„Speaking"

„Thoughts"

„Neah talking telepathic"

Disclaimer: I don´t own -Man!

Scarlet-Nin: I will try to do a Dream/Flashback from 35 years ago in the second part, because of a request. ^^ Please enjoy reading.

Chapter 8 (Lenalee´s and Allen´s first Mission together Part 1!)

Allen went to the door and opened it. He saw Lenalee standing in front of his room. She had her fist raised like she wanted to knock again. She looked at Allen and smiled.

"We have a new Mission. Big brother said I should get you." She explained. Her voice was soft and quiet. The two walked towards Komui´s office. Lenalee looked like she was in deep thought. Allen didn´t say anything, he wouldn´t want to bother her now.

When they where at Komui´s office they were greeted by Komui. He gave them a folder with details on their mission. He was sitting behind his desk with a serious expression. It was rare on his face. He had the full attention of Lenalee and Allen.

"You will go to a Town in Germany. It stated that the Time there is always repeating. The people who went in never came back, so please be careful." Komui declared with a worried look. Allen and Lenalee nodded and stood up to get going. "Really Time?" Allen thought dryly. The time jokes were getting lame.

"And! LENALEE~! Please come back home to your Dear Big Brother! He can´t live without your wonderful Coffee!" Komui cried after them. Lenalee blushed in embarrassment. She just walked faster. Allen caught up to her.

"Is he always like that?" Allen asked curiously. Lenalee sighed and slowed down. She looked at him with a fond smile. "Yes, But when we were younger I was the one who was so clingy and affectionate." She answered with a wistful smile. Allen chocked.

"W-What?! You?" He asked surprised. He hadn´t thought that it was Lenalee who had started with being clingy. "So it runs in the family…?" He thought to himself.

Lenalee laughed embarrassed. She blushed a bit. "Well, I think he´s like that now, to make me feel more save. He just wants to protect me from everything. He said he was really glad that I had Innocence, because I could protect myself like that…but I know he hates it. He hates that he has to send people to their death just to fight a pointless war." She stated softly. Allen was silent.

"I think that could apply to Neah too." Allen thought warmly. He really loved his uncle even when he was a bit crazy and killed a few people back then. He was family. Not, that he would tell him that. He would go crazy.

Lenalee smiled brightly at Allen. She took his hands and activated her Innocence. Allen looked at her in confusion. "Hold on! We must catch the train!" she said and took of with Allen in her arms. He would have been embarrassed if he wasn´t dragged through the air at sound speed.

"Kyaaaaa!" Allen screamed. He was holding onto Lenalee like she was his life line. What she probably was, when he thought about it. He didn´t want to fall from the sky and be mush. No, Thank you.

When they were inside the train.

Allen was still shaking a bit from the flight but he wasn´t as white as a sheet anymore. Lenalee sat across from him with a sheepishly smile.

"Next time, please wake me up before we must catch the train like this." Allen stated. He was so going to kill Neah! If he could have used the Ark, he wouldn´t have been dragged along by Lenalee. Lenalee nodded quickly.

She looked at him in interest. Her eyes were filled with curiosity. He was wondering how her Pigtails were still neat. "She must have used a lot of hairspray." He shook his head at the thought.

"Allen?" she asked him. Allen looked at her. He sat up a bit straighter in his seat. His wounds had healed over night. "Hmm?" he hummed to let her know that he heard her.

"What was it like to train under General Cross Marian?" she asked him. Allen had a scowl on his face for a second then it was gone, it was so fast gone that Lenalee thought she had imaged it. His eye was twitching. He looked at her with his biggest fake smile. "It was hell." He stated like it was a fact. Lenalee´s smile turned more nervous.

"It couldn´t been so bad right?" she asked him with hesitation. Allen smile turned more sharp. "It was worse. How would you feel if someone dumps all his debts on you and hits you with hammers? And that is the usual." He stated sadly. Lenalee looked at him in pity.

The train stopped. The two stood up and went out. They had to walk to the town.

At the Town gate.

Lenalee and Allen were standing in front of a gate. They looked at each other nervously. Lenalee brightened up with a smile. She turned to Allen with determination burning behind her eyes. Allen stepped back. "What is she thinking?" Allen thought suspicious. No way would he fall for her innocent act.

Lenalee held out her hand. "Let´s play Rock, Paper, Scissors!" She demanded. Allen blinked a few times. Then he sighed. "Why don´t we go in there at the same time?" He asked nervously. He had a Noah in him for the Earl´s sake! He could get fried if he walked through the gate! He wouldn´t risk it. Nuh, no way.

Lenalee looked at him like he was stupid. Allen felt offended. She placed her hands on her hips and shoot him a sharp look. Like a mother that was disappointed in her child. Allen shrunk back a bit. He had seen the look enough times on Neah´s face, no matter how creepy it was.

"When something goes wrong we could both die! So just one of us can go through it, till we know it´s safe!" Lenalee explained calmly. Allen bit his lip to stop a retort. "So you want me to go through it?!" Allen thought in disbelief. Like Lenalee could read his thoughts she pouted at him.

"No, I think Rock, Paper, Scissors is a fair way to determine who´s going first!" She responded with confidence. Allen tried to protest again, but Lenalee gave him a look at he backed down. "I am going to regret this…" Allen sighed and nodded. Lenalee beamed at him.

Allen could swear he saw that she smirked for a second! Smirked! They both held out their hand and began.

"Paper, Rock, Scissors!" they both yelled.

Allen felt like an arrow stabbed through his heart. Lenalee had her fist clenched. She had a Rock and Allen had a…Scissor. Lenalee cheered. Allen was on the ground on his knees. He looked pretty depressed. Lenalee felt a bit bad about it. She went over to him. She put a hand on his shoulder. Allen looked up.

Lenalee gave him a comforting smile. "How about we play it again? The first one to have Five wins." She suggested. Allen looked at her hopeful and nodded. He looked determined.

"Rock, Paper, Scissors!" they yelled both.

Lenalee had Paper, while Allen had Rock.

"Rock, Paper, Scissors!" they said again.

Allen had Paper and Lenalee had….Scissors.

After Three other rounds Allen gave hope up.

"How is that possible?! How much bad luck can I have?" Allen whined. Seriously? He lost every round! That´s just not fair! Lenalee giggled. "You know what you have to do now, Allen." She reminded him.

"You sucked." Neah commented. Allen´s eye began to twitch. Again. "How much did you see?" Allen asked hopeful. Maybe it could stay between him and Lenal-"All of it."-forget he said anything.

He stood up and went got nearer the gate. He looked at Lenalee again only to see her give him a grin and a wave. Allen turned back to the gate and gulped. He was pretty nervous. He felt his arm pulse. …was his Innocence trying to assure him? He took a deep breath. He could do this! "What´s the worst that could happen-"With your luck, your skin could get burned of, you could explode, be shocked or be set on fire-" Neah listed of the Possibilities. He said it like he talked about the weather.

"That´s not reassuring! So shut up!" Allen yelled. He absolutely didn´t need to hear about that now. He slowly walked near it. "The report stated that the time is always set back. So I am the Noah of Time, so maybe I won´t be affected." Allen tried to assure himself. It wasn´t working so well.

"Don´t worry Darling Nephew of mine~! Uncle will protect you!" Neah tried to comfort Allen. Allen got a brilliant idea. "So would you change with me-?" Allen tried to get of his current situation. "Nope~!" Neah sang. "Useless!" Allen insulted. Neah only smirked.

Allen closed his eyes and ran forward. He opened his eyes again after a minute. He checked himself over for injuries and saw that he was in the Town now. He saw lots of people. He pumped a fist in the air. "YES!" A few people stared at him, but Allen ignored them. He tried to walk back out of the Town, but he always came out in the Town.

Lenalee came through the gate. She smiled brightly at Allen. "See, nothing happened!" She said happily. Allen nodded relieved. He looked up at her and smied back. He pulled up his hood. "We should get going. Maybe ask a few People." Allen suggested. Lenalee nodded. She looked around and saw a Café. She pointed at it. "We will meet there in an hour okay?" She asked. Allen nodded and they split up.

After 50 Minutes, Allen was desperate. He asked 25 different people and nobody said anything about strange happenings! NOBODY! He was getting hungry. Okay, he rescued a woman from three Akuma, but nothing more happened! And he couldn´t even find that woman again….

Allen sighed. He was walking towards the Café where he would Lenalee in ten minutes. Then he felt something in the back of his head. …like someone was watching him! He quickly turned around. He searched the crowd of People and saw-That´s the Woman! He ran towards her.

It was a young woman that had her dark brown hair in a bun. She had a dark dress on and dark Eye bags. She panicked, when Allen ran in her direction and began running again.

"Wait! I am an Exorcist! I can help you!" Allen screamed after her. He managed to grab the end of her dress. She turned around surprised.

"A-An Exorcist?" she asked unsure. She looked really messy and stressed. Allen nodded quickly and let go of her dress. He held up his hands to show her that he meant no harm. "Yes! My Name is Allen Walker, it´s a nice to meet you!" Allen greeted her with a bright smile. The woman flinched back a bit. Then she relaxed. "M-My Name is Mirander Lotto! It´s nice to meet you too." She responded.

Allen beamed at her. He knew that he had to meet Lenalee in a few minutes. He looked at Mirander again. He tried to think in which direction the Café was.

"Great I am lost again…" Allen deadpanned. He turned to Mirander again, who was watching him. She had her hands clenched. "Do you know where the Café was?" Allen asked her hopeful. Mirander was taken aback. Nobody asked her for anything, she was useless after all!

"I-It´s down this street, t-then you turn left." She answered nervously. What if she makes a mistake?! Allen´s eyes lit up. "Really? Thank you!" He responded to her warmly. Mirander´s head shoot up. She stared at Allen with wide eyes in disbelief.

"Y-You thanked m-me?" Mirander stuttered out. Allen looked at her in confusion. "Yes, of course. You helped me out. It would be rude not to thank you." Allen stated like it was a fact. Mirander´s shoulder began shaking. Tears welled up in her eyes.

Allen starred at her in Horror. He made a few panicked hand gestures. He went near her. "D-Don´t cry! Why are you crying anyway? I am sorry for whatever I did!" Allen tried to make her stop crying. "Who starts crying all of a sudden without a reason?" Allen thought. The woman is weird!...maybe it was something he said?

Mirander shook her head. She hugged Allen. Allen tensed up in her hug. "I-It isn´t your fault! It´s m-mine, it´s just you are the f-first one thanked m-me." She sobbed. Allen froze up. "N-Nobody ever did?" He asked stunned. Mirander nodded. Allen gently pulled away.

He opened his mouth to say something, but his stomach cut him off.

GROWLLL!

Allen held his stomach and blushed in embarrassment. Mirander jumped and stared around her. She heard a bear! "Sorry! I haven´t have time to eat breakfast." Allen apologized with a sheepishly smile. Mirander stared at him in shock.

"Th-That was your stomach?!" She yelled, while she backed away. Maybe he would eat her! Allen only nodded.

"Would you like to join me and my friend to Lunch? You don´t have to pay, I just think it would be easier if you tell us what you know. And I am really hungry." Allen confessed while he rubbed the back of his neck. Mirander looked unsure but nodded.

At the Café.

"So your Mirander, right? You say you are the only one noticed that somethings wrong?" Lenalee asked curiously. She was sitting next to Allen and Mirander sat across from them. Allen waited for his food that he ordered. He was looking really eager.

Mirander nodded. She held Allen´s hands in her own. "Please help me!" she cried. Allen just smiled nervously and nodded, while he tried to get his hands out of her tight grip. Suddenly Allen narrowed his eyes. He felt Akuma getting near the Café.

"Please, let them get here when I finish my food!" Allen thought desperate. What?! He didn´t eat anything today! Anyway, where´s the waiter? If he didn´t get food in the next five minutes he will eat the Akuma who show up.

Lenalee saw that Allen tensed up. She nuged Allen with her shoulder. He starred at her. Lenalee shoot him a concerned look. Allen gave her a ressuring smile. Lenalee calmed down slightly.

They completely ignored Mirander who looked alarmed.

"Have you come in contact with anything strange?" Lenalee asked soothingly. Her tone managed to calm Mirnader down slightly. She turned tearful eyes to Lenalee.

"I-I have got a c-clock…" Mirander stuttered hesitantly. Lenalee´s eyes widen and she kicked Allen under the table when she saw that he wasn´t paying attention. Allen immediately sat up straight and nervously smiled at them.

Mentally, Allen was plotting the death of the Waiter and the Earl who sent the Akuma their way. How dare they make him wait for his food. Food! Nobody messed with his food! Not even Cross, Neah or the Earl! Neah was helping him with plotting murder.

Lenalee leaned forward in her seat. "Do you feel anything strange when you are near it?" She asked Mirander urgently. Mirander considered it a bit and then nodded quickly. Lenalee turned to Allen. She leaned down and whispered in his ear.

"Do you think the Clock is the Innocence?" she asked him. Allen nodded. They turned to Mirander and smiled. "Can we see your clock?" Lenalee inquires with a hint of hurry in her voice. Mirander looked them over. "But only if your careful! That´s my most precious possession!" Mirander stated sternly but worried. They both nodded and gave her a bright grin.

Allen stood up. "Lenalee, go with her to her apartment. I have something to do before I can go." Allen said as he went out in a hurry. Lenalee and Mirander looked dumbfounded.

"That-ALLEN!" Lenalee yelled after him. She wanted to go after him and hit him over the head with her clipboard for leaving her alone all of a sudden, but she had Mirander to take care of. Lenalee sighed annoyed and turned around with a smile and held her hand out. "Let´s go! He will catch up later if he knows what´s good for him…" Lenalee muttered the last part to herself. Mirander took her hand and lead her to her home where the clock stood.

Allen´s Perspective.

I hurried outside and saw four men walking down the street. They were heading straight for the Café. I put on my best fake smile and walked over to them. These Akuma couldn´t fool me.

"Excuse me, gentlemen. Could you follow me? I heard that somebody shouted the word "Innocence!" and I don´t know what does that mean? Do you know it? I am all alone here! I have no Idea what I should do! I found some glowing green stuff in an Alleyway! You have to help me, Please!" I begged as desperate as I could. I saw the men (Akuma in disguise) try to hide a dark smirk.

They looked me over and their eyes changed to something like concern. I mentally applauded myself. "Aren´t I such a good actor?" I thought proudly to myself. Thanks to my Noah, I could hide my Innocence better from Akuma.

"They will pay for not waiting till I have eaten!...huh, maybe my Master and Neah did rub of on me." I thought in mute horror. One of the men stepped closer to me. He had a totally fake worried expression on his face. He was taller by a head and a half than me. He had normal clothing on and looked like your average man.

I made my look turn more scared and forced a few tears up. The other two stepped nearer too. "Where was it? Don´t worry we will help you." One of the Akuma assured. I could hear it´s hidden sadistic glee that they had found the Innocence.

"R-Really?" I made sure that my voice was shaky. I mentally smirked darkly. They nodded. I pointed at a direction. "I-It was t-this way!" I stated urgently. I ran a few minutes till I was sure there where no people in sight and walked into an Alleyway. The Akuma followed.

I walked so I had a few meters of distance between us. I still had my back to them. I heard the Akuma become impatient. "Brat! Where´s the Innocence?!" one of them demanded. I had a blank look on my face, while I turned. It slowly melted into a malicious smile. My eyes were blazing in sadistic pleasure.

I quickly activated my Innocence and shoot them. "Innocence? Right here of course!" I stated coldy. They transformed into Akuma. They flew against the wall. My Innocence was humming.

"Arggh!" they cried out in pain. I watched how stones and rocks were falling on them. "You shitty Exorcist!" one of them cussed darkly. I just smiled back. They tensed up. I felt my eye activate.

"Did you really think you could fool me?" I asked amused. They picked themselves up and I quickly shoot them again, but this time one of them started screaming and I had to cover my ears.

I stumbled back a bit in pain. That damned thing wouldn´t stop screaming! That hurt!

I saw how one of the Akuma hit the other. The Akuma slowly stopped screaming. I pulled my hands away from my ears and saw that there was blood on my gloves.

"Let me tear him apart! I want to tear!" one yelled. The other two shook their heads.

"Let me burn him with Ice Fire!" one demanded. The others protested again.

"NO! I want to make his head explode with my voice!" one roared. They started arguing.

I felt my eye twitch. "Seriously? Was the Earl drunk when he made them? How can the Order lose against something like this?" I thought to myself. I was getting more pissed off now. I saw them from a circle and started to prepare myself for an Attack, but what came next made me nearly explode.

They were playing Rock, Paper and Scissors! "Is this a Joke?! Are they mocking me?!" I thought now officially angry. I quickly shoot at them. The nerve! "These things weren´t smart from the beginning, but to think Adam would make them stupider…He´s clearly mocking the Black Order with these things." Neah stated dryly. I ignored him.

"Wahhhh! Hey, You can´t attack us when we play it! You cheater!" one of it pointed it´s finger at me. I gave them a glare. "If you let your guard down, Of course I will shoot you!" I yelled in a Are-you-stupid? Kind of voice.

That seemed to make them mad. They started attacking me. I dodged every attack. I had a smile on my face just to piss them off. "Are you that weak? Three on one isn´t fair is it?" I teased. They only got them more worked up. I tried to open my mouth again, to mock them a bit more, but suddenly I felt something pulse and I stumbled and one tried to swing at me.

I avoided it but it was close. I scraped my knee pretty badly when I avoided that swing. I jumped back a bit to get more distance.

"I can feel my Noah react to something." I thought to myself stunned and a bit panicked. My heart beat skipped a beat there for a moment. It felt like a warm shock went through me. It wasn´t Innocence. I wouldn´t feel like this, if it was Innocence.

"Maybe, It´s another Noah?" I considered the thought for a moment. That would be the best plausible explanation. I felt excited, nervous and sad for a second. Then I forced these feelings back and paid full attention to my fight again. The Akuma suddenly stopped in front of me.

"We will kill you next time!" the three screamed together. Then they flew up and disappeared. I stared after them with a dumbfounded look.

"….they just ran away?" I asked myself in confusion. I knew what Bakanda would have said to me right now. "Of course they did! Did you see your face?! Everybody would run." He would probably wear that stupid smirk. I so wanted to punch him at the moment.

Then I suddenly understood. The feeling that I had didn´t went away, it only tuned down a bit. "So the Noah called the Akuma away, but why?" I couldn´t understand. "Well, I better get going before Lenalee rips my head off." I muttered to myself. I looked around for Timcampy and saw him fly over to me.

I asked him to lead the way and ran.

At Miranders.

Lenalee starred out of the window. She heard a few loud shoots, that meant that Allen was fighting Akuma right now. Mirander was on the table and freaking out. "T-These M-Monsters! A-And that boy!" she cried.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door and Lenalee went to open it. Mirander told her about her past. She let Tim film it and then she ordered him to show him everything Mirander said. And he had the job to lead Allen here.

In the doorway stood Allen. His hair was a bit messy. His uniforms had a few rips and on his left leg was running down blood from a large wound. He had a nervous smile on his face.

Lenalee forgot her anger for a moment and pulled Allen inside. She put him on the couch and took his leg and tried to patch it up. Allen winced a bit. Mirander was standing besides Lenalee with a worried frown.

"He isn´t going to die is he?!" she asked in panic. Lenalee shook her head. "Nope, he´s just an idiot." Lenalee deadpanned. Allen pouted. It was not his fault! ….Stupid Noah Genes.

"Okay, so is the clock the Innocence or not?" Allen asked Lenalee with a raised eyebrow. Lenalee nodded unsure. "Well, it´s a high possibility." Lenalee answered with a frown. Mirander went pale. She hugged her clock tightly.

"Y-You aren´t going to separate me from my precious Clock are you?" Mirander´s eyes were wide in fear and she looked like she would have a breakdown if they didn´t answer right.

"Hmm, No, I think not." Allen stated while nodded to himself. Lenalee looked at him. She dragged him down by his shoulder. "How can you lie like that? If it´s the Innocence we must drag it bac-!" Lenalee started to whisper to Allen, furious. Allen pulled away and only chuckled.

"She could be an Accomander for all we know! Mirander was after all the first one to get the Clock working again." Allen explained with a gentle smile. Mirander looked at him wide eyed. "H-How did you know that?" she inquired in confusion.

Allen only grinned at her and pointed at Timcampy. "He showed me." Allen answered her. Mirander still looked confused but decided to let it drop.

Suddenly the clock started going backwards and Mirander stormed over to bed and laid down. Yellow Clocks were on the Wall. Lenalee and Allen felt like they were sucked towards the clock and grabbed on something to hold on.

After 2 Minutes Mirander sprang up from her bed and looked at them in confusion. Lenalee tried to stand up from her position from the floor. She grabbed onto a leg of the bed. She looked a bit shaky but she stood up.

Allen just stood up and walked over to the window like nothing happened. "What can I say, it´s a positive thing from being the Noah of Time. Not to mention that I grew up with Cross and Neah." Allen thought to himself. He looked out and saw that it was morning again.

"It´s morning again!" Allen informed Lenalee. She looked freaked out. Mirander got out of bed and sighed.

"I really am a failure!" she cried. Lenalee went over to comfort her. Allen perked up. He had an Idea how to help Mirander! He quickly skipped over to her. He knelt down on the ground and laid a hand on Mirander´s shoulder. She looked up and Allen gave her a comforting smile.

"How about we try to get you a job today? I will help of course!" Allen suggested. Mirander brightened up. "B-But I am no good at everything!" she said panicked and nervous. Allen shook his head and waved his hand. "That´s not true! Everybody is good at something!" Allen protested. Mirander only shook her head in depression.

Allen stood up and put his hands on his hips. He looked like a mother. Lenalee had to hold back a giggle at the pose. Allen´s eyes narrowed and he sternly looked down at Mirander.

"Nonsense! Now please get up from the floor. We have a lot of work to do. I will find you a job today, I promise!" Allen said confidently. He smiled at Mirander kindly. Mirander looked up at him hopeful and began crying again.

"I am not worth it!" she sobbed. Lenalee mimicked Allen´s pose and stood besides him now. "No more of that." Lenalee scolded. Allen nodded.

"I said I promised and I always hold my promises!" Allen repeated with determination. Lenalee just nodded. Passion was burning in their eyes.

Mirander only sobbed harder.

After 6 hours at a circus.

"Please come here and buy some tickets~! For the pumpkin and the witch!" Mirander tried to make a crowd of people interested. She had a few flyer in her hands. She was in a witch costume. Allen was behind her. He had a pumpkin head on and was balancing on a big round ball on one hand. He was juggling.

A few people bought tickets. It only took like 13 jobs till Mirander found one where she wasn´t fired immediately. She was overly happy.

Allen jumped from the ball and made a break.

"How is it going?" Lenalee asked him. She gave him a water bottle. Allen tilted his head. "Good. I think this might be a job she could enjoy." Allen responded and thanked her for the water bottle. Lenalee looked down.

"I hope she isn´t an Accomandor." Lenalee whispered sadly. She wouldn´t wish this fate on anyone. Allen started at her in disbelief. "Why? The people there are nice, well with the exception of Bakanda but.." Allen trailed of. Lenalee giggled and playful boxed him in the shoulder.

Suddenly Allen got that feeling again. He felt a rush of warmth. He was excited, nervous and sad again.

"Hey! You there, Pumpkin head!" a high pitched voice yelled. Allen and Lenalee turned to the direction were the voice came from. A girl with a black fluffy short skirt, purple/black stockings, a white blouse came skipping. She was licking a on a lollipop and had a pink umbrella with a pumpkin head on top. The little girl had spiky blue hair and violet eyes.

Allen stood frozen for a second. He couldn´t breath. It was like someone was strangling him. He felt fear, joy, sorrow, pain and Happiness. It was like someone pierced his heart with a sharp candle and punched him in the stomach. He saw the girl getting nearer and looked her in the eyes for a moment.

He saw that she stopped for a short moment. She stared at him like something was confusing her. Allen quickly got his act together and smiled. He skipped over to her and bent down.

"Yes, what can I do for you, young lady?" Allen asked warmly. The girl seemed to snap back and poked him. "I would like to buy some tickets." She stated boredom thick in her voice. Allen nodded quickly and gently lead her. "This way-." Allen began. He tried to ignore how his Noah purred in joy or how his skin was tingling from touching her hand.

"THE MONEY!" Mirander screamed.