A/N: Here it is the last chapter. Everything will come to an end in this chapter.
Disclaimer: I do not own Elfen Lied. All rights reserved to their respective owners.
"Let's finish this." Lucy said with ferocity in her voice. She entered the room and stared angrily at the figure in the room. He is strong and intimidating to most but Lucy could care less. "So here it will end." Lucy said as she stepped towards the man, Director Kakuzawa.
Kakuzawa chuckled and said, "No doubt that Lucy has returned but you still can't beat me."
"Want to bet?" Lucy said ginning and she sent out her vectors to attack him. But he then sent out his vectors and blocked her attack. "What?" Lucy said shocked that Kakuzawa was able to even have vectors.
Kakuzawa laughed evilly and said, "I come from a line of pure bred Diclonius. My vectors are more powerful than even yours. Here, I'll show you." Kakuzawa sent out his vectors and hit Lucy. She flew across the room and hits the wall leaving a dent in the wall. Kakuzawa laughed again as Lucy tried to catch her breathe. "Oh sorry did that hurt?" He then shot out his vectors and tried to kill her but they only punched through the wall.
Lucy evaded getting hit and said, "I'm going to kill you now."
Kakuzawa laughed and said, "Oh, I'm going to have fun with you."
Another lead ball hits the wall but barely misses the young Diclonius girl who is now in tears from the constant pressure tests. "Increase it to 550 psi." The new lead scientist said.
"That would kill her." Arakawa said sadly.
"We need her to be ready to fight Lucy; she is the only one who can fight Lucy." The lead scientist retorted. He then directed his attention to the scientist at the controls and said "Increase it."
"Yes sir." The scientist responded and pushed the lever up to 550 psi.
"Hold on." Arakawa said as she went into the pressure testing room. She ignored the angry protests of the lead scientist and went to Akiko. "Sweetie, you still there?" Arakawa asked as she got down to Akiko's eye-level.
Akiko looked at Arakawa with tears rolling down her face and started to speak telepathically, "Mom, I can't keep going. It hurts too much; make them stop." Her telepathic voice started to crack.
Arakawa tearfully replied, "I know. Akiko, I love you, never forget that."
Akiko nodded and replied, "I love you mommy." Arakawa put her hand to Akiko's face comfortingly which soothed Akiko and after a while Arakawa got up. Arakawa then walked back to the control room.
"Next time you interrupt our research Dr. Arakawa, I'll let the soldiers shoot you." The lead scientist said harshly. Arakawa said nothing and looked down sadly.
"550 psi initiating now." The scientist at the controls said and pressed the button but nothing happened.
"What's going on?" The lead scientist asked worriedly.
"I don't know sir. Nothing is working." The scientist replied.
Suddenly the door opened and all eyes were on a young boy armed with a katana and 8 mm handgun. "You should seriously think about keeping that transformer in here." Hitoshi said with a mischievous smile.
"Quick fire!" The lead scientist exclaimed. Everyone fired but Arakawa and the lead scientist. Hitoshi reacted using his katana to cut down the soldiers and then fired at the scientists, while using his vectors to stop any bullets coming at him. Meanwhile, the lead scientist went into the testing room and released Akiko and raised his gun at her and made her walk only a couple of centimeters from the barrel of his gun. The scientists and soldiers were dead in a short period of time except for one scientist.
Hitoshi stared over at Arakawa with an intriguing look on his face. "Why haven't you shot at me yet?"
"Akiko, please you need to help her." Arakawa said.
"Alright, where is she?" Hitoshi asked.
"Right here." The lead scientist said holding a gun to a young Diclonius girl who had tears rolling down her face. "Drop your weapons." The lead scientist said to Hitoshi. "Or she dies."
Hitoshi sighs angrily and throws his katana on the ground then his gun. The lead scientist chuckled, "Good."
Hitoshi inched closer until the man took the safety off of his gun. "Please, don't do this. Don't hurt her." Hitoshi said trying to compromise with the man.
The lead scientist smiled evilly and fired at Akiko. Akiko stood there with her eyes closed in preparation for the bullet that never came. She turned around and saw that the bullet was suspended in midair. It fell to the ground and the lead scientist looked surprised and angry. "Thanks for letting me get close enough to use my vectors to protect Akiko." Hitoshi said. The lead scientist started to fire more but Hitoshi's vectors blocked all of his shots. "Akiko get down!" Hitoshi exclaimed. She did as he said, and he grabbed his katana and threw it at the lead scientist slicing him in half diagonally.
Arakawa ran over to Akiko and hugged the girl. A moment of relief passed by everyone until Hitoshi felt a powerful Diclonius, Director Kakuzawa. "Come on, I'll take you both to the helicopter that we're going to use to get out of here." The two nodded and followed him as they ran to the landing pad.
Meanwhile…Nana had managed to get the girls to the helicopter and Dr. Kurama was now helping them into some of the clothes that he brought for the trip. Suddenly, Nana felt a powerful Diclonius. She started to sprint toward the same direction that Lucy took until Dr. Kurama noticed her and yelled, "Nana, where are you going?"
"I have to help Lucy; she's in trouble." Nana replied as she turned around to address her father.
"No it's too dangerous!" Dr. Kurama yelled back but it was too late. Nana had ran into the building.
"Dr. Kurama!" Hitoshi yelled as he ran toward the helicopter with Arakawa and Akiko following him.
"Hitoshi!" Dr. Kurama yelled. "Go help Nana! She went to help Lucy!" Hitoshi nodded and ran for the building while Arakawa and Akiko were given a warm reception by Dr. Kurama and the Diclonius.
Nana reached the office and saw that most of the furniture was overturned and smashed and saw Lucy struggling to get up as Kakuzawa grabbed a nearby desk with his vectors and he said, "It seems you weren't as strong as you thought you were." He threw down the desk but Nana protruded her vectors and grabbed Lucy at the last second.
Nana managed to get Lucy back to where she was and she squatted down. "Are you alright?" Nana asked.
"Look…out." Lucy stated. Nana looked up and saw Kakuzawa's vectors coming at her. She was able to defend herself with her vectors but barely. It required too much work.
Kakuzawa laughed maniacally and said, "If Lucy couldn't beat me, what makes you think you can."
Nana ran toward the man all the while evading his vectors and the furniture that he threw around with his vectors. She finally got close to him but he brought his hand out and slammed her into the ground while using his hand to choke her. "You know I wonder how it felt to get ripped apart by Lucy."
"Shut up." Nana spat.
Kakuzawa brought one of his vectors close to Nana's throat, "Don't worry, I'll finish it quickly by slicing your head off, first. No torturing."
"No, no, please don't." Nana begged. He was about to strike when suddenly a bullet hit him in the shoulder. Completely caught off guard, Kakuzawa grunted in pain and looked up angrily at who had managed to shoot him
It was Hitoshi; he charged at the man with his katana but it proved fruitless as Kakuzawa dodged his slash and picked him up and threw him. Hitoshi hit a completely destroyed couch and he grunted in pain as he tried to get up.
Suddenly two vectors hit Kakuzawa and he was sent flying out the window. The two teens got up and looked over to Lucy who was the one to send Kakuzawa flying.
"Alright we won." Nana huffed.
"Not quite." Lucy said. "I can still feel him; he's coming back."
"You have a plan to beat this guy or something?" Hitoshi asked.
Lucy smiled indicating that she did.
A few minutes later, Kakuzawa used his vectors to get back into the room. He looked over to Hitoshi and jumped up. He came down with full force with his vectors but Hitoshi's vectors blocked his attack. However, Hitoshi struggled with the immense power.
"Impressive, few can survive my attack let alone block it." Kakuzawa stated.
"All part of the plan." Hitoshi stated. "Nana now!"
Nana appeared several feet behind Kakuzawa and used her vectors to pull back Kakuzawa's. He was now defenseless. He yelled in pain as Nana kept pulling on his vectors and taking advantage of her vector's length. "Lucy, I can't keep this up! Take him out!"
Lucy came out of the corner shot her vectors at Kakuzawa slicing him in half. Nana was finally able to contract her vectors since Kakuzawa was in too much pain to use his. The three looked at Kakuzawa as he struggled to breathe. "So this is how it ends." Kakuzawa said coughing up blood. "Killed by two bitches and a bastard."
"I told you I was going to kill you." Lucy said coldly as she brought her vector out. Knowing what was going to happen next, Nana hugged Hitoshi to avoid seeing Lucy slice Kakuzawa's head off.
"Go, both of you." Lucy said to the teens while looking at the ground sadly, "Go live with Kouta in that house. I want you two to do what I can't do, as much as I wish I could."
Nana lets go of Hitoshi and replied, "Lucy?" Lucy ignores her and starts to walk away.
"Hold on, for the longest time you and I have had an alliance of convenience against Kakuzawa." Hitoshi said while he grabbed his katana. "Now that Kakuzawa is gone, you are the last person that I need to kill."
Lucy glared at Hitoshi and got into a fighting stance.
"No stop it, both of you!" Nana exclaimed. "You're friends remember?"
"No, I can never forgive her for what she did to you." Hitoshi said angrily.
"It wasn't her fault!" Nana exclaimed. She looked down to the ground with her fists clenched and said, "It was my fault."
"Nana." Hitoshi said lowering his sword. Even, Lucy was caught off guard and the two stared at the girl.
"I tried to take her back to this place and maybe she did went a little too far but you can't blame her. We would have followed her and killed her friends, our friends. You and I would have been tested heavily here and Kakuzawa would have won in the end." Nana then looked at them both and said, "If you both like me, you won't fight, not anymore."
Hitoshi sighed and said, "Maybe I should listen to my own advice. All I will do is hurt everyone I care for because of this vendetta." He took his gun and threw it on the ground. "I'm done."
"What about your katana." Lucy asked.
"Actually, I like this thing. I'm keeping it." Hitoshi said happily. He then grew serious and said, "There is one favor that I need you to do for everyone. I need you to destroy this place, blow it up. That way we don't have another Kakuzawa in the future. There are bombs located throughout this facility in case the government was to find it."
"You better get going." Lucy said with a smile as confirmation that she will destroy the institute.
They nodded and ran for the helicopter. They managed to reach the helicopter as it started to take off. It was over; they were all heading home. In the distance, they could hear explosions from the bombs that were planted all over the facility.
Dr. Kurama sighed and asked, "Do you think she made it?"
Hitoshi simply replied, "She's Lucy, sir; I'd be surprised if she didn't." He wasn't sure why but Dr. Kurama smiled whether it be for the nightmare facility never torturing or killing another Diclonius ever again or if it was that Lucy was still alive.
6 Months Later
Kouta was on the ground looking at the shell that Nyu got for him while he listened to the music box that carried so many memories. Yuka, Dr. Kurama, and Saito were finishing getting the feast ready for the residents of the Maple House. Hitoshi was looking at the sky from the roof with Akiko and Nana accompanying him. Arakawa was finishing taking a shower after a long day at work. Emiko, Haru, Mizuki, and Atsuko were playing tag in the yard. And Mayu and Mariko were back from their walk with Wanta and were tying the dog back to his doghouse to prevent the dog from going anywhere.
"There, finished." Yuka said as the last dish was put on the table.
Dr. Kurama chuckled and said, "Ironic don't you think? This place used to be a restaurant and now it is again."
"Yes and we even have our own regulars." Satio said happily as she went toward the door. "I'll go get the kids to come in."
"Kids dinner!" Saito yelled. They all started to walk in and she said, "Now make sure you wash your hands."
Emiko and Atsuko responded with okay and headed for the sink while Haru, Mizuki, and Mariko were already heading for that direction.
After several minutes, everyone took their seats and were about to eat when suddenly there was a knock at the gate and Wanta started to bark which indicated that someone was at the gate. "I wonder who that could be." Kouta said as he walked to the door.
"We'll wait for you." Dr. Kurama said. Another series of knocks could be heard as Kouta approached the door but before he could reach it the 'dormant' clock rung as it hits 5 pm. The gate opens and reveals the figure to be Kadae. Kouta opens the door and sees her. "Kadae." He said as he ran to her.
"Kouta." Kadae said as she ran to him and they met midway for a friendly hug.
"You're just in time." Kouta said. "We were about to eat. Come and join us and I will not take 'no' for an answer."
Kadae smiled and said, "Okay." They then head inside closing the door behind them.
A/N: And that is it everyone. Thanks for letting me torture you all with this novel; I hope you all enjoyed it. And this will probably be the only Elfen Lied novel I'll do. So, y'all have a good one. Later!
