Well, here's a new chapter! This was originally supposed to be a one shot, but after so much praise, I've decided to make it a full novel. If you enjoyed last chapter, I would sincerely thank OwlsPanicAtTheCity for her request for this story. Well Enjoy!

Rin strolled slowly through the beach, her bare feet mixing with the warm sand and the cold, salty water. In her hand were her shoes, which had removed as she walked along the blissful beach. It seemed to go on forever, which was true, for this wasn't a normal beach, but one in a dream. Or rather, it was in many dreams. Rin had learned early on that the fastest way for a Baku to travel, was through dream hopping.

Unbeknownst to humans, dreams are often linked. For example, millions of people dreamed of the beach every night. While they might think it's their own beach, it was really just the one beach in this parallel dream world, Heiwana Beach. While doctors explained that dreams were just a person's unconsciousness at work, Rin now knew the truth. When one either sleeps or daydreams, their spirit body travels to the dream world, where it is guided into one of the different areas. This other dimension made it extremely easy for Bakus like Rin and Len to travel to wherever they pleased. All a Baku had to do was find someone who was dreaming near their location on earth, enter their dream, find someone in Heiwana who was having the same dream while their body was where the Baku wanted to go, and exit through this new dreamer. At first the experience had been maddening, but with some help from Len, she had finally been able to master it. Now she just had to find someone who was dreaming in Tokyo.

Just by looking at these spirit bodies, Rin could tell where there they were from. The short blond pasted a dark haired beauty who sprawled on the sand, her tan skin glistening in the sunlight. Rin focused her eyes on the girl, allowing her information to display itself in her mind. Clara Rivera, eighteen years old, lives in Madrid. Not exactly the place she wanted to go. As she continued walking down the beach, she let her mind travel over the ever changing facts that described her life.

Since that night, about a month ago, she gave up her humanity for Len. Now she was different, not entirely human, but not quite an animal. Instead she was a monster, though her appearance was the same. As of right now, she was considered an apprentice. Rin had to successfully complete ten contracts with her teacher, Len, in his given region, central Japan. Already, the first one was coming quickly to a close. Her contractor, Gumi Nagisama, had run out of time. Tonight was the full moon, the ending of the green haired girl's contract, which Rin was extremely glad for. For a whole month now, the blond had to eat the bitter nightmares of falling off of cliffs, while supplying Gumi with a way for her spirit to go to Yuushou Fields. It would have been too much for to handle, if it wasn't for her Len. He took the majority of the bitterness on himself, and comforted her while the pain racked her head, causing her body to shake. He embraced her silently while Gumi slept, blissfully unaware of the pain her nightmares gave. While Rin loved the feeling of his warm arms wrapped around her torso, she still didn't feel satisfied. Their lips haven't touched since that night, the night her humanity was given away to embrace a new life. Her insides felt empty as she thought of his pale lips, the taste and smell of banana that seemed to be as much of a part of him, as those mischievous blue eyes.

She sighed as she turned her head towards the still water. Unlike a normal beach that would have roaring waves that threatened to knock even the most sure footed swimmer over, the waves at Heiwana beach were little more than peaceful ebbs on the tide, which were silent as they gracefully fell on the silver sand. In the water was a girl, her two purple pig tail soaked with the salty water. Tone Rion, sixteen years old, lives in Tokyo. Perfect, she thought, as she waded out towards the girl. Tone looked up as Rin appeared.

"Hi!" she smiled. "My name's Tone, what's yours" the girl asked cursorily.

"If I told you, you wouldn't remember" the Baku sighed, wishing she could avoid the pointless conversation.

"Why? Is it because this is a dream?" She said, before being distracted by the colorful fish that swam about the pair.

"How do you know this is a dream?" Rin asked, confused. Whenever she walked the dream worlds with Len, she noticed that each spirit was blissfully unaware that this was reality.

"Because, Silly, when I wake up, I'm always back in my bed!" She explained giggling like a little girl. "But I've seen you before." Tone said, her voice turning serious. "You were here with that boy who looks like you" with this declaration, Rin's jaw opened. No one ever remembered seeing a Baku, unless they made a contract with them. She opened her mouth to say something, for the purple haired girl interrupted her. "So, now will you tell me your name?"

"It's Rin" she sighed reluctantly.

"Ok, Rin, would you like to play with me?" The girl asked, her eyes filled with expectation.

"Sorry, I can't. I'm really busy" she sighed

"Oh…" the girl said, her face filled with disappointment. Then she brightened up. "How about another time then?" She said, her expression again filled with naïve hope.

Rin's eyes flashed in response, changing into looking wilder than most teenage girls, while she flashed a big smile. Then she placed her hand on Tone's head. Instantly, the blond disappeared, leaving the purple hair girl scratching her head in confusion, before returning to playing in the blissful waves.

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Rin materialized in a girl's bedroom, her hand on the sleeping Tone's head. She couldn't help but smile to see the girl sprawled all over her bed, snoring obnoxiously. Crossing the room quickly, she opened the window and landed feet first on the ground. She wrapped her arms around herself as she walked. The change in temperature from Heiwana beach and Tokyo was extreme. As she pasted an alleyway, something sparkling caught her eye, a shining light that radiated in the darken alley.

"Gotcha Mousy!" A girl screamed as she jumped out of the alleyway, launching herself at Rin. The girl seemed to realize that Rin was not a mouse while she was jumping and tried to avert the crash, but to no avail. The pair knocked heads before falling side by side on the cold concrete. Instantly, the strange girl sits up, nursing her now red head. "Oww, why did you do that?" She asks accusingly.

"What!?" the blond Baku countered. "This is your fault you…" she stopped as she realized what the girl looked like. She had cherry colored mixed with orange highlights. A single tuft of hair stood up, standing up like an antenna. She wore a black collar over her white dress with a blue star over hr bust and fell on her upper thigh. Even sitting, Rin could tell this skinny girl would probably be an entire head taller than her. But what made Rin stop, was the pair of red cat ears that stood out of the girl's head, accompanied by the red, skinny tail that sneaked out from a slit in her dress.

"What are you staring at, clumsy?" The girl pouted, causing Rin to stop gaping over the newcomer's odd appearance.

"What…What are you?" Rin asked.

"Are you really that stupid? I'm a Neko" She answered, her tail twitching in irritation.

"But, Nekos aren't real!" The blond protested.

"Apparently they are" the Neko girl smiled, and then frowned. "You must still be in training, Baku."

"How did you know I'm a Baku?" Rin demanded, starting to feel nervous around the creature.

"Because your making me feel sleepy" the girl laughed. "You'll learn soon enough that Bakus aren't the only creatures that are real" She said sticking out her tongue.

"What's your name?" Rin asked curious.

"Miki Furukara" the red head Neko responded smiling. "And yours?"

"Rin Kagamine"

"Well, it's nice meeting you Rin," Miki said as she stood up. "Now, I need to gone find my mouse before it gets away. Bye!" The Neko smiled, before turning to disappear into the shadows.

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Rin easily jumped to a high branch on the spreading oak tree. Len still had yet to arrived, but then again, she was pretty early. It was only nine o'clock, still too early for the sixteen year old Gumi to go to sleep. She closed her eyes stretched her neck as she waited, her body physically sore from traveling through dreams. Rin heard a slight sound beside her and opened her eyes. She was met by Len's hear melting smile, that seemed to make all feelings of pain disappear.

"You ready?" He asked, his voice filled with gentleness. The blond hair girl nervously nodded her head.

"Yeah" she said, struggling to hide the anxiety in her voice.

"It's ok to be scared" he whispered. Rin turned to look at him, thinking that he was making fun of her. But when she saw the kindness in his eyes, a look that said he understood all of the changes that were happing to her, Rin's heart seemed to melt. As the tears flowed down her cheeks, Len reached towards her, embracing her, drawing her close to his steady beating heart. Rin clinged to him, her fists wrapped around his shirt as she allowed her body to shake from the sobs escaping from her throat

"Ok" she finally said after several minutes. "I think I can do it now" Len took her hand gently and brought it up to his lips. Rin's face turned bright red as her cold porcelain skin brushed against his warm lips in a gentle caress. Bringing her hand down, but still interlocked with his, he smiled, looking her in the eye.

"Ready?" She nodded, before jumping from her branch, her hand entwined with Len's unto the window sill. Her crystal blue eyes scanned the room. Gumi, dressed in a pair of orange pajamas, was lying face down on her bed. From the way her body was shaking, and the muffled noises coming out of her pillow, Rin could tell she was crying.

"Gumi, you know what today is, right?" Rin asked, forcing her voice to be calm. At this question, Gumi jumped, throwing her head up to look at her trespasser.

"No, please…" she mumbled, her lip trembling as tears welled up in her eyes.

"It's time to make your payment" Len said smiling a cruel grin at this Gumi jumped out of her bed, pushing her body against the farthest wall as if she was trying to disappear.

"No, you're not real! This is just a dream!" She wailed. Len looked towards Rin, who knew what she must do. She sighed and tried to gather the courage to preform her job.

"Gumi," she began. "For an entire moon, I've taken away your nightmares. Now it's time for you to pay the price" Gumi broke down, throwing herself at Rin's feet, while the Baku's heart broke from the human girl's sobs.

"Please, please don't kill me." She wailed, her tears falling on Rin's shoes. The blond was appalled that Gumi would think she would go that far, but still, she had to pay a price for her contract. Her mind wandered, trying to think of something that would be dear to the girl. As the green hair girl met her gaze, her emerald eyes glistening with tears, Rin had her answer.

"For my price, Gumi, I will take your world of color. You are now forced to live this world in a monochrome reality" she ordered. She could see the horror on the human girl's face as she became color blind, no longer allowed to see the beautiful colors of the flowers she had loved in her dreams. While she continued to cry, Len lead the shocked Rin out of the room. When they again were in the tree, the girl Baku felt her legs collapse, as Len caught her, holding her close to his chest as he jumped from tree, to roof top to roof top.

"You did great Rin" he whispered in her ear, when he finally put her down, as they stood on top of a tall building. Rin turned to look at his face, bathed in moon light from the white moon besides them. Looking at him like this caused Rin to forget everything else. The pain, the confusion, all fell away when she was in his presence.

"Len…" she began before her voice failed her, while she looked down to hide her blushing face. Quickly, a hand pushed her chin up, causing her to look into a pair of wild blue eyes.

"Rin, I love you"

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An orange female cat pranced about the alleys, a prize hanging from her mouth. The black collar around her neck jingled as she jumped over the unwanted refused that had someway founds itself in the darkened alley, all the while making not to drop the squirming mouse. Suddenly she paused, alerted by a sound from above. Turning her gaze towards the rooftops, she was met with an interesting sight. Framed by the white moon light, two shadows were entwined, sharing a kiss under the darkness of the night. Smirking, the cat pranced off, dragging her mouse along with her into the blackness.

Well, I hoped you liked it! Please leave a comment and let me know! Yours truly, KoN