Chapter Three: Separation Disaster!

They reached Germany in a matter of 2 days, just as Lavi had told them, Allen had a really bad feeling about this entire mission, the others almost seemed to agree with him as they headed in a non too fancy Carriage towards the town that was on the outskirts of where the Innocence had been spotted near the Black Forest.

"Allen-Kun…" spoke Lenalee, as the group had fallen silent during the ride towards the town.

"Hmm?" perked up Allen, as he was resting his head against the back of his seat briefly, "What's wrong Lenalee?"

"Um…it's nothing…never mind…well I was thinking about this entire mission that nii-san sent us on, I'm starting to think that Innocence isn't really here…that whoever started the rumors might be lying…" said Lenalee, a look of worry was on her face.

Lavi had been listening silently to the two of them talking, and couldn't have agreed more with Lenalee, this didn't smell right at all. Lavi absently reached to where he had Oudzuchi Kodzuchi holstered and patted it a little. Lavi mustn't be the only one nervous; he could read the same emotion in Allen's eyes, as the younger boy spoke up.

"We'll just have to be more cautious that's all Lenalee…"

"I say we dress like the locals, this way if those Noah show up, they won't be looking for us…at least until its too late…they'll be looking for us wearing our Exorcist uniforms…this will give us enough time to search for the fragment of Innocence." interrupted Lavi.

The others looked over at Lavi as they rode in the carriage; Allen and Lenalee were slightly startled by Lavi's outburst. Bookman made a slight grunting sound as he attempted to think over Lavi's words, the Panda faced elder then spoke up.

"You're idea sounds almost fool proof Lavi…but there's only one little flaw, even if we do manage to hide our identities, Young Walker's white hair is a dead give away…they already know, plus the scar on his left eye…how do you expect to have Allen-Kun cover that up? And what about his Golem, that is another problem in itself Lavi."

Lavi had almost forgotten that, he winced slightly and tried to figure that part out. It was true, all the Noah had to do, was get a good look at Allen, and their cover would be blown right before they had a chance to get away fast enough. Timcanpy also was another problem.

"We'll just have to hide his white hair and face under a hood or something then Bookman, Timcanpy can be easily hidden also, Allen-Kun will have to wear long sleeves to hide his left arm, and we'll figure it all out once we get there…" Said Lenalee, trying to put her good two cents into the conversation.

"Timcanpy can hide inside of my sleeves if worse comes to worse…" said Allen to the others.

"I got the perfect disguise in mind for him!" Lavi suddenly said out loud, a grin appearing on the red head's face, as he began chuckling. "Lenalee come closer, I'll tell you what I have in mind."

Lenalee then came a little closer and bent her head down to allow Lavi to whisper in her ear. Allen gave the two an apprehensive look, wondering what Lavi was plotting. He had a bad feeling that he wasn't going to like this at all. He heard Lenalee giggle and shake her head.

"Guys, what are you two whispering about?" asked Allen, a look of fear on the young boy's face.

"You'll see…" said Lavi and Lenalee almost at the same time, while Lenalee pulled away from hearing Lavi's plan, Lavi giving Allen a mischievous look, and Lenalee attempting to cover her mouth and stifle her giggles.

"Don't worry it's nothing bad beansprout, this will definitely make those Noah look in another place for us." Said Lavi, as he reached over to place Allen in a headlock and began nooging him.

"GAH! LAVI!" shouted Allen, trying to punch at the red head as he was being noogied by, trying his hardest to get free of Lavi's grip.

This was going to be a very long mission; Allen could just see it now.


They arrived in the town that out skirted the Black Forest within a day's travel by carriage. At first the villagers were a little apprehensive with 4 Exorcists and a bookman showing up in their town, but had accepted their aid, in getting rid of the Akuma that patrolled the area, like a hornet's nest, which in exchange for staying there.

They had even helped the four of them find disguises, much to Allen's dismay though. The house they were all staying in, courtesy of one of the villager's, silence was broken as a scream could be heard.

"I AM NOT WEARING THAT!" shouted Allen as he pointed a finger at the garb that Lenalee had brought him.

"Allen-Kun you have to wear this…this is the only outfit they could find you that fits properly." Spoke Lenalee, trying to be rational with the fifteen year old.

"Grrr…NO WAY IN HELL AM I WEARING IT! GET LAVI TO WEAR IT OR SOMEONE ELSE!" roared Allen, kicking over his suitcase, as he sat down on his bed, which he was sharing with Lavi, Lavi had gone out to scout with Bookman the entire town, making sure it was secure enough and such, with some of the Finders, and was already in disguise.

"Onegai Allen-Kun…no one's going to make fun of you, if Lavi-San tries, I'll kick him where the sun don't shine." Pleaded Lenalee.

Timcanpy was resting in Lenalee's hair, rubbing her head gently with its wings. The golden golem began to like Lenalee a lot in their time together, so hence why Tim was now sitting in her hair at this very moment.

Allen made a pouting face at Lenalee, his lip out and trembling. He then growled as a vein popped out on his forehead.

"Fine but if anyone even thinks of calling me Allen-Chan…is going to have a taste of my Kurosu Gureibu (Cross Grave)!"

"I promise Allen…now go get changed, I'll help you disguise that scar of yours once your done." Said Lenalee as the girl quickly went out of the room to allow Allen his privacy.

Allen grumbled and then eyed the garments that Lenalee had left on Lavi's bed, and pouted. He knew he would have no choice but to wear the outfit, he didn't want to blow his cover and allow his nakama to get into deep trouble, no matter how much Pride as an Englishman he had. He had to suck it up and do this, for the sake of the mission and for the safety of his nakama.

Allen then stood up and began undressing himself, quickly hiding his Exorcist coat inside of his suitcase, he then grabbed the dark grey garment and began placing it on, Once it was on he took a quick look at himself in the mirror that was provided in the room.

He then groaned, "Darn it! I swear if he makes fun of me…I'll kick his backside!" Allen adjusted the dress a bit and then eyed his hair, thank goodness his hair was always short in the back; he wouldn't have it any other way.

A knock on his door brought him out of his thoughts of killing Lavi where he stood, and made him jump slightly in surprised. Allen then said.

"Come in!" Lenalee then entered the room quietly and couldn't help herself. She began giggling.

"Awww you look so cute Allen-Chan in that dress!"

"HEY! BE QUIET!" shouted Allen, his face reddened in embarrassment at her comment.

"Gomen ne Allen-Kun! I'm telling you the truth though; do you need help with the back of the outfit? I can give you a hand." Said Lenalee who had brought a small jar of some form of white powdery substance.

"Yes please Lenalee, has Lavi and Bookman come back yet?" asked Allen, as he sat down to allow Lenalee to help him hide his scar and such.

"Not yet…I'm sure they are okay, they were just going to scout out the areas, make sure there's no Akuma or any of the Noah lurking around." Said Lenalee, as she grabbed a hair brush and began brushing Allen's hair with it.

Allen closed his grey eyes and sighed softly to himself. He then suddenly had a question to ask of Lenalee; perhaps she would know the answer to it.

"Lenalee, can I ask you something?"

"Sure…Allen-Kun, you know you can ask me anything, I am one of your close friends after all." Perked up Lenalee.

"Do you know what's going on with Lavi lately? He's been more annoying then he usually has been towards me in the past month."

Lenalee almost dropped the hair brush at Allen's question. She then said.

"He's probably just very stressed with the Earl constantly trying to attack the Black Order at every chance he gets, and probably his only way of coping with his stress is to tease people a lot." She was trying to make this up, seeing she knew the real reason behind Lavi's strangeness was due to the fact, the red head was infatuated with Allen.

Lenalee then finished brushing out Allen's hair and walked around him to start attempting to cover up the scar around his left eye with the powdered stuff that she had brought with her.

"Don't move while I put this on, it'll cover your curse mark temporarily, you'll have to wear it until we locate the piece of Innocence here and then get out of here as fast as we can." Commanded Lenalee.

Allen nodded his head and attempted to stay still while Lenalee applied the stuff. Suddenly Allen let a sneeze out, as the powdered stuff managed to get too close to his nose.

It took Lenalee only a few minutes before she was done. Allen quickly got up and went to the mirror, a chuckle escaped from his lips.

"Wow, you really did a good job Lenalee, arigatou!" Allen said as he stared into the mirror. He could no longer see his curse mark of the Akuma there.

"Try not to make yourself break out into too much of a sweat; that stuff comes off with liquid, Allen-Kun. Come on outside, we'll go for a walk or something." Said Lenalee.

Allen nodded his head and headed out of his room and down the hallway to the stairs, slowly walking down the stairs, being careful not to trip in the garment he was wearing. He could hear voices downstairs as he walked.

The dress that the villagers had given the Exorcists to use showed off some of Allen's thighs, which had become muscled over his painful training to become an Exorcist long ago.

"Lenalee, who is the girl…?" Asked Bookman as the two of them came into the room. The old Panda already knew who it probably was, but was playing along with Lenalee no doubt.

Allen clenched his teeth at Bookman's comment. Suddenly he heard Lavi shout out. (A/N: Gomen ne guys! Don't kill me for this; this is supposed to be funny okay? –LOL- I wanted to make this kind of a funny fanfic along with notes of Angst in it. So No killing me!)

"STRIKE!" Allen quickly turned to see Lavi had mistaken him for a woman no doubt, and could see the hearts in his eye. Allen growled, as he began flailing his arms about, angrily, a vein popping out of his forehead as his face turned red.

"I'M NOT A GIRL YOU BAKA! IT'S ME ALLEN! GRRRRRRRRRRR!" he shouted.

Allen then attempted to pummel the crap out of Lavi, whose jaw dropped at Allen's shouting. The entire house was sent into an uproar, and people outside of the house down the street could hear the shouting, and couldn't stop to wonder what was going on in the house.


"This is your fault Lavi! You planned this didn't you?" grumbled Allen, after two days had passed, Allen had gone for a walk alone after the madness calmed down, and the house became quiet as nightfall fell over the town on the second day they had been there.

"What the fact that the best chance to getting the piece of Innocence successfully and without being chased around the entire Countryside by Akuma by disguising ourselves as Germans, or the fact we had no choice but to dress you in girl's clothing to hide your arm and that scar on your left eye? Because my plan like Panda Jiiji said is fool proof…the Earl doesn't know we're here yet!" retorted Lavi, as he rubbed his badly bruised arm and wrist, courtesy of some of Allen's vicious punches landing on him the first night they had been there.

Allen shook his head and just attempted to take the dress off, hating the garment very much. Allen was also having great difficulty taking the dress off at the moment.

"Darn it, its stuck!" said Allen, letting an exasperated sigh escape his lips.

"Do you want some help?" asked Lavi, trying to be nice for once, as he walked over towards Allen's side of the room.

"Fine…" said Allen, allowing Lavi to help him get the zipper unstuck.

It only took Lavi a few minutes before Allen could remove the dress finally.

"Arigatou Lavi." Said Allen, giving Lavi one of his adorable smiles in thanks. The 15 year old boy then stood up and placed the dress across the back of a chair that was near the window, and attempted to put on a t-shirt.

"Your welcome Allen…" stuttered Lavi, as he stared at Allen's back for awhile. He quickly hid his blush and turned to look away. He caught Allen rubbing his neck.

"What's wrong Allen?" Lavi quickly asked; panic was evident in his emerald green eye.

"My neck's been bothering me for the past few days, I think it's just a kink in it, I'm not sure." Said Allen, as he winced slightly.

"Sit down…" commanded Lavi. "Eh?" asked Allen, slightly startled by the command.

Lavi shook his head and walked over to where Allen was and pushed the shorter boy down onto the bed.

"Just sit down, I know a way to get rid of that problem, Jiiji taught me how to release pressure points during the time I was training to become a Bookman successor." Said Lavi.

Allen wanted to tell Lavi no, in a very polite way, but was too late to say anything when he felt Lavi's fingers touching the back of his neck. Allen closed his eyes and winced slightly.

"God, you're so tense beansprout." Said Lavi.

Allen clenched his teeth as he opened his eyes and all about shouted.

"Well I wouldn't be so tense, if people would stop calling me beansprout and every other name in the book. Names hurt you know…" He let out a soft sigh of bliss as the tension in his neck began to go away with Lavi's massaging fingers.

"You know I'm doing it because I care about you Allen, nakama do that to others sometimes, plus it's funny to watch you get so riled up…" said Lavi softly to him.

"Gomen ne Lavi…" said Allen. "Why are you sorry for it?" asked Lavi.

"Not for my outburst, I meant for the injuries I inflicted on you…" Allen then brushed a finger tip against one of the ugly bruises on Lavi's arm; a frown appeared on Allen's face.

Lavi watched him do this and said back.

"Don't worry about it Allen, I'm as tough as my Innocence…" Lavi then chuckled at his little comment, which brought a smile back onto his cute little beansprout's face. Wait, since when did he think Allen was his? They weren't even a couple yet. Probably the day he started having feelings for the boy no doubt. The room fell silent as the two of them thought to themselves, Lavi continued to massage at Allen's neck muscles.

'Hey Baka! Now's your chance to tell Allen how you feel about him! Panda Jiiji's not around to stop you and neither is Lenalee!' Shouted Lavi's inner self to him.

Lavi blinked his eye for a moment and then softly he spoke.

"Allen…we need to talk about something, seriously, I've been meaning to tell you this for awhile now…I think that I'm…" the silence was broken by the soft snoring of Allen, the boy had fallen asleep in Lavi's arms, his head was resting against his own chest.

Lavi shook his head and couldn't help but chuckle. Allen looked even cuter, like a little white haired Angel. He then sighed as he gently placed Allen on the bed; the poor boy must have tired himself out due to the trip, plus all the stress of the past two days no doubt.

Lavi then gently did something he normally would have waited until Allen was awake. He brushed his lips gently against Allen's forehead and whispered to him, as he began going over to his own side of the room to sleep.

"Konnbanwa (Good Night) my kawaii chibi moyashi (A/N: Translates to my cute little bean sprout)!"

Lavi then tip toed over to the lamp at Allen's bedside and turned it off, before going to his side of the room, and lying down on his own bed, the peacefulness of sleep rewarded him almost immediately.


-A Nightmare Begins-

Allen was in the middle of a dark battlefield, surrounded by trees. The eerie green glow of his Anti Akuma Weapon was the only thing that was comforting about this pitch darkness around him.

He could hear Lavi's voice in the distance, as well as Bookman and Lenalee. Then the sound of gunfire coming from Akuma Canons.

"LAVI! LENALEE! BOOMMAN!" Shouted Allen as he watched them get hit by the onslaught of Akuma Blood bullets right in front of him.

Allen quickly ran over towards where his fallen friends were and immediately was taken aback at the gory sight.

"Nooo…please…nooo…" cried Allen, tears stinging his eyes as he watched his friends disintegrate right in front of him due to the Virus.

"You're next Walker…" growled a voice. Allen quickly turned and attempted to attack the owner of the voice with a screaming war cry and a swing of Cross Grave.

-Nightmare Ends-


Allen woke up screaming from the dream that he had just had. Slowly the boy sat up in his bed, shaking with fear, his grey pupils widening slightly as he attempted to calm his racing heart and emotions.

Allen had totally been oblivious to the fact that Lavi had been the one to make sure that Allen was laying properly in his bed, and such. Hell he had no idea that Lavi had kissed his forehead either. That dream had been terrible, way too terrible for him to grasp at why he was having these dreams.

"The same one again…" murmured Allen to himself, as he began to think for awhile.

The tickling sensation of Timcanpy's tail on his nose woke the Parasitic Exorcist from his deep thoughts. Allen sneezed loudly.

"Timcanpy? What's wrong?" asked Allen as he rubbed his nose with the back of his right hand, as he stared worriedly up at his Golden golem companion.

Timcanpy then pointed with its little hand towards the door, trying to tell Allen that he was needed by Bookman and the others.

Allen blinked the sleepiness out of his eyes before turning and seeing Lavi had already gotten up and had left the room. Allen then frowned.

"AHHHHH! I OVERSLEPT!" shouted Allen as he quickly got up to his feet, he hurriedly ran around the room in a panic, tripping over his suitcase in the process, sending the poor boy flying into the chair, banging his knee against the edge of the chair.

"Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow, ow! Bookman, Lavi and Lenalee are going to kill me!" said Allen as he grabbed the grey dress and threw it on himself, after making sure his hair was brushed and such.

He then eyed the jar of white powdered makeup and quickly applied it on to his face, having committed to his own memory, how Lenalee put the stuff on yesterday. Suddenly Allen could hear his stomach growling.

"Sheesh…I must be really running on empty…" chuckled Allen, as he finished getting himself dressed, his shoes having been left down stairs.

A knock on his door broke Allen out of his train of thoughts as he made sure his hair was perfect and such.

"Who is it?!" called Allen, all but shouting out.

"Allen-Kun, are you alright? You slept in pretty late today, Bookman and Lavi-San just returned from talking to the Finders, they know where exactly the location of the piece of Innocence is…hurry and get dressed we have to get there before the Noah do." The voice was none other then Lenalee herself.

"Alright! I'm coming…" said Allen as he hurried over to the door and opened it, revealing a tomboyish looking Lenalee, who was dressed in the garb of a German boy at the moment.

Allen tried his best to hold in a giggle, as he saw what she was wearing. Lenalee placed her hands on her hips and gave him a stern look.

"What's so funny Allen-Kun?" asked Lenalee.

"Nothing, it's nothing, that look suits you, really Lenalee…" Allen waved his hand at her and held back a chuckle.

Lenalee just shook her head and giggled.

"Not as much as that look suits you, Allen-Chan!" teased Lenalee.

Allen bit back a retort and just shook his head and headed down the hallway and down the stairs, after throwing his Exorcist uniform into a small sack and tied it onto his back.

"Lavi! Bookman! Let's go!" Shouted Allen, excited now, that he didn't have to wear this ridiculous outfit for very much longer.

"And a very good morning to you too…Allen-Chan!" teased Lavi, as the red head was already standing by the entrance to the house.

Allen just replied with a slight grunt and attempted to ignore Lavi's comment for now. Bookman had just entered the hallway, where the two of them were standing and eyed Allen briefly, and gave Lavi a wary look.

"The piece of Innocence is deep inside of the Black Forest, at its center, it will be a 3 hour journey to getting there, so we will have to be quick to getting to it before the Noah appears to snatch it up and destroy it. Once we are in the forest, we should not get separated; many have travelled into the Black Forest, and have never seen the light of day after getting lost inside of the forest." Spoke the Bookman.

Allen nodded his head and said to the others.

"In case we have to break into teams, Lavi you come with me, Lenalee and Bookman will be together, alright?"

Lavi couldn't have agreed more with that plan. Lavi had a small smirk on his face as he nodded silently at Allen. This was his big chance at last to finally tell Allen, and he just hoped that Allen wouldn't fall asleep this time.

"Alright let's get going, the sooner we get out of this town, the sooner I can get out of this damning dress and back into my Exorcist outfit." Said Allen, whom made the other three break out into giggles or in Bookman's case, a snort of amusement, Allen shook his head and wanted to yell at the three of them to shut up, but decided against it.

The four of them then quickly took off out the door and down the street, not knowing that a fight was about to break out as soon as they exited the town. Seeing there had been a spy all along, watching the house during the night and the time they had arrived in Germany.

The person, who had been watching them all this time, quickly ran off to warn the Exorcist's greatest enemy of the four who had come here.


"So the Millennium Earl was right after all, hmm Lulubell…" spoke a voice, "The Exorcists are here for the fragment of Innocence." The voice belonged to none other then Tyki Mikk.

The person who had been spying on them all this time, smirked, and quickly transformed, revealing the real identity of the spy.

"Yes Tyki, even though that brat, Allen tried to disguise himself as a…woman, I was able to spot his companions with ease, though it took me a few minutes to figure out that it was Allen in the girl's outfit. Who do you want me to move against? I wouldn't mind going against Allen and that red head friend of his…" spoke Lulubell.

"I want you to move against the Bookman and the girl, leave Allen and Lavi to me." Said Tyki Mikk, seeing the Earl had put him in charge of this operation. He personally wanted to be the one to kill Allen himself.

Lulubell nodded her head and quickly went to gather a bunch of Akuma to give her a hand in defeating the Bookman and Lenalee.

Tyki Mikk then went to work on his own plan on getting rid of Allen once and for all. The boy had become a great thorn in the Earl of Millennium's side and Tyki wanted more then ever to be rid of him once and for all.

And one way of doing this, was to hurt those who were his closest nakama. Tyki couldn't wait to see the events that would unfold as Tyki put Lavi's life to an end right in front of the boy. A smirk appeared on Tyki's face as he quickly made his exit, gathering up a bunch of Level 2 and 2 Lv. 3 Akuma to help him in ridding Allen and Lavi both.


"Guys hold up!" called Allen, as they reached the Black Forest within a matter of hours, by jogging all the way from the town to it. Allen panted as he attempted to catch his breath, feeling a stitch like pain in his side from running so much.

Lavi and the others came to a halt right beside Allen. Lavi then as usual began teasing Allen.

"What's wrong Allen? I thought you were tougher then that…"

Allen gave his friend a peevish look briefly before trying to say between gasps for air.

"Now that we are here, I think we should change into our uniforms quickly, this way we can fight better in them, then in the clothes we're wearing now."

"Good idea, beansprout!" teased Lavi once again, rewarded with a punch to his arm from Lenalee and a smack upside the head by Bookman. "Ow! Hey come on! You know I'm just kidding! This is abuse man!" yelled Lavi as he rubbed his arm and head.

Allen couldn't help but chuckle at Lenalee and Bookman ganging up on Lavi for the comment. Allen quickly ran into the bushes and quickly removed the dress and the face makeup that he had to wear to hide his scar.

He then breathed a sigh of relief when he was back in his comfortable uniform, Timcanpy having fluttered out of his hiding spot, inside of Allen's backpack, and was now floating here and about near Allen's head.

"Finally, I hate wearing that dress…" muttered Allen to himself as he came out of the bushes, snapping the last button onto his Exorcist jacket, he then walked over to where he had left the others,

Bookman and Lavi came out of the bushes, back in their own Exorcist clothing, the only one who hadn't come out of hiding was Lenalee.

"Lenalee!" called Allen, "Are you almost done?" He was slightly worried, his fear went up a notch when he, Lavi and Bookman could hear Lenalee's cry for help.

"Allen-Kun! Lavi! Bookman! HELP ME!"

Allen suddenly felt the air turn icy cold as his cursed eye activated.

"Akuma!" called out Allen as he quickly took off into the forest, when he spotted a level 2 attempting to carry off Lenalee in the distance.

"Hey Allen wait up!" shouted Lavi as the red head and Bookman quickly attempting to follow Allen into the forest.

Allen then shouted as he turned to stare down at his arm as he ran after the Akuma.

"INNOCENCE, ACTIVATE!" The green shard on Allen's left arm then began glowing an eerie green light, before the light engulfed his entire arm in its glow. His arm then took the form of a silver metal shaped gun, at the edge of it several gold colored spikes jutted out there, at his shoulder the eerie green light could be seen there.

Allen clenched his jaw slightly as he took careful aim at the Akuma, hoping he wouldn't hurt Lenalee in the process. He heard Lavi behind him attempting to finally reach him.

Allen saw in the corner of his eye that Lavi already had Oudzuchi Kodzuchi in his hand, probably ready to activate it at a moment's notice.

Allen then grumbled something under his breath, which sounded something like "Kurosu Baringu (Cross Paling)!" before finally firing the Innocence weapon at the back of the fleeing Akuma.

The Akuma was hit and immediately it dropped Lenalee, as it attempted to turn around to fight back, but was immediately vaporized by Allen's Cross Paling a second time.

Allen then quickly ran over towards Lenalee and helped her to her feet with his right hand.

"Lenalee! Are you alright? Talk to me!" Lavi and Bookman managed to catch up to him after Allen had run over to Lenalee.

"Yes, I'm okay Allen-Kun…arigatou for saving me…" said Lenalee, tears stinging her eyes as she was helped up, "That Lv. 2 Akuma caught me off guard, I was trying to finish getting changed when he came up behind me…"

"I wouldn't be celebrating just yet Walker…" spoke a voice.

All four of them quickly turned around when they had heard the voice. It was Lavi who spoke up.

"Lulubell!"

"Well at least someone remembers my name…" smirked the cat like Noah, as the girl floated slightly above their heads, a small horde of Lv 2s and what looked to be a level 3 Akuma were behind Lulubell.

"What are you doing here?" growled Allen as he stared up at Lulubell.

"Why else would I be here for? To destroy all fragments of Innocence of course, and to destroy you Walker once and for all, but first, I guess I should get rid of your friends, Tyki Mikk is probably already at the location of the fragment and destroying it now." Said Lulubell,

Lavi then shouted at Lulubell, wanting so badly to kick the Cat bitch's ass at this very moment.

"Bring it on then!"

"Lavi shut up…" Allen attempted to shout at his friend, but was silenced when Lulubell pointed a finger at the four of them.

"Akuma, get rid of them…bring me their Innocence when you kill them…" shouted the cat Noah.

The other Exorcists who hadn't activated their Innocence yet, did as quickly as the Akuma attempted to come at them from all sides. The four of them quickly backed themselves up into a small circle, their backs to each other.

Lavi was the first to strike with Oudzuchi Kodzuchi as a level 2 came at him first.

"Oudzuchi Kodzuchi, Man, Man, Man!" commanded the red head to his Hammer. The Hammer like weapon then grew to three times its original size, the red head then with a war cry, attempted to smash the hammer into the oncoming Akuma, which immediately was sent flying backwards, into another Akuma who was attempting to fight Bookman at this very moment, who was to Lavi's left.

Lavi turned to see Lenalee use one of her Dark Boots attacks to annihilate one of the other Akuma; he then watched as Allen left the circle briefly to slice at the Level 3 Akuma with Cross Spear (Kurosu Supia). Lavi then saw two other level 2s attempt to sneak up on the unsuspecting Allen, and quickly summoned one of his seals.

"Hold on Allen!" yelled Lavi, attempted to save his friend from being attack, as the seals appeared above his head, he then hit the Fire seal and struck the ground, calling out.

"Gouka Kaijin: Hi Ban (Fire Seal: Conflagration of Ash), Burn all of them into cinders!" (A/N: Again, please forgive me for my lack of proper knowledge on how they use their attacks, I'll try to get better at writing these scenes as the time goes by)

Just as he finished unlocking the seal, and hitting the ground with his Anti-Akuma Hammer, flames spurted up from the ground, where Oudzuchi touched, and immediately shot towards the Akuma, in the form of snakes. The fire snakes then struck the two Akuma and were immediately vanquished into dust.

Allen turned to look at Lavi briefly as he managed to strike the Level 3, having not noticed the two other Akuma, he then spoke up.

"Arigatou Lavi…" "No problem Allen…" said Lavi quickly, turning to look around, he watched as Bookman uses his Compass Needles: North Crime attack to finish the other Akuma off.

'Okay everyone seems alright, I better help Allen get rid of that Level 3, but what attack do I use…I can't use the Heaven Seal, not while Lenalee, Panda Jiiji and Allen are in the way…Damn it Lulubell is trying to corner us, I just know it…' thought Lavi as he clenched his jaw in thought.

"I guess I can only use Oudzuchi Kodzuchi for hand to hand combat right now…" muttered Lavi to himself, as he prepared himself to give Allen a hand with the Level 3, while walking over to him.

"Lavi…this isn't going to work, we have to split up and get this Level 3 to follow us, Lulubell is trying to pin us into a corner…" said Allen, as he felt Lavi take a step over to him.

"Well no duh, I was thinking the same thing Allen, I can't use the Heaven seal right now because we are in close quarters…" retorted Lavi, "I think we better split up…Lenalee, Panda Jiiji…" Lavi quickly turned to see that the two of them had finished off their respected Akuma.

"What Lavi?" asked Bookman, quickly, while trying to make sure no more Akuma was attempting to attack them, while being distracted. Lenalee also gave Lavi her full attention.

"Allen thinks we should split up, we'll meet near the center of the Black Forest…" said Lavi quickly.

"You're not going anywhere except to Hell…brat…" shouted Lulubell, as she attempted to turn one of her hands into a whip and strike at Lavi.

Lavi quickly dodged and blocked the move with his hammer, and gave Lulubell one hell of a glare.

"Catch us first if you can Cat bitch!" shouted Lavi.

Allen then managed to grab a hold of the Level 3 with Cross Grave and fling the Akuma at Lulubell, sending the cat Noah flying backwards, and screaming many curse words at the idiotic Akuma. Allen then quickly shouted.

"BREAK FOR IT!"

Bookman then quickly grabbing Lenalee's arm ran in one direction away from Lulubell and the rest of the Akuma, while Lavi and Allen went the other way, heading in the right direction.

Allen turned briefly as they ran deep into the forest, and saw that Lulubell had managed to shove the Level 3 off her, and screamed at them to follow the Exorcists.

"Darn…that distraction didn't last very long Lavi…" Allen quickly said as they ran and leapt over fallen tree trunks every so often.

"Just keep running Allen! Don't look back, I know you're worried about Lenalee right now, I'm worried about Panda Jiiji, I hope they'll both be okay…but we have to loose those Akuma fast!" said Lavi as they ran, stealing a glance behind them also.

Allen turned his head to look at Lavi and reached over with his now deactivated left hand and gripped his shoulder, trying to comfort the red head as best as he could.

"Don't worry about them…they'll be fine…besides that Lenalee's really strong, and Bookman has that defense attack of his, he can protect Lenalee pretty good…"

Lavi gave him a small smirk and a nod of his head briefly as they ran for it. Lavi had a sick feeling though, that something bad was about to happen soon, he could just feel it.


It was a matter of hours; so far the two teams of two had managed to loose the Akuma. Allen had called for a quick break to get their breathing under control. Lavi tried to speak as they both had stopped at a tree.

"God, this is…ridiculous…first they attempt to kidnap…Lenalee, then…they try to corner us…and now if we don't get to the center of this forsaken stupid forest…Tyki's going to destroy another fragment of Innocence…" said Lavi, as he eyed Allen from where he was leaning against the tree.

Allen stood straight up as he finally managed to get enough air into his burning lungs, taking a look around, suddenly a look of horror was on the 15 year old's face, which caught Lavi's only usable eye.

"Hey…Allen…what's got you spooked?" spoke up Lavi as he caught the look on his friend's eye.

"I had this dream before…it was really a nightmare…this place, was in that dream…" started Allen, closing his grey eyes briefly, as he attempted to hold back nausea from welling up in his stomach.

"Allen it was just a dream…come on, no need to get spooked about it." Said Lavi, trying to hide his concern for the boy that stole his heart. He remembered the conversation Allen had had with Yuu.

"I know I shouldn't Lavi! It's not my damn fault…it was one of those prophetic dreams I think!" shouted Allen, then the boy winced at his outburst and wanted to apologize, suddenly Allen was grabbed by the shoulders and pushed up against a tree by Lavi.

"Lavi…" stuttered Allen, surprised at Lavi's bold move.

"Allen…I've been meaning to tell you this…for a long while…" started Lavi, as the red head stared into Allen's grey eyes for a few minutes, before leaning closer to Allen. 'Fuck it, I'll do it now…I don't need words to get my message across…and to hell with the stupid Bookman law that says Allen can't be mine!' thought Lavi to himself as he leaned even closer, until his lips were just centimetres from Allen's.

With a slightly annoyed growl, Lavi then just did what he was thinking of doing, and did it. He kissed Allen square on the mouth, it was one of those types of kisses that were gentle, and very innocent you could say.

Allen was shocked at what was going on at the very moment; he was frozen right in his place. 'I think I know why Lavi's been acting so differently…as of late now…but…this can't be happening to me…I mean…he's a guy, and I'm a guy…and…this is so totally wrong…but it feels really right…argh I wonder what Mana would think about this…' thought Allen to himself.

Allen slowly gripped at Lavi's Exorcist jacket with his hand and pulled him closer, attempting to deepen the kiss, before the need for air won out and the two boys pulled away. Allen was the first to speak.

"Lavi…what…what just happened there?" Allen attempted to say, but Lavi interrupted him.

"Allen, I…I love you, I've always loved you, I think since the day we met, I'm sorry for…argh, I can't say it…look all I know is that what I feel for you is more then a friend should be feeling for someone he cares about, and these feelings, are supposed to be forbidden to Bookmen. But I have to tell you how I feel now…its totally up to you what you want to do with this, but I had to get this off my chest…" said Lavi, attempting to tell the truth.

Allen was shocked at Lavi's speech; it was up to him if he wanted to start something with the red head in front of him? This was all confusion, and also slightly ludicrous. This was so much like a taboo. Allen frowned and looked down at the ground, as he spoke.

"Lavi…I'm sorry, but…I need time to think about this…and this isn't the time to be saying something like this…you're right it is forbidden, but please understand that I just need some time to think this over…" Allen was attempting to be as polite as he could in this situation.

He then caught the look of sadness in Lavi's eye as the red head turned away; attempting to hide the pain he was no doubt feeling. Allen could hear the pain of rejection in his voice as well, knowing Lavi was doing his hardest to hide it, as the red head started walking off.

"Yeah…sure Allen, I'll give you enough time…I mean…you're right, this isn't the time right now, we're still in a lot of danger…come on we better hurry up before Tyki gets to that Innocence fragment." Said a now dejected Lavi.

Allen frowned and slowly he began following Lavi, he hadn't wanted to hurt Lavi, he just wanted some time to think about this. He hated hurting his nakama or even seeing his nakama hurting because of something Allen did.

'Just give me a little time Lavi…I want this…I really want this, it's just…I'm so confused…please understand…I'm also worried what the others would think if we did start a relationship…' was Allen's only thought as he followed Lavi into the forest quietly.


Author's End Notes: -Returns after chasing Komui Lee around with her metal stick all bent out of shape, slightly exhausted- Hehehehe, I finally managed to get him good! That's what you get for making Komuirin bots and making them chase poor Kawaii Allen-Kun! –Eyes the chapter she just wrote- Holy freaking crap! I just wrote a 20 paged Chapter this time! I can't believe myself –LOL- This is, this is so awesome! I apologize in advanced for my lack of battle knowledge in this chapter, please no killing of me! What did you guys think of my little funny scene? Hilarious right? –LOL- I couldn't stop laughing during the writing process of that scene. Don't worry guys, it won't be happening again, or maybe it will, who knows. –Winks-

Kanda: Che, to think you wrote that scene madanimeotaku…it was so disgusting…why the hell am I not more in this story again? –Crosses his arms, an annoyed look on his face-

Themadanimeotaku-Chan: Um because you're a meanie? And plus this is a strictly Yaoi fanfic starring Allen and Lavi…-sticks tongue out at Kanda- So stop being so grumpy or I'll turn you into a chibi and have all the Kanda fangirls go after you. Maybe I'll write a fanfic about you. –Plays with Kanda's ponytail and giggles as she attempts to braid it like Lavi did once- (-Actually has the picture of Lavi doing that to Kanda somewhere in her new collection of D Gray Man anime pics-) –Also likes men with long hair, don't ask her why, just does, sniggers to herself as she does this-

Kanda: -gives madanimeotaku the evil icy glare and attempts to threaten her with Mugen- Grr…you're just as bad as Eye Patch! –Takes a swing at the writer with Mugen-

Themadanimeotaku-Chan: GAH! –dodges getting sliced by Mugen and growls- See that's why I don't write a fanfic about you…you're always threatening people with bodily harm with Mugen –Not to mention is a little creeped out about what Mugen can do, aka. The Hell insects and such, shivers at the thought of those bugs- If you be more nicer…maybe I'll make you some soba or something…-Knows this is Kanda's weakness-

Kanda: -Places Mugen away and suddenly gets turned into a chibi at thinking of many ways to kill themadanimeotaku- Che…fine…-Has one of those cute adorable looks that all chibified versions of characters sometimes have at the mentioning of Soba, not realizing he has been turned into a Chibi at this very moment-

Themadanimeotaku-Chan:Iee…I just love Chibis! –Scoops up the Chibied Kanda and places him somewhere safe for later and gives him some soba noodles to keep him busy- That should keep him quiet for now…

Alright, so here's a hint for you guys in the next review you make for this story, give me an ideal pairing I should do, that involves Kanda (Yaoi or non Yaoi, though I prefer it if it would be Non Yaoi). Maybe then he wouldn't be such an asshole (pardon my language) to everyone –sniggers-

Chibied Kanda: I HEARD THAT! –Says with a mouthful of Soba noodles, goes back to eating, while pointing Mugen at the writer once again-

Themadanimeotaku-Chan: GAH! –Dodges any of his attempts at swinging Mugen at her once again- I seriously need to confiscate that weapon of his one of these days, jeez, every time someone wants to give him an interview…he has to bring that sword of his out. –Grumbles-

Alright enough chatter here guys, look forward to the next chapter, that I will title, Hurtful Revelation. (I know its corny, you try being so exhausted from trying to get things sorted out for my move, which is in 11 days from now!) –starts acting like a zombie on the virus that turned a lot of people in the Black Order HQ into zombies- Must…sleep…grr….need pockys…wait a minute…Zombies don't eat pockys…or do they? –Sniggers-

Oh! Another note, the next chapter will not be out until 2 weeks from now, seeing next week is my birthday, and the Big move to my new apartment, so please look forward to Chapter Four on August 19th.

That's all for now my fellow D. Grayman fans! Until next time all! Ja Ne!