I apologize for the rather long wait. Writer's Block is the enemy of all fanfiction writers. Please enjoy this chapter, and look forward to more timely updates in the future.

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If there was one thing Miku had learned in life, it was that Teto Kasane never cried unless it was something very terrible. It was, to say at the very, very least, unsettling beyond belief to watch the young UTAUloid cry.

Here she sat again in the white room, surrounded by many other Vocaloids, as well as UTAUloids. Ones who never exchanged little than a few words to each other. Ones who never spoke to each other or met each other.

Len, Dell, Ren, Rei and now Ted...

Five people were now hanging in the balance. She didn't understand it. Ted wasn't a part of Len's robot line, so why had he been affected? It didn't make the least bit of sense.

Sense wasn't required anymore though to know that whatever was going on, it was big.

"I am sure that Ted-san will pull through quite fine..." Spoke a blue-purple haired male next to Teto. Miku picked up on his voice for a moment and tried to remember his name. She was sure it was Taya, but...

'The truth will be revealed.'

Who was that?

'Go and the truth will be revealed to you.'

It sounded so familiar...Was that...Yuku?

No, Miku thought, it couldn't be. It was just a crazy dream, it had to be. But the rising feeling in her stomach area was telling otherwise.

'The truth will set you free, my dear.'

She stood and quickly walked out the door. From behind her she could hear the others calling her name, but she didn't glance back. A walk was what she needed right now.

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As tempting as it was to take a nap, Miku kicked the thought out of her mind as quickly as it came. She couldn't let this get to her. But at the same time, it was impossible to avoid.

Maybe it was like those weird sci-fi movies she used to watch with Len and Rin. Those ones about robots being evil and the good humans standing up to them and-

No no NO!

Now her head just plain wasn't screwed on right! Vocaloids were nothing like those destroyers, not at all!

The mint haired girl sidetracked herself onto another path, searching for a bench to sit on. She needed to stop and take a good look at all this.

As she walked, her eyes slowly trailed down to look at her hand. It looked like any other human hand in every way. The color, feel, texture, even the same muscles. But rip off the fake skin and beneath it...

Pure, cold circuitry. Vocaloids are only as human as their creators wanted them to be.

Why couldn't they be more human? Was it just not possible from them to be anymore human than they already were? That could be it, possibly, but still...

Technology was so advanced now, she would think that they could at least have human parts. Like a cyborg or something...

Her thoughts were disrupted when she glanced up -she couldn't remember glancing down- and saw a certain figure sitting on the bench nearby.

Whoever it was had long, silver-gray hair in a purple and black bow...

...Haku?

Without hesitating, Miku ran down the rest of the path until she was standing in front of Haku, who was covering her face with her hands, shoulders shivering.

"Haku...?" She questioned, kneeling down towards the older girl. When she didn't get any response, she reached towards her before Haku suddenly slid away from her to the other side of the bench.

With a worried look, Miku sat down on the spot Haku had been on. It felt warm, like she'd been sitting here a long time.

"What's wrong...?" She asked again, prodding for information while trying to inch towards her on the bench.

"D...Dell-san...He..." Haku stopped mid-sentence for a choked sob.

Of course, why hadn't Miku been thinking right? Obviously she was worried about Dell. After all, they were siblings, just like the rest of them. Except, Haku was different...

Considering she was part of Miku, and Dell was part of Len, it was strange that the whole idea of twins never made it with them.

"...I'll bet he'll be fine." Miku found herself saying.

"...Y...You think so...?"

"...Yes, I do. He's stronger than he looks."

Uncovering her eyes, Haku looked to Miku with a small smile. But it didn't last long, because suddenly, Haku's vision was filled with zeroes and ones. Miku noticed fast and reached for Haku, quickly grabbing her arm before the Voyakiloid's body had a chance to fall.

This...It had happened before, hadn't it? Back at home...But they'd all been so sure that it was just one of their many Voyakiloid glitches. Not to mention, since she had a 'connection' with Dell, no doubt she'd be feeling some effects from it.

But this...This didn't feel like something normal...

The numbers faded from her vision as fast as they came, and Haku found herself laying on the bench with Miku standing over her, worry written all over her face.

Haku could feel Miku brush her bangs out of her face, and for whatever reason, it made a sudden surge of anger move through her. She didn't want to be treated like a child! She could take care of herself, just like the others!

So why was she-

"Haku?" Miku broke the silence, with that same worried look on her face. "Are you...alright?"

"I'm...Fine...We get these things all the time..." She spoke calmly, as if all the anger in her never existed.

From the look Miku gave her, the green-haired girl knew full well that she was lying, but she didn't ask why, to Haku's relief.

"I have to...Go now...And see Dell..." Her voice cracked as she struggled to get off the bench.

Miku reached for her to stop her, but the silver-haired girl had already started off running and was out of sight before she could do anything more.

Heaving a heavy sigh, she took Haku's place on the bench and let her mind think as hard as it wanted. Why was Haku here anyway? Didn't she spend almost all of her time with the other Voyakiloids? And speaking of them, Miku hadn't seen them recently...

Not that they talked on a normal basis, anyway. The Voyakiloids and the Vocaloids had a tendency to stay away from each other as much as they possibly could.

'Avoiding others simply tells them they are unwanted company.'

With a startled yelp, Miku stood from her seat and looked all around. Who was that? Where did it come from?

'Do you not reconize me?'

Was that...No, it couldn't be, it was just her mind playing stupid games with her again.

'I am not a mere game you can run from, I am as real as you are. As real as the sky and the sun that fills it. As real as the grass and the flowers that grow on it.'

"Where are you...? S-Show yourself!" Demanded Miku, her body shaking a bit with stress and tension.

From the bushes nearby, a figure rose to reveal itself, being the very same figure that she'd seen only just the night before.

"...Yuku?"

"I see you remember me, my dear girl..."

His eyes were halfway closed, but the gaze he gave her made Miku shudder. How had he found her? And how had he gotten here? Come to think of it, if he was real, how had last night happened, and-

"Surely your little mind can not take the pressure of so many questions upon itself at one time. Perhaps we should lighten that load so that you do not overload like many others have?"

As much as Miku wanted him to tell her, she wished he didn't speak cryptically like he did. It only made her mind hurt more.

Before she knew it, his hand was outstretched towards her, beckoning her to take it.

"Come. I wish to speak with you somewhere more...private than our current location." Yuku's voice contained the same smoothness it had used the night before.

Hesitantly, her fingers twitched slightly as she raised her hand towards him. Could she really trust him? What if he took her someplace with the intent of doing...Of doing...Well, she wasn't sure what he might do, but she didn't want to find out.

"I do not have all day, my dear. We must be swift and quick." A slight boom was in Yuku's voice this time. He didn't want to play around here.

Without thinking, Miku gripped his hand and let him lead their way, out of the park and off down the street.

Little did she know what she was getting herself into...