A/N: Well here is the new awaited chapter ^^ this is the last of the introductory chapters and chapter 4 will be the starting of the REAL story in its current time and the plot bunnies will manifest! MWAHAHAHAHA... er- ehem excuse that outburst ^^
To be honest I was about to give up on this story but all of your feedback made me think it was worth the while so I will keep on going for those who enjoy this story and review :D I owe you guys one :)
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P.S: There is a segment where Len hears the song "Tori no Uta" being played on the piano. If you want to hear a really nice version go here: http:/ www. youtube. com/ watch ?v =n SK Ft Dg PD m0 (without the spaces of course). You can even hear this while reading that part xD later on in the story a music box version will be used for flashbacks and stuff because the song is important to the story xD ENJOY AND REVIEW!
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Tied by Fate
Chapter 3: Goodbye
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Third Person P.O.V
It was sunny day March. The flowers were beginning to bloom and the birds glided in the warm and sweet air.
Rin and Len were playing out in the small hills that were adorned with different colored flowers.
"Leeen " the girl called and ran to him carrying a crown of flowers.
"I made this for you!" She smiled and gave him the crown.
"Thanks Rin! Look what I found!"
Rin ran to see what he was hiding. In his arms was a small kitten.
His yellow-orangish fur was covered in dirt and he was very skinny.
"Meow-"
"Awww! Len! Len! Can we keep him? Please?"
The blonde looked at his friend's pleading blue eyes and gave up.
"Alright, let's go ask Sister Susan." He said.
"Yay! Thank you Len!" She exclaimed and tackled him in a hug.
"Oof... N-no problem Rin... But-can't br-breathe!"
"Oops!"
She tried to get off but their necklaces had gotten entwined.
Each of their halves of the yin and yang had joined together and formed one whole.
"Hehehe..."
Len slowly untied the two necklaces and then stood up. They were given those necklaces at the age of six and now, seven years later, they still wore them with pride.
Many things had changed... but even if their bodies grew and shifted, their bond remained the same.
Len didn't get picked on since he had become a handsome boy. Now instead of Rin protecting him, he was the one who took care of her.
When one of the other boys in the orphanage got TOO close to her, he would send them flying. He always got in trouble but he didn't care. Rin was only allowed to love him.
His love for Rin didn't change either. On the contrary, it began to grow.
Due to certain things that Sister Susan described as "lady issues", Rin had to sleep in the girl's dormitory. At the time he had no idea what the word "puberty" meant so he had protested. Sister Susan had taken him away and had explained why they had to be separated. With a red face he had just nodded and said nothing about the matter.
He noticed all the other older girls around him began to change as well. They began to grow these kind of muscles in their chest!
Since living in an orphanage and being home schooled didn't provide much information about the female species he didn't know about breasts until a very late age.
Last year as he was with Rin in a room completing their scrapbook he had a curious thought...
Why didn't Rin have any breasts?
He kept on pondering whether to ask her or not but he figured he would get punched if he did so he stayed quiet.
He had been watching Rin paste things onto the notebook and wondered if she was really a boy since boys don't have those things.
Without a second thought he used his index finger to poke Rin's chest.
Sure enough there had been small mounds of flesh there. Kind of squishy and small... So she wasn't a guy after all...
The latter blushed and then she yelled at him for being a "pervert". He had frowned and said that he was just making sure she wasn't a guy. She then chased him out of the room and Sister Susan had another long talk with him about personal space and areas where you shouldn't freely touch. Len left the office feeling more confused than ever. The female species sure was a weird one...
He smiled at the memory as he and Rin walked to the head office.
When they were about to walk in, the door opened to reveal a couple standing there.
"Those two are Rin and Len Kagamine, both thirteen years of age."
They saw both sisters standing behind the couple and Mother Superior as well.
"Thirteen?" The tall woman asked.
"Yes..."
The blonde woman's eyes widened when they landed on Rin. He held the man's hand and he cleared his throat.
"Have they been chosen?"
Sister Susan sighed, "Yes they have, but in the end they are never adopted."
It was the twins' turn to be surprised.
ADOPTED?
The lady leaned down and stroked Len's hair.
"They are very nice... But older children are harder to make follow the rules. More rebellious." She spoke.
"Oh now! Rin and Len are some of the most educated children of this orphanage!" Mother Superior put in.
"I see..." The woman said.
"We'll come back at the end of the week." The man said and they both left.
"Children come in." Sister Susan said.
"Thank you." They said in unison.
"What did you want?" She asked.
"Um well... We wanted to know if you could let us keep," Rin asked softly as she motioned towards Len's arms, "this kitten."
The kitten was now asleep, curled in a tiny ball, in Len's arms.
"Oh my... Um, well you would have to ask Mother Superior."
The children turned to look at Mother Superior.
The strict woman sighed as she looked into their pleading blue eyes... How could she say no?
"Fine, you may keep it."
"Yay!" They said but then Rin turned serious.
"Mother Superior... Who were those people?"
"Rich folk... They wanted to adopt a child."
Rin gulped and she looked towards Len nervously, "D-did they chose already?"
Mother Superior sighed, "N-no... Not yet. Children, sit down."
They did as they were told.
"You children have been together since the day you were brought into this home. You are as close as siblings would be."
They looked at one another. Where was this conversation, going?
"But time is slipping by... People don't usually adopt kids older than fifteen and you know that."
"Yes..."
"Everytime one of you is offered the chance of adoption, you refuse to leave the other. That isn't going to help anyone." She said sternly.
"We know..." The two whispered, looking at the floor.
"That couple that just came in here... They are very rich and powerful people. They could offer everything to the child they choose to adopt."
"People don't usually adopt two children... I think you know what I am trying to say."
Len kept his stare fixed on the floor. Rin was nervously fiddling with the edge of her shirt.
"If one of you is chosen to be adopted, don't hold back. Adoption is an opportunity for a home, a loving family. This couple especially can offer a better life than the one you have always known."
"I know..." Rin spoke softly, "if they choose Len I won't stop him from accepting."
"A-and if they choose R-Rin," Len said while gulping back tears, "then I'll accept the desicion."
"That's what I like to hear!" Mother Superior said, "you may leave now."
They nodded and left outside to play with the kitten.
As they lay on the rolling hills, watching the clouds, Rin started feeling uneasy.
"L-Len?"
"Hm?"
"D-Do you think they could choose one of us?" She asked quietly.
"I... I don't know, Rin." He said, "But even if they do... We'll always be together."
"I-I know but still..."
"Shhhh... Don't worry about that." He said as he grabbed her hand, "We'll be fine."
Rin smiled as she closed her eyes but deep inside her heart she knew that things wouldn't be fine...
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The day Friday had rolled up like a tumbleweed. All of the children where lined up, anxiously waiting for the verdict.
"Come in, the children are waiting."
The couple from the beginning of the week walked in, followed by the nuns.
The woman looked closely at all of them and tensed a little when she walked by Rin. Her eyes stayed on Len but then she quickly turned around and spoke into the man's ear. He nodded and in turn said something to Mother superior. The suspense in the air was present and the tension heavy.
"The Kagamine have decided on their choice."
Kagamine? The children thought. Hmmm, maybe it is a more common family name than we thought.
They all shifted from foot to foot uncomfortably. The suspense could probably flatten a rock...
"The child to go with this family is..."
We all held in our breaths.
"Len Kagamine."
Rin's P.O.V
I felt my heart stop as well as the world around me...
No... Not Len...
I thought I would be ready for this... I knew this could happen... Why?
I turned to see that Len had the same shocked expression I probably had.
"M-me?" He whispered.
"Yes, child. Go prepare your things. You leave after dinner."
No... No... He can't leave...
Without thinking I ran out of the room, bursting the door violently open.
"Rin!"
I ran out of the orphanage as fast as I could, trying to leave reality behind.
"Nooo!" I yelled as tears mixed with the wind as I ran up the hill.
At the top there was this oak tree which had been the source of our childhood fun for both Len and I.
I hugged the tree, it's rough surface scratching my face.
Then I began pounding my fists violently against the tree bark until my hands burned.
"Why Len?" I yelled to the sky, "Why the person that I love the most?"
Then all the anger left my body instantly and I was left with cold depression.
I cried uncontrollably. I NEVER cry. NEVER. Not even when I was found in on that cold December night. I guess I had never expirienced a pain like today eh? Falling off of this very tree and breaking an arm can't even compare to the tremendous hurt in my chest.
"L-Len..." I sobbed.
"Rin!"
I looked up to see Len running up the hill towards me.
I quickly wiped my eyes, trying to dry the tears. I still have my reputation as a tsundere to protect, right?
Once he got up he was out of breath. I giggled. Len had never been the athletic one.
He quickly recovered and ran up to me. Well more like jogged-dragged himself to me.
"Woah! Where you crying?" He asked in amazement.
"Shut up!" I yelled, now blushing furiously.
"Okay- you just had something in your eye right?" He said mockingly.
"SHUT UP!"
"Yes, your tsundere-ness."
I playfully smacked him. Then his face turned serious.
"I could still refuse the offer you know."
My eyes widened. We had always dreamed of a home... I can't be selfish and keep him from his happiness.
"No... They chose you."
"So? They could take Mary, Daniel, Bob, or even Waldo!"
"We have a Waldo in the orphanage?"
"Eh- not exactly... But that is besides the point... What I'm trying to say is that it doesn't HAVE to be ME." He said.
"But you always wanted a family..."
"Next to YOU. We are getting married, remember?"
I smiled. He still remembered our promise from when we were six.
"No," I said firmly, "You will accept."
"But Rin-"
"It's your big chance... Don't waste it, idiot." I said with a grin.
"But-"
"Go pack..." I said, the corner of my lip twitching.
"Okay... Just please see me before I leave?"
"Of course."
He hugged me. I closed my eyes and tried to savor the contact. "I love you Rin."
"Love you too, now go pack. They are waiting."
"Yeah."
With that he left, leaving the sorrow grinded into my heart.
Len's P.O.V
I ran away from Rin, tears streaking my face. How can she be so strong? I know she was crying. I know she is probably dying inside, just like I am.
I ran to my dorm. Why did it have to be me? Sure I was happy to have a family but I never thought it would have to be without Rin... She is the ever present light in my life.
Her smile... Her face... Her tsundere-ness... I would miss her so much.
How will I be able to continue living in a world without sun?
I furiously got a suitcase and shoved all of my clothes in it.
"Go pack..."
Did she not care about me leaving? Was it like any other person leaving? Would she have done the same if anyone else left? Mary, Bob, Daniel... Even Waldo?
Stupid Len, Waldo isn't even real. He only exists in those "Where is Waldo" things...
I faintly heard a song being played on the piano in the main room...
Tori no Uta... Rin's favorite song.
"It's so beautiful!"
"Len, this song always reminds me of you!"
"Play it again, will you Len?"
My eyes watered even more at the memories. Rin always loved it when I played it for her... Now who will do it if not me?
Such irony... A song that always symbolically represented our union is now being played on the day we get separated... Nice.
I finished packing everything. I looked at the clock: 4:00
Two more hours...
I don't want to leave... My whole life is here... RIN is here... I can't just abandon her!
"It's your big chance... Don't waste it, idiot."
She was even capable of saying that with a big grin... I could never do that. She was always the strong-willed one.
"Alright... Len, it's time to man-up." I said to myself as I looked at the now gray skies.
"Time to face reality."
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I pulled my suitcase along slowly, as if it carried a ton of rocks inside. It probably did though... All of my memories.
"Ready Len?" Sister Susan asked me.
"No..." I muttered and then felt guilty, "Yeah, I guess..."
My blue eyes scanned the crowd trying to find someone. Oh great, now it is find Waldo.
"Rin?" I asked the nun.
"I'm sorry Len. I haven't seen her. She looked heartbroken."
"Oh..."
My heart didn't she come? Didn't she say she would see me off? Where is she.
I reached up to fiddle with my half of the yin and yang necklace...
But it was gone.
Rin's P.O.V
"Rin... Len's leaving." Sister Mary told me.
"M'kay..." I whispered as I lay on my bed, trying to sort my many thoughts and emotions.
As soon as I heard her footsteps die out I got up and walked to Len's room.
Everybody was gone... Gone to see Len off.
I sat on his bed. The bed that we sometimes shared... Was now cold and void.
That is when I noticed something on the floor...
His necklace.
Oh no... He forgot it...
I dashed out of the house, clutching his necklace as if my life depended on it.
"Len!"
Len's P.O.V
I took one last look at the crowd of friends that I considered family. My stuff had been put away into the trunk. I put all of my mindpower into trying to slow down time... But just like the sand in an hourglass, it slipped through my fingers.
I reached for my necklace but it was gone.
"Len, come on! Say goodbye and let's go! It's a long way home." My new "mother" called.
"But I forgot something!" I yelled.
"No time for that! Get on!"
"But Rin-"
"Come on Master Len get inside." The chauffuer said.
Master? What the hell? No I can't leave without my necklace!
"But I-" I protested.
"Get on."
I got on reluctantly and took the seat by the window. They let me roll the window down and I waved goodbye.
I was surprised how I didn't feel like crying. Sure I was sad, but not THAT sad. Maybe leaving Rin was the only thing I had feared.
The car pulled away, slowly enough for me to say goodbye.
"Bye Sisters! Bye Mother Superior! Bye friends!"
I started feeling really depressed as I saw Rin hadn't showed up. Maybe it is better that way so I won't tear up and lose my composure.
"Len!"
My head snapped up and I saw Rin run out of the house.
"Rin!"
I looked frantically around. Must stop this car..."Stop the car!"
"Len, we can't. You already said your goodbyes."
"But Rin-"
"Enough Len! You are an adopted child and I expect you to behave or I shall send you back to the orphanage!"
My eyesight blurred. Rin... Maybe I should go back... Back to where I belong.
I looked to see Rin crouch by a small child and then keep on running. She will never catch up... Wait...
THE HILL!
Rin's P.O.V
"Len!"
I ran outside to see the car pulling away.
I clutched the necklace to my heart. I was too late.
I began to hold back the tears as I searched for a way to get it to him. I spotted the hill. The road goes behind the hill... If I reach it then I'll get close to the car! Close enough to give him the necklace!
A little boy next to me had a slingshot. I snatched it and began to run as fast as I could. My breathing became a little strained. Ugh, some working out would do me good.
"Lennn!" I yelled towards the car, "Open the window."
The window of the black car rolled down and I could see Len's face.
"Rin! I knew you would come!"
"Of course I would! Now get away from the window!"
"Why?"
"JUST DO IT!"
"TSUNDERE!" He said but backed away from the window. I ran ahead of the car until I reached the top of the hill.
I turned around and closed one eye, tying the necklace into a ball and aiming it. Crap, it's too light!
Frantically I searched the floor... Oh for the love of oranges, why out of all of the times I've seen one, can't I find a rock right now?
As soon as I found one I tied the necklace to the rock and placed it inside the rubberband.
I aimed it with shaky hands. Please, please, I beg you... I know my aim is really off at times but please, just this once... Let me make it!
I pulled back the band and then in a swift motion let it go.
The necklace flew and succeeded in flying into the window.
"Yes!" I yelled.
It made it inside! I stopped running and fell to my knees.
From now on... I'll work out a bit.
"Rin!"
The car was leaving. It was getting farther away.
"We'll meet again!" I yelled.
"I'll miss you!"
"I will too! Don't you dare cry, you hear me?"
"Yes my tsundere-ness!"
"SHUT UP!"
Ands with that the car took a turn and became smaller and smaller as the distance expanded. So that was it... He's gone.
I fell backwards onto a sitting position.
"We'll meet again!"
Was that true?
I felt my eyes burn. Stupid salty tears won't stop forming! Argh!
I began crying again. It's funny how today I've cried more times than I had ever done in my entire life...
"Why did you leave Len?" I whispered into the wind.
Then it slowly began to rain. I couldn't care less... My body was cold anyways.
I stayed there, head resting on my knees, slowly soaking in the rain.
"Rin!"
I didn't answer. I like being in the rain...
I felt a pair of hands shake me. I looked up to see the worried face of Sister Susan. She picked me up and helped me get down. I was made to take a bath. I was dried. I was put into bed.
I know what happened and all... But my mind was elsewhere...
"Rin!"
I turned to see my friend Teto.
"Hm..." I muttered in a zombie-like tone.
"Snap out of it!" She pleaded.
"Hm..."
Then I felt pain in my cheek. My eyes widened to see Teto's hand raised.
"Oh my God," she said as she looked at her hand, "I'm sorry!"
"No it's fine." I said, finally knocked out of my trance.
"You have been acting like a dead soul in an active body!" She yelled and began crying.
"I'm sorry..." I muttered.
"I know you are hurt from the separation but think of this: would Len be happy to see you cry?"
My head snapped up. Len... He would get either mad or just plainly cry with me. I'll go with the first option...
"No."
"Then why do you cry? It's not like you're never going to see him again! You have the necklaces. They will always connect you as a whole! Fate brought you together in the beginning and it will do so again. I don't know why or how but I KNOW you two are tied by fate... Destined to be together."
I gasped. It's true... I was merely being a stupid spoiled brat. I should be happy for Len's new life.
"Thank you Teto."
"No prob. That's what friends are for right?"
"Yes," I said and all of a sudden cheered up, "I have to be strong for both Len and I... That way, we will be able to reunite."
"That's the spirit!"
I nodded and she went to her bed. We shared the room with another girl. I got the bed by the window. Orange, the cat Len found, was curled up at my feet, deep in sleep. As I lay there in bed I gazed at the moon.
"Len, where ever you are... Are you also looking at the moon? It's beautiful tonight."
I turned around and closed my eyes.
"Goodnight, Len."
Len's P.O.V
"Take the boy's things upstairs. He is the new member of this family."
"Yes, Mistress."
The butler came up and got my suitcase. I stayed frozen at the doorstep. This house is huge! How will I ever fit in with this rich family? I'll get lost... I want to go back.
"Don't worry Len. Though the house looks big it is very easy to get around. The butlers and maids will also be at your disposition."
"Thank you Ma'am." I said.
"Call me Mom."
"Er- thank you Mom."
"Your welcome son."
The whole conversation seemed alien to me. I never thought I would have a mother... Much less a home of my own.
"You can go upstairs to rest. Tomorrow is a new day. Little by little we will acommadate the room to your liking." She said warmly.
"Yes..." I said and let another servant guide me to my new room.
The room was as big as one of the dorm rooms at the orphanage. Except at the orphanage we shared it between three people. Now it was only for me.
I got into the bed and tried to go to sleep but it was useless.
This would be the first night in which I didn't say goodnight to Rin... With that thought I fished the necklace out of my pocket and once again placed it in its rightful place around my neck. I felt much more at ease and calm. It's as if these necklaces connect our fates together. As long as I wear it I KNOW we will one day be together again...
I took a look at the moon, shining outside and smiling on the earth. Rin... If you are looking at the moon... Then it's like being together right?
I clutched the pendant on my necklace, sleep trying to win over my brain.
"Goodnight Rin..." I whispered into the solitary room.
A/N: well that is that... ohohoho... this will get so fun to write as they meet up later when they are older. This took forever to write since I dont really like angsty stuff xD I hope I served my purpose though xD
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