Disclaimer: I do not own the Dgrayman characters, this is done solely for the sake of fan-girlism.
Forewords: Story took place after 'You May (Not!) Kiss The Bride'. As always, feedbacks and comments are welcomed and appreciated! ^^

Father of the Child

by Sceaduw

{Part II}

Everyone was out working. Road pouted. She sat on the floor, twisting the head of her worn out and most abused teddy bear. Her two favourites were not around. Lero had been taken by the Earl and Tyki was still missing since the wedding. She sighed. Maybe she should go to find her father, he would always spare time to be with her. No, Road changed her mind. This adorable childish behaviour would most likely cause Sheril to nosebleed himself to death. She sighed and threw the bear against the wall. Instead of hitting the wall, the bear fell through a magically appeared portal. Road stood up immediately and gave a huge grin. She did not expect this visitor but she was delighted. An exorcist stormed into Road's playroom through the portal, holding a teddy bear with his right hand.

"Allen!" cried Road as she ran up to gave him a hug. She wanted to kiss him but Allen quickly held up the teddy bear and it received the kiss on his behalf. Pushing the bear back to Road, he quickly took a step backwards to distance himself from the girl. He was a married man afterall. He looked around the room and cursed silently. He was in the wrong room.

"Allen! What are you doing here?" asked Road. She dropped the bear and looked at the boy with curiosity. Could it be...? Had Allen finally come to his senses? She giggled, "Oh I see." She then turned away. She had known Lenalee Lee was not the right woman for Allen Walker. Unfortunately, she did not know the formal process of divorce. Was there even one? It had never happened before in the history of the Noahs.

"Wait, Road!" exclaimed the exorcist desperately, "You see what? I'm here to find Tyki Mikk! Where is he?" Road raised an eyebrow. Oh, now she understood. But still, it won't be right if Allen didn't get a divorce first. She refused to let her uncle be inferior to that human girl. She smiled wickedly. How about getting Lenalee to divorce Allen first? Then they won't need to bother with the procedures and traditions. Now she had something fun to kill time with.

"I know where he is!" she laughed and dragged both herself and Allen through the portal. The portal immediately vanished, leaving behind a battered teddy bear.

"Rooaad! Daddy's here to see you!" cooed a man's voice as the door opened swiftly, "I finished work as soon as possible so I can see you! How's my precious daughter today?" Sheril was greeted by silence. He blinked and looked around. Road was not there. He went over to the pile of dolls at the corner of the room and rummaged through them. He found his golem, disguising as a doll sitting among the others. This way, he could still see the footage of his lovely daughter. He sighed dreamily and commanded the golem to show him the recordings. Sheril was having a good time until the last three minutes of the recordings. He gave out a high-pitch shriek which shook the entire ark,

"HE RUNS OFF WITH MY ROAD!"

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Komui paced up and down the room. Although Allen was on the hunt, he could not just sit around and wait for the boy to return. Komlin VXII was still far from complete, thanks to Reever confiscating all his necessary tools and materials. He gave a whimper at the thought of his past Komlin children.
"Have you signed those reports yet? They are urgent!" shouted Reever from across the office. Komui had not been working for the whole afternoon. He didn't even sit down once on his chair. If their supervisor paced around more, Reever swore the tiles on the floor would crack. He wondered what was troubling Komui. Lenalee was safe and back from the mission already, so what was bothering him? Adding to the bonus, Allen was no where to be seen so that meant a good thing to Komui, right? Reever scratched his head and continued to battle with his own work.

What was more urgent than Lenalee's condition, thought Komui. By next month, people would bound to notice she got a little 'fat'. And then the month after, people would surely notice that Lenalee was not just a little 'fat'. Komui gave a wail and quickened his pace.

"Oh hi Lavi!" Reever greeted the young Bookman briefly as he caught a glimpse of the teen from behind his overloaded desk. Lavi skipped across the floor, dodging the piled up documents, and reached Komui without tripping on anything.

"Hey, how are you doing? You're not up to something weird, are you?" asked Lavi, "Did you find Allen and asked him about it?" The teen lowered his voice so that the other hardworking staff would not hear their conversation. Komui nodded and then he shook his head. Yes? Komui had asked Allen. No? It was not Allen? Lavi felt lost. Then who could it be? Komui had his face in his palms again, muttering something about Lenalee under his breath.

"Why don't you just go and ask Lenalee directly?" asked Lavi. He would go to ask her himself but it seemed a bit awkward. It was best for her brother to do that. Afterall, he was the one who raised her up. There must be a private reason that Lenalee decided not to tell anyone. Komui looked up at Lavi, he grimaced and then shook his head again.

"What do you mean? Just ask her and we'll know who's the guy!" said Lavi. It would definitely save a lot of time and they could go interrogate and torture the man immediately! Lavi was sure Kanda would like to polish his sword with that man's skull. Komui was lost in thought for a moment before he burst into tears.

"What if she hates me for asking? What if she loves that man more than me? What if she then decides to run away with him? Oh, my dear Lenalee!" wailed the man hysterically. Reever heard everything but he decided not to barge into Komui's insanity. Lavi gaped at the supervisor. Right, he had better find Kanda to figure out a way to help Lenalee. Since Lenalee liked to meditate with Kanda often, he might know something useful. As Lenalee's best friends, Lavi believed he and Kanda had the obligation to investigate into this incident. Especially when Allen was not the father. Now that Allen should already knew about it, Lavi wondered how devastated the boy was. He'd better just leave Allen alone for a while. He and Kanda could look into the matter first.

"Hey, Komui, cheer up, I'll see what I can find out!" said Lavi and he made his way out of the messy office quickly.

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"Calm down, Sheril, you're over-reacted!" the Earl laughed, swaying gently on his rocking chair. He was happily knitting a tiny woolly cardigan. Road had run off to play before, it wasn't her first time. But to actually run off with a man, no way. She would return to the ark after having fun. Sheril bit and tore at his handkerchief, he began to whimper and whine about the new job the Earl had assigned to him. Compared to finding Tyki, he would prefer to look for Road now. What if something terrible happen to Road? What if they... NOOO! Sheril dropped his handkerchief in horror. The Earl chuckled and continued with his knitting.

Waizurii entered the room and greeted Sheril. His adopted father ignored him, too deeply trapped in his trauma. The boy sighed and walked up to the Earl.

"I see you have another annoying task for me," said Waizurii as the Earl grinned at him widely. He read the Earl's mind then he glared at Sheril.

"Oh, come on! There's no way Road's going to get knocked up by Allen Walker!" the boy cried, trying to suppress his irritation, "I don't want to go find Tyki again! I did that already last time! You go and do your own job!" The psychic remembered the pain he had suffered from the noisy human crowds. Sheril sneered and smacked him on the head.

"Silence! You didn't even get the job done last time!" hissed the man. It was Neah, or should he say Allen Walker, who showed up at the wedding, not Tyki.

"Alright, alright! I'll do it! No need to get violent!" Waizurii grumbled and deliberately threw a mental vision of Allen kissing Road at Sheril. He sniggered at the high-pitch scream as he ran out of the room.

"Now, now Sheril, Waizurii will take over your original task. You're free to go look for Road," said the Earl. Sheril bowed gratefully at him and dashed out of the room. The Earl hummed a merry tune, admiring at the masterpiece in his hands. It had been so long since he held a Noah baby in his arms. Whether Road or the human exorcist, either way it would still be Neah's child. The Earl was looking forward to it.

This would be his last attempt to get his hands on the 'Heart'.

The Earl laughed madly and he flipped over on his rocking chair.

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Kanda stole a glance at the person next to him. Lavi was sitting slackly but silently beside him, watching him. Lavi had been there for five whole minutes but still did not manage to say why he was there. Kanda closed his eyes and continue to ignore him. He carried on with his meditation. Or he wished he could. A finger poked into his cheek and it sent off a raging fire in the exorcist.

"What the hell are you doing here, Lavi!" growled Kanda, "don't interrupt my meditation!" It was rare for Lavi to show up in this place. Usually, it would be Lenalee. And Lenalee would never be so childish. Lavi moved himself closer to Kanda and Kanda raised his fist, ready to punch him in the face.

"Listen Yu! I have to tell you something top secret but you have to keep calm!" said Lavi in a grave tone. Kanda held his fist in mid-air. Whatever his comrade would say, he would still punch him in the face.

"Speak!" said Kanda monotonously.

"Promise me you won't freak out! It is about Lenalee," said Lavi.

Kanda already knew what Lavi was trying to say. He lowered his fist. He should really go to Komui himself before this incident affected the whole Order.

"Lenalee... erm, she... sort of, have something inside her!" blurted Lavi. He didn't know if Kanda would understand what he was trying to say. Aferall, Kanda had been fighting and killing since birth and Lavi bet his brain was all muscles. He watched as Kanda tilted his head in amusement.

"Look, let me put it this way, Lenalee has... well, you know, what girls can do and boys can't!" explained Lavi. He watched as Kanda tilted his head to the other side, again in amusement.

"This isn't funny, Yu! Do you know what I am saying?" cried Lavi and he shook Kanda by the shoulder. The swordsman smiled and punched Lavi in the face.

"You mean Lenalee's pregnant," said Kanda calmly. Lavi rubbed his sore cheek and glared at Kanda, who was going back to his meditation.

"What did you hit me for? I'm not the one... Hey! Wait! You know about it?" asked Lavi in amazement. Kanda grimaced with Lavi's loud voice. He opened his eyes and glanced at the orange haired exorcist again.

"Yes, I know about it," replied Kanda, "Oh, and that was for disturbing my meditation and calling me by my first name." He closed his eyes again.

"Wait, don't drift off yet! You and I must help Lenalee!" snapped Lavi and he pulled Kanda up to his feet. Kanda was furious now. What help? The best thing for them to do was to leave Lenalee some peace and quiet. Especially Komui!

"And what do you suggest we can do to 'help' Lenalee?" sneered Kanda, crossing his arms over his chest. Lavi paused and thought for a second. He had a plan.

"Let's claim to be the father! The real one would bound to show up!" said Lavi, "And if Lenalee deny us, we can then boldly ask her who is the father!"

Kanda couldn't believe his ears. This was stupid, insane as well as suicidal. Think of Komui and his Komlins' wrath. Not to mention Allen's reaction. And most of all Lenalee's feelings. Kanda nodded and patted Lavi on his shoulder with sympathy.

"That's brilliant. You'd better go jump off a cliff right now," said Kanda. Things were really getting crazy. He had to go find Komui directly and break it out to him.

"Wait up! Where are you going?" shouted Lavi as the other teen walked away.

"I'm going to stop this mess," replied Kanda as he disappeared through the doorway. Although not knowing what the swordsman would do, Lavi followed him quickly.

-to be continued-