Hyssop by Yofune-Nushi

Summary: He thinks it's better to not acknowledge that the world was decaying.// Spoilers for 184.

Disclaimer: Hoshi owns the series.

Warnings: My 14th what if story of a AU adaption of chapter 184.


The world was decaying all around him.

It's not really scary here.

The sky was bleeding not unlike human blood turning from blue to red.

A voice damning "You're the one who needs saving".

Even if my Innocence is condemning me, I'm not without it.

A light cut in the sky in the shape of the cross engraved on his hand over looks the ruined world that only occupies him.

Dream… It's another dream…wake up, wake up…I'm ready…this world gives me headache…

"Allen!"

Oh…wait…Mana? What's he doing in such a forsaken world?

"Allen! What are doing there looking like that, let's go together Allen!"

Never mind about waking up, this is a good dream….

The world was decaying around him. Buildings broken and collecting rust, creations that had yet to be born were turning into dust, and the sky offered no help to the wasting clouds.

He reached out his hand and his time spun back.

Mana's here and saying my name, that's enough for me.

He ran with Mana like a giddy child and laughed almost choking in a way that held no difference between joy and euphoria to him.

"You're the one that needs saving Allen Walker!"

"Alle* let's go! I have something to show you."

That's not my name…Call me Allen okay?

The world was decaying around him. No life of any kind existed in this world. Any signs that life had existed would be burned away eventually.

He kept moving on past it, not sure why he should feel bothered for not noticing.

"Only evil things shall be hurt by it? Then why are you in such pain!"

Why indeed. He wasn't in any pain.

"All** come on!"

It's Allen, you know that, okay?

The world was decaying around him. Running footsteps echoed as breath was exhaled. It was the only sound the world could hear.

"Al***, Keep holding on, don't let go of me!"

Who are you talking to, I'm right here. Look at me Mana. I'll never let go!"

He held on tighter regardless of Mana's strange behavior. Mana had always been a little strange and it wasn't like there was anything he couldn't accept about the man.

The world was decaying around him. Monuments of human achievements began vanishing one by one as if the wind that no longer existed simply whistled it all away.

"A**** we're almost there, don't stop moving forward!"

.Yeah, you're right we are. I'm starting to see it.

He holds on tighter and runs even faster so as to not lag behind as he had been doing previously for reasons he wasn't quite sure of despite still remembering them within his mind.

"A****!"

The world was decaying around him. Earth was disappearing to the water that was engulfing it as the clear liquid oozed almost thickly through the newly appearing cracks of the ground.

The sky was nearly bled out as the holy Light stayed stagnant and alone.

He keeps running and running, never feeling tired or affected by the dryness in the air or the wetness from the ground. He was breathing so heavily that the back of his mind he thought he was crying.

"***** you're finally here."

He smiles back at Mana, looking at Mana's face alone as the older man's makeup is stripped away layer by layer until finally it's just like the vision that he has never forgotten of his one and only Brother.

I'm finally here….

He stopped dreaming.

The world decayed.


Notes*

Oh Allen, I swore I'd never do this to you!