Akarin: I changed an old plotline and wanted to write a story based slightly on the Story of Evil... Enjoy!
Disclaimer: Bad things would happen if I owned Vocaloid... or any other brand/anime/manga I mentioned in this chapter. And since bad things HAVEN'T happened (yet), it's logical to assume I don't own Vocaloid yet. :)
Also, if you don't like MiKai or RinxLen, I don't suggest you continue reading...
Rin: START ALREADY!
Monday morning. 7:32. I was walking to school when I realised that my head felt a bit… lighter? Reaching my arm into my (very messy) bag, I searched for my handheld mirror. I had found it 10 minutes or so later, and started to check myself. It wasn't too soon that I realised that I was missing my favourite white bow.
I rushed home immediately, aware that I was likely to miss the seitokai meeting if I did. I would never usually leave home without it on. As I opened the front door, I caught a glance of my older sister, Neru, on her phone as usual. I immediately ran up the stairs to my bedroom. Fortunately, I found the ribbon in a usable condition on my desk. I secured it in my hair and raced to school. 5 more minutes until the meeting.
Past the old tree that guarded the small park, a newly-built apartment building, a few construction sites, some office buildings… and finally my school. Yamaha High.
"Rin. You're three minutes late." Miku tapped her watch.
"I had to rush home to get my bow." I gestured to the accessory on my head.
"Anyway, we have to hurry. Coming late is bad for my image…" She muttered something else under her breath.
"What's that? Coming late is bad for Kaito Shion-senpai's image of you? In that case, we'd better hurry!" I said aloud and witnessed my friend blush a deep shade of pink.
She grabbed my hand and dragged me to the meeting room before she got too red in the face.
"You're late." Luka-senpai tapped her watch in the same fashion as Miku did.
"We know, we know." I took my seat next to Miku. "We won't be late next time."
Miku and I take our respective seats as student council president and vice-president.
And so the meeting begins: "Meiko, has anyone been breaking school rules? I hear there's a new student who's going to be transferred."
That was Miku Hatsune in her 'student-council-president-serious' mode.
"As far as I know, no incidents have happened since…" Meiko cut herself off and focused on glaring at Miku.
The relationship between the two was not what one would call 'friendly'. Long story short, it happened over Kaito- the ice-cream idiot.
Miku promptly ignored her glare and moved on.
Somehow, I could tell that she was going to talk about a much more serious topic.
"Luka, have you finished filing the new student's records and such?"
Luka tidied her pile of papers and read them aloud: "Len Kagamine. He will be transferring here a fortnight later. Comes from the UK, son of Rinto Kagamine… Everything indicates he's an excellent musician and a capable student."
Rinto Kagamine… That's my father. My thoughts collided and my skin paled. Who is that guy?!
"Sounds like you have a long-lost relative." Miku mused. "Rinto Kagamine is your father, correct?"
Miku has a tendency to easily read my mind and speak about it aloud. We've been best friends since middle school.
"Right." I clenched my teeth. "I'm Rin Kagamine. Rinto Kagamine's second daughter. Neru's my older sister and I live with Lenka, my mother. My father has lived in the UK for quite some time, but he keeps in touch with us… I don't remember anything about a brother."
"That's precisely what I wanted to talk about." Miku's cheerful expression darkened slightly. "It seems as if sudden transfer students are quite interesting after… And with the large amount of time on our hands at this time of year, I propose that we, the Yamaha High student council, do a little detective work on Len Kagamine. All in favour?"
I raised my hand.
"As long as it doesn't affect my schedule." Luka smiled her business smile and shook hands with Miku.
"Give me some carrots and I'm in." Gumi grinned.
"As long as I get to eat ice-cream." Kaito said, shaking Miku's hand. Of course, Miku blushed… a little.
"Whatever." Meiko crossed her arms. Did I see a hint of jealousy?
Miku smiled at all of us.
"That's everyone. Now let's go do a little investigation."
Monday. 4:00 in the afternoon. I was doing my mathematics homework when I heard my phone ring.
"Miku?" I asked.
"Rin! I'm coming over in 10 minutes!" She said cheerfully.
And hung up.
That was weird.
I continued with my homework. Sure enough, 10 minutes later (exactly), Miku was ringing the doorbell.
My phone beeped.
From: Neru K.
To: Rin K.
(No topic)
Go get the door.
"You could have just said that!" I shouted in Neru's room's direction and hurried down the stairs.
I quickly tidied the lounge a bit and walked to the door.
"Come in." I said, letting a half-drenched Miku in.
Oops… Forgot about the rain.
"Pardon me~" She said cheerfully (in a way I can relate to Russia in Hetalia) as she took off her shoes.
She took off her (terribly wet) coat and hung it on a cloth-hanger.
I led her into the lounge. "Take a seat…"
She promptly plopped herself down on the sofa.
"You know why I'm here." She said as I walked over to the kitchen to get some leeks.
"Yep." I replied as I rummaged through the cupboard, scanning the items inside.
Biscuits. Oranges. Another pile of oranges. Yet another pile of oranges. Phones? (Must have been Neru). Finally, a small bunch of leeks I had recently bought from the supermarket. I grabbed a few and headed back to the lounge.
"So, why did you come here?" I handed her the leeks.
I forgot to get myself oranges.
"To i-n-v-e-s-t-i-g-a-t-e." She started eating a leek. "You know, since your mother would probably know."
"My mother doesn't come home until five-thirty." I responded as I headed towards the kitchen again.
What oranges should I eat? Navel? Valentia?
"Good thing I brought some homework to keep me busy." Miku replied as she took out a large pile of paper.
"Yay." I said half-heartedly as I started peeling an orange.
At that moment, my phone beeped again.
From: Neru K.
To: Rin K.
(No topic)
Don't completely destroy the living room, or use my spare phones. Also, mum just called to say that she's coming home early. Around 5 minutes later.
I sighed as I started to reply to her text.
From: Rin K.
To: Neru K.
Again, you could have just said that.
Monday evening. My mother just came home to find my best friend doing her homework and eating raw leeks at the same time.
"You didn't tell me that Miku-chan was coming over~" She tried very hard to frown, but it looked no more like a childish pout.
"Sorry!" Miku apologised. "I came over really suddenly because I had a few questions to ask!"
"Hmm?" My mother sat down opposite Miku with a contemplative facial expression.
"Well…" Miku started to say, a bit surprised by my mother's sudden serious behaviour. "There's a new student coming to our school after two weeks-"
"That's nice! I hope you two become friends with him!" My mother cheered, cutting Miku off. "I mean, him or her…"
"Er… Yeah. I hope so too, Mrs Kagamine." Miku smiled (?) before being cut off again.
"Call me Lenka. Len-ka. Not Mrs Kagamine, please." My mother smiled.
"Yeah. Erm… Lenka-san. Anyway, his name is…" Miku tried to speak again.
"I'm sure you're get along just fine~" My mother cut Miku off again.
"His name is-" Miku tried to speak a bit more firmly.
"Don't worry!" My mother said. "I'll bet he's a very nice person, and won't be mean to the student council!"
I had had enough.
"Mum! Just let Miku speak!" I said, raising my voice.
She obliged grudgingly and I muttered a few apologies for shouting.
"Anyway… His name is Len Kagamine. Apparently he's the son of Rinto Kagamine… Who's- according to Rin- your husband…" Miku smiled awkwardly.
"Must be a different Rinto… ehehehe…" She frowned (for real), before switching back to an innocent smile.
"BUT IT SAYS YOU'RE HIS BIRTH MOTHER!" Miku shouted as she lost her temper, pointing firmly to the sheet of paper in her hand.
My mother's expression changed.
"I'm… sorry for shouting… umm… Lenka-san." Miku apologised meekly.
My mother shuffled somewhat uncomfortably in her seat before speaking.
"Well… You should remember Len-kun, Rin." She smiled at me in a sad sort of way. "He's your twin brother."
HUH?
"He looks just like you, too…"
WHAT?
"They say that when you meet a doppelganger, your life is near its end." I said flatly.
"That's funny, Rin-chan. You were always together when you were young." My mother continued.
I don't remember a thing about that.
"He went to England with your father when you were five for business reasons."
Oh.
"And he left you that white bow, remember?"
My white… bow.
That's right… I had a brother…
His name was Len and he always played with me and Neru when we were little…
He used to pretend to be my servant…
And he called me ojou-sama…
But then he left with father…
And left me a white bow…
He said it would look good on me…
And with a sad smile, he got in the car with my father, waving me goodbye…
"We'll see each other again, ojou-sama!" He flashed a cheeky grin.
Mother never mentioned my father or Len ever since…
But she always told me how the business was going…
And I forgot about Len…
"Oh…" I felt the soft fabric of the bow. "Excuse me for a few minutes…"
I turned and left for my room.
Monday evening. Miku is still sitting in the lounge room with mother. I can hear their quiet chatting from my room. I turn on my phone.
To: Neru K.
From: Rin K.
(No topic)
Did you know about Len?
A few seconds later, Neru's reply came back.
From: Neru K.
To: Rin K.
RE: No topic
Yeah. When u were little mum used to tell u that he was coming back soon. And then you'd cry… so both of us stopped talking about him.
From: Rin K.
To: Neru K.
RE: RE: No topic
Oh. So is he coming back?
From: Neru K.
To: Rin K.
RE: RE: RE: No topic
Well, mum wanted to keep it a secret because she thought u were still like when u were little. I can't believe u forgot tho.
From: Rin K.
To: Neru K.
RE: RE: RE: RE: No topic
Oh… Well… I guess I look forward to his arrival.
I turned off my phone and found myself sitting on my bed, wondering about all my memories.
I'm Rin Kagamine, the second daughter of Rinto and Lenka Kagamine. My father runs a large company overseas in the UK. And he's been there ever since I was little. So my mother and Neru looked after me… Right?
"Thank you for the hospitality!" I heard Miku's voice.
"Anytime, Miku-chan." I pictured my mother chowing Miku out.
"Tell Rin I said 'bye'!" I pictured Miku smiling as I heard her voice.
The gentle closing of the front door.
Akarin: Thank you for reading the first chapter! Please review/fav/follow to show this authoress you enjoyed the story... Or if you didn't, please tell me how I can improve on this story~
I hope I will get the next chapter ready by next week.