Holy crap, I'm so sorry that it's taken soooooo long to update this. It wasn't my fault, I swear! It was 'Len's' fault! I sent him this chapter in like, December or something. And he's only decided to correct this now, in March! That's 3 months! He's such a horrible person. I should ask 'Rin' to loan me her road roller so I can run him over. Well, enjoy this very, very late chapter and leave a review please :3

Chapter 7: Trouble

"Gakupo, your highness, we've searched search far and wide, but we can't find the girl."

"What do you mean, 'can't find the girl'? You bunch of incompetents! Have you searched the whole kingdom?" Gakupo spat.

"Y-Yes your highness," answered the guard.

"And the forest?"

"Yes, your highness…"

"What about the surrounding villages and kingdoms?"

"Eh, no, your highness."

"Then get to it, you idiots!" Gakupo screamed at his guard.

…

"I win again!" cheered Kaito after bringing Miku to the ground for the hundredth time in the same day.

"Yeah, yeah. I know, you're better than me at one-on-one combat. So what? I'm better than you in archery!" The girl stuck her tongue out at him.

"You little…" the prince started, charging at her.

"Iiiiiii," Miku squealed running away.

"Ah, true love," Rin sighed from the bench. "Aren't they adorable Len?"

"If you say so. But, I don't think they're close to having a love relationship. Maybe it's time to put operation cob-swan in action," Len answered.

"I think you're right, little bro."

"I'm older," the boy protested.

"No you're not," Rin countered.

"Yes, by a minute."

"Urgh. Shhhhh," Rin said defeated.

"Let's go, LITTLE sister."

And Len dragged a pouting Rin along to go find Kaito and Miku.

"Hey look, Kaito's there," Len said, entering the library.

"Seems like big brother Kaito finally set foot in the library. Miku must have forced him," Rin stated, spotting Kaito shuffling through the map section of the library.

"Yeah, but where's Miku?"

"Good question… Ah! There she is, in the world section."

"Should we do something?" Len asked his sister.

"I'm way ahead of you…"

…

After a while of an endless chase, Miku had slowed her pace.

"Caught you," Kaito had said taking her in his arms. "S-sorry!" he had added hastily, letting go.

"I should probably go," he had told Miku, turning around.

"W-wait." Miku had stopped him. "Eh, could you come to the library with me?" she had asked, wanting to spend more time with him.

"The library? What for?"

"I'd like to do some research. On a certain country."

"Oh, okay."

And so, they were now in the library, Kaito in the map section and Miku in the world one. Though the girl wasn't sure Kaito was actually looking at maps. She felt more like he was watching her, with his side glances. Again, he looked her way and their eyes met.

"You know, if you want to come to this section," Miku said, "I won't stop you."

He came over and studied the books she was holding in her hands.

"So, you're interested in Germia?"

"Yes. Got a problem with that?"

"No, it's… fascinating."

"Yeah, well, most people just think I'm weird to want to travel around and explore each corner of the world. So, I don't really tell anyone about it…" Miku explained.

"But you told me," Kaito noted. "Why?"

"Because I feel I can trust you," Miku confessed.

"I-"

Before Kaito could speak his mind, someone pushed Miku in the back, which made her stumble forward onto Kaito.

"You seem to fall a lot," the prince told her.

"Hein? What do you mean?"

"I told you I should have done it Len! They didn't even fall to the ground; you didn't push her hard enough!"

Miku turned around to see Rin and Len arguing.

"Guys!" she yelled at them. "I'm sorry Kaito," she told the boy, turning towards him. "I'll have to see you later. Maybe we can hang out tomorrow?"

Without waiting for an answer she took the twins by the hands and stormed out of the library.

"I can't believe you did that. What were you thinking?" Miku screamed at the kids when they were in the yard.

"We were helping you," Rin said.

"Well that was not-"

"Sir?" someone asked, taping on Miku's shoulder.

"What is it?!" she asked, still quite angry. "Seems like everyone wants to interrupt me today!"

"I'm sorry. It's just that prince Gakupo sent us to find a teal haired girl. Her name is Miku. We're supposed to question everyone. Have you seen her?"

Miku froze at the mention of Gakupo's name.

"Wait… " the guard said. "You fit the description. Are you Hatsune Miku?"

"N-no, I'm not. Besides, I'm sure there's a bunch of teal-haired people out there…" she said uneasily.

"Sir, you have the wrong person," Len pitched in. "This is obviously a man. And if you don't believe me, ask my sister; she would know, she slept with him," he added, leaning closer.

"No, it-it's ok," the guard told Len, turning around to leave.

"Good afternoon!" the boy told the man.

"Len!" Rin hit her brother, blushing.

"What?"

"Don't 'what' me! That was unnecessary!"

"Whatever. More importantly, why are they looking for you, Miku?" Len asked the tealette.

"Em. Well… I was kinda supposed to… marry prince Gakupo. But… I- Well, I guess you could say I ran away."

"What?!" the twins exclaimed.

"Yeah, it's a long story; it'll be for another day."

"Fine," Rin gave up.

"I'll be going back to the library," Miku told the kids.

She went, but Kaito wasn't there anymore.

Good, now I can think of a way to hide my identity better, Miku thought.