Title: Tranquil Darkness
Author: Dark Angel Kaos
Fandom: -Man
Pairings: Allen x Kanda (AreKan), highly implied Lavi x Kanda
Rating: PG-18
Warnings: Yaoi, shonen ai, blood, gore, death, language, OOC-ness, vampires
Genre: AU, supernatural, action, angst
Disclaimer: …still don't own…sucks huh?
Summery: In order to continue living Allen made a deal with a Shinigami, in return he must slay the vampire lord. Allen accepts and goes to fulfill the requirement but he didn't count on falling madly in love with said vampire lord. Now he must chose between life and death. Twoshot! AreKan!
A/N: Hey ya'll! I know I know…I should be working on Default and not writing new fanfics…I know but~ it's not like I'm not working on Default, it's just ya know…I do have a very reasonable excuse as to why it and all my other fanfics are really late…tell ya at the end k. Anyway since Default will no doubt be late here's something to sink your teeth into hehehe. Hope this keeps ya'll entertained and happy while I sort myself out. The setting should be a normal old age seventeen century thing or the same setting as the anime. R&R o-n-e-g-a-i ! Beta'd by zenophobia!
Enjoy!
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Part One
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Four boys ran across the empty field engaged in some sort of game. Their giggles and laughter echoed, shattering the calmness that was once present. One of the boys – seeming the youngest – stopped his hands across his chest in a pout.
"Allen-nii, Ryuu is tired," he whined.
The one called Allen chuckled to himself and stopped, causing the other two boys to stop also. He ran his hand through his thick brown hair and turned to face the younger child. His mouth opened to say something but the other two – twins – beat him to it.
"Aw, look at this, poor lil' Ryuu-chan tired already!" the first one taunted.
"Haha, he can't even play a game of tag!" the second one chirped.
Ryuu looked at them angrily; his emerald eyes began to water. Allen sighed as he watched Mira and Kira continue to tease Ryuu who looked like he will burst into tears any minute now.
"Oi! Stop it you two," he gave both of them a small but slightly painful tap on their heads. "Stop picking on poor Ryuu."
"Ow!"
"Allen-nii!"
Both complained.
"You two deserved it," Ryuu pointed his tongue at them.
Allen patted Ryuu on his head. Ryuu pouted at being treated like a kid. He pushed Allen's hand off his head.
"Allen-nii, stop treating Ryuu like a kid!" he complained.
Allen had to chuckle.
"But you are a kid Ryuu," Allen replied. "You're what, five years old?"
At that the twins chimed in.
"Ha ha we're older, so Ryuu is a baby!" the older twin, 'Mira', began.
"Yeah, so we can pick on you," the younger one 'Kira' added with glee.
"No you can't," Allen added. "You two are still babies too, you know," he chuckled. "Four years isn't much."
The twins pouted causing Allen to laugh.
"Aw, you two are just too cute," his laughter died down. "Come on, you two shouldn't make a cute face like that, it's my weakness."
At that the twins blushed, their pale blue eyes shone in embarrassment.
"Allen-nii!" Ryuu complained, he didn't like the fact that Allen was calling Mira and Kira cute. "What about Ryuu! Ryuu cute too, ne?"
"Of course, Ryuu-chan is really cute," Allen replied without hesitation, he was the only one who could use the –chan suffix with Ryuu without him being mad.
Ryuu's blush darkened exceptionally when Allen called him 'Ryuu-chan', whenever the twins called him that it always sounded teasing and when Lenalee or Komui used it he felt like a baby but when Allen called him like that…he always blushed.
"Ah look at the time, it's after nine already? Lets head back, guys," Allen said, he just checked his watch and was surprised to see how late it was. "Komui and Lenalee must be really worried by now." He shuddered as a mental image of an angry and worried Lenalee passed through his mind.
The twins however didn't feel like leaving.
"But Allen-nii, we haven't finished playing yet!" Mira whined.
"Yeah!" Kira added.
They were eager to continue their game of tag.
"Ryuu is tired so we have to head back, besides it's already past your curfew," Allen said in a voice that would have no arguments.
"But…"
"No buts," Allen took Ryuu's hand in his. "Come on you two, we don't want to get scolded by Lenalee do we?"
Ryuu turned back to look at the twins, wincing at the glare they sent his way. 'Oh no, they are angry with Ryuu.' His head bowed when he realized he was the one that ruined the fun. Tears welled up in his eyes.
"Ryuu what is the matter?"
Ryuu quickly wiped the tears from his eyes and looked up at Allen.
"Ryuu not tired anymore," Ryuu lied. "Ryuu can still play!"
Allen's face creased in worry.
"Don't push yourself so much," he tried to dissuade him.
"Ryuu isn't," Ryuu protested. "Ryuu can play!"
Allen shook his head with a sigh, 'When Ryuu is determined there's no stopping him.'
"Ok," he gave in. "But we'll play hide and seek. You three hide and I'll come find you."
"Okay!" all three cheered, running off to hide.
"Don't go too far!" Allen yelled after them, he sighs when they continued running towards the junk yard. "*sigh* Oh well, time to count to ten."
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Mira and Kira chuckled to themselves at their perfect hiding place. They can see Allen when he tried to find them. It was perfect! Allen would find Ryuu first and then they would win!
"He he he, we'll win for sure," Mira chuckled.
"True! Allen-nii won't find us here!" Kira added.
"I guess so, right?"
"Yep!" Mira and Kira nodded, and then stopped. They turned towards the voice that they heard and almost screamed when they saw Allen.
"Hehehe found ya!" Allen chuckled, but something caught his attention and he stopped. His eyes widened in fear.
"Aw we los-mmph," both of their mouths were clamped shut by Allen's hand, they looked up to glare and complain but the look in Allen's eyes made then gulp.
Allen looked scared, completely terrified. He shushed them and brought their head down inside the old carriage. After a while he lets them go.
"We need to get out of here," Allen said as soon as his hand moved from their mouths. "Where is Ryuu?"
"We don't know…" Mira felt scared now and so did Kira.
"Allen-nii what's going on?" Kira asked.
Allen didn't answer them. He just stared ahead.
"Allen-nii!" both yelled softly, everything was getting scary. They just wanted to go home.
"Go home and don't look back, I'm going to go find Ryuu," Allen said finally, his voice taking on an authoritive tone. "It's dangerous to stay here any longer. I have a feeling something bad will happen, go to Komui and tell him to call the police."
"P-p-police?"
Allen expression softened when he saw the scared looks Mira and Kira were giving him. 'Way to go Allen, you're scaring the kids.'
"Don't worry, just go now, they entered the dump already so it's clear," Allen said trying to calm them down. "I promise you, I'll find Ryuu and come home okay, so don't cry."
"…okay." they sniffed.
They got up hesitantly and pushed the door to the old carriage open, but before they left, they turned back to Allen with their right pinkie finger extended.
"Promise?" they whispered.
Allen smiled taking both fingers with his.
"Yeah I promise."
They nodded, no longer sad as they knew their Allen-nii always kept his promises. They smiled brightly, their way of saying 'hurry up and get back'. Allen nodded and flashed them a genuine smile as his reply. Satisfied, they jumped out of the carriage and ran off to the direction of their orphanage.
Allen watched until they were across the clearing and weren't in his line of sight anymore. He sighed in relief that they were able to escape. Now all he had to do was to find Ryuu and get out before those bad guys find them.
He shuddered as he remembered what he saw awhile ago. Four guys with guns and a muscled guy carrying two men bound and gagged over his shoulder – no doubt on their way to be killed – but that wasn't what scared him still. It was the symbol they wore. 'Sharks'…that gang was the most ruthless and deadliest gang in all of England. No one ever survived an encounter with them and if there were witnesses, none ever survived. They killed anyone, even women and children…leave no one alive…that was their policy.
'Ryuu where are you?'
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"Allen-nii won't find Ryuu here!" Ryuu chuckled to himself; he hid behind a large pile of garbage, mostly metal pots and pin. It surrounded him like a makeshift fort.
"Oi, get there!"
'Huh?' Ryuu's head perked up at the unfamiliar voice. 'That's not Allen-nii…who's that?' He peeped out to see who it was that was with him. A gasp almost escaped his lips at what he saw. 'W-who a-a-are tho..se p-people?' He trembled, almost knocking over a can from the pile.
'Ryuu needs to get out of here…' but he was too scared to move, tears flood his eyes. 'Allen-nii please help Ryuu.'
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"Damn it!" Allen cursed, he had searched through all the places that were unoccupied by the Shark gang, but Ryuu wasn't in any of them. Now the only place he could be was where the gang was…'shit he might already be…' No! He shook his head. There was no way he would think that! Ryuu was alive and he was going to find him.
A low mummer of voices to the left caught his attention. He hurried over to that side, carefully hiding among the garbage.
'There they are…' he looked around frantically behind his hiding place, 'but where is Ryuu?'
He got up, crawling over to a different angle.
'Ryuu!'
He felt really relieved, but from the distance that was between the two of them, it would be hard to get to Ryuu without gaining unwanted attention. 'At least they haven't started killing yet.' That was the only good thing about the situation. He tried again to locate a safe route to get to Ryuu and almost smiled when he spotted a pile of rubbish that he could hide behind. It was closer to where Ryuu was, but he would need a distraction to get there. He got on all fours and picked up a stone.
'It's a good thing their backs are to us,' he threw the stone to the right effectively gaining their attention to it.
"What's that?" one the men, presumably the boss asked. He gestured to one of the guys. "Go check it out."
The guy nodded walking to the direction where Allen threw the stone. Allen used the opportunity to crawl over to the pile. He waited a while before crawling over to where Ryuu was.
Ryuu was on the ground hugging himself by his knees in a foetal position with tears streaming down his cheeks. Allen felt his heart quake at the sight, Ryuu was trembling and it was clear that he was very scared.
He crawled closer to Ryuu putting his hand carefully on his messy thick black hair in a comforting way. Ryuu stopped trembling; scared emerald eyes met relieved dark brown ones.
"Alle-" Ryuu quickly placed his hands over his mouth when he saw Allen place his index finger on his lip. He was happy and relieved. 'Allen-nii came! He came for Ryuu!'
"Ryuu follow me, we need to get away from here as quickly as possible," Allen whispered softly. "Don't make a sound, okay?"
Ryuu nodded vigorously showing that he understood. Allen smiled in relief and was about to take Ryuu in his arms so that he could lead him away, but the voice of one of the Shark's captives yelled.
"Oh God! Please don't kill me!" he cried out as soon as the gag was removed.
The boss laughed, a smirk formed on his lips.
"You betrayed the Sharks by selling information to the police. I say it's only fair that your punishment is death," his smirk widened as he nodded to one of the guys beside him.
"Got'cha boss."
There wasn't any time to prepare properly, the guy fired, hitting the pleading guy seven times. The shots were loud, scaring Ryuu even more. Allen had both his hands over Ryuu's ears while he held him in his arms, as a way to protect him from what was happening.
The other guy shook in fear as he watched one of his closest friends die before his eyes. After all it was his fault; he was the one that suggested that they sell information to the police. His fear rose when he saw the boss turn to face him.
"You're next."
The trembling increased.
His hands moved quickly behind him, working the blade he had on the rope tying his legs together. He had been at it for a while now, the blade was a bit dull but he was trying his best.
A relieved smile crossed his lips as the rope came apart. He turned his attention to the guy with the gun ready to let him taste lead. It had to be timed perfectly, if not, he would die for sure.
"Oh well," the boss drawled, obviously bored. "Sayonara."
Just before the gun fired, he got up dashing to the left so that he was almost behind them. A smile crossed his lips as he thought he would survive. Before he could take another step, he stilled then fell to the ground in a blooded heap thanks to the quick shooting of the other two guys that was there.
Four stray bullets whizzed past the guy and towards where Allen and Ryuu hid, embedded themselves in Allen's left arm. He screamed out in pain, tears welled up in his eyes as the pain grasped him.
'It hurts! It hurts! It hurts!' He repeated over and over in his head as his blood gushed out, staining his white shirt and Ryuu's face.
"Allen-nii?" Ryuu mouthed against his hand. He was afraid because there was so much sticky red stuff flowing from Allen's hand and he didn't know what was causing it.
"What was that noise?" the boss yelled, turning to the direction where Allen is located.
Allen still had his hand over Ryuu's mouth, hoping they'd just leave, but when he heard the boss yell "Go search there by that pile of garbage," he felt all of the hope die. He had to make a choice, it was either both of them die, which was something Allen wouldn't let happen to Ryuu. No matter what, he'd help Ryuu escape. He smiled slightly despite the pain. 'That's an easy choice…'
"Ryuu, I want you to follow this path around here," he pointed to a narrow passage to their left, "you remember it right?" he asked removing his hand from Ryuu's mouth.
"Uh-huh." Ryuu replied with a small nod.
"Remember that fence…with the hole?" his breaths were getting harder to take. "I want you to go through there and…run home, okay?"
"But…but what about Allen-nii?"
"I'll be fine," Allen replied as his vision became blurred. "Make sure you run and don't stop…until you reach home…"
Ryuu started to cry.
"It's okay, I'll be fine," Allen repeated in a way to reassure the younger boy. "Please Ryuu... go now…"
Ryuu was hesitant but he got up, before he did what Allen told him to, he leaned forward, giving Allen a sloppy kiss on his lips.
"Ryuu loves Allen-nii," was all he said, then he ran as fast as he could to the fence where the hole was.
Allen smiled sadly with his fingers tracing his lips. 'I'm sorry Ryuu…' In order to get the attention away from Ryuu he kicked the pile of pans before him. They fell down bringing all the attention to him.
"Oh what do we have here?" the boss smiled as he saw Allen's blooded state. "A sneaky brat who got caught eavesdropping."
Allen grunted, his vision fading from the loss of blood.
"Boys, hand me my Sheryl," the boss smirked as Allen struggled to get up in a feeble attempt to escape them.
Allen staggered back once he was on his feet.
*Bang*
A shot fired, hitting him right in his left eye. His body fell to the ground like a sack of potatoes. He felt paralyzed, not even a scream passed his lips.
"Boss, let's leave him," one of the guys yelled.
"The cops are on our trails," the other added.
The boss smirked, seemingly to himself, everything around him was painted in his favorite colour. He felt proud of his handiwork.
"Two dead, no torture involved but somehow I'm satisfied," he replied before looking into Allen's slowly dying eye. "Tough luck brat, you were at the wrong place at the wrong time," he chuckled. "Say hello to your maker for me."
With that said, they left disappearing into the cover of the night.
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"Where in god's name are those boys!" a female voice cried, her dark purple eyes gleaming in rage and worry.
"Calm down Lenalee, I'm sure they're fine," a fatherly voice cooed.
Lenalee shook her head, her two pigtails swaying on each side.
"Komui nii-san, they're late! Allen would never have the boys out this late!" she sobbed, worry lacing her entire being.
Komui felt his heart quake just seeing his sister in that state.
"It's okay Lenalee, I'm sure they are just playing somewhere," he tried his best to comfort his little sister, even though he couldn't help but feel that something had no doubt gone wrong.
"Komui oji-can…Lenalee oba-chan."
Both turned to the tiny voice calling to them; there they saw a small child no older than three with short pink hair that fell down around her head. She held a small patched up teddy bear in her right hand while in her left she had a dull pink patched up blanket.
"Kuu-chan, what are you doing up?" Lenalee asked; a smile immediately in place. "Come on, let's get you back to bed right away."
"Where's daddy?" Kuu looked around. "And Mira-nii and Kira-nii and Ryuu-nii?"
Lenalee tried to keep her smile in place as she answered Kuu.
"They are still out playing, sweetie come on let's go to bed."
Suddenly Kuu burst into tears.
"No!" she cried. "Kuu-chan had a scary dream! Daddy always made the scary dream go away! I want daddy!"
Lenalee stooped down and held Kuu in her arms in a comforting way.
"Hush little Kuu-chan, it's okay everything will be alright. It was just a dream," she cooed rubbing Kuu's back in a comforting way.
Kuu hiccupped, and her tears began to lessen. Just then, the door burst open with Mira and Kira rushing in.
"Komui oji-san!"
Relief washed over Lenalee's features when she saw them, but that soon died when she saw their ruffled and anxious state and also the fact that Ryuu and Allen were not with them.
"Boys, what is the matter? Why are you so late?" Komui asked as soon as the boys caught their breaths. "Where are Ryuu and Allen?"
"The police!" Mira yelled in a rush.
"Call the police!" Kira added.
"Police? Why? What is going on?" Komui demanded. 'This cannot be good…'
Both started talking at once, making everything sound confusing and hard to understand.
"Boys! Boys!" Komui called trying to get their attention, once he had it, he sighed. "Calm down you two, just take a deep breath and tell me why I need to call the police."
Both boys took deep breaths then spoke. In their own symmetrical way they told Komui what happened, about the hide and seek game, how Allen found them and the scared look on his face when he told them to run home.
"Sharks…" was all Komui said after he heard what they had to say. "Oh no," he sobbed. "The boys…"
"Nii-san!" Lenalee called, she let go of Kuu and stood up. "We have to find them; I'll go down to the station right away!"
Komui's eyes were grave.
"Lenalee...there is nothing the police can do…"
"What do you mean by that nii-san?" Lenalee asked, tears streaming down her cheeks. "Are you saying we must sit here and do nothing while we let two of our family members die?"
Komui stayed silent.
"Well?" Lenalee demanded.
"Where's daddy?"
Lenalee froze as Kuu came up to stand beside her. She tried her best to look as calm as her worry-induced mind would let her.
"He'll be back soon, okay?" she assured. "I promise."
Kuu smiled, she knew her daddy will come back really soon because her oba-chan, Lenalee. promised and Lenalee oba-chan always kept her promises.
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The air around him felt cold, lining thickly with the scent of blood. It made him want to puke, but for some strange reason, he didn't feel any pain. He just felt cold and numb as if he was dropped into the Antarctic Ocean…ice cold and freezing.
'So cold…' the feeling was unreal. 'Is this what death is like?' He shuddered to think that. Dying…his one good eye watered at the thought. 'I don't want to die.'
"Another mess *sigh* time to clean up," a deep voice muttered in annoyance.
Allen stared towards where the voice came from. There he saw a figure strangely shrouded in darkness. It wore a hooded robe that hid his face from view and in his hands he held a large scary – but enchanting – looking scythe. To anyone he would look like a Shinigami.
The Shinigami-look-alike raised his scythe, instantly the souls of all the people who laid dead before him rose out of their bodies and flew to him. Using the scythe, he slashed their souls in half sending then to their rightful place. Allen's eye widened at what he saw. 'Will this happen to me too?' He wondered, not liking his soul being ripped in half on bit.
"Can you see me mortal?"
If Allen could feel his body or even move it a bit he would have screamed or trembled in fear at the deep voice.
"Ye..yeah…"
"Ah so you're not dead yet, but you'll be soon enough," the Shinigami replied, he sat his scythe down and sat before Allen. "Let's see... you have about four minutes top before you kick the bucket, I guess I can wait."
'Kick the bucket?' Allen felt terrified. He looked at the Shinigami his eyes pleading.
"…I do…n't want…to…die," his voice was hoarse.
"Everyone always says that," the Shinigami shrugged. "But it's better if you die now, you're young; you'll keep your youth."
Allen tried to shake his head, but realized he couldn't move. He felt strained and restricted…his heartbeat began to slow down.
"Ah it's time for the final stages," the Shinigami voiced out loud. "Poor kid, dying slowly is painful isn't it?" his voice took on a playful edge; it was a sickly cheery tone. "Ah before you die, tell me your name, I may come to visit you on the other side."
Allen didn't know why but he was compelled to tell the death god his name even if he didn't have the strength to.
"…All…en…Wal…ker."
"Walker?" there was a weird sort of cheer in the Shinigami's voice. 'Perfect.' "A member of the Walker family huh, interesting, very interesting."
Allen's heartbeat started to fade as time begun to run out on him. The four minutes that he had before already became less than a minute.
The Shinigami seemed to smile as he counted his good luck. 'A Walker descendant, how perfect can this get? He will be able to succeed where others have failed. After all, vampire slaying is in his blood.' He turned to face Allen.
…20…19…18…17…
"Tell you what mortal, I'll make a deal with you," he began, an eerie air surround him. "I will postpone your death, stop it even so that you can continue living, but in return you must do something for me."
….9…8…7….6…..5….
"What do you say, Allen Walker?"
…4….3….2…
"Ye…s."
The Shinigami grabbed his hood and pulled it back revealing his gruesomely rotted skull-face. Once his face was revealed, it was like all the time stopped. He took up his scythe and slashed over Allen cutting a string of invisible chains that paralyzed him.
"I will grant you your life, Allen Walker, and bestow upon you a great power to assist you in your mission."
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No one could sleep, not until they were positive that Allen and Ryuu were alright. It had been roughly twenty three minutes since the twins came back.
All five of them sat in the living room, waiting. Kuu stayed up too as she wanted to make sure that her daddy came back to her. She was about to nod off to sleep but the sound of the door being opened made her eyes stayed open.
"Daddy!" she yelled running to the front door with Lenalee, Komui, Mira and Kira close behind her.
The person at the door turned out to be Ryuu. Lenalee screamed when she saw his blooded state.
"Ryuu! Oh my god Ryuu!" she ran to him, fussing over his appearance. "Where does it hurt? Oh my, so much blood!"
"Ryuu doesn't hurt," Ryuu cried. "The red stuff came from Allen-nii's hand when Allen-nii hid Ryuu from the loud noise."
Lenalee felt as if she would faint after she heard what Ryuu had said. 'Allen…Allen got shot?' Tears welled up in her eyes. 'Allen…'
"Ryuu…where is Allen?"
Ryuu cried as he told them what happened. How Allen told him to run and how he stayed back to make sure that he got away. When he was finished, Lenalee burst into tears. She fell to the floor, sobbing wildly. Komui had his hand on her shoulder in a comforting way as he tried to hold back his tears. The twins held each other as they sobbed quietly, not wanting anyone to know they were crying. Kuu however had no idea what was going on, so she walked up to Lenalee to find out.
"Lenalee oba-chan. Is daddy coming back?" her voice was an innocent inquiry. "And why is Ryuu-nii so red?"
Lenalee continued to cry as she held Kuu close to her, all the while whispering 'I'm sorry' over and over. Kuu was about to ask why she was apologizing but then it hit her. Tears flowed uncontrollably from her eyes as she wailed, the severity of the situation finally sinking in.
Lenalee broke her promise, her daddy wasn't coming back.
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"Mission?" Allen asked, the air no longer felt as stifling as it was before. "What mission?"
"The deal you made for your life," the skull face seemed to smile, "consider it a mission."
Allen nodded; well he tried to, but only managed to make his head twitch slightly. Now that he wasn't dying, the pain was slightly coming back, the pleasant numbness was almost gone.
"Your mission is simple. I want you to exterminate a certain monster for me," the grin he had appeared unnatural. "I want you to slay the vampire lord."
'Vampires? They exist?'
"Yes vampires exist, they are just good at blending in with you clueless mortals," he chuckled. "They are stronger than most demons and require special weapons to deal with them."
"If they blend in with humans…how will I tell them apart?" Allen asked, trying to keep his grasp on consciousness even though the pain threatened to knock him out.
"I'll give you a present along with your weapon," the Shinigami raised his scythe and with it he made a perfectly aimed slash at Allen's left eye.
Allen screamed when the steel blade came in contact with his left eye. He could feel the blade cutting into the muscle, ripping it in two.
"Calm down, it shouldn't hurt so much," the Shinigami teased although he knew that it definitely does hurt a lot. "Here, take this and fulfil the requirement, after you have slain the vampire lord you will be free to return to your family, until then you must not show yourself to them." He took a green cross like gem from his robes, embedding it in Allen's unresponsive left arm.
"What is this?" Allen gasped, his strength suddenly coming back and the pain dying down as if the green gem was taking in all the hurt from his body.
"It's called Innocence," the Shinigami replied, putting his hood back on. "It is an anti-demon weapon. This should help you greatly in slaying the vampire lord," he then pointed to Allen's left eye. "That present I gave you is a curse. It will allow you to sense when a vampire is near," he chuckled. "Killing them or not is up to you."
Allen nodded, understanding the hidden message. He was thankful to the creature…– God? – before him. After all, he was only alive now because of it.
"I'll take my leave now," the Shinigami said after a while. "I will keep in touch with you when I'm not busy," with that said he vanished, bringing motion back to time.
Allen laid still on the ground, no longer feeling cold. He felt strangely warm as if he wasn't just shot in his left eye and arm, as if he hadn't just made a deal with a death god to save his life. Oddly, it didn't feel like he did any of that. He felt like he was lying somewhere warm and he didn't want to move.
He blinked as something wet dripped to his face. Looking up he saw that the sky was dark with no form of stars in sight. 'Rain?' It started down in a light drizzle then it increased falling heavier.
'Time to go I guess,' Allen got up; he staggered a little when he got to his feet but managed to regain his balance. 'Now what should I do?' All he wanted to do was to go home 'But I can't do that…'
He walked aimlessly around the dump hoping that something came to mind. His left eye was still closed shut, clamped together by dried blood. He was anxious to see how his eyes healed, as he couldn't feel the bullets that pierced his eye or arms. Speaking of arms…he never did check out how that weird gem on his arm looked.
A gasp sounded from his lips at what he saw, his hand looked reddish and shrivelled with black fingernails. While the green cross shape gem glowed, standing out in the middle of his back hand. It looked inhumane and monstrous, indeed a weapon to slay monsters.
He pulled up his shirt to see how far the reddish skin stretched to, but after rolling it up to his elbows and still seeing red shrivelled flesh he figured it might take up his whole hand.
Rain continued to pour but Allen didn't mind as the rain was calm and cleansing as it washed him clean of his own blood. He continued on with his slow pace, almost jumping in shock when he glanced over to his left seeing a boy around his age with white hair. 'Wow a kid with white hair, cool.' he found himself thinking.
He wanted to say something to him but he voted against it. 'The kid will find out himself,' he shrugged, no sense worrying the kid about the two dead guys a few walks back, might scare him or he might think he did it. I mean he did have blood all over him. 'But so does that white haired kid….' wait a second; he turned to face the boy only to see that the boy turned to face him too.
'Wait a minute…don't tell me!' he brought his hand up to his soaked hair which fell around his left eye, when the boy followed he almost freaked.
"That's me?" he yelled pointing to the boy which turned out to be his reflection on a sort of mirror. "What happened to my hair?" his eyes widened. "My eyes! It's gray!"
Allen felt…he didn't know how he felt but one thing was for sure; he had a feeling that no one would be able to recognize him. With his light brown hair and eyes now a snowy white and gray. 'How did this happen?'
The words the Shinigami spoke before echoed in his head.
'The present I gave you is a curse.'
'So my hair and eye colour is a side effect of this so called curse.' It wasn't as if he was complaining but he would have liked it to be something less out of the ordinary.
He pulled his soaked bangs back, then used his shirt sleeve to wipe the blood from his left eye. Once all the blood was gone he gasped. 'Man I've been doing that a lot,' he groaned in annoyance.
'I'm a literal freak show now,' he sighed tracing the scar like red lines that marred the left side of his face. He lifted his hair more, looking at where the scar started, 'Yep a literal freak show,' he thought after seeing the reciprocal pentagon, but that wouldn't get him down. He smiled shrugging everything off as nothing. If he spent time dwelling on the bad things in life, he'd never get anywhere. It was better to push it back and forget it or just suck it up – as it won't change – and move on with your life.
He had been doing the latter all his life. His poker face never seemed to grow weary and he never got tired of seeing it or showing it to others. It helped to hide everything bad he had been through – which was a lot – not to mention being the second oldest male at the orphanage, he had a duty to take over when Komui wasn't there.
'The kids…I wonder if they're alright…'
He was about to continue walking but a low shuffling noise forced him to stop. His left eye reacted; the gray almost purplish hue became black while rings of red encircled it. 'What the-? What's going on?' he didn't know why his eye transformed, even so he begun to look around. He saw a purplish aura among a pile of garbage near some bushed area. He hurried over there but saw no one.
'I was sure…' he didn't get to finish that thought as someone attacked him from behind. 'Ouch that hurts,' he muttered to himself, face down in the mud.
"Oi! That hurt, you know!" Allen complained as he got up.
An amused voice filled the air.
"What a pleasant surprise, a human," the voice purred.
Allen's head instantly perked up, 'Is that a vampire?' from the looks of things, it was a vampire, meaning: 'My first fight!' somehow Allen felt calm and anxious. He was just ready to strike at any minute. 'Why do I feel this way?' he wondered, it was as if something buried deep inside him had awakened and was willing and rearing to fight.
He stretched his left arm before him – an instinct – instantly it transformed into a large metal like claw. Though it was a bit strange he was not one bit perturbed by the transformation.
"Oooh a slayer on top of it! My, my, my, this must be my lucky day," the vampire rushed forward. "Slayer's blood is always irresistible!"
Allen stood his ground waiting for the fight to come to him, a strategy his late father taught him. He was no stranger to fighting, as he could hold his ground against the toughest opponents and not be tired to fight another one afterwards. Thanks to his amazing stamina and agility, he remained undefeated in the ring – Allen did street fighting for money – so fighting vampires was the same to him. The only difference was that you can kill vampires.
With both eyes closed he waited, his hand twitched slightly. Suddenly he spun around and launched his hand forward, piercing into the vampire's chest. 'This was too easy,' the vampire turned to dust instantly, leaving his clothes behind. Allen dropped his hand as it and his left eye returned to normal.
"The rain stopped…" he whispered to the sky.
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"Oi brat, watch it!'
"Sorry!" Allen apologized as he passed the drunkard. He gripped the large black jacket – which he took from the dead vampire – tightly and left quickly. 'Gosh only drunkards are up at this time,' he complained as he walked down the street. His pace quickened when he felt that familiar air surround him. 'Just a few blocks more.'
His pulse quickened when he stopped in front of a decent-sized old house with the sign 'Lee's Orphanage' a little above the front door. The house was old and small, not something seven people could fit to live in. Allen felt his heart pound as he stood before the old building, memories flooding his mind.
"I want daddy!"
He looked up when he heard the familiar voice. 'Kuu?' His eyes stung with sadness. 'How can I stay away from her?' He – with as much stealth as he could muster – sneaked up to one of the low windows at the front of the house. Rain started to fall heavier than before.
"Lenalee oba-chan lied!" Kuu continued crying. "You lied! Daddy is…daddy is…" Tears continued to flow. "I want daddy!" she screamed.
"Kuu-chan, please calm down," Allen heard Komui cooed, trying to calm the crying child. "I'm sure Allen is alright…I'm sure…"
"No you're not!" Kuu yelled, "Ryuu not hurting and the red stuff is from daddy!" she yelled. "When a lot of red stuff come out, something bad happens!"
Allen's heart clenched at Kuu's hurt state. 'I'm sorry,' tears threatened to fall from his eyes. 'I'll make it up to you when I get back.' He moved away from the window and out into the rain.
The shift at the window caught Kuu's attention.
'Daddy?' she thought pushing away from Lenalee's embrace. "Daddy!" her shout was heard from outside as Allen paused in his tracks.
He turned just as the door burst open and a puffy-eyed Kuu stood at the doorway, her hands on her knees as she tried to catch her breath.
"Daddy!" she repeated a broad smile on her lips. 'Daddy is back!' she wanted to run out to him but Allen raised his hand stopping her for doing that.
He turned to face her with a smile in place. Kuu was at first surprised by his appearance but that was only short-lived. Her daddy was back and that was all that mattered. The smile however made her eyes water more, she understood what it meant. It would be hard to do but she managed to do it. She smiled in return, indicating that she understood what was expected of her. That she should be strong as it wasn't the end.
That was all Allen needed. His heart felt lighter and he was positive at what needed to be done. Now he could leave without any worry. With one last glance at the house he called his home for three years; he left, disappearing into the night.
"Kuu! What are you doing outside? It's raining, please get in," Komui fussed, running outside to her. "Kuu?" he asked when he didn't get a response, he was about to touch her when she turned to face him, literally beaming.
"Komui oji-chan, it's raining we need to get inside," she said passing him.
Komui stood paralyzed to his spot. It was like he was dealing with another Allen. 'She already learned how to mask her emotions?' he sighed following the seemingly happy Kuu.
Kuu continued smiling no matter how much it hurt for her to do it; it was her job to make everyone happy now that her daddy was busy with something. She can't act like a cry baby and worry everyone. In order to be strong she needed to hide all her pain, that was what her daddy taught her. She wanted to be strong so that when her daddy came back, he would be proud of her.
She nodded to herself as her eyes trailed back to where she last saw her daddy. It was heartbreaking, but she would see him again. The smile he gave her said it all, it was a promise she would keep in her heart forever.
'Don't be sad Kuu-chan, we'll meet again. I promise.'
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Allen cursed; he had been doing that a lot lately, he figured as he trembled from the cold. He looked around the abandoned warehouse that he's been taking refuge in. Three words could sum up the place.
A. Complete. Dump.
He sighed again. Why was he here in this crappy place filled with gods-know-what, freezing his ass off – his belly growled – and starving to death?
Oh yeah, he made a deal with a corpse…well a talking corpse, anyway it was still a corpse Shinigami or not. He didn't even consider the circumstances or certain aspects of the deal like:
How was he to live? Food and shelter wise, if he couldn't go home. Man he was starving!
What was he to wear? Seriously, he had been in his bloodied shirt for hours now! He felt grimy and really uncomfortable. Damn he really needed a clean change of clothes!
And the most important thing there was to consider. Yep you guessed it:
How the hell – yeah seriously how the hell – was he to find that damned vampire lord? The man could be half way across the world for all he knew.
'Maybe it's a weird dream and I'll wake up soon.' If it wasn't for the fact that he was living and breathing now, with an anti-demon weapon as his left arm and a curse to his left eye…and that he could very much feel pain – yep he wasn't dreaming this – he'd think it was all a dream or one sick joke. He sighed again, life seriously sucked.
*Boom*
Allen got up from his place on the ground 'What the-' Another explosion sounded, completely nabbing Allen's attention. 'This can't be good.' Instead of running away like any normal person would do – not that he was normal – Allen upped for running towards the source of the explosion.
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"Die."
Before the guy could grasp what happened, a sleek katana blade ran right through him. He groaned briefly before exploding into dust.
The guy who stabbed him swiftly flashed his sword, ridding it of the vile blood that tainted its blade. He turned to face the other monsters before him, a crocked smile in place while a sadistic gleam appeared in his deep cobalt eyes, turning it a darker shade.
"Who's next?" his sardonic smile morphed into a smirk.
The creatures glared at him, baring their fangs and claws at the bold man who so dare to slay their own. One person stepped out of the ring to face the man. His eyes were glazed over in hunger and bloodlust.
"Your blood calls to me," he purred, eyes drenched crimson due to his intense bloodlust. "I must have it now!"
He dashed after the man, his claws barely scratching his cheek.
"Tch pathetic."
His sword pierced through the moron that so boldly attacked him, rendering him motionless as he promptly turned to dust. A smug smile crossed his lips as he dodged an attack that was directed to his right. He easily side-stepped the vampire and cut him down before leaping into the air when another tried to attack his legs.
He flipped twice aerially and landed on his feet. Just as his feet touched the ground, he bent back dodging another attack. With that momentum; he bent back further and touched the ground with both hands and did a back flip to land once again on his feet. 'Ch' they're getting good.' He mused as his high ponytail broke loose, long raven hair fanned over his back. 'But not good enough.'
"Kaichuu Ichigen!" he slashed forward as if cutting the air. A portal of some sort appeared, bringing with it a swarm of weird shaped silver bugs with glowing scarlet eyes. They launch themselves at the vampires surrounding their master, piercing anyone that came too close.
While the raven was preoccupied with annihilating anything before him, a vampire took the opportunity to sneak up behind. Taking advantage of his inattentive state he used his claws to pierce forward, but stopped as something embedded itself in his back.
The raven sensed the attack and looked back in order to take the stupid vampire out, but once he turned around the vampire turned to dust. He was briefly confused at what happened, but that confusion turned to shock as his eyes widen a fraction. When he saw Allen it caused the tears that he kept hidden for years threatened to fall.
'Lavi…?'
Though Allen had white hair and silver/gray eyes, the person the raven saw had messy fiery red hair and one visual emerald green eye as the other was covered by an eye patch and he was smiling with so much childish glee. That smile was something that was forever etched into his memory. It was so dazzling yet heartbreaking at the same time. He was mesmerized all over again.
Those lips he knew all too well parted to say something but he was still frozen stiff to respond. A hand – that he had grown to know as talented due to previous experiences – blurred across his vision, as if they were trying to get his attention. And lastly the blood, so alive and rich – definitely that of a human – called out to him. Binding his, begging him to indulge in that sinful taste once more as it has been decades since he last had mortal blood.
The call was too strong to resist and he found himself walking towards Allen. He embraced him, his head resting on the junction between Allen's neck and his shoulder bone while his hands gripped the front of Allen's damp bloodstained white shirt.
Luscious blood whispered to him sweetly, lulling him in a trance-like state. He opened his mouth, revealing his piercing white fangs which shook, eager to be sunk into that pale neck. The need was too great, he wanted to taste him…he needed to.
Allen shivered when he felt the stranger's tongue lapping at his neck. The languid muscle was cold, causing his body to shiver. He wasn't sure but he felt really excited, after all a vampire was about to drink his blood…he suddenly froze, his mind going blank. 'A vampire is about to drink my blood!'
Both fear and excitement ran throughout his entire being when he felt the tip of the vampire's fangs ran across his neck without breaking his skin. He was sure the guy would bite soon as he seemed really hungry. 'I should kill him,' but somehow he couldn't.
Still caught up in a blood lust haze, the guy failed to see that it wasn't the redhead he was about to bite. If he did he would have stopped. His fangs itched to pierce into that soft patch of skin and his tongue yearned to have blood – live blood – but that hope and the trance-like state he was in shattered when the sound of something falling caught both their attention.
'Shit!' the raven cursed as he pushed Allen away from him. 'What the hell was I thinking?'
Allen fell to the ground with a loud thud, his backside stung painfully from the hard fall. He couldn't believe it! That vampire pushed him off like he was some rag doll! 'What, wasn't I good enough for you to feed from?' A growl resonated in his throat, he was pissed!
"Oi! That's no way to treat someone who saved your life!" he protested. "You know I have half the mind to…" his voice trailed off when he looked up to see who it was and boy did he get a shocker, the person before him was beyond beautiful! Sure he got a glimpse of him before, but now that he was actually looking, he felt speechless.
The guy on the other hand was annoyed that he came on to a brat. 'What is a human kid doing here?' his eyes narrowed when he saw Allen's left hand. 'A slayer…tch another problem.'
"I'd get out of here if I were you," he said sheathing his sword. "This place will be swarmed by level twos in a few minutes."
His voice however snapped Allen out of his shock state. 'Level twos?'
"Ah…really?" Allen replied, trying his best to snap out of the infatuated state he found himself in. "But how would you know?"
"Instincts," the guy replied before disappearing into the night.
Allen was caught by surprise at his sudden departure as there were a lot of questions he wanted to ask. For one he wanted to know why a vampire like him was killing those of his kind. Sure, Allen would occasionally kill one or two vampires – but only if they attacked first and if the situation called for it – but it seemed that the long haired beauty attacked the group of vampires that lived here. 'Maybe it was some sort of a grudge?' he shrugged. 'Makes no sense. If I try to acknowledge it, it'll only make my head hurt.' After all he had more pressing issues to attend to. Like where was he going to stay now that he had to get out of the rundown warehouse that he temporarily called his home.
"Am I this bad lucked?" he groaned, wanting nothing more than to pull every stand of hair from his head. He was about to sigh again when he was interrupted by a familiar deep voice.
"How have you been doing Allen Walker?"
Allen jumped in shock as the Shinigami's voice echoed somewhere behind him. He appeared as if out of nowhere.
"What the hell?" Allen shouted, completely freaked out beyond words.
After making sure that his heart rate was normal again he turned to glare at the creature that appeared out of nowhere before him.
"How was the first night of your revival?" the Shinigami asked, not one bit perturbed by Allen's glare.
"It was pure crap," Allen replied, his glare intensified. "You left me clueless for this so called mission. The least you could tell me is the vampire lord's name or yeah, where he lives!"
"Ah, my apologies," the Shinigami was amused. 'Playing with this mortal is fun.' "I guess I forgot to tell you the important details, how silly of me."
"More like stupid," Allen muttered under his breath. "Now tell me. I know I made a deal with you and all, but could you at least let me go home to take a shower, get a change of clothing and eat?"
The answer from the Shinigami was swift and simple.
"No."
"Why?" Allen groaned, he really needed a shower, damn it!
"I'll arrange something for you," he handed Allen a piece of paper. "Go to the house with that address, tell the person there that the Earl sent you."
'The Earl?' Allen wondered who that person was.
"Um. Okay," he took the sheet of paper. "So after I tell them who sent me, then what?"
"Think of it as a place for you to stay when you are going through your mission."
"What? Why didn't you mention that before?" Allen yelled, completely annoyed that the stupid Shinigami didn't tell him another important point. "Are you trying to make the job harder so that I'll fail?"
At this the Shinigami chuckled.
"You will not fail, or else you will die," Allen cringed at the word die. "Your fear of death will drive you to succeed."
"Whatever you say," Allen shrugged it off as nothing. "So do you have any information for me about the vampire lord?"
"Yes."
"Let's hear it," Allen prodded.
"The current vampire lord is Kanda Yuu, the only son of the previous vampire lord and lady Kanda Yokan and Kanda Mairuu," the Shinigami began, "but beware, he has the appearance of a beautiful young man. Try not to get bewitched, okay?"
"There's not a man alive that can hope to bind me with their appearance," that was a lie and Allen knew it, he was mesmerized on-spot by that vampire he protected a while ago. Never in his life had he seen someone as perfect and dazzling as him.
He couldn't say his beauty was due to his vampire genes because he'd seen a couple of other vampires and none of them appealed to him the way that particular long-haired vampire did. He had never been so excited in years – save for the time when he glimpsed at some porn – but that was months ago, so therefore that didn't count. Besides they were naked and scantily dressed so they were bound to appeal to him. The raven-haired guy was fully clothed – the only skin he could see was from his face, everything else was covered – and he appealed to him more than any of the naked girls did.
"Hello, anyone in there?"
Allen snapped out of his thoughts.
"Hehe…yeah so ah, you were saying?" he cleared his throat. "So the person I'm after is Kanda Yuu…that name sound foreign."
"It is, Kanda Yuu is Japanese," the Shinigami replied as-a-matter-of-factly.
"Japanese?" Allen asked; he was sure he was hearing things.
"Yes Japanese as in from Japan."
Allen's face immediately fell.
"All the way in Japan?" to say Allen was surprised was an understatement. "Japan is way out of reach! Where do you think we are? We're in England!"
The Shinigami chuckled. 'The kid has a point.' Japan was really far away. 'Oh well,' he shrugged.
"That would be true if you had to go to Japan," he plainly stated. "Have you heard of 'Nightmare Castle'?"
"Yeah," Allen raked his mind for its location. "Ah, isn't that the creepy looking mansion on the outskirts of town?" If he remembered correctly it was a weird constructed house, it pretty much stood out on that high hill not to mention it looked extra creepy at night.
"That, my friend is where the vampire lord lives."
Allen couldn't believe it. The person was that close?
"Seriously?"
"Yes, now get going. The quicker you finish, the closer you are to your freedom," the Shinigami turned to leave. "I have high hopes for you, Allen Walker."
Allen nodded, glad he was finally going to get some action. He looked at the paper the Shinigami gave him. 'This place isn't far from here,' a smile crossed his lips. 'Maybe my luck is getting better.' his smile widened. 'With my new found luck, I just might slay that vampire lord with no trouble and return home by tomorrow.'
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"At approximately four twenty five this morning, two bodies were found at the city dump by a passerby. The time of death is estimated at ten forty three last night. Both bodies are identified as Kevin Benson and Reggie Talbot both alleged to be members of the infamous Shark gang. Multiple gunshot wounds seemed to be the cause of death. That is all for now, we'll be awaiting further develo–….wait, this just in; it seems that there was a third body. Eye witness at the scene claimed to have seen a corpse of a young boy before it mysteriously disappeared. It is unsure why the man hadn't reported the case last night, but according to the police on scene, there is a mass of blood that does not belong to either body. The police are working on identifying the owner of the third blood; results will take two to three weeks for analysis. On other n–"
Lenalee turned the radio off. She couldn't listen to it anymore; it was too hard to bear, not to mention Allen hadn't made it back yet. Worry etched her features as she tried to concentrate on making breakfast.
She couldn't sleep at all and was up all night waiting for Allen to sneak in – like he sometimes did with little bruises and cuts on his face from his little side job, of course she knew he was street fighting – so that she could chew him out for staying out late but then hug him for coming back safely.
"Allen…" just saying the name alone caused her eyes to water. 'Please just come back…'
If the third person turned out to be Allen she didn't know what she would do.
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Allen blinked as he tried to adjust his eyes to the darkness. 'Huh? Where am I?' Everything was a blur, he had no idea what had happened…his eyes widened and he sat up as quickly as he could. The covers rolled down, revealing his naked body.
"Ah, now I remember."
How could he forget, he went to the place that Shinigami told him about, only to find out that it was some duke's mansion. He felt stupid, here he was dirty and starving and he was about to go up to a duke's house? They would think he was a beggar or something.
He decided to leave, but then he saw someone. A guy with thick curly brunette hair wearing a pair of thick circular glasses, he asked him why he was there and like the gullible idiot he was; he told him. The guy then nodded and told him to follow him. He was about to tell the guy that they would not make it past the gate but the guy just smiled. You could only imagine his surprise when the guards bowed to the messily dressed man and addressed him as 'Lord Mykk'. The guy turned out to be Tyki Mykk, the duke of the house, and he welcomed Allen with open arms. So now here he was in one of the duke's guest room, sleeping…well not anymore but yeah you get it.
"You awake, shounen?"
Allen turned towards the door; there Tyki Mykk stood looking first-rate in his well polished black suit staring at him with his piercing amber gold eyes. He was about to reply when he heard a high pitch squeal. Before he knew it, a young girl ran into the room and attached herself to him. She was about to kiss him on his lips when Allen turned his head and she ended up kissing his right cheek.
"That won't work on me twice Road," Allen said easing the young girl off him. "You only got me yesterday because I didn't expect it." 'Yeah who'd expect that the person who you're staying with's niece would run up to you, hug you and kiss you on your lips?' he shivered at the memory of their encounter yesterday.
Road pouted with her hands across her chest.
"But you liked it right?" her golden eyes sparkled with hope.
"Like I said, I never expected it," Allen sighed, "I don't make it a habit to go around kissing kids on the mouth 'Well…I did kiss Ryuu…' sorry come back to check on me in a few years. Better yet when you're a boy," he added the last part so that the poor kid wouldn't get any ideas.
"Ah Allen, you're so mean!" Road pouted, she was about to add something else when Tyki place a hand on her head.
"No bothering the guest, Road," he ruffled her hair. "The count gave him an important job; he can't be distracted right now."
"Okay…" she whined. "But when he's finished, we'll get married!"
'Don't hold your breath for that,' Allen thought holding back a shudder.
"Well now that you're up, let's get you fed," Tyki said grabbing Allen out of his thoughts. He looked down and smirked. "And some clothes too."
Allen blushed and brought the sheets up to hide his manly pride, he heard Road sigh in disappointment and was sure she was staring at his privates.
"You two are too weird," he sighed.
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"So…" Allen began, his tone set in a way to get everyone's attention. Tyki and Road raised their head from their meal to look at him. "I can't help but wonder who you two are. I mean, you just take in a temporarily homeless kid like that one death god's whim. By the way are you two–"
"Yep," Road replied cheerily as if she was reading his mind, she placed a spoonful of jello in her mouth. "The count is a part of our family."
"Family?" Allen wanted to know more, but somehow everything was beginning to seem eerie, almost supernatural and weird. He was already deep in, being a person who's been revived and all. Thanks to this experience, he would never see things as normal anymore. "You are related to a Shinigami? If you don't want to elaborate more that's okay, it's not my business to begin with," he shrugged.
Tyki smiled and shrugged too, it made no sense uprooting something that would require a lot of explanation. Besides, they didn't have the time for that now, Allen needed to leave in a few minutes. Maybe he'd indulge Allen with the whole story when he got back. 'If he gets back,' for all he knew Allen might end up dead. 'That sword wielding cutie isn't one to hold back after all.'
"Tyki, what time is Allen leaving?" Road asked, her spoon hanging from her mouth as she spoke. "I want to play a little before he leaves," she winked suggestively at Allen.
Allen fork fell from his hand at what Road implied. 'No thanks, kid. I'm not into young girls,' he took up his fork and quickly devoured his meal – plate after plate – ignoring the looks Road gave him.
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The shadow of a person swished across the dimly lit hall, his slim hand ran up to his face as he panted, seemingly out of breath. His eyes bled scarlet and his body shook from excitement or pain – it was hard to tell – one thing though was plainly obvious. The hunger he felt was clearly shown. His body ached to be fed but he refused to let it. He refused to partake in his needs and hunger; he refused to take the blood of a mortal. If he did, he would feel as if he was replacing 'him'.
He cursed himself for being so sentimental and for not being able to forget that redhead over the decades that passed. Sure he had been his first friend and the one who taught him how to use his body in ways that he'd never imagine. A blush crept up his cheeks at what they used to do together and all the techniques he was taught.
'Damn, that Lavi was a freaking pervert!' but even though he was, he loved him just the same.
It seriously puzzled him, the fact that he was so attached to a mere human. He, who was born of the most powerful vampires that ever lived, fell for a human who was suppose to be food. He didn't understand why but somehow, he didn't care. All he wanted now was to fill the gaping hole in his chest, and the intense hunger gnawing at his insides.
"Tch, I need a drink."
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Having packed what was needed for his mission, Allen got ready to set out. He had a name and a location, all that's left is for him to take the vampire lord out.
"Thanks for everything."
Tyki gave him a small smile.
"No prob, it's our job after all," he replied and with one last pat on Allen's back, he made his way back inside. "Good luck, shounen."
Allen nodded and buttoned his black jacket, he took up the suitcase of necessities that Tyki's maids packed for him and left the mansion – luckily before Road noticed that he was leaving – refreshed and eager to fulfil his mission.
His gaze rose upwards towards the night sky, a smile tugged his lips.
'I'll finish this and come home soon,' he grinned as he walked out the front gates. 'Wait for me everyone, I'll be back really soon.'
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To be continued…
A/N: This was taking a really long time to finish….no lie I started this what last year August? And I realized that it's almost 30 pages, so I decided to split it in two. The second part will be ready as soon as I type it up. Well as you might notice, there hasn't been a decent and proper meeting between our two lovely personnel, Allen and Kanda, but believe me, there will be in the second part! So like I said in the beginning, um excuses…:
My computer crashed (taking with it most of what I wrote)
Felt discouraged cause all I written before was gone.
No beta…(my grammar sux) someone plz be my beta pretty plz *begs*
Was beyond lazy…I know…
Plot bunnies for other stories…(they just won't leave me alone!)
Well after the depression stage, I sucked it up and wrote over some different stuff…so I hope you all stay with me and stuff…until next time I guess! R&R onegai!
Ja na!
Kaos