Songs Across The Seas (A Hatsune Miku Story)

Three

Miku's alarm woke her up at 7 am. It was the day of the flight to America, and she was not excited for it. Grumbling as she got out of bed, she dressed herself in black jeans, a blue sweater with exposed shoulders, and her boots. She was ready by 7:10, and at 7:11 she got a knock at her hotel door. She huffed a bit, and went to answer it, expecting Hiru or the hotel staff again. Instead, on the other side, she found her old school friend: Taiga, waiting for her on the other side with a grin and a bowl of cereal.

"Hey Taiga." She said, a little happier to see her friend than she would've been had it been one of the aforementioned. She entered. "Hey. I'm here to help you pack." "You're a little late. I'm almost done and ready to go." "Agh. I'm too late then. That's fine, I brought breakfast!" Taiga said with more cheer, holding out the cereal to her. She took it. "Awesome." She said with a small chuckle. "You can help me finish packing." Miku offered. "Of course." Taiga said quickly.

It was now that Taiga took a good look around the room, taking it in fully for the first time. "Nice room by the way. Does it have rocket boosters for when you want to go to the moon?" Taiga teased. Miku rolled her eyes. "Oh ha ha. You're just jealous." She said, sticking out her tongue. "Jealous? Pssh. My room goes into hyperdrive." Taiga said with a dumb expression, sticking her tongue back at me. Miku laughed a bit, gathering her bags on her bed and beginning to eat her cereal.

"You've got quite a bit packed. How long are you gonna be over in America?" Taiga asked. "I don't know. I just assumed it'd be for a while. I'm helping some male pop star over there with his career and stuff, so it could be a while." Miku summarized briefly. "Helping a pop star in America? That's...odd." Taiga remarked. "Yeah, that's what I thought, but his career has reached a dry spot and our agents got together and decided to make the most of the situations." "I don't listen to a lot of American pop. Whose the pop star?"

"I was told that his name was Alex. Prince Alex." Miku answered. Taiga thought for a minute, trying to think of the name and if it meant anything to her. "Alex? Uh...uh...oh! Prince Alex, right! Ren from school listens to him." Miku rolled her eyes at the mentioning of his name. "Ugh, I don't like that name. Prince Alex, really?" She criticized. "Well, he isn't the only one. Ren also listens to a guy called Prince Royce. Maybe that's just a thing over in America." "It's an odd trend. Americans are weird." "I agree."

Miku finished her cereal and they finished packing. "I hope this doesn't last too long." Miku commented. "Mhmm. But hey, best thing to do is to look at the bright side." Two men came in at that moment, hotel staff members with a luggage cart. "The limo will be arriving shortly. It's time to leave, Miku." One of the men said respectfully. She nodded and grabbed one of her lighter bags, gesturing for the men to load up the cart and fixing her sweater. Taiga grabbed on of the smaller suitcases, and once the men had finished, they followed the men down to the limo.

The two got into the back of the limo, getting comfortable in their seats. They buckled themselves in. Miku sighed again. "I'm not looking forward to this." She admitted again. The limo pulled forward. Taiga turned to her Vocaloid friend. "Why not?" She asked, then added: "America is weird, but it also seems like a pretty cool place." "Eh." Miku shrugged. "I prefer it here. And besides, the last thing I needed right now was for some stupid, arrogant guy trying to help me out with MY music. I already have to deal with Kaito." She folded her arms with a huff.

"Hiru booked this flight before telling me, so I don't have any other choice but to go through with it." "Well, just make the most of it. Maybe you'll have some time for fun where you're going." Taiga suggested. "Colorado. I think that's where Hiru said we were going. I doubt that I'll have time for my own fun, but whatever. I guess I can try to pretend to like it." Taiga seemed surprise at this notion from Miku. "Pretend to like it? Now that doesn't seem like you." Miku sighed.

"This is just one of those rare occasions. After finding out about the criticism from my fans, and all these frustrations with Hiru, I'm under a lot more stress than usual. This trip probably isn't going to amount to anything important." Taiga nodded. "Hmm. Okay. Well, at least you won't be forgetting about me while you're in the States." Taiga said, still looking for a bright side. "That's not even a possibility." Miku said with a light chuckle. "I wish you could go too, but Hiru only booked two seats." "Well, maybe I can be your agent." Taiga joked.

"If Hiru ever pisses me off too much, you've got the job." Miku said with a smile. "Awesome. I could totally be an agent." Taiga said confidently. The two laughed. "We won't get any work done though. You'll be too busy basking in the glow of trying to boss me around." Miku pointed out. "Haha. Trying to boss you around is like telling a plant to get out of it's can and onto a wall." Miku chuckled. "It's possible. And hey, you never know, you might be that one person who is able to do so, without getting hurt in some way, shape, or form. You know better than most that I can get real mean with my leek."

Taiga laughed hard at the mention of the leek. "You remember that one time that you got swarmed by paparazzi, and you had that thing on you?" Miku snorted, remembering the incident clearly. "And people wonder why I don't have to worry about swarms anymore. People were talking about that for weeks." Miku said, laughing harder. "Ahh good times." Miku said with a humorous sigh. "Hahaha. I will never forget the crazed look in your eyes. Psycho." Taiga teased, and the two giggled. "You better believe it." They giggled more, which turned into a fit of laughter, which caused Taiga to snort in laughter, than laugh harder at herself. "Ewwww you snorted! Gross!" "I know!" They exclaimed, laughing even more.

They arrived at the airport, still teasing each other as they got out of the limo. "And I don't swing leeks around trying to kill photographers." Taiga pointed out as they teased each other back and forth. Two men came from inside the airport, loading up their bags. Miku chuckled, wagging a finger at Taiga. "For the record, I wasn't trying to kill them, per say, just getting their attention and pointing out the fact that I don't like to be crowded." "You swung at their heads." Taiga pointed out. "I REALLY wanted their attention." Miku added. Taiga laughed.

"Well, this is as far as I can follow you." Taiga said as the men finished unloading her stuff and began taking it inside. "Try and have fun in America, Miku." Taiga said again. "I'll try to." Miku said with a smile. They shared a hug. "Send me pictures." She said. "Oh, you mean you don't want me to describe everything in great detail when I get back? That's odd, but I guess I'll do that." Miku teased. "Pssh. You can afford international phone calls." Miku shrugged. "Maybe." She said with a chuckle. "Oh shut up and get on your plane." Taiga chuckled, and they shared another hug.

"Bye Hatsune. Say hi to the stupid arrogant prince for me." Miku giggled. "I might even smack him with the leek for ya as well." They shared one more laugh before separating. "I'll see you when I get back, Taiga." Miku said. Taiga smiled and nodded, getting back in the limo and being driven off. Miku watched her leave for a bit before turning. The two men escorted her to her private jet, where Hiru is waiting for her. They entered the jet together.

As the staff all prepared for takeoff, Hiru sat down in the relative center of the jet with his laptop and headphones. Miku sat towards the back of the plane, plugging her headphones into her phone, laying back, and listening to her music. Soon the plane had taken off and was up in the air, and soon Miku had fallen asleep...