In this chapter Lilly will finally come into play! Yay!

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"Kanda let me take a look at him, I need to see just how serious the wound is." Lavi spoke calmly, lightly trying to remove his shaking hands from Allen's wound.

"..." Kanda remained silent still holding Allen as if he were to shatter into a million peices at any minute. He allowed his hands to be moved away.

"Holy shit, how is that possible. Kanda he should be okay, none of his internal organs were hurt, all we need to do is stitch the wound shut and he should be fine." Lavi was astonished by just how minor the wound really was, it looked a lot worse than it was.

"Is it really not all that bad?" Adam had asked, he was holding the unconscious Lilly carefully.

"Thank god." Kanda mumbled to himself and placed a tender kiss to Allen's forehead.

"Ngh...wha..." Lilly began to stir, coming too from her unconscious state. "What's going on..?" She mumbled, still half dazed.

"We should head back to town, get these two some rest." Adam smiled.

"It'll be easier to stitch him up while he's laying on a bed too. Plus it's not the cleanest or here." Lavi finished.

Kanda carefully picked Allen up holding him close, keeping pressure on his wound. Meanwhile Lilly started to fuss and squirm while Adam held her.

The group headed back for town, after some convincing by Lavi one of the town elders let them inside to recuperate. Kanda laid Allen down on the bed while Lavi began stitching him up. Much to Kanda's relief Allen was stable and resting comfortably, though still unconscious.

Much to Adam's annoyance, Lilly had gotten away from him and was hiding from him under the bed Allen was laying on. "Man this kid is a handful." He groaned.

"Just quit chasing her, you're shaking the bed." Lavi barked, carefully stitching Allen's wound shut.

Lilly crawled out from under the bed next to where Kanda was sitting. She didn't say anything but peeked over the edge of the bed at Allen. "...sorry...I didn't want to hurt him..." She mumbled.

"Apologize when he's conscious again short stack." Kanda sighed and picked her up, setting her on his lap. "Its my fault too...but he'll get better, he's a hell of a lot stronger than he looks.

"...you're going to make me blush kanda..." Allen grunted, finally coming to.

"You're an idiot you know that right?" Kanda smiled and relaxed, Allen had to be okay if he was cracking jokes already.

"But I'm your idiot remember." Allen smirked weakly.

"Allen I hope you realize that I'm in the middle of sewing you up right?" Lavi paused in pulling the wound shut.

"Yeah just hurry up you're letting a draft in me." He joked.

"I'm sorry Allen...its my fault you're hurt..." Lilly frowned.

"Its okay you were just scared and hurt, I did the same thing when I was your age." He smiled.

Lavi continued sewing Allen's wound shut.

"See short stack, he'll be okay." Kanda chuckled and ruffled her matted hair.

A soft knock from the door echo's through the small room they were in. "Sorry to bother you, I brought some water, thought maybe that one could use a good scrubbing." The little old lady spoke, her voice cracked and weathered. It was clear that she disliked having Lilly in her home.

Lilly knew this and crawled back under the bed out of sight.

Lavi just finished the last stitch of Allen's wound. "Done finally."

"Looks like we won't be needing that water ma'am." Allen spoke up and left his place on the bed. "We're going to be going now right Lilly?"

Adam got the hint and pulled Lilly out from under the bed. Holding her despite the girls protest.

Lavi and Kanda seemed to get the idea at the same time. The group left the elder woman's home after sarcastically thanking her for her hospitality. Once outside of the village Adam let Lilly go.

"I don't understand why you guys helped me..." She mumbled.

Allen spoke up first from his spot in Kanda's arms. "Well to be completely honest Lilly you aren't at all like the people in that village."

"Well duh, I'm sure you heard all about how much of a unholy monster I am from the villagers..." She growled, it was pointless to try to believe in people after everyone she ever trusted betrayed her.

"We did, by you aren't the worst monster out there. Trust us on that." Lavi spoke up next.

"What do you mean?" Lilly spoke softly getting less hostile towards the strangers.

"Your father, when he killed your family and then you killed him, a monster much worse killed your father first. Then used his remains." Kanda said sternly, the truth was hard to hear, it didn't matter if she hated him for it.

"W-what you mean my dad was dead when he killed them!?" She whimpered, falling to the ground in disbelief.

"Yes, did your dad lose someone close to him before that happened?" Lavi questioned.

"His brother died of an illness, they were really close."

"That explains it. Your father turned your uncle into a monster and then that monster killed him. You saved both of them when you killed him..." Allen finished his explanation with small smile. "They are all at peace now, I can promise you that."

"What's going to happen to me now...the village won't take me back...I have no family left..." Lilly began to tear up, clutching herself as if it might help to hold things together.

"Well short stack, you are going to join our family of misfits." Kanda smiled a genuine smile much to everyones surprise.

"You mean it?" She asked in complete shock.

"Yeah, besides I'm sure under all that dirt you would make a very cute little sister." Lavi grinned and pinched her cheek.

"Owww let go!" Despite what her words said she longed to be treated like a person again. For the first time in three years Lilly was happy.

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so sorry for the scary cliffhanger, but it was a necessary thing. For future chapters. As for lilly, I'll describe in detail what she looks like, currently in this chapter she looks like a massive ball of dirt and twigs. That's it for now, toodles~