A/N: Hello again! Thank you RoboCheasty and Fantastical Chaos for the nice and helpful reviews! I hope you will enjoy this new chapter :)

Lily Campell always knew she wanted to work in science, specifically Biotechnology. She did extremely well in school and was considered a genius child. Her hard work let her graduate high school with an associate's degree and she got into the best college in her country for her field of study with a full scholarship. A company she was interested in working with offered to help her get a job in their field if she minored in Japanese and learned to speak the language, they wanted her to work in the small Japanese branch once she finished all the required schooling. Lily agreed and in her final year she spent her last semester abroad in Japan, she met a man who had the same plans as her, Taro Kagamine. Taro had only graduated from college two years prior and had a small job at the company she wanted to work with. These two hit it off pretty quickly, they were both smart, ambitious, had a love of mind-numbingly dumb action movies and while they only had known each other a short time they treasured the time they spent together. Only a few months after Lily graduated she got a job at the Biotechnology company and was engaged to Taro. A year later they were married and a few years after that they welcomed a son into the world, Len Kagamine.

Len lived in a nice house with his parents since they both made good money. His parents, however, were very busy so his grandmother on his father's side lived in the family home and was practically the one that raised Len. When he lived with his grandmother he was free to do what he wanted as long as it wasn't dangerous or illegal (of course). During his younger years, he met his grandmother's American friend, an artist named Ann. He loved spending time with his grandmother and he used to send drawings to Ann when his grandmother sent her letter so he created a bond with her as well, kind of seeing her as a distant aunt. Len loved his grandmother but during his final year of elementary school, she passed away. After she passed Len's parents become more strict on what he could do and where he could go. They wanted him to study more, they only let him go to school and after school lessons. In order to motivate him to study they would buy him video games when he did good on tests and assignments, this turned Len into a bit of a shut-in. Even though he loved playing video games he missed the freedom of hanging out with his friends and eventually his elementary school friends lost contact with him. Len didn't make any friends in middle school even though lots of girls sought him out as a romantic partner since he was so darn cute. He was too focused on his studies to even notice their affections.

At the beginning of Len's third year of middle school, Lily and Taro who felt like their company were holding them back on what they really wanted to do quit their job and started their own research foundation with a somewhat shady organization of "scientists". They gave the couple and a small team lots of money to conduct an experiment. Len didn't know much about it until one night when his mother came in.

"Len I know we were going to wait to buy you that video game thing you wanted but I'll buy it for you this week if you'll give me some DNA samples," Lily had offered. Len was a bit suspicious and just reiterated that he'd wait. That wasn't the answer Lily wanted.

"Okay you can give me your DNA willingly or I'll take away all of you games and get your DNA by force."

Len was always a bit scared of his mom so he finally agreed, still suspicious but scared about losing his things. She took a swab of cells from his mouth, some of his spit and some of his hair. Lily thanked him with a scary smile on her face. Awhile after that Len was taken to his parent's new lab and introduced to his "sister". Len had been fucking cloned. He saw the most pathetic looking baby in a tube, every time he visited the baby with a strange barcode on her body grew rapidly to a toddler, a child, and finally a teenager probably Len's age. The girl had looked exactly like Len, he always had a girly face but it was jarring to see that girly face on a biologically female body. Eventually, she was taken out of her tube, she still had cords connected to her at first but she was now awake, sitting in a chair in a hospital gown, surrounded by scientists. Taro pushed Len forward to introduce him to this girl.

"R0727 this is Len. You both share the same DNA so consider him your big brother."

"Big… brother?" The clone had tilted her head to the side. None of the words being said to her had much value since she knew nothing about being alive.

Len gave a pained look as he looked at his "sister".

After that Len would come to visit her at least once a week. He would play video games, tell her about what school was like, what the real world was like, he wanted to educate this poor girl about what it was like to be normal. He even gave her the normal name "Rin".

But one day Len saw something horrific in that lab. Through all the time Len spent with Rin he had become attached to her and now he couldn't see her be hurt anymore. He needed to escape with her. He wanted to give her a better life, a normal life.

The first thing Len did was get in contact with Ann. He explained the situation to Ann the best he could without giving the woman information that could get her in trouble. Ann agreed to take the "twins" in and enroll the pair in the local high school. Than Len had to decide what he needed to bring in his escape. Most of his video gaming consoles he couldn't take. The boy could really only take his switch and he had to destroy it's internet connectivity so that the device couldn't be tracked. He then pawned off most of his games and consoles to get a new phone and have some pocket change. The night of the escape Len only packed some clothes, a blanket his grandmother had knitted for him, some family photos he had fond memories of and his switch. Everything that was unnecessary and could be tracked was left behind. Len thought it was ironic that the things he was afraid of losing only months before he was now willing to part with so he could get away from his family and protect his new sister. Len headed to the lab with all his things as his parents slept. Len snuck around the place, at least one guard was always on duty in front of Rin's dinky little room. Len noticed the guard was already half asleep, he snuck up on the guy and hit a nerve to make the dude pass out (this trick was something his mother taught him ironically). Len took the keys off the guy and entered the room. Rin was asleep so Len had to shake her awake.

"Huh?" Rin seemed confused as she sleepily opened her eyes.

"You wanted to see the real world right Rin? Let's go."

"Right now? But what about the guard?" Rin asked now a little more awake.

"I've taken care of that, also we aren't coming back."

"We aren't? Why not?" Rin asked.

"Because Rin you can't live like this, I hate seeing you in pain, hearing you scream, this isn't a good life for you," Len said. Rin looked away seemingly ashamed that he had heard her screams. Len turned her attention towards him again and helped her out of bed.

"I want to help you, let's live a normal life!"

"Together?" Rin asked with a twinkle in her eyes.

"Together."

Rin gave Len a nod and he quickly grabbed an old sweatshirt, pajama pants, and flip flops out of his bag. It was the best he could get for Rin at the moment but she needed to wear something other than a hospital gown on the train. Len guided her in putting on the new strange clothes and they both ran out the back door of the laboratory. They had to be sneaky since there were some more guards around the building. For once being way too good at video games made Len feel like he had become more sneaky than the average person. Whether it was luck or skill didn't matter and the Kagamine's were soon safely away from the lab. Len had to practically drag Rin through the city streets to the station. They couldn't be late for the first train of the morning, they had to get out of the city as soon as possible. However, Rin wanted desperately to take in these new sights. Watching Rin light up made Len appreciate this city more, he thought he might even miss it. But he couldn't stay here, going to the other side of the country in the last place his parents would look for the pair was the best option. They arrived at the station and thankfully got on the train without issue. The train was also a fun new experience for Rin. Len was kind of glad that this train was almost empty since seeing the teenage girl bounce around like a child might have attracted negative attention to pair. When the two arrived at the train station Ann met them with smiles. The station wasn't in town the woman had to arrange a ride back to the small fishing town she had settled in.

Rin looked out at the ocean excitedly.

"Oh! This is just like in that picture you showed me! The water is so blue! Let's swim there soon!" Rin said with a chipper voice.

"It's still a bit too cold to swim," Len said looking at the sea, seeing Rin light up at an otherwise plain sea made Len appreciate the sight. He never cared for things like this before.

Len was a little shell shocked to see just how small Ann's living space was, but Rin never dropped her enthusiasm.

"It's got a great ocean view!" Rin said enthusiastically as they all headed into the house.

A storage room was converted into a bedroom and Rin look around in awe just like she had been doing with everything she had seen that day. This was her first time seeing the real world after all.

"Wow! This place is twice the size of my old room!" Rin said as she threw herself down on the futon, she grabbed one of the pillows and sniffed it before holding it tightly in her arms like a child cuddling a stuffed toy.

Len let out a bitter chuckle, she was right about this place being twice the size of that pitiful excuse of a bedroom back at that small lab.

"You'll have to share this space with me, however, so it might still feel cramped," Len said sitting down on the ground next to Rin.

"We get to share this room? Even better! I always feel safe with you Len!" Rin flashed her brother a genuine smile as she placed all her trust in him.

Len's eyes widened a bit and he suddenly pulled Rin up and pulled her in for an embrace. Rin was confused but returned the hug.

In his mind, Len was apologizing for everything. He was sorry she had to live in this shit shack and be on the run with him. He wished he could give her a better life like the one he had with his family's money, but of course, this was better than being a lab rat. He also was sorry that he was the reason she was brought into this damned world in the first place. That day he made a silent vow to protect his sweet young sister no matter the cost.

A/N: Sorry for more backstory and exposition stuff, we'll get back to the daily lives of the Kagamine's next chapter I swear! Please leave more reviews they inspire me to keep going. Also I'm a slut for constructive criticism so keep it coming my dudes!