This Is My Battleground

Chapter 14
Episode 3: Scene 3

After a long argument on where the hell we were going and a few threats about shooting Kaito's favorite appendages off. Oh and Gakupo almost chopped Kaito's balls off. Anyway, we started wandering through the sewers and Kaito was sulking quietly behind us. So far, we found ourselves in one of the only running sewage places and it stunk badly.

"Ew, that just looks discusting," Gakupo said, covering his nose. I pulled my shirt over my and nodded. "Maybe we should head up top, Len. We're completely lost as it is. Plus, I don't think Kaito can stand anymore of it." He pointed to the blue hair man who looked as if he were to pass out at any minute. "There a ladd-" Kaito's eyes brightened as he lunged for the ladder and climbed up it like a mad man.

"Surprisingly, he doesn't die with bullets or bombs or fire, but with a stench," I said, sarcastically. "How manly." Gakupo laughed and followed Kaito up into the overworld. The minute I poked my head out the hole, I knew there was something seriously wrong. "WHERE THE FUCK ARE WE?" Gakupo pulled me up by the back of my vest (fuck him for being so tall) and covered my mouth. The people around us looked at us strangely. "Are we in another city?" Everything around us looked like a normal city. Did we really walk that far? Damn, the girls where going to be pissed. And Rin... I had to hurry back!

"We might be," Kaito said, going to a newspaper stand. "Apparently, we're in a city a few miles from the Vocaloid base. Lucky bastards have a wall that completely protects them."

"Well, they fail if we got in so easily," I said, groaning. "Anyway, how the hell do we get back?"

"Back to where?" We turned to look at a light blue haired boy with a look that just made me want to punch it off his face. That's actually really weird because I'm not even violent.

"We're from the Vocaloid Institute," Gakupo explained. "We're suppose to be back on the battleground, not in this city."

"Oh," the boy said, looking at his watch. "Well, you must have come in from the sewer system if you're from the Battleground. There isn't any other way out from this city since it's completely covered by a giant dome, so we're going to have to go back through the sewers."

"We?" I asked, crossing my arms.

"You want to get back to the battle ground, don't you?" he asked. "Because I know how to get through the sewers."

"...do you know how to get to the Utau building?" I asked.

"Yeah, I go there everyday to pick up a friend of mine," he said, checking his watch again. "So, are we going?"

"Yeah," Gakupo said, picking him up. "Let's go!" He climbed back down into the sewers.

"H-HEY! PUT ME DOWN!" he snapped.

"Angry little kid, isn't he?" Kaito laughed. I pushed him into the hole and jumped after him. We can't afford to be so lax...

"Kid, lead the way," I commanded, taking my gun out. "And make it quick or I'll shoot you."

"You're pushy," he said, rolling his eyes. "And my name's not kid. It's Satsuki." He started walking down the side and we followed, plugging our noses.

"Cute kid," Kaito grumbled under his breath. I elbowed his side and he winced. "So, Satsuki. Why is your friend at Utau anyway?"

"It's her job," Satsuki explained, getting a plank of wood from behind a rusted pipe. He placed it across the gap and motioned for us to go across. "She helps take care of the prisoners there." We walked across to the other side and he pulled the board back up after walking across himself. "It doesn't seem like a very good job, but the pay is nothing to joke about." We continued walking through the sewers and Satsuki checked his watch again. "By the way, why did you guys want to go to Utau?"

"We want to visit one of the prisoners," I said.

"Really?" he asked, surprised. "Which one? That place is filled with Vocaloid captives."

"Why haven't you helped them?" Kaito asked.

"Because there are guards everywhere and they're literally no way to open the cells without retrieving a key from the guard," Satsuki said. "Anyway, what's the prisoner's name?"

"...Rin Kagamine." He stop and looked at me.

"...Alright then," he said, a smile playing on his lips. How strange... We walked through the sewers, mysteriously never encounting any enemies. It's probably why Satsuki didn't carry a gun on him. We finally made it to one of the ends of the sewer and Satsuki kicked at the metal, rusted door. "OI! SAKUYA, OPEN THE DOOR!" At once, the door swung open and Satsuki pointed. "Don't tell anyone I let you in."

"Thanks," I nodded. Gakupo went in first and Kaito after him. Inside the dark, cramp hallway was a red headed girl with dark purple eyes. In her hair were two 'x' shaped clips that reminded me of Satsuki's. "You must be Sakuya." She nodded and observed me. She had the most stoic expression I've ever seen!

"Who are you?" she asked, in a sharp tone. Damn, she made Satsuki seem like an old time friend...

"We want to see the prisoners," Kaito said. She frowned and hit the wall behind her. It opened a secret door and she went inside, retrieveing a small, white box.

"You want to see the prisoners?" she asked. "Use these then." She opened the box and revealed three gold rings with blood red stones. "These are something I kept away just in case Vocaloid ever came to break their friends out." She dropped them into our hands, but Gakupo was the first to ask her the question that had been plaguing our minds.

"Why are you helping us?" he asked. Sakuya threw the box back into the small room and shut the door.

"Think about it," she said. "I came to take care of the Vocaloid prisoners. Of course I'd care about them. Plus, my Aneki was a prisoner here. Anyway, you're here for Rin, am I right?" I nodded and she unclipped on of her hairclips. "She's being watched by another one of our undercover. Find Rin's room and show the guard this." She dropped the clip into my palm. "Tell her it's Sakuya and I want it back afterwards."

"T-thanks..." I said, looking at her strangely. "One more thing. How old are you?"

"Thirteen, does it matter?" she snapped.

"No, no, not at all," Gakupo said, already slipping on his ring. Sakuya pointed to the next door ahead of us.

"When you go out that door, you'll find yourselves in the building of the prisoners," Sakuya said. "Rin's not here, she's in the main building, locked up on the 34th floor. There's a link from the prisoner building to the main, but it's hidded. I'll lead you there. I can't ever enter the main building, but you can with those rings. You'll want to watch out for a girl with short, jet black hair and blood red eyes. She's Rin's guard and the one you want to give that clip to."

"Anything else?" Kaito asked.

"Yeah," she responded. "The girl's name is Rose and your pants are leaking." Gakupo and I looked at Kaito and he was indeed leaking.

"OH WHAT THE FUCK?" I snapped.

"...OKAY, I ADMIT IT. I BOUGHT SOME ICE CREAM BACK WHEN WE WERE IN THE CITY."

"D-dude, why didn't you eat it?" Satsuki asked, giving him a look that was discusted. I didn't blame him, it looked like Kaito... nevermind.

"I was saving it for later!" Kaito complained.

"Okay," Gakupo said, after recovering from his laughing attack. "We need to get you new pants."

"Why?" Kaito cried.

"DUDE, YOU LOOK LIKE YOU FUCKING JIZZED."

And then I saw him burst into tears. Just great.