Right, this is a chapter i just made up. the whole thing itself lasts about three chapters, Enjoy!
Chapter twenty: Running into Rode
"So? What well you be having?" The merchant asked.
"An kind of tea that gets rid of migraines." Ayume answered, leaning over the counter rubbing her temples.
"What is it this time? Lack of sleep? Stress?" The merchant asked as he prepare the tea.
"Dreams." Ayume answered.
"Nightmares, eh?" The merchant said as he put the tea down in front of her.
"You can say that again." Ayume said as she took a small sip of the tea. Natsu and Ayume were sent somewhere off in Rome, to check out something about a possible Innocence and Noah. Ayume placed the money on the counter before walking off. That was when Natsu flew to her from the sky.
"Anything?" Ayume asked taking a sip. He landed on her shoulder.
"If there are an Noah, they're hiding. A few level twos and I think I saw a level three but that's about it. What about the Innocence?" Natsu stated.
"There's defiantly one here. It's some where in the main fountain." Ayume said. She looked at her tea. "This stuff really works."
"Can you please forget about the tea and focus on the Innocence, please. Besides, why do you think a Noah is here anyway?" Natsu said a bit annoyed.
"Because, one they too are after Innocence, and two, because I'm pretty sure Rode has been messing with my dreams."
"What makes you think that?"
"Cause I'm pretty sure it's impossible to have nightmare five straight nights in a row. I wish Allen was here." Ayume moaned, her eyes up to the sky.
"What do you except? A simple wish will magically bring Allen here?" Natsu joked.
"Ayume!" Someone called from behind. Ayume turned around quickly to see Allen waving running to her. Ayume and Natsu looked at each other both very surprise.
"Wow, talk about luck." Ayume said.
"QUICK! WISH FOR STEAK!!" Natsu said shaking her jacket.
XOXOXOXOXOX
"I love the fact that you're here, but what are you doing here anyway?" Ayume asked Allen. The two of them were sitting on the fountain. The fountain had a glass box in the middle of the top, the light that when though the glass gave off a strong pure white light. But the light was not strong enough to keep anyone from looking straight at it.
"Komui sent us. He said that there were signs of Noah here, and he didn't want you to deal this alone." Allen explained
"Wait, us?" Ayume asked.
"He send me and Kanda to help." Allen stated.
"Of course." Ayume said lowly.
"Why couldn't he send someone smarter? Like Lenalee, Kanda's only good for bad attitude and his swordsmanship." Natsu said, he was on Ayume's lap.
"So, where is the ponytail?" Ayume asked.
"He's off somewhere looking for the Innocence. I wanted to make sure you were okay." Allen said.
"That's so sweet. Thanks Allen-kun." Ayume said before giving him a quick kiss on the cheek. You missed. Allen thought, he blushed slightly as he rubbed the spot of his cheek where she kissed him.
"Well it turns out that you got the girl and the Innocence." She said smiling at him.
"Huh?" Allen said. Ayume smiled a bit teasingly, then she looked at the glass in the fountain. Allen looked at it after her.
"The fountain?" He asked.
"There's a glass box near the top, inside it is the Innocence, at night it still gives off the same light so there's always someone here." Ayume explained.
"And there's the problem." Natsu said.
"I see," Allen said, "You can't get the Innocence until no one is at the fountain."
"But at the same time we can't let the Akuma or the Noah get it either." Natsu said.
"Speaking of Noah, have you seen any?" Allen asked.
"Not a one. I didn't even know that they were here until you told me." Ayume said. In reaction to that Natsu tugged on her coat. Her eyes darted to him for just a moment before looking back at Allen.
"Hey Allen, Natsu us to look in case there's a Noah. He likes to be sure of everything. So I'll go check the west part of the city and you can check the east and we'll call each other if we do see one okay?" Ayume said.
"That's find by me." Allen said. Ayume kissed him quickly on the lips.
"Okay then, I'll meet you back here later tonight okay?" Ayume said as she got up and started her part of the search. Natsu flew up next to her head and flew next to her. It was until Natsu couldn't see Allen anymore.
"Why didn't you tell him about your idea, or the nightmares?" Natsu asked.
"Because one it's a long shot, and two I don't want him to worry about me with the nightmares." Ayume said.
"Is there any time you think about yourself?"
"Secrets three and four."
XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO
"So, Kanda, did you find the Innocence?" Ayume asked teasingly. It was late at night, and the three of them got a room that had the perfect view of the Innocence, and even though it was late enough for the streets to be just about empty, people still went to the fountain. Allen was on the sitting on the couch and Ayume was reading a book from Lavi at the table, her coat over the chair.
"Where is it you brat?!" Kanda snapped.
"Oh I'm not going to tell you if you're so mean." Ayume said.
"Ignore the ponytail," Natsu said, "he's just generally vicious. Just tell him anyway."
"Fine, it's in the glass box of the fountain." Ayume finally answered. Kanda started to grumble something underneath his breath. Ayume just rolled her eyes.
"Well," Ayume said as she closed her book. "It's late, I'm tired and I'm taking one of the rooms." She stop next to Allen for a few seconds as she gave him a nice deep kiss on the lips. She pulled back before she and Natsu walked the nearest room.
"Night Allen-kun." She said before she closed the door.
XOXOXOXOXOXOXOX
Ayume jumped up in her sleep, sending Natsu to the wall at the speed of light. She panted slightly, beads of sweat rolling down her face.
"Let me guess." Natsu said in a low hoarse voice as he pulled himself off the wall. "You had another nightmare." Ayume sighed deeply.
"I finally figured it out." Ayume said in an annoyed voice.
"Heh?" Natsu said confusingly.
"It wasn't a nightmare." She said as she got up and started getting dressed, and her face became serious.
"Where are you going?" Natsu asked as she finished getting dressed and opened the window. She took a few steps away from the window as a figure appeared behind it.
"Rode Kamolot, what privilege do I have for this unfortunate and unwanted visit?" Ayume said in disgust. Rode was right out side the window standing on Relo who was keeping her up. She giggled a bit, like the little girl she was, only not as crazy.
"I wanted to see why the Earl is so interested in a pathetic Exorcist like you." Rode said.
"This pathetic exorcist as beaten you more times than you can count, which isn't too high now is it?" Ayume said.
"You're a little of a bitch, now aren't you?" Rode said almost hissing venom.
"Like I care, now, what do you want?" Ayume demanded.
"Like I said, I want to see why you're such a big deal to the Earl." Rode said.
"A fight?" Ayume question.
"A fight." Rode answered.
"What makes you think I'll just listen to you?"
"Because one, I can tell you're just itching for a fight too." Rode said lifting one finger up in the air. Ayume slightly growled slightly in annoyness. "And two, we wouldn't want anything happen to those friends of your now would we." Ayume's eyes widened slightly.
"What?!" Ayume hissed.
"Right now, my candles are all around your friends if you don't fight with me, I'll just have to my fun with your friends." Rode said teasingly. Ayume bit down on her lip, cursing Rode in her mind as she worked out on every possible way to get out of this. She only found one way, and she cursed it in her mind.
"So do we have a deal?" Rode asked.
"Where?" Ayume asked.
"The roof will be fine." Right, because we'll be there for about five seconds before she blasts us to her crazy dimension. Ayume thought.
"Fine." Ayume said. With that Rode disappeared off to the roof.
"What are you going to do?" Natsu asked.
"There's not much I can do but fight her." Ayume said.
"What!? Are you nuts? She'll disappear before you can beat her!" Natsu said.
"That's why I wouldn't be using those powers, and fight with my Innocence." Ayume said as she reached to her board.
"Your committing suicide, you know that right?" Natsu asked.
"Whatever, while I'm keeping her occupied, you need to get the Innocence and switch it out with this." Ayume said as she lifted out her hand, a bunch of white petals started to form and created a glowing white ball. Natsu took it and looked at it.
"You're getting incredibly good you know that? And what are you going to do if….if… you know." Natsu said. Ayume snickered as she tried to hold back from laughing.
"You know how impossible that is? Scratch that, highly unlikely." Ayume said.
"True, but who knows what might happen because of that." Natsu said.
"Good luck Natsu." Ayume said, as she opened the door.
"Wait 'm not finish yet…! You know what? I'm not even going to try. Good luck." Natsu said.
Ayume sighed again, her board in one hand her and the other rubbing the back of her head thinking of what she should do. She refused to let others into her fight against the Noah, cause who knows if she'll start acting like a Noah herself. She looked up, noticing that Allen fell asleep on the couch, which means Kanda took the other room. She smiled sweetly at his sleeping face. She quietly walked over to him, she leaned over him gently kissing him on the cheek.
"I'm not going to lose." She said quietly to him, before leaving.
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