Cat: *looks around from mountain of books* Okay, I think the coast is clear. *steps away and stretches* Ahhhh! Maybe I can be free now! *grins and waltz out the door*
Tyki: What are you doing?
Cat: Crap! Uhhhhhhhh, making a TykixAllen scene. See? *writes on wall*
Tyki: *drools* Hmmmmm, give me that. *snatches pencil* More like this…
Cat: *sneaks off and does a peace sign* -whispers- Sorry it's late, but here's the next chappy! ^^ Gatta go before I'm caught, dozo!
Akuma: RAAAAWWWWRRRRRRRR*points guns at Cat*
Cat: WHYYYYYYYYYYYYY???????????*runs off*
Allen groaned as he regained consciousness. "Owww. What the hell happened back there? And why is it so warm?" Confused, Allen opened his eyes to find himself sitting at a table with a white tablecloth that was set for dinner. The sight only made him more confused, and he had to blink several times to make sure he wasn't hallucinating or something. "What the-" Before Allen could complete his sentence, he felt/heard a chuckle from behind him. "Welcome back from the land of the deadshounen." Tyki whispered in the boy's ear. Allen jumped, wormed his way out of Tyki's grasp, and backed away from the table, eyes wide. "Ahhh! So you've finally awakened, Allen-kun~" Startled even more by the all-too familiar voice, the exorcist turned his head to see the Earl looking right at him, his fingers clasped together in a business-like matter and his ever-present grin stretched across his face. The Earl then proceeded to lean forward and wave an arm towards a high backed over-stuffed chair. "Come sit, Allen-kun," he suggested.
Allen just stared in shock for a good 20 seconds, but he soon recovered and took a defensive stance, narrowing his eyes at the Earl. Just as he was about to invoke his Innocence, he remembered the reason he had been knocked out earlier and thought better of it. "Like HELL I will! Why am I here? What are you going to do to me? What have you done to my Innocence?" demanded Allen, his voice dripping with contempt, his back up against the wall in order to keep as much distance between him and the Earl as possible. The Earl merely tsk'd at Allen's behavior.
"First of all, that's not a very nice thing to say, Allen-kun. Second, that's a surprise. Third we're going to free you. And finally, I've blocked out that hateful Innocence with some of my own Dark Matter. Now, will you please have a seat with the family and eat, Allen-kun?~" the Earl said as he gestured towards an empty seat between Lulubell and Tyki. Allen vehemently shook his head. "Oh come on, we're not that bad to have as company, shounen." said Tyki, feigning emotional injury. "Besides, I'm sure the Earl would love to tell the juicy details of what's going on after desert, and we promise not to kill you during your stay here." Allen looked at Tyki as if he had grown another head.
"What in the world would make you think I would just sit down and have dinner with my ARCHNEMISIS?!!??? Especially since I would be sitting next to the guy who tried to kill me aaaannnndddd the sociopath cat!" growled Allen, pointing an accusing finger at said Noah. Lulubell hmph'd indignantly and turned away from Allen while Tyki just let out a small chuckle. "Ah, but I didn't kill you since you are standing right there, and Lulubell is not a sociopath; just quiet," said Tyki in a friendly voice as he patted the seat next to him, inviting the boy to sit. Rather than comply, Allen continued to scrutinize the man. "And besides you've tried to kill me too, so the score is even," Tyki added, still acting friendly. "But that's different. I was trying to save you, not kill you," Allen countered as he looked for another way out of the room.
Tyki chuckled again, this time a little louder. "Same thing, but I should probably thank you since you've released my full potential." Allen's head snapped back to look at Tyki, a guilty look on his face. "I didn't mean to take your human side away," said Allen, gazing down at the floor. It was then that Jasdebi decided to interrupt. Standing up in his chair and pointing his gun at Allen, David yelled, "Oi! Baka deishi, we want to eat, so just sit your little ass down so we can eat!" "That's right! HI! Jasdero's hungry! HI!" whined Jasdero as he banged his head on the table.
*This is sooo messed up in so many ways,* Allen thought as he shrank away from the gun point only to hit a soft wall. *Wait a minute. Why the hell is the wall soft?* Allen took a peak behind his shoulder to discover that the wall was in fact Tyki with a wide grin on his face. Eyes wide in surprise, the boy tried to lean forward to escape, but it was too late as Tyki swept him up bridal style and carried him to his spot at the table. "Ahhahahaa, this kid is too cute." Allen's head jerked to the location of the voice.
"I'm not cute," said Allen in a flat, serious voice which made some of the table's occupants laugh. Allen glared at them with a pout on his face that he didn't realize he had on and his arms crossed like a stubborn child who got caught with a cookie and was trying to guilt his parents into giving the cookie back. That just made half the table laugh and the other half coo in affection. "Awww, don't cha just want to dip him in chocolate and eat him up?" said Cheryl, leaning forward on his elbows and wearing a disturbingly predatory smirk.
"That's not fair, daddy! I saw him first!" declared Road as she stood up with her hands on her hips and a pout on her face, sending Cheryl into daughter complex mode. "Awww, but darling, don't you only need me?" pouted Cheryl. "No one needs you, Cheryl," deadpanned Tyki. "Haven't I told you it's 'Nii-san', Tyki, and why would you say that? You know it always gets me right here when you say that!" whined Cheryl as he acted out being stabbed in the heart with an imaginary knife.
On the other hand, Allen was shocked to the point of having his mouth agape and his eyes bugged out. He pointed his finger at Tyki and exclaimed in utter disbelief, "YOU HAVE A BROTHER???" Tyki turned to Allen and quirked an eyebrow at the boy. "Yes, I have an older brother, and Road's my niece," Tyki answered.
As Allen recovered from the shock of finding out that Tyki actually had real family members, his brain registered the fact that Tyki was now dangerously close and leering at him in a sexy way, causing the boy to fall out of his seat. "You know, if you keep leaving your mouth open like that, you never know what's going to happen," Tyki purred. Allen stared dumbstruck at Tyki from his position on the floor and gulped at his predatory gaze when he finally realized the position he was in. As a bright red blush creeped up his neck all the way to his hairline, he quickly stood up and he moved his chair to the other side of Lulu, which made the table erupt in another round of laughter.
"Ne, Tyki, not so smooth, now are ya!" Howled Jasdero as David made kissing/rejecting motions, making Tyki glare coldly at them. Just as he was about to show them how "smooth" he could be, the Earl clapped his hands and tsk'd. "Now now, what kind of reunion would this be if we were all fighting instead of celebrating Allen's Noahdom?" Silence was what the Earl got after his statement along with many different expressions ranging from excitement to annoyance to pure horror (a free cookie goes to whoever can figure out who was horrified) and shouts of "Yes!", "NO!", and "WTF?!"
Poor Allen looked like he was about to have a heart attack, his face pale (er, well, paler than normal…), his right hand clutching his chest, and his eyes wide. Then his face bunched up in disgust. "LIKE HELL I'D EVER JOIN YOUR FAMILY!!" Allen snarled, his Innocence arm twitching with impatience. The family looked at Allen with surprise while the Earl tsk'd his grin growing ever wider. "Oh, but Allen, your transformation has already begun." The Earl chuckled as if laughing at a secret joke. Allen didn't really register the Earl's last sentence, though; he was too busy realizing that he could use the Ark to get out this little house of horrors. He immediately let the melody run through his head and waited for the door to show up and get him out of here.
The problem with that was that the door didn't show up, making Allen frown in confusion. *What the..?* The surrounding Noah gave him quizzical looks while the Earl let out a chuckle that grew into that classic evil laugh all stereotypical bad guys do. "Oh Allen-kun, did you really think I was so naive as to let you use the 14th's power to escape?" The Earl chuckled some more as Allen glared at him. "Care to share why I can't use the Ark, Millennium Earl?" growled Allen, not liking his position at the moment.
"Do you remember that time at the orphanage when you couldn't get out or use your powers?" Allen nodded his head "But that doesn't answer how," said Allen in a flat tone. "I had my skull guards put a spell on this Ark that would make your powers useless until I gave them the okay to let you use your powers." Allen felt his bravado fade as his legs turned to jelly and he plopped down into his chair. His forehead started prickling, but he didn't notice as he came to terms with the fact that he was totally helpless and at the mercy of those he swore to destroy.
Absentmindedly, he rubbed his forehead. *Damn it! I am so screwed!* Allen used his other hand to block his face and hide his fear as he let out a frustrated sigh. "It's not so bad being a Noah, shounen. You'll have a family that will back you up unlike your crude Black Order, where they run you down like dogs," said Tyki in a effort to cheer Allen up. "That's right! We'll have so much fun, Allen-kun, that you won't even miss those half-asses, especially the ones that accuse you of being a traitor," Road piped in.
Allen winced at the last part. "I already have a family, only one person believes that I'm a traitor, and I'm not about to prove him right." He growled as he continued rubbing his head to try to ease the pain that was starting to get worse.
Lulubell looked at Allen as one would a pitiful creature. "Did you know that your precious Order has ordered your stalker to kill you on sight if he sees you?" Allen looked at her in confusion. "How would you know what the Order was planning?" demanded Allen, though it lost its commanding effect when he clutched his head, his thoughts bombarding his mind. "Shall we eat now Allen-kun?" questioned Road. The boy shook his head. "I've lost my appetite; I just want to lay down," he said in a oddly subdued voice.
"Here, I'll take you to your room, Allen-kun~" the Earl said as he got up, walked over to Allen, and led him out the door. Allen barely had time to make a squeak as he was rushed out of the room and down the hall. The Earl led Allen down a series of hallways, each with numerous connecting corridors before finally stopping at a door and letting Allen in. "Here's your room, Allen-kun.~ I hope it's to your tastes. Now, I'll leave you to your rest," said the Earl as he bowed out of the room.
Normally, Allen would have questioned why the Earl even had a room prepared for him, but at this point he was too tired to think much about anything. "Oh well, I'll come up with a plan soon enough. I just need to sleep." Allen sighed as he looked around. "Well, at least it's not a cell, but damn, this room's huge." Allen walked over to the bed and flopped down only to be sucked into the bed in a comfortable way. He sighed contently as he gave into the darkness of sleep and let his worries float away.
--------------------------Back with the Exorcists and Mr. Stalker----------------------------------------------------
"Dang it! We haven't been able to find any clues about where Allen is!" cursed Lavi as he paced through the group's hotel room, racking his brain for anything useful. Bookman, in his usual calm manner, ignored his apprentice's antics and continued going through reports of possible and confirmed Noah sightings, looking for patterns that might indicate the location of an Ark door. Of course, there weren't many reports to work with, and it occurred to the man that what he was doing was probably just as useless as Lavi's complaining.
On the other side of the room, Leenalee and Krowly just sat, fretting about what might have happened to their friend and trying to provide comfort to each other at the same time. Meanwhile, Kanda, who was never one to sit around and wait for something to happen, was out patrolling the area.
Last, but not least, Link sat in the corner with his legs crossed, visibly unworried. "Why don't you guys just give up on Walker-san?" he asked, eyeing Lavi as he pulled at his own hair in frustration. "He's already been gone for 24 hours; why didn't he use the 14th's ability to escape by now? Or he could be dead." The occupants of the room all glared at him coldly while Krowly stood up and grabbed Link by the front of his collar. "Allen's always been there for me, for all of us when things got rough. How can you just ignore everything he's done for the Order and call him traitor?"
Link sighed tiredly and made Krowly release him. "All I'm doing is following orders and offering logical explanations as to why Walker-san is not here," Link stated as he dusted the invisible dust off his coat. Naturally, everyone else still looked pissed, but before any other action could be taken against the irritating blonde, Kanda burst through the door. "We've got company, and it's not good," Kanda said as he drew his sword. Right on cue, a Level 3 akuma burst through the window, aiming an attack at Lavi.
"Alright! Now I can work my frustration out on Mr. Ugly!" Lavi exclaimed happily as he drew his hammer and swung. The akuma easily dodged the shot, but rather than counterattacking, it lifted its hand in a stopping motion. "I have a message for you from Road-sama," it said in an official voice. All of the exorcists (and Link) paused in their various motions and turned to stare at the akuma. Noticing that it now had everyone's attention, the akuma continued, "She said, 'Allen-kun's mine, so stop looking for him already. He needs to get used to being with his new family and stop suppressing his Noah. Don't worry, he's in better hands now. Keep in mind that this warning is not for your sake; I just don't want to upset Allen, but if you continue trying to get him back, you'll be sorry.' "
When the akuma was done reciting his message, Lavi swung his hammer and destroyed it without a second thought. "No way in hell will we give up on Allen!" he shouted with conviction. He turned to face the others. "Time's running out if they're trying to force Allen to become a Noah, and don't even think about talking, Link. Let's move!" Everyone (except Link) nodded their heads in agreement and rushed out the room. Timcanmpy urgently flapped after Lavi and pulled on his hair. "Oww! Tim, what's with you?" the exorcist asked as he rubbed his head. In response, Tim pointed up to where a hoard of akuma were gathering. "Shit" was all Lavi could say before the battle began.
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Cat: *emerges from hiding spot* O.o Wow, double the last chappy's length. Sorry about being slow on updating. School started, and over Labor Day weekend I got sick and stuff, so on my day off I wrote this for ya'll. At least there's some TykixAllen in here! Yes, it's only a little, but I'm making this a slow relationship so all you fans can enjoy the love story! ^^ *sniffles and blows nose* Yucky.
Jasdebi: We found her!!! *runs over to Cat* Naughty kitty for escaping.
Cat: *cries* I'm sick, and you still want to be mean to me?
Jasdebi: You haven't had us pull any pranks in this.
Lulubell: What are you complaining about? I'm barely in there.
Wisely: I'm not in there at all. *pouts*
Cat: I'm not superwoman ya know! Twins, you'll get your spot light soon; Lulu, you barely talk anyway; you just like to sit there and look pretty for the Earl; and Demon eye guy, sorry, I don't know your name cause your new, but you're in there if you squint at the "Aww" part.
Wisely: I'm going to kill you for that.
Cat:….Crap, I'm sooo screwed. *runs away screaming and coughing*
Tyki: *rolls eyes* Please review and tell Cat what you think so she can hurry up and write my suave romancing-Allen scenes.
Allen: Like hell I'd let you romance me!…I need to save Cat. Well, till next time, Ja Ne and I hope you like the story. *runs after Wisely and Cat*
Cat: Could you tell me if I left something out? *taps chin* Oh, and thank ya'll for reading my stories! I can't believe I've gotten so many hits, but I would really love for ya to review and tell me what you like, what you hate. and anything else. Till next chappy, Ja Ne.