Timeline: Return Home to the Order after Japan
The Black Order II
'What a gloomy place you live in...' Naruko croaked out in dismay as she looked around. 'Even my Master's tower look more cheerful than THIS!'
'Well, it's how it's looked for years.' said eyepatch boy. 'Been here for quite some time myself.'
'Well what this place needs,' Naruko huffed as she pictured an image in her mind, 'Is a massive interior decorating!' she kicked the walls and upon getting kicked, everything changed. The whole building changed in rapid speed as well as furniture while electronics, water piping and equipment remained untouched. The walls in the hall are now white and smooth, windows now have gold window frames with glass and have curtains, the floor a shiny white marble with a red, gold-trimmed carpet! On the walls were many beautiful paintings in gold frames.
'Holy smokes!' eyepatch yelped as they looked around, wide-eyed. They weren't the only ones surprised!
'The ceiling, the walls...everything's changed!' Walker gasped.
Link took out his golem. 'Hey Security, did other places turn smooth and white too?!' he yelled at it.
/Everything's changed but thankfully our tools, equipment, wiring and stuff are left untouched! Only the building, bathrooms, toilets and furniture changed!/
/This is incredible! The stuff that appeared costs a freaking fortune!/
/We get to live in a classy building?! How did this happen?!/
Security, is very excited!
'Well...we got our guest to thank for this!' said Link. 'Who apparently lived in a classy building if this was any indication!'
'Yup, I did.' Naruko grinned shamelessly. 'Wait till you see your rooms! Heehee!' the Exorcists exchanged looks and left her with Link. 'What, ain't you gonna check out your own room?'
'I share a room with Walker, I'll see it later.' said Link. 'But on behalf of the Order, I thank you for your interior redecorating.' he bowed. 'Just how did this happen?' he asked her in disbelief.
'Magic.' Naruko quipped. That, and she has used up stolen materials too, stealing them all from a nearby city and mines nearby with sheer will alone, combining with alchemy and her imagination to make it work, so her effects are permanent. 'By the way, can you tell me the names of my heirs?'
'White-hair is Allen Walker.' Link said, describing one to a name. 'Longhair is Yuu Kanda and red-hair is Lavi.'
'Well, normally I'd hope they say yes but they have the right to turn me down too for reasons known only to them.' Naruko shrugged. 'Well, I hope they accept my offer or I'll have to travel again for heirs.' she sighed. 'Looking for heirs with pure, strong hearts is like trying to grope around in mud looking for hidden pearls.' she lamented.
'Well, no telling but given what Hevlaska says, I hope at least one of them does so help us get an edge in the war we're in now.' said Link. 'I'll tell you on the way back to the Cafeteria.
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Naruko had a lot to think about as she let Link talk, uninterrupted while the blonde man was subtly forced into telling her the unadulterated truth...thus found some bullshit regarding two of her pupils, Allen and Kanda.
Maybe she should take them by force, as only Lavi was safe here due to Bookman Laws.
Dismayed at how human rights here are, was it no wonder that this world was rife with darkness?
She will find its keyhole soon, and shut it for good.
At the cafeteria...some tables are vacated, with ramen bowls lined up where seats are. The Cafeteria now looks like a restaurant an aristocrat would go to!
'Oh Naruko dear! Soup's up!' Jerry called out.
'Oh is it EVER!' Naruko squealed in glee as she promptly left Link to have her fix as she set her stomach to 'Rapid Digestion Mode' to help her take in all this as by her normal self, she can eat 7 bowls and by then, feel full.
And so...the diners waiting for vacant space watched in morbid fascination as a tiny little girl...ate it all! And she's not dead yet!
'That hit the spot~!' Naruko sighed in blissful pleasure. 'Thanks Jerry! I might occasionally drop by for more Ramen!'
'Ohoho! Think nothing of it, sugar!' said Jerry as he and his kitchenhands took away towers of bowls.
'So how much are all these since I'm not an Order Member?'
'Erm, it'll be 1 crown per bowl dear, so that's about 200 bowls you ate, sooo 50 pounds, dear!' Naruko took out her money.
'Hey Link, a little help here?' Naruko asked Link as she took out all units of munny. The smallest unit, was about 3 carats and the biggest, was 8 carats in solid gold diamond-shaped pieces.
'Well, two of these will do.' said Link, taking out two smallest munny units. 'Jerry, since her money is in small gold bits, you might want to sell it in a pawnshop...she doesn't carry British money at all.' he said, handing the munny to Jerry.
'Oh my! For real?!' Jerry squealed at the genuine gold pieces he's got. 'They're big enough for earrings!'
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In the meantime, the Exorcists were summoned while Naruko was binge-eating for their point of view about the guest and her offer.
'14 and already looking for an heir...' Klaud was horrified to say the least. 'And she can cheerfully talk about dying one day so she needs successors?!'
'That's disturbing!' Lenalee exclaimed. 'Allen, Lavi, Kanda, what do you think? She chose you guys!'
'Well, she wanted us to ask our guardians for legal consent unless we're orphans.' Lavi shrugged, putting hands on the back of his head. 'I gotta ask gramps in my case. What about you Kanda?'
'I'm going for it.' Kanda grunted. 'Nobody here is my Guardian.'
'Considering you're under employ of the Order, WE are your guardians!' Levrier snapped.
'Says who?' Kanda sneered.
'I say so!'
'Who died and made you god anyway? Go die and let the Earl rape you or something.' and Kanda left briskly.
'Kanda/Yuu-kun!' the other Exorcists gasped. Cross and Sokaro just laughed at Levrier's expense, leaving the man fuming where he stood.
'I'll accept the opportunity too.' said Allen. 'But still, its the same as traveling around anyway, why not take care of akuma while we're at it?' he shrugged.
'Why not? Hevlaska said she is more powerful than even our own Generals, considering she and six others are a match for the prophesized coming thirteen darknesses who make the Noah Clan look like toddlers in diapers in comparison?' Cross pointed out. 'Go for it Allen.' he egged him on.
'I'm also interested in the power she has...that Hevlaska described as greater, warmer and comforting.' said Bak. 'But only those with strong hearts can have. And we have three of them here. But what defines a Strong, Pure Heart anyway? What exactly do they have that everyone else doesn't?'
'That or she hasn't seen everyone yet, there can be more candidates here.' said Komui.
'Link, where is Naruko?' Levrier demanded from his golem.
/She ate 200 bowls of ramen sir and literally overpaid Jerry with her unusual money...and asked me to 'bum off my bedroom' so she can sleep off her food. She's on Walker's bed right now. I share a room with him literally after all./
'E-ehhhh?!' Allen freaked out, blushing.
/She said she traveled for 18 hours, spent two of that on a tour, and spent the last two binge-eating, she hasn't slept for a whole day Walker so we will have to sleep elsewhere for the time being./ said Link. /And from scientific studies of sleeping necessity, she'll be in our room for at least, ten hours./
'Guess we can't talk to her now.' Lenalee sighed. 'This is someone who can transform our building into a gorgeous living space with just a kick.' she said. 'I've been to the bathrooms...and wow.' she croaked out. 'It's gorgeous...or should I say gorgeous is way too cheap to describe it, it's beyond amazingly beautiful.'
'I can't wait to go in there now!' Miranda squealed in anticipation.
'And that got me curious now.' Klaud groaned.
'Oh, and brother?' Lenalee smiled with a twitch.
'What is it Lenalee?' Komui asked.
'About your custom made pillows in our bedroom...they're literally stuck on the walls with these,' she said, taking a kunai out of her pockets, '-and a large paper on our bedroom wall saying, 'find a new hobby you weirdo'.'
That got most of the generals and other chiefs, Allen and Lavi laughing, knowing what and how Komui was like when Lenalee is concerned.
'WHAT?!' Komui wailed. 'Why our precious pillows?!'
Among them was the disguised Lulubell pretending to be Andrew Nansen who was taking in what she found out just now.
"The Master must know about this, and soon...just who are these thirteen darknesses greater than us?" as she tried to leave by accessing the Black Ark when nobody's looking, she was stopped by a barrier that only showed up when she bumped into it. 'Eh?'
In Allen's room, Naruko opened her eyes...
...and grinned maniacally as whoever this was TRIED to leave.
'Oho?'
Barely an hour in her sleep she was forced to wake due to an intruder...
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'Naruko? I thought you're sleeping?' Lenalee called out, seeing the young girl run out for a kill with a smile on her face as her keyblade was out.
'Non-human intruder! Gotta talk later!'
'WHAT?!' Lenalee yelped in alarm as did nearby scientists in the same hall. In a minute, alarms rang.
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'Intruder in the Order?!' Komui gasped out.
/We don't know where! We're looking at where Naruko is heading through our monitors and dang, she runs fast! How she avoids bumping into people...HOLY SHIT!/
'Now what?!'
/She's...she jumped out the window and running down the walls sideways just to get to the lower floors!/
/How the hell does she do that?! Talk about going against Physics!/
'Keep watching.' Komui urged. 'I'll head to the Security Room myself!'
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At the Elevator Doors...
Lulubell was frustrated.
Not only can she NOT call the Ark, but she can't even leave manually! What's going on?!
'Haha, try as you can, you cannot leave...only humans can come and go pass my barrier.' Naruko was behind Lulubell, Keyblade out. 'You even tried to summon something...too bad.'
'You...what are you?' Lulubell knew the jig was up, so she changed back.
'Oh, you can call me...' she was in front of her instantly, weapon through her heart. '...your killer.'
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At the Security Office...
Komui and Security were in shock.
There's a Noah among them all this time pretending to be an Order Member!
'I-it can't be!' Komui cried. 'Where's the real Andrew Nansen?! We ended up giving the enemy vital information all along?!' he choked in horror.
'The good news is, she actually couldn't!' said a Finder. 'Naruko put a barrier in Headquarters so the woman couldn't leave to tell!'
'Well she's not living to tell the tale either Chief, she killed her!'
'Well...that's one problem down at least.' said Komui. 'Did you record everything this past week?'
'Yessir, why?'
'Watch all actions involving the Noah pretending to be Andrew Nansen and compile a report! I'll talk to Naruko so have a Golem tell her to go to my Office!' said Komui as Naruko yanked out her weapon out of the dead woman and even removed her head as a precaution, and burned the body with fire.
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South, in Portugal...
The Noahs felt a sense of grief and loss as tears pooled and poured from their cheeks.
'These tears again...' Tyki Mikk mused as it happened before in the Ark when Skinn was killed.
Road had told him that the Noahs within them cry when they sense a family member killed.
That can only mean one thing...
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The Earl confirmed it as the current Noah gathered before the Earl.
Pleasure. Desires. Bond. Dream.
'You all have felt it haven't you~' the Earl sniffled. 'Lulubell is gone~'
'How on earth was she detected in there? She was the best in stealth and blending in!' said Jasdero incredulously.
'We know not...so I will ask someone to investigate.' said the Earl. 'Road, take Tyki there. And hopefully bring back what is ours and Allen Walker as a bonus if you can. And we can only wait for our sister to be reborn once more while still waiting for everybody else~find who killed Lustol.'
'Of course.' said Tyki. 'What do you think, Road?'
'It'll be interesting, Tyki.' Road smiled. 'To know what can kill Lustol. She would want that knowledge when she's back one day. And we better find out if it can kill us too.'
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When Naruko killed Lulubell...the Heart that left her body did not go up, but it went elsewhere. "Hm...Link said they reincarnate to a person with a particularly strong gene that descended from them. She'll be back in a different face for sure. So that's a Noah...intriguing."
/Naruko, about that Noah.../ a golem bearing a man's voice spoke out.
'Deader than dead. I burned the body to be triple sure.' said Naruko. 'Link said all abilities undetermined and I'm not taking chances. She is a being of darkness, but given intelligence, she'll be reborn soon so this bodysuit is of little issue.' she said with a shrug. 'Only humans can enter and exit my barrier...and my weapon is finding a great darkness in here ever since she tried something...'
/A great darkness?/
'Down below...I'll go to where I am led.' and Naruko ran at full speed again.
/Hey?!/
Naruko went to the labs where the Akuma Egg was...and the Science Division eyed her AND her weapon...
'N-Naruko, there's no Noah here I hope?' a scientist asked.
'Wrong, but I detect pure darkness...on that thing you've hooked up to machines...why are you keeping it, fools?' Naruko asked coldly with a glare to match.
'W-well it was orders.' said Johnny nervously. 'General Cross was ordered to bring it back here by the higher-ups.'
'Have your imbecilic, brainless higher-ups heard of the term Trojan Horse?' the scientists gulped and looked at her in fear. 'Its thanks to this egg that Noah lady got in here. Soo if I hadn't come here looking for my heirs and covered this building in a barrier to prevent entry for their sake, you're dead within the week.' she glared at the fearful scientists. 'This egg is a trojan horse of darkness, so it'll have to go.' she fired a beam of light at the egg and it glowed purple before exploding, its remains becoming ashes. 'Never bring an object of darkness home ever again! You only invite death if you do.'
'...now how do we explain to Levrier about this now?' Reever shuddered.
'Tell him that he invited death into your home by bringing that thing home and he's a moron.' said Naruko bluntly. 'He will be the cause of your deaths had that thing remained. And now...we have company outside trying to break in.'
/EMERGENCY! WE HAVE TWO NOAH OUTSIDE THE BUILDING!/ security yelled.
'...see?'
'Oh man...they know where we live now because of the egg?!' a scientist howled as the scientists panicked as Naruko and all Exorcists went out...to confront Road and Tyki.
'Oh wow, we got quite the welcoming committee!' Tyki whistled as all Exorcists bar Lenalee, Miranda, Lavi and Kanda are present are assembled just to fight them. Naruko remained hidden to watch.
'How the hell did you guys know where we are?!' Allen asked incredulously.
'Well, that'd be a secret~' said Road airily with a happy handwave. 'Now...where is she?'
'She's dead as of five minutes ago girlie.' said Cross, lighting up a cigarette. 'You'd be next.'
'Heh...we'd love to see you try.' said Road as a large number of Level 3s came on their cue.
'Oh man, and we just left hospital...' Allen groaned.
'Can it, idiot student, time for fun.' said Cross as all Exorcists cried, 'Innocence Activate!'
'Ah, Lavi and Kanda can't fight...' Naruko pouted. 'I can't see their fighting prowess now~'
/Naruko-chan, aren't you gonna join in?/ Lavi asked thru a golem.
'In a minute~it's a shame I can't see you and Kanda fight, but your toys are broken.' Naruko pouted while stabbing a Level 3 from behind her without even looking. 'I can only see Allen in action.'
/Uwee, how'd you sense that thing behind?/
'As a warrior of Light, I'm sensitive to darkness. No matter how stealthy they are, even if I'm blind and deaf, I can always tell. I'm not a Master for nothing you know. Well, to who wishes to become my heir, he'll have that skill too. But...!' she switched. 'What is Allen going with his left arm? Whatever happened to good ol' martial arts? Weapons?'
/That's his Innocence, his left arm. Its why he fights that way...er...you look pissed.../
'I SHOULD BE!' Naruko growled, punching the trunk of the tree. 'His fighting ability is atrocious! What educational standards does he get exactly?! This is making me so angry, its like throwing a child at a pack of wolves, urrrrgh!' she fumed as she jumped because she was being attacked, but speedy waves of her keyblade and the akuma are in pieces. As the akuma are in pieces, pink crystal hearts left them.
/H-hearts?/
'Their souls.' Naruko quipped. 'Every time I kill, hearts of the bodies come out. I'm long used to it.'
/Well, Allen isn't hurt at least...he usually reacts bad if akuma are killed wrong...he sees the suffering of souls in akuma from his curse.../ said Lenalee.
That got Naruko interested and thoughtful.
'Izzat right...well, time to join the fray to rescue my student from his abysmal technique!' and she used the branch she sat on as a springing point and jumped full force, resulting in the branch breaking and saving Allen from a few Level 3s and Tyki, with her helping Allen fight by watching his back.
'Ohya? Who are you menina?' Tyki asked as he defended himself with a glowing reinforced arm from her kick.
Naruko blinked as she did a backstab again on an akuma behind her.
'Menina?'
'Little lady.'
'Heehee, I'm not gonna stay here for long so I see no point in giving you my name, you good-looking stud~' Naruko winked flirtatiously. 'Too bad you're a bad guy though.' she lamented. 'Why are all bad guys good looking while heroes aren't much to look at?'
'Oi?!' Allen yelped. 'He's older than you!'
'I know that, but hey, good looks is still good looks, I don't care about the body, Allen~' Naruko grinned, smacking away some Level 3s. Everyone noticed that each time she kills akuma, hearts come out.
'Wow...that's the first time I've seen souls like that...' Allen croaked out.
'What do you see, my future heir?' Naruko smiled.
'In those...hearts...' Allen choked out. 'Once souls of adults and children...they became balls of white light in there but its not a bad thing otherwise my eye would hurt...'
'That's what it means to pass on, my cute heir.' Naruko chuckled. 'Your soul is cleansed of its past, becomes a new soul and is reborn elsewhere. It seems the souls that becomes these akuma-thingy still have earthly attachments which is why they retain their forms upon death, and then summoned back by the grieving as akuma. Pure souls like the ones in the hearts are pure souls now.'
'Izzat right...' Tyki whistled. 'That's news to us.'
'Can't say the same for that Noah woman though...didn't go to heaven when I killed her.' Naruko chuckled. 'Her heart went elsewhere, not upwards to the hereafter. She'll be back soon for sure. Her soul is bound down here...but as a pure soul, not a soul with attachments but still a Noah...I suppose that Noah Lady will reincarnate a blank and become her own person despite awakening, not influenced by this Noah Memory thingy.'
'WHAT?!'
'And I heard Allen tried to Exorcise you too.'
'Well, he was a good guy when we met and I didn't know he was a Noah back then...I was hoping by becoming human again, he could live a life free from fighting unlike me...' Allen croaked out. 'Me who can only fight until the end.'
'Sorry kiddo but I quite like what I am.' Tyki chuckled. 'As a human I didn't belong anywhere and nowhere to go. As a Noah I had both. I belonged and I can go home.' he said bitterly. 'I can't let that go even if it meant fighting you, boy.'
'I see...I guess in different circumstances...we could have been friends.' said Allen softly, sad about the matter.
'Too bad reality works differently, boy.' Tyki grinned. 'That can change if you come home with me!'
'Hey, he's mine first!' Naruko cried indignantly, possessively hugging Allen.
'What do you mean yours, I got his first kiss so he's mine first!' Road protested.
'Butt out kid and let the adults talk!' Naruko snarked.
'I'll have you know I'm older than you, brat!' Road snapped irritably.
'WHO'S the brat you flat-chested little girl?!' Naruko snapped back as everyone paused and wound up staring at them.
'WHAT DID YOU CALL ME?!'
'FLAT CHESTED! IRONING BOARD! WASHBOARD GIRL! LANDING STRIP GIRL! OH HELL, YOU'RE POSSIBLY A LITTLE BOY WEARING A SKIRT!' Naruko taunted mockingly. 'Unlike you I actually HAVE boobs and ass!' and with emphasis, she groped her own breasts.
Road got red-faced the akuma were nervously backing away.
Security Department was silent and utterly dumbstruck.
Cross was cackling.
Klaud face-palmed.
'Youth these days...' Tiedoll shook his head.
'Bitchfest incoming.' Sokaro snorted.
'WHAT DID YOU SAY BITCH?!' Road shrieked angrily, conjuring some swords. 'That's it, you're dead!'
'SAYS WHO FLATTY?!' cue a cat fight of epic proportions using magic...
'DROP DEAD!'
'LIKE HELL! I THINK CHICKENS HAVE MORE BOOBS THAN YOU DO!'
'...er...what do we do?' Allen sweatdropped at the violence occurring above them.
'YOU'RE asking ME? Those girls are fighting over you!' Tyki gave him a what-the-hell look. 'I ain't getting into that, I'm not suicidal! Us boys have no business in cat fights, that's just insane!' he shuddered. 'You wanna die, go ahead and try it.'
'Er, no thanks, I value my life too.' Allen sweated buckets. 'By the way, how old is Road?'
'39, why?'
'39?!' Allen howled, pointing at the cat fight above them. 'No way!'
'Hey, we age suuuper-slowly.' Tyki shrugged. 'Sooo round 2?'
Allen blinked.
'Round 2 for what? Poker?' Allen perked up, holding up a deck of cards.
Tyki sweatdropped.
'No way you cheater, I'm taking you home with me!' Allen squawked as he wound up dodging numerous assaults on his person.
'Hell no!'
'Awww why not boy, we get along!'
'You yes, others, NO and I hate the Earl's fat-ass guts and I wanna live past 15 thank you!'
Their fight was more of Tyki trying to subdue him and Allen pushing him away from him and trying to kill the Level 3s...
