Alright Guys... Sorry for the weirdness. When I first posted this chapter I had some reservations. I didn't want to make Lucy seem to weak, which is exactly what I ended up doing, and I ended up nerfing most of the Diclonius race. So I decided to take it down, and redo it. if you've already read the chapter please reread it, I've changed some major plotpoints. again I state PLEASE REREAD THIS CHAPTER! I CHANGED SOME SHIT!

Hopefully, in this version Lucy doesn't seem so helpless. Originally, the way I wrote it seemed like I was just trying to have Riley beat up on Lucy, so I rewrote it so as to remove that arrogance, on my part. Lucy is dangerous for people, even ninja, but she isn't to Riley, We all know who would win in a fight, but when I wrote it the first time, it seemed like I was underplaying Lucy's strengths. Also, I've given Lucy a new power, which you'll see in this chapter, it's an ability she didn't know she had, but she'll learn to control it in the coming chapters.

Hope you all enjoy and please, always let me know it seems like I'm slipping. I don't wanna do that, so let me know.

Polls up so check it out. Anyway, here's the next chapter. Also… I do know that Lucy's real name is Kaede but only Lucy knows that. Plus… she isn't Kaede right now… she's Lucy. Also… when It comes to Lucy's diclonius powers, I'm going with a mixture of the Anime and Manga. She'll still only have her three meter range from Anime, but she'll have a shit load of Vectors like in the Manga. Also she'll be just as agile and combat able as she was in the Anime.

Warnings: Language, violence, sexual content.

Broken Angel

Chapter 50: Nature Vs Nurture

Madara had always taught Riley that battle was the truest form of expression. When you fought someone, truly fought them… you learned more about them, then in a life time of conversations. Could Riley have read her mind? Probably. Could she had made some educated guesses from the Half Blood's emotions? Absolutely. But she didn't want to do any of that guess work. She wanted to know this woman's life story. She wanted to feel her inner rage and anger… and learn just what kind of person this Lucy really was.

This wasn't a fight to the death. This was a battle of wills between a chained beast and an inqusitive hunter. These people all feared Lucy like she was some sort of monster, so Riley would see for herself just what kind of creature she was.

Lucy dashed at Riley at startling speed for a non shinobi. Lucy was powerful by human, and even magical standards. An Auror for instance would be hard pressed to take her down at these speeds, however… a shinobi… like a Jonin… that was a different story. Of course, Lucy only needed to get so close to end it, and where her physical speed wasn't her most noteworthy trait, her vector speed was much faster than any of the other girls Riley had yet to encounter.

As soon as Lucy crossed that three meter threshold, her vectors shot out. Nearly a dozen invisible hands shot towards Riley faster then she had anticipated. Each one moved nearly five times faster than Lucy herself could move, and they were all eager to tear her apart for her earlier insults. Lucy had zero clue what Riley was… but she didn't overly care right now. Her guards were dead, and she was free from her cell. Riley stood between her and freedom, so she had to die.

Faster then Lucy thought possible Riley shot forward. The two were mere centimeters apart, face to face. Riley moved so quickly that Lucy's vectors, weren't able to surround her in time.

Riley delivered a powerful right cross to Lucy's face, that sent her flying back about fifteen feet.

Lucy was quick to stabilize herself. She wiped the blood that was beginning to drip out from her busted lip, and eyed Riley intently. She had never seen something move that fast before. She quickly rethought her game plan and turned to the shredded broken remains of her cage. Her vectors quickly tore pieces off and hurled them at Riley whom danced around the incoming projectiles, her gaze never leaving her attacker.

Riley was walking towards where Lucy was as she avoided the incoming attacks, anytime a piece of broken cage came close to hitting her she would glide out of the way of the strike or hop over it, she was keeping her eyes open for Lucy's vectors. They were the real threat.

Riley was about to advance even further when she heard the massive steel doors to Lucy's chamber begin to open. Riley turned up towards the nearby security camera and stared at it for several moments. She didn't overly care that they saw her, since she was in her adult form, and honestly… Riley was slowly but surely getting sick of hiding behind the angel. She was to the point now where she only needed a bit more time to figure things out before enacting her plans, plus the muggle world had no way of knowing who she was, so whatever that camera saw of her face was pointless. Still…

With a wave of her hand, the camera exploded. She heard footsteps behind her and knew that Lucy had tried to make a break for it, only to be stopped by a team of guards rushing in. Unlike the others, these ones were fully outfitted, and armed with assault rifles.

Lucy grit her teeth and prepared to charge at them… she wasn't going to stick around this place and fight whatever the hell Riley was, when there was a chance at freedom just past these stupid humans.

"I thought I told you worthless sacks of crap to leave." Riley growled as she moved past Lucy and brought her hands together.

"Fire Style: Collosal Fireball Jutsu!" Riley hissed as she shot forth a massive fireball towards the team of soldiers. They all screamed and tried to flee as the massive ball of fire consumed them and enveloped the exit in flames.

"Now… where were we?" Riley inquired as she turned back to Lucy whom was staring at her with wide eyes.

Lucy was worried now… this woman… this angel, could breath fire… she couldn't shield herself from fire. She needed to come up with an escape plan, and quickly.

With a grin, Riley dashed forward. Lucy began to backpedal and waited for Riley to get close.

Right as Riley got close and threw a punch at her, Lucy's vectors shot out. She tried to sever Riley's arm but to her surprise her vectors were stopped by the cloth of Riley's shroud. The Dementor king was nigh immune to all forms of attack, and provided amazing defense. The only attack that did damage was the one aimed at Riley's hand.

Lucy smirked as she saw Riley's hand sever at the wrist. Three of her vectors quickly slammed into Riley's chest and sent her flying back.

"Looks like the little birdie isn't so tough after all." Lucy chided as she advanced. Seeing that Riley could be hurt, meant that she could be killed, and it filled the Diclonius Queen with confidence. Lucy understood that time tested saying of 'if it bleeds, you can kill it', very well. If she could hurt Riley... then she could kill her.

Riley simply stared at her missing hand in annoyance, her eyes twitched from the minor pain, but she had felt worse from Kurama during training. Riley then sent a look to Lucy and then at her severed hand on the ground, with only a look, she summoned it to her, much to Lucy's surprise. She then placed the severed hand on her stump and held it up for Lucy to see. To her shock, Lucy saw the skin fuse and to illustrate just how healed it was, Riley wiggled the fingers and then made a fist.

Keeping her smirk, Riley sent a reducto curse right towards Lucy. Lucy saw the red ball of light race towards her, so she quickly threw up her vectors to protect herself. Much to both of their shock, the curse splashed harmlessly against Lucy's vectors.

Lucy felt something now within her vectors, some form of power that she didn't understand. One of her vectors moved forward a bit and suddenly the power she felt, rushed out of her vector and right at Riley.

Riley dodged the red bolt of magic, in the end it turned out to be 'her' Reducto curse, that had been fired back. It seemed that the diclonius could redirect spells. Lucy looked surprised for a moment as she felt a wave of fatigue hit her, and she felt her vision blur momentarily. Riley didn't know if it was the act of redirecting itself, or if it was Riley's magic specifically that was exhausting her, since Riley's Youki was much denser and heavier then normal magic. Then again... it looked like Lucy had no clue how she had just done that. Riley suspected that she had never faced a magical before, and had never been forced to use her vectors in a fight with one.

Tucking that little nugget of information away till later, Riley launched another attack.

In a flash Riley was right in front of Lucy again, all Lucy could do was wrap herself in her vectors to shield herself from the powerful blow that Riley hit her with.

Lucy felt all of the air rush out of her lungs from the gut busting kick Riley delivered, which sent her flying back.

Lucy landed with a heavy thud and she lay on her side for several moments gasping for air. Suddenly, she shot to her feet as she quickly recalled the threat. To her surprise, Riley hadn't moved from where she had struck her. She just stood there staring. Her figure shadowed out by the inferno raging at the exit.

Suddenly Riley's metallic purple eyes turned red, and Lucy was struck with a massive barrage of Killing Intent.

Out of sheer instinct alone, Lucy cacooned herself in her vectors. She was right in time too, as Riley unleashed a barrage of spells against her makeshift shield. Just like before, she felt her vectors absorb the magic, and just like before, she felt power build in them. The power got heavier and heavier as Riley continued to hit her with spell after spell. Suddenly she stopped and just smiled at her.

Lucy felt her head begin to throb as the sheer weight of the power she built up in her vectors took it's toll on her. After a few moments she couldn't contain it any longer. Her vectors moved and sent nearly a hundred spells flying all over the room. Lucy was almost instantly hit by a massive surge of fatigue, and with that, she collapsed from exhaustion. She tried to stay conscious but she was unable to as her vision blurred and the world darkened.

Silence.

It took Lucy a moment to realize that the room was now silent. She had been unconscious for several moments and her head was throbbing from the demonic angel's attack.

She quickly regained her focus and looked up to find Riley standing over her, her eyes back to being that metallic purple that they were when the fight started.

"You and I are not so different. No… I'd hazard a guess that you're what I would have been had I not found love when I was younger." Riley stated to the downed woman.

Lucy just stared up at her, not knowing what she should do.

"Tell me something… are you nothing more than a monster? Is that all you intend to be?" Riley inquired as she stared down at the woman.

"You came in here and tried to kill me!" Lucy found herself growling as she regained her bearings and focus. She wasn't about to sit there and let this woman judge her.

"No… I came in here to fight you. To see the monster these people fear so much. To see who you really were. Battle is the truest form of expression. It's what I've been taught all my life. I wanted to see if you really were the monster these people feared you to be. I showed you some of my power, and you showed me yours. I understand now, just a bit more then I did before. I now know enough to know that you're not a monster." Riley replied.

Lucy stared at her for a moment before snarling. Her vectors shot out, trying to tear Riley to pieces, but each one passed harmlessly through her.

"You don't know anything about me! You don't know the things I've had to endure! The things I've done to survive!" Lucy screamed at her. How dare this winged harpy claim to know anything about her. She didn't know anything.

"I know you better then you may think. I was once a small girl that was bullied because she was different. I had parents who hated me… locked me out of the house… they treated my twin sister like a goddess, while I was treated like dirt. I know your pain… but… somewhere along the way, I stepped onto a brighter path, while you were forced to walk in darkness." Riley replied in a sad tone, which surprised Lucy.

"How did you..." Lucy began to question how Riley knew that about her, but Riley quickly cut her off with an answer.

"It's in your eyes. I recognize those eyes. The eyes of someone who's been hurt, someone who now has a wall built around them. Once upon a time, I saw those eyes in my own reflection." Riley answered. There was a weighted silence between the two for many moments before Riley finally broke it.

"You have no reason to trust me… and I'm not asking you too… I'm asking you to take a leap of faith. I'm not human… but I have humans who love me. I can take you to a place where no one knows you. Where you can build a new life for yourself." Riley stated as she offered Lucy her hand.

"Bullshit." Lucy sneered.

"It's the truth. As I said... you don't have to trust me. I'm offering to show you." Riley replied.

Lucy just stared at her for a moment, her eyes drifting across her strange appearance… her sharp teeth, her clawed hands, her pointy ears, and weird eyes. Then there was the wings and tails. Lucy always thought that she looked like a freak, but this woman was way more freaky looking then she was and yet… she claimed that their were people, humans, who loved her. Lucy had a hard time believing that. Humans were cruel… and they died to easily.

"The last friend I ever had… was killed because she was my friend. Humans don't tend to last long around me." Lucy muttered, her eyes filled with hate, and sadness.

"Well I'm not human." Riley stated causing Lucy too look up at her.

"What are you saying?" Lucy asked as she locked eyes with Riley.

"I'm saying… I'll be your friend. If you want me to be." Riley stated with a friendly smile.

Lucy felt calm, and serenity ebbing off of Riley in waves. She found herself blushing as Riley seemed to radiate with this tranquil beauty when she smiled. Of course, Lucy being as introverted as she was, immediately sputtered out, "Who would wanna be friends with you?" while still blushing.

"Hey… I happen to think I'm a great friend. Maybe you should just try me out, I think I'll surprise you." Riley countered with a scowl.

Lucy just made a face and got to her feet, ignoring Riley's offered hand.

Lucy sent a glance at the exit, which was no longer consumed by fire. It was scorched black however, and probably not safe to walk on. She could make it through but she found herself pausing. She wanted to find Kouta but she had no clue where he was, or what she'd even do if she found him. She'd probably just tear his heart our again, since that's all she seemed to be good for. Then again… there was this angel… and her offer of friendship. Lucy was hesitant to accept. Everyone wanted something, nothing in this world was free, but she couldn't imagine what she could give this angel.

But goddamn, if the idea of a friend didn't sound enticing. It's something she had always wanted, and she knew deep down… Kouta would never want to be friends with her again not after what she had done. But then again… would this woman? She had fought her, and yet, knowing what Lucy could do, Riley still offered to be her friend, but would she still maintain that offer if she knew the things Lucy had done.

Deciding not to let her heart get broken again Lucy just decided to voice her concern.

"You ask for friendship now… but the moment you learn of the things I've done you'll turn on me. Just like everyone else." Lucy bit out with a growl, her eyes cold and uncaring as she glared at Riley whom simply cocked her head and stared at her.

"The village I lived in treated me like dirt. They hated me and abused me. I left a long time ago, and swore I'd never return. Less then two days ago, I learned that they were using the twin sister that I hated as breeding stock. In a rage, I launched an attack on my old home, and killed over one hundred thousand people. I'll be going back one day to slaughter what decides to remain… and there is about two million people in that village, and I'll most likely end up killing them all." Riley stated in a cold tone, earning a shocked look from Lucy.

"That's impossible. There's no way you're that strong." Lucy hissed in disbelief.

Riley gave her a look, as one of her tails shot forward and grabbed Lucy's arm. Lucy tried to struggle as she was pulled into Riley's grasp.

"Not that powerful, huh? Shinra Tensei!" Riley hissed when the two were face to face. Using Kamui to protect her, Riley released a blast of condensed gravity from her body that tore the facility around them to pieces.

Lucy could only stare in awe as the walls and ceiling around her and the floor beneath her, exploded out in every direction. It took only a moment but she could suddenly see the night sky, for the first time in years.

She saw the island and the base explode outward and break apart into thousand's of pieces. The island pieces rained like meteors down onto the unsuspecting bay. None landed in the nearby city, but the residents were definitely awoken to the huge explosion and the sound a falling debris.

Suddenly, Lucy heard water rushing toward her. She took her eyes off the sky just in time to see a wall of ocean water rushing to fill the hole where the island used to be. With a rush she felt herself flying as Riley pushed herself high into the sky with a single flap of her wings, carrying Lucy with her.

"Trust me when I say this… I am more then powerful enough to end life. The other Diclonius are safe. I took them before I got to you. I'm offering you a chance at a better life… somewhere safe… where no one knows you. I'm offering to be your friend." Riley told her, as she held the woman high in the sky. Lucy was mesmerized for a moment, she couldn't believe she was actually flying, she could hover with her vectors, but never actually fly.

It took her a moment to take in Riley's words. She sent a glance down to the town below. She didn't want to go back there. The only reason she would ever stay in Japan was for Kouta and who knows where he went. She knew he lived somewhere else, but she had no way of knowing where that was. If she stayed in Japan, eventually people would find her, and she might be imprisoned again. After seeing what Riley could do, Lucy knew that she was much more powerful then anything she had ever seen before. Finally she locked eyes with Riley and scanned them for any hint of a lie. Unlike all the other times… the little voice in her head, was whispering for her to go with Riley. It told Lucy to follow her.

Finally Lucy let out a sigh and nodded. With that nod came a rush and she suddenly found herself in a furnished room, sitting nearby was Itachi and Voldemort and across from them was the Ramen Chef and his daughter, Teichi and Ayame.

"Hi guys." Riley greeted with a friendly wave. She earned a smile and wave from the two, while Voldemort and Itachi rose and walked over to speak with her.

"What's going on?" Itachi inquired.

"Nothing major. Keep up the good work." Riley replied as she gestured to the Ichiraku's who both smiled at her, and she smiled back. After a moment she turned to Lucy.

"Come with me." Riley ordered as she gestured for Lucy to follow her.

Lucy did so, and took in the sights around her.

"Where are we?" Lucy inquired after a few moments of walking.

"Slytherin Castle. Located in the English Isles." Riley answered as they walked.

Lucy looked shocked. They were in England? England was almost on the opposite side of the planet from where they just were. She looked outside and found the sun up, just about to set. She really was in a different time zone.

Riley led her to a room on the second floor. She through the door open and gestured for Lucy to enter. The young woman was utterly amazed. She had never seen a room so beautiful in all her life. If was nicely furnished, and extravagantly decorated.

"You can stay here until we get you a more permanent home. On the table over there is a book about magic. I'll place a charm on it so you can read it. It'll explain a lot about this place and the magical world. I'm sure you'll have plenty of questions but please read the book first… it'll answer a lot of them. If you need anything, just call for Dobby…" As soon as Riley said that name, there was a pop and the excitable little elf appeared by his master's side.

Lucy just stared at the creature with wide eyes.

"Lucy, this is Dobby. He's a house elf. He likes to perform chores and make food, and clean. If you need anything just say his name and he'll appear to help you. Otherwise, there are people all over the building, any of the ones wearing cloaks, or masks are on duty right now and can help you with whatever you need. Dobby will bring you some fresh clothes to wear, you have your own bathroom and shower, when you're hungry let Dobby know. Right now, he's working here… but sooner or later, I'll need to get some more house-elves." Riley explained to her. The girl just nodded dumbly as she stared at the creature.

"If you need me for whatever reason, ask for Dobby… he'll show you too me. I need to go get the other Diclonius girls settled and potentially divert a catastrophe." Riley explained and then she turned to head out.

"Wait!" Lucy stopped her, causing Riley to turn and stare at her. "Why are you doing this? What do you want?"

"I don't want anything. This is repayment for picking a fight. Enjoy." Riley replied and then turned and left.

"If you's need's anything. Just call for Dobby." Dobby stated to Lucy as he snapped his finger, and a set clothes appeared. He set them on the nearby table, smiled and then popped away. Leaving Lucy dumbstruck.

It took a moment for Lucy to break out of her stupor, when she did she took another look around the room. Finally she decided to go and enjoy a hot shower… then she'd read that book, and figure out what the hell was going on.

-Meanwhile-

Riley went outside and pulled Hashirama, Chief Kurama and all the girls out of Kamui. She and Hashirama, then had a quick chat about what they were going to do with all the girls. Kurama could take care of Mariko and Nana, but the rest needed a place to live. After a short discussion, Hashirama decided that he would take care of them. They'd build a small home for the girls right next to Riley's and he would take care of them there. Hashirama explained to Riley that the girls were feeding off of Lucy's hate. As long as he was near them, he could negate that hate, with his own positive energy, but until Lucy was calmed, and helped, the younger girls would eventually be driven to kill.

Once that was done, Riley decided to have a quick chat with Chief Kurama.

"Alright… explain in as much detail as you can, the things that Kakuzawa is doing." Riley ordered the man. Kurama nodded and adjusted his glasses. He then got to work on explaining everything he knew, and or theorized. He explained that the facility they had been in, was just a testing lab, that there was a larger facility further out at sea that held many more Diclonius, mostly the older or more violent ones. The only reason Lucy was in the lighter containment facility was because she was too dangerous to move, and by the time the new high security facility had been made, she was already in the original one.

He also explained that on the high tech island, there was enough space to hold thousand's of Diclonius. He also knew that Kakuzawa was trying to manipulate the Vector Virus for whatever reason and he suspected that he was trying to weaponize it.

Riley took in all of his information. She made sure to memorize everything and take in every detail. When he was finished, She knew she needed to do something.

"Alright. Grandfather... look after the girls. Chief, you take care of yours. I'll be heading off to deal with this threat immediately." Riley stated to the two men.

"You plan on taking him on alone?" Chief Kurama inquired with a bit of a worried look. He was sure she could handle herself, but the things he suspected Kakuzawa of doing, would make anyone's skin crawl.

"Nah… I'll take Lucy with me… Revenge is a very good cooling off point, and I think she needs to vent a little. I'll make sure Kakuzawa dies today, and the threat he poses to the world, is ended. For now, you two worry about the Diclonius children… I'll worry about Kakuzawa." Riley told Kurama and Hashirama, before turning and heading off.

Riley quickly made her way back up to Lucy's room. Just before reaching it, she sent a quick mental message to her mates letting them know she probably wouldn't be back for a while.

She arrived at the room, and knocked on the door. It took a few moments before the door opened, revealing Lucy, now in a new set of clothes. Her hair was wet, signifying that she had just come from the shower.

"Wanna go kill Kakuzawa and destroy the other base where they're housing and experimenting on your kind?" Riley inquired. Her reply was a vicious grin from Lucy whom quickly exited and followed after Riley.

Riley led her back through the building, after a moment they reached the front door, though instead of opening it, Riley placed her hand on Lucy's shoulder and used Kamui to teleport them to high above the ocean near where the first island was.

"Hang on." Riley stated as she activated her Byakugan, she used it to scan the nearby area and locate the island. It was about ten miles out at sea, but it radiated with darkness. Not as bad, as what was coming off of Lucy, but it was still sickening to see and feel. Clutching Lucy around the waist, Riley began to fly towards the island.

Lucy made a face the whole time as she was carried, but otherwise didn't comment. At the very least she wouldn't have to swim there.

(Now, for those wondering, let me explain. The first island that Riley destroyed was the island from the Anime. I pretty much set it up the same way the Anime portrayed it. The Second island is the one from the Manga. I know they are the same island, but in reality they're not. The anime never delved into anything deeper about the island so I just made them two different places. The second island is where Kakuzawa is based, and where the Diclonius clones are, and Anna, and where the weaponized Vector Virus is.)

Eventually, they made it to the island. The two sat hidden behind some rock faces about ten yards from a nearby wall, while Riley used her Byakugan to scan the facility. She found nearly three dozen Diclonius in testing labs similar to the one on the other island, those these Diclonius were all older, and or had some sort of special difference to them. Deep beneath them was a large room, where Riley could see a large collection of life forms. Her eyes widened as she realized that the room was filled with Diclonius, hundreds of them. They all looked the same age, and their chakra signatures were all the exact same. Meaning clones.

"They are a breeding a Diclonius army, directly beneath out feet. There's hundreds of them." Riley noted in a whisper, earning an inquisitive look from Lucy, who was wondering how she knew that.

"I can see through walls. It's one of my powers." Riley responded, earning a nod from Lucy.

"Then tell me where Kakuzawa is." Lucy stated with a cold look. Riley didn't know what he looked like, or felt like but she knew immediately when she saw him. She found a man in a wide open office. He was doing paper work, and his aura and chakra were greasy and slimy as hell. This man was as evil as they come.

Riley quickly ran her eyes over the rest of the island, seeing what else there was to see. After a few more moments she stood and started walking towards one of the nearby walls. Lucy followed and Riley grabbed her arm and pulled her through the wall.

Now the two were in the facility. Lucy was only mildly surprised to learn that Riley could walk through walls, but then again she was beginning to understand that there was a lot of strange stuff that Riley could do.

"Which way is Kakuzawa?" Lucy asked. She had heard the man's name before from the scientists and guards. She knew he was the one running this whole operation. If she killed him, then the people hunting her, may be forced to stop. Even if they weren't, this guy had been tracking her for years, and Lucy was more then ready to pay him back for all the hardship he had put her through.

"Upstairs." Riley replied as she pulled out her wand and began drawing a rune configuration into the steel floor.

"What are you doing?" Lucy asked as she watched Riley work.

"Making sure, no one can escape. This rune configuration will seal all doors and windows in the building it's tied to. No one will be able to enter or exit so long as I have this seal active. There is an underground Grotto with a massive deformed fucking thing, living in it, but other then that, there is no open exits to this place, like a cave or anything." Riley explained as she finished drawing the rune. She then infused it with magic and activated it. She felt her magic rush to encompass the whole facility. In a matter of moments, none of the external exits could open.

"One of the girls is caged nearby. Let's start there." Riley stated as she finished her work and rose to her feet.

"Why should I care about them?" Lucy asked.

"Because… I'm your ride out of here, and after you kill Kakuzawa, you'll be stuck with nothing to do while I free the children. This way, we can work together to rescue them, you can work out three years of pent up aggression on the scientists here, and after you kill Kakuzawa, we can leave." Riley replied as she walked.

Lucy simply made a face, but said nothing.

From there, the two began their journey. And it was a sad one.

To see what these girls were forced to endure, the torture they had been living with for year... it was awful. Riley quickly freed each and every child they came across. She was forced to knock most of them out, as many were homicidal and would need extensive therapy with Hashirama and his peaceful nature energy. Lucy meanwhile, was growing more angry the more she saw. She took out her rage on the guards, and the scientists. At first she just cut them to pieces, but after about a half hour, she started to get sadistic, taking off fingers and toes, gouging out eyes, or popping organs in the persons body. She took out her rage on them while Riley did the work of gathering the children.

Eventually they made it to a laboratory. Lucy made quick work of the unsuspecting Scientists, while Riley absorbed their souls. The alarms for the building hadn't sounded yet, as they were mostly centered around, and focused on the girls' cells. The camera's in those cells, experienced some electrical malfunctions before they entered, courtesy of Riley, so they weren't seen. By now though, teams had found the first few sets of bodies and were getting ready to raise an alarm. It'd only be a few more moments, before the whole place knew they were there.

As Riley thought about the collection of knowledge she had just gotten, her mind drifted over something important.

"He's weaponized it. The Vector Virus." Riley stated out loud as she started walking across the room, towards a large door that led to a sealed freezer.

"Why?" Lucy inquired as she followed.

"He want's to infect the worlds population and kill off all human beings." Riley answered as she tore the doors off the Freezer entrance and stepped inside.

Inside was a safe which she quickly tore the front off of. Inside the safe was a canister, which held a glass vial, filled with liquid.

Riley quickly pulled the vial out and absorbed it into Kamui, where she could dispose of it later.

Lucy just stood by, uncaring. The little voice in her head kept telling her to watch Riley. Lucy didn't really understand what it was referring too. It kept saying to look at her, and see her. Lucy had no clue what that meant, and it only left her confused.

Right then, the alarms started blaring.

"We've got one more cell, and then it's up to Kakuzawa's office." Riley informed her partner in crime.

"Fine." Was all Lucy said as the two exited.

They walked right down the hall and into the next room, there they found another cell with the last Diclonius. They were in a viewing room overlooking the cell which Riley immediately passed through. The only person in the room was a scientist whom was busy gathering his laptop when he heard the door open. He screamed out in sheer terror as Lucy approached him.

He backed against the wall and began to beg for his life, but Lucy wasn't hearing any of it. With a Sadistic grin, her vectors shot out and tore him limb from limb.

Meanwhile Riley was approaching the Diclonius girl chained to a wall. Above her was the number 28. Riley approached the girl and waited for an attack. To her immense surprise the girl looked up at her and tilted her head curiously. The child had to be at least eight or nine, but she looked like she was sixteen, by far the oldest Silpelit Riley had encountered so far.

Riley stared at her for a moment, before finally deciding to read the girl's mind. What she found was surprising. This Diclonius hadn't manifested her vectors, and she was completely submissive and compliant. Riley quickly approached her and removed her shackles. The girl stared at her freed wrists with wide eyes, she looked confused by Riley's action.

"Come with me, sweetheart." Riley stated in a kind tone as she offered the girl her hand. The Diclonius just stared at it in confusion, finally Riley reached out and took the girls hand, gently pulling her to her feet.

"Come with me… I'll get you someplace safe." Riley got her up and created a wood clone. She then sent the wood clone into Kamui, where she then sent number 28. With a content sigh Riley turned and headed back up to the observation room, where Lucy was waiting and watching.

"Now that we are done with the tortured souls, can we finally go and kill Kakuzawa?" Lucy asked impatiently. Lucy cared little for her kinds plight, she had suffered all her life, why shouldn't they suffer too? She didn't understand why Riley insisted on rescuing all of them. Most of them were damaged beyond repair.

"Save one life, we save the world." Riley replied as she stared off. Her word drew a curious look from Lucy.

"I don't get it. How does saving their lives, save the world? Why the hell are you so happy? All the things we've seen today, I would've thought you'd be as pissed as I am." Lucy asked with obvious confusion.

"I am pissed. But after what we've seen... I didn't think we'd be able to save any of them. But with Hashirama's help... I know we can. I can feel it in all of them. They can be saved." Riley replied with a smile.

"And the saving the world thing?" Lucy inquired as she followed.

Riley stopped and stared up at the ceiling for a moment before half turning to Lucy, "The world doesn't care about their lives. But to them, their lives matters. Saving each one of them, saves their world. Save one life, and you save that persons whole world." Riley replied in a very warm tone of voice.

"I don't understand." Lucy stated with a confused look.

At that Riley just offered her a chuckle.

"You wouldn't. It's part of a quote, 'He who destroys a single life, destroys the world, and he who saves one life, saves the world.' I basically means that your actions, can affect what another person might consider the entire world. I just thought it fit, but than again, that is my own interpretation. Not right now, but one day you'll understand. And when you do… you'll understand why I'm happy." Riley stated as she continued forward.

Lucy just stared after her for a moment. She kept running Riley's words through her head, finally she began to understand, just a bit. By saving these girls, all of the bad they had done here, all of the killing had been justified. They had saved lives. It was an odd realization for Lucy, she hadn't intended to do anything good by coming here. Just kill Kakuzawa and every human present, and leave the island to rot. But through her actions, by Her and Riley being here, all of those girls would live to have a better life. She had done something good for someone else, and it was a weird feeling for Lucy. Shaking her head, she quickly followed after Riley, eager to kill Kakuzawa and be done with this.

It took only a few moments of travel to make it to Kakuzawa's office. Standing before it's entrance was the man himself, along with about fifty armed guards, each one in riot gear, armed with assault rifles.

"Hello Lucy." The old man stated as the two entered.

Lucy didn't reply, she just glared in his direction.

Kakuzawa eyed Lucy intently. There was reverence in his gaze. Then his eyes turned to Riley and he immediately glared.

"Come with me Lucy… we have so much to talk about." Kakuzawa stated as he extended his hand to her from across the wide open room.

Riley and Lucy shared a glance, both with this look on their faces that said they didn't want to deal with this ego-maniacal bullshit.

"Wanna try something fun?" Riley inquired to Lucy whom nodded in boredom. Riley quickly cast a protective shield over the two of them that deflected physical objects, like bullets for instance. She then unsealed a pile of shuriken from her arm and let them fall to the ground.

"They're armored, let's see who can kill the most with these." Riley stated with a grin.

"Only maim Kakuzawa… I want to play with him." Lucy replied as her vectors began to pick up the shuriken on the ground, while Riley's tails did that same.

"Shoot the winged one, but leave Lucy alive!" Kakuzawa ordered and with that all fifty of his soldiers started firing. They're bullets were blocked by Riley's shield, much to Lucy's amusement and the two began hurtling Shuriken at the soldiers. They had to aim their strikes for the parts of their bodies that weren't armored or padded, like the thighs, or groin, sides of the face, shins, and other small areas. It wasn't a wide target margin so they had to be accurate.

Soldiers dropped left and right, they had their helmets taken off and then shuriken embedded in their skulls, they were hit in the legs and forced to the ground. The first target Lucy aimed for was Kakuzawa's groin and knee caps. She hit all three simultaneously and the man dropped with a tortured cry of anguish.

The rest of the guards were taken down over the course of a few minutes. The whole time, Kakuzawa's secretary was cowering behind her desk, off to the side. She hid there until the shooting stopped. When she finally peeked out to see what had happened, she saw that seventy percent of the guards were dead, while the rest were on the floor writhing in pain, and trying to pull shuriken out of their bodies.

She let out a gasp as someone grabbed the front of her shirt and she was hauled over her desk so that she was face to face with Riley's now blackened out visage.

"Hello." Riley greeted in a sickly sweet tone.

Meanwhile Lucy was hovering over Kakuzawa. The man looked up at her and opened his mouth to try to say something. Lucy put a quick stop to that when one of her vectors shot into his open mouth, grabbed his tongue, and tore it out. The man screamed and gurgled as Blood shot out of his mouth and he thrashed about in agony.

It took a few moments but Riley finished reading the secretary's mind. She learned that the woman was actually a spy for the Japaneses government and she was here to find out what Kakuzawa was planning.

Riley quickly knocked her unconscious with a genjutsu and dropped her on the desk. She then turned back to Lucy whom was just finishing tearing Kakuzawa to pieces. By now the man's hands, arms, feet, legs, hips, dick, balls, and head were in different pieces all nicely stacked together in a pile.

"Well, that was fun. Let's go." Lucy replied with a satisfied smirk as she turned to leave.

"Wait… there's someone in his office." Riley stated as she sensed chakra from behind the door.

"So?" Came Lucy's reply.

"His chakra… it's like yours. It's a Diclonius… but… different then the others." Riley stated as she stepped past the pile of bodies and dying soldiers to open the door to Kakuzawa's office. Inside she found a boy. He looked just like the other Diclonius. He was probably four or five years old.

He had been hiding behind the desk, when he noticed Riley enter. He stared at her fearfully for a moment until he saw Lucy enter next to Riley, with this annoyed look on her face.

"Big Sister?" The boy questioned when he saw her.

"What?" Came Lucy's response. The boy shot out from behind where he was hiding and looked closely at Lucy.

Lucy looked back at him, taking note of the red hair and eyes. The two horns on either side of his head, and the device sticking out of his forehead.

"Who the hell are you kid?" Lucy asked.

"My name is Ichiro. I'm so happy to finally meet you." The boy stated with a big smile as he approached her.

"I think this kid is your brother." Riley noted as she spotted the resemblance between the two. Hearing that, Lucy's eyes widened to the size of saucers.

"Br- Brother? I have a brother?" Came Lucy's response as she stared at the little boy, her eye's filled with disbelief, and also wonderment.

Riley made a face, and quickly turned back to the room of now mostly dead soldiers and absorbed all of their souls, including Kakuzawa's.

She let the many memories simmer for a few moment until the right ones came up. She felt like she wanted to puke, but she kept herself in check.

"This boy is your half-brother Lucy. Kakuzawa kidnapped and raped your mother, in order for him to be born. Your mother killed herself shortly after his birth. Kakuzawa intended for you two to be the Adam and Eve of a new age of mankind. Sick fucker." Riley informed her.

Lucy was quiet for several moments before her head drifted up to the ceiling. She was silent, for what seemed like ages as the younger boy stepped up in front of her. Finally she looked down at him and spoke.

"I'm sorry. You did nothing to deserve this..." Lucy stated, and faster then lightning her vectors shot out. She was inches away from killing the boy, when one of Riley's tails made contact with him, rendering him intangible.

"What the hell are you doing?" Riley growled out as she stepped up next to the child.

"He's tainted! That Bastard just wanted him to use me! I'm sparing him from a hellish future!" Lucy yelled back in reply.

"He's an innocent little boy. Kakuzawa is dead. He can't use him anymore. I just absorbed all of his memories… I know everything he did. This thing on the child's head is a mind control device. It only responds to Kakuzawa. The man is dead, and this child is free. I can remove the device and he can live a normal life like the others." Riley countered.

"But..." Lucy tried to argue but was stopped by Riley.

"He's your brother!" Riley snapped.

Lucy's eyes widened at that. She looked back down at the young boy, whom didn't seem to register what was happening. He was just staring at Lucy with this big smile on his face. He looked so happy to see her.

"Right now… this child sees you as his big sister. He's wanted to meet you ever since he learned of your existence. This is your one chance, to finally have something you've always wanted. You can finally have a family. This boy loves you… he loves his older sister, and he's wanted to meet you for so long. You have the chance to be a sister to him. To take care of him and help him in life." Riley explained to her as she knelt down in front of the boy and began to remove the device from his head. It was attached to a chip hooked to his brain, which Riley used Kamui to safely remove.

"I wouldn't be a good big sister. He can never have a decent life with me." Lucy stated with obvious sadness as she took a step back.

"You don't know that. You've never been an older sibling before. You don't know what it means to have a sibling to protect and guide. Until you've lived that life, you can't honestly say he wouldn't have a good life with you." Riley replied.

"I've been hunted for years. I wont bring him into that life. I wont force him to always be on the run. Always having to kill in order to survive." Lucy replied with a shake of her head.

"You wont have to run this time. No one knows you in Britain. You can start over, live whatever life you want. Don't deny yourself a chance at happiness, because of fear." Riley countered.

Lucy stared at Riley with a hard look, for several moments before finally huffing and looking out a nearby window.

Riley gave Lucy an inquisitive look, but quickly turned to the boy, and focused on him.

For almost a full five minutes Riley and the child stared at each other. Lucy didn't know what Riley was doing, but at the moment she didn't care. She kept staring out the window, but occasionally she would glance at the little redheaded boy… he had looked so happy to see her… she couldn't help shaking the feeling that maybe… just maybe… No! he was Kakuzawa's spawn. No matter what she did, there would always be that fear that somehow the boy would take after his father.

"Alright… Let's go Ichiro." Riley stated as she took the child's hand.

"Okay." The boy replied with a tired smile.

"What did you just do?" Lucy asked, as she noticed the weary tired look on the child's face, a stark contrast to the energetic smile she had seen mere moments ago.

"I used mind magic to erase any memories of Kakuzawa. And I altered those where he learned about you, so that he won't ever remember how he knows of you, only that he does. Kakuzawa has no grip on him and longer." Riley explained much to Lucy's surprise.

Lucy looked like she wanted to say something. She was obviously having an internal struggle with herself. Riley quickly made a few wood clones to go and finish off the rest of the personnel at the base, and to destroy the army of Silpelit clones in the basement. Meanwhile, Riley, Lucy and Ichiro left.

Riley's clones erased any evidence of they're presence there, if any magical investigated this crime, it would look like the work of an escaped Diclonius and a shinobi. Which could be inferred as a ninja attack which led to a diclonius getting out.

Needless to say the clones wiped out the diclonius clone abominations and dispatched Anna Kakuzawa, and her grotesque blobby form, in the Grotto.

The day had been saved, and the threat of annihilation by Kakuzawa had been thwarted. Riley destroyed the weaponized virus spores with Amaturasu. Without it, they couldn't be used to infect the worlds population.

Riley took the group back to Britain, along with all of the recued children, and added them to the collection. Hashirama was already busy building his orphanage, while the girls sat and watched. He was currently flooding the area with calming, tranquil nature energy to soothe the girls. Riley combined the two groups, and kept them all close to Hashirama.

It took about a good hour for Hashirama to build the large three story building to house the girls. Once he was done, he called Dobby to begin furnishing it. The building was located about a hundred yards from Riley's home outside of London, and it would serve as the place where the Diclonius children could grow and learn in peace. Lucy was returned to Slytherin castle where she locked herself in her room.

Things were pretty hectic from that point on. Over the next few days, more Shinobi and civilians from those capture, either joined or left, with the most noteworthy being the Aburame, whom decided to join.

All in all… things were proceeding nicely. The Diclonius children were being raised in safety, and the world was once again calming down. On one of her trips back to Slytherin castle a few days later, Riley had brought Ichiro to see Lucy. Needless to say, all Lucy did was sit there and stare at the boy, while he talked and talked and talked. He went on and on about all the fun he was having and that it was so nice to have a comfy bed to sleep in. Riley hoped that over time Lucy would soften up and accept her little brother.

In the end… The Nature versus nurture argument was settled. No child was born bad. As long as they were raised right, and with loving families… any kid would turn out right. It was all a matter of parenting and love.

Hashirama now lived out of the Orphanage, and was busy planting a forest around it. He filled the forest with his nature energy to help calm the girls and keep them focused. While he took care of the Silpelits, Riley would handle the Queen. She needed to find a way to calm Lucy down, otherwise the Silpelits would remain angry at humanity.

It was around five days after building the orphanage when Kurama called Riley into her mindscape.

"What's up Kurama?" Riley asked the giant fox.

"That." Kurama responded as he pointed at a purplish, reddish hand floating about ten yards off.

"What the fuck is that?" Riley asked with a bit of disgust.

"That is the Shinigami's hand. It just remanifested in here." Kurama replied.

"Gross. What do we do with it?" Riley inquired.

"That's what I would like to talk about." Came a ghastly voice.

Both of them turned to see the Shinigami manifest behind them. The creature was missing it's hand, and looked generally upset.

"Eh… shit." Riley muttered.

-To Be Continued-

Okay… that's it for this chapter. Hoped you liked it. I haven't ever read a Elfen Lied story where Lucy's brother is kept alive, so I went with it here. Her first instinct was to kill him, since he was Kakuzawa's spawn, but over time I think she'll warm up to him. The biggest one will be Ichiro, who'll bond with Lucy over the course of the story. Right now Lucy doesn't trust anything, and while she wants to have a family she doesn't trust life to not screw with her, so she's hesitant to accept Ichiro into her life. When it comes to Lucy's DNA voice, remember what I stated, she's a half demon, Riley is a full blooded Archdemon. Instinctively, the first thing Lucy's DNA would want to do is breed with Riley, so that's why it's telling her to follow Riley and watch her. I hope you enjoy.

I also wonder what the Shinigami wants to talk about. Could have something to do with his missing hand. Maybe he wants to make a trade. Could be interesting.

Getting to work on the next chapter now. Oh and the new body guard poll is up. I'll pick the top ones that I and you the fans, like. So get to voting. JA NE!

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