Mizu: It's been a long time since I've updated this one. Not going to say much here except that I added in a major thing from the original series so to cause something to happen. Disclaimer: I don't own -Man. If I did, all those that did wrongs to Allen, Kanda, and Lavi would pay the ultimate price for their crimes!
Hidden Demons: Heartbreaks
"Dammit! They won't stop coming!" Lavi shouted, whacking a random demon on the head with a large stick.
"Shut up and keep fighting!" Kanda snapped at the redhead, using his own large stick *cough * branch *cough * to take down several demons.
"Maybe we should have waited until we got weapons!" Lavi cried as a demon grabbed his shoulder.
"Lavi, for once, I'm siding with Kanda," Lenalee sighed as she landed hard on said demon with her now bloody heels, "Shut up and fight."
"R-Right," Lavi slowly nodded, "But you're lucky! You've got at least some sort of training."
"I wouldn't call ballet and gymnastics training, Lavi," Lenalee giggled as she kicked a demon's head off.
Lavi was just about to continue his rant when a figure of white landed beside them.
"Allen!" Lenalee squealed happily.
"You alright?" Allen asked, his cloak flowing behind him to reveal the blood dripping down his face.
"We should be asking you that," Lavi shuddered, bashing another demon's skull in.
"I'm fine," Allen laughed, running a claw through his white hair, "Just a few scrapes."
"A few scrapes my ass," Kanda growled, savagely beating down a random demon.
Allen shuddered as his vision locked onto Kanda, "Such brutality…Remind me not to get on Kanda's bad side."
"Are you sure you're okay?" Lenalee asked, stepping up to the demon's side.
"I'm fine," Allen reassured, "Most of this blood is from the other demons."
"Have you run into the Noah?" Lavi asked as Kanda took down the last demon in their area.
"No. I can't get near him," Allen growled, tugging at the choker with his right hand, "This blasted thing shocks me every time I do."
"Why?" Lenalee asked, inspecting the choker.
"They don't want me to kill any of the Noah so close to the barrier," Allen stated, "They don't even want me to be seen by them."
"Because the Earl will come here for you?" Lavi asked.
"No. That's what they don't understand," Allen shook his head, "The Earl may want the Fourteenth desperately, but he won't destroy any barrier no matter what."
"Why not?" Kanda asked, walking up to the bloody demon.
"To destroy a barrier takes so much power and energy that it would leave him open and weak," Allen explained, "He could go through the barrier but that would take even more out of him."
"So it's the same as with you," Lavi nodded.
"Yep," Allen beamed, "but the Earl doesn't know that I can go through any barriers. He thinks that since I'm not a full demon that I'd be too weak to walk through them. So in his mind that eliminates the chances of me being in the barrier completely."
"But what about the fourteenth's power to connect places together?" Lenalee asked.
"It only works for me if I have been to that place," Allen smirked, "So I would have to have been inside the barrier after becoming a demon to open a doorway there. The Earl doesn't think that I could so he won't harm the barrier. He'll just think that I'm hiding out somewhere nearby the barrier so the hunters could come to my aide if they needed to."
"So this is the perfect hiding place," Lavi stated.
"Yep," Allen said, grabbing a hold of his left arm, "Now, shall we rejoin the battle?"
"Hm?" the three blinked.
With a simple tug on his left arm, Allen changed his entire left arm into a giant broad blade sword with the design of a cross on each side. The three friends felt their jaws drop.
"Meet you guys in the battle, k?" Allen beamed before jumping back into the trees.
An hour later…
"Screw this crap!" Kanda swore as he narrowly missed yet another demon's attack, "This is getting ridiculous!"
Bringing his bloodied branch down upon every demon within his reach, the raven haired teen did not notice a hand slowly raise up from the ground. As he cursed and side stepped all the idiotic demons, he was unknowingly falling straight into a carefully placed plan. Before he could realize what had happened, Kanda found himself falling backwards onto the hard earth below. Cursing even more, the teen prepared himself for the pain that was about to befall him.
"Kanda!" Catriona shouted out before all the demons seemed to explode around him.
"Fuck…" Kanda said as he sighed, relieved.
"Are you alright?" Catriona questioned, kneely next to him, "You're not hurt are you?"
"I'm fine," Kanda scoffed, seeing a blurr of white next to him, "Moyashi?"
"Hm?" Catriona sounded, turning to look only to have her eyes widen, "ALLEN!"
Both hunters froze as they watched a few demons holding up an unconscious Allen. His face had even more blood dripping off of it than before. His weapon had deactivated leaving his body completely vulnerable. His shirt was torn in several places, showing off the many scars and wounds he had received, both old and new. His snow white haired seemed to be dyed with blood.
"Well, well, well," a low voice sounded from next to them, "Looks like I caught our precious little rat."
"Tyki!" Catriona snapped, head flinging around to locate him.
"Good to see that you remember me," Tyki smirked as he slowly rose up from the ground.
"What is it that you are here for?" Catriona growled, startling Kanda as she placed her hands around his ankles.
"To take back the Earl's favorite toy, of course," Tyki smiled wickedly as he walked over to Allen, taking the boy's face in between two fingers and moving it up and then to the side, "It was so easy to catch him once you find the right kind of bait."
Tyki smirk darkened as he turned face the two hunters, "You really should have heard him. "Kanda!" he cried. He thought that you a goner so he dropped his guard long enough for these three lowly creatures to knock him out. You have my sincere thanks for that."
Kanda ground his teeth together as his eyes remained locked on Allen's face. He was willing for the Moyashi to open his eyes. Then he noticed the sparks coming from the choker. His eyes widened in realization. It wasn't that he was seriously hurt to the point he couldn't wake up but rather the choker that was meant to keep him from the Noah was making it impossible for him to do so. Without taking his eyes off of the Noah, Kanda reached behind him for the branch he had been using. Grabbing onto it, the raven haired teen took several deep breathes before throwing it as hard as he could at the Noah.
By some sort of luck gifted to him from heaven, the branch hit Tyki directly in the middle of his back. Yelping in pain, the Noah whipped around to yet again to face the hunters. Kanda gulped but held onto his glare. He refused to allow it to waver as the Noah marched over to him. The rest happened so fast, he wasn't sure he had seen it right.
Tyki's hand seemed to glow a sinister purple as he stopped right in front of the two. They heard a scream somewhere off in the distance. Then, Tyki lunged forward at the two.
Kanda's eyes trembled as his mind processed what was in front of him. Catriona was in front of him with her arms outstretched and body perfectly stretched up in order to protect Kanda's. Allen was now fully awake and in between Catriona and Tyki, body slumped forward a little as his own eyes trembled. Tyki's arm was going through both of them. The demon's hand was sticking out the back of Catriona but couldn't quite reach Kanda. The teen gulped as he watched Tyki lower his mouth next to Allen's ear.
"See what knowing you has brought these two?" Tyki smirked as tears leaked out of the white demon's eyes, "Just pain."
"D-Don't listen to him, Allen!" Catriona ordered, fighting not to cough any blood up onto the trembling demon.
"Isn't she kind? Haven't you wondered why she never was mad at you for kill her entire family?" Tyki questioned, smirk still there.
"Don't do it!" Catriona shouted.
"It's because you didn't kill all of them," Tyki whispered, barely loud enough for all three to hear, "Her little brother is still alive."
"H-He is?" Allen asked, voice trembling as his eyes widened even more.
"Yep," Tyki chuckled darkly.
"Stop it!" Catriona cried out.
"You're her baby brother," Tyki said coldly right into Allen's ear.
The demon's eyes seemed to widen even more. His mouth dropped, trembling uncontrollably. A pathetic, whimpering sound slowly made its way out of his mouth. The trembling silver and black eyes focused on the whimpering girl in front of him.
"N-no," he whimpered, shaking his head a little.
"Allen, I'm sorry! We've tried to tell you!" Catriona called out to him, her hands molding to his cheeks, "Believe me, we did!"
"They did, boy," Tyki smirked, "But the Earl didn't want you to remember that until just the right moment. Like now."
Suddenly, the area was filled with a blood curdling scream as the white demon's memories flowed through him. The sealed door that kept them hidden was opened long enough for all of the memories with his beloved sister in them to come forth. Including all the memories of when he nearly killed her. Tears busted forth from the demon's eyes as he tried to force the dreaded memories back. Pain erupted throughout the boy's skull. His hands flew up to cling to his bloody, white hair. He tried to close his eyes but found that he couldn't.
"Tyki! Release him!" Catriona screamed, "Please! He's been without his memories so long that this will-"
"Kill him?" Tyki finished, "That's what I want."
"Wha?" Catriona blinked.
"We Noah hate the fourteenth. We want nothing more for him to be dead and gone from this world. You and this boy are the only two left connected to him," Tyki explained, "And this boy just so happens to be the new fourteenth so it all works out."
"Damn you," Catriona growled, grabbing at the Noah's arm, "Release him!"
"What's going on!" Kanda demanded, freaked out beyond compare.
"He's going to cause Allen to go on a rampage and get himself killed!" Catriona shouted, trying to pull the arm out of her chest.
"What!" Kanda snapped.
"The memories that Allen has locked away aren't all good ones," Catriona whispered, "One of the worst ones he probably has is…"
"Go on," Tyki urged, "It won't hurt to tell someone else your pain."
"What is he talking about?" Kanda questioned.
"Allen nearly killed me," Catriona whimpered, "but that's not the worst."
"What could be worse than your younger brother trying to kill you-" Kanda started to shout.
"I fought back and nearly killed him," Catriona cried.
Kanda froze.
"My body created a barrier out of a last minute reflex sending him flying backwards," Catriona explained, openly crying, "As he recollected his bearings, I stood and pinned him down. I could feel my blood racing through my veins. My instincts screamed for me to finish the job and kill him. Then…"
Catriona paused and forced Allen to look straight at her. His left eye was no longer black with red circles. It was a normal eye with a silver iris. Tears cascaded down his face as he looked into his sister's eyes.
"B-Big s-sister," Allen whimpered.
"Then he looked at me with these precious eyes of his. There wasn't any emotion in them but yet I could see beyond that wall. On the inside, he was crying out for me," Catriona said, a small smile gracing her lips, "I froze. I couldn't bring myself to do it. He was and still is my baby brother. I could never hurt him. Never."
"How touching," Tyki hissed, pulling his arm back just a little so that his hand no longer rested outside of Catriona's body, "But I think it's time we drew this reunion to a close."
"N-no," both siblings whispered to each other, knowing what was going to happen.
"Don't do it," Allen added, bringing his hands up to touch his sister's cheek, "I just found her. Don't take her Ty"
"Tease, do you job," Tyki smirked.
"-ki," Allen finished.
Catriona screamed out as her body seemed to disintegrate around Tyki's arm. Allen screamed out and tried to grab onto whatever was left of her only to have it turn into a strange purple butterflies. Kanda's eyes widened as the woman in front of him disappeared.
"Such a perfect meal for my little pets," Tyki said cruelly as he pulled his arm free of Allen's body.
"Y-You," Allen growled, hair spiking up and power emanating off of him.
"hm?" Tyki blinked.
"You bastard!" Allen screamed, sending a powerful blast straight at Tyki that send him flying backwards.
Allen reached up and ripped off the choker on his neck. Kanda scrambled backwards, trying to escape from what was sure to be a horrid duel. Stealing on last glance towards the white-haired demon, he watched a tears like crystals and of blood raced down his cheeks as the white cloak appeared on his shoulders. The boy's arm was immediately transformed into his giant sword before he lunged towards Tyki.
Kanda ducked behind a tree and clutched at his chest. There was a huge feeling of terror that filled that cavity. Trying to suppress it seemed so pointless at that moment. Especially with the other feeling he was receiving. The feeling that something horribly bad was going to happen. And, try as he might, Kanda could not convince himself that it was not going to be the worse case scenario.
His feeling was soon to be proven right.
Tyki, after being slashed with the sword several times, caught Allen by his throat. Squeezing tight, Tyki relished in the pained gasp that left Allen's mouth. His smirk returned when the demon dropped his blade in favor of grabbing hold of the hand that held his air supply. The dark demon laughed at the dark glare coming from the white demon. He held onto the boy's throat until he had no choice but deactivate his weapon. Still gasping for breath, Allen forced his eyes to stay open.
"Don't worry," Tyki smirked, shoving his hand into the boy's chest.
Allen's eyes widened as his mouth opened in a silent scream.
"You'll be with them soon," Tyki finished, letting his pets eat a hole into the demon's heart, "Sweet dreams, boy."
Dropping the white-haired demon, Tyki smirked as he jumped up into the trees, forgetting about the raven haired male hiding in behind a tree.
"Moyashi!" Kanda shouted, racing forward to the demon's side.
"K-Kan…da," Allen whispered, voice hoarse as his eyes began to lose their light.
"Shit!" Kanda cursed, quickly picking the boy up and racing towards where he hoped the doorway was.
'Don't go to the barrier!' a female's voice screamed inside his head, 'If you enter the barrier with him in this condition, he'll die!'
"Who!" Kanda snapped, head whipping around.
'Keep going straight! You're almost there!' the voice continued to speak.
Biting down on his lip, Kanda decided to listen to the voice, running as fast as his legs would carry him.
"Don't you dare die, Moyashi," Kanda growled at the demon, "I'll freakin' kill you if you do!"
"Kanda," Lenalee whimpered, sitting next to the scowling teen, "You did all you could."
"It wasn't enough," Kanda growled, eyes locked on the doors that lead to the medical ward.
"What could you do?" Lavi questioned, "You didn't have a weapon. Heck, Allen has a hugely powerful one and he still couldn't do anything!"
"Shut up," Kanda growled again, body trembling, "Just shut up."
"…He'll be fine, Kanda," Lenalee tried to comfort, "You'll see."
"Yeah! I mean, we thought that he was totally dead up until about a day ago so there isn't any way that he'd die off so easily," Lavi tried to smile.
"It doesn't matter," Kanda sighed, covering his face with his hands, "He lost her. The one family member he had left and he lost her. Right in front of his fucking eyes."
"That's how the Earl works," Komui said, walking out of the medical ward doors.
"How is Allen, Nii-san!" Lenalee implored.
"He'll live," Komui smiled, "It'll take a lot more to kill that demon."
"Stop calling him that," Kanda growled at the scientist, "He's not a demon."
Komui sighed before smiling warmly at the three friends, "In your eyes, I suppose he isn't, is he?"
"Can you tell us how Catriona died?" Lavi asked, noticing how Kanda flinched.
Komui sighed again, running a hand through his hair, "That's easy. Tease."
"Tease?" the three repeated.
"Yes. They are flesh eating demon butterflies that the Earl breeds. Tyki has taken up a passion for raising his own colony. He loves using them on people, just to hear them scream for him to make them stop," Komui shuddered.
Lenalee made a strange crying sound before ducking her head into a trash can. Lavi's face paled while Kanda seemed to remain emotionless.
"Hey, cheer up kiddos," Komui tried to smile, "This is just something that we all live with. We all know that one day we'll die by the hands of a demon. We just don't know which one."
"That's not making me feel any better," Kanda scoffed, "Nor will it make Allen feel any better."
"True," Komui sighed as he nodded, "That's why, when he wakes up, you three will go down to meet the guardian. You all need a pick me up-"
"Komui!" a blonde man wearing a beret shouted, racing out of the medical ward, "Walker's awake!"
"Fuck," Komui cursed, "Make sure to put him under immediately!"
"We're trying! We need someone to fetch Krory!" the man snapped.
"Krory's passed out from "feeding" too much!" Komui snapped back.
"Well then, what are we supposed to do!" the man shouted, hives starting to appear on his face.
"I don't know! Geez, I've only been back in this place for about four hours! Why would I have all the answers!" Komui screeched at the man.
"I've only been here for about an hour!" the other yelled.
"What on earth are you two arguing about!" Lavi snapped at them after throwing a book at each (they were in a waiting room area with books btw).
"If Allen wakes up fully, there's a chance that the memories will cause him to go on a rampage," Komui explained.
"Who are these three, Komui?" the blonde questioned, Allen forgotten for the moment.
"These three are Allen's friends," Komui explained, "Lavi "Junior" Bookman. Kanda Yuu. And my baby sister, Lenalee."
"Hm…Maaybe they could-"
"No!" Komui snapped almost instantly, "They are not going in there when Allen could potentially blow a gigantic hole in this place!"
"Why would Allen do that?" Lenalee asked, worry rising.
"I just told you that he might go on a rampage, right?" Komui repeated, "Well, if he does, the part of him that is still human, although that part is very small, is still a demon hunter. So say his demonic power goes crazy, his body will think that it's under attack so it will activate its defense mechanism. It will start attacking the demon and create an amazingly powerful barrier that keep everyone out."
"Everyone?" Lavi questioned.
"Yes, the Walker family were the only ones that could ever do that," the other man added in, "But Catriona and Allen were the best at it. They could create barriers at will that could keep anything out. They were truly amazing."
"Anyway, if Allen's body creates a barrier, it will expand more and more, mixing with the demonic power that flows through him. This will make the barrier destructive to the point it will start vaporizing the walls it collides with," Komui continued, "Meanwhile, Allen will be attacked by both of the forces until he passes out which can be anywhere from a few minutes to a week. That's why we no longer try to force him to remember."
The three teens gulped.
"The first time we tried to make him remember was at another facility," the other man stated, "Actually, at my old facility."
"What happened?" Lavi asked, trembling a little.
"Exactly what Komui said would," the man sighed, "We were far too impatient. He had just lost everything. His family. His friends. His memories. His humanity. We were all so scared of what would happen that we tried to force him to remember everything at once. The second he walked through the barrier, everyone bombarded him with his old memories. After a couple of hours of screaming at us to stop and trying to ignore the pain in his skull, his body finally gave out.
"He screamed at us one last time before we were all thrown back by a blast of demonic energy. The next thing we knew, the boy looked to be floating off the ground while his body created a barrier around him. A horrible scream was escaping his lips," the man whimpered, biting his lip, "We all just sat there until we saw the barrier expanding. Thinking it was just a normal one, I tried to walk through it. Fortunately for me, the barrier hit the ceiling before I did. Almost instantly, the ceiling was no longer there. The only that was there was the dust that was left over.
"Everyone fled from the building once we found out what was going on. Every single person was standing outside, just watching the barrier expand. Never did Allen stop screaming," the man said solemnly, "He just kept screaming."
"H-How long did this last?" Lenalee asked.
"Six and a half days," the man stated, "The main building and buildings within a three block distance were all destroyed. Not because of Allen but because of what we had done to him. We are just as much at fault as the monster that changed Allen. We were no better than him."
"A-Allen…How was he afterwards?" Lavi asked, not sure he wanted to really know.
"Covered in blood, passed out on the floor, body shivering with tears sliding off his face, and his weapon activated," the man said.
"His weapon was activated?" Kanda sounded.
"Yeah," the man nodded, "It was fully activated. Sword and all."
"Why?" the three teens asked.
"Because his sword is special," Komui smiled a little, "When Allen realizes that the power he holds is getting out of hand, he'll activate his weapon and draw his sword."
"Why does he do that?" Lavi questioned, raising an eyebrow in confusion.
"Everyone that knows him calls that sword a sword of exorcism," the other man chuckled, "cause it can't harm a human."
"Eh?" the three blinked.
"His sword can cut through humans without harming them," Komui explained, "If the person was like him and carried demonic genes, the sword will destroy those genes completely."
"Ah," Lavi nodded, "So if the power gets to much, he basically stabs himself to calm his demon half down, right?"
"Exactly, only since it is himself, Allen can't destroy the demon part of him," the other man said sadly.
"…who are you?" Kanda asked, glaring a little at the blonde man.
"Huh?" the two older men blinked.
"You never introduced yourself," Lenalee giggled.
"Oh! I'm Bak Chan," the blonde chuckled slightly, "It is a pleasure to meet you thre-"
Suddenly, a body collided with the wall next to the three teens, flying out from the medical ward. All the people blinked and stared at it. The body was of a scantily dressed woman with bright orange hair, or at least the teens thought it was a woman. They weren't certain though due to her hands…er, appendages. Where her hands were supposed to be were scythes.
"Fou! What are you doing out here!" Bak snapped at him.
"Shut up! You were supposed to be getting Fang Boy!" Fou shouted back, shakily standing up, "Damn, the brat's gotten stronger."
"Get back in there!" Bak ordered, pointing towards the medical doors.
"No need," Fou smirked, rushing forward with the scythes crossed.
The next thing they knew was that Fou had flown back into the wall next to them and a certain, growling white-demon was standing in the hallway. Lenalee knelt next to Fou to see if she was alright while the other two boys stood up in shock. The demon, who was now stood before them, 's chest was rising and falling rapidly. Sweat dripped off of his bangs. His legs appeared to be ready to give out on him. He was fighting exhaustion off while his eyes kept trying to close. His shirt was in tatters and his pants weren't much better.
Apparently too tired to even try to keep up any sort of glamour, the demon allowed everyone in the room to catch sight of all the scars that covered his chest. This included the large scar that started at his left shoulder and stretched down to meet his left hip bone. Gulping, Lavi took a shaky step forward.
"Stay back, flame," Fou chuckled, "This brat won't listen to reason."
"Fou…" Allen growled, "L-Let me find them."
"I don't know who "them" is!" Fou snapped, racing forward towards the demon once more.
"I have to find them!" Allen shouted, jumping towards Fou and kicking her straight in the gut to send her flying backwards.
"Damnit," Fou cursed, spitting out some blood, "You're getting way too strong, brat."
"I have to," Allen whispered, body starting to sway.
"Who are you trying to find, Allen?" Bak asked, not moving.
"Friends…" Allen answered, somehow managing not to fall when he staggered.
Bak let out a relieved sigh and motioned for the three friends to walk up to Allen slowly.
"We're right here, Allen," Lenalee said gently as she gently petted the boy's scarred cheek.
"Lena…lee?" Allen whimpered, rubbing his cheek against her hand.
"Yep, and Lavi and Kanda are right here too," Lenalee smiled warmly at the poor as his eyes started to close.
"You guys alright?" Allen asked weakly.
"Of course we are!" Lavi laughed loudly.
"We're not weak like you, Moyashi," Kanda smirked.
"My name's," Allen started to say as he fell forward, "Allen…"
"Whoa!" the three friends gasped as they caught their dear friend, "Hey! Allen! Stop passing out on us!"
"Will he be alright?" Lenalee asked her brother as they tucked the demon in.
"He's fine," Komui smiled weakly, "Now at least."
"What do you mean, now at least?" Lavi asked, eye narrowing in suspicion.
Komui was silent for a second, "He has a hole in his heart."
"Well, duh!" Lenalee snapped, "Of course he would! He just lost the only family he had left and didn't know it until that monster had to make him remember!"
"No," Kanda whispered from his seat next to Allen's bed, "He has a literal hole in his heart."
"Wh-what?" the other two gulped.
"It was Tyki's butterflies," Kanda said, running a hand through his bangs.
"That's so horrid," Lenalee whimpered.
"But how did these butterflies get into Allen's chest?" Lavi asked, looking to Komui.
"Each of the Noah have a specific power that they can call their own. Tyki Mikk's is the power to choose what he touches," Komui sighed again, "So he choose not to touch Allen's body and let the Tease eat out a hole in his heart."
Lenalee fell to the floor with her hand to her chest, "H-How is he even still alive!"
"I…I don't know," Komui shook his head, "I really can't answer that. None of us know. One moment he was literally dead then the next…"
"Then the next?" Lavi pressured.
"Then the next, the hole was healing itself," Komui said, looking towards the demon, "And it wasn't due to his demon half. I don't know what caused him to heal like that."
"Maybe it was Catriona," Kanda whispered, more to himself, "trying to protect her baby brother. Trying to right the wrong that had been committed on him before she had to leave him."
Everyone was silent as they stared at the white-haired demon on the bed. Finally, Lavi spoke up, voice echoing off the walls.
"Maybe…"
Mizu: That's it. I've brought in everyone I wanted into the story and got rid of a character that I made up.
Allen: You bastard! You killed Big Sister!Mizu: *sweat drop* You do know that you didn't know that she was your sister till now, right?
Allen: So!.?
Mizu: Right…Anyway, I enjoy all reviews and suggestions. Nothing else to add in for today so, Ciao for now!