101: Alive

Tick, tock. Somewhere, a clock ticks the hour.

Hmm… That's odd… She hasn't heard a clock in what seems like forever. Why does it seem so loud…?

"Reactivation of CV-02, Len and Rin Kagamine, complete."

Slowly, painstakingly, Rin opens her eyes. Blinking under the heavy light, she raises a hand to shield her face from the harshness.

Wait. Wait just a minute here.

Wasn't she…? She and Len both, weren't they… deactivated?

"What's…?" She says, her voice a bit hoarse from not being used in a while. How long?

Stepping forward a bit, a smile crosses her face as she sees Miku, Kaito, Luka and the other Vocaloids waving and smiling at her. Master is there too, and they address her.

"Hello, Rin. How are you feeling?"

"Eh? I feel fine, but… Why are we…?" The curiosity is mixed with confusion and surprise.

Master smiles at her kindly. "You see, not long after we deactivated you and Len, it seems the entire Vocaloid fandom rioted," They explain. "They ranks of fans you two shared, the sheer amount of people you touched with your music, came out in waves within a year, and was so strong and powerful a force that the demand for your return was impossible to ignore. And, it made us realize that we made a terrible mistake." Their face falls slightly. "We never should have deactivated you. The Vocaloids weren't the same without you. If you'll forgive us, we'll happily welcome you both back with open arms."

Rin feels happiness run through her. "I…" She pauses, fighting for words through the emotion. Then, she realizes something incredibly crucial that pushes itself to the front of her thoughts. "Len. Where's Len? I need to see him-"

Slim arms wrap around her shoulders and chest, yanking her back into the warmth of a familiar chest. A startled gasp expels from the girl's lips, taken off guard by the sudden tight embrace. The scent of bananas and the comforting feel of his touch immediately reveals his identity; Len.

"Rin…" His voice is quiet, music to her ears after not hearing it for who knows how long. His breath tickles the back of her neck, and she finds her gaze suddenly rooted to the floor, her face reddening.

"Rin, I'm… I'm so happy…" Len sounds choked up, the words cracking under the weight of his emotions. "I thought that we weren't going to see each other again, and it terrified me. I can't do it. I need you, Rin." Taking a deep breath, he lets out a string of rushed words. "Rin, I love you! I love you so much it hurts, and I- I can't hold it back anymore because it's too important, you're important to me, and I-"

"Len…!" Her throat closes strangely, and her hands grasp his arms. She starts crying, because she's so happy to be with him again, and it's multiplied because he finally confessed after all this time, when she thought she'd never get to hear his voice again or say her own feelings either, and her heart is soaring. "I love you too, I really, really love you-!" She laughs mid sentence in shy embarrassment, not caring who's watching, just because she's alive and reunited with Len.

Rin spins around in his arms, catching sight of Len's beet-red face, half hidden under his cornsilk-colored bangs. Throwing her hands around him and hugging him, Rin relishes the feel of being able to do so, not minding when he crushes her to him in a bone-shatteringly tight response. Alive. They're alive. Breathing, feeling, able to smell the pure air and hear each other's voices and see the love and happiness on each other's faces.

Pulling away, Len touches his forehead to hers, both of them deep red but smiling, elated.

"Left," Len says.

"Right," Rin replies, giggling.

Two parts of a whole, tied together and entangled in the red thread of fate. Never truly complete without one or the other, they are each other's missing puzzle piece.

Len interlocks his fingers with her securely. "Hey, Rin. Sing with me?" He asks, his cerulean blue eyes flashing with life, brilliant and pure and full of emotion. Rin feels like she's going to get lost just by looking into them.

"Always." No hesitation. She's been waiting for this moment to come, to be able to join him again in what she loves most. It's been delayed far too long.

When their voices mingle and come together in the form of a beautiful, harmonized melody, it's sweeter than honey and wonderful.

If the end of the world was here right now, I'd ditch everything and the two of us would be together forever.

'I'm glad I could love you from the start,' is what I'll sing to the sky.

A/N: End italics are lyrics from 'Fire Flower', and the cover picture plays into this scene. Warning; longish author's note.

I was so upset when Fanfiction shut down yesterday! I didn't get to update! Sorry for the long wait, I knew I should have updated the night before...

Anyway, with this fluff piece, I end this drabble series. Guys, you have absolutely no idea how much these drabbles, and your excited and happy reviews, have meant to me. I've been going through a pretty rough time here, and it was basically just seeing your reactions and hearing how much you liked the short stories that kept me smiling and able to keep going. It has meant way more than you could ever know. I love you guys. *hugs* also holy creator of Vocaloid I have 90 reviews. I've only ever dreamed of getting that many. 100 is far closer than I ever imagined!

Special thanks to 'The King of Ranting', 'Lalala', 'Orangebananas', 'Damn You Len', 'SeraphPrincessKagura' and 'very not concise' for your loyal readership and amazing reviews. You all are awesome, and deserve many cookies.

Also, I believe in a previous chapter far back, I mentioned having some news about my drabble series? Well, it turns out I do! Awesomely enough, a couple of Len and Rin cosplayers noticed my drabble series, and have asked my permission to make Youtube videos of them! *floats on clouds* They said the first one will be uploaded in a week or so. The link is here, just take out spaces; www. youtube channel/ UC3dlv8MMjv8Bn707NAWe0pg

Wow. I can't believe it. It's finally the actual, true end. I feel so happy and sad, all these mixed feelings, because it was so much fun and I never imagined it would become so popular or be as exhilarating as it has been. I'm going to keep writing after this, with more one-shots and such like before, so keep an eye out! I may also reuse some of these in my new stories! :D

Also... I maybe, maybe, feel the need to write another 100 drabble series. It's another huge project, but I feel I can do it again, and it would be so much fun to redo the whole thing once more and relive the fun of reaching milestones. I don't know when, at least not in the near future, but who knows when I'll decide to start another?

So, it seems I better shut up and end this before it becomes one long ramble. I just wanna say; thank you. Thank you so much for reading, and I hope these made you weep with heavy sorrow, laugh loud, grin like a dork, angrily slam your face into a table, and overall made you feel good reading them. I hope to see you all again in another story of mine!

'Every time I see you, I just can't help but to smile, despite any sort of fate the future has in store for me.' (Taken from 'Prisoner'.)

See you soon! Leave a review if you like!

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~Disclaimer~ *Looks at Rin and Len* We kind of have this really complex thing going, where I control their actions, make them die in different ways, throw them into awkward situations, and generally manipulate them, but nah, I don't own them.