TWP: Third chapter, whooo!

You know what I realized after I wrote chapter 2? I made Ava heavier than Lavi xD

By the way, I've already written up to chapter 30, so the reasons I only update once a month (1. Every month) is because I've got my classes on the university and I need to look over them every now and then...though I've been dying to update this chapter the last few days xD Still, thank you guys for being patient with me. *hugs readers*

Disclaimer: I own nothing except for Ava!


"Vampire, vampire! Stay away from us you freak!" A twelve year old Arystar Krory watched as a group of children mocked him from a distance. He was holding their ball and they obviously wanted it back but they didn't want to go near him. He had watched them play from a distance and when the ball had rolled over to him, he had lifted it up and walked over to them, not only to give it back but to ask if he could join them. He had seen it as an opportunity. The moment they had seen him they had created more distance and began yelling, telling him to stay away.

"But… I just wanted to play." He said silently and they laughed. "Who would play with a vampire freak? Come closer and we'll drive a stake through your heart!" They yelled. Krory felt tears fall down his cheek as they continued to bully him until an angry yell echoed over the empty field. Krory looked up and saw two boys, twins, run up to them and chase the group of children away.

"Leave Arystar alone, morons!" The first one, who carried a two year old girl in his arms, shouted angrily.

"Yeah. Leave Arystar alone!" The other boy repeated. The kids stuck out their tongues and yelled freak one last time before the two boys began to run after them. This caused them to flee.

"Don't come back here ever again, freak!" They yelled before disappearing back into town.

"Spoiled little brats!" the one holding the baby began to yell but the other one calmed him down.

"Don't yell into her ear Tristan." Tristan turned towards his younger twin brother and glared. "But look at how they treated Arystar, Duke!"

"It won't make it any better if she starts crying, you know." Duke took his little sister into his own arms before they walked over to Krory who had sunk down to the ground, hiding his face behind the ball. Tristan grabbed it and removed it, revealing the tear stained face of Krory. He immediately looked away.

"Arystar, you shouldn't let them get away with that." Tristan frowned when the boy didn't reply. "Hey, you are listening?" Krory flinched and he sighed.

"He didn't mean to sound angry Arystar." Duke squatted down and put the girl on the ground. "It's just that you don't deserve to be bullied and you know it."

"But, what if they're right? What if I am a vampire?" Krory asked. Tristan grabbed his cheeks and pulled while Duke examined his teeth.

"I see no fangs here. And your ears aren't pointy either." Tristan let go after Duke pointed that out and Krory held his sore cheeks with wide eyes. "Besides, if you really were a vampire, then our little sister wouldn't climb on you either." Krory looked down to see the child reach up for him. He lifted her up to eyelevel and she squealed before throwing her tiny chubby arms around his neck.

"Alysta!" She squealed and the two boys laughed. "Hear that? She almost got your name right!" The girl released him and he held her away from him so he could see her face. The girl was squealing happily and reaching for him. He let her hug him one more time before she demanded to be put down.

"Thanks, you guys." He rubbed away the remains of his tears as Tristan ruffled his hair.

"Don't worry about it. We're cousins, right?" He grinned and Krory smiled a bit too before he noticed something.

"Um… it's not healthy for a child to eat dirt, is it?"

"Hm?" The twins turned towards their younger sister and yelled out in surprise. "AAAH, WHAT ARE YOU DOING AVA?"

"MOM IS GONNA KILL US IF SHE FINDS OUT! SPIT IT OUT, SPIT IT OUT, SPIT IT OUT!" The two hurriedly scooped her up and made her spit out the dirt she had put in her mouth before all four of them hurried back to Krory castle, hoping to wash it all out before they were discovered.


"Just like I thought, it looks like you really are one of us." Lavi said as he relaxed his guard a bit.

"Excuse me?" Krory glared at him.

"Every one of the villagers you attacked was an Akuma. The only type of human who can survive the Akuma virus is a Parasite type accommodator, which is what you are, follow me?" Ava could hear both her cousin and Lavis voices. Her head ached as she tried to open her eyes to no avail. "Afraid all the evidence is there, Krory, and it confirms that you're an Exorcist, whether you like it or not."

'He really is one of us, huh.' She thought in relief as she heard what Lavi was telling Krory. Now she didn't have to find an excuse as to why she was visiting a family member. It was strictly forbidden after all.

"Oh yeah? You think I'm that naïve?"

"No, you were just going after Akumas blood without realizing it, because the consciousness that's inside the Innocence will hunt the Akuma on its own, with or without your permission." Lavi smirked then. "You know, you seem to be getting a kick out of hunting Akuma. If you join my friends and I, you can hunt all you want." Ava had to admit, the boy was a smooth talker. Had she been in Krorys shoes, she probably would have joined him. Unfortunately, Krory wasn't that easy to convince since he believed Eliade's word over some strange kids.

"I'm not interested."

"I thought you'd say that."

"I recall you wanted to wait until you had beaten me before you would have this conversation." Krory taunted and Lavi shrugged with a lazy sigh.

"Well, that was my original plan but you see, you were a great deal tougher than I thought so I thought it would have been a good idea to talk first." He swung his hammer and held it high above him.

"We're beyond diplomacy now so I won't be holding back." He warned. "So you'll just have to give me an answer after you wake up, Krory-kins."

'That's a ridiculous nickname…' Ava thought humorously. 'But it suits him.'

"Don't you sound confident? Maybe now I'll break a sweat." Krory teased and Lavi lowered his voice. "You'll see, just you wait." He extended the reach of his hammer and seals appeared circling around his Innocence.

"Innocence, level 2 release!" He yelled and his weapon began to glow green. "Now, it's on!" He rushed and attacked Krory, who didn't quite understand what use the seals would have until a giant pillar of fire surged from the ground and almost swallowed him. He managed to get away in time and rushed at Lavi again.

'Come on… wake up!' Ava thought, trying to open her eyes as the two battled on even grounds, none of them managing to land an attack. 'This is ridiculous, open god dammit!' Why couldn't she wake up? Rather, why couldn't she open her eyes when she was clearly awake? Both of them leaped high up in the air and Krory bared two rows of sharp fangs.

"Get your ass back down!" Lavi yelled and managed to strike Krory who fell back down on the ground but when Lavi attacked again, Krory grabbed the handle and swung him around, slamming him down on the ground too. Lavi got the breath knocked out of him and was paralyzed for a few seconds, and that was all Krory needed. He charged towards Lavi who could only watch the fangs close in on him but before he managed to even touch him, he was punched in the face and sent backwards. Lavi could only watch the torn cloak billow around Ava before she shrugged it off and let it drop to the ground.

"Come on, cousin. Let's do this!" She smirked and got into a battle stance. Krory gave a frightening grin and charged but stopped right in front of her. Ava didn't even bat an eyelash. "You're out of steam." She said simply as he cried out and stumbled backwards. He grabbed his head and cried out again in pain and jumped backwards, slamming himself into a tree.

"Oh man." Lavi turned around and got up on all four as the Count continued to struggle mentally.

"He's out of Akuma blood. He needs more to be able to fight I guess." Ava shrugged as Lavi got up on his feet with a worried expression. "Don't worry; he's just going back to being the calm and nice Arystar."

"No Arystar! If you had sucked any more you would have killed the love of your life!" He suddenly exclaimed. "Eliade!" He suddenly began to slam his head into the tree and the other two sweatdropped.

"Calm and nice?" Lavi questioned and Ava sighed. "… he's not attacking us is he? Seriously, you men are so demanding." She huffed a bit.

"Well, not my problem." Lavi grinned and lifted his hammer again. "I'm not here to hold his hands, let's take this chance to pounce." Ava stared at him surprised.

"You're a very unsympathetic person ain't ya?" Lavi only shrugged.

"No hard feelings, right?" He activated his Innocence and the ground was lit up by a giant red seal. "Grow, Hammer of Flames! Hell Fire Cyclone!" A giant snake of fire erupted from the ground and swallowed Krory who screamed out in pain and fear before he crashed into the castle wall, creating another huge hole in it. At Ava's slightly worried expression he reassured her that his attack hadn't been strong enough to kill him or harm him too much.

"Anyway, let's hurry up and find both Allen and Arystar!" Ava said and headed for the castle but Lavi grabbed her arm and grinned.

"Hold on to my hammer." He said and she did just so, wondering what he was going to do.

"Extend." He called and the handle extended from the ground and the surprise almost made her lose her grip on it. Just as they shot up Allen came flying out a window and Lavi managed to grab his hood just in time.

"I appreciate it Lavi. I think you just saved my life." Allen grinned and Lavi smiled too.

"Don't sweat it." They headed inside just in time to see Eliade fuss over her lover, begging him to wake up. Both Ava and Lavi gasped and Lavi began rubbing his eye.

"I think I'm seeing things." He mumbled. "Allen, is that gorgeous woman… an Akuma?" Allen wondered what he was talking about. It was true but Lavi hadn't seen her real form.

"I think I'm going to be sick." Ava gagged beside them, covering her mouth.

"We can see it. There's a human soul floating right beside her." Lavi muttered and Allen turned back to the two on the ground before he realized it. His cursed eye had grown stronger. It made it possible for the others to see the soul now too, or at least for now. Krory woke up but gasped.

"Eliade… what's that thing coming from your body?" He asked and her eyes widened. Allen covered his left eye and the soul disappeared from their sight and Ava gave a sigh of relief.

"That was… the most disgusting thing I've ever seen." She shuddered, feeling pity for Eliade who was like that and Allen, who saw these things all the time, but the moment he let his hand fall the soul came back again. Now Ava wondered if she should feel pity for the Akuma or not. Being forced to live like that, it must hurt.

"Krory, can you see the creature coming out of her body? It shows that she's an Akuma. Eliade is an Akuma!" Allen called out and Krory stared at Eliade in disbelief.

"Is that… really true?" Eliade looked torn between telling the truth or lie. "Have you been deceiving me?"

"I… I don't know what to say…" Akuma blood dripped down on his hand and the man felt the urge to drink blood overcome him. "I really wish this didn't have to come to this." She sighed and transformed in front of him. Before he could react she slammed her tail into him and he crashed into a pillar.

"I was going to let you live but I'll never let you become an Exorcist!" Eliade growled and with a squeak Lavi remembered something.

"Krory-kins don't have any strength left because he fought me earlier!"

"Krory-kins?" Allen asked confused. "It's him! I gave him a nickname!"

"Arystar!" Ava cried out and ran forward, ready to activate her Innocence.

'Angel, acti-' but before she could get close the man-eating flowers came up from the floor and tried to snatch them.

"More flowers? I thought we got rid of them Lavi?" Allen cried out but Lavi was of no help since the vines had already wrapped around him.

"Well, it looks like we have to try a little harder buddy!" Ava herself was successfully dodging the flower vines and tried desperately to remember how she had dealt with them as a kid.

'Come on, it should be here someplace.' She thought before she noticed it. A brick in the wall that was a slightly lighter shade than the others. She punched it in and a trapdoor opened. She grabbed the other two by the scruff of their necks after managing to get Lavi free and charged towards it but before they reached it more flowers came out of it.

"WHAT THE FUCK?" Their vines shot out to grab them and only Lavi got caught, again.

'One would have thought that his reflexes would be better!' Ava thought in annoyance as she dodged the snapping flowers.

"I don't care how nice you look or how good you smell, I officially hate flowers!" Lavi announced while trying to break free. "Ava, some help would be appreciated!" He called.

"I'm thinking!" She called back before she got caught. "Dammit!"

"Alleeeeen!" Lavi called out when he saw that she was caught but sighed when he saw his last team mate also captured. "Sorry!" Allen grinned sheepishly.

"Sorry's not gonna cut it if-" Lavi didn't manage to finish his sentence before he was swallowed.

"LAVI!"


TWP: That's it. For this chapter at least. See you again next time.