[DISCLAIMER: I obviously don't own DGM.]
[NOTE: "Talking" 'thoughts' 'bold font' – it is inner Noah… or something like this, not Neah… To be honest I don't know if it's Neah or not]
[Now enjoy]
A week later Allen started getting used to his new situation though many of his questions were still left without answers for now.
The gruesome things that he started seeing with his left eye as he looked at maids. At first time he was horrified but Road gave him an eye patch so his curse from Mana wouldn't react to their existence. Despite that everything seemed okay he felt guilt. This things inside of them seemed to be crying in agony and he really didn't like the idea of tormenting whatever there was inside of them [A/N: For now Allen don't know a thing about Akuma souls inside of them since in DGM it was Cross who told him].
His new family, Noahs as they called themselves were very unusual. From what he learned they weren't connected by blood but they had… Certain things in common between them. For example they could shift their form to grey skin with crosses appearing on their forehead. Once he asked Road if he could do it too but she just giggled and said he would be able in time. That he has to wait and then she wanted to play tea party with him so he just ran away without a chance to ask more questions about their powers and why they called regular people "sub-humans".
Boy really liked Road. She was a little scary and crazy in his opinion but despite it he really liked her. After all she said that she don't care about his hand since he's her family. That "crazy" part about her… The candles were moving accord to her will when she tried to convince Allen or someone else when she wanted something and it was hard to refuse her. Also girl definition of playing around was entirely different from Allen's. He only played dress-up with her and boy already knew that her idea of having good time means something horrifying to everyone else.
But she given him lollipops and were hugging at every occasion without caring about his hand so she still gained his sympathy.
Three days ago he also met Skin Bolic. The man big body built and short temper made his scary in boy's grey eyes but Tyki taught him that 'Sweetooth' as he called him liked sweets and as long as Allen had something sweet for him Skin wouldn't do a thing to him and man never really meant to do to a boy in the first place (though for some reason man called him sweet which confused him because humans don't taste sweet and Road for some reason agreed with Bolic) so white head thought that they maybe could get along.
The next one was Millennium Earl who said it is fine to call him in every way he wants. Be it Adam, be it Earl or Millennie like Road do. It was him who took Allen in and 11 years old knew that he should be grateful for it but events from that night made him unsure about always grinning man intentions. There was something wrong with him and maids… Akumas as everyone called them so Allen thought that he should try understand his actions.
And lastly there was Tyki Mikk. Portuguese was definitely the most favourite family member so far. He wasn't crazy like Road and was much more calmer than Skin. He also didn't tried to force him into dress like girl did. Tyki would rather read a book in library and had nothing against his companion as long as he didn't interrupt him. At first Allen was only hiding in that place so Road wouldn't find him but when he was bored he started reading too. And surprisingly he enjoyed himself while doing it. Man even helped Allen when he didn't knew meaning of some words and explained to him things that boy didn't understood. Mikk also told him about his friends outside and taught him cards games and since Allen seemed to like this games Tyki gave him a deck of cards which helped him practise his skills later. At that time man didn't knew that something fearsome was going to bloom out of it and that little innocent boy was going to surpass him in short time.
"Tyki, I want to go outside" Allen pulled his sleeve.
He asked that question countless times for last three days in row. The place in which they were – Ark was beautiful but boy still wanted to go somewhere outside. He needed change of scenery. He wanted to meet Tyki's friends. He wanted to go to candy store. He just wanted go outside. Anywhere was fine for him but since Earl told that he would like that Allen stay on the Ark for now with Road and Tyki the three of them were grounded.
At first man was fine with it too thinking that they would have to stay until boy recovers from the wound on his face and it only taken two days to heal it into strange looking scar, curse but the permission to go outside were never given to them till know and man's cigarettes were running low after whole week without refilling his supplies. Also a lot of his cigarettes were smashed in boy's hands whenever he tried smoking near him. Every time he did it he told him about how wrong this is for his and everyone around him health.
"I am not sure if Earl approves it Shounen" Tyki frowned. Not only this little boy needed a change of scenery.
"But I really want to" silver wide eyes pleaded him.
"Well… I'd like to go outside too, Shounen" man admitted after few seconds. "But Earl still..."
"Tyki. Please. You're adult and I won't bother you. I will stick close to you and we will be back soon without anyone noticing it" Allen tried using as sweet tone as he could.
Tyki doubted that anything could escape Earl's attention but then Tyki made a crucial mistake in this conversation if he wanted to say no. He looked at this wide pleading eyes and he just couldn't say no.
"If you really want…" He finally gave up.
"Tyki I love you!" Boy hugged him and Tyki started hugging him back.
'Cute' he thought. 'Too cute' he hugged him back realising something truly disturbing for himself. 'I am turning into Sheryl!'
He knew that his brother was obsessed about cute things and persons. Tyki started cursing his genes thinking at the same time how crazy and unreasonable his brother was. He really didn't want to be the same.
Allen still didn't know about Tyki's older brother. Man was currently on some trip away from Ark and that's why this white haired little boy was safe from him. For now that is.
Mikk remembered how obsessed is Road about boy and he really hoped that wouldn't affect Sheryl. He could hate Shounen because of girl affection and his father complex or love him because how cute his family member is. He didn't know which option would white haired boy prefer since both sounded scary for Tyki.
"So where are we going?" Road popped out.
"We? I thought only Shounen and I are coming" Tyki frowned.
Road gave him look which meant something along lines 'I won't let you go alone with my cute Allen' or something like this. Just how in the first place could Sheryl thought that crazy girl could be cute? How come he could call someone who stabs everyone with candles 'cute'?
"Should I tell Millennie that you tried to sneak out with Allen without his permission?" She asked in sweet tone. Her eyes feigned innocence. "So can I come with you, Tyyki?" She giggled while she said his name.
The candles that appeared behind Road made her words even more convincing.
The first child definitely wasn't cute in his opinion.
"So were are we going?" Allen asked once again.
"How about candy store?" Road grinned.
There was no way to say 'no'. Why? The candles were twitching impatiently behind her back and boy's eyes brightly lit when he heard this proposition.
Who was he to say 'no'?
"It's fine, Road" Tyki sighed lighting his cigarette.
He had no choice from the beginning with the two of them.
/As a Noah/
About two hours later Tyki sighed as he looked at Road who was dragging Allen from one shelf of sweets to another. She wanted to show him variety of sweets. She wanted to choose every single kind of sweets like an excited child.
Everyone knew her around here. She was regular customer.
To think that 'child' was older than him. Older than everyone else in family besides Earl.
"Tyki" He seen Allen coming to him with a bag of candies that was higher than him. "Can you hold them for you?" He smiled.
"Sure, Shounen" Tyki took bag before boy fell down.
"Allen. Come. We still need more lollipops! - Road appeared behind him and started draggin him to shelves again.
"More?" Boy wasn't sure if he heard right.
After another half of hour they were finally done. All of them were carrying with countless bag of candies. Soon all of them were sent to Road room through her door.
As they walker through town most of people were looking at Allen. Some of them were obviously staring at him and some of them were glancing at him from time to time. All of them were whispering. Some of them were clearly disturbed.
His left arm (reason of his earlier abuse) was safely hidden from their eyes under long sleeved shirt and gloves so the cause of it was probably his scar with pentacle around his eye patch and white hair.
'Shounen surely would have it hard in life' Mikk thought.
"There is no need to worry about those stupid humans are thinking" some venom could be heard in her voice.
Man already knew that all Noahs tended to hate humans so it shouldn't be so strange but they were some exception. He personally liked humans. He liked his 'white' side friends and to be honest he thought that some people could be truly interesting.
Road liked making dolls from humans. But now… She hadn't even considered it. Look in her eyes told Mikk that she wanted to murder them. It was so obvious that Allen was a little scared of her and wanted her to calm down so he tighten his grip on her hand trying to get from her more attention.
'Perhaps something happened' man wondered what kind of event could make her resentment grew.
"Tyki, maybe you want to go somewhere?" Allen asked him.
That's… Mikk started wondering where could he want to go. Normally if he was forced to go wherever Road want to. This was new situation for him that someone cared for his needs.
"I guess… I want to buy some cigarettes because certain Shounen" he looked at Allen "had some unexplained need to crush half of them."
Road giggled and Allen slightly blushed.
"Smoking is unhealthy" he muttered under his breath. "And it stinks."
Girl laughed even lauder.
"You heard it Tyki, you stink."
Both of them engrossed into deeper discussion and Allen attention turned to shops displays.
He saw ribbon in beautiful shade of purple.
'Road would like it' he thought as he looked inside his pocket. Before they went out Tyki gave him some money to spend on whatever he wants but he had no idea what should he buy for himself.
He didn't want to bother them so he walked away alone thinking that it wouldn't take long to buy one thing but unfortunately there was queue inside so he had to wait a moment.
At first he looked outside through windows from time to time but after one minute he started looking around himself instead for his caretakers.
"Yuu, don't be mad. It's not my fault that there is queue" a 14 years old teen who was standing before Allen said.
The talker had bright red hair, eye patch and was wearing strange kind of black uniform with silver cross. Allen had no idea what that cross meant but it looked impressive so he thought that they are important.
"Shut up, Baka Usagi" other teen growled. "I am mad at you because you're using my first name. I kill you" raven haired uniformed teen with his hair pulled into ponytail gave aura of samurai. His sword matched his image.
Allen stared at them. Pair were strange. They given him some unusual feeling. Just seemed… Different in some way like his family.
"Yuu, don't scare everyone at shop" red head tried calming down the other one but in practise he angered him even more "Look!" Allen found himself being dragged between them. "He's scared of you. Don't scare kids."
"Che. It's only some Moyashi."
"I am not kid" Allen felt a little offended. For some reason every one treated him like one.
"You aren't little buddy?" Eye brow of eye patched boy went up. "And where are your parents? You shouldn't be wandering alone."
"I don't have" boy muttered response silently.
"What?"
"I don't have parents with me" he said louder.
"So you're lost" assumed teen.
"No..." silver eyes turned to windows leading outside but Tyki and Road where nowhere within his sight. No matter how hard he tried to find them they were gone. He was alone and didn't knew way back.
His sense of direction were pretty bad and they used Road doors to get in here. He shivered.
Red head looked at him worriedly. He noticed concern in his little companion eyes.
"I am Lavi" he said. "And that grumpy one over there is Kanda. We are Exorcist" he smiled.
Something inside Allen felt alerted at that one particular last word. That something didn't like sound of it, it whispered that they were dangerous but Allen just ignored that strange feeling thinking that he is becoming crazy.
"Exorcist?" He asked.
"Yes. We're fighting with monsters. We have mission around this town so if you want we could help you looking for you family" he smiled friendly.
After few seconds Allen smiled back,
"So what are you doing here, Allen?"
"I wanted to buy Road present" he answered showing them purple ribbon.
Kanda rolled his eyes. In his opinion they had no time to babysit some stupid bean sprouts.
"Is that Road your sister?"
Allen frowned. Girl told him countless times that they are family. She even called him her little brother so they probably were like siblings more or less at least.
He nodded.
"Can you describe her?"
Allen shortly described his two companions "white forms". Those without strange marks on their forehead when they had ashen skin.
"And what kind of monsters are you fighting with?" Allen asked.
"They are called Akuma" answered Lavi.
'Akuma…' Boy remembered maids at Ark and that night. 'Wasn't it a name his family called them?'
'Akuma…' involuntarily he touched his eye patched eye. 'This crying things inside them… What is it?'
"Have you met an Akuma earlier?" Lavi must noticed his strange reaction since he asked it.
"No..." Allen lied. "It's out turn" he quickly pointed queue.
Teen eyebrow rose a little but he said nothing and he just went and bought their stuff. Shortly after them Allen was done too and they went outside of store.
"So where have you heard about Akumas?" Lavi asked.
The reaction of little white haired boy really interested him. He thought that at some point of life he encountered one of them. Probably when Exorcist were fighting them since without it being destroyed with Innocence boy couldn't be able to stand alive with them and talk.
'Maybe it was the reason why his hair are white?' He knew that some people after having severe trauma had their hair colour changed in one night and meeting Akuma… 'It could be shocking for a small kid. But then… Where could he gotten a scar with pentacle?' He didn't seem like a type to do it himself.
Allen wondered what should he respond. He had a feeling that telling them a truth might be a bad idea so he decided to avoid it.
"I heard someone calling some creepy thing like this" Allen answered after few seconds.
"And what later happened?"
"It was destroyed…" Seeing red head opening his mouth to ask another question he quickly added. "I don't know how… I fainted" he hoped that answer could satisfy him. "And how are you fighting against this monsters?"
"Can you see Yuu's weapon?" Lavi pointed samurai who started removing his sword from scabbard in attempt to behead his irritating companion. "It's called Innocence. Yuu… Kanda! Don't scare children! I only wanted you to show your weapon."
'And it was the fastest way' he added in his mind.
"I told you that if you use my first name one more time I will cut you" was his only answer as he proceed.
Seeing it teen hidden himself behind scarred Allen who looked at them frozen with sword pointed at his head.
"Che" Kanda stepped back. "You're hiding behind useless children, Baka Usagi."
"I am not a children" Allen snapped irritated.
'How come everyone treats me like kid?!' He thought. He couldn't understand why every single one of them were treating him like he was seven years old or younger.
"I am already 11 years old!" He pouted his cheeks. "I am not a kid any more!"
"Sorry. You're just so small and skinny that I thought you were younger" Lavi smiled and patted him on his head causing Allen to growl..
'Moyashi really suits him' he thought as he smiled. 'And he's only three years younger that us.'
Allen glared at them but no matter how hard he tried he just couldn't look scary. He was smaller and younger than them. He just gave off feeling making everyone needing to protect him as long as he had his left arm hidden. It was his behaviour probably. He was just like any other child in their eyes and it affected both 14 years old teens. It even stopped Kanda from trying to kill other Exorcist so he just went back to ignoring both of them.
Allen looked at Lavi and thought about them fighting Akumas with that Innocence things. He wondered what kind of connection could have his family to all of this. He already knew that there was something that every one else realised and hadn't told him. Something important and he really wanted to know it.
"Do you know about Noahs?" He asked them.
Kanda didn't react to this question at all. He didn't care about some old geezer that survived Flood but Lavi… Look in his eyes had changed. He knew about his new family. He noticed the form that boy used. Noahs. Not Noah. It was Noahs.
As a Bookman successor he already knew about mysterious clan with inhuman abilities. He also knew that they were allied with Millennium Earl. Enemy of Black Order and Maker of Akumas but that was uncommon knowledge. No one besides him, Bookman, Earl and Noah clan should know it so how come little boy with strange scar was asking him about them?
'Is it a coincidence, no… He already knew about Akumas. He must have some connection to the Holy War.
Such a small child. It seemed unreasonable to him. But that was the only explanation that he knew something.
'Should I take him to Black Order?'
"Where have you heard it?" Lavi frowned.
Allen opened his mouth but than he closed it. He didn't know what should he say.
Everything in him screamed that telling Exorcist was a bad idea. It was dangerous.
'Don't tell them' the thought came out of nowhere.
Boy wanted to run away. He took fist step behind, then second.
"Come on. I am not gonna eat you alive" Lavi smiled friendly.
'He's lying' it was like a silent hiss in Allen's head. 'Don't believe them. They would kill you if they knew.'
Third step, four… He crashed into something behind him.
"Here you are Shounen, we were looking for you" he heard Tyki voice.
"Allen" Road hugged him. "Are you okay? I missed you" he hugged her back.
He was so glad that they appeared.
"Is there anything you need?" Tyki looked at Exorcist and inhaled his cigarette as he waited for answer.
Road who was protectively keeping Allen close to her tensed a little. It didn't seem like they knew about Innocence in his left arm since it was safely hidden, but still… She was going to kill them if they showed any signs of taking her Allen from them.
Lavi hesitated but than smiled.
"No" he shook his head. "We should go" he started dragging Kanda.
Allen took a deep breath and Road let him go.
"We're coming home" she grinned. "We have family dinner today~!" She exclaimed.
Allen paled. He already knew that there were more members of family. He wondered if they like him or not.
'Will it be okay?' He asked in his head.
Mysterious voice didn't respond. He wondered if he heard it earlier or was it only his instinct. Maybe it was the legendary sixth sense?
Sorry about not updating for such a long time. My last few weeks were quite busy and I had no time. Preparing for weeding and weeding of my cousin were the main reason of it. Besides I had few tests past two weeks at my school -.-
Well… I had finally found some time this weekend and updated it despite the fact that I should be learning to biology test and doing inhuman amount of homework but… I am too lazy and tired to do it so… I will manage something with it later.
Especially Holymagic and Darke13 for your ideas about Timcanpy. I had one earlier in which Allen meets Cross about 2 years later after that night and he gives him Timcanpy saying that it belonged to Allen and if he wants it he should find Cross someday with it's help but now I am thinking about using your ideas. Well… For now I have time to think which one should I use and really thank you :)
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