Chapter 2
It was warm. I opened my eyes to a light grey colored room with many hospital beds against the wall. I picked up my hand so I could move a strand of hair from my face, but it was pulled back by an IV cord that was attatched to my wrist. I took the needle out and sat on the edge of the bed.
'Where am I?' I wondered, standing up.
I felt my body pound as i stood up, like it was completley sore. I stumbled a little but made it to the closest window in the room. I looked outside to see a small garden surrounded by many trees. There was a tiny pond with koi fish swimming in it and lilys on the waters surface.
"Did I die and end up in the heaven hospital...? No. Theres no way god would let me into heaven anyways.. " I sighed , looking as a fish splashed in the water.
Just then I heard the sounds of footsteps and low talking on the other side of the door. I hurried over quickly and stood at the side of the door, readying my fists since I couldn't find my gun on me.
The knob turned and the door opened.
I sprung out and threw a punch to the face, but instead of feeling my knuckles against the persons nose; I felt a strong grip around my fist. They blocked it? Seeing as how that failed, I slid my foot against their ankles, causing them to trip. I pushed them against the wall, grabbing their wrist in a tight hold.
"Who are you!" I shouted out.
"I..Im Allen Walker. Nice to meet you!" he stuttered.
I looked down at him. He was young boy, around my age maybe, with light grey greenish colored eyes and white hair.
"Now now...no need to get aggressive with the person who found and cared for you last night." smiled a taller red headed boy. He was wearing a black and green snake skin bandana on his head that went with his black eye patch that covered one of his green colored eyes.
"Last night?" I whispered wondering.
-insert quick flashback here - :P
After a few seconds my mind remembered what happened last night and my body went cold. I must have loosened my grip on Allen as well because i lost my hold on him. He grabbed me and pinned me against the wall.
"We wont hurt you." he said letting go of my hands.
He stepped back as the red headed boy walked over to him. I stood there observing them. They didn't look like the type of people who would attack without reason. Yet I still felt a strong energy coming from them.
"So who are you? And exactly where am I?" I said still on gaurd.
"Like I said before, i'm Allen Walker." said the white haired boy.
"And im Lavi." grinned the red head boy.
"Last night we found you inside a toy shop covered in blood. You were pretty hurt and fainted from blood loss when we found you, so we brought you here to treat you. Although we'd also like to ask you..., if you knoew anything about what happened last night." started Allen.
I clenched my fist tight. Well of course I would remember my own sin.
Lavi looked down at me and seemed to notice my reaction.
"So it seems you do know something." he said, grabbing a chair to sit on.
I hesitated before answering.
"Look...I don't exactly know who you are, what you're planning to do, and why you saved me. Im grateful, thank you, but there's no reason for me to say anything more to you guys or stay here. So I'll be on my way now." I said reaching for the door knob.
Just then a green light flashed and silver blades that I saw from the corner of my eye, made my hand stop. I looked back to see Allens left hand fingers turn into silver blades.
"What the!" I thought, looking at Allen surprised.
"This place you're at is called the Dark Order. They deal with the training excorcists to destroy
akuma. We're trained to eliminate those cretures you encountered yesterday who feast on humans for energy. Unfortunatly there are a thousand times more of them than us." explained Allen.
"Oi Allen. We shouldn't be telling an outsider all this!" said Lavi concerned.
Allen leaned over to Lavi's ear and whispered something that I sadly didn't hear.I did
see Lavi's face change from 'worried' to 'understading' though. I wonder what he whispered...
"Yesterday at the place we found akuma blood and their carcasses heavily stabbed." continued Allen. " We just want to know who it was that killed them and why you were there. Unless, it was you who killed them. We actually would understand if the akuma murdered someone. But beacuse you're alive, that means something or somone did something that saved your life." he finished.
"Actually I'd like to ask one more thing." said Lavi. "I can imagine how you possibly got the small scratches on your body. But, its strange how you only got small scratches and a few bruises considering you were with an akuma. But how exactly did you get this *grabs my injured hand*large wound, that looks like you were stabbed."
I pulled my hand away.
"Tch! You guys ask to many questions!" I retorted.
"Please." begged Allen, his silver eyes reflecting mines.
I looked at my bandaged palm.
"Ugh alright alright! It was two. Two strange and large wierd looking things with cannons sticking out, sprouted out of two men ,who had gone to the bar i was working at, cornered me in an alley when I was walking home. They chased after me and fired some large bullets from the cannon things. Of coruse I ran and ended up at the toyshop. The window broke so I fell in. And then...then." I paused. "Sorry but that's all i remember." I lied, while clenching my wounded hand.
After that Allen walked me back to the bar I was working at since it had gotten dark. Not that I needed him to though,
"Thank you." I said bowing to him.
As I turned around to unlock the door, I felt a gently touch on my hand.
"I know you're trying to hide something. And I also know you lied when you said 'thats all I remember'. But if you need help, you can ask us. Dont keep everything to yourself."
"Heh. My problems are my own problems. I don't need anyone to help me." I smirked, pulling away and going inside.
I closed the door behind me. After a few minutes, I opened the door and looked outside. He was gone. I sighed and shut the door.
'Time for work...'
Allens Pov
"So this is where she works." said Lavi.
"Yup. I just dropped her off at the back door."
We looked up at the flashing multicolored bar sign that read, *'Downtowns Yuri Koe Bar'.
"I wonder why she's working here. Actually i wonder how old she is?" asked Lavi.
"She must have her reasons. Whatever lets just go in. And put on your desguise." I said putting on a dark green beanie before opening the glass doors.
"Welcome." said one of the waitresses. "Party of two?" she asked.
"Ye-"
"Yeah. But we can make it a party of three." interuppted Lavi as he went over to the waitresses side. Knowing Lavi , I could see his eyes looking down at her chest.
"Oh my." she said blushing as she led us to a table in the back.
"Sorry. The place is packed today! You guys came on a good day though. Ill come back later." she smiled as we sat down.
"Please hurry back." said Lavi touching her hand. She smiled before she left.
"Baa-ka. We didn't come here to play. We need to observe the girl to see if the akuma come back." i said smacking Lavis head.
"Ow! I know i know. But theres so many cute girls around... Like her." said Lavi pointing to the front.
I turned to look.
"Ah! Thats-"
"Ladies and Gentlemen! Presenting tonights entertainment. 'Downtowns Yuri Koe Bar's'
beauty. Yuri!"
I stepped onto stage as whistles and clapping came from the crowd. I grabbed the microphone from the stand and waited for the music to start. I looked around at the crowd and saw the all the other waitresses looking at me, waiting to hear me sing aswell. Next to one waitress though, I saw something that caught my eye. Two gentlemen were sitting at a table in the far back corner. They had beanies on, but I caught a glimpse of white and red hair coming from under it.
'Allen. Lavi?'
Just then the guitrist and piano began playing the intro to the song. I took a deep breath and picked up the mic to my lips.
-Boom!-
I looked up to see five large of those monster looking things from yesterday surrounding the bar.
"Gyah!" screamed everyone as they ran out the back door.
I too dropped the microphone and ran off the stage, but the monsters followed after me. I managed to get outside and ran around the building. I could see the huge hole where they had blasted their way in through and the flames from the explosion beginning to rise. I felt as the winds pressure around me got denser.
"Are they coming after me?" I thought as I ran through the alleys, trying to avoid gertting spotted.
The black dress I was wearing wouldn't let me run to good, and the heels kept on clacking after each step I took. I must have been running to fast , because as I took another step, the heel on my heels broke and I fell.
"Shoot!" I muttered as I quickly tried to unfasten them, but the monsters followed the clacking sound of my heels when I was running , and surrounded me in no time.
"Go away!" I yelled throwing both heels at the face of one of them, but it had no effect.
They began closing in as I croutched against a dumpster. They pointed their cannons at me once again, and at that point I knew , I was gonna die. She hadn't even shown up this time, which made me wonder if she and all this was part of my imagination.
I stood up and stretched out my arms. If this was my imagination, then it won't hurt me, and if it's not, then tough luck. I shut my eyes and waited for them to fire. I cringed at the sound of the cannon loading.
"What do you think you're doing!" I heard someone shout from above.
I opened my eyes and looked up to see a large hammer pound one of the monsters surrounding me. The persons red hair flowed in the gust due to the impact.
'Lavi?'
A monster behind him pointed its cannon and aimed it at his back.
"Ah! Behind you!" I yelled.
A cloud of smoke blew as a green cross appeared on the monster before it exploaded. White spikes of hair appeared from inbetween the smoke.
'Allen?'
He took out two more before switching his hand back to normal and landing infront of me. Lavi also walked over after shrinking his hammer.
"Are you alright?" asked Allen.
"I'm...fine." I said still standing stupidly with my arms slightly still spread apart.
Allen grabbed both of my hands and pulled them down, placing them inbetween his hands.
"That's good. Im sorry we followed you, but we worried about you." he said smiling.
I looked down at my hands in his hands. They felt really...warm.
"Uhm. Thank you...for saving me, again. And Im sorry for acting so rude before." I said quietly bowing.
"You're welcome." They said.
I looked up to see their happy smiling faces. My face and heart felt warm. What was this? I know I've felt this before, a long time ago. Could it be, that I was happy?
Allens POV
Her face looked so calm that it surprised me when she pulled her hand away from mines. It surprised me even more when she crouched down and I saw drops of blood fall from her palm.
"Agh." she cringed as she covered it with her left hand.
"Let us see." said Lavi crouching beside her.
He reached to grab her hand but she it pulled away.
"No..im fine. It's just that cut from yesterday. It must have opened again." she said as she ripped the bottom of her dress.
-Crack- Went the side of the building as a chunk fell to the ground.
'Yum yum. I knew I smelled excorcist around here. To bad he said not to eat them...'
We looked up to see a level two akuma grin down at us. It then sped away behind some building when it saw that we had noticed it.
"Shoot. Looks like we missed one, we can't let it stay around here. Stay here Ill take care of it." said Lavi as he jumped up, enlarging his hammer.
"Okay." I answered.
"Ah!" moaned the girl.
I turned back to see more blood streaming down. I grabbed the cloth that was in her hand and attempted to wrap it around her hand to stop the bleeding.
I heard a thump as Lavi landed beside me.
"It disappeared when I cornered it in an alley. I did a quick search around but couldn't sense him anywhere." he reported.
"Lavi look." I said still holding the cloth. I pointed to the wound on the girls palm.
"What?" he said looking closer.
"The bleeding stopped." said the girl looking at her palm.
"Not only that." I began to say. I took her hand and began to wipe the blood away. "Look at her palm."
"It's a cross!" said Lavi surprised.
"What?" said the girl looking too. "That wasn't there before..." she questioned.
"Lavi, this could be-." I began to say.
"Ah you're right again Allen..." he sighed.
"It's innocence." we both said.
"What? What innocent? Cuse if you're talking about me, I think you got it wrong. I ain't no innocent." she remarked.
She had a worried look on her face. I smiled.
"No not innocent. Its innocence." I replied.
She still looked worried.
"Uhm will you please stay with us?"
"Huh?" she said standing up.
"We'll explain later. Everything, about the innocence and yourself. For now we have to get you off the street before anymore akuma come back." said Lavi extending his hammer.
She still looked kind of disconcerting. I grabbed her hand and finally wrapped it up even though the bleeding had stopped.
"It's ok. No matter what happens from here on out, you wont have to deal with it alone. We'll help you out." I said as I bent down.
She hestitated but climbed on my back. I turned my head to look at her before we took off, and for a second, I thought I saw her smile.
Himegami11: Okay finally finished chapter 2 ^-^! Cheer and glorify me :D Hope you enjoyed this chapter ^-^ Authors Note:
Lavi: Its about time... *sighs*
Himegami11: *smacks* Quiet you. It's hard work and takes time writing this D:
Allen: Oh really? Maybe it would'nt take so long if you didn't take one hour minecraft breaks every time you get stumped.
Himegami11: It helps me think! /
Ill
Next chapter will incorporate the other part of my story genre, which will be, *drumroll* schoolife~
It will be a hard task, But i will write it so it actually makes sense :challengeaccepted:
Okies Bai bai 3
*Yuri: I used google translate and it said Yuri meant Lily. So yeah its "Downtown Lily Voice Bar"