Heather: Being the awesome people that Alice and I are, we decided to make another chapter! Yay! And now this is turning into a whole series…anyway, we hope you enjoy it! Anika is Alice's OC and soon my OC will come into the picture. Anyway, review please!
Alice: Yeah! Be awesome people!
Tei: Yeah!
Heather: Tei, what are you doing?
Tei: I was bored.
Heather and Alice: …oh well, you can be the disclaimer! Since we had you kill the other one…
Ryu: DAMN YOU THREE!
Tei:…yeah. Anyway, once again it was Alice who writes, Heather who edits, blah blah blah, I don't give a damn, and they don't own VOCALOID, blah blah blah. There, you happy?
Heather: …why are you my favorite?
Tei: Because…I want to kill Miku?
Heather: Well, yeah, that.
Miku: HUH? You don't like? WAH!
Heather: I like Mikuo :3
Miku: That's just cold! D:
Mikuo: Ha-ha! I have a fan girl!
Heather: you have a lot of fan girls…but not as much as Len, and Kaito, and Gakupo, and-
Mikuo: yeah, yeah, I get the point.
Tei: …HATSUNE'S!
Mikuo: Craaaap. RUN MIKU, RUN!
Tei: *chases after them* DIE!
Len: …-_-U
Chapter 2
"They were taken away by the Demon." Len finished.
The room was silent for a moment, and the others were staring at Len like he grew a second head.
"Len, that's crazy! You know that Demons don't exist!" Meiko said harshly.
"Meiko's right, Len, I think that nightmare just got the best of you." Luka said.
"B-But it wasn't a nightmare! It was a vision, I know it!" Len protested.
"Oh this reminds me of the time I had a vision! Well, I thought I had a vision. All my precious ice cream had gotten abducted by aliens, but when I checked on them this morning, they were still there! It turned out to only be an illusion of my greatest fear!" Kaito exclaimed proudly.
Everyone looked at him with a weird look on their faces but then turned back to Len.
"Kaito made a...very weird point there, Len. Maybe it's just an illusion of your greatest fear since, well, Gumo, Gumi, and Mikuo are your three best friends, Miku is the girl you're in love with, and Rin is your twin, your other half. So, maybe what you fear most is losing them." Luka said trying to calm him down.
Len still didn't look convinced.
"Besides, if anyone and I mean ANYONE, upsets my Len-Len, I'll stab them to a bloody pulp!" Tei exclaimed making Len laugh a little and forced a smile that surprisingly looked real.
"Thanks guys, I feel a lot better now, sorry for waking all of you up." Everyone smiled at Len.
"No problem Len, you would've done the same if we were in your situation." Gakupo said, making everyone else nod.
"Well, now that that's settled, we should all go to bed. Remember, some of you have school tomorrow." Luka said causing all of the younger VOCALOIDS to groan.
"C-can I skip school tomorrow Luka nee-san?" Len asked causing Luka to glare at him.
"Absolutely not! You can't just skip school because of a little nightmare! You're going to school tomorrow, and that's final! Now all of you, off to bed!" Luka commanded all mother like.
Everyone sighed and left Len's room, Haku was the last to leave, but she stopped at Len's doorway.
"Len, don't worry about a thing, I'm sure that tomorrow morning Miku, Rin, Mikuo, Gumi, and Gumo will be in the dining room happily scarfing down their food!" Haku said causing Len to smile.
"Thanks Haku, that really helps."
"Anytime." Haku said and flashed an actual smile at Len before closing his door.
Right outside Len's room, Haku sighed,
"At least I hope they'll come back tomorrow..." she thought and went to her room.
When Len heard the footsteps fade away, he started to sob silently to himself.
"If all they said was true, then why can't I feel your presence anymore, Rin?" He asked himself as he cried himself to sleep.
XxxxxXxxxxx
Len ran as fast as he could up the stairs as the school bell started to ring. He had never been late for school in his entire life, despite all the fan girls chasing him on his way there. But who could blame him? This morning, Rin and the others hadn't returned which made him more depressed. Luka, who was very worried by that point called the police to report them missing.
Len ran as fast as he could and barged through the doors right before the bell stopped ringing.
"Phew, safe!" He said while panting.
It was then he realized everyone was staring at him. The next thing he knew, everyone started crowding around him asking questions.
"Len! I heard Rin, Gumi, Gumo, Mikuo, and Miku went missing last night! I feel so sorry for you!" Wow, word spreads fast.
"Len when do you think the police will find them?
"You said that they went to investigate that hall of mirrors, you don't think the Demon exists, do you?" Len sweat dropped at all the questions until a familiar voice shouted,
"ALRIGHT THAT'S IT PEOPLE, BREAK IT UP! CAN'T YOU SEE HE DOESN'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT?" everyone looked over to see a white haired boy with one blue eye and one green eye.
It was Piko!
Everyone looked at each other and mumbled an apology to Len and sat down at their desks. Len sighed in relief.
"Thanks, Piko, you saved me there!"
"Hey, what are friends for?" Piko was also one of Len's best friends.
"Well, anyways, did you hear?"
"Hear what?"
"We're getting a transfer student today!" Piko exclaimed.
Len's eyes widened in shock.
"Really?"
"Yeah, I heard-" Piko got interrupted when their teacher opened the door and stood there out of breath.
"S-sorry I'm late, I got a flat tire on the way here and had to run here." He said, then regained his strength and continued,
"Right before we start class, we have a new student, she came from Hokkaido and was supposed to be a 7th grader but since her IQ was extremely advanced, she skipped a grade, so I expect everyone to treat Nobara-san like a normal 8th grader."
"Yes, sensei!" Everyone in the class said at the same time
"Well then, come on in and introduce yourself." He said, gesturing for the transfer student to come in.
Every boy (except Len and Piko) gasped and blushed as she walked in. It was a petite girl that looked more like a 12 year old and had sakura pink hair tied in two shoulder length pigtails with a strawberry red ribbon. She wore the same school uniform for girls, which was an ordinary red and blue sailor shirt with a small bow and a pleated skirt with pockets, but had a pair of short shorts underneath the skirt, and her eye color looked to be an ocean blue, but if you looked closely, you could see one was emerald green like Piko's, though she had an emotionless and cold stare in them. She introduced herself in a bored emotionless voice that sounded like Teto and Miku's voices combined.
"My name is Anika Nobara. It is nice to meet you all." She said and bowed.
"Alright Nobara-san you can sit next to Kagamine-san. Kagamine-san, please raise your hand." Len did what he was told.
The minute Anika saw him she stared with wide eyes at him for a moment, but then returned to her emotionless expression and walked over to the desk next to Len.
The whole class was normal so far until the teacher's back was turned to the students. Len was minding his own business taking notes until a crumpled piece of paper landed on his desk. Confused, he opened it and read the note,
'Meet me behind the school during lunch.
I need to talk to you about something important.
-Anika'
Len looked at Anika who glanced at him with a look that seemed to ask 'well?' and wrote a note and passed it to Anika.
'I'll go if you tell me what is so important!
-Len'
Anika sighed and wrote something down and passed it to Len,
'I need to tell you in private, and just in case you get any ideas, it's not a confession! -_-;
-Anika'
Len chuckled to himself and wrote,
'Fine, I'll go!'
'Good.'
XxxxxXxxxxx
Len walked to the back of the school during lunch just like Anika had instructed. As expected, Anika was waiting there.
"So what did you want to talk about?" Len asked.
Anika looked at him with her usual bored expression and fished for a picture in her skirt pocket and showed it to Len.
"Does this person look familiar to you?" she asked.
Len gasped when he saw it, it was a girl that looked about nine years old with black hair tied into short pigtails. She had cheerful brown eyes and a matching cheerful smile. Len snatched the picture from Anika's hand and stared at it bug-eyed.
"Sh-she's the same girl that appeared in my vision!" Len thought, and as if Anika was reading his mind she told him,
"Yuki Kaai is her name, just letting you know, she used to be a grade schooler that used to go to go to that old and abandoned school across the street. Yes, she was the living rag doll you saw in your vision." Len looked at her surprised and was about to say something but Anika stopped him and looked around.
When she finally confirmed that no one was around she sighed in relief.
"You know, I once heard a story about a young wolf that traveled in a pack with her friends." she started.
Len looked at her with a confused look at first but then realized what she was trying to do and motioned her to move on.
"The wolves were great friends to each other always getting along, bearing anything together. They were the most loyal friends a wolf could have. At least, that's what that young wolf thought. One night they went into a cave entrance that led to a maze like labyrinth. The walls and ground were so shiny and smooth, it was almost like mirrors. The young wolf thought they were going exploring again and followed them. When they got deep enough in the maze, though, her friends clawed and scratched at her. They clawed out her eyes and pulled at her beautiful black fur. They told her she didn't have any friends from the start and never will. At the end she had so many scratches you could barely see her skin and handfuls of her fur were ripped off. Her once good friends took off, leaving her there to die. In the end, her body was never found, and from then on, whenever an animal wanders into the mirror labyrinth, they would never be seen again. All the animals in the forest say that there was a Demon that looked like a rag doll living inside the walls of the caverns, taking in victims one by one...and do you know why, Len?" Anika turned her head to Len.
"Because the wolf was lonely." He answered, remembering what Yuki had said in his vision.
"Partially that, but, it was because of what her friends said to her. She believed she would make friends no matter what it takes, and eventually, that thought twisted the young wolf's mind." Anika explained.
"You probably also heard of the story where 5 kittens accepted a dare to investigate if the rumor was true or not but never came out. One of the kitten's brothers had a vision that showed what happened that night and told his family but they didn't believe him. You heard that story, right, Len?"
He nodded.
"Well you probably didn't hear the second half of it yet. It seems that the wolf is very angry about somebody kind've being inside the labyrinth, yet is still here, alive and well to talk about it. Now the wolf will try to get the kitty and his family to become friends and play with her forever along with the other kittens that were turned into dolls. If you make her angry she won't hesitate to kill you even if you're her friend. To her, you're only a doll that if broken, can be replaced. She twists her victim's minds and consciousness to do anything she wants them to do. Uses animals like dolls." Len gulped, knowing what she meant, but let her continue.
"I want to help the kitten, so I brought this charm with me to school." Anika took out a charm that looked, despite it glowing in broad daylight, like a small plain blue diamond the size of a quarter connected to a gleaming silver chain.
"It's called the Jewel of Mirrored Lives, which makes the wearer immune to the wolf's corrupted spell, and gives the holder the power to break the spell, and protect the ones he loves from it. Only the cat who had the vision is the one able to hold this charm and its powers. It's also impossible to drop, but if the charms gone, but the chain turns to a gold color, the cat has nothing to worry about. But if it's gone and the chain turns black, that means that cat's screwed, and has to find it immediately." Anika handed the charm to Len.
"Right now, I can't find the cat, but maybe, you'll have better luck. I'm trusting you to find that cat, and fasten this charm around his neck, got it?"
"Yes I understand." Len replied.
Anika smiled a half smile,
"Good."
"Wait, Just who are you and how do you know all this stuff? And why me?" Len questioned.
Anika didn't respond. Suddenly a strong gust of wind blew at them causing Len to shut his eyes but he heard a voice inside his head,
"That, you'll have to find out by yourself." Then the wind suddenly died down so Len could open his eyes.
To his surprise, Anika was gone. Confused he looked around; there was no way you could disappear like that under a minute! Then, the school bell rang, telling the students lunch time is over.
Giving up, Len sighed and looked at the charm Anika gave him.
'Right now I can't find the cat but maybe you'll have better luck. I'm trusting you to find that cat and fasten this charm around his neck, got it?' He remembered what she said.
He sighed for the 100th time today, and fastened it around his neck and ran to his next class. What he didn't notice, was the chain releasing the charm, allowing it to sink into his chest and at the same, time turn into a gold color. He also didn't notice the girl with sakura pink hair standing on the roof of the school, watching him, and the charm disappear into his body, and the glowing blue aura that's invisible to human eyes surround him.
"Good luck...and be careful...Kagamine-kun..." She whispered.