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You May (Not!) Kiss The Bride
By Sceaduw
{Part VIII}
Lavi stopped. His instinct told him he should go left, into a narrow dark alley with brothels and taverns. He took out a coin and tossed it. Then he turned right, into a brighter street with liquor stores and boutiques. He just missed his girl. Lenalee emerged from one of the taverns just after Lavi ran off.
It seemed safe to venture outside now, Lenalee thought, the inspector should no longer be around anymore. If her brother had arrived in the city, it was quite likely that he should be at the Vatican HQ. She decided to go knock on their door directly to ask for her brother. But the man on her back couldn't go there. She didn't know what to do really, now that she had carried him out of the place. She couldn't just leave him there but she really wanted to go find her brother before sunset.
"Lenalee, you're so stupid! Why don't you just leave him here?" the girl grumbled silently to herself. If she had left him there, most likely he won't show up tomorrow. But that was what she had secretly prayed for, wasn't it? However, then the peace treaty would be no more. Now, she had taken him with her, where should she go? She couldn't just go back to the inspector's place with him. Besides, her original objective of sneaking off was not yet accomplished! Tyki was heavy and very soon she felt tired. To add to the misfortune, she found herself lost in the city, not recognizing the way back to Howard's rented flat.
The exchange of sun and moon would again take place very soon. This was a sacred flow of time which Miranda could not pause with her Innocence. She looked up at the nearby rooftop and saw Kanda. Then she saw Lavi came running from ahead. By the look on their faces, they didn't find Lenalee.
"Where's Krory?" asked Lavi just when Krory waved at them from a distance. He joined in with the team but he also had no news of Lenalee. They sighed in frustration.
"Beansprout! Hey!" yelled Kanda suddenly and he darted off the rooftop, leaping to the neighbouring roofs. The exorcists on the ground looked up but Kanda was gone. By the sound of it, Kanda had spotted Allen! They tried to contact Kanda via the earphone but there was no response. If Allen was back in the city, then that meant he was alright and back in action! At last, a piece of good news! Out of three, they at least found one now.
"May I offer you some assistance, my lady?" asked a gentle voice behind Lenalee. She glanced behind her, surprised and unwittingly admitted her true identity. A man was standing there with a woman. The man gazed into her eyes as his appearance underwent a transformation. Lenalee's eyes widened and before she could utter the word 'Noah', she fell unconscious. The man grabbed hold of the girl before she fell onto the ground. Tyki, however, kissed the pavement.
"Here, take her. Escort her back to their HQ. I'll take this drunk back," smiled Waizurii and Lulu took Lenalee into her arms. Lulu wondered what these two were doing together in such a place but she was glad Waizurii located Tyki before Road did. She quickly took off with Lenalee.
"Huh? W-what...," groaned Tyki as he sat up on the ground. He too was changed back to his Noah self. Waizurii gave him a big grin and said, "You're in deep shit, bro!" The other man gulped. He could see a vision of an angry Sheril in his head already. That, fortunately, wasn't what the psychic meant. Tyki found out soon enough.
"TYKI MIKK! DIEEE!"
The Noahs escaped just in time to dodge a huge blade as it sliced into the solid rocky road. Actually, one jumped off the ground clumsily and one rolled sideways only to hit the wall of a nearby building.
"Calm down Allen!" cried Road as she tried to pull him back, "Hello Tyki! We found you at last!" She also smiled sweetly at Waizurii and gave him a mental greeting. Both of them then turned to watch as Allen and Tyki engaged in a small fight.
"Come on now, stop it!" shouted Road as she clapped her hands for their attention. Waizurii chuckled at the sight but he received a mental slap from Tyki. Allen had got Tyki tied up by his Clown Belt and was about to cut his head off. The tied up man smirked and asked, "hey, boy! What's up? Missed me?" He always enjoyed a good time fighting with this particular exorcist.
"I'm going to kill you!" sneered Allen, trembling with rage.
Before the blade came down, a gush of power rained down onto the group. Waizurii skipped backwards, just in time as the pavement cracked open by a dozen of Illusional Underworld Creatures. Road jumped into the air and stayed in mid-air as she giggled at the assailant. Allen dodged backwards, pulling Tyki with him with Crown Belt. "Kanda!" yelled Allen in surprise, "Watch it! You nearly hit me too!"
"What's going on? I thought we are having a cease fire! That's cheating!" shouted Waizurii. So much for love and peace. The only word he read from Kanda's mind was 'destroy', and he saw no hesitation in the exorcist's eyes. Kanda unleashed more Underworld Creatures in fury as he saw Waizurii stared at him.
"Oh, we have more company!" said Road as she saw Lavi and the team arrived. They too had their Innocence activated at hand, ready to reinforce Kanda. Tyki was dragged across the ground, unable to escape from Allen's constraints. If it weren't an Innocence weapon, he could easily dissolve his body through it. "Let go! Hey! That hurts!" he yelped as Allen further pulled him away from the other Noahs.
"Hello again, exorcists!" greeted Waizurii as he waved at Lavi, "we have only come to pick up our groom. We don't mean any harm." He then turned to Kanda who had now jumped off the roof and landed onto the ground like a cat. Kanda didn't believe him and he advanced towards Waizurii and Road. Waizurii shrugged and sighed. He decided to talk to Miranda who seemed to be the most sensible one there, "Look here, we come for Tyki Mikk at the Earl's request. If you want a fight, then we will give you one! But trust me, that will not look good for tomorrow's treaty." Seeing hesitation from the exorcists, he added, "my companion, yes, the one you saw with me before, has escorted Lenalee Lee back to your HQ. You should be able to find her there, safe and sound." Let the exorcists have the girl, the Noahs only wanted Tyki.
Oh, all except Road, he forgot.
"RUN ALLEN! RUN!" squealed the little girl suddenly, opening up a portal door behind Allen, "GO NOW!" She jumped up and down in excitement as Waizurii watched in horror. Stretching her arms out as a barricade, she blocked herself between Waizurii and Allen. Without thinking, Allen turned and ran into the portal, pulling Tyki with him into the unknown.
"Wait! Beansprout!" "Allen!" cried his exorcist friends, but the door closed quickly. It vanished immediately.
"Where have you sent them?" asked Waizurii. Road pouted and remained silent but he already knew. "Oh well, then I guess you'll have to come back with me to explain everything to Earl and Sheril!" said Waizurii. He waved farewell to the exorcists and left with Road. Lavi blinked and after a while he yelled, "what are we waiting for? They took Lenalee back to Rouvelier's quarters! Let's go now!" Kanda put away his sword and cursed under his breath. When would this hide and seek game end? Stupid beansprout, what was he up to now? Not that he would mind if Allen killed the Noah. He just didn't want to go search for him after saving Lenalee. The team found Howard Link a few blocks away as they left but they didn't tell him anything. They headed straight back to the Vatican HQ and left the inspector in confusion and anxiousness.
The Vatican cardinals were delighted. This was a definite proof of kindness from the Earl. The girl was returned to them unharmed. However, the Red Cardinal was not happy. The Noah had delivered the girl straight to her brother. If he had knew Komui Lee was inside the Vatican, he would have kicked him out. He didn't remember authorizing Rouvelier to invite someone who would wreck the peace treaty. But well, now there was nothing much he could do about it. Eight more hours to go. By dawn, the wedding would be held, and the 'Heart' shall be his!
Komui watched over Lenalee as she slept. She looked so peaceful, lips parted and breathing slowly. He took her hand. He swore to protect her till the very end.
What then, after the very end? Komui grimaced.
If he were to be condemned as the human who pushed humankind to their doom, what would happen to Lenalee? Komui snapped out of his thoughts as his little sister spoke in her sleep. She said a name and a tear drop rolled down her cheek. Lenalee smiled in her sleep. Komui's face twitched and he bit his lips. The name kept ringing in his head, almost like the hideous sound of a wedding bell. He stood up from the edge of her bed and stormed out of the room.
"How's she?" asked Miranda. Komui could see they were very worried. He was touched to see Lenalee had such good friends. Family, as she would describe the people in Black Order.
"She's still asleep but she's fine at the moment," said Komui, trying to squeeze out a grin, "the doctors have checked on her when she was returned." Miranda could tell the supervisor was still depressed. Lavi tried to cheer him up.
"Don't worry now that we're here! We can take Lenalee back to Black Order now! To hell with the wedding!" exclaimed Lavi.
"How? Do you intend to slaughter your way out of the Vatican? Those out there are not Akumas but humans," enquired Kanda coolly. Lavi was speechless. He hadn't thought of that. He just thought about getting Lenalee back from the Noahs. Komui could see Kanda was angry. His fists were clenched but he also realized that exorcists did not have the privilege of committing murders.
But Komui already had a plan and it was going smoothly. The exorcists had played their part, and the rest, just leave it to Rouvelier and himself. That man would devote his own life to protect the Vatican, even from within. And Komui would devote his own for his sister.
"Leave it to me, you guys should take a rest, be prepared for tomorrow. Komlin VX and I will be guarding Lenalee from here!" said Komui as he pointed at a robot down the long corridor. "Thank you, my fellow exorcists. Thank you…," Komui trailed off as he hugged onto Lavi and Krory. He approached Kanda but the boy backed off. Miranda just kept him at bay. "You're always welcome, we're one big family, aren't we?" she said with a wonderful smile. Komui sobbed and glomped them all, earning himself a huge grunt from Kanda.
"Where's Allen?" asked Komui when he dried his tears, breaking the sentimental moment. The others fell silent. They thought they saw a flash of malice across the reflection on the man's glasses. It could be a mistake, afterall, they were all tired.
"We don't know, but he's with the gro-,"
"He's with Tyki Mikk!" interrupted Lavi urgently as he elbowed Krory in the stomach. The last thing they wanted to do now was to provoke Komui with any vocabulary relating to the wedding.
"Tyki Mikk? Why would he be with the Noah? Is he alright?" asked Komui, suddenly feeling not so disliking the boy. Krory glanced over to Lavi and Lavi looked at the patterns on the wallpaper. Komui turned to Miranda, but she too had her eyes fixed onto the wooden floorboards.
"Because Tyki Mikk is the groom," replied Kanda flatly, "and Allen is trying to kill him. I hope. "
Lenalee thought she heard some beasts roared. She shifted and continued to walk down the flowery aisle with her love in her dreams. She smiled and hugged onto her man's arm.
-to be continued-
