Requiem
Disclaimer: I do not own Elfen Lied, only my own characters.
Chapter 4: Unfinished Business
The storm raged on, but none of the tenants of the Maple Inn heard any sound other than their own heartbeats and the deafening silence held between the mysterious girl and Kouta as help each others gaze.
"Nyuu...No...Kaede-chan…?"
Kouta didn't see any of the qualities of Nyuu in the girl, nor was she threatening enough to be Lucy….Kaede seemed like the only name that fit, but that was impossible. It COULDN'T be Kaede, there was no way! Kaede was dead! He had done it himself, seen the light leave her eyes right in front of him, but here she was…standing right across from him.
"Kou…ta?"
The girls voice was barely a whisper as she uttered the boys name under her breath. She looked only at him, and didn't even blink from the rain when it would slide gently into her eyes from the ends of her bangs. Everyone's eyes were locked onto this pale, fragile and worn looking body of the young girl, each with questions burning in their heads dying to be answered.
Yuka could hardly think for her heart had begun to break. She could see the hope in Kouta's eyes as he stared at the girl, she knew how badly he wanted it to be Nyuu…How desperately he wanted to see her again despite his inability to forgive her for Kanae-chan and his father. There was no competing with Nyuu for Kouta's love, even after all this time.
Nana was battling with her own mind so violently that it had begun to ache badly. She put a hand up to her throbbing temple as she tried to clear her mind and sort her thoughts.
"She is Lucy-san, but she is not Lucy-san….She has a similar feeling, but its not the same feeling…Who…Who is this! Why is she here?! Papa…If you were here you'd be able to solve this so easily…."
There it was again, the thoughts of her 'Papa'. She had promised to herself that she wouldn't think about him, after all there wasn't much point in it since she hardly ever saw him these days….Though in this situation she felt justified in wishing for his presence.
Mayu moved closer to Nana, half for warmth and half for comfort. She was scared of the girl standing in front of her because they did not know her…or what she could do…if she would do anything…Who was she? It seems to be the question that had been repeated on loop in her mind for what seemed like ages.
"I am not Kaede" The young girl looked up at the group and the corners of her lips turned upwards in a smile that made her seem all the more eerie. "Kaede was…my creator….I was birthed from her…" The thunder rumbled loudly…
"You're…." Kouta began…Unable to finish his thought from the weight of the shock he had just received…it felt like a physical blow.
"How…" Yuka began herself, but like Kouta was paralyzed in shock…
"Lucy-san's…." Nana's eyes widened, that explained the feelings she picked up from the young diclonius in front of her..It was the only explanation.
"Daughter…" Mayu breathed out the last word and silence fell upon the group.
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh….Rain fell harder….
RRRMBLE…..Thunder crashed closer….
KA-KRACK!! Lightning flashed….
….Silence……
((A/N: okay so thats chapter 4. I have to say its not my FAVORITE chapter, but belieeeeve me there is MUCH more to come…:3. I'll explain things in chapters to come because I'm SURE you all have a million questions you want to ask me…I also apologize that this chapter is so short, I really didn't feel like this needed to be so long since it was a really dramatic turn of events. I wanted it to be a BOOM ITS A SHOCK and you don't have much time to recover until the next chapter and I hope I achieved that...If you don't like the length, again I apologize. Well…Please Review ))