Third Halloween Jump Girl for Month of Pink; Lucy from Elfen Lied.

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Death. That was all Lucy has in her life. Whether it is to protect someone, like Kouta and Aiko, or to make someone suffer, like Kurama, death was a part of her.

"Are you okay, Nyu?"

Turning to the voice, the pink-haired Diclonius found both Kouta and Yuka looking at her in concern.

"Nyu?" replied the girl, tilting her head.

Lucy refused to come out. She knew that the only way to stay with Kouta was to be Nyu and she would remain that way for as long as she can.

"Come on, Nyu. It's time to come inside now," stated Yuka with a kind smile.

"Nyu."

She would do anything for Kouta. Anything to make up for what she did all those years ago, taking away his sister and his father

"Kouta, can you set the table, please?" asked Yuka.

"Sure thing. You want to help me, Nyu?"

"Nyu," she said with a nod.

She feared the day Kouta's memories would come back. The day he would realize just what kind of monster she truly was. She wanted Kouta to be happy, but she knew that she could never give him happiness as Lucy; only as Nyu.

"Oh! It looks like it's going to storm soon," said Yuka, noticing the dark clouds coming their way.

Lucy agreed, but not about the weather. She knew that something was about to happen soon, a bad feeling boiling deep within her.

"Looks like it's going to be a nasty one, too," added Kouta, also noticing just how dark it was getting.

She could only clench her teeth in frustration. The bad feeling was telling her that this might be the last time she and Kouta would be happy and that terrified her. She wanted Kouta to be happy, she wanted herself to be happy. For once in her life she deserved to be happy, yet the world kept denying her.

But even if she couldn't have a happy life, she'd be damned if she couldn't give Kouta one.

FIN

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Lucy subconsciously seeing the world through Nyu's eyes and knowing the end is getting closer.