Author's Notes: Hi this is ilooovejirachi. I never thought I'd do this but I have written my first Vocaloid fanfic. The plot bunny was nibbling at my head so hard last night I couldn't sleep and typed this up in one day. Haha, enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Vocaloid, that good enough?

some slight language but I think it's fine.

the whole chapter is in Len's POV


The Golden Kingdom has flourished under the rule of King Leon. Now he is past his prime time, and wishes to pass on his rule to his son.


I received an urgent message early in the morning from one of the servants telling me to go see my father immediately, so as soon as I got the message I went to see him.

"Len, why are you in your pyjamas?" he asked me.

"You told me to see you immediately, so I came as soon as I got the message." I replied.

Father face-palmed but continued: "Len, you are now fifteen and deemed fit to take over the throne, however under the Kingdom's laws you must first save a princess. I have sent servants to pack your bag for you. You may leave after breakfast."

"Father," I started, "For fifteen years, under your over-protectiveness I have never set foot outside of palace grounds. Now you expect me to travel on my first journey alone?"

"Of course you won't be alone," he replied. I sighed in relief. "You'll have Josephine!" I sighed in defeat. Josephine was great company…but she was a horse…


Now I was in my room making final decisions, mainly what to wear. Father wanted me to display my status while on my journey, hence all the princely clothes. However all the embroidery and jewels meant I couldn't stand straight in them for ten minutes. They were just that heavy, or I was just that weak.

I decided to ditch the clothes and grabbed a stableboy on my way down.

"Hey Piko, let me borrow some clothes." Yeah, well I was riding a horse.


Father couldn't be bothered sending me off, though there was a large bag of gold coins with my name on it. Great, more stuff to carry, though having money would make my journey much easier.

After saying farewell to the nice servants who actually bothered to send me off, I hopped on Josephine, the white mare, and galloped off. Luckily the servant who packed my bag remembered my sense of direction and kindly provided a map, even being nice enough to circle a big tower in red ink, with the words: "PRINCESS HERE" scribbled next to it.


By noon I was dead tired. How much gold did Father give me? We were travelling through a forest and I thought it would be a good time to rest. However, just then I heard a rustle in the bushes. A splotch of purple and then I was on the ground.

"HAHAHA," the voice belonged to a strange man with purple hair sitting on what suspiciously looked like a humongous eggplant on legs. In his right hand he held the reins, and in his left hand was my supplies bag!

I really wanted to get it back, but I was petrified. I had never ventured out beyond the palace and now I was face to face with a potentially dangerous man with flowing purple hair riding on an eggplant horse. God, are all people outside like this? I'm having doubts about my survival at this rate…

Now all I had on my person was my bag of gold and a sword, not that it'll do me any good. Father never allowed me to practice using my sword because it was too 'dangerous'. I had just now realised how suicidal this journey was, given my experience. Still, I brought my sword because many years ago when it was first presented to me on my tenth birthday they told me it was magic. Of course I don't believe that, honestly…

The purple thief noticed my bag of coins and demanded I hand it over. I'm not sure whether it was because of my stiffness from fear, or if I was subconsciously awesome, but I obeyed him and threw the heavy bag of gold at his face. He was knocked out instantly, earning me my first victory for the day.

I sat in shock for a second, and then remembered to get my bag. By the way, where was Josephine? Oh wait, I found her, taking a nap under a tree while my life was at stake, such a loyal horse. However, as soon as I got up the eggplant moved, it goddamn MOVED! I was so scared I immediately got on Josephine, waking her up and fled the scene with only my bag of gold and my sword. Two things I was certain of now: Eggplants will never be the same again, and without my supplies bag I was pretty much screwed.


By now more than an hour had passed, and both my horse and I were now dangerously hungry. So hungry, in fact, that I started imagining we could smell this delicious aroma of freshly baked bread. Oh wait, Josephine could smell it too. She had attained renewed strength and was galloping so fast it felt like we were flying. I must be dreaming, Josephine suddenly sprouted wings and took to the skies. Now we were really flying.

"Josephine!" I yelled, "Since when could you fly?"

Josephine ignored me because she was too focused on the prospect of finding food, or because horses don't talk.

In the distance I could see a tall grey tower with a coned roof. Josephine headed for the very highest window. I swore some huge bat was there just then. Oh well, that saves me having to fight the guardians of the tower, ferocious dragons if I remember the fairytales from my childhood correctly. Scratch that, the very highest tower was barred, as we soon found out when Josephine slammed headfirst into the bars, frightening the poor maiden inside, so Josephine went for the second highest window, about halfway down the tower.

We landed with a crash, slightly widening the hole that had been a window. I fell off Josephine in the process, who ditched me again to half-gallop half-fly towards a stairway on the other side of the room. Josephine must have been half-blind too to not notice the presence of two menacing pink dragons standing right in front of the stairs. She was greeted with a flurry of flames; however her horse reflexes prevented her from getting harmed too much. She then half-galloped half-flew back to hide behind me. Nice, Josephine, nice.

Once the flames had subsided I noticed one of the dragons was in a cage, the other one protectively standing in front. The dragon in front growled menacingly. I shrunk back like the coward I was. Then I finally noticed being a coward wasn't going to get me anywhere, heck it might even get me killed. So I drew my sword and attempted what I believed was a proper swordsman's stance. God help me…

God was on my side today. As soon as I drew my sword the dragon grew curious or something because in a flash it was behind me, nudging me forward (that dragon is fast!). To get on the dragon's good side I complied and found myself in front of the caged dragon. There was a huge padlock and the first dragon nudged this with its nose, then my sword. Does this dragon want me to break the padlock with my sword? That's nuts!

I didn't want to get on the dragon's bad side so I tentatively poked my sword in the lock, praying to every god I know to save me from the dragon's wrath if this didn't work out…it worked out. But I still don't believe in magic.

The door to the cage swung open silently, the dragon inside sat still for a moment (probably in shock, I've experienced it too), then with a whoosh both dragons were out the 'window' (now just a hole in the wall thanks to me and Josephine), probably off to plunder some poor village, like I care. Josephine headed for the stairs as soon as she noticed the beings obstructing the path to her food was gone. I chased after my one and only companion, because she was my one and only companion.


Unlike Josephine, I did not have a secret storage of energy to be used only when a trace of food has been discovered while on the verge of dying from hunger, so by the time I caught up to my horse she was already at the top, munching on a loaf of bread while the princess I was here to save looked on in disbelief. At first I thought she was shocked to see a winged horse suddenly rush up the stairs into her room, but I soon found out I was mistaken.

"MY BREAD!" she shrieked. That must have been very important bread. She was absolutely fuming. Josephine had finished her loaf and was reaching for another one from a bag on the table, but then the princess slapped her, SLAPPED her! Ah, but I guess Josephine kind of deserved it.

Josephine neighed in shock and, being a coward like me, fled out the window-wait, I thought it was barred. Looks like Josephine also has a hidden storage of strength to be used when trying to flee from very angry princesses whose bread you just stole and ate…

Great, my one and only companion just ditched me again, leaving me with this violent princess. I turned to her with a look of apology but then she barked at me.

"Who do you think you are? I'm a princess! Bow down to me!"

Yeah, I obeyed, despite being a prince. It was purely reflex to obey anyone who barked orders at you with a tone like that. My mind soon caught up, though, and I was back up after bowing down for two seconds. I must have looked like an idiot.

"My name is Len Kagamine and I am a prince from the Golden Kingdom."

"A prince?" the princess had a wistful look on her face, it even looked somewhat sad. However the look soon turned to one of disbelief. "Looking like that?"

Oh, I forgot I was wearing the clothes of a stableboy. Whoops. However, talking to her meant I could see her better. The princess had blonde hair and blue eyes, like me. She even looked about the same age. In fact there were so many similar features we had it was scary.

"Well?" she demanded, "Now what? Are you going to whisk me away from here, away from all that is familiar and dear to me?" she made it sound like rescuing her was a bad thing. "By the way, what did you do to Luka?"

"Luka? Who's that?" I asked.

"Luka's the dragon! And you couldn't have defeated Luki!"

She was referring to those dragons? They have names? And genders?

I told her how I freed Luka from the cage and she stopped being angry. Heck, she even thanked me. It was…kind of cute…and definitely brought back my self confidence. Then she introduced herself, after I've known her for, what? Ten minutes already? We then proceeded to have some tea with the remaining bread. After my need for food had been satisfied I brought up the topic of taking her with me back to the palace so I could take over the throne.

Princess Rin (that's her name, it's cute ^^) told me if she was leaving I'd have to carry her to the very bottom of the tower, because she's not getting her gown dirty. So I tried and…blacked out…


When I regained consciousness we were at the entrance of the tower. Rin commented on how weak I was. Instead of me carrying her, she had to carry me all the way down. How embarrassing… I tried to change the subject.

"I thought you didn't want to get your gown dirty."

"I used the elevator."

"There was an elevator?"

This day just keeps getting weirder and weirder…


We started walking, because Josephine ditched me, remember? I chose to go a different path back, not because I had poor sense of direction (honest!) but because I wanted to avoid the forest and any weird thieves in there. As we walked Rin began to rant again.

"You know, because your horse ate my bread you have to pay me back."

Josephine continues to impact on my life even when she's not here.

Rin wanted to be treated to some sweets. We were now approaching a small town, and, just my luck, there was a café right there with a huge cake on the roof. "Ninjin Café" was written on the cake.

A cute girl with green hair and red goggles greeted us at the counter: "Hello and welcome to Ninjin Café. My name is Gumi and I will be serving you. What would you like to order?"

Despite its name the café had a huge variety of sweets on the menu; Rin ordered them all. My huge bag of gold was now only reduced to two gold coins.

"By the way", Gumi started, "We have a limited special if you're interested- a slice of homemade carrot cake, only available today for two gold coins."

Rin didn't even hesitate to order it. I am now officially broke.

Rin is now pigging out on her desserts. Gumi had to push two tables together to fit all of her orders. All doubts I had that Rin would not finish what she ordered were vanquished when I saw her consume a whole blueberry pie in seconds. What amazed me even more was how she managed to remain so thin. When questioned about it later, Rin told me it was the tea she drinks after every meal. She even ordered a cup from Gumi, except I was broke, so I gave up my sword. It was useless anyway because I didn't know how to use it…and I STILL don't believe in magic.

Rin then suggested I try a cup too.

"But I'm broke," I told her.

Gumi struck a deal with me. She had a brother who loved horses and worked with them a lot, but always got his clothes dirty because he didn't have anything resembling a stableboy's outfit, which was always a hassle to her as she was the one in charge of the laundry. She told me she'd trade the stableboy outfit with one of her clothes and add on a free cup of tea. I thought it was a good deal at the time…


Rin exited the Ninjin Café satisfied, I was not. Gumi had brought out her clothes after I had finished my tea. I really wanted to change my mind on the deal; however I had already consumed the beverage (which didn't even taste that special) and didn't have anything else to give up. To make up for it Gumi offered to help Rin change her clothes as well because "a pretty gown like that wouldn't do to get all dirty from walking all day." Rin was hesitant to give up her beautiful gown, however Gumi hinted at a free cup of orange and chamomile tea and the deal was pretty much sealed.

To put it frankly, me and Rin are now both broke, defenceless and in a dress. Yes, both of us. Gumi makes a great scammer, I mean she's got ALL my gold, my sword, my original outfit and Princess Rin's gown. I'm feeling really stupid now, especially since we've ended up at the mouth of the forest again.

"Len," Rin began, "You have no sense of direction." Way to make me feel better.

"Ah, fine. We'll go through the forest." We are entering the very forest I have been trying to avoid. This can't be good…

The sun is setting now and it's getting dark. We are a lone girl and guy in a dress. Cold, defenceless, screwed, you name it. Rin grabbed onto my hand, it felt comfortable, but she was shivering. Truth be told I'm also scared to death but I need to put up a bold front so Rin doesn't lose it completely. I have to be her wall of confidence. Maybe talking will reduce our nerves.

"Hey Rin-KYAAAA!" did I just 'KYA' like a girl? So much for a wall of confidence. This dress is affecting me too much. Luckily I don't think Rin heard because I swear she also screamed. For some reason we were now hanging in midair. Ah, it's a net. We must have been caught in some trap meant for an animal or something.

"Hey Miku! I got something!" it was the voice of a male, coming from some bushes.

"Shush! Stop shouting my name for everyone in the world to hear!" a harsh whisper replied, it belonged to a female, I think.

In the rapidly dying light I saw two figures step out from the bushes. One of them threw something that cut something above our heads and the next thing I know Rin and I are on the ground with aching bottoms.

"Oww…"Rin moaned.

I saw the figures stiffen. "It's a girl," said the female.

"There are two of them!" said the male.

I think the shock of what I've been through today finally caught up to me because I blacked out for the second time today.


I woke up in a small room with one window, one door and two beds. It was morning and I could see people bustling about in the town outside. I heard someone groaning nearby and saw it was Rin, who was sleeping on the other bed. She got up and yawned.

"Where are we?" she asked.

I was about to reply that I didn't know but suddenly the door to our room slammed open and a girl with teal hair tied in two long pigtails came in with a tray of food. A man with blue hair and a blue scarf followed behind with another tray.

"You two girls are lucky we found you or who knows what would have happened in that forest." The teal haired girl said as she put down the tray next to our beds and motioned for the other man to do the same. She looked about 17; the guy was probably around 20.

I was about to tell her I was actually a guy but Rin spoke first:

"Where are we?"

"This is an inn on the outskirts of the Sapphire Kingdom," answered the girl. "I suggest you stay here until we find out more about you." And with that she and the blue haired man left and locked the door.

"Rin we have to get out of here," I told Rin as I ate my breakfast, but she shook her head.

"It's safer here, plus they feed us."

I got mad at Rin. "Is all you can think about food? You are so selfish! We don't even know these people! We can't trust them!"

"Selfish?" Rin retorted, "Who's the one who made me leave the tower? That tower was my home and you took me away from all I ever knew, into an unknown world you don't even know about! Who's the selfish one here?" Rin was so mad she had tears in her eyes.

I was silent. She was right, I pretty much whisked her away from her home so she could return with me and I could claim the throne. I never took into account Rin's feelings. I really am the selfish one here.

"Fine," I muttered before I smashed the window with my breakfast tray and escaped. (It was a very sturdy tray.)


It was only when I ran to the very edge of the town, where the forest began, that I realised I didn't even know where the Sapphire Kingdom was on a map (not that I had one), let alone know how to get back home. Even then I still needed Rin if I were to claim the throne. I sighed. To tell the truth I missed Rin's company, and I honestly though she was pretty cute. Oh my god, I think I love her. Seeing no other choice I was just about to go back when some crazy guy suddenly appeared from the bushes (man I hate bushes now) and grabbed onto my arm.

"Hey there I didn't know people still –hic-come to these parts of the woods." What do you mean? It's right on the edge of civilisation. Then I realised this guy was actually a woman, somewhere in her twenties with short brown hair, and she smelt of alcohol.

"I'm a delivery person, my name's –hic- Meiko," she slurred. "I lost my horse in the forest –hic- but I still have the –hic- goods."

She let go of my arm, reached for a bag attached to her belt and gave it to me. I looked inside. It was very green… I put it in the pocket of my dress, who knows when it will come in use…

Right at that moment I heard this huge roar and then two shapes flew by overhead. Suddenly the forest was on fire! Meiko gave a shout of terror (she swore) and made a mad dash deeper into the forest. My reflexes told me to do the same but then I froze- the things had flown towards the town!

Without a moment's hesitation I turned and ran full speed back to town. The town was charred, but not on fire, thanks to the super sturdy material the roofs were made of (uncannily similar to my breakfast tray). I ran back to the inn, and found it had sustained the most damage. Not a good sign, plus I could find no sign of Rin anywhere. All the rooms in the inn were smashed, broken pieces of furniture were littered everywhere. I ran to our room, and to my horror, found a huge hole in the wall where the window was, but it was too big to be Josephine's doing (not that I would ever suspect her).

I turned around and saw the two people who found us in the forest last night, along with a timid-looking white haired woman.

"Wh-what just h-happened?…"the white haired woman broke down in a jumble of sobs and hysterics.

"Tch, she escaped," the teal haired girl said rather meanly.

"What happened?" I asked.

The girl looked at me blankly for a second, before realisation dawned.

"Hey, you came back." Huh, so they noticed I escaped.

"Yeah, I did. So what happened while I was gone?"

The girl ignored me. The blue haired man nudged her. "Hey, Miku, she asked you a question."

So her name was Miku. I have a feeling I've heard it before. Ah, that's right. The night they found us he also called her by that name. Then she told him to stop shouting her name for the whole world to hear. I have such good memory. My remembering was interrupted by Miku.

"I'm not telling you anything." Well that's useful. I sighed. It was silent for a while except for the white haired woman's sobbing.

"Um, who's this?" I asked, referring to the crying woman. She was too busy crying to answer. Kaito answered for her.

"This is Haku, the manager of the inn. She's just shocked a monster came and destroyed her inn. By the way, I'm Kaito." He flashed a handsome smile. What is it with people and late introductions?

"Ah, I see," I replied. "Ah, I'm Len. So what happened?"

Kaito was about to reply but Miku intervened and stuffed his scarf in his mouth. She's very determined not to let me in on any information. I sighed. Then Miku noticed something.

"What's in your pocket?" she demanded.

I took out Meiko's 'delivery'. I had almost forgotten about it. Miku eyed it intensely. I opened it and took out one of the green things. It was stick-like, is it a vegetable?

"NEGIIIIIIIIIIIII!" Miku squealed and lunged at me, expertly stealing the vegetable from my hand. Negi? Those green leek things? Yuck I hate them, but Miku seems to love them. Suddenly I thought up a plan.

"Hey Miku," I began. She ignored me and continued to chomp on the vegetable. I inwardly cringed. "I've got more of those…things…"

That got her attention. She lunged at me a second time but I skilfully pushed her back with my left hand, my right hand holding the bag of 'treats' for Miku.

"But," I continued, "You have to tell me what happened."

Miku did not hesitate. "These two creatures came and attacked the town."

I threw her a leek that she expertly caught in midair and began chomping on. "What did they look like?"

"Both pink with wings, like dragons." Another leek was thrown and caught.

"What happened to Rin, the girl I was with?"

"When I came to check on her the creatures had smashed a hole in the wall."

With each question another negi was rewarded to her.

"And?"

"Then she got on the back of one of them who breathed fire at us then flew off."

"Was anyone else taken?"

"Not that I know of."

"Which direction did they go in?"

Miku pointed to the other side of town and I threw the bag with the remaining leeks to her. On my way out I took the scarf out of Kaito's mouth. He thanked me and offered me on a date.

"Kaito, I think it's about time you realised I'm a guy." I left him dumbfounded as I exited the remains of the inn.


I had all the information I needed now. Those creatures were definitely Luka and Luki who came to help Rin. As I made my way out of town I thought over what I had to do. I know the direction they went in, but I won't be able to catch up to them on foot. I was at the edge of town now, where another forest was starting.

Suddenly I heard a familiar neigh up ahead. It couldn't be…Josephine?

The horse galloped out of the bushes, I would never forget that shiny white coat, or the mischievous look in its dark brown eyes. It was definitely Josephine. However her wings are now hidden and she was attached to something, a horse carriage! And the driver was…

"Meiko!" I cried.

The woman turned to me, recognising me instantly.

"It's that girl I gave my goods to! How's it going? I found my carriage and a horse!"She's not drunk anymore. That's a good thing.

"My name's Len and I'm a guy. I need a ride, and that's my horse."

Meiko took the news surprisingly well. No reaction at all.

"That's the direction of the Golden Kingdom! Are we heading there?"

Ah, what luck! I could enlist the help of Father there. "Yes! Go there!"

Meiko spurred Josephine forward, but at this rate we'll probably never get there.

"Josephine!" I yelled, "We need to get home fast! We have to find Rin!"

Josephine must have felt some sense of obligation to Rin for giving up her bread, for at that moment Josephine sprouted her wings and flew up above the forest.

"Whoa!" Meiko yelled. "That's one helluva horse you have there!"

I could see the Golden Kingdom from here, characterised by its huge palace, my home. It was actually pretty close to the Sapphire Kingdom, however I was very surprised and slightly glad to find two pink dragons perched on the roof.

"There it is Josephine! The palace!"

Josephine raced on, the palace was getting closer and closer… wait, too close.

"JOSEPHINE! STOP YOU'RE GONNA KILL US-KYAAAAA!"

CRASH! That was the front gate… Meiko and I were thrown off Josephine, landing on the floor.

"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS?" Ahh that familiar booming voice, Father's voice.

"Father it's me! Your son!"

"My son doesn't wear a dress!"

Far out, I face-palmed.

"Len?" that voice.

"RIN!" discarding any sense of palace etiquette I ran across the floor and embraced Rin in a tight hug.

"I missed you Rin! Thank God you're OK! I love you!"

Then without thinking I kissed her, and was pleased to find she harboured the same feelings towards me. I could tell ;)

So now a town out there is damaged by two dragons roosting on our roof, a total stranger (Meiko) and outsider has entered the palace, Josephine's true form has been revealed to the whole audience in the King's chambers, and I'm in a dress, kissing the princess I love. I love happy endings.


END

Yay I finished ^^

It was so much fun to write. Review please it's my first Vocaloid fanfic.

Also, if I get, let's say two or more reviews, I'll post up Rin's POV.

Deal? :)

btw, there are at least 3 song references here. see if you can spot them ;)