D Gray-man: Shadow of The Sins
Hello everybody, I'm back after so much time(Not that anyone knows me or should even care but still…). I know there were many people who ever read my last story, few reviewed(12 reviews at all), so you all have my thanks for your patience and cooperation. I've kinda gone dark for many mouths thanks to a writer block, preventing me to get along with the flow of my first story, so, to distract myself I choose to stay away from writing.
I just finished to watch once again the entire series of Katsura Hoshino name D Gray-man(Both anime and manga) as well as distracting myself with Bleach. And after reading many other fanfictions(mostly crossovers) of both, I decided to write another story of my own.
Well, enough about me, I'll just do my work while you all enjoy.
Timeline for following…
Bleach: at the beginning of the season 6 on the anime. The setting is focused on bleach universe when the soul society still has to discover the real plan of Aizen. Inoue Orihime wasn't captured by Ulquiorra yet, so Ichigo and company haven't gone to Hueco mundo.
D Gray-man: As the summary says, the story is focused on Allen Walker just after the Seed of Destruction Arc; to more specific, is the time when he escapes the Black Order abandoning Lenalee on the manga. There are some minor changes but it overall, the story flows from here.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to both Bleach and D Gray-man. They belong to their respective authors.
Manga styled Version: Thanks to Panda Master X, here's the link to the first page of a Draw version(13/03/2014): fav,me/d7a0awp (Replace Comma to acess...)
Chapter 1: A Long Ride
Somewhere on Italy…
Running across a random alley, a boy, wearing nothing but a tattered brown cloak, runs desperately as if his life is in danger. He kept running and running, dodging everything he could on his way before finally losing his breath and fall because of fatigue. He slowly descends leaning nearby on a wall to rest.
"…Urg…" he groans panting heavily, "(it seems that I managed to flee…)" he thought, recovering his breath, then out of nowhere something flies on his direction, it was some source of a small, golden ball-like creature with four, stubby legs, two horns and feathered wings, and a long tail that ends in a thick swirl.
"Timcanpy…" called the boy as the said golem lays on his head. Both simply stood there doing nothing but staring the sky, trying to distract the mind from the world, the only thing he could imagine is how the world managed to turn out his life; He thought about himself.
Allen Walker, an young man like anyone else, average on height, with a rather lean muscular body whose it's covered with many scars, result from his harsh life on battles. He had a shoulder length white hair, an unusual color for such young person, if seen from distance or from behind, one could confuse him as an old man.
His face definitely is something else, he has a very pale skin and his eyes are silver colored; his left eye possess some unusual scar that begin with a strange reverse pentagram on the forehead that trails down a line ending on the cheek. Strange as it seems, it was never been like that, he was born like any other and yet he was forced to live misery.
On the world he lives, lies an ancient holy war of universal proportions, a malevolent existence known only as "Millennium Earl" threatens to destroy the world with an army of Akuma, an monstrosity born from poor souls of the afterlife that has been forcefully brought back by their loved ones, who in despair, were tempted by the said Earl, and thus, forever bent to his will, those monsters wreck chaos and disaster on the world and no mortal force can possibly resist them.
To stand against such enemy, emerged The Exorcists, humans chosen by God, capable to wield the divine power of Innocence, the only force capable to harm this kind of evil. United by the Black Order, those chosen ones fight, to ensure that humanity live to see the next day of their lives.
It has been three months since Allen crossed a Noah Gate and escaped the Order branded as a Traitor. Many things happened, and now death follows the young man; outnumbered, outmatched, and forced to flee from a force he can't possibly stand against, Allen Walker fights for his life, seeking hope so that he can solve the terrible secret of his life, the fact that he's an Noah host.
With many things on his mind, Allen felt tired; he slowly began to drift into sleep. Noticing that, the little golem began to panic, he wasn't supposed to sleep now, not while he's been tracked by the enemy.
Timcanpy tried to wake him by pinching with his legs but got no answer. At same time, the ground below Allen began to distort; having no choice, the golem open his mouth, full of razor sharp teeth, and proceed to bite the boy's nose.
"O-OWWW! Timcanpy! What you a- !" fully awaken, Allen's left eye began to react, the sclera turned black while the iris became an red reverse pentagram, an gear of sort materialized in from of it as if he was using an monocle.
"I can feel it…" spoke a sinister voice coming from the void, "There's a Noah here…"
"Not again…" he muttered, jumping away to dodge the face of a giant Akuma that abruptly rushed. Allen simply stood there watching as the hole slowly increased in size, giving room for more giant sized faces to sneak out. He knew that if those Akuma were released, a great portion of the city would be decimated with.
Thinking quickly, he began to activate his power; his left arm began to glow with ominous green energy that soon turned into white and covered his entire body. Allen stood before his enemy, his hair became spiky and he was wearing a rather distinctive outfit, an shinning cloak with 4 spikes on his back, complete with an silver masquerade-like mask fixed behind on a hood; his left arm became slender and black, with an razor sharp claws on the hand.
Lunging forward, Allen charged his hand and decapitated all the three giant faces in an instant with the Edge End's destructive power. However, a second later, more portals began to open followed by a waves of Akuma coming out, all of them ignoring the frightened humans around and focusing on him.
Fortunately, everything was mostly a one-sided fight; Allen was easily curbstomping them thanks to his General level power, but still, that ruckus was raising quite much attention around; Allen knew that if he stood ground for too long, He would soon make his appearance on the scene.
It didn't took long before he could feel some source of "defiance" coming from his innocence, an ominous presence began to surround the area; knowing what it is, Allen exterminated to remaining Akumas and proceeded to flee as soon as possible, before his power begins to desynchronize too much.
"Tim! Quick, take me to the most isolated place now!" he yelled; hearing that, the golem followed his orders and quickly flew away with him following behind. It was quick, the field was cleared and empty, the portals began to close for some reason, and peace came back; all that was left as the presence of a single person, its appearance consisted of a short blonde haired man with glasses, he wears brown coat with a black cassock underneath it, he apparently is some source of cardinal, an officer of the Christian church.
He simply stood there examination around for a few seconds before looking to the sky, gazing with a dead serious expression.
"You will not escape, Allen Walker…" He muttered.
Somewhere on another dark alley…
As he fled, Allen began to twitch in pain; his left arm began to react violently as it dispersed white energy in form of feathers. There is force causing all his innocence related items to react in such way, causing him to feel as if he was burning. At same time, his skin suddenly changed in tone; it became darker, followed by some strange cross marks appearing on his forehead.
"ARRGh…Curse… you… Apocryphos!…" he muttered coughing blood. The Noah inside him, Neah Walker, was once again trying to overtake his mind due the weakening influence of the innocence.
And while he stands down mentally struggling against it, he was chased by Apocryphos, the Sentient Innocence. He is but some source of Guardian for the Heart, the core of all Innocence in the world. His objective is to absolve Allen, because once done, their fused power could free him the from Noah genes' influence.
In theory, that would certainly solve many problems for both himself and the Order; however, since Apocryphos was the one who apparently assassinated Allen's master, Cross Marian, Allen considers him an enemy with passion. Unfortunately, there's nothing that he could possibly do as his enemy isn't only immune to Innocence but can also track and deactivate it at distance.
Once the pain diminished, he stood up and proceeded to leave, the longer he stays in one place, more dangerous the things turn out; he had to leave the city before it too late.
But then… "I fell the fourteen…"
"! Damnit not again!" Spoke Allen in dismay. The situation began to repeat once more; from the ground, a series of portals began to appear. Wasting no time, Allen ignored everything and jumped over the roof of a nearby building to escape, he knew that the Akuma were only targeting him, so there was only one option, flee.
After 20 minutes of nothing but run, Allen turns around on a corner and catches his breath back.
"(How long this will last? I…I can't stand this anymore…)" He thought; all the strain that has been passed, all the pain he felt until now, began to take a slip into his sanity. He felt unable to think properly, he eyes were dull and empty, devoid of life. He began to ignore the surroundings and the world around him, he didn't even felt the nearby presence.
"Found Ya~" spoke a voice; seeing who it was, Allen barely reacted.
"There you are, fourteen-kun~" Anyone who fought Akuma before knows who he is, the grotesque fatso with gentleman appearance, wearing an exotic long hat, and that forever grin bound on the face, the Millennium Earl stood before Allen.
"Poor thing, look at you, such wounds and brushes, it feels so sad~" he commented, "Come, it's time to get you home~" then, the Earl offered a hand so that Allen could stand; but the said one didn't react.
"Now now come, we will-" but then, before he could finish the sentence, a spear made of what appears to be white feathers, appeared out of nowhere and tearing him away. At distance, another presence appeared before Allen, it was the cardinal from before, which means…
"Ara, ara, you are… Apocryphos-kun~" spoke the creepy fat man rising from the dust apparently intact.
"The Earl of Millennium, leader of the Akuma, and master of the Noah clan. To think you would appear in such place…The Heart demands your end!" taunted the cardinal already shapeshifting his arms into some kind of rigid feather spears.
"I'm sorry, but if possible I don't want to fight now. Could you simply, hand over our little brother~" demanded the Earl with his frightening expression.
"Such futile request, you already know my answer"
"I see…then, you leave me no choice~…hmm?"
Out of nowhere, some source of heart shaped door materialized near the Earl, and from there 2 shadows came out of it. The first was a tall, black haired, Portuguese-looking man, wearing an exotic tuxedo suit covered by an brown coat; the second as a short, blue haired girl, dressing an punk-lolita uniform or sort of, she's also seems to be carrying an umbrella of sort with an jack-o-lantern on the tip.
"What you two are doing here?~" he asked addressing them.
"Just joining the fray, Earl" replied Tyki.
"Ah! Allen, what happened to you?" yelled Road as she saw the bloodstains over him, she instantly tried to get on his side but soon was forced to dodge away from a feather spike of Apocryphos.
"You filthy Noah cannot escape my grasp" he yelled unleashing another sweep of his arm in order to tackle her away; when it was about to connect, Tyki dashed forward and blocked with his purple charged arm, then reacting quickly he struck at his enemy, who easily jumped away; the ground exploded due his power releasing dark energy everywhere.
Allen's Inner Mind…
With a battle taking place in front of him, Allen could only observe motionlessly; he felt too tired to move, too tired to think or do something, before he knew, the place he was in was different. He was restrained on a throne-like chair; there was nothing but void around, nothing but one single person standing nearby, it is a hallucination? An illusion? He didn't knew.
"(Oh my, you're just going to sit there and watch?)" Spoke the haunting voice of the White Noah approaching him.
"(I don't care…)" he quickly retorted.
"(What? Lost faith already? If you don't care, I got some plans in mind but-)"
"(Go to hell!)" He shouted in his mind to a mildly surprised Neah.
"(Ohya? That cold of you, Allen-kun~)"
"(My life was gone to hell since you appeared! I didn't want this! I didn't want to be an Exorcist! I didn't want to fight in this stupid war! I just want to be normal!)" Allen yelled in apparent distraught and anger as he shed some tears, however, Neah could feel something else.
"(Oh really? Then why I can tell that you're lying?)" He mentioned startling Allen, "(We share the same body you know, it easy for me to tell what you're thinking)"
"(What you're getting at?)" Demanded Allen with scowled face. In response, Neah leaned closer to face to face with him, giving a rather uncomfortable feeling.
"(You're odd, my nephew. Didn't you tell to that woman that you would forge your own path? That you would continue as an Exorcist or something?)" He spoke making Allen lower his head. in fact, Allen was lying, he just couldn't handle the pressure, the odds were too much for him, he didn't knew what he should do next, after all its obvious that he can't simply run away forever.
"(You're strange; sometimes I wonder what Mana had in his mind when he found you)"
Allen stood in thought, hearing that specific name made him remember of what he used to say constantly, "…don't stop, keep walking…" every time he heard that, it echoed on his mind, giving him strength and inspiration to live; Mana became the only person he could trust since his birth.
"(Mana…)" he muttered before finally smiling back at Neah.
"(...?)"
"(I didn't expect hear an such words from a Noah)" he spoke recognizing that his adoptive uncle just gave one unusual lecture.
"(Don't get me wrong boy, once I get my chance out, don't expect mercy)"
"(Yeah, I know…)"
"(Whatever, get us away from that Innocence monster)"
In meantime, on the Real World…
"How troublesome…" commented Tyki as he saw the blank monstrosity at his front, Apocryphos was on his true form, an white humanoid monster with cracked skin, black sclera with green iris; no hair or nose, and there's also an small cross over the upper body somewhat similar to Allen's own at the left hand.
"I can see you learnt some tricks since our last fight" spoke Apocryphos, remembering their encounter in the Prison of the Black Order.
"You can say that"
"Tyki! Can you hurry up and defeat him? I can't get near Allen without getting caught"
"Oi Oi, this isn't that easy you know"
"Well that's expected for a Guardian of the Heart. However, we should hurry up, our little brother is waiting~" spoke the Earl.
"Pathetic, it's time to finish this" Apocryphos taunted just about to attack, but stopped when noticing something a strange signature behind; everyone were surprised when they saw the wall behind Allen becoming pure white followed by an strange shaped shard coming from the sky.
"Oh? That is…" Tyki wondered.
"An Ark Gate!" yelled Road. Allen, now standing, gave a small smile to them and disappears inside of it. Noticing that, Apocryphos quickly turned around and went in chase, however it was too late; he ended up crushed the very wall Allen once was as the gate itself shattered before his arrival.
"Road-chan, could you track his next destination~?" asked the Earl with that frightening cheerful voice.
"Hai!" then, she proceeded to open once again that heart shaped door, one of her exclusive abilities. Even though they cannot control the old Ark, Road can observe and track Allen as he travels between the dimensions, with that, the Noah can easily prepare for his arrival to try and capture him, or better, bring their newest member, Neah Walker, back.
"However, we cannot allow such chance slip us by, we need the location of the Heart, I believe you two can handle this, can you~?" Once the Earl finished the speech, an iron maiden appeared from ground bellow Apocryphos and crushed him, only to be destroyed by the feather spikes.
"Of course!" spoke two voices in synchrony as they exit the door. Jasdero and Devit, the Bonds of the Noah, they dress the same clothes, white jackets and pants; and have the same dark brown skin and cross shaped stigmata in the foreheads, common in Noahs. Impressive enough, they are twin brothers even through their appearances may be different. Jasdero have a long blond hair while Devit's own is black.
Wielding short-barreled shotguns, they dash forward and then blows up Apocryphos's head with a simultaneous shot. Effective as it seems, the remains began to reunite and the Innocence was soon recovered to fight once again.
"Well time to make our leave~" ordered the Earl as Road and Tyki follows him inside to the darkness.
Meanwhile on the Noah Ark…
Hovering above in the sky, lies a white deformed cube surrounded by an ring made from rectangular blocks. Inside of it, there's an floating city covered by an shinning aura, that was the Noah Ark, the same device described on the bible that helped the most righteous family and a couple of every animal on earth to survive the Great Flood.
On the majestic city, an random door nearby opens with Allen coming out. Since he's the musician, he do have the absolute control of the Ark, therefore he could go anywhere in the world in a instant. There, he was supposed to be safe at first, but that's not exactly the case, this time, things went in way no one would guess.
"…? This is…" Once Allen saw the city, he froze, there were nothing but disaster, the sky was purple, and the entire shinning city that he pictured was devastated.
"What happened here? The city… the city destroyed…" Seeking answers, Allen explored the area, first checking the already open portals connecting to the Black Order bases, even though they cannot control the Ark, Allen left the portals intact for their advantage, after all, the he still considers the Order his home, still, it was strange.
"(Could it be that they destroyed this place?)" Allen thought however soon discarded it; LeVerrier couldn't simple let such tactical advantage slip by like that; it has to be another reason. Unfortunately, after exploring, there wasn't no door anywhere, everything was either broken or locked.
Worried, he played the lyrics of the song that Mana once taught in his mind in order to open a gate into the Real World. Moments later, something happened, a door materialized at his front, its design was rather unique compared to the other door he knew, from the looks of it, it appears to be an Asian styled gate made from wood and paper(Shoji style).
Nevertheless of that, he went inside anyway, it was the only option. Or it would be, if he knew that the exit led him into the sky.
"Eh? What!? AAAAAaaahhhh!"
*CRASH!*
"URg… … OWww" Allen fell deadpanned into solid ground, Timcanpy even sweated seeing that, through it was completely unexpected, it did work, he was outside on the Real World, or at least it appears to be. Actually, he felt strange; he could sense some kind of energy permeating the environment.
"Where the hell am I?" He spoke recovering up. Apparently, he fell near a random forest of sort, so exploring around, he eventually finds an exit nearby leading to the edge of a hill, that's where he saw the place he found himself at.
The height of the hill allowed him to spot villages around, but it was different, actually all the villages were connected as if everything was one huge megalo-gigant(just an word for bigger) city, and far at distance something was different, an part of the city is covered in white, perhaps it is an important area or something, Allen didn't knew.
Before deciding to leave, something happened, far off on that white city, a huge sets of wall began to fall from the sky to surround it, Allen for sure saw something like four giants human things falling down as well, whatever it was, he didn't wanted to stay and know, so he made his way out and heard to the nearest village, with luck, he may know an place to stay until he deals with the Fourteen on his body.
TO BE CONTINNUED
So that's it folks, first chapter, it was sad that there wasn't that much lines for the characters, this is only some sort of recap for the current events around Allen, so I can see that the narrative is poor, sometimes empty or something. Anyway, I did it, now I can begin to write out my mind, maybe with luck, some ideias may spark for my other history.
Enjoy and if possible, review ^^