Yay! This is my FIRST EVER fan fic! This is written based on my favorite song – Servant of Evil (Akuno Meshitsukai) by Len Kagamine (Kagamine Len) enjoy! Also is mostly in Len's POV.
DISCLAIMER- I DO NOT OWN VOCALOID CHARACTERS! THEY BELONG TO THE GENIUSES BEHIND CRYPTON FUTURE MEDIA INCORPERATED. THANKS!
~Servant of Evil~
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Chapter 1- Another Day in the Life of Len Kagamine
'When you two were born, every church bell across the country was rung.'
I remember Mom telling Rin and I.
'Everyone came at once to gaze and bow to their newborn princess.' We were young. Really young.
'What about me, Mama?' I asked curiously. She never answered me. Instead she kissed my head as she tucked me and my sister into bed. I guess now I know.
I stepped out of the shower, suddenly remembering what world I was in. Plus, the water was getting too cold to bear. I looked at the mirror. I looked at my lifeless eyes and the water dripping down my face. It reminded me of that moment many years ago, when they took her from me. I had cried harder than ever, screaming as I reached out for her.
After that, I didn't cry. Not in front of any of them anyway. I wouldn't let them laugh at my agony and inner loneliness. I don't remember leaving the bathroom but I was now standing before my closet. I grabbed my white under shirt and black slacks; along with the maroon vest and long black over-coat that has become my daily uniform (A/N I go by what he wears in concert) I put my clothes on and walked back to the bathroom. I find my hair brush and comb through my wet, tangled hair without bothering to try and get the few strands of hair to lie down. Rin often laughs at them and claims it looks like they're trying to fly. "Anything to make her laugh.." I chuckle quietly to my reflection before turning the light off and walking back out into my bedroom. I walk to my twin bed and start – TWIN! Rin! I work faster, not worrying about the wrinkles scattered on the bed.
What am I doing moping around like I've got all day! I think to myself as I quickly pull my shoes on, put a hair tie on my wrist and run to the door. I attempt pulling my shoulder length hair into a high pony tail as I run down the corridors, which proves futile. I give up and run faster, sliding around the corner and unexpectedly tackling Rin to the ground. It takes me a minute to figure out what happened. When I see Rin lying on her back beneath me, I start to scramble on the polished floors in an attempt to stand. I get onto my hands and knees and look at her smiling face. It's gone. All the fear, sadness, loneliness, pain, everything. It's gone now. Her smile and innocent laughter are the only things I can look forward to anymore.
"Ehehh, sorry." I laugh.
She grins at me childishly. I place my hand on her upper back and pull her into a hug.
"Good morning to you too!" she giggles.
I smile and stand up, helping her to her feet. She smiles at me again. I walk her through the long hallways to the kitchen where her breakfast was waiting for her. After pulling her chair out and pushing her up to the table, I isolate myself to the doorway of the room where I decide to finally pull my hair up. I lean my head down to get better access to my blonde hair, wincing in pain as I tightly pull my hair to assure it stays in place. When I reopen my eyes, I see my sister's hair bow lying before my feet. It must've fallen out earlier. I pick the flower piece up and walk over to my sister, who was chewing on a bit of her Belgian waffle and staring blankly out the window. My hands caress her hair, which seems to wake her from her thoughts. She turns to look at me the gropes the accessory in her hair. She smiles in appreciation and I smile back. She then shoves a piece of waffle into my mouth and I can't talk. The piece must've been larger than my hand, considering that I can barely close my mouth. I try to laugh which results in me gagging, causing Rin to nearly laugh herself out of her hair. I begin to wonder why they call her Daughter of Evil. I don't find her the least bit cruel…
When we finished playing with our breakfast, I escorted her back to her room where she got ready for whatever she wanted to do today. I waited by her door with my left arm behind my back and my right arm crossing my body just below my chest. That's how Master instructed me to stand, and I wasn't about to break one of his rules. Pretty much the only thing I was allowed to do without permission was breathe. Rin often saved me from punishment for breaking rules like I always did around her. She let me be my own person, really. It made me feel somewhat…. Free.
I guess my thoughts enveloped me, because I didn't even notice that I had walked over to the nearest window. After gazing outside for a second or two, I slowly walk back over to Rin's door while looking at my feet. The next thing I knew, there were two pairs of shoes in my sight. I gasped and looked up to meet a hand as it flew across my cheek. The force of the slap was hard enough to knock me down to the floor. Without saying anything, The Master walked away, kicking my left knee while he was at it. I flinched from the pain and held my throbbing knee for a second, gaping in the direction he had left.
That's it? Just a slap? Maybe he's in a good mood today or something…
My thoughts are interrupted when Rin opens her door, gasping when she saw me.
"Len! What happened, are you okay?" she said as she fell to my side.
"Yeah, yeah. I'm fine." I assure as I slowly stand up, careful not to lean on my sore leg. I smile at her as if it would prove I'm okay, and notice she's wearing a horse-backing outfit. "C'mon, let's go get Josephine from her pen." I say and reach my hand out to hers. She takes it happily and together we walk to the horse stables, where Rin's 'best friend' waits for her. I silently laugh at Josephine's reaction to our arrival, and swear that horse thinks it's human or something.
"Okay, girl, easy. Calm down, Josie!" I say sternly to the jumpy horse. I wonder what's got her all worked up… I jump over the stable door to get her saddle on her, only to have her stand on her hind legs, denying me access to her back. "DOWN GIRL!" I shout. She wants out, bad. She doesn't like being trapped up like this. After a good 15 minutes of struggling, I guide the milk colored horse out of the stable, holding onto her reins.
At 1:00 the clock tower chimes.
"Oh! Time for tea!" Rin says cheerfully. I laugh to myself. I wonder if she knows she does that. I can almost cue her on that quote. Every day, right between the second and third ring, she says it. She sat at the small table in the middle of the garden as I made my way to the kitchen. I place a small yellow hand towel over my right arm and position it across my chest as I'm supposed to. Then, with my left hand, I pick up the round silver platter supporting a small dish, a tea cup, and a bowl with a few orange slices in it. I glance back at the dish… brioche, her favorite. I smile, for no apparent reason.
As I reproach the table, Rin smiles at me and moves the table's center piece so that I can set the tray down. I grin at her happily and stick my nose toward the sky, pretending to be like some of the uptight snobs I work with.
I close my eyes and say dramatically, "Kagamine-Sama, today brioche is served with your tea." I crack one of my eyes open, still smiling as wide as the Cheshire Cat.
She mimicked my actions and faked disapproval.
"No, no, no. That will never do! Discard of that disgrace and fetch me something better!"
"Hey, now," I laugh, back to my regular personality. "It doesn't get much better than brioche."
She giggles and cut a piece off, offering it to me. "I'll pass, thanks." I say, holding my hand up. There's no doubt that Master is watching me from somewhere. I was lucky he didn't see me at breakfast; I'd best not take a second chance. I know better than to eat before all of my work is done. It's always been a rule for me since I was little. I guess Master wanted to assure my work was finished and done correctly. It worked, so I've gotta give him some credit. I had gone to bed hungry many times growing up, which pushed me to work harder the next day. I feel my stomach growl and clutch it tightly, stealing a glance at my watch. 1:15. I sigh out loud. I didn't get my evening meal last night, because my work wasn't done on time. I'd spent too much time running through the garden with Rin. I was determined to make sure I had something tonight. It was cold enough at night without being starved. I yawned and looked down to Rin, who was sucking on an orange slice, staring off into space.
"What'cha thinking 'bout?" I whisper as if someone was spying on me.
"Huh? What? Oh, I was just thinking about how I would deal with that Meiko girl. She's begging for money but she's already in debt to her eyeballs with what I've let her borrow. She never repaid me. She says she's lost her job and can't get another for whatever reason. She can't afford a place to live or something like that."
I thought about this for a second. Meiko… I knew her from around town. Once when I was sent out to a local grocer to buy some more oranges (for Rin, obviously) she was counting pennies. I was guessing she was short some, 'cause she hung her head and went to walk away.
"How much you down by?" I asked. She turned to face me, and then looked around to make sure it was her I was addressing. She continued looking for me I supposed, since she looked puzzled. "I'm here, with the oranges." That sounded ridiculous… I thought to myself. She approached me, slightly suspicious. "How much do you need?" I asked again. Her face was pale, and her eyes pink.
"Um, I- I'm fine. I don't need your help." With that she turned away, only for me to catch her wrist. She turned back to me with fire in her eyes and tried to yank away. I pulled her hand closer to me, reached in my pocket, and pulled out a couple singles. Once I closed her hand around the money, I released her wrist and turned away. "Take care of yourself, Meiko." I called over my shoulder. I knew her before. She was at the castle earlier that day, though I didn't know why she was there. I guess she didn't notice me.
Rin stood from the table, waking me back up. "Len, what do you think I should do?"
I looked at her sincerely, taking her hand in mine. "Sis, you're kind hearted anyway. I sure you'll come up with something. If I may suggest, why don't you have her work around the castle? That way she could pay off her debt, and have a place to live at the same time. I could teach her the ins and outs and she'll be at it in no time." Rin looked at me thoughtfully for a second, and then turned toward the castle.
"I don't know. I'll sleep on it." And with that we walked inside. I escorted her to her bedroom and made my way down the long corridors to a storage closet. I didn't any specific orders today, so I figured I'd clean something so I wouldn't be punished for 'standing around doing nothing'. I grabbed some cleaning rags and window cleaner, and walked down the long corridors, eventually finding one that no one was running through. I found that unless I was with Rin, I enjoyed being alone. It gave me time to think about anything that was on my mind at the moment. As I wiped the dusty old windows, I caught some random melody flying around in my mind. I began to hum it quietly. I looked through the next window, interested by what I saw. Two guards dragged a girl with long, thin black hair up the castle steps. This is the back of the castle though…. I think to myself. Is she to be executed? The guards released her arms, throwing her to the ground. She looked up and gasped, and I craned my head to see what was so horrifying. Then I saw her. Rin. What was going on? I see Rin unsheathe a long, thin sword and point it to the girl's face. The girl lifts her head, only to see the sword enter the ground an inch away from her nose. She looked horrified. Rin got next to her ear, and then left. The black haired girl scurried away. I noticed something read on the palm of her hand. A burn. She must've stolen something.
A few hours later, I am invited to the dinner table. I pick at my food, forgetting how hungry I was. I was still thinking about what I saw earlier… I was sitting by Rin. A young girl rushed into the room in waitress dress. She had blonde hair and eyes so light blue you'd think she was going blind. I remember her joining the kitchen crew the other day.
"Hello, Tasha!" I say happy to see her. She was another person here that brought me happiness. She was so full of life and it made me think of better times. I would've expected her to be out jumping rope, not having to work here. She was only 13, a year less than me. Her dad passed shortly after her birth and her mom died of cancer about 2 months ago. She was an orphan and now had to provide for herself.
After a filling dinner, I went to prepare for bed. Curfew was at 9:30 and no one who was not working was to be roaming the halls. I changed into a pair of baggy yellow pants and a white tee shirt. I then ran to the other side of the castle where Rin's room was (and people wonder why I stay so skinny?) to visit with her before I went to see Tasha. Rin was on her bed, attempting to tie the lace behind her nightgown. I walked over and sat behind her, taking the laces from her hands. As I tied the dress, she nervously started conversation.
"Len?"
"Yes, Rin?"
"You, umm…. You don't think I'm cruel, do you?"
"No, of course not."
"Everyone else does…" she hung her head. I hugged her quietly for a few minutes.
"I'm gonna go check on Tasha. Goodnight, Rin." I said as I reached for the door.
"Len! Wait!" I turned and caught my flying sister at the last second as she jumped into my arms. I held her tighter against me and smiled. I kissed her forehead and turned again to leave. "Night, Len."
I smiled. "Night, Rin." And with I left, closing the door behind me. I walked to Tasha's room, back on my side of the castle. I knocked lightly on her door.
"Go away, please!" I hear her call through the door. I sigh and turn the knob. "I said go a- oh, Len-kun. Sorry, you can come in." I noticed she had been crying.
"Errm… just call me Len." I smile. I walk through the door and stand beside her. I wrapped my arm around her in an attempt to comfort her. I noticed she was holding a picture. It was of a woman with blonde hair similar to Tasha's and green eyes. She was a beautiful woman, holding a baby in her arms. Tasha…. She dropped the picture and sobbed into my chest, her body shaking violently. I leaned down and put my arm behind her legs, picking her up. I carried her over to her bed, which was identical to mine. I laid her down and rubbed her face, moving stray hairs and wiping away tears. "I'm sorry. I know how it feels. My mom died many years ago." I say honestly. Her smile makes me warm inside. In a different way than Rin's. When Rin smiles, it makes me happy to know at least she still can. When Tasha smiles, I feel like there's nothing wrong in my life. We're sort of on the same level, and if she can smile through it than I guess I can too…
I rub her face until she falls asleep. When she begins making a light snoring sound, I decide to return to my room. Just as I closed my door, the curfew bell rings. I lay in bed for a while, the tune from earlier returning to my mind. I sing quietly to the melody.
"Kimi wa oujo, boku wa meshsitsukai. Unmei wakatsu aware no futago…" I hum the rest of the tune in my mind. Slowly I fall asleep, re-running the day's events in my head. It was nothing out of the ordinary. Just another day in the Kagamine Palace of Crypton… Just another day in my life…
(A/N: Remember Tasha. This story will end differently than the song. Mwahaha. Review and yadayada whatever. Bye!)
