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Allen- 1
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Chapter 8
The weather was terrible, wind and rain. So the ferry wasn't sailing the channel between Europe and Asia. With just a short distance between the group and Asia, it was very disheartening. Every inn they tried, no luck, all full. Until a small black cat led them to an inn, the group walked in and rand the bell on the desk. A woman with blonde hair walked out and said "How may I help you?"
Lavi's eye widened, he smiled ridiculously and yelled "JUST MY TYPE!" He leaned his arms on the front desk, "Hey can we get a room for the night? All the other inns are full, Please, Please, Please?" he said clasping his hands.
The woman behind the desk said "I suppose, but my parents are not home, so I cannot provide anything fancy."
"Really, you will?" Lavi said with a ridiculous smile. "Oh thank you, thank you, thank you! You won't regret it, you won't. Hey what's your name?"
"My name … is Lulu Bell," she said. Lulu Bell reached behind her and handed us two keys.
"These are to your rooms," she said, and walked out from behind the desk and into the innkeeper's rooms.
As they were all walking to their rooms, Lavi couldn't stop talking about Lulu Bell
"Wow! She was soooooooo hot and just my type!" he said.
"Apparently you have a thing for blondes, Lavi," said Allen. "If I remember correctly you also hit on Eliade at Krory's castle." He smirked at Allen.
Alyssa's face was contorted in disgust; she took a few steps away from Lavi, as if he had the plague, which made Alexa giggle. Krory just looked sad, Alexa's brow furrowed in confusion, had the name "Eliade" triggered it? She walked up to him.
"What's up?" she asked. He looked down at her; his black eyes were full of sadness that betrayed the smile on his face.
"I'm fine," he said, but she didn't believe him. She narrowed her eyes at him but wasn't going to push it.
In their rooms that night the girls had a gabfest trying to block out the growling of the guy's stomachs. Alyssa and Alexa asked Lenalee about some of the other Exorcists, and found out there was another Exorcist about their age: Kanda Yu. She described him; he had long black hair, dark brown eyes, and carried a sword called Muggen, which he never put down.
"I can't take it anymore!" said Alexa, scaring the girls. "All the growling it is getting on my nerves! I'm going to get them some food." She opened the doors of the balcony and jumped off and flew off over the town. Feeling the wet wind in her hair and under her wings, she smiled. She landed in front of a small covered awning in front of a general store. She walked in and grabbed some jerky, bread and a few candy canes as treats.
The cashier weighed the jerky and checked the price on the bread and gave her a total: $16.20. Alexa dug through her purse for the money but came up six dollars short. She looked up at the cashier, and then down back at her purse.
"Um… I …uh … seem to have come up a bit short," she said with a smile. The cashier seemed to have no sympathy. "I'm really sorry," she began to say.
Before being interrupted by a man saying, "I'll take care of it." in a slick, and smooth as butter voice. Alexa turned to see a man in a dark suit, with a stove pipe hat, curly midnight black hair pulled into a ponytail, and eyes of warm chocolate brown. He was also very handsome, with princely features and a beauty mark under his left eye. Alexa swallowed hard, she could feel the blush start in her cheeks. He handed the cashier the money and smiled at her, the cashier blushed a deep scarlet.
"Thank you," Alexa said. She immediately suspected him of being an Akuma, but was proven wrong when he said with raised eyebrows, "Why is such a beautiful young woman out in this kind of weather in only a thin shawl?" She looked down and realized that she had left her cloak at the room.
"I was in a bit of a hurry," she said blushing harder.
"That's understandable, may I walk you home?" he asked.
"I'm sorry, but I don't except an escort from a man I don't know," she said with a smile.
"Well then, I'm glad you are a smart young woman, most would allow any attractive man to escort them home, no thought as to what his intentions are. My name is Tyki Mikk, may I ask yours?" he said with a slight bow.
"Alexa, Alexa Nite," she extending a hand. He took it in one of his white gloved hands and kissed her knuckles. Her heart raced a bit, and she said, "Well, I'd better get going my friends will be wondering where I've gone."
"May I walk you home?" he asked a slight smile on his face. She nodded and took his extended elbow, as he led her out of the store. "Where is your house?" he asked.
"Oh, I don't live in town," she said shaking her head.
"Really," he said looking down at her, "Where are you staying?"
"In an inn a long way off," she said.
"I have a question for you," he said pulling the collar of his coat up.
"What?" she asks.
"May I speak to your father," he asked.
"For what reason my I ask?" she said her eyebrows shooting up.
"Frankly, I want to know if you are available," he said his brown eyes dark with desire.
"Um, I'm not traveling with my father," she said instantly. "I'm traveling with some of my friends."
"Really, where are you headed?" he asked.
"Asia," she said simply, she wasn't going to reveal too much to a complete stranger.
"May I ask why," he said.
"We are looking for someone," she said telling him only half of the truth.
"Who are you looking for?" he asked.
"My brother," she said sipping into the lie easily. She had become very good at lying after Lavi had left.
"What is his name?"
"His name is James, but he answers to Jamie also," she said thinking of her Jamie who had disappeared when he had left with the old fart known as Bookman. She hated that man for taking her Jamie away, but was also grateful to him in some way for helping her find him again.
"Well, if I hear any news of him I will try to contact you," he said smiling down at her.
"We are leaving for Asia tomorrow if the weather permits," she said before a shiver shook her body. Tyki took off his coat and handed it to Alexa.
"Here," he said with a smile. She looked at him like he was crazy. "Take it, you're cold, and without a coat you could catch a cold."
She took it and slipped it over her shoulders. While he wasn't looking she brought the collar to her nose. It smelled like leather, blood, and death. Her brow furrowed in confusion, blood and death? Men didn't smell like that. They usually smelled good (unless they hadn't showered in a while). Her instincts told her to be on high alert around this one. She saw the sign for the inn and told Tyki this was her stop.
"Well here's your coat back," she said slipping it off her shoulders.
"Keep it, I have plenty where that came from," he said. He turned to go and stopped. He turned back around and said, "You know what, I forgot something, this is no way to say farewell to a beautiful young woman." He leaned in, grabbed her chin and tilted it up. "This is." He said before kissing her. All rational thought flew from her mind. Her only thought was, Ohmygod! Ohmygod! He pulled back and she blushed so hard her ears turned red.
The man with the top hat smiled and walked away, Lavi's mouth hung open. Lex was still standing there; he could tell she was blushing. Would she go after him and smack him silly? Lavi seriously hoped so. There was a big scaly monster inside his chest clawing at his innards, it was screaming at the top of its lungs, "You little bastard! No one can kiss Alexa but me!" Lavi had to shut it up somehow before he decided to go after the man himself. He looked down at Lex she had one hand on her lips she turned around and looked up at the clouds not even noticing Lavi, a goofy grin on her face. He felt a knot tie itself in his chest and he walked inside off the balcony.
Ok I had to introduce Tyki THE SMEXIEST OF ALL THE NOAH! Ok I feel better. Anyway please Review! OH! TYKI COUNTS IN THE VOTING!
