Disclaimer: I don't own Elfen Lied.

For anyone wondering, yes, there really is an Elfen Lied Fight Game. Just look up Elfen Lied Fight Game on your search engine. Enjoy.

A Game?

In a short while, dinner was finally ready. The table was neatly set. The food was laid out in the usual orderly fashion, from soup to fish. Not to mention, the Kaede residents were together again, ready to begin their meal and chat about how the long, ravishing day was and whatever concern was to be brought up.

"So, uh, how did you think you did on that Chemistry test of yours?" Mayu asked Lucy.

Lucy shuddered and bit her lip in humiliation before looking back at Mayu.

"Why do you ask?" Lucy questioned. "You're three grades below me."

"Oh, I'm just wondering, you seemed stressed out to study for it the last night", Mayu answered.

Lucy lowered her head in further shame.

"Absolutely horrible", she retorted. "My idiot side Nyuu popped in out of nowhere as soon as they passed out the exams. It's no doubt that I failed it to the infinite degree!"

"Well, according to laws of chance, if Nyuu was randomly guessing, then you should have gotten at least a fifth of the test right", Nana calculated with a smile. "Come on, look on the bright side! At least it's better than getting a complete zero, right?"

"What bright side? I did get a complete zero!" Lucy irritably countered. "The whole thing was an essay test! Who said that there's any random guessing there!? All that Nyuu did was draw a smiley face for every question!"

"Oh, sorry", Nana apologized through her chuckles while Mayu giggled quietly on the sidelines.

Yuka paid no attention to the conversation at the other side of the table. She was busy staring at Kouta for the past five minutes. He still had that look on his face. That look of contemplation. He still looked silent. Either way, now was a good time for Yuka to figure out what he was doing running back and forth, checking the outside of the front door every afternoon.

"Okay Kouta-kun", she started off, "You've been scaring me with that attitude of yours for the past few days. You are not yourself. I would have come and talked to you sooner, but you're always locked up in your room. And I know that studying doesn't usually work you up this much Come on, what's up?"

Kouta snapped out of his silence.

"What are you talking about?" he confrontationally asked, obviously trying to fool her. "I'm just studying!"

"Don't you play dumb with me!" Yuka shouted. "Either you tell me what the hell you're doing or you aren't leaving this table alive!"

The whole table fell silent at that instant. The three girls on the other side turned their heads over to see what the ruckus was about. Thinking of a tactful way to get them out of her discussion with Kouta, she eyeballed their plates. Thankfully they were empty. Looks like they were done with dinner.

"Mayu, Nana, you two go and take a bath, but I want you both in bed soon afterwards", she ordered.

"Okay!" Nana beamed enthusiastically as she headed off with Mayu.

"And Lucy-san, you stay here", Yuka added.

"What? Why?" Lucy asked.

"I might need you. Questions."

Now it was just the three of them: Kouta, Lucy, and Yuka. The "interrogation" was about to begin.

"I ask you again, what's going on?" Yuka demanded.

"I'm just expecting something urgent in the mail!" Kouta finally spilled out. "It's my own personal business. You got a problem with that?"

"Yeah, I want to know exactly what. I'm still not convinced that all you're doing is schoolwork."

Yuka then turned to Lucy.

"Lucy-san, can you recall anything in Nyuu's perspective involving him over the past few days?

"Some minor details, here and there. Other parts of it are hazy." Lucy described.

"Tell me what you remember."

"I think Nyuu has been taking interest in Kouta's computer after he started getting hooked on gaming, so she's always hanging around there with him. And I faintly recall that they were surfing the Internet together. Then I saw Kouta find that some new game had come out and he ordered it online. That's all I can remember before reverting back to my usual self that day."

Kouta's face immediately turned into a look of fear after Lucy had finished telling Yuka everything. Busted.

"So…this was what you were doing this whole time…" Yuka hissed as she shook uncontrollably in repressed anger. "A game? A GAME!? I've had to do your share of the household work along with mine! I lost sleep over thinking what you were up to! You've been neglecting your studies all along haven't you?! Gaming?! Since when?! That's worse that you and Nyuu being perverted with each other!"

Lucy blushed at hearing this. Kouta quickly looked at her and gave the "get out of here quickly" look. She nodded and exited the room with haste.

"Yuka, you don't understand!"

"Don't understand what!?"

"First of all, I never neglected my studies! Second, it's very important!" Kouta explained. "I was intending for it to be a surprise. Now that you know early, you have to stay quiet about it until tomorrow afternoon when the game is guaranteed to come in, okay? Please? Everything will clear up by then."

Yuka settled down. She was finally convinced of his honesty.

"Okay then." She said. "Be sure to show it to me and the others when you do get it."

Kouta smiled. Yuka smiled back at him.

"But you have to clear the table and do the dishes for tonight", she ordered. "I'm going to take a bath now."

"Wait!" Kouta called after her. "Aren't you staying to help?"

She stood in the doorway for a moment before stepping out.

"No, that's for screwing me over on chores for the past couple of days."

Kouta let out a deep sigh and picked up the plates…

The next afternoon…

"At last!" Kouta cried out as he came running back inside the inn. "The one thing that I've been looking forward to for three days in a row: The Elfen Lied Fight Game!

"Come again!?" asked Yuka in disbelief.

Everyone's attention within the inn was caught at that instant and they all came into Kouta's room to see what was up.

"An Elfen Lied Fight Game?" asked Mayu. "That's the most unique thing that I've heard to be made for our series!"

"Exactly the reason why I got it!" Kouta answered as he popped the disc into his computer.

"I still can't believe the concept! A fight game?" Yuka now asked confusedly.

"Yes, Yuka-chan, it's a beat 'em up style of a game involving some characters from our series, Elfen Lied", Kouta explained.

After a few minutes of file unzipping and installing, the game was finally ready.

The group of four crowded around Kouta and marveled as he started up the versus mode.

"Yay! I'm in it!" Nana exclaimed. "Not to mention I'm wearing a cool grey outfit with a baseball cap!"

"I'm in it too!" Mayu added.

"Whoa, am I that popular that they made me into three different characters?" Lucy asked as she poured over the choices of Lucy, young Lucy, or Nyuu.

"What!?" Yuka interjected in shock. "I'm not in it? What gives!?"

"Don't feel bad Yuka-chan, I'm not in it too", Kouta said. "But there's also Mariko, Mariko's clone, Anna, and Misaki. Anyway, who's up against me? Come on!"

And so the games began…

Thus Chapter 2 ends. I've got a lot of spare time so expect the next chapter to come in very soon. If this fanfic still sucks, don't worry, better ones still on the way. Still waiting for constructive criticism so, if possible, review. Next chapter, The Games Begin.