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Chapter 6: Clown vs. Pierriot
"So then Timothy…Where do you think this 'Phantom Pierriot' is going to make his, or her, escape?" Allen asked the boy, Timcampy hovering around his head. They had found out from their Finder that the thief was known as 'Phantom Pierriot', and it was now close to night time and they were near the museum.
"The ground level is too heavily guarded, so obviously he or she won't try to escape from there. That would just be suicide," Timothy noted, whispering the last part softly to himself, looking across the street, and then he looked up, and started pointing, "There are only a few windows on the second floor, those will already be guarded. So the only possibility left is the roof, seeing that it's not even guarded at all. Allen, I think you should patrol the roof, I'll stay down here just in case the Phantom Pierriot tries to escape from the ground floor, which I highly doubt but it's just for precaution."
"Sounds like a plan, what do you think, Link?"
"As long as it lets us complete our mission, I'm okay with it, Walker," Link said monotonously.
"Okay then, see ya later, Timothy," Allen said as he made his way sneakily pass the guards and towards the museum's roof with Link and Timcampy following.
Good luck, Allen, Timothy thought as he watched the white-haired teen and blond Inspector sneak to the roof as he watched the two from the shadows.
Hours passed and nothing happened…
"Timothy, are you sure this Phantom Pierriot will escape through the roof?" Allen asked through his golem.
"Yes, I'm pretty sure…Why did you asked?" Timothy replied from the streets through his golem.
"Well, it's just that it's been hours and the Phantom Pierriot still hasn't-" the white-haired Exorcist was interrupted when glass shattering was heard nearby and he swiftly whirred around to see a black figure jumping out of roof and landing, holding the Grand Scepter in his left hand, "Well, speak of the devil."
Allen immediately stood up and faced the person. Upon seeing the white haired boy and blond Inspector, the Phantom Pierriot widened his eyes behind his mask, not expecting people to be on the roof, and ran in the opposite direction. He jumped off the roof once he reached the edge of the museum roof, and landing on the roof of another building.
The white haired Exorcist reacted by activating his Crown Clown, the mask, cowl and claw appearing. He looked over his shoulder at Link, who nodded in approval, and he ran in the direction his target went. His golden golem flying swiftly after him.
Allen heard shouts like 'Look! Is that another Phantom Pierriot?', 'Is he an accomplice?' and some others as he leapt off the museum's roof. Allen landed on a roof and continued running, jumping off only when he reached the edge of the roof. With his parasitic Innocence, he quickly caught up with the Phantom Pierriot.
"Who are you?! Are you with the police?!" the black figure shouted out, looking over his shoulder while still running away.
"No! I just want to talk!" Allen yelled back to the thief.
"HA! Like hell I'll believe you!" the Phantom Pierriot shouted back and started running faster, his grip on his prize of the night visibly tightening. He reached behind his back and under the black cowl with his right arm. Soon after that, he drew his arm out and threw something towards his pursuer.
Allen instinctively jumped off the roof he was on and landed on another one across the street. Looking back at his original position, he saw the flying object hit the roof, and an explosion followed.
He really wants to kill me… Allen thought, a sweat drop forming on the back of his head. He shook his head and concentrated on going after the thief, which was proving to be getting more difficult with the explosives the Phantom Pierriot kept throwing. He soon learnt that those explosives could split into more, expanding his range of attack.
The white haired boy jumped away from another of the projectiles, which was soon followed by an explosion. While he was still airborne, the white haired Exorcist sent his Crown Belt towards his target and attacker. The thief, not expecting the sudden attack, quickly jumped once the white cloth-like material almost got him. However, his surprise and action had caused his grip on the scepter to loosen, and he dropped it. He dived and tried to reach for it as it started rolling off the roof, but it was too late, the specter rolled off the edge of the roof. He watched the scepter fall, then he saw someone grabbing it, and he knew he couldn't get the treasure back.
"So…are you ready to talk now?" Allen asked as he stood at the opposite end of the roof. The Phantom Pierriot stood up slowly, and reached behind his back with his right hand.
"You'll pay for making me drop that scepter," the black thief said through clenched teeth, as he pulled one large shuriken out from behind him. Allen widened his eyes, wondering how he kept the large, four-pointed star behind him without any of the four sharp points of the shuriken showing from behind him.
"Whirlwind Death!"
Timothy and Link were running against a wave of people, who were running from the explosions, to try to reach their comrade and target. It wasn't that hard to follow them because Allen and the thief left a trail of destruction wherever they went. Then, Timothy saw a white cloth-like material darting towards the black figure. Next thing he saw was the golden, jewel embedded scepter falling off the roof. He quickly tried his best to run faster against the torrent of people, knowing the scepter was priceless, and completely forgetting he could possess one of the civilians to catch the falling treasure.
Timothy immediately slid on the ground in hopes of catching it. And, just in the nick of time, he caught it before it met with the ground. Sighing in relief, he stood up and, dusting himself, tilted his head upwards to see Allen and the Phantom Pierriot on top of the roof, the latter holding a giant shuriken in his right hand. Link stood behind him and also looked at the two on the roof.
"Whirlwind Death!" that command was heard from the roof top crystal clear, and the young Exorcist and Inspector saw the thief throwing the shuriken towards Allen.
Allen rolled to his right as the large shuriken whizzed pass him, missing him completely. But, pain shot from his back and coursed through his entire being soon after.
"What the?" the white haired muttered, kneeling down on one knee from the pain from his back. I'm sure that shuriken didn't hit me, so how… Allen thought as he watched Phantom Pierriot with narrowed eyes.
"You're wondering how my shuriken slashed you without hitting you, am I correct?" the said thief asked as he caught the shuriken. He didn't wait for the boy to answer the question as he continued, "Well…my shuriken doesn't need to come in contact with anything to cut it, as long as the object is close enough while my shuriken passes it, it will still be sliced." He then jumped backwards and landed on another roof behind.
"Shuriken Storm!" he called out as he threw his shuriken towards the general direction of his opponent. As it continued moving towards the cursed Exorcist, it split into five smaller shuriken. Allen widened his eyes as the five shuriken moved towards him. As the five shuriken neared, his Innocence's silver mask placed itself on to the white haired teen's face. The white cowl of his Innocence then came to life and wrapped itself around the wounded Exorcist, making a white ball around Allen.
The five shuriken all collided with the white ball and spun back to their owner, merging into one before the Phantom Pierriot caught it. His eyes widened behind his gold masquerade mask when he saw that his shuriken hadn't made a single scratch on the ball.
The white cloth-like material unwrapped itself, and the white haired boy was revealed to be unharmed…well, with the exception to his bleeding back. The silver masquerade mask was still on his face. Allen stood up and raised his left claw.
"Crown Edge!" he called out and the cursed Exorcist swung his hand down forcefully in the general direction of the black thief (A/N: That sounded racist). A barrage of crown-shaped rings appeared and shot towards the Phantom Pierriot. "Shuriken Storm!" the said thief called out as he threw his large shuriken, which split into five.
The projectiles hit each other in mid-air and an explosion followed. The thief caught his shuriken and waited for his opponent to make his next move. White tentacles suddenly shot out of the smoke and darted towards him. The black thief raised his giant shuriken in front of him, and the tentacles smashed into it.
"Cross Grave!" the thief heard and he saw his white opponent coming out of the smoke field. Phantom Pierriot widened his eyes as the glowing claws collided with his large shuriken. A white cross appeared on both sides of the shuriken, and another explosion was caused. The thief was thrown backwards and off the roof due to the force of the explosion, and Allen the opposite direction but still on the roof. The white haired boy winced at the pain from his back when he moved and when he landed, but he tried to ignore it.
The cursed, white haired Exorcist watched as his opponent landed on another roof of a building, it was then he noticed something, the giant shuriken had mysteriously vanished.
"Sooo…you wanna play rough now, huh?" the thief asked mockingly, and it was heard very clearly throughout the air as the civilians had all ran away from that area. He put both of his arms behind him again, and this time, Allen saw a very faint and almost unnoticeable green glow being emitted behind the thief and under the black cowl.
With one swift motion, the thief swung his right arm in front of him, and something shot out. The white haired boy quickly rolled away as the projectile came closer, and it hit the roof just as he evaded the attack. Allen stared at the object after he landed, and his eyes widened in shock.
"I-I-It can't b-be…" Allen stammered as he looked at the object that almost hit him.
Below on the streets, Link stared wide eyed at the object; Timothy just didn't know what it was.
"Impossible!" the Inspector finally managed to say, "That Innocence was destroyed by our enemy!"
"What do you mean, Link?!" the young Exorcist exclaimed when he heard that, thoroughly shocked when he heard that. However, the Inspector just remained silent as he stared at the object that almost hit the white haired Exorcist.
Back on the roof, Allen continued staring at the Innocence that was still lodged in the roof, then finally managing to say something.
"T-That Innocence…i-i-it belonged t-to…"
Well that's Chapter 6, I hope its good enough, and I just couldn't resist ending it like that. I had to rewrite this chapter multiple times, and I just hope this is good enough for my readers. Anyways, here are some questions that I thought I'd ask.
1. Can anyone guess what that Innocence is and who it belonged to?
2. What do you think will happen next?
3. How do you think the battle will end?
4. How do you like this fic so far?
Alright, time for you to do one thing: review. And anything but flames.