Hey fam, so here we are with another chapter of Ultimate Lied. This time it will be a revelation where Ben and his family come out and reveal themselves to the rest of the residents of Maple Inn. And also we will be visited by an old familiar face and more revelations will go downwards….. What will the reactions be? Let's find out.

So I am hoping to get this story finished sometimes this year. I was hoping to get it done in 2020, but you know..crap happens, but still, less hope to see it reach its ending :)

To RonaldM40196867: Same. Same, but you know, it's a fanfic story so who cares right? Well..not really, as you all saw, there is another voice in Ben's mind when he goes to Diclonius, but this voice is a bit more neutral, like she is a bit skeptical of him, but views him to be very interesting.

To Starlord Master: Never piss off a guy with a piece of technology that can take on an entire army! Thanks, you too :)

To keybladelight: Read the chapter...you'll see...Well...I don't want to spoil anything, but they won't travel into the future by accident.

To Mah Paiton: Thanks, and yea it will come as a very big surprise to them all.

To gamebucenut: We got a little while before we reached that, but it will happen very soon. I'm still trying to plan it all out.

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.


Maple Inn

Ben and the others stared at Kouta and the others at the entrance to the dining room. The boy and the three girls looked shocked at the destruction, Ben and the others looked nervous as well, he didn't think that there was going to be a way to talk out of this mess.

"Kouta, list-" Ben tried to explain, but Kouta stopped him and gave him a hard look.

"Listen Ben….today has been a very hard day for us….that women we met at the University had Nyu hostage." He said, making Ben shocked. "But we got her back. And now we come home...to find everything indestructive ruins." As he said this, Gwen could feel that Kouta was a bit peeved and wanted to know something. "I want you to tell me...what happened, no lies…..the straight truth…." He said.

This made Ben and the others look at each other. Ben figured that it was bound to happen sooner or later...but now, it seems like it was now time to come forward and tell the entire truth to them all. Nana and Mayu both looked nervous, seeing the looks on Kouta's face was one of anger and sternness, and they turned to face Ben and could see that he was nervous.

"Alright...we'll explain everything." Ben said with a heavy sigh. "Just….give me a few minutes, alright?" He said as he went to the kitchen to get some air. When he did, he went to the cabinet, got a glass and poured some water into it and drank it up. When he did, he was remembering what Kouta told him...about that woman they saw before...was that the woman in the glasses they saw the night of the professor's death?

"This is bad…" He thought with dread, they weren't followed were they? Well he would find out soon….but still he was dreading about coming out to himself….he expected that this would happen..but he didn't think it would happen on a day like this. As soon as he tried to keep calm, he heard some footsteps and saw Mayu walk in with a worried look on her face.

"Big Brother?" She asked with worry. "Are you ok?" She asked him, Ben turned to face her and sighed a bit as he wiped his face a bit.

"I...I don't know squat. I mean...I kinda expected that this would happen at some point...but I am nervous that they might kick me out or something." He said as he sighed. "I mean the only reason I didn't have a hard time explaining to you or Nana is because you both accept things easily. I feel like Yuka and the others might freak out at me or something, plus how often do people find out that they are living with a boy who is not only from another world, but can also transform into a bunch of alien heroes, huh?" He asked.

Mayu looked at him and then sighed a bit. "Well….that makes sense." She said, but then she walked closer and grabbed his hand. "But no matter what….I'll be here for you...you're my big brother after all, and Nana thinks the same."

Ben looked at her and smiled as he then ruffeld her head. "Thanks Mayu." He said as he then walked out of the kitchen with a nervous look on his face. Mayu saw him leave and got nervous herself.

"I hope Kouta and the others won't be upset with him…" She thought with worry in her mind.

5 minutes later….

Everyone all sat down at the kitchen table. Kouta, Yuka, Nyu, Nana, Mayu, Nozomi, and Wanta all sat on one side of the dining room, and Ben, Gwe, Kevin, and Max all sat on the other side. It was really silent for them all, the atmosphere was really tense, so tense that you could cut it with a knife. Nyu wanted to sit with Ben, but Kouta told her to stay where she was sitting.

Ben noticed that the people on Kouta's side had mixed reactions. Kouta had a stern look, Yuka had a look that was a mix of both concern and stern, and Nyu, Mayu, Nana, and Nozomi had looks of concern on their faces.

"Well...it's either now or never." He thought with dread. "So...who wants to go first?" He asked.

"I do." Kouta said with his arms crossed, he then sighed and stared at him softly. "Ben...for the past year and a half, you've been an awesome guy….but I have been….very suspicious about you. I mean we first meet you on the beach, then you tend to go out sometimes, and you often tell us that you lost the time, and then we find you, Nyu, and Nana all injured!" He then sighed again. "Look...I just want the truth…..just the honest truth, alright? Who are you?"

Ben looked at Kevin, Gwen, and Max and sighed. "Alright...we'll tell you." He sighed and looked at them seriously. "How much do you all know about the multiverse theory?" He asked, making some of Kouta's group look a bit confused. "Well that's ok. Anyway...the truth is...I'm from another dimension." He said.

When he said this, the reactions were kinda mixed, Kouta and Yuka thought he was crazy, and Nyu and Nozomi were a bit confused. Nana and Mayu are the only ones who didn't talk since they knew it.

Ben sighed. "I mean I am still from Earth, but I am from a totally different Earth than yours." He said, but he could see that the others were still somewhat confused a bit.

"So….like what they show on sci fi?" Yuka asked him.

Ben...really didn't know how to respond. "Well...yea...I guess…but let me explain. The reason why I have gone away...was to keep an eye and go help people...with this." He said as he then held up his arm and took his sleeves down and showed them his watch.

Your...watch?" Nozomi asked him.

Ben sighed a bit. "Well...ok , this seems like some ordinary watch...but it isn't" He said to them all. "This watch allows me to transform into different aliens….like...a lot of them." He said to them, their faces were a mix of disbelief, Ben could tell that they didn't believe him and he sighed.

"I figured you wouldn't believe me...so let me demonstrate." He said as he then activated his Omnitrix, much to the others' shock. "I gotta choose one that won't destroy the place….and one that won't scare them to oblivion." He thought as he sorted through. "Hmm...here we go." He said as he then pressed down on the dial and was engulfed in bright green light. When the light went away he was in the form of Spidermonley. "This is one of my aliens, Spidermonkley." He said.

As soon as he transformed, Kouta and a few others (except Nana and Mayu) freaked out a bit.

"W-what the hell?" Kouta said in a freaked out tone of voice. Yuka and Nozomi were both shaking with fright, Nozomi was so nervous she actually went her own diaper a bit. Nyu...well Nyu just simply crawled a bit close to him, making the Arachnichimp nervous a bit...but she then picked him up and hugged him tightly.

"You look so adorable Ben!" She said with a smile as she hugged the monkey tightly, making him gasp for air.

Kevin was snickering a bit at the sight. "Makes me wonder how she would react if she saw that fairy form of his." He thought. Gwen was also smirking a bit and Max was laughing a bit.

Spindermonkey was trying to gasp for air, but jeez, Nyu's strength was strong. "Nyu…*gaps* need….*gasps* air…." He wheezed. Nyu then finally let the alien go, and made him cough a bit.

"I'm sorry…" She said with a face of embarrassment. Spindermonkey then pressed the dial on his chest and turned back into Ben.

Kouta was shocked, so this is why Ben ran off all the time. But something else went on his mind….that night….at Enoshima….that red thing…! "So….that night at Enoshima." Kouta said with shock. "That big red Ultraman guy...that was you?"

Ben gave a small smile. "Yeah, well I call him Way Big'' He said, rubbing his head with some embarrassment. At this point, the residents dindt know what to say, so Ben's friend went next.

"I am just like him." Kevin said. "Well not really an alien, but I am what they call an Osmosian. Osmosians are humans who have unique genetic components in their DNA that allows them to gain some interesting powers." He then explains that his abilities allowed him to absorb things like energy and matter. He then demonstrated by touching some silverware and his whole body turned into metal as well, this spooked and shocked the residents as well.

Then Gwen went on to explain. "I am a genetic human, but is actually a humanoid called an Anodite." She then explained that she got her powers from her grandmother, who was an Anodtie, who are basically energy alien species. She showed them her mana powers and some of her spells. "I can shoot projectiles, form sheils, and have some spells too."

"You're not very good at them though." Kevin said, caugin ehr to elbow him, making him groan a bit.

"Anyway, ignoring my idiot boyfriend, I am skilled in martial arts as well...so yea." She said with a smile.

Max was up next. "Well, I'm not as powerful as these youngrs, but in my youth, I was a member of the Plumbers. Now I know you think that they are the ones who take care of your sinks and that, but these Plumbers are different. The Plumbers of our world are a group of intergalactic law enforcement organizations that protects other planets in the universe." He said. "I know it's a lot to take in….but it's all true." He said to them.

Ben could see that the members were still trying to take it all in, and it was pretty hard, because this all...it sounded crazy to them.

"Ok….you're from a different….dimension or something." Kouta said, trying to take it all in. "So...how did you get your...thing?" He asked Ben. And so Ben began to explain his adventures from when he was ten. And he also went on to details about fighting off villains such as Vilgax, the Forever Knights. And he also explained his adventures from a year ago about finding his grandfather, fighting and saving the Highbreed, fighting Vilgax again, taking on Eon, and saving the universe.

And that is pretty much my story." Ben said to them all. The residents were all...seriously trying to take this all in as best as they could. But it just sounded so...so….odd to them all. Ben sighed and looked at them ."You want to know why I didn't tell you guys? I was nervous…..I was nervous that none of you would believe me and find me crazy, I know I have been with you all for almost half a year…..but I was just so nervous."

At that point. Mayu and Nana both went right over and stared at their housemates. "We're the only ones who knew about it." Nana said to them.

"Wait, what?" Kouta asked in a shocked tone of voice. Seriously? They kept this from the rest of them. Kouta was not too happy about it at all. Yuka could see a bit of anger in his eyes and told him to stop and let her take over.

"Why didn't you tell us?" She asked them in a calm tone of voice. The two girls sighed.

"Ben….he practically saved us." Mayu said to them all, making some of them a bit confused.

"What do you mean by that Mayu?" Yuka asked her, and it made Mayu tremble a bit. For almost half a year, the only ones who knew of her being….touched by her stepfather and abandoned by her mother, were Ben, Nana, and Ben's family...and now...it seems like it was time to come forward as well.

"I…I was touched…" Mayu said in a trembled voice. "By my stepfather…" She said as she was beginning to tremble a bit at the memories it brought her, but she was calmed down a bit by Nana, who held her hand. The other residents of Maple Inn were shocked by what she said, and Kouta was going to ask about it until Mayu stopped him.

"Let me explain….you see….my father died many years ago. And so my mother married someone else…..but he…..he…" She said, struggling to get the words out. The memories coming back to her and making her tremble some more as her body began to shake a bit. At this point, yuka can see what she meant and quickly went over to hug her.

"Shh," she said in a soothing voice. "You don't need to finish up if you don't want to." She said to her. "I...think I know what you are meaning by that." She said as Mayu begna to cry softly into Yuka's shoulder.

Kouta also felt the same. He might be clueless at times, but he knew what she was talking about. "Mayu." He said softly. "Is that why….you ran away?" He asked her, Mayu looked up from Yuka and nodded her head.

"I told Mama….but she wouldn't listen….she got mad at me...for taking him away from her." She said, this made everyone present shocked and horrified.

"Why….." Nozomi thought as a tear went down her face. "Why would someone do that to their own child?" She thought as she began tearing up a bit, and Nyu did pretty much the same.

Mayu calmed down a bit before gulping hard. "And so yes...that's why I ran away….and then one day...I met Wanta and we have been inseparable since then."

"And that's...that's how we met you that day….when you returned our umbrella…" Kouta said to her softly. He then stood up, went over to her and patted her head. "Mayu...I didn't ….I didn't know." He said to her.

Mayu sniffled up as she looked at him. "It's ok...the memories of it still haunt me alot...but...I'm glad I'm here now." she said as she wiped her eyes away. "Because I met all of you….you have all become such a joy to have in my life….because of you all...my life has been better than ever." She said with a smile.

When she said this, Yuka herself then began to shed some tears and hugged the younger girl again, Mayu crying softly into her chest and Kouta, Nyu, and everyone else joined in as well. Mayu then smiled softly as more tears fell from her eyes. She felt at home with everyone there. As the hug was still continuing, Ben took a glance over at Nana, who also looked a bit troubled or something...what was going on?

"If Mayu told us what happened...maybe I should as well…" The honored girl said with solemness. "It would only be fair." She said, before getting everyone's attention. "I have to say something as well." She said to them all…"I haven't been truthful either….you all know by horns right? Well...you see…" She said, as she was nervous to talk. But then she saw that Mayu had come over and grabbed her hand and rubbed it gently and gave a calm soothing smile, showing that she was right there for her.

Nana then saw Ben and his family give her supporting smiles on their faces. She looked at them, and back at Mayu and felt more calm, knowing that she had not only the girl she considered a sister, but also her big brother with her as well. "You want to know about my horns?" she asked, this led to some of them nodding their heads. "Well...I'm not human at all...I'm a Diclonius." She explained. "You see, when kids with horns are born….we are taken to this...facility on an island someplace far away...and the people there….they perform horrible experiments on us all." She said as she looked down in shame.

"So that's why they were trying to capture Nyu!" Kouta thought, remembering his encounter with the soldiers that night. Then he thought of something, a brief flashback occured to where she saw a little girl in a hat….then it turned to seeing bold….and the heads of two people….he then groaned a bit in pain and held his head. "What The hell is going on with me?" He thought. "For the past year and a half..I have been having these thoughts….somethings wrong here…." but now was not the time and place, he now had to get back to the current issues.

Nana then explained further. "You see...my papa...he was one of the many people working at the facility….he is basically..the only one who treated me with kindness and decency." She said with some tears in her eyes. "The others….the would shoot stuff at me, canons…..bullets...you name it." She said as he then felt her stomach. Of course she used her vectors to dodge all of the heavy stuff, but there have been certain points where she had been hit and it hurt like hell.

Yuka immediately ran over and hugged her. "How cruel…" She said in a shocked tone of voice. How could they...do that to such a sweet girl like Nana? She then turned a glance over at Nyu, who also had a silent look on her face as well….something was troubling her..and it might have had something to do with all of this, but she would ask Ben later….

Nana then began to further explain. "You see...one day...I was let out to go and find...somebody…" She said as she then took a glance at Nyu with a small glare, and she sent a small look over at Ben and Mayu who looked a bit nervous. "And I was hurt very badly there….but Ben….he fixed me." She said to them.

"If you don't mind asking...how did you get hurt?" Kouta asked her.

Nana sighed a bit and explained that she got her arms cut off, but Ben turned into something and restored her arms back to normal. This brought shock to everyone. (sans Ben, Gwen, Kevin, and Max) They all look at Ben with widened eyes.

"What is he?" they all thought with shock.

"Anyway..afterwards, Papa took me back to the facility, and made sure I Was alright...but then he sent me away in order to go and live freely, saying that he would come back for me someday….but then that was when I met all of you...and ever since...you have all made me very happy." she said as a tear began going down her face. This made Yuka tear up as well and hug her.

"And were happy to have you with us….we won't let anyone take you away...we promise." She said with a smile on her face, and Kouta went up with Yuka and patted Nana on the head as well.

Ben saw this and smiled big as he saw them simply go along with it. He then took notice of Nyu shuffling a bit and got concerned. "Nyu?" He asked. "Are you ok?" He asked, this led to the horned girl look at everyone and shuffle a bit.

"Oh...uh….no.." She said with nervousness, she then sighed a bit and looked at Nana. "Nana….if what you say is true….and since I got horns….does that mean….I'm from that awful place as well?" She asked.

Nana could tell that she looked nervous, and she didn't blame her at all for it either. "Y...yes..you are." She said to her, and it made Nyu look shocked.

"But...but why? What did I do? I'm a good girl! I really am!" she said, why would she be put in a horrible place like that, but then Ben went up to her and grabbed her for a hug, making Nyu stop with the freaking out and feeling much….calmer a bit.

"We know that Nyu….you don't have to be afraid, we won't let them take you away for us." Ben said in a soothing voice, this made Nyu look at him with her eyes all glossy and she buried her face into his shoulder and calmed down a bit.

Kouta saw thai and he gritted his fist a bit, why...what was he feeling like this? And why was Nyu giving Ben so much attention? He liked her first….so why? He then turned to Nana and looked a bit. "Nana," He said to her. "Would you be willing...to tell us a bit about Nyu? I mean if you are from that place...then you should know a thing or two."

Nana looked at him and felt a bit nervous. She did hear about her from Ben, and it made her a bit nervous a bit. She wanted to tell them...but she didn't know how they would react.

"Kouta….let me explain." Ben said to them all as everyone looked at him. "I know you want to find out, but let me explain ok." He said, and then Kouta sighed and allowed it and everyone began to sit down again, but Nyu sat by Ben the whole time and wrapped her arm around his own.

The tension was really up in the air right now, it was so tense that you could get a knife and cut it like butter. Ben was sweating a bit nervously now. How would they react? What would they say? It was now or never….

"Listen...Nyu is...well A Diclonius, like Nana...but she is….different for the others." He said to them all, making Kouta and the other look confused. "Nyu," He said to her. "In your mind, have you ever….heard or seen anything?"

Nyu looked at him and up in thought. "Well...I do sometimes hear two voices…..but it sounds like they argue sometimes…" She said to him with anxiousness and curiosity.

This made Ben think. "So Lucy and the voice are arguing...most likely about what happened at Enoshima….hopefully Lucy won't fall for any bullshit." He thought with massive hope. He sighed as he then began to explain. "Listen...you all might want to sit and get ready...because this is going to be a long story." He said as Kouta and the others sat down, this was going to be long.

Ben looked over at Nyu to see how nervous she was, and he couldn't blame her in the slightest...this was not going to be easy to explain to them all…. "Ok….so remember that night that Nyu was sick due to Nana...well...attacking her?" He asked, making the others nod their heads. "Well...that night when he brought her to her room, and she was running her fever, I turned into one of my alines named Pesky Dust, he can go into people's dreams...anyway….you see...I went inside her mind and she had a nightmare….her childhood….was not pretty at all."

"But….how does that explain where she came from?" Yuka asked him.

"I'll be getting to that soon." Ben said to her. "Now...I don't know much about her real parents and all that….but she was raised inside an orphanage….in there..she was treated like crap from everyone, no one watned to deal with her, she was bullied by…..three boys who made her feel bad because of her horns and shit like that." He said it felt difficult because he really didn't want to tell them about….the dog's death….but he would have to. "So one day….she found a small dog and they had fun together….but then the bullies discovered the dog one day….and they…..they…." He began to tremble a bit and stutter, the memory he saw was coming back to him and he was beginning to tear up a bit.

Those who were looking at him were a bit concerned and confused, what happened that made him cry and tremble like that?

"Ben…?" Nyu thought with worry as she then grabbed Ben's hand and caressed it a bit, he then looked at Nyu a bit...and while he should smile, he could still see the face of a young girl who had a shit life...and it made him tear up even more.

"The bullies…..they held the dog down….grabbed a vase….and beat it to death!" He said, the words very much choking him up a bit. The memory of seeing such a horrific act coming back to him. When he said this, everyone was horrified at hearing such an act. Kouta, Kevin, and Max were gripping their hands in anger at the thought of it, and the girls had tears in their eyes.

"How could anyone…." Nozomi thought. "Be so heartless and cruel!" she thought with sadness.

Nyu herself was trembling a bit…not just because of feeling upset or angry...but of something else. She couldn't explain it, but she could somehow remember seeing it happen, but it made her groan a bit in her mind….what was going on?

Nyu?" Ben asked her concerningly, and everyone else looked on with the same concern. "Are you ok?" He asked.

"Y-yes….it's just….I feel something." She said, then she then began to feel her eyes get a bit heavy. "I feel….sleepy…" She said as she then felt forward a bit, but Ben caught her just in time and gently laid her down.

Everyone looked concerned a bit. But Ben thought of something, "If Nyu is asleep...thank maybe….Lucy could come out and reveal it to everyone…" He thought. He was hoping...just hoping that if Lucy wefe to reveal everything...then things could work out somewhat.

"Nyu!" Kouta said with worry as he and the others went over to her and looked at her with concern on their faces. But Ben looked at them and reassured them all to keep quiet. "But Ben, she just passed out, what are you-"

"Just listen to me." Ben said to them all with seriousness in his voice, and it made them all look at him. "I know what I'm doing here." He said to them all with sternness in his voice. Yuka was about to protest, but Mayu stopped him.

"Big Brother knows what he's doing." She said to her. Yuka wanted to argue some more, but Nozomi stopped her. Then they all heard some groaning and looked down to see Nyu groaning a bit, she then slowly opened her eyes and looked to see everyone.

"Ben….." She thought with a voice, and when she looked at Kouta, her eyes opened wider. "Kouta…" She said in a low soft voice. Ben realized that Nyu was asleep, and Lucy….had reawoken.

(Eyecatch featuring Ben standing in the middle as he holds the nads of both Nyu and Lucy.)


(Eyecatch featuring Kouta and Yuka standing back-to-back.)

Lucy had reawoken..for the first time in half a year. Now normally, she would panic and start killing, but she didn't. Because she was surrounded by a bunch of people who she was familiar with during her time as Nyu.

"Kouta…" she groaned a bit as she then got up slowly.

"Nyu, are you ok?" Kouta asked with concern in his voice as he and Yuka helped her up a bit. "Are you hurt?"

As Lucy looked at him, she then began to receive some flashbacks from her childhood, that day...that special day with him and her at the zoo coming back to her...but then something else came up….an image that had two figures...one man, and one small child. Lucy then began to pour tears out of her eyes. "Kouta….I can't." She said as she ran from him and the others.

"Nyu!" Kouta exclaimed, what was wrong? Did he say something? He was going to go right after her, but was stopped by Ben.

"Kouta...let me go talk to her, alright?" Ben said to him. Of course he was not very...ok with Kouta talking to her, not out of jealousy, but due to Kouta lying to her those years ago, as it was a main reason as to why Lucy went crazy….

Kouta...he was not happy though….as then...he turned around...and

BAM

He gave a solid punch right to Ben's face, making the boy go flying back a bit into the wall a bit, and making others gasp a bit.

"KOUTA!" Yuka exclameimdas he grabbed him. "What the hell?" She said with anger. Gwen, Mayu, and Nana ran over to check on him and Kevin was about to give Kouta a piece of his mind, but Max stopped him, but the older man was not too happy about his grandson being punched.

Kouta ignored her though and angrily glared at Ben. "Why…." He said slowly. "WHY THE HELL IS SHE SO INTERESTED IN YOU?" He yelled to Ben, who got up a bit and wiped the blood going down his nose. "What is it about you that makes Nyu hold onto your arm, your hand, hug you, etc?" He asked. Ben was about to tell him but Kouta stopped him. "And don't try to talk out of it...I saw her kiss you the previous night!"

Yuka then looked at Ben with surprise and went back to Kouta, is what he said true? Did Ben...and Yuka...kiss? Does that mean….they are going out? Yuka was internally screaming with joy, now Nyu could not be a thorn in her side for Kouta's affection. But then then quickly shook her head, this was not the time to think about it now, she had to get everyone to calm down.

Ben got up and breathed calmly. "Listen Kouta….we can't be talking about-"

"SHUT UP!" He yelled at him. "All this time you have been keeping secrets from us! And now…..all of this stuff." He said as he was breathing a bit. "Different dimensions….aliens….institutions? Like this is so much to take in!" He exclaimed as he then ran off someplace in the house, ignoring Yuka's calls to come back.

"I swear…" Yuka said with annoyance as she went to Ben. "Are you ok, Ben?" She asked with concern. "Let me go get you a towel to wipe off the blood." She said as she then ran to the kitchen for a bit. As she was in there, Ben was looking in the direction where Lucy had run off to.

"Lucy…" He thought with concern in his voice. Then Yuka ran back in and offered him a towel, which he thanked her for and he used it to wipe his nose. "Thanks Yuka...I'm gonna go try to get Lu-Nyu." He said, quickly correcting his wording. "You go tryo to get Kouta." He said.

"Wait, are you sure?" She asked him, and Ben nodded his head in agreement as he walked to the door, where he noticed Lucy running out to the garden area.

Meanwhile….

Lucy was now sitting outside in the garden area by the fountain. She looked downward a bit and also looked up in the sky. "Can I even face Kouta? For what I did?" She thought with sadness. But she was also nervous to see Ben and Nana….she almost killed them both...no….the voice almost killed them….she didn't feel like she deserved to see them. She looked down again as tears went down her face.

"Lucy…" She looked up to see Ben coming towards her with a small smile. "Haven't seen you in a while….almost half-a-year." He said with an attempt to make a joke, but Lucy's frown made it seem like she wasn't happy about it. "Right….sorry." He said.

"Why…" She asked him, making him look at her with a confused look. "Why are you bothering with me?" She asked him again, this time she was a bit angry at him, her pink eyes looking a bit red from the crying a bit earlier. "I ALMOST KILLED YOU AND NANA! YOU SUFFERED INJURIES BECAUSE OF ME! SO WHY ARE YOU STILL BOTHERING WITH ME?!" She yelled loudly. Ben just stood there with a calm expression on his face, Lucy then took a deep breath and looked down. "Why are you bothering with me….I'm nothing but a murderer...and a monster….I don't deserve to-" But she was stopped by Ben. who hugged her, much to her surprise.

"You know why I am bothering with you?" He asked her gently. "Because I don't see you as a monster...sure you killed people, but we both know that you were in your darkest times and the voice was manipulating you...and also I believe that the voice controlled you at certain points as well." He said as he rubbed her back gently. "I am not going to give up on you Lucy….not till the voice is out of your head…" He said to her.

Lucy….well Lucy was just standing there in shock, why….why was he so nice to her? But his kindness….it was breathtaking….and she felt butterflies in her stomach, but at the same time...she still had some feelings for Kouta as well…She just buried her head into his shoulder and cried a bit as she hugged him back.

After a few minutes, the hug got broken up by Lucy. "Ben….I need to reveal you something." she said to him. "About what happened to Kouta's family in the past." She said, making him look at her with confusion.

Meanwhile, Yuka was trying to talk some sense into Kouta. Both were in Kouta's room. sitting on his futon. "What the hell was that all about Kouta?" she asked him with some anger. "Why would you attack Ben out of the blue like that?" She asked him, but Kouta didn't answer her. "What, not good enough to talk to me?" She asked, now a bit more angry. But when Kouta ignored her again, Yuka wanted to scream and hit him...but she didn't, she just breathed in and out and looked at him gently. "Is it about Nyu and Ben?" she asked, now a bit more calmer.

Her question finally made Kouta speak to her, but it began with a sigh as he nodded. "Yes," He said to her. "It's just…something is going on with me about Nyu, you know?" He asked. "It's like….I have been developing feelings for her….and I see her mainly be around Ben, and it….I guess I just got so mad that I lost control." He said as he sighed a bit.

Yuka looked at him and away for a moment, she was afraid that Kouta would have feelings for Nyu...but still she wasn't happy at him taking it out on Ben though.

"Plus...there's something else." He said to her. "I can't explain it...but I feel like I met her before….like before we found her on the beach."

"Really?" Yuk asked him with a raised eyebrow.

Kouta Nodded his head. "Yea, but when I try or think about it...I get this weird pain in my head...it's almost as if my mind doesn't want me to remember or something." When he said that, Yuka widened her eyes a bit as she turned away and thought of something.

"Could it be that….it has something to do with our day at the festival?" She thought to herself a bit.

Downstairs, Gwen and Kevin were beginning to clean up the place a bit from the mess made earlier, with the others helping out.

"I wonder what made Kouta do something like that." Nozomi said as she stil shok a bit from what happened. And the others wondered too….well...not Mayu and Gwen, they had a good feeling as to why kouta punched him like he did.

"Well," Gwen started. "We should wait till they all get back, and they can explain or two. Hopefully Yuka will talk some sense into that idiot." She said with annoyance, not really liking how Kouta hit her cousin.

Nozomi was still trying to process a lot of stuff that was revealed to her today. Different dimensions...institutions...it was a lot to take in. But still she owed Ben since he went with her to her fatehrs. "I don't care where he is from." Nozomi thought. "He is very nice...and if he says he is a hero, then I believe him...at least...he's a hero to me." She thought with a small smile.

"Well, hopefully once everyone comes back, we can all calm down and talk it over." Max said as he helped sweep a bit of the debris.

"Uh...Mr. Tennyson?" Nozomi asked him. "All that stuff Ben said...is it true?" She asked him. "Did he….really become a hero at the age of 10?" She asked him. Max smiled and nodded his head in agreement.

"Yes he did." He said. "And yea he was a bit brash, but he was still a nice kid." He said to her.

"Wow...so amazing." Nozomi said with astonishing eyes.

Back outside, Ben and Lucy were still together, Lucy was crying into her hands and Ben was just looking at her with a solemn expression.

"I didn't mean to do it!" She cried. "I was so mad at him….and that voice tempted me...and I fell for it." She cried. "I regret it almost everyday….I can't face Kouta again...not like that!" She cried into her hands. She told Ben about what happened at the festival, after accepting the voice, she began killing people at the festival, and she followed Kouta and his family to a train and when she got there she killed off his sister and his father and was going to go after Yuka, but then he yelled at her to stop it.

"Every single day...I regretted it so much," Lucy said. "The voice...she would tell me that he deserved it for lying to me….but I know that I went too far when I did it…." She then wiped her eyes and turned around for him. "And you must hate me too for doing such a thing."

"Lucy-"

"WHAT?!" She yelled at him. "I TOLD YOU ABOUT WHY I CAN'T FACE HIM, AND YOU STILL WANT TO HELP ME WHY?" She asked , nwo heated up. "YOU TELL ME, WHY?!"

"BECAUSE I KNOW IT WASN'T ALL YOUR FAULT!" Ben yelled as he grabbed Lucy and held her, he didn't get tight with her but he had a firm grasp on her shoulder to prevent her from leaving. "You need to remember that you felt discriminated against, and that voice in your head was taking advantage of you, and you feel regret for it. If you didn't feel any regret for the killings you commited, then we would have a problem." He said. He breathed and looked at her again. "Do you regret it? Killing them all? Including Kouta's family?" He asked.

Lucy looked at him and then down again. "For...the longest time, I only felt regret for what I did to Kouta. For the longest time, a part of me regretted it, and another part of me felt they all deserved it...and now...I see the clear picture, I feel so bad for what I've done….but…" She then put her hands sto her face. "It might be too late for me."

Ben then took her hands away from her face and held them gently in his own. "Lucy...I believe in second chances, I believe that only a few certain people can get second chances. You know the big guy in there Kevin? He was a punk when we were young. He even tried to kill me at certain points." He said, making Lucy look surprised. "But many years later, he has since mellowed out, and now, me and him are best friends. The only thing is...are you willing to seek redemption?" He asked.

Lucy looked at him and snifeld a bit as she wiped some tears. "Yes...yes I do." she said. "But what about the voice in my head? She despises you...and she won't stop at nothing till she takes control of me and tries to kill you."

Ben sighed. "Then we fight." He said. "I already know a few people from my world are going to build something that will let me get in your head, and once I do...then I'll make sure that voice is never seen again." He said with determination. This made Lucy look up at him with widened eyes, he seems to be dead serious on this.

"Ben…" she thought as she felt her face blush up a storm. All the feelings she had had still been very conflicting for her. But who could she choose? Sure Nyu already chose Ben, but what about Lucy? Who would she like? Kouta? Or Ben? It was so hard, but she still couldn't stop blushing a bit at him though.

But she then shook her head, now was not the time to think about those particular feelings now….now she had to think about who she was going to confess everything that had happened to Kouta….

"I'm nervous that he won't forgive me for what I have done…" Lucy said with some concern in her voice. Ben sighed and patted her on the shoulder.

"Maybe he will, maybe he won't. We just need to see…." Ben said, but frankly he was thinking that Kouta might not though...only time will tell.

20 seconds later…..

Everyone had all gathered together in the dining room area again. This time the place was a bit more tense than it was before.

Lucy looked at all of them and had some shame, when she looked at Yuka, she had a somewhat annoyed look, but did not want to do anything as of now. But when she took a glance at Kouta….she felt shame coming up in her.

"Listen...all of you...I want to explain...about what happened at the orphanage." She said, and she went on to explain it to them, making them all shocked.

"Nyu...you killed them?" Yuka said with shock.

Lucy sighed a bit. "Yes..I did. I know you all might hate me for it...but those kids...there deathes..they are the only ones I don't regret killing….because they killed my puppy, my puppy who didn't even do anything to get involved." She said with her fist shaking up a bit. The memories of her puppy getting killed coming back to her mind, and it made some of them tremble a bit at her. Lucy then wiped a tear that went down her face and faced Kouta. "And then that day...I met you...remember that day? Kouta?" She asked him.

At first Kouta didn't know what she was talking about, but as soon as she asked about that day they met, he then widened his eyes and felt more pain going into his head. He groaned a bit before clutching it tightly. Something was going on with him, something in his brain was trying to spark something in him.

"Kouta?" Yuka said with concern. Kouta immediately groaned a bit as he held onto his head, and he began seeing some visions, visions of his past, visions of things...he doesn't remember. And it was hurting him alot. He groaned even more as everyone present was getting a bit worried for him.

"Kouta?" Lucy asked with hesitation, Kouta gronwed some more as he began to remember something...something dreadful on a bad night...


Kouta's Mind/Festival

A younger Kouta was with a younger Yuka at the festival. Yuka was also hugging Kouta as she was also crying, making the boy look confused a bit.

"Wh-can you stop?" He asked with some hesitation. "People are looking at us!"

Yuka however sniffled a bit. "But it's not fair!" She cried. "We won't be able to see each other for so long." As he cried, Kouta then looked around.

"Why do I get the feeling that girl is here?" He thought as he then looked at Yuka and began to pet her head. "Hey now, you're not a little kid. Stop crying." He said softly, making her and her head and green and they began to walk together a bit, with Yuka having her arm wrapped around Kouta's. He then took a look around and wondered where his little sister Kanae went too, with Yuka commenting that she hopes that she isn't lost. But then they heard some noises and looked behind, there they saw a bunch of people running up ahead and running past them.

"What's going on?" Yuka asked with nervousness, and Kouta looked a bit bewildered at the sight, what was going on? Then they heard someone coming up to them and turned those who it was. It was a man who was wearing a pink shirt and brown pants, this was Kouta's father and Yuka's uncle. "Uncle…" She said with relief.

"Thank god you're both alright." Kouta's father said as he knelt down and patted his son on the shoulders. "Do you know where Kanae is at?" He asked them.

"W-wait, what happened?" Kouta asked him, but his father was persistent on where Kanae was at. "We don't know, we got separated from her."

This made his father freak out. "Separated? Damn...we gotta find her!" He said.

"Wait Dad, what happened?" Kouta asked him.

"They say that a bomb exploded down the street." Kouta's father said, making Kouta and Yuka gasp a bit at him. A bomb? Here? This was scary…

"Kouta! Papa!" they all turned to see that a little girl was standing by one of the stands, she was of small satire, had a similar hairstyle like Mayu's with a red bow in it, she had on a yellow shirt and a blue skirt ad was holding a stuffed bunny, and she had a bit of blood on her face.

"Kanae!" Kouta called out as he and the others went to her fast, l concerned for her.

"Are you alright, Kanae?" Yuka asked the younger girl with concern. After they all gathered around her, Kouta;s father hugged Kanae gently and was happy to see her alive, Yuka mentioned the blood on her.

"Kanae, are you alright?" Kanae's father asked. "Are you hurt?" He asked as he took a notice of the blood and began checking ehr for any injuries, luckily for him, there weren't any.

"A Lot of...people got killed!" Kanae said with a shocked and scared voice.

"People got killed?" Kouta asked with shock, but Kanae didn't answer him, she was busy hugging her father and looking very traumatized by what she saw.

"I saw it...I saw it all!" Kanae said with anxiety, making her father grab her and pick her up.

"You're safe now, let's just go home, alright?" He said to her. As they were standing, Kouta looked at his sister with worry.

"Kanae...what did you see?" He thought.


Enoshima Electric Railway/Gokurakuji Station

Kouta and his family were now at the station about to take off. Yuka was there to bid them all goodbye, and she wasn't happy at all.

"Kouta," Yuka said. "Please promise to come back next year." She said. "Please don't forget about me, promise?" She asked him with a worried voice.

Kouta, who was blushing a bit, smiled at her. "Well of course I'll come back next year, I like you.."

This made Yuka shed some tears in her eyes. "Good, you better not forget about me...I'll keep waiting...as long as it takes."

BOP

Kanae ran and kicked Yuka in the leg, making her wince and Kouta to look surprised.

"Kanae!" Kouta said with surprise. The young gier then ran back to wrap her arms around her older brother, looking fiercely protective.

Yuka however brushed it off and looked on. "You are a good girl, ok, Kanae?" She asked, making the girl stick her tongue out at her, making her shocked.

"Kanae, will you stop?" Kouta said to her, but his father then told them tos stop as the train had arrived. As they were leaving, Kouta looked around for that girl he met...but she did not come, much to his own disappointment. "I guess she isn't coming after all...that's a shame." He thought with sadness.

"Kouta!" his father called from the train, making Kouta snap out of his train of thought and board the train. Once he did, the train started to move. He looked up at the window and saw that Yuka had run to a bridge and waved goodbye to him, and he waved back at her. Once he was out of sight he closed the window and sat back down in his seat.

"It's still a shame that that one girl didn't show up…" He thought. "Well..hopefully I'll get to see her next year." He then looked towards Kanae, who was looking at him with a short glare. "Kanae? What is it?" He asked her.

That was then she then immediately began accosting him. "You're a dummy Kouta!" She said, making him gasp a bit at her. "A big, fat, dummy. People like you should be killed by the girl with the horns!"

This made Kouta really upset and a bit defensive. "What did you just say?" He asked with an angry tone of voice. He didn't like how she was yelling at him.

"I saw her at the festival!" Kanae said to him. "A girl with horns killed those people just like that, she chopped them all up into pieces!"

This is when Kputa angrily jumped from his seat. "Stop acting crazy and shut up! There's no way that happened! Dad said that it was a bomb!" Kanae got her seat as well.

"It wasn't a bomb at all, it was a girl, I know what I saw!" As she said this, her face was becoming a bit red as she tried to hold back her tears, why wasn't he believing her? He was her big brother after all!

This made Kouta even more angry. "You know, I don't like little brats who lie." He said with anger. Why would she make up such an excuse like that? If his dad said it was a bomb, then it was a bomb! Besides...she mentioned a girl with horns, and he..will..he wouldn't even believe that his friend would do such a thing….right?

That was then Kanae ran to the other side of the train in anger and looked back at her older brother. "You dummy!" She said to Kouta again. "You're just a big dummy!"

"Knock it off you two." Kouta's father said to them sharply. But Kanae ignored her father and kept on looking at Kouta.

"I don't care if you believe me or not, but a girl with horns killed all those people, it wasn't a bomb, it was her, all her! I swear it!" But then as she tried to tell him some more, she then felt something...something very chill, she turned around to come face-to-face with a girl who had pink hair, had a shirt on, a shirt, and shoes, and had cat ear-like horns out of her head. It was Lucy.

Once Kanae got a glimpse of her, she remembered seeing her as the one who killed those people and the very sight of her made her scared, her body was trembling a bit as she stepped back, but was stopped by Kouta who had walked up to her.

"What is it now, Kanae?" He asked her with annoyance as he then saw Lucy and gasp a bit before smiling. "Oh, it's you!" He said with a smile. "I didn't know you were on the train, when I didn't see you at the station, I began to wonder." But Lucy…..she really didn't seem to respond to him, just silent.

"That boy lied to you...you dont need him anymore." a familiar sinister voice in her head said in a soothing tone. But Lucy didn't respond.

"You're a liar…" Lucy said to him, making him confused a bit. But then she glared at him as her vectors began to sprout out, she was aiming right for the kill. But then Kanae, in an act of courage, ran forward and pushed her down. Shocking Kouta.

Kanae then ran right up to her brother and began shaking him a bit. "Kouta! We have to get out of here!" She said with fright. "We have to get out of here before she kill-"

SLAP

Kanae held onto her stinging cheek, where her older brother slapped her. Kouta was not happy at all, he was not happy that his sister was making such accusations about his friend and he let her know.

"What are you saying you idiot?" He said to her. "Apologize to my friend right now!" As he said this, Lucy got back up and stared angrily at the young girl. "And if you don't …..than I'll hate you forever!" He snapped.

This led to Kanae nearly crying as tears began to run down her face. Why would her older brother say such a horrible thing to her? She is trying to protect him. "No...Kouta...please don't say you hate me!" She pleaded.

"Kill her now child...he deserves it from lying to you." The voice said to Lucy. the young honored girl was a bit hesitant, but then...she did it..

SLICE

Using her vectors, Lucy slid up Kanae's torso in half, leading to blood spraying up in the air and to get on Kouta as the girl then fell to the ground. Kouta's angr was long forgotten as he then saw his sister's dead body on the ground. He was trembling and shaking a lot at the sight, seeing his sister, her face as tears and blood were on it.

It was a lot and he then grabbed his head and began to let out a blood curdling scream, a scream that made his dad get up and go over to what was happening. But as soon as he did, Lucy used her vectors to slice off his head and blood to spurt out as well. Kouta looked over and was even more shocked at what he saw as his fathers head rolled over to him.

"D-dad?" Kouta asked with shock. Kouta was now standing there, his sister and father's dead bodies on the ground, blood all over the floor, and he too was covered in their blood. He was trembling all over the place as he saw it all...he didn't even scream anymore as he was just in very massive shock.

He then turned to Lucy. "Did...you do this?" He asked in a trembling voice as Lucy was just standing there in a pool of blood, looking at him with an emotionless glare. "WHY DID YOU DO THIS!" He yelled at her in a trembled voice. "I thought we were friends!" He said to her, that was when Lucy looked up at him.

"What are you talking about?" She asked him. "We were friends, that's why I didn't kill you." She said to him.

"You're making a big mistake." The voice said to her in her mind. "You should've just killed him!" But Lucy ignored her. Lucy still looked at Kouta with glare as the poor boy was still trembling with shock.

"And now I will kill that stupid girl." She said as he then walked away from him and the carnage. The voice told her to go back and kill Kouta, but she had ignored her.

Kouta, who was looking on and was trembling a lot heard what she said and got worried. "Wait..Yuka?" He asked with shock, was….Lucy planning on going after Yuka? But why? She didn't do anything! Kouta...despite trembling and shaking, wouldn't let it happen...he just couldn't. He then got up and ran right for Lucy and he tackled her and they went tumbling for a bit until Kouta finally got on top of her and grabbed her shoulders.

"Stop it! Stop it right now!" He said as he then grabbed her and salmled her back into the floor of the train. And he kept on repeating the words to stop it to her as tears ran down his face, many, many times. When Lucy saw what he was doing...her anger was gone and had a look of remorse….she realized that right then and there….she fucked up big time.


Maple Inn

Kouta was still clutching his head as the memory came back to him...he finally remembered that night...the night of the festival. He then let go of his head and he breathed heavily and got up, much to Yuka's worry.

"Kouta?" Yuka asked with concern. He then got up and gently pressed her aside as he went right up to Lucy, his face hard as steel and Lucy herself looking a bit hesitant.

"I remember now….you were that girl….that girl who I thought was my friend….the girl….who killed my sister and father." He said with a trembling voice, everyone looked shocked but Lucy looked remorseful and Ben...he looked concerned..this was going to be hard to explain.


Well, there you have it. The residents of Maple Inn finally get the truth about Ben and his family. And once Lucy reveals herself, Kouta remembers a memory from long ago. How will everyone take the new news? We'll have to wait and see.

So the longest chapter ever right? Lol, so originally, I wasn't going to include the scene of Kouta's flashback, but I figured it was necessary for him to remember that one night. Next time we will see how he tries to handle it all. It might be shorter than this one, but I need to think it over.

Anyway, 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 :)