Author's Note: Um Hey everybody, it's Rin-chan again… If you are actually reading this, which means you have continue to read the fanfiction, thank you so much! I really don't have a lot of confidence in my writing but I hope that everyone else likes it! So please enjoy the new chapter!
Akiko Kagamine Kamata's funeral was only a couple of days later after her death. Her family came, as did the family of her Husband, Ryuu Kagamine. It was a normal funeral, many people crying and others giving their soft murmurs of the usual 'Sorry for your loss.' Many were looking at the two children that Akiko left Ryuu to take care of. Some had heard rumors of the young lady's death. The rumors that were actually the truth of what happened in the bedroom of the twins. Were perhaps the twins cursed that they caused their own mother's death?
It was right as everyone left that Akiko's sister, Hikaru approached the king. Ryuu looked up at the familiar face with the same blue eyes as his lost one. "Your Highness-" She began to speak but he stopped her.
"We are family Hikaru, please call me Ryuu." He said in what seemed to be a very kind tone. He turned to the young lady and sat down in the nearest chair. "So what is it?" He looked up at her with a questioning eye. He knew from the little time he was married to Akiko that Hikaru was quite close to her. She told her things she would never dare tell even him. But perhaps it seemed obvious. That she would tell her own sister and not the person she had hated for taking away from her perfect life.
"Yes. We are family Ryuu. Which is why I think it's better if the twins come live with our family, Akiko's parents and her siblings. You'll be very busy all the time and they can't grow up in an environment where only servants take care of them! They need a real relative that will act as a motherly figure. Not someone you just hire for taking care of them!" She felt so in rage about what she had heard. His hands slammed on the table and she jumped a little.
Ryuu Kagamine stood up at last and looked down to his sister-in-law. His tone and appearance was not as kind as before but it seemed angrier. He seemed much more like the king authority he really was. "Listen here. I am the twins' father and I will decide what is best for them. I will be the one to take care of them because I am their father. And that is the end of it. I thank you for your offer though." He stood up and began to exit.
Hikaru would not hear it though so she followed him. "Sir… I mean Ryuu! It is what is best for the children! After everything that has happened, you can't honestly think it's best for the twins to be under your care!" The king turned to her stopping her in her tracks.
"So what do you believe happened then, Hikaru? Tell me what exactly the rumors going around are!" He said in a slight smug voice. "You accuse me of being a bad parent over simple rumors you hear! And you think you will be a better care figure for the twins." He continued walking but he noticed the girl refused to give up.
"It isn't rumors. I SAW what happened to Akiko! She was protecting Rin from being killed by YOUR guards and she was stabbed several times." Her voice was trembling with a combination of rage and mourning. That stopped the king in his tracks. She knew she was right. Her vision wasn't wrong. HE was responsible for her sister's death. How oddly ironic.
Ryuu turned to the blue eyes that held so much rage in them that it could pierce anyone else. Except for him of course. "And how do you know this?" He asked. "Perhaps was it the so-called powers your family was accused of having? Not the family you're in now, the family that was burned in that freak accident. Or was it really an accident I wonder? What do you think Hikaru Kamata? Or do you still use your real last name?" He said coldly. The blue eyes suddenly widened and she began to cry. "Guards arrest her for treason." He said with a smug look.
The guards surrounded Hikaru and she kicked and pulled her arms away from them. She glared at the king. "You bastard! You murderer! I won't ever forgive you! You killed my parents and the closest thing to a sister I had! I hope you die a painful death!" she shouted loudly.
Ryuu just continued to look her way and then continued to head back to the castle with the two twins, now awaken from their nap, crying the same way they did when their mother had died only a few days ago. He picked up the small female, the one they named Rin. "It is okay my Daughter… My dear little Rin… Father will take good care of you and your brother." He said with a calm voice. "And we will make sure that nothing stands in the way of that." He said quietly and he stroked the little baby's cheek almost as if for comfort. He placed the small child into the stroller and began to head back to the castle. Their only home, the home that now with Akiko gone seemed emptier that it did before.
~14 years later~
An empty castle, a huge and empty castle was always a quiet thing. Small clicks of heels hit the floor in a typical rhythm with the soft pitter-patter of rain on the window. The footsteps belong to a young queen of 14. She had short blonde hair and a pair of ocean blue eyes. She was a splitting image of the lady who had passed away some 14 years ago. She walked around the castle still exploring the many different rooms of the castle besides living her all 14 years of her life.
"My lady, it's time for tea." A male voice called out to the small lady, he was all the way in the kitchen and yet the young lady could hear him. The lady turned towards the voice. She started to head to the kitchen. The male unsure if she had heard him called to her again. "Rin-sama, its Snack time!" He said.
"Yes! I'm coming Len!" She said and she ran to the kitchen. She opened the door and looked up at her twin brother. He had the same blonde hair, except his bangs different from hers and his hair was tied up into a ponytail by a black ribbon. He also had the same blue eyes as her. He was dressed up in his usual attire; a white shirt with a black vest and a tie, and black pants. "So what's the snack for today, Len? I bet it's something really really tasty!" She said cheerfully and she slid into her usual chair.
"I made cupcakes just for you Rin-sama!" He said with a soft smile and then placed the chocolate cupcakes in front of her. He laughed when he saw his sister's even bigger smile as she saw the cupcakes and did her usual small 'Thanks' before taking a bite into the cupcake. The little gestures she made gave him a big sense of happiness. He heard his lady mutter an 'It's so good.' But it wasn't too clear because she was talking with her mouth full. He laughed. "Rin-sama you know you shouldn't talk with your mouth full." He smiled and then noticed crumbs on her cheek. "Ah… Rin-sama you have a few crumbs…" He went down to his young lady and licked the crumbs off of her cheek. She blushed instantly and grabbed a napkin, wiping off everything. He laughed again at his lady's blushing face. "Are the crumbs gone, Rin-sama?" He asked with a smile.
Rin blushed even more and jumped when he spoke. "Y-Yes! T-They're completely gone!" she squeaked and turned to face him.
Len smiled and then moved away. "That's good then." He bows down to her and begins to walk off. "Please enjoy your food, I'll go get more sweets from the kitchen." He said and got into the kitchen, taking a quick look of his lady out of the corner of his eye. She was nibbling on her cupcake and trying to keep crumbs off of her face. He quickly slid his back down the wall and sighed. "W-Why does she have to be so beautiful…?" He whispered to himself and he ran a hand through his hair. He got up and sighed, going to get more sweets for his lady. "I-I have to calm myself down…" He whispered and he walked back into the room. He found his lady to be humming and even singing energetically. He smiled and walked over to his lady. "You seem awfully cheerful, Rin-sama. Did anything happen while I was gone?" He asked. 'She's so cute!' he thought to himself.
Rin looked up at him and smiled, shaking her head. "Your cupcakes gave me an energy boost! I feel really really energetic from eating one!" she replied.
"I-I put a special sugar in the mix just for you Rin-sama." He was blushing slightly as he saw her bright smile.
"Oh No wonder! I knew they tasted better than usual!" She said cheerfully and looked at him, he was red as a tomato. "Len?" She called.
He turned away and puts his hand on his face to cover up the blush that completely covered his face. "W-why do you have to be so adorable R-Rin-sama…" He whispered to himself. He saw her staring at him with a confused look on her face. "O-Oh it's nothing, R-Rin-sama! D-don't mind me and my babbling!" he shook his head worriedly, hoping his lady had not caught a word of what he had said. When his lady muttered something he looked towards her again. She was turned away from him now. "Rin-sama, is something bothering you?" He asked with genuine concern but a hidden fear.
Rin turned to him. "I heard you, Len…" She whispered and turned away from him again. Her face was now red and flushed but she refused to let Len see her like that.
Len looked over at his lady. "I-is it bad for me to say such a thing…?" He asked her, now shaking and trembling where he stood beside his lady. But she remained silent. He took that silence as a 'Yes, Len… It is,' Words unspoken but spoken by the atmosphere. He starts to pick up the tray of sweets that have not been touched and bowed down to his lady again. He is still shaking. "O-okay then… I will leave you be. Good Night, Rin-sama." He said and he leaves the room leaving Rin alone there.
Rin looked away from him as he picked up the sweets and walk away. Just as he is leaving the door, she gets out of her chair and tries to go after him. However he is already out of the door. She is left alone, standing there with her arm out as if she was trying to reach out to him. She looked down at the ground and her arm pulled back, going to her heart. She couldn't believe that she let her cold exterior hurt him. Her first impulse was to go after him. However, something inside of her stopped her from going. Was this right? Was it really okay to go after him even though she knew it would be better for him if he packed his things and left the castle? She, of course, let her selfishness take over and ran after him. "Len!" She shouted and she tripped. She quickly got rid of her heels and picked up her dress beginning to run.
The young servant opened the door to his room. He looked around the familiar room that he was given at the age of 7 when their father separated them after her first rampage of her mental scars. He thought he had heard a sound and turned around, shrugging when he heard nothing else. He loosened his tie and unbuttoned his shirt a little, and then he laid down on the bed. Only one thought ran through his mind. A familiar female with golden hair and ocean blue eyes, his sister Rin. He closed his eyes thinking of everything, the good and the bad. A sudden noise from the door knocked him out of his senses and he sat up. "Was that footsteps?" He stood up and looked to his dresser across the room and found several photos of his lady and himself. Picking up one of the photos, he smiled a little. A photo of his lady and himself a long time ago before what happened, her smile was bright and she was hugging him, he was blushing but smiling towards the camera as well, the two of them were under the Sakura tree that was right outside their castle. 'She always loved that tree.' He thought and went to the next photo, very similar to the first except Rin's smile wasn't as bright. "I miss the times when I wasn't her servant. When Rin was just Rin… and I was just Len, her brother." He sighed and looked at the more recent picture, a Rin with a saddened smile and him beside her in his usual attire, he was holding her hand trying to get her to smile. "But now things are changed." He heard someone at the door and stopped his thoughts. "Perhaps for the better…" Then he heard running away and he sighed, fixing himself to be her servant again. "I should find Rin… I… I mean… Rin-sama." He smiled a sad smile and went to find his lady. When he walked out his door, he found her heels. He walked slowly and then began to run. "Where is she…?" He whispered.
Rin heard most of it. She couldn't take any of it. She shook when she approached the door, her hand close to the doorknob but not opening it. She quickly ran, dropping her heels in front of the door. She ran through the long halls and to the front door. She swung the door wide open and ran through, slamming it shut and then running into the pouring rain. She closed her eyes and spread her arms out, allowing the rain to soak her body, hair, and dress. She spun around and allowed her tears to become like rain drops falling on her face. She felt calm until she started to sob and broke down completely, her back hitting the wall of the castle and she slid down, now sitting on the floor, crouched into a ball, she cried louder. She didn't want to do this anymore. She didn't want to hurt Len with her cold exterior.
He slammed the door open and looked around. The moon illuminating the figure of a petite body curled into a ball shape. 'Rin?' he stepped forward, gradually running faster 'Rin?' he screamed to himself, running towards the fallen woman, sobs coming from her. "RIN!" Suddenly she looked up as she heard a loud slamming noise. She turned to find Len at the door, her eyes widened. He looked at his lady and his eyes began to water, he ran to the fallen lady and hugged her tightly. "Rin!"
She looked up and towards Len. Her eyes looking frightened and not wanting to look at him or his eyes to find the hurt she had caused. She ran again. Her blue eyes were stinging and burning with tears, but were disguised as raindrops on her face. She refused to look at him or talk to him. She stopped for a bit when she noticed he hadn't used '-sama' after her name... Her mind flashed back to the moment they were children. 'Rin...' His voice called her hundreds, no thousands of times, maybe even millions of times. When were they forced to change it so that he had to call her 'Rin-sama?' She couldn't remember anymore. Why she was the lady and Len was the servant, she didn't know. Why not them both? A familiar hand shape grabbed hers tightly and snapped her out. Even as he pulled her into his grip and began to cry on her shoulder, she refused to look at those similar blue eyes. She couldn't or else she would never be able to pull away.
She heard him speak her name many times as he sobbed on her shoulder. A small, sad smile or smirk was on her tear-stained face. Why was he crying...? Idiot. They were going to get soaked and sick. And though she wanted to tell him; 'Let's go in... We'll get sick...' her lips wouldn't allow the words to come out. Her body didn't move except for her slight trembling, so she could not push him away or hug him. Her arms were almost glued to her side. Whether it was his grip or just her shakiness, she wasn't too sure. He had said her name without the formal addressing... 'Rin...' She hadn't heard her name without the '-Sama' in what seemed to be forever. It sounded so different.
Len looked at the beautiful woman in front of him. 'She's beautiful...' he thought to himself. She seemed to be in slight fright of what was going on. He snapped out of it, pulling away from her. 'WH-What am I doing? She's...' he looked down at his feet. 'She's...' he looked up slowly to a stiffened Rin, her eyes tearful and her arms lying to her sides. 'I have to tell her...' he spoke to himself. "Rin." he spoke sternly. 'I have to let her know, what I'm really thinking.' he stepped forward. "I have something to tell you." He watched her stiffen even more as she said it and shook his head. "It's nothing bad, Rin." He whispered.
Her joints suddenly relaxed but re-stiffened a little, perhaps he was telling her this to make her feel better. "O-Okay what is it?" She asked quickly and moved to face him as he let go of her from his grip completely.
'I have to tell her. No backing out.' he thought to himself. He rose up to his full composure, fixing his shirt slightly even though it was still pouring out. Getting on to his knee in the mud on the ground, he stared up at her. He took a hold of her hand even though she had a stiffened arm. "Rin..." he slowly started, "Rin... I Love You."
Her eyes widened for a moment looking a little shocked. She was shaking again. He... Loved her? Len… loved her…? T-this wasn't possible right? They… were twins… She looked down and tightened her fist before regaining that small cute smile she always had. "I love you too! After all we are twins! It's only natural that you love your twin sister! Even if she is the Daughter of Evil!" she said trying to pass it off as just the love you show for your family. She had to do this. For there was a difference despite them being twins. She was in the dark; never will she be able to be in the light with everyone else. Not with her sins. Len, however, was in the light. She wanted him to stay in the light. She didn't want to bring him to the dark. Yes he did her work... But... SHE gave the orders and he had no choice but to carry them out. "Come on! Let's go inside! We're going to catch a cold!" she said cheerfully, running back inside but when her face was turned away from him, she was trying not to show him her tears.
He looked down at the ground before falling onto his hands, leaning forward into the dirt. The mud ruined his shirt and pants, his hair tie falling out but he seemed to not care about it. His hair slightly fell to either side of his head, dripping water falling of the ends. 'W-why...' his mind couldn't comprehend what had happened just now. 'We are Twins after all!' Her words replayed in his mind again. 'Why?' It didn't fill out correctly in his heart. A pain stricken quickly in his chest. His face went flush with heat before fainting onto the cold ground. Darkness taking over but only a flash of her flew through it. "Rin..."
Rin heard a thud and splash on the ground. She quickly froze and turned around, her body shaking. She was hoping that it wasn't true. She saw him on the floor. Her eyes widened at the sight of her dear brother in the mud, unmoving. "LEN!" she shouted.
~Chapter 1: END~
OOC: This is Rin-chan again! Well that's chapter one for you guys. I'm sorry it took so long to finish. I had lots of school work to take care of because it's the last quarter. And even now as I type, I should be writing an essay for English class and reading a book also for English (Darn you honors class!). I hope everyone enjoyed it and please be on the lookout for chapter 2, whenever that will be done! ^^ -hides from people who want me to update ASAP in a bulletproof shed. - I'M SORRY I HAVE TO NOT FAIL SOPHOMORE YEAR DX!
Anyway! A lot happened in this chapter. I love the small piece before the actual story! It was such a pleasure to write. Especially writing with the character Hikaru, she was my personal favorite! And who knows? We might see a piece of Hikaru in one of the later chapters. But when I got started on the original story, I had fun with it. A LOT. I kept thinking that it was rushed though. I always feel like that… So I really hope that this will be enough!