Chapter 37- Edo- Kanda

The moment I stepped on the island of Edo, I saw the akuma. It looked like they were all over the place.

"Marie, what can you hear?" Tiedol asked.

"There's a lot of akuma on the island," Marie said. "Also, I can hear the voices of Lavi, Lenalee, and everyone looking for Cross. They're far away, and their voices are faint."

"You two g help them," Tiedol said.

Marie and I looked at him, and then sped off towards where Lenalee and the others were.

Suddenly, I heard Lenalee scream. The sound was so loud, and ear shattering, that I stumbled and fell.

"What are you doing?" Marie asked.

"Didn't you hear her scream?" I asked.

"It was very quiet," Marie said. He helped me to his feet. "We need to get there soon."

"Right," I said. We started to run again.

I saw a Noah standing next to a female exorcist that I didn't know, and a regular human. I grabbed Mugen, and ran in front of the human.

I glared at the Noah, and noticed that he held a girl by the neck. It took only a second to recognize the girl as Lenalee. Her hair was way shorter than I've ever seen it, and she had a patch over her left side of her face.

Anger erupted inside me as Lenalee gasped out my name. Without thinking, I ran towards the Noah, and attacked him. He dodged my blade. I knew that I had to be careful, as to avoid hurting Lenalee. I hated the thought og going easy on the guy.

"I'm sorry, Miss," He said. He threw Lenalee at me. I got Mugen out of the way just as she slammed into me. I caught her with one arm, and held her. She was unconscious. However, even though she was limp, she wasn't heavy.

The Noah attacked us with his power, and Lavi stepped in front of me. The power hit a large hammer.

The Noah ran off, and Lavi turned to smile at me.

"Hey, Yuu," He said. "What a coincidence to see you here in such a battle."

"What are you guys doing here?" I asked.

"Well," Lavi said. "Turns out Cross has some business here in Edo. How about you guys?"

"It's something like that," I said. The memory of Lenalee drowning and telling me that she was heading towards Edo flashed through my mind. I grew even angrier. I was about to yell at Lavi for letting her risk her life like that, when a giant akuma came near us.

Suddenly, the akuma started to scream, and struggle.

"What's wrong with it?" Lavi asked.

"It must have gotten stuck in Marie's strings. The melody that he plays can kill the akuma. I saw my comrade on the roof of another building. Sure enough, his innocence was activated.

I handed Lenalee to Lavi. I was hesitant to leave her in that idiotic rabbit's care, but I had no choice.

"Mugen," I whispered. "Come, misfortune." Light from Mugen wrapped around my arms and shoulder blades, and I grabbed another blade from the light with my free hand. I jumped into the air.

"Be careful, Yuu!" Lavi yelled. "That thing's really hard-" He stopped talking when I cut the akuma's face in half, destroying it.

I landed on the rooftop, a few feet away from Lavi. "Hey, Rabbit," I said.

"Yes?" He asked.

I looked over my shoulder at him. "Don't you dare say my first name again," I said. "Or I'll slice you into pieces."

Lavi looked scared. I could tell from the look in his eye, that he knew the only reason I wasn't attacking him was because he was holding Lenalee in his arms.

The ground started to shake, and I looked up at the large building to see the Earl floating in the air. He was smiling, but I could tell that he was angry as hell.

"How much impudence!" He yelled. A giant amount of dark energy surrounded us.

All of us were knocked to the ground from the explosion. The entire town was disincarnated, so I don't know how we survived.

When it disappeared, I started to laugh. I used Mugen to support my as I said, "I won't go down so easily."

I heard the others around me groan.

"Oh, no," Marie said. "Those in the Cross Team… their heartbeats are fainter than ours. They're barley alive."

I looked to see that the female exorcist I didn't recognize kneeling on the ground. Her wrist was glowing, and that's when I realized that some sort of force field surrounded us. It was coming from her wrist. All of the injuries that I had from earlier battles over the last few weeks seemed to have disappeared. I do have to admit, that I was impressed. She seemed so weak, yet she was the one keeping us all alive.

"Where's Lenalee?" Daisya asked, appearing next to me.

"Lavi," I heard Lenalee's voice. It was so faint, that I had no clue where she was.

Lavi's head turned to the left, and he gasped. I saw what he saw; a giant crystal had somehow formed from the ground next to the rabbit.

"That again…" Lavi stopped before getting a full sentence out. I looked to Daisya. He had the same expression that Lavi had on his face pure fear and confusion.

"What is that?" I asked them.

"Kanda," Lenalee's voice came again, faint and echoing. "Lavi,"

I looked at the crystal. A hand was pressed against it.

"Everyone," Lenalee's voice came again. "Everyone!" She sounded scared.

"I've never heard her voice like this," Marie said.

"Marie!" I heard Daisya yell. I didn't know what he was doing. "The Earl's got his eyes on Lenalee! He thinks she has the Heart!"

"Kanda, watch out!" Marie yelled.

I had just enough time to dodge the Noah from earlier attack.

I caught a glimpse of Daisya. He was glaring at the Noah with a level of loathing that I had never seen before in his eyes. He reminded me of the way Alma used to look at some of the people who ran tests on us, and how Lenalee looked while she was glaring at Leverrier's back. I had never seen it in Daisya's eyes, though.

"I'll be taking her," The Noah said.

Shit, I thought. What do I do?

I heard Lavi call me by my first name again, but paid no attention to him.

The Noah and I were locked in battle. He was strong, but I didn't give up. He jumped back, so that he was far away from me.

At that moment, I looked back to see the crystal in which Lenalee was stuck in vanish. Lenalee was on the ground, and on one side of her, the Earl was standing there, smiling. Someone was grabbing his arm.

"So, " The Earl said. "We meet again, Allen Walker!"

My eyes widened as I realized that the person was Allen. He was wearing a strange, white cloak, and a mask on top of his head.

The Earl, and Allen attacked each other. Suddenly, smoke surrounded everyone. The Noah I was fighting ran off, laughing.

"Oi!" I yelled, following him "Stop right there!" Through the smoke, I saw a skinny figure. "Die!" I yelled, swinging my sword at the person.

That's when I noticed that I had attacked the wrong person. Allen's face looked scared, as he stuttered my name. His arm was up, protecting him from Mugen's blade.

"What are you doing here?" I asked.

"I could ask you the same thing!" He yelled.

"I was after that Noah with the curly hair," I said. "Oi, Lavi, did you see where he went?"

Lavi looked confused. "Where's that big guy that I was fighting go?" He asked.

"What happened?" Allen asked. "The Noah's aren't her anymore…"

I glared at the white haired freak.

"What are you glaring at me for?" He asked. "I think that they got away because you're such an idiot!"

"What did you say?" I asked. "You're the one messing everything up, Beansprout!"
"My name is Allen!" He yelled. "Why do I always have to tell you that? I guess that you really are an idiot!"

"I'll show you who the real idiot is!" I yelled. "Let's draw swords! I'll chop off that white hair and sell it old geezers!"

"I would think that old geezers would want nice, long, black hair," Allen said.

"Kanda, stop it!" Daisya yelled.

"Isn't this supposed to be a happy reunion?" Lavi asked.

"Shut up!" Allen and I yelled at the same time. "Or I'll cut your hair off!"

Both of them backed off. Daisya glared at me, and went to sit with Lenalee. I had to admit that they looked good together. Daisya cared for her, that was as obvious as the sun. A felt anger as I realized that I felt the feeling of longing.

I felt a sudden pain erupt on the side of my head. I looked to see Allen's hand returning to his side.

"Stop looking at her like that," He said. "Or I will hurt you even more."

I laughed. "You've got to be kidding me. She trusts me more than she could ever trust you, Beansprout! And I wasn't even looking at her in any way!"

"I saw love and longing in your eyes!" He quietly snapped. "It's obvious you love her."

"Oh, boy," Lavi said. "This isn't going to be fun." He sat down on the ground, looking bored.

I put my sword to the kid's neck. "Listen to me when I say this, Beansprout. I. Do. Not. Love. Lenalee. I've only loved a very few amount of women, And Lenalee isn't one of them!"

Allen rolled his eyes, and I suddenly saw Arisa standing there. I shook my head, and saw the idiotic Beansprout glaring at me. It seemed like the more times I saw the kid, the more he looked like the girl.

I got so close to his face, that I could feel the heat of his breath.

"She will never love you," I whispered harshly. "Her heart belongs to one person, and he's gone. If she were to ever fall in love again, I can assure you that you would not be that person."

"The who would?" Allen asked. "From what I hear, Daisya was a jerk and an idiot. Is that really the type of guy she would love? Because if she does like that type of guy, then that's a different side of her that I've never seen. I can't imagine her falling in love with someone who would be friends with you."

I gripped Mugen's handle tighter. "You never knew Daisya," I said. "He loved her like no one else can- not even Komui."

I felt a hand on my shoulder, and looked to see Tiedol standing there. "Now, now," He said. "Calm down, Yuu."

I shrugged his hand off my shoulder, and said; "Don't call me by my first name, old man!" I stormed off towards Lenalee. I gently picked her up, and walked away.

Daisya followed me. "I hate that kid," He said.

"Join the club," I muttered. That kid was getting himself into something that he should have never walked into. Messing with me and falling in love with Lenalee was a dangerous path that he was walking on, and I knew that if he kept walking, he would get hurt- physically and emotionally.