"Hey, Ri-chan. Time to wake up and get your sleepy little butt out of bed."

A 20-year-old came into the room with a lopsidded smirk on his face, walking to the window of the room and opening the curtains. The big bump in the large bed groaned and shifted slightly, and soon a blonde head popped up out from under it. The girl squinted in the morning light and looked at the tall raven haired boy, then averted her eyes to the digital clock next to her bedside.

"Whaaaaa?" She asked as her brother came to sit next to her. She pulled the covers over her head and turned her back away from him. "Why did you wake me up? It's 6:50 in the morning. It's still really early, Raiden-Nii!"

"Because you have to help me get dressed today." Raiden said, poking his sister's comforter-covered head. She let out another moan and he smirked. "Oh, come on! I need your help with my hair, I don't know how to do it like you do."

"Oh, fine!" her muffled voice whined, and she sat up straight. She held her arms out to her brother like a little child. "Take me away."

Raiden smiled and pulled his little sister closer, turning his back. She rubbed her eyes and clung onto her brother's shoulders, and he gave her a piggy back ride to his room. He sat her down on his ever so messy bed and went into his bathroom, wetting his hair and turning on the boom box next to his large TV.

It was playing Justin Timberlake's 'Love Stoned'. She really didn't care for a lot American songs, so she ignored it to the best of ehr abilities. But since she liked music, she found herself listening to it.

Soon her brother came back out of the bathroom with dripping black hair. He already had his white business shirt and black slacks on. He took a seat on the ground while she took a seat on the side of the bed and started to brush his black hair.

"Why do you want me to do your hair again?" She asked, blowing a piece of her own hair out of her face.

"Because I have a huge board meeting, and I have to look my best." Raiden said, putting one finger up like a teacher.

Teacher…… "Hey, Onii-sama?" She asked, and he tilted his head up to see her. "Do you think I can go out while your out at work today?"

"Sure you can, Ri-chan!" Raiden said, smiling and looking straight ahead.

She blinked, she really didn't think that Raiden would let her go out alone while he's out doing what he does best, his job. She finished brushing his hair and turned his face around to looked and see if it was alright in the front. Her few friends at the last town they lived in told her that she brother both looked and acted like a Shoujo Manga hottie, though she would beg the differ.

He got up and walked to his coat rack, shrugging on his suit jacket and buttoning it up halfway. She pushed herself up off of the bed and stretched her arms up in the air, yawning once more and looking down at his alarm clock. It was already 7:20. She yawned again and followed Raiden downstairs, running a hand through her hair and walking him to the door.

"I'll be home by 7: 30 tonight." Raiden said, leaning down and kissing her on the forehead. He patted his jacket pockets, looking around for something until she pulled his car keys out from behind her back and put them in his hands. He smiled and patted her head, and she giggled and flushed a light pink. "Be a good girl while I'm gone, and don't cause any trouble while around the town. Alright? See you tonight, bye!"

She stood at the doorway and waved until his car was out of sight. Her smile faded from forced to relieved as she closed the door behind her. She walked into the living room and turned on the music channel, a nice jumpy son playing throughout the house.

She stood up and jogged back up the stairs, grabbing the railing and running up to her room. She trotted up to her closet and inside to the drawer, rustling and putting on random clothes. She soon trotted out of the walk-in closet and to the other side of her big room, to the tall mirror that leaned against the wall next to the night stand.

In the mirror stood a person with black boy shorts and a white ribbed tank top. Otherwise known as music loving 15-year-old Riku Cutisake. She had a baggy boys jacket and a pair of rundown boy all star converse. Despite her boy attire, her hair was long enough that it barely went past her elbows. Her eyes were big and the color of light yellow, as bright as her own blonde hair. She looked at herself in the mirror, moving from right to left.

She didn't really mind it when her brother would scold her for wearing boys clothes, she sort of liked it. Sure, some times it was fun to dress up in a dress or skirt every now and then, but it would never last. Plus, she felt more free in her baggy shorts and the overly baggy sleeves that hung over her hands. It's weird. But soon she would have to trade her favorite baggy clothes for other, not her style clothes.

"Do demo- Do Demo II!" Riku said to herself, shrugging and smiling at the image in the mirror.

She turned off the light before trotting out of her room and down the stairs, walking into the living room and shutting off the TV. The music that filled the house was completely quiet. She smiled to herself and ran to the door, looking at the time as she tried to look for the spare house keys, which should be by the phone.

"8:40 already?" She thought aloud, rubbing her eyes to see if she still had yucky stuff in her eyes that blurred her vision. It was true, it actually was already 8:40. "Man, really? I guess I took a little too long getting dressed...? Oh~ well!"

She grabbed the spare keys to the house from the untouched cigarette bowl by the door and walked out, closing the door behind her and standing in the porch for a bit.

The air outside was fresh and clean, and the sidewalk was wet due to the morning sprinklers. The green trees rustled in the soft wind and made a calm sound. She took a deep breath before strolling to the sidewalk and towards town, passing the two story houses of her neighborhood and towards the town.

Riku walked by the small preschool that was spaced between two houses and stopped. Kids that were too small to go to elementary school came towards the fence and waved at her, making a conversation with her. She loved talking to the little kids, but the teachers thought she was a no good delinquent because of her fasion sence. The same teachers stood at watch, watching to see if she was going to do something suspicions. She just waved goodbye and laughed and what one kid said, then continued on her way.

As soon as she was out of eye shot of the waving kids, she turned and looked ahead. She soon stuck her earphones in her ears and put her hands in her baggy sweater pockets, slightly rocking back and forth and strolling instead of walking. She had more than enough time to wander through town, get to where she wanted to go, and get back home before her brother does.

They finally moved to a town where buildings weren't like sky scrapers and honking like crazy, trying to get to work in time. You can go walking alone without some pervert trying to pick you up on the street. That was also another reason why Riku dressed in boy clothes, because no one messed with short boys in large, baggy clothes! Well, not at the last three cities. She needed to get out of the habit, since people here were kind of nicer than the other ones.

She looked at her watch, 9:33. It was way too early for her to go where she wanted to go.

So she went to a little Cake Shoppe that serves little expensive cakes. They were a little too expensive, but it was all worth it at the end. The cakes were as good as they were sparkly and frilly. And they were really frilly. Then she strolled to a bookstore and coffee shop. She borrowed a couple of books and went outside the library to sip hot chocolate under the huge sun umbrella, her legs crossed under the table.

And, inevitably, she fell asleep with her head rested in a open book and hands on the table. She looked more like a sleepy child than a worn out teenager.

She woke up with a poke on the back.

Riku yawned, waving it with her hand and rubbing her eye. She looked up to see a police officer, his beating stick in his hand. She instantly straightened up, the thousand of books that were piled up on the table, startling both her and the officer.

She fixed her hat so her hair wouldn't fall out and looked up at the officer, smiling like a cheeky child. "Yes, sir?"

"You've been asleep here for awhile." He informed, raising a eyebrow. "With so many books, it looks like you were studying. Why aren't you in school, like other kids your age are? Did you skip school, play hooky?"

"N-No, sir!" Riku said, shaking her head. "I guess I just fell asleep with all the words and stuff! Silly me! Man, I should get going, back to school! Hehe-"

"School's already over, son." The officer said, sighing. "It's already 4:00. And, if you cam here during lunch, why don't you have a school uniform on- Hey!"

"Gotta go!"

Riku grabbed her messenger bag and dashed past the police man, leaving him to eat her dust as she sprinted away. She didn't do anything wrong, so he wouldn't chase after her. Plus, being the most stereotypical cop she had ever seen, he looked like he had five too many donuts in his life time. So he couldn't possibly out run her! Well, unless his big gut was just a decoy and he was physicaly fit underneath. Or even if he tried hard enough. But that wasn't the truth, and he didn't chase after her.

Close one! She thought, smiling to herself and skidding to a stop. She then shifted from a throat-drying three-mile dash to a small stroll.

She continued to smile and started to whistle to herself, lucky that her MP3 didn't die on her while she was taking her little nap. It still had some power left. It was playing some kind of Music Box melody, something she didn't recognize putting in it. She shrugged to herself. She had thousands of songs in her MP3, how could she possibly remember every single one of them? And besides, she was begining to like the melody to it.

"Whelp~!" She stretched her arms up in the air and put them behind her head, looking up at the sky with thought. She clasped her hands together and rested them in front of her, smiling to herself. "Time to go to school~!"

-:-

"Whoa." Was all she could say.

Riku looked up at the huge looking school building.

It looked exactly like she read in books. It was plain white, with three stories and a railing along the side of the roof. Kids were probably allowed to go up there on breaks and lunch, so that's why it probably had a railing. The grass was a wonderful green, and the tree's shook when they were pushed by the wind. And walking around to the back of the school, there was a small grass hill and concrete stairs that went up the small bump in the earth called a hill. In the distance there was also a small garden filled with different kinds of flowers and a little walkway that was lined with vines.

This school was called Akihiko Gakuren High School.

Riku blushed, inwardly squealing in happiness. She couldn't help it, she was just so excited to be in the precense of a huge school like this! Plus, no one was around to be all 'Who are you?' and 'Why are you here?" to her.

She plopped down on the smal grass hill and watched the blue sky for awhile, smiling and dreaming of a school life.

Sadly, she didn't go to public school nor a private school. She had been home schooled by the computer nearly her whole life.

Her brother Raiden was a important person in a huge company, the name of the company always slipped Riku's mind. Raiden, being the smart person he ways, soon climbed from a measly little pawn of the company he soon climbed to a bishop, or something like that. Everywhere he went, that fraction of the company grew stronger and stronger. Thus, he began the nomadic life, dragging his little sister around.

Sure, she didn't have much friends. Sure, she could have stayed with her mother and father, but they didn't really cared about her much anymore. They took up Raiden's offer to take her with him in a swift second, without any hesitation at all. Maybe because she didn't act like the frilly little daughter they tried to adopt? But, they were stuck with adopting her, a girl who grew less and less frilly and cute as she grew.

But, on the bright side, she had seen so many towns that were all different own there own ways. Some were bight, big, and loud and some were quiet but equally as bright and big. She got to see all kinds of different people and how they dressed and talked. She also admired different schools, committing each one to memory.

"Well, well, well!" Riku opened her eyes and shot straight up, looking at the person who was talking. A couple of football players were standing at the foot of the low hill, all having a smirk on their faces as their leader continued to talk. "A geek decided to stay a little too long in our hangout, huh?"

Geek!? Riku asked herself, wanting to glare. I'm not a geek! Why I aught'a-! She stopped her own thoughts before they got way too out of hand. She knew she shouldn't cause any trouble, her brother would be furious at her if he found out and probably ground her from going anywhere.

She scrambled up to her feet and grabbed for her messenger bag, backing away only to back up to a guys chest. She gasped and turned to the football player and backed away from him, and soon she was in a circle of tall, muscular Seniors.

"Look at'em, clutchin onto that bag of his!" One smirked, pulling the bag out of Riku's hands and zipping it open. She gasped as he dumped out every single thing in it, a couple of boys breaking the pencils and kicking the notebooks that held her writing of the towns she was in.

"What a loser!"

"H-Hey, stop it!" Riku said, pushing the guy who dropped her stuff. "St-Stop it!"

The leader took a step back, surprised that she even pushed him. She gasped and covered her mouth, surprised that slipped out of her mouth while the other boys started to go 'Ooooooh!'s.

Crap! She thought, sweat dropping. I'm gonna die now!

The leader growled and kicked her in the back of the leg, making her fall to her knee's and wince in pain. She looked up at him while he smirked own at her, happy with his sudden dominance again.

"Aw, look at him! He looks like he's gonna cry! Poor baby!!!"

"Did you hear how he talked?" One asked. "He should man up!"

"Yeah!" another one chimed in.

Some laughed and nodded along, then started to talk an whisper all at once about something Riku couldn't comprehend. The leader, probably the stereotypical overly popular Quarterback, smirked and nodded in agreement to the proclamation.

He snapped, and Riku blinked in total confusion. Someone yanked her earphones right out of her ears and stole it from her, plugging it onto his own ears and listening to it. She was happy they didn't still her hat, which continued to hold her hair concealed in. The Quarterback clutched the neck of her jacket and pulled her up to her knees to face him, and she gulped loudly.

"I'll teach out not to mess with the king of this school, geek!" He muttered, then raised a fist to punch.

She leaned back slightly, gripping her hat onto her head while closing her eyes and waiting for a pig punch that would knock her lights out. She imagined it would be just like she read in the books. It will hurt, a lot! So she waited for the pain. And waited, and waited. She didn't feel a thing.

Eh? She opened one eye, What the heck?

Standing in front of her was a girl in a uniform, probably a student of this high school. She had a light blue plaid skirt and plain white shirt, and she had short blonde hair that barely touched her shoulders. Riku could see her from the side, she had blue eyes and white clips in her bangs.

And she looked pissed as she looked down at the guy. He was crumpled on the ground, his hands between his legs with his face scrunched up in sever-looking pain.

"What the hell is your guys' problem!?" She yelled, poking the leader's chest. She glared. "How dare you pick on a guy that you know won't hit back. Do you have such a small dick you just go around and pick a fight with a poor random guy?! You're ruining the rep of out school! I should beat your ass's right now! Go home and play with yourself, you bastards!"

The football players growled and practically ran away, dragging the wincing guy away as well. The girl turned back to Riku, who was staring up at her with sparkling gold eyes that admired the yankii-talking girl.

Wow, she told those guys off and sent them running! Riku couldn't help but think, Woooow! She's just so……COOL!

"Need help?" The girl asked, smiling and giving her a helping hand up. Riku blinked and blushed a light red, then nodded and gripped her hand. The girl dusted off Riku's shoulders and huffed, looking over her shoulder towards the direction where the guys left off to. "Really, those guys are total dick wads. Picking on a frail guy like you, what a shame! I should beat there asses, they need to be taught a lesson not to pick on little guys like you!"

So she really thinks I'm a guy too? Riku asked, sighing inwardly. She reached up to touch her hat, which was still attached to her head. And her hair was still up in her hat too. I guess people really buy into this.

"Anyway!" Riku opened her eyes to see the girl hold out her hand and smile. She had a nice face, unlike that hostile one she gave those seniors. "I'm Rin! Rin Kagamine! It's nice to meet you~!"

Kagamine… Riku thought, shaking Rin's hand and returning the smile with her own small one. How come I've heard of that name before? Oh well!

"Need help picking all of this stuff up?" Rin asked, putting her hands on her hips. Riku nodded and they both knelt down to pick up her scattered papers and pencils. Rin giggled a little, "So, what school do you go to? I know for sure you don't go here."

"Actually, I'm home schooled." Riku admitted, stuffing some broken pencils in the bag and sweat dropping.

"No wonder!" Rin said, laughing.

"And what's that supposed to mean?" Riku asked, raising a eyebrow as Rin gave her the stuff she picked up.

"Oh, nothing! Nothing!" Rin said, waving her hand and smiling with her canine tooth like a cat. She and Riku continued sitting on the ground and ook at each other, both not wanting to go they're own ways just yet. "I'm sorry you had to see me tell those gusy off. It must've been such a bad thing, seeing me like that! Oh, I'm not like that, really- Wait. So, why are you here? I know you don't go to this school."

"Oh, just because I wanted to hang out here for awhile!" Riku said, giggling and putting a finger on her head in a cute gesture. "I wanted to see-" She then let out a 'Gak!', she forgot she was in her boy role! She sweat dropped and looked at Rin, who was staring at her disbelief. Then Rin just giggled and patted Riku on the shoulder.

"You know, you'll be absolutely adorable if you were a girl!" Rin admitted, giving Riku a friendly push on the shoulder with her knuckles. "Nevermind that. So, are you coming back here again tomorrow?"

"Probably not." Riku lied, shrugging and frowning slightly. "I mean, those guys back there kinda scare me."

"Oh, come on! You gotta man up!" Rin said, bonking Riku on the head slightly with her fist. Riku let out a 'Ow!' and held her hat while Rin just smiled, her canine tooth showing like a cat. "Fine, how about this. I'm always helping out with the music room after school, so I'm here pretty late. So when you come here you can just go up to my classroom and I'll be your bodyguard? Plus, you can meet some friends."

"Really?" Riku asked, tilting her head to the side. "But.....What about the others in the school? You sure it wouldn't cause you any trouble at all if I came here?? Plus, what about those guys? Willthey pick on you at school"

"Oh course not!" Rin said, patting Riku's baseball cap on the top of her head. "They're total sissies when it comes to having arguments witih girls. They won't bother me at all. And besides, hanging out after school is what friends do, silly!"

Friends? Really....Cool! Riku thought, closing her eyes and smiling. Rin pulled herself up from the grass and grabbed Riku's hands, helping her up to her feet as well. She shook Riku's hand, smiling and the ending result was Riku smiling back. The girl's gold eyes wandered to her watch and she gasped, nearly falling as she did.

Rin was on full alert. "What? What?! Are those jerks back!?"

"No! I have to get home before Onii-sama get's home from work!" Riku said, flailing the one baggy-sleeved arm that didn't have her watch on. She picked up her messenger bag and started to dash down the small hill, leaving Rin up on the top and behind.

"Wait!" Rin called back, but Riku knew she was staying at her own spot. "What's your name?!"

"My name's Riku!" Riku called, waving over her shoulder. "See ya later, Rin-san!"

Oh, I'm gonna be late! I'm gonna be late~!!! . Riku thought, panicking as she ran al the way to her neighborhood. Oh dear God, please don't let me be late! I have to meet someone tomorow~!!!

-:-

"Made it!" Riku huffed, sweating like she had run a marathon. She was kind of scratched up, some from that scene where those jerks roughed her up a bit and some from running the way home. She, unlike her brother, was very clumsy, so she sometimes fell and tripped on air while she was running.

Riku took off her hat and threw it on the love seat. She stripped off her sweater and hat, leaving her in a small white ribbed tank and black baggy shorts. She ran a hand through her hair to get rid of hat hair and plopped on the couch, letting out a huge sigh of relief. She layed down and curling up on her side, her hands near her face and knee's near her chest as she began to close her eyes.

"Right on time……" She let out another sigh, cherishing the quiet that was a total change from the yelling. "Peace and quie-"

"RI-CHAN, I'M HOME~!"

Riku sweat dropped, "Too late."

Raiden popped into the living room with grocery bags in his hand. "Guess what we're having for dinner tonight? Juicy steak, baked potatoes, and salad with bacon bits and crutons!!!!"

"Really!?" Riku asked, sitting up straight with her eyes sparkling. She got up and walked into his waiting arms. She looked up at him. "That's awsome, Onii-sama!!"

She got up from the couch and went to go help her brother with the groceries, taking most of the bags while he took one and shrugged off his own jacket. He rolled up his long sleeves and smiled at his little sister, who smiled back, turned the TV on the music channel and they were ready to make their dinner.

Riku was in charge of the potatoes and salad while Raiden cooked the steaks outside on the patio. Once in a while Riku would go in the backyard with Raiden and they would talk and laugh. As soon as Raiden knew the steaks were done Riku took out the potatoes from the microwave with her bare hands, then started to juggle them ungracefully to make sure she didn't burn her hands.

And soon they were at the table, eating like they hadn't eaten in three days. But, hey! Riku had run more today than she would every in a entire week, and Raiden was hungry from a long day at the office, working his brain to the bone and recieving flirtatious stares from his co-workers.

Riku was biting and chewing into the medium rare steak like a puppy would a chew toy, stabbing it and trying to take it apart so she could bite it. Her face flushed in frustration as she fought the urge to grab the juicy steak with both of her hands and swallow it whole. Raiden, being the strong but lean guy he was, could easily take his steak apart and eat it, which frustrated Riku even more.

But, halfway finished with his diner, he stopped eating an just stared at her. He had his elbows on the table and long fingers intertwined. She blinked and dropped her steak on her juice-covered plate, nearly splatering the brownish juice everywhere.

"Ano?" Riku asked, blinking up at her brother. "What's wrong, Onii-sama? Is there something on my face?! Anyway, you should hurry up and eat, before your steak and potatoes gets all cold and yucky."

"I should say the same thing for you." Raiden said, smirking.

"Hey!!" Riku pouted, glaring and pointing at him with a flick of the wrist and a fork in her hand. She started to stab her fork into the steak and chew it like a angry puppy again, fuming.

"I was wondering…" Raiden started, and Riku looked up from chewing her steak again. Red eyes looked straight into gold ones as the younger girl took a swing of her orange juice. "How would you like to go to school? A really high school, for once?"

Riku nearly spit out her orange juice and fell out of her chair. She looked up at her brother in disbelief, smiling like crazy. "REALLY!?"

Raiden smiled. "Yep. I called and asked my new boss right when I got to work. He said he's not going to let me into the hands of another section any time soon. So, you can finally go to school and be a real high schooler. Isn't that great, Ri-chan?"

Riku ran past the table and sprung up to her brother, hugging him around the neck and sitting on his lap. Her baseball hat fell off of her head and her hair turned long again as she rubbed his head against hers, smiling like a little puppy. You could almost see pointy dog ears and a tail wagging on her. "Oh, thank you! Thank you, brother~!!!!!!"

I get to go to high school! She thought. She kept her eyes closed as she continued to squeeze Raiden, a cute smile plastered over her face. She opened her eyes and had a confused expression on her face.

Question is……What high school am I gonna go to?

-:-

There we go! Let's get this over wiht. I do not own the Vocaloids, only my own characters. I'll like to give half of the credit to my friend, SaphireArella, for giving me such a great story!

Anyway~ Next chapter will be the eventful one, so please continue to read. And probably review? please?!

I will see you all next time!

~Serine!