A/N: So here is the next chapter, I know you've all been waiting for it, and honestly I've been waiting to write it until I could devote a good chuck of time to it. I'll say a little more at the bottom for those that would like some more updates.

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Chapter 25 Black and White

As Kanda saw Allen being pierced through the chest, his eyes falling lifeless, the feelings that welled up inside of him threatened to consume him. He could feel a pain in his chest that was not his own, a cold metallic feeling piercing his heart and sliding through his entire body. He could also feel a tearing guilt, remorse, and an intense love. Kanda could tell immediately that the feelings were not his own, but that didn't change the fact that they hurt like hell.

He'd lost sight of everything around him, the field had faded away, and all that was left was a bright red. Kanda could feel the flames burning inside of him, and what little restraint he had on them started to fizzle away. The red started to fade, and Kanda's anger focused in on the one person he most wanted to kill, the Earl.

He marched over to where the Earl was standing as his sword was slowly being pulled out of Allen's lifeless body. Kanda still had his katana drawn, and his anger and pain was visible in the flames that surrounded his sword and scorched the ground around it. As he walked the flames grew, covering his arm first, and then working its way around his body until he was entirely engulfed in flames, the fire burning red hot on his skin.

Kanda saw Allen's body finally fall to the ground, sliding off the Earl's sword and collapsing into a heap. He also saw that same sword, slick with blood, rise again as he came near, pointing directly at his chest. He didn't even notice the sharp point as it pierced his skin, all he could focus on was the Earl and his hatred for the man.

He continued walking forward, and the sword was driven deeper, penetrating his ribcage and plunging towards his heart. Kanda didn't feel any pain though, the fire that was inside him came pouring out of the wound, making the teen feel nothing but raw power.

A look of triumph appeared on the teen's face as he let it all go. The limited restraint on his powers, the pain and torture of losing Allen, the anger at the Noah for causing all of this to happen, and finally the love that had managed to grow for the white haired boy that had brought him to this point, and had loved him back enough to die of him. Kanda felt the power release in a giant shock wave, throwing all of the Noah to the ground and causing all of their bodies to slowly deteriorate.

He could feel the life leaving his body, but before he let the flame be extinguished he pulled the Earl closer to him, simply saying, "You'll never have Allen you bastard."

After pushing him away he mouthed the words, "I love you Allen."

Then everything went black.

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Allen didn't want to open his eyes, fearful of what would be waiting for him when he did.

He remembered dying, the cold metal going through his chest. Allen also remembered seeing Kanda's face just before he slipped into the black void. He could remember the emotions that had been running through him, and also the emotions of his other half, the seething anger that had always been bubbling under the surface had finally been released by the older teen.

Allen could only hope that Kanda hadn't done anything reckless. One of them had already died, so the Earl's plans had been foiled for now, there was no point in Kanda getting himself killed needlessly. Tiedoll's words kept ringing in Allen's head as he lay wherever he was. "Yu please try to come back…"

The young teen couldn't help but feel responsible if Kanda did end up killing himself in the struggle. If only he'd paid more attention to what was going on around him. If only the Earl hadn't gotten the slip on him and managed to get that damn sword at his back while he stood there helpless.

There were so many things that he'd done wrong, not just in the battle, but in his many lives, that added up to a crushing guilt that was almost too much for him to bear. He could feel tears slipping out of his eyes, and it wasn't until he'd cried for a good five minutes that he started thinking rationally.

How did he have eyes? He was dead wasn't he? How could he feel all of these crazy emotions if he was dead? Nothing really made sense, and even after opening his eyes he was bewildered.

He was in a room that was completely white, with no doors or windows visible. Allen was lying on the floor, which felt like soft pillows on his back, and as he stood up the floor seemed to give a little more than it should have.

Almost as soon as he stood up one of the walls started changing, revealing the scene he had apparently just left. There was the battlefield, a few dead or unconscious Noah lying on the ground, the Earl standing with his sword thrust all the way through Allen's lifeless body. The white haired teen brought a hand up to his chest, trying to see if the sword wound was there at all, but his hand was met with unblemished flesh. It puzzled him, but he didn't have time to think on it as the scene moved to include Kanda, a look of horror and pain on his beautiful oriental face.

Allen could see the look in Kanda's eyes change as the Earl let the body slide off his sword. Kanda was going to do something reckless, the younger teen just knew it, but he couldn't do anything to change it, so he just stood there helplessly as his other half walked slowly toward the Earl.

It was like watching an action movie, where nothing seemed to make any logical sense, and the whole thing was blood and gore. Allen watched as the Earl's sword slowly pierced Kanda's chest, letting out a torrent of fire from within the other phoenix. It seemed that Kanda was bent set on dying and taking the Earl with him.

After the sword hit what Allen could only assume was Kanda's heart, there was a bright flash of light, and then everything was just gone from the clearing. All of the Noah had disappeared, even those who hadn't fought, or were just knocked unconscious. Allen's body was also gone, along with Kanda's. It was as though nothing had ever happened in the clearing, as though the place had been wiped clean of everything that had been there.

Allen didn't understand it, and nothing seemed to make sense for a moment. The screen faded and left Allen alone in the white room once again.

He sat on the floor, trying to puzzle out what had happened past the tears that had started to spring to his eyes. Now that he had time to figure things out, realizations kept hitting him like quick slaps to the face.

He was dead, that much he knew for sure, his lifeless body hanging off the Earl's sword was enough proof of that. The other things were harder to puzzle out. He was fairly certain that Kanda was also dead, the sword had done its work in that regard, even without the strange flash of light. What he didn't understand is what happened to the Noah. One minute they're all there, some dead some not, and the next they're nowhere to be found.

The first thought he had was that they had all died, perished in whatever that light was. He didn't let his hope go that far though, it would be just like the Earl to pull some kind of trick to get out of death.

Once he'd finished puzzling out all that he could Allen ended up lying down on the soft, pillow like ground, letting sleep, or whatever it was called where he was, take over his body.

While he was asleep he felt a strong presence in his dream, one created by flame and built on some very strong emotions it seemed, and when he opened his eyes, he was shocked by what he saw.

A huge phoenix, much larger than his own phoenix form, was flying right in front of him, the flames surrounding the figure looked like a halo, or the rays of the sun.

"Hello Allen Walker, it's nice to finally meet you," a voice spoke inside his head.

Allen was surprised at the gentleness of the voice, and responded quickly, "It's nice to meet you too, but who are you?"

"It doesn't surprise me that you don't know, you are the one of the last of the phoenix after all," said the voice, "I have many names, but I prefer one of my oldest, so you may call me Ra. I was the first phoenix, and have been around for a very long time. I have watched the world change, grow into the society it is today, and I have seen the way that forces of good have been pushed aside or killed off. There were once many phoenix in the world, but humans and time have managed to destroy them all, save you and your mate. The clan of Noah have always been there, even since my creation as the first of our kind, and since then they have managed to eradicate every last one of my children, and I could do nothing about it."

Allen could feel the pain in the voice of the phoenix in front of him, but that feeling was second to his curiosity, "So why am I here? Didn't I die, and shouldn't I be born again into another life?"

"Yes, my child, you did die, but it was what you did before you died that allowed you to end up here. The ritual you performed with your mate did more than just bind the two of you together, it was a tying of souls together in front of your god, which would be me, and allowed me to intervene in your lives, or deaths rather. It's very complicated, but stated simply, because you two are bound, and because you're bond is strong, I have the ability to offer you two choices, you can come with me, end the cycle of death and rebirth that you have been subjected to during all of your lives, or you could return to the life you had on Earth, continue to do go there and then join me in the afterlife. This choice will be offered to both you and your mate, and depending on which you choose there will be more explanations needed, but for right now that's not important. I see you have more questions before you make your decision."

Allen wasn't surprised that his questioning thoughts could be read on his face, or in his mind, so he asked his questions, "What happened to the Noah?" The question played heavily on his fears, but he needed to know, "And where is Kanda?" Another question that had been plaguing his mind.

"You do have a lot of questions for one so young," the voice sounded amused for a moment before regaining its solemn tone, "To answer your first question, the Noah are no more. The ones that weren't killed in the initial battle were all vaporized upon your mates sacrifice. That leads me into your second question, your mate gave his life willing to eradicate the clan of Noah, which is why they are no more. Your mate is dead, but like you he is given the chance to be reborn into his old life, or to continue on into the afterlife. As to where he is now, all you have to do is look behind you."

Allen turned around so quickly he almost fell over, and much to his surprise Kanda was lying on the floor, looking more peaceful then he ever had in life. The white haired teen rushed over to his other half, and tried to shake him awake, but the other boy wouldn't wake up.

"What's wrong with him?" Allen asked, starting to panic.

"Nothing's wrong with him, I'm just not allowing him to wake up for a moment."

"Why?" Allen asked, looking back and forth between his lover and the phoenix in front of him.

"There is something I need to speak with you about first. Something I need to explain and ask forgiveness for," the phoenix bowed his head, "I've done a lot of meddling in the lives of both of you, and in some cases my meddling has ended in human casualties. The fire that took your foster father was more than just an accident, and I'm sad to say that I'm the one that caused it. The fire wouldn't have spread so quickly without my help, but I needed for you to realize what you were, before the Noah found you again, and so that you would eventually meet your mate. Mana's death was my fault, but without it the cycle of death would have just continued, and eventually the Noah would have managed to kill you and your mate for good. This was the only way that I could insure that the Noah would be killed, through a sacrifice that none of the other phoenix were ever willing to make."

"So had Mana not died I would've never met Kanda?"

"That is exactly what would've happened. Your mate is truly amazing Allen, I hope you know that, his self-sacrifice was the one thing that allowed the Noah to be killed once and for all. If he'd done as you wanted him to, run away and waited for the next cycle to begin, you both would have perished. That is the mistake that all of the others had made, but you're mate, was the one who had the courage, or the stupidity, to finally break the chain. I may not deserve it, but I'm asking for your forgiveness Allen, much like I will do for the pain I've caused Kanda."

Allen thought for a moment, then looked at the face of his life mate. Could he image a life with Mana still alive, yes, but he couldn't ever picture a life without Kanda, and it was this fact that made up his mind.

"I will except your apology, but know that it weighs heavily on my heart to say so."

"Thank you Allen, I don't deserve even that. Now I need to talk to Kanda, privately, so I will be putting you back under the spell of sleep."

Allen nodded his head, "Okay, do what you must."

He lay down next to Kanda, and the world went black once again.

A/N: I hope you liked this chapter. So, my original plan to have this story done in 25 chapters has gone out the window, but I will be ending very soon, perhaps in the next chapter if everything works out right. I would like to thank you all for reading and ask you all to review. And before I leave I'd just like to say over 100 reviews! YEAH! You have no idea how happy that makes me, so I would like to thank all of you lovely readers for making that possible.