Unsolved
"Hey, have you heard about the curse of St. Miku High School?"
"Eh? I know that this school is a school for boys but... What curse is that?"
"Listen, that school used to be a mixed school and that curse is..."
"Hurry and say it!"
"There was once a student called Miku Hatsune. She was a brilliant student who aced in everything she did. Everyone liked her, including the teachers and the principal. However, one day she passed away during her second year in high school as she met with a terrible and gruesome accident. The whole school was devastated so in order to bring the school back to life again, they removed her previous existence like removing her table and chair, reprinting the new attendance list, removing all the medals which she had won and more."
"Oh no! It's terrible!"
"There are still more of it. Whenever any outsider asked, 'Where is Miku Hatsune?', the replies were always the same- 'Eh? Who is Miku Hatsune?'. This was the reply to show as if Miku Hatsune had never existed in this world."
"This is getting creepy."
"Yeah, and the most creepiest part is..."
"Hurry!"
"After she died, a curse occurred. Many females in St. Miku High School began to die in a horrible way. It was like an unstoppable calamity. One of them was a First Year female student."
"What happened to her?"
"She was a talented violist and had represented that school in many violin competitions. However, one fateful day, that dreadful curse got to her and she was found dead in the music room. Her body was nicely sliced into pieces. No one knew who the culprit was but everyone knew that the violin strings were the weapons of the murder because violin strings have the ability to slice things evenly and perfectly."
"That's gruesome. Was that the ghost Miku Hatsune's doing?"
"Everyone suspected so, thus the principal had changed the school into a school solely for boys so that no more girls would be harmed anymore. The school's name was changed so as to name after Miku Hatsune in the memory of her. The school's interior was changed too and everywhere in the school was filled with Miku Hatsune's portraits and photos. All of this was to remember her, instead of forgetting about her. Since then, the calamity had stopped."
"That's great to hear it. Phew!"
"It's not over yet. The calamity continued after a few years even though it had turned into a single sex school. Every month, boys from that school went missing. It was strange and soon, they realised one thing. They thought that Miku Hatsune needed human sacrifices to be happy so every term, they would play a game called 'Kami Game' to decide a human sacrifice to commit suicide to serve Miku Hatsune. Since then, the calamity stopped again. This practice is still continuing until now for 20 years."
"What if those human sacrifices disobey?"
"Then, Kami and Miku Hatsune will be angry and the whole entire school will return back to square one whereby the calamity will start all over again, in order to make up for the disobedient sacrifices."
"Come to think of it, those human sacrifices are willing to die?"
"Yes, they are very happy to be the sacrifices of the term."
"Why?"
"It's because... They are doing a favour to Kami, the God in Heaven, and the late elite of the school, Miku Hatsune."
Case #1: Len's Suicide
A gentle cold breeze brushed against her pale skin, causing her to shiver. She sneezed loudly and cleaned up her mucus with a tissue paper. She looked out of the window and realised that the sky was covering with thick and heavy dark clouds, signaling the coming of a very heavy rain.
Turning her head back to her desk, she stared at her friend who was frowning at the fortune telling cards in her hands and asked, "Meiko, what's wrong?"
"Rin," Meiko answered solemnly as her eyes slowly moved up and fixated at her best friend's worried face. "Don't be involved in anything which is none of your business. There will be a 'Joker' next to you, if you do."
Meiko flashed her cards to Rin and continued, "And the 'Joker' will entangle you into a mess of serious troubles and stab you from behind."
Rin shuddered when she saw a 'Joker' card, a 'Queen' Card and a 'King' card were among the other normal fortune telling cards in Meiko's hands. Having these three cards as a result in one's fortune telling was a taboo and it also showed that something bad would bound to happen to that person. Though many people said that fortune telling were made up of lies and defaults, she believed what Meiko had just said because Meiko really had the ability to do fortune tellings; all her fortune tellings were no doubt and scarily accurate. A few weeks ago, she used her fortune telling cards and dices to predict their Mathematics teacher's future. The results showed that she would be confessed to by a certain someone a few days later and it did happen.
"Don't worry too much, Rin. I know you would be fine," Meiko tried to brighten up the tense atmosphere which she had created. "It is just a stupid fortune telling thing so don't let it drill into the poor little head of yours. Please cheer up, okay?"
"But all of your predictions came true before! What if I unknowingly step on a pit and fall straight after?" Rin winced and covered her face with a heavy sigh.
Meiko patted her distraught friend's back and comforted, "Have you heard of a phrase called 'changing your fate'?"
Rin nodded.
"You can actually do that," Meiko said with a smile. "You can't prevent that event from happening, but you can change the fate of yours and that event. My advice to you is not to be nosy, that's all. This might save you from entering into the mess of troubles, especially from the 'Joker'."
"Who and what is the 'Joker'?"
"I don't know but all I know is that this 'Joker' is someone or something whom you should not mess with. Honestly, I don't know what kind of troubles you will be facing, but you have to be careful of your surroundings. This 'Joker' might be your own school shoes or maybe, the black cat which always loiters around your residential area."
Just be careful, Rin Kagamine...
-:-:-:-
Rin opened the front door of her tiny apartment and walked inside. She threw her bulky school bag on the nicely polished floor and slumped against her cozy couch. While her feet were busying removing the socks, she switched on the television. After she had skillfully removed her socks using only two feet, she picked them up and aimed them at her laundry basket which located not too far away from the couch.
Living alone was the best thing that Rin had ever experienced. Her parents were always away for very long business trips and they usually returned after two months or so. It was true that Rin was usually bored at home but she did not mind it at all. After all, she could do whatever she wanted without her parents' supervision. As long as her parents trusted her, she could live all by herself without employing a babysitter to look after her well-being.
But hey, she was going to be sixteen years old soon. So, why should she need a babysitter to look after her?
'Ding! Dong!'
The doorbell rang, making Rin jump up in surprise. Rin stood up and walked over to the door. She was wondering who it was since she did not expect anyone to visit her unless it was some typical salesman who wanted to sell weird stuffs to her.
She looked through the peephole and grinned almost immediately. It was her neighbour and childhood friend, Len Kagamine, who was standing outside her doorstep with his slingbag over his shoulder.
She opened the front door and greeted him enthusiastically, "Good evening, Len!"
Len's gaze locked on her and stayed motionless and speechless for a few seconds before his lips curled into a smile.
"Hello, Rin. How are you?"
Rin clasped her hands together and replied sweetly, "I'm fine. What about you?"
Len did not reply. He looked downcasted, unlike his usual bubbly self. His face was unusually dull, especially the area below his eyes. Rin tilted her head a little, looking very puzzled by the fact that Len was behaving very strangely.
Len and his family had been her neighbours for more than ten years and, of course, she and Len were close friends ever since they got to know each other as neighbours. Though they had the same surname and, for some unknown reason, they looked awfully alike, they were definitely not related to each other. And yes, they were of the same age and birthday. It was no wonder they could easily pass off as twins.
Len was known to be a very clever, cheerful and optimistic person. Though he was a little short for a boy around his age, one could never underestimate his excellent ability to jump very high- at least he could do a slam dunk in basketball.
Rin, on the other hand, was slightly clumsy and gullible. She was not as intelligent as Len but she definitely had her own strengths and talents; she was extremely good in arts related subjects like literature and music. She was always smiling and, like Len, she was a bubbly and cheerful person who could brighten one's day with just a smile.
"I'm fine too," Len finally spoke. "Can I spend some time with you? You know, we hadn't been spending lots of time together ever since high school started. It's sad that we can't study in the same high school."
He had a grin plastered on his pale face as he looked at Rin expectantly. Rin returned a smile and nodded. As she opened the door wide enough for him to enter, a lighting stroke across the sky, making their surroundings glow in a split second. Rin's breath hitched up in shock as a loud thunder followed after that while Len continued to proceed into her living room. He sat on the couch and carefully placed his school bag on his lap.
"How's school, Rin?"
Rin sat down next to him and replied, "Pretty good. The students and teachers are great too. What about you?"
"Fine too. The people in St. Miku High School are great too but they are a little... out of the world." Len chuckled as he fiddled with his fingers.
"It's a boys' school, so what do you expect? I bet you guys are always talking about porno or maybe gay-related stuffs," Rin put on a disgusted face. "Just like those dirty-minded boys in my school."
Upon hearing that, Len broke into laughter. "Of course not, Rin. When I say that everyone in my school is out of the world, they really do. They have no time for stupid things like watching or reading pornography and even falling in love with one another. They rather worship the dead and die than playing computer games."
He chuckled again. His face turned dull once more and his smile immediately vanished. Rin became worried for him. He was definitely acting weird and his words about his school were strange too. Was he bullied in school?
"Len, are you all right? You look..."
Suddenly, another loud clap of thunder was heard, making Rin jump again. Without warning, the sky began to pour heavily. Panicked, Rin quickly stood up and ran into her kitchen to bring in her laundry which were hanging outside the kitchen window.
"Let me help you," Len offered as he grabbed onto a pole of drenched clothings and hauled it inside the kitchen.
"Thank you, but it's okay, Len. I can do it myself," Rin assured and gently pushed Len away from the window. "You are the guest so please make yourself home, okay?"
Rin hauled in another pole and brought the pole into her bathroom. As soon as she came out, she saw Len already hauled in another two more poles and was helping her to bring them to her bathroom.
"Thank you," Rin said as she reached out for the handle of the kitchen window so that she could shut it.
"It's okay." Len gave her a smile and pushed her away from the window forcefully.
Rin stumbled backwards and fell down with a loud thud. Rin groaned and when she was about to open her mouth to ask why he did that, she saw something which made her speechless and stun. Her mouth was left hanging opened with her eyes enlarged like a goldfish.
Len was sitting on the window ledge with a painful and distorted grin which she had never seen before in her whole entire life. The Len here looked totally different from the Len she knew for ten years.
"It's raining... Miku Hatsune must be calling me," Len sang in an eerie tone. "Such an impatient little lady she is... Kami must be eager to have me for dinner or maybe as an offering to Lady Miku... Lady Miku... Miku Hatsune..."
"Len! It's dangerous! Get back down!" Rin shrieked and quickly ran towards him.
"Rin, I'm sorry."
Rin stopped right in her tracks and looked at him confusedly.
"Since elementary school up till now, I have always loved you," Len continued with tears in his eyes. "That's all I have to say before I become Miku's..."
Another clap of thunder echoed throughout the neighbourhood and before Rin knew it, she saw Len leaned backwards and let go of the window ledge. In a blink of an eye, his body was gone. He was no longer sitting on the ledge. He was practically gone.
Rin was so afraid. Wild thoughts and numerous questions were running through her head continuously. What happened to Len? Why was he acting so strange? What was going on? Was Len still okay? Why did he apologise to her? Why did he suddenly confess his love for her? What was he blabbering about?
She ran towards the window and looked down. She cupped her mouth and let out a scream. What she saw really scared the daylight out of her; Len was lying lifelessly on the concrete ground with a pool of blood surrounding his body.
"... sacrifice."
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