I want to confess that this chapter is the worst one I have done so far. … I totally did not put my heart into it…but still….i want to write

Sorry for disappointing you all for there is no improvement with my writing, your suggestions was well accepted but I find it's hard to try work in improving them.

I was pretty busy and any suggestions and help are always welcomed. thank you

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Warning: this is a product of an amateur writer. Please bear with me

Chapter 7

Like no Other

Allen surprisingly woke up feeling fresh as ever. He also noticed that Kanda already left his side and gone to who know where. His mind flashed back at the eventful night before that left him the feeling of betrayal and insecurity. He never asked for his life to be this complicated and here he was, because of him, everyone around him keeping secrets and his loved one had to face a danger that will cost him his life. Even though Kanda had not confessed to him yet, Allen knows that the feeling was indeed mutual that Kanda had swear to protect him.

Also to his surprise, a complete breakfast was already served at the table, emerging almost a minute after that, was Krory with a white apron over his front. He smiled to Allen.

"Good morning, Allen,"

" Wow…this is a surprise.." Allen beamed his wonderful smile at the sight of foreign meal on the table. " I bet it tastes great."

A bit embarrassed by Allen sudden praise," I don't think it can be compared with your own cooking."

Without wasting another minute, Allen found himself sitting and munching the feast in front of him. Krory was seen rather nervous on Allen's reaction would be. However, the said boy never spare a glance to the older man as he was concentrating on the food.

Meanwhile, Kanda was looking forward for the day time, he is mentally tired but he forced himself to be strong for Allen's sake. It in this kind of time Allen needed his support the most despite all the denial that the boy had thrown to him last night.

He wants to protect the younger with his strength and making sure that the boy would not break down with the truth that will be unrevealed in this very day.

The moment he stepped into the house from his morning training, he was greeted with laughter from his companions. Both Allen and Krory were lazily sitting at the dining room currently busy with their conversation. The air in the room was calm and soothing much to Kanda's surprise who actually expecting distress and gloom to fill the room. From inside, he glanced to the nearby window where he can clearly see the Lee's house. The siblings were still inside their home, very unlikely for Lenalee especially who usually be the first one to burst Allen's house in order to wake him up for work. Of course, Kanda was unreliable as he was more than happy to let the boy of work and spent the rest of the day in the house with them.

" Hey, the girl is not here, yet?'

Both of them surprised by Kanda as they were really not paying attention to the samurai existence inside the house as they were too intense talking to each other. No one could blame them; the samurai steps were always silent with not even tiny sound or squeak.

" Well. Maybe she is taking her time of cleaning the house. As I recall over, we do make a mess of their dining room last night," Allen calmly stated like it was nothing unusual for him.

Krory frowned," Did something happen last night?" The older man turned to Allen expecting an answer from Allen.

" It's nothing. Kanda and Komui were having a nice conversation with each other by throwing the precious food at the other face. It was quite a childish act to be seen. Too bad you were not there or the show." The black haired man shot his hottest glare to Allen but the mean sprout was giggling away.

" Too bad indeed." Kanda slumped himself at the seat next to Allen.

" I hope Komui is okay…" For the first time, Krory feel pity to the scientist, thinking that poor man must have suffered the wrath of Kanda, since the samurai already got hold of his dangerous not to mention sharp weapon unlike the last time, where the man was quite weaponless.

" Don't worry, Komui is fit as a needle. He can take care of any form of attack unless the threat came in form of his favourite sister."

"It's to be expected."

As the three of them was having a blast time with breakfast a knock unexpectedly startled them over.

With timid steps, Lenalee came into their view with her unusual nervous look on her face. The three men were shocked beyond words at the sight of her.

"Allen…" tears threatened to flow from her eyes, if this was under other circumstances, Allen will be amused by the fake tears where the girl oftenly shed. But this was after the event after the night before, Allen kind of understands his best friend's reaction after he called her a traitor and untrustworthy last night. But, to go this length making Allen guilty even more.

As quickly as his body can take, he approached the said girl and flung himself in order to sooth her. "Why Lenalee…what happened to your hair?"

Both of them were in the same height, but apparently Lenalee could not bared to face Allen and flopped her head on the boy's shoulder. Allen let the Chinese girl hugged him back and tiny sobs from the girl was the only sound heard for them .Allen tried to restrain himself from asking why the girl had done it.

Cutting her hair was too much. It was her most precious asset which makes the girl proud of having them beautiful in every way even though the girl always try denied her fetish of keeping her hair like that. Lenalee loved them as much did not give damn even after his loving brother tell them to cut it shorter and insists letting the hair grow at least at the level of her hip.

Kanda just watched the two of them without being jealous. He had always be trained not to show his feelings too much even though a bit jealous, he just simply whisked them understanding the situation they are under with. He and Krory decided not to interrupt Allen and Lenalee.

After a couple of minutes, both of them had let go of each other with Lenalee wiping her red eyes with the long sleeves. Allen looked sadly at her," I am so sorry for all the things I said last night. But, you should not have go this far."

" Allen." The now short haired girl looks at her best friend with shocked but a slight of relief can be seen from her beautiful green eyes.

" It's not your fault. I know it's unusual of me but I was terribly angry and frustrated over last night that I barely can contain myself. Please forgive me," He could not take a long look at the girl face when he was at fault for making this girl worrying over him like this

" You know I will always forgive you, right?" a brief smile was seen on her face. She pulled Allen's face so they can face each other. Her gentle touch had make Allen blushed pink.

" However, this matter is very serious and I wish you will choose the right thing….at the end, Allen. We are sorry for hiding this from you. But if you ever known, I doubt you will still be here. Perhaps, u may kill him." Her voice was serious and her eyes shined with determination.

" Lenalee, please tell me everything" Allen pleaded to the said girl, to show his seriousness Allen tightens his hold on both of his best friends' upper arm. He was so ready with whatever she going to tell him.

Lenalee glanced at Kanda and Krory and noted that both of the grown men were also interested in knowing this matter. She was glad that Allen had Kanda and Krory with him so that the orphan boy did not have to face this truth alone.

'Well…. The Millennium family was actually after something of Cross."

"Something of Cross? Last time I checked that man did not have anything valuable with him. The drunk did not have anything to be sell but his body…." His silver eyes shined with annoyance when the thought of his master passes through his mind.

" Allen…listen to me and promise me after I tell you this, you must leave this horrible town right away," She shake him a bit making Allen question of this sudden nervousness of his best friend. "and you two… must take care of him at least keep him at safe." She glanced at Kanda.

"You don't need to tell me what to do with my life, stupid girl," Kanda huffed ignorantly, making him seems unconcern, "of course, I will not let anything happened to the bean sprout." Kanda ears were pink with embarrassment.

He was caught unguarded when his fanged partner decide to give a nudge at his side, a sign of trying to tease the stoic samurai. Not wasting even a second, the annoyed samurai already pulled out his sword and directed it a inch away from Krory's delicate neck," You do that again , I will sliced your neck so that the sprout can taste your blood in his soup."

Krory sweated nervously, Here I thought he was becoming a human, I swear he is going to kill me one day if I stuck with him much longer.

" They are after you, Allen…" her sudden exclamation had stopped Kanda and Krory from attacking each other.

"What!!" Allen was shocked. This was not the answer he was expecting from her"…..essh, Lenalee, of course I know Tyki Mikk was after my body, after all everyone know that much…." He continued on" by the way, I am not something own by Cross. He just my legal guardian. He just there to keep me away from the orphanage and someone to finish his debts……that's all." Allen expression was sad, he was beginning to feel lonely, remembering Cross was not his family; he was alone in this world.

"Allen….listen to me…it's not you what I meant," Lenalee was getting anxious

Allen was stunned, had Lenalee gone crazy or something, maybe she had became delusional after last night. Shock can do that to a person, you know" Then…."

" It's the memory…your memory,"

"My what…? What wrong with my brain, Lenalee?" the white haired boy unintentionally gripped a couple of white strand on his head. This was getting more unbelieveable in every passing moment. His best friend was in definite need to be checked by a eligible doctor as soon as possible.

" I am going to call Komui," even Kanda thought the same thing, this girl had been sprouting nonsense. This must be his crazy brother's doing, to even think to give his beloved little sister this type of modification.

Before the long haired samurai even reached the knob door, he found himself being turned over and his stomach was hit with a very powerful force that forces him to fly across the room." What the hell!!!"

"Lenalee!!" Allen was there trying to stopped the girl from attacking his candidate of a lover with force unsuitable for a gentle girl. Apparently, Lenalee had just kicked him with her right leg..and the said leg was not in trembling even after such force. She must be used to this, Kanda thought while clutching on his painful stomach. The attack was fast and he was not expecting that kind of reaction after all.

"But Allen…he was trying to disturb me" her dangerous green eyes narrowed on the Kanda," and he thought I was out of my mind, Can you believe that? How dare him.."

" Tell him, Allen…that u also know what I am talking about , right?" her question seems more like a threat to Allen. If I were to ignore or even denied her, I will have the same fate as Kanda……. Man, that does look very painful, Allen shuddered at the sight

"Of course, Lenalee…I believe you. It's just …I don't understand why my memory. What's wrong with them?" He tried to put some sense to her that she must have been misheard of this.

"I agree with Allen…..what's really going on? What it has to do with Allen's memory?" Even though he was a little bit of scared with Lenalee sudden burst of violence, he was also curious with all of this.

Lenalee paused and looked at Allen with a straight face, "Some of your memory is fake. Cross had them altered all this time. Not until you are twelve, he had stopped all that…and you came to live with us. Before that, we don't even know where you are from and what you have been doing.'

"Is that true? It's a little bit weird, you know, Cross the worst drunkard in his world was actually a scientist or something…and I am his experiment? This is nonsense…" a lot of thing came to his mind, a pat of him try to recall how actually Cross was able to altered his memory and being told that his memory was not real, was a little bit confusing.

" Allen…" Lenalee soothed him; she was also confused on how to tell him this. All that she knows that "The family was after someone you are in the past. And it was the reason why Cross did not let you remember them these times."

Cross being caring…that must be the end of the world

" Maybe Komui…." Allen get the idea that maybe Komui can explained this thing much more clearly.

" No…Allen, you can't involved Komui in this," Lenalee stopped him." Please…just ..,"

"I understand, Lenalee," of course, it's not hard to understand that Komui actually works with Millennium family, the Lee had their own problem and taking care of Allen actually had risks them so much.

This is getting confusing and what they expected Allen to react at all this…Cross, only that bastard that explain why this puzzling things were happening to him.

TBC

Next…I also put on a side story… you are welcome to enjoy them