Hey everyone, so as you know, Ben is once again going into Lucy's mind, this time to get a glimpse of another flashback to her childhood, what other secrets will he discover? Let's see and find out.

Also a big important announcement to you all. As you have heard, the Coronavirus is going around, so I'm reminding you all to make sure that you are taking care of yourselves. wash your hands daily and keep Hand Sanitizer with you at all times. Be safe and healthy out there everyone.

To Starlord Master: Yep it is, thank you. I hope you had a good Valentine's Day as well. It depends on how far the story goes.

To The mysterious Mr.E: What was interesting? You mean put the OVA into this? Thanks :). Same I only ever watched the anime, but I have been doing research form the manga to incorporate into the story.

To demonicwolf1999: Nope..he will not. And yes, his trust in Kurama will decrease.

To Guest: Thanks :) When I was coming up with ideas, I felt that Ben should play the older brother role for both Mayu and Nana, Nana especially. And you're right, she needs from someone else other than just Kurama, and Ben and Mayu are the ones to do it, especially since int he original story, she was the closest with Mayu. Yea, there will be more moments with Ben, Mayu, and Nana in the future. He is going to do what he can do to lessen her hate alright as he said. She doesn't have to like her for now, but she can at least be civil with her. Thanks, I? was thinking that was well, I forget that I'm telling an actual tragic crossover story and not some action-packed story :)

To Guest: That's' cool, but like I said I will not spoil anything, I already know how the ending is going to happen, but it won't happen till ee get to that point ;)

To gamecubenut: Yea, after all, Alien X is pretty powerful and can bend time and reality.

To Aromyx: Thank you :)

To thetyrant67: I do not mean to do it. I have Grammarly and I always make sure to go back and check it, sometimes it's the little things that can sneak away from you.

Ben 10 belongs to Man of Action and Cartoon Network

Elfen Lied belongs to writer Lynn Okamoto and Weekly Young Jump and the anime was produced by Arms and licensed by Sentai Filmworks


Flashback/Street

Pesky Dust found himself on a sidewalk. It was night time as well. And a lone woman was walking down a street while eating a rice ball.

"Hmmm? What's going-prrrr-on?" He thought as he saw the woman smiling at complimenting how yummy the food she had was tasty. She then stopped and looked to the side of her, Pesky Dust turned and saw a familiar girl with pink hair, wearing a sweater, and a hat. It was Nyu!

"Nyu?" The Nemuian said with wide eyes. She was not the same little girl he saw in the last memory. In her, she looked like she had grown up a bit. Her hair was also longer as well.

"It's dangerous to be alone at night." the woman thought, a thought that Pesky Dust heard. And if he knew, this was not going to end well. The woman turned towards Nyu.

"Hey Ki-" But she didn't get to finish because Nyu's arms went right for the woman's chest, where the heart was and went inside. The woman dropped her treat, coughed out some blood and fell to the ground, dead.

Pesky Dust was shocked, he then turned over to Nyu. with an angry look. "Nyu! Why would you do that? For god-"

"Kill more, kill more." The voice said in her head, Pesky Dust heard and gripped his hands tightly at hearing it.

"Damn that voice-prrrr-DAMN IT TO HELL!" He shouted angrily. As he was fuming he heard Nyu's voice.

"How long ago has it been?" She said, with Pesky Dust looking at her. "Once I wouldn't oppose the voice anymore...I no longer had any regrets about killing humans." She said with a frown on her face.

Pesky Dust was angry. He knew that the Voice was influencing her, but he was angry at Nyu for allowing it to happen….well. It wasn't technically her fault, the voice was simply influencing her due to the hardships she was experiencing. He was hoping that Paradox would come to find him again, and let him know about the device Ben talked about.

"I wonder...if I keep killing, then would I have a place to call home?" She asked solemnly as she put her head down in shame. Pesky Dust looked down as well and shook his head, while tears were going down the face as well.


Flashback/Playground

The scene changed again and Pesky Dust found himself in a playground, it was a new day and he saw Nyu sitting alone on a swing. The Nemuina flew over and gave a sad frown.

"Kouta," She said. "You're probably living in Hokkaido now…" She said as she looked down, with Pesky Dust doing the same.

"Are you sure?" Nyu and Pesky Dust turn to see three girls walking by. From what Pesky Dust is seeing, they must be in middle school, due to their outfits. Nyu looked on and made a face that spoke of both envy, and sadness.

"I'm always alone.." she said. "I can't have a friend here. The world..is only for humans. " She said as she put her hat down even further.

Pesky Dust sighed a bit as he looked on at her with him shaking his head and sighing heavily. But then something happened.

BAM

Something came right at Nyu's face and slammed right into her, causing her to fall right on her back to the ground and off the swing. Pesky Dust was shocked, that ball came out of nowhere.

"Nyu!" He called out with worry as he flew down to make sure she was alright. She was, but unfortunately, she got hurt, and she was hurting a bit much, she put her hands to her face and started to cry. Pesky Dust felt bad, had this been real, he would have been right there to calm her down.

"Excuse me…" Pesky Dust turned to see a small boy with a soccer ball in his hands, and Nyu stopped crying for a moment and looked at the boy. "I just wanted to say sorry for accidentally kicking the ball at you." He said, he then turned around and ran back to the field.

Pesky Dust gave the boy a small frown, sure he apologized, but he could have at least stayed a few more seconds to make sure she was alright. But still...he apologized and that was ok….sorta.

"So humans…." Nyu said as Pesky Dust saw the arms going out of her. "Must die..after all."

"Nyu, don't!" Pesky Dust said to her in a worried voice.

"Excuse me?" A voice said, this prompted the arms to go away and Pesky Dust and Nyu turned to face the source of the voice. The voice belonged to a girl who looked around Nyu's height and age at the time. She also had on one of those sailor suit-style school uniforms on, although it was more dark-colored than Nozomi's bright colored one.

"Are you ok?" She asked Nyu, she then noticed the bit of blood going down Nyu's nose and looked shocked. "Oh, dear!" She said as she got out a tissue from her pocket. "Here, take this." she said.

"It-it's fine…" Nyu said in a startled voice as she was getting up.

"But your nose is bleeding through." the girl said to Nyu. "And your clothes will get dirty."

Pesky Dust was giving off a small smile. This girl came over and helped out Nyu, although another part of him was worried, thinking that this girl would get killed.

"Why don't you come over to my house, and we can treat that nose a little bit better. It's right around the corner here." She said with a smile.

All Pesky Dust and Nyu could think of was this…

"...Eh?"


Flashback/Apartment

Pesky Dust found himself in a new setting, this time it was an apartment complex. He then saw both Nyu and the girl from the park kneeling down in the girl's living room, with the girl putting a wet tissue in Nyu's nose to stop the bleeding.

"There we go. Does that feel better?" The girl asked. "That must have hurt, again I'm sorry. The kids around here are always naughty, they break my windows often sometimes with those balls of theirs."

"She does have a point." Pesky Dust thought. Sometimes kids will do those kinds of things, but it's not like it's their fault. They just need better control of their kicks or play someplace where the ball won't go too far at.

Nyu was listening to the girl in silence, almost as if she was listening. At that point, Nyu got up and brushed the dirt off of her legs.

"I'll just leave now." Nyu said as she was walking to the door. "Sorry for the trouble."

The girl, however, looked confused and surprised. "But why though?" She asked. "I wanted to talk to you a little bit more." She said. Nyu stopped when she heard her say that. Pesky Dust could see her trembling a bit and frowned after what happened with Kouta, he assumed that Nyu had some kind of trauma from it.

"I can't….make human friends." She whispered, low enough so that the girl couldn't hear. Pesky Dust frowned at that. Dammit, why was he not there to comfort her? And why did Kouta have to lie to her so much? It just wasn't fair that she was treated fairly just because of her horns.

"But wait!" Pesky Dust's thoughts were interrupted by the girl, who called out again, and it seems that her call snapped Nyu out of the thoughts as well. "I kinda wanted to ask you something…" She said nervously. "I wanted to know if...maybe, you could be a model for my picture?"

….

"..EH?!" Nyu asked with her eyes going wide. Pesky Dust looked surprised, never did he see Nyu like this before, nor would he ever hear a question like that. But he also gave a small smile, for this girl was given Nyu some kindness.

"B-but why?" Nyu asked, stammering a bit from the sudden question. "I mean, you and I just met and all…"

"Well...it wasn't that sudden, look." She said as she took out her sketchbook, flipped open a page and showed her. Pesky Dust flew over to see the sketch as well. It was a picture of Nyu sitting on a bench at the park nearby.

"Such amazing-prrrr-artwork." the Nemuian chirped brightly. This girl got the details nice and done, the shading was perfect, and it captured Nyu's face.

"I-is that...me?" Nyu asked, shocked that someone drew her like that. She just couldn't believe how amazing and detailed the picture really was.

"I'm sorry," the girl said as she was twirling her index fingers. "I'm just crazy for drawing things….and I see you sitting on that bench all the time at the park from my window. And You looked really beautiful that day so I drew a sketch of you."

"That was pretty nice of her." Pesky Dust thought "Although-prrrr-she should have asked for permission first though-prrrr-." Pesky Dust was not mad about it, but was very conscious about it. For all he knew, this girl could have been anybody, a perverted man or something. So he was conscious about it.

"Also, I was thinking about becoming your new friend," she said with a smile. The Nemuian gave out a wide-eyed look at the girl for her question. This girl just asked to be friends with Nyu? But wait...last time it happened though..it didn't go so well.

"I mean when I saw you for the first time, I was nervous so I didn't do it, but since you're here now. I feel much better telling you face-to-face." The girl said with a smile.

"What? But-" Nyu said in a stunned tone of voice, but as she was about to finish, the door to the house slid open, and the two girls looked up to see how it was. One was a man who looked to be around his late 20's or early 30's. He had on a black dress shirt, blue jeans, and black boots. He also had stubble on his chin and wore beads around his neck, next to him was a woman around his age, she looked like she had blond hair and wore a lavender trench coat and black stilettos. And she was smoking a cigarette.

"Fa-father." The girl said with a voice that was a mix of shock and fear. Pesky Dust saw the guy and did not have a good feeling about this.

The father looked down at his daughter and glared at her. "Why're you screwing around? You should be at your job!" He said, his voice was dripping of anger and menace.

"Th-the shop w-was closed today!" The daughter said in fright, all the while trembling a bit. The father, however, looked like he didn't want to hear it, and was about to snap at her again until his eyes narrowed down at the sketchbook she had on her.

"So...you've been doodling again?" He asked, the girl trembling and shaking, too scared to move. Pesky Dust was narrowing his eyes at the man. But what came next?

SLAP

The father slapped his daughter right across the face, so hard that she went tumbling to the floor. This made both Nyu and Pesky Dust shocked and horrified.

"So what you're saying...is that I'm wrong?" the father asked in a menacing voice, a voice that Pesky Dust could compare to Vilgax's, except not raspy though. The father aggressively grabbed his daughter by the collar and got right up in her face.

"YOUR MOTHER THREW YOU AWAY, YOU GOT IT!?" He yelled at her, her nose was dripping with blood, and she was just trembling and shaking. Pesky Dust unfortunately could only watch, as this was a dream. He wanted to do nothing more but go Rath and beat this guy senseless.

"And if you don't like it here….then you can CLEAR THE FUCK OUT, RIGHT NOW!" He yelled as she was trembling again, and tears were going down her face. "If you have time for scribbling, then you should just go sell your body or whatever!" This made the Nemuian dangerously glare at the man. "But you either own the dough? OR GET THE FUCK OUT NOW!" He roared as he raised his hand and was about to hit her again.

As his arm was going down for the hit, it stopped suddenly, the father turned to see what happened and noticed that a hand was grabbing his arm, and he turned to see Nyu. Her eyes glaring daggers at him.

"Enough…" Nyu said in a soft but deadly voice, a voice that Pesky Dust was a bit terrified off. This was not going to end well for anyone. And he was worried. Worried for Nyu, and worried about the others in the house.

"Oh?" The man said in a low dangerous voice. And he suddenly grabbed Nyu by the collar, but Pesky Dust saw the look on her face and it was totally calm….a bit too calm. "You think I won't hit you just because you're some outside brat?" He asked her.

Nyu, however, glared at him even further. "You know," She said. "Now is when I would normally kill you….but out of respect to your daughter...I'll just let you off with a bearing." She said.

Pesky Dust was surprised, did Nyu actually agree to only knock him out? He had to smile at that, at least...somehow, she was learning the killing was not the answer to everything...at least, he was hoping that she was learning.

"YOU IDIOT!" The father yelled as he tried to hit her in the face, causing Pesky Dust to narrow his eyes at the man. But then, something happened.

"Wh-what?" the man said as he looked at his fist to find that the girl had already caught it. With a simple smirk, Nyu threw the father right into the ceiling. Causing the whole house to shake.

"Holy hell, Nyu…!" The Nemuian said with awe. Even more awed when the father came back and crashed into the ground. He wasn't seriously hurt, possibly only a sprained back and a bloody nose. The father looked up to see Nyu, carrying Aiko to the door.

She then looked back and scowled at him. "If you're an adult...then you need to fix your judgment a bit more." She said as she left through the door.

"Yea!" Pesky Dust said as he blew a raspberry at the father.


Park

The scene changed again and they were all back in the park, Pesky Dust flew over to the girl, Aiko was now in Nyu's lap and Nyu was applying some cool towel over her head. This little act of kindness was making the Nemuian smile. Hopefully, if this can go on for much longer than maybe Nyu could see that some humans weren't so bad after all...but why does he feel another feeling that something is not going to go right though?

"Oh, you're awake. Nyu said to Aiko, who then slowly got up and rubbed her eyes.

"Yes...thank you." She said, and then she looked down. Nyu looked over with concern on her face.

"Does he always do that to you?" She asked. Aiko was silent for a moment, and when Nyu noticed she was a bit worried. "Does she?" she asked again. This time this prompted Aiko to nod her head in agreement. "Why do you put up with it then? Why don't you stand up for yourself?"

"Yea, that's-prrrr-what I want to know as-prrrr-well." Pesky Dust thought. He noticed that Aiko was trembling a bit as tears were starting to appear from the corner of her eyes.

"Because...I have nowhere else to go…. and I'm just so weak...I can't do anything." she said as she sniffed a bit. Pesky Dust wished she could give her a tissue and a soothing hug. "And besides...I believe that one day..my mom will come back for me." She said,

"Your mom?" Nyu asked, promoting Aiko to nod her head. "But that woman at the house…"

"No, that was just my father's lover." She said with some bitterness in her voice, Pesky Dust could see that she did not like the woman at all, and he didn't blame her, that woman just reeks of arrogance and shallowness.

"Before she left...my real mother told me that she would try to become a great artist. And as soon as I was born, she left us to move aboard...that's why I hardly remember her." she said all of this with sadness.

Pesky Dust was upset and pissed. He was pissed that this woman left her child, her newborn nonetheless, to go chase for her dream and leave her daughter and husband here alone. And worse the guy is beating up his daughter….could it be? That the father is upset as well, and he is just depressed?

Well, that didn't matter, even if he is, it does not excuse him into beating up his own child over this. If he was a real man then he would not be hitting her, this brought back memories to when Nozomi told him about her abusive dad. The thought just made the Nemuian's fist to tighten.

"From what I heard she won a big reward over there, and everything is going fine and smoothly for her. But father just doesn't get it though...so every time he sees me drawing, she gets mad at me."

The scene changed and Pesky Dust noticed Aiko with her mother and father.

"Maki," the mother said. "Time to go home now sweetie." She said in a sweet voice, And as Pesky Dust was smiling at this, he heard Aiko's voice.

"I can cope with my father's beatings...because I know that one day. Mother will come back...and all three of us can live together once again well enough…" Her voice said.

Pesky Dust noticed Aiko, and her parents walking into the distance and a tear came down his eyes. All this girl really wanted was to have a loving family, and she thinks that it will happen someday. All Pesky Dust could do was hope for that day to come….he hoped.

The scene changed again and the Nemuian found himself back in the park with the two girls.

"I know, it's stupid right?" Aiko asked. "My mother abandoned me when I was born….and yet, I still long for her…" she said solemnly.

"Aiko…" Pesky Dust said through a saddened voice. He didn't think that it was stupid, not at all. But he was a bit hesitant about it though, he was worried that Aiko was just getting her hopes up for something that might not happen. But still, he smiled and hoped that her mother would come back soon.

But still, it didn't excuse the father for what he did though...if he truly was sad about his wife leaving, he should have done something different, rather than just beat on his daughter…

"I can't understand those feelings." Nyu's voice said as Pesky Dust heard it.

"Of course she wouldn't." Pesky Dust said. "She doesn't know-prrrr-who her parents are…"

"So..your mother won't ever return to Japan anymore?" Nyu asked Aiko, this prompted the girl to look up.

"You know...She's actually returning to Japan right now." She said as she looked on.

…..

…..

"NANI?" Nyu and Pesky Dust both exclaimed at the same time in shock.

Aiko looked over at Nyu and nodded her head while giving her a small smile. "My mother is holding an exhibition at a department store nearby." She began explaining. "I think it might be tomorrow….so I think she is already here, in Japan."

Pesky Dust was looking at her with awe, her mother was actually here? That was awesome, then hopefully she can go to her and see how much she grew up.

"You know...I wanted to meet her so much, and now that she is at a place nearby...I can finally meet her." Aiko said. Nyu looked at her and gave a determined look.

"Then go then," She said to her. "Go and meet her soon!" She said to her, Pesky dust was smiling at seeing that You wanted this girl to go right now and see her mother. Instead of killing her, she is trying to get her to go meet her mother.

Aiko, however, put her head down though…" I can't go...I'm afraid, and also I am sure that I'll cause trouble…"

"What are you talking about?" Nyu asked her. "You were the one she threw away though. So you can go and get angry."

Pesky Dust didn't really approve of that plan, if Aiko went to see her mother while angry, she might say something that the girl might end up regretting. And it would go downhill from there on out.

"Just be courageous." Nyu told her softly. "Time will not heal regrets over things that are left unsaid."

"You know…" Aiko began. "I made something for her...when I was younger. I thought about handing it to her when I got a chance to meet her again….and I've been keeping it a secret from my father because he would most likely find it and destroy it."

Pesky Dust shield at hearing her say this. Aiko made a gift for her mother? Such a sweet thing to do.

"But now, I guess I'll have to give it to her then won't I?" Aiko said brightly. Making both Nyu and Pesky Dust to smile at her. This girl made her decision, and she was going to go see her mother. Screw what her father thought, she was going to go see her.

"I was wondering…''Aiko said nervously while pressing her index fingers together. "Would you like to go together tomorrow?" She asked nervously.

Pesky Dust widened his eyes, did she really ask Nyu to go? While he was happy to see Nyu make another attempt at being friends with her, but a part of him was worried, after what he saw with Kouta...it might not end well...and something in his small gut told him so…

"Yes...I'd love to." Nyu said. Pesky Dust sighed in relief at hearing her say this

"Great!" Aiko said as she was getting up. "Then I'll see you tomorrow then!" She said as she began to go back to her apartment but not before turning back around. "I'm really glad I met you today!"

As Aiko was running back to her place, Nyu was looking on with a grin.

"Yea...me too." She said as she was looking down, all the while sporting a small smile on her face. A face that made Pesky Dust smile at.


Forest/Grave

The scene changed once again. And Pesky Dust found himself back in a familiar forest. After thinking about it for a few seconds, he realized that it was the same forest where she met Kouta...and the same one..where she buried her puppy… The thought of what happened...it made the Nemuian sick to his stomach…

He saw Nyu, leaning back against a tree as she was looking at her puppy's grave. Pesky Dust adopted a small frown on his face.

"I wonder...if that girl is also looking for someone who is even more unhappy or something." She said with solemnity in her voice. She was thinking back to when Aiko was telling her about the picture she made about her mom and frowned a bit.

"I wonder if maybe…" She started. "No..her apartment is too narrow." She said, Pesky Dust was wondering what she was talking about since he didn't hear that voice, he assumed that she was talking about...possibly..living with Aiko in some way...or at least, that's what he hoped she was talking about.

Just then, Nyu's eyes went wide. "Why do I get the feeling…..that something has happened?" She asked as she began to make a run for it. Making the Nemuian confused a bit, but he also expressed some worry as well.


Aiko's Apartment

The scene changed once again to show that Nyu was walking up to Aiko's house. Pesky Dust could notice the hint of worry on Nyu's face and he then adopted the same face as well. He knew that something didn't feel right….

As Nyu walked right up to the door, she then knocked it down. After waiting a few minutes she then began to wonder if they were even home, but then she noticed something very..interesting.

"The doors open a bit…" Nyu said with curiosity. "I hope he's alright." She said as she then reached for the door and slid it open. "Hey, is anybody here? I wa-"

Pesky Dust noticed that she stopped talking and had a look of shock on her face. The Nemuina turned to see what she was facing and he then adopted the same look. Why? Because Aiko was in a corner in a fetal position with her knees covering her face...while her father was lying on the ground in front of her...dead.

(Eyecatch featuring a younger Nyu, a younger Kouta, and a younger Yuka with younger Ben and Gwen, all of them smiling and eating some Ice Cream together)


(Eyecatch featuring Young Lucy crying while the DNA Voice was soothing her...all while giving an evil demonic smile)

Aiko's Apartment

Both the Diclonius and Nemuina had shocked looks on their faces at the sight of what they were seeing, Aiko was in the corner while her father was on the ground, dead. Pesky Dust knew because there was blood on the wall and blood was oozing out of the man's neck.

"What do I do now…" They heard Aiko ask, Pesky Dust could make it so that she had a voice of horror and fright. But there was something bothering him….just what happened?

Aiko then looked up to see Nyu and gave her a small sad smile. "Oh...you're here…" She told her.

Nyu, however, was a bit shocked at what Aiko apparently did, of course, Nyu herself decided not to kill him due to her not wanting to ruin this new friendship….but why would Aiko do it though?"

"Why?" Nyu asked her, with Pesky Dust wondering the same thing.

Aiko pointed to the picture frame nearby. "He saw the picture I made...the one I wanted to show to my mother...he got so mad at me." As she was talking, she began to tremble a bit. "H-he tried to rip it to shreds with a knife...but when I tried to stop him…" She then began to tremble even more as tears came out of her eyes. "I didn't mean it! It was an accident!"

Pesky Dust felt his heart go out for the girl. She never meant to kill him. It was an accident, a totally honest., accident. He was now worried about what was going to happen now.

"NOW I CAN NEVER MEET MY MOTHER NOW!" Aiko suddenly screamed. Causing both Nyu and Pesky Dust to cover their ears at the high volume of Aiko's voice. "I..I can't...not after what happened just now…" She said in a softer tone while trembling in fright.

Pesky Dust was worried about her, for one she could easily tell the cops that it was just a simple accident...of course there was also the chance that they might not believe her….one of them..not a good one.

He then saw Nyu looking at Aiko with a sad expression, and then she put her head down. What was she planning?

"I'll take responsibility." She suddenly said, "You go and meet your mother." Nyu said to her. Aiko and Pesky Dust both widened their eyes to the girl as she said this.

"What?" Aiko asked with a shaken voice.

Nyu went towards the door. "I'll take responsibility and say that it was me who killed him. You just go to the police..." She said solemnly.

"Nyu…" Pesky Dust said in awe. Was she really going to risk getting caught to help this poor girl? The Nemuian had some mixed feelings about this. He felt happy that she was helping out Aiko and this might have been a chance at redemption for the murders she committed...but he was against it because she might get captured and maybe get hurt as well…

"No! I can't do that!" Aikos said as she was grabbing onto Nyu's hands, the horned girl looked at Aiko, who had tears going down her face. "I can't let you do that."

"So you wouldn't want to see your mother then?" Nyu asked her a bit harshly, she didn't want to sound like that. She just didn't want Aiko to be blamed and eventually locked up for something that was a simple accident. Plas she wanted her to go see her mother.

"I mean...I do...but I just...I just can't." Aiko told her. "And not just that, look at me." She then pointed at her outfit, which was covered up by blood, there was not a lot of it, but it was still pretty noticeable. "The cops will investigate, and I'll surely be discovered then."

Nyu was pondering on what to do. "Hmmm…."She said while thinking. "In that case then…" She said as she was picking up the picture. "You can go to the police tomorrow, after you've seen your mother and given her the painting."

She then looked all around the house. "We can clean this up. And until then, we can go somewhere to hide for a while till tomorrow."

Aiko was looking at her with wide eyes. "Do you….really think so?"

Nyu looked back at her. "You don't know how many more years it'll be till your mother returns to Japan again…" She then noticed Aiko drowning again and went over to pat her on the shoulder. "I promise….nothing is going to happen to you...not while I'm here." She said determinedly.

"Nyu…" Pesky Dust said with awe. The Nemuina was smiling a bit at seeing how NYu was acting towards Aiko. She Was helping her out….he had to wonder...if Kouta did not lie to her about Yuka...could she have been like this as well? But a bit better? It was a question Pesky Dust would keep to himself though...for now.

"AAAAAAHHHGGG!" Pesky Dust's thoughts were interrupted by a scream and he and the others turned to view the source. It was that woman….the woman who Aiko's father was with a few hours ago.

She was staring at the scene with widened eyes. Her mouth was open and was trembling at seeing the sight. Her lover was dead….and there were those two girls…..she saw them and she adopted a face of pure anger.

"You...killed him…" she whispered ..."YOU KILLED HIM!" She screamed as she ran out the door. "MURDERERS! SOMEONE CALL THE POLICE! MURDERERS!" She yelled outside as she ran out.

"Shit.." Nyu said through gritted teeth, and she then turned to face Aiko. "Quick, we have to go now! If we stay here then they will come for us!" She said,

Aiko had tears going down her eyes though, to her it seems like things were falling apart a bit. Her father was now dead, his lover was calling her a murderer...it was making her weepy and sad.

"Aiko…" Nyu said as she then went over and held onto the weeping girl's shoulder. "I promise...I will arrange a meeting between you and your mother…" She told her in a soothing way. Aiko sobbed a bit more as the tow fled the house.

Pesky Dust was watching and felt something. "Why do I get the feeling that-prrrr-something is going to happen…" He muttered through a worried voice.


Department Store/Mall

The scene changed once again and Pesky Dust found himself with both Nyu and Aiko, this time. The two were now outside a large mall.

"The exhibition is tomorrow." Aiko told her. "I just can't believe it...I'm actually going to see her tomorrow!" She said with hope in her voice.

"And like I told you before, I will make sure of it." Nyu said to her while giving her a grin. With Aiko returning it and Pesky Dust smiling at them.

Aiko looked back with a hopeful look on her face. "Mother...are you really going to be here?" She asked softly as the two girls began to walk towards the door and tried to open it.

"Darn it, it's locked." Nyu said. "Let's try around the back." She said as she began to lead Aiko to the back entrance. When they got back Aiko tried to open it again.

"Damn, it's locked as well…." She said dishearteningly. "I mean, the side gates are open, but there are other staff people here..so."

But Nyu had another idea, then brought out a vector of hers and began to jiggle around the clock a bit to get it open, after a few minutes. She was able to pick the lock and the door opened.

"Wow…" Pesky Dust thought. He never knew that those things could be used for something like that. Heck, maybe she could make a living becoming a lock pick or something. A thought that caused the Nemuina to chuckle a bit.

"Alright, now we are in." Nyu simply said as she walked in. Leaving a bewildered Aiko behind a bit.

After that, they began walking around the mall to find out where the department store was, but luckily they didn't have to go far as it was nearby.

"Wow...so this is it…" Aiko said with awe as they walked in. Pesky Dust looked up to see a sign-up, but since it was in Japanese, he could not read it. (AN: It translates to Sachie's Art Show, Session: Oct, 23rd to Nov, 3rd, Support: P Maruo Department Store)

"Yea…''Nyu said in agreement.

"So much nice-prrrr-art." Pesky Dust said. He then flew around a bit to get a good look at everything, and everything that was in here looked really good. Shows how much effort people put in these pictures and stuff. The only problem was the lights though, they were all out.

"I guess she's in there though since the lights are all out…" Aiko said. "And I was hoping to at least catch her tonight...well, at least I can wait till tomorrow." She said,

"Well...we should probably hide then, and wait for our mother to come in the morning." Nyu said to Aiko. "So try not to move around too much, because-'' But she didn't get to finish because she then saw Aiko running down a hall. "Hey wait!" She called out.

"What's that girl-prrrr- think she is doing?" Pesky Dust thought as he followed Nyu. After a few moments, they found Aiko looking up at a picture, it was a picture of a woman holding a newborn baby in her arms as she was smiling down at it.

"Wow…'' Pesky Dust thought with a smile on his face, but when he took a closer look at the picture, he could help but see the similarities between the baby, and Aiko, their hair looked the same.

Aiko however, was beginning to tear up a bit. "That...that's me in the picture…" she said as tears began to pour out of her eyes.

Nyu looked at her and gave her a soft smile as she rubbed the girl's shoulder. Pesky Dust shield a bit as tears came out of his own eyes as well. Seems like her mother didn't forget about her after all, and that feeling put a smile on the Nemuian's face.

"I guess," Pesky Dust heard Nyu's thoughts as the girl was still rubbing Aiko's shoulder. "It was good that she had me come here with her."

Pesky Dust smiled at Nyu, she could have just killed Aiko..but no, she didn't. She helped Aiko out. Hopefully, this might have made her happier...so why was she cold to him back at the graveyard?

As he was thinking this, the two girls went to sit down by a shelf that had some plushies on the shelf. Pesky Dust noticed this and flew right to them.

"You know..you're pretty extraordinary!" Aiko said to Nyu, prompting both her and Pesky Dust's eyebrows to raise. "I mean..you attacked my father after he beat me….you opened the lock...it's just...amazing." She said,

Nyu looked at her with a solemn look. Since Aiko seems to be the only person she could trust right now, she decided to have a bit of fun.

"Well you see, it's because I'm a witch." Nyu said to her

"Eh?" Aiko asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Yep, there's nothing I can't do." Nyu said. Pesky Dust gave off a small smile at Nyu's attempts of trying to cheer Aiko up.

But Aiko wasn't buying it. "Hey now, why are you spewing out such childish things." She said, but Pesky Dust could see her blushing a bit.

Nyu gave a small smirk. "Look." she said and Aiko turned to see that a cat plushie was doing a little dance.

"Nice," Pesky Dust said with a big grin, while Aiko's eyes were a bit wide.

"NANI?!" She exclaimed with shock. Pesky Dust could see that the girl was getting excited at seeing this, and was laughing a bit at her expression. Aiko got even more excited when she saw a large portion of toys floating around her.

Pesky Dust could see that the vectors were doing it all. "You know, she could make a killing at being a puppeteer-prrrr." He joked a bit at seeing this. But then something else happened, something Nyu did not expect.

"AMAZING!" Aiko shouted as she glomped Nyu for a big hug. And just like that, all the toys had fallen to the floor and Nyu was shocked, her eyes as wide as saucers at this feeling.

"This feeling….I haven't felt this much since...Kouta.." Nyu thought with a shocked voice. "This girl...she…"

Pesky Dust heard her thoughts and was giving off a big grin. But a part of him was confused, she was sweeter like this in the past..but now in the future, Nyu..or Lucy...whatever her name is. Acts hostile ... What could have happened?

"Someday, if we get to play together again...I'd like to go on a painter's trip...with you." Aiko said.

"Wha-?" Nyu tried to ask.

Aiko had a small smile. "I want you to model for me, on every background there is…" she said as Nyu felt some tears on her shoulder.

Pesky Dust was watching this all with a small smile on his face, it seems like Aiko was able to bring out Nyu's nicer side. But as he was smiling at them. The bright light had flashed on, briefly blinding them a bit.

When Pesky Dust wiped his eyes away, he then noticed that there were a few armed men at the door, guns in hand and two men...two men he recognized.

"Professor Kakuzawa," Pesky Dust said through gritted teeth, to be honest, he was not happy at seeing him again, what with him lying to him and his other friends about Nyu, but a part of him felt bad due to him not being able to prevent Kakuzawa's death. When he saw Kurama, he was surprised. "Hey, that's the guy-prrrr-from the graveyard...Nana's-prrrr-father!" The Nemuina asked with confusion in his voice.

But that was neither the time nor place to answer. He was worried about what was about to happen.

"Hey Kurama," Kakuzawa said to him. "I never really faced two Diclonii at the same time, we should possibly take some precautionary actions first."

"Wait a minute." Kurama said. Pesky Dust could see the suspiciousness in his eyes, but he could also hear Nyu whisper something and from what he can see, she had a face of pure anger.

"We're still not sure yet if-" but before Kurama could finish, Nyu let out an angry cry and had her vectors throw a shelf of toys at them, a few of the soldiers got hit by it. And that was enough proof to get Kurama to confirm his suspicions.

"Well, now we're sure." Kakuzawa said with a grin on his face.

"FIRE, NOW!" Kurama shouted, and then all hell broke loose. Soldiers were firing guns at the two girls, Nyu was holding onto Aiko, who was screaming in fright. Pesky Dust was outraged by this, they were shooting at two young girls, and one of them isn't even doing anything!

"I will not…" Nyu said as she glared at the soldiers dangerously. "Let them hurt us." She said as she used her vectors to tear a piece of the floor off and use it as a barrier between her, Aiko, and the soldiers.

"Holy Hell!" Pesky Dust thought. First, they can cut off human flesh, and now that can tear off pieces of buildings? What the hell kind of hands were those? Could...all horned girls have them? Well, he knew that Nyu and Nana did...but could there be others?

"The floor..was ripped out?" Kakuzawa said as sweat was going down the side of his head, he was getting pretty nervous about this whole thing.

Aiko was still screaming in fright, just what was going on? One minute she and her new friend were just laying and hugging, and now there were armed men there shooting at them. Just what was going on?

Nyu glared at the men dangerously. "I..I don't have a choice...they have to die." She thought in dread. Normally Pesky Dust would be against it...and to be honest, he kinda was. But he knew that this was self-defense and that she had to protect herself and Aiko.

"Wh-what's going on?" Aiko asked fearfully, but Nyu told her to shush and to not look in a gentle voice. Pesky Dust was angry with himself, if he was there he could go Diamondhead and shield them from the attack and help them escape.

"I'm afraid!" Aiko said fearfully.

"Don't be, I'm right here to protect you." Nyu said comfortingly. Pesky Dust was smiling at that but was also scared due to their current situation.

"Dammit, they aren't going to be able to-prrrr-escape from here." Pesky Dust said with worry. He then looked back at the girls, and he saw Aiko looking to the side and followed her gaze.

Kurama was standing at the side with a gun in hand and pointed it at Nyu. Ben went wide-eyed.

"NYU! AIKO, GET OUT OF THERE!" He tried shouting, he knew it was just a dream but he still had to try to do something.

"Don't worry, I'm a witch afterall." Nyu said to Aiko, but the girl was not paying attention due to Kurama's attention, when she saw his finger about to pull the trigger, she did something…

"NOO!" She screamed as she pushed Nyu out of the way.

BANG

Both Diclonius and Nemuina went wide-eyed at seeing Aiko, who had now been shot in the stomach. And fell to the ground and began to bleed out.

"AIKO!" Pesky Dust shouted in horror and fright. He and Nyu reached to the floor to find blood coming out of her mouth.

"You..you're a human…" Nyu said. "You….." And then this happened…

"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" Nyu roared in fury as then, her vectors went out of her back and up into the ceiling into the sky, this also caused a minor earthquake that made everyone fall over.

"Holy shit…!" Pesky Dust said with shock. Just..how powerful was she? But he realized that this was not the time, now he had to focus on Nyu and Aiko.

Meanwhile Kakuzawa was going over to Kurama, who was knocked back by the tremor. "You alright Kurama?" He asked.

Kurama groaned a bit as he was starting to get up. "Yes..a little bit." He said while rubbing his head.

"Just..what the hell was that explosion?" Kakuzawa asked with shock.

"I don't know..but if we can assume that it's Diclonius' power." As he said this Pesky Dust could see all the bodies around, some of them were splattered and their pieces all over, with blood on the ground. The sight of it all...just made him feel sick to his stomach.

As he turned to where the girls were, he saw that they had disappeared. This made him worry and he flew off to find them. After a few seconds, he saw Nyu and Aiko right by some other shelves nearby.

"Listen to me!" Nyu said to the girl. "I'll save you..no matter what!" She said Pesky Dust noticed that she sounded very worried and paranoid.

"Nyu…" Pesky Dust said solemnly, he saw the wound himself and knew that this was not going to save her…..Dammit! He felt so bad, if he was there he could have possibly gone Clockwork and healed her up, just like what he did with Nana.

"I *cough* knew it…" Aiko said weakly. "I won't get to die alone...Not after I killed my father…"

"Don't say stuff like that you idiot!" Nyu said to her. "You're going to be fine!" She said with anxiousness in her voice.

"I just...want to thank you *cough* for all that you have done for me up to this point." She said to her.

But Nyu was still not going to take that. "Don't give me that bullshit dammit! You still haven't met your mother yet!"

All Pesky Dust could do was watch with tears going down his eyes.

"*sniff* All I do is kill and destroy." Nyu said while weeping a bit. "And yet...I can't even save a single life that's right in front of me."

Pesky Dust looked at her and gave her a sad look, he didn't blame her for this. Aiko was the one who risked her life to save her.

BAM

Nyu was then all of a sudden, kicked right in the face and she went back into some boxes.

"Just give up already." Kurama said coldly as Nyu looked up and saw him, Kakuzawa, and several armed me all pointing guns at her. "There's no place in the world for horned girls like yourselves."

The Nemuina glared at Kurama, did he really think that Aiko had anything to do with the murderers that Nyu committed? Aiko didn't do anything, well she did kill her father, but that was an accident.

Pesky Dust could hear Aiko breathing a bit, so she was still alive. But he knew that there wouldn't be much time before she really dies.

"You bastards are wrong about her." Nyu told them all. Much to their confusion. "She has nothing to do with me, so please help her."

"What are you talking about?" Kurama asked her "Both of you killed people together didn't you? Or were we wrong?"

Nyu didn't say anything to them, and Pesky Dust was worried because this could go either way, and he didn't like the possible outcome of either option. Kurama said something as he pushed his glasses back on his face.

"If you surrender willingly, then we'll help the girl. But if you resist...then you'll just let her die."

"Look who's talking…" Kakuzawa thought. Pesky Dust looked a bit surprised. Did Kakuzawa not like the fact that Aiko was shot? Hmm…

"Think carefully about what you can do." Kurama told her. And about what you can't do."

Nyu looked down at Aiko and then down at the floor. For the past few years, she has been on the run for authorities….and after gaining a second friend for the first time in years, she gets caught in the crossfire.

She had a choice. Either refuse to surrender and let her die? Or Surrender and hopefully make sure that Aiko gets better.

"Maybe...it's for the best." she whispered. She gently put Aiko down and stood up on her feet.

"Fine then, as long as you keep your promise." She said to Kurama.

"Nyu…" Pesky Dust said with awe and surprise. He didn't expect that to come from her, but he felt happy and proud of her for surrendering to let Aiko live.

But a part of him was also kinda sad, he didn't want Nyu to give up that easily, but he knew that she had to in order to save Aiko's life. Part of him wondered if maybe Nyu secretly wanted to get caught, as a punishment for the crimes and murders she committed in the past years.

Certainly…" Kurama said as he then had his soldiers go and pin the girl to the ground, something that made Pesky Dust narrow his eyes at the man. "And you keep yours as well." He then turned to some other men nearby. "Get the other girl some help, immediately!"

"Yes sir!" they said they bought out a gurney and helped load Aiko onto it.

Nyu was looking up with tears in her eyes. "Don't worry Aiko," She thought. "I promise, I'll come to your side, and then we can leave together to make drawings...just wait for me."

Pesky Dust looked down a bit and frowned at this whole scene. He felt like something was going to happen, and it truly did. He felt horrible, he felt horrible for Nyu, and for Aiko as well.

He was hoping that Aiko would be alright soon, so that she can be with her mother...hopefully.

(Eyecatch featuring Nana and Mayu smiling and laughing)


(Eyecatch featuring Kouta, Yuka, Nyu, Mayu, Nana, Wanta, and Nozomi sitting down and enjoying a small picnic together, while Ben was watching from the far side)

Diclonius Institute

The scene had changed once again, but this time, it took place at a location that was new to the Nemuina. It was a large room that resembled a chamber, but he was shocked at what he saw in the center.

It was Nyu, wrapped up like a mental patient at a mental asylum, she also had on this metal mask. And was kept in a large cage-like container. Just what the hell was Kurama doing?

Speaking of….

"I have some bad news for you…" Kurama said to her, but his voice...it sounded kinda cold. "But the girl is dead."

Pesky Dust went wide-eyed. No...it couldn't have! She was supposed to get better, she was supposed to reunite with her mother! How could...fate be so cruel?

Because Pesky Dust, (or Ben Tennyson) was a superhero, he made sure to try to save as many lives as possible, hell he risked his own life to save the world countless times. And knowing this...not being there at the time...it made him feel useless and tears began to pour out of his eyes.

Nyu was not faring either, Pesky Dust could see tears go out of the small breathing holes in the mask.

Kurama turned back to face the large door. "You know, this would never have happened if you both surrendered." He said to her. A sentence that made Nemuina glare at him. "If only you Diclonious had chosen to coexist with us humans…"

After that, he said nothing else and he walked out of the room. And with that, the scene changed again to a dark void.

"Nyu...I'm so sorry." Pesky Dust said as tears came out of his eyes. After seeing another bad memory he didn't know how much more to take.

But he was very pissed at Kurama, why did he act like that towards her? It's almost as if he didn't even care about Aiko, and just said that to Nyu to spite her.

Actually...Nemuina was wondering about that, back at the graveyard. He was treating Nana with extreme care and affection. But here he was treating Nyu with disdain, of course, she killed people. But why didn't he treat Nana like that?

Maybe it might have been because. Well since she is his daughter, it might have been possible that he overlooked her own horns? It was a question that Pesky Dust would have to find out.

"I should possibly leave…" The Nemuina said with sadness as he began to leave Nyu's mind once again. Unknowbest o him, a certain familiar figure looked on and gave a sinister grin.

"You can try all you like Tennyson, but there's no way that you will save her..or anyone else." The DNA Voice said with a dark grin


Maple Inn

"Do you think Ben is ok?" Nana asked Mau worriedly.

"Don't worry, my big brother is tough!" Mayu said to her she was determined that Ben was alright. But even she was starting to get a bit worried. After a few minutes, the two girls noticed a light coming from Nyu's head and came out to reveal Pesky Dust, who then taped the dial and turned back into Ben.

"Ben!" Mayu said as she and Nana ran over to him. When they saw his face, they could see that his eyes were a bit red and puffy.

"Ben? Are you ok?" Nana asked him worriedly.

"Huh? Oh...yea, I'm fine." He said solemnly, and Mayu and Nana both knew that he was not ok.

"Ben...what happened?" Mayu asked him with worry. Ben however...was not feeling too talkative.

"It's just….I'll tell you later." He said solemnly as he then walked out of the room, leaving behind a confused and worried Mayu and Nana.

Ben then walked into his room and began to sit on his futon with his hands digging through his hair. Just what was going on?

Furthermore...what was that place that Nyu was in? Was it some kind of lab? Ben would have to ask Nana about it at some point. But the biggest thing Ben wanted to know...Kurama.

Ben had met Kurama briefly at the graveyard after he healed Nana, and Ben trusted him somewhat due to him promising not to reveal about him. About after what he saw...he began to get some distrust into the man. Why would he do that to Nyu? Of course Nyu was wanted for those murders...but still, to not feel any regret for Aiko's death? What the hell?

"Oh, Nyu...Aiko...I'm so sorry." Ben said as a tear came from the corner of his left eye. The door to his room began to open and he quickly wiped the eye away, he looked up to find everyone else standing right in the doorway.

"Ben, are you ok?" Yuka asked him in a concerned voice.

"Huh? Oh, yea..don't worry." He said putting up a fake smile, but Mayu and Nana could tell it was fake. Nyu walked over to him and knelt down.

"Ben crying?" She asked. Ben then felt a tear going down his face.

"Huh? Oh no, I wasn't crying, Nyu." He said as he quickly wiped the tear away. "Just something in my eye, that's all."He said.

Nyu seemed to buy it as she gave him a happy smile.

"Well," Kouta said. "Since we are here, we might as well show Nana her things in here now then." He said.

"Huh? Things for me?" She asked as they all began sitting around Ben's room. Kouta and Yuka bought out some gift bags and Nana, out of curiosity, went through them. And much to her surprise, they were all clothes.

"Is..all of this for me?" she asked them.

"Well, you certainly can't wear Mayu's clothing forever." Kouta explained to her as she and Nyu were going through the clothing. Yuka got up a nice pink top.

"I picked this one out just for you." Yuka said with a smile. "I hope you like it."

"Y-yes...it's really cute...I" Nana, however, was beginning to cry herself. "Never wore anything like it." she said as she began to weep a bit. Nyu noticed this and put down on of the clothing to go over and pet the poor girl on the head.

Ben looked over at Nana and gave her a small smile. And he then took a look at Nyu. With the memories of the orphanage, her puppy, Kouta, Aiko...all coming back to him. And felt a tear go down his face

"I will not let anything happen to you Nyu...Lucy, whatever name you go by...I promise." He thought, he then took a look at the other Maple Inn residents. "And I will not let anything happen to you guys as well." He thought. He then felt a hand grab his hand and looked to see Mayu, the younger girl giving him a warm smile as she wiped the tear away. With Ben smiling back at her


Well, that was it for this one folk. Si Ben saw another memory and it as not god as well. Originally in the OVA, the memory was only shown just a little and it was only in the OVA. It was never in the original anime, so I had to go back and read the chapter to figure out the whole dream again. And boom there we go :)

Anyways. Thank you all so much for liking this story, it makes me smile to know how much you all like it. I know I do have issues with spelling, but I promise you, I do go over it and check for more, and sometimes the littel things are easy to miss, but I am trying to get those fixed. I promise.

Please, do not forget to read and review, I am always happy to hear from you guys, and I'm always happy to answer any questions you might have for me.

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