Exile Wrath: MERRY CHRISTMAS, dear Yullen fans! And I now present part 3 of Voiceless, Doors and Keys, Last Stand. Thank you to everyone who reviewed ^. ^ And thanks to Jeniferee for being an awesome beta. OOC Kanda warning.
Prepare for confusion. What you read last chapter was the past. Now you will read the Last Stand, in which the past and future split…rather violently, I should add.
Summary: Now back at his beloved's side, Kanda must help fend off Neah. Meanwhile, his friends fight back an onslaught on Akuma. Will they make it back? And if they do, will Allen Walker speak again? For the Ark and the Innocence had sent them back in time.
Don't own. Zip, zero, nada.
Last Stand
"Zvuk předvolání! (Sound summons)" Neah roared over the mayhem of the battle. Sound and steel clashed in a furious onslaught of two Exorcists versus the 14th Noah.
"Hakka Tourou!" Kanda countered again. He and his general were fighting almost a purely defensive fight. If only we could get him away from that damn piano.
"Clown Claw!" Allen tried, but the rings fell to the ground, neutralizing the shockwaves. He skidded back a few feet to stand back-to-back with Kanda. "There's no end to them." Raising his Sword of Exorcism, Allen stared, frustrated at the immense numbers of "sound dolls", entities composed of certain sound frequencies and controlled by the piano. All Neah had to do was play out certain commands on the piano, and swing his scimitar every now and then to summon more dolls.
"Kim loại rắn! (Metal snake)" Rei cried, chains rising from around him to from a snake that proceeded to devour the Level Three Akuma that were rising up the steps. Above him Lenalee danced in the air.
"Kouryuu Tatsumaki! (Rain Dragon Tornado)" the Chinese girl declared, landing on the platform while the butterfly wings behind her boots unfurled to maximum acceleration, jumping up again. The Innocence caused water particles to separate from the surrounding atmosphere, and Lenalee attacked with the force of a geyser, taking down numerous Level Fours.
"Earth Stamp: Sand Blast." Lavi said as he slammed Oodzuchi Kodzuchi into the platform. The stairs above the Level Four horde turned into sand and a wind whipped up, sending a sandstorm to buffet the Akumas. "I get it! All the Akuma are coming from the portraits!" He yelled at his companions. "Destroy the portraits; they're like a gateway!" Lenalee was too far above to hear, so he whacked Rei, who was a few feet from him, and repeated the instructions.
Ryuukei nodded. "Rút! (Withdraw)" he yelled, shrinking his chains back to normal. "See you later!" and with that he jumped off the platform, sickles in hand and diving down to where the portraits had assembled. Lavi stared down in horror at the suicidal action. Kanda is going to KILL ME! He realized in panic. Lenalee flew down next to him and kicked his head.
"Let's follow!" she scolded, jumping down after Rei. Lavi gaped, but changed his mind after looking back up at the numerous Level Fours coming from above, and then down at the straggling Level Threes. He leapt down. Panda-jiji is going to kill me if I don't come out alive.
It was in this situation which the Ark opened a black door in front of them, sending Rei, Lenalee, and Lavi flying down into another room. It resembled a museum, with the portraits lining the hallway. The Exorcists immediately set to work, destroying the gruesome art and fending off the summoned Akuma.
"Kanda! Are you okay?" Allen asked in panic as Kanda fell down, clutching his temple in pain. The swordsman grunted in reply and staggered upright.
"I think I get it now. You get the Noah, I'll take the dolls." He muttered, brandishing Mugen higher. "Third Illusion: Sangenshiki!" The lines appeared around his left eye and his pupils dilated, the three dots appearing. Kanda became a scything, weaving blur amongst the dolls, and it seemed that a chimera was prowling among them, snapping up the sound dolls left and right. Neah put his fingers to the scimitar to summon more, but Allen appeared behind him, slashing the piano in half.
"Fight properly, Neah!" He yelled, taking the Noah by surprise and stabbing the 14th with his Sword of Exorcism. Neah let out a maniacal laugh.
"HAHAHAHAHA! Nice try, Allen Walker. But seeing as you just destroyed the piano which controls the Ark…" the 14th leered, face coming closer to Allen, "…you destroyed the Ark!"
Deletion process beginning: 30 minutes until deletion complete. A voice boomed from the walls. Neah grinned again. "See you in the future, Allen Walker." and with that, disappeared.
"Moyashi, what's happening?" Kanda roared over the rumble. Allen snapped back to his senses, eyeing the dead Noah with pity and then noticing the cracks in the ground around the piano. Leaping backwards, he grabbed Kanda and ran towards a stairwell which had just appeared. The duo raced up, colliding with a wall of light.
Lavi staggered backwards in shock as the hall rumbled, faults appearing in the white marble. The Akuma suddenly disappeared, and a stairwell appeared in the center of the room, which Kanda and Allen arrived on. With a flying tackle to his older brother figure, Rei glomped Kanda while Lenalee and Lavi embraced Allen. "We don't have any time." Allen said hurriedly, explaining the situation. However, as he finished, the stairway collapsed, stranding them in the room. A chunk of marble detached itself from the ceiling, heading for the group.
"Bảo vệ! (Protection)" Rei tried, chain whipping out to hover above them and deflect the rubble. "You know, I've realized something. There's been a bunch of stairs around here. And Neah kept mentioning that we were from the future- which makes no sense- and Lavi, correct me if I'm wrong, but don't stairs and roads usually symbolize going through time or making progress in books and fables?"
"That's true. So, wait, I bet we have to keep going up, because if we're from the future, then we're alive in the future! So since going up means going into the future-"
"Find some stairs!" Kanda ordered, and suddenly a painting collapsed, revealing steps leading upwards behind it. "…how fitting."
"Last one up is a dead Exorcist!" Rei yelled in panic, vaulting through the frame and racing up the steps, shooting a sickle to hook on the railing and swinging upwards. Lenalee followed, activating her Innocence and beginning to fly up, while Lavi used his hammer to haul himself, Kanda, and Allen after the other two. They arrived at another staging platform, this time riddled with differently shaped keys and a large book. "Why does this remind me of that painting?" The book flapped opens some pages and sang out.
This is your last stand
So before the Ark around you turn into sand
Fall back, just fall back
Or you'll become my main snack!
Or solve this riddle!
What are two lovers, a fiddle?
Or are the long-range kids going to be stuck in the middle?
And the girls must be protected, so the lovers must be outside, and the five of pentacles gets the right.
Now, this answer's not going to be little.
What was the name of the Liddell?
There was an awkward silence as Lenalee, Lavi, and Rei stared at Kanda and Allen when they heard "two lovers". The young General coughed nervously. "So?"
"Just me, or was there a tarot card reference in there?" Rei asked Lavi offhandedly, still staring at the unmistakable blush painted on Kanda's cheeks. Lenalee cleared her throat.
"I think we should look for a key… that resembles a violin." She said, receiving looks of confusion. "Well, the "main" of something could also be said it was "key" to it, right?"Allen nodded slowly, understanding the logic.
"Yeah- OW!" He cried, slipping on the mass of keys as the ark gave another menacing rumble. "Hey, I found it!" he exclaimed, holding up a key that looked like a violin, although the bow was irregular.
"Lovers…is the tarot card that usually represents an important choice." Lavi said hesitantly. "I think that Rei and I are the "long-range kids" since his chains and my hammer use mainly long-range attacks. But there are only five of us, so how can we stand in between Allen and Kanda, but where's Lenalee supposed to be?" Allen shrugged.
"Well, let's put the key in the lock first, how about that?" He said, putting the key into the lock on the book. It glowed briefly before the book flapped open, making a young person fall out. It was a girl with short blue hair wearing an Exorcist's coat and a blue-black scarf. When she looked up and saw Rei, the boy staggered back in shock and ran behind Kanda. "Is that Mizuki?"
"REEEEEEI!" the girl squealed, jumping at the terrified Viet, and was stopped by Mugen. "How are you doin'?"
"Away. From. My. Little. Brother." Kanda snarled. Behind him, Allen shook Rei, who was scared stiff.
"Are you alive?" Lavi asked curiously, poking Rei's cheek with his hammer. The boy's rapid crabwalk to the wall furthest from the new arrival was the response. "Who's Mizuki, Allen?" The young General winced.
"One of my apprentices. She's obsessed with Rei. Kanda gets protective like this whenever she's around. I guess it's because he remembers how girls used to fawn over me, so now it's a reflex." He answered. Lenalee tried to get Rei back to his senses, succeeding when the Ark shook once again. "Well, at least we know how to arrange ourselves. Mizuki, stand here." Allen ordered, tapping the ground. The girl snapped to attention and moved there. "Lavi, stand to her left, I'm at her right, since it said that the five of pentacles has the right. Rei, next to Lavi, Lenalee next to Rei, and Kanda's at the left of the book." Everyone moved into position. "Now what was that about Liddell?"
"Alice in Wonderland." The nerds in the middle chorused. "The main character's last name was Liddell." A mouth opened in the book cover in a wide grin.
"So now into wonderland you go!" It cried, opening once more, but it suddenly found six Innocence weapons pointed at it. Stammering, "Er, I mean into the next staircase you go!" It flipped to a different page, revealing a picture of white marble steps leading upwards. "The Improbable Stair!" Allen put a foot in the picture, and everyone followed.
The six found themselves in the Ark's town, which had yet to collapse. A door was open in front of them, resembling an Ark gate. "The exit!" they exclaimed.
"Wait, where did Mizuki go?" Lenalee asked worriedly. A voice came from the door, familiar and not familiar at the same time.
"She doesn't belong in this time." And with that, a hand grabbed them and pulled the five through the door.
"It's been two weeks." Tyki said, hugging Allen protectively. Road grabbed onto the boy's shoulders, tears pouring out as she wailed about how much she missed him. "So? What happened?"
"That's…our question." Lavi stammered, mouth dry. His head hurt, and next to him was one of his throwing hammers. Lenalee groaned, lying on a hospital bed and her Dark Boots sheathed. Kanda massaged his head, sitting up and seeing Mugen was right next to his bed.
"You went back in time." Tyki said carefully, laying Allen next to Kanda. "Neah- you do remember him, yes?" Everyone in the room nodded. "He activated Noah's Ark, and since it's been over 2 centuries since it was last used, it accidentally sent you into the past. I guess it's also because I tossed Innocence in there, too. But anyway, you…became your past selves."
"Our past selves?" Kanda asked in confusion.
"Yes. The Innocence bonded with you five once again, and the past was replayed, although what actually happened was that…you all died in the Ark. But since you were Exorcists, Accommodators of God's Innocence, you were all given a second chance at life. So in reality, the Innocence sent you into the lives of your past selves, and you changed history. Now Neah no longer exists." Tyki explained calmly. Looking around the room, Kanda jolted up.
"Where's my brother?" he snapped. Road winced.
"You all have been out for a week." she said. "But for reasons unknown, your Innocences transferred all your wounds to Rei, I guess as punishment."
"Punishment for what?" Lavi asked.
"In the past…Ryuukei Hitoride went insane after getting possessed by the Noah of Shadows, Shirokuro, and she went on a rampage, killing everything and laying waste. She became a puppet of the Earl, and was the reason you died."
"SHE?"
"Well, Rei was a girl in the past, but was somehow reincarnated as a male. Unfortunately, it seems that the reason for going into the ICU was because of brain damage. Anyway, they had surgery on him-"
"Yesterday." Rei interrupted, sliding open the door. "Hurt like hell. But anyway, what I want to know is…what about Allen's voice?" the Viet received many stares from the room's occupants. Kanda was first to speak.
"Che. I never have to worry about an idiot like you." He said smugly. Rei shot him a dirty look. "I'm surprised that in the past you somehow killed me."
"Hello, people! Allen's voice?" Lenalee interrupted, waving her hands. Eyes were directed at the white-haired boy, who had just awoken.
[No.] he wrote sadly. Kanda's head dropped, and he hugged Allen.
"Guess what today is!" Tyki said, trying to cheer up the former Exorcists. "Christmas Eve is tomorrow!" Eyes widened at the news, and the door was flung open once again, this time by Komui Lee, head of Black Order Private Hospital.
"LENALEEEEEEE!" the man wailed, leaping at his little sister on sight and proceeding to hold on to her and wail. "ARE YOU OKAY? I WAS SO WORRIED!" After a few minutes of this, Lenalee knocked her brother on the head.
"Nii-san, I'm perfectly fine." She said with a small smile.
"Anyway," Komui said, straightening up and coughing to get everyone's attention. "Kanda, Lavi, and Lenalee will be discharged in a few hours. Tyki and Road, you two will be discharged when we have found a suitable place for you to stay. Allen and Rei…will remain in the hospital." Kanda opened his mouth to argue, but Komui cut him off. "His guardian wishes for Allen to remain here unless he regains his voice. And I personally do not want Cross Marian to come after me with his shotgun. That is one experience I do not wish to repeat. And Rei just had surgery, so YOU YOUNG MAN GET BACK TO YOUR BED!" Allen and Rei sweatdropped at the comment.
A few hours later, Kanda went back into room 314 to say goodbye to Allen. Poking his head in the room, the tall Asian walked quietly over to the sleeping patient. Hesitantly, he ruffled Allen's hair, breath hitching as Allen pushed his head into Kanda's hand more. Chuckling, "You were my general? Well, at least I know what your voice sounds like." he whispered, and dashed out as Allen started to wake up. Rei entered, giving a grinning Allen a curious look.
"I can talk all right, Rei." he said jovially. His new roommate's jaw and bag of belongings dropped.
"Wait…what…I thought-" Rei began, still stunned. Allen gave him a grateful grin.
"I wanted to surprise Kanda." he said deviously, making Rei shudder. "I haven't seen him for 11 years…and then 8 years ago we met again. I realize that every single time…"
"S-s-something bad happens?" Rei stammered, curled up in fetal position on his cot. Allen glared at him.
"No. We're separated."
"Oh."
"Now shut up and let me speak." He said, eye twitching. Rei shuddered. Black Allen is out.
"What are the chances that they visit on Christmas? Very good, especially since you're in the hospital too. So, I confess to BaKanda that day!" Allen said happily, dark aura vanishing.
"…" Aren't I supposed to be the insane one? Rei thought with alarm.
"Merry Christmas and Happy Birthday, Allen." Rei greeted as he woke up the boy that was currently faking being mute. Allen glared at him. "Sorry? I bet you wanted Kanda to wake you up, huh?" Allen nodded, whacking Rei on the head with a whiteboard. "OW!"
Kanda was currently staring at the two wrapped boxes nestled in his palms, unable to decide which to give to his Moyashi. Yes, his Moyashi. He had bought them yesterday on impulse, and Kanda Yuu DID NOT impulse buy. Especially on holidays. But it's for that Moyashi. Nagged the part of his head that sparkled with rainbow colors.
Shut up. I'm thinking. Replied his sane, normal side. In the end, Kanda closed his eyes and decided to give Allen both. It's Christmas and his birthday. Nothing out of the ordinary. And with that resolved, set off to the hospital, two curious matchmakers trailing right behind.
"MERRY CHRISTMAS, Allen!" Lenalee and Lavi yelled gleefully, tackling Allen down on sight, making Kanda's jealous side kick in, toss the two of them off, and drag Allen out to the safety of the hallways. Silence, and then the two plopped next to one traumatized Rei. "Well, that worked well." Lavi commented. "What's wrong, Rei?"
"N-n-never g-get Allen mad." Was the ominous phrase. "H-he's scaryyyyy."
Outside in the corridor, there was a pregnant silence. Allen held a whiteboard that read [What was that for?] and Kanda was trying to not blush. Don't blush damnit, I SAID DON'T BLUSH!
"Merry Christmas, Moyashi." He finally said, yanking a small bow from his right pocket. "Here; open it whenever." Allen gleefully tore off the clumsy wrapping on the small box that fit his hand, revealing a bracelet that looked like the same one on Kanda's own wrist. Kanda was staring off to the side, hair hiding his expression. With a whack of the whiteboard on the object of his affection's head, Allen got his attention and promptly dove into the older teen's arms, taking him completely by surprise.
"Thank you, Yuu." Kanda heard, and looked down to see Allen smiling his beatific smile at him.
"You…spoke?" He asked breathlessly, getting another gentle grin in reply. A smirk was formed on his own lips. "Naughty Moyashi." Allen found Kanda's mouth on his, and for the first time in two centuries, Yuu Kanda and Allen Walker kissed again. Something licked the younger boy's lips, and he soon found himself tongue wrestling with Kanda.
"Uungh, Kanda…can't breathe." he moaned. The moment was cut off, and Kanda encircled his neck with a gold chain. "What's this?" he asked.
"A necklace. There's a lotus on it, if you'll bother looking. And something engraved on it. But for the moment…I'm more interested in continuing what we just broke off." The swordsman replied, capturing Allen's lips in a passionate kiss once again, although this time they were rudely tossed apart by Tyki and Rei, who wore horrified faces.
"MY SANITY!" Rei cried, dashing off and out the window. Tyki stared down at Kanda, producing a piece of paper from his pocket.
"If you wish to date my little brother figure, you'll need to sign this contract." He said ominously. Allen's whiteboard lashed out once again, felling the Noah. "Allen!"
"Come on, Yuu! Merry Christmas!" Allen cheered as he dragged Kanda off to somewhere more private.
Exile: It's finished! I'm sorry, but I'm absolutely HORRID at writing fluff TT. TT This was so overdue, so please forgive me. I love Brotherly!TykixAllen
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