Lady Hawke
By BelletigerBT
Chapter 4- the bird's fall and the wolf's cry part 2
She was falling. The pain in her chest was the proof that she was falling. But the pain caused by the arrow is nothing to compare the pain she felt in her heart; the pain of never see seeing Tyki before breaking the curse.
"Tyki…." The hawk's last thoughts were of her beloved husband. The man she loved and was married to.
*Flashback – 4 years ago.*
Allen was happy and at the same time nervous. Tonight was her wedding with Tyki; the night she will become Mrs. Allen Walker Mikk- wife of Tyki Mikk.
"Nervous?" Tyki asked to his beautiful bride.
Allen was wearing a beautiful wedding gown , it was white with long sleeves to cover her arms. She also wore white cloves, a small tiara in her hair and a veil that covers her face. She was holding a small bouquet of lilies. While Tyki was wearing his usual tuxedo that he usually wears in his Noah form, except he was in his white form and not wearing the top-hat or the glasses either.
"A little." She admitted. "But Tyki, is it alright to marry me?"
Tyki was surprise with her question. Why she was having doubts now, in the middle of ceremony?
"I know I am 10 years older than you, but 15 is the legal age of mirage. I don't see any problems, since it's common for girls marry to older man." (1)
But Allen interrupts him there.
"That's not what I meant."
Tyki looks at Allen with soft eyes. He knew the reason for Allen's concern: He was a Noah and she was an Exorcist. The Noah Clan and Exorcists had always been enemies since ancient times. They both knew the consequences for their union if one of the sides were to find out about their love. That was the main reason for them carefully planning their wedding in secret, not even their miner friends know about their wedding ( much less Allen's true gender). Tyki only takes Allen's hand.
"No matter what happens, we will always be together. Always together and eternally united." Tyki said, smiling to Allen.
Allen smiles back. With Tyki, she feels everything will work out. They will be together.
"In sickness and in health, for richer, for poorer," stared Allen, smiling to Tyki.
Tyki contined for her " for better, for worse,…'
"Until death separates us." They finished together.
Tyki smiled softly and reached to pull back the veil. Allen and Tyki kissed on the lips, sealing their union, only with the father of the church being the witness of their wedding.
"Always together, eternally united…."Allen whispered to her new husband,
*End of Flashback*
Tyki's heart stopped when he saw his beloved bird falling with an arrow in her chest. The Noah of Pleasure quickly rushes towards Lady Hawke.
"ALLEN!"
TYki caught her before she could hit the ground. The 3rd child looked at the condition of his beloved. For one of the few times, Tyki was thankfully for Allen being a parasitic Innocence type, which makes her stronger against the Akuma virus. He sighted in refilled when he noticed the arrow didn't hit her heart but he still could see Lady Hawke was still in pain.
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The hunter akuma cursed, he couldn't hit the bird's heart. Even being a parasitic type, the poison might still kill her. He was about to face them when he felt something metallic pressing on the back of his head.
"Man, you Akuma are bad at aiming." A cocky voice said " Unlike me, I never miss."
BANG!
With a gunshot, the akuma was gone. The shadowy figure only looked at the Noah holding the bird like his life depended on it. He had even called it 'Allen'. Indeed it seemed it was wroth coming here, but he was still going to watch from the shadows so he could confirm what he already suspected.
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Tyki took off his shirt and he warps Lady Hawke with it. Gently taking his bird in his arms, hoping to keep her warm. Lavi couldn't believe what he was seeing. The Noah before him really cared about the bird's wellbeing. But why would that guy care about the bird so much?
"You're going to be fine, Allen. I promise, you will be fine" Tyki whispered very softly to the bird. Then, he looked at Lavi . "You can do anything you want with me, but first help me save her, please." For once, Tyki Mikk swallowed his Noah pride and asked help from an exorcist.
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Though very exhausted, Lenalee and Kanda finally defeated all the akuma. Then, they noticed Lavi flying in the opposite direction with his Ōzuchi Kozuchi in full speed
"Lavi?" Lenalee wondered. "why is he going in that direction?"
"Whatever it is, we should follow the usagi." Kanda said as he and Lenalee stared to follow Lavi.
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Mimi cursed her bad luck. Beside the akuma that didn't destroyed the exorcists, the akuma L3 had gone missing, and without killing that dammed bird! Though the arrow was poisoned, she will need to make sure that her work was done without anymore failure. She would do it for Lulubell-sama! Though she needed another tactic.
"Guess I will need to use the wardogs."
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Lavi was in a really bad situation. Really bad. He was riding on his Ōzuchi Kozuchi in full speed with a Noah! An enemy of the exorcists which had killed many of his comrades and destroyed the so many innocence fragments. If anyone finds out about this, he would be so doomed!
"We need hurry up, exorcist! We have to get there before dusk!" Tyki shouted, holding the bird closer.
Lavi gritted his teeth. In his mind he was putting a mantra that he is doing this for the bird and not for the Noah himself. After all the bird has innocence on it and like Komui said animals with innocence are rare. Then, they landed in the front of a creepy gate of a castle near of a cliff. Lavi sweetdrops; he wasn't sure if it was the right place to save the hawk. The castle looked like the ones where vampires live.
"KRORY!" shouted Tyki, beating the gate, making some cracks " OPEN THIS DAMMAED GATE NOW! ITS AN EMERGENCY!"
With this, the gates opened and reveled this tall, very gullible, Vampire like man. Needless to say Lavi almost freak out.
"V-v-v-vvamp-vampire!" Lavi thought in Panic.
The vampire like man gasped in horror when he saw the bird in Tyki's arms. Now he knew why Tyki was so violently beating the gates.
"Please, you're the only one who can help her, Krory." Tyki said as he handed his bird to the vampire man.
"Of course Tyki." The vampire man named Krory said. He took the bird gently in his arms. "Timothy!" he suddenly shouted.
"What's up, old man?" called a boy from a window on the second floor. The boy had blue hair, pale skin, brown eyes and an odd jewel in his forehead. He gasped in horror when he saw the bird in Krory's hands. "Wait! that's not Allen-neechan ,is it?"
"Take some medicinal herbs from the garden! I will take her to the guest room!"
"Roger!" the boy named Timothy nodded before rushing out of the sight of the window. Krory rushed inside of the castle with Lady Hawke in his arms.
Lavi didn't understand anything. Does this Noah know he just handed the bird to a vampire? And what's up with that kid with a jewel in his forehead? Then, he heard a voice behind him.
"Lavi!"
Lavi turned around and he saw Lenalee and Kanda approaching them. Lavi was happy to see his comrades were alright.
"Lenalee! Yu!" lavi waved to them. "I am happy you two are ok!"
Then, Kanda noticed Tyki standing there. "NOAH!" he thought as he drew his sword out and appointed it at the Noah. Lenalee also activate her dark boots. Tyki only stared at them with cold eyes before Lavi jumped between them to stop a useless fight.
"Wait, wait, wait!" yelled Lavi, waved his arms like a maniac. "He protected the bird! He will not do any harm to it!"
Kanda and Lenalee blinked in confused. A Noah protected the bird with innocence? What's going on here? Tyki still looked at them with cold eyes. He really doesn't want to get involved with them. He only had asked for help so he could get to Krory's castle faster.
"What are you up to?" Kanda asked without taking his eyes off the 3rd child.
"Don't misunderstand me, exorcists. I care for the hawk, she's is my life. However, I will not be handing her over to you." Tyki said to them. "My hawk is not an ordinary bird. Not because of the innocence in her wing. She's something else." Tyki said to the exorcist. His eyes looked at the horizon. The sun was almost setting.
"What do you mean by something else?" Lenalee asked.
Tyki couldn't help but chuckle softy. They had worked so hard for no one from the Order finding about them and their curse that Millennium Earl had cast on them. Then, his body stared to glow, surprising the exorcists standing before him.
"Heh, Looks like we can't keep it a secret anymore." Tyki said to himself as he slowly stared to change form.
His clothes stared to rip apart when he stared to change his form. The Exorcists' eyes widen in surprise when they saw the transformation. When the glow was gone, it revealed a large black/grey wolf with golden eyes that seen to glow in the dark. The trio recognized the wolf before them: It was the same wolf that was following the white haired girl.
"Wait a sec!" shouted Lavi. "If the Noah is that girl's pet wolf, so that means the hawk is…."
The exorcists rushed inside Krory's castle. When they busted into one of Krory's guest rooms, they saw the older man holding a bowl which he used to mix the medical herbs. The young boy was holding another bowl filled with water. But what shocked the exorcists most was when they saw a girl lying down on the bed, very sick. She had white hair, a pentacle mark on her left face and most important; she had an arrow in her chest, in the same place where the hawk was wounded. Warm blankets were covering her nude body as her breathing was heavy, her face flushed as a wet towel covered her warm forehead. It was the same girl who defeated the Akuma that night.
"You shouldn't bust in like that." Krory growled. "We have a sick girl here."
"We want to know what's going on and we want know now!" Kanda growled back, demanding answers.
He doesn't understand what the heck was happening here. The hawk and the girl were the same being? And how could a Noah protect someone with innocence, even when Noah and innocence users were natural enemies. Krory sighted in frustration. He knew they wanted answers but he didn't have time for this now. He needed take care of the girl and remove the arrow from her chest.
"Timothy, take our guests downstairs while I take care of Allen here." Krory said to the 13 years old boy.
"Sure, old man." Timothy said. "Come on people, we need to let Krory old man do his work."
With that, Timothy took the confuse trio out of the room. Kanda looked at the sick girl for a last moment before leaving the room. When the door closed, Krory sighted before looking at Allen. He carefully putted the smashed medicine herbs around her wound. He puts his right hand on the arrow and he whispered in Allen's ear.
"Allen, when I count to three I will remove the arrow, and then I will remove most of poison from your system to your innocence do the rest of healing."
The girl, Allen could only nod to him. "Understood" She whispered "Where's Tyki? Is he ok?"
"Don't worry. He's downstairs with Timothy and our other guests." Krory said to Allen, trying to make her relaxed to remove the arrow with less pain, "Right now let's take care of you."
Krory took a deep breath. He knew removing the arrow will be painful. He counted until 3 before removing the arrow from the girl's chest as in the same time he bit her neck to suck the akuma poison from her system. Allen could release a very loud painful scream.
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The screams could be heard from the downstairs. Lavi hugged Lenalee very tightly. The Chinese girl tried to calm down the red haired exorcist. Kanda glared at the wolf in the front of him with his arms folded, while the wolf glared back. Timothy was worried. The climate of the room was tense. He wasn't sure if he should tell them about Allen and Tyki or if he should keep it to himself since it's too personal. Then, Krory appeared in the room.
"How is she, old man?" Timothy asked worried.
The wolf also looked worried at the vampire like figure. But Krory just smiled at them
"Don't worry, Allen will be fine." He said "I removed the akuma arrow and the most of the poison from her system. Her innocence should do the rest of the healing."
The wolf sighted in relief. He was happy to know his lover would be fine. Krory said he could see her, but he warned him that Allen was sleeping and still weak because of the poison. The wolf nodded before going upstairs to see Allen. Krory looked at the 3 exorcists.
"I guess you have some questions." Krory said
"And we would like some answers and now!" Growled Kanda. He was now tired of this whole mystery.
"Kanda, be nice!" warned Lenalee.
"Don't worry, I know you want answers, like you, I was also surprise when those two came here and learned their secret." Krory said as he sat down in the sofa in the front of them.
"Wait! You're going to tell them?" Timothy asked in surprise
"Yes, they need to know what is happening here, Tim." Krorry said.
"And I would like some answers too." A new voice.
They turned around and they saw someone coming out of the shadows. A strange man, around his thirties, wearing a black coat with golden lines and buttons, long red hair and a mask covering half of his face. Krory recognized the man right away.
"C-Cross?"
To be continued.
Finally Cross showed up. Are you surprised? I admit, I didn't know what to do with him, but I wanted Cross learning about Allen's being cursed and married to Tyki.
(1)- about the wedding part, doesn't DGM set around of the 19th centrury? Well at that time it was very common for girls at age 15 (or younger) to be married to older man, especially from the rich families.
Cross finally will find out about Tyki and Allen's curse. All I can say he will be not happy when he learns his apprentice is married to a Noah.
Ah, and please, don't forget to leave your review. They are very important. It was thank your reviews I am working on this story with full of energy.
Now a little preview for the chapter
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"Timcanpy!"
Allen smiled happily as she hugged Timcanpy. It's been almost four years since the last time she saw the little golem. Then she blinked confused.
"Wait a munute…. If you here Tim, that mean….."
Then, Tyki was growing at an unknown man on the door way. Allen gasped in surprise when she saw the man in the door way.
"M- Master?"
Cross face was cold and jaded, something very strange even from him. Cross looked at the black wolf beside of his apprentice; even being an animal, he still could see the stigmata marks on his forehead. But now his business is with his student.
"Sorry mongrel, but my business is with her." Cross said as he gripped Allen's arm as they both disappeared from the room, leaving a confused and panic Tyki behind.
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