At the request of reviewers, I have added a second chapter. Hope you like.

Road was pacing, or rather skipping back and forth impatiently, awaiting the time in which she and Allen agreed to meet. It's been a week since their first date.

"Last week was amazing." Road thought to herself aloud, "Allen sure knew how to spoil me that day. I wonder what he has planned today."

"Road my dear." a voice called out.

"WHAT!?" Road snapped and turned to see the Earl at her doorway, "Oh, hi there Millenie!"

"Road, we've located another innocence, would you be a dear and go destroy it?" the Earl asked.

"I'd love to!" Road replied, "But I can't." she added quickly.

"Oh, and may I ask why not?" the Earl asked.

"I've...got plans today." Road replied.

"Plans?"

"Oh, come on. You can let me off the hook this one time can't you?"

"Hmm...why would you turn down a chance to kill people?" The Earl asked.

"Oh, kill others?" Road asked nervously, "I thought you just meant go get it. You know, boring old go get it. I'll go."

"Good, see you when you get back." The Earl commented happily.

'Damn it, sorry Allen.' Road thought to herself.

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"Allen." Allen looked up at Komui, "Did you hear what I said?"

"Uhhh..." Allen replied.

"Allen, we need you to focus." Reever commented.

"I am!" Allen laughed.

"Then what were you called in for?" Reever asked.

"Forrrr...the...umm..."

Komui sighed, "Again, we have discovered the location of an innocence and we are sending you to retrieve it.

"Wha-? But I have plans today!" Allen replied.

"Well I'm sorry, but your plans will have to wait." Komui replied.

'Damn it, Road please don't kill me for this...' Allen thought to himself.

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'Damn it!' Allen thought to himself, 'Here I am on a train to nowhere to retrieve an innocence, and Road is probably waiting for me back at the outskirts of the city!' Allen let his head fall against the window, emitting a loud *thud* '...ow.'

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'Why the hell did I decide to take the train?' Road thought to herself, 'I had my chance with Allen last week, but now he's probably going to think that I was just using him...' Road let her head hit the window, but instead of a thud...*Shatter* "...stupid window."

The train arrived to its destination and Allen got off quickly, "I just hope Road can forgive me...I'm in trouble..." Allen began to walk in accordance to the directions given to him on a piece of paper in his hand.

A ways behind him, Road was scanning the area, 'I should just go and find Allen.' Road thought to herself, 'It wouldn't take me long...no, the Earl would know something's up.' Road turned to the opposite direction Allen took and began to walk.

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"So...who's bright idea was it to give me directions that made me go around this abandoned town?" Allen said to himself and sighed, "Well, at least I'm here. Now where can- oh." Directly in front of him in a wall with a small opening was the Innocence. The opening was just big enough to be able to remove the Innocence and appeared to be accessible from both sides of the wall. "Well, now I grab it, run into a Noah member, escape, deliver, then find Road." Allen said to himself as he reached for the Innocence, only to grab another hand that had already grabbed it.

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"Yep...I'm lost." Road said to herself, "I should have just gone around, but noooooo, I had to walk straight into this stupid maze of a ghost town! I can't even fly high enough to see my destination because of some barrier!" Road groaned and sat at a corner, "Well, I may as well just leave and look from above-" Road was cut off by the realization that she couldn't remember the path she took. "FFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUUCCCCKKKK!" Road took a few deep breaths and looked around, only to face palm at the sight in front of her. The innocence in a hole in the wall. "Least I found it." She said out loud and grabbed it, but before she could pull it out, another hand grabbed hers.

"Excuse me, you mind letting go!?" a voice asked on the other side of the wall.

"Why should I?" Road asked as she tried to pull away.

"Hey!" The voice called out as they pulled back.

'There's got to be some way to knock this wall down.' Road thought to herself as she scanned for a weak spot into the wall, but instead found what appeared to be a stone switch. "...better than nothing I guess." Road said out loud as she pushed the switch and the wall began to rumble.

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"Hey, are you listening!?" Allen shouted, "Let go! I'm in a hurry!" Just as Allen finished talking, the wall began to rumble and split at the hole. Allen prepared to remove the person on the other side as the wall slowly split. Allen's face turned into one of surprise as the wall revealed Road right behind it. "Road!?" Allen laughed.

"Allen!" Road cried as she jumped into his arms.

"What are you doing here?" Allen asked happily.

"I couldn't let the Earl get suspicious if I turned down this assignment so I came, what about you?" Road asked.

"Komui gave me no choice." Allen replied then looked around, "not the place I was planning on taking you to though."

"Meh, at least we found each other." Road replied.

"Yeah, but before we go somewhere else, what do we do about the Innocence?" Allen asked.

"I got it covered." Road replied as she took out a black container, "This'll keep it from being discovered, like if it was a false alarm to us both." Allen nodded, placed the Innocence in the container, and took it.

"So what do we do now?" Road asked.

"I guess...just enjoy nature together." Allen replied as he pointed at a nearby tree.

"Hmm...do nothing..." Road thought playfully out loud.

"I'll let you sleep on my lap." Allen offered.

"Ok!" Road replied as she followed Allen. Allen took a seat and Road lied down and placed her head on his lap as he reached into his coat.

"What you got there?" Road asked.

"I feel something in my coat..." Allen replied as he pulled out a bag with a note on it.

Allen pulled the note and read it out loud, "In case you get hungry bud, Lenalee and I packed you some food. -Lavi" Allen looked back at the bag to find that it contained a few grapes, a sandwich, and a bottle of soda.

"Thanks Lavi." Allen laughed as he opened the bag and offered Road a grape. Road opened her mouth, Allen dropped it in and ate one as well.

"The grape's sweet." Road commented as Allen fed her another.

"Yeah, I'm surprised they didn't spoil on the way over here." Allen replied as he pulled out the sandwich. Like before, Allen offered her a bite first and Road happily took it. Just as Allen took his bite, Road jumped up and took another bite on the opposite end with a smile on her face, causing Allen to smile as well.

After finishing the grapes and sandwich, Road sat up next to Allen as he pulled out the soda and offered it to her.

"So what's it like living at that 'headquarters'?" Road asked as she uncapped the bottle and took a sip.

"Well, it's just about the same as a normal life." Allen replied, "...but with the daily risk of losing your life to find and retrieve innocence. What about you?"

"I guess...it's just about the same as yours." Road replied, "...except that if we succeed, there won't be...anything...left...no...Allen..." Road's voice slowly faded.

"I'm not letting that happen." Allen replied.

"I know...because you're the good guy...and you have to stop us..." Road commented.

"True, but the real reason is because if the Earl wins," Allen said as he wrapped his arms around Road's waist and brought her close, "then that means I won't see you again." Road was speechless at his words.

"Allen, you're so sweet." Road said softly and she rubbed her head in his chest.

"Its getting late..." Allen said sadly. Road nodded. They both stood up and walked over to a clearing.

"Same time next week?" Allen asked as Road summoned a door.

"How about this weekend?" Road asked.

"Sure." Allen replied with a smile. Road hugged Allen and slowly retreated through the doorway while their arms slid apart and both waved goodbye before the doors shut.

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"So Road, did you destroy the Innocence?" the Earl asked as Road came through another door.

"There wasn't an Innocence at all." Road replied with a shrug.

"Then where have you been?" Tyki asked as he entered the room.

"I decided to just relax out there, so I basically just lied down for a while" Road replied.

"Oh well, let us plan our next move then." the Earl commented as he left the room.

"So you just lied down on the ground for a few hours?" Tyki asked he and Road left the room.

"It was soft, inside and out." Road replied with a smile.

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"Allen, you're back!" Lenalee shouted as she hugged Allen.

"Whoa, uh...yeah, I am." Allen replied as he gently removed Lenalee.

"So did you get the Innocence?" Lavi asked.

"There wasn't any." Allen replied, "False alarm."

"Oh. So what have you been doing then?" Lavi asked.

"Just...lying around." Allen replied as both he and Road thought of the base of the tree they sat at, and where they left the Innocence.