Edited
Pre-story A/N - I'm actually editing this 2 years after this story's initial release. Main reason being; this story had a lot of potential, but I ruined it by writing it very sloppily and immaturely. My understanding of how a story should progress was rather... simplistic and too fundamental. So, I'm sparing a decent amount of my time in order to alter this story a bit... or a lot. Depends on how you define 'a lot'.
Now on with the story!
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To Another World
Chapter One – The Fall
*Len POV*
My name is Len Kagamine. I'm your average every day middle school student, but not for long. Today is the graduation ceremony, so I'll be leaving the confinement known as 'middle school' and entering a higher, more free, hierarchy known as high school! The opportunity to choose my own path in life, to join a group of people, befriending them, and of course the most important thing out of them all… the romance! I will be beginning that life soon!
"Len, I know you're happy that we're finally graduating from middle school, but do you have to fist pump like that?" My childhood friend asked as she walked beside me.
Her name was Rin Kagami. We've been together ever since we were 4 years old. We were similar in many aspects. We were the same height, had the same blonde hair, and same azure colored eyes. However, despite all that we were not related by blood at all. The only way people could tell us apart was the fact that I tied my hair back into a small pony tail, while Rin wore a huge white ribbon on her head.
"Why not? Aren't you excited for high school?" I couldn't help but grin widely as I inquired.
"Why should I be? It's just another 3 years of school." She uttered with barely and enthusiasm.
"You don't get it Rin!" I put my arm around her shoulder and pointed to the sky. "Think of all the new clubs we could join and people we can meet!" I tried to convince her.
"Y-you're going to join the Kendo club anyways. And we can meet new people anywhere!" She tried to push me away as her cheeks tinted red slightly.
"Of course I'll be joining the Kendo club, if it exists that is!" I stated. I've been learning Kendo even before I met Rin, and had been practicing it still to this day. I was known as a prodigy of some sorts, so my parents continued to make me take classes. I didn't hate them for this, since I actually loved the sport. "Think about the chance for love and relationships!" I went on, pulling Rin closer to me. My eyes were glinting with expectation, as I did.
"Idiot! Get off of me already!" she shouted as she pushed me away, her face now a more brighter shade of crimson.
"How are my two love birds doing?" An obnoxious blunette approached us.
I sent the blunette a sharp glare. The boy that was approaching us was none other than Kaito Shion. We met him during the start of middle school, and have been good friends with him since. The reason why I was glaring at him so intensely was because of his comment. To be perfectly honest, there was something that started to develop over a long period of time. That 'something' being my feelings towards Rin. Yes, I came to like her, more than just friends. I had to get it off my chest cause I didn't know what to do about this emotion, so I ended up telling Kaito about it, which turned out to be the worst idea ever. He has been teasing me ever since, hence why my dagger filled glare.
"We aren't love birds, Kaito!" Rin said as she gestured towards me and herself. Of course she'd deny it, but the fact she did it so blatantly hurt me a little.
"I only say what I see, and I see a lovey dovey couple!~" Kaito remarked teasingly.
A tall brunette girl strolled up behind him. "Kaito, stop teasing those two," she instructed and smacked the back of his head.
Rin quickly went to her side. "Meiko! Those two are being annoying again," Rin complained.
The tall girl was Meiko, she was Kaito's childhood friend and was also in the same class as us during the first year of middle school, along with Kaito. Her older sister-like personality was what got Rin so attached to her.
"Hey, I didn't do anything annoying...! I think..." I tried to defend myself.
"Don't worry 'bout those idiots," Meiko told Rin as she patted her bow. "We should get going; we're going to be late for the graduation ceremony."
I glanced down at my watch. "Oh you're right. Let's go!" I lead the way.
Say Good bye to Crypton middle school and hello to Crypton high school..! I wish they'd at least make the name of the two schools different…
We lived in the district known as Crypton, and most people usually used the district name to also name their schools.
We made our way into the auditorium of our school, where the graduation ceremony was taking place, and took our seats. The place was jam packed with students, teachers, and parents so you'd almost have to shout in order to simply talk to the person next to you. To the way side of the auditorium a girl with teal colored twin tails was walking up towards the stage. She was the student council president, until the end of today, since she was going to be graduating with us. However, she still had the duty as the student representative to give a speech.
"Hey, Miku!~" Rin stood from her seat and waved towards her. She noticed us and waved back with a smile.
"Calm down, Rin. We see her everyday and we're probably going to meet up after this anyways." I mentioned as she sat back down.
"Is it so wrong to greet a friend?" She stuck her bottom lips out at me in a pout. H-how cute.
"You're exaggerating it though," I said while shaking off that previous thought.
"Aren't you sad that we won't be able to see some of our friends?" she inquired.
I gave her a shrug. "You, Me, Kaito, Meiko, Miku and probably 80% of the entire graduating students here are going to Crypton High," I pointed out.
Crypton high school was pretty much the only high school in this district, so it was common for most students to go there. The Crypton district was relatively small compared to others.
"I know, I know! But at least act a bit sad," She tried to persuade me.
"Why should I? I can't wait for high school! The clubs the pe-"
"Yeah yeah, I get it." Rin cut me off and she rolled her eyes.
The reason why Kaito and Meiko wasn't with us at the moment was because they were in a different class, so they were seated a few seats behind us.
"Wake me up when it's over~" I said midst a yawn and lied back onto my chair.
"You can't sleep during the graduation speech! You only hear it once in your lifetime!" she exaggerated and kept nudging me. Regardless, I did my best to feign sleep.
"Dang it, Len. At least keep me company!... that'd be good enough for me…" she mumbled the last part so it was hard to make out. I peeked at her to see a sullen expression. I felt guilty, but I was barely able to get any sleep last night so the drowsiness quickly took over, denying any change of mind.
...
After awhile I felt someone nudging me repetitively forcing me to break out of my slumber.
"Mmm… wha?" Was all I was able to get out of my mouth as I woke up.
"Get up! The ceremony is over!" A person with big white rabbit ears was shaking me.
"All right, all right!" I was roughly shaken out of any tiredness that could have remained.
"Hurry up, Lenny. We're going to the arcade as celebration for graduating!" Miku said, waiting impatiently at the side along with Kaito and Meiko.
"How could you sleep during the glorious graduation ceremony?" Kaito asked as he made exaggerated arm movements.
"You can't say much since you were sleeping, too." Meiko said, punching Kaito in the shoulder.
"Ow! At least I listened to Miku's speech!" he tried to defend himself.
"And by listen, you mean nod your head over and over again while drooling slightly out of your mouth, then yeah, you were listening all right." Meiko smirked at Kaito.
"Let's go guys! The arcade isn't going to wait for us forever!" Rin uttered as she grabbed my arm and started pulling me along ahead of the group. I was trying my best to restrain the burning sensation that was coming towards my cheeks.
"Love birds, I say~" Kaito teased us from behind, but Rin ignored him. However, Meiko did not.
"Shush you." She chopped the top of his head.
"Ack!" Kaito rubbed his head in pain while Miku giggled at him.
"Let's go, those two might leave us behind." Miku ushered everyone along, while Rin and I were already a few meters ahead of them. I was still being dragged of course.
At the arcade everyone was letting loose their spare change. Kaito and Meiko mashed away at buttons as they fought against each other in a fighting game, Miku had a crowd surrounding her as she displayed her skills on a rhythm game, while Rin and I were teaming up in a shooting game.
We had our fun for a good couple of hours until Rin decided to try out the crane game. Obviously, she wasn't able to get anything.
"Kuu… why can't I get it?" She stomped the floor in anger.
"Whoa, there. Rin, you're going to make your hair white if you keep that up. Step aside and let the pro handle it!" I pushed her aside and stood in front of the machine. She pouted at first, but then lightened up once she realized I was going to use my own money.
"I doubt you can get it," she smirked with her arms crossed.
"Watch and see! Which one were you going for?" I inquired, with a confident grin.
"The big orange plushie." She pointed towards the orange fruit inside the machine. I smiled slightly, realizing that I shouldn't have asked since it would have been obvious. Oh Rin, how easy you are to figure out.
"Alright, I can do this!"
5 minutes and 500Yen (5$) later
"Yes! I got it!" I took the orange plushie out of the slot and handed it to Rin.
"So, where's the 'pro' you mentioned earlier?" Rin laughed as she held the orange close to herself.
"If you don't like it then give it back," I suggested.
She turned her body away from me. "Nope. You got it for me, so I'll be keeping it," she stated and hugged the plushie closer.
"Well, do what you want," I chuckled. She may have laughed, but I know that she was really grateful that I got that for her.
"Ooi~ You guys! Get over here!" Miku called us over with Kaito and Meiko standing behind her.
"What is it?" I asked as we made our way to them.
"We decided to take a group picture while we're here!~" Miku said, pointing towards the photo booth.
"Oh? Did Len get you that, Rin?" Kaito asked, pointing down at the orange plushie.
"Yup!" she smiled widely. Mhm, that plushie was so worth the money.
"I got it in one try!" I lied with my head raised high.
"You suck at lying, Len." Rin placed her orange plushie on my head. "There there, you'll get better at it one day~" She tried to comfort me by patting my head with the small stuffed fruit.
"L-let's hurry up and take the pictures!" I uttered as I slipped away from beneath the plushie.
"Yeah, let's go. I don't think Len is going to able to last much longer," Meiko commented.
"W-what do you mean by that?" I turned to gaze at Meiko.
"Oh nothing, let's just take the pictures already!" She blew off my question and headed into the photo booth. I decided not to pry any further cause I figured I'd be digging my own grave.
Everyone got into the cramped space of the photo booth.
"Len! Rin! You two up front since you two are the shortest." Miku pulled me towards her and Rin followed next to me. Meiko stood in the center back with Kaito to her left and Miku on her right, both her hands were on their heads. Miku had her chin resting on my head, while Rin leaned her head against me with the orange still hugged tight against her chest.
"Cheese!~" The booth made a light 'snap' sound and took the picture.
"Puha!" Kaito stepped out of the photo booth as if he was escaping some fire. "I hate tight spaces!" He shouted and started stretching.
"You had half your body out of the booth," I pointed out as I followed Rin out of the booth.
"It's still a tight space for such a tall and great man like myself!" he declared proudly.
"Stop making a fool of yourself in public," Meiko told him as she stepped out, Miku coming out behind her.
"Yeah, I was against the wall, so you shouldn't complain!" Miku stated.
The processing sound from the photo booth stopped and a row of pictures dropped into the slot on the side of the booth.
Miku quickly took the pictures. "Okay, everyone gets 2 photos each!" she declared as she started handing them out to us.
"I'll treasures these forever!" Rin said as she delicately received them.
"Why are you being so careful?" I inquired. "If the image gets ruined, we'll just take a new photo later! It's not like we're going to go separate ways in high school," I poked her cheek as I said so, which she responded to by puffing out her cheeks.
"Yeah, Rin, we aren't going anywhere!" Miku grabbed Rin and I into a hug.
"W-Why am I being pulled into this?" I muttered as my breath was squeezed out of me.
Meiko cleared her throat to get our attention. "It's getting late. We should head home now," she informed us and gestured towards her watch.
"Oh, you're right." Miku let us go and made her way after Meiko. "I'll be taking the bus home with Meiko and Kaito. See you two later!" She waved her arm at us energetically.
"Don't do anything 'funny' on your walk home, you two~" Kaito teased.
"Oh shush you." Meiko hit him upside the head again.
"Ow!" he whimpered, earning a snicker from myself.
"Have a safe trip!" Rin waved back.
Rin and I have been neighbors since way back, further than I could even remember. Hence why we were going home together. It was thanks to being neighbors that I was able to meet her in the first place.
"See you guys after the break!" I shouted towards them as Rin and I started going the other way.
"Careful Len, you might fall," Rin cautioned me, referring to the fact that I was walking backwards while shouting.
"I'm fine! I wouldn't trip over something as simple as this," I assured her; now walking normally.
We walked in silence as we made our way out of the busy city area and into the residential area. It was uneventful, excluding the occasional drunkard and stray cats that Rin would try to pet, which I prevented her from doing so.
Honestly, I've always enjoyed these silent walks. We don't talk much, but it's nice to just walk like this. Being by her side was all that mattered to me.
The night sky loomed over us with the moon now shining brightly. It was very quiet, but not to the point of it being eerie. There were still the occasional crickets chirping and cars passing by, the norm. However, the silence was broken when Rin spoke up.
"Today was fun," she said in a quiet voice. She was still holding the stuffed orange in her arms.
"Yeah. We should call everyone and meet up like this during the break, too," I suggested.
"Mmm… I guess." She didn't sound very enthusiastic by the idea.
"Is something wrong?" I raised an eyebrow at her.
"It's just that... I want just the two of us to hang out for once… It's been so long since only the two of us went out to do something!" She brought up.
"What about that time we went together to buy supplies for the school festival?" I reminded her.
"That was an errand," Rin clarified. "So that doesn't count."
"But we've always been hanging out with the others," I added. "It'd be mean to just exclude them all of a sudden."
"I know...I do feel bad for them, but they can make an exception. I want it to be the two of us for once..." she trailed off.
The silence that came after that was unbearable. It felt like the entire city had gone quiet, excluding us two. I would have been a total dunce if I didn't know where this was going, and it was because I knew that I was beginning to feel nervous. I could hear the sound my own breathing as if it was being played back to me on a megaphone. My own heartbeat was deafeningly loud. I couldn't withstand it any longer and decided to break the silence.
"Well, it's just the two of us right now..." I muttered.
"…" Rin didn't respond.
"Hm?" I noticed she had stopped walking so I stopped in my track. She was staring down at the pavement, her bangs covering her eyes, preventing me from seeing what expression she had on her face.
"Len…" She looked up and stared me deeply in the eyes, she had the look like someone who had finally gathered up all of their courage in order to say something.
I gulped. "Y-Yeah?" Was she going to do what I think she was going to do? I've been hoping for something like this to happen ever since I had recognized what my feelings for Rin was. For the confirmation that my feelings weren't one sided.
"I think I l-..."
Before Rin could finish her sentence, it was interrupted by a deafening screech. The noise sounded like a machine of some sorts that was breaking down. A constant high pitch ear piercing tone. I quickly covered my ears to try and muffle the noise, but to no avail. The sound was as clear as day no matter what I did, as if the sound was actually coming from inside my head. It wasn't long before the ground had begun to shake.
"W-What is going on!?" I shouted as I tried to keep my bearings, which was an incredibly difficult task. Trying to cover my ears and not fall over at the same time was proving to be a challenge. As I stumbled slightly, I glanced towards Rin in worry, in order to see if she was doing all right during this sudden situation. However, once my eyes came upon Rin's current condition I was only left in utter confusion. She was still in the same spot as earlier, mouth slightly agape, eyes fixated on one location, and not moving an inch. It appeared as if she was frozen in time, completely oblivious to the ongoing earthquake and deafening screech. I tried to approach her, but was stopped.
CRAAACK
The earth below my very feet started to shatter, as if a large ravine was forming in the very location I was standing, but in a more strange process. The ground wasn't being ripped apart, but rather, the ground beneath me dissipated into dust forming a crevice. I was helpless, standing right in the center of where the ravine had formed; I couldn't react fast enough to escape. My arms reached out for something to hold, but to no avail.
I fell.
Fell further into the abyss. The light shining above was nothing but a small white dot.
As I slowly began to lose conscious, only one word was present in my mind.
Rin...
Chapter end
A/N - To those of you who have read this story before, I'm surprised you guys are still around! You should have noticed that I've made a LOT of alterations to this chapter, making it almost feel like an entirely different story. I worked in a lot of details cause I felt like this story lacked a lot. I also removed a good handful of cringe worthy parts. Hey, I wrote this 2-3 years ago, I didn't know any better!
And to the new readers, I hope you're enjoying the story thus far. BUT I SHOULD MENTION SOMETHING IMPORTANT, if you read this and the latter chapters seemed a bit weird and oddly written compared to this chapter, then it means I haven't reached that far in editing the story. If you can, please wait for a couple of days for me to finish my alterations. I may delete some chapters and add in completely new ones. I honestly really liked writing this story, but my young mind at the time wasn't able to fully capture the potential of the story. Oh, and I'll mark the beginning of these chapters that I've reworked with "Edited", so you can confirm if the latter chapters have been altered yet.
Anyways, I hope you guys like this altered version of To Another World, and feel free to leave a review telling me if you want me to do the rest! (Which I'll probably do anyways)
