Obscurity's Undertone: Chapter Three, Strike (Rammstein Rendition (Ich Will Reprise))
"Lavi, would you be so kind as to guard the door and make sure that nobody comes in here?"
Ellen heard this voice faintly, the light of the world starting to seep into her vision.
"Sure."
She didn't recognize the second voice that Komui was talking to, but she finally managed to open her uninjured right eye. Unfortunately for her, in doing so she saw a most terrifying sight. Komui was sitting next to her bed, wielding his scary big ass drill.
He smiled down at her, "Oh, hello again Allen-kun. Nice to see you're awake."
Ellen almost shrieked out loud as she stared stupefied in terror at Komui, "Komui?! Eh?!! Where is this place!?"
"Oh here?" said Komui, "This is the hospital. The finders outside of town contacted headquarters and informed us that the town had returned to normal. Therefore, the mission has been accomplished. You did a very good job, Allen-kun."
"Why are you here, Komui?"
He set his hard hat atop his head and gave her a thumbs up, "Why to fix you up of course, Allen-kun!" He took off the hard hat and looked at her.
She screamed in her mind, "Is he serious?"
He raised an eyebrow and leaned in close to her, smirking as he whispered into her ear, "Or should I call you Ellen-chan?"
"How did you find out?" she asked.
He smirk grew downright cocky, "Well, Miranda was kind enough to tell me everything that had happened between you and that Noah, so it wasn't that hard. As for your name I just took a wild stab at it. And me being the genius scientist that I am, I turned out to be right."
He smiled kindly at her as he leaned away from her, "So what is your full name then, Ellen-chan?"
She smiled shyly and replied, "My full name is Sarah Ellen Marian. Daughter of General Cross Marian and General Cloud Nyne."
At that point, Komui proceeded to fall out of his chair in surprise.
Ellen leaned over the side of her bed and looked down, "Are you all right, Supervisor Komui?"
Komui immediately sat up quickly rubbing his head. He laughed lightly as he responded, "Don't worry about it, little Ellen-chan. Although I do have a question I would like to ask you. Why were you not raised by your parents?"
Ellen's expression grew sad, "When I was born, my father had taken me into another room in order to have some peace of mind so that he could think of a name for me. While he was doing that, my mother was giving birth to my little brother, Allen.
"After an hour after our birth had past, someone with ties to the Millennium Earl attacked the small house my mother and father had bought together in secret. He used strange powers to erase the memories of my mother and father, making them forget even the love they had for one another.
"A friend of their's, Mana Walker, discovered the tragic scene and adopted me as his daughter, since he knew that my parents would never believe that I was their daughter. Over the next several years, he raised me as his own daughter, before telling me of my past the hour before he died.
"It was then only a day later that I mistakenly tried to raise him from the dead with the Millennium Earl's assistance. After my adoptive father had been destroyed and my cursed eye began to take full affect, the man who was my real father finally appeared in my life.
"Apparently the memories of the past had just returned to him, so he was then able to locate the house I was born in, where he found a letter from my adoptive father telling him where I was. It was on the way to see Mana and me that he discovered me, leaning against Mana's tombstone, sobbing quietly.
"He touched my arm gently, causing it to return to normal. He then lifted me up gently into his arms, and just stood there, holding me, until I had fallen asleep. From that point forward, I became his apprentice in the art of slaying Akuma and sending their souls back to heaven, and that was also when the overprotective side of his personality made me pretend to be a boy. It was my decision to use my dead brother's name. Does that answer your question, Komui?"
It took Komui a while to respond. When Ellen had spoken of memories being wiped away, he had felt a small pang of familiarity, as if he had read something about it before. He shook his head slightly in order to clear his thoughts.
Ellen had her eyes closed, waiting for an onslaught of annoying questions, but instead she was on the receiving end of a hug. Not a romantic kind of hug, it was more like the kind of hug an older brother gives a younger sister. She opened her eyes wide and stared at Komui in shock.
He smiled at her kindly over the top of his glasses, "You truly have lived a tragic life, haven't you, Ellen? I just want to let you know that if you ever need a big brother to talk to, I'm always ready and willing to talk to you. All you have to do is call me Komui nii-san."
Ellen grew watery eyed and said in hoarse voice, "Komui nii-san."
His smile grew, "Now, was that all that hard?"
Ellen smiled back, before gasping, "Oh! What about Lenalee? Is she okay?"
A voice came from the doorway, the door now being open, "Old man Panda is taking care of her right now, so she should be fixed up in no time."
The first reaction that Ellen had upon seeing this new exorcist was a slight pink tinge to her cheeks, and the thought, 'He's kind of, hot…' She immediately did everything in her power to quench those thoughts, as she was still trying to pretend to be a boy and it wouldn't do for her to get tangled up in a romantic relationship at this point of her young life.
Although this went unnoticed by the red haired boy, this sudden flush of Ellen's cheeks was noted and filed away by her new 'Nii-san'.
The red head smiled at Ellen and said, "My name's Lavi."
"Allen." she replied.
Lavi smiled back at her. He then glanced over at Komui, raising an eyebrow in question. Komui nodded his head. Lavi smiled again and walked over to the bed.
He grabbed Ellen by the wrist and hauled her out of bed. He calmly walked away from the room, leading the confused girl along. He didn't see it, but now Ellen's face was scarlet. Though more in embarrassment than anything else.
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"This is amazing," said the old man. "Your eye has already begun to regenerate on its own."
The old man began to put his needles back into his leather carrying case. "It seems my skills with acupuncture are not needed. In three to four days, your eye should be healed." The old man glanced at Lavi before continuing, "We are the ones known as Bookmen. That annoying pup over there is named Lavi. I myself have no name."
He offered her a hand and smiled slightly, "You may call me Bookman."
She shook it and smiled widely at him. "Thank you, Bookman."
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The Pope, the leader of the Catholic Faith, had locked the door leading into his private study. He then walked to a comfortably padded chair, sighing in pleasure when he felt his body relax against the cozy piece of furniture. He closed his eyes for a moment as he waited for the arrival of the one he was to meet in secret. He did not have to wait long.
"Good evening, your Eminence." said the dark fatherly voice of the Earl of the Millennium.
The Pope got out of his chair and took a knee before the Earl, "Master." he said in a reverent tone, "what is your bidding?"
The Thousand Year Duke bent down to grasp the chin of the kneeling Pope, bringing the Pope's gaze closer to his. "I would like for you to take a trip into the many towns and cities of Italy, spreading rumors of darkness and hopelessness. I need this place to be ripe and ready so that I might use it to kill many of those fools of the Black Order. I will have Lullubell take your place here while you are gone, so hurry up and get it done."
The Pope nodded his assent, stood up and bowed before his master.
"Don't forget to leave your 'skin' here, your Eminence." said the Earl.
The Pope quickly removed his priestly robes, leaving only a sleek black suit on underneath. He then reached for the skin on his face, before tearing it off.
This allowed anyone in the room full view of the attractive male Noah's face.
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TBC
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AN: When I wrote this chapter, I had 666 hits on this story. Pretty creepy.
Anyway, see ya'll next time. Reviews would be appreciated.
