A Girl Named 'Alice'
Lady Moon-Chan
AN: Sorry for the delay folks. I just couldn't get into a writing mod for days now, thanks to a little show I discovered on YouTube called D. Gray-Man. I put a lot of action and plot development into thischapter, so hopefull that makes up for it somewhat...
Disclaimer: If I owned Rozen Maiden, do you honestly think I'd be sitting around writing fanfiction about it?
Chapter 3: Schwestern Treffen
"Alice Rozen?" Jun Sakurada asked, furrowing his brow. "Are you sure that's what she said her name was?"
Nori nodded. "I was surprised, too. But she's just a little girl, couldn't it be a coincidence?"
"Not necessarily." Shinku said. "Young or not, she could still be a medium."
"But 'Rozen' isn't exactly a rare name, is it?" Nori asked.
"No, but when combined with the first name of 'Alice'..." Shinku trailed off. "It'd be foolish to brush it off as a mere coincidence without proof."
"But still, desu. It's not like we have proof she's a medium, or involved in the Alice Game at all, desu." Suiseiseki said.
"Besides, this is a big town, and we have no idea where she's staying." Jun said. "And it's not like we can tell people we're looking for a little girl named Alice without sounding really weird."
"Oh!" Nori cried suddenly. "I just thought of something! If she IS a medium, who's could she possibly be?"
"Suigintou, maybe? She did seem a lot more powerful the last time you guys fought..." Jun suggested.
"Maybe..." Shinku said. "But I doubt Suigintou would take on a medium named Alice, or looking like the girl Nori met. It would be too much a..." She frowned, trying to think of a good way to explain. "Too much a reminder of the daughter Father wants."
"Then..." Suiseiseki began. "The only one left is the real seventh doll, desu..." She frowned. "But that doesn't make much sense either, desu...it would only be the same as with Suigintou, desu..."
"Unless the doll was insane, or something..." Jun muttered.
"Maybe she is." Nori said.
Shinku and Suiseiseki both turned to look at her, and she gulped. "I mean...well..."
Before she could explain her reasoning, a bright light came from under the storage room door, and all four ran towards the storage room. Jun threw the door open, then gasped.
In the storage room stood a doll dressed all in white, with long white hair. A white rose grew from her right eye. The left was currently closed. Then, it opened, revealing a golden eye that gleamed with madness.
"Hello, sisters." She greeted, smiling slightly.
"So you are the real seventh Rozen Maiden?" Shinku asked.
"Yes. My name is Kirakishou." Kirakishou said.
"But...but if you were able to fight, why didn't you come forward sooner, desu!?" Suiseiseki demanded. "Why did we have to be drawn into a fake Alice Game with Barasuishou at all, desu!?"
"Barasuishou?" Kirakishou asked, tilting her head to one side. "Oh yes, that imitation Rozen Maiden Father's jealous apprentice built using MY body." She fairly snarled the last bit.
"Answer my question, desu!" Suiseiseki summoned Sui Dream and dashed water onto the ground, summoning vines that rushed toward Kirakishou.
Kirakishou's lips twitched into a smirk, and with a wave of her hand, the vines Suiseiseki had summoned were reflected by a wall of rose vines, whose thorns easily held Suiseiseki's vines. "How mean," Kirakishou said with a pout. "I only came to greet my elder sisters. There was no need to attack me. Using her rose vine wall, she flung the vines back at Suiseiseki, then stepped back into the mirror and vanished.
"Well, it seems you were right, Nori." Shinku said, repairing the floor where Suiseiseki's vines had sprouted, and the wall where the third Rozen Maiden had landed after having her own vines flung at her. "The seventh Rozen Maiden IS insane.
Suigintou sat on the roof of the hospital, looking out over the town. She tensed when she felt a presence behind her. She turned her head, but saw no one. Magenta eyes narrowed. "Show yourself."
A white-clad doll with long white hair glided out of her hiding spot. "It's a pleasure to finally meet you, Suigintou-neesama." She smiled.
"Nee-sama?" Suigintou raised an eyebrow. "Are you a Rozen Maiden, then?"
"I am. I am Kirakishou, the seventh Rozen Maiden." Kirakishou gave a little bow.
Suigintou smirked. "I see." She summoned her sword and dove at Kirakishou.
Kirakishou dodged behind her, and before Suigintou could turn around, she felt a sharp pain across her back. She turned toward Kirakishou with a snarl.
Kirakishou merely smiled wider, summoning more rose vines in addition to the one she'd just whipped Suigintou across the back with.
Suigintou growled, hacking them to bits with her sword.
Kirakishou laughed delightedly. "Oh, playing with you is much more fun than playing with Suiseiseki-nee and Shinku-nee!"
Suigintou twitched. "you think I'm playing with you?" She asked in a deadly tone. "Try THIS!" Her wings turned into dragons and headed straight for Kirakishou.
Kirakishou's eye widened in anticipation, and just as the dragons reached her, rose vines wrapped around them, tightening and tightening until Suigintou screamed from the pain.
The rose vines released her as soon as the scream left her throat, and Suigintou landed on her hands and knees on the hospital roof, panting.
Kirakishou approached at a languid pace and kneeled before Suigintou, cupping her face in both hands. "You're so beautiful, nee-sama..." Kirakishou said softly, kissing Suigintou.
Suigintou's eyes widened and she tried to pull away, but Kirakishou's grip became vice-like. When she pulled away, the seventh doll giggled. "It's been fun, but I have to go tend to my medium now." She turned to walk back into her hiding spot, then looked back at Suigintou. "I love you, Suigintou-neesama." She blew the first Rozen Maiden a kiss before disappearing around the corner.
Suigintou rose and ran around the corner after her, but Kirakishou had already vanished. She snarled, then leaped the railing, intending to fly back to Megu's window sill. But her wings had taken more damage than she'd thought, and she fell most of the way there, scrabbling to get a hold of the window sill. She was pulled inside by gentle hands.
"Suigintou? What happened to you?" Megu asked, holding the doll close.
"Nothing." Suigintou lied. "I'm fine."
"Like hell you are!" Megu shouted. "You just fell to my window sill!"
Suigintou sighed. "The seventh doll has appeared. "That's what happened."
"She did this to you...? Oh, Suigintou..."
The doll snarled and climbed out of her medium's arms, going to her usual seat in th window. "I'm fine." She snarled. "I don't need your pity."
"Suigintou..." Megu said sadly. It isn't pity. I'm afraid for you. I'm afraid of you fighting this doll that was able to damage you so. And I'm afraid of losing my angel...
"So, what were they like?" Alice asked excitedly, bouncing on the bed in Kirakishou's N-Field.
"Tell me everything!" She clasped her hands together, eyes sparkling with excitement.
"Well, Suiseiseki-nee is a little hot-tempered and impulsive, Shinku-nee is very calm, and Suigintou-neesama is passionate and strong. And they're all very beautiful..." Kirakishou rhapsodized dreamily.
"Oh, I can't wait to meet them." Alice sighed. When Kirakishou looked at her in shock, she tilted her head to the side in curiosity. "You are going to let me, aren't you, Kira?"
"I'd like you to meet them..." Kirakishou said softly. "But I don't trust them not to try and steal you away from me out of jealousy."
Alice blushed.
"Maybe..." Kirakishou looked deep in thought. "Maybe once I've got their Rosa Mysticas, you can have their empty shells as dolls to play with."
"But I have plenty of regular dolls already..." Alice protested.
Kirakishou's eye narrowed. "Why do you need more living dolls!? You have me..."
"Yes, I know I do, but..."
"But what!?" Kirakishou demanded. "Am I not good enough!?"
"No, no! You're more than good enough!" Alice said, running over and hugging the doll. "It's just so lonely by myself when you're gone..." She sniffled, beginning to cry.
"Oh." Kirakishou smiled. "Don't worry about that. I'll find you a playmate to keep you company while I'm gone."
Alice gave a watery, but still radiant, smile. "Thank you, Kira..."
"Of course." Kirakishou patted the girl's head. "Now get some rest, I used a lot of your energy today, and you need to replenish it."
"Okay." Alice said, climbing back into the bed. She was asleep the moment her head hit the pillow.
Kirakishou sat on the edge of the bed and smiled fondly down at the girl. "Don't worry. Once I win the Alice Game, I'll see to it that you're never lonely again."
AN: Well, there's that. And can you kinda see where I directed Kira-chan's insanity now? Anyway, review. And I like I said before, plot suggestions are always welcome. Flames will be given to Suigintou for target practice. Ja ne!