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ᏝᎧፈᏗᏖᎥᎧᏁ: ᏇᎧᏁᎴᏋᏒ ᏕᏖᏗᎶᏋ
Emu was sitting crisscrossed on the stage, sorting props into a large box. She hummed, "Nikori, kori, kori-" under her breath, paused, and looked up, admiring the beautiful surroundings around her.
"GWWAAAAAAAAHHHHH! EMMMUUUU! HEEELP MEEE!!!!!" A loud voice screamed, shaking Emu out of her own thoughts. "Hm?" Emu looked towards where the voice was coming from and spotted Tsukasa running towards her while Rui and Robo-Nene chased him. "T-TSUKASA-KUN?!" Emu exclaimed, ducking.
Tsukasa ran over her, his foot smacking into her head as he fell over onto the floor of the stage. "Ow, ow..." Emu rubbed her head in agony as she could hear Tsukasa hauling himself up from the floor. "Emu, are you okay?" He asked.
"Mhm," Emu sat up straight, and to Rui and Tsukasa's alarm, with a bleeding nose. "Hm? Something wrong?" "Emu-kun, your nose is bleeding," Rui said as he stopped running and slowed down. "Hnng," Emu whined as Tsukasa dabbed at her nose. "Tsukasa-kun! That tickles!"
"Stay still!" Tsukasa complained back, finally dabbing off the rest of the blood. "There. No more blood," "There was blood?" Emu asked, her eyes wide. "Emu, you're so stupid," Tsukasa groaned, flopping back onto the stage.
Emu grinned at his figure, ignoring the temptation to poke him on the side, and went back to sorting the props. "Hey, Tsukasa?" she asked. "Hm?" he hummed from the floor next to her. "Where should this centipede go?" Emu held the prop in front of Tsukasa's eyes for him to see. "Multi-legged, ugly, pretty, or useful?"
"Ah, multi-legged and ug- wait. GWAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! HEEEEELLLLLP! THEY'RE EVERYWHERE I GOOOOOO!" Tsukasa shot up like a cannon and ran away. Emu just blinked and watched him run away, holding the little prop in her hands, a sad frown appearing on her face.
"Did I do something wrong...?" Emu looked at her prop with a sad look. "I thought he would know..." A hand rubbed her head and Emu looked up to see a smiling Rui. "Don't worry, Emu-kun," Rui said, gently taking the prop from her hands and examining it. "Tsukasa-kun's just really tired, that's all," He looked at the prop carefully, lifting it in the air. "As for the prop, I think multi-legged or useful would work,"
"Oooh!" Emu took the prop. "Thanks, Rui-kun!" She plopped it into the "Useful" compartment of the box and picked up the box, humming again as she walked backstage.
As Emu set down her box, a sudden notification came from her phone. It let out that nice-sounding 'ding!' that Emu loved. She picked up her phone and looked at it carefully. "Hm," she hummed a bit, tapping in her password (9921) and pulling up the app that had made the notification.
"Song, 'Untitled' needs updating?" Emu looked confused as she tapped around a bit. "Oh well. Updating~" she sang as she closed her phone and double-checked if the props were probably sorted. A low chuckle began to slither from the phone as the little reminder that the updating was done rang. Emu picked up her phone, and a hand stretched out and grabbed her in.
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Tsukasa slowed down, panting tiredly. He flopped down, and decided to go back to the Wonder Stage. He had spotted Emu putting the box backstage after all. Tsukasa forced himself to stand up and walked back to the Wonder Stage.
"Tsukasa!" Nene's voice suddenly shouted. "Hm?" Tsukasa looked over to Nene, who was running to him panicking.
"Tsukasa! Have you seen Emu?" Nene asked. "Eh? I thought she was with you guys though..." Tsukasa replied. "Wait, isn't she backstage?" "I checked! She's not there! Rui doesn't know where she is either!" Nene shouted, grabbing bunches of her hair.
"Woah, woah, Nene, calm down," Tsukasa soothed. "I'm sure we'll find her. Remember when she played hide and seek and KAITO had to come through our phones to tell us that she was in SEKAI?"
"Hhnnnnggggg," Nene groaned. "But then, is she in SEKAI?" Nene pulled out her phone and tapping quickly before teleporting both her and Tsukasa into the SEKAI. "W-Wait! What about Rui?!" Tsukasa complained as Nene grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and quite literally dragged him to KAITO's tent.
"KAAAAIIIITTTTTOOOOO!" Nene shouted, shocking those around her. "Gwah! What's wrong?" KAITO asked, sticking his head out. "Is Emu with you guys?!" Nene asked. "Emu-chan? No. Why?" KAITO responded.
A little explanation later...
"Eh? Emu-chan is missing?!" Miku suddenly interrupted, popping out of nowhere. "AUUUUGGGGHHH!" Nene and Tsukasa screamed, surprisingly, equally loud. "Woah! Miku!" KAITO exclaimed, his reaction not as strong as Nene and Tsukasa's. "What are you doing?"
"Hehe!" Miku giggled. "Sorry! I was playing with the plushies and I overheard you guys talking so I decided to see what was going on!" "So you were eavesdropping on us...?" Tsukasa asked after he and Nene had settled down.
"Uh, sure! I'm not sure what that means, but okay~" Miku hummed and her expression turned into a worried one. "Are you guys sure you looked for Emu-chan really REAAALLLLY carefully?"
"Yes, we're sure," Nene responded. "It's like she just magically disappeared," she let out a little sigh. "What are we going to do? We ditched Rui as well," "Oh! Rui-kun's in the tent talking with MEIKO!" Miku informed.
"What." Tsukasa had a blank look on his face. "HOW IS HERE ALREADY?!" "Please don't shout like that," Nene sighed, but she got up and started running to the tent. "You're too loud. Rui! Rui! Rui! Wait for me!"
Tsukasa huffed angrily, causing KAITO to chuckle a bit but then a sad look spread onto his face. "Tsukasa-kun?" Miku looked worried. "Hm?" Tsukasa looked up and forced a smile. "Oh. Sorry, I...was thinking..." he trailed off, staring at his own feet with that same sad look. KAITO paused, and smiled gently. "Don't worry, Tsukasa-kun, we'll find Emu-chan. I promise,"
"Ah-" Tsukasa looked shocked. KAITO was wise and smart, a reliable person. Tsukasa frowned again, looking at his feet. When would Tsukasa ever become someone as reliable and special as KAITO? If he couldn't even keep track of where Emu ran off to, then what could he do?
"Thanks, KAITO-kun..." Tsukasa forced an obviously fake smile. "I'll try my best. I'm going to leave for now...okay?" Miku and KAITO exchanged worried glances, but reluctantly nodded. "Okay...good luck Tsukasa-kun..." Miku tried her best to smile as he left.
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ᏝᎧፈᏗᏖᎥᎧᏁ: ᏇᏗᏒᏬᏝᏗᏁᎴ ᏕᏋᏦᏗᎥ
"Hhnf," Emu groaned, getting up as she rubbed the back of her head. "My head hurts..." She looked around her surroundings. She was in a place similar to the Wonderland SEKAI, but it felt so...wrong. For some reason. Why?
"Oh!" Emu grinned despite her surroundings. "I guess the update worked," She stood up and looked around. "But where are Miku-chan, or the plushies?" she frowned. "Where is everyone?"
"Ah!" A girl exclaimed. She had bright lime-green hair paired with a large black top hat that was laced with a white ribbon. She was wearing a sleeve-less orange skirt with puffy white cotton underneath and a large ribbon in the back. Long white boots were paired with a red checkboard pattern down the side of one while the other had long orange stripes. There was a little star clip on her shirt, which had a lace that wrapped around to the back of her neck and tied into a small bow. The girl also had large flat white wrist collars that had yellow, pink, green and purple buttons on them as well as a blue curly pattern.
Her hair was styled into a short bob cut at the back with long twin strips of hair in the front. A gray feather stuck out of the large top hat and perched on the ribbon. The vibe she gave off reminded Emu of a female, green version of KAITO.
"Hey-hey!" The girl giggled, leaning towards Emu. "You're Emu-chan, right? Nice to meet you! I'm Megpoid Gumi! You can call me Gumi-chan or Gumi-senpai!" "Ah! Gumi-senpai, then!" Emu grinned at the girl. "This is the update SEKAI, right?"
"Correcto!" Gumi twirled around and pumped a fist into the air. "You're in the new, super sparkly, amazing, Wonderland SEKAI ver.2! Or you can call this place SEKAI 2.0! I'm the main Vocaloid for this SEKAI. Since the SEKAI is new, the other Vocaloids haven't come yet, but I can give you a tour if you want!"
"Wooow! Really?" Emu followed Gumi as she wandered deeper into this weird updated SEKAI. "I can't wait!" Gumi hummed a bit as she walked past the tents and trees. "Uh, hey? W-We passed the tent..." Emu stammered. Gumi grabbed Emu's hand and gave a little smile. "Trust me, Emu-chan! I'll lead you to the right place~"
"Ah..." Emu looked into Gumi's eyes and smiled. "Okaaayy! Let's go!"