Disclaimer: I don't own Vocaloid or any of its characters.

NOTE: I don't think this will be twincest. Unless of course, you want them to be twins, which would err, kind of be different from my original plan and plot.

Say hello to the Vocaloid's version of "Beauty and the beast" (With a twist), lol.

Wither.

"The beginning."


He wanted so much to know. He wanted so much to feel his soft and smooth flesh again. He wanted a heart once more. There was just too much he wanted, and he knew that those desires of his would only serve to infuriate and upset him the more when he thought about them.

It had been so long… So long since he was last a complete human.

He couldn't even remember where he came from, or why he was here in the first place. All he could remember and hear in his mind was a word he truly wanted to know about. He couldn't find out anything about that thing or person even though the word haunted him each night and day.

"Rin, Rin, Rin."

Those were all he could remember. Those were what he should remember. Then why? Why wasn't he able to recall any of the past events? He really tried, but it was just beyond his limits. He didn't even know why he wanted to bother. In the end, the one who inflicted pain and suffering on him would be him himself.

There he stood, still and emotionless, staring into space with those wide and ugly eyes of his. Yes… He was a monster. Everyone was afraid of him. They should be. Nothing should be changed. Nothing.

"Stop thinking about it, Len. Why do you think about it if it makes your head spin?" The leek spirit spoke, her eyes containing obvious sadness. She tried to calm him down a little, but she found out that what she did was always, and always useless. She wasn't going to give up, however.

"No… I have to know. I want to know. This curse…" He looked up towards the dark vast skies, and saw the glittering stars that dominated the whole universe. Such pretty objects of light… If only they were reachable.

It was almost twelve. It was almost time to begin his heist.

He waited for the time to come.

Then it came. When the bell struck midnight, everything changed. His face, his hands, his feet… Everything. There was a glow of light surrounding him before he finally and completely transformed into a human with blonde hair tied up in a ponytail. He was handsome and adorable. But why would it matter if you were not even a human?

"I'm going… I'm going," He repeated the same words twice before running off into the darkness with the black hood he was clutching hard onto.

It was time. It was time to do what he would always do.

He wanted to know more about himself. He wanted to find out more about this "Rin" appearing in his mind every now and then. Who was she to him? There was only one way to find out.

Steal.

He kept running towards the direction of the town, since he had very limited time to complete his routine. He was given six hours to do so. Six hours to do whatever he wanted as a human. The leek spirit, however, was not as fortunate as him. He didn't know why she couldn't turn back into a human like him at midnight, but he was very glad to be able to do so.

Finally, he stopped and stared around the neighborhood. Lights were obviously turned off, and people were busy snoring off in their beds. This would only make his job easier.

There was an open window among one of the many houses. Len was very careful in doing his stealing; there were times he knew guards surrounding the houses were trying to ambush him, but those guards ended up waiting for him the whole day and eventually fell into a deep trance.

However, there was something very strange about this house that was tempting him to step into it. Something…

He made an exception and spared himself the trouble of checking whether there was an ambush waiting for him; he jumped straight up onto the rooftop, and hastily and stealthily hopped into the inviting window. He waited a few seconds to see if anyone came up to capture him, but there were none. Only the plain, dark silence engulfed the area.

"That was kind of nice… To invite me here," he mumbled to himself under his dark hood, and made his way slowly to the desk. He started opening the drawers to look for anything that might be of help- jewelries, cash and photos. Maybe one of them would be related to him. Just maybe.

He sighed and grabbed all the jewelries in the drawing in one go. Nothing again. Since there was nothing, he might as well grab all these gold and "give" them to the poor. Anyway, these rich people here have more than enough things for themselves. It was definitely time to think about the poor.

Len tossed the gold and jewelries into the bag he had held on in his right hand, before turning around and walking slowly towards the window. It was almost time to leave before dawn-

There was the rustling of fabric behind him, and he was, for a moment there, frozen. He wasn't so sure if his previous conjectures were right, though. Maybe he should try being a little more careful the next time he tried to rob a house.

He turned around swiftly, hoping to see nothing. Yet, his wishes were left unfulfilled.

There was someone behind him. Someone… On the bed. Someone he didn't know. It could have been a trap- he could not risk anything right now. He was unable to see because of the darkness surrounding him. Though he had been used to working in the dark, he still could not see very well.

He moved in a little closer to take a much more closer glance at the sleeping figure. The figure was still asleep, although he could not really see who it was.

It was good enough for him. He heaved a sigh of relief and took a quick look at the clock- It was now three in the morning. Time sure moved a lot quicker when he was working like this…

Len was about to move away from the room towards the window, but was once again stopped by something- or rather, someone, this time. He gulped and dared not turn behind, hoping it was not the police or something.

That someone grabbed his wrist hard, pulling him a little back towards the bed. He fell behind, but the bed managed to fully cushion his fall.

"What in the world?" He grumbled, cracking one eye open to stare at the sleeping figure once more. Who was this figure, a sleeping wonderwoman? Why wouldn't she just leave him be and let him get out of here peacefully?

The lady shifted a little, and before he knew it, threw her covers towards him.

"What now?!" He screamed, still wondering if this woman had a special ability to dance in the dark.

"Don't gooooo…." She mumbled, pulling Len closer to her. He wriggled his wrist out of her grasp, and glared icily and coldly at her. She flipped around once more, revealing her facial features to the thief in front of her.

…

He stared. And stared. He didn't know that someone like this existed- Someone this… Someone this…

"You look so much like… Me…" He gasped as he reached out for her face, thinking of trying to feel it, but pulled back before this action was done. He really shouldn't be this careless… However, there was a strange voice calling out for him slowly and sadly. The voice that haunted him everyday. That voice…!

"Rin… Rin… Rin."

That… Girl. Why was she triggering his inner voice? Who was she? Why did she look so much like him? Why did…

"What do you think you are doing, you pervert?!" She screamed, and suddenly kicked Len out of her bed. He wasn't really expecting her to wake up this soon, but… Since she had seen him…

"What are you doing? You haven't answered me!" She screamed at him once more, and he didn't take the trouble to reply such a pointless question. He took off his hood, and sighed.

"… … H-Hey… W-Why do you l-look like me?" She was indeed troubled by the same question as Len did.

"Now, tell me why you were here!" It was like she made a whole turn and forgot about the previous question she wanted to ask. Len stared at her, not knowing what to say to her.

"I came here to steal."

…

Neither parties spoke for several minutes, as both were left in shock and awe. It was when that girl burst into giggles that broke the horrible and deadly silence. Now why was the girl laughing? Did he say something inappropriate?

"You steal… And you admitted to it?! You're a horrible thief!" She continued laughing out loudly, and when Len saw her sweet laughter, he couldn't help but smirk.

"I'm not horrible. I'm just honest for a thief," This girl was starting to get very interesting, because he couldn't actually remember a time where he would take the time to talk to the victims of his heist. Yet this girl… Something about her was warm and welcoming.

Very interesting, indeed.

"Honest? Thief? Thieves aren't honest! They steal because they're not! You're really a funny guy for a thief, you know…" Again, he smirked when he heard her answer.

"You just haven't met one yet," His voice was flat and dry. It was as emotionless as the howling of the wind.

"Well, now I do. So, what were you planning to steal?" She was a strange girl. Shouldn't she be afraid of this stranger who crept in her house in the middle of the night? Well, most people would scream and yell and fight, but this girl wasn't doing anything.

"I'm a thief," Len repeated, hoping that she would get the point before adding, "you should be afraid and worried."

"Well, I'm not! What's with you anyway? Geez… It's not like everyday I get to see a real thief in action! Come on… Tell me more about yourself! What's your name, huh? Where do you live? How old are you? Where did you come from? Come on, it's bored living by yourselves… Especially when your parents aren't even home."

"Thieves don't diverge any personal information like those."

"Sheesh… Nice guy you are. Well, at least I'm polite. Why don't I tell you more about myself? If you don't mind me talking lots, that is… You seem pretty cool for a thief."

"Go ahead." He smirked, waiting for her random babbling. He had to admit, this was the first time he felt a conversation was interesting. In the past, he wouldn't care about anybody who talked to him. Not even those weird spirits.

"I'm a girl. I like talking to people and making friends." Len raised his eyebrows, listening to her stating what was obvious to him.

"At least act interested or something! You know, I… Liked talking to people because I don't really have anybody to talk to." She looked down, clutching tightly on her blanket.

"I can tell."

"Wha-? You saying I'm talkative, aren't you? A-anyway, I'm glad that you're here… Can we at least be friends or something? I rarely have anyone to talk to at home… It's so boring!"

"Friends…? You want to be friends? With me?" He repeated, making himself clear, wondering why this girl here would even bother making friends with some loser like him.

"Yeah! You know… Friends? You have lots of them, I'm sure! Or… Don't tell me you're too cool to have any!" She giggled, staring at Len who was now standing right in front of her.

"I'm too cool to have any." Len smirked coolly once more, watching the girl sulk and fold her arms in annoyance at what he said.

"What's your name? I won't take 'no' for an answer, you know." She changed the topic to something a little better than "friends".

"… … Len. You can call me Len if you'd like."

"I see… It's nice to meet you, Mister Len the thief! Well… Would you like to know my name, Len?" The girl grinned widely; feeling a little excited of what was to come soon.

"Would you like me to know?" He asked once more, looking outside of the window to where the moon proudly hung in the skies. Speaking of which, it was almost time. It was almost five… And he definitely had to reach back to that place before six. Making his way back there would take at least thirty minutes…

Maybe he should just quit and leave. It was pointless to stay on, anyway. He had already done his job-

"Rin." He froze. What had she just said?

…

"Rin. My name… Is Kagamine Rin."

…

He felt as if time stopped for him. 'Rin'? This person… Was it a coincidence? Or was it her? The name of that person who had been haunting him everywhere? It had to be her… That would explain why he felt so close to her once he met her! This person… this girl here…

"You… You say you are… Rin…?" He asked her again, just to be sure of what she said.

"Yeah… What, you think it's too cool for someone like me?" She smiled at him, but she only received silence and a horrified gasp from the thief in return.

"R-Rin… You are-" He was going to continue his questioning, but stopped when he heard the leek spirit in his mind, yelling loudly at him.

'Where in the world are you? What are you doing? It's time! Soon!'

It was time… Yes, he knew. He had to go back soon, or all would be over.

"Not now… No…" He chanted on and on, until he finally gave in to the reminder and rushed out of the window without any warning. All he could hear then were the soft cries of the girl named 'Rin' behind him, begging him to stop and stay behind. However he ignored all these cries, and ran back to his destination before it was finally too late.

That person. Rin… Was it? She had to be related to this curse, somehow. This curse… She was the answer to everything.

He continued running, passing through numerous blocks of houses and vehicles, never looking back, until he finally arrived at where he was supposed to be right now.

"You were almost late! Do you want to be caught or something? A moving thing like you, yes! That'd make the headlines of the news, I'd tell you." The leek spirit was fuming with anger as she forced those harsh words to come out of her mouth. Len was, however, too occupied in his own thoughts to think about anything else.

Then it came.

Almost immediately, the curse undid itself, causing time to freeze as the young thief slowly transformed into something more than a human. There was a brief glow of light surround him yet again before he finally turned back into his original self, staring up high into the skies.

Silence…

Silence…

Time continued to go on, but Len didn't say anything more.

All he could think of was 'Rin'. That Rin, yes. That… girl.

The only girl who could save him from his pain, and also the only girl who could inflict the most pain on him.

He wanted to see her again on the next midnight.

A/N: Wow… I'm writing something serious for a change. Stupid me.

I must be mad… I'm trying to do a series here. Yep, I am mad. I know myself very well, and I also know that I would be taking a risk here; I was never good at writing serious fics, and series. Anyway, I will combine some elements of "Adolescence" with this fic here. Oh, and yeah- "Beauty and the Beast" and also "Cinderella". Hopefully it'll turn out to be what I wanted it to be. If not… I have nothing to say.

I fixed the spelling error with "Still", lol. Ahahaha, thanks for pointing that out, guys, I didn't even notice it xD. Yeah... you can guess what Len is. You might be correct...? Who knows?

Maybe I should just stick with oneshots…

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