Hello. I am back with another chapter of A Darkness Hidden Within. To my readers... I am really, really, really, sorry for not updating sooner. I was kinda stuck in a dump mentally. I was so stuck with trying to figure out what to do. So this one might actually be a filler as I figure out what do next. As was mentioned I'm sorry. To my reviewers:

The Fourteenth: I try to put Allen and is smexyness in here but because this chapter is a filler of sorts I hope that he is smexy too. Please tell me so. Tyki is also my fav one actually my number one... then Neah, then Lavi and kanda. And what not...

Coolgirl: I'm not sure myself if he is or not. I'm pretty sure he's not going to join because he hates them and he'll probably kill them but I'm not entirely sure yet. Glad you enjoyed it. I'm sorry about not updating sooner.

Aika-tan: Your welcome. And you are correct sort of. It will be explained in later chapters. And you seem to be the only one to have noticed it. Which is cool. I'm glad that you picked up on it. If you can't wait to find out then I'll PM you and tell you. But that's only if you can't wait no matter what.

redchocobo: Well here you are. I hope you like this one also.

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Chapter 5

White. It was every where. Left, right, up and down. No matter where they turned it was everywhere. Then things started to take on shapes. They looked like houses. White washed houses. Some had flower baskets while others had nothing at all. The white haired teen knew exactly where they were. He knew how they got there and he knew how to get out, sorta. His fight with tyki was very uneventful and he was really bored. Fortunately he had prey that he could hunt to sate his boredom. He smiled with a greed as he thougt if the blood that he could spill. Tyki was such a kill joy by running away with he Earl. A fact that really pissed off Allen Walker. His smile changed to a frown as he thought of this. He hated how others spoiled his fun. He loved fighting but then his opponents would freak out and run away. Ok he was sometimes alittle to violent but that didn't mean that they should run away. They should at least finish what he started.

Luckly no one saw his smile, all except a certain girl. She looked at him in disbelief. She had never seen Allen look like that. It was scary how demented it looked. It looked like the smile of a Noah. One that was out for blood. She would have to keep an eye on him. She had a feeling that he would be dangerous if not watched. She didn't metion it to the others because she didn't want to worry them anymore then they already were.

"Where are we?" Lavi asked looking around. Allen knew that the red head was memorizing it so that when they got out he could draw it or something like that. Unknown to the young Bookman that once they left they wouldn't remember what it looked like. He would be the only one who knew and always knew.

"Well my young red headed Bookman friend, we are inside the ark. Beautiful isn't? I love it here. It feels like home." Allen said with out looking at them but they knew that be was smiling. Only Lenalee saw what kind. It was that demented kind.

"What do you mean by that Allen? You've been here before? Do you know how to get out of here?" Lenalee asked looking at him. He looked at her and smiled at her. And this time everyone could see it and it shocked them all, even Kanda who was mostly never shocked. They all shivered at how evil and mad it looked. That was definitely not the smile Allen used to show.

"Maybe I have, maybe I haven't. Who's to say? But I will tell you this, it's dangerous here so you'd all best be careful. Maybe I do know how to get out." he replied with a small smile. He started walking but suddenly stopped because xthe ground started shaking violently. Everyone other than Allen was forced to the ground from the shaking. When the ground stopped moving they all slowly stood up hoping that it wouldn't do it again. They looked at Allen to see him smirking a devils smirk. They looked to what he was looking at to see a familiar face. Tyki. Allen grinned again at the prospect of killing him. Tyki was very unnerved by this smile, he had seen it many times before. One that belonged to an insane, dark Noah, one that hated everything no matter what it was. The only thing that Noah liked was blood and what he could do with it. But it didn't make sense as to why the shounen looked this way.

Tyki was so lost in thought that he almost missed the punch that was headed for his face. He quickly had the fist phase thru him. Tyki jumped away from the assalant not wanting to chance anything. The others in the group were shocked when they saw Tyki jump away then they noticed that Allen was gone. They turned to look for him, seeing him 30 feet away his original position, his right arm outstreatched with the fist clenched and a wicked smile on his face.

"Tyki, why did you move? You hurt my feelings. I thought you liked me." Allen said with mock hurt.

"I never said that I liked you, I did mention that you are fun to mess with not so much now, and for moving, I would really like my face to stay this way. I actually do like looking at my face in the mirror."

Allen laughed, it was cold and mirciless. "I always knew you were egotistic. But never this bad. I'm going to have to squash it by smashing your face in!" Allen said smiling like a maniac and his eyes held a wild, evil, sadistic gleem. The Exorcists cringed away unknowing. They were all scared for their lives and for the life of Tyki, even if they hated him they still didn't want to see him destroyed completely. Allen attacked once more, only faster. Tyki had to dodge multiple attacks before one finally connected sending the Noah soaring into a white washed building. Allen went to finish the blow when Tyki raised his hands signaling for the white haired boy to stop. Allen's fist kept coming and Tyki closed his eyes waiting for the blow. There was a boom and dust flew everywhere. The Exorcists turned away, shielding themselves from the rubble. When they turned back around the dust was cleared and Allen's fist was imbedded into the wall, millimeters from Tyki's face. Tyki was staring at him with wide eyes. He looked into the white haired boy's eyes. They held nothing. No emotion whatsoever. Empy grey pits. Allen pulled his hand free from the wall. A giant chunk fell from it. There as a deep hole where the hand had been. Tyki was frozen, he had been so close to death and he knew it. Why did the shounen stop?

"Why didn't you kill him?" Kanda asked glaring at Allen. Said boy looked at Kanda and shrugged his shoulders.

"If I kill him now, what will I do later? It will make my life so boring. So boring... He stays alive for now." He looked to Tyki who was still sitting on the ground. "I will have fun hunting you down." Allen said smiling a manaical smile. Tyki had to surpress a shiver so he stood up rather shaky but he did nonetheless.

"Right, well I originally came here to tell you that there is a way to get out of here. But you have to make it up to the top first, before the Ark collapses." Tyki stood up and shook the dirt off his shirt. "At the said top there will be a door that leads to the outside. Make it there before time runs out. I will give you the key to the door." Tyki finished before tossing a golden key to Allen who caught it without looking away from the Noah of Pleasure.

"Why are you helping us?" Lenalee asked.

"Well because I hate to see such good play toys to just die." Lenalee glared.

"Play toys? Really?" Allen looked to the Exorcist girl raising an eybrow.

"Is there somthing wrong with that word?" Tyki asked.

"Why yes there is! I am not a play toy! How dare you call us that!" She simmered in anger. Tyki looked shocked while Allen was getting rather annoyed.

"Who cares? Would you just shut your mouth!" Allen shouted turning to glare at Lenalee. She was shocked into silence, he never yelled at her or even glared. She was scared for him. He was changing. Lavi hadn't said a word mostly because he was trying to figure out what was going on here. Why was Tyki helping them? It didn't add up.

"Of course your going to have to find the way on your own which is very difficult. You may even encounter some of my brothers along the way, maybe. Lets hope you make it in time, like I said, hate to lose such wonderful toys." Tyki smirked and walked thru the door he had appered in. Kanda ground his teeth and went to Allen, grabbed him by the collar and shook him.

"Why? You had the perfect opportunity to kill that fucking Noah and you waste it! Why you stupid Moyashi?" Allen didn't say anything at first, just looked at the ground away from Kanda. Said samurai growled and threw Allen with enought force to crack the wall. Lenalee gasped and Lavi's eye widened. Allen stood up and looked at Kanda fully, there was anger in his eyes.

"Kanda, think for a moment. He gave me a key right?"

"Tch, yeah. What does that have to do with anything?"

"I will ask the questions!" Allen growled out Kanda leaned away. Allen resumed speaking, "As I was saying, if I was to kill him right there would we have gotten the key?"

"Yes."

"Why do you say that?"

"We would have searched him."

"No we wouldn't have. We would have kept going trying to find a way out not even bothering to think that the Noah I had killed would hold the way out. Do you understand?"

"No I don't. I would have checked!"

"No you wouldn't have. Think about it Kanda, I kill him you wouldn't even care if he had anything of value on his person. You would just leave and silently celebrate that a Noah died. I know how you work, how all of you work. None of you would even stop to think about that. And don't try to deny it, trust me I know those things. I wouldn't have either if I was the person I was before. I changed while I was away and now I would have checked but I wouldn't know what the key was for. Thats why I stopped. I knew that he would have a way out. He's a Noah, he knows how this place works and I know that he would explain what the key was for. It wouldn't benifit us at all if I would have killed him at this point. It's not that I didn't want him to die believe me. I want him to die so bad I can barely control myself, but he is needed to get us out of here. Do you understand now?" They all looked at Allen with shock. He had it all planned out that far?

"Question for you Allen." Lavi asked. Allen looked at him expectantly.

"Before you said that you knew how to get out of here. Why didn't you just kill him and get us out of here?" Allen sighed.

"I never said I did. I have an idea on another method but I can't be too sure. I don't want to test my theory and end up running out of time. That would be a bummer." He all but was talking to himself now. Lavi shook his head.

"Another question, You said you changed. How so? Was it for the better?" Allen looked at Lavi with an innocent face then it twisted into a evil demented smile.

"That is for me to know and for you to find out. Don't you agree?" He replied walking away.

"No not really." Lavi mumbled to himself. He followed behind the others just watching how Allen walked and acted. There was nothing different that he could tell, just that he walked with more confidence. There was something off about Allen tho that Lavi couldn't place. He did notice how he seemed to act more Noah like. But that was impossible for Allen to be a Noah. He had Innocence. Innocence and Dark Matter don't mix. So what was up with Allen? His hair was longer that was the only distinct change but that had nothing to do with it. It wasn't making sense. Lavi would have to just watch from a distance.

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Tyki was indeed shocked by the boy's changes. They weren't just physical but also in his actions. He was definetly shocked when he saw his hair. It had grown so much since the last time they met. Tyki looked at Road. She was torturing Lero like always and also like always it was accompanied by the insecent "Ahhhh Stop it, Lero~!" Over and over again. Tyki shook his head and went back to his book even tho he wasn't really reading it. He was too lost in thought for that. He was thinking back to first time he had seen him in Edo. The only reason he recognized the boy was because of the white hair and the scar on his face. But everything else was so different. Before then the air around the boy was different, it was kind yet angry. Tyki could feel that the boy didn't want to kill, that he would kill when only nessacary. Now the air was different. It was evil, dark and it held so much killing intent. This one wanted to kill and didn't matter how bloody it got. It was so strange. Tyki was used to it but not from the boy. How did the other Exorcists not notice this? They must have noticed it by now, right? If they haven't well they are complete idiots but no one has every argued that case. Tyki was almost nervous fighting the boy again and the Noah never felt nervous fighting anyone before. Not even Rhode. Tyki would just have to be careful next time he meet Allen Walker.

Look another cliffhanger. Sorry but I couldn't think of anything else. So sorry it took so long and that it's short I will work on the next chapter sooner. Thanks for reading and please leave a review on your way out.