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AN: Hello! Thank you to those who have reviewed and done those funky things like favourite and alert :D So, just what's happening, we met the twins in the ark! Hope you enjoy the chapter :)
"Ja...Jasde..." Arystar struggled with the names.
"Jasdevit-tama? Why are you not working?" Umbrella exclaimed.
"Shut up!"
"More funky people..." Lavi sighed.
"We're kind of in a bad mood right now. Allen Walker! We don't have anything against you, but Cross pissed us off a lot recently, so we'll make his pupil pay, and that's you!" They pointed gleefully.
The floor between us and Allen suddenly split and Jasdevit surrounded Allen.
"Allen!"Lenalee called out worriedly.
"Wait, what did my master say?"
"A student has to pay his master's bills!" An odd bullet was shot out and it exploded against Allen.
"Whoa, the strength of the guns changed?"
"Not the guns...the bullets."
"You are...the Noah that are after my master, right? By the way you come at me, I conclude he's fine." Allen used his clown belt to whack both of them into the walls of the library, landing a bit away.
"What the...are they after you?" Lavi asked.
"It seems so...you better not tell them that you were involved with Cross, Ai." Allen warned me.
"If worse comes to worst, I'll still have to beat these guys up. They tried to kill Cross and even though they failed, that's not okay," I said adamantly. He looked a little surprised, but nodded. Not that I hadn't thought about killing him from time to time. 'Thought' being a key word here. I would never actually try kill him...
"More importantly, be careful. What they are shooting are not normal bullets. They have some kind of ability." Allen looked back.
"This is somehow getting funny..." Devit emerged from the pile of books.
"It's been a long time since I got angry." Jasdero stumbled out.
"I have a question! When we take you hostage, will that lure out Cross?" Jasdero asked Allen.
"No way," Allen and I said in unison.
"Gah! What a straight answer! You don't trust Cross either!" Jasdero said.
"Well, we'll play in this war game. We'll kill you off quickly, pupil!"
They shot at Allen, who quickly dodged. The bullets looked like they were freezing everything, but it was soon realised that different bullets had extremely different abilities. One red, one blue, one fiery blast and one frozen attack. Both equally a pain in the ass.
"It's not only Allen you're fighting!" Lavi, Arystar and I leaped in, fending off the bullet. It was fired back, but something else they fired made it disappear entirely. I hadn't known them for long, and I was completely baffled as to what they were doing.
"What happened to that order from the Earl to get rid of Cross?" The umbrella yelled suddenly from the side.
Both of them twitched angrily, shooting at it.
"Tell us, what good is a holy umbrella?"
"We looked all over Edo for that guy, but we can't find him anywhere! You shabby bumber shoot!"
"The Earl said Cross' objective might be the ark."
"That's why we're betting on the chance he might be showing up here! Okay? We're just killing time with his pupil until he comes."
"Two pupils, you idiot twins!" I yelled exasperatedly, sick of all their fire power concentrated on Allen. It didn't seem fair that Allen had to take it all.
Also, I was getting bored.
"Whoa, seriously?"
"Why didn't anyone tell us this before?"
"That's even better, we have two people now!"
"We'll make them pay all the debts we got from Cross!" They said bitterly. There was a long silence.
"I take it back, I have no idea who this Cross is." I stepped back.
"Ai! You can't do that!" Allen shook me by the shoulders, the idea of taking on all of Cross' debts messing with his head. I let him shake me, knowing he endured it for much longer than I had to.
"Yeah! That asshole went around pushing off his bills on us!"
"That guy is like an akuma, damn it!"
"These are the bills, it totals to$17000*! We'll make you pay every cent, pupils!"
"Debts to the enemy...that's a difficult situation." Arystar coughed.
"They're pissed..." Lavi stepped back.
"Whoa! Ai and Allen are really depressed!"
"The sound of the word 'debt' seems to do some serious damage to them!"
"$17000..." I mumbled.
"Wait...Allen, if you were already paying off Cross' debt, and I was also paying off Cross' debt, how much bloody money did he owe?" I gripped my head, numbers running through my head.
"Hehe...he..." Allen looked like he had snapped. "It's only...$17000 right?" Allen laughed slowly, stumbling up. I had not yet reached his kind of insanity. Thank god for that. "Not more? So what if you have to pay small change like that?" Allen glared malevolently at the twins, who now looked a little intimidated. Who wouldn't, crazy Allen was an even scarier sight than it was rare.
"Compared to my debts..." Allen seethed.
"Just how much did you have to pay...?" Lavi asked me.
"Do...do you really want the exact number?"I rubbed my head painfully. Though, my math abilities had risen considerably after I knew Cross. "I can't even imagine how much Allen had to pay if he considers that change..."
"Change you say?"Jasdero yelled.
"We'll rip you apart here!"
"And...my master is not like an akuma...he's a real akuma! When you get in touch with him, you'd better not be prepared for less!" Allen yelled.
"Gyahahah!" The twins laughed. "Don't mess with us!"They shot at us and I dove out of the way absentmindedly.
I owe my life to Cross. I owe my life to Cross. Don't get angry, don't get angry, DON'T GET ANGRY.
Allen leaped onto the two, clawing downwards.
"Hey! We gotcha now, idiot!"
Something felt like it was slapped onto my eyes, and the twins suddenly disappeared from sight. I blinked rapidly, looking around.
"What's this?" Arystar said.
"The 'Deceiving Glasses' game. You can't see our true form anymore! Gyahahah!"
"Shit, where did they go?" Lavi looked around wildly.
"Everybody, look at the floor!" Lenalee gasped. I glanced down and swore. The floor was covered in keys. We were practically swimming in them.
"Wahh, what's with this mountain of keys? When did it..."
"Huh...? These keys...they're just the same as the one we have!" I let a handful of keys run through my fingers, still rubbing my eyes.
"Oh no..." A realisation dawned on Lavi. "Allen! Do you have our key?" He asked frantically.
Allen fumbled around his clothes, patting down his pockets.
"Wh-where did it go? It disappeared from my pocket!" Allen exclaimed.
"Hahah! Unfortunately, we've gone and hid your important key to the exit! Heehee!"
"You made us angry...all of you are gonna die in this room!"
"Without the key or the enemy's whereabouts...we're screwed! This eye paint won't come off at all either!" Lavi rubbed his eyes furiously.
"Why on Lero too? Why?" Lero rubbed his eyes on Chaozii's shoulder.
"Don't you rub that off on my clothes, you bastard!" He growled.
"Those are some troublesome enemies!" Arystar said, looking annoyed.
"I'm sorry...losing this key will haunt me for the rest of my life..."Allen said forlornly.
"Don't be so hard on yourself, Allen!" Lenalee comforted him.
"They called this eye paint something like 'Deceiving Spectacles' right?" Allen asked suddenly.
"Yes..."
"The keys covering the floor are the same as the one we had in shape and weight, but maybe they're just illusions. In actual fact, there's only a single key on the entire floor! Our eyes are fooled into believing that it is in this mountain of keys." Allen explained.
"Heehee! Just like that! You will never walk through the exit alive. The real key is lying right there in front of your eyes, all by itself. Just pick it up if you want to! But since you're hit by the glasses, you can't see it! Heehee! To deceive your eyes even further, you can't even see the ones who are tricking you, Jasdevit!"
"Bastards..."
"You guys are even more annoying than when we first met!" I said in frustration.
"Rest in pieces!" They cackled and a fiery shot flew towards us. We dashed to the side as quick as we could, but Chaozii got hit.
"Chaozii!" Lenalee called out.
"It's looking bad! His back is burned pretty bad!"
Allen gritted his teeth, flexing his hand.
"They have to be in this room right? Then, I'll just drag them out!" He swung his arm, sending destruction flying around the room.
"Like you can hit us, idiot!"Something splattered onto Allen and he was floating in a blob of goo.
"Can't...breathe..." Allen pinched his nose, having trouble holding his breath any more.
"Ah! I'll save you, Allen!"Lavi activated his innocence, using his fire seal to hit the blob.
"What's the matter, Krory?"Lenalee tilted her head at the quiet man.
"Please be quiet for a bit now, young lady."
"Allen, I'll break these glasses for sure. Until I find the real key, can you protect Krorykins and the others?" Lavi said.
"Eh? But Lavi, how are you planning to-"
"That's my specialty." Lavi grinned cockily. "Since the first time I saw that key, I have all its scratches and stains, even the pattern of faded gilding in my head. There's no way these glasses could fool the successor of Bookman."
"Great, you have one minute," Allen said immediately.
"That's impossible."
"When you find the key, take Chaozii and Lenalee to the next door! Drag Krory and Ai with you too. I'm counting on you, Lavi!" Allen said.
"Allen!" Lavi protested but Allen was hit with an icy ball.
"Look...for the key!" He gritted out. Arystar and I smashed the ice, glaring at him.
"I heard that you brat! 'Drag me along?'" Arystar was in vamp mode, when he changed from timid guy into full time bad ass.
"Oh, did you, sir?" Allen laughed sheepishly. I was pissed at Allen as well, and I was okay with it when Arystar grabbed him by the arm to throw him. I was not okay with it when he grabbed my arm as well.
"Kr-Krory...?" I said worriedly.
"Be it red hared brats or Noah brats, you're all just brats!" He hurled me and Allen full force at a bookcase.
"What the hell, Krory?" I pushed books off of me angrily.
"Ouch...did you have to get mad like that, Krory?" Allen said dizzily.
"Ow! Hey! Damn you students!"
"That hurts!" Voices said from behind us. I looked behind me, but I couldn't see anything, just the destroyed bit of bookcase.
"I'll tear you apart!"
"Twins...?" I squinted uselessly.
"Get down!" Arystar yelled as he smashed the bookcase, narrowly missing both of us. He emerged, looking around.
"Huh? They dodged. I should have thrown you brats in there a little harder." Krory looked up thoughtfully.
"Krory! You can see Jasdevit?"
"I cannot. But I do have a feeling. A feeling that I want to bite them to death every time their blood is near." He cackled.
"I don't think that's anything a human would ever say, Krory," Allen said.
"You two, move as I say. We will beat these damn brats!" Arystar glanced around. I stood up, dusting my clothes off indignantly.
Allen and I followed Arystar's lead and followed his instructions. It was definitely unnerving, trying to hit something I couldn't see.
"Ai, 45 degrees to your right, Allen, just in front of you!" Arystar ordered. I whipped out my knives, trusting Arystar as I thrust the forked sides of my weapon in front of me. I was almost surprised to feel them hit something and I trapped something-someone-against the bookcase beside Allen, who also held something with his left hand.
"Whoa!"He cried.
"I know...I can't see anything...but..." I pressed my knives a little harder, feeling the invisible resistance and smiling a little.
"It's a strange feeling..."Allen said.
"What's wrong, brats?" Arystar asked. They were being surprisingly quiet, uncharacteristically so. Meanwhile, Lavi took the opportunity to use his wood seal to stir up the keys. I squinted against the wind, all of the keys swarming up around Lavi.
"Hurry up, Lavi!" Allen prompted.
"I'm sorry you two can't move from there."
"Huh? Is he one of Bookman's clan?"The voice came from in front of me.
"Yeah, so...?"
"The red hair remind me of Cross and I get all mad!"
"Argh! I've gotten all psyched up!"
"The pupils won't pay the money either!"
"Pay, stupid pupils!"
"No way in hell, you damn twins." I stuck my tongue out to the invisible pair.
"Who's gonna pay?" Allen yelled.
"Forget about it. It's about time we put an end to this mockery. Just hold them still!" Arystar ordered.
"Yeah."
"Yes sir!"
"Dirty..." An odd voice said from in front of us. Suddenly, something kind of slimy and grabbed my arm. I looked up into a mountain of what looked like muddy bodies and wailing skulls.
"What?"
"What the hell is this?"Allen cried.
"My fangs are no use!"
"Let go! This feels gross!" I growled.
"Hehe, idiots!"
"Hahah! 'Jasdevit's hate', eat them!" A mouth made up of the bodies towered up in front.
"No, no, no, don't do that!" I cried frantically, struggling uselessly against the gross entity in front of me.
"No way..."Allen said slowly.
"Wait a-"Arystar was cut off as the mouth chomped down on us. It was like being sucked into a muddy, quick sand of bodies and blood.
AN:
* Yeah, I think it's $17000 aussie dollars, but I'm really not sure. Just know that it's a lot.
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