Lost Clown
Authors notes: Hey everyone! So sorry for the late update! I lost my Microsoft word application so I had to retype the entire chapter almost! Poor me! Wow chapter three already huh? Time sure does fly when you're procrastinating (and losing all your files to the damn computer) now, I have a challenge for all you readers! I noticed that there are a lot of hits for lost clown, like 407 or something last time I checked, but there have been only 17 reviews… (and I will be eternally grateful to my first 16 ((not including me who reviewed my self)) seriously, I'll love you guys FOREVER.) So, to get more reviews, because I need attention (I'm a greedy bastard aren't I?) I have a challenge to my readers, to try and get more reviews.
For every 50 reviews, I will write a readers request one shot. But you have to review it!
So, my faithful readers, I beg you, REVIEW!!
Allen: Awww poor Nella-Yellow-Chan, all she wants is attention from her readers… I mean she works hard to write our story!! She just wants the reader's opinion, to make the story better!!
Lavi: you're right Allen! We should go on strike until she gets more reviews!! FIGHT THE POWER!! ((Punches air))
Allen: but Lavi, wouldn't she get even less reviews if she doesn't write the chapter?
Lavi: ((silence))
Kanda: Idiot
Nella: at least Allen has some common sense… (-.-)'''
Allen & Lavi: Nella-yellow-Chan does not own D. Grey-man but she makes the characters in it gay for each other ((sweat drops, then makes out passionately with each other))
Nella: BEHOLD THE POWER OF THE AUTHORESS!! MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Kanda: She is WAY too much like Koumi when she doesn't get enough sleep, ((shudders)) oh for the love of God- Lavi!! Allen!! GET A FREAKING ROOM WILL YOU!! Damn perverts ((covers eyes))
Chapter three: pervert!
"I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I love you?" Lavi stuttered as Kanda's katana inched closer to his neck. Allen sat up and sighed sleepily at the pair. 'What the heck did I do to deserve this?' he wondered, looking up at the endlessly blue sky.
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Kanda and Lavi both watched in varying degrees of disgust (Lavi: mild, Kanda: grossed out of his mind) as Allen consumed his weight in food… again. The trio had reached Verona after about another hours worth of walking and were now eating at the tiny restaurant at was at the back of their inn. Koumi had only reserved two rooms for the exorcists, as Kanda had only been sent along at the last second, because he was in the area.
"About the sleeping arrangements…" Lavi smirked
"You and the bean sprout share." Kanda glared at the grinning redhead over his food.
"Mmmpfh! Beanf spiurht!? My namfe if Allen!" translation: hey! Bean sprout?! My name is Allen!!
"Awww Yuu Chan you're so mean!! I wanted to find a playmate for tonight, and I can't do it with the bean sprout there! It would scar him for life!" Lavi glanced slyly over at the white haired boy, "Well, heh, unless you wanted to join me bean-" Lavi stopped as an emotion flickered across Allen's face. The kid looked horrified and embarrassed sure, but that look in his eyes as Lavi said the last half of his sentence… was it… hope?
"Oi, bean sprout, close your damn mouth. I have to watch you shovel your fucking food into your mouth, I don't want to see it on the way down." Kanda snarled .
(Oh my gosh!! Kanda said the "f" bomb!! I don't really like using the word, but it was just too good of a Kanda moment to pass up.)
And Allen obediently complied with the dark haired samurai's order, his month shutting with and audible snap. Before swallowing and looking his confused friend in the eyes.
"Lavi, you really are a pervert." Allen said shaking his head, before tucking back into his sickeningly large meal.
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-Kanda's POV (1)-
Those two really are idiots, aren't they? I thought to my self, slightly amused. I mean, come on, I may not be the brightest bulb when it cam to emotions, but it seemed pretty obvious to me that Lavi had a thing for Allen. And it was a hell of a lot stronger than the disgusting brotherly love thing they shared. I was also pretty sure that the feelings were returned by the bean sprout, although, it was a tough call on my part. Lavi, who was supposed to have no feelings and of he had them, to be able to conceal them, was as easy to read as a children's book. Bean sprout on the other hand seemed to be able to keep anything like love hidden, aside from the general love of humans and akuma. It seemed that his love for the two enemies in general was too big, and took up any room in his heart for someone in specific, someone like Lavi. Just now, it had looked like hope flashed in the bean sprouts eyes when Lavi jokingly invited him to bed with him. The kid may be hard to read, but he wasn't impossible.
"Che…" I scowled at my own ridiculous thoughts. Why do I care about the two idiot's relationship? If they wanted to go be gay with each other, they should. I don't give a rat's ass. Still, no matter what I said, the idiots are the only people that I'm even remotely close to, so if they weren't on speaking terms, they would end up talking to me more… then they would drag me into their childish gay lovers quarrel. I'm not homophobic or anything, to be honest, I don't really care about what they do behind closed doors. As long as they don't get me into it.
Lavi has been quiet for more than 5 minutes… holy God; I have to mark this day on my calendar (2)… I thought with a smirk. Did the bean sprout really have that much of an effect on the normally hyper active redhead? Odd. I've known Lavi for a long time, and the only person I've never really seen him affected by anyone other than bookman. I felt my eye brows furrow as I glanced between the two morons. The sprout was thoughtfully chewing (ravenously sucking back) his food, while the stupid rabbit was fiddling with his hammer.
I sighed silently to my self. Great, just what I needed. Sexual tension between the two losers that I was being forced to work with. As if being with them wasn't enough of a headache.
Oh dear God, if Lenalee catches whiff of this, she'll be all over it. Her yaoi fan girl-ness insanity would definitely get her to try and get those two to 'hook up'. And guess who would get dragged (by the hair) into the whole mess? That's right kids! Me, of all people, Yuu Kanda would be the one sucked into the madness.
Sighing again I looked over at the two thoughtful children. Yes, I call them children, even though Lavi is almost the same age as me, and the bean sprout has had a hell of a rough life. From what I could tell, it was the kind of life that would have turned most people into a cold bastard like me. Yet they still acted like immature children, especially the damn rabbit.
Taking a sip of my tea, I wondered if it was really a good idea to let the two of them share a room. I mean, what if Lavi tries to do something perverted to Allen in his sleep… no, Lavi wouldn't do that… but if he did… no. I mentally slapped my self for even worrying about it. Lavi wont do anything and even if he does, maybe the bean sprout will want him to (3). Besides, there's no way in hell I'm sharing a room with either of them.
"Hey idiots." I growled at them, and to my amusement, they both looked up.
"Yes Yuu Chan?" Lavi asked as I whipped out mugen and pointed it at his throat.
"What was that rabbit?" I glared at the moronic redhead who squeaked in fear,
"Kanda, calm down, what were you going to say?" Allen shot a look over to Lavi who shrugged.
"I'm going to my room to meditate. Don't bug me. Don't call me. Hell, don't even think about me unless the whole damn city is about to be demolished by akuma, we'll go find the innocence tomorrow." I re-sheathed mugen and started to walk away from the table. I had no need of two love sick Idiots Company. I would much rather be by my self, that you very much.
"Kanda." I turned back as the bean sprout called my name.
"What?" I asked irritably, damn bean sprout. Keeping me away from my meditation.
"There are still a few hours of sun light, so Lavi and I are going to check out the town before tomorrow, see if we can get some leads. To get an idea of where to start. So we probably wont see you again tonight." Allen told me as I raised and eyebrow.
"And I care why?" I asked giving him my best, I-don't-give-a-flying-fuck-what-you-do look. (AH! The 'f' bomb again!)
"I know you worry sometimes Kanda, even of you don't say anything." he said smiling, all innocent. Christ, when I look at the kid, I can see why Lavi likes him. He's just so damn cute, like a little girl almost. Thank god I'm as straight as a pole, or I'd be jumping the kid.
"Whatever." I shot back at him, as I stormed away.
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-Normal POV-
"WOW!!" Allen sighed contentedly from behind the massive piles of dishes that more or less obscured him from view. "That was great!" he said to himself smiling and patting his flat stomache.
"Ne….Allen… How can you eat so much, yet stay so scrawny? I mean, I though that I ate a lot before I met you…." Lavi looked at the slight boy in wonder. Judging by looks, it seemed impossible that such a small boy could pack away so much food. Yet Allen ate about the same amount as a sumo wrestler did in a day… but at one meal…
"I'm a parasite type Lavi! My innocence uses all the extra energy I get from eating so much food! Didn't you notice how much Krory eats? Of course I could beat him in an eating contest mind you, as I've been a parasite type longer than he has, but he can still pack away a lot of food!" Allen chirped cheerfully at his sweat dropping companion.
"Right… well, we should get going, the innocence isn't going to pop out in front of us you know!" Lavi grinned lamely as he rose from the comfortable chair.
"Yup! Lets go!" Allen grinned up at the red haired boy and followed him out of the restraint, leaving a stunned waitress to clean up Allen's mountain of dishes.
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"Have there been any strange phenomenon happening around here lately?" Allen asked a jolly looking older gentleman, their stark white hair matching perfectly.
"Strange? What do you mean by that young man?" the cheerful man asked, belly shaking (like a bowl full of jelly?)
"Well, we heard that a lot of people have been re-enacting the play that is set here, 'Romeo and Juliet'. And were wondering if you knew anything about it."
"Ah yes, you must be talking about the pair that killed themselves off after their parents disapproved of their marriage. Such a sad thing. I've heard that many young couples have been pairing up, almost at random, but most of the time, the kids are so in love that their parents don't mind. I do find it peculiar, why are you asking about it?" the lively eyes sparkled beneath the bushy white eyebrows.
"Oh, well, we're here to investigate the phenomenon, its out job." Lavi explained.
"Ah, I see, well then, you should probably go talk to the parents of the young couple who committed lover's suicide, as they could spread more light on the situation than myself. The young lady's parents live over yonder hill," the man said, gesturing towards the beautiful mansion nestled into the hills to the east, "And the boy's parents live in the woods just over to the west of town. In the woods out there." Allen and Lavi nodded in thanks.
"Thank you very much sir! This is a great help for our investigation!" Allen smiled brightly before bowing slightly.
"If you would kindly allow us to take our leave, we need to go speak with our comrade." Lavi thanked the old man, and the two took off running towards the inn.
"This is great!" Allen panted as they ran, "We have a great lead to start off with tomorrow!" he grinned at the other exorcist as they sprinted down an ally.
"Yeah! Hey, wait a minute… Why are we running?" Lavi asked, keeping pace with Allen.
"I dunno, because its fun?" Allen asked as they rounded another corner, ploughing into another person as they did.
"Owww," Allen whined as he sat up, rubbing his head, "Ah! We're sorry sir! We were racing and…" Allen trailed off as his left eye activated, revealing the horrible akuma soul hanging over the person they had just ran into, who was slowly starting to sit up. "LAVI!! AKUMA!!" Allen shouted as he jumped up, activating his innocence.
"Wha-? Oh crap!" Lavi pulled himself up and yanked out his hammer. The burly man that the pair had run into sat up and cursed loudly, suddenly exploding from his clothes (well, that sounds awkward…) changing into the steel grey orb with guns pointing from different spots all over its body that was a level one akuma.
"Clown Belt!!" the seemingly feeble cloth snapped forward and wrapped around the target, immobilizing it.
"Size shifting hammer!! GROW, GROW, GROW!!" (4) Lavi's hammer expanded and he brought it down on the pitiful akuma.
"Lavi, there are two more, another level one and a level two. The level one is around the corner over there. It should attack when it sees you. I'll take the level two, and I'll meet you at the big fountain we saw on our way here ok?" Lavi nodded as Allen raced off in the opposite direction he had told Lavi to go.
"Be careful Allen!" Lavi called as his friend rounded the corner.
"Don't worry! Its just a level two!" Allen's voice sounded far off.
"You say that Allen, yet you always manage to get yourself hurt." Lavi mumbled to himself as he ran lightly in the direction Allen had pointed.
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Lavi had easily found and destroyed the level one akuma, and was waiting for Allen to return. Leaning against the extravagant fountain, Lavi looked at the darkening sky and listened to the peaceful sound of water flowing softly behind him. 'So quiet and peaceful' he thought with a sad smile. 'Peace only lasts so long, its something to enjoy while its here.'
"Lavi?" the tall redhead was jolted out of his thoughts at the sound of his name and turned grinning towards the sound of Allen's voice. Lavi stared and blinked dumbly for a moment, before his grin faded into a disappointed scowl.
"Allen, I told you to be careful." he said walking over to the boy who was clutching his right arm.
"Hey! Its just a scratch! Besides, it was an accident!!" Allen whined, holding his arm tighter, trying to stop the trickle of blood that was running down his arm. Lavi sighed as he walked over to the white haired boy.
"Here, let me see." Lavi gently pried the hand off of Allen's arm and examined the damage. The cut wasn't too deep, but it needed to be cleaned and bandaged or it would get infected.
"Its not that bad… the akuma had these tentacles coming from every which way and I managed to dodge all of them but the one…" Allen trailed off uncertainly, with a light blush spreading across his cheeks as Lavi examined his arm closely.
"Well, you're right, its not bad, but we should get back to the hotel and get it bandaged," Lavi looked up at Allen's face, "Hey, why are you so red? Are you catching a fever?" he asked, concerned and pressed the back of his hand to the younger boy's forehead.
"Ah! No, uhmm that akuma was just a bit of a work out, so my face must still be slightly red from all the exercise!!" Allen stepped back, "We should get back to the hotel, its getting kind of late." he said nodded toward the sun, which had nearly settled beneath the horizon.
"Yeah." Lavi agreed, slightly confused. A level two akuma shouldn't have been that much trouble for Allen, what with his crazy powerful new weapon, the cut on his arm was understandable, from how he had described the akuma, so why was he blushing? Lavi had been deep in thought when he felt Allen pull on the arm of his coat.
"Yes Allen?" he inquired, looking down.
"Uhmm, isn't the hotel over there?" Allen asked sheepishly as Lavi looked in the direction he was pointing.
"Oh, yeah, right, sorry about that, spacing out again!" Lavi laughed nervously as they switched directions.
"Is something wrong Lavi? You don't normally space out so much…" Allen looked up at his friend with concern written all over his expressive face. Lavi felt his cheeks begin to heat up as he looked away.
"No, I'm fine!" he glanced back at the white haired boy out of the corner of his eye and saw that it was quite obvious that Allen wasn't buying it.
"If you say so." Allen sighed and opened the door to their hotel room, flicking on the lights as he went. Lavi quietly shut the door and turned to the smaller exorcist with an all too familiar evil glint in his eyes.
"Ok bean sprout. Strip." Lavi commanded as an evil grin spread across his normally goofy features.
"S-s-s-s-say w-w-wha?" Allen stuttered.
"I said strip. We need to get that wound cleaned out, and that's rather hard to do with a coat and shirt on. I'll go and get the medical supplies, you better be shirtless when I get back!" Lavi laughed at Allen's surprised face and slipped out into the hall.
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-Allen's POV-
I sighed as Lavi left our shared bedroom. That guy… he really knew how to make everything seem perverted. I smiled as I unbuttoned my exorcist uniform, I wouldn't change Lavi, but that perversion has gotten both of us into trouble before… like that time on the train… I shuddered just thinking about how badly that guy beat up Lavi for hitting on his girlfriend. I finished unbuttoning my plain white dress shirt and let the now blood stained shirt fall to the floor.
Looking down at my injured arm I was surprised to see that it was a lot deeper than it felt. Even after about twenty minutes it was still bleeding a bit and I could tell that it was going to be sore tomorrow morning.
"Allen! don't poke it! You'll make it bleed even worse!!" I nearly fell over when Lavi's voice came from behind me.
"L-Lavi? When did you-? How did- behind me…?" I stared at the redheaded boy smiling down at me. There was only on door in our room. And I had been facing it. How in the hell did he get inside, walk all the way around me, and creep up behind me, all without me noticing?
"it's a talent bean sprout" he sang happily and steered me towards the bed. Wait a minute… the bed?
"My name is Allen! Hey, why is there only one bed?" I asked as I was forced to sit on the surprisingly soft mattress.
"Well there was only supposed to be one person in this room before Kanda got sent along. I don't mind sharing though." he grinned at me before opening the small pouch of medical supplies he had procured.
"Oh, alright then…" I could feel my cheeks heating slightly at the thought of sharing a bed. The last person I had shared a bed with was Mana… cross never was the cuddling type, and I'd gotten my own room for the first time ever when I came to the order so I'd never really shared a bed before.
"This may sting slightly." Lavi warned me about 2 seconds before he poked at the cut on my arm with the antiseptic, sending a shot of surprised pain up my arm. I yelped and yanked my arm away and Lavi looked up innocently at me.
"Oh, I'm sorry bean sprout, I didn't think I would hurt that much…" Lavi looked honestly guilty, so I let the name slide.
"It didn't hurt, but a little more of a warning would have been nice." I grumbled and allowed Lavi to continue cleaning up my arm.
"You really should be more careful you know. No one wants to lose you again." Lavi almost whispered and I looked over at him, meeting his eyes. The look there was soft, and caring. The kind of look no one had truly ever given me since Mana… Lavi dropped his gaze to the bandages he was holding and slowly started to wind them around my arm. I inspected Lavi closely. His only visible eye seemed wetter than it normally was, or was that just my imagination? I mean, Lavi wasn't close to tears was he? Over me? He looked up at me and smiled sadly. "It really hurt everyone, not just me." I held his gaze, unable to look away from the sadness that seemed to be eating him from the inside out.
"Lavi?" I asked quietly, uncertainly. He stopped tying the bandages and lifted his hand up to my face.
"Don't go getting yourself killed Allen," he said softly stroking the sensitive spot between my ear and the top of my jaw, sending a shiver down my spine, "Cause if you die, I'll bring you back to life using a satanic ritual, corpse and all, just so that I can kill you again my self." the sadness in his eyes instantly vanished as a cheeky grin turned up the corners of his mouth before he moved his hands back to my arm to tie the last knot on the bandages.
"That's not something to joke about Lavi." I scolded and he laughed.
"Yeah, it does sound pretty bad coming from an exorcist huh?" I nodded and he giggled like a little girl, "Well, its starting to get late, we should go to bed!" he pushed himself off the bed and landed with a soft thump.
"Yeah." I walked over to my small suitcase and pulled out the soft cotton shirt and boxers that I used for pyjamas. After I finished pulling them on, I turned to see Lavi laying on the left side of the bed, under the covers and… naked?
"Lavi?! Are you even wearing anything under there?!" I half shrieked blushing like mad.
"What? Of course I am! What do you think I am, some kind of pervert?!" silence fell, and a lone tumbleweed made its way across the room.
"Uhmm well…." I started before getting smacked in the face with a pillow.
"I'M WEARING BOXERS YOU PERV!! NOW SHUT OFF THE DAMN LIGHT! I WANT TO GET SOME SLEEP!" Lavi looked pissed so I scurried over to the far wall and flicked off the lights, the darkness outside filling the room. I carefully made my way over to the bed and climbed under the covers. Facing away from the already almost sleeping Lavi.
"Goodnight Lavi." I said sleepily.
"'Night Allen." Lavi mumbled barely awake. He really did go to sleep fast. I waited a few moments before the soft breathing evened out and I knew he was dead to the world until the morning. I flipped over and looked at him. The worries that etched themselves into his face when he was awake were smoothed out and his red hair flopped lazily over his forehead without the bandana to hold it back. I smiled softly and brushed the vibrantly coloured strands away from his eyes. Lavi sighed and reached over in his sleep, wrapping his arm around my waist. I sucked in my breath, thinking that he would wake up at the touch, but he seemed to smile in his sleep and relaxed as he pulled me closer. I snuggled into his chest and looked up. I knew this was wrong, Lavi was supposed to be worrying about becoming bookman, not about me. Bookmen weren't supposed to have emotions. I know that, that's why I'll never tell Lavi how I feel. He needs to reach his goal, and his goal doesn't involve me. that's ok, I care about him, so I'll hide my feelings away so he wont have to worry, so he can focus on becoming bookman. So, if it was wrong for me to just lay here in his arms, why do I feel so safe? Why does it feel so right? Hot tears pricked at my eyes, and slowly made their way down my cheeks.
"I'm sorry Lavi, I wont stand in your way. I-I'll let you walk down your own path, even if it doesn't include me." I whispered, burying my face in his chest and letting the tears I had been holding back for so long flow.
"I'm sorry I fell in love with you."
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Wow! That was a long chapter(for me anyways, i had to write it out twice!)! Well anyways, I need to keep this short, so on to the foot notes!
(1) this is my first crack at a POV please tell me if its bad.
(2) whoa, Kanda has a calendar? O.o freaky. the day Lavi actually is quiet for 5 minutes is the day I go bald.
(3) squee! Kanda is catching on! Perverted-ness for everyone! Yay!
(4) ok, Lavi's action cry is really lame sounding in English, can someone PLEASE tell me how to say it in Japanese? Pretty please? -Puppy dog eyes-
Nella: well, that's all folks! Hope you Allen enjoyed this chapter of "Lost Clown"! see you all next time!
Allen & Lavi: bye everyone!!
Nella: Kanda say good bye!
Kanda: che, as if.
Nella: Please Kanda? -super adorable puppy eyes-
Kanda: -discomfort- ok, ok, bye.
Nella: YAY! Glomps
Allen & Lavi: -in awe- she got Kanda to do what she wanted… whoa….