Song: Return to 0

Artist: Kagamine Len

Author: Shyla Grace

Disclaimer: Guess

Len gently pushed Rin off of him, and looked at the two girls. He had to know, just had to. "Miku," he asked. "How… what happened?"

Miku looked sadly over at him. "Kaito. He and Meiko were tracking Ryu and arrived when you were shot. Kaito managed to catch you on the bike before you hit the ground…"

Len raised an eyebrow. "But how am I…" he rubbed the bandage wrapped around his chest.

Rin took a breath. "We don't know Len." She said. "It's a miracle that you're here right now. A bullet in that area… but I'm glad I insisted we keep trying. I couldn't bear to lose someone again…"

At that, Rin looked away and Miku walked slowly to the desk in the corner. Len looked back and forth at them, and then finally understood. "You two visited Aya, didn't you?"

Rin looked over at him and nodded. "We… you and Aya were friends at one point Len. We couldn't let you go too."

Len nodded, and smiled. "So, Kaito saved me? Finally, we're even. Here, can we go out into the hall? Bet he's out there."

Kaito was leaning outside Len's hospital room. From the sounds of it, Len was finally back. Which was good. I mean, he was getting tired of being pelted by Meiko's beer cans. Kaito jumped a little as the door next to him opened. Out walked Miku, smiling, and behind her came Len, being gently supported by his sister. Kaito was about to talk to Len when suddenly, a flash of red whizzed by him, and Len was gone. Everyone looked down to see Meiko, giving Len what was meant to be a hug. Instead, Len was turning blue. Kaito reached down and sighed, grabbing Meiko's shoulder. "Might want to get off, Meiko. You might kill him again."

Meiko stood up, and Kaito reached down, and pulled a puffing Len up. Kaito smiled. "Len, it's about time you woke up. I was needing to brag about how I saved you to someone else."

Len smiled right back. "Brag? About what? This just makes up for that time in Tokyo."

Kaito laughed. "Keep telling yourself that, shorty."

The two boys looked at each other, and smiled sadly. The only reason they were joking was because they were trying to ignore the tears coming into their eyes. Kaito's face hardened. "Len," he began. "As the new leader of the team, I feel responsible for what happened. If there is anything…"

He was cut off by a sudden shout. "Kaito!" Everyone turned to see a pink haired lady running up, her hand outstretched. She seemed frantic.

Kaito looked at her. "Luka? What's wrong?"

Luka stopped and panted. "The Academy… most of the staff… and students… gone."

Kaito paused. "GONE? WHAT DO YOU MEAN GONE!"

Luka caught her breath, and spoke in a shaky voice. "Gone. Some man, grey hair, blew up the whole place. All the students, and all but five of the staff, all gone."

Meiko looked pale. "Who would do that?"

Kaito narrowed his eyes. "Guess who…"

Len listened, but was distracted by a sudden, but faint, crash. A shard of glass, a mirror, flew by and skimmed his arm. Len slowly turned back to see a man, grey hair, green hat over his eyes, smiling with a gun in his hand . Len looked at the wall, to see, under a shattered mirror, a winking red light." Len's eyes widened. "EVERYONE OUT!"

Without questioning, everyone ran. They understood instantly; bomb. The group of six had just barely made it out when the building behind them exploded in a ball of red fire. The group was flung apart, and Len, not having a good day, was thrown right into the path of a speeding black car. He just managed to roll out of the way when the car sped by. And inside that car, was Ryu, giving Len a salute before speeding off.

Len stood shakily. The rest of the group was quickly by his side. Len looked off in the distance. "Alright, Ryu." He said. Len looked at Kaito. "Kaito, let me lead this mission. If Ryu wants a war, he'll get one."

And so, with that, the SVAT was thrown into a series of events that would change history, and would end up with more than a few dead. And as the whole group followed Len's stare, they all realized the most important fact of all; not everyone would come back alive.

Several weeks later…

The SVAT and El's had been at it for weeks, and already, people were beginning to change. Luka had been killed, saving Miku. And while the SVAT had losses, the El's were beginning to gain the upper ground. The black woman, now known as Prima, had brought along a couple of friends. Leon, a somewhat childish man, and Dell, the man with grey hair.

A shipyard. That's where they had ended up. Ryu grunted. So, the SVAT had finally lost their trail. He looked at his team of three. "Make sure," he said. "No one is here." He looked at the building behind him, staring at the searching spotlights coming from the roof. "We still need to make sure…" He looked at those around him. "Go."

Ryu stalked off to the back of the building, a place where long rows of steel plates were kept for repairs. He looked through them. Somehow, he felt like something was there, even though there had been no sign of the SVAT for days now. He glared, and finally, walked off, his hand tightening around his gun. And, as he walked off, a figure, dressed all in black, was illuminated by a passing spotlight for just a brief moment in between two plates. But, as quickly as the man appeared, he vanished back into the shadows of the shipyard.

To be continued…

Hey everyone! Shyla's back! Sorry about anything wrong, as usual. And, don't worry, the better action will be back as soon as I have free time from all my movies I'm watching :)

Well, I hope you are enjoying my story... and all your reveiws are welcomed and loved. Thx for all the favs, and please continue to read! More, and hopefully better things are to come! Bye for now!

~Shyla