What a short chapter… meh. DEAL WITH IT! c:
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Difference in Worlds
Chapter Four – Class S
Len POV
"You two BOTH live here?" I exclaimed.
It was late at night and The Friday Gathering was over and everyone had left for their own respective homes. However, on our way home we never separated from Rin or Kaiko. There we stood in front of the dorms.
"You guys live here?" Teto leaned forward to meet her gaze with Kaiko and Rin.
"It seems so… this is the address to the dorms I'll be staying in." Rin held a piece of paper in front of her.
"I moved in yesterday… but I was too nervous to greet anyone." Kaiko fidgeted a bit.
"I did hear that both the tenants were girls, but I never expected them to you two." Neru sounded displeased but she tried her best to cover it up.
"It's convenient. We can all go to school together." I suggested.
"Why not? Us Vocaloid should stick together!" Kaito declared.
"Says the person who always goes far away to buy ice cream…" Neru stated.
"Let's hurry up and go in guys!" Teto began to whine. "I want to have a nice warm bath and cuddle up into my futon." She began to squirm as she imagined the comfort of her futon.
"Alright, let's head inside." Deciding not to keep Teto waiting any longer we headed inside.
We entered the dorm and slipped our shoes off.
"Let's take a bath together~" Teto decided as she began dragging Neru, Rin, and Kaiko with her.
"But I was going to go to my room first." Neru was trying to head upstairs towards her room but Teto had grabbed onto her back collar.
"Nope~ You're coming with us!" she declared and began dragging her along. "And no peeking you two!" she turned to glance at me. "Huh? Where's Kaito?"
"He's already asleep in his dorm." I said and pointed to the door that was slightly left ajar. If you looked inside you could see a poorly laid out futon and Kaito sprawled on top of it.
"Oh since when? But?... nevermind… then don't you dare peep on us, Len!" Teto used her free hand to point at me.
"I won't. I'll be in my room." I waved her off.
"I don't care of Len sees me naked." Neru was trying to give me a seductive pose.
"No, don't mind me. I'll take a bath later." I gave them a short wave and left for my room.
"Tsk." I heard a silent click of a tongue as I entered my room followed by a shriek from whom I presume was Kaiko.
"Good luck Kaiko. That's the first step to make good friends." I chuckled to myself.
Once I entered my room I collapsed down onto my futon.
"Haaa." I let out a long sigh of relief. "Today was way too tiring for my liking." I grunted as I started feeling the bruise on my chest ache.
"You there?" a sudden voice came from the window.
"H-huh?! Who's there?" I snapped up from the futon.
"Calm down, Len. It's me Meiko." She climbed through my open window.
"What are you doing here? Your house is a couple of blocks away." I gave her a curious look.
"Was wonder how you were doing after using your power." She said and dropped herself onto the ground.
"What?" my eyes widened in shock.
"You're a Holder, right?" she asked as I got up from my futon.
"Eh…" I turned my gaze away.
"Fufu~ Thought so." Meiko came closer to my side and wrapped her arms around my neck.
"How'd you find out?" I turned to face her but then noticed how close she was and turned back away.
"I had my suspicions~… and today's duel confirmed them." She started rubbing her cheek against mine.
"You know you should stop teasing me and get more serious." I muttered awkwardly.
"I am serious~" she cooed. "I've always been attracted to strong people… that's why I knew Kaiko was hiding something as well." She explained while she kept rubbing her cheek against me.
"Is that why you always tease me?" I asked.
"Yup. That's probably why I felt so attracted to you." She nodded mid cheek rubbing.
"Are you going tell the others?" I glanced at her nervously.
"Nope…" she seemed lost in her own little world. "I won't… if you let me off all my debt to you." I noticed a faint smile on her face.
"That was your intention from the start, wasn't it?" I was miraculously able to get out of her hold.
"Maybe." She averted her gaze from me.
"Fine." I gave her a nod. "I'll get rid of your debt. Happy?" I looked down at Meiko, who was now sitting on the floor.
"Yay!" she got up and cheered. "I'll see you tomorrow then, Len!" she made her way to the window.
"Alright then." I watched her step onto the windowsill.
"Oh right." She paused.
"Hm?"
"I forgot to warn you." She suddenly gave me a serious look, something I have never seen her give.
"W-what?" I stuttered as I felt a cold shiver go down my neck.
"It wasn't only me who noticed your power. Some of the other Holders in the school should have noticed it as well." Meiko gave me a stern gaze. "But I know you can take care of yourself!" Meiko's face spontaneously brightened up with a grin.
"Oh." I sweat dropped at how carefree she sounded. "I'll make sure to be more careful now."
"You do that." She climbed out of the window and was holding onto the ledge. "See you tomorrow then!" with that she jumped off and disappeared from my sight.
I don't know why but the strength in my legs seemed to give out as I fell back onto my futon.
"Things can't get any worse." I let out an exasperated sigh.
"Len! You can use the bath now!" Neru barged into my room.
"I'll be there in a bit." I glanced up at her and my face instantly reddened. Neru was standing by my door wearing only a towel.
"W-w-what are you doing walking around like that?!" I got up and backed away from her.
"I just wanted to tell you the bath was empty." She says that but she's striking a pose.
"Neru you shouldn't walk around like that!" I heard Rin approaching from the hallway.
"Why not? It's not like anyone who shouldn't be looking is looking" Neru gave me a mischievous smile. She was doing this on purpose.
"This is the boy's side of the dorm!" Rin exclaimed as she came into view.
I felt my face get even hotter as I saw her. Both Neru and Rin only had a single towel wrapped around their body. Just barely above their breast and showing a dangerous amount of thighs.
"Put some clothes on!" I covered my eyes as I leaned my back against the wall.
Rin, who didn't notice me until now, turned her gaze to me and her face burned red as well.
"Pervert!" she shouted and ran off.
"Hehe." Neru chuckled as she watched her run.
"You go too!" I yelled at her.
"Okay okay~" Neru seeming pleased at the outcome made her way up the stairs.
A moment of silence passed and I approached my door. Cautiously, I stuck my head through the gap and looked down the hallways.
"Phew…" I sighed in relief as I saw no one there.
Grabbing a spare set of clothes I went towards the bathroom but was stopped midway.
"Kagamine-senpai." I heard Kaiko call for me.
"Huh?" I looked towards the staircase and saw Kaiko on the bottom step. Thankfully she was wearing clothes, a very cute set of pajamas at that.
"I'm sorry that I wasn't able to stop Neru-senpai…" Kaiko apologized.
"Nah, it's not your fault. She tends to do that a lot." I reassured her.
"Well, Teto-senpai decided to try to hold her breath underwater in the bath… and she sort of passed out." That wasn't the first time I heard that. "So I helped her to her room."
"Thanks for helping her, Kaiko." I would have patted her head again, but then my hands were full because of my spare clothes. "Good night then." I gave her a nod instead of a wave.
"Ah, wait!" Kaiko reached out and grabbed the hem of my shirt.
"Yeah?" I gave her a curious glance.
"A-are you really not going out with Neru-senpai?..." her voice faded into a mumble.
"Yeah, I'm not." I confirmed. "Why ask?" I tilted my head at her in wonder.
"N-nothing!" she spoke in a sudden high tone and her face turned crimson. "Good night Kagamine-senpai!" she dashed up the stairs. I shrugged as I watched her run off and presumed my way to the bath.
…
"Len! Give me your notes!" Teto was begging me beside my desk.
It was Saturday and we were at school. It's a normal thing here since there always was school on Saturdays. I heard that in other countries they only have 5 days of school a week, but it doesn't really bother me much that our school doesn't do the same.
"You promised to start studying yesterday." I gave her a stern look.
"B-but." Teto began to whimper.
"Teto, you shouldn't bother Len so much." Rin spoke up. "Here, I'll show you my notes from yesterday's class." She took out her notebook.
"Really?! Thank you!" Teto gave Rin a big hug.
"Thanks." I mouthed to Rin.
Our eyes met and her face lit a bright red and she quickly turned away from me.
"Eh?" I had a question mark above my head.
"Hehe." I heard Neru chuckle beside me. "Such a pure maiden." She teased.
Before I had a chance to ask what she meant the front door of our class was slammed open.
"I came to see you peasants! You better be honored by my presence!" a girl with long blonde hair done into a slight curl stood at the doorway. She didn't wear a uniform like the other students but had on a white dress with frills on the edges.
"What's a student from Class S doing here?" Akaito sneered as he glanced at the girl.
The relationship between Class F and Class S is that one of a rival. Class S is known to have most of the Holders and the rich/noble kids, hence some of them have a snobby attitudes. Our class is basically the lowest class so Class S sees us as perfect targets. Some of their students would challenge ours to a duel and we'd lose most of the time.
"We don't have time to play with you Sweet Ann. Class is going to start." I told her in monotone, not really caring much about her.
"Hohoho!" Sweet Ann put her hand to her mouth and laughed. "I'm not here to play with you peasants. I'm here to challenge your class to a duel."
"Why should we?" Akaito responded. No one in our class appeared to want to have a duel with them, since we'd always lose.
"You do have your peasant pride, no?" she laughed as if she told us a funny joke.
"We accept."
We turned to look at Rin in surprise. She had stood up from her desk and was gripping her it firmly.
"Good! The competition is a 4v4 fight. The last one standing wins. The fight shall take place in the forest behind the school. Don't worry about getting permission for this. I already have the headmaster's consent." Sweet Ann began to explain. "Since our class is so kind. We'll allow you to choose a fighter from outside your own class. However, we know some of you have connections with Sakine Meiko-senpai, so she is not allowed. The fight will begin after school."
Our classmates began to stir at the mention of a fight. A lot of them were itching to punch one of the students from Class S.
"We'll be there." Rin accepted the challenge. She had a look of determination.
"Okay then! I'm glad some of you peasants could still put up a fight." She scoffed. "See you then." She let out an exasperated laugh and left.
"You sure about this?" I looked back to Rin.
"I can't forgive anyone who makes fun of my pride." She sneered.
"But who's going to fight?" Neru brought up the most important thing.
"Obviously, I'll go." Rin declared.
"Yeah, but what about the 3 others?" Piko asked uneasily.
"I can fight!" Teto shook her hand in the air as if wanting to be picked.
"Okay then 2 more." Neru looked around our class.
"I'll fight!" Kaito stood from his desk. "But wait… after school? There's an ice cream sale going on at Nikko today!" Kaito started scratching his head in frustration as he was conflicted between the two.
"Just go get your damn ice cream you ice cream-maniac!" Gakupo yelled at him. "I can fight instead of him." Gakupo pointed at himself.
"Hm… where can we find 2 more?" Neru ignored him.
The only people in our class with actual fighting experience were those in Vocaloid. So relying on anyone else would have been out of the question.
"We can look for someone outside our class, remember?" Miku mentioned one of the benefits they gave us.
"We can't ask Meiko though." Neru reminded her.
"I'll fight." I blurted out.
Everyone looked at me in surprise.
"No, I can't let you fight!" Neru was against it.
"You sure, Len?" Piko had a worried expression.
"You don't have to, you know." Gakupo also looked worried.
"I don't see why not?" Rin spoke up. "He fought well against me."
"Yeah, I can take care of myself guys." I assured them. I gave Rin a nod in appreciation but she lit up like a Christmas ornament again and didn't return my gaze.
They looked reluctant at first but finally gave in and nodded.
"Fine, but what about the final person?" Neru asked.
"I got a person in mind, and you guys already know the person." I smiled.
…
"If everyone is present." The headmaster stood at the edge of the forest.
Since it was Saturday, school had ended after the 4th period. Both Class S and F had gathered next to the forest alongside other students wanting to watch.
"The two classes will go separate directions for 3 minutes until you hear the starting signal." The headmaster explained the rules. "Once the starting signal rings the group of 4 must separate and head towards the opposite team. The moment a person comes in contact with another must engage in a fight until a winner is decided." He took a step aside to reveal some equipment. "These 4 balls will fly through the forest and record each and every of the fights and display them on these 4 screens." He leaned down to press a button and a sudden large holographic projection appeared in the sky. The projection was separated into 4 parts, matching the amount of the balls."
Everyone looked up at the screens in amazement.
"Okay then. When you all are ready." The headmaster cleared his throat.
"Let the duel…"
"COMMENCE!"
CHAPTER END
A/N – Short chapter is short. I'm sorry for the short chapter but I noticed that today was Friday so I decided to not upload during the weekend and upload a long chapter on Monday, so forgive me for this short chapter!
I think I really might go with the whole harem idea since it seems to appeal to most of you guys. It'll probably add more things to write about as well… a lot of comedy can happen as well c:
Kaiko is getting so attached to Len~ Originally, Kaiko wasn't going to have a major role in the story other than a kouhai in need of help, but I decided to add her to the group. Hope you guys don't mind Oh and if you guys didn't notice a hint of RinxLen happened near the end… so yeah. That's a thing.
Well anyways, like I said I won't be uploading a new chapter this weekend but on Monday. However, Monday for me is probably Sunday for you guys… so yeah. Eeeither way. I'll be uploading a longer chapter then so you'll have to deal with this short one for now.
So leave a review so I know how you feel!... hm.. I get a lot of views but barely anyone reviews… that hurts my feels.
Reviews
xX little Kagami Xx – Well I guess that's sort of right. She's rich but the story will get into that later. I don't think you can say Rin has the 'brains' since she only knows a lot about Japan because of her interest . Miku is the bookworm and Neru is the brains, hence her being the strategist of the group.
fenrir x2 – That's why you read the A/N. I explained there that the skill wasn't supposed to be some incredibly rigged skill where the enemy can't stand a chance against at all and I wanted to be sort of original. It is nothing like 'kamehameha' since that's a blast of energy and this is just pure force itself. I also sort of decided to go with the 'Harem' idea so RinxLen will come later in the story, so keep your hopes up! And that wasn't even a harsh review to me :P Just keep enjoying my story!