Tranquil Darkness

by Dark Angel Kaos

In order to continue living Allen made a deal with a Shinigami, in return he must slay the vampire lord. Allen accepts and goes to fulfill the requirement but he didn't count on falling madly in love with said vampire lord. Threeshot! AreKan!

2. Part Two

Disclaimer: …still don't own…and it still sucks…

Warnings: shounen ai, slight smut, blood, gore, talks of death, language, OOC-ness, vampires, angst, fluff, unbeta'd (is that even a word?).

A/N: So the next part! Sorry to all those who waited so long for this! But thank you all for reading, reviewing and what not! Kaos-sensei luvs when ya'll do that hehe. And guess what? It's longer than part one! By over 6300 words! And OMG it's my Bday today! Yay!

Ok aura colours:

Vampire lord: bluish black

Vampires: blue

Humans: white

Fallen level vampires:

Level 1: purple

Level 2: yellow

Level 3: orange

Level 4: red

Enjoy!

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Part Two

A pained scream echoed in the night followed by low sucking sounds. Two figures – one crouched over the other – hid in the corner of an alley, both hidden from sight by the pitch black darkness. The one who was on the ground gave one final shake then became motionless, promptly turning into dust in the other man's hands.

The raven haired man looked up; his fierce cobalt eyes now a deep pool of crimson. He licked the blood from his lips as his eyes scanned the area more thoroughly.

"…still…" he began, a primitive aura surrounded him. "…hungry," without warning he launched forward.

Another scream ripped through the night's air as he sunk his fangs into the neck of another victim. This one fought violently to the end, and during the struggle blood spilled all over his attacker. After a while he too became motionless and met the same fate as his attacker's previous victim.

Once the vampire in his clutches became dust, he straightened up and wiped the blood from his lips using the back of his hand. The red disappeared from his eyes, bringing it back to its dark navy colour. He gave a deep guttural growl when he realized the state he was in. Blood soaked through his clothes and he was surrounded by vampire corpses. And from the looks of things they were mostly level threes and fours. 'Ch' how much did I lose myself and kill?' He wasn't really concerned about killing fallen level vampires; after all it was his job. At least he wasn't killing humans. His only concern was accidentally killing vampires who still maintained their sanity and haven't fallen as yet. They were the ones that he avoided during his bloodlust, and humans.

"I need a bath," he growled to no one in particular and with a swish of his long cape, he disappeared into the dark night.

"Wow, that castle or whatever it is is huge!" Allen marveled, his eyes going wide at the large building on the small hill before him. "I wonder how it'll look up close."

He crept closer using his amazing stealth skills – something that was like second nature to him – and found that the building was not Victorian styled, or like any building he had ever seen before. The origin of the architecture was lost to him. Even so, he slinked his way to what he thought led to the back of the building so that he could slip in undetected. He managed to come up to a door – at least he thought it was one – as it slid open rather than being pushed or pulled open. It confused him, that there wasn't a knob attached to the door. 'If that's how the rest of the house is, I'll never get used to it.'

Once he was inside he activated his left eye – he found a way to control its activation –and looked around. He spotted a fierce bright black/blue aura close to the left from where he stood. 'He's the only one here,' he guessed as he didn't spot any other auras. 'Alright, he's,' his cursed eye focused on the target's aura, 'down this hall, turn right and then left and he should be in the room after that.'

Excitement flooded into his veins as he crept closer to where the aura shone vibrantly. When he got closer he saw that there was something else to the aura. It had a mix of red and orange. The two colours surrounded the bluish black aura in small amounts for awhile, before they disappeared. 'Weird,' he shrugged before resuming to his task. He stepped quietly towards the door, making an effort not to make a sound. Once he was before the door, he immediately slid it open and hurried in.

A rush of hot steam was the first to hit his face. 'Huh, steam?' he looked around and saw that he was outside and right before him was an outdoor bath. 'More like a hot spring.' He was surprised and intrigued by the sudden turn of events, but that was the least of his worries now. There was no sign of the person who owned the bluish black aura; it seemed as if the person just disappeared. He was about to stomp his foot in frustration when his body froze up. A shiver ran up his spine that had nothing to do with fear.

"You're three millenniums too early to sneak up on me brat," came the familiar voice of the person who took his breath away. To Allen the person seemed to whisper in his ear.

'What is he doing here?' that was the only thing that was running through Allen's mind. He barely acknowledged the blade propped under his chin that was getting dangerously closer by the second.

'It's him! That slayer from before,' the long haired youth growled in his mind. 'I don't have fucking time for an assassin now.'

"That freak corpse sent you, didn't he?" he asked in a huff.

Allen's pale eyes widened in shock.

"You're Yuu Kanda, the vampire lord?"

Kanda snorted.

"You sneak into my house and you didn't do the proper research?" he wanted to kick the idiot for his apparent stupidity. "So what did you plan on doing, eh? Sneak around until you found someone and ask them who I was? You'd be killed first moron."

Allen felt his face heat up at the comment. It was not that he didn't know how to find the vampire lord. Tyki already told him how to identify him by his aura. "Only the lord of the damned possesses a bluish black aura." So it wasn't as if he didn't know. He was just shocked that person he sort of liked turned out to be someone he must kill. 'It's too bad he's that lord…I really liked him too.'

Without warning Allen stooped down then rolled over to Kanda's left. He got up and put some distance between them before turning to face Kanda with a smile in place.

"I'm sorry that it has to come to this but I must kill you," his bright smile wavered for a second. "It's a shame, I really like you too," he pointed his claw-like hand forward. "Please don't hate me, if it were any other circumstances we might have been friends." 'Or even more…' his mind provided.

Kanda growled, that smile was really annoying him, he just wanted to wipe it clean off. 'Friends? Ch' like I need those.' It went against the rules, but he couldn't help it if he sort of 'accidentally' killed the overly smiley moyashi and just as 'accidentally' drained his mortal body of its blood. He knew it sounded preposterous but he couldn't let the boy before him live. If he did things would just get more complicated.

"You," he pointed forward to Allen, "will kill me?" he pointed to himself and smirked. "Keep dreaming," he waved his right hand dismissively and the steam cleared.

Allen almost had a nose bleed when he saw that Kanda stood before him in nothing but a small flimsy towel that was tied to his waist. He shook his head in an attempt to clear his mind. 'Oh damn, his body is perfect!' he shook his head harder.

"That's playing dirty," he managed to say.

Kanda stared at him blankly, not quiet understanding what he meant.

"Anyway, don't blame me when you die," he dashed forward with his sword in hand and attempted to cut Allen in half from his waist, but Allen dodged by bending back on his hands and flipped a few feet back when Kanda brought his sword down once again.

Once Allen landed on his feet he activated his innocence, which was a lot different than it was before. Previously it was just a silver claw with a green cross like gem in the middle, but now it evolved into a metal like claw that was smaller than its prior size. The green cross like gem in the middle became a silver cross.

"My name is Allen Walker by the way," Allen extended his left arm out and gave a low bow, which pissed Kanda off ever more. "Shall we start?"

"Cocky human," Kanda growled, he placed two fingers – index and middle – on the dark blade of his sword that was closer to the hilt. "Battou," his fingertips glowed and he trailed it along the blade of the sword until it reached the tip. As he did that the dark dull blade of the sword changed to a sharp silver blade.

Allen stood there marveling at the elegance of the man before him. Has there ever been anyone this perfect? He knew that no one would or could ever hope to compare to the elegance and beauty of this vampire god. Kanda was in a league of his own, or maybe it was all vampires in general. Somehow he never thought so. He'd fought a few vampires and none of them could ever compare to Kanda's beauty. He gave a remorseful sigh, it kind of sucked that he had to kill him though.

'Pay attention to the fight and not the hot vampire,' he scolded himself. One slip up and that hot vampire might hack him to pieces.

He closed his eyes and relaxed his body while he waited for Kanda to make the first move. It did no good if he charged in recklessly. That would only guarantee a swifter death on his part.

Kanda however gave a smirk before he disappeared. Allen kept his whole body alert as he waited for the attack hat would surely come. He stooped down, effectively dodging a thrust; he then raised his hand to block another attack.

Once he got back on his feet he pushed forward to knock Kanda back. Kanda staggered a bit before he flipped back dodging Allen's metal-like claw. He landed on his feet perfectly and dashed forward trading blows with Allen. They slashed and swiped at each other, each trying their best to bring the other down. The loud sounds of metal clanging against metal echoed in the midst of the night.

Kanda was annoyed. It never took him this long to disarm a stupid human and knock them out, and yet here he was still fighting the brat. The kid must have some experience in fighting to be able to keep up like that. 'Ch' this sucks.' The slayer had such a strong body that Kanda couldn't help the thought that rushed into his head. His face flushed crimson and he quickly brushed the stray thought off.

Allen saw the blush and was intrigued. He never knew vampires could blush. Weren't they like walking corpses or something like that? So shouldn't they lack the normal bodily functions of a normal human? 'Aw but he looks so cute when he blushes,' he figured if he said that out loud he would be dead.

The fight continued, each person showing no sign of relenting anytime soon. Kanda attacked with calculated and precise strikes. He made sure that his attacks would hit his target where he wanted them to. But that damned moyashi kept evading and blocking his attacks, and it was getting frustrating! It wasn't as if he wanted to kill him – he tried to convince himself of that – he just needed to knock him out so that he could erase his memories. That way he could save the kid from ever feeling that he owed the stupid corpse anything, and if all went well he could recover that piece of stolen innocence and recruit a new slayer for their side. 'Damn I'm thinking way too much into it. I should be more pissed, after all the brat snuck into my home and wants to kill me!' With new found rage Kanda jumped back then used his Kaichuu Ichigen attack. 'Maybe this will scare the kid a bit.'

Allen saw the deformed bugs and remained calm. Though any normal person would be scared he wasn't. 'I've returned from the dead, no stupid looking big eyed bug is gonna scare me.' He dodged all the bugs that attacked; some disappeared into the air while some others returned to attack again. The last remaining bugs were few of the strongest and Allen found out that they weren't going to disappear by just dodging them. He reached out his left hand and attacked them. They disappeared but one remained and that one was in his blind spot. The bug launched forward and Allen turned just in time to see it. 'Shit, I won't make it in time,' he closed his eyes and waited for the pain but nothing happened.

"What the?" he looked down and saw that the bug was in his chest but he didn't feel anything. The bug kept swimming in his body before it gave up and disappeared. He turned to look at Kanda in mild confusion. "What the hell?"

Kanda snorted. "Innocence attacks can't hurt humans."

Allen looked at him in confusion. "Then why bother use it?" 'Wait did he say innocence?'

"I thought it would scare you, just like it did the other idiots," Kanda growled, he couldn't believe that they were having a conversation. "They ran around like a bunch of morons before they knocked themselves out on some random solid surface. Aren't you a human like them?"

Allen blanched. "Don't put me in the same group as those idiots."

That was an insult in his mind. He wasn't some idiotic moron who was easy to lose his focus and make a complete fool of himself. There was nothing that could knock him off balance and made him lose sight of what he must do. He decided to go on the offensive; he'd been blocking and wasting too much time. Plus the fight had gone on for too long, not like how he planned it. He wanted to make a swift and quick kill, as he didn't want the poor vampire to suffer. After all he was the one who invaded the vampire's home to kill him, might as well make it as quick and painless as possible.

Kanda stood his ground to block the attack that was coming his way. He too wanted the fight to end but if he used his full strength he might end up killing the brat. And that wasn't an option. How would he explain the dead body – that would remain – to the elder who should be there any minute now? 'Shoot I almost forgot about that…' he really needed to wrap it up; if the elder came and saw a slayer attacking their lord…he'd get scolded – him not the slayer.

He adjusted Mugen in his hands and shifted his weight to his legs. 'I need to put an end to this,' and with that in mind he stepped forward…but stopped as he felt something sliding down his waist to his legs. To his astonishment, the towel that hid his privates from view slid off. It suffered some of the slashes and attacks Allen raged on him and finally fell apart. A coat of pink dusted his cheeks at his embarrassment and he tried to hide his flustered state with bravado.

Allen however didn't fare so well. He stopped in his tracks when he saw the towel fall off those slim hips. His face burned red and his mind couldn't help the perverted thoughts that ran throughout it one after the other at a fast rate. He felt blood dripping down from his nose and was surprised that he was suffering from a massive nose-bleed.

At the scent of blood Kanda's eyes instantaneously bled to red. The vampire blood he consumed before seemed to drain from his body leaving him completely starved. His mind went blank and the intense hunger immediately took over. He couldn't control his body movements and in an instant he found himself before Allen.

Allen clamped his hand over his nose to stop the blood flow but that wasn't helping. 'Oh my god, his body is beyond perfect!' The image of the vampire's perfect pale body ran over and over in his mind. It excited him and made him really, really hard. He couldn't believe how hard he was. Sure he was half hard during the fight but he expected it to deflate by now. Too bad it didn't…god he needed a good lay. He was brought out of his perverted thoughts by a burning sensation near his right shoulder.

A purr like moan poured itself out from Allen's lips at the burning feeling. He felt pleasure thrum throughout his body as the lips that latched on to his neck began sucking. It felt incredible; he never thought that having his blood sucked would have been such a pleasurable experience. Pleasure ran through his body like wildfire, lighting his desires and bringing them to the surface. The initial pain was gone and replaced with such a wondrous feeling. He felt that he wouldn't mind drowning himself in it.

Kanda's body hummed in appreciation as blood poured into his mouth. It was rich, so pure and undeniably alive and oh god the taste, it was like heaven to his taste buds. He couldn't believe he was missing out on such a delight. It had been years since he had the pleasure of indulging himself in such a delicious substance and his body wasn't wasting the opportunity. He continued sucking; replenishing his body with the favorable meal he was presented with. All form of reasoning left his mind and only the need to drink remained.

The pleasure eventually died and the pain returned with a vengeance. Allen felt weak and drained, but the vampire wouldn't stop drinking. He was losing blood at a fast rate and due to that his skin was becoming paler and paler by the minute. 'Shit…I've got to stop him. If this continues…I might die.' The thought scared him, he didn't want to die…but he could even move his arms. They both were limp at his sides while the vampire held him in his arms and devoured his neck. His anti-demon weapon had deactivated due to his lack of strength, which made fighting back futile.

Kanda reached the point where it would only take a few more sucks to guarantee the death of the mortal in his grasp. He was about to, but then he felt a binding spell surrounding him. It trapped him on spot and restricted his movements. Only a few were strong enough to do that. With his body now frozen his mind took it as a chance to take back control of his body, and banished the bloodlust to the furthest corners of his mind. He turned his attention to the new comer in the room. The hooded black cape that the person wore blocked their features from view.

"Kanda-sama, you almost killed that mortal," a female voice murmured. She brought her hood down revealing short midnight hair and piercing black eyes that seemed to run over into the sclera. With a modest smile she walked forward handing Kanda a crimson robe.

Kanda released his hold on Allen – to take the robe and put it on – and he fell to the ground like a log. He cursed when he heard the body fall with a barely audible thunk. 'Shit, how much blood did I take?'

"From what I can tell, that mortal will die soon," the girl continued. "He has lost a considerable amount of blood and humans can not survive with so little."

"I know that," Kanda growled. Shit how could he be so damn out of control! He should have been able to keep his bloodlust in check, but he managed to drain a mortal almost dry. That had never happened before. Even when human blood was spilled before him; he never lost his reason and consumed any. Something must be wrong, and he was sure the stupid moyashi was to blame. "Azalea, check his body."

Azalea gave a curt nod then laid her pitch black eyes on the pale human before her. They glowed brightly for a span of a few seconds before returning to their original shade. A gasp passed her lips at what she discovered. 'No wonder my lord couldn't resist.'

"Kanda-sama, how did his blood taste?" she inquired. "Did it taste like your previous half, or better?"

Kanda didn't want to remember Lavi at a time like this, but from what Azalea asked he couldn't help but think. The blood had tasted superb, not like how Lavi's was. Lavi's blood had a tangy and exotic taste to it but the blood he just consumed…there was nothing he could use to describe it. He had felt intense hunger before and Lavi's blood had quelled it but when he died the hunger returned tenfold. Now he could feel that hole closing and his hunger sedated.

"It tasted different. Almost like his…but almost…better…" he replied unsure of how to describe it.

Azalea nodded. "Then I was right. Kanda-sama I've checked his soul and it has a striking resemblance to that of your previous half."

Cobalt eyes widened in shock at what was said. 'Similar soul? Could it mean?'

"Does this mean…what I think it means?" he didn't want to sound too hopeful, but he couldn't help if it came across that way. It was the one thing he had been waiting for to happen.

"I think so," Azalea replied with a nod. "That person may be Lavi's reincarnation."

That was all Kanda wanted to hear. 'Lavi…'

"Let's not celebrate too early my lord. He is dying," she reminded. "I will try to help him but Kanda-sama I need you to stab his heart with Mugen. There is poison in his body, the kind that our dear Earl makes to bind souls to do his bidden."

Kanda nodded and walked forward, he stooped down before he ran Mugen straight into Allen's heart. Sure it didn't do anything to his body, because as he said before: innocence didn't hurt humans. The steely silver blade of Mugen turned gold as it sucked the poison out of Allen's body. Once Kanda was sure all drop of it was removed; he got up and left Azalea to do her work.

She stooped down and reached out to the bite wound but an unknown force shocked her. 'Ow, what the hell?' she tried again only to receive the same treatment, but this time a sort of force field came up and blew her back.

"Azalea! What is going on?" Kanda demanded; she needed to save him. It was Lavi damn it! She had to save him!

"Something is blocking me from healing him…" Azalea replied. "I won't be able to do anything; my spirit energy can not make it past the barrier…" her voice trailed off when she looked back at Allen. "Kanda-sama! He's healing by himself." It surprised even her. "Can you feel it? His blood, it's returning bit by bit."

Kanda could feel it. The wounds on Allen's neck disappeared and he could feel vitality steadily returning to the pale boy. He didn't know how it happened and he didn't care, as long as his Lavi was saved. A warm glow from the innocence in Allen's arm brought both vampires' attention to it. It glowed a soothing green as it aided in healing and replenishing of the blood that was lost.

"Should innocence react that way?" he asked, his eyes locked on his Lavi before him. "I've never heard of such a thing happening."

"You father with the aid of the elders created the innocence to help stop the Earl," Azalea replied. "The innocence was created to be used by vampires to kill fallen level ones. That was its purpose; the Earl might have altered that piece of innocence and equipped it with healing attributes to aid humans in his quest for revenge." 'But what an amazing alteration, the Earl was a fine elder. Too bad his research geared towards the wrong purpose.'

Hearing that bit of information made Kanda felt a little better. He decided he wouldn't feed from him right off the bat, but he'd keep him close. There was no way he would lose him like he did before. If it meant to keep him locked away in his castle till he dies, then so be it. He walked towards where Allen laid, and stooped down then rested his hand on his forehead. Surprisingly the force field didn't hinder him from coming closer. He could touch him like normal. So it seemed like the force field prevented other people other than Kanda from touching him. 'Lavi wouldn't do anything to hurt me.'

"I will take care of him," he said, his dark eyes locked on the youth before him. "I will listen to what you have to say afterwards."

"Of course, Kanda-sama."

"This is a special report. The police's science department has discovered the identity of the third body from the October 8th murder. From the investigations carried out by the police department, it is confirmed that the missing body is that of Allen Walker who resides at Lee's Orphanage. The descriptions from eyewitnesses at the scene matched the young lad's description. Allen Walker has been missing for the past three and a half weeks and can now be pronounced as dead. The whereabouts of his body is still unknown and the search has been closed by the local police force. Condolence goes out to the family of Allen Walk –"

Komui had to try to restrain his sister. Lenalee threw the radio off its stand in her grief. She kept on repeating 'it's not true, it's not true' over and over in a distressed voice as tears poured from her eyes. She didn't believe it, Allen couldn't be dead; he just couldn't!

"No I don't believe them! Allen is alive and out there waiting for us to find him!" she screamed as she struggled against Komui. "Let me go nii-san! He's out there and I'm going to find him!"

"Lenalee calm down, it's okay," Komui tried to calm her down. "He's gone…Allen is gone. Please just calm down. You're scaring the kids."

The twins and Ryuu were crying when they heard the news. Allen wasn't coming back and it was their fault. They blamed themselves for Allen not being able to come back. The twins felt even more racked with guilt than Ryuu, if they had just gone home when Allen suggested it…then Allen would be there with them now.

"Allen-nii is gone," they sniffed as snot ran down their noses. "It's our fault; if we didn't force Ryuu to play he'd be here now."

Komui turned to face the young ones. He had managed to calm Lenalee down and the hard truth had sunk in. Allen was dead and gone and no amount of wishing would bring him back to them…to her. She ran upstairs to her room and locked herself in, with only her tears as company.

"Boys, it is not your fault," Komui tried to comfort the younger ones. "Bad things happen sometimes. It's not your fault…please don't blame yourselves okay." Tears fell from his eyes. 'Oh Allen, you didn't deserve a death like that. I'm so sorry I couldn't protect you. I'm so sorry…please, forgive me.'

Kuu peeped out from the room she shared with Ryuu. She saw Komui bending down to hug the twins and Ryuu and all of them were crying. 'Why are they crying?' She didn't understand why they were so sad, her daddy was alright. He was just busy doing something at the moment. She was sure he would be back when he was done with what he was doing, that was why she wasn't sad.

Even when they dressed her in black and brought her to a huge place where they said her daddy would be staying. She wasn't sad because she knew that in that big empty treasure chest looking thing that they buried wasn't where her daddy was. He wasn't staying in that empty place with the stone looking things they called tombstones. Even if one had her daddy's name on it, he'd just correct them when he got back. 'Yup, daddy is gonna be mad at them for putting his name there.' She couldn't wait to see her daddy, as she missed him greatly. Maybe then everyone would stop saying that he was gone for good.

Kuu followed everyone home after the funeral. Everyone still cried once in a while but everything managed to get back to a semblance of normal. Lenalee became strict when it came to enforcing the curfew, as she didn't want an incident like what happened before to reoccur. Not that the twins or Ryuu ever broke it.

They continued on as if her daddy hadn't been there, as if he was really not coming back and she didn't like that. Not one bit.

His whole body felt numb, it wasn't the sort of numbness he felt when he almost died. It was a warmer feeling. He couldn't move but he felt safe and content where he was. 'Where am I?' Not that he minded staying immobile for a few more minutes; he was still confused as to what happened. 'Wait I was fighting the vampire lord…' A wave of panic flooded his system. 'No. Did I die?'

Without warning he bolted right up in a sitting position. His unused muscles ached at the sudden movement. 'Wait I felt that. I'm not dead,' he sighed in relief. 'But where am I?'

He looked around the large room. It felt familiar, yet at the same time it didn't. He saw that he lay on a low bed and that his clothes were replaced with a thin cloth-like robe that resembled the clothes the Asian's wore. 'My clothes and the stuff I got from Tyki are gone.' That was a bummer, now he'd have to sneak out and regroup then come back. He almost jumped in surprised when the door slid open and the hurried footprints of his prey rushed in.

"Lavi!" Kanda yelled, he stopped and cursed. 'Shit he doesn't remember his past life.'

Allen went on guard when Kanda bolted in. They were still enemies and he didn't want to risk anything. He relaxed a bit when the words Kanda said echoed in his mind. 'Who is this Lavi?'

"What happened?" he asked. "Let's say I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt. Just tell me what you did while I was out. I feel like shit."

"I did nothing to you, baka moyashi," Kanda replied annoyed. 'I can't believe he has Lavi's soul.' "You should thank me for saving your life."

Allen blinked. "Eh? You saved my life?"

Kanda was sure something was up with the whole reincarnation thing.

"Maybe after all the years that passed his soul became stupider. I wonder if he even has Lavi's soul to begin with," he muttered in his native tongue.

Allen knew he didn't know any other language than English. So why did he understand that bout of gibberish that the hot vampire sprouted? It was like his heart – or perhaps it was his soul – that understood the words.

"I'm sure it isn't any of my business, but who is this Lavi person?" he asked. Kanda had been saying that name constantly. "And the person that has his soul, who is it?"

Kanda looked at him dumbfounded. 'I was sure I spoke in Japanese…'

"You can understand what I'm saying?" he asked in Japanese.

"Ah yeah, I can," Allen replied surprised that he was using the same language as the vampire lord. "It's weird but I can understand it and wow I can speak it too, even though I've never heard that language till now."

Kanda needed no more reason to doubt that Allen had Lavi's soul. Lavi was a bookman and because of that he was educated in various languages. For Allen to just speak a language that was unknown to him so flawlessly; he was sure his soul was authentic.

"You really do have Lavi's soul," he murmured softly. "You've finally come back to me…"

Allen froze up. 'Hey, wait, stop. What the heck?'

"I have this Lavi's person soul?" they were back to using English. "Wait a sec, what do you mean I've 'come back to you'?"

There must have been some mix-up. Sure he had this strong urge to not kill the man before him when they were fighting, but his resolve to live outweighed that. Ok so maybe that made him sound a bit like a coward, but he didn't care. He didn't want to die. Dying terrified him and after being in that situation before; he wasn't eager to go down that road again. But he was sure he didn't have the soul of this Lavi person, despite what that Kanda person said. 'I'm me and no one else.'

Kanda though didn't expect that he would go through something like this. He expected that after he found Lavi's reincarnation, the person would awake as the past Lavi. He would apologize for what he did and they would live happily ever after until that Lavi's death. Then the whole cycle would start all over again. But that moyashi that had Lavi's soul was driving him nuts! He wasn't sure he'd survive another minute without wanting to kill him.

"I appreciate your help and all," Allen's voice brought Kanda out of his thoughts. "But I still have to kill you. That thing saved me and I owe it a debt. I don't want to die."

"I don't want to die Yuu…"

The words echoed in Kanda's mind. He remembered the last words Lavi gasped out when he was so closed to dying. Lavi didn't want to die that was why Kanda did what he did back then. Kanda had tried to save him and had ended up killing him instead. He always regretted that he couldn't save Lavi and now he was paying for it. 'If he can kill me I'll let it happen.'

"You don't want to die?" he asked in a low tone. "Then will killing me save your life?"

Allen blinked. 'What is he getting at?'

"I will allow you to kill me," Kanda replied. "But that is if you can. You will stay here at my home as long as it takes and are free to attack me anytime. In return I must have your blood whenever I am in need of it."

Gray eyes continued to blink in shock. Kanda was allowing him to live at his place just so he could kill him? And all he needed was to trade his blood in return? Was this some sort of a trap? Or did Kanda really want to die. 'Probably by his 'Lavi's' hands.' Somehow when he thought that it made him feel somewhat irritated.

"Do we have a deal?" Kanda asked.

'It's not like it's going its get any better.'

"Well ah sure, deal."

Allen felt as if he was getting too used to his new life, and that scared him. It had been a month now since he woke up and since he was out for three weeks prior that, it meant that he was with Kanda for nearly two months. He hadn't sent any word to the orphanage and he was worrying about everyone there. 'They must be worried sick by now.'

He really wanted to see them but he didn't know what the Shinigami would do if he did. But that didn't mean that he hadn't written a letter everyday since he woke up. If he could just get them to a post office maybe then he would have some luck in getting them to his family. 'I could ask Kanda to deliver them for me.' His face heated up when he thought of Kanda.

During his stay, Kanda fed from him only twice and for both times he would always see something. The visions he saw were always in first person and they always involved him seeing Kanda drinking blood from him while they – his blush intensified – had sex. Sure he thought it was some fabricated illusion. But in the last vision – of him coming inside of Kanda – he had seen his reflection and he was a redhead with green eyes. After seeing that he was sure it wasn't him or a fabricated illusion. He told Azalea – who he met on the second day – and she told him they were his past memories of when he was 'Lavi'.

She was the 'all seeing elder' therefore what she said was basically the truth. But he couldn't wrap his mind around seeing himself as someone else doing that with Kanda. It felt as if he was watching Kanda have sex with someone else, as the person didn't seem like him. They might share the same soul but it wasn't him.

"Ah I'm done," he stretched and then he folded the letter. "I'll go give Kanda another sneak attack. Who knows maybe I'll be successful this time."

He got up after he placed the letter in another envelope and threw it in the pile where the others were. 'I should get those mailed real soon…' he really wanted to see everyone again. It had been almost two months now and he was way over due. 'I want to find another way out of this, I don't want to kill Kanda but I have to.'

With a sigh he exited the room on his search for the raven haired vampire.

Kanda could smell that familiar enticing blood, it was so close…

He ducked dodging one of Allen's pathetic attacks, but Allen was expecting that. He redoubled his efforts and dropped to his knees and kicked his foot out, sweeping Kanda's feet from under him. Kanda never expected that and fell to the ground on his back. Allen seeing his chance raised his left hand and was about to plunge it into Kanda's chest but stopped when he felt a blade brushing against his abdomen.

"Ah I give!" he groaned in annoyance as he deactivated his innocence. "You win again."

Kanda got off the ground and sheathed his Mugen. He stared at Allen, who had grown a bit in the past weeks. Though he was no where as tall as Lavi was; he was still growing. After all Allen was just fifteen and he was with Lavi until he was eighteen.

"You're making unnecessary movements," he scolded. "Do you really want to kill me and save your pathetic life?"

For someone who was the one to be killed he sure was taking his life likely.

"Damn I am concentrating," Allen groaned in frustration. He really was trying damn it, but it was just that when he wanted to go in for the kill something always stopped him. Like a weird feeling telling him not to kill Kanda. "Do you really want to die that bad? I wouldn't be as calm as you; I'd be fighting for my life."

Kanda snorted. "I've seen enough of this pathetic world. I may not look it but I'm centuries old."

'Ok so I have the hots for an old guy,' Allen thought. "Wait if he is centuries old, when did he meet Lavi?'

Sure he was intrigued about whom he was in his past life but yet again he wasn't. He wasn't sure if he wanted to know who he was before. Kanda might try to compare them. 'As if he wasn't doing that already.'

"That old huh," Allen mused. "It must be good to be able to live that long."

"Ne Yuu, if you turn me into one of your kind, we could be together forever.'

Kanda tried to block the memory from his mind. He did not want to recall anything thing from the past. They just made his old wounds ache. 'I didn't want to condemn you to my life. I'm sorry Lavi.'

"…nda…"

A hand waved across his vision.

"Kanda!"

He blinked.

"Oi don't blank out on me," Allen complained with a slight pout of his lips. "You already don't breathe. Its way creepy and you just look dead."

Kanda snorted. "Whatever," he sniffed Allen as there was something mixing with his blood. "Are you writing something? There is an ink scent all over you."

"Ah yeah," Allen grinned at him. "I'm writing some letters to my family."

"Oh," Kanda didn't understand, why write letters when he could just visit them? "Why don't you just visit them?"

Allen blinked. Was it that simple?

"Well I still have a deal to keep up with the guy who wants you dead," Allen paused. He didn't quite get the reason as to why this 'Earl' person wanted Kanda dead. "Why does he want you dead Kanda?"

Kanda shrugged. "Who knows?"

"I would," Azalea's voice chimed in. she materialized in front of Kanda and gave a slight bow. "Kanda-sama," she turned to Allen. "Hello Allen."

"Azalea, what brings you here?" Allen asked. Azalea never showed up unless she had something important to talk to Kanda about.

"I'm here to inform Kanda-sama of our dear Earl's movement," she replied.

"The Shinigami?"

"He is no Shinigami," Azalea replied curtly. She still didn't take well to how mortals easily believed that fraud was her father. "He is just a busybody elder vampire who got banished."

"Banished?" Allen inquired. Who knew maybe he was fighting on the wrong side? If there even was a 'right side' to begin with.

"He created those fallen level monsters by using vampires and the soul of mortals," Azalea continued. "And that is a crime in our law. He wanted to create the perfect vampires and the elders believed that he succeeded." She reached into her pouch that she had strapped over her cloak to take out a small note book. "One of our exorcists encountered one and died in battle."

"Who was it?" Kanda demanded.

"Daisya Barry."

Kanda was silent for a while and Allen wondered if he knew that person.

"These perfect vampires are known as Noah and are characterized by their gray skin tone, yellow/gold eyes, and they posses a horizontal line of seven cross-shaped stigmata referred to as holy marks on their forehead," Azalea continued. She noticed the shock expression Allen wore but chose not to comment on it…yet. "There is said to be thirteen of them in all. The slayers and exorcists – vampires who slay – are on the move, watching out for any suspicious movement. We've decided to keep a close watch on you since you are his target, my lord."

"Why is Kanda his target?" Allen asked that was something he wanted to know.

"Kanda-sama is directly descended from pureblood royalty, therefore his blood has certain properties," Azalea replied. "Not only was the Earl banished for his wrong doings, a curse was placed upon him. This curse prevented him from consuming the blood of mortals and vampires alike and the only way to break the curse is to kill the vampire lord and drain his blood."

'I guess that explains why he looked like a skeleton.'

"If that is left to happen, the Earl's power would be restored and the whole world will feel his wrath," Azalea finished. "We are trying to prevent that from happening. You see the Earl cannot directly attack Kanda-sama that is why he sends humans. Some of the humans he sends normally join our side and the other's memories are erased and they are returned to society."

"Wait so you're telling me I'm not the first one he sent?" Allen kind of figured that but still, he felt as if he was a puppet. "And how long has Kanda been dealing with this?"

"Since his parents were murdered hundreds of years ago," Azalea replied. "Kanda-sama killed the perpetrator after he was named lord." 'It was a hard time for him…the Earl almost won too. It was a good thing Kanda-sama got rid of their bodies before he could make a move.'

"Enough about that," Kanda snapped. "Was any innocence recovered?"

'Innocence? Wasn't that something to be used against vampires?' Allen thought. 'He mentioned it in our first fight. That innocence attacks couldn't harm humans. Was he using innocence? No, that can't be…'

"No, none of the ten innocence that was stolen was recovered," Azalea replied. "Well if you count the one Allen has, then one."

"Wait; isn't innocence used to kill vampires?" Allen asked. It wasn't called an anti-demon weapon for no reason.

"Do you see that sword that Kanda-sama uses," Azalea pointed towards Mugen. "It was created using innocence. The Innocence was created by Kanda-sama's father and the elders with the help of my father the real Shinigami. It was created as a weapon to use against the Earl's monstrosities."

Allen blinked; things were getting way too supernatural for his liking. Ok now he was officially in too deep with no way out. Vampires created innocence to kill fallen level vampires and there was a vampire girl whose father is supposedly the real Shinigami. It was official, nothing surprised him anymore.

"Allen, do you want me to deliver those letters for you?" Azalea asked in a light tone. "You've been meaning to send them for a while now; I can do that for you."

Kanda turned to face Allen. "It's not like I'm keeping you here for life. You can go and come back."

Everyone in that room knew that was a lie. The only way Allen could step one foot out that door was if he killed Kanda and that wasn't happening any time soon.

"I'll take you up on that offer," Allen replied. "I am still indebt to the 'Earl' and it included me not going home." He gave a sly smirk. "But he didn't saw I couldn't write."

Azalea gave a sly smirk of her own; her pitch black eyes making her look sinister. "Ah you found a loop hole." 'He is just like Lavi.'

"Heh heh I guess I did," Allen replied with a smile. "Hey wait here I'll go get them."

He ran out the training room and heading down the corridor towards where his room – Lavi's old room – was.

"He seems almost like Lavi, yet not so quite," Azalea said after Allen's footsteps were far gone.

Kanda said nothing in reply.

"Kanda-sama, maybe you should deliver those letters for him," Azalea said after a while. "I will be busy."

Kanda's head snapped in her direction. "Then why did you bother to say that you would do it?"

Azalea gave a small chuckle. "So that I could get you to do it for me," she replied and then with a small bow she disappeared. "Good luck Kanda-sama."

Kanda was about groan in frustration when Allen came back in.

"Eh? Where's Azalea?" he asked. In his hands was big leather pouch that was no doubt filled with his letters. "I have them right here."

"Give them to me," Kanda said. "I'll take them."

"Wait, what about –"

"I'll take them," Kanda insisted and Allen gave in.

It was easy to find the building where Allen lived. He followed the path up to where Allen told him. It was familiar, as he often took the same path when he visited Lavi. How weird was it that both persons lived in the same location. Maybe it was fate or just really freaky luck.

He blended perfectly in the night as the streets were slightly crowded, even though it was almost midnight. The air stunk of musk, sweat and sex. The stench hung heavily in the air in the area he just entered. He had to past London's most famous red-light district before he could reach the street where the orphanage was. 'Stupid humans and their filth.' The stench became more nauseating as he ventured deeper. He could smell the disease on most of them and it churned his stomach.

The blood around him smelt polluted and vile, so much different than Allen's. When Allen died he was sure he would give up on drinking mortal blood again. Their blood wouldn't appeal to him the way Allen's blood did and he didn't think his body would digest anyone's other than the owner of Lavi's soul. 'He'll probably manage to kill me before that. I won't be able to live if Lavi died again…'

He gave a small curse. Shit there he went again, being sentimental. He was still attached to the redhead, but somehow it felt different. It felt as if he wasn't really seeing Lavi, but Allen; the white haired scaredy-cat of a slayer who was afraid to die. He thought it was preposterous but somehow it made the ache better. Whenever he thought of Lavi he always felt regret and sadness, but with Allen; he felt…frustration. Though he'd choose that any day over being all regretful all the time.

The end of the road came to sight and he gave a small sigh in relief when he left that part of town. He could smell some of his kind in the vicinity and when he passed those who were close they bowed in respect. Many of the nightwalkers were surprised at their lord's appearance. They were even more surprised when they saw a leather pouch around his lithe shoulders.

Kanda walked on, the orphanage was in plain sight and he just wanted to dump the letters and go home. He figured leaving the letters on the steps with no form of explanation would not be a good idea, but what other alternative did he have? It was after midnight and the place was an orphanage. Orphanages meant children and children meant that they would be asleep a long time ago. So no one would be awake.

"I should just leave it there," he was about to when a mixed scent filled the air. It smelt almost like a vampire's but it was closely mixed with a human's.

"You smell like daddy."

Kanda looked down to see a blob of pink standing before the opened door of the orphanage. She looked at him with big bright pink eyes. 'That kid, she's a dhampir.'

"You smell like daddy," Kuu repeated. "Is daddy here?"

"Daddy?" Kanda repeated. 'I don't smell the moyashi's blood in her. He couldn't be her father.' "Who is that?"

Kuu's face puffed up as she tried to recall how her daddy looked the last time she saw him. "Daddy's rweally tall. Taller than Kuu-chanu and Ryuu-nii and Mira-nii and Kira-nii! And and daddy's eyes look white, hair too. Oh! And daddy havva red squiggly thing on his face right here." She pointed to her left eye.

'Yup, it's the moyashi,' Kanda sighed. 'She must be an orphan that he took care of. They aren't blood-related.'

"Oh, I know him," he replied. Somehow he felt he needed to talk to that girl, no matter how much he wanted to leave.

"Rweally! Where's daddy now?" Kuu was really excited. She knew her daddy wasn't gone like everyone was saying. "Kuu-chanu rweally miss daddy."

Kanda was about to answer but he stopped. He sniffed the air once again but it was the same. There was no active scent that indicated that Allen might have lived there. It was like everything that he might have owned was gone. There was something that he was sure he was missing.

"Kid, can you smell your daddy's scent in that house?" he asked.

Kuu's eyes begun to water. "Nuh uh," she shook her head. "Komui oji-chan gave away daddy's stuffies."

That intrigued Kanda. "Do you know why he did that?"

Kuu was now sniffling. "Komui oji-chan and everybody say daddy's not coming back," snot ran down her nose. "They say daddy's staying in that big box they put in a big hole." She wiped the tears and looked up at Kanda with hopeful pink eyes. "That not true, daddy's coming back ne?"

Kanda didn't know what to tell the little girl before him. 'He's dead to them? Shit how did that happen? That means they can't get the letters then. I can't even erase her memory…her vampire blood would prevent it. Damn it, what am I going to do now?'

"Are you the only one who thinks he will come back?" he asked.

Kuu nodded vigorously.

'There is only one thing I can do,' Kanda gave a sigh. 'That damn moyashi owes me.'

"He will come back," once the words left his mouth Kuu's face lit up. "But I don't know how long it will take. It might be weeks, months….years. I'm not quite sure." Kuu's expression fell. "But I have some letters he wrote to all of you. I will collect them from him and come read them to you once a week, until he comes back."

Kuu was glad that her daddy was alright. She was right and everyone one else was wrong. Her daddy wasn't gone, he was going to come back and she couldn't wait to see him.

"All that from daddy?" her eyes brightened when she saw the large bag in Kanda's hands.

"Yes, do you want me to read them to you now?"

Kuu gave him a bright smile and a nod. She bent down to take up her blanket and teddy bear then closed the door. Kanda settled himself on the steps beside where Kuu sat. He took out the first letter and was about to read when Kuu asked him his name.

"It's Yuu Kanda," he replied. "And you?" he didn't know why he was asking when it was obvious her name was 'Kuu' since she addressed herself by that name.

"Kuu Walker! Daddy named Kuu-chanu after him, nweat ne?" Kuu grinned.

Kanda nodded briefly then cleared his throat and started reading.

October 30th

Hey everyone,

Sorry that I uh kinda disappeared on short notice but rest assured I am alive and well. I'm just kinda caught up in something now. Please stop worrying Lenalee; it's not something that I can't handle. I can not tell you the immediate details, but I will make sure to finish up quickly so that I can see you all soon. I'm sorry for leaving everything to you Komui. When I get back I will accept my punishment.

How are the kids? Did Ryuu, Mira and Kira make it back ok? Is Kuu alright? God I miss you all so bad….

Kanda watched as Kuu's little chest rose and fell with her breathing. He had only gotten through seven of the letters before Kuu dozed off. She fell asleep on the steps and he didn't have the heart to leave her there. So he had scoped her up in his arms and brought her to the room he thought belonged to her room, and then tucked her into bed.

He wondered idly if Allen did that every night. If he tucked in the kids after reading them a bed time story, then after they were asleep he would leave. 'The people he's trying to get back to, I guess they needed him…but now he's dead to them. How would he feel about that?' He knew it would break Allen's heart.

His eyes trailed to the little boy in the next bed on the other side of the room. Tears trailed down his cherub round face. Kanda could tell the reason for his tears, he could tell the reason for all their tears. Their 'Allen' was dead. The salty stench lined thickly in the air and it made him a bit nauseated. Only Kuu, who knew the truth slept tearless, but because of that she would suffer the most heartache. She knew he was alive and would have to keep it a secret from everyone.

Kanda closed his eyes and willed him self out of the room. He couldn't bear staying there anymore; it was arousing a weird feeling inside of him. When he opened his eyes he was outside standing before an old cemetery. He knew what that feeling was, he was jealous. Allen was fighting to kill him so that he could get back to a family who thought he was dead. It wasn't fair. He didn't want to take Allen from those kids but…'Why must he be the one with Lavi's soul…?'

He walked aimlessly through the cemetery until he came up to a grave. There were fresh flowers on the grave that indicated that someone must have visited earlier in the day. The vibrant yellow tulips smelt pleasant to his sensitive nose. It wasn't too strong that it would irritate his heightened senses. The light fragrance calmed his senses so that he could think clearly. He sighed then lowered his dark eyes to take in the name on the grave.

Allen Walker

December 25, 1852 – October 8, 1867

`Gone too soon but not forgotten.´

The scenery was burnt into his mind. It reminded him of when he stood before Lavi's grave all those years ago. But this time he never felt that overwhelming remorse and pain, because this time the grave was empty. He was still alive.

"Eh? Kanda what took you so long?" Allen wanted a full report on what he saw. Sure Kanda went in the night so he might not have met anyone. But~ he stayed out for a long time and that must have meant that he ran into someone. "Did you meet anyone? Are they all ok?"

Kanda didn't know what to do. Should he tell Allen the truth and then have he run away and return to a family who might fear him? Or should he keep up the pretense and continue on with the original plan, so that he would stay even a bit longer.

"They're doing well," he replied with a shrug. "They miss you of course, but they will kick your ass when you get back."

Allen's face lit up considerably. "Ah so they do miss me huh? So they're not mad? Who did you talk to? Was it Komui or Lenalee? Hey did you meet the kids? The little girl Kuu is my daughter ya know."

He began asking question after question and Kanda replied with well calculated lies. Kanda found that lying left a bad taste in his mouth, but it was much better than telling the truth. If he told him the truth Allen would leave. If that was what it took to make Allen stay, he would continue to lie.

The years passed by quickly and it seemed to go unnoticed by Allen. He was really happy, so happy that he forgot completely about the Earl. Life was looking up for him and he was sure nothing would change that.

He smiled at his reflection in the mirror. The three years that passed had been very kind to him. He grew a couple of inches and was proud to say that he was now taller than Kanda. His muscles were more pronounced and well toned, and his face became more mature and handsome. He wasn't vain but even he could admit that he was drop dead gorgeous.

"I wonder what time Kuu will be coming over," his smile widened.

After having Kanda send messages back and forth to his family, one night he had surprised him by bringing Kuu home with him. She was overjoyed to see him and was crying while she held him, while he in turn was shocked but relieved to see her. Ever since then Kanda always brought Kuu back at least three times per week. They would play and talk and sometimes she would stay over. Kanda told him that Komui said it was alright if Kuu stayed over from time to time and he took his word for it.

He had decided to leave the orphanage in Komui's care a year back when he turned eighteen. From what Kanda mentioned, Komui and everyone were doing well. Though they missed him greatly they were glad that he was alright. Plus they were doing better than alright. The boys were adopted and a new set of orphans lived there now.

Ryuu was adopted by a renowned fashion designer and the twins were adopted by a famed play writer. The boys were doing well where they were and had started attending school. Everyone was doing well with their lives and they said he should too. They said he should concentrate on his own life and happiness.

'I've always thought that I should be the one to protect everyone, but I guess they were able to take care of themselves all along.'

"Maybe I should go get a job now," he mussed to himself. "I may be living with Kanda but I don't want to free load off him forever."

"Why would you bother to do that?" Kanda asked as he walked into the room. "It's not necessary."

Allen turned to face the raven haired beauty. Kanda still looked the same as he was three years ago; like an eighteen year old teenager. He was still beautiful and barely changed a bit. Allen wouldn't have wanted it any other way. He wouldn't want Kanda to look older than him, even if he really was centuries older. But it still brought to surface what Kanda really was. Vampires were lucky, they had immortality and youth.

Allen's expression suddenly became gloomy.

"Oi, moyashi what's the matter?" Kanda sensed the shift in moods.

"You're a vampire," Allen sighed.

"Yeah so?" Kanda couldn't quite see the point. He was a vampire so what? 'What about that is so sad? Realization finally dawned when he saw the fear in Allen's eyes. That fear was what bought them together three years ago. He had thought it had left but Allen still feared death. "Oh, ch' don't let that bother you."

"Yeah I guess," Allen walked up to Kanda and placed his hands on his shoulder. He loved the way Kanda's cheeks heated up from the contact. "But I just can't deal with it, knowing that everyone will be gone one day…and that I'll leave you."

"I don't want to leave you, Yuu."

Kanda could feel the sadness and fear radiating off Allen in waves. It was the same with Lavi; he had to try and erase that fear. He removed Allen's hands of his shoulders and rested his head on Allen's right shoulder.

"Don't think about depressing things like that," he murmured. "Just think about now, that what's important. The future can wait."

A small smile crossed Allen's lips and he wrapped his arms around Kanda. "Thank you."

Kanda blushed but didn't pull away from the embrace. He felt warm and content. Allen brought his hands up to cup Kanda's cheek then leaned in. Cobalt eyes hazed over in lust and a spot of red dusted the vampire's cheeks as he waited to be kissed. They were merely inches away from each other, when the sound of someone clearing their throat stopped them. Kanda's head snapped towards where the sound came from, and there he saw Azalea at the door with a slightly amused expression on her usually emotionally-stunted face.

"Am I interrupting something?" Azalea asked in an innocent tone.

At the sound of her voice Kanda snapped back to awareness. He pulled him self from Allen's hold and turned to face her. Allen gave a slight pout at being interrupted. 'Just when I was about to kiss him too.'

"State your business," Kanda all but growled.

"Ah, to the point eh?" Azalea chuckled. "Well then excuse me Kanda-sama, but I was told to come fetch you. There is a meeting with all the elders and it requires the presence of our lord."

Kanda gave a curse. 'Already? Shit, this might take up the whole day and night.'

"I can't attend," he said. "I have somewhere to be. Tell them to postpone it."

"Sorry my lord, no can do," Azalea replied. "It is of the utmost importance. My dad will be leaving the underworld to attend."

'It's that important? Damn it I won't be able to attend that picnic Kuu was planning…'

He gave a sigh. Kuu was looking forward to it. Three years ago on this very day was the day Allen supposed to have 'died.' She understood what it meant now and instead of celebrating his fake death; she wanted to celebrate his life. He was alive and that was what mattered.

"Apologize to Kuu for me," he said to Allen. "Tell her I'll bring a gift for her when I get back."

Allen nodded. "Don't fret so much. I'm sure Kuu will understand."

"Yeah," Kanda gave him a light peck on his lips. "I'll be back soon." His cheeks burned red in embarrassment at what he said and did.

"We'll be waiting," Allen replied with a small smile. "See you."

Kanda gave a small nod before he followed Azalea outside. They disappeared into thin air. The mansion felt empty and quiet after Kanda left. He had a few hours left before he had to meet Kuu and there was nothing to do. 'Maybe I'll go pick Kuu up early. I did promise Komui in my letters that I'd drop by for a visit, besides I want to start on Kuu's adoption documents.'

Kuu was the only on that hadn't been adopted and he was planning on taking her in. He hadn't told Kanda what he planned as yet but he would soon. It wouldn't take much persuading as Kanda already adored Kuu. At least that was what he thought. 'Ah, it'll be just fine.' And with that in mind he left to go pick up Kuu, not knowing that with him leaving, he had made a mistake that he would regret with his life.

Allen followed the path that led towards his home town. It had been so long since he'd been there and he was marveled by all the changes. Everything looked so different and he barely recognized anything. 'Wow that much change in just a few years?' He muttered a 'good morning' to those who passed him, but they looked at him strangely before walking on their way. 'Ah, I guess my appearance is kind of intimidating.'

He chuckled to himself but then paused as suddenly he felt very cold. The day was warm and sunny; therefore he shouldn't be feeling that cold. Sure it was early October but…the feeling felt familiar. There was a presence in the air and he knew who it was. A grim look took over his face as he walked over to a deserted alley-way. Immediately a dark aura seeped out of the ground and formed into the Earl.

"Allen Walker," the thing chuckled. "Long time no see."

Allen scoffed at it. "I wished it had been longer," he glared at the thing before him. "What do you want?"

"Ah Allen Walker you hurt me," the Earl said in a fake-hurt tone. "I thought we were friends."

"Cut to the chase you damned corpse!" Allen just wanted to get away from the thing before him. It reeked of death.

The Earl crossed his boney hands over his equally boney chest. Even if his face was hidden from view, there was an air around him made it seem as if he was smiling. He took up his large scythe and pointed it forward.

"Have you betrayed me?" he asked in amusement. "That brat bewitched you."

An indignant growl forced its way out of Allen's throat. "He told me the truth monster," he turned to walk away. "You aren't a death god and you didn't save me. You were just there that day to steal the souls of the dead for your stupid experiments. And for some unknown reason you left me alive. That innocence piece that you stole was what healed me." He stopped at the mouth of the alley. "I owe you nothing you lying thief!"

The cheerful air around the Earl dissipated and he roared out in laughter. Allen froze at the god-awful sound. It chilled his bones to the core.

"I'm a liar?" the Earl asked once his laughter died down. "I think not." Allen turned to face him. "I just never told you my reason, but the vampire lord on the other hand. How much do you trust him?"

Allen's answer was immediate.

"I trust Kanda with my life."

"What a joke. Don't tell me you've fallen in love with the brat," the Earl let out another bark of laughter. "You're merely fooling yourself mortal. He will not love you. The only reason he wants you there is because of your soul."

Allen had taken that into consideration but he didn't want to believe it. He knew how much Kanda had loved Lavi but he was sure he could make him forget all about the redhead. That would be hard considering that he had Lavi's soul. 'I've made it clear to him that I am not Lavi. He said he understood and I'm going to believe him.'

"Soul or no soul I'm sure Kanda loves me," he said with a growl. "I'm sure of that." The last part was whispered.

"Your tone tells me you don't believe that," the Earl countered. "I would too if I were you. He has been lying to you, you know."

"Shut up, I don't believe you!" Allen yelled he turned back to leave. "I'm not listening to any of this!"

The Earl chuckled. "I have proof."

Allen stopped in his tracks. It wasn't that he doubted Kanda, but he could tell there was something that Kanda was keeping from him. He didn't know whether Kanda really loved him or it was just because he had Lavi's soul. There was a lingering doubt there, but he couldn't help it. Kanda wasn't an affectionate person and it was hard to tell what he was thinking.

"What proof?" he asked hesitantly.

The Earl seemed to smile. "Follow me."

Allen stared in shock at the grave before him. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. There was a grave before him with his name on it. 'Wait a sec, this can't be? Is that my…my grave?'

"This is not real," his voice was broken. "It can't be…"

"Oh but it is," the Earl replied. "To your family, you died three years ago. You are dead to them."

Allen couldn't believe what he was hearing. "But Kanda…he, he always brought my letters to them. And he always brought back messages to me from them."

"He lied."

"That can't be true!" Allen yelled. 'Kanda wouldn't, he wouldn't do something like that.' "You," he turned to glare at the Earl. "You did this! I bet this is all your illusion!"

The Earl chuckled. "You can't believe that your precious vampire lord lied toy you, but you can believe that I placed you in an illusion?" he pulled his hood down revealing his rotted face. "I haven't consumed blood in millenniums! How can I be strong enough to put you in an illusion? The vampire lord on the other hand has all his power. Tell me Allen Walker, which one of us is more likely to trap you in an illusion? Which one of us would do anything to prevent your leaving, just because you hold something precious to them?" the skull faced seemed to smirk. "The vampire lord only sees you as his past lover. That bookman was the only one he would ever love. Hasn't that occurred to you yet? He doesn't love you, he loves Lavi."

Allen felt lost. Hearing that from someone else's mouth made it seem true. Kanda didn't want him to leave because he had Lavi's soul. All the shy loving gazes that Kanda sent his way was just because he had Lavi's soul. Everything that Kanda did and say to him that made him felt loved was just because he had Lavi's soul. He didn't want to believe it…but it was true. 'Kanda doesn't love me, it was always about Lavi.'

How could he be so foolish? Kanda barely cared about him. He thought Kanda cared, but that was only because he was Lavi's reincarnation. Did Kanda ever saw him as Allen Walker the person and not as Allen Walker the reincarnation of Lavi? Right now he highly doubted it. Why else would Kanda have lied to him? 'I wonder if he even knew that I was supposed to be dead,' he gave a bitter laugh. 'I bet he did, and then brainwashed Kuu so that I wouldn't catch on.'

"Have you finally connected the pieces?" the Earl asked, the dark aura oozed out from the ground and surrounded him. "He has been lying to you so you shouldn't trust him. Help me get my revenge, I've suffered long enough. Won't you help me Allen Walker?"

Allen turned to face the putrid creature with dispassionate gray eyes. The Earl expected Allen to agree and follow him; no he knew Allen would follow him. Humans were easy to manipulate and bend to his whim. He knew he had struck a core with the boy and he was just waiting for the anger to flare up. For Allen to want to get revenge on the vampire lord for treating him like a vessel for his precious La–

"No."

The Earl blinked. Where was the anger? "What was that?"

"I said no, I won't help you," Allen replied in a firm tone. "Kanda lied to me but I'm not going to help you kill him just because of that."

He wasn't about to jump to conclusions. Kanda would have to explain himself first, but that didn't mean he would still help the Earl even after he heard Kanda's reason. He loved Kanda and he would not hurt him, no matter what. Kanda was someone he would protect with his life.

A chuckle that didn't come from the Earl alerted Allen to the presence of someone behind him.

"That will be a problem then, shounen."

Allen barely had time to register who was behind him before Tyki knocked him out cold. He fell to his knees before he hit the ground with a thud. Road came up from behind Tyki and stooped down to stare at Allen's older face. They both looked as if they haven't aged in the last three years.

"Ah he looks so hot now!" she gushed. "Can I keep him after we're done Count-sama?"

The Earl chuckled at her eagerness. "I don't see why not," he turned to face Tyki. "I will leave the fetching of our dear lord to you."

Tyki gave a slight bowed and then suddenly disappeared.

"Road, let us set up to welcome our guest of honor."

Road gave a vast grin. "Sure thing."

A sigh passed Kanda's lips as he hurried towards the park where he was to meet Kuu and Allen. He managed to leave the meeting early and once he was out he practically ran home to change. Now he was almost there. 'Ah there's Kuu,' he gave a sigh in relief but that died when he didn't see Allen.

"Mommy!" Kuu called. She had taken up to calling him that and even though he corrected her countless of times – telling her over and over that he was a man – she didn't stop. So he got used to it. "You're really late." She pouted, which was a cute sight. "Where is daddy? Is he with you?"

Kanda blinked. 'The moyashi isn't with Kuu? What the hell is going on?' "Wait he's not with you?"

"Nope," Kuu replied. "I was here waiting a long time for you two. It was so boring!"

'That's strange,' Kanda thought, fear started to creep into his mind. 'He wasn't at the castle. Where is he?'

"I believe you are looking for the young lad?" Tyki materialized before the two. "I know where to find him."

Kanda glared at the intruder. 'Gold eyes, gray skin and those crosses on his forehead, he's a perfected vampire, a Noah.' "Where is he?" he growled. 'No, this can't be happening! How did something like this happen? That monster can't set a foot on my family's land, so how did he get to kidnap the moyashi?'

"The Earl is currently keeping his company," Tyki replied with a smirk. "I am here to guide you to them."

Kanda didn't want to think about how similar the current situation was to the time of Lavi's death. Someone abducted Lavi when he was on his way home. Kanda had gone to save him but it was too late. By the time he got there he found Lavi lying on the ground bloodied and beaten, and it was humans who did it to him. Back then the world was a superstitious mess and people feared what they didn't understand, but most of all they feared talk of vampires. Lavi was suspected to be involved with a vampire and they took it up on themselves to pass judgment on him.

The Earl was the one who hinted to them about Lavi's involvement, he was the one that caused it. Since then Kanda had hated him even more.

When Kanda had seen Lavi all bloodied and almost dead, he lost all reasoning and slaughtered all those who were there. He didn't give a damn if they humans for they had laid their filthy hands on his precious Lavi. After each and every one of the humans laid dead on the ground he rushed over to help Lavi. Lavi struggled to say that he didn't want to die and that had broke Kanda's heart. So he tried to save him by turning him into a vampire, but he messed up and ended up killing Lavi instead. The regret he felt that day still lingered in his heart.

"I'll follow you," Kanda growled. 'Then I'll kill you.' He turned to Kuu who was looking up at him with a worried look in her bright pink eyes. "Kuu head back to the orphanage now."

"You'll find daddy and bring him back?" tears filled her eyes but she wiped them away.

Kanda gave her one of his rare smiles. "I will, so wait for us at the orphanage ok."

Kuu nodded and gave a smile of her own. She would do what she could to help. With one last look at her mommy she ran towards the direction of the orphanage. Kanda watched until she was out of sight before he turned to face the Noah before him. It was late in the evening but he knew Kuu would be alright. There were vampires who were loyal to him all around and they would protect her in his stead. Besides, Kuu's vampiric powers awakened two years ago and she was perfectly capable of protecting herself.

"Oi, take me there."

Tyki's smirk widened.

The air felt cold and stifling and it was becoming increasingly hard to breathe. Allen felt small hands caressing his face and bare chest but he couldn't do much about it. He was bound with both his hands and feet and something hard and itchy scraped against his bare back. The caresses felt disgusting and he wanted it to stop. He struggled to open his eyes but it hurt to do so. His body groan in protest as the hands travelled lower and lower. When he felt a firm grasp on a place that shouldn't be touched – but only by Kanda – his eyes snapped open.

"Back off," he growled.

Amused gold eyes blinked up at him with fake innocence.

"Don't you like it?" Road asked with a slight smirk.

"No," Allen wanted to move away but it hurt to do so. What the hell did they do to him! "Do you see that dead dick? There's no way I enjoyed that."

He didn't care if he was being vulgar to a young girl. 'Young girl my ass, she's a vampire. I bet she's really old.' "Now be a good little monster-brat and let me the hell go!"

Road gave him a wicked grin before she squeezed the limp organ in her grasp. She gave a triumphant smirk when Allen hissed in pain.

"You're not helping my plans," she said in a bored tone. "I was planning on letting that brat see his precious Lavi in the throes of pleasure with another person, but you're being stubborn." She tucked his flaccid member back in his pants and zipped it up. "For being stubborn I'll switch to my next plan." She ran her claws across Allen's bare chest and her gold eyes flashed dangerously. "I'll let him see you crying out in pain!"

"Road."

At the sound of her name, Road stopped from her attempt to claw Allen's heart out. She got up from where she was stooped before Allen and turned to face the one who addressed her. Allen turned his head in that direction and saw the Earl looking back at him with his rotted face in full view.

"Our main guest will be arriving soon," the Earl gave a chuckle and his eyeless sockets seemed to glow. "Everything will be settled tonight."

Allen glared at the Earl but paused when he saw where they were. The area was surrounded by trees and making the old ruins appear that more ancient. 'Where is this place?' He had lived in England all his life but he had never heard of a place like this. It was both glorious and terrifying in its appearance. The aura encircling the place felt cold and deadly. It chilled Allen to the bone leaving him feeling terrified, not for him but for Kanda.

'Shit, it was a trap. He wants to trap Kanda here,' he thought bitterly. 'Kanda will come here to rescue me…or should I say rescue Lavi's soul.' He gave a light snort. 'Stupid Kanda, he's rushing here to his death…for that guy.' It hurt to think that but it was true. Kanda would be coming there to save him just because he had Lavi's soul. 'Am I pitiful or what…'

"Allen Walker, you will have a front row seat to my revival," the Earl continued. "I will slaughter that brat before you."

"There is no way you can," Allen tried to sound confident but for some reason he didn't believe his own words. "The curse on you prevents you from touching him. You can't do anything to him."

"On his family ground," Road said with a giggle. "Count-sama can not lay a hand on the vampire lord on his land. But we aren't on his family land are we? This whole forest was once Count-sama's castle, until it was destroyed."

The whole reality of it begun to sunk in. Kanda was rushing towards his death…he was going to make a stupid mistake and get himself killed to save him. 'No!' Allen personally didn't want to die, but more than his own life; he realized that he didn't want Kanda to die.

"It's show time."

Allen turned his head just in time to see Kanda appear in a light cloud of smoke. He was sure Kanda would bring an army with him but he didn't. Kanda was the only one there. Did he really want to die that bad?

"Kanda! You idiot why are you here!" he yelled as he struggled against the restraint that held his hand captive behind him. "It a trap! They wanted to lure you here to kill yo–"

"I know," Kanda replied interrupting him.

Allen was taken aback by Kanda's nonchalant attitude. 'He's going to die why the hell is he so freaking calm!'

"Welcome Kanda-sama," the Earl gave a low bow. "I welcome you to my castle and my lands. Unfortunately it is not up to standard but after your death it will be."

Kanda gave a smirk before he pulled Mugen from its sheath. "You seem confident that you will succeed in killing me."

The Earl gave an eerier smirk of his own. "But of course."

Before he was finished talking Tyki launched at Kanda. Kanda parried the attack and kicked out but Tyki dodged it. He jumped a few steps back and Kanda dashed after him. Kanda stopped suddenly and flipped back when a large scythe almost slashed him in two. The Earl came up before him.

"Good reflexes," he lifted his scythe up, its blade glowed an eerie red. "But not good enough."

Kanda grunted and fell to his knees. Blood oozed from a wound on his right leg. Tyki had managed to get an attack in his legs when he tried to dodge the scythe. It wasn't very deep but it still made moving around a hindrance.

"Kanda!" Allen yelled in obvious worry. He struggle against the chains harder. "Shit my innocence won't activate."

"Of course it won't," Road replied with a cheery giggle. "That chain binds innocence. As long as your hand is bound to it, it won't activate."

The Earl and Tyki gave Kanda no time to recover, they launched at him attacking mercilessly. Kanda had to dodge while trying to not put pressure on his leg. He limped for a while before he broke out into a run. Allen gave a sigh in relief. 'He's healed already. Thank goodness.'

Kanda was faring a little better despite fighting two strong opponents at the same time. He dodged most of the attacks directed his way and returned some of his own with equal force. The Earl blocked most of the attacks using his large scythe. He brought it back and swung it forward. Kanda flipped back to dodge the blade but just as he landed on his feet Tyki pierced him from behind. He turned to attack Tyki and the Earl used it as an opportunity to attack Kanda's turned back.

"NO! Kanda!" Allen struggled against the bonds viciously but it wouldn't budge. "Shit, stupid chain break already!" 'I can't activate my innocence.'

Blood rushed from the long deep cut on Kanda's back. He staggered forward with a muttered curse but Tyki kicked him, which sent him flying back. The Earl was about to attack again but Kanda dodged by rolling on the ground. He got back on his feet and put some distance between him and the two.

"Kanda! Get me out of here! Let me help!" Allen yelled. "I can help you fight!"

"No…" Kanda struggled to say. It was getting hard to stand. 'Shit that wound on my back isn't healing.' "I can…deal with this. Just shut…up and stay there…"

The Earl chuckled. "My, my, my. Those wounds are looking bad."

Allen noticed that too. 'Why isn't Kanda's wounds healing yet?' Kanda's speed was deteriorating and so was his aim. Tyki and the Earl were winning. 'No! You can't die Kanda!' He struggled against the bonds. 'Damn it, I have to help him!'

Kanda gave a low curse when he felt blood running down his legs. His wounds were healing at a much slower pace than normal. 'What is going on?' There was something that was slowing down his rapid healing and he didn't know what it was. He managed to dodge another one of Tyki's attacks but he ended up running in the one of the Earl's.

A grunt forced its way out his mouth. He ignored the new wound on his left arm in favor of putting more distance between him and his attackers. He was loosing blood at a fast rate but that was the least of his problem. A little blood loss wouldn't stop him for good. But his wounds still weren't healed and it was slowing him down.

Tyki appeared as if out of no where and punched him. Kanda dodged it only to run into the Earl. He barely made a clean block from the scythe. 'Shit, it's like some kind of pattern.' Kanda was beginning to catch on to their strategy. 'That corpse is the only one who gets to lay an attack on me. Wait, could it be?' He saw Tyki coming at him from the corner of his eye. Instead of dodging the attack; he took it head on. Tyki's claws managed to leave four deep bloodied gashes in his face. It stung initially but eventually it healed. 'So that's it.'

"Kanda what the hell are you doing!" Allen yelled. 'Why did he take that attack head on?' "Damn it, swallow your pride and get me out of here so I can help you!"

Kanda spared a glance to Allen so that he could show him the now healing wound. When he saw Allen's eyes widening he knew he figured it out too. 'They were planning it, so that only that corpse could attack me. That Noah was the distraction, any wounds from him heals. But that scythe what is it?' He changed his strategy. Now whenever Tyki attacked him he blocked and attacked accordingly but he avoided the Earl's scythe at all cost.

"You finally caught on," the Earl mused. "This is no ordinary scythe. Its blade was crafted using solidified Kromite."

The unnatural red glowed brighter bringing Kanda's attention to it. 'That scythe blade was created using Kromite! Shit, no wonder my wounds aren't healing as usual.'

"I'm sure you know what the liquefied and the crystallized versions are capable of. The solidified version is much worse," the Earl continued with a sort of smirk. "When a vampire is attacked with this blade it only affects their healing. The haling rate will be much slower. But when a human is attacked with this blade their healing rate stops completely. They will not be able to heal their wound whether it is over time or by external help."

Allen shivered in fear at what the Earl said. 'If I get attacked by that it's game over.' He couldn't help the fear that flooded his body from that thought. Kanda sensed his fear and snapped him self out of his pain induced stupor. 'I have to save the moyashi.' Right now he didn't see him as Lavi's reincarnation. He saw him as someone who was even more important than Lavi. 'I won't let anything happen to him.'

He ignored the pain and dashed towards where Tyki stood. 'I just have to avoid that blade.' It was easier said than done. The Earl was always there, attacking him when he least expected it and when he was busy with Tyki. Kanda endured another attack from Tyki so that he could avoid the Earl's blade. The wound hurt but it healed promptly after so it didn't bother him much. 'I'm still slowing down,' he thought annoyed. 'I have to end this quick or else.'

Allen couldn't take watching the fight anymore. It wasn't a fair one; they were ganging up on Kanda. Two against one wasn't fair damn it! He wanted to tell Kanda to leave but he knew Kanda wouldn't. 'Is Lavi that important to you?'

"Damn it Kanda! Why don't you s–"

"Shut up moyashi I'm getting you out of here!" Kanda yelled interrupting him. "I don't want what happened to Lavi happen again."

That made Allen pissed. 'I knew it was all about Lavi, but it hurt to hear him say it.' "Just stop, I can't stand to hear you talk about 'Lavi' anymore," his voice shook. "Is this your way of making it up to your Lavi? If I didn't have Lavi's soul, I know you wouldn't be here."

Kanda would have loved to head over there and beat him senseless, but he was preoccupied at the moment. He dodged Tyki's claws and grabbed onto his right hand. He then twirled him around so that he could throw him towards the Earl. After the two were a few feet away from him he turned to yell at Allen.

"Is that why you think I'm here?" he growled out. "I'm here to get you moyashi! I don't care if you have Lavi's soul or not! I'm here for you damn it!"

To say Allen was shocked stiff would be an understatement. Time seemed to stop for him as Kanda's outburst registered into his mind. Kanda said he was there for him, as in him, Allen Walker and not just for Lavi's soul. Did that mean he didn't care about Lavi anymore? 'Did I manage to make him forget Lavi?' His heart swelled with happiness at the thought. But that was short lived when Kanda collapsed to his knees.

"Kanda!"

"Shit," Kanda cursed. His vision was getting blurry. The wounds wouldn't heal and the pain was making it hard to stay upright. He had never felt pain like that before, at least not physical wise. His wounds were barely healing and he didn't know how long he would hold out. 'Azalea, what is taking her so long to find this place?'

He barely had time to entertain another thought before he felt himself flying forward, with a force that had him crushing three thick trees in his path. A groan passed his lips when he landed and he forced himself up to his feet in order to dodge the Earl's scythe. The Earl raised his scythe then lowered it to slash Kanda's stomach. The force of the blow sent him airborne, back into another tree. He knocked his head into its hard bark and coughed up blood.

"Damn it all! Kanda!" Allen didn't want to lose Kanda. He now knew that Kanda accepted him as himself and not as Lavi's reincarnation. 'No, no, no! I don't want to lose him!'

The Earl took his time to walk up to Kanda. His scythe glowed cacophonously in the midst of the night. He stopped once he was a few feet before Kanda.

"Oh how the mighty have fallen," he gave a piercing laugh. "Goodbye, my lord." The last past was mocking. He raised his scythe.

"NOOOOO!"

A bright light engulfed Allen's left hand and his innocence activated. He easily ripped through the chains on his arm and went to work on the ones on his leg, breaking them with ease.

"That is not possible. The innocence should not have activated," Road was in shock.

Allen barely gave her a second glance before he dashed towards where Kanda was. He didn't have time to waste. Kanda was in major trouble and if he didn't hurry up he would die. He was a few feet away from where Kanda was. 'I can make it, I have to.'

Everything seemed to happen in slow motion for Kanda. He opened his eyes only to see the Earl before him getting ready to end his life. His wounds ached but he was willing to continue fighting. He tried to lift his sword to block the attack but his arms felt dead. 'Shit I can't block it. My arms won't move.' He expected to feel another wave of pain but it never came. 'What the?'

He raised his head, surprised at seeing someone's bare back before him. The pale muscular back flexed slightly before tensing. Kanda's eyes widened as the familiar scent of blood wafted to his senses. 'No…it can't be…' The body before him gave a violent shudder.

Allen couldn't say he wasn't shocked at what he did. He knew he wouldn't have made it if he attacked, so he threw himself in front of the attack. This was something a normal Allen would never do. He feared for his life more than anything and wouldn't do anything that would jeopardize it. Kanda knew it and even the Earl knew it. So for Allen to forfeit his life for someone one else, he must really valued their life more than his.

He turned his head back to look at Kanda. Blood spilled from his mouth and his face looked sickly white. "Are…you ok…Kanda?" the words barely made it out his mouth before he collapsed.

"Moyashi!"

Allen fell back into Kanda's arms. The wound Allen received was deep and it wasn't healing. Not even the innocence was helping. 'No, this can't be!' Kanda repeated the words over and over in his mind. Right now he wasn't thinking of loosing Lavi a second time; he was fretting about losing Allen. He realized it a few years back that what he felt for Lavi and what he felt for Allen was in two completely different leagues.

For Lavi the attachment he felt was normal, because it was his first love. The years of regret he felt afterwards was because he felt guilty for letting Lavi die. It was the reason he never wanted to replace Lavi. He never wanted to get hurt again. That was why he refused to move one, but Allen came and changed that. At first he was glad that he had Lavi's soul but over the few years that passed he realized something that shocked him. What he felt for Lavi and Allen weren't the same. If Allen died…he didn't think he could go on without him.

"Damn it moyashi! Why did you do that?" Kanda yelled. 'You can't die!'

"Gomen…Kanda…" Allen paused to cough. Blood trickled down his chin. "I don't…w-want…to d-die…" Kanda felt his heart constrict as the situation became familiar. "…but…if y-you…were to die…I'd…be sad…" Allen raised his hand to touch Kanda's right cheek. "…what you said before…made…me…happy…" he gave a weak smile as life slowly drained from his eyes. "I love you…Kanda…forgive…me…" I didn't want to leave you alone…

His hands fell limp at his side. He gave a small smile as his eyes slowly closed. 'I think I understand what Lavi meant when he said he didn't want to die. He didn't mean it was because he was afraid to die, he meant he didn't want to die and leave you by yourself,' Allen's eyes fully closed. 'Loneliness is what you fear most…isn't…it…Kanda…?'

Kanda didn't like that Allen's eyes wouldn't open. 'No, no, no, no, NO!' "Moyashi get up! Damn it, get up!" he screamed at the top of his lungs. Tears pricked at the corner of his eyes but he refused to let them fall. "You are not dead! Don't you dare die on me!"

It hurt even more than losing Lavi. It was like he was losing half of his soul and he knew there was no way he would ever get over something like this. He hugged Allen's freezing cold body to his equally glacial one. His mind was blank, and revenge was the only thing that would keep him going, until he too ended his life…

"How heartwarming," the Earl mocked. "Let me put you out of your misery."

He raised his scythe once more but Kanda remained unmoving. Suddenly Tyki appeared before the Earl. His right hand was cut clean off from an unknown attack that was directed towards the Earl.

"Damn it I almost got him," Azalea said with a slight pout. She appeared a few steps before where the Earl stood. "Your subordinates are really loyal." She flashed the blood off her own scythe.

"Azalea, you cursed wretch," the Earl roared in anger. He looked around the vicinity seeing that the area was filled with vampires and slayers that were not on his side. "I see you've brought your army."

"We're here to stop you!" Azalea yelled. "You will pay for what you did to our lord and his half!"

Road appeared before Tyki. "We must retreat," she urged. "This will not end well if we stay."

"I agree," the Earl replied. "Let us make our escape." He turned to face Kanda. "Till next we meet, my lord."

They turned and ran. Their extreme speed made it seem as if they disappeared from sight.

Kanda raised his head; incensed blood red eyes regarded those around him. "What the fuck are you all still here for?" he growled out, his voice low and dangerous. "After them!"

"You heard our lord!" Azalea added. "Make sure none of them survives. Slaughter them!"

His army needed no more persuasion. They all gave chase. Azalea was the only one who stayed behind. She knew her powers were needed but she couldn't abandon her lord when he was at his weakest.

"Kanda-sama, let me check his wounds," even though she knew it was futile she still asked. She stooped down to check him but it was the same. "His pulse is scarcely there…and he is barely alive…he will be dead in a few seconds. The properties in the Kromite stopped all form of healing, he can't be saved."

"He's gone…" Kanda's voice was a broken shell but it didn't show on his face. His face remained blank as if he didn't believe what was happening. "Isn't there anything I can do…?"

Azalea knew it would come to this but…she didn't want to mention it. Not after how badly it turned out the last time. Kanda may be a pureblood vampire but he if he tried to turn a human, there was a three out of ten chance that they would survive. His blood was rare and due to that property, it could be toxic to most humans.

In order to turn a human he must drain their body of blood and then replace some of it with his. The human must accept his blood or they will die. When he forced his blood into Lavi's body it was rejected and that was what killed him.

"Kanda-sama, why not try to change him?" she voiced.

"I…can't."

"Why not?" she snapped. "He will die either way! You should try; you might be able to bring him back! Not as a human but as one of us."

Kanda looked torn between his options. "I don't want to condemn him to this life," he said finally. "And it won't succeed…"

Azalea tried to calm herself down. "What happened with Lavi may not happen again. It is a thirty percent chance of success. You might succeed. Fate is not that cruel…"

Kanda stared at the pale boy in his grasps. The blood had completely drained from his body and what little remained was slowly following the rest. 'I don't want to lose you.' A single crimson tear trailed down his cheek. 'If I end up killing you like I did with Lavi…I will follow right after you without delay.' He leaned forward – it was all or nothing – and sunk his fangs into Allen's neck.

'I love you…Allen.'

The End

A/N: OMG 38 pages! Woo hoo new writing record! Okies so who saw that ending coming? Alright so it wasn't much of an ending, I mean you all don't know whether Allen survived or not. I bet ya'll are yelling like mad saying 'oh my god how can you end a freaking story with a damn cliffhanger baka!' or something like that ne? Oh but that was how I had planned to have the story end…ok so I'm being mean. But don't worry I have an epilogue that shall answer all your questions! I have it typed up and all – before I even finished typing this part up – but I will be posting it at a later date…sorry for being mean again!

Well so we saw the weird but sweet relationship between Allen and Kanda. So maybe there was a little too much Lavi x Yuu but I needed to put a little challenge there for Allen. Ah and poor Allen never got to go home to his family. Not to mention his family was split apart with the twins and Ryuu being adopted and all.

Ah I'm glad my little oneshot – well twoshot – is finished! Thank you all for reading and reviewing! Look forward to the epilogue. It's going to be short but I hope ya'll like it none the less! Until next time! Luvies ya'll! *waves like mad*

Ja na!

Kaos