i!Crossing Dimensions!i

Of surprising arrivals and concluded battles

ChApTeR oNe

Allen POV

Well, seeing Lavi pull the door outwards and hence opening it was somewhat embarrassing. Especially since my shoulder had started to hurt, badly. If it were visible everyone in the room would have sweat dropped.

Luckily, we didn't have room to dwell on it as a man fell on top of Lavi. Who squeaked in surprise and then thoroughly inspected the man before pushing him off and standing up. The tower shook again and this time was apparently the last one they were to receive, seeing as it didn't stop; it's goal, it appeared was utterly destroying the lower floors, leaving only their room intact. At least for the moment, that is.

I turned around and looked at my remaining friends. A sad smile broke my features as I gave a small last prayer to Kanda and Aleister. May your souls rest in peace…

I had known since the moment at the dinner, there was no hope for the rooms behind us. There was no hope for the people in them either. I had never felt more useless in my life as when I heard those words, it seemed like a long time ago, but I knew better. It had happened less than a few minutes ago.

I walked into the light and felt as all the weight in my body lifted, leaving only a shell of myself. I thought I saw the silhouette of a tall male with a top hat ahead of me and I couldn't resist the instinct of running up ahead.

"Mana!" I yelled at the man, but just as my fingers were about to make contact with his own, the image shattered.

I was now standing in a dark room with an assortment of people in it. Half were wearing dark cloaks and silver masks, and the other half was a variety of youths around my own age and several other adults.

I took a deep breath and stayed in place as Chaoji and Lenalee entered the room. They gasped and Lenalee attempted to lose her grip of Chaoji and aid the younger females as they were attacked, but Chaoji would have none of it. Lavi came last along with the mystery man, which now seemed to fit right in with the chaos.

No one in the room seemed to notice their entrance and so the duels raged on. Light flashes were all that was seen as small sticks were swung here and there. The closest people near us were a masked male and a young female with bubble gum pink hair. The new group was simply staring, for once unsure on what to do.

"Crucio!" the masked man yelled as a red flash flew from the tip of the stick.

"Deflecto!"(1) She yelled back as an almost-invisible bubble surrounded her.

When the light hit the bubble the oddest thing happened. The flash bounced against the shield as if it were made of rubber, but then Allen hesitated as he saw the flash come his way. It seemed obvious it was offensive seeing as the female shied from it. So of course it seemed like the natural instinct to dodge it, which he did, hoping the ones behind him got the hint and ducked as well.

Apparently they all did, which meant a good thing. If only a certain someone didn't care to complain.

"Oi! Baka Moyashi! Deflect it next time or something, damn coward" yelled a pissed off certain person, and before I could really register who it was my brain responded on its own.

"Shut up BaKanda! Besides it's Allen! A-L-L-E-N, or is your brain so small you can't memorize it!" was my angry response as I jumped out of the way quickly, expecting any second the sharp blade of Mugen. I lost my balance as my brain caught up with my tongue, but luckily my bottom didn't slam against the rough stone floor beneath my, now steady, feet.

I turned around quickly to face a pissed off Kanda, his hair out of its typical hair-do. He also had an utterly non-existing shirt…

"Kanda…you-you" I said in astonishment. He che'd and looked the other way, expecting me to breakdown at his feet.

"You look like a girl with your hair down. I swear I would take you for one if you had a shirt on." I deadpanned, biting my lower lip to keep it from curving upwards and into a smirk. Attempt failed….

He was still looking the other way, but a dark evil aura was felt around him. I suddenly remembered the hyperactive red hair usagi and turned my head in his direction, only to find his eyes all watery.

"Yuu-chan…" he mumbled.

"Don't call me by my given name!" he yelled at him. Lenalee had broken down and was weeping freely, but seeing as her wounds were starting to heal, no small thanks to the innocence in her blood, she wobble towards the man. Once reaching him she attempted nothing, knowing better than to hug him…

"Kanda! Did you see-" I started as I sobered down only to be cut off by him.

"No, all I saw a bright white light. Should be the same for him, unless he's unable to even crawl. If that's the case then he's already dead. Don't dwell on it" he said in a cold voice.

"How can you speak of him that way? He's your friend isn't he!?" I yelled at him, becoming painfully aware of the deafening silence that now prevailed.

"Che. Friends are useless; I have no use for such beings" he said.

"That's not what you said a couple of hours ago" Lavi interrupted him, for once serious. Kanda started and crossed his arms, refusing to acknowledge his earlier statement, which ran along the gist of thanking God for having friends.

"Avada Kadavra!" Was all that was heard as a new set of green flashes were released. All directed towards us.

"Shin-Shin-Shin!" "Crown Belt" was the only response as our Innocence came to work. Lavi had stretched the handle in his hammer and was now high above the ground while supporting the unknown man as well as Kanda. While my clown belt caught Chaoji and Lenalee by the waist and plunged them up towards the air, my own cape stretched and I was how suspended in mid-air. Just like in my battle with Tykki… Oh how fresh were the memories…

All of the green light's hit the arc and it shuddered where it stood. I gasped as I realized it wasn't going to last too long. Extending my clown belt once more, they wrapped around the stone edges.

"Oi, Moyashi! What the hell are you doing?!" yelled BaKanda. A vein must have popped over my eyebrow, but I ignored him and concentrated on the task of not letting the arc fall.

"Allen…" came the small whisper above me. "He isn't coming back, he must have failed…" muttered a tear stricken Lenalee.

"Moyashi-chan! Stop making her cry or the next time you get an inspection with Komui he'll make you an invalid." Yelled Lavi up ahead, I gave a small smile; it was always like Lavi to lighten up the mood.

A tear slipped from my cursed eye before another one followed. Their silent trek was interrupted by more blinding flashes coming our way. Naturally, we all missed them, but the ceiling was starting to shake from the efforts of maintaining intact.

My gaze fell towards the inhabitants of the room and I realized that most of the unmasked ones were little more than children. Children at least to be facing battle, and it might seem hypocritical seeing as I was little over a year older from the looks of it, but anyone who knew my past knew well enough that I hadn't been a child since the day I killed my first akuma. Made my first akuma…

A petit girl with long blonde hair had fallen to the ground from the impact of the shaking made by the stray curses hitting the ceiling and a masked man saw this. Now, I may not be the brightest crayon in the box, but I knew for sure that the man didn't intend to tickle her to death.

Of course, the impulse of saving the innocent for so long couldn't be quenched. Even if I had no clue about the situation below me, or their attack types, I had to do something. Faster than I thought possible I stood in front of the wide-eyed girl; and I couldn't help but notice how they were the deepest shade of blue.

I knew the metal mask had fallen over my face the moment I decided to dive towards her, but still she seemed to look straight into my eyes. I had heard the man utter something before I had landed, but oddly enough the light thing still hadn't reached me. Somehow her eyes had hypnotized me and time slowed past me.

I could almost feel the seconds ticking by, but to me they dragged on as hours. The red reflection alerted me of the soon to be impact and when it did wracking pain fell over me. A yell, only one, escaped my lips but then I stopped.

My lower lip was caught between my teeth and I could taste the blood. The pain continued, but my scream subsided. After all, I had been through worst pains…

Exhaustion made my knees give out and in order to prevent from falling flat on my face – Kanda would have laughed his ass off, and Kanda didn't laugh – I dug my left hand into the ground. The black needle-like fingers were thrust deep into the earth and my vision blurred, my breath coming out in great pants.

The girl was still in the ground so my hand was a few centimeters away from her left leg, but she wasn't staring at it, she was staring at me. Odd…

"Allen!"
Moyashi!
Moyashi-chan!"

Was the collective yell that reached my ears. I knew that Lenalee and Chaoji were still mid air and I hoped that nothing bad had happened to them seeing as I wasn't in any condition to be moving them through the air.

"Fire Seal: Flame Snake!" came the yell emitted by a distraught Lavi. The temperature in the room rose dramatically and several yells of fear sounded through the room. The pain stopped and I freed my left hand before standing up from my crouched position.

My gaze lifted upwards and I saw the red seal glowing in the air, close by was the snake. Now, contrary to popular belief the snake did not burn anyone that doesn't intend to harm or kill the caster so that would explain the reason for its head to drop to the ground and dive through the crowd of assembled people.

Yells of shock soon followed and some of the unmasked ones were running from it, but of course you can't truly outrun it… Consuming everything in its path it burned through half the silver masked ones before reaching the first of the kids. A red haired female…

I saw her close her eyes tight and expect to be burned alive, which made her gasp in surprise when she could only feel a feeble heat coursing through her. I couldn't help it, I laughed. Which ,of course, sent a painful jolt through by whole body. After the ones that were unburned where all together Lavi controlled the snake to slither around them, effectively not permitting any of the masked ones to reach them.

"Lavi! Don't overexert yourself, drop the seal as soon as they leave or are unable to use it without consequences." I yelled over the roaring fire. Lenalee sat a few feet away from me next to Chaoji, which allowed me full access to my Innocence. Kanda was sitting next Lavi a few feet away from them and I could tell that he was exhausted beyond measure.

"Hai, Hai! At your orders General Walker" he yelled back with a slight smile. Well, it was true I had been promoted a few days back before being sent to investigate the arc once more. To our utter surprise we found ourselves in the exact same position we had been several months back, the Noahs were back and somehow we ended with the same injuries as well…Even if our Innocence had upgraded, after all their own strengths had risen as well…

"When shall the bloodshed end?"


AN: Okay to ease some of the confusion. I started to write this story before the whole lvl 4 arc/thing so that's why it starts when it does. Now for heck's sake i wanted to make Allen a General as well as a tad older, which leads us to our current plot. Hopefully that clears a few things up annnnnd thanks for reading!!!

-Mephis