A week has passed and not much has happened to the four. They went to each other's houses, went out together, chatted and called. Pretty ordinary however, Mikado was still quite subdued and reluctant to take part in all these group activities. She isn't used to all that. Afterall, she's always been on her own till a week ago.
What people don't know about Mikado is that she is secretly a gamer and the YouTuber called Rubix. She mainly does videos about Minecraft but also other games like Elder Scrolls online, Final Fantasy and more. She's got about 1million subscribers and honestly, it's one of the ways she copes with her stress, anxiety and depression. It was her small window to escape the world of pressure for just a few hours, doing whatever she wanted.
On a Wednesday night, she was playing the game E.S.O: elder scrolls online. Wanting to be in a group p, she signed up for a battleground and lucky she was to meet with three other level 810s! She was extremely happy and asked them if they wanted to join in discord. They agreed and…
"Hey"!
"Hello Cube"!
"Mmm".
"Oh my god!"she muttered, not that surprised. More like, annoyed. "Noah! Bennett! Adrian!"she shouted through the microphone, the three wincing on the other side.
"No…"
"F*cking…"
"Way…"the three said in turn, shocked.
"Well...this is an interesting turn of events."Adrian said with a guffaw.
"I can't believe we were put together in a battleground team!"exclaimed Noah, his character running around the waiting area. "It's surreal but...that's not what we are here for. What battleground is this?"screeched Bennett as the game suddenly started.
"It's...deathmatch!"shouted Mikado, starting to fight another player. "Little help here"!
"Right"!
In the end, the four of them ended up playing until the early hours of the morning:4am. They did enjoy it immensely but the next day at school, they were absolutely tired. And it got even worse.
Mikado was smiling, trying to act as normal, sitting at her desk, waiting for the teacher to start roll call. Bennet, Noah and Adrian however were lying on their desks, completely tired out from the eventful night they had last night. It was like they were zombies that were still half alive, half zombies!
"Before we get started with the register, we have a new transfer student: Mikano Shibuya."announced the teacher and suddenly, everybody was whispering. Bennet, Adrian and Noah a,so we're alert now, confused just like everybody else but Mikado's blood was boiling just hearing that name. Her paternal twin sister.
Suddenly, the door slammed open and in she walked, the exact copy of Mikado except with long hair. Well, a different hairstyle because Mikado wears a wig so it looks like she has perfect long hair. Literal copies: same eye colour, same hair colour, it doesn't help they need to wear school uniform, same height. The only real difference was that Mikano is just...slightly has a more feminine body, no gender ambiguity.
Without introducing herself, she walked up to Mikado's desk who was now standing up. Mikano was wearing heels which is strictly not allowed but nobody dared to utter a word. Even the three fiancé candidates thought better of it to remain silent and just watch.
"Well well Mikado."Mikano said slyly, dragging the 'do' part of her triplet's name. "It's been a long time, hasn't it?"she asked, looking at her nails, indicating she wasn't interested at all, and this was all just for formalities. "It has. What brings you back to America?"Mikado asked politely, wearing a forced smile that Mikano reflected like a mirror. "My job was finished in Japan. I am not needed there anymore."she replied icily. "Well, I hope it went well."replied Mikado when it really meant "So, you got kicked out because you did a poor job"?
"Well, see you around then."finished Mikano, starting to walk to an empty desk.
"Wait."called out Mikado. "Let's talk."and together, the two walked out of the classroom, leaving behind a stumped audience.
"So. Why are you really here"?
"Straight to the point are we"?
"Don't change the subject".
"Father called me back. He said to hire some new cleaners and stuff since mother is away in Africa doing charity work". "Oh. You didn't know".
"Whatever. Well...just keep away from me and them".
"Territorial are we".
"Shut up".
"Don't worry. Father called me for two reasons: to choose new cleaning ladies; servants and to just keep an eye on you, make sure you do what you should be doing. No way do I want anything related to them. After All, they have secrets I wouldn't want to get involved with."said Mikano, turning around to walk away.
"What are you implying"?
"What I said. They have some dark secrets and I wouldn't want to get involved with them. Though, they are only rumours and speculations, they could be true".
"So, what did you and your sister talk about?"asked Noah as the four ate lunch together, well, Mikado was just staring angrily at her food, looking like she wanted to kill somebody. "Nothing that you need be concerned with."she snapped back, staring at her twin's back like her eyes would burn holes in it. Mikano glanced backwards and met Mikado's eyes for a few seconds, smirked slyly and then went back to her group of friends.
"I guess you don't get along well with your family?"asked Adrian, trying to fill the awkward silence. "That's personal and confidential."she replied shortly, starting to eat. The three boys glanced warily at each other, giving each other a knowing look. They didn't try to start a conversation any more and just watched as Mikado gave Makano menacing glares that made even them shudder.
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Author's note- slightly long
New character this time! So… Mikado's paternal triplet. Right, I'll explain.
So, paternal means that one sperm fertilizes two eggs, or it starts of as one but then the embryo splits into two. The twins usually look identical
Fraternal means that two sperm fertilise two eggs and the sibling probably don't look identical.
So, you have Daichi Shibuya with his wife Chung Hwa Shibuya. Daichi is Japanese and his wife is Korean.
His oldest child, oldest son is Kosuke Shibuya. He's 20 and has a position in the business after he finished high school.
Then, you have Mika, Mikano and Mikado. Mika is the fraternal twin to Mikano.
Mikano is the paternal twin of Mikado. Mikado should never have existed in the first place. She was a complete accident. Paternal twins happen randomly and there is no gene that makes them more common so Mikado just happened. Shiro is the youngest child and youngest son of Daichi and Chung Hwa. He's 11 however, he's a very sickly child so either he's in the hospital for checkups or he's at home being home schooled. It is a very complicated family. Well...you learned some new things. It's a biology lesson this time.
However, this was not the main aim for this chapter.
This chapter was there to start the actual action. So yesterday night, I was having a brilliant idea, make the three guys monsters: vampire, ghoul and werewolf. I thought that those three are the princes of the three most powerful supernatural kingdoms, in a different realm that can be accessed by humans. The Shibuya's would be the gatekeepers or something. But then, that didn't make sense to me so I scratched the idea which I spent half an hour on doing research and stuff. However, I kept something from yesterday night's idea and you'll see that in later chapters.
See you soon. ☺️☺️☺️☺️🥰
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