I can't tell you how hard it is to write as Elluka.

It is. Really. Ambiguity is harder than it looks. I hope I did okay.

And it's even harder to write this when I don't even understand the series of SDS myself. I understand Story of Evil, and that's it. THAT'S IT.

Also, I just totally realized every major place is named after the demon representing the sin. HOLY CRAP mind equals blown.

aleir29: No, Miku and Kaito are not 'technically' their Sins yet. (I mean, it's pretty obvious that Kaito's going to go bat-shit crazy about his Greed REALLY soon.) And thank you. You're the first person who says my story has potential. I feel so special.

Anonymous: I've been making everyone call him Mr. Kaito because I didn't know his last name until you told me. Also, yes I have seen Cantarella. That actually is a good idea. I will take it under consideration. If I do make it, though, I will only make it a oneshot.

Warning: Contains idioticness, an enraged princess, a confusing woman, a sorceress, and Gakupo's sailor mouth. You have been warned.

Disclaimer: I don't own Vocaloid. Most people would say something interesting after this. I'm really too lazy for that. We've got a story to get to, people.


Chapter 2: Violet Eyes

Rin was roused in the morning by a slight but incessent patting of her head. "Ma'am, we have to leave now." A crystalline voice stated. "Rin? Rin...? Wake up, we've got to get things done! We've got to leave!"

Rin rolled over, blinking bleary blue eyes. She made out Miku's slight figure. "Gh...five more minutes." She rolled back over.

A small laugh. "No, now." A poke to her cheek, then the sounds of wheels rolling across floorboards. "I've packed your suitcase. It's filled with clothes and other objects that we will need."

Rin sat up, rubbing her eyes. Miku's vanity had been entirely cleared off, and her room was spotless. Even the four mirrors were gone.

"Why are we bringing the mirrors as well?" Rin inquired, standing and picking up a white dress Miku had set out for her. "We don't really need them, do we? Unless this guy is completely obsessed with his looks-"

"N-No, that's not it." Miku looked down. "Father told me...that some things are better left unsaid." With that, she set Rin's suitcase on a small table and wheeled out of the room and into a rope and iron elevator.

Rin picked up the suitcase and grabbed her cloak. She walked down the stairs and into the kitchen. Kaito was nowhere to be found, but there was something tied to a piece of paper written in blue ink. Rin picked it up.

It was her hair ribbon, the one Len had been wearing when he had died. It had been washed clean of mud and now lay on the table. Almost like it had been waiting for her.

To seal the deal.

Go out the back door, keep your cloaks on, and Rin is to hide underneath the false floor in the carriage. Burn this after you have read it. I will be waiting.

-Kaito

"Rin? Can you give me a hand?" Miku was still in the elevator.

"Oh! Sorry!" Rin pocketed the ribbon, rushing over to the stairs and untying a rope from the side. The elevator slowly descended until Miku was on the bottom floor. She wheeled out of it and smiled up at Rin. "Father's supposed to carry me now. Where are we going?"

Rin walked back over to the table, picking up the note and burning it in a lantern hanging by the window. "Out back. Here, I can carry you."

"No, it's fine..." Miku bit her lip.

"It's quicker." Rin placed Miku's arm around her shoulder, and the other around her waist, lifting her off the ground a few inches and opening the back door. She stepped out carefully and bolted the door behind her.

"You're much stronger than you look." Miku beamed, as Rin stared at a blue velvet and golden gilded carriage pulled by four white horses. "I assumed you'd be really frail from ruling."

"Len sparred with me..." Rin was royally pissed off. "Really? So this is how we'll travel. Real inconspicuous."

"Actually, it is." Kaito stepped out, picking up Miku bridal style and setting her on the plush velvet seat. He opened up a hatch and guestured to it. "In here. Elluka doesn't know my name. She knows my face, however. This way we won't be stopped by her because she will believe us to be rich. She's expecting peasents."

"How do you know all this?" Rin inquired, laying in the hatch and drawing her knees to her chest. "And when will you teach me to defend myself?"

Kaito smiled ambiguously. "In due time, child." The hatch clicked shut.


Rin could barely breathe in the hatch. Her knees kept banging in her face due to the bumping and the rocking of the carriage. She had originally tried to count off the minutes, but she had lost track after five. It truely was hell.

When she had complained, she could hear Kaito's laugh, telling her that she didn't truely know hell then. That stupid jerk. I bet he doesn't actually know anything.

A disturbing thought got to her. What if he has tricked me? What if this is all a lie? That elaborate act with the woman...what if he's trying to rape me? Or sell me back to Lucifenia? Damn, what have I gotten myself into?

"Oi! Let me out!" She called frantically, terrified of what could happen. "Please! I-"

The hatch opened up, and Miku's worried face was visible. "Calm down, please! It's only for a few more minutes!"

"Why not now?" Rin yelled up, blue eyes studded with tears.

"Because they have set up checkpoints." Kaito replied smoothly. He didn't seem fazed at all about her outburst. "Be glad you did not yell later than this. In about, oh, two minutes, we will reach it." He regarded her cooly. "I apologize again for your lack of comfort. Once we pass, you will be able to join us in the carriage."

"I don't trust you." Rin glared up at him. Kaito nodded. "I know. But please, try. You and I are of the same, you know."

Rin shivered, lowering her head and clutching her knees tighter to her chest. Miku gently closed the hatch again, and there was the sound of something being dragged over it. Rin began praying silently to herself.

Dear god, or whoever's listening, or Len. Len, Len, Len, I am so sorry, please don't let them find me, I beg you, please please please please please-

"Ah, Mr. Kaito." Rin's blood ran cold. It was the warrior's voice. "Are you and your daughter going on a trip?"

"Yes." Kaito's voice rang out. "My buisness calls. And I cannot afford to leave Miku at home."

"Good morning, Miku."

"Good morning, ma'am."

"I know this is unethical, but as my fighters may have told you yesterday, the queen isn't actually dead. We believe she may try to escape Lucifenia, so we must check every carriage and wagon that tries to leave." The warrior stated curtly.

"Why, yes. I do believe that you barged into my house last afternoon and broke a priceless vase given to me by my late wife." Kaito's voice sounded pleasent, but there was a dark undertone to it that sent shivers up Rin's spine.

"A-Ah, yes, I do sincerely apologize about that." The warrior spluttered. "We will be willing to pay anything n-needed to replace th-that vase-"

"If you so insist. I assume you need Miku and I out of the carriage." Footsteps above her head.

"T-Thank you." More footsteps. The warrior...she's standing right above me...

A lot of scuffling and shuffling. Multiple amounts of footsteps entered and exited. Things opened and closed, slams, latches, and muffled apologies.

"Alright. Thank you, sir. You and your daughter may proceed."

Another pair of footsteps, and someone sat down. "Thank you. Here, Miku."

"Thank you, Father."

"Wait!"

The prince?

Rin's eyes began to tear up at the heartbreaking sound of his voice. She couldn't help but love him, even after what he did to her. He had taken everything she had loved.

He had taken Len.

"Kaito, I'm afraid we cannot let you through without you telling us where you're going." His voice was apologetic, but also stern.

"...Of course."

"I hope you understand."

"No, it is fine. We are on our way to Elphegort." Kaito stated casually.

Rin was still caught up in her thoughts of the prince. That green haired bitch, stealing her love's heart, her kingdom, her wealth, her twin...she took everything. Both of them did. They deserved to die in her opinion.

Come to think of it...Miku...she looks exactly like M-

"Would you care for an escort?"

"No, but that is very considerate of you. Thank you."

"It's not a problem. Have a safe trip. You too, Miss Miku."

"Thank you, my lord."

"Goodbye."

The carriage started up again, wooden wheels crunching against rock. It was a few minutes after that exchange that the hatch was opened, and Rin was helped out by Kaito. She settled on the plush leather seat. "You lied."

"I lied because I had to." Kaito replied. "And I apologize again." He handed Rin a piece of bread, which she ate ravenously. "Now, get some rest. We will be there very soon."

Rin nodded, leaning back against the plush seat and staring out the window. It was a few moments afterwards that she fell fast asleep.


"Will you go...old friend?"

She smiled ambiguously up at the tree of Eldoh, her cape swishing around her slight figure. "Of course. After all, I have nothing better to do. Eternity is such a bore, don't you agree?"

"I enjoy..." It rumbled slowly. "...watching the comings...and goings...of the humans. Many a...Hansel and Gretel have...ventured through here."

"And yet only two have truely mattered."

"Everyone...matters, in the...great scheme of...life."

"Life." She smiled again. "What a farce." She turned. "I should begin my mission, then."

"It will be...difficult. Good...luck."

"Goodbye."

Hours of walking took her to her destination. The destination, the mansion, that glowed strongly with a dark violet. The sin called to her, almost beckoning. But she knew true love, true beckoning, and so this sin did not affect her judgement.

But...what was this...? There was also golden. It was coming closer, and closer-

Elluka smiled. "Kaito, you absolute fool." How dare he ruin her game? Well, maybe the idiot actually had a plan. Was it to kill the sin himself? No, if he were to do that, he'd have to kill himself, and the girls. He must be collecting.

"He can't be a collector." She spoke aloud again, this time to a figure who had appeared behind her in a sudden bout of flames.

"He's trying to be. He's beginning his story. His change will begin soon." The figure spoke, their face obscured by a white and red mask. They smiled. "Shall we enter?"

"You've already been in there." Elluka turned to her comrade. "Gumina."

The sorceress beamed, and suddenly changed into a young woman. A heartachingly familliar young woman. She vanished into another bout of flames, and Elluka knew she was inside.

Now, all to do is to wait for my sins to be delivered to me. Elluka vanished slowly into the tree besides her. Such a liar, my dear Tree of Eldoh. This is going to be too easy.


Rin awoke just as the carriage stopped. She blearily looked up at Kaito, rubbing her eyes. "Are we here?"

Kaito gave a curt nod. "This is where you must not fail. You must venture inside and bring him out. He will try to seduce you, but his powers will not work."

"Powers?" Rin raised an eyebrow. "What, can he hypnotize people or something?"

"Yes. He has hold over any woman. Any woman that looks at him. It will not work on you, like I said, because you both are Sins. You must relay this information to him. If he does not come willingly, rejoin me outside. I will then...release him myself. So pretend to be infatuated with him."

Rin nodded. "Alright. What about Miku?"

"She cannot walk."

Rin sighed. "I know that. Will she stay in here?"

"Of course. We cannot really bring a crippled young woman in there, can we?" Kaito gave Miku's hand a reassuring squeeze. "Go. Be safe." He nodded. "And be wary. Elluka may be here. Watch the clocks."

Rin was forced out of the carriage. "B-But how will I know she's there-"

"Watch the clocks." The door slammed shut. The carriage rumbled away.

"Watch the clock-shut up." Rin mimicked angrily, kicking at a bit of dirt and moping up to the mansion. "Wait, I'm supposed to be in love. Damn, I've never really been good with love."

The huge wooden doors seemed terrifyingly large to the young girl. Rin shivered at a thought. I wonder how many women he has in here... She reached for the brass knocker.

The door opened before she had a chance to knock. A woman stood there, with dark brown hair and deep red eyes. She positively beamed down at Rin. "He's waiting." Was all she said. "Here, let me take your cloak. You won't need it. Trust me." She winked.

Rin suppressed a shudder, handing the woman her cloak and feeling very bare in her plain white dress. The woman looked even more bare with a strapless dress that barely went halfway down her thigh. A red rose adorned a black ribbon tied around her neck. As Rin entered, she took Rin's hand gently and closed the door. "How old are you, sweetheart?"

"F-Fourteen. Almost fifteen." Rin gulped down her nervousness as she was led down the hall by the woman. It truely was a remarkable mansion, but Rin didn't notice any of that. She did noticed that there were many spots that painting had been taken down.

"Almost fifteen." The woman repeated, smiling. "He will enjoy that."

Rin shivered at that. The woman noticed this and hugged her. "Aw, don't be afraid! He'd never hurt you."

Rin could definately see it now. This woman's eyes were glazed over, and her smile was over friendly. "Master loves all of us."

And she was definately creeped out. Rin concealed it very well and smiled back at the woman. "I know."

This evidently was the right answer, as the woman's smile widened and she continued leading Rin down the hall. They eventually entered a huge chamber with one chair in the middle.

A truly handsome man sat there, eyes lowered and pale lips smiling sweetly. He had long violet hair tied back elegantly, and wore violet and white. His legs were crossed and he held his chin in his hand. "Hello." His tone was light and musical.

Rin could only gape. Oh my god. This...now I understand. He practically reeks of sin.

It was true. The duke's eyes met hers, violet meeting blue, and she felt his power pierce her like a knife. Yet she felt nothing towards him. So Kaito had been correct.

"You're so beautiful." He stood, holding out his hand. "Come to me, please?"

Having no choice, Rin slowly walked up to him. "My Lord-" She began, eager to warn him and leave this place, when he smiled and placed a finger on her lips.

"Gakupo." He said gently. "Just Gakupo."

"Gakupo. I need to speak with you." Rin stared up at him. "Alone."

Gakup signaled to a few women milling about. They abruptly left. He sat on the chair. "Speak, then, my love."

"You're a sin."

Gakupo raised his eyebrows but said nothing.

Rin bit her lip. "It sounds...weird, I know. But trust me on this. You're a Sin, one of seven. You're Lust, and I'm Pride."

Again, Gakupo was silent.

Rin ran a hand through her hair. "Look, the important thing is we need to leave. Before a woman named Elluka comes to collect us. She's trying to get all seven...I-I'm not really sure why, though. But I am Pride, and you're Lust."

Gakupo was still silent, violet eyes thoughtful.

"...Say something, damnit!" Rin exploded.

"Prove it."

Rin was taken aback. "Huh?"

"Prove that you're a Sin." Gakupo purred the words. "Show me." It was painstakingly obvious what he wanted out of her.

"...You're fucking kidding me. Pervert. I'm fourteen." Rin snapped, before she realized the words were out of her mouth. Gasping, she clapped her hands over her mouth. "...Oh." I'm supposed to be in LOVE with him. Ugh!

Gakupo's face went pale and blank. "You...aren't...affected...by me?" His violet eyes were wide with something akin to fear.

Rin nodded, then another thought came to her. "Yes. Your powers do not work on me, Gakupo." She sneered. "For I am Pride, the first of the Seven Deadly Sins. If you ever disrespect ME, you filthy peasant, I will not hesitate to destroy you where you stand."

Evidently this was proof enough for Gakupo. His violet eyes dark with confusion and fear. "...Well, fuck." He stood, rubbing his forehead, pacing. "Then who the fuck is this Elluka bitch? And why the hell does she want us?"

Rin was a little taken aback at his constant swearing. "I-I..." She fought to keep her old self going. "Look, I do not have all the answers you are looking for." She snapped at him. "But there is a man outside who does."

Gakupo was muttering to himself. "A sin, huh...like, a living personification-"

"Vessel." Rin chimed in.

"Shut up for a minute, I'm fucking thinking." Gakupo continued pacing. "So that's what that freak did to me...and must've done to you..." He straightened up. "Fine. I will come outside and get my fucking answers. But I will only stay for my answers, got it, Shorty?"

"Hey!" Rin yelled. "What did I JUST say about disrespecting?"

Gakupo only smirked. "Come on. How can I take a fucking fourteen year old seriously?" He laughed.

"I seriously want to have you killed." She glared up at him.

"Oh, yeah. You and what fucking army?" Gakupo glared right back.

"I'll have you know, I had a kingdom!"

"HAD! And now you don't!"

"UGH! Why do I have to get YOU, of ALL people I COULD be helping out!" Rin stamped her foot in a rage.

"Well, I should just-"

"Mr. Kamui?" A crystal voice made them both whirl around. A pretty young girl (who looked strangely familliar, but Rin couldn't place it) stood there. She had light green hair tied back in a topknot, with wide, light blue eyes set in her pale face like two jewels. She wore the same type of dress the other woman had, except the flower around her neck was green. "Um, what is all the yelling?" She looked frightened.

"Oh, Gumi, I'm sorry." Gakupo smiled lightly at the girl. "This is just..." He sent Rin a patronizing glare. "An old acquaintance."

Rin returned the glare, glancing at the woman. "Give us a moment, please." She said, rather hostile. The woman called Gumi nodded, withering a little under Rin's gaze, and closed the door.

"Acquaintance?" Rin exploded. "Idiot!"

"How was that stupid? God, you're such a pain in my ass..." Gakupo massaged his temples. "I absolutely desest you."

"The feeling is mutual!" Rin yelled back.

"I hope you die in a hole!"

"That's the best you can come up with? What, did sleeping with so many women addle your brains? Or are you just airing out that space where your brains should be?"

"Hah! At least I once possessed brains! Tell me, what's it like being blonde?"

"Blonde jokes? YOU BASTARD!"


The girl glared at me. Could she know? Or is it just her pent-up anger?

There is no way she could know who you are, Gumina.

...Alright. That's a little reassuring. They're still arguing. It's quite loud, and obvious what they're talking about. Good thing there's only oblivious women in here. Any sign on Kaito?

He knows I am here, but he cannot get to the duo on time to stop my actions.

This is all going according to plan. I hear the Irregular has begun to stir.

Yes...I have felt it, too. His story is coming up. We must have all the preparations done by then. The vessel for Sloth has been found as well. Unfortunately Kaito possesses it.

The Princess.

Yes. Oh, sweet betrayal, how will the poor child feel when she learns her father is a monster?

She'll want to help him sleep.

Hmmph. Of course. But which story will she play first?

I don't know-

...Gumina?

Sorry, Elluka. They've just left the castle. Make your move.

Of course.


Rin had somehow managed to drag Gakupo out with her, all the while still bickering with him. He's such a pompous asshole!

Gakupo was too busy glaring down at the kid to notice that a woman was walking towards the duo. She had long white blonde hair and piercing blue eyes. A smile lazily graced her pink lips. She stopped a while away.

Rin looked up, meeting the eyes of the woman. Something in her head clicked. Watch the clocks... Spinning around, she faced the huge clock on the front of the mansion.

It was spinning wildly, the hands a blur of black and white.

"KAITO!" Rin screamed.

A huge boom caught her attention. Spinning back around she saw a huge blast of light coming towards her and Gakupo. His arm flew up, hitting her square in the stomach, causing her to fall back and Gakupo to take the blast right in his chest.


That last little exchange between Gumina and Elluka was them like, mind speaking. I speak mind, do you? Hon hon hon.

Yeah, so there wasn't much going on. I originally was going to have more fighting in this chapter, but it appears that I will have to wait. You can't cram this much into one chapter. It just doesn't work. And it would get waaaay too confusing.

Gakupo had to make a blonde joke. He had to. I had to. XD.

So I continually wonder if you people read these. I read these. They're pretty great.

Yeah, if it wasn't obvious, Gumina is the sorceress who's been spying on Gakupo for a really really long time. I'm not sure yet if she's going to be his childhood friend, as well, or if she's taken over the body of his childhood friend. Hmm. Decisions, decisions.

Questions? Comments? Concerns about your love life? Think you're a Sin and need advice? Ask away, my little...ducks, ask away.

-Wren-