Howdy! I finally managed to get the guts to finish this chapter :D Well, enjoy :D Special thanks to xXDarkangelx...

Chapter 4 ~ MY HAIR!

"My hair!" Allen wailed miserably. "It's brown. BROWN!"

"What the hell did you do?"

"Nothing!"

"Open the door this instant!" Link bellowed from behind the door.

Silence greeted Link for a while before the door clicked open and a mess of chestnut brown hair popped out from behind. Allen stepped out slowly with a strand of his hair twisted around his index finger. Apparently, he found the floor more interesting than Link. (well, duh.)

"Oh. My. God," Link managed to breath out. "It's really brown."

"I know!" Allen scowled as he tugged on the hair wrapped around his finger. "It must have been that damn potion!"

"What potion?" Link asked, a little too curious for his own good.

"Oh, yesterday I was helping Lenalee find Komui buried underneath paperwork," in the corner of his eye, Allen noticed a shudder racked through Link, "While she was complaining, she accidentally mentioned the taboo sentence and he appeared out of nowhere, toppling the books. And my theory is that there was a potion up there and 'prang' it hit me!" Allen threw his hands into the air dramatically.

"And you didn't see it fit to inform me?"

Allen eyed him with a raised eyebrow. "Ahem, when you came back, I was sleeping. When I woke up, you were sleeping. Who's talking now?"

"You. And for your information, you knocked me out when I was trying to wake you and you didn't bother to help me?" Link replied nonchalantly but his words betrayed him.

Allen sniffed delicately. "Who in the right mind would want to wake up a stalker of theirs? ("Hey! I'm just doing my job!") he crossed his arms and huffed. "Besides, you looked like you were having fun kissing the floor. You were lucky I didn't kick you out through the window!"

Link scowled while Allen smirked in return.

"Okay, now let's go for breakfast! I'm starving!" Allen twirled in delight, his stomach rumbling in agreement. He then proceeded to the door.

"W-wait! Walker, your –!" Allen threw the door open to find a scowling Kanda and a grinning Lavi who had his fist raised to knock.

Lavi's grin and Kanda's scowl faded and was soon replaced by looks of horror at the sight of his new hair colour.

"A-a-a-a-allen! W-w-w-w-what happened to your hair?" Lavi wailed pitifully.

"Oh, this? No idea," Allen shrugged. "After breakfast, I'm hunting Komui down for an explanation. Join me?"

"Ooh, sure! Sounds like plenty of fun!" Lavi cried out enthusiastically. "Right, Yuu-chan?"

As usual, Mugen found its way to Lavi's throat and a bloodbath would have begun if not for Allen's interference. The trion plus Link headed to the canteen for breakfast before searching for Komui.

When they finally had Komui cornered after many attacks bu numerous Komurins, this time including the family of three who assisted in destroying the Komurins and who had just came back from their mission, Allen badgered Komui for answers.

"So, Komui. Why is my hair like this?" Allen asked, with a menacing smile that would have made a child cry in mere seconds.

"Er, remember the potion that fell on you that day?" he paused and when Allen nodded, signaling for Komui to proceed with the explanation, "that potion was a sample of an experiment I was working on. How that potion works, I am uncertain as I have not tested it yet but the aim for the potion was to make someone shrink into their childhood selves with their mentality firm and intact."

Allen crowed, "I knew it was that potion's damn fault!"

Carolyn and her parents mentally cheered in joy. They might be able to get something out of Allen!

Just then, Komui noticed them and unfortunately for them, "Oh, you three are back. I'm afraid I have to send you for another mission."

"Why?" Carolyn all but cried. "We just returned!"

"Oh no, I don't mean that," Komui said as soothingly as possible. "After a well-deserved rest and some foor, only will you depart. It's just a simple mission about 5 minutes from here. Your parents will leave right after a well-deserved rest. As for you, Carolyn, you will leave after breakfast"

"What the –?" Carolyn could hardly believe her ears.

"Language, dear," her mother reprimanded.

Carolyn growled and turned her back on them, stalking out of the room in furious strides.

"Oh dear, I'm really sorry for that, Mr. and Mrs. Grant," Komui apologised. "It is not my intention to anger your daughter but regretfully I was ordered by the higher ups."

"It's okay, Komui-san, we understand," Mrs. Grant smiled patiently. "Our daughter is just throwing a tantrum. She'll be back to herself in no time."

Allen then cut in. "Did the mission go well?"

"Yes," Carolyn's father answered in pride. "She did it wonderfully with General Tiedoll and his team's help."

"I am sorry I couldn't come along to train Carolyn," Allen reflected regretfully.

"Don't worry," Mrs. Grant said comfortingly. "It's not your fault that the Vatican had put you in house arrest."

Allen flinched at the mention of the Vatican and quickly pasted a smile on his face and nodded. Luckily, only Link noticed the flinch.

"Why did they put you in house arrest anyway, Allen-kun?" Carolyn's mother asked.

"Uh...," Allen hesitated but fortunately, Komui answered on his behalf, "They are preparing him and making sure he's ready for his journey later when he starts his duties as a General."

The couple nodded in understanding and left the room in search for their daughter.

"Che," a voice broke the silence of the room after the departure of the parents.

"Fast thinking, Komui!" Lavi praised. A pause. "Why don't we just tell them the truth?"

"I was thinking the same thing as Bookman Jr. Why not?" Link said as he pushed himself away from the wall he was leaning against earlier.

"It is for their own good," Komui stated. "We should not reveal the Noah's existence to them yet."

"Plus," Allen continued. "I have something I need to check and confirm first."

"Che."

"Alright, that's acceptable," Link said, "but you have to tell them as soon as possible. We won't know when they will strike. They have been lying in wait for a long time now."

Allen nodded, his face stony and serious until Lavi crept from behind and hissed menacingly in hie ear, "Why so serious?" that caused Allen to jump fright and was very, very close to jumpig on Kanda to the latter's immense disgust.

Chaos reigned when Kanda decide to slaughter rabbits and make rabbit stew.

From outside, two figures stood, confused from the conversation the five had engaged in and they remained there, pondering upon the meaning of Noahs and others.

Lavi stood, staring at the closed door, his face serious in contemplation.

"What's wrong, Lavi?" Allen asked, concerned.

"Nothing, moyashi-chan," Lavi answered as he slung an arm over Allen's shoulder. "I was just warning two flies to mind their own business."

Allen stared at him with that innocent confused look that sent Lavi over the edge.

Carolyn's parents walked back to their room with questions that was left unanswered. Lavi's warning to them was still very clear in their mind.

"Sometimes it's better to not know anything than to know everything"

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