Sephi: Yay! I've finally gotten around the freaking malware! Basically, I ended up using 4 different anti-virus programs, but none of them worked. So I just created another account on my computer and moved my stuff.

Rune: And would it have killed you to do that earlier?!?

Sephi: …What's it to you??

Rune: Because I was about to go insane from not being able to talk for a week!! I exist on fanfiction!

Sephi: O.o wow…

DISCLAIMER: I don't own vocaloid. No matter how much a want to. It's never gonna happen. But I do own the plot.

Chapter 1- Happy Birthday, not

Rin's POV

Ahh! I can't see! It hurts! Help me! Please, help me!

"Rin! Rin! Shh, it'll be alright. Rin! Please…"

Who are you? Why do you sound so familiar? How to do you know me? How do I know you?

Sharp pains prickled my arms and legs again. Something uncomfortable was on my face. What was it? I wanted to rip it off, so I could breathe freely.

"O god… Rin, Rin, please… Please…" The voice was crying? Why are you crying? I don't want you to cry! Smile instead! You should be laughing. Yes, you, of all people, deserved to be laughing happily.

But who are you? What are you to me?

Beep. Beep. Beep.

What's this weird beeping noise? It's starting to get on my nerves. Shut up already…

Beep… Beep…

Hey!! It's actually listening to me? Rin: 1, Annoying-Noise: 0. Whoohoo!

"Rin, Rin, Rin, please, no… please…" What?! I'm making that annoying beeping noise shut up! You have a problem with that?! It's fucking annoying! I wish it would shut up already!

Beeeeep…

Oh hey, it stopped. Victory for Rin!

I gasped as I sat upright in my bed. I glanced at the stars, which told me that it was two a.m. …

…Of the 27th of December.

I mentally smacked my head. Of course, today was my birthday. No wonder why I had that nightmare again. I sighed and got back into my cozy bed and stared up at the sky.

All angels, always had a dream of how they died on the day they did. It is one of our only memories of our past lives that we remember, no one knows why. Other than that, we only remember our names and birthdays. Who would be stupid enough to forget their own name and birthday, even in death?!

Oh, and of course, I just had to die on my freaking birthday…

Rui's POV

"Rui~ Rini~" Shaddup… I wanna sleep… Lemme sleep, Miku-nee…

"You two have to get ready for your coming-of-age ceremony!"

Oh. Shit. It's true. Whenever an angel turns fifteen, or if they had died after their fifteenth birthday, the week afterwards, then went through their coming-of-age ceremony. I turned around to face my twin sister in the opposite side of the room. She wasn't much of a morning person either… Fucking hell… she's already up! I groaned as I got up out of my warm bed.

Well, she wasn't exactly my sister. It wasn't really my birthday either. I never had a birthday. I was probably one of those aborted children or something. Ever since Rin came, we were always mistaken for 'twins' because we look exactly like each other, minus the fact that I had black hair while she had golden hair, and I had yellow eyes while hers were blue. As we were 'twins', I just celebrated my birthday with her.

Oh, and another difference between us. Rin is the princess. The angel princess is the angel with the most powerful aura in Heaven. That would be Rin and her golden aura. Mine is grey, and Miku-nee's is teal.

"Rui, put on your ceremonial dress already! We're gonna be late!" I moaned. I preferred my nightgown. Without a word, I put on my ceremonial dress. It was a sleeveless white gown with black ribbons around my waist and even larger ones at the bottom. I wore grey bracelets and anklets as well. Ugh… so tired…

Rin was already dressed up. She wore a strapless gown with golden laces, along with golden bracelets, anklets, and a tiara. My sister the princess looked nervous, and Miku-nee was fussing over her. Well, I'm glad she's not fussing over me.

Rin's POV

Here we were, in the ceremonial square. I was nervous. Even Rui seemed to be nervous now. The head priest, Kaito-san, had brought out the sacred orb already. As I gazed continuously into the eerie mist, I began to relax.

The sacred orb is the main part of the ceremony. I already knew what I was supposed to do. I just had to walk up to it, let it surround me, and get my soul weapon. That was all, really…

What's a soul weapon? Well, it was said that the sacred orb was created by the most powerful princess of all time, four-thousand years ago. When the mist surrounds you, it basically reads your soul, and gives you the weapon that would suit you most. The weapon would be connected to your soul, so you could always carry it with you, without actually have to carry it physically. It would just be a part of you.

Miku-nee has a long, green glaive with double blades. It kinda goes along with her because it sorta looked like a negi, and she would always be poking you with the non-pointy end to annoy you. Sorry, Miku-nee. I'm not trying to be mean. I'm just stating the facts.

Rui squeezed my hand before she went up to the orb. She had been called up first because she had lived in heaven for her entire life. I had only been here for three years, but since angels forget their human memories (minus the death dream) for some strange, unknown reason, I can't tell you whether I preferred my human life or my angel life better.

Rui walked up to the orb, which magically expanded and enveloped her. For a few suspenseful minutes, nothing happened. Then, the mist glowed in Rui's aura color (if this is even possible), and shrank back to its normal size. In Rui's hands, there was a giant, black, shuriken. It totally fits her yandere personality. She drew this back into herself as the crowd applauded, and stood besides Miku-nee. I gulped. It was my turn next.

Len's POV

Turn around, Len! Turn around, goddamnit!! I screamed mentally at myself from three years ago. We were in the balcony of my apartment, which is on the 13th floor. My younger self went inside to make us some hot chocolate. No!! Turn around! She'll fall…!

"Ahh!! Len! Neru-chi!! Help!!" My stupid, idiotic, pathetic, younger self finally noticed that the bars of the balcony had finally rusted and broke. The young girl who was leaning against it, naturally, fell to. My younger self dropped the cups he was holding, and rushed to the balcony. Younger Neru-chan also ran out of the bathroom to see what was wrong with her dear younger twin, who was hold onto the broken ends of the bars for dear life. The girl with a ponytail to the side of her head screamed, as the young boy rushed over to his friend. He grabbed her hand just as the rest of the bar finally gave in to the girls' weight.

"Neru-chan, go downstairs and tell Luka-nee! She might be able to catch her from below!" But the girl only stood there, not believing the sight before her eyes. The boy turned to face her, already feeling his hands slip. The girl he was holding onto had lost consciousness. "Neru-chan!!" She finally ran out the door as fast as she could to tell the twenty-one year old lady downstairs.

After what seemed like an eternity, Luka-nee's pink hair appeared at the balcony directly below.

"Len-kun, if you could swing her…" But it was already too late. Her hand had already slipped out of his… She fell down the thirteen floors of the apartment building…

"No!" I screamed out loud, as I jolted upright in bed.

"Jeez, sorry!" Huh? I gazed around, looking for the source of the voice. I came from my best friend Mikuo, who had moved next door two years ago.

"I was only gonna ask you if you wanted to come shopping with Akita and me. Jeez that girl. It's her birthday, and the first thing that she wants to do is shop for clothes. Oh, and happy birthday, Len-kun."

"Yeah, sure. Whatever. Just let me get ready first."

Rin's POV

I took a deep breath as I walked up to the sacred orb. From the corner of my eye, I saw Rui and Miku-nee give me a thumbs-up. I smiled back at them.

The mist enveloped me inside of it. It was the perfect temperature. I liked the comfortable feeling, but I knew that I still had to get my weapon.

Hey, Rin. Long time no see.

I opened my eyes and almost screamed. The person who was talking was… me. Me, with long hair. Who are you?! Why do you look like me?!

I'm you, silly. I'm the you that would have been if you had lived, and didn't want to cut your hair.

What? But I'm not supposed to know what I was like as a human! No angel ever does!

Have you ever wondered why?

No. I just took it as something that was granted. It was something that always happened.

Ask Kaito-san later. As for now, I need to give you your soul weapon.

Oh, right. Okay. The other me suddenly hugged me as she started to fade away.

Please, remember who I was, who we were. If only for the sake of that person, please remember… I need to apologize to him…

The mist faded as I felt the comfortable feeling linger on my back. I heard the crowd gasp. "Look at the princess! Look on her back! Her weapon…"

I blinked to see what my weapon was, and nearly fainted. It was the chain of memories*. Holy shit. This thing hasn't been seen since the dawn of heaven, and that was a fucking long time ago.

I felt Rui and Miku-nee guide me somewhere. I didn't know where I was going until I actually got there, though. I was too lost in my thoughts to look where we were going.

It turned out that we were going to Kaito-san's office, which was just as well, because I had to ask him that question. Once we went inside, he beckoned us to sit down, which was what we did. I decided to tell him what happened before I forgot to.

"Kaito-san, I need to ask you something. It's about what happened during the ceremony." He nodded, and I noticed that Rui and Miku-nee were listening as well. "Inside the orb, there was another me with long hair. She said that she was the person that I would have been if I hadn't died or wanted to cut my hair." The priest looked somewhat surprised, but didn't ask any questions. To my surprise, neither did Miku-nee. "She told me to ask you why angels didn't remember their past lives, and asked me to remember mine." Everyone stared at me. It they kept that up, I would seriously get out my chains and start waving them around.

Just when I was about to go insane, Kaito-san spoke. "Well, no one is actually sure why our kind can't remember anything from our past lives as humans. However, there is a myth that contains references to both the sacred orb and our lost memories. It is the myth of the great First Princess, from four thousand years ago. All three of you should already know that it was said that she was the one who created the sacred orb for some mysterious reason. There was… a second part to that legend." The three of use gasped. This wasn't taught in schools.

"You should also know that we should never trust humans. The reason behind this is because there are some humans in this world that know of our identity and try to attack us. Protecting ourselves from them is what we use our soul weapons for nowadays. In the legend, it was said that the First Princess decided to go back down to Earth, and that is why she created the orb –so that she and any other who decided to follow her path would be able to arm themselves. It was never stated why the First Princess left to return to Earth, and it was obvious by the lack of records that she never returned to Heaven.

"However, about fifty years ago or so, just before the humans started to attack us, another important discovery was made. It seemed to be a note from the First Princess. It contained only two sentences, but this may be related to your problem. It said, I now know why angels are forbidden to remember their human memories. If anyone should ever reverse the flow of common logic, logic itself will collapse, and nothing would be able to withstand that crushing weight… Nobody knows what she is referring to here, but it is obvious that we don't remember anything for a very good reason."

"But Kaito-san," I asked, "then why did my self in the sacred orb tell me to regain my memories!?"

He just looked at me with tired eyes. "That may be the biggest mystery of all. But if it is the will of the First Princess, then…"

Mikuo's POV

In the end, Akita, Len-kun, and I ended up going to the mall to shop for clothes. Who the hell shops for clothes first thing on the morning of their birthday?! Akita is weird.

And speaking of weird, there are several things wrong with this picture. First of all, Akita isn't texting. So what's the big deal about that, is something some people might say, but in the three years I've known Akita, I know by now that she is absolutely addicted to texting. Her phone is her lifeline. I find it strange how she can just sit there with her phone in her hands…for hours.

Second, Akita isn't going on her usual shopping spree, throwing out this and that, and making poor Len-kun and me carry the enormous weight. Especially weird, since we're looking at dresses.

Finally, neither Len-kun nor Akita looks particularly happy. What the hell? C'mon peoples, it's your birthday! What's with the sad faces?!

Neru's POV

We've been here for three hours. Mikuo looks bored. I don't blame him. By now, he and Len-kun would be staggering under the weight of the stuff that I want to buy.

But today was different. Today, we were performing the sacred ritual of picking out two dresses that look exactly the same, but a little different. One is for me.

The other one is for my sister.

Len-kun and I have always done this on our birthdays every since she died, aka the worst birthday on earth. I guess we both blame ourselves for her death. It's true; she might not have died if I had listened to Len-kun the first time and ran down to Luka-nee's downstairs, or if Len-kun had done something about his bars earlier. Of maybe she would have died anyway, I wouldn't know.

I wiped the tears that threatened to flow away. No, I thought. Right now, we're getting presents for me and her. That's all. I happened to notice two, very pretty blue-white dresses.

"Hey! How about those two?" I pointed at the dresses.

"Yeah…They're nice…" I glanced at Len-kun. He looked…exactly how I felt. He had been very close to my sister. If she was still here, I'd bet my cellphone that they'd be dating, and I don't take my cellphone that lightly. We both missed her dearly.

We were walking back to our apartment complex. Mikuo was silent the entire time. Hmm. That's a first.

"You know what? I think I've just realized something." Never mind.

"And what exactly did you figure out, Mikuo you idiot?"

"You bought two dresses last year too. And the weirdest thing is that you never wore one of them!" Oh. He noticed. Dang… "I'm pretty sure that Len-kun knows what's going on too. What aren't you two telling me?!" His eyes narrowed dangerously. I narrowed my eyes to match his and glared back at him. We ended up having a mini-glaring contest.

"You know, Neru-chan. I think we should tell Mikuo about it. He'll find out sooner or later anyways. Plus, we'll be going…there… later today, and he'll probably follow us."

I glared at Len-kun, who didn't flinch a bit…traitor.

"Fine," I huffed, "but if he offends her in any way, I swear to God that I'll send him to hell on earth."

Rin's POV

In the end, it was decided that Miku-nee, Rui, and I would travel down to Earth to regain my lost memories. We got special permission because it was supposed to be a special quest from the First Princess's will or something. I don't know the details.

But either way, the three of us were flying down to Earth, making sure we wouldn't be seen by humans. I wasn't particularly happy about this quest. It meant that our flying time would be limited. We had to hide our wings in order to prevent humans from seeing them once we had landed. Happy birthday to me…

"Guys…? The clouds don't seem to look particularly inviting, do they?" Rui looked at me nervously. Once I searched my surroundings, I found out why.

We were surrounded by thunderclouds.

O lord… I hate thunderstorms…

"Uh…" my voice was noticeably an octave higher than normal. "Maybe if we try to go really fast, we won't get caught in it…"

"Too late…" Miku-nee muttered. I gulped. At a distance, I saw lighting dancing in the clouds. O god…

Boom! I covered my ears and closed my eyes. I was deathly afraid of thunder. It started to rain, and the wind picked up. I felt Rui take one of my hands as Miku-nee took the other. I kept my eyes shut.

There was another flash of lightning. "Ahh!" I screamed, but I couldn't even hear myself over the wind. I'll be honest. I totally freaked. I'm sure that using my chain would have helped a lot at the time, but my mind had totally snapped at the first lightning bolt. I remember the wind ripping my hand out of Rui's and Miku-nee's and flying/falling backwards to wherever the wind had carried me. I finally lost consciousness as I hit the soft mud on the ground. Ouch… My last thought was to remember to hide my wings. Happy birthday much?

Mikuo's POV

They told me about it. They told about Akita's poor younger twin sister who had died on her birthday right before I moved in. They also told me about the dress shopping thing.

But they didn't tell me her name, or how she died, or any other detail actually. I'm not stupid enough to asked for it either. We were going to visit her grave later. I couldn't tell who looked worse, Akita or Len-kun.

We were walking to the graveyard in the depressing rain. All three of us, clad in black with two black umbrellas. Green was a much more sensible color…

We reached the cemetery. Holy! There were so many graves here!

Akita and Len-kun led us to a grave somewhere in the midst of this huge graveyard. The approached a square-shaped grave.

But there was already someone there.

She was a blond girl that looked remarkably similar to my two companions. She wore a simple, white dress, and was lying there, unconscious on the mud on top of the grave. Our umbrellas were abandoned as we rushed forward to help the girl. Len-kun held her up and gently tried to wake her up.

"Hey. You okay?"

The girl slowly opened her eyes and muttered something about hating thunderstorms. When she finally took in that we were surrounding her, she instantly spazzed and sprang out of Len-kun's arms. She fell as her right leg didn't support her weight properly and just stayed there like a wounded animal…almost. She wouldn't stop glaring at us.

Akita was the next one to suddenly fall down as her legs gave in. She looked extremely shocked. "L-len…kun… S-she…" I turned my gaze to Len-kun. He was also currently in shock. What the hell?

"R-rin?" Len-kun finally choked out. The girls eyes widened in recognition. Who's Rin? I happened to glance at the grave of Akita's sister at that time. The name on the grave was 'Akita Rin'. Oh, so okay. A dead girl came back to life. That's cool.

Wait. What?!

Sephi: So yeah, I was bored and I couldn't access my other stories, I just started another one. Yay me XP

Rune: Oh, and for those who like this story, we're not gonna update it as fast as the others, but it'll have longer chapters.

Sephi: Oh. And before I forget:

*: I designed this to originally look like Alice's chains in Pandora Hearts (I don't own this) or Abraxes' chains from 11eyes (I don't own this either). If you don't know what I'm talking about, just imagine six, long, extendible chains with a very pointy end coming out of a persons back.

R&R? C'mon, peoples, this thing is 3,500 words long. Please???

PS. SORRY!! I forgot to add the line-breaks. I've fixed that now XD