A/N: I'M BAACCCKKKK~~! *ehem* Why haven't you updated you may ask? Four Advanced Placement classes… 'nuff said. Thank you to those who continue to stick with this busy and undeserving writer :') You are the best ever in all eternity Please read, enjoy, and if you feel extra nice, review!

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Tied by Fate

Chapter 6: New Beginning

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Rin's P.O.V

As the airplane took off, I felt my heart begin to hammer violently in my chest. I was suddenly compelled to tell a flight attendant to stop the plane immediately and run back to my beloved Alps.

Out of nowhere I felt a warm hand on top of my own and turned to see Mikuo's bright smile, "Hey, don't worry. There is no going back now. Is the almighty Rin afraid now that we have come so far?"

"M-Me? Afraid? Nonsense Mikuo!" I said confidently but averted my gaze.

"I'm scared too ya' know…" He said and looked out the window, "I've never been out of Switzerland for a long period of time and heck, we might not even return."

"I'm sorry for dragging you into this." I mumbled.

He smiled once again, "Did you gag me, tie me up, and shove me on this plane going for Japan? No, I don't think so. I came on my own free will because I lo-I love trying out new things and I wouldn't bear leaving you alone. I'm, what, three years older? That should count for something, no? Besides, as long as we're together I feel like we can face anything!"

My smile faltered, if only by a millisecond, when he said that last part. I thought the same thing when Len and I were together and look at us now… I'm chasing him down to a foreign country.

Hours later, my teal haired friend was sound asleep.

I used the back of my hand to stroke his cheek tenderly. Mikuo was such a great guy. I mean, besides Len, he is the nicest person I know. He threw his life away to come with me on a trip that is for my benefit. Even so, I'm not even sure I will run into Len. Japan is a big country for two people. It's surely bigger than Switzerland and even there, in my homeland, I didn't know many people.

"Psst."

I turned around to face a girl who was sitting across from us, "Yes?"

"Is that cute guy your boyfriend?"

I blushed immediately and slowly shook my head. She and her companion squealed and began murmuring between themselves.

Wait…

Are they planning to hit on Mikuo? On MY best friend?

I sighed and looked at his peaceful features. If Len hadn't been a part of my life, I could've easily fallen for him. Easily. I know he likes me and that makes me feel guilty. I would love to return his feelings but he already knows Len is the only love of my heart.

Hopefully, he will meet the girl that is perfect for him. Someone who will love him as he deserves.

I'm sure we'll be in Japan in no time.

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"GAHHH! THIS IS ENDLESS! I'M GONNA DIE BEFORE I GET OFF THIS DAMN PLANE!"

Everyone turned to stare at me after my outburst. Mikuo sweat-dropped and waved everyone away, "It's her first long distance flight…"

"You mean my first flight at all!" I exclaimed and clutched my stomach.

"Calm down Rin. It won't be too long now." My teal haired companion said and handed me a cup with colorful drink, "Here, drink this to settle your stomach. We're almost there."

"THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID FRIGGIN' FOUR HOURS AGO!"

"Um, excuse me sir," A flight attendant asked Mikuo, probably worried about my outbursts, "Does she need anything?"

"Just probably a paper bag for her to puke in… You know what, make that paper bags."

The flight attendant muttered something and left. That somehow made me mad.

"What did she say? Huh? I'm on this endless flight of DEATH and she thinks it's funny? Wait 'till we get on firm ground-I will-"

"There are two more hours until we reach our destination, Tokyo, Japan." The speaker over the intercom said, "Please remain seated until then. Please consider flying via AX Airlines once again. Thank you."

"LIKE HELL I'M FLYING AGAIN! I'D RATHER-"

That's when I suddenly felt dizzy. I knew the funny looking drink Mikuo gave me was kind of…funny looking.

"Mikuooo… the hell did you give me?" I mumbled while everything went fuzzy.

"I had to do something! I'm sorry! Just sleep until we get to Japan, 'kay?" He said.

"Just wait 'till we get there," I slurred, "You'll pay and so will that flight attendant… and your weird stalkers next to us."

"Sure, sure… wait, what?"

Len's P.O.V

I looked at the calendar that was near my bed. It was almost my birthday… It was only a month away.

"Lenn~!" Miku exclaimed from outside my door, "Breakfast is ready please come down to eat!"

"Alright thanks!"

I finished getting dressed and quickly went downstairs. If I were sure Rin was still at the orphanage then I could easily send her a birthday present, but since I was not sure I couldn't do that. Soon it would be eighteen years ago that both of us were found together. I laughed when I remembered that the nuns said that Rin wouldn't stop crying while I slept peacefully. Ever since then Rin had always been the loudest one of us two.

Mother and Father were already seated at the table, food set on their plates. That actually really surprised me since usually Father never ate with us. He always left for work early in the morning. Being the owner of a millionaire company wasn't so easy I guess.

"Len! How are you doing, champ?" Father greeted me, "Almost your eighteenth birthday, right?"

I nodded, filling my cheeks up with banana pancakes. Luka always made the best pancakes.

"Your mother and I decided that is time to introduce you to the family business. Kagamine Corporations will one day be yours and you need to learn how to run it."

I resisted the urge to sigh and bang my head on the table. I knew this would come by some day. I really did. Yet, I had no interest in running a huge enterprise. The only one whom I had told this to had been Kaito.

"Father, I have a request."

The man looked up and raised an eyebrow in surprise. I never ask for anything.

"Yes?"

"I want to run my own business. I mean, I don't want to abandon the corporation or anything, but I want to learn how to earn money first. I think that would benefit me for when I do start working at the office. I just want to experience earning my own money without having everything set up on a golden platter like it has been for most of my life here."

Both of my parents stared at me in plain amazement. They had not expected me to say something like that. My friends, who I suspected were all pressed against the wall near the door were probably surprised as well.

"Wow Len," My father began, "I never expected that coming from you."

I mentally sighed, waiting for the rejection to come but it never did.

"I think it's a great idea, Len! It would be a fantastic experience for you! I approve wholeheartedly! So what business do you plan to form?"

"I want to build a café."

Once again the entire room went dead silent. I looked around at my parents, wondering what was so radical about my statement.

"A c-café?" My mother questioned, clearly bewildered.

"Yes. I have noted that there are no cafés nearby, despite this being a well-populated and corporate area. The few restaurants they have all focus on a single thing. I want to create a café with Japanese and some French pastries that is elegant but not too expensive. A place where people can come and relax, have a good time. Judging by the area tourists should-"

"Enough. Len, I see this has been well thought out and I don't doubt your ingenious mind. Very well. I shall give you enough money for the lease of any establishment you wish to buy."

I couldn't contain my excitement but I tried my best to do so.

"But, who are going to be your employees? Shouldn't you look for them first?"

"I already thought of that," I stated confidently.

"And?"

"I'll be taking all of my servants as employees. Mother didn't want to hire them in the first place so now they still work for me."

"And what about the pastries? How will you learn?"

"That's the least of my worries." I said and stood up, "Now if you'll excuse me. I have a building to look for."

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"Hey Len," Kaito said as he looked around the building, "You sure you want this place?"

"Yes, I think this is the perfect place."

"You sure? As in really, really sure?"

I couldn't blame my friend's skepticism. The building we had entered was extremely run down. The windows were shattered. The roof was almost caving in. There were piles of dusty wood and broken machinery merely laying around in random heaps. There were a couple of tables in the corner of the room. I brushed my index finger across the powdery surface of one and even then, a clean streak didn't form.

"AHHH!"

My head snapped up in Kaito's direction.

"What happened?"

"A-A-A rat!"

I rolled my eyes. I remember when we were kids Rin used to go chasing after the rats that would so often scurry into the orphanage. She wasn't afraid to grab them by their tails and bring them out of the building. I on the other hand, am not proud to say that I would shriek when she showed them to me.

Yet, after so long I wasn't afraid of them anymore.

"Kaito, it won't eat you, believe me."

"So are you reaaaallly sure you want THIS place?" He asked uneasily, his royal blue eyes scanning the floor.

"Positive. Now," I said and took a piece of wood off from the window, "Let's begin the remodeling!"

"What? But we'll never finish-"

"You two probably won't, but with our help it becomes more possible."

We turned towards the familiar voice. Miku stood there, her long teal pigtails placed in messy buns, wearing paint stained overalls. Kaito looked like he wanted to duck behind a box and make the rat he met earlier some company.

Luka soon came in behind her, pink hair in a single ponytail, dressed similar to her best friend, and carrying a bucket full of cleaning supplies.

Surprisingly, Gakupo, the household butler, came walking in too followed by Kiyoteru, the chauffeur.

"You guys too?"

"Mrs. Kagamine told us we were at your disposition." Gakupo said and grinned, "This is more entertaining than opening doors."

"And driving people around."

Miku skipped over to Kaito and backhugged him, causing the ice-cream lover to change to a bright shade of red that clashed with his hair color.

She, oblivious to him, smiled and looked at me, "We'll take care of this for now Lennie! You go and fix the last details of the lease with your dad."

I felt my eyes slightly water. I have really great friends.

"T-Thank you guys."

"You saved us from the streets," Luka said and motioned towards the mess, "This is the least we could do for you."

"GROUP HUG!" Kaito called out and soon everyone was embracing each other, even Gakupo and Kiyoteru.

"Now let's go Master Len," Kiyoteru said while dragging me out, "Let's go get the lease settled."

Rin's P.O.V

I slowly opened my eyes, rubbing them with the back of my hands, "Where are we?"

"Konnichiwa~! We're in Japan sleepy head!" I heard Mikuo say.

I sat up in my seat and sure enough, the plane was descending onto the terminal where we would get off. My hazy vision soon cleared and I bounced anxiously, eager to get off the plane.

"We have arrived at our destination. Please fly with us again. Sayonara!"

"YEAH RIGHT I'M GETTING BACK ON! Mikuo, remind me to never ever, ever fly again." I said as we began to get our luggage and evacuate the plane.

As soon as we got off I reached down and got on my knees, "Yes! I'm alive! I made it back to safe ground!"

That was cue for people to start staring again.

"Rin, let's go it wasn't that bad."

"How long was the flight?"

"About 12 hours more or less…"

"TWELVE HOURS?!"

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At the terminal there was this little place to exchange currency. Luckily we had exchanged our Swiss money for American dollars and then we exchanged those for Japanese Yen.

"Woah, how did we end up with so much money?" I asked in wonder, staring at the colorful bills we now owned.

"It's actually only enough to buy a week's worth of food and a couple nights at a hotel or rent… We need to find a job and fast if we plan to stay here long."

"Where did you get all that money from?"

"Ah you know, I began saving all my life because I knew that one day my crazy but loveable friend would decide to make a life changing trip to Japan and I would follow her there."

"Seriously?" I asked, rolling my eyes at his sarcasm.

He nodded in an up-most serious manner, "Mhm, true story."

"So what should we do now?"

"I say look for the cheapest hotel or something, book a room, then find something to eat because I am starving."

"Me too," I confirmed as my stomach began to growl, "That food they fed us on the plane was not filling at all."

"Probably because you kept on emptying your stomach."

"….S-Shut up! We shall never mention this again!" I stammered and walked away.

"C'mon, it was just a lil' joke~!"

"But, jokes aside, how will we reach Karakura?"

"We can ask at any hotel. Surely they must have a map or something."

"You're right! Let's go!"

We began walking away and I felt my chest swell with many emotions. I may not know where we will be in the immediate future but I was certain of one thing.

Once in Karakura, if Len still lived there, there would be no one holding me back from finally seeing him again.

Len's P.O.V

"Congratulations team," Kaito exclaimed as he slumped next to me on the floor, "We have accomplished the great feat of cleaning up a sixth of this entire building! Woo~! And by entire building I mean just the floor and stuff, 'cause the roof is another matter."

I was sprawled on the newly cleaned floor which was in great need of renovation. Even "clean" it looked dirty. Everyone followed my example. Miku was bent over a chair, her long teal locks sweeping the floor yet again since her hair could not be confined to buns. Kiyoteru had left early in order to take my mother somewhere. He should be getting back soon enough. At least he better. There is no way six very tired and sore people are walking more than two miles. No way. I bet we couldn't even walk a couple of yards without our knees giving out.

"This isn't close to being done." I sighed helplessly.

"Don't worry," Miku cheered, optimistic as always, "Rome wasn't built in a day!"

"Yeah it took years." Gakupo teased, "Hopefully we won't take that long."

"Question."

We turned to look at Kaito who had spoken up, "What?"

"Who is going to cook the pastries and stuff?"

The room went dead silent. No one had really thought about that… We're ruined if we can't find a chef!

Gakupo cleared his throat and there was a strange glint in his eye. He smoothed his hair before speaking, "I bet you guys don't know where I was before your mother hired me."

We stared at him, waiting.

"If you were guessing that I was studying abroad as a pastry chef in France, then you were right. That was right after I studied culinary arts in Japan."

We all let out squeals of excitement. I mean, the girls did, Kaito and I just… We just manly cheered. Yes, exactly. We weren't ruined!

"Then why do you work as a butler?" Luka asked, genuinely interested.

Gakupo looked surprised that she asked something about him, "Well my dear, not everyone is looking for a pastry chef. I couldn't find a job."

"Oh yeah? Well... Well...Guys~ I make awesome coffee!"

Everyone burst out laughing at Kaito's announcement. He pouted and Miku consoled him, causing him to blush and hide his face in his scarf while she giggled.

"I'll need a helper though." Gakupo stated.

My blue haired friend shot up from the ground and tripped, falling on his face, "Count…me in."

That just caused another round of laughter.

"So Len," Luka asked as she sat in a chair next to Miku, "What are you going to name this place when it is done?"

"Ooh yeah~" Miku pipped, "What is the name?"

"It will be named the Tori no Uta café."

"The Bird's Song?"

"Mhm."

Everyone in the room smiled, knowing why I chose that name. It held a special connection to someone very, very special to me.

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A loud shriek shook the entire house.

"WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL OF YOU? LEN, HAVE YOU LOOKED IN A MIRROR?"

I shrugged, and turned to look at my companions as my mother tried not to faint as she took in our appearance. We were covered in dust and grime from top to bottom. It was everywhere. Everywhere.

My blonde hair now looked light gray with yellow highlights. That's how you know it's bad.

Despite being the son of the household, the maids were now staring daggers at me and my friends. No wonder why though. With every step we took we were dirtying their "just cleaned" floors. Oops.

"GO TAKE A SHOWER IMMEDIATELY."

Though my mother had been speaking solely to me, my friends nodded at the same time I did and we left towards the restrooms, leaving a trail of dust behind which the maids angrily scrubbed at.

I took a slow shower, enjoying the feel of the warm water on my tired muscles. Funny how I'm eighteen and yet have never done any "real" work until now.

We used to joke at the orphanage about how life would be if we got adopted by rich parents. We used to say that we would never have to work ever again. Everything would be served on a silver platter and we would get anything we ever wanted. Like a pet dragon. Yep, back then they did exist. Now, I see how our child selves weren't so bad off…

I really could have anything I wanted. Anything at all. Yet, when I thought of Rin and her fate, I feel slightly guilty about all this. How could I be enjoying immense wealth when she may be starving on some corner of this enormous earth? It wasn't easy.

I got out of the shower, got dressed, and simply lay on my bed afterwards.

Like always, someone had to interrupt my peace by knocking.

"Who is it?" I called out, not bothering to get up.

"It's me Neru."

I sighed, not really in the mood to see Neru, but stood up anyway, "You can come in."

The door opened and she quietly walked in. I motioned for her to sit on my bed, not wanting to be impolite or anything. She did as I suggested and it was silent for a moment.

"Is it true you are building a café?"

I looked up in surprise, "How did you know?"

She looked down at her fingers, "Miku told me."

"Oh, then yeah I am."

"Why?"

"I… I want to be able to do things for myself without relying on my parent's money."

Neru still kept her gaze away and mumbled, "That's what I admire about you."

"Did you say something?"

Her head snapped up, "N-No! No! Um, your mother told me to come get you for dinner. Miku was too tired to even come upstairs to tell you!"

I chuckled a bit, picturing my leek obsessed friend dragging herself around. Then I stood up and opened the door.

"Len!"

I turned to face Neru, "Yes?"

"Can I help sometime? At the café?"

I smiled and nodded, feeling my heart beat faster. I noticed that every time I spoke about the café my heart began to beat faster. Deep down, it was my only beaker of light that could shout "I'm here!" It was flame of hope… A flame of hope that would let me see Rin Kagamine once again.

A/N (IMPORTANT): So I made up my mind. I kind of figured out how much work I'll be getting judging from these two first weeks of school. That being said, I have laxly formed a schedule for updates. All stories will be updated at least once per month (as much as I would like to do weeks I can't xc ). I'm sorry but that is the best I can do. I am determined to do it so there is no going back this would be the first update of next month since this one is basically over. Wait… nah, this will just be extra ;) I will update again next month and so on. That way updates won't be MONTHS late :/ I might have lost some readers but I know many of you guys are still there for me. I truly appreciate that. You have no idea how much. So sincerely from the bottom of my heart: thank you!

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