Ahh, it's so late. I know, I'm sorry. It took forever for Lynn to write and I was busy playing erotic games (). Anyways, hope you enjoy the next chapter, you have myangelicladyofdarkness (And a nightcore playlist) to thank for it.
"We're here!" Allen yelled up at the building as they walked toward the door.
"Examination!" The face on the door yelled, looking down at them.
Akumu hid behind Allen, "What the?" she asked, staring at the odd face protruding for the buildings entrance.
"It's okay he's just gonna check to see and see if you're an akuma." He said as he moved so the door could give her the examination.
A light came from it's eyes, focusing on Akumu. She stood completely still, scared.
"Examination done, you are not an akuma." The door yelled, opening to the small group.
Everyone walked inside, but Akumu fell behind. Walking slowly she took her time to examine her new surroundings.
She saw an odd blond man in a lab coat running toward them, "Allen, you guys, run!" Suddenly, a giant robot burst through the wall.
"Quickly Sir Komurin catch the new girl and examine her innocents!" Another guy in a lab coat yelled exuberantly.
Sir Komurin looked around to confirm target but she had already turned a corner before it had a chance to make a match.
"Must find target." The robot announced, following her at an inhuman (he's a robot, so yeah ^^;) speed.
"What's going on?" Allen asked them.
"Komui built another robot and, of course, it malfunctioned. It had already knocked out Lenalee before he had it target someone else...and now it is after her." he said pointing at Akumu, "Poor new girl." The blond sighed. "We have to stop it."
They split up, Allen and the man in the lab coat went after the robot, while bookman and Lavi ran off who know's where (I certainly don't).
Looking back to see if she had lost the robot, she spotted Sir Komurin, and at that point he had her as well.
She sprinted, running without direction she found herself flat on the floor after bumping into a pissed off boy with long black hair.
"Watch where you're going." He scoffed as he began walking again.
She felt rage boil up inside her, putting a leg out she tried to trip him.
He easily evaded the attempt to embarrass him and didn't even look back at her.
She pulled herself up and stuck her tongue out at his back.
She saw Komurin, "Fuuuu-" she began before bursting into a full speed run.
The robot was right on her tail and everyone else was behind him. She found herself at a dead end.
"ck." She finished as she turned to face Sir Komurin.
"Use your innocents!" Allen yelled turning the corner to catch up.
Sir Komurin then picked her up, as she tried to activate her innocence. However, she found herself unable, she was too...sleepy. Komui had short a dart to make her sleepy.
"Nighty, night." The man said as Akumu drifted off to sleep.
Sir Komurin then started to exhibit features that would seem more appropriate in a horror movie than in real life.
As Allen was getting ready to help the poor sleeping female out, Lenalee came down on Sir Komurin's head, destroying it.
"Lenalee~, why?" Komui cried. Lenalee, without word, then walked over to her brother and kicked him straight in the head.
"You need to stop putting people in danger! The new girl hasn't even been here for 15 minutes and she's already passed out!" Lenalee sighed.
Allen went over to see if Akumu was okay, "She's okay, she should wake up soon." He told everyone. They all sighed with relief.
Allen and Lenalee took her to her room to rest.
"Allen", the other began.
"Yes, Lenalee?" Allen asked, sleeping girl in hands.
"She's not going to replace me, is she?" she asked quietly.
"Of course not", Allen smiled at her.
She felt herself smiling back at the white haired boy, it had been a silly question to ask in the first place.
"You're my friend Lenalee, you can't replace friends but you can always make more. But, even if you make new friends they can never be the same as an old friend." he continued.
"Friend...", she let the word fall from her lips, the word bringing the corners of her mouth down momentarily, before she quickly brought them back into a smile, "Of course Allen, friends are irreplaceable...but is she really just a friend?"
Allen frowned, "You sound like Lavi, yes, she's just a friend."
"Sorry", she sighed, "You just seemed to care for her...a lot."
"Of course I care for her, but I care for you as well. You're both my friends. Do I need to have any other reason to protect my friends?"
"No, I suppose not", she replied as they reached an empty room.
They dropped her off in the bed in silence, Lenalee leaving Allen behind as soon as the girl was placed safely in a bed.
A little while later Akumu woke up in an unusual bed shaken from her usual nightmare. Once she shook it off, she began to remember what happened before she fell asleep. She looked around to see where she was and didn't recognize anything but Allen asleep in a chair a few feet away.
She prodded the white head a few times to no avail, "Yup, I'm sooo dead. I wonder if this is heaven or hell."
Walking out of the room she found Lavi walking toward her, "This is hell."
"What are you talking about?" He asked, a little offended. "Well anyway, since you're awake Komui needs to see you." He said, beginning to guide her to the man's office.
"Who?" She asked.
"The guy in the hat, from earlier."
"Crap, I am dead and I am in hell for sure now." She complained to Lavi's annoyance.
Dropping her off at Komui's office, she sighed seeing the man sitting lazily at his desk.
"Hello, It is nice to meet you. I am Komui.", the man said politely.
She eyed him suspiciously, "Hello. It is nice to meet the person who almost killed me too. I'm Akumu." She held out her hand for a handshake.
Komui took her hand and rolled up her sleeve to see her innocents, "Amazing. Come with me."
There wasn't really anyway she couldn't, Komui didn't let go of her arm as they started walking to the main hall.
Hoping there weren't going to be any more robots, she moved as quickly as she could to keep up with the man and stop herself from being pulled along the ground.
As they were "walking" they ran into Allen and Lenalee, Komui dropped her arm immediately.
"Allen!" Akumu yelled running to the safety of her friend.
"Aku-" He tried to reply as he was tackled to the ground from her hug.
"Opps sorry." She said pulling him and herself up.
"It is okay." he smiled, rubbing the back of his neck.
Lenalee coughed, "Oh, this is Lenalee." Allen said, referring to his female friend, "Her and I will be showing you around once you and Komui are done with what you need to do."
"Why don't you come with us?" Akumu asked.
"Sure." Lenalee responded.
They all then went on the to the floating pad in the center and went all the way down.
"Hevlaska, Akumu is here. You can now check out her innocents." Komui yelled.
Akumu watched Hevlaska rise from the depths of the room. She couldn't believe her eyes until Hevlaska picked her up.
She was scared, unable to move. All she could really do was mutter. "I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die, I'm gonna die, I'm soooo gonna -"
"You're gonna be okay Akumu. Hevlaska won't hurt you." Allen yelled and smiled. "Bring back good memories."
Hevlaska then put Akumu's forehead to hers. She was scared, yet strangely comforted by the being.
"5 percent, 12 percent, 27 percent, 36 percent, 50 percent, 61 percent, 70 percent. You are only able to synchronize with your innocents to 70 percent. If you go past it, you will only hurt yourself." Hevlaska said as she put her down and Akumu gave a sigh of relief.
"Anything else that is gonna scare me?" Akumu asked hoping there wasn't.
"No. You ready to eat?" Allen asked a smile on his face.
Akumu felt her her lips turn up into a grin, "Yes!" She replied.
They talked happily as they moved toward the lunch hall.
Reaching the empty room, Allen lead her toward the food counter.
"Welcome Home Akumu!" Everyone yelled as the lights turned on and confetti fell from the ceiling.
There was a whole buffet set out and Akumu was so overjoyed she couldn't help but jump around.
She quickly hugged Allen out of excitement then went over to the buffet and started eating. Within a half an hour nothing left between the two parasite type exorcists.
"Akumu did you really eat all of that?" Lenalee asked
"No, other people had some too." Akumu replied, feeling a little embarrassed knowing she ate pretty much all of it.
"Well, she is a parasitic accommodator and she lived on the street for a while." Allen said.
"So I needed to make up for all the lost food." Akumu added.
"Wait so you were really on the street?!" Lenalee yelled attracting everyone's attention.
Akumu started sinking into her chair due to more embarrassment. "Sorry." Lenalee then quiet down and everyone went back to what they were doing. "Is that true though?"
"Yeah, But I was fine. I had my friend's and Tyki. We had a lot of fun together" Akumu said, starting to think of the the past week.
"Who's Tyki?" Lenalee asked, but Akumu was no longer paying attention, she was lost in her thoughts.
"It's her boyfriend she had to leave behind to join the order." Allen whispered to her.
"Oh, is she gonna be o.k?" Lenalee asked, a feeling of relief going through her.
"Yeah, just leave her be for a little while though."
As the party went on Akumu somehow got her hands on a thing of liquor. That being the first the she had (beside the small quantities of crappy beer from when she was on the street) , she was quickly drunk.
"Allen!" She yelled and jumped onto his back.
Allen lost his balance momentarily but was able to stay up then held her so she wouldn't fall, "What did you do that for?" He asked.
"Because I knew you wouldn't fall." She said happily then hugged him tightly. "Now, give me a piggyback ride!" She pointed forward and giggled a bit.
Allen sighed, "To where?"
"The bathroom, I'm starting to feel sick." She making a face with her cheeks puffed out.
Allen's eye grew wide then ran as fast as he could to the bathroom, making it just time.
Once Akumu was done pucking, she brushed her teeth to get the taste out of her mouth.
"Are you okay?" Allen patted her back.
"Yeah, but I'm never having alcohol again. Thanks Allen." She said kissed him softly on the cheek before leaving Allen in the girls room.
Allen blushed, "Where are you going?"
"My room, I'm gonna go to bed for the night." She answered as she stumbled across the floor
Allen quickly catch her, "Your room is the other way." He chuckled, helping her regain her balance and leading her back to her room.
"Thanks again."
"You're welcome." he blushed.
Akumu then softly pressed her lips against his then went to her room as crashed. Allen's entire face was deep red. He stood there for a moment trying to figure out what just happened, before heading back to his room to think then soon after fell asleep.
So, if you guys didn't already know this, I'm reading this story with you. I always make Lynn shut up about spoilers and the little (parenthesis) I use are my current thoughts (I try not to use them too often but it happens =P)