Konichiwa! Chapter 7 is here but it's a bit so-so and random! But still enjoyed writing it. Anyway, thank you for all the reviews and please R & R again. Currently working on Chapter 8 so I might be able to upload it after 24 hours. It gets better then... Hope you enjoy.
Chapter 7: Hard Alcohol
The five exorcists set off to the village of Sinlu. Their departure was a little delayed because of a grouchy exorcist who refused to embark unless he got his new uniform remodeled.
Kanda of course got his way but he still didn't like his new uniform. His present uniform was modeled after his long ankle-length Black Order coat which he usually had pants underneath but instead of pants he was put to wear shorts and lengthy slits ran along the sides of his coat. Talk about showing skin, but Kanda preferred this than wearing one of Lenalee's skirts.
"It's just one week…one FRICKIN' long week!" Kanda grumbled to himself.
"We're almost there," Miranda said to her fellow exorcists as she pointed towards a village in sight.
Minutes after, the five exorcists finally got ashore the Village of Sinlu. They disembarked on the pier, carrying their luggage. The five exorcists were a bit weary from the trip so they rested in a nearby waiting shed. Then, they started discussing on how they would go about their mission.
"So, how do we get there?" Lavi asked an obvious question.
"Onii-san said that we would have to walk from here to the Village of Darth," said Lenalee.
"So which way is it?"
Allen Walker got a map from his pocket. "Ano…" Allen tried reading the map, but he couldn't comprehend all the colorful dots and squiggly lines. His eyebrows furrowed in obscurity. He rotated the map, thinking that it might be upside down, but it still didn't do much to his understanding.
"Give me that." The grouchy samurai grabbed the map from the cursed boy beside him. He took a look at it and figured it out in just a few seconds. "The Village of Darth is that way." Kanda pointed at the east.
An old sailor happened to pass by and overheard the five exorcists. "Arrgh..me mates!" He gave a toothy grin to the five exorcists; or rather not a completely toothy one for the old sailor had some of his teeth knocked out. The old sailor was around his late fifties. He smelled of both rum and fish. He wore a striped bandana and an eye patch on his left eye. "I happen to hear you folks talkin' bout one of them Twin Villages."
"Hai," Allen said to the old sailor "Ojisan, do you know anything about them?"
"Aye!" the sailor said. "Them villages used to be frequent traders with our village here. Lotsa merchants from them villages came here to sell produce and rare items but few months ago, they stopped visitin' here. Our people tried visitin' there but they said they kept on gettin' lost somewhere else or they ended up back here in the village."
It was no doubt that the innocence was isolating the village from contact with outsiders.
"Ojisan, thank you for the information." Allen beamed at the old sailor.
"If you guys are headin' there, ya'll be careful," the old sailor said to the five exorcists. He placed a hand on Lavi's shoulder. "It was nice meetin' ya brother."
"Brother?" Lavi raised an eyebrow at the old sailor. The old sailor lifted a finger gesturing to his left eye patch and the realization hit Lavi. Tears started forming in the sides of Lavi's eyes and soon he was starting to cry with tears of joy. Lavi wiped his tears with the sleeve of his uniform.
"Lavi, why are you crying?" Lenalee asked the exorcist as she patted his back.
"I'm so happy. Nobody made me his brother before." Lavi sniffed. "All I had was that stupid Panda and even Yuu-chan doesn't treat me as one even though we've been through a lot of good and bad times together."
"Che…" Kanda folded his arms. "I'd rather go to hell than be related to you, Rabbit!"
"There, there… now brother, don't cry." The old sailor placed a hand on the exorcist's head. "Now cheer up and have here some booze!" The sailor handed Lavi a dusty bottle of booze. Good thing that Lavi was of legal age or the old man would be committing some serious offense. Lavi grabbed the bottle and drank all its contents in one gulp. The bottle was enough to get him all tipsy. Lavi hiccupped and his head fell backwards as he lost his consciousness. That must have been some pretty strong booze.
"Lavi!" Lenalee exclaimed as the exorcist beside her lost consciousness. "Get a hold of yourself!" She shook the drunken exorcist beside her. A few minutes later, the red-haired exorcist quickly bolted upright raising one straight finger and then his body went all wobbly and then the boy started talking about random crap.
"Brother…" Lavi draped a wobbly arm on the old sailor's soldier. Lavi put his weight on the sailor so the pair was standing crookedly. "Tha guy over therrr…" Lavi pointed a bent finger towards Kanda. "I asked him if he was gaaay…"
The other exorcists and the old sailor turned their heads to look at the samurai exorcist. A vein popped out of the teen's temple.
"But naahw…he din't answer. He just beat the crap outta meh! But it was hot…" Lavi hiccupped. The other exorcists gasped and Kanda clenched his fist. "Calm down, Kanda, calm down. That drunken Rabbit is not worth beating up right now," Kanda thought to himself.
"And that guy keeps on scowling, he's like pissed at…everything!" Lavi said in his drunken state. "But you know what brother…" Lavi lowered his voice down but still audible enough for the other exorcists to hear. "I think he's just sexually frustrated…"
"Oh, that's it!" Kanda was ready to beat up Lavi for good.
"See, brother…I told you so," Lavi hiccupped.
"Kanda, stop!" Allen pushed him backwards.
Lenalee stood up and approached the two "brothers". "Ojisan, sorry about our friend here. I think that booze was a little too much for him…"
"Well, normal folks can't handle our booze," the sailor said proudly.
The female exorcist grabbed the drunken boy's arm and hoisted him up from the old sailor. "Come on Lavi, it's time to go…"
"What? Aww…but I have so much stuff to share bout Yuu-chan!"
"I think Yuu-chan has heard enough, Lavi."
"Lenalee…" Lavi lost his balance in his drunken state and smothered over Lenalee. Lenalee yelped in surprise.
"Lavi, get up!" Allen yelled at the bookman as he and the other two exorcists struggled to pull the drunken bookman up from the female exorcist.
"Lenalee…" Lavi looked up at Lenalee with his droopy eyes. Lenalee felt her face heat up. "You're sooo soft…"
SMACK!!
Lavi finally opened his eyes, but his vision was all blurry. His head was hurting like hell from a major hangover. He also felt a piercing sensation in his left cheek, though he wondered how he got that. A red hand mark was very visible in the teen's cheek; the slap that caused that mark might have knocked him out. He was moving, but he wasn't walking. His feet were limply dragging on the ground. Lavi groaned as his senses gradually came back.
"You're awake."
Lavi slowly turned his head to see Allen. Lavi had one arm around Allen's neck as the boy was supporting his limp body. The five exorcists were now walking down the road to the Village of Darth.
"What happened?" Lavi asked groggily.
"You got drunk." Kanda snapped at the now sober exorcist.
"Oh…" Lavi said. Then, Lavi turned to Lenalee. The girl snapped her head away from the bookman. He thought he just heard her call him a 'pervert'. "I must have done something bad to her," the young bookman thought.
"Geez, Lavi! I can't believe you could just casually drink some booze from some total stranger!" Allen said to the exorcist at his side.
"Oh, come on Allen! He was a brother!" Lavi lifted his palm to gesture his point.
"Oh, shut up, Rabbit! You're a terrible drunkard!" Kanda growled at the exorcist.
The sober exorcist pouted.
"Errm…Lavi? Can you stand up now? My shoulders are getting numb…" Allen asked the red head,
"Oh, yeah…sorry about that, Allen." Lavi slowly hoisted himself up and got the sensation of his feet back and a few minutes later he was already on par with the other exorcists.
The five exorcists continued on with their journey. But unbeknownst to the five travelers, a dark shadow stalked them. A devilish grin formed on the dark Noah's handsome face. Tyki Mikk was leaning behind a distant tree away from the traveling exorcists. He was nonchalantly playing with a few of his Tease whilst his mind was deviously plotting a way to retrieve the innocence before the exorcists.
"Hmm...I see that all five of them are out this time," the dark Noah said to himself. "This will be very entertaining..." The Noah grinned. He summoned his flight of Tease around him and he instantly vanished.
