Authors notes:

I have a poll up on my profile on what anime/game you guys want me to write about next time I make a story. If you have the time, please go vote, it will be up for about 2 – 3 weeks.

Anyway, this one is a bit longer to make up for my last two chapters. Hope you guys like it~.

Disclaimer:

I do not own D. Gray-man, the characters, the story, and the idea all came from Katsura Hoshino, so, it's not mine. With that said, enjoy.

Another Realm:

Chapter 4: The Golden Golem

Mana…

The boy shot up in bed before wincing. A hand went to his cursed eye, his face still wet with tears from his sleep. It had been a long time since he had dreamt of Mana and what had happened on that cold snow covered night, something he wished would stop happening. Every time it happened he woke with a sweat and tears, then for days after his eye would hurt and the scar over it would some times open up and bleed.

Sighing he pushed the covers off, noting he was in his own bed at home. It had been a while since he had been in the mansion, the one place he had been able to call home. The room he was in was adorned with dark wood floors and red wall paper which held a golden flower print along it. His bed sheets were the same red, a gold trim around it with two diamond shapes on ether corner, like a card. A lush red and black rug sat on the floor, red curtains… all in all, the room was very red.

He swung his legs over the edge of the bed, wincing as doing so made his chest burn slightly.

"That's right… I got shot." He muttered looking down at his bandaged chest.

The Earl must had brought him back and had one of the Akuma pull the virus out, well… for the most part. He had noticed when he looked down, the black of his skin had lightened but he still had a slight gray look to him. He chuckled slightly, amused by the fact it made him look more like his family.

Standing, he moved over to a spare set of clothing, which had been left on a dark wood dresser near the door on the opposite wall of the bed. As he began to button up his shirt the door opened, he blinked, turning as a small girl came skipping in.

"Allen~" she mused, running over to hug him despite his partly dressed figure.

The girl had pale skin with short nearly blue-black hair. She was dressed in a cutesy Lolita dress which had a matching head piece and socks. It was white with frills down the front and around the short sleeves and bottom which stopped at her knees. The socks also had frills around the trim. He blinked.

"What has Sheryl got you wearing now, Road?" he asked, finishing buttoning up his shirt before picking up his pocket watch which had been sitting under it.

"You don't like it?" she pouted as she looked down at her dress.

"It's too bright." He admitted calmly and pulled a red ribbon around the collar of his shirt.

"Aw, and here I thought you would like it." She whined.

"You look adorable." He chuckled.

"But you just said…."

"Not the outfit." He interrupted her to explain.

"Oh…" it took her a second to understand.

"Thank you Allen~" she said hugging him again before taking his hand and starting to pull him along.

"Come on, Lord Millennium will want to know you're awake." She said as she pulled him towards the hall, forgetting he had been hit by the Akuma bullet.

Allen didn't protest despite the fact that her pulling on his arm made his chest hurt a bit. He managed to shut the door to his bedroom as they entered the regally decorated hall of the mansion. Allen smiled slightly, it was so nice to be home where he could fully relax with out a human in sight, well, other than Road's mother of course, but for a human, she was ok.

"Allen~ will you play with me later?" Road asked as they walked down the hall.

"I can't Road, my chest still hurts." Allen explained, hoping his 'no' wouldn't upset the small Lolita Noah girl.

"Aw, why did that arm of yours have to get in the way? Sometimes I wish we could just cut it off!" she complained making Allen more than a bit nervous.

"Eh, I'd rather you not." He said with a sweat drop before the two stopped in front of the doors to the lounge.

Road finally let go of the albino boy's hand, pushing the door open, she skipped inside and sat down in one of the large arm chairs that sat near the fire.

"Allen Walker." The Earl greeted, sitting in the arm chair next to Road, a tea set sitting on the side table in between them.

"Morning Duke Millennium." Allen greeted as well as he moved into the room.

The room was decorated some what like his own, dark wood floors covered in one large rug that nearly reached all four walls and had black intricate designs across it. Red curtains covered the window, filling the room with a gentle red glow from the morning sun outside, Allen had slept through the night. A fire place held a small flickering fire, warming the room and keeping the cold winter morning chill out. Hanging from the ceiling was a small glass chandelier that sent rays of light across the walls as the sun hit it from outside.

Allen took his place in an arm chair across from Road and the Earl, rummaging threw his pockets for a moment he pulled out a silver chained necklace. On this necklace a small gem hung, glowing green and surrounded by two spirals made of silver to protect it.

The Earl looked up, curious as to what Allen was reaching for in his pocket, when his eyes landed on the necklace he purred slightly in anger.

"Innocence?" he questioned earning a nod from the albino boy.

"Allen, you know you aren't supposed to go after innocence." Road said calmly as she stopped playing with a doll that sat in her lap.

"I know, but it was just sitting there." Allen explained. "No one was around so I figured it would be alright."

"It's not alright, you shouldn't have gone off on your own~." The earl purred.

"I'm sorry lord Millennium." Allen said, a chill going threw his spine from the sing-song tone the Earl held.

"It's alright, just don't do it again. Road, take that out back and get rid of it." The Earl said, taking a sip of tea.

Road pouted, not wanting to leave the room Allen was in, but stood and took the chain from his hand with out complaint.

"How are you feeling?" The Earl asked, changing the subject easily.

"Fine, my chest hurts a bit, but I'll be ok." Allen responded taking a cup of tea from an Akuma maid who he hadn't noticed was in the room.

"That's good. Why don't you go to your room and unpack. I'm sure your travels have made you tired." He suggested calmly, putting down the tea cup.

Allen stood calmly.

"Alright." He said and turned to the door but was stopped just as he opened it.

"Remember to call the house next time we get separated because of that arm of yours." The Earl mused, seeming rather annoyed the boy hadn't thought to do so.

Allen sweat dropped slightly, feeling a bit silly for not thinking of that.

"Sorry… I didn't think to do that." he admitted before leaving the room.

Moving down the hall he let him self return to his thoughts, mind wandering off to Mana… He shook his head, stopping and trying to force him self off the topic. Wincing a hand went to his eye and he frowned as he felt something wet and warm drip down his face.

"Great." He turned, going into the nearest bathroom and stopping in front of the mirror.

He let his hand fall to his side, looking at him self in the mirror. A small trail of blood moved down his face, dripping off his chin and landing in the sink he was leaning over. His hair was messy, his skin starting to return to its normal shade. He looked down at the hand that held innocence. He frowned, he could still remember the feeling of pure fear he had held when his claw had gone after his father. He shuddered and looked away from it, reaching out with his other hand he grabbed a cloth rag and wet it in the sink before dabbing it over the open wound over his eye.

"Why do you hurt every time I think of him…" he muttered.

"Allen…" he jerked around, eyes wide, he could have swore he had heard Mana's voice.

"M…Mana?" he couldn't help but ask.

No answer, the door was open like he had left it, the light of the sun shining in through a window which was covered with a nearly see threw tan curtain. He calmed him self, shaking his head, blaming his mind for playing tricks on him. He turned to look back at the mirror and gasped, jerking back around he looked threw the room once more.

"What the hell is going on…" he said, shaking slightly.

He turned to look at the mirror again. He could have sworn he saw someone standing right behind him.

"I need to stop drinking tea." He shook his head, looking at the floor as he walked out.

He moved down the hall, once more heading to his room. He was still a bit jumpy from the bathroom and decided he would lock the door to his room. His suitcase was sitting on the floor next to the foot of his bed. Calmly he picked it up and placed it on his bed before unlocking the latches and opening it. He blinked slightly as something inside his clothing moved. Leaning closer he went to lift the clothing to see what it was, but as he did so a golden creature came flying out. He gasped, falling back as he tripped over his own feet in his surprise and hit the floor.

"Damn it! I've had enough falling for one day!" he growled and looked up, blinking as his eyes landed on the strange thing that now fluttered around the room.

"H-hey!" he jumped up, giving chase.

He darted after the small golden winged creature, attempting to corner it, but every time he was about to catch it, it managed to escape his grasp. After multiple failures in his attempts, he sat down on the edge of his bed, panting. After a second the small golden creature came to rest on his head and he blinked.

"Oh yeah, now you let me close!" he complained before shaking his head slightly.

"What are you any way?" he asked attempting to grab the creature off his head, but it simply fluttered out of reach again.

"More importantly, where did you come from…?" he flopped back on the bed, blinking as the creature landed on the bed next to him.

Its mouth opened and a strange red haired man was seen on some kind of projection or something. The image was distorted so Allen couldn't make out who it was, but he blinked.

"Take care of my Golem for me, it's name is Timcampy. Don't let it eat to much or it will get fat." It was a man's voice and Allen couldn't help but think he had heard it some place before.

Allen blinked.

"Take care of you, huh…" Allen sighed, knowing at this point he didn't have a say in the matter.

He jumped as there was a knock at the door, blinking he sat up.

"Allen, it's time for dinner." Tyki's voice said from the other side of the door.

"I'll be right there." Allen called standing.

He turned to grab the Golem but blinked as he noticed it was gone.

"Strange… I think I'm going insane…" he muttered before turning and blinking as he felt something in the back of his shirt.

He let out a shocked gasp before realizing it was the golem and frowning.

"My shirt, really?" He shrugged before moving to the door and unlocking it.

He opened the door, blinking as he noticed Tyki look around the room.

"Who were you talking too?" Tyki asked looking down at him when he had noticed no one was in the room.

"Th… OW!" Allen jerked as the golem bit the back of his neck.

"The mirror!" he said quickly earning a shocked blink from the Noah of pleasure before he shrugged.

"Strange thing to do." He said before turning and walking down the hall.

"Yeah…" Allen said frowning as he shut his door and followed.

Stupid thing bit me…

The dining hall was filled with bickering, something Allen had come to expect from this family. They didn't tend to get along. Road was sitting doing her homework, grumbling something incoherently under her breath as the twins laughed. They must have messed up her home work again. Allen moved over to sit at his normal place across from Road and next to the Earl and Tyki. The Earl hadn't entered yet, probably busy dealing with 'customers' as he called them. Tyki moved to sit in his normal place, picking up a book that he had been reading before Road had pestered him to go get Allen for her. Skin was missing, something Allen was happy about. It seemed every time the large Noah man was around, some one ended up getting beaten to death for not giving him sugar on his food.

"Allen… can you help me with my home work? I got a whole month's worth." Road complained.

"Sorry Road, you know I'm not good with that kind of stuff." Allen said with a shrug.

"The twins messed it up again!" Road whined glaring daggers at the two which promised pain later.

"You shouldn't have asked us to do it in the first place!" Debitto countered.

"Yeah, shouldn't ask us, heh, heh!" Jasdero proclaimed.

Allen sighed, shaking his head as the argument went on for quite a while before it hushed suddenly as the Earl stepped into the room.

"What's all this noise?" he asked with a purr, sitting down in between Road and Allen at the end of the table.

"The twins messed up my home work." Road said, pointing her pencil accusingly.

"I'll help you with it after dinner Rodo~" The Earl said, trying to make his favorite spoiled Noah happy.

Road smiled and nodded her approval, putting the books on the floor next to her chair.

Allen's stomach growled and he looked down. He hadn't eaten any thing since the night before and was starving. Road blinked, looking at Allen with a chuckle before food was placed on the table by the akuma maids.

Allen of course was the first person to start digging in, pulling a few things on his plate at the time. Tyki blinked, watching.

"Haven't seen you eat like that since you were little." He teased as he placed his book on the table.

Allen blinked, looking over at him with a slight grin.

"I haven't eaten much lately, it's good to be home." He said with a smile.

This said the rest of the family began to eat as well, having somewhat become accustomed to the Albino boy's eating habits. Once dinner was over with they all went their separate ways, Allen heading to the bathroom to take a bath and look over the wounds on his chest.

He shut the door, having made sure to choose a different bathroom than the one before. Calmly he slipped off the ribbon around his neck, the golden golem fluttering out from under his shirt and going to rest on the counter near by. Allen moved over to the tub, turning on the water and getting it to the way he liked it before going to slip off the rest of his clothing. He stopped before he removed his pants and looked at the Golem, blinking.

"Do you have to watch?" he asked, a bit disturbed.

The golem turned around, facing a wall.

"Thank you." Allen said, slipping off the rest of his clothing before slipping into the tub and sighing.

He turned off the water, looking his chest over as he sat in the large square tub made of marble.

"Well, at least those are healed." He said, blinking as he felt the golden golem land on his head.

"Do you like using my head as a perch?" he asked looking at it threw the reflection in the water.

The water was murky so he didn't have any worries about the golem being there.

The golem shifted, curling up on his head. Allen sweat dropped.

"Glad you like it?" he asked more confused as to why his head was so comfortable for the small golem, but he dropped it and let it do as it pleased.

After soaking and washing up, the golem being forced to move so he could wash his hair, the boy stood, wrapping a towel around his lower half and grabbing his clothing. The golem slipped into the shirt now in his arms and Allen blinked.

"Why do you keep hiding?" he questioned but when he didn't get any kind of replay he just shrugged and moved to go back to his room.

It was only noon but he was a bit tired so he figured he would take a nap. He slipped into a larger black dress shirt before going to lie down, the golem fluttering over and resting on the pillow next to his. Allen closed his eyes, letting him self drift into the darkness of sleep.

Ending Authors notes:

Well, this took a bit longer than I expected, I got it done. Hope you like it. It took me hours to write non stop. I started this morning….

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