The Armored Kyojin & Akuma?
No words were uttered.
The Survey Corps and Eren & the others had their eyes glued on Neah. Or was it Allen?
His skin was no longer ashen grey. His hair was straighter than it was a moment ago. The stigmata were completely gone. And his eyes were no longer gold.
But was his personality still cold? Or was it kind?
Eren was the first to break the silence.
"W-walker-san?"
The eyes seemed to shine silver in recognition of the name.
"I told you before, just call me Allen", came Allen's reply.
"Allen!" Mikasa exclaimed excitedly.
Allen gave a soft smile. He then turned his attention to the Survey Corps, eyes showing a hint of sadness.
He made a reach for the captain, Eren having released his grip on his shirt.
"What are you doing? Don't come near me!" the captain yelled.
"Please, I can help you", Allen insisted.
"Help me!? You fucking did this to me!" the captain screamed.
"It was Neah that did it, not Allen!" Eren's mother yelled.
"He wasn't in control of his own body!" Armin added.
"Allen, Neah, I don't care! It was done by the same fucking hand!" the captain snarled.
"But…", Allen started.
"Just forget it Allen. You're wasting your breath trying to talk sense to this fool."
"But, Neah", Allen said.
"RRRRAAAAAAHHHH!"
Everyone jumped.
"What the hell was that?" an officer asked.
Another used their maneuvering gear to scale the wall, with binoculars in hand.
"Allen…what's wrong with your eye?" Mikasa asked worriedly.
Everyone looked.
Allen attempted to cover his eye, but it had already been seen.
His left eye was no longer stormy grey. Instead, it sort of looked like a target, with red, and black in place of white. Over it was what looked like two spinning cogwheels. A big one hovering over his eye, with a mini one off to the upper left corner.
"Shit! Why now? It couldn't be akuma. They should've all been destroyed when the Earl was defeated!"
"You may wanna rethink that, Allen."
"What!?"
Allen spun around. Off in the distance he could make out the forms of at least eight level 1s, and four level 2s.
And another kyojin. But it was different from the ones he'd encountered. For some reason, his eye seemed to react strongly towards it.
"Sir! There appears to be an Armored Kyojin up ahead! Along with some unidentified floating objects!"
"How are the akuma possible? Neah?"
"I'm just as confused as you are Allen."
"Allen?" Armin said.
Before Allen could say anything, a bullet went whizzing past his head.
"Watch out!" Allen yelled at the officer.
The officer atop the wall quickly jumped down, avoiding it. Or so he thought. Just as he was about to use his maneuvering gear to stick his landing, he noticed his skin turn a dark grey, with black pentacles appearing all over.
"Wh-what the…!?"
His body turned to black dust, leaving nothing but his uniform and gear behind.
Allen gritted his teeth in anger of what had just happened, and in guilt of not reacting quick enough to prevent the man's death. The others just had a deadpanned expression on their faces.
"Wh-what the hell?! What happened to him?" the captain questioned in disbelief. He looked towards Allen. "What just happened to my officer?!"
"Tim, take everyone away from here", Allen said in a cold tone, ignoring the question.
Timcampy grew slightly larger in size in order to fit everyone on.
"Oi! Answer me!" the captain ordered.
"Sir, now's not the time! Just get on, we have to get within the other wall!" the officer, who Neah had recently terrified, exclaimed.
"Like hell I'm getting on that thing!" the captain yelled.
"Sir, we have to get out of here now!" another officer shouted.
"I'm not getting on that thing! Much less taking orders from a-oof!" The captain couldn't finish.
"Eren!? Why did you do that? You knocked him out!" Armin exclaimed.
"He wouldn't shut up, & it was pissing me off!" Eren answered, aggravated.
Eren, Armin, & the Survey Corps ran over to Timcampy, the Survey Corps carrying the knocked out captain, joining Mikasa and Eren's mother on top. Timcampy started to rise from the ground. He was a good 30 meters from it, when a horde of bullets came straight towards him.
"Tim! Watch out!" Eren yelled.
Timcampy quickly dodged the bullets with ease, some just barely missing him. Everyone was trying to keep a firm grip from the sudden movements. They managed to miss the bullets unscathed, but many more were fired.
None were as close to making contact though, for a white cloak came between them & the bullets.
"Allen!" Eren's mother yelled.
They saw Allen keel over, knowing that the bullets had made contact.
"Allen!" Armin shouted.
Timcampy quickly flew down to Allen's keeled over form, hovering by his head. When Allen looked up, everyone couldn't help but look away. His face was covered in black pentacles, and his skin was turning to dark grey. Just like the officer's had that had gotten grazed by one of the bullets.
A level 2 started towards Allen, the others unaware.
"No! Allen, why?!" Armin questioned, close to tears. "Why did you do that!?"
Allen's innocence started to glow, enveloping him in a crystal green light. The others watched as the dark grey color and pentacles started to recede, seeming to be sucked into the pentacled scar already marring his face.
"His skin! The color and pentacles are receding!" an officer pointed out the obvious, but everyone still shocked nonetheless.
Allen then quickly grabbed his left wrist, and pulled, a giant broad bladed sword starting to take form.
"Allen! Y-your arm!" Eren exclaimed, everyone's jaws agape.
He rushed past Timcampy, slicing through the level 2 with ease. Everyone looked behind them just as the level 2 exploded.
"I don't want the pain nor burden of losing those who are dear to me ever again", Allen finally said, answering Armin's question.
"An exorcist!?" one of the other level 2s yelled in surprise.
"Exorcist? Allen?" Eren & Armin thought in unison.
"Tim, hurry and take them away from here", Allen ordered once more.
Timcampy complied, flying towards the wall that the officers pointed out. Allen focused his attention back to the akuma and Armored Kyojin.
"To think that there would be an exorcist in this day and age", a level 2 said.
"What do you mean by that?" Allen questioned.
The akuma merely chuckled. "Oh, it's nothing that you need to know. You'll be dead before you even find out~!"
All the level 1 akuma shot their bullets once more at Allen. He dodged them, running towards the akuma as he did so. He sliced through the level 1s, making his way towards the level 2s & the Armored Kyojin.
The closer he got to the kyojin, the more his eye seemed to react. Thinking back, his eye seemed to twinge when he had seen the Colossal Kyojin, too. But for some reason it hadn't fully activated. So why was it now? Aside from there being akuma, was it because he was closer than he had been to the other?
"I don't know about you Allen, but doesn't there seem to be a human figure within the nape of that kyojin's neck?"
Allen focused more on the Armored Kyojin, and upon further inspection with his cursed eye, he noticed the form of a human, just as Neah had pointed out. But how was that possible?
The Armored Kyojin charged. However, he wasn't charging at Allen at all. No, he was aiming for the main entrance! It came to Allen's realization that once the kyojin breached the main entrance, more would come pouring in that much faster & easier.
He went to summon his Clown Belt, but before he could, the other three level 2s crashed into him with full force. He went crashing through vacant houses.
"Hee hee~! Did you forget about us, exorcist~?" the akuma taunted.
Allen sprung forward, slicing through one of them.
"You bastard!" the other level 2 yelled. It morphed its hands into blades, the other's morphing into lethal spears.
They charged toward Allen. He dodged, kicking them both to the side and running as fast as he could towards the armored kyojin. He got Clown Belt at the ready, but before he could launch it at the kyojin, one of the akuma came up from behind, piercing him through the torso. Allen bit back a scream, coughing up blood. He used Clown Belt to pull the akuma off him and stabbed it through the head. The other akuma didn't even have a chance to react, for Allen just as quickly turned towards it and threw his sword, the sword slicing through its body.
Allen summoned his sword back to him. Just as he caught it, he heard a crash. He looked. The kyojin had busted through the main entrance, and had made a quick getaway. And sure enough, more kyojin were pouring in.
"Shit! They're never ending!"
"Let's retreat for now Allen. There's too many right now, and you're in no condition to fight for much longer. My Noah genes can only heal so fast. And it appears everyone has already evacuated. "
Allen agreed. His eye had returned to its stormy grey color, his exorcism sword turning into his left arm once again, deactivating his innocence. He turned and started to walk briskly to meet back up with the others. But where was he supposed to go? As if on cue, knowing its master would need guidance, Timcampy came flying towards him.
Everyone had made it to Wall Rose.
The team currently guarding the wall fell backwards from shock & fear as they saw the golden ball appear. They were just about to fire at it, seeing it as a threat, when the Survey Corps members flailed their arms to show they were on top of it.
"Hold your fire!" the Wall Rose team's captain yelled.
The ball landed on the wall's edge, the Survey Corps members climbing off, Eren, Armin, & Mikasa helping Eren's mother down.
As soon as everyone was off, Timcampy quickly flew away.
"Tim, where are you going!?" Armin yelled in confusion.
"Tim! Oh thank god! Now I won't get lost trying to find you & the others!" Allen laughed slightly, rubbing the back of his head sheepishly.
He followed Timcampy as he flew towards another wall.
"Colossal Kyojin!" a Rose officer yelled in alarm.
Everyone looked.
Allen was quickly approaching the wall, when he heard a yell.
"Colossal Kyojin!"
Not again!
Gomen for such a long wait! I was constantly contemplating on whether or not to add akuma into the storyline, but since Allen is in the world of SnK, & it's set back in the 800s, I figured it could work. The next chapter hopefully won't take too long. Basically, Allen is going to be interrogated, & everyone will hopefully have all their questions answered!
Thanks to all who have followed, faved, & reviewed~!
