Unsolved

"Kaito... would you mind if you are the first...?"

"I don't want to die! Leave me alone!"

"The toy... You left it on your bed. Don't you want it back? Here... it's with me. Come to me... Kaito Shion."

"Shut up! Don't come any closer! Leave me alone, Miku Hatsune!"

Case #25: Summary and Extras

(This is a summary of the whole story. There are some information which are not mentioned in the story itself are added here as well to ease understanding. There is an extra story found at the bottom of this page.)

Week #1: Ryuto and the Fan Incident
Meiko warned Rin about the 'Joker' and told her not to do anything reckless or else, she would be entangled in a mess of troubles. Then, Len tried to commit suicide at Rin's apartment after confessing his love for her. Rin entered St. Miku High School as Len to find out the truth of his suicide. Her identity was not known to others and 'Len' was treated as an invisible person. However, Piko found out Rin's identity and promised her not to tell her secret to others.

A few days later, a second year senior named Ryuto died in his classroom during lunch break because a spinning ceiling fan fell and sliced his head off. Based on Case #9: Heart Attack, Piko found out that this incident was a mere accident because the fan was already faulty to begin with.

Week #2: Kiyoteru and the Van Incident
Len's condition was not improving as he was still hospitalised and in a coma. Rin told Meiko about the school and Len's attempted suicide. Meiko warned Rin not to carry on with her investigation because of the 'Joker'. Being a stubborn person, Rin decided to find out the truth behind Miku Hatsune, the suicides and the sacrifices. Unfortunately, before Rin could find any clue, Luka announced to her homeroom class that a boy from Class 1A died in a road accident.

It was then known that Kiyoteru Hiyama was being dragged on the road by a moving van, disfiguring his lower part of his body. In his attempt to pray to Miku Hatsune for help, an incoming object approached him and he was smashed by it. Kaito who was saddened by his friend's death blamed Len for not dying. He believed that Miku's rampage was caused by Len's failure to be a sacrifice.

Week #3: Kaito and the Elevator Incident; the Peaceful Week
Kaito was absent from school. Rin tried to contact him several times but he did not pick up her calls.

*More information about this week is found at the bottom of this page.

Week #4: Dell and the Acid Incident
Kaito returned to school but he was not in a good mood. Piko told Rin not to bother Kaito and partnered with her in a laboratory experiment.

Dell Honne, their classmate, went to get a clean beaker from a shelf. Without warning, a glass container fell and crashed on his head, and he was drenched from head to toe with a colourless liquid. His whole body was dissolved because that liquid was concentrated acid. Piko came to his rescue by spraying water at him using a water hose. What was left was Dell's beating heart and a soft toy dressed in a clown suit which was only noticed by Rin and Piko. Both of them did not mention about the toy to each other so neither of them discussed about it.

With a dead look on his pale face, Kaito told his classmates that Dell had gone to be with Miku Hatsune and was just as worthy as Kiyoteru and Ryuto.

Meanwhile, the laboratory assistant was questioned about the acid but she replied that she claimed herself as innocent and had no idea where the concentrated acid came from. In fact, her statement could be supported as the school did not order any concentrated acid at all, except for diluted substances. So, where did the concentrated acid come from?

Week #5: Gakupo and His Heart Attack
Gakupo, Len's friend, finally came back to school after recovering from his illness. He had a weak heart to begin with. Upon hearing the news of his friends' death, he had a heart attack and died in his classroom. After his body was taken away by the medic team, Kaito entered the classroom and asked what was going on.

The mysterious toy was found under Gakupo's table. Rin took it and showed it to Piko while Piko confessed that he saw it in the science laboratory too after Dell died. They took the toy to Piko's room and cut it open. They found a small piece of paper with Gakupo's name on it. With this finding, they came out with a hypothesis that the name of the going-to-dead person would be found in the toy, and executed a plan to prevent anyone from dying by obtaining any suspicious clues relating to the toy.

This was the week when 'Len' was no longer treated as invisible by his classmates and Rin realised how distorted those boys were as they were willing to die for Miku Hatsune.

Week #6: Lui and the Finishing Line
Rin, Piko and Oliver did not take part in the marathon at the nearby forested hill. Lui was the first person to finish the marathon. However, much to Oliver's horror, Lui's body was split into half right after he crossed the finishing line. The boys who witnessed the scene praised and glorified Miku Hatsune.

Rin and Piko went on separate ways to look for the toy. In the thick bushes, Rin saw the familiar looking toy clown with a metal wire wrapped around its little body. It was suspected that the wire was a string of an instrument which was used to slice Lui's body using the theory of Inertia.

Rin was also informed that Len was recovering fast and would wake up soon.

Week #7: Missing Oliver and His Dreams
It was thought to be a peaceful week as nobody died. Unfortunately, Oliver woke up one morning after a dream and saw a toy in clown suit in his room. Every night after Lui's death, he would dream of a boy dressing in a baggy clown suit and holding a 'Joker' card with a picture of a familiar looking girl with turquoise eyes printed on it. That mysterious boy would tell him weird and strange things which he could not comprehend nor remember what he had said when he woke up. He did remember one sentence from that mysterious boy who stated that his impending death will glorify Miku Hatsune and Kami.

Kaito began to open up to Rin again after she saved him from Big Al and his gang. He told her about Oliver's strange disappearance. Rin went to Oliver's room and found nothing but a toy in his room. At this moment, she knew that Oliver was gone for good. His entire existence and anything which were belonged to him were mysteriously erased from the surface of this Earth, except for the memories everyone had of him. Despite knowing this, Rin still wanted to look for him. Piko was against her actions.

A few days later, Len finally woke up from his coma. He was told that his friends had died and he was upset by the news. He scolded Rin for being nosy but she assured him that she would be fine. He confessed his love to her again and wished that she would be careful. Len had mixed feelings too; he said that he should have died so that his friends would be saved but he was grateful to be alive.

Week #8: Luka and the Museum Incident
Class 1C was brought to the National Museum by Luka. In the clothes gallery, Rin found the toy in the glass display box. While Luka was talking to Rin, there was a blackout. When the lights were turned back on, Luka was missing, together with the toy.

Piko was nearly killed by the chandelier and his classmates. Rin was injured by the chandelier instead and was accused for saving Piko who was thought to be supposed to honour Miku Hatsune. Kaito tried to save him and Rin by leading them to escape from their blinded classmates. Upon seeing Luka's head moving down the escalator, Piko was determined to look for the rest of her body. Rin joined him in the search and she found many sliced human body parts lying next to the escalator. Furthermore, the soft toy in the colourful clown suit was sitting next to a bloody limb of Luka's.

Lily had a dream of Luka and told Piko about it. She told him and Rin to take part in the Chemistry Challenge, and both agreed. Meanwhile, Len returned back to coma after seeing someone entering into his ward and being called a 'loser, traitor and worthless sacrifice'. Rin and Piko found out about his condition and also saw a toy in Len's ward while Len was sent to the Intensive Care Unit. Leon's name was written on the paper inside the toy and they planned to prevent Leon from dying on the ninth week.

Rin also told Piko about Meiko's fortune telling.

Week #9: Leon and the Tea Incident
Rin met Meiko in the Chemistry Challenge which was held in their school, Trinity Academy. Rin told her friend everything and her friend said that the 'Joker' might be the cause of Len's coma. Later, Rin was nearly hit by a flowerpot and she suffered from minor injuries. Meiko also hinted to Rin and Piko that the Joker was a human who knows Rin very well.

After the competition, everyone was having a tea break in the lounge room. Without warning, Leon passed out and was claimed to be poisoned. Which had caused him to be this way was unknown. Big Al was immediately suspected to be the murderer and the 'Joker' by Piko because of his mockery and so-called happiness after Leon's death.

Week #10: Big Al and the Pistol Incident
Piko could not sleep for days after Leon's death so he took sleeping pills and slept in throughout the day with Rin by his side. Rin accompanied Kaito to the library to borrow some books. Lily was there as well but her body was smashed by the dead weight of the collapsed shelves and books. Big Al was in the library too and he stared at her body in amusement. Lily was then sent to the hospital and luckily, she was alive.

Piko woke up after a horrible dream. He thought the dead blonde which he had dreamt of was Rin so he went to the hospital to look for her. When he approached Len's ward, he noticed that Len was half-awake. Len said, "Kaito... beware of him." Initially, Piko misunderstood his message and thought that Len had mistaken him for Kaito and Big Al was the culprit. Driven by his anger, Piko headed back to school to confront Big Al but he found banners stating that Big Al was indeed that serial killer. Everyone, except for Rin and Kaito, had failed to realise that a ghost, like Miku Hatsune, could not be the one who wrote the banners. Thus, Piko and his schoolmates headed out of school to look for Big Al in order to kill him.

Big Al was found and was shot dead by a boy who claimed to have obtained a pistol from Miku Hatsune and a boy from Class 1C. Rin was also shot by him but managed to survive the attack. Piko realised his mistake and felt guilty for his rash actions. There was no evidence supporting that Big Al was the killer. After Rin passed out, he cried and confessed that he like her. Though it was not mentioned in Case #22: Big Al's Death, Piko thought that Rin would never wake up again so he wanted to say his feelings out even though it was 'too late'.

Week #11: Lily and the Unsolvable Mystery
Five days after Big Al's death, Kaito visited Lily in hospital and gave her a bouquet of yellow roses. Though it was not mentioned in Case #22: Big Al's Death, yellow roses symbolises the promise of a new beginning. After Kaito left, Lily found a toy in clown suit inside the bouquet. She was curious at first, but when Kaito entered her ward again, she was told that it was Miku Hatsune's order to take her life away.

After obtaining the truth from Len who had just woken up from his coma and said that culprits were 'living ghosts', Rin and Piko went to school and found Lily hanging on the stage in the school hall. Piko's dream came true and the blonde which he dreamt of was not Rin, but was actually Lily instead. The boy, who shot Big Al and Rin, stepped in with the police and revealed that Kaito was the one who handed the pistol to him. Kaito was caught and was taken into the police van. His last words to Rin was "I didn't mean to do those things. They were Miku Hatsune's orders. I am... tied to her."

However, Kaito vanished without a trace in the police van.

After that, Rin went to Trinity Church and saw Kaito's mother there as well. She stalked his mother who was paying her respect to someone and hid behind the pillar until his mother left. As she approached the tombstone, she realised that Kaito was already dead a long time ago. His death was unknown and he died in the third week of the so-called calamity.

Week #3: Kaito and the Elevator Incident (Extra)

"Kaito, what do you want to eat?"

"Nothing."

"I will be going out for a while. I will buy some food for you. Be right back," the woman said and walked out of her son's bedroom with a tired sigh.

The boy continued to lie on his bed with a soft toy in a colourful clown suit in his arms. His eyes were sore and dry after crying for many days. His friend had died and he could not do anything too. He had not been going to school either.

"Kaito." The voice sounded unfamiliar to him and it was very close to him. "Kaito Shion..."

He sat up and looked around frantically. Who had called him? The voice was feminine, sweet and gentle. It could not be his mother because his mother's voice was a little low for a woman. He heard the main door closed, indicating that his mother had stepped out of the apartment. Yawning, he lay back down on his bed again. But the feminine voice was back.

"Kaito..."

He flinched at the ghostly call which came out of nowhere and immediately closed his eyes in response. He was scared. Who was talking to him? Was he hallucinating?

"Would you mind if you are the first...?"

He opened his eyes and held his breath.

He could not believe what he saw right before his eyes.

"Would you mind...?"

He got out of bed and desperately ran out of his bedroom. He ran passed the living room and headed to the foyer. But when he opened the front door, he was greeted by...

"Would you mind...?"

He shook his head in fear as he screamed, "I don't want to die! Leave me alone!"

"Would you mind...?"

He managed to make his way out of his apartment and ran towards the elevator. He kept pressing the button while the feminine voice continued to haunt him. The soft footsteps behind him slowly came closer to him.

"The toy... You left it on your bed. Don't you want it back? Here... it's with me. Come to me... Kaito Shion."

"Shut up! Don't come any closer! Leave me alone, Miku Hatsune!" he yelled at the top of his lungs and as soon as the doors of the elevator opened, he ran in.

And he fell into a pit of total darkness.

-:-:-:-

"Kaito, I'm back! I bought udon for you," his mother shouted and entered the apartment. "I also bought two boxes of ice-cream. They have a sale nearby so I bought two at a cheaper price."

Having no response received from her son, she walked into his room and noticed him lying motionlessly on the bed with his soft toy in his right arm. He looked fine and peaceful in his sleep, or so she thought. However, his left arm was wrapped with a long metal chain and a huge pulley at the end of it. She walked closer to him and placed her hand on his cold and stiff face.

Then, her tears rolled down her cheeks.

Random Notes:

- I made this chapter at the last minute. I had no intention to reveal Kaito's death at first until my beta-reader requested for it. She was very confused about the ending because she did not suspect Kaito at all. After explaining the 'obvious' hints to her, she was still unclear about it and I ended up telling her to look at the title. Then, she was able to see the link and understand the whole situation. I hope this extra chapter is useful. I spent a long time typing this out, even though I should be studying. Shh...

- I am a LenxRin fan but I did not expect myself to be writing small hints of PikoxRin moments here. Nevertheless, it was fun writing about Piko's tsundere personality. I have seen some reviewers stating that they have come to support PikoxRin because of this fanfic. I do not know whether I should feel happy or guilty though.

- Do keep a lookout for my next Vocaloid fanfic called 'Dreams'. It will be published next Friday! :)

- I am going to write more Vocaloid fanfics in the future because of your encouragements and continuous support. I need to know what kind of stories you probably want me to write in the future. Should I write something similar to 'Unsolved' (mystery and suspense) or on other genres? LenxRin, PikoxRin, or other pairings? Tsundere, kuudere, dandere and/or yandere characters? Just comment anything to let me hear your voices! \(^u^\)

Thank you for reading 'Unsolved'.