Kimiku sat up and started coughing up blood, she looked up at the people standing by the Akuma. One was a man, tall, grey skin, black star looking symbols going across his forehead, dark purple hair, he was dressed in a tux with a black top hat. As for the other one, she was a girl, short, grey skin, the same markings as the other, and blue-ish purple hair, she was dressed in a long sleeved white shirt with a violet ribbon tied around the neck, a black ruffly miniskirt, a pair of thigh high stockings with purple and pink strips, and a pair of black flats. Kimiku tried again to move but the pentacles spread over her body even more, Lavi and Kanda knew not to touch her or else they'd get the virus as well.
"I think we hit her to hard, don't you think Tyki?" The girl asked.
"It would appear so." He answered.
"Kanda…Lavi…get out…of here…" Kimiku gasped standing.
"No! We have to get you help or the virus will kill you!" Lavi protested.
"I'll be alright…the virus doesn't affect me." she said as she turned back to normal.
"This is going to be an interesting fight." The girl chuckled.
"I agree, Road." Tyki agreed.
Kimiku stood and formed her blood wings, just in case she'd have to use them as a shield to protect the other two. She grabbed hold of both Kanda and Lavi, she knew they didn't have their weapons with them and that they were the size of children, they'd only get hurt. She thought that maybe she could shoot up into the sky and fly off, but as soon as she looked up she saw the Akuma surrounding the sky around them. They were trapped. Kimiku held both of them tightly, protectively, towards her. "I can't let this happen…not like it did before." She thought.
"What do you want with us?" Kimiku asked.
"Why your innocence of course." Road replied.
"You aren't Akuma, and you're not humans, that makes you Noahs." Kimiku announced.
"How do you know about the Noahs?" Lavi asked.
"Because…those two over there…attacked my family." Kimiku answered.
She put both boys down again, "I want the both of you to run as far as you can from here, I can't risk the two of you getting hurt." She told them. They both nodded and bolted for an area that was open, Tyki suddenly disappeared. Kanda and Lavi let out a gasp of surprise as the Noah appeared in front of them, Tyki grabbed both of them by the neck and held them off the ground. "Let them go!" Kimiku shouted bolting for Tyki. She formed a pair of blood daggers and stabbed the Noah in the eye, he released both boys then pushed the girl back. She grabbed hold of her friends and held them as her side scrapped against the ground, her back slammed against a tree causing her to stifle a cry of pain. "You never learn do you?" Road asked walking towards them. Kimiku propped herself on her elbow as she continued to protect both Lavi and Kanda, she stood and prepared to attack. The Akuma from above shot down their poisonous bullets, Kimiku quickly acted and shielded her friends and herself.
The bullets ceased fire and left a cloud of smoke, Kimiku kept her wings shielded around herself and her friends. She took in a gasping breath, she was on her own the others back at headquarters didn't know of the Akuma or Noah in town. Kimiku knew she had to use her ultimate attack, it was the only way she could illuminate the Noah. She stood and formed her ultimate attack, the blood bubble appeared and wrapped around the Noah, Kimiku, Lavi, and Kanda. Inside the bubble Road and Tyki were restrained by the blood on the inside of the bubble, they had ropes made from blood wrapping around each of their limbs. Kimiku's hands began to glow red as she drained the blood from their bodies, the Noah didn't struggle but simply chuckled. Then Kimiku curled her hands into fist and the Noah's bodies broke just like the stone dragon's had, Kimiku quickly grabbed Kanda and Lavi again and dropped the blood bubble. She had her wings formed and jumped into the sky, then the Akuma around the area started shooting at her.
Kimiku was hit again by one of their bullets, she tried to fight off the pain but fell. She felt her body slam against the ground, blood was spit out of her mouth and onto the ground as she tried her best to recover. She looked to see if the others had gotten hurt, Kanda and Lavi were being held by Tyki yet again. Kimiku had no strength to stand, so panted and glared at the male Noah. Pushing herself she managed to sit up, she coughed up more blood each time she moved.
"Put them down Tyki!" She demanded.
"I don't think I will, they seem very important to you. Perhaps I should do to them what I did to the last two, you do remember Kimiku…the day I killed your brothers?" Tyki taunted.
Tears filled Kimiku's eyes as she thought back to that dreadful night, "I won't…let you hurt them!" she shouted.
Kimiku charged at the Noah and attempted to cut his head off with her daggers, she managed to clip his cheek but then was attacked. Both Road and Tyki double ganged Kimiku, the grey skinned man threw the two boys aside. Kimiku headed towards them but then stopped when she heard a loud crack, and a shot of pain course through her body. Kimiku held her arm and screamed in agonizing pain, Road had broken her left arm. Then Tyki fiercely kicked her hard in the leg, Kimiku tried to dodge it but she couldn't. She felt her leg get broken next, then finishing it off Tyki jabbed his arm through her chest. He reached for her heart then was stopped by Road, "We have to leave…Master is calling us." Road announced. Tyki nodded then pulled his arm out the girl's chest, Kimiku fell to the ground gasping for breath. The Noah both disappeared, she coughed and coughed trying to get the feel of his hand out of her. Then she fell limp, she couldn't move. Kimiku glanced over and saw Lavi and Kanda running towards her, Lavi dropped to his knees and looked at her battered and beaten body.
"Are…you…okay…Lavi…Kanda?" she gasped looking at them.
"Where alright but you aren't, we have to get help." Lavi answered.
Kimiku tried to sit up with her uninjured arm, she sat up then tried to stand up. She was able to get to her feet but fell when she tried to walk, she stood again and limped towards town and the Black Order. "Come on guys." She smiled, acting as though nothing had happened. With the help of Lavi and Kanda she was able to town without falling, as they walked through town a few people stared at Kimiku as she limped through town with the two boys at her side. Kimiku had to stop and lean against a building to catch her breath, she went off course and limped behind a building.
"Lavi." She said kneeling down.
"Yes?" he answered.
"Come here…you two Kanda." He gasped holding her arm out.
The two boys did as she said and walked up to her, Kimiku wrapped her arm tightly around them and formed her wings. As they flew Kimiku wobbled and nearly fell a few times, they reached the Black Order and crashed onto the ground. She held Kanda and Lavi tightly as she crashed onto the ground, she weakly stood and wobbled towards the gate. Kimiku had flown the three of them to the top of the Order, Kimiku limped towards the gatekeeper. "Gatekeeper…can you…let us in…please?" Kimiku asked. The gatekeeper opened the gates to the Black Order, Kimiku thanked the gatekeeper and limped inside with Lavi and Kanda by her side. Once she was inside she collapsed onto the floor, out of energy and in pain. "Kanda…Lavi…go find…the others…" she said before passing out. Lavi raced to get the others while Kanda remained behind, he tried to move Kimiku to somewhere he could sit her up at.
"Kimiku! Kimiku!" she heard a while later. Opening her eyes Kimiku saw that she was in her room back at the order, with her friends by her bedside. Kimiku couldn't move because of the pain, she smiled at each other friends then with her uninjured arm she checked to make sure the small Exorcists were alright.
"Kimiku finally you're awake." Krory cheered.
"How long have I been asleep?" she wondered.
"Three days." Allen answered.
"How did you get in this condition?" Lenalee asked.
"Some people from the Noah clan attacked us…had to make sure Lavi and Kanda didn't get hurt…so I fought them off best I could." She explained.
Kimiku tried to sit up but she couldn't without breathing heavily and grunt with pain, she was pushed back onto her side by the others. She started couching and breathing heavy, "You shouldn't move too much." Lenalee told Kimiku, then she turned to the Chibis. "Will the two of you stay here and watch her?" Lavi nodded and Kanda just grumbled, the other Exorcist left the room so that the girl could rest. Lavi sat on the bed next to her while Kanda sat in the chair, he crossed his arms and legs getting comfortable. Kimiku started coughing again and wincing in pain, she closed her eyes as her breathing grew more rapid.
"Kimiku are you alright, do you need us to get you anything?" Lavi asked.
"I'm…okay Lavi." She replied rubbing his head.
"I'm sorry you got hurt so badly, if we had our anti-Akuma weapons we would have helped." Lavi said.
"It's nothing to worry about, I'll be fine in a few days." She said smiling.
Lavi gave her a worried but big grin, then Kimiku saw the red mark the Noah had left on Lavi's neck and a cut on his cheek. She looked over and saw that Kanda had a similar mark, Kimiku also saw that Kanda had a cut on his upper arm. "Lavi, can you get me the bandages and a bandage please?" she asked sitting up. Lavi nodded and got what she had asked for, she took the bandage and put it over Lavi's cheek. She motioned for Kanda to come over to her, but the stubborn boy didn't move. Kimiku weakly stood from the bed and limp walked towards him, she picked him up with only one arm then walked back over to the bed. She sat him down then sat down herself, she took his arm and started to treat the deep wound. Kanda tried to pull his arm away a few times, but Kimiku would just grab it again and wrap it up in the white bandages. After his wound was wrapped up Kimiku started couching again and held her chest, she could still feel his hand inside of her. The girl was weak and in need of rest, she had slept for three days yet she was still tired.
"Kimiku you should rest, you won't heal if you strain yourself." Lavi pointed out.
"I'll be alright, I slept for three days so I'm good on sleep." She said.
"Do you want us to get you some food?" Kanda asked.
"No to be honest I'm not all that hungry." She replied with a smile.
Her smile faded as she looked at both the teenager's wounds, "I'm sorry the two of you got hurt." She said hugging both of them. Tears welled in her eyes as she held both of them closely, the memory of the day her brothers had died replayed in her mind. She started hiccupping in an attempt to keep the tears back, Lavi wrapped his arms tightly around the girl. Kanda simply patted her head and told her it was alright, she couldn't keep the wailing at bay any longer. She burst out into tears as she held both of her friends tighter, Lavi did as Kanda did and patted her head telling her it was alright.
"It's all my fault…the two of you got hurt." She sobbed.
"We're alright just stop your crying!" Kanda shouted.
Kimiku lifted her head and looked into his eyes, the chibi Kanda just gave her a frustrated and annoyed look. Kimiku smile and held them both in a friendly hug, Lavi smiled and hugged her back while Kanda just looked even more annoyed. Finally Kimiku released them from her hug, once she felt better she climbed out of bed. Her leg buckled and she fell onto the floor, she remained there for a brief moment. Tears streaked her face as she thought of her siblings deaths, Kimiku clenched her fist and sobbed.
"Kimiku?" Lavi asked sitting in front of her.
"Hhm?" She answered looking up at him.
"How did your brothers die?" He wondered.
"I can't talk about it, I'll tell you as soon as I can." She said choking on tears.
Kimiku limped to the closet and pulled out a camera, she wanted to keep the memory of Lavi and Kanda in chibi form. She took a picture of Lavi as he posed, then he grabbed Kanda and forced him into the picture. Kimiku laughed at the boys and took their picture, she started coughing again and dropped to her knees. Lavi hopped off of the bed and helped her up, he helped her limp over to the bed and sit down. She smiled and thanked him, even though Lavi and Kanda were eighteen she couldn't help but treat them as children when they were this small. She grabbed both boys and decided to take a group picture, Kanda was on her right looking annoyed, Lavi was on her left smiling big, and she was in the middle reviling a happy yet wry smile.
Time passed by and Kimiku was back to her usual self, her wounds had been healed as had Lavi and Kanda's. Both exorcists remained in their small forms, still waiting to return to normal size. Kimiku had spent time with the boys each day, deepening the bond between all three of them. She had made the decision to go back into town, she hadn't gotten the thing Komui needed to make whatever it was he was making. He had said it would take few days till Kanda and Lavi returned to normal size, turns out he was wrong. Kimiku didn't mind it though, she enjoyed the boys company. Since both exorcist had been shrunken they needed to be protected, Komui had told her that in the small forms they were in they'd have trouble using their anti-Akuma weapons.
"Where are we going exactly?" Kanda asked breaking the silence.
"We're going back into town, Chief Komui needs us to pick up some things." She answered.
"Why can't we stay here, do we have to follow you everywhere?" He grumbled.
"Yu stop being stingy!" Lavi teased.
"Yu? I though his name was Kanda?" Kimiku asked confused.
"Yu is his first name, he doesn't like it so he goes by Kanda." Lavi explained.
Kanda shot him a death glare and unsheathed Mugen, in his small form he was able to lift the blade. Lavi immediately ran and tried to hide behind Kimiku, Kanda lifted the blade and was about to slice him in two. Kimiku gasped and lifted the boy by the hips, she held him in mid-air for a moment till he ceased his struggling.
"Dammit woman let me go!" He shouted.
"Kanda if you try and slice him in half again I'll take Mugen from you." She scolded putting him down.
"Do not talk to me like I am a child, I'm older than you are so don't boss me around!" He snarled.
"Lavi are you okay?" She wondered lifting the boy up off the floor.
"I'm good." He sighed.
"Good, now let's head to town." She said smiling. "Come on Kanda."
She reached her hand out form him to take it, he only huffed and turned away. She grabbed his hand and walked with him on the floor, and Lavi sitting on her neck with his legs branched out on the sides. As she walked the halls of her home the group ran into Reever, he greeted each of them.
"Where you guys headed to?" He asked curiously.
"Just into town, Chief Komui asked us to pick up some things." Kimiku replied.
"Be careful Kimiku, you were attacked by Noah so it's likely they'll attack you again." Reever said grimly.
"It's okay, I got these guys to protect me right?" She laughed holding Kanda and Lavi.
"Yay!" Lavi cheered.
"Put me down." Kanda grumbled.
"Maybe Allen should go with you three, just for some extra protection." He recommended.
"Really Reever we'll be fine, but if Allen wants to tag along he's welcome to." Kimiku said.
Reever then left to go back to the science division, he disappeared and Allen appeared in his place. His silver hair had been cut back to its original look, he looked at each of the three. Kimiku gave him a smile and greeted him, the worried look on his face washed away as he smiled back.
"Do you want me to go with you guys?" He asked.
"We'll be fine, right guys?" She replied looking at her small friends.
"That's right." Lavi laughed.
Kimiku laughed and held the small eighteen year old closely to her, Allen laughed with her though he still looked worried. "I'll go with you just in case you need any help, is that alright?" Allen verified. Kimiku smiled and nodded, she walked with Kanda and Allen at her side while Lavi rode on her shoulders. When they got outside the four of them took the secret passage way and went down the elevator (A.N I just found out they had elevators, I know I said stairs before so sorry) then down into town. It was slightly crowded in the town so Kimiku took Kanda's hand so that he wouldn't get lost, Kanda grumbled and pulled his hand away from her. Then a series of flashes appeared, Kanda rubbed his eyes and looked in confusion. A man stood bent over with a camera pointing dead in the chibi Exorcist face.
"What an adorable Family you all are." The man complimented with a smile.
"Oh no sir, we aren't a family we're just a friends." Kimiku protested waving her hands side to side like windshield wipers.
"I find that hard to believe, just look at these cute kids." He said patting Kanda on the head. "What an adorable little girl you are."
Kanda gripped Mugen in his hand and let out a snarl, the man only laughed in awkwardness after seeing the mini-Exorcist was no girl.
"Kanda come here." Kimiku said sternly. She grabbed the small boy by the arms and held him tightly to her chest, so that he couldn't move.
"I'm sorry sir, Kanda can be a little mild tempered at times." Allen apologized.
"No problem, here's the pictures." The man said handing Allen some of the photos.
He ran off leaving the group of four all alone, in the deserted part of town. "Aww Kanda, look how cute you are!" Kimiku cheered pointing to his picture. His little hand was in Kimiku's, his dark eyes opened, his head tilted to the left, his long ponytail following it. "Aww Lavi, yours is cute too!" Kimiku cheered looking at his. A big smile was spread over his face, his reddish brown hair in his face slightly, his black eye patch covering his left eye. Kimiku looked for Allen's next. She laughed at his picture, his eyes were open wide and looked confused, his mouth open as if he were talking, his white hair covering the pentacle over his right eyebrow.
"These pictures are amazing, it's a shame we couldn't thank that man." Allen said in disappointment.
"Kimiku where's yours?" Lavi asked curiously.
"Uh I don't know, let me look." She replied looking through the pictures.
Then she found it and smiled, a bright smiled covered her face, her eyes were closed but she looked happy, her brown hair moved with the wind that had been blowing, Kanda was in her arms, Allen was standing next to her smiling as well, Lavi was on her head, with the biggest smile in the world on his face.
"Allen, would it be okay if I kept these?" Kimiku asked looking at the photos.
"Sure, why not?" He answered.
"Can you put me down now?!" Kanda demanded.
"Oops, sorry Kanda." She apologized putting the small exorcist down, then giving him a gentle pat on the head.
"Stop treating me like I'm a child!" He snarled.
"Sorry, the two of you are just so small and adorable that I can't help but see you both as little kids." Kimiku laughed.
"So what do we need to get?" Allen wondered.
"Oh that's right, Chief Komui gave me a list." Kimiku remembered as she dug through her pockets.
She pulled out the list of item Komui needed for her to pick up, after getting the items on the list Kimiku and the others went back home to the order. Kimiku had slight trouble carrying the bags, all together she was carrying seven bags. "Do you need me to carry something for you?" Allen asked putting his hands up to take a bag. Kimiku shook her head and continued to carry the brown bags, she had trouble seeing where she was going. Allen took two bags from her and carried them himself, then suddenly Lavi hopped off of her shoulders. "Let me carry a bag too." He said holding his arms out. Kimiku smiled and handed him a bag, then she gave him a loving pat on the head.
"How much longer till we get back?" Kanda asked coldly.
"It's just up ahead, do you want to stop for a break Kanda?" Kimiku answered.
"No." He replied.
"Here." Kimiku said putting the bags down. "You can ride on my shoulders like Lavi does, just until we get to the order."
"I said no, don't push your luck with me girl." The blue haired exorcist hissed.
"Kanda that's enough, you don't have to be so rude to her!" Allen scowled.
"It's fine Allen." Kimiku said standing up. "If he doesn't want to he doesn't have to, it was out of my place to ask."
"Kimiku?" Allen questioned in surprise.
The girl didn't answer, she simply walked ahead with a smile on her face. The four of them got back to the order, Kimiku went to drop off the things chief Komui had asked her to get. Allen and Kanda were alone, seeing as how Lavi accompanied Kimiku. "You know Kanda, it wouldn't hurt to be a little more kind to her." Allen pointed out. The chibi Exorcist did and said nothing, he had his arms crossed over his chest and was looking in an opposite direction.
"Why do you hate her so badly?" Allen asked.
"Will you shut up already, you're giving me a headache." Kanda grumbled.
"Then answer my question." Allen said.
"I'm going to train." Kanda said grabbing Mugen.
Allen sighed and walked off, Kanda did the same.