A/N: I NEED GORGONICSHIPPING. I NEED IT. APPARENTLY WRITING A ONE-SHOT ISN'T ENOUGH TO CALM THE NEED IN MY HEART.

So, uh, fanfiction, yay! (I need to stop...)

Anyways, this is so AU, you will be amazed at its AU. Also, some holyiceshipping and eventual gorgonicshipping, because I have multi-shipping needs.

The Consequences of Murder
Chapter 1 - In which his neighbor went missing

The abrupt sound of the door banging was enough to make Vector tense. From his seat on the old, weathered couch that belonged to his rarely present uncle, the carrot head slowly averted his gaze from the television set to the entrance of his home.

Standing up, the boy swallowed as he warily approached the door, "Coming!"

However, upon opening the door, he was shoved away as his neighbor, Kamishiro Rio, forced herself inside his home.

"RYOGA!" She yelled as she began to peer into every room nearby. "STOP HIDING AND GET OVER HERE RIGHT NOW!"

Vector, having gained his composure by then, only lingered behind from the door frame as his face held no expression.

Truth was he knew where Ryoga was, but the girl couldn't know that.

She couldn't know that her brother was dead and in the outskirts of Heartland City. She couldn't know he had killed her only sibling.

The orange-haired boy forced away those thoughts immediately as he approached the girl, making sure to mimic a confused expression, "Can I help you?"

The blue-haired female remained silent as she hid her face from his view. However, Rio eventually turned to look at him, "I...I can't find Ryoga..."

"What do you mean?"

"He...He wasn't at home, and... he won't answer my calls or texts..."

"Oh," the carrot head responded, remaining silent before he suggested, "Perhaps, he's with his friends."

That was a lie, but Rio didn't know that...

"No. I called Thomas and Kaito. They said he wasn't with them," the girl replied to which Vector almost scowled.

Damn.

"Oh...Well, I don't know what to tell you," the orange-haired youth murmured. "...I haven't seen him since this morning."

That was a lie. In actuality, Vector had been with Ryoga after school as the duo, despite their rocky friendship, had decided to hang out at Ryoga's place. That was until a fierce argument broke out between the two which led to Vector... strangling his companion to death.

Rio only sighed as she leaned on the nearby wall. Crossing her arms, she stared at the floor, "I swear, if he comes back at 2 a.m. like last time, he's in a lot of trouble."

The carrot head didn't bother to reply as he kept his stare on the blue-haired girl. However, after a few minutes of an uncomfortable silence, he averted his stare to the couch as he quietly suggested, "Would you like to sit down?"

The Kamishiro female, who had been deep in thought prior to his question, only blinked before frowning again, "I can't. I need to find my brother... wherever he is..."

"Jeez Rio, I'm sure he's fine. He's probably just taking a break from you," the orange-haired boy joked which resulted in the girl glaring at him in response. Regardless, she sighed and took a seat on the right side of the couch.

"... Fine. Just... to calm my nerves a little... After that, I'm leaving, okay?" the female huffed to which Vector rolled his eyes as he took a seat beside her.

"You want anything to eat or?"

"No thank you. I ate with Durbe before coming home," she responded coolly as she proceeded to pull out her phone and check if anyone, specifically her twin, had texted her. "...Augh, dammit Ryoga."

Vector sighed as he rested his head on the palm of his hand, "Listen, he's, uh, probably not gonna answer if you keep pestering him. Just give him some space."

"It's already going to be eleven at night!" Rio snapped which led to the carrot head rolling his eyes once again.

"Well, sometimes my uncle responds to my calls at three a.m...So, I don't see your point, Merag," he countered, smirking when she glared at him once more.

"Don't call me that!"

"What? Childhood nicknames annoy you all of a sudden?"

"Know what? It doesn't matter. I need to find Ryoga, and like always, you're not being any help!" the Kamishiro girl huffed as she began to stand up.

"Wait, wait, wait!" Vector called out suddenly, panicking a little at the thought of her discovering it was his fault her twin was missing.

"What?"

"Let me explain to you something."

"...Fine," Rio reluctantly agreed as she took a seat on the couch again.

"Stop worrying so much about that idiot. I'm pretty sure he's gonna be back by tomorrow morning so he can overprotect you like usual. He probably just got caught up doing that stupid stuff he always does, okay?" Vector rambled as he patiently waited for her to reply.

When she didn't, he turned to gaze at her and sighed in annoyance upon finding Rio asleep.

"What the hell? I wasn't even talking that long," the boy grumbled as he stood up from his seat. "Ugh, whatever. At least it'll give me some time to figure out what I'm gonna do."

Vector started to pace away, intent on coming up with a plan to his predicament, but before he did that, he decided to take a quick glance at the sleeping girl.

The carrot head swallowed again as guilt began to embed itself in his chest... It was his fault this all started.

"... Dammit. Why do I feel bad?" he groaned to himself before trudging into another room in the house, trying with all his might to ignore the guilt in his chest. A few moments later, the Shingetsu boy came back out with a blanket in his grip. The carrot head approached the blue-haired girl as he unfolded it and placed the fabric over her body.

Vector remained silent as he took a seat beside her on the couch once more.

What was he going to do? Vector knew Ryoga certainly wasn't coming back.

He also knew Rio wouldn't let this go until she either reunited with her sibling...or found out what had happened to him.

This was a problem.

However, before he could begin to consider his options, the carrot head felt the need for sleep overcome him. So, he obliged with his last thought before passing out being, 'I'll figure it out tomorrow.'

A/N: I DID IT! Anyways, hope you enjoyed it?

Read, review, kill your neighbor's relative (Actually, don't do that), or not!

Bye, and see y'all (if I have any readers) later!