Chapter 3

The Noah of destruction

Tyki walked through the halls with his hands deep inside his pocket, and his cigarette still lit but halfway done. He had just come back from contacting the rest of his family one by one, and telling them to return at once. Naturally everyone was skeptical at first and some of them outright refused specially Devit and Jasdero who were apparently in the middle of something important which he didn't quite catch what it was due to the sound of screaming coming from their end. Another who was adamant of returning home with such little notice was Skinn, who he didn't know what he was doing but was apparently important enough that he had more or less growled harshly into Tyki's ear through the phone for disturbing him. However not everyone was as hostile towards the idea of returning. Lulu, and Feedler didn't even ask or question why they were being called back home, they simply told him they'd be here as soon as possible and hung up the phone. Tyki sometimes wished everyone was just as committed as Lulu and Feedler are because if they were he wouldn't have to go through the same explanation several times. The Earl has ordered them all to drop what they were doing and return home, was that too hard an order to follow? Apparently it was, until he told them that the Earl specifically ordered it, something he rarely did. Thankfully, after he told them that everyone changed their tone of voice and told him they'd be here as soon as possible.

Tyki sighed and pulled his cigarette out of his mouth, and puffed a long cloud of smoke. He loved his family, don't get him wrong but sometimes he wished they were much simpler to deal with, like Momo and Clark who were -although human- relatively simple beings who lead a simple existence. Wake up, eat, gamble, swindle people of their hard earned money, and sleep. Now that was a simple existence, unlike his family where he had to tread on a thin wire as he remembered who liked and dislikes who and who's doing what, and what everyone's up to while they aren't around, as well as listen to their long mission reports which he sometimes had to seat through simply because he himself didn't have a mission of his own at the moment. The most annoying of which was Lulu's who's mission reports tended to be extensive and intricate and could take up hours.

Tyki place this cigarette back inside his mouth and bit the foot of it softly with his teeth, as he took several puffs and released them through a small gap he made with his lips. Yes, he loved his family, and would never once even imagine what would happen, or what he would do if anyone of them got in harm's way, specially Road who he -as she said- has a soft spot for her.

Tyki huffed annoyed at the twerp. He had to like her she is after all his adoptive niece, and looking after her and being around her was inevitable; not that being around his fellow family members wasn't inevitable either, he just saw them less frequently than Road simply because she's his niece.

Tyki puffed out another cloud of smoke that covered his face. He often liked to tell himself the reason why he cared for Road was because she's his niece but he knew that was a lie, he knew he did indeed have a soft spot for her and that was because he saw her as a little sister he had to protect.

'A little sister who keeps hiding information from Me.' he grumbled to himself as he took his finished cigarette out of his mouth and crushed it between his gloved fingers.

Tyki looked at the walls of the hallway annoyed. He knew the Earl and Road were keeping information from him, information that must be of great importance, information regarding the exorcist boy. He knew that the both of them were aware of who the boy is, and which Noah's host he is. He wasn't stupid. Naturally he deduced that the boy must be the host of the last member of their family, the occupant of the empty chair in the dining room. At least that was the simplest explanation.

'But if that's the case then why are they making a mystery out of this whole thing? Why not just say so?' he thought to himself thoughtfully.

He honestly couldn't know the intentions of the Earl, much less Road's who was prone to making strange decisions, and whose thought process was all over the place ranging from someone with unfadable experience and wisdom, to a child no older than nine. That being said the Earl was the easier of the two to read. But of course he didn't honestly expect the Earl to give away, or confide all of his plans and secrets even though deep inside him he jealously believed he should. Or at least expected him to inform him something was wrong, not to treat him a like a child who wasn't ready to learn the truth.

Tyki huffed in annoyance.

"Alright there Tyki?" asked a musical male voice which made Tyki cringe.

Tyki turned his head already knowing who was standing behind him, and already dreading his presence. Sheril was making his way towards him with a large smile plastered on his lips. He wore his usual well-kept and expensive suit with a bow tie tied neatly on his neck. He wore his white gloves identical to his, and unlike him he had a monocle upon his right eye, which he liked to use to look more sophisticated even though he didn't need corrective eyeglasses. Tyki shook his head. His brother really was something.

"Sheril." He answered simply, turned around and kept walking while Sheril quickened his pace to walk beside him.

"Slow down there I'm not as young as I used to be." he cried out with drama as he rested himself on Tyki's shoulder as they walked, while Tyki's brows twitched in annoyance.

"You are as young as you used to be, we don't age quite as quickly as humans remember."

Sheril taped his index finger on his own lips and gave Tyki a thoughtful look. "Perhaps, but that still doesn't mean I don't get tired. You know, not all of us are as athletically inclined as you little brother." he sang and swayed on Tyki's shoulder.

Tyki took in a deep breath and tried to compose himself before he punched his brother in the face. Ironically out of all the Noahs Sheril was the one he couldn't stand the most, even though he is actually his brother.

"Maybe if you stopped lazing about in conferences with humans and actually went out in the field to look for innocence, you might not be so out of shape."

Sheril squealed in indignation, and pushed himself off of Tyki as if he had burned him.

"You take that back! I am not out of shape!" He screeched indignantly, and Tyki couldn't help but grin a little and opened his mouth to prove his point further until he was interrupted.

"Yo, cool guy!" somebody shouted from behind them, and once more Tyki tense. He knew exactly who that was just by hearing the obnoxious voice from miles away.

Tyki and Sheril stopped mid step and both turned around to look at Devit and Jasdero. Much like Sheril, the twins looked and wore their usual attires, but unlike Sheril Tyki could see splashes of blood on their clothes. Clearly the twins had been busy with something, and seeing by their haste they didn't even have time to get changed or get cleaned up.

The twins made their way towards them with a swagger on their step, and unlike Sheril it didn't take them long to catch up to them.

"Mind telling us why we're here?" asked Devit as they all walked down the hall together. "Yea." Agreed Jasdero nodding his head.

"You know you didn't give us much of an explanation, just that Millennium sama needs to see us all, and to come as quickly as possible. You know our time is precious too, you know." Devit huffed, and Sheril looked down at him in annoyance and scoffed.

Tyki looked at Sheril with amusement. It was no secret that Sheril disliked the twins due to their polar opposite ways to his. They were immature and Sheril thought himself mature and responsible. They were cocky, and mischievous while Sheril was snobbish towards strangers, and charismatic. In fact the very way they dressed and carried themselves was different to one another. While Sheril dressed in his pristine and spotless suit they dressed in their strange dirty attire and wore heavy makeup. They couldn't be anymore opposite to each other.

Devit and Jasdero looked up at Sheril with contempt. "Scoffing at us are you? Well we may not be big shot ministers but at least we don't dress like giant penguins!" Devit mocked and Jasdero nodded and laughed alongside his brother, and Tyki couldn't help but chuckle a little, even though they technically made fun of him too.

"Excuse me?" asked Sheril repulsed by what they said and Tyki couldn't help but smile, which he tried to hide by leaning his hat down.

"I have you know-"

"Yea sure whatever you say old man." Interrupted Jasdero and Sheril redden like a beet, to which Tyki couldn't help but chuckle receiving a glare from Sheril.

"You listen to me well you-"

Sheril stopped suddenly before he could say anything, they all stopped, all four of them stood frozen on the spot unable to move.

Tyki felt it, they all felt it, a strange cold air that seemed to chill them to the bone accompanied by a back curling feeling, but most disturbing of all was the pungent and frightening killing intent that flowed through all of them. A killing intent that didn't belong to any of them.

Tyki felt his Noah memories stir angrily, as if trying to break free of its cage. Tyki didn't often allow his Noah memories to surface, seeing as he didn't want them to overpower him and consume who he was. And so he kept his memories tightly caged inside of him, and was always in control of them, but this time he felt like a small gap had been pride opened. Emotions that were not his own overflowed into him instantly, overpowering everything he was feeling with its intensity, and Tyki's eyes widen in response. He felt anger, utter anger so strong that Tyki had to curl his hands into fists in order to stop himself from destroying anything.

The strange feeling remained for what felt like minutes, until suddenly it banished and that was when everyone took in a large gulp of air, not realizing that they had been holding their breath.

'What was that?' he asked himself, looking down at his opened hand which was getting more and more blurry.

Tyki furrowed his brows. His inner Noah was stirring dangerously inside him. Tyki took a deep breath and composed himself again. Whatever that was it had been strong enough to not only unleash his memories but also, shaken him enough to give his memories a chance to take control of him. Tyki took another deep breath and his sight sharpened.

"What the hell was that?!" asked Devit clearly as shaken as they all no doubt were.

Tyki still looking at his gloved hand, closed his hand and looked at Sheril who was looking at him worried. Sheril knew how much he struggled with his inner Noah, they all did to some degree seeing as no one wanted their Noah to consume them but for him it was harder, seeing as he kept both his black and white side separated and therefore unbalanced as Millennium had often told him. This loss of control was usually a cause for concern but at this very moment that mattered very little, what mattered was finding out what the hell was going on.

"I have no idea, but I can make a guess and say that whatever that was, it has to do with what lord Millennium has asked to see us for." Tyki suggested looking at them.

Devit and Jasdero looked at him a bit confused, but miraculously didn't ask anything and simply nodded their heads in acceptance of his words, while Sheril was still looking at him with worry. Tyki gave his brother one last aside glance, and didn't give him a chance to keep worrying or ask him anything as he simply turned and made his way to the dining hall, while Sheri, Devit and Jasdero followed.

As they walked he already suspected what that strange feeling came from. The boy must have awoken as a Noah, it was the only explanation. However, it still made no sense. Never in his life had he felt such strong emotions, or such frightening killing intent from anybody, and that came from him who wasn't beyond torturing for the fun of it. No, this killing intent was much more powerful than his ever was, and what's more it was enough to frighten him to the core as well as the Noah inside him.

Tyki clenched his teeth ever so slightly so that Sheril couldn't see how shaken up he was at what was going on.

'Damn it Road.' He cursed to himself.

Whatever was happening he could count on it that Road was probably in the middle of it as well as the Earl, and by how frightening that awakening was, Tyki only hoped they were ok.

The group continued to walk silently until they reached a large double doors, which Tyki swiftly opened it without hesitation. The doors creaked open, spilling light into the dark room that only had a few candles around the walls. All four of them stepped inside the room instantly, coming face to face with the large mahogany table that had thirteen chair laid around its rectangle shape. Tyki's eyes roamed the chairs, seeing that all of them were empty except for Lulu Bell's and Feedler who were already present.

"Tyki, Sheril, Jasdevi. It's good to see you all." Lulu greeted as Tyki made his way to his chair which was situated on the left side of Millennium. Jasdero, Devit, and Sheril also made their way to their own seats.

"It's good to see you too Lulu, how are things going with your mission?" He asked politely, not showing any signs of how disturbed he was by the odd emotions he felt merely minutes ago. Instead he simply his folded his hands on top of the table.

"My missions is still at its infancy, but I think it should be no problem to execute." He answered taking a sip of her tea.

Tyki nodded and looked at Feedler who was busily drawing on his sketch pad, ignoring all of them. He didn't bother saying greeting him, knowing that he'd probably get more annoyed that he was disturbing him while he was drawing, than not greeting him.

"As one would expect from dear Lulu. Such a great strategic mind you hold. Tell me have you reconsidered my offer?" Asked Sheril. Tyki moved his gaze away from Feedler, and looked back at Lulu instead, who was giving Sheril a thoughtful look.

Lulu grabbed her cup of tea gently and took a small sip, only then did she answered back. "Sheril, I work for lord Millennium and my skills will always be at his dispose. I can't possibly work with the humans." She answered politely.

Tyki turned to look at Sheril and saw how his smile slowly fell and was now looking at Lulu with a pout. "That's too bad, I really could use your help in my field of work, but no matter. Millennium's sama's missions are far more important than anything else." He conceded with a smile and Lulu nodded but didn't say anything else.

The six of them remained in silence as they waited for the rest. Devit and Jasdero unable to stay still for more than a minute simply took an orange from the table and started to throwing it back and forth, laughing every now and again and Sheril glaring at them.

In no time at all other members of their family arrived, starting with Mercym, then Tryde who sat across him, followed by Mightra, then finally Skinn who growled under his breath in displeasure as he took his seat with a little bit more force than necessary.

All ten sat around the table, but three of them were still missing. The Earl of course, as well as Road, and finally the last Noah yet to join their ranks; the Noah of wisdom which Tyki felt wasn't with them yet despite a Noah awakening.

"Well, were all mostly here, mind telling us what's going on Tyki?" Asked Skinn annoyed, as he chewed on a piece of candy.

Tyki took a hold of his hat and proceeded to take it off slowly then placed it on the table in front of him. It was bad manners to eat with a hat on after all.

"I'm sorry Skinn, but I'm just as clueless as you are. Until Lord Millennium arrives, I'm afraid we won't know what's this all about." He answered simply and Skinn huffed annoyed but didn't say anything and simply kept chewing his candy.

From the other side of the table Mercym cleared his throat and placed his hands on the table much like Tyki, and everyone looked at him now. "It's obvious isn't it? A member of our family has awoken. It's impossible that any of you have missed it, as I'm sure you all felt it." He declared.

Of course they all knew a Noah had awoken, but that still didn't explain anything. Every time a Noah awoke Millennium didn't make such a fuss about it as he was now, and they all definitely didn't feel the odd emotions either. Of course Millennium had held a dinner in the honour of said awoken Noah, but he definitely did not stop all missions and called them all home right away. Tyki frowned. This whole situation was strange.

"Yes, however I think there's more to it than that." Answered Lulu.

As if on cue, the doors to the dining hall flew open. All 10 of them turned their heads to look at the Earl who was standing by the door with Road flanking him, who smiled at all of them but Tyki could tell her smile hadn't been genuine.

'What are you hiding?' Tyki asked himself as his eyes followed Road who took her seat beside him, and looked at him with a bright smile on her face.

They all sat around the large rectangle table in silence as all eleven apostles waited for the Millennium earl to tell them the reason for this meeting. Even Devit and Jasdero sat still as they waited not making a sound.

The Earl chuckled breaking the silence, and spread his arms out in welcome. "Good evening to you all, I'm glad everyone's been able to attend despite the short notice." The earl looked at Tyki, and tilted his head.

"Thank you Tyki for making this possible." He thanked, and Tyki smiled and bowed his head but didn't say anything. There were more important matters to discuss.

On the other side of the table Devit gave out an annoyed huff, causing all of them to change their attention to him. "Why are we here Earl sama?" Devit whined, leaning back on his chair while tilting the chair back dangerously on its hind legs as his feet rested on the table.

"We were in the middle of killing some fine people." he complained, leaning further back on the chair until his feet were completely outstretched and the chair came a hair away from stumbling back.

"Yea, yea!" Jasdero agreed, shaking his head up and down in quick motion.

Tyki shock his head in amusement. He always found it amusing how the twin's priorities were always set on whatever brought them the most fun. That being said seating around a table on a meeting was not at all their definition of fun. However, Sheril on the other hand, well…

"And I was in the middle of a meeting… not that I'm complaining my lord Millennium, this meeting are much more important." he added hastily at the end, but by his tone he wasn't too pleased to be taken out of his job without notice.

Millennium gave out a low chuckle, gaining everyone's attention once more. "Not at all Sheril, I sent all of you on independent missions of your own, and I suspect you must be busy with them." he looked pointedly at Tryde, Sheril, Feedler, and Lulu as he spoke.

"And for those without missions, well what you do with your free time is your choice but I don't think it's nice to have to come here without warning." he said looking at Tyki, Devit, Jasdero, Mercym, and Skinn.

Millennium leaned back on his chair, and looked at all of them. "However, I can't say it isn't nice that were all gathered here… well almost all of us." he said sadly as he looked at the empty seat that was reserved for the missing Noah who hasn't yet reincarnated.

"Now, as much as I liked to wave away responsibilities, and get straight into eating dinner, there is something I need to tell you. Something I suspect you all must have felt."

The room seemed to freeze with tension as they all looked pointedly at the Ear. All of them waiting for Millennium to finally give them an answer to what that strange feeling was… well all except one, who interrupted the Earl just as he opened his mouth.

"Yea, what is up with that? We were about to kill some idiot officers who got in the way of our fun, when we felt something odd, and we would have continued but you know w-"

"Will you let Millennium speak?" Skin barked banging his fists against the table causing the cutlery to bounce and rattle, some of them falling on the ground and breaking into little pieces.

Skinn continued to growl deeply and glare at Devit who was not at all fazed by the larger Noah, but instead smiled at him.

"Is it necessary to destroy the fine china? Or can't you just stop your brutish urges?" he teased and Jasdero gave out a loud barking laugh. Skinn growled grew louder until suddenly he grabbed a knife from the table and threw it at Devit, who dodged before it could hit him.

Jasdero and Devit looked back at the wall where the knife was perfectly embedded halfway into the wall and grinned at each other, only to look back at Skinn. "Is that all you got?" yelled back Jasdero, and Skinn growled once more and grabbed the large plate filled with food.

Tyki sighed and shook his head in exasperation. Even when faced with important matters, Skinn and the twin's simply couldn't put their differences aside for five seconds. A fight always had to break out.

All of them looked on unamused as Skinn brought the plate back in order to throw it with as much force as possible, but before he threw it and cause a fight between the three of them the Earl spoke up.

"Now, now let's calm down, both of you can kill each other after we're done our meeting." he reprimanded, as if he was speaking to children. Jasdero, Devit and Skinn looked at each other for a brief second and huffed. The three of them slumped back on their chairs, Devit getting back on the same position as before.

"Alright then, where was I? Oh yes, the odd sensation you were all feeling." he put his hands together, and looked at them pensively.

"As you know there are thirteen of us in our family, twelve apostles and one me!" he said cheerfully, and Road chuckled.

"At the current moment were just missing one of the original thirteen apostles. Wiseley still hasn't reincarnated, and until he comes back you'll all feel like there's something missing as I'm sure you know." he declared, and a few of them nodded, Tyki being one of them.

He definitely knew what that feeling was. It was almost like a nagging voice at the back of his head that dulled and became silent at times, only to come back at a vengeance. It was almost like a voice telling him that something was missing, as if something wasn't right, and that was simply because a member of their family was still missing. Curious Tyki looked inside himself once more and looked for that nagging feeling. He found it was still there despite the awakening of a Noah, which was odd.

Tyki frowned. Weren't there thirteen of them, as Millennium said?

'What's going on?' He asked himself worried.

The Earl continued, and Tyki looked at him once more. "It's in our nature to want to be together as a family, even if some of us don't get along with others." he said looking at Jasdero, Devit and Skinn. On cue Devit poked out his tongue at Skinn who bent the knife he was holding while glaring holes at Devit.

"That being said, none of us would ever harm much less kill a member of our family no matter how some may dislike each other. It is not in our nature to fatally harm another Noah, doing so would feel like harming oneself, so no Noah would ever do such a thing, which is why we have managed to prosper as a family for 7000 years."

Tyki's eyes looked around the table, noticing how a few of them smiled and nodded as they agreed even Skinn, who grudgingly still glared at Devit and Jasdero.

"However." The Earl said suddenly and a Tyki's eyes snapped back to him. "This was not always the case." He said gravelly, and the whole room fell silent. Once more the cold, tense feeling returned. Even Skinn and Devit stopped glaring at each other and looked confused at the Earl.

The Earl leaned forward on his spot, and looked at each and every one of them before continuing. "There was a moment, just one moment in history, where one Noah turned against the others, and killed them all. One Noah, whom all of you have forgotten."

Everyone was silent and the tension intensified in the room, even the Earl -though he had his usual smile plastered on his lips- looked at everyone with s serious expression, without even a hint of amusement.

Tyki fought the urge to shudder. Very rarely had he ever seen the Earl so serious, or worried. The Earl was their leader, and is the strongest of them all so if something worried him then it should worry all of them. And that was without mentioning the fact that a Noah had broken their most sacred law, killing one of them. Tyki couldn't even fathom, or imagine how someone could hurt one of them, and even worse how he could forget such a person.

Tyki subconsciously clenched his hands into fists, and noticed that Tryde -who sat opposite to him- also, looked worriedly at the Earl.

Once more the Earl continued, with an even serious voice. "That Noah was the 14th, the only none original member of our family, and the only one to defy our clan. You see, 35 years ago the 14th for unknown reasons went on a killing rampage, killing each and every one of you one by one, single headedly."

Everyone tensed, not even the sound of breathing could be heard as they all processed what was said. Tyki felt his Noah memories flare furiously as flashes of emotions overcame him. Anger, sadness, unbelievable hate, betrayal, hurt, pain but most powerful of all- fear. He didn't know exactly who the 14th was, but he could feel through his Noah memories that whoever this Noah was, he had indeed done the unforgivable...harmed their family.

Tyki's hand tightened. This was the first time he heard of such a Noah, in fact he had never seen any evidence that another Noah apart from the original thirteen actually existed.

'Or you simply never paid enough attention to notice.' A familiar yet dark voice said in his head.

Tyki's eyes widened a little. Could it be true? That he never paid enough attention to see the evidence? Tyki's eyes roamed the table until they landed on the empty chair reserved for their missing brethren, the Noah of wisdom. Tyki's moved his eyes away from the empty chair to roam the table once more, he looked at every one of his family members who were just as flabbergasted as him. His eyes kept roaming, until he reached a spot he never really paid any attention to, and that was the other end of the table the opposite to the Earl. Said spot was devoid of a chair, yet something told Tyki that wasn't always so.

Tyki glared at the spot feeling his inner Noah steering until out of nowhere he saw a flash of a memory that only remained for a brief second. A chair, with the silhouette of a man sitting upon it and smiling wickedly at him. Tyki gasped, and felt as if something had crawled up his spine. He blinked harshly and when he reopened his eyes the man wasn't there anymore just an empty spot.

"Why are you reminding us of this?" asked Mercym breaking the silence, and sounding slightly angered that his memories have been forced to resurface.

Everyone turned their heads back at the Earl, who was emanating a sorrowful feeling. "Because the 14th has returned to us. After 35 years he has been reincarnated and he's here right now."

Everything fell silent, more than ever before. The only thing that could be heard was the sound of hearts pounding, not even the sound of breathing could be heard. The room was completely silent, but that didn't last for very long.

Suddenly, Devit's chair fell back, his arms flailing about as he tried to regain balance and stop himself from falling back. The sound of wood crashing on the marble stone resonated through the whole room snapping everyone out of their shook. And that was when pandemonium broke out.

"What'd you mean he's back?" Devit practically shouted from the floor.

"No, not possible he can't be back." Sheril growled, sounding angrier than Tyki had ever heard him before.

"What are his intentions? He maybe an ally now?" Lulu said thoughtfully.

Feedler shook his head harshly and Tyki noticed he looked more frightened than he had ever seen him. "As if he'd be an ally. The 14th is scary, we shouldn't even be talking about him. He may hear us." Feedler muttered as he covered his ears in fear.

From under the table Devit scoffed, and poked his head from under the table and placed his chin on it. "Let'm hear, I'll make sure to kick his ass this time!" He barked angrily.

On cue everyone began to argue amongst themselves, and the once previously silent room was filled with shouts and growls coming from all the angry Noah causing the Akuma outside the room to shiver in fear.

The shouting continued, until the Earl's voice boomed, silencing everyone. "Everyone calm down. Nobody is kicking anyone's ass! Allen Walker -the host of the 14th- is but a mere boy, and the memories of the 14th have not overcome him, so he isn't a-"

"And how do we know that? He maybe a mere boy, but he's still the 14th and the most powerful of us all. How can we stop him if the 14th does indeed come back?" Tyki interrupted the Earl for the first time ever, causing everyone to turn to look at him in shook.

Even Tyki himself was shocked he had interrupted the Earl. He didn't understand what compelled him, but the Noah inside of him was steering dangerously causing his vision to blur ever so slightly.

Devit scoffed, and sat back on his chair. "The most powerful don't make-"

Tyki jerked his head back to look at Devit, and glared at him causing him to shut his mouth. Tyki felt his vision blurring further.

"Don't underestimate him. We did that before and that is exactly what got us in this mess. The 14th was powerful enough to kill us all one by one, do you really think he won't be able to do the same now?" He asked angrily not sounding at all like himself. His hands clenched to the point where he thought he might snap his fingers in two.

"Then do you suggest we kill him? One of our own brethren? He may have killed us all in the past, but we cannot lower ourselves to his level." Lulu declared, and Tyki looked back at her and opened his mouth to argue, only to be beat by Sheril.

"So you suggest we just lay back and let him kill us all? Unfortunately I'm not too keen on that. I say we take revenge on him." Sheril growled, and Tyki, Devit, Jasdero, and Skinn nodded in agreement. However Feedler, and Mercym didn't look at all pleased as they glared at Sheril as if he'd gone insane.

"And kill one of our own? It seems that working with humans has damaged your head Sheril." Mercym barked.

Tyki tensed, and glared holes at Mercym. He may dislike his brother, but that didn't mean he'd let anybody talk to him that way.

"And lazing about has yours." He shoot back at Mercym.

Mercym shoot to his feet and so did Tyki as they glared at each other. Everyone else began to argue among each other once more until the Earl spoke up again shutting everyone up.

"As much as I appreciate everyone's opinion. It is up to me and Tryde to decide the 14th fate." He declare looking at Mercym and Tyki, who slowly sat back on their chair but only after glaring at each other once more.

Once everyone quieted, the earl huffed and looked at Tryde. "So what say you Tryde? The Noah of judgement? There has been a betrayal in our family, one that cannot go unpunished. How should the 14th pay for his misdeeds?"

Tryde looked at the Earl. His face was devoid of any emotion, unlike everyone, and unlike anyone else he had not spoken up at all.

Try placed his elbow on the table and rested his chin on his hand. "Ultimately the decision is yours Lord Millennium, however if you want my judgement then I say we let him live." he suggested and everyone quickly opened their mouths to argue but before they could say anything Tryde spoke up again.

"As much as we may dislike it the 14th, he is without doubt a member of our family so we cannot harm him. However, his past deeds cannot go unpunished either." He stated, as he looked at all of them.

"Unfortunately though the 14th hasn't manifested in the child's body much like the Noah of pleasure hasn't with Tyki." Tryde glanced at him and Tyki grumbled in displeasure. "So handing out punishment to the wrong person is unthinkable, but we can't simply let the child join us like nothing happened, so I propose testing him. We test his willingness as a Noah, and as a member of our family and if he meets our standards, we'll consider him one of our own for as long as he remains as his human personality. However, as soon as he shows signs of being the 14th we shall decide his judgement." Tryde declared.

Everyone fell silent once more, and as Tyki looked around he saw that Sheril opened then closed his mouth immediately. Tyki's gaze fell back to Mercym who much like Sheril looked like he wanted to say something but didn't. Tyki looked at everyone and saw that everyone else was more or less the same, until Tyki's eyes landed on Road. She looked deep in thought, and as if her mind was already going through countless of different calculations at the same time. Of course he knew Road knew more than anyone else present, and something told him she even knew the 14th

"Good idea Tryde! Of course it never crossed my mind to kill the 14th even though he betrayed us. Family is family, and to us that's something that cannot be broken." He said to all of them, and Sheril looked a bit ashamed that he suggested to kill the 14th. Tyki however, stood by his choice. The 14th is dangerous, he didn't know exactly who he was or his powers but if he managed to kill them all singlehandedly then he definitely posed a threat to them all.

The Earl leaned forward on his seat, and his gloomy expression disappeared and instead his joyful and amused self-returned. "Now then, if Allen is to live with us and become one of us I need someone to help him out." He declared.

Road's hand shoot up instantly, practically causing her to fall face first on the table. "Me, me, me I'll help Allen."

The Earl looked around as if he hadn't seen Road, purposely ignoring which was strange of him. The Earl never ignored Road.

Millennium eyes continued to roam the table until his eyes landed on Tyki who was acting indifferent and not paying much attention.

"Tyki, will you help Allen?" He asked.

Tyki practically chocked on air as he snapped his head forward so fast that it gave him whiplash. "What?" Both Tyki and Road asked in unison.

"Help Allen." The Earl simply, but Tyki still couldn't understand.

Help the exorcist turned Noah? Help the 14th, potentially the most dangerous Noah? Help a snot nose boy? Tyki almost subconsciously shook his head, but stopped himself before he could do so. He wanted to say no of course, he wasn't too keen on being around the 14th much less help him no matter how much the Earl assured him that the boy does not have the 14th memories. He didn't trust the boy, or anything he couldn't fully understand or control, it made him uneasy.

Tyki opened his mouth to tell the Earl he would not, but then shut it. 'You can't very well refuse the Earl, even though it isn't an order.' He told himself.

Tyki clenched his teeth, and took a deep breath. This was going to come back to bite him someday.

Tyki smiled charmingly at the Earl, and bowed his head. "Of course my Lord Millennium."

The Earl nodded. "Very good, then you'll watch him, show him around, and if you see anything odd you'll come to me straight away." Millennium ordered, and Tyki simply nodded as confidently as ever, but deep inside he wasn't at all confident.

'What have I gotten myself into?' He asked himself worried.

Beside him Road chuckled, and Tyki looked back at her. Road had a side smile plastered on her lips, and gave him a knowing look.

What had he gotten himself into?

So a bit of a long chapter, though it was meant to be even longer but i decided to cut the chapter in half.

So yea, the Noah family has taken centre stage and Allen is still on the side lines but don't worry he's the main character after all so he'll be in the middle of everything in no time.

So next chapter you'll get to see what happened after chapter two, between Allen, the Earl and Road, and if the 14th had indeed awoken or not.