Synchronicity: Of love and Luxuria
Woo, I got reviews! I'm so happy I could cry! (YwY)
I realized one fun thing, before I added this chapter, the story had exactly 9001 words. And no one pulled a Vegeta yet!
FINALLY it has come to this, Rin and Miku meet again! You know, when you're trying to fit a story to a video in a way that it could possibly work. It becomes obvious exactly how little influence you have on your own story as a writer. Rin has lots of growing to do, yet I hope I can fit in some fluff here. This is what I have been writing towards!
Rea-chan: you know how often Rin dies right? Yet she always comes back later, This story is no different, She died in the prologue and was reborn near the end of chapter two. Dragons in this story don't really age the way humans do though. . . Soooo. . . They have all the time of the world together!
Red: Thank you so much for your reviews, I was seriously starting to doubt my abilities, at the time even hearing I should just stop writing would have been a relief. Your words make me smile and feel like I should keep trying.
Autho's Note: The reason why the Kagamine family, Teto, Meiko and Miku use Japanese honorifics like –kun -chan and the like is because of their names, I thought that with names like Hatsune and Kagamine, it would be logical if they had asian backgrounds. Gakupo might use them too at times in the story.
Well, on we go then!
Chapter 3: Destiny's call
It had been hours since she received the depressing message from her old mentor. She'd have to leave the village and go into hiding, or else, she would lose her daughter. Her son Len might be young, but she knew that when he grew up, he'd remember her. It was as if the twins shared a single soul, when she put them apart, they'd always roll around restlessly until they were once again bunched up together.
Her wonderful, adorable, beautiful twins. . . She was so proud of them, and the thought of losing one, it was too painful to think of. She reached her hand out between the two, and the little Rin took a hold of her index finger, squeezing it softly, not opening her eyes. Len responded soon after, settling on her pinky.
She smiled tenderly at that, no matter how scared or sad she was, these two cheered her up simply by being there. A luckier mother than her did not exist. "You two are going on an exciting adventure with mama." She whispered before planting a kiss on both their foreheads.
She'd already packed all the things she thought they would need, food, water, flint and tinder in case she would not find a house to stay before nightfall. Spare clothes and sheets to sleep on. All that was left was to find a small carriage she could use to carry all this and her children on.
There was a knocking on her door and she got up, her blue dress swirling around her feet as she moved to answer it. Her children reached out to her, as if trying to keep her from leaving and she let out a giggle.
"Llly Kagamine?" The voice of the village priest came as she opened the door, holding up a piece of paper, Lily looked at him, then at the man standing besides the priest with a saddened expression, old major Quimby? She was a little anxious to find them at her house. But this shock turned into an expression of sheer terror when she gazed over the paper that was held before her.
On the paper, sat the wax seal of the royal family. The Autograph of Empress Megurine Luka written right above it. "No.." She simply uttered, realizing what they had come for even without reading the letter.
Without a warning she was roughly pushed aside by two men in heavy, iron full body armour. "We would like to ask you not to interfere, this is a matter of great importance to the empire, we promise you will be properly compensated." One of the knights that held her stated.
From the gap between the two men she could make out the form of the priest bending over the bed the two were placed on, and grabbing one of her twins, the sound of both their cries reaching her ears as they were separated by someone who was not their mother.
"NO!" Lilly yelled as she tried to push past the soldiers only to be shoved into the wall near the doorway none too gently.
"Don't take my Rin, she's only a baby!" She complained as the knights held her still, the priest walking past them without a word.
"I don't want your money, give her back, PLEASE!" She begged with tearful eyes.
Not a word was spoken beyond that, when she was released and the door closed behind the last of the soldiers she crumpled to the ground, sobbing as she crawled back towards the bed. Taking a hold of the other twin and pulling him against her chest.
"Shh, Len-kun, it will be fine. . . Your sister is going to be away for a while." She tried to cheer him up. If only she could believe her own lie.
. . .
"Teto-chan. . . Are you sure you'll be okay?" The worried voice of a swordswoman in red echoed slightly through the cavern where the current dragon diva was catching her breath, Miku, the dragon she was destined to sing lullabies to for, probably the rest of her life lay sound asleep a few feet away from her.
"Yes. . ." She said, wheezing a little and letting out a soft cough.
Her voice was slightly raspy, almost robotic. . . But still ever so beautiful. It took a while for her to look up, a thin trail of red dripping from the corner of her mouth. "I'm alright, Meiko-san." She answered with a smile.
Her eyes fell on the small bundle in the arms of her friend. Blinking a little. "A baby?" She inquired as she leaned over, poking the wrapped 'package' her mouth subconsciously twisting into something that reminded Meiko of a kitty.
It was no secret that Teto loved babies, but with her weak body, and her role would be unable to have them. The baby let out a small coo and opened her large blue eyes, staring into Teto's pink ones "She's adoooorable~!" She squealed in delight.
Meiko hid her smile at the response, It had been a hell to get the baby to stop crying after Luka handed her over. . . And ordered Meiko to bring her all the way here. Not that she could not understand it. What they were doing was nothing short of a kidnapping.
She was glad her friend had at least some form of happiness, but. . . This was not a time for her to be all cheerful.
"She is the next diva." Meiko plainly told, causing Teto to freeze up, looking up at the swordswoman with a weird face. Her finger stuck in the baby's mouth who was currently sucking on it.
". . .What?"
"You did not think Luka-sama would order me to bring a baby all the way here. Just for you to play with her. . . Right?" She asked, a small frown on her face as Teto cocked her head to the side.
"So. . . I'm going to be a mommy for this baby then?" She decided, rubbing her hands together. She could do this!
Meiko let out a sigh of aspiration, how could Kasane-chan be so carefree in her position? "You are going to teach her what she needs to know to be a dragon diva." Speaking of which. . . Teto had not been singing for a while, was that really okay?
Indeed, Miku had began to wake from her slumber, with how long she had been under her lullaby induced narcosis it took longer for her to wake now, and she had been greatly weakened by how little she had been able to eat or drink lately. One could say that Luka's plan was starting to work.
Yet the dragon's will was not completely broken still. She knew she would easily be able to break free if there was no one to contr. . . Her thoughts were distracted when she felt something she had not sensed in years. . . This warmth and comfort. . . Why did she suddenly, feel Lynne's presence so strongly?
Her gaze immediately fell on the small blonde baby that was being held by the swordswoman, and her head rose to look at it more closely. What was she? Could Lynne have had a child before she died, one she did not tell them about?
No. . . Lynne was a virgin, she could remember her pure scent. Besides, this feeling was stronger than that. Much stronger. But. . . Lynne had died twenty-seven years ago.
"Careful!" Teto shouted as she got up, blocking Miku's sight of the baby. She growled at that and slowly rose up. She just wanted to see what was up with the child. Couldn't they just let her?
"Oh how holy, how serene,
How generous, how pleasant this Virgin who believeth.
Oh how holy, how serene,
How generous, how pleasant,
Oh Pure Lily."
Teto's harmonious singing voice filled the hollow cavern, and the dragon wobbled slightly on her feet as she tried to move forwards. She could not let. . . This get to her now.
There was no way to resist. . . Humanity's only effective weapon against her kind. And with a soft rumbling whine she collapsed again.
Teto finished her song with a cough, it was clear this was very taxing of her "Anyway, Leave the baby to me, I bet she will become great if she can watch me sing every now and then."
Her eyes moved over to the dragon checking to make sure Miku was sound asleep. "it's been a while since I got the chance to perform for anyone but this big sleepyhead!"
There was Meiko's old friend again, still as happy-go-lucky as before. But it had only been a day. And the lady hated to think about how Teto's opinion on her new job would change over time, when it truly started to weigh on her.
"Go on Meiko-san, you should go back and report to our 'mistress', before your 'cold soul' agitates little miss 'scaly and scary' and she becomes uncontrolable!" Teto joked to her friend as she took a hold of the baby, nuzzling her close with a dreamy expression.
Meiko shook her head as she turned around. She could not remember how she became friends with a girl like Kasane, that never took anything serious.
"Oh, and Meiko-chaaan. . ." Teto began, Stopping Meiko in her tracks. "Since you love giving me presents on your visits anyway. . . I would love some French bread!" She chirped.
Meiko could only laugh. Her friend was such a joker. Perhaps that was exactly the reason she was her friend, because she needed someone who could laugh in the face of sadness. . .
"Fine, fine!" She responded with a wave as she made her way towards the glowing portal that was now the only way in and out of the cave that had become the dragon's prison.
Moments later, the two girls were left alone with the dragon once again. And it was time for Teto to drop the act she'd been setting up for her friend, she was happy with Rin's presence. More than that even. But she has to think straight.
"Really, you will be my replacement?" She asked, lifting the baby up to look into her eyes.
"There's no way that in this state I'm going to live long enough for you to grow up." She stated as she looked at the child. Smiling when she reached for her face and began to play with her bangs.
"Show me." A high-pitched feminine voice told her, and she was surprised to suddenly see a woman knelled next to her. Where had she came from?
"Let me take a look at her, please." She insisted, her large blue eyes eyeing the baby with a certain, need. Her arms, covered in a pair of black shoulder length gloves outstretched.
A feeling of alarm came over Teto and she scooted away, much to the chagrin of the other girl who threw her a glare.
"Who are you?" Teto demanded as she hugged the baby, who had yet to make any sound of protest.
"I am no one bad, I just want to see the child, then I'll leave you alone." She stated, not moving from her place.
Teto shook her head, pressing Rin closer to her chest. She was definitely not going to let this person hold her. Those clothes made her look like some kind of scary extremist, what if she wanted to capture the new diva to ensure the dragon would wake?
Speaking of the dragon, where had she gone? She looked around, where was she? She'd escaped while she was preoccupied? Damn, she screwed up on her first day!
"I'm right here." The other woman told coolly, as if having read her mind. She took a hold of Teto's arm, scooting up beside the shocked diva to take a look at the baby's face.
It was only now Kasane realized, that the girl's long teal hair was the same colour as the manes and the scale pattern of the drake she'd been guarding. "You are. . .!"
"Correct."
Teto held her breath as she watched, the woman's features seemed so soft as she looked at the child in her arms. "We meet again, Lynne. . ." She spoke while reaching for the child once more. . . Caressing her face gently.
The pink-eyed girl was speechless as she events played out like some play on a stage. She was quite sure that this girl was the dragon she'd been guarding, but why was she so interested in this child, and why did she call her, Lynne? Did she perhaps hear her name wrong when she was asleep?
No. . . The 'we meet again' would make no sense if that were the case, but they could not have met before. Many questions ran through her head as she stared at the woman, getting closer to the baby girl's face. A certain, hunger in her eyes? Oh God she was planning to eat Rin?!
The diva jumped up that moment, The baby held tightly against her chest in a protective manner. And in her loudest voice she began to sing.
"The mouth of the just,
shall meditate wisdom.
And his tongue,
shall speak judgement.
Blessed is the one,
that endureth temptation."
Miku's eyes shot to Teto's face, her mouth curled down in a snarl. Such a low move! She just wanted to say hello to her old friend and this human had to ruin it. She let out a drawn-out yawn, before collapsing, with a smile on her lips.
It didn't really matter. She'd found her Lynne back. She could wait a few years, till she had grown to her age again. She could not make her move before she was old enough to be her mate anyway. She had time.
The years that followed, Miku calmly watched Rin grow. It was a most painful process. She had the very thing she wanted, right in front of her, but she could not reach out to take it. Meanwhile her tormentor, this illegitimate mother grew closer to her. They sang together, ate together, even took baths together!
Was this what Lynne experienced when she was only a whelp herself? True, in the terms of a dragon she too was only a kid, but still. . . She needed affection as much as anyone else. And she was starved on that more than food or drink.
One day she woke up to the warmth of something small settling against the side her large draconic body. She did not move, she knew that if she did, she would trigger the sentry spells that would alert the dragon diva.
From the corner of her eyes, she could see it, and her heart skipped a beat. Rin had woke up in her sleep and done something no other person had done in years.
"You're warm, Miku-chan. . ." She mumbled as she wiggled a little against her, a soft yawn coming over her. And despite her thick scales covering her face. Her cheeks turned a slight pink.
Rin had indeed grown a lot, How old should she be now? Eleven? Still too young for Miku to make her move. She sighed and wrapped a wing around the little girl to shield her from the damp cavern air.
She realized her mistake too late. A bright flash blinding her as her sudden movement as well as her being awake was detected by the sensor magic. Rin awoke with a start, her look that of panic.
"Miku-chan! Are you okay?" She asked with a tone of worry.
"Rin, get away from her!" Teto commanded. Scaring the little girl who shook her head no. Wrapping her arms around Miku's front leg.
"She's not a bad dragon at all, Teto-nee! I am certain of it!" She insisted. But Miku responded by nuzzling her head with her maw.
"Don't worry, the worst she can do is force me to sleep." Miku assured Rin with a light chuckle. "Why don't you go and get some firewood while you're still allowed to go outside?"
Rin nodded at that. Offering both the drake and her sempai a small bow before making her way towards the portal. Indeed. . . Soon, when she was old enough to take over, she would no longer be able to leave like this.
Although she really wondered, why was it necessary to guard a creature as kind as Miku?
"What are you plotting?" Came Teto's frustrated voice, her hands in her sides as she stared the much larger dragon down.
"I am not plotting anything." Miku responded calmly, looking away.
"Don't give me that shit. Dragon. . . The other divas all died from straining themselves too much within three years. And I was sickly to begin with." She hated to admit this fact. Honestly. . . over the years she'd been a diva, With Rin's help she'd done nothing but recovering. It was. . . Good. But not natural.
"The first day alone I had ruined my throat trying to keep you asleep, but since Rin was brought in you let me get away with one song a day. . ." She tapped her fingers impatiently. Ignoring Miku's agitation at being referred to as 'dragon'
"You're acting as if you're truly her mother." Miku noted dryly.
"Like I said, I am not plotting anything, I'm just waiting for Lynne's destiny to unfold."
She could swear she saw the diva's twin drills twitch at this notion. Eyeing her in sheer distrust. This dragon should stop calling her Lynne already! from what she was told the girl named Lynne died over thirty years ago.
"Destiny?" She asked with a frown. She knew Rin's destiny was to be a dragon diva, and to keep Miku from breaking free and turning the empire to dust. Something that, the last years she was beginning to doubt if it was really her intent.
"You can see it too right? She is fated to be my beloved mate." Miku stated in all seriousness, leaving Kasane Teto dumbfounded.
". . .What?"
Chapter 3 end.
I know originally Teto died before Rin was chosen as a dragon diva. But, wouldn't that mean the dragon had remained unbound for 15 years? Personally I preferred the idea of giving Teto-chan some company instead.
Call it artistic freedom.
I try to include some songs in my chapters.. As Befits a Vocaloid story. The intro was Rin's "Proof of life" In chapter 1 no one sang but Chapter two had Neru sing Miku's "Last night, good night." But I wonder if people know what song Teto was singing?
Again, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REVIEWING! I'm all happy now!