"This is where I heard it," Road said, leading them to a small street corner. "They were around there last time I heard." She pointed to an old-looking chapel with beautiful stained-glass windows that glowed in the sunlight. The three were just about to start walking when they heard footsteps behind them.

"Lenalee!" Allen yelled, running over and jumping on her before any of them could stop him. He hugged her as tightly as he could before she got over her momentary shock and pushed him away.

"I told you not to touch me!" She yelled.

"Lenalee, you know you belong at home…with us." Lavi said simply, keeping in mind that he was a junior bookman and if Panda himself had seen him showing emotion, he would be thoroughly punished.

"Lavi, that's not my home. A home doesn't-"

"We know, Lenalee. We know all about the experiments. Komui spilled everything when we told him what you had become. Well, it took him forever to stop crying and sulking, but then he told us. Look, why didn't you just tell us?" Lavi asked.

"You wouldn't have listened…" she stated.

"That's a bunch of crap and you know it!" He yelled, getting fed up with her excuses. "If you love that Noah over there, that's fine! If you want to stop fighting, that's fine! But don't you give me this crap that none of us were there for you! You know we were!" He clenched his fists, trying not to get worked up.

"L…Lavi…"

"Oh please," Road said. "You just don't want another Noah to deal with-"

"Stay out of this!" Allen yelled. "This doesn't concern you." He looked at Lenalee. "Come home!"

"Even…even if I wanted to, Allen," Lenalee said, "I can't. It's as simple as that. First, the inspector would have me killed on the spot," Tyki clenched his fists when he heard that, "and second, Noah's aren't allowed in the Order."

"You still have your innocence." Lavi said. "Anyone with innocence is an exorcist, you know that."

"That doesn't change that I'm a traitor! I would be-"

"I won't let them!" Allen said. "And neither will your brother."

"You would be killed right alongside me."

"Love, why don't we end this farce?" Tyki said, putting a hand on her shoulder. He was getting annoyed with all this talk, but what was troubling him more was that Lenalee had let the talk go on and seemed like she actually wanted to go back. He couldn't let that happen, no matter what.

"Trust us," Allen said. "Please…"

"You heard her before," Tyki said. "She doesn't want to."

"And I'm sure you heard me say to stay out of this," he glared at Tyki and then looked at Lenalee.

"I'm not coming back." She clenched her fists. "And I believe I told you that the next time we met would be on the battlefield." Looking at the two exorcists before them, her eyes were like stone once again, to Tyki's relief. He thought she had been close to leaving them, to going back to that blasted Order.

"Lenalee…" Lavi said.

"I don't need you! I don't need your sob stories about how you were there for me or how much you miss me. It's my understanding that the Order is understaffed, so why is it that you are still hanging around here?" She lifted her hand to stop Allen from talking when he opened his mouth. "You should be searching for the innocence." She looked at him in the eyes. "I could have you killed right now if I desired it, I could call as many Akuma as I wanted and have them pound you into the ground. Doesn't that scare you?"

"I'm not afraid of my friends," he said simply.

"I'm not your friend!" She yelled as she held her hands out in front of her and closed her eyes. The sky began to darken and there was the sound of thunder in the distance.

So, Tyki thought, this is her power. She will be able to control the elements, but what counts is how well she does it here and now. This is turning out to be quite interesting. Road stood watching Lenalee, thinking about the same thing. She was interested to see what the new Noah could do, but she was hoping to have it done sooner. This "farce," as Tyki had called it, was starting to bore her. She started tapping her foot.

"This is getting boring." Road yawned. "Finish them off already."

Right as Lenalee was getting ready to do just that, her boots started glowing. She gasped and screamed out in pain, falling to her hands and knees. Panicking, she tried to catch her breath. The pain, the searing pain…what was going on? She couldn't move. Tyki, seeing what was happening, ran over to her and put a hand on her back.

"Lenalee! Lenalee!" Tyki yelled. Road had begun yelling her name, too, but the voices all seemed far away. There seemed to be two other people now with hands on her. Who were they? She…she couldn't remember…she should remember…what was going on?

"How could you betray me, Lenalee?"

She jumped. Somehow, it seemed familiar, though she had never heard the voice before. Appearing in front of her was a figure, but it was too bright to see. The only thing visible were the boots on her legs, the same as Lenalee's.

"Who are you?" Lenalee asked, thoroughly frightened now. "What do you want from me?"

"We were supposed to be a team. Don't you remember?" The figure knelt down in front of her. "Love conquers a lot, but you should not let it conquer your duty."

"My…duty?" She asked. Then, she realized who-what she was talking to. It was her innocence personified! That's why she recognized it so easily….

"I chose you, Lenalee, even knowing what you were to become. Don't disappoint me now. You are a Noah, yet it is just as that exorcist boy said, you are still an exorcist. Never forget your duty."

"You chose the wrong person!" Lenalee cried out desperately. "I can't handle this! I'm just one girl!"

"You are not just a girl, Lenalee. You are extraordinary. If you look deep enough, I know you will find the answer. You know what you must do."

She nodded solemnly. All of this fun she was having with Tyki and Road was going to come to an end. She wasn't completely sure what she was going to do yet, but she knew that it would be on the side of the exorcists. The brightness started dissipating and she was able to feel her whole body again. Her skin had reverted to that of a human's, to her surprise.

"Allen…" she whispered softly. "Lavi…" She was weak, she could barely muster up the energy to move. "I saw it…my innocence, I saw her…"

Tyki backed up. What could that mean? Could she…could she really be going back to them after everything that they had done to her? It wasn't possible…he loved her too much to let her go.

"Lenalee…" Tyki said. "Don't tell me you're going back there."

"I am…" Lenalee said. "And you're coming with me."