Here is chapter 3 and i hope it doesnt suck too much...probably does, but whatever ^_^ enjoy it if you can. Also in case anyone is wondering, the reason why I'm not continuing this like in the Elfen Lied manga, its cuz I've never read it. I only watched the episodes so I'm working off of that. But im still sticking to important facts were mentioned in the manga (yes even though I havent read it, I know a little bit of what happens)

Red Rose

Chapter 3

"Nana, it's time to wake up."

The purple-haired Diclonius stirred, tiredly rubbing her eyes. "Why? Are we going somewhere?"

Tommy smiled. "Yeah, today's your first day of school."

Nana, remembering this, sat straight up. "What?! You mean, I'm going to school today?"

"Yup, now get dressed. I brought this for you," Tommy told her, laying a uniform onto the end of her bed.

Nana gave him a worried look. "Are you sure about this, Tommy? I mean...I'm really nervous that something might, you know...fall off...."

Tommy blinked, somewhat confused. "Oh, you mean your, uh...artificial limbs?"

"Yeah, I have them controlled pretty well but every now and again I lose concentration and they fall off," Nana told him, a twinge of fear in her voice.

"Don't worry, you'll be fine. And nowadays, it's not that uncommon to have artificial limbs," Tommy said.

Nana didn't look convinced. "Yeah, but mine look more real....it'll look really suspicious..."

"Eh, nothing will happen," Tommy assured her. "And if something does, I'll cover for you and give everyone some made-up story. Now come on or we'll be late."

"Okay, give me five minutes." Nana heaved herself out of bed and waited for the fourteen year-old boy to leave and shut the door.

As Tommy waited outside her room with his backpack, he glanced into the kitchen to see Takuya, Zoe, Kouichi, and Kouji at the table.

"Thanks for putting us up, Takuya. We owe you big time," Kouichi sighed.

Takuya shrugged. "You guys needed a place, and I have plenty of extra room. No big deal."

"Fucking asshole landlord," Kouji muttered. "He just had to raise the damn rent even knowing that Kouichi was laid off. Bastard..."

"He hated us anyway," J.P. told him, taking a swig from his energy drink. "I think he used that to his advantage to kick us out. We just couldn't make enough between the two of us with Kouichi out of work."

Kouichi bit into a slice of toast, frowning. "I swear, no one is fucking hiring nowadays. I was hoping to have a job by now but there's nothing available. Sorry, guys."

Kouji snorted, uncaring. "Fuck 'em. I'll burn down the landlord's house next week."

"Can I help?" Takuya asked excitedly.

"We'll see," Kouji replied, then looked at J.P. "Dammit, slow down with those energy drinks. Don't want you throwing up on the floor..."

Kouichi laughed. "Why? Takuya's the one in charge of cleaning this place."

"Fuck you," Takuya replied, annoyed. "If I'm letting you guys stay here for pretty much free, the least you can do is mop up J.P.'s puke."

"Oh, shut up. I'm not gonna throw up," J.P. muttered.

"What? We do too pay," Kouji argued.

Takuya rolled his eyes. "Yeah, for your own food."

J.P. finished his drink, then picked up his large suitcase. "I gotta go catch my train. See ya in like...I dunno, two or three weeks."

With that, he rushed out the door with half a waffle hanging from his mouth.

"Where's he going?" Tommy asked, walking up to them. "Vacation?"

"Yeah, he's visiting his cousins for a few weeks," Takuya replied. "Where's Nana?"

As if in cue, Nana made her way over to them. "I'm right here."

She was wearing a navy blue skirt that ended a few inches above her knees, and a short-sleeved white shirt. There was a dark blue sailor-like collar like on many other school uniforms, as well as a red criss-cross ribbon at the end of the collar. She also wore white knee-socks and black Mary Jane shoes. She had tied blue ribbons over her horns to conceal them.

"You look great, let's go!" Tommy said, grabbing her hand rushing out the door.

"Wait, slow down!" Nana cried out, trying her best not to stumble.

Takuya smirked. "Hope everything goes okay with her today."

For the first time, Zoe spoke up. "I hope so, too. It'll be difficult for her though, seeing how she's been locked up for most of her life and hasn't had the opportunity to learn what other children her age have."

"Zoe, are you alright?" Takuya asked, noticing the somber tone in her voice.

Zoe sighed. "Yeah, I'm just worried about her. I know that when I was school, it was like living hell. Even though her horns are covered, she may have trouble with the other kids. Well, keeping up with the schoolwork, that is...."

Takuya gave her a sympathetic smile. "I'm sure her experience will be better than yours. Or, I'm hoping at least."

"Yeah, she seems like a smart kid, so she should be okay. Just as long as there are no mishaps with her limbs....." Zoe said, her voice trailing off. "I'm surprised she even likes me since I'm the one who's responsible for that...."

Kouji rose, throwing his leftover breakfast away. "Eh, she probably realized that you weren't completely all there."

"Kouji!" Takuya growled.

"No, he's right," Zoe protested. "I wasn't all there at the time. I was in a state of...how should I say...bloodthirst. I knew who she was...but I didn't care."

Takuya watched her stand up. "Where are you going?"

"Back to the bedroom," she muttered. "Maybe if I relax, I'll be able to think of a plan."

"A plan for what?" He asked.

Instead of answering, Zoe quietly made her way back to their bedroom, softly closing the door behind her.

Takuya sighed, sitting back in his chair. "I don't know what to do. It's obvious that she's afraid and doesn't want anything to happen to us. But I can't bring myself to let her leave. Am I making the wrong decision?"

Kouji smacked him in the back of the head. "No, you idiot. Do you honestly want her to be killed? Or brought back to that crazy research facility?"

Takuya scowled at him, rubbing his sore head. "Bastard... But you're not worried that we might be killed for hiding her here?"

Kouichi shrugged. "We knew damn well of what might happen before we moved in. We decided to take the risk and we're perfectly fine with that. There's no reason to make her leave, especially since she was here before the rest of us."

"Good," Takuya said with a smile. "Because I don't want her to leave."

"Aw, Takuya's in love," Kouichi teased.

The brunette chuckled. "Shut up..."

"No, he's in lust," Kouji quipped. "You saw the way he stared at her in that tight cami of hers."

"Can you blame me for staring at a hot girl? Morons..." Takuya mumbled. "But yes, I do love her. I know I shouldn't...and I don't know how I am able to....but I do."

Kouji smirked. "Yeah, 'cause you're a crazy bastard. But she's hot, so I'll excuse you."

Takuya threw an empty can at him. "Asshole...."

Meanwhile

Tommy and Nana walked down the street, each of them fiddling with the straps of their backpacks.

"So.....what is school like?" Nana asked.

"Eh, it's alright as long as you don't have a crazy teacher," Tommy remarked. "The good thing is that you'll be in the same classes as me since I told my teachers I wanted to help you out. We only have one crazy teacher, and that would be Mr. Okamoro, our math teacher."

Nana sighed with apprehensiveness. "I'm not going to know what I'm doing, and I'm going to be so far behind, and-"

"Calm down," Tommy said with a laugh. "Half of the kids don't do any of their work anyway, so you won't stick out that much."

"Well, that's good I guess," Nana speculated. "I just hope that the teachers don't call on me...."

Tommy shook his head. "Nah, they won't on your first day. Mr Okamoro might, be he usually yells out the answer a second later before you can do it yourself. And if you see him shaking behind his desk, don't worry. It's completely normal for him."

Nana's eyes went wide. "Uh...okay...."

"Also, since you're only twelve, I told them that you were thirteen so that we could be in the same class," he said. "Speaking of which, when do you turn thirteen?"

"Um...I don't know," she replied in a defeated voice. "I don't know when my birthday is....."

Tommy smiled, taking her hand in his. "How about tomorrow? We can make tomorrow your official birthday."

"I-I don't know...I mean, can we do that?" She asked.

"Sure, why not?" He replied nonchalantly.

"Well....okay," Nana said happily. "I'm not sure...but I think Papa told me that I was twelve and a half. And that was a few months ago I think. So...I'm almost thirteen I guess."

Just then, Tommy stopped in his tracks. "Nana, you see that street right there?"

Nana looked off to where he was staring. "Yes, what about it?"

"That's where my mother lives...with him," he told her in an icy voice.

"Your stepfather...." Nana held onto him more tightly.

Tommy led her to the entrance of the street, then stopped again. "See that gray house with the light blue shutters? The one with the silver car and the potted plants on the front steps? It's the third one on the left."

Nana nodded. "Is that your old house?"

"Yeah, that would be the one. I don't want to go back to that hellhole, but I figured that I'd show it to you," he said quietly. "But let's go before we're late."

He led her away from the street, pulling her along back onto the main road where the school was. Nana glanced back at the street one last time, before Tommy dragged her away from its sight completely.

At Takuya's house

"Aw, come on! You asshole! That was a friggen cheap shot!"

Kouji smirked. "You're such a sore loser, Kanbara. I don't even know why I even bother playing video games with you anymore....."

Takuya glared at the screen, angrily mashing the buttons on his controller. "You got a cheap shot and that's it. You haven't won yet...and I'm not a sore loser!"

Kouichi chuckled, looking down at his magazine. "Here we go again...."

"Shut up!" Takuya hissed, his eyes wide and almost crazy-looking. "I'm gonna kick his ass, you'll see! You'll all-"

"See? I told you that I'd win," Kouji said with a triumphant look on his face. "Dude, you suck at this game...."

Takuya stared at the screen in shock. "....How the hell did you beat me?! I was so close!"

Kouji sighed. "I'm tired of this game. Can't we play something else?"

"No! It's my Playstation 3 so I get to choose!" Takuya told him.

"But I bought you the Tekken game, you ungrateful bastard," Kouji shot back.

"Yes, therefore making it mine!" Takuya exclaimed.

Kouichi shook his head, not taking his eyes off his magazine. "Damn, would you two shut up already? You're so damn annoying... And Takuya, shouldn't you go check on Zoe or something? She's been in there for over an hour.... You know, just make sure she's alright."

Takuya rose, dropping his controller. "Yeah, you're right. I'll be back in a few minutes."

Kouji took this opportunity to switch the game to Fallout 3. "Yes, finally!"

The brunette flipped him off, making his way to his and Zoe's room. "Be prepared to change it back. I'm not done kicking your ass in Tekken."

"Yeah, whatever," Kouji said absently.

Takuya threw him an annoyed look and knocked on the door. "Zoe? Can I come in?"

"Yeah," she said softly from inside.

He opened the door to see Zoe sitting on the edge of the bed, a tired smile on her face.

"Hey," she said, gesturing for him to come closer.

Takuya smiled, closing the door and making his way over to her. "Did you get to relax at all?"

"Somewhat," Zoe replied, resting her head on his shoulder. "I would ask you the same thing...but by the sounds of it, you weren't having a very good time."

"Kouji's just being his usual emo self, which means he's cheating at video games," he told her, angrily looking at the door. "Bastard."

Zoe gently took his face in her hands and turned his head back so that he was looking at her. "Takuya...are you sure you want to do this?"

"Positive," he replied, brushing a lock of her hair off to the side. "Now stop asking me that."

"Alright, I'll stop....for now," she said, a tiny smirk on her lips.

Takuya tackled her and pinned her arms above her head. "Oh, so that's how things are gonna go, huh? Well, two can play at this game."

He lowered his lips to hers, kissing her passionately. Zoe responded by nibbling on his lower lip, wrapping her legs around his waist. She moaned in between kisses, then felt him move down to her neck, where he licked the area teasingly. Takuya ran his hands up and down her sleek body, his fingers lingering at her breasts.

They didn't notice the door quietly open and close, nor did they see the look on Kouji's face as he caught a glimpse of their actions.

"So, is Takuya coming back out?" Kouichi asked his twin as he walked back over.

"Nope." Kouji sat back down on the couch. "Something tells me that he won't be out for some time...."

Kouichi chuckled. "Don't tell me that you walked in on them having sex...."

"Not yet, but pretty damn close," Kouji replied, shaking his head. "The last thing I want to see is Takuya's naked ass."

"Or do you?" Kouichi teased, making a lewd gesture with his tongue.

Kouji threw a pillow in his brother's face. "Fucking gross, dude. Say that again and next time that pillow is going somewhere else."

"I don't think getting a pillow up the ass would be that bad," Kouich said, throwing it back.

"Will be after I fill it with bricks. So shut up," the long-haired twin snapped. "Trust me, I think I would go blind if I saw Takuya naked."

Kouichi snorted. "No, you would go blind after seeing J.P. naked."

"Can we stop talking about naked guys already? It's grossing me the hell out," Kouji muttered. "Now give me your magazine for a sec."

"Why, there are only pictures of cars in it?" Kouichi hid it behind his back.

Kouji rolled his eyes. "Yeah, the cover of a car magazine concealing the real deal. Give me the Hustler magazine or else."

"Or else what?" Kouichi challenged.

"Remember that Christmas party where you got completely shit-faced and-" Kouji didn't get a chance to finish as the magazine hit him squarely in the face.

"Never speak of that incident," Kouichi growled. "And don't take too long with that magazine...."

Okay so Nana is going to school, she knows where Tommy used to live, Takuya and Zoe are making out, and Kouji is looking through a magazine to get rid of the image of naked guys in his head. And that has been our ten second recap (probably only took you like 5-7 seconds to read it though) ^_^ Please review and make my life worth living. See ya laterz and the next chapter should be out within two days.