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Chapter Nine: Unexpected awakening…
"Master?!" the boy can't help but exclaimed. "What are you doing here??!" Seriously though, Allen thought that his Master would have played dead for a longer time. Then the fourteenth host narrowed his eyes, "and I see you are still among the living too…" Allen never did believe that his Master was dead but that sentence was just too fitting for the current situation.
"Tim wants to see you," the scarlet haired general ignored the last remark as the golden golem floated up from his head, "and surely there isn't any rule against a master visiting his idiot student?" At this he blew out a cloud of smoke.
"Tim?" Allen blinked as the golden golem, that was now as big as a boy's head, fluttered towards him.
Timcanpy was so happy to see Master Allen again that tears were forming in his unknown located tear ducts. The young white haired boy looked surprised at first but then he too smiled brightly at the golem. When the said golem neared the teen, it nestled itself on Allen's head and affectionately rubbed itself on the scruffy white hair.
"Tim!" Allen smiled brightly as he looked up at the golem on to his head, "You've really, ungh, really grown…" The golem's weight was unbelievably heavy, making the host for the fourteenth Noah's knees bend a little due to the extra weight on top of him.
If that was not enough to show Tim's affection, the golem suddenly chomped on Allen's hair, surprising the younger boy as he let out a surprised yelp and fell over on the floor.
"Tim!" scolded the parasitic innocence user when the golem didn't budge and just continue to rest itself on top of his Master's body.
"Still as weak as a bean sprout I see. Tch,"
"Master you sound like Kanda!" Allen replied annoyed. Then he at the name, he recalled that the same samurai was currently waiting for him at the Order. 'Oh no, Kanda's patience must be wearing thin now!!' At the thought of it, the young man quickly pushed himself up, holding Timcanpy in his arms like a stuffed toy.
Before he can turn around to leave though, General Cross stopped him.
"Oi. I got something else for you," Turning around the young boy watched as his Master pulled something out from his inner coat. "Here." With that one word Marian Cross carelessly threw the stack of paper bills towards his apprentice, effectively showering him with debts.
"Huh?" Allen managed to pick catch one of the papers before it fell to the floor. His grayish orbs widened at the amount written. "What the hell! Master!!" He can't believe it! (Actually he can this is General Cross) His Master just came to push more debts to him!!
Crushing the piece of paper in his palm, the boy gave the man a cold glare. He should have guess!! That womanizer never even had worry about people or the fact that his disappearance months ago was causing others a lot of trouble –including Allen himself. Letting out an angry huff, the parasitic exorcist opened the white door and stormed out with annoyance, effectively ignoring and leaving the debts behind.
"Let us just go, Tim." With those final words, the white door disappeared after the golden golem went through it.
"Huh." The scarlet hair general continued smoking. Silence reign the room. Then there was a pause in his activity of inhaling the cigar. "Stop staring."
The Noah that had been quiet the whole time let out a short sigh as he positioned himself more comfortable on the white stool.
"You know, he doesn't have much longer…" the fourteenth Noah started as he eyed the uncaring General.
"Like you do." Came the curt reply.
"You should lend him a hand."
A roar of laughter came from the tall man. "Tch, like he wants it. He doesn't want to be in my debt even if it causes it his life." At this point, the general smirked and looked at the Noah in the eye. "Besides, you'll be there… when that time comes, no?"
Mana's brother returned the smirk. "You hate me that much?"
"Got any wines here?" Cross changed the topic as he looked around the white room.
The Noah version of Allen shrugged before pointing to a nearby plain white cabinet. "The kid always store his food supply there…"
"Heh," Marian Cross stood up and pulled opened the indicated cabinet. As soon as he did, different kinds of storable foods came falling out from his. Food avalanche. "Hell?!" the cried was muffled as the man was buried in the piles of food.
At the other corner, watching the whole scene with amusement, the Noah snickered devilishly.
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Fuck that kid. Fuck that damn moyashi. Kanda's thoughts were along those lines as he waited for another eternity. Not exactly but to Kanda's really thin patience, it was just like a thousand years.
Finally, the entrance to the ark was opened, right beside the bed.
"Took you long enough." The Japanese samurai gritted out but then all his defenses came full force on when the one stepping out of the ark didn't even come close to the bean sprout's figure. All the exorcist can tell was that this certain taller-than-the-moyashi man had light brown locks with almost the same hairstyle as Allen himself. Kanda can't be too sure with the man's back facing him.
Without a second thought, he activated his innocence. "Damn you, like you can just barge in unannounced!" Kanda ran forward towards the intruder, Mugen positioned to pierce him. However the contact between the innocence and the stranger never came when another white door appeared right behind the stranger's back, effectively making Kanda run into that door.
As soon as the equipment type exorcist disappeared through the ark doorway, it vanished.
"That was easy enough…" the voice was low but strong as he re-entered the ark way he had came out from. "Those memories I had recalled him to be more… difficult to handle."
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To say Allen was shock was an understatement. He thought Kanda would have waited a bit longer but the dark-haired samurai was now where to be found when the white haired teen stepped out of the ark and that was hours ago. Tired of waiting and losing hope that the short-tempered exorcists would even come back to see him, Allen nudged the sleeping form of Tim.
"Come on Tim, let us just go." Though the boy was uncertain of his sense of direction, he can't just stay put either. "Sheesh, can't that guy even wait for a while longer?" Standing up and preparing to leave his old room, the host for the fourteenth Noah got ready to move out but then he felt some sort of weird feeling in his stomach and he can feel his heart quenched.
Adrenaline was pumping inside him as he felt himself get excited. This made the boy confused.
"Why am I feeling so… anxious?" he blinked in puzzlement.
'Oh no.' the alerted voice of the fourteenth Noah inside his head, peaked the host's curiosity. 'It seems our plans might get foiled…'
"What are you talking about? What is it?" This doesn't seem to sound well at all.
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"Lavi…" Lenalee looked whispered as she continued to eat her food slowly, "Where is Kanda? Isn't he supposed to be here telling us that 'he' had arrived already?"
Both of them had arrived at HQ about two hours before and 'explained' to Komui what happened. Lavi was discharged from the infirmary after just a simple checkup, the head nurse confirming that the red head's condition was fine even after that 'unconscious' time. That was natural since Lavi was never really in a coma or whatever, in the first place.
The red head beside the Chinese exorcist consumed some more chips before he gave a side way glance at the entrance. "I don't know. Yuu rarely break a promise… and we have been waiting for almost an hour now." Something was just wrong. The junior bookman can sense it. It felt something close to awaiting destruction of some sorts.
"I'm starting to worry…" the younger Lee sibling mumbled as she slowly stood up. "We should check 'his' room…"She gave Lavi a glance to see if he wanted to follow her.
"…okay." The red head seemed hesitant. Just as he stood up though, the alerts came on.
"ALERT! ALERT! ENEMY IN THE BUILDING! THERE'S AN INTRUDER AT THE FIRST FLOOR MAIN HALL ENTRANCE!!!" the sound system boomed out as red lights indicates the signal to evacuate to the safety zone. "ALL ABLE EXORCIST! HURRY AND HEAD TO THE AREA!!" The sound that gave these orders was unmistakably Komui's.
Both Lenalee and Lavi looked at each other nervously.
"Don't tell me that they discovered Allen??" Lavi said with a low voice as the pair head out.
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"Hehehe~" the spiky haired Noah giggled as she twirled Relo in her fingers. "Hurry up, Earl!! I'm getting to agitated here…" the first child complained as she stood in front of her own teleporting door, the doors wide open to reveal a dark space.
The rest of the Noah family was lingering around the dining room, waiting for the first apostle to finish whatever he was doing. What were they all doing, now? Well if one were to observe, each Noah was ready for a battle, as they features were plastered with the most awaiting smiles you can imagine.
"This is going to be fun, hii!" Jasdero chuckled as he played with his gun.
"Let's finish all of those exorcist off!!" Devitto continued excitedly.
"Now, now, children." The sing song voice of the Earl was heard as the chubby man (?) came into view. "I have sent some of my akumas in advance to give them proper greeting…" That never ending smile now looked more wicked. "You can have all the fun you want but don't' forget the main reason we are there!" At this the Earl pointed in a fatherly way at the Noahs.
"Of course Earl." The Noah of Pleasure answered as he adjusted his gloves. This was just too much excitement for him. When he felt the sudden anxiety and rush of blood in his body earlier he can't help but feel thoroughly excited. Who would have guessed that the new inheritance for the Noah of Wrath was someone from the Black Order? That demonic smile flashed through Tyki's features as the excitement and pleasure to kill all the possible exorcists present, overpowered him.
"Should we depart now~?" the earl proclaimed as he entered the door with a giggling and excited Rhode.
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Lenalee and Lavi was a relieved to say the last when the intruder did not turn out to be Allen but just a few level two akumas. Though amidst the fighting, they did wonder what happened to Allen and why were there akumas invading the central. They had just moved to this new HQ not even a full year yet!
An explosion was heard nearby when Krory and Noise Marie destroyed an akuma. Lenalee made a swift kick with her crystallized innocence at the fast moving level two akuma and managed to knock the demon backwards.
"Fire Seal!" the junior bookman yelled as the akuma earlier was enveloped in flames. "That was the last of those akumas." Lavi breathed out as his hammer shrank. "Wonder why there were such few akumas if they wanted to invade HQ?" Seriously, the akuma can just sent a whole army of powerful akumas like last time. Though, having that would be worst.
"This is not over yet…" Marie commented as he picked up some sort of sound. "Something else is coming.
True to his words, the group of exorcists, watched as a heart shaped door showed at the far end of a wall.
"Evening, exorcist…" the form of the earl came out as he stepped out of the door, the other Noahs following suit behind him.
The exorcists were staring in horror and mild shock at the arrival of the Noah Clan and even the Earl himself. What business did the Earl have??
"We are just here to pick our new family up…" he explained as if reading their minds. "Also to have some fun along with that too if you don't mind…" The grin grew wider and more wicked as a few more akumas, level threes this time came out from the door.
The other Noahs also smiled and proceeded to attack the exorcist that caught their attention. Rhode skipped through the battles, avoiding any attacks as she proceeded to a certain red head and short haired female exorcist.
"Ne~" the Noah of Dreams greeted as she neared the exorcists.
At the sight of the female Noah, Lavi swung his hammer at her but she easily dodged it, afterwards making another parry as Lenalee missed her target of kicking the Noah from above.
Rhode gave out a light chuckle. "Hey, aren't you guys curious to who the new holder of the Noah is?" she asked as she managed to avoid another blow from the exorcists.
Both the exorcists were trying to ignore her but as the Noah of dreams who can enter people's mind, Rhode knew that they were curious on who this Noah could be and on their own rankings too.
"Mind if you tell me where the rooms are located?" Rhode continued in a teasing tone, giving a hint where the awakening Noah was located, "I need to see our new sibling!"
"Quit it with your mind tricks!" Lenalee yelled out loud in frustration as she lashed at the Noah with a sudden two times 360 degree round kick. The first kick missed but the second kick was a bit unexpected and Rhode was hit on the stomach. The Noah was thrown backwards but before she can make any impacts, her body was enveloped with fire by Lavi's Fire seal.
Both exorcists paused to catch their breath but they knew they didn't kill the Noah just like back at the ark before. Sure enough, when the dragon faded away, Rhode was still standing in one piece, unharmed and not even scratched.
The girl cackled before narrowing her eyes powerfully at them. "You can't expect to hurt me! My regeneration ability is one of the highest rates ever." Rhode had proved this once when she first captured Allen and Lenalee. "Now, if you please, the rooms' location?"
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Decided to make another chapter since the weekend was practically a bore. –sighs- Thank you to those who reviewed… It seems the plot of this story is developing quite well –for me- and I hope t didn't go too fast. The whole new Noah awakening thing was intended to be a surprise to all, so at that point, the pace increased I guess… and Cross will appear again, I'm not planning to make him that useless…