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CHAPTER XII: The Beginning of Afterlife

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"Hoo-hoooo," the Earl laughed as he smiled like a maniac. "I will get to fight a Sinning Angel. How interesting isn't that!?"

Allen took a step closer to him, his white cloak almost floating in the air around him. His hair seemed to have the same effect, and his wings were gracefully unfolded on his back. It was one of the most stunning sights Lavi had ever seen, but at the same time it was terrifying.

"You shall pay for what you did to my friends," Allen said and lifted his sword.

He ran at the Earl and swung his sword after him, but experienced, just like Lavi had, that the man was rather fast. The Earl easily dodged and swung his own sword at Allen. Lavi wanted to scream when he thought Allen was about to get hit, but just as the sword was near hitting Allen's arm, the angel flew.

Lavi had known Allen would be able to fly, but had never thought it would look so beautiful. Allen was a good fighter, he really was, but Lavi wanted to help him so badly. He wanted to be by his side, kicking the crap out of whoever was trying to hurt his lovely angel. Then suddenly Allen screamed.

"ALLEN!" Lavi yelled as the angel fell to the ground.

"Such a child," the Earl laughed and walked over to the white-haired on the ground. "You truly believed you would be able to beat me, even if you did become a Sinning Angel? I hate being underestimated like that."

Lavi looked over at them. Allen had a red stripe of blood over his chest; the Earl had actually hit him!? But Allen was an angel, so he couldn't die, could he?

The Earl was standing over the Exorcist and ready to use his sword. Lavi was so terrified his body refused to move. Suddenly something hit the Earl right in the head.

"What the-?" the Earl said, trying to get whatever it was flying in front of his face away.

Lavi recognized that small blur of yellow; Timcanpy! Timcanpy had come to help Allen, his master. Currently the winged ball did the only thing it could do, which was flapping annoyingly in front of the evil man's face and randomly biting him.

"Tim?" Allen asked as he tried to get up.

He looked at the little creature as it tried it's best to help and smiled. If Timcanpy could fight he sure wasn't going to give up just yet. After all, he had to make sure Lavi was all right. He didn't care what happened to himself as long as Lavi would be fine.

"Get out of my way," the Earl snarled at Timcanpy and slammed the creature into a tree.

Of course, this pissed Allen off even more. He got up and got a good grip on his sword again, ready to strike at the horrible golem abuser.

"Geez, boy, don't you realized you will die?" the abuser said.

Lavi looked from the Earl to Allen. Allen couldn't die; he was an angel for crying out loud.

"Allen?" Lavi asked. "What does he mean you'll die?"

"Hoo-hoooo, he didn't tell you?" the Earl said with that crazy voice he used when he was too happy. "Haven't you told him about the horrible consequences of sinning as an angel?"

Allen stood still, simply stared at the man. There was definitive something he hadn't told Lavi, something important. Lavi didn't like it one bit.

"When an angel decides to give up on his job to prevent a human from dying," the Earl explained. "They break the rules which God has given them. That is a sin! Of course, as you can see a Sinning Angel has great powers, like little Allen has right now. But those aren't the powers God has given them, but the powers Satan has given them."

Lavi's eyes widened.

"Indeed, creepy, isn't it!?" the Earl continued. "Unlike the powers from God, Satan's given powers have a major catch."

"Shut up," Allen said and striked at the Earl again, but his attack was yet again blocked.

"The only reason for an angel to be willing to turn their backs on their God would be if they really cared about a human. As Satan is a sadistic bastard he decided that if an angel actually did cared so much they'd sin for them, they would have to have those feelings returned."

"I said shut up!"

"Or they die! So if you don't have the same feelings for Allen as he has for you, you'll kill him. And what does he feel about you?"

"SHUT UP!"

"He loves you!"

Lavi stared at him, taking in every word the man had said. Was Allen really… in love with him? He looked over at the angel. Tears were slowly running down his face.

"What's the matter?" the Earl asked. "Afraid to die?"

"Shut up!" Allen yelled again and lunged out to strike at the man again.

"Too late," the man said and swung his sword over Allen's back.

Allen screamed as the sword dug into his flesh, cutting one of his wings as well. Lavi forced his body to work and ran towards Allen, catching him before he hit the ground.

"I'm so sorry, Lavi," Allen whispered.

Lavi hugged Allen closer.

"Don't be," he whispered.

Allen looked up at him, his mask now around his neck and a smile on his lips.

"Well, isn't this precious," the Earl said, ruining the moment. "I'll get to kill both of you at once."

"Make that three," Kanda said and stood next to Lavi and Allen. "I can't just stand here and watch you two idiots fight while I do nothing; my pride would never survive that."

Lavi and Allen smiled as Kanda helped them to their feet. Timcanpy flew over and placed himself on Allen's shoulder, as if saying they were four against one, not three.

"Well, this wasn't a part of my brilliant plan," the man said as he laughed again. "I guess it won't make that much of a difference though."

It wasn't that easy for the three of them, for if you counted Timcanpy for moral support, to fight the Earl. Lavi and Kanda still weren't completely healed and Allen had gotten some bad injuries. But nonetheless they fought, none of them giving up.

"Don't you ever damage my pride like that again," Kanda snarled as he hit the man right in the spine. "You'll regret that."

"You little brat," the Earl shouted and turned towards the Japanese.

Lavi then kick him in the side, making him lose his balance. Allen grabbed the man's arm and pulled him up again, getting ready to use his sword.

"And don't you ever hurt Lavi again," he said serious. "I'll be worse than Kanda."

He grabbed his sword harder and put the edge into the Earl's chest. He let it sink into the man, damaging his heart to a severe point. The man fell to his knees before hitting the ground. He was dead.

Allen's body had no energy left whatsoever, and fell again. Lavi quickly grabbed him and held him up.

"I'm really sorry, Lavi," Allen whispered. "I failed you; I never got rid of your sins, did I? I didn't want to leave you, so I purposely failed. I know I shouldn't have done that, but I wanted to stay with you so badly. And… the Book never got ruined. I altered your mind for a while so you'd think it looked like it was wrong. But it never was… I'm so sorry… please don't hate me…"

"Allen," Lavi said softly as he hugged Allen tighter. "I could never hate."

"I love you, Lavi!"

Lavi tilted Allen's head up and looked into his eyes. Then he pressed his lips against Allen's. The kiss was long and passionate, with Lavi licking Allen's lips, making the boy moan a little.

"Oh great, I gotta wash my eyes with soap now," Kanda said and turned around to check on Timcanpy.

Lavi and Allen ignored him.

"Allen," Lavi said and smiled. "I love you too!"

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"Ouch!" Allen yelled as Lavi cleaned his wounds yet again.

"Allen, sit still, will you?" the redhead said annoyed. "It'll get worse if you move."

"How can it get worse?" Allen replied angry. "It stings? What is that thing anyways; it smells strange, a little like alcohol."

"It is alcohol in it, but-"

"Are you drying to make me drunk?"

Lavi looked at Allen, an annoyed look in his eye.

"Allen, it's for cleaning out your wound," he explained. "Don't worry; you haven't gotten drunk this past week, you won't get drunk now either."

"It still hurts," the angel complained and pouted.

A week had gone since the Earl had been killed. No one knew how he had died which was good; it would be very difficult to explain an angel to the police. They couldn't have taken Allen to the hospital either as they'd notice his wings, but since Lavi was pretty good with first aid he could fix Allen himself.

Allen's feelings had been returned and he was back to being his normal self. There were just a few things different; he had that Akuma scar now, and he was no longer an Exorcist and wasn't allowed into Heaven anymore. He had to live a life as a human now, only with wings. He was a fifteen year old boy now and he would age like humans. He had the normal urges as humans, like eating and sleeping now. And he had decided to make his title his last name. He was now Allen Walker!

His arm wasn't red anymore though, and his healing powers had disappeared. Instead his arm had gotten a black colour. It was in constant pain, but Allen could live with it. He had his Lavi after all.

"There, all done," Lavi said when he was finished bandaging his Allen.

"… it hurts," the white-haired complained, only to get sympathy.

"I thought you liked having human feelings and urges!?" Lavi asked as he slipped his arms around Allen's waist.

"The first week was funny," Allen said. "But I've gotten sick of going to the bathroom and feeling stupid pain."

Lavi laughed and Allen couldn't help but smile. He turned his head around to kiss Lavi on the lips. His kiss was returned and they sat like that for a while, holding and kissing each other.

Lavi never got completely rid of his sins. Though, the Book, which Allen had stated actually did work after all, now didn't show as many things in red blood anymore. Allen had decided to give up on trying to change his lover as he wasn't an Exorcist anymore, but he had written one last thing in Book;

Lavi Cross loves Allen Walker!

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A/N: All right, it's over. My best fan fiction ever is over…I'm actually a little sad, but it was fun as long as it lasted. I must thank all of you who has read and favourited this, especially you who reviewed. I love reviews!

I remember I promised to write an extra chapter for this story, which I will do. But it's not a story; it's a Q&A chapter! How will this work you ask!? Well, here's how the next and last chapter will work;

1: Lavi, Allen and Kanda will answer ANY question you have to ask them.

2: The questions must evolve around Sinning Angel, not D. Gray-Man in general.

3: You can ask ANYTHING.

4: No more than THREE questions per reviewer.

Think you'll be up to it? Just send them in and the answer will come soon. I think I'll write it in a week.

About the sequel to this then; the title will be Sinning Angel: Afterlife. It will most likely not have much of a plot, but be all about how Allen tries to live as a human with Lavi's help. It will be mainly humor, but also romance since there is hardly any in this. Look forward to it!