„Speaking"

„Thoughts"

„Neah talking telepathic"

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Scarlet-Nin: Thanks for the Reviews! I tried to make the Road and Allen interaction interesting. I also tried to make this Chapter darker and more sad. I hope you enjoy this Chapter! ^^

Chapter 9

Allen´s and Lenalee´s head snapped to Mirander. They saw how she tried to get her bag back from a big man. The man ripped the purse out of her hand and ran away.

"Damn! I wasn´t paying attention!" Allen scolded himself. Lenalee activated her and jumped. "I will take the rooftops!" She yelled. Allen knelt down by Mirander. "It´s okay, we will catch him!" Allen assured her with a smile. He took of his pumpkin head.

"Should I go after Lenalee? That man was an Akuma I am sure….maybe it´s a trap?! She can´t win against them! But that girl there….she gives me a bad feeling." Allen thought to himself. He was considering what he would do next. He clenched his eyes shut and took a deep breath. He turned and ran after the man and Lenalee.

"Take care Miss Mirander!" Allen yelled to her. He shoot the little girl a sharp look and then turned around.

The little girl looked after him with a shocked and confused expression. Her eyes were swirling in disbelief, sadness, anger and joy. The girl had a far off look on her face. Like she wasn´t there.

Mirander was still kneeling on the ground. She was crying. She punched the ground. "Damnit! I wish this all didn´t happen. Just because of that Clock…" Mirander sobbed. "I just wanted to be useful for once!" She thought sadly.

The little girl seemed to snap back at Mirander´s sentence. She quickly shook her head and smiled innocently. The girl walked over to Mirander and crouched down so they were on Eye Level.

"…So your clock is the Innocence?" The little girl asked Mirander curiously, while she tilted her head. Mirander´s head shoot up. She starred at the girl in surprise and fear.

"H-How do you know t-that?" Mirander stuttered. She scrambled back as fast as she could. The little girl only stood up and giggled.

Mirander shivered. That giggle sounded cruel and dark. No little girl should be able to make a sound like that.

"Hehehehe, are you stupid? You just said it! Now, where´s that clock of yours~?" The little girl gave her a dark grin. Her eyes were promising pain if given the wrong answer. Mirander began to shake in fear.

"A-Allen, L-Lenalee h-help m-me…" Mirander whispered to herself. The little girl gave of a dark, murderous aura. Mirander could feel her heart pounding against her rib cage.

The girl only giggled to herself. "Hehe, not even your precious god could help you now!" She whispered to her. Her skin turned grey, her eyes Golden and on her forehead you could see a line of crosses.

"Allen, huh? So that´s his name…" The girl muttered to herself. She grinned. "His name is exactly the same as his, but that doesn´t matter he´s dead….but what was this feeling that I got when I saw him? It was weak, but it was there…Ah! This is so exciting!" The girl thought happily to herself.

By Lenalee and Allen.

The man lead Lenalee to an Alleyway. It was a dead end for him. Lenalee blocked his only way out. She glared at him. "Give me that purse now!" She demanded. The man pressed his back against the wall. Lenalee took a threatening step forward.

"Lenalee! Don´t! It´s a trap!" Allen yelled as he finally caught up to her. Lenalee turned around surprised.

"Hehehe you again!" The man giggled as he transformed into the Akuma with the Ice-Fire. It tried to attack Lenalee but she jumped out of the way with her Innocence. She was to fast for the Akuma.

It growled. "Ice-Fire!" The Akuma spit out a blue fire that froze everything around them.

Allen and Lenalee shivered. "It´s c-cold!" Allen stuttered. Lenalee shoot him a look that said "Really?-I-couldn´t-notice." Allen only blushed and pouted.

"Sorry! You have your coat! I left mine back at the work place!" Allen defended himself. Lenalee shoot him a disapproving look. Allen rolled his eyes. "At least she has her coat! Jonny will scold me and cry if I lost it." Allen thought with a sigh.

"Master Noah took her!" The Akuma mocked them. Lenalee and Allen snapped their head´s to the Akuma. Now full paying attention to it. It giggled in sadistic pleasure.

"Our dear Mistress Road took your woman!" It mocked them. Lenalee´s and Allen´s eyes widen in alarm. "Shit! I left her with a Noah! And with Road of all people!" Allen thought in panic. He was cussing himself. It was his fault!

"Don´t worry right now! Pay more attention to your fight! That woman isn´t dead yet. You know that Road likes to play with her victims, there´s still time left!" Neah scolded in a warningly voice. Allen blinked a few times and nodded. He looked at the Akuma with sharp eyes. He activated his Innocence.

"Lenalee! Let´s attack together!" Allen suggested. Lenalee nodded determined. She sprung up and kicked the Akuma. Allen went to shoot it.

"Argghhh! That fucking hurt you damned Exorcists!" It cussed, while it picked itself up from the wall. Lenalee went in for another kick.

Allen felt a short pain in his eyes. He quickly turned around and blocked an other Akuma. It was the one from before who wanted to tear him apart. It punched Allen against a wall.

Lenalee turned around surprised. "Allen!" she yelled in worry. She flew over. She avoided the Attacks from the Ice-Like Akuma and kicked the Akuma who punched Allen into a wall.

She knelt down next to Allen. She tried to reach for him. Allen suddenly sat up and held her ears. She couldn´t hear a thing now. She looked at Allen in alarm when she saw that there was blood coming out of his ears.

"Voice of Pain!" the last Akuma showed up.

Allen was concentrating on blocking Lenalee´s ears. The sound hurt his ears and he felt that he was bleeding again, but Lenalee was his top priority now. He would heal anyways.

He gritted his teeth. It was like someone took your head and slammed it continues against a brick wall. His head throbbed.

He saw how Lenalee hastily put her hands on his ears. The pain faided. He shoot her a grateful smile and tried to ignore her panicked and concerned gaze. Her eyes were wide in anger and worry. He felt a stab of guilt.

He quickly dragged her over to him and shielded her with his body. The Ice Akuma attacked them.

He felt how his back burned. It was like thousand needles were stabbing his back. He winced. At the same time it burned like crazy. He and Lenalee still had their hands on each others ears. Lenalee was lying in his lap. She screamed up at him. She looked up at him in horror.

"God damnit!" Neah cussed angry. Allen smiled a little. At least he wasn´t alone. He felt his body became more numb. His eyes began to drop a little. "Let me take over!" Neah demanded. He would make them pay for hurting his family! "No….it wouldn´t do good if I used Noah powers or you took over." Allen protested. He knew that his Innocence wouldn´t let a Noah use it. It only allowed it when it was Allen himself.

"But if I don´t take over your friend is going to get burned to crisps!" Neah insisted. He couldn´t be more careless about the female Exorcist, but he knew Allen cared about her. Allen felt his consciousness fade. He grit his teeth in frustration. He was still hesitating.

"I don´t feel pain in your body!" Neah tried his last chance. Allen finally give in. "….f-fine…don´t make me seem suspicious…" Allen warned him. He lost consciousness. Neah took over.

When Neah opened his eyes, he saw that the female Exorcist was trying to protect his nephew. He was leaning against the wall. "What was her name again? Lee something…she seems to be losing." Neah thought grimly. He should better pay attention to the names. He must act like Allen after all. He felt the Innocence puls. He winced. So it still didn´t like him all that much.

He swallowed his disgust and stood up like he wasn´t badly wounded. "I would have come here personally, when I knew that I could make it. I wouldn´t have given a fuck that I would have to use the Ark or that all Noahs would have knew where I was." Neah thought determined. He saw how Lenalee´s feet were frozen in ice. He quickly ran forward and grabbed her.

He saw how Lenalee looked at him in disbelief. Her eyes wide open with shock. He jumped back to get distance. He gently let her down on the ground.

"How is that brat up and kicking?!" the Ice Akuma yelled.

"How should I know?! Exorcists are freaks!" The voice Akuma retorted.

"Shut the fuck up, you two!" The last one demanded. They began to argue.

"A-Allen.." Lenalee whispered in relief. Neah looked at her and smiled. Lenalee looked at him weirdly. "I am glad your alright.." She whispered. Neah suppressed his urge to roll his eyes. "Thanks." He answered. He stood up and glared hatefully at the Akuma.

He hummed a melody and saw the Akuma wince in pain. He smiled. He hadn´t noticed how Lenalee flinched at his glare or how her eyes narrowed in suspicion. All that matter for him was that these Akuma hurt his family.

"What´s wrong with Allen?" Lenalee thought uncomfortable. It was like he was a completely other person! She soon felt her body give out.

Neah heard a noise. He turned back and saw that the Lenalee fainted. He cussed under his breath. "Useless.." he muttered. He felt the Innocence in his arm give him a sting. "Offended, because you couldn´t help Allen huh? Even if I think you are useless, this time I didn´t mean you." Neah thought amused. The Innocence give him another sting. It felt like it hissed at him.

"Stupid thing.." Neah breathed. He glared at it. Then he jumped out of the way of an Incoming attack. He crouched down low on the ground. He waved a hand in the Air like a mother who scolded her child.

"Watch it! That wasn´t nice!" He growled. The Akuma only glared at him.

Oh how he would have liked to make them explode. Sadly he couldn´t use his Noah powers. It would give him away.

Cough! Neah looked at his hand. Great, he used a tiny bit of his power to make them feel pain and he´s already coughing up blood. "This isn´t good…" Neah thought grimly. He felt how his legs began shaking. Just because he didn´t feel pain, didn´t mean he could use Allen´s body forever. It would shut down.

He avoided a their Attacks for 10 minutes till he felt his body shut down. "Damnit…" he cussed. Allen´s body fell onto the ground.

During the Time Allen wasn´t consciousness. (Allen´s Perspective)

I heard a knock on my door and went to open it. I mentally cussed the person who knocked. It was such a bad timing! I had an hour to get ready to meet Neah and Road! They were both demanding that I spent more time with them. Really, they are like little children that were arguing over their favorite toy.

It really didn´t help that Adam and Mana would sometimes jump in too. Whenever I was with them. The worst. I learned that Adam hated Mana and Mana disliked Adam. What was pretty confusing since Mana liked everybody. Mana and Adam even sometimes answered the same, like they were….the same person. But that would be impossible. How silly of me.

I heard how the person pounded violently against my door now. I sighed annoyed. I opened the door.

"What is it-!" I asked annoyed, but not rudely. I still had manners. I saw the blonde haired prick standing in front of my door. He looked impatient. I raised an eyebrow.

"You know, just because I said your welcome doesn´t mean you can show up whenever you want to." I stated dryly. I saw the Prick scoff and he stormed in. I felt my eye twitch. So rude….

He went to the living room and sat down on the couch. I sighed. "Why are you here this time?" I asked bored. This was the 9th time he was here already.

He scowled at me and crossed his arms. I shook my head. "Fine, don´t tell me, I am going to make tea." I responded and went to the kitchen. I came back five Minutes later with two cups of tea. I sat one on the table in front of him and sat down on a chair.

He nodded his head in thanks and drunk a bit. He seemed to relax. "…my girlfriend is out on a mission…" He growled quietly. I chocked.

"ack!...-who would date you?!" I coughed to get the tea out of my lungs. He gave me a glare. "Watch it, Foureyes." He barked.

Oh, so he wasn´t in a good mood.

After I calmed down I analyzed him. His eyes were cast down into his tea cup. You could see frustration and anger in his eyes, worry too no matter how hard he tried to hide it. His shoulders were tense.

I sighed loudly. He jumped a bit. "So, now that I have your attention why are you so down?" I demanded. He frowned at me. "Are you deaf? I just told you-!" He sneered at me. I gave him a look, that I normally used on Cross, when he was being an Asshole and he quietened down. Good to know that look still worked!

"Tell, me about her." I said softly. He seemed surprised, but started talking.

"She has blonde hair, she is strong and kind. She is an Exorcist like me….she loves the Lotus flowers…" The prick began quietly. I listened to every little detail.

"Now, you said it yourself. She is strong right? She can take care of herself." I reminded him calmly. He growled at me.

"You don´t understand! What if she dies? She is human! What if we can´t hold our promise-!" He yelled at me in anger. My head shoot up. "Promise?" I asked him. He seemed to calm down at the question.

"….we promised to watch the Lotus flowers bloom, even in old age. To be always together." He confessed embarrassed. I would have teased him if the situation wasn´t so serious.

"Hmm, how important is your promise to you?" I asked curiously. He gave me a stern look. "It´s the only thing I live for." He admitted with confidence. I gave him a smile.

"Then you don´t have to worry. When your promise is that important do you really think she will die before she fulfilled it? I don´t think so." I said softly. He seemed to relax. "Tch, you can be so mushy sometimes." He teased with a smirk. I shoot him a glare.

"Who said they will be together forever? Aww, didn´t know you had it in you!" I mocked him. He blushed and scowled. "Y-You are just jealous!" He sneered. I chuckled.

"So, I have to kick you out in 20 Minutes because I have to meet someone." I warned him. He looked at me with a smirk. "Oh? I would say you have an affair, but for that you need a girlfriend so." The prick teased. I threw a pillow at him that he caught.

"Shut up! You twit!" I yelled at him. My cheeks were probably pink. He only grinned amused. He stood up and went to the door. "Till next time, Shorty!" He said, while he went out of the door.

"The name is Allen, Baka***!" I screamed after him, annoyed. I shouldn´t have talked to him about Innocence. When he heard my Theories, he was interested and came back to talk with me more about it. Said I said more smart things than the Assholes at the Black Order even if I was a stupid dwarf. Strange that nevertheless, I liked the Jerk´s company. Next time I will open the door and punch him.

I put the cups into the sink and got ready. Neah and Road wouldn´t stop asking question if I showed up late, or worse they will come and get me from now on. I shuddered.

I quickly got my coat and went out.

15 Minutes later.

While I walked down the streets I could see two people arguing with each other. "Okay, this saves me the time I would have needed to search for them." I sweat dropped. I quietly walked towards the two. The people in the streets were giving them dirty looks but avoided them and looked away, when Neah and Road glared at them.

I smiled fondly. "These two…" I thought warmly. I could hear them.

"Why did you have to come?!" I heard Neah complain. Road pouted at him. "Eh? You just want to hog him all for yourself!" Road argued in a whiny childish voice. They continued.

As I went on I wanted to wave but someone grabbed my shoulder. I looked to my right and saw a big man. He leered at me and I felt myself get angry. I pulled my shoulder out of his grip.

"Can I help you?" I demanded with narrowed eyes. I could smell the alcohol in his breath and winced. "Ya can, Ho´about u com´with m´?" He slurred while he winked. I gagged in disgust. "NO, Thank you!" I growled. I noticed that it was strangely quiet. I shivered when I suddenly felt a high amount of bloodlust.

I hastily turned around and saw Neah and Road glaring at the man. There eyes were shimmering Gold and they expression went blank. They walked towards us. I felt the man behind me grab my arm.

"Hands off!" Neah growled. His expression was terrifying. His eyes promised the man a painful death. The man quickly let go as if I burned him.

Road ran to me and hugged me. "Are you okay? Did that trash do something to you?" She asked me worried. She looked up at me. I smiled down at her and shook my head. "Nope! I am fine." I assured her. She nodded.

I heard the man whimper behind me and sighed. "Neah! Stop it, you are going to ruin the day." I ordered sternly. I saw him pout. "But-But!" He whined like a child. I shoot him a look and he backed down. "No fair! You always win with that look!" He complained. I rolled my eyes. "Come on." I said with a sigh. He kicked the man one more time.

"NEAH!" I scolded. He only grinned at me. I gave him my puppy eyes. "Can we please go now?" I asked. This look was the only look where I always immediately got what I wanted. I just felt bad when I used it. I saw Neah was ready to protest, but he sighed loudly and tried to hide his blush.

I felt something tug on my shirt. I looked down and lips met my own. I heard how Neah chocked. "Get away you devil spawn!" I heard him cuss while he dragged Road from me. She only giggled. "What? Now he knows that Allen is mine!" She cheered.

"What was that with sharing?" Neah demanded angry. Road shrugged her shoulders. "I don´t know what you are talking about!" She sung. "Lie!" Neah accused. Road struck out her tongue. "Hehe, you want a kiss from Allen too? Are you jealous?" Road teased. Neah stammered. "N-No!"

I heard them argue again. I got over my shook and quickly grabbed their hands to stop World War Three.

"Come on! You wanted to enjoy this day right? So let´s go!" I reminded them and dragged them. I felt how Road swinged our hands back and forth. Like a happy child.

"-and Marian insulted him! He insulted my wonderful Timcampy! The nerve of him! Are you listening Allen?" I heard Neah ask. I nodded. "Cross is so horrible." I stated dryly. Road giggled. "Stop boring him with your stories Neah!" She teased. Neah shoot her a scowl.

"You know, Timcampy misses you, he adores you!" Neah told me. I smiled. "I like him too, he´s cute. I will visit him next time." I said. Neah beamed.

"Hey, don't leave me out-!" I heard Road complain. I grinned at her.

Suddenly I heard they got quieter. Their faces blurried. I couldn´t hear them anymore. It all went black.

End

Time Skip.

Allen slowly opened his eyes. He blinked a few times to adjust to the light. He tried to move but hissed in pain. He looked to his left. His eyes widen in horror. His Innocence was nailed to the wall! Everytime he tried to move it, it would bring pain.

His entire body hurt. But that didn´t matter to him right now. He had a high pain tolerance. "Where?" He thought dazzed. He looked around. He saw that he there were sharp candles floating in the air. A few big gifts were lying on the floor. Dolls were on the walls and lying around. The whole room creeped him out. But at the same time it was familiar to him.

"I will come and get you." Neah whispered. Allen´s eyes opened wide. "No! I can take care of this." Allen protested. "You are in Road´s dimension! She is the most dangerous next to Adam!" Neah hissed angry. Allen still wouldn´t give up.

"If you come now, everything will get messed up! Just trust me! I could still get out of my free will, you know that I too can control the Ark!" Allen retorted in a confident voice. Neah sighed. "Fine. Just this once." Neah warned.

Allen suddenly remembered about Lenalee and Mirander. "L-Lenalee! M-Mirander!" He yelled. He heard soft sobbing. He looked to his right. Mirander was nailed by her hands to her clock with thorns.

"You make such a pretty doll!" he heard a voice say. He looked a bit farther and saw Lenalee sitting in a chair. Her hair was curly and she was in a black dress. She looked blankly. Her eyes were soulless.

Allen breath hitched. In front of Lenalee stood that little girl that wanted to buy tickets. She had his Exorcist cloak on. It was down to her feet because she was so short. She turned to him.

She smiled at him brightly and waved. "Step away from Lenalee!" Allen demanded. One of the Akuma growled. "It´s her doll now! Watch your mouth!" It roared. Road only hugged Lenalee.

"Such a cute Name!" she cheerfully said. She pulled back and grinned at Allen. She hold her hand in front of her mouth. The uniform was to large. The pose would have been quite cute if she wasn´t so dangerous.

"It wouldn´t be good if she knew that I know that she´s a Noah." Allen thought. He starred at her with sharp eyes. "Why are you with Akuma?" He asked, even if it sounded more like an order. Road shrugged her shoulders.

"Humans and Akuma can be friends!" She stated with a pout. Allen shook his head. "Akuma are weapons that target Humans!" Allen protested fierce. Road laughed.

"You don´t belief that I am human? Then let me show you!" she said with a sharp smile. She walked towards him like a predator stalking towards it´s prey.

"You know nothing right? After all, you Exorcists are the Weapon of a false god." She mocked. "The Earl is our brother, we are the Noah Family! The true apostles of God!" she continued. Her skin turned grey, the crosses on her forehead returned and her eyes changed from Violet to Golden.

"Mistress Road! You can´t reveal Information of the Noah to some dirty Exorcist!" The umbrella suddenly started talking. Road stopped walking and turned to it. "Eh? Why? The Earl isn´t going to care about something like that, I just make it a bit more interesting." She deadpanned. The Umbrella only continued to scold her.

"You just kidnapped me! The Earl will be angry with you!" The umbrella ranted. Road held her ears. "I am one of his favourites, he wouldn´t be angry with me. Lalala, I can´t hear you~!" she sung. The Umbrella only got angrier.

Allen´s eye twitched. "They seriously ignore me?!" He thought angry. Why were his Missions always so fucked up? He didn´t know if he should be glad that Lenalee isn´t hurt too badly or offended. They just gave her a make over!

Allen took a deep breath and pulled at his Innocence. He ripped it from the wall.

"Arghhhh!" He yelled in pain. BOOM! His Innocence was finally free. He panted.

Road, the Akuma and the Umbrella starred at him dumbfounded.

"Wow! Why are you angry~?" Road inquires playfully. Allen only shot her a glare. Road started to walk towards him again. She knelt down and laid her arms around Allen´s neck. She hugged him so that their chests were pressed against each others.

Allen´s breath hitched. He felt sad and wistful. She pressed herself harder against him. He could feel her heartbeat.

"Warm, aren´t I?" Road whispered in his ear. Allen held back a shiver. His heart was pounding in his chest. His eyes wide. He could feel her warmth.

He took his claw and held it against her from the back. Just an inch away from her was his claw. Allen gritted his teeth.

"I-I can´t hurt her….she´s family, but at the same time the enemy….but she´s also human…" Allen thought disordered. He didn´t know what he should do now! "Attack her before she kills you!" Neah ordered urgently. "But, you couldn´t kill her back then could you?" Allen inquires softly. Neah was silent.

He just wanted to kill the Earl.

"I do feel like a human or not?" Road stated bored. "Why? Why are you doing this when you are human?!" Allen inquires frustrated. He knew that she wasn´t completely human. But part of her was.

"Pff-Hahaha! Human? Don´t insult me!" Road giggled. She took his claw and hit herself with it. Allen starred in horror. "I-It´s Innocence!" Allen thought worried. Road was falling. Her face burned pretty badly. She suddenly grabbed Allen by his collar. Her face was an inch from his.

"We are way superior to you low-lifes! We are older than you can image! Don´t compare us!" She hissed. She took a candle from the Air and stabbed Allen in his left eye.

"AAAHHHH!" Allen screamed in pain. Road stepped back with her bloodied candle. Her face was regenerating. Allen was holding his hand over his left eye to stop the blood loss. Road licked the blood from the candle.

"Delicious~! Hehehahaha!" She laughed cheerfully. Her eyes were glinting in sadistic pleasure. Mirander was looking away and still sobbing. She was shaking.

"You know, I think you human should just die~! Humans are digusting! So selfish and all. They are the reason why I HATE this world~!" Road sung bored. She had her hands on her hips. She watched Allen like a hawk.

"And? Not all humans are bad." Allen whispered. Road looked surprised. "Oh?" She said. Allen looked up at her. His Silver eyes were starring in her Golden ones.

"You can´t just kill all humans because some of them are trash!" Allen roared. Road actually flinched a bit from the volume of his voice. Then she grinned darkly. "I like you~! You are interesting! I just want to break you!" She confessed with a laugh.

Allen quickly changed his claw into his canon and went to shoot her, but Akuma went into his way. Road stepped back and went over to Mirander, while Allen fought against the Akumas.

"…p-please..no..m-more. H-help please." Mirander sobbed. Road held up her hand. She pointed at Mirander. "So pathetic!" she giggled with a dark grin. The sharp candles flew at Mirander. Mirander closed her eyes in fright. She waited for the pain but it never came. She felt her hands being freed and crawled over to the wall. She saw Allen sitting there with his head low.

"He protected me?" Mirander thought stunned. She suddenly didn´t feel scared for herself anymore. "D-Don't die! P-Please don´t die Allen!" She pleaded. She didn´t care that she sounded pathetic and desperate to herself.

Allen turned to her. He smiled softly. "It´s okay." He said softly. Mirander ran forward and hugged Allen. She held him protectively. Road snorted.

"What are you doing? Stupid woman?" Road mocked. Mirander flinched and was still shaking and crying. She smiled. "I-I don´t k-kn-know." She admitted. "You are useless!" one Akuma spat. Mirander flinched again.

"I-I k-know! I-I know that I-I am a f-failure, B-But I-I will p-protect him!" Mirander retorted with a strong while she hugged Allen more tighlty. Suddenly the clock behind began to glow brightly. It slowly formed a bright large barrier around Mirander and Allen. Her bun opened and her hair floated up.

Road jumped back, she had a amazed expression on her face.

"What´s this feeling? It´s….warm." Mirander wondered. Clocks were coming from Allen´s wounds. They were floating around.

Allen opened his eyes and sat up from Mirander´s lap. "Kyaa! H-How? Allen?" Mirander asked in fright. Allen checked himself over and turned to her. "So I was right! You are an Accomander!" Allen said proudly. He gave Mirander a grin. Mirander smiled back.

Allen turned around. "I will get Lenalee!" He informed Mirander. His Claw shoot out, grabbed Lenalee and pulled her in. Lenalee slowly blinked.

"Wha?" She asked still kind of dazed. Allen smiled at her. "Glad that you are back!" Allen cheered. Lenalee looked at him and punched him in the stomach. Allen winced. "That was for protecting me, like I am a helpless girl." Lenalee deadpanned. She stood up. "So what did happen?" she asked, while she examined her dress. Timcampy flew from her clenched fist.

"W-We were healed by Mirander´s Innocence." Allen explained while he hugged Timcampy. Lenalee turned to Mirander in surprise. "I-I did? With m-my Innocence?" Mirander stutter unsure.

Allen nodded. "Your Innocence took the time away where we got Injured." Allen assured with a smile. "Thanks by the way." Allen beamed at her. Lenalee nodded. Mirander took a shaky breath and smiled. "How did you know what her Innocence did?" Lenalee demanded with a raised eyebrow.

Allen shoot her a look. "A clock, wounds, I wonder what could have happened?" Allen said with sarcasm. Lenalee pouted. "Not like I can tell her I understand because I am the Noah of Time." Allen thought tired.

"Let´s go!" Lenalee tried to change the subject. Allen sighed and nodded.

"Walz: Mist Wind!" Lenalee kicked a large tornado at the Akuma outside. Allen and Lenalee went outside.

"Allen, Isn´t that the child who wanted to buy some tickets?" Lenalee asked confused. Allen nodded. "Akuma?" Lenalee inquired. Allen shook his head and narrowed his eyes. "Human." He responded coldly. Lenalee tensed up and nodded.

Road giggled. "A-L-L-E-N! Allen Walker, the boy who turned his father into an Akuma. And can see the souls of the Akuma~!" Road sung. Lenalee´s eyes widen at the Information.

Road was standing on the Umbrella who was flying in the air. She smiled at him.

"The Earl told me soooo much about you! I really wanted to play with you, because you caught my interest! An Exorcist who cares about Akuma? That´s interesting and I don´t regret my dicision to get involved with you~!" She cheered. Her eyes were blazing.

Road took of Allen´s cloak and dropped it on the ground. She turned to one of the Akuma. She pointed at it. "You Akuma there, Destroy yourself." The Akuma looked at her in horror.

Allen chocked. The Umbrella began to count down. "10…9…8.."

The Akuma panicked. "B-But Master Noah! I am finally at Level Two!" it pleaded desperate. Road ignored him and sat down on the Umbrella swinging her feet back and forth.

Allen ran forward in panic. Road began to laugh. "You can´t save the soul if it destroys itself!" Road mocked him. Lenalee starred in panic after Allen.

"You won´t make it!" She screamed in panic. Allen ignored her. "I must reach it! I don´t want the soul to disappear! I won´t let it suffer!" Allen thought determined. "You Idiot! You will get hurt!" Neah yelled in panic. His dear Nephew was always so reckless! But this is going to far!

"4…3..2"

Allen was an inch away from destroying it, when his body suddenly freezed up and someone grabbed him around the waist and dragged him back.

BOOMMM!

Neah sighed in relief. Allen was on the ground and Lenalee pulled back. Allen saw how the soul reached out to him. "Help me!" it screamed desperate as it was dragged down by chains. The souls were difficult to look at, but when you saw how it destroyed itself. It was like a knife to your heart that was twisted.

Allen felt pain in his left eye. Like someone ripped it out. He helt it in pain and turned to Lenalee in anger.

"Why?! How could you stop me!" Allen yelled at Lenalee. Lenalee slapped him. Her fist was shaking. "H-How could you be so reckless?! You are important to me, so of course I would stop you from jumping towards your death you big Idiot!" She screamed. She had a scowl on her face. A tear slide down her cheek.

Allen flinched in guilt, but he didn´t regret his action. "I thought we were friends.." She whispered. You could hear the hurt in her voice.

"Hehehe, you even jumped at the explosion! You are more interesting than I hoped for!" Road admitted with a dreamy sigh. Her face clearly showed her amusement. Her big Golden eyes were twinkling in dark humor.

Allen glared at her. Then he felt something to his right and saw how an Akuma wanted to get to Mirander. He shoot it quickly while Lenalee kicked it. It was destroyed. They went on to the last Akuma and it too was quickly taken care of.

BOOM!

Road only sighed and jumped of the Umbrella to the ground. She had her arms behind her head. "Well, you destroyed them all. I guess I should go home now. Let´s play again soon Allen~!" Road winked at him.

Allen held his Canon against the back of her head. Road stopped walking towards her heart shaped door. "Aww, you are crying because of an Akuma? You are so nice! Maybe that is a part that I like about you? Well, shoot if you can." Road teased him. Allen´s Canon was shaking. A single tear slid down his cheek.

"Damn, I still can´t shoot her!" Allen thought frustrated. Everytime he wanted to he got a quick flashback of her from his life before and he couldn´t pull the trigger.

Road laughed softly and walked through her door. She blew Allen a kiss. Then the door closed.

The room suddenly broke down.

Allen ran towards Mirander and Lenalee, but the ground underneath him broke away.

"AHHHHhhhhhh!" Lenalee and Allen yelled.

Allen opened his eyes quickly and saw that he was in Mirander´s room. On the wall was written: "Fuck you, Exorcists! I have your Innocence!" in blood. Probably from Road, when Allen guessed correctly.

"Allen! Somethings wrong with Mirander!" came Lenalee´s panicked yell from another room. Allen quickly stood up and ran to them. He saw Mirander´s shaking, sweating form on the ground. Allen ran over.

"Mirander stop using your Innocence." Lenalee pleaded. Mirander violently shook her head. "No! If I do that, t-the time will get back and your wounds will t-too! The first time in my life I-I could help somebody!" She sobbed hysterical.

Allen took her shoulders and looked at her sternly. "Stop it." He ordered. His voice was soft. Mirander looked at him. He gave her a smile. "It will heal, don´t worry!" Allen assured her. Lenalee nodded and smiled at her. "You can stop now." They whispered together. Mirander sobbed and nodded.

She quickly stood up and went down to get help.