Chapter Four
Warning: Cursing because of Rinto and Len. I know... I can't imagine Rinto doing it either. He's an extremely carefree and easygoing guy in my opinion, but sometimes it just becomes too much and he explodes. Don't worry, I'll lessen the expletives in the future chapters. :)
Kagami Rinto stared dumbly at the scene, his expression frantic and confused as heck. He slowly took everything in: The splatters of blood on the ground, the metal pipe lying close to the dumpster, the dumpster open with its contents scattered all around, filling the alley with a horrible smell, the pile of trash bags ripped apart in the corner, and a girl lying unconscious on top of said trash bags.
Upon closer inspection, the girl is revealed to be none other than the thorn of his sister's side, Akita Neru. She's clearly unconscious with a gash on her forehead and a bruise forming on her arm. Not that Rinto is feeling even the slightest bit sorry for her. That brat deserved more. Especially when Rinto found out that the stupid girl trapped his innocent sister inside that god-forsaken dumpster.
Rinto couldn't imagine how his sister felt in that ordeal. He's standing a few feet away and already he can smell the stench of that dumpster. He'll probably get sick if he went nearer.
But something keeps bugging him, cause no matter how much Rinto looked around, there's still one person missing from the scene.
Where's Rin?!
Running out of options, (what do you think of him? A detective?!) Rinto debated on waking Neru up. She might give him a clue, but he's pretty pissed off at her right now. He might end up strangling her to death if she annoyed him.
But Rinto wanted to beat her up so bad… He glared at her form and stomped towards it, thinking that just one kick wouldn't hurt…
Suddenly his phone rang, causing him to jump and hastily pick it up. Maybe it's Rin!
"RIN! IS THAT YOU!?" Rinto yelled at his phone, causing a slight yelp at the other end of the line. He quickly frowned, cause the owner of that voice is definitely not his sister.
-"Oh great. Thanks for busting my eardrums Rinto."- A familiar grumpy voice said, and Rinto immediately flushed a bit, remembering that he forgot to check the caller ID in his haste. "Oh… It's you. Look Len, I'm a bit busy right now-"
-"…Looking for Rin, right?"- Len cut him off. -"Yeah, I know. She's actually here with me…"-
"RIN'S WITH YOU!?" Rinto all but exploded, causing another yelp from Len. "Tell me! Is she alright?! What the hell happened?! Anything I need to do while I'm still here staring at Neru?!"
-"Yeah. Kick that Neru's ass for me while you're there, because Rin is not alright. From what my sister said, she has a concussion and her wounds are infected from being inside that goddamn dumpster. She also has a huge bruise on her cheek though I'm not sure what caused it. Onee-san told us that we have to bring her to the hospital ASAP cause we're not exactly doctors here. We're in the car right now."-
"Lenka's with you?" At Len's confirmation, he breathed a sigh of relief. His girlfriend would know what to do. She's responsible that way. "Alright, I'll meet you at the hospital. Name?"
-"Yamaha Medical Hospital. And hurry!"-
"I'll come as soon as possible." Rinto confirmed, his tone deadly serious. After ending the call, he turned to glare at Neru's injured form that Len no doubt caused. No one hurts his little sister without suffering the consequences.
He knelt down beside her, studying her face. Heh, the brat actually looked innocent when unconscious! But when she's awake, she's a full-fledged demon set to hurt innocent and kind people like his sister.
"You're a fool to think I'll let you get away with this Akita Neru." He murmured, his bright blue eyes cold and unforgiving. He never felt this angry at someone before. No one ever offended him because of his easy-going personality, but now he's furious as hell. "My sister never did anything to you. She's always been kind and has an innocence of a child. She's never even hurt a fly in her whole life. Then suddenly you come waltzing along and torturing her just for fun?!" He breathed deep and hissed the words he never uttered in his whole life before. He felt powerful just saying it, even just this once: "You are a sick, sadistic, bitch Neru. You and your whole fucking gang. Assholes like you don't deserve to live like queens in this world. I wish you won't ever have children of your own. We don't need any more little bitches and bastards like you running around hurting other people." He exhaled, feeling a huge weight lift off his chest. It felt so good to say those words. She deserved it anyway.
And now for the grand finale…
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A satisfied Rinto left the alley to head straight for the hospital, leaving an unconscious, beaten, and bruised up Neru trapped inside the closed dumpster with huge rodents for a horrified Sukone Tei to find later.
All for his sister.
"Rinto!" Lenka cried when her boyfriend all but flew into his sister's hospital room, completely freaking out the two Kagamines and the doctor. Not minding the stares, he immediately headed straight for Rin's bed, worried beyond belief. "How is she doctor?"
Amazingly, the doctor quickly regained his composure, no doubt used to these kinds of things. "I assume you're the brother they told me about. Don't worry, your sister is out of danger. They were able to get her here before she lost too much blood from her head wound, but her condition didn't improve much because of the amount of infections her wounds has. We're working hard to treat her as quickly as possible. She also has a concussion and her bruise seems to have been caused by a punch (I've seen enough of those to know that). Though it's not my place to ask, what exactly happened to her that she arrived here looking like she just, excuse me, slept in a trash heap?"
Both Len and Lenka turned to look at him for an answer, which he replied truthfully. He wants the whole world to know just how much his kind sister has been suffering lately when she didn't even do anything to deserve it. "A bully did this to her. They injured her and then trapped her in a stupid dumpster. If she hadn't called me and if Len hadn't rescued her she would still be in there dying!" He held back a sob as he reached out to hold Rin's small hand gently. "She didn't even deserve it. Rin's sweet and kind and frail…"
The doctor nodded in understanding, satisfied with the answer. He talked a bit more before leaving, telling them to call him when Rin wakes up. No one paid attention to his departure though, all attention is focused on the girl on the bed.
"She looks so fragile." Lenka whispered. "How could anyone bully an angel like her?"
No one has an answer, though Rinto frowned. "She told me they hate her voice, but I don't know what they're yapping about. Her voice is fine! Better than mine, in fact!"
"The first time I saw her getting bullied is in lunch earlier this day." Len murmured, quietly contributing to the discussion. "Those girls were cruel to her. They embarrassed her by causing her lunch to fall all over her head…"
"The one I bought her?" Rinto looked shocked. He didn't know! How could he not know?!
Len shrugged before continuing. "I told her to go home after that, but I guess she refused because I found her later that day in our class. Neru probably ambushed her after school, but she fortunately selected a route close to my house. I spotted Neru sitting and banging on a dumpster. She's whispering to something, even though no one's there. That's when I heard it: The screaming. It's horrible, and it's coming from inside the dumpster. When I demanded an answer about it, she denied that anyone's in there. Someone screamed again, and that's where I threw Neru to those garbage bags to get her out of the way. I had a vague suspicion, but when I saw who was in there I nearly turned around to beat up Neru again. Rin was lying there unconscious Rinto! She looked really bad, her wounds are more prominent and the blood is leaking out, staining the trash. I even spotted a rat near her foot!" Len gritted her teeth. "I quickly carried her out of there and went home, though I have no idea what to do. Good thing onee-san's there, because she quickly took care of the situation and brought Rin to the hospital, which brings us to here." Len sighed. "I'm sorry I wasn't able to do more. If I didn't stall on my way home I would have saved Rin before all of that happened!"
"No Len, stop. Can you see the future? Cause if you can, you can go blaming yourself all you want." Rinto stared hard at him. "You did more than enough. Because of you, Rin is still alive. And I can't tell you how thankful I am." Rinto glanced again at Rin's direction, eyes sad. "I guess I have to pull her out of the school. I can't allow her to stay there after everything that happened..."
"NO!" Both Rinto and Lenka jumped when Len yelled like mad. Len immediately flushed and cleared his throat. "Uh, I mean… sure it's bad… but maybe if she has some friends they wouldn't bother her that much?"
"No one wants to be friends with Rin because they're all afraid of Neru." Rinto reminded him.
"I can be her friend!" Len blurted out, causing his sister to stare at him like a flower just sprouted on his forehead.
"You what?" Rinto blinked.
"Look, I'm friends with you. And if Rin really is your sister then we will definitely get along well. Plus, she's in most of my classes. I can protect her then." Len is madly digging up things that may convince Rinto. He doesn't know why, but he knows he's got to get Rin to stay. There's just something about her that makes him so protective…
"Len, you can't always be there for her." Rinto looked at him sadly. "Once they see that she's alone, it will just continue like nothing happened. I have to get her out of that school."
"But won't you consider how she feels?" Len is quickly running out of ideas. "I mean, what if she still likes it in that school?"
"Rin couldn't possibly like it in that school anymore!" Rinto looked horrified at the idea.
"Len, what's going on?" Lenka looked concerned at her little brother, but Len simply shot her a look.
"Look Rinto… I really, truly, want to be her friend. You know me. I won't abandon her like that. Besides, Neru wouldn't dare cross me." Len looked smug. "After all, they have a crush on me. They'll be terrified if I suddenly got angry at them." He didn't mention the fact that he wouldn't know about that at all if Rin hadn't told him.
"You just realized that now?" Both girlfriend and boyfriend raised an eyebrow at him, to which he blushed furiously. "Of course not! I've known since first day!"
Both snorted. "Yeah right."
"Forget it." Len muttered, his face still red. Rinto and Lenka both snickered at his embarrassment.
"Okay, you got a point Len. But what if she does get left alone? She needs more friends that wouldn't abandon her the moment Neru steps around the corner. Preferably a girl too."
"Why? What's wrong with me being a boy?" Len asked in irritation.
"Nothing! I know you'll take good care of her, but unless you can accompany her in girly things like bathrooms, then I wouldn't even suggest this." Rinto said, and Len quickly saw his point. Major disadvantage right there.
"I could be her friend, but I can't always be there all the time." Lenka muttered unhappily.
"It's okay, I don't blame you. We're classmates after all. I can't be with Rin too." Rinto said sadly. "If you can find Rin a girl friend, we're okay!"
But Len is mentally faced with a dilemma now. Who could actually agree to be Rin's friend? Someone who's not afraid of Neru and her goons?
He voiced such a question to the two, who frowned. "Someone who's not afraid of Neru? Difficult…" Rinto muttered.
"No it's not!" Lenka suddenly said, and you can almost see the invisible lightbulb flashing above her head. "The only ones who aren't afraid are the Crypton Vocaloids!"
"The Cryptons?! Are you serious? Those famous guys wouldn't give my precious Rin a second glance!" Rinto said incredulously.
"Not unless you join their group. They care for each other a great deal. Once you're inside… BAM! Instant protection." Lenka grinned widely, confident that her plan would work.
"But how would Rin join their group?" Len asked her. "I know they send out requests once in a while… but it's not likely that they'll send Rin an invitation too."
"I was about to tell you! Gosh, impatient guys…" Lenka muttered under her breath, and Len could almost see the sweat drop forming on Rinto's head. "Don't you know that the Cryptons send out auditions every now and then? For those Vocaloids that may yet to show some incredible talent?"
"Really!?" Len's eyes bulged out. Lenka nodded. "So if Rin could pass that audition, she can have instant protection?"
"Yep! And turns out, you don't need to attend the audition yourself because the Cryptons already sent you an invitation (which you refused by the way). All you have to do is accept it and you're in."
Len's mind is now whirring with possibilities. "So all I have to do is protect Rin from those damn bullies until she can pass the auditions? Then I can join the Crypton Vocaloids so then we'll both be in the group! Then she can stay in the school!"
"Of course, if you join the Cryptons you'll have to quit the pop singers group." Rinto informed him. "But no worries, the Cryptons are guaranteed to be the best group around. Better than the pop singers in fact."
"Then we'll do it!" Len grinned and pumped his fist in the air. "Rin will stay in the school!"
But the two older teens stared at him. "Why do you want her to stay so bad Len?"
Len responded with a furious blush that made the two exchange knowing looks.
No one noticed Rin stir at their noise.
Please review guys! Come on, something to encourage me to write the next chapter? Oh puhleaaase? *pushes a homemade Len plushie with puppy dog eyes in your face* :3
