A/N: This is the next chapter, and I hope you don't get sick of these small messages, but I do suggest reading these. You might miss out on some trivia or information. I'm still character designing so I can post a picture of my OC's. I don't know how it will go, but I'm working on Sakura right now. I still haven't decided what to do with Suri's design yet, but I'll go by what I have already written, so the basis for her will be the same. Anyways, enjoy this next chapter.
"Sakura, stay hidden, and see if you can find a vantage point on one of these roofs." Suri ordered her. She took out Heaven and Earth and started shooting, but a supersonic sound slowed them down, doing little to no damage at all. A blue flame rushed towards her, but she dodged it gracefully. The fire was cold!
"Suri!" Allen was worried about her, but he had his own Akuma to deal with. He quickly dodged a blade that nearly cut him in half.
"Allen, switch!" Suri demanded. She couldn't deal with the supersonic Akuma. That's was a terrible matchup from the start. "Come on, come on." Suri murmured to herself. She saw a rifle bullet shoot through the bladed Akuma and it exploded. "Yes!" Suri cheered. Sakura successfully released her first Akuma.
"You Akuma are impotent. Come back, at once." They heard a voice. Suri recognized it immediately.
"Road-sama!" The Akuma screeched, but had no qualms to deny the order.
"Tch. I'll get them one day." Suri swore. She turned to Allen who was a little worse off that her, but that wasn't saying much.
"Suri-kun, are you alright?" Allen asked, holding his side.
"Not a scratch. It seems like you have a slight bruise, though." Suri looked over Allen, just in case she wasn't under-reacting.
"Not a bruise. More like a shallow scratch." Suri's eyes widened. She rushed to his side and grabbed his hand off his injury.
"Don't touch it! We need to get it disinfected as soon as possible!"
"No, there's no need." Allen told her.
"You idiot!" Allen was taken aback. "What if it does get infected?! It can turn into a serious problem. I don't want you to die on me now." Suri said. Allen's gaze softened, and he petted her head.
"Okay, we'll go to Miranda's home to patch me up." He could only pet her because she was so short, but Suri didn't mind.
They walked out of the nearly destroyed bar where she saw Lenalee, Sakura, and Miranda on a nearby roof. Sakura had already packed up her rifle where it had now rested on her back. Lenalee activated her Dark Boots and brought Miranda off the roof, whereas Sakura jumped and landed safely. Sakura ran up to Suri.
"Are you okay, mama?" Sakura asked with concern.
"Yeah, but Allen got cut." Suri told them.
"Oh, goodness! Come over to my place! I should have a first aid kit there!" Miranda panicked and rushed to her house. The rest of them followed closely behind. Suri sat Allen down on a chair and began taking off his bloody exorcist jacket, gray vest, and dress shirt. She used tweezers to pick up a cotton ball doused in alcohol and pressed it to the wound on Allen's side.
"Liar. You said it was small." Suri reprimanded him. The in wasn't shallow at all. It was a centimeter deep and ten centimeters wide. It doesn't seem too large on paper, but in reality, it was enough to make them worry.
"Haha. Sorry for making you worry." Allen smiled at her. Suri smiled back. There was nothing she could do about that. That's just the way he is. He winced a little when Suri pressed a little harder to the wound, but she wouldn't relent until the job was finally done.
"Finally finished." Suri sighed, smeared antibiotics, and stuck a band aid on him. "Thank you, Miranda. You helped us save our friend today." Miranda was shocked. She just thanked her? She was definitely much less scary when she wanted to be, that's for sure. Suri looked at Sakura, and she looked like she had something to say. "Say, Miranda. Do We have anything to eat tonight? We should definitely go grocery shopping." Suri tried to create a diversion so that Sakura could talk to Allen alone.
"Oh, yes. Of course! Follow me." Miranda said.
"Lenalee, please come with me. And Sakura?"
"Yes, mama?"
"Please make sure Allen doesn't do anything rash." Sakura's eyes widened and she nodded once before they walked out. An awkward silence ensued as Sakura figeted with her skirt.
"Mister Walker." Sakura tried to be formal with him so that she wouldn't be sucked into his memories by calling him "Allen".
"Call me Allen." He told her.
"Ummm... Allen... about your past..." Sakura didn't know how to start.
"You've seen it all, right?" Allen asked the question that scared Sakura the most. She was afraid of his wrath, if he got mad.
"... I'm sorry. I didn't mean to." Sakura's tears were threatening to spill. Allen raised his hands and Sakura flinched. But whatever she had braced for didn't come. He place his hand on her head and started to stroke her hair, reassuringly.
"It's okay, Sakura-chan. It wasn't your fault. And it wasn't Suri-kun's fault either. It was no one's fault. Okay?"
"...Yes." Sakura was grateful for his forgiveness, even he didn't think of it like that.
"By the way," Sakura's ears perked, "What did you see?" Allen asked. He had to know.
"Well... for one, I didn't know you were part of a circus once. And I didn't know your hair was red..." Sakura started. And with that, Allen began to talk to her about his past and the many stories he had while going around the world.
"We're back, Allen, Sakura." Suri sighed. It had been bad luck after bad luck the entire time. Miranda had tripped, tumbled, and straight out fell all over town.
"Welcome back, mama!" Sakura was sitting on Allen's lap on the floor.
"Welcome back, everyone." Allen said.
"Hello, Sakura." Suri was slightly relieved that the two of them had made up. Wait... why is Sakura on Allen's lap? Suri's eyebrow twitched. "Allen..." she said while looking down at them. "What do you think you're doing to my precious daughter?"
"You're..." Allen looked confused for a moment before realizing what they were doing. Allen slowly put Sakura on the ground next to him before standing. He didn't look back when he ran out of the house, fearing for his jewels.
A/N: I'm finally done with this chapter, even thought there were to many moments of writer's block. I feel like I'm losing sense of the anime, so I actually am going to go back and watch it. But because I'm going back, it's going to be on a small hiatus as I sort my personal life of anime and school. Junior year at HS can be a real bitch... -_-" Sorry 'bout that. As always, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and be sure to leave a review on your way out. See you later. Hopefully soon.