A new story! But this time I will finish it for sure (Already got the ending somewhat done so no fear). Hope you like it.

Warning: Language, manga spoilers.

Pairings: None so far.

It was done.

Allen despondently looked down at the breaking body at his feet. He forced himself to feel nothing as he watched what was left of his most beloved person be torn asunder.

"I once more couldn't save you" Allen mumbled as the body finally turned to ash to be swept away by a light breeze. "Mana"

"No!"

Allen slowly turned his head to watch as the Noah of dreams crawled towards what remained of the Earl's clothes. Interestingly, the grey tone was retreating, leaving pale skin behind, and so did the stigma, the crosses on her forehead slowly but surely closing, one by one. But then it took a turn for the worst as cracks started to appear all over her body. She was disappearing, just like Mana just did.

Cheers distracted him from the pitiful sight of the disappearing Noah. It seems with the Earl's death the Noah could no longer exist. From his spot on the small hill, away from the main battlefield he could see the Akuma go berserk, attacking no only the exorcist but themselves, making them easier to destroy. The Earl was what the Heart was to the exorcist, you destroyed it and everything else followed.

"Are you happy Allen?" The soft voice of Road made itself heard from behind him.

Allen thought of it for a second before walking towards her. Carefully he took her breaking form in his arms and sat down, making her lean on him so she could be comfortable.

"No" He said simply looking up the sky.

Road chuckled humorlessly before snuggling on his shoulder. Silence was shared between the two before tears started to fall down Road's cheeks. "I can feel them dying."

Allen cringed; it didn't really surprise him that the order didn't waste the chance to kill the remaining Noah in their moment of vulnerability "I wish things could have been different."

"Me too" Road agreed quietly, watching as far away the remaining exorcist and finders celebrated. "At least is over"

Allen looked down and saw that Road's body had even more cracks and looked slightly transparent, it wouldn't be long before she disintegrated into dust. If Chaoji was still alive he would be having a heart attack at seeing proof of Walker's betrayal, Allen couldn't bring himself to care, he was tired of worrying about how his action could offend someone. He just wanted to avoid pointless deaths.

"Thank you Allen"

"What for?"

"For trying to save him, us."

Allen immediately understood. It wasn't pretty when he realized that Mana was the Earl of Millennium, and that eventually he would have to kill him, all of his beliefs were destroyed in one single instant. One moment he was euphoric because he had gotten free from the Fourteen and the next he didn't understand his reason for existing anymore. The only way Allen was able to pull through was convincing himself that he would save Mana. That with his sword he would be able to purge the Earl, the Noah genes, unfortunately they were too intertwined. The moment he killed the Noah, Mana painfully and slowly, died too.

I'm sorry, my son.

Allen sobbed and clutched Road closer to him.

"I loved him so much" he whispered.

"I know. I should hate you for killing us but I understand now, without the influence of the Noah memory, I can see how corrupted we had become, way beyond salvation." Road slowly lifted a hand to wipe a tear from Allen's eye, Allen raised his own hand to cover hers, ironically it was his left hand, Road thought so too because she snorted. "Long ago our roles were reversed, I guess we weren't immune to change nor was the Innocence"

Not many knew the truth, but the reality was that the Innocence, long ago, wanted to destroy everything on earth. The Noah fought that, and while is true they lost, they still managed to stop the massacre of all living thing. Surprisingly enough, as the Noah faded into obscurity the Innocence grew fond of humanity and sought to preserve it. And the Noah bitter after their defeat and being forgotten by those they protected, started to hate it. Their memory warped and they realized that nothing that the Innocence wished to protect could be good, they concluded that to save humanity they would have to destroy it.

Neah was the exception, because of the unique circumstances of his birth he was the only one who realized how much the Noah had changed over the last 7000 years. And sadly there was only one way to fix it, destroy the current Earl to take the tittle for himself, and with that cleanse the Noah memory.

"Allen!" A familiar voice yelled from the distance.

Road recognized it too and sighed sadly. "I guess is time for me to go"

"Wait! Maybe there is a way to save you"

"So naive" She said fondly with a chuckle before using the last of her energy to raise herself and give him a light peck on the lips. "Farewell, Allen Walker"

With that said Road dissolved into dust in Allen's arms. Wide eyed Allen looked down at the floating particles before his arms dropped back down to his sides.

"Allen! Finally found you" The voice called out "It's over! The Noah are dying and the Akuma- …wha…what happened here"

The white haired teen looked up at the bloodied and limping Lavi, the sole green eye took in everything, the older teen quickly filled in the blanks before smiling sardonically.

"Of course it was you" Lavi said softly before finally taking a good look at Allen, the teen was injured but what worried him the most were the tears streaming silently down his face and the hollowness of his eyes.

"Shit" Lavi said and knelt before his best friend taking him into his arms.

"Lavi…"

"Shhh, it's over, we can go home now"

At that Allen frowned and gently pushed Lavi away, the red head allowed it and watched worriedly as Allen stood up before copying him, both ignored their injuries and the way the ground slowly turned red with their blood.

"There is one more thing I have to do"

Lavi observed him, looking for something in his expression; apparently he found it because after a moment he nodded. "There is no helping it then, take care beansprout"

"It's Allen" The younger said without heat, a small sad smile on his lips. He stiffened when Lavi hugged him but after a second he hugged back. Most likely this would be their last meeting; Allen's body had deteriorated way beyond the point of recovery, his parasitic type innocence and Nea's influence too much for his body to handle.

"I will miss you"

Lavi said honestly.

"Just make sure I look awesome in your records"

"You bet"

"Take care of yourself Lavi, and thanks."

Lavi smiled bitterly before shaking his head, making his way back to where most of the rest of exorcist had been battling. "No need" He last said over his shoulder, raising his hand. Forcing himself to not look back, he still had his duty as a Bookman to complete, but if he looked back he would never be able to do so.

Allen watched until he couldn't see the redhead anymore before putting on a serious expression.

"You are here aren't you" he spoke to no one in particular "Show yourself, Heart of Innocence!"

To be continued...

I got this story on AO3 btw. Please do tell me if you like it so far. Bye bye.