The Adventures of VOCALOID

Chapter 32

Miku's POV:

The car jolts to a stop, and I wake up. I squint, trying to see past the bright light of the sun and spot a huge warehouse. I snort. "Classy." I mumble, before stepping out of the car along with Luka and KAITO.

I take out my phone and text Saki again, telling her we just arrived. I hold up my hand, blocking out the sun and look up at the huge warehouse. It was probably twice the size of the mansion, in height and width.

The three of us walk towards what we assume is the entrance of the huge thing, when Saki runs out and greets us when we were halfway there. She jumps and waves, and I mimick her, giggling.

Luka and I jog over to her, while KAITO smiles and stays behind, keeping the same pace as before and was obviously in no hurry to get here.

Saki hugs the both of us, and KAITO when he arrives. Saki was kinda short, so she just hugged his legs. She laughs awkwardly and steps back, looking all of us over.

She bites the inside of her cheek and finally speaks. "I see you have already changed into your Innocent, Guilty, and Amour outfits." We all nod, our eyes telling her to get to the point.

"Yes well, that's not what you will be wearing in the music video."

"Huh?"

"What?"

"You lied?"

The last one came from me.

"What will we be wearing, then?" KAITO asks, and Saki holds up underwear in response. Teal underwear.

"Excuse me?"

"No way!"

"Say what now?"

The last one came from me, again.

Saki laughs and tosses the underwear over her shoulder, making it land on the face of a now angry worker.

"I'm just kidding! I would never make you wear those in my entire career!"

We all laugh with her, nervously, and follow her inside. The cold air hugs my body, and me and Luka both hug our arms. KAITO laughs and leads the way.

"Why is it-t s-so c-cold in h-here?" Luka stutters. Saki smiles and turns to her, walking backwards.

"Because, silly! This dance is really... let's just say you will get hot if we didn't have AC."

"B-but is'nt-t it-t c-cold enough outs-side?" Luka asks again.

"Enough with the questions!" Saki roars, and Luka shuts up.

Saki leads us to the back of the warehouse, where a beautiful stage stands, illuminated by only a few lights.

It was a triangle stage made out of stone, with stairs at the front. There were 2 curtains at the top of the triangle (where the point of the traingle is) but they were closed. There was also a stained glass window behind the curtains, letting some sunlight in.

To paraphrase: This stage was b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l!

"I love it!" I exclaim, and I glance at Luka, who wears the same expression as me. Awe.

"Great!" Saki exclaims, mimicking me. She snaps her fingers, and a screen comes from the ceiling. She snaps again, and MMD Acute appears on the screen.

"Now re watch the video, so you know when you sing, dance, etc." and with that, she walks away.

"Saki can be really strict sometimes." KAITO mumbles, as the video starts playing.

***

After watching the video, Saki sent us right to work. We were going to record the end first, as Saki didn't want us to be all sweaty at the end. (though if we recorded the video in chronological order on the same day, we would be anyways.)

"Miku, stand about three meters from the tip of the triangle. Yes, now move a little bit to the right... oops, my mistake. Move to the left. Yes... yes... perfect! Now clasp your hands above your head until your arms can't go up anymore. Yes, like that. Now look at the ceiling. You can put your hands down now." Then she moves on to KAITO. "Okay, KAITO. Lay on your stomache. No, not like a seal. We aren't done with you. Now bend your left leg. Mhm... now bend your left arm at the elbow. Yes... perfect! Great, now don't move." As she goes over Luka's pose in her head, I hear KAITO mumble, "Don't be surprised if I'm asleep when you record this." I almost laugh. "Luka... Okay, sit down with one leg on each side bent. Yes, close enough. Now lean over KAITO... too close! Too close! Just a little bit. Like that, yes. Now put both of your hands over him, but bend them. Perfect! Miku, but your hands back up!" Saki yells, and I don't argue.

She grabs a megaphone and I hear the director yell, "Action!" Saki starts yelling into the megphone. "Okay, Miku! Fall! Perfect! Luka, look sadder. Great! Now let's try that again!"

Little did I know, 'again' meant about ten more times.

***

When we finally got it right, my knees hurt from hitting the concrete so many times. I let out a breath of relief, and stand up. All of a sudden, I look over and see Luka shaking KAITO awake. I giggle and walk to help her. He finally wakes up, and shrugs apologetically at a fuming Saki.

She takes a deep breath and sets the megaphone down and walks over to us. "I do not have to teach you the dance, yes?" She asks, and we all nod. "Great." She says, and walks away to talk to the cameraman.

We get into our assigned spots,not wanting to make Saki even madder. Luka on the bottom right of the triangle, KAITO on the bottom left, and me next to KAITO, facing Luka.

Saki comes back over with the megaphone, and yells to the director, who yells "Action!" Again. Saki presses play on the music, and we all start dancing and singing. I was out of breath when we were done, and I thought we did perfect, but Saki didn't.

So we had to do it again.