Chapter 24: Someone worse than the enemy

Rin's POV

We arrived at the classroom, and we went to Rinto and Lenka who were talking.

"Good morning, Rinto-nii, Lenka-chan!" I greet with a smile.

"Good morning, Rin-chan, Len-kun." Lenka greets back and Rinto pats my head.

"Hey, Rin-chan, why is your neck a bit red?" Lenka asks. I looked at Len, signaling him to tell the pair what happened.

"You see, we ran into some trouble a while ago. Some group of men in suits blocked our way, asking us to be actors for something. When we declined, they tried choking Rin."

"Oh my goodness! Are you alright, Rin-chan?" Lenka asked worriedly.

I nodded in reply. "Before I was about to resort to self defense, a man came and helped us shoo away the suspicious men. He was a very amazing photographer! He took a photo of what happened and blackmailed them!"

"A photographer? Why would he be passing by near our school?" Rinto asks.

"He was wandering around in search of good scenery to take a photo of. His name is Gakupo Kamui." Len answered.

"Kamui? A Kamui didn't get mad at you, Rin?" Rinto asked in disbelief. Wait, what's with Kamuis and us?

"What do you mean?" I asked. I have no idea what he was talking about.

"There's this secret organization in the mafia, which is led by the Kamui family. Their color is purple, and apparently their leader has a grudge on Hagane and Kagamine. There was this time when they tried to infiltrate into our mansion. That's why I got to know them a little bit." Rinto explained.

"If that is a mafia family, then why is Gakupo-san not familiar with Rin?" Len asks.

"I heard the Kamui son wasn't the one to succeed to the family, but his sister Gakuko. Probably, he wanted to become a photographer and didn't try getting involved in the mafia. Just a guess, though." Rinto says.

"I hope that's true. I didn't know there was another family mad at us." I sighed.

"Class! We're starting!" Kaito-sensei enters the room. We all went to sit on our seats properly.

Lunch break..

The four of us were having lunch in the classroom. Kaito-sensei announced to us that Meiko-san was transferring out of our school. Maybe she intends to focus on their family.

I was done eating when one of my classmates suddenly called me. "Hey, Kagamine-san, a little girl is looking for you."

A little girl? Could it be...

"Rin-nee!" Teto waves from the door. She ran off on her own again, huh?

I excused myself from Len, Rinto and Lenka, and went to meet Teto.

"Teto-chan! What's bringing you here?" I asked.

"Rin-nee, there's something Teto wants to talk to you about. Alone. Could we talk?" Teto asks.

"Oh, sure. Good thing I was done with lunch. I'll just tell Len and the others before I go." I answered. She nodded and I went to the trio for a while.

"Hey, Teto-chan wants to talk to me. Um, alone. I think it's something she can't tell anyone about. I'll be gone for a while, but I'll be sure to be back." I told them.

"Just call me if there's trouble, okay?" Len said and I nod. Rinto and Lenka agreed on me going, and I left the group with their approval.

"Where do we go?" I asked Teto when I came back.

"Let's go to the park!" Teto suggested. I agreed and we walked to the park near the school.

At the park..

There were a few people in the park since most of the students are at school. We sat on the vacant bench. Teto faced me.

"Rin-nee, could you promise me that you'll never tell this to anyone?" Teto said this with a very serious look, something I saw from her for the first time.

"Sure, if that's what you wish. What were you going to tell me?" I asked.

"Rin-nee... Teto no longer has amnesia... Only you are the one who knows this..." she confessed.

My eyes widened in shock. "Since when? Why didn't you tell Meiko-san or Akaito-san?"

"Since before Teto even met you... Teto can't tell them... Teto doesn't have the courage to tell them. And also... there's something Teto found out... about Lady Pink nee-san..."

"About Aunt Luka? What is it, Teto-chan?"

"So Luka is Nee-san's real name... you see, one time Teto passed by Nee-san's room, Teto saw her talking with a purple-haired woman... She seems to be ordering Nee-san to destroy the mafia families... Nee-san seems to be scared of this woman so much..."

A purple haired woman? Could she possibly be a...

"Is the purple haired woman a Kamui?" I asked.

"Teto searched for her name in the internet. She is Uta Kamui; more popularly known as Defoko. She's the boss of a secret organization in the mafia." Teto answered.

"No... How could this be...?"

"Defoko-san is making Nee-san suffer! Apparently, Nee-san was forced to destroy your families because Defoko-san will do something bad to a guy important to Nee-san if she doesn't obey... and Defoko-san said that Nee-san will never get her son, which is probably someone very important to Nee-san... Defoko-san is just toying with Nee-san to get what she wants!"

Wait... Defoko's son? Could that be...Gakupo-san?

Now that I think about it, I'm starting to realize things.

"I think I understand, Teto-chan..." I mumbled.

"What do you mean, Rin-nee?"

"Aunt Luka... I remember... She was working as a model before my parents died. Probably, her photographer was Gakupo-san, and fell in love with him... and Defoko-san is using her love for Gakupo-san to destroy us... So Aunt Luka lied to Haku-san about doing this for revenge, probably to cover up for Defoko-san... she just wanted to have Gakupo-san back..."

"Oh no, we have to help Nee-san! Teto told you this because Teto knows Rin-nee could do something about this. Teto is still too young, and Teto trusts Rin-nee very much. Teto asks you to be her arms in saving Nee-san!" she pleads.

Considering everything we have in our hands, I'm very confused. If Defoko-san had Gakupo-san away from Aunt Luka... then why did I see Gakupo-san here?

"But Meiko-san asked us to corner Aunt Luka... they wanted justice for what happened to you, Teto-chan... You remember, right?"

"Teto does. And Teto forgives Nee-san about it... because she did it out of her love for that nii-san... The person Teto couldn't forgive is Defoko-san! She's the root of all of this!"

What should I do? Everything is up to what I decide to do...

"I understand, Teto-chan. I'll find a way out of this. I'll make sure, tomorrow, this would all be settled. I'll end Defoko's plans myself, for you. Just promise me that you'll tell Meiko-san and Akaito-san after all of this is over, okay?" I asked Teto as I reached out my pinky finger to her.

"Teto promises!" she says and locks her pinky finger with mine.

"Now, I have to go back to class. Don't go running off on your own again, Teto-chan. Take care on the way home." I said. Teto gave me a hug and I hug back.

"Thank you, Rin-nee. Teto believes in you." she says and lets me go. She waves goodbye and runs off to go home.

I started walking back towards school. I didn't think this would be very harder than expected...

After school, at Kagamine residence...

Luka's POV

Rin came home with her right hand man Len. Ugh, I really hate all this mafia stuff.

I'm tired of this. I want all of this to end. I want to go back to modeling. I want to see him again.

His great mom just had to send him to USA, away from me here in Japan. Now she's using me to bring down my own family.

I don't even like this one bit. Guilt is crushing me because I'm the reason why I'm seeing my niece suffer. The only thing that I want is that she'll allow me to be with her son after this.

We are in my office, and the two sat in the chairs in front of my table.

"Hey Aunt Luka. What are we meeting for?" Rin asks me.

"Do you have plans on taking down the Hagane?" I ask her back.

"Yes. We need to serve justice for Len's kidnapping. In payment for that, we'll hold Lenka Kagene, his lover, as hostage. I'm settling things with Rinto once and for all." Rin said with determination.

Why did my niece have to get into this mess? I don't want her to be hurt, but it's the only way I know to stop this. I don't care if I'm seen as the bad woman. I just had to satisfy Defoko's revenge.

"Then we'll get it prepared tomorrow. After your class, you'll settle everything." I said. "Is there anything unusual that happened to you?"

"Well, there is this incident of men in suit who blocked our way..." Rin mumbled.

I took the glass of water and asked before I drank. "What happened?"

"They asked us to be actors, we rejected and the man almost choked me. But someone helped us. He was a photographer and he caught the scene of the man choking me in his camera. He managed to shoo away the men in suits." Rin narrated.

"Who's this photographer you're talking about?" I ask.

"He's Gakupo Kamui."

Upon Rin's answer, I dropped my glass in shock.

No.. how could it be? How could he be in Japan? Is Defoko just playing with me?