Chapter 11

Hello my lovelies~ TykiWife here ^^ and I am now offering forth another update hehe

So! I'm trying to get in a crap ton of updates before school starts at the end of August (NOOOO) so I'm concentrating a lot on this one, which I am happy to say is doing better than my last one woop woop! *runs around room and throws confetti*

Thanks to my constant lack of a life, I kinda wanna start another fanfic to write along with this one...either a Trinity Blood one (I love Tres Iqus~! ^/^) or a Ghost Hunt one...meh...those are just ideas though xD

But hmmm focusing purely on this one for now ^.^ I have this nagging feeling that this one isnt going to end...for a long while...sigh lol

But derp~! Here's Chapter 11 xD

Tyki really hated it when his plans backfired on him.

Road was totally infatuated with Eva, to a point where it was kind of scary. A few days had passed since she had woken up, giving her enough time to get to know Eva and decide to become her full time companion. Seriously, not once did she leave Eva for an entirety of five days, dressing her up and showing her around the ark and tlaking to her about girly things. It took Sheryl's help to pry Road away when Eva wanted to go to sleep, and even then Road pouted and complained, asking why Tyki got to share a room with Eva. To be honest, this was the only alone time Tyki got with Eva since Road woke up, which was very displeasing for him since her company often kept him calm and stable. Eva was still a little startled by her new friendship, looking a little like she had whiplash as Road tugged her around. But she also looked happy having someone of her mind-set (kinda) to talk to, and someone who could provide her a bit of securiy within the Noah family. If she was happy, then Tyki was happy. But he wanted to leave soon, and getting Road to let them was seriously going to suck.

Even now, as he sat with a book in his lap and occasionally glancing at the two girls, he mused over how that was going to work out. They were in the Noah Den of sorts, Road teaching Eva some of the things she had learned in school to help with her slight lack of education. Tyki remember asking Eva how she learned sign launguage even though she didn't go to school, and she told him in response that a teacher let her stay with her for a year and taught her but...something had happened. Eva had never explained further, seeming extremely devestated and afraid so Tyki never asked her again. He could only guess that something bad happened and she didn't want to talk about it, so he would respect her wishes. But back on topic. Their week there was up in two to three days, and Tyki wanted them to go travelling again; dealing with the Noah family was making him edgy and irritated, just as he suspected. The twins especially, throwing out their snide comments and pulling their pranks. If they shoved their guns in his face one more time, he was going to shove them somewhere very uncomfortable, but he would have to get Road to cover Eva's eyes. He didn't want her seeing something that graphic.

Tyki leaned back into the chair he was in with a light sigh, running a hand through his thick hair. There was a lot of things he still had to learn about Eva, still things that bugged him. How long would it take for Wisely to fully enter her subconcious? He already knew some things, but he refused to tell Tyki until he knew the entirety of the situation, spending his time slowly picking through the blocks Eva had set up. And they were surprisingly strong blocks for such a tiny girl. Wisely too had grown fond of Eva, feeling bemused by her happy atmosphere but unable to resist it and constantly drawn in by her honest frame of mind, as he liked to call it. He treated Eva like a small kid sister, often patting her on her head since she was shorter than him. Eva liked Wisely, liking how he knew the thoughts of other people and liking that she didn't have to use sign language for him. She even came up with a cute nickname for him, deciding on calling him Bambi-chan for some odd reason. But it caught on, so now mostly everyone calls him that or Wiselet. Wisely protested, but eventually gave up when he noticed how much it pleased Eva. Her cheerfulness was contagious.

However, she still found herself following Tyki around when she could get the chance, grabbing his sleeve like she usually does and giving him her best grin. She really was a cute little thing.

"Hey, Tyki," Road called to him, pulling him out of his thoughts, "Do you think we should get Eva's hair cut?" She ran her fingers through the cirling strands, a thoughtful expression on her face, "I mean, it's all the way down to the middle of her back."

The thought of anyone going anywhere near Eva's gorgeous locks with a set of scissors appaled him greatly, "But her hair is so pretty." He fought the pout, but he felt it slipping out a little.

Road nodded a little in agreement though, rubbing a few strands of Eva's hair together in her fingertips, "Hmmm...you're right." She suddenly flung herself on Eva with a cry of, "Evvie-chan~ can I braid your hair? Can I?"

Eva tipped her head to one side, seeming confused by the question, but she nodded, having already learned to let Road have her way.

Road instantly set about playing with the curly strands of hair, smiling happily as small braids started to be woven into her thick locks. Tyki rolled his eyes at her childishness, already well knowing that Road was way older than she acted. But as she put it, if she went around acting all mature and like an adult it would be really weird and creepy looking. So she decided that acting young was better for everyone and much easier. Tyki had explained this to Eva, but he wasn't sure if it really bothered her that Road wasn't really her age or not. It lookr like she went with it well, or maybe she thought of Road as an older sister or motherly figure. Either was fine for Tyki, but he knew Sheryl was getting annoyed because Road was paying a lot more attention to Eva than to him. Whatever, he could get over it. The truth was he was the only really annoyed one, everyone else had begun to accept Eva, but much like someone whose friend has a pet would accept the pet. Assholes. They would have to get over their stupid stubborness as well, if they didn't want to face Tyki's wrath.

And Road's. And Wisely's. Having allies in this felt nice.

Speaking of Wisely, the white-haired-wonder decided to enter their room as well, holding a tray of snacks. Everyone looked up at him as he stood there, holding the tray and grinning.

"Now dearies, tell Uncle Wisely how much you adore him," He tipped the tray meaningfully in their direction, making sure not to spill anything.

Tyki rolled his eyes, "First, you're my nephew."

"Second," Road added, "You're my cousin."

Wisely pouted, seeming annoyed by their lack of cooperation.

Eva waved at him to get his attention, causing everyone to look at her. Smiling, she quickly signed her words out even though Wisely didn't need it.

I adore you, Bambi-chan, She offered, happy as can be.

Tyki fought a chuckle; with a face like that, she had Wisely totally wrapped around her finger. There was no way he was refusing that kind of response. No. Way.

As totally suspected, Wisely put his free hand to his heart, sniffing slightly as he said, "See guys? Evvie-chan adores me." He handed her what looked to be a juice box (I don't care if they had juice boxes or not lol)

and a plate of small pastries, "Here, share with those meanies if you want."

Tyki fought another eye roll and his glare and wounded tone. Wisely plopped down next to Road and set the tray on the ground, his good mood returning as he tossed Road a juice box as well, then one to Tyki. Tyki eyed the drink with a wry look on his face, raising a brow at his nephew. Well, this was certainly the most manly drink he had been offered, and he knew that Wisely could hear that. The boy in question only offered him a wicked grin, popping a straw into his own with an innocent hum as he sat back against the couch behind him. Tyki snorted lightly, but decided that there was no use wasting a perfectly good juice box. Heck, why not join everyone else on the floor? With that thought, he set him book to the side, waltcing over to where Eva and Road sat, and took up a place next to them. Eva instantly beamed, scooting closer and poking him in his side, probably teasingly since he rarely sat on the floor. Tyki put a hand on her hair, smiling despite himself as he took up a lazy, comfortable position. Like a lounging panther with a small, house kitten.

Road widened her eyes at him, popping a treat into her mouth.

"Wow Eva," She said around her food, then she swallowed, "I've never seen Tyki get so casual in front of us. What did you do to him?"

Eva peeked up at Tyki, a confused glint in her eyes. Tyki fought a grin, knowing full-well that their jokes confused Eva sometime.

"Ignore them," He told her, plucking up one of the pastries with his slender fingers before taking a bite, "They're just jealous."

Road made an irritated noise before throwing a piece of food at him, which he dodged with ease; it plopped against the wall behind him before hitting the floor. Whatever, and Akuma maid or butler could get it later, or maybe one of the twins would feel compelled to dare each other to eat it. Tyki grimaced at how very likely that was, since it had happened before if he remembered correctly. Why did half the people in this house have to be so gross? It felt like they had a set of dogs who cleaned up messes, yet at the same time made them. Calling the twins mutts would be a nice nickname for him, one that amused him endlessly. Would the twins kill him? Probably. But it would really be worth it.

Speaking of the twins, they were really the only ones who actually voiced their disgust about Eva. They weren't annoyed by her, not really, but they were definently disgusted. Plus, they weren't really the most reasonable members of the Noah Family, so trying to convince them otherwise wasn't going to work at all. But that wasn't Tyki's problem at the moment.

"So did you guys hear?" Road said suddenly, a concerned look on her face.

"Hear what?" Wisely prompted, playing with the straw in his juice box idly, seeming a little bored since he already knew what she was thinking about. Why did he even bother asking her what it was?

Road seemed to think this too, throwing him an annoyed look as she started braiding Eva's hair again.

"The Black Order is forcing kids to sync with their Innocences earlier than they should," She let out a disgusted sign, her eyes narrowing dangerously, "Papa came across a kid yesterday, a kid! He was wearing an exorcist uniform and had bow and arrow innocence."

Tyki frowned darkly, already guessing where this was heading. "Did Sheryl kill him?"

Road, much to his shock, actually looked a little sad.

"Yeah." She said softly, "Unfortunately for kids, their minds are easily warped by the Order. No matter how much Sheryl tried to reason, the kid wouldn't stop. He was obsessed, insane."

Wisely, having probably seen what happened in Sheryl's memories, ran a hand through his hair, muttering under his breath, "It was so messed up..."

Tyki bared his teeth a little, anger running through him at the thought of forcing something like that on such a young kid. He knew they were the last people to judge, but using children to fight your battles was really wrong. Even when the Earl made kids into Akuma, Tyki and many of the others didn't like it. Sheryl and Road especially; it was kind of because of them living in the human world and expiriencing things with children, it made them extremely opposed to it. Tyki didn't particularly like the thought of fighting an inexpirienced kid, and certainly one that was brainwashed into doing bidding they weren't meant to do. And most of the time, it was their own parents who offered them up to see if they were accomidators, and then offering to make them exorcists to protect them from the Akuma. That was why humans disgusted him, which was why he felt those urges to illiminate them.

This made him look at Eva, who seemed to be engaged in conversation with Road about the topic. He could never imagine anyone offering up a small thing like Eva to fight. Yet things like that were happening now, people so desperate to survive that they cast off their children to do the fighting for them. This brought his disgusted thoughts back, which caused him to look at Eva again. He wasn't really...disgusted by her. She was the only human who ever appealed to him, that he didn't want to kill. The thought of it actually disturbed him, the thought of hurting her in any way. So it made him wonder what made Eva special, different from the norm. He looked at Wisely when he thought this, who stared back with an equally frustrated expression. Still couldn't get through her walls it seemed. This only made Tyki more eager to discover her past, to see this big secret, but something told him that when he finds out, he's going to wish he hadn't.

Eva, observant as ever, saw his frown and tugged on his sleeve, causing him to look at her. Hazel eyes wide, she gazed up at, seeming troubled.

"What is it, Eva?" He asked, trying to play off his bad mood.

Eva, however, looked like something else was bugging her entirely. She looked away from him, a peculiar expression on her face as she stared off into space. Her hand, Tyki noticed, was gripping his shirt fabric hard, so hard her knuckles had turned white. Tyki slowly reached for it, shocked out of his mind when it actually took some force on his part to uncurk her hand, placing her tiny fingers in his own. At this point, enev Road and Wisely were watching the girl, confusion on Road's face but concentration on Wisely's. He looked like he was reading something, the way he was looking at her, so maybe one of her walls had fallen down? Tyki slid his gaze back to Eva, feeling anxiety and concern over the way all the blood had drained from her face, the flush gone from her cheeks. He lifted a hand and touched one of them, a delicate stroke of his fingertips over soft skin, causing her to jolt and look at him, almost like she was pulled out of a trance. Her hazel eyes went clear, and she stared at Tyki, looking utterly confused, like someone who had just woken up from a nap. Tyki forced a small smile, but on the inside he felt rattled. What was with that look on her face? It was...he couldn't think of a word. It was like it wasn't Eva's pretty face he was staring at.

"Eva?" He asked gently, "Are you okay?"

Eva's hands were shaking, and there were tears in her eyes. She cast her gaze downward, then back up at him before deciding to shake her head now.

Tyki, she signed, looking really frightened which caused Tyki to hurt internally, My head hurts.

Tyki's heart hurt a little at her words, anxiety overtaking him. He looked at Wisely and Road, who looked as worried as he was. Carefully, Tyki placed his forhead against Eva's, feeling for a fever, and finding that her skin was indeed warmer than usual. But he doubted anyone could get so suddenly sick like that, so he was a little concerned as to what was going on. He placed a hand on her curls comfortingly, stroking them as he examined her face, not liking that she was still pale. He looked over at Road, wo looked just as unsettled as he was. What had happened? One minute Eva was perfect, bright and happy with a smile on her face as she joked with everyone and snacked. In a blink that was gone, and something had to be wrong. Tyki decided to put Eva with Road until he was done talking with Wisely, since the boy looked like there was something he really wanted to say. Wisely, hearing his thoughts, nodded one short head tilt, an intense look in his eyes that totally didn't help Tyki's anxiety in the least bit. Road seemed to get something was going on, because she looked between the twon males with concern on her petite face.

"Road," Tyki said softly, still stroking Eva's hair, "Can you take her to her room and stay with her until I get there?"

Road nodded lightly in understanding, her gaze landing on Wisely meaningfully. He nodded, glancing at Eva, who didn't notice any of this since she had her face planted against Tyki's chest. Road gracefully stood and, much to Tyki's surprise, picked Eva up bridal style with ease, keeping her head curled against her chest. It was weird seeing Road holding a girl her similar size so easily, but that wasn't what was supposed to be bugging Tyki at the time. He and Wisely stood and watched as Road walked from the room, keeping her steps light so she wouldn't jostle Eva at all and whispering small comforting things to the girl. Tyki knew she wouldn't let anyone stop her on her small quest, nor would she let anyone bother Eva or stop her from getting to the room. Which was why he left Eva with Road, because Road didn't take any shit. Both he and Wisely waited until they were out of earshot before turning to each other.

"What happened?" Tyki demanded, a scowl on his lips.

Wisely was scowling too, a disturbed look on his face as he ran a hand through his hair.

"I...I'm not sure." He hedged, "It was something strange in...her subconcious."

Her subconcious?

Feeling impatient, Tyki's hands clenched a little at his sides as he tried to calm himself. He took a deep breath and said, "Explain. Please," He threw in for good measure.

"Imagine her subconcious as a wall," Wisely explained in a hard voice, struggling for words, "A glass wall. A lot of things are hidden behind it, and not one of them has come to press against the glass, so to speak."

Nothing had turned up? Tyki guessed that most of the time things were supposed to, like a person pressing against the glass to stare at and remind the person of something important or crucial. Or maybe to poke at their conscience, to stop them from making mistakes. As Tyki thought all of this, Wisely nodded to each one in agreement, seeming pleased that Tyki understood what he was getting at.

"What lies behind the glass are usually images, pictures on a Tv screen," Wisely continued, his voice low, "What I saw...was not a picture."

His voice grew strangled at the last part, causing chills to run up Tyki's spine. What had Wisely seen?

Hearing the question in Tyki's mind, Wisely continued on.

" It's so hard to explain," He groaned, running both hands through his hair this time, "It was when Road was talking about them forcing children to syncronize, which probably set it off. A hand pressed against the glass, just a hand. Then..." He took a deep breath, then let it out slowly, "I saw eyes, ice blue colored, glowing from the other side. I've never encountered something like that, so I concentrated on it. Out of no where there was a strange noise, faint for me but probably loud for Eva's head, which was why she stopped so suddenly. The noise was sort of a screeching, but it sounded oddly like someone was screaming...but silently. It was a noise, but it wasn't. It caused the glass wall to start shaking and vibrating, which was probably what caused Eva's sudden headache. I also noticed that when you touched her cheek, whatever it was suddenly stopped, backing off back into her subconcious."

Tyki stared at Wisely, feeling slightly disturbed. What could that possibly be? He vaugely remembered Wisely mentioning that there was something strange in Eva's subconcious mind, an abnormality of sorts, but no one could figure out what it was. It generally didn't effect her when she was doing things, so they decided it wasn't worth looking into for the time being, but now...clearly they had some things to look into. That nagging feeling that came when calling Eva human came back, telling him there was seriously something wrong with the term. It was like a foul taste on his tongue, it didn't feel quite right when he said it. But they needed to call her something, so maybe it was time they asked the Earl to look into a few of his records to see it there was anything similar down the road in their Noah history. If they did figure out Eva was another type of being, what would they do? It wasn't like she acted differnet, she acted like a happy human girl, but it was there and causing her pain. Tyki didn't like that.

"If you want," Wisely offered, probably hearing Tyki's though process, "I can tell the Earl and we can do some searching for you."

Tyki rubbed the back of his neck, letting out a slow breath. That was probably best, "Just make sure you report to me anything you find."

Wisely nodded, "Sure thing."

Since their conversation was now over, Tyki turned and headed toward the door that Road took, running over the conversation in his mind since he knew Road would want to hear everything once he got there. But the fact was he wasn't quite sure what to tell her, since he didn't know what was oging on himself at the time. Maybe Road could add some insight though, since she was older than the rest of them. And he knew that Road would be one to side with him once they found out what was truly the matter with his companion, if everyone decided that she was...a threat. Tyki could barely think that, never able to imagine Eva as a threatening being. Hell, she couldn't harm something even if she wanted to. If there was one person he knew was not dangerous in their home, it was Eva. He doubted that this was anything dangerous, or maybe what Wisely saw really was a memory of some sort, a bad expirience that Eva had a while back. He told Tyki that Road had said something about forced syncronization, so maybe that was it? Tyki stroked his chin as he walked, thinking about it then going over it again.

He didn't want to ask Eva about it, but he might have to.

As he reached his door, he heard Road tell Eva on the other side that she would be right back. So he waited in the hallway for her to come out, knowing she would be asking questions and wanting answers just like the rest of them. Sure enough, the door opened and Road slid out, closing it with a soft thud behind her. Then she turned to Tyki with a worried expression, crossing her arms over her chest and leaning against the wall, looking at his expectantly. Tyki sighed, leaning against the wall opposite her and grimacing, trying to find his words and holding up one finger while he collected his thoughts. Road nodded, patiently waiting and tapping one foot as the seconds ticked by.

Finally, Tyki let out a slow breath, "There was something in her sudconcious, Road."

"Like..what?" Road bit her lip, seeming confused.

Tyki ran a hand through his hair, deciding that there was no true explaination for it, "We don't know, but it reacted to the topic we were on." He sighed, "Go talk to Wisely, he should be with the Earl right now."

Road looked back at the door, hesitating a little bit and clearly torn. But then she heaved a loud breath and said, "Fine. But i'll be back later," her tone turned into a warning at the end.

Tyki nodded, so Road turned and headed back the way she came, disapearing around a corner in a few seconds.

Tyki wasted no time into heading into his room.

Lenalee was growing impatient.

She sat with Marie, Tiedoll, Krory, Miranda, and Komui in Komui's office, waiting for Kanda to get back with what he had gone for. After hearing there was files being hidden from all of them, they had gone in search of them. They wanted to know what the Order was keeping secret, what other terrible things they weren't aware of. Lenalee had a bad feeling in the pit of her stomach, sitting next to her brother and fiddling with the skirt to her uniform. What could possibly be so bad that they kept it hidden from the Order members? From their generals even? The other Generals were in the room as well, sitting with Tiedoll in one corner. After discovering the council was leaving out information for them, they were inraged. This had never happened before, or at least not to their knowledge, sothey were wondering what the hell the council was thinking. Did they want the entirety of their people to turn on them? Because that was what was going to happen if they continued this. Even Lenalee was questioning the people she had listened to and worked for.

She wished desperately that Allen was here, so he could help them all with this, help them through this rough time. Everything was falling to pieces now, and she secretly hoped that Allen would pop in, good as new and whole again, and put everything back together. She missed eating with all her friends, working with them, and talking with them without one of the council's guards listening in or following them. She hated these secrets and lies. Everytime she saw one of the black-clad guards watching her, she resisted the urge to activate her darkboots and knock their teeth down their throats. They pissed her off so much and definently brough out a more violent side to the once sweet girl. She had no disire to show manners to these people, nor was she going to obey them, which they tried to dictate she do everyday.

As if on que they heard the distinct sound of Kanda's boots on the marble floor coming down the hallway, so everyone stood, waiting for the door to open. Sure enough, Kanda burst through with a messenger bag flung over his shoulder, filled to capacity. He was out of breath, looking extremely irritated as he stopped in the middle of the room. Reaver, the head of the science department beside Komui, followed after him, covered in some strange blue powder and looking quite proud of himself. He closed the door behind him, locked at, and stuck some strange device on the door. It was a small, circular obkect, that made a small beeping noise before it turned on and incased the door in a red film. Lenalee recognized that; it created a sound proof shield over the door so no one could hear the conversation. That was probably a good idea, since the guards that were previously outside komui's office would soon be back after they were done with whatever they were doing.

"Did you get the files?" Komui asked, glancing at the bag Kanda held.

Kanda snorted lightly, dropping the heavy item with a large thud, "Hell yes I did," He glanced at Reaver with a dark look, "And you wouldn't believe the distraction the Science department ad to create for me to be able to do it."

Everyone looked at Reaver, who shook his head and chuckled, "You don't wanna know."

This caused everyone to smile, just a little bit, as things were suddenly like old times again.

Kanda was in the process of opening the bag he had, and instantly stacks of files and papers slid out, all having the words "Do not read" in big, red letters across them and the words "Section nine authroities only". Since when were they putting people in sections? Lenalee didn't recall being told she was part of any time of section, and if they were that meant they were definently below nine. This caused her anger to come back, more and more things were being held from them, and it wasn't right.

Komui and the other General's started grabbing the files, opening them without hesitation and looking in the contents. Instantly, a few of them cursed. Komui put a hand to his mouth, looking horrified.

"What?" Lenalee whispered, her hands clutching at her brother's shoulder, "What is it?"

Komui looked back at her, his expression frozen on his face. He couldn't seem to talk.

But then, Kanda hissed, "Those...bastards."

Next, General Tiedoll added, his voice low with anger she had never heard from him, "They've been forcing syncronization on...children."

Everyone gaped, a few of them looking confused.

Komui swallowed hard, lifting up a folder and reading aloud, "Case file thirty four, subject age six years old. Resisted syncronization for four weeks before her heart stopped on the expirementation table. Subject terrminated, status failure."

"Oh my god..." Marie whispered, his sightless eyes filling with disbelief, "Children that young can't sync with their innocence yet! It's not even possible!"

Lenalee looked at all the files on the floor, her breath coming in shallow gasps. There had to be more than fifty files, maybe a hundred. She hadn't seen any of these children yet, only the ones who were training now. Had this many children been sacrificed? Killed? Tears burned her eyes as she picked up a file of a little boy, feeling pain stab her when she realized her was only three when they tried. Children that young can barely talk yet, barely walk! There was no way they could expect them to be able to sync themselves with innocence, their small bodies aren't able to handle that much power yet. And she knew that the process would have been painful, terrifying. And all these kids ended up dying, their hearts sropping after the power became to much. This was so much worse than she had imagined, so terrible. She felt so disgusted to be part of the Black Order at that moment, so ashamed of what she had unknowingly been a part of.

"Hey...this file is differnent," Kanda muttered suddenly, a frown on his face as he flipped open to folder, "It's thicker than the others." He read silently for a few seconds, than he read allowed, "Subject number forty. She was found in the house of a couple in Hayer town; they had a male child who became an Akuma, and the Exorcists.." He hissed out a curse, "They killed the mother and father when they tried to shield the boy."

Lenalee's hand came up to cover her mouth.

"The woman killed was a teacher," Kanda muttered, "And it looks like she was teaching the girl, since the girl had no relation to them. They brought the subject back and found she was an accomidator. Her age, they calculated from blood samples, was seven years old. They started to force syncro on her, and of course their was resistance. But on the fourth day of trying..." Kanda trailed off, sucking in a sharp breath as he read ahead to himself.

At this point, everyone in the room was looking at him.

Ahhahahaha no no everyone I'm not revealing the whole truth yet xDDD Hello children I hope you enjoyed chapter eleven and it was satisfyingly long enough for you. Again, no spell check and my computer wont do it when I post so bare with me, and I'm sorry last chapter aboput Eva's dialoge *sweatdrop* I had to go back and re do it since the stupid compter made it normal print. But yeah!

Eva's secrets are gonna be secrets for a few more chapter but not to worry ^^ all will be revealed sooner or later bwahahaha~!

Please Review and wait for chapter twelve~! Love ya~!