SpeaK Chapter 13, a vocaloid fanfic

RL: heey guys! the lines finally came out! yay! heres chapter 13.

disclaimer: i do not own rin, or len, or ANY vocaloid characters... or ANYTHING you recognize.

SpeaK chapter 13

Inside the mountain on the north will a dragon dwell, through its fall will you rise.

Thy must find three things: three pairs of swords, six souls and courage and wits.

Walk into the lair without and stand no chance of stopping it from shredding you to bits.

Teto frowned at the riddle. She just cant seem to get what it means.

Meanwhile, Neru is walking down the river, retracing her steps.

She sighed as she thought of how unlucky she is, coming across two waterfalls already but still haven't finished her first task.

The other might be doing their third task, already. I spent too much time on this first one.

She sighed louder.

Up ahead she saw the intersection where the two rivers meet. Neru jumped over to the other side. Hopped, really. Its not that the rivers are small, but its just that Neru can easily jump twice as much, with her powers and all.

After hoping through the rivers, she walked up wards again, this time walking along the left side river. Again she walked, and walked, and walked.

The left side river is really complicated. It will twist and turn after every few meters and Neru is starting to get dizzy from all the twist and turns.

Ugh! This stupid river! Why is it twisting around so much? If only its not for the waterfall then I-

She thought about the waterfall up ahead and cooled down. Another hour of twisting and turning Neru's face was hot red of anger and decided that she will just stop.

She had enough of twisting rivers for the day. Neru sat down on the river bank and splashed herself with some of those cool water. The cool water dripped down her face and down her neck, making her shiver.

After another splash or two Neru lingered around a tall tree and slept.

You can stop now, Len, Miku.

With the last of their physical powers, they jumped onto dry land.

They collapsed as soon as their foot touched dry ground and panted really hard.

"g-good... thing that was over..."

Miku rasped and Len nodded at her. They had collapsed side-by-side, and now they noticed that they are soaking wet, and freezing to death.

They had stayed under the waterfall for three days and their bodies had went numb on the second. Finally able to sense again, they got attacked by all sorts of feelings.

First, it was the coldness that had seeped into the bone, then second was how hungry they were, not eating at all under the waterfall. Next was just how hard it was too move: it hurts them as if they are a rusty doll trying to move.

With much effort, Len took out plenty of warm blankets from his bag and draped it around himself and Miku. Miku took out steaming hot cocoa from her bag and shared it with Len. They were in the middle of gulping down hot cocoa and devouring their favorite foods, banana and leak, when they heard the strong and stern voice of Zeus.

Inside the mountain on the north will a dragon dwell, through its fall will you rise.

Thy must find three things: three pairs of swords, six souls and courage and wits.

Walk into the lair without and stand no chance of stopping it from shredding you to bits.

That was all Zeus said before leaving them to munch silently on their foods.

Miku gnawed on her leak while thinking about what Zeus had told them. She knew by instinct that it was a riddle that they must solve to accomplish the third task. In fact, it was the third task.

Three pairs of sword. So that must mean that I need to find six swords in the middle of this island. And then six souls. That I don't know how to get. And the part where the dragon will shred us to bits if we try to face it without getting all those things, I dont like it one bit. And then courage and wits. How am I supposed to know if I have that or not?

Miku thought.

For some reason Len was thinking exactly what Miku is thinking.

Len sipped on his hot cocoa before drifting into dream land. Same did Miku.

Len woke up in the middle of the night. He was shivering and so he pulled out another warm blanket for him to use.

He stood up and walked into the nearby forest without knowing exactly why he did. He walked and walked, deeper and deeper into the dark forest, leaving Miku bundled up in the middle of the waterfall's clearing.

He walked further and further until he wasn't sure that he can return to the place where he and Miku had slept. He decided to turn around and walked back, but his legs wont obey him. They just keep on going and carry him deeper into the forest. The air grew colder by every step he took.

His legs finally stopped moving when a pair of red eyes stared at him.

A pair of bloody red eyes glowing in the dark.

Eyes as big as his face stared at him as if they can look straight into his soul.

Maybe they can.

Two pairs of glowing red eyes appeared beside the original, then two more. And two more. And two more, until there are a total of nine pairs of glowing, bloody red eyes staring at him.

A mere child like you wont be able to defeat us.

They hissed inside Len's mind.

Len jerked upwards and sat on the patch of grass he slept on. He opened his eyes and was welcomed by the soft and warm shine of the morning sun. He rubbed his temples and thought.

It was just a dream.

"good morning Len!"

Miku chirped while holding out Len's favorite food, a banana, in her hands. Len drooled for a little bit before wiping it of and taking the offer. He was peeling his banana while he asked Miku if she had any dream last night. She put down the leek she was gnawing on and nodded.

She told him her dream and they found out that they had the same dream.

A mere child like you wont be able to defeat us.

Teto sat up straight.

She was sweating and breathing hard.

Good thing that was just a dream.

She thought, relieved.

The bloody red eyes that she had seen in her dream just cant seem to find a way out of her head. Their voices, too.

The voices echoed in her mind. She wiped her sweat and nibbled her favorite French baguette to start her day.

Alright! Now, the first step is to find those six swords! Lets look around here, first.

She happily skipped between the forest trees and humming a small tune, in attempt to forget what she had just dreamed about.

RL: finally! the lines came out! i feel so stupid for not noticing the buttons before... anyways... the review question!

orangebanana: right! this is from Lolly1o1. What's going on with Rin right now?

RL: oh? rin? she's still alive. if thats what you mean. but dont worry! the six kids will regroup soon, so wait for it!