"I don't understand why Master is suddenly making us learn about the other Vocaloids." Mew scrunched up her face in disgust.
"I know right? He says we're 'too detached'. What does he know?" Kanon huffed, crossing her arms.
"It's okay, sis." Anon comforted, reaching out a hand and placing it on Kanon's shoulder.
"Where's Yuu? He should be here by now." Kyo grumbled.
"Probably doing something stupid." Wil snorted.
"That's not very nice!" Kokone warned, poking the boy in his side. Wil gave her a sharp glance.
"I'm not a very nice person." He growled.
"Oh, sure you are." Anon piped up, leaning forward in her seat to see across Kokone. "You just don't like showing it."
These Vocaloids sat in a row of chairs facing a whiteboard. They were waiting for Yuu to show up for the class, and Master to come teach them. Both were rather late.
"Hey, babies! The prince is here!" The door burst open to reveal the pink-clad Yuu. "Bask in my handsomeness." He smirked as he sauntered to the front of the room. Standing in front of the seated Vocaloids, he grabbed a dry erase marker and began writing on the board. "The first thing we are going to learn about today, is-"
"Nothing." Kanon interrupted. Yuu turned to her, completely expressionless.
"Get out."
Yuu was pointing at the door, an eyebrow raised expectantly. The room filled with laughter.
"You can't just make her leave." Wil rolled his eyes. He was the only one not laughing.
"She disrespected me! I can sure as hell make her leave!" Yuu's voice had risen an octave.
"What are you doing, Yuu? Sit down and get ready to learn." Master suddenly appeared in the doorway, demanding all attention.
"Yes. Of course." Yuu's eyes widened and he quickly took his seat on the other side of Kyo.
"Baka." Kyo smiled, shaking his head.
"Imbecile." Yuu muttered.
"Shut up, you two." Wil hissed, elbowing Kyo in the ribs.
"Stop hitting people, Wil!" Kokone exclaimed.
"We're going to get in trouble!" Anon said fearfully.
"As if. It's because of you guys that Master expects this of us." Kanon remarked, drawing Anon closer to her with her arm. The short haired twin had to scoot her chair over so she wouldn't fall off.
"All of you are so immature." Mew groaned, massaging her temples.
"Everyone, stop now! I'm trying to be serious for once." Master sighed. His words halted all movement.
The Vocaloids kept their hands to themselves for the rest of the lesson.
"That was torture. Master was even crying by the end of it!" Kanon's eyes widened.
"I'm glad he cancelled the other classes. Learning about the other Vocaloids is so boring. You can tell what they're like by just watching them." Yuu sighed.
The Vocaloids from that class had walked together to the large living room. However, they stopped at the entrance. What was going on inside was normal for the Vocaloids involved, but for the Vocaloids from Master's class, it was absolute chaos.
Kaito sat at one end of the large couch, cradling a bowl of ice cream. Meiko was sitting next to him, taking generous sips of her bottle of sake. "That actually looks pretty normal." Mew commented with a nod in their direction. "We could try talking to them." The seven Vocaloids huddle together and shuffle towards Meiko and Kaito. They're immediately greeted by Meiko's loudly slurred words.
"Um..." Kokone scooted closer to Anon.
"Shh, Meiko. Mrs. Ice Cream Shion is trying to take a nap."
Meiko turned on Kaito, waving her empty bottle. "You listen here, blue boy. That ice cream doesn't love you." She hiccuped. The seven Vocaloids that had attempted social interaction quickly fled before it could get any worse.
Once again standing at the entrance to the living room, they try to spot a Vocaloid that appeared normal enough to talk to.
Piko was chasing Miki around the room with a strawberry, a wicked look on his normally kind face. "Not them." Kyo shuddered.
"Look, they seem nice!" Yuu bounced on the balls of his feet. IA, Len, Gakupo, Yuma, and Gumi appeared to be playing some kind of game. Although, when IA suddenly attacked Yuma, the Vocaloids from Master's class had no idea if it was a game or not. "Eh, maybe not." Yuu said after witnessing the way IA scratched at Yuma's clothes. Gakupo and Gumi desperately tried to haul her off of the pink haired boy while Len laughed.
"Definitely not them." Wil said slowly, looking at two different Vocaloids. Oliver was holding onto Rin's leg for dear life as the poor girl ran in circles behind the couch. She was screaming something like, "Oliver, you squid! Get off of me!" Oliver was wailing something like, "Senpai! Love me!"
"Miku! Give me back the fucking remote! I will not watch that god-awful show!" Luka yelled, crawling closer to Miku on the couch.
"Luka-chan, please don't kill me!" The teal haired girl cried, shielding her head.
"You're dead!"
"Can I assist in the killing?" Mayu appeared in front of Luka, who was still crawling towards Miku. "I brought an axe."
"Uhh..." Luka eyed the axe at Mayu's side cautiously. "I just thought I'd punch her a bit."
"Oh." Mayu's face fell. "Alright." The girl skipped away to join Gumi and the Vocaloids Gumi was with. They had finally succeeded in pulling IA away from Yuma.
"Flower! What the hell are you doing?" Lily screeched when she found the girl stuffing her face with various canned foods in the corner by the TV. "I stored those for the apocalypse!" Apparently, Lily had forgotten her fear of Flower for the moment.
"I have found my love of food and I must satisfy the hunger." Flower growled, glaring at Lily coldly.
"I even hid the cans in kitchen 3, how'd you find them? And get them here?" Lily gestured wildly at the center of the room.
"I carried them." She said simply. "Now go away before I rip off all your limbs." Lily finally remembered the times spent with Flower before that moment.
"Enjoy the food! Gotta go, bye!" Lily ran out of the room, pushing past the seven Vocaloids from Master's class.
"Maybe we should just give up on joining their crowd. They're all idiots." Wil sighed.
"Agreed." The others said in unison.
"They're even too wild for me." Yuu said, rather shocked.
"Let's just go play a board game." Kokone nodded firmly.
"Yes, please." Mew groaned.
As the seven walked away from that hectic place, they bumped into three people going the opposite way.
"Lapis, stop hiding behind me. These guys aren't that scary." Merli rolled her eyes. "You wanted to see Len, and Len is in the living room. If you can't handle these Vocaloids, you can't handle Len."
"B-But Len isn't that weird." Lapis peeked out from behind Merli. "These people are weird." She pointed at the seven.
"Hey, we're not weird! And Len? He's like the weirdest Vocaloid!" Yuu snapped.
"The group he hangs with is pretty weird, too." Mizki commented. "Merli, maybe we shouldn't take her in there. Can't you hear all the yelling?" The girl turns to Merli with worried eyes.
"No! I must see Len! He's the kindest, sweetest, gentlest, and most sensitive boy I've ever met!" Lapis said dreamily.
"Are you sure you met the real Len Kagamine?" Kanon said drily.
"Yes!"
"I think we should go back to the game room." Mizki said to Merli, who nodded.
"Yeah, c'mon, Lapis. It's no longer a good idea."
Then they were gone, walking down the way they had came.
"I really hope we don't meet any more cra-" Kyo was interrupted by someone screaming down the hallway.
"Rion! Yukari! What did you do to my dress?" Galaco burst out of a room down the hall, dressed in only a towel and carrying a rainbow colored dress.
Rion and Yukari slowly walked towards Galaco, barely concealed smiles on their faces.
"We didn't do anything." Rion spoke up. "It's all SeeU's fault."
"I'm going to get that girl back so hard!" Galaco yelled angrily.
"Let's not go this way." Kyo steered his group around. "Why are they all so...weird?"
"I just want to go somewhere away from all their craziness." Kanon said wearily.
"Just watching them made me afraid of them. No wonder Master cried at the end of the class." Kokone glanced back at the hallway they had left.
And so, the Zola Project, Anon, Kanon, Mew, and Kokone avoided the other Vocaloids as much as they could from that day on.
{The beginning was inspired by something that actually happened to me. It was funnier in person. And I'm thinking maybe three more chapters before this story is over. It's so close to ending ;_; I'm going to miss these characters.}