Lunny: So, we're ALMOST at the End…dang…how long has it been, since November? I remember telling you guys that we were celebrating my lil sis's birthday one Saturday...I think. Anyways, we're at the final 3 chapters! I hope you guys like how it's going!
Cold: I think we can skip the disclaimer…they all know it by heart now!
Solarius: I'm surprised she kept up with this…though, she can only keep up with one story at a time…still, and she did well so far? Right?
Lunny: Shush, so, read-review-AND ENJOY! And I don't own the Breaking Benjamin song "I Will Not Bow". Oh and one more thing before we began...on Tuesday: 02-1-11 Someone added my story to a Community List...THANK YOU SO MUCH! I feel so super and awesome...I really don't know if that's a good thing or not, but THANKS!
Chapter 19
The End of the Fight
Somewhere outside of the Ark
January 1- 4:45pm
Fall
Now the dark begins to rise
Save your breath, it's far from over
Leave the lost and dead behind
Now's your chance to run for cover
Allen and his friends were in front of The Ark. Road, Lulu, Cyril and the twins were standing not too far in front of them. The Earl was standing on a rock a ways behind the Noah, Akuma surrounding them. Allen glanced to his father; Neah smiled warmly boosting Allen's confidence. The Halfling looked to his mate, Kanda locked eyes and smirked.
"Scared, Moyashi?"
"Hardly BaKanda."
They smiled and then faced their enemy. The Earl giggled, making all those against him deadpan. Road stepped forward.
"So, is this going to be a uniform fight or is it an all out brawl?" the girl asked, snickering behind her hand. Kanda was about to say something when Ryuusei spoke up.
"Uniform…"
Kanda looked over his shoulder at his Great-Grandfather as if the elder vampire was insane. He looked back and saw Allen with the same expression. Ryuusei leaned towards the children.
"If there's any shred of Adam left in that creature, then this will be an honorable match up. He won't send in his Akuma to get mindlessly slaughtered. Not when he knows Lucas is pissed."
"Grandpa Lucas is pissed?"
"Yes."
The kids all looked at the stoic full shinigami, they didn't want to know. Ryuusei tapped Lavi on the shoulder.
"We already decided on the order, you're up first Pup."
Lavi nodded and stepped up easily shifting into his werewolf form. The Earl looked to Cyril. The Noah nodded and stepped up to the challenge. Cyril glanced to Tyki and then gulped at the obvious threat in those yellow eyes.
The fight started, Allen held his breath when it began.
I don't wanna change the world
I just wanna leave it colder
Light the fuse and burn it up
Take the path that leads to nowhere
Cyril and Lavi circled each other, both looking for an opening on the other. A blink then Lavi had lunged making Cyril back up and allowing the shifter the chance to body slam the demon to the ground. Tyki smirked, while Yvonne gave a small cheer for her great-grandson. Cyril kicked the werewolf off and flipped back to crouch on a nearby rock. Breathing heavily, Cyril felt his ribs and was scared that they weren't healing, a dark chuckle on his left had the Noah looking to Lero. The hybrid shook his head.
"Did he offer you a drink, Cyril?" the dual haired male's question was simple, but struck deep as Cyril looked to The Earl.
All is lost again
But I'm not giving in
Shaking his head to clear his thoughts, he brought out his cords and laid his web. Lavi let out a surprised yelp, only to find himself placed safely back next to the others. Cyril crouched there, panting. He looked up and smiled a half-hearted smile. His eyes went wide as the effects of Lavi's body slam echoed throughout his body, for some reason his bones were a lot weaker than they were before. He coughed up blood before falling forward. Black lizard like wisps gathered around him and he was gone. The Earl glared at Lucas.
"That's my family, Lucas."
"Then give my twins back, Adam."
Ryuusei tapped Alma. The devil nodded and hopped out. The Earl glanced to Devitt, the dark haired Noah patted his brother's head and walked out.
I will not bow
I will not break
I will shut the world away
I will not fall
I will not fade
I will take your breath away
They stared each other down before Devitt let out a cackle and took aim. Alma took to the sky and looked down. Devitt paused, gun aimed at Lero. Lero's eyes were steel and cold, Devitt's own were liquid. He blinked away tears that threatened to come out and swung his gun up to Alma. Devitt never got to fire a shot as Alma wasn't in the air. The teen blinked and looked around. Arystar smiled. Devitt spun, looked back to his family and shrugged. None of the other Noah knew what happened either; they all saw Alma go up. Allen looked at the hole before Devitt, Alma had casted the illusion that he had flown when he really went underground. The devil sprang up behind the unsuspecting Noah and kicked Devitt in the back of his head. The teen soared forward and hit the rocks next to The Earl, he was out cold! Before any Noah could go near him again, lizard like wisps encircled him and he was spirited away. Jesdero looked at Lucas; the shinigami's mask betrayed nothing. Ryuusei gave the younger a slight nod and Jesdero calmed…slightly.
Fall
Watch the end through dying eyes
Now the dark is taking over
Show me where forever dies
Take the fall and run to Heaven
Ryuusei nodded to Arystar and the vampire bowed before walking out to the battlefield. The Earl didn't even look as Jesdero darted out to meet the other. Their fight began quickly as Jesdero took aim while he was in mid-air and fired. Arystar quick-stepped to the side and huffed as the teen landed on his feet. Jesdero quickly too aim again and Arystar spent the next two minutes dodging bullets. Once Jesdero was out and tried to reload, the vampire easily closed the distance and socked the younger…instant K.O. The wisps gathered around the knocked out Jesdero and The Earl growled.
All is lost again
But I'm not giving in
Lulu stepped out next, flipping long hair over one shoulder. Ryuusei looked to Lenalee, the fairy nodded and glided out. The two girls regarded each other, Allen and Kanda exchanged glances both wondering what would happen.
Their answer: nothing.
Lenalee smiled at Lulu, who sighed turned to The Earl and flipped him off. To say that everyone else was shocked would be an understatement. Lulu walked back with her arm linked with Lenalee. The two girls reached the others.
"What? During our last fight I talked some sense into her!" Lenalee simply explained.
Ryuusei shook his head and gave a short chuckle. Lucas looked down at the wisps who all just shrugged. The other guys there just vowed to never fight Lenalee…weird things happen when you fight a Lee. Allen was pretty sure that if Road had walked out…cat fight!
I will not bow
I will not break
I will shut the world away
I will not fall
I will not fade
I will take your breath away
Ryuusei placed a hand on Kanda; the youth looked up nodded and then went out. Allen wrung his hands as a devilishly smirking Road walked out to meet him. She and Kanda glared each other down.
"Hey Vampire-san, if I kill you…can I have Allen?"
Kanda's hiss was her only reply as he drew Mugen and got ready. Road snickered in her usual irritating way before producing a large spike made to look like a sword. The two stepped back before a blur of color and their weapons met in mid-air. Road felt the vampires strength and fear filled her eyes, before she summoned spikes to surround Kanda from all sides. The vampire saw her trap, disengaged their weapons in favor of ducking down and back-sprung to slide to a halt a few feet away. The spikes collided together without a Kanda impaled by them. Road pouted and waved her hand to launch the spikes at him. Kanda smirked and dodged the spikes. When Road saw him nearing her, she sprang to the other side of the battlefield only to realize that there was a line of spikes embedded in the ground leading to her. Kanda figured out her flaw, once her spikes were embedded in something she couldn't control them anymore. He leaped onto the tops of the spikes that became Road's undoing as she hand the entire field looking like a pin-cushion. Kanda's sword tip was against the major vein in her neck. He glanced to Ryuusei; the elder shook his head slightly to indicate not to kill her, The Earl's voice cut through the air.
"She's useless to me now, go ahead and kill her."
And I'll survive, paranoid
I have lost the will to change
And I'm not proud, cold-blooded fake
I will shut the world away
Kanda looked back eyes flashing bright ethereal blue. Lucas drummed his fingers against a nearby rock a dangerous habit if anyone knew him; Kanda lowered his sword eyes flicking to a shocked and horrified Road. Yvonne walked forward and brought the girl to her. Road was still shell shocked as Yvonne held her, a motherly aura blanketing the girl. Ryuusei's narrowed eyes looked at Allen; the Halfling breathed deep and took a step forward. He heard two different heartbeats before everything went black.
Open your eyes!
*-inside Allen's mind-*
The white clad shinigami thwacked the white haired demon.
==What the bloody hell you idiot! We wanted to talk to him not knock him flat on his arse!== The shinigami ranted. His left hand shifting to a white claw, causing the demon to jump back with raised hands.
+What? I didn't see you come up with any ideas!+ the demon defended himself, wide eyed and slightly worried. Allen blinked as he looked between the two.
==That's besides the point!== The shinigami and demon had yet to notice him. Allen coughed.
"Uh, guys…I'm right here." He said, raising a hand in a small wave. The two looked at him, Allen's gray eyes met the eyes of a mask and dual colored eyes. They both looked sheepish before the shinigami straightened.
==Allen, there's only one thing left for you to do. == The shinigami said, clasping his hands. Allen momentarily marveled at the considering one hand was a claw, then he shook his head.
"What's that?" he asked.
+Draw the Noah Sword. It's a sword only the Noah Family Leader can wield.+ The demon explained with a small shrug.
"Um…isn't that The Earl." Allen said flatly.
+Yes, but the sword he has is nothing…he's lost himself as a Noah. The sword is suppose to inherited by Dad, as he is the eldest of this generation.+ The demon said crossing his arms.
==But, from what he's told me…Dad's never gotten angry enough to summon it.== the shinigami said with a small shake of his head. The demon winced.
"What's that suppose to mean?" Allen raised an eyebrow in question.
+Frankly, Dad's a pansy…he's never given in to his Demon fully. As a result, The Earl still holds some power over the Family. Should Dad ever draw the sword…he'll be head.+ The demon said slightly cringing when the shinigami smacked his upper arm.
"Ok, and the sword I'm to draw?" Allen was slowly taking it all in.
==Is the shinigami version of The Noah Sword, simply put due to you being a bridge between the two bloods…we created a brand new sword to rival the Noah's.== The shinigami and demon mirrored the other with a smug smirk. Allen figured he'd been around Kanda too much.
"So, we're doing a freak out by using the shinigami version of The Earl's own sword?" Allen mused out loud.
The two nodded.
Allen smiled.
Oh, this fight would fun.
*-Allen wakes-*
I will not bow
I will not break
I will shut the world away
I will not fall
I will not fade
I will take your breath away
Allen took in a breath of air to see a freaked out Kanda above him. Feeling a tingling in his left arm he heard the two in his head.
=+Get up and fight that bastard!+=
Rising to his feet he kissed Kanda quickly with a murmured, "This fight is mine."
Kanda smirked, "Kick his ass, Allen."
Allen strode forward, he gripped his left wrist and pulled. His entire left arm became a large broad sword. There was dead silence behind him. He heard Ryuusei.
"When the hell did the Family Leader Sword of the Noah's pass to him?"
The Earl's freaked out expression was short lived. In a flash Allen was blocking a jet black version of his sword.
"You know, fighting with only ONE arm is hard as hell!" he thought to himself. He felt the other two cringe and shrug. Allen pushed the Earl away and went on the offensive. Neah looked to Kanda.
"He's getting sword training after this I hope…" the elder said.
"Hell yes…everything about him fighting right now is horrid." Kanda growled and facepalmed when Allen incorrectly blocked, but wasn't hurt.
"Good. If you need any help, I'll be happy to lend a hand." Neah said, cringing at the footwork.
"Really? You know how to sword fight?" Kanda asked, surprised.
"Every firstborn of a generation learns...that sword that The Earl has is suppose to be with me, but I've never been able to summon it." Neah said with a grimace.
The two watched both twitching…wanting to interfere with the fight, but knowing Allen they didn't. He'd kill them before the Earl would. The Earl produced a black orb and slammed it into the ground causing a shockwave to cause Allen to stumble. The Halfling rammed his sword into the ground to steady himself, he looked up just as The Earl appeared in front of him. A slash and Allen fell into a nearby ditch. Kanda's fangs bared, but before the vampire could move a sudden aura next to him froze him with fear. All but the Founders froze. Lucas' mask turned towards Neah, Ryuusei smirked and side stepped to allow room for the incoming lunge, Yvonne chuckled, while Hex cackled. Neah Noah has (finally) fully awakened.
And I'll survive; paranoid
I have lost the will to change
And I'm not proud, cold-blooded fake
I will shut the world away
Neah's eyes were yellow slits in a sea of black, five black crosses had appeared on his forehead another one on the back of each hand, black armor had appeared to clad his entire body and under one arm was a helm to match. Neah glanced at the empty sheath at his side and held out his free hand. The Earl was too shocked and so the sword flew from his hand to Neah's outstretched one. Once the sword reached his hand a cruel twisted smile had spread. The sword seemed to pulse before turning blacker than it was when The Earl had it! Neah looked at the Earl and lunged. His helm flew over his head and Kanda caught it. The vampire felt a pulse of power before the helm calmed and seem to send small feelers of power through him. Lucas walked over and looked. Ryuusei made a thoughtful hum.
"Neah sees you as family…well, considering that you are Allen's life mate."
Kanda nodded and glanced up to see Allen struggle to get out of the ditch. His left arm was back. Neah made a slice, but missed as The Earl backed off. Neah growled and slashed the air. Lavi whined.
"He missed! How could he miss? He's ten feet in front of him!"
"You think that the laws of psychics applies to that sword…oh hell no little boy. That sword does whatever its master wants it to. See?" Hex said with a point.
Everyone watched as The Earl giggled then paused as a trail of blood came from his cheek…
The Earl literally fell to pieces.
Neah chuckled darkly then sheathed the sword. Allen made a small noise.
"Dad, a little help here."
Neah swirled around was back to looking like his old self. Rushing over he helped Allen out and picked up his son. Kanda jumped as the helm liquidated itself in his hands. He shook the remaining liquid off and made a small face of disgust.
Lucas removed his mask and breathed out.
They won.
Fall!
End
Lunny: Wow, two more to type up and I'm almost done! Oh and I feel horrible for not doing this when Chapter 18 came out! I wrote this down and never mentioned it: Special SPECIAL Shout-Out to BlueStar for being the 125th reviewer! Thanks Blue you've always been with me since the start of this baby! Holy…crap…no side notes?
Cold: Nope…
Lunny: Wow…well, I think this is like the shortest story chapter, so far…so, Review everybody!
Solarius: Uh, Lunny...you might wanna take a look at this. You got a Flame.
Lunny: Really...then use it to cook marshmellows...
Solarius: No...its actually a pretty bad one...(hands it over)
Lunny: Ok, what does it-(reads; pauses)-dude, really? Ok...I feel the need to rant. Here it goes.
Apparently someone who didn't offically sign their name to this review/flame, decided that they were gonna leave it anyway. Ok, you got balls; point for you. Now...when I expect a Flame I expect creative criticism and plot holes/lines that you saw but i never touched on, or pointers on how I can make this story kick ass. This person who left their name as: entercoolnamehere...ok, first off no/limited creativity evident in name; they went on to say "the more and more i read the story the worse it gets, i mean come the almakrory is gross, and the first lemon we get is lucky, i thought this was yullen lastly the leroneah is a really bad pairing, please i rather read milliumearlxtyki than that retarded pairing."
Now, guys don't try go after this person no...that's not what i want. This rant to inform future Flamers that this is not a flame...this is um...an ember or that poorly induced spark. Dude, if you thought it was getting worse WHY CONTINUE TO READ! I mean I myself may read like the first 2 Chapters or so, no more than 5 of a fic that I'm not too fond of...but that's it! That's all! Not...20 FREAKING CHAPTERS! Also, the AlmaXKory is strickly for this fic! If people have a problem with it then fine I WON'T WRITE IT AGAIN! (that may be a total lie) And first lemon you guys got was back in Chapter 17 and it was YULLEN...someone an't reading! LUCKY was in Chapter 18! LeroXNeah...ok...now you're pushing your luck and to top it off you compare it to MilliumEarlXTyki...that's just wrong on so many levels! Again, strickly for fic purposes! If i get 5 reviews that say they don't like either pairing then the next fic with those pairings I'll have a warning out! Rant's done...have fun reading the next Chapter.
Cold: Oh lordie...and we're 19/21, then epilogue...and then the Mock-Awards. Oh wow...this far in and NOW someone leaves a Flame. Just...wow, worst timing to piss her off.