Still nothing to do except to post these chapters, so here's the fifteenth!

Answer: Well, depends on everyone, right?

Enjoy!

Lenalee sighed in content.

"Just a little hop on the other side of the channel and everything feels so oriental!" she remarked.

"An oriental feeling indeed" Lavi sipped on his tea.

"I still can't understand how any of you can drink these things" I sighed, scrunching my noise at the heavy smell.

"You're one to talk, always drinking hot chocolate" my girl friend pointed out.

"That is so not the same" I refuted.

The snickered at my outraged face, and Allen munched on his bread, thinking.

"According to Timcanpy, Master is headed further east" he said.

"Further east? Like India or China?" asked Lenalee, frowning a little.

The redhead hit the table, a dark cloud looming over his form and his unique eye glinting in madness.

"Exactly how far has Cross Marshall gone?" exclaimed Lavi, his traits borderline maniac looking.

"Bookboy, your crazy is showing" I calmly sipped on my delightful chocolate heaven.

"Well, the world's a big place, right?" chuckled nervously Allen.

"I'm going to punch him really, really hard, no matter how far I have to go" I piped in once more.

"Truly, the world is a big place indeed!"

We turned to Krory, and I choked on my hot drink seeing him struggling to eat… whatever he was eating. The others blinked at him, slightly taken aback.

"Well… it'll be a good occasion for Crow-chan to gain some street smarts" Lavi said.

"Be nice!" I whacked his arm.

There was a loud 'THUD' and we turned to Krory once again, only to find him lying on the floor.

"Okay, maybe you're right" I relented with a small smile. "We're going to have to keep him in check"

The others just nodded, helping him up, and we finished our meal before heading to find our hotel.

"Are you the members of the Black Order we were expecting?"

"That'd be us" I nodded, shaking the hand of the manager of the hotel.

"Good, good. We've prepared your rooms. Let us show you the way"

"Thank you very much" smiled Lenalee.

"We'll finally be able to get some rest!" sighed dreamily Lavi.

"I don't know, I think I'll go explore the city some more" I shrugged.

"Eh, where's Krory?"

At Allen's question, we gazed around, only to understand that we lost our dear vampire. Well, so much for resting and exploring.

"He's such a handful, sometimes" groaned Lavi.

"And with the new Noah on our trail at that" added Allen.

My blood froze. What if that damn woman got to Krory before us?

"I hope he's okay" muttered Lenalee. "I don't want to loose anymore friends…"

I shot a glare to the boys, who had frozen in fright at the idea of Lenalee crying again.

"God, grow some balls, you two" I scoffed. "Lenalee, nothing will happen. We're too cool to go down to the hands of Bookboy's woman…"

"Oi!"

"Oh, right, she wasn't interested to begin with" I remembered with a grin. "My bad"

"That's just mean" he pouted.

"Truth hurts" I simply shrugged. "And you've got to admit that you asked for it"

"I-"

"Guys, let's just move" sighed Allen as Lenalee giggled softly behind us.

Seeing her smile again, I exchanged a discreet high five with the Bookman, before we headed back into the city.

In the end, we found out that Krory had left the city. When I finally spotted him by hairway, trapped with Level Two and another female figure, I held nothing back.

"Hey, bitch! Hands off my mate!" I screeched, aiming my feet at her face.

She backed away, avoiding my attack, while Allen cut off Krory's bindings. Lavi sent one of the Level Two fly away with his hammer and Lenalee kicked the other.

"You okay, Buffy?" I asked, kneeling besides him.

"I am, thank you for saving me" he nodded gratefully.

"Of course we came" I grinned, patting his back.

"Uh, two of me?"

Hearing my friend's voice, I turned with the others and saw… two Lenalee? At the same time, my nose started prickling again.

"What the h-h-hell- 'tchi!-?"

"Exactly my thoughts" nodded Lavi. "And why are you sneezing again?"

"N- 'tchi!- no idea!" I groaned.

"That one's fake!" Allen pointed out.

"No shit" I snapped at him.

"Is it a demon in Lenalee's form?" asked the redhead.

"No, human" the cursed boy shook his head. "But who is it?"

I gaped for a few seconds, bewildered at their stupidity.

"Uh, hello? Dangerous new Noah out to kill us?" I remembered.

But none of them listened as the fake made her move and placated the real Lenalee. They started struggling, trying to outpower each other, but managed to get mixed up in the meantime. Seeing as the guys were utterly useless in the situation…

"Lenalee's fighting with Lenalee!"

"Crap! Which is the real one!?"

"My eye can only reveal Akumas!"

"She's human? But which one?"

Like I said, utterly useless. So I've decided to step in –while sneezing, might I add-. However, before I could make my move, the two Akumas from sooner jumped in, taking one each and running in opposite direction.

"Just what w-we- 'tchi!- we fucking needed" I snarled, activating my Innocence. "Kiddo, Buffy, after Spider- tchi!- Spiderman! Bookboy and I'll take S- 'tchi!- Scorpio!"

"Hai!"

I flew at high speed, Lavi following on his hammer. The fresh air managed to clear my lungs a bit, and I could breath normally again.

"Think we got the good one?" he asked, getting to my height.

"Gut feeling" I frowned. "Nothing extraordinary. You good to go?"

"Any time" he nodded.

Our Akuma popped out of the sand, still running, with a smirk placated on it's face.

"Hey, are we going to keep this up for a while?" call the redhead.

Its eyes widened slightly. Apparently, it wasn't planning on us to follow it so easily.

"Go for it"

"Roger that" he grinned.

Then, he started hitting the weapon with his gigantic hammer, barely missing each time and creating holes along the way.

"It looks like a big game of whack-a-mole" I pointed out with a cruel grin. "You never knew how to play that game"

"Just shut up" he grunted, missing again.

I shrugged, eying the ground in search of a pattern of some sort. If I could just hit once with my blades… Lavi stopped hitting, letting the sand settle down.

"I can't keep hitting like this" he remarked.

"I need three seconds" I said, landing next to him. "Think you're up to it?"

"If I can't, I'll buy your next lunch" he proposed.

"Are you asking me out?" I lifted an eyebrow, amused.

"Do you want to?" he grinned back.

"As long as I get free food" I shrugged.

"So cruel" he sighed. "But let's finish this. You're ready?"

"And you?"

He smirked, then started waving his hammer as I flew higher.

"Hell Fire Cyclone!"

The flaming tornado forced the Akuma into the open, and Lenalee was freed. Lavi jumped and caught her, before clearing the way. The demon narrowed it's eyes, the sun blinding it's view, but it was already too late.

"Innocence, second level: Feathered Blades Storm!"

All at once, my blades shot towards the Akuma, piercing it from everywhere. In a snarl, it exploded as I plummeted to the ground. Lavi caught me a second later, and delicately landed back on the earth. In a heavy sigh, I deactivated my Innocence, and let myself fall next to Lenalee.

"What was that?" he asked, lifting his eyebrow.

"Second level" I shrugged. "I won't be able to use Angel for a while, though. Two or three days, at most"

"I could have taken care of it" he pointed out.

"But I wanted to try my new attack!" I whined.

He shook his head, before sitting on the other side of Lenalee. I gazed at her in worry, seeing as she was still unconscious. However…

"Real or fake one?" asked quietly Lavi.

She suddenly stirred and opened her eyes.

"Lenalee?" he called.

"L-Lavi?"

"Hey, Jumper. Do you have some tea in your bag?" I asked innocently.

"T-tea?" she frowned, looking at me. "Why? You hate tea…"

"Okay, that's the real one!" I beamed, hugging her.

Lavi chuckled, relaxing his pose.

"The real…" she repeated, a little lost.

Then, her eyes widened.

"The fake! We have to help Allen and Krory!" she struggled to get up, but I pushed her down when she threatened to collapsed.

"The Scorpion Akuma pierced you, didn't he?" asked Lavi, frowning.

"No, it's not that bad" she shook her head. "We have- we have to…"

She fall once again, and I examined her wound while she kept on arguing with Lavi.

"It's pierced alright" I frowned, seeing the little whole in her stomach. "Bookboy, do you know some first aid? I'm not good at this stuff"

"The Old Panda taught me some" he nodded.

"But Allen and Krory…" she tried once again.

"Jumper, I can't go to them because I used up all my Innocence" I cut her off. "Bookboy can't go either because seeing as you and I are both in no fighting condition, that'll leave us to the mercy of other Akumas and Lulubell. So, we're going back to the hotel where he will treat your wound and you will get some rest while I gain back my energy"

"Tenshi's right, Lenalee" smiled Lavi gently. "They'll be fine, okay? We're just going to meet back once we're all able to, okay?"

She eyed us for a moment, before sighing.

"Okay"

"Good" I got up. "Let's go"

We were back to our hotel, settled in our room and Lenalee lying sick on one of the beds.

"I'm sorry…"

"We got that the first twelve times, Jumper" I rolled my eyes. "Stop apologizing for nothing, you sound like an idiot"

Lavi whacked my arm.

"Be nice" he warned.

"But…"

"Where are Allen and Krory?" she asked, a little out of it.

"Still not back" the redhead shook his head.

"Then let's go look for them" she proposed for the nth time.

"I'm sure they're fine" I smiled reassuringly at her. "They're probably just lost or something like that. They'll contact us once they get their hands on a phone"

"Plus, healing yourself and getting Tenshi's energy back are what matters now" added Lavi.

"I feel so loved" I sighed dramatically. "But didn't you say Ji-ji had to join us? Let's just meet up with him and rendezvous with the other two later"

"That's true" she looked away. "The way things stands, I'll just drag both of you down"

"Are you delirious or something?" I gently poked her forehead. "You've got a hole in your stomach, and probably a little poison mix with it. As for me, I can't even activate my Innocence. I'm worried too, okay? But blaming ourselves for something we have no control whatsoever on is plainly stupid and takes way too much energy. They'll be fine, you'll heal, I'll get back Angel in shape and then we're going to be together again, no big deal, okay?"

She smiled at me, and nodded, before drifting to sleep. Once she was lost in dreamland, I sighed and let my head fall on Lavi's shoulder.

"You should rest too" he said in a low tone.

"I'm not tired" I refused.

And it was true. However, he didn't seem to believe, because he suddenly got up and, next thing I knew, I was in his arms.

"L-Lavi! Put me down!" I whispered as loud as I could.

He did. Well, more like he threw me on the second bed, before heading for the door.

"You sleep" he said sternly when I made a move to get up. "We'll need all the strength we can get tomorrow, and if I see you up…"

He didn't finish, but the glint in his eyes made me gulp in fright, and I nodded quickly before pulling to covers on me.

"'Night!"

He chuckled, and left the room.

Once he was gone, I sighed again. That would be a long night.

"… Lenalee's in bad shape! She was hit by an Akuma's attack and has a persistent fever. The doctors have given up. Ji-ji, she needs your help!"

There was a moment of silence, before the redhead handed me the phone with a scowl.

"Hey, Ji-ji" I greeted.

"Aryane" he answered. "You seem more level-headed than my stupid apprentice. Can you tell me more about Lenalee's condition?"

"Poison, without a doubt" I assured. "The Akuma looked like a scorpion. We can put Akuma's natural poison in the mix too, I smell it from here. Her wound isn't closing, her fever is higher and higher, and we can only do so much to slow down the effects"

"I see. What about you? Lavi told me about your second level. It is quite dangerous to perform it in the middle of such a crisis…"

I cringed at the barely hidden reproach.

"I know, I know. I eat a lot to help Angel regenerate faster" I assured.

"And sleep?"

I opened my mouth, before biting my lower lip.

"I… no. I ran out of it just before we left to find Cross"

"I'll have some ready then. Right now, you three have to leave immediately, though"

"What are you talking about? We can't move Lenalee" I refused, frowning.

"You're being targeted" he retorted. "They did not replicate miss Lena merely to escape your attack. It is likely that they intended to divide you"

I gasped as the evidence hit me like a bag of bricks, alerting Lavi at my side.

"I don't think demons are capable of thinking up such a plan themselves" added Bookman. "There's someone else behind it, someone smart…"

"Noah" I cut, rubbing my temple. "The new one would be my guess. Her name's Lulubell. She's been after us for a few days now"

I heard the redhead curse in the background, but I shushed him up.

"I believe so too" confirmed the old man. "With you and miss Lena unable to fight, they will most definitely come at you. Get out of there quickly, Ary"

"Got it. See you later" I sighed, before hanging up.

"What's happening?" asked Lavi.

"They were trying to divide us, Lulubell is behind it, and they're going after us now" I resumed, quickly packing my things. "We've got to leave now. With only you in fighting capacity, we won't stand much of a chance if they decide to attack"

He nodded and went to Lenalee's side to get her up. As he hauled her on his back, I picked up her bag and his, plus mine, Allen's and Krory's, before we headed out as discreetly as possible.

Sitting behind Lenalee, who was sitting behind Lavi, we were using his hammer to get most of the distance done faster than at foot. Now, height was never a problem for me. I've always knew I could rely on Angel to save my ass. However, being so high with no safety belt, if I can say it that way, was not a fun experience.

"We're going down!" warned Lavi.

I closed my eyes, my hold on Lenalee tightening slightly as we returned to the ground. As soon as my feet touched the forest's floor, I sighed happily.

"I'm not doing this again" I grunted, putting the three bags on my back.

"What, scared of heights?" asked Lavi, clearly mocking me.

"As if" I scoffed. "Let's just mo- get down!"

Hiding in the bushes, we managed to avoid being spotted by a lone Level one.

"Akuma, just like Ji-ji said" whispered the boy.

"We've got to be careful" I frowned.

I glanced behind us, where Lenalee was already panting.

"We should avoid fighting as much as possible" I said quietly.

"Agreed" he nodded. "Let's move"

"I'm sorry, we can't ride the hammer in such a narrow cavern" apologized Lavi as we walked through the canyon.

"It's fine, I can walk" assured Lenalee.

"I should be the one to apologize" I grunted, a meter ahead of them. "If I didn't used this stupid attack, we wouldn't have to fear so much Akuma attacks. I-"

"KYAAAAAAAAAA!"

The scream echoed loudly.

"Stay here!" ordered Lavi, running ahead.

I went to Lenalee's side and crouched by her, tense, ready to fight if I needed to. There was a small explosion and, a few seconds later, Lavi came back with a young girl in a maid outfit, who was jumping around like crazy.

"Bookboy!" I called. "Who's your, err… friend?"

He just shrugged. Then, he seemed to understand something from her blabbering, because he stopped her.

"What do you mean, you're coming with us?" he asked.

I narrowed my eyes at that.

"Right! The more, the merrier, they say, isn't it?" she beamed at him. "We're going the same direction of the canyon anyway. Let me accompany you until then, at the very least"

"No way, turn back" he refused flatly. "Do you want to end up in the same situation we found you in?"

"I'm a maid, you see" she tried. "I wish to serve you, at least until we get to the village"

She was acting so suspicious it made me sick. However, she seemed determined. I exchanged a glance with Lavi, who seemed to reach the same conclusion as I: she was coming with us, whether we liked it or not.

"Well" I shrugged, piping in. "I could use some help with transporting the bags"

"Fine, fine" he sighed. "But just until we leave the canyon, okay?"

"Thank you! You have my pledge to serve you: body, soul, breasts and nose!"

I sweatdropped a little as she hugged Lavi, laughing happily.

Yep, I was going to keep an eye on her. No one could be that cheerful naturally.

"Let me help some more!" she pleaded once again.

"You're already transporting t-t-t- 'tchi!- three of the bags" I pointed out, sniffing.

"But I want to help more! Here, I'll do this!" she started fanning the redhead.

"I'm fine! Fan Lenalee" Lavi sighed.

"Hai!"

She switched place, and Lenalee smiled gently at her. I sneezed again. Damn allergies. Where the hell do they come from anyway?

"Thank you"

"You're not looking terribly well" the maid remarked. "Don't you think we should take a break?"

"I'll be fine" refused Lenalee. "I just-"

"It's a g-g- 'tchi!- good idea, actually" I cut, narrowing my eyes as she struggled not to collapse. "My legs are r- 'tchi!-really sore, so I need a-a-a- 'tchi!- a break too"

"Let's rest for a while" accepted Lavi.

I then sat next to my friend against the wall of the canyon while Lavi went to the stream to get some water, and started eating a chocolate bar.

"How are –'tchi!- you feeling?" I asked, worried.

"Tired" she admitted. "But I'll be-"

"I swear, if y-y-y- 'tchi!- you say one more time that 'you'll be fine' I'm going t-t- 'tchi!- to shove my chocolate down your throat" I threatened, waving the delicious bar in her face.

She chuckled a little, then started coughing.

"Jumper!"

"I'm fi- I'm alright" she corrected herself, making me glare a little.

There was a little scream, and I looked back at Lavi, only to see him gripping the Mimi's wrist, which was way too close to his hammer for my liking. However, knowing I could always be wrong, I've decided to just keep an eye out for her.

We had walked for a few more hours before stopping for the night. Lenalee's situation wasn't one of the best, and her fever was back in full force. If we didn't reach Bookman before tomorrow night…

I shook my head. I'd be damned before she died just because we weren't fast enough.

My eyes gazed around on our camp site, and I scrunched my nose at the maid when se wasn't looking. She had been acting suspicious all day, always getting uncomfortably close to Lavi's hammer, and she had a gaze that screamed 'EVIL PLOTTING' each five minutes.

Night fell soon enough, and I was forced to bed by Lavi once more. However, I didn't sleep, listening to the conversation he had with Lenalee. She was apologizing once again, which made me roll my eyes, and I was keeping watch on Mimi, who herself was listening to them with a weird look on her face.

I shifted to get more comfortable, refraining a sneeze. That was going to be a long night.

Again.

The next day, I've felt much better than I had for the two past days. A few more hours and I'd be back in top shape. However, I kept that to myself. Mimi was acting even weirder than before, and I didn't want to alert her that I was able to fight. I had the element of surprise for now, which was a big plus in our situation.

Lenalee's case only worsened, and Lavi was forced to take her on his back while I took the bags along with the maid. Now walking in a narrower space, I was at the front of the line, my two friends behind me, and Mimi at the back. I didn't like it. It was even easier for her to make her move when we weren't looking.

"Hey, looks like it's about to rain!" she pointed out.

I raised my eyes to the sky, scowling a little as drops started falling. Seriously, just what we needed. After a few more minutes, there was a weird rumble.

"Ary, Mimi, run!" ordered Lavi, taking the lead.

"Shit!"

I ran after him, Mimi just behind, as the wall fall just where we were a second sooner. Taking shelter in a crack of the wall, we waited for the flow of muddy water and heavy rocks to slow down.

"We'll have t- 'tchi!- to be mo-mo- 'tchi!- more careful" I frowned, going out. "And go qu-qui- 'tchi!- quicker"

"Right"

We picked up the pace a little, but the mud wasn't helping our case. And of course, our situation just had to take the worse turn and the canyon was suddenly overflowed, a massive wave coming at us.

"Protect Jumper!" I yelled.

The next second, the water crashed violently against us, and pain erupted in the back of my head before everything turned black…

For like, two seconds, really. As soon as the flow passed, I woke up, coughing to get the water out of my lungs. The back of my head was already healing itself, which meant that my abilities weren't focusing on regenerating my Innocence, which meant that I could use it again without any trouble.

"Ary, are you okay?" called Lavi, a few meters away.

"Just fine! What a-a- 'tchi!- about you and J-Jumper?" I asked, getting up.

"We're… we're okay, Ary" answered Lenalee, panting.

"And- Lavi, get back!"

He didn't react in time, though, and Mimi managed to grab his hammer before jumping away with a cackle.

"Mimi!"

"I've got your Innocence!" she exclaimed victoriously.

"You're an enemy?"

"Are you fucking k-k-k- 'tchi!- kidding me?" I yelled his way. "She couldn't have b-b–'tchi!- been more obvious all a- 'tchi!- along!"

"Then why didn't you say something!?"

"I thought you w- 'tchi!- were smart enough to re-re- 'tchi!- realize it, you m-moron!"

"It doesn't matter now" she chanted. "You were caught off guard. Take it!"

She threw the hammer at an Akuma that had arrived, and the weapon flew away with the Innocence. I was about to follow when I suddenly remembered that I was now the only defense Lavi and Lenalee had. Gritting my teeth, I decided to wait for the right opportunity to strike.

"Madam Lulubell is going to destroy it!" cackled the maid.

She then took out her fans as I slowly made my way towards the other two.

"Now then, it's time to clean house! These fans have a mean cutting edge!"

"Feathered Blades!"

She managed to block most of my feathers, but a few managed to scratch her, earning a hiss.

"Ary!" exclaimed Lavi, surprised.

"Run a-a- 'tchi!- ahead with Jumper, I'll take c-care of her" I ordered, falling into a defensive stance. "Go!"

"Right"

He hauled Lenalee on his back once again, before he took off. I then faced the maid.

"So, think you feathers can stand against my fans?" she sneered.

"Let's –'tchi!- find out" I smirked.

She smirk back, then snapped her fans and jumped away.

"Hey!"

As I tried to follow, three other Level Two blocked my way.

"Damn it!"

Knowing I had to get rid of them before going to help my friends, I gritted my teeth and hoped they would last long enough for me to join them.

"Spin Rocket!"

Once I destroyed the Akumas -rahter quickly, I wasn't in the mood to deal with them-, I took off. As I flew above the canyon to find my two companions, a flaming tornado erupted from the ground farther away.

"Hell Fire Cyclone" I recognized with a smile.

When I finally reached them, Mimi was nowhere to be found, Lavi was unconscious, and Bookman was kneeling besides Lenalee, who seemed worse than before if it was possible.

"Sorry, I was hold up" I apologized, deactivating my Innocence. "Are they okay?"

"Miss Lena needs treatment immediately, and Lavi is simply exhausted" he answered. "Let's go, we're not too far from the hotel"

"Good to hear" I sighed.

"The treatment is complete. All that's left is to wait for miss Lena's strength to return"

We had reached civilisation once again, and now got a well deserved rest from our misadventures. Bookman had quickly treated our friend, who's colors were already coming back.

"Thank you for everything, Bookman" smiled Lenalee, settling more comfortably on the bed.

"Take care of her, Ji-ji" I smiled too. "Jumper, you better rest well. Same to you, Bookboy"

"I'll do that" he nodded, glancing at his broken arm.

He ruffled my hair before walking at the door.

"Lavi!"

He turned at Lenalee's call.

"Thank you for protecting me" she said.

He simply waved and walked out, making me snicker.

"He thinks he's so cool" grunted his grand-father.

"Don't worry, you're cooler" I grinned.

"I'll tell him that" he nodded with a small smirk.

"Don't tease him too much, he's just being shy" Lenalee defended him.

"Shy? Lavi?" I snorted. "Yeah, when I start acting like a noble Lady"

She laughed softly, and I then left her to rest, Bookman just behind. As soon as he closed the door, he jumped to my height and hit me behind the head. I winced, rubbing the sore spot, as he stared at me with intense eyes.

"I know, I know, I should have been more careful" I looked away.

"I hope you learned your lesson" he nodded. "Also…"

He took out a small bottle, which I took gratefully.

"Thanks, Ji-ji" I said, tucking it in my pocket.

"Use it now" he ordered. "It won't work as well, seeing as you stop using them for a few weeks, but…"

"I'm grateful" I thanked honestly. "I'll go rest some now. Have a good night!"

He nodded, and I walked to my own room, fingering the little bottle. I was about to open it when someone caught my wrist, and I turned a surprise gaze to Lavi.

"Bookboy? What are you doing up?" I asked, instantly hiding the bottle in my back.

"What did Ji-ji gave you?" he asked, frowning.

"Nothing, just some painkillers. My head is killing me" I grunted dramatically.

His frown was still there, sign that he didn't believe me, but he let go anyway.

"G'night" I waved, walking into my room.

"Good night"

Once my door was closed, I sighed heavily. That had been a close one

Too close for my liking, that is.

So, a lot has happened in this chapter. Some of you might think it was stupid from Ary to do that, well... yeah, of course it was. However, just like everyone else, she's still growing and learning to use her Innocence to the best of her abilities. To learn, you have to make mistakes first. That's all I have to say on the matter.

Question: What were the pills Bookman gave to Aryane? Careful, I'm asking why she takes them, but what they are.

Hope you enjoyed that one too!