy to back at his 'home'. "Welcome to Shikyokei!"
Miku looked over to Rin and laughed when she saw Rin's face plastered to the window like an eager child, eyes wide as saucers as she looked out to the wide vast area. The place was covered in the same white snow as back in Hiroshima, but it seemed a lot thicker here. Rin began prodding at the window, as Yuhara came around and opened the door for them.
Once they were out of the car, Rin and Miku both felt their feet sink into the snow. Blushing in embarressment, they repedeitly tried to free their fluffy boots from the capturing substance. Yuhara then guided the two through the snow, luggage in his free arm. Both girls gasped in amazement when Yuhara opened the grand doors to the academy and warm air rushed to greet them along with the loud murmers of the people awaiting inside. The two took a big breath, and walked inside, hand in hand.
The murmers suddenly turned into hushed whispers as the two made their way inside the large open room. A giant stair case was present at the other end of the room, and visable hallways could be seen when they looked up, and a large seating area was placed around the large fireplace off to the side. Large groups of girls and boys were seated on the couches and chairs along with the ones peering over the railing of the upper hallways to stare down at them. Miku could make out a few clear words over the rumbling whispers.
"Look! Its the new girls!"
"Who are they?"
"They're cute!"
"Wonder why they're here."
Yuhara came up behind them and handed them their luggage and gave them a slip of paper. Rin raised her brow at the man.
"Thats the information you'll need to know while you're here," Yuhara pointed out, guiding his finger along the paper. "It tells where your room is, what time your classes begin and so forth."
"Ah. Thanks for the help Yuhara-san."
"The pleasure is mine." And he bowed to them once, before turning around and heading back outside, leaving them to be alone with the many students who lined the area. The stares soon became too much for Rin, so with a harsh tug, she began dragging Miku up the staircase. The aqua-haired girl blinked in surprise.
"Rin-san?"
"We're going to our rooms. Turns out we have seperate ones, but we still have roommates."
"Oh.."
Miku allowed herself to be guided through the long halls, followed by the student's murmers and whispers, till they reached their destination. Rin glanced back at the paper.
"At least our rooms are right next to eachother."
"Ah.." Miku smiled sweetly at Rin, and gave a small wave before she and Rin both took their luggage and entered their new rooms.
Miku looked around in amazement. There were two beds in the room, and only one window. A large closet was pushed up against the wall, and had two doors on it, indicating that one side was for her. One dresser was next to one bed, and another was on the side to the other. The bed closest to the door was empty, and had no sheets on it, but the one next to the window was decorated with plush yellow blankets with detailed words written on them, and yellow black-laced pillows sat on top. If Miku didn't know any better, she'd say it was fit for Rin. That was, until the sound of the door she closed behind her being violently slammed open, reveiling a semi tall blonde girl with peircing amber eyes and a long side ponytail. She held a yellow cell phone in her hand, and was jabbing her thumb at it repedietly. Then she looked up and glared at the twintailed girl and frowned.
"So, you're my new roomate, hunh?"
"Yes I am." Miku seemed unfazed by the other girl.
"Hmph," The girl turned back to her phone while walking to her bed and landed on the covering with a small thud. Miku stared at her, trying to read her face. The girl growled lowly, and pointed to the bed situated a good three feet from hers. "Thats your bed."
Miku's gaze didn't avert. "I know that."
The girl sighed heavily, knowing what the other wanted. With a dreadful glare, she held out her hand to Miku and with a bitter laced voice, she finally said, "My name's Akita Neru. Nice ta meetcha."
Miku smiled triumphantly, and took the hand, shaking it firmly. "Mines Hagane Miku. The pleasure is mine."
Neru frowned at the politeness, and returned back to her phone. Miku just sighed and began to unpack her belongings. She had two suitcases; the first had her bedsheets firmly packed inside, and the dark blonde gaped in awe as Miku carelessly withdrew three light blue blanket layers, and a few fluffy white pillows. She then turned her attention to her other suitcase, which was larger then the other, and had many personal belongings in it such as toiletries, clothes, and other strange things that she laid on the nightstand that was stationed between the two beds. Neru stared back at her.
"How the hell can you fit that much stuff into one bag?" Miku flinched at the question, and turned her head back to the blonde with a disapointed look smeared onto her face.
"Please refrain from speaking in such a way around me please, for I do hate such careless words." Neru stared at her like she just got hit by an express train. Miku saw humor spark in her eyes, but it quickly died down when Neru noticed the seriousness in the other's eyes, and turned away.
"Whatever. But seriously, how?" Miku smirked.
"Lots of practice."
"Hmph."
"I'm a Barbie Girl! In the Barbie Woooorld! Life in plastic, its fantastic!"
Neru blushed furiously, and snapped her head to her singing phone. "Fuck!" Miku cringed at the word used, and the blonde grabbed her phone, flipping it open. "What do you want?!"
A silence rang out, before a small voice was heard on the other end. "...Its just me, Neru-chan."
"Oh, sorry. Why'd you call?"
"Well, unless you're looking at the clock, its already 6:30, dinner time. You and your new roommate need to get downstairs, or it'll start without you."
"Alright, I'll be down pronto. Bye," And with a flip of her wrist, she closed her phone and stared up at Miku. "Its dinner time. So hurry your ass up and lets get downstairs."
Miku ignored the rude word this time, as she felt she was going to have to from now on. She dropped all her stuff on her bed, and followed the ponytailed girl out of the room, and down to the eating area. As being new to the area, she stared in awe at the fine detail of the magnificent room, and noticed there were three long tables that stretched across the room. Large groups were sitting together at their own part of the tables, and stopped eating to stare up at the two girls as they made their way inside.
"Look, its the new girl again!"
"Why is she with Akita? Are they friends?"
"Psh, they probably just met, and you know Akita."
"Yeah, Akita isn't much of a people-person..."
Miku noticed the blonde cringe for a moment before she stalked off to a small group at the end of the third table. She looked at her surroundings, hoping to see if her orginal companion was here. She then heard a squeaky voice call her name.
"Miku-san! Over heeere!" Miku walked a bit father down the isle and turned to see Rin waving at her from the middle table. She was sitting next to a young girl with magenta eyes and hair, that was swirled into corkscrew pigtails. Miku smiled and sat down on the other side of the table from Rin. The blonde beamed.
"Hey Miku-san!" Rin then mentioned towards the girl next to her. "Oh, and this is Kasane Teto, she's my roomate. Teto-san, this is Hagane Miku!"
"Nice to meet you, Miku-san!" The young girl shook the other pigtailed girl, a bright smile on her face. Miku shook back, and smiled as well. The girl was practicly radiating an aura that screamed, you can trust me.
Miku sat back down, and stared at the arangements of food on the table. Many antres and desserts were scattered in the middle, while the edges were lined with plates for the students. Miku had eaten on the ride here, so she felt only slightly hungry. She shrugged and grabbed the handle of the spoon that was dipped into a bowl of ice cream, and plopped some down on the bowl atop her plate. Rin and Teto stared at her strangely.
"Something wrong, Miku-san?" Rin asked worriedly. Miku looked back up, her spoon dangling from her lips. "You look a little...out of it."
"Hmm? Oh I'm fine. I'm just wondering about Akita-san," Teto looked shocked, and Rin raised her brow. "She's my new roomate, after all."
"You mean that bitchy blonde with the side ponytail?" Oh, so Rin knew of her already? Joy...
"Yeah, her." Miku was begining to think she was going to have to use foul language to get her point across from now on. How wonderful. Not.
Teto voiced in. "Her name's Akita Neru. She's been a real hard-head ever since she came here. From what I've heard, she used to be owned by a whiney little brat named Namine Ritsu. Thats why Akita-san is always so grumpy, and only has one friend here."
"Who's her friend?"
"Oh, that would Yowane Haku, she always follows Akita-san around like a lost puppy," Teto giggled, nodding in the direction of the ponytailed girl and her grey-haired friend that were a good ten yards away at the most. "We all think Haku-san just hangs around her because she likes her."
Rin and Teto giggled, and Miku joined in shortly after. Rin had already taught her how to take the hints and understandings behind most words, and she now understood how they were going to come in handy.
Miku and Rin had gotten a small tour of the mansion-like building, and were introduced to a few other Vocaloids and UTAUloids (Vocaloids that were renamed due to status). Teto had introduced them to her cousin Ted, and told about how she was waiting for the authorities to find her brother Akaito. Miku nodded along as Rin began telling of her own brother, and what her life was like before the 'accident'.
"What about you, Miku-san?" Teto asked innocently, but Rin still glanced at Miku nervously. Miku smiled.
"I used to live with my Master in a secret uptown building," Teto gaped, and Rin frowned slightly. "He had such mood swings though. One minute he'd be so kind to me, and the second, he'd suddenly look scared and then angry." Miku shrugged.
"Yanno, he might not have been owning you willfully." Miku snapped her head to stare up at Teto.
"What does that mean?"
"Well, I used to be owned by a woman who was being threatened to keep Vocaloids inside her home, saying she had a debt to pay, and she had to do their dirty work," Teto then frowned. "One day she forced us all to run away, and I haven't heard from her since. Thats how I got here."
"So you think he might have been just acting?"
"Probably," The corkscrew girl tapped a finger to her chin. "They would put cameras in your house to make sure you're treating the Vocaloid the way they want you to. Thats why the owners are always so scared."
Miku began a huge debate in her head, and then she realized that they were back to their rooms. Teto ruffled Miku's hair playfully. "G'nite Miku-san! Tell Akita-san hi for me, mkay?" She stuck out her toungue and walked inside her room. Rin then turned to Miku and embraced her tightly. Miku blushed and looked down to the girl wrapped around her.
"Rin-san..?"
"Good night, Miku-chan."
Miku gasped lightly. She wasn't used to anyone else but Meiko and Kaito using the 'chan' suffix. She smiled anyway, and patted the top of Rin's head.
"You too, Rin-chan."
Rin let go and smiled up at Miku before she turned and walked into her shared room. Miku nodded towards the door, then headed to her door, and closed it behind her. It was the harsh words she heard next that made her freeze, and lean forward just a bit to see a fuming Neru jabbering away at her phone.
"No, I will not go back there! What are you, insane?! God dammit Ritsu, shut the fuck up, and stop calling me every single fucking night!" And with a gruff noise of rage, she hit the button that canceled the other voice on the end. She plopped down onto her bed, sighing frustration. Miku decided to take this as her chance to move fully into the room.
"Bad call?" Neru jumped at the voice, and her amber orbs landed on the petite aqua girl. She turned away, and shuffled her phone under her pillow.
"Yeah, I guess."
"Her name's Ritsu, I presume?" Miku smirked, and the blonde shot her a cold glare.
"Yeah, she used to be my owner," Neru frowned. "Why do you care?"
"Because I'd like to know about the person I'll be sharing a room with for the next nine months."
"Hm, well I thought you were gonna be here for the rest of your life, so I'll be taking a big sigh of relief." Miku growled. What a smartmouth..
"Whatever you say, Akita," Miku dragged out the name, and was rewarded with an even more icy stare. "Now, are you gonna at least try to get along with me while I'm here?" The blonde sighed, and leaned back against her bedspread. Miku then noticed that she was wearing a black lace nightgown and had her hair down, flowing over one side of the bed.
"I'll try. But I'm not making any promises. Now go to sleep." Neru slid into her bed, and clicked the lightswitch off. Miku pouted. Now she was going to have to change in the dark.
She padded to the bathroom, and turned on the water to the shower, gently setting aside her attire of a snowy white dress she had loaned from Teto earlier today, for a reason she couldn't remember. The scorching water felt good against her skin as she stepped in and clensed herself of today's winter chill. After she was done, she stepped out with a towel wrapped firmly around her form. She grabbed the brush that was lying on the right side of the sink and treaded it through her long aquamarine locks. As she placed it down she realized the dress wasn't on the counter anymore. Glancing down she noticed it was a good two feet from the sink. She raised her brow. How on earth did it get over there? With a shrug, she flung it over her shoulder and made her way back to the bedroom.
She heard soft snores emitting from the second bed and smiled. She unwrapped the towel from around her and used it to dry off her hair. After she was finished, she pulled on some undernarnments and slipped into her bed, letting sleep take her. It was only a few minutes after the world of darkness had taken her, that a low creak came from the two door closet. Hesitant, yet proudful footsteps slowly made their way to the the aquamarine girl. A content smile sprouted on its face, as a lilthe hand trailed through the silky strands. It spoke in a loving whisper.
"I finally found you, my dear Hatsune Miku."
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Well, heres your cliffhanger, now please stay tuned for the next update, which will most likely be put up at the beggining of summer, since I'm such a dumbass. :D
Oh, and Teto is gonna be related to Akaito in this fanfic. Yep yep.
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