Hello I'm back! I know you guys are excited for Until the End to come back from hiatus! So without further ado:
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Until the End
Chapter 7
The small-scale battle of exorcists versus finders had gone on for six weeks. The finders, and Lenalee, had dubbed themselves the Anti-Yullen League after Lavi pointed out that if Yuu and Allen were said really fast it sounded like Yullen. This caused Kanda to break Lavi's nose, because as he put it, "only the Moyashi is allowed to call me by my first name."
The basic battle strategy of The League was to act like a bunch of petty high schoolers. They performed the classics of name-calling, tripping, and the highly popular, point and laugh. Petty as it was, the fact that Lenalee was the ringleader made Allen run off in tears on more than one occasion. The finders annoyed Kanda and seeing his lover cry really pissed him off. So he was constantly followed by a black aura that the finders feared.
All in all the headquarters was not a pleasant place to live. Lyric figured that it was high time for it to end and he was cute enough to do it
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Lyric was walking towards the training room for secret training with his parents when his opportunity came. Walking towards him was Lenalee and for once she wasn't surrounded by The League.
"Lenalee-san! Can I speak to you for a moment? Please?" He asked in his sweetest, most polite voice. Lenalee stopped and stared at the child that they had brought back. She had to admit, he was cute and she loved cute things.
"Fine, but make it quick."
"Why do you hate my Kaa-san?"
Lenalee paused at the blunt question. "I don't hate him. I'm just angry because he betrayed me."
"Then do you hate Tou-san?"
"No. Until this happened, I thought of him as a brother."
"Then why do you make Kaa-san cry? And Tou-san's scared that Kaa-san will leave him. I hear him talking to himself about it sometimes." Lyric's eyes welled up with tears when he said this.
"I-I didn't… well they hurt me first!"
"Kaa-san's sad. When we were coming here he told me how nice you were and how you'd be a nice auntie and spoil me rotten. But I don't want an auntie that makes my Kaa-san cry." With that punch to the emotional gut, Lyric stepped past her and began walking away. He couldn't resist one last hit, however.
"You're hurting Mari-san, too. He's really sad that he has to be against you."
As he disappeared around the corner, Lenalee was rooted to the spot. She had to hand it to the kid, he knew where to hit her where it hurt and now that he made her feel guilty, she just had to confront Allen and Kanda.
'I know I should've done this in the first place, but I was so pissed! Besides I also want to know why the kid mention Mari-san.'
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The following day, after a night of fighting with herself, Lenalee stood in front of Allen and Kanda's quarters. Steeling herself, she knocked on the door.
The door slowly opened and Lenalee came face to face with "black Kanda." This was the first time she had ever seen look like such a mess, except for when he was injured. He was wearing a pair of sweats, his hair looked a flock of birds attacked it, and his eyes were bloodshot.
"Do you have any idea what time it is?" He growled.
"Umm, gomen… well I assumed that you'd be awake already. I mean you usually are, so yeah…"
"Even if I was it's still to early for visitors."
"I-It's important. I need to speak to you and Allen-kun." Kanda looked like he was about to slam the door in her face, but a tired voice stopped him.
"Yuu, just let her in. We're already awake." Kanda swore quietly under his breath and opened the door wider to let Lenalee in.
Allen and Kanda had moved into one of the rooms reserved for Generals, so it was much larger than the standard exorcist room. It was filled with an odd combination of the men's belongings, from Kanda's lotus and "decorative" swords to Allen's creepy painting from his old room and his food hoards. Lenalee saw Allen sitting cross-legged on the bed, wearing the same outfit as Kanda and the same disheveled look.
Lenalee sat in the chair next to the bed while Kanda took the space next to Allen. Her mind went into overdrive, trying to think of what had made them look so messy. Just as a blush was creeping up her face at the thought, she spotted Lyric curled up between the two men.
Allen noticing this said, "He doesn't usually sleep here. His room is Kanda's old one, but he had a night terror. We only just got him to sleep."
"Oh, I see. Night terror?" She questioned. This time Kanda answered.
"Yeah. We think it's of when we found him, but we're not sure. He never remembers when he finally snaps out of it, just shakes. It takes awhile to calm him down after these episodes." Kanda softly stroked the black hair peeking out of the blankets, as he said this.
"So what did you want to speak with us about so early in the morning?" Allen asked.
"Ah I wanted to ask about you." At the 'you' she indicated both Allen and Kanda. "Well about your relationship."
"Calmed down have we?" Kanda asked with a raised eyebrow, "So the interrigation begins."
"Yuu! Shut up and let her ask!"
Lenalee took a deep breath. "When did this relationship start?"
"Our first mission, Martel."
"But we were sexually attracted to one another since we first met."
"Yuu!"
"What? It's true and as much as she tries to hide it Lenalee's as big a hentai as Lavi." Punch.
As Kanda rubbed his arm, Lenalee proceeded to her next question, while hiding her blush.
"Did you love each other?"
"No. At the time, it was just a crush."
"When did you figure out it was love?"
"God you're nosey!"
"Yuu, please!"
"Che."
"When I had to leave him behind in the ark."
"For me it was when I thought I was going to die after fight with that sweet-toothed Noah."
Lenalee nodded, taking in the information. "While we're at, do you want to know when we first had sex? It was when we got back to from the ark and…"
"Yuu! What the hell!"
"Che. She was thinking it."
"I don't care! That's none of her business!" Punch.
"Ow."
Lenalee giggled. "Allen-kun's right. I don't want to know. One last question, Allen-kun, have you ever thought of me as anything more than a sister?"
"No."
Lenalee nodded. "I understand and I'm sorry to you both. I let my emotions get ahead of me and didn't think."
"We forgive you."
"Thank you." Lenalee was at the door before she remembered what else was on her mind. "What does Mari-san think of me?"
Both men sniggered and Kanda said, "Oh, he defiantly does not see you as a sister."
"… Oh my God! Nii-san's going to kill him!" And with that Lenalee bolted out the door.
"Well that was easy," Kanda said.
"We in the Black Order are her family. It'll take something more than this for family to be torn apart. I'm glad she came around, but I fear the finders will never like you."
"Che. Like I care. Let's go to sleep." They got under the covers with Lyric snuggled between them. They didn't even notice when Lenalee snuck back in and took a picture of the sleeping family with a "kawaii."
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Gotta love the bluntness of small children. If you're wondering what night terrors are, they're like the ultimate nightmare. You wake up screaming; not remembering anything, and sometimes might attack those trying to calm you down, because you don't recognize your surroundings. This can happen when people have experienced something violent.
Whew there it is! Now I know the whole forgiving thing was rushed, but it wasn't a major plot. It just served to add some tension. And for all of you that say, "Lyric is 5! Why is he using polite language?" It's because he's Irish and like the British, they put emphasis on respecting elders… Allen and Kanda (sometimes) use polite speech as well, so he picked it up from them. Make sense? Good! Don't forget to review and the next part of Broken will be coming soon!