Herro people~~ Welcome to my first fanfic~ Uhh... I know the first chapter is short and kinda boring ^^" Sorry bout that, I think it gets better. I think.

The story isn't going to have much romance, maybe hints of RinxLen, and it starts out MikuxLen. It's rated T for um... child abuse, mild swearing, alcohol, beating people beating each other up...Uhh yeah, you get the point ^^ Enjoy!

Oh yeah. Almost forgot: I don't own VOCALOID, it's two awesome for me, blah blah blah. There I said it. Happy?

Chapter One : The Beginning

The boy leaned on the grimy wall of the alleyway, gasping for breath. His heart was pounding. His legs shook. Every breath felt like it was tearing his lungs apart. Run! Screamed his mind. Further! But his legs wouldn't obey. He couldn't run anymore.

Suddenly the boy stiffed up. The sound of running footsteps echoed off the walls. The boy slowly started backing up, corner. His eyes looked like those of a hunted animal, flashing with fear. His breath caught in his throat as he tried to run, but he just couldn't run anymore. And it was too late.

The footsteps paused, then came back, quicker. Closer. The person had seen him surely. But somehow they didn't sound like that person's. These were quicker, lighter, almost like—

"Len!"

The boy turned, surprised at the girl's voice calling his name.

"Hey," she said as she caught up to him. "What are you doing out here?"

Hiding his relief, and calming his rapid breathing, the boy shyly shoved his hands deep into the pockets of his worn-out jeans. "Nothing really," he replied quietly.

He didn't tell her that, just moments before he had been running for his life. Running from the hands of Kaito Shion, the most popular kid ever. The amazing, hot singer, the one everyone loved. The one she, Miku Hatsune, probably loved too.

Feeling a stab of painful jealousy, Len glanced over at her. She smiled sweetly, sticking out a hand for him to take. Feeling awkward and childish, he cautiously took it. He was lucky, and unworthy to have such a popular, nice, beautiful girl as a friend.

She really was beautiful, her constant, cheery smile adding to that charm. Her hair, which was tied into two very long pigtails, was colored bright turquoise. The reason why was a mystery. Her hair just seemed to be like that, in fact, lots of kids at their school had strangely colored hair. Her eyes, which were dazzling sea green, were currently looking at Len. He turned away, embarrassed to have been caught staring at her.

Suddenly she squealed. "OHEMGEE Len! You will never believe this! My parents are soooo nice!" She tugged on Len's hand, leading him out of the darkness and onto the bright street Len blinked, surprised by the dazzling sunlight. Unfazed, Miku bounced down the street, attracting a few looks from the few people outside.

That was another thing Len loved about Miku: her personality. She was always cheerfully ignorant, laughing when people were mean to her, brushing of the few insults she got. She didn't give a damn what the world thought of her, even hanging out with losers, nobodies like Len. She was the only onw who ever would. There was no one else like her, probably in the whole world. Or at least Len thought so.

"So yesterday I was feeling kinda sad, 'cause my goldfish died and my mom's like in the hospital or something, I dunno…" she chattered on happily, oblivious to everything around her.

Len just walked quietly beside her, listening to the sound of her voice, enjoying the feeling of the wind on his cheeks and her hand in his. He didn't need to hear her words; just her voice was enough to make him forget. Forget the bruises and cuts covering his body. Forget that his father was gone, and his mother drank herself sick every night. Forget the money he 'owed' Kaito, the money he hadn't brought, the money he didn't even own. She was—

"Len? Len! Helloooo?" Miku waved a hand impatiently in front of his face, making him blink.

"Uhh… What?"

"So what do you think? What color should I get?"

Len stared blankly at her. Before he could try to answer, a car horn honked loudly, right behind him. Len jumped, and a voice called out, "Miku!" He recognized the voice of Luka, a girl in their class. She was sitting in the back seat of a car, waving. Waving at Miku, not Len.

Her long, pink hair was blowing around in the wind. Luka usually wore her hair loose, with a hair band holding it away from her face. Her clothes were exposing, tight, and slutty. That was the reason everyone liked her, because she hardly wore anything at all, and, well, she was very busty. That was all anyone cared about. Len hated her with passion. The only person at school he liked was Miku. Only Miku.

"Want a ride?" Luka called out.

Miku looked questioningly at him. Len averted his eyes.

"No thanks, you go ahead."

He scuffed the toe of his beaten, dirty sneakers against the sidewalk. His heart was beating in his chest, secretly hoping that she would turn down Luka's offer and walk with him.

"You sure?" she asked. "Well okay then. See you… Um tomorrow's Saturday. Guess I'll see you on Monday then!" Quickly, and somewhat awkwardly, she hugged Len, then dashed to the car. Len turned away, blushing bright red.

"What the hell were you doing with him?" Luka asked Miku as she got in, not even lowering her voice.

Miku laughed. "He's a nice guy," she said, a little quieter, but Len still heard her. "Just….Misunderstood, I guess."

"Maybe…" Luka sounded doubtful. "But still. Len Kagamine? I mean, how low—"

The rest of the sentence was cut off as the car left. Leaving Len in the dust, again.

Oh, by the by, pretty much everyone in this story is going to be bitchy at some point. Hehe sorry ^^

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