I crawled out of the place of my tormentor, that old rotting barn filled too many horrible memories. I entered the forest, already running into an akuma. The disgusting thing leered at me, the somewhat human-ish face changed with each breath. "So you're the one the earl is looking for." It slurred moving closer.

I froze, a shout of warning came from the forest, the creature in front of me exploded, and a thorn-like shaft struck me in the abdomen. As the white haired boy walked over I covered the wound trying not to worry him, I wanted no sympathy, it would lead to the discovery of me wounds and scars leading to more questions. The movement shot pain through me.

He noticed my pain, "Are you hurt?" he asked a hand on my shoulder.

I tried to stand, black covered my vision and I fell to the ground hand over my mouth coughing. When I pulled it back it was covered in that all to familiar iron filled fluid, blood. Pain shot through my abdomen, blood soaking my shirt, darkness swept me away.

…

The movement underneath me was abnormal, I woke to a whistle, my chest ached with soreness. A blanket lay over me I slowly shifted upwards looking around the train looking apartment, the white-haired boy slept across from me. I felt the steady rock of the whole car, we must be on a train I thought looking at the sliding door in front of me; I rose up despite the pain.

I opened the door a quietly as a sliding door could be opened and paused to see if he had awakened. He did not stir, I stepped out into the hallway asking for directions to the bathroom and finding it shortly afterwards. Upon reaching the bathroom I closed the door behind me, I found myself wearing a loose fitting shirt blood soaked bandages wrapped tightly around my abdomen. I touched the base of my throat good the necklace is still there, I washed my face getting rid of some of the crusted blood. Bruises covered my neck and chest, all from my tormentor still reminding me, I pulled my raven black hair out of my brownish gold eyes.

A knock sounded on the door behind me, I opened it and stepped out of the way so the person could enter then I would exit. He looked down at me noticing the slightly uncovered bandages, a grin covering his face, a serpentine tongue rolling over sharply pointed teeth. "Injured are we?" It slithered reaching a clawed hand towards me, I stepped back, turning away from it. Then I sprinted down the hallway. I slipped outside the apartment I had woken up in, I struggled to rise enough to reach the door handle. The akuma stepped closer grin widening, it stopped looking at the now open door.

The white-haired boy stood in front of me left arm shifting to a whitish claw with a bright red cross in the middle and white cloak flowing around him, the akuma burst with one strike.

The now wide awake people stood up their own shapes changing, and they commenced to shoot the bullet like thorns at us. He got rid of the rest of the akuma, I stood up and something flew in front of me, an akuma moving to strike him.

"No!" I screamed, it froze turning slightly towards me with a dulled expression on its face, the white-haired boy destroyed it, returning the train to calm.

"What was that?" he asked incredulous, "I've never seen so many level twos in one place," he turned back to me after looking around.

I covered my mouth realizing I had spoken with that voice, "I … I don't know."

He seized my arm pulling me to my feet, his left arm returned to normal and the cloak disappeared, "You did something didn't you?"

"I…" I started and stopped as something moved in the edge of my vision; a black cat crept out into the walkway. I felt a sudden chill as the eyes came to rest on me, its' tail swished back and forth lazily as it stopped. I took a step back stumbling, eyes still locked with the cat's, it looked at me with amusement, striding forward.

The white-haired boy's face blocked my vision, "What is it?" he turned slightly. In place of the small black cat, there was a dark gray tiger; it pounced jaws meeting his shoulder slamming him into the ground beside me. The jaws released moving towards his throat, instinctively I shoved my arm in the way crying out as the jaws closed around my limb. It let go staring vacantly into space, I pulled the now unconscious boy with me going into the next box and slamming the door behind me. He stirred a little muttering, "There are akuma everywhere." I nearly dropped him from the heavy weight but caught myself on the door.

A red-haired boy came out of one of the apartments pausing to look over the scene, then pulled the white-haired boy away from me. A short old man, a dark green-haired girl and a tall black haired man came out of the same apartment, "What the hell happened?" one asked.

A dark presence overwhelmed my senses, surrounding the train evil seeping from it, Go Away! They paused seeming to hear my command, water seeped from under the doorway flowing in the air around me. Lulubell, it seemed to scream the water took form its' human shape covered my mouth.

"The akuma stopped." Murmured the white-haired boy still semi conscious.

My lungs ached for air, release me! My mind cried, Lulubell released me shocked herself and seemed to evaporate into the air. I dropped to the ground coughing, something hit the roof slashing it open, and a large strangely dressed man hovered down with a pumpkin-faced umbrella in hand.

He seized my chin forcing me to look in his golden slitted eyes, a hearty laugh erupted from him, his head thrown back to release it. He caught his breath to say, "Found you! Such a troublesome girl, aren't we?"

That voice…. I remember it after father… after he was destroyed by me… this man turned him into that! I thought anger boiling up, "Release me!" I growled anger scrunching my face, "Release me you bastard! I remember what you did to my father, I won't let you ruin another person's life because of me." Green energy burst into the air around me blasting him away, I dropped to the ground drained, the green energy fading away.

A crash of thunder sounded, a cackle with it, "Interesting, fine I'll let you stay with them for a while. But I shall return what belongs truly in the Noah family."

Darkness grew around me draining me of any feeling and memory-less unconsciousness.