"Hurry up Lavi! We're going to miss the train if you keep playing with Timothy!" Lenalee shouted to the red-haired teen that followed ruffling the newest and youngest Exorcist's hair.
"Okay! Sorry!" Lavi grinned as he exited the Black Order with his female companion.
"What took you so long?" the samurai demanded as soon as the gate closed. He scowled at the Junior Bookman who was running beside him. "Do that again, and I'll make sure you lose your head before you even start the mission to find Moyashi!"
Lavi just brushed it off with a grin and ran off the catch up the female exorcist.
They reached King's Cross in London just before the train left for Germany. The redhead teenager offered to put Lenalee's luggage in the compartment above as she sat down beside the window to watch London's lights vanish from the horizon. The rattling of the cars kept a steady beat as London slowly disappeared from view. Kanda was sitting directly opposite Lenalee, staring hard at the dimming skyline. A soft snore was heard from Lavi, whose face was covered by a book.
Allen-kun, please be safe… Lenalee sent a silent prayer to the night sky as her eyelids drooped and she drifted off to sleep.
"Look what we have here with us tonight." The Millennium Earl cheerfully ate his huge sundae. The surrounding Noah tensed at the presence of Road holding hands with a hooded figure in the dining room of the Noah's Ark
"Good evening, Earl. Long time no see," Noah Allen greeted the Earl as he lowered his hood, revealing chestnut brown hair and stigma scars lining his gray forehead.
Road glanced at the Earl nervously. The Noah Allen patted her head softly with his gloved left hand as if telling her not to worry. She looked into the boy's eyes; they were the color of pure gold, the same as hers.
The boy took a breath and spoke once again. "I'm Kyle Walker, the Noah of Protection, the Fourteenth Noah. It's a pleasure to meet you again, Earl." The Noah of Protection bowed low.
The Earl still ate his sundae, grinning as the Noah present in the room tensed immediately upon the presence of the traitor.
An Akuma maid ushered Kyle to the seat next to the Earl. Road grasped her beloved brother's hand tightly, stealing glances of his face as the Noah of Protection sat down calmly beside the Earl.
"I want to know why a traitor is back," said the Earl gleefully after sticking his spoon in his remaining ice-cream.
"I came back to my family. Is that a sin?" Kyle replied.
The Earl opened his mouth to question him, but was Road interrupted. "Duke, I checked his mind and heart. He's speaking the truth."
The Earl nodded without doubting Road's judgment. He spoke after a moment of silence. "Yes, darling members of my family, you may wonder why I suddenly summoned all of you. The time has come; it's time to destroy the disgusting Black Order once and for all and wipe humanity off this planet. We have to fulfill God's wish; we can't afford to fail like last time, and I will not forgive anyone who fails. Jasdero, Debitto, Lulubell and Cyril will go to the Asian and Australian branches." The four Noah nodded. "Go," the Earl instructed, and the Noah of Bonds, Lust and Desires disappeared along with the door Road conjured for them.
The Earl then pointed to the boy sitting on the fourth chair to his right, who was around the same age as Road, and another man with his hair combed to the back in a slick manner and who wore a tuxedo, as well as a lady who wore the most beautiful evening gown Kyle had ever seen. "Zack, Andy and Elizabeth, the three of you will go to the Russian and Greek branches."
The man, the Noah of Pride, placed his fist over his heart in a formal salute. "Yes, my Lord." The trio then nodded to Kyle and Road before leaving the room.
"The rest of you will return to your rooms until I have a mission for you." The Millennium Earl then dismissed the remaining four Noah and turned to look at the Noah Allen. "So, what am I to do with you?" the Earl wondered aloud as soon as the Noah had left the table.
"Duke, there's something I want to show you." Road slipped out of her chair and pounced on the Earl, giggling upon his reaction.
"What is it my darling Road?"
"It's about Allen Walker. Kyle Walker now has his Innocence, but apparently, it's inverted." The little girl then nodded to the Noah of Protection, silently directing him to activate his so-called Innocence that resided in his left arm.
Once activated, Kyle Walker was cloaked in a fluffy black cape that flowed to his ankles. His mutated left arm changed into a deadly claw that was once the darkness of twilight but now snow white; his claws were black instead of white.
The Millennium Earl dropped his cheerful facade. Pushing up his circular glasses, he stood and took a closer look at Kyle's Innocence. After tapping it with his gloved hand, he took Kyle arm and turned it left and right. The Earl then summoned a Level 4 Akuma into the room. "Fight this Akuma, now," he commanded as he pointed at the devil with an angel-like halo.
Kyle nodded. He transformed his arm into the gigantic broadsword and slashed into the Akuma. Die… Kyle pulled out his sword to see the damage he'd caused the Akuma. The Level 4 was still uninjured. Puzzled, the Noah of Protection tried swinging his sword again, but still nothing happened.
The Earl erupted into hearty laughter. Kyle Walker was just as shocked as Road Camelot upon the Millennium Earl's reaction.
Road glanced nervously at the Earl. "What is it, Duke?"
"I get it now, my dear. Allen Walker's Innocence is inverted in both power and appearance. His Crowned Clown was an anti-Akuma sword that killed the Noah within us, but now it's just the opposite. It can no longer harm Noah or Akuma." The first disciple nodded at his theory.
"I see… And Duke, I also found out that Allen Walker's Innocence is half of the Heart. The other half, I suspect, is with Lenalee Lee. We need to get the two halves together and destroy the Innocence once and for all," The Ninth disciple responded.
The Earl was deep in thought. Kyle silently stood next to his favorite younger sibling and placed his gloved hand on her delicate shoulders. "Road, could you be a dear and find out more on Kyle's newly found powers?" The Earl smiled.
"Okay. Please excuse us, then." Road held Kyle's hand and skipped out of the room with much grace. Road then brought Kyle into a hall, where the Noah of Bonds followed, under the Earl's orders to supervise the Fourteenth Noah behavior and skill.
"Hey Kyle, you still remember the powers you have?" Road asked as soon as they were in the center of the hall.
"Of course." Kyle smirked. "Do you want me to let that kid out to feel it?"
"Aren't you afraid of letting him loose? You're not used to this body yet, his left hand and all," the little girl reminded her brother.
He silently agreed about her statement. The corners of his lips twitched upward.
Kyle hesitated when Road searched his mind for the new Noah powers. Once her eyes were back in focus, she started telling Kyle all the powers the Fourteenth Noah, the Musician, the Noah of Protection had.
"Well, to start off, the Fourteenth Noah's powers are simple. You can control things and have great stamina. As the Musician, the music you play can control people's minds as well as their bodies. As long as there is sound, you are able to change it into music. Now, your left hand's Innocence is the opposite of Allen's Crowned Clown. It kills, by the way, and it's not like the original critical point breaker. Appearance is as you saw before, colors flipped from black to white and silver to gold. Basically, being the Noah of Protection, if you have a person you want to protect, you'll be at your full potential." Finished, she smiled at him.
Kyle smirked at Road. "So, I'm supposed to test out my new powers with you or someone else?" He took his beloved sister's hands into his.
Road smiled back at him and nodded but added, "As well as Noah of Greed, Will, and the Noah of Envy, Ren." As if on cue, the two Noah entered the room. Road introduced Will, a six-foot-and-a-half teenaged boy with short curly brown hair, wearing a white collared shirt and black Bermudas, who smiled at Kyle, and Ren, a man in his early twenties with jet-black hair and around the same height as Will. Both males had the same eye color of gold. Kyle shook hands with both of his newly met siblings.
"Kyle, both Will and Ren have their own unique power as well. Have fun finding them out." Road kissed the Noah Allen, stopping his protest and lingering there a few moments after Ren gave a little embarrassed cough that made Kyle break the kiss and push her away. Road giggled, and with a little hint of pink on her cheeks, she announced, "Let the fun begin!"
Yup i'm back!!! haha! I'm soo sorry update so late. School's been evil and it's my senior year in sch. so u guessed it, homework, tests and pop quizes everyday.
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