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Chapter 26 – Beginning of the end part 3
A/N: First off, a warning: there are some 'unfriendly scenes' here. I hope you like the story so far! Enjoy the chapter!
Kanda sliced another few akumas with his innocence and was now preparing to fire one of his illusions at another few. Somewhere to his left, Chaoji was also destroying some smaller levels, while Allen was fighting all the Noah by himself. A few minutes ago, if someone would have asked him, Kanda would have started laughing at the idea of the beansprout killing even a fly. Not anymore.
Kanda and Chaoji had witnessed some moments before the carrying, stupid little beansprout mercilessly ripping a Noah to shreds. The image of the gentle little boy, gone forever from their minds. The boy had caught Fiidora when he started babbling about how he's viruses poisoned the idiot rabbit and Chaoji, pissing Allen off to no extent. The General then grabbed the Noah's left arm and simply ripped it off. Both the exorcists and the Noah's were stuck in that instant, watching with horror as Allen tore the body apart.
When the General turned around to face them, apart from the blood splattered across his face, dark and angry golden eyes were the only thing visible. Tikky started laughing while Lulu Bell tried to comprehend what just happened. Allen or Neah, in response, smiled in Tikky's direction as the man started crying. "Boy…you're scary!" And then, Allen and Tikky started fighting, while Lulu Bell moved to Kanda and Chaoji.
Allen, with gray eyes and all, activated his innocence and drew out the Sword of Exorcism just in time to block one of Tikky's butterflies. "Wow~ boy, I never thought you could be so merciful" The teen pushed him back and charged "Why thank you"
While the two were fighting, the small black golem that Komui gave to each team flew over to the General "Al..en, can you h…ar me?" The boy sliced an akuma and glanced at the golem "Lenalee, is that you?" "Allen!" "Sorry, the golem isn't working properly!" He destroyed another level three and blocked Tikky, sending him flying. "Allen, how a…e you do…ng over there? Are y… guys ok?" "Yeah, we're just fine over here. How about you?" "I'm fine"
The boy charged at the Noah but was blocked by a storm of black butterflies. He put his arm back in place and used Cross Grave to clear the path "Who are you fi..thing, Allen?" "Ummm, well," He dodged Tikky's hand as it tried to go through his chest and jumped on a rock "right now, some level four and Tikky Mikk; Kanda and Chaoji are fighting with Lulu Bell"
The boy drew out the sword again, cutting the Noah's arm, making him scream in pain. "Huh!? Allen, weren't y…u figh…ing three Noah?" Allen froze a few seconds, looking at the golem. Shit… he didn't know what to say. If she found out what he did… Allen was pulled out of his thoughts as Teez flew straight into his face, almost entering his head; fortunately he dodged in time. "Allen…?" He glanced at the flying device "Well… I already took care of Fiidora, so it's just two right now…" Took care!? Great choice of words genius! He scolded himself as he continued his fight.
"Did you…kill h…m?" The boy threw his sword into Tikky's leg, adding another scar to his body. "…Yeah"
"Chaoji!" Allen looked up to see Kanda jump in front of the older man, shielding him with Mugen from a level four. The boy looked back down at Tikky's pained face and pulled his sword back out. "Wha…What's this boy?" the man said, panting heavily, holding his chest and injured leg "Why did you stop? Aren't you going to kill me?" Allen tightened his grip on the sword and pushed it in the Noah's other leg. The man fell to the ground in pain, but never shifted his gaze from the General. "No, I won't." "…why?" The teen pulled his sword and turned to charge at Lullu Bell, now fighting Kanda and Chaoji, "Because I promised"
Before Allen got close to the woman, tears started drifting off her and Tikky's face. Another Noah had been killed, somewhere. Probably one of the Generals' doing. Lulu Bell was concentrating on her tears and failed to notice the boy come at her until it was too late. Allen swung his sword and barely wounded her arm. But to a Noah, innocence, no matter how small, was still poisonous and hurt like hell; he had the scar to prove it.
The woman fell on the ground, level fours covering her up as she tried to ease the pain. Allen landed in front of them and screamed "Kanda!" The samurai jumped right next to him, leaving Chaoji to deal with the level two's. The two exorcists charged in, annihilating the akuma quite fast and moving over to Lulu Bell. Before the two of them could strike however, she transformed into water and crossed through the ground, reappearing on the other side of the field. This went on for a few minutes, time in which both the Noah and the exorcists landed wounds on each other.
"Don't you get it exorcist; you cannot hit me! I can turn into ear if I want to!" Kanda ched in annoyance and threw one of his attacks. Allen smirked "They can't" Lulu Bell froze, shaking and looking at the General. Kanda also looked, trying to see what she was suddenly so afraid of. "But I can." "14th…" The pale skin of the exorcist was replaced by ashen colored one and his eyes were golden, staring into the woman's. "Just like I did last time…!" Kanda did not move, just stood in his spot, glancing at Chaoji. Kanda was sure the idiot would attack Neah if he saw him.
Kanda and Chaoji both turned around in surprise,looking at Neah who began whistling in a very calm manner, getting closer and closer to Lulu Bell, who for some reason was unmoving, shaking, terror written all over her face. Tikky, who was still on the ground, grabbed his ears and started screaming for the boy to shut up.
When Neah got next to Lulu Bell, he proceeded in ripping her apart, limb by limb, making sure she couldn't regenerate. He then stopped whistling, glancing over at Tikky who was staring at him "Sorry about that…" He said with an apologetic smile as the other Noah fainted.
Neah lifted his sword just in time to stop Chaoji's attack "NOAH!" Kanda snapped out of his trance "Shit; Chaoji! What the fuck are you doing, you idiot!?" But the man paid no attention to his senior and instead attacked the teen in front of him. Neah put the sword back in, making it his hand again, but did not deactivate the innocence right away, stopping another punch. "How dare you use innocence, you monster!?" Neah stepped back a few feet, not taking his eyes off the man "Excuse me?" Chaoji threw another punch "That innocence is the power of salvation! You have no right to use its powers, you filthy Noah!"
The teen dodged another attack and landed near Kanda who was ready to draw his sword at Chaoji. To his surprise however, Neah just waved him off. "I'm afraid I do not understand. Are you saying I am unworthy of using my innocence?" Chaoji looked at the boy with anger and yelled back at him "Of course not! That is General Walker's innocence! The power of an exorcist! What gives you the right to just take it away and use it as you please!? You goddamned Noah!" Neah twitched a bit, but never lost his composure.
After a brief moment of silence, the Noah smiled "You say that but… I have every right to use it; after all, it is my innocence, is it not?" Kanda looked in surprise "What?" Chaoji, on the other hand, became infuriated "How dare you!?" He charged again, this time with a more powerful fist, but was stopped by none other than Kanda's Mugen "Uh!? Kanda!?" "Stop it you moron!" "Nobody knows, because I did my best, and so did Allen, to keep it a secret. It would have been troublesome if anyone found out." Kanda looked back at the teen while still holding Chaoji in place "Explain"
Neah sighted "The innocence Allen uses was originally mine" "Liar! There's no way innocence would chose to help a Noah!" The boy turned his gaze at Chaoji "But it's true. I was quite surprised myself when I woke up with the sword in my hand thirty five years ago. I always wondered how it would be like to have innocence but I never even dreamed of actually finding out." Chaoji grabbed Kanda's blade, somehow startling the samurai and began yelling back "Innocence is pure! It harms Noah just by being present; how would you even be capable of touching it!?"
Neah smiled and touched his innocence arm "But it's right here, and I feel just fine" Chaoji was at a loss of words, slowly releasing his grip on Mugen and falling to the ground. Kanda put the sword away and looked back at the teen who was calling the golem "Road…" Chaoji looked back up in surprise, recognizing the name as being the small child Noah. "Kill him and let's go. We're running out of time." "Yes sir! Is th…t Neah!?" "Yes it is, how are you, Road?" "Wow! I hav…t seen you in s…o loo…ng!"
Somewhere in the back, Tikky started crying, feeling Maashiima, the Noah that was with Road, die instantly.
A heart-shaped door appeared behind Chaoji and Neas slowly started walking towards it. He stopped, however, when he came next to Kanda. "You know, Yuu; I probably won't be seeing you again, however this ends, so I might as well say this now…" Kanda looked back into the Noah's eyes "What?" "Some long years ago, I met a wonderful young lady." Kanda's eyes widened a bit. He couldn't be talking about… "Unfortunately I don't recall her name, but she had a wonderful friend; and exorcist, just like you, that used a sword much similar to yours." Kanda was shocked. "You…" Neah smiled and slowly placed something in his hand "She felt like something bad was going to happen at some point and she, for some reason, asked me to take care of this. I presume it was from that man, right, Yuu?" Kanda looked wide-eyed at the Noah as he patted his shoulder and smiled at him. "You two should go help Sokalo and Kloud" With that, he entered the door, disappearing in Road's dimension.
In his hand, Kanda held a golden necklace with a small lotus flower. On the back of the flower, carved in the gold were two small letters "K…L…?" Kanda looked at the place the door stood a few moments before then back into his hand, at the necklace. He closed his eyes and whispered a small "Thank you…"
Chaoji, of course, got quite a few powerful punches in the head and in the stomach for attacking a General and for making the samurai draw his sword. "You go at Kloud, I'm going at General Sokalo! And don't start another fight you moron!" With that, Kanda left the scene.
Tiedoll was dumb fobbed. He watched his innocence destroy some akuma as he tried to organize his thoughts. After Road and the other Noah had appeared, the girl used her power to send Maashiima into her dream world while having a very nice chat with the General about anything and everything. After Allen's voice was heard through the golem, the girl jumped in joy, then saying that it was actually Neah she was talking to. When the boy said "Kill him" she instantly erased the other Noah from the surface of the earth and then she vanished in her door.
Tiedoll looked at his golem still thinking about what had just happened "Umm… Komui?" "Yes General, what is it?" "No, I was just wondering how Kanda, Marie and Chaoji are doing? Allen's golem seems to have been destroyed and I can't reach them" "Oh well, it appears General Walker has sent Chaoji over to help General Kloud and Kanda to General Sokalo. You should talk through their golems" "Thank you"
"G-General!" Tiedoll turned around in surprise after hearing the woman's distressed cries "Miranda? What's wrong?" "N-Noah…!" The General quickly opened his shield to reveal the room full of wounded and two Noah, one of which was holding Miranda by her neck. "Come on woman! Faint already, or do I have to snap your neck!?" The Noah dropped the woman when some three branches came in between them. He looked to his left and finally spotted the General as he calmly walked in "Who are you people, if I may?"
The Noah stared at him a few seconds then smirked "I'm Toraido, Noah of Judge; and this is Maitora, the Noah of ability. And you are General Tiedoll Froi, correct?" "Why yes I am." "Pleasure" The Noah of Judgment said as he made a mocking bow. The General however just smiled as Miranda crawled her way behind him. "If you would, please do not scare our staff?" Toraido made a step forward and gestured at the wounded people in the room "But I am afraid we are bored sir. We need some entertainment"
Tiedoll pulled his innocence closer as two of his giant puppets rose behind him "Fear not, for I think I am enough to satisfy your needs" The Noah made a sadistic smile and dashed towards the General "That would be nice!" "Miranda, take care of the wounded please" With that, the fight began.
The woman stood still a few moments and then walked over to help the injured move to a safer place. With the help of some nurses, all the people were placed in the far corner of the room, protected by Miranda's Shield.
Meanwhile, Maitora was watching the fight between his 'brother' and the exorcist. Of course he himself did not participate in this; he was more of an observant. He's job, over the centuries, had been to create the skeletons used to create akuma, and he did a damn good job since the Earl hadn't run out of puppets in all this thirty five years.
He also had another job. He, well the original he, was the one who created the Ark. It was one of his most brilliant creations, and yet, at that time, so long ago, it broke down and crashed miserably on the earth, shattering in pieces across the world. At one point, humans went in and ended up somewhere else, or lost forever within the Ark, so people started calling it "worm hole", such a despicable name.
And then he appeared, a brown-haired man, untouched by time itself. He spent some good years figuring out how and what the Ark was, then started fixing it all on his own. It was amazing to see a human (or was he) work on something the Noah made. It was also a bit disturbing and should have infuriated them all. Humans were weak and miserable creatures, waste of space! But none, not even the Earl himself, seemed to mind that one person. The current Road and Tikky were actually quite good friends with him. At some point, every Noah in the family had at least made acquaintance with the boy, Allen, if he remembered correctly. Not just that, but the Earl himself spent some good hours talking to him. Maybe that doesn't sound like much, but keep in mind the Earl despised all humans.
Maitora thought back to the white-haired exorcist while dodging a flying piece of rock. That boy had something about him that made the Noah relax. He wasn't like the other exorcists, he was… different; in a good way. Road was always joking around (not really) about loving the boy so Maitora became very interested in seeing him, and when he did, it felt like he had met a long lost friend. He remembered Wisley had a weird reaction, jumping in surprise and placing his hands on his heart, whispering to himself "That was unexpected" when the Noah asked his 'brother' what he was so surprised about, he said the boy's mind was 'quite unpredictable', whatever that meant.
The Noah had his tray of thoughts put to stop by a cry. He turned around to see the woman exorcist's innocence gather some sort of green lights as its accommodator kept talking about someone's time. He tried to remember what the woman's powers were and then he remembered. He smirked to himself "Someone dyed?" Miranda looked up at him, holding her innocence close; she did not move, but her eyes were enough of an answer.
Tiedoll also noticed the 'time' return to Miranda's innocence, but said nothing to the woman. He instead called over his golem. "Sokalo?" "Huh? Froid, what do you want, I'm kind of – Damn it! Kind of in the middle of something here!" "How's Kanda?" "As pissed and annoying as ever, why?" Thank God… "Well it appears Miss Miranda's innocence has come back from someone" "…So someone died, huh? Well not from here"
"Tiedoll;…" The general looked back at the golem "Kloud?" "Yeah, I heard your talk, but we're fine…That being said, please check on Lenalee. I can't get through to her and neither can Komui…" A sudden chill ran down his spine when Tiedoll realized the girl was fighting on her own. He mentally hit himself and turned around to face some finders "Could you please try checking on Miss Lee!?" The finders hesitated a bit but nodded and went on their way, fast.
"Please be safe…" He turned around to look at the laughing Toraido. "You people are forgetting!" The general lifted his eyebrow, calmly watching the Noah "Forgetting…? What do you mean?" "There is one more who could have died, not to mention he had a better chance, considering his opponent." Maitora answered from the other side of the room "One more…?"
Toraido revealed his sadistic grin and answered in triumph "Allen Walker"
A/N: I need to say, first, the fact that Maitora remembered stuff is because he had dreams with flashes of the past! In case you were wondering ^^ Allen went to fight the Earl! Could it have possibly been him who…died? Read the next chapter to find out! Please review as always~