It has been a year since the Black Order Headquarters was destroyed by the Level 4 Akuma. The Black Order has now relocated to North America where they continue their work on destroying Akuma and stopping the Millennium Earl and the Noah Family. The exorcists are scattered all over the world in small groups, fighting the Akuma. The Generals are doing their work as well, finding Innocence and breeding new exorcists. The Heart Innocence, the most powerful of them all, still hasn't been found.
Allen and Lavi are located in Barcelona, Spain. They had just finished a mission in retrieving the Innocence from there and where now heading back to Headquarters. They were just about to head back when Lavi's Golem rang.
"Hold on Bean Sprout, we're getting a call from the Chief." Lavi calls as he heads over to a service phone.
"Don't call me that!" Allen yells. He was chasing after Timcampy to make sure he doesn't run off and get himself eaten by a cat, for the 100th time. While chasing Tim, Allen was thinking of Kanda and how he can't wait to see him. They have been getting along better since the Noah Ark incident when he found him almost dead with his sword almost destroyed.
Lavi went over to the phone and connected his Golem to the phone. "Yes Chief Komui! We are on our way back to Headquarters now. We just…"
"Lavi listen to me, there's something I need to tell you." Komui said, sounding more serious than usual.
Allen finally caught Tim and found his way back to Lavi. When he saw Lavi, the look that was on his friends face said that something terrible had happened. "What's wrong Lavi?" Allen asked.
"It's Yu…he's gone missing." Lavi says. "Komui lost contact with him a week ago in London, and hasn't heard from him since."
"Alright, but hasn't Kanda done this before?" Allen asked. He remembered that one time when they lost contact with him and he was only recuperating after fighting an immortal swordsman who had Innocence.
"That's what Komui thought as well. Until his Golem came back along with his sword." Lavi explains. "They replayed what the Golem recorded and saw that he has ambushed by the Millennium Earl and the Noah Family."
"The Millennium Earl?" Allen yelled. He knew that the Earl would come and deal with some personal matters, but when it came to the exorcists he would usually leave it to the members of Noah. "Why would he attack Kanda?" he asked.
"Komui isn't sure. But what they saw was the Earl taking Kanda and leaving the sword and Golem." Lavi tells his friend. He could see the look of worry in his face. He knew that he and Kanda were finally becoming good friends, and Allen hated it when his friends were in danger.
"Komui wants us to go to London and find him, right?" Allen asks, having Timcampy flying around his head.
Lavi shock his head back and forth. "No, he wants us to return to the Order immediately. He ordered this for all the exorcists."
"What? But why? We could be there in a day or two! We're so close!" Allen yells. He couldn't comprehend what Komui was thinking.
"This was an obvious declaration of war against the Black Order, he doesn't know what the Earl is thinking or planning. He is thinking of everyone's safety." Lavi says, knowing that the explanation wasn't going to satisfy the young silver haired boy.
"But he isn't thinking of Kanda's safety!" Allen yelled. The Earl was an unpredictable man and more than anything, Allen feared for his friend's life.
"Allen, we've been ordered back to Headquarters. We can't break orders." Lavi says turning away and heading towards there train. He stopped dead in his track when he felt someone grabbing his hand. He turned around and saw Allen holding his arm and giving him a stern look.
Lavi sighed; he could never win an argument with Allen, especially when he was right. He and Allen went over to the phone and connected the Golem to the phone to contact Headquarters.
"Lavi, have you talked to Allen?" Komui asked.
"Yeah, he wants to go after Kanda." Lavi says, looking over to see Allen listening in. Timcampy was flying over their heads.
"Have you explained everything to him? Even that it is a direct order from me?" He says in the serious tone Lavi heard him in earlier.
"Yes I did." Lavi answers, wanting him to get to the point.
"Alight then it's settled! You and Allen will go to London and find Kanda." Komui said, sounding like his usual self. Lavi and Allen just stand there blankly for a minute. "Lavi?"
"What do you mean by this Komui?" Lavi yells into the phone, making Allen and Tim jump back.
"What? I knew that Allen wouldn't listen to you and that you would cave in eventually to Allen's persuasion. So if I don't give you permission to go, you would be breaking orders. We can't have you doing that now can we? I'll send Toma along with Kanda's sword and Golem. You guys be careful, this could be a trap." Komui says, having the rest of the science department giving him strange looks.
Lavi looked away from Allen "He did this to me on purpose…" he thought to himself. "Alright, we'll meet him in Paris." Lavi says, hanging up the phone and disconnecting the Golem. He turned and looked at Allen. "Looks like we are going to England to save Yu." He says, smiling at his friend.
Allen smiled and nodded his head. He went back to the train station ticked booth and switched the tickets for two to Paris. After the train ride to Paris, they'll catch a boat to London. Lavi watched as Allen head over to the booth. He was happy that they were going after the Earl and saving Yu, but he couldn't shake this bad feeling he was getting from the situation. After Allen got the tickets, the two of them boarded the train and entered their cart. Immediately after boarding the train, Allen falls asleep onto Lavi's shoulder. He just stares at him while he sleeps. He brushes his hair over and looks at the dark curse mark over Allen's eye, and smiled at how cute he looked sleeping.
Once Allen and Lavi arrive in Paris, they head over to a hotel for a one night's stay. Toma wouldn't arrive in Paris until the following day, giving the two some time to prepare and come up with a plan.
"I still don't understand why the Earl would want to take an exorcists, let alone Kanda." Allen says, sitting on the bed while munching on some apples they got at the market. Kanda was a strong exorcist who could take care of himself, but he wasn't really a person of interest.
"Like Komui said, it's probably a trap to draw us in. We all know who much the Earl likes you." Lavi says sarcastically. He took one of the apples and sat down next to Allen.
Allen chuckled a little bit. "Once Toma gets here, we should look over what Kanda's Golem saw and see if we can get any clues." The Earl wouldn't just randomly do something out of script, not to mention he doesn't make mistakes. He left the Golem and Kanda's sword on purpose.
"Yeah, I agree. This doesn't feel like any normal attack. Like when Tyki attacked General Yeggar, this was a purpose." Lavi explains. General Yeggar was left half alive to leave a message for the other exorcists that he was looking for the Heart of all Innocence.
Allen just nods his head in agreement. He looked over at the clock and saw how late it was getting. "We should probably get some rest. We have a busy day tomorrow." He says, lying down on his bed.
"Yeah." Lavi says, watching Allen as he gets into his own bed. He wanted nothing more than to go to London right now and save Kanda, but he also wanted to protect Allen from the Earl. Everyone knew that the Earl wants nothing more than to have Allen's head served on a silver platter. This whole situation had the word 'trap' written all over it. For the rest of the night, Lavi laid there in his bed thinking what tomorrow was going to bring them.
Allen knew that Lavi was still awake, he was too. He couldn't help but think about Kanda and what he was going through. He and Kanda were just on a mission together in Berlin not too long ago. Kanda's mentor General Tiedoll had called Kanda and wanted him to help out with a mission he was on. Kanda invited him along so he could meet General Tiedoll and to help out. Allen was surprised when he got the invite and found that Kanda was a good guy once you got to know him. "The sooner we get to London, the better." Allen thought as he closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep.
The next morning, Toma arrived at the docks to find two very exhausted exorcists waiting for him. "You two don't look so good…" he commented.
"We didn't get much sleep last night, too much running through our head." Lavi says, getting onboard the ship after Allen. The ship they boarded on was a cruise liner that had three classes, first to last. They were going to be in first class and it was going to be another day before they got to London; which gave him more time to get some sleep.
"Can we see what the Golem recorded?" Allen finally asked after they had finished settling in.
Toma nodded his head and put the Golem in-between the three of them. The Golem opened its one eye and shot up a video fee that it recorded of Kanda's fight. At first he was fighting two Level 2 akuma's and was handling them pretty well, but the tables turned when Road should up and attacked him from behind. Lulu was also there and attacked him as well, shooting at him. Kanda was in the middle of fighting Road, when the Earl came up from behind him and stabbed him with Lero in his sword form. It took every fiber of Allen's being not to turn away from the video fee. Kanda hand dropped his sword by then and fell into unconsciousness, then the Earl scoped him off and winked at the Golem before caring him off, the four of them disappearing off in the distance.
The three of them stood there for a moment in complete silence, and then a sudden slam brought Toma and Allen back to reality. Lavi had slammed his fist up against the wall; his head was bowed down so no one could see his face. "He did that on purpose…as if to saying that you can't do anything to stop us." He said, his voice trembling with anger.
Allen didn't have to look at his friend to know that his face was filled with anger. Kanda was as much a friend to Lavi as he was to him. He walked over to Lavi and pulled his face up and looked at him in the eye. "We are going to find him Lavi, and we are going to save him." He says, smiling at him as reassurance.
Lavi was taking aback by his sudden closeness. Even though Allen was different with his silver hair and his cursed eye, he was very cute for a boy. This of course, reminded him of how cute Yu was for being a boy as well. He smiled a little bit and nodded his head in agreement.
As the three of them headed up to the deck, Allen's eye activated. "An akuma's close by!" just as he yelled that, the boat started shaking violently back and forth.
Allen and Lavi ran ahead of Toma and reached the deck of the board, where a Level 3 akuma was waiting for them surrounded by a handful of Level 1's.
"I've come for you exorcists!" It smirked. "Now, time to die!"
Me: Finally! Chapter 1 is complete! *beams a happy face* Btw, 'kismet' (from Webster's Dictionary) said that it means 'destiny.'
Allen: Nice job Niccy! *pats her on the back*
Lavi: Yeah, I think you've gotten used to this work.
Me: Thanks Lavi! *she blushes*
Kanda: Wait a minute! What about me? Why was I the victim? And where am I? *he yells*
Me: Relax Kanda! You're in the next chapter.
Kanda: Well…okay…
Me: Till next time! *she waves*