Sorry this one was so late, I have a ton of tests for school coming up. This one is a two shot, so bare with me! The second part will come out in a week or two, just depends on how much time I have. Please review and tell me if there is anything I can do better! Also this one is mostly Allena, mostly platonic, (but thats because I'm terrible at writing anything romantic). I hope you enjoy!

Babies: part 1

Allen swung his arms around, hoping to loosen up some of the muscles. Training with Marie was difficult, especially considering the fact that he did not like to hold back. It was great. It was fantastic to train without having to hold back.

"Allen!" came a bark from behind. He didn't turn around, only walked quickly around the next corner and hoped his guard dog wouldn't notice. Who knows, maybe Link will think he mistook some other poor old man as Allen and leave him alone. "Allen get back over here," Nope, never mind.

He put on his happiest smile and turned around. "Good morning, Link!" he said cheerfully, groaning at the sight of the huge stack of papers being balanced in his hands. He could barely see Link's eyes. "You looked tired last night so I thought I would let you sleep in this morning." Lies. Link hardly ever slept; Allen didn't think he needed to. Lavi slipped something into his drink last night and gave Allen thumbs up. He decided not to remember the incident.

"You still have paperwork from the last mission," Link informed him. "It must be turned in by noon. It's eight. You may have enough time between now and then to finish if you are not distracted again. I suggest we work in the library."

"Okay," Allen said, taking half of the stack from Link and continued down the hall. Maybe they'll get lost and won't have to do paperwork and Link may have pity on him and let him have a nap-

"The library is the other direction Allen,"

"Oh, yes, lead the way!"

"Doctor Simon, please report to surgery immediately,"

Lenalee jogged next to the bed, determined to keep up with them. A bundle of cloth was held close to her chest, wiggle a little as the child inside squirmed around and cried.

"It's going to be okay," She reassured the woman be carted to surgery. "You'll be in and out before you know it."

"Is my child okay?" She asked. Blood was still seeping out of her shoulder and around the large piece of wood. Her eyes were wide and terrified, still in shock from the attack. "Where is my child?"

"They're right here, they're okay." Lenalee glanced up and saw the approaching doors. She wouldn't be able to follow her into surgery. Honestly, she was lucky to even make it this far. "I'll take care of them, okay? I'll find you and bring him back."

The bed passed through the doors before the mother could answer. Lenalee heaved, wondering how she could have messed up so badly. It was just a small akuma attack on the way home from the docks, nothing she couldn't handle. One little mistake sent a chunk of wood flying at a simple pedestrian. She took a deep breath, trying to reign her emotions back in. The situation was out of her hands and now in the doctors. There was anything else she could do know other than pray.

She looked down out at the bundle, realizing that she wasn't out of the fire yet.

Allen looked up at the clock again. Eight thirty. That couldn't be right, it must be noon at least. He looked back down at the pile of papers. These were all supposed to be going to Komui when he was done. Komui doesn't even do paperwork, why should he?

"Keep working, Allen."

"I am working, Link."

"You've been staring at the same picture for the last nine minutes. Keep working, Allen."

Allen put his pen down carefully, trying to not glare at the man directly across from him. Link was writing his own notes, ignoring the giant piles of paper next to him. What on earth could he be writing down anyway? It wasn't like he was doing a lot right then.

"Maybe this will go faster if you helped me."

"Maybe this will go faster if you actually worked." Link pointed to the pen. "That must be really hard without a utensil, wouldn't it?" Allen sighed and went back to work.

"Do you hear crying?" Link said, suddenly looking up. Allen looked around.

"I don't hear anything," he said. "Maybe all of this work is doing something to your brain. Anyway, the building messes with sound. It could be coming from anywhere."

"I'm going to check it out," Link stood, going toward the perceived origin of the sound. "Don't move and keep working."

"You said it wrong," he muttered before looking back down at the paper in front of him. There was no way he could finish all of this before noon. He might as well sneak out and grab a snack…

He looked suspiciously at the bookshelf, finally noticing the crying seemingly emanating from it. It was coming closer. Allen could see why Link would want to get rid of the sound, it was annoying, but it wasn't so bad that he had to go find it.

"Allen," he turned around, seeing Lenalee hurrying towards him with blanket.

"Hey, Lenalee," he said, happy to find a distraction. "What going on?"

"I have a baby,"

"What?"

"You kidnapped a child," Allen said, still amazed at the story. "That's a new low for you."

"I didn't kidnap him," Lenalee protested, rocking the baby the best she could. He was still squirming and Lenalee had no idea how to fix it. "The mother knows I have him and everything."

"Does she even know your name? Do you even know her name? I don't know how you intend to get the child back."

"I'm an exorcist, Allen. I can find the mother and give her back her child easily." She twisted the child around, trying to find a more comfortable way to hold him. He just needed to stop moving and let her hold him. Then she will show them she could do this, easy peasy.

"Here, let me take him," Allen said, carefully lifting the baby from Lenalee's arm. She let him. "When was the last time you held a child anyway?"

"Never. What about you?"

Allen's face darkened a little. "Some of Cross's lovers had children. I had to babysit while they… went at it."

"Fun," Lenalee said sarcastically. Wow, Allen was a lot better than her at this.

"Anyway, how do you know he's a he?"

A look of disgust flashed across her face. "I thought he just wet himself, and that was why he was crying. I took him to the bathroom to change him… he peed on me." She glared at the barely held back laugh from Allen.

He quickly composed himself. "He's probably just hungry. We can probably find something for him in the kitchens. Do you mind if I come?"

"Sure. Hey, where is Link anyway?" Lenalee glanced around, only now noticing his absence. "I don't want you to get into-"

"Let's go!" Allen said, carrying the child away.

The kitchen was loud and crowded, upsetting the child even more. Allen moved him to his other shoulder, making his way between tables and people, all talking loudly. Lenalee was close behind him, one hand holding onto his shirt.

With the child crying loudly in his ear, he wondered if they would even have baby food. If a woman got pregnant, usually they were moved to a different location for the child's safety. There usually weren't young children here, unless they were exorcists. He sent a quick glance at the baby's scrunched up face, almost screaming in his face. Please don' be an exorcist, he thought, that would suck so much.

They finally reached the front, squeezing between finders, scientists, and crows alike until they reached the kitchen door. Inside the kitchen was less hectic, but still too loud for the child. Jerry was at the booth, taking orders from the group in front and writing them down as they came. When he saw them, he flashed them a smile and ordered a different cook to switch him spots before coming towards them.

"Allen~kun," he said, happy as ever. "It's no where near your snack time! I was gonna make you an entire plate of dango! Who is this little buddy you have?" He crouched down and made a silly face at the child. "Looks like someone is having a bad day~."

"This is…" Allen trailed off. Man, he never asked what the child's name was. "Lenalee, what's the child's name?"

"It's…" Her face crumpled up in concentration, trying to remember. "I don't think I asked."

"You didn't even ask what the child's name was?"

"There wasn't time! She was being taken to surgery, I was stressed, and it didn't cross my mind to ask."

"I'll call you Baboo," Jerry said, standing straight. "That's what my mother use to call me when I was young. Now," He turned to Allen, a serious look on his face. "What did you do Link?"

"What?" Allen said, surprised at the question. "Why do you ask? He could be right outside waiting for us. Anyway that's not the problem, the problem is that... Baboo... is hungry and-"

"Allen, Link came by this morning looking for you. Something about paperwork. I know you don't like paper work, but it's important."

Allen sighed. "I know. But, it's also important that we get this baby food. I'll find him after we feed him."

"Better make that promise."

"I promise to find Link after we feed the child."

"Fine," Jerry waved them further into the building. "We have some milk that I can mix with a couple other things for him, but it'll take a couple moments. Can you wait a moment?"

"Yeah," They said at the same time. Jerry immediately disappeared into the crowd on his quest to feed the screaming baby, leaving the two in the front, awkwardly trying to stay out of the worker's way.

"Should I hold the baby for a bit?" Lenalee asked, noticing how Allen was struggling with the floundering child. Allen grunted an agreement, carefully passing him to her waiting arms. She regretted it the moment he let go. She tried holding the infant on her shoulder like how she watched Allen, but with his active limbs and squealing lungs, it was nearly impossible. She tried to switch to holding him against her chest, like how she carried him when she first returned to the order, but he was having none of that. Allen giggled a little and took the offspring back, Lenalee trying to hold back an embarrassed blush.

"I don't know why I can't just hold him like you do," she said. "You look so much more comfortable and I feel like I'm wrestling a fish."

"You just having had a lot of practice with him," Allen said, now bouncing a little to calm the kid even more. "Plus, he's really grumpy right now aren't you."

Lenalee covered, trying to hold back a laugh. "What?" Allen said, confused at her reaction. "Did I do something wrong?"

"No," Lenalee chuckled. "It's just… you have a baby voice,"

"What?"

"It's just when you change your voice a bit and it's cute!"

"I didn't change my voice."

"Yes you did!"

"I'm back~!"

Jerry reappeared next to them, holding a small bag and a couple bottles filled with milk. "You're lucky I like to be prepared for anything," he said, handing the materials to Lenalee. "There are a few diapers in the bag and a couple containers of baby food I made real quick. Also there is an extra blanket, but it's pretty small. I also had a couple bottles of milk made, and you guys can come back whenever you need more."

"Thank you, Jerry," Lenalee said, bowing her head towards him.

"Also, if you guys are having trouble, go talk to your brother," he advised. "He took care of baby you for a while, so he might be able to help."

"Thank you for all the help Jerry," Allen said.

"Don't forget to find Link, okay? You need to do your work."

"I will, don't worry." Allen turned towards the door wanting to find a quieter place to feed the child. "I'll see you for lunch!"

Link stalked around the building, searching for his charge. Why on earth did he leave the library? There are still piles of work to finish, and he could get in trouble if they didn't turn it in on time. Link growled quietly to himself. It was his fault really, he was much more relaxed with the kid than should be. Next time he will chain him to chair, that will probably keep him from running away.

Link checked his watch, anxiously watching the time tick by. It was already eight forty-five, and they still had hundreds of forms to go through. Link hurried to the next room, one of the many lounges in the building.

"... The exorcists has a baby,"

Link turned, pinpointing the source of the rumor. "Picked her off the streets I heard. They've been going around trying to take care of it." The large burly man stretched out over the chair he was in, one of the finders gossiping with the others. "I pity the kid, the two probably have no idea what they are doing."

"I heard they rescued it from an akuma," his friend said. "Plucked'em right up before anything could kill it."

"Do you know which exorcists they are?"

"Yeah… ummm… the girl is the science head's sister, Rina-something, and the other is that white haired Allen. Never like the looks of that-"

"You've seen Allen Walker?" Link asked, walking over to the group. "Where?"

The finder glared at the crow. "Nowhere, boy, now go back to science dump where you-"

The knife slide out of it's hidden sheaf, and rested below the man's chin. Link was impatient and this man was interrupting his job. No one would really care if there were one less finder, anyway.

"Where did you see Allen Walker," Link repeated.

"I-I saw him and another exorcist outside of the cafeteria," he sputtered, eyes staring fearfully at the metal. "They had a baby, said somethin' about finding somewhere quiet-"

"Thank you," Link said, slipping the weapon back into his sleeve. "Your help is appreciated." He hurried out of the room, ignoring the terrified whispers asking who he was.

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