Chapter 9- Reflection
Author's Note: Wrote out the next chapter already so there! XD Also, I know you people (mainly the ones who are threatening me to show Allen) want to see Allen again. Well... I have good news and bad news. Good news is that this chapter is up, and the bad news is... ALLEN ISN'T HERE YET! XD Enjoy!
Lenalee suddenly felt faint as she clutched at her head in pain.
Toma didn't know what to do as he stared at Lenalee.
Lenalee's hands loosened their grip on her head, however, as she slowly fell back to the ground.
"Miss Lenalee!" Toma shouted as he stared down at her in shock.
He checked to see if she was still breathing, and he then watched helplessly as Lenalee started to twitch in her sleep.
Lenalee slowly opened her eyes, but clamped them shut as she felt the icy wind of the blood red lake hit her skin like needles.
She looked down at the water emotionlessly, and she paused as a new body started to float in the water.
Her eyes widened as she saw the body, and she then fell to her knees while staring at the water.
"It's… me…?" She muttered as her body floated in the water.
The Lenalee in the water was different as she had darker skin, and her eyes were open with no color in them.
Lenalee started to feel uneasy as she stared at the Lenalee's eyes.
The eyes suddenly looked over at her, and she flinched greatly as the Lenalee in the lake suddenly grabbed Lenalee's throat and pulled her toward the lake quickly.
The Lenalee in the lake started to laugh as Lenalee was barely touching the lake.
Lenalee clamped her eyes shut to wait for the icy water to consume her entirely.
However, at that moment, Lenalee felt a warm grip wrap around her waist, and she opened her eyes to see the Lenalee in the lake slowly drifting down to the bottom of the lake while laughing up at Lenalee.
The warm grip tightly as Lenalee was lifted back to the ground, and Lenalee stared ahead as someone let out a sigh behind her.
"The Inner Noah is already coming for you? That's unusual…" The person muttered as Lenalee's sight filled with white, and she woke up.
Lenalee opened her eyes weakly, and Toma let out a sigh of relief.
"Good, you're awake!" He said relieved, and Lenalee slowly sat up.
"What happened?" She asked slowly, and Toma perked up before nodding.
"You suddenly fainted, so I was worried." He stated, and Lenalee nodded with a small smile as she looked at her hand that still held some warmth from whoever grabbed her at the lake.
"I'm okay, but is Lavi and Krory back yet?"
"They haven't come back yet. I'm getting worried…"
"They'll be okay. Lavi and Krory should be strong enough to beat a Level 4 if those two each beat a Noah."
Lavi smashed into another tree, and he fell to the ground as Ghost dropped Krory onto the ground nearby.
"Is that all you Exorcists can do?" Ghost asked as Lavi clenched his fist angrily as he slowly stood up, but Krory didn't move as he had been knocked out.
Lavi panted heavily as Ghost grinned happily, and the Akuma quickly swung its fist at Lavi.
"Die, Exorcist!" Ghost shouted, and he hit Lavi square in the head, but Lavi didn't move at all.
Ghost's eye widened as Lavi stared at him with a blank stare, and Lavi smirked slightly as a yellow seal appeared on his body.
"Bye-bye, Akuma." Lavi muttered as he raised his hammer, and Ghost laughed.
"Don't you remember!? I can't be killed!" Ghost shouted as he hit Lavi in the face again, but Lavi stayed in the same place as his hammer glowed red.
Ghost slowly started to pull his fist away from Lavi's face in confusion, but Lavi quickly grabbed Ghost's fist with a smirk.
"I found your weakness. You turn solid when you want to hit me." Lavi stated with a grin, and Ghost's eye widened in surprise.
"Die… Akuma." Lavi muttered weakly as he hit Ghost in the head with his hammer while still holding onto Ghost's fist.
The red seal appeared around the two, and Ghost let out a screech as the pillar of flames engulfed both of them.
Lenalee and Toma perked up as they saw the pillar of flames, and Lenalee quickly started to run over to where the park was with Toma following behind her.
She turned into the park, and she ran over to where Krory lay next to a large burned area.
"Krory! Lavi!?" Lenalee called out, and she perked up when she saw a patch of orange in the burned area.
She quickly ran over to it while Toma helped Krory.
"Lavi!" Lenalee shouted as she quickly knelt down, and she started to dig Lavi out.
Lavi's hand twitched as Lenalee pulled him out of the ground, and he weakly looked up at her.
"Got him… I beat him good…" Lavi muttered with a small grin, and Lenalee nodded with a small smile.
"Hehehe… HAHAHAHAHA!"
Lenalee, Toma, and Lavi all looked around to see Ghost standing with its armor burned.
The Akuma was barely standing though as it looked like it was about to collapse.
"You're good… Too bad you weren't on Master Noah's side… Oh well… Master Noah said he knew you'd win… Master Noah knows everything…" Ghost muttered as its arm started to break apart.
"Who is this Master Noah?" Lavi asked as Lenalee helped him to his feet, and Ghost chuckled as he looked at Lavi.
"Boy… good show again." He said before exploding into nothing.
This is the story of Steven Dayton.
The man who died in a car crash fifteen year ago.
His wife grieved for him greatly.
The Earl came to her, and made her wish come true: Her husband's soul for her life.
After time, Steven grew to a Level 2 Akum in the form of a butterfly and was destroyed by Lavi before reaching Suman Dark five years ago.
His soul was, however, bound to the earth as he still couldn't leave.
A year ago, Steven returned to the world as a Level 4 Akuma, but was destroyed yet again by Lavi.
How he came back, only three people know…
"Lenalee stared into the fire Toma had made when it grew nighttime. Lavi and Krory were asleep as they were bandaged, and Toma was out looking for food. Lenalee stared at her hand to feel the warmth of the fire, but she felt a different warmth fill her body. It wasn't the heat from the fire, it was the touch from the person at the lake. It filled her with determination, and she felt ready to go back to searching for Allen, who she still believed to be alive. What a touching story." A voice said with a chuckle as they looked down at Lenalee from a nearby building's roof.
The person smirked as he snapped the book he was holding closed.
"Too bad this story will only bring sadness to all of you. It's time for the guest of honor to appear, and for the Exorcists to step out of the limelight as the real heroes come out once again." The person said with a snicker, and he suddenly shattered like a mirror as the moon rose overhead.
What a touching story about an Akuma... WHO REALLY CARES!? XO You want Allen, right?! Come on! I know you do! Well, you'll just have to wait! -rolls off hill and smashes into town-
