Author's Note: As you already know from the summary, the is based off the Kagamine Len song A Love Story of a Certain Bakeneko. I just had to give that song a story, and I hope some of you will like it. As the girl was no one in particular, I gave Miku-Sama that role. If you haven't heard the song before then I highly suggest you do. My wish is to flesh out that song into a beautiful fanfic, but I guess I will just have to cross my fingers and hope for the best.

-Ray


"Len~!" Len's littermate, Rin, called. "You're so slow!"

"You're too fast!" Len called back. The poor dear was running as fast as his little kitten legs could carry him, but even then he couldn't compete with Rin's speed. "Just you wait, Rin, one day I'll out run you!"

"I'd like to see your try!" Rin said before taking off again.

"One of these days," Len said under his breath. The little black kitten did everything he could to catch up to his older sister, but she was just too quick. When he finally caught up to Rin, she was sitting near the end of the river, watching the gushing waters pass by.

"I guess it's time to go back," Rin sadly said.

"Nuh-huh," Len said. "Look at those stepping stones, we can jump across."

"You know what Mama said about going across the river!" Rin said with surprise.

"So?" Len said. "I know, you're just chicken!"

"Take that back!" Rin hissed.

"Nope~," Len sang. He positioned himself and then pounced to get from the ground onto one of the stones. When he landed on a stone he said "Come on, Rin! This is easy!"

"I don't think so," Rin said as she began backing up.

"Coward!" Len called. He then jumped onto another stone.

"Len!" Rin yelled. "I'm serious! Get your tail back over here!"

"Come over here and make me!" Len challenged. He made a jump for the next stone, but he slipped off and fell into the river.

"Len!" Rin shouted when she saw her brother fall in.

"Rin!" Len gasped when his head was above the water. Up and down he kept bobbing, like the bobber on a fishing pole. Each time he came up, Len saw his sister running as she kept her big turquoise eyes on him. Len tried to swim out, but it was no use, the current was too much for the kitten.

"Len!" Rin called after her brother as the rushing waters carried the kitten further and further away. She may have been a fast runner, but she couldn't compete with the river's speed. Soon enough she lost sight of her brother, and shortly after she gave up her pursuit. Len was long out of her sight, and she was certain that she would never see her brother again.

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"Why do I have to go with you to get water?" eight-year-old Miku whined to her older brother as they made their way to the river.

"Because Mom put me in charge of you," Mikuo said.

"Do we really have to get water?" Miku pouted.

"If you don't want to thirst to death," was all Mikuo said.

"Nii-San," Miku said shortly after, "may I play over there for a little while. I know you usually take breaks before heading back so don't tell me we don't have time."

Mikuo rolled his eyes. "Fine, as long as you don't get too close to the deep part of the water and come when I call you."

"Okay!" Miku excitingly said as she fled from her older brother's watchful eyes. Miku hummed happily as she followed a butterfly, but made sure to not let it lead her where she was not supposed to go. "Come on!" Miku called to the butterfly. "I won't hurt you. I just wanna play!" Miku stopped in her tracks when she noticed something in the corner of her eye.

Miku looked to her left and saw a pile of black resting near the shallow end of the river. Getting closer, Miku saw what it was. "A kitten!" she gasped.

Miku quickly approached the kitten and kneeled next to it. "Is he dead?" Miku mentally worried. She scooped the wet ball of fur in her hands and looked closely at him. "He's just a baby!" Miku realized when she saw how small he was in her hands. To her relief, the kitten mewed softly before he opened his eyes and looked at Miku. "Don't worry, Kitty-Kun, I'll take care of you." The kitten closed his eyes and steadied his breathing. "I need to hurry!" Miku thought.

"Miku!" she heard her brother calling for her.

"Coming!" she immediately answered. Looking at the kitten, Miku decided she was going to take him home no matter what. Miku set him inside the basket she was carrying and covered him with her shawl. "Stay alive," she told the kitten, "I'll take proper care of you soon enough."

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Len felt sore and stiff all over. He tried to move but yelped when he found it was painful to simply stretch his legs. "What happened?" he wondered. Then he remembered Rin and his little swim in the river. "I'm an idiot!" he cursed himself. "Rin must think I'm dead. I mean, am I dead?" It was then that Len remembered the little girl who he had seen before passing out. "Who was she? An angel?" Len's eyes popped open when he felt his back being stroked.

"Oh good," a girl with turquoise hair tied into pigtails said, "you're awake."

"She's the angel!" Len immediately recognized her.

"Here," the girl said as she brought a spoon towards his mouth. Tasting it, Len was delighted to find that she was giving him milk. "Sorry if it's a little warm," the girl said, "but you were sleeping since mid-day, and it's nighttime now."

Len happily drank all the milk, and was pleased when she gave him another spoonful. After she gave him the sixth spoon she said, "You're going to get really fat if you keep eating like that." Len didn't care what she had said, he was just happy to be fed. "My name is Miku, by the way." Miku smiled at Len. "What's your name?"

"Len," he answered after he finished the milk, but then remembered that Miku couldn't understand him.

Miku giggled as she pat his head. "You're so cute!" She then put her finger to her lip. "But you're a secret from Mama, Papa, and Nii-San, okay?" Len nodded his head in agreement. Miku smiled as she lied done next to him. "By the way, you're on my bed, so I hope you don't mind sharing."

Len, despite how stiff and sore he was, stood up and walked closer to Miku. He curled up around the crook of her neck and snuggled close to her. Miku giggled again before saying, "Goodnight, Kitty-Kun."

"Goodnight, Miku-Chan," Len said, even though he knew that she couldn't understand him. "You saved my life, so I am forever in your debt."

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The next two weeks quickly passed. Len was growing really fast, and he looked so lanky that it amazed Miku that despite how much he ate it was as if he never gained an ounce. Miku would talk to Len and tell him stories, and he would eagerly listen. Len wanted nothing more than to talk to Miku, to tell her that she was his first real friend. Miku let him outside during the day, but he was always back by night and slept with Miku on her bed. "I wish things would never change," Len sighed as he fell asleep that night. Things, however, did change.

"I will get you," Len vowed as he stared at the rat resting happily on one of Miku's shelves. The rat stuck its tongue at Len. "You will reget that," Len said as he tried to figure out how he was going to keep up on the shelf. It was too high for him to jump, and there weren't any climbing means available. There were, however, curtains next to the shelf. "I know I shouldn't climb on Miku-Chan's curtains," Len thought, "but I think she would rather have scratched up curtains over a rat in her room."

Deciding against thinking it over, Len pounced on the curtains and used his claws to hold fast. "Say your prayers," Len told the rat as he continued climbing upwards, "because soon you'll be a lovely gift for Miku-Chan." When Len was high enough on the curtains he took the risky jump onto the shelf. "You're mine!" Len exclaimed when he landed not too far from the rat.

The rat squealed in fear as it turned away from Len. Seeing no other escape option, the rat jumped off of the shelf and landed on the floor. It was before when Len, too, jumped off the shelf that Miku opened her bedroom door as she began to call Len.

"Kitty-Kun, I- AAAHHHHH!" she screamed when the rat scurried between her legs.

"Don't worry, Miku-Chan!" Len said as he jumped off the shelf and gracefully landed on his feet, "I'll get him for you."

Len chased after the rat, also running between Miku's legs in the process. It was the first time Len had ever left Miku's room and entered other parts of the house, but he was so into the chase that he didn't realize that he was now revealing to Miku's entire family that Miku had a cat hidden in her room.

"WAHHH!" Miku's mom screamed when she saw Len chasing the rat. "A rat! And a cat, too! Kill him, Momoru! Kill him!"

"Who?" Miku's dad asked. "The cat or the rat?"

"Both of them!" she shrieked.

"Don't hurt Kitty-Kun!" Miku said as she rushed into the kitchen, the room with all the activity.

"You brought a cat here?!" Mikuo shouted as he tried to help his dad capture the unwelcomed guests.

"He was dying!" Miku defended herself as she tried to get Len before either her dad or brother did.

The rat ran into a hole in the wall, and Len crashed into the wall as he was too big to squeeze through. "Darn it!" he cursed as she tried to fit himself inside. Gentle hands picked the kitten off the ground, and when Len saw who was holding him he said, "Sorry, Miku-Chan, I failed you."

Miku held the kitten close to her chest as she looked at her family with pleading eyes and said, "Don't hurt him. He's my friend. Don't hurt Kitty-Kun."

"Miku," Miku's dad said, "you know we don't allow pets in this house. The cat has to go."

"No!" Miku wailed as she held the cat closer to her chest. "Let him stay. He can hunt mice and rats and other rodents. He can be useful around here. Let Kitty-Kun stay, please." Tears began to fill the young girl's eyes. "Please let him stay."

"Miku-Chan . . . ," Len looked up at the upset girl. "I'm sorry," he said as he buried his face into her arms. "This is all my fault."

"Give me the cat," Miku's dad said as he held out his hands.

"What are you going to do to him?" Miku asked through her tear filled eyes.

"What you're supposed to do with unneeded cats," he answered. "Put them in a bag with a rock and throw the bag into the river."

"You can't drown Kitty-Kun!" Miku cried as she hugged Len tighter.

"Well if you won't," he replied, "either your brother or I will. Make your choice, Miku."

Miku looked sorrowfully at Len. Her mother would never allow anything with fur in the house, and Mikuo obviously wasn't going to come to Miku's defense or else he would have spoken by now. "Okay," she sniffed. "I'll do it. I'll take him to the river."

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Miku stomped each step of the way, careful to not swing the bag in her hand. She didn't have the heart to drown Len, but she had to be rid of him somehow. Miku didn't want to leave Len for dead, but she was given no choice. She knew what she had to do right now.

When she had come to a deep, gushing part of the river, Miku tightened her grip on the bag. "I can't do it," she whispered. "I came all the way out here knowing that I couldn't do it."

Instead of tossing the bag into the river as she should have done, Miku sat on her knees as she struggled to undo the knot her father had tied. When she was successful, Miku reached her hand into the bag, first feeling something cool, and then finding the ball of warmth she was searching for. Miku carefully pulled the kitten out of the bag, and was relieved to find that he didn't suffocate while inside the tightly woven sack.

"I'm sorry," she said to him as she stroked his head. "I have to leave you now. I don't want to, but I have to. I'm sorry, Kitty-Kun."

"Miku-Chan," Len said as he looked at her tear streaked face. "This is all my fault," he told her, despite knowing that she couldn't understand him. "I should be the one who's sorry. This is all my fault, and now you're paying for my mistake. I'm so sorry, Miku-Chan. I'm so, so very sorry."

Miku gazed at the kitten, who looked as full of sorrow that she felt. Miku placed a kiss on top of his head before setting him down onto the soft, green grass. "Goodbye, Kitty-Kun. I'll never forget you." With that she began to walk away, having to try incredibly hard in order to not look back.

"Goodbye, Miku-Chan," Len said as he watched her retreating figure. "Don't cry," he continued on, unheard, "we will meet again one day. I promise, Miku-Chan, that one day we will meet again and I shall repay you for your kindness. I promise with all my heart." When Miku was far out of sight, Len took a deep breath and said, "I promise to bring back your smile."