The 14th Night- The Unusual Meeting
Allen, Lavi, and Lenalee stared at Belial bitterly while everyone else stared at him in surprise.
"Tyrir?!" Milly shouted and Belial sighed quietly. "Would you please stop calling his name? He no longer exists." Belial stated and the Exorcists fell silent.
"No longer exists?" Lenalee asked in surprise and Belial sighed again.
"Clean your ears out, woman. I just said that. That annoying boy kept his memories of Noah suppressed for so long! So once he stopped, I took over. Identity consumed by memory. Remember that." Belial said and then looked at the Fragment.
"Poor girl though. It must have been hard knowing that there was a Fragment in her and that it couldn't be removed without her dying. Hehe, it's almost pathetic." Belial said icily and Kaz glared lividly at Belial.
"Shut your mouth!" Kaz snapped and grabbed Hellblade from Lavi before swinging it at Belial. Belial narrowed his eyes and blocked Hellblade with his hand.
Belial pushed Kaz back onto the platform and chuckled lightly. "Very well then. I have no more business with you all for now anyway." Belial said and Lavi readied his hammer.
"You're not going without giving us the Fragment." Lavi said coolly and Belial smirked.
"Fair enough," he said before flicking it to Lavi. Lavi caught the Fragment in confusion while Belial grinned and vanished along with Feros.
Lavi opened his hand and his eye widened at the rock with the word 'FOOL' etched on it lying on his palm.
"No way… he tricked us…" Lavi muttered and Kaz angrily smashed the rock Feros and Belial had been on into rubble.
"Damn it!"
Belial smirked as he tossed the blue Fragment calmly into the air before catching it before another hand that popped out of nowhere did.
"Hello, Road." Belial said casually down to the little girl who pouted up at him.
"You found one?" Road asked while eying the Fragment and Belial nodded.
"Is the Earl around?" he asked and Road shook her head.
"He went out. He said he had to reunite with an old friend." Road stated and Belial sighed quietly.
"Great, and just when we got another Fragment…" Belial muttered before narrowing his eyes. "An old friend of the Earl?"
"Well, that's what Earlie said before leaving. He didn't let me come along too." Road said with a huff and Belial was silent before pocketing the Fragment.
"Then I'll hold onto the Fragment till he gets back." Belial said much to the disappointment of Road who wanted to try it out.
The Earl sighed quietly in his human form while looking around the grassy field.
"I should have brought something to do. He's never on time." The Earl said sadly before putting a hand on the side of his head in sudden pain.
"N-Never mind… You're here." The Earl said with a grin at Gin who stood silently facing the Earl.
Gin narrowed his eyes and the Earl straightened up with a smile.
"You… gained weight, didn't you?" Gin said with a sigh and the Earl chuckled lightly.
"I certainly did not," he replied back sharply. Gin grimaced and slid his hands in his pockets.
"So I suppose our peaceful time is over?" Gin asked and the Earl tilted his head slightly. "Your memories are awake?"
"Sort of. It took a damn long time to get them back, but I'm afraid some are still missing inside him." Gin said and sighed with a smile.
The Earl grinned widely and chuckled happily. "I'm so happy… I get to wring that betraying neck of yours this time!" The Earl said and Gin chuckled coolly.
"Too bad your work for that has doubled. Now you have two necks to wring." Gin stated and the Earl nodded.
"That won't do though. I want to wring just one neck. The one that betrayed us! You!" The Earl shouted and Gin's smile disappeared slowly.
"Fair enough, but I'm not going to be standing by your side again anytime soon." Gin stated and the Earl chuckled.
"There's no need for you to anymore anyway. You must not be aware of this, but I'll tell you as an old friend. A few years ago we picked up a familiar face." The Earl said and Gin raised an eyebrow.
"And I should care why?"
"Cause it's the Key."
Gin's eyes widened and the Earl grinned while chuckling. The Earl raised his head slightly and stared at Gin happily.
Gin trembled slightly while staring at the Earl in shock. "No way…"
"Indeed, I was shocked too when I saw her. But this is a nice change of position because now I have the reason you betrayed us, old friend." The Earl stated and a bead of sweat ran down the side of Gin's face as he glared at the Earl.
The Earl glanced at the golden locket around Gin's neck and smiled cheerfully. "Still don't care? If you want her back, you'll have to either kill me or join me again." The Earl said and Gin gritted his teeth lightly.
"You're a crafty one like always, Earl."
"And you're still sensitive." The Earl grinned happily at Gin and then pushed his hat up.
"Now it's gotten late. I should return to hear the success of Belial-kun." The Earl said and smirked at Gin.
Gin glared back bitterly and a black pentacle appeared beneath the Earl.
"Let's hope we meet again, Gin. No… We WILL meet again, 14th!" The Earl shouted before disappearing into the pentacle and Gin silently stared at the pentacle until it vanished.
Gin took a hand out of his pocket and looked down at the locket around his neck.
Komui was silent, as the group had returned with Kiki's body. Kiki was then placed in the infirmary while Komui addressed the Exorcists.
"So you learned about the Fragment inside Miss Hâna. I'm sorry we didn't tell you sooner." Komui said and nobody spoke.
Kaz was sitting against the wall with his legs up and his head resting on his arms that were resting on his legs.
"Now the Earl has two Fragments and we have yet to get one." Tiedoll stated from where he stood with a canvas in front of him as he painted the mountain of papers on Komui's desk. Komui leaned back in his chair and lifted a piece of paper on his desk.
"However, we can't rest now more than ever. I'd like you all to see some footage we collected from a golem that flew through Spain." Komui stated and Reever brought out the golem. He connected it to the monitor the scientists were forced to drag into Komui's office. The Exorcists watched the video of the ground from the golem's view in the sky. A blur flashed between the ground and golem and nothing changed of the ground below.
"What the hell are we looking at?" Kanda asked bitterly and Reever rewound the footage before stopping it exactly when the blur went by. The Exorcists stared at the shape before Reever sharpened the picture and they all saw what it was. Lenalee's eyes widened as she covered her mouth with her hand.
"Komui, is that…?" she started to ask and Komui nodded gravely. Lenalee looked back at the raven with piercing green eyes on the footage and trembled slightly.
"That's Dark, Philman Niniha's Innocence. Which means only one thing." Komui stated and Lavi finished Komui's thought. "That Philman Niniha is alive and in Spain. Let me guess, we're going to Spain?" Lavi asked and Komui nodded with a grimace.
"That's right. Better brush up on your Spanish." Komui said and then looked past them to Kaz.
"Kaz, despite the fact you know Spanish apparently, I want you to stay here." Komui said and Kaz didn't reply as Komui looked back at the other Exorcists.
"In fact, I would like only Allen, Lavi, Krory, Kanda, and Lenalee to go to Spain. Everyone else will be given a different mission." Komui stated and Milly huffed bitterly.
"Why only them?"
"Because if Philman Niniha is alive, then the only ones that could stand a chance at beating him would be those five. Remember what happened last?" Komui said and Milly fell silent after remembering how she was utterly beaten by Philman before.
"You five will get ready and depart at once! If Philman is alive, capture him and return him to us for detainment. Go!" Komui said and everyone left but Kaz who slowly got up onto his feet.
Komui looked over at Kaz and smiled softly. "I told the Head Nurse to let you stay by Kiki's side as long as you want, Kaz. Go." Komui said and Kaz looked back at him silently and left without another word.
Komui sat back down and sighed quietly before glancing at the footage that was still stopped with Dark on the screen. "Good luck…"
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Next Chapter Preview: El grupo viaja a España que se encontrará solamente con el peor de todos los sinos. ¿Con la gente después de ella, pueden localizar Philman y capturarlo? La vez próxima: Grito del cuervo. Véale allí.
Translation: The group travels to Spain only to be met with the worst of all fates. With people after them, can they locate Philman and capture him? Next Time: Raven Cry. See you there.
Noah Corner
Derek: Where are we?
Roade: We haven't shown up in so long.
Cedric: ... Hic...
Question: Favourite two-digit number?
Derek: 98.
Cedric: 69.
Roade: 12.
Keria: 57.
Tyrir: 13.
Question: Favourite one-digit number?
Derek: 1.
Roade: 7.
Keria: 5.
Cedric: 3.
Tyrir: 0.
Question: Favourite letter?
Derek: D.
Keria: X.
Roade: L.
Cedric: A.
Tyrir: Z.