Hello again! I'd like to thank all who reviewed. They're all very encouraging. I've received nothing but good comments and I'm immensely grateful for them. I'm progressively making my chapters longer too. Any Noah in the dreams are the ones that Neah had killed in the past. I'm just using their Noah names. They are not the ones living in the present.
My thanks again to Espeon16.
Recap:
The last memory that she would see was the birth of the 14th Noah, the moment that the one who wasn't supposed to exist came into being.
"My, my, little exorcist. It looks like I get to take you home earlier than expected."
Tyki Mikk walked over to the bed and picked Allen up bridal style. Having one of Road's doors appear, he kicked the doors open and walked in.
In the Black Ark...
"Welcome home Tyki-pet. I trust that no one saw you, right?" said the Earl.
Tyki faked an affronted look,"Of course not Earl. I used every ounce of stealth I have."
"Then let's get her get settled in, shall we?"
"Yes," Tyki replied, looking down at the white-haired exorcist.
The Earl let Tyki pass him and bring their new resident to her new room. Seemingly endless hallways stood before the Noah of Pleasure, but he navigated them effortlessly. All the while, he was staring at the snow-haired woman in his arms. She had this unearthly beauty about her, and he had been entranced by it. Tyki couldn't seem to leave her alone. The Third Child of Noah simply could not get her to leave his thoughts.
Unlike his brother, he sought out to love the woman he now held. Her Awakening only meant that she leaving behind the pain of dying. She wouldn't leave him, not through any natural death.
Back Inside Allen's Dreams...
"You've known since I brought myself to you that I am not under your control. I have my own agenda to fill."
"Oh yes, of course I know about that Neah. You were brought forth by the will of something bigger than God, may we all be filled with detest at his name. This is nothing new to me. Most of us in this family do have another agenda too. We all have lives to lead outside of this."
"And this is why I refuse. I cannot partake in anything that could interfere with my plans and this happens to do so."
"Well then, this is troublesome. Maybe I'll just have Maitora do it."
With a snort, the 14th turned on his heel, walked through the doorway, and slammed the door shut on his way out.
Neah muttered under his breath."I can't interfere with what's about to happen. I wove this part of fate myself, it wasn't rewoven by the Will, so I must see this through. The Earl will NOT interfere."
In The Black Ark...
Two more stigmata had appeared and two more were forming. At least her Awakening would be fast, unlike Skin's had been. Allen's was a lot less bloody too, minimal even. Tyki just assumed it was being consumed by her Innocence. Maybe, instead of feeding off of her now, it would be its own sentient being with its own way of feeding.
What had surprised the Third Child the most though, was when he found a golden golem sitting on the bedside table after he had returned from eating a meal. Their patriarch had watched her while he was away, and he must have noticed the small contraption. Shrugging, Tyki let it lie where it was.
He sat back in his chair and flipped open his book. The young woman would awaken soon enough, he figured. If it had only been about seven hours and she already had almost five stigmata, she would awaken in the next three to four hours.
The Noah family would soon be closer to having all fourteen once more. With their Musician, they could get back the Ark and defeat the exorcists. Their so-called 'Destroyer of Time' had defected.
No more would the Noah stand for their oppression. The family would no longer stand to keep around the unpure breed. They were made from the imperfection in God's heart. This is why they suffered. This is the reason that not many innocent and pure-hearted people existed. The Noah were super-humans because the anger in their beings no longer existed.
They still feel everything a normal human would, (hence the Noah of Rage) but they did not commit crimes and their anger wasn't as dirty as a normal human. Impure and dirty humans were far bellow the Noah. The few that weren't, were the ones they would save.
The exorcist could no longer stop them. They wanted to live. That's why they fought, out of their childish (and very human) fear of Death. They were not noble, they did not care for anyone but themselves and their precious friends, and they defiantly didn't care for the entirety of humanity.
Shaking his head, Tyki closed the book and set it back down next to his hat, unable to concentrate. Sighing, he stole a glance at the sleeping Noah. Her skin wouldn't turn umber like the rest. Her Memory represented the purity of the Noah. The First Child represented Creation. The Fourtenth child represented Fate, the Beginning and End of Creation, and Destiny. The 14th was called The Musician because music usually symbolized a state of peace and harmony. Thus, his symbol became the white grand piano.
In Allen's Dreams..
"Yes Mana, I know. Fate has been woven. I can't go back on it now. You know that there will be a chance she might not get involved anyways."
"I know Neah, but we have to think of the possibility. I won't let her waste away for some war, not after her mother was taken. You know, the woman you took as your wife?"
Cliffhanger! I know that I didn't finish the dream sequence but you'll have to wait for next time. The next chapter will reveal more important facts about Allen and her parentage. Singing out, Sly Tail! :)
