A/N: Once again, not editing, I just really want to get caught up right know... so I apologize for any mistakes. I hope you guys are liking the story. So the romance is finally starting up and I think I did an okay job at it. Kanda is a little OOC (I think) but hey, what can you do right? Hope you enjoy this instalment~!

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You and Me, That's All We Need

Chapter 3: Home to Love; A Loving Kiss

Kanda looked at Allen with pure shock on his face. The exorcist didn't even try to hide it. Allen just wanted to disappear but seeing as how he was the one holding Kanda up, he couldn't truly do that. Haze just tilted it's head, not really knowing what the hell was wrong.

"What. Did. You. Say?" Kanda's voice was soft but held loads of malice in each word he spat out. Oh how Allen just wanted to disappear.

"I said that Haze was my akuma." It was a whinny voice that a stubborn child would use. Kanda che-ed.

"What the hell do you mean by that!" He roared, grimacing as his throat suddenly burned as his lungs hurt. Allen gave a harsh glare that made Kanda want to shrink himself.

"You will not raise you're voice at me in your condition, understand."

"What are you, my mother?" Allen twitched, and injuries be damned, he stood up. The unsuspecting Kanda fell to the side, grunting in pain as his bruised body contacted the ground. "What the hell was that for?!" The samurai soon entered a coughing fit from raising his voice. Once it settled Allen stood in front of him with Haze by his size. Wow... that akuma was really tall, at least a two head sizes taller than the bean.

"No Kanda, I am not your mother." Haze gave a haunting smile at the comment, Kanda shuddered. "I simply don't want you to get hurt any more than you already are." A light blush decorated his cheeks, and Kanda felt himself blushing as well. Haze, being the strange thing it was placed an arm on Allen's shoulders and leaned off the side, appearing weightless.

"Calm down, Kanda~ Master just wants ya to be healthy." Kanda growled at the akuma. "Now, now, Mr. Kitty-Kin's don't be angry at Haze-y"

"Haze, stop teasing the poor idiot, it's not good for you." The adult teen focused his glare to Allen. "Kanda, I won't tell you anything until you are all better. And I am dead serious. You and Link have been out for two days now, you're lucky that Haze was here or else I would have had anything to stop the bleeding, so try and get along. I'm going to go check on Link." And just like that, Allen disappeared inside the tent.

Haze sat down beside the unmoving Kanda cross-legged. It tilted it's head in a confused matter as it looked at the exorcist with no eyes. Said exorcist che-ed and closed his eyes, trying to pretend that it wasn't there.

"You should be nicer to Master." It was spoken in a serious tone, much different from the earlier playful one. "He is very sensitive to other's at the moment." Kanda wanted to shout that he knew. How could he? When he had spent so much time with the brat and had paid so close attention. How he noticed that his smile was smaller and sadder whenever someone greeted him. How he avoided all of his friends because of the fear he did not want to face. How he even started arguing less with him. How Allen was slowly becoming something that wasn't Allen.

"Don't worry, Kanda. Master will win, I know. Haze always knows such things. However, Haze also knows that Master's final decision will be up to your actions.

"What do you mean?" Though reluctant to talk with this akuma, Kanda wanted information.

"Will, wither to go to the other Noah's or not." The black-haired teen sucked in his breath as the news hit him in the face. It was true, even if Allen won the fight, he was still a Noah, and thus he still had that final choice.

"But why me?" Haze gave a soft, approving smile.

"Because Master loves you." Kanda gripped the dirt, turning his eyes to look at Haze. But before he could ask what he meant, Allen had come out of the tent. Said boy sighed heavily and sat down in front of the other two.

"Link will be awake by tomorrow. Once he's awake I say we head out, he should be able to walk and Haze can carry Kanda." Haze simply nodded while Kanda seethed. He didn't want to be a handicap. Allen simply smiled at the man.

"Like I said back at home, I'll protect you Kanda." And Kanda wasn't sure, but suddenly Allen's annoying smile was much brighter and meaningful than ever before.

"Master, what of the Black Order. Will they accept me?" The boy paused and then nodded soon after.

"Yeah, we can just say that you're a convert." Kanda was lost as the two continued their discussion. After ten minutes, the samurai had a set of questions he wanted to ask.

"Bean sprout, why did you say that it's yours?" Allen looked at Kanda with confused look before understanding that he was asking a question.

"Well, I don't really know. I just know that it belongs to me."

"So it doesn't follow the Earl?" Haze answered this one.

"Not in all seven hells." It stated clearly, disgust evident in it's mechanical voice. Kanda just sweat dropped before continuing.

"But it's not a convert?"

"No."

"So, it's a normal akuma?"

"Well..." Allen tried organizing his thoughts. "Haze is a normal akuma, but it doesn't hold a soul like the others. Haze is special." The teen shrugged. "Any ways, I'm tired. Haze will keep an eye out for any enemies while we sleep. Good night." And with a loud yawn, Allen went to the other side of the fire and fell asleep.

As Haze stood up, Kanda watched the white-haired boy's breathing even, his angelic face having turned towards him. The fire cast lengthy shadow's but Allen still looked peaceful. Haze smirked.

"You love him too, don't you, Kanda?" Walking away, Haze didn't wait for an answer, rather spoke before Kanda could. "when we get back home, make sure to comfort him. He'll tell you what happened for sure, and he'll need you there for him to get through it." A soft hum of heat and electricity was heard as Haze activated it's tear drop belt and zoomed gracefully off.

"Do I?" Kanda thought as he continued watching the sleeping child.

Allen sat down on his bed back at home. He had just had a five hour long discussion on Haze and how he was a converted akuma who meant no harm. However, the akuma was forbidden to discuss anything with him in private and could only, truly, be with Allen on missions of extermination.

The teen sighed, he had really wanted to speak with Haze about what had happened but he didn't want anyone else to know. He curled his legs up to his chest as he sobbed. The horrid memories of what he had done still flashed in his mind every time he closed his eyes. Allen had never felt so lost. A soft knock from the door cause Allen to bolt upright, gazing at the door with fear.

"Calm down Bean sprout, it's me." Allen didn't know what had possessed him, but upon hearing Kanda's voice, he had rushed to the door, threw it open and hugged the man. Kanda stood still at the boy cried in his arms. Remembering the words of the akuma, the older one wrapped his arms around the shaking one, slowly leading him into the room, closing the door behind him.

It was cool inside and not pleasant in the least. They didn't want to give the assumed traitor anything decent after all. Settling Allen on his lap, Kanda slowly stroked the white mass of hair as he waited for the boy to settle. After one last hiccup the samurai decided to get to the bottom of this.

"Bean sprout, what happened?" The teen was surprised to hear such a caring tone come from the other. However this only frightened him more. What if Kanda rejected him after he found out what he had done? What if he feared him like the others? What if he-

His worries were cut off as Kanda gave a reassuring squeeze to the boy. Allen gripped Kanda's new shirt/coat with bare hands as he buried his face in his warmth. "I killed them..." he chocked out tears once more gushed out. He could feel Kanda's questioning eyes on him. "The people in the train... I killed them all when I killed the akuma." Now that Kanda thought about it, if the train was gone so were the passengers. But did that mean that the little bean had caused such damage?

"When, when I saw you dying there, I just couldn't hold it in anymore... I had to do something!" He hiccuped. Kanda placed his chin on top of Allen's head lovingly.

"Tell me. From start to finish."

"O-okay..."

Allen entered the front compartment of the train, when the driver suddenly halted. In a few seconds later, his cursed eye serged to life as akuma began to swarm. He knew that he didn't have time to go back and warn the others, so stuffing Tim in his pocket, he summoned crown clown. The front of compartment was soon blown off and Allen had to shield himself with his cape in order to survive the falling rubble.

Standing tall amongst the front's wreckage, the general-level exorcist gazed at the herds of akuma with in differing eyes. Raising his sword of exorcism to the group Allen spoke loudly and clearly.

"Go back to the town that you have wandered from, I do not wish to fight you here." The group snickered, thinking that he was joking. Soon they charged at him, all two hundred and fifty-two of them. Allen used crown belt as legs as he flew through the air, slicing every akuma within range. He knew that the other two would be heading up soon and he wanted to make sure that the numbers had thinned by then. However, one deformed level three's hand smashed against him. The sound of bones snapping was evident.

The beast of a thing picked him up, but Allen wasn't done. Using crown belt once more, he had it hold the sword, slicing through the others. However it stopped after slicing a particular akuma. Allen's eyes widened as he saw the green akuma hold the sword in it's hands lightly.

"Now Master, please calm down. We just want to help..." It had said, it's voice familiar to Allen. The other akuma had stopped attacking and snickering. "We are the AWOL akuma, those who have lost their human souls and now wander with no master. We wish for you to be our master, boy." Allen looked portrayed disbelieve so Haze continued. "We want to be your sacrifice's. Be destroying us in fullness, you will be able to grow in you all area's of your power. In both your innocence and Noah. Master, you are god's loved one, the exception. You are able to harness both Noah and innocence. However, you must also kill the humans on this train."

In the insistent, Allen refused, not wanting to kill if not needed. However Haze insisted, saying that if he did not, then they would kill them. He knew, in some way, that Haze didn't want to do any of this, but had to in order to insure Allen's safety that seemed so important. When Kanda and Link came, the akuma attacked without thought, only Haze and the monster that held Allen remained sane. As Kanda was being cut down, Haze gazed at Allen. "Please Allen, set them free, even if they have no souls. Set them free, so that you can save your love." And then it dawned on Allen his feeling's for Kanda, and as the maced-akuma moved for the finishing blow, the teenager let out an cry of anguish unlike his other's before hand, realizing his power as both a Noah and a exorcist at once.

Allen was sobbing hard as he finished his story, unintentionally revealing that he loved Kanda. "I'm a monster..." The boy sobbed out. Suddenly he jumped off of the black-haired ones lap eyes filled with an insane fear. "You think so to don't you! You think I'm nothing more than a pathetic creature that should die." Allen shook his head as he spoke. He didn't want to tell Kanda what had happened, he wanted to avoid that at all costs. But now he knew, and he would leave him.

Kanda stared at shock as the teen before him began his mental break down. The story was still settling in. So, it was Allen who had obliterated everything but themselves and Haze. The akuma must have been to quick, Kanda guessed. It was probably built for speed. He slowly stood up, causing the teen to stop talking and look at him with fearful eyes. He didn't know why, but he could feel the sadness seep into his face at the sight. No, he knew, it was because he loved this boy.

"Allen, calm down." The boy perked up, hearing his name called so lovely and softly calmed his jittery nerves. "I don't think you're a monster, not at all." Kanda hoped he was saying the right things as he slowly walked towards the boy. He had never done this sort of thing. "Look, me and you and Link are all alive right? Isn't that a good thing?" He slowly hugged the boy. However, he didn't expect for him to suddenly thrash out.

Kanda grunted as the two fell onto Allen's bed as the boy repeatedly smashed his tiny fists against Kanda's strong body. Incoherent words sputtering out of his mouth.

"You're wrong, you're wrong, you're wrong! I AM a MONSTER! Didn't you see what I did! I kill all those people, all those innocents just for the sake of getting stronger!I KILLED THEM KADNA! ALL OF THEM!" He had stopped his assault but the tears still ran down his face. "Don't you get it!? I'm a monster, I have to be. I killed all those people without a second thought, I just, just..." His hands gripped the fabric of Kanda's shirt. "I'm a monster okay! I'm just like the other Noah's! No, I'm worse, I'm-" his words were cut short as Kanda grabbed the back of his head and smashed their lips together. The two of the remained like that for only a few seconds, neither truly responding. Kanda slowly let got of Allen's head, letting the boy lean away from him.

"Why?" he cried out. Kanda cupped the boys face, wiping away the tears.

"Idiot, isn't it obvious. Listen, Allen, I like you, a lot okay." Kanda was blushing. "And I just wanted, wanted to shut you up okay. You should say things like that. I, I know that you're a good person and that you only did that to save us." Allen's tears fell softly onto Kanda's own face, appearing as if he was crying to. "But, what's done is done. And I don't think that those humans will appreciate you treating their deaths as guilt trips." Though meant o be harsh and teasing, it came out sloppy as Kanda held back his own tears. To see his loved one like this, so tortured inside. He just hated it.

Allen watched as his tears made their own tracks on Kanda's face. He truly looked like he was crying, or at least wanted to. It made Allen feel truly awful on the inside. How could he make Kanda feel so bad as to want to cry? How could he do that to him after all he's done. But, but he was afraid that he would hurt Kanda, hurt him so badly that he would die.

Kanda wrapped his arms around the small body and pulled it into a warm hug. The teen started to cry again. "Shh..." the older cooed as he tried to calm the younger down. "We believe in you Allen, we all do. The other's are just confused, but I know that they support you." Allen rubbed his face into the crook of Kanda's neck, it was really warm there.

"I know... it's just so confusing..." His voice was still soft and weak, but Kanda didn't expect anything different. So many things were happening, so quickly it was understandable.

Allen slowly pulled away from the comfort of Kanda's embrace and looked down at Kanda's. Pools of silver and blue stared at each other until both eyes slowly closed. The meeting of lips was soft and pleasant, and Kanda's grip on the younger boy tightened as the kiss deepened. It was warm and cool at the same time, there was just no way to properly describe it. The two slowly pulled away, new tears falling down Allen's face.

"Bean sprout?" Kanda asked, worried that he had done something wrong,

"Ba-Kanda!" Allen shouted smothering his face into that special spot by Kanda's neck. "Ba-Kanda." And Kanda smiled smoothing down Allen's hair. Kanda was happy that he was able to make the teen so happy, he was worried that everything he did was wrong, but obviously he had done exactly what that teen had wanted.

"I love you too, Bean sprout. Don't ever forget that."

So, what do you think? To corny? Just bad? Or is it actually good? I tried really hard on this, staying up and hour past my bed time to do it too (tis 3am) but I always write better in the night so yeah... Hope it was good, and would LOVE some feed back~