Chapter 5
Len plummeted almost unconsciously to the ground. Suddenly, a phantom hand caught his. Len forced his eyes open a little and looked up to see a phantom girl with brown eyes and a french braid.
"Ai...ko..." He mumbled, confused at how he knew her name.
He didn't have much time to think before he was fully unconscious.
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"Geez, Mei-chan can be scary sometimes! Threatening my ice cream like that!" Kaito whined to himself as he walked around the school grounds looking for the VOCALOIDS.
Suddenly, he saw something from the corner of his eye, and whipped his head to that direction only to see Len, floating down as if someone was carrying him bridal style. He then floated down into Kaito's arms. Kaito's eyes widened as he saw Len covered in wounds, and a large fresh gash across his torso. Fortunately, he was still breathing, but it was hoarse and uneven. His skin also looked pale.
"What in the name of ice cream?" He mumbled.
"Len, LEEEN!" He heard a voice shout from the roof.
He looked up to see Neru run to the side of the building with a horrified expression. Her expression turned into a relieved one when she saw Kaito there, with Len in his arms. Teto, along with Piko, Miki (who just woke up), and an emotionless girl that Kaito didn't recognize followed Neru to the side. The emotionless girl jumped down from the roof and gently landed in front of Kaito who had a dazed expression on what just happened.
"Is Kagamine-kun still alive?" She asked.
Kaito said nothing and nodded his head. She let out a sigh of relief.
"Thank goodness...but now isn't the time to talk. We have to take him to the hospital immediately. He lost a huge amount of blood." She said to Kaito.
He nodded his head again,
"But what's your name?" He asked before he left.
"Anika Nobara, but just call me Anika." She said with a bored expression, even though Kaito knew she wanted him to hurry up and take Len to the hospital.
All of a sudden, everyone else ran to where Kaito was.
"What are you doing standing there Bakaito? Hurry up and take Len to the hospital!" Neru said.
"Wait, just what on earth is goin-?"
"No time to explain! Just hurry up and go!" Neru said.
"But shouldn't we call the ambulance?" Kaito said.
Neru's jaw dropped. She quickly took out her cell phone and at the speed of light, dialed the number.
"Hello? This is Neru Akita, please hurry and come to the Crypton High School. My friend is injured, and is losing blood. PLEASE SEND SOMEBODY! ANYBODY! Please, my friend is dying!" Neru said with desperation in her voice.
She then smiled.
"Really? Thank you so much!" She said and hung up.
"The ambulance will try to come as fast as they can." Neru said.
Everyone let out a sigh of relief.
A few minutes later, the ambulance came and immediately rushed Len to the hospital.
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Everyone was waiting in the waiting room, all worried if Len was going to survive or not. Neru was pacing back and forth while Miki was crying. Kaito was eating ice cream like crazy.
"It's all my fault! It's my entire fault!" she cried over and over.
"It's not your fault; it's that demon's fault." Piko said, attempting to try and make his sister feel better.
After a few minutes, the doctor walked into the room, a slight smile on his face.
"Good news, Kagamine-san is going to be just fine." He said.
"Really?" Neru asked anxiously.
The doctor nodded. Everyone, except Anika, smiled widely at each other.
"Can we go visit him?" Piko asked.
"One at a time though, please." The doctor said, and left the room.
"I'll go first?" Neru asked.
The others nodded and Neru made her way into the room where Len was. He was still unconscious.
"Len? I know you can't hear me at the moment, but, I'm sorry that I couldn't have gotten there sooner...I...I know that I've been a total idiot towards you lately...but...that's because...I...I...-" Neru was interrupted when Tei suddenly burst through the doors.
"LEN! IM HERE! OPEN YOUR EYES! THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE HAS ARRIVED! YOUR WONDEREFUL SELF WILL BE UP IN NO TIME, BECAUSE I'M HERE!" Tei yelled, jumping onto his hospital bed and grabbing him, thrashing him all over the place.
"TEEEIIIII!" Neru yelled, grabbing her phone and smacking Tei on the head.
"Ow, Neru!" Tei yelled glaring at her.
Neru glared back.
"That's what you get for disturbing Len when he's injured!" Neru replied.
"I CAN DO WHATEVER I WANT, YOU-" Tei was interrupted when somebody else shouted,
"OUT OF MY WAY! DAMNIT!" There was a crash and Meiko burst through the doors along with everyone else.
"GUYS!" Neru yelled, angry that everyone intruded.
Teto came in.
"Sorry! We couldn't stop them!" Teto said panting.
Piko and Miki came in.
"How did this happen?" Luka asked, horrified at Len's condition.
"You won't believe us when we tell you who did it." Miki replied quietly.
Meiko walked up to them.
"Tell us who did it." She demanded, the younger VOCALOIDS along with Miki and Piko looked at each other uneasily.
"Well...um...err..." Piko started to say.
"A demon did this to him." An emotionless voice said.
They turned to see Anika standing at the doorway.
"And who the hell are you?" Meiko asked.
She still showed no emotion.
"Anika Nobara. I'm in Kagamine-kun's classroom." She replied.
"Ok, but, you're saying that Len was attacked by a demon? That's impossible! There's no such thing!" Meiko exclaimed.
"Is it because you've never seen one?" Anika asked with that same emotionless expression.
Meiko was silent, and Anika turned her attention back to Len who was still unconscious.
"He told you about the demon. You didn't believe him, now he paid the price." She said quietly.
Everyone was silent and looked at Len with a guilty look on their faces.
"Yet it was mainly my fault. If I hadn't given him the other half of the jewel none of this would've happened. But, I had no choice. It was my job to deliver it to the reincarnation of the Guardian of Mirrored Lives." She thought and mentally hit herself.
"Damn it! Even when I'm now a mortal of this world, I can't even protect a person's reincarnation!" Anika noticed something strange.
"That's weird; he should wake up by now with all this commotion, even if Yuki put a spell on him! Something's definitely wrong." She observed as everyone crowded around Len, waiting for him to wake up.
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"What is this place?" Len asked himself as he wandered through a blue colored forest.
It was very obvious he was lost.
"HEEEEELLLLOOOOO? ANYBOOOOOODYYYY?" He called out.
His voice echoed through the whole forest.
'Len!' A voice in his mind shouted.
He looked around.
"Is that Anika? No her voice sounds too low to be Anika's." He mumbled to himself.
He closed his eyes and listened.
'Len! Over here!' It came again but louder.
Somehow, the voice sounded hypnotic, and he wasn't sure if he should follow it or not.
'I'm at the lake!' It said.
It was then his body started acting on its own. He started running towards the lake despite him trying to resist. He eventually got to the lake to see the same girl with brown eyes and a french braid standing in the middle of lake that reflected the moon.
He unconsciously walked to the middle of the lake, not even wondering why he didn't sink through the surface. All that was on his mind was who that mysterious girl was.
"Who are you?" He asked, even though he already knew her name.
The girl smiled a warm yet sad smile,
"Aiko Kiyoshi, the first victim to be pulled into the mirror along with my friend, Ryu. But for some reason, I survived the demon's curse. Unfortunately, Ryu fell victim to the curse and is now the demon's servant. He was that snake in the box Aiko had handed to Yuki. I am only pretending to be her servant until I can finally save him." She explained.
Sadness filled her eyes.
"I'm sorry." Len mumbled, feeling sorry for the girl.
She smiled.
"It's alright!" She said happily, but Len knew she had forced a smile.
"I-Is there any way I can help?" Len asked hoping it would make her feel better.
"You are the reincarnation of Lenka-chan, am I correct?" Aiko asked, Len nodded,
"From what I heard, yes." He answered.
Aiko smiled again.
"Thank goodness, I finally found you!" She said and like Yuki, snapped her fingers.
What looked like a flat, stone bed rose from the water. It was about half the height of Aiko.
"Please, lay down." Aiko said to Len.
He hesitated, still not knowing if he should trust the girl or not.
"Please, trust me. I won't hurt you, promise." Aiko said.
Len nodded slowly, and hesitantly laid down on the flat piece of stone. Aiko then laid a hand on his forehead and closed her eyes. Her fingertips glowed a soft, blue glow, and all of a sudden Len's mind went blank and he had a vacant look in his eyes.
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