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Here is the next chapter! (so this story is no longer discontinued!) I actually am enjoying writting more of this story. I thought I was done with it! Enjoy!
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That night, Lenalee dreamt of the awful, destroyed world again. She didn't bother to look around; she knew where she was; saw her dead friends in the water.
Then something changed. It took her by surprise. Allen was walking across the water, black hood over his face. She couldn't help herself and ran to him.
"Allen…" she whispered, staring at the friend in front of her.
"Hello, Lenalee." His voice sounded odd, almost a hiss and she still couldn't see his face.
"Al-Allen?" she murmured, a bit afraid.
"Oh, I'm not the Allen you're looking for." he told her, smirking. Lenalee watched with wide eyes as he pulled his hood back revealing his wide, blood-red eyes.
She shrieked and took several steps back, staring at him in horror. He raised his hand, his black, clawed hand and reached towards her. Lenalee fell back into the water with a splash.
"What are you?!" she asked, still staring at him.
"I'm Allen's dark side." He told her, his smirk widening.
"D-dark side?"
"I've taken over his body…this is my body." He sent a cackling laugh into the air. It echoed off the destroyed buildings. "He won't ever come back…he's gone." He pointed to the water below him. At first Lenalee didn't know what he was talking about, and then she looked down.
"Allen…" she whispered, seeing the familiar face on the other side. He was floating under the water. When she looked closer, she realized it was the other side of the dream world.
"What did you do to him?!"
"Nothing…I simply put him to sleep."
"Bring him back!"
"No. I like being in control. It's nice…to have the power to--" he reached out and gently touched her cheek "—touch people…to be able to do something. I don't have to sit back and watch now." Lenalee shuddered at the look in his red eyes.
"You can't save him." He murmured as she turned her eyes back to the water below her, "He can't ever come back."
"He can! He's only asleep!"
"His soul is asleep."
"His soul can wake up!" Lenalee cried, determined. The dark Allen seemed taken back by her attitude, "I will do whatever it takes to wake him!"
"You really do love him." He murmured, glaring at her.
"I do." She hissed, returning his the look.
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Sayoi stared at Lavi. He wanted her to what?
"Wh-what?" she finally choked out.
"Lenalee won't wake up and neither will Allen. I need you to go on a mission with Kanda to see what the Noah are up to. We're pretty sure where they are."
"M-me? But…but I can't!" she cried, shaking her head. Lavi smiled at her.
"You can…Kanda will take care of you. I would go too, but I have to stay here to watch over Lenalee and Allen. Bookman wants me to find a way to wake them up."
"Oh…" she whispered, looking down.
"You can do it!" Lavi said, grinning. He placed his hands on her shoulders, "I have confidence in you." Sayoi blushed brightly. And with those words, she was sent on her new mission.
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Lavi had put on a brave face for the younger exorcist. In truth, he was in a panic. His friends wouldn't wake up and even Bookman couldn't tell him exactly why or what to do. He'd said that they were in a deep sleep and couldn't really tell him anything else.
The red-head sat next to their beds in the infirmary. There was nothing he or anyone else could do. It was torture.
Bookman had determined that it was most likely an outside force and that the best thing to do would be to find the Noah and stop whatever they were doing. It was their best hope. And yet, Lavi couldn't get rid of the feeling that it the Noah had no control over this anymore.
"Please, you two." He murmured, "Please wake up."
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Sayoi and Kanda were silent as Komui handed them their black folders. Each looked over the information. Sayoi read it in detail as Kanda just scanned it. He looked up at Komui.
"The home of the Noah? You can't be serious."
"I am." Komui told him, taking a sip of his coffee, "You will try to destroy whatever they are doing that is causing Lenalee and Allen to not wake up."
"Two exorcists can't take on all the Noah."
"I'm not expecting you two. I just want to you to destroy their plans…whatever they may be. Just cause chaos for them."
"We can try. I don't know how far we'll get."
"That's all I'm looking for. See what kind of information you can get."
"Yes, Sir." Kanda muttered grumpily. Komui smiled at him as the two exorcists got up and left.
"K-kanda-sama?"
"Hm?"
"Wh-where are we going exactly?" she murmured, afraid.
"Wherever our train is taking us. Hope you like how we board trains." He muttered.
"D-don't you just walk on?"
"No."
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"Eek, no! I won't go!" Sayoi screamed, staring down over the edge at the train below them. Kanda muttered under his breath then pushed the girl off the edge. Her shrill voice filled the air.
"Would you shut up, already?!" Kanda yelled as he landed on the train next to her. She was still screaming. He grabbed her arm and pulled her along until they got in through the opening.
She was gasping; her eyes wide as he dragged her down the hall to a compartment.
"Wh-why'd we…why'd we jump?" she finally choked out.
"That's how we board trains."
"Th-that's….terrifying." she whimpered.
"Shut up and try to think about the mission ahead of us." He growled.
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Lenalee stared down into the water. She couldn't think of what to do. How was she supposed to reach through solid ground? (or what appeared to be solid ground)
"You'll never get him…" the dark Allen cackled, "You won't get him…and you'll die here, Lenalee." She glanced at his approaching form.
"You'll die here." He repeated.
"I won't."
"You will…and I'll be the one to kill you." he told her. Her eye's widened and she quickly got to her feet, taking several steps back.
Her death could have easily come with the blow he tried to lay on her a moment later. It smashed into the stone wall of one of the ruined buildings behind her, leaving a large hole where her head had been.
"Hm…you're good at dodging." he cackled. Lenalee moved again as he attempted to hit her. The blows that followed were destructive, leaving deep gouges on the buildings.
Lenalee thoughts strayed to Allen again, desperation feeling her. She was safe for the moment, having lost the dark creature in the tangle of ruins. She could hear its taunting calls, wanting her to come out.
"Please, please help me know what to do." She whispered. Unfortunately, her quiet pleas gave her away and she was hit. With a cry, she fell to the ground, her shoulder burning with a pain she had never felt before.
"Good girl….now die!" his hand came crashing down, meaning to crush her body. Instead, it crashed into the ground beneath the water. Swear words poured out of dark Allen's mouth as he held his bruised hand close to his chest.
Once he had gained control of his pain, he turned his murderous gaze on his victim. She would pay, and pay dearly. A painless death was no longer an option.
Lenalee was no longer paying attention to 'Allen'. She was staring in awe at the place 'Allen's' hand had made contact. There was a crack that had appeared; a crack in the wall between Allen's dream world and her own.