Wolf Pup
A/N: well finally here is the next chapter. –Sigh- I really shouldn't have so many stories on the go at the same time, it makes the wait time between each chapter that much longer, but when a plot bunny strikes, a plot bunny strikes.
Oh and I want to say, that no, this is not a yaoi of any sort, Lavi and Allen's relationship is purely a brotherly love kind of thing. Ok? Ok. Good. I'm glad you get it.
and im terribly sorry for the long wait. I went on a 'surprise' vacation with my family. And my beta's computer is wonky so this and the next few chapters are unbeta-ed for now. sorry. i will fix them a.s.a.p.
Well, on to the disclaimer!
Lavi: if Nella Chan owned us, I get the feeling that DGM would be a yaoi manga.
Nella: probably true.
Allen: but its not... so... yeah so doesn't own us.
Kanda: and here is where she says something stupid about the Easter bunny.
Nella: HE WILL NOT FAIL ME! I WILL SOMEHOW OWN DGM SOMEDAY!!
Lenalee: -Sigh- I'm sure you will Nella Chan.
Kanda: why do you encourage her?
Lenalee: because she's a cutie!
Nella: awww thank you Lenalee! –Heart sparkles-
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"I hate naive idealists like you." He grumbled and Allen smiled.
"And I hate cold hearted bastards like you. Makes us even right?" Allen grinned at Lenalee and Lavi who gawked, waiting for Kanda to turn around and whip some sense into Allen. To their surprise he smirked.
"Che, whatever whelp."
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Two weeks. It had been two weeks since the life Allen Walker had known was yanked up by the ankles, flipped upside down and shaken violently, before being put back in a different spot gently with a comforting pat to the head. You learn a lot in two weeks Allen had found. Sleeping outside was, surprisingly much more comfortable than sleeping in his old stuffy shack, for one. And that his so called 'older brother' snored. Rather loudly.
"For the love of god Lavi! Shut the hell up and let me sleep!" Allen punched the older werewolf who had the annoying tendency to snuggle up to Allen in his sleep. While snoring loud enough to shake the trees around them.
"Pretty girls... long blond hair... nice curves baby, how's you like to come back with me to my place?" Lavi mumbled under his breath, grinning stupidly in his sleep as he cuddled up to the younger boy. Allen stopped at his eyes widened.
"Bloody hell!" Allen yelled as Lavi nuzzled him in his sleep and he jumped away from the older boy, crawling backwards until he accidentally bumped into Kanda who growled deep in his throat as he was wakened by the fearful teen.
"Jesus fucking Christ whelp, what the hell do you think you're doing?"
"Lavi is trying to rape me in his sleep!" Allen cried in horror.
"Don't you mean, 'trying to rape me in my sleep?" Lenalee asked groggily.
"No! In HIS sleep! Look!" the traumatized boy pointed shakily at the redhead who was affectionately nuzzling a bunched up blanket, mumbling as he slept.
"God damn perverted dumbass mother fu-,"
"Kanda!" Lenalee scolded and covered Allen's ears, "Not in front of the pup!"
"I'm not a pup!" Allen whined and pried the older female's hands off his head.
"What's with all the noise?" Lavi asked in a sleepy slur.
"You tried to rape me in your sleep!" Allen cried in anguish. Lavi raised a sleepy eyebrow.
"What?" he giggled, eyes still heavily lidded by sleep.
"You were getting all touchy feely! Talking about a pretty blond girl with nice curves, then you snuggled way too close!" the boy was practically in tears, while Lavi roared with laughter, rolling back and forth as he clutched his stomach.
"For the love of god, rabbit, shut up!" Kanda grumbled as he pulled the blanket back over his head. Another thing Allen had learned in the last two weeks; Kanda didn't like to be woken up.
"Now Kanda, calm down, our little pup didn't mean to wake you up, if you had almost been molested by Lavi in his sleep, you probably would have done the same thing." Lenalee poked Kanda affectionately and he grumbled.
"No, I wouldn't have done the same thing. I would have ripped his face off. And don't call the whelp 'our little pup'! You make it sound like he's our child..." Kanda trailed off into incomprehensible mutters. Another thing Allen had learned; when you wake Kanda up, make sure Lenalee is near by, otherwise you will be missing part of your body in a very short amount of time.
Allen chuckled and stood, brushing himself off as Lavi whined half heartedly about the 'nasty mean sun gouging out his only working eye'. Kanda sighed and pushed himself up shaking his head of any remaining sleep. Glancing over at Allen as the younger boy stretched Kanda grinned evilly. Allen suddenly found his face planted firmly on the ground with Kanda's booted foot on the back of his head.
"What the hell?" he demanded, his voice muffled by the dirt.
"Combat training whelp. You need to be on guard for a vampire attack at all times." Kanda smirked as he lifted his foot off the white covered head.
"No, you just wanted to kick me in the back of the head and force my face into the ground." Allen grumbled as he rubbed the back of his head. Lavi's eye glinted as he watched, as Allen turned to glare up at the still smirking Kanda, he pounced.
"AWWW! MY LITTLE BROTHER AND YUU CHAN ARE SO CUTE WHEN THEY'RE FIGHTING!" he yelled as he glomped the poor unsuspecting Allen.
"I'm not cute!" both Allen and Kanda growled as Lavi affectionately cuddled the white haired boy.
"Guys..." Lenalee was thoroughly amused, as she giggled, the boys were so funny sometimes, but they had to get moving, "We can save this for later, no matter how amusing, Kanda, you need to teach Allen how to track things today, and don't even protest, you have the best nose and you know it. You'll have the easiest time teaching him." Kanda who had been about to object shut his mouth and 'che'd' rolling his eyes before his eyes focused on Allen.
"Fine. Let's go whelp. Lavi, help Lenalee pack up camp, and map out the next few days of travel, we'll be back in a few hours." Allen gulped and reluctantly followed the grumpy Kanda as he stormed into the woods.
"Good luck Allen! Hope you come back in one piece!" Lavi called, grinning at his joke. Allen glanced back and swallowed visibly again, before vanishing into the woods with Kanda.
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"Moron." Kanda snarled as Allen started to sniff in the wrong direction.
"Hey! It's not my fault! This is hard, and I don't have as good of a sense of smell as you!" Allen snapped back.
"It isn't that hard for Lenalee and the rabbit." Kanda jeered as he walked into the clearing Allen had come to.
"Well, they've had longer to learn!" Allen tried to defend himself.
"It's instinct dumbass." Kanda snorted.
"Instinct?" Allen thought for a moment before brightening "Well then I must have been trying to hard! If its instinct, then I should just let it come naturally, instead of trying to force it!" Allen wagged his tail and Kanda growled low in his chest.
"Well now that idiots hour is over track down the scent you were following!" The black wolf glared at his younger and paler counterpart who nodded happily before lowering his nose to sniff the ground. 'Instinct... instinct just let it come naturally...' Allen thought and closed his eyes, putting his full attention on all the scents around him. There was Kanda's soft scent, the smell of the earth, and lingering scents of a few animals that had passed by earlier. There was a sudden breeze and Allen caught a whiff of something he knew he wanted to follow.
"I caught a scent!" he exclaimed and took off, sniffing deeply, following the faint scent on the breeze. Kanda followed Allen as he barrelled through the foliage, following whatever scent had captured his fancy. Kanda glanced around bored, when he realized something.
"Hey whelp..." he started but was ignored by Allen who was running at top speed. Kanda sighed and rolled his eyes before Allen broke out into a clearing. Two faces jerked up in surprise as the snow white wolf jumped into the clearing, promptly spotting what he was looking for, he leapt, changing into his human form mid-air, yelling in obvious joy;
"FOOD!" Allen dove into the plate Lenalee had out for him as Lavi burst out laughing. They had learned a lot in two weeks too, and Allen's enormous appetite had come to light rather quickly.
"Damn whelp! You tracked food?" Kanda growled as he changed back into his human form.
"Wemth ray nomt?" Allen asked through a mouth full of food.
"Swallow your damn food bean sprout!" Allen glared as he gulped and asked again;
"Well why not? I mean, I got here didn't I? AND MY NAME IS ALLEN!" Allen grumbled as he shovelled more into his mouth, sending icy glares at the raven haired werewolf which were not quite as threatening as he had intended, due to the crumbs on his chin.
"Here, Allen you have a spot on your face..." Lavi moistened his handkerchief with his spit before attacking Allen's face with the damp fabric.
"Oh, gross Lavi! Don't!" Allen whined and tried to push the redhead away.
"Come on Allen, its just a little speck, let me get it!" Lavi held on to the younger boy tightly trying to wipe his face.
"NOOOOOOOOOOO!" Allen howled and Lavi laughed as they wrestled. Lenalee smiled softly at her pack and twined her hand in Kanda's.
"Just like a family huh Kanda?" she asked looking up at the werewolf.
"As long as I'm not part of it sure." Kanda glanced away and Lenalee blinked for a moment before smiling.
"Then how come you're blushing and smiling?" Kanda whipped his head around to stare in surprise before 'che-ing' softly and going back to watching Allen and Lavi wrestle.
"We love you too, Yuu." Lenalee leaned up and kissed Kanda on the cheek before skipping over to the thrashing werewolves and bopping them both on the head.
"...Che." Kanda gave a small smile to Lenalee's back before he put away the last odds and ends of their supplies.
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Allen lay on his back, staring up at the clouds as the farmer's cart they had hitched a ride on rolled slowly over the bumpy dirt road. As his mind drifted he thought back to the day he left the village, presumably for good.
-Flashback-
After Kanda announced that they were leaving, Allen had felt scared. He had never left his village before, he had always been in this little patch of world, it was safe and familiar, Allen didn't even know what part of the world he actually lived in, aside from
the country. Part of him was terrified to leave everything he knew, no matter how bad it was, but another part of him was excited to leave, excited to move on to the unknown and see what was out there for himself. There was fear, but the excitement had overridden it and Allen found himself eager to go, impatient for his wounds to heal.
Finally after two days, Sir pronounced that Allen was well enough to leave, but they had to keep an eye on him and make sure he didn't have a concussion. Allen was surprised to find himself jumping out of bed as soon as sir said it and thanking him.
"Alright Allen, is there anything you want to grab from your house before you leave?" Lavi had asked.
"Just a few things, and a few changes of clothes."
"It better not be much whelp, we do a lot of walking. We can't run as wolves much in southern England." Kanda had grumbled.
"It's not much! Really! Why can't we run as wolves much here?" Allen asked.
"There aren't too many wolves in the area and it would look suspicious. Now, hurry up bean sprout! We don't have all day!" Allen nodded thoughtfully before he glared at the alpha male.
"My name is Allen!" he pouted and Lavi laughed as he ruffled Allen's snowy hair. They had left for Allen's shack and he had grabbed a few things while the others waited just inside the small one room shack. Allen rushed over to his bed and pulled out the small box with his money in it. Stuffing it into his pack underneath his clothing, moving on to under his pillow, Allen pulled out a small notebook and stuck it in his bag beside the box with all of his money. Glancing around the room, Allen's eyes rested on a small framed picture sitting on his battered old end table. Smiling softly Allen picked up the frame gingerly and slid the battered old black and white photo out. Quickly pocketing the slip of paper he turned back to his friends grinning excitedly.
"Alright, lets go!" Lavi chuckled at the white haired boy's enthusiasm as he slung an arm over his skinny shoulders.
"You sure you have everything you want to bring?" Lavi asked as Allen shrugged him off.
"Yes, this is all I need." He held up the small bag that wasn't even budging from the stress of holding the few worldly possessions Allen Walker had to his name.
"Well then what the hell are we waiting for?" Kanda growled and stormed out of the shack, ignoring Allen's cry of 'watch the door hinge!' as he slammed the door behind him. The hinge broke and effectively trapped the other three in the cramped hut.
"Damn it Kanda you broke the door!" Allen yelled as he kicked the door mercilessly.
"Then break the stupid thing down, it's not like anyone is going to live here anymore." Kanda scoffed
"You wouldn't be saying that if it was your house jerk!" Allen called through the solid wood. The black haired male and his paler counterpart argued back and forth for a solid half an hour, before Lavi got bored and hopped out the window. He strolled leisurely up to Kanda, smirking as the older werewolf failed to notice him, before...
"Hey, Allen, what about the window?" Lavi called, grinning like a mad man.
"... Window?" there was a loud slap as Allen hit himself in the forehead and Lavi laughed.
The four werewolves finally started back down the slightly overgrown path toward the village, they were going to pass through once more before leaving it behind for good. As they neared the small cluster of homes Allen began to feel nervous. Would the villagers attack them? Or try to make them stay? Allen was frightened of both possibilities. Lenalee sensed Allen's distress and placed a comforting hand on his shoulder.
"Don't worry. It will be fine." Allen looked up at the dark haired girl and smiled nervously before nodding.
"Yeah." They entered the town and Allen looked around bashfully as Lavi continued to chatter on cheerfully, with Kanda ignoring him and Lenalee nodding at appropriate times.
"There he goes..."
"The cursed boy..."
"He saved us after what we did..."
"He won't be coming back, will he?"
Allen was surprised he had never walked down the street before without the angry whispers to follow him, but the whispers seemed different now... less threatening and more... wondering? People seemed to follow them as they walked toward the other edge of town, leaving Allen feeling decidedly uncomfortable. Just before they left, one of the villagers called out to them.
"Wait!" Allen turned and the man along with several of his friends ran up to the group panting.
"Cur- Allen, we... we want you to stay here, with us. We were wrong to harm you. Please forgive us." The group of men bowed and Allen blinked him shock. Kanda and Lavi exchanged glances over the white hair.
"Uhmm, thanks but no thanks. I have people who actually care about me now, and you guys only want me around for protection. You guys shouldn't have anymore problems around here, so we're leaving. Goodbye!" Allen turned awkwardly on his heel and marched out of the village without glancing back.
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-End flashback-
Allen sighed as he stared absentmindedly fiddled with a piece of hay and glanced over at Lavi who was fidgeting in the way Allen instantly knew meant he wanted to raise hell. And Allen wanted to help him. Boredom does strange things to people. Sliding over to the equally bored redhead Allen poked him and asked quietly,
"You have the look, what are we going to do?"
"Not sure, I'm trying to come up with something good, something at will be sure to get Yuu Chan's goat..."
"What is with you guys and using animals? Rabbit, goat? What is this?" Lavi blinked at the serious face of the white haired werewolf and burst out laughing.
"Awww you're such a cute little pup sometimes Allen!" he roughly patted the fluffy white hair and the younger boy batted his hand away.
"I'm not cute!" he pouted and Lavi just giggled, after a moment Allen remember something he had been meaning to ask Lavi about.
"Hey Lavi?" he looked up at the older boy who was sitting on a crate while Allen leaned against his legs while sitting on the oh-so-comfortable floor.
"Yes Allen?"
"Well, I've been thinking-,"
"Uh oh." Lavi grinned and Allen punched him before continuing on.
"Cross is a werewolf right? A lone wolf? How does he manage to afford to keep a house and not have his identity as a werewolf revealed? I mean... if he doesn't age, people get suspicious so... how can he stay in one place for so long?" Allen furrowed his eyebrows in confusion and Lavi chuckled.
"I wondered the same thing! So I asked Yuu Chan..." Kanda threw the chicken that was sitting beside him on the kart at Lavi who caught the poor chicken, laughing, "And he explained it something like this; cross has four different estates all over England. Every twenty years he moves estates to avoid suspicion, and get away from debts. Heh, that man knows how to spend money. You saw his house right?" Allen nodded, "Well according to Kanda, they're ALL like that. Plus he has a rather expensive taste when it comes to wine and cigarettes."
"Whoa..." the young werewolf breathed in surprise.
"Yeah, tell me about it." Lavi grinned, "Being alive so long has some advantages, like accumulating a large amount of money if you know how to work it right. And cross is a smart man. Even if he won't help out much with the war on vampires." Lavi shrugged and leaned back. Allen was quiet for a while as the cart continued to bump its way down the road, the old farmer riding his horse and not paying any mind to the youngsters
"Why doesn't he fight anymore?" Allen asked quietly and Lavi sighed.
"He used to be the leader of a rather large pack, and they were all killed by the earl and his undead henchmen. I don't think he wants to go through that again. Packs are like family, and he lost his." Lavi said gently.
"Oh..."
"Stop asking useless questions whelp. There's no point in knowing things you can't do anything about." Kanda snapped and effectively shut Allen up.
After a time, Lenalee glanced between her pack mates and sighed at them.
"Hey Allen, why don't we test your eyes? To see just how good they are?" she suggested, hoping to break the silence.
"Oh, well, ok I guess." Allen shrugged. "How?" Lenalee sat back, tapping her chin with one finger as she thought.
"Well... how far into the distance can you see? Kanda, you first."
"Why the hell do I have to participate?" the surly werewolf snapped and Lenalee smiled.
"Lavi and I are participating too, we need to test our own eyes to see how good Allen's eyes are in comparison." Kanda scoffed but looked out into the distance, squinting for a moment.
"I can see another farmers cart in the distance, and that's about it, aside from trees and bushes."
"What about you Lavi?" said boy squinted his only visible eye.
"Uhmm, I can kinda see the cart Yuu Chan is talking about, but it's hard to make out." Lavi giggled as he dodged another flying chicken.
"Well, I can't even see it, how far can you see Allen?" the white haired boy looked out for a moment before glancing around at his pack.
"You guys can't see the town in the distance?"
"Town?" Lavi and Lenalee asked at the same time.
"Sure, out past the farmer's cart you guys were talking about, I can see the outlines of buildings. And what looks like a port." Allen squinted and nodded, "Yeah, that's definitely water."
"But Allen, the closest town in that direction is miles and miles away! You can really see it?" Lenalee looked shocked.
"Well, yeah... I guess, that's what it looks like..." Allen trailed off and fidgeted.
"Che, seeing in the distance and seeing things up close are two different things whelp. Are you sure it's a town?" Kanda growled out and Allen glared indignantly at the older male and huffed.
"Yes, I know what a town looks like in the distance and close up." That's what Allen said, but what is sounded like to Kanda was 'yes you damn moron, I'm not stupid like you and can tell the difference.' They glared eye daggers at each other for a moment before Lenalee laughed nervously.
"Wow Allen, sounds like you have really amazing eyes, Kanda has great eyes too, so if you can see farther than him, that's really incredible!" she tried to break the tense atmosphere, but both boys completely ignored her.
"Really? I didn't think you were smart enough to tell the difference." That's what Kanda said, but it sounded more like he said 'you want to say that again jackass?' Lavi and Lenalee exchanged exasperated glances, Allen and Kanda had been fighting like dogs since Allen joined them. Lavi was just surprised Kanda hadn't belted Allen a good one yet.
"Guys, cool it." Lenalee smacked Kanda on the head. "We know he has good vision, geez I was just trying to see just how good, it's a huge asset to have to people with sharpened senses in the pack! You don't need to start arguing over it!" Kanda rubbed the back of his head tenderly as he glared at Lenalee, who glared right back. The alpha male sighed and muttered something about 'murdering annoying whelps' but otherwise dropped the subject.
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-Chapter end-
A/N: ahhh! I am sooooo so, so, so, so sorry my dear readers! This chapter is so short, and you waited so long! I've never written anything like this before so I'm having some trouble with it, but when I get back, EXTRA LONG CHAPTER!! I promise!