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CHAPTER XI: Final Fight Begins

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Allen had been in physical pain before, but he had never really cared. Pain was a way of cleansing your soul, so he really had had no problems with it. But he had never felt anything as horrible as the pain he felt now. It felt like his skin was being cut over and over again, like his wings pulled out and like his whole soul was caught on fire.

He screamed again. It was almost unbearable! Soon he found himself drifting to some kind of slumber, slowly losing his control over his senses. He could hear faint scream; that was all. A scream that… sounded like Lavi!? No… Lavi wasn't there… was he?

"ALLEEEEN!" Lavi screamed, running towards the egg-like thing.

He was stopped when someone grabbed his shoulder.

"Oh, I don't think so, kid," Tyki said, smiling his devilish smile. "Our lord is pretty sure the Egg will work this time, so you don't dare ruining anything."

Lavi tried to free himself, but Tyki was unbelievable strong. Kanda ran towards his friend to help him, but a tall man placed himself in front of the teen, blocking his way.

"Skin, please take the samurai-wannabe out," the Earl told the tall man. "He will be in the way. Besides, I don't really like his potty-mouth."

The man, Skin, grabbed Kanda's injured arm and dragged him outside. Lavi was worried a little second about what the man would do to his friend, but soon remembered he had other things to think about.

"Will it work this time?" Road asked as she climbed onto the Earl's back. "It's sad when it doesn't work…"

"No worries, I'm quite sure it will," the man said and patted the girl's head.

Lavi looked up at the angel who was still in the Egg. His skin was covered in so many stars it looked completely dark now, and his wings looked like someone had pulled out half of the feathers. It looked like he was in so much pain…

The redhead looked up at the man holding him and noticed he was looking at Allen as well as the other Noahs. Maybe he didn't pay that much attention to Lavi now? Lavi quickly elbowed Tyki in the chest, and just like he had thought, the Portuguese man let go. The redhead ran over to the Egg.

"No, you can't!" Road yelled and ran after him, grabbing his arm.

"Let go!" Lavi yelled.

"No, you can't ruin the Egg," the girl screamed. "If you do, then the Ark won't be complete."

"Like I give a damn!"

The blue-haired girl bit his arm. Really, little girls who bite are dangerous, and Road sure bit hard. Lavi knew better than to hit girls, and that it was probably called a sin to do so, but he punched Road in the face, sending her flying off of him. He felt a little sting of guilt, but soon recovered as he remembered the Egg. He turned around and was faced by the Earl's creepy smiling face.

"Little boy, I can't let you destroy my Egg," he said and laughed.

"Get away!" Lavi yelled and tried to push the man away, but to no use. "You can't do this to Allen."

"Ah, but I can," the creepiness said. "Don't worry though; once he's in the Ark he will feel no pain and he will be at peace. I think…"

"It's much like a substitute for Heaven really," Tyki said and walked up to stand next to his leader. "Just without all those God-things. Believe me, Allen will be fine."

Tyki reached out to grab Lavi and lead him away, but the redhead backed away. He looked up at the two men and smiled an evil smile. Tyki tilted his head as if asking why he was smiling.

"You know," Lavi said slowly. "My brother… he was just a kid, but he wasn't exactly sane. Neither was I actually… But I wasn't as bad as Deak; he was often called insane by others. One thing about him was that he sort liked… blowing things up and burning things. It was always funny actually, watching him put fire on things like the couch or our house. He even named his so-called burning-skills something; Hiban."

Lavi pulled his lighter from his pocket and lit it.

"And trust me, I loved his Hiban," he said and threw the lighter over his shoulder.

It landed not far from Road's unconscious body and soon some papers lying around were caught on fire. Tyki's eyes widened.

"ROAD!" he yelled and ran over to the girl to get her away from the flames, followed by the Earl.

Lavi took this opportunity to run up to the Egg and knock it over. He had feared that maybe he too would be swallowed by it, but luckily the entire thing fell over. It was apparently liquid whatever the substance in it was, as it flooded everywhere. The redhead caught Allen just before the angel hit the floor.

"Allen?" Lavi asked.

Allen slowly opened his eyes and looked at his saviour.

"Lavi?" he asked, his voice hoarse.

He winced in pain as he tried to sit up so he decided to lean against Lavi's chest a little bit longer. He felt really tired and being held by Lavi was so very comfortable.

"Allen, are you okay?" Lavi asked worried.

Allen closed his eyes, not answering. Lavi was just about to shake him to prevent him from falling asleep, but then noticed something happen to the boy. His now very dark skin got several light spots. The spots grew and after a while his entire skin was again light, all the dark stars sort of floating towards a red star above his left eye. When all the black stars had disappeared, only the red one was still there, and from it was a thin red line that went over his left eye. It looked like a red scar.

"Lavi," Allen whispered and looked up at him. "I'm sleepy… never been that before…"

"Come on," Lavi said as he tried to help Allen to his feet.

It seemed like the Exorcist had no more strength whatsoever, so Lavi decided to carry him outside. As much as he wanted Allen to lye still and not move, they had to get out before the building collapsed. The redhead started to think that the Hiban had not been a very good idea after all.

Luckily for them Lavi remembered the way out so they got outside pretty fast. The redhead out the angel down on the ground and looked up at the house. The entire thing was now in flames. His eyes widened; had Kanda gotten out?

"Stupid… moron," someone said irritated at Lavi's left.

He turned around and saw Kanda standing there, clutching his arm while panting.

"Yuu!" Lavi said happily, his heart feeling much lighter.

"You… idiot!" Kanda yelled and hit him over the head. "You put the building on fire!? You put the building on fire!"

"Well… I had to save Allen," Lavi defended himself.

"Well, you could have waited a little bit, couldn't you!?" Kanda continued to yell. "I was in another room filled with… I dunno, rocks and rainbows I think, fighting that fat guy. And trust me, he's freakin' strong. Then suddenly I can smell smoke and I see flames in the hallway. Of course, my bad luck was with me today, and when I was running outside I tripped. Because of you I'm in hell of a lot of pain!"

Lavi stared up at his pissed friend.

"It's nice to see you're all right, Yuu," Lavi said.

"I am not all right," Kanda screamed into Lavi's hear. "And this is your fault! You and your lack of trust in GPSs."

Lavi rolled his eyes. Next time he saw a GPS he would kill it. Allen opened his eyes again and sat up, ignoring the pain. He reached out to grab Kanda's arm and then placed his left hand over the wound. His eyes got teary, but he didn't really mind.

"Hey, you don't have to do that," Kanda said, knowing what the angel was doing.

"Nonsense," Allen said and smiled a weak smile. "I want to help you."

"Oh, what a lovely sight," a voice said behind them. "Heh, now I also know why I hate people with multiple personalities; apparently they burn down my house."

The Earl moved closer to the three of them. He was holding a huge black sword with a white cross painted on it. It was clearly that was the way they were going to die; being chopped to pieces.

"You have ruined our chances of completing the Ark," the man said, clearly pissed off. "You will regret this, you brats."

The Earl held the sword firm in his hands as he ran towards the three friends. Most villains want people to suffer and the easiest way to do that is to hurt or kill the people they love. The Earl could be counted as a villain so of course he wanted Lavi to feel as much pain as possible; he swung his sword at Allen.

Kanda, whom Allen was still grabbing onto, picked the angel up and moved him just before any blood would have been spilled. While the Earl had his arms down Lavi punched him right in the face. He didn't have a weapon himself, but he was damned good at martial arts actually.

"Kanda, get Allen to safety," Lavi said.

Kanda nodded and picked Allen up. Allen protested all the time, saying he had to help Lavi, but really, there was nothing a boy who was about to pass out could do to help. He still protested though, no matter how much Kanda said that Lavi would be fine. Eventually Kanda gave up on getting Allen far away, but he had gotten him away from the soon-to-be fight at least.

"Little boy," the Earl said. "Are you sure you ought to fight me alone?"

Lavi smiled and ran towards the man, striking out to hit him. It was surprising how fast the man was as he dodged Lavi's punch at once. He grabbed the redhead's hand and threw him towards a tree. Lavi could have sworn he broke half of his ribs when he hit that tree.

He didn't give up though, and launched at the creepy man again, this time kicking him right in the face. At that moment the Earl swung his sword and hit Lavi over the left shoulder. The teen yelled out in pain and fell to his knees.

"LAVI!!!" Allen screamed, trying to free himself from the Japanese boy's grip.

Lavi tried to ignore this as Allen's screams only made him feel loads worse. He tried to get up, but the pain was already making his vision blurry, and he had lost a lot of blood already. Also, he couldn't move his arm properly. The Earl was ready to strike again, but before he could, he got a rock to his head and fell. Allen ran towards Lavi, finally free from Kanda and ignoring the horrible pain.

"Lavi, are you all right?" he asked, tears running down his cheeks.

"I'm fine, Allen," Lavi said, trying to keep his voice steady.

Of course, Allen didn't buy any of that and hurriedly put his left hand on Lavi's shoulder, healing at least a bit of it.

"Lavi, he's right, you can't fight him alone," the white-haired said and sniffed, trying to stop his tears.

"Well, Kanda's too beat up and you're too weak right now," the redhead replied, a little irritated. "I have to fight him or you will both die."

Allen smiled and looked into Lavi's eye.

"Do you trust me?" he asked.

Lavi was surprised at the sudden question, but nodded. Allen forced himself to stand up. He turned to face the Earl who had just gotten to his feet as well. Then the boy looked up to sky.

"Father, forgive me for I will sin," he said calmly.

Suddenly Allen was surrounded by a white flash, so strong Lavi had to look away. When he looked at Allen again his eye widened. Allen's wings were even more beautiful than before, he had for some reason a long white cape and a silver mask covering his eyes. It looked like his left arm was gone and in his right hand was a sword just like the Earl's, only white with a black cross.

"My my," the Earl said and laughed. "You are truly desperate to save your friends, are you not?"

"I will do anything for my friends," Allen said.

"Apparently," the man said. "You're even willing to turn your back on your precious God by becoming a Sinning Angel."

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A/N: Am I the God of awful cliffies or what!? What will happen now? Will they all die? Or will they survive? Maybe will they all eat ice-cream? Who knows!?

Yes, you might have noticed a lot of thing similar with the original series. Which is good! Like the Kanda-Skin fight; actually this was an accident, but I was all, "Hey, this DID happen!" so I was happy. And the way Allen got his scar; not the same way, no, BUT because of Akuma-things nonetheless. Also, he has been covered in Akuma stars at a point. Also, Lavi's Hiban; have you ANY idea how hard it is to get a HAMMER into an AU fan fiction? It's so difficult! I just dropped it and used only Hiban instead.

Now, this might upset you, or it might not; the next chapter will be the last. This thing was supposed to last for 13 chapters, but sadly I can't think of anything more to use… But I WILL make a sequel! And I decided I will have a bonus chapter for this.