Hey, okay, so. This is the second installment of my (sort of) Evillous Chronicles story. The first installment is Pride, and you probably want to read that first. If you have read it or you just don't care, enjoy.

The rain pounded hard against my skin, but it still was the nicest I had felt for a long time. Even with the black-looking liquid pouring out my stomach.

At that point, I honestly couldn't feel the wound anymore. My vision slipped in and out of focus as I trudged along the stone roads in darkness, leaning on the blue-haired man next to me.

"We're almost there. Hang on," he encouraged.

I felt like sleeping. I knew I was moving slower than when I started. I was a nurse. I knew when I could faint from blood loss and eventually die. I was way beyond that point, but I still walked.

"Can you tell me your name, yet?" he asked.

I didn't feel like talking, but I barely whispered, "Mayu Kagamine."

"Mayu!" my husband called from our front entrance. "I'm going out to the store! Need anything?"

This was much earlier.

It was summer and the heat was killing me. My husband, Len Kagamine, was suffering equally. The good news, though, was that heat stroke was good for business.

I was a nurse and he was a doctor. Perfect couple, right? We had our disagreements, but nothing to large. Well, maybe one thing, but I was happy and he was too. We met in medical school. Not many people went to medical college, and a woman going was unheard of. I had my ways. Being the only girl in all of my classes made it difficult to gain respect, but I had Len.

Again, being the only girl had its challenges. I was constantly hit on by horny college students who I was surprised passed kindergarten. Len, though, was a gentlemen. I promised myself that I wouldn't date anyone from class, but I made an exception when Len told two (quite large) students to quit sexually harassing me. They punched him in the face. I helped repair his face, and he asked if I would like to have dinner with him. I reluctantly agreed, and the rest went lovely.

He proposed a year later. I accepted immediately. We were both twenty. Now, three years later, we lived in a fairly large town on the outskirts of Derana, my home country. Derana was split into seven dukedoms. I lived in Cercus. There was also Grandor, Julin, Hidli, Sern, Alod, and Venomania…

I would like to say that I was an attractive person. Len said so, but he was my husband. I had light blonde hair that faded into red, blue, green, yellow, and purple at the ends, which reached my lower back, and golden eyes. It was unique, all right. I tended to wear black which was expected for nurses, but I loved adding splashed of red. My black knee high boots were always on.

Len, in my opinion, was very attractive. He had bright yellow hair and beautiful turquois eyes. He was a hair taller than me. He wore a black shirt and brown vest most of the time, expected from doctors. We both ran the best medical clinic in the dukedom out of our home.

"Flour!" I yelled back from the kitchen. "Oh, great," I added as I looked through a window out in the street where a man nailed a paper onto a wood board on a building's side.

"Don't go outside! Bye, bye!" Len shouted, and I heard the front door close.

Don't go outside. I had heard those words for two months then. I, of course, did go outside. Len was very opposed to it though if I was alone. I stopped cutting herbs, waited a few minutes, then walked outside. It was only to be a minute.

I walked across the street to the pinned up paper the man was nailing. It had a list of names. That man pinned one up every week. It was the missing persons list. Every week, there were seven names, all female. Ranging from thirteen to sixty, women had been disappearing from all over Derana without a trace. One a day. It had been going on for two months. They were probably dead. Not one of the missing girls had been found, but Cercus hadn't had many casualties. I began to sigh with relief whenever I saw that one of those names wasn't someone I knew or myself. I stared at the list of the poor girls. Sorry yet relieved.

I jumped when I felt a presence behind me. Swiftly turning around, gave a sigh of relief. A woman my height with bright yellow hair and turquois eyes stood before me.

"Oh my gosh! You scared the heck out of me, Rin!" I shouted. Len's twin sister, Rin, visited a couple times a week. She looked like a female version of Len pretty much. She wore a cute yellow dress and smiled evilly.

"Mwahaha! What are you doing outside all alone?" she said mockingly.

"Says you!" I looked around. No one was in sight. "And you walked a mile!"

"Sh. Don't tell Len," she whispered.

"Of course," I replied. "Let's head in. You never know…"

She nodded and we went back into my house. I brought out some tea, and we sat in the small living room. Rin and I were great friends since we met. She's helped me with understanding Len sometimes because they were always together as kids.

"So. Convinced him yet?" Rin asked.

I sighed. "No," I answered depressed.

"He'll come around. He'll want to be a father someday."

Ah, yes. Children. I wanted a baby. Len didn't want a baby. This was are only major disagreement we had so far. Whenever I brought it up, Len avoided the subject. He said that we were low on money, and he needs my help to run the clinic, but I wanted a baby. Being a mother was part of marriage, and I thought we were ready.

"I'm not sure."

"I know Len," Rin consoled, "He can't deny you anything for too long."

I smiled. It was true. Even though we had our arguments, Len loved me and I loved Len. I wanted that to last for a long time.