Beware of my precious Ukki-kun! (my plant in real life).

He'll eat your soul!

Ukki-kun lunged for Allen biting him in the arm. He screamed out in pain as he tried to shake the dog off. Ukki yelped flying across the field. He landed on his feet and stood in his ready position. Allen watched his arm feeling the burn from the bite. Ukki growled and ran towards him again opening his abnormally large mouth to show his enormous teeth. Allen jumped back, What the heck are you?

Allen's eye started to throb intensely. He grunted as he put his hands to his left eye. He held it tightly trying to ease the pain but it never went away. Wh-what's going on!? Ukki-kun sat still for Allen to get over his pain. He smiled demonically like no dog would ever be capable of unless he wasn't human…

Allen released his eye staring off into the scenery. His eye continued to throb. His vision turned more black and white each second that past. Wh-what's wrong with my vision? He ran his finger down his scar, "Is it… because of my eye?" He whispered to himself. Blood dripped down his cheek when the pain subsided. An invisible force hit Allen when the pain disappeared completely. He sat on his knees staring down at the green grass below him. He kept his arm up as if he were expecting something to fall into his hand. His eyes were wide with surprise and pain; it came so unexpectedly. He looked up at the dog seeing something so horrifying it made him sick. Floating over him was an akuma. Allen fell back in horror as he watched Ukki-kun change.

Its skin ripped open to reveal its uglier, circular form. The akuma was huge and it almost completely covered the whole diameter of the space they had. Allen watched in horror as the thing hovered over his body. The akuma's small face stared down at him with demonic eyes. It pointed on of its bullets at him and charged its weapon to get ready to fire. Allen gasped exhaling the breath he held in for so long. He scooted back; he wasn't capable of standing up yet. The akuma shot the bullet towards Allen who was still struggling to scoot away. I can't…! He rolled over to the side as the bullet landed beside him. It created an earthquake around him causing him to fly up in the air. He landed on the ground with a loud thud! He rolled over holding his stomach tightly. What is that thing? Is it a... akuma? Like Master Cross said?

Allen's deformed arm started to tingle. He held it in his other hand as he watched it transform. It grew bigger into its form of an anti-akuma weapon. He grew terrified each minute it changed. This is the thing… This is the thing that killed Mana! Finally it finished changing and his cross glowed its green. That's when he felt something that he never would have thought he could with his weapon.

Trust…

He was suppose to fight with it right? The akuma shot another bullet at him this time as a set. His arm blocked all of the bullets. They bounced off of it like a pebble to a wall. Allen suddenly felt a stroke of confidence as he stood up from the ground. He extended his arm towards the awaiting akuma. Even with that Allen still felt a little scared but not as terrified as before. He stumbled not sure if he should run up to it but he did anyway picking up velocity each second. The akuma was about to fire another round of bullets. Allen closed his eyes tightly as he looked away when his weapon reached for the akuma. He felt his arm run through the akuma which made him feel sicker. Screams came from the akuma as its body began to shatter and the soul was released. The soul turned back into a teenaged boy. He was smiling at Allen which made him feel sad. He never saw Mana's soul like that.

The soul and the akuma disintegrated completely into the air leaving Allen on the cold ground alone. His arm returned to normal and his tears soaked into the ground. Was Mana that thankful when I sent him back up there? I hope so… He wiped the tears from his eyes hoping he wouldn't have to shed another tear until he earned Mana's forgiveness. He inhaled and exhaled slowly trying to call himself down.

"So! How'd dog-sitting Ukki-kun go!?" Cross just appeared out of no where carrying his usual glass of wine.

"How'd it go!?" Allen spun around furious, "I almost got killed by a-a thing just now and you asked how dog-sitting went!? How long were you there!? Did you know about this the whole time!?"

"I told you this was part of your training. Did you really think that watching a dog would help with being an exorcist?"

Allen looked down feeling the tears swell up in his eyes again.

That's not the kind of training I would like to have…

I'll write at least 3 chapters for you this weekend to catch up! Keep reading and review my story so sayonara!