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Chapter 7
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A dying tree. Leaf tribes looking up at me, hope filled their eyes.
Why were they looking at me like that?
Their lips moved, but no sound reached my ears. An old leaf tribe stepped forward, looking at me with such gentle smile on his face. He knelt down before the tree, followed by the other leaf tribes behind him. More words he spoke, yet I still can't hear a thing.
"...!" The old leaf tribe shouted in happiness and held his hand towards me, waiting for something. He is the leader of these leaf tribes, perhaps?
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His hand remained empty, a disappointed look slowly fades onto his face. Smiling bitterly, he said something to me. I wanted to tell him I heard nothing, but I could not speak as well. Well, at least with this distance, I can read his lips and figure out what he was trying to tell me.
"We... will...wait...for...you...flower..."? What were they waiting for?
No wait, don't go. Tell me, what is happening to my leaf tribes? Why are they all looking so weak? Hey, don't go. Wait right there! Come back!
The back of the leader became smaller and smaller from my visions.
The wind blew gently.
... You said you will wait for me. Then why are you showing me that face? You looked like you don't have much time left...
My face was wet, sending chills to me as the wind blew once more.
Please, someone tell me.
What's happening?
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What is... this?
This is not right. Certainly not. A flower, is killing in front of him. No, a flower killing something is actually pretty normal, but what abnormal here was,
The flower is killing off leaf tribes.
"...Stop this." The flower seemed to be lost in his own mind once again, not hearing what Lavi said. Or was it because Lavi whispered in fear? He did not know. He just knew that someone needs to stop the white flower before its too late.
"Allen, stop this!" He yelled again, louder this time. Allen continued his slaughter as he looked at those leaf tribes in an emotion unknown Lavi. Allen looked... comfortable with all the blood splashing onto his body. The sweet smile on his face never fading, if possible, Lavi could swear that Allen's sweet smile was slowly turning into something dangerous and dark. Just like the smile of a death god.
"Allen!" He yelled again, accidentally forced his magic out to stop Allen's killing. The white flower froze for a while, staring at the sand that protects the other leaf tribes. His silver eyes widening slightly before glancing towards the red-haired leaf tribe.
"...Why?" He could not understand. He was just helping Lavi, so why was Lavi looking so... terrified? Lavi was terrified of him?
"Why are you saving them?" Why indeed. Those leaf tribes treated Lavi and Leenalee so badly, they even tried to kill Leenalee! They are the ones that deserve hell, that he was sure. Why stop him from killing them? What is wrong with killing these leaf tribes?
"Allen, you must stop this—"
"They tried to hurt you and kill Leenalee!"
What did he do wrong? Don't Lavi wanted these leaf tribes dead as well? If they die, no one will target Lavi and Leenalee anymore. If they die, Lavi and Leenalee would be able to live a peaceful life.
That's right. There's no con's in the death of these leaf tribes, only pro's. So, why? He stared at Lavi harder, demanding for an explanation.
"Allen, this is wrong. Flowers should protect leaf tribes."
"I am."
"You were slaughtering! Look around you, they are all leaf tribes!"
"...!" Allen could not find the words to retort back. Flowers exist to protect leaf tribes, but he was doing the exact opposite from what he was supposed to do. Flowers are the protector of leaf tribes, he should not feel any killing intent towards those leaf tribes no matter how much he hated them. He raised his hands slowly, staring at those blood-stained hands, he panicked out of a sudden.
What had I done?
He saw his hands trembling. There was a cold feeling growing from the depths of his heart. The screams of the leaf tribes that used to be so wonderful to his ears hurts so much. There was so much pain in those screams.
"Allen, it's okay. You can heal them, remember?"
That's right, heal them. Allen quickly ran to the nearest leaf tribes and moved his hands to the injured side, just to be slapped away by other leaf tribes. As shock overtook his sense, Allen slowly raised his head to look at other leaf tribes.
Those stares, it scared him.
"I- I'm just trying to help."
"The flower is just trying to heal you guys, don't resists—"
He could smell the metallic taste in the air once again. Was it the remains of the killings he did? No, it smelled different. It smelled fresher, more familiar...
...Lavi's?
A glance was all he took before blood lust took over his whole being.
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I saw that leaf tribe again. Well, It's hard not to when he was practically glowing so radiantly. I stared at the other leaf tribes, none of them glowed as bright as him. I wonder why?
That leaf tribe stopped before me, a bucket of water was placed in front of me. Oh, so it was his turn to bring me some water today? I looked up to him eagerly, smiling warmly at him as I did so. But he did not smile back, instead, he turned his head away. His ears turning red. Oh no, is he sick? I never saw anyone sick to the extent their ears turned red! What should I do now?!
He held onto my hands, focusing my attention onto him once again. His face was still slightly red. He pointed at his own mouth and mouthed out some words slowly.
"I'm okay. You idiot."
But his ears were red?! He simply frowned and placed my hand onto his chest, his eyes told me to check for any injuries on him. I did as told and was surprised to find that he was indeed correct. Maybe it's because he glows? So he is different than other leaf tribes?
"I'm Yuu."
I widen my eyes. What should I do in a situation like this? Oh yes, telling him my name as well, then we'll shake hands... Wait. I don't have a name yet! My leaf tribes were the ones who should be telling me my name, but I can't hear anything until now.
Noticing my actions, Yuu chuckled and traced some letters on my hand, his lips mouthed the word out at the same time.
"A. L. L. E. N. Allen."
Allen? Is that my name? I tried pronouncing my name, still no words escaped from my lips. Sighing in defeat, I could not understand why I was so different from other flowers. Other flowers should be able to get off the tree by now, yet I am still attached to the tree. He curved his lips upwards a little and looked around in cautious before giving me a peck on the forehead.
That day onwards, Yuu would take up the job of sending me a bucket of water. Using that as an excuse, we spent more time together, simply enjoying each other's presence. Yuu would always give me a peck on my forehead before leaving.
Leaf tribes should never do something like that to a flower. Not even the leader can touch us, actually. We are that holy to them. But I don't feel the need to push this leaf tribe away from me. It felt like, we were born to do this to each other. Even so, we need to be very careful before doing anything like that.
We did not want to take any risk.
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Yuu suddenly pushed away from me, panicking. I on the other hand reached for the bucket and pretend to be enjoying the water before me. Another leaf tribe showed up taking Yuu away from me. Uneasy was spread in the wind but I still can't hear a thing.
When can I gain my hearings?
I can't do anything to protect my leaf tribes like this. I can't protect my Yuu like this.
Yuu looked terrified of something... Ah, I forgot to ask him about what was happening to the tribes.
Well, that's okay. As long as Yuu is safe, who cares about the other?
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Allen Walker.
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This time, there was no Lavi to stop him, for Lavi was still unconscious in his arms. This time, there was nothing to protect the leaf tribes. This time, there were no more survivors. What left before Allen, was a piece of blood-stained land.
The wind whispered harshly, spreading the news out to the world. The plants, the soil too, everything was uneasy of Allen's presence.
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Slaughter.
Leaf tribes, killed.
A flower, the killer.
What? A flower?
That's impossible!
Which flower?
A mad flower.
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A mad flower, huh? A chuckle escaped his mouth, his hands gripping onto Lavi harder. He's healing, he remained himself once more. He killed leaf tribes, it's wrong. It helped nothing, he knew, but at least he wanted to save Lavi. If only this can makes me feel better.
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A mad white flower.
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Just then, images appeared before his eyes. Images that made no sense to him all along, they finally clicked together, showing the real picture of the puzzle. Tears streamed down his cheeks.
He wanted to see Kanda.
The urge to see Kanda was so strong, he could feel himself getting breathless all of a sudden.
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"Allen fucking Walker, stop this childish act and lead us to you already!"
"...Kanda?" He scanned around, yet there was no sign of the raven-haired male anywhere.
The body in his arm twitched, alerting Allen of the awakening of a certain red-haired male in his arms.
"You should... reply to that leaf tribe, Allen. He sounded desperate."
The wounds were bleeding again, Allen quickly heal those wounds once again. Never had he thought those leaf tribes would apply such poison on their weapon just to go after Lavi and Leenalee. He gently petted Lavi's wild red hair, alluring Lavi to dreamland.
The wind whispered again, informing Allen of the presence of another flower coming towards him. Looking back to the direction he came with Lavi, he reached out his palm.
"Go. Lead them here."
His hair lengthens, swirling their way through his hand and only splitting into a shape of a white butterfly with a soft glow when they reached his palm. The butterfly took off, leaving Allen and Lavi alone with those piles of corpse surrounding them.
"Reach to them in time, please." Allen muttered silently to himself,
"I can't hold on... much longer."
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Today, the leader stood before me again. His hand reaching out to me once more.
Just what does he wants?
Hesitating, I raised my hand and placed it above his. A smile broke out, earning a loud roar of cheering from the other leaf tribes. What happened?
I glanced at Yuu, he was simply stared at me with a bored look. Deep down, I could sense that he was happy about something. Was it something I did? I just took the leader's hand, what's so happy about that? Staring at Yuu once more, I smiled to myself. Well, as long as Yuu is happy.
Yuu did not come later. He was dragged by other leaf tribes for a "party", though I could not understand what was worth celebrating for.
Looking down onto my feet, my smile widen.
My legs grew.
Soon, maybe a day more or two, I could finally walk like the other leaf tribes. I still can't hear, but that's okay. Yuu can translate them for me.
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There were noises from behind me. These foreign smell, what are they?
Before I knew it, I was chopped off the tree forcefully, my legs disconnected from my body. I turned back, only to find my legs hanging at the tree, blood flowing out from it.
"...!" Tears were starting to bluring my sights, yet I did not feel the need to rub them off.
I thought I could finally walk with Yuu.
I thought I could finally go around my leaf tribes with my legs after it matures.
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The tears won't stop.
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More noise.
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I could feel myself being dragged further away from the tree, away from my Yuu. I reached my hands out and yelled out, yet no voice escaped. It was then I realized,
I still could not speak.
My magic was not working. Ha, who was I kidding? Flowers' power can only be used when they manage to speak. For other flowers, speaking was the first thing they knew, so they could master their magic in early stages.
But I'm different.
My tree was dying, so I was deformed in a way. If only my leaf tribes knew.
If only they know.
If only.
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TBC
A/N : Well that's it for this chapter. In this chapter, I inserted Allen's past memories when he was still on the tree. So, yeah now we know it was not that Allen abandoned the leaves. He can't. He was not mature enough. Well, he was almost mature after a long wait, but damn humans need to do that to him. ((hey, you are a human too.)) By the way, I'm working on a Lucky fic since there were like really little Lucky ff in this website. Lucky is my second pairing after Yullen X3 It will be a one-shot... Most probably. For those Lucky lovers, do check it out when it's out. I will inform you guys in the author's note when I finish the Lucky fic~!
REVIEWS
Cutiepie120048 : Lavi tried to... He really did. Too bad, a leaf tribe is too weak to go against a flower.
Silent Death Walker : Here's more for you~
kurie-tibiti :Thanks for the compliment! Here's more~
The Fourteenth Noah : Allen in straight jacket... ((imagines)) Damn, that looks hot ((hey!))