Okay, Chappie four is on. Have fun. Don't worry, There will be more Yullen stuff soon. :D
Rating: T for now (Will go up to M later)
Coupling: Kanda x Allen, Lenalee x Lavi, OC X OC
Disclaimer: I do not own D.Gray-Man or any of the characters associated with it. They all belong to Hoshino-san, Shounen Jump, Viz, and any other respected copyright holders.
I only own this storyline and the original characters that may appear throughout this fan fiction.
Warning: This story will eventually contain Yaoi and strong smut. (Boy x Boy love). I am not responsible if you read it and are disgusted.
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Author's note: I am currently typing chapter six...so until I finish chapter seven...don't expect an update. :D;; I like to be ahead of the game. You can check out my profile to see where I am.
Moonlight and Midnight
Chapter 4:Ghost of the Maiden
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"Something is off about him..." Lavi whispered to himself.
Allen turned towards the red head. "Something is off about who?"
"Eh? Oh, nothing."
Lenalee stuck her head out the window. "Is that it coming up on the horizon?" she asked, pointing towards a large landmark.
Antonio nodded. "Yes. From here you can see the Lover's Point. It's a 400 foot drop from the top..."
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When they arrived at their destination, the aura around the area was off. Even during the darkest twilight hour was not enough to conceal the dark mist that seemed to wrap itself around the area.
"What is this?" Allen asked. Antonio scrambled out of the car.
"What the-!? Why is this black smog surrounding the area?!"
Lavi and Lenalee looked around. "I don't sense an Akuma but I DON'T get a good feeling, either."
Lenalee looked towards Allen.
He shook his head. "No, I don't see anything."
"Let us head up the cliff side." Antonio gasped slightly.
The four made their way past the small barricades that signified that the park was closed for the night and made their way up past the convenience stands and refreshment tents. The longer they walked, the darker the energy of the area became. Suddenly, they reached a breaking point where two pillars stood. Right past it was a series of murals that depicted the legend of the two lovers that existed long ago.
"This is the entrance..." Lenalee whispered, looking around. Lavi pointed up towards the decorations that adorned the ceremonial poles. There was a piece of string that hung between the two. In the middle was a red jewel, in the shape of a tear and about the size of one's fist.
"Is that..."
"Crimson Tears?" Allen asked, taking a closer look. "Why would it be hear?"
"That's because...it's a prototype." Said a dark and mysterious voice that carried a heavy accent like the chief's.
They all turned to see a young man dressed in a dashing, white suit, almost similar to the one Tyki wore at one point.
He was pale and wore an unattractive smirk; his eyes narrowed.
Which was when Allen's left eye activated.
"What? An Akuma?!" Allen gasped as Antonio got out of the way and Lenalee and Lavi got ready to go on the offensive.
"Me? Yes, I am a demon...not an akuma created by the good Earl though..."
"Wait, what?" Allen asked confused.
"You're not a creation of the Earl?"
"No, silly humans. I was born a demon. I'm still very alive." the demon-man smirked.
The four didn't know what to do about the situation. A demon that wasn't a desperate soul?
"Ah, my name is Yuan. A pleasure." He said, bowing slightly.
The old finder stepped up. "Yo-you're the owner of the island, aren't you?" He said, anger evident in his voice.
"My, my! I'm famous! Yes, I own this island and I believe that you all are trespassing on my property."
"This isn't your island, you selfish bastard!" Antonio yelled.
"Besides, we're here on an official investigation." Allen said, remembering his promise to the old chief.
"You'll have to step aside." His tone dropped as he began walking past Yuan.
"Yes, Señor Beansprout. Whatever you want..." The demon shrugged.
Allen felt a vein pop on his forehead but he smiled anyway.
"My name is Allen , good sir."
"Ah, forgive me, Señor Allen." Yuan smirked.
Allen went to grab the red jewel that hung overhead when he felt a large hand fall over his.
"Excúseme, señor, but I cannot allow you to touch it. You see, that is a very special gem even if it is just a prototype." He growled with a smile on his face.
Allen smiled. "Don't worry, I'll be extremely careful, but I really must look."
"You'd better do what he says..." Lavi warned from behind Yuan's back.
The man seemed to be getting agitated.
"I'm telling you, no."
"Then we'll have to take it from you, good sir."
Suddenly, the tall man wrapped one of his arms around Allen's waist and the other tilted his chin. Allen could feel long finger nails poke at his flesh.
"Let go of him!" Lavi and Lenalee yelled in union.
"Ah heh heh...stupid boy...don't you know that this whole island will soon belong to me? I'll capture foolish, lovesick humans and use them as my gold. I'll have whatever I want..."
Allen struggled a bit but he felt a trickle of blood fall down his neck.
"So, are you acting as a broker for the Earl of Millennium?" He winced when he felt something else that was slightly lumpy and cold on his neck. He presumed it to be the demon's tongue.
"I told you, I have nothing to do with the jolly fat man...all he did was "donate" some akuma for our cause..."
"Who else are you working with?" Allen asked. Yuan laughed.
"Yeah, like I'm really gonna tell you all of our secrets."
"Fine then...INNOCENCE, ACTIVATE!"
Allen yelled and Yuan went flying into one of the poles when Allen flung his enlarged hand into the demon's body.
That's when Lenalee and Lavi jumped at the demon and Allen and Antonio went to see if they could grab the gem.
Of course, when they looked, the jewel was already gone.
"What the-?!"
The once human-looking demon now bared it fangs. Lenalee and Lavi stepped back.
Yuan chuckled. "Stupid exorcist! With this..." he said, opening his clawed hand, reviling the stone. "...I can control forces you could never! Just watch!"
He yelled has he applied more pressure on the stone.
"I won't let you!" Lavi yelled as he pulled out Ōzuchi Kozuchi , his hammer, and prepared to attack.
The demon turned towards the redhead and smirked menacingly. Suddenly, Lavi found that his feet couldn't move.
His could feel a cold shock shimmer up his spine. The air around him grew thin and coarse. A cold sweat broke out on his face as he slowly looked down and saw white fog, coiled around his legs.
"Wh-wh-what's this?!" Lavi choked out. Allen and Lenalee looked on in shock.
The demon smiled. "Ah, aren't you familiar with the living dead?"
The cold, white fog formed into the shape of a woman, her eyes piercing red. Before Lavi could make any kind of remark, he felt himself get lifted off the ground and thrown at Lenalee, who landed with a loud thump.
Lenalee fell to the ground and had the wind knocked out of her, Lavi's head hit the back of the railings so he became temporarily unconscious.
"Lenalee! Lavi!" Allen called out and began running towards them.
"Allen! Don't! That spirit will also freeze your body if you get too close!" Antonio yelled from behind.
Allen gulped and felt a shiver down his back. He really hated ghosts.
The demon smirked.
"I see you have quite a soft spot for ghosts, Senor Allen..." He said as he squeezed the rock gently in his palm.
The woman spirit turned towards Allen.
"Eep!" Allen squeaked.
"Have fun with him, my lovely girl." Yuan said cockily.
"-couch- Allen-kun..." Lenalee choked out.
Antonio began running past. "Allen, this way! He'll follow us and give time for Lenalee and Lavi to recover." He whispered to Allen.
The silver haired exorcist frowned sadly but started to run when the ghost began chasing him.
Yuan followed close behind.
"You won't escape!" He laughed.
His evil laugh could be heard by Lenalee, even when he was out of site.
She took a deep breath and was about to get up and give chase but remembered that she couldn't. She picked up Lavi's head, placing it on her lap.
"Lavi? Lavi! Speak to me! Are you all right? Wake up!"
"What the hell is going on?" Called a deep, masculine voice.
Lenalee slowly turned around.
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Allen didn't take his time to notice that he had almost scaled the entire cliff side.
No, he kept his concentration on the white back of the finder he was following.
They needed to get a good distance from Lavi and Lenalee so they could recover quickly.
Allen only stopped when he heard the finder swear violently.
They came to the edge of the 400ft drop.
The demon, now floating in mid-air, chuckled.
"Did you think you could outrun me, Allen Walker? Heh, such a funny human you are. 'My lily of the dead,come to me'." The ghost appeared once again and within a matter of seconds, Allen felt a chill ascend his back and felt the gravity of his body shift.
Before he knew it, he was beginning to float over the cliff.
"N-no! H-Hey!" Allen called out but Yuan shrugged.
"See you in hell, small fry." Was the last coherent thing Allen heard from the demon before he felt cold hands throw his body into the air.
He began falling fast. The winds blowing so strongly and being so cold, Allen briefly thought he would die even before he reached the bottom. He vaguely thought about trying to activate his arm..
He remembered hearing Antonio's loud scream and then...
He heard the sound of leather rubbing against his cheek and his body was suddenly embraced by the warmth of another body.
The smell of leather and of the eucalyptus that surrounded the island was smothered together, along with another indistinguishable scent.
Allen would be a fool not to admit that it smelled beautiful somehow...
He thought maybe he had died and reached an afterlife but he could still feel the wind blowing on his hair and he could still feel the small cuts on his wind burned skin.
He deiced that maybe it was time to try and open his eyes.
At first all he could see was the morning's rising light. It hurt his eyes, even if it was still dim.
He was then able to make out an exorcist jacket. He didn't need to look up to find out who it was...
"Stupid moyashi! Next time, I'll let you fall to the bottom." The annoyed voice growled.
Shock took over Allen's brain as he struggled to comprehend what had happened.
"K-Kanda!" Allen yelled when they landed back on the cliff top.
Allen blinked roughly and noticed that Kanda had been carrying him bridal-style before he got roughly dumped on the ground.
"Ouch! Bakanda, why'd you drop me like that!?" He yelled. Everything happened so fast that he was slightly confused.
"You! Shut up! I'm only late because you insisted that I slept!"
Kanda, with Mugen in his hands, turned towards the demon.
"Prepare to die by my hands, demon." He growled.
The demon didn't seem pleased. "I didn't see five of you. Where'd this guy come from?"
Allen stood and activated his weapon.
"Hmph. No importa. I still got the advantage." The demon smirked as the female ghost appeared at his side once more.
Allen gulped, which caught Kanda's attention. "Damned moyashi...can't you do anything?"
"Well...I could try but I've never fought a ghost."
"That's not what I meant!" Kanda growled and Allen stuck his tongue out.
"Phhf! Like I care, baKanda!
"Shut up, you height deprived twerp!"
"I am NOT height deprived!"
"Hmph. Moyashi..."
"It's Allen!"
"No, it's Moyashi!"
"Baka!!"
Antonio shook his head. "There is a demon and a ghost about to kill us and they fight? Just what kind of relationship do they have?"
Yuan blinked a couple of times before he got angry.
"Hey, you two! Listen to me!"
Allen and Kanda growled at the demon and attacked him at the same time.
"Kaichū: Ichigen!"
Kurosu Gureibu !"
A huge stream of energy gathered from both attacks merging together and created a loud explosion that shook the cliff to the very bottom.
After a long moment, the smoke began to clear and the demon was nowhere to be found.
"Hmph. That's what you get when you bother us while we argue." Allen declared as he went to see if he could find the jewel.
Kanda nodded but suddenly was on guard again.
"Oi, Moyashi, he's still alive!"
"What?! We missed?!"
"No, you missed."
"No, YOU missed, ponytail!"
"Shut up, Moyashi! YOU missed because you could see over your own weapon."
"WHAT?!"
Antonio sighed and shook his head but turned to see Yuan slouched over on the opposite side of the two quarreling exorcist.
"Allen-san, Kanda-san!" He yelled.
Both of them snapped to attention and noticed the demon was bleeding heavily. His purple-blue-ish blood pooling underneath him.
Despite that, he smiled evilly. "Ah heh...AH HAH HA HA!" He laughed hysterically.
"This time, no one can stop me! Not that old man nor that lowly peasant, Radii! Carina is MINE!!"
Antonio's eyes widened. "What are you...?!"
Kanda growled. "Enough of your bull-shit, demon. Just die!" He yelled as he charged at Yuan at full speed.
Yuan smirked and dipped the stone he held in his hand in the pool of blood he kneeled in and fisted the jewel tighter.
Suddenly, Kanda found that his air way was constricted. No matter how many breaths he took, he couldn't regain air in his lungs.
"C-can't b-breathe...d-damn..." He choked out.
"KANDA!" Allen cried when Kanda fell to his knees, holding his throat.
Behind the demon, was the female ghost, her eyes were colored a blood red, her body was completely visible as the black aura surrounding her became darker. Allen jumped up and charged at the enemy.
"IT'S USELESS! I'll KILL YOU ALL!" Yuan yelled, squeezing the gem again.
The ghost charged at Allen, it's teeth sharp and bared, and bit into Allen's shoulder, hard.
"Gyahu!" He yelled when he saw his own blood spurt everywhere.
It felt as if the ghost where trying to posses his body and he began to feel dizzy.
"D-damned..." Kanda gasped out. "D-don't...Mo-moyashi..."
Allen heard Kanda's strangled voice and tried to compose himself as best he could.
He recalled Mana one telling him that ghost become violent once they forget how they once where and that the only way they would rest again is if someone with a pure heart called their name.
But...who was this ghost? Most likely, someone close to this cliff side...
It couldn't be Carina's father or even Radii for that matter...
Allen took a deep breath and smiled, hugging the cold, transparent figure close to him. She stopped biting him.
"It's okay now...you don't have to be afraid anymore...you don't have to be controlled anymore...Carina."
Kanda was surprised when air suddenly rushed into his lungs and he coughed.
Antonio the finder's eyes widened when the Carina's ghost began taking on some color.
"THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE!" Yuan yelled when he saw that the curse was being lifted.
Carina cried. "...I-I'm freed...I am finally free of that man's control..." she sobbed softly on Allen's bloodied shoulder.
Allen nodded. "Yes...I don't know how but he managed to control you with that stone."
"I-I never...never meant to hurt anyone...I just...I wanted to see Radii again...I've been so lonely without him..." she sobbed harder and Allen could swear that he could feel her body shake and feel her cold tears on his shoulder.
Yuan stepped closer, no longer with the lightly browned skin of a human but with the bright red skin of the devil.
"Damn you...you stupid...STUPID WOMAN! I LOVED YOU! I COULD HAVE MADE YOU HAPPY WITH WEALTH AND POWER!
I was a great commander in the Spanish army...but what do you do? You fall in love with some poor bastard! Some damned, dirty, Chamorro ass!"
Carina picked her head up. "I LOVED him! I...didn't...I NEVER wanted to hurt you, Yuan...but...I was not...in love...with you..."
The demon growled and lifted his massive claw into the air, ready to kill Allen.
"Because of your stupidity, I will kill this boy!"
"NO!"
"Kurosu Supiā !"
Allen yelled, picking up his arm as he focused the barrel of his Innocence-cannon to generate a spear-like energy paling, and stuck it through the demon's heart.
He stood frozen on Allen's weapon and then slowly fell back, coughing up blood.
"Ah heh heh..." He laughed softly, dropping the stone on the ground.
Carina's ghost stood with her hands over her mouth, watching the demon shakily walk backwards towards the end of the cliff.
"Ah eeee!" He laughed. "Stupid...girl...you were...engaged to me first...but whatever...I shall show you what you where afraid of doing alone..."
Allen, ignoring his pain, tried to stand.
"DON'T!"
But it was too late, Yuan let himself fall backwards off the cliff. One second he was standing there, and the next, he was gone.
Carina stood horrified and sobbed into her hand.
The white-haired exorcist sighed sadly. He struggled over to Kanda.
"Kanda...are you all right?" He asked as Kanda shook his head trying to comprehend what had happened.
"So...that demon was the man who Carina was suppose to marry all those decades ago? The one she was arranged to be with instead of Radii...right?"
Allen nodded. "Yeah, I wasn't too sure but I have it a chance. Looks like I was right."
Kanda sighed. "Stupid Moyashi...you're bleeding everywhere."
"Eh? Oh...sorry...I feel badly for her...she must have been hiding around the area, waiting to see if Radii's spirit would return here to look for her since they didn't die together..."
"Che..."
"Allen! Kanda!" Yelled a familiar voice.
It was Lavi, with Lenalee following right behind him.
"Allen-kun, Kanda, are you both okay?" Lenalee asked.
"We're okay...Um, why is the chief with you?"
The old man smiled sadly at them.
Carina's ghost was looking over the cliff with Antonio looking over her.
"Tia..." He said incredulously.
She turned towards him and smiled. "You look much like my brother did."
"Ah heh..." He laughed slightly, feeling awkward since he was an old man himself.
A look of shock over took her pale features when she turned towards the small group.
"P-pa...papa?" She shuddered in shock. "Y-You're still alive?
Every one turned towards the chief, who simply shook his head.
"No, my dearest daughter...I am a ghost, just like you are."
"Wha-!?" Allen cried out. "(No wonder I got a weird feeling! HE'S a ghost too!)
Antonio blinked. "Ch-Chief...you...how?!"
The old Spanish man smiled. "Payaso...I've been dead for decades. I'm surprised someone who works for the Black Order missed that."
"Err..."
"I came back from my sleep because there was something I regretted...not listening to the wishes of my only daughter...I felt sad that she had died without her love...I just...wanted her to know that I was proud of her..."
Carina smile brightened the whole cliff side.
"Papa...thank you...If anything...at least I got to see you again...I think I can move on..."
"Me too, hija...me too...I am truly sorry about Radii...I wanted to apologize to him..." The old man sobbed.
Allen smiled watching the reunion between the two. Suddenly, Timcanpy was flapping around, carrying the red stone in his little claws.
"Can I see, Timcanpy?" Allen asked, holding his free hand out so that Tim could drop it.
He studied the rock carefully.
"Try breaking it." Kanda suggested.
"Yeah, it doesn't look like it has any innocence." Lavi said.
Allen looked over at Carina.
"It might hurt her, though..."
Carina smiled, her hand on her father's shoulder.
"It's okay, Allen...I am all ready dead."
Allen nodded and tried giving the stone and experimental squeeze. Surprisingly, it broke rather easily and something came flying out if the stone and into the sky.
"Radii...Mi amor...that was him..." She whispered. "His soul must have been trapped inside...no wonder I was possessed by it so easily..."
Allen smiled. "You must follow him...hurry and catch him."
Carina nodded. "...Gracias..."
She whispered and floated off into the sky to follow the ball of light.
The chief smiled sweetly at all of them. "Thank you, everyone...Antonio...take care to make sure that you listen to your daughter, all right?"
The finder smiled. "Si, senor...Adios..."
The chief nodded. "Good bye, everyone...and thank you Allen...for saving my daughter...and for giving this old man some hope..."
Just as quickly as he had appeared, he floated off into the sky, into the morning light...making sure he could watch his only daughter be reunited with the one she loved most.
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Back at the hotel, the gang was sitting around. Lenalee had fallen asleep quickly and it looked like Lavi and Allen would doze of at any minute and Antonio went down to the bar to have a drink.
Kanda was sitting back in a chair after he reported the incident back to headquarters.
"So..." Lavi yawned. "The old chief was actually Carina's father...
...And Carina was a ghost who had been haunting the island because she couldn't move on after losing Radii, her lover. Yuan,who was her arranged fiancée and who had become possessed by a demon long after she perished, came back to the island to get some type of payback. Somehow, he got a hold of something that looks like the 'Crimson Tear' and captured Radii's soul in it so that it would be easier to control Carina's ghost...Is this about right?"
Kanda snorted. "Guess so."
Allen sat up so that his bandaged shoulder wouldn't ache as much.
"I hope she caught up to him..."
"Don't be so sensitive...you got damaged because of that ghost..."
Allen smiled wryly at Kanda.
"Sorry for causing you trouble when the only reason I even attacked the demon was because you were about to suffocate to death."
"Tch...I never asked for your help."
Lavi yawned and turned in his bed.
"(Here they go again...I better just sleep...)"
Allen growled but sighed, deciding that staying up the whole night was harder than it seemed.
"Anyway...thanks for saving me before...I would've died if you hadn't caught me..."
"Hmph...you're too thick-headed to die."
"By the way, did you get any sleep...?"
"Kanda?"
Kanda stood from his chair and walked over to Allen's bed, sitting beside him.
"Dumb moyashi...you bandaged the wound wrong."
He said as he gently grabbed Allen's shoulder and began re-bandaging the wound.
Allen blinked a couple of times and saw that Kanda didn't look as pale and tired as he did before.
Allen was about to comment but decided to let it go. He was way to enthralled on the serious yet calmed expression on the other man's face.
He decided that Kanda was quite a good looking guy and decided to blame his lack of sleep for making him think that.
"...I think she found him already..." Kanda whispered softly. Allen was slightly shocked. It was almost like he was trying to make him feel better.
Allen sighed contently.
"You know, Kanda...it wouldn't kill you to say 'thank you'."
"Whatever..."
-End Chapter Four-
Okay! That's it for Guam. Now off to Spain!
Here is some key translations for those of you who don't speak Spanish. Most of it is obvious stuff but I never overlook anything so...here ya go. These are from the past two chapters. I'll post more when necessary.
Señor- Mr., Mister, or Sir.
Adios: Good-bye.
Gracias: Thank you.
Si: Yes.
No importa: Not Important or No Matter
Payaso: Clown. (Usually someone who is a fool)
Excúseme: Excuse me.
Amigos: Friends.
Tia: Aunt
Hija: Daughter
...otro payaso estúpido vino con ése maldijo la joya roja...: Translates to "...another stupid clown came with the cursed red jewel..." (From Ch. 3)
Mequetrefe : Good for Nothing (Ch.3) (Spanish Slang)
Que Dios te Bendiga, hijo: Translates to: May god bless you, son. (Ch.3)
Next Chapter: Spain and Lover's Rock
Preview of the next chapter:
"... Peña de los Enamorados overlooks the town and the valley so we have to do some walking. It's probably better that way since I only spot that one akuma at night. We're headed to El Torcal de Antequera, a nature reserve in the Sierra del Torcal mountain range located south of the city."
"What?" Allen barked.
"What are you so touchy about?" Kanda growled.
"What do you care?"
Okay, Is it still good? Should I keep going? Review Please. -Bows-