Chapter 29

Allen felt a shift in the bed. He guessed it was probably Road, as usual, so he kept his eyes shut, hoping to stay asleep for a little longer. Luckily, she didn't make a sound, so Allen happily snuggled into his pillow and promptly fell asleep. In what felt like only a few seconds, he felt the bed shift again and Allen was awoken from his light sleep.
"Ne, Al~len-kun, wake up! I brought you a breakfast!" Allen yawned and sluggishly pushed his eyes open.

"Breakfast?"
"Yep! Look!" Road pointed behind her and Allen saw what looked like ten plates of Mitarashi Dango floating in the air. Allen grinned and reached out for the closest floating plate. He quickly grabbed two skewers, tiredness forgotten, and shoved the dango in his mouth. Road started to laugh, but Allen didn't feel like caring.

"Ne, Allen-kun, how you feeling this morning?"

"Wah' do you mean?" Allen asked with a full mouth.

"I was thinking we could get some candy! We still haven't been able to go to the candy store!"

"Road, I have to train today."

"Yeah, well, I think they can wait an extra hour." Road pouted her lips and crossed her arms. Allen chewed his dango thoughtfully, before nodding. Road smiled and leaned forward to hug Allen. "Well hurry up then! I want to go right now!" Allen sighed and quickly shoved ten or so more dango into his mouth before getting out of bed. He looked down and noticed he was still wearing his clothes from the day before.

"Er, Road, I've got to get dressed first." Road groaned and stomped out of the room. Allen snorted and turned to his dresser. He searched through the drawers until he pulled out a maroon sweater vest and a white button-up shirt to go underneath. Searching through another drawer, he pulled out a black pair of pants. He went into the bathroom and changed, while pulling out a red ribbon and tying it around his neck.

Allen came out of his room to see Road dragging a struggling Tyki Mikk.

"Come on Tyki! Please? It'll only take a little while! Just enough for me to spend my allowance!"
"Road, with your allowance, that could take days. Let me go. I don't want to go to the candy store with you."
"But Allen's coming!"

"How's that going to change anything?"

"Oh, I already know it. Just admit it Tyki, you- Oh, Hi Allen-kun! I got Tyki! He definitely wants to come with us!"

"Road! No! Let me go! I, as well as Allen, have to start the lesson."

"But I want candy!" Allen watched Road yank on Tyki's collar impatiently. Tyki, in return, choked. Road took his choking as an affirmative and opened one of her doors. She looked at Allen expectantly and gestured for him to go first. Allen rolled his eyes and walked through the open doors and came out on a familiar alley. He turned around to see Road drag Tyki on the ground. As soon as the two were completely out of the door, it slammed shut and disappeared, leaving no place for Tyki to run away through.

"Let's go!" Road cheered. Tyki grumbled loud complaints as he switched to his white form. Allen lifted his sleeve up and watched himself change from a dark gray to his usual pale tone. Road grabbed his hand and skipped out of the alley, already in her white form. Tyki trudged behind, massaging his neck.

When they made it to the store, Allen noted it wasn't nearly as crowded as before. Only two other customers were inside.

"Ah! Road, I see you came back! I was worried when you left so abruptly!" The owner called out from behind a counter.

"Heh, we actually had to meet someone."

"I see you brought your boyfriend back." The man winked at Road and smiled broadly.

"Yep! He offered to buy me candy! Isn't he so sweet?"

"That's nice of you, lad." He turned to smile at Allen, but Allen was too busy looking at the floor to see.

"He's a little shy."

"I'd say. Well Road, have fun! I hope you find what you want!" The man chuckled and began tapping keys on a register.

"Tyki, come help us pick out candy." Road called. Tyki was leaning against the door frame with his hands in his pockets.

"Road, I think I'll go out for a smoke."

"No, you'll stay in here with me and Allen-kun." Tyki glared through his thick glasses before sighing, and reluctantly shuffling to the two teens.

"Tyki, you pick out jelly beans and licorice, okay? Me and Allen are going to get lollipops and chocolate." Tyki decided not to argue, so he grabbed two clear bags and began shoveling random jellybeans into the first bag.

"So, Road, what do you want?"

"Lollipops!" Road pointed to a shelf low to the ground and pulled Allen over. She started to list her favorite flavors, and made Allen give his opinion. Eventually, Tyki came over with two bags full of candy.

"Road, I'm done, take your candy."

"Mmm, Tyki? Can you go look at the taffy too? Pick all the best flavors!" Tyki shut his eyes and took a deep breath before setting the bags down next to Road and walking off to go to the second floor.

"Is this enough lollipops Road?"

"What? No, that's only twenty! I need at least forty five." Allen had to keep his jaw from dropping. "Actually, if you want to share with me, I think we should get ninety."

"Er, no, we'll just get enough for you. I'll be fine." Road nodded absentmindedly, not really paying attention to Allen.

"Hmm, I've already got eight cotton candy, but maybe I should get two more. What do you think?"

"I think you have enough already." Road snapped out of her thoughts and stared at Allen.

"Enough? Enough candy? Never." Road shook her head and turned back to the candy. She was still for a moment before reaching out and shoving random lollipops into her lap. After she accumulated a large pile, she nodded happily and stood up, careful not to drop any of the precious candy.

"Ah, Road, would you like to leave those on the counter while you search for more?"

"Yes! Thank you." Road waddled to the counter, clutching at the candy before dropping it down on the counter in a big heap. She then turned away and skipped back to

Allen.

"Al~len-kun, let's go look at the chocolate!" Allen smiled and followed her to the back corner of the store that was entirely dedicated to chocolate. Shelves from the ceiling to the floor lined the walls and each shelve was stacked with chocolate bars and truffles.

Road immediately start grabbing chocolate off the shelves and placing them in Allen's arms. After a few seconds of silence, Road spoke up.

"Ne, Allen?"

"Yeah?"

"Can you tell me what the memory was?" Allen froze, but almost dropped the chocolate.

"Why are you pushing this?"

"Because I want to know." Road continued to scan the shelves as she talked. "You have to tell me, I'll figure it out someday."

"It's nothing worth knowing. You wouldn't be interested."

"If it's about you, of course I'll be interested."

"No, Road, you don't need to know."

"Maybe not, but I want to know."

"Road."

"Yes?"
"No."

"Why not?" Road finally turned to look at Allen with a pleading look in her eyes.

"Because I don't want to tell you."

"That's rude."

"It's not. It's my memory anyway."

"I'm asking nicely though."

"You can't always get what you want."

"But why would you tell me?"

"I just can't! Stop asking!" Allen shouted. The owner looked over curiously.

"Anything wrong over there?"

"No." Allen spat. The man seemed shocked, but he shrugged, and went back to counting Road's lollipops.

"Please?"

"Road, just stop. I said I won't tell you, and I mean it." Road frowned and crossed her arms.

"I'll just ask Wisely."

"He wasn't paying attention."

"Millennie might know."

"What makes you think that?"

"Millennie knows everything." Allen glared at Road and shoved the chocolate back on the shelf.

"Just go ahead than!" Allen yelled. He spun around on his heel and marched out of the store, ignoring the curious looks he was receiving. At that moment, Tyki came down the stairs.

"I heard Allen yelling." He commented.

"He's angry."

"I couldn't have guessed."

"This isn't the first time this is happened."

"Sure, Shounen's probably gotten angry before."
"No, I mean, he gets this attitude he's never had before and he turns all angry and rude. It's like he's not even the same person or something."

"Hmm, maybe. I suppose we should get him before he gets lost."

"Mmm." Road agreed. She grabbed the scattered chocolate bars and carried them to the counter. Tyki produced a bag filled with individually wrapped taffies.

"Is this all for you sweetie?"

"Yes." Road said. The man began writing a list of the candies and their prices.

"Is there something wrong with your boyfriend?"

"I guess I'll find out." She handed him a wad of money and pushed all her candy into a big paper bag.

"You hold it Tyki." Tyki sighed and grabbed the bag off the counter. Road walked out of the store and was surprised to see Allen waiting by the door.

"You finished?" he asked between gritted teeth.

"What's wrong?" Road asked."

"What do you mean?"

"You're not yourself." Allen narrowed his eyes.

"Of course I am."

"No, my Allen would get angry like that. He'd just smile and ignore me."

"Why should I wear some mask and smile when I angry."

"I didn't say you should." Road replied. She studied Allen's face as he glared at the building across the street. "But you're not acting like normal." Allen was about to respond, but Tyki walked out with the candy.

"I got your change Road."

"Keep it. You need it." Tyki stared at her before pocketing the leftover bills. "What's up Shounen?"

"What are you talking about?" Allen growled.

"Geez, grumpy are we? You were yelling a while ago."

"Somebody was prying too much." Tyki raised an eyebrow at Road.

"About what? Your favorite candy?"

"The memory." Road answered.

"What about it?"

"He won't tell me what it is."

"I don't have to!" Allen sighed. "Let's go home." He started to walk to the alley, and Road ans Tyki followed. When they reached it, Road didn't open a door.

"Wait. Allen, can I talk to Neah."

"Why?"

"I want to ask him something." Allen narrowed his eyes.

"He can hear you perfectly well."

"But I can't hear him."

"I can tell you what he says."

"No, I want to talk to him directly."

'Your thoughts?'

Just do it. It's easier not to argue.

'You're not going to tell her anything secret?' Allen asked suspiciously.

No, nothing you wouldn't normally say. Allen pursed his lips and then gave up control. He was pulled back and watched from Neah's eyes.

"Yes Road?"

"What's the memory?"

'I knew it.'

"Sorry, can't say."

"Why not?" Road pouted.

"The kid will murder me."

"You're scared of Allen?"

"Very."

"Why?"

"You'd have to sort of live in his head to know."

"Believe me, I'd love to." Road sighed. "Can you explain why he's so angry?"

"Er, I'd label that as another 'I'll kill you if you tell' sort of thing. I really can't tell you anything more than he would."

"Oh come on! Just tell me something!"

'Don't you dare.'

"Well-"

'You won't.'

What will you do?

'This.' There was a sudden sharp pain in the back of Neah's mind, and he staggered back.

"Neah? What's wrong?"

"Ow! Seriously, how did you learn to do that, since I didn't teach you! You're so harsh. Well Road, how about we just get it over with. If you want the memory, ask the Earl, he knows." Neah smirked before he suddenly collapsed to his knees.

'Why did you say that!'

You think a little pain will keep me silent?

'You shouldn't have said anything.'

What are you going to do about it? Stab me with Crown Clown? Good luck, you can't even activate it right now. Neah looked up while rubbing his temple.

"Gotta go. Good luck." Neah smiled before giving up control to Allen, who was now in an even worse mood.

"Road open a door." Allen hissed. Road stared for a moment before summoning a checkered door. Allen quickly flung it's doors open and went inside. Tyki went next with all the candy, and Road came last, closing the door behind her. Tyki then passed the heavy bag of candy to Road.

"I'm going to go to the backyard. We'll be waiting there Shounen." Tyki started to walk off, so Allen followed, leaving Road behind. Road frowned, but then she slowly smiled.

"See you at dinner Al~len-kun!" Road opened another door and walked into it with the candy.

Allen and Tyki walked in silence. Tyki constantly glanced back to see Allen glaring at the ground.

'I wonder what's got him so angry? Could the memory be that bad?' He stole another glance back to look at Allen.

"Er, Shounen, do you just not want to tell Road, or-" Tyki died off.

"I don't want anyone to see." Once again, they became silent. They walked like this until they finally reached the back door. Waiting outside, leaning against a tree, was Wisely.

"Took you long enough."

"Sorry Wisely, Road dragged us out to get candy." Tyki said, grimacing. Wisely nodded and pushed himself off the tree.

"Well ready to get started kid?"

"Whatever." Wisely raised his eyebrow, but he didn't comment.

"Well, then lets go." Wisely began walking to the door.

"Where are we going?" Allen asked. Wisely paused in front of the door.

"We're going out to practice." Wisely opened the door and beckoned for Allen and Tyki to follow. Tyki looked at Allen and shrugged.

Elsewhere

"Millennie! Neah told me you knew!"

"Hmm, I can't say I do." Road groaned and crossed her arms.

"But you have to! Allen-kun wouldn't tell me!" The Earl took off his hat and crumpled it in his hands. His grin seemed to shrink a tiny degree as he strained his memory. Suddenly, his eyes lit up and his grin turned almost sinister. Slowly, he set his wrinkled hat back on his horned head and chuckled. Road's face lit up and set jumped in the Earl's lap.

"What is it?"

"Ah, I think I might know what it is."

"What? What is it? Please, please tell me!" Road practically bounced up and down.

"You say it was his worst memory?"

"Yes! Get on with it!"

"Hmm, well Rodo, I see why. I understand why he wouldn't want to tell."

"Millennie! You're gonna tell me, right?" Road pulled out her puppy eyes and her bottom lips pushed out into a pout.

"Alright, Alright Rodo. Since Neah said I know the memory, I assume it's about the time Allen-kun brought back Mana Walker." Road's mouth dropped.

"Mana? Wasn't that-"

"Neah's brother? Yes. He adopted Allen-kun." Road shut her mouth and waited for the Earl to continue.

"I don't know what the whole story behind that was, but I came to him one night after Mana died and offered to bring him back. Heh, he accepted of course. When he brought him back, his bothersome innocence activated and killed the Akuma before it could kill him. Of course, not after the Akuma cursed him. I left him there. I don't know why I didn't kill him then." For a moment, both Noah were silent until Road spoke.

"I'm glad you didn't." The Earl chuckled and patted Road on the head.

"Me too."

"Hmm, I guess I shouldn't tell everyone, should I?" Road murmured.

"Only if Allen-kun lets you." Road nodded and slipped off the Earl's lap.

"I'm going to go watch Allen-kun train." Road quickly snatched Lero out of the air, and sat on him. The Earl said nothing, choosing to think while Road flew out.

Heilsberg, Poland

"Where are we Wisely?" Tyki asked, looking around his surroundings. Wisely continued to walk through the empty field leaving Allen and Tyki by the Ark gate.

"We're in Heilsberg, Poland. Otherwise known as Lidzbark Warmiński. We're here to give the boy some people to practice on." Allen looked skeptically at the space around them.

"Can we get this over with?" Cooper said in an irritated tone

"Well, I don't mean to dissapoint you, but there doesn't seem to be too any people around here." Allen held out his arms.

"Well, smart ass, there's obviously not a gate in the middle of the city. This is private military property that no one goes to. It's been empty for around twenty years. I'm afraid we're going to have to walk to town." Allen glared at Wisely and followed after him.

The group walked almost a mile along a firt road until they eventually found a large town. Almost every building had a bright red roof and every wall was brown and dull. Although the town seemed large and busy, people were quiet and isolated. Only few spoke while on the streets; everyone was moving too quickly to chat.

"What's up with this town?" Tyki whispered.

"They're under strict enforcement. If you'd pay attention, you'd notice there are armed guards posted at every corner. They have this ruling council that decided the people of this town were going to overthrow them, so they are try to smother a non-existing revolt. Of course, if they keep this up, a revolt will happen. That's the plan."

"The plan?" Allen asked.

"We may or may not be the reason for this. A revolt is a good way to get more Akuma. Eventually, the town will practically wipe itself out. It is a rather large town too. I can't wait to see the outcome." An edge of excitement crept into Wisely's voice, but he quickly organized himself and started leading them to an cafe.

"So, boy, today, you're going to help quicken the plan." Allen stared at the back of Wisely's head.

"How?"

"You're going to control one the guards to go on a rampage and kill some of the civilians." Wisely smirked in Allen's direction while he entered the cafe. He went up to the counter and ordered a cup of tea. "Tyki , Cooper and I will be observing and giving you directions." Wisely calmly took a sip of his tea. Tyki watched him drink for a second before going to the counter himself and asking for alcohol Cooper was already drinking his secant glass.

"Now?"

"Yes, now." Allen sighed and walked out of the cafe. He searched around and easily spotted a man in uniform holding a three barrel flintlock pistol. He took a glance at Wisely, who was watching him through the window, before focusing on the songs around him. He suddenly found himself overwhelmed by the cacophony around him. He tried focusing on the guards song, but he couldn't hear it over everyone elses, so he broke his attention, and quieted the songs.

Try again. Allen looked directly at the guard and carefully listened for his song. For several seconds, loud pounding songs pressed in his ears, but he eventually began to seperate the sounds and assign one to each person. After dimming out many songs, he finally discovered the gaurds song. He silenced everything else and began to hum the song. Immediately, the guard stiffened at stared blankly at the ground. Nobody around him noticed his behavior.

Allen smoothly took control of the man's mind and made him cock the gun. The guard looked up and stared at a passing person. He slowly raised the gun to point at the man's head. Without hesitation, he pulled the trigger. Suddenly, there was a loud bang and the man collapsed in a growing puddle of blood. The people around the guard screamed and began to run away. The guard under Allen's control quickly shot two more people and began reloading his pistol. In this time, most of the crowd had dissapated and only a few stragglers remained, trying to run away or find a way to hide.

The guard finished reloading and pulled the gun up again to find his next target. He unloaded his gun on three more people that hadn't run away on time. People around them screamed and ran even faster, some rushing into shops and restaurants.

Allen watched distractedly. Most of his attention was on controlling the guard. A scared man came running in his direction and stopped next to Allen.

"Pan, co robisz? Należy uruchomić! Zostaniesz zastrzelony przez straż!" (Mister, What are you doing? You must run! You will be shot by the guard!) Allen didn't notice him until the man took his arm and pulled him away. Allen suddenly snapped out of his trance discovered himself being pulled away frantically.

"Wha-What are you doing?" Allen tried to pull his arm away, but the man just held on tighter and continued pulling.

"Proszę, musisz się spieszyć! To niebezpieczne tutaj." (Please, you have to hurry! It is dangerous here.) Allen was surprised at the man's strength. He had no idea what he was saying, but he figured he needed to stop him. Allen easily found his song, since they were so close, and he started to hum it quietly. The man stopped and slowly turned around and stared at Allen. He opened his mouth to say something, but he suddenly went quiet and submitted to Allen's control. Allen yanked his arm from the man's loosened grip and backed away. As soon as he let go of the man's mind, he turned and walked away before the man came back to his senses. Luckily, he hadn't gotten very far from the scene, so he didn't get lost. He spotted the cafe and went in. Wisely and Tyki were sitting at a table in the back of the table, calmly drinking, while the people around them crowded together in a huddle and Cooper had just finished his third hole bottle. Everybody turned to stare at Allen, but they looked away when they saw him walk over to Wisely, Cooper and Tyki.

"I'm done."

"Yeah. Good job boy. Want a cookie?" Allen rolled his eyes and pulled a chair over.

"Where'd you go Shounen?" Tyki asked before taking a sip of some wine the cafe happened to have.

"Some guy dragged me off. I don't know what he was saying; I don't know Polish." Wisely snorted and finished off his tea.

"So, how many died?"

"Six people." Wisely nodded.

"Well, we're done here. Let's move on to another town." Wisely said. Tyki downed his wine and stood up. Allen followed suit and walked out with the two others. The crowd of people in the back of the cafe watched warily. A few called out, trying to warn them, but they were ignored. When they walked out, the guard was surrounded by three other guards who were yelling furiously and gesturing to the empty streets. Allen watched the guard shake his head and shrug his shoulders.

"He doesn't remember a thing?" Tyki asked.

"No, he shouldn't." Allen answered. Tyki snorted.

The group walked out of town and headed straight to the Ark gate. When they walked through, Wisely took them to another door. He opened the door and walked through first. Allen was about to go next when suddenly, something smashed into him and knocked him to the ground.

"There you are Allen-kun!"

"Uh, hi Road. What are you doing?"

"I've been looking for you for almost half an hour! I wanna watch you practice."

"Okay? But you're gonna have to get off me." Road smiled and pushed herself off Allen's chest. Allen got up and brushed himself off before walking through the open door.

"So, he's back to normal?" Road asked, staring at the door Allen had just gone through.

"Yeah, I guess so. He doesn't seem to be all moody anymore."

"Tyki? I know what the memory was."

"Really? What is it?"

"I'll tell you after dinner." Road grinned and jumped through the door. Tyki followed and shut the door behind him.

"Geez, what took you guys so long?"Wisely stood in front of the gate, waiting impatiently.

"Road's here." Allen said.

"Hey, I'm coming too!" Road smiled at Wisely, who exhaled sharply.

"Fine. Don't interrupt." Road smiled innocently and hopped on Lero, choosing to stand.

"'Kay, where are we?" Road asked. They had come out in a thick evergreen forest, but Allen could hear a faint sound of people's songs coming from a direction.

"Well, we're in Romania. There's a festival that happens once a year called Hora La Prislop. We are at Prislop Pass, one of the first stops of a long parade they do. This festival takes eight days to complete, and today is the second day. Boy, right now, they are having a festive dance. There are about thirty craft booths all around, all made of wood and cloth. What you're going to do is set one of the booths on fire and burn down the whole place. Pick anyone to do the job. We're going to make sure no one gets away." Road grinned evilly and shifted to her Noah form. Wisely glanced over and frowned.

"No Road, you're not getting involved." Road narrowed her eyes and a legion of candles appeared.

"I think I will." Wisely stayed calm, but he stared nervously at the floating candles.

"Fine. Don't mess anything up."

Tell them they won't be needed.

'What do you mean?'

They don't need to trap everyone in. I'm going to show you how to set the place on fire, and contain the crowd.

"Erm, guys?" Allen started. "Um, Neah says you don't need to do anything."

"I don't think you will need it so I will not help." Cooper said and jumped up to one of the lower roofs to watch the show

"Of course we do, boy. People are going to run away when they see the fire." Allen bit his lip.

"Look, I don't know what he means, but he said you won't be needed." Wisely glared at Allen.

"I think we'll stick to the plan." Allen sighed, and shrugged.

"Which way do we go?" Wisely started off at the question and everyone followed silently.

Allen. Do you remember all you powers?

'I think so. Why?'

You can resonate with fire. Like how you can crack a rock, or blow wind, you can start and manipulate a fire.

'So how do I do that?'

It's similar to resonating with any object, but it's much harder. Controlling elements is harder then breaking or moving something. You have to sing the fire's 'song' and imagine where it goes. If you can control it, than you can surround the people in fire so that they can't escape. If you're good enough, you can catch each person on fire individually.

'But I've never done it before.'

I'll help. You've got to learn somehow. Allen sighed and nodded, earning a stare from Road. Let me teach you the fire's 'song'. While the group walked Neah drilled Allen and taught him the arrangment that represented fire. Allen was itching to try it out, but he didn't have anything to practice on, except for the trees, but then there would be a forest fire. Eventually, they made it to the edge of the forest and they could see a croud of people dancing in a large circle and a huge feast being served to those who weren't dancing.

"When you're ready." Wisely said. Allen nodded and surveyed the area. He ignored the people in the center and focused on the edges of the site.

See the torches? Use the fire they create to form your circle. Allen nodded and focused on humming the fire's song. The flames immediately rose higher, reacting tto the music. Allen immagined the fire spreading from the torches to the ground, wrapping around the boothes and people. Amazingly, the fire's did exactly as Allen imagined and trapped the people instead. The songs and dancing stopped and people inside began to panic. Allen stole a glance to look at Wisely's face. He almost grinned when he saw the confusion evident on his features. Allen quickly focused again on the fire, maintaining it's height and heat. He pushed the edges in, making the circle tighter. The people were now screaming frantically, bundling up in the center, trying to avoid the fire. A few had found buckets and were trying to use their water to douse the fire, but Allen didn't let the fire stop. The flames dodged the water and inched closer.

Eventually, the fire reached the center, and the people began to burn. Children we crying, and the adults were trying to run through the flames. After four minutes, Allen ended the song and the fire quickly extinguished itself. As soon as the fire disappeared, Allen dropped to his knees, suddenly tired.

It was your first time. You'll get better at keeping your strength as you go along. Allen nodded faintly before looking up to study his handiwork. Tyki was staring open mouthed at the destruction, reaching for a cigarette. Wisely was brooding at the center, watching the burned, dead bodies. And Cooper seemed to take some of the fire before he could get rid of it and was making it in to figures that represented what just happened to the actual people and then started laughing on the ground. Allen almost laughed at their expressions.

"Allen-kun! That was great! I didn't know you could do that!" Road shouted. She flew over on Lero and hugged Allen, who was struggling to stand back up.

"Neah taught me how." Road laughed and hugged Allen tighter.

"Well Shounen, that was unexpected. Good job, I guess." Tyki lit his cigarette and ran his fingers through his hair. Allen grinned at Tyki and looked at Wisely. Wisely was grimacing at the wreckage around him until he snapped his head to Allen.

"You didn't follow instructions."

"But he did my friend." Cooper said still smiling demonically after jumping of the roof.

"No he did not."

"Yes I did. I burned everything down and killed the people. I did just what you wanted me to." Allen smirked.

"No, I was expecting you to control someone and make them set everything on fire."

"Oh, so you're angry because it didn't go as you expected? This is better, I'd say. Less work for everyone." Allen shrugged. Wisely scowled and stomped out of the ash, walking straight to Allen and Road.

"But you were supposed to follow your instructions. I am your teacher, and you will listen to me."

"I did follow your instructions. You're just upset you didn't see this coming. You, the know-it-all. Look, the jobs done, lets leave and go back to the gate." Allen said, ending the argument. Wisely glared at Allen, who stared back defiantly, but then walked around him and trudged off into the forest.

For the rest of the day, they continued their work, killing people, starting riots, and destroying things. Eventually, Allen asked Cooper why they were doing everything.

"The more destruction and deaths, the more Akuma. When we're not fighting exorcists, we're making Akuma or training witch sometimes makes more Akuma by mistake but what the hell right, although the Earl is the only one who can actually create them." Allen realized it made sense. Just finding sad people wouldn't give anyone enough Akuma. Causing deaths was easier and much more efficient. But something at the back of his brain didn't like it. A part of him was screaming at him, telling him what he was doing was wrong, but Allen easily ignored it. Instead, he focused on the multiple tasks. Eventually, the day was over, and they finished the last mission.

"Time for dinner!" Road shouted happily. She pulled Allen to the Ark gate and came out on a white street. Although the sun was already set outside, the sun on the Ark hung in the sky, burning Allen's eyes.

"Wow, it's bright." Road giggled and got off Lero.

"Ne, Allen-kun, get on." Road pointed at Lero who was floating sideways. Allen stared cautiously at the pink umbrella before sitting on it. Road grinned and jumped on Allen's lap.

"Let's go Lero!" Lero grunted under their weight, but flew off to go to the mansion and fly through an open window. They zipped through the halls, and flew right into the dining room, where everyone was waiting. Road jumped out of Allen's lap the moment they came through the door and she ran to the Earl and Cooper how they gest shadow travelled here before them.

"Hello Millennie! We're back! Wisely and Tyki are being slow. They'll be her soon." The Earl chuckled and nodded. Allen slid off Lero and looked around to see everyone but Tyki and Wisely was there already. Sheryl was whispering praises to Road and tears were beginning to form at the base of his eyes.

"My Road is just so adorable, how do I even deserve having her as a daughter?" Allen rolled his eyes and sat down in his minutes passed, and the twins had begun fighting when Wisely and Tyki walked in.

"Ah, welcome back. Take a seat, dinner's waiting." The Earl told the two entering Noah. As soon as they both sat down, the Akuma came into the room holding platters for each person. Two Akuma came to Allen and set down a tower of plates. Allen stared hungrily at the food, forgetting about his eye. He barely noticed when his eye activated.

He immediately dug in, regreting missing lunch. He realized he'd been missing more and more meals since his training started. He was glad it was over. Hopefully he could get back to eating consistantly. Allen paused his eating when he saw something drip onto his pants. Allen set down the burger he was half way finished with and felt his face. When he moved his fingers, he saw blood soaking his glove. He suddenly remembered that his eye had activated. Allen quickly grabbed a napkin and tried to wipe the blood off his face but Cooper got to it first covering they eye. Why hadn't anybody told him? Allen assumed no one had noticed. Once his face was clean, Allen took off his gloves and continued eating.

In thirty minutes, everyone was finished eating, including Allen, and the Earl coughed to start the family meeting.

"Good evening everyone. It's been three days since our last official family meeting. Tryde, Mightra, any news on Wrath?" The Earl asked.

"No, we haven't sensed any new Noah, and there's been nothing too out of the ordinary that would signify of a Noah's transformation."

"Hmm, that's too bad. I'm sure Wrath will show up sometime, but I think we're going to have to move on with the plan. Tryde, Mightra, you two will continue searching. Even finding the host before the transformation would be useful." They both nodded at the Earl's words.

"Tomorrow, we will make our move. The three days of darkness will happen soon, but it will be easier if the exorcists are taken out. They will not interfere with our plan." Road grinned and the Twins giggled to themselves. The Earl continued explaining how the events were going to happen and he reminded everyone of their targets.

"Good night everyone. Tomorrow, we win." The Earl grinned creepily and Road followed suit with Cooper putting on his armor and pulling out Crown clown.