Chapter 4

Oh my, it's been quite a while, hasn't it, dear friends? :grins:

Sorry, still in my "Mad Hatter" mood. Roleplays FTW!!!!! XD

Anyways, this chapter is going to be a mess, but we'll see how it goes. Another transition, :sigh:.

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But I have to apologize, if you guys feel that Allen and Kanda have become too close too fast, then I'm sorry. I just don't want to type out meaningless chapters that will bore you all and loose interest. :gasps:

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Allen:

A few weeks later…

Today was not a good day. Kanda has been pointedly ignoring Allen, and Allen has made sure to stay away from Kanda within, at least, a 10-foot radius.

But of course, like all things in life, anything can change in any amount of time.

Even a minute.

"Class! Settle down, settle down now." Komui said as he burst through the doors of the classroom. He slammed down the stack of papers he was carrying onto the desk, and he had an evil glint in his eyes, enough to cause the class to shudder.

It was silent for a moment, and then Komui leaped and threw him arms in the air. "Project!"

The class's heads fell like rocks onto their desks. They groaned, and a heavy aura labeled "Doom" floated about them.

"Hey, come now, come now, it will be exciting!" Komui said, raising his index finger in the air. "Each of you will have partners, and the project is to learn more about your partner. See? It's not so bad, it's just bonding with your fellow classmates."

Lavi raised his hand. "Sensei? How long is this project?"

"Oh, I don't know. Whenever I feel like it." Komui said, checking his nails casually.

The class roared, "WHAT?!" Someone in the back yelled, "You suck!" He was immediately acknowledged with a book to the face.

"I will now assign you your partners," Komui announced. He pulled how a top hat, (one that suspiciously looked a lot like Tyki's) and stuck his hand into it.

"Yuki! Kyo!"

Allen, meanwhile was sitting to the far left of the classroom, next to the window. He sat casually, with his head resting in his hands, gazing out the window. Lenalee sat behind him, and she poked Allen with a pencil lightly into his back. Allen turned around. "Yes?"

"Arisa! Kamaki!"

Lenalee shuffled her feet uncomfortably. "I…I'm really sorry Komui assigned this….project."

Allen smiled. "It's okay. He's the teacher. I'm not complaining."

"Taiga! Ami!"

Lenalee looked down. "I know but…"

Lavi, sitting to Allen's right, leaned in. "Allen's right, Lenalee. It's not your fault anyways."

Lenalee frowned. "I know, but I should have told him better."

"Lavi! Chouji!"

Lavi bristled at the call of his name. He looked to the far right of the classroom, two seats down, one row up, where Chouji sat. Chouji was busying himself with a rather large sandwich. He caught Lavi's eye and waved, grinning, with food in his mouth. Lavi slowly looked away, shuddering. Lenalee looked in horror, and Allen cracked a smile, and laughed outright.

"C'mon, Lavi, it's not that bad…" Allen said, once he finished laughing. His laugh was so contagious even Lenalee cracked a smile.

Lavi glared at Allen, and Allen just grinned back. "Because being with a fatass isn't that bad. If I don't show up to school one day, it's because he ate me. And it'll be all your fault, Allen."

"Yeah, well, I don't see how it would be my fault…" Allen trailed off, and the trio casted a glance at Chouji again. Chouji's sandwich was gone, nothing but a wrapper on the floor. He was busy opening his desk, while pulling out a milkshake.

"He has a whole, damn fridge in there!" Lavi muttered. At this point, there was nothing left to say.

"Lenalee! Rhode!"

Lenalee looked up, then around. Rhode was two seats down from Lavi. She gave a smile that would have looked nice on anyone else. It just didn't look right on her face, with her eyes narrowed, almost cat-like. Lenalee gave a small smile, and a wave back.

"At least you got a chick." Lavi said, slumping in his chair.

"Lavi, you do realize that it's meant to be that way? Girls with girls, and guys with guys." Allen said, head resting in his hands, looking bored.

"Well then why the hell did I get paired up with a beast?" Lavi muttered.

Allen sighed, hearing enough of Lavi's whining.

"Allen! Kanda!"

Allen tensed, eyes wide.

The room suddenly felt very, very cold.

Nobody seemed to pay attention to this, however. Allen and Kanda were old news. Slowly, Allen's, Lavi's, and Lenalee's eyes wandered to the back of the classroom in the far corner to the right, where Kanda sat.

He was sitting back in his seat, arms folded across his chest, eyes wide in shock. Eventually. His eyes met Allen's, who was staring back in shock too. Kanda looked away, an angry expression on his face (nothing new, of course), and although you couldn't hear it, it was obvious he said, "Che."

Allen sat still as a stone in his seat, unable to move from the shock. Lavi and Lenalee sweatdropped.

"You know, Kanda and I were childhood friends. He's really not that bad of a person…" Lenalee started.

Allen didn't respond.

"Unlucky…" Lavi muttered. Lenalee sighed, holding her head in her hands.

Life might as well have ended. For Allen, anyways.

~*~*~*~*~*~

The bell rang, and school was over. Allen walked out with Lenalee, still numb from shock. Lavi was busy helping Miranda, the librarian, order books.

The walk home was silent. Lenalee, unsure what to do for her dear friend, decided to just let the shock wear out on its own. However, she did hold his hand the whole way back, trying to rub some feeling back into it. It was comforting, but not enough to fully pull Allen back to Earth. Eventually, Lenalee had to leave to go back to her apartment.

Allen made his way up to his

apartment, unlocking the door, and stepping in numbly.

"Oi, idiot apprentice, I need some more wine. Get it for me. Now." Cross called from the couch.

Allen walked to the kitchen table numbly, his bag falling off his shoulders.

"Hey, baka!"

No response.

Cross walked up to Allen and raised his hand in the air, irritatedly. Allen realized too late.

SMACK!

Thump! Thud!

Allen layed on the floor, with his cheek swollen. "That….hurt!" He said angrily.

"The conversation won't get anywhere, if you just lie there." Cross replied coolly, with a dark aura surrounding him. (Yay reference! Ch. 167 pg 4)

"Well, what the hell do you want?!" Allen yelled, as he got back to his feet.

Cross shoved an empty bottle of wine in Allen's face. "Get some. Now."

Allen stumbled back, removing his face from the bottle. He snatched it from Cross's hands, and turned to the door. "I'll be back." He replied, in a somewhat darker tone. He closed the door behind him with an angry click.

When Allen was gone, Cross allowed himself to smile, and even chuckle. He puffed from the cigar, and blew out rings of smoke.

"He's gotten so cheeky. I guess it hasn't been all bad for him here."

~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Allen stormed out of the apartment angrily. Today was not a good day, he told himself. He made his way through the countryside yet again. As he passed by the school he saw a familiar redhead walking out of the double doors.

"Allen?" Lavi called. "Whatcha doin here?" He asked. "And why do you look like you want to murder somebody?" He added, with a slight smile in his tone. Lavi ignored the fact that he felt as if butterflies were in his stomach.

Allen looked up, smiling as Lavi jogged towards him. "My master is making me buy wine for him again, and I have exactly no money." He pointed to his cheek. "He also slapped me too."

Lavi grinned, noticing that Allen's check was indeed, a pinkish red. "Sounds abusive." He noted. "So how are you gonna pay for the wine?"

Allen shrugged, although he had a few ideas in mind. "Wanna come?"

"Hell yes! This sure beats going home to Panda-jiji and studying."

Allen smiled. As they made their way through the town, Allen said, "Okay so the store is just beyond the train tracks."

"Will they even allow you to buy wine? You are a minor."

"If you can pay for it, then they'll let you buy it."

As Allen and Lavi stepped over the train tracks, they distinctly heard a sneeze.

"Did you hear that?" Lavi asked.

Allen nodded. "I wonder if it's another poor man. I hope he's not sick. It's rather cold, at this time of year."

"Let's check it out." Lavi said, dragging Allen towards the empty cable car. Allen slid the heavy wooden door to the left. The big cable car shifted slightly.

"Krory!" Lavi and Allen shouted in unison. Krory sat across from three men, wearing dirty ragged coal mining uniforms. They were playing cards. Deep down, Allen smiled to himself. This was perfect.

Krory turned around and sniffed. He was the school janitor at the Dark Order Academy.

"Oi! Shut the door, it's c--!" The man in glasses trailed off as the two boys came into focus.

"Eh?" The man said. He grinned and chewed on the end of his cigarette. "Sorry, this area is currently off-limits to young boys." He looked back to Krory. "So how about it? Let's play one more round."

Krory stuttered, blinking away tears. "N-no….but…that…."

Allen kneeled down next to Krory. "What are you doing, Krory?"

Krory looked at Allen shamefully. "These men invited me to play a game. And before I knew it, I ended up like this." He held his hands up, as if to say, I didn't know. He sneezed, and Allen flinched.

Allen stood up and looked away, smiling without feeling. You got hustled.

The man with a brown bob on the right said, "Hey, hey, don't run away."

The man with glasses leaned in. "You challenged us to this duel. If you're a man, then see it through to the end."

"B-but…" Krory stuttered.

Allen tossed the wine bottle to Lavi. Lavi yelped slightly, then caught it. He held it uncertainly.

Allen took off his school uniform jacket and held it out. "This jacket may be a bit small, but it'll keep you warm." Allen gestured to the young blond boy who was wearing a mask to his face. The man in glasses glanced at the blonde boy behind him. As if on cue, the young boy coughed twice. Allen smiled. "I'll bet this and all of Krory's clothes. Would you like to challenge me?"

Lavi leaned in, looking alarmed. "Oi, Allen! What are you saying…?"

The man in glasses grinned mischievously, and his glasses gave a quick sparkle. "Okay."

A few minutes later….

Lavi clutched the empty wine bottle apprehensively. The blond boy looked on into the game. Allen took Krory's seat, holding up five cards.

"Call!" Allen shouted as he placed down five perfect cards. He chuckled to himself. Lavi looked over his shoulders to see an ace, king, queen, jack and a ten.

The three men sat across from him, stripped down to their underwear. "Royal straight….flush?!" They croaked together.

"I win again." Allen said, smiling.

"Ah! Damn it!" The men said, throwing the cards into the air. The men pulled out their wallets and threw the cash out onto the floor. Allen collected it and placed it into a neat pile beside him, smirking to himself.

The men leaned in. "What's going on?" The man with the bob asked. "We should be dealing him bad cards only, and yet…"

"We're being hustled!" The man with glasses whispered.

"We let our guard down by thinking he's just a kid! He's not just anyone, he's a pro!" The man wearing a beanie murmured.

Allen shuffled the cards, still smiling to himself, allowing the men a minute to discuss. Too easy…he thought to himself.

"Damn it! One more time!" The men shouted.

"Sure," Allen replied. "But before we do, please wash your underwear." He said as he shuffled the cards, first on the floor, the from hand to hand in the air. He was taunting the men in front of him. They glared at him through narrowed eyes.

Krory, still half naked on the side of the 'show', clasped his hands together. "You're amazing, Allen!"

Lavi leaned in, holding one hand in to block out his words from reaching the other men. "What's going on? You're strangely good. Aren't you supposed to be an 'unlucky boy'?"

Allen, still giving his signature grin, replied softly, "It's because I'm cheating."

Lavi cringed. "Eh? Seriously?! You're that kind of guy?!"

"They were the ones that started this with Krory." Allen said as he looked over his cards. He had one king, and four other useless cards. He gathered them, then threw them next to the pile. As he leaned in to grab more, a few cards slid down his sleeve and 'mysteriously' crawled into his hand.

"Eh?!" Lavi muttered, eyes widening.

Allen held the cards up to his face, so only his narrowed eyes appeared over. "I won't lose at cards." He murmured. "During my training, in order to earn a living and pay back my Master's debts, I focused on polishing my skills."

"'Skills'?" Lavi questioned. He looked at Allen and shuddered.

An evil aura rolled off Allen, and it almost appeared as if fire burst around him. "How many games have I won? I won't show mercy. It's three against one…so it's fair!"

Allen laughed insanely, almost as if he was a mad man. Allen is black….Lavi realized, looking slightly frightened at the scene. Exactly what kind of training did he go through? Whether Lavi was asking this for Bookman or his own curiosity, Lavi did not know, the line was blurred. Before he could elaborate on this though however, Allen shouted out, "Call!" as he placed down five more cards.

"Four of a kind!"

"What?!" The men shouted, clearly appalled at the situation.

"So dark…" Lavi muttered.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~

The men stepped out of the cable car, still stripped to their underwear. They looked up at the sky, for it was getting dark out.

"Here," Allen said he stepped out of the cable car after them. He held out their clothes. "I don't care as long as I got my friend's stuff back."

"Kid," the man with glasses replied. "We haven't sunk so low as to be pitied by you."

"So, why are you grabbing them?"

"Ah.." The men replied. "Thanks anyways."

Allen nodded. "These are tough times. It's getting cold out anyways."

The blond boy walked up wordlessly to Allen and held up a small necklace.

"Eaze! That's your treasure! Wait, wait, I have something to give to him." The man with glasses replied.

"Don't worry about it," Allen said waving his hands in the air as if to say 'no'. I already robbed you of your money anyways…Allen thought to himself.

As the group walked away, the man with the glasses tossed something behind him. Allen caught it wordlessly.

"A deck?" Lavi said. Allen shrugged. "Ready, Krory?"

Krory stepped off the cable car as he pulled his arm into a sleeve. He hunched over embarrassedly. "Ah…thank you."

Allen smiled. "No problem." They waved goodbye as Krory stalked away.

"Damn, it's getting dark…" Lavi noted as he looked up at the sky.

"Are you sure you want to come with me?" Allen asked.

"Yeah. Damn Panda always makes me study. Let's take our time."

Allen laughed. "Okay."

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

Tyki:

As soon as Tyki waved goodbye to the guys, he checked his watch. Damn. He thought to himself. He was going to be late. He quickly ran back to his apartment and changed into a suit. Throwing his glasses off, he pulled back his hair and put on his spare top hat. "Damn that Komui." Tyki recalled.

Tyki was sitting at his desk in the teacher's lounge, reading a novel while the brats were at recess. Komui popped his head in over a stack of papers. "Tyki!" He said.

Tyki looked up. "What?"

"I need to borrow your hat."

And before Tyki could even reply, Komui snatched the hat and ran off with it.

Tyki shrugged away the memory. He'd get it back later.

As soon as Tyki arrived at the Millenium Earl's mansion, he was welcomed with a bunch of angry shouts from the dining room.

"Tyki! You're late!" Rhode scolded.

"What took you so long?! We've had a long enough day as it is!" Devitto and Jasdero yelled.

"6:46. Forty-six minutes past time." Lulubell replied.

"Shame on you." Called Wisely.

"Come on, we don't want to waste anymore precious time." The Millenium Earl chanted.

Tyki sighed. He pulled a chair next to Rhode and sat down, placing his head in his hands. "Sorry." He said, turning his head to rest his chin in his hand.

The maids arrived with dinner. As all soon the food was placed, all thirteen family members dug in immediately.

"So why was it such a long day?" The Millenium Earl asked Jasdebi.

Devitto and Jasdero stopped in midbite. Instantly, they threw their heads on the table and tears burst like waterfalls from their eyes. Wisely moved his food disgustedly, out of range from the salty tears.

"That damn Cross bastard!" Devitto yelled.

"He put us in debt for a whole month! Hee!" Jasdero wailed.

Rhode began laughing immediately. "Ahaha! You guys are losers! Whos is this, 'Cross bastard'? How long have you known this guy, anyways?"

"We've stalking him for almost a week." Devitto said, dabbing his eyes, trying not to mess up his makeup.

"We've lost so much money, so fast, hee hee!" Jasdero replied.

Tyki looked up. "Money, eh? I've also lost a lot of money today."

"Not as much as we have!" The twins yelled together.

"Eh? How did you loose money, Tyki?" Rhode asked.

"Poker. That Allen Walker kid. He's surprisingly good." Tyki replied as he pulled out another cigarette.

"What exactly happened?" The Millenium Earl asked.

"Some friends and I were hustling some idiot, and then that kid, Allen, and one of his friends show up, and literally make us strip our clothes and rob our money. I don't know how the hell that kid knows how to play poker so well. He gave us our clothes back, however."

"Allen," Rhode gushed. "I like Allen…."

Tyki rolled his eyes.

"Well, it makes sense, seeing as Allen is Cross's disciple." The Earl said.

"Eh?" The twins raised their heads. "How do you know?"

The Earl shook his head. "When the time comes to tell, then I'll tell you."

Everybody looked confused at this, however the twins broke the silence.

"Yes!" Devitto yelled. He jumped from his seat and put one leg on the table. "A new target!"

"One easier than Cross! Hee hee!"

"We can take out our anger on his disciple! Cross won't be pleased! Ahaha! We're geniuses!" Devitto yelled.

Tyki sat back in his chair, puffing on his cigarette. "Interesting…"

"Eh? Does Tyki like Allen too?" Rhode asked curiously.

Tyki smiled. "I find him interesting."

Bleh! This chapter was not very good. I had to force some of it. :P Forgive me, and my spelling/grammar errors.

References though! Yay! You probably noticed. There was like, 3 from the actual series and a few from the DGM school shorts.

I find it sad that so many people are writing DGM stories with OCs. Where's all the good old fashioned, real character stories? :(

It's getting hard to get inspired.

Oh! Another IMPORTANT NOTE!

I'm thinking about writing a side story to this. You know how in some mangas, like Vampire Knight, they have the actual plotline, then a bunch of stories that have nothing to do with it? They are usually only like two pages.

So if I get a lot of [positive] reviews, then I'll add a side story and update fast

So much was talked about in this chapter. I opened a few doors. O.o

For some reason Tyki raping Allen amuses me greatly. O.O (That's what the side story will be about! :hint hint:)

Kudos to anyone who actually read all of this. -.-

All I want for Christmas is a ton of REVIEWS!!