Hey everybody, back with another update, so las time, we got to see inside Kurama's mind and see just how he got involved in the Diclonius Institute's wicked land, and we saw his wife dying...so sad...will everyone feel from hearing all of this? Let's find out

To demonicwolf1999: I won't pester you on questions, but I can't wait till you post it so I can see it :)

To the mysterious Mr.E: If you read teh chapter, you will see that Ben was pissed off and tried to attack Kurama, but was being held by Isobe before he could do anything.

To omnimegalander: Oh, alright, I get it, I'm sorry if it made you feel uncomfortable. Thanks for the comment :) I am all that you are enjoying it so far, despite me making Ben a female Diclonius

To Starlord Master: Yea, poor Kurama. Mariko should, but I think it might be a bit too late for her to get help. I don't really know, I think my favorite is most likely between ben and Lucy, because Ben is trying his hardest to keep Lucy from killing any more people and Lucy is aware of Ben knowing her past...and she wants to stop, but the DNA Boice is trying to sabotage everything. In the next few..yea things might get a bit worse. Happy June as well.

To gamecubenut: Right, he did and he did not take pleasure to those things, but a part of he still wishes that he done something different rather than go with teh Directors plans. Ben might know why, but it will take him a while to fully forgive Kurama for his actions. Trust me, Lucy is going to be a tough challenge for him, what with the DNA voice manipulating her and all that.

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

Enoshima Bridge

And with Hiromi's death...Mariko is all that I had left." Kurama said to them. This confession...all of it, it shocked everyone. "While I was killing random children based on a just cause..in the end, I couldn't kill MAriko." He said.

Ben was breathing heavily as he was on the ground and trying to keep his emotions in tack, while he was not happy that Kurama killed all those kids….he still could not but feel glad that he didn't kill Mariko, but Ben was still pissed off at him. Part of him knew that Kurama didn't like to do these things, but he also wondered as to why Kurama just didn't leave? This was all so confusing to him.

Nana was the same, for all her life, she always saw Kurama as her papa and a real nice man despite what he had done, but now that she found out what he has done….she was conflicted a bit, a part of her was a bit angry at him murdering kids, but another part of her couldn't stay angry with him...it was so complicated.

Mariko was face down on the ground breathing a bit as she was listening to all of this..lit was unknown what she was feeling.

"To save Mariko...I went out of my way to think of stuff, just like the demoness Hariti, I couldn't even kill a child of my own…" Ben heard in his voice that he didn't want to do these things. But was just so wondering why he did though. "And after that, it was time for the one improvement at the Institute."

What do you mean?" Ben asked him, his previous anger gone a bit, but was still filled with venom.

Kurama looked at him and said. "It is discovered that it was the Vector Virus that led to the birth of the Diclonius Children." He said. "And it only infected men, those Diclonius born are called Silpelits. And they are not able to here is only one….only one can reproduce like any other...the Queen, Lucy."

This brought out a shock to both Ben and Nana, but mostly Ben. So Lucy..or Nyu..was a queen? Of Diclonius? This..this was all new to him...Diclonius, Sipelits, everything...it was all new to him. Just what the hell kind of world was this?

Nana was in shock, never in her life had Kurama ever told her any of this...a Split, but the most shocking thing to hear..was that she would never be able to have any children of her own….that was any girl's worst thought.

Mariko was still silent though, not making a move or anything, she still just had her head down in the ground.

Kurama looked at both Nana and MAriko. "Your job as a Split is to spread the Diclonius Virus to help Lucy's offspring to be born and to thrive, and to overthrow humanity." He said to them. "It's in your DNA, to kill the humans of the entire earth." He said to them.

As Ben was listening to this, he was reminded of an alien species that he helped save. The Highbreed. If what Kurama said was true then the Diclonius and Highbreed had similar goals, to wipe out the humans (Well every species to the Highbreed)...but maybe….since Ben saved the Highbreed...could he possibly...save the Dicloinus in the Institute as well? He still needed to learn a bit more, but he got most of this information from Kurama...but something in him was saying that it was not going to be easy.

But back to what Kurama just said, it couldn't be true, could it? Just because of someone's DNA it doesn't mean that they had to choose right? Although….he remembered that voice in Nyu's head….maybe...could it be that….

"And that's why Mariko isn't a bad girl." Kurama said "Because there's no one responsible for giving her such wicked thoughts aside from me...I was the cause of it." He said as he put his head down for a moment and Mariko looked up at him sadly...but then...Kurama put his head back up.

"I should have killed you from the start." Kurama said as he then took out a gun and pointed it at Mariko. Shocking both Ben and Nana. "The only reason why I'm able to kill you now..is because you can't do anything without your vectors." He said.

"Hey, asshole." He turned to see Ben, with his hand on the Omnitrix. "Shoot her, and It'll be the last thing you do." He said with venom in his voice. Nana was shocked at him. He was willing to save Mariko? Even after what she did to him and her?

Kurama looked over at Ben and sighed a bit. "I'm sorry kid, but I have to do this. And if you get in my way." He then pointed the gun at Ben, who widened his eyes in shock. "Then I'll kill you too." He said.

"NO!" they both turned to see Nana, tears in her eyes, and her clutching on Kurama's jacket. "Please, papa! Don't kill Big Brother….please!" She pleaded to him.

Now Kurama...he did not want to do this, he did not want to kill Ben because he wanted to, and he didn't want to kill Mariko either. He felt that...since she has suffered a lot from all the things he has done, he felt like he was doing her a favor...to end her life….before she becomes too unstable.

That boy….he didn't want to kill him either, but he found that the boy was way too stubborn doesn't the boy care about how human life is at the brink of extinction? He didn't really want to kill Ben, but if he got in the way, he would do whatever it took, even though it might make his relationship with Nana falter.

"Try it bud." Ben said through gritted teeth as his hand was right above his Omnitrix. "I have dealt with worse things in my lifetime." He said. Ben was a hero and despite what Mariko has done...he felt sorry for her and he was not going to let Kurama kill her.

MAriko was just silent, it wasn't from Ben protecting her or anything like that, it was because she was threatened by her own father, plus that Nae Nae girl was showing love and affection for him...it wasn't fair! She Should be the one getting the love, not that Nana girl!

"Papa! Please!" Nana pleaded to him. Isobe rubbed his head in dread, this was not going to end well….not at all...

Why…" Everyone turned to see Mariko, who was looking at Kurama, who looked back with his gun drawn. "Why are you so close to her….and not to me?" She asked, her voice was a mix of sadness, betrayal, and jealousy. Ben kept his hand on his Omnitrix, he knew for a fact that another fight was going to happen. "Why...why won't you be a Papa for me?" Mariko asked as tears went down her eyes.

Kurama's gun hand trembled a bit as he looked on. Ben could see that a tear was going down his eye a bit. "I'm sorry." He said to her.

Mariko's eyes went wide. "No...this is a joke...right? She asked as more tears went down her face.

Isobe was standing from the sidelines and was sweating nervously. Something wasn't right...nothing at all. "Who-which statement is true though?" He thought. "Did the Room Monitor unfasten her? OR Number 35 did…"

Mariko had more tears going down her eyes, the mix of this whole revelation, her mother's death, her real father showing more fatherly love to that Nana girl...it was taking a toll on her.

"You know.." She started. "I have been waiting for this..for a long time." She said. "I was always eager..in that dark place...that romm which was all pitch black...I was always eager...to meet my mother...and my father...and even if it's true that he is trying to kill me….I as all alone in there, I was not able to see a thing, not being able to move, not even for a little bit." At hsi point, her tears were becoming more intense.

"But the only thing that was in my mind the whole time...was the thought of the three of us living together in happiness….yet you….my father….actually tried to kill me that night when I was born…" At this point, a piece of the bridge got dented. Isobe and Ben noticed this and got worried.

"Shit, there'll be a moment when I will have to detonate-" but Isobe's thoughts were interrupted by Mariko who…

"RRRAAAAGGGGHHHH!" She scrambled as her vectors spiraled all around her, causing the wind current to pick up alot, and everyone had to cover their faces. Kurama Dropped his gun as he saw the anger and expression on his daughter's face. "IF YOU WERE GOING TO KILL ME THEN WHY THE FUCK DID YOU ALLOW ME TO BE BORN?!" She screamed in fury as her face was now one of extreme rage and furry. "IF I CARED FOR NOTHING THE WHY DIDN'T YOU KILL ME THEN?!" She screamed again.

"M-Mariko…" Nana thought sadly, of course, she was a bit angry for what she did to her and for what she did to Ben, but from hearing this story...she couldn't help but feel sorry for her.

Isobe was not freaking out, he took out his phone and got out the setting for when to detonate the bombs in Number 35's body.

"For what reason...did I have...to deserve….such a harsh life?" Mariko said in a low, dangerous, voice. A Voice that almost made her into a demon.

"Number 35, stop! Or I'll ha-"

"SHUT UP! Mariko screamed as she then sent a vector right at him and sliced off his arm!

Diclonius Institute

Shirakawa, who was back at the Institute was somewhere in the lower areas, walking through an empty hall. After a few minutes of walking, she finally came upon a door.

"Finally…" She said in relief. "After all the struggle I went through..I finally made it…" She said as she then took out a keycard. "So many troubles to obtain this…" She said in a desperate and nervous voice. As she put the keycard into the door's slot, she breathed a bit. "No matter what happens I need to hinder the Director's plans.." She thought.

Finally, she slid the keycard in, and the door opened. When she entered it was a secret room, but what kind of room was it?

"So this is it.." She thought. "This is the true form of the human murdering demon…" she said with anxiousness. "Got to figure out a way to stop it." she said as she went over to a nearby computer and clicked on some keys. But when she looked up those specific materials she was looking for...the computer said Empty.

"No…" she said as she started to sweat nervously. "This can't be." she said as she pushed some more keys, but all she got was the same word...Empty… "Why? Why is it empty?" She asked frantically, this just didn't make any sense.

"Why, you ask?" Said a familiar voice. "Because it's close to completion, my dear." Shirakawa's eyes went wide as sweat began to go down her head and face.

"No...it couldn't!" She thought. Standing behind her at the entrance was Director Kakuzawa, giving her a dark, malicious grin.

Enoshima Bridge

"GGGHHHHHH!" Isobe yelled as his entire arm was now on the ground, blood oozing out of his wound and onto the ground. "MY ARM! DAMN YOU, YOU LITTLE BITCH!" He screamed loudly as he clothed onto his arm stump, which was oozing out lots of blood. Ben, Nana, and Kurma are all shocked at this display of brutality. Ben the most, him breathing heavily as his hand fell on the ground…

"You betrayed me…" Mariko said as she stared right at Kurama, eyes wide, tears going down her cheeks, and giving a very angry look on her face. "I always trusted you…. I always wanted to see you….AND YOU THREW IT ALL AWAY!?" She screamed and asked at the same time. Ben, while still starting at her, still couldn't but feel bad for her, all she wanted was to have a life...but Kurama...and those bastards at this facility refused it to her, and it made her into this.

Isobe, while still writhing in pain, took notice of the cell phone that was on the ground near him, and through his pain, he crawled towards it a bit. "It's time…" He thought. "If I don't put in the passcode soon, Number 35 will explode in three minutes, and will take all of us! In three minutes...somehow…"

Mariko was now staring at Kurama, Ben, and Nana all with her face darkened and tears still going down her eyes. Ben had to do something..or try to do something.

"Mariko!" Ben called out, everyone turned to face him slowly getting up.

"What the hell you doing kid?!" Isobe said to him. "You;r going to get killed!"

But Ben ignored him. "Listen to me, I know your life has been hard...but please believe me when I say this. Things usually get better, and I know that if you stop all of this, maybe you can get a better day too." He said to her. "Please...let me help you." He said.

BAM

Ben was sent flying to the ground. With Nana looking in horror. Ben groaned for a bit but then started to gag as he felt his throat being held by a powerful force and worst of all? His arms were benign too, so he couldn't;t even reach for his Omnitrix.

"Save me?" Mariko asked in a whispering voice. "You think you can save me your human trash?" she asked dangerously.

"LEAVE HIM ALONE!" Mariko turned to see Nana, who sent her sending a vector punch right at her while sporting an angry look on her face, but Mariko, who had more vectors than her, stopped the punch and used her own to grab the girl's neck too.

Kurama was watching all of this and despite not showing it, he was panicking, first, his real daughter sliced off his assistant's arm, and now she is choking on the girl who he viewed as a daughter and she was choking on a kid who had a weird transformation ability. What was he going to do?

"Hey, Papa…" Mariko spoke in an emotionless voice. "Would this girl's death sadden you more than my own death?" She asked. Kurama didn't respond and Mariko turned to face Nana.

"Hey, Big Sis...would this boy's death sadden you alot?" She asked.

"KYAAAAAA!" Nana screamed at MArikow as applying pressure to her choking.

"St-stop t-this…" Ben said weakly, but MAriko also put pressure onto his own neck too, making him cry in pain. "Damn!" He thought. "I can't even reach for my Omnitrix…." As he said this, he felt his vision blur a bit….oh no…"I guess...this is where I die then…." He thought to himself as he slowly felt his life fading away and the images of his friends and family, including the ones here in this world, appeared. "Paradox, Azmuth, Mom, Dad, Gwen, Kevin, Grandpa….Julie...thank you all so much for everything….and Kouta...Yuka...Mayu...Nana...Nozomi….Wanta...thank you all for taking me in and for everything...and Nyu..or Lucy...I'm sorry I was not able to save you from that Voice….I really am...some superhero I turned out to be..." He thought as he felt it...

BOOM

A sudden explosion made Mariko drop Ben and Nana at the same time, both of them coughing up storms and rubbing their necks. Ben quickly got up and ran towards Nana, he knelt down and helped her.

"Nana, are you ok?" He asked concerningly.

Nana opened her eyes and saw Ben, this made her eyes a bit watery and she hugged him tightly.

"Ben! I'm so happy you're ok!" She said as she hugged him close to her. Ben hugged her as well and wrapped his arms around her, the two holding each other in a tight embrace. Kurama was watching this and found it really said anything, but what exactly was he feeling though?

"Jeeze, helping you out is a pain." Said a familiar voice. Both Nana and Ben broke front hir hug to figure out who it was, and to say the least they were surprised.

"You!" They both said together, who was their mysterious figure? Bando!

Yep! Bando, the hard-ass former soldier, had arrived and saved Kurama, Nana, and Ben. How? He used a bazooka. He walked up to them, weapon in hand.

"Bando!?" Kurama asked in a confused tone of voice.

"Yay, you decided to help!" Nana said happily. "Ben look!" She happily said. But when Ben And Bando saw each other they both adopted frowns.

"Oh shit, it's you again." Bando said with annoyance.

"Yea...same to you bud." Ben said through gritted teeth. Nana was a bit confused, but she would decide to ask questions later though. But she was a bit shocked that they knew each other already

Bando sighed and looked over to where Mariko was at. "Listen, I'm only here to help out this brat." He said to Ben. "But you're on your own!"

"Fine with me.." Ben said as he glared at him. "But don't you think a bazooka is an overkill? Can't you just knock her out?" He asked. Bando glared at him.

"Why don't you let me handle the big boy stuff, ok kid?" He asked as he armed his bazooka again. Ben wanted to use the Omnitrix to stop him, but his arms were hitting form where Mariko held onto them, guess she put pressure on them too much.

"HAVE ANOTHER YOU PSYCHO BITCH!" Bando yelled as he fired another rocket from the weapon, as the rocket was going right at Mariko, she glared right up.

"To me, such things are…" she said as she then used a vector to stop the rockets much to everyone's surprise. "Are so.

BAM

A bullet flew towards the Missle and struck it, Bando smirking.

"Ha, guess you lost bitch." He said. And as MAriko realized anything...the whole rocket exploded, causing the bridge to blow up a bit and leave a large cloud of smoke in place. Isobe was sent flying on his back in pain and blood going down his head, and Mariko..well she didn't look too bad, but she was a bit bruised up.

"Wha-what the hell?" Bena skied as part of his clothes were ripped and had blood going down his cheek, showing that he took some damage. He was gripping onto his arm as well as he got up, albeit in pain

"Hey!" Bando said to them. "You all better get the hell out of here, while you still can!" He said to them all. "And boy!" He said to Ben. "As much I would love to kick your little ass for that humiliation you put me through on the beach, you should clear off too!" He said.

Ben looks at Bando with surprise, did he just seriously say that Ben could leave? Well either way he was not going to stay, he was going to stop this somehow.

"Papa! Ben! Quick, let's go!" Nana said to them both, making both males surprised.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Isobe was laying down, breathing heavily while looking up at the sky.

"Tough luck you little monster." He said to Mariko, you won't last two minutes here." He said as he breathed heavily again. He might not make it, but at least...he can go out knowing that this little demon was taken care of. "At this rate, even I won't be able to make itl" He thought. "But as long as Number 35 dies...I have no regrets….sorry Chief." He thought with sadness. At this point, he saw a shadow looking over him and despite his vision being a bit blurry, he saw that it was Number 35: Mariko, standing over him. "Shit!" He thought. "I guess...my life is over now." He thought.

Mariko then leaned into him, but what was she doing? Well, she was...grabbing his belt?

"Woah, what the hell are you doing?!" He asked the girl as she got his belt and took it off. Just what the hell was she going to do to him? He closed his eyes possibly thinking that she was going to beat him to death with it….but after a few seconds, he felt something...he felt something wrap around his arm stump. He opened his eyes to see what was going on, and to his surprise. It was Mariko who was tying his belt around his stump, trying to stop the blood flow.

"Is it better now?" Mariko asked him as she turned back around, "I don't have anything against your arm, but I do know that you people have my arm as well." She said. All of this was confusing the hell out of Isobe, first, she sliced off his arm, and now she saves him? What the hell was going on?

Mariko then heard some beeping and peered to the ground, where she saw Isobe's phone still going off on that timer. She picked it up and inspected it. "Those bombs in me…" She said to him as she looked up at the sky. "How long do I have before they explode in me?" She asked him.

Isobe, while still not confused, sighed a bit and answered for her. "About a minute left before they explode." He explained to her. He felt like the bombs were not necessary at all, but what choice did he have?

Mariko continued to look up as tears fell from her eyes. "The sky is so beautiful…and the color is so much different from before" She said, mesmerized by the sky's presence. "Thank you...sir." She said, making Isobe a bit confused. "In the end.. I guess it was good that you bought me out here, I have no regrets now…" Tears began to spill from her eyes as she gave a sad smile. "Because living like this….I understand that nobody will ever love me...not even my own father...who wanted me dead…" She then wiped her tears away for a bit. "I'm ready now...I don't want to live anymore in this screwed up world."

Isobe looked at her solemnly, he heard the words that Ben kid said earlier….maybe...he might be able to give her some hope….maybe...that Ben kid could help her somehow…

"Don't talk like that." Isobe said to her. "No one can say if you'll truly live happily from now on... it's up to you to decide whether or not you can do it." He said as he took another breath. "Just...I'll give you one more chance, then just apologize to your room monitor….and maybe...that Ben kid...maybe he can help you if he helped out Number 7...then maybe he might be able to help you to." He said.

Mariko looked out onto the ocean...that Ben kid...there was something about him...something unique, but she shook her head though. "I can't..it's far too late for me." she said solemnly. "I killed so many people...and Papa will never forgive me now, no matter how much I'll beg...he'll never forgive me...that Ben person...he's a fool for wanting to help me."

"Don't talk like that." Isobe told her. "If you truly feel like this, then you can start anew, maybe Kurama can get you away from all of this and you can both go someplace else and live happily...and that Ben kid...i don't know about him, but maybe he can try as well." He then groaned a bit as he felt his right hand, which, despite it still benign attached, it was in massive pain. "Damn, even in my right hand as well.." He thought. "Hey!" He said to Mariko. "Hey, get the phone!" He said to her. "I already can't use my hands, and since you're the one who has it, you can put in the passcode instead!"

"Enough…" Mariko said. "Thank you….But because I don't regret anything…."

"Dammit!" Isobe yelled. "You can think about it later! Just press the numbers that I'm about to tell you!" He said to her. "The code is #353574! Push them in now or else you'll die!" He frantically told her. "DO IT!" He yelled.

Mariko then turned around, gone were her sad, tearful eyes, and were replaced with a face that spoke of pure malice, and grinned wickedly at him. Making him look surprised.

"You're really stupid." She said with a vicious grin on her face. "Thanks for telling me the code though, even though that heavy hit that broke your hand was entirely my own fault." She said to him.

Isobe then realized that Mariko was simply using him to pay into a trap. "Shit….I screwed up big time…." He thought.

MAriko leaned back and smiled. "Bye-Bye." She said as she then used a vector and sliced off Isobe's head, turning him into a blood sprinkler. As his head landed in the water, MAriko looked at his corpse with a wicked grin.

"I'm gonna kill everyone here...But the ones I'm gonna enjoy the most...will be Big Sis...and that Ben person." She thought wickedly.

(Eyecatch featuring Ben and Nana confronting Mariko)

(Eyecatch featuring Ben and Lucy facing off against each other)

Diclonius Institute

Director Kakuzawa was now standing in front of the window looking out. And Shirakawa? She was on the ground next to him, naked, laying down on her chest and was twitching and sweat coming down her head? What did Kakuzawa do? Well, I don't want to go into full detail, but let's just say that Kakuzawa did some horrid things to her to get some intel for why she was sneaking around, but Shriakwa did not reveal anything and the mad Director stopped.

"So, Kurama has gone off to find Number 35." He said as he wiped his hands off. "He's ordering SAT soldiers and several police to move out under my orders…"

"Pe-perhaps." Shirakawa said as she trembled a bit...he planned ..to kill Number 35…?" She suggested.

"Maybe...but what he doesn't know is of the bombs inside Number 35's body." He said with a grin on his face, making Shirakawa look up in shock.

"But those bombs…" She started to say. "But he bombs inside Number 35 is always at our-"

"And yet, you never mentioned it to him did you?" The Director asked with venom in his voice silencing the already scared Shirakawa.

"Why was he doing that?" She thought to herself. "After doing such a thing, he will not be able to get away with only a disciplinary charge…what if he…"

"Maybe…" Kakuzawa interrupted. "Kurama wants atonement…*sigh* I swear, he is too naive for his own good. But whatever, today I will proceed with today's Experiments." He said as he looked back to the window.

"To-today?" Shirakawa asked in a nervous and terrified voice. "But weren't those planned to start in a half a year from now?"

"They were...but since they're reports of a spy in our organization...the plans have changed, plus we had already distributed false info to our possible spy." He said. Shirakawa was biting her thumb in nervousness as sweat was going down her head.

"I shall rejoice...for today." Kakuzawa thought with a dark grin on his face. "Today is the day where the human race will all die."

Enoshima Bridge

MAriko was still on the bridge putting into the codes that the now deceased Isboe provided for her. "One, to three." She said as she didn't he buttons. "One, two, three, four… I guess this will have to do." She said with disappointment, unfortunately, she could not stop the bombs from blowing up inside, but she was able to reset the timer, so it was better than nothing..sorta.

Meanwhile, Ben was shocked seeing such destruction, he did not see Mariko or Isobe, but his instincts were telling him to go over there and make sure they were alright, but before he could he was pulled by the arm by Nana.

"Ben! We have to go!" She said as she was pulling on him. Ben did not want to leave Mariko behind, because he wanted to really try to help her, however, he can.

"Nana, let me go!" Ben's aid as he was pulled on by the younger girl.

"Papa!" Nana said, still clutching Ben's arm. "Let's run away!" She said to him, but the older man simply had his back turned on them, he looked back and knew..what he had to do.

"Nana...you and the boy get away." He said to her, making her and Ben confused a bit. "I can't leave Mariko behind." He simply said to her.

This shocked Nana very much, she saw how dangerous Mariko was, she almost killed her and she almost killed Ben, she didn't want her papa to die. "Papa! She'll kill you!" She pleaded to him.

Kurama however was not moved at all. "Even if she does...I can't let her kill anyone else, I will not allow it anymore." He said.

Nana stared at him with awe, he was...really willing to risk it all, so that no one else would have to die. "Papa…." Nana whispered in awe.

Ben looked down and was in deep thought. What was he going to do? He wanted to try if he could get through Mariko one more time, all he had to do was try….he just had to try.

"Kurama!" Ben said to him as he was finally out of Nana's clutches. "If your staying, then so am I!" Ben said to him in a determined voice, this made Kurama and Bando look at him with confused looks. But Nana? She was not supportive.

"Ben, no!" She said, grabbing his arm again. "She already tried to kill you once, I don't want it to happen again!"

"Nana, please." Ben said to her, but Nana was not buying it, her eyes were beginning to tear up.

"Please….You're one of the few people who care about me...I don't want to lose you either...please.." She pleaded to him. Ben looked into her eyes and saw that she was genuine, but he still wanted to do something though…

"Kid." Kurama said to him. "I promise, I will not try to kill Mariko, I am going to try to stop her from doing all of this carnage. I am having you and Bando take her away from here." He said.

"Wait, what?" Bando asked in a shocked tone of voice. "Why the hell should I listen to your orders? If I mess with you, then it's just going to cause trouble for my balls!" He yelled, still remembering that he was being threatened of castration due to him having the virus.

Kurama sighed a bit as he then looked back. His face was now one of desperation. "Please...I beg of you...both of you." He said and he turned to face Ben. "Since she calls you a big brother, I am hoping that you will be with her and protect her as an older brother would." He said.

Ben was torn up over this, of course, he wanted to stay and prevent any bloodshed….but Kurama was begging him to protect Nana...the girl Ben viewed as a little sister along with Mayu. Ben sighed and put his head down.

"Ok..I'll goes with her." Ben said. Nana looked at him with shock.

"Ben!" She said with desperation.

"Nana," Ben said as he looked at her with a solemn look. "I don't wanna leave him either, but he is right….plus I am promising him that I would protect you, and protect you I will."

"Then I'm staying here too!" Nana said as she turned back to see Kurama. "Papa...he was the only one nice to me in that facility..and I don't want to abandon him….I am a bit...hut over those deaths he caused...but he still practically raised me in there...I owe it to him!" She said. Sh wanted or run away..ubt if Kurma was going to stay, then so was she.

Now Ben was the one who was tearing up, this was all starting to get to him so much, he wanted to prevent the death of somebody…and he wanted to stay and help Kurama somehow….but he also wanted to protect Nana as well...what was he going to do?

BAM

Ben was shocked to see that Bando had knocked Nana out with the butt of his gun to her head which knocked her out.

"What the hell did you do?!" Ben asked in a surprised yet angry tone of voice, not really liking how Bando hit Nana.

"She was being troublesome." Bando simply said as he picked the girl up and held her under his arm. Ben grumbled under his breath as the two males looked back at Kurama. "So, what will you do huh?" Bando asked Kurama. But then...they heard something.

"What's that noise?" Ben asked, and all of a sudden the wind under them was picking up a bit, they looked up so see that it was a police plane, looks like someone called in the police or something…

"Shit!" Bando said. "Kid, let's get the hell outta here!" He said as Ben got to his senses and was about to take off until they were stopped by Kurama, who then took off his tie and gave it to Ben.

"Give her this for me.." Kurama said to them as Ben looked at him. Ben...Ben still did not like Kurama for what he did….but he didn't want to leave him here alone...but he would respect his wishes and leave…. "Ben," Kurama said to him. "Take care of her, please."

Ben nodded his head solemnly. "Ok Kurama, I will." He said, and with that, he, and Bando began to take off, taking a knocked out Nana with them.

Kurama looked back on the bridge to see Mariko still standing there...it was either now..or never, and at that point, the helicopter came and a bunch of officers came piling don, all of them wearing body armor and wielding weapons.

"What's all this now?" Mariko asked as she used her vectors to bring herself to the other side of the bridge, and she saw a lot of armed men pointing their guns right at her, with Kurama standing in the middle.

"I'm sorry Ben." Kurma thought. "Mariko is just way too dangerous to be kept alive..and I did not want you to get involved…I hope that one day, you will understand."

"Chief Kurama." Said a soldier. "We just wanted to inform you that Enoshima has been sealed off, proceeding at 18:20. Requesting permission to proceed as planned."

Kurama looked to see Mariko, in his mind he saw her smiling and waiting at him…. "Affirmative." He said, but he was trembling a bit though…"Until it;s time, you are to stay covered, got it?"

"Roger!" The soldiers said together as they all pointed their guns at the younger girl and loaded them up.

"Father…" Mariko said as her fists trembled a bit. "Do you really want to kill me this badly?" She asked as tears came out of her eyes. Even If she did want to kill everyone...she was still upset. "Because I was born out of love….I was not supposed to be like this." She said.

Kurama didn't say anything, but he stood there and was trembling.

"ATTACK!" The Soldier yelled as he and his men fired several rounds of ammunition into Mariko, who did not look amused and simply used her vectors to protect herself.

Kurama was remembering his wife's words, about her being happy that she was having a baby...and then he remembered when he attempted to strangle Mariko as a newborn….all of these were not sitting well with him...and it made him tremble and sweat.

Mariko was still deflecting all the bullets off of the soldiers, but she was kinda wondering who exactly three people were though…

Meanwhile, there was worship in the ocean And they put all their targets on their destined target.

"Prepare to fire Harpoon!" Yelled an officer on the ship and another officer pushed a button, which made two rockets shoot out of the ship.

Back on Enoshima Bridge Mario was still deflecting bullets. Kurama was watching all of this and ordered for the attack to stop.

"ALL HANDS DRAWN!" An officer yelled and all the soldiers stopped firing their weapons. MAriko was a bit confused but also was shocked to see Kurama comin up to her,

"I'm so sorry...Mariko." He thought as he walked closer to her.

Mariko was a bit confused, why did her father come over to see her? Was he going to kill her or something?

"Wh-why did you come here?" She asked him as some tears began to fall from her eyes. Was she doing this purpose? OR was she faking to lower his guard? "I'll have to kill you." she said to him.

"Whether it be a human warmth or love...I snatched them away from you." He thought as he led out his arms...and bought the girl in for a hug, he wrapped his arms around her back and some tears were going down his eyes. "I really didn't make any mistakes." He said in a soothing voice. "If I had killed you back then...I would not be embracing you as I am right now." He said as he rubbed her head in a gentle way. "Mariko...I love you from the bottom of my heart, and your mother...she loved you so much as well." At this point, Mariko was stunned, and yet….more tears came from her eyes. Did she..finally get her father's attention?

"Let's' be together...forever." He said to her. This made her even more stunned.

"Re-really?" She asked in a hopeful voice. "Me too…" She said and as they hugged again...something came crashing down on her in front of Kurama. It was a large missile strike and it landed on the girl right in front of him. Kurma didn't say anything, but he was trembling though, most likely from sadness and shock. He then looked up to see another one coming right at him.

Then...he saw an image in the metal part though...it was Hiromi, his wife. "Hiromi…" He thought. "I'm sorry for keeping you waiting...don't worry, pretty soon, Mariko and I will be joining you…" A tear fell from his eyes as he closed them..preparing to meet his demise, and the rocket landed down...

Wow...so much stuff going on right now folks...So Kurma explained everything and Ben...well Ben is not happy about it, but then Mariko started to attack again dn nearly killed Bena and Nana, but thanks to the last-minute arrival of Bando, they were saved. However, Isobe was murdered by the girl and reset the bombs codes in her. Noe Kurama had ordered the others to flee while he dealt with the girl...what will happen next time? We'll have to wait and find out.

In my opinion, while Mari was a killer, we can't help but feel bad for her, after all, Kuram tried to kill her and he had her locked up for a long time and never bothered to visit while he only visited Nana instead. Of course, in my opinion, he should have done a bit both, but maybe...Mariko might've been more like Nana maybe? I don; know I am just expressing my personal thoughts here, what are your thoughts?

I swear I don't know if Ben has ever dealt with something like this ever in his life, and he will find himself questioning everything in future chapters.

Anyways, please don't forget to read and review, I am always happy to hear from you guys and happy to answer any questions you might have for me.

See you all next time :)