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Chapter 21 – General

A/N: Thank you for all your nice comments! Here is a new chapter! Enjoy it and please review!

"This was…unexpected" was all Allen could think of saying while staring at the uniform sitting on his bed. When he finished working on Tim, who know was a silver golem, Komui called him over and gave him…this. The uniform was much similar to the one he wore before fleeing. The only very noticeable difference was that all the silver had been replaced by gold. It was a general's uniform.

Komui had explained that Heblaska had sensed him reach 100% with his synchronization, and that made him a potential general. The fact that he was not a sixty year old teen but a two hundred year old immortal man who knew more than they could ever hoped to just contributed to the decision of making him a general.

Allen sighted and sat on the bed, next to the uniform. He opened his palm and allowed the silver golem to cuddle in it. "Is this really ok? Being a general and all." The golem just snuggled some more, making Allen laugh and relax for the first time since the fight with Chaoji. "He'll probably just hate me more now, huh?"

The boy looked outside the window, admiring the silver disk that was the moon. He slowly reached into his pocket and pulled out a golden ring. He smiled and placed it on his finger. It was simple, yet so beautiful, shining brightly in the dark room.

Allen tossed the uniform on the wooden chair besides his desk and lay down in bed, his hands behind his head. Tim flew in circles a bit and landed on the boy's chest, making some weird noises. Allen giggled and patted the golem before closing his eyes, falling slowly asleep and entering a beautiful dream, where Neah was waiting for a little chat.

In the other side of the order, Tiedoll was sitting at his desk, surrounded by enormous piles of papers and sketchbooks, sighting while watching his 'sons', as he put it. Kanda was sitting on the right side of the red couch, Mugen in his hand, glaring at nothing in particular; Marie was on the left, smiling awkwardly, while Chaoji was in the middle, avoiding eye contact at all cost. "Chaoji…" Tiedoll began, removing his glasses to rub his tired eyes "You shouldn't have said something like that to Allen. That wasn't nice." "But…" He lifted his eyes but drifted back into silence, nodding, a bit ashamed, not by the fact that he was being scolded, but because his master didn't seem to care that Allen was a Noah.

"Yuu too" The master continued, moving his gaze over to his left "Don't hit your brother so many times" "Who the hell you calling brother!?" "Now now, Yuu, don't scram like that, you'll wake everyone up"

Marie was the only one who was there for no real reason, just smiling at Kanda and Tiedoll's arguments about father and son and family. Chaoji didn't lift his gaze, looking at his innocence and wondering what was it that stopped him from hitting Allen. He was sure he would get him with that last fist, yet he moved at such a speed and with such force he made his fist start bleeding.

Tiedoll sat up rubbing his messy hair, looking down at his three children "Now you should go to bed. And don't get in an argument with Allen any more, ok? Hmm…" The three got up and headed to the door when they froze hearing the master's next words. "…No, I should be calling him General Walker now, huh?" Kanda turned, his jaw dropped to the floor. "General!? The beansprout!?"

'Beansprout…?'The general laughed a bit in his head, it was the first time he heard Kanda call the boy like that "Yes, he has reached perfect synchronization while in the ark, but because of the whole Noah incident, they didn't want to promote him. After we had a talk with central two days ago, they decided it was ok and I believe he was told about it today." The three students were shocked. Especially one particular man who had just experienced the power of the new general.

Tiedoll smiled and waved them good night as he himself went to sleep. Kanda took a few minutes to remember how to breathe, still trying to understand. He shook his head in disbelief and turned around "I'm going to meditate" He murmured to himself, going to one of the still intact training rooms.

Marie went to sleep after dropping Chaoji to his room, afraid that if he let the man alone, he'd do something stupid again. Chaoji just sat on his bed, arms gripping his head in frustration. He couldn't believe it. He hated the boy; from the moment he wanted to help Tikky in the ark, he hated the fact that he would think of the Noah as humans, that he seemed to care more about the akuma than about the people, that he was in a relationship with that Noah girl; he hated everything about him.

Chaoji got up and punched the wall next to him, leaving a small hole and a few drops of blood. He gripped his head and frowned. Why would someone with a Noah inside him be able to make a perfect synchronization? Why would the innocence accept him so easily? It didn't make sense; wasn't the innocence supposed to fight and destroy all evil!?

In the morning, Allen was walking the halls, going to the cafeteria, wearing an awkward smile on his face. It always amazed him how fast news traveled inside headquarters. It seemed everyone knew he was now a general, bowing and greeting him with respect. Thank God Reever and Komui, at least, still treated him the same.

He sat down at a table, sighting, wondering if Lenalee and the others would also start acting different now. Thank the Lord he was wrong. As soon as they got in, the exorcist got their meal and sat next to Allen, congratulating him and having a nice time. Even Kanda looked at him in acknowledgement before going to a far away table, eating his soba.

The only problem was Chaoji who didn't even look at him as he walked past. Allen tried not to seem to bothered by it though.

At lunch, it was announced officially that "Allen Walker is now a General of the Black Order, under the jurisdiction of the Rose Cross and the Vatican." The Generals than took him into a room where he was told what his new responsibilities were going to be.

After a few hours, he was allowed to return to his friends, but was told all his belongings had been moved to a different room. Because apparently, General's were situated in a different part of the building than normal exorcists.

By the end of the day, Allen swore he was going to faint. He threw himself over the bed and sighted in his pillow as Tim landed on his head. "Being a General is hard…" He murmured as he turned around to face the ceiling "No wonder Cross drank"

Allen then closed his eyes, humming the all so familiar lullaby, falling asleep with ease. When he opened his eyes again, he saw Neah sit in an elegant chair, in front of him a chess board and another empty chair. The boy smiled and walked toward his friend.

"Hello Allen." The white-haired boy took the seat and looked at the boar "Hey" Neah smiled back at him and moved the first piece. "How does it feel to be a general, Allen?" The boy giggled and moved another piece "It's hard and tiring" The two made small talk and continued playing their game, until somehow only the two kings were left in the game.

"I see you got better?" Allen laughed as he watched Neah stiff. It was the first time he didn't beat Allen so he was frustrated. "Even though you're like what… two hundred, two hundred fifty, I never lost to you! You suck at chess! How is this possible?" "I learned a few tricks"

Neah looked up in disbelief "You cheated? At chess!? How can you cheat at chess?" Allen laughed in hysteria, for the first time in a long, long while "What can I say, I'm a pro"

A/N: This was shorter. I know, I'll make another one to make up for it _ I noticed someone made a comment saying how Chaoji shouldn't mess up with a general and I thought that, in the manga, he never was officially made general, so I made him now :D Hope you like it.