Chapter 9
Allen ran home. He opened the door and ran to Mana's room.
Mana coughed and his eyes widened when he saw Allen. "My son, you returned."
"Yes Mana, I'm home. Don't worry. I'm here with you."
Mana coughed up blood, just like Allen saw in the girl's illusion. "I might not be here for much longer though."
"Don't say that, everything will be fine." Allen said as tears fell down his face. He held Mana's cold hand.
"Allen, be happy. Make your life worth living. You are strong, don't let others control you."
Allen nodded.
"The house and land belong to you, use it well. I love you."
"I love you too Mana, please don't go."
Mana closed his eyes and drew his final breathe.
"No! Please don't go! Not yet!" Allen cried over Mana. "I'm sorry, I should've been here. I should've run away sooner." Allen draped a blanket over Mana. For a second, Allen smelled smoke. Allen stood up and touched the door knob, it was hot. Allen picked up a blanket and used it to open the door. The house was in flames, all of his exits were blocked. Allen closed the door. There was a small window above Mana's bed, but it was too small, he was trapped.
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Kanda was tracking Allen when he ran into Road and the akuma.
"What are you doing free?" Road asked with a smirk.
"Shut up!"
"I don't think I will."
"Where did he go?"
"How, where he belongs."
Kanda ran past Road.
"Do we go after the exorcist?" The akuma asked again.
"No. Let him see what is left of his 'last hope'." She laughed and smirked.
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Kanda ran through the woods and he could see something was wrong. A house on the outskirts of town was ablaze. What was worse was that he could smell Allen's scent from inside. He covered himself with his exorcist coat and ran at the house and smashed through the window. He rolled across the floor and stayed down. "Allen!" He could hear coughing from a room. "Allen?"
"B-Baku?" Allen coughed. The smoke was suffocating him and he felt himself dying.
"Yes. Are you away from the door?" Kanda asked, getting to a door that Allen was behind.
"Y-yeah."
Kanda kicked the door down. He ran in and picked Allen up, and wrapped him in the coat. Kanda carried him out the way he came in and jumped out the window.
Allen coughed; his lungs filled with smoke and looked up at his burning house. Allen looked up at the Baku before passing out in his arms.