Spotting her close friend she began running at her target. As she got closer the male seemed to notice her coming and waved.
Reaching the male she stopped abruptly and kicked him in the leg, "Thats what you get!" She shouted at him in anger.
Grabbing his leg in pain, he shouted, "What'd you do that for?"
"For leaving without telling me. So much has happened since the last time I've seen you." she replied, feeling much better after the small dose of violence.
"Before you tell me what happened I want to know where you got the new cloths. You look so cute in it. It also looks as if you got cleaned up."
She blushed looking down at herself, "Well...I...what happened is...I ran into a boy and he offered me a bath at the Inn he was staying at...I really didn't want to but I knew I really needed it so I went with him". She started, before Tyki cut in.
Tyki felt generally pissed through the entire thing, "You went with a stranger to his hotel room with the offer of free baths and food? What if he had been a pervert?" He asked her.
"I didn't think about that." she whispered, "But, he wasn't so It's okay."
Sighing he let her continue, "Once I was done he gave me a new set of clothes. Then, as I was about to take them from him, I forgot to wrap my arm back up and he saw my tattoos."
Tyki's eyes narrowed, "And what did he do when he say them?" he asked, his voice bitter.
"Once I got dressed I wanted to leave but he said he thought he knew what it was..." she trailed off.
"What did he think it was?" He asked her, anxiety boiling up inside of him.
"Innocents. But he had to get another friend to make sure. I feel asleep on the bed waiting, and after he got his friend he confirmed it to be true. They said I was an exorcist, like them. Though they had to explain to me what innocence is."
"Oh, really?" He asked, knowing how badly this was going to turn out.
"Yeah, it suppose to stop the Milliemanu Earl's toys. But they aren't just any type of toys, they are giant monster like things that take on a human form because they were made from dead human souls."
"You don't really believe all that do you?"
"Well I didn't at first but once I tried to leave there was one right in front of me, outside of the room, so then Allen and Lavi started attacking"
"So wait the boys name was Allen?"
"Yup, and his two friends were Lavi and Bookman. As I was saying Bookman tried to get me to safety outside but one of the akuma cut us off. Then my arm began to hurt and once I looked to see why my tattoo like jumped of my arm and destroyed it and it blew up. Once it was gone the tattoo returned to my arm Then once we got out there was even more. Allen and Lavi then came out and started attacking the other ones. Then the cat tattoo started attacking the monsters too. Then where there were only a couple left Lavi got them all with a flaming hammer. It was so cool! Then I passed out." Akumu laughed. "Oh and they want me to be an exorcist with them."
"You're not really gonna join them are you." Tyki asked a little worried.
"Of course not." Akumu smiled.
"Good because it is way too dangerous for you." Tyki sighed with relief. Akumu instantly got pissed.
"So you think I can't take care of myself?! You know what maybe I will join them just to show you that I can!" She yelled as a crowd began to form around them.
"No, I didn't mean it like that. I just want you to stay safe with me."
"Sure whatever, and what do you mean with you?! You're almost never around, I only get to see you like twice every other week. If I'm lucky!" she screamed at him, as thick crowd of people now surrounded them.
"You're always away on you're stupid secret jobs! I almost never get to see you, or even have you all to myself for even a last time I did you looked almost completely different...Please...tell me why you looked so different." she whispered to him, tears forming in the corner of her eyes.
Trying to speak, Tyki found himself unable to get the words out of his throat, everything she said was true.
. "Tell me...did your look have to do with you secret job? What even goes on when you're off on those stupid things? Tell me!" she yelled, tears running freely down her face.
"I'm sorry, but I can't." Tyki tried to explain. "But if you stay with Momo, Clark, and Eaze then I know that you're gonna stay safe." He said, wrapping his arms around the female
Pushing him away she smiled, "That isn't gonna work Tyki."
Walking away, a small smile on her face, she could feel the tears flowing down her skin.
The crowd parted and began to disband as the female left their ranks.
Grabbing her arm, Tyki pulled her into his arms and kissed her.
"Tyki?" she questions, as their lips parted. Akumu felt a hot blush run across her entire body as the other's hand lightly brushed away her tears, "Please", he whispered, "Don't go."
"Tyki," she whispered back, looking up into his eyes, "I'm serious. Once I show everyone that I don't need to be treated like some..." she paused for a moment, "Damsel in distress, I'm not coming back. I'm going to become an exorcist."
Tyki watched as his love leave him, wanting so badly to run, stop her, and lock her away, out of harms reach. Yet...she would never be happy like that, he knew, she craved adventure, she wanted to prove herself. The only thing he could do is wait for her to return,
She found herself in tears again, a new hole growing in her heart. Putting a hand on her chest she remembered how her friend lips had felt against hers and blushed again. This was no time to be thinking about a potential boyfriend.
Wiping away the tears she set her sights on finding Allen.
On her way back to the Inn she knew the younger was staying at, Akumu ran into her other friends.
A false smile planted on her face she waved them over. "Hey you guys."
"Hey." Momo and Clark said back, Eaze between the two of them holding one of both their hands.
"You guys. I've got to tell you something really important." She began, bending down and ruffling the small boy's hair.
The child looking up into the girls eyes and asked, "What is it, Onee-chan?"
"I'm gonna be going away for awhile." she responded, a frown forming on her face
"But why?" Eaze asked, running a hand through his hair.
"Well things aren't going so well for me right now, I'm afraid if I stay any longer it might get worse. Please understand." She said, giving them each a hug.
As she bent down to hug the youngest she realized the boy was crying, "What's wrong?" she asked, worried the boy might be hurt.
"I don't want you to go, I want Mommy to stay here" he cried, wrapping his arms around her.
"I'm sorry Eaze", she said, "But I'm not your mommy, Momo is, and Clank is the daddy."
Momo but in, "But why do I have to be the mom, why can't Clark?"
"Because, you're the one that cooks." Clank said, sticking out his tongue.
"Boys, stop it. Just listen, it doesn't matter who the mom or dad is, what matters is, you're a family. So please stop arguing and love each other when I'm gone." she finished, hugging them all one last time. "I'm really gonna miss all of you."
"Just keep in touch. o.k.?" Momo asked.
"I'll do my best...Well I've got to go. I really love you guys. Oh! And before I forget, Eaze do me a favor and tell Tyki that I'm gonna miss him too." Then bending down to the child's level, she placed a kiss lightly on his cheek. "Give him that for me too." she told him, with a sweet smile.
"Are you sure about this?" Clark asked.
"Yeah, I'm sorry It's so late notice, but...I really want to do this." She finished, continueing off in search of her odd white haired friend.
Finally finding herself back at the inn she ran up to tell her new companions the sorta good news.
Before even knocking on the door she could hear a commotion inside and wondered if there were more Akuma around, however, after knocking the door and getting no answer, she opened the door herself to reveal Allen, Lavi, and Bookman scrambling and around the room and yelling at each other in search of a missing sock.
"That was my favorite sock", she heard Lavi yell at the other's.
"How do you even tell your socks apart?" Allen asked, holding up a couple pairs that seemed to look exactly the same."
"Because I don't wash that one." He answered, flipping one of the beds over.
"What do you mean you don't wash your socks!?" Bookman interjected, "That's unsanitary."
"But if I wash it all the luck will be gone with the soap and water, and all that will be left is a sock." He explained, as he rifled through the bed sheets.
"Excuse me", Akumu interjected into the conversation, "But...I want to be an exorcist."
All the commotion stopped and the three pulled themselves together, "Umm, we're sorry you had to see that", allen blushed.
Lavi ignored him, "Have you seen my lucky sock?" he asked.
"No." She laughed, 'But, by any chance are you wearing it?"
Looking down at his shoe covered feet he pulled up his pant legs to reveal one sparkling white sock and one that was a mix between light green and grey, "Oh, yeah, there it is." he replied happily.
His other counterparts did not reply in kind, "What do you mean you were wearing it the whole time? That was the first place you should've looked." Bookman fumed at the redhead.
"I don't know. I didn't remember putting it on so I assumed I had lost it to the Akuma." he replied.
"Well, guess what, our room is wrecked now, and if it isn't fixed the hotel staff is going to be on us about extra payment." Bookman continued looking at his pupil.
"Then let's just set it back up", he replied, oblivious to the other mans worried now that he had his lucky sock back.
"Oh no, we're not going to set this back up, you're going to set this back up. It's your fault we ruined it in the first place."
The boys smile dropped and he looked over to the other two, "Either of you want to help?" he asked hopefully.
Akumu and Allen looked at each other, shrugged and responded, "Sure, why not?"
After spending a copious amount of time resetting up beds and putting sheets on correctly the team was ready to check out.
Bags in hand they walked down to the front desk and handed in their room key, "Thanks for staying." The receptionist said, taking the key from them.
"It has been our pleasure." Allen smiled at the women.
Looking over at his chew he waved a hand, "Come on guys, let's go."
"Where are we going?" Akumu asked, feeling kinda under packed, though she didn't really have anything to pack, next to her counterparts.
"Oh, yeah. You don't know." Allen grinned, "We're on our way back to the Black Order"
