Yeah...this is a delayed apology, but Saya honestly thought she'd be able to get on before this. You see her internet went out on Thursday night, and it wouldn't work all Friday. At that point she just had a wireless connection, so it sometimes quit on her. Then she got hard wire installed over the weekend, but there was a problem, her computer wasn't sensing the device. Now everything is fixed...finally.... sorry for the wait ...

Nope....no DGM owning here....don't even own a stable internet connection....

This fic is rated M for sexual themes, voodoo dolls, swearing, and an OOC Allen.

25. A Small Slip Up

Allen had refused to leave his room the rest of the day after that strange occurrence, and even the next day, he was afraid to, he didn't know what would happen if he did. However, his stomach had other worries, such as how it was going to be filled if Allen didn't get out of his room. So the poor boy got out of bed, dressed, and did his morning routine before heading out for breakfast.

'Phew...so far nothing.....let's keep it that way.'

Allen made it to the familiar doors of the dining hall, getting himself into his happy disposition that everyone knew so well before entering. Lavi waved him over to a table, and Allen ordered his food before going over, his meal was bound to take a while.

"Mornin' Moyashi-chan!!!"

"My name's not Moyashi....."

Lavi gulped, then Allen went back to his usual chipper mood.

"Anyways! I heard from Lenalee that Komui just finished this random project and he's gonna reveal it today! It's supposed to help us with training for fighting against akuma."

"... Is it another Komlin?"

"No, it's not. It's supposed to be better, and actually work."

"Oh, wanna go check it out later? Where is he gonna show it?"

"Of course I wanna see it! Why do you think I told you? He's gonna show the thing in the training facility so that we can try it out first thing."

Allen nodded, then got up to get his now-finished food, wow Jeryy was quick. The two ate there meals just as quickly, so that they could get down to the training grounds to see Komui's newest creation.

"Whoa...."

"It's amazing."

"What's amazing is the thing actually works."

These little pieces on conversations drifted to the ears of the two exorcists as they reached the training grounds, the entire science section seemed to be there.

"So what did he make this time?" Lavi asked, as the approached Lenalee.

"WHAT A WONDERFUL QUESTION MY DEAR BOY!" Komui yelled, coming up to them looking like an insane king, his grin enough to make them fear for their lives.

'A monster...he's created a monster... that must be it...'

"What I have made is the best possible thing for you to train with! I have created an artificial akuma! You see, as we all know akuma a machines, so there has to be science behind them to some extent! After studying Timcampy's records extensively in order to understand the akuma's internal make-up, I constructed a duplicate akuma! It's almost exactly like the real thing! Except without the soul, of course, I'm no Millennium Earl. No virus either, the bullets would still hurt though."

Allen and Lavi starred at Komui in amazement, he had recreated the akuma for training purposes. Lenalee looked very proud of Komui at the moment, and he was, of course, in tears over that fact.l Allen moved his way through the crowd to see this "akuma." It certainly looked real enough, and there most definitely was no soul attached to it. Yet Allen saw something that he didn't like.

"Komui...you're trying to get this as close to a real akuma as you possibly can without using a soul or poison-laced bullets, right?" Allen asked, moving closer to the contraption.

"Yes, that's right."

"You're trying to make this match the mechanics of an akuma exactly, right?"

"Right, so what is it Allen?"

"If you're trying to do that, then you've got quite a few problems here...."

Without fully realizing what he was doing, Allen opened the hatch on the 'akuma' that would grant him access to the machine's inner workings, and started disconnecting and reconnecting wires, unscrewing things, and making minor changes to the mechanics. The entire science section watched in awe as Allen redesigned the false akuma in a matter of 20 minutes, making specific changes, and not toying around. He had tackled the problem like a pro, diving in as though he knew exactly what he was doing.

In actuality, he did. Mana, the scientist responsible for creating the form of akuma that was currently in use, had taught him all about their inner workings, positive that it would help Allen defeat the Akuma one day, to know your opponent is to know their weaknesses. Mana probably didn't expect this to be how Allen would help fight the battle against the akuma, but surely it would. By training against near-akuma machines, the exorcists would be better prepared against the real things.

Allen crawled back out of the akuma, done with his tinkering, this thing was now as real as it could be while running on battery power. Everyone starred at him, no one had any idea he knew a thing about mechanics. Allen finally realized that he just revealed his extensive knowledge about the insides of the akuma, knowledge that would be hard to learn unless one was actually involved in the making of them. Komui went inside the thing for a moment, to check out Allen's changes.

"This... this would work exactly right... Allen, how did you know how to change this?"

'Shit I'm such an idiot! I just did all that without even thinking! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!'

"um... I just kinda picked up on a few things while traveling with Cross?" Allen gave his poor excuse, as semi-true as it was. He had seen Cross convert a few akuma, and he had seen the end results of his master's tinkering. Still, one would have to have Lavi's memory to remember every detail about an akuma after only seeing the insides a few times, and Komui's knowledge of mechanics to understand the akuma's composition.

"Well....nothing left to do but test it I guess," Komui said, and everyone cleared the training area, going up to the observation decks, to watch as Lavi went head-on with the false akuma he had begged to fight first.

"And I say let it have life!" Komui said, looking manic, as he threw a switch and the thing roared to life. Komui had gotten the artificial intelligence just right, so the thing was teasing Lavi, pissing him off, and acting like a total jackass like the majority of akuma do. There was a spray of bullets and Lavi ducked, dodged, and destroyed all that came too close to his persons.

"Man Moyashi-chan, you and Komui made one hell of a fake akuma!" he said, making Nyoibo larger.

"Hey Komui...you have the original schematics for your akuma right?"Allen asked. Komui nodded and pulled them out.

"Yes, I knew one wouldn't be enough for training, seeing as your whole goal is to destroy them. We'd need to constantly remake them... Do you think you could tell me exactly what changes you made to my design?"

Allen nodded, and the two of them went off into a discussion about how to properly make an akuma, Komui mildly astounded, and very confused by Allen's extensive knowledge. Meanwhile, Lavi kicked fake-akuma ass, and obliterated the thing with a swing of his mighty hammer.

Bang, bang Maxwell's silver hammer came down...um....heh. What? That's an awesome song! Anyway....this chapter could probably be seen as a filler, but really now, you learned more about Allen, and he did a stupid and revealed his smartness. This could be potentially disastrous! It is no filler! So ....review or something...