Chapter 8: Tokyo Teddy Bear Saves Yandere, A Blown Secret

What the hell was that? Why am I even trying to see what's going on here? I shouldn't be looking into this. It's probably nothing. It should be nothing.

Rin slowly walked up the middle staircase, as if compelled to by a mysterious, supernatural force. Every instinct told her NOT to investigate. It could've been anything. It was LIKELY to not be Mayu. Len could've dropped something and been carted off by a maid, or Kaito. It probably wasn't anything too serious after all. Len could handle himself.

Then why am I still walking up this STUPID staircase?!

Rin's feet led her to Mayu's door. She could hear vague muffles behind the door, but Rin still found herself with an ear against the wood. She grumbled under her breath about how silly it was to be outside Mayu's door – which was a stupid idea to begin with – despite having no proof anyone's life was in danger. Besides, Len could probably save himself! Unless he was restrained. Or dead. Rin paced by the door a bit more debating on what to do next: Leave, Go in, Leave, Go in…

"It…It wouldn't hurt to look?" Rin whispered to herself, her conscious at war with what her heart wanted. This compromise sated both in her opinion.

Rin grabbed the doorknob shakily, and slowly cracked it open. Her hand backed away slowly, fearing that Mayu heard the noise, but a few seconds of not having a knife in Rin's face confirmed all was well. Rin sighed in relief and leaned in, sneaking a peek inside. All she was able to see from that small crack was Mayu sitting cross legged. Her stupid stuffed bunny was in her lap, and a fine china teacup was in her delicate hands. A wide, creepy smile was smeared on Mayu's doll-like face. She giggled a bit, lifting her free hand against her lips.

"You're sexy when you're loud, darling," Mayu giggled at some unknown person, "Don't you know that? I'm so happy you're all mine."

"Let me down you insane bitch!" Rin recognized Len's voice immediately. He was yelling at Mayu, but it was hushed, as if to not get caught by anyone else in the house.

So he is in here. And he's restrained. So, I guess I might have to do something… W-well! I don't know that yet. I can keep listening for a bit.

"After all," Len continued on, trying to bargain with the young Vocaloid, "If we're speaking by software years, I'm out of your league ya know… I was a 2007 release, a Vocaloid 2! I mean, that's old! G-granted, I'm a V4X model, but you know we count in software years!" Rin raised an eyebrow at his rant.

Only older Vocaloids use that… I know our originals were Vocaloid 2's, but this is a ridiculous rant on his part. Especially since we were made specifically for the newer generations, if what he says is true about being a V4X model…

"But, that would make me, lik, 24!" Len continued his bargaining, with some form of confidence, "If my original model was 14 at release, and it's been oh ya know, 10 years! And you, you Mayu!" Len tried to flatter her, "You're not even 21! That's like, a whole 3 years difference!"

"3 years isn't really that much my silly, silly Len!" Mayu giggled setting down her teacup to the floor graciously, "We have so much in common! We're almost the same age!" She got to her feet as she daintily laughed.

Enough was enough; Len was only digging himself further into a hole. Rin slipped into the room, quietly shutting the door behind her, and dove into a pile of stuffed animals. Mayu seemed to be transfixed on Len, which was good for Rin in this case. Rin got herself into a comfortable position, trying to figure out what Mayu was exactly doing to Len in this case. Well, she quickly understood what was happening. Len was handcuffed to the wall, his shirt cut open to reveal his bare chest. His tie had been used to restrain his feet, wrapped and tied around his ankles. Len's shorts were pushed down, barely exposing the band of his boxers. Rin felt her face become red at the sight, though she knew she would have to spring into action soon. Len was rather annoyed, though visibly panicked. He glanced around the room, probably trying to find an escape route, but caught a quick glimpse of Rin. Len's face broke out to be rather red, much to Rin's shock.

"Seriously…" Len looked up at the ceiling, seeming even more annoyed than he had been earlier. Mayu took note of his rather flushed face.

"Ooohh?" Mayu approached Len with a wicked smile on her face, "Are you enjoying my company, Len? Are you? Your face is red, dear, and I bet you have a boner from just staring at me! Hehe!" Mayu ran her finger down Len's chest in a quick motion. Len shuddered, going from flushed to creeped out.

"Oh great Yamaha no." Len said with clear disgust. Rin almost snorted at that remark but kept her mouth shut.

"Are you sure? Are you sure..?" Mayu leaned in close to Len, her face inches away from his.

"Well, my face is red from some…thing." Len glanced back at Rin, likely from either trying to signal her to leave while she still could, or to help him.

"Hehe! I knew it! You can't hide the truth from me," Mayu kissed his cheek and turned her back to Len, satisfied. Len sighed in frustration.

"So, why did you kidnap me this time?" Len got down to business, likely having realized that yelling at her to free him was futile, "What's the point?"

"The point?" A shadow crept onto Mayu's face, a slasher smile creeping up on her pale face, "Because I love you, dear. You're mine. You're all mine. And you'll always be mine? Isn't that simple? That's the point, don't you see?" Rin could feel Mayu's smile stabbing her soul, but doubted that Mayu knew she was in the room still. Mayu turned to face Len, slowly stepping closer to him, "But…But it's not. There is a threat that's trying to stop me from having you, my possession." Mayu's smile faded into pure hatred, "THAT THIEVING BITCH! She's in my way! She's in OUR WAY! She thinks she can take YOU away from ME! When I find her…no…when she sees…" Mayu was right against Len, stroking his hair. Len tried to press his body into the wall hard enough to break it, but it wasn't working out, "hehehe, when she sees you being mine forever and ever, and ever, and she slithers inside…Guess what'll happen?"

"…Y-you'll give her some tea?" Len guessed, trying to lighten the mood.

"No." Mayu smiled once again, a psychotic aura about her, "I'LL CHOKE HER TO DEATH WITH THAT STUPID RIBBON OF HER'S!" She laughed a bit, sounding like a demented hyena, "I'll puck each fingernail off! I'll frizz her installation data! I'll show her the most painful, slow deletion that could ever be given to a Vocaloid! I'll make her model number obsolete! Out of commission!" Mayu broke down into another fit of laughter. Len even seemed visibly concerned by her rantings.

Oh my god she's serious… And seriously crazy. She's going to kill me…And probably kill him if Len does something stupid. What am I saying, he WILL do something stupid!

Rin shuddered under the stuffed animals, her breathing barely under control. The mere thought of those threats felt real, especially coming out of the mouth of a literal psychopath. The fact that one human- like being could feel so much hatred for another was sickening. Rin's insides bubbled with acid and fear.

"H-hey," Len's spoke up again as Mayu's laughter died down to hysterical giggles, "How do you even plan on making me your's? Like your 'parents' would allow that, please!"

"I found an ever so nice priest class oinline!" Mayu smiled, a pure aura now around her, "I can marry us in holy matrimony! We'll be husband and wife!"

"Wh-what if I'm gay?" Len squeaked out.

"No you're not," Mayu said in a sing-song voice.

"Dammit," Len cursed. He then quickly added, "I-I can reject!"

"Really?" Mayu whispered in a dark tone. The look on her face must've been fatal as Len shut up immediately, "Do you love her?"

"Wh-what?" Len's face flushed, "Wh-where do you get off asking weird questions?"

"You love that Rin girl, don't you?" Mayu repeated in that same tone. Len seemed panicked now, probably familiar with this mood of her's, "It's written on your face."

"I-I don't know what you're talking about!" Len shouted back at her. Mayu walked away from him, going straight for her dresser, "Wh-what are you doing?"

"I'll take care of her." Mayu rummaged through her drawers, drawing out a rather sharp knife from the piece of furniture. She flashed it at Len, smiling sweetly. Len gulped.

"Y-you're not going to kill her!" Len confidently said, "You wouldn't!" Mayu sharply turned to face Len, no sign of compassion in her eyes.

"You think that? Do you really?" Mayu threw the knife at the wall behind her.

"AH!" Rin cried out as the knife nearly grazed her cheek. She fell over, exposing herself and ruining her cover. Len's eyes widened in horror as Mayu slowly turned around to face Rin.

Oh no. This is bad. Rin backed herself up against the wall, then yanked the knife out of the wall. Mayu seemed to fully realize that Rin was truly standing inside of her room. The emotionless girl suddenly was filled with raw anger once more.

"YOU BITCH!" Mayu roared at Rin, pinning the girl against the wall. Rin screamed in surprise, not having expected Mayu to move so fast. She began to frantically stab Mayu's arms.

"GET OFF OF ME!" Rin yelled out. Mayu was reaching for Rin's hair, trying to take out her ribbon and fulfill her recent lifelong dream.

"R-RIN!" Len was the next to yell, banging his handcuffs against the wall frantically. They weren't quality, but it would still take – at worst too long- sometime to break the handcuffs, "Dammit!"

The two girls threw themselves to the ground in the midst of their struggle, rolling and screaming at each other. Mayu was able to untie Rin's ribbon and was now attempting to wrap it around Rin's neck. Rin on the other hand continued to stab Mayu in the arms, hoping the pain would stop Mayu from trying to kill her. Despite everything, Rin couldn't find it in herself to kill even this psychotic Vocaloid. For all Rin knew, she was another victim to the owner's, even if Mayu was trying to kill her currently.

"YOU! I'LL KILL YOU!" Mayu wrestled her way on top of Rin, taking the knife out of Rin's hand. She turned the knife onto Rin, pointing right at her neck.

"Mayu…you…don't have to do this!" Rin begged her, hoping to break through or something, "You're probably not always this crazy!"

"YOU'RE AN IDIOT!" Mayu brought the knife above her head, preparing to bring it straight down onto Rin, "YOU'RE THE BIGGEST IDIOT I'VE EVER SEEN!"

"GET AWAY FROM RIN!" Len tackled Mayu against the wall, the broken handcuffs still on his wrists. Mayu cried out, having hit her head rather hard against the wall. Len tore the knife out of Mayu's hand and was ready to strike her.

"Len! No!" Rin lept at Len without thinking, tackling the boy. Len stabbed her in the shoulder in the process, having not expected to be tackled by from the side.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" Len swore at her, quickly tearing the knife out of her arm, "I could've killed you! She was TRYING to kill you!

"There has to be something wrong with her! Right, right?" Rin frantically asked him, "Someone just DOES NOT snap like this!" Len gave Rin a look, seeming annoyed but gave in with a sigh.

"Fine," Len went over to Mayu, gently turning her over, "Are you okay?" Rin rubbed her sore shoulder and walked over to him.

"Oh, I'm fine, um, what-what about you?" Rin quietly asked. Len grumbled under his breath, "Well then sorry I asked."

"You try being ogled at." Len glanced over at her before pressing a few buttons on Mayu's back control panel. A blue screen hologram appeared. Len examined the message, and seemed rather surprised, "There's an emotion capacity error. It was manually caused, so, likely Soprano." Len pressed a few buttons on the control panel until the screen vanished, "There."

"So, she should be okay now?" Rin asked Len. She felt oddly woozy now, though she wasn't sure why. Rin realized there was some blood on the hand holding her shoulder. Len was still closing Mayu's back control panel and hadn't looked over at her yet.

"Yeah, I have to say," Len smirked, seeming a bit impressed, "You're crazy Teddy-" Len looked over at Rin and his eyes widened, "Uh, you need to sit down. You're not okay."

"Huh?" Rin raised an eyebrow, her vision blurring over, "I'm…" Rin felt her body give out and heard Len yell out her name before the world became black.

"Wow he bandaged her well," "How noble." "Is she waking up yet? OH She is! Meiko!"

"Uggghhh"

Rin's eyes fluttered open as the chorus of voices quieted down. She was in Meiko's room, recognizing the bed she was in as Meiko's with its red and white pillows. Luka, Lily, and Meiko were in the room, along with a small Vocaloid Rin didn't recognize that Meiko cradled. Rin looked around the room from where she laid, noticing an awfully solemn looking Mayu in a chair. Rin's shoulder felt much better now, though sore without a doubt. It was well bandaged as well, much to her surprise. Rin carefully sat herself up, using the pillows to her advantage.

"Why, why am I in your room Meiko?" Rin tiredly asked. Meiko smiled at the girl.

"You were out for two days," Luka responded. Rin could tell Luka wasn't like the other maids, so she had to be trustworthy now, "We were rather worried about you."

"Len was the worst," Lily retorted, sighing, "Harassing us every hour he could for an update. He was actually here an hour ago, but he's getting lessons with Kiyoteru at the moment,"

"We kept you in my room so I could look after you closely," Meiko answered Rin's question, "I've been up most nights anyways," The small baby Vocaloid smiled at Rin and cooed. Rin stared back.

"Meiko. What's with the baby?" Rin asked, unsure of what Vocaloid that was to begin with. Meiko smiled, a worried expression on her face.

"Ah, well, it's a long story, but Luka and I simply did research." Meiko worriedly responded, "Please keep this a secret, alright?" Rin nodded. She could tell that Meiko was attached to the small Vocaloid, "Thank-you, her name is Haiyi."

"Mayu, she's awake," Luka turned to the quiet Vocaloid in the corner. Mayu stood up and approached Rin's bedside. Rin tensed up, a tad fearful given the recent events.

"Rin, I," Mayu sighed, seeming rather upset, "I'm sorry for what happened while brainwashed!" She bowed immediately, showing her remorse, "I apologize…I'm…I'm usually not THAT bad…and Len isn't even that good looking. Please forgive me for what I've done!" So she still was a yandere.

"Mayu," Rin smiled a bit, "It's okay, I forgive you. It wasn't your fault." Mayu stood back up smiling with tears in her eyes.

"Thank-you, thank-you so much," Mayu quietly left the room in a hurry.

Yan he sat in her office, filing her nails with her back to the door. She heard the door open, close, and then someone sit in the chair in front of her. Yan He turned around, facing the rather nervous looking Len. Yan He set down her nail filer gently on the desk and sighed.

"So, what did Kiyoteru send you in her for now?" Yan He asked first. She figured she'd attempt to be an adult figure before teasing him.

"Yan He." Len sounded awfully serious, yet nervous. Yan He was intrigued by this mood change.

"Is something wrong, Len?" Yan He leaned in, resting her chin on her hands.

"I've broken my resolve."

I typed WAY more than last time here, even with changing a few things. I graduated last Friday, so I'll be able to finish this story this month if all goes well! Don't forget to check out Prism Heart! Also typing that out too! Anyways, will Len find his true love finally? Will Prima and hubby get angry about Mayu being normal? Will Miku ever show up? Will CV04 get released! Find out by either reading the original, or waiting for me to retype the rest of this story. – Kingdom MItsumi