Your Guardian Angel

Chapter 5
In The School Hallway

"Rin hurry up!" Len snapped at me. "Miku says we have to pick up your books and dump them at your locker." I ignored him and just stared straight up at the giant, white stoned school. It was really pretty...I bet it'd would be much pretty during spring when the sakuras bloom... There were three giant buildings on the campus, one made of white stone, one made of a sand colored brick, and one made of red, common brick. The front yard was at least the length of a football field and the edges had leafless trees, due to the color temperature. I watched Teto and Lily walk into the sand colored building that had a silver flag waving with a python on it.

"RIN, ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME?" I looked at Len who looked pretty...angry.

"Sorry, I wanted to look at the building!" I snapped back.

"We don't have anytime for this!" he said, grabbing my arm. He yanked me into the red brick building and surprisingly, it didn't hurt. He has a pretty soft, steel grip. Hehe. Girly boy. "I swear...hurry up, Rin!"

"I'm getting there!" I said, frowning. I walked a bit faster to catch up to him; it made him release my arm. Len speed walks. I mean it's almost like he's running, but it's more graceful and very, very, FAST. I didn't even know if that was possible, mostly because I had to jog to keep behind him. If I ran, maybe I could keep up, but I hardly doubt that.

"Rin." He turned around and grabbed my hand this time, pulling me closer to him. "You're walking like a turtle." I glared at him, half wanting to smack his girly looking face.

"And you're gonna get slapped," I shot back. He ignored it and pulled me into the office...pshh, you thought I'd freak that he's holding my hand. Heh, honestly, I didn't notice, mostly because I used it to help myself next to him instead of trailing behind. Now that I think about it, maybe people saw us as a couple. Yuck.

"...can you at least help me find my locker?" I asked with a frown. Len sighed and snatched the piece of paper from me.

"...of course," he said with a sigh. "It's right next to mine. Follow me." And off this track runner went. I went at my own leisurely place until someone pulled me aside. Who ever it was, slammed me hard against the lockers and completely bruised my left side. I hissed in pain and looked at the girl who...looked like a drunk.

"Fffftttt...sorry new girl," she said. She scratched her brown, short hair and took another shot, I mean sip, from her covered water bottle. "For a second there, I thought you were Prince Len over there. Anyway, I didn't hurt you took much, did I? My bad." She gave my a goofy smile and I giggled awkwardly. "My name's Meiko and you areee?"

"Uh...Rin," I said, recalling my name. "It's nice to meet you, uh Meiko." I nodded and started to head toward's Len's direction before she pulled me back.

"Waitttttt," she said, keeping me to the lockers. "Don't go after him yet. You have to make sure she's not with him."

"She?" I asked.

"Gumi Something or other," Meiko said, circling her hand a bit. "Anyway, good luck kiddoooo." I stared at her for a bit and nodded, heading towards Len.

"Rin, over here!" he called a few lockers away. I walked over there and he pointed to a locker next to him. "There's your locker." He handed me the paper and I went to retrieve my books.

"Len-kun!" a girl's voice called. I turned slightly and saw a green haired girl almost fly into Len's arms. She gave him a quick peck on the lips and obviously this girl was Gumi...right? "I missed you!" She gave him a smile and he smiled back, with a small chuckle.

"We saw each other yesterday, Gumi," he said, smiling. "But then again, I don't think I'll ever get tired of you." I tried not to listen in, so I quickly scrambled to get my things and go. I hope that it didn't give the impression that I was jealous or anything. I dumped my books into my backpack and hung up an old picture on my locker door. It was a picture of...before. It was the only picture I ever kept. It was when I was maybe three or four when it was taken and it was when my mom, dad, Rinta, and I went to the beach. We looked so happy, it was amazing... I always kept it in a picture frame, but this wasn't the original. Miku made me a copy to take here.

"Who's that, Rin?" Len asked, looking at the picture.

"None of your business," I stated.

"Who's she, Len?" Gumi asked with a little tilt to her head.

"Ah, this is a new adoptee," he explained. "Kaito found her and adopted her instantly." Gumi turned to me a bowed respectfully.

"It's very nice to meet you," she said. "I'm Gumi Megpoid. What's your name?"

"Uh...I'm Rin Kagamine," I said, a bit uncertainely. She looked at me weirdly.

"Is there something wrong?" she asked.

"I don't know if I'm still a Kagamine," I explained. "Honestly, I-"

"You're recorded as a Hatsune," Len said, cutting me off. "Hey, you can get to our next class by yourself, right?" Gumi frowned at Len.

"That's not nice, Len," Gumi said. "She's new to this school." She turned to me again. "What's your first class?"

"Uh..." I checked my schedule. "Geometry with Gackpoid."

"Good!" Gumi said. "He's my older brother, so I can scold him when he skirt chases!" Something tells me, Gumi's innocent. I mean completely innocent. She's pretty too...she kinda looks like a carrot, but maybe a nice carrot. But, it so happens, I don't like girls like her. I mean, I know she's really nice, but it's natural for a girl to feel competition when faced with people like her, right? When I still lived on the street, I wouldn't actually care, but...now...I don't know. Why didn't I feel like this to Yuki? Was it because she was too young or because I couldn't face anyone when I was faced with the oppurtunity of food?

"Hey, the bell rang," Len said, glaring at me. "Go." Gumi frowned at him and tugged me away.

"I'll take you to your next class since grumpy over there isn't a very good brother," Gumi said, pointing to Len. I giggled a bit and decided to give her a chance. We walked to Gackpoid's class and she waved me off befre heading to History.

"Don't just stand there," Len sighed. "Go in." Oh yeah. We share the same classes.

"...you know what?" I said, a bit angrily. "Stop being such an asshole. Even when we first met, you've been an asshole. What the hell is wrong with you?" He glared at me and we stood there in a glare contest. "What the hell have I ever done to you?" He opened his mouth to respond, but someone instantly slapped her hand on his mouth.

"Enough from you, Len," the red haired girl said. She looked at me with pretty red eyes and a glossed smile. "You must be the newest Hatsune. What's your name?"

"Rin."

"I like that," she said, as if she was tasting my name as wine. "I'm Miki Cheriie. It's nice to meet you and if Len won't help you through the year, just come to me, okay?" She winked and headed into the classroom. I was about to follow her, but Len pulled on my shirt a bit.

"I wouldn't hang out with her..." Len said. "She's part of the 'it' group. They rule the entire school."

"So?" I asked. "You can't control me. So just leave me alone for the rest of the year, okay?" Len growled, coughed again and drank from his water bottle.