Chapter 4: The Dark Fairy is clipped! True Love Exists Maybe

That morning, Rin ate her breakfast silently in her room, in shock by Sonika's words. First off, how did Len save her? Secondly, why did he? She was forced to keep it in the back of her head and focus on more pressing matters. As in, how to escape this hell.

"…That won't work…No…No…" Rin set the tray on the ground slowly, and plopped on her bed once more. Her mind couldn't focus due to the bruises. This would be a long day.

In the dining room, everyone was worried about Merli. She sat at the table, ever so silent and emitting an aura of scary amounts. Lui was the most worried. He adored the butterfly themed fairy girl. Sure, they never really talked, but in this world today that meant nothing. Literally! Rinto noticed Lui's face and nudged him, "…say something. Look at Mikuo…" Lui did look at him:

"Gumi, I'm fine…please, don't worry." Mikuo reassured her with a faint blush. Gumi was cutting up his waffles for him.

"Don't lie to me Mikuo-kun!" Gumi wouldn't have none of his assurance and continued on her cutting. Mikuo smiled, still blushing. Lui felt a bit annoyed.

"…Secure the moment." Rinto and Oliver gave him a thumbs-up, as did Len from across the table. Lui wanted to punch them. They were dorks, big dorks.

"…Don't end up like Oliver." Len gestured to Oliver. Oliver glared at him.

"…Don't end up like Len." Oliver's advice made Len glare back.

"…Don't end up like them, Lui." Rinto's advice was golden. Lui took his, much to the annoyance of the other's.

"Merli. Are you okay? You seem…annoyed?" Lui asked her. Merli looked up from playing with her oatmeal.

"…I'm fine, Lui." Merli replied in her usual tone, "Don't worry." And left them for her room. Lui still looked worried.

"…You did fine Lui. Give it time." Yuma told him. Lui smiled. When Yuma gave advice, it was good advice to follow, like Rinto's advice.

"Now about Rin…" Ring and Miki looked up at Len with evil smirks. Len looked up, only to feel shivers from them.

"…Lui. Control you cousin. Kaito, tackle Miki." Len begged to them. Lui ignored him, and Meiko's glare to Kaito made the blue haired man silent, "…What is it you gossip hounds?"

"We heard you valiantly carried Rin to her room!" Miki told him. It was true, which was why Len blushed. A course, they didn't need to know that.

"…It's a rumor. Who said that?" Len asked out of simple curiosity.

"…Oh. Lui did. Lui said you guys bear tackled Mayu, knocked her out, and left with Rin and yeah." Ring explained, "Did you kiss her?" Len gave Lui a cold look. Lui finished his toast and quickly left for his life. Len let him leave. He'd use blackmail on him later as well.

"…I didn't kiss her. That's cliché." Len leaned back in his chair, obviously annoyed by their questions, "…How's Tokyo doing anyways?"

"I saw her this morning." Sonika replied, since only she had checked on Rin besides the maids, "She's doing well. But Rin's really sore…" Len nodded, knowing that was to be expected. Then, Luka came in.

"Are we all done here?" Luka asked. Everyone nodded, so Luka took all the plates and food back into the kitchen. Len was getting out of his chair when she returned with a vial of medicine, "Oh, Mr. Len! May you give this to Miss Rin?" She handed the vial to him, "Akiko's cleaning the master's room, Luo's cleaning up the new sunroom, and Galaco's cleaning the foyer."

"Sure, Luka." Len held unto the cold clear vial and left.

…Why…He's never been interested in me…We don't talk a lot…And…When we met…He was being a freak on the ceiling…This is so confusing! Ugh. Why can't boys be simple and be blunt…? …Boys like Len!
Rin sat in her room alone, thinking about Len's actions. Honestly, she didn't want to think about him, but it was hard not to. She assumed it was a side effect from that tea she drank to focus on something such as Len, "Hey Sleepy head." And now, she was hallucinating his voice…She sat up, bewildered, but instead saw him. Good, I'm not going crazy.

"What are you doing here?" She asked him, though was hating herself for not thanking him.

"Luka wants me to give you medicine to numb the pain." Len showed off the vial, and her blood ran cold.
One of Rin's most hated things, besides grapes, was liquid medication. It was nasty, usually grape flavored, and just plain gross! She watched it in the vial, mocking her silently. Len looked at the girl, confused by her stare of pure hatred and evil.

"Hells no." Rin simply said. Len knew this wouldn't be easy. With girls, it never was for him.

"…You have to."

"I want a pill."

"No."

"Please…?"

"No…" And with Len's reply, she kept her mouth closed. Great. Now her mouth's shut….I didn't want to do this. She's gonna hate me, but it's for her own good.
"Fine." Len unscrewed the top and drank a good third of the vial, without swallowing. Rin, being naïve around men, simply assumed he was sore from climbing around that vent twice. That thought quickly changed.
Len came around the bed and sat beside her, looking into her eyes. Rin looked at him, confused. Then, he kissed her. And, by mouth, gave her the medicine. Before the poor Rin could realize it, he had already left the room. And left the girl with a red face.

In a room a few doors to the right, Merli was in her room, sharpening a knife. Today was the day Soprano took it away, and had left Merli all alone in the world. It was a day ripe with the revenge of the Dark Fairy.
Merli put the knife in her poufy sleeve, making sure it was secure, and left her room. Her destination was the master bedroom. She climbed up the middle staircase, making sure none of her roommates saw her, maids included. Merli went down the right hallway and made it to the Master bedroom. By now, Soprano would be in there. She opened the door.
Prima, Code Named Soprano, was a tall young woman of maybe 28. She had short, curly raven black hair with a white flower and wore an elegant A-line wine red dress with matching 3 inch heels. Her eyes were cold and grey with a tint of green. Merli glared at the elegant woman who (along with her husband) took her best friend….and more.

"What is an annoying butterfly like you doing here?" Prima looked at the 16 ½ year old (appearance wise) Vocaloid with a belittling stare. Merli's eyes were rich with hatred.

"For what you've done to me Prima! For EVERYTHING!" Merli screamed, taking the knife out of her sleeve, threatening to use it. Prima scoffed.

"You mean Matcha? She's living a better life." Prima looked into her eyes and evilly smiled, "…Oh…You mean…her…"

"You have no right to speak of my sister!" Merli screamed at her, "You deactivated her! My little sister!" She had tears of anger running down her face, "And now…I'll deactivate you!" Merli rushed at her with the knife, only able to cut the woman's face before Prima threw her on the ground.

"You pesky bug!" Prima kicked Merli in the stomach, rummaging through her dresser for whatever, "You dare attack me?! You're savior?!" Prima turned back to Merli, holding a steak knife and Taser, "I'll make you pay!"

I'm going to do it. I'm going to do it. I'm going to do it. …I can't do it. I can't do it…Well, maybe I can. Lui sat on the top of the boy's staircase, debating whether he should sneak to the girl's side to check on Merli. He was a coward. Maybe because no one at his company would produce him fully, or find him a voice. Or because he didn't generate enough profit. Whatever his reason for his lack of confidence, it kept him from going there. That, and Galaco was in the foyer cleaning the girl's staircase.

"AHHHHHHHH-HHHHHHHH-BZZZT!-AHHHH…." They heard a bloodcurdling, frizzing-out scream!
Lui and Galaco looked at the middle staircase, where Merli was crawling down the stairs, shaking, and pale. Galaco helped her to the ground floor and held her. Lui rushed to her side, followed by the other 'guests.'

"Miss Merli! Speak…!" Galaco entreated to her. Merli looked up at her.

"It-it-ttt-ttt-zzzzt!-…" Her voice sounded glitched and unstable. Galaco quickly flipped her over, to find stab wounds littered on her back, though not serious.

"…Take her disc out…" Meiko told Galaco, and the maid did. The disc was scratched up, scratches of a person, with cracks all over. The disc was totaled, trash.

"…If we leave it in her…" Kaito spoke, "…It'll destroy her hard drive, and kill her." Lui's eyes were full of fear with words, "…Or…we remove it, and she becomes mute." Then, less fear, but still a good amount of fear in Lui's eyes.

"…Merli…" Lui held her hand, unable to speak without his voice cracking and hoping actions were louder than words. It seemed to be the case as Merli smiled at him, a smile of passion and held onto his hand.

"…Wait." Rinto dug through his pockets, and pulled out a disc.

"…What is that, Rinto?" SeeU asked, staring at the disc.

"Merli's back-up." Rinto showed it to her. Galaco knew how he got it, but right now, the wrongs of his actions didn't matter.

"Put it in her Mr. Rinto." Galaco told him, "Please." Rinto nodded and pressed the button between her shoulder blades. He set the disc in the tray, like he did with Lui, and then the tray returned to its spot. Merli blinked a few times. Total silence.

"…Thank-you…Rinto…" Merli then turned to Lui with a smile, "…Lui." Their eyes met into a gaze. There was only one name for this gaze: True Love at First Sight.

"…Are we going to have a wedding for Merli-chan and Lui-kun?" Gumi whispered to Ring and SeeU. Ring sighed at her, and SeeU nudged Gumi hard.

…Lui and Merli look so happy…A time…when I was like them…It was only a year ago… Len stared at his best friend, and possibly his best friend's first girlfriend. It was like yesterday…when…she came.

It was a year ago, and before Rin, SeeU, and Mikuo came, and months after Miku left. Aoki Lapis was still alive, and Merli was happy. She had practically shown up out of the blue that day, and marched her way to Len's heart. Her name was Neru, Neru Akita. She had golden blonde hair in a ponytail and matching eyes. She was an obvious tsundere, addicted to Tumblr, Facebook, Pixiv, Deviantart, Youtube, and Nico Nico Douga, and her phone. But, somehow, during a time where he was still happy and a normal-ish teen boy Vocaloid with a slightly feminine voice at times, Len had opened her heart and they had become something much more than friends. …That is, lovers at first sight. Then, only 8 months later, an-ex maid had brought her to Frankenstein…and…that was all she wrote. It was then, Len realized she had been deactivated, and was plunged into a dark depression, lasting a whole month, until he came to a resolve.
The resolve was simple to Len. Fate was evil, and love only made fate want to curse you worse. You could have friends, and fate would be fine, but you get a girlfriend/boyfriend, and it was all over. So, Len swore to never love again. Despite the silent attempts of Lui, and the attempts of the newcomer Mikuo and longtime pal Rinto (plus Oliver's begging that almost made Len cry), Len had refused to give in to love, and shut the gate of emotion.
He stared at Lui and Merli, wishing to warn them, but…something told him not to, that everything would be alright.

"Len…." Len snapped back into reality, and spun around: Rin.

"Y-yes?" Len regained composure, "what is it?"

"…Are you okay? You completely dazed out" Rin told him. Len wondered if anyone else noticed.

"…I'm fine." Len told her, then turned to Lui, "You should probably help her to her room. That's okay, right Galaco?"

"Yes." Galaco nodded to Lui. The blushing Lui nodded, helped Merli to her feet, and assisted her to her room. Galaco left to tell Luka the event, leaving Rin and Len alone in the foyer.

"…Well, we should probably split. Don't want to get in trouble." Len casually said, and started for his staircase.

"W-wait! Len!" At Rin's words, he stopped, and turned around. Rin's face had a soft pink blush, "Th-thank-you for saving me the other day!" And ran to her room. Len stood there, faintly blushing and a tad flustered.

"…By God…what is this girl doing to me…"

Notes from the Author, Me!

I don't own Vocaloids, let alone a Vocaloid….Or an Utau. …Yeah…One Day I will.

Rin's Master was a girl and she owned a cat, and Rin thought her master obeyed the cat. I do like all Vocaloids (even If I don't listen to them, I have equal respect for all) so portrayals for Prima and such are not out of hate! Just for the story. And Mayu is a Yandere Influenced Vocaloid (love that can be deadly) so she's creepy plus Prima & her husband did stuff to her to make it worse. And yeah. LuiXMerli. I think it's a cute couple. .
I may do Kingdom Hearts fanfics again, but no guarantees right now! Thanks for your support during my come-back after some many years! ~KingdomMitsumi