AN: I'm leaning towards bringing the noah inside Allen under control in order for Allen to stay Allen. Kanda has his work cut out for him to gain Neah's trust.
Where do we go from here chap.14
It had been six months since that day at the Order and the old Pope died and a new one came to lead. He was a reasonable man with a thirst for killing the Earl and taking humanity back and bringing peace back to the world. His outlook was for the exorcists he saw them as God's warriors and they were the ones that risked their lives. He did not see them as expendable like Leverrier did he had a great respect for them. He had been a cardinal six months ago when he heard about the craziness that went on with Leverrier's death but he wanted to know more so he called Howard Link in for a chat. Link had been put in charge where Leverrier left off only Link was on the exorcist's side too. He had stopped all experiments on any exorcists that was unnecessary. The North American branch didn't like that much but they couldn't really continue their third exorcist program anymore without Alma. Slowly Link was trying to stop the torture of making more powerful exorcists through science and the Pope liked that. He had seen better result's in the exorcist's performances than he had in previous years leading up to the old Pope's death.
As Link walked into his Excellency's conference room he saw the Pope standing by the window looking out over his city. "Your excellency" He bowed as he spoke and the Pope turned "Ahhh Howard Link please come and sit with me we have much to discuss." Link walked over and took a chair as the Pope sat across from him and crossed his hands on his lap "Tell me of this outburst that took place six months ago when three of our best exorcists had to fight against Leverrier." Link began to explain to the Pope what Leverrier had in mind for Kanda's child and as he spoke he noticed the man was listening intensely and when he finally finished the Pope just sat there a moment then he slightly sighed "I really don't understand people who would use other human beings as just frivolous experiments and I really don't like people that go after innocent children." The Pope looked at Link "Do you know that day we lost three of our best warriors against the Earl. Yu Kanda was a great asset to the order, He may have been made by the Order but he was his own person and a great swordsman. His power was beyond the Orders imagination and they treated him like he was just a servant to their needs and a savage killer." He then stood and walked to the window "I have read the files on him and I understand his reluctance to surrender his child. As a matter of fact I applaud his rise to protect his child it showed that he had grown not only in power but also as a human." The Pope then turned and stared at Link "Allen Walker was under your protection was he not?" Link nodded "Yes sir" The Pope put his hands in his robe and walked back over "And you say it was because of him that you killed Leverrier?" Link nodded again as he looked up at the Pope "Leverrier was going to kill Kanda and after that he would have killed Allen Walker and Lavi Bookman. It was my job as his body guard to protect him with any means possible although at the time I choose to protect them all sir." The Pope stared at Link for a moment the he sat back down in the chair and leaned towards Link "I think you and me think the same my son. It is our job to protect the exorcists and let them do their job for God, which is to rid the world of the Millennium Earl." He then smiled at Link and pointed at him "I'm making you the new Secretary of the heads and I'm going to pick new ones and get rid of the old ones that were all involved in this darkness Leverrier had going." The Pope then shook his head slightly yes "I think you and I can bring the exorcist program to a new level and we can trust our exorcists to fight for God and humanity because they want to not because they think they have too." He smiled as he sat back "God's chosen warriors shouldn't have to fight in fear of being experimented on or think their obligated too they should fight because it's a calling for them to protect people from evil." Link was happy to hear the Pope say that he thought for sure he was in for a reprimand or even a sentence to death for killing Leverrier but it seemed he and the new Pope both saw the same potential for the Black Order. The Pope stood and walked to the window as he looked out over the vast city "Howard Link your first duty as new secretary is to find those exorcists that have been in hiding for the past six months. We are going to remake the Order here in Paris and I want them back. They are a precious resource to our cause." He turned and grinned at Link "And besides we can't have Three exorcists" He then counted Alana, Chevi and Lenalee "No wait six exorcists" Then he frowned "Really we lost six to this outburst?" He asked Link softly as Link nodded to him and the Pope straightened his shoulders back "Well then we can't have six exorcists who could be fighting the good fight out there hiding along with a scientist, a Bookman and not to mention a baby." Link slightly grinned as he walked over and stood next to the Pope "You know it's not going to be easy to talk Kanda into coming back." The Pope put his hand to his chin as he slightly scowled "Yes the poor guy has never trusted anyone as far as I can remember. But tell him he has my word as the Pope no harm will come to him or his family. If there are problems Link let me know and I shall take care of whoever is causing them." He turned again and dropped his hand to his side to stare out the window "This is a new day, a new time for the Order to do what it was meant to and that is fight evil. I'm not going to put up with all the other things that went on before if people don't like it they can be replaced. Yu Kanda was treated unfairly in his life and I want to make things right with him." He turned to Link and smiled "Find him and have him come meet with me personally then and I shall talk to him." Link bowed slightly "Yes your excellency" He they stood and turned to walk out the door "I shall fulfill this task as swiftly as I can. Finding them is not going to be easy though, they have had plenty of time to blend in with society." The Pope waved his hand "Do your best Link I know if anyone can find them you can." After Link left the Pope stood and stared out the window a little longer. He was truly concerned on how the Order was ran in the past and if he couldn't convince Kanda and the rest to give the Order a second chance under his rule then what good was a Black Order if the people didn't trust each other or the people in charge. His vision for the future was to have everyone fighting the good fight and happy doing it he was mostly concerned with the rubbish that still filled the Order from Leverrier's overseeing but he figured he'd soon extinguish all that was left of that retched man as he cleaned through the many branches reevaluating them.
Meanwhile Kanda and Lavi both took off in different directions in the forest. They could hear Neah screaming in Allen's voice "I'll find you this time exorcists." Neah Walker was the fourteenth noah that was inside of Allen. Allen had learned to control him some but there was that occasion when he just wanted to be set free for a while so Kanda and Lavi, well mostly Kanda would hide in the forest and he and Neah would fight. It gave Neah some exercise so he wasn't lying dormant inside Allen all the time waiting for the moment to just take over. Allen had agreed to give Neah some full control during this time but Allen feared how far Neah would take it. He knew Kanda's regenerative powers were strong but if Neah got too carried away and used his dark matter ability he could kill Kanda. This had all stared one day while they were sitting around discussing the Order and the Millennium Earl. Neah had become agitated at the conversation and surfaced causing a fight between him and Kanda. At the end of the fight Kanda and Neah had come to an understanding about how things were going to work, especially if it came down to Kanda having to fight the moyashi with the fourteenth inside him. He had informed Neah that he would not hurt Allen's body even though Neah wanted to go full out in the fight. Allen had took some control over during the fight and he suppressed Neah some as he and Kanda talked. It was agreed that when he felt he needed to stretch out his authority some over Allen he could surface and he and Kanda would face off, but the one exception was that he couldn't get Allen's body hurt in the process. So in actuality Kanda had the fourteenth protecting Allen's body while they fought which made the fourteenth concentrate on two things at once and it wore him out quicker that way. These little fights would take placed at least once a month or even twice when they weren't out on the fishing boat. Kanda, Allen and Lavi had gotten jobs as fishermen on a fishing boat. They were sometimes gone for days at a time out fishing. They all had settled in the town of Chin-Chang a little town on the coast of China. Alana, Chevi and Lenalee were waitresses at a local restaurant. They all took different shifts so they didn't have to rely on Komui to take care of Rin. That sort of disturbed Kanda some thinking about Komui and Bookman babysitting, he envisioned his sons head being diapered or some strange experiment being created by Komui and used on Rin.
During the next few months when Neah would surface Kanda found himself having deep conversations with the Noah inside of Allen after their fights. Their talks consisted of things that were wrong with the world and how they could be changed. Neah's outlook on wanting to take the Earls place concerned Kanda some but what concerned him more was that Neah would soon take over the moyashi and Allen would cease to exist. Kanda knew these little talks they were having was just a passing thing but he hoped in the end he could convince Neah not to take over Allen completely. He couldn't bear the thought of losing his young friend he'd grown so fond of this past year and Kanda knew he would do anything in his power to protect Allen. He had to change Neah's mind on some outlooks he had for the future. Allen deserved to live and Kanda wasn't going to let him go that easy and he informed Neah of that and the noah just laughed at first. But since that day six months ago Neah now had a respect for Kanda. He was a fierce fighter and he kept his promise not to hold back. He also cared deeply for Allen and Neah tried to figure out why because in the beginning he hated Allen. Neah found himself thinking about things that he never thought of before. His mind was confused as he watched the friendships between these people grow with each passing month. They had bonded together and began to trust each other with their lives and now one of them was actually talking to him. Kanda had made Neah rethink the things he had thought about before. Kanda had actually become a sort of friend to Neah now that the noah thought about it. Kanda had tried to earn Neah's trust over the past months and he confided some of his darkest worries to the noah. Neah retreated that day as Allen took back over and he looked up at Kanda and slightly smiled "Thank you Kanda." Kanda just stared straight ahead not letting Allen see the pain on his face, not wanting to look at Allen's face one day but know that it was Neah inside and not Allen. Because…because he would be gone so gathering his thoughts he turned and forced a slight smile at Allen "Oi Moyahsi for what?" Allen then turned and looked straight ahead with a sort of solemn look on his face "For trying to save me." Kanda just sighed and turned his head "Che" then his face saddened some as he looked back at Allen and reaching his hand up he scuffed Allen's hair some as he stood "Come Moyashi the onna will be worried if were gone longer." As Kanda began to walk away Allen just smiled some because he knew now that he and Kanda's relationship had changed. So standing up he then began to run after the lengthy striding samurai and when he caught up to him he walked next to him feeling a sense of happiness about this new person Kanda had turned into. But then he also felt sad about what would happen to this new person Kanda had become when Neah completely took him over and he ceased to exist.
In the next three months Neah and Kanda had begun to trust each other some. Kanda never lied to Neah as they talked and Neah found Kanda had a soft spot for Allen which he couldn't understand. He realized that maybe it had something to do with Allen helping him when they were in India. Neah had begun to trust Kanda something that he had never done with humans for as long as he could remember. The only one he ever trusted was Mana, his brother and after the Noah inside him awoke he had become distant from Mana. Neah had always regretted that and now his feelings were conflicted that he was actually staring to trust another human being again.
Fight after fight and talk after talk Kanda had finally gained Neah's trust. The Noah now trusted Kanda more than he had anyone in a long time. Now all Kanda had to do was convince Neah he didn't have to take Allen completely over, they both could co-exist in Allen's body. Neah had brushed the suggestion off many times in their conversations but now after all this time spent with Kanda he could tell maybe….just maybe he could change some.
But then came the day Link found them and showed up at the house. He started telling them all about the new Pope and how he wanted to change the Order into something completely different. He also informed them he wanted them all to come back that right there set Neah off when he saw Kanda contemplating the idea. So he took Allen over and began screaming at Kanda "You're a fraud! You lied to me! You said we were friends and now you're thinking about going back!" Throwing his hands in the air "Do you know what they'll do to us?" Referring to him and Allen he waved his hand and stormed out the door into the forest. Kanda just sat there wide eyed then he stood up and went to follow Neah/Allen. Kanda felt he had betrayed his friend by even thinking about the whole idea but he was also thinking of Allen and Neah at the time. When he got to a clearing he yelled for Neah only to be tackled to the ground by Allen in crown clown form. Allen wrapped his hand around Kanda's neck and leaned closer "What the hell did you do to Neah BAKANDA!" Kanda just stared at Allen for a moment then lowered his gaze as he wheezed out "Oi I thought about it for both of you Allen." Allen's eyes widened as he let the pressure go some on Kanda's neck. Sighing Kanda began to explain "You can't keep running around like this and suppressing Neah." A worried look crossed his face as his voice got soft and low "Hai one day Allen he will take complete control and you'll be gone." Allen saw the sheer concern on Kanda's face as he let him go and Kanda sat up rubbing his neck turning to Allen "Neah I haven't betrayed you as a friend. If they try anything they'll have to kill me along with you." He watched Allen's eyes change as a raspy voice spoke "You would give up your wife and son to die with me?" Kanda began to move his neck around then he stared Allen in the eyes but he knew he was talking to Neah and he slightly grinned "Hai is that not what friends do for each other? If it came down to protecting you and Allen I wouldn't give it a second thought Neah. I would never let them hurt either of you." Placing his hand on Allen's shoulder he said firmly "That I promise you." Neah stared at the samurai for a moment and realized Kanda had never lied to him. He had no other choice but to trust Kanda at this point because he had never done anything to endanger him or Allen and he knew he wouldn't now. So finally after moments of silence Neah turned to Kanda "Alright I trust you on this but if anything goes wrong-" Kanda didn't let him finish " Oi if anything goes wrong we'll kill everyone in charge and die together." Allen found himself screaming in protest at the deal they had just made but his screams weren't heard except by Neah. Neah knew Allen would never let Kanda make such a sacrifice but at this point he didn't know if he would let him go through with it either. He couldn't believe Kanda was willing to die next to him if he had to leaving his family behind but he also knew Kanda believed in two things and that was his word and honoring friends. If he had learned anything about this complicated man in the last nine months it was those two things.