Sorry we took so long! Alice's e-mail is a huge pile of junk since I've been RP with my friends and everything goes to her e-mail…sorry Alice! Hehe~! Anyway, so, enjoy the chapter~! And god DAMN IT! Alice is so mean to my OC's! Oh well.
Chapter 6: The Past
"I see...so that's what happened..." She mumbled as she read Len's "memories".
She opened her eyes and took her hand off Len's forehead. Len closed his glazed over eyes.
"So, now you're the only one with the power to defeat that Demon once and for all." She added and smiled at the unconscious boy.
"Then I have a request. Please, save Ryu from Yuki." She said.
There was no response. But she took it as a yes anyways. Aiko grabbed Len's hand and linked pinkies with his,
"It's a promise then! Pinkie swear, cross my heart and hope to die!" She said, a cheerful smile on her face.
"Fufufufu~ nice work Aiko, you captured nii-san!" A voice said playfully.
Aiko gasped and turned around to see a 9 year old girl.
"What are you talking about?" She retorted.
Yuki just smiled more.
"You don't have to be so modest! I know you captured him because you knew I wanted him dead! You don't have to hide it!" She exclaimed.
She then frowned again.
"Now be a good friend and give him to me." She said in a low dark voice.
Aiko glared venom at her.
"Who said I would give him to you? He's my last hope!" Aiko exclaimed.
Yuki started to look irritated.
"You're starting to make me angry, Aiko; you don't want me to kill you, do you? If you don't give him to me, I'll kill you! And Ryu-nii wouldn't even care!" Yuki demanded.
Aiko was silent for a while but she made up her mind.
"Never." She said and snapped her fingers.
Len was suddenly surrounded by blue light.
"Alright, if that's the way you want it, fine." Yuki said.
"Looks like my first doll is broken…I'm sorry, nee-chan, but I guess you're too damaged to fix. I'll have to throw you away." Yuki said, and a knife extended in her hand.
She threw it at Aiko, and it went through her chest. Aiko gasped, and fell to her knees. She looked up one last time at Yuki, this time, seeing Ryu beside her.
"One of 'em broke?" He asked.
Yuki nodded.
"It's so sad, isn't it? Having to throw out your first friend…but you won't break; will you, nii-chan?" Yuki asked.
Ryu smiled and shook his head.
"I'll never break, I promise." He said.
Aiko's eyes swelled up with tears, and she looked one last time at Len.
"Save Ryu…please…" She said.
"And please...avenge me…Ryu would be mad…if you didn't…." She said in a strained voice as she disappeared.
XxxxxXxxxxx
"AIKO!" Len yelled as he shot into a sitting position.
Drops of cold sweat dripped down his forehead and he was breathing heavily. As soon as he calmed down, he took a good look at his surroundings, only to find that he was in the hospital. Suddenly a voice startled him.
"Oh, you're finally awake!" Len looked at the direction the voice came from.
The doctor came out.
"You were out for quite a while. I wasn't sure if you were going to wake up or not." He remarked.
Len raised an eyebrow.
"How long was I out?" He asked.
"About three days." The doctor answered.
Len's eyes widened
"Three days!" He exclaimed, very surprised and looked at the clock.
It was now 1:00 in the morning. It's a wonder how much time passes when you're unconscious.
"Oh I almost forgot, you have a visitor. She had been waiting since 12:00 at night. We tried to tell her to leave but she said that she'll wait until you woke up." He said.
"Really? Who is it?" Len asked.
"A girl who said she was in your class. Anika Nobara was her name. You know, it was strange, she predicted you would wake up at 1:00 in the morning and you actually did! I'll go tell her you're awake." The doctor said and left.
Pretty soon, Anika came in with a slight smile.
"Glad to see you're awake." She said and sat in a chair.
Len smiled back.
"Nice to be awake." He said. "I can't believe three days already passed while I was unconscious." He added.
"Yeah, everyone in school was worried about you. But, especially Neru and the others." Anika said.
"Oh yeah, speaking of that, how are they doing? I bet Kaito was eating ice cream like crazy and Tei was creating mischief just to see me." Len said.
Anika laughed, much to Len's surprise.
"What? Did I say something funny?" Len asked.
It was the first time he saw Anika show some emotion like laughter. Usually she had an emotionless expression.
"No! Not really! It's just that what you said was all true! Except, when I visited your place, Kaito tried to lighten the mood by running around naked in only a batman mask, cape, and a belt full of plastic weapons yelling 'I'm batman!' You should have seen Miku's and Meiko's faces!" She said.
"I wish I had! But this is the first time I saw you laugh! You're usually emotionless all the time!" Len exclaimed.
Anika smiled her usual half smile,
"Hey, Haku shows her emotions sometimes, too. So that doesn't mean I don't! But anyways, the funniest part was that Gakupo also dressed the same as Kaito except he had a loincloth. He then started arguing with Kaito saying he was batman, though, I sweat dropped at that time." She said.
Len pouted playfully and crossed his arms.
"Jeez, all the good stuff happens when I'm gone, huh?" He said.
Anika gasped.
Flashback
Lenka pouted playfully and crossed her arms,
"Jeez, all the good stuff happens when I'm gone, huh?" She said.
Anika laughed,
"I guess so!" She answered.
Flashback over.
"Anika? What's wrong? D-Did I say something bad?" Len asked frantically.
Anika looked up, realizing she had been crying, and wiped away her tears.
"It's nothing." She answered.
Len looked at her questioningly.
"Alright then..." He said.
"Oh, yeah! I almost forgot! Here!" Anika said and pulled out a bento box.
"Neru told me how much you hated hospital food. Besides, you haven't eaten in three days." She said.
Len looked at the bento box and scratched his head,
"Thanks, but I'm not that hung-"
'Smack!' Anika hit Len with a fan.
"Ow! What was that for?" Len asked, rubbing his head.
For a second he thought he saw her smirk.
"That's because a growing boy needs his nutrients!" She answered him, imitating a mother.
"But I'm older than you..." Len mumbled.
"What? And your point is?" Anika retorted.
Len gave a sigh of defeat.
"Alright, fine." He said and gobbled down the food. Anika gave a sad smile.
Flashback
Lenka looked at the bento box and scratched her head,
"Thanks, but I'm not that hung-"
'Smack!' Anika hit her with a fan.
"Ow! What was that for?" Lenka asked, rubbing her head.
Anika smirked.
"That's because a growing girl needs her nutrients!" She answered her, imitating a mother.
"But I'm older than you..." Lenka mumbled.
"What? And your point is?" Anika retorted.
She gave a sigh of defeat.
"Alright, fine." She said and gobbled down the food.
Anika patted her head,
"Good girl." Lenka frowned,
"I'm not a dog." She pointed out.
Anika smiled more.
"Good kitty!" She teased.
Lenka glared playfully at her,
"I'm not a cat, either!" She complained.
Flashback over
"Lenka-chan..." Anika mumbled.
Len looked up,
"Lenka? Didn't you mention her when you were fighting Yuki? Just who is she?" He asked. "Well you don't have to tell me if you don't want to!" He added.
Anika was silent.
"You remind me too much of her." She mumbled, but then smiled.
"I guess I can tell you. After all, you are her reincarnation!" She said.
"Just like you, Lenka was smart, nice, and put her blonde hair into a ponytail. She sometimes would be so modest when it came to people treating her. Almost everyone in Sakura Village loved her." Anika explained. "Even though I was still human back then, I was still the only one who knew she was a guardian. We were the best of friends until Yuki...killed her." She added.
Len looked shocked.
"I'm sorry. But how did you become a guardian?" Len asked.
"When we were pulled into the mirror, Lenka was really surprised I didn't turn into a doll. When Yuki discovered us, she was about to kill me until Lenka sacrificed herself. After that, Yuki was about to kill me next until something blocked the blow and transported me to another part of the dimension. There, she told me I was the next Guardian of the Mirrored Dimension. She told me what my job was and said I could travel back in time to prevent Lenka's fate. When hearing that, I accepted and became a Guardian." She answered.
"Oh."
"Yes, I did travel back in time, over and over again. But...but...every time Lenka's fate was the same. At the end I told her everything and she said this to me."
Flashback
"Lenka! Lenka! Please, stay with me! Don't die!" Anika begged.
Lenka breathed heavily as she started to glow. That wasn't a good sign.
"A...nika...please...don't go back...in...time again...I don...t want you...to...feel the pain...of...me dying...again." She said.
She then gathered all her strength to say her words clearer.
"Instead, find my reincarnation. You'll know who that person is. I know you will. So promise me that..." She said as she glowed brighter.
Tears streamed out of her eyes.
"I will, I promise!" Anika said.
She felt tears going down her face, too. Lenka lifted her hand.
"Then pinky swear, cross my heart..."
"And hope to die." Anika finished, linking pinkies.
Lenka smiled and grabbed both of her hands and closed her eyes,
"I'll teleport you to the future." She said as she started to disappear.
Before she disappeared completely, Anika saw a flash of light engulf her and suddenly she was surrounded by unfamiliar tall buildings. In her hands was a small blue diamond linked to a silver chain. It was about half the size of the Jewel of Mirrored Lives.
'When you get closer to my reincarnation, the jewel will glow brighter. But you can only give it to that person when he or she is about the same age as me' Lenka's voice said.
'Goodbye...for now...Anika-chan.' It added and the voice disappeared.
Flashback over
"It took me a while to adjust to what it was like 100 years in the future and realize no one could see me." Anika explained with an embarrassed grin.
"As I walked on, I neared the hospital. That was when the jewel half started glowing. I knew you were in the hospital. The jewel led me all the way to the nursery, much to my confusion.
Flashback
"Huh? The jewel led me to the nursery?" Anika asked herself. She was really confused but decided to trust the jewel. It led her to two twin, blonde haired babies, a boy and a girl. That was when it glowed the brightest.
"To tell you the truth, I thought Lenka's reincarnation was Rin at first." Anika said.
Len chuckled.
"Can't blame you." He answered
Flashback...again
Anika kept staring at the two babies, mostly the girl,
"Is this Lenka's reincarnation?" She asked herself as she dangled the jewel above her.
The glow seemed to dim a little. She then moved it to the boy. It glowed brighter than before. Suddenly the boy begin to stir. He seemed to be irritated by something.
When he opened his eyes, Anika saw a pair of familiar blue eyes. Instead of crying, the baby smiled and outstretched his arms out towards her. He started gurgling happily.
"That baby can see me?" She thought, surprised.
What she really thought was strange was the red birthmarks on the girl's right shoulder and the boy's left shoulder. They both seem to say '02'.
"That was a sign saying we were going to be the next two VOCALOIDS" Len explained to her.
Anika frowned.
"Len, I'm sorry for asking this but where are your actual parents?" Len smiled sadly.
"They both died in a fire when we were about a year old. Rin and I were the only ones that survived. People believed it was the power of the VOCALOIDS. What was really strange though was that they found me unscathed but unconscious but Rin had some minor burn injuries and scratches, and she was crying her eyes out." Len said.
Anika's expression turned stern,
"Len that wasn't the power of a VOCALOID, that was the power of the Guardian of Mirrored Lives. I was there, so I know.
Flash...ah, screw it!
Anika stood in the middle of the pile of rubble, staring at the dead 1 year old girl and a sleeping 1 year old boy not too far away from her.
"So sad, to die at such a young age..." Anika said sympathetically.
The baby boy opened his eyes and saw his twin sister lying motionless. Confused, he crawled over and shook her, making a few noises. Suddenly the noises started to turn into a word.
"R-Rin...Rwin!" He said.
Suddenly, there was the glow on his hand as he put his hand onto his dead sister. Suddenly they both began to glow a blue color. Anika watched in amazement. When the glow faded, the boy started to look weary and collapsed next to the girl. Meanwhile she slowly opened her eyes and cried.
"A-Amazing! He brought her back to the living!" Anika said in awe.
She then heard voices.
"What's that sound?"
"It sounds like a child!"
"Over here!"
A head popped over the mountain of rubble and ashes.
*over*
"So then they found us and thought it was the power of the VOCALOIDS we survived and took us to the VOCALOID mansion." Len finished.
Anika nodded in agreement.
"You know I've always been wondering how-" Lens eyes widened and he clutched his head in pain.
"Len? Len what's wrong?" Anika asked, panicked on the inside.
A few minutes later the pain resided but his eyes had another blank look in them,
"June 17, 2012, Ryu Yukio, 18 years old, will be taken away by death." He said in a flat monotone voice.
Len's eyes returned to normal and he fell unconscious. Anika, on the other hand, looked both surprised yet unsurprised at the same time. After all, she had seen this happen before.
X
"Len, do you want to talk to Miku-nee?" 8 year old Rin called.
Len looked up from his book.
"Yeah!" He exclaimed.
Miku was having a concert in Los Angeles. Before he went out the door, he turned around facing a 7 year old girl who had short pink hair and was wearing a dark blue sleeveless kimono like dress with pink Sakura designs on it and light blue shorts underneath. No one could see her except Len. She was looking up from her drawing.
"Wait here Ani-chan! Len will be back soon." She smiled and nodded.
Len ran to the telephone
"Miku-nee!" Len almost yelled into the telephone.
"Oh, Len how are you? It's only been a few days but I feel like I hadn't seen you in a hundred years!" She exclaimed.
"Yeah, Rin-nee, Meiko-nee, and everyone else misses you t-" He gasped as he felt a sharp pain in his head.
He groaned, and clutched it. Tears fell from his eyes.
"Len? Len! What's wrong?" Miku asked, alarmed.
Len didn't answer; the pain was too much for him.
"Please, not again..." He mumbled.
Miku heard it and got even more anxious.
"Len! What's wrong? Please, tell me!" She cried.
Suddenly, the pain resided and Miku sighed in relief as she heard Len calm down.
"Is the pain gone?" She asked.
No answer.
"Hello? Len, are you still there?" She asked, starting to feel anxious again.
Suddenly she heard Len say something in a monotone voice.
"Come back to Tokyo before August 31, or you'll truly regret it." Miku eyes widened.
"Len, is this some sort of joke? You know I won't be back until September!" She said.
Len drew in a shaky breath.
"Please, come back to Tokyo before your birthday, or a terrible tragedy will fall upon you, too." He said.
Miku started to get even more confused.
"Len, that's r-"
"Please! I don't want to lose you Miku-nee!" He cried.
It was loud enough for only an invisible girl to hear. Miku was stunned, unable to process what happened. She then came up with an answer.
"Okay, I'll think about it." She replied.
Len sighed in relief,
"Thank...good...ness..." He said.
The next thing Miku heard was a loud thud and then silence.
"Len? Len are you there? Answer me! Len!" She cried.
No use, he was unconscious. Little did he notice was a girl invisible to others peering out the door calmly but slightly surprised.
"Future sighting, one of the Guardian of Mirrored Lives's abilities. Looks like its happening sooner than I expected." She remarked in a voice that sounded more mature than an actual 7 year old.
Not much of a cliffhanger…at all…but oh well. I guess you can't ALWAYS have a cliffhanger. *Sigh*.
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