Once again, I completed a chapter without procrastinating too much. Heehee... and cookies for those who guessed right! ...I was in the middle of guessing who was at the door to, actually. XD And thanks for reviews! I love em! :D
Thanks to: Niamh, for being my beta. ;)
DISCLAIMER: -man does not belong to me or I'd make Leverrier reveal what he's gonna do!
WARNING: Yaoi. Shounen ai. YULLEN!
7. Pain
"W-we weren't planning on going anywhere." Linali said, calming herself down. "We were just getting ready the materials we needed for…studying." She finished lamely. Link stood at the door, frowning.
"Two Dots, don't you know this place is for Bookman only?" Lavi said, grinning. "Linali needed some help with books, so I brought her here."
"Inspector Leverrier wanted to see Linali Lee." Link said after a while, deciding to ignore whatever they had been talking about. It would most probably leak out sooner or later.
Linali's eyes widened, and she glanced at Lavi, who gritted his teeth. Why would Leverrier want to see Linali? Had something happened?
"He says it's urgent." Link continued. "All exorcists are being called into the office one at a time." He turned to Lavi. "You might be called next, so be ready."
Lavi's grin did not fade from his face, although he felt more like frowning. They couldn't afford to give anything away right now. Linali was shaking like she usually did when Leverrier was mentioned, but Lavi could do little to comfort the poor girl.
He had his own problems to worry about.
"I…I gotta go now!" Lavi said, shocking Linali, who looked at him in alarm. He shot her an apologetic smile. "Sorry Linali, I'll help you next time."
The blood, he could feel it seeping through the tight bandages on his head. It would definitely seep through his bandana if he didn't do anything about it.
"Lavi…!"
Lavi all but ran through the door, leaving Linali and Link in the room alone, as he sprinted through the big library, trying to reach his room before the blood could be seen. He couldn't risk it, he needed to be here, he didn't want to be marked and imprisoned as a traitor.
"Goddamn it all." Lavi muttered as he reached his door, yanking it open and slamming it close as soon as he was inside. Glancing at the mess that was his room, he sighed, pulling off the piece of cloth from his forehead. Grabbing a small piece of mirror on the ground, he grimaced when he saw the bandage was blood red, not white anymore.
"Stupid crosses and bleeding." The redhead cursed as he unwound the offending bandage, throwing it to one side.
The blood flow wasn't stopping, so Lavi grabbed a piece of cloth and tied it to his forehead, deciding that he would bandage it up later when they were leaving the Order. He was only worried that Linali might not make it tonight because of Leverrier. He regretted not staying to find out what the Inspector had wanted.
"Shit…" Lavi muttered, throwing a few pieces of clothing into an open suitcase. "Leverrier's going to want to see me, too."
"Oh?"
"Whatever the fuck he wants, I'm sure it's not going to be pleasant."
"Indeed, well said."
"Of course it's well said, who doesn't know that Leverrier spells trouble? Or maybe we'd get screwed up-"
The redhead stopped short, a cold chill running up his spine as he realized he wasn't talking to himself. His lone green eye narrowed as he turned slowly to face the figure sitting on his bed, smiling at him.
"Good evening, Lavi." Allen said, expression bright as though he wasn't a Noah sitting in a room in the Black Order. "I see you're quite busy."
"What the fuck…" Lavi didn't finish, his hand reached towards his Innocence by his leg, but another pale hand came and grabbed it out of it's holder. The owner of which proceeded to grab Lavi by his neck and slam him into the wall beside them.
"Y-Yuu…" Lavi choked out, the hard surface of the wall digging into his skin.
"Shut up." Kanda said, glaring at his best friend. "Your Innocence is useless here."
"That's right." Allen said, getting up from his position. "With your Noah genes running amok, the Innocence will not listen to your command." The cursed teen explained, walking towards the two. "It's time to go, Lavi.
"The fuck I will!" Lavi said through gritted teeth. "I'd rather die than follow Noahs!"
He was shocked, or at least thrown off balance when he saw Allen winced at his outburst. Lavi thought Allen didn't care anymore, a Noah was a Noah, that was that. Kanda however, wasn't as soft as Allen and growled as he pushed Lavi against the wall harder.
"Shut the fuck up, baka usagi." Kanda turned to Allen, and nodded. "Get Road to open the door, I'll drag this idiot." Allen nodded after a while, and snapped his fingers, just as someone knocked on the door. The three occupants in the room froze.
"Lavi?" A soft voice called. "Are you in there?"
"Linali." Kanda said in a whisper. "Of all the times."
"Go through the door first." Allen ordered, slapping a hand on Lavi's mouth when the redhead opened it. "Don't argue with me either, baKanda."
Kanda ignored the shorter teen, and turned to Lavi instead. "Che. You better not make a sound or I'll drop you out the window."
Lavi glared hard at the Japanese man, and Kanda smirked. "Maybe that's not such a bad idea."
Allen turned back to the door as Kanda walked towards the window, which made Lavi panic. What were they going to do? Was Kanda really going to drop him? What would happen to Linali?
He met Allen's gaze when he turned. Allen's breathing was slightly labored, but he gave Lavi a small smile.
"…don't worry. She'll be fine."
And that was all he heard before the darkness consumed them.
"Lavi, I'm coming in-" Linali was cut off when the door swung open, revealing no nothing but the mess of cloths and books on the ground. Link stood beside her, looking into the room, frowning at the mess.
"Lavi?" Linali called, taking a step into the room. She glanced around to see that no one was there, and began worried.
"Are you certain he came back to the room?" Link questioned, turning to the Chinese girl, who shook her head.
"I just assumed this was the first place he'd go." Linali replied. "I'll look around. You can…go."
Link made no move to leave, and Linali sighed. So much for privacy. Turning around to walk out since she could not be alone, she froze when she felt something cold touching her hand, and she whipped her head back, seeing nothing.
"What is it?" Link asked, confused at the girl's actions.
"No…" Linali said softly. "It was nothing."
"Oh?" Tyki said, his eyebrow raised when Kanda came through the door with a redhead on his back. "You found him so soon?"
"Che."
Road smiled like the kid she was and bounced her way to Kanda, scrutinizing Lavi, who was unconscious. "Heh…it's the redhead that wanted to kill Uncle Tyki!" Road exclaimed, giggling.
Tyki smirked, bending down when he reached Kanda so he could see Lavi's face. "Indeed. How ironic, for him to be one of us." The Noah of Pleasure reached out to touch the dried blood on Lavi's forehead, smirking when the exorcist winced. "Looks like he's almost completed." Tyki said, turning to Kanda, who was glaring at nothing in particular. The Japanese man had already gotten used to Tyki and Road, but that never meant he liked them.
"There's a room already set up for him." Tyki continued, seeing that Kanda had not moved. "I'll take him off your hands-"
"No." Kanda cut him off. "I'll drop him there. Where's the room?"
"Beside yours."
Before Kanda could take another step, Allen had appeared behind them, his face paler than before. Tyki and Road immediately moved to stand beside him, but the white haired teen waved them off.
"I'm…fine." Allen chocked out. "K-Kanda…"
Kanda turned to look at him, but otherwise made no move.
"Give Lavi to…Tyki." Allen said. "And come with me."
Kanda obeyed wordlessly, transferring his burden to Tyki, stopping for a moment just a moment to press Nyoibo into Tyki's free hand.
"Che. Give it to that idiot when he wakes up." The Japanese man said. "Don't destroy it." He warned.
Road eyed the Innocence, the Noah within her struggling to break it, but she resisted. Tyki seemed to have no problem, and he smiled.
"Of course."
Kanda walked into Allen's room after him, turning around after shutting the door when Allen suddenly leaned his head on Kanda's shoulder. The Japanese stiffened, but relaxed after a while.
"Che, what is it?" Kanda asked after a moment, wondering what had happened to the white haired teen.
Allen shook his head, wrapping his arms around Kanda's waist, surprising him. "Just…let me be for a while…" he muttered into Kanda's shirt.
'Because I know you'd kill me if I wasn't sick, and you'd probably run if you knew the truth…'
Kanda said nothing, although his brain was telling him to push the boy away, he forced his body not to obey the screaming command, choosing instead to just stand there and allow Allen to lean against him. He made no move to return the embrace, however. Kanda had become accustomed to Allen's pain, because he'd seen Lavi holding Allen one too many times for comfort, and all those times Allen had a torturous expression on his face, and Kanda had somehow wished he knew what was bothering Allen.
But he'd rather commit seppuku than admit to that he cared for the younger teen.
"Hey…Kanda?" Allen muttered after what seemed like hours. Kanda grunted, indicating he was listening.
"If you had to choose…" Allen continued. "…would you rather die than become a Noah?"
The question caught Kanda off guard, because he just knew Allen was referring to what Lavi had said and he turned to look at the younger teen's face, only to find his eyes closed, his breathing even. He had fallen asleep standing.
"Baka." Kanda mumbled, he wrapped his arms around Allen's shoulder loosely, bending down to breath the scent of his hair. "You get affected too easily by people's words, stupid martyr."
The soft and smooth texture of the surface he was lying on wasn't something he was used to, being accustomed to sleeping on the many books that laid scattered on his bed. The difference woke him.
The first thing he remembered was his Innocence, which his hand automatically went to the side of his leg for, only to find the holder empty. He groaned lightly, thinking he had left it on the table when his brain caught up with all the events and his eye flew opened hurriedly.
"Good evening." A smooth silk voice said, alerting Lavi to another presence in the room he was in. He jumped from the bed he was lying on, landing on the hard floor, and immediately winced at the ache in his head.
"You shouldn't move yet." Tyki said, flipping on the lights in the room. "Your head must be killing you right now."
Lavi growled, getting into a defensive stance. "The only thing that'll kill me is you, Noah!" Tyki smiled at that. "Now where the fuck is Nyoibo and where the hell am I?" The redhead narrowed his eyes dangerously.
"You're in the one of the Noah's many mansions." Tyki replied, resting his face on his hand, which was propped up on the armrest of the chair he sat. "And as I said earlier, you'd best not move around much, your head must really be aching. I dare say you're not even thinking straight right now."
"I'm fucking thinking straight right now!" Lavi retorted, taking a daring step forward. "Where is my Innocence!"
Tyki sighed, rolling his eyes. "You wouldn't be able to activate it anyway, so what's the use of having the thing?"
"It's a form of security!" Lavi bit out, surprised that he bothered to answer anyway.
"Ah…" Tyki nodded in understanding. "Very well, here…" He pulled Nyoibo out of his coat pocket. "Kanda-san told me specifically not to destroy it."
"Yuu?" The name caught Lavi by surprise and he almost didn't catch his Innocence when Tyki tossed it at him. He glanced from his hammer to Tyki, and back at his hammer again. "What?"
He couldn't think straight, and he'd hate to admit that Tyki had been right, the pain in his head was clouding his thoughts, and he gritted his teeth, trying to make sense of the events happening. He was so immersed in his thoughts, he didn't see Tyki getting up and approaching him, until he felt a hand on his shoulder.
"Lavi?"
Lavi immediately recoiled at the touch, glaring at the Noah of Pleasure. "GET THE HELL AWAY FROM ME AND LEAVE ME ALONE!" He shouted, grasping Nyoibo as though it was his lifeline. Tyki's eyes narrowed at Lavi's outburst, and Lavi thought Tyki had finally lost his patience, seeing the slight anger in his gold eyes. Thinking the Noah was going to hit him or assault him in some way, he braced himself for whatever was coming.
"…Fine." Tyki spat out after a few moments of awkward silence between the former exorcist and himself. "I'll be back to check on you in an hour. With food. You're welcome." He said sarcastically, rolling his eyes again.
He was out of the door in seconds, and Lavi winced when the door slammed loudly. He gawked at the door after Tyki left, not believing what he had heard.
"Food?" Lavi sputtered, really confused.
Tyki was later seen fuming as he walked down the halls down to where the family dining room was. Road saw his angered expression and grinned brightly. "Was he not to your liking?"
The oldest Noah snickered when Tyki glared at her, immediately turning to get out of the room as fast as he could. The Noah of Pleasure certainly would have an interesting time with Bookman Junior…soon.
The Gods in which they believed, were they really so different?
Betas' Note: MORE! Give us MORE! Dark is a sadist for making these chapters so short! Lameface!
Well dang, I didn't notice that note when I re-read the chapter. ROFL. Well, I hope you enjoyed the chapter! Heehee...No I won't make it longer. XD
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