Chapter 9 - Everything and Nothing
Angelic: Welcome to the next instalment of We Are The Noah!
Howard Link: Welcome.
Angelic: LINK!? I THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD?!
Howard Link: I am. Just not in this section of the fan fiction. By the way, I couldn't help noticing something else, who is this "Darren" character that died as well in chapter 1?
Angelic: An OC of mine. (If you don't know what OC means it means Other Character that the author creates and adds into the story) I don't really like OC's that much cause most of them end up superbly OP, but I have no problem putting OC's on the sidelines such as Darren, Rose, and Lyon. Those are the characters I own. Just putting that out there for anyone who be like "WHAT!? WHO DIS ROSE CHARACTER BE!?" o
(about Rose and Lyon, yes, we haven't seen the end of them yet. PATIENCE)
Howard Link: Suddenly everything is clearer... Readers please remember that Angelic does not own D Gray Man or any of the characters included, enjoy the chapter.
Angelic: ^o^
PREVIOUSLY ON WE ARE THE NOAH...
"Its been a while, Adam." Allen spoke in a voice unlike his own.
The Earl clutched onto the arms of his chair.
" I should have known this was your doing, Neah."
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"It's funny." Neah said aloud bluntly through Allen's open mouth. "You would think that after all this time of something suspicious going on, my nephew would have picked up on it. Oh well, he was never the brightest anyway."
The Earl remained in silence as though thinking deeply about something, Although slightly weary that Neah would suddenly jump out and attack him.
"Adam."
When Neah still didn't receive a response he huffed and sat back down on the comfy armchair, not going to deny himself a good sit-down. He could feel a slight nagging in the back of his mind and he knew Allen would soon regain control of his body.
"I just wanted to test this out, I've been working on it for a while. It hasn't been easy trying to take over a mind but Allen is pretty gullible when it comes to me." He taunted both at the Earl and the boy who was growing steadily more angry in his head.
"So?" The Earl spoke at last. "What is your purpose here.~?"
At this Neah sounded more serious. "I know there's a war coming, and I feel that people will be lost on both sides, whether you like it or not exorcists are still exorcists and are probably growing stronger as we speak. I'm just worried for Allen."
"And because he's your vessel...~" The Earl murmured quietly, unfortunately Neah managed to catch the snippet. "Its not actually! He countered hotly "Unlike some I actually care for my family!"
The Earl shrugged it off, maybe he was wrong in that aspect. "If you care for Allen so much then why are you taking over his body like this?~"
Allen's mouth opened but Neah didn't say anything because before he could he felt a pang in his forehead.
"GIVE ME BACK MY BODY!"
"Damn. He's stronger willed than I expected. Don't think this is the last time you'll hear me Adam. It's only a matter of time..."
The whittettes eyes drooped and he slumped once again, this time backwards onto the back of the chair. In a couple of seconds the boy was awake again.
"What the-?!" Allen yelped as he pulled himself of the chair into a standing position. He raged silently in his head.
"Damn you Neah!"
"What's wrong my cute nephew?"
"Don't you 'what' me! Don't take over my body again!"
"Yeah Yeah, Whatever you say..."
Allen didn't like the tone Neah was using. It sounded rebellious.
"I think this concludes our conversation, Allen-kun~" Said the Earl as he rose from his own armchair. "I shall let the exorcists out of their cell as long as they promise not to attack anyone~I'm sure you'll bump into them sometime!" And with that the Earl left Allen alone in confusion with a surprisingly happy spring in his step.
"Up you get, exorcists!" Shouted Jasdero as the two Noah called Jasdevi pulled their guns off the safety latch and rested the barrel upon their twins temple in what could turn into quite a situation.
"Come On!" yelled Devit as the two stared down on the exorcists who were sitting against the wall.
Lavi let out a sigh and raised his head to the two Noah. "What is it?"
"What is it? I'll tell you what it is!" Yelled Jasdero "The Earl's letting you out!" Devit continued from his twins speech. "Why he's letting you out we don't know, but that's your cue to get outta the cell!"
Lavi was wide eyed with surprise. "You're letting us out?"
"Do we need to repeat ourselves?!" Cried the twins in unison as they instead drifted their guns towards Lavi's forehead. Lavi raised his hands in surrender. "Hey! We don't want a fight." The Noah twins clearly thought otherwise. "I was just surprised is all." continued Lavi from his previous outburst.
"Yeah well...We'll let you off this time!" Shouted the twins, "Oh and you can have these back." The twins returned Mugen and Lavi's hammer which had been taken from them previously. "Why would you give us back our weapons?" Lavi asked and the twins looked slightly insulted. "Do you really think you're so great that you can defeat a building full of Noah? Of course not! That's why we're giving them back."
And with that, the two beckoned for them to leave the cell.
"I don't want them here!" Allen told Road angrily as he stomped down the candlelit corridor with his shoulders hunched defensively, Road following. "Calm down Allen, there's completely no reason to be angry. They're just people you used to know."
Allen stopped as the two rounded the corner and seemed to be averting his own eyes from Roads golden ones. "That's exactly why I don't need them here, because they used to know me! They used to know the old me! The WEAK me! The-"
"Allen!" Road interrupted and laid a hand on Allen's shaking shoulder in a soothing way. "You are not weak." The whitette turned to her, eyes disbelieving.
"Doubting yourself is what will make you weak. You've been training for a long time now, and only a fool would dare to say that all of that effort has made you weaker. You know you won't be able to avoid them forever. " Allen looked somewhat grateful as he embraced her.
"I'm sorry Road, you're always there for me when you deserve so much more..." Road gripped Allen's shirt and nestled into his shoulder. "You're more than enough for me, Allen-kun. You just don't know it." The two pulled away, hands still entwined and they smiled, starting to walk again. Before they had even got halfway down the corridor however Roads steps hesitated and the two came to another stop.
"Road? What is it?" Allen questioned the girl who looked over her shoulder and back down the corridor, her eyes searching. "Thought I heard something...It must've been my imagination." She concluded and once again attempted to pull Allen down the corridor.
A door opened and a redhead checked the coast before sighing in relief and ushering his companion out of the room. "I thought we were going to get caught for sure! Why did you have to almost murder me just cause I called you by first name?" Lavi wheezed, clutching his ribs where he had been elbowed previously by the angry swordsman for gasping when the two overheard Allen talk about what was worrying him.
"Hn." Was the swordsmans simple reply but inside his head was a whirred multitude of anger and jealousy and sadness at what he had just witnessed through the door.
"Do you hear that?" Lavi asked, suddenly hushed and alert. Kanda pushed those annoying emotions out of his mind for the time being and focused. Now that he was listening intently, it did sound like someone was running down the corridor. The footsteps grew behind them and the two exorcists turned to see Rose running aimlessly towards them, not really looking where she was going.
"Rose!" Lavi called. The redhead stopped a couple of metres from them and looked up with fearful eyes. She took a hesitant step back and Lavi held up his hands in surrender for the second time that night. "It's okay! We're not going to hurt you!"
The woman, still stricken with worry, ceased her walking and kept her eyes trained on them. "What is it?" She asked quietly. Lavi sighed in relief that she wasn't going to run away. Kanda was more curious about Rose but he didn't show it. "Does Lyon know about you?" Rose seemed to look pained. "He... He doesn't know." Lavi looked horrified. "He doesn't know that you're an akuma?! How is he not dead by now?" The redhead lowered her gaze to the carpet. "I couldn't bear it if he died. Rose would spite me from the afterlife because she loved him."
Lavi was confused for a second before he remembered the grave. "Wait. You're Roses' mother aren't you?" The akuma nodded in sad confirmation. "She had always talked on and on to me about how happy they were together... So I couldn't use her body to kill her own husband..." the woman started to cry silently.
Both exorcists seemed astonished, they had never before seen an akuma with so much compassion and freewill. It almost scared them to think that the akuma were evolving to the depth of having emotion. Lavi seemed concerned for Rose.
"Aren't you in pain? Fighting off your akuma instincts?"
"Yes, This body is painful, restricting myself because of my own feelings hurts my being. Trying to fight is so hard!" 'Rose' cried out sadly, black inky tears streamed down her cheeks.
Kanda looked grim for a second before he spoke. "Why not let it finish here then?" When the exorcist and akuma looked at him with confusion he unsheathed his sword in hope that they would understand what he was trying to say. There was silence amongst the three as they stood in the corridor. Lavi looked slightly upset. "But wouldn't that hurt Lyon? He'd be alone without Rose."
"But this isn't Rose, Baka Usagi! Use your head! It would be far worse if it stayed how it was, and Lyon died without knowing his life had been a lie. 'Rose' would continue living, killing more and creating more akuma. We may have renounced from the order, but that does not mean I'm gonna take s*** like this sitting down!" Lavi seemed amazed at the exorcists exclamation. But the red-headed exorcist understood his reasoning, as did 'Rose.'
"Its okay, exorcists. I'll be able to see my daughter again. That is what I wanted." The female akuma had calmed down considerably.
Kanda held his sword steady and breathed. "We'll break it to Lyon." Rose looked slightly more cheerful, "Please tell him I said thank you for everything... Also that I know that somewhere up there his wife is looking down on him with a smile." The tears that had been falling halted and she smiled genuinely at them, looking beautiful despite the deep stains of black on her face and down her throat.
Lavi turned away, biting his lip to stop himself from getting emotional.
The swordsman brought Mugen down on the akuma in a single clean slice and the two watched as 'Rose' started faded simply with a peaceful expression, her hair and marred face turning crystal-like and glassy before she dissapeared completely from this world. Lavi's eyes were watery as the akuma that had cared for them vanished before him.
Lenalee awoke in the hospital bed, the room dimly lit. She shuffled under the blankets, wincing as she brushed her bandaged and halved arm against the bedpost causing it to sting slightly in pain. Hoisting herself up into a sitting position she slouched back against the bed, her dark hair falling in tresses over her shoulders and onto her duvet. She gazed down at her one remaining hand and gritted her teeth.
Once she had recovered, those traitors were going to pay.
Reever: OH MY GOD THERE WAS NO DRAMATIC CLIFFHANGER.
Angelic: Wow... you summarized that like a boss. Now read the feedback!
Reever: Yeah, yeah. First one's from Orangetabby101
I am so sorry to say this buy LENALEE PULL THAT F****** STICK OUTTA YOUR ASS AND GET A GRIP how dare you hurt Lavi. You deserved that arm cutting you as swipe! And screw you too author of this story why u mess with my emotions so much WAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH lol but this is really awesome story too! Please continue! XD
Reever: Wow she said screw you... *whips out microphone* how do you feel?
Angelic: *spotlight comes one* I FEEL MORTALLY WOUNDED.
Reever: Drama queen. u_u
Angelic: Actually I feel fine! ^u^ It's understandable, I'm pretty sure I've done it. Nah but really Orangetabby101, thank you for your review! It means a lot. I grant you the power of fabulous! *sends sparkles*
Reever: Next One! Its from OneDayPineapple... what a beautiful name ;u;
Haha# XD im sorry, but I was laughing my ass off picturing that last scene. Like, imagine the person you're talking to just randomly slides onto the floor, then sits there for a while, then gets up sluggishly and starts laughing XD I have no idea why but I can't stop laughing at that! *clears throat* okay.. calm.. I'm done now. :3 Anyways, myeeehh.. that is the sound of despair when you end it on another cliffy 3 oh, well.. Update soon!
Angelic: Well. I admire your creativity. 'u' I never thought of it that way.
Reever: I thought it was pretty funny too. But OneDayPineapple is right, you are really stingy with all these fillers.
Angelic: *huff* I should cut your pay you complainer. u_u
Reever: ...You don't pay me anyway. You don't pay anyone.
Angelic: Oh yeah. I keep forgetting that. Put it on a memo and maybe ill pay you next time. And OneDayPineapple also gets some internet fabulous! *sends sparkles*
Reever: *Scribbles it down* (He wants his money.)
Angelic: I WANNA READ THE NEXT ONE! Aren't you honoured Firediva0?
I won't say I want Lenalee to die. She's so evil I want her to feel PAIN. I want her to feel DESPAIR for her actions. I found myself smiling when I read that Kanda sliced her arm and I found myself frowning when Komui found her. Neah what are you planning I wonder. Are you going to show us the bad ass side of the fourteenth? If so I can't wait! Yay Lavi didn't die! Also when it comes to Road and Allen together many people mess up so I'm happy that you executed it so well and I look forward to more!
Angelic: Phew! I love it when people leave long reviews! And i love it when people wonder what's going to happen next. That's why I love cliffhangers. Dont Worry, Lenalee is going to be put through the mill a bit in later chapters. But I wont spoil nothing! u *Sends fabulous internet sparkles*
Reever: I'm exhausted.
Angelic: You weren't even in the chapter.
Reever: I was there in spirit.
Angelic: T_T ...
