Hiya! Chapter Three is up now! And just to warn you: this is a chapter I wrote about 4 months ago. It reallllly sucks. Whatever, right? I'm introducing some new characters here. And... yeah. Some of them might look like how you imagine and some I might have changed because I felt like it. Have fun.
I don't own Vocaloid... I wish I did though.
Len awoke to the sounds of what he assumed was Rin rustling a lot of fabric. He didn't make any sounds, but rolled over, pulling all four blankets over himself in the process. Rin sighed and he heard her footsteps go over to him before she yanked his warm, safe haven of comforters off of his body. He groaned but still didn't open his eyes.
"C'mon, sleepyhead. It's noon already. Up."
"Nnnnnnoooo..." Len moaned. He wanted to stay on the bed under the blankets, in the realm of sleep where his amnesia and confusing orders couldn't reach. Plus, he liked laying down because it reminded him of coming into the world on that stone table. He curled up into a ball to conserve the warmth that the blankets had provided.
"Honestly, you're such a child..." Rin sighed, shoving him off the bed.
"Sorry, I was only born yesterday," Len said, giving up and sitting up on the floor cross-legged, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes. Somehow his headset had stayed on through the ungraceful fall. He lifted a tired finger to indicate a mistake. "Correction: I only have memories since yesterday."
"That's it then," Rin said, throwing her hands into the air. "You're either pulling a really good prank - which I wouldn't put past you - or you're being serious, but I know you wouldn't lie so openly about something this serious, so I'll fill you in." Len sat on the edge of the bed, ready to listen.
"Your name is Kagamine Len, though I'm pretty sure you know that. I'm Kagamine Rin - did you know our names mean Mirror Left and Mirror Right? Weird, huh? Anyway, we're fourteen and identical twins, besides the gender difference. You've been homeschooled your whole life because you use to be really introverted, and I went to high school. Dr. Hatsune's full name is Hatsune Miku, she's a family friend and part-time alchemist. Pretty cool, if you ask me, which you didn't, but whatever. I dunno how you got amnesia, you went into the lab about a week ago and didn't come home until now. We thought Dr. Hatsune accidentally killed you and didn't come to tell us. But you're alive now...
"I think that without memories, you'll be less introverted, so on Monday we're taking you to school, okay? It's an A-Day B-Day thing, so don't get too confused with that day-old brain, okay?" She had a guilty look in her eyes, but Len didn't catch it. If he had, he would have pestered her until he figured out why.
"Hey!" Len said in protest. "Just because I only have memories of yesterday doesn't mean I don't remember things!"
Rin smiled (it was mischievous, but not a smirk) and put a hand to her chin in thought. She then said suddenly, "What's seven times seven?"
"Forty-nine, duh," Len said, standing up. "I'm going upstairs. Bye."
"Wait for me!" Rin said, quickly changing out of her outfit she'd slept in while Len's hand was on the doorknob and his back was to her. She changed into an outfit similar to his, with a shorter tank top instead of a tee, shorter shorts, and a big white bow on her head. Len raised an eyebrow at her choice of matching outfits.
"Meh," she shrugged, in response to his unanswered question. "I've always wanted to do this, but we rarely went out together."
"Len! You're back!"
The boy in question was randomly glomped by a blob of blue and white. He realized it was a person, and that the person was a girl, as she got off of him.
She had dark blue eyes that matched her hair (which was long and straight, with long bangs held by a white headband), a thick-strapped turquoise tank top that was cut short, a white jacket that was normal length and unzipped with a big collar, and at least five shiny silver bracelet hoops on each wrist. She wore a silvery grey miniskirt with below-the-knee leggings the same color as the shirt, and white and silver sneakers. He noticed that on her right ankle was a small red number and name like Len's, except hers was 06, and the name was half-covered by her fuzzy, stripey blue and grey socks.
"Oh yeah, Rin told me you lost your memories," the girl said brightly, holding out her hand. Because she was 5' 3" (taller than both of the others), her hand was also tilted downwards. "I'm Shion Kaikoni. You can call me Kaiko."
Len shook. He noticed she wore a pair of headphone things too, but hers were shiny silver with turquoise on the sides.
"Kaiko, you really need to learn how to slow down..." muttered a new voice as the owner stepped in and closed the front door. He looked similar to Kaiko, with dark blue hair, a pair of black and silver headphones, dark eyes, and a light white jacket with dark blue jeans and t-shirt. The collar was high like Kaiko's, and the sneakers were the exact same.
"Kaito..." Kaiko whined, but even as she said so, she wheeled the boy over to Len. "Len, this is Shion Kaito. He's my older brother. I'm thirteen, he's fourteen."
Len had to literally look upward to see his face, because he was 5' 7". "Whoa. We have to be, like, the shortest people in this neighborhood. He's a foot taller than you, Rin. I almost thought I was fairly tall, but..."
Kaito smiled. "Not my fault I was born into a tall-people family."
"Aaaaanyways," Rin said, cutting over their conversation, "we all decided to go shopping today, so are you coming or not?"
"Fine, fine," both boys said at once. They looked at each other in surprise, then laughed. And then all four left for the mall.
"Wait, what if I don't want to go shopping?"
"LEN!"
He was alone, out of breath, and gasping for air to fill his deprived lungs. He knew he had to get away, but he didn't want to go any farther.
"C'mon, Mikuo," said a voice above him. "Momma said-"
"I don't care what Mommy said!" Yelled the boy, called Mikuo. "I'm resting! I wasn't suppose' ta run like this! I'm not fully devilloped!"
"Developed," the voice corrected. "Mikuo, we have to go. I promise we'll rest at town."
Mikuo continued panting for air, then used the tree trunk to pull himself up. "You better know where you're goin', Akaito, cause I don't."
The older-looking boy looked down. "Don't worry Mikuo..."
He took the boy's hand and started walking again through the trees, giving the little boy a reassuring smile.
"...I know exactly where we're going." Maybe.
"I take it back, this was SO worth it."
Len and Kaito walked happily out of the front of a game store at the Mall, laden with three bags each of bought games and trinkets from them. They had huge, cheesy grins on their faces, and they looked like they'd just found a gold mine of infinite wealth or something.
"What did I tell you?" Kaito replied. "Shopping has its perks. Just don't go with a bunch of girls, they only shop for clothes and earrings."
"Blech," Len said, blanching. Clothes shopping sounded like torture.
"Hey guys!" Kaiko said, waving with her free hand to the two. Her other arm had three bags on it, and Rin had six. Len raised an eyebrow at the brand names: all clothing stores.
"Told you so," Kaito said. "They're crazy."
"So are you," Rin stated, peeking inside one of Len's bags. "Seriously? Of Legends and Magic? That game is super old."
Len pulled his arm away. "Kaito wanted it, not me! Plus, I wanna play it regardless, I haven't played games in my memory so far!"
Kaiko sighed, taking a bag off her arm and handing it to the blond boy. "Here, we bought these for you because you don't really have that many clothes."
"...Thanks...?" Len said, hiding the bag logo between two of his own bags, so as not to be seen with a bag of (shiver) brand-new mall clothing. "Anyways, we probably need to go home now, so let's leave."
"Agreed, this place is unbearable."
"KAITO!"
"What?!"
SEE? I TOLD YOU it was horrible! Anyways, yeah, Mikuo is here! Yayyy! And I won't tell you who he's traveling with until you get another snippet into their lives. And Kaiko looks different because I didn't just want her to look like a female Kaito, so her hair's longer and she wears turquoise too.
You might think this is all about Len, but actually... Nuh. Nuh, bruh. There's like 10 or 11 mains here. Don't worry, I won't go overbearing on POVs, there's only two or the occasional three to a chapter. I have up to Ch. 11 written now, and I'm going to wait until I publish that to write more. For the next 8 weeks the updates will be every Saturday (incl. this one), and then they'll just be kinda sporadic. Until next time! ~Kara
RANDOM FACT: Vocaloid: There are approximately 39 derivations of Kaito, including Kaiko, Kageito, Musaito, Zeito, and Kagetaiko. That's a lot! NEXT FACT: About Sword Art Online!