Disclaimer; I do not own Elfen Lied

There will be nothing more than kissing, and anything further will not be described. This is subject to change if I decide to be dirty xD Also, this is set two years after Lucy disappeared. And where anime ended.

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The large grandfather clock in the hall began to chime.

One

Kouta's eyes snapped up from the cleaning, to look at the large clock, chiming insanely slowly. The pendulum kept swinging, for the first time since Kouta had been there. Nyuu had worked hard on trying to fix it, without overly great results.

Two

Kouta leaned back on the balls of his feet as the clock chimed two, and looked out the door. The sun was shining down brightly on the Inn today, and it cast long shadows of the smallest things.

Which was where that silhouette came from, standing behind the gate.

Three

His feet seemed to work on their own, taking Kouta away from his tedious work. Bare feet padded down the hardwood stairs, ignoring the shoes resting on the mat. Kouta slid the door open with his hands, stepping down onto the gravel of the garden path cutting its way through the seemingly long area of land to the gate.

Four

The gate with the person behind it. Why this was such a significant event to Kouta, was unknown to everyone, including himself.

Nonetheless, he continued his walk in a dreamlike state, hoping, praying to whatever God he believed in that it was her behind that gate. Behind that thin piece of wood.

Five

Wanta barked at the man, nipping at his heels, but found himself totally and utterly ignored. The trance-like state Kouta was in could not by broken by a simple dog. He held his arm outstretched, heading towards the carved wooden handle in the door. The shadow was gone by now, but Kouta didn't notice that small detail.

Six

The detail that could separate salvation from the mailman. The loss of someone he loved so much hurt and was a wound that wouldn't heal. Nothing could pull him out of despair. He wouldn't talk, wouldn't smile or laugh, just do everything in an orderly manor, in the hope she would come back. He pulled open the door, and…

Seven

There was nothing there. A few leaves blew across Kouta's path in the light breeze. Other than that was a big, wide emptiness. Then something appeared, from the corner of his eye Kouta spotted it. He turned his head slightly, to try to see it, but, by that time, it was hovering in front of his face.

Eight

It was an opaque, oddly long hand.

Inside it was two white triangles

The hand moved towards his, opening them as if by magic. Kouta didn't resist – he couldn't – and the two objects fell into his open palms. He recognized them instantly. Horns.

Nine

'Nana has these,' He thought quickly, 'And so did that young disabled girl. Lucy had them, too…,' Realisation dawned on Kouta, 'Nana is inside with the others, that girl is dead. Therefore…'

Ten

Kouta's eyes weakly followed the arm, as it headed to the left, and moved upwards at an angle. His eyes followed its semi-transparent image, and it seemed his body did too, because he found himself at the base of a tree, where the arm made a sharp curve up, towards the top of the tree.

Eleven

Sitting on one of the larger boughs of the tree was a girl. Around nineteen years old. She wore a short black dress, with a pink shirt underneath, and matching black and white striped stockings, with her shoes neglected on the ground below her slim form.

There was one thing distorting the perfect view of her face, and that was pink hair.

Twelve

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A/N; Well, that is the start/prologue thing for my story. It is, as you can probably tell, about what happened after the series. I will not post the next chapter unless I get a review (Just one), so please give my some suggestions, I will try to write them into my story!

- Much love from Chiel.