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Chapter 4

A black leather gloved hand swirled the red liquid in the wine glass before it brought the glass to the awaiting mouth of General Cross Marian. Currently, the General was in his room which had two guards in front of his door.

"This is why I hate the headquarters. No freedom." The General thought in boredom as he set the glass down onto the bedside desk. He then stared at the drawer of the desk for a while before reaching out lazily to fetch what was inside. He pulled out an envelope which was unusually neat to be kept by him. When he turned the envelope, the words written on it were "To Cross Marian, Zimri", dated four years ago.

"That guy really believed that he wouldn't make it out alive to send me this." The General muttered under his breath as he pulled out the contents in the envelope. The will of the Fourteenth. The letter was passed to Cross by a source that was said to be related to the Fourteenth in a way. Since Cross was hard to find due to hiding from his debt collectors, someone had to wait to pass it to him if the Fourteenth was already dead at that period of time.

"Requirement for the Musician need not only be found in one place." Was written in there. The General smirked at the statement. It was so like Zimri Ryder to place a bit of fun into a serious situation. A race that the Order and the Earl had to run in if either wanted to win the war.

"Well then, brat," as the General folded the envelope, placing it in his coat and loaded Judgment up. "You're on." Just as his room wall fell apart to reveal Lulubell and a worn out Kanda and Lavi that had leapt into the room to escape her attacks while Akumas continuously aimed at them.

In the Ark……

Allen turned around by instinct. Something was wrong. He couldn't explain it but he felt a certain chill run down his spine. A chill that happened when Akumas appears.

I need to save those souls.

"Allen?" The Noah questioned as he watched Allen slowly activate Crown Clown. As Allen did that, he slowly walked towards the exit that formed out of nowhere by his will.

"Something is wrong. We will talk about this matter later." Allen said in an emotionless voice to the Noah before running into the exit with Crown Cross spread out widely to attack. The door closed behind Allen immediately when he went out, leaving the Noah staring at the space for a while.

That was when a grin appeared on Zimri's face.

"My, my, the game has just gotten more interesting. I wonder who is going to win. The excitement is too strong to bear." Zimri said excitedly as his golden eyes turned black in sadistic excitement as he plopped himself onto the piano seat and swung his legs back and forward. Allen would definitely come back. Curiosity is something that is hard to get rid off, just like genes.

Just because you're an outcast doesn't mean that you can escape being a Noah.

In Lenalee's Room……

Komui had just accompanied his sister to her room. It was not that she needed people to help her to the room, no; she could walk perfectly fine now that the Innocence has been taken out from her legs. The fact that the next time his sister were to go into battle could be the last time he would see her alive terrified him.

If he could he would chain her to her room, not letting her out into a sure to die battle. Even if she would suffer like how she was bound to her bed when she was little, at least she still was alive. But Komui didn't want to do that. Lenalee already had a horrible childhood due to the Black Order before his arrival and he want to make her life much better.

"As if now is any better. She still sees people die and she still have to fight for her on survival. Either way her life can never be better. Just worse." A mocking voice in Komui's head said with strong sarcasm. Komui bit on the side of his lower lip in self frustration.

"Nii-san, are you alright? You're bleeding from your lips." Lenalee's voice broke Komui's out of his train of thoughts as his sister quickly took a clean handkerchief and wiped the side of his mouth, showing Komui the blood on it. He must have bitten it too hard due to the frustration he felt. Not being able to do anything but send people to their deaths, not being able to make the situation better.

Not being able to protect the last of his living family member.

It was then that Lenalee hugged her brother tightly. Komui jumped a bit, he didn't expect an action like this from Lenalee. Maybe when she was still a child but not at this age. But he was still grateful for it. It reconfirmed him somewhat that his sister was currently safe, back home and well.

"I forgot to say this. Tadaima, Nii-san." Lenalee's muffled voice could barely be heard as she sobbed into her brother's uniform.

"Tadaima……tadaima……tadaima……" Lenalee chanted as she continued to sob into Komui's uniform. The uniform she was thought never to be able to see again. The words poured out off her mouth were words that she thought she was never to be able to say again. What Hevlaska scared her. So while she still had the chance with her brother, she would continue to say it. It may sound ridiculous but it mattered a lot to her to be alive and able to see her brother again.

Just then Lenalee's golem received a signal. Lenalee quickly told the golem to relay the message as quickly as she could after trying to recover from her crying state.

"AKUMA ALERT!!!! We're under attack!!! All exorcists to report to Cross's holding room. Three excorcists are at the scene. I repeat, Akuma alert!!!!" the intercom people said as Komui jumped up to his feet and walked to the door.

"Nii-san?" Lenalee asked as she attempted to follow him when he slammed the door shut in front of her. A sound of locks turning was heard soon after and when Lenalee tried her door, it was locked, with her inside.

"Nii-san, what are you doing?! Let me out!!" Lenalee banged the door as hard as she could. But she heard her brother's footsteps becoming more distant and softer. "NII-SAN!!!!"

Komui drew his hat down as he walked away from his sister's door, which might have broken down from her banging if it weren't from the new metal door he had changed for the exorcists whose Innocence were still undergoing repairs. People may call him selfish by not letting his sister fight but if it were to let her still be alive, Komui could deal with any consequences.

At General's Cross now destroyed Room……

"Aaaahhh. I hated this room anyways." The General thought as he shot another blow at Lulubell which was blocked by two Akumas. The explosion caused the room to fall into shambles more. Kanda and Lavi could only leapt away from the Akumas, throw a few kicks so as to give Cross a better aim at the Akumas.

Both have felt the dread of not being able to do anything except leaping around and leaving the work to the General. This situation resulted in a thought for the both of them.

"Once this is over, Reever better be done with the bloody repairs on my Innocence." Both thought with a scowl asKanda and Lavi both kicked the Akumas into Cross's range.

It was then when an Akuma decided since the two weren't going to attack, it decided to shoot the two, hoping to be able to level up after killing two exorcists. The two clenched their teeth tightly while trying to get out of the way when the Akuma was loading up the fire when a cross symbol appeared from the inside of the Akuma's chest, causing it to explode. The smoke cleared and Allen stood in the burnt area with his sword at hand.

"ALLEN!!!" Lavi exclaimed with glee. After what Kanda had told him about Allen and the Ark, he was worried sick for Allen. Kanda let out a "Che" before something caught his attention. He quickly grabbed Lavi before the future Bookman could even jump onto the beansprout.

"Ugh! What on earth are you doing?!" Lavi protested until Kanda's serious face caught it attention. Lavi turned his face to where Kanda was looking and gasped. Behind Allen was the Egg that was supposedly to be under heavy guard. Lavi's eyes traveled to Allen's face to see a ghostly emotionless face with his left eye in full gear.

"What is Allen-" Lavi wondered out loud before Cross stepped forward from behind them, smoking a cigarette he had just lighted.

"We were jumping around like crazy to stay alive and HE is still able to smoke a cigarette?!!! What a General……" Kanda and Lavi thought in a mix of disbelief and disgust as Cross loaded Judgement to a maximum level. Allen slowly turned to Cross as the General deeply inhaled from the cigarette before letting a few puffs out.

"Looks like we both have the same thoughts huh, idiot apprentice?" Cross smirked as he pointed Judgement at Lulubell and shot. The shot just hit a random Akuma near Lulubell, making Lulubell turn around, showing her surprise my widening her eyes as she realized the Egg was behind her.

"This is what you were here for, weren't you?" Cross asked loudly due to the distance apart as he tapped Judgement on the Egg. Then his smirk deepened. "But unfortunately……"

BAM!!!!!

Crown Cross cape went into the Egg from the side and the Egg started to creak rapidly. Allen stood by the Egg's side with the emotionless face still there and stared into the panic struck Lulubell who was advancing towards them.

"It's best that this world doesn't have such a devil spawned creation." Allen finished as he finished the destruction of the Egg by stabbing it with his sword. The Egg fell apart slowly before quickly disappearing into particles, a memory resurfaced in Allen's mind as the particles reminded him about the pain he had to bear when Tyki destroyed his Innocence.

"Damn you……damn you……DAMN YOU ALLEN WALKER!!!!!!" Lulubell screamed at Allen as she grabbed hold of his jacket and shook him with all her might, with Allen still giving her the same emotionless look. Allen could see small tears forming at the corners of Lulubell's eyes. "How could you do this to your own family?" Lulubell whispered harshly as the anger in her eyes turned to great disappointment. Allen was slightly surprised. He was about to reply when Cross shot at Lulubell, which hit her leg. Allen immediately held onto Lulubell whom fell slightly due to her injured leg. Though the Noahs were able to regenerate, it took a while for it to take effect.

For some reason, Allen's heart ached terribly when Lulubell was shot. Again, questions arose in his head. Was it due to her being a human or was it because of what the Fourteenth had told him? Allen eyes narrowed in confusion. Everything seemed so blur and confusing to him right now. How is he able to walk on with so many questions in his head?

Suddenly, Lulubell's body disappeared little by little. Before she completely disappeared, she whispered to Allen.

"We will take you away from these imposters of God. We will get you back." Her eyes flashed dangerously as she disappeared. Allen stared at his hands which had some of Lulubell's blood on them. A hand then went to his shoulder. Allen closed his eyes, in anticipation.

Wait for it……

SMACK!!!!!

Allen fell forward slightly from the smack on the head by his dreaded master. He already knew Cross was never nice. It was always good to be prepared for what he would do after a nice gesture like a hand on the shoulder.

"We did it!!! A teacher-student victory!!!" General Cross exclaimed while relighting his cigarette, much to Allen, Lavi and Kanda's disgust. Lavi ran and hugged Allen while Kanda stood close to them with an annoyed look. However, Allen didn't respond. He just walked out of Lavi's arms, much to Lavi's disappointment, and walked to the area that was originally the hallway. As he walked pass Cross. Cross whispered to him.

"Meet me at the library at 6pm if you want to know about the script in the control room." Allen turned to face Cross to see the General looking at the ceiling with a bored look.

"GENERAL CROSS!!!!!!!!!!" a deep and sharp voice rang across the now destroyed area that used to be 7 rooms. The four turned to see Inspector Rouvelier glaring at the General with an intensity of a snake waiting to kill. Behind the Inspector was Miranda and Marie who were trying not the get the Inspector to pounce. The General tilted his head at the Inspector's direction, still looking as bored as ever.

"Yo. I need a new room."

6 Hours later……(4 hours to 6pm)

The Order knew that exorcists can be the most stubborn people on the planet. But never in the history of the Order would they use any measure to stop or restrain them.

Allen, Lavi and Kanda had broken that part of history.

Currently the three were bound to their beds. Not string or chain bound but talisman and spell bound. And the three had the same thoughts.

"Damn you, Cross." The General had pushed the blame of the destruction of the rooms to the three of them. Though the Inspector dismissed his explanation immediately, the fact did not change that the three were at the scene, which somewhat had what Cross said slightly true (sadly). So till the mess was cleared and most importantly, stressed by Komui, till they have totally recovered, no one leaves their bed. The talismans were to form barriers to prevent the occupants to leave while the spells were to increase the gravity around the barrier area, making them unable to lift themselves easily.

"If we can't lift ourselves and get off the beds, how on earth are we going to go to the bathroom?" Lavi whined as shifted uncomfortably in his bed, pretending he had an urgent call from Mother Nature. It was then that the nurse held up a bed pan and the three boys' mouths dropped.

"You have got to be kidding me." Kanda growled in annoyance at the toilet bowel like container.

"Be grateful they didn't give us what they gave Krory." Allen said as Lavi shivered at the thought of have a tube stuck inside him. Then Lavi paled.

"Guys……" Lavi began as he held his stomach.

"It's all your fault, baka moyashi!!!" Kanda growled as Allen's whole face turned black in irritation.

"You didn't have to follow me, you big can't-mind your-own business ass!!!" Allen shot back which made Kanda move to his bed end, growling menacingly at Allen.

"Guuuuuyyyyysss…………………?" Lavi said in a tiny sing-song voice as he crawled up a little.

"Whose fault was it to not stay in his bed till he recovered?! If it weren't for all these spells and talismans I would be kicking your ass right now!!!" Kanda tightened his grip on the bed railing, making the metal squeak under his grip.

"Oh really? Bring it on you girly boy!!!" Allen stood weakly up on his bed and growled back at Kanda.

"GUYS!!!!!!" Lavi shouted , earning a you-are-so-going-to-die-when-I-am-done-with-you looks from Kanda and Allen.

"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT?!!!!!" the fighting paired shouted back at the poor all crawled up Bookman.

A stomach gurgling sound was heard, making both Kanda and Allen pale.

"I need to do the big one right now." Lavi said weakly as another gurgling sound was heard, louder than the first.

At the Noah's Mansion……

Lulubell bowed her head in shame as she finished her report on the retrieval of th Egg. The Earl was still grinning that sick grin on his but the anger and fury around the round goblin like clown did not go unnoticed. But then the fury went down little by little.

"It's not his fault. The imposters had filled his poor little mind with the wrong ideals. He is just a lost little sheep that we have to retrieve." The Earl sighed while placing both hands on either sides of his cheek and tilted his face to a side.

"But it doesn't repair the amount of time and money lost building my little Egg!!!" The Earl cried as the Akuma maids and butlers rushed about the room to find their master something to wipe his tears with.

"So you failed in you mission huh, Lulubell?" Tyki's smooth voice was heard as he entered the room, walking oh so casually to Lulubell's annoyance.

"Now, now, Tyki-bon! Lulubell's still upset and had only just returned back! Is this the way to treat your family, even in your current situation?" The Earl wagged a gloved finger at the male Noah whose eyes twitched at the mention of 'bon' after his name.

"Since she had just returned and she's family, why not I go and fetch the new comer instead? Seeing that Lulubell needs to rest up and all." Tyki suggested while Lulubell scowled .

"I am fine. Master, I can go and get him!" Lulubell protested to the Earl. The Earl just raised his hand and chuckled.

"You too must really want to get to know him and be close to him, don't you?" the two Noah widened their eyes slightly before trying to protest again but the Earl again held up his hand. "You two are both not going to pick him up. She will be going to pick him up. You two just rest now and wait for him to arrive." The two frowned but nodded anyways.

At the Ark……

The Fourteenth knocked down a chess piece from the Black side. The Fourteenth smiled.

"One down, Earl. You're right; the 7000 year prologue is over. The Time's End play has just ended its first chapter. What will be your next move now?"

Author's Note: Yay!!! I know, I know, I said there are pairings in this fiction but please be patient! I can tell you there will be soft moments of Allen with few characters in the next chapter, even though I haven't written it at all. It really is hard to blend the fiction with the original story while still wanting yaoi!!! Oh well I hope you enjoyed the chapter. Read and Review!! Thanks guys!!!!!