Enter Number 7

"So the special squad failed?" Said the burnet woman with glasses who walked next to Kurama. Her shoes clanked on the tile floor below her. Her hair was tied back to complete her professional look.

"I'm afraid so." Kurama sighed.

"I was hoping it wouldn't come to this." The woman next to him, Shirakawa, sighed.

"We don't have a choice right now, only she could help us find Lucy." He said as the stopped in front of red doors. Both doors had the number 7 painted on them. He reached down to unlock the doors. The twin doors slid open with a hideous hiss. The two stepped into the room. The scientists looked up at Kurama and Shirakawa. "What is her condition?" Kurama asked them. He stopped in front of the glass to look at the girl at the other end of the room.

Her hair was a rose shade of pink, but her own blood darkened it. Her naked body was chained up to the dented wall behind her. The blood ran down her body like red rivers. She lifted her head with what little energy she had. Her eyes were full of sorrow; her face was stained with tears. "Pa…pa…" The girl whispered.

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Niwa house

Daisuke lied in his bed. It was Sunday; his mother would want to go shopping. But he couldn't pull himself out of the bed. The red haired boy felt more drained than usual. He had trouble breathing through his nose, and his throat hurt. It could only be one thing; Daisuke caught a cold last night.

"Kyu?" With woke up shortly after Daisuke.

"Not now With…" He said with a hoarse voice.

"Kyu?" The little creature was now alarmed. With began to shake Daisuke's shoulders.

"I don't feel good…" He moaned.

"Kyu!" With jumped off the bed, and darted down the stairs. The little white rabbit jumped up onto the table where Daiki sat. He began to jump around, trying to tell him that Daisuke was sick. But Daiki only raised an eyebrow.

"I don't understand what your trying to say, with." He said with a shrug.

With tried harder to tell his message. But a pair of porcelain white hands scooped him up.

"Nyuu!" The ruby-eyed girl cheered, and with forgot the emergency for play.

"Kyu!" The two resumed the same game they played the day before. Daiki couldn't help but to smile at such a cute seen. A laugh escaped the old man.

Emiko walked into the room. "Breakfast will be ready soon, where's Daisuke?" She asked, directing the question to her father.

"He must still be in his room."

"I'll go check on him." Emiko began to walk to the stairs. As she walked; with remembered what he had to say. He immediately jumped out of Nyuu's hands, and followed Emiko up the stairs.

"Nyuu!" She still wanted to play with the fuzzy little creature. She followed up the stairs behind with. The horned girl arrived after with and Emiko. Daisuke's mother was at his side.

"Daisuke, you're burning up!" She exclaimed.

"It's just a bug, mom." He said, smiling weakly.

"Wait here, I'll go pick up some medicine at the store." And with that, Daisuke's eccentric mother left to go get some medicine.

Nyuu was at the red haired boy's side in a heartbeat. Her eyes were full of worry. He looked up at her. "Don't worry, Nyuu, it's just a cold. I'll be fin-" A cough rang out from him.

"Nyuu!" She shouted with worry.

"Ow…" He muttered; that cough didn't help his throat. "Hey, Nyuu, I don't want to bother you but…"

"Nyuu?"

"Could you please get me some water?"

She stared at him with a confused look on her face.

"I guess you don't understand…"

"Wa…ter…" Nyuu managed to say.

His eyes brightened up, it was the first real word he ever heard her speak. "Yes, that's right Nyuu. Could you please get me some water?"

She nodded with a determined look on her face. Nyuu ran out of the room. "Water!" She shouted as she ran. Her eyes flickered across the room, searching for 'water', what ever it was. The horned girl scrambled around the room, desperately searching. She scooped up an item that she thought was 'water'. Her long hair flowed behind her as she ran back to Daisuke's room. She held out 'water' to him.

In her hands was one of his shoes for school.

"Um, Nyuu, that's not water." Daisuke said with a sweat drop.

"Nyuu?" She blinked before putting the shoe down. Nyuu ran back out of the room. "Water!" She'd find 'water' no matter what.

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Number 7

"Papa!" The girl shouted. Suddenly, the sorrowful girl was full of life. "You came to see me Papa! I'm so happy!" She cheered. She tried to get hug him, but the chains prevented her from such an action. Kurama walked over to unlock the chains on her arms.

Shirakawa blinked in disbelief. "Is Silpelit 7 really Kurama's daughter?" She asked one of the scientists who worked with number 7.

"No." He shook his head. "He's here as emotional support for number 7. She is subjected to experiments everyday. If she didn't have Kurama as a father, she would have lost her mind by this point." He said morbidly.

The pink haired girl looked at her freed wrists. They had burn marks from the chains. She let her hands rest on her lap as she sat up the way a child would in front of their parent. The girl smiled at Kurama.

"Nana…" He began.

Her ears perked up. "Yes, Papa?"

"I need your help."

Her eyes sparkled, it was the first time he ever needed her help. "With what Papa? I do anything you want me to! Just ask!" She smiled happily.

"There's someone I need you to kill." Kurama said, loathing asking.

She gasped. Nana never imagined that he'd ask her to kill anyone. She never wanted to hurt anyone, ever. They told her to never harm anyone with her vectors, but Papa was asking her to kill. "I…I can't kill…" She whispered.

"Then please find her. She's a Diclonius, like you Nana. Only you can find her."

Nana suddenly began to cry a little bit, but she quickly whipped the tears away. "Your really mean it?" She asked. Her tears were tears of joy.

Kurama nodded.

"Is this someone who's caused you a lot of trouble?" She asked her adoptive father.

He nodded a second time.

"Then…I'll do my best for Papa!" number 7 cheered.

"Thank you, Nana." Kurama said before walking away. He pushed up his glasses as he entered the room with the other scientists.

"Get her ready for battle."

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Niwa house

Emiko bursted through the door. "Hold on Daisuke, mommy's coming!" She climbed the stairs. "I'm here with the-" She stopped in the middle of her sentence.

Her son's room was covered with random items from around the house.

"Water!" Nyuu shouted, holding out a hairbrush to Daisuke.

"That's not water either…" Daisuke said with a sigh. He wondered how many things she had taken to his room.

Nyuu turned around to see Emiko. She ran up to her immediately. "Water!" She shouted.

"What?" Emiko blinked. Still stunned to see Daisuke's room in such condition. Several objects lay all over the floor. The items consisted of shoes, a toothbrush, hairbrush, a cooking pot, a few books, and other sorts of random items.

"Water water water!" Nyuu pulled on the sleeve of Emiko's shirt. "Water!"

"Water?" Emiko snapped back into reality. "Sure!" The blonde woman quickly ran back down the stairs to get some water. She ran passed her father, who sat at the table with a cup of tea, and grabbed a glass and a bowl. She first filled the glass. My poor baby, his throat must feel all scratchy! She thought as the glass with filled to the top. Next was the bowl. As the bowl filled with cool water, Emiko fetched a rag for his forehead. With the bag still resting on her arm, she carried the bowl, glass, and rag up to her son's room. "I'm back!" She shouted. She carefully walked in his room. All of the items lied in front of her as obstacles to help her baby boy.

Daisuke slowly began to sit up. "Hi mom." He managed a smile.

"Don't talk!" She ordered. "It'll strain your throat." She handed him the full glass of water. He took the glass, and took a deep gulp. "Don't drink it all right away, you need it to take your medicine with!" As she spoke, Emiko began to rip open the little cardboard box. She took out a small pill. "Here, take this with your water." She said. The red haired boy did as his mother instructed. She dipped the rag in the bowl of water, and rang it out. "Lay down." She said to her son. Emiko placed the rag on his head carefully. "Now you take it easy for the day."

"Nyuu?" The ruby eyed girl watched them with worry.

Emiko turned to her, and smiled. "Don't worry, he'll be just fine." She began to walk over to Nyuu. "Lets go so he can rest. Plus, you don't want to get sick too." She took Nyuu's hand, and guided her out the room. That way she wouldn't trip over any of the objects that covered Daisuke's room. Emiko looked at Nyuu's body shape, and began to think. She has the same figure I did when I was her age…I wonder if any of my old clothes would fit her?

She guided Nyuu to the couch, and sat her down. "Wait here." Emiko said. "I'll be right back." She had an excited smile on her face as she ran off to her room. She was in the room that belonged to her, and her husband a long time ago. It seemed too long that he's been gone. Since Daisuke was a little baby… She thought. "I miss you, Kosuke." She said quietly to herself. I'm getting distracted. She shook her head of the thought. Now was not the time to be mopping around.

Emiko walked over to her closet, and opened the doors. All of her newer clothes hung on hangers; the older stuff was in boxes below, and smelled of dust.

"It'll have to do." She smiled, and opened up one of the boxes.

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7's departure

Nana smiled like never before. This had to be the best day of her life. She ran around happily, her black dress flowed with her movements. Her pink eyes glittered in the beautiful sunlight. "Wow!" She cheered. "I've never worn anything like this before!" She said as she looked over her dress. It was a black dress with white collars on her neck, and the sleeves. It was a simple, rather plain dress, but she loved it. Papa had given her this dress, and that's all that mattered to her. "Does it look good?" She asked him.

"Nana, I'm counting on you." Kurama said. Next to him stood Shirakawa. They waited for the pink haired girl by the helicopter.

Nana ran towards her Papa with a happy smile. "Don't worry about a thing, you can count on me!" She looked up at him, now with a serious, but shy look in her eyes. "But before I go, I have a request."

"What is it?" He asked his surrogate daughter.

"Well…" Nana began to blush with embarrassment. "I've always wanted this ribbon." She slowly raised her hand to lightly grab the tie around Kurama's neck. "I was wondering…could I have it?" She asked as her hand dropped back down to her side. "Please?"

Kurama looked down at the rose haired girl, and he began to take off his purple tie. For the first time ever, he was giving her something in person. And for the short six years of her life, spend suffering at the hands of the humans, it seemed like she deserved anything she asked for. He handed her the purple tie, her eyes lit up.

"Thank you Papa! Thank you so much!" She cheered happily. This truly was the best day of her life. Nana couldn't remember a time that she's ever felt such joy in her heart. But her time with her Papa was cut short; it was time to board the helicopter to leave the island hell, and search for Lucy. She waved goodbye to Kurama, and she was gone. The helicopter faded away in the distance.

As the helicopter disappeared into the blue sky, Shirakawa turned to speak to Kurama. "You know, as an opponent, number 7 doesn't stand a chance against Lucy."

Kurama was silent. He knew Nana wasn't a killer, but all she had to do was contact him when Lucy was found. "She wont fight Lucy, we agreed on that." And with that, the Director began to walk away, Shirakawa followed him.

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Niwa house

Emiko smiled as Nyuu emerged from the bathroom. "I knew it!" She said happily. "My old clothes fit you perfectly!"

Nyuu wore a light pink shirt, a red tank top with lace over the pink shirt. Over her legs was a sunny yellow, ruffled skirt. A pair of purple boots covered her feet. And to cover her horns, a green hat, with two poof balls was placed on her head. Over all, she looked absolutely adorable. She could only express her happiness with a loud shout. "Nyuu!"

"I was right, you look so cute!" Emiko gushed.

Just as Nyuu walked out, Daiki walked over to them curiously. He smiled at the sight of the young girl. "I remember when you used to wear clothes like that." He said happily. "The boys were all over you back then."

"I know." She agreed. Emiko wanted Nyuu to try on more of her old clothes, but she had some housework to do. "I guess I'd better get started on the house." She walked away, and Nyuu followed.

"Nyuu!"

"Do you want to help me?" Emiko asked the girl with the maroon pink hair.

"Nyuu!" She said with a smile.

"I guess that means yes." Emiko smiled at her. "This way."

Emiko grabbed a cloth for Nyuu, and one for herself. "All you do is wipe the tile floors gently with this cloth. Okay?"

"Nyuu!" She happily took the cloth from Emiko, and began to wipe the floors as she was told. Her pink hair fell over her shoulders as she eagerly ran across the floors with the cloth. "Nyuu!!" She shouted as she worked.

As they worked, the young red headed boy walked down the stairs. "Hey, I'm starting to feel better." He said with a slightly scratched voice. The medicine his mother gave him had begun to take effect.

The blonde mother dropped the rag, and sprang to her feet. "Daisuke! You shouldn't be out of bed!" She scolded. "You need to be better by tomorrow, you have another thieving job!"

"Don't worry mom, I'll be better by then." He gave his mother a soft smile.

Nyuu, who was in the other room, heard the conversation. When she had last seen Daisuke, he was sick in his bed, and she still worried about him. "Nyuu!" The dark pink haired girl rose to her feet, and started to run to the other room. But she didn't see the Emiko's cloth on the floor. As soon as her foot came in contact with the rag, she slipped, and fell backwards on her head.

The two turned their attention to Nyuu immediately. "Nyuu!" The shouted. But before they could assist her to her feet, she began to rise.

"Are you okay?" Daisuke asked her with concern, but the girl in front of him wasn't Nyuu. Her long hair fell in front of most of her face, casting a dark shadow across it.

Lucy stared at him with her one visible eye.

"Daisuke stay back!" Dark shouted within his head. "Something is wrong with her!"

"What do you mean?" The red head asked his other half.

Just as the two began their argument, four vectors sprang fourth from Lucy's back, all aimed for Daisuke. He was surely doomed. But the vectors stopped before they could touch him. There was something in his eyes that stopped her.

"NO, STOP!" A young, black haired boy shouted in her head. He had blood on his face, and tears running down his cheeks.

"Kouta…" Lucy whispered in a low voice. The vectors retracted into her back. She turned to look away from everyone else in the room. Those eyes…are just like his…She thought. And without another word, Lucy began to walk towards the front door.

"Nyuu, where are you going?" Daisuke asked, and began to follow her. But she didn't answer him. She opened the door in a morbid manner, and left the Niwa house.

"Nyuu!" Daisuke called after her.

"Nyuu wait!" Emiko started to follow after Lucy as well; unaware of the danger she might be putting herself in.

"No, don't go after her." Dark said to Daisuke.

"But Dark-" He was cut off in mid sentence.

"She wants to be alone right now. Give her some space." The violet haired male said in Daisuke's head.

"Fine." He finally agreed, maybe it was better to let her see her surrounds on her own. Daisuke stopped his mother at the door. "Dark says we should let her be for awhile."

"Will she be okay?" Her eyes were filled with worry.

"I hope so." He said as they watched Lucy vanish from sight.

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Nana

She stood at the top of a beautiful staircase, with cherry blossoms next to her in full bloom. The blossoms flew carelessly with the wind to carry them. Some of them landed in her bubblegum pink hair, but Nana didn't really care about that. She arrived a little bit ago, and she could already pick up Lucy's presence. It was difficult to find at first, but then it popped up out of nowhere in the form of a splitting headache. It caused her much pain at first, but she was passed it now. In her hands were two things. One was a brown paper bag. The bag contained all the things she needed to contact Papa when she found Lucy. In her other hand was something more important to her. It was Papa's tie. She put the bag down for a moment, and held the tie in both of her hands. She asked him to give her this ribbon, and he said yes. It was hers to keep, the first thing he had ever given her. She blushed lightly at the memory.

"Papa, I won't let you down." Nana said as she looked at the tie. She lifted it to her head, and tied it tightly around one horn. She pulled it in front of her face, like a headband, she tied it around the second horn.

Lucy was at the bottom of the steps. She can feel me too. Nana thought as she started at her. She already contacted Papa and the others, and they would be here soon. But what if she managed to capture Lucy on her own? Papa would be so proud! She thought with glee. As soon as the thought crossed her, her mind was made up; she would go after Lucy right now instead of waiting for him. She walked down the stairs, till she was only a few steps away from Lucy.

"You'll be coming back with me. Back home."

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I'm soooo sorry this took so long to get out!!! I've had some writers block, and I've been a little busy lately. Don't worry, I'll get the next one out soon!"