Chapter Nine:
~Allen~
I had little time to react when that creature struck. The only thing evident to me at the time was that it was an akuma but a rather fast and powerful one. It had been one terrible struggle as I tried fighting under water with limited air supplied to my lungs.
But I had managed to destroy it, whatever it was and I was more than glad to get back onto land once again.
'Are you alright?' Archie asked bending over me as I relished the fact that I had solid ground underneath me. Timcampy just flew frantically about my head, I knew it only did that because it was worried about me.
'I will be,' I murmured as I took deep breaths. I sat up when I had gotten a fair amount of oxygen in my lungs and just stared at them.
'What was that thing?'
'It's a weapon known as akuma, they are made by the Maker to destroy humanity,' I could see the worry clearly defined in their faces.
'But to oppose him, exorcists wield innocence and will stop him no matter what,'
'So there were no pirates to begin with,' Archie seemed slightly disappointed.
'No but you helped stop an even greater threat from destroying your town, just don't go doing it again without an exorcist,' I reminded him hoping it would be taken as a praise. Archie nodded and went to something else until my whole body was overcome with a fit of sneezes.
It would seem that the cold ocean water was getting to me now and not even my heavy exorcist coat could stop it.
'Maybe stay for another night, lad, waters around here can get mighty cold,' I couldn't help but mildly agree with the innkeeper. I was beginning to shiver, a clear sign that I was getting hypothermia.
'I'll gladly take the offer,' my mission was over and spending another night here wouldn't hurt. I didn't want to return to Headquarters with a head cold because I got careless.
No, I think it'll be all right if I take my time as long I let Komui know that I'm done here. Come to think of it…
'Can I use your phone quickly?' The innkeeper blinked at me as we made our way back to the inn for some hot soup and me, a nice hot shower.
'Sure, I don't see why not,' well that was good. I don't suppose Komui would mind me staying for a few extra days to recover because I'm feeling rather washed up at the moment.
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A few months past after I had returned from my last mission. I was in the cafeteria eating lunch with Lenalee when Reever called us both to Komui's office. It made me wonder if this was another mission.
Komui was, as usual, in his rather messy office. Paper was scattered everywhere leaving not a single view of the floor beneath. To be frank, I've never even seen the floor of his office ever since I arrived here from India half a year ago.
The man himself was dozing on his latest pile of paperwork and doing absolutely nothing as usual. Reever entered a short time later and acknowledged us with a brief smile before whispering into Komui's ear.
'LENALEE, WHY DIDN"T YOU TELL YOUR BIG BROTHER!' I stepped out of the way as Komui wrapped his arms around Lenalee, almost covering her reddening face.
It took a while but Lenalee managed to calm her brother down by hitting him across the head with her fist. Komui whimpered but straightened his posture anyway.
'A small festival is happening in town this afternoon and according to the finders, it's going to draw quite the crowd,' I frowned.
'And where there are large crowds, akuma would mostly likely show up,' I added in a low voice as the supervisor nodded grimly.
'I want you two to go and masquerade as a couple just to be safe,' my eye twitched when I heard this. If Komui wanted to protect his precious sister he might as well asked Lavi or Kanda… then again maybe not Lavi. Unfortunate both were out on a mission together with Bookman.
'Brother, how about Allen and I just hang out like normal friends do,' Lenalee seemed to agree with me, I could clearly see it in her smile. It seemed innocence but I would be an idiot if I didn't see the annoyance that strained her lips.
'But I don't want my beautiful little sister having any guys bothering her,' Komui whined just as I thought he would.
'Just give up Lenalee, he isn't going to change his mind,' I groaned as I glanced up at Timcampy sitting comfortable on my head. Lenalee just grumbled and we both left an hour later.
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The festival was held not far from the channel we used to reach the river underneath Headquarters. Colourful lights were draped threw the trees creating a well-lit area already occupied by many stalls and people.
I skimmed my gaze across the fun-filled crowd and was thankful that my left eye had yet to react to any akuma. But it was still too early to tell if they would show up or not.
'I don't sense any akuma yet,' I confirmed as I glanced at Lenalee who was behind me in a straight black coat that hugged her figure. I just wore my exorcist coat despite Lenalee scolding me for it.
'Maybe it's too early for them,' Lenalee said as she gazed as up at the sky. The sun was setting but there was still enough natural light to see.
'You're right, it might just get busier at night,' I sighed we walked about and checked out the stalls for a bit till the sun was gone and the first stars began to shine in the now black skies.
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And that'll be all for this chapter though I've been thinking that the chapters may or may not become longer in later chapters…? Hmm maybe but oh well,
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