Songs Across The Seas (A Hatsune Miku Story)

Ten

Miku got out of her bed the next morning, brighter and earlier than usual, of her own free will of course. She stretched, yawned, then grabbed her phone to see if she had any new messages. She had one from Hiru, asking her to meet him at the cafe she had eaten with Alex at. She sent him a reply agreeing to the meeting, then got dressed in her normal outfit.

There was a knock at her door, which she wasn't expecting. She made her way to the door, adjusting her tie first. She looked through the peephole. There was Alex, waiting for her on the other side in a T-shirt and cargo shorts. She opened the door to him, greeting him with a sincere, pleasant smile.

"Morning Alex." She smiled. "Morning Miku! I'm here to drive ya to the cafe." Alex said, fixing his shirt. "I figured." Miku chuckled. "Let me finish getting ready, and then we can leave." "Okay." Alex nodded, entering her room and sitting on the edge of her bed. Miku proceeded into the bathroom, putting on her finishing touches and fixing herself up. Fully ready just a few minutes later, she walked out.

"Okay, we can go now." Miku smiled. "Yes, Princess." Alex joked. Miku chuckled. "Well someone's starting to get the memo." "Only because I chugged the lyrics to World Is Mine into Google Translate." Alex admitted. They exited her room, heading down towards the lobby. "It's not my fault you're not multilingual." She shrugged. "I'm bilingual. I just don't know Japanese." "What languages do you know?" She asked.

"English and British." Alex answered with a smile. "Don't brag about that too much. People might get jealous." Miku said dryly, holding back her amusement. "We wouldn't want that now, would we?" Alex chuckled, unlocking his car. They got in.

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Miku, Alex, Hiru, and Kathy all sat down at a booth in the cafe; Miku and Alex on one side, Kathy and Hiru on the other. "Morning you two." Hiru greeted them with a smile. They exchanged their greetings. "Katherine and I were just discussing the success of completing your demos. I've sent them down to Miku's production team already, so now all we need is their approval." Hiru nodded.

"Alright. Think we got a good shot?" Alex asked him. "I do." He nodded. "I told you so." Miku said to Alex with a grin. She continued on. "We should start looking for more songs and stuff to get ready for when they say yes. A couple more days' work, we can have a few more covers ready or something." Miku said excitedly. "That'd be fun." Kathy agreed.

"I think we should do that other song from your playlist next, Alex. While we wait a bit, you can show me other songs, and we may be able to get some more recorded within these next few days." Miku suggested further. Alex nodded, fully in agreement.

Hiru's smile faded, and he cut in. "Well, actually Miku..." She turned to him. He sighed. "...this is our last day in America. We leave for Japan tomorrow."

The table went silent for a solid minute.

"Why?" Alex finally asked. "Kaito demanded it. He booked the flight and everything. He forced me to pull Miku and bring her back." Hiru quickly explained. "Why??" Alex asked again. "Pictures of the two of you out and about emerged online, and Kaito doesn't like what's come of it. He took up Miku's contract in his demands, and he's now planning on enforcing a new rule that states that that Miku can only perform and collaborate with other Vocaloids." Hiru sighed.

"Can he do that?" Kathy asked in surprise. "From what I was presented with, yes he can." Hiru answered. "So that's it then?" Alex expressed his frustration, sitting back. "Yeah..." Hiru frowned. Miku frowned deeply as well. "That's not fair." She muttered. "No it isn't." Alex agreed. "I knew he'd do something like this." Miku muttered again.

"I went ahead and sent the demo to Miku's production team anyway. I don't know how much good it will do at this point though." Hiru admitted. "At least it'll be something." Kathy tried to be positive. "We'll be leaving tomorrow morning, Miku." Hiru said to her directly. She nodded silently, deeply disappointed. "It was good while it lasted, I guess." She muttered after awhile.