Rosario to Elf
Disclaimer: I do not own Elfen Lied, Rosario + Vampire, or any characters associated with either of the series.
"talking"
thoughts
So What Now?
"You'll be OK now. You'll see" smiled Kohta as he gave her his hand.
Kaede beamed at this as she took it. But then . . . . But then . . . . But then she didn't remember what happened next. As she groaned, she held her face as she peered through her hands to see the ceiling. "Just a dream after all, figures. It was all just too good to be true".
But as she slowly got up she rubbed her eyes as she blinked a view times clearing up her mind. Then taking a closer look around, it quickly dawned on her. "Where am I?" Kaede didn't recognize her new surroundings as she at this time seemed to have been sitting on a couch. As she closed her eyes trying hard to remember, ". . . . How did I get here?"
"Ahh, so you're awake now?"
The horned girl immediately jumped up at this looking around to where the voice came from. But clearly spotting no one in the room around her she scratched her head at this. "Was I imagining all that?"
"You must be hungry. It should be around lunch time now".
Kaede's eyes once again widened at this. "That definitely wasn't my imagination". But then, "where did it come from?"
"Down here" then said the voice again.
Kaede looked about still not seeing anyone. But then looking down, that's when she spotted a rabbit plushy as it looked like it was . . . . looking at her? So picking the strange doll up, she stared at it. "Did the voices come from this thing?"
"Of course it did! Where else would it come from?"
The horned girl gaped at this as she instantly dropped the doll and started backing away from it. "It's possessed!" as she now started to stand back in a defensive position.
"That's rather rude of you to say" as the plushy then started to stand on its feet looking to her. "Why act so surprised about me? I'm pretty sure you must have seen something like me before".
Kaede was shocked speechless to the talking doll to which she rubbed her eyes to make certain she wasn't either hallucinating or still dreaming. But still seeing the doll still looking at her, her mouth could only hang open at this.
"Oh forgive me, where are my manners. My name is Bunny or as my mistress calls me Bun-kun. So who are you may I ask?"
"Kaede" she stuttered. Gaining a bit of confidence, she started to inch closer to it. "So . . . . What are you exactly? You are real right?"
"Of course I'm real. I standing before you am I not?"
Kaede looked strangely at the doll before she gave a slow nod.
But sensing what she was really asking, "I don't have an original body as I was just a wandering spirit within nature to which one day mistress found me and gave me form and from then on I was known as Bun-kun".
"I see . . . . So where am I exactly?"
Right on cue that's when Kohta and a little girl walked in. "Ahh, I see you're awake now. I was wondering when you were going to come too".
"Mistress Kanae, I have done as you asked" as the plushy ran back to the little girl looking up to her.
The girl smiled cutely to this as she picked the bunny up hugging it close to her. "Good job Bun-kun, you did a very good job!"
Kohta gave a chuckle to this as he looked back to the horned girl only to see a completely dumbfounded expression as she looked like she was soon going to enter a mental breakdown. "Is there something wrong Kaede-chan?"
"Kaede-chan? No one has ever called me that before . . . ." to which the horned girl gave a faint blush too. However she quickly shook her head to wear it off. "What's going on? How did I get here? Who are you people exactly?" as she readied herself to fight back if the need came up. But then relaxed a bit as she continued to watch Kohta's smiling face as his presence didn't reflect any form of maliciousness.
"As I said before my name is Kohta Hizashi and this is my sister Kanae Hizashi".
"Hello!" chirped the little girl with a warm smile.
"And you've already met Bun-kun" to which the doll waved too. "As I said before we're magi's".
". . . . So that wasn't a dream".
"I've also told my father all about you. He's very interested in seeing you too!"
"What?"
Then soon enough an elder man walked in as he looked down upon her. "So you're the girl my son talked about".
"Huh?"
The elder man then kneeled down as he got face to face with her. "Hello, I'm Kohta's father. But you can call me Mr. Hizashi" to which Kaede gave a slow nod too. "Please make yourself at home for now. I need to have a word with my son". He then looked to his daughter. "Kanae, if you would be so kind to watch over our guest".
"Yes father!" she then chirped as she took Kaede's hand and led her to the couch to which a moment later both men left just leaving the girls behind.
As they sat there Kaede couldn't help but feel . . . . Awkward to all this. "What am I supposed to do . . . . I never have been in a situation like this before . . . ." Looking to Kanae through the corner of her eye, she seemed to have been humming to herself while playing around with that strange possessed doll of hers. But feeling herself getting anxious again towards her incredible situation, she closed her eyes and took a deep breath to calm herself. "This is just too surreal . . . . Magic? Such a thing can't be real . . . . Could it?" Holding her head she soon realized something. It was the fact she felt somehow . . . . less burdened as if some great weight had lifted itself from her. Now that she thought about it, "I feel so . . . . 'Quiet' inside . . . . What happened to that voice?" As she was about to put more inquiry into it, that's when her couch companion spoke up.
"Oh I almost forgot!" which almost caused Kaede to jump at her sudden outburst. "Oniichan asked me to make this for you".
"Make me something?"
Kanae placed two fingers in her mouth as she gave a whistling sound. A moment later barking was heard as a plushy of a dog ran out from a door way and jumped onto Kaede's lap barking at her as it wagged its tail. "What is this?" she asked a bit surprised as she still wasn't quite use to the whole living doll thing yet.
"Can't you recognize your own dog?"
"My dog?" to which she took a closer look at it. At looking at the patch work with resemblance to color theme and texture it began to dawn on her as tears began to well up. "This is my puppy! But how is this possible?" as she hugged to dog turned doll as she then looked to Kanae.
"I'm a spirit medium in practice. But in my particular work, I'm placing souls into dolls giving them a physical anchor to this world to move around in". Then looking to the happy dog, "Oniichan told me he found that puppy's spirit in the forest and wanted me to give it a form close to its original body and give it to you. But I'm not entirely sure why".
Kaede looked to her dog as a smile formed. "He did this . . . . For me?"
"Of course" smiled Kanae. "Oniichan is a really nice person". Then correcting her vision, she spotted the very thing she wanted to ask about when she first saw it. "By the way, what kind of demon are you?"
At that question, Kaede was about to feel offended by this. Due to her life in the orphanage people were always picking on her and calling her names which ranged from being called cow to monster due to her horns. But sensing the child was not giving off ill intent, she decided to restrain herself for the little girl to further explain. "What do you mean?"
"I've never seen a demon like you before and you don't seem to resemble any species from what I recall".
"So . . . . Demons are real?"
"Of course they are" said Kanae. "My family is a class of demon known as magi or wizard and witches most commonly known. Essentially out of all the demon species, we look practically like humans but are capable of using magic". But looking closer to Kaede, "aside from other species, I've never seen any other demon look this close to human".
"What kind of other demons?" Kaede then slowly asked.
"There are many kinds of demons in the world. But the ones that look closest to human are mostly the high class demons who practically carved out a good amount of influence in this world being the vampires, werewolves, succubus, and yukionnas". But then Kanae got closer to Kaede as she started to poke at her horns which to say the least started to make the horned girl feel a bit unnerved. "You don't seem to fit the category of any known demon clan. So I'm curious to what you are exactly".
At hearing this Kaede blinked. "So . . . . I'm really some kind of demon?"
With that question Kanae could only shrug at this. "I heard from oniichan that you had some abilities of your own. Can you show me?"
The horned girl paused for a bit. But seeing a cup on the table, she sent her psychic hand out as she lifted it from the table.
At seeing this ability Kanae could only blink at this. "That's interesting. I don't understand how you're even doing that. How about you Bun-kun? Have you seen anything like this before?"
The rabbit plushy shook its head to this. "No mistress I've never seen anything like this before".
"Oh well, I guess it doesn't matter that much" to which she looked over the couch. "I wonder what's taking them so long?"
"Well if it's OK . . . . I don't mind checking on them".
"Are you sure? You don't really know your way around the house".
"It's fine, I wanted to stretch my legs anyways" to which Kaede soon got up to leave. But looking around as she wandered a bit she had to say that this was a rather nice house. Then after a bit more wandering that's when she heard something.
"She might be too dangerous".
At hearing this Kaede spotted the room where it came from as she set her dog down as she pressed her ear against the door. From listening she easily could tell who was talking.
"But father" said Kohta. "She doesn't have anywhere else to go . . . . After what had happened . . . . With those other kids".
"He knows about that!" as Kaede felt her body shiver seeing her actions was discovered.
"You said it yourself" then retorted Kohta's father. "She killed all of them without a second thought. That girl is too dangerous to keep around this family".
"But she didn't mean to do it! Those kids were being awful to her which caused her to lose control. Plus I know she's a good person! I peered into her soul myself! She's not evil!" At hearing this Kaede felt a mixture of emotions as she was both happy yet fearful of where this conversation was leading.
Kohta's father contemplated everything he has come to learn. True that Kaede girl didn't mean to kill those children with malicious intent. However upon first meeting with his son she went straight to attacking him. More than that, her strange powers managed to penetrate Kohta's shield. "But something like that can't be possible . . . ." But then looking to his son waiting for him to give the final verdict his face soon softened to this. "Kohta may be young. But he is a good judge of character. But if what he said is true about that girl phasing through his shield then it would probably be good to keep an eye on her for now". So giving a soft smile, he then spoke. "Very well Kohta. I'll take a blind eye to this for now. But the matter still stands she ended four lives yesterday. Seeing the complication of this incident as well as the lack of clarity, much work needs to be done".
"So she can stay here with us!" exclaimed Kohta excitedly.
"Now Kohta, that's something your auntie must decide seeing at this is her house. But I'm certain she'll be more then welcomed to stay for now. Did you get that little one?"
"Huh?"
At that question Kaede was stunned at this which caused her to fall back to the floor landing on her rear. Then slowly the door opened revealing the elder man. "Uhh . . . . Hi . . . ."
"You know it's not polite to eavesdrop on other peoples conversations. However since it involves you, you do deserve to know what it's about" to which he motioned for her to step in. "But before I proceed from here, I wanted to talk to you myself concerning that incident". At that statement it was easy to see the horned girl visibly shake at this. "Although I do believe my son in regards to your nature, I'm still skeptical of your actions" as his eyes narrowed giving off quite the intimidating aura. He knew interrogating a child like this was a rather distasteful thing to do. But considering potentially what she was in addition to what she had done, this was something he had to clear the air about. "So tell me Kaede-san, do you regret what you have done?"
At that question her eyes widened to this. Seeing the intense stare he was giving her forced her to look away. "Should I lie to him? That would probably get me clear for now". But peeking back, a feeling came over her that lying would do her no good. Looking at the elder man's eyes, it was clear he was scanning her for any indication that she might be lying. Given the situation, it was probably not in her best interest to try as she was in a territory she had no knowledge about. "But it's not an answer neither of them are going to like . . . ." as she took a glance to Kohta. So taking a deep breath she looked to Mr. Hizashi with dead seriousness in her eyes. "No . . . . I don't regret my actions of what I did . . . ."
This caused Kohta to give Kaede a shocked look.
"But" to which her dog then jumped onto her lap as she petted it, "I . . . . . understand now I was angry then. When I really think about it . . . . I am . . . . Saddened that I took a life, but yet . . . . I'm not sorry for what I did . . . ."
Mr. Hizashi narrowed his eyes at this. From her answer he knew she was being sincere although troubling as it was. But taking into account her history and from what he was able to learn about her, he made his decision. "You may stay here for now as I'll vouch for you. However you will be watched, my son will temporarily be responsible for you" to which he then stood up. "That is all for now".
"This kid is going to responsible for me?" thought Kaede both sarcastically and incredulously. "He can't be serious about that. If he really knows what I did then he should know what I'm capable of".
Almost as if he read her mind, "now don't take my son easily. He might be your age, but he's a lot tougher then he looks". He then looked to his son, "now Kohta, go get Kaede-san accustomed to her new living arrangements".
"Yes father" to which he took the horned girl's hand and walked them both out.
But once far enough from the room, Kaede ripped her hand away from the tanned youth as he looked to her curiously. "No one said I needed your help you know. Who said I'd agree to live with you anyways?" as she gave the boy a cold glare.
Kohta simply blinked at this before showing a wide smile. "It's simply because you needed help and there was nothing more to it than that. Does there have to be more or a reason then this?"
Kaede was taken back at this giving a slight blush before looking away as her eyes softened at this.
"Come on! I got lots to show you!" Kohta then said as he retook Kaede's hand.
Looking down to the friendly gesture, Kaede's cheeks gave a slight tint of red as a strange mixture of feelings swarmed in her head which also plagued her heart. In her short life no one has ever shown her this much warmth or compassion to her well-being. But here they were as these strange people openly accepted her regardless of her appearance and actions. However that was the problem itself. After her experience at the orphanage, she found it . . . . difficult to open her heart to anyone at remembering how much it hurt to be betrayed. But looking to Kohta, "one more time . . . . I'll believe one more time". Although that was her proclamation, it wasn't going to change her attitude towards anyone as frankly she was a natural born tsundere.
To be continued . . . .
Author's notes: chapters short I know. But this is where I'm going to do a time skip to further things along.
For those who don't know or remember, Kaede/Lucy/Nyu lived at an orphanage. During her time there she was a rather lonely and isolated girl due to her 'difference'. So one day she found a puppy to which that dog became one of the most treasured things in her life. Then sometime eventually a girl at the orphanage approached her in a friendly manner to which Kaede introduced her dog to her. But then the next day that girl betrayed her to her bullies to which in a cruel laugh beat the puppy to death. At this heartbreaking moment, Kaede's powers awakened and killed all the bullies. It was from here that she began her descent into madness. But it was here in my story that Kaede takes a different route.
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