Chapter 22: Every Single Time We Try to Save Len…

Tei's p.o.v.

"LEEEN!" I was in so much shock.

I've witnessed Len die once, now I have to see it again? I just stared with my tear filled eyes. My arm outstretched to nothing but air. After Rin had finished screaming and trying to jump over the edge, she ran to Teto and Gumi who were now comforting her.

"Tei..." Kaito walked up to me and put his hand on my shoulder. "I'm sorr—"

"THIS IS YOUR FAULT!" I yelled.

I grabbed him by his scarf and dangled him over the edge of the side of the cage. He started making choking sputtering sounds trying to get the scarf away from his throat.

"TEI STOP!" Teto yelled behind me.

I didn't pull him up. I'd choke him to death.

"TEI YOUR INSANE PULL HIM UP!" Rin yelled.

I wouldn't. This baka was the death of Len. He deserved to die! I felt a psychotic grin forming on my face. Kaito's face started turning blue as his hair.

He thrashed his legs wildly trying to get up. Almost dead…

"TEI!" Meiko yelled from behind me.

I felt her hand wrap around my throat. I lost grip on Kaito's scarf but Meiko grabbed it with her free hand and pulled him up. When he was fully up, he started taking huge gasps of air. Was it me? Or did I see his soul come out of his mouth?

Meiko let go of my throat and slapped me harder then I had ever been slapped before. It felt as if my face had been run over by a road roller. I started to take out my knife, but I stopped. Len was gone and I could do nothing about it. Zatsune could only use the spell once.

I got up rubbing the side of my face where Meiko had slapped me.

"We need to climb up the rope to get to the next chamber." I grumbled.

"Hey, anyone know where the Chibi's are?" Haku said.

"I swear I saw Meiko untie them." Luka said.

We started looking around. Neru finally being able to text took advantage of the free time.

"Um, guys." I said.

They looked down to where I was staring. We saw two pairs of tiny footprints leading through a secret chamber we hadn't noticed before. One pair of footprints looked like it was trying to struggle or get away.

"IT WAS ALL A DAMN TRAP!" Neru yelled.

"Do you mean the Chibi's…" Gakupo started saying slowly.

"Yeah, it was a trap the whole time Gakupo." Gumi said.

"Oh no. The Chibi's are probably going to Zatsune right now! This whole thing was planned out!" Miku cried.

She started freaking out and grasped Kaito's hand. I swear Meiko was almost growling at her. We realized that we couldn't get Len's body. We would kill Zatsune and come back for him. We climbed the rope ladder to the next chamber.

Len's p.o.v.

Everything was fuzzy. All I could hear was this ringing sound. Suddenly I heard voices.

"How many times am I going to have to use this spell on him?" Said a voice I recognized as Zatsune's.

"I thought you said you could only use it once." It was Rin's voice.

No, wait, Chibi Rin. Did she betray me?

"I only lied so that the others would think I couldn't resurrect myself. But sadly now I can't anyway. Once you resurrect someone else the second time, you can't resurrect yourself. Oh well. My brother can always help me." Zatsune said.

"Oh." Chibi Rin said.

"By the way, I appreciate you betraying the others and turning Chibi Len in." Zatsune continued.

She actually had betrayed me…and my Chibi…I felt someone grab my shoulders. I tried to struggle but I was too weak. All I could do was open my eyes and see Zatsune holding me up and turned me around to face her.

"Hello Kagamine. Now tell me, how did this happen? How did the others escape and why did they leave you behind like this?" I found enough strength to at least use my voice.

"I…I don't know." I lied.

"Stubborn little..." Zatsune started mumbling to herself. "Chibi Rin, hold him up and make him look at me. Don't let his eyes close." I turned my head and begged her not to, but she did.

"Now Kagamine," Zatsune said. Her red eyes suddenly turned pitch black. "Tell me what happened."

My mind was suddenly cloudy and I couldn't control myself, I started spilling out everything in a flat, monotone voice.

"Meiko managed to get everyone out of the cage and they escaped through the rope ladder above us. While Kaito was dragging us up there, a rock hit me and I fell. They went through that chamber." I nudged my head toward an open chamber above us.

"Thank you Kagamine." Zatsune said.

She then dropped me.

"Take him somewhere he WON'T escape this time." Zatsune said.

Oh Kami-sama, what have I done?