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Road stood before Allen's door, knocking slowly. She was prepared to meet an angry Allen, so she was surprised when Allen opened the door with a bright smile and calm greeting.
"Do you need something, Road?"
"Allen-kun? I'm just here to check on you. You were a little-" Road paused, trying not to trigger some bad reaction from Allen.
"Angry?" He asked. Road nodded and looked curiously at Allen's expression, trying to figure out what exactly had happened.
"Eh, don't worry about that Road. I just got a little angry at Neah. Seriously, forget it." Allen grinned his famous smile, but Road could see right through it. He was obviously trying to avoid the topic.
"A little angry? Allen-kun, you were cursing him. Care to explain what you were angry about?" Allen's face darkened for a second, but then with a slight shake of his head, he went back to normal.
"Oh, nothing much. Wouldn't you be angry if someone took over your body so he could just spill all your secrets? It's okay, I'm over it." Road wasn't so sure, but she decided not to push it. Instead, a Cheshire grin split across her face.
"Ne, Allen-kun. Is what Neah said true?"
"What Neah said? Huh? About what?" Road just hummed and walked into his room, closing the door behind her. She plopped down on his bed and stared at Allen, who was still standing by the door.
"Road?" Road raised one eyebrow, waiting for him to realize what she was talking about. For a moment, Allen stared back, waiting for her to say something.
Road could tell the moment he realized her thoughts when his face lit up and flushed to a dark red.
"Oh, y-you mean... th-the thing N-Neah said." Allen stuttered, looking down. Road snickered.
"Maaaybeeee. Was he telling the truth?" Allen cringed.
"W-Well, I wouldn't say, well, er, y-ye-no, it wasn't actually, umm-" Allen mumbled at the floor.
"Hmmm?" Road pressed. While Allen continued muttering nonsense, Road got up from his bed and walked back over to the fidgeting Noah.
"Al~len-kun, I'm just messing with you. I already know it's true!" She reached out and patted his head.
"N-No! It's not true! Neah was just, just playing! Don't take it the wrong way, I don't really, I mean-" Allen kept denying everything, but Road just giggled and put her hand on his cheek.
"You're such a bad liar." Allen looked up from the floor, shock in his eyes. She could feel the heat coming off his face and she was trying to resist laughing madly at his completely red face. She could barely see his scar amidst all the red. She idly thought how pretty the color was.
"It's okay, Allen, I won't tell anyone. In return, you have to let me sleep with you every night." Allen jumped and scrambled a few steps back, only to run into the door. Road couldn't resist the bout of laughter that erupted from her throat.
"Not like that! You're so funny!" Allen noticeably calmed down, but he still tried to keep his distance from Road. She smiled innocently, and stepped up close to Allen again, giving him no room to escape. Allen tried to look anywhere but at her, but she was right in front of his face.
"Agreed?" Allen quickly nodded.
"Good. Allen? Don't forget, we have a family meeting tonight! Do you want to head down now?" Road backed away and gave him space to breathe.
"What time do they normally start?"
"When everyone shows up. If we go now, we will probably be early."
"Alright." Allen agreed. He rubbed his cheek tiredly and shifted to his Noah form. Road guessed it was to hide the lingering blush. She slipped her hand into his and pulled him out the door they were standing in front of. While they walked to the dining room, Allen didn't bother to start a conversation and Road was humming her Heart song. Eventually, they stopped before a door and Road let go of his hand to push open the door.
"Wisely!" Road ran into the room and tackled a reading Noah. Allen looked around, surprised at the various people in the room. He vaguely remembered a few of them, but most were strangers.
"Road, get off me! I was reading." The white haired Noah insisted. Road frowned, but she pushed herself off his lap. She looked around the room and beamed at each person lounging about the room.
"Everyone's here! Why didn't Millennie tell me everyone was coming?"
"Ah, Rodo, I'm sure I did." Road spun around to see the Earl coming in the room. He stopped behind Allen and put his hand on his shoulder.
"Right after Allen-kun left my room." Allen jumped at the contact, but then he looked down, remembering the incident. Road put her finger to her chin and looked at the ceiling in thought.
"Oh! I didn't think you meant everyone in the family!"
"I did." The Earl took his hand off Allen's shoulder and wobbled over to his chair. "Allen-kun, I don't think you've met everyone here." The Earl sat down in his chair and gestured for everyone to sit down. "We'll do introductions once everyone is here. I believe we're still waiting on Sheryll, Jasdevi, and Tyki, no?" Road nodded and pulled Allen over to a chair next to her. For the next few minutes, Road chattered at her various family members. The first person to show up was Tyki.
"Ah, I didn't think I'd be late. Hello everyone." Road waved excitedly and Wisely nodded a greeting. No one else but the Earl seemed to acknowledge his presence. Allen was too busy studying the people he'd never met. He was constantly being distracted by a cloaked figure sitting between Lulubell and a man with fluffy black hair that looked bored out of his mind.
The cloak was black and white with stripes running diagonally across the front. On top of the hood was a fluffy white ball that reminded Allen of Tiedoll's hair. No matter how hard Allen looked, he could find the man's face amidst the folds of the cloak. The man, well, he guessed it was a man, hadn't spoken a word since Allen arrived either.
Another person he peeked at was a tall man with large triangle earrings. Allen noticed him lick his lips every few seconds, and his tongue was unnaturally bumpy and pointed. Allen shuddered and decided to stop studying the other Noah and just wait for the introductions.
Jasdevi came in then, dramatically shoving the door open while pointing guns at the other's head. They surveyed the room and then stomped over to two empty chairs, sitting between the bored man and the creepy Noah with the long tongue.
Looking around, Allen realized there were two empty chairs, but there was only one person missing. He was going to voice his question, when he remembered they lost Skinn in the fight on the Ark. Deciding it wasn't a good idea to bring that up, he kept quiet.
Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed someone staring intently at him. He turned his head slightly to see it was Wisely, who was sitting at the end of the table opposite of the Earl. Said Noah turned away quickly, but Allen could see a slight smirk on his face. It occurred to him the Wisely could read minds, and he realized what Wisely must have been doing. A spark of anger flashed through his mind, but he didn't act on it. It was likely most of the Noah didn't trust him.
Sheryll finally walked through the doors, looking exhausted, but he immediately perked up at the sight of his daughter.
"Road, my darling! Daddy's back from work! Did you miss me? I'm so sorry I'm late, pumpkin, I got caught up in a horribly droll meeting." Road giggled and nodded understandingly.
"Time for dinner, Daddy!" Sheryll practically melted at her words. He dropped to the floor and curled up in a ball and rolled to his chair next to Tyki while squealing happily. Eventually, he straightened out and stood up, brushing dust off his suit. He calmly sat in is chair, despite the blood that was started dripping down his nose.
"Er, Sheryll?" Tyki started. "You've got a bit of blood coming from your nose." Sheryll smiled warmly and pulled a handkerchief from his breast pocket.
"Yes, yes. My Road is just so cute! I'm so lucky to have the cutest girl in the world as my daughter! Don't worry, I love you too Tyki. You don't have to feel left out." Tyki leaned away from Sheryll, practically leaning into Allen who was on his other side.
"Well, now that everyone is here, let's start some quick introductions for Allen-kun here." The Earl pointed to a tough-looking man who was sitting next to Sheryll.
"Mercym." He grumbled. The next was Wisely, who said nothing since Allen already knew him.
"Fiddler." Said the man with the strange tongue. He grinned crazily, and Allen spotted sharpened teeth, although they weren't as sharp as Krory's. The Earl skipped the twins and pointed to the bored looking man. He twirled a lock of hair that had two white stripes that contrasted against his fluffy black hair.
"I'm Tryde." he announced. "And that's Mightra." He pointed his thumb at the man beside him; the cloaked Noah Allen was curious about.
"These are the Noah that just recently awakened. Just before we visited you and dear Alma-kun last." Allen nodded, remembering the incident with Alma and Kanda just a couple weeks before. At least he wasn't the only new one.
"It's a pleasure to see you again." Wisely added. He was staring Allen down with the smirk Allen had seen earlier. Maybe he hadn't gotten over the punch to the eye Allen had delivered when they first met.
"No, I haven't. That hurt like crap." Wisely growled. Allen tilted his head, confused when he realized what had happened.
"I would appreciate it if you wouldn't read my mind."
"Why would I ever do that? I'm not rude enough to invade people's privacy."
"You just did!" Allen shouted. He decided he didn't like this guy.
"The feeling's mutual." Allen just sighed and relaxed in his chair, ignoring the other Noah. The Earl watched on with amusement.
"Now, now. We're family, let's all get along. Akuma? Bring out dinner!" Immediately, fourteen Akuma maids came in the room supporting trays of food. Allen grabbed a napkin and covered his eye as it reacted. Thankfully, nobody seemed to pay much attention to it.
"That's a really bothersome ability, isn't it?" Allen snapped his head to Wisely and narrowed his eyes.
'I wish you wouldn't do that.'
"I can't help it. You're rather fun to mess with." Allen sighed in exasperation and decided to pay attention to the food that was being set down in front of him. He could feel Wisely's eyes staring at him and it greatly unnerved him.
'Please stop.'
"Not until you answer my questions." Allen raised an eyebrow.
'Go on.'
"Are you really here on your own will?"
'Surprisingly, yes.' Wisely pondered his answer and he took this chance to start eating. He took the bloody napkin off his eye, setting it in his lap. When it deactivated, Wisely asked his next question.
"When did you get that curse?" Allen gritted his teeth and held his fork in front of his mouth, unmoving.
'That's not your business.'
"I'll just search your mind if you don't tell me."
'That's nice of you.' Allen took a bite of his food before answering. 'I tried to bring my foster father back and he cursed me.' He didn't bother looking to see Wisely's reaction, but instead continued eating. Luckily for him, Wisely was silent.
"That's interesting. So, what's your relationship with Road?" Allen flinched and spit his food out in surprise. Everyone stopped eating to look at him.
"The hell?!" He looked at Wisely like he was insane.
"I'm just curious." Allen frowned and ignored him.
"What? What did he say Allen-kun?" Road asked curiously.
"Nothing." Road frowned and then turned to Wisely. Wisely smiled and shook his head at her.
"Why not?"
"It's private." For a second, Allen was thankful Wisely wasn't telling. Road would probably start pestering him for hours on end.
"What is it Shounen?" Tyki asked. Allen glared at Tyki before returning to his food. Wisely was laughing quietly while staring intently at Allen.
"Come on Wisely, tell me!"
'Why is Road so curious?' Allen asked himself.
Since Wisely wasn't telling, and obviously Allen wasn't, Road gave up and went back to gloomily eating her food. It wasn't over yet, she'd figure out what Wisely said to make Allen freak out.
For most of dinner, the table was quiet, but at one point Jasdero and Devitto started arguing about something pointless. It was Tyki who had to calm them down, since no one was bothering to stop them. Of course, then the twins turned on him and came close to actually shooting him with their guns when the Earl finally interrupted.
Eventually everyone was finished, except for Allen who was finishing off his twenty-ninth plate of meatloaf. Once it was licked clean, the Akuma maids came and cleaned up the empty plates. While keeping his eye covered, Allen leaned over and asked the maids to fill three bags of Mitarashi Dango and send them to his room.
"Are we all ready for the meeting?" The Earl asked. Everyone nodded so the Earl clapped his hands together. "Then let's get started!"
"So everyone, as you can see, we have a new member with us today. Allen Walker, the fourteenth Noah." Everyone looked in Allen's direction for a few moments, but their gazes were returned to the Earl without comment.
"Now we are just waiting for our 8th disciple, Wrath. It has been several months, so his reincarnation should be appearing soon. I will be sending lookouts for him once we feel his transformation start. Do we have any volunteers?" Everyone was silent and unmoving, but Tryde looked around and landed his gave on Mightra.
"Me and Mightra will go."
"Good, good. Now that that's settled, Lero!" The Earl called. For a few moments, nothing happened, but then the pink umbrella flew into the room from the vents.
"Yes, lero?"
"You need to be here for the meetings too." Lero teared up and flew to the Earl.
"Thank you Earl-tama, lero! I'm so happy!" The Earl chuckled and patted Lero's head.
"The time has come my family for us to move on to the next step of the plan." Road squealed and clapped her hands. "Yes, my family, we will soon attack the exorcists. We have already weakened them. I am under the impression three of their exorcists are injured at the moment and one was just recently killed."
"Well, one of the heals unnaturally quickly. He's probably already healed." Allen interrupted. The Earl smiled at him.
"Yes, Yuu Kanda's power is quite a nuisance. I'm going to assign an exorcist to each of you. We will attack in three days, unless we find Wrath within that time. We have to give him time to adapt as a Noah. This goes for you as well Allen. Tyki-pon and Waisuri-kun will be training you the next few days on how to manipulate your dark matter." Tyki looked to the Earl in shock and Wisely grimaced.
"Earl, what are we supposed to teach him? We don't know his powers and I don't think I can train someone!" Tyki insisted.
"Lulubell has been the one to train all of you and it's about time she takes a break, correct? I'm sure you're perfectly capable. Wisely will be their to assist you." Wisely scowled, but didn't comment. Allen shuddered. What would it be like spending three days with Wisely and Tyki?
"Millennie, can I help? I wanna help!"
"Rodo, I'm sure Tyki-pon and Waisuri-kun have it under control." Road slumped in her chair and frowned at her lap. The Earl chuckled, but didn't add anything to the topic.
"You three will be meeting in the backyard tomorrow morning to begin Allen-kun's training." He looked pointedly at the three Noah before turning to other matters.
"Now, let's assign Exorcists. Rodo, your targets are Lavi Junior and Bookman. I don't have much against the Bookman clan, but I need you to destroy their innocence. Killing them is optional. Allen-kun, your target is Lenalee Lee. Tyki-pon, I'd like for you to go after Cross. He's been a thorn in my side for too long. Sheryll, your target is Noise Marie. Mercym, you will be going after Winters Socalo. Wisely, your target will be Froi Tiedoll. Fiddler, yours is Yuu Kanda. Jasdevi, Your target is Arystar Krory and Miranda Lotto. Tryde, you and Mightra will be searching for Wrath at this time, so I will not assign you a target. Finally, Lulubell, you will be attacking Kloud Nine." The twins snickered to themselves when their targets were assigned and Road was grinning like a Noah, but otherwise, hardly anyone had reacted to their assigned exorcist. Allen was thinking to himself what to do. He couldn't afford to fail this time.
'Neah, if I give you control of my body, will you kill Lenalee for me?'
Why, too scared to do it yourself? Allen bristled.
'NO, I just don't want to fail my job. Last time, she got away and I can't let that happen this time.
Don't worry, that was just because Cross intervened. This time, he'll be too busy fighting Mikk. You can do it Nephew. Neah Reassured. Allen nodded slowly. He honestly really wanted to do it. She was the one who called him a monster. He wanted to be the one to kill her anyway. Neah was right, Cross wouldn't interrupt this time.
"That's some scary thoughts, boy." Allen scowled at Wisely who was looking at his head.
"Would you stop that! Do you know how annoying your are?"
"I can't help you shout every time you think."
"I do not!"
"See, you're even shouting now." Allen glared, unamused.
"Because you're a prick." He muttered. Wisely laughed at Allen's expression.
"Fine, fine. Go back to you murderous thoughts, I'll keep to myself." Wisely waved his hand passively. Meanwhile, the rest of the table was looking between the two of them.
"Wahhhhh! Wisely, I want your power! I can't read Allen-kun's mind!" Road whined.
"It's a good thing too." Allen murmured.
"That's enough children. Allen-kun, I expect you to be nice to your new family members. That goes for you too, Waisuri-kun." Allen crossed his arms like a child, but nodded reluctantly. Wisely smiled and stared at Allen.
For the rest of the meeting, Wisely continued to stare at Allen. Allen almost snapped and left the room, but he waited until the meeting was officially over to leave the room.
When the meeting was finally over, Allen stood up and stalked to the door. Unfortunately, Road ran after him and jumped on his back, demanding another piggy back ride. Right in front of Wisely.
"So you are in a relationship." Allen fervently wished he block his mind.
With all the dignity he could muster while carrying a twelve year old on his back, Allen trudged off.
"Where to, Road?"
"Your room!"
So, remember how I said my summer's really busy? Well it is. Tomorrow, I'm going to go on a trip to see my dad for three weeks. Normally, I'd say, "I won't be able to post anything because my dad absolutely hates anime or anything related and he would never let me do this." Buuuuuuuuut, luckily for you, I just got my un-fixable laptop fixed, so now I can type chapter secretly and post them when he's not looking. Yay! Keep in mind, I'm not going to be able to post as frequently, since this is all "hush hush", but I'll do my best guys!
Mukuro234: I love pissed off Allen. Or Red. You pick. I'm glad you like the chapters! Really, I am!
Lenore91: I tried to make that chapter kind of random and light, so I'm glad it turned out that way.
RinnyToLazy: Neah is a Troll Master. One who might die by Allen's hands if he continues. Heh heh...
MidoriHikari00: Yes, Poor Neah. XD. He's definitely become more and more like Red, but I think if he were to become Red again, he'd have to forget Mana, which I don't want to happen. Although that's a good idea, some clown acts would be cute. :3 You know, I'm not sure they have seen Black Allen! They've seen him play cards, and he turns into a crazy murderous Noah at times, but not the familiar Black Allen. I'll have to fix that!
Allyeih: I love RoacxAllen fluff, so I try to put it in as often as possible. I really love Red fics, but I agree, there isn't a lot of him.
Dana: It may be a timely fashion compared to people who post a chapter every two weeks, but I really want to post every day.
KhaalidaNyx: Yeah, I don't know how Mana did it. You're half right on that idea. He will get a little evil like Red in fights, but it's not always Red that's coming out. Sometimes it's just the memories of the Noah. BUT, you will be seeing more of Red.
LadyMimi101: I feel sorry for Neah too, because although it was Allen's secrets, Neah's going to be brutally murdered if he get's on Allen's bad side... I'm seriously considering making Kanda smirk. I want someone to be happy about his Chaoji's death. Yeah, I'm not quite sure about Jerry, but I wanted to make the last chapter happy so I stuck that in randomly.
You're completely right. Red's going to be coming out some more during this story. Mwahahahaha! Evil Red will slowly take over the Noah and become the next Millennium Earl! lol.
Since Allen is an anime character, I can share him with you, I guess.
Your welcome, by the way! I feel like more people need to read it!
HikoHiro:Wow, the way you pointed out my mistakes made me laugh so hard.
1.)Yeah, Lenalee really is cold. Poor Miranda. XD I fixed it, don't worry.
2.)I don't know what snickered sawing is either. Is it some one taking a Snickers bar and sawing someone in half with it? I always knew the Earl was crazy.
3.)Crap! You caught me! Yes, Allen has three hands. I was going to see if anyone would catch on. I commend you. You have very sharp eyes... HAHAHAHA, I'm literally dying of laughter.
That's what it is. Allen's not his self. Yup. Go ahead, Lenalee, go and "help" Allen with his problems.
He was desperate. What else could he do when confronted by masses of dangerous potions. If he dumped it in a sink, who knows what could have happened to the people in the order. Oh my gosh, imagine if the water was contaminated and got in Jerry's cooking! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
You know, I'm missing a thumbdrive... I BET THE NOAH STOLE IT! And I lost my favorite mechanical pencil! THEY MUST HAVE STOLE THAT TOO! OIJAWDJAWODJAWIOJDAIOWJDJI!
She's rather vain, isn't she?
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I've already had problems with the fangirls, but my love is to strong. You're definitely invited to the wedding. I'll be sure to throw the bouquet to you. :D
Yes, as much as I want everyone to be partying over his death, it would be SO OOC, the story would be written off as a crack fic. I'm thinking of making some sort of omake where in a parallel universe, everyone is drinking and singing and dancing over his grave.
Holy crap, you're making me cry! It's okay Eeze! Tyki still loves you!
I've wondered that too! You'd think someone would notice a name on it. At the same time, would they be able to make the connection? "Oh look, this button has a name engraved in it! Tyki must have killed it's owner! I bet he's a creepy human-thing that's trying to destroy mankind!"
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