To Remember You

Chapter 8
Notes

Rin's POV

"Rin, let's get inside now," Miki said, pushing me towards the door. I couldn't move. She opened the door and pushed me in, slamming it afterwards. "Call for whoever's here right now. I'm going to go call the police." I nodded and she ran off quickly. Soon, the police arrived and Neru and my mother talked to them as soon as we got them up. Well, Neru was a bit irritated that all we woken her up for was Len, so she went straight back into her room after.

"So, he's Len Kagamine, sixteen years old, blonde hair, blue eyes?" the officer asked. "May I see a picture?"

"No need," Miki said, grabbing my shoulders. She tied up my hair and removed my hairclips, giving me bangs. "He looks like this except his ponytail is a lot smaller." She smiled a gentle smile to me. "It's uncanny how they share similiar traits to each other, yet they're not related..." The officer nodded and told us he'd tell us if they find Len. I still felt no relief, it only made me fear more for Len. I didn't even get to tell him I was sorry for hitting him. "Rin?" I looked up at her and she pulled me into a hug. "It'll be okay."

"Miki...he wouldn't have been kidnapped if I didn't drive him out to that walk..." I told her, leaning my head on her shoulder. "It's-" Miki pushed me away from her, but kept her hands on my shoulders.

"Don't you dare say it's your fault!" she snapped. "Don't you ever think that way! Just think of how we're going to find him and how we're going to get him back, do you understand?" I nodded and let out the breath I held.

"Len...I'm sorry," I said to myself.

"You promised me you'd be strong," Miki continued. "That you wouldn't be as fragile as Yume was. Didn't you promise that? If not for me, then for Uta who's still living after what he's been through."

"Girls," my mother said, interupting us. "We can search for Len tomorrow. It's best if we go back to bed now." I nodded, but Miki and Neru had to drag me back to our room. That night, I couldn't find sleep at all."

"Len's been kidnapped?" Gumi asked, shocked. We were all meeting at the park for our discustion on Len's kidnapping. "Are you serious? Do you know who could've done it?" I shook my head as my feet pushed off, making me rock on the swing.

"Just the note from the kidnapper," I told him. "I...don't want this..." I cringed a bit when I felt Miki's glare burn into my skull. "I'm sorry, Miki. But, there's nothing we can do right now. There aren't any leads... It's not even fair..."

"I don't even wish kidnapping on Len," Maou admitted. "I guess I'll apologize to him after we find him." I nodded and my eyes gazed over the park. Then I saw familiar blonde hair and blue eyes. I immediately stood up and everyone watched as I ran down the hill to him. Len! Len! Len! The guy turned around and caught me before I ran into him.

"Well, Rin, it's nice to see you again." I looked at him closely and saw the red hair clips. I shrieked and fell on my butt.

"Rin!" I heard my friends call. I could only look at the guy in shock.

"Rein Kagamine..." Miki said, being the first one to reach us. "What are you doing here?"

"Well, I am here to make sure my little brother gets enrolled safetly," Rein said. "After all, I wasn't charged since I'm still a minor." He smiled a warm smile, but I knew better than to trust an accomplice to the guy who raped me. "By the way, where is Len?"

"Like you don't know!" Meiko snapped. Rein's face turned into an honestly questioning one.

"Actually, I really don't," he said. "Where is he?"

"Someone kidnapped him," I snapped, getting up. "Yesterday, he went on a walk and was kidnapped." Rein's expression darkened drastically.

"I have to tell my dad then," he said, whipping out a sleek black phone.

"So if Rein didn't kidnap Len, who did?" Miku asked.

"It can't be Dell, he's in prison," Mikuo murmured.

"My dad says that he's coming over by tomorrow," Rein said, slipping his phone back into his pocket. "Oh and Rin? Sorry about before. I have this habit of always obeying whatever Dell tells me. Sometimes it works with Len, but not all the time." That's when a little boy with black hair came to me and pulled on my shirt hem.

"Excuse me, big sister?" he asked. "A guy told me to give this to you. I'm not sure why, but here." He handed me a note and ran off back to his waiting friends. I unfolded the note and gasped as I read it. Another note from the kidnapper!

"What is it?" Maou asked. Neru swiped it right out of my hands and read it out loud. I'm actually grateful she did because I probably couldn't talk from the state of shock I was in.

"'You're wondering who I am and why I want payback, aren't you?'" Neru read. "'Alright then, let's play a game. You win, I'll give you Len back and it would be like nothing had ever happened. But if you lose...then I'm taking Maou next. Here's the first game: go back home and there will be a package waiting for you on your bed, Rin. Good luck.'" I looked at her for a moment, then we all stuffed ourselves into Mikuo's car. Well, Rein drove some of us back home, but you understand. As soon as we got home, I ran into the house and stormed up the stairs. There was in fact a brown box on my bed with tape wrapped all over it. I sat on my bed and fingered the tape.

"Miki, can you get me-" She threw a pair of scissors in front of me and I cut open the package. Inside was a DVD surrounded in foam and a yellow cat. Identical to the one Len got for me at the festival... Miki took the DVD and inserted it into my TV. We crowded around the front waiting for it to play. When it did, the screen was completely black and all we heard are voices.

"Hello Rin," an edited voice said.

"Rin?" another familiar urgent voice called. "Is that you?"

"Shut up!" the other voice said. "Well, there's your little hint that your precious boyfriend's alive. He won't be for long if you don't play."

"Stop it!" Len yelled. "Don't drag her into this! Don't-"

"Enough!" the voice snapped. "Now, our first game will start with a riddle."

"A riddle?" Miki asked.

"Here, you visit very often," he continued. "The place is very cold and sealed behind glass doors. When you enter, you will run into metal. Goodbye." Then the DVD immediately clicked off and we all stared dumbfounded to the TV.

"He's talking about a grocery store's fridge," Rein said, out of the blue. We all turned to him for an explanation. "The doors are glass and you could walk into the fridge, but you'd run into the shelves made of metal and you visit it often because Rin always finishes the orange juice."

"Where's the closest grovery place with a fridge?" Miki asked.

"Down the block," I said.

"Then what are we waiting for?" Meiko asked. "Let's get going!" She pulled each of us up and dragged us out of the front door. We ran down to the minimart and went into the fridge section. "Hey, what do we do now?"

"Are you kids looking for something?" an employee asked us.

"Uh, yeah, we're playing this game and-"

"Game?" he asked, cutting Neru off. "If you're playing a game, then this note is for you." He gave us another note and walked off. There was something weird about him...

"Rin, look at this note," Maou said, waving the paper in the air.

"Yeah?" I asked.

"This one has a picture of Len," Maou said, giving it to me. He was right. It was of Len. His shirt was stripped, his was blindfolded, and bound to a wooden chair like you'd see in those old movies. But that wasn't what scared me the most about this picture. It was the fact Len was dripping in blood. I shrieked in terror.