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"Never again." Allen moaned in distress after the process had been completed. Neah chuckled in amusement before he dragged his nephew into a tight hug.

"Thank you… Allen." He whispered before completely lifting up the younger and walking towards the exit, carrying Allen in his arms.

Despite Allen's past he was still Neah's nephew after all and uncles had the right to be embarrassing now and then.

Letting out a squawk at the sudden loss of earth under his feat Allen shifted a bit until he was more comfortable. The white haired teen wrapped his arms around his uncles neck and enjoyed the other's presence.

Was this how it felt to have a family? Allen couldn't help but wonder, memories of a time when Mana carried him on his back during their travels flashing through his mind.

Neither said anything, not even when they got up to Allen's room or when they left it. Neah kept carrying Allen without complaint and walked down the dark hallway like he had never been gone.

Neah stopped momentarily in front of another seemingly normal paper wall and Allen found himself mildly surprised as Neah, without any problems pushed the door to the side and revealed another room.

This room was different from his room, Allen quickly found out, instead of the cranes in the ceiling Neah had painted stars against a blue painted dark night sky.

The room had less books and more decoration, paintings and some figures lined the shelves and stood on the low table. The room wasn't similar at all, the only thing in common was the absent bed.

Neah rested his back against one of the steadier walls and slid down, sitting on the floor with Allen in his lap. The musician rested his chin on Allen's head, staring forward emptily without saying anything. The younger found the silence comforting and didn't bother to break it.

They sat like that for awhile, getting used to the loss of each other's presence in their mind. Sure they were still somewhat mentally connected, a couple of emotions slipping through, but the difference was still glaringly obvious. Allen was unsure whatever he should be relieved or not, Neah wouldn't ever attempt to take his body again but he still missed the feeling of knowing that wherever he was he would never be alone.

A loud growling sound suddenly echoed in the house completely stilling any motion from the uncle and nephew. Allen blushed furiously as his arms wrapped around his stomach protectively, Neah's shoulders were shaking in barely contained laughter.

Allen swatted the older's shoulder as the shaking didn't stop which only managed to set off the older man.

"BWAHAHAHAHAHA!" Neah burst out laughing slightly startling Allen who pouted in defeat. It wasn't his fault that he was starving.

Ignoring the fit of laughter Neah had managed to get himself into the younger rose from the others lap, dragging Neah along with him as he went.

"Stop laughing, you twit! I'm hungry let's eat." Allen passive-aggressive stated, his blush firmly in place.

"Oh Allen, you never change!" The other giggled.

Swatting the other over the head again for good measure Allen grabbed ahold of the other's hand and dragged him towards the door, grumbling at the other as he went.


After eating numerous plates of food Allen suddenly realized that the amount of food he normally needed had reduced drastically. Frowning in confusion he decided to voice his concern, maybe Neah knew the cause for his sudden loss of appetite.

"Oh that." The other hummed thoughtfully while sipping on a cup of black coffee, "I believe the reason for your monstrous appetite was mainly because of me and your Innocence. We both leach off of your energy after all." Allen stared at the other in wonder, parasitic types were after all more rare than the other types, making the knowledge of them pretty slim to none.

"Your type of Innocence is known to take a lot of energy from its wielder, however I believe that I made the strain on your energy worse. Meaning that now that I have my own body-" "My need for food has reduced!" Allen finished with wide eyes as Neah smirked.

"It's not really a topic which has been studied in detail, your case is special after all but yes, I do believe that it's the reason for your sudden loss in appetite." The man said.

"However," Neah suddenly said sharply, "I'd still like you to eat your fill and be careful with how you use your quickly decreasing energy reserves, the Noahs can be easy to tackle unless they all corner you but Apocryphos is a whole other story."

Allen stilled, calmly setting down his cup of tea that stopped halfway to his mouth when Neah said the Innocence's name.

"Yes… About that… Didn't the old Allen say that I was the Heart's accommodator? How come he's trying to absorb me in that case?"

Neah quieted and looked at the table in thought.

"Maybe you aren't the Heart's accommodator, or well not completely at least." Neah suddenly said out loud.

Allen frowned, that did made sense somewhere at the back of his head but if it was the old Allen's knowledge or Neah's mind was beyond him. Because he sure as hell didn't understand what Neah was talking about.

"I don't understand." He said softly, gaining the Noah's attention. "I'm pretty sure that Crown Clown isn't the Heart of Innocence and I don't remember old Allen having the same arm as I do when we meet briefly." Understanding suddenly filled his mind as he connected the stray dots.

"Oh god, y-you think Crown Clown is just a distraction, luring away their attention from the Heart?!" The white haired teen squeaked in alarm.

Neah's face didn't reveal anything which spoke for itself.

"B-but didn't Allen say that I was the accommodator? How can I be that when I only have Crown Clown?!" Allen demanded.

"He also said that your soul and the Heart was one." Neah spoke softly, as if he was trying to calm a hysterical animal.

"Which makes even less sense!" Allen shouted, standing up and pacing back and forth in distressed circles.

"If, IF I'm the Heart and not only it's accommodator then why is Apocryphos trying to absorb me?! It's purpose is to protect the Heart isn't it? Why do the opposite and kill-." Allen stopped mid-rant, staring emptily forward.

"It thinks that it's the best way to protect the Heart…" He continued emotionlessly.

Neah rose gracefully from the pillow-chair placed on the floor and embraced Allen and started to gently rock him back and forth.

"Apocryphos is with no doubt aware of your true position in this war, I believe that it thinks that absorbing you would be the best action to take. Despite everything, it's more than just powerful and probably the best equipped to protect you, if you disregard me and Mana that is."

Allen looked up at Neah in confusion.

"Apocryphos is, despite everything, still just Innocence," "Just" Allen grumbled in disbelief. "Don't interrupt me, Allen," Neah scolded lightly, "But, yes. Just. It's powerful, no doubt about that, but I'm pretty sure that I could take him on when I have regained my original strength. I'm still practically the other half of the Millennium Earl and Apocryphos had a hard time fighting against the one Earl, imagine the struggle he would face if he fought against two." Neah smirked viciously.

Allen frowned. "You sound pretty sure that The Earl would back you up in this. How do you know that he's just fine with handing me over to Apocryphos if he thinks that his objection is to absorb me?" he inquired seriously.

Neah stared at him in disbelief before groaning.

"I forget how naive you can be." Allen bristled at the offense, he knew that he was important and unique and all that jazz. Lenalee had brought up this argument already, why did Neah have to bring it up again.

"Allen, if you're the Heart as all proof is currently pointing at, then your position is beyond important. The Order would kill to get their hands on you." Neah suddenly gripped his jaw and forcefully made Allen make eye contact with him.

"You're Mana's heart." He said with so much certainty that it almost made Allen believe that himself. "I know that you might not remember it since it only happened later in your old life, but you became his pillar of safety. He always went to you when he had to let his emotions out, you always embraced him -despite him being taller- and comforted him. I am responsible health but you Allen, are his sanity."

A flash from the memory he had experienced with the Earl at their last meeting caught Allen's attention momentarily.

"It's okay. We have always been here-"

"You and I can quite literally become two queens on the chessboard, in fact we are already possess quite the amount of power on our own." Neah said as an afterthought.

Allen narrowed his eyes, he wasn't stupid, he knew that Neah had planned and almost executed a mission to kill the Earl and in hindsight Mana. Neah might play nice with him now but he was still on a foreign side. Allen blinked, speaking of which…

"Which side do you belong to?" He questioned seriously. He obviously wasn't on the Order's side and even more obviously not on the Earl's either.

Neah smiled the most sinister smile Allen had ever seen before gently touching Allen's forehead with his own.

"Now you're starting to ask the right questions dearest nephew. And remember, I have always been on my side. Now…" Neah's hands were suddenly cupping Allen's jaw, gently yet forcefully tilting his head upwards. A dark look was now evident in Neah's eyes and Allen shudder slightly. A sharp smile graced the older features as his eyes narrowed lazily.

"… Who's side are you on… Allen?"


"Earl!" Tyki growled as he ran around in the new Ark. After the incident were the Earl disappeared momentarily he hadn't quite been himself.

The man in question had locked himself in his room crying a whole day, never going outside the room and never letting anyone in during that time.

That is until approximately five minutes ago.

The Noahs had decided to take turns watching over Adam during his grieving period. No one questioned what he was grieving but everyone silently agreed that the defeat and sorrow that never seemed to leave the Earl's face nowadays was heartbreaking. Just as his hatred and determination was scary.

Wisely, while not pointing fingers, had put quite the time and Akumas into finding the 14th. The teen was obviously quite enraged at the damage the 14th had caused their precious Earl.

While Tyki was a bit iffy about the whole 'kill all the humans' thingy he still didn't want the Earl to look so… Destroyed.

It was hard to imagine the usually untouchable Earl as injured, never mind broken. It was almost as impossible as touching the moon or reaching the stars.

So here he was, searching the Ark for the Earl who had escaped his room during his and Wisely's five minutes long talk. It was beyond him how someone as tall and big as Adam could possible escape a room silently while two Noahs stood outside the door.

Sure it was amazing that he managed that but dear lord was it annoying.

"Earl!" He shouted a little louder as he quickly pecked into the dining room before quickly continuing.

Tyki stopped and blinked before walking backwards, staring into the room in disbelief.

Adam in his human form sat in his usual chair at the end of the table while hugging two… Dolls?!

The sight was beyond bizarre and he quickly sent a thought directed at Wisely who without doubt heard him.

Not five seconds later the white haired teen came down from the end of the hallways, opening his mouth in order to no doubt ask him what he wanted. Tyki quickly hushed him before making a gesture towards the room.

The Noah frowned in confusion before hastily peeking into the room and freezing.

"Earl?" He questioned loudly in shock, not that Tyki could blame him. The Earl was childish but this was taking it a level further, playing with dolls was more Road's thing.

The Earl didn't acknowledge him and only continued to cradle the dolls while mumbling silently into their soft fabric.

Wisely and Tyki exchanged a bewildered look before hesitantly entering.

"Earl… Can we help you?" Wisely tried again uneasily looking at the man.

"I… Want my child…" The man whimpered, whimpered what?!

Wisely stilled, unsure what to do, was he talking about Road?

"Earl… Are you talking about Road? I can try and contact-"

"No." Tyki shuddered while Wisely immediately quieted. This was… strange, the Earl had always been careful with favoring them but Road had always been his favorite, it might have to do with the fact that she had been with him from the beginning.

But if Road wasn't his… Child… Then who was he talking about? Wisely seemed to follow his line of thought as he questioned the Earl directly.

"Who is your child?" Wisely asked softly before violently flinching back as the Earl let out a wounded sound before exploding in tears and insane laughter.

Tyki, immediately sensing danger grabbed ahold of Wisely before running out from the room.

It was never a good idea to stay in the same room as the Earl when he got one of his more insane fits, especially not during one as violent one as this one seemed to be.

Wisely shook slightly in shock and surprise looking at Tyki with wide eyes, honestly, Tyki couldn't blame him. The Earl could be positively terrifying when he was at his worst.

He usually tried to go away into his room or that room when it happened though, always trying his best to avoid contact with the Noahs.

Something Wisely had said must have set of a trigger, and probably not a known one at that.

The Noah of Pleasure cursed as he dragged the silent Wisely away from the room containing the laughing Earl, the smashes coming from the room causing him to wince at it's intensity. Something told him that they would have to buy a new table after this incident.

"Wisely, I don't think that we should ask about the child after this." Tyki mumbled as he continued down the corridor.

The teen mutely nodded. "Should I ask Road?" He asked unsurely, Road was not only the closest to the Earl but also the eldest. If anyone knew who this child was then she would be the only person to know, save the Earl and maybe the child themselves.

"Do it." Tyki easily agreed. The more they knew about this the better.

"Who do you think it is?" Wisely suddenly asked, peering up at the older while biting his lower lip. Tyki sighed. Clearly Wisely had been too occupied to manage to catch a hint, and while it was expected he wished that he at least managed to learn something.

"I don't have a clue," Tyki admitted unabashed, "but something must have triggered a memory in order for him to become like this."

"That something probably occurred when he sneaked out from the carriage." Wisely said anger clouding his eyes as he snarled. "It probably had something to do with the 14th.".

Tyki didn't comment but silently agreed. Everything seemed to revolve around the 14th and Mana and indirectly Cheater Boy A as well.

Tyki suddenly stopped.

The dolls… The dolls that the Earl had cradled… One of them had white hair.

The Noah of Pleasure didn't answer the younger's concerned questioning look, he only stared forward emptily, pondering furiously about the new lead.

The only human he knew of with white hair was Allen Walker, the14th's host. But the Earl had said child didn't he? He had never before referred to the 14th as his child, only 14th and during some rare occurrences as Neah.

But what if he wasn't talking about the 14th, but instead Allen himself? Tyki almost snorted in disbelief, the Earl hadn't showed any lingering interest in the boy save when he realized that the boy was the 14th.

But what if? His inner Noah suddenly whispered.

The boy had survived him and managed to come close enough to almost kill him. Not the usual human, exorcist or not, would have managed that.

Something was different with the boy, something differed him from the other humans.

It was like he wasn't human. But that was impossible wasn't it? The boy is a Noah but his conscious would according to his sources disappear and be replaced with the late 14th's.

"-ki, TYKI!" Wisely shouted in his ear.

Jumping to the side while covering his right ear he stared at his adoptive nephew in shock.

"What are you thinking about?" Wisely demanded while Tyki snarled at him, "I can easily find out myself you know. I'm just being kind at the moment and respecting your privacy."

"Nothing to worry about brat, it was just something ridiculous." Tyki huffed

"Well I already know that your thoughts are ridiculous, and don't freaking call me brat!"


"… Who's side are you on… Allen?"

"I'm on my friends side." Allen answered seriously. "I understand the old Allen's desire to be completely neutral and over all keep away from the war but I can't do that now. I have already gained both side's interest, and you know that." He glared slightly at the other before grasping Neah's wrist.

"I might have had a smaller list of people I would die for back then and that list hasn't lost it's people, only increased." Allen assured Neah gently, letting go of his wrist and placing it near his right ear. Neah narrowed his eyes slightly before willingly leaning into the offered hand never breaking eye contact.

"Neah, you might be my uncle now and Mana my father but you two are still my best friends, don't ever doubt that.

His eyes gained a sad look as he looked up at the older man.

"I'd rather not choose who to save and side with…" He muttered silently, "I've realized now that I don't have much choice but to chose in the end, but I'd rather stall it for as long as I can. Please understand, Neah."

"It will be less painful if you chose now." Neah murmured quietly.

"My friends are mostly at the Order's side while my longest friends and family is on the opposite side." Allen let out a pained laugh, "It's going to get hurt no matter how long I wait." He whispered harshly.

"Then stay neutral." Neah suggested gaining the younger's attention.

Allen frowned, "Neah, I've already said that I can't-" "Bullshit." Neah interrupted, silencing the white haired teen.

"By claiming neutrality you can still be with your… friends while still staying with me." Neah said calmly. "I'm probably going to suggest an alliance with the Order anyway." He said offhandedly sneering slightly.

Allen smiled gently before hugging the other. Neah didn't comment on the other's behavior and only hugged the younger back resting his chin on Allen's head.

"Just remember, Allen." Neah said seriously, "You can't under any circumstances tell them about the past you, I can use the excuse that I didn't absorb you because you are my 'human' brother's child but nothing about the you being the Heart can be uttered. Understood?"

"…Understood." Allen agreed after hesitating slightly. He knew that his friends would probably tell the Order about him being the Heart, thinking that he might be saved from execution in that case.

"But what about Apocryphos? He can easily stroll into the headquarters without anyone even attempting to stop him! And Link! He's supposedly dead you know!" Allen suddenly burst out, worry churning in his stomach.

"Don't worry about him, or well, worry about him as long as I'm not there." Neah corrected. "And if he appears make sure to stick to my side, he isn't stupid. He won't attempt something in front of me and the large crowd that will probably follow you."

Allen was about to protest again but was interrupted by Neah who quickly guided him away from the room and into the hallway.

"Now dearest nephew, it's time for you to go to bed."

"I'm not a kid, Neah!"


The next few days passed in a blur, it had taken almost a day to get to the hideout and three days had passed ridiculously quick.

They had spent most of the three days getting to know each other and exchanging stories while cleaning the old house.

Neah had showed Allen the backyard and the younger had promptly fallen in love with it.

A small pond with an apple tree was what the backyard mostly held but the small stones and small path made everything seem so organized out.

They would usually sit there when the sky started to darken and drink a cup of tea (Allen) or coffee (Neah).

When three days had passed without any disturbances Allen felt sad leaving the building he somehow had started to refer to as his home.

Sure he, as in the younger Allen, hadn't been there before but the older Allen had spent whole summers there together with Neah.

Maybe the fantastic house had became his home because he could be himself there? In the Order he had always been careful with the Mask of Mana, he had used it almost obsessively during the first month and while cracks had started to show up in it the longer it stayed it had never truly been gone. Lenalee had commented how he had referred to them less respecting but the mask hadn't even been close to gone.

Neah however had spent years in his mind and knew him almost like the back of his hand, he tended to scold him whenever the Mask of Mana would start to appear.

He didn't have any problems with the true Allen Walker, something he reminded the teen almost everyday.

The mask had almost disappeared completely but Neah had made sure that it still could be reawaken easily.

"Allen, the train is going to arrive soon." Neah reminded him from his room.

"I know, I just need to get my shoes from the backyard before we can go." Allen answered back.

An acknowledging huff was heard from the older before the sounds of wardrobes opening sounded through the whole house.

Allen grinned as he slid the door open and gathered his shoes. The last three days had been heaven on earth for him, no Akumas, no Noahs, no Order, no uncle trying to take over his mind.

For once Allen felt completely at ease, it was quite nice to not have worry about everything, Allen quickly realized during his first day at the house.

The exorcist rushed towards his room and quickly put up his hair in a low ponytail while his bangs framed his face. Studying himself in the mirror Allen grimaced, it would probably be best to cut the hair soon but something told him that it would be unpleasant to do that.

The old Allen had long hair, no even close to Kanda's length but it was still long, Allen would probably never get such long hair but the option to set it up in a ponytail was rather tempting.

Critically lifting the bangs he carefully inspected his mirror image. It didn't look bad, he finally decided as he let the bangs fall back to their natural position.

He didn't need to have it too short either way.

"Allen!"

"Coming!"

He smiled, they really were starting to sound like a family wasn't they?


"Do you even know where we were supposed to meet Link and Johnny?" Allen asked as he uncertainly looked around eyeing the crowd unsurely. Some people -mostly children- turned their heads and stared at him, Allen self consciously tugged on his hoodless jacket.

Neah didn't answer and only continued forward, carefully holding onto Allen's hand as he followed the street down, he was unfortunately very familiar with Allen's tendency to get lost.

"Hey, Neah." Allen tried again as he did his best to ignore the stares, they were only children after all.

"Yes Allen, I'm sure." Neah shortly stated as he dragged Allen along with him.

Allen stopped as something suddenly tugged on his coat. He turned around slightly surprised as his vision was occupied by a blonde head with large blue eyes filled with childish awe.

"Are you an angel?" The young girl asked.

Allen studied the girl, she looked rather well of, probably from a rather wealthy family then yet no one stepped forward.

The teen sunk down to his knees and gave the young girl a gentle smile. Slowly lifting up his hand he made a shushing motion before winking, as if they shared a secret.

The small child smiled and copied the action.

"Alice?!" A woman's voice suddenly cut through the crowd.

The girl smiled, "My mommy." She explained before she took off in the direction the voice came from.

Allen smiled and followed her with his sight, making sure that she reached her mother without interference.

"Allen." Neah suddenly spoke softly behind him and he turned around towards the man.

"Yes?" He questioned softly, the Noah was silent before giving the younger teen a smile.

"We need to hurry." He stated gently before grabbing Allen's hand and beginning to walk again.

They walked for about 20 minutes before stopping before a rather pompous building.

"Walk in first. It will be funny to see if they think you're me." He said mischievously gaining an exasperated look from the younger.

"Is that really necessarily?" Allen sighed as he gazed onto the building. He'd rather not irritate Link too much considering the no doubt life threatening injuries he must have suffered from earlier.

"Hush, Nephew." Neah murmured as he gently shoved Allen forwards.

Glaring at Neah again for good measure Allen walked up the stairs before gently pulling the door open.

"ALLEN!" A familiar shouted and the next thing Allen knew was the extra weight pushing him down to the floor.

"Johnny!" He exclaimed in surprise. Johnny cried as he hugged Allen like his life depended on it.

"A-Allen! L-Link-san was alive this whole time!" The man cried.

Allen tried to calm his friend down when a familiar man neared them. Allen looked up at Link and gave him a blinding smile.

The man seemed slightly relieved yet shocked.

"Walker." He coldly greeted, "Where is the 14th?"

Johnny frowned up at the man, "Link-san what-" Whatever the man was about to say was interrupted by the presence of Neah in his Noah form, wearing a grin that would make the cheshire cat proud, his Noah stigmata proudly displayed on his forehead.

To say that Link and Johnny were shocked was the understatement of the year.

Johnny appeared to try his chances at survival by playing partly dead, if not half dead. Link on the other hand had the classic wide eyed stare.

Allen sighed as he gently pushed away his friend's frozen form before standing up and going towards Neah.

"Was that really necessarily?" He asked irritated as he glowered at the taller man.

Neah only chuckled lightly, his grey skin slowly returning to his normal skin tone and the stigmata disappearing along with it.

"Why of course Nephew dearest, I've had terrible little entertainment during these 35 years."

"N-n-no-oa-h!" Johnny stammered as he slowly edged away from the threatening male. Link's wide eyes had narrowed as he stared at Allen and Neah, openly questioning their existence.

"I thought the 14th was inhabiting your body, Walker." He said slowly.

Allen smiled gently, "Ol- Neah had a backup plan since he didn't want to have another person's body." he winced at the almost slip up, Link obviously didn't buy his bad explanation and narrowed his eyes even further but refrained from saying anything. Thank God for that.

"Wait, Allen does that mean that you aren't a Noah anymore?!" Johnny suddenly exclaimed.

Allen's smile was telling and Johnny let out a happy cry as he made to hug his friend only for Neah to rip away Allen in the last moment.

Allen blinked, staring at the chest he suddenly was pressed into. Looking up he saw Neah's dangerously blank face looking over at what was probably a terrified Johnny.

The exorcist shifted a bit until his back was against Neah's chest instead, smiling apologetically towards Johnny who was seeking shelter behind Link. Allen couldn't blame him, Neah's blank look was scary.

"Neah, that isn't nice." Allen reprimanded tilting his head backwards until he was staring up at Neah's chin.

The musician didn't say anything as he coldly inspected the scientist, the boy had already gotten his hug, he'd rather not have too many people within a touching distance of Allen.

Sighing slightly Neah rested his chin on the younger's head, before he addressed the mole guy.

"Did you get what I wanted?" He asked curtly.

The investigator nodded once before he held forward a small wooden box. Allen rolled his eyes as Neah made no movement to accept the box and reached out towards Link.

Link hesitated since it had been the Noah that had asked for the item but quickly handed it over to the teen.

Allen gently accepted the box and curiously inspected it. It wasn't too big in fact it seemed big enough to be able to keep Ti-

Allen paled as he come to the conclusion, he stared at the box with the familiar ache of loss.

"Allen?" Johnny questioned looking at the box in curiosity and alarm.

Allen didn't answer his friend he only stared at the box and measured its weight, it wasn't heavy and it could easily contain…

"Open it." Neah ordered softly, gently squeezing his nephew in comfort.

So he opened it, with shaking fingers he gently undid the seal and slowly tilted the lid backwards. He let out a choked whimper as he stared at the black broken figure of Timcanpy, his companion… His friend.

Neah's mind suddenly invaded Allen's and rocked the younger's mind slightly in a comforting motion, despite the fact that Neah didn't physically comfort him Allen still felt a calm set over him.

"Don't worry, Nephew," Neah softly said gazing down at the broken golem with sadness, "I can fix him."

Allen looked up at him in surprise, his eyes slightly wet with unshed tears.

"Can you?"

"Of course, I was a friend of Marian you know, fixing Timcanpy was a completely normal day in my life some years ago." The musician grinned.

Allen smiled brightly at him before gently closing the lid again. Swiftly taking off his backpack he gently put down the box among his things, making sure that the container wouldn't be jostled around too much.

"Allen I've seen so many funny things while you were gone!" Johnny suddenly exclaimed and started to drag the younger along with him as he went, ignoring the Noah's glare.

"14th?"

Neah looked away from his nephew and looked over towards the mole guy, silently beckoning him to speak.

"Your body… Was it yours from the beginning or was it stolen from somebody else?" Link asked.

Neah smirked, he was aware of his similarity with the Noah of Pleasure, how could he not? However he had no blood relation to the man and he figured that he was simply a descendant of the last Millennium Earl.

"I wonder… What would you say if I stole it?" He asked teasingly.

Link was silent before tilting his head forward in submission, "Nothing.".

Neah chuckled darkly, "Of course not. You and your master are after all aware that I'm your only hope in killing the Earl." Neah leaned into the other's personal space.

"I will allow you to do your work, however when your Master's orders starts to become a threat to my Nephew, I'll eradicate your precious Central." Neah hissed before departing, slowly walking towards Allen who was running around curiously looking at stuff with his friend.

Link frowned heavily, the 14th was dangerous, so much was clear. In fact, Link didn't doubt that the Noah could easily eradicate the Central.

He was scary but Link would finish his master's order, even if it would take his life.

-End of Chapter 4-

AN: Possessive!Uncle!Neah for the effing win! :D

And let me tell you people that there are no, I repeat, no relationships in my story other than canon. And since the Allen/Lenalee ship, Allen/Kanda ship, or Road/Allen ship isn't officially canon they don't exist in my story either. Not that I'm following canon.

Neah isn't a love alternative for Allen either, although I ship him and Past!Allen like no one's business. Mana isn't really after Allen in that way either. Possessiveness and protectiveness doesn't always have to be sexual.

Eve and Adam isn't actual characters in the serie, at least not like I imagine them. They are a pair but that's only there because I need them to exist in order for this to work. Small references will be made but otherwise they're like basically like Nicholas Flamel in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's stone. Everywhere yet nowhere. Therefore not important yet important. :)