Open on Nana being held at gunpoint at the beach during a sunset.
Bando: Out with it. What the hell is up with those horns.
Nana looks away.
Nana: Even if there were a hundred like you, you could never defeat me.
Bando: What did you say?
Nana: You're lucky. Papa told me to be a good girl, so I won't kill you but don't think that I couldn't.
Bando just starts laughing at Nana's words.
Bando: A gun pointed at your head and you don't even break a sweat. There's no mistaking it, you're that bitch's friend, aren't you?
"Don't see how that has any correlation." Yuka says. "A human could have a gun pointed to their head and feel no fear for it. it'd be pretty crazy, I mean, but still could happen.
"It's just how his mind works, I guess." Kouta says
Nana just starts walking away.
Bando: Stop jerking me around, girlie!
Bando fires and the bullet grazes Nana's head, knocking her to the ground.
"Nana!" Mayu exclaims in sudden fear for her friend.
Nana: What... what was that? So heavy.
Bando: Its a custom made 50 caliber tungsten bullet. Can't swat it away like you can with a standard 9 millimetre.
Yuka wondered why that was. Lucy did say they had difficulties with tungsten, but why specifically high density materials? 'Nana said it felt heavy, yet it's tons lighter than the boat Lucy picked up in the second episode. Maybe there's also a difference in power between the Queen and sipilets.
Bando walks closer.
Bando: If you got a scratch from that distance, at this range I'm sure I can kill you. But I don't think your arms can reach me.
Nana lightly gasps.
Cut to the front of the Maple Inn where Kouta walks out with a bowl.
Kouta: Wanta! Here boy!
He looks to his left to see Nyu and Wanta running toward him on the path, Wanta barking excitedly.
Nyu: Kouta!
Kouta: Nyu, you took of Wanta's leash again, didn't you.
"Luckily, he doesn't run away like most dogs." Mayu comments.
Nyu: Nyu!
She smiles.
Cut to Yuka and Mayu making dinner.
Mayu: I'm really happy that Nyu came back, aren't you?
Yuka: Well... of coarse I'm glad she came back, but on the other hand...
Kouta and Nyu can be heard from the other room.
Kouta: Nyu, what are you doing?
Nyu repeatedly keeps Nyuing. Kouta can be heard laughing.
Kouta: Be careful. See I told you. Here.
"What were you two doing?" Nana asks.
"Nothing. Just fooling around." Kouta answers. He then spies Yuka about to open her mouth regarding that matter. "No, it did not involve breasts." She fell silent.
Yuka: Hey Mayu, is something bothering you?
Mayu: Nothing.
Yuka: Mayu, you have homework to do, don't you? Go ahead. I'll finish making dinner myself.
Mayu: But I really want to help. I mean, if you'll let me.
Kouta and Nyu are still laughing and Nyuing.
Yuka: If you really do want to, then okay.
Mayu: Thanks. It makes me feel more like a member of the house.
Wanta joins in with his barking.
Yuka: Its about time that one of the other members of this house started helping too.
Yuka walks to the other room.
Yuka: Hey! You could at least set the table. Hey, stop messing around!
Theres a flash of Bando onscreen as Mayu remembers him.
Mayu: I wonder if I should tell them.
"Yes, we would have very liked much to know that there was a madman on the beach who was ready and waiting to kill Lucy should she show up!" Yuka exclaims.
"Sorry."Mayu apologizes. "I thought it would be much better not to trouble you all with that."
Another flash.
Mayu: But why would he hurt Nyu?
"I'm surprised that when you saw Bando hurt on that raining night, and Nyu running away from the scene that you didn't connect it to me." Lucy says. "Double so for the time you saw..." She trails off with a saddened look on her face, leaving the events of episode 4 unsaid.
"I thought Nyu was running away from the cause, not that she was the cause." Mayu explains. "And that last time was so strange, I thought it was a dream."
Cut back to Nana and Bando on the beach, it being significantly darker.
Bando: You're not talking shit anymore, are you. It won't take a hundred of me to make you tell me where she is.
Nana: Where she is? Where who is, I don't understand.
Bando: Don't play dumb with me! Or is it just coincidence that two women with horns ended up in the same small town.
"It was." Nana conforms, although Bando can't hear her.
Nana: Horns? Are you talking about Lucy?
Bando smirks.
Bando: Sounds like you know her after all.
Bando fires again, hitting Nana's arm and forcing her down again.
Mayu flinches again at her friend being shot. Nana hugs her couch companion in an attempt to reassure her.
Bando: Yeah thats her, where is she?
Nana: I don't know.
Bando: You've really got a death wish, huh.
Nana: But why, why do you insist on doing this to me?
Nana starts crying, her tears falling onto her hand.
Nana: Papa told me not to fight, and I'm trying very hard to obey his instructions. I'm a good girl, I'm not doing anything wrong.
Bando: Hmph, you haven't done anything wrong?
Nana: I'm a good girl. I'm not going to fight anymore, and I'm going to go far away and live peacefully with papa somewhere.
Bando approaches and kicks Nana.
Bando: Don't be ridiculous, you're a monster!
"If only he could look in the mirror." Yuka scowls.
"He'd probably just see a bad ass or something like that, the dipshit." Lucy growls.
Bando then scurries back.
Bando: Whoops! Two meters! Gotta keep you at two meters! Look bitch, theres nothing peaceful about horn headed freaks, you're an enemy of mankind. You're not welcome anywhere.
Nana: Thats not true! It can't be! Papa would never lie to me!
"It's not true. You're here aren't you?" Kouta says. 'Though I don't particularly agree with Kurama not lying to her.
"Yeah. If only papa and Mariko could have this same happiness." Nana says the last part too softly for anyone to hear.
Bando: Work it out for yourself. You ever wonder why there aren't any other horned freaks in the world? Ever wonder why you're such a unique specimen? Its because we kill your kind, as soon as you're born. We don't let you leave the nursery.
Nana: You're lying.
Though Nana's eyes indicate she senses the truth in Bando's statment.
Bando: The only reason they let you live this long is because you're a genie pig for their experiments.
Nana's eyes get watery.
Nana: That isn't true.
Bando: You're nothing but vermin. You spread sickness and murder and were put on this earth as a plague to mankind.
Nana finally faces him
Nana: Thats not true!
Bando once again aims his gun.
Bando: All I'm doing is exterminating a pest.
"If he ever messes with our family again, I can just use that excuse on him when I kill him." Lucy responds.
Nana: You're wrong!
Kurama (Nana's memory): The Director ordered me to kill you.
Nana lowers her head. Her bangs covering her eyes.
Nana: My birth was nothing but an accident? There's no place for me in this world?
Bando: Took you long enough to figure it out.
With that, Nana rises to her feet.
Bando: So you gonna tell me where to find Lucy or what?
Nana: If theres no room for me in this world, its my duty to make room.
Bando: Whats that supposed to mean?
Nana looks at Bando, her eyes looking cold.
Nana: What I have to do is kill everyone.
The sands blow around Nana, indicating she is readying her vectors for a fight.
Everyone in the room flinches at Nana's change in tone except for Nana herself, who shivers at the scene. After feeling that feeling, she swore to herself that she would never have those kinds of thoughts again.
'Could Nana have heard the voice too?' Lucy wonders. 'I hope not. For her sake and any other good willed Diclonius out there, I hope it'll remain my problem to deal with.'
Cut back to the dinning table of the Maple Inn.
Kouta: So where'd you go? Where did you run off to this time, huh?
Nyu: Nyu?
Kouta: Hh, why do I bother asking?
"I was just about to ask that." Lucy comments.
Yuka: Let it go, all that matters is that she's home safe.
Kouta: Good point, I guess you're right.
Nyu meanwhile, struggles to eat with the chopsticks. Mayu watches her with worry.
Kouta: There's something weird about the whole thing.
Cut back to the beach. Its fully dark out as Nana slowly approaches Bando.
Bando: Oh, yes. Now you're showing your true colours, huh. The other acted innocent two with all her Nyu, Nyu nonsense.
"He threatened her, of coarse she's going to be angry." Yuka growls.
"Easy, Yuka. He's not... all there." Kouta says
With that Bando retreats to fire another shot at Nana, hitting her arm but having no effect. Bando notices and fires two more shots, one hitting Nana's other arm and the other hitting her leg. Both seem to do nothing but piss the Diclonius off, who continues approaching.
Bando: She doesn't show pain, she's not even bleeding.
"It's kinda entertaining, watching his ignorance, though." Nana comments.
"True enough. He seems to misread situations a lot." Kouta says. "Didn't think maybe your limbs are prosthetic when he himself has a prosthetic."
Bando then retreats farther away.
Bando: Stop right there! I'm not letting you get any closer. Wanna guess why I took you on this little stroll?
Nana looks around. Bando laughs.
Bando: Figure it out? There's nothing in your range that you possibly use as a weapon. At five meters I can easily penetrate your heart. You on the other hand are defenceless at 3 meters, nothing but A freak with a scary look in your eye. If you beg for it, I might show mercy. But, come one step closer and I won't hesitate to fire.
"I wonder if he still believes a Diclonius's bass range is at two meters?" Mayu wonders aloud.
"Depends on how this fight goes. If Nana attack him from at that range, then he'll know that the maximum range has been extended to five meters." Lucy says.
'So he must know, otherwise how does Nana get out of this?' Kouta wonders.
Nana continues forward, unaffected by his words.
Bando: You bitch.
Nana continues.
Bando: You wanna die?
Nana then launchers her arm like a missle and hits Bando before he can fire, knocking him to the ground and dropping his gun.
"Whoa! Did you just throw your arm at him?!" Kouta exclaims.
"Bet he never expected that!" Yuka also exclaims.
"Have to hand it to you, I never would have thought of that." Lucy says. "Good job."
"Aww, guys..." Nana flushes, a little embarrassed.
Bando recovers and spies his gun closer to Nana. He leaps for it but Nana pounds it into the sand.
Bando: But how! I was out of your range!
Nana stands over him, he leg holding his arm down. She stares down at him.
Nana: You don't have a weapon anymore, do you? If you beg for it I might show mercy.
Nana shifts to Lucy.
Lucy (flashback): Are you enjoying this?
Lucy huffs. "Hasn't learned from last time not to underestimate-"
Bando: Sorry kid-
Bando then pulls a second gun from his jacket.
Bando: -no one ever said I had one gun!
He fires, destroying his prosthetic but grazing Nana's head het again. Nana staggers back with a cry of pain.
Everyone reflexively jumps at the shot. Lucy eats her words. 'So the fucker did come prepared.'
She covers her head as Bando examines his arm.
Bando: Oh shit, I missed. Should have guessed. The arm couldn't take the kick from a 50 caliber round.
The rest of his arm then collapses, leaving him literally disarmed. Nana moves her hand away from her head to see blood all over it.
Nana: What... blood?
The screen then shows Nana's face her eyes back to normal and one side coated with blood.
Mayu breaths a sigh of relief from tension she didn't even know she had. Nana was back to normal now.
Nana: It's blood! It hurts! It hurts papa! Help me papa! It hurts so much!
Bando: You're crying?
Bando collapses.
Bando: This is just great.
Nana weeps for a little bit before looking to Bando again.
Nana: Hey mister, what happened to your arm?
Bando: How can you be so blind?! That bitch did this to me! That freak friend of yours!
Nana: Friend of mine? That girl is not my friend.
Bando: What?
Nana: My body was torn apart when I fought Lucy. If I had the chance, I'd do the same to her.
Nana nervously looks to Lucy. "B-but I won't do it now!" She declares.
"Th-Thanks, I guess." Lucy says, still not sure how to take Nana's forgiveness of her sin.
Bando: Hm, sounds like you and me have the same enemy, huh.
Nana: Enemy? Yeah, thats right. Lucy is my enemy. But... it doesn't feel like she's around here.
Bando: What?
Nana: We can almost always sense each others presence if we're in the same area.
Bando: Shit. Is that so?
Nana: Hey! I know! You and I should work together!
Bando did not seem amused.
Kouta chuckles a little. "Sorry, it's just his facial expression."
Nana: Cause we have a better chance at beating Lucy if we fought together!
Bando: Forget it.
Nana: What!
Bando: I plan to defeat Lucy on my own. A girl like you would just get in my way.
"What! But Nana just beat his ass, and easily at that!" Yuka exclaims.
"Ithink he's just prideful. Doesn't want a little girl helping kill his target when he can get the satisfaction of doing it himself." Lucy explains.
"I guess that was a good thing, in a way." Mayu says.
Nana: Sure.
And with that, she dejectedly walks away to pick up her arm and reattach it.
Bando: Hey um... so if that bitch comes around, you can feel it?
Nana: Yeah.
Bando: Thats good.
Bando takes a paper out of his pocket and hands it to Nana.
Bando: If you sense her, make sure you let me know.
Nana looks at the paper.
Nana: What is it?
Bando: Take a look. Can't you tell? It's my cellphone number.
Nana: Whats a cell phone.
Bando still didn't look amused.
"Poor Bando. Has no idea what he's involved himself with." Kouta chuckles.
Bando: Shit, never mind. Come back to this beach if you wanna find me. But I'm warning you, don't try to fight her alone with out letting me know!
Nana: Hold on! You're in no position to give me orders, first of all-
She then looks at his prosthetic before looking to her own. She then offers her hand.
Bando: Huh?
Nana: I don't want to shake your hand, but it looks like you could use help getting up.
Bando then takes her hand and raises but it pops out and he falls back down.
Bando: You bitch! You did that on purpose, didn't you! Idiot.
Nana: Sorry about that.
"Hm, Bando was sure having a rough time that day." Mayu says.
"Was that really an accident or was that on purpose?" Kouta asks. He doesn't receive an answer through Nana's giggling.
Cut to Kakuzawa's office.
Kakuzawa: My suspicions were right then. Kurama let sipilet seven escape. Sipilets are as primitive as worker bees, monsters capable of nothing more than killing. ...Lucy's the queen bee, the ugly truth is everything hinges on her. I won't lose my temper over a lowly sipilet.
"But from their point of view, wouldn't she just go around killing more people? Why take the chance?" Yuka mutters.
Shirakawa: But sir...
Kakuzawa: Hm?
Shirakawa: I heard that, the chief lost his daughter. It seems that the way he thinks of number seven, its as if she were his very own child.
Kakuzawa only laughs.
Kakuzawa: Did Kurama tell you that?
Shirakawa: Yes. His newborn daughter was infected by the vector virus and he took it upon himself to... exterminate her.
"They... don't do that with all Diclonius children, right...?" Kouta nervously asks.
"They do. Bando said so himself." Lucy confirms.
"Dear, God." Yuka mutters, eyes wide with horror.
"He said Diclonius are capable only of killing. Are we so different?" Mayu says. Just when they think the hypocrisy of the Institute couldn't get any higher, the screen proves them wrong.
Nana silently morns all the Diclonius killed before they could even experience life. 'They'll never know the wonder things we have in this world. Such wonderful things...'
Kakuzawa: He's a throughly foolish man.
Shirakawa: I'm sorry sir, but why do you say that?
Kakuzawa: I'll postpone Kurama's punishment. He will... pay for the mistake of disobeying me.
It then cuts to someone holding a picture of a younger, happier, Kurama with his pregnant wife. The screen cuts out to reveal that it is Kurama holding the photograph, which he places beside the one of Kisaragi.
"So, he really did care. He killed his daughter because he thought it would be for the good of it all and lost everything." Kouta softly says. "It's tragic. If she was allowed to live, she could have shown him the Diclonius were not monsters and he would have still had his family."
Lucy stopped herself from telling him about Mariko despite the fact he had already seen her. It would just lead to a complicated explanation that she was sure the screen would do much better.
Beside them is a report with a crossed out picture of Nana.
Kurama: Nana... it could be you. You can be the one who survives.
"Oh papa..."Nana softly mutters.
'So... he really does care...' Mayu thinks. Kurama seems very cold and calculated In what he did, it seemed strange to think that he may be getting emotional. Well, as emotional as he could get.
Cut to Nana sitting on a street corner.
Nana: Oh. I wonder what I should do with myself now. Oh papa.
'Nana's mentally stronger than any of us would have thought.' Yuka thinks. ' If I were thrown into a world I didn't understand a thing about, I'd be terrified beyond all belief.'
She takes the bag she has and looks inside. It is filled with yen.
"Woah!" Kouta exclaims.
"How much is in there?!" Yuka exclaims. "How did Kurama get all that?!"
"At least she has a way to buy food and water before we bring her in to our home." Kouta says.
She takes a wad out.
Nana: Whats this stuff? Paper?
"Oh..." Kouta says. ' Forgot she doesn't have knowledge about the simplest of things back then.
Nana's stomach growls.
Nana: Oh, I'm so hungry.
Nana walks until she crosses a food stall.
Nana: Oh, that smells so good.
She looks to find a man working inside.
Nana: Excuse me. Excuse me, sir.
Stall owner: Oh, how can I help?
He takes a look at Nana and his demeanour changes.
Stall owner: What do you want?
"Huh? If a girl in ripped and dirtied clothes came up to me, I'd show some more concern." Kouta says.
"She could have been attacked or robbed or something!" Yuka adds. "There are just some uncaring people out there."
"I find it saddening, really." Kouta agrees.
Lucy listens into their conversation with much interest.'If only I could have met people like you sooner...' She thought.
Nana: Excuse me sir, could I have one?
Stall owner: They're 500 yen.
Nana: What? 500 yen?
She looks around as if she has pockets.
"She has 500 yen times a lot in the bag!"Yuka exclaims.
"Yuka?" Mayu questions.
"Sorry, it's just maddening really. If Kurama wanted her to survive, why not at least leave some tips behind?" Yuka says.
"Maybe papa didn't think of it at the time." Nana says. "People take the basic stuff I didn't know back then for granted and expected me to know about it despite the fact I had only been in a normal place once a few days ago and not for very long."
"That actually sounds pretty wise Nana." Kouta compliments.
"You think so?" Nana asks, to which Kouta nods.
Two other women then walk up to the stand.
Women 1: Hi could I have a strawberry crepe?
Women 2: I'll have one too, chocolate crepe.
Stall owner: Sure, thats 500 yen each.
The women hand the man the yen coins and he in return gives them their ice cream.
"If only they used bills, I'm sure I would have understood!" Nana says.
"No use changing the past, Nana." Mayu assures her.
Stall owner: Thanks a lot. Please, come again.
Nana: Excuse me!
Stall owner: 500 yen! Don't have it, get out of here! Beat it!
Nana dejectedly walks away.
Woman 1: Whats with that girl?
Woman 2: Look at her cloths.
Kouta did a double take. "No concern at all!" He exclaims.
"It's unfortunate, but not everyone out there is as kind as all of you here." Lucy tells them.
Nana: I'm in trouble. If I can't find 500 yen, I can't even eat.
Cut back the the Maple Inn kitchen where Yuka is cleaning. Kouta and Nyu approach her.
Kouta: I cleared the dishes.
Nyu: Nyu.
Yuka: Thanks, just leave them there. Hold on, where's Mayu?
Kouta: She went out. She said she was going to take Wanta for a long walk.
Yuka: At this hour?!
"I think it's beautiful when it's dark out." Mayu explains. "I felt I could appreciate it more now that I had a home."
"It's also dangerous when it's dark out!" Yuka exclaims.
Kouta: Well, she usually goes once around the block and quits.
Cut to Mayu as she walks along with Wanta.
Mayu: Whatever's going on, I should make sure Nyu's okay right?
She looks over to a nearby phone stall.
Mayu: Oh, there it is.
Wanta starts barking and running away.
Mayu: Wait Wanta!
Wanta continues barking and running toward the graveyard. Further inside, a weak light emanates. There, Nana sits with a small fire in a small container.
"Oh! This is when we first meet!" Nana exclaims.
Nana: This is the place where Lucy defeated me, isn't it.
Flash back to Nana bleeding out on the ground.
Nana: If that mans right, now papa has abandoned me. I don't know what to do without him. I wanna see papa. I feel so lonely. I miss you. Papa.
Nana is alerted to the sound of barking. Wanta appears and shortly after, Mayu.
Mayu: I'm sorry. My dog doesn't usually bark, but tonight he's-
Nana wipes her eyes and stands up.
Mayu (Thoughts): Is this the girl...
Flash back to Nana getting her leg chopped off.
Mayu (Thoughts): It can't be. She's standing.
"I would think that was all a dream too." Kouta says. 'More like a nightmare.'
"But if that were the case, why would someone in her dream look exactly like someone she would end up meeting if that were the case?" Lucy questions.
"It's not unheard of to see people you will eventually meet in your dreams. It's just not that common." Yuka explains. "Since that wasn't a dream, it doesn't count though."
Nana: Is something wrong? You look really pale.
"Understandably so." Yuka quietly mutters.
Mayu: Thats right. It must have been a dream it's not like she could have grown new legs.
Right then, Nana's leg detaches.
Lucy cringed. "Talk about bad timing."
Nana: Oh, it still doesn't work so well when I'm not paying attention.
She bends over to pick up the leg and reattaches it.
Nana: Stupid things. There. Sorry, did you need something?
Mayu passes out.
"I would pass out too." Kouta mutters. After Lucy had killed his family in front of him and fled, that was exactly what he did.
Nana: Hey! You alright?
Cut to the pendulum of the clock in the Maple Inn. Nyu taps it causing it to move back and forth. She smiles at this. Kouta walks up to her.
"So, this is where it starts?" Lucy asks.
"Yeah. She started work on it not long after." Kouta says. Lucy watched curiously as to determine how Nyu figures it all out.
Kouta: You really like that clock, don't you.
Nyu: Nyu!
Kouta: Well, I guess you can touch it. It's been broken since we got here.
Kouta then gets down to eye level.
Kouta: Listen. How did you get away from the Professors lab? Because, when I went there-
A flash of Professor Kakuzawa's decapitated head. Kouta quickly covers his mouth.
Nyu: Kouta?
Kouta: No. It was nothing. It's just that you and the Professor were already gone. Heh, you gotta stop scaring us all the time. kay?
Nyu: Nyu.
'Nyu seems so concerned. Was she aware of it on some level?' Yuka was left to wonder.
Cut back to the graveyard. Mayu wakes up near Nana's fire.
Nana: Oh, you're finally awake. You really worried me when you fell over and you wouldn't wake up.
Wanta starts whimpering.
Nana: That little creature there, he seemed worried about you too.
Mayu looks over to Wanta but hears wood shuffling. She looks down to see Nana made her a bed of planks. Cut to show Mayu and Nana putting the planks back where Nana had originally got them.
Nana: It was bad to take these things off, wasn't it.
Mayu: Yeah... Probably.
Nana: But we put them back so its okay, right?
Mayu: Yes!
"Why was it bad to have taken those off?" Nana asks, still confused. "It's not like anyone was using them."
"That's not the point Nana." Kouta says.
"They were probably there to signal the people to keep out of an area." Yuka tells her.
Mayu: Your leg, came off by itself.
Nana: Oh yeah, it seems to do that when I'm not paying attention.
Mayu: It... comes off?
Nana: Thats right.
Mayu: Thats... so strange.
A moment of silence passes.
Mayu: Those horns...
Nana: Oh, do they bother you?
Mayu: Thats not it at all.
Nana: I understand, they're not normal.
Mayu: Hey wait, I think they're kind of cute.
Nana: Really!
Mayu nods. Nana takes her hands in her own
Nana: Really! For real!
Mayu: Oh yes.
"Yeah. They look good on both of you." Kouta tells the two Diclonius in the room, to which Nana smiles happily and Lucyblushes.
Nana: Ahh! To tell the truth, I've always thought they were cute myself.
Mayu: There's this girl I-
Nana: Uh, you know what?
Mayu: What?
Nana casually kicks a headstone down. Mayu winces.
Everyone else follows notices everyone has the same expression as Mayu on the screen.
"Was that bad?" Nana asks.
"You kicked down a headstone, so that could be considered disrespecting the dead." Lucy tells her.
"I'm sorry." Nana meekly apologizes to no one in particular.
Nana: Hey, I have a favour to ask you.
Mayu: What? What is it?
Nana: Do you think... do you think maybe you could be my friend?
Mayu: Be your friend?
Nana: My whole life I've lived in this facility. I don't know anything about the outside world. I don't have a home. No where to go back to. I don't have anything to eat, which is fine I suppose. Its just that everything would be a lot easier if I didn't feel so alone.
Wanta seemed to show sympathy for the Diclonius.
Mayu: Well, If you wanna be friends; fine.
Nana: What!
Mayu: If being your friend would make things easier, I'd be happy to be your friend!
Nana runs up and takes Mayu's hands again.
Nana: Really?
Mayu: Yes.
Nana: My names Nana. What's yours.
Mayu: Mayu. My name's Mayu.
The group smile at the wholesome Moment.
Cut to later with the two sitting around Nana's fire.
Nana: You know, you're the first friend I ever made.
The fire seemed to die down.
Nana: Oh no, the fire goes down so fast. These papers are really useless.
"Please don't tell me you-"
Nana brings out another stack of cash. Mayu rushes over to her to stop her from what she was about to do.
Mayu: Ah! No! What are you doing! Thats money! Don't burn that!
The group, minus Nana, all facepalm.
Cut to later when the fire is out revealing the pot completely full of ashes.
Mayu: Oh no, how could you burn that much.
Nana: Because, I still have this much left.
She lifts up another wad.
"Just out of curiosity, how much do you have left?" Yuka asks the Diclonius.
"I don't know. I never counted, but I never used up any after you took me in!" Nana exclaims. "If you want, you can have some as thanks for being so kind to me."
"That's nice of you Nana. Thank you." Kouta says.
Mayu: But, why do you have so much money?
Nana: When I left the facility, papa gave it to me. I wish i had five hundred yen, not these worthless scraps of paper.
Mayu: This is crazy. You don't know anything about money do you, Nana?
Nana: Don't insult me! I know enough! I'm not dumb.
Nana sighs. "I was dumb."
"You were not dumb, Nana. Just uneducated." Mayu assures her friend.
Mayu: Oh good. Then you don't need me to tell you how dangerous it is to put that much money and leave it in a bag alone, right?
Nana: What? Dangerous?
Mayu: Because when you're asleep, all that money would join together and attack you. You know that.
She looks apprehensively at the bag.
Nana: Attack me?
Mayu: Of coarse. You know the magic spell that keeps the bills from coming to life. That'll keep us safe.
Nana: I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I was lying when I said I knew about money. Teach me the spell so I'll be safe.
Everyone chuckles a little at the scene.
Mayu: Looks like we're even, because what I said about the spell was a lie.
Nana: What...?
Cut to the two picking up loose scraps that had escaped the bag and the burning.
Nana: Then these scraps of paper were money all along? Hey! Lets use all this to get something to eat!
Mayu: Are you crazy?! You can't waste it like that!
Nana: I can't? So complicated.
This bring on another bought of laughs.
"So true." Kouta agrees among his laughter.
Mayu: You know, I envy you Nana. He must have been really worried. He gave you all this money because it was the only way to care for you.
Nana: Really? But I'd... rather be with papa then have all the money in the world.
Mayu: You're lucky to have someone who cares enough to worry. Oh wait, Nana!
Nana: Whats wrong?
Mayu: I almost forgot! Theres a big guy with a gun chasing Nyu! Have you seen a man like that?
Nana: Chasing Nyu? Who's that?
Mayu: Remember? The girl you met here the last time I saw you.
"If you recognized that we were fighting, why tell her about me?" Lucy asks.
"After confirming that it was real, I thought that maybe I had misunderstood something." Mayu exclaims. "You two were far apart and I just saw Nana's leg and finger come off on their own, so maybe you weren't fighting."
Nana: We met here?
Flash back to the fight in episode 4 when Mayu runs in.
Mayu (Flashback): Don't do it! Stop fighting!
Nana: I see. You were the voice that I heard. That means this Nyu person must be...
Nana's eyes slowly transition to the cold look she had earlier.
Mayu shivered at the look in her friends eyes. How has she not noticed it at the time?
Mayu: She lives with us at the house where I'm staying. She's probably there right now, she's just like you Nana! Another girl with horns!
A moment of silence.
Cut to Kouta putting his sandals on.
Kouta: I'm gonna walk around the block and look for her.
Yuka: Okay.
Kouta: It doesn't take this much time to walk that little dog. She isn't like Nyu so I'm not to worried, but I'll feel beter when she's at home.
Nyu: Nyu.
Yuka: See you later.
Nyu gets a mischievous look in her eyes as she brings her hands up.
Lucy realizes the look for what it is. "Oh no. What-"
Nyu: Nyu!
Nyu quickly latches onto Yuka's breasts, Nyuing all the way.
Yuka: What are you doing?!
"Oh." Lucy realizes before turning to Yuka. "Sorry."
"Don't worry about it." Yuka assures her. "Just don't do somethinglike that again."
Kouta: I wonder who taught Nyu to act so freaky.
Yuka: Never mind, just go look for Mayu!
Kouta: Yeah, okay.
With that, Kouta steps through the door, closing it behind him and muffling the sounds of Yuka and Nyu.
Yuka: Don't touch people there! Its private!
"Nyu doesn't understand the concept of privacy." Lucy says.
"Luckily, that didn't become an issue out in public." Yuka sighs.
Kouta: I wonder whats going on.
Cut to the front of the Maple house where Mayu and Nana now stand.
Nana: Is this the place?
Mayu: Yes.
Nana: Can't be. I can't sense Lucy. Nothing. Don't feel anything.
"Wait... you couldn't feel my presence?" Lucy questions.
"No. Nothing." Nana replies.
"Why is that? When I switch personality's, I'm still a Diclonius, so why would the signal shut down?" Lucy mutters.
"Maybe it has something to do with your vectors?" Kouta suggests. "Nyu can't use them just like she can't sense other Diclonius or be sensed? I dunno. That's all I can think of."
"Since we don't know how Diclonius sense works, it's impossible to tell as to what the reason." Yuka says. "Let's continue, shall we?"
Kurama (flashback): Forget about Lucy.
Mayu: You okay? Nana?
Nana: It's not what I'd thought it'd be. This isn't the place.
Nana turns away but at that second, the front gate opens revealing a stunned Kouta.
Mayu: Uh, I'm back.
Kouta: You...
Kouta rushes up to Nana and grabs her by the shoulders, shaking her every now and then.
Kouta: Tell me why you have those horns on your head. Where did you come from? Who in the world are you?
"Always so hyperactive regarding the conspiracy." Yuka sighs.
"Can you blame me?" Kouta asks. "I still don't know why you weren't so concerned."
Mayu: Kouta, stop!
Kouta releases her.
Kouta: Oh, excuse me. I'm sorry.
Mayu: I made friends with her on my walk. She said she wanted to meet Nyu.
Kouta: Nyu?
Nana: But, thinking about it, I don't think Nyu's the person I'm looking for.
Nana trys to walk away.
Mayu: Wait, Nana!
Mayu grabs her by the sleeve, but a bit of it rips off.
Mayu: I'm so sorry!
Kouta: Can you please stay just for a few minutes. I've got some questions for you.
Mayu: Hey Kouta, I think she's hungry. Can we help her?
Kouta: What?
Mayu: We still have a bunch of leftovers from dinner don't we?
Nana: You ate dinner?
Nana slightly foams to mouth.
Mayu chuckles a little at her friends appetite. It was then soured upon remembering Nana was only fed a kind of gruel for the majority of her life before she had real food.
Kouta: You know, let me go get a plate ready for you, just come in.
Mayu: Alright?
Nana: Okay. There's no reason not to.
Nana's stomach growls as the two head inside.
Nana: It seems to know there's food around.
Mayu: Its okay, don't worry about it.
Cut back to Nyu sexually assaulting Yuka.
Yuka: No I told you to stop!
The front door jiggles as it trys to open.
Yuka: Whats that? Oh, I hope that they're back.
"How did it lock itself?" Lucy asks.
"I don't know. Luckily, it hasn't happened again." Kouta says.
Nyu: Kouta!
With that, Nyu leaps off if Yuka and charges ahead.
Lucy can only sigh at her alter egos goofy run.
Meanwhile, Kouta is outside trying to open the door that has seemed to have jammed.
Nana: Big house.
Mayu: It used to be a traditional Japanese resteraunt.
Nyu opens the door from the other side, knocking Kouta down,
Nyu: Kouta!
Nana turns around and recognizes Nyu as Lucy. Glass nearby breaks and Nana attacks Nyu with her vectors.
Episode end.
"I guess now we have the full context of your attack." Kouta says.
"I'm sorry. I-"
"Don't apologize. It's in the past now." Kouta says.
"We're halfway done the episodes. Shall we continue?" Yuka asks.
"We've already come this far, haven't we?" Mayu says.
"Yeah. Let's continue." Kouta agrees.
"I'm fine with it." Lucy adds her two cents. The last few episodes had be rather merciful on her. 'I hope my luck holds out with it.'
Finished just the day after Nozomi's b-day. Now... the next chapter is gonna be the reaction everyone was craving for. Lucy's backstory. Let me know what part you look forward to them reacting to the most.
