Warning: Might contain 'some' scenes in the later chapter. You know what I am talking about.

Disclaimer: ..Anything! [[except for the clothes I wear!]]

A/N: I hope you like this story… Might contain shoujo-ai scenes. Rated T for safety. This is a friendship story, or it might be more? O.O
I'll let you read it now.

Chapter I: No!

"That concert was awesome!" Rin practically yelled her opinion in the empty streets of their neighborhood after witnessing a rock band play for the first time in her life. "It was so cool, right, Miku?" she enthusiastically asked her friend beside her who was sort of disturbed.

"Miku?" Rin repeated, looking at her teal-haired friend like she was a puzzle.

It was dark, almost quarter to twelve in midnight; an unholy hour for teenage girls to be outside and laughing loudly. Luckily there's a boy with them, though he hardly looks like a boy, yep! That's Len, alright.

Rin ran forward and blocked Miku's way, which Miku didn't notice and bump into her friend.

Clutching her nose she said, "Owwie, Wiinn, whuch where yohr goin'…"

"Hey, are you listening to me?" Rin asked she had to. Something was off with Miku and she had to find out what it was.

Releasing her nose, "It was nothing…" she laughed nervously. Len and Rin found that odd. She was so tense and stiff when she bumped to Rin.

"Oh, come on. We were friends since forever! I know you, something is obviously bothering you. What is it?" Rin rested her hand on her waist and leaned closer to Miku.

"Is there something wrong, Miku?" Len's turn to ask. For some reason he thought that Rin just screamed into his mind and help her blurt out what's in Miku's mind, some kind of twin-telepathy.

Miku was sweating; her fingertips were shaking and cold. Miku looked down and squeezed her hands together, she breathed in. Rin and Len leaned closer and looking forward to what their friend's supposed to say.

"I… I think someone's following us…" Miku stared at her shaking hands, feeling the looks of her friends on her intently.

"Well, how did you know?" Rin leaned back, obviously noticing Miku's uneasiness.

"I… Dunno… I feel someone's watching…" Cold sweat ran through Miku's back.

Len strolled and checked the opening streets and corners of the area. It was so dim, and a certain street on the left was unlit; Len narrowed his eyes and stared at the street, there was no movements. He sighed in relief, "There's no one here besides us…" he confirmed.

"See?" Rin moved closer to Miku and patted her friend's shoulder for comfort. "It's just us. Calm down Miku…"

Miku reluctantly nodded. Rin took her hand and started walking, pulling Miku with her. Rin noticed that the hand inside hers was cold and wet; she turned her head and gave a comforting smile to Miku. "It's going to be okay…"

"You don't have to worry about anything, this neighborhood's Mikuo-senpai's turf. Only stupid people would come here and do something to you." Len raised his arm and gave Miku a grin. "I'll be here to protect you if anything happens." He declared proudly, trying to act cool. He had a crush on Miku ever since they were kindergarten, though Miku was so dense that she didn't even notice.

Miku laughed at both of them, finding their presence comforting. "Thanks, I feel better now… Let's go home!"

The teens arrived at the twin's house, Rin and Len opened their gate.

"Okay! We're here!" Rin hugged her Miku goodbye while Len just waved behind her sister.

"Take care on the way." Len said while opening their front door.

"Give me a call if anything happens, 'kay?" Rin smiled as she raised her hand with the thumb and pinky finger open to her ear emphasizing a phone.

"Okay!" Miku trailed off.

It was dark on a six-yard street; the moon barely lit the way beneath the dark clouds and the silence was overwhelmingly creepy. Miku strolled the street normally, she convinced herself the she was the only one there, no one else. If there was a sound, that'll be a rat or a cat or most likely a dog. The only sound she could hear at the moment was her footsteps. She busied herself humming and tried to forget the uneasiness she felt awhile ago.

The darkness was draining Miku's courage and the flickering lightpost made it worse; the light bulb was surrounded with flying insects. A certain sound stopped her tracks, sweat trickled down her cheek; she turned around alarmingly with a scared expression. The sound was another person's footsteps, Miku started to step backwards cautiously. There was no one behind her, or so she supposed. The shade was too thick for her to see anyone, she took another step backwards.

"I-is… a-anyone t-there?" Miku whispered, her voice was small and shaking but the silence made it loud enough. She brought her hands to her chest, as if stopping her heart from beating too fast. Miku was getting really scared and anxious.

There was no answer, instead the footsteps got a little louder and is approaching her.

Run!

Miku took a couple of step backward and reached for her phone in her sling bag. She started to panic, her fingers shook and her sense of touch was getting stupid, she couldn't feel her cell phone anywhere. She peeked from her bangs, someone was coming. A blurry silhouette of a person, taller than her; the body was a bit off but it was really a person.

Miku wanted to speak but her voice left her.

Run!

Her hand fortunately felt something flat and rectangular, her phone! She pulled it out and turned around and pushed her trembling legs to run as fast as she can. Her long hair locks fluttered wildly as she sprinted, her footsteps tapping on the asphalt road loudly and the moon started to gleam brightly, lighting up the area a little.

Miku can hear rapid footsteps following hers, as if it was running. She pressed in Rin's number; half of her senses were focused on the heavy sounds of a person running behind her. She was being chased by someone!

Fear flooded her mind, she bought her phone to her ear and it was ringing. Rin pick it up! Please! Pick it up! Her eyes started to tear up, she had been holding it ever since she started running. The water streamed down her face as she ran; cold wind brushed on her cheek harshly and the liquid in her eyes blurred her vision.

Oh God, why is this happening?

Len was playing Xbox on the sofa when he heard vibration on the table. "Rin, you got a call! Pick it up!"

Rin got down the stairs in a bath robe, still drying her golden hair with a towel. "What?"

"You got a phone call…" Len repeated, his head was focused on driving the road roller on the television screen. "Damn, I fell on the bridge!" Len cursed as he stomped his feet.

"Hey, stop using those swear words!" Rin corrected, grabbing her vibrating phone and flipped it open. "Huh, Miku's calling…?" She placed it beside her ear and said hello. There was no sound, only the dial tone.

"She hung up? She never hangs up…" Rin said bringing her phone down and glaring at it like it was at fault. "What's going on?" she turned to Len who was staring at her, both of them were confused.

"Don't ask me." Len countered, going back to his game.

Before Miku went to the concert with Rin and Len, she was lying on her brother's lap on the sofa in their living room.

Mikuo was watching television news while Miku was listening to her mp3 player on the couch. Her eyes were closed, feeling the soft sound drift gently into her mind.

"Miku?" her older brother poked Miku on the shoulder.

Miku opened her eyes and glanced at the other teal-haired person above her. "What is it, Mikou-nii?" she asked, confused.

"There's been increased cases of rape cases in out neighborhood." He blurted, his eyes filled with worry.

"What?" Miku pushed her headset away from her ears and asked. "I didn't hear you, gomen…" she apologized.

"Be careful on your way home every time you go out." Mikou didn't repeat it or he'll be giving her unnecessary thoughts and worries.

Miku smiled and pulled the earphones on her ear again. "I will."

Miku tripped and her phone fell somewhere. She didn't bother finding it at the moment, the person approaching got closer, its image burned into Miku's mind.

It was a man, an old man. He was dirty, a brown trenchcoat covered his body; his face was ugly, wrinkles were clear, and shaping his face; his lips were so thin and pressed into a vile smirk; his chin was unshaved and gave a gray-ish color in the dimness; he had a hat with a mark V on it, it was dirty like it hadn't been washed for years. And the only thing that scared the crap out of the teal haired girl was a kitchen knife on his hand.

"Oujo-san, stop running…" the old man said, his voice dripping with malice and lust.

The vibrations on his tone crawled through Miku's skin like a snake.

The man laughed like a hyena, and raised his knife to eye level. "… You're just tiring yourself… Now come…" the moonlight gleamed through the knife's surface and glowed brightly.

A/N: I cannot dare destroy the awesome/lousy cliffhanger going on. I will probably make the 2nd chappie longer. Please review. Its just below…