Allen was dying, he was dying. Death was a foreign concept to him and yet it was still painfully familiar. He was used to pain, used to the feeling of having his bone crushed and twist and snap, he was used to seeing his blood vessels burst and cut and sometimes pop, and also the fleeting moment when everything becomes numb and it was as if he was conscious but not. He should have died, well he did died, but he was not suppose to be brought back to life again. Especially not as a Seraph. It was awful how he couldn't time no matter the number of time he fling himself from a cliff.

But now, with simply no way to be save -he was being eaten after all- but the monster was sure being slow at it. Maybe he should shove himself deeper into the mouth, and why does the monster start with his torso? Why can't it go straight to the upper body, that way it would be faster. But then again, this monster was giving him something that he always wanted. . .so, he doesn't care. As long as he can finally die in the end-

A stream of water gushes forward, and Allen, along with the monster flew from the sudden force. With the monster's mouth gaped open, Allen was free and he does not enjoy falling from such height -that's why he always choose the medium height cliff to fall- and since this was not his day, like really not his day, Allen screamed, not because he was falling but because his life was shit and he wants others to suffer along with him by screaming like a banshee. He could see other people below him, weird people, now, he wasn't the one to talk of experience, but having blue hair certainly beat his white. Cause unlike blue, a minority of the world have white hair. Allen felt a bit better.

"I got you kid," Someone said, an arm wrapping around his waist. Allen immediately panicked, glancing back at the older male who was soaring through the sky like a motherfucking bird. Well not like a bird, but you get the point.

He landed softly onto the ground, gently putting Allen down as he glance at the fight with a look of concern. "Edna, you take care of him!" he shouts before he rushes over.

Not a second later, a girl appears, seemingly not older then him and certainly not taller. But who could just, judging the current situation they were most like Seraph like him and he'd seen some that had passed centuries. She stares down at him with a neutral expression, blonde hair flowing along with the wind. "You legs. . ." Edna mutters under her breath, and Allen glanced down at what she was implying and grimaced, the sight of your own shredded limbs was not something you want to see everyday. No wonder the monster took such a long time to eat him, it didn't manage to pass the bone yet.

"I should have broken it earlier so it will be easier," Allen muttered loudly, talking his thoughts, which much to say, was a huge surprised for the other Seraph.

A deafening screech raked his ear, much louder then what he had screamed earlier, and with another loud cry and a very dramatic movement, a burst of light erupted, and a soft thump followed soon after. Allen doesn't need to glance back to know what was going on. And so, he continues staring at his still shredded leg, watching as the broken veins and capillaries knots back together slowly and his muscles fibers trying to zip back the tear. A bit pg but he'd seen this process numerous of time before, so it was nothing.

Allen wished he had some sharp object, so he can tear it open again and hopes that the increase loss of blood might do the job of killing him. Oh, and how easily his hope was crushed. The blue haired boy from earlier crouched besides him, hands enveloping his legs, water came from the open palm. There was something on his lap, a long staff. An arte, the voice inside his head whispers. And his chest clenches.

The low murmurs stops and eventually, the other Seraph sigh as he glanced at the leg once again. The flesh was now fine, only a red marring covering his skin."You need to rest for a couple of days, probably don't walk until it's fully healed-"

But Allen doesn't let the older male finish and instead forcefully pushed himself in a standing position, his legs wobbled under him and it almost gave up, Allen sigh as he took a step and another and another until his leg is finally used to the pain. After all, unless the bone is affected, he could still walk.

"Thank you for your help," Allen says as he bowed slightly, he then continues to walk on the forest ground. But not even after a short distance, he was called again.

"Wait!" A voice called, and Allen stops in his track, his body freezing, after all, it had been such a long time since any human had called him. Human, huh? I too had been a human once.

Allen turned his heals, coming face to face with a pair of vibrant green eyes, his own silver eyes scrunches slightly, reading that being in front of him. Bright. This man was too bright, from the way he smile and the way his eyes brightened up when Allen faced him. It was obnoxious actually, Allen had never been bright, not even in his human life. It was a wonder how he managed to turn into a Seraph.

"This place has a high concentration of malevolence so it's safer if you don't go towards there," the young man said.

Allen was concerned, how can his human tell- Oh, he gets it. The Shepherd and his ragtag group of Seraph. All the more reason to avoid him. If he'd heard the rumors right, then his name was. . .Sorey, and the man who healed him earlier was Mikleo, the dude who flew in the are was Zaveid, that weird lady was who wouldn't stop smiling at him was Lailah and of course the blonde girl who was the epitome of sunshine herself was Edna.

Such a headache group. Allen was having a headache by this point, either by their brilliance or the malevolence that Sorey had mentioned earlier.

He was leaning towards the first one.

Allen smiles -the first one in a long time- in annoyance, he doesn't care if ahead of him was the mouth of a volcano, thick malevolence or the Lord of Chaos himself, he will walk where he wants to. And no one will stop him,

"Thank you for your concern Shepherd, but I must continue my journey," Allen said with that smile on his face, bordering politeness. He doesn't want to deal with anything at the current moment.

"You're a Seraph, right?" Sorey ask him yet another question. And Allen mentally groaned, the people at the back laugh as if they could read his thought, he hopes they can't. But the way the the Lailah starred at him made his skin crawl.

"Yes. . ." Allen answers, unsure of what to do, he took a step backward, biting his tongue to stop himself from crying in pain at the unexpected movement.

"You're hurt," Sorey says yet again, and why was he still here? Didn't he mentioned that there was a lot of malevolence in the are? Then why doesn't he go purge it?

"Yes," Allen says, a bit louder then before. He took another step backwards. "But I'll be fine, am used to pain" He doesn't even let the Shepherd continue before he turned his heels and sprint.

Leaving quite a shocked Shepherd at the back, thankfully he didn't run after him, probably since he was being held by five Seraph. But no less, Allen smiled gratefully at them -the first sincere smile he had done since a long time-

Allen doesn't know where he was headed, but it was as if a ghost of the past was leading him, making his feet move on it's own accord and his eyes trained on the surrounding. There was a dreaded feeling latched on his chest, an old sorrow reviving, just like at that time, upon the old graveyard with the full moon as their spectator.

He wants to die, he must die, before that demon is released and he could no longer control himself. He will not be turned into a tool, just this once, why can't there be kindness without string attached?


Okay, I now that I have five. . .four? stories that is still in the process of writing but. . .I just couldn't calm down the urge and do it. So sorry. But other then that, I just watched TOZ and I'm afraid if I did something wrong. And since I stopped at the anime, where Sorey turned Alicia into a square I don't really know what's happening.

I know the ending where Sorey went to sleep and he then saved Mikleo from falling which is a parallel to the first episode. But that's about it.

Can someone give me a summary of what happened, I don't really quite understand Maotelus and Sorey's idea about sleeping and all. So I'll appreciate it if you give me a summary about what happens after Sorey's first meeting with the Lord of Chaos.

With Love,

Mana