Riva and the others walked together as they walked. They had just gotten off the train and were stopping for some food, since Allen couldn't wait. Plus their next train wouldn't be leaving for another hour and a half. So instead of just sitting and waiting they headed to find some food. Allen smiled happily as they walked.
"Hey Pirate how long do you think it will take us to find General Cross?" Isabella asked as they walked.
"Can you just call me by my name?" Lavi frowned.
"Not as long as you have that eye patch." Isabella laughed. "What about you Lenalee?"
Lenalee looked off. "I don't know. We have no idea where Cross is, but we know to just follow clues towards where he went. I just hope we find him before the Noah and the earl."
Riva nodded. "I hope he's okay." She looked toward Allen. Father…. Where are you? "Look there's a restaurant up ahead."
"General Cross is very good at hiding and a very good fighter, I'm sure he's fine for now. But we still need to find him quickly." Bookman said calmly.
Allen nodded. "Master will probably be found around beautiful women…." He looked at Riva and shifted awkwardly. "Sorry."
"It's okay. I've heard enough about my father to understand his personality." Riva walked towards the restaurant but Allen froze.
"Akuma!" His eye was freaking out a little. "That way!" He pointed.
No one walked into the restaurant or even hesitated. They all headed towards the Akuma's direction. Allen led them towards the other edge of town. A man was standing and looked towards them. The moment he noticed them his skin started to pull off as he changed into an Akuma. He was tall and looked different from the others Akumas.
"A level two." Bookman said getting ready to fight. He wasn't the only one. Isabella pulled out her daggers and Lavi held up his hammer.
"There's another one around here." Allen said glancing away quickly.
"Let's go find that one." Riva nodded to Allen.
"We'll take care of this one!" Isabella nodded and charged towards the Akuma. Riva nodded and followed Allen towards the other Akuma. When they found it, they discovered that it was also a level two Akuma.
Riva dropped her exorcist jacket and let her wings spread out. She took off and flew straight at the Akuma. Allen followed her. Riva slammed into the Akuma, keeping her wings around her as best as she could, to keep the Akuma from shooting her. Allen sliced at the Akuma as well.
The Akuma spun around and Riva gasped as she was thrown into a wall. She slid to the ground and whimpered weakly. Her body felt sore, and she could feel something warm and wet dripping down her arm. "RIVA!" Allen yelled. Riva opened her eyes slowly and saw the Akuma running towards her. Allen was right behind it.
"HEY!" Lavi and Isabella were running towards the Akuma as well. Riva watched as the Akuma stepped into the blood on the ground, Riva's blood. It's one eye seemed to glow brighter and its muscles grew slightly. Riva was shocked and confused. The Akuma looked stronger.
"RIVA!" Spread her wings again and pushed herself off the wall, slamming into the Akuma. Her wings tore through the Akuma, sending out an explosion. Riva flinched as she was thrown. Someone caught her. Riva opened her eyes slowly and found Allen looking down at her.
"I'm okay." She sat up slowly and flinched. Her body complained against the movement.
"Are you alright Riva?" Bookman walked up behind them.
"I'll be fine. Are both Akuma gone?"
"Yeah. We destroyed one and you destroyed the other." Lavi walked up as well. He looked towards the pool of Riva's blood on the ground. "What happened?"
"I don't know." Riva looked towards her blood and then at Bookman. He looked thoughtful.
"It seems your blood strengthened the Akuma. We will have to keep an eye on that, but that is the most likely scenario." Bookman looked back at Riva. "I'm not sure how that happened."
"At least she's alright." Isabella smiled. "That's all that matters."
Lavi looked off. "I guess we should head and go get some food now then."
Allen looked up and smiled. "That sounds good." He held out his hand to Riva. "Are you sure you're okay?"
"I just need to bandage up the wound." Riva placed a hand over the tear in her skin. It was bleeding heavily. Bookman nodded and walked forward to touch the wound.
"Let's clean this up and then bandage it." He nodded.
Riva nodded and looked at her blood again. Did my blood strengthen that Akuma? Or was it a fluke?
The Earl stared down at the drying puddle of blood and tapped his chin. "Cross Marian's daughter… She strengthened that Akuma maybe…. I'll have to test this out. It is possible. With Cross's magic it could affect his daughter's blood." The Earl smirked. "Very interesting." He turned and walked off.
The Earl had a plan forming in his head. He would kill two birds with one stone. He would take her blood's use and draw Cross towards him. He also would be able to destroy both their innocence. He laughed at himself. Does that equal killing four birds with one stone?