I got numerous of reviews telling me to continue on with this story, but I didn't know how to do it until the newest chapter came out. Thank you for all of your reviews on the previous chapters! I didn't expect this story to be that popular.
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The contract established between the Vatican Church and the Noah family had been in place for several months and both sides were satisfied with the result. Of course, with the contract in place, that meant that the Holy War could never truly be over, but the casualties were much less, and the akuma that were slain had already done their jobs of thinning the ever growing population.
Allen Walker, son of the infamous Millennium Earl himself, was currently on his way to visit his friends at the Black Order headquarters that was in North America. His friends, Lavi the Bookman, Kanda the Easily Angered Exorcist with a Sword, and Lenalee Lee, the sister of Komui Lee, along with a few scientists were pretty much some of the only members of the Black Order to continue correspondence with Allen after the fiasco that had happened with Levier and the knowledge that Allen had allied himself to the hated opponent of the Vatican Church. The knowledge that Allen was actually related to the Noah family was kept as a High Class Order secret; only the people who were in the room at the time of the announcement knew and they had kept the knowledge to themselves under the result of execution if anyone uttered a word to others.
"Now Allen, you will be back within a few hours, correct?" A tall Portuguese man with messy hair and very strange glasses was twirling a top hat while starring at the younger, white haired boy.
"Yes Tyki." Allen replied, amusement creeping into his tone as he said his good-byes to his adopted uncle. Ever since he had rejoined the Noah family, there was very little time to be by himself. Although, Allen found that he really didn't mind the company. Spending years with only Marion Cross for company would definitely make anyone glad for anybody's companionship.
"I'll be ready by nine. I promise, Uncle Tyki. You can tell Road and father both that." Allen gave Tyki a hug before heading to the big doors that led into the headquarters of the North American branch.
Right before Allen lifted his hand to knock, a red blur was seen racing towards Allen.
"MOYASHI-CHAN!" Lavi cried as he crashed into Allen.
"Don't call me Moyashi, Lavi! It's Allen!" He yelled back.
Tyki smiled and turned to walk to nearby café. He wasn't going to be far away from Allen for at least another ten years. His guilt over what had happened in the recent past had made Tyki extremely overprotective of his 'nephew'.
"He'll be alright, Tyki." A small voice reached his ears. Tyki looked down to see a doll in his hands. He chuckled softly.
"I know, Road. Now, go away! I can't be seen with a doll! What will people think of me?" The Noah of Pleasure moaned dramatically.
"Oh shut up! Just look at the way you are dressed in your white form! Get a better fashion sense! Having a doll is not something people will be commenting you on." The Noah of Dreams, who was currently a doll, screeched.
Tyki sighed as he ignored his niece to order a cup of coffee from the café he had just entered. Good thing he had a book to keep him occupied (and relatively sane from his family members) for the five-hour waiting he would be doing today.
Inside the Black Order
"Lavi! Where are you dragging me?" Allen yelled as Lavi nearly yanked his arm out of his socket to keep pulling him through the large hallways of the Order.
"Shush, Allen! We're going to prank Kanda. He's in a meeting right now, and he was forced to leave his sword behind. This is the perfect time to steal it from him!" Lavi declared as they continued to almost fly.
"Where's Lenalee?"
"I'm not sure. I asked, but she wouldn't really tell me before she went someplace."
"That's weird." Allen commented, relieved that they had slowed down to a relaxing pace.
"It is!" Lavi agreed. "I even asked the Old Panda but he told me to shut up, work, and that he was going someplace."
"I thought Bookmen had the privilege of being able to know exactly what was happening at any moment for not telling anyone else?"
"We do. But Lenalee wouldn't tell me. Not even Komui will tell."
"Oh well. How big is this place, Lavi?"
"Pretty big, actually. But we're here, Moyashi!"
"Don't call me moyashi!"
Both boys quieted down, and Lavi picked the lock to enter Kanda's room. Within a minute, the two were prowling around the room, heading towards Kanda's beloved Mugen sword.
"Alright, ready Allen?"
"Ready." With both of them holding their breath, Lavi went to pick up the sword. When no Kanda showed his face suddenly or anything, Allen and Lavi both started to breathe again as they turned to sneak back out with their prize.
Just as they managed to reach the doorframe, a shadow blocked the way back outside to safety.
"And what do you two think you guys are doing?" A low growling voice broke the silence.
"Yuu-chan! We, we, we were just going to, um, polish your sword for you. Yup." Lavi slowly backed into the room hiding behind Allen.
"Don't call me Yuu, baka-Usagi!" Kanda shouted as he lunged at them.
"AHHHHH!"
The next few minutes were filled with chaos and mishap and by the time the three males had ceased moving for a moment, Kanda had somehow gotten his sword back, and the room had been destroyed by sword cuts, hammer smashes, claws, and thrown items. Lavi and Allen took this lull to start running.
"Run for your life, Allen! After me!" Lavi cried.
"NEVER! Small, white-haired people first when there is a homicidal samurai loose!"
"No me!"
"MOYASHI! BAKA-USAGI! Get back here so I can kill you!" Kanda's voice thundered the hallway.
"MEEEEEEPPPPPP!" Lavi and Allen shrieked as they ran at full speed down a random hallway.
"Lavi? Where are we going?" Allen yelled as he continued to run.
"I have no idea!" the red haired exorcist wailed. "But keep running unless you want to be a skewered marshmallow!"
After several turns, a couple of flights down stairs, and through a set of inconspicuous double doors, Allen and Lavi stopped running and were both panting heavily.
"I think we lost him!" Lavi cheered.
"I think we've lost ourselves." Allen retorted. "Let's not do that again. Unless you are absolutely positive that BaKanda won't be standing in the freaking doorway next time."
"DEAL!"
"Now, where are we?" Allen began to walk around the dimly lit, white, marbled room. It seemed too empty for a room so large.
"I think this used to be a laboratory." Lavi whispered. Slowly, the two boys examined the large floor space, their curiosity overcoming their rational sense of leaving and staying out of trouble.
"Look here, Allen. The floor is slightly scrapped. I'm pretty sure there used to be a large machine here."
"But what is this place used for? And why is it empty, now?" Allen whispered. "Lavi, I think we should leave."
"No way, Allen! Think of all the information I could find. What if there is a treasure hoard of knowledge nearby? The Old Panda would never forgive me if I leave now!"
"But Lavi-!" Lavi's hand covered Allen's mouth.
"Quiet, Moyashi. I think someone is coming." Sure enough, Allen could hear the faint sound of footsteps heading towards them.
"My name is Allen, baka!" Allen muttered. "Where do we hide?" Lavi pointed in a direction.
"We can't hide behind anything, so we'll have to blend in with the shadows in a corner. It's not much, but it will have to do for now." Quickly and silently, the boys raced into the corner that was farthest distance away from the door, and sank down into a crouch to hide in the shadows better.
"Lavi, we both have pretty bright colored hair."
"Put your jacket over it. Hopefully, no one will be coming in here and they are only walking past."
The two had no such luck. No sooner had Lavi finished his sentence, that the door had opened and a group of figures entered the room. Komui Lee, followed by his sister Lenalee, who was ahead of Chaoji, who was walking in front of an unknown man with two dots on his forehead and his blonde hair tied in a braid, who was leading-
"Dammit. What is he doing here?" Lavi hissed.
Malcolm C. Levier, the insane representative from the Vatican Church itself.
"Lavi, I thought most of the Black Order headquarters had testified against him." Allen whispered, dread filling in his chest.
"That's what I thought too. But there must have been a trial within the Vatican. And since he had a major role in the Vatican Church itself, someone must have pardoned him. Maybe that's where Komui and Lenalee went." Lavi reasoned.
"Lavi, this is bad. He despises me and thinks I betrayed the Order. If he still has a standing within the Order, while I'm still inside, the Compromise between the Vatican and the Noah family may be cast aside."
"Shit. And since the only one with a high enough standing to pardon him would be the Pope himself, Levier has the upper hand. He could claim you were trying to destroy the Order from the inside, and since you are the son of the Millennium Earl himself, the Pope would most likely stand behind Levier."
"Crap, Tyki and Road are going to lock me up for twenty years in a cage if I ever get out of this." Allen groaned.
"I think you would prefer being locked up by your family rather than being tortured for information from the Vatican or being used as a test subject." Lavi commented darkly. "The best we can do is stay put and hope they don't notice us."
Allen sighed. "The highest chance that they don't find us?" Lavi giggled softly.
"With your luck Allen? Less than ten percent."
"Damn."
"I want to see Alma." Levier's voice cut through whatever else Allen and Lavi were going to whisper.
"Mr. Levier, you of all people know that Alma Karma has been comatose for years. Ever since the Massacre that happened years ago." The blonde man with the braid said.
"I know that, Mr. Link. But I don't care. I want to wake him up. Bring Yuu Kanda if you have to. We'll try everything we can to wake the first Second Exorcist up." Levier growled. He started pacing. "That Walker kid was a good exorcist, even if he is a traitor. We need to replenish the qualities and quantities of exorcists if we hope to win this war!"
"So he still doesn't know that you are the Millennium Earl's son, yet. That's some good news." Lavi murmured.
"Lavi, what is a Second Exorcist?" Allen asked. "They are making it sound like he is some sort of experiment."
"If I remember the Old Panda's notes correctly, it was an experiment performed about nine years back." Lavi's eyes glazed over as he remembered the vital information that he had read without permission from the elder Bookman. "Exorcists who were killed in battle were used as test subjects for the Second Exorcist project. Scientists would implant Akuma characteristics such as enhanced speed and strength and super effective regeneration abilities. Only two people were known to have awakened from the process, Alma Karma and one other. The scientists would forcibly try to synchronize Innocence into the two, which is where their regeneration abilities were used the most. The tests would literally tear their bodies apart, killing them while their healing capability would cure them before they completely died." Lavi paused to catch his breath and Allen jumped on this chance to ask a question.
"Lavi, who was the other survivor?" Lavi was silent for a moment.
"The only other survivor, from the Second Exorcist program and one of the few survivors from the Massacre that happened soon after, was Yuu Kanda."
There was silence is the shadowy corner as the white haired, cursed boy digested this new information.
"So BaKanda, died years ago but was reborn?" Allen finally answered. Lavi nodded.
"Now, don't go on telling him if we live through this. Then he'll really have a reason to kill me." Allen grinned, trying to make light of their current situation.
"That means that BaKanda is much older than either of us."
Levier's angry voice interrupted the soft giggles coming from the corner.
"Director Lee, no more complaints coming from you. Or I will have you and your sister locked up for treason. Now, for the third time, do I have your full cooperation?"
"On what charges of treason?" Komui Lee's voice boomed across the empty laboratory.
"For not assisting a person with higher standing than you! Now, you and Miss Lee will not utter a word of this to anyone, not even that I am here watching your Branch. Mr. Han and Mr. Link here will assist me in making sure that you can follow orders! Do I make myself clear?" Levier thundered.
"Yes, sir." Komui muttered and Allen saw Lenalee nod her head, not daring to look at Levier.
"Good." Levier turned to a female scientist who had entered the room when Allen and Lavi had been talking. "Master Zhu, show us Alma Karma."
"As you wish Mr. Levier." The Asian woman said as she walked to a wall, pressed a panel and other walls opened up to reveal machinery that was slowly sliding out on moving walkways.
And one of those machines was coming out right where Allen and Lavi were hiding.
The white haired boy with a scar and the red haired boy with an eye patch looked at each other before mutually deciding that they didn't want to get run over by a moving piece of metal and would rather face Levier, a man so fanatic he would kill hundreds to see a small slice of success, in a gamble to live.
Lenalee was the first to turn around.
"Allen, Lavi! What are you doing here?" She cried, which caused the other people with her to stare at the two eavesdroppers.
"Well," Lavi chuckled weakly, "You see, Yuu is mad at us right now, so we were running and got lost." Allen nodded, trying to hide behind Lavi's slightly larger frame.
"So you expect us to believe you, that you are simply playing a game of hide and seek?" The one Levier had called Link raised an eyebrow.
"Exactly, Two-dot!"
"My name is Inspector Link."
"Got it, Two-dot!" Lavi grinned, hoping to ease the tension that had gathered.
Scientist Zhu simply huffed in annoyance.
"Did you want to bring Exorcist Kanda here, or not Mr. Levier?" She snipped. "I do not have all day." Levier glared at her.
"I would watch myself if I were you. My position is much higher than yours, and you might find yourself jobless or more, Master Zhu."
"You are simply lucky that your family is so influential with the Pope. Otherwise you would have never been pardoned and you would find yourself stripped completely of your 'special' position." Zhu hissed, her face snarling like an angry cat.
Clearly, she was not on good terms with Levier.
"Now, now." Komui stepped in. "Why don't we let these two boys leave and we can forget about waking Alma, hmm?" Putting his arms behind Allen and Lavi, he began to push them towards the door.
"Come on Lenalee! HAHAHAHAHA!" Komui half sang.
"STOP!" Levier demanded. "Is that who I think it is? The exorcist who sided with the Noah family?" His claw like fingers pointed towards Allen, before breaking into a gleeful grin.
"The contract is broken! He is here to infiltrate the Black Order from the inside. Just wait until the Pope hears about this, Komui Lee. You will be tried for treason for sure!" Levier yelled. "Come, Link! Back to the Vatican!"
"Yes, sir." Link snapped shut a notebook he had opened before hurrying to catch up to the demented man.
"You can't do that, Levier." Komui replied, his face completely serious. "The contract has not been broken in any way. The contract states that the Exorcists and Noah family will not fight. It says nothing about them meeting each other to hang out." Komui pushed his glasses up onto his nose, which hid his black eyes. "Don't try to make a mountain out of nothing, Levier."
Levier paused in his brisk walk towards the exit.
"Oh, can't I? Who do you think His Holiness will believe more? Someone who alliances themselves with the enemy or me? A trusted advisor just like every member of my family before me." With no reply, Levier continued his march with Link following faithfully.
"What the hell is going on that you needed me down here?" A grumpy voice blocked Levier from leaving.
"Ah, Yuu. I see you have made it."
"Yeah, I got your summons. Now, what the fuck do you want me down here for?" Kanda growled as he strode into the room, his sword firmly sheathed at his waist. With a quick glance around the room, Kanda's temper had once again sky rocketed.
"Baka-usagi, moyashi. You just saved me the trouble of finding and maiming the two of you beyond recognition." The blue haired samurai let his hand rest threatening on the hilt of Mugen.
"We're very sorry, Kanda, it will never happen again!" Lavi begged, falling to his knees comically as he raised his arms above his head in despair.
"I make no promises." Allen glared at the Japanese swordsman.
Thus, a glaring contest was instigated between the two Innocence holders.
"Kanda, cease this foolishness at once. We have something for you to do." Zhu ordered stepping forward after distancing herself from the argument between Komui and Levier. Chaoji kept his silence streak but his glare towards Allen was obvious. Lenalee just kept silent, trying to press herself into the wall and disappear from Levier's gaze.
"And what do you want me to do?" Kanda spat out, his obsidian eyes never leaving Allen's.
"We want to wake Alma Karma. We need you to interact with him to see if he wakes up." Levier interjected, walking towards Kanda. "Failure to do so will result in-"
"As an attempt of treason and possibly execution." Lavi interrupted, getting up from the floor. "We get your threats by now."
Allen suppressed a chuckle with great difficulty. However, a small snort managed to escape his throat and Levier glared at him.
"Make no mistake, Walker. I will see dead for your betrayal. Link, guard him and make sure he doesn't escape." He fizzed; seething with rage before turning to head back towards a machine that Zhu was standing near. Link nodded as he walked towards where Allen was standing with Lavi.
"Is this where it is kept?" Levier inquired the scientist. Zhu glanced at him coolly.
"No, this isn't where he is kept." She put a big emphasis on the 'he' part. "I'll open up where he is right now. But first-" Zhu nodded in Kanda's direction. "You should brief him on what's going on before he gets a heart attack."
Kanda was standing deathly still; even Lavi and Allen knew to back away from sword maniac when he was in this state. Levier, sadly, did not.
"What is the matter with you, Kanda?" he scoffed. "Hurry up and get over here so Alma Karma can awaken."
"You told me he had died." Kanda's voice was sharp, promising pain very soon to someone.
"Well, I lied then and now I'm telling you wake him up!"
"I refuse!"
"You do not have a choice, Second-Exorcist!" Levier boomed.
Silence crept up on the group as everyone froze at Kanda's hidden origins. Without a word, Kanda stalked to where Zhu was, his eyes promising revenge to Levier to when he had the chance.
"That was out of line, Levier." Komui muttered. Levier wheeled around to face the head of the European Branch of the Black Order.
"I do not care, Lee! I want results, and if making someone a little uncomfortable does the trick, then I won't hesitate to enforce it!" Spit was flying from the crazy man as his anger boiled. "Since Walker here is now working for enemy, sacrifices must be made so we can win this war! More Third-Exorcists must be made and Alma must be awakened to increase our manpower!"
"But the contract explicitly states that the Noah family and Vatican Church have ceased fighting. If you do this, the compromise between the two will be voided and the there will be plenty of more casualties, for which we can't replace!" Komui cried.
"The contract is a fake, can't you see that?" Levier screamed. "The first chance they get, they will attack and destroy the one hope mankind has for survival!"
"You are utterly insane, Levier." Lavi said dryly.
"No he is not!" Chaoji finally spoke for the first time. "He is doing what he thinks is right. And he is! The Noah family has killed for more than a thousand years, they deserve to be wiped out along with all of the akuma!" Chaoji was breathless after speaking out so fiercely.
"Chaoji." Lenalee, Lavi, and Komui all whispered, shocked at the venomous attitude towards the Noah that the newest exorcist had displayed. Link simply glanced at the exorcists before scribbling away in his notebook next to the white haired boy. Allen was silent, knowing of Chaoji's hatred towards the Noahs and his animosity at Allen, himself.
"Thank you, Mr. Han." Levier nodded in Chaoji's direction. Chaoji dipped his head in response, a blush crossing over his cheeks at his outburst.
"Now, Master Zhu! Show me where Alma is!"
A sudden whirring sound came from below their feet, as the floor split in the middle and a clear pane of glass was shown as the floor moved apart, revealing a human body trapped underground.
"So this is where Alma Karma was kept. Now, Kanda, wake him up!"
"How the fuck do I do that?" Kanda had collected himself to a certain extent, as he stood next to Zhu instead of listening to Levier.
"Lavi, that is Alma Karma?" Allen whispered, looking at the scarred man below their feet.
"It must be." Lavi sounded nauseated. "Why would anyone want to keep him alive underneath a floor?"
"This is Alma?" Kanda shouted, as he finally looked at his past friend. "He looks nothing like he used to!"
"Kanda," Zhu sounded irritated. "It's been nine years since you last saw him. He isn't going to look the same!"
"But what are all the scars from? We are able to regenerate at high speeds; he shouldn't have any scars!"
"That's because we have been using him for the Third Exorcist Project." Levier strode over to where Alma's head was laying. "Now for the last time Kanda, wake him up!"
"What do you want me to do? Dance on top of his head?" Kanda retorted. At once, Allen, Lavi, and Lenalee giggled at the idea of Kanda dancing despite the seriousness of the situation.
"Shut the hell up, all of you!"
"Sorry, Yuu-chan. But it's funny!" Lavi chortled.
"Baka-usagi…" Kanda's voice held a warning as his hand once again reached for Mugen.
"Sorry." The three young exorcists each became silent as the rest of the people in the room looked on in annoyance.
"Geez, try to make the situation any less awkward and the other people just stare at you like you're insane." Lavi muttered under his breath.
There was a groan of machinery and the floor right above where Alma was resting came apart. All heard a hissing sound as Alma's body started lifting up into the air, due to the machine he laid on.
"Alma." Allen heard Kanda whisper.
"This was our greatest creation. At first it seemed he would a failure just like all of the other Second Exorcists, except of course, for you Kanda, but then we found a greater use for him: the creator of all Third Exorcists!" Levier was elated. "And when we wake him up, we will be able to use his abilities to create more Third Exorcists and possibly become a great fighting tool himself!"
"That's sick." Allen trembled as he thought about all of the experiments people had to suffer because of the Black Order. "You used people, humans, to create experiments to go die in a war that has ceased! What is wrong with you?" he cried.
Levier stared at Allen with his eyes filled with insanity.
"I'm not so gullible as all of these fools to believe for one second that the Earl has completely stuck to his bargain. He is planning to renew the Holy War; I know it! He is using this time to create more Akuma to destroy all of humanity. And he is using you, Walker, in his elaborate plot to infiltrate the Black Order, the one organization that stands a chance against defending mankind!"
"That is completely absurd!" Allen declared, stepping forward to face Levier directly. "You hate akuma because they are made unnaturally and do the work of someone who is much older than anyone else save for God. And yet you create these experiments, which are worse as you are either trying to bring people back to life or enhancing their abilities to a superhuman level to fight and die for a War that shouldn't even be taking place and you are claiming to be saving humanity? You are the people who are destroying it!" The youngest person in the room shouted, clenching his fists so tightly, that Lavi could almost imagine his skin being broken from where his nails touched.
"Moyashi." Lavi murmured.
"Allen." Komui and his sister both whispered. Kanda was silent, his samurai training keeping his emotions in check. But Lavi could tell Kanda was slightly impressed by Allen standing up to Levier.
The sound of a fist hitting flesh and a thud of a body hitting the floor drew Lavi out of his amazement.
Levier was standing in exactly the same spot as before, with his right fist held out having just hit its target of Allen's stomach. Having not expecting it, Allen had not prepared himself for the sudden force and had fallen. In a flash he was back up on his feet, anger burning in his eyes.
"Mr. Link, I thought I told you to keep an eye on Mr. Walker?" Levier said as he pulled a handkerchief from his pocket to wipe his hand.
"My apologies, Mr. Levier. I was writing in my notebook of the current situation and didn't move in time to stop him." Link bowed politely. He then grabbed Allen's arm in a pinching hard grip. Allen squirmed a little, but otherwise didn't show his discomfort about being handled like a freshly caught chicken.
"Now, Kanda. Wake up Alma Karma!" Levier yelled at the blue haired samurai.
"I'll see what I can do." Unsheathing Mugen, Kanda briskly walked towards the now waist high form of Alma…
And began to poke him with his sword.
"Oi, Alma. Wake up, now. God this is stupid." Kanda muttered. He turned to face the insane Inspector. "Well, it's not working. Can I go now?"
Levier's nostrils flared.
"You are not going anywhere, along with any one else in this room, until that experiment is awakened, and my goals reached."
"And what exactly are you're goals, Levier?" Komui asked, sitting down on the floor to watch Kanda continue to poke Alma Karma with his sword in a bored manner.
"To revive Alma, perfect him so he can fight alongside the exorcists, and lock up Allen Walker."
"I'm right here, you know! Why the hell do you want to lock me up?" Allen shouted.
"Because you here only to plot the destruction of the Holy Vatican and Black Order. And we must stop you at once." Levier smirked.
"What utter bullshit." Lavi spoke up.
"Excuse me?" Allen could almost hear Levier's teeth grinding harshly with one another.
"You have no valid points. I mean, yes it is a possibility that Allen may be ordered to try to destroy us from the inside, if it was any other human organization group. This is the Millennium Earl you are talking about. He is the closest thing to a Deity anyone has ever seen. His word is probably law." Lavi started pacing, hands behind his back as he mulled over what exactly to say to the Inspector.
"He is the Devil!" Levier spat. "And the bible clearly says to never trust the word of the Devil!"
"Throughout history, the Earl has been shown to keep and follow up on his promises!" Lavi whirled to glare at Levier. "Do not question me on anything that deals with history. Studying history is my life, my entire existence! Just go ask Old Panda if you don't believe me!"
"Well I don't, Junior Bookman." Levier hissed. "And I won't believe you until-"
"OI! Will you all shut up for five fucking minutes? Usagi, if the bastard doesn't want to believe you, then let me be ignorant. Bastard, if you continue being an asshole, the stuff it! No one wants to listen to you!" Kanda snarled from his position of poking Alma with Mugen.
"Pardon me!" Levier shouted, outraged that the exorcists in front of him were showing such disrespect. "Do you want me to lock you in isolation and then place you under suspicion of treason?"
"That wasn't treason, that was me being annoyed and frustrated that you didn't bother to tell me that someone I thought dead for the past nine years was actually only comatose and is still being used as a fucking experiment! And now you want me to wake him up so you can add to your fighting force for a war that currently on hiatus! And why everything treason for you, you damn mother-"
"Arggghhhhhhh!"
A loud groan stopped Kanda from continuing his tirade and everyone's head swirled around to face the now awakening experiment. Kanda's face paled as he moved his sword back onto his hip and backed away quickly.
Alma Karma groaned again as the comatose patient for nine years finally woke up.
Eyes blinked to become adjusted to the light and Alma struggled to sit up. Lavi rushed over to help him with Allen following right behind him, while everyone else was simply staring.
"Where…am I?" A voice rasped out of an unused throat.
"You are at the North American Branch of the Black Order." Allen replied, Lavi's right hand holding Alma's back.
"Who are…you?" Alma questioned attempting to stand now.
"I'm the awesome cool Lavi, this is Moyashi Allen, over there is cute Lenalee, her overprotective brother Komui and pineapple head Chaoji. In that corner is Insane Inspector Levier, and behind me is Two-dot Link, and Master Zhu is over there next to Yuu-chan." Lavi introduced everyone in his own way. Alma blinked in confusion before turning to Allen.
"Your name is bean sprout Allen?" he asked the now fuming white haired teenager.
"No! Its just Allen, Lavi!"
"Ah heheheh…" Lavi chuckled weakly, slowly backing away, while still holding onto Alma, to avoid being skewered by Allen with his innocence. "Just a joke, Allen."
"Did you say Yuu was here? As in Yuu Kanda?" Alma stopped the murder that was about to happen before him.
"Yeah, he's over there." Lavi pointed, letting Alma try to balance on his own.
"I need to see him." Alma struggled even harder to stand him and nearly fell down. Allen rushed to catch him before he fell flat on the floor.
"Careful-" Allen started before Alma started glowing with a ethereal light. Everyone in the room witnessed Allen flinch and slap his hands over his face as his left cursed eye flared up in pain and activated.
"I…Must…Kill…Yuu!" Alma moaned, as the light engulfed him
"I knew he was part Noah!" Levier crooned. "He has the power to make akuma! Link, are you writing this down?"
"Yes sir!" Link said as he scribbled at an impossibly fast speed.
The light brightened the entire room, blinding everyone for a few seconds.
And that's when screams were heard around the room.
"Lavi-kun, Allen-kun!" Lenalee cried, her eyes tightly closed shut to keep out the intense light.
Soon the light evaporated, showing the room exactly what predicament they were now in.
"Alma." Kanda whispered as the now Level 4 Akuma whose face looked much younger and was healed of all scars, turned in his direction. Behind Alma, the forms of Allen and Lavi were seen on the ground, several long and some deep gashes inflicted on their arms and torsos. Allen and Lavi both shakily stood up, each now prepared for battle.
"Crown Clown, activate!" Allen yelled, a white cloak and sliver mask now adorning his figure as his left hand elongated into claws while his right hand turned white.
"Ōzuchi Kozuchi! Grow, grow, grow!" Lavi shouted as his hammer grew to the size he usually battled with.
With a synchronized cry, Allen and Lavi both leapt for Alma their weapons ready to attack the newly made Level 4 Akuma.
"Edge End!" Allen raised his left hand claw, which connected with Alma. Lavi grunted as he swung his hammer and felt it hit Alma's form.
Alma screamed as blades shot out of his hands and he tried to hit the exorcist and Noah attacking him. Allen and Lavi dodged the widely swinging blades, unable to counterattack because of the lack of space the two of them occupied.
"Innocence activate!"
Suddenly, Kanda was there, slashing and defending against Alma. Allen and Lavi were able to jump away as they watched Kanda furiously attack Alma.
"What the hell is going on?" A Portuguese sounding voice came up from behind Allen.
"Tyki!" Allen cried. Levier whirled around to discern Tyki standing next to Allen and exploded in anger.
"I knew you were trying to bring down the Order, you damned child!" Allen glanced at Levier in exasperation.
"If I was trying to destroy all of you, then why am I trying to stop Alma?" Allen demanded.
"It is part of your elaborate plot! But you won't fool me!" Levier roared.
"Tyki, what are you doing here?" Allen asked, ignoring Levier.
"I felt the presence of an Akuma in here, wondered what the hell was going on, and so I found myself here where there is a Level 4 Akuma. Why do I usually find you in the thick of trouble, Allen? Your dad is going to murder me for this." Tyki explained, while looking at Allen's wounds.
"You'll live, but don't get any more hurt than you already are!" Tyki ordered.
"Alright, alright." Allen grumbled. He then glanced over at the red head.
"You ok, Lavi?" The Junior Bookman simply grinned.
"Come on, Moyashi! You know I have had worse injuries than just a few scratches."
"It's the thought that counts, Lavi! And it's Allen!" Allen whined.
"Allen, you still haven't explained what's going on." Tyki sounded annoyed from the lack of information.
"Ah well, that's Alma Karma. He was part of-"
"The Second Exorcist Project, if I remember correctly." Tyki broke in. "Oh boy, Allen. You picked the best time to come visit, didn't you?"
Allen just glared.
"How do you know about the Second Exorcist Project?" Lavi asked, interested in the ways Noah pick up information.
"That's a secret, Junior Bookman." Tyki drawled as he pulled out a cigarette from his pocket. Lavi pouted.
"That's not fair."
"I think we have more important things to do right now, Lavi." Allen pointed at where Kanda and Alma were still fighting. Komui had his arms around Lenalee and Chaoji to keep them from interfering in the destructive fight.
And it was for a good reason.
"Forth Illusion Style!" Kanda growled out his fourth release form of Mugen as his pupils changed to four dots and continued to hack away at Alma with an increased speed and power.
"You've gotten cool now, Yuu!" Alma exclaimed. "Do you have friends?"
"Shut up and die!"
"You die!" Alma opened his mouth and spikes flew out and impaled Kanda in his torso.
"Is Kanda going to be alright, brother?" Lenalee asked, her fear of loosing any of her friends weighing heavily on her mind.
"He should be fine. But if he continues to increase his power, he soon won't be able to differentiate between friend and foe." Komui explained, his grip tightened on the two exorcists next to him. "That's why I don't want either of you to fight; I don't need any more deaths if I can help it."
"Sir." Chaoji was in shock. The only person who would show their complete concern for him was Anita. And she…was…
Chaoji glanced at Allen Walker. The one ex-exorcist he could never tolerate, even though there were many people who spoke fondly of him in the Order. The fact that this once distinguished exorcist had decided to return to his family, who had abandoned him because the Church was after them, instead of staying and fighting the Noah did not sit well on Chaoji's conscience. How could anyone side with the enemy, even if they are related to them?
"It's because he wanted to protect all of us." Lenalee spoke softly, but still Chaoji heard her.
"What?"
"Allen has always been the sacrificial type. So when he was given a choice, stay in the Order and be placed under suspicion for treason from Levier or go home to his real family, people who are similar to him."
"But how does that make him the martyr type? He chose the better option to stay alive didn't he?"
"Allen was happy here, even when things were becoming hectic. He had his friends and when we weren't on missions we would hang out like normal teenagers do. But now there is a chance of Allen turning into a Noah. He didn't want that to happen in a place where anyone of his friends could get hurt. So he chose the better option for all and war has ceased." Lenalee turned her head to observe Allen.
"He is happy there too, so I'm glad. As long as he is still my friend, I am his."
Chaoji turned to look back at the fight between the two former Second Exorcist Experiments, having different thoughts about Allen Walker.
A sacrificial type? I guess so. All the stories told at the Order usually involve him giving up something, except to Kanda.
"Fifth Illusion Style." Kanda's voice broke Chaoji's thoughts.
"Master Zhu, Inspector Levier, Inspector Link, Lenalee, Chaoji, Allen, Lavi, and Mr. Mikk, please move away from the fight!" Komui called, fear creeping into his tone. "Kanda's gone berserk, don't get involved!"
"Ah, Yuu. You've gotten so strong!" Alma seemed happy as he danced away from Kanda's still form.
"Destroy." Kanda's voice was quiet. For the first time, Alma looked surprised.
"Yuu?"
"Destroy. Destroy. Destroy. Destroy. Destroy!" Each word made Kanda's voice increased and by the last destroy had been uttered, he was screeching. And then he was charging, faster than ever slashing at Alma.
"Stop Kanda!" Allen cried as he pulled his sword from his left arm somehow got in the middle between Kanda and Alma, blocking Mugen from hitting its target.
"Why doesn't he ever listen?" Tyki moaned, worry showing in his tense shoulders.
"Get behind me more, Alma!" Allen shouted, grimacing as Kanda's furious face turned to Allen.
"What's with you?" Alma cried, confused as to why someone was defending him.
"You just woke up, so you shouldn't have to die already! Besides, it's my fault that you are an Akuma now." Allen grunted, as he pushed away Kanda with his sword.
"I don't understand. I've always been part Akuma. Both me and Yuu have Akuma cells inserted inside of us from when they were experimenting." Alma jumped back with Allen, as Kanda moved to strike right they had been standing mere seconds before.
"Why are you protecting him?" Kanda shrieked, his common sense completely vanished as his power grew. "Fifth Illusion, Ripping Flash Claw!"
"Shit!" Tyki jumped into action and went to go save his nephew before he became skewered to death. Lavi paled as he hypothesized the ferocity of the attack.
"Die, Kanda!" Alma shouted, his stab wounds already starting to close up.
"Die Alma!" Kanda bellowed as he went to stab Alma in the chest.
"His hair is turning purple. Kanda is getting lost in the power." Master Zhu spoke for the first time since her argument with Levier. When Lenalee and Komui turned to look at her, both were startled to see tears falling down her face. "The Project was a waste, both of them will die." She sobbed.
"Shut up, woman!" Levier ordered. "Link, go and subdue Kanda with your talismans. We need at least one of them alive!"
"I'm afraid that the talismans will not work on these two. They're power is simply to overwhelming for the talismans to work properly." Link replied promptly, snapping his notebook shut. Levier growled in annoyance. He turned to the head of the European Branch of the Back Order.
"Komui! Send your sister and the exorcist next to you to stop the fighting!"
Komui stared at Levier, his face expressionless.
"I am not going to send in my sister or Chaoji into a fight that there is a strong possibility of them dying for no reason."
"You are all useless! I will see you inspected for your competence, Komui. You cannot even follow orders!"
"I follow orders if they are necessary and pertaining to our cause. Your orders follow neither."
Tyki held Allen, who was almost unharmed except for a few scratches here and there.
"Why the fuck must you keep throwing yourself headfirst into danger like that? Do you know what the Millennium Earl would do to me if we came home with you in a body bag?" The older Noah lightly squeezed the Earl's son.
"Sorry Tyki." Allen muttered, still dazed from how fast Tyki had moved. "But I can't just let them kill each other! When I touched Alma, he somehow became a Noah, so it's my fault and I need to help fix it!" Tyki rolled his eyes.
"Allen, not everything is your fault. He turned into an Akuma simply because he was already so close to being one that even the smallest touch from someone of the Noah clan would have achieved the same result."
"Allen!" Lavi cried as he ran up. "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine Lavi." Allen said as he squirmed free from Tyki's grasp. "By the way, I thought Road would be with you. Where is she?"
"Once she felt the Level 4 Akuma inside the Order, I told her to go get the Earl just in case. They should be here soon." Tyki answered, shaking his head in exasperation.
"Oh joy. I am in a lot of trouble, aren't I?" Allen groaned at the thought of his father coming to rescue him on his first visit to the Black Order. "I'm never going to hear the end of this."
"You'll be lucky if he allows to leave the mansion after this." Tyki responded.
There was a scream, and Dark Matter flew out of Alma from a hole in his stomach.
"What's happening?" Lavi asked, his voice filled seriousness as he entered his Bookman persona. The Old Panda wasn't here to record the events that were unfolding before him and so Lavi had to remember every single detail that transpired.
"Alma isn't a true Akuma. His body is giving out on him and he'll soon break down from all of the fighting he is doing." Tyki sighed. "Even if he wins the fight against Kanda, he won't live long to enjoy his victory."
In his explanation, Tyki hadn't noticed Allen running off to help Alma; but Lavi had.
"Allen! Come back!" He shouted, worry filling him even though he wasn't supposed to be attached to anyone.
"This fight needs to stop!" Allen called over his shoulder as he reached the Akuma. Quickly scooping Alma up, Allen hurdled out of the path of Kanda's sword.
"What are you doing Kanda? Stop fighting!" Allen pleaded to the samurai exorcist.
For the first time since the fight began, Kanda stopped moving. All of a sudden, a large blast of power emitted from the purple haired man.
"Why should I stop?" He spat out. "Are you only helping him because you feel guilty? It is your fault, you know? That Alma is an Akuma! You were fighting him earlier!" Kanda took a breath.
"This all your fault, you Noah. You're the fucking son of the fucking Millennium Earl and you thought you could just come here to hang with the enemy? How idiotic are you?"
"Kanda." Allen stood; shocked as Kanda spilt his origins to Levier, the one man Allen didn't want to ever know.
Levier didn't let the information take long to sink in; almost immediately after Kanda had finished his sentence he whirled to where Allen was standing.
"You are the son of the Millennium Earl? You eluded my grasp all those years ago and now you have rejoined your precious family?" Levier chuckled darkly. "Oh, this is fantastic! I will finally have something that the Earl would do anything protect! Link!" He spun to where Link was standing. "You can hold him, can't you?"
"Yes sir." Link drew something from his pockets and began chanting.
"I don't think so!" A pink umbrella came out of nowhere and smashed Link on the head. He was instantaneously knocked out. Road Kamelot came into view, Lero in her hands and a murderous expression on her face.
"No one touches my little brother!" She hissed, her skin turning gray and for once, a vicious scowl adorned her face.
"Lero-Road, I'm not a bat you can just swing around! ~Lero!" The umbrella cried.
"Road, where is the Earl?" Tyki asked stepping towards his niece.
"I'm right here, Tyki-pon. Now where is Allen?" The Millennium Earl himself stepped into the laboratory, and everyone could somehow feel his anger even though his customary smile was still fixed on his face.
"He is fighting Kanda now, Earl." Lavi replied to the shock of the exorcists.
When had Lavi become so formal with the Noahs? Lenalee thought as she was held against a wall with Chaoji right next her and Komui blocking the way to where the fight was taking place.
The Millennium Earl looked to where Alma was laying, watching the Samurai and the Clown fight extremely violently.
"Allen." The Earl muttered, a parental feeling of worry filling his gut as he watched his son fight for his life.
Then the Earl felt his heart stop.
The sound of a machine gun being used filled the room as smoke obscured the room.
"Guahhh!" Everyone in the entire room heard Allen scream, and that is when things became chaotic.
Chaoji and Lenalee broke free from Komui's meager blocking and ran towards the gun sounds were originating from. Master Zhu pressed herself into the wall, terrified beyond any measure. Komui was cursing as he tried to follow where his sister went, but the smoke that was filling the room was making it increasingly difficult to navigate. Lavi rushed to where he heard Allen last and ran into Tyki who was running the same way.
"Lenalee, use your Boots to use the wind to blow away the smoke!" Lavi called to a direction where he thought Lenalee was. He wasn't sure if she had heard him so he got ready to bellow again until he heard her call.
"Innocence Activate!" Within a few seconds, the smoke had cleared and revealed the gruesome scene.
The first thing Lavi noticed was that Levier was in a corner holding a machine gun, with a teenage gothic girl glaring furiously at him, holding a bloody candle to his neck. The second was that Komui was lying on top of the fallen form of Chaoji who had tripped over Link's prone form. Lenalee had made it near to where Levier was standing but had stopped four and half feet away, her innocence still active. Third was that Alma was lying completely on the floor where he was dropped unceremoniously by Allen only minutes ago. Fourth was that Tyki and the Earl were staring horrified at the picture that was in front of them. Fifth, when Lavi had turned to examine the scene that had shocked the infamous Millennium Earl, he felt his entire body go numb in despair.
Allen's back was covered in gun shot wounds and Kanda's sword had pierced his chest.
"Moy-Moyashi." Kanda sounded horrified and Lavi noted that his hair looked slightly more blue than purple now.
"Allen!" Lenalee's shriek got Lavi's body to start moving again and he walked slowly towards Allen.
Dimly, Lavi heard Road harshly speak the words "How dare you?" right before he heard Levier scream like a banshee.
There was a low grunt and everyone saw Allen push himself off of Kanda's blade, his skin turning a dark grey as blood began to seep from out of the wound and he fell to the floor in a heap.
"Allen!" Tyki ran up to the fallen boy, grief etched everywhere on his usually bored features. The Earl wasn't far behind him.
"He is a complete Noah now." Lavi whispered.
"Earl, I'm taking him back to the mansion." Tyki stood up, Allen unconscious in his arms. "We have medical supplies and we'll need to help get through the Noah transformation." Tyki started walking off. "Road. Make me a door."
"Of course, Tyki." Road replied, with a new doll in her hand that looked suspiciously like Levier. No one questioned it.
With a wave of her hand, Road created a red and black door and Tyki hurriedly entered and the door closed behind him.
Lavi walked up to where Kanda was now kneeling in shock.
"Yuu-chan." He murmured.
"Lavi, what did I do?" Kanda sounded disorientated, as if he was waking up from a bad dream.
"Why would I stab Moyashi?"
With a sigh, Lavi pointed at the prone form of Alma Karma.
"Is he…?"
"He's dead. From overusing his body too much in this battle. Allen tried to stop the two of you from fighting. Levier had a machine gun, he shot a Allen and I guess he fell towards your sword." Lavi replied hollowly.
"Will he be alright?" Kanda whispered, starting to sway in place. Lavi didn't reply as Kanda finally felt the full affects of the battle and fainted.
The Millennium Earl turned to Komui.
"Give me a reason why I shouldn't just annihilate all of you right now." Komui squared his shoulders and faced the head of the family that opposed the Vatican Church.
"The contract technically has not been breached." He spoke softly.
"Excuse me?" Komui heard the rage in the Earl's voice increase.
"The contract stated that the exorcists wouldn't attack any members of your family as long as you didn't attack them first. Kanda was originally fighting only Alma Karma who is an Akuma."
"Are you insinuating that my son, who is now in a critical condition is to blame for this, then?" The Earl demanded.
"No. Allen defended Alma and Kanda was in a state of confusion. By increasing his power he becomes unable to distinguish between friend or foe."
"Allen is currently being treated for a sword in his chest that was placed by an exorcist who is employed by you, Stop making excuses for him!"
"Actually, Earl-sama." Road popped up, squeezing her new Levier doll, "This man here shot at Allen-chan, which caused Allen to fall right in the path of the sword. So therefore all the blame lies on the blond insane Inspector of the Church."
"Earl-sama, I am not trying to make excuses. I am trying to relay everything that happened. But I'm no Bookman, so I can't memorize every single detail." Komui pleaded with the Earl. "I am trying to save my sister and the rest of my make-shift family here at the Order. We tried to get rid of Levier, but he found his way back into power. If it pleases you, we will not object if you decide to kill him now. I can take care everything over here and your involvement in Levier's death will not have to be recorded so we can continue to have this peace." The Earl was silent, obviously thinking of the benefits Komui had offered him: Levier dead and his son safe from his grasp if Allen lives through his injuries, the Church not declaring war again because of the death of the Inspector, and continued peace between the Noah family and the Order, which meant no needless battles.
"What about Yuu Kanda? Are you just going to calm him down and let him go with a warning not to use that much power again?" Road interrupted. Komui shook his head.
"Since we were at a standstill for the past few months, I am going to confiscate his sword and keep him working small jobs around the Order. He will be spending a bit of time in the Infirmary, even after his wounds are healed. Matron has been wanting volunteers." The man raised a hand to head to massage an upcoming headache. The Earl felt a small bit of sympathy for the younger man. He knew what it was like dealing with a higher power that loved to make life as difficult as possible. Plus all of the added work of directing a Branch Order, guilt every time one of the exorcists became injured on missions, the finders who went missing or turned up dead, and recently, the arrival of Levier meant that Komui rarely went a day without getting headaches.
The Earl sighed.
"That is acceptable. So the terms are as follows: We get Levier, you punish Yuu Kanda, and I will check up to see if you are keeping your word, if the Vatican Church declares war on us, or decides to terminate the contract, we will come and annihilate everyone." As he was speaking, a piece of paper and pen, floating in the air next to him, were jotting down every word the Earl had just spoken.
"Wish I could do that." Lavi called from across the room, from his sitting place next to the unconscious Kanda. "It would make recording history so much more easier." Everyone laughed wearily at the small joke, except Lenalee and Zhu, both who were crying. Chaoji was trying to comfort the sobbing exorcist, but it was obvious that he really didn't have any idea how to do so. Zhu was still pressed against wall, her hands over her face, the violent trembling of her shoulders the only indication of her crying.
Lavi pushed himself off the ground in an obvious amount of pain and slowly limped to where Lenalee and Chaoji were.
"Lenalee, come one. Stop crying, everyone is going to be alright." Chaoji was pleading now. "Allen will be alright as well. So please stop crying." The older man was getting upset at his inability to help his fellow exorcist.
"It's ok, Chaoji. Lenalee needs to cry about this." Lavi smiled as he walked up. "After all, the only reason she's crying is because she never got to spend any time with Moyashi-chan, like Yuu-chan and I did!" The world swayed dangerously after he finished speaking, for Lenalee in an incredibly fast motion, had slapped the back of his head.
"Owww…Lenalee." Lavi groaned, as he forced himself to sit down before he fell. He raised his head to see Lenalee with her arm out, the tears stopped, but a horrified expression on her face.
"Oh, Lavi! I'm sorry! Are you all right? I didn't mean to hit you that hard, but that's not true! I do not cry for superficial things like that!"
"Lenalee, calm down. You stopped crying and that was the general goal. So I win!"
Chaoji looked like he was desperately trying not to laugh, while Road skipped over to where the exorcists were.
Komui witnessed the bonding of the exorcists and smiled lightly before turning to the Earl.
"I'm sorry for all the trouble caused here today, Earl." Komui looked back at the now arguing exorcists and laughing Noah. "If it's any consolation, you and your family are not the only people in the world to wish for Allen's well being and safety. I will understand if you do not wish for him to meet with the exorcists anymore." The Earl gave a tense smile.
"I'm sure that is the case, Komui. You are actually not that bad for a man working for the Vatican Church."
"I actually didn't want to."
"Ah yes. Well, I'll allow Allen to visit, if it is a general location, not here and not at my place and he will need to have an escort for a while. I'm sure Tyki and Road will be more than happy to help in that regard." The Earl replied. Komui looked surprised.
"Why would you allow your child, who you have been separated for twelve years and who has a tendency of finding trouble wherever he goes to meet the enemy?"
The Earl smiled warily.
"Because I know Allen will put up a fuss if he is not allowed to visit his friends. The only reason he was going today to the Black Order was to visit some of the scientists today."
Komui smiled as he figured how much Allen had missed all of his friends at the Black Order.
"Well, Earl. I'm glad that we have come to an understanding despite the grievances that have taken place in the previous hours. Please tell Allen that we all wish for him to get better and I will take everything over here."
"Very well, Komui." The Earl turned to Road. "Road-chan! It's time to go! Say bye to the exorcists and don't forget your new doll!"
"Bye!" Road waved to the exorcists and her grin became wider when Lavi waved back, enthusiastically. Even Lenalee managed a tiny wave, although Chaoji was too busy blushing brightly from whatever Lavi had just whispered in his ear.
Road created a door and the Millennium Earl and the First Noah both entered before the door disappeared into the air.
Komui gave a small sigh, as he took in the damage done by the brutal fight.
"This better not come out of my paycheck." He muttered. "Master Zhu! Let's go upstairs to the kitchen and get some coffee, alright?" Komui walked over to the scientist, holding out a hand for her to grab.
"I'm not crying, Komui." A shaky voice responded. Nonetheless, Komui's hand was grabbed to help Master Zhu stand up. "I'll tell the Head of the Branch to call up some contractors to clean this place up. Can all your exorcists walk?"
"Chaoji?" Komui called.
"Yes sir?" A much less red Chaoji jogged closer.
"Can you pick up Kanda and Link and carry then to the Infirmary?" Zhu asked, all traces of her weeping erased.
"Yes ma'am." With that, Chaoji ran to where Kanda was lying and easily picked him up and gently put the injured exorcist over his shoulder. He then walked over to Link, and with some difficulty, managed to toss him over his other shoulder.
"Lavi, can you walk?" Komui asked the hammer wielding Bookman, who had stood up along with Lenalee.
"Yup. Slowly, but yes."
"I'll help you, Lavi." Lenalee offered, wrapping her arms around Lavi to make him lean on her.
"Thank you, Lenalee!" Lavi smirked mischievously. "But I bet if it was Chaoji, you would have offered much faster, am I right?"
"LAVI!" Chaoji and Lenalee cried. "Stop joking like that; there's nothing romantic about me becoming friends with Chaoji!" Lenalee added, her face now turning red as was Chaoji's.
"Hehe." Lavi chuckled, happy he was able to annoy his friends and not get (anymore) injured in the process.
Scene Change-
When Tyki had rushed into the mansion with a bleeding and grey Allen, only Lulubell was there to witness the sight.
"Tyki, what happened?" she asked as she walked gracefully to the other Noah who was tenderly placing Allen on his bed.
"Shit at the Order. Long story short: Allen was fighting with that Samurai Exorcist, Kanda. Levier was there and shot at Allen with a gun. Allen got hit and accidently ended up skewering himself on Kanda's sword." Tyki was now fishing through cabinets without opening them; looking for wraps and clean cloths.
"Can you get me a bowl of water? I need to clean his wound." Lulubell nodded her agreement and walked briskly to kitchen to get a bowl of warm water and an extra cloth. She placed the bowl near Tyki who immediately set a cloth in the water to wash the blood that was dripping down Allen's face from the opening of his new Noah marks.
"So he is finally becoming a true Noah, then?"
"I guess so. I didn't know it would happen when he was fighting though." Tyki distractedly answered, now wiping the blood off of Allen's shoulder and chest. Using the power of being the Noah of Pleasure, Tyki was able to take out all of the bullets that had stayed gotten stuck inside of Allen. Once he was done, he was pleased to notice that the gunshot would were already healing. He unwrapped a roll of bandages and used his Noah abilities to wrap Allen's wounds without having to move him at all.
"He should be fine; his Noah abilities will help with his healing." Tyki sighed as he wiped his brow, feeling mentally strained as he appraised his work.
"The Earl has come back with Road." Lulubell announced as she walked out of the room.
Tyki only nodded, gently placing a hand on Allen's brow. The bleeding from the Noah crosses had slowed, but Tyki continued to keep washing his forehead, not wanting to leave Allen's side, but would most likely fall asleep if he just watched him.
"How is he?" The Earl's voice startled Tyki out of his repeated action.
"He'll live, but he's going to have an extremely horrible headache when he wakes up." The Earl smiled tiredly.
"As long as he is alive, then everything will be alright." Tyki stood up, ready to give the Earl some time alone with his son.
"You can stay if you want, Tyki." The Earl gestured back to the now vacant chair. Tyki shook his head.
"No, I'll go see what Road is up to. She's probably already annoying Lulubell." With that said, Tyki left the room, quietly closing the door behind him.
"What a solemn hour." The Earl muttered, tired from the short negotiations that taken place. Placing his hand on his son's forehead, the Earl tenderly pushed Allen's bangs up to see the new seven crosses that adorned his head.
"And with this you are now a full Noah, Allen."
Closing his eyes, the Earl felt a need to sing so he summoned a small tune to play as he sang.
I'm dying to catch my breath
Oh why don't i ever learn
I've lost all my trust though I've surely tried to
Turn it around
Can you still see the heart of me?
All my agony fades away
When you hold me in your embrace
A fit of coughing interrupted the Earl and he opened panicked eyes to see the grey skinned teenager coughing harshly.
"Allen!" Carefully, the Earl sat Allen up, mindful of his injuries, so he could breathe easier.
"That was nice." Allen rasped as soon as his coughing fit ended.
"How are you feeling?"
"My upper body feels like Swiss cheese and I think my head got trapped between two swinging metal hammers."
"Ouch." The Earl winced at the light tone Allen had explained how he felt in. That showed exactly how often he had been injured.
"I'll live, Papa." The boy forced his body to lie back down.
"You know you are a full Noah now, right?"
"I think I figured that from the splitting headache and the scars I feel on my forehead." Allen retorted dryly.
"Go back to sleep, Allen. When you wake up, we'll play the piano and practice singing." The Earl smiled in relief, glad that least Mana had incorporated his philosophy of "Keep Walking Forward" into Allen.
"My singing isn't bad." Allen grumbled, softly as his eyes closed for the much needed rest.
The Earl stood up and left the room, determined to let his son rest as much as he needed to. While walking to his study, he passed the rest of his family: Road, Sheryl, Fiddler, Jasdevi, Lulubell, Mercym, Mightra, Skin, Trydem, Wisely, and Tyki all standing around Road who was triumphantly dancing in glee.
"Road-chan? Why are you so excited?"
Road turned to the head of the family, glee shining brightly in her eyes.
"I found the perfect cage to keep Allen locked inside for the next twenty years!"
End
Ok, wow. This took me forever to write. More than a week I kept writing and changing aspects of the plot. This was inspired by the latest chapter of D. Gray-man, especially page 28, where Allen turns into a Noah. EPICNESS!
So anyways, I'm not sure good this one is. I knew the beginning and the end and some points of the middle, but everything else just seems kind of…strange, I guess.
Oh, and I know Levier is actually supposed to be Leverier, but I got so used to typing Levier that it just stuck. And I'm incredibly lazy to go back and fix it on all chapters.
Hope you enjoyed!
Oh, and I don't own D. Gray-man or Within Temptation. But I do love them both.