Just a dream…

I knew it……That was all just a dream….

"Ri-chan……Hey, Ri-chan!"

"Ugh……"

"Wake up."

Riku opened one eye and instantly squinted in the light. Her brother was standing there, his fists on his hips while he waited for her to get up. She let out a long yawn and pulled the covers over her head, turning her back to the window and her brother. She didn't want to wake up yet. She was having such a wonderful dream, and her brother just had to ruin it with his light and

She looked peeked up out of the large comforter and looked up at her nightstand. "Is it 5...or 6?" She murmured, her voice muffled. She closed her eyes once more. "I'm still so sleepy……"

"Oh, come on!" Raiden said, sighing and hanging his head a little. "Don't be a lazy ass, Ri."

"No…" Riku whined, rubbing her eyes.

He walked to Riku and pulled her up to a sit, her not struggling to go back into the bed. He pulled her legs over the side of her bed and put her on her feet. Just by standing up got Riku awake enough to know what was going on. She wiggled her toes against her carpet before putting her hands on Raiden's back and started to push him out.

"I can get into my own clothes without you following me around, Onii-sama." She said, waving off a yawn before slamming her door on Raiden's face.

She walked towards the window and closed the curtains shut, turning on her lights and fan overhead. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath in, trying to wake herself up completely but not succeeding. Then her alarm clock ran out in her ear and she jumped three feet in the air, so it was alright. She took a breath to calm her head and clicked on the 'Off' button, glaring at it. She turned on her heel and headed towards the bathroom.

She touched the Stereo button before walking into her room, and a song started to play. It was a song from the J-Pop rap group, Heartsdale. Riku absolutely loved their songs, because you can easily sing to them. Plus, they have a song that each girl would love to sing too.

"Wanna know docchi ga konomi?
Taipu oshiete!
I'm the cute imouto-kei kyara mezashite
Uwamedzukai de mitsumechau boy
Kono waza hitsuyou kamashichau- AH!"

She heard a knock over the music and poked her head out of the bathroom, a toothbrush in her mouth and a hairbrush perched in her blonde hair. She let out a confused grunt as Raiden walked in, his business suit on once more and a bag in his hand.

"Here," Raiden said, throwing the bag over to her. The toothbrush nearly fell out of her mouth as she tried to catch it, and she did. "Put this on and meet me downstairs. And hurry, I don't have all morning. And neither do you!"

She looked down at the bag and then back at her brother's retreating back. She pouted when Raiden closed the door, and she looked down at the bag again. She let out a sigh, setting it on her desk and changing out of her clothes.

Once she was in her bra and shorts, she walked to the bag sitting on the desk and peeked in.

"Alright. Now let's see what I have to put on."

-:-

Raiden tapped his foot against the wood floor as he waited for his little sister to come down, looking at his watch several times. He had his coat draped over his arm and his keys in hand. He was totally ready to go.

His face grew worried as he walked up to the front of the stairs, ready to go up. "Ri-chan, are you done yet?!"

"Yeah, I'm done." Riku called from her room, looking at the thing she wore once more in the reflection of the mirror.

She was wearing a blue skirt with thin white strips crossing each other. She had on a white short sleeved shirt and a tan v-neck sweater with sleeves that barely touched the ends over her shoulders. She had on a blue tie as well, and socks that touched a little higher from her knee's. She had on the regular brown shoes as well. She tilted her head, her bangs falling over her face slightly. The uniform reminded her of something.

But what is it……?

"RIKU S. CUTISAKE!" Raiden yelled up the stairs, calling Riku by her full name. She nearly jumped out of her shoes when she heard him yell. Raiden never yelled, unless he was getting mad. "We're gonna be late! Get your butt down here right now!"

"I'm coming!" Riku said, running to the stereo and shutting it off before throwing her pajama's into her laundry basket.

"Oh crap, oh crap, oh crap!" She repeated over and over, sweat dropping. Raiden must've been really cranky to yell at her. She switched off her light and ran down the stairs, so fast she stumbled a couple of times but not so much that she fell. Raiden pulled his hands out of his pockets and put his hands under her arms, swinging her from the middle of the steps to beside him an then over his shoulder.

Riku flushed a light pink and started to kick her feet, while Raiden grabbed his jacket off of the stair railing and ran out the door, slamming it behind him.

Raiden opened the passenger seat door and plopped Riku in, receiving a "HEY!" before slamming that door and running over to the driver's seat. And soon he was speeding towards down the road, Riku clutching onto her seatbelt and nearly crying.

"Why in the heck are you going so fast?!!!" Riku yelled, whirling her head over to her brother.

"We're gonna be late!" Raiden said, shoving his watch towards her face. "SEE?! It's already 7:50!!!"

Riku caught his wrist before it could make contact to her face and looked at it. She sweat dropped and lowered Raiden's wrist, looking at the digital clock that was connected to the radio. She sweat dropped.

"Um…Onii-sama?"

"WHAT!?"

"When was the last time you rewound your watch?" Riku asked.

"Why?!" His watch said 7:50, while the right time was actually 6:30. Riku put her head back and closed her eyes in exhaustion as Raiden sweat dropped and slowed his car down a lot. He smiled over at his little sister apologetically, then said, "How about we stop for donuts and orange juice before we go to your school?"

"We better…"

-:-

"Whelp, here we are, Ri-chan!" Raiden said, walking to the passenger side door and opening it.

Riku stepped out of the car and looked up to see the familiar gates a certain distance away. She blinked, and her throat felt dry. Raiden leaned into the back seat and got out her book bag, getting out of the car and standing up straight as he handed it to her.

She continued to stare at the chatting girls who had the same uniform as her and the chuckling boys who had the boy version of the uniform walk into the gates.

She also noticed that some of the girls were really showy, with their skirts a little too short for their own good. And that group of girls had a smaller group of boys following them, a smirk on there faces. Riku wondered what they were thinking.

Raiden rustled Riku's hair and she looked back up at him, he kissed her forehead and put his hands on her shoulders.

"Now, I know this is your first day in this school." Raiden said, leaning down and resting his hands on his knee's so they were the same height. "Well, this is your first day even going to school. Ever-"

Riku clutched her bag to her chest, blushing a light pink again, "Onii-sama, y-your not helping!"

"Your right." Raiden said, sweat dropping. He put a hand on her head and gave her a smile, to relieve her. "You might be bullied and kinda little lonely for the first couple of days, with being the fresh meat and all. But I promise you, everything will get better sooner or later. Just keep you chin up, and don't let anybody get you down. Since today is a half day, I'll be waiting here to pick you up. So come straight here after school, alright?"

Riku pouted slightly and nodded, and he kissed her forehead once more. She looked back up at him as he fixed her bangs and shooed her away, advising her to go to the office to get her class schedule before she finds herself lost. She nodded and walked towards the gates, her head down slightly as she walked. She made no eye contact with people, though she wanted to.

Soon she found what she was looking for, the office. It want's hard to miss, since it had a big Office plaque right next to the door. She walked in, pulling her head up to see about two students walking around with papers and a woman sitting on the front desk.

The woman was a unnatural redhead, and looked like the type of lady that spent all of her time reading romance books and not having a romance for herself. But she looked nice, so Riku wasn't as scared as she thought she would be.

She gathered all her guts and walked towards her. The woman looked up past her red rimmed glasses.

"And who are you?" The woman asked, taking off her glasses and resting them on the desk.

"A-Ano…" Riku said, all of her courage gone. This lady sure didn't sound nice. She sounded annoyed, like it was the blonde girls' fault that she had this job, the job she hated soooo much. Riku gathered what was left of her courage and said, "I'm new, and I don't have my classes yet. I came here to get my schedule, if that's okay."

"Oh yes!" The redhead was instantly glad to see Riku. She stood up and started to go through the pile of papers on the top of the desk. "Your Raiden's little sister, are you not? You have a fine man as your big brother, don't you now? Nice guy. Very nice guy. Is he single?"

Great. Riku thought, sweat dropping. A old lady likes my Onii-sama. Onii-sama, you went a little too far with the flirting. =(

"Heheheh." Riku laughed nervously, scratching the back of her head. She gave the woman a apologetic smile as she said, "I-I think he already has a girlfriend. Sorry."

"Oh, what a pity!" The bell rung as the secretary said this, giving Riku a really fake smile. She handed Riku a couple of papers and set one on the desk. It was blank with only seven lines on it. "You have to get your teachers to sign this and bring it back her to me after school. You can do that, can you?"

"Yes." Riku said, resisting the urge to roll her eyes at the secretary. It's not like I'm 8 or something.

The lady then pulled out another paper which Riku recognized easily. It was a map of the school and it's hallways, and some hallways were highlighted with 6 equally as bright colors. The secretary pointed down to a pink lines. "This is your first class. You should hurry and get to it, the class has already started."

"Alright." Riku said, nodding and taking the papers. She walked out by herself, looking down at the map as she weaved through the taller, wandering students. She sweat dropped. "Man, this school has a lot of back way hallways. It must be really old……Oh man!"

I'm gonna be late! Riku thought to herself, sweat dropping as she busted out into a light sprint. No one was in the hallways anymore, so she didn't have to walk all graceful as her brother might have wanted her to. She followed the bright yellow route that was highlighted, looking around to see if she was going the right way or not.

She soon found her way to her first class, room 314. Weird, how the numbers of the classes were. There was no one's our 10's, it was just 100's through whatever. Riku always wondered why it was like that.

But that's beside the point! Riku thought, clutching her hands in front of her and shaking her head wildly. She flushed a light pink and ran a hand from her bangs own to the tip of her hair, which took awhile, and took a deep breath in and held it.

Okay, Ri-chan! You can do this, just clear your mind and walk in like you've been to a school before! She blinked, and then panicked. Oooh, I can't do this! But I have to!

"Oooh……" She moaned once more, before shaking her head once more and walking into the classroom.

Everyone was chatting up a storm, all their backs turned away from the front of the class. The teacher was a male, with shaggy brown hair and eyes with a grey suit and cool looking glasses. His feet were kicked up, and he was reading some kind of novel that was covered by this hand.

Riku sweat dropped and closed the door behind her as quietly as she could, but the teacher heard it and looked up. He had this interested look in his eyes while he got up from his chair and walked over to her.

"And who might you be?" He asked, leaning down to almost a low bow so they could be face to face. "Can I help you with anything?"

"Um…Yeah." She said, leaning back slightly while blushing slightly and handed him the paper the Secretary told her to give him. "The lady in the office told me to give this to you before doing anything else. So can you sign it?"

"Sure can do!" He said, closing his eyes and smiling a cheeky smile. He swiped the paper out of Riku's hand and took a pin out of his pocket. "Can you turn around so I can sign it?"

Riku blinked and after a second, nodded. She turned her back to him and he leaned over, pressing the paper on her back and signing it. She turned around and he handed her the paper, then took a step in front of her. From her view behind him, she saw the teacher put his hands on his hips and let his shoulders slump with a sigh.

"HEY!" He yelled, it was so unexpected that Riku nearly jumped three feet off the ground. But everyone stopped talking, and once she looked through the small space between the teacher's elbow and side, she saw that they were sitting at their seats. The teacher sighed. "What am I gonna do with the lot of you?! Anyway, we have a new student, so you better be nice to her or else!"

The room was filled with the yells of 'Alright!' and 'Okay!'

"Where is she?!" Someone's voice called after the other's died down.

"She's already here." The teacher stepped out of the way and Riku was the center of attention. She flushed a light pink and looked over at the teacher, who strolled behind her and smiled at his students. "Like I said, be nice to her. Why don't you introduce yourself, girly? Oh! And before I forget to tell you, I'm Mr. Kishimoto. But you can call me Mamoru-sensei."

Riku blinked slightly and nodded, then turned to the rest of the students. She scanned every single one of their faces before smiling and bowing her head slightly.

"As you can tell, I'm new at this school." She said, not knowing how to introduce herself. "I'm 14 years old, if you can't tell, and I'm really hoping that I can get along with everybody!"

"Alright," Mamoru had said, now back in his kick-back position on his desk. His eyes didn't move from his book as he turned a page. "Now, does anyone want to volunteer to take….Erm, what's your name again?"

"Oh! I didn't say my name, huh?!" Riku asked, flushing a deep red while some people laughed. She ran a hand through her hair, closing her eyes and smiled slightly, "Sorry about that! M-My name's Riku Cutisake."

"Isn't Riku a boy name?" Someone asked, raising their hand.

Riku twitched and sweat dropped, but kept her smile on her face. "Uh…Yeah, it is. But that's the name I was given, so I really don't care that much."

"Okay~" Mamoru said, his eyebrows up in interest. "Well, like I said. Does anyone want to show Riku-chan around school-"

BAM! Scuff!

The noise of the chair scrapping the floor echoed through the room, and Riku opened her eyes. There was only one person who could have done it, and she recognized that one person. RIN-SAN! She thought, blinking in confusion. She smiled inwardly. So it wasn't a dream after all!

Rin had the hand that wasn't spread on her desk spread up in the air, waving slightly so she could have more attention than the rest. "I have a empty seat next to me, Mamoru-sensei! And I'll show Riku-chan around the school, too! I'll do it for free!"

"Fine, fine, Rin-chan." Mamoru said, smirking and rolling his eyes. He looked at Riku and waved his hand. "Go sit next to that overly excited girl over there. Get acquainted, do whatever teenage girls do. I do not care."

Riku nodded and flushed a light pink, trotting down the small walkway and to Rin. Everyone went back to sitting on their desks and chatted away, leaving the two blonde's staring at each other. Riku was looking down at her feet, twisting the tip of her foot behind the other as a childish way to show nervousness.

"You're Riku-kun, aren't you?" Rin asked, and Riku looked up.

"Erm…I can explain?" Riku said, it sounded more like a question than anything else.

Rin just stared at her with a frown on her face, and Riku sweat dropped and scratched the back of her head. Oh no, what if Rin thought she deceived her? And that she doesn't want to be friends? Riku would've hated

"SO KAWAAAAAIII!"

"EH?" Riku was nearly knocked off of her feet. Rin had pounced on her, jumping up and glomping her around the neck. The long haired girl blinked in surprise and blushed in embarrassment as Rin pulled her head up and started to rub her head against Riku's, like Riku was some sort of cat. "I knew you were a girl! I just knew it! You were too cute to be a boy!"

"Really?" Riku asked, tilting her head to the side. "I-"

The bell rung before she could say anything else. They both looked up and saw that the kids were walking out of the classroom. So they picked up their stuff and headed out too. In the crowded hallways, Rin grabbed the papers Riku held in one hand and looked at them. Riku tried to grab them back but Rin just leaned away until they were out of the small girls' reach. Rin looked over the papers and soon held them out in Riku's face, a cheeky smile on her face.

"You have all of your classes with me, Riku-chan! Isn't that awesome?"

"Oh, really?" Riku asked, tilting her head to the side as she studied the paper in front of her. She then returned the smile. "I guess we do, Kagamine-san! I'm so happy!"

Rin hugged Riku's arm and agreed, giggling and leading her to their next class. She ushered the new girl to the teacher, who signed the slip and let the girls sit next to each other. They were to do a crossword puzzle, since today was a short day and didn't leave enough time to learn anything. So, Riku decided to strike up a random conversation.

"So…"

"Hm?" Rin asked, looking up ahead to Riku.

"You knew I was a girl when you first saved me?" Riku asked. It was the only thing on her mind, other than the fact those football players might've recognize her and bully here her too.

"Yep!" Rin said, nodding and smiling. She had a cat like smile, her canine poked out slightly. She hugged Riku again. "Once I thought about it a little more, I realized that you were just too frail and your voice was feminine! Sorry about pouncing on you. I'm just so stoked that we're going to the same school. Hey, can I call you Ri-chan?!?"

"Y-Yeah, it's alright!" Riku waved one hand and laughed slightly. "Everyone who's ever met me has eventually called me that! So don't worry about it, Kagamine-san!"

"Fine, and don't call me Kagamine-san!" Rin said, poking Riku on the cheek with a mechanical pencil. "It's Rin, got it? Kagamine-san is my older sis, an it makes me feel old when people call me that. Bleh!"

Riku laughed and nodded in agreement, and then they both started to plan out what the rest of the half school day was going to turn out. It was a silly game, what they were saying and playing.

Rin would say 'When we get to English…' and then Riku would say 'We'll see three leprechauns!' 'And they'll give us gold!'

They played this game all throughout the day until it was 12:30, thus the school bell rung and school was over for the day. Riku had gotten that slip signed and was happy to get away from that creepy Secretary who had a crush on her brother. She still thought it was kind of nasty.

Riku walked alongside Rin, clutching her schoolbag in front of her while Rin held hers on the back of her head, looking like a coolest girl of them all as they walked. Soon they were out of the school gate and

"So, where are ya gonna go?" Rin asked, putting the back of her hands on her hips. "Are you gonna walk home? Or do you wanna come with me, even if it's only for a bit? I'm gonna meet up with my friends and I really want them to meet you~!"

Riku really wanted to follow Rin, because she wanted to see what kind of friends Rin had. Probably really cool friends. But she promised her brother she would meet him so they could drive home together. And Riku didn't have a cell phone, so she couldn't tell her brother she want's a change of plans.

"Sorry, Rin-san!" Riku said, heading the opposite way of the sidewalk. She waved over her shoulder and smiled. "I promised I was gonna go straight home after school! But I'll see you tomorrow, promise! Bye!!"

Rin smiled and waved back, and they both went their own ways.

Riku started to jog down the sidewalk, dodging the student's who were walking way too slow. She turned the corner to see her brother waiting there. He was leaned up against the hood of the car, his jacket off and his hands in his pockets. The girl was happy no one was around yet, because if girls saw him it'll be just the same as the Secretary, which would suck. So she ran to her brother, waving her hand with a smile on her face.

"Your early, Ri-chan!" Raiden greeted, giving her a hug with one of his arms. "I didn't expect you to come walking around until 12:40."

"Whatever!" Riku said, pouting and rolling her eyes. "I'm hungry, can we go to a Shoppe and get something to eat? Or, even better, can we order pizza?" She opened the car door and threw her bag in the back seat, then sat down on her own seat and closed her door.

Raiden came around to his side and started the car, looking over to Riku and smirking. "Whatever you want, my little High schooler!"

Riku rolled her eyes again, but smiled and laughed along with her brother. She really liked the school so far. Sure, some looked at her funny, but she had Rin to talk to and be around. So she didn't really care if she was bullied. Riku also didn't want to tell Raiden about Rin. Because if she did, Raiden would demand to meet her and would embarrass Riku to death. But she did give Raiden the hint that she had a new friend.

She just hoped she can make more friends as her school year goes by.

-:-

"Have good day at school, Ri-chan!" Raiden called, waving out of his car window before driving of.

Riku waved back and continued to wave until her brother was out of sight. Her hand fell to her side and she yawned loudly, rubbing her eyes before yawning again and walking towards the school. Raiden was keeping her up way too late and waking her up way too early. She ran her hand through her hair before walking into the open school gates, still half asleep.

"He, Riku-chan!"

Riku was nearly knocked off of her feet when someone's body crashed onto her back. She flushed and flailed her arms, trying to keep herself from falling and succeeding. She knew the voice, and turned around to see a preppy Rin Kagamine.

"Mornin, Rin-san." Riku said, smiling happily despite her sleepiness.

"Let's go to the cake Shoppe after school okay?!" Rin asked, still having her arms around Riku's neck.

Riku blinked, then flushed a light pink. She closed her eyes and gave Rin a cheeky smile, almost identical to Rin''.

"Alright!!!!!"

-:-

Chapter two done. Awesome~! XD

Anyway, I do not own the Vocaloids. Only Riku, Raiden, Mamoru, and whoever is about to come strolling by in the story ahead.

Please Review, and I will see you next time.

Serine, Away~!!!!!!