Here, a present for the wait I put everyone through, I managed to get it out early
Quick recap
- Eve is Innocence. Adam is the Earl. Humans killed eve so Adam wants revenge. He was trying to collect Innocence to bring Eve back. He now has enough so he has come to get the Exorcists final pience. Neah wont let him.
thats it in a very tiny nutshell!
I hope you enjoy!
Komui swore in an uncharacteristic display of panic as the wall next to him was blown out by the force of the impact upstairs and he was made to roll sideways to avoid the debris. His mind flashed back to the invasion of the Level 4, the horror and sorrow it had left in his wake. He could not have that happen again. He saw Kanda suddenly burst into the room and ran over to him, yanking him down behind a broken wall where Reever and Johnny were,
"Komui, what the fuck! Let go!" Kanda growled, twisting his arm in an attempt to make him drop it.
"Wait Kanda. We need all of the Exorcists here before we approach them" Komui reprimanded him sternly
"Fuck that, they will be here any minute! I thought that fucking Noah said we had a week or so!"
"The Noah are completely different this time Kanda! Remember Neah-san when the bloodlust got to him? They'll be like that" Johnny chirped in frantically from beside the murderous exorcist
Komui frowned. They had no time to prepare. The only General here was Cross and Timothy and Krory were away. Only Marie and Miranda were here aside from Lenalee, Kanda and Lavi. There was also Allen to consider. Komui could not help but feel he was the trump card in all of this. The bulding shook as another shockwave ripped through the foundations sprinkling dust and debris over them.
"Well where the fuck are the rest of them" Kanda hissed impatiently
As if on cue, Lavi and Bookman came through the other entrance. Kanda growled at them
"Where the fuck is Marie and Miranda"
Lavi let his eyes fall on Komui, Reever and Johnny
"They are covering down stairs. Making sure all the science and non-combative are protected. You should go down there now and join them."
Komui set his lips in a thin line, silently dismissing the idea of leaving.
"Komui" Lavi warned as his recognised the steely glint in the man's eye.
"I will make sure I protect him as best I can" a voice from above them said, as Link jumped down from the balcony.
"You? Neither of you are exorcists" Kanda sneered
Link glared at the man and rose to his full height.
"I'm perfectly aware of that. We will stay out of the way. But we won;t retreat. I will protect the Supervisor is necessary"
Kanda opened his mouth to retort but was stopped by the arrival of Lenalee, Allen and Cross.
"Nii-san what are you still doing here!" Lenalee cried
Komuin was about to answer before a defeaning crash opened up the room from the cieling.
"Not now, you two. Leave. Everyone else, get ready" Cross' gruff voice cut across the mayhem and instantly had the exorcists in their fighting positions.
It hit them all at once. It was like nothing they had ever experienced before. The stench of blood and despair. An overwhelming killing intent that left filthy black smears over the mind,. Before them stood what Neah confirmed in a soft growl were the Noah. But they were not what any of they had expected. They looked more like shadows, thin tendrils of darkness whispering around human forms. The black mist curled around and the faces were nothing but shining eyes and a wide grin smiling in insanity. The only one with any resemblance was Road. She snickered at there faces.
"Ahh. It seems you were expecting us"
The Noah around twittered in anticipation. Neah felt his anger swell at the sight of the hateful child before him. His attention was sharply diverted to the feeling of a throbbing, dark power. His gaze drifted to the whole they had made in the ceiling, and he saw the Earl stand there, only his glowing eyes visible as he watched. Neah felt a surge of anticipation and unconsciously moved forward. Suddenly Road was right in front of him.
"Oh I don't think so Neah. It's finally time to play"
Neah was only vaguely aware of chaos erupting around them as the animalistic shadows on the Noah pounced on the Exorcists.
Cross couldnt help a small feral grin slip onto his face. He had fought the Noah before. They were strong. But more than that, they were cunning. It made them formidable. But these, these were mindless animals lost in hatred and rage and bloodlust. And the Earl might not have realised it, but and animal was actually easier to kill than a sly, tricking human.
"Move out of the way!" Neah snarled at Road as he dodged to block her candles. He gasped as she appeared underneath him with her door and kicked him hard. He flew against the wall with a crack. Neah coughed, and quickly focused his Noah genes on healing the damage. He growled as heard the patter of feet before him as Road nimbly jumped down to land in front of him. She stared into her insanity filled face, watching as the blackness rolled off her in filthy waves.
"No. I wont let you touch Earl-tama" Road cooed as she bent down to life Neah up. He got there first, landing a solid punch of the girls face. Her neck snapped back, before she turned to him with a face splitting grin.
"Why are you so angry Neah?" she simpered, taunting him. " Dont you remember the times we spent together. You, me, adam and Ev.."
"SHUT UP! You do not get to even mention her name! Neah snarled at the girl, letting crown clown wrap around her small body as he squeezed. Road simply laughed.
"It your fault as well. It was you! The true serpent in this all. You tricked Adam, you tricked me and you tricked Eve. She loved you!" Neah threw the girl against the wall with all his might, watching the concrete chip as dust rose. From within the dust a mad cackle was heard.
"As yes, she loved me. Just like she loved everyone. Except I was special. I was her one and only human friend."
Road flung her projectiles at Neah who threw them aside in fury
"And you betrayed her. You told Adam that the humans would believe her, you said you had made sure they knew she was going to help. But you didnt. You lied! And yet you pretend to Adam like nothing is wrong!"
Road jumped out of the way of the shooting white spikes and landed right behind Neah.
"Well, I wanted Adam all to myself. Who did she think she was? She has his love and yet she never looked at just him. I did him a favour. She deserved what she got"
Road hissed tauntingly in his ear. Neah was frozen in fury, his anger blinding him to the candle she had raised behind his back. And then suddenly there was a roar of noise as she wasn't there. Neah flicked back to stare behind him, his eyes resting on the form of Lenalee who had kicked Road aside as was currently stepping on her as the Noah snarled from beneath her.
"Neah-san, hurry! You have to get to the Earl right? I'll take care of her!" Lenalee called as she applied even more pressure on the girl who only shrieked in more outrage and flipped the girl off her and into the other wall. Neah made to move forward as Allen called out to the girl.
No, we must finish this Allen. This is the best way we have of protected them. We have to believe in them.
...Hai.
Neah felt Allen's distress even from here but was glad the boy easily acquiesced with him.
Neah ran through the Order, letting his Noah senses guide him to where he needed to be. There, standing above the levelled floor on the Order that had become the battlefield, was the Earl. He did not turn as Neah approached him, rather he simply continued to stare down at the destruction he had caused.
"Konbanwa, Neah"
Neah glared at the man before him, not allowing himself to relax one bit.
"What have you become, Adam"
This got the man to look up, his eyes flashing dangerously at the use of his old name.
"I think its more a question of what have you become Rapheal" The Earl bit back in a murderous tone. He sneered at Neah
"Once an angel, now only a memory in a filthy body that mocks what should still be here"
Neah cast his eyes down in grief. Why did this have to happen. They all used to be a family didn't they? He glanced at the man before him, the one he had called a brother before.
"Adam, you don't have to do this. This isn't what she wanted, she wanted the humans to be saved. Please Adam, how can you not see that if Eve were here no sh..."
Neah was cut off by a punch to his gut, sending him sprawling on the floor. He looked up, gasping, into the murderous eyes of the Earl
"She is not here. She is gone. And it's all because of them. Do not tell what she would want. I am going to avenge her by purging this filthy world. And then I will bring her back and we can live freely once again. You are the one who has chosen not to be apart of it Neah. You are the one who has forgotten what Eve wanted" he hissed out coldly. Neah shook his head desperately
"How have I forgotten anything about Eve!" he demanded
"Because you have chosen them over us. I cant allow you to get in my way any more"
Neah glared as he stood up facing the Earl.
" I wont let you do this. You cannot even see how far you have fallen" Neah amended as he watched the Earl gather the dark matter in his hand.
"Try and stop me" the Earl grinned as he threw the matter at Neah, who dodged and returned the blow with his own dark matter. He could not risk using Allen's innocence yet. Not until it was the right time.
The Earl gathered more and more energy, hurling it at Neah. It was all he could do to dodge. He used his own to intercept the blows, each time feeling the strain on Allen's body at using an unfamilar power. Neah broke through and aimed a charged punch at the Earl's face who caught it and returned one of his own. Neah dodged and twisted his arm, kicking him into the wall with his dark matter. Neah took a deep breath ready for what he was about to say and wincing at how they sounded.
" You blame them for her death but it's not as simple as that. She knew what she was doing. She chose to show them her power"
Suddenly a barrage of orbs flew towards him. More and more and bigger in size and Neah jumped and dodged catching sight of a livid earl just as a bubble of dark energy expanded rapidly towards him. Neah swore, knowing he could not deflect it and activated Crown Clown. The response was instant, a ripping sensation in his body. The white cowl materialised and covered him and the black bubble ripped through his surrounding. More and more waves pulsated from the Earl who was alive with rage.
"Don't you dare try and blame her. It was them. They killed her. And you. You did nothing to help."
The cold fury sent a shiver up Neah's spine. The waves of dark matter turned into millions of spears that assaulted Neah unprepared. He could see the Earl was out of control. He smiled to himself. He had fallen for his trap after such a few words. Neah gritted his teeth as he felt himself push Crown Clown beyond its already fragile limits. The white cowl ebbed out, weaving in and out trying to deflect the blows as quickly as they came. He held his arms up from his knelt position, pushing harder. He had to wait for the right opportunity, the right moment. He had to let the Earl think he was winning. He glanced at the man he once knew as his friend, watching as his face twisted more and more in anger, his words punctuated by each blow of dark energy.
"You were meant to protect her! You were meant to make sure she was okay! Its there fault! THERES! and yet you protect them now. YOU. MADE. THIS CHOICE."
There. There it was, the perfect moment. Neah could feel the other Noah's bloodlust peak as the Earls anger reached a crescendo, his darkness flaring all around consuming the battlefield, mixing with the Noah's as he hurled his sword aflame with an infinite amass of dark energy straight at Neah as he let the white shield of Crown Clown drop in the pretence of surrender.
The Earl smiled gleefully at the obvious victory he seemed to have as his sword hurtled towards the Noah and he watched the Innocence give way, dispelling with a pop. He looked at the man he once called a brother. He was grinning... how strange that he should be smiling. And then all of a sudden there was nothing. No crater where the ex-noah should be, no attack, no Innocence despite the fact the Earl saw the Innocence change into that hateful mimic. All there was was a glowing ball of light as The Earl stared shocked at the smiling man approaching him.
Neah could see the sword coming towards him alive with darkness. And he smiled. It was time. As Crown Clown dispersed Neah let Allen's consciences burst forward and felt himself run his right hand over the innocence, the weight of a limb changing to the weight of a sword. He brought it up in front of his face, and as Allen receded, Neah began to chant.
Kanda felt it. A strange pull coming from Mugen. The insects that he had unleashed on the Noah before him wavered a dissolved in the air. Kanda stared shocked. His whole being jolted as the pull got stronger. Mugen was vibrating in his hand, glowing a blinding green. A howl before him shook him out of his revive as he saw the Noah before him fall to his knees, hands gripping his head as he screamed upwards in pain. Kanda growled as he watched the inky filth that surrounded the Noah suddenly dissolve upwards as if being pulled off. He hissed as Mugen burned at his touch and dropped his sword as the Innocence did the same in a mist of green. Emerald and black mixed together as both substances were sucked from behind Kanda. He looked around to see Lavi staring shocked at his hammer as the same green mist rose from it. Next to him, Lenalee fell to the ground as her Dark Boots lost their power. The screaming and yowling of the Noah reverberated in his skull as it bounced all around him. Kanda ignored it in favour of focusing on the point of the chaos. There, in the middle of the battlefield stood the moyashi, with a black sword inches away from piercing him, with his own sword help up. It was there that the two dusts collected, absorbed into the white and black sword and Kanda could only swear in shock as it glowed brighter and brighter, finishing by swallowing the Earl's attack into the blinding light.
Neah felt the influx of power hit him like a brick wall. The hatred of the two opposing powers, Innocence and Dark Matter as he absorbed them into the Innocence that was a part of Allen's body. The sensation was as if he opened this own body up to them. He fought to remain consciousness as the struggling powers threatened to overwhelm him. Allen's Innocence hummed in his arm as he pushed, making sure it all flowed into the sword. The effort of it made him cry out but no one would hear him over the screech of the noise. He could feel his presence in Allen waning. But it didn't matter. This was what he set out to do. It was final time for his purpose. He let the shaking sword go as the light swallowed up everything around it. He fell to his knees panting as the light rose higher and higher, getting smaller and smaller until it disappeared. He looked up, finding the bewildered eyes of the Earl.
"Yes, I made a choice Adam." Neah said softly staring at the man in front of him.
"I made a choice to protect what she held dear. You call me a traitor, but it is you who has betrayed everything she loved and lived for. I cant forgive that. I will stop you no matter what, old friend"
Then a cross burst forward in a shock of white, glowing around the edges. The Earl suppressed a jolt of shock at the cross. The two swords intermingled, black and white overlaid until the middles crosses of the two sword created a glowing light of one single cross. It spun and grew until from it rose a structure. From the cross rose a giant green crystal. Neah let his eyes soften and felt his heart ache as he stared at the woman encased. His nostalgia was shattered by the soft, broken murmur from behind him.
"Eve..."
To be honest I had more to put in with the others fighting the Noah but you waited long enough and it wasnt important to the story line.
I know this is cheeky since my absense but i would a few reviews! just to let me know people are still reading and interested in this story! it hard getting back on track when you havent got any lovely new motivational words, but I definttly didnt want to abandon this fic!
A few chapters left now, should be coming pretty quick now I've managed to get my creative juices flowing again. Let me know what you think. Also I have decided on an ending that sorts fits everyting (in my opinion). Let me know if you wanna know what type of ending this will be ;)