Thread of Fate
A/N: Thanks to everyone who took the time to read this. Again sorry for the long delay. I have at least some good news. But first... Read the new chapter!
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Disclaimer: I do not own DGM. Caelum is an OC I created for this story.
Chapter 9:Iron-Fan Maid (Part 1)
Krory and Allen managed to defeat the Akuma and attempted to confront the Lenalee imposter. She however managed to escape as Allen and Krory went to chase after her. However once they got out of the cave, the lost sight of her.
" Hey Krory... Do you know where we are?" Allen asked.
Krory had no idea. Allen just let out a sigh. " Looks like in the end, they managed to separate us. I can't help but think that we fell for their trap." He said. Krory was now starting to feel bad.
Little did they know, a couple of figures were up on a cliff above them, looking over Allen and Krory.
" I can't believe it. Those Akuma couldn't kill them after all." the Akuma Mimi said.
She was in the company of the Noah Lulubelle. " Killing them my require more than one attempt. But we were able to split them up. And that alone should make our task easier." She said.
Mimi just looked over at Lulubelle. " That's true. And of course you have a plan, right Madam Lulubelle?" She said.
Lulubelle just smirked, playing with the bell on her hair tie. " Of course." She said as the sun started to set.
Lavi and Lenalee decided to continue on, however Lenalee wasn't feeling to well. Lavi said that they should find Bookman up a few towns ahead and then from there they could find Allen and Krory.
They ended up taking a carriage due to Lenalee's health. Those two last Akuma must have done something to her to make her feel this sick.
Lenalee stirred as she woke up again., the first person she saw was Lavi, who seemed like she was glad that she woke up. Lenalee just sat up. " So where are we?" She asked.
" We're on our way to meet Bookman. I figured we should go by carriage." He answered. Lenalee just looked outside for a moment. " The game plan is to get you healed one hundred percent, then we can go and find Allen and Krory." He added.
Lenalee started to feel bad once again, being ill like this. " I'm sorry Lavi... I just hope Allen and Krory are okay." She said.
Lavi just smirked. " I'm sure they're fine, especially if they're together. In fact I'm sure I can hear them whining right now. I bet they're complaining about hunger." He joked, which seemed to cheer Lenalee up a bit as she agreed with him. " Anyway, the only thing we can do now is make sure you get better." He said.
However Lenalee was just getting worse. They stopped at a small medical clinic in a small town. Lavi was on the phone with Bookman, telling him how bad Lenalee's fever gotten since she was kidnapped.
Bookman told them to get out of the area, telling them that they've obviously are being targeted. Lavi was concerned about traveling since she was so sick, but in the end he knew Bookman was right.
An eight year old Caelum seemed to be out in the snow, watching the winter sunset. He just stood there, staring into the sky as the snow flakes fell. He always seemed to enjoy this weather, not having a care in the world.
He could hear foot steps crushing the snow behind him. He knew that it was his mother. " You'll catch a cold if you continue to stand there. Come on now, it'll be dark soon." She said. Caelum just turned a bit to look at her as his mother smiled and reached out her hand " Lets go."
Caelum nodded as he reached for her hand. " Alright Mom." He said as everything went white.
Caelum snapped awake as he regained consciousness. He let out a groan as he remembered how he got down this cliff. " Stupid horse..." He muttered.
He sat up as his head throbbed with pain a bit. He rested a hand on his head, only to feel something wet. He pulled away his hand, seeing blood. He figured he must have hit his head on the way down. " Well isn't this great..." He muttered, obviously annoyed.
He closed his eyes as his rested his hand over the gash on his head. His hand glowed green and he held it there. After a moment, the green glow stopped and the wound he sustained was gone.
He let out a sigh before standing on his feet. " Now what the hell am I going to do?" He said. The horse took off with his belongings as well as his bladed tonfas. " Uncle is going to kill me if he finds out I lost them again..." He muttered.
As of this moment, all he had was his guns. ' Might as well keep moving. Maybe I'll find that damn horse...' He thought. He went to continue on, but a scream made him stop. And it didn't sound that far from here. " Great..."
Lavi helped Lenalee up onto a ledge as they went their way through a gorge. He figured that they couldn't be seen by the Akuma as Lenalee rested a bit.
" You alright Lenalee" Lavi asked.
Lenalee weakly nodded. " I'll be fine after some rest." She said.
Lavi nodded. " Just take it easy alright?" He told her. Lenalee was about to respond until there was a girl's scream echoing through the air. Lavi just looked at Lenalee. " I'll go check it out. You stay here alright?"Lavi said to her. Lenalee just nodded.
Lavi went to investigate the source of the cream. He managed to see a young girl wearing a maid's outfit attempting to defend herself against a Akuma. He acted quickly so the girl wouldn't end up getting killed by the Akuma, pulling out his hammer in its small form.
" Big hammer! Little Hammer! Grow! Grow! GROW!" He yelled as he activated his innocence. He then swung at the Akuma, hitting and destroying it in one hit. He landed on the ground as his hammer went back into it's smaller form and put it away. He looked over at the girl. " Hey you alright?" He asked.
The girl sat up after faceplanted on the ground. " Ow that hurts!" She whines as she rubbed her nose. She then let out a gasp. " Oh and my chest is flat too!" She panicked. " Wait! It's always been like that... My mistake!" She realized.
Lavi let out a sigh. " Well it looks like you're fine." He muttered, which got the girl's attention.
She immediately got to her feet. " Oh sir! Thank you so much! Thank you for saving my life!" She said in an over-reactive tone. she went to run towards him, only to stop as she looked above him. " Oh no! There's another one!" She panicked.
Lavi had a surprised face as he turned around to see what she was talking about. Sure enough, there was another level one Akuma above them. " Damn.. Get behind me!" Lavi told the girl as he went to grab for his hammer and activated his innocence.
The Akuma started to aim it's cannon's at them and prepare to fire. Lavi got ready to defend himself and the girl him. However he noticed someone leaping from a ledge and towards the Akuma. Gunshots were heard as the Akuma staggered and exploded, causing Lavi and the girl to shield their eyes from the dust blowing due to the explosion.
The stranger landed on the ground as the dust settled. Lavi managed to get his vision back and looked at the stranger that apparently saved them, immediately realizing who it was. " Well well... If it isn't Caelum."
Caelum let out a sigh. " Don't start Lavi. I'm not in a good mood." He said.
Lavi chuckled as he deactivated his innocence and put it away. " When are you ever in a good mood?" He joked, which earned him a glare from Cross' nephew. Lavi just put up his hands in surrender. " I'm kidding Caelum!"
Caelum didn't answer as he put away his guns. The girl looked over at Caelum, a surprised look on her face. " Oh wow!" She let out before running over towards Caelum. " Wow that was great! Thanks for saving me! Of I'm so lucky to be saved by not one Knight in shining armor, but two! Thank you! Thank you!"
Caelum just crossed his arms, still giving off an annoyed look. " So annoying..." He muttered under his breath.
Lavi just walked up behind the Girl. " Don't mind him. Name's Lavi by the way. Mr. grumpy over there is known as Caelum." Lavi said, which again Caelum gave him a glare.
The girl turned around and face Lavi. " Oh how rude of me to not give you my name! Call me Mimi!" She said with enthusiasm.
Caelum sighed once again. " She can certainly turn it down a few notches..." He muttered.
Lavi just chuckled a bit. He then remembered Lenalee. " Oh yeah. Lenalee is still waiting on me to get back."
Caelum raised an eyebrow. " You mean that girl who was traveling with you, Allen and that Dracula wannabe?" He asked.
"Krory..." Lavi corrected. " And yes. However we got split up after an Akuma attack back in the last town we were at. So now we don't know where Allen or Krory are. However Lenalee's been feeling unwell since then. So we're meeting up with Bookman to see if he could treat the poison Lenalee has." He explained.
Caelum looked at Lavi for a moment before he shrugged. " In that case, I might as well help you guys out."
Lavi was rather surprised with Caelum's comment. " Wow, that's a surprise. Whatever happened with traveling alone?" He couldn't help but tease.
" Shut it Lavi..." Caelum said.
Lavi, Caelum and Mimi managed to find Lenalee back where Lavi left her. Lenalee was surprised to see Caelum. " Caelum? What are you doing here?" She asked curiously.
Caelum shrugged. " I was simply passing through here until my horse decided that it was a good idea to toss me off a cliff." He answered.
Lenalee let out a gasp. " Oh my! Are you alright?" She asked out of concern.
" I'm fine. I managed to split my head open a bit, but luckily I know a thing or two about healing magic." Caelum answered He then noticed what Lavi was talking about Lenalee not feeling well. She looked like she was about to collapse at any moment. " However you on the other hand, look like hell." He commented.
" Oh I'm fine. I'm just..." Lenalee started. However the illness took a hold of her as her knees buckled and started to collapse.
Lavi panic a bit. "Lenalee!"
Luckily Caelum was close enough to catch her before she fell. She looked up seeing him. " C-Caelum?"
Caelum just felt her forehead, feeling that she was starting to burn up. " You're far from fine. The poison is starting to take its toll. At this rate, you'll won't make it till we reach Bookman." He said.
Lavi just looked at him, still a bit panicked. " Can't you do something then? You said that you know some healing magic..."
Caelum cut him off. " Not enough to cure someone from poison..." He said, making Lavi shut his mouth. After a moment Caelum sighed and looked at Lenalee. " But I know enough magic to slow the poison down. For the mean time at least." He said. He then rested his hand back on Lenalee's forehead as his hand glowed a light green.
Lenalee felt his magic flow within her, and feeling the poison slowing down. Some of her strength was coming back, but she still wasn't one hundred percent. Caelum removed his hand before helping Lenalee back up to her feet. " Thank you..." She managed to say.
" You'll still have to take it easy. There's a good chance you'll have a relapse." Caelum advised. He let her go and looked at the others. " Anyway we should get going before anything else happens." He said.
" You're right." Lavi agreed.
"Wait!" Mimi pipped up. Caelum, Lenalee, and Lavi look over at here. She just clapped her hands together. " Let me come with you!" She said.
The three of them stared at her. " Wait... You want to come with us?" Lavi asked.
" Yeah! I heard it's more fun to travel with companions! Besides we're traveling in the same direction. Come on! What do you say?" Mimi replied.
" No way. You'll be in danger if you're with us." Lavi said.
Mimi played off a pouting look at Lavi's answered." Awe please! I'm scared and fragile! I have to run an errand and I don't want to go by myself now! Please! I need some knight in shining armor to protect me!" She exclaimed.
'She obviously won't take no for an answer...' Lavi thought. He looked over at Caelum and sweatdropped. " Uh... Caelum. A little help here?" He asked.
Caelum just crossed his arms. " Don't look at me for help. I don't have the patience to deal with her..." He answered.
' I should have known...' Lavi thought as he let out a sigh before looking at Mimi. " Fine... But once we leave this gorge, we part ways." Lavi said.
Mimi let out a squeal of excitment. " Oh thank you! Thank you! As a maid, I'll do anything!" He said happily as she went to glomp Lavi.
"Hey! Easy!" Lavi told her.
Mimi let out a slight giggle. ' So easy. I managed to fool them by only sacrificing a couple of Akuma. Other than that Caelum Cross guy, everything is going as exactly as planned Lulubelle.' She thought to herself.
All four of them continued on their way through the gorge. It's been at least a couple of hours since Lenalee and Lavi ran into Caelum and Mimi. Lavi was still supporting Lenalee, making sure she wouldn't collapse. Mimi was following behind them, acting like her cheery self.
Caelum however, followed a few paces behind everyone. He may have decided to travel with them for the time being, however it didn't mean he would be social with them. Especially now with that annoying Mimi girl tagging along. He was already regretting his decision to travel with them.
Mimi glanced over at Caelum and let out a cheerful smirk. She went over towards him, opening one of her fans. " Need help cooling off? I can use me fan to give you a nice cool breeze!" She said.
" You can help by getting away from me..." Caelum said out of annoyance. Oh yes, he was in a bad mood since he was thrown off his horse.
Mimi sweatdropped. " I'm sorry! I'll just move along then!" She said nervously as he went ahead. ' Jeeze... What a crabby man! He's the total opposite of Cross!' She thought.
So she ran up to Lavi and Lenalee. " Hey you need help carrying your bag or anything?" She asked Lavi.
" Thanks, but I think we can manage just fine." He said.
" Oh you're silly! Here I'll fan for you, okay?" She said, waving her fan at him.
" Lenalee can use it more than me actually." Lavi pointed out.
" Okay then!" She said as she over towards Lenalee and waved her fan at her.
" Thank you..." Lenalee weakly said.
Mimi gave a nod before speaking. " I don't mean to pry, but you don't look so well. We probably should stop and take a break?"
Lenalee shook her head no. " No, I'll be alright." She said, being her stubborn self. However that didn't last long as she felt her legs give out.
Luckily Lavi was able to hold her up. " Okay, lets take a minute here..." He said.
" I... I'm alright. Really..." Lenalee said. She didn't want to feel like a burden.
Caelum let out a sigh. " Lenalee... You need to rest for a bit. I warned you about going through a relapse." He said.
Lenalee looked over at Caelum. She had to admit, if it wasn't for him, she would be dead by now. It was true that she didn't want to be a burden. But she knew that she would get worse if she didn't follow everyone's advice and rest for a bit. " Okay... I'm sorry... You're right." She said to Caelum.
Caelum paused as he looked back at Lenalee. " There's no need to apologize..." He said.
Caelum went on to scout ahead, leaving Lavi to take care of Lenalee. He went over towards the river to soak a wash cloth for Lenalee. Mimi however, started her plan to attempt to steal Lavi's innocence as she tip-toed up to Lavi. As soon as she got close enough, she leaned in to try to grab it.
However that plan was thwarted when Lavi suddenly grabbed her hand. " What are you doing?!" Lavi exclaimed.
Mimi sweatdropped and paniced for a moment, but she quickly came up with an alibi." I just..." She started. She then pretended to cry. " I just wanted to get my hankerchief wet! I'm sorry! I shouldn't have done that!" She whined.
Lavi let out a frustrated sigh and let go of her wrist. " Not as sorry as I am..." He muttered under his breath.
' This isn't going to be as easy as I hoped...' Mimi thought. Luckily she thought of another plan.
Lavi then just went over to Lenalee, draping the wet cloth on her forehead. Next thing he knew, he heard Mimi letting out a yell, then a splash. He looked over, seeing Mimi in the river panicking.
" Awwwwwww I slipped and now I'm all wet!" She whined.
Lavi let out another sigh and approached the river. " Jeeze... You got to be careful." He said as he went to help her out as he reached his hand to her.
Mimi grabbed his hand and started to get out. But at the last moment, she yanked and pulled him in, making it looked like she slipped again. As they were both submurged under water, Mimi made a second attempt to grab his hammer.
She then popped up from the water's surface, happy that she completed her objective. ' Finally! Lulubelle! I did it!' She thought.
Lavi then popped up from the water, catching his breath. " Awe man! I'm totally soaked!" He complained.
Mim then noticed Lavi's hammer, still in his side pocket. She looked up, only to see that she caught a fish. She had a look of disappointment on her face. ' Noooooo!' She thought again.
Caelum then finally came back from his little scout mission, only to see Lavi and Mimi in the river. He let out a sigh. " I don't even want to know..." He muttered.
A/N: Well... sorry for the cliffie. But as I was typing this out, I noticed that it was starting to get too long. So I decided to break this segment up into multiple chapters.. And the good news is that I'm almost done with this segment so there'll be another chapter out really soon. And this I actually promise.
Anyway if anyone here is a fan of X-men: Evolution, I have started to write a fanfic called Chaos. I have a couple of chapters up already so check it out if you're interested.
Anyway The new chapter will be posted real soon so keep an eye out.
Till next time \m/