Angel's Last Song

Fourteenth Song: MY DYING SENSES - 'A. W.' 1

Komui called all available exorcists to his office to discuss a very important matter regarding to the young lad who then claimed Allen as his 'papa' and now his 'twin'. It brought confusion to everyone. It doesn't make sense at all no matter what angle you look. Indeed, it's impossible and will never be a possible thing to have a twin whose age was ten years younger than you unless he was a parasitic living thing who fed on his host, his twin. But that case is a whole different thing because in order to remove a parasitic twin from its host a person must undergo through operation.

After some minutes of waiting, finally they came including Link who was not with Allen awhile ago.

"Link!" Allen called when Link, who entered last, came in. "Where have you been? I haven't seen you in ages. Though it was a good thing to not have you around me." he whispered the last sentence but it didn't went unheard to Link who twitched his brow in annoyance and continued to walked inside. Ignoring me, huh… Allen thought, a red vein pulsating on his forehead.

Once everyone was settled inside, silence came.

They waited patiently on their seats for someone to explain what was going on. Lou can feel the tension around him and was so anxious about the situation he was in. Who wouldn't when you were at the middle tied up on a chair and surrounded by people who have murderous looks on their faces. In Lou's case.

"Lou…" it was Allen who first spoke. "So, can you tell us how come we are twins?" he asked.

Lou didn't answer immediately but bowed his head which made his icy blue eyes invisible to everyone due to his hair's shadow that covered it.

He sighed and looked up to Allen.

"It all started a week before you found me. The akuma's are chasing me and eventually I got rid out of them. While on my way back home I meet this idiots. They are twins but…I couldn't see any resemblance between them so I guess they are fraternal twins. They have this mischievous looks on their faces so I tried to run away. But before I could they already captured me and told me to pay my debt. I don't really know what they are talking about. They kept yelling 'demon general', 'pay your debt', 'you can't escape this time', and…they kept on calling me in the name that I didn't knew who then. They said it's no use to dye my hair reddish-brown but I told them that it is my natural hair color. We kept on bickering and arguing until they pulled out two bottles and forced me to drink it. They told me that they stole it from the Black Order-"

"WHAAAT!?" they yelled. "BLACK ORDER!?"

"Wait, wait, wait. Who are these people?" Komui asked.

"Please let me finish my tale first before you ask." Lou sighed.

"Ah, right. Sorry."

"Like I said, they stole it from the Black Order, in here. They also told me how they did it. They said the black cat went to the Black Order to retrieve the egg through their new Noah's ark. While everyone was busy fighting they stealthily snuck in and stumbled into a storeroom and found two mysterious bottles. They said they want to try it to the brat girl but has no chance to do it so they did it on me. Before I shrink into this form someone called them but not without leaving me a lead on how to get back to normal. The black haired one said 'You're not him. well, if you want to be normal again just go to the Black Order. Look for someone who wear cream hooded cloak or a clergyman who has silver or gold rose- cross attached on their left chest. And by the way, you really look like him though his hair is white.'"

Everyone fell in silence. Somehow, they knew who are those twins who forced Lou to drink the contents of the bottles. They also knew who was that cat and that egg.

"Ah!" Komui exclaimed as he clasped his hands and a light bulb appeared hovering above him. "Now that explains why two of my potions are missing. The De-aging potion and the DNAlter potion. The De-aging potion obviously makes you younger and the DNAlter potion can alter your DNA. And that explains why you are a kid and your appearance is different from Allen." He explained.

Everyone in the room sweat dropped and thought the same thing. Komui…

"So, Kid. How can you be so sure that Allen and you are twins?" Lavi asked. Lenalee nodded and said, "That's right. We want to know, Lou." She smiled.

"Well…uhmm, can you untie me first? It's kinda uncomfortable." Lou asked hesitantly.

"I'll do it." Kanda offered and in a flashed, the rope was cut and Kanda sheathed his mugen before sitting.

"T-thank you, -" said Lou while rubbing his sore wrist, "Yuu-chan." Lou suddenly shivered at the feeling that he just received. As you can guess, Kanda glared at him with those eye piercing glare that would make you blind. "Call me that once again and you're dead." He growled.

"Y-yes. Uhmm…back to your question, Lavi. Well, it all started 10 years ago. We were riding in a carriage with mama when something exploded from a nearby and caught us. Mama died instantly and you..." he looked at Allen. "- were gone when I woke up. I heard the man from the doctor's room talking about children labour and something about human trafficking. Since that day, I run off from the hospital in search of you but I never found you until those twins said I looked like him, I mean like you, Allen and then whenever I found an akuma I always followed it in the hopes of seeing you again. Then you appeared that morning, hours before we met that night. True, we are identical but your hair made me doubt until I saw your arm. Though it's black I knew deep it my heart that it was you. Allen, you are my long lost brother…" said Lou. While talking about it made him feel sad. Allen didn't told Lou a thing about him but Lou can feel the burden that his twin brother carries. He don't know what Allen went through all these years but he can tell it very clearly just by looking at his eyes.

Allen is just a façade.

"Lou…" said Miranda and started crying while saying 'I'm sorry to hear that story.' And 'poor kid, you lost your mother.' Then Lavi moved closer to her to calm her down.

"Well, now that everything is clear…" Lenalee glanced to her brother. "Nii-san, you have to make an anti-dote."

"Of course~!" Komui chimed.

"Hahh…hey Lou, let's eat." Allen offered. And everyone in the room looked at him.

"Allen…?" Miranda inquired. "Didn't you eat your breakfast just now?"

"Control that bottomless pit of yours moyashi."

"IT'S ALLEN! BAKANDA!"

"Uhmm…Allen, how about…" Lavi trailed off but he knew that Allen knew what he was talking about.

The medicine.

"Ah…right- I-I…I left it in my room." Allen reasoned out as he rubbed the back of his head and laughed sheepishly. "Don' worry about it Lavi."

"Right."

"Ah, right! Link, you didn't answer my question before. Where have you been this time?"

"Asked your twin about it later. Come on Walker, you said you wanted to eat."

"Yes. Let's go Lou."

+++[Angel's Last Song]+++

"So…Tyki-pon…"

"The lad is alright. He's doing well." Tyki, who stood behind the Earl, reported.

"And the 14th?" the Earl asked. He sat on his racking chair while knitting.

"Well, sad to say but he's in no shape. Seems like his innocence is killing him slowly. I think we should destroy it."

"That innocence…" the earl growled. "Destroying it is the best way to save his life but it will also kill him."

"Eh? What do you mean Earl?"

"Did you forgot, Tyki-pon~? You dig a hole in his heart~."

"Ah-" he sweat dropped. "About that…I'm sorry. I didn't know he is the 14th."

"It's not your fault, after all it was me who ordered you to. Anyways, we should get them back soon."

"Do you have any plan Earl?"

"Yes, preparation will be ready soon."

+++[Angel's Last Song]+++

Link, Allen, and Lou were at the cafeteria. Link watched Lou happily devouring his food like his brother but not so much. Before he had to restrain himself from eating so much to avoid suspicions but now he was free to eat all he wanted.

"Jerry's foods are so delicious!" Lou complimented with teary eyes because of joy.

Link's gaze turned to Allen who sat across him eating so slowly as if he was trying to taste the food well. Allen took a slice of meat and slowly chewed it. It was unusual of him to eat in this pace. Usually he eats like he didn't even taste the food because of the fast pace but now…is different.

"Are you alright?" Link asked.

Allen swallowed the evenly chewed meat, placed the fork down and sighed.

"I…I can't taste the food…"

"What!?" Link asked in alarm that he unconsciously stood and smacked the table with forced. Everyone in the cafeteria look at him in which he didn't failed to notice. He recomposed himself and sat calmly. Lou in the other hand didn't heard his brother but Link. He stopped eating and watched the two. His twin brother, Allen, looked so sad and he merely touched his food while Link looked like he was observing his brother. He don't know what happened between this two and why Link always follows his brother, Allen. But setting that aside, there was something about this two just now that wasn't right.

Lou waited a little longer for them to speak but no one did.

"Hey, what's wrong?" he asked.

"Nothing. Just eat there Lou." Allen smiled at him and began eating. He tried to eat like he used to do so he won't worry his twin brother, Lou, but this didn't went unnoticed. Lou knew that smile. He also used that smile before to hide his pain.

Something is wrong with him. I'm sure of it. But whatever it is I'll make sure to cheer him up. It's been a very long time since I last saw his genuine smile. Though he always smile I couldn't feel those smiles that I always see him wearing before. I'll definite bring his pure smile back no matter what and I'll make sure that whoever made him this way will pay dearly.