He ladies and gentleman, I have returned with a new chapter. So last time we saw Arakawa contemplating a bunch of things, including her now working to eliminate humanity, and she is also forced to look for Lucy. Will she succeed? We shall have to see and find out.

So this chapter...it will be the moment...the moment of Toshiro the Unknown MAn getting hsi has handed...I am so excited to have written this :)

Wowza's, 101 faves and 105 follow? I just want to thank you all for liking and supporting the story, it means alot to me that you all like and enjoy it :)

To RonaldM40196867: Same here. Thanks :) Yeppers! Thanks. You too! Yes, I did. Well, Vectoria is a copy from Lucy's DNA so….Basically, I always thought that Ben's Diclonius form was supposed to resemble Moka Akashiya from Rosario + Vampire, but her hair is similar to Hinata Hyuga's. She also wears a school sailor uniform, with her shirt being green, wearing a black tie, and wearing a blue skirt and black slip-on shoes.

To Star Lord Master: Thank you. I think he would be pretty surprised at seeing Ben as Vectoria, but at the same time, he possibly would get used to it in seconds.

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To Mah Paiton: Thanks, but yea I don't know why the story doesn't appear when I go on the Ben 10/Elfen Lied crossover section….Well for Kouta and Lucy...well Nyu has already chosen Ben. At some point, Lucy is going to begin to like him as well but will be conflicted about her feelings for Ben and Kouta.

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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 Grotto

"Arakawa," Kakuzawa said to her. "I want you to return to the University and find the students you said were looking for Lucy." He said to her, making her a bit nervous. She really didn't want to do it...but what if she refused?

"No," Toshiro said to him. "Arakawa is not suitable for this type of job, father. Capturing Lucy will be a task I will handle perfectly. Afterall." He said as he turned to smile at her. "You finished on that sample Apparatus, right? Lucy will be good in no time at all." He said.

Arakawa however wasn't too happy that he said that. "You pervert…" She thought with anger. "I HAVE CLUES THAT OTHER PEOPLE DON'T HAVE! I WISH YOU WOULD STOP MUTTERING NONSENSE!" She shouted suddenly.

Toshiro then chuckled a bit before turning back to her. "Can't you take a joke?" He asked with a smug tone. Making Arakwa blush out of embarrassment a bit.

"Well...uh…" She said but to no avail.

Toshiro then turned around and chuckled once again ."Well then Arakawa, I'll make you a deal." He said. "Arakawa If I am to find Lucy before you….then you need to be my pleasure slave." He said. This made Karakawa look disgusted and horrified. "I mean, your clothes should maybe only cover up the nipples...that would be nice." He said as he licked his lips of the possibilities.

But Arakawa? She wasn't happy with the suggestion, she was horrified, and disgusted. Who did this...this...piece of filth think he was anyway? "ARE YOU A FUCKING IDIOT!" She yelled. "JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE!" She said to him.

But Toshiro just continued to chuckle a bit. "Well..that is true," He said. "I can't just expect a girl like you to make such a bet, nor have any real clues or stuff like that." He said.

But this just made Arakawa angrier. "Fine then, you're on!" She said to him. "And if I find Lucy before you….then you need to chop off your dick!" She said to him, hoping that it would frighten him, but to her shock and surprise, he didn't flinch. He just kept on smiling.

"Ok then...deal." He said as he then began to walk away. "Stupid bitch…" He thought as he kept walking. Arakawa looked on ahead and was now nervous. What the hell did she just get herself into?


University/Present Day

Kouta, Nyu, and Yuka were walking around the University grounds.

"I can't believe that the Third Period has been canceled again," Yuka said with a sigh. "Professor Kakuzawa is still missing I guess." She said.

"Everyone is celebrating the free slot into their schedules. It looks like it." Kouta said as he saw some students happily smiling and conversing with one another.

"Yea...but still," Yuka said to him. "I remember that they said that the professor disappeared after it happened though...doesn't it ever get on your mind or something?" She asked him with curiosity.

"Yes...it does…" Kouta said to her, he remembered that night where he and Ben both saw the decapitated head of Kakuzawa with that woman. The thought of it makes him tremble a bit though… "I wonder why they aren't disclosing it." He thought with curiosity, he then remembered about Arakawa telling him and Ben about not telling anybody about what they had seen. "But what about that assistant?" He asked himself. "And what about the professor's corpse?" He then remembered that the assistant said to him and Ben about how they find honored people isolate them, and then kill them. "Even if he was a professor, they would kill him and take his body…" Kouta thought with worry. "If they find the assistant, then they will capture Nyu and Nana...this is getting serious."

As they continued to walk. Kouta began thinking a little bit about Ben. "But Ben….he is another mystery, he always disappeared and he came back badly hurt...what is he hiding from me? All of us?" He thought. "And I don't know...but I wonder if it has anything to do with that watch of his…" He thought. He then sighed a bit though before he and the two other girls continued their walk. "I need to make sure they don't find that assistant woman."

"Kouta!" Yuka called out to him. "Are you alright, you seem spaced out a bit there. Just make sure to look ahead or you'll hurt yourself." She said to him.

"Right...sorry." Kouta said as he continued to walk. "It's been alright till now...and classes are over for the day." He thought. "I feel like shit is about to go down very soon…" He thought. "I just hope we don't run into the women." He said as he and the girls were walking right past a woman. But as they did the women gassed a bit, and turned around.

Turns out the woman was Arakawa and once she got a glimpse of Koutas face, she was shocked. "WAIT!" She yelled out to them all. Making them all turn to face her. When Kouta saw her, he immediately gassed and gulped. This was not good, no god at all. She was right there, right in front of them all! But he tried to keep his cool. "Well, uh, long time no see." Arakawa said, trying to remain calm. "How, uh, unexpected to see you." She said. But on the inside, she was staring at them hard. "That's him, I'm sure of it." She thought.

Kouta tried to keep a calm head and tried to think of a way to get away from her.

"Kouta?" Nyu asked. "Who's this?" She asked as she tilted her head with confusion.

"Yuka...Nyu...run." He said to them softly, making both girls look at him with confusion.

"Kouta?" Yuka asked. "What are you-"

"Just trust me on this." Kotua interrupted. "When I say run, we run." He said softly and seriously at her and stared at Arakawa again. "Hey...I have to tell you something." He said to Afakawa, making the woman raise an eyebrow for a bit. "You got a nice, big set of tits on you." He said.

As soon as he said this, Arakawa's face became red as a tomato and covered her breasts with her arms. "Wh-what? What Are you saying?!" She said with shock.

"GIRLS, RUN!" Kouta yelled, as right then and there, he, Yuka, and Nyu bolted for it. Making Arakawa look shocked.

LIKE HELL YOU'RE GOING TO GET AWAY!" Arakawa yelled. "OR ELSE I'LL BECOME A PLEASURE SLAVE!" She said to them as he began to give chase to them all.

Kouta and the girls kept on running away from her, they had run past several students, some students had to jump out of the way, and Nyu accidentally ran into someone knocking him over.

"Sorry!" She called over her shoulder, not hearing the guy yell at her.

Arakawa was still giving them chase, full of determination to win that bet. "I won't be a pleasure slave! I will win the bet! And that guy is going to have his cock chopped right off!" She thought with anger as she still kept chasing them.

As they kept on pushing through, Nyu felt herself trip out of her shoes and then tumbled onto the ground. With Kouta and Yuka calling out to her. Arakawa then caught up with them and grabbed her as she had an arm around her, but not around her though.

"Ok, now why are you all running away?" Arakawa asked. "I just want to ask you something." She said to them.

Kouta was nervous, he didn't know if this woman had a gun or any other weapon, but he didn't want to take the risk. And so he calmed down and kept a firm stance. "About what?" He asked firmly, Yuka was a bit nervous. Just what was going on? And who is this woman? And how does she know Kouta?

Arakawa looked at them with some intensity in her eyes. "Do you know where the honored girl is at?" She asked. This made Kouta and Yuka go wide-eyed a bit. "I just want to know where she is at...that's all."

Kouta and Yuka were now the ones who were tensing up a bit. They could tell this woman that Nyu was with them, if she was to find out, now only would Nyu be captured, but so would Nana. And that was a red alarm for them. But...they were also confused.

"I can't help it, but for some reason...I feel like she is near me as we speak." Arakawa said. Making both Kouta and Yuka raise eyebrows as beads of sweat went down their heads.

"Oh, really…" they both muttered. Nyu however was a bit scared, what was going on? Why was she being held like that? She wished Ben was here, she wanted him to help her.

"Well….anyway," Arakawa said to them. "I would like you to come down to the lab and talk with me for a little while.

Kouta however stood his ground. "Sorry, but there's nothing to discuss." He said, but still, sweatdropped a bit. "She...really doesn't realize who she is holding...doesn't she?" He thought. "Because I don't know anything about horned girls, nor is there anything that concerns me about the sort." He said.

Yuka was looking at him as if he was crazy. "What are you talking about?" She thought with worry and horror, was Kouta..refusing to help?

Nyu was also worried. "Kouta, why aren't you helping me?" she thought with concern.

Arakawa was growling a bit. "Now you listen, you're not going to get away from keeping vital information from me, you hear?" She said to him. "I know certain people who can crush your peaceful life in an instant." She snapped, but she then calmed down before speaking a bit more calmly. "Now..as you know, horned girls aren't;t something you could deal with easily. They're definitely too much for someone like you to handle."

"What the hell are you talking about?" Yuka asked with annoyance. But secretly, she didn't believe her, after all...Nana and Nyu have horns...well Nyu used to, and yes they are a handful, but they are both sweet and very kind. Inwardly, she was angry a bit at assuming that Nyu and Nana were bad people.

"Horned people and humans can't coexist with each other!" She said to them. This made Kouta look at her and then remember something, a girl with horns….with him as a child, but it was false as he then felt that same pain in his game, but he ignored it as he stared firmly at Arakawa.

"And why's that?" He asked. He knew that Nana and Nyu were really nice people, and have been amazing for the past half-year, so why couldn't they exist with humans?

Arakawa then stared hard at him and Yuka and sighed a bit. "Horned people are born killers." She said. "And anyone who gets near them...well...they get killed without exception.

This brought silence to them all, the silence and tension...it was so high that you could easily cut it with a knife if you wanted to. No one made a noise for a moment...but someone did...and the thing he said was an unexpected laugh.

Kouta was just laughing about that. Like he met Nyu and Nana and they never hurt them before. So it was pretty funny other such nonsense from these crazy women. "What a load of bullshit!" He said as he continued to laugh a bit.

But this made Arakawa angry. "WHAT DID YOU SAY?" She yelled at him with anger. "I'M BEING SERIOUS!" She said to them all.

Kouta then gave her a small smirk. "If that were true, then you would have died a long time ago." He said to her. He wasn't trying to be mean, but she should realize that she was in fact holding a horned girl...well, a girl who did have horns at least.

"What the hell are you?" As Arakawa was about to ask, she took a glance over at Nyu, who had a frightened look. And once she did, Arakawa's eyes went wide as saucers. She was….right there...Lucy was...right there! And what did Arakawa do?

"WAAAA!" Arakawa screamed and let go of her instantly and began to bow with fright, worried that she would get killed. "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry. Please don't kill me, I don't want to die a virgin!" She splattered with worry, but then she slowly got up to take a glance, but then as she did, there was no one there at all. "They..ran away.." She whispered in fright. "Oh no…!" She said as worry built up in her.

Meanwhile, Kouta was grabbing onto Nyu's arm and he and the two girls were running as fast as they could. They didn't stop until they reached all the way outside and got some good distance from the university once they did, they stopped to catch their breaths.

"This *huff*should be *huff* far enough," Kouta said as he was breathing hard, trying to catch his breath.

"Who was that? *huff*" She asked him.

Kouta breathed a few more times before he was finally able to breathe again. "She was a former assistant to Professor Kakuzawa." He said to her. This made Yuka surprised a bit.

"Really?" She asked him, making him nod his head. Yuka then got worried and confused. "But who does she know about Nyu and Nana?" She asked.

"I don't know, but it sounds like she wants to take Nyu someplace far away." Kouta said to her. Making Nyu, who was listening frightened.

"NO!" She screamed. "Please don't send me away! I don't want to go anywhere, I want to stay with you and everyone else." She pleaded. "I don't want to leave Ben either, I don't want to leave my love behind!" She thought with fright and worry.

Kouta however placed his hands on her face and stared at her. "Don't worry Nyu, we won't let them take you away from us." He said with determination. Nyu then sniffled and nodded.

"And why would she call me a killer? I don't kill, I would never do such a thing!" She was horrified, who could think of such a thing? She was a good girl, and she would never hurt anyone, she saved a baby bird after all!

"We know that Nyu," Yuka said as she gave the girl a soothing hug. "That woman is crazy in the head, we know you would never do such a thing." She said in a soothing voice as Nyu hugged her back.

Kouta then looked outward into the distance. "Nyu, think you're better off watching the house with Ben and Nana for the time being."

Nyu let go of Yuka and wiped a tear from her eye. "Ok…" She said softly. On the bright side now she could be closer to Ben. And she would still hang and do fun things with Nana.

Kouta sighed again. "This isn't good. If that woman is to find out that Nyu is living with us….No, I can't think about it now." He thought. "I need to tell Ben about that when we get back." He thought.


Yuigahama Beach

Bando was still cleaning up some of the beach. After what Mayu had told him earlier that morning, he was thinking it over. Sure he could just walk away...but he could never forgive Lucy for what she did to his eyes and his arms.

"It's getting late, Wanta." He turned to see that Mayu was walking amongst the beachline. He didn't know how long she was gone for, but he had a feeling that school was over for her...or whatever. When Wanta whined a bit, she kneeled down and gently had him look into her eyes. "Now Wanta, when it gets really really dark outside, we have to go to him, understand?" She said to him. Wanta was not happy but decided to relent...for her sake. "Now let's go home. Alright?" She asked as she picked him up and began walking away.

Bando saw this all and just sighed a bit. "I swear...I think that is making me go soft or something…" He thought with dread as he continued to clean up.

Meanwhile, Toshiro was at some spot in the town looking out into it, his hands in his pockets and sighing a bit. "Now...I wonder where Lucy is at." He said. "But also, I wonder what father meant by a boy? There are tons of boys here in Kamakura." He said as he began to walk around. "There's gotta be something about him that stands out from the rest…..father mentioned that someone said that his Ultraman guy had a green hourglass on his stomach…." Toshiro then rubbed his chin a bit in thought.

"I guess I need to find a boy with an hourglass on him? I'll just focus on Lucy for now and deal with the boy later." He said as he got out a phone that showed a radar, that was beeping, this made him give a grin. "I didn't expect the radar to find Lucy's trail this quickly." He said with a keen interest in his voice. "Tracking will be easy, but I need to make sure not to get killed by her." he then took a look at the metallic thing on his back and smirked a bit.

Mayu was then shown waking up at Maple Inn. "I'm home!" She said. Then Nana and Ben were both shown walking out to greet her.

"Hey, Mayu." Ben said with a smile. "How was school?" He asked.

Mayu smiled. "It was fine, how were things here?" She asked.

"It was alright, we got some cleaning done, and Gwen and Kevin came back with some groceries, they are upstairs right now taking naps, and Grandpa is sleeping as well."

Mayu giggled and then turned to Nana, who had a look of uncertainty on her. "Nana, are you ok?" She asked. Nana looked at her and then down again.

"Sorta...I guess." She said as she walked over to sit down for a bit. Making Ben and Mayu look concerned.

"Can you try talking to her?" Ben asked Mayu, I'm going to check on dinner." He said as he walked away, making Mayu nod her head. She then turned and walked to Nana.

"Nana?" Mayu asked, looking into Nana's depressed face. "Are you ok?"

"I...I don't know, I just miss my papa." Nana said. "I haven't seen him in such a long, long time, and I have no idea how he is doing." She said. Of course, she really didn't mention to Mayu about her father going into another dimension along with Mariko, but….

"Well...I'm sure he is fine wherever he is." Mayu tried to tell her, but it didn't really work.

"I...I know, but you know...it's just...I don't even know how I'm going to find him though. But hopefully, I'll see him soon." Nana said as she then took an apple and took a bite out of it a little bit.

Mayu then looked down at her as she then grabbed her left hand and began to rub in a circular motion soothingly and slowly. "I'm sure you will see him again soon, Nana." She said to her.

Nana sighed a bit and looked at her. "Thanks….you know...Mayu….for the past many months as I have been here." Nana then had tears going down her eyes. "You've been my best friend….and I don't know...I don't know-" but was interrupted by Mayu hugging her.

"I know." She said as she felt tears go down her own eyes as well. "You're my best friend, you're my sister….my family….I don't want anything to happen to you." She said as the two girls hugged each other and cried softly, their family love for eachother being the shield for them both. And Ben as well.

The two girls then thought of Ben. Ever since they have met him, they have looked up to the older boy and viewed him as not just an older brother, but as a protector to them both, they were both very grateful for having him in their lives.

But as they continued to hug, Nana immediately had her head go up and her eyes went as wide as a saucer. She was hearing something.

"It hurts…" The voice said, the voice Nana was hearing sounded like it was in massive pain. "It hurts so much…"

"Wh-what is this?" Nana asked as she looked around, all around her, the inside of Maple Inn was replaced by a seemingly dark void.

"Run….now…" the voice said again. This made Nana look around, looking a bit frightened and scared.

"WHERE ARE YOU?!" Nana screamed. "WHO IS IT?!" As she yelled, she heard the voice calling again, and she then turned to the source, when she did….her eyes went wide as saucers and sweat went down her head. For she saw something...horrible.

She saw a mangled looking creature crawling towards her, the creature was bloody, curdling, and looked as if it was melting like ice cream. The creature raised its arm. "Kill me...please…..I beg you." It said, begging to be killed off. Nana held her hands on her mouth.

Mayu was looking at her best friend and saw that Nana was in a trance, and had tears going down her eyes. "Nana? What's wrong?" She asked. "Please answer me!" She said, shaking her. But to no response. Mayu got worried and called for help. "BEN, KEVIN, GWEN!" She yelled loudly. She called and called again until the three teens scrambled down the stairs and asked what was wrong. "It's Nana! She is...I don't know what's going on!" She said. Ben and the others saw Nana and got worried and rushed towards her.

"Nana! Are you ok?" Ben asked her with a concerned tone of voice.

"Speak up kid!" Kevin said as he shook her gently. Gwen tired next.

"Nana, speak to us! Please!" Gwen said, but Nana was still lost in a trance, Kevin gene felt her wrist to see if he could get a heartbeat.

"I got a heartbeat, but what the hell is wrong with her?" Kevin asked. As everyone was wondering what to do. they heard someone enter the house and who was it? Toshiro!

(Eyecatch featuring Ben and Lucy standing side-by-side)


(Eyecatch featuring Nana and Mayu riding on Wild Mutt)

Everyone was taken aback by this new arrival. Ben, Kevin, and Gwen all had some defensive looks on their faces. Because of this guy….they couldn't explain it...but something was up with him, his looks, it looked...disturbing.

"Uh...hello." Mayu said as she walked up to him.

"Mayu don't." Ben warned. But Mayu didn't hear him and kept on walking up.

"So...who might you be?" Mayu asked. Toshiro did not acknowledge her, but he stared simply at Nana. And he was not happy.

"You don't...seem like Lucy, no not at all." He said with some disdain in his voice. "This is such a blunder...not funny at all." He said, but then he felt someone grab him by the shoulder.

"Excuse me, sir." Mayu said. "But what kind of business do you-"

BAM

Mayu was kicked right in the stomach and was sent flying backward into the wall.

"MAYU!" Gwen and Nana shouted with shock as the two girls ran over, but this did not sit well with the boys.

"Who the hell do you think you're doing, you son of a bitch?" Kevin said as he ran over to punch the guy, but Toshirp grabbed Kevin's fist and punched him in the gut. Ben then ran over and attempted to attack, but Toshiro did the same thing as well, and the two boys were down.

Toshiro scoffed a bit. "Annoying little bastards…" He muttered.

"HEY!" Toshiro then turned to see Nana yelling at him. "WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING!?" She yelled as she and Gwen were both cradling Mayu's unconscious body.

"Spare me your bullshit," Toshiro said as he glared at them all. "Now what would I do if Arakawa were to find Lucy before me, huh?" He asked as he looked around.

Ben and Kevin both groaned a bit as they both looked up at the man, what was his deal, and why was he here? Whatever reason, they had to be careful. Ben was rubbing the palace where he was hit and rubbed it.

Nana, who was holding onto Mayu as they were hiding behind Gwen, was looking at the strange-looking bag that Toshiro was carrying on his back, and was hesitant to ask what it was...but her courage helped her out.

"Hey!" Nana called out. "What's in your bag?" She asked. Making everyone present wonder the same thing, Mayu was still scared but she too was just as curious.

Toshiro was looking at her and then at the bag and shrugged his shoulders. "Am I really at this close to the range?" He asked. "Well, since we have gotten this far, I might as well give you a farewell introduction...while you're still living that is." He said as he then dropped the bag and pushed a button, and once the bag opened everyone got a glimpse of what they saw. And once they did….well.

Everyone was shocked, horrified, nothing could even...even describe what they were seeing! Kevina and Ben were both wide-eyed and trembling a lot, Gwen put her hands to her mouth and felt like vomiting, and Mayu screamed and held onto Nana tight as such a vicious sight.

"How...cruel…!" Nana said. At this point, some footsteps were coming down the stairs and Max had a look of concern on his face.

"Guys, what's going-" but as soon as he got down, and he saw the...thing inside Toshiro's bag...he too trembled with fright. "What the…?

"What is that…." Kevin asked softly. Before he then slammed his fist to the wall, causing it to rumble and cause a dent. "WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?" He screamed Toshiro "JUST WHAT THE ABSOLUTE FUCK ARE WE STARING AT?!" He said. Ben was staring at it with right….but on the inside, something was telling him to do something….something bad as his fist was balled.

Toshiro took no notice of Kevin's yelling and shrugged as he pointed at the abomination. "This you see is a Diclonius I was using as a radar to find Lucy since Diclonius can teach each other. And the reason she is like this? Well...She was amputated from the chest upwards, and the container I am holding is basically her life-support." He said, making everyone stare at the malformed Diclonius girl with horror and sympathy, what kind of….horrible things did that girl go through? "But whatever you want to call it, she will not last more than three days, since she no longer has any of her internal organs."

He sighed again as everyone just looked on in horror. "And since I don't want to get detected, I keep her with me in a near-death state. And you see the Apparatus put into her spinal cord? It makes her feel pain instantly so she is unable to use her vectors."

"But why?" Ben asked in anger. "Why keep her like this? What did she do to you?" He asked in anger. Toshiro however was not intimidated so easily.

"Just so she can fall in line." He said simply. "It's a shame really...I wanted to keep calm for a bit longer...but then again…." His calm look then turned into one of pure anger. "SHE'S SO FUCKING USELESS!" He yelled as he then kicked the bag right over, causing it to crash to the ground and for the girl to get crushed a bit, making blood splatter to the floor. "I TOLD YOU TO FIND LUCY! AND ALL WE FOUND WAS THIS GOOD-FOR-NOTHING SILPELIT!" He yelled in anger.

As he was doing this. Everyone was shocked at this. Did he….just kill her? Why did he do that? And what exactly did that girl go through? Nana and Ben were both horrified and Mayu was simply burying her head into Nana's shoulder, trying to block the horrible sight of it all. But Ben and Kevin? They were trembling a bit in anger.

"Oops, I accidentally killed her." Toshiro said with sarcasm and a mocking tone of voice. "But alas, she was already going to die anyway, for you see. Before her lower bottom was cut off….I got a bit rough with her." He said.

This sentence alone made Ben, Nana, and Kevin look at the man and give him a dark look on their faces.

"What did you just say?" Kevin asked in a low but dangerous tone of voice. And he was not the only one, Ben was also feeling the same way as well.

Toshiro raised an eyebrow. "Huh? Oh right….you see...I was a bit...rough with her if you know what I mean." He said with a sadistic smile. That made Kevin and Ben go wide-eyed..this guy….he...he did…. "But who cares? She was close to death anyway." He said with a smug tone of the movie. Not really caring about her at all.

This made Ben and Kevin even angrier. But before they could do something about it, Nana pushed aside a bit before staring at Toshiro very...very...angrily. "Knowing only the harshness…." She said. "Not knowing anything about the good of this world….." She got furious and her vectors sprouted out, not seen by the others, but Toshiro simply smirked at her. "I'LL NEVER FORGIVE YOU!" She yelled as she almost sent her vectors at Toshiro, but before she could she felt a hand grip her shoulder softly. She then angrily turned to see who touched her but when she saw Ben looking at her, her face softened.

"Nana, let me handle this guy." He said to her softly. Nana looked at him as if he was crazy.

"But...but he-"

"Just let me handle it." He said. As the two were looking at each other.

BAM

Nana was instantly hit by a spiked ball that landed on her stomach, making everyone go into shock with horror. And turned to Toshiro who had a crossbow on him and gave an evil smile.

"WHAT DID YOU DO?!" Ben yelled as he ran towards him to try to hit him, but Toshiro simply dodged and grabbed Ben by the arm and threw him over to Ben and Kevin. Max then ran towards Toshiro, but the younger man grabbed a short knife and stabbed him in the shoulder, making Max yell in pain. Gwen then in anger charged, but Toshiro grabbed her and threw her into Max.

Mayu saw in fright at what was going on. Part of him wanted to go and run to a phone….but she was just so nervous to do so. She was also worried about the others. But she was mainly worried about Nana who was crying in pain.

"Do you like it?" Toshiro asked with a smug look. Unfortunately for you, there are barbels on the thorns so you can't pull them out with ease." He said. And those iron balls are two kilograms each, once they are fired from a five-meter range, it can't be stopped by Diclonus easily." He said all of this as he was giving out a lecture, a smug look that made Ben tremble a bit. "Of course you won't be mortally wounded by the hit itself….but…" He said smugly.

As everyone was confused as to what was going on. Nana felt something in her….something hurtful….. "AAAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Nana yelled loudly, so loud that it shook nearly the whole house but they didn't care, the people in the house (minus Toshiro) were concerned for her.

Toshiro smiled as he said to them all wickedly. "You see, a Neurotoxin oozes out of those spiked balls, you see. The pin you are experiencing must be very unthinkable isn't it?" He asked smugly. "Well whatever, in that condition you are in right now, you should be incapacitated enough to be captured…"

But no one was listening to him, rather they were all worried for Nana as Mayu was at her best friend, looking at her with extreme worry. And so everybody else, who had recovered went over to the screaming girl

"Nana! Nana!" Mayu spoke with massive worry, but Nana was still in alot of pain. Kevin then looked at Gwen.

"Gwen, use your mana to heal her?" He said to her and Gwen node deer head. But as Toshiro looked at Mayu, his eyes….turned predatory, and licked his lips.

"Well…" He said, making everyone look at him with anger. "A beautiful little flower." He said as Mayu noticed his glaze and got scared, and began to back away. "You know...I have grown tired of playing with Dicloni...that one I just killed...she was fun and all, but nothing beats that of a normal human though...Why don't I try playing with you….hmm?" He asked as he licked his lips with anticipation.

As Ben heard this, his eyes widened…..memories of Mayu's stepfather coming to his mind. This….bastard...he was going to….to….rape her! His friends then got in defensive poses as Ben still kneeled there.

"You lay one hair on her, and you will regret it!" Max said as he stood right in front of Mayu, who was right behind him and frightened.

Toshiro scoffed a bit. "Oh, really gramps? Do you think you can fight me? You're too old. I'll just kill you and your little friends. And once they are done….that Sipilet...she looks fun to play with as well." He said with an evil grin. Everyone got even angrier as they began to get defensive, but then. Something stopped them.

"No…" they all unread so see Ben, a dark look on the boy's face as he stared at Toshiro with much anger...hatred….."Gwen, you and everyone else get Nana and Mayu out of here." He warned. He then rolled up his sleeve to reveal the Omnitrix. And once he did, Toshiro widened his eyes.

"You….you're the boy my father talked about!" He said, his shock then turned into an eager look. "This is interesting, finally I have you in my sight." He then pointed his crossbow at him. "Be a good boy and don't move, and I might let you watch as I have my fun with your little friends over there." The man said with a wicked smile.

Ben then narrowed his eyes darkly at him. He was not….going to let...this bastard hurt the people he cares about, especially not his younger sisters! "You and your father want me?" He asked as he scrolled through the Omnitrix and slammed it, and once the light diminished, he was now Four Arms. "TRY CAPTURING ME NOW ASSHOLEE!" He roared as he then charged at Toshiro, the man tried firing his crossbow, but Four Arms dodged right away and gave a solid punch right at Toshiro's face, causing him to go back and hit the wall, knocking stuff right down off of shelves.

Toshiro spits out some blood. "What the-" but then he was grabbed by Four Arms with his one hand. The large Tetramand groped in fury as his yellow eyes bore into Toshiro's (which was covered by his sunglasses. And what did Four Arms do? He began pounding into him mercilessly.

"WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE, YOU PIECE OF SHIT?!" Four Arms road in anger as he began beating the hell out of the man. "RAPING INNOCENT PEOPLE? THREATENING MY YOUNGER SISTERS?! WELL GUESS AGAIN!" HE yelled as he began beating him some more. Toshiro was now looking a bit worse. His face was being all mangled, blood oozing out of his nose and mouth, Ben was going to kill him...LITERALLY kill him.

Everyone watched with some horror in their eyes. Even Nana, who was held up by Gwen, all of them pretty shocked.

"I saw Tennyson go this far!" Kevin said with nervousness, of course, he too was angry at the man and wanted a piece of him as well...but he didn't want to get in the way...less he wants to get his own ass kicked... Nana and Mayu were just watching with worry, sure that man threatened them...but Ben….he was too kind to do this.

After a few more minutes, Four Arms then grabbed Toshiro's arm and…

SNAP

He snapped Toshiro's right arm, breaking it. Making the man scream in massive amounts of pain. Four Arm then threw him to the ground, now Toshiro was panting heavily as blood was oozing out of his injuries. Four Arms then pressed the hourglass dial on him and he then turned into Diamondhead.

"Alright, asshole." He growled as he grabbed Toshiro by the throat and lifted him off the ground into the air. Diamondhead's arm then turned into a sharp crystal blade. "Get ready…"

Toshiro had finally lost his cockiness and was now worried about his life. "No, please. Let me go." He pleaded. "I'll leave you all alone, I won't come back...please!" But it all went on deaf ears as Diamondhead slammed him into the ground and lifted his blade.

"DIE ASSHOLE!" The Petrosapien yelled she was about to slash the man with his blade, but soon stopped as he felt some hands grab onto him just as his arm blade was an inch away from going right into Toshiro's face. Diamondhead got angry and turned to see who it was, but when he did, his face became a bit soft. Because Mayu and Nana were holding him tight, both girls looked up at him with tears going down their faces.

"Please stop!" Mayu begged him as she gave him a pleading look that pleaded with him to stop with what he was doing.

"Ben...please don't do this." Nana said through her tears as well. Diamondhead was shocked a bit at them, why would they want him to stop? This bastard...he threatened them….wanted to play with them….why would they defend him?

"But….he hurt you…" He said in a soft tone, a tone that was shocked...but at the same time, one of regret.

Mayu and Nana looked at him again with prideful eyes. "I know!" Nana said to him. "But you can't kill him...you aren't like Lucy! You're Ben, you're my big brother….please don't do this!" She said to him with concern. She always saw Ben as a kind-hearted boy, and she would never be able to see it in him to kill.

"Same here!" Mayu said to him. "Ever since I met you, you have been nothing but a joy to me and my entire life! You, Kouta, Yuka, Nana, Nyu, Nozomi. You have all given me something to live off...you saved me from my horrible past….You're a kind-hearted guy, and you're my big brother….please don't do this." Mayu said as she laid her face into his large chest.

Diamondhead was conflicted a bit, part of him wanted to kill that guy….but a part of him didn't though….then he felt someone pat him and he turned to see Gwen.

"Don't do this cousin…" She said to him with a stern but concerned tone of voice. She remembered about the time where Ben was going to kill Kevin when he thought that Kevin couldn't be saved….but this was different, sure this bastard was a monster...but Ben was not the kind of guy to kill people...Diamondhead looked over at Kevin and Max and they both had solemn looks on their faces. Normally, Kevin would be behind Ben all the way…..but he knew that there was a different way to do it, so did Max.

Diamondhead Looked at them all, and then at Toshiro, who was breathing heavily and had blood oozing out of his nose and mouth. The large Petrosapien cooled down a bit and then his arm blade then lowered itself. Toshiro noticed...well just barely due to his eye being swollen, but he did get a close up of the man's face.

"You're lucky, asshole. If it weren't for them...I would have killed you…" He said in a low-yet dangerous voice. The man just squeaked in fright as he was then dropped ruthlessly to the floor., leaving the man out cold. Diamondhead then hit the dial on his chest and turned back into Ben. The boy then looked to see Nana and Mayu, who were still having tears go down their eyes. "I'm sorry…" He said with regret in his voice.

But it didn't matter, the two girls just ran over to him and hugged him tightly. Happy that he was back to his senses again. "I'm so happy you didn't kill him." Mayu said to him. "I hate him...and it did bring me back bad memories of my stepfather….but...but….-"

"I know, squirt." Ben said as he rubbed a tear from her eye. "And I'm so sorry if I scared you." He said as Mayu sniffled a bit as she smiled a bit. Ben then turned to Nana. "I'm sorry if I scared you too Nana."

Nana sniffled a bit as she looked at him. "When I saw you beat him up…..I instantly thought of Lucy and Mariko….I was so scared that you might…...you might…"

"I know." Ben said to them. "I'm sorry...I really am." He said as Nana and Mayu both hugged him again and cried into his shoulders, and Ben himself was spewing some tears as well.

While they did this. Kevin walked over, grabbed Toshiro, and put him on the ground, and Gwen put a mana barrier around him to prevent him from moving. "Listen up dude…" Kevin said with anger. "Who sent you? And you better tell the truth." He said.

Toshiro sneered at him. "I ain't telling you shit!" He said as he spat at Kevin's face, getting blood on the young man's face. Kevin breathed as wiped the blood off. "Ok asshole…" He said as he then got a knife out of...somewhere? And he touched it, and he began to absorb it, turning his whole body into steel.

"Woah!" Nana and Mayu said with awe and shock. Toshiro got nervous and Kevin turned his arm into a blade and held it to the man's neck.

"We can do this the easy way...or the hard way….pick one." The Osmosian said with anger in his voice.

Toshiro, not wanting to get beaten up again, breathed and relented. "Ok...I was sent by my father….Chief Kakuzawa…..he...he sent me to find Lucy and to find a boy with a weird looking watch….which I did over there." He said as he looked at Ben, who was glaring at him hard.

"Who is this guy?" He asked.

My dad is the one who is running the Institute." Toshiro said to him. "He's the one who is capturing all Diclonius…" He said as he then sneered. "He wants Lucy for his own purpose."

"What does he want Lucy for?" Nana said, suddenly getting up and having an agent glared at him. Shocking some of the people there, but it didn't last long as they wanted answers and they wanted them now.

"My father wants Lucy for his own gain. He wants to wipe out all humanity….and Lucy is the key to it all." He said as he looked at Ben. "And you….you ruined his plan by getting rid of that missile!" He said with anger." Ben and a few others were shocked, guess someone decided to squeal….

Ben glared at him. "Sorry bud, but I am not going to let you or your father destroy all humanity. I am going to stop him, I'm going to free all the other Diclonius you trapped here...and you and your father? You will fail." He said.

Toshiro laughed a bit. "Oh? Like some little shitty human like you can stop him? What can you do? I doubt you have a weird monster that can stop us!" He said.

Ben rolled his eyes. "Didn't stop me from beating the shit out of you!" He snapped. "Now you better tell us what is go-"

"Do not worry my boy." A familiar voice said to them all. They all turned to see Professor Paradox, smiling a bit, they made everyone there surprised, and Mayu was a bit scared.

Gwen noticed this and smiled gently. "Don't worry. He won't do anything to you." She said to the younger girl, who was still a bit nervous.

"What are you doing here, Paradox?" Kevin asked with a raised eyebrow.

Paradox smiled. "Well I came here to check up on everybody, and it seems like I walked into a bit of a confrontation." He said. "So….who is this guy?" He asked as he looked at Toshiro with raised eyebrows. They all began what happened and then the professor narrowed his eyes at the man. "I see...well good thing I got here in time."

"Why?" Max asked.

"Well Mr. Tennyson, I came here to let you all know that we are nearly done with that device you wanted them all to build." He said with a smile. "And not only that, but I wanted to tell something to young Nana there." He said.

Nana was still in some pain, but she walked on over to the professor and looked at him. "Is it about Papa?" She asked him.

Paradox smiled and nodded his head. "Yes, my dear. Your father is doing very fine. Along with Shirakawa and Mariko. Your father has been doing many things for some redemption. And Mariko is also attending school right now." As soon as she said this. Nana had a big smile on her face. She was very happy that her father and Mariko were doing much better. "Oh, and one more thing...your father wanted to bring you this." He said as he handed her a package.

Nana took it to open it up to find a yummy looking cake and a picture of Kurama, Shirakawa, and Mariko standing together in what looks like a new home and all of them were smiling. Nana was smiling a bit at the sight of it until she also saw a little note and when she got it, she opened up to read.

'Dear Nana,

I hope you are being a good girl for Ben. I wanted to write to you to let you know that I am doing good. I have been trying my hardest to make up for everything I have done to those kids all those years ago. I have been providing them with info about the Institution and hopefully, that place can be destroyed soon.

I hope you are doing well and Mariko sends her love as well, and she hopes to see you again soon. And as I said before, behave yourself for your big brother and his other family as well.

And to Ben…..I hope...I hope you can help Lucy. I mean I am still hesitant about it….but if Nana is supporting you, then so will I.

Kurama.'

Nana teared up a bit after reading it, and Gwen went over to calm her down a bit as Mayu, who was still a bit nervous about the new arrival, walked on over and joined Gwen in calming down Nana. Then Toshiro who was now unconscious was beginning to stir up a bit. But he was then popped back into unconsciousness by Paradox.

"None of you need to worry about him." He said to them all. "I will bring him back. We will interrogate him, and then we will send him to the Null Void." Paradox said as he grabbed Toshiro's unconscious body and began dragging him to the portal that had opened up. "Oh, and Ben. We are almost done with the device….so we shall let you know when we will come. And also, be prepared, because the Plumbers are getting an entire army and we are going to liberate the whole facility."

Ben looked at him and nodded. "Ok professor...thanks." He said with a smile.

"No problem my boy. Take care, everybody." He said as he took Toshiro and they both left through the portal. Making them both disappear and everyone looking to where they were at.

"Um...excuse me.." Mayu said meekly. "Who was that?" She asked.

"Professor Paradox." Kevin's aid to her. "Basically a weird guy who has the knowledge and has gone through several worlds, timelines, and other stuff." He said, making Mayu look amazed.

"Wow...but...what did he do to that...man?" She asked.

"Well, you heard him." Ben said to her. "He is going to take him back, they are going to interrogate him, and they will send him to the Null Void, a large intergalactic prison for alien criminals. But don't worry...I don't think he is going to survive there." Ben said with a cold tone in his voice. A tone that made some of them look at him with surprise.

"Never considered you for the dark one, Tennyson." Kevin said to him.

Ben scoffed. "That piece of shit threatened Mayu and Nana…." He said with anger, but he then turned to face the two mentioned girls and his eyes softened a bit. "But I am glad you both got to me before I did something I would've regretted." Nana went over and hugged him again, and so did Mayu, and everyone else was smiling a bit at seeing such a good moment.

"Hey," Max said. "I don't want to break up this moment. But we should possibly-"

"NANI!?" They all turned to see Kouta, Yuka, Nyu, and Nozomi, all of them looking horrified and the color drained from their faces. "What….the…..hell?" Kouta asked in a shocked tone of voice upon seeing the destruction.

Ben and the others simply turned nervous and had sweat going down their heads….how were they going to explain this?


And that was that folks. Sorry, it took me so long, I had some difficulty trying to figure out how to write this one up. I say that because I didn't want to just have Bando come and save Mayu...so I went a different route, sorry if none of you like it.

So after this….I need to think it over. But now we know that Kurama, Mariko, and Shirakawa are doing much better. And Kurama has been giving the Plumbers information on the Institute. And the machines they are developing are almost complete.

Also, Paradox is going to bring Toshiro back to their base, then get some information out of him as well, and that piece of shit is going to go into the Null Void :) Also Some of the plumbers are getting ready to liberate the Institute….wonder when that is going to happen….hmmm…

So concerning the revelation….so far it won't happen yet. But we are getting a bit close.

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

See you all next time, and Merry Christmas :)