Here's the rewritten first chapter! Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own –Man. If I did the time in the ark between Allen and Lenalee when he escaped will be longer.
DGM: Reversed
Chapter 1
The Millennium Earl stared at the boy in front of him. Little Allen had ragged breathing and was in the verge of fainting. The recently-turned-white-haired boy used up too many of the energy from his Dark Matter. The Earl stared with pity at the boy.
"You have lots to learn about the world ahead of you, Musician Junior." The Earl informed as he glided around Allen. "Come with me and I'll teach you everything."
"R-Really?" Allen managed to ask. "Y-You're going to keep me safe?"
"Of course." The Earl assured as he carried Allen's small figure. "No one harms my family."
"T-Thank you, Millennium Earl…"
"No need to thank me, dear Allen." The Earl said, while flying away with Lero. "Sleep tight, our journey to home would be quite long."
Allen gave a sound to signify a yes and dozed off. The Earl chuckled and could not wait for the others expression about this.
Road Kamelot, the Noah of Dreams and 9th Disciple, expected a talking pumpkin umbrella and a bunch of new akumas with the Millennium Earl. But the 9th Disciple did not expect a new Noah. Just as Road ran to hug the Earl, she stopped dead in front of him.
"What's the matter, Road?" The Earl asked as he traced to where Road was looking at. "Are you wondering about this boy?"
Road nodded wordlessly. The Noah of Dreams still stared at the sleeping body of Allen with disbelief. Seeing this, the Earl said,
"Road, why don't you gather the others to the dining room for a very important meeting?"
"Are you sure?" Road asked, knowing full well that this meeting might be one of those 'prank meetings'. "We can just tell them any time, right?"
"No, Road, this cannot wait." The Earl defended. "Now, go and fetch the others."
Road nodded and left to inform the others. The Earl sighed and called an akuma maid. He ordered the akuma to clean, patch and wake Allen up. After the akuma left, the Earl headed for the dining/meeting room.
There, he saw Tyki Mikk, the Noah of Pleasure and 3rd Disciple, shuffling some of his cards at the right side of the head of the long table, facing the door. Road was in front Tyki, playing with Lero, or in the left side of the head of the long table, facing the door. Skinn Bolic, the Noah of Wrath and 8th Disciple, was eating candy next to Road. Next to Tyki was Devit, one of the Noah of Bonds and 10th Disciple, was 'playing' with Jasdero, the other of the Noah of Bonds and the 11th Disciple, next to him. Apparently, Jasdero and Devit are twins. Lulu Bell, the Noah of Lust and 12th Disciple, was next to Skinn, patiently waiting for the meeting to come.
The Millennium Earl entered and, instantly, everybody fixed themselves. Tyki stopped playing with his cards, Skinn continued eating sweets but with proper manners, Road sat properly but did not stop from playing with Lero, Jasdero and Devit stopped fooling with each other, and Lulu Bell…not much a problem with her. The Earl strode towards his place at the long table.
"So, why are we here again?" Tyki asked, taking out his cards and started shuffling them once more.
"We have a meeting, an important one at that." The Earl answered, while taking a seat between Tyki and Road. "I think I have found a new Noah."
"Does the reincarnated Noah is the Judge, Desire, Wisdom, Corrosion, Pity or Ability?" Lulu Bell asked.
"Not one of the list, Lulu Bell…" Road answered, trembling ever so slightly "Its… its him…"
"What do you mean?" Tyki asked, not clearly understanding what Road meant. "And who's this 'him'?"
"He's-" The Earl was interrupted by a call by an akuma maid.
"Sorry for interrupting you meeting, masters, but he's here." The akuma maid informed. "He's all patched up and cleaned as you ordered, though he is still traumatized."
In front of the akuma maid was an unresponsive white-haired boy with average height. The Earl stood up and took the boy towards the long table. The rotund man ordered the akuma maid to be gone and serve the food. All eyes of Noah are situated on the duo at the meeting/dining room's entrance.
"Millennie, you have no intention of keeping this boy with us, right?" Road asked as Lero carried towards the Earl and the boy.
"I have some intention to keep him with us, Road." The Earl answered. "Now take your seat and let me explain."
Road and the Earl sat in their respective chairs, with the boy seating with an additional chair set up by an akuma maid, between the Earl and Road. The Earl looked at his fellow family members with the large smile of his.
"This white-haired boy is Allen Walker." The Earl informed, cringing when he said 'Walker'. "I found this boy a while ago, in search for new akumas."
"What does this Allen guy have to do with us?" Tyki asked uncaringly.
"Just listen and wait for the answer, Tyki-pon." Tyki groaned at the '-pon'.
"Allen here turned his father, Mana Walker, into one of the akumas. His hair is originally brown but it turned white due to trauma." The Earl continued. "He killed the akuma holding Mana's soul using… Dark Matter."
Now that took everything in a stride, even the Earl was surprised when he learnt that. The whole family, even Road, had wide eyes. Even Skinn stopped eating his sweets, let alone Jasdero, Devit and Tyki!
Road turned to Allen, who was sitting next to her. She can certainly feel 'his' power radiating off him. The problem was it seemed like the reincarnation of the 14th had a different memory. Road could understand but it was too complicated to put into right words.
"You haven't answered my question, Earl." Tyki informed.
"Allen is the 14th Noah's reincarnation…" Road announced, facing back to the others. "The thing is that he had his own Noah genes that radiate the same power as the 14th Noah."
"What?" Tyki asked, very confused at the answer. "Doesn't all the Noah must have the memory of their Noah when they're reincarnated?"
"That's the point, Tyki." Road countered. "This reasoning is only a theory, so I'm not yet sure."
"I still don't get it!"
"Basically, like this, okay!" Road shouted.
The whole room had not seen Road act like that. Probably Tyki just crossed the line but… this was certainly a serious issue. Road spoke once more when she managed to calm down.
"Basically, the theory goes like this." Road explained in a calmer way.
"Allen Walker is part of the Noah, a reincarnated at that. As I stated it earlier, he is the reincarnation of the 14th Noah, Nea Walker. Yes, he has the Noah genes, reincarnated in a different human body and mindset, but Allen doesn't have the memories of the past 14th."
"In other words, Allen's Noah genes are the same as the 14th but Allen does not have the memories of the former 14th." Tyki elaborated.
"Correct!" Road exclaimed excitedly. "The only thing left is to check that theory, which we will do when Allen wakes up from his trauma."
The others nodded and continued eating their food, which was served in the middle of Road's lengthy explanation. Tyki carelessly picked his food and stared at the white-haired boy between the Earl and Road. While observing him, the Noah of Pleasure noticed Allen's deformed hand. Tyki's eyes widened as he saw the faint glow of the Innocence.
"W-What?..." Tyki trailed as he pointed towards Allen's deformed hand. "That kid has Innocence in his deformed hand!"
Everybody's attention went to the boy and, indeed, saw the faint glow of green, a signature for Innocence. The Earl observed Allen's deformed hand, careful not to touch it.
"It seems like our dear Allen-pon also Innocence." The Earl observed. "The Innocence and the Dark Matter in his body are fighting and it seems like the Dark Matter's winning."
"Are you sure, Millennie?" Road asked. "It does seem like it…"
"It'll eventually get remove off his body." Lulu Bell theorized. "For the meantime, let's observe about it for a while."
"Good idea, Lulu Bell." The Earl commented. "Now, how about let's eat and Road, can you clean Allen up later. Tyki-pon, help her later too."
"Sure will do, Millennie!" Road chirped and began to eat her food.
"Fine…" Tyki groaned partially in defeat and at the nickname.
The Noah finished eating and they own went to their separate ways. The Earl to his office, Road and Tyki to Tyki's room, Lulu Bell to her room, Skinn to the kitchen to get some sweets and, lastly, Jasdero and Devit towards the library to burn some old books down.
While everything was going down smoothly at the Noah's side, things are not good with their enemy, the Black Order.
Back at the cemetery in front of Mana's grave was the least contacted person of the Black Order, General Cross Marian. The red-haired general looked extremely pissed at the situation he was currently in. He arrived just in time to see the Millennium Earl take Allen away. Cross promised Nea and Mana that, when they die, he would keep Allen under his wing. But he was too late.
Cross was near enough the cemetery just to see Allen release a large amount of Dark Matter towards an akuma, presumably Mana's. He was also near enough just to see the faint glow of Innocence in the boy's deformed hand.
The general ran his hand across his red hair and grunted angrily. Of all people that the Earl takes in it was Allen Walker! While looking around for evidence, the red-haired general saw a letter addressed to the Black Order written in Akuma blood, by the one and only, the Earl of Millennium. It said:
'Dear Exorcists,
I have a new Noah under my wing and I will put him to good use for the war. I already found another family member of mine, now it's your turn. I hope you'll never be able to find a new recruit, my dear friends. Try to look happy when I'm going to kill you~
From,
The Earl of Millennium'
The message certainly did not help his mood right now. Then an idea popped into Cross' head. Maybe just this once he would contact Black Order's main branch. This was an urgent thing that needed the higher ups to be informed with. Cross motioned for his self-made golem, Timcanpy, and made a video of it all. At the end of the video, Cross made an appearance and told everything he found at the cemetery, some he only made up lies.
After finishing the video, Cross made a letter addressing to the head of the main branch and stuck it to Timcanpy's long tail. The red-haired general told his golem to go to the main branch of Black Order and show them the letter and the video. With that, Timcanpy set off towards his long journey to Europe.
Cross watched his golem fly away until the darkness ate the yellow ball up. Now, he only needed to find what he was supposed to find. Oh boy, this would be very troublesome.
So, here's the revised edition of the first chapter! Over the time I put this fic in hiatus, I had a change of writing style. So basically, Allen has Noah genes of himself, just like a newly made Noah, no memories of the former holder or the like. His genes are the same as Nea's genes so that's why Road and the Earl felt like Nea is reincarnating within Allen. In reality, Allen and Nea's genes are the same when it come to the power or the like but different, separate things.
I hope that clears the confusion if I stirred anything. I hope my hiatus is going good. The reason behind my hiatus, if you did not figure it out yet, will be stated at the next revised chapter, which will be released together with the half of the revised chapters. Please review too! I also needed to focus solely on this for a while so might put my other stories in hiatus… or maybe even myself! Anyways, bye for now. See ya next time.
~Kyubiko~