"Oh no..." Nana gasped when she saw Kaede change, but was confused about why her personality changed so fast. She could only hear Kaede say "Nyu..." in between her sobs.

'This is not good...' Nana bit her bottom lip. 'Kaede has gone to that innocent personality of hers, because of the baby's name. What should I do...?'

She took one step forward, seeing if comforting the other diclonious would work. Sting beat her to it, and set his eyes on the crying, pink-haired girl.

"Kaede," Sting said. "why are you sobbing over a friend of yours getting married and having a kid?"

The tears stopped flowing down Kaede's face as she looked up at the blonde Dragon Slayer. "Nyu...?"

"Is it because..." Sting's eyes widened as he thought over the question he just asked Kaede. 'She had feelings for this Kouta...' that conclusion came up in his head.

Kaede nodded, "Nyu." She then looked away, saying the same word two more times.

Nana's pink eyes shifted from Sting, then to Kaede. 'Poor Lucy-san...' she thought. 'She is heartbroken by Kouta marrying Yuka and having a kid...' the sixteen year old diclonius, then thought about her mission, which was to bring Kaede back to the present. She went over it one more time, and decided on something.

However, she held onto her hands nervously, despite her mind being the decisive one right now. "I...I should probably stay with Lucy-san. I'm pretty sure she is heartbroken by the news and truly misses them."

"That sounds like a good idea." Yukino spoke up, locking her eyes on the light pink-haired diclonius for the first time. "But what happens if you bring up something that causes Kaede to shift these... these personalities that she has? It might be harmful to her."

Nana hadn't considered that, but didn't believe it to be harmful. Taking that back, she knew that the Voice could be harmful to Kaede, due to its demands, it gives the diclonius to kill...kill innocent people.

"I will make sure not to bring up anything that will bother her and cause her to change like she does." Nana promised.

"Well then," Sting spoke up. "You wouldn't mind joining Sabertooth for the time being, would you? You could probably help us with Kaede."

Nana looked wide eyed at him, but then her eyes relaxed as a warm smile appeared on her lips. "Sure."

Nana's stomach rumbled as a blush appeared across her face. She didn't say anything though, because she didn't want to trouble them.

"It seems that you're hungry" Rogue said then turned to go back inside. "You can come in and eat if you must" He then went inside the guild.

Sting laughed and went inside too, as well as Kaede, Yukino, and Nana.

Nana practically ran in the building wondering where the food was. "Food! I can't wait until the food comes!" she shouted and grinned.

"Nyu!" Nyu shouted as well.

"They sure are childish" Rogue said with Yukino and Sting agreeing with him.

"Well, I can get some cookies out of the kitchen for us to eat." Yukino suggested.

"Can you get them? I'm getting hungry too" Sting said and Yukino went to the kitchen to get the cookies.

When she came back, she had a tray full of bird shaped cookies.

"Look they are shaped like little birds" Nana said, staring at them in happiness as well as Kaede who did the same thing.

"Let's eat now!" Nana said grabbing a cookie and started eating it. "Yum"

Kaede just stared at the cookie wanting one too. "Nyu"

"Come on, Lucy-san try one. They are good." Nana said, giving Kaede a cookie, which she grabbed.

Kaede stuck it in her mouth and ate it. "Nyu!" Kaede said and grabbed more.

"I guess we should eat some too before they are all gone" Yukino said and grabbed some cookies as well.

Rogue grabbed one as well and decided to give it to Frosch. "Here take one"

Frosch grabbed it and ate it "Fro thinks these are good." The exceed them hopped onto the table and started eating them.

"I guess I'll have some too if everyone else is having them" Lector said and grabbed some as well.

Rogue and Sting also grabbed some. In no time all the cookies were gone.

"I'm stuffed" Sting said, patting his belly.

"Nyu" Kaede said copying what Sting was doing since she was full as well.

Sting decided to ask Nana a question. "Why do you look the same as Kaede?"

"Hmm. Well, all diclonius look like this. We were born with horns, pink hair, and eyes."

"What's a diclonius?" Yukino asked.

"Umm... well how can I explain this? Goodness, I'm not that good at explaining stuff like this" Nana said slightly embarrassed.

"That's alright. Just tell us the best you can" Yukino said with a smile.

"A diclonius is the evolution of humankind and their purpose is to eradicate the whole human race and replace it with the diclonius kind."

"That's bad" Sting said as he looked at the two diclonius in front of him.

'I didn't know that the two were so dangerous' Rogue thought as he also looked at them. 'Is it even safe for us to let them be here'

"We have a voice in our heads that tells us to kill humans. It's quite annoying to be honest. I never listened to it and refuse to listen and because of that I never killed anyone before. However, Lucy-san listened to it and has killed a lot of people. She was the one who took all my limbs and laughed while doing it too, but I can see that Lucy-san changed a lot since then. I also don't think she'll kill anymore or at least I hope so." Nana said finishing what she was saying.

"I see." Yukino said and saw Kaede yawn. "It seems it's time for bed." She then stood up and beckoned Kaede to come with her. "Come on, let's get you changed into a nightgown"

"Nyu!" Kaede said and followed her.

"What am I supposed to wear?" Nana said to Yukino before she got too far.

"You can follow us and I can give you an outfit to wear" Yukino answered her.

Nana nodded her head before following them too.

Sting and Rogue decided to go to their rooms in the guild. You see the Sabertooth guild has its own dormitory and the rooms are pretty close together as well.

"I guess I should get some rest too" Sting said as he stood up and walked away towards his room with Lector following.

"Fro wants to go to bed too" Frosch said. Rogue smiled at him.

"Come on. Let's go to our room" Rogue said and Frosch followed Rogue as they went to their room as well.

Yukino, Nana, and Kaede reached Kaede's room and Yukino decided to look in one of the drawers for a nightgown for Kaede to wear.

Yukino took out two nightgowns and handed one to Nana "I'm sure you can change by yourself?" She asked.

"Yes, I can" Nana answered as she grabbed the red nightgown. She stripped down to her bra and panties in front of Yukino and Kaede and put the nightgown on.

Yukino then looked at Kaede and said "Okay. Let's get you dressed." She then changed Kaede into a blue nightgown.

"Nyu" Kaede yawned and crawled into the bed not caring if Yukino and Nana were there. Light snores came from Kaede signaling that she was fast asleep.

"Nana you can sleep in this room. We have two beds here"

"I see. I'll be glad to sleep here." 'I'll also keep an eye on Lucy-san in case anything happens' she thought staring at the sleeping Kaede.

"Well, I'll be going to my room now. Goodnight, Nana."

"Goodnight, Yukino" Nana said while yawning. She then proceeded to go to her bed and fell asleep.

An hour passed when Nana felt a strange presence. It wasn't like the Lucy-san she knew when she changed personalities. It was different and much more evil.

Her eyes shot open as she stared at Kaede who had an evil glint in her eyes.

"L-Lucy-san what are you doing?" Nana asked in fear of her life.

"Killing you" Kaede simply answered as her vectors went around Nana's neck choking her.

"I can't breathe. Stop this Lucy-san"

"I refuse"

Nana summoned a vector and punched Kaede in the gut, making her release her hold on Nana.

"Lucy-san what happened to you? Why are you doing this?"

"You're a traitor and traitors deserve to be killed" Kaede answered.

Nana realized one thing. This wasn't Lucy-san. "Y-you're not Lucy-san"

"About time you figured that out" Kaede said before getting ready to silence Nana.

"Who are you?"

"I'm the one who told Kaede here to kill" Kaede grinned as she laughed. However the laugh was evil and sent chills down Nana's spine.

"You won't kill me. I refuse to let you kill me"

"We'll see about that, traitor."

Nana glared at Kaede and pushed her away with her vectors and proceeded to run out the door and into the hallway. She was scared for her life and felt that Kaede was following her. However Kaede was walking towards her and not running.

'I-if Lucy-san gets two meters within range. I'm done for' Nana thought as she continued to run. She ran until she was out of breath. She had stopped in front of Rogue's and Frosch's room.

Nana saw that Kaede was there behind her. Nana turned around and screamed, knowing that she was no match for Kaede. "H-help." she said quietly. "HELP!"

XXX

Rogue was currently lying awake in his bed with Frosch sleeping beside him. He had many things running through his mind and couldn't sleep.

However Rogue heard a scream coming outside his room. 'That sounded like Nana' he thought as he rushed outside his room.

When he got outside, he saw Nana on the floor with one of her prophetic legs lying across the hall.

"N-no, no more. I can't live through this again" Nana said as she begged Kaede to stop.

"All that is left is your head, right?" Kaede grinned "I guess I'll have to take that too" she then laughed knowing that she was within two meters of the other diclonius.

"Kaede" Rogue said facing her. Kaede turned towards him taking her attention off of Nana.

"What do you want, human?" Kaede asked.

"Why are you doing this to Nana? Isn't she your friend?"

"That traitor, my friend? Don't make me laugh. That human loving 'thing' can never be my friend" Kaede smiled wickedly at Rogue and Nana.

The three heard footsteps as they saw Sting and Yukino arrive there.

"What's wrong?! We heard screaming" Yukino said and looked at the state Nana was in. She saw that one of Nana's prosthetic limbs were right across the hall and that Kaede was standing right on top of her getting ready to end Nana's life.

"What is this?" Sting said, looking at the scene before him.

"Be careful. This isn't the Lucy-san we know" Nana warned

"What do you mean she's not the one we know?" Sting asked.

"The traitor's right. I am not the one you know."

"Who are you then?" Rogue asked, standing in front of Nana blocking her from Kaede.

"I am the one who tells Kaede to kill humans. Thanks to me she had a horrible life. However to me, I had fun" Kaede grinned sadistically as she turned to Yukino. "I guess it will be fun torturing this white haired girl"

"You are not touching Yukino" Sting said, getting ready to get in front of Yukino, but Kaede's vectors were quicker. She quickly lifted Yukino up by her throat and into the air.

"I can't breathe" Yukino choked out.

"I wonder if I should suffocate you to death, but that will be boring. So I'll just rip your limbs off one by one" Kaede said.

Nana glared at Kaede and summoned her vectors. She quickly put them inside of Kaede's skull and disabled her vectors. That made Kaede drop Yukino to the floor.

Sting went straight to Yukino's side while she coughed and gasped for air.

"Yukino, are you alright?" Sting asked his friend.

"I'm alright. I'm just a little sore around the neck" Yukino answered.

Sting glared at Kaede and said "How can you do this?"

"I was bored" Kaede simply answered. She was scared though. Her vectors were canceled and she was completely and utterly helpless.

"Shadow dragon's slash!" Rogue shouted rushing at Kaede striking her which knocked her down onto the floor.

'I'm going to die' Kaede thought still scared.

Rogue could see the fear in her eyes and wondered why she was so scared when she wasn't before.

"Why are you scared?" Rogue asked her.

"It's because I canceled out her vectors. She can't do anything now." Nana answered Rogue for Kaede.

"She can't even use a Dragon Slayer move?" Sting asked.

"What's a Dragon Slayer?" Kaede asked.

"You don't know what a Dragon Slayer is?" Rogue asked.

Kaede stayed silent, not answering Rogue. She was starting to become weak and her personality was shifting back. However, she was fighting it with all her might.

"I don't know what a Dragon Slayer is either" Nana said, confused as to what Sting and Rogue were talking about.

"I probably know a way to get Kaede back to her other personality" Sting said, walking up to Kaede who moved back until she touched the wall.

"Stay away. Stay away!" Kaede said, watching as Sting got closer to her. She closed her eyes, waiting for death to come, but what she didn't expect was him, wrapping his arms around her in a gentle hug.

"W-what?" Kaede said confused. She has never had this kind of contact before and always thought that humans were creatures to kill. She tried to struggle out of his grip, but Sting only held on tighter. Eventually Kaede returned to her innocent personality.

"N-Nyu?" Kaede said and Sting let go, knowing that her evil personality was gone.

"S-sorry. Kaede, sorry" Kaede repeated the same words over and over again while crying. She, however, didn't know why she was sorry, how she got to the hall, or why everyone was in the state they were in.

Nana managed to crawl towards her prophetic leg and put it back on. She stood up and walked over to Kaede and patted her head. "It's alright, Lucy-san. No one is going to hurt you" Nana smiled.

Nana then looked sternly at Rogue, Yukino, and Sting. "We need to do something about the, Voice"

"I agree" Rogue answered her back.

"But how can we? We barely know Kaede." Yukino asked.

"Yes, but somehow we have to get rid of it" Sting answered.

"It's impossible to get rid of it. It's part of our DNA, we were born with this instinct to kill and the Voice is that instinct. All we can do is suppress it" Nana said.

Nana then yawned as well as Kaede. "I'm tired. So I want to go to bed"

"Nana sleep with Kaede" Kaede said, trying to get Nana to come into the room with her that they were previously in.

Nana, however, was scared that the Voice would come back and shook her head, no. 'I don't think I can do this. I'm too scared' Nana shivered in fear and Rogue noticed this.

"I'll have Nana sleep with me. You others head off to bed" Rogue said.

"Then I'll have Kaede sleep with me, just in case something happens." Sting said.

"Yes. Well, if we are all going to bed, I'm going to go to my room and get some sleep" Yukino said. "Goodnight everyone"

Everyone said their good night's and went to their rooms to go to sleep.