BBS IS IN THE HOUUUUUSE. Anyways, (LOL) I'm back with another chapter! Sooo many things are going on right now that I barely had enough time to scrape a few thoughts together and update all 3 of my currently ongoing fanfictions. That's right; I'm working on THREE fanfictions at the same time.
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Anyways, hope you enjoy this little update. Sorry for updating so late and sorry again in advance if I don't update for a little while.
000
When Allen and Lenalee finally stepped back out onto the front verandah Allen stared suspiciously at a dull red splotch that was on the wooden planks. He was going to ask Lenalee, but knew that she would only talk in circles.
So he asked Lavi, who happened to be mopping up the mess.
"Hey Lavi, what happened?" Allen asked—his voice a little louder than usual so he could hear.
"Oh, this?" Lavi looked at Lenalee who glared at him and subtly shook her head "no".
Lavi turned back to Allen and flashed him a wide smile before replying,
"Just another day in our world, Sprout."
Allen huffed, honestly getting annoyed with being treated like a kid all the time, even by his "rescuers".
Lenalee smiled at Lavi, obviously smug with the fact that she could control what was coming out of his mouth.
"Allen? I have to go, uh, find someone. So stay with Lavi for the meanwhile alright? And hope that HE'LL BE ON HIS BEST BEHAVIOR OR I WILL PERSONALLY KICK HIS ASS WHEN I GET HOME." She yelled the last part loudly enough for a certain redhead to hear.
Allen looked at Lavi, who just grinned and shook his head while pausing in his mopping.
Lenalee faced Allen with a contrastingly sweet smile on her face before setting off onto the rural dirt road that presumable led to town.
Allen stood quietly, not knowing exactly what to do before he heard a sly voice behind him.
"Well this is certainly a treat. I get to see the Short Stack smile!" it exclaimed.
Allen swiftly turned to glare at Lavi before a corner of his lip twitched back up into an adorably devilish smirk.
"Only because I can't wait to see what Lenalee kicking your ass looks like." He retorted.
Lavi looked shocked for a split second before regaining his composure and putting an arm around Allen's narrow shoulders.
"Ooh, feisty. You know what, kid? I like that. I like small kids with big attitudes." He whispered darkly, just inches from Allen's face.
Allen was completely shocked at how quickly his demeanor changed from jokingly friendly to dark and threatening.
Allen just stared and tried to look nonchalant about the whole thing and ignore the fact that his nervousness was telling him to run for all he had.
"Tch, don't tell me you're desperate enough to fuck the road kill we just found on the street." Kanda's voice was instantly recognized as sarcasm dripped from every word.
Allen glared angrily at Kanda, shooting daggers with his startlingly silver eyes.
His cold stare in return was an icy blue. Like the sea at night. It was captivating and disarming to Allen. He felt hypnotized by the level of depth they seemed to hold.
And people thought HIS eyes were something interesting to look at.
"See? Now the Sprout's checking ME out. Get a room you two." Kanda snorted with a shockingly attractive smirk.
"Will do captain!" Lavi countered jokingly.
Kanda rolled his eyes before he disappeared behind two sliding doors.
Allen lowered his head to hide the heat he began to feel on his face. He couldn't believe that he was gaping at Kanda like an idiot. After recollecting his composure, he began to grow curious about that auburn splotch on the wooden planks.
"So tell me Lavi," Allen began, "Who'd you kill?"
Lavi looked at Allen; he didn't seem startled in the least.
"Oh, that. That was an Akuma. They're the Noahs' henchmen. Stupid ones at that too." He quipped.
"Akuma? Noah?" Allen scrunched his nose at the half-assed burial a few feet away.
There were legs sticking out of the bushes.
"Oh, I forgot you're a country bumpkin. Well, everyone in town knows about the Noah and the Exorcists. The two have been rivals for decades, even centuries I hear. The Noah wreak havoc in the streets and the Exorcists are basically the cleanup crew to undo the damage they caused. But the public doesn't know what to think of us considering while we might save their lives, we could rob their houses any day we choose." Lavi smirked before continuing,
"The Noah are actually a small and incredibly powerful group, but they hire a lot of henchmen, or Akuma, to do all their dirty work. Unless one of them chooses that they're bored just sitting on his ass and decides to mess things up for himself."
Allen was immediately intrigued by Lavi's brief explanation.
"How many Noah are there?"
"Documented? 14. But the only ones that actually seem to exist are 13."
"Where's the last one?"
"Presumably dead. Or nonexistent in the first place. He seemed to just spontaneously disappear from time and space. We haven't had any traces of him. But according to some Noah that were stupid enough to rant before almost killing exorcists, the 14th does exist and all the Noah are waiting for 'his awakening'. Headquarters is still trying to decipher what that could mean." Lavi's tone of voice was calmer, and knowledgeable.
"You seem to know an awful lot about this." Allen pointed out.
Lavi smiled.
"That's because of Gramps. He was a member of the Black Order, our headquarters, for a loooong time. The old man was basically a librarian. He knew everything there was to know about the world."
Lavi seemed fond and nostalgic as he spoke of his Grandfather.
"Is he your biological grandfather?"
"He was the first person I met when I was brought to the Order. But he was practically family."
"…was?" Allen turned to Lavi, who was staring at the sky with a smile.
But his visible eye seemed to harden into ice.
"The Noah got him." He muttered.
"O-Oh…I'm sorry." Allen murmured, regretting his tendency to blurt things out of curiosity.
"Nah, you're fine. I'm gonna kick some Noah ass soon anyways. As long as I do that, I can die for all I care."
"D-Die? Why would you want to die? Aren't you…afraid?"
Allen had to admit, even though he had wanted to die—he was still scared. Scared of judgment and scared of void. How could anyone say so comfortably that they wanted to die?
The redhead smiled distantly.
"After you've been here for a while, you'll realize that life is a fragile thing. It can be given and taken away so easily at will. It is life, it is how we live. When I die, another—or ten others even, will be born to take my place. You are one person. The world doesn't give a damn what happens to you. You die, big deal, life will go on."
Allen had never considered it that closely. To him, death was just release from worldly pain, that was all. It was painful in itself and something to be avoided at all costs until you can't take living anymore.
It was a huge deal to Allen, and he still couldn't fully grasp as to why it was so…insignificant to Lavi.
"You know, you're not as stupid as I thought you were." Allen deadpanned honestly.
"Hahaha, you know, you're not as…nahhh you're still short." Lavi burst into laughter as Allen punched him in the arm.
A few moments later, there was a rustling heard in a nearby tree. Lavi immediately quieted down, raising a finger to his lips to signal to be as silent as possible.
The redhead stood and silently walked closer to the tree, leaning over and pulling out a giant sledgehammer from underneath a wooden plank.
He carefully pulled his gun from a holster wrapped around his thigh, spinning it in his grasp before pointing it at the bushes and turning it slowly to the side.
"Oi! Get down from there, I see you." He called; a bemused smile evident in his voice.
Allen was frozen stiff and cautiously backed away into a nearby door, ready to bolt in and call Kanda in case anything bad were to happen. He yelped in surprise when he heard a small explosion roar by where Lavi was.
"Shit…" the redhead muttered before he cocked his gun and shot it at something Allen couldn't see through the dust.
A groan was heard as the dust subsided. It must've been an akuma. It looked like a human, but it seemed more…mechanical. It didn't seem like it would function normally as a human. It was currently clutching its stomach.
"On your knees." Lavi commanded—his voice dauntingly intimidating.
The akuma grumbled and cursed as it complied.
Lavi's sledgehammer was positioned so it was resting on his shoulder. Allen wished he had a better view because from where he was, he could only see Lavi's back and part of the akuma.
"Who sent you?" The redhead demanded.
"Mistress Road" was the prompt reply.
"Ah. That bitch. Well now, we can do two things here. I can send you to Headquarters to be slowly and painfully vivisected and studied, or I can smash you right here."
The akuma began to cackle, a horrible cacophony that caused Allen to shudder.
Another shot smashed through the quiet household. Allen flinched and bit his lip, straining to see what had happened.
The akuma was now clutching its arm.
Another shot.
His calf.
Another shot.
His shoulder.
Another shot.
His head.
"You scum make me sick." Lavi's voice was cold and unforgiving.
The cackled turned quiet, barely audible from Allen's position.
"Aaaaanyways," Lavi's voice was playful again.
"Got any last words?" he spat sardonically as he put away his gun and raised his sledgehammer above his head.
"AHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA. THE NOAH WILL—."
Lavi frowned.
The sickening sound of crunching bones was the only sound that followed.
Allen closed his eyes tightly shut, visibly shuddering, not expecting Lavi to actually use his hammer.
The groan gradually grew quieter and quieter before silence filled the air.
"I'm sorry, I couldn't hear you. Could you please repeat that?" Lavi laughed lightheartedly at his little joke.
He turned away from the bloody mess he'd made and looked surprised when he saw Allen still sitting on the verandah.
"Fuck—I mean, you were supposed to go inside." Lavi exclaimed.
"Fine timing telling me that now." Allen called back.
Lavi chuckled and looked around, scanning for a possible ass-kicking before he walked closer to Allen.
"Okay if Lenalee asks," Lavi paused to wipe a blood splatter on his cheek, "You didn't see any of that, alright?"
Allen nodded, still in shock and awe of Lavi's power as the older boy patted his head.
"Good."
000
IS IT NORMAL THAT I GOT A NOSEBLEED AS I WROTE LAVI BEING SO KICKASS? Didn't think so. Lavi is THE BEST. I swear he is my number-one-top-of-the-charts-best-absolute-favorite in DGM! I have a marriage certificate with both our names on it…*SHOT* AHAHAHA I'M THAT CRAZY ABOUT HIM.
ANYWAYS. IN THE NAME OF LAVI'S AWESOMENESS, PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW.
(Lavi approves this message *HOLDING HIM AT GUNPOINT*)
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