Chapter Two

Ok, guys, since you liked it, I made another chapter!

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Blood dripped from the ceilings and pattered to the ground. The blackness of her surroundings slowly ate away at her sanity. "Why did we trust you?" A holographic image of Kouta danced around her quivering form. "You're murderer…"

He took a taunting glance and crossed his arms. "You killed my father and my sister, and why? Because you thought I lied to you?" He leaned closer. "Or because it was the envy that I had a family and you didn't?"

Lucy squeezed her eyes shut and clamped her head between her hands. "No…"

"Conflicted?" He asked, his voice raising and lowering robotically. "You should be. You have to live your whole life…knowing that you murdered my little sister and my father." He started to diminish into a bright ray of light. "I'll never forget what you did that night."

"Kouta…"

"And I'll always harbour a hatred that only hell would see fit to understand!"

"KOUTA!"

Lucy's darkened crimson eyes fluttered open. They settled on the wooden sealing and softened a considerable amount. The red haired female carefully picked herself out of the soft bed, and dragged her feet toward the front door. She carefully slid it open, and softly slid it to a close. Once she made her way half down the path, she was stopped by another presence.

"Lucy…?" Kouta's sleep filled murmur filled the air. The red haired girl didn't dare turn, speak or move. "Where're you going?" He briefly looked back at the clock. "It's half passed midnight." He moved so he stood behind her.

Lucy continued to gaze at the pebbled ground. Her fingers fisted and unfisted in her midst of her dilemma. It wasn't a dilemma, really. It was a choice. "Leaving."

"W-What?" He made a grab for her wrist, but she dodged and glowered at the ground further. "Lucy, what are you talking about?" His bewildered, frustrated and panicked voice sliced through the silence of the night.

"You have no say, Kouta. My choice is my own. It has nothing to do with you, or your family." A firm grip latched onto her wrist, and forcibly turned her around on the spot. "What-?"

"You are my family, Lucy. Me, you, Mayu, Nana and Yuka are all family." He ground out sternly. "And it has everything to do with me! And…and you were so happy!" He held a finger at her protest. "And I know what you are gonna say, and I won't have it! The Nyu and Lucy I know were both happy. Fixing the clock, breaking cups and plates because Nyu, quite frankly, doesn't know how to wash up, and greeting us when we come home!"

Lucy lowered her gaze to the ground, covering her face with her fringe. "How do you forgive me, Kouta?" Her white horns that had already started to grow back glinted in the moonlight. "I killed your sister and your father and brought bloodshed and anguish into your life, and yet you treat me like…" Her voice seemed to choke at the word. "…Family?"

"I don't," His honest revelation shocked Lucy to the extent her crimson eyes attached to his own. "I could never forgive you for killing my sister and my father." He gripped her wrist tighter when she tried to pull away. "And I will never forget the fear I saw in my sisters eyes that night." He felt her trying to pull away once again. "But knowing that, every day from that night we thought…we thought you were dead, you're trying not to be the killer the world envisioned you to be. Because I know that you're not a killer, and that honestly makes me happy as it is."

Lucy's eyes lowered to the ground once more. Her bangs covered her expression, and her attempt to pull away ceased. "Then maybe it's best if I…" A small wind carried the moonlit fuchsia cherry tree petals through the air. "Stay…" The wind blew her fringe very slightly. "Thank you, Kohta…"

"Lucy?" Her name caught her attention, and suddenly, she looked with big round eyes. "Nyu…" He smiled and wrapped his arms around her waist. He buried his nose in her growing long hair.

"Nyuuu?" The pink haired girl tilted her head in the surprise embrace, but smiled suddenly and wriggled in his arms.

He pulled back, then, and chuckled at her childish expression. "C'mon, we've gotta go back to bed. Let's go." He guided her back in the house, and they eventually went their separate ways. Although, as soon as he shut his door…

"Nyu, I meant separate beds, not my bed."

"Nyuu!"

Xxx

"Nana," Mayu walked into the kitchen where Nana stood cutting up carrots for the afternoon. "Do you know why Nyu's in the old grandfather clock? I've tried asking her, but all she does is pass me spare springs."

"Oh? Has the grandfather clock broken again?" Nana placed the knife down and turned to face her. "Nyu has a big interest in that clock, and I'm not too sure why, but she loves fixing it."

"It's quite sweet really," Yuka appeared from the other side of the door with a small smile. "Nyu loves cleaning and fixing things around the house. She even made an attempt of cleaning the sealing, but I think the spiders creeped her out a little."

"Maybe she's trying to tell us how grateful she is for letting her stay here," Mayu put a finger to her mouth in thought. "Thinking about it, all she does is clean lately. Apart from when Kouta comes home and she spends most of the day in the kitchen or the front room."

"Hey, I know!" Nana clapped excitedly and smiled at the two. "Why don't we go into town for few hours? Nyu hasn't been out, and we could all use a little fresh air. How about it?"

A loud bang echoed in the corridor. The three women flinched at the sudden noise, and quickly ran to the source. Their eyes met Nyu who held a thin piece of golden iron that had a round circle at the end. "Oh, Nyu…the grandfather clock broke?"

Small tears were balled up in the corners of Nyu's eyes as she frantically attempted to re-attach the iron. Her small hands wrapped around it and clanked the tip of the iron against where it had dropped off. "Nyu, stop!" Yuka quickly took the metal from her hands and set the iron down. "We're going into town now. We can possibly get some…sellotape and re-attach it, ok?"

Nyu sighed sadly and picked herself up off of the ground. Once Yuka had placed the ribbons that covered her re-growing horns, she stepped out the front door. "Kouta should figure out we've gone to town. But, then again, he's a jerk so he might not." And with that, Yuka set off down the steps and towards the town.

As soon as the three girls arrived in the town, Nyu cried out and ran into the nearby shops. "Nyu!" She jumped in and out of the trolley's they held up clothing, jumped on the shoe stacks, and ran the entire length of the shop.

"We let her go for one second and this happens?" A small tumble weed passed by as Yuka, Mayu and Nana watched the carefree Nyu prance around. "But…it does look kinda fun…"

And instantly, Nana had joined in.

"Faster!" Nyu spun Nana in the trolley quickly and sharply around corners, sending articles of expensive clothing into the air.

"How old are they supposed to be again?" Yuka's bag dropped into her hand as her hair sprung into different angels due to stress.

"Uh…"

"Nyu! Cut it out! Not in public places!" Nyu, as soon as Yuka had caught up to her, let go of the trolley as Nana jumped out, and they both excitedly jumped over to a nearby raw fish store. Yuka was sent flying into a pile of used clothes. "This…" She peeled a pair of pants away from her head. "Is the last time I ever bring Nyu and Nana out in public!"

"Isn't that considered solitary confinement?" Mayu cut in unhelpfully, causing a fiery aura to surround Yuka. "Er…"

Xxx

"Nyu…" The pink haired girl sat in front of the grandfather clock and back at the long piece of metal in her hands. They hadn't long got back from shopping, and she, unlike everyone else, had had dinner. As said Yuka brought the sellotape and left it for Nyu to take care of.

Of course, Nyu ended up getting tangled. For the fifth time.

The pink haired girl placed the iron inside of the grandfather clock, and pushed the abruptly cut off piece of metal that hung inside. Aside from the broken metal, she had fixed it. It bonged loudly. "Nyu!"

Everything happens for a reason, may it be good or bad. But sometimes, the bad things meld with the good things, and the good things meld with the bad. And somewhere in between, there is happiness.

And that's all she could ask for…

Annndd that's the end! I hope you enjoyed it! It was only a two-shot, so there ya go!

Dizzy~