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Ok...so this is my first story. I have it on another site and its doing well so i thought i'd share it here! - please read and review!

Allen sat on a bench at the park, watching the children play. He smiled at their laughter; their energy. He was about to turn away when one child in particular caught his eye.

He watched the small boy, unsure why he showed such interest in him. The child was no older than three or four. He had nicely combed bright orange hair. Maybe it was the hair. Lavi'd had hair like that.

"Lavi…" murmured Allen, feeling the grief that threatened to over whelm him. Lavi had passed on, murdered, by an akuma. Allen fiddled with the photo in his pocket before extracting it. He gazed at it.

The photo had been taken before the final battle between the Earl and the Order. Everyone was smiling. Allen's eyes traveled over the faces one by one, remembering. He looked at himself first. Saw the shadow of the happiness he had felt then. Lavi was next. He didn't linger on his face long. Lastly was Lenalee. He smiled at her sadly. She had gone with Lavi, loved him, and when he died, disappeared from the Order. Komui had been in hysterics for weeks.

He looked up from the photo, back to the little boy who was struggling up the large steps to the slide. Laughing, as he reached the top, he waved to his right. Allen glanced over toward where the boy was looking.

He blinked in confusion. The little boy's mother, why was she so familiar?

"L-Le…Lenalee?" He stuttered, looking at his old friend. Her hair was shoulder length, a dark forest green. She smiled, waving back to her son as he turned to the slide.
The small boy sat down, pushing himself into the pull of gravity. He laughed happily as he spiraled down to the ground.

Allen was too preoccupied with the woman to notice anything around him. He was brought back with a scream as his eye activated.

"Lavi, run!" screamed Lenalee as one of the children's skin began to expand, ripping off him completely.

Lavi stood frozen, watching the child, fear clearly showing on his face. The second level akuma turned its gaze on him. Lavi stumbled back a step as the monster advanced on him, its body changing to reveal a gun.

"No!" screamed Allen as Lenalee threw herself over her son. Allen was moving before he had a chance to assess the situation.

Lenalee heard the gun fire; tensing for the moment of pain she knew would come. She would soon join her love in the grave with the same fate.

"What?" she whispered, hearing the silence, the lack of pain? She glanced over her shoulder, confused. A reddish shield was covering her and her son.

Someone gasped and the shield began to shrink. Lenalee blinked, realizing its familiar shape.

"Allen?!" she cried as he fell sideways, the stars beginning to show on his face,

"No, Allen, no!" she whispered feverishly as she released her son to cradle Allen.

"Ha, ha, ha! Stupid human, the virus will slowly destroy your body. Did you think you were a match for me?" A small smile touched Allen's lips as he slowly placed his innocence hand over his heart. Lenalee gasped as the stars began to recede.

"Your virus is useless," he murmured as he rose to his feet, holding his arm where the virus had entered.

"What is this trickery?" asked the akuma, seeing Allen's starless skin.

"Innocence invocate," whispered Lenalee bringing the suddenly lightness to her feet at the words.

Allen glanced over his shoulder, surprised that Lenalee still had her weapon now that she had left the Order.

"Mommy?" Lenalee looked at her son lovingly.

"Hush, it will be fine, just stay put." Lightly she leapt into the air, skipping along the trees.

The akuma turned its gun on her, shooting.

"Die!" it screamed, realizing that she was dodging the bullets with ease.

Allen stood still, waiting for the exact moment when Lenalee would have the akuma positioned for him. His arm began to reform as the seconds ticked by.
Lenalee finally got close enough to the akuma to do damage. She jumped into the air, fluttering there for a brief second before slamming down on the monster, crushing it into the earth.

"Move, Lenalee!" cried Allen, positioning his gun for a clear shot.
Lenalee was out of the way in moments, fluttering toward her son who was clearly terrified.

"May God have mercy on your soul." Murmured Allen, shooting the deadly weapon. There was a scream and the creature split in half, a lovely woman's soul springing from the carcass, her face alight with joy as she disappeared in her newly found peace.

"A-Allen…" whispered Lenalee, gazing at the man before her with a pain filled expression.

"Lenalee, it's been a long time. It's great to see you again," he smiled; the same old, gentle smile and Lenalee couldn't help but smile back.

"It has..." she replied, rising. She bit her trembling lip as the silence stretched on. Allen looked awkwardly at the ground.

Lenalee threw herself at Allen, unable to stand the silence. She hugged him to herself, sobbing into his shoulder.

Allen wrapped his arms around her, attempting to comfort her.

"I can't believe its you! I thought I would never see any of you again, not after I left the Order."

"I'm just as shocked as you are,"

"Would you…like to come over for lunch?" she asked, pulling away. Allen smiled.

"I would love to," Lenalee returned his smile as her son came to stand beside her. "hello there," little Lavi shrank back as Allen addressed him.

"What do you say, honey?"

"H-hello, sir," he murmured, holding his mother's hand for comfort. Lenalee smiled at him encouragingly.

"May I ask what your name is?" Lavi nodded, slowly.

"I-I'm Lavi Lee,"

"Nice to meet you, Lavi Lee, I'm Allen Walker," the small boy's eyes widened slightly and he looked up at his mother.

"What do you say, sweetie?"

"Y-you're, Allen Walker?" he asked, the awe clear in his voice. Allen smiled, glancing at Lenalee.

"Yes,"

"I…you're my hero!" he exclaimed, flushing with embarrassment as he realized what he'd said.

"What about you're father?"

"My father is dead," he whispered, hiding his face in his mother's skirt, "Mommy said that you're her hero too," he said, changing the subject and it was Lenalee's turn to blush. She quickly looked off to her left, seemingly interested in something there as Allen glanced up at her. He smiled, blushing slightly himself, happy for the moment.

"Would you like to join us for lunch?" asked Lenalee politely. Allen nodded, flashing one of his bright smiles.