Hey everyone, I'm back with a new chapter of Ultimate Lied, so in this chapter. Last time, there was a fight between Ben and Mariko and it nearly made teh boy die, but before Nana could step in and ill the girl, someone familiar finds them and stops. What will happen in this chapter? Tune in as we get into something emotional.
So I saw some reviews that a lot of you are wondering about Ben's Diclonius Form. I always intended for his form to be a female, I had that planned when I was coming up with the concept. His form is going to be just like him, heroic, kind, and tough. So just letting you all know. His DNA side will be somewhat judgemental, as in that she will be somewhat against him, but as she lingers into his memories, she will begin to trust him a bit more, this was suggested by Milo S Darek, so thanks man :)
Also if some of you are worried that I am trying to make Ben's Diclonius form look like fan-service, I ain't, I/ describe his form as being just simply cute. Lik I said before, I always intended on having his form be a female.
Also, I hope you are doing alright during this pandemic, and I hope you are all doing everything you can do to avoid catching it. Stay safe out there everyone :)
To the mysterious Mr.E: Thank you! Yes, Ben can turn into a Diclonius like Lucy, Nana, and Mariko. The voice isn't Morgan Freeman's :) I said that I had the idea that it would be Colleen Clickenbeards :)
To Starlord Master: Nana has had it really hard, I wish I could just give her a big hug. I am still figuring out on his Diclonius Form's name. Happy May to you as well :)
To demonicwolf1999: thanks you, I might have a question or two that I right ask at some point :)
To Guest: Because he is. Having Ben's Diclonius form as a girl is something I always had planned, but despite appearances, she is going to be a kick-ass fighter..once she gets's used to the vectors of course.
To Pan: At some point, he will use an Ultimate Form
To omnimegalander: Yep the fight has just begun, and there will be another one in the future. I am glad you enjoy seeing his form, but why do you find the gender angle uncomfortable? If you think that I am going to turn him into fan service, I don't plan on it. Not mad Just wondering why you find it uncomfortable, I respect your opinion. Ben always was the one to try to calm people down, I mean if he was still younger, than he would still e a bit brash but you know..he matured a lot, And Nana is the same, she is the nicest character int he whole series, but threaten a loved one and it will make her snap into fury. That was my plan, to have Bena and Nana bond more like brother and sister, along with Mayu...darn it, I wish I was skilled in art, then I would make fan art of hose three together. all I can say is when Kurama explains everything in this chapter, Ben is going to be very distrustful of him, but won't do anything because of Nana. That is something that will come up at some point in this chapter maybe.
To BigRig2.0: what do you mean?
To bowham123: What's good? the chapter you mean? IF so then thank 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
Diclonius Institute
Inside the Institute, Director Kakuzawa was on the phone with someone in his office. Who was he talking to?
"Yes, right." He said to the person on the other end of the line. "The plan will begin today. Trust me, this matter can't be stopped by anyone, and not even a stupid little white rat that's sniffing aorund here." He said. He was silent for a few minutes before hearing something. "Come again?" He asked as his eyes widened. It's unknown what he was told, but from the way he was gripping his arm to his chair, he was not happy.
But then he sighed and rubbed his head. "I see….don't worry, I understand." He said as he hung up the phone and looked on with an angry look in his eyes. "Kurama...you stupid idiot." He growled. "He will drown in his death for his feelings towards the girl...In order to take something, one must be willing to drop whatever it is he or she is holding….why can't he see that?" He asked. "Well, it doesn't even matter now." He said as he stood up and walked out of the room.
10 minutes later….
Kakuzawa was now in the outside grotto along with Arakawa looking over a grave. Arakawa was still a bit hesitant and nervous about this guy….he was just so...mysterious and...creepy.
"So uh...how do you feel sir?" She asked, trying to make small talk. "Not very good right?" She asked. But unfortunately, he didn't really say anything, the whole thing was a bit..awkward to say the least. "Well, despite what I asked a few seconds ago, you seem to be doing alright, despite there being a High Atmospheric Pressure in here." She then groaned a bit. "Jeeze, how do you deal with it sir? I mean with this much pressure, there are nose bleeds, toothaches, it's all so depressing and miserable."
But then the man then looked over slightly and gave her a smirk, making her widen her eyes in surprise and a bit of fear. She probably shouldn't have said these things.
"So uh..sir?" She asked a bit nervously. "For my cooperation, you said that you would explain this whole situation right? Well..if it's alright...what's all this about?" She asked.
Kakuzawa smirked as he looked around the area. "This place...is the Eden of the Two Horned Folk." He explained. "And this is also their graveyard." This made Arakawa widen her eyes in shock a bit. An entire Graveyard? This was so...unreal. But what was this thing he was referring to as "Horned Folk?" "Each of the standing stones you see before you has no name on them. After my relatives had passed on, they had returned to the womb that once bore them into this world." He said again.
Arakawa gave him a bit of a bored look, not that she was trying to be disrespectful, but because it really found the answer to her question though.
"Uh..not to be rude sir." She told him. "But I'm not really interested in your religion." She said. "Oh please don't kill me for that!" She thought in fright.
But fortunately for her, Kakuzawa didn't as he looked over at that particular stone. "This grave right here..is my son's." He told her.
"Eh?!" She asked in shock. He had his son? Her boss, buried? In this….weird place? It didn't seem right...but alas, there was nothing she could do or say about it right? And as such, he walked up to the grace and bowed out of respect for the late professor. "Professor, if I only knew you were buried here..I would have brought you a flower...and not blood leaking from my nose." She said that last part a bit sheepishly. She then felt Kakuzawa's grin at her, making her skin shiver with fright. This guy was nuts and creepy!
"So my dear...do you know about Mitochondrial Eve?" He asked, making the woman raise an eyebrow.
"Oh..right, that." she said nervously.
"You see. According to the DNA in Mitochondria, they have stated that the Ancestor to the first wave of humanity was a woman." He said, making Arakawa nod her head as if she was going along with it, even though she was a bit confused though.. "In the near future. Instead of the Humans….the Earth will be ruled by Two-Horned People. And the Ancestor..will be Lucy." He said with a dark grin. "Lucy is a woman who will become the new Mitochondrial Eve to a new Human Race." He thought with malice. "And with her in my hands...I will become the Father and God of the New Human Race."
Arakawa was getting a bit unnerved by what he was talking about. What was all of this about? Mitochondrial Eve? Lucy? Earth being taken over by horned people? What Was he talking about?
"Ain't it splendid my dear?" He asked the confused and nervous woman. "That is why I must have Lucy back into my grasp, no matter what happens. And Humans will lose their dominance over this world." He said as his hand gripped the air hard.
Arakawa gulped a bit as she looked at him. "Do you mean that Lucy is the only one of a new human to reproduce?" She asked him.
"Yes, I heard that over in Sadogashima, humanity is just at the near verge of extinction." He said to her.
"So...despite this..you want to replace all of humanity?" Arakawa asked shockingly. She was pretty shocked, this man wanted to kill all the humans in the world...and replace them...with Diclonius? What The hell is going on in his mind?
"Well from the stuff you have been showing me, it seems like the crossbreeding is going smoothly." She said, albeit a bit uneasily. "The Mitochondrial Eve's offspring's numbers are growing as we speak, but the thing is...wasn't that over ThoUsand Years ago?" She asked him. "I mean you know..in order to replace all Six billion Humans with Lucy...how many years would that take?" It was a pretty interesting question. If he was indeed going to use Lucy to kill the humans...how many years would it take? He possibly couldn't just send her to travel all over the world could he?
"A year." He said to her. "It would take only one year." He said.
This made the woman shocked. One Year? To get rid of humanity? But..how could such a feat be done? OR the better question was...could it be done?
Kakuzawa still gave off the evil grin of his as he stared into her soul ."Pretty soon, Humans will all die quietly...and the world will belong to me." He thought with his grin still on his face.
Enoshima Bridge
Nana was in the familiar man's chest as she sobbed into it.
"Papa!" She said, I knew you would come!" She sobbed. Ben coughed a bit as he stood up to rub his throat. He turned to see who Nana was hugging, and when he saw who it was, he was a bit hesitant. For the man was Kurama, the guy he saw at the graveyard….and the one from Nyu's dream…
When Ben saw him, he immediately felt major trust issues going on. This man was one of the reasons why Anko died, and he also taunted and mocked Nyu for it. He would have done something, but since he is Nana's father..he couldn't, and he would gladly respect his sister figure's wishes.
Isboe was also curious as to why the chiefs was here. Shouldn't he be back at the Institute? Well..it;s for the best he supposed, since he was able to stop Number 7 from going nuts.
Mariko growled as she tried to unleash her vectors on the other horned girl...but to her shock..they weren't coming out! What? Mariko tried and tried again, but still got the same results. Nothing
"What?" Mariko asked. "What's going on? Why aren't my arms coming out?" She asked in a shocked tone of voice. "Nothing's coming out!" She said she started to weep. "Tell me why!" She demanded, but no one was spying attention.
Isobe was however a bit confused as to why though. He recalled Number 7 fighting Lucy back at the graveyard….guess Number 7 did something….
Nana however was hugging Kurmama as she looked up at him. "Papa, am I a good girl?" She asked as tears went down her eyes. "I beat the girl who was being mean to me and my big brother. Are you proud of me?" She asked.
Kurama looked over at Ben and didn't really say anything. But if one could look behind his glasses, in his eyes he was silently thanking the boy for keeping Nana safe.
But now he looked over at the downed Mariko, who was looking up at all of them as well.
"You're Mariko right?" He asked. Making Nana look up at him with a confused look, she wasn't the only one though. Ben was also a bit confused by the question, did he know her from somewhere?
Mariko looked up at Kurama and stared deeply into his eyes. After a few minutes, she said something…
"Papa?" She asked.
Ben's eyes went wide when she said that question. If he had a smoothie on him, now would be a good time to do a spit-take. Kurama...was Mariko's dad? But he thought Nana was his daughter….although...could it be possible that Nana and Mariko have the same mother maybe?
Nana however was shocked and confused. She looked up at Kurama and begged for it to not be true at all.
"Please, Papa! Say it isn't true at all!" She begged, but Kurama didn't say anything, just plain silence.
Mariko however was trembling a bit as a wave of emotions was coursing through her. "They said...that you were going to kill me…" Mariko said this made the Omnitrix wilder look at her and back at Kurama with shock. "Was..was it true?" She asked.
Kurama breathed a bit before he said his answer….
"Yes, that's true." He told her simply.
Nana and Ben were both shocked. He actually wanted her killed? But why? No family member should ever want to kill their own child...so why did he do it? The thought of it was making Ben tremble a bit in fury, but he had to keep his cool.
Mariko looked down as she trembled some more. "Was it….because of my horns?" She asked in a whisper-like voice.
"Yes…" Kurama said to her.
Ben angrily looked at him. Did he want her dead because of her horns? What kind of father would do that? When he told his dad about the Omnitrix, he was angry, but then his father accepted him. So why couldn't Kurama accept his daughter because of her horns?
But….why is she still alive though? Ben was happy that he didn't kill her and he was glad that Mariko was not dead...but if Kurama wanted her dead...then why wasn't she?
But as he was pondering this stuff, Mariko asked Kurama another question. "Then...my mother….where is she?" She asked softly. This was something that Ben wanted to hear as well.
Kurama sighed as he gently pushed Nana away. "I killed her." He said to her.
Everyone was shocked at hearing this. Kurama killed Mariko's mother? Why would he do such a thing?
"No!" Nana said. "It's not true! Please tell me it isn't true, Papa!" Nana pleaded.
Ben was now looking at the man with anger and hatred growing in him. He knew he couldn;t be trusted, but now after he reveals this? Ben's trust for the man was now gone and he was glaring at him with angry eyes. Why would he kill his own wife? Or Girlfriend? Either Way, it didn't matter.
"Why…" Mariko said as she was still on the ground. "Why couldn't you both live happily? And have me with you?" She asked as some tears went down her face.
Kurama looked down and sighed. "I….was about to make a mistake." He said. And he began to tell his backstory. "It all took place when I was still a student."
Flashback/University
A younger Kurama was walking out of the school outside until he was stopped by a younger Professor Kakuzawa.
"Hey, Kurama!" Kakuzawa called out, but it only made the young man turn and glare at him. But Kakuzawa was not unnerved at all. "Woah, aren't you in a bad mood." He said, but got no response. "sigh* Look man, you always lose like you're in a bad mood, and it's so easy because I can see it in your facial features."
"I met Professor Kakuzawa at the University Lab." Kurama's voice said.
"So anyway, I was wondering if you were heading to the lab already?" Kakuzawa asked. "Because if you are, then I'll accompany you there." He said with a grin
"At first when I met him, my first impression was that he was way too talkative and thick-skinned." Kurama's voice said. "But the more I got to know him and get along, I realized that the sensitivity he was showing was all in his head."
"Oh wait!" Kakuzawa said. "I think I know why you're upset." He then adopted a sly smile. "But I shouldn't be upset by it, after all, your little quest to get funding for equipment was rejected right?" He asked. The past Kurama didn't say anything, but if one could look, his fist was gripping his back tightly. "Yea..well I would be a bit pissed too if that happened to me." He said as he shrugged his shoulders.
"Or…" He then said. "Was it that you didn't get your daily report done yet?" He asked.
Kurama sighed a bit before finally answering. "No..I didn't get it done." He said.
Kakuzawa smirked. "Well don't worry, I'm sure you'll get it done soon." He said with a grin.
Kurama then turned back around. "You know..now that I've met you..I dontt feel as gloomy anymore." Kurama said, although there was a hint of sarcasm in there.
"Well then! That's great!" Kakuzawa said with a big grin.
"Anyway." Kurama said as he turned to face his fellow student. "Have you finished the Daily Report? I assume you aren't empty-handed, plus it would be painful for me to see the professor losing it."
That's when Kakuzawa's smile faded and it was replaced with a frown. "Heh, unlike you ordinary people, the dejected simplicity of the professor is all nicely stored up in here. In our heads." He said as he tapped his forehead with his index finger. "Anyway, if you haven't known, the Multiregional Source is an age behind already. It's basically a theory about humanity having one single source."
Kurama looked over at Kakuzawa and raised his eyebrows. "That source theory is way too old." He said.
Kakuzawa however was not listening and brought up a new topic. "Say, Kurama, do you know about the Mitochondrial Eve Theory that was recently reported?" He asked.
This made Kurama scoff and shake his head. How stupid was he? "This is so disappointing and ridiculous, do you honestly believe to tell me that you believe in theory as fake as that?"
Kakuzawa scoffed a bit. "Oh? You think it's fake?" He asked making Kurama nod his head. "Well, shouldn't that mean that the Multiregional Source Theory is more bogus though? I mean it's all just fancy words that make people believe that humans can just evolve together again and again by chance. It's damn impossible." He took a big breather and looked at Kurama again. "That's why I believe in the Mitochondrial Eve theory because it's so simple."
Dream?" The younger Kurama thought with confusion.
Kakuzawa spoke again. "We all are the descendants of a single mutant who appeared over Two-Thousand Years Ago…" He said as he then smiled for a bit. "So, what do you plan on doing after graduation? Do you plan on staying here in the lab?" He asked.
"Yea...I am." Kurama said to him.
"Good, real good." Kakuzawa said as he then looked down on the ground with a serious expression on his face. "Hey Kurama...I want you to keep this between us and not to the rest of our colleagues, ok?"
Kurama looked at the man with confusion. What kind of secret did he have to tell him that he had to keep it away from the rest of their classmates?
"You see, my father..he has become the main center of the theory by now." He said as Kurama got confused a bit. "I mean he is creating a building called the National Diclonius Institute on Human Evolution." When he said this. Kurama was intrigued a bit, a building specializing on human evolution? That sounded really interesting. "And He is secretly assembling personel for it."
"Wait, secretly?" Kurama asked.
"Well, it's more like classified, meaning that he is using only people who he considers creditable." He said. "I mean of course, one must pass some preliminary tests to test one's loyalty. And with his official Government Status, he will be able to do his research." And Kakuzawa then grinned. "And the best part? Unlike other civil statuses, this isn't an interest priority. And like in a University he will always get some Yen. And the most important thing? IS that he will have an eye on the field's leading edge." He said.
Kurama turned away from all of this too. Kakuzawa's father was making something to explore human evolution...and with his government, he will be able to get away with it...sounds interesting, but there was something about it that seems rather..suspicious though.
"Kurama." Kakuzawa said to him ."Don't you want to see the origin of humanity? And see it grow and evolve?" Kurama looked over at him.
"I wanted to know where we, people once came from." The older Kurama's voice said. "And to research it all, it sparked my interests, and Kakuzawa was the one who invited me there."
Flashback/Diclonius Institute
"At first I was really interested and excited…" Kurama's voice said. "But when I got there...that place." As he said this his younger self was standing with Kakuzawa looking out, but inside he felt...unerved. "The Institute was like a Haunted Mansion with White Walls rather than dark ones."
Another scene changed to one where Kurama was looking at a small horned girl being chained to a wall, she was completely nude, and with cannonballs being hurled right at her, luckily it missed her face.
But the most sad thing about this was that the girl looked sad and was crying. It was clear that she didn't want to do this at all. And if one could look closely Kurama looked like he was a bit unnerved by it, but Kakuzawa didn't seem to care.
"Two Hundred-Fifty joules clear." Kakuzawa said. "Begin to fire at Two Hundred-Seventy joules." He said.
But the girl chained to the wall was screaming in fright. "No! Please! No!" She pleaded. She didn't want this...but the guys on the other side didn't seem to care (Except for Kurama, who looked a bit disturbed by it). The machine then got ready and launched another cannonball at the girl, which missed her head by a few inches.
The girl's eyes were full of tears and were wide with fear. Why was she here? What do these men want? Why were they doing this?
"Two Hundred-Seventy joules celar." Kakuzawa said. "Now fire at Three Hundred joules. "He called out.
The girl's eyes widened even further at hearing this, when the machine starts up, she looks on in fright.
"No..please." She whispered, but it was too late as the ball came right to her.
BAM
The ball went right at her face, knocking her out, while blood was oozing down her face. Kurama seems to be the only one disturbed by this, and KAkuzawa didn;t seem to care.
"Hmm," Kakuzawa said ."So it seems like the amount of energy Number 3 is able to deflect is only Three Hundred Joules." He said he then looked over at Kurama who looked disturbed and snorted a bit. "Oh don't take that kind of face Kurama. Using those "Hands' ' of theirs, they can decelerate the so that way the force won;t hurt as much.
He then looked back at Number 3, who was now on the ground. "It seems that as their bodies grow more, then so do their hands, and can get stronger as well. As of a month ago, her limit was only Two Hundred Joules. Individual differences are really bid as well, but even more so, the extent of the growth isn't constant….but the main mystery is….why are the children born at the same time though?"
While Kurama was disturbed, he was also a bit curious about that as well. From what they have discovered all of the honored children were apparently born at the same time….why was this?
"And besides." Kakuzawa said. "Most of these children are around the age of Four….so what exactly happened four years ago? And what do these kids have in common with each other besides those arms and horns?"
At this point, Kurama was done hearing all of this, especially after seeing Number 3 go down on the ground. "I'll be right back." He said as he walked away.
5 minutes later…
Kurama and Kakuzawa were now in an office, with Kurama sitting down. Kurama also had a look of contempt on his face.
"What's wrong man?" Kakuzawa asked. "You are just as moody as you were back then." He asked.
Kurama then looked up at him, and if one could see, his face was sweating and his facial expression was akin to that of someone being disturbed.
"Look, just consider it for a moment." Kurama said, seriously. "With all of this going on, anyone would be weird out. Hell, people on the outside, if they were to figure out what we were doing, they might call us out on this." He said. All of this….it was making him worry..paranoid...what if this all got out? The community might find it inhuman, with them testing on children.
But to Kakuzawa…"Don't talk but that! "He said to him. "In this institute, we are examining samples that can;t be found anywhere else in the world. If we are to publish this, we could get a Nobel Prize." He said.
This made Kurama shocked at him further. "What the hell do you mean, Nobel Prize? Do you have any idea what people might say about us if this does get published? They might hate us...hate us for doing these..inhumane tests on living people!" He said. Kurama had a point, if this was to get out to the public, they might get called out for it...hell they might even get sent to prison for inhumane practices.
But Kakuzawa was not moved by it at all. "Idiot! There isn't any other way. Someone has to do it!" He said to him, now looking deeply in his eyes. "They might call us monsters, or demons. But we shall be valued workmen of science until we are dead." He then took a breather and looked at Kurama again. "Listen Kurama, as long as you are bothered by your own conscience, then you are only capable of doing the same things that other people do…..trust me, the things we are doing are going to be valued in the future...
Present Day/Enoshima Bridge
Nana, Mariko, and Ben were shocked by hearing Kurama 's story. Nana could;t believe it..her Papa couldn't have done all these cruel things..he couldn't have. Mariko as looking up at him, it was unknown what she was feeling in her head, but it wasn;t anything good.
Ben was shocked and angry, so this organization he was working for….they were doing cruel experiments on kids….young kids! This was inhumane….
"So," Ben said. "You and that...bastard Kakuzawa...have been experimenting on these kids? For years now?" He asked in anger.
Kurama looked toward the boy and sighed a bit. "Yes...I have, but as I explained, I was curious about where we humans once came from. And if you didn't hear me before, the whole time I was in there...it felt creepy."
"Then why didn't you leave then?" Ben asked in anger.
"Ben…" Nana said with concern. "Please don't be mad at Papa, I'm sure he had some reason…" Of course she didn't really know how to react to this either… She always thought that her Papa was a kind person...but now form hearing all of this….she didn' know.
"I'm sorry Nana...but I want to know why he did all of this." Ben's said through gritted teeth. "And form what I am hearing... I am not in a good mood."
Kurama sighed again. "We were doing this to figure out what the cause was of the horns and telekinetics."
"And so you used those kids as lab rats then!" Ben snapped at him angrily. "Just who the hell do you think you people are for doing such a thing?" He angrily asked.
"Ben!" Nana said, trying to calm him down.
Isobe sighed as well. "You don't get it kid, these children are dangerous to humanity,and Lucy is the biggest threat."
Ben sighed in irritation. As he was about to tell them what he knew, Kurama held up his hand again.
"Let me explain further, after all...Mariko wanted to know why all this happened…" He said, and this time there was a hint of guilt in his voice. "So let me explain before you judge, boy."
Ben glared at him for calling him boy, but he felt Nana's hand touch his.
"Ben...please?" She pleaded. Nana wasn't mad at him, she was also a bit shocked by these revelations...but Kurama was still her Papa, and she did not want Ben to hurt him in any way. Shape or form.
"Alright, Nana…" Ben said as he looked at Kurama again. "You can explain further Kurama." He said, but when he said his name, he said with some content, making Nana worry further.
Isobe was sighing to himself inwardly, this kid was going to snap at some point..and it was not going to be good.
"Very well." Kurama said.
Flashback/Kurama's Home
Kurama was now in his home, alongside him was a young woman, she was around his height, she had short brown hair and chestnut eyes. She also wore a blue shirt with a black jacket over it, a plaid skirt, and two slippers. This was Hiromi, Kurama's wife.
Hiromi was looking at her husband with some concern, he didn;t look so energetic, he looked rather tired a bit.
"Feeling tired honey?" She asked.
"No, I'm fi-" But Kurama then looked over at her when he noticed that her look changed into one of happiness and excitement. "What's going on? You look rather happy and giddy all of a sudden.
Hiromi giggled a bit at his choice of words, what was she hiding? Well...she was about to answer her. "Well, I have some good news for you!" She said to him. "You see...I found out that I'm pregnant," she said happily. "That's why I'm so happy!"
Kurama however….was shocked. He wasn't angry or upset, just rather shocked as all. But….how though?
"She was sterile." Kurama thought. Just how did she get pregnant?
"She tried everything she could to get pregnant." Present Kurama's voice said. "From pharmaceutical medicine, to folk remedies. And the In-Vitro Fertilization was the final thing her fragile constitution would allow. At the time...we did not know about the Vector Virus or Lucy's existence."
Present/Enoshima Bridge
As everyone was listening, some could not feel but dread when Kurama mentioned his wife. Nana was a bit curious...was Hiromi her Mama? But MAriko...she was listening...and she wanted to know.
"Wait...what virus?" Ben asked him. He was still a bit angry, but a bit calmer now.
Kurama sighed a bit as he looked at him, Nana, and Mariko. "I'll tell you."
Flashback/ Diclonius Institute
Kurama and Kakuzawa were overlooking the testing progress of Number 3, who was crying again due to being tested like this.
"Fire at Three Hundred joules!" Kakuzawa called out.
"NO! Please!" she called out, but was heavily ignored as the machine fired another ball at her.
BAM
The ball hit her right in the face, making her cry in pain again.
Kurama looked even more surprised and shocked….he could not stand to see this much longer.
"Ok, suspend the experiment." He called out, making the machine turn off. This game Kakuzawa looked at him with irritation.
"Is this grimace your feelings permanent or what, Kurama?" He asked. "Every colleague has gotten used to this, except for you." He said. Kurama didn't pay any attention, he just looked at Number 3, whose head was down and had blood going down her head. Kakuzawa sighed again. "Well...anyway I guess this is all the strength that Number 3 has. Her "hands" ability hasn't even grown at all….such a shame as well. Because as time progressed, I was pretty worried that she would be able to deflect bullets one day...but I guess, since due to the current state she is in...it's out of the question." At this point, he sighed and turned away. "Let's go, Kurama." He said
As Kurama was walking away, his eyes turned to face Number 3 in the back. And he had only one thing to say...in his mind.
"I'm sorry." He thought as he and Kakuzawa walked away. But unknowingly to them, Number 3 looked up, her tear-stained eyes changed from one of fright….to anger.
A few minutes later….
Kurama and Kakuzawa were now sitting down in an office. Kurama sitting at his desk while rubbing his head, and Kakuzawa looking at a paper with a chart on it. The chart was showing the experiments that were subjected to Number 3. And when he saw what the chart was showing...he was shocked a bit.
"Kurama, look at this!" He said as he handed the pepper to Kurama. "It's the record we have on Number 3's Experiments."
As Kurama was looking at the picture, Kakuzawa was still talking. "I mean what do you think is up with that? I mean sure she hardly made any progress in the mentioned period, but still...don't you…"
But Kurama was not listening...no, he was still focused on the chart that he was looking at, and when he was...it made him confused... The chart on the paper went up a bit, but when it was in the Three Hundred inch area, it stopped moving up, and instead, it was now becoming a bit zig-zagged, but still, around the Three Hundred inch Area….this didn't seem right.
"These figures here…" Kurama said as he trembled a bit. "Do you really believe in what it is telling us?" He asked
"Hmm?" Kakuzawa asked with an eyebrow raised. "What do you mean Kurama?"
"Well...hasn't her growth stopped a bit too abruptly?" He asked. "I mean from what we have seen, those balls have been going right at her face, and she has always been hit, and yet from here, it's telling us that she has been progressing….so how is it possible?" He asked. "Let's think about this for a moment...let's' just say that if she is to make us unprepared, then she is keeping her numbers low intentionally, and the-"
"Woah! Wait a minute buddy." Kakuzawa said, interrupting him. "The girl is only four years old, what, you're saying that she is intentionally letting those iron balls crash into her own face?" To be fair, it did sound kind of weird, I mean if she has those arms that could deflect things...then why would she intentionally keep having those iron balls hit her?"
"Well, don't you remember what you said to me earlier?" Kurama asked him. "When you said that using their hands are fairly decelerated and that they aren't;t as painful as it looks...?" Kakuzawa then eyed him curiosity..where was he going with this? "So if Number 3 has been making progress this month.." But as he was about to comment on it, he looked into his computer, for some reason, the way the floor felt was..weird
"Huh? What is it Kurama?" KAkuzawa asked.
"It's just that the floor beneath us is really strange." He said. "And it is around the time of Number 3 getting her food." He said...something didn't feel right. "And since the room isn't locked…
BOOM
"WHAT THE FUCK?!" Kakuzawa yelled as a man burst through the door and entered the room.
"Kakuzawa!" He said urgently ."Get the guards, Number 3 has broken out of her room!" He said as he then ran out quickly.
"Damn…" Kakuzawa said grimly as he went over to the phone. "Kurama! Go close and lock the door up!" He said.
"Right." He said as he went over to the door quickly, but when he did, he saw something that made him stop and tremble a bit. Why? Because Number 3 was right outside of it, and the body of the scientist from a few seconds ago was on the ground, his head off and blood going across the floor.
The two looked at each other and it was pretty intense….Kurama didn;t move an inch, due to him being paralyzed in fear. What was she going to do to him? What did she want? Was she going to kill him?
Number # looked up and just stared at him, he didn't do anything, which made her...happy? She gave a small smile at him.
"So...you're the one who was behind the glass." She said as she continued to stare. Unknown Best to him, she used her vectors to go right into his head. What was she doing? As she did this, she still continued to stare at him, her eyes staring right into his very own soul. " I just wanted to say thank you.." she said to him, but for what though?
As he was about to ask her what she meant…
BOOM
The back of her head had exploded, causing blood, her brain, and bits of her skull to go flying out and landing on the ground. The girl stumbled for a bit..until she landed on the ground, dead. Kurama turned around to see Kakuzawa, who was armed with a gun in his hands and had a smirk on his face.
"Heh, well, this is the first time I put someone down….nice." He said, he then turned to face Kurama. "Well Kurama, it seems you managed to survive." He said with a smile. "I'm glad."
"What?" Kurama asked with a confused voice. "But...I thought they could deflect bullets." He said.
"They can..but not Armor Piercing Ammo." Kakuzawa said to him.
"Armor Piercing Rounds…" Kurmaam thought. But that wasn't the only thing on his mind…he was still confused on why Number 3 had thanked him….why did she do it?
"Because I always made that unnerving look." Older Kurama thought. "I always thought she thanked me for possibly being the only one who felt sorry for her."
The phone rang and Kakauawa went to put the gun down to answer it. "Hello?" His smile turned into one of a frown. "Oh...yea." He then put the phone down to address Kurama. "Hey Kurama, there's a call from outside the local telephone system."
"Now is not the time to receive such calls!" Kurama said. "We got two bodies here on the ground, get someone to collect them!"
"Ok….but this call is important though…" Kakuzawa said. "Your wife Hiromi...she is in the hospital."
At this point, Kurama looked over and had a wide-eyed shocked expression.
(Eyecatch featuring Kurama standing in the middle, with Nana and Mariko standing at his sides, both girls having mixed expressions on their faces and Kurama having a stoic, yet sympathetic look)
(Eyecatch featuring Ben facing off against Lucy)
Hospital
Kurama was sitting down right by his Hiromi, who was laying down in a hospital bed while wearing a hospital gown, tears going down her face. The reason she was here? Well she found out that she had gotten a miscarriage somehow. And now she is in sadness over it...poor woman
"I'm sorry.." she wept, making Kurama look over at her. "I tried...I tried so hard to have a child..and to think it would make me lose it...Please forgive me honey..I gave you lost hope.." She said as she continued to weep. All she wanted was to start a family with him...and now it looked like it would not happen. And now she thinks that she led Kurama on...she could not feel anymore sadder.
"Stop," Kurama said as he put a comforting hold onto her hand. "It's good that you are all well. And I'm glad to know that you can get pregnant now." He said.
"But..I lost the baby." The woman said with tears in her eyes.
Kurama leaned in and gave her a kiss on the cheek as he smiled at her. "We can try again...I promise." He said with a smile.
Hiromi looked up at him. She was so worried that he would be mad at her...but no, he was not, he was glad, glad that she could, in fact, be pregnant...of course she was upset that she lost her unborn child...but with Kuramas words...yes, they would try again.
"Yes...we can." She said as tears fell further, but this time they were not tears of sadness, but tears of happiness.
"She would then become pregnant with Mariko a Year and a Half later." Older Kurama said "But after that...is when everything went downhill..."
Diclonius Institute
Both Kakuzawa and Kurama were both in the Director's office. Kakuzawa was curious as to why his father summoned them both here. The Director was facing the window with his hands beginning his back.
"As you both know, the number of Diclonius in custody is increasing." He said to them. "But unfortunately, their birthplace has not been found yet." He then turned to face the two. "But unfortunately, this Institution has its limits, and we are running out of room….in this case, I want you both to do something for me...in case any more Diclonius births happen...you are to kill them."
Kurama's eyes widened at that. Was he really being ordered to kill..? Kill Newborns? While he tried to keep his calm, but on the inside he was trembling and shaking with both shock and anger, the anger being towards the old Director.
"And in case anyone on the outside of this place wonders why just label the deaths as SIDS (Sudden Infant Defect Syndrome). It's nothing unnatural, this place is all about children after all….you understand?"
"Yes father." Kakuzawa said, even though he agreed, he couldn't help but feel some dread about doing this.
Kurama however was not really happy about doing this...this….horrid act. "I have to kill other people's children? Even though..I want to have a child myself?" He thought as he was still shaking. "Will...will I ever be forgiven?" He thought.
Later on, Kurama and his assistant Oomori were inside a locker area. Oomori was smiling about something, but what?
"So Chief!" He said. "I heard that your wife is giving birth this year right?"
"Yea…" Kurma said, but he was not in a thrilling mood, it was not because of his wife's birth, but it was because of what the Director ordered him to do...it was still in his mind.
"And mine is expected next week." Oomori said with a grin. "If all goes well, maybe both of our children will be in the same grade!" He said with a big grin, he was really excited. "But Kauzawa is cruel, he keeps on teasing me that my child will be a Diclonius."
"Just ignore him." Kurama assured him. "You know Kakuzawa likes to tease."
"Yea...well.." Oomori said, a bit unsure.
"We called the horned Children Diclonius, which was derived from the name given to two Two-Horned Dinosaurs." Older Kurama said.
Present/ Enoshima Beach
"So...the name Diclonius..you guys got from Dinosaurs?" Ben asked.
"Yes…" Kurama said. Nana and Mariko were awed a bit, despite them not knowing what Dinosaurs were..but the name sounded interesting.
"But wait…" Ben said as he was trembling. "So you mean to tell me...that you were killing infants?" He asked with his fists balling and trembling. When Kurama nodded his head in a greenment...well.
"RRAHH!" Ben screamed and ran over and tackled the older man to the ground. Nana and MAriko gasped in shock. Nana especially since she never saw Ben act like this before, but even more because he was attacking her Papa! "HOW COULD YOU DO THAT YOU BASTARD!" Ben screamed. "KILLING INNOCENT INFANTS? WHAT THE HELL?!" He screamed. Isobe ran over to grab Ben and restrained him, but Ben was not going quietly.
"You don't understand kid!" Isobe told him. "He was ordered to."
"SO FUCKING WHAT?!" The Omnitrix wielder screamed. "IT'S STILL MURDER!" As he was yelling Nana ran over to help Kurama up.
"Are you alright, Papa?" She asked concerningly.
"Yea.." He said. On the inside, Nana was a bit angry at him for killing a bunch of newborns, how or why would he do it? And something else was on her mind….was she one of those infants he tried to kill? The thought of it scared her. But there was still a voice in her saying that it was all lies, he would never hurt or kill anyone….could he?
Mariko thought the same thing. Was he trying to kill her? Then why was she alive?
"Just why…" They turned so they could see Ben, still being restrained by Isobe, but his head was now down as tears fell from his eyes. "Why would you….kill innocent infants? Taking them away from a life they had yet to live…" He asked as he breathed very heavily. He felt anger before...at Vilgax...at Aggregor...but to hear this….it made him angrier, it was surprising that he didn't go Four Arms and beat Kurama down, and he wanted to...but why couldn't he?
"Ben…" Nana said with sad eyes. She wanted to go over there and hug him tightly, but a part of her felt that she should save it for later.
Flashback/Kurama 's home
Kurama and Hrimo were in their home with the woman feeling her tummy and rubbing it, she also had a face of excitement.
"Kurama!" She said. "The baby kicked!" She said with excitement in her voice.
"How?" The man asked. "Usually babies don't kick at this stage." He said.
"but...I felt something though." Hiromi said, her expression turning into a concerned one. "What;s going on honey? Unlike the baby, you are not as lively." She said a bit,
Kurama looked a bit guilty, what was he to ruin her happiness? As he was about to apologize, she smiled at him.
"Ha! Got you!" She said happily as she stuck her tongue out at him as she rubbed her tummy.
"As she entered a stable period of pregnancy, she became happy, cheerful even." Older Kurama said. "But something I wondered on my mind...was that if she knew what I was researching…"
Kurama then signed a bit. "Well if you want, we can get you an Ultrasound, and see what the baby's gender is."
"I won't! "She said to him as she rubbed her stomach affectionately. "It's more fun to wait until birth." She then looked down at her stomach. "Are you a boy? Or a girl?" She asked affectionately.
Kurama smiled a bit at her, but it then turned into a frown...he was worried. What if she knew that he had to kill other people's babies...it was a thought that made him nervous and paranoid.
Diclonius Institute
The Following week, Kurama, Kakuzawa, and Oomori were all at the hospital. Oomori's daughter was finally born today...but all were shocked as to the birth...because his daughter...was a Diclonius. And the heartbroken Oomori was crying and pleading to the two fellow scientists to not kill her.
"Please! Don't do this." He pleaded.
"Oomori…" Kakuzawa said. "She has horns."
"SO WHAT?!" The man screamed at him. "She is my daughter!" He told him, his fists were balled up and he was trembling a bit. He did not want this to happen, he did not want them to do anything to her.
"Oomori!" Kakuzawa said. "Who knows what she will do once she gets older." He said. He really didn't want to do this either, but he knew that he couldn't disobey his father's orders. "Do you understand?"
But Oomori was not having any of it. "BUT SHE IS MY DAUGHTER DAMMIT!" He screamed at them. This just wasn't going through his head, but of course, who could blame ihm? No one would want this, not even parents.
Kurama was just silent and just listening to the conversation. Every fiber in his being didn't want this to happen"
"Anywho," Kakuzawa said ."It's you who will have to be the one to kill her after she turns three." He said.
Oomori was trembling again in anger, he could not believe that they were saying this….but there was some hope..he could stay with his daughter...till then..
As he said this, Kakuzawa explained again. "Once your affection for her increases...will you be able to kill her?" He asked. As he asked this, Oomori looked down and trembled, every part of his fiber being saying no, he couldn't do that to his own child. "If I were you, I would isolate her, and forget about this, you were out of luck this time around buddy."
Oomori was looking at both men with dread, his eyes being red and tears still going down his face. "How...how could this happen?" He thought. He then looked over at Kurama, who was still silent. "Kurama..did you think of it too?" He asked. "I mean...wouldn;t it change? If she is in Isolation...would it change?" He asked, hoping for some sort of miracle.
Kurama….he wanted to tell his assistant that there might be...but he knew that it would not be possible. "No, I'm sorry Oomori, but even if she was kept in isolation, it would be the same…" He said. Oomori's eyes began to show tears again.
"Let's kill her at once." Kakuzawa said to them. He then faced Oomori and had a serious look on his face. "How dark do you think that her fate would be from now on?" He asked him. "Your child can't live like a normal human." He said again, he then sighed a bit. "I'm sorry buddy, but if you really do care for your child...then your best bet is to kill her off while you aren't too attached."
Oomori's fists were clenched and trembling. How dare this...bastard say something like that? "How dare you…." He whispered before he angrily punched the wall in a fit of anger, he ignored the pain he was feeling due to his anger. "HOW CAN I, AS A PARENT, DECIDE SOMETHING LIKE THAT!" He yelled.
"You are free to not decide." Kakuzawa said to him.
Kurma was looking on and on at this, he knew that Oomori would not be able to do something like this to his own child...so he decided for him.
"I will decide for you." Kurama said. "It will be my decision." He then breathed a bit and looked at Oomori again. "You can blame me for it, I don't mind….and may you love your next child for her sake too." He said.
Oomori just cried again as he then slid down to the ground, with his hands covering his eyes as he wept.
"Oomori, I'm sorry about this." Kurama thought. "But I have to do this, the Director's orders...You may not forgive me, but that's alright...I don't think I will deserve it anyway."
"I administered the drugs for his daughter." Older Kurama said. "And Oomori left the lab. But soon afterward...the situation aggravated further than we expected."
Sometime later, Kakuzawa and Kurama were in their office, Kakuzawa was on the phone and turned his attention towards his colleague.
"Kurama…."
"What Is it Kakuzawa?" Kurama asked as he looked up at him.
"So I just got word that Number 3's mother gave birth to twins...but here's the problem….they're Diclonius again!" He said. He was pretty shocked, but from this...they might have discovered how Diclonius was born.
"So that means…" Kurama started.
"Yea…" Kakuzawa finished. "It seems like Diclonius births are not done by just some twist of fate." He said ash put his hands on his chin in thought. "There's something in their parents that is making them be born...And that's seven Diclonius children that were born so far. Worst case scenario, we could say something that teh births are a pandemic and we should isolate the parents."
Kurama was thinking about this all. His talk with Oomori and his child's birth was coming to him. He remembered the words he said about the next child.
"Oomori lost all his chances at having another child." Older Kurama said. "I often ask myself...did I make an unrecoverable mistake? After that, the births of Diclonius kept on increasing, and I was just mostly killing them...and I stopped killing them after the tenth one..."
Present Day/Enoshima Bridge
"So...you...killed them?" Nana asked. This couldn't be true, she always thought her papa was a kind man, he would never do a thing like this….he couldn't have done those things….he couldn't have.
Kurama didn't say anything, and Ben narrowed his eyes at him.
"What happened to Oomori?" he asked.
"I don't know, I still don't know what happened to him." The Chief said.
Ben sighed a bit in dread, Isobe was still restraining the boy, Isobe himself was feeling the dread. "Tell me...why did you do it? Why did you kill those kids?" He asked.
Kurama sighed a bit. "Kid, these kids would become dangerous after the age of thee has passed, the Director ordered us to-"
"Ha! "Ben snapped. "Dangerous after three? Nana is here and she is one of the nicer ones, I mean she looks Fourteen!" He said angrily.
Nana looked over at Ben. "Uh- Actually I'm-" but she was interrupted by Kurama.
"I know...but still,let me further explain…"
Flashback/Hospital
"It was the night when Mariko was born." Kurama said. "It was dark and rainy." The scene showed Kurama getting out of his car and entering a hospital, where he met with a nurse.
"Oh, hello." She said. "You are the husband right?" She asked, making Kurama nod his head in agreement. "I was talking to you over the phone, she said as the two started to walk down the hall to Hirmoi's room. "At the same time your wife gave birth, she was diagnosed with Cervical Cancer, and her Cervix was removed." As they were both walking down. Kurama was silently shocked. Does his wife have cancer? And they removed her Cervix? But...was the baby alright?" Don;t worry though, the baby is unharmed."
"Good." Kurama thought in relief.
"But your wife needs lots of bed rest." The nurse said as they made it to the room.
"Thank you." He said as he gripped the doorknob and opened up. When he was inside, he saw Hiromi laying down in a hospital bed while holding onto her newborn baby. "Hiromi." He said.
The woman looked over at Kurama and gave a soft smile. "Da-darling." She stuttered, it seems like she was not feeling too well, of course with what happened to her, it made sense in a way.
Kurama walked over towards her a bit, Hiromi. "I'm sorry I couldn't get here on time." He said to her. But she looked up at him with a small smile.
"No, you wouldn't have made it anyway. I had labor pains." She explained. Kurama looked at her with much concern, due to what happened, is it alright for her to be awake right now? When he asked her this, she looked away.
"Well, the reason I didn't go to sleep, was because I wanted to show you our baby." she said as she then looked down to see her child. Kurama looked down and smiled, he couldn't;t see her face, but a part of him was excited.
"You know," Hiromi started. "I'm really happy." She said as she held onto the wrapped baby in her arms. "I didn't think that I would be able to give birth by myself." Her smile turned into a sad frown as tears appeared. "I am sad that I will not be able to give birth anymore...but as long as our baby is still living, then so will I." She said with a small smile.
"Yea…" Kurama said a part of him felt upset, knowing that Hiromi would've been the kind of woman who wanted more children, and yet...she would not be able to have any more. But as long as she was alright, he would be fine too. But something made him uneasy, something about the newborn baby, he couldn't;t explain it because he didn't even see her face yet, but something felt...uneasy.
"Hey." Hiromi said sweetly to the young infant. "Say hi to your papa." She said as she then turned her newborn baby towards Kurama in full view. "She's a girl!" She said with a smile. But when Kurama saw her….his eyes went wide and trembled a bit. Why? Because his baby….was a Diclonius!
(Eyecatch featuring Kurama standing on a hill, with Hiromi, Mariko, and Nana coming up in his mind)
(Eyecatch featuring Lucy's face, the left showing her Nyu half, and the right showing the vicious DNA evil smile)
When Kurama saw that his daughter was a Diconius, he froze up and began to tremble a bit. But...how? How could his wife have given birth to a Diclonius? How did it happen? When did it happen? Why did it happen?
Hiromi's smile faded and changed to a concerned frown. "What's wrong?" She asked him. In his mind, Kurama was remembering hsi moment with Kakuzawa and Oomori, and he was trembling. "If it's the horns don't worry about them. The doctor thinks that it's just a small skull Abnormality." She said, but that did't help things, it just made Kurama even more shocked and nervous.
He was remembering Oomori's tearful expressions about his daughter. All the children he had killed….but then...something else came up to his mind….Number 3….At this point, Kurama put his head down.
"Sorry…" He said, as he then instantly….well I'm not going to say it, but it made Hiromi scream at him.
"STOP IT!" She screamed with all her might. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING! STOP IT!" She screamed again.
15 minutes later…
Hiromi has now passed out, with an oxygen mask on her mouth, and she was all red. Kurama and a doctor were int eh room together with Kurama trembling, he didn;t want to do that to his own daughter….but it was on the orders of the chief…he did not like it at all.
"She needs lots of rest." A male nurse said. "What the heck was she even doing? She just had surgery done….due to that rage, she lost a large deal of blood. She is now unconscious and in serious condition. He then breathed a bit in dread. "If she loses any more blood, it might cost her her life. I am going to be honest with you MR. Kurama, I can't predict if your wife is going to regain consciousness or not."
Kurama was looking towards his wife with dread he didn't want this….but he knew that he had to….and it made him feel like hell.
"Where's our baby…?" He asked a bit of hesitation in his voice.
The doctor sighed a bit. "She is sleeping in the nursery, but she is not in good condition either. I will check her out tomorrow." He said
15 minutes later….
Kurama was in the nursery, looking over his newborn daughter. He felt dread...dread inside.
"I remember back then when it was that both of us were in contact with a Diclonius, she said thanks to me...I understood what it meant." Older Kurama said.
As the younger Kurama was looking at his daughter a voice appeared in his head.
"Will you kill with ease if it was someone else's daughter?" It asked.
"No…" He said.
"But you can't kill your own daughter...that's the kind of man you are."
"No…" Kurama said again.
"Even if you had to kill lots of children….you would love your own daughter nonetheless." It said it was possible that this was a voice in his head, trying to persuade him not to go through with this horrific act….but it was not working though…
"No.." He said as he then placed his hand on the baby's neck.."I'm sorry.." He said as he was about to strangle her...he heard breathing, he quickly turned around to see that...it was Hiromi! But she was not looking good, she looked weak, pale, and blood was dripping on the floor.
"Tell me…" She said, albeit weakly. "Why, are you trying...to kill our daughter?" She asked as tears went down her eyes. "You...were so excited to see her, you were looking forward to her birth." As she was walking into the room, she was leaving a trail of blood dripping from her behind on the floor.
Kurama was panting at seeing his beloved like this...in this weak state….it was making him worry.
"She is not a bad girl." Hiromi said. Just because she has those horns….she isn't bad." She said, at this point, more tears were going down her eyes, and she was not looking good, as blood was still dripping on the floor….and then...she began to tumble a bit.
"Please….darling... don't hate this child…" She said. "Please…..darling…" And with that….she fell to the ground, and with a thud...she was now dead, lying down in a pool of blood.
Kurama was trembling, and he felt his whole world crashing down on him, first, he had to kill infants, his daughter was a Diclonius...and now...his wife...his lovely wife, was now dead and bleeding out. His hands were trembling as tears began to go down his face.
"Ok…" He said as his fists trembled a bit. "I promise...just please..wake up." He said in a soft voice, when she didn't respond he knelt down, not caring if he got blood on his pants or not. "Please wake up!" He said a part of him knew that she died but another part...didn't want to accept it. "Please...please!" He said as he then cradled his wife's body and sobbed into her shoulder.
Wow...so much emotional stuff here folks. So This was to give a description of Kurama's back story and how he got involved in all of this stuff. Stay tuned for next time :)
And we saw Ben trying to attack him in fury over what he has been doing. OF course, can anyone blame him? Sure Kurama was ordered to kill these infants, but he could not disobey his orders. Ben was angry that he would go through it like that. But as we saw, Kurama did not like it, he did not like doing it at all.
Now regarding Mariko...I know she is a psychopath and all, but form what I read and saw through Kurama's backstory, it makes sense that the Diclonius would get their vicious traits from being treated like lab rats. If you all remember from my theory chapter. Maybe they do get those instincts when they are born, but if they are treated with kindness, then maybe their instincts would loosen over time, but due to the experimentation and discrimination, it made them vicious killers. So yea, I do sympathize with Mariko a bit, because she was raised like this, sure it does not condone her actions, but it makes sense that the years of her being treated like a lab rat would make her like this...just my personal opinion.
Anyway, I hope you are all enjoying the story so far, it makess me happy that you all like it :)
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See you all next time :)