*I don't own Vocaloid. Wow….ANOTHER story? XD I honestly don't know what's going on with me! This is based on the song Skeleton Life…but with a few twists here and there :D. I just got obsessed with the song XD Hope you enjoy!*
Four girls were sitting in a circle, thinking of what to do. They knew they were going to be sold off to a brothel, where the four best friends would be caged and judged like pieces of meat. They definitely wouldn't be free. Their dreams didn't matter to these people, and they all knew it. Kagamine Rin, Hatsune Miku, Haine Lin, and Kagene Rui were sitting in the cold room of the orphanage. The girls had hopeful looks.
"Where are we gonna go if we escape?" Miku asked as she continued to cut her hair, they were planning to disguise as boys to escape the oppression on women and girls.
"I know! We'll go to a boarding school! Then, we can all have a good future!" Rin lit up her eyes excitedly.
"Yes, that would be great! We could get the bases of our futures and be free!" Rui leaned over to her friends.
"We have already practiced our identities and our male voices, but where are we going to get boy's clothing?" Lin asked, "We should try and find ourselves some clothes, cloth, and needles so we can adapt."
The other three nodded and began to look around for something to put some male clothes together, but it was too late, the orphanage owner already started to take them away. The friends didn't cry, they didn't struggle, they didn't yell, they just smiled, still holding the hope that they would escape.
Brothel~
The girls were quickly thrown into a room, where two women already resided. One had pink hair and blue eyes while the other had red eyes and brown hair. The pink haired woman was sewing cloth while the brown haired woman was making….weapons?
"Luka! Meiko! Teach theses newbies how to do things! They'll get jobs in a few years…too young now." A crude man spat at the two women. The brown haired woman introduced herself after the man.
"I'm Sakine Meiko, it's nice to meetcha!" she smiled cheerily, "I can tell by the look in your eyes that you four have dreams." The girls looked skeptical.
"I'm Megurine Luka." The woman sewing didn't look away from her work as she introduced herself.
"I'm Hatsune Miku!" the teal haired girl introduced herself cheerily as always.
"I'm Kagamine Rin!" the blond said with equal energy and vigor.
"I'm Kagene Rui." The yellow eyed girl was more reserved with her introduction.
"I'm Haine Lin." Her deep voice didn't seem to belong to the dark haired girl at first, but eventually, the two women realized how it fit.
"Now…we're gonna getcha outta this shit hole!" Meiko said after studying the four.
She pointed at Miku, "You seem like a staff type."
She then focused her attention on Rin, "You seem like a dagger kinda girl."
Meiko then went to Rui, "Hn….sword sounds good for you."
"And for you…" she went to Lin, "I personally think gauntlets are something you'll get along with."
Luka sighed, "Let me get your measurements." She went over to each of the girls and began to sew once again.
"Why are you doing this?" was the question the girls asked.
"Because if you guys are going to a boarding school, the best option for people like you who have a lot of dreams and a lot of drive. A lot of them require for you to have at least some experience with a weapon. So, I'll teach you. Besides, self defense is always a good reason. And it'll help you escape. I can tell you're good kids, so I'll help you." Meiko responded.
"I can get some clothes ready for you so no one can figure out your real gender. And some new female clothing. You need it. And….how old are you? We need to pan this all out." Luka said with a small smile. The four girls immediately could tell that these women were going to become the parental figures they have always dreamed of.
"We're fourteen, all of us." Lin answered.
"Okay, then you have two years to train and create the perfect cover. You have to create your other selves ladies. That is what you have to do." Meiko and Luka both said at the same time.
Two years later~
"Hah!" Rin finally managed to defeat Meiko in a battle, the ultimate goal of the training, "I gotta get to Luka now for girl stuff and identity hiding!" she ran off.
The other girls were already done before her, and they were all taking Luka's test. How to fully hide your identity perfectly, etc. Rin sighed as Lin and Rui exited Luka's little room.
"We both passed." Rui said.
"It was pretty easy, but have you gotten your things ready?" Lin asked Rin.
"Yup~ you should do that too! I gotta take my test with Miku~" Rin said, running into Luka's quarters.
A few minutes later, the two girls exited with happy looks on their faces.
"We passed~" Miku cheered.
"Mhm!" Rin responded.
"Guys~ did you finish preparing?" Meiko asked.
The girls nodded.
"Good. Now…before you leave…can you visit us during holidays?" Luka said seriously, but everyone could tell she was really sad.
"Yeah…we can!" Rui said.
They ran into Luka's quarter once again to change into a rush for your life mode.
They had learned a lot from Luka and Meiko, everything they would need to excel in school, defend themselves, and keep their true identities a secret from all.
"Oi! Where the FUCK are those girls?" the crude man spoke once again, but they all knew his name this time. Al was the owner of this place.
"I think they all came into my room a few minutes ago. Meiko has not seen them for a few hours." Luka said these words as the girls were sneaking outside of the brothel.
"Mhm. What she said." Meiko took a swig out of a sake bottle, "Just look in Luka's room…kay?"
And with that, when Al got into Luka's room, the girls had already taken their things and ran far away from the brothel.
Rin's POV~ A forest~
The whole weight of our escape came down on us all, but we could not celebrate. We had to get into Crypton Academy first. The exams were going to be hard, but we were already very prepared. I got bored.
"Guys….when are the exams?" I asked.
"In two hours, we have to get ourselves ready." Lin responded.
"Already at it." Miku spoke in the voice, manner, and image of Miku Hastune, her other identity.
"I gotta get my male clothes on." Rui said as she took off her dress.
I just pulled my hair into a ponytail and put my cap and shoes on, "I just finished." I was no longer Kagamine Rin, the girl with no future; I was Kagamine Len, the boy with a million chances.
When we finished changing our identities, all of us ran to Crypton Academy to get our exams.
Crypton Academy~ Front Office~
"Go to the Town Hall to receive and take you exam." The pink haired woman said to us as she handed us a map of where the Town Hall was. We thanked her and went off to the Town Hall. When we got there, we took the exam (which was actually quite challenging. No wonder this place is so famous!), turned it in, and waited in a room.
I started to doodle, Lin was reading, Miku was humming a tune (in Mikuo's voice of course), and Rui was planning out our finances (she has always loved math, and even volunteered to do this!).
"Kagamine Len, Hatsune Mikuo, Kagene Rei, and Haine Ren? Please come to room 304." A man said to us as we were killing time. We all just got up and went to room 304, where we were told that we had passed the exams and will meet with other people who passed in ten minutes.
We started looking at each other, knowing that our dreams had come true. Or at least a part of them anyway. Our first step of our shared plans was complete, we just had to get through two years of school and build a successful life. One third of the way done.
"Guys, I'm done with the finances." Rui spoke.
"Oh. I'm too lazy too do much anymore. Too damn tired." I said, waiting for others to show up. I slowly grabbed onto my daggers to be safe. For people like us, there was never something called 'too careful'. That never existed. Never did and never will for any of us as far as I'm concerned.
"Hm…that's strange." The pink haired woman from before was tapping her pen onto the admission list, "Did they make a mistake? Two Hatsunes, Kagamines, Kagenes, and Haines? All born on the same day, the same year, and look the exact same? Definitely a mistake."
"Urm…you're wrong Miki." A red haired man said, "No matter how strange it is, this is no mistake." He pointed at us, "Kagamine Len, Hatsune Mikuo, Kagene Rei, and Haine Ren." He then pointed at another group of boys, "And the other Kagamine Len, Hatsune Mikuo, Kagene Rei, and Haine Ren." We looked to see four actual boys who looked just like our covers. Like we were clones or something. Freaky…as hell.
"Hello there." I turned around to see the real Kagamine Len, "It's kinda creep how we're like clones…you know?" I smiled; he seemed like a cheerful boy. Pretty cute too….wait….what? Did I just think that?
"Yeah. It is kind of creepy…" I laughed.
"But….." he said, his voice lowering, I don't know why, but it took all my training not to blush.
"I know you have a secret. I just have to find it out." He whispered in a strangely sultry tone.
I smiled, "Okay! I like a good mystery! Tell me when you find it. But don't you dare tell it to others unless you want to be crippled." I traced a dagger onto his leg, sensually once again. I enjoyed games of cat and mouse like this. Len seemed interesting, and I felt strange around him. Strange was good. Strange was exciting. I laughed. He laughed as well.
"Sounds like fun to me! I'm no rumor spreader, I just want to know. You can trust me with things like these, it's a specialty of mine." I just smiled, but it was cold and emotionless.
"Well I don't trust people that easily, it's a specialty of mine."
And with that, our little game of cat and mouse began. But I didn't know how complex this was going to turn out. Even I couldn't deal with a peculiar attraction and a growing love.
I couldn't deal with it at all, but I didn't know my friends were in similar worlds of feelings and plain old physical attraction.
*:D hope you enjoyed! Was random as shit though…*