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Difference in Worlds
Chapter Two – Transfer Students are the Worst
Len POV
"Lunch break!" Gakupo and Piko came over to me.
"Len, let's go grab a bite to eat at the cafeteria." Gakupo suggested, placing his hand on my shoulder.
"Sorry, I don't feel that hungry right now. I'll go grab a bite at the school store later on." I ducked away from Gakupo's arm and turned towards them.
"Oh. Alright then." He and Piko had a worried expression on their face for only a slight moment before returning back to their normal selves. "See you later then." Gakupo gave me a short wave and they made their way out of class.
"Okay then." I stood up from my seat and stretched. "Where should I go…" Neru, Miku, and Teto had already gone to the cafeteria, so I was left alone in the class. "The roof sounds nice." Nodding my head at my decision I made my way out of the class and up the stairwell. Opening the door to the roof I took a glimpse around and noticed that it was empty. Climbing up next to the water tower, I laid back onto the concrete floor in the shade of the water container.
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"No one here, huh?" a voice sounded at the entrance of the roof. Deciding not to pay much mind to it, I resumed relaxing. A moment later I could hear the sound of light clicks of something opening. "Eating alone again, huh?" I heard a second voice but something didn't seem right about it. It didn't feel like it came from another person but more like that one person was speaking in a more high tone. Having provoked my interest I sneaked a peak over the ledge to see who it was. "Kaiko, you haven't talked to any of your new classmates!" the high toned voice scolded the other. "I know but I can't seem to get the right words out…" the first voice spoke in a hush tone. It was a girl, as far as I can tell from looking at her back, and she had short blue hair that only reached her shoulders. Her height was probably only to about my neck, but since she was sitting down I wasn't certain.
"You know talking to yourself may be the problem." I jumped down from beside the water container.
"Eep!" the girl let out a yelp in surprise.
"Haha. Sorry for scaring you." I chuckled at her reaction.
"U-uhm, who are you?" she spoke in mumbles and sounded really nervous but I was still able to make out what she said.
"My name is Len Kagamine. I'm a 2nd year here." I gave her a smile and offered my hand to shake.
"Oh… I'm Shin… Kaiko. I just transferred here from overseas… I'm a 1st year." She was fiddling with her fingers as she spoke not noticing my outstretched hand.
"Be more confident Kaiko!" I heard the high toned voice again but it wasn't coming from the girl.
"Hm? Who was that?" I surveyed the area for anyone else but to no avail.
"That was my friend… Kyu." The girl turned around and brought something up to my view. It was a little figurine in the shape of a cat. It was yellow with brown tips on its ears and the head was comically larger than its body. It was something you'd probably get out of a capsule machine.
"Hello!" The figurine raised its arm and waved at me. It would have been cute to see a little girl just playing with her toy and making it wave with her hands. But, this was different. The figurine was moving by itself even its lips were moving. Either she's an incredibly good ventriloquist or this thing really is talking by itself.
"Hello there?" I asked more than greeted.
"I'm Kyu, Kaiko's guardian!" the figure put his hands against his hip and stood proudly.
"I'm a Holder and I can bring inanimate objects to life…" Kaiko explained to me but she looked really anxious while she did. As if she was worried about how I was going to react.
"That's amazing." I bent down a bit to take a closer look at Kyu.
"You don't think its weird?" she glanced up at me with a glint of hope in her eye.
"Not really. I've lived in Karant all my life so Holders aren't anything new to me." I stood up straight and gave her a reassuring smile.
"Are you a Holder too?" she asked me a purely innocent question but that sudden question caught me off guard. The fact that I'm a Holder is a secret I've been holding onto ever since I realized I was one. It wasn't because I was afraid of what people would think of me, it didn't matter since I had the Vocaloid who'd always stick by me, however, it was because of my desire to be normal. I didn't want people to treat me any differently than they do a normal person. I didn't need the special treatment. The only person that knows of my ability is probably the headmaster, and he agreed to keep it a secret as well.
"Ah… well. No, I'm not a Holder. I'm just your average teenager." I waved the question off nonchalantly. "So, what was that about you not talking to any of your classmates?" I recalled the thing I overheard so that I could change the subject.
"Y-you heard that?!" her face burned a bright red.
"I sort of overheard it…" I scratched my head awkwardly. "I wasn't eavesdropping, I swear!" I didn't want to seem like some creep. But my panicking was short lived since I heard Kaiko giggle.
"Don't worry. I don't think Kagamine-senpai is a bad person." She was now talking normally, without any unease in her voice, which brought ease to me as well.
"Thanks." I thanked her for acknowledging me. "Now back to the main point. Have any of your classmates actually approached you?"
After a moment of thought she finally replied. "Nope, I don't recall anyone approaching me…" she sounded depressed as she said that.
"Did you try approaching them yourself?"
"Well uhm…" Kaiko's word started trailing off.
"She was talking to me most of the time!" Kyu had crawled up Kaiko's arm and sat on her shoulder.
"Have you showed Kyu to anyone in your class?"
She shook her head in response. I could imagine her in her seat talking to Kyu. If the person wasn't close enough they wouldn't notice that it was actually moving and replying back, so it would appear like Kaiko was simply talking to a cat figure.
"That may be the problem. Try showing some of your classmates Kyu." I suggested.
"What if they think it's strange and start avoiding me…" her anxiety returned.
"Don't worry. I'm pretty sure if they knew your situation then they'd be grateful to be your friend." I raised my hand and patted her head lightly.
"O-okay… I'll try." Her cheeks lit a light pink as I patted her head.
I took a glimpse at my watch and noticed that lunch break was almost over.
"Oh. Well I better run now. I still haven't had lunch yet so I'll be going to the school store." I took my hand off Kaiko's head and turned towards the door. "See you around Shin. Hope you're able to make a lot of friends." I waved at her and ran down the stairs.
"Ah-…" she raised her hand as if to stop me, but I was already gone.
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"Len! Where were you?!" Neru approached me as I entered the class with a piece of bread in my mouth.
"At the store." I answered briefly.
"Before that!" Neru actually sounded upset with me.
"I was on the roof. Why? Did something happen?" I looked around to see if anything had happened.
"No! Gakupo told me that you were going to eat store bread, so Miku, Teto and I decided to pitch in and give you some of our bento!" she lifted up a yellow bento box with random mismatched food in it. I could tell which food belonged to whom. The onigiri wrapped in leek instead of dried seaweed was obviously Miku. The tiny piece of bread must be Teto who must have been really reluctant to give it up. The last thing in there was a banana, definitely Neru since she'd always have a banana with her to try and persuade me to do something… which would unfortunately sometimes work.
"Thanks, store bread doesn't really fill me up so I'll eat this during the next break." I took the bento box.
"Geez Len… what am I going to do if you suddenly collapse due to malnutrition?!" she started exaggerating. "And then I'll have to take you to the infirmary… where I'd be alone… with an unconscious Len." I thought I could see her drool for a moment.
"Relax, I'm not going to collapse because of something like that… and I better make sure I never do." I shivered. "Anyways." I changed the subject. "Go back to your seat the bell is going to ring."
Giving me a nod Neru walked towards the desk next to mine.
"Neru, go to YOUR desk." I gave her a sharp glare.
"Okay…" she grumbled and returned to her rightful desk.
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"Let's go home!" Teto declared happily. She rushed towards Miku and grabbed her hand. "Hurry up! Let's go to the bakery!" Teto bounced up and down jubilantly.
"Calm down Teto. Let me pack my bag first." Miku was trying to put books into her bag with one hand, due to her other being assaulted by the overjoyed pair of drills.
"Len go ahead without me. I'm going to go with Miku to keep Teto under control." Neru told me shortly before going to Miku's side.
"Seems like your wife left without you." Piko joked as he and Gakupo came over to me with their bags over their shoulders.
"She's a friend." I replied not caring much of their teasing.
"Heh. Alright then." Gakupo chuckled.
"Want to go to an arcade?" Piko proposed.
"The Friday Gathering is tomorrow, so why not?" I gave them a nod.
"Alright!" Gakupo pumped his fist and lead the way out of the classroom.
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As we walked through town we would occasionally stop to greet some of the shopkeepers. Some of them would try to give us something for helping them in a previous occasion, but I would kindly decline them. Gakupo was reluctant though.
"So how's the manga you're reading, Piko?" I started up a conversation since we still had a long distance before we'd reach the arcade.
"It's great! The action scenes really get you immersed into it and the story is really interesting!" Piko began talking in an excited tone. Piko's hobbies are gaming and reading manga, so if anyone brings one of the two up he'd instantly engage into the conversation. So I'd figure this could pass the time.
"What about the girls?" Gakupo brought up, which cause Piko's ear to glow red.
"T-they're okay… they have big b-breasts…" Piko was embarrassed to say that. I couldn't resist chuckling at how innocent he was.
"Let me borrow that manga after you're done!" Gakupo begged.
"N-no! You only want it for the girls! You don't care about the story at all." Piko scooted away from Gakupo.
As Gakupo continued to beg I noticed something out of the corner of my eye.
"Gakupo… Piko, you guys go on ahead. I'll meet up with you guys at the arcade." I stopped in my tracks.
"Huh? Sure. Just don't be late." Piko said not really caring since he was too busy trying to get Gakupo off of him.
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A girl with short blonde hair walked through the streets but stopped and turned to look around frequently. Her large white bow that rested on her head would bounce around as she turned her head in search for something that could help her find her way. Having noticed this, a group of boys, who looked like high school dropouts, decided to take advantage of this.
"You lost?" the boys surrounded the girl. "We can help you get to where you're trying to get to… in exchange you spend some time with us." One of the boys smiled maliciously.
"I'm fine. Thank you for the offer though." The girl responded sternly.
"Come on. We can have a good time." the boys became more aggressive and tried to grab the girl's wrist.
"Sorry I took so long. Were you looking for me?" I barged in between the advancing boys and quickly grabbed the girl's wrist.
"Who the hell are you?" one of the boys sneered.
"Ah, sorry. I'm her boyfriend, so if you'll excuse us we'll be on our way." I ignored the glares from the boys and dragged the girl away. After we got a good distance away I let go of her wrist and turned towards her.
"Why'd you help me?" to my surprise the girl's voice didn't sound grateful at all.
"What? I just saw someone in trouble so I decided to help out." I ignored her malice and smiled.
"I could of took care of them myself." The girl wasn't showing any signs of being grateful and she didn't even appear that strong either.
"I didn't want to resolve it with violence."
"Does it not hurt your pride to simply run away from a challenge?" the girl looked at me firmly.
"What challenge? They were just delinquents stirring up trouble." I was starting to feel annoyed.
"I thought people from Japan had more pride…" the girl muttered.
"Well, I'm sorry for saving you." I sneered and turned away from her. "If you're trying to find how to get somewhere then there is a town map in the park down that street." I decided to help her once more and pointed down a path. "And if you didn't need my help, then I'm sorry again. Bye." I said my farewell and left quickly. I didn't bother hearing her reply but I thought I heard her say 'thanks', however, I felt too annoyed to take any heed to it.
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"Welcome back Len!" Kaito greeted me at the entrance of our dorm.
"Hey Kaito. How was the ice cream?" I asked as I slid my shoes off.
"It was great! Did you know there was a leek flavored ice cream?" Kaito recalled the taste and cringed a bit. "Not that great though…"
"Did you tell Miku about it?" I threw my bag into my dorm room and walked with Kaito to the living room.
"Yeah, she kept telling me to go back there again and bring her some."
"You know you shouldn't miss out so many school days. You might have to redo a year if you miss too many." I informed him.
"I know, that's why I told her I'd go during a break."
"You're going to go tomorrow, aren't you?" I turned to look at him.
"Yup!" I mentally facepalmed at his reply.
We entered the living room and saw Neru and Teto seated on the couch. Teto had a bag of baguettes set out in front of her on the coffee table. Probably something Miku bought for her. Neru had her eyes glued on her phone and was typing rapidly. I always wondered what she was doing.
"Welcome home Len!" Teto greeted me shortly and returned to watching TV while nibbling on her bread.
Neru turned the screen off of her phone and turned towards me as I sat on the other side of the couch.
"How come you came home so late?" she began questioning me.
"Gakupo got angry while using one of the arcade machines and accidentally broke it. So we had to spend half an hour apologizing to the owner." I began to explain. "Then we noticed it was late so in apology Gakupo bought us dinner." I didn't mention anything about the blonde I met before the whole arcade incident.
"Dinner is never the same without you!" Neru whined.
"You'll live." I reassured her half-heartedly.
Neru leaned towards me and rested her head on my lap and took her phone out. I didn't really mind it much since it wasn't anything off of her regular assertive behavior. The evening went on with me watching TV while Neru used my lap. Kaito was trying to snatch some bread away from Teto but she'd literally bark at him like a dog. Later into the evening a woman who looked well over her 40's entered the room. She had brown hair done into a short curl.
"Hello Obaa-san." I greeted her, since it was probably the first time I saw her today.
"Oh, good evening, Len." She greeted me back. "Did you have dinner?" she asked in concern.
"Yeah. Gakupo bought me some."
"Well isn't he nice?" I couldn't help but chuckle as I remembered Gakupo's expression as he watched his money go to the cashier. "Oh right, one of the new tenants moved in earlier today. I think she's in her room right now." The dorm owner tidied the room as she spoke. "So if you pass her by later on, feel free to give her your welcome." She picked up the breadcrumbs on the floor.
"Okay." We all agreed. I turned towards the doorway and saw something blue disappear around the corner. Figuring it was just my imagination I shrugged it off.
"Well I'm going to call it a day for me." I lightly got Neru's head off my lap and stood up. "I'll take a shower and go to sleep. Good night guys." I was about to leave the living room but stopped at the doorway and turned back. "And Neru. Don't sneak into the bath." I I turned back around and left the room.
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After a relaxing shower I slid open the door to my room and noticed that my futon was already set out. I would have been grateful to the person who did this for me, but the bulge in the futon begs to differ.
"Neru, go to your room." I pulled the covers off and there laid Neru.
"I thought you'd want to cuddle up in a nice warm futon after a nice shower so I decided to set it up for you." She said innocently.
"I don't think that involves a Neru in that." I rolled her out of my futon.
"So meeeaaan~" she rolled away.
"Good night Neru." I called out to her as she got up and stood at the door.
"Night, Len. I'll be here to wake you up tomorrow as well."
"Please don't sneak inside my futon."
"Sorry, couldn't hear you. Good night!" Neru quickly left the room.
"Ha… oh well."
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"Good morning guys." I greeted Meiko, Miku, Gakupo, and Piko as we caught up to them.
"Heya!" Gakupo gave us a wave.
"Wow, it's been a long time since we've all gathered here together to walk to school." Piko stated as he noticed that all of us childhood friends were present.
"It's because Kaito is always going off somewhere for ice cream." I turned to take a glance at Kaito.
"Wasn't he planning to go out again?" Miku looked at Kaito curiously.
"Yeah, but I reminded him of the Friday Gathering so he didn't."
"Oh right, that's today." Teto took a glance around the group and locked onto Miku. "Mikuuuuu buy a lot of snacks today, okay?~" she clung onto her arm. I feel like Teto is using Miku's weakness against her.
"F-fine… but you're going to have to help pay for them." Miku was shaking as if she was doing everything in her being to not tackle Teto.
"Baaah. This is boring!" Meiko began complaining.
"No challengers today?" I turned towards her while I asked.
"Yeah… so I'll have to make do with teasing Lenny~" she pounced at me and wrapped her arm around my neck, placing her chin on top of my head.
"Lucky…" I thought I heard Gakupo mutter behind me.
"Meiko, can you get off? It's sort of hard to walk." I said that but it wasn't really hard at all, since Meiko was matching my steps perfectly.
"Nope~" she cooed.
"I'm surprised you're okay with this, Neru." Miku looked at Neru in amazement.
"Meiko is someone I acknowledged, so I don't mind." She spoke in a calm tone but I could see her fist shaking.
"A-alright." Miku took a step back from her.
We continued walking, talking about random topics until we reached the school. Before Meiko entered the upperclassman building she stopped momentarily. Looked around for a moment and had a small grin on her face.
"Things are going to get interesting."
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"The transfer student is coming today, huh?" I sat at my desk with my palm against my cheek.
"You're excited too I see." A blob of red hair came up to my seat.
"I'm just curious on how the daughter of the France army General would look like." I answered Akaito.
"Ah… the rejecting father…" Akaito was starting to muse again.
"Take your seats." Miriam-sensei came in and thankfully stopped Akaito's musing. "I know there was a delay in the transfer student yesterday, but she's here today so please give her your warmest welcome." She gestured towards the door which then slid open to reveal a girl.
The girl was blonde with hair that reached her shoulders. Her front bangs were pulled to the side by a couple of hair clips and she had a large white bow resting on her head. I instantly recognized her as the girl from yesterday.
"Hello, my name is Miroir Rin. I'm new here to Japan so please take care of me." She spoke fluently despite saying she was new to Japan.
Deciding not to get too involved, I turned away from her and looked out the window, trying to not get recognized.
"If you have any questions for her please ask them now or during the break." The teacher took a moment to step aside.
"Are you a Holder?" a boy raised his hand and asked almost instantly.
"No, sadly I am not, but I am confident in my combat skills." The girl said proudly.
"Do you have a boyfriend?" I could hear Akaito shouting from his side of the class.
"No, I don't." she didn't seem to understand why'd he'd ask her that question.
"Yes!" he let out a cheer.
I rolled my eyes at his reaction and turned to take a slight glimpse at the girl. However, my horrible luck made our eyes meet. Her eyes went wide for a moment as she recognized me but then turned away from me sharply. I let out a sigh of relief since I was able to avoid any conflict.
Homeroom ended and Rin was seated behind me. I could feel a cold stare on the back of my neck.
"Nice seeing you again." I turned around to face her stare.
"I can't really say likewise, but I never expected you to be my new classmate." She really looked visibly upset at me.
"Yeah… would have never imagined." I sighed at my luck.
"You two seem to be getting along." Piko and Neru came over.
"Getting along a bit too well." Neru was glaring at Rin. I don't know how she'd think that we were getting along at all.
"I helped her yesterday, which I still haven't received any gratitude for."
"Why would I thank you? I could have taken care of them myself." Rin replied scornfully.
"I was resolving it without violence." I stood from my seat and looked down at her.
"How does declaring yourself to be my boyfriend help resolve anything?" she stood up to meet my glare.
"Wait, what?!" Neru perked up when she heard that. "What was that about her boyfriend?" she turned to look at me.
"I simply said the first thing that came to mind to help get out of that situation!" I replied, while not paying much mind to Neru.
"Do you always run away from every challenge?"
"Of course not."
"Then I challenge you to a duel!" she declared suddenly.
"Huh?" I was surprised by how spontaneous that was.
"I heard there was a tradition in this school where a student can challenge another." She brought up one of the many school traditions. "So I challenge you to a duel."
"We need the Headmaster's permission for something like that." Piko explained.
"I shall allow this duel." The backdoor slid open revealing a tall man with brown hair. His face looked young and his hair was long enough to reach past his shoulders.
"Headmaster?"
"I was passing by because I was worried about the transfer student, but it seems everything is fine." The headmaster chuckled.
"Thank you for approving the duel." Rin gave the headmaster a bow and went to the door. "I'll be waiting out on the field." With that said she left.
"You didn't even accept though…" Piko said nervously.
"Don't worry. I'll accept her challenge." I stepped past Piko and Neru.
"But you aren't that good at fighting!" Piko tried to stop me.
"Don't worry. If it'll prove that I don't run away from challenges, then it should be enough." I patted his shoulder.
"If she lays a hand on my Len then she's going to have to face me!" Neru looked like she was ready for a fight, despite the fact that she was our strategist so she has never been in a real fight before.
"If she's going to pick a fight with Len then she's picking a fight with me too!" Teto popped up on my side.
"Down girl." I stuffed a piece of bread into her mouth. Something I decided to bring with me because of its many uses.
"What about the 1st period?" Miku came up to us as well.
"I heard everything. I'll allow a temporary break from class." Miriam-sensei came in. "I'll inform your 1st period teacher."
Our classmates cheered, more excited that they'll be skipping the first period than the duel that was going to take place. I made my way outside and onto the field. There Rin stood waiting for me.
"I'm glad you didn't run away." She smirked.
"If this proves that I don't run away from challenges, then I'm fine." I stood a good distance away from Rin.
"You better take this fight seriously or you might get really hurt."
"I can take of this myself." I wasn't planning on fighting anyways. I am just here to prove a point.
Our class stood at the side of the field and I noticed a couple of other students sticking their heads out of their own classes wondering what was going on.
"Hey Neru." Meiko had appeared next to the blonde ponytailed girl.
"Aren't you supposed to be in class?" Neru didn't bother looking at her and had her eyes fixated on me.
"I saw a duel going on so I came out." She said nonchalantly.
"You need to focus on your study more."
"So Len's the one fighting?" Meiko instantly changed the subject.
"Yeah." Neru answered bleakly.
"Who's the other girl?" Meiko pointed at Rin.
"The new transfer student."
"She looks strong… I wonder if Len is going to be okay." Meiko muttered under her breath.
"We have a box of replica weapons here so feel free to choose a weapon to your liking. Don't worry though these were all pre-dulled so no major harm can be caused." The headmaster stood to the side with the box beside him.
"I'll use this." Rin lifted a sabre from the box. It was a sabre used by light cavalry (not to be mistaken with a rapier). She unsheathed it and swung it around in a swift and fluid motion.
"I don't need a weapon." I stood my ground.
"I warned you to take this fight seriously." She pointed the sabre at me.
"I am." I didn't back down.
"When you're ready!" the field went quiet as the headmaster was about to announce the start of the duel.
"Don't regret this." Rin lowered her form into a slight crouch.
"Never planned to." I gave her a smirk.
"FIGHT!"
CHAPTER END
A/N – I feel bad for ending the chapter like that, but I guess you can say it's a cliffhanger?... sort of. I don't know if it's because I uploaded the first chapter on New Years, but I only had 10 views on the first chapter, which is pretty baffling to me. I hope this one gets a lot more.
Ohgawd Kaiko is so adorable in this… I wonder if I should just make this into a Len harem… it'll probably interest some of you eh eh? *nudge nudge*. I mean some people are really picky with the romance pairings so it'll all be resolved if I make it into a harem! Right?... yeah probably not. It's not like I'll make every single female character part of the harem… and it's not for certain that I'll make a harem in the first place. I'm going off topic here. Well, I guess it'll be decided depending on how you guys react to the story as it progress!
Oh and for those of you who've read my other story 'To Another World' I may be discontinuing that series and sticking with this. That story was a bit hard to progress so it'll always end up with filler chapters and I didn't like that. The plot of 'To Another World' may be implemented into this story as a side story or something. I'll make it work somehow.
Okay so I hope you guys enjoyed the story so far and continue to support my series! I'll try my best to keep this series interesting! So leave me a review so I know you guys really are enjoying my new story!
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44Anifreak44 – Thanks for the review and I wouldn't know how girls would feel about Len … I'm not one of you!... I mean not a girl. *ehem*. I'm uploading the next chapter 1 day after the 1st so you didn't have to wait long! Ha! I'm faaaast… and probably slow down later on… Meh, I'll try to keep up my pace!