Ok guys and dolls, so we are here at what might be a very emotional chapter. So the last chapter ended on a cliffhanger, and now, we continue to where we last ended off at. Where Kouta finally regains his memories.

So what will happen? Will Kouta finally forgive Lucy? Will he reject her? Find out :)

To RonladM40196867: Eh… Me too...sorta. The inspiration was from a story I read on Wattpad by humantrix-X-24 called Ban 10 multiverse One-Shots, one chapter has Lucy in it.

To Starlod Master: Well I showed the flashback to show that Kouta has regained his memory. Thanks. Not really, sorry.

To keyblade: Maybe...I don't know.

To the mysterious Mr.E: Maybe…

To gamecubenut: Well you will see in this chapter.

To Mah Paiton: Thanks. Right. I have played Prototype and Mafia: Definitive Edition, I would play Infamous if they remastered it for the PS4 or PS5. Yeah...good point.

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 was a bit nervous as he saw Kouta giving Lucy a really hard glare. Like before, the tension was very high...Yuka could feel it as well, but she was even more confused by what he said.

"Kouta...what did you mean?" She asked him.

Kouta didn't look away from Lucy, but he didn't explain. "I remember now….Kanae and my dad...they didn't die in a car accident….she killed them both." He said as he glared at Lucy hard, and he was gripping his pant legs really hard. He wanted to do something…..but something else was holding him back a bit.

But this revelation shocked a majority of everyone, but Ben was a bit solemn, and Lucy looked mournful.

"Kouta, pleas-"

SLAP

Lucy grabbed the stinging part of her cheek where Kouta slapped her, this made others shocked as well...but Ben...

POW

That was when Kouta went flying back a bit after Ben punched him soiree in the face, Kouta grunted a bit and looked at Ben with a glare.

"How does it feel, asshole?" Ben asked him heatedly. Kouta immediately got up and wiped the blood from his nose and stared at the boy with anger, and before it looked like a fight was going to break out, Yuka immediately got in between them.

"Both of you, stop this!" she exclaimed. "We shouldn't be fighting like this!" She said with worry. Ben then got a bit irritated.

"Then you should teach your cousin that slapping people in the face will not solve problems!" He snapped. He wasn't trying to be rude to her, but he was a bit annoyed at the fact that Kouta keeps on hitting people, he did it with Nana, and now he did it to Lucy.

"Ben, calm down," Gwen said to him and turned to Kouta. "Kouta if you would just calm down and listen to what she has to-"

"I don't want to hear nothing!" He snapped. "She killed Kanae! She killed my father!" He said as he trembled a bit as a tear went down his face. "She is the reason…." He said with venom in his voice as he stared hatefully at Lucy.

Lucy was trembling a bit as he felt overwhelming guilt building up inside her, she expected this kind of reaction...she couldn't be here….she couldn't face him, but then she felt a firm pat on the shoulder, and saw that Kevin patted her on the shoulder and gave her a look as if to say 'stay here'

Lucy then gave a deep breath and tried to explain again. "Kouta...I know you hate me for what did….and I understand that you don't want to see me….but, please….let me explain….I beg of you….please." She begged him, her pink eyes pleading to him.

Kouta...now he was not in the mood, the memory still fresh in his mind, but he had to remember that Nyu was there as well...he then calmed down a bit, took a breather, and looked at her. "Fine…" He said as he went to go sit down, Yuka followed him, along with Mayu and Nana. Lucy looked at them and felt a bit nervous

"Lucy," She turned to see Ben looking at her with a comforting smile. "I am going to be right here for you….you explain to me what happened, and I believe you." He said.

"Same here," Gwen said as Kevin and Max nodded. "We heard about it from Paradox. And while you did kill them, we know it wasn't entirely your fault, that voice told you to do it...and Kouta lied to you as well. I'm not trying to pin the blame on him but...I mean we are still a bit conflicted but…"

"No...I understand." Lucy said with a sigh. "I mean….but if I only just kept myself calm that night...then maybe that voice wouldn't have told me to do it…." She said as she rubbed her face.

"Well, the past is past now," Max said to her. "Let's go explain everything to everyone else, and they might listen." He said as he patted her gently on the shoulder. Lucy looked up and smiled a bit.

"Ok….I'll try." the horned girl said with anxiousness, and they all went to follow the others.

1 minute later….

They all sat in a part of the house that wasn't...damaged from the fight. And just like before, tensions were really high. Lucy was looking at Kouta, who sat across and had a hard look on his face. Yuka looked over at Kouta and had a look of solemnity and worry on her face.

"Ok…" Yuka began. "I don't know what is going on, but Kouta, why would you accuse Nyu of murdering Kanae and your father? She would never do such a thing." She said to him with a hurt tone of voice.

"She did kill them though!" He snapped a bit at her, "She was on the train that one night when we left….she murdered them." He said.

"Kouta, lis-"

"Yuka….he's right," Lucy said to her with solemness. "I killed Kouta's sister and his father as well." She said to her, this time she was more serious, but still feeling guilty. Yuka….she was just looking at Lucy, then at Kouta, and back at Nyu again...and he trembled.

"You...you did?" She asked with shock and horror, making Lucy nod. "But...why? Why did you do it?" She asked her.

"I want to know as well," Kouta said with some hate in his voice. Lucy gulped a bit nervously and began to explain.

"Listen….When Ben told you all...about my life at the orphanage..is all true." She said to them. "Those kids did treat me with cruelty, and they did kill my puppy...that was the day I murdered them...and their deaths...they're the only ones I don't regret." She said with son malice at mentioning the boys.

The others were a bit shocked at what she said, even out a lost some of his anger to be horrified by what those bullies did, but her killing them….a part of that made them all a bit conflicted...sorta.

"Anyway...do you remember Kouta? That was the day you met me?" She said to him. "You met me and befriended me, I didn't want anything to do with you...but you instead came to see me almost every day." She said to him.

Kouta then closed his eyes and he did remember...she was on her knees..right by that tree….he remembered it all, he looked up to her, his look softened, but still stern and hard.

"And we began to know each other and hang out while you were there this summer….but that when I...began killing more people." She said to them all, shocking them alot. "But I do have a good reason as to why I did it." She then took a deep breather and looked up again. "I...I have a voice inside my head…." She said, and everyone looked at her as if she was crazy but Nana...she looked away a bit.

"And I know what you are all going to say," Ben said to them. "But this isn't like any voice as if to say 'oh she is hearing voices in the head that means she is crazy.' No, this isn't like one of those, this is an entirely different voice...it's kind of...well...it's.."

"Wait!" Nana said to them, making everyone look over at her. "I think….I know what he's talking about." She said to them all. "I remember fighting someone...almost half a year ago….and I heard someone talking to me….telling me to kill...to kill, but I got hurt and the voice went away." This made others shocked at her by what she said, Mayu went over to hold the girl's hand with comfort.

Kouta looked at Lucy and his hard look remained, but it was softer...sorta. Then Lucy began to explain. "I remember her telling me to kill those people, she told me 'humans have no place' and things like 'they will never accept you.' And for a time...I hated them, but I didn't stop, because of her manipulating me to do it, and the more we hung out...it was amazing." Lucy said to Kouta. "Like our day at the zoo."

Kouta looked down as he remembered their time at the zoo together as kids. "Yea….I remember...you got excited about seeing the animals…" He said in a calm tone. "But continue."

"R-right," Lucy said. "Listen...that night..you told me about going to the festival with your cousin….and I asked you if your cousin were a boy or girl...and you said boy….you lied to me." Her tone wasn't that of malice, but sadness. That was when Kouta felt something inside him. "And I wanted to go see you at the festival to say bye...but then I saw you with Yuka. And that was then….the voice came back to me….and I fell for it because I was so upset by you lying to me...she conceived me that you never liked me...and being so scared and in my darkest hour...I fell into it." She said to him. "And that's why...I killed your sister and father...to make you pay...but after you slammed me into the train that night...I realized how much I fucked up big time…"

Kouta….he then widened his eyes at this….at first, he was so angry at her for killing his family...but now..it made sense...it made sense to him, and he got up a bit, making everyone look at him. "I...I need to go to the restroom for a moment…" He said as he then walked away from the rest of the group. Yuka went to go after him, but not before shooting Lucy a cold glare, a glare that made her angry for what she did and then went to go follow Kouta.

Everyone all looked at Lucy, who was looking down and was trembling up some more, the feelings of guilt and anguish swelling over her every being. Mayu then went up to Lucy, prompting the girl to look at her as tears went down her eyes.

"Is what you say true?" She asked Lucy. "This...voice in you...is it really not a psychological thing?" She asked her.

Lucy gulped and nodded her head. "Yes...for the longest time, it has been telling me to kill people...I know it was written, but her manipulations...I just kept on doing it...I wanted to stop, but she...she." Lucy still struggled to speak, but then she felt something...she looked down to see Mayu hugging her gently. "Wha-what are you doing?" She asked in a surprised tone of voice.

Mayu looked up at her as tears went down her eyes. "I never knew how hard your life was….you were bullied, and treated horribly...and you had no one else to turn to…." She said sadly.

"But...I killed people." Lucy said.

"But you were manipulated by...something," Nozomi said as she went over and held onto her hand gently. "I mean...this is so much to take in...but I believe you….and I know you feel so bad and sorry for whatever you have done…." She said. Lucy was shocked, She never imagined that people would understand and know how she was treated as….she looked over at Nana, who then walked over and hugged her.

"I...never knew how hard life was for you." She said softly. "I….I-"

"I know…" Lucy said with a soft tone of voice. "But….I killed so many...I don't even know if I can gain redemption…" Seh said with solemness.

"As long as you have people who care and love you...then you have a chance." Ben said as he went up to her and looked at her, "But the question is….are you willing to work for it though?" He asked her, making Lucy sigh a bit and wipe the tears away.

"I do….I seriously do want to try...I'll do whatever it takes to find redemption!" She said urgently to them all, making all of them smile.

"I'm sorry too." They all turned to see Kouta coming back to them all, and him having tears go down his eyes as he walked up to Lucy. "I know I should hate you for killing Kanae and my dad….but it's my fault as well...I lied to you, I didn't want to hurt your feelings by revealing that Yuka is a girl...but I just made things worse." He then breathed and wiped his face as he looked at her. "You might have killed them...but I had a hand at it as well…" He said with regret.

"Kouta…" Lucy said with sadness and solemnity. Yuka looked on at the sight, there was some guilt building up in her as well. She remembered how she acted like a little girl….if Kouta invited you to be with them...well she would be a bit upset...but she would have liked to meet another person and make a friend. But she too was a bit conflicted about the whole thing.

Kouta breathed a bit before looking at her. "There's no way I can ever forgive you for what you did to Kanae or my dad….but if you promise...to no longer kill people….you can keep staying here." He said to her, making her surprised.

"R-really?" She asked with hope in her eyes.

Kouta nodded his head. "Yes…..because...I still love that little girl I met long ago…" He confessed. "And despite Nyu already choosing...I love her as well." He said to her. When he said this, part of Lucy was happy….but there was another part...that was pretty conflicted.

Why was she conflicted? Because Lucy has been….well..she has been feeling things for someone else, a someone that wears a watch on his wrist. Was she...yes...Lucy couldn't deny it any longer. Lucy...the Queen, has developed feelings for Ben Tennyson, but she still had feelings for Kouta as well…

"Ok...I promise." She said to him, much to his relief.

"Wait a minute!" Yuka exclaimed. "Kouta! You're seriously letting her live here? She killed Kanae!"

"I KNOW!" He shouted at her, shocking her, he then took a breather. "But she told us about why she did it, and she ain't the only one to blame, I also had a hand at it as well!" He breathed in and out to keep himself calm. "If only I told her your real gender...then maybe things would have gone so...bad." He looked back at Lucy again. "I told you Yuka was a boy because I didn't want to hurt your feelings….but looking back on it now...I realize now that I should've told you the truth and be honest."

Lucy then gave him a sad look. "And If I didn't assume the worst and let that voice manipulate me….I never would have gone after Kanae and your father...she told me to kill you too...but you and I were friends, so I didn't want to kill you." She said, but then she looked at him with wide eyes again. "Again….I'm so sorry for what I did...I regret it alot, I think about it almost every day-" but Kouta stopped her.

"I….as I said, I don't know if I can ever forgive you….but...let's move on, alright?" He said, making her nod with approval. "Now...if you could, what happened after that?"

Lucy then explained that due to the voice's influence on her, she went on killing more people, and she was on the run from the authorities. Then one day, she met up with a girl named Aiko, and it seems as if things were coming around...the voice had kept trying to feed her lies, but she wouldn't listen...then one day, she explained how Aiko accidentally killed her father and they both ran to a nearby department store, and they got cornered by Kurama that was when she got locked up in the facility, and how she had escaped, she murdered a shit-ton of guards and got out.

During the whole story, Kouta, Yuka, Mayu, and Nozomi were all shocked and horrified by it all. All of them were very saddened, even Yuka was beginning to feel tears go down her eyes. Kouta...Kouta finally realized just how fucked up Lucy's life was. But the whole killing guards...it made them all...somewhat conflicted though.

"I got the Nyu personality after a benign shot…" She said to them. All. "After that, I fell off and landed in the ocean...and that was when you all met Nyu…" She said to them all, and she looked at them all. "Listen...now you all know….I know none of you could ever forgive me….but I do want to try to change for the better….just...I know you can't forgive me for all the deaths I committed….but, please….give me a chance." She begged as she got on her knees.

"Please….don't get rid of me...please," she begged as tears began to fall out of her eyes and onto the ground. Meanwhile, a sinister voice was inside her.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING CHILD!" The DNA Voice yelled inside. "They don't give two shits about you, they will eventually lead-"

"SHUT UP!" Lucy suddenly yelled, spooking everyone. "SHUT THE FUCK UP AND LEAVE ME ALONE!" She screamed. The sudden outburst from her made everybody jump in fright, Mayu immediately ran over to Max and held onto him, and Nozomi was so scared that she peed in her diaper….again. She then looked up to see everybody looking at her with concerned looks, and she immediately became ashamed. "I'm sorry….." she said as he immediately ran.

"Lucy!" Ben called out, but she ran all the way to the door, not listening to everybody.

(Eyecatch featuring a young Kouta with younger versions of Yuka and Lucy at his sides.)


(Eyecatch featuring Bando looking out into a sunset.)

Yuigahama Beach

Lucy was now on the beach, her knees in the sand as she was crying to herself as the voice still kept on talking to her. "I don't want to talk to you." She said.

"Oh, jeez," The voice said. "Do you really care for all those pathetic humans? Sooner-or-later, they will all betray you."

"No...they...won't," Lucy said firmly. "I have listened to you long enough….I was in my dark place and I let you talk me into killing people….you don't give two fucks about me, you only care for yourself." She said. "And I won't elimi-"

BANG

She then quickly turned her head and saw Bando, with a vengeful smirk on his face. "Finally!" He said. "I get to kill you right here and now!" He said as he then pointed the gun and aimed for her. "This is for what you did to my eyes and my arm! Die bitch!" He said as he then started to fire, but Lucy immediately jumped out of the way.

"Listen!" she said to him. "I don't want to fight you, I just-'' But she immediately used her vectors to block a torrent of bullets Bando shot out.

"I don't want to hear your bullshit!" He said. "And if you can see, I made sure that there was no trash on the beach, so you can't hurt me now!" He said as he then tried to fire more bullets at her.

Meanwhile, Ben (who was now Jetray) was flying all over the palace in the sky, with Mayu and Nana on his back. Now for Nana, she was screaming a bit as she was holding onto Mayu tightly.

"Do you see her anywhere?" Jetray asked them. Mayu, who was looking down a bit looked downtrodden.

"Sorry Ben, but I don't see her." She said, as Nana still kept a firm grip on her. Jetray then sighed and thought. Where could Lucy go? Where could she be? Then after thinking it over some more, he got an idea.

"Yuigahama Beach!" He thought as he then used his accelerated speed to head off to the beachside making both girls scream in fright.

Meanwhile, Gwen and the others were on the ground following Jetray. "Why the hell can't Tennyson turn into Humungousaur? Give us all a lift?" He asked.

"Yea Kevin, let Ben turn into a big dinosaur and expose him to everyone in Kamakura!" she said with sarcasm. Kouta and the others were so lost but were even or in shock of what Bone was transformed into. As soon as they all got back, Kouta was going to ask him to show more forms.

Meanwhile, back at the beach, Bando was now in pain as he was grabbing his nether regions. Lucy was not going to dodge the bullets forever, and despite the voices, he was saying, she was not going to kill Bando, if she did, she would never forgive herself nor would Kouta forgive her...so she decided to use her vector to try to get close and she landed a kick right in his….tenders.

"You...bitch!" He wheezed a bit in pain, Lucy was just standing over him and watching. "You think you can take my groin too?"

Lucy sighed and glared. "I don't want to kill you, you dumbass!" She snapped at him. "Why can't you understand that I don't wanna fight you!"

Bando chuckled through the pain and glared up at her. "Well I do, as I said, it's revenge for what you did to my eyes and my arm as well!" He snapped.

Lucy sighed. "Listen-"

"LUCY!" She looked up to see Jetray and the others coming up to her on the beach, the sight of the Aerophibian made Lucy shocked a bit, but Bando was even more shocked.

"That kid again?" He asked through the pain. Nana and Mayu got off of Jetray and he pressed the dial on his chest, turning him back into Ben. Ben, Mayu, and Nana got a look at Bando and went wide-eyed.

"Oh shit, it's that guy again," Ben said with annoyance. Bando, who got some mobility back in his groin got up and stared him right in the face.

"Listen you, little bastard, I don't care what you are. But you are not going to get in the way of-"

POW

Banos was immediately kicked in the face by Kouta, and he fell to the ground.

Ben smirked and looked at Kouta. "You know, maybe focus on punching guys rather than girls, dude." He said with a smirk but stern tone. That little comment made Kouta look away in embarrassment.

Ben then used his Omnitrix to turn into Big Chill and froze Bando right on the spot, after that, Big hill turned back into Ben. Everyone looked at him with amazing eyes.

"Just how powerful is he with that watch thing?" Kouta, Yuka, Nozomi, and Mayu thought with amazement and shock. Bando wasn't deterred though and he struggled to get out of the ice.

"Let me out, you little bastard!" Bando exclaimed with anger.

"No," Ben said with his arms crossed over his chest him sounding and looking a bit stubborn. Bando looked on and growled.

"You little.." But then he took a glance to see Mayu and went wide-eyed. "YOU!" He shouted. "You knew where she was? And you didn't tell me you little bitch?" Kouta was not too happy about what he called Mayu and was about to tell him off, but Mayu stopped Kouta.

"Don't, Kouta." She said. "Let me explain to him." She said and she went up to the angry Bando. "Mr. Bando, I know you might not want to hear this, but yes, I did keep it a secret from you. But for very good reasons."

"Yea? Like what?" He said with anger. Mayu breathed deeply and she went on to explain Lucy's life to him, the shit she went through, and all the other stuff up until that night, and about the DNA Voice. During it, all, Bando's anger...softened a bit, and he began to feel something...something he hasn't felt in a long time...remorse and disgust. Disgust for the bastards at the facility he was hired by, and he felt remorse for what happened to Lucy.

"Damn…" Bando said with a soft, yet gruff voice. "I...knew you were fucked over so much.." He said to Lucy, but he then glared at her. "But don't think I'm going to forgive you for my eyes and arm!"

"I know...and again. I'm sorry for what happened" She said to him with remorse. "As I said, I was so angry at the time and the voice influenced me." She said as she then used her vectors and sliced up the ice to get Bando out of the ice. The man felt chilly, but he was tough and he would deal with it.

"Well, whatever…" He said as he rubbed his arms. "I dealt with my new eyes and new arm for half-a-year now...anyway kid." He said as he turned his attention to Ben. "What are you going to do about that...voice inside that horned girl's head?"

"Well, the plan is simple," Been explained to them all. "The people in my world are building a device that will allow me to go inside Lucy's mind and take down the voice. They say that it is almost finished, but I beg it will be ready soon." He said. "Now that ain't the only plan...I am also planning on going to that facility and release all of the other Diclonius trapped there as well." This made a few of them look surprised, but Lucy and Bando looked surprised as well.

"Are you serious?" Lucy asked him with shock, making Ben nod his head.

"You're crazy kid," Bando said with a sigh. "I haven't been there long but I have seen some pretty fucked up shit in there done to those kids."

"And that's EXACTLY why we have to get them out!" Ben said to them all. "Why do you think they want to kill and hate all humans huh?" He asked them. "Because of shit like this, and due to Nana and Lucy both hearing the voice, it's pretty obvious that the voice is getting to them all as well...if we get them out and eliminate the voice, then maybe they can get a chance to live a normal life."

Everyone then looked down and thought it over. The band began to see Ben's point, Kurama must have told him lies or stuff, which he was going to ask Nana about later on. But he thought of something. "You got to like what...how many monsters in that weird watch of yours? Why don't you go and do it yourself?" Bando asked.

"Well, this job will require a lot more people than me….and besides...Lucy will have to help me out."

"Why me?" she asked him.

"Duh, you're the queen." He said to her. "And since you are labeled as such, then maybe you might have a chance to try to go to them all." He said, making Lucy look at him a bit, and she simply nodded her head.

"Ok then.." She said, but she wasn't really...so sure about it.

Ben then sighed and looked at them all. "Let's all get back to Maple Inn. 1.) To go over stuff. 2.) Because if we stay here longer, people will begin to notice Lucy and Nana." As he said that, everyone looked to see that Lucy and Nana were out in the open without any hats on, and so everyone scrambled a bit to get back to the house. Meanwhile...a mysterious woman saw them and followed them...slightly behind.


Maple Inn

Ben and the others all sat around a table, Bando was simply standing on a wall with his arms crossed.

"So Paradox got your papers on the guy who runs the facility, grandpa?" Gwen asked him.

"Yea," Max said as he got out a bunch of papers and showed them on the table. "The guy is Hiroshi Kakuzawa, the Director and boss of the whole place." He said as everyone got to a picture to get a look at him. "Apparently, he believes that he and his family are Diclonius themselves due to them having horns on their heads as well."

"Wait, the Director has horns too?" Bando asked. "He is a Diclonius as well?"

"No, he isn't," Max said to them all. "He just thinks he and his family are, from what we've seen, it's mainly just a skin condition, take a good look." He got a picture of Kakuzawa without his horns and showed it to everyone else. "Now compare those horns to the kind that Lucy and Nana have."

"He's right," Nana said. "This man doesn't have the same kind of horns as me or Lucy! This guy really wants to get rid of humanity for this?"

"That's' right," Max said. "He believes that he and his family are descended from honored people of long ago, and now he wants to wipe out all humanity. That one night, he tried to unleash a missile that would explode and spread a virus, but luckily, my grandson got rid of it." Max said as he ruffled Ben's hair, making the grandson chuckle a bit.

"Wait," Bando said as he looked at Ben. "Was that you that stopped it? I remember seeing a big block of ice in the sky and saw some big Ultraman-looking bastard."

"Yep, that was me," Ben said with a smirk.

Bando then sighed a bit and rubbed his head. "This shit is too much to handle...I swear to god…" He grumbled.

Max then looked over at Lucy with a serious look. "Lucy...there's one more thing you should know." He said, and everyone looked at the older gentleman. "This is going to be hard to take in, but Paradox actually got some more info, and well...we found out that...you have a younger brother." He said.

Silence…...silence….

"WWWHHHAAATTT?!" They all shouted together with comical looks on their faces.

"You mean she has a sibling?" Kouta asked with shock.

"Why haven't I been told this?" Ben exclaimed.

Max got them all to calm down and began to explain. "Yes, Lucy has a younger brother. Unfortunately, Paradox's time here was up so he didn't provide me with enough information, but Lucy does have a younger brother. We don't have the information on how he came to be, but once we head to the facility we can find him and get high out of there."

Lucy was trying to take all of this as much as she could, and it gave her a headache. The headache was so great...that she fell unconscious, making some of them worried.

"Lucy!" Ben and Kouta said in unison as they both went over to the girl Lucy looked up and was blurry as she looked at both boys...both boys….whom she loved.

"Kaede…" she mumbled.

"What was that?" Kouta asked.

"My...name-" But then, Lucy fell unconscious, Yuka placed her hand on her head and it felt hot.

"She's running a fever, get her to the bedroom and I'll get a washcloth ready." She said as she went to the kitchen, and Kouta and Ben went to take Nyu into her bed.

5 minutes later….

Bando was now sitting down at the table with Nana and Mayu looking at him, he gave both girls an annoyed look but sighed.

"You know...at first I Was issued off at that girl for what she did to me...but hearing all the shit she went through...I actually feel bad for the bitch….and I did my own share of fucked up shit in the past…" He said as he rubbed his face.

"Well," Nana began. "Lucy wants to seek redemption...and maybe….you could try to get it as well?" She suggested. "I mean you stopped to listen to the story.

"Only because your American friend froze me." He said with a grumble. "But still...your father set me up though, telling me how Diclonius wants to end the world and all that shit."

"But you heard Ben though!" Nana said. "If we weren't treated like rats..then we might be able to get on with our lives. It's only thanks to Papa that I didn't give in to despair!"

"Nana, calm down," Mayu said gently as she turned to Bando. "Mr. Bando…I can see you have some good in you….and I forgive you, despite you threatening my life so long ago...but please...if you could, please stop trying to kill Lucy...and please help Ben take down that horrible man at that facility."

Bando looked at Mayu and then back at Nana, and he sighed. "Well...I might as well. I got nothing better to do." He said with a sigh, and Mayu smiled happily, and so did Nana...sorta.

Meanwhile, the woman who followed them was outside the gate and had a big smile on her face. "We got the location of Lucy!" She thought with glee as she began to run down the street. She did feel bad about the boy's family though… "I'll ask the Director..maybe he can leave that young boy and his family alone." And her mind then thought of Ben, sure she didn't know him, but she saw him as a kind boy...sorta. "Kid...when the time comes...you and your friends will have to leave Lucy and get out of here...for your safety," She thought with guilt.


Alright, folks, the next chapter will be really big! And I am excited to write for it. So as we all saw, Lucy had come out to the others, and Bando is also another one who found out as well. And Arakawa….found out...what is going to happen? We shall have to wait and see.

So the next chapter….wow...it will be a bit crazy..and it will lead to a part of the finale, so be ready folks..because we are nearing the end :)

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

See you all next time :)