I want to say your name, hear your voice and see through the darkness
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Yay!
Chapter seven has finally arrived. I thank those who did reviews and
the music that kept me going. Things are starting to heat up as Kanda
and Allen figure out that things aren't going to be as easy as they
hoped. And so much for Allen's plan for peace and quiet. Anyways,
on with the
chapter.
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Chapter seven: The Words I Couldn't Say
Allen sat on the bed in dismay. Not only can't he see or talk; now he can't even hear Kanda's voice. 'I am a little afraid to find out what will happen next if we don't find that Akuma soon.' He felt Kanda grab his hand. Allen opened his hand up to see what he wanted.
{I'm asking Ren to take you back to HQ.} Allen's eyes widen and he shook his head.
{I want to go with you.} Even though Allen couldn't hear it Kanda sighed.
'Why is he always so stubborn?' Kanda stood up and faced the finder. "Go call Kanda and tell him the current situation." Ren looked at Allen.
"Do you still want me to take Walker-san back to HQ?" Kanda shook his head.
"No, he'll just fight both of us off until we agree so might as well not bother." Ren nodded and walked out of the room. Kanda turned back to Allen. Without his hearing and sight Allen, though he hates to admit this, is a little useless. 'I guess I'll just have to face that Akuma along then.' He turned and started to walk towards the door when he felt a little tug on his jacket. He turned and saw that Allen has felt the vibrations of him walking towards the door and knew that he was about to be left behind. Kanda grabbed his hand.
{Fine you can come, but the finder is coming with us to keep an eye on you.} Allen nodded in agreement. Kanda led Allen out of the room and went down stairs. He found the finder just getting off the phone.
"They know the situation." He told Kanda. He notices Allen beside him holding onto his jacket.
"He's coming with us and I want you to keep an eye on him." Kanda and Allen walked past him and he rushed to catch up with them.
A few minutes later Allen was greeted by the smell of roses. {Is this it?} Kanda looked down at him.
{Yeah. I'm going to let Ren take care of you now} he handed Allen off to Ren and pulled out the innocence. 'I hope this works.' They waited for what seemed to be forever when there was a sudden rumble from the earth and a loud explosion.
"Ah it's you two again," said a voice that echoed. A second later the Akuma that they have been searching for appeared in front of them. "I was wondering if I ever saw you again." It looked at Allen. "I see that the powder worked." Kanda unsheathed Mugen. The Akuma smiled. "Oh, you want to have fun, okay." The Akuma jumped up and rushed to the cave where they fought the blue rose.
"Stay here." Kanda ordered the finder and ran after it. The darkness of the cave didn't stop him once he got in. he listened to the noises that the Akuma made and followed. They reach the clearing with the light flowing in from the roof. The Akuma stopped at the center of the room directly under the light.
"Ah only you?" the Akuma looked like it was disappointed.
"I'm enough for you." Kanda lifted Mugen and attack.
Back outside Allen was worried. He couldn't feel any vibrations from the ground which meant that Kanda and the Akuma left and went to a different area. {Where did they go?} He asked the finder. Ren looked down at him and saw the worry on his face.
{Into a cave.} He answered. A look of surprise appeared on Allen's face.
{Take me there.} Allen demanded.
{But Kanda-san said to stay here.} Allen gave him a death glare. {Fine, but explain to Kanda-san that you are the one that insisted.} With that Ren led him to the cave entrance. As they got closer Allen felt vibrations, they were soft at first, but they grew stronger with each step. {This is as far as I'm taking you.} The finder spelled stopping at the cave's entrance. Allen let go of the finder and ran inside. The finder started to shout at him, but then remembered that he couldn't hear him, so he ran in. Allen followed the vibrations as the got stronger he knew that he was close. He felt the earth shudder violently and knew that there was a large explosion. He was suddenly stopped by a hand on his arm. {What are you doing here?} Realizing that it was Kanda, he relaxed, but was only tugged away from a large vibration close to him. {Never mind. I'll just have to protect you until that stupid finder gets here.}
Kanda was very annoyed. While he was dodging an attack made by the Akuma Allen runs in. 'Stupid beansprout,' he thought as he went to his side.
"Oh I get to play with the both of you after all," the Akuma said grinning. It charged forward and Kanda dodged, pulling Allen with him. When their feet hit the ground Allen activated his innocence. The Akuma attacked them and Kanda dodge cursing as Allen dodged in the opposite direction. The Akuma turned to Allen and attacked him next, leaving a big cut on his right arm. Allen winced and attacked the Akuma. It dodged his attack, but dodged right into Kanda's Mugen. It screeched and turned to him. "Stupid exorcists!" It attacked Kanda, but didn't realize that Allen was behind it and he left claw like marks on its back. Kanda went to Allen's side. He grabbed his hand and quickly spelled {How are you doing this.} Allen grinned.
{I can feel the vibrations whenever anything moves.} There was a little shudder as the Akuma landed on the ground.
{When I let go of your hand, jump forward very fast and use cross grave. Go it?} Allen nodded. They waited a few minutes waiting for the Akuma to attack them when it did Kanda let go of Allen's hand and they charged forward. "Mugen, Return of Apocalypse, Underworld insects [First Illusion]" The demon insects erupted from Mugen at the same time as Allen's cross grave attacked appeared. As the two attacks combined and hit the Akuma screamed and vaporized leaving nothing, not even dust, behind. Allen inactivated his innocence. Kanda sheathed Mugen and turned to Allen. He looked into his eyes and saw the same glass look in them. 'I guess that the effects will wear out instantly.' He thought as he grabbed Allen's hand. He led Allen through the cave and ran into Ren on the way. He gave him the 'You are so dead' look and continued to walk with Ren unwilling followed. When they reach outside it was dark making them realize that they were in there longer than anticipated. They walked through the fields of roses back to town. They entered the in a few minutes later. Kanda turned to the finder and told him to tell Komui that the Akuma is gone and they are going to come back the next day. Ren nodded and walked away. Kanda led Allen to his room and once he was in he went to his own room next door. He took Mugen off and placed it next to his bed. Then he took his jacket off and hung it off one of the beds posts. He lied down on the bed and sighed. He closed his eyes and almost drifted off to sleep until he remembered Allen wound that he got from the Akuma. He got up from bed and walked down the stairs. He found that the innkeeper was still up and asked him for some bandages and a bowl of hot water and a cloth. The innkeeper got him the supplies and Kanda headed back up stairs. He walked to Allen's room and opened the door. He found Allen sitting in a chair next to the window. The window was open letting in the cool night air and a night lullaby. He walked up to him and touched his shoulder startling him. {It's okay. It's just me.} Allen relaxed.
{What is it Kanda?}
{I came to wrap up that wound that you got.} Kanda stepped in front of him and gently pulled Allen's right arm to him, causing Allen to wince. {Sorry.} Allen smiled at him accepting his apology. Kanda cleaned the wound with the water and cloth. After looking it over he wrapped it up with the bandages and placed the water on the end table. While Kanda set the water on the end table Allen carefully walked to his bed and sat down leaning against the wall. When Kanda turned around he noticed that Allen moved and walked to his bed. He took Allen's hand and spelled {I should leave so you can get some sleep.} Kanda was about to let go of Allen's hand when Allen pulled Kanda onto the bed with him. When Kanda was sitting on the bed shocked, he pulled him into an embrace. "Ka…Ka…Kanda…" He barley heard it, but Allen said his name. It has been weeks since he heard Allen's voice and was caught off guard. This was a good sign though. It meant that the effects of the powder were wearing off. Kanda sat there not know what to do.
"What is it Allen?" he asked. When he didn't get a response he thought that the effects are wearing off very slowly and only his voice has returned. {What is it?} Allen's grip became a little harder.
"I-I lo.." he was having troubles saying what he wanted to say.
"Take your time." Kanda wanted to get to bed, but wanted to know the cause of Allen's strange behavior. After multiple attempts Allen couldn't get out what he wanted to say, so he let Kanda go. Kanda stood up and looked at Allen. He looked very flustered that he could say what he wanted to say. Kanda sighed and he left Allen's room shutting the door. He walked into his own and opened the window to cool down the room. He laid down onto the bed and closed his eyes. He cleared his mind of any thoughts and slowly drifted off to sleep.
