Chapter 29

Disclaimer: I do not own D.Gray-Man. Hoshino Katsura does.

A/N: Lol. Talking to everyone was so fun. I guess I needed a bit more conversation than usual. xD I wanna read D.Gray-Man manga tomorrow. By the way, I haven't finished my homework and it's 1.20 am in the morning. xD


"Lavi," Allen choked. "What's happening to me…? Why won't the pain stop?"

Lavi looked at the suffering boy solemnly.

"Allen," he said, his one emerald orb hidden behind his vermilion bangs, "there's something you should know."

Allen had another coughing fit, his hand positioned over his mouth as blood seeped through the gaps between his fingers as he looked up at the redheaded Bookman apprentice with a pained yet curious expression.

"Tyki said this when he returned your soul to us. He said that he'd inserted a new Noah into your soul. And this would be the effect of the Noah trying to take over your body and mind."

"If you become a Noah, you will definitely kill the first person you want to protect with your life. And you will go on a rampage here at HQ."

Allen's eyes widened. Images of Lenalee flashed in his mind; all those times he'd gazed up at the sea of stars with her on the roof, stealing away. Those secret moments they'd shared together. To imagine her dying by his own hands

Allen clamped his eyes shut and shook his head in denial, biting his lip till it bled, the warm red liquid dripping off his chin in larger quantity.

"No…"

-

Lenalee paced around nervously in her room. She couldn't stand the suspense. She pondered on what Allen's reaction would be to the bad news.

Unable to stand not knowing what was going on at that very moment, Lenalee marched out of her room hastily, only to run into Hikaru, who had been walking in the opposite direction of where she was headed.

"Hey, Hikaru."

"Hey."

Lenalee smiled at the young man who towered over her slightly.

"Um, Lenalee senpai, you seen my sister?"

Lenalee shook her head in wordless reply.



"Oh. Thanks anyway. Where are you going?"

Lenalee blinked a couple of times before answering. "I'm heading to Lavi and Allen's rooms. You?"

"I'm taking a short break from training. Been training with Bookman for the past five hours or so." Hikaru glanced at his watch momentarily.

"Oh, okay." Lenalee smiled again. "Well, I won't waste any more of your break time. Oh yeah! Before I forget again. Thank you so much for helping us with that last mission. I didn't get to thank you properly."

Hikaru smiled warmly. "It's no biggy. My sis asked me for the favour and I wanted to help with something too."

Lenalee beamed. "Thank you so much Hikaru. I gotta go. See you around!"

And with a small wave, Lenalee and Hikaru went their separate ways.

-

Feliske sat in her room, doors and windows locked. She sat quietly on her bed, not a muscle in her small form moving, not even an inch.

Her eyes flickered shut as time raced back to the day after they had returned Allen's soul to his body. Shapes morphed into images as the sight of herself leaping into a recklessly made portal.

-

Feliske glanced around.

"Hello? Fei Jia? Fei Jia…?" said preteen called out into the darkness.

A yawn echoed from a distance away.

"Wh-Who's there?" came a sleepy voice from the same place.

"It's me; Feliske."

The shuffling of feet on the ground as well as the soft murmur of cloth slipping on and off skin caught on Feliske's ears.

"Fe'? What are you doing here? At this time of night?" A lamp lit up as the face of a sleepy looking girl came into view, a torchlight in her hands, shining dimly onto Feliske. "I need some help."

Fei Jia raised an eyebrow and motioned to her best friend to sit down right next to her on the bed. Said girl looked at Feliske expectantly, her features a little more visible because the light she was shining on Feliske reflected off her and onto her. Fei Jia rubbed her left eye as one of her loose bangs was brushed away without much effort.

"What day is it today?"

"Heh? It's Monday."

"Did you go to school today?"

Bish.

"Course not silly."

Feliske rubbed the side of her head painfully.

"Hasn't school started yet?"

" 'Course not. There has been an instability in the balance of the world. You know the president trusts me. I told him. So school's been suspended. What, you been living under a rock?"

"I've been away in another dimension."

Fei Jia let out a sigh. "I knew it…"

"You've been watching me with that mirror of yours haven't you? I have a special power too."

"Yeah I know. The Power of Creation that the Ancient Family wants so much."

"You read about them somewhere?"

"Yeah. It appears they're from a myth which coincides with the Noah's Ark incident long ago. You know, the Flood."

Feliske nodded.

"Well, it seems that you came in search of my mirror. I'll lend it to you. Come back and return it when you're done with it."

As the auburn haired girl dug under the large pillows of which she rested her head on after each day was done, Feliske began to speak.

"Hey, can you come with me?"

Fei Jia turned around in dismay, the surprise clear in her expression.

"I can't."

"But-"

"Here."

Fei Jia shoved the mirror at her, ignoring Feliske's unsatisfied look.

"Oh and by the way," she said as she climbed back under the covers and out of sight of the bewildered and upset Feliske, "your parents should return to this dimension. People are starting to look for them. Your house is in ruins too."

Feliske cast a disappointed glance at the small bump under the covers. "I thought you'd be more adventurous. I'm so disappointed."

And as Feliske drew open another of her ghostly looking portals and stepped in, a muffled mutter came from the small mound under the blankets.

"I have to stay and protect my family for when the Earl comes back…"

-

Feliske sighed as she continued staring down into the silvery depths of the mirror reflection. Shapes moved within its perimeter.

Tears collected at the sides of Feliske's eyes. She looked on as Lavi and Allen leaned on the side of the bed in Allen's room.

Feliske wiped her eyes as she willed for the mirror to switch scenes. She was utterly surprised at what she saw in the scene before her.

-

Lenalee knocked on Allen's door softly. So softly she could barely hear it herself.

"But Lavi, I can't endanger her... I could never hurt Lenalee… I wouldn't ever forgive myself… I… I'd rather kill myself…"

Hot tears rushed to Lenalee's eyes. A hand clamped over her mouth, muffling her strangled gasping cry. She ran away, away from the darkness if her heart, her mind's screams forcing the tears out of her amethyst eyes.

-

As the shapes continued to move in the mirror, a series of desperate knocks outside of Feliske's room door broke the girl's observant stance.

She rushed to the door and saw a sullen faced Lenalee looking down at her, her eyes wide, a hand on the solid concrete door frame. "Lenalee-san? Wh-What happened?"

"C-Can I come i-in?"

"Ah, yes. Please come in. You look terrible."

Feliske seated said ebony haired girl next to her on the bed in front of the mirror where a fat off-white coloured shaped object moved about in its perimeter.

"What happened?"

The answer ended up coming out in a series of muffled sobs.

"Relax. Relax."

Feliske patted Lenalee's back comfortingly, her face portraying the massive concern for her senior exorcist.

"Allen… He'd die for me…? Risk his life for me..?"

Feliske was a little taken aback by this. Then, she smiled.

"He loves you, Lenalee-senpai."

Lenalee looked up at Feliske in utter surprise and shock.

"Do you really mean that…?"

Feliske nodded with a reassuring smile.

Suddenly, a brief noise of party poppers popping came from the mirror which lay behind the two female exorcists broke the moment.

Feliske as well as Lenalee spun around. Lenalee was surprised by what she saw.

She turned to Feliske who still looked on at the scene in the mirror, the reflection of the moving shapes reflected in her eyes.

The thirteen year old bit her lip as the next few conversations between the figures in the mirror transcended.

Lenalee stood up abruptly.

"We have to go tell Komui and the others!"

Lenalee made a rush for the door.

"No!" Feliske grabbed desperately for Lenalee's and to stop her.

Lenalee's face expressed mixed emotion in the girl's heart.

Question.

Confusion.

Love.

Anger.

Irritation.

Sadness.

Distrust.

"If we're gonna save Allen, we have to tread carefully."


A/N: Wahaha! Suspense!

Chat Zone:

Flakes:-Bashes Lavi- There. Now… What was that supposed to be for...?-rubs chin in thought-

Lavi: I'm getting tired of you hitting me all the time… And this time, you don't even know what you hit me for!

Flakes: It's for this.-pulls out Vivere whose hair was nicely made and she was wearing a short skirt with high-heeled shoes and a tube top and mini-jacket-

Vivere: -kisses Lavi-

Lavi: O.O W-Wha..?

Flakes: Aww, look at you. –snaps a picture- You look so adorable that way.

Lavi: FLAKES! –still blushing madly-

Flakes: Heh.-runs away-