Chapter 4
"Now that's the best scream yet! Considering the fact you hadn't been screaming for the entire thing." Yuki remarked.
Len breathed heavily as some of his blood dripped to the ground and tears streaming down his face.
"Oh and I forgot to tell you, your blood looks so pretty! It's like liquid rubies!" Yuki said happily.
Len looked at her eyes and glared.
"Yuki...you already...had...your fun...now...get out of...Miki's...body...and let Rin go." He said, partly surprised at how hard it was to say that sentence.
"Sorry Len, but I'm not getting out of her body or letting her go until I get what I came for. So where is it?" Len had a tired expression,
"Just like...I said...before...I...don't...kn-know...but...I s-still...won't...give it...to you..." He said. His voice sounded weaker this time. The little girl frowned,
"Fine if that's the way you want it. It's a shame I have to end this; we could've been best friends!" Yuki said and lashed her whip an inch away from Len's throat. He gasped as he felt the air snap.
"The next one is going to your throat. It's a pity I won't ever hear you scream again. Fufufufu~" Len closed his eyes, bracing himself for the blow that might end his life, but it never came. He opened his eyes to see that Yuki seemed to be hesitating, tears streaming down her face,
"N-no...d-don't make me k-kill Len...I don't want to!" Miki said with her regular voice. It was then Len noticed that the light in Miki's eyes started coming back and fade away again like a light bulb. Miki fell to her knees and started to cry,
"I'm sorry Len, I'm sorry Len." She said repeatedly. Then her eyes widened as she clutched her head and screamed.
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"How many stairs are there?" Neru complained as they ran up the staircase after hearing Len scream.
"We're not far from the roof now." Piko answered.
"So what demon are we facing against?" Teto asked. Neru thought about it for a moment and snapped her fingers,
"The same demon Len talked about. You know the one in his dream?" Neru said. Teto looked at her in shock.
"How did you know?"
"Easy, remember Anika said if only you listened to Len that night you would've known? Well I was thinking about last when he talked about his nightmare and that no one would believe him. So then that would also mean that demon really did take Rin and the others!" Neru said realizing. Piko and Teto's eyes widened.
"Then we got to hurry!" Teto said as she climbed faster along with the rest of them. Suddenly they heard the same cracking noise they've been hearing since they got to the door to the stairs and then another scream, only it wasn't Len's.
"That sounds like Miki!" Piko said, alarmed as they got closer to the roof.
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"N-No, please...d-don't make me...k-kill him!" Miki said. Len knew Yuki was trying to take over Miki's body again,
"Miki, fight it. Come on, I know you're stronger than that! Please, fight the demon possessing you!" Len said with all his strength. Never in his life had he felt so helpless. The screaming stopped and Miki stared at the floor, Len feared the worst.
"M-Miki?" He said nervously. Miki grabbed the whip and slowly got up, giggling psychotically. Len knew Miki had lost.
"Well that was irritating, well now that that's over, say goodbye Len. It's a shame, if you just told me where the Jewel was, none of this would've happened." She said as she raised her whip. Len once again shut his eyes and braced himself for the pain he'll be feeling soon. Suddenly he heard a bang,
"LEN!" Someone shouted and then,
'Crack' Len heard the leather make contact with flesh. But he didn't feel pain. And he was still alive. Instead, he felt someone lightly embracing him. He slowly opened his eyes to see Neru with a pained expression as she took the blow for Len.
"N-Neru...are you okay?" He asked. Neru's eyes widened.
"Am I okay? Am I okay! What about you? You're covered with wounds! I can take one hit but you? I can't even imagine the torture you went through!" Neru said angrily causing Len to flinch.
"I'm...sorry." He mumbled. He then heard somebody laugh.
"Sorry to ruin the touching moment but may I ask for onee-san to get out of the way so I can kill nii-san?" Yuki asked.
Neru turned around and stood in front of Len, spreading her arms out.
"Miki, why are you doing this?" Piko asked. Len sighed.
"That...isn't the real...Miki. Th-The demon's possessing her." He said. Yuki started to look impatient.
"Hey are you three going to move or what? I want to kill him now!" Yuki said. That made Neru angry.
"How dare you hurt the person I love...I can't forgive you but if you're going to whip someone, whip me. Len already suffered enough!" Neru cried standing in front of Len.
"Fufufu~ how touching. But if that's the way you want, I won't hold back." Yuki said and lashed her whip at Neru. She braced herself for the blow when somebody caught it.
It was a girl shorter than all of them wearing something that looked like a short, dark blue kimono with a pink Sakura flower design on it that ended right above her knees and was actually a sleeveless kimono like dress with long arm warmers with the same design. Underneath it were light blue shorts that also ended right above her knees. She also wore matching blue boots with a cross on each side.
The girl's pink hair was in pigtails tied with frilly, dark blue ribbons and had a plain gold tiara with a sapphire sitting on her head.
"A-Anika? Is that you?" Len asked. Somehow the girl looked very familiar now. Yuki frowned.
"Since you're hear I'm guessing my pets didn't take care of you now did he, Guardian?"
"Yuki, I should've known that you would come here. Oh and your "snake", be glad I was kind enough to show it some mercy. Unlike your other pets." Anika said as she threw what looked like a blue box at Yuki. Inside, was a monster snake that resembled a black mamba shrunken down to the size of a person's palm.
"I'm warning you, next time I see that snake again, I will not show mercy. Got that Yuki?" Anika said in a low voice. Yuki glared.
"As expected from the Guardian of The Mirrored Dimension, you're always so strict and taking things so seriously!" She said pouting. That made Anika angry.
"Yuki I can't have any of your pets or toys coming to this world and causing harm. You know that's my job. It's not something you take lightly." She said sternly.
"G-Guardian of The Mirrored Dimension?" Teto asked. Anika sighed. "Leave the demon to me. You go untie Kagamine-kun." She said. The others nodded slowly, and untied Len.
"Are you okay? Can you walk?" Neru asked. Len winced but he nodded his head.
A sword formed in Anika's hand while Yuki's weapon turned into a scythe.
"Yay! I get to play with the Guardian again!" She exclaimed happily
"You should consider yourself lucky that I have to hold back because of you possessing someone. But I must tell you, you still disgust me." Anika said and lunged at Yuki.
The others and Len went to the side and watched the fight. At first they were evenly matched, but then, one strike, Yuki stabbed through Anika's chest.
"ANIKA!" Len yelled. Their eyes widened when Anika lifted her head as if a scythe didn't go through her heart. She wasn't even bleeding!
"I'm surprised you even managed to penetrate me Yuki, I guess you're getting stronger. But I'm afraid that you just killed the wrong person. And one more thing, you let your guard down." She said as her body turned into a shattered mirror and glowing blue chains wrapped around Yuki, holding her in place. The VOCALOIDS gasped, confused at what happened but Yuki gritted her teeth,
"I should have known you'd use substitute and restraining spells. You're smarter than I thought." She said looking at the sky. The others confused, also looked up only to see the real Anika floating in the sky, looking at Yuki with a calm expression. She then gently landed on the ground and walked to Yuki, sword in hand. Suddenly Piko went in front of Yuki,
"What are you doing? You can't kill my sister! Even if there is a demon possessing her!" He said to Anika. She sighed,
"Get out of the way Piko-kun." She said with a bored expression.
"No, if you're going to kill Miki then you're going to have to go through me!" Len, Teto, and Neru watched silently.
"Don't worry, I won't kill her." Anika said calmly with her usual emotionless expression. Piko still refused to budge,
"You'd think I would believe that when you have a sword in your hand? Don't you care about anyone else's life?" He said. That made Anika grip the sword's hilt tighter,
"I do, it is my job to protect the ones I love from demons like her." She said in a stern voice gesturing to Yuki. "Now please move." Piko still refused. The shadow of Anika's bangs covered her eyes.
"Then I have no choice..." She mumbled and raised her hand. A wave of energy caused Piko to fly back and land right in front of the others. A barrier then separated Anika and Yuki from the rest of her friends.
"I'm sorry, this might hurt a bit." Anika said to Yuki. She smirked,
"Haven't you forgotten? As long as I'm in this body, you won't kill me, but onee-chan here." She said. But Anika let out a small smile,
"Who said anything about killing you? That's Len's job, not mine. Besides, I'm not powerful enough to kill you." She said quietly causing everyone to look at Len, who had a very confused expression. Yuki smiled psychotically,
"Ha! That boy? He won't even tell me where the Jewel of Mirrored Lives is even though he had it the whole time. He kept telling me that he didn't know. Heck he even sacrificed himself so that his stupid sister will be unharmed! What he didn't know was that stupid Rin girl I showed him was a fake! He's weak and gullible." Len looked at her with an angry expression,
"SHE'S NOT STUPID!" He yelled, he seemed to be angrier at the fact Yuki called Rin stupid. Anika sent a piercing gaze at him,
'Don't get involved now.' He heard the voice say in his head again. He then realized that it was Anika talking to him. Anika then looked back at Yuki.
"I'm afraid he's telling the truth Yuki, he really doesn't know where the jewel is." She said. Yuki looked at her angrily.
"That's impossible! The jewel's aura is surrounding him meaning he has it! I also saw you give it to him. How could he not know where it is?" She asked Anika with a menacing tone. Anika still showed no emotion,
"That's because I didn't tell him where it was when it does disappear. Also, I only gave him half of the jewel. But now it's gone, yet he is holding the complete form of it without knowing it." Yuki started to get frustrated.
"But how?" She asked in a loud voice.
"Because that half of the Jewel chose him for a reason, it was because the other half was already inside his body when he was born. Therefore, it is now complete and one with his soul. And flows through his entire body. Even if you do take out his soul, it will still be impossible to get." She explained. Len's eyes widened,
"So what she's saying was...the whole jewel...is now inside my body, and I had half of it inside me my entire life?" He thought, very surprised.
"And do you know why half of it was inside his body instead of somebody else's?" Anika continued. "It's because he is the reincarnation of the former Guardian of Mirrored Lives, the girl you killed right in front of me 100 years ago, Lenka Kagamine." She finished
"Lenka...Kagamine?" Len mumbled. Now that he thought about it, the name sounded familiar.
"Enough talking, I have to do this quickly before the spell wears off." Anika said. She raised her sword and plunged it down into Miki's chest. Miki (Yuki's) eyes widened as the sword went deeper into her. What really surprised her was that she actually felt pain.
"Wh-What are you doing?" Yuki asked with a strained voice. Anika didn't answer but chanted a spell,
"Smite." and turned the sword as hard as she could. There was bright light and Yuki screamed at the top of her lungs. The next thing everyone knew, Miki was lying on the ground unconscious while in front of her was a nine year old girl that looked like a rag doll looking dazed. Time also seemed to move again.
"Miki!" Piko cried as he and Teto ran over to her.
"Why you! You ruined all the fun again!" Yuki whined, glaring at Anika who was back into her school uniform.
"Why don't you go back to where you belong now? You can't survive long in this world now that you're back in your original form." Anika said. Yuki glared her,
"I will not go until at least one of you is dead, so I choose...YOU!" Yuki lunged at Neru at top speed, scythe in hand.
"Neru!" Len yelled as he used all his might and pushed Neru out of the way. Only getting in the way himself. Yuki swung the scythe, creating a large gash on his torso. Len's eyes widened as blood poured out and his vision started to go black once again. The last thing he knew was he was falling off the side of the building and Neru yelling his name. Then his world turned hazy.