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Road hummed happily as she twisted the umbrella in her hand, her heeled shoes stepping over the nicely grown roses "Mistress R-Road… you're ruining the garden ~Lero!" the golem exclaimed. The Noah of Dreams giggled "But, Lero! I'm just so happy!" she raised the umbrella and started bashing the roses on the ground, her foot stomping in a fast rhythm.

Lero babbled over as the Noah walks on the roses, leaving a messy trail behind her path.

Who wouldn't be happy? Her beloved Allen finally came to their side. They saved him from the useless Order! That's something to celebrate about. She loves Allen and she can't wait for him to love her back.

Though, despite the happiness there was something seeping inside her, a dark swirling emotion that she couldn't control. Was it because the stupid exorcists hurt her Allen? Of course, she's mad. They did hurt the poor teen really, really, bad.

"Oh. What are you doing here, Road?" She jumped a little but from the sudden voice. She turned her head and found Allen sitting at one of the gazebo, a familiar golem hovering above his head. His hands tapping anxiously on the wooden table as he saw Road stomp on the beautiful flowers.

"Allen~" Road greeted and sat above the wooden table, peeking curiously at the bored looking teen. He gave her a small smile in return, it was just then Road noticed a black cat- Lulubell besides Allen.

She giggled "Oh! Hello, Lulubell!" she jumped down the table and kneeled down over Lulubell.

"So~ what are you two talking about?" Road's tone changed into something dark.

Lulubell purred before talking "Allen apologized." She said simply, making Road frown "Was it because of Mimi?" she asked. Sometimes it's kind of strange that even Lulubell would care for a level 2 akuma, their just tools after all. It's not like their death wouldn't mean anything.

Allen nodded numbly and his brow furrowed "I-I'm really sorry, Lulubell. You looked so sad back then… I just couldn't…" he was cut off when Road wrapped her arms around him "That was from the past! We shouldn't dwell on negative things!"

Of course, it was from the past.

-O-O-O-

Lenalee gasped when Kanda slammed his fist angrily on Komui's table "So, you let that stupid bean sprout get captured?" his eyes was fierce as he glared at the supervisor. Komui looked calm and composed as he took a sip from his coffee "We didn't let him get captured. If we focused our attention on him, more exorcists and finders will die." His words were cold and his glasses glints under the room's dim light.

"Are you stupid?!" Kanda yelled "If you let him get captured, he'll transform into a Noah, stupid four eyes!"

Komui knew. Of course he knew. He knew that Allen Walker's transformation into a Noah will be much faster if he's with the Noah family… but he couldn't save one life for sake of hundreds. If he did then they'll fight a losing battle. It can be turned around too… if Allen was with the Noah, he'll be death himself. Komui Lee trusted him and he knew that he wouldn't give up so easily.

"I know!" he replied his voice louder and clearer making the Japanese exorcist close his mouth and his shoulder slump down. The pain of seeing one of your family member vanish right before your eyes is the worst, and he was just right there and the next second he's gone. He saw his beloved sister's horrified face and it was the worst. He hated it most when his sister's in pain.

"…Then let's find him" Lenalee muttered in a small voice, her hands clutched over her chest as she tries to calm her beating heart. Komui gave his sister a surprised look "Y-you can't, it's dangerous." He stood up from his chair and walked over to his sister "Think about it, Lenalee. We can't do it right now, not if all of you are still injured."

He has to do it.

He can't let a precious person slip out of their hands.

He took a deep breath in "I'll give you 3 days to search for him, that's as much as I can give you. If he's not found go back here immediately."

He tried to sound as cold and as serious as possible… so that for once. Just this once. They won't do anything stupid.

-O-O-O-O-O-

"Allen, your transformation might start again today." Road said with a smile "It might be the last stage." She brushed her fingers at the stigma that was marked on Allen's forehead. He nodded "I know. I can feel it." His voice was low as he sat on his bed.

Noah transformations can last for days, he knew that it's going to be more painful than before. He already felt it once, after all. The pain of your skin burning, the stigmata carving itself on your head and the sting that fill's your mouth once your body adjusts itself from the changes. But that's not the worst thing… it's the pain in your heart. The heaviness and emotions that fills you once you became a Noah.

It's hatred against humanity and their fake god.

Even now, Allen could feel it. The hatred bubbling in his core, the despair that he once suffered… It was suffocating.

"D-Do I have to wait?" he asked nervously making Road laugh "What?" she asked with a huge smile on her face and jumped on Allen's bed, startling the white haired teen. Allen frowned "I- mean… Do I have to wait for the transformation?"

Road sputtered out a laugh "O-of course!" she crawled over and sat beside Allen "You know… Millenie was really happy when you accepted his invitation." She smiles. The whole family was surprised when the news spread but none of them actually cared that he's an exorcist. Family is family and nothing could change even if he was an enemy and he betrayed them in the past. As long as the family is complete, they're happy.

"Huh? Really?" Allen looked at Road with disbelieving eyes, the dark skinned girl just nodded and response "I thought that… He just wanted me because I'm Neah's reincarnation" he said sheepishly. Road shook her head "Being a Noah isn't like that!" her voice became much louder and Allen could see something flicker in her gold eyes "Getting our past memories isn't what you exorcist thought about. It's more of like a vivid dream. We just need to remember the past so that we wouldn't be as confused when we awaken."

Allen's ears perked as he listened more to Road's words "We are all different individuals. Each Noah has their own personality and their own mindset. I t's our own will to follow The Earl because we believe in his goals. We don't get consumed by our past memories… that'll be impossible… because they are just memories and what happened in the past has already happened. There's no changing it… so please Allen don't think of your family like that. We love each other and we accept who we are." Road ended up catching her breath and Allen could see her eyes water a little bit.

He shook his head, stunned before hugging Road "I-I'm sorry…" he tightened his hug and brushed Road's hair gently "I'm confused… I'm just really confused…"

"But thank you… thank you very much"

Allen didn't realize that he was now weeping together with the female Noah… and that his skin flickered to grey.

-O-O-O-O-O-O-

"Hmmm… It seems like Allen's final transformation has started."

Wisely turned his head and gave The Earl a grin. The pudgy man was knitting something as he rock back and forth on his chair "Ah! That's great… Although that's probably the most painful part of the transformation." Wisely muttered "I can hear him screaming from here though."

The Earl only laughed at his comment "Pain is unavoidable, my dear child."
Wisely sighed "I feel really sorry for Allen." The Earl then stopped knitting when Wisely said those words "I mean… All of those awful things those exorcists did to him. It's horrible." He sat back on the soft chair "… It's sad it happened to him before we could even avoid it. That's probably the reason why he's fragile when he first came."

The Earl put down the knitted blanket on his chair and stood up, tapping his fingers under his chin. He clicked his tongue "But he's still strong, isn't he?" he pats Wisely's head.

"Please avoid getting into someone's head, Wisely. It's very rude of you to invade someone's privacy and I was hoping Allen would open up to me." He faked a sob and made the young Noah frown "Jeez… I was just trying to help! I'm just making sure no bad thing will happen…"

"So?" The Earl asked, earning a laugh from the shorter boy "He won't betray you." Wisely winked and stood up from his chair before walking over to The Earl.

"That's good!"

END

AUTHOR'S NOTE

Sorry for the short chapter. I got really busy this week and I really have no time to update but I I'll try my best to make longer chapters and update on schedule. I checked the last two chapters and saw lots of mistakes but I don't think I'll edit them when the story is still unfinished.

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