Rai: I hope everyone enjoyed Yullen Week! I'm here again, with another update, in honor of Christmas Day!! And since today's Allen-chii's birthday, I hope you enjoy!

Lavi: We'd like to thanks everyone who supports this story!! So yeah… THANKS!

Allen: All of you made Rai really happy ^^

Rai: Please continue to show your support!! I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas!!

Lavi: Rai doesn't own D. Gray Man!! The only things she owns is her laptop, her plot bunny, and her secluded room!

Rai: Please enjoy the chapter!! Merry X-Mas everyone!

Warning: Terrible grammar…blame Kujo's dialogue. XD

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Blood Stained Innocence

Chapter 3

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Last time:

"That is…" Lavi began. "If you could find it in yourself to stick around us for that long." he stated, grinning.

Joy.

He had two choices now. Leave the two and be hunted down by that Leverrier guy's ninja while never finding out about these two. Or, stick around and watch while hell dances all over his life, deteriorating every little piece of sanity he had left. Either way, it was absolute that he'd lose.

Well fuck.

"So, what will you choose, Samurai-kun?" Lavi asked cheerily, grinning mischievously.

"Che. It seems I have no choice in the matter." Kanda stated, scowling

"Yees~! Ya hear that Allen-chii? We've got ourselves a new companion!! Ain't it great?!?" Lavi asked, jumping up and down happily. "Now there'll be more people to celebrate your birthday Allen!"

"The brat's birthday?" Kanda asked.

"Yeah, Allen's birthday is on Christmas!! it's tomorrow!!!" Lavi stated.

"I'm not a brat." Allen muttered, coughing. "My name's Allen." he said, glaring at the samurai before breaking into another fit of coughs.

"Sheesh, don't overdo it Allen~ You were poisoned, remember? We gave you the antidote but you aren't in mint condition, so take it easy, kay?"

"It's his fault for starting it." Allen said accusingly.

"Don't you even start you damn moyashi." Kanda threatened, gripping Mugen.

"Ahaha." Lavi laughed nervously. "Let's not fight, okay? We have one immobile kid as it is, no need for another. And besides, once Allen's well again, we're going to have to leave this village unless we want to endanger them. We're going to have to embark on a journey for our freedom!! And let's not forget that Leverrier is probably out to get us now. Allen and I have been branded as traitors, and you've been exposed as a partner in crime~" Lavi winked, receiving Kanda's famous death glare of doom.

"Partner in crime my ass. I was dragged into this fucking mess~" the teen replied. Allen's eyes sparkled with genuine happiness and he smiled merrily, causing the two to stop abruptly in the midst of arguing; staring at the boy with surprise. Lavi was quick to glomp the boy, sputtering nonsense about his adorable face and how sexy he looked…Kanda, on the other hand, was smart and looked away before falling prey to the (and he admitted it grudgingly) the face that he found (some-what(pssh, lies!)) attractive(and he'd rather die than admit that to anyone). However, Allen, being the dense idiot that he was, turned his head to the side cutely and asked the boy what was wrong. He was barely able to suppress an oncoming blush. Kanda quickly realized what he was doing and mentally scolded himself for being distracted by petty feelings. However, there was this nagging feeling in the pit of his stomach that drew him to the little brat, and that pissed him off more than anything else. He already knew that he was going to hate the damn bean, and he could tell that this 'journey' was going to be long, and annoying. Fantastic.

"I had forgotten that tomorrow was Christmas…"

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The next day…

"Do you feel well enough today, Allen?" Lavi asked, pressing his hand to Allen's forehead; checking if the boy had caught a fever in the cold weather. Allen nodded and thanked Lavi for worrying.

"In the meantime, we'll need to get you suitable clothes." Kanda stated.

"Aaah~ That's true… Allen and I can't go out in our ninja gear…we'd draw attention to ourselves. So, what do you suggest we do, Kanda-chan?"

Kanda grumbled and shot Lavi a look. "Don't call me that."

"But, really, what do you think we should do, Kanda-san?" Allen asked, shivering slightly. Kanda frowned and mentally cursed the moyashi for being such a wimp. He removed his haori and placed it on Allen as a means to stop the boy's shivering, if only a little. Allen looked up at him curiously and smiled.

"I'll go out and buy some clothes for you, that way it won't be as easy to recognize you as when you are dressed in the shozoku(refer back to chapter 1~). Stay here and don't do anything foolish."

"I think he's pretty nice, don't you think so, Allen?" Lavi asked, gaze wandering to the boy now comfortably wrapped in the warm haori.

"He may not show it, but I think over the few hours he's known us; he may be warming up to us." he said, grinning maniacally.

"Whatever you say…" Allen giggled, smiling at his companion.

"So, how's Kujo?"

"Well…he's punishing himself for getting my body all beat up."

"Hm, is he now? For an evil counterpart, he seems to be pretty loyal, don't you think?"

"Don't call him that! Kujo is not evil!" Allen argued, pouting. "He's really nice if you get to know him…he isn't that bad, trust me!"

"Chill Allen, I never said Kujo was a bad guy."

"You did too! You said he was evil!" Allen complained, crossing his arms.

"H-hey! You know I was only joking right? Allen!?!" Lavi asked, worried that his favorite little ninja was mad at him. After all, he had known the boy for 4 years, he wouldn't want their friendship to be ruined over something so small. Said boy grinned and faced Lavi.

"Ye got s'mthing t' say t' meh, Lavi? I'd love t' hear it." crimson orbs stared Lavi straight in the eyes and a demonic smile adorned the young ninja's angelic face.

"Ah! K-K-Kujo! It's n-nice to see you a-again!" Lavi stuttered, staring at the mischievously smirking boy in front of him.

"Hm, I can't say the same, Lavi." Kujo muttered. "Master says you've been talkin' bout' meh lately. Do tell what ya been thinking 'bout mahself." The murderous glint never fading from Kujo's eyes.

"Um, well…there really isn't anything to say." Lavi lied, laughing nervously as he avoided the accusing glare.

"Tch, fine, yer lucky tha' Master said t' let ya off the hook." Kujo spat bitterly as the redhead sighed in relief. "An' on another note, who's tha' samurai tha' saved Master's life? I kin'a owe him an apology, as well 's a thank you."

"Hoho~ Since when were you of the polite kind, Kujo?" Lavi teased, giggling at the other's flushed expression.

"M-Master's tha one makin' me be all polite n' crap. 'Sides, Master has tha' affect on a lot o' people." Kujo muttered, blushing slightly.

"Hmmm, who knew a demon counterpart could be so loving…" Lavi laughed as the other one chocked. "Cat got your tongue, Kujo?"

"It ain't wrong t' care 'bout someone!" Kujo yelled, hiding his blush. "Especially if tha' person happens t' be someone who sacrificed their future fer ya! An' trust me! If I had enough power t' materialize and give Master 'is body back, ya bet yer ass I would!"

"Calm down, sheesh, you're getting all stingy. And trust me, Allen doesn't mind sharing his body with you. In fact, I bet he's glad to have you there."

"Ya ya, I just want Master t' have 'is freedom back. 'S not like I chose to merge with 'is body. He chose t' let 'em go through with tha' experiment, those bloody bastards. Why would they have an innocent boy fuse with the soul of a demon?! It just ain't right."

"Stop beating yourself up over that, Kujo. You may be a demon, but if it helps, Allen never thought of you that way. He treasures you for who you are, demon or not."

"I hope so…"

And as the samurai stood outside, he could tell that they felt his presence, and he knew that they deliberately said all of those things so that he could learn a little more about them. However, he had a feeling that there was a lot more to be discovered.

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"Waai~ These garbs fit perfectly! Thanks for the clothes, Kanda-chii!" Lavi sang, looking at the various clothes he had tried on. Allen nodded, agreeing silently. He quickly changed into the garments, as did Allen, and he grinned. "Now then, it seems we're ready to take off!"

"Shall we then?" Allen asked kindly, awaiting his companions.

"Lets!" Lavi agreed, pulling Kanda out of the hut. "And one more thing, Allen."

"Huh?"

"Happy birthday, and Merry Christmas!" Lavi yelled, grinning. Kanda made no attempt to congratulate him, but he did look in his direction and smirk slightly; making Allen happy beyond belief.

'Happy birthday indeed, Master.'

Well, I hope you guys enjoyed! You got to learn a bit more about Kujo and Allen's situation.

^_^

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and that you guys got the presents you wanted (^o^)

Review?

~Rai