Author's NoteOkay, as much as I loved writing Elfen Lied Ultimate Tenkaichi, I am going to wait a minute before I write anything that long again. So I'll just write short stories for a while. Let's get started.
Chapter 1: The Review
It has been 3 months since Lucy came home. After the fight on the bridge, she returned to the facility and burned it to the ground.
No one survived, but all she would tell Kouta is that she was no longer hunted and she promised never to kill again, a promise she has kept to this day.
"How about this one Kouta?" Yuka asked her cousin, they were in a video store, trying to pick a new series.
"Hmm, that would be a good one but.. I don't know if everyone would like it.. let's keep looking." Kouta said.
Yuka huffed as she put the video back. Kouta knew this wouldn't end well for him, but he wanted something everyone could enjoy, something like- "Hey Yuka, how about an anime?" Kouta asked as he spotted the anime section.
"Ah, that's perfect, I'll bet Nyu and Nana would love Naruto." Yuka said, she may call her Nyu, but Lucy hasn't changed back since she returned. While Kouta has told Yuka about Lucy and the facility, he hasn't told Yuka about their shared past for fear of what Yuka would think of Lucy if she knew.
"I think you're right, let's see if they have the first season." Kouta agreed. He knew that Naruto had a similar background to Lucy, even if he was made up, he could inspire her to be a better person.
He looked over the different seasons, trying to find the beginning... then he saw it.
Over in H section, red as blood, his horrible masterpiece. He drifted over like he couldn't believe what he was seeing and picked up the DVD boxset.
"Huh, what's that?" Yuka asked him as she examined the DVD over his shoulder.
"I-I can't believe it." Kouta muttered in shock, confusing Yuka.
"What, what's the big deal, it's not the first violent anime the world's ever known." Yuka said. Pointing to a copy of Berserk as she said it.
"I... I wrote this." Kouta said, turning the boxset over as he did.
"What?" Yuka asked him, but as she asked the question, she saw the answer, written on the back of the boxset. Inspired by the manga written by Kouta Hirano.
"You wrote a manga... like THAT!?" Yuka exclaimed, completely shocked.
"I was going through a phase, I didn't think it was good enough to publish, so when a friend asked to take it off my hands, I didn't think anything of it." Kouta explained.
"Oh, well... I guess we know what we're watching." Yuka said.
"Wait, WHAT!?" Kouta asked, but Yuka had already taken it from his hands and was heading to the checkout.
"No no no that is a bad idea Yuka, you know Nana gets nightmares easily, this'll scar her for life." Kouta said, but Yuka wasn't listening.
"Oh please, you used to tell ghost stories that made me laugh, I'll bet the scariest thing about this is the cover." Yuka said.
Later that night
...It was over... it was finally over... Mayu had poked all the way out of the blanket she had been hiding under, and Nana's vectors had recoiled back inside her.
Yuka apologized numerous times for insisting on this, and Kouta tried to hide his embarrassment.
When they had a moment alone Lucy questioned Kouta about something that bothered her since the 4th episode.
"Kouta... when Alucard used his shadows on Van Winkle's men, they looked like vectors.. did... did I do this to you?" Lucy asked him with guilt in her voice.
"...I...I didn't remember what happened to my family... what.. what you did to them...but I would have nightmares... all the time... until a therapist said that the best way to stop being afraid of the monster in my dreams... the hands... was to make them a good guy somehow... so, I created Alucard." Kouta said.
"...I'm sorry, this is my fault, I-" Lucy didn't finish before Kouta hugged her, silencing her.
After the embrace Lucy was in a much better mood. "It's uh, it's getting late we should rest up for tomorrow." Kouta said when she wouldn't stop stairing.
"Oh, y-yeah. Good night." Lucy said, blushing as she did so. And so day ended... and a night of terror began.
Author's note When we return, the family of the Maple Inn will one by one have Hellsing based nightmares, I will enjoy filling their dreams with fright, probably more than I should 3:) I do not own Elfen Lied or Hellsing and fully aware that Kouta from Elfen Lied is not tied to Kouta Hirano in any form.