This Is My Battleground

Chapter 13
Episode 3: Scene 2

Len POV

"Kiyoteru, open the gate," I commanded. He nodded and I looked back at the Vocaloid building. Neru, Gumi, and Yuki stood by the window, watching with serious looks on their faces. Yuki gave me a look that told me I wasn't going to like it if I didn't bring Rin back. That little girl's seriously scary. I took in a deep breath and turned back to the gates.

"Are you going to be okay?" Meiko asked me. I nodded and we carefully slid out the front gates. A bunch of our soldiers were taking down a few creatures on the front line, but the others were pulled back until further notice. We couldn't risk anything getting in our way. We snuck into an abandoned building and we split into two groups; Kaito, Gakupo, and I and Miku, Meiko, and Luka. The girls, since they were more agile, snuck around in the buildings and stayed above ground. Kaito, Gakupo, and I stayed low in the sewers. It might stink, but it was the safest way...for now. We watched the girls run up the stairs of the building before we found a grate that lead us into the sewers.

"Len, focus," Gakupo said, snapping his fingers in front of my face. "You keep spacing out and we'll never find her." He jumped into the sewer and I sighed, following after him.

I sighed, closing my locker and placed my head on it's cool surface. My first day of my new school and it sucked. Nothing's been going the way I planned. The day began when I missed the damn bus and had to walk to school. After, I went into the wrong classroom and had to be sent to the office for disrupting class. After, I spilled almost all the damn chemicals in the science lab because I was too tired to keep a good grip on it. I spilled spaghetti all over the cafeteria floor and I forgot to bring a set of clothes for gym.

"Hey, you're that guy who spilled spaghetti everywhere at lunch!" I looked towards the voice and saw my reflection staring back at me, wearing a kendo outfit. I jumped back in surprise, almost tripping backwards. The reflection grabbed my hand and kept me from tipping backwards and I sighed in relief. Did I really look that femine?

"Thanks," I said, rubbing my shoulder. The reflection nodded and threw me a sandwich in a plastic bag. "Huh?"

"You didn't eat anything right?" he asked. "You can have that. I had extras in my lunch and I thought you could use one."

"Uh...thanks..." I said, surprised. ...should I eat it?

"Don't look at it like it's poison," he said. "I'm pretty good at making food."

"It's a sandwich."

"...puting food together," he corrected. "Anyway, I'm going to be late for kendo." I watched him walk off, but stop before turning around the corner. "You can come if you want." I nodded and grabbed my bag before following him into the dojo. Of course, it was in a different building than the main, but I liked it because it felt more... earthy. Like, there were always plants everywhere. It was nice and open. As for the sandwich...I ate it on the way there. I was just surprised he knew I was hungry.

"So...where can I sit?" I asked.

"We can go to the outdoors part," he said. "I like to practice there more." I nodded and followed him out there. Before we could make it though, a guy came up to us and pulled Reflection- that's what I'm gonna call him till I know his name- away to talk to him. After a bit, the guy came to me and pointed back to Reflection.

"Are you with Rin?" he asked.

"Rin?" I asked. "That's his name?" The guy gave me a confused look.

"She's a girl," he said, giving me a look. "Rin Kagamine. She's one of the best around here. Look." He turned back to Rin and called her over.

"Yeah?" she asked.

"Remove your ponytail," he commanded. Rin looked at him in a questioned look, but removed it anyway.

"Why?" she asked.

"He thought you were a guy." She looked at me in surprise.

"YOU'RE A GUY?"

Ha... That was the first time Rin and I met. Everytime I remember these moments, it feels like my day just got better and better... Anyway, we started thorugh the sewers, trying to make sure we didn't touch that nasty crap at the bottom. Seriously, it looks like old crap from a constipated hippo. Kaito knew these sewers better than anyone in the group, probably because he and Miku were always down here. I really hope they kept oiling Miku up and checked her hard drive. Gakupo, amazingly, was well trained. Good job Luka. I approve.

"Alright, we should be a few miles away from Utau," Kaito said, stopping at a fork in the sewers.

"Okay, so why'd we stop?" I asked.

"...yeah, I haven't ever been to this part of the sewers," Kaito responded. "So we're lost."

...I'm melting all of his ice cream when we get home.