I'm sorry guys for the really late update, but I hope most of you guys are still here with me! This chapter might be a little short since the main reason I stopped here was because of the dreaded writer's block. I tried desperately to get past this part, so it might feel awkward in some parts, but try to get past that point! I'll try to update on a more regular basis!
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bluefang62 – Suits her image though! Gumi's role in the story will probably come out in the next chapter… or maybe this one? READ TO FIND OUT ;D. I'll try to update soon… I'll try, no promises. -;;
Neelh – I wasn't serious 'bout someone slapping me! D: Probably needed it though… So I give you my thanks.
RPR – Sort of hard to flow the main plot out with the story so far, so it'll probably take some time, soon though. I'm trying my best to not make it like filler chapters :o
Jello-is-awesome-123 – Late reply, late update, now we're on an equal basis… Not really.. I'm still sorry for the late update. I'm wondering if Len should invent Jello and ice cream, but I feel like he isn't smart enough for that ; Gumi will have a big role to play later on~ And that sounded pedophile like 'So there are a lot of children? Interesting… *licks lip*' okay you probably didn't say that last part, but it still sounded pedophile like without it! Gakupo already gets to see the sword, since he makes it, but it won't be too great, since it'll be the first sword of its kind.
AnimeJade7444 – I didn't think of Wonderland at all, while making this story :O
AnimeJade7444 - AHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA... HAHAHA… HAHA… hahaha… haha.. haaaa… that was hilarious.
Guest – 'Chaptor 2' was put up long time ago?
Heiwa-Higurashi – Yeah, that's why I felt like there was a need to make this story! I also felt a bit disturbed by some of the yaoi's and mismatched pairs. D:
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(This is the part I meant)
To Another World
Chapter Ten – The Blade
*Len POV*
"Haaaaaaaaaaa~"
I let out a big yawn.
"You know we just had breakfast." Meiko glances up at me with unimpressed eyes.
"I'm not a morning person." I replied lazily, while letting my head lay down on the armrest of the couch that I was now resting on.
"Why not visit Gakupo again? You've been visiting him for the past 2 days." Meiko suggested, while she kept her eyes down reading a book, she was sitting on the one person sofa that was on the other side of the coffee table.
"I can't…" I mumbled. "I think he was agitated about something yesterday and kicked me out." I let out a sigh and pulled my legs up onto the couch to lie down fully.
Meiko smirked at my reply.
"You're pretty clueless, aren't you?~" Rin joked as she entered the room.
Meiko seemed to smirk at that as well.
"W-what? I was just making sure he was making the sword correctly!" I tried to defend myself.
"He was probably upset that you didn't trust him with your sword." Rin spoke as she stepped beside the couch I was lying on.
"Well, either way. You better not be planning to keep your ignorant butt on that couch for the rest of the day." Meiko sent me a sharp glare, sending a shiver down my spine.
"I-I'm not!" I replied quickly, ignoring the 'ignorant' comment, I shot up from the couch.
"We could go on another walk around town?" Rin offered.
Taking a quick glance back towards Meiko, who had her eyes down onto her book already. "Sure, why not?" I turned back to face Rin and gave her a nod.
As we made our way out of the living area, there was a knock on the door.
Hearing a sign behind us, Meiko placed her book down on the table and stood up from her seat. "It's probably Kaito, I'll keep him company so you guys can just head on out." She took quick strides past us and opened the door.
"Come on in, Kai-… Oh?" Meiko stopped mid sentence, as she looked up to see who was at the door.
"Is Len here?" I saw Gakupo standing in front of the doorway as Rin and I approached behind Meiko.
"Huh? What brings you here, Gakupo?" I asked, while I looked at him quizzically and with slight concern, since he was here and not working on my sword.
"Well, I'm here to see my new creation in action!" Gakupo declared proudly as he held out a scabbard in front of himself.
My eyes opened widely in shock as I stared at the sword. "You're finished already?!" I asked him, while side stepping past Meiko to get closer to the blade Gakupo was presenting.
"I wanted to finish it as fast as possible, since SOMEBODY wouldn't stop bugging me while I worked." He shot me a quick glare when he emphasized his point, which I adverted my eyes from.
He handed me the sword carefully with a smug smile on his face. I took the sword with the same amount of caution as he had and held it up to my face, examining it carefully.
The sheath covered the entire blade of the sword, but just by the shape I could tell that it was a normal katana. The katana was about a meter long and the scabbard being about 70cm of that meter. The sheath was black and decorated with a gray vine like pattern along its side. The handle was simply wrapped in black leather, with no type of patterns on it.
I took my time to unsheathe the blade, feeling a slight nostalgia as I heard the blade brush against the sheath. I gazed up at the blade that I now had pointing upwards in my outstretched arm. It had a beautiful silver glint on its bright surface, the blade curving into a perfect half lunar shape at the end. Even my reflection could be seen on one of the blade's side. I was astonished at Gakupo's craftsmanship and couldn't help but grin widely as I put the blade back into its scabbard.
"That's pretty impressive, Gakupo." Meiko commented with an impressed eyebrow raised.
"Heh, I was able to work more smoothly since Len wasn't breathing down my neck." He spoke with that smug smile still on his face. I could feel my cheeks redden as I felt embarrassed about my actions the previous days.
"Why don't you go try it out?" Rin suggested as she nudged my side. She was looking up at me with a bright sparkle in the corner of her eyes, as if she was more eager to see it in action than I was.
"We have some training dummies out back behind the mansion." Meiko informed me.
"Then what are we waiting for?" I spoke and took the lead. Passing by Gakupo, who was now following me, I made my way around the mansion and to the field out back. I was surprised to see the area behind the mansion split into two. One side was a garden, full of many various types of flowers, a couple trees, and a small pond in the center. The other side was a simple wide dirt field with a small shack and a couple of training dummies. I was in awe since my room faced the front of the mansion and not the back; I never knew the mansion had such a place behind it. Feeling a bit stupid since the idea of checking the back of the mansion never came to my mind, I walked towards the training dummies.
"How come you guys have a training ground back here?" I asked, while we got closer to the dummies.
"Meiko never liked going to the barracks since she gets so anti-social at times~" Rin mused as she followed behind me. Meiko, on the other hand, was staring daggers into Rin's back, which seemed to send a shiver down her neck. I couldn't help but chuckle as I remembered how during my childhood the Meiko in my world was also slightly anti-social, since she would always try to stick with Rin, Kaito and I when the teachers would split us into groups. The others wouldn't mind if they had to group with some other kids for a while since they knew it wouldn't be something permanent. However, on the contrary, Meiko would always try to make up an excuse, like Kaito had her pencil or something, just to stick with one of us at the least. She was never comfortable with being with different people other than us. This continued on to middle school, where we started to joke about it sometimes, but we quickly stopped after the painful bumps began appearing on our heads.
'I guess I probably shouldn't joke about it here either.' I thought to myself, while glancing back at Meiko's fearful glare for a moment.
"Come on, try it out!" I heard Gakupo shout out and I snapped back to attention, noticing that I was now standing in front of the training dummy and the group was standing a safe distance to the side.
"Alright." I took the blade out of its scabbard and held it outstretched before me. The scabbard was already tied to my belt by a leather strap that Gakupo handed me prior to us reaching here.
I readied my position, placing my left foot forward and my right foot back, lifting the right heel up slightly. I kept my body facing forward, with my left hand holding the top of the grip of the katana, while my right held the bottom part. After I slowed my breathing I leveled my eyes with the training dummy's head. Feeling my body become completely calm, I focused my entire weight into my right foot, pressing myself forward with a burst of speed.
Tack!
I stood behind the training dummy and slid the katana back into its sheath. Turning to face the group with a conceited smile, I saw a clear angled cut on the chest of the training dummy, watching as gravity pulled down the top half with a dull Thud!
"That was… surprising." Meiko commented, as she shook her head to break away from awe.
"Yeah, you'll probably pass the Royal Knights exam on your first go." Gakupo spoke cheerfully, feeling proud of his new creation's abilities.
Rin, however, was still silent with a slight gaping expression on her face. I couldn't figure out whether she was in awe or just plain shocked.
"Earth to Rin." Meiko snapped a finger in front of her face, which seemed to successfully break her out of her trance.
"H-huh? What? Oh! Yeah, that was great, Len!" Rin spurted out the words in a mangled mush. I was worried that she might have bit her tongue while she spoke, but I was relieved that she didn't.
"I'm not that great." I laughed shyly, as I rubbed the back of my head.
"You're skills are probably better than most of the current Royal Knights." Meiko said, nodding in approval of my abilities with the sword.
This got me thinking. 'Since I'll most likely be stuck in this world for quite a bit longer maybe I should join the Royal Knights for now? I mean, Meiko has been grinding for me to do something useful for the past few days and I'm pretty sure Rin would be ecstatic about me joining her ranks.' Affirming my decision, I turned towards Rin.
"Rin, do you know when the next Royal Knights exams are?" I asked her, which she turned to give me a confused look until she suddenly realized what I meant, changing her confused expression into one of pure excitement.
"There's one coming up in 2 days! Why? Are you planning to join?!" Rin spoke, while practically jumping up and down with anticipation.
"I'm still thinking about it, but I'll try out the test." I tried to speak nonchalantly, trying not to give Rin too much hope, which Meiko seemed to notice my intentions and laughed lightly.
"If you're planning to do the exams, then Rin here should probably give you a run down on all the things you should know for the test." Meiko placed a hand on Rin's shoulder and pushed her towards me as she talked.
"Yeah! Of course I can! I've taken the exams a lot so I know most of the procedures!" she said that with the utmost pride, which we sweat dropped at.
"R-Rin, that isn't something to be proud of." Gakupo informed her, implying that failing the exam isn't actually a good thing.
"What?" Rin looked at him with a bewildered look, but then slowly grasped at what she said. Burning red with embarrassment she quickly waved her arms closely in front of herself as if too wave away her previous statement. "I meant, I just know a lot about the exams! I didn't really retake the exams that much! I wanted to be a knight since I was young and-…" she began to mumble on until Meiko gave her a littler shake and stopped her.
"Stop before you end up embarrassing me as well." Rin nodded and lowered her head in response.
I chucked as I watched Rin's embarrassing moment and walked towards the group. "I'd be grateful to have Rin teach me." I told them, while I smiled down at Rin, who now raised her head to look at me. It was amusing since her cheeks were still red with probably embarrassment.
"Well, you can spend the day learning from Rin. Gakupo, why not come in and have a cup of tea before you go back to your shop?" Meiko offered, which Gakupo pondered slightly before giving her a nod. "Sure, why not?"
*Rin POV*
'Gah! Why did I say something stupid?!' I yelled at myself in my head.
Len and I were back outside in the training area. Gakupo had already left after a cup of tea and a short conversation with Len about his sword. Meiko was still inside, reading a book which she seemed to take deep interest in ever since Luka recommended it.
'But back to the main problem at hand. I am currently. Here. Alone. With Len. I'm not sure if this would be a good thing or not.' I turned my gaze to see Len giving his sword a few practice swings. 'Okay, it's not THAT much of a problem, but ever since he cut that dummy I've been in awe. His presence became… suffocating, but not in a bad way but a 'my heart begins to beat too fast and it feels like there is a lump in my throat when I try to talk. kind of way.' I took another moment to give a quick glance towards Len again, trying not to act too obvious. Feeling a slight swoon appear in my stomach from just looking at him I shook my head and crouched down onto the ground with my knees together, messing up my hair with my hands. 'Why did I have to say such an embarrassing thing earlier?!' I groaned inwardly at my mistake. 'He didn't tease me about it, which is a plus to his already perfect being. But still! He's going to probably think less of me!' My thoughts kept getting more and more conflicting making me scramble my hair completely making it mimic a dried up mop.
After relaxing a bit, I lifted my head and started to stand up, until I noticed something.
Len was watching me through the corner of his eye, a small smile creeping onto his features. I don't know how long he's been watching me but my guts telling me he's seen more than enough.
Shooting up abruptly, I turned around and started fixing my hair, mentally slapping myself for doing such a thing in plain sight. When I was finished… somewhat finished, I circled back around and faced Len with a smile plastered on my face, trying to act as if nothing happened.
"Shouldn't you be telling me about the Royal Knights exam?" Len asked in a jokingly manner.
"Yeah! I was just... uhm… getting my thoughts together! I mean, it has been such a long time since I took the test so I was trying to remember… uh… step by step!" I lied with that crooked smile still on my face. I could feel my smile twitch while I spoke, which I hoped he didn't notice. I was practically hitting myself as much as I could in a mental image, I knew it wouldn't really hurt me, but feeling some of that pain just for moment would probably be a good enough punishment for doing so many ridiculous things today..
Regaining my resolve, I made a straight face and looked right into Len's eyes. Amazingly I didn't blush so I gave myself a high five. In my head, of course.
"Alright! I'll get you to pass the exam on your first go!" I yelled out loudly pointing towards him as I did. "The first part of the exam you have to get ready for is-"I began to explain but then stopped after I was interrupted by a voice in the distance.
"Hey Rinny!"
"Oh, no…"
CHAPTER END
Reasonably short chapter, but I just had this need to upload this as soon as possible, since I haven't updated in so long. I'm sorry for the late update, and you must probably be tired from hearing this before but seriously I'M SORRY!
I'm seriously going to get back into my regular schedule on updating so expect a new chapter by... next week? Maybe less. Less if you're lucky. More if some of my friends at school decide to mess with my writing and draw me into the sinister thing that is known as GAMING! Dun dun dun!
I'll do a quick review of reviews for the update chapter!
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IMPORTANT NOTE FOR FUTURE UPDATE!
On a side note, you all know that Halloween is approaching, right? Well, I've been planning to do a little one shot based on a scary story I read before. However, the difference with that story and the one that I'll be writing will be that the characters will be Vocaloids. I'll change up the story a bit to match the personalities of the characters in 'To Another World'. If it gets good reviews then I may start a whole new series just based on one shots of scary/creepy stories. I'll be properly crediting the original story makers for I guess legal reasons? Just to be on the safe side. It'll be just stories that I found scary and or creepy. But you can be at ease since I won't be rewriting stories that's morbid and contains gore. I'll be uploading it on this story as like an 'EXTRA' chapter, so if you feel afraid then feel free to skip it! Also don't worry about thinking that I won't update this story if I start that one shot series. I'll be constantly writing this story at school and typing it up once I get home, so it WILL progress. The side stories will be done in my spare time, so the updates on that will be slower.
It's all for the seasonal holiday~ Which can't really be counted as much of a holiday since you don't get to skip school… but who cares?! It's the chill down your spines that counts!
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