Fruitloop: YEY! ANOTHER UPDATE! Thank you so much for supporting! I love you all so much! I'm still down on the weather and a little sick, but I'm now okay at least, I need to expose myself from the sun a little more but not too much. I'm enjoying this story so much and I can't sleep without thinking about it. I love you guys so much

To Kissassdani: Ah, yes! that's the question, did the Colonel saw Allen opened the gate or not? *insert sinister laugh here* *then get kicked to the moon*

To DeeRoseWalker: I would love to see a cat Kanda, Al would seriously bring him back or stuffed him on the armor! That would be super awesome and Kawaii desu! We shall never know if the other DGM characters will have a comeback or not but we shall never know. Let the dead stay dead as Ed always say it. Let's just see 8D

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To everyone: Thank you so much for supporting and I love you guys! *make it rain cookies*

Now on with the story! 8D


The Clown and the Alchemists

Chapter 9: Trouble in Briggs; The Clown meets the Ice Queen


The snow stormed was getting stronger and the middle of the storm was no other than Allen Walker who was battling a man with a giant metal like claw and on Allen's right hand was his friend Lavi Bookman who was holding to his dear to his life.

A long fur jacket was formed with a silver masked dangling on his neck, Allen's left arm turned into black sharp dagger like claws with a grey like cross on the hand as he blocked the metal claw of the officer using his arm. The impact made a shockwave that blocked the storm temporarily.

"SIR! PLEASE I'M NOT HERE TO FIGHT!" he shouted and begged to the military officer but he ignored it once again then put more power into his metal claw, sinking him into the deep snow. "SIR PLEASE!"

"Shut up you Drachma scum!" the officer said to him with anger and pushed him down into the snow even further.

"It's no use Allen! He won't listen to you!" Lavi shouted at him. Allen hesitated, he can't fight humans, no he can't but he needed to defend himself. He pushed the military officer away. "CLOWN BELT!" he shouted. His white cape ribbons hit and planted themselves to the ground and pulled him out from the snow. Web like patterns of white cloth ribbons were formed as he raised himself and levitated from the air. "SIR PLEASE! JUST LISTEN TO ME!" he shouted. "STOP ATTACKING I'M NOT HERE TO FIGHT!" The military officer charged forward and slammed his metal claw on the cloth making him fall back a little. "This guy doesn't know when to give up" Lavi said as he held tight on his right hand. They were shaking as the officer kept on punching Crown Clown's iron fabric.

"What should we do now Allen?" Lavi asked him while watching the officer trying his best to knock them down to the air. It's like they were in a tree and an angry dog was barking at them and that angry dog has a nasty attitude on him.

"FIRE!"

They heard a woman's booming voice and when Allen turned around, he saw five approaching gigantic bullets towards him. "Aw sh*t!" Lavi cursed and he covered his eyes held tight on his right arm. Allen shot his right hand forward as the silver mask of Crown Clown covered his face. "CLOWN BELT!" he shouted as multiple white ribbons shot through his hand and slice the bullet in half. It made a big explosion, blinding Allen temporarily. "INCOMING!" Lavi shouted. Allen cursed under his breath. He tried to focus, his vision wasn't clear yet as white like dots covered his sight, another batch of the bullets were coming at him and this time it was near him and he doesn't know where to hit. "CLOWN BELT!" he shouted again and randomly spread the white ribbons on the air. He sliced only a few of it and scraped the others. When he saw the blurry color of the metal that was almost three feet away from him, it was too late to dodge. He sliced the bullet in half but it made an exploding impact that thrown Lavi in the air.

"AHHH!"

"LAVI!" Allen shouted as the strong wind of the storm carried away his friend. He reached out using the Innocence but then another batch of bullets came after him. "Sh*t" he cursed. "I don't have time for this!" Allen swung his metal claw in the air. "CROSS GRAVE!" the sky lit up and cross like daggers hit the bullets and almost at the officer down below. "LAVI WHERE ARE YOU?!" he shouted. He turned to his left and to his right, and looked around for his friend. His skin was getting paler in the cold and he couldn't feel his legs anymore. The storm roared, it was making it too hard to see. He landed on the ground and search from there. "LAVI!" His arms were on his face, covering the snow from hitting his head. "ANSWER ME LAVI!" he breath in and catch his breath, the cold was making him hard to breath "WHERE ARE YOU?!"

Unknown to him was that the officer didn't give up on the fight and he was approaching at him in fast speed. Off of his guard, Allen swung his claws on the metal claw of the officer and deflected his attack but failed miserably as he was kicked on the chest hard. He was thrown in the air and landed on the snowy ground rolling and hit his back by a nearby a dead tree.

"KAH" Allen silently screamed as the impact cracked a rib bone or two and his back was burning as hell. He put his right hand on the cracked rib, letting the Innocence heal him. He breathed in and out, getting the air on and out of his lungs. He looked around of any signs of the officer. 'Where is he?' he thought as he eyed every corner but it was hopeless. 'Focus, must focus' he thought. 'Don't rely on sight only' he then closed his eyes and listened around him.

He focused and listened, training and sparring with Kanda helped him a lot in how to battle on tough situations just like this one. The enemy was using the environment as his advantage and if he won't think of a better plan soon, he might be in jail or worst case scenario; he will die in the snow.

There was a sound of heavy boots on the snow. He waited… 'THERE' He mentally screamed. He then readied himself for the attack. CLANG

He blocked the hammering blow again. He looked to the officer who was irritated and also amused at the same time. "Not bad, scum" he said to him. Allen twitched his hands as his right arm begun to stiff from the cold. The officer swung his metal claw like a sword and Allen deflected every attack that was thrown to him but the impact of the claw was heavy, making his boots dug through the snow and he cursed, he should have bought winter boots with him. Every repelled on his attack made him to step back and it was the very wrong move he made. There was a small rock behind him, buried under the snow and when he slipped to it. The officer took this opportunity and caught his left arm in the process.

"Got you now" the officer said victoriously.

He was lift in the air and when he looked at the officer, he pulled something on the metal arm. "Say goodbye to your hand" he smiled. Allen observed the metal arm and to where the officer was holding. He saw a lever and when the string was pulled, the claw started to spin its teeth like a chainsaw. Sparks were made just like metal was hit by the friction. It took the officer three minutes to realize that Allen's arm was not cutting and or even leaving a scratch on it. "What the hell?!" he heard him cursed.

Allen knew that it was futile for him to chop off Crown Clown but his senses were almost giving up on him. The coldness of the snow doesn't like the body very much and he isn't even in a good condition on the cold. He should have listened to Lavi.

"FIRE STAMP: HELL FIRE AND ASH!"

Allen saw a bright orange flame on far away and when he looked at the storm, it was heading for the military officer. The officer dodged it but it hit the metal claw, accidentally letting go of him. He fell down on his back on the snow and some rocks. "Ya okay Beansprout?" Allen looked up and saw his friend riding the small handle of his toy hammer. 'Speak of the Devil' he mentally said and smiled.

"LAVI! You're alright!" Allen was relieved. Lavi smiled at him "who do you think I am, Allen?" he then put his hand on his hips as his other hand hold on tight on the handle.

The fire that he made created a Fire Wall, but it won't last long. "Come on! Let's get out of here!" Lavi shouted to him "Follow me Allen! I found a cave just over there" he pointed. Allen nodded. He quickly stood up and ran away as far as possible. He deactivated Crown Clown and followed his friend. Gunshots were fired at them. 'Sh*t' Allen cursed. Lavi's firewall was extinguished quickly than he thought.

"Don't let them get away!" A booming female voice commanded. Allen looked behind him as he saw seven men in a snow jacket with guns on their hands and they were shooting at them. "Hurry up Allen!" Lavi shouted to him. Up ahead, Allen could see shadows of the mountain rocks and the cave. "We're almost there!" his friend shouted.

BANG

"GAH!" A bullet was hit on Allen's shoulder. He held it but continued running. If he kept using Crown Clown to heal himself he might lose consciousness soon. He looked on his shoulder as blood was pouring on the bullet hole on his arm. "KEEP RUNNING ALLEN!"

They arrived at the cave and Lavi landed on the ground and shrink his hammer. "Just set the ark gate here! I'll deal with the soldiers" He saw Lavi positioned into his battle stance, around him were the seal stamps of elements circling him. The soldiers were coming loaded with guns and aimed on them

WOOD STAMP: WIND

Lavi slammed his hammer on the wood stamp seal and a strong wind was created, sending a couple of the soldiers into the air.

Allen went to the deepest part of the cave and founded an area that was big enough for the gate. He breathed in and calmed himself down. The pain on the shoulder was slowly replacing with numbness from the cold, it was a good thing because he didn't felt the pain and the bad news was that, it could develop a frost bite and a horrible case of it if he won't take care of it soon. 'Calm down, calm down' he thought as he breath in deeper and exhale. He closed his eyes and hummed the melody. A familiar serge of power flow through his body and where he was standing, circles were formed and a white light flashed throughout the cave. A few minutes the light died down and on the floor was a number -04- Allen sighed in relief and gripped the wound on his shoulder.

"LAVI! THE ARK GATE IS SET!" Allen shouted and it echoed through the cave. Tiny little footsteps were heard and Lavi was catching his breath. "Th-at's great!" he said panting. "The soldiers are coming and they are not happy"

Running footsteps were heard and Lavi looked back then turned to him. "OPEN IT NOW!" Lavi shouted in panic. He opened the ark gate behind him and when Lavi was almost three feet away from him. He could hear guns reloading. In a matter of a minute, they were now surrounded but for some reason, they just pointed at them, not shoot them.

He eyed the soldiers and they seemed to be waiting for someone.

Single heavy footsteps were echoed through the cave and when he looked at where it belonged too. It was a woman with long blond hair that almost covered the half of her face and serious blue eyes that could kill a human in sight and on her hand was a sword. She eyed him and his friend.

"Who are you and what are you doing in Briggs?" she said as she pointed her sword to them. Allen breathed in and looked at her. "We're just travelers, Ma'am" he said as he ready to back away. The Ark Gate was wide open and he won't let anybody knows it existence yet. She looked at Lavi then to his left arm. "What happened to your weapon?" she eyed him and he could feel her peered and stab at his soul.

Allen swallowed in wariness. "W-what do you mean, Ma'am?" she pointed her sword at him as if she will strike him in any second. "Tell me what you did or else I will order my men to shoot you" she said and judging by her looks, she demanded an answer. "I saw you fight Baccaneer with your black claw and the white jacket that could destroy the bullets by will, where is it?" she said. Allen stared but remained a calm posture, she's like a female version of Kanda, maybe much worse than him! Kanda did have a heart when Allen knew about Alma Karma. He realized that Kanda was just acting like a pain in the butt because of the Order. He indeed have a heart but this lady, he could feel that coldness on her eyes colder than ice. She then eyed the ark behind him then back at him.

"Answer me or this cave will soon be your grave"

"It's none of your business miss" Lavi said earning a death glare on the woman. He gripped his hammer tightly on his tiny little hands. "We're just searching for a shelter on the storm till the bear guy showed up and started attacking us!" he complained. "Are you the Commanding Officer of that guy?"

She eyed Lavi and gave him the most deadly glare. "Fire at the rabbit" The men aimed at Lavi, then all hell gone lose. "CROWN CLOWN!" he shouted as a big mantle of cloth covered him and Lavi protecting them from harm.

"SHE'S INSANE!" Lavi shouted as he shivered from fear.

Firing bullets were echoed in the cave, bullets were flying everywhere, and bullet shells hit the stone ground. Under the protective cocoon of the Innocence, Allen looked at the shivering rabbit. "Lavi" he said getting the attention of his friend. "Once they stop firing, we will get away from this place"

"You have to distract them, I need time to close the gate from the other side once we get in the ark"

"Aye, Allen" Lavi said giving him a mock salute.

"Seize fire!" the woman commanded and everyone stopped shooting. Allen peeked in and could see a clear fog outside. "This is your final warning, answer me or we will take you by force" he heard the woman speak with authority on her voice.

Allen looked at Lavi. "This is our chance" his friend nodded.

"FIRE STAMP: HELL FIRE!"

Lavi slammed his hammer in the ground. The flames circled around him and it slowly formed into a snake and opened its mouth showing the fangs. They heard everyone shouted and started to shoot at the snake.

Allen grabbed Lavi quickly and put him on his arm and entered the light of the ark. He slammed the door of the ark, he could still hear the gunshots. He focused on sealing the gate from the other side and a couple of minutes, it was closed. "Phew, that was close" his friend said as he swipe the imaginary sweat off his head.

"Let us agree on never going to Briggs again"

"Agreed" Allen said to his friend with a long sigh of relief. He then held the bullet wound earlier as the blood continued to leave out of his system. "Man, we should really be careful this time" he saw his friend approaching him and pat his arm. "We're lucky to be alive!"

They were now safe, inside the ark. Allen smiled and laughed lightly.

A buzzing sound was heard and in front of Allen and Lavi was a big screen. The big screen began in a blurry grey till it showed a full image of Neah holding a book about Alchemy and on his other side was a bed with the unconscious Lt. Colonel Hughes. "I see that you guys are already back!" Neah said gleefully but then stopped when he saw him.

"WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU ALLEN?!" Neah shouted.

Neah ran towards the screen and stared at the bullet wound on Allen's shoulder. "Who did this to you?!" he asked and demanded an explanation. "I'LL KILL HIM FOR SHOOTING YOU!" Allen sweatdropped and chuckled a little. Neah and his nephew complex… Lavi approached the screen and Neah's attention was turned to him. "Well?" Neah's eyebrow twitched. "I'm waiting"

Lavi scratched the back of his head. "We… ah… you see…" he then looked at Allen. "We kinda ran into a… military territory and we ah…" he then looked at the screen and Neah's angry face was making the little rabbit nervous. "We kinda… accidentally fought one of them and they are now angry at us" he said trying to explain on what happened.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN BOOKMAN JR.?!" Neah shouted at Lavi making him comically thrown to the air and land on the ground with a poof. Neah on the screen was holding the bridge of his nose and his eyebrows were twitching in irritation. "Now the military will list Allen in the wanted list, it's the Order all over again"

Allen walked towards the screen. "It's my fault, uncle… don't blame Lavi on this, we were on a sticky situation and we fought some of the military officers by accident by stepping on their territory"

He saw his uncle sighed heavily and stared at the both of them. "Fine" he crossed his arms. "Now you are on the military's radar, you have to keep your profile down" Neah then stared. "Can you do that?"

Lavi and Allen nodded in understanding.

"Alright then" Neah shrugged. "Come to the upper floors of the Ark, there is some food for you to grab there" Neah then looked at them one last time. "And please! If you will leave the Ark, at least take care of yourselves and don't get to anymore trouble"

"Aye, Neah"

"Yes uncle"

The screen disappeared and Lavi looked at him. "Let's go Allen, let's bandage that wound up" he said to him with concern and he nodded.

After that day, Allen got a small cold and not a serious case of frostbite on his shoulder. Neah and Lavi took care of him and nursed him back to health.


The ark door leaded to Briggs had a note of "Briggs Cave, Do not Enter" Lavi made it as a reminder of what happened on that day. It has been five days after the incident and at least the Central military force of the city didn't know what happened to the North yet. It was good to know at least.

"Achoo!" Allen sneezed. Today, Lavi and Allen were just walking down the street of Central were Lavi sitting on Allen's shoulder like Timcanpy on his journeys. They were still stressed about the accident in Briggs and hopefully that it won't alarm the military on the accident. HOPEFULLY

Allen sighed and pulled a handkerchief on his pocket and wiped his nose. "Say Allen, we should go to the library" Lavi said as he put his tiny little hands on his chin. Allen looked at him with a curious look. "Why Lavi?" he asked.

Lavi looked at him and pointed and waved an arm in the air "We should research more on the places we will set the ark gate to avoid another accident like that" he then crossed his arm. "We were almost got killed by a crazy woman"

"Yeah…" he hover his hand on the bullet wound. It was still there, he won't use Crown Clown for now because of the Innocence seeping his life source and because of the limited food they have, his energy was low, they needed to save some money. Besides, it's better to conserve energy.

"Alright Lavi, let's go to the library" he smiled and walked through the streets of Central towards the Library.

If they will find it.

TBC


Fruitloop: Hope you guys like it! It's a little shorter than the rest but I'll make the next chapter longer, that I can promise! See ya guys soon!

Update on the following question: You might wonder how Lavi used his Innocence because he died right? Well for starters, His hammer is not innocence period. It will be explained in the next chapter 8D yush!