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Elfen Lied-Anime

Rated T for Gore and Cursing

Minori

Chapter Thirteen

Copy: Lucy

I seethe in rage as I bite into my chopsticks.

"Lucy, you do know that Yuka hasn't finished dinner, right?" Kota sighs, setting the newspaper down. I guess that would explain the homely atmosphere I see to get from these people.

I set down the chewed chopsticks and stare at Kota plainly. He starts to get all uncomfortable and asks why I am doing such. This is where I blow into a full-throttle temper-tantrum. "It's not fair!" I scream, slamming the table. "Minori deserves to be able to relax and have fun, but all these weirdoes keep stalking me every time we go out to try!"

Yuka puts the bowl of miso soup on the table. Minori pouts and prods at it with her spoon. Guess she was expecting something else. Mayu turns to me and tries her best to smile. "Sorry to tell you this, but I don't think twice is that big of a-"

"It was more than that!" I argue. "There was the time Hoshi, Minori, and I went to Mrs. Hoshi's house! A black car kept following us until we passed city limits."

"Why would someone do that?" Nana asks as she unknowingly pours piping hot soup into Minori's lap.

"AIIEE!" Minori screams, jumping up and prying the skirt of her outfit off. Then she starts crying, right there in her underwear. "My skirt's ruined!" she complains.

With a sigh, I start leading her out to the bathroom. "Come on…You can't stand out here in your underwear forever you know," I huff. Well, you could if you danced on poles, but I don't see Minori doing that anytime soon.

She nods and complies. I leave her in the bathroom so she can get undressed and quickly grab some of Mayu's clothes. They seem kind of big for her, but they will have to make due. When I come back, Minori is playing with some stuff on the sink. It takes a bit to get her to stop, seeing as her face now looks like a clown from messing with the make-up there. Of course, she refuses to take off the make-up because 'it makes her look as pretty as Lucy' (gee, thanks kid for downgrading my pride), so we return with her in clown make-up and too-big clothes.

Kota chokes on his food. Yuka drops both jaw and chopsticks. Mayu stares in horror as Nana falls over, laughing. "Um…Lucy?!" Yuka chokes.

"What?" I ask. Sorry, but I can't really be blamed for what Minori did, seeing as she's SEVEN and was left alone in front of MAKE-UP. It was bound to happen eventually. She points to Minori's face and I, again, say, "What?"

Minori tilts her head and slaps her face. She brings her hand away to find it covered in white face paint and red lipstick. "It's just make-up," she blinks. "It makes me look as pretty as Lucy, doesn't it?" More laughing from Nana. Is today 'Make Lucy Lose All Sense of Pride Day'?

Mayu laughs nervously and comes up, patting Minori's shoulder (probably too afraid to touch anything near that nightmare of a make-over). "M-Minori-san…M-Maybe a little less would work? I mean, those things can be bad for your skin…"

Again, Minori refuses to take it off. "No!" she whines. "I want to look like Lucy!" With that, she stomps to the table and starts shoving her miso soup into her mouth. I just sit next to her and eat. The only way to get her to stop is to make up yet another monster, but I am not going to kill my little baby with monster-overflow…Wait what did I say? Ugh, this girl is literally turning me into a mother…

The others accept facts and move on. It's silent eating until I notice Minori copying the way I eat. I stop with noodles half-way in my mouth. Minori does so as well. "…What are you doing?" I ask, trying to keep the noodles in. They fall out and plop right back into the bowl, splashing some broth on my face. "Ah damn…"

"Lucy, maybe you should limit your language around Minori," Yuka suggests. "After all, she is seven…"

"So?" I tilt my head to the side to empha…empha...empha-something my confusion. "I saw a dog die when I was eleven. I don't think a little cuss here and there is going to harm Minori."

Nana keeps laughing, making me kick her in the side to shut her up. Mayu watches me as I try to hide the way I eat, but fail miserably. Minori just copies me, trying to hide her bowl as well and being just as unsuccessful. She even looks behind her, like I am, as if trying to look at the clownish girl copying her. I finish, as does Minori, and we both wash our bowls and chopsticks, the littler of 'me' doing it exactly how I do it. We drop them onto the counter and they both wobble in unison, almost identically. It sort of scares me on how much the universe knows what Minori is planning.

I hold no objections to her following me to my room. Not like I keep it a secret anyways. I do, however, mind it ever so much when she lies on top of me as I lay down on my futon to rest. "…Minori?"

"…Minori?"

I sigh, and so does she. Is this another attempt on making me try to feel better? Seriously, it feels like half of the day is reserved for chaos, and the rest of the day is reserved for her trying to help me. "Stop that."

"Stop that."

Oh this can get annoying quick. I wriggle a bit and end up dropping Minori onto the floor. "Oops! S-Sorry-!"

"WAAAAAAAH!" Minori cries, holding her head.

Footsteps immediately sound outside. Seriously, are they robots that are programmed to detect children's wails? I pick up Minori and start rocking her. "Shh…Shh…It's okay!" I gulp. Anyone else gonna bet that Kota's going to kill me if he finds out that I dropped her (on accident, but we ALL know Kota). I'll bet all the money in your pocket. Shut up; you don't count DNA.

Yuka and the rest barge in as Minori bawls her eyes out of her skull and the make-up off of her face. "Lucy!" Yuka scolds.

"What?" I grumble. "You don't even know what happened!"

Nana glares and crosses her arms. "You hit her because she was copying you, huh?" she spits.

Minori stops and hiccups. She turns around while wiping the tears away, sniffling. "I hit my head because I was on Lucy and she moved…"

Yuka stomps over and yanks Minori from my grasp. But…Why do I want to hit Yuka now? Why is my first thought 'don't take my baby'? I mean, I'm not Minori's mother or anything. "Ugh, Lucy! She was just playing!"

The young Diclonius blinks up at Yuka and starts sucking her thumb. "I don't think she meant to…" she whispers.

Of course, Yuka will be Yuka. She ignores Minori and goes telling me off about how I shouldn't take things so hugely. When I protest, she points out about my paranoia with the people and the whole sailor-mouth routine I seem to have (and passing onto Minori) once something bad or unfortunate happens to me. Now I find that last bit perfectly normal, so I don't really see why she attacks me for it.

She sets Minori down so she can start using hand gestures. Minori, now being free, decides to copy Yuka this time, mimicking her scolding in a rude way. I can't help but chortle. Mayu laughs nervously and Nana stares. "Haha!" Kota laughs, seeing Minori's act.

"Is there something funny about this, Kota?!" Yuka roars. Honestly, I can see the devil horns on her head.

Minori then proceeds to stick two fingers behind her own head to resemble devil horns. She sticks out her tongue and mouths 'nyeh-nyeh, I'm meanie Yuka'. Mayu giggles and Yuka grumbles, stomping over to Kota, who keeps laughing. Honestly, I don't blame him! "Oh come on Yuka!" he chuckles. "Take a-"

SLAP!

Well, it had to happen sometime, neh? As Kota and Yuka bicker on, I stand and shimmy over to Minori. "Let's get that make-up off now," I push her back lightly.

"No!" Minori whines. "It makes me look as pretty as Lucy!"

Don't make another monster Lucy…Don't make another monster Lucy…"But you've been crying and now it's all smudged. You don't look like me much." Nice save, m-…I'm going insane, aren't I?

Minori pokes her cheek and pouts. "But there was more inside the bottles-!"

"Other people want to use that stuff, you know," I keep gently pushing her back. At least she is complying by walking forward. "It would be mean to use it all."

She pouts and hangs her head. "I'm sorry…" Again with the puppy eyes! STOP PULLING THOSE ADORABLE PUPPY EYES ON ME, MINORI!

With a sigh, I just keep pushing her forward gently. After a bit, she starts doing the same; gently pushing the air in front of her forward. I roll my eyes, thinking nothing of it. That is, until I see that her expression is not so light. She looks kind of nervous and serious at once. So…Why would she have that face if she's pushing air?

…

Who's there?