Hey so I'm gonna be working on the development of the Noah
So I'm not sure how this is gonna work but let's see where it takes us!
Alright, now let's get this show on the road!
Disclaimer: I don't own DGM just Kaiya for all I know
Chapter 7: Noah's Impression
The three exorcists started to exit the cave as a large creature started to tail behind them. They had no idea as to what this creature could be but they didn't bother to look back until they were safely out of the cave. They ran as hard as they could, in hopes of losing the giant monster but with no such luck, they continued on running until they hardly saw the dim light telling them of the exit.
"We're almost there!" Kaiya started to run a bit harder with the others still faster than her, slightly.
"Jump!" Lenalee instructed as they jumped through the wall of water and landed in the wet, mistiness of the area. Toma just watched as they came out and were found to be surrounded by Akuma. They stood to prepare for battle when a giant scaled beast shot from behind the falls, it slashed at the surrounding akuma causing them to explode and setting their souls free. Allen had wondered as to why their souls were set free but at the same time was relieved. But another thought came into his mind, innocence.
"Lenalee, Kaiya-chan." He looked at them straightaway, his voice getting their attention.
"What is it Allen-kun?" Lenalee's dark purple eyes were filled with confusion. "Do you know what that monster is?"
"It has innocence within himself." Allen said as he pointed to the chest of the creature where a small shard of innocence glowed. Shocking the three damp kids, they rose and prepared to get it away from the poor creature, while jumping, they were nearly shot by a few of the akuma's attacks. They could see that Toma was trying to shield himself with a talisman but it wouldn't hold up for long. Lenalee turned and crashed into the akuma that almost got their hands on the finder. Token fluttered around in the small bubble happily that Lenalee came to save them.
"You alright?" She asked urgently as he nodded and thanked her. She smiled then turned to the akuma that came around them. She got into her defensive and leaped into the heat of battle. Her innocence, revealing the butterfly behind her ankle, allowed her to spin around the akuma, letting them try to follow her but as she did, she slowly started to catch up to them and took their backs. She kicked them into one another and they crashed behind a tree. She lifted one of her legs and exclaimed. "Dancing Impulse." She revealed one of her attacks as the air around her feet started to form a small typhoon which engulfed the akuma before destroying them. (just like her old attack)
Meanwhile, Allen and Kaiya had a tough time trying to get the innocence while not harming the creature. The innocence was just to far for them to reach while the dragon gator stood about ten feet tall. Allen suddenly got whipped by the tail and crashed into a few trees though he only acted as a diversion so that Kaiya could get close enough to try and pull out the innocence from his chest. From the corner of his eye, the gator saw what was coming and flapped his wings, blowing her backwards. Allen winced as he tried to get back up but he wouldn't let that stop him from helping as he caught sight of Lenalee trying to defend Toma from the akuma as Kaiya tried with all her might to get the innocence from the dragon. Suddenly, Allen could feel his heart thumping as if it were in his throat. It thumped and bumped louder and louder that he felt deaf to the things around him.
Thump, bump, thump bump...
His hearts got louder and louder as Allen slowly closed his eyes and laid limp against the trunk of the tree. "Allen! Allen!" Kaiya called out as she brought out her Cloudburst to try and dodge the tail of the non-innocence user. She flew around the gator in another attempt in trying to retrieve the precious item. With no response coming from the boy, she called out to Lenalee who also noticed the unmoving boy. She finished with the akuma then ran over to her friend.
"Allen-kun! Allen-kun!" She called desperately to him with no response coming anytime soon. She still didn't give up and tried to shake the boy at his shoulders. His hand suddenly twitched, giving her a sign that he was alright, to her relief. With her realization, an akuma came from behind and nearly got her back when Allen suddenly extended his sword of exorcism and stabbed the akuma before he could make contact with Lenalee. She turned to him and was about to thank him when she noticed that there was a different feel to the boy. "Kaiya-chan." He called out to the girl playfully as he got up and gently pushed Lenalee to the side.
Kaiya turned towards Allen as she recognized the tone of his voice. "Shi-shishou?" She looked at the boy surprised as he pushed her out of the way. He pointed his sword towards the gator and grinned.
"Energy Arc." The counter Allen fired his attack directly at the creature as the two female exorcists watched at what Allen had done. The innocence came flying from the explosion as Kaiya caught it with her hands. Toma came to Lenalee's side and looked at her as Tim flew towards them while Token went to find Kaiya and landed on her shoulder. The girl on the ground just looked up between the boy who was supposedly Allen and the explosion. She couldn't believe that Allen would fire his attack like that but she figured that it wasn't him to begin with.
"I can't believe this boy didn't think about firing an attack like that. He hasn't used it very often now has he, my little bird?" Kaiya never liked that old nickname that the fourteenth had given her all those years ago but it seemed to have grown on her. Though she felt a certain disgust for her old master as he stood in front of her. Her eyes crystal blue eyes, filled with pain and hatred, gazed up at the man that she thought was Allen Walker.
"Not to worry, look." The fourteenth, now in Allen's body pointed towards what looked to be an alligator that just got caught between the innocence.
Kaiya just tightened her hand into a fist and started to flew it so much that she started shaking. "Give him back." She said partly under her breath.
"What was that now? I couldn't understand you." The fourteenth was playing games once again much to Kaiya's dismay. She didn't feel like playing right now, especially since Allen was inside his own subconscious while the fourteenth roamed the area in his body. "Not much of a weapon but it'll do." He swung the sword a couple of times then caught sight of the Chinese exorcist who stood by the finder. "and you must be Lenalee, I've heard so much." The fourteenth bowed to the girl as she stood confused.
"Allen-kun, you don't know who I am?" She looked a bit worried. Kaiya then ran towards them and stood by her.
"Shishou, give him back!" She spat at the Noah as he smirked and patted her head. He shook his head but then she received an idea that could work to reawaken his subconscious. "Oi!!! Moyashi, you ain't just gonna let him take over now are you?!? I'm sure if Kanda heard about this, he'd never respect you." she screamed at the top of her lungs. She didn't like taunting him but she had hoped that it would work. Lenalee bent over slightly until she was near her ear.
"Is that really a good idea to say things like that to him?" She asked as Allen gripped his forehead and lost his balance. "Allen-kun!" Lenalee caught him before he hit the ground.
"Walker-dono!" Toma knelt down and felt his forehead. He was slightly warm but that was enough for him to say that he wasn't feeling well. He asked them if there was a place that they had come from and if they could let them stay for a while. The two girls nodded but said that it would take them at least an hour until they could get there. Toma scratched his chin mumbling to himself as he tried to figure out a way of getting them somewhere to the nearest sheltered area.
"why don't we just start by trying to get back to the front of the forest?" Lenalee suggested while gripping Allen's shoulder with anticipation. She really wanted to help her friend but finding herself unable to, made her feel like she wasn't doing her very best. Toma made a call to the Black Order telling them of their current situation. They completed the mission but told them that they need to head back over as soon as possible, Komui understood and instructed the ones around his office to get a carriage to them as soon as possible. He then asked if there was any way if they could get shelter. They responded by telling him that they were working on it. Kaiya suddenly realized something and she took Token and responded between Toma and Komui's call.
"Komui-san, I'm sorry I haven't told you before but I know a way to get us home as fast as possible." Kaiya said urgently. Komui was dumbfounded when he heard the little girl on the other line but understood what she had meant told her that whatever she did was fine and whatever the consequences were afterwards, they would stand behind her no matter what. She nodded though he wouldn't be able to see then hung up. She stood in the middle of the clearest spot she could find and held her hands up against her chest. She focused as she closed her eyes and began to sing.
"Watashi wa inori, tsuzukeru
Douka kono ko ni ai wo
Tsunaida te ni kissu wo... " She sung as a door to the ark suddenly opened up in front of them. Lenalee was amazed that the little girl had that kind of power to be able to open up the ark but that didn't matter now that they had a way to get Allen some medical help. Suddenly, Lavi came from the ark and took Allen as they lifted him through the ark and towards the door to the ark. When they reached the new head quarters, Komui was standing there as the medical team was waiting for them. Toma gave the supervisor the innocence and was instructed to get his new mission and commence once he was ready. Allen was pushed away in a gurney and was wheeled into the medical wing, Lenalee following. Kaiya just stayed behind and looked at Komui.
"I guess you'd wanna talk about it huh?" Kaiya looked at him guiltily. He nodded but then a voice was heard from behind. She stared in horror as the man that was most feared throughout the order was standing right behind Komui.
"W-why..." The little girl found herself speechless.
"I've come to check up on some things and I find that there's another with the ability to move the ark." Leverrier said with a fake smile. She knew it was fake but it creeped her out so much that she just lost her words. Link was also behind him and she pieced together as to why he had been absent on their last mission. Now it made sense, they were probably off trying to decide their fate. It was a good thing he wasn't there at all or else he would've seen the fourteenth in action which wouldn't do them very good. That reminded her that Allen was in the infirmary and that she needed to see him urgently.
"Um, if I could be excused, Komui-san, I really need to see Allen." She said with a small hope that she could get away from these men. Komui could scarcely see it in her eyes and let her go. She bowed her respect even if she didn't have any for the men and ran towards her friends that disappeared down the corridor.
Once she was gone, Leverrier got serious and looked sternly at Komui. "Now Komui, you know that this situation is very urgent and must be dealt with immediately." He looked dead serious, with a look that would even make Kanda flinch.
"I understand but we cannot do anything until Allen-kun has healed from his condition."
"We will do it once he is able to get out of bed himself." Leverrier said specifically then left as Link went after the girl who recently disappeared. Komui couldn't believe that something like this was actually happen and at a critical point in the war, he shook his head and headed for his office.
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Lenalee watched as the nurses examined the boy to see what had happened during the battle. She was so nervous that she was practically shaking. Lavi stood behind her and reassured her that he would be fine, he would always be fine but that still didn't help his case right now. She hated it when he would do things like this and it killed her to just sit and watch. It made her feel helpless and Lenalee promised herself that she wouldn't be like that anymore.
"He'll be alright Lenalee." Lavi comforted her by putting a hand on her should as she nodded. That was when one of the nurses came over and told them that nothing was wrong with the young exorcist boy.
"It seems that he's just resting now and all the pain that he had felt previously has subsided. He'll wake up soon, I'm sure of it." She smiled then walked out of the room with the other nurse. Lenalee gave a sigh of relief and walked over towards the bed.
"Didn't I tell you that he was gonna be fine?" Lavi gave the girl one of his goofy smiles, it made her feel better. She laughed slightly as she remembered all the times that Lavi was able to cheer her up. She liked that about him and she never wanted it to change. Allen suddenly winced and opened his eyes slowly as he found himself not surrounded by forest but by white walls and his friends.
"Is Allen fine?" Kaiya rushed in and looked to see him awakening. She smiled then walked over to greet him. "Hey there lazy pants, you alright?" She asked casually and gave him a kidish smile.
"Yah, just tired." He lied to them. He could feel his head throbbing along with his legs and arms and there was a certain pain in his left arm. He didn't know what it was but it was like the innocence was fearing something as it trembled. He sat up alarming the three in the room.
"Well if you're just tired, you shouldn't scare us like that Moyashi." Lavi pouted and sat down in a chair.
"It's Allen, Lavi and I said I was fine." Allen said defensively then looked around. "How did I get here?" He looked at the two girls. Kaiya really didn't want to answer but she told him that she didn't have any choice.
"I kinda opened a door to the ark." She said nervously. "And Leverrier is in the order and I heard that once you're ready to at least, get out of bed by yourself, he would want to see us in private." She did sound to thrilled about the last part. "Also, by the looks of it, Komui didn't even seem to know that the inspector had returned to the Black Order."
"Why do they always show up at a time like this?" Allen looked at his hands. Lenalee just stared blankly when she heard the name Leverrier, her brain completely shutting down. That man wants to talk to Allen-kun? What does he want? Lenalee started to tremble and was visibly noticeable.
"Do they know about your..." Allen didn't finish when he saw Kaiya nodding.
"So Kaiya-chan, you're able to manipulate the ark as well?" Lavi looked at her, she nodded but not very proudly. "So that makes you the..."
"Sage of Tune, assistant to the fourteenth Noah and servant to the Noah family. Nice to meet you for real Lavi." Lenalee and Lavi just stared at the girl with a blank expression. They were so surprised at the fact that she used to serve under the Noah Family. It sort of frightened Lenalee, even after fighting along side the girl and trusting her and everything, now it just felt a bit strange. Lavi had similar feelings though he knew that he could just judge the new exorcist, after she went through all that trouble just to defeat an akuma that infiltrated the previous order, he knew that she couldn't be evil.
"Why didn't you guys tell us?" Lavi asked the pair, they exchanged glances then shrugged.
"I guess we were just afraid that the order wouldn't accept her." Allen looked at the girl sympathetically.
"That wasn't very good, keeping secrets like that but I think you had the right idea though, since Leverrier's been hanging around recently." Lenalee felt a pang of disgust at the mention of the inspector that she despised so much. Lavi felt her pain, even though he's never been through any rough times with the man. That was when they suddenly walked in on them.
The smug look on the man's face made them look at him with surprise as Link stood behind him. "You two are coming with me Walker, we have some things to ask of you." He tried to hide behind his smile but the exorcists knew that there was an annoyance behind that look. Kaiya hid behind Lenalee as she narrowed her eyes at the man.
"If you didn't remember, Komui-san specifically told you that we would come when Allen was feeling better." Kaiya objected to the man's orders.
"Well, if you had been paying any attention, I had told Komui that I would take you two with me when Walker was able to get out of bed himself and he looks as fit as a fiddle." He started to walk forward.
"You can't just let him get out of bed right after being injured." Lenalee tried desperately to get him to leave Allen alone but their efforts were put in vain while Leverrier kept on walking towards the bed.
"He doesn't look the slightest bit injured." Link examined his body and pulled Allen onto his feet. Allen winced at the pain in his legs but found himself able to stand. These guys don't look like they're gonna give you a chance. You should just save yourself the trouble and just go with them. The fourteenth spoke within Allen's head.
'Well, if it would help Lenalee and get this man out of her sights, then I'll go.' Allen confirmed with the noah within him and stepped forward. "I'll come along." Allen said boldly as Kaiya was being led forward by a few guards in black robes.
"We also request that the Bookman Jr. come with us, for special purposes of course. I'm sure that you'd want to record this for future references." Lavi looked at Lenalee then back at Leverrier and nodded slightly. "Excellent, now if you all will follow me, we'll go see our special guest." That's when the nurse entered the scene and looked at the inspector.
"Inspector, this boy is injured and must rest. He's forbidden to leave the infirmary." The head nurse demanded. Allen glanced at her and smiled, silencing her. "A-Allen-kun." She said looking at the boy with tears that started to form. "Y-you can't, you have to stay here." She kept on trying but Kaiya then helped the nurse to calm down.
"It'll be alright, head nurse. We'll be back and I'll bring him here. Promise?" She held her hands and the nurse looked at the little girl gratefully. "Remember, you promised." She wiped her face from the tears that never shed.
That was sweet of you Kaiya-chan. Helping the nurse like that. The fourteenth admired at how much his 'little bird' had grown.
Well I had to do something, I wasn't about to let her cry unnecessary tears that wouldn't really do anyone any good. It wouldn't help her and it wouldn't help our situation, so it was the only thing that I could do. She explained her thoughts and continued to walk. If they were going to ask them about the fourteenth, she knew that they couldn't tell them about these conversations that they have with him frequently.
'Don't worry, Kaiya-chan, we'll be just fine.' Allen thought to his friend. He knew exactly how she was feeling now but he wanted her to know that they would get through it together.
'Thank you Allen.' Kaiya looked at her surroundings and noticed the four guards all in black. They surrounded the two and looked very menacing. 'Why would they have these guys around, it's not like we're gonna attack them or anything. We agreed to come along with them didn't we?' Kaiya rolled her eyes as she saw that they were headed towards these wooden doors at the end of the hall.
"We've brought Walker as you requested." Allen looked in the room and saw his master, Cross. Allen was bounded by charms on his left arm so that he couldn't suddenly surprise them with an attack and escape. Too much protection if you ask me. They must really not trust you as much as to keep guards around and bind your innocence abilities. The fourteenth sounded a bit sceptical but the two of them ignored the Noah and looked at Cross. Before, they were forbidden to be in the same room as the man but now they were allowing them to talk. She desperately wanted to know what was going on but they wouldn't tell her.
"Allen." Cross started as the guards stood around the trio. "I think you should know as to why you both are here."
"...Mana, had a connection with the fourteenth didn't he?" Allen said with a frown. Cross nodded telling them that the Noah had an older brother which was in fact, Mana Walker. Kaiya couldn't believe what she was hearing, after Allen telling her so much about his foster father, she just couldn't believe that she had never known.
"So... you knew all along, didn't you?" She said slowly as Cross responded with another nod.
"And I promised him that I would look after Mana after he had passed away, but also told me that he would come back one day. And that's what you promised me Allen..." The two kids looked at the red haired man. "or... should I say, the Fourteenth." Allen and Kaiya stood there wide eyed. The girl whipped her head towards the boy, still in shock from what his ears had taken in. "There had been signs, I'm sure of it but he probably hasn't fully awaken. You knew the fourteenth's score, so that would mean that you have the fourteenth's memories implanted within you." Kaiya fell to the ground on her knees. She sat staring at the floor, unable to keep her tears from falling. She didn't want to listen to this anymore and placed her hands on her head in an attempt to stop it from spinning.
"Oi, are you listening?" Cross slapped his pupil when Allen spaced out. "Well, don't just lie there, we should finish this conversation." Kaiya was surprised to see Allen laying beside her, with his cheek starting to swell up.
"D-do you have any idea as to when?" Kaiya looked up at her.
"You should know, I remember you well." Cross glanced at her. "You three, you, Mana and the fourteenth, have been placed in certain life threatening battles so he didn't have to think on who or when." He then turned to Allen. "Eventually, you will turn into the fourteenth since you have been around at the wrong place at the wrong time. You were unlucky."
Allen frowned for a moment, then turned it into a small, sad smile. "So, when Mana said that he loved me, was it me or..."
"I'm not even sure if he would remember the past or not. He sorta lost it when the fourteenth had been killed." He then pulled Allen into a hug. "It's ironic, to have picked a kid like this. Do you always have to sacrifice something to protect something else? When you turn into the fourteenth, how would you feel if I said that you'd have to kill someone you love?" The two grew wide eyed once again staring at the man before getting picked up and taken out of the room.
"W-wait, what do you mean?!?" Kaiya struggled desperately.
"Sh-shishou! You can't just say something like that then leave!"
"Just listen to the fourteenth, there's another side to this war." Cross said before getting led away from his pupil.
Alright that's it for this
Just a heads up… I'm not sure if I wanna continue this thing
Nothing personal or anything but I just have no idea as to where this is headed
For the next chapter, I'm gonna skip the parts when they announce that Walker is a traitor,
blah blah blah and skip to the next mission that they have
tune in next time! Review!
