Before Lucy knew it, the next episode was playing. She wanted to cry out to stop now, but it was too late.

The episode starts with Nana and Lucy on the stone steps.

Nana: I'm going to go home, and you're coming with me. Its no use running away.

Nana puts down her paper bag.

Nana: I've already told them I found you, they know you're here.

The camera shows communication equipment inside the bag. Lucy stands up.

Nana: Whats next? Will you kill me too?

Lucy: So far, I've never been forced to kill one of our species.

Nana: Our species?

Lucy attempts to walk away.

Nana: Please, wait a minute.

Lucy waits.

Nana: You know, they wont let me go back home. Not until... not until I bring you back with me.

She then gasps. The camera shows Lucy using her vectors to touch Nana.

Lucy: Stand still. Its as easy as moving an artery in your brain. My lightest touch would kill you.

Her vectors are shown to be penetrating through Nana.

'They can go through people too!' Kouta thinks. That was a scary thought. Someone being able to mess with your insides without your knowledge.

She then retracts her vectors, the one aimed at her brain last.

Lucy: Go home.

Lucy try's walking away again.

'Please take the out, Nana.' Kouta thought. She had to, otherwise she wouldn't be here.

Mayu can't keep the depressed look from her face knowing how that fight went and the repercussions of it the Nana has to live with.

Nana: Hold on!

Lucy quickly looks back and slaps Nana into the wall with her vectors.

Lucy flinched as if slapped herself. It would begin.

Blood drops from Nana's mouth.

Lucy: I was going to let you go, after all, there aren't that many of us out there. But you're just such a pain in the ass.

Nana grows an angry look.

Nana: I'm a pain.

Lucy looks back as Nana returns to her feet.

Nana: Thats not pain. I'll show you what pain is!

Nana throws out her own vectors which Lucy jumps away from. Lucy is then knocked away and sent flying into the graveyard, kicking up a cloud of dust.

"Wha! How did you survive getting hit so hard?" Mayu asks. With the distance Nana sent Lucy flying, that should have killed her.

"Diclonius can take more punishment than humans." Lucy explains, hating how she had worded her answer. "We also have a very minor healing factor."

When the cloud clears, it shows Lucy propped up in a siting position on one of the graves. Lucy breathes heavily as she looked up to Nana. Nana extends a vector which she uses to choke Lucy. She then lifts her into the air before slamming her to the ground and back up against the gravestone. Lucy extends her vectors but they can't reach Nana.

Lucy: Your vectors... they're longer than mine.

"Why is that? As the Queen, shouldn't Lucy be the most powerful or something?" Kouta questions.

"I don't really know. Papa explained that vectors differ with the individual." Nana explains.

"While hers are longer, mine are stronger." Lucy adds.

Nana: Don't worry. I won't kill you. I couldn't, but for papa, I'll teach you a lesson.

Cut back to Kouta and Yuka

Kouta: Uh, um, what are you saying?

"Yeah, what were you saying?" Mayu asks to Yuka.

Yuka: Do you want to touch me, like you touched Nyu?

Mayu raises an eyebrow to this. Was Yuka really jealous of that?

Kouta: I told you already; what you saw, that was something Nyu started. But anyway Nyu's missing and I think we should go find her.

Yuka slams her hand down on the table. Kouta cringes.

Yuka: Nyu! Nyu! Nyu! You don't care about me anymore!

"Wha! But Kouta cares about you Yuka! He just cares about Nyu too!" Nana exclaims.

"Yes Nana, I know. I'm sorry, I don't know why I acted so irrational." Yuka sighs. A hand covering her face. Just as the the TV liked to point at a naked Nyu/Lucy, it also seemed to like when her jealously was making her act irrationally. 'I guess that gives me an idea of how she feels.'

Kouta: Yuka...

Yuka: You don't tell me important things. I mean, you were attacked by a soldier and I didn't even know about it.

Kouta: Thats just because I didn't want to worry you for no good reason.

Yuka: Why won't you let me worry about you Kouta? After all, you're always worrying about Nyu.

"Nyu's like a clueless child, of coarse I would worry about her." Kouta exclaims. "Uh, no offence."

"Don't worry Kouta. I'm not offended." Lucy assures.

Kouta: Whats that got to do with it?

Yuka: I waited all this time... I thought that finally we were going to be together.

Yuka sounds like she is about to cry. She gets up and tries to walk away. Kouta follows trying to comfort her.

Kouta: Y-Yuka-

Yuka turns around and punches Kouta.

Yuka: You stupid jerk, I hate you Kouta! I really do hate you, you know!

Yuka looks to see everyone visibly jump slightly when she punches Kouta. Everyone but Lucy who seems to cringe and be having an internal debate with herself.

"He was trying to help you!" Nana exclaims.

"Why would you do that!" Mayu adds.

Before Yuka can apologize, Kouta steps in. "Thats enough. Its in the past now and Yuka wasn't feeling like herself. We've seen other things that others regret doing but we don't ridicule them for their choices."

"He's right." Yuka was surprised that Lucy also jump to defence. "Let it go."

'I'd know all about acting irrationally.' Lucy thinks. 'Yuka's lucky, when she's irrational someone's getting slapped at the worst. When I'm irrational, lives are destroyed including my own.'

Yuka runs off crying while Kouta can only look on with confusion.

Cut to inside a tunnel where Yuka walks along the sidewalk.

Yuka: It wasn't supposed to be like this.

Cut to show a picture of Kanae and Kouta father surrounded by flowers. A little Yuka stands surrounded by what look like a bunch on mannequins.

"Uh... what?" Mayu says.

"Are those... mannequins or something?" Lucy asks.

"No. I think they're just supposed to represent other members of our family." Kouta explains.

"Then why not actually show other members of our family?" Yuka asks.

Kouta shrugs. "Could be an art thing. You know how it goes."

Flashback Yuka: Kouta? Wheres Kouta?

Family Member 1: I heard Kouta's in the hospital.

Family Member 2: Yes, he doesn't talk anymore. He's in a state of shock. Its not surprising.

Family Member 1: That poor thing.

Lucy looks down, drowning in her guilt again only to feel someones hand upon her shoulder.

"Don't worry. Its in the past now." Kouta assures her. Although he was very quiet, he hoped if anyone had overheard they would just assume that Lucy was feeling bad for his hospitalization.

Yuka see's Kouta in the crowed.

Flashback Kouta: I'll come back next year, wait for me.

He then gets farther away before disappearing. Yuka starts crying, eventually curling into herself.

Cut back to Yuka in present day.

Yuka: Its not fair. Kouta's the one deserves to feel sad not be, but still...

"What did I do?!" Kouta exclaims. "You're the one who slapped me just because I was concerned for someone else!"

"Yes, yes, I know!" Yuka yells. "I was on my you know what and wasn't thinking straight!" That got him to shut up, as Yuka thought it would. She actually wasn't on her period during that but still... why does this thing have to embarrass her and show everyone throughts she'd rather keep to herself.

Lucy was very confused by Yuka's actions. If Yuka really was in love with Kouta, why would she wish sadness on him for any reason?

Cut back to Kouta, rubbing his sore cheek.

Kouta: Ouch.

Cut back to Lucy being strangled by Nana.

Nana: If I wanted to do it, you'd be dead three times already. After all, my lightest touch would kill you.

Several gravestones behind Lucy begin to levitate. Nana gasps before jumping away to avoid the thrown tombstones. She punches Lucy in the face again with a vector.

Cut to the market place where Mayu waits.

Mayu: Hello, excuse me.

Baker: Oh, I have it ready for you.

The baker presents a bag full of cut bread crusts.

Mayu ducks down in order to hide her embarrassed expression.

She hands this off to Mayu as Wanta whimpers.

Baker: Wow, what a hungrily little dog you have. Don't tell me he eats all this by himself.

Mayu: Oh, um, you know... you know how dogs are.

Baker: Hey, how old are you?

Mayu: Well, uh, I'm 13. Oh, I'll be 14 years old tomorrow!

Baker: Wow, so tomorrow is your birthday?

"Birthday?" Nana questions.

"Yeah, the day you were born." Kouta explains. "You don't... know yours do you?"

"No. Papa never told me." Nana replies.

Kouta looks to Lucy who also looks down. 'She doesn't know hers either.'

Mayu: What? Yes. Alright, well, thanks a lot.

Cut to the outside of the store where Yuka walks past. Mayu comes out where Yuka can recognize her.

Yuka: Hey, you're-

She spies the bag of bread crusts in Mayu's arms. She quickly hides the bag behind her back.

Mayu: Okay, uh, see you later.

With that, Mayu runs away with Wanta in tow. Yuka can only look on in concern. She looks to the bakery that she just came out of.

Cut back to Nana and Lucy.

Nana: Are you ready to go back with me now?

"Theres no way I'd ever go back to that hell hole." Lucy mutters.

Nana, who overhears, can't help but agree. 'Now that I know what its like to have a normal life, a happy life, I won't go back too.'

Nana: You know you can't defeat me. My vectors are longer than yours.

Lucy smirks as Nana has to dodge to the side to avoid another large stone thrown by Lucy. As soon as she lands, she jumps back to avoid some wooden rods throw at her.

Nana: Thats what I was afraid of, her powers are much stronger than mine, oh no.

The camera shows Lucy standing on a tombstone right behind Nana.

"How did you get there without her noticing?" Yuka asks.

"She wasn't paying attention." Lucy explains. She then turns to Nana. "I could have easily killed you while you were talking to yourself. Pay more attention during a battle." Her tone indicates one of genuine concern.

Nana looks around as Lucy gathers up more gravestones and wooden rods. Birds retreat from a tree as another dust cloud forms. Mayu is eating one of the bread crusts when she hears the sounds of the two fighting.

Mayu: What was that?

Cut back to Lucy as the dust cloud thins.

Lucy: Ha.

The cloud thins to also reveal Nana, a vector reaching for a tree behind her.

Lucy: You seem pretty comfortable with that experimental equipment of yours.

Nana gets up and dusts off her dress.

Nana: Oh, I got all dressed up to come get you.

Lucy lifts more rocks.

Nana: But here we go again because you insist on fighting!

Nana grasps on to the tree and pulls herself toward it to avoid the rocks pulling her up in the air almost as if she were floating.

'I wonder whats the limit of what they can lift with their vectors?' Kouta thinks. 'Nana's able to pull herself into the air with what looks like almost no effort, and in the second episode, Lucy was able to lift a boat high above her head.' He didn't ask either of the two, feeling like it wouldn't be the right time. Besides, he doubted either of them known or cared.

Nana notices Lucy is also in the air with her. Nana is punched in the abdomen with a vector, spiting a little blood out of her mouth. Lucy then throws the girl back to the ground, kicking up more dust. Mayu notices the new dust cloud and the fighters that caused it, specifically Lucy.

Mayu: I know that girl.

Nana gets up and wipes some blood from her mouth.

Yuka could not wrap her mind around the fact that Nana was just thrown to the ground from several feet up in the air and got back up as if she had merely slipped. "That actually happened, right? You walked off being thrown like that?" She asks to be sure.

"Yeah. It kind of hurt, but not as much as what happens next." Nana says.

Lucy cringes as she remembers what happens next. 'They'll never forgive me for torturing sweet little Nana of all people.' Bando, as far as anyone was concerned, deserved it. But Nana did nothing but ask her to go back, to the institute yes, but still.

Nana: I'm sorry to do this.

Lucy gasps as Nana grabs onto her leg.

Nana: But if you can't walk, you can't leave.

Mayu then bursts onto the scene.

Mayu: Don't do it! Stop fighting!

Nana: Don't come any closer!

Nana moves her vector away from Lucy's leg giving her to sever Nana's left leg as Mayu ran toward her. As Nana fell her fingers on her right hand were sliced off.

Kouta and Yuka actually had to look back to Nana to be sure she still had what it had just shown she lost.

Lucy looked away, unwilling to watch one of her deepest regrets.

Mayu watches Nana fall, fear and confusion in her eyes as blood flew.

Mayu: Nooooooooo!

Lucy quickly snatches Mayu and tosses her into a bush.

Blood streams out of Nana's severed limb.

Nana: It hurts it hurts... papa, papa help me.

Mayu tried to keep the concept of how much pain her best friend was in out of her mind. 'From Nana's reaction, loosing a limb hand to be more painful than whatever the institute did to her. No! Can't think of that!'

Nana then notices Lucy standing above her. A near dead and apathetic glare in her eyes.

Nana: I'm not scared of you! It doesn't hurt at all!

Lucy pulls Nana's right arm off.

Lucy and he others flinched at the sound of Nana's arm being peeled off as well as her screams of pain. Kouta looks over to see Lucy cover her ears, refusing to watch any longer.

Nana covers the stump that used to be her arm.

Lucy: So does it hurt now?

Nana tries to crawl away from Lucy, she doesn't get far.

Nana: Please no. No more.

Lucy rips Nana's remaining limbs off.

Nana: Pa... pa...

The camera shows Nana's limbless body bleeding out on the ground.

Lucy: You suffering? Does it hurt yet? Don't worry. I'll put you out of your misery.

Just then, a shot wizzes behind her.

Now that the scene seemed to be over, everyone could get their thoughts together.

"You..." Yuka seems so shaken with disbelief that she can't finish her thought. Her voice near hoarse.

"You never told me thats how you lost your limbs." Kouta says to Nana.

"It took awhile, but I decided to put what Lucy did behind me." Nana answers.

"Thats why you were so hostile towards Nyu and then Lucy when she came back." Kouta whispers to himself.

Lucy looks to her left from where the shot was fired.

SAT sniper: The first bullet missed her, I'm preparing for another shot.

Sniper leader: Hold on.

SAT sniper: Sir?

Kurama then walks onto the scene.

Kurama: Nana.

Nana: Papa.

Nana then focuses a vector and then uses it to pierce Lucy's forehead. Lucy holds her head and screams.

Lucy: My eyes! Still there. What did you do?

"What did you do?" Kouta asks.

"I pinched the part of the brain that makes the vectors. When that happens, A diclonius can't use their vectors for awhile." Nana explains. This actually intrigues Yuka.

'Diclonius have a part of their brain that makes the vectors? It makes a certain sort of sense now that I think about it. Is that part what results in the horns both Lucy and Nana have?'

A bunch of guns are heard chambering rounds.

Kurama: That settles it.

Isobe is with Kurama and the SAT soldiers that have Lucy surrounded.

Kurama: There's no way I can forgive you. No way in hell.

"The feeling is very mutual." Lucy inaudibly growls.

Isobe: It looks like its all over for #7

Kurama walks forward.

Isobe: Chief! Hold on!

SAT soldier: What is he doing?

Kurama easily walks past Lucy. She does nothing.

Isobe: He's... suicidal.

Nana flinched at Isobe's choice of words, remembering the fate of her surrogate father.

Kurama takes the helpless Nana in his arms.

Nana: Papa, I'm sorry. You gave me the string from your neck and now its dirty.

"You've lost all your limbs and you were most worried about getting Kurama's tie dirty?!" Mayu exclaims. How Nana even had the strength to worry about such things, let alone voice those regrets while being in what should be grievous pain astounded her.

"He wore it whenever I'd see him, I thought it was important to him." Nana explains.

Kurama: I told you I'd come, why didn't you wait for me?

Nana has tears in her eyes.

Nana: Because... I thought you would be proud of me if I brought her back to you. But then... but then I couldn't. I'm so sorry papa.

SAT soldier: Do we terminate her?

"Bastard. They're all bastards." Kouta growls. After hearing Nana's apologies for failing, the first thing they think is 'can we put her down like a dog?' it disgusted him to no end.

Isobe: Hold on. We don't want to provoke her right now, but why isn't she attacking the chief?

'Don't want to provoke me, huh?' Lucy thought. 'If that were the case, you would leave me the fuck alone.'

Lucy: Papa is it? Too bad, it looks like your daughter is dead.

Kouta flinches at the ruthlessness of Lucy's statement.

Lucy seeing this, quickly offers an explanation. "I just said that to hurt him further. I'm sure you can imagine part of the reason why by now."

'Lucy has been so angry with specifically papa, I wonder why?' Nana asks herself. 'Maybe these videos will explain it!'

Kurama: Yes... I killed her!

Kurama quickly rounds on Lucy and slaps her to the ground.

Just as Kouta was thinking Kurama was at least somewhat decent for trying to comfort Nana and admitting that he was at fault for getting her hurt, he turned around and slapped Lucy hard, throwing his thoughts. 'Kurama must have balls of steal for not only not running away from Lucy twice, but attacking her.'

Isobe and the SAT soldier gasp, also dumbfounded.

Kurama: Thats nothing compared to the pain you caused Nana, but its the least I could do.

Isobe: Stand back, Chief! Everyone take your aim!

The soldiers do as commanded. Lucy quickly hopes away using the grave stones.

Isobe: Follow her.

The soldiers all rush after her. Isobe looks to Kurama, still cradling Nana.

Isobe: Chief... are you...?

Nana: She ran away? I didn't stop her.

Kurama: Please don't talk.

Nana: I did something you didn't want me to, didn't I? Papa? Tell me. Am I useless now. Will I be able to... help you again? Help you again someday? Oh papa. I'm so sorry. I'm sorry.

Mayu hugged Nana, seeing the pain she was in on the screen.

Kurama: Please, don't talk. Just be still.

Cut back to Yuka as the sun looks like its beginning to set.

Baker: The girl that just left?

Cut to show Yuka talking with the baker.

Baker: I don't know. She's here everyday though. She's always wearing the same clothes so people from the stores around here think she's homeless.

Yuka slightly gasps at this.

Cut back to the sunsetting on Kamakura.

Yuka: I thought so. That girl is... I should tell Kouta. Oh Kouta,

The sound of a helicopter gets louder. Yuka looks up to see it fly overhead.

Cut inside to show Kurama watching the injured Nana struggle to breath.

Isobe: Chief Kurama.

Isobe has a phone.

Isobe: Its from secretary Shirakawa.

Shirakawa: I heard. Terribly sorry.

Kurama: Director Kakuzawa is here.

"Kakuzawa! As in, Professor Kakuzawa!" Yuka exclaims.

Kouta is also wide eyed. He suspected that Kakuzawa was also a part of the conspiracy, but he never would have thought that he would be at its head.

"Not him. Its his father." Lucy explains through gritted teeth, dashing Kouta's thoughts.

Kurama: The directors there?

Shirakawa: He said he wants to see you the moment you arrive.

Kurama: I'll be there.

He ends the call.

Cut back to Yuka. Someone walks up behind her, which she takes notice.

Yuka: Oh, Nyu!

Nyu's sleeves are ripped and the girl looks scared.

Nyu: Nyu

"How did you revert back to Nyu?" Nana asks.

"You know... I can't remember." Lucy says, putting a hand to her head. "I remember running and then nothing. Maybe I tripped and can't remember?"

"Wouldn't the soldiers have caught back to you then?" Kouta brings up.

Nyu quickly runs up to Yuka and hugs her.

Nyu: Nyu!

Yuka: Did you get lost? Oh, you should no better than to go out alone.

Nyu: Nyu! Nyu!

Yuka takes notice of a cut on Nyu's arm.

Yuka: Oh! You hurt yourself.

Nyu: Nyu?

Yuka quickly covers the wound with a pink ribbon.

Yuka: There, that'll do for now. We'll clean you up when we get home.

Nyu tries to touch the ribbon.

Yuka: Oh no, don't touch it, just leave it alone.

Nyu: Nyu?

Yuka: You know, something must be wrong with me. I'm so jealous of you, I shouldn't be.

"Jealous? Of what?" Kouta obliviously asks.

Mayu's face palm only goes noticed by Lucy.

"Is it her long hair? I've always wanted to know what its like to have long hair too!" Nana exclaims.

"It actually feels pretty nice." Lucy fingers her hair which is still chin length just as Nyu left it. She had long hair for so long, it was a strange feeling to have short hair so suddenly. She planned on growing it out again.

If Mayu could facepalm any harder, she would have. "Yeah, thats it." She sarcastically mutters to herself.

Nyu: Nyu?

Yuka: Okay Nyu, lets go home.

Cut to Kouta as he walks up to the grandfather clock.

Kouta: They're late.

He looks at the clock face.

Kouta: Oh yeah, thats right. I forgot, its broken isn't it.

The phone than rings.

Kouta: Huh?

Cut to the hospital. Kouta and a nurse walk side by side

Nurse, someone was walking by and saw a girl lying on the ground.

Kouta: The girl they found, what did she look like? Did she have long hair or-

The two stop walking

Nurse: She's right over there.

The girl is shown to be Mayu.

Kouta: What?

Cut to the two walking out of the hospital.

Kouta: I told them you were a relative from out of town, otherwise they wouldn't have let me in.

Mayu: I'm really sorry, don't worry, I'm going to pay you back for the hospital bill as soon as I can.

"Oh yeah! I still need to pay you back for that!" Mayu realizes.

"Don't worry about it, it wasn't that much anyway." Kouta assures.

Kouta: Setting aside the money for now, of everyone you could have called why'd you call us?

Mayu: I... don't know.

Kouta can only sigh. Mayu's stomach growls.

Mayu: Ah! I'm sorry! You didn't hear that!

Kouta: How about you come over to our place for dinner?

Mayu: Huh?

Cut back to the Maple Inn where Kouta, Mayu, and Wanta walk up its steps. Lights are on inside the house.

Kouta: Oh, looks like somebody's home.

The three enter.

Kouta: Yuka? Nyu? Anyone home?

Yuka appears.

Yuka: Welcome back.

Kouta: Yeah, I'm back.

Yuka: Guess what, I found Nyu.

Kouta: Nyu's home too?

Yuka: Just like I thought, it seems like she got lost.

Yuka then seems to take notice of their other guest.

Mayu: Hello, I mean, good evening.

After a moment of silence Nyu rushes in.

Nyu: Nyu!

Kouta: I was worried about you Nyu.

Nyu then glomps him in a big hug.

Kouta: Easy.

Mayu looks to Nyu and remembers Nana getting cut up earlier in the day.

Yuka takes the time to fathom in her mind that while she was on her pity party walk, Lucy was completely dismembering Nana. She'd confront Lucy about it, but Nana seems to be fine with Lucy now, possibly forgiving her. If she were to talk to Lucy about it, Nana would just rather end the conversation before it began, preferring to let it go, she guessed.

Mayu: Excuse me

Kouta and Nyu: Huh?

They both look to her, Nyu's face full of happy innocence.

Nyu: Nyu?

Lucy dimly wonder how her alternate personality was able to smile like that. Her own smile wasn't as... happy as the other personalitys. Maybe it was the look in their eyes. Looking at these videos, she could see the difference in their eyes clear as day. Nyu's eyes were that of a child's while her own always held shadows in them, likely a result of everything that she's been through.

Mayu: I'm being rude, theres no way that legs would fly off on their own.

Kouta: What are you talking about?

Mayu: Uh, nothing at all. I just remembered a strange dream I had.

"More like a nightmare." Yuka mutters.

Yuka: Why don't we all go in? I just put some dinner on the table.

Mayu: Oh, okay, sure.

Cut to show Wanta sleeping by and empty bowl of dog food. Then cut to show the full table in the dinning room of the Maple inn. Mayu eats some of the food and is seemingly awestruck.

Mayu: Its... good.

Yuka: Well thanks! You really think so?

Nyu: Nyu.

Kouta drinks some.

Kouta: Seriously? I think its alright, I've had much better when I wa-

Yuka angrily points her finger to Kouta.

Yuka: Fine Kouta then don't eat it!

Everyone chuckles a little at the scene.

Cut to when the food is done. Mayu puts her empty bowl back on the table.

Mayu: Thank you so much. It was the best meal I had in a long time.

Yuka: I almost forgot, Mayu the bath is ready. Feel free to use it if you want.

Mayu: What?

Yuka: Right, Kouta.

Kouta: What? But uh-

Yuka quickly narrows her eyes at him.

Kouta: Oh... uh, yeah. Make yourself at home Mayu, heh, thats fine.

Kouta sweats nervously at seeing that look again. 'She's just like my mom.' he musses.

Cut to Mayu getting in the bath.

Mayu: A warm bath. Its been days. Such nice people.

Mayu breathes a sigh of relief at seeing her lady bits being hidden. "I think the naked bits are done now."

The door to the bath opens.

Mayu: Ah!

The person to have opened it is revealed to be Nyu, who's also nude.

Nyu: Nyu!

Kouta looks away, Yuka sighs in frustration, Lucy can only shake her head, and Nana can only curiously look on as to why everyone is upset.

"Okay, maybe I called that a little early." Mayu says.

"You think?" Lucy responds.

Cut to a hot cup of tea sitting in front of Kouta. The sound of a door opening and closing is heard. Yuka joins him.

Yuka: Nyu looked like she needed a bath so I sent her in too.

Kouta: Won't that bother Mayu?

Yuka: Oh, I wanna talk to you about Mayu.

Kouta: Huh?

Cut to show Nyu splashing her feet in the water as Mayu watches apprehensively.

Kouta: She was buying bread crusts?

Yuka: Yeah, she gets them everyday and says they're for the dog but I have a very strong suspicion that the bread crusts are for the both of them.

Kouta: I thought there might be something like that going on. You know, she never talks about her friends or her family. Do you think she could be a run away?

Yuka: If she is, don't you think we should call the police or something?

Kouta: That would make sense, I guess. But I'd kinda feel bad turning her over to the police without finding out the reason for her running away.

Yuka: Yeah...

"And thank you, both of you, for that." Mayu thanks.

"No problem." Kouta responds.

Kouta: We gotta be careful because its not like we can trust the police. You wanna know about that night on the beach? I'll tell you everything.

Cut to show Nyu washing Mayu.

Mayu: Oh wow, that tickles. Please, let me do it myself.

Mayu blushes at the scene being shown to the others and on the receiving end of this. Lucy blushes at technically being the one to do it.

Cut back to show Kouta and Yuka, after Kouta is finished talking.

Yuka: So thats what happened, I see. Thats why you're always so worried about Nyu.

Kouta: I didn't want you to worry about what happened to me the other night at the beach. I'm sorry.

Yuka: No, I'm sorry.

Kouta and Yuka peacefully stare at each other.

Nyu: NYU!

Nyu bursts out of the door, still completely nude. The two look to her.

"S-sorry. I'd imagine that was... uncomfortable." Lucy sheepishly apologizes.

"Thats one way to say it." Yuka huffs.

"Don't apologize. Like you keep insisting, it was Nyu who did it. Not you." Kouta assures her.

Cut to show Yuka draging Nyu away.

Yuka: Lets go rinse the soap off and then we'll get you a towel to dry with. You got Kouta all worked up again Nyu.

Mayu peeks out the door.

Mayu: Hey, I'm so sorry. She just ran away all of a sudden.

Yuka: Mayu.

Mayu: Uh, yeah?

Yuka: Why don't you spend the night here?

Mayu: What? Thats nice, but I don't want to put you guys out.

Yuka: Don't worry about it. If theres one thing we have a ton of; its rooms. Kay?

Mayu: Well... sure.

"And thats how you ended up living here." Nana happily says.

"Not quite." Mayu responds.

Cut to Kouta face down on the table. He lets out a sigh.

Kouta: Can this get any more complicated?

"Apparently it can." Yuka mutters.

"Sorry for... complicating things further..." Lucy apologizes.

"Don't. It was all worth it." Kouta assures.

Cut to a vase of flowers.

Director Kakuzawa: I suppose its better than returning with a corpse.

The camera angle changes to show it is in a blue office with Kurama talking to an older looking man.

"Is that him?" Kouta asks. "Kakuzawa's father?"

"I've never seen him, only heard his voice. But yes, that sounds like him." Lucy confirms with barely contained anger.

Kurama: I'm sorry sir.

Director Kakuzawa: It saddens me. She was intended to be the eve to a new human race, yet... please terminate number 7.

The others are curious about the Directors words but they immediately forget about them once he orders Nana killed.

Kurama's eyes widen at the order.

Director Kakuzawa: Useless Diclonius are nothing more than a dangerous and expensive liability. You dispatched with scores of carriers, Kurama. I don't expect you to show mercy to this one.

"So... he's killed kids then?" Yuka asks wide eyed.

"Yes. He did." Lucy glares at him on the screen. Nana glares at Lucy but can't verbally defend her papa. He did kill Diclonius children and she had been willing to let him kill her.

A moment of silence and Kurama walks away. Something on The directors desk beeps.

Secretary: You have a call from professor Kakuzawa.

Director: I'll take it.

The shot switches to an extreme close up of Director Kakuzawa's eyes.

The others jump back in surprise at the shot.

"Thats unsettling." Kouta says.

"Thats putting it mildly, he's damn creepy!" Yuka exclaims.

"Good thing he never came to my room." Nana says.

"Good thing I never saw him until now." Lucy adds.

Director: My stupid son, calling for more money I imagine.

Cut to the other end of the phone.

Professor Kakuzawa: I'm hoping for a small increase, you know for my research budget. Hahahaha, I know I know, nut this time I'm really close, I mean, closer than ever. We're not far away from being able to run a full fledged clinical trial.

Kouta and Yuka can only glare at their teacher, finding out he's apart of the conspiracy. Of coarse, Kouta already knew but he glared nonetheless.

The camera shows Arakawa working on the computer close by.

Professor: Oh by the way, what ever happened to the escaped Diclonius? I see. Sounds like I'm not the only one who can't make a deadline. Alright then, I'm looking forward to your assistance.

With that, he hangs up.

Arakawa: How did it go with the budget increase?

Kakuzawa: Well, we got a little more.

Arakawa: We're almost finished with the vaccine. Even if they don't double the budget, any increase will help.

Kakuzawa: Ah, Well there isn't any rush of coarse.

Arakawa: But this is the only protection we humans have against the Diclonius. The escaped specimen is still on the loose its our duty to rush. It might help them capture her.

"It'll stop the vector virus sure, but I'm not sure how it would help in capturing Lucy." Mayu comments.

Kakuzawa: I'm not sure I ready to make life that easy for my father just yet.

"He had his own plan?" Kouta questions.

"He did." Lucy confirms. "Wasn't a very well thought out one."

Arakawa: What did you just say?

Kakuzawa: Huh? Good night.

With that, Arakawa yawns and takes off.

Arakawa: Good night professor.

Kakuzawa: They still haven't found her yet, huh? That wonderful news. Where are you Lucy? You're mine, its just a matter of time.

"What was his plan anyway?" Kouta asks. "I went to get you after I had left you with him but you were gone and the professor was... and the professor was..." He put a hand to his head. The memory was so fuzzy. Why was that?

"I'm sure it'll be explained." Lucy says quickly to get his mind off of it. 'I thought all his repressed memories were unlocked? Not like knowing this will change anything anyway.'

The Professor cuts a picture of Lucy in half.

Cut to a container filling up with a yellow liquid.

Shirakawa: This will help her sleep. She won't feel anything, its the least I can do.

Both Kurama and Shirakawa are standing together.

Kurama: Shirakawa.

Shirakawa:Yes?

Kurama: I'll do it.

Shirakawa: I understand.

Cut to Kurama moving up to Nana whose laid on a surgical table. He puts his hand to Nana's face, waking her.

Nana: Papa.

She smiles.

Kurama: We have to run more tests and it may hurt a little, be brave.

Mayu latches on to her best friend as if she were about to slip away. Nana tries to assure her with a few headpats.

He brings up a needle.

Nana: Sure, I'll be brave.

Yuka's eyes widen at the admission. 'She knew. She knew she was going to die.' Nana sure was loyal to her papa.

He injects Nana and Shirakawa looks away, trembling slightly. Kurama bears a look of frustration.

Nana: Oh, I'm getting so sleepy. Papa.

Kurama: What is it Nana?

Nana is shown crying.

Nana: Good bye papa.

Mayu hugs her friend tighter.

"Its okay. I'm still here." Nana assures her.

"I know. But it doesn't make it any easier to watch." Mayu says.

Nana closes her eyes. Shirakawa sounds like she's about to cry as she leaves.

Kouta raises an eyebrow at the reaction. She cared? So far, she seemed cold and uncaring regarding Nana.

Kurama: I'm sorry.

The episode ends.

"Don't worry everyone! I'm still okay!" Nana announces.

"Yeah... how?" Kouta mutters.