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11/3/11... My prayers for the people in Japan.

Father of the Child

by Sceaduw

{Part VIII}

That was a hallucination. Yes, it had got to be. Allen spread a smile across his face as he slowly approached Lenalee and Tyki. Although the exorcist was wearing a happy face, Tyki could feel a dark, unpleasant aura emitting from the teen.
"Allen," sobbed Lenalee, tears began to roll down her flushed cheeks. She finally got to see Allen in person! But she really didn't want Allen to see her in this confusing situation. She tried to move from Tyki but her arms refused to obey. As Allen walked closer and closer, her heart raced and she looked pleadingly up at Tyki. "Please, let go," she whimpered.
Tyki looked at her in confusion. She was the one holding onto him, wasn't she?What could he do about it? He looked over to Allen who was only an arm's length away now. Allen was still wearing that smile of his and it was making Tyki really nervous.
"Hey, Allen, she-"
Tyki's sentence was interrupted when a fist rammed into his handsome face. The force drove the man and the girl apart. Allen quickly grabbed onto Lenalee and pulled her close to him while Tyki was sent flying backwards. He shielded Lenalee protectively with his left arm and peered down at the Noah on the ground.

"Oh, so you were... real," he grinned at Tyki, eyes narrowing into an evil slit. So it wasn't a hallucination, Allen thought. The Lenalee in his arms was real and so was this Tyki Mikk. Tyki groaned with the pain and thought he saw multiple Allens. Shouldn't Allen be pinching himself to check if he was in a dream? Why did Allen hit him?
"Allen...," whispered Lenalee as Allen snuggled up to her. Yes, Lenalee was real. He smiled bitterly and hugged onto Lenalee gently. The girl returned the embrace with equal affections.
"Lenalee," said Allen softly, "are you alright?"
Lenalee nodded slightly while resting her head against his shoulder. She closed her eyes and felt his strength supporting her.
"Hey, what did you hit me for?" shouted Tyki, climbing back up to his feet and rubbing his swollen cheek. He glared at Allen and was displeased to see the exorcist having Lenalee in his arms. He didn't know why he had this odd feeling. He should be glad that Allen was here to retrieve Lenalee and clarify everything. But that wasn't exactly what he was going through at this very moment. Tyki felt restless.

"Road! Did you see what that brat did to my beloved Tyki? You have to let me take care of that Allen Walker!" growled Sheril. He paced around the balcony and trembling with rage. Road gestured him to shut up. She watched the three intently from the white balcony. Ignoring the shrieks from Lero, Road tightened her grip on the golem and twisted its body mercilessly.
"That... shameless woman!" gasped Road in disgust. Lenalee would ruin everything! She would torn Allen and Tyki apart if Road didn't do anything soon. Sheril made Lenalee kissed Tyki, Allen was not angry with her but he hit Tyki instead. That was solid evidence showing Allen only had his eyes on Tyki! Road deduced that Allen must have really loved Tyki. She must help those two to get back together! They must right the wrong and grasped the chance that they had let go. Road was convinced that these two should have run away together before the wedding. If it was not because of that Lenalee!
"Wait, Road! Where're you going?" cried Sheril as Road jumped onto Lero and sped down to the street below.

"You look for trouble and you found it!" snapped Tyki. He summoned his huge cross blade and darted forward at Allen. Allen immediately activated Crown Clown and protected Lenalee and himself from Tyki's attack. Lenalee still gave out a muffled shriek upon the impact although she was well protected by Allen's white cape.
"STOP THIS! STOP PLEASE!" she screamed. Why were they fighting again? Why couldn't there be peace among them? She didn't want to see Allen and Tyki fighting. Tyki had a gentle side and she saw it. She was convinced Noahs could be kind and gentle too! Why must they start a killing spree whenever they saw exorcists? Lenalee was surprised to realize that she didn't want Tyki to get hurt as much as she didn't want Allen to. She struggled and tried to free herself. Still her Innocence would not activate.
"Don't worry Lenalee! I'll protect you," said Allen as he gently pushed Lenalee behind him, "and your baby." Lenalee parted her lips as she watched Allen turned to face Tyki again. There was no baby! How could Allen, of all people, also think she had a child? She stretched out her arms towards Allen but he had already rushed forward and attacked Tyki with his black claw. Lenalee dropped to her knees and watched as Allen distanced away. All of a sudden, she felt cold and dizzy. She wanted to scream. She wanted to run up to Allen and tell him she loved him.

Tyki blocked Allen's attacks with ease and was enjoying the fight. He launched another attack back swiftly at Allen.
"So you admit that's your child!" said Tyki as he leaned in close to the exorcist, forcing the smaller sized youth to back up a step. He didn't wait for the teen to reply before he kicked him in the stomach. Allen fell backwards and landed hard on the ground.

"That's for giving me all the troubles!" shouted Tyki as he stormed over to him. "And this-," sneered Tyki as he kicked Allen on the ribs, "is for Lenalee!" Before Tyki realised it, he had blurted it out. He did not understand why he said that.
Lenalee's eyes widened in horror and scrambled over to Allen's side. "Stop this! Tyki! Stop!" she screamed and flung herself over Allen, trying to shield his body from the assault. Tyki halted his foot in mid-air immediately, just in time before he crushed into the girl's flesh. He cursed under his breath and pulled the girl up.
"Are you insane? Back off!" cried Tyki, "Watch the baby!" Seeing Lenalee refused to let go of Allen, he tightened his grip on her arm and dragged her up. Without realizing his strength and anger, he accidentally threw Lenalee away from Allen. The girl landed a few feet away.
"Oh no!" gasped Tyki and he quickly went over to her. Lenalee was wincing from the pain and she glared at Tyki as he knelt down beside her. "Hey, are you alright? I didn't mean to do that," Tyki apologized softly. Lenalee softened up despite she hated Tyki for hurting Allen. She wiped the tears off her face and asked, "Why do you have to fight? Why? Allen is your half sibling, isn't he?" If only Tyki would be on their side and not their enemy!

Tyki was speechless. He didn't know really. It was in his Noah blood to hate all exorcists. But… that wasn't it when he attacked Allen just then. He felt angry and overwhelmed with a feeling that was eating him out. As a Noah of Pleasure, those weren't exactly his specialty.
"I don't know!" sneered Tyki. Turning his face away from the girl's gaze, he found Allen was charging at him. He immediately distanced himself from Lenalee. In a blink of an eye, Allen pounced Tyki and knocked him over.
"Stay away from her!" cried Allen as he rolled onto the ground together with Tyki. While the two were struggling, Lenalee felt a light tug on her arm. She swirled around and saw another Noah smiling at her.
"Road?" asked Lenalee nervously.
"Come with me! It's dangerous here!"
"B-but -"
"It's ok! I'm taking you home!"
"But I want to be with Allen!"
"Go home!"
A portal door emerged silently from thin air behind Lenalee and before she could refuse, she was pushed through the dark space. All she could hear was the echo of Road's laughter.

Allen thought he heard Lenalee calling out to him. When he glanced over to where he last saw Lenalee, there was no one there. He looked sideways and then turned round and round. Lenalee was no where to be seen. She was gone! Damn it! He should have known there would be other Noahs in the ark! They had taken Lenalee from him again.
"Lenalee!" shouted Allen but he was caught off guard by Tyki. He was punched in the face hard, knocked over again by a maddened Noah.
"Where are you looking, kid?" laughed Tyki as he released a dozen of evoluted Teases. Now that Lenalee was not around, he could let his Tease fly out freely. He wasn't sure why Road had taken Lenalee. It could be by the Earl's orders. He watched as his beloved pets fluttered around the exorcist.
"Now, what should I do with you?" smirked Tyki.
Allen glared at him and asked, "What's it with you? You swore you would never marry Lenalee! So what's this supposed to be? We had a deal!"
Tyki hesitated. They did had a deal. Tyki taught Allen the trick of pretending to be him at the wedding using Neah's appearance. The deal was Allen gets his girl and Tyki gets his freedom. A deal was a deal. The Noah gritted his teeth upon the exorcist's words. To be honest, he didn't know really. He should have let Allen take Lenalee away.

"Yes, a deal indeed! You broke the deal first Allen Walker!" boomed a voice from not far away. The two men swirled around. Allen gasped as he recognized this man. It was the Earl. The man gave a crazed laughter and Tyki backed away slowly, trembling slightly at the sound. Tyki had heard that sort of laughter before, and he knew something terrible was going to happen. He took a few steps back and bumped into something. Someone to be exact. He didn't need to turn around to know who that was. The person behind him glomped onto him immediately.
"Tyki! My gorgeous brother!"
"Let go, Sheril!"
"We need to leave now! This place will get ugly real soon!"
"W-why?"
Tyki stopped struggling and was about to ask about the Earl's sudden appearance when he was pulled into a portal by Sheril.

"What? How did I break the deal?" shouted Allen angrily. The teen was too absorbed at the man in front of him to realize Tyki was gone. The Earl gave another wave of laughter and he silenced himself dramatically. He strolled up to Allen as he spook, "where's Neah, Allen Walker?" The Earl fixed his gaze at Allen, like a lion at a prey. Allen froze upon hearing Neah's name.
"What have you done to Neah? Allen Walker!" hissed the Earl and his attitude becoming colder, "It should be Neah standing in this ark! Not you! Where is he? My beloved Fourteenth!"
Allen tried to recall what happened at the wedding. He lost Neah sometime during the chaos. Neah never resurfaced again after the wedding. He didn't know what happened to Neah. Was he... gone? Allen tried to avoid the Earl's eyes.
"Answer me, boy!" cried the Earl, "You promised Neah his body in exchange for the place at the altar! And you cheated! You cheated!" The Earl shook Allen vigorously by his shoulders. Allen faintly recalled this had happened before. It was not like Neah could be shook out of him this easily. He tried to push the Earl away but the man was stronger.
"H-how did you know about what Neah and I talked about?" asked Allen weakly. A little bit of guilt was drilling into his heart now. Where was Neah? He had completely forgotten about Neah, being too over-joyed after marrying Lenalee.
"I know a lot of things, Allen Walker!" hissed the Earl as he leaned close to face the exorcist. He continued, "and I know you're not the father of the child!"
The Earl released Allen as the exorcist froze upon his words.
"Yeeeees... how does it feel like to be betrayed?" cooed the Earl and he watched Allen's heart sank into the abyss. The boy sank to his knees and he tried to grab hold of the Earl's suit to keep himself up.

"... betrayed...?"
The boy chuckled. He stood back up to his feet and looked up at the Earl. The Earl widened his eyes at the golden orbs piercing at him. It was Neah.

-to be continued-