A/N: Gahh! Why the Hell did I even come home again for my sister's damned graduation's party! First the parents of her boyfriend view me as the younger and call me delicate, I hate that, it isn't my fault that my younger sister is taller. They took away my last German channel and replaced it with something useless again, I hate our Kable service and now my sister is crying because I snapped at her because she was told me how to look because of her visit and now again I'm the bad sister. Ugh…I could scream! Sigh…try to calm down…Thank you all for the reviews, there might be a few more mentioning about how the Noah come to the Order and some other things…
VII. Unexpected problems Part I.
On the next morning decided the Exorcist and Noah to breakfast in the Ark, courtesy of a really enthusiastic Jerry, before trying to figure out the next task. Tyki asked Allen to please not tell they other siblings about his nightmare, he hated to see his family worry so much. Allen tried to disagree, but after a while gave in to the plea.
Sitting later it the little park he had created was said white haired General under an ancient looking oak tree was he staring at the golden egg. He was staring at the thing like since twenty minutes. Komui had left some minutes ago to go to Dumbledore, some type of Headmaster discussion or like that. Sighing tiredly, he wouldn't get to far with staring at it so what could he do?
"Yo Allen, figured out what to do with that thing?" asked suddenly a voice from beside him. Turning around he spotted Jasdevi on either side of him.
"Sadly I still don't have a clue." replied Allen while shaking his head.
"Maybe you can see if it can be opened heee." stated Jasdero as he pointed smiling at the egg while crouching in front of Allen.
"Eh…?" was the only thing his brothers could say.
"Well, doesn't it sound a bit hollow? So Dero thought that you could try opening it hee." the blonde said now a bit unsure, but then he felt someone pat him on the head. Looking in front of him he saw Allen smiling at him softly.
"Thanks Dero." Allen said to his brother who was smiling at him happily.
"Well then let's give it a try." Debitto said as he crouched himself down beside his brothers. Nodding they twisted the egg, but when it opened…"GAAHHH!!! WHAT THE HELL IS THIS LOUD NOISE!?" screamed Debitto while desperately trying to hold his ears shut.
"DEBI! ALLEN! PLEASE MAKE IT STOP, DERO'S POOR EARS ARE BLEEDING HEE!" yelled Jasdero.
"I'M WORKING ON IT!" yelled Allen as he closed the egg again.
"Ugh…what the Hell was that?" Debitto asked while still massaging his hurting ears.
"Uh…that was a horrible sound." Allen replied. "But you have still noticed that behind the shrill sound there was a faint melody hidden." he heard the Musician say in a thoughtful tone. "Did you figure out what it said?" he asked.
"Allen? Is something the matter?" Debitto asked slightly worriedly.
"The 14th might know the answer." was his only reply. "Hmm…you know that the sound of singing, just like music can be different even if it is the same one playing or singing, but it is different in each place. Try it in a new setting." nodding Allen stood up and started heading in the direction of the lake, if water wasn't working he still could ask for Tyki's help.
"Oi, Allen! Where are you going?" Debitto called after his brother.
"I'm going to change the setting." Allen called back.
"Eh…?" was the only thing the blackhead could say.
"Ugh…my ears are filled with to many ringing bells…" moaned Lavi as he was clinging to Tyki's arm in a desperate manner.
"The egg had a loud screech hidden in it hee." Jas explained while Tyki was still guiding Lavi, the two had become pretty close friends after a little incident.
Flashback
It was two days after Allen had returned from Central where he had spent a whole month fighting in a trial for the right to be made the person officially responsible for the Noah who had come to him seeking help. It was a hard month with Allen away with the Noah and literally fighting against the Inquisition for the right of his siblings while one of them was still in a coma. Tyki awoke the day the trial had ended making the happiness of the victory even sweeter. Well Allen had really good cards after explaining that each person carried the DNS of a Noah in them from the time when the Earl and the other disciples recreated humanity. Leverrier's and the faces of the cardinals and the pope when he explained how one can become a Noah and even if they genes stay recessive there are some so-called "recessive-personality traits" and gave some descriptions. Well the Inspector had certainly lost when he went in to a little panic after knowing that he had the recessive genes of the deceased Noah of Wrath whose genes should have started fighting for dominance.
Later home used Allen and Road the Ark's hidden power to make some reviewing, namely: General Kevin Yeegar, Daisya Barry and Skin Boric. The other souls had told them that they want to stay there where they are. After that were Tyki's friends to the Order and they started working as Finder while Link sent a message that he managed to give over the new Order building to the orphanage where Timothy lived. It was only a lovely bonus with the side note that a certain Inspector broke down crying at the thought of the expensive Order building being filled with street and orphaned children. After the awakening took the two together with Jasdevi the case in which they tried to fix Kanda's lotus flower. Well this had sent them for a few days to the infirmary to be scolded by Matron. Allen got even from Kanda a scolding about his martyr complex at which Allen snapped back about the other's suicide complex before Kanda suddenly wrapped his arms around him and said the words which marked the start of they relationship "Don't you idiot Sprout see that I hate the thought to ever loose you.".
While the week went on in which the four staid in the infirmary with Kanda regularly visiting and the other Noah living themselves in, Lulubell become Reever's assistant or as Komui put it "his second tormentor" and Sheryl started helping Matron out. The other's were helping out on missions well except Tyki who still needed to take things slow. He actually planned to give little report to Komui from Matron that Allen and co. are on they way to fully recover. Stepping inside was he greeted by the noise of fighting at which Johnny explained him that there was a little accident in the laboratory involving Lavi, a date with Lenalee and a potion plus something with a remote.
This was the ground why Tyki was now crawling around on all fours while holding a carrot in his right hand. Yes he knew that he was making himself a fool here, but all his siblings were doing something useful to repay the kindness of the European and Asian Branch for accepting them even after all those troubles they had caused.
"Here Lavi. Come here little bunny boy I have a delicious carrot for you." he called out while looking around. "Come now Lavi, be a good bunny."
Golden eyes searched through the forest before they fell on a bush which was moving. Keeping still for a few seconds he finally spotted a rabbit with red fur peeking out from between the green leaves curiously.
Bingo.
But when the little furry creature once Exorcist spotted the Pleasure he started running and not in the best direction.
"Lavi please not in that direction." Tyki pleaded as he started running after the little animal. "I really don't want to confess love to human eating flowers!"
The little rabbit didn't listen, but acted on the instincts his rabbit brain was telling him and that was to run. Suddenly the little creature stopped through when it saw suddenly a little forest of large plants stare down at it hungrily. One of the plants lunged forth, but never hit. The little rabbit looked up curiously as to why only to spot the strange man it had seen a while ago.
"Sorry dear, but this bunny isn't your meal." Tyki said smiling as he patted the confused looking plant before he turned around and started to walk away. "Really Lavi, you can be a handful. Carrot?" he asked before holding out one of the carrots to the red furred rabbit who after a little sniffing started munching at it happily.
They were already near the Order building when suddenly a wall crashed in thanks to a giant robot with Komui sitting on the top of it while laughing like a maniac…or Sheryl a few times when he wanted to freak Tyki out.
"YOU ARE NOW DONE FOR YOU SLYMY OCTOPUS OF A BOOKMAN WANABE! HAHAHAHAHA!" Komui laughed while he pointed Komurin VIII's canons at Tyki and Lavi.
"He is certainly Sheryl's…" Tyki said while activating his powers when suddenly a dragon rammed against the robot.
"KOMUI LEE! YOU WILL IMEDIATELY CEASE WITH THIS CHILDISHNESS AND GET YOUR BEHIND BACK IN THERE AND DO YOUR PAPERWORK!" screamed Reever as he stood somewhat shakily on Lulubell's back.
"But Reever…" Komui whined.
"GET BACK TO WORK!" screamed both Reever and Lulubell in union.
"Well then, it looks like as if you could be soon back to normal again." Tyki said smiling as he stroke Lavi's head before offering the little creature a new carrot.
End flashback
"That would explain the noise filling the Ark." he said.
"Ugh…this is a new experience I'm not wishing to repeat." Lavi exclaimed while still massaging his ears before he suddenly spotted something. "Hey, where is Allen?" he asked suddenly.
"The 14th seems to have given him a tip as to what to do with the egg." was the short answer.
At the same time was Komui sitting with Madam Maxime and professor Karkaroff in Dumbledore's office, the later tried to be as far from him as possible. Komui really didn't blame him, but the man deserved it even thought they still had no clue why he tried to break in to the Ark. Really to bad that Wisely was on a mission when they come here and it would be suspicious if there would be suddenly one student more. Holding back a sigh he turned back to the old headmaster.
"Well my dear colleagues as you may know it will be soon winter and we had decided to inform the champions about one of the old traditions of the Tournament." at this started Dumbledore's eyes to twinkle. "It is probably my most favorite part of the whole event. With the winter approaching we will hold the Yule Ball which gives our students to socialize even more with each other. It will be open for all 4th years and above, of course they can invite younger people and each champion needs to have a dance partner." the old man said smiling.
"Oh how woundzerful." exclaimed Madam Maxime happily while Komui felt dread run down his body. A dance…that would mean that his lovely Lenalee…
Meanwhile was Allen under the azure blue water of the lake. Grabbing the egg he opened again and this time turned the shrill screams in to the melody the Musician heard.
„Come seek us where our voices sound,
We cannot sing above the ground,
And while you're searching, ponder this:
We've taken what you'll sorely miss,
An hour long you'll have to look,
And to recover what we took,
But past an hour- the prospect's black,
Too late, it's gone, it won't come back…"
The song sounded eerie in his ears and what dark meaning the text could hide. At least he had enough time to figure it out. Getting back to the surface he was greeted by the sight of his siblings and friends who looked slightly worried.
"Is something wrong?" he asked when he saw that both Kanda and Road were missing.
"Ni-san is back, but well…" Lenalee was searching for words when suddenly…
"WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY YOU DAMNED SISTER-COMPLEX!" screamed an all too familiar male voice.
"I think this is our cue to hurry before Road can't hold Yuu-chan back anymore." Lavi commented as they tried to hurry before Komui looses his head. "It is a good thing that you were underwater Allen."
"Why?" asked the white hired General confused.
"Well if Yuu-chan sees you all dripping wet will he immediately cease to be homicide, but will focus on other more adult themed things." replied the redhead grinning while the other blushed.
"Lavi!" Allen exclaimed.
"What? It works, see?" Lavi asked grinning when they reached the scene where now Kanda was staring wide eyed at a dripping wet Allen while Road was still clinging to him to stop him from murdering Komui whit his behind the fountain.
"So while he over there is thinking about ravishing our brother, what did you do that brought you nearly in to a coffin?" Debitto asked while pointing at Kanda.
"Well, Dumbledore told us that it is tradition by the Triwizard Tournament to hold a Yule Ball which will be opened with the dance of the champions and they partners." Komui explained.
"And the problem with that is?"
"Well you see, because we already aroused some suspicions which could endanger our mission I thought that it would be better that the less people know about Kanda-kun's and Allen-kun's relationship." Komui replied carefully fearing a new outburst from Kanda.
"WHAT!?" growled Allen. "I'm together with Yuu and I don't care if someone has a problem with that." he snapped at which Kanda finally returned from his stupor and smiled softly at his lover's words.
"I know Allen-kun, but you need to understand that…"
"What if I will go." at this turned everyone to Road. "You said that the champions dance the opening dance, but they aren't forced to dance after that. So I will be Allen's partner for that dance and after that he can be with Yuu the whole night long."
"Tat is not even a bad idea Road." Tyki said as he turned to the aforementioned duo. "Shonen? Kanda? Are you fine with this?" the duo nodded in reply.
"Then it is settled how we will do it."
At the same time was Harry standing in front of his Head of House, staring at her in utter disbelief.
"Dance partners?" Harry asked while feeling his face heat up. "I don't dance." he said quickly.
"Oh yes, you do." said Professor McGonagall irritably to the boy. "That's what I'm telling you. Traditionally, the champions and their partners open the ball."
Poor Harry had a sudden disturbing mental image of himself in a top hat and tails just like professor Camelot, accompanied by a girl in the sort of frilly dress Aunt Petunia always wore to Uncle Vernon's work parties.
"I'm not dancing." he said again.
"It is traditional." said Professor McGonagall firmly, she was slowly starting to have enough from this. "You are a Hogwarts champion, and you will do what is expected of you as a representative of the school. So make sure you get yourself a partner, Potter."
"But…I don't…" he tried again, but was immediately cut of.
"You heard me, Potter." said Professor McGonagall in a way which left no room for discussions.
A week ago Harry would have said finding a partner for a dance would be easy compared to taking on a Hungarian Horntail. But now that he had done the latter, and was facing the prospect of asking a girl to the ball, he thought he'd rather have another round with the dragon. This was going to be hard and he still had no clue what to do about the Rose Cross Academy and the second task…
To be continued…
A/N: I will try to get the second part up tomorrow together with the Omake about the prank Draco received…