A/N: And here we have the yullen-ness ending. Since this is yullen week, I figured that these should be the ones to use. However, I might upload the other two chapters either today or tomorrow as a appreciation gift for everyone's reviews, if you want them to be that is. Also because I think it's way to epic to let rot on my computer. In truth, option A was written first, but I later discovered how much it has in common with one of my other fics (Just goes to show that I can't stay on one project for too long) and I ended up getting REALLY pissed at myself cause I didn't notice this until I was done the last chapter. This making it so I had to write two new chapters for this fic so that we had more yullen. So these are the "yullen endings" as I like to call them. The real/true/intentioned ending will come as an extra if you want seeing as how it got off love track and into it's own little world. They were just too differnt to combine... -is telling the truth- I really wanted to, but looking at the bigger picture I realized it would be crap if I did since they are almost PERFECT opposites exact from the ending paragraph, though slightly altered... Any ways, enjoy~

Reading Legend

Normal

"Speaking"

"SHOUTING"

Thoughts

Sarcastic Exaggeration

You and Me, That's All We Need

Chapter 6: Family to Love: Bathing with Soap

Allen awoke to a silent room, darkness filling his few in every which way. Grasping the bed he was in, the boy pushed his sore body up. His head stung and nothing was clear. Touching his head lightly, he felt where the mace had smashed into it, surprised that he was still alive. The Noah inside him twisted in displeasure, not liking the place they where in.

"I wonder if he's up yet." Came a cheerful voice. Allen knew in an instant that it was Road's.

"Well after a hit like that I'm surprised he's still alive." That was Tyki's voice! He was really alive! Allen couldn't stop the tears of relief that fell from his face.

"Don't worry, I killed that stupid broker for it. Such a bastard any ways." Allen laid down, not really feeling sorry for the now dead man.

"He really should have been careful though. He might have lived a little longer." he could hear a door creak open but now light shone. Soft footsteps pattered across the room, his bed sunk with new wait.

"Allen, are you awake? Are you okay?" Her voice was soft and caring, holding that cheerful tone that she always spoke to him with. He tried turning towards the voice, only to have a wave of pain fill his head. Gasping out he felt a hand on his cheek. Allen could now feel the bandages that covered his eyes and neck. Just what happened?

"Don't try to move Allen, your body is still weak from that stupid broker." Other footsteps, louder ones, came over in front of Allen.

"Really boy, what distracted you so that you wouldn't notice him."

"Tyki..." Tear poured down again, wetting the bandages. He was alive, breathing and well. Tyki smiled sadly, placing a hand on top of the boys head. "Tyki I'm so-"

"Shh, boy. I know you didn't want to kill me, that was never your intention." He gave soft stroking manners. "Every things okay now." Road looked at the two with sad eyes.

"W-why am I he-here?" His mouth had troubles forming the needed words, his mind still damaged from the blow. Tyki looked at Road.

"Well, Allen, we're here to take you home." The boy instantly stiffened.

"No..."

"Allen, calm down okay. You belong with us, not with those humans! Look at how they treat you."

"No, I-"

"Allen, we're family."

"WE ARE NOT FAMILY!" His head pounded and body ached, but adrenaline flowed through him, causing Allen to continue. "I've never had a family! Never! You and Mana, you're all the same! You only love me, are only here for me because he's inside me!" Tears rushed down his face, and he felt Tyki's gloved hand removing the bandages.

"Shush boy." Tyki said rubbing his wet cheek. "Don't waste your energy." Allen kept his eyes closed, unable to open them. Fatigue settled in and slowly took him.

"I... don't have... a family..."

"Yes Allen you do, and it's far more than just the Noah inside you." Road told him softly. "To us, Allen you are a precious person worth protecting." And then Allen drifted once more to the dark world of his mind.

The trio ran across the town, asking everyone if they had seen the teen. As soon as Haze burst through the room and spoke of Allen's absence, the group had scattered. Kanda rushed through the town, fear gripping his heart. How long had such a feeling made itself known? He didn't know, all that mattered was finding Allen.

Haze scanned from above, rushing around like a child without their parent. In truth, it was lost without the words of it's master. It felt at fault for the boys absence, it should have never left the boy alone. It was common knowledge that the Noahs could come for the child at any time.

"But why, why is it when I finally find him?!" It cried out, black tears streaming down it's eyes.

"Haze!" the akuma looked at the grounded Kanda. "Come on, we got a lead!" The akuma rushed down, following the samurai as they joined with Link at the park. The inspector nodded at the two.

"A couple that lives near here said that they recall a short man carrying Allen. They thought that he was his father and had come to take him home."

"Do they know where they went."

"They said that it looked like they were heading to Lurch, it's the neighboring town.

"Let's go then!" Kanda and Haze said together, both anxious to get Allen back.

Allen was allowed to walk around as long as Tyki was with him. They were in an odd inn that had hot springs, something that Allen never knew could be in Germany.

"Hot springs can be found anywhere, you just have to look." Tyki said happily as he helped him put on his white shirt. Allen's vision had returned but speaking and moving his fingers were still difficult for his brain to do. Tyki had suggested that they take a dip in the springs. "It might help you relax so that your brain can get back on tracks."

As the two walked in, Allen couldn't help but glare at the water. Tyki was already in and had turned around. "What's wrong Allen?" he asked innocently with confused face. The shadow looked at Allen with closed eyes, as if stating that he wasn't going to peek. However, Allen still felt like this was weird, he should have been running or fighting, not bathing with the enemy.

Tyki himself felt a twist of emotions in him. The boys pale body was adored by light scars and his left shoulder look horrid. Though the strange skin was gone, veins and muscles seemed to be twisted. The boy was only fifteen, and yet so much had happened in his short life.

"The water's not going to bite, Allen. Come in or else I'll feel like a pedophile." The teen turned beet red and almost tripped in his dash for the water. Pouting childishly, Allen let the water sting the scars until the pain subsided. Tyki glanced at the arm again. "Does it hurt?" Allen looked up, a question on his angelic face. "Your innocence. Does it hurt?" Allen let his head roll to the side, his mind relaxing.

"Sometimes... What about you? Does your Noah hurt. I mean I did-"

"Sometimes." Tyki interrupted. "After all, I pierced your heart. It's only fair." Allen smiled softly, closing his eyes. He was just so tired.

Lurch was a much larger town, more like a city at most. It had shops everywhere and people even gave rides in carriages around town. The trio wasted no time in spreading out for their search. This time it was Haze who had found the boy's location. Apparently a man and a little girl had signed into a hot spring hotel while caring a child fitting Allen's description.

"Damn it, those damn Noah are probably with probably with him." Kanda cursed as they neared the inn. Haze nodded sadly, still in his pity hole while Link remained stoic. Kanda hated how he began to ask himself if that's how HE acted. "We're here." The hotel looked common enough except for the steam pouring from around it from the hot springs. The samurai turned to the inspector in a swift motion. "What do you think we should do?"

"The Noah's are probably keeping Allen under watch, I would say that we sign in as guests and wander the area. They won't suspect us and it would be easier to wander freely than in secret." Though Haze was uncomfortable in the open, so close to the Noah's, he agreed to it, intent on stay in their room. So, within seconds they weir sighed up and in a big room on the second floor. Haze took over the window chair as Link began working on some files. The only exorcist decided to head down to the springs.

Pulling on a white robe that the inn had supplied, Kanda headed down to the hot springs. Mugen chimed at his side as he entered the changing room. He heard someone laughing as he washed in one of the secluded showers and heard them get out. He just hoped that no one else was in there, he hated dealing with people.

Allen heard the water splash as another body entered the room. Tyki had left to get something, laughing as he told the boy not to fall asleep since his eyes were beginning to droop. The man who had entered was on the other side and Allen, in his steam induced ways, decided to talk to the shadow that was present.

"What do you think? You seem to be uneasy about all of this." The shadow peeked open an eye, his image distorted by the water. A wave of caution entered Allen. "So you want to stay alert? Well, I guess anything can happen." The water shifted as Allen brought his knees up to his chest. "We could just summon the ark if anything gets messy." Two emotions entered him, one of slight acceptance and the other of mockery. "Well, I guess they could knock me out..." The shadow nodded and Allen glared at it. "You got any bright idea's?" The shadow nodded but a sense of disappointment filled Allen. "Right, I forgot you can't talk here..." A sigh. "Let's stay with them for awhile, see what we can find out. After all, you're a Noah too." Suddenly there was a gasp and Allen turned toward the man who had recently entered. He had forgotten all about him, not even paying attention to his surroundings.

"K-Kanda?!"

When Kanda had entered the bath, he knew right away that there was still one more in there. So, being his secluded self, he choose to go to the farthest side of the bath and ignore the guy. That was until the other started talking.

"What do you think?" Was he talking to himself? "You seem to be uneasy about all of this." Uneasy? About what? The person had peeked the samurai's interest and he moved silently towards it. "So you want to stay alert?" Kanda tensed. Was this person referring to his movements? However, the fact that there was only one person who was talking so seriously to himself intrigued Kanda. "Well, I guess anything can happen."

What? Kanda wondered as he continued moving forward. "We could just summon the ark if anything gets messy." He took a sharp intake of breath. The ark, only Allen could control the thing. With extra caution the exorcist moved, wanting it to desperately be Allen but not to at the same time. "Well I guess they could knock me out." Was he talking about the other Noahs? But just who was he talking to? "You got any bright idea's?" His voice was annoyed, and Kanda now knew that it was Allen. But he hanged back, curious of what the boy was saying. "Right, I forgot you can't talk here." Who?! "Let's stay with them for awhile, see what we can find out. After all, you're a Noah too." Kanda couldn't stop himself as he gasped. Allen was talking to the Noah?! But why?!

"K-Kanda?!" Allen had turned toward him, beet red. His eyes glanced towards the still lingering shadow, worry and fear spreading of his delicate face. "W-what are you doing here?!" He squeaked as Kanda glared at him.

"That's what I would like to ask you, Bean sprout! Why the hell did you let yourself get captured! And why the hell are speaking so nicely with that lowlife!?" Allen knew that Kanda was speaking of the Noah inside him.

"He's not a low life!" He shouted at the man. "We were trying to figure out what's going on and what we should do!" He stopped up and took a step forward, but having stayed in the hot spring so long had made his mind slow and he ended up falling forward. Kanda got him, not embracing really, just letting the boy hold onto him. "I don't know what happened," He sniffed out as he shoulders began to shake. " I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." a wave of guilt flowed into Kanda. It wasn't Allen's fault that he got captured, and Kanda didn't know the Noah like Allen. Perhaps it was really trying to help.

Picking the small boy up, Kanda slowly set him on the springs rim, looking at him with worried eyes. "You shouldn't apologize you stupid bean." He said with a slight laugh. Placing his hand on the other's cheek, Kanda dropped his cold facade. "Allen, please be more careful. I don't know why, but, but when I found out that you were gone I felt a fear that I haven't felt in so long. It scared me, Bean sprout, it really did." The teen smiled softly, bringing Kanda into a tight embrace, tears streaming down his face. Allen could see the shadow in the water and smiled sadly.

"It's Allen Ba-Kanda."

Allen sat on Kanda's lap as the two went back to relaxing, the earlier tension forgotten. Kanda pushed the pale turned pink of his lap off of him

"What's that for!" The teen cried out.

"I'm not sure about you, but I'm here to get clean." Kanda stated as he went off to the change room to find some soap.

The boy watched him leave, touching his left arm lightly, flinching slightly. It was hurting again... Allen sat there blowing bubbles as he distracted the pain with other thoughts that danced around his head. He was worried that Tyki might come back, but at the same time he felt content. Thinking of his Noah 'brother' sparked a guilty feeling to stir inside him. He wasn't sure if was really going to be able to fight them normally again. They had somehow become important.

No Allen shook his head. They were always important to me in some way...His mind then drifted to Kanda, a slight blush layering his pink skin. I'm glad that he doesn't hate me... The teen thought, truly thinking that after discovering his lover speaking to a Noah would have sent Kanda off of the deep end. I never knew that Kanda could be so kind. Then again, I never really pictured the two of us... Allen sweat dropped at the thought. He could recall how it happened, it just sort of did.

"And now I'm bathing with him like it's nothing..." Something clicked inside Allen's head, causing him to tense and squeak. He and Kanda were naked. Naked in a bath all alone. He was just sitting on Kanda lap... when he was naked. A shiver ran through Allen's body. "Why did I have to remember that now!" he cried out silently.

Kanda glared at the room he was in. No matter how hard he tried, he just couldn't find the cursed soap. Tearing through the room, the samurai found Allen's clothes. Driven by the cursed hormones in his body, he sniffed the article of clothing. It smelled like Allen... It was a soft smell that made your nose twitch in confusion. There was no way to relate it to anything. It just smelled like Allen, that was it.

Feeling a bit too much like some sort of stalker/pedophile, Kanda placed the clothing back in the small clothes basket. The skilled exorcist found the ninja soap and brought it back to the bath with himself.

Allen smiled shyly at the man, his face blooming into a beautiful pink. Kanda couldn't help but think that Allen looked both exotic and erotic. The way the steam curled around his bare chest and how it shone with a tint of water and sweat.

He's beautifulThey both thought as Allen noted how Kanda's black hair covered his body delicately, like a curtain of black. His dark blue eyes piercing but kind. The younger one's thought of nudity vanished as Kanda smiled lightly, his cheeks a slight pink as he sat beside him. Allen smiled back.

Covering his hands in soap, Kanda handed the bar to Allen as he began threading his fingers through his hair. Glancing at the soft strips of midnight entranced Allen as a thought entered his mind. "Kanda...?"

"Hm?"

"C-could I help?" Kanda's eyes widened in shock, his face not masking the surprise in the question. Scratching his head Kanda sighed.

"Sure, but only if I get to help you." Allen pouted, his hair wasn't nearly as much trouble as the samurai's but he nodded anyway. Upon seeing this, Kanda turned around with a scowl, letting his companion work through the hair.

As Allen predicted it was a rough sort of soft. It was a pleasant feeling on his fingers as he brushed delicately though the strands taking extra care with each knot. Kanda had long since lolled into a state of pleasure at the feeling of Allen's different hands combing through softly, in both a calming and soothing motions. After the motion had stopped Kanda turned around, a soft pink decorating his cheeks. Allen smiled shyly at him, glad that he wasn't being scolded or anything if he had done it wrong in anyway.

Kanda pushed Allen's left shoulder gently, the boy tensed lightly, but that went unnoticed by his companion. However, he still took the hint and turned around. The older one knew that Allen's hair was too short to really do anything but he could still repay the soothing pleasure that Allen had given him. Covering his own hands in soap once more, Kanda did elegant petting motions with the hair in between his hands. Allen's head lolled to the side, it felt so nice to have such affection placed in even the simplest action.

The teenage adult himself was surprised at how soft the boy's hair was. It was absent of any oil that came with the age and was smooth. The roots were rough and hard to wash probably. However, as Kanda scratched the top of his head he could hear a soft sound emitting from Allen's throat. Ignoring the sound of purring coming from the supposed-to be human, Kanda continued down the strands, soon finishing the easy task.

Allen smiled at Kanda who just che-ed in slight embarrassment. Smiling still, Allen got up and began leaving as Kanda reached out and grabbed his arm, electing a pull to the limb. He had grabbed the left one. The teen let out a hiss, quickly tearing his arm out of the hold. Kanda looked at him him with shock and made to stand up before Allen interrupted him

"Kanda." Allen said through clench teeth, his arm pulsing in pain. "Just before dawn, I'll sneak out of the room. They probably know you're here so we'll run while they are sleeping and take the ark back." Kanda stared at Allen quivering frame, his right arm clenching his left to his body.

"Bean sprout..." Turning his head back, tears of pain made his eyes look like mercury. Pure and dangerous. Giving a small, sad smile as he tried to hide the pain Allen turned away, his back facing the man he loved.

"I'll see you early tomorrow okay? Make sure the other two are there as well." And then Allen left, Kanda's eyes widening as he noticed the pale red scars the decorated the younger ones back. He was only fifteen.

I'm sorry about the spaces problem in the last chapter. I was sure everything was fine and dandy... I hope the problem isn't hiding somewhere in this chapter too... That would be bad... To the next and final chapter!

Also, seeing as how these endings brushes up on Haze, I will, if I have time, write a short background story on Haze and Allen at the time of Haze's creation. I hope you enjoy the next chapter~