Hello everyone,
here we go towards the end of the story.
Thanks for the seviews as always.
Disclaimer: Nope, I still don't own either of our exorcists or the akumas. The story and other characters here are mine though.
Due to being hormonal, the moyashi cries when it is time to say goodbye to Linali. But because of the same hormones, five minutes later he is happily bouncing around me. Dear lord, I will never understand that. Lisa sends him to bed early and after some persuading on his part I go with him. When I crawl under the covers and lay down, he immediately scoots over, cuddling into my arms. I sigh and embrace him, knowing he needs to feels safe. After some silence he speaks up again.
"Kanda? Can I ask you something?"
"Hm, what?" I answer surprised, I thought he was already asleep.
"What you said yesterday…" he starts hesitantly, "About not regretting it at all. Do-Do you mean that?"
Surprised I tilt his head up to look into his eyes. They are shining with desperation and some fear. My heart wrenches at the sight.
"Of course I did, I wouldn't have said it otherwise," I assure him in a calm voice.
A true smile stretches across his face, "Yeah, thank you so much."
"Nothing to thank me, moyashi," I grumble, trying to will the ever so slight blush from my cheeks.
"I'm serious, thank you. For everything, even though you hated me."
I ruffle his hair, "I stopped really hating you long ago, baka moyashi."
He smiles again, "Yeah… But my name is still Allen."
He grins and I chuckle, "Okay, whatever. Time to sleep now, you need your rest."
"Don't treat me like I am a baby!" he pouts.
"You are not, but you're carrying one. And for that you need strength," I counter and pull the blanket over him.
Immediately he yawns, "Pah. Night, BaKanda."
I roll my eyes at the nickname, "Night moyashi."
Time passes again and before I can look there is only a good week left until the due date Komui calculated. We got a message from him two and a half weeks ago that he is now at the hospital and we should contact him with the golems when contractions start.
The moyashi is getting anxious these days. I guess he is afraid of the birth and excited to hold the baby in his arms soon. And that he can only move with help anymore doesn't help the situation. No one in our job likes to not be able to defend themselves and having to rely on others, even if you trust these persons (I'm extreme when it comes to that, I admit that).
He's laying beside me on the bed while I am reading one of the books he brought from his room out loud. He is softly smiling up at me, eyes half closed. I finish a chapter and look at him.
"You okay?"
"I'm fine, Kanda. Except my back is killing me like always."
I chuckle carefully, "Yeah, thought so. Do you need a massage?"
"Hmh. Maybe a bit…"
I roll my eyes playfully and move over to sit him upright. I let him lean against my chest, kneeling behind him.
"Tell me when I hurt you," I say, carefully putting my hands on the small of his back.
"Sure, I will. Besides – "
But before he can say anything more a loud crash resounds. Battle instincts kicking in I grab the moyashi and position myself in front of him, my eyes frantically searching for Mugen. I finally spot it leaning against the end of the bed. At that moment, Allen groans softly. I turn hurriedly.
"Moyashi, something wrong? The baby?" I ask concerned.
"No," he murmurs, "My eye."
"Your eye – "
"It activated!"
Now I see his left eye, completed with the gears in front of it. Shit! I know what that means.
"Fuck! Akuma!" I hiss.
The white head nods fearfully, one hand protectively on his belly. I see that and put one of my hands on his, trying to calm him down.
"It's okay. Don't panic. I can defeat them. You can't fight. Komui said no Innocence activation as long as you carry the child, but you don't need to worry. I will protect all of you. No one is going to hurt you or the baby, okay?"
I look him intensely in the eyes and luckily I see the fear in them slightly diminishing. I squeeze his shoulder, then help him out of bed and onto his own feet. Suddenly Lisa with the children in tow bursts through the door.
"Allen! Come with me! There are akuma attacking our stables. We have a save room in the basement. You need to hide there, you are in no condition to fight!"
The white head gives me another frightened look but I nod to the woman, "I know. I would have sent him to you anyway. I will fight them."
She nods as well but suddenly Taiyou shoots forward, clutching on the leg of my trousers, "What is happening, Mr Kanda? Why do you have to fight these monsters? Please stay with us!"
I pry him off and put him in front of me, "That's my job, Taiyou, fighting these creatures. And even if not, I have to protect you all. But I will be fine. So be a good boy and keep a good eye on Allen for me, will you? He needs someone who looks after him and prevents him from doing something stupid. Can you do that for me?"
He nods determinedly, "Yes, I will!"
"Good," I stand back up, grabbing Mugen in the process. Immediately the moyashi waddles to me. I pull him close for a moment, "Don't worry, moyashi. I can manage."
"They are many," he whispers, "Please be careful, Kanda. I need you to come back."
"I will, promise. Remember? I'm not so easy to kill," I smirk and give him a last kiss, before carefully pushing him over to Lisa, "And now go! Take care as well!"
The woman nods and hurriedly drags the children and Allen out of the room, in the direction of the basement. I dash without a hesitation outside.
Nonetheless I stop short when I see what awaits me. 'Many' doesn't quite catch the situation. There are hordes of akuma, mostly level 1 and 2, with one or two level 3. Luckily nothing stronger. I have no idea why they are here, but to be honest I don't care. All I know is that I have to defeat them.
I take a deep breath. I need to protect everyone in the house. I smirk slightly, stunned at how much I changed in the span of only nine months. I call for the second illusion of my sword, readying the blades. Then with a battles scream I shoot out into the fight.
"You are not going to take the (most likely) only fucking chance I have for a family away from me! No way in hell!"
~ Meanwhile in the safe room ~
It has been about an hour since they left Kanda and Allen is really getting worried. He can see the akuma getting killed one by one in his eye, but there are still so many. He is sitting on the only chair, clenching his hands and rubbing his belly, trying to stifle the aches he is receiving from it.
But apparently he is not subtle enough to escape Lisa's gaze. Because soon she walks over to him putting a hand on his shoulder.
"Allen, is everything okay?"
He nods strained, "I'm fine."
But right then he winces when a stronger pains shoots through him. The hand on his belly tightens. Lisa frowns.
"Are you experiencing pain from your stomach?"
Allen groans, "I'm fine," he repeats, taking a deep breath.
Grumbling something, the woman pushes his hand away, feeling his belly. Suddenly her expression turns into something between fear and shock. Nervously the boy looks up at her.
"Is something wrong?" he asks with wavering voice.
"Your belly is completely hard! Your labour has started!"
Immediately Allen blanches. No! Why now? Kanda is outside fighting and he can't go out. But they need to get to the hospital. He starts rubbing the bulge nervously, like willing the labour away.
For a moment Lisa just stands there, then her features harden with determination and she pulls the heavily pregnant teen from his chair.
"We have to get Kanda and you to the hospital. As fast as possible!"
"But-But we can't go out there! There are still akuma there!" Allen shouts, panicking.
"Then he will have to finish them fast!" the woman grumbles and opens the door to the save room after ordering the children to stay inside.
That's it for today. Thanks for reading.
Uh-uh, cliffhanger again :P
Short chapter, but the next (last) one is going to be longer, promise. The epilogue too. I just couldn't stop writing, now it's 4k+.
Anyway, see you next time and please review.
