Unsolved

"Help me... Why... do I have to... become like... th... this?"

His eyes closed as he lay on the ground with terrified looking boys surrounding him. His guts were sticking out and his blood was spreading outwards on the ground towards the feet of the boys.

Raising up their trembling hands, everyone said, "Glory be to Miku Hatsune!"

Case #12: Whose Doings?

Luka screamed at the separated body of Lui Hibiki and then collapsed onto the hard ground. The student helpers scrambled their way towards her and shook her violently but there was no response. As for Rin, she was too petrified to say or do anything. She slowly turned her head to Piko and bit her lips. Just as expected, he was not even making a frightened or shocked look; he looked emotionless.

"Don't expect me to cover your eyes again. You said so yourself," Piko blurted and walked towards the crowd which was surrounding Lui.

"Lui... oh, Lui... Why?" Oliver cried softly as he wiped his tears from his eyes.

Amidst of all the cryings and chattering, Rin finally recovered from her shock as she stood up from the grass patch and walked towards the broken finishing line. She squat down and observed the material of the finishing line. It was nothing extraordinary because the line was made up of thin plastic. So, how did Lui Hibiki's body split into two?

Suddenly, a black bird flew out from one of the bushes and something was sticking out of the bushes as well. Curious, Rin walked stealthily towards the bushes and pushed the branches and leaves away from her view.

Just when everything was cleared from her view, she saw the familiar looking toy clown with a metal wire wrapped around its little body.

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Piko rubbed his chin as he held up the little piece of paper in his hand. The words on it was written as 'Lui Hibiki'. Meanwhile, Rin was inspecting the metal wire. She had seen this type of wire before. It was flexible, soft and slightly thicker than normal electrical copper wires. However, she could not think of anything.

"How come I didn't notice this toy?" Piko groaned and rested his head on his working table.

"Me too," Rin muttered and placed the wire next to the tattered toy.

"That wire," Piko spoke as he picked up the wire and inspected it quietly. "I think it is a cello or piano string."

"Why is that so?"

"I have seen the type of string before and there was a case in the past whereby a talented violinist from this school was sliced up using a violin string."

"Then, does it get to do with Lui Hibiki's incident?" Rin asked.

Placing the wire back down on the table, Piko nodded his head and replied, "I think so. As Hibiki ran past the finishing line, he was still running at great speed and it would take some time for him to slow down due to inertia. Judging by the time interval between the two snaps produced, this instrument string must have been placed somewhere very close to the finishing line where many people would fail to see it. The place also has to be somewhere dim-lit so that there would be no light reflected on the string itself."

Rin gasped and asked again, "Are you saying that someone must have tied this instrument string near the finishing line on purpose?"

He nodded.

Taken aback, Rin nearly shouted loudly, "But why did that person do that? Instrument strings can kill!"

Piko snorted and said, "How would I know? Besides, there was a toy in this incident so that means it is related to Honne's and Kamui's incidents."

"I don't get it anymore," Rin groaned and hit her head many times with her hands. "Is it Miku Hatsune's doing or is it somebody in this freaking school did all these?"

Piko fiddled with the paper and kept quiet. In fact, he was confused too. Neither did he know if Miku Hatsune or someone else was the one who did all these since he had no evidence, except for the toy and the paper. Furthermore, if it was just a normal person, he or she would not be able to predict who was going to die unless those incidents were planned murders which was also highly impossible.

Something was strangely wrong somewhere.

"Who knows, Kagamine? Who knows?"

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"Great news, Rin Kagamine," the doctor said as he held up the report with a large smile. "Len Kagamine is recovering fast. There is a possibility that he will wake up in a week's time or maybe slightly earlier."

"Thank you, Doctor!" Rin exclaimed and looked at Len with hope.

The doctor walked out of the ward, leaving Rin, Len and, surprisingly, Piko in the ward. Piko scoffed and sat on a stool at the side of Len's bed.

"Get up quickly, sleepyhead!" he grumbled softly to himself. "The school is 'dying' and the female Kagamine is suffering in your place while you, Len Kagamine, is in your own world."

Rin giggled and punched his shoulder lightly. His tongue was indeed sharp but she believed that he actually cared for Len. If he did not care for him, he would not bother to follow her to see him in the hospital for his first time. Anyway, after all her experience with him, she knew that Piko was not an honest person to begin with.

"Utatane, if Len wakes up and can attend school normally, please take care of him."

Piko shot her a glare and bellowed, "Who do you think I am? Am I his nanny or babysitter?"

"Come on, dude. Once he starts to attend school as usual, I will have to go and I bet he will have lots of things to adjust and catch up too. Sadly, we can't have two Len Kagamines wandering on the school grounds. As my... acquaintance, you are also Len's acquaintance. Do you get the link, Utatane?"

"Unfortunately, nope!" Piko snorted and rested his chin on his palm.

"I am acting as Len Kagamine on his behalf so if you are my acquaintance, that means you are also his..."

"Okay. Shut up, Kagamine. Acquaintance or not, you and the real Len are still two different people. Like I have told you before, the real Len and I don't talk to each other as our personalities clashes with each other," he interrupted her.

Rin furrowed her eyebrows and said in a low voice, "Oh, so are you saying that my personality and your personality don't clash since we talk and work with each other almost everyday?"

"No," he answered nonchalantly. "I have no choice but to talk to you because of the current calamity we are facing right now. Furthermore, you are a girl and you might be easily found out by everyone there. Since I was the first one to find out about your true identity, I, as a kind person, decided to protect you from being discovered until Len Kagamine is discharged. And whatever happens after that is none of my business."

Upon hearing that, Rin flared up. She took back all her words about him being a kind and caring person. She battled with her tears, preventing herself from tearing up in front of him. After all they had been through for the past five weeks together, he only thought of her as a weak girl who acted as her childhood friend and he, as the first person to know about her identity, had to protect her until her childhood friend returned back to life. Furthermore, she was also hoping that Piko would protect Len like he had done for her before since Len would receive the greatest shock in his life as two of his best friends were dead and there might be more deaths in the future.

If only St. Miku High School was a 'mixed' school, she would have gladly joined it and protect Len. She did not care if she were to die there but as long as Len was safe, she would be satisfied.

"You are a heartless jerk," Rin mouthed to him angrily.

He looked at her with the same poker face which he wore most of the time but did not say anything at all. He stood up and scratched his back before walking towards the door. When he turned the door knob, he stopped and looked back at Rin who was staring down on the floor with tears in her eyes. He felt a pang of guilt in his chest and immediately looked away.

"Stop crying, stupid. You know I hate whinny girlie girls," he mumbled.

"Shut up, heartless jerk."

"Yes, I am," he mumbled again without looking at her. "But I will see how it goes first."

Rin looked up and stared quizzically at him.

"If Len Kagamine needs my help, I might do it."

Rin brightened up upon hearing that and said, "Thank you, Utatane!"

"But remember," he paused and looked darkly at her. "I am doing this for you, Rin Kagamine."

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