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CHAPTER X: Akuma

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It hadn't been that hard finding Tyki's house. In fact, it had been easy, almost too easy. Still, there Lavi and Kanda were, standing in front of the large house. They had a problem though; how would they get in? They sure couldn't knock and ask them to give an angel back, that was sure.

"You know," Kanda said with a small smile. "This is why people normally use a GP-"

"Don't say it," Lavi said warningly.

"… S," the Japanese finished.

"I swear, one more GPS joke and I'll tear your arms off," Lavi muttered.

Kanda shrugged; he had never been threatened by Lavi, not once. The two of them decided to walk around the house, looking for an open window. To their surprise, a window was open. It led to the cellar though, so they would have to find a way up, as they were sure Allen wasn't kept in the cellar.

"Eww, it smells like… cat piss," Kanda said when he had climbed through the window. "Seriously!"

"Maybe they have a cat!?" Lavi said and shrugged. "Or a bunny!"

"Bunnies don't smell like cat piss, Lavi," Kanda said irritated.

"I know that, but wouldn't it be so cool if they had one?" Lavi said and walked over to the stairs. "You think we should go up or…?"

"I think you should use your brain to think of a plan before we go up. Or they might find us."

Both of them stood still, thinking, for ten minutes. That actually scared Kanda as he wasn't used to a quiet Lavi; the redhead normally talked non-stop.

"What if we-?" Lavi started, but was cut off once the door opened.

The two of them hid behind a shelf that was conveniently placed to their right. They could see who it was who walked downstairs; it was a cat. How the cat had opened the door they did not know, but it sure had.

The black cat suddenly stopped and looked around. Then it suddenly saw Lavi and Kanda and made angry noises while walking towards them.

"You think we should run?" Lavi whispered.

"Yes, that cat looks… pissed," Kanda said.

They ran upstairs as the cat leaped at them. Kanda slammed the door shut as he did not want to be followed and attacked by an insane cat; his pride would fade away if that happened.

"So," Lavi said as they walked down the hall. "So much for a plan."

"Guess we'll improvise then," Kanda said irritated; he hated not having things planned out.

They continued to walk down the hallways, both noticing how huge the house really was. They tried not to be spotted by anyone while they looked for Allen. That was a pretty hard task as the Noahs were probably with Allen.

"Well well," someone said behind them, spreading shivers down their spines. "What have we here!? I thought LuluBell was very loud for some reason."

They turned around. Perfect; Tyki and his brother Sheryll! They had really horrible luck, didn't they!? Tyki grabbed Lavi and Sheryll grabbed Kanda, leading them into a room. Kanda tried to kick Sheryll the entire time, but didn't hit, not even once. Then their hands were tied up and the brothers closed the door.

"Well, this is just fucking amazing, isn't!?" Kanda almost yelled, anger and sarcasm in his voice. "What do we do now?"

"I dunno," Lavi said sad and angry.

He had really wanted to help Allen, but now he was caught himself. He felt like had disappointed the angel.

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Allen had never been called an intelligent person. In fact, his intelligence was lower than average. This didn't stop him from at least trying to get out of the room he was in. The only thing he could actually think about doing was to trick the twins outside the door.

"Guys?" he said after he had walked over to the door. "I… umm… I need to go to the bathroom."

"Heh, right," Devito said. "We know angels don't need to go to the bathroom. We're not stupid!"

"But I… umm… I meant I'm hungry," Allen lied.

Lying was bad, but right now he was desperate. He would probably be forgiven later.

"We said we're not stupid," Jasdero said. "We know angels don't eat."

Allen sighed and walked over to the window. He would have time to fly away if he broke the window, but Jasdero and Devito would probably shoot him if he did. Still, he got an idea! He punched the window and it broke. Then he ran behind the closet in the room.

"What the heck?" Devito yelled and opened the door.

He and his brother ran over to the window and looked out.

"He flew away!" Jasdero yelled. "Where is he?"

"There!" Devito yelled and pointed his gun at a bird.

Allen was lucky the twins were so much stupider than he was himself. He snuck up behind them and smashed their heads together; they passed out. He smiled and walked out of the room. He should have thought of doing that in the first place; it was so easy!

He was careful as he walked down the hallway. He couldn't let anyone know he had escaped. Luckily he didn't meet anyone, but unluckily he was still very bad at directions and had no idea how to get out. He was soon in front of a rather large door that looked like it could lead outside. He opened it and went inside.

"Well, hello there," a creepy voice said.

Allen gasped. No… not that man!?

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"Will you stop moving like that?" Kanda said irritated.

What really sucks about having your hands tied up together with your friend's hands is that it's even harder to get free, and you might hurt them as well when trying to free yourself.

"Well, I'm sorry, but we need to free ourselves," Lavi shot back. "We gotta help Allen!"

"Che! From what this situation looks like I'd say you were gay for that sprout," Kanda said.

"…"

Kanda tried to look at the redhead.

"You're in love with him?" he asked.

"No, of course not," Lavi said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"You are in love with that freak!"

"I am not!"

"Are too!"

"Am not!"

"Are too!"

"Fine!"

They were both quiet for a while, none of them knowing what to say.

"I'm kinda relieved, you know?" Kanda said after a while. "I started to think you liked me."

"Don't be stupid, Yuu," Lavi said. "You're simply my object for annoying."

Kanda snorted at that comment and decided to try and free himself, hoping he would hurt Lavi in the progress. Luckily for him he did hurt the redhead. Unfortunately he didn't get any closer to actually free himself.

"Do you think it's normal for people to fall in love with angels?" Lavi suddenly asked.

Great, Lavi wanted to talk now, and about feelings that was… Kanda used more force trying to free his arms.

"I mean, I know it's not normal, but you know…," Lavi tried to explain. "You think I could be together with him?"

Kanda was getting desperate now.

"Probably not…"

Really desperate!

"But still, I like him, but just a little I think…"

Great… he was in hell… he was truly in hell…

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Allen had heard of the man in front of him many times. He was Noah's Family's leader, and he would do everything to get what he wanted. He was a really creepy-looking guy as well, and Allen felt shivers down his spine as he looked at him; it was the Millennium Earl!

"I can see my little minions have done their job," the Earl said as he walked up to Allen.

The angel wanted to run away, but he was too scared. He knew that the Earl had captured angels before, but they had somehow died, all of them. No one knew how the angels had died as it was supposed to be impossible, but that's what they thought had happened.

"The Walker, was it?" the Earl asked Allen, not expecting an answer. "Ah, yes, I remember meeting the previous Walker as well. A truly fantastic man!"

Allen's eyes widened.

"You… have met my father?" he asked.

"Oh, indeed I have," the Earl said and laughed. "He stayed here with a client, did he not!? A shame that his loved one died, it truly was… But that only made it easier to capture him."

Capture him? Had the Earl really captured his father?

"Where is he?" Allen asked, his heart beating faster.

"Oh, my dear boy, you know you can't meet an angel who has chosen to live on the Earth," the creepy man said and laughed again. "Even if you could, I am afraid it is too late; Mana is dead!"

Allen thought his heart had stopped for a moment. He only stared in front of him, the Earl's words going through his mind. He didn't want to believe that. His father couldn't be dead, he refused to believe it.

"Would you like to know more about our lovely family?" the Earl asked and ruffled the boy's hair. "I believe you do! You see, angels were the only creature who wasn't on Noah's marvellous Ark. It doesn't make any sense, now, does it!? God told Noah to collect two of each creature, but angels were never there. Noah even had golems, but not even one angel. I believe we should complete Noah's mission, don't you think so as well?"

"I already knew that," Allen said, his voice sad and hoarse.

"Of course you do," the Earl almost sang. "But would you like to know what happened to the other angels?"

Allen's eyes shot open. The Earl laughed yet again, understanding the Exorcist's eager.

"We have gotten our hands on several hundreds of angels since the day Noah himself died," the man continued. "We have this fantastic Ark you see, but it isn't a boat or anything. A flood can easily ruin a boat, so Noah built an ark that is connected to another dimension; that way it wouldn't get ruined. What we have found out is that angels for some reason refuse to enter the Ark. So, we have experimented a little."

"Experimented?" Allen asked.

"Indeed! We tried to alter the angels' DNA, but it always ended up the same way; they turned into Akuma."

"Akuma?"

"Yes, Akuma. Or demons if you like. We accidently turned angels into demons. But no worries, no worries; I think we have fixed that now."

"Wait," Allen said, not bothering to feel scared anymore. "Are you telling me… that you turned my father into an Akuma?"

The Earl laughed again before saying, "Yes!"

The white haired boy could feel tears welling up in his eyes. His father had had a horrible and short life after he stayed at the Earth, and Allen hadn't even been allowed to know that. And the same thing was probably going to happen to him as well.

"Now, if you could do exactly as I say and come with me," the Earl said and took a hold of Allen's arm.

The Exorcist didn't do anything to protest, too sad and angry to bother. He followed the Earl into another room. In front of him were a huge thing that looked very much like an egg and some things floating in the air.

"This is our Akuma Egg," the tall man said and pointed at the egg-like thing. "And that is the gate to the Ark," he said and pointed at the floating things.

Allen didn't pay any attention as the man led him towards the Egg and was pushed into it. He suddenly felt a sting of pain all over his body, like a thousand needles were being pushed into it. He cried out in pain; it was almost unbearable.

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"Yuu?" Lavi said, his head perking up. "Did you hear that?"

"Hear what?" Kanda asked as he tried to get his other hand free as well; he had gotten so desperate to get away from his friend's love talk he had actually managed to get free somehow.

"I think I heard someone scream," Lavi said as Kanda helped him free as well.

"Hope it was the cat," the Japanese teen said. "I hate that cat…"

"No…," Lavi said. "It was Allen!"

Kanda looked up at him. Both of them rushed out of the room and sprinted down the hallway, towards where Lavi had heard the scream. It was incredible that Tyki or Sheryll had been guarding, but Lavi couldn't really recall Tyki being a genius.

Soon they stood in front of a huge door. They ignored the chills that went down their spines and opened the door. They found another door and opened that as well. Lavi's eyes widened when he looked inside; Allen was inside an egg-like thing, a dark substance covering his body, his wings spread out from his back, and dark stars covering much of his face.

"Allen...," Lavi whispered.

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A/N: Wow, my chapters are getting longer again. And better! At least I think they're getting better. About time I updated too; I'm getting pretty bad at that… But I have school, driving sessions, scouts, karate, cosplay and soon a job. So… forgive me?

Yes, LuluBell is a cat here. Simply because she's cuter as a cat. I really like the way the Earl talks here; it is freeeeaaaaky!

Oh, I have now decided that I want to make a sequel to this story once I'm done with it. Would you guys read that? Because I won't bother writing it if no one reads it…