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Pain. That was what Toma could feel in his body, just pain. The level 2 Akuma had done quite the number on him and he'd only just managed to avoid death, alongside warning Kanda and Allen. But could that have been enough?
Allen and Kanda were injured as it was and this was Allen's first mission. Now here they were trapped in some sort of cave waiting for the damn thing to find them.
Did they have what it took too beat the revived monster? He just couldn't take the chance he needed to do something especially for Allen's sake.
Toma took the bandages that were wrapped around his mouth and coughed up blood. It had been a while since he had taken them off. The sensation of air on the entirety of his face was blissful to say the least.
Toma could only hope that he'd be able to live to feel this sensation once again. He begrudgingly attempted to unwrap his special backpack from his back being careful not to overexert his arms. "Woah be careful you might injure yourself. Let me help you Toma" Allen stated.
Toma stared at his current superior... Allen Walker. The kind boy who had been a joy to be with throughout the mission. He vaguely wondered how someone like him could have ended up in such a dangerous position.
Allen carefully took the backpack off of Toma and set it down. Unsure of what to do next, Allen looked at the injured finder. Innocently he scratched his cheek. "Eh, so now what?"
"There's someone nearby to help."
At this Kanda growled. "As long as I'm here we don't need anyone's help."
"I've already called for help." Toma said. That wasn't quite true. As they talked he was trying to connect with the other person.
"I can take it down without your's or beansprout's help." The long haired male snapped.
"I'm sorry Kanda sir but you're in no shape to fight. We need help" Toma replied.
"Che." Was the only reply Kanda gave as he sat back down. No use arguing about it now.
"Hello?" A male voice spoke from the box. Kanda glared at Tomo from where he was sitting practically daring the situation to be what he thought it was.
"Yes, is this Balor-sama by any chance?"
Allen looked at Kanda with confusion evident on his face. "Balor? Who's that?"
Toma continued to talk to the mystery man as Kanda looked on. "Don't you ******* dare Finder!" Kanda practically growled in a low told the man the coordinates of their location despite Kanda's protest.
"Oh so it's a level two eh? Well this ought to be fun. I'll be there soon whatever your name is. You're lucky I'm pretty close by." The voice responded cheerfully before hanging up.
"Che. Damn it!" Kanda exclaimed clearly frustrated.
"Am I missing something here guy's?" Allen asked.
"I don't know what do you think beansprout?" Kanda spat back.
"My name is Allen, Ka-Baka!" Allen bit back before sitting next to Tomo. "So who is Balor anyways, Tomo?"
"Balor-sama is…" The man paused. "Well, he's a little hard to explain."
"How so?"
"Well, okay sir, I'll tell but I'm not at liberty to tell you much because a lot of it is classified." Toma replied. "He's a member of the black order."
Allen tilted his head. "How come I've never met him before?"
"Balor-sama is as one could say the best kept secret of the order. Most of the world doesn't even know that he exists actually." Toma said, taking a napkin to wipe the blood on his lips.
"Best kept secret?" Allen's eyes twinkled in awe. "He must be good! But why?"
"I'm not as liberty to say. However you can ask Balor-Sama once he gets here he'll be able to tell you if he wants to though"
"Oh okay then… continue"
"From what I know he's served under the Black Order for 10 whole years. However no one has ever actually seen him inside the HQ for some reason." Toma stated. His back hunched over as another coughing fit overtook his body.
"You need to rest Toma. Don't worry I'll ask him when he get's here." Allen said worried for the finder as he laid the older man's back down.
At the same time Kanda was watching the scene unfolding before him seemingly uninterested . "Baka Finder. You wanted too see Balor? Che, we'll see what you think of him once you actually see him in battle." Kanda thought to himself as he closed his eyes deciding to focus more on hearing the level 2 Akuma before it came.
A sound resonated throughout the cavern. Kanda couldn't tell exactly what it was. Was the it Akuma or Balor? He grabbed for his sword and waited to strike, just in case. Kanda looked towards the fallen Guzol being taken care of by Lala the singing doll that held innocence.
The sound returned again and this time both Allen and Kanda stood up getting ready to fight. Then it hit him Guzol and Lala were too far away to protect! "Guzol, Lala-" he screamed but it was too late!
The level two Akuma known as Pierrot jumped out of the sand in the catacombs and shoved his hand spear through the tragic duo! The sheer shock wave from the massive Akuma jumping out from the ground was more than enough to push back Allen and Kanda.
"Kyeh!" Pierrot cheered at the gobsmacked trio as he merged from out of nowhere! "Guzol, Lala no!" Allen screamed horrified.
The demented beast dropped both man and doll onto the ground grinning gleefully as he removed the innocence from Lala's body.
Guzol the deformed old man reached out his hand. He had too get too Lala! She was all he had left, she couldn't just die now! "Lala…" he croaked reaching out his hand before finally collapsing.
"Oh so this is innocence? It looks lovely!" Pierrot stated gleefully. He gazed on the green innocence emanating from its fragment.
"No. Lala… First Mana and now this! Damn it. Why? Now the life and personality she's made over the years… everything that made Lala, her… it's all gone!" Allen thought.
He had pledged to himself that he would protect Guzol,and Lala. Yet that had meant nothing in the end. Even if he gave Lala her innocence back it wouldn't truly be Lala!
The very thought of it was enough to enrage him!
Unbeknownst to him, a purple aura started to flow through him. His mangled cursed arm turned black as its form started to change from gray to black. It's mass bubbling as it slowly and painlessly changed. Allen stood up as the mangled arm continued to transform.
"Give it back…"
"Eh?" Pierrot questioned looking at the enraged 15 year old.
"I said give it back!" Allen lashed out, rage heavy in his distraught voice. He charged like a bull at Pierrot!
"Idiot! Your weapon isn't fully formed yet!" Kanda yelled. Allen refused to listen and jumped motivated by his own negative thoughts, as his anti-Akuma weapon finally transformed into the cannon like hybrid known as Cross Beta.
Allen outstretched his arm and let loose a volley of energy spikes. Pierrot just narrowly managed to keep himself from dying thanks to his sand skin by letting himself travel underneath it.
He frantically traveled underneath the sand but just couldn't help but taking a shot at his opponent. Allen landed on one of his energy spikes with a scowl on his face.
"Ha! It'll take more then that too get me exorcist" Pierrot shouted. Now all he had to do was pop out of the sand while Allen couldn't see him. However thanks to his cursed eye Allen was fully capable of tracking the Akuma.
A giant metallic like hand emerged from the sand but Allen skillfully dodged it without worry. He exuded a sort of furious calm over himself as he flared at the Akuma.
"Guzol… he loved Lala and you took her away from him. For that i'm not going to forgive you!" Allen stated as he neared the ground. However while he was in mid air the Akuma took its opportunity and pounced with it's new sand covered body.
"It's all over for you now." The Akuma cackled in laughter. "You can't hit me when I can shift into the sand"
"Allen-Sama watch out!" Toma yelled.
Despite his best efforts it was too late Pierrot had outstretched his arm and screeched "Fufufufu. Now how do you like being the helpless one exorcist! Huh?" Pierrot cackled.
Pierrot transformed one of his arms into a javelin esque weapon and held it close too his body. He prepared to attack, hopefully knocking down the exorcist in one shot. But he yelled out in pain as the javelin broke upon hitting the white haired boy's arm.
"Gah god damn it what are you made of? Pure metal?" he squealed in pain.
Allen didn't bother with a response and simply unleashed another continuous volley of energy spikes. This time there would be no avoiding them! Spike upon spike imbedded itself in the Akuma's body penetrating his skin of sand.
"Guzol, Lala, Kanda, Toma, all of them hurt because of you! I won't let they're suffering go to waste you hear me!" Allen shouted as he continued his assault.
The sheer amount of damage his body sustained was too much for the Akuma as his sand skin started to falter. "No my sand skin!" Pierrot shouted panicking as he was left with no protection but his own body.
"I need more!"
"I won't let you Kyah!" Allen shouted letting loose yet another round of energy spikes from his cross beta weapon.
Hundreds of thoughts raged through the panicked Akuma's thoughts. How could he lose like this? Was his fate too be beaten by the very people that had indirectly caused his ascension? No, that couldn't be it! He had to find some way out of this! There had to be something! A form he hadn't taken? Maybe a new strategy?
His thoughts mattered not as he was continuously hammered by even more attacks by a determined Allen.
"This for all of them. Now I'll make sure your soul is set free Akuma!" Allen yelled increasing the pressure.
"No damn it no! Why? I have your arm! Why did I lose?" Pierrot screamed in all his demented horror.
Meanwhile Kanda was merely observing the fight as it befell upon him. He knew exactly why this was happening. "Kanda-Sama how is it that even with a copy of Allen-Sama's arm is it that he's being beaten so easily?" Tomo asked.
"It's because he's already reached his limit. As it is even though it's the same weapon it's a different less experienced user who's yet too have synchronized with it properly or use the innocence. An Akuma like him could never hope to be as skilled as the original user" Kanda replied.
"Alright, we may not need Balor-Sama after all!" Tomo cheered.
Allen was sure that if he could keep his attack on for just a little while longer he could win. But alas fate would not let it be. Just as he was so close to putting the Akuma down he felt an extremely painful pulse come from his body. It didn't take long before it was too much for him and he coughed up blood and his attack stopped.
"Damn it. I guess my body just wasn't ready for this new weapon" Allen spoke as he entered another coughing fit.
"Allen-sama!" Tomo shouted worried for the white haired teen.
"Che. The beansprout overexerted himself" Kanda stated. This wasn't good if he couldn't save Allen as much as he hated to admit it they would be utterly screwed.
Pierrot removed himself from the wall and staggered forward. This was his chance! He could kill the little wretch in front of him and he planned on not wasting that opportunity with a monologue.
"Take this!" he shouted as he jumped forward planning on decapitating the boy in front of him. However at the last moment he was blocked by the sword Mugen and it's wieler… Kanda!
"Damn it! You people just don't die do you!" he yelled. However instead of trying to recklessly force his way through Pierrot swatted the exorcist with a mighty blow from his other arm!
He chuckled as he watched Kanda fall to the side. Ready to finally put an end to the battle Pierrot lifted his arm yet again only to have an excruciating pain burst through his arm.
Allen looked up having expected to be dead by now but only to find his would be executioner doubling over gripping the stub that used to be his hand. "Gah goddammit my arm! Who the **** did that I'll tear you apart!"
"That would be me." A voice called out followed up with a chuckle. Pierrot turned to see a young man sitting on one of the many pillars that surrounded the catacombs.
The young man appeared to have short brownish blackish hair, a prickly stubble as facial hair, a short yet muscular build, green eyes, and the signature exorcist uniform.
Pierrot gazed into the man's eyes who merely flashed a seemingly sickly sweet smile on his face. "I guess you've been disarmed, neh, get it? Because I just blew your arms apart!" He said followed up by a sadistic chuckle.
"You only blew one of my arms a part exorcist!" Pierrot yelled in rage. "
Oh you're right. Just give it a minute, also your ugly." The man replied as he jumped off landing next to Allen.
"So who was it that called me here anyways?" The man asked Allen, who's eyes widened in realization.
"So your Balor right?" Allen asked the man in front of him.
"Yup, and you are?" The brunette, now identified as Balor, asked.
"Oh my name's Allen Walker, the finder over there is Tomo, he's the one who called you." Allen said as he pointed too Tomo who was tending too Kanda's wounds.
"Oh my gosh is that you Kanda? You seriously got your ass kicked by a level 2?" Balor said clearly mocking Kanda.
"Che. It's because of that beansprout over there that I'm even like this and you know it." Kanda bit back.
"It's Allen, Ka-Baka!"
"Ka-Baka? Now that's something I'll have to remember." Balor said.
"Stop ignoring me damn it!" Pierrot shouted as he dashed towards Balor.
Balor quickly grabbed Allen and jumped backwards too where Tomo and Kanda had set themselves. "Welp, now the ugly fish has got himself all riled up. Well then stay here Allen I'll take care of this." Balor said as a smile creeped up his lips.
"Okay but be careful he can use the sand as his own skin if he wants too." Allen stated.
"Hmm… I'll keep that in mind thanks kid." Balor said giving a playful salute as he turned his gaze to the Akuma.
"Make sure to keep me entertained. It's no fun if I don't hear you die screaming, kay? Also you're really ugly." Balor stated as he held his hand forward.
"Gah,die you runt!" Pierrot yelled as he dashed forward.
Balor sighed, this wasn't going to be fun at all was it? Maybe he could get something out of this situation though?
As soon as the Akuma came close a ball of energy solidified and exited from Balor's hands into the Akuma's eyes. The blast, while not enough to knock him away, was enough to stop him in his tracks as he screeched in pain.
After a few more blasts, Balor looked at his incapacitated foe with a bored look. Pierrot was already weakened by battle it was obvious he wasn't going to put up much of a fight now.
Hr outstretched his hands and another ball of energy appeared however he hadn't launched and it was slowly getting bigger! Without a second thought he released the energy blast and it smashed straight into the Akuma.
If he wanted to end it quickly he could have pointed his blast somewhere vital, but he didn't. Looking at the state his comrades were in, he didn't think anyone would argue if he took his time. So first he took out a leg after charging up the next blast, blasting it to pieces so the Akuma would awaken in a fit of pain.
"P-please no." The pathetic Akuma wailed. "I don't want to die!"
"Isn't that to bad?" The brunette smirked. He lifted his hand preparing to take out the next leg. But he felt something warm touch his arm.
The kid, Allen, looked up at him with fierce eyes. "Stop."
Balor glared back at him. He turned away from Pierrot. "It's not like he's a challenge"
"You really shouldn't turn your back on an enemy." The sand Akuma yelled taking a swipe at him. The swipe connected thanks too Balor's brief slip up and he was sent crashing into a wall.
"*Cough* God damn it I think you broke a couple ribs" he said letting out a pained groan as he staggered out of the hole that had been indented by his body.
The Akuma wasted no time attempting to balance himself on one leg and lunging himself at Allen. Allen in his weakened state still managed to dodge the attack.
Pierrot wasted no time in attempting to chase Allen.
"I'm back!" Balor shouted as an energy blast left his hand and let it loose on the beast's back. This time however he was not going to let the Akuma get up!
Blast after blast found it's way onto too the Akuma's body as it screamed in agony letting a smile slip onto Balor's face.
"Ya know, I kinda feel inclined to let you become a level three just to see if you can regrow that leg and arm I blew off." Balor said as he patiently walked towards the Akuma while continuing to let loose weak energy blasts.
The Akuma finally staggered and fell flat on it's back. Finally too weakened from the beating it had received from Allen, and Balor.
"Ya know, looking at you I just remembered something!" Balor said cheerfully as he held his arm out and charged his next blast. He carefully aimed it at the arm of the Akuma and let it loose. As soon as the energy ball made contact Pierot screamed in pain as his arms was roughly destroyed by the energy ball.
At this point Allen had just about enough. "Balor, that's enough just end it already!" he shouted.
"Oh my gosh fine!" Balor snapped back at the 15 year old. "Just keep your gun ready never know if this little ******* is gonna get up again since I can't move while charging this thing." Balor said as he charged his next blast.
"P-Please."
"Too be honest Akuma all I hear is 'please kill me Balor, oh p-please'." Balor said clearly mocking him as the energy ball grew in size.
After what seemed like an eternity but actually 20 seconds Balor smiled and launched the energy ball. It took the now laptop sized ball of energy mere seconds to destroy the Akuma leaving no trace whatsoever of its existence besides a giant crater.
"Welp now that, that's done with let's get the innocence and be done with this." Balor said letting out an exasperated sigh as he turned around.
Allen was giving quite an angry look at him
"What?"
"You didn't have to torture him" Allen stated with conviction.
"You know you're probably right about that but hey at least I used my innocence fragment for the killing blow. So if that'll help you sleep better at night… well there." Balor said finishing his sentence awkwardly. Too back up his sentence he flashed the fragment out before putting it back in his pocket.
Allen sighed and turned his attention to Balor's broken ribs. "You're injured." He stated bluntly with concern laced in his voice. Balor looked surprised. Why was this boy so concerned especially since if anything he was in worse shape then Balor. Did he not know what Balor was?
"I'm okay. My kind heal a lot faster then yours does. You look like you're in need of more help than me though." Balor stated putting his hand on Allen's shoulder.
My kind? Just what did Balor mean by that Allen thought to himself in confusion. That was when it hit him. Lala, and Guzol!
He frantically dashed towards the innocence fragment, and put it back into Lala. He patiently waited as the doll slowly started up again before it turned it's gaze too Guzol.
"Lala…" A pained groan came from Guzol as he looked upon his caretaker. The one person who had cared for him when not even his own parents would. Tears came out of his eyes at the thought of death itself and being separated from Lala.
"Human, sir, how would you like a song?" Lala spoke just no longer Lala just a singing doll. Lala crawled over to Guzol repeating what she had previously asked.
Guzol's tears intensified it wasn't even Lala now. "I love you Lala." He stated painfully.
"Then I will sing for you a lullaby sir." The doll stated seemingly unaware of the man's pain in front of her. She started to sing.
"So what exactly did I miss?" Balor questioned. Allen didn't respond and simply looked at the duo in front of him with sadness in his eyes.
Time Skip-3 days later
Allen sat in front of steps just waiting. He hadn't been waiting for anything in specific. Maybe he hoped that waiting for a while for something to happen might wash up some of the sadness he felt?
Why was it that his arm couldn't have evolved before Lala and Guzol were impaled? What if Kanda had avoided injury? What if Balor had arrived earlier?
This brought yet another question to his mind. Why had Balor been so insistent on torturing the Akuma instead of simply finishing it off? Was this why Kanda was so adamant in not having Balor come with them?
His train of thoughts were interrupted by the sound of footsteps on the stairs. Allen didn't move from his spot.
"What are you sleeping for? Wake up and keep watch."
Allen instantly recognized the voice belonging to Kanda.
"What happened to your wound?" Allen asked ignoring Kanda's previous question.
Kanda sat down on the steps being careful not to overexert his wound "I heal fast that's all."
Allen didn't respond and simply stayed put. For a moment neither of the two exorcists said anything. In that brief moment nothing was wrong with the world but at the same time nothing was right. They were just… there.
"I just got in contact with the order. New orders have been sent to me by Koumi. I'll go on the next mission and Balor will go with you to headquarters." Kanda stated.
"Okay." Allen responded mechanically.
"Che. If it bothers you so much you can stop the doll." Kanda said annoyed at Allen's attachment to the pair.
"No. I promised that I would let Guzol be the one to do it" Allen exclaimed adamantly which caused Kanda too 'tsk' in annoyance. Kanda was about to leave when he heard Allen call to him.
"Kanda… was what Balor did why you didn't want him to come?" Allen asked, standing up.
Kanda turned his head back to the church. He gritted his teeth. "Something like that."
The white haired teen huffed. "I didn't get to ask him anything that Toma couldn't answer." He then turned his eyes back to Kanda. "Do you know anything? Or maybe his Finder?"
"I don't think he has one."
"Really?" Allen wanted to continue but heard footsteps coming their way. Looking up he saw the brunette climbing the stairs.
"Are you ready?" Balor asked. When he was returned with only a blank stare as a response, he folded his arms over his chest. "To go, are you ready to leave?"
"But Lala..." Allen said. There was a silent moment between them.
Kanda was the one to break it first. "You're too naïve. We're destroyers not saviors."
Balor nodded in agreement. Allen's chin rested on his legs, he opened his mouth to say something when a gust of wind blew. All three heads eyed the church. "It stopped."
That's a wrap guys. I hope you liked it. Special thanks too Co-Writer Silven K who not only helped write this but gave us this ominous ending while I was ill. Please make sure too leave a review.