We Meet Again

It was already evening

When he finally came home

After a hard day's work.

Upon stepping inside the living room,

"Good evening!"

He greeted his precious children.

"Millenie!"

Road immediately glomped him.

"Where have you been?"

She pouted.

He just laughed heartedly.

"I've been doing my work that is all."

"The Exorcists have become much more than a nuisance lately."

"Hello, Tyki-pon!"

The Noah of Pleasure growled with annoyance at the nickname.

Road hummed in interest.

Then she saw the pink umbrella.

"Lero! I've missed you!"

And then she proceeded

Twirling him round and round

"Leeerooo! Help me!"

The Millenium Earl laughed.

It's good to be home.

His eyes scanned the room.

He noticed something new

And yet not so new.

"Leeerooo! Didn't you already have a new toy Mistress Road?"

"Please let me go! Leeerooo!"

"Oh yeah."

With that the Noah of Dreams

Threw the pink umbrella away screaming.

She waltzed to the boy sitting across Tyki.

"Millenie, look what I've got recently!"

The girl didn't need to tell him to look.

The moment he laid his eyes on the boy,

He couldn't look away anymore.

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How ironic.

He let him live on that night,

Just to fall in the hands of his family

Years after it.

His hair had completely lost its original brown

But was now colored into pure white.

His scar had healed over the years.

Leaving a familiar pentacle shaped scar

As if signifying

That he was a property of his.

An Akuma.

But not really an Akuma.

Just accursed.

His face was still the same he had seen that night.

Innocent.

So, so innocent.

The Earl wondered how the boy managed to stay like that

After the hell he just let him went through.

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We meet again Allen Walker.

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"Millenie?"

He snapped out from his reverie

And noticed that his two children

Were looking curiously at him.

"He's the doll a got several days ago."

Road said.

"Is there something wrong?"

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"He possesses an Innocence."

He answered.

A very strong Innocence at that.

Tyki looked pointedly at the girl.

Eyes saying something like

"I told you so"

Road pouted at him

"I know that. That's why I took him."

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"Oh?"

Interesting answer.

"He's an Exorcist! Exorcist dolls are rare!"

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Well, he could be a useful weapon in this war.

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"Please Millenie, let me keep him."

Road pleaded.

"I really really like him!"

The Earl looked at his oldest disciple.

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She's absolutely serious.

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"Tyki really likes him too!"

She added.

The Noah of Pleasure gawked at the girl.

"And how did you get that idea?"

He asked incredulously.

"Oh, I see the way you look at my doll."

Road answered smoothly.

"You really really like him."

"I absolutely do not!"

Tyki sputtered.

"Denial~"

Road sang.

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But while the two squabbled

About the issue of Tyki's endearment,

The Millenium Earl contemplated.

Weighted the pros and cons

Of keeping the boy with an Innocence intact.

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He will be useful.

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But also very dangerous.

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Hmm…

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"It's okay."

His answer halted his children's incessant argument.

"Eh?" from Tyki

And a

"Yay!" from Road.

Oh, how he really loves his family.

"Just make sure to take good care of him,"

Road nodded.

"Keep him well kept."

"Thank you!" she exclaimed.

"And make sure he's forever tamed."

The girl hugged him tightly.

"I will, Millenie! Thank you, Millenie!"

With that she let him go

And told her doll "Let's go!"

Then to her room she went,

Mumbling something about a change of clothes

To celebrate his acceptance in their home.

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"Is that really okay, Earl?"

His fourth disciple asked.

Lighting cigarette while he's at it.

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"Of course."

He replied before adding

"Oh, Tyki-pon I have a job for you~"

The Portuguese only groaned in protest.

"Not again."

His usual response.

But as he explained the task to him,

The Earl is glad at the change of topic.

He couldn't explain to them how he feels

About the boy,

The doll that Road now has owned

For eternity.

He feels a connection with him

He couldn't fully understand.

It was for this reason

He decided to let the boy live with them as a mere doll

Just like that night,

Despite the threat the boy had pose,

Despite he's unexpected relation

To someone he had known,

He decided

To let the boy live

Live and continue with his shattered life.

He had hoped, however bewildering such notion maybe,

That by letting him live

The boy would move on

And forget everything.