Hey everyone. So last time, Nana has started to get used to life in Maple Inn. and she went over to Yuigahama Beach to end her alliance with Bando. But unfortunately for her...she sensed Mariko in the area. What is going to happen? And what is Nana going to do about it? Let's all find out in this crazy chapter.
To gamecubenut: Right, well it's a decision that I am going to think over.
To omnimeglander: Yea...it doesn't look good at all. Especially with Mariko now entering the fight. Ben is totally going to get his hands full in this chapter. Thank you, I was originally going to have Ben explain to Lucy, but since Lucy is technically in her won mind, I felt like it made sense for her to know that the boy was going through her memories, her confusion is something I loved to write. Like it explains why she is so confused on why Ben would want to help her, despite knowing all the murders she committed. The DNA voice is soemthing I always thought was nothing more but manipulative, and a pet of me thought that she never cared for Lucy, but just wanted to use her as a puppet she can control. I like writing the scenes with Ben, Mayu, and Nana, and the whole thing with them going with Ben...something I am thinking about, but I won't reveal anything at the time.
To the mysterious mr.E: A little bit of both, like it will be the same as the manga and anime but there will be a few changes, due to Ben being in the middle fo it all.
To Starlord Master: Nana's moral dilemma is something that will be explored further in the story. At some point, Ben is going to reveal to her aobut Lucy's backstory, not to be mean but to explain to her why Lucy is like the way she is.
To demonicwolf1999: Oh...I know what you are talking about. Well I wish you luck, sounds like an interesting concept :)
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
Yuigahama Beach
Nana was looking up into the sky, shaking and trembling in fear. There was another Diclonius here in Kamakura..and this Diclonius...felt far worse than Lucy. And she wasn't the only one staring up at it either. Bando was also looking up at it, having noticed Nana's unease.
But she then remembered hearing Kurama's message on that thing from the pod...about how his boss issued an order to kill her and all….could...could this be the thing he was talking about?
"I..I don't know what to do…" She thought with uncertainty. "I tried so hard to find a place to live..and now someone is coming after me…." At this point, she sunk down to her knees and cried. "Why...WHY DID I THINK THAT I COULD LIVE HAPPILY?!" She screamed as tears were coming out of her eyes
Bando was a bit perplexed at seeing this. Just what the hell was she talking aobut? Person of strength? Great evil? Just what the hell was she thinking? As he was about to ask her what she meant. She immediately grabbed him by his jacket.
"I beg of you. You and me! Let's both fight together!" She said to him suddenly. "Please...I beg of you!". Bando was surprised at first but then sneered at her.
"No way kid!" He snapped as he shoved her off of him. "If that girl isn't Lucy, then it doesn't matter to me." He said to her. "I don't know what you're blubbering about, but if you have your own enemy coming for you, then you fight them yourself. We ain't even friends anyway." He scoffed at her.
Nana looked up at him with tearful eyes. Was...he really going to deny her request? At this point. Nana's fist balled up and was shaking a little bit. A part of her was screaming to punch him right in the face..but she couldn't.
"Fine then.." She said...and then she stared up at him with an angry face. "I WON'T RELY ON SOMEONE LIKE YOU ANYMORE YOU STUPID BAD MAN!" She screamed as she then started to run away from him. "YOU JERK!" She then ran far away from him.
This caused the ex-SAT member to look back at her.
"Jeez, the hell is her deal?" He wondered. "If that ain't Lucy, then what's the point of me helping her out?" He asked as he then sat down. "Besides..." He then got up to look at his holstered gun. "Since SAT is no more, my ammo is limited, so I don't have time to fight for part-time friends." He then looked out into he ocean. "I gotta save up for when I see that horned bitch again...and that boy with the green jacket...whatever he is..if I see him again...he's gonna pay for humiliating me." He said as his fists tightened.
5 minutes later….
Nana was leaning against a railing nearby the beach, but far away from where she ran from Bando. Her eyes were a bit red and puffy, but she stopped crying. And now she was wondering what she should do. There was another Diclonius coming...a Diclonius that she feels that is worse than Lucy...what should she do?
"I just feel something...something really evil…" Nana thought with dread. "So..what should I do? Runaway maybe?" But she then rejected that idea quickly, because she knew that if she was to run away, then the other Diclonius could easily track her down. "And besides...do I really want to leave? Leave the house I went through so much to find happiness? The house...where I made friends with everyone? Including Ben and Mayu?"
Ben...Wait...Ben! Nana then got an idea. Maybe she and Ben can fight off this Diclonius together! Of course, she didn't really know much about Aliens in Bens watch thingie. But for what Ben had been telling her and Mayu, he was able to transform into things that were powerful...that and he did beat Lucy back at the graveyard a few weeks back...and he fixed her limbs too…
But no...she then put her head down. She couldn't force Ben to do that. She knew he wouldn't have the heart in himself to kill...she didn't want him to die for her. Of course, she didn't want to kill this Diclonius either..but what other choice would she have?
"I have to do this on my own…" She thought. "I'm sorry Ben...but I need to fight on my own and maybe I-"
"Nana!" The girl was brought out of her thoughts by the sound of Kouta's voice, she turned to find him, Yuka, Nyu, Mayu, and Ben all together and smiling at her.
"How long are you going to stand there and daydream?" Ben asked her.
"Yea, it's time to go back now." Kouta said to her with a smile.
Nana looked at all of their smiles, and then tears started to appear from the corners of her eyes. No one noticed except Ben, who then adopted a concerning frown. Was Nana alright?
"That other Diclonius might be looking for me now." Nana thought. "Anyone who stays here with me...will die.." She then wiped away her tears. "I...can't go home just yet." Nana told them. Prompting some of the others to look at her funny.
"Wha-what do you mean?" Kouta asked with a raised eyebrow.
"It's just...I thought I could live like a normal girl with all of you….but I guess it was nothing more than an illusion...but it was really joyful." She said as she then looked back over the railing.
Ben was confused by what she said, and also a bit concerned...what was she talking about? Was she...going somewhere?
"Are you going somewhere, Nana?" Ben asked concerningly. "Because if there is something wrong, you can always talk to us." he said to her.
Nana looked at him again and then looked back over the railing. "Don't worry..I'm fine. There's just something I have to do...I promise that I'll be back later….so...can you all wait for me till then?" She asked.
Everyone of Maple Inn was confused by her question. But the ones who were most concerned aobut it was Ben and Mayu, they can tell that from her expression that there is soemthing going on...and it was worrying them both greatly.
"Well I mean...sure, I guess…" Kouta pondered, not really knowing what to say. "But just make sure you come back in time for supper ok?" He told her.
"Yea, please come back right for supper alright?" Yuka said to her. "We can all wait for you till then. Right?" She asked the others, making them nod their heads...well except for Ben, he was listening clearly..but there was just soemthing going on...something that Nana was not telling him or them for that matter…
"Ok then...I'LL SEE YOU ALL LATER THEN!" Nana shouted as she then started to run away from them. Making them all bewildered.
"What's gotten into Nana?" Yuka asked with concern.
"I have no idea…" Kouta said with uncertainty. "But anyway, we better get back. Nozomi will be there any minute" He told them as they all began to leave. But before they did. Kouta and Ben took notice of something in the distance.
"A Chopper?" Kouta thought. "What's that doing here?" He thought.
Ben, however, got a suspicious look when he saw it….he couldn't help it. But there was something going on...and it didn't sit right with him at all.
"Hey...I'm going for a walk to alright?" Ben told the others. Making the others look at him with raised eyebrows
"Not you too Ben!" Yuka scolded as she rubbed her head in annoyance.
"Oh come on Yuka, besides, I want to explore aorund the town a bit more. You know since I am new to Japan and all that." He said to her.
Yuka sighed as she rubbed her head. Seriously, these people were going to give her a heart attack with them running off.
"Fine, but please make sure that you and Nana come back for dinner. Alright?" Yuka asked him.
"Don't worry, I will." He said with a small smile. He then looked over at Mayu. "I'll be back soon, alright Mayu?"
The girl smiled at him. "Alright, Ben!" She said to him. "Just be careful ok?", prompting him to ruffle her hair with a smile.
"No worries." He said to her, making her smile at him.
"Ben!" He turned to see Nyu holding onto his hand in a way that said. "Please don't go."
"Don't worry Nyu I'll be back soon." He said. Nyu looked as if she didn't believe him..but relented anyway and let go of his hand. As he walked away from them. She still couldn't help but feel immense worry for him.
"C'mon Nyu." She turned to see Kouta looking at her. "Let's go home." He said with a smile. Nyu looked at him and blushed a bit as she then nodded her head and chirped in happiness. And with that. Everyone began to walk back to the house, Mayu looked back to where Ben and Mayu were once at and had a face of concern.
"Please come back alright you two." She thought with worry.
5 minutes later...
Ben was secretly following Nana from behind. Having changed into Ghostfreak, he was using his invisibility to follow the girl and keep a close eye on her. He couldn't help it, but there was something that she was not telling them all. And he was concerned about it.
"Ok Nana, where are you going?" He asked himself as he continued to follow her. "But still..what kind of helicopter is that?" But before Ghsotfreak could follow her even further, he noticed a few men with guns going into an alleyway.
The Ectonurite looked at them and back, at Nana and sighed a bit. "Sorry Nana, just wait for me." He said a he then went to go stop whatever those men were going to do to those firearms
Enoshima Bridge
After the helicopter landed. Isobe walked right out of it, with him pushing Mariko in a wheelchair. Mariko was now wearing a yellow shirt with a blue skirt and tie.
"So.. you remember what we talked about right?" Isobe asked the young Diclonius. "Your body is implanted with bombs, and with the device I have I can send signals to those bombs and kill you...so you better behave." He said. Although a part of him felt great shame for doing it though.
"Also," He said. "You are to eliminate Number 7. Don't make us do anything except for what you are ordered to do, understand?" He asked. Mariko didn't answer but had a look of contempt on her face.
"So...do you feel Lucy's presence then?" Isobe asked.
"No...but I feel something else...I can sense another Diclonius alright...and she is coming this way." She said.
This made Isobe gasp with surprise. Number 7? Coming this way? They expected the girl to try to run away...but this? This was crazy.
"She's coming? But...I figured that she would be running away though…" Isobe said with shock. But as he was trying to ponder aobut this, he took notice of something coming up to them. He and Mariko got a good look at who it was they were looking at. It was Number 7 herself, panting a bit while looking at them all.
"Wait...so that evil I sensed...is only so little!" Nana thought with shock. This girl...was this the evil one Nana sensed? It didn't really make any sense.
"Hey…" Mariko said to the man. "So this big sis...can I kill her?" She asked.
Meanwhile Nana was still processing at what she was looking at. She knew that she sensed evil..but this small girl...she can feel the evil in her...from looking at her, she couldn't have been stronger than Lucy.
"But still...it can be reckless if I go in there bare-handed…" Nana thought. "So I'll have to end this with jsut a single pun-" But she then stopped and gasped.
These girls vectors...they were able to go right up and go through her...and she was pretty far away…! At this point. Nana became a bit worried and frightened.
"But how…? Can she really reach that far?" She asked in fright. "This is not going to be good at all." She thought.
Mariko however was smiling as she then used her vectors to lift up Nana's body, much to her shock and horror. "Wow..this is fun!" She said as all of a sudden
RIP
Mariko began to rip up Nana's clothes while holding her up with her vectors.
"LET GO OF ME!" Nana screamed in fright, but Mariko was not listening to her. This was a game and she was having a really good time. And it all came downhill as Marioko used her vectors to rip off Nana's arm and leg. Making the poor girl scream in pain.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHGGG!" The poor Sipelit screamed in pain and anguish. Isobe was watching this with extreme dread, having to witness this torture? It was horrifying. And MAriko? She jsut still had that grin on her face...that child-like sadistic grin.
Nana, who was now crying due to the massive pain, was looking at the wheelchair bound girl.
"Please..no more…" She pleaded. Memories of her battle with Lucy at the graveyard were coming back to her and she was frightened. But Mariko then picked her up and threw her against the wall with a big thud.
Nana, was now cryign in pain. She looked up to see Mariko still laughing, while Isobe looked unsettled.
"Chief Kurama...please forgive us." He pleaded in his mind. At this point he tried to stop Mariko from toying with Nana, but it was no use.
"What are you doing?" Isobe asked Mariko in an angry voice. Mariko however was having too much funt to listen. "You are only supposed to kill her, not toy with her like this!" He said.
"Well yeah...but you see, I can only kill this one right?" Mariko asked. "So killing her right now would just be a waste of time." She said. This statement made Isobe tremble a bit. This girl was a true sadist, instead of ending Number 7 right now, she wanted to toy with her...why?
Nana was looking on, blood going down her face and tears going down her eyes as her arm and leg stumps were bleeding all over. "It's no good…" she thought. "I can't..move my arm or leg...I have to find an opening and strike….Ben...I hope you can fix me again...just like before." But as she was trying to get up, she was hoisted up again by the sadistic girl.
"No! Please..no more!" Nana pleaded. But Mariko didn't listen as she threw her against the wall again. Isobe tried to get her to stop, but she was not listening and was having too much fun.
"Haaa Haa, this is so much fun!" Mariko said with a big grin on her face. At this point, she began to hear Nana whimper soemthing. "Hmm..she seems to have gotten quiet." She said. "Oh..but she can still move i see."
She was right, Nana was moving a little bit, and she was using the arm that wasn't ripped off to try to crawl away..but due to her being beaten down on. She was not having so much luck in doing it.
"Papa...Ben...Papa...Ben...please...save me.." Nana pleaded in her mind as tears came down. "Ben….big brother..please save me!" She thought while more tears went down her face.
"She...she's playing with a childish innocent cruelty." Isobe thought with dread. Of course even though the orders were to kill number 7, he felt like Mariko was going too far. "It's like a child ripping wings off of an insect." He thought with dread.
As he was pondering this, Nana was now looking ahead. But now she was bleeding all over, blood going down from her head to her face, and she was just looking pretty bad...and worse of all? Ben was not here to save her this time.
"Pa-pa….Ben.." She mumbled sadly as tears went down her face.
Mariko looked on with confusion as she heard thsoe words. "Why are you calling out to your father?" she asked. "And this Ben person...who is he?" She asked.
Nana coughed up some blood. "Ben...he's...my..*cough* big brother…" She said.
Mariko grinned even more. "Oh I see, your father must be the best of all fathers huh? And this Ben...he must be the best big brother of all right?" Then, her grin tunred into a frown. "My own father..he tried to kill me after I was born."
Isobe raised an eyebrow at what she said. Where did she hear aobut that? Wait...Saito...she must have told Mariko that to make the father look like scum and tried to manipulate her just to get her to like her…
"Manipuitave bitch…" Isobe muttered under his breath.
"Meh, whatever." Mariko said to her. "I'm pretty bored now."
Nana then looked up again and images of everyone at Maple Inn started to pour in her mind.
"Just come back in time for supper alright?" Kouta's voice said in her mind.
"We can all wait for you then." Yuka's concerned voice said in her mind as well.
"They all must still be waiting." Nana thought. "I wish I could go back there...but I can't...I can't put them all in danger like that." She said solemnly. "Oh how I can wish to eat steaemd rice with them all again.." she said. And at that point, Mariko picked her up again.
Isobe, having enough of this, ordered her to stop. "Enough of this!" He said to her sharply. "And kill her already." He said.
Mariko looekd at him and bakca t her. "Oh..right, I totally forgot." She said.
Nana was crying and bleeding. In her mind, She imagined that she was a newborn baby, with Kurama being the one holding her.
"Papa..if I ge reincarnated...will I be your true daughter?" She asked. And the image of Ben and everyoen else at Maple Inn appeared in her mind. Even Nyu. "Kouta..thank you for taking me in and giving me a chance….Yuka….thank you for bringing me in too….Nozomi..thank you for fixing me dress….Mayu...Ben...thank you bot so much for being my brother and sister.." Tears weleld up in her eyes. "I'll love you all forever…And Luc-Nyu...I don't know what kind of past you had, but Ben told me it was something horrible...I'm sorry I won't; be albe to live long enough to find out why you attacked me that day...pleased don't let Lucy out...please."
Mariko then gave off a dark grin of malice
"Bye-Bye!" She said. And she sent her vectors towards Nana, who now closed her eyes and was waiting for the final blow….but then something happened
"ENOUGH!" A voice roared at them, in a bit of shock and confusion. Mariko dropped Nana and she and Isobe tunred to see the source. It was Ben, only this time...he was more than angry..he was pissed, with his fists shaking and him giving off an angry look.
"What are you doing to my little sister?" He whispered in a vicious growl.
Isobe stared at teh boy with wide eyes….that kid...he was there that day...at the graveyard.
"I asked you a question!" Ben said to them. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING TO HER?!" He yelled in anger, his hand already hovering over the Omnitrix dial. One minute he was stopping an attempted robbery...now he comes here to find Nana bleeding out all over the ground? This was really messed up and he would not stand for it at all.
For a moment, Ben looekd over at Mariko and felt dread. There was jsut soemthing about her that screamed danger….well no was not to time to worry, now he had to hurray and save Nana. But there was one thing on his mind...why is this girl doing this though?
"You!" Ben turned to see Isboe looking at him. "You're that boy from the graveyard." He said.
"Yea? And what's it to you dude?" Ben asked in an angry tone. Isobe sighed a bit as he then gave him a solemn look.
"Listen kid, if you know what's good for you, you will turn around and leave. I don't want you killed, but I will do whatever is necessary." He said.
Ben scoffed at this. He faced far worse. "Oh please, you think you can scare me that easily?" He asked.
Nana looked over at Ben, tears welling up in her eyes at the sight of him.
"Ben…?" She said in a hoarse voice. Ben took notice and walked over to her gently.
"Nana...why didn't you tell me aobut this?" He asked her.
"I...I didn't want you to get involved...I didn't twant….to see you die." She said.
"Don't worry." Ben said as he then activated the Omnitrix, engulfing the area in bright light. And after the light vanished, standing in his place was Clockwork.
"I will fix you up now." He said as he then pointed his arms at her and zapped her, and just like the wounds were fixing up again.
Normally Mariko would just kill who got in the way...but after seeing what this boy did….he interested her. But she narrowed her eyes at the sight of Nana's arm and leg being restored.
After his work was done, Ben turned back and fell to his knees. Why does Clockwork have to take a portion of his energy?
"Ben!" Nana said as she then got up, albeit shakily, and went over to him. "Are you ok?" She asked.
"Yea...Clockwork just takes alot out of me, just give me a few…" He said.
Mariko then widened her eyes. "Did she say his name was Ben? So this boy...he was her big brother?" She thought, she then adopted her smile again
"Oh...so this is your big brother huh?" Mariko asked, making Ben narrow his eyes at her. "Well you don't have to worry aobut him for too long." She said. "Along with your father, once I find him. I'll help you join both of them...in the grave." Mariko said.
Ben was shocked a bit at hearing her say this. This girl..she reminded him of Nyu when she was a kid...only this time, this girl...he felt evil radiating off of her...even more then Vilgax. But even so, he was not about to let her stop him by scaring him away.
"*Snort* Oh please, you really thin- '' But before Ben could say anymore, he took notice of Nana looking at her. And her face? Well let's jsut say...if looks could kill, then Mariko would be dead.
Nana was trembling with fury. Not only was this girl threatening to kill Ben...the boy who became one of her first friends, and the boy who she viewed as an older brother. but she was also threatening to murder Kurama...the man who she viewed as a father figure, the man who was the only one she communicated with back at the Institute.
"How dare you…" Nana whispered in a dangerous voice as she then sent a vector right at Mariko and punched her right in the face, knocking her off of the wheelchair.
Isobe and Ben both looked on with shock and worry. Nana was beginning to walk towards her, her eyes speaking of danger and revenge.
"You want to repeat that? Bitch?" She asked in a low dangerous voice as she began to walk over to the downed girl.
"Oh jeez, this is not good." Ben thought with dread, he tried to call out to her to stop, but she didn't listen, she kept on walking over towards her, Isobe backed off, too scared to do anything about it.
Mariko was struggling to get up a bit, but then she felt something grab her and forced her to look up. She saw the face of a pissed off Nana.
"What did you say you were going to do to Papa and my Big Brother?" She said in a low venimous voice.
"Idiot." Isobe said to Mariko. "It's because you went easy on her."
"Hey jerk…" He turned to see Ben, leaning against a wall and giving him a glare. "I don't know what you or that kid wants...but I will not let you kill Nana. You hear me?"
Isobe sighed at him. "Listen kid, you really don't know what these Diclonius are capable of." He said to him.
"Oh don't give me that, I know what they are capable off, if you don't remember I fought Lucy back at the graveyard."
"You did?" Isobe asked, making Ben nod his head.
"Yea, but listen. You don't understand her though. Soemthing happened-"
"Don't defend her boy." Isobe said sternly. "Are you really trying to defend her? She is a murderer who killed alot of people."
"You don't think I know that?" Bens hot at him. "I know that and I'm not trying to defend her...well sorta..but still. I understand how and why she-"
"No...it can't be." Mariko said, making Ben and Isobe stop their conversation and look towards her. "I was doing so perfect..but she was just too fast for me to notice.." She said.
"I'm going to punish you…" Nana said in a deadly whisper, a whisper that sent shivers down everyone's backs.
Ben narrowed his eyes at her...could be...that the voice is getting to her head? But no..it shouldn't, that voice is only in Lucy's mind….is it?
Isobe was thinking the same thing, he remembered that the Director told them about Diclonius genes...but he was wondering why this change was affecting number 7 though...because Kurama once told hi that Number 7 was alot different than other Diclonii, so why was this change in her personality changing? Could it be from what Number 37 said about that boy and Kurama?
"You shouldn't move." Nana said to Mariko, as she then used her vectors to grab Mariko by the head, and forced her to look up right at her. Nana's eyes staring right into Mariko's soul. "If you try anything…." Nana's eyes then became fierce. "Then I'll kill you and bury you." She said.
Ben's eyes went wide with shock. Never would he hear the normally sweet Nana say such a thing as that. Of course he couldn't complain, as that girl threatened him and Kurama. But still, he was just so shocked at hearing her say something like this.
As Nana was glaring at the smaller girl, something touched and held onto her shoulder, she turned around to glare at whoever it was, and her look softened a bit when she saw Ben.
"Nana, don't do this." He said to her. "I know you are much better than that." He said to her.
"But...she threatened you...and she threatened Papa.." Nana said in a low angry voice. She wasn't mad at him, but she was pissed because of what that girl said to her.
"I know...but you should know that I can survive anything. I survived from Lucy right?" He asked her. Na alooked down a bit. "I promise...I won't let her harm you..or me..or your Papa.."
Nana looked at him with wide eyes. "You...promise?" She asked him.
"Yes." Ben said with a warm smile on his face. "Nana, you are too nice and sweet to kill...please don't do this." He said to her gently. All of a sudden, Nana's vectors then let go of Mariko's face as she hugged her brother figure tightly while hurrying her face into his jacket, and she started to cry in his jacket.
"I'm so sorry." She said tearfully into his jacket.
"It's alright." Ben said in a soothing voice and as he rubbed her back gently. Isobe was watching with shock.
"This kid...he just stopped Number 7 like that!" He thought… "But how is he not dead? Mariko would have killed him by now." This was all not making sense.
Mariko was similar, while normally she could have used this advantage to attack now, but she didn't...instead, she just watched them. And if you could see her face, it spoke of curiosity and confusion. This girl was going to kill her, but then this human calmed her down so easily...but how?
"But…" Mariko began to say, making both Ben and Nana look at her. "She was so worked up..her saying Papa..and big brother..with so much emotion.." Mariko said. "I never had a sibling...while my own father...he tried to kill me when he saw my horns." Mariko said, making Ben and Nana look at her with surprise. "He wanted to kill me…as soon as I was born" She said scornfully.
Both Nana and Ben both felt but sympathetic towards this girl. This father of hers must have been a horrible person to do that, despite her horns. Ben looked over at her and gave her a small glare.
"I understand." He said. "Your father sounded like a scumbag, and it was wrong of him to do that. But that doesn't mean you have to lump Nana's father with yours." He told her. "Did you never get any love from wherever you are from?" He asked her in a gentle voice. "Listen...I don't trust you..but if you want it...I can help you." He said.
Nana and both Mariko were shocked. Did he really offer to help her? Mariko especially, this boy was offering her help..despite the fact that she was torturing and nearly killed his little sister. Mariko was really confused.
Nana was also confused and shocked. It was bad enough when Nyu was at Maple Inn, but having this girl there as well? This was becoming a bit too much for Nana. But since this gril and Isobe was here, she would not say anything about it, not wanting to risk the residents of Maple Inn's location.
Isobe was sighing a bit as he rubbed his head. "Both of them don't know do they?" He thought. "That the idea of the papa's they are talking about is the same person….they don't know about it...and I didn't think that boy knows either."
Isobe was also amazed by the fact that Ben was offering to help Mariko, this was the same girl he saw kill Saito with no mercy, and who almost killed Shirakawa in cold blood. He was internally thinking that Ben would not succeed because Mariko was way too unstable.
"The boy has a death wish…" Isobe thought in dread.
Mariko stared at Ben and Nana for a few moments before talking gain. "So Big Sis and Ben...who are on good terms with eachother as family…" Her confused smile turned into a vicious glare. "YOU'RE BOTH EYESORES!" She screamed as she sent a vector right at Ben and punched him hard in the face along with Nana, causing them to get knocked back and skid across the ground.
Ben got a bit to find Mariko who was gliding in the air with her vectors and giving off an evil grin. He looekd over to see Nana dazed a bit and he looked back at Mariko
"Damn, I guess I'm gonna have to fight. I don't want to hurt her too badly...gotta hold back a bit." He thought. "I don't want to fight you kid!" He called out to her.
"Well too bad." She whispered with a big grin. "Because I want to KILL YOU!" She screamed as she sent more vectors after him. Causing him to roll out of the way in time, he ran quickly for a nearby wall to take cover. "Don't think you can hide from me, you filthy human!" She said to him.
Ben was trying really hard trying to figure out what alien to turn into...sure he can turn into either Swampfire or Wildvine, but from the look at Mariko's vectors, he would not be able to land a hit on her and would get chopped up like a salad.
Wait..hit her….but she was just a small child….shoudl he really hit her? If he was to hit a child, he would feel bad for it, if it was anyone older than him, he would not mind...but this was a kid…
"Can I really do it though?" He asked himself. As he was pondering this, part of the wall he was hiding behind had a chunk cut off.
"GET OUT AND FIGHT ME DAMMIT!" Mariko said to him.
Ben sighed and breathed deeply. He had no choice but to fight, but like he said he had to go soft, so he couldn't use Fourarms...could he use Big Chill? Hmm...
"Wait!" Bens said. "I got it, maybe I could try out that new form I got from Nyu." He said as he activated the Omnitrix and selected the form. "I haven't tried it out yet..but form viewing Nyu's memory aobut her and Aiko, I saw that her vectors can block bullets...maybe it can block against other vectors too?" He pondered. "Gotta be careful and play smart in this one, she is totally different from other battles I fought."
And when he found the selected option. "Got it!" He said and he slammed the dial and was engulfed in green light.
At this point, Mariko gasped. "I can sense another Diclonius!"
"Wait, what?" Isobe asked out loud. Another Diclonius? Here? Was it Lucy?
"But…" MAriko said. "This doesn't feel like that Queen or anything," MAriko said with a surprised tone.
"It isn't Lucy." A voice said, and at that point, someone came out of teh wall and approached Mariko. This was an older girl around Lucy's age. She had pink hair in a hime cut, and wore a typical Japanese schoolgirl sailor fuku uniform. Her short-sleeved shirt being green and having a black-tie on, wearing a navy blue skirt that covered her thighs to her knees, long white knee socks, and wearing black loafers. The most distinguishing this about her was her green eyes, and the cat-like horns growing out of her skull, and there was a dial in the middle on her shirt where her heart is located at. This was Ben Tennyson's Diclonius form.
"But someone much different." she said with a smirk on her face.
(Eyecatch featuring Ben and Nana smiling at eating some cake together)
(Eyecatch of Ben's Diclonius form and Lucy staring at eachother)
Both Mariko and Isobe all stared at the newcomer with expressions of shock and awe. Did this kid just turn into a Diclonius? How, when, and why?
"What the absolute hell?" Isobe thought. Frist a big clock man. Now a Diclonius? Just what the hell is this kid?
Mariko also stared at her. A few seconds ago she was just a simple human boy, now she was a Diclonius..just like her. How did he do it? Well, it doesn't matter, because this girl or boy was going to be dead.
"Listen kid." Ben's Diclonius form said to her. "I really do not want to fight you, but if it means protecting Nana...then I will not have a choice." She said as she narrowed her eyes at MAriko.
Mariko was not threatened however as she then unleashed her vectors and she was now levitating. "You think you're so special?" Mariko asked wickedly. "Whether you're human or not...I"M GOING TO KILL YOU!": She yelled as she then sent several vectors at her.
"C'mon work!" Ben Diclonius form said as then some vectors appeared from her back and she launched herself off of the ground, narrowly missing the attack.
She looked back and watched in awe as she was now in the air. "Wow...that was actually pretty cool." She thought. "Hmmm...I wonder what I should name myself." But then she felt something coming at her and she used her vectors to swipe away Mariko's.
"But first let me try to survive first before I name myself." She said as she then ran to dodge the incoming vectors, while she didn't get hit, but the bridge was getting bit destroyed as well. Ben's Diclonius form had to make sure that she and Mariko didn't do anything that might cause the bridge to collapse.
"Alright, remember, just hold back with each and everyone one of your attacks." A voice said in Ben's Diclonius form head.
"Yea...wait, who said that?" She asked herself.
"You'll know soon enough Tennyson." The voice said. The new Diclinus girl was confused..but shrugged as she then began to fight back.
"Take this!" She yelled as she then sent her vectors over at Mariko. Mariko used some of her own vectors to grab onto the others, but some of them were able to get by and land a blow on Mariko. Ben's Diclonius form made sure to hold back a bit on the other girl.
"Sorry kid." She called out. "But like I? Said, if you stop now, I can help you out." the gril said. Mariko, however, looked up and gave her a wicked glare.
"I WON'T STOP TILL YOUR BLOOD IS ALL OVER THIS BRIDGE!" She screamed as she sent more vectors at the new Diclonius. Unfortunately, Mariko's vectors came so fast that Ben's Diclonius form didn't have time to summon her own and was punched in the face and stomach, causing her to skid back a bit.
Mariko grinned evilly as she looked down at the downed Diclonius. "Was this all you got? Killing you will be so easy." She taunted.
Ben's Diclinus form wiped some blood from her mouth as she then glared at Mariko.
"I just accessed this form and have no control over these arms...what the hell am I going to do?" She asked herself.
"Bench her for the time being." The same voice said again.
"Wait...who are you?" The Diclonius asked.
"In proper time I will reveal myself to you...but for now put this from of yours to the bench." teh voice said to her. "Oh, and by the way...you aren't so bad...for a measly human that is." It said. "And don't think I'm helping you because I like you or anything like that." It said to her sternly
The new Diclinus sighed a bit." Alright..if you say so." She said as he then pressed the Omnitrix dial on her chest and was engulfed in green light. Standing in her place was Ghostfreak.
"He turned back into that Ghost thing!" Isobe said. During the fight, he was amazed at this girl's abilities. Of course, he didn't tell the Director due to Kurmamas orders...but still, this boy could pose a serious threat. And now that he was able to transform into a Diclonius….this made him even more of a threat.
"Grah, Why won't you just die!" Mariko exclaimed as she then launched her vectors over at Ghostfreak, but the vectors went right through him. Making her gasp. "What? But...how?"
"I have many different forms that allow me to go intangible kid. So those arms of yours can't harm me while I'm in this form. Now I'm asking again. Just surrender and we can talk about this." He said.
Mariko, however, was not the one to hear it. With an angry growl, she sent more of her vectors at him and they went right through. She did it again...and again...and again. Until after 10 tries she stopped and breathed heavy.
"Are you going to stop acting like a brat and listen now?" Ghsotfreak asked her with his arms crossing over his chest. "Now listen. I don't know what kind fo hardships you went through in that lab or whatever, but it seems to me like you had it hard...you were possibly beaten and tortured right?" He asked her
Mariko glared at him,s he didn't want to answer him at all.
"Kid...you don-"
"Zip it! The Ectonurite said to the professor. "And you should be ashamed of yourself...you and everyone else at that Institute for treating Lucy and Nana like that." He said.
Isobe was shocked and sighed in annoyance. "What the hell are you talking about? Lucy is nothing but a monster, she dese-"
"NO, SHE ISN'T" Ghostfreak roared in fury, so loudly that it woke Nana up from her knockout session, although her vision was a kinda dazy, she did notice Ben was in one of his other forms.
"You have no idea what she has been through, and you have no idea what is going on with her either." Ghostfreak said to Isobe as he then pressed the dial and turned back into Ben. "Once I am done with her, I can discuss everything, but for right now, shut up and let me do my thing." He said. "I am a superhero after all."
Ben then walked over to Mariko but stopped halfway to give her space. "I know your life must have been hard. But you can stop if you want. Not all humans are bad. Sure there are some...horrible people out there." Ben said through gritted teeth, Mayu's stepfather, Tomoo, and the other two bullies coming in his mind.
But some humans are nice. And if you accept my help then maybe I can become the first human to treat you with kindness." Bens aid to the girl. Show as looking at him with wide eyes. "So what do you say?" He asked.
Nana was staring at Ben with widened eyes. Ben was really something….sure she was not thrilled that Ben was being nice to her despite threatening her and Kurama...but maybe...Ben might be able to help her...but to her...could she help Mariko? Ben already told her to try to be civil with Lucy..but should she be civil with Mariko?
Isobe was frowning and shaking hsi head. He believed that this boy was just asking for a death wish.
Mariko however….
BAM
Mariko sent a vector right towards Ben's face, making the boy fly back and skid across the ground. Mariko, who was still on the ground used her vectors to get back on her chair and grab Ben by the throat. As she brought him closer to her face, she had a face of anger and hatred.
"Do I look like I want your damn help?" She asked him bitterly. "All my life I was nothing more than just an experiment...and you want to help me?" She said as she threatened to choke Ben to death. "You can take all that talk with you...and bring it to the grave." She said evilly as she then began to put more pressure on the boy's neck. Ben was trying to use his Omnitrix, but Mariko used her vectors to keep the boy's arm's away from eachother. Ben was now beginning to choke badly as his face began to turn blue.
"Now...you di-"
BAM
Mariko was hit in the face by a vector, this caused her to fall out of the chair and for her to let go of Ben. As the boy was coughing and breathing hard. He saw Nana looking over at Mariko. Nana giving an angry glare at her.
"You little bitch." Nana whispered. "He offered to help you...and you spit it at him?" She asked with venom in her eyes. At this point, Nana sent her vectors into Mariko's head, just like what she did to Lucy back at the graveyard.
"Of course...I do not plan to die here at all." Nana said wickedly. "But if there is anyone whos going to die it-
"Nana!" A familiar voice said. Nana immediately let go of MAriko and turned to see the source of the noise...and when she saw who it was she was shocked. "That's enough." He said to her.
Nana's eyes went wide, and tears began to form in her eyes as she said one word.
"Papa?" She asked.
Aaaand that is that folks. So Ben had his first encounter with Mariko, and despite him trying to talk sense into her it did not work. And as Nana was going to take revenge, she has stopped me a familiar someone. We shall wait till next chapter to see how this all ends :)
So...WE SAW BEN'S DICLONIUS FORM! Did you all like it? So I was kinda wondering about what she would look like, and I figured that her wearing a schoolgirl suit fuku would be cute. Originally I was thinking about giving her a sundress, but the sailor suit I thought was cuter. Also, her hair...think of Hinata Hyuga's, except it's pink. Also, I was originally going to make her hair brown, just like Ben's, but you know since she is a copy of a Diclonius...well whatever lol. Like...think of Moka Akashiya from Rosario + Vampire...but with a different hairstyle, different eye color, and different clothing...and a different voice too.
Now for her voices...now I was thinking about this a lot and was thinking to myself...what would the voice sound like? So after giving it some thought. I felt like the outer Ben's Diclonius form would be voiced by Brina Palencia and for the Inner voice...I was thinking maybe Colleen Clinkenbeard..what do you guys think? Let me know :)
Now please don't forget to read and review, I am always happy to hear from you guys and to answer any questions you might have for me.
I'll see you all next time :)