"Lanick!" Lanick motioned for Aleena to stay back. Kanda was pointing Mugen at Lanick's throat. A pleasant conversation between Kanda and Lanick had turned into a fight when Kanda had realized when and where they had first met.

"It's your fault. Not only did you severely injure me, you took away my wife. Why didn't you stop her from leaving? This whole situation could have been avoided." Lanick sensed many emotions at work within the katana wielding samurai. Anger and hatred directed towards him, along with sorrow and concern for Lameran.

"I had a mission to do. I, along with Aleena, had to infiltrate the Earl's ranks and find out whatever we could. Our overall goal was, and still is, to save Lameran. I did what I had to. And for that, I am sorry." Kanda sighed and lowered his sword.

"I still haven't forgiven you. However, when Lameran is safely by my side as herself, I'll consider it. You'd better do all you can to get her back. If you don't, I'll make sure you regret it. Is that understood?" Lanick nodded.

"It's what Aleena and I were sent to do. Lameran will return. And she'll be herself. I give you my solid oath on that." Kanda walked out of the room with adknowledging his oath. Aleena ran to Lanick's side.

"Are you okay?" She clung to his arm. Lanick smiled and nodded. He brushed some stray hair from in front of her eyes.

"Don't worry about me. More importantly, how are your injuries. Probably healed by now, right? However if you get that reckless again, you'll lose your sword. I'll make sure of that."

"Of course they're healed by now. We are angels after all. What will we do now? Join the apostles in combat? Or will we act as adviser's? And I don't need you to remind me to be more careful, thank you very much. I've already gotten a big lecture from Gabriel and Micheal." Lanick was silent for a moment.

"I've submitted a plan to the supervisor. Right before we left, I sensed her plan. If he approves of it, we'll be contacted when he calls the meeting and he'll tell us what will happen." Aleena looked worried. Kanda walked back into the room.

"The supervisor's called a meeting. You two are wanted." He left the room. Aleena and Lanick coudn't miss the hopeful look in his eyes. Before Lanick left, he grabbed the stack of papers from his desk.

All eyes were upon them as they entered. All of the main exorcists were there. Allen, Lenalee, Krory, Kanda, Miranda, Lavi, Bookman, along with the one who had just joined, Deitrich sat on one side of the table. Deitrich's dog Bud sat on the floor besides him. One of the exorcists was unfamiliar. He had curly gray hair and wore glasses. He had a black and gold uniform, not the usual silver and black uniform.

"Aleena, Lanick, I would like to introduce General Froi Tiedoll. Everyone, Lanick has suggested a plan. He'll take it from here." Komui finished the introductions and sat down. Aleena sat down and Lanick began.

"Thank you. Only three Noah remain now." He pulled a few sheets of paper from his stack. They were detailed drawings of the remaining Noah; Lanston, the fighter, Vintrix, the sorcerer, and Hikatay, the ninja. "Lanston never leaves the Earl side. This is my plan. Kanda, Allen, and I will go after the Earl. Allen, your sword of exorcism can kill the Earl without hurting Lameran. The rest of you distract Hikatay and Vintrix. Aleena and I have written reports on their abilities. Also, the Earl looks different now." He pulled up the last sheet of paper and showed everyone.

"Who did that to my wife?" All of the people in the room, mostly Kanda, were shocked to see her in a knee length black spaghetti strap dress with black combat boots that had silver buckles. The most noticeable change was her hair. With it being cut short as a boy's, it showed a black choker that had a Gothic cross on it.

"There should be few relatively few Akuma. That's the biggest problem she faces, she meaning the Earl, has. The egg was destroyed and she can't rebuild it. That secret died with the Millennium Earl before her." Everyone jumped when Aleena spoke. "When this is over, no revival will be possible. The Earl will die for good when Lameran returns. Humanity will be a lot safer."

"I approve of this plan. Who's with me?" Kanda voiced his opinion and raised his hand high, the only thing on his mind Lameran. Everyone agreed with him and raised their hand.

"Is Yuu smiling?" Kanda shot a death glare at Lavi, who cringed.

"All right then. Whenever they arrive, we'll start. Kanda, I hope you're ready to be reunited with Lameran." Kanda stared defiantly at Lanick, his hand in a fist. It was so tight that his knuckles were turning white.

"Of course I'm ready. I'd like to see someone try and stop me.

The Next Day

By the next afternoon, the upcoming battle had been named. Operation Save Lameran was ready to go. All they needed was the other side to appear. A signal had been arranged to let them all know when they arrived. During lunch, the special signal sounded. Lanick found Kanda immediately. Allen was right behind him. "Deitrich has told me where she is. Are you ready to go?" Kanda got up and grabbed Mugen.

All the combatants gathered outside. "Lanick, Miranda Lotto doesn't have an offensive type innocence and can't do much combat wise. But because of her ability, she'll be targeted. I'm going to be her protector for this battle." Aleena ran to Lanick with Miranda behind her.

"Very well. You have my permission to not hold back. But use caution." Aleena nodded and dragged Miranda away, kodachi drawn. "As for us, we'll go my way. Don't let go of me." He grabbed Allen and Kanda by the arm. Using his special abilities, he teleported away. Tiedoll, Deitrich, Bud, and Bookman gathered nearby as one of the Noah approached. It was Hikatay, who wasted no time in starting the fight. A hand of shuriken came their way. They hadn't even seen her move her hand.

"East crime!" Thousands of needles encased Bookman, protecting him from the sharp projectiles. Bud barked and Hikatay jumped out of the way of the range of the shock wave. "North crime!!" The needles reversed themselves and shot towards the ninja. She dodged them but was knocked down as Tiedoll's freshly summoned giant doll knocked her down. Bud took the opportunity and barked even louder. Hikatay cursed as the strongest shock wave knocked her back several feet.

"You won't stop me." She pulled out two long knifes and tried to charge Deitrich and Bud. Tiedoll used his innocence to knock the two out of the way.

"Don't get in close combat range. Fight from the sidelines." Bookman yelled as he dodged Hikatay's savage blows. He shot needles at his enemy again. Out of the blue, a storm of shuriken hit Deitrich from behind. He fell to the ground, minor cuts all over his body. Bud growled ominously. He started to grow to a huge size. He was twice as big as a tiger now. A fire was raging out of control in his eyes and three balls of light were circling around his head. Bud howled loudly and they surrounded Deitrich. The balls of light changed shape into two normal versions of Bud and a puppy sized of him. The two normal Bud's took to patrolling while the little one made a force field around their conformer and started to lick his wounds.

Deitrich gasped. Everyone around them stopped and stared. Suddenly the huge version charged Hikatay growling. 'Don't touch my master!' Bud seemed to be saying. Up above on top of the castle, Miranda screeched while Aleena grinned. "Now the battle has truly begun."

Author's Note

Uhmm, wow? This was long. About 300 more words than usual. A lot of action as well. Next chapter Vintrix enters and causes chaos. The result of the battle will be revealed later.