Elfen Lied: Children of destruction

by LSSJ2 Gohan

Lost in a new world & found by a pair of strangers alongside a mysterious pink-haired girl, the siblings Gohan and Goten will do their best to rebuild their lives after losing everything. WARNING: This story contains Violence, Language and other Mature Themes unsuitable for aduences below the established age - Basic Elfen Lied content. Features a broken and mentally damaged Gohan.

14. Small complications

AN: First of all: sorry. Sorry for not updating in such a long time. Real life caught up with me… And let me tell you, Real Life can be a nasty, nasty bitch!

AN2: There are more references to Team Four Star's masterpiece as well!

Elfen Lied: Children of destruction

Chapter 14: Small complications; Nana goes to school!

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Kurama gave a deep sigh as he exited from the boat that carried him, alongside Isobe and Kazegawa from the Research institute to the Enoshima Park's shore.

"Everything's ok chief?" The boat's pilot asked.

"Yeah… I'm fine." Kurama whispered in a depressed tone.

"Ok, here we are!" The man announced, stopping the boat on the Enoshima Island's dock.

"Well, gotta go now, it was hard to convince the director to give us a free day, so we better use it wisely, so see you later." Kazegawa said, waving the boat driver goodbye after he and his companions exited the small ship.

"See you in two days you guys." The man answered, guiding the boat away.

"Chief, you don't look fine, is something wrong?" Isobe asked his boss and old friend.

"Don't worry, I'm fine…" Kurama whispered, walking away.

"I can't blame him for being like that." Kazegawa stated. Isobe looked at him.

"What?"

"Considering what we've been seeing in that place, it's no wonder he's so down, especially after number Seven was… disposed of." Kazegawa said as he watched the man leave. "I would feel the same if I were forced to terminate her…"

"You're right…" Isobe said after a few seconds.

Both men remained in an awkward silence, not too sure of what else to say.

"So… what do we do now?" Isobe asked the scientist, who was currently taking some money from his wallet.

"Let's go for some sake before hitting the sack, my treat." Kazegawa told him.

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Kurama entered the apartment he had called home. The place in itself was nothing impressive: there were some paintings and pictures hanging on the wall, but nothing genuinely fancy.

Truth to be told, Kurama was a very wealthy man. Every man working in a facility earned much more money than the average worker, even the guards were paid like doctors! All thanks to the gargantuan fortune the Kakuzawa clan had been harnessing since the late VII century. However, despite earning hundreds of millions of Yen in the years he had worked on the institute, he hardly ever used that money, living with only the basics.

The man closed the door, and soon discovered he wasn't alone.

"So… I guess you must be Kurama…" A mysterious voice behind him said. The man spun round in surprise, drawing his gun; only to discover another gun pointing at him.

"Who are you? What do you want?" The man asked coldly, the figure just smirked.

"I'm not here to hurt you or steal from you if that's what you're wondering."

"Then what's with the gun, why are you here?" Kurama demanded, not dropping his guard a second.

"Oh… nothing important… just wanted you to sign something."

"Sign what?"

"Something regarding certain someone you must know."

"…"

"Does the name 'Nana' sound familiar to you?" The unknown invader asked carefully.

"WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HER?" Kurama snapped, his knuckles turning white as he gripped his gun with all his might.

"All I can tell you right now is that someone I know is requesting you to sign the adoption papers required for her to move on." The person stated.

The man eyed the stranger, before lowering his gun.

"Why should I believe you?" He asked suspiciously as the invader's gun was also lowered.

"Like I said, I just want you to sign these adoption papers. In case the school she's going to attend asks too much."

"They're sending her to school?"

"Yeah, she is going there with other three students, two girls and one boy. Funny name he has, by the way. I've never heard of anyone naming their kid Gohan." The stranger explained. Kurama's eyes widened in recognition of the name.

"So she actually found him… This makes things much easier." He thought.

"Alright, hand me the papers, I'll sign them." Kurama said to her. He took the papers and, after scanning them, took a pen and quickly signed them.

"Good, I'm sure you won't regret it." The invader said, smiling.

"I hope I won't. But I still have one condition…" Kurama replied calmly.

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As Gohan began waking up, a few things registered on his brain. First, he felt very hot. Second, he found himself sweating, profusely. Third, he caught the glimpse of pretty much everyone's ki in the room. And last, something felt really, really good on his crotch, good enough to make small moans escape from his mouth.

Drowsily opening his eyes, Gohan scanned the area with a blurry sight. What met him were the astonished looks of Kouta, Yuka, Nana, Mayu, Nozomi and even Goten. Gohan blinked a few times before feeling a strange wave of pleasure that made him moan rather loudly. Looking down, Gohan found the cause of his pleasure and everyone else's shock. He had his boxers pulled down to knee level, his large manhood at everyone's sight. And Nyuu, being the sex-fiend she is, was currently stroking the boner with her hands, teasing the tip with her tongue.

And she was also naked…

The teen's eyes instantly shot open as he gave a scream, shoving Nyuu away and rushing out of his room.

Everyone else just stared at the spot Gohan has been just a second ago, now occupied by a somewhat confused Nyuu.

"Th-tha-that was…" Nozomi stuttered, unable to complete a full sentence.

"…" Mayu couldn't even talk from the shock.

"N-Nyuu-chan was… was she just?" Yuka choked, horrified.

"I never though a chin-chin was so big." Goten whispered. (Note: Chin-chin is a childish way to say penis in Japanese, like "pee-pee" or "thingy" in English)

"What was that thing between Gohan-kun's legs?" Nana asked to no one in particular, her knowledge about gender differences being marginal at best.

"H-H-How large was that thing?" Kouta cried out, outraged.

*Thump*

"Nozomi-chan!" Yuka cried, picking up her unconscious friend.

"What a great way to begin the day…" Kouta groaned, taking Nyuu outside Gohan's room by her arm.

"Nyuu?"

"You just don't learn do you?"

"Where's Gohan-kun?" Nana asked out of the blue.

"He might be in the bathroom." Kouta said while dragging the other pink-haired girl out of Gohan's room.

"Come on Mayu, I want to get to this 'school'!" Nana said, shifting her attention to her brown-haired friend.

"…" Mayu was paralyzed, still entranced at what she just saw.

"Mayu?" Nana inquired, poking the brown haired girl's shoulder.

After a few seconds Mayu seemed to snap out of her trance, shaking her head.

"N-Nana-san?" Mayu asked.

"Come on; let's go for Gohan-kun."

"Oh, ok…" She whispered, following Nana to the bathroom.

As Mayu and Nana reached the bathroom, they noticed Gohan's pyjamas on the ground besides the bathroom. Mayu was about to knock on the door when Nana opened it abruptly, revealing Gohan standing on the hot springs on all his naked glory, rubbing soap over himself rather furiously.

"Eep!" Mayu cried, covering her eyes as her cheeks turned deep crimson.

"Hey, Gohan-kun!" The silpelit called. Gohan gave a startled cry and fell on his butt, splashing water as he did.

"G-girls! w-what are you doing here?" He asked them in half surprise, half horror.

"We… w-we were just looking for you… I-I'm sorry we saw you like this!" Mayu blurted out.

"It's okay… its okay, girls. I-it doesn't really ma-matter anyways…" Gohan stammered, sinking down on the water.

"Hey Gohan-kun?" Nana asked

"Y-yeah?"

"Let's take a bath together!" Nana said brightly.

"W-WHAT?" Gohan all but screamed as he fell flat on his head, again.

"N-Nana-san, that's not funny!" Mayu yelled.

"Come on Mayu, it'll be fun!" Nana chirped.

"Don't try it!" Gohan blurted out.

"Why not?"

"Nana-chan I want to take a bath alone, so please leave!" Gohan said sternly.

"But I want to bathe with you!" Nana whined.

"I said no, you pervert!" Gohan cried in a rather unmanly way.

"Pervert?" Nana repeated questioningly, not knowing the meaning of that word.

"I'm really sorry Gohan-kun, we'll leave immediately." Mayu said apologetically, dragging Nana away by her good arm. "Come on Nana-san, we have to leave."

"B-But…"

"But nothing Nana-san, this isn't the time for this." Mayu told her, exiting the bathroom with Nana.

"It's not fair, why can't Nana bathe with Gohan-kun?" Nana whined as Mayu lead her to the dining room.

"Nana-san, I already told you, boys and girls can't bathe together, not over 10 years old, at least."

"B-But I'm seven!" Nana cried. Mayu just shook her head.

"Nice try Nana-san, now let's go have breakfast."

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After their awkward wake-up moment, Kouta, Yuka, Nyuu (who was already clothed) and Nozomi (Who was already conscious) all sat down at the table. The breakfast was ready, but none of them took a bite, instead they politely waited for the younger tenants to sit as well.

The first to appear was little Goten.

"Breakfast! Yay!" Goten cried happily sitting besides Yuka. He was about to take a bite when the girl pulled him back.

"Now, now Goten-chan, we can't touch the food just yet." She said.

"But why not?" The little boy whimpered.

"Because your brother, Nana-chan and Mayu-chan aren't here yet, no one can begin until we're all together." She explained the toddler, who sat down and crossed his arms, fuming.

Some minutes later, Gohan entered the room, already dressed in his school uniform.

"Good morning." He said lazily.

"Good morning." His housemates answered.

"Good morning Nii-chan."

"Nyuu!"

Gohan shot Nyuu a small glare, sitting down besides Goten.

Everyone just stared at him, the events of that morning fresh in their heads.

"Uh… Gohan…?" Kouta began.

The boy's head shot up and gave him a glare as well.

"Not a single word." He hissed.

After that, everyone remained in silence until the door slid open, revealing Mayu and Nana, both dressed for school. Since Nana had no clothes of her own, Mayu gave her, her short-sleeved school uniform, which she didn't use anyways, as she disliked showing too much skin, obvious consequence of the abuse of her stepfather.

"Good morning everyone!" Nana chirped happily.

"Good morning." Mayu said as well.

"Good morning girls, we were waiting for you." Yuka said cheerfully.

"So… can we eat now?" Goten asked hopefully.

"Yeah, now we can." Yuka confirmed.

"Yay!" Goten cheered as he began wolfing down his breakfast.

15 minutes later, as everyone was finishing their breakfast. The doorbell rang.

"Huh, who could've come this early in the morning?" Kouta asked to no one in particular.

"Oh, I'll get it!" Yuka said brightly as he rushed to the door.

The girl reached the door and opened it. She was met with a rather tomboyish and slightly older woman in her mid to late twenties. She had long light brown hair tied in a ponytail and her eyes were covered by dark sunglasses. She was currently wearing a dark blue tank top and dark jeans.

"Hey, Yuka-chan, what's up?" The woman said coolly.

"I'm so glad to see you Yuuno-sempai, how are you?"

"Fine, I guess, my line of work is a difficult one though." The woman replied.

"So… do you have what I asked you?" Yuka asked.

"Do you have the money?" Yuuno replied, her tone slightly more serious.

"Yes, hold on a minute!" She quickly answered, rushing back into the house, emerging seconds later holding a wad of bills.

"Here you go, 50,000 Yen, just as we agreed!"

"Great, here you go, and I hope you don't have any more undocumented kids around, hacking the government is a dangerous thing to do, you know." The older girl said, giving her bag and a manila folder.

"No, this is the last one… I hope…" Yuka said. "Anyways, thank you Sempai!"

"You're welcome, now if you excuse me, I have things to do." The woman said, walking down the stair and waving Yuka goodbye. The brunette closed the door and the turned around, and was met with Kouta's confused gaze.

"Who was she?" the boy asked, the girl, plus Gohan and Goten were already behind the cousins.

"Don't you remember her? She was the one who created Gohan and Goten-chan's birth certificate." Yuka told him.

"Wait, what was she doing here then?" The boy questioned. Yuka was more that happy to answer.

"She was giving me Nana-chan's adoption papers signed by her father." She said cheekily.

"Her father?"

"Some guy named Kurama; she contacted him last night, and made him sign the documents."

"That person knows my Papa?" Nana asked her.

"Yeah, like I said, she contacted him last night, and now all we need to do is take you kids to school!" The oldest 'Maple girl' said.

"Yay!" Nana cheered.

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Yuuno quickly returned to her vehicle, a black Jeep with flames painted on it. She turned it on and quickly drove away from the large house. She stopped at a safe distance, far enough so the family wouldn't see them, but close enough to not lose them in sight.

"So… what do you say?" The woman asked her co-pilot, who kept an eye on the family with binoculars.

"It's him, definitely him." Kurama whispered as he looked at Nana and Gohan, the first two who exited the house.

"Who, the kid?"

"Yes."

"I see… so…?"

"This is all I needed to know. We can leave now." Kurama told her, the woman instantly started the car and drove away, both of them failed to notice the taller pink-haired girl that exited the house as they left.

After driving for a while, the woman stopped the jeep, much to Kurama's confusion.

"You do know, letting her go like this is going to be dangerous… right?" She asked him, her tone was dead serious.

"What?"

"I know full well the identity of that girl." The woman stated while handling him a manila folder, like the one she gave Yuka.

The man opened the folder and read the contents, his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets as his skin went ashen…

"No way… How?" The man struggled to ask her.

"I know all the details of the girl. Silpelit number 7, alias Nana."

"But how do you…?"

"I work for the government, as well as… another research facility." The woman told him.

"B-But why…?"

"I know that she's different, more docile than the others, as well as of your connection to her."

"Have you being spying on me?" Kurama asked suspiciously.

"Not me… But we have someone who works there; you might probably know that person…"

"…" Kurama was silent.

"In any case, I want to propose you something…" The woman began.

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"I'm so exited! How would school be?" Nana asked excitedly.

"I hope you'll like it…" Mayu said, smiling.

"I-I'm also somewhat n-nervous." Nozomi whispered.

"Relax Nozomi-chan, it's gonna be alright." Kouta reassured her, making her blush.

"I'll be boring…" Goten whined.

"Now, now, Goten-chan, there's no need to be that way. School is a great place to meet new friends." Yuka told him.

"She's right squirt; school isn't just there for learning academic stuff; we are to hone our social skills there too." Gohan added.

"Wow, Gohan-kun, you're so smart!" Nana said in admiration.

"That's because he's a nerd!" Goten cut.

"You little…" The boy growled as everyone else tried to hold their laughter.

"A nerd, what's that?" The pinkette asked innocently.

"A person who spends most of his time studying." Yuka answered her.

"Honestly, that sort of fits you Gohan-kun, you do spend a lot of time reading the books you borrow from libraries." Mayu added.

"Mayu-chan! You too?" Gohan cried rather childishly. Mayu giggled softly.

"But its fine, my Nii-chan is the best!" Goten added, jumping to his brother's arms. Gohan smiled as he ruffled his little brother's spiky hair. Everyone else smiled at the heart-warming scene between the two siblings.

After a few minutes, they arrived to a small pre-school centre.

"Well squirt, we drop you here, bye!" Gohan said, gently placing the toddler on the ground, right at the door.

"Bye everyone, bye Nii-chan!"

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"Come in." The stern voice of the principal was followed by a door opening. Soon enough, Kouta's group were all inside, with Nyuu and Nana staring curiously at the office's decorations.

"Mr. Principal, good to see you, sir." Gohan said, bowing politely. The man looked at him calmly, smiling at the boy.

"Oh, Son-kun, what owes your visit?" The director said, greeting his 'ace student': called that way as he was the only one in the school's history to score perfectly on the preliminary tests.

"Well, sir… You see, there are two new girls living with me in the Inn, so we decided to allow her to come to school with us." The boy said nervously.

"Yes, I can see that." The middle-aged man stated, looking at Nana and Nozomi.

"So… sir? Do you think you can let them in?" Kouta asked him.

"Hmm… That might be hard, the term has already begun." He said.

"We know, but can't you make an exception?" Yuka told him.

"That depends, do you have their documents?" He asked.

"Oh, yes they're right here!" Yuka said, handling him the papers, he began reading Nozomi's.

"Hmm… Alright, it looks like you got some pretty decent grades here. That's good. Now onto the other one…" The man muttered, looking at Nana's papers, the man frowned.

"What is the meaning of this?" The man asked Nana's current guardians.

"W-What do you mean?" Kouta asked nervously.

"Can you explain me why does this girl have so little information about herself in these documents?"

"Uhh… well you see…"

"For starters, there's no birth date." The man said.

"We're sorry sir, but we don't know of Nana-chan's age, we-" Yuka began.

"Papa had no time to put too much detail in my papers. Papa was in a hurry when he let me be adopted." Nana said.

The man looked at Nana before looking down at the papers; he read them one more time before a name caught his eyes.

"So you are his daughter?" The man muttered.

"Excuse me?" Nana asked.

"Well… we don't usually accept new students after the classes had begun…" The man began. "However, as the currents situation unfolds, I believe we can reach an agreement here." The man added.

"So… this means they can stay?" Mayu asked hopefully.

"Yes… I believe it is." The man stated with a small smile.

"T-Thank you very much, sir!" Nozomi said excitedly, yet also quietly.

"Yay!" Nana cheered.

"Alright now children, you can head to your respective classrooms, please be sure to guide our new members, Son-san. I shall speak with your guardians." The man ended.

"Sure thing Sir!" Gohan said happily, He, Mayu, Nana and Nozomi instantly exited the room.

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"Well Nana-chan, here we are: Classroom 1A!" Gohan said, showing her the classroom.

As Gohan entered his classroom, he was followed by Mayu and Nana. The group was instantly greeted by the stares of most of their classroom: Some friendly, some hostile, some envious and some plain lustful.

"Sooooon-kuuuuun!" At least 10 girls squealed, all staring at him with the purest carnal desire. Gohan was definitely the class' most popular boy… and he hated that.

"Uhh… hi… girls… what's up?" Gohan said shyly, and was answered by a fit of giggles.

"Son-kun we missed you!" The girls echoed together as they closed the distance between them and the young Saiyan.

"Oh… yeah… well… t-thank you… I guess…" He stammered, before feeling himself freeze as one of the girls slid her hands on the boy's neck. It was Naoko, the undisputable number one fan of Gohan, and also the most popular girl on the class.

"So, Gohan-chan, missed me?" The girl asked.

"I… g-g-good morning, Naoko-san."

"Say, how about we sneak up to the janitor's room for some… quality time." The girl whispered huskily to his ear. Gohan could already feel blood threatening to spill from his nose.

"Aah! I… I need an adult!" The boy croaked, and was met with even more giggles.

"You're always so funny!" Another girl said almost dreamily.

Meanwhile, Mayu and Nana stared at the little scene. Both girls felt anger building up inside them, a burning sensation on their chests at seeing someone flirt with Gohan. As for Mayu, this feeling were also accompanied by a deep resentment, a result of the abuse she was subjected to by her stepfather, which made her look down on all kind of overly sexual advances, especially if they were directed to the boy that meant so much to her.

"Leave Gohan-kun alone!" Mayu cried suddenly. All the girls turned to glare at her.

"Oh, come on! You can have him all for yourself at home; at least let us take a try at him!" Naoko whined. The comment only made Mayu angrier, her petite hands clenched into fists, her knuckles turning white.

"Let! Him! Go!" She hissed, her anger skyrocketing.

"Hey, stop it; you're making him uncomfortable!" Nana added. She too felt angered at the way the girls were invading Gohan's privacy. But just like with Mayu, she was met with contemptuous glares.

"And just who are you, pinkie?" Naoko asked.

"My name is Nana!"

"So? It's not like you know him."

"I do know Gohan-kun! And you're making him uncomfortable!" She cried in anger.

"So what, you are not his mother, why don't you let him decide?" Another girl taunted.

"C-Cut it out girls, I r-really need to take a seat." Gohan said, struggling with the words.

"Girls! Girls! That's enough, get a hold of yourselves!" Hiroshi admonished, instantly, all the girls moaned in disappointment and backed away from Gohan, who was at the very verge of passing out.

"Hiroshi-san, I… I'm so glad to see you…" Gohan gasped, trying to catch his breath.

"How mean! Why were they all over you like that?" Nana said.

"I guess… those girls really seem to like you." The class rep said.

"I know but, they're a bit extreme." Gohan said to him.

"Tell me about it, I was in your place before you stole my thunder." A voice added nonchalantly. Gohan turned around and was met with Yamato's amused smirk.

"Y-You went through this too, Yamato-san?" Gohan asked him in disbelief.

"Yeah, those chicks are mad as hell…"

"You bet they are…" Gohan muttered.

"So, who's your cosplayer friend?" Takano asked, noticing Nana just behind the boy.

"Oh, she's Nana-chan, she moved to the Inn this weekend." Gohan said.

"She lives with you too? You really have a talent for girls, Son." Yamato said in a half-congratulatory, half-joking tone. Gohan blushed.

"It's nothing like that! We're just friends, that's all." Gohan quickly stated.

"Gohan-kun, who are they?"

"Oh, Nana-chan, they are the Class rep. Takano Hiroshi-san and another friend of mine Yamato-san."

"Nice to meet you both!"

"The pleasure is all mine Nana-san." Hiroshi answered.

"Same here." Yamato said.

"So… How did you meet her, Son-san?" Takano asked.

"Oh, well… It's a long story…" Gohan began.

"Gohan-kun saved me from someone really mean a few weeks ago!" Nana chirped while hugging the boy, much to his embarrassment.

"She does seem very close to you." Yamato added, making Hiroshi chuckle.

"C-cut it out you two!"

*RING*

*RING*

"Thank Kami…" Gohan whispered, taking a seat. Mayu and Nana sat between him, much to the other girls' chagrin.

"Hey, back off, I'm sitting besides Gohan-kun!" Naoko said to Nana.

"No! I sat here first!" Nana replied.

"Leave us alone, the class is starting!" Mayu cried, her anger getting the best of her, again.

"Damn it, why me…" Gohan groaned, hiding his face behind crossed arms. Around him, the girls began bickering about who gets to share Gohan, which quickly degenerated into a heated discussion.

"I'm sitting besides him!"

"No, me!"

"Gohan-kun is mine!"

"Leave us alone already!" Mayu yelled.

"ENOUGH!" Hiroshi's scream silenced all the girls, and had the side effect of stopping all activity in the classroom.

"You all either get back to your seats, or I'll be sure you all get a detention for a week, understood?" He barked sternly. The girls all dispersed again and took their own seats, to the trio's relief.

"Thank you Takano-san."

"You're welcome; now stand up, the teacher's here." The class representative answered, taking his respective seat. Gohan did as told and greeted the teacher the same way the class had been always doing: Stand. Bow. Sit.

"Thank you children. Now, from what I've heard we have a new addition to the class… and I guess that would be you?" The sensei continued, looking at Nana.

"Me?" The pinkette asked.

"Yes, come here so everyone can know you." The teacher insisted.

Nana obliged, standing up and walking towards the teacher. Instantly, all eyes focused on her, eying both her unusual hair (with her Papa's tie as hair decoration), and her athletic, well developed figure.

"Wow, she's hot…"

"That's quite a rack!"

"I'm definitely going to get that chick."

"I think I'll go homo for her!" Another student, a girl this time, added. There were quite a few nods from the females.

"Pink hair, are you kidding me? Is that even allowed here?" A more purist girl asked, somewhat outraged at what she thought was hair dye.

"Is it just me, or she has a tie on her head?" A student asked.

"Ugliest. Ribbon. Ever." Another girl murmured.

"She's probably another creepy Otaku…" One more girl said, and was followed by nods of agreement by more girls.

Those were some of the things Nana heard as she passed thorough the class. Gohan also heard the comments, and had to keep himself from snapping at them.

"Alright sweetie, care to introduce yourself to the class?"

"My… my name is Nana… Kurama Nana." The girl said, shyly looking to the classroom.

"Kurama… that name sounds familiar…" The teacher muttered.

"Excuse me?"

"It's nothing, sweetheart. Anyway, why don't you tell us about yourself?"

"Umm… well, I used to live in an institution, but now I just moved here…" She said before trailing off.

"Anything else you wish to add?"

"Well, I like warm baths and eating Ice-cream; I also like to be close to Gohan-kun!" She said cheekily. All gazes feel on Gohan.

"Lucky bastard!"

"Bitch!"

"So… how do you managed to get your parent let you dye your hair?" Michiru asked.

"What?"

"Your hair, how did you convince your parents to dye it pink?" She repeated the question. Gohan began sweating, and really hoped Nana came up with something quickly.

"Umm… my Papa is the best!" Nana chirped. Gohan breathed in relief.

"And what is that thing on your head?" Another girl asked.

"Papa gave me this ribbon, that way I can remember him when he's not with me." Nana explained innocently.

"What school do you come from?"

"I didn't attend to a school before. But Papa taught me lots of things!"

"So where's you place cutie?" One of the boys, Natsuya Itsuki, asked; his tone was obviously lecherous.

"I'm living with Gohan-kun and Mayu." Nana answered honestly. Instantly, the entire classroom stared at the raven-haired teen for the second time, who at that point had to use all his willpower not to shatter the desk with his head.

"THAT LUCKY BASATARD!"

"THAT BITCH!"

"Nana-chan…" The boy grumbled.

"Hey, riceball, how many girls have you got under the same roof?" asked Itsuki, Gohan instantly went red.

"Well, there's Yuka-san, Mayu, me, Nozomi-san and Lu-I mean, Nyuu-san." Nana answered honestly, causing a wave of whispering among the class.

"I can't believe this, five girls in the same house, with him!" Matsuda raged, still sore of the way Gohan had humiliated him on the first day, luckily for him, Gohan was not the kind to boast of his victories, so he kept quiet, and so, no one in the class knew of what had happened.

"Don't get the wrong idea! We are just friends, Kouta-san and Yuka-san took her in and that's all!" Gohan instantly shot.

"Seriously, it sounds like you're organising a harem…" Itsuki muttered.

"I DON'T HAVE A HAREM!" Gohan snapped.

"All right kids, settle down already, we have to begin today's class." Misato said with a stern tone.

"Yes sensei…" The whole class mumbled.

"All right honey, you can take as seat now."

"Thank you… um, sensei." Nana said, returning to her seat.

"Alright everyone, let's begin our day with a pop quiz, today's subject will be Biology!" Misato said cheerfully, earning groans of disapproval from most of the class.

"Gohan-kun, what's Biology?" Nana asked innocently. Gohan's mouth hung open.

"What! You don't know what Biology means?" Mayu asked her, dumbfounded. She shook her head.

"B-But we thought your father had already taught you this?" The Saiyan-Human-Demon hybrid asked her as the tests were laid on their seats.

"Umm… Papa just taught Nana how to read, write and draw…" Nana said sheepishly. Gohan face palmed and groaned in frustration.

"Nana-chan, just… just try to solve the test."

"But…"

"Alright kids, you can begin, and remember, those caught cheating will go for detention on Saturday!" Misato announced.

"Umm, Gohan-kun, what do I do now?" Nana asked quietly.

"Read the questions and try to answer them by yourself, we'll figure out something else later." Gohan answered her tiredly. Nana blinked and stared at the test.

"W-What… is the… m-mos-most b-bas-sic… unit… of all liv-ling… be-be-beings…" She muttered, struggling to read the Kanji. She thought on the question… And found out she had no idea what it meant.

"Ok, don't worry… next one is…"

"N-Name the… kinds of… v-ver-verte-verteb-brates…" She quietly read the next question.

"But what is a vertebrate?" She thought to herself.

After reading all the questions from the text, she realized one thing: She had absolutely no idea what the test was about. In shame, she hung her head, feeling like a total fool.

Meanwhile, Mayu had advanced around half of her test, while Gohan had just finished. He dropped his pencil on the desk and rested his chin on his knuckles, swiftly stealing a sideways glance towards Nana, finding that the girl was, for lack of a better word, completely and utterly lost.

*sigh* "Maybe I should help her…" He pondered, and found no response from the dark voices in his head.

"Funny, no witty retort from any of them… I guess this will be a good day!" The thought make him smile, after all, the days where neither Oniari nor Makai would awaken from his subconscious were becoming rarer and rarer, so he valued them deeply.

Returning his focus to Nana, Gohan took a deep breath and sunk deep in his mind, tapping onto his ki to make a somewhat complicated task. He just hoped nothing would distract him…

Meanwhile, Nana was at the verge of tears. Se knew nothing of this subject, and surely the other things on school would be just as hard, if not harder, she would end up being unable to keep up and she would be expelled by low grades, meaning she won't be close to Mayu and Gohan-kun and she would stay alone in the house and…

–Hey, Nana-chan.– Her thoughts were abruptly cut off by a voice in her head. At first she thought that the bad voice wanted to control her again, but the way it addressed her and the tone of the voice made it impossible to be, and it sounded more like…

"Gohan-kun?" She whispered, looking at the boy besides her, he seemed to be deep in thought, almost in a trance. How could he have spoken to her?

–Nana-chan, listen, don't talk, just use your mind, it's me, Gohan.–

"But… how?" She thought in confusion.

–It's a bit hard to explain… but I'll just tell that I have established a telepathic bond with you, so now I can talk to you without speaking because we'll be reading each other's thoughts. And no, I'm not going to dig into your mind, I'll just read surface thoughts.– Gohan said.

"O-Oh…" Nana answered, shocked at the boy's skills.

–Ok, Nana-chan, I'm going to help you.–

"Help me?"

–Yep, I'll tell you the answers, but only for this time, ok?–

"Really? Ok!"

–Right. Now pay attention, because I'll only repeat this once. Ok now, the answer to the first question is…– Gohan spent the last five minutes giving the pinkette the answers.

"Alright kids, the test is over, put down your pencils and hand off the tests!" Misato announced, everyone stopped and handed the text to her as she passed.

"Gohan-kun, what do I do, there's still two questions left!" Nana whispered to her friend, unsure of what to do.

"Relax, you still have enough right answers to pass, now just hand the test." The boy told her calmly. Nana nodded and handed the test to the teacher.

"Alright kids, now let's begin the class."

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*RING*

"Well, the bell rung, class is over, enjoy your break!" The teacher said as everyone left the room.

Nana remained in her seat, a look on shame on her face as she stared at her empty notebook.

"Nana-chan, are you okay?" Gohan asked the girl.

"It's not fair… Why does this stuff has to be so hard?" Nana muttered sadly.

"Nana-san, it's okay. I also thought it was difficult the first time." Mayu tried to reassure he girl.

"…" Nana remained quiet.

"Hey Nana-chan, don't be so down about it. You just need practise." Gohan said.

"Really?"

"Of course, remember what we said yesterday, you'll never be good at something if don't practise it first!"

Nana looked at the boy for a few seconds, before a smile formed in her face.

"Y-You're right, thanks Gohan-kun! And thank you for helping me at the test." Nana said happily, beaming at the boy.

"Wait, what does she means that you helped her in the test?" Mayu inquired.

"Nothing!" Gohan replied quickly, before turning to the purplish-pink-haired girl. "Don't mention it Nana-chan, but from now on you'll have to study hard to learn properly, got it?" He replied. Nana nodded enthusiastically.

"Yes, I promise you I'll do my best!" She chirped. Gohan smiled at her words.

"I know you will Nana-chan, now lets go to the cafeteria, I'm hungry!" The boy said.

The trio walked to the exit door, but they didn't make it too far before the girls, and some boys, blocked their paths.

"Hey, Nana-chan, what's up?" Itsuki asked, leaning close to her.

"Um, hello." Nana answered.

"So, how is your first day going?" He asked her.

"Um… it's really good, especially with Gohan-kun." The girl replied with a shy smile. Behind her, Mayu was fuming. She knew perfectly how much of a pervert he was, as she had discovered him peeking at the girl's skirts more than once.

Gohan was about to protest when he felt someone cling to him.

"So, Gohan-kun, about that quality time I said earlier…" Naoko whispered sultrily to the boy's ear.

"N-Naoko-san, let m-me go!" The boy stuttered out.

"Say, Nana-chan, you wanna go out later?" Itsuki continued his advances.

"What, where?" The girl asked curiously.

"Oh, just to eat or to watch a movie, and then maybe go to some private place I know… my house?" The boy answered with a lecherous grin.

That was when Mayu snapped.

Pulling Nana away, Mayu walked into Itsuki and slapped him. Hard.

"W-What the hell?" Itsuki demanded, but what soon frozen by the brunette's glare.

"Don't you even try it you bastard!" She hissed, her eyes reflecting anger and hatred like no one had seen in her before. Itsuki stared in shock, her glare sending shivers down his spine.

"H-Hey, chill out… I-I was just trying to be nice…" The boy said in fear, slowly backing away.

"And you… you whores get away from him!" She growled, glaring at the girls, who quickly backed away in fear.

"M-Mayu-chan…" The boy muttered in shock as he watched the girl leave the classroom.

Gohan and Nana followed her, staring in surprise at the girl the whole way, astonished by her sudden outburst.

"I… I don't get it… why did she slap the boy?" Nana asked Gohan.

"She was angry at him for flirting with you, I think…" The boy answered.

"Flirting?"

"Yeah, you know, "hit on a girl", "Score one", try to "get laid", that kind of stuff."

"Nana doesn't understand." She said, tilting her head to one side. Gohan sighed and leaned to her.

"He wanted to do that thing with you… you know, what adults do to… have children…" He whispered to her ear.

"He wanted to make babies with Nana?" She asked, blushing.

"Yeah, and for the looks of it, many boys here do too. And maybe even some girls…" He added with a blush of his own.

"Oh…" Nana muttered as she, Mayu and Gohan arrived at their destination. Mayu looked back at both teens, finally able to calm down.

"So… where do we sit?" She asked them, not sure what else to say after her little outburst.

Gohan looked around and focused his sight on a familiar ki nearby.

"Nozomi-sempai!" Gohan called, trotting towards the table she was sitting on, the two girls followed him.

The black-haired girl raised up her head. Her first day at the new school hadn't been bad, but due to her nerves and shyness she had spoken to nobody, focusing solely on the class.

"Oh… Gohan-san, Mayu-san, Nana-san, h-hello…" The girl said back, shyly waving at him.

"So how was your class Nozomi-sempai?" Gohan asked her.

"It was… nice, I guess…" The shy girl answered, a red blush covering her face as memories of the morning came back.

"I can't believe it… to think he is so young and yet so… gifted… I wonder if Kouta-san is-What am I thinking?" The girl thought to herself, her blush deepening.

"Sempai?" Nana repeated questioningly.

"We call her that way because that's the polite way to refer upperclassman." Mayu explained her.

"Oh… so, um, what will we learn next?" Nana asked.

"Well, Nana-chan. Today we'll be studying purely mathematics. We began with Arithmetic, and now Algebra, Logic and Geometry are next."

"What are those?"

"Algebra deal with equations, Logic works with proper reasoning and in Geometry we study the figures."

"Um… What about the others?" Nana asked him.

"Well, we also have Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Health care on Tuesday. Physics and Chemistry explain how the world and everything in it works. Biology basically teaches everything about the many life forms in this planet. Health care deals with properly taking care of our bodies, this is also mixed with Sex-ed." Gohan explained, failing to notice Mayu flinching at the mention of Sex.

"Sex-ed?"

"It's short for Sexual education. Basically… Teaching us about sex… You get the idea." He said, blushing.

"Uh… What is sex?" Nana asked innocently.

Gohan and Mayu instantly fell down from their chairs, while Nozomi gave out a sharp gasp in shock.

"Y-You don't know what Sex is?" Gohan asked incredulously. Nana shook her head.

"D-Don't you know how babies are made?" Nozomi asked her, her face deep red.

"Nana knows that when a Papa and a Mama love each other very, very much they get naked and cuddle up to make babies, but Nana doesn't know how that works exactly." Nana answered honestly.

"Oh man… Kouta-san and Yuka-san must know about this." Gohan said quietly. The other two girls had one coinciding thought: "It's going to be a very awkward evening."

"Umm… What else are we going to study?" Nana asked.

"Oh… well, Wednesday gives us a full day on History, Geography and Literature all mixed together. It's essentially spending the full day studying how the world and humanity as we know it today came to be."

"Oh…"

"As for Thursday, we have physical education, which is essentially exercises, training and occasionally sports, though the teacher never presents, thus, we get to spend two full hours on the pool; we also study traditional Japanese grammar, as well as Music. And finally: on Fridays we have Art, essentially drawing and painting, Philosophy, Theology and finally we end with some Psychology."

"It sounds complicated…" The Diclonius muttered.

"It is, but I think we'll get the handle of it in the weeks to come, hopefully." Gohan said as Nozomi untied a small bag she carried with her.

"B-By the way, Yuka-sempai and I prepared some f-food." Nozomi said quietly as she gave each of her companions a bento with food.

"Thanks Nozomi-sempai!" Gohan said happily, opening the bento and quickly wolfing down its contents.

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After the final school bell rung, Gohan, Mayu and Nana, quickly gathered with Nozomi on the school's exit, but, one more time, Naoko's group was there for Gohan.

"Hey Sooooon-kuuun!" Naoko called as she and her girls went straight for Gohan.

"Not again…" Both Gohan and Mayu though simultaneously.

"Say, Son-kun, can you walk me home?" Naoko asked, winking at him. Gohan blushed.

"Well… I r-really need to go home; we have a lot of homework today and that…"

"But Gohan-chan, you know walking alone can be dangerous, and I need someone big and strong to help me." Naoko said, pinching Gohan's well toned arm, the boy's blush deepened as he felt the girl lean closer to him.

"If you wish, I can let you into my house; my parents won't arrive until late after all." She whispered, pressing herself against Gohan's arm, who felt a rush of blood ready to explode down his nose.

Suddenly, Gohan felt another pair of arms wrap around his other arm. Turning around, he saw Nana pull him away from Naoko and her group.

"Leave Gohan-kun alone already!" Nana yelled angrily, glaring at the girls.

"Hey, you're not her girlfriend; you have nothing to say here." Naoko said coldly.

"Yeah, butt off Otaku girl!" Another girl spat at her contemptuously.

"But I am his girlfriend!" Nana yelled. Everyone in hearing range gasped.

Gohan and Mayu's mouths both hung open as they stared at the pink-haired girl in shock. Nozomi also gasped in surprise.

"N-N-Nana-san, did you just say…?" Mayu began.

"You're his girlfriend? When did this happen?" Naoko demanded.

"We met a few weeks ago, and he saved me from someone really mean." Nana said honestly.

"C-can we leave now, I'm in a bit of a h-hurry." Nozomi whispered, mustering all the bravery she could to get rid of such an uncomfortable situation. Nana turned around and smiled at her.

"Of course Nozomi-san, I mean, sempai!" She said cheekily, taking both Gohan and Mayu's hand and leading them outside the school, leaving Naoko and her poseur fuming.

As the four teenagers walked to pick up their youngest member, Mayu couldn't help but stare at Nana. She hadn't expected that the pink haired girl would refer herself as Gohan's girlfriend.

"I really wonder… Is this how Nana-san really feels about Gohan-kun?" Mayu thought as she tried to imagine them as a couple, but found out that actually made her rather uncomfortable.

"I shouldn't feel that way; they're free to be together…" Mayu said to herself, but in all honesty that didn't make her feel any better. "What's wrong with me…?"

Meanwhile, Gohan finally managed to recover from the shock of Nana's proclamation, but when he did, he promptly shook off Nana's hand from his.

"Gohan-kun?"

"Damn it Nana, why did you say that?" Gohan asked her, he was frowning.

"But, am I not your girlfriend?"

"Of course not, where did you get that idea!" Gohan almost shouted. Nana stopped and looked at him in shock and sadness.

"But… but you said I wasn't alone, that you'll always be there for me…" She whispered as anguish appeared on her face.

"But as a friend, I never said anything about dating you!" He said in frustration.

Nana's sorrow quickly became confusion.

"But… But I'm a girl and your friend, isn't that what girlfriends are?" Nana asked innocently.

Gohan's eyebrow twitched, trying to hold back the urge to scream and break his face in the nearest conventionally hard surface; though the opposite would've been the most likely result.

"You've got to be kidding me…" He whispered.

"What's wrong Gohan-kun…?" Nana asked him.

"Nothing…" He growled, taking the lead of the group as they walked to Goten's pre-school.

"Oh, Nana-san…" Mayu whispered, sighing in frustration.

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Meanwhile, as Gohan and Co. exited the school. The principal was greeting a very important person.

"Oh, Good sir, I am very glad to see you again." The middle aged man said.

"Thanks for you welcoming." The younger man replied calmly, handling him a cheque.

"Here's the money, as always."

"Once again, my friend, I would like to thank you for these gifts, if it wasn't for your constant funding, we'd be forced to raise the prices of our school to the standard private price. But, once again thanks to you, we are able to keep the prices as low as public school, while retaining a top notch education and state-of-art pedagogical equipment."

"There's no need to thank me. Our institution is glad to help improve national education." The man said with his characteristic stoic tone.

"By the way, I would like to inform you that we have the honour of having your daughter as one of our students."

The man had to keep himself from gasping.

"My daughter?" The man asked with barely contained shock.

"Yes. Young Nana, if I remember correctly. She said you put her into adoption however, is there any particular reason for that?" The director asked him.

"I… I am a very busy man, so I can't spend too much time with her; therefore, I left her with those people, so they can give her an adequate home."

His answer, thankfully, seemed to satisfy the principal.

"I see, very well. She trusted your judgement and so will I."

"Thank you, now if you excuse me, I have things to do."

"I hope to see you again soon, Kurama-san." The principal said, Kurama nodded and exited the room.

As he walked through the room corridors, Kurama couldn't help but ponder on this unexpected development.

"Of all the schools in Kamakura, they just had to send her here…" The man thought, not that he wasn't pleased one of his little girls was finally allowed a chance to have a normal life, far from it, but to have her in this very institution… that could prove troublesome.

"If the director finds this out…" He thought worriedly, now he had to be extra careful as he handled the director the information about this school.

As Kurama exited the building, he couldn't help but turn to admire it: It was build from the best Anti-seismic material, crafted to last even an earthquake like the one that desolated their country back at the early 2010's, now, as of 2017, the technology had advanced enough as to craft materials that could endure even catastrophes like those. The Kakuzawa Middle-High School of Kamakura was also recognized as one of the most prestigious schools in the whole Kanagawa prefecture, and its accessible prices made it one of the most demanded for those that wanted a top notch education, hence the entry exams, elaborated so only a limited amount of students could access it, as well as preventing the school from being too over populated.

Kurama couldn't help but wonder why Kakuzawa would spend so much money investing in cover ups like these. Now that he thought of it, the Director seemed particularly interested in funding many institutions: From pharmaceutical research laboratories, to Civil engineering companies, to Private Military Companies like the one Bando used to work for, to even educational institutions like thisschool as well as the university where he and the deceased Yu had studied in, and in which the latter had worked in; hell, they even had a museum, dedicated entirely to biological evolution, particularly to that of the Homo genus. And yet all of them were nothing more than cover ups for the dreadful, morally questionable activities made in the institute he directed… Once again, Kurama had to ask himself just how did Kakuzawa managed to get all the money to funds all of these.

"Director Kakuzawa Azuma… Just who are you in reality." Kurama muttered silently as he walked away from the school.

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Chief Kakuzawa wasn't really an impatient man. Far from it, from the day he's conceived his plans for Diclonii supremacy, he had carefully planned everything since the last detail, and waited patiently for years.

However, he couldn't deny that there was something he had overlooked in the last weeks, and was currently bugging him.

Said something was the "newcomer", as he came to name him. The reports of Lucy's failed capture attempts had shown that there was a third player in his scenario. From the looks of it, it was a young black-haired male teenager with some supernatural fighting skills, being able to subdue a group of trained soldiers and then take on Lucy herself and, most shockingly, not only survive said encounter but absolutely dominate her!

Kakuzawa had wrongly dismissed the boy's potential, opting to think of other matters, however, after further consideration; Kakuzawa concluded that he just couldn't keep ignoring this pesky detail anymore.

However, after receiving a call from Nousou to go to his secret lab, it would appear that some of his questions regarding the boy would be solved soon…

"Alright, can you explain this to me again?" The middle aged man asked.

"Like I said, on my free time, I've analyzed the samples we recovered from our visitor on his last encounter with Lucy…"

"And you say it was neither human nor Diclonius?"

"More or less, the mitochondrial DNA is most surely human, but there seems to be some key mutations on them that I've never seen before, it's probably no big deal though." (AN: Mithochondrial DNA is inherited directly from the mother, so this is essentially Chi-chi's DNA, and the slight mutations are the traces of Demon ancestry of her family. More info of this on "Rise of a Legend")

"What about the nuclear DNA?"

"That was the biggest surprise we had, we managed to separate and replicate a few chains of DNA, and what we found was shocking, to say the least…"

"What do you exactly mean with that?"

"It would seem that whatever fathered this boy wasn't human, or at least not fully human."

"…"

"We both know that there were exceptional cases where human beings had been born with either overdeveloped strength or superhuman resistance, thanks to a different density of their bones or muscle tissue. Now, this child, or rather his father, seems to have developed very similar genes to those super humans all at once…"

"Interesting…"

"That's not the end of it, I've analyzed some alleles and some of them have a rather strong resemblance with the Old world monkeys, this one, for example…" Nousou continued his explanation, motioning the man to look at one of the genes zoomed on his computer.

"What is this?"

"I've studied a similar gene before; it's quite similar to the ones that give our more hairy relatives their tails." The young scientist concluded. Kakuzawa found himself at a loss of words.

"A breed of super-powered tailed humanoids… I've definitely hadn't counted with that!"

"What do you suggest we do Kakuzawa-sama?"

"I…" The man trailed off, until a rather sinister idea occurred to him.

"Maybe we could use this new development to our advantage."

"Sir?"

"Nousou, you think you can replicate his DNA to apply in our little project?"

"Can't be. I just managed to extract those samples before the main cells died; we're going to have to collect more of his DNA." Nousou answered him.

Kakuzawa frowned and looked thoughtful for a few seconds.

"Continue your work, Doctor. I'll figure out a way to reach his genes." Kakuzawa stated, exiting the lab. "Oh, and by the way. We have a new girl in our ranks; I'll introduce you to her later." He said, before the door closed.

"A new colleague? Cool." Nousou mused, taking out a box of pocky to eat.

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"We're home!" Kouta announced as he, Yuka and Nyuu entered the Inn.

"Nyuu!"

"W-Welcome home." Nozomi greeted them, Mayu, Nana and Goten right besides her.

"So, kids, how was school?"

"Boring." Goten said quickly.

"N-Nice. I wasn't bad a-at all." Nozomi answered.

"I'm glad to hear that, Nozomi-chan." Yuka said, before turning to the young purplish-pink haired girl. "And what about you Nana-chan? Did you enjoy your first day?"

"I… Yes, it was good but…" The girl trailed of, her face downcast.

"What's wrong?"

"It's just… there are so many things Nana doesn't know, so many thing to learn… It's all so complicated." The girl admitted with slight shame in her voice.

Yuka kneeled down until she was at face-level with Nana, placed her hands on the girl's shoulders and smiled at the saddened girl.

"It's ok Nana-chan. Not everybody understands what they learn at school immediately. It's natural that you may feel overwhelmed, especially since you've been sheltered all your life."

"Really?"

"Yeah, just ask Kouta, he knows so well how it feels, right?"

"Well, yeah…" The young man said, before the message made itself clear to him a second later. "H-Hey, that's not fair!" He protested, making the girls, and Goten, laugh.

"Anyways, Nana-chan, anytime you need help we're always here at you disposal, and if not, then you have Gohan!"

Nana instantly looked down at the mention of the spiky haired teen.

"Hey, it's true. Where's Gohan?" Kouta asked as he noticed the boy's absence.

"Gohan-kun…" Nana whispered sadly.

"Are you okay Nana-chan?" Yuka asked her.

"I… I have something to do, we'll talk later!" The girl said, hurriedly rushing upstairs.

"What's gotten into her?"

"T-There was a misunderstanding on school involving Nana-san and Gohan-san." Mayu explained them.

"So Gohan is upset with Nana-chan?" Yuka asked them. Mayu and Nozomi nodded.

"That meanie probably said something to upset Nii-chan." Goten snorted.

"Goten-chan! That's not the way to refer to her!" Yuka reprimanded the little boy.

Goten huffed and went to his room.

"I guess we'll have to talk to him after dinner." Kouta said as he too headed to his room.

Eventually, all the girls left too to their respective rooms, except for Nyuu, who wondered around the house, ready for some mischief.

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Meanwhile, Gohan sat in front of his futon, books were all around him.

Half an hour was all he needed to finish his homework. And now, he was free to do one of his favourite activities: reading some old philosophy books. Today's choice: Rene Descartes' Philosophical Meditations.

"This is nothing like what mom made me study." The boy thought. His years of being almost imprisoned in his room due to his mother's constant pressure for him to study had driven him to levels of knowledge that would grant him an easy access to any university any time he requested. Truthfully, he was an ace student.

However, he was decided to spend the rest of his years until reaching 18 as a normal student. He refused to take the test. Why? Because he wanted to be normal, that's why. His childhood was lost forever, and now he just wanted to leave in peace with his new friends. Not to mention this gave him a chance to stay close to Mayu and Nana…

His thoughts halted on that moment, remembering why he had been so sour this afternoon.

"I shouldn't have reacted that way…" He thought in slight regret. "But… I just can't believe Nana-chan said that…"

Then he heard a knock on the door.

"Gohan-kun?" Nana's soft voice was heard from outside

"Nana, go to your room or something, we'll talk about this later, or tomorrow."

"Gohan-kun, please, let me talk to you." Nana said.

"Go away, please." The boy said tiredly, but sternly.

"Are… Are you mad at me Gohan-kun?" Nana asked from behind the door.

"Nana… just…"

"Do you hate me?" The girl asked. She was met with silence.

"You… you hate me now, don't you?" Nana's voice began to break.

"Gohan-kun, I'm sorry, I don't…" Nana began to plead, but she trailed off as the door slid open.

Both of them remained in silence for a few seconds, before Gohan decided to talk.

"Nana-chan… I don't hate you, I could never do that." The boy answered honestly.

"Really?"

"Of course, we are friends. No more, no less."

"Then you're not mad?"

Gohan shook his head.

"Not at all, I was just frustrated; I didn't expect you to be so naïve about this stuff. So I'm sorry if you got any wrong impression." The boy told her, his lips curving up in a smile as he wiped the girl's tears with his thumb.

"Now, dry your tears, there's no reason to cry for this small issues." He added.

Nana nodded and then wrapped her arm around his body.

"Thank you Gohan-kun." She whispered, snuggling up to the boy's neck.

Gohan blushed in embarrassment, but returned the hug anyways.

"Alright Nana-chan, now go somewhere else, I'm studying and I want some privacy." Gohan told her, breaking the hug.

"Yes, Gohan-kun!" Nana chirped, leaning up and kissing his cheek. The boy's blush intensified as he watched her leave. Before she suddenly stopped, and promptly returned.

"Gohan-kun?"

"Yeah?"

"What does girlfriend really means?" Nana asked innocently.

"Ah… I…" Gohan's face went ashen. "Let's ask the adults later…"

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"Itadakimasu!" All the members of the Inn said at once as they began eating.

"So… Gohan?" Kouta asked.

"What is it?"

"Well, I heard you were upset with Nana this afternoon…"

"Oh… about that… don't worry, we already sorted it out." Gohan answered with an honest smile.

Kouta grinned mischievously as Gohan drank a glass of water.

"So sorted it out? I guess you had some fun, eh?" The amnesiac said teasingly.

Mayu and Nozomi went red as Gohan instantly spat his drink in shock.

"K-Kouta-san!" Gohan cried out, blushing red.

Yuka reacted and quickly slugged the boy on the head.

"How can you think such things about them, you sicko!" The oldest girl yelled.

"Ouch! Hey, I was just kidding! It's not like they had done anything illegal, I mean, they are already in legal age, as well as Mayu, and…" Kouta said.

"Do you fantasize about Mayu-chan too? PERVERT!" Yuka shrieked as he whacked him again.

"Gohan-kun, what are they talking about?" Nana asked the black-haired teen.

"Uh… don't ask." Gohan replied.

"Mayu…?"

"Same as Gohan-kun…" She answered quickly, only leaving the pink-haired girl more confused than before.

"Great… now how are we supposed to tell them…" Gohan muttered.

"Tell us what?" Yuka asked, her assault on her cousin ceasing.

"First, Goten, go to your room." Gohan told his little brother.

"But why?" The toddler complained.

"Listen squirt, this is grownup talk. You go to bed. We'll have a similar conversation when you get older." Gohan said. His tone was stern, yet soft and calm at the same time. Goten pouted and obeyed his Nii-chan.

"Kids you're confusing me, what is it that you want to ask us?" Yuka asked them.

"Well… we are referring to the fact that Nana-chan here hasn't received… 'The talk', yet." Gohan said.

"The talk?" Yuka wondered.

Nana stared at the boy, before it finally clicked to her.

"Oh, it's true! Nana wants to know how babies are made!" Nana blurted out happily.

Yuka and Kouta's minds took five full seconds to process her words. But when they did…

"WHA-WHA-WHAT?" She all but shrieked as Kouta stared, mouth agape at his wards.

"Wait… you mean that Talk?" Kouta asked

"Yes Kouta-san, 'The Talk'." His young ward confirmed, making quote marks using his fingers.

"B-But… aren't you kids supposed to learn that on school?" Yuka asked them.

"Yeah, but at this point we are supposed to know the basics, she doesn't." Gohan stated.

"B-But how do you expect us to tell her?" Kouta asked.

"Well, you are our legal guardians, you should know about this stuff." Mayu pressed.

"Well… yeah, but-"

"But nothing, the constitutional principle of Habeas Data explicitly states that no citizen must be denied of information." Gohan declared, crossing his arms.

"But that only applies to legal affairs! And besides, that's for Latin American nations and is yet to be approved in Japan!" Yuka countered.

"Then view it this way: She is your ward. You have the responsibility of looking after her, instruct her and tutor her. And that includes sex-related topics." Gohan countered back, leaving Yuka struggle for a convincing argument.

"B-But…"

"Would you prefer Nana-chan to learn about sex by other sources?"

Any possible retort Yuka was thinking died in her throat when her ears registered Gohan's words.

"Yuka?" Kouta asked his cousin as she looked down.

"Gohan's right. We can't let Nana-chan be corrupted by some random pervert!" Yuka said decidedly. Everyone (Except Nyuu and Nana) around her raised an eyebrow.

"What?" Kouta asked in confusion.

"Everyone leave! Alright Nana-chan, tell me any doubt you may have!" Yuka added. Her intense tone made everyone, bar the two Diclonius girls sweat-drop as they began wondering if that was a good idea.

"Alright, I guess we'll go to sleep now." Gohan said as he stood up. Kouta, Mayu and Nozomi quickly stood up as well. None of them wanted to hear the conversation.

"Well, goodnight everybody." Kouta said as he exited first.

"Come on Nyuu-san, you're coming with us." Gohan said to the older pink-haired girl.

"Nyuu!" She chirped, quickly joining the leaving party.

"Oh, by the way Yuka-san…" Gohan added as he was about to exit the room. "You may also have to explain her about romantic relationships." He concluded, exiting the dining room.

"What!"

The door closed behind Yuka.

As they exited the room, Mayu couldn't help but worry.

"Are you sure it's a good idea, Gohan-kun?" Mayu asked her spiky haired friend.

"Well, yeah. On school she would've become a laughing stock, not to mention that a few students would try to take advantage of her naivety." Gohan explained her. His last comment made her blood boil.

"No. I will not let them!" She hissed.

"Neither will I Mayu-chan. So I think it's better for her to learn this from responsible adults."

"I guess…"

"Besides, I hardly think we would be good teachers of that subject to her." Gohan added.

Mayu flinched at his comment. Even though she knew Gohan had no ill will on that comment, the implications were blatant, for her at least.

"Yeah… that's totally true." Mayu whispered.

"Well, I'm going to sleep now, got to wake up early for tomorrow. Goodnight everybody." Gohan said, walking to his room.

"Yeah." Mayu agreed, following him. Nozomi and Nyuu were soon left alone.

"Uhh… Um… N-Nyuu-san?" Nozomi asked nervously. After their little encounter, Nozomi had been a little afraid of the horned girl. And with good reason…

"Nyuu?"

"L-Let's g-go to sleep, sh-shall we?" The girl offered.

"… Nyuu!" The girl chirped, running towards her room with her hands outstretched, acting much like little Goten.

Nozomi just sighed, part in relief, part in frustration. Living with this girl was going to prove to be the greatest challenge for her sanity.

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Kouta's sleep was promptly interrupted by loud knocking on his door.

"Huh, wuzzat?" He said groggily, standing up and walking to the door.

When he opened it, he was met with the flustered face of his cousin. The young man could've sworn that her blush was bioluminescent.

"Yuka?"

"Come with me." She said, quickly snatching him by the arm and dragging him across the halls of the former restaurant.

"H-Hey, what gives?" The boy asked, startled.

"Shut up and follow me!" Yuka hissed, leading him to the dinning room.

"Wait, why are we here?" Kouta's question went unanswered as his cousin promptly opened the door. Inside, Nana was still sitting down at the table. Without warning, Yuka's face, which was the textbook definition of embarrassment, quickly hardened.

"Alright Nana-chan, I brought Kouta here to help me explain all this to you!"

"Okay."

"W-wait, Why me!" He complained. Yuka shot him a murderous glare.

"Shut it." She hissed "You will sit down and help me, or else."

Kouta simply gulped as he turned his attention to the Silpelit.

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"Chief, why are we here?" Nousou asked the Director as the old man guided him through the facility's medical wing. Due to obvious security measures, there were two medical wings, each located on exactly opposite points: One for humans, and the other for diclonii.

"Didn't I tell you before? I am to introduce you to your new colleague." The director stated.

"But… In the infirmary? Did something happen?"

"Well… what can I say? We kind of had a… rough start." The director told him, chuckling darkly. Nousou arched an eyebrow.

"Another one?" The young scientist thought as he chewed on his chocolate pocky.

"Well Nousou, my boy. Here we are." He told him, reaching for the door.

When they entered, the two men were greeted by a cry.

"Ouch! Be careful you moron!" The young woman chastised as a doctor replaced her bandages.

"Please Arakawa-san, relax, it'll do no good if you remain resisting like this."

"Listen you-" The female scientist was cut off by the old man.

"Glad to see you're so full of energy, my dear." Kakuzawa said in amusement.

"AH! Goddamn it, you nearly scared me to death!" The woman cried, the older man just chuckled more. "Well, well, aren't you a loud one." The man mused darkly. Yuki glared at him, before noticing the younger man looking at the exchange while he ate pocky.

"Hey? Who's the boy?"

"Boy? I'm 22!" Nousou protested.

"My dear Arakawa, this is your new colleague, the head of Diclonius investigation, and the most brilliant mind in this facility: Nousou."

"So, she's the new girl?" He asked.

"Yes, she will be the co-head with you on the Diclonius investigation."

"What? Are you sure about this boss?" Nousou asked, giving the young woman a scrutinizing look.

"Yes I am, boy. After all she was the one who used to work for my son."

"Well, if you say so… I just hope she lives up to the expectations." The young man said, resigned.

"Hey! Who do you think you're talking to! I graduated from the University on the titles of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology last year!" The woman protested angrily. Nousou wasn't impressed.

"Well… I majored in Pharmaceutical Medicine, Evolutionary Biology and genetics at age 17!" The man replied proudly. Arakawa gaped at him in disbelief.

The director watched their exchange with a smirk.

"Well, you two, I'll leave you to know yourselves better…" The man said as he left the room, leaving both young scientists to bicker.

X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-Back at the Inn 23:00 PM-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X

After two tortuous hours of explaining Nana the basics about sex and romantic relationships, the two college students slumped down in their chairs, mentally drained.

"I can't believe they made us give Nana-chan The Talk!" Yuka exclaimed.

"I know how you feel…" Kouta said tiredly.

"Ugh… To think Nana-chan would ask us if we've had sex!" His cousin exclaimed, embarrassed beyond belief.

"I get you Yuka. Explaining sex is much harder than I originally thought."

"Yes, that's true… But at least she knows now. It's better if she learns this from us."

"I have to agree with that."

"Still, Nana-chan is very naïve."

"Well, she is a bit like Nyuu."

"I don't believe Nana-chan is as grope happy as Nyuu-chan."

"At least we don't have to worry about that…" Kouta said.

"Anyway, I wonder when Nyuu-chan learned that." Her comment caused Kouta to flinch.

"Y-Yeah, it-it's one big mystery isn't it?" Kouta said nervously. Sadly for him, Yuka noticed this.

"And why are you so ner-" She trailed off as realization sunk in. Her eyes narrowed dangerously. "You don't happen to be involved, do you?" She questioned him.

Kouta began to panic. That was all the confirmation she needed.

"You… you pervert!" Yuka hissed dangerously.

"I… I'm going to bed, goodnight!" Kouta said, quickly bolting towards his room and locking the door.

"KOUTA!" She cried, rushing after him.

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*Knock*

*Knock*

There was no answer. Slowly, Nana slid the door open. Once inside she found herself staring at Gohan's sleeping form. Nana gulped as she went to his futon.

Kneeling besides him, Nana gently began shaking the boy.

"G-Gohan-kun, please wake up."

The boy stirred and slowly opened his eyes.

"Umm… Wha…? Nana-chan?" The boy wondered, before his eyes shot open. "Nana-chan!" He nearly screamed as he instantly got to his knees. "Wha-Wha-What are you dong here?" He asked in surprise.

"Gohan-kun, I… I just wanted to talk to you… that's all." The girl said timidly. Gohan tried to calm his nerves, doing so in a few seconds.

"W-What is it?"

"It's just… I…" She stuttered, blushing. Luckily for her, Gohan wasn't an entirely clueless idiot as his father was.

"It's about what Kouta-san and Yuka-san told you, isn't it?" Gohan asked her. The horned girl nodded.

"Yeah… these… 'Facts of life' can be hard to understand…" The boy said, rubbing the back of his head. He too was blushing.

"But… I can't believe it… boys have to put it… put it here." She said, poking her crotch. Gohan gulped.

"D-Don't think too much about it. We are still kids, barely entering puberty."

"But doesn't it hurt? Wouldn't it cause us to get wounded?" The girl insisted.

"If it's your first time, it may." Gohan stated. His words unnerved Nana.

"B-But isn't there a way to avoid it?"

"Yeah, but your partner has to be really… how to put it… gentle." The boy explained awkwardly.

"I… I'm still a little confused…"

"Okay. What exactly did Kouta-san and Yuka-san told you about sex?"

"Um, they told me that boys stick their… their…"

"Penises?" Gohan offered.

"Yes. And they stick it inside girl's holes…"

"Vaginas."

"And then… then they spill some… white liquid."

"Semen: That's what enables pregnancy." He explained.

"And… that it sometimes makes babies, and sometimes don't and… that's all."

"That's all?" Gohan asked her. Nana nodded slowly.

Gohan's eye twitched. "In all this time, that's all they told her?"

"Nana still doesn't understand much of it." The horned girl said. Gohan sighed.

"All right Nana-chan, tomorrow we'll learn more about this stuff in Sex-ed class, now just go to sleep." Gohan said.

"Ok… But, G-Gohan-kun? Have you… ever done it?" Nana asked the young demi-Saiyan, much to his shock.

"What!"

"H-Have you?"

"No! I-I haven't! What makes you say that?"

"N-Nana is just curious." She said. Gohan sighed.

"Just go to sleep Nana-chan." The boy told her.

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As Gohan, Nana and Mayu entered the classroom, there seemed to be a change in the atmosphere, it felt… colder, more hostile and they could just feel the burning glares directed at them, or more specifically, to Nana and Gohan.

Gohan and Mayu felt chills down their spines. Nana, however, was happily oblivious as she skipped to her seat.

"Gohan-kun, I have a bad feeling about this day." Mayu whispered to the boy's ear.

"I know what you mean. I just hope things doesn't escalate too fa-"

Gohan was cut short when he heard a sharp gasp. Turning around, Gohan noticed Nana staring at her desk, her face was ashen and her hands were covering her mouth.

Both teens were by her side in an instant, and soon realized the cause of her horror.

On her desk, engraved to the desk with pencils, were words, horrible words.

You're not wanted here!

You don't belong here!

There's no place for you here!

Get out of here Otaku girl!

Stay away from Gohan-kun, you creepy Otaku bitch!

He will never love you!

You're not worthy of him!

Die Otaku girl, die!

DIE!

Your hair looks stupid!

Gohan's eyes narrowed considerably as he read the hurtful messages written on his dear friend's desk.

"But… who…?" Nana whispered, sitting down. Gohan quickly took an eraser from his backpack and erased the messages.

"Don't mind them Nana-chan, people tend to prank like this at times." Mayu said, placing a calming hand on her shoulder, trying to hide her worry.

"But… who would do something like this?"

"I don't know Nana-chan, I don't know…" Gohan said, scanning the classroom for possible suspects. Some boys were glaring at him, but Gohan didn't know why. Deciding to ignore the glares, Gohan walked a nearby window; he needed a breath of fresh air to calm his anger. A few minutes later, Yamato and Takano were besides him.

"We heard about yesterday, so just friends, huh?" Yamato said, he sounded amused.

"Yamato-san, I really don't have time for this, someone played a prank on Nana-chan." Gohan said curtly.

"A prank, eh? Don't mind them, they're pretty common here."

"Is it common for somebody to write things like 'Go die' on a classmate's desk?" Gohan asked. Now both boys looked slightly worried.

"Funny, that only happens with the Otakus; maybe they thought she was one from her hair colour and her antics."

"Don't worry Son-san; I'll make sure no one bothers you or your girlfriend." Hiroshi said reassuringly.

"Thank you… and she's not my girlfriend, yesterday was all a misunderstanding."

"Sure… anyways, just take a seat, class is about to start." Hiroshi added.

"Fine…" Gohan whispered as he took his seat. All Gohan could do now was hope nothing else happened for the rest of the day.

Unfortunately for him, the day had just begun…

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Kurama, Kazegawa and Isobe sat in complete silence as the same boat from days before led them back at the nightmarish building that was their workplace.

"Say, how was your free days?" The pilot asked the trio.

"Oh, fine actually." Kazegawa answered the man.

"Yeah… It was… a breath of fresh air, I guess…" Isobe replied.

Kurama just remained silently downcast.

"Well, we're here!" The pilot stated as he dispatched the three men on their destination.

"Thanks a lot." Kazegawa said as they exited the vehicle.

"So… Kazegawa, wasn't it?" Kurama asked the man.

"Yes, chief?"

"How is my favour going?" He asked the man. Kazegawa looked down, a slightly sheepish expression on his face.

"Oh yeah, about that… I haven't been able to complete the research, my sections have been very busy lately, I'm sorry." Kazegawa told him honestly.

"It's fine… Just tell me when you will-"

"Well, well. How have you been, Kurama?" Another voice interrupted the men. When they turned around, they were met with a man in his early thirties; he was tall, had long greasy hair and was dressed in a dark anorak with a fedora hat, his eyes hidden by dark sunglasses.

"Oh… it's you." Kurama said flatly as he stared at the man.

"So, how have you been?" The man asked him as he joined their little group.

"Fine." Kurama said emotionlessly.

"That's good to hear, so how has your little girl been." The man asked as the smirk on his face acquired a dark glint.

"Number Seven has been disposed off by direct orders from the Director." Kurama stated. The man seemed slightly surprised.

"He did? Well that's a shame; she was starting to really fill up. Don't you agree, Kurama-san?" The man added with a lecherous grin. If his words affected Kurama in some way, the stoic man did not reveal any it.

"Why are you here?" The man with glasses asked stoically.

"Oh, I have some information that could be of interest to Uncle Azuma." He said smoothly.

"Azuma? I-Isn't that-?" Isobe asked in surprise.

"The director's first name, yes, he is his nephew, and the professor Yu's cousin." Kurama explained.

"Nice to meet you." The unknown man said, before turning to Kurama. "So? How has good ol' Yu been?" He asked.

"Haven't you heard? He's dead." Kurama stated with no emotion in his voice. The man's smile dropped.

"What? Dead? How?" He asked.

"Lucy. It would appear he was planning to capture her himself." Kurama sated.

"I see…" The sunglasses wearing man made a pause. "Fool. He should know better than to go hunt a horned one without the proper equipment." The man snorted, pulling out what appeared to be a metallic crossbow.

"You hunt down Diclonii?" Isobe asked him.

"Those and more, it's what I do." The unknown man replied with a smug smirk.

"Well, I'm off. It's time for a little… family reunion!" The man said, walking away from them.

As they lost sight of unknown man, Kazegawa and Kurama let out small sighs of relief.

"Wow. I had no idea that Kakuzawa employed his nephew."

"He's more than that." Kurama stated.

"Huh?"

"Remember Bando?"

"That lunatic we sent to get Lucy? What's with him?" Isobe wondered.

"Chief, he's the one, isn't he?" Kazegawa asked his superior.

"Yes, he's the Angel of Death. I guess rumours spread fast here." The man replied.

"Wait. I don't get it. He's dubbed the Angel of Death? Why? And what does he has to do with that sicko Bando?"

"They're both quite similar: This guy used to work as an independent hitman before becoming the director's personal operative, he also has a fondness to test new weaponry on the diclonius. If it weren't for Bando's SAT license and this guy working for the Director they'd both be in jail for a long time, perhaps even in death row." The man stated, unnerving the other man.

"What? Really?"

"Yes, the Director and the SAT seem to have a bad habit of integrating not so desirable elements; they are willing to hire mercenaries and there are rumours that they even allowed some Yakuza into their ranks."

"But why would they do that?"

"Pragmatism, they use the best shots to get the work done. For a PMC like them, it doesn't matter who or what they are." (A/N PMC means Private Military Company.)

"But, what happen when they revoke their licences?"

"With the right connections, nothing."

"So they hire mercenaries of mysterious origins… Kind of like Hellsing, eh?" Kazegawa mused.

"Don't tell me you still watch those silly cartoons…" Kurama deadpanned.

"H-Hey, Hellsing isn't for kids, it has a lot of questionable material!" Kazegawa protested.

Isobe only watched as those two argued about Anime and how it wasn't 100% kid-friendly…

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The bell rung one more time, signifying the beginning of the class many, mostly perverted overly hormonal teens, loved, and others, mostly puritanical nuts, despised: Health, which by the time being translated directly into Sexual education.

"Gohan-kun, what's wrong with Mayu?" Nana asked her spiky haired friend as she watched the girl shift uncomfortably on her seat.

"She doesn't exactly like to learn about this stuff." The boy explained her gently.

"Why not?" Nana asked innocently.

"It's… complicated." Gohan said.

The door then opened, and many boys cheered.

A blonde woman in her early thirties entered the classroom. She was nothing but stunning: Her blonde hair seemed to be made of gold; her eyes were two crystal blue orbs that shone with a sharpness unseen in many. She was also dressed in a rather unusual way, with her shirt only partially buttoned, as to expose just the right amount of cleavage. From the way she spoke, one could distinguish a subtle Finnish accent. Nearly all the males were fawning over her, much to the girls' disgust, or jealousy.

"Hello, kids, it's been a while. I have missed you…" The teacher said. Her tone was almost seductive. The boys were already day-dreaming with her.

"I don't like this woman…" Mayu whispered. Gohan looked at her sympathetically.

"Hey, if you wish, I can ask permission take you to the infirmary or something like that." The raven-haired boy suggested.

"No, its fine, I do not wish to burden you, and I don't want to leave Nana-san alone in this class."

"Yeah, I guess…" The boy said with a sigh, staring back at the busty blonde they had for teacher. He was frankly impressed at the way she had most of the boys in the class wrapped around her finger, but he wasn't complaining, at least they weren't glaring at them anymore.

"Now kids, let's begin the class with today's topic: proper use of contraceptives."

"Well, at least she'll take this one seriously, I hope…" The spiky haired teen thought, hoping they wouldn't be any perverted jokes that made him, and particularly Mayu, very uncomfortable.

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"Come in." Kakuzawa's cold voice echoed in his office as the Unknown Man entered the spacious room.

"It's been a while, old man."

"It has indeed. So tell me, how was your little trip?" Kakuzawa Azuma asked his nephew.

"Oh, it went smoothly. By the way, those guys really take their jobs seriously." The man replied, the smirk never leaving his face.

"Indeed, they're quite dedicated. So, what do you have for me?" Kakuzawa asked him. The man's smirk widened as he produced a USB flash drive from his trench coat's pocket.

"All new info just for you!" He answered.

"Did they catch you?" The elder Kakuzawa asked.

"Not at all, I got it all covered. Those fools were so absorbed in their work to notice me downloading a backup. It also helped they tend to do that quite regularly, too." The hunter answered, the smirk never leaving his face.

"Quite a smart move: Turning their advantage into an exploitable flaw, nice work boy." The elder praised, his lips too curving into a dark smirk.

"You know how it is; a predator must outwit its prey at all times."

"And that's why you're one of my top agents, unlike that foolish child Yu."

"Yeah, I heard that he tried to get Lucy by himself. Pity for him; he won't be able to see Lebensborn."

"Yes. He, however, is now with our ancestors, and as much of an immature child he was, we shall honour him by completing our goal. The Homo sapiens will fall and the world will belong to the Homo Diclonius! And we, the Kakuzawa clan, will rise as the supreme rulers of the earth! FOR NOT EVEN GOD WILL BE ABLE TO STOP US!" The man declared, grinning like the madman he is.

"So be it." The younger male said, his mouth also twisting into a maniacal grin.

Both Kakuzawas cackled insanely for a long time while in the confines of the soundproof office…

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Nana stared in curiosity he little boxes their teacher had given them.

"Fe-Fema-Female Co-Con-Condoms…" Nana whispered as she struggled to read what was written in said boxes. Besides her, Gohan and Mayu lowered their heads, blushing in embarrassment.

"I… I can't believe y-your teacher w-would give you… those." Nozomi said.

"Please, don't ask, Sempai." Mayu said, quickly hiding her own box of spermicidal suppositories inside her backpack.

"Yeah, I understand that the Europeans are more open where sex is involved, but this is a bit… ridiculous." Gohan added, staring at his own box of condoms.

"Let me see!"

"For the last time Goten, this stuff is only for adults." The spiky haired teen countered, quickly stashing the little box inside his own backpack.

"Not fair! You're a kid too!"

"Yeah, but I'm older! And believe me; you don't want to know about this." Gohan retorted.

"Please listen to your brother, Goten-chan." Mayu interjected. Goten pouted and remained quiet.

"But I still don't understand… why wouldn't people want to use these?" Nana asked. "Why would people want to do that and not make babies out of it?"

"Not in front of Goten, please." Gohan groaned, rubbing his forehead.

Some minutes later, they arrived to the former restaurant that became their home.

"Well, here we are-Wait! What's a truck doing in front of the house?" Gohan asked himself as he saw a group of men unload some packages from the aforementioned truck, taking it into the house.

Gohan, Goten and the girls followed the men into the house's entrance, and discovered Yuka giving the men directions while handing them a wad of money and signing a few papers.

"W-We are home." Nozomi said quietly.

"Oh, welcome home kids, how was your day?" The girl asked them as she dismissed the men, who promptly returned to their truck and left after politely bowing goodbye to the newcomers.

"Not really good actually…" Gohan said, scratching the back of his head.

"Why?"

"S-Somebody pulled a prank on Nana-san." Mayu said. Yuka stared at the pink-haired girl in worry.

"Nana-chan, is that true?"

"Yeah, somebody wrote mean things on my desk." Nana whispered, looking down.

"What kind of things?"

"Mean things, very mean things." Nana said.

"Oh dear…" Yuka whispered sympathetically, placing her hands on her shoulders.

"Nana-chan, listen. In our lives, we are going to meet mean people like that; this is something we must live with. Just ignore them, and remember you have Gohan and Mayu-chan if anything comes to happen."

Yuka's words, while perhaps a bit dull, managed to cheer Nana up, making her smile.

"Yes, thanks a lot, Yuka-san!" Nana said happily. Yuka smiled at the girl.

"That's good to hear Nana-chan. So, did something else happen at school?"

"Um… Yeah! They gave us these!" Nana said, pointing out at the box she was carrying, much to her friends' dismay. Yuka blanched as she stared at it.

"Wh-Who gave you this?" Yuka demanded, her face turning ten shades of red.

"Well… it was our sex-ed teacher." Feeling caught, Gohan confessed.

"B-B-But… Why would she do that?"

"Well, we are all around 13, which make us legal to do… this and that. I guess she just wanted us to learn and be able to protect ourselves." Gohan explained awkwardly, rubbing the back of his head.

"B-But you're too young for this! You can't do…"

"We're not doing anything like that!" Mayu snapped.

"She's right, Yuka-san we weren't doing anything!" Gohan added.

"What's going on here?" Kouta asked, exiting the house.

"Kouta, look at what their teacher gave the kids!" Yuka quickly said, pointing at the box in Nana's hands. The young man gaped.

"Contraceptives? Wait, you guys aren't… you know?"

"NO!" Mayu and Gohan yelled at the same time.

"Oh, that's good, I was beginning to worry." The boy said sheepishly.

"What are you all talking about?" Goten asked innocently.

"Grown up talk." His older brother answered quickly.

"You grownups always talk weird." Goten huffed, walking into the house to look for Nyuu.

"Well, that takes care of him." Gohan remarked.

"Um… what will you guys do with… those?" Kouta asked awkwardly.

"Well… I don't know…" Gohan said, looking at his own box of condoms with a blush.

"Alright kids, you're all giving me the boxes." Yuka said sternly.

"Um… what will you do with them?" Mayu asked her legal guardian.

"I'll put them where nobody can found them. You kids are too young for this!" Yuka retorted.

"Are going to use them?" Nana asked innocently.

"N-No! Nobody is going to use them, got it!" Yuka snapped, blushing.

"Yuka, we need to talk." Kouta said, quickly dragging her away from the others.

"Yuka, I think it's a better idea if we keep them, just in case." He whispered in one of his few moments of insightful thinking.

"They're too young Kouta; we can't let then have sex like this!" Yuka said.

"I know Yuka, but they're growing, sooner or later they'll do it, it's better to be safe than to be sorry, don't you agree?"

"Well, I…"

"Guys, we can still hear you alright." Gohan told them. Both cousins blushed.

"Listen; just put them on the bathroom or something. I doubt we'll use them anytime soon." Gohan told them simply, taking out his box of condoms and giving it to her.

"M-Mine too." Mayu said, quickly handing Yuka her box.

"Wow… your teacher really wants you all prepared, huh?" Kouta asked his wards.

"It's not like we were going to use them anyways…" Gohan muttered.

"I'll just… Kouta, take them away." Yuka told her cousin, handing him the boxes of contraceptives.

"Why me?"

"Just do it!" She hissed dangerously. The young man gulped and promptly complied.

"Ok, now that we've gotten over this… Can you please tell us what were those men doing here?" Gohan asked the older girl. Yuka gave him a coy smile.

"Oh, that's a surprise. Now be a good boy and help me bring these into the house." Yuka said, pointing to the large boxes on the ground.

"Nana wants to help too!" The violet-pink haired girl chirped.

"It's Ok Nana-chan. I can do this by myself." Gohan replied, effortlessly lifting the boxes, much to the girls' surprise.

"A-Are you sure you don't need help? That looks very heavy." Mayu asked, worrying a bit.

"Don't worry, I can manage just fine." He told his friend as he carried the large boxes, into the living room. Once inside he carefully placed them in the ground.

"Ok, Yuka-san, what now?"

"Go ahead and open it, you'll be very surprised." The older brunette said. Gohan opened the brown box… and found himself gaping like a fish.

"What's that?" Nana asked as she stared at the giant black object Gohan pulled from the box.

"T-This is a-"

"A plasma TV! I bough it this morning." Yuka said cheerfully.

Gohan, Mayu and Nozomi all gawked at the giant black TV; it was at least 45 inches tall!

"Oh, and you'll love the rest!" The older girl said as she unpacked the remaining two boxes. Inside was a Blu-ray player, as well as a full Stereo system… With Karaoke incorporated!

"So what do you think?" Yuka asked her friends and wards.

"It… It looks r-really expensive." Nozomi said.

"What's all that for?" Nana asked innocently.

"Remember out talk last Sunday?" Yuka told her. Nana nodded.

"Well, I just wanted to thank you for contributing, Nana-chan!"

Nana looked at Yuka curiously, before she figured what she meant.

"You mean this is those image and sound boxes?" Nana asked eagerly.

"Yep! Just like you wanted!"

"YAY!" Nana cheered loudly.

"Wait! How did you got all the money to buy this stuff?" Gohan asked the older girl.

"Let's just say Nana-chan contributed."

"Contributed? What does she means, Nana-chan?" Gohan asked the purple-pink haired girl.

"She told me of all the wonderful things I could get by trading my money with other people that lived in places called "stores" and "markets"! She said that with all I had I could buy even a place to live and lots and lots of food!" Nana chirped excitedly. "At first I wasn't sure. Since Papa gave me all that money, so I was afraid he could get mad if he wanted them back one day. But then Yuka-san told me he would be very mean to do that, and that if your Papa or Mama gives you money they expect you to use it. So Nana decided to be useful and gave Yuka-san all my money!" Nana said happily.

"Well, since Nana-chan had so much money, I just spend a small amount of it. The rest is in your room, sweetie." Yuka told the younger girl. "Now why don't you help me with this Gohan?" Yuka said to the young Saiyan-Hanyou.

"Um, okay…"

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Gohan and Mayu both sat besides their horned friend as she remained transfixed by the large TV. Even the News seemed exiting to her.

"Um, Nana-chan, we must go to sleep now." Gohan said.

"Just a few more minutes Gohan-kun! This is so interesting!" Nana protested.

"Nana-san, you've been watching the News channel for two hours straight." Mayu deadpanned.

"Well, I have to admit it's quite interesting to know about what's happening in the rest of the world. But, we have to go to sleep now, we have school tomorrow." Gohan said.

Nana pouted but ultimately complied. As the three went to be, Nana could only think of all the wonderful things the world had in store for her.

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*BLEEP!*

*BLEEP!*

*BLEEP!*

*RED ALERT, THERE HAS BEEN A BREACH OF SECURITY! REPEAT, THERE HAS BEEN A BREACH IN SECURITY!*

Everyone instantly went to panic at the diclonius research facility as the alarms set off, indicating the researcher's worst nightmare has become true again: A diclonius had escaped its confinement.

"What? Again!" Kurama exclaimed in frustration. After Lucy's escape, the number of diclonii attempting escape from the Institute had increased dramatically. It would appear that Lucy's departure had driven these girls into frenzy. They were desperate to leave, probably to once again reunite with their matriarch.

"Which area?" The man asked as he entered the security room. When he entered, he found the staff looking at the screen. They appeared more annoyed than scared.

"What's going on, wh-!"

"Calm down chief, its just number 11."

Kurama blinked as he stared at the screen.

"That kid again?" Kurama wondered out loud as he too stared at the screen. As he did so, one of the staff members took a microphone.

"Ok everybody, relax, it's just Number 11." The man spoke through the microphone. At the other side of the line, there were multiple sighs, groans and face-palming. Indicating a sense of both calming relief and the usual frustration they had with this specimen.

"Ok everybody, relax, it's just Number 11." The man spoke through the microphone. At the other side of the line, there were multiple sighs, groans and face-palming. Indicating a sense of both calming relief and the usual frustration they had with this specimen.

"Somebody, please call Kazegawa before she seriously maims somebody…" He added.

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At the directors Office, Chief Kakuzawa and the unknown man stared at the older man's portable screen, showcasing the newest development.

"I still can't understand why you don't just get rid of her already." The lanky man commented.

"I have a use for her, boy."

"And what would that one be?"

"Her constant escapades help us detecting flaws in our security systems. Therefore, we know how to properly reinforce them."

"And yet she manages to escape every single time…" The man in black commented. His uncle just smirked.

"Well, that's why I keep her here."

"And wouldn't the constant bloodshed alert everyone else?"

The director's smirk just widened at this.

"That's actually the most interesting part. Number eleven has jet to kill a human being." Azuma stated, surprising his trench coat wearing nephew.

"What, how?"

"She is… special. You'll see it soon."

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With half of the facility focused on her, the pink haired girl known as Number 11 walked through the halls of the institute. She had a smirk on her face and walked with an air of superiority. Her eyes held a gleam of pride as she casually looked around herself, her face scrunching in frustration as she found the halls empty.

After waiting for a while, she finally decided to voice her frustration.

"HEY! WHO HAS THE BALLS TO FACE ME HORNLESS PUSSIES!" The girl screamed defiantly. Seconds later, she was surrounded by a group of at least twenty soldiers, all of them aiming assault rifles at her.

"So… we meet again, Colonel Shigure. So how's the arm?" The young horned girl asked cockily. The leader of the squad snarled at her insolence.

"You monster… This is the last of your escapades!" The man said, ready to unload a rain of bullets on her. The girl's grin grew bigger.

"Bring it on! I have a new trick that I'd love to try on you!"

"FIRE!"

At the order, the entire battalion opened fire.

The bullets sailed from the guns straight at the little girl's body, before being stopped as they were about to touch her skin.

"The same as always… ready for another round?" She asked, cracking her petite knuckles.

"D-Don't stand there like fools! KILL HER!" The man roared. Too late.

Before anyone could process what was happening, the Diclonius shot directly toward them at breakneck speed. A split second later, she landed a small fist on one of the men's guts. The man doubled over in pain and fell to his knees. The girl then connected her foot on his face, sending flying through the corridor as a small trail of blood flew from his now broken nose.

"KILL HE-" The commander was cut short when the girl jumped on him, her body twisting mid air as she landed a vicious roundhouse kick on his face. He felt like a sledge hammer had smashed on his face as his jaw cracked under the sheer force of the blow, his whole body was also sent flying to the air, only to crash at one of the walls.

Two more soldiers fell as she launched herself on a cannonball attack that knocked one soldier onto the next, effectively knocking both men unconscious.

The rest of the soldiers could only gulp in fear of what was coming to them…

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Kakuzawa's nephew wasn't the kind of man to be easily surprised. But that, however, didn't stop him from staring slack jawed as the girl took on the guards, seemingly barehanded.

"B-But how is she doing that?" The man asked in shock. "She's not even using her vectors!"

The older man chuckled. "Are you sure?" He asked his nephew. The man focused closer on the screen, and found a surprising discovery.

He saw the small dents on the ground and walls.

"Vectors… is she actually…?"

"Correct. She had managed to learn how to adapt her vectors for close quarters combat. She had learned to use them to properly enhance her own physical skills to superhuman levels." Kakuzawa Azuma explained his stunned nephew.

"Impressive…"

"She is truly a unique specimen. Isn't she?" The director asked. The trench coat wearing man nodded. The elder Kakuzawa then cracked a smile.

"Would you like to test her?" The man asked. His companion looked at him, before a savage smile appeared on his face, the smile of a predator in anticipation for the hunt.

"Gladly…" He said, walking away from the room.

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Ten minutes later, the whole battalion of soldiers lay beaten on the ground. The bodies all piled up as Number 11 stood triumphantly on top of them.

"Well, that makes it 3-0 for me, Shigure-chan." She declared triumphantly as she stomped on the chest of the colonel, who lay atop of the out cold bodies.

"You… damn… bitch…" The man spat, barely able to talk from the pain on his jaw. The girl's smirk only widened.

"I win again, big guy. Face it, you can't beat me. No human can beat me!" She said arrogantly.

The sound of clapping quickly diverted her attention away from the defeated squad.

"Impressive, very impressive indeed…"

A figure appeared from the corner of the corridor.

"You really did a number on Shigure-san's squad, little one. I'm substantially impressed." Said figure, The Unknown Man, replied, walking towards them.

"Who… Who are you?" The girl asked.

"Me?" The man asked smugly. "I've been called by many names. But many here know me as… The Angel of Death." He answered darkly, drawing his crossbow.

"Now then, little one… why don't we play a little?" He asked, aiming the crossbow with a single hand and using his other arm to support his aim.

The girl stared at him curiously, wondering just who was this guy. Then, slowly, her young mind began piecing things together.

"Wait a minute? Overcoat. A hat. Dark hair. Sun glasses. A big, strange looking gun… No way, this guy is… this guy is!"

The man grinned as he saw the silpelit's face morph into one of horror.

"Oh, what's this? Feeling scared? What happened to all your confidence just seconds ago?" He asked darkly as he took aim.

Before he could shoot however, the girl let out a terrified shriek as she jumped from the pile of knocked out soldiers, running away from the man. She wasn't able to run too far, though, as she bumped into someone else, the force of the impact made them both fall to the ground. When she looked up, she found herself staring face to face with a face she knew too well.

"Kazegawa-san!" The girl cried.

"Juuichi-chan, what's going on?" The man asked her gently. The girl looked back, staring at the trench coat wearing man, who was looking back at her in confusion and curiosity.

"It's him; you were right Kazegawa-san! It's Alucard! He wants to drink my blood and turn me into one of his zombie slaves!" The girl cried, trying to hide behind the man.

"Alucard, who's that?" The crossbow wielding man questioned as Kazegawa stood up.

"She seems to have confused you with Hellsing's Alucard, a vampire."

Behind his sunglasses, the man arched an eyebrow.

"Is that so?"

"Kazegawa-san! What do we do now? No one can stop Alucard!" The little girl cried, clutching his leg for dear life. The man just sighed and petted the girl's head.

"Don't worry Juuichi-chan, just go back to your room."

"But Alucard!"

"That's not Alucard." He said calmly.

"Wha?" The Silpelit blinked and then looked back at him. "Are you sure?"

"Yes, you don't need to worry." The man replied gently.

"I'm surprised. How can one of the silpelits know anything about vampires?"

"That is irrelevant." Kazegawa stated, doing his best to mimic Kurama's calm façade in front of such an intimidating figure.

"Is it now?" The man chuckled. "I don't think so. For a Silpelit that lived all its life in this institution to know something only humans should… Something isn't quite right, here."

"…" Kazegawa remained silent as he felt his blood run cold.

"Well, do I really need to ask?" The man said in dark amusement, pointing at him with his crossbow. Kazegawa could barely keep himself from flinching.

"Stay back, Kazegawa-san!" The young silpelit suddenly said, stepping in between the two men.

"What are you up to?" The dark clad man inquired.

"So you aren't Alucard, eh? Well, that just changes everything…" The girl said coldly, cracking her small knuckles.

"Oh, does it, little one?"

"It sure as hell does! Nobody gets away with scaring me like that and threatening my friend, even if he is another hornless!" She replied angrily.

"Of, well, then… let's play!" The man said cruelly, before quickly turning his crossbow towards her and pulling the trigger.

The girl reacted immediately and used her vectors to both shove the young scientist away from the projectile's path and dodge it herself. The man stared in shock for a second.

"What the-ACK!" He wasn't able to finish as he was sent flying across the room, courtesy of the silpelit delivering a spinning kick.

The crossbow wielding man crashed against the floor with a loud thud.

"T-The hell was that!" The man gasped as he scrambled to his feet as fast as he could.

"What's the matter? Is that all you've got?" He head the girl's taunting behind him. The hunter quickly turned around and fired his crossbow, the spiked ball passed through nothing.

"Damn… bitch is fast…" He wheezed quietly.

"You bet I am!"

The next thing the man knew is that his crossbow wielding arm was being seized by a pair of hands.

"And you're too slow!" She declared, judo-throwing him to the ground and making him drop his crossbow in the process.

"You bitch!" The man cried out as he got up again. He tried to reach for his main weapon, only for it to be swatted away by the girl's vectors.

"Well, looks like your weapon is gone. What now, hornless scumbag?" The girl asked haughtily.

The man seemed cornered now.

"H-Hey, wait! There's been a misunderstand-URK!"

The girl didn't let him finish, quickly embedding her elbow into the man's solar plexus. The diclonius hunter coughed up bile as he tried to recover some precious air while taking a few steps backwards before falling to his knees. The young silpelit capitalized the opening and struck her fist solidly on the man's face, sending him crashing against the wall one more time.

Number 11 slowly made her way to the downed man, staring at him mockingly.

"What was that? Is that really all you can do? I thought you were the great "Angel of Death"? Pathetic. You aren't even a worthy challenge!"

The man meanwhile, was on all fours, his breathing was rather laboured, and he was holding his stomach with one hand, seemingly in great pain. The girl simply laughed mockingly at the seemingly defenceless man.

Her laugher, however, stopped cold when the man looked up at her, a smug grin on his face.

"Sucker!" He suddenly exclaimed, taking his hand from his overcoat, revealing a small, black, 12-gauge sawed-off Shotgun.

The girl's eyes widened as he pulled the trigger.

The deafening sound of the round being fired and the smell of burning gunpowder filled the area as the shell ejected from the firearm.

Number 11 her vectors to defend herself, but did not counted with the shotgun shell splintering into many small steel darts. She managed to deflect most of them and jump away, however, a pair of the flechettes managed to embed themselves in her shoulder and leg.

"What is this?" She demanded as she felt the pain of the steel dart pierce her skin.

The man grinned cruelly as he stood up. "Just you wait you little bitch, just you wait…" He said maniacally.

"What are you-URG!" The girl was instantly sent to her knees as she suddenly felt a searing pain starting from her wounds and slowly spreading through her body.

"Juuichi-chan!" Kazegawa cried out.

"What… Is this…" She gasped, barely able to hold herself from screaming.

"Can you feel it? Each of these shells carries a total of 15 darts coated in platypus poison, a neurotoxin so powerful that renders the target paralyzed with pain at the smallest prickle." The man explained, walking up to the silpelit while aiming at her with his customized firearm.

"The best part is that this little fella is a semi-auto, and has capacity for 4 shots before reloading." He added, before kicking the girl straight in the ribs.

Number eleven was sent flying a good two meters, new explosions of pain surging from her flechette wounds.

"You… cheating… bastard!" She spat, glaring at him in rage as she got to her knees.

"Kukukuku… Foolish girl, war knows no rules. You are either a predator or a prey. And now…" He leaned down, reaching eye level with her. "You are my prey." He hissed in psychotic delight.

"I… don't… think so!" The girl shot back. The man suddenly felt a disturbance in the air and jumped out of the way of another attack from her.

"Impressive… you are still capable of controlling your vectors despite being in such pain. But it doesn't matter; you won't be able to properly use them in your condition." He said, slowly walking around her and reaching for his other weapon.

"I have to admit I've underestimated you. You are far more capable that most of the silpelits in this place." He declared, now aiming both crossbow and shotgun at her.

"But… a silpelit is still just a useless silpelit." The man spat cruelly, ready to fire both weapons on her.

"Wait!" Kazegawa, who had been watching the whole fight in awe, stood up between both combatants.

"What's up with you?"

"Please, stop this, there's no need to continue this!" The young man pleaded.

"R-Run away… Kazegawa-san!" The girl cried behind him.

"Heh… Foolish man, then you will share her fate!" The Angel of Death declared, aiming his two weapons at him.

This time, Kazegawa didn't bother to hide the fear from his face as he stared at the man's eyes, covered by dark sunglasses.

Before anyone could anything though, another group of soldiers surrounded the three; in front of the group, was Kurama.

"Kurama-san!" Kazegawa almost cried in relief.

"Kakuzawa-san, that's enough, we'll handle this situation from now on." The man in blue suit said calmly, fixing his glasses as he stared at the scene in complete stoicism.

The Director's nephew shot Kurama a quick glare as he holstered both weapons.

"Fine, we might continue this later." The man said, quickly leaving the area.

"Everything okay, Kazegawa-san?" Kurama asked calmly.

"Y-Yes, thank you very much Kurama-san." Kazegawa said, barely able to contain his joy and relief.

"What about her?" The stoic man added, looking at number 11. The girl instantly flinched at his gaze, but soon snorted and faced away from him.

"I'm fine!" The girl said, folding her arms around her petite chest.

"Well, then, soldiers, take her to her cell." Kurama added emotionlessly. The soldiers carefully reached out to her.

"Don't touch me!" The silpelit snapped, raising some dust with her vectors. The soldiers instantly got on their guard and aimed at her. She just glared at them defiantly.

"I can walk on my own, thank you very much!" She said, proudly walking away from the group of nervous guards, or would have done, had she hadn't collapsed to her knees after just five steps.

"Juuichi-chan!" Kazegawa cried out, rushing to her aid.

"I said I'm fine!" She protested, getting up again.

"No you're not, you need treatment! Those darts were coated in poison, platypus poison! We need to treat you!"

"These? These are nothing!" She declared defiantly, yanking the dart in her leg, and then the one on her shoulder, with her bare hands.

"Juuichi-chan…"

"I've fared much worse! I've been shot many, many times before I learned to fully deflect bullets! I've been blasted with balls at 300 Joules and survived! I've been tested against sickness that would kill any of you hornless!" She declared, sounding almost proud of the way she endured all the tortuous experiments on the facility.

"If you think a mere plat-whatever poison needle can stop me, then you're wrong! We diclonii are a race of survivors! The next step of hominid evolution! Throw me anything you've got; I'll endure it and swat it right back at you! There's nothing you people can do to break me! I will endure it all! I'll show just superior my kin is compared to your pathetic excuse of warriors! DON'T EVER UNDERESTIMATE ME!" She boasted proudly, glaring at the soldiers with pride and endless defiance.

The men couldn't help but stare at her in shock and a bit of fear, but more that a few held another emotion: Respect. Some of the soldiers there had taken a grudging respect for the girl's sheer determination and will to survive.

The girl kept glaring at them for a few seconds, before finally collapsing to the ground, the pain proving too much.

"Juuichi-chan!" Kazegawa, cried, cradling her in his arms.

"This is an interesting development." Kurama stated.

"Huh?"

"Out of all the silpelits here, she seemed to have a different psychological development than most of them. Usually, the girls develop bitter and hostile personalities, while a few other end up being highly submissive and meek, and all of them are characterized by a rejection of their status as Diclonius. This girl however… This girl seems to have taken pride in her diclonius heritage. She is willing to endure the tests in this facility and take them as challenges. She is truly unique amongst the silpelits." The man explained, adjusting his glasses as he went.

"Take her to the infirmary room."

"Wait!" The silpelit known as Juuichi said.

"We can't lose any more time, you're developing a fever!" Kazegawa said.

"Hey, you! Guy with the creepy glasses… Kurama, isn't it?"

Everyone in the room stared in surprise at the blatant disrespect of Kurama by the young girl.

"That huge prescence that vanished a few weeks ago… That was Lucy wasn't she?" She asked him.

Kurama's eyes widened.

"How did you-?"

"He told me." The girl quickly cut him, referring to Kazegawa.

The man looked at the younger scientist, making him flinch.

"I… I just thought she deserved to know, I mean, she's so proud of her legacy that I thought that she…" The man quickly tried to excuse himself.

"It doesn't matter… Lucy, it was her wasn't she?"

"…Yes" Kurama answered after a short pause.

"So what happened to the queen, eh?"

"…" Kurama remained silent.

"She escaped right?"

"…" More silence.

The young girl chuckled. "I knew that wouldn't be able to keep her here forever…" The girl said as Kazegawa carried her in his arms.

"Take her to the infirmary, and this conversation must not exit these walls, understood?" The man said sternly, addressing to everyone in the room.

"Yes, sir!" The guards said, saluting. Kazegawa nodded.

"Alright, I'll be going now." The young man stated, carrying the barely conscious girl.

Kurama too left the room, ordering the soldiers to return to their positions as he did.

"Wow, did you saw that?"

"Yeah, the kid's a true badass, to bad she's one of those freaks…"

"Yeah… But she had a nice ass!" One of the soldiers added, everyone else stared at him weirdly.

"What?" He asked awkwardly.

"Lolicon…" Another soldier muttered in disgust.

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Miles away from Kamakura, in a location known only by the top tiers of the Japanese government…

"So, my friend, how had your little vacation has been?" A man in his mid-forties asked calmly. His facial features weren't that of your average Japanese. He was a man with clear European ancestry, particularly Teutonic. His body was beginning to show the first sights of old age, wrinkles were beginning to form in his face and his hair already beginning to lose colour. Still, the man remained handsome and lively. He was dressed sharply: with a black suit complimented by equally black shoes as well as a pair of gloves. He sat in a luxurious chair and held a champagne flute, the liquid bubbling slightly on the glass.

"Far better than expected actually." The man's companion replied, it was Yuuno, who stood dressed totally in black leather, making her appearance much more masculine.

"Oh, really? Care to elaborate."

"Sir, I've managed to successfully recruit Room Monitor Kurama, one of the head scientists in Kakuzawa's Research Institute." The woman stated.

"Bravo, my girl. Excellent job!" The man complimented her, clapping softly at her achievement. "So how did you managed to convince him?"

"I used a bargain chip. One of the silpelits developed a parental bond with him and became non aggressive as a result, it was-"

"Number Seven, I know, I am well aware of that girl's existence." The man stated calmly.

"Kakuzawa ordered him to execute her after a failed attempt at recapturing Lucy. But he disobeyed and now-"

"She is far away on the mainland, with a home and no means of the facility to reach her." He completed her sentence.

"Sir, how?"

"Don't forget we already have another spy on the old fart's ranks. She had given me some interesting information regarding that specimen." The man said, smirking.

"I see. Well… the point is that an old acquaintance of mine had recently found Number 7. I supplied some fake documents so she would be able to live there without mayor worries." The woman stated.

"And that acquaintance is…?"

"A kohai of mine, he had previously adopted a few other children too; if I may add."

"I see."

Before the two could continue their conversation, a man burst into the room.

"D-Director!" The man cried frantically as he rushed straight to the desk, holding a folder on his hands.

"Can I help you?" The man asked calmly.

"Th-There has been a breach in our security!" The man exclaimed.

"What did you say?"

"I-It would appear somebody has secretly downloaded one of the secret files of our projects."

"What!" The woman gasped in shock.

"…" The director remained silent. Then suddenly, a smirk lit up his face.

"Heheheheheheh…" He chuckled, startling the other two occupants of the office. "Kakuzawa, you sly dog… I guess we are even now. Bastard." The man sneered, chuckling as he did.

"Um, sir?" The technician asked worriedly.

"You are dismissed, now leave." The man said offhandedly.

"Y-Yes, sir!" The man replied, quickly leaving the room.

"Well, it would appear dear Kakuzawa got us there."

"Sir what do we do?" The woman asked him.

"For now, nothing; let's wait and see what's up his sleeve…" The man said confidently.

"Are you sure, sir?"

"Completely, you may leave now, Yuuno." He replied.

"Alright. I'll see you later… Director Rommel." She said, exiting the room.

After she left, the man quietly contemplated his current situation.

Yoshitora Ludwig Rommel Kageshima, great grandson of the legendary Nazi General Erwin Rommel… His family moved to Japan in the early 60' and quickly mixed with the population. The reputation of the deceased German General helped them earn the favour of the local people. And once they settled down permanently, they quickly rose in positions in the Japanese government. And now, Yoshitora was at the same level of Kakuzawa, both men barely below the Prime Minister in power.

"Well, Kakuzawa. Let's see who gets on top in the end." The man said, sipping the champagne.

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ABOUT DAMN TIME!

Yeah, that's probably what all of you are thinking…

Yes people, I'm back! After over a damn year of overstressing studying in order to enter the oldest university ever in the American continent(s), it's finally here! The newest chapter of Children of destruction!

Now, then, I hope you've enjoyed this chapter. Please feel free of reviewing and pointing out any flaws. In all honesty some part of this chapter felt forced to me, but I hope you find it enjoyable.

PS: Could you believe I actually rewrote this chapter at least TWENTY times? Yeah… it was hard…