Daughter of Evil ch 7

Len awoke with a start. Once again, he found himself panting and sweating. He groaned. "Still?" Once again he had had that dream, but this time, it was slightly different. The beginning was the same. He woke up in a pitch black room with a broken wind-up key in the ceiling. He would see all those images flash before his eyes, and this time, Len recognized most of them from the events told in the journal. He would notice the red and blue shackles around his wrists and ankles but then, it went on. He began to hear a faint, but familiar voice in the distance. A mysterious voice that sang a lullaby...although he didn't know who's voice it was, it comforted him a little. However, that was when his dream ended.

"Did my dream continue because of that journal?" Len glanced over to the journal lying on Rin's bedside table. "But, that journal ended...or maybe..." Len picked up the journal titled, Len Kagamine, from his bedside table and looked it over. "Is the story not over yet?" Len looked over to the clock on the wall. It was only 5:00 in the morning but he knew that there was no way that he was going to get anymore sleep now.

Quietly, Len got out of bed and tiptoed down to the dining room so as not to wake anyone. He sat down and opened the journal. For some reason, he wasn't too surprised when he saw that much of the journal was similar to Princess Rin's. However, when Len reached the entry that was written roughly around the same date that Rin's journal ended, he found that it continued.

"I know it. I knew it from the moment that I thrust my blade into Miku's chest. There is no turning back now. Surely, once word gets out about the slaughter in the Green country, villagers and soldiers will come to overthrow the princess. However, even though I know we rightly deserve this punishment, I must protect my Princess, no, my sister...even if it comes down to it, I will trade my life for hers."

Len stopped. Sister? The Princess was his sister? But wait, does that mean...?

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"Onward men! Our goal is within reach! Just a little more!" Meiko yelled, fighting off soldiers as she did. How long had it been since they began their assault on the castle? It seemed like they had been fighting for days although it was likely that only an hour had passed. However, because the majority of Meiko's forces were inexperienced commoners, they were just barely scraping by. They had the fortune of a surprise attack as well as having some of the Princess' men defect to the rebellion but even then they were have a hard time.

Meiko cut down the last of the soldiers surrounding her and then blindly charged towards the staircase that led to the Princess' chambers. She had to end this as quickly as possible or else the rebellion would fail. However, just as she began to climb the staircase, she felt someone's presence behind her. She turned and froze. An enemy soldier held his sword frozen in mid-swing. For a moment she thought she was done for, but seconds later, the man fell to the ground, an arrow lodged between his armor. Meiko looked up from the man's corpse and found her savior. A blue haired man donning regal armor was approaching her with a bow in hand.

"Thanks for the help, but who are you? You're definitely not one of my men." She said, observing his armor once again. The man motioned to the battle continuing behind him. The last of the yellow army was being subdued as a large wave of blue soldiers joined the fray.

"I am Prince Kaito of the Kingdom of Blue. I've come to put an end to the Princess' reign."

Meiko smirked. "Prince, huh? Once again, I give you my thanks. Now, shall we?" Meiko led the way up the stairs and wasn't too surprised when she was met by a small group of soldiers that guarded the final corridor to the Princess' room. "This is it. Get ready!"

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Rin gasped as she felt her hand being taken away from her journal. "Len?"

"Princess...take this." Len placed a neatly folded cloak in Rin's lap and then began to take off his yellow vest. Rin simply watched, clearly confused. "I'll give you my clothes. Now," Len placed his jacket and undershirt in her lap before pushing her over to her changing room. "Hurry, change into them and escape immediately."

"L-len wait, I don't understand! Why are you doing this?"

"Please, just do it. It'll be fine. We're twins so no one will notice." Rin froze. They were twins? She couldn't believe she never even thought of that possibility before. However, there wasn't much time for her to dwell on it.

"You, idiot! How am I supposed to do this now? I can't leave you, not now that I finally know!"

"Please, just do it! I order you, as my servant." Rin began to tremble. So that was it. He was going to switch places with her. There was no time for her to protest as Len pushed her behind the curtain. He hastily helped her out of her dress and slipped it over his head. As Rin got changed into Len's clothes, she couldn't help but notice how similar the two looked now. When Len let down his hair from his usual ponytail, the difference was undetectable.

"Len...you were my twin all this time..." Rin felt a pang of regret. If she had known sooner, perhaps she would have valued her servant a little more, at the very least, valued him as a brother. But now it was much too late. She had taken advantage of him and abused him for so long, and now she only had mere seconds to make amends. She would not let them go to waste. "I'm so sorry. I treated you horribly and I should have appreciated you more and I know it might be too late now, but I-"

Rin stopped as Len gently brushed her bangs up and kissed her forehead. "L-len..."

"I know...sister. But, please don't apologize. I told you already, I've done everything up until now all because I love you and care about you."

"I know you said that, but I-I..." Rin clenched her fists. Even now, when Len was going to make the ultimate sacrifice for her, she wanted him to do more. "I don't want you to go!" She cried. "You have to stay with me, protect me, make me brioche everyday, and be my brother forever...and-and..." Rin's words were soon replaced with sobs and her hands flew to her eyes.

"Rin..." Len wrapped his arms tightly around her and rubbed her back comfortingly. "I'm so sorry."

Suddenly, a loud victorious cry was heard beyond the door. Then, the sound of footsteps and the clink of armor came closer. "This is it! The final gate before the end. This war is over!"

The next few moments were a blur for Rin. One moment, Len was embracing her tightly, the next he was practically shoving her towards a nearby corner of her room. He kicked at the wall causing a small passage to open up. Len quickly helped Rin into the small space before looking back to the bedroom door. It had been locked prior to the attack but it would not hold up for very long now. Turning back to his sister, Len pointed past her and into the dark passage.

"Follow the passage and it should take you out into the forest behind the castle. Before we hid here, I asked one of the maids to bring Josephine out there. Once you meet up with your horse, it would be best for you to escape to the country of Green. When this is all over, everyone should have forgotten about you so you'll be safe."

Then, the door burst open and Len turned and smiled regrettably at his sister. "Goodbye."

Len knocked at the wall above the open passage and a few seconds later, the wall closed up again. "Len? Len!" Rin pounded at the wall with all her might, hoping that she might be able to reopen it. However, the wall would not budge.

"We have you, Daughter of Evil." Rin stopped. She could hear muffled voices from the other side of the wall. She pressed her ear against the wall.

Kaito approached the 'princess' and drew his sword, raising the tip to Len's neck. "It's over for you. All the lives you ruined, all the people you've killed, will now be avenged."

Len kept his head even as the sword was pointed at his throat. He smirked and simply pushed the sword away. Then, in the best imitation of Rin's voice he could managed, he said, "My, you've become such a disrespectful man."

Kaito seemed shocked for a moment and then looked away. Somehow, the princess' unexpected reaction took away the satisfaction he so badly needed.

Len calmly walked past the line of soldiers towards the door where a somewhat familiar woman stood. As he passed her, the woman snorted. "Even when you've lost, you still act like a proper princess. How high and mature of you."

"It's a level of class that you pitiful peasants will never know."

Meiko growled and grabbed Len by the arm. "Look at me! Do you remember me? The daughter of the ex-commander of your forces. You made a mistake in letting me go that day. I came back to finish what my father started, to free all of your oppressed subjects. I am here to avenge all of my-!" As Len turned to face her, she stopped. On that day, when her father's head had been handed to her, she had made sure to burn the princess' image into her head. She knew every detail, and there was no denying it.

"...I wonder, where did your loyal servant run off to?"

Len started for a moment. Had she noticed the difference? "...I suppose he wasn't as loyal as I thought he was."

"Hmph, indeed." Meiko growled to herself and dragged Len behind her towards the dungeon.

Soon, all the voices died away completely and Rin sat down against the wall helplessly. "Len, I'm so sorry. This is all my fault!" Rin took a deep breath and looked down the passageway. It was very dark but she could at least see what was in front of her. "No matter what, I can't let his efforts go to waste. I have to get out of here." Rin stood up and took a step forward when something slipped out from inside her vest. She bent over and picked it up. From what she could see, it was a book of some sort. On the front, it was titled, Len Kagamine.

"Is this his journal?" She opened it up only to have a loose piece of paper fall out from between the pages. "If only I could be reborn...if I could be reborn, I would want to be Rin's twin again. If only..." Rin fell to the ground once again. Was that his dying wish? Did he want her to find it? She couldn't go on the way she was now. All she could do was cry.

"Len!"

Phew! Took a while to finish that one. Sorry if it was a little sappy or whatever. I really had no other idea how to write it ^_^; I hope you enjoyed it though! Please comment and review, and thanks to all of you who have!