A/N: Welcome my dears to chapter two of Eidolon's Rebirth. I'm proud that you made it through the first chapter! *claps in your honor* Now that you made it this far, I'm going to set the story straight/ground rules for this fictional tale.
1. Lavi and Kanda were dating for over a year before this fic started. 16 to be exact.
2. This isn't going to be happy for anyone in this story. If your looking for boy meets boy, they fall in love, babies happen. I'm sorry, you can cry on my shoulder later.
3. So you don't get lost in the sauce, I will always refer to Lavi as 'Lavi', but for the most part, the characters in this story will know him as 'Bookman'. He's in his final alias so 'Lavi' is gone just like the other 48 before that name.
4. Lavi is a Bookman, first and foremost. Very important thing to note in this story since you'll probably hate him and me at some point.
5. This is slightly AU. People will have powers not seen in the anime or manga, the timeline won't be consistent at all, hell half the info I spill might not even be true. I'm toying with it to suite my devious needs.
6. OOC will happen because of multiple things so if something doesn't seem like a particular character, especially Lavi, that's okay. Lavi isn't 'Lavi' any more and since he's a new person, it leaves a lot of room to manipulate everyone's thoughts and see a different side of people we don't normally see.
7. Eidolon is a noun. It means an unsubstantial image: apparition, phantom, ghost, etc.
Okay now that that's out of the way, go ahead and read my dears! This should clear some things up for people if you were confused before but these are all the tips I'm spilling! Bwahahaha!
Warning: I don't own . If I did, Cross Marian would be married to be by now and 30% of the cast would have died out a long time ago. That and blood play. There's some blood play in this.
Lavi quickly rose to his feet, ignoring the dull pain that shot up his legs from his journey, jumping away from the Demon Earl. Crouching down, he grabbed Iron Hammer from his hilt, the touch resonating the innocence within the weapon strongly. He might not be an Exorcist, at least 'Bookman' wasn't, he could still use Iron Hammer to defend himself.
Slowly rising to his feet, the innocence flew throughout his body, seeping out and changing the atmosphere around him. The wind began to pick up once more and The Earl of the Millennium grabbed his top hat to keep it from flying as he watched in feigned interest. Twirling his umbrella, conveniently ignoring the cries of "I'm getting dizzy, Lero~!", he watched as white symbols appeared in the air encircling the boy who twirled his hammer overhead. Each flashed a different color entirely as the symbols passed his face before turning white once more.
The hammer seemed to extended with each twirl as he cycled the through the symbols. One stopped abruptly in front of him, flames spewing out of the reddened seal.
'Fire Stamp: Hellfire and Ash!'
Slamming Iron Hammer forward, it collided with the 'stamp', heat immediately flaring on his face. Flames danced with a ferocity as they hastily protruded forward with the appearance much like a snake, slithering its body around Lavi's hissing at The Earl as it continued to seep from the seal, growing in length.
It surged towards The Earl, flames licking away the grass in its path. It let out an enraged his, opening its mouth to engulf the demon but it only came close to a small button on his tailcoat before the man opened the umbrella, blocking the attack and keeping himself from harm's way.
"Oho~. So you're the stamp boy who was killing my precious Akuma. You also managed to dirty up my tailcoat and burn my little Lero."
"I don't give a damn about your umbrella or you for that matter! You have no business with me!"
"So naughty. Is that any kind of way to treat your partner?"
"There's no way in hell I'd work with you!" Lavi growled out as he summoned the flame snake once more. The snake was again dismissed as it was the first time and The Earl shook his head at the youth, wagging his finger disapprovingly.
"Tsk, tsk. It's a good thing we're on earth huh? Something tells me you didn't read your dossier. You are a very naughty boy indeed. This negligence and attitude will have to be properly handled later~." The Earl chortled to himself in anticipation as the scolded the boy below him.
Lavi looked at him in disbelief and shook his head.
'No that can't be right..' He quickly snatched the slightly crumpled paper from out his pants pocket, thoroughly reading the contents.
'Name... Age..Personality...Objective..secure information regarding the Noah Family during the present war.' Dumbfounded, he reread the objective and looked back at The Earl a grim look gracing his features as the demon simply waved.
'This doesn't make sense..What's my real purpose Old Man..what are you trying to achieve?'
With a frustrated sigh, Lavi twirled his hammer curtly before tapping it on the ground twice shrinking it back to its original size. With a scowl his crossed his arms and watched as The Earl of the Millennium descended back to the ground, kicking his feet along the way. Once landed, he closed Lero and mimicked Lavi's action of tapping the ground, a door erupting soon after. The door was shaped like a crown, a maroon plush fabric decorate the door itself with jewels of various sorts encrusted the outline. The door opened, showing the nothing but giving Lavi an uneasy feeling about it. He'd only seen this door one other time and that's when Road first appeared.
The Earl dramatically shivered as he pulled his tailcoat closer to his body and bounced on his feet.
"Now that you're up to date, let's continue this elsewhere shall we? I'm feeling a bit chilly~"
The Earl gestured Lavi to walk through after the boy re-strapped Iron Hammer to his thigh with the demon following close, the door closing promptly once they both stepped foot into the abyss.
X.X.X
"And here we are!"
The regal door open and Lavi stood facing a Victorian-style castle. There wasn't a single straight pillar throughout the exterior; there wasn't a single pillar that wasn't curved or looped in some way. The castle was as black as night itself and it seemed to be afloat. The shrubbery were all encircling the place and shifted positions that reminded Lavi like a counterclockwise watch. The shrubs were all designed in various forms of level one Akuma or a skeleton or some human greatly deformed. Looking up, he noted the sky was various shades of purple lacking everything but reddened crescent moon that seemed to make everything seem even more daunting than it already was as they bathed in its bloodied hue. Being in this other dimensional place, the atmosphere was stagnant and foreboding. Lavi could feel the chill that ran down his body as he eyeballed the exterior of his new surroundings.
He absently clutched his suitcase a bit tighter as he watched The Earl skip past him, creating a blackened crooked path as he made his way to the double wooden doors. Lavi followed suit in a calmer fashion, choosing to ignore the hiss that came from the ground with each step he took. The Earl knocked happily upon the metal-ringed handle that was held with a skull that had flakes of which Lavi hoped wasn't dried blood.
With a loud creak, the door opened itself and The Earl of the Millennium eagerly hopped inside, poking his head out a moment later urging Lavi to enter a small jerk of the engorged head.
"I'm home my wonderful family! I'm sorry I missed dinner~!"
A shrill squeal was heard as Lavi entered the housing, that feeling of foreboding becoming more prominent. He only had a moment to vaguely note the gaudy and caricaturized interior of the building before he heard rapid footsteps echoing one of the various corridors. There was a flash of blue that collided with The Earl. The Earl was laughing as he tossed a overly excited petite girl with spiky blue hair into the air and back into his arms.
"Hello my darling Road. I'm so sorry I missed dinner. I had to pick something up."
"Dinner wasn't as fun without you! Mostly everyone left for the day and it was just Uncle Tyki an Papa to play with. But is this 'something' the reason why you destroyed all the Akuma I sent?" The girl inquired as she 'playfully' squeezed and pulled on the larger man's nose.
"Of course. I wanted to surprise you and you know I don't like being spied on~." The response was nasally to which the girl laughed at. Looking around The Earl, Road searched for the surprise mentioned. Golden eyes honed in on Lavi, narrowing dangerously and the playful aura was gone in an instant. Tilting her head slightly to the Noah family's leader, her eyes stayed on Lavi as she spoke with a voice to match her stare.
"Earl? Why is there an Exorcist in our home?" Lavi stared at her evenly but the chill creep its way once more. The Earl simply laughed at her tone and pat her on the back.
"That's the surprise! I managed to get us a pet! I figured we could use one to live up the place with both Skinn and Jasdevi gone. You're familiar with this one aren't you?"
Road hopped out of the man's embrace and silently made her way up to Lavi, eyeing him up and down before realization dawned on her.
"Oh! You're the Baby Bookman! Isn't your name Levi or something? How's your mind holding up, Levi?" The girl asked in mock interest as her smile turned slightly sadistic as the memory. Lavi ignored her last question as he looked down at the girl.
"Actually, the name's Bookman. My records told me you had two deaths in the family and nearly lost your beloved uncle by Exorcists. Tell me, how are you holding up?" He asked in the same feigned interest, slightly smirking as her smile turned into a scowl. A tsk was heard as The Earl walked over to the pair and rested his hand on Road's head.
"That pet of ours is a naughty one isn't he? Seeing as he'll be staying with us for a while, why don't you do the honors breaking him in?" The smile on The Earl of the Millennium's grow to demonic proportions as Road's eyes gleamed with the same intensity as they both stared at Lavi. Licking her lips, Road grabbed Lavi's hand forcefully.
"Why I'd love to! I might even get Papa and Uncle Tyki to help!"
"Excellent! Afterwards, I'll discuss with the family at the table about our new pet's purpose of being here."
Snatching Lero as she passed, the girl skipped happily down the corridor with Lavi being pulled behind.
X.X.X
"Dammit! Don't move a muscle! They'll be here very soon and then we can punish you properly, Bookman." The girl watched idly as hot blue wax was poured down Lavi's chest, taking in every time his breath hitched or his body flinched from the pain. His shirt was discarded completely, torn from the sharper end of the candle she held in her hand. Seeing as he's wrists were impaled from two other candles the girl summons, he eyed the room he was currently staying in refusing to stare at the blood he felt leaving his body. It was bare. The only thing that resided in the room was a dingy mattress with a single pillow and a deep blue comforter. The room was void of any windows an the room itself seemed to only lock from the outside. If he had to guess, Lavi assumed that this was his room for the time being.
Road growled in frustration as she impatiently tapped the soles of her black Mary Jane shoes, lightly carving random lines into Lavi's chest watching the blood begin to trickle down as she clenched the blue candle in her hand.
"Ugh! Where are they?! I told them to be here five minutes ago!" The girl carved a little deeper and Lavi grunted in response. Letting his head hit the back wall, he refused to allow the anxiety within him stir greater than it already was as he heard the tearing of his flesh from the candle's sharp edge.
'The longer, the better.' He thought but it seemed the door opened at the thought was processed. Two males dressed similarly entered the room. One had a top hat and smoked that exhaled out his nose from the cigarette that rested between his lips. That one Lavi knew as Tyki Mikk. The other had no top hat but instead a monocle which was adjusted approximately three times since the male entered. Lavi didn't know that particular Noah but judging from the way he looked at Road so endearingly, he must be 'Papa'.
Road huffed and stormed her way over to the pair, kicking Tyki in the shin and wrapping her arms around her father's waist cheek flush against the man's chest.
"It's been six minutes now! What the hell took you so long?!"
"Aww Road, you're so cute when you're angry~!"
"..Brat. Your father and I were discussing plans for his country, Anything you want to do can obviously wait."
"You're such a huge meanie Tyki! Just when I found a game for all of us to play too!"
"What game is it this time?" A sigh escaped the uncle's lips as he looked at Road before glancing over to where Lavi was, taking in the fact that the boy was shirtless and bleeding. His golden eyes slightly darkened at the sight before frowning, looking over at Road.
"Why is there an Exorcist here?"
"The Earl said he was our new pet! I get to break him in so I figured you'd want to help! Too bad he isn't as cute as Allen." Walking over, the girl stopped in front of Lavi, pink tongue poking through slate lips as they licked up a trail of of blood and wax. Making sure her tongue stuck inside one of the wound she made the entire trail, she smirked at the hiss that entered her ears and kissed Lavi on the lips. All he could taste was metallic and something similar to sugar as Road's mouth left his own, lips stained with his own blood. Looking over he should at her relatives, she licked her lips and giggled.
"Still tastes just as sweet though. Who wants to help me? It'll be fun. As long as I don't kill him, I'm sure The Earl won't mind."
"I'll sit this one out. I'll enjoy from the sidelines." Her father chuckled and shook his head leaning against the door. Tyki on the other hand dropped his top hat and undid a the cuffs of his tailcoat.
"I'll entertain the thought for now."
Golden eyes bore into Lavi's emerald one as he glared at all three, fighting the drowsiness he was starting to feel from the lack of blood. Road snapped her fingers and the room was transformed. It turned into a demented little girl's room. A doll house was scorched completely. Paintings were blackened with shattered glass. Porcelain dolls were scattered throughout the floor were cracked with missing components to their faces or faces burned entirely. All looking directly at Lavi, he looked up at the sound of Road's laughter.
"Well Bookman, ready to play?"
The two candles were ripped from Lavi's wrists with a sickening squish, blood pouring from the newly open wounds as he fell to the ground. Propping himself up on his elbows, the youth could see that the entire room had gone black and the only light belonged to candles that continued to appear in mid-air one by one. While is was still dark, the light did illuminate two faces whose Cheshire like grins that were grotesquely stretched across each face were amplified by the sadistic gleams that danced with the candles' flames.
A/N: Pretty crazy huh? Shit is hitting the fan for Lavi! I have a million ways to torture the boy in the next chapter. Maybe I should be born a Noah you know? I could see it happening. But since you're down here, you'll review right? Don't you want chapter three to come to you early? It is finished after all, I'm just saying... That and I would really like to hear the thoughts of my baby pandas so review and see you soon!
