Heheh..... so the title for this chapter was taken from a song, 'love in war' by outkast.... god Saya loves that song.... all their songs are strangely funny.... You'll see why Saya used that title later..... COMEDY CHAPTER! well.... for the second half....

Saya doesn't own DGM, The love below, or anything.....

rated M over all for voodoo, molest, violence, and the occasional swearing. This is gonna be a T chapter.

35. Love in War

Kanda walked out of Allen's room, and a few steps later turned into his own. Looking back on it, he thought it would've been easier to just cut a whole in the wall, but was glad he didn't because then what would be the point of leaving the room?

Closing the door, he sighed and leaned against it, he was not happy with himself. He had expected to simply stay awake the night before, and glare at the wall in front of him, leaning over the Moyashi and sleeping upright wasn't the most comfortable way to sleep, and he would rather do many unpleasant things rather than sleep in Allen's room. Unfortunately for him, that's exactly what he did. He had woken up in the same manner Allen did, flipping out on Lavi for staring at him. Yes, he had been caught in the act of sleeping peacefully besides Allen Walker, of all the world's people.

Besides the fact that doing that while Allen was still holding his arm was rather out of character, it was also an incredibly stupid move on his part. Now that he thought about it just a bit, he had just found out that it was Allen job to kill off exorcists, and while it would seem obvious to any onlooker that the younger definitely didn't plan on following through with that scheme, one could never be too sure. After all, Allen had a great poker face; one could never tell what he was really thinking.

Maybe Allen was more of a master mind than anyone was giving him credit for. Maybe he was faking it, pretending to be going against the Earl, pretending so well that even the Noah couldn't tell? That would be the best way for him to gain anyone in the Order's trust if his past were to be revealed, they'd see him fighting to get away from the Noah, they'd see the Noah having to force him to leave with them, and they'd think that because of the tension between the two groups, that there was no way Allen was on their side any more. Maybe Allen was more of a fake than even Kanda could realize.

Kanda got off the door and started changing into a new set of clothes for the day, staring in the direction of the night stand out of habit. In his room there was a beautiful lotus, imprisoned in an hourglass that sat on his bedside, one he couldn't help but stare at any time he was in his room. It was an eerily beautiful thing, and it was his life.

'Tch... you're being ridiculous. This isn't some science fiction story, there's no way the Moyashi could think like that.... besides, there are some things you just can't fake.'

Yes, Allen couldn't fake the fear that Kanda had seen when he saved him from that god-awful alley. No matter how good an actor one was, no one could imitate the fear that made Allen cling to him all night in fear of being alone, without someone to save him. But then again, just because Allen was afraid of one Noah, didn't mean he was afraid of them all, it didn't mean he hated them all. The Noah were a group, but they are each individuals, and as such Allen must've had different opinions of each.

'Stop now, you're over-thinking this completely...'

The one thing Allen couldn't fake was how he was when he slept. The boy had looked completely innocent with his eyes closed and his face relaxed. In the end, the boy really was an innocent at heart, but he just wasn't as naive as most would like to think. All doubts about Allen's intentions could be wiped clean at the thought of his nearly angelic sleeping face. It was plain to see that the boy wouldn't hurt anyone if he could help it.

Still, Kanda was Kanda so he would always be a little suspicious.

He shook his head, finishing with the final buttons of his clean, white shirt. Then a loud grumble came from the other room; he heard it clearly, more clearly than he'd ever heard anything through that wall.

'Looks like it's time for breakfast…'

He shrugged on his uniform's coat, and left the room a little later.

000

Allen didn't know if he should be relieved or scared that Kanda had decided to come to breakfast. On the one side, he was glad that Kanda wasn't so angry as to not eat, but on the other side, he was definitely angry, Allen wasn't sure he could stand the glares he was receiving for long. Kanda had decided that his insane and jumbled thoughts were all Moyashi's fault, and therefore he would have to deal with Kanda's glare. Allen was not the only one to notice the glare either, Kanda was being rather conspicuous.

"Kanda, you shouldn't be so angry so early in the morning...." Lenalee said, a little uneasy because of the dark mood Kanda had brought to the dining hall. Lavi, being Lavi, felt that it was time for him to lift the mood, because it was only expected of him to do something of the sort.

"Yeah Yuu-chan! Stop glaring at Moyashi-chan! You were the one who offered to take care of him! Just admit the kid's growin' on ya! Make love, not war."

Kanda choked on his soba, Lenalee's jaw dropped, and Allen spit out a mouth-full of food at the statement, conveniently missing Lavi's face. Ok, Lavi dodged. A second later Mugen was at Lavi's throat and Lenalee's heal was dropping onto his head; he wanted Kanda to make what with the Allen now?

Allen just sat staring and blushing. Being the chaste saint he was pretending to be, outer Allen decided that violence against friends was wrong, and that he'd get more than enough of it out of Kanda and Lenalee. Which confused him a bit, why was Lenalee so angry? He could see Kanda being angry, and he could see why he was embarrassed and angry, but why Lenalee? He couldn't see how jealous the girl got though, or how possessive she would like to be if only she had the proper justification to be. He couldn't even tell that she liked him for goodness sake! Instead, he decided that she must be angry because Lavi said something potentially vulgar about her two friends. But if only Allen could see the raging green monster that lurked beyond her 'friendship' facade, clashing brilliantly with her lovely violet eyes.

000

The young mistress Rhode padded through the Noah mansion with stocking feet, and a Lero that she had personally quieted. Silence is golden but duck tape is silver. She was on a mission; her mission was to find her beloved Uncle Tyki, whom she had not seen in days. She moved to his door, opening it just wide enough to clearly see through with one eye. There, lying on his rather neat bed, way the person she'd been looking for. Most would think he was sleeping and leave the man be, but no, not Rhode. She recognized this as him sulking. Tyki Mikk was depressed, imagine that! She decided to hop into the room, dragging Lero in with her.

"What's wrong with you Tyki?" She asked, poking his shoulder. The older man sat up and sighed.

"Ah... our little playmate truly does not want to return to us... he even has a little guard now..."

Rhode didn't want to say that it was probably Tyki's strange obsession with Allen that made the boy want to flea.

"A little guard? Do you mean that black haired boy? I saw him too! He was protecting Allen when I tried to steal him away too! I would've been able to bring him back if it weren't for that meddling kid! We didn't count on Allen making any friends that would stay by him even when they knew his past..."

"It was definitely not expected... especially since last I saw the two together on that ship, they both seemed to hate each other quite vehemently. But then that was what, 3 or 4 months ago? I lost my little doll too... truly depressing..."

"You should be more careful!" Tyki hung his head at being scolded by someone who looked to be half his age. Truly depressing indeed.

000

As the group walked towards their destination for the day, where they would once again kill a few hundred idiot Akuma, Kanda and Allen lagged behind, Kanda still glaring at Allen. He figured that if anything he should at least express his suspicion, he wasn't one to keep things hidden, after all. Allen just wanted to know why Kanda was still glaring at him, and what he could do to make the irate boy stop.

"Moyashi."

"Yes Kanda?"

"You do know that if anyone dies inside Order walls that I will automatically suspect you did it, right?"

"If people were getting killed inside Headquarters, I'd say you'd have every reason to,"Allen said, looking to the ground gravely, he didn't plan to hurt anyone in the Order, but if push came to shove and he did, he'd want someone to stop him from continuing.

Hehe..... Make love not war Kanda.... Allen you too... they're all such perverts for thinking of that first... sorry..... it was just that song fits them well.... Geez Saya's going weird..... wasn't she always? Tyki's depressed 'cause he left That ribbon and the doll in the alley.... bad Tyki, no littering. Rhode's stealing lines from Scooby-Doo too... Ok, Saya's done babbling..... please continue with your lives and review if you'd like.....