Red and White

by John M. Nox

Allen is a priviledged boy running away from home when he meets Lavi the leader or a small gang in London, things happen and they end up working together as partners, maybe with time their relationship can grow to be so much more. AU

5. Attack

Chapter Five

"Attack"

Allen Walker stood in line with Lavi beside him. They were waiting to buy seven train tickets to Wales. Their conversation was trivial, nothing out of the ordinary, and filled with gaps of uncomfortable silences. What they really wanted to talk about was how they felt for each other, what they wanted to do together, what the kisses they had shared meant but most of all, they wanted to make sure it wasn't all a dream, that they were really both standing next to each other, with red blushes in their cheek and big smiles on their mouths that made them look somewhat stupid. The red haired boy was the one to take the initiative. He took a deep breath and moved his hand closer to Allen's. He brushed it gently. The white haired boy acted like he didn't notice, but he did. Lavi on the other hand was a bit frustrated and once again summoned all the courage he could and made his hand touch Allen's. Again there was no immediate response, until a few seconds later he heard Allen's sweet voice.

"If you want to hold it, do it." Allen spoke, turning to see a very flushed and nervous Lavi. He had been longing for his gentle touch so much that he was actually getting desperate by how long the ex-thief was taking. After noticing his words had been a bit too sharp he quickly changed his tone to a much softer one, "I-I mean….if you want to."

Lavi's eye widened and he practically ordered his arm to grasp onto the hand beside his. The moment they entangled their fingers Lavi felt relaxed and happy. Allen's touch hadn't changed in the few hours they had been apart. It was still caring, warm and gentle. He squeezed Allen's hand gently and Allen squeezed back. He sighed. It was real.

"Sorry, it's just that I'm a bit nervous," Lavi apologized "I mean, I really wanted to see you and now that I'm here next to you I just…can't believe it." And he really couldn't. For the last few hours Lavi had been chasing Allen around London, all the time worrying about not being able to see him again but now that he was standing next to him he was incredibly happy, so happy it was scary to think it might all be a dream. He couldn't take that and that was when he knew it. He needed to tell Allen how he felt towards him, how much he loved and cared for him, he was scared that the boy would reject him calling him creep or something for confessing such strong feelings after only knowing him for little more than a day. "L-listen Allen, there's ….erm……something I've been meaning to tell you. You see…" His voice sounded strained and nervous and Allen was looking at him like he was sick, he tried his hardest not to stutter, "E-ever since we talked back in that cell we shared ……..I've felt—"

He stopped. He couldn't do it. It wasn't because he didn't want to but because his voice wouldn't come out. Lavi tried to breath but found that the air seemed much more dense than a second ago. The atmosphere had changed drastically, it was getting hard to breath but as Lavi looked around it seemed he was the only one who was noticing it, everyone else was acting normal. He turned to look at Allen whose eyes were widened in surprise and was scanning the place as if he was searching for something. Lavi was about to pass out from the lack of oxygen when he felt a pair of 

arms circled around him. It was Allen, embracing him. He couldn't explain it but it was as if being that close to Allen was making the air get lighter, being that close to the boy Lavi was able to feel his heartbeat, it was rushing. Lavi could tell he was scared.

"Breathe slowly and take deep breaths." Allen whispered to his ear, Lavi did as he was told and as the air started to enter his system he managed to speak again. Allen was still looking for something or someone with a serious and worried look in his blue eyes. "Come with me." the white haired boy said as he pulled Lavi and guided him to where Krory and the others were standing. Lavi was still a bit weak but he managed to stand by himself, he saw his friends looking at him with very worried looks on their faces. Krory and Miranda were looking around the station.

"Lavi, are you okay?" Reever asked "We heard screams coming from where you were so we thought something happened." It wasn't until Lavi heard his friends that he noticed it, the people inside the train station were running towards the exit with panicked screams and gasps being heard all across the large room. Why hadn't he noticed it before? Had the pressure change been so drastic that it had blocked Lavi's senses? After a couple of minutes the station was completely empty, forgotten suitcases left behind because of the panic, random papers sheets covering part of the floor, the sound of scared people was heard outside and that was when Lavi saw it, the reason why the people had suddenly escaped. Standing all the way across the big room that was the London West Train Station were two people looking directly at them.

The woman peered at them through big, dark eyes that, have they not been narrowed, would have looked innocent and slightly curious. Equally dark hair flowed out from either side of her head, tied high and falling down to her shoulder blades. Her black and white uniform fit her body perfectly, as if it was part of her skin. The skirt barely covered what's interesting, and if she had not been staring at them so intensely, one would say she's got the best legs in the world. Shivers ran up and down Lavi's back, but it was due to the fact that he felt, more than saw, a killing intent so strong, it rivaled that of Reever's when he saw someone trying to take one of his books. Lavi would've described her as tall if he hadn't seen that she wasn't even touching the floor. She was wearing a pair of black boots that almost reached her knee, and in each of her ankles there was a bright light that resembled a small wing, Lavi's minded immediately justified the act against gravity as Innocence.

The eyes of the man beside the long-haired woman burned deep and cold into his prey. Although he also had dark eyes and hair, he lacked the glint of life. Being overwhelmed, no one noticed his uniform, which was not unlike the dark woman's, though it looked more like a robe, with cloth hanging down his waist, and long slits down the sides to reveal black leather pants and boots. He wielded a completely black katana, its tip pointed at Lavi and his friends, indicating that he was ready for a battle. Both of them had a silver star-shaped medal on their chest. Although Lavi didn't know what it meant, Allen knew very well what that silver star meant as he had seen it multiple times in his nightmares and read about it in books he had managed to steal from his tutor's private library. That silver ornament meant that the two people looking directly at them with a serious 

and determined look in their eyes and wielding weapons in their direction were something that Allen hated to the core, Exorcists.

Allen took a deep breath knowing that a fierce battle was about to unfold, when he found out Lavi was going to travel with them he knew this was going to happen sooner or later, he wanted to train Lavi before it did but now that they were here there was no time for that. The white haired boy turned to see Krory and Miranda, they immediately understood what was necessary, the man turned to Lavi and his friends and spoke trying to not make them worry.

"We need to give Allen some space, everything will be fine but try not to get in the way." Miranda guided them to the wall behind Allen. The station had turned into a divided field. On one side there was Allen and in the other the Exorcists, two against one. Allen expected as much, Lavi although Innocence holder he didn't know anything about it and how to use it properly in battle.

"Space for what?!" Lavi asked in desperation of not knowing what was going on. Too many things were happening and way too fast for his mind to understand. One second he's standing next to Allen and the next he's having trouble breathing and standing, now two armed people were standing in front of them and Allen about to fight them? What he hell was going on?!

"Allen and Lavi," The woman started "you are hereby requested to follow us to the Black Order for questioning and investigation" Her voice strained as if she was holding back something she wanted to say. She turned to see her partner and the man nodded, her eyes once again were filled with determination, it was as if the man had reminded her of why they were doing what they were doing.

A smirk was drawn across Allen's face when he heard the woman's words "Questioning and investigation?" He repeated with sarcasm flowing in every of his words "I think the terms torture and obligatory recruitment fit better, don't you?" He asked, his eyes filled with hate and antipathy. He took a couple of steps towards the two, the air he carried telling them he wasn't going to go anywhere without a fight.

"Kroy, what the hell is going on?! What's the Black Order and who the hell are those two?!" Lavi asked violently, he wanted to know what was going on but more importantly what was making Allen speak such words. He had never cursed his ignorance about Innocence like he was doing now, his friends also had doubts but their faces reflected that fear was holding them back. He could tell by looking at Allen that he wasn't the same sweet boy he met in jail, it was almost like the first time they saw each other, back on the rooftop, Allen had such an intense look that it scared Lavi a bit but it was nothing compared to the one he had now.

"We didn't want you to get involved, that's why we were leaving the city, the fact that my ex-boss was chasing us was just a bonus. But when you decided to come with us we decided it would be better if we told you, we knew this battle would take place sooner or later, Allen was going to tell you when we reached a safe area but they got here faster than expected" Krory started to explain 

while Miranda held her eyes shut and her hands as is she were praying for Allen's safety "Those two people are exorcists"

"Exorcists?" Lavi asked remembering that Allen had told him they were government agents that like them held Innocence, he had never heard of them until a day ago and he didn't think he'd end up having to meet them in such conditions "But why are they here? Allen hasn't done anything wrong, has he?" He asked fearing Allen was a wanted criminal, Krory's shook his head bringing relief into Lavi's heart.

"Of course he didn't do anything wrong, how could he? Most of his life was spent inside a mansion," Krory sighed knowing he was getting out of the subject "The thing is, that Exorcists don't care if you've done something wrong. Once they find out you have Innocence they'll come get you and force you to join them, it's an unknown and cruel law that states that every person with any connection to Innocence has to join the Black Order, which is the headquarters of the Exorcists" Krory paused letting the information sink into their brains "Each continent has a Black Order of its own and to make it stronger they force people with Innocence to become Exorcists"

"So they're here to take me and Allen to the Black Oder?" Lavi asked and got a nod from Krory as a response "But he mentioned torture, do they actually do that?" Lavi's mind started to imagine some torture devices Reever had once talked to him about, like the one where they tie your arms and legs and start pulling, it sent shivers down his spine.

"No, it's a different kind of torture" Krory said sighing remembering how Allen had told him and Miranda all of this "They erase the memory of everyone you met before becoming an Exorcist. You won't remember you had a brother or parents, it's torture because they practically break your mind into several pieces and destroy most of your memories" Krory turned to look at Allen, like Miranda he was also scared for the sake of his friend.

"T-that's…………….awful" Lavi said stuttering, he tried to imagine how would it be if someone just erased his memories of his friends and everything they had gone through as a family. It was too painful, now wonder Allen hated Exorcists, he couldn't felt but start hating them a bit also.

"But how did they find us? Or more importantly why did they appear just now? I mean Lavi has had that hammer for some years now and I imagine Allen has had Innocence too, am I right?" Reever asked and getting a nod from Krory as a response"Well then, why now?"

"It's called 'presence'" Miranda said with teary eyes "Every human being has a presence, unique, like a fingerprint. However only people with Innocence are able to feel them and be affected by them" She took a deep breath trying to calm herself "If you have Innocence it means you can control your own presence, meaning you can either hide it or expand it" She turned to look at Lavi "Allen trained himself on how to control his some years ago"

"Lavi do you remember how a few minutes ago you almost passed out?" Lavi nodded and Krory continued "Well, you must have felt a sudden pressure change didn't you?" Lavi nodded again "It was because of those guys's presence. You have Innocence so you can feel the changes people 

make with their presence, those two expanded it and caused a massive pressure change but the only people who were able to feel it where those who had Innocece, so only Allen and you" Krory explained.

"But I remember Allen didn't get affected" Lavi asked remembering how Allen had been taken by surprise but he hadn't gone through the same symptoms Lavi had gone through.

"Like I said Allen trained himself to be able to control his 'presence'" Krory explained and started to elaborate "You see, Allen must have felt the pressure change and immediately used his as a shield for the pressure change" Lavi understood, that's why when Allen hugged him back then he had felt better, and every time he got a little further away he'd start to get weaker "Right now, Allen must be using his 'presence' to shield you from theirs. Lavi it's important you understand that if you get stuck between one of those pressure changes and you don't use your own 'presence' to shield yourself, you will most likely die" Krory's face became serious after the words he pronounced. Lavi became worried.

"But you haven't answered how the hell they found us" Desha stated.

"They did," Reever answered "You just don't apply what they just told us to what's going on. Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm guessing this is how things happened. Back when you fought Allen he must have felt your 'presence' , when you told him you didn't know what was Innocence much less 'presence' he must have decided to use his somehow to hide yours too, am I right?" He turned to see the ex-butler who nodded in response "What I don't get is how come they hadn't attacked Lavi before Allen met him, because before Allen he didn't have anything to quiet down or hide his presence"

"That's a mystery to us too" Krory said, Allen had told them about this after he had gotten out of jail "Something or someone must have been hiding your presence for you without you knowing, and when Allen showed up it or him simply stopped. It could have been that you unlocked your Innocence Level Two but it isn't certain." Krory turned to look at Allen, the fight as about to start, the air became dense. Even if he couldn't feel presences he could tell, the atmosphere wasn't the same as it was a few minutes ago.

"Well, I have to help him!" Lavi said reaching for his hammer but a hand covered with a glove stopped him. His eyes met with Miranda's who was looking at him with her deep dark eyes.

"Lavi, please look at the battle for a few minutes and then decide if you'll actually be helpful or if you'll only get in the way" She tried her hardest not to offend him with what she had just said but it wasn't easy, she was practically telling him that he would most likely cause more troubles to Allen than help him. Lavi reluctantly stopped his hand and turned to look at Allen.

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"You guys are Exorcists, right?" Allen asked moving closer to the pair, he didn't need an answer so he continued "Well you are really unlucky, because you see……….I hate Exorcists." He grabbed the 

seam of his shirt with his right hand and tore it, revealing something that caused Lavi to gasp. Allen's left arm had a tattoo of a black cross that started at his shoulder and ended almost at his knuckles. On the top of the cross there was a small crown and at each side of it there was a small black wing also tattooed.

His right hand now grabbed his left wrist "Innocence, activate. Excalibur." he said and started to pull from his wrist, after a brief flash of light Allen was holding with his right hand the same sword Lavi had first seen back on the rooftop. "Crown Clown" he said and a white cape appeared and placed itself on his shoulders. "Now Exorcists," he turned to the pair and met their eyes "let the fight begin"

"Kanda I'll go for the red head, you get Allen" Lenalee said as she started to fly towards were Lavi was standing, the plan was easy, since Lavi most likely didn't know how to control his presence she just had to sneak behind Allen and create a small pressure change, big enough to leave the guy unconscious but small enough to not kill him. She was about to reach Lavi when something stopped her in the middle of the air, she looked down at her legs and saw a white band coming all the way from Allen's cape that was stopping her. Before she tried to break herself free she was thrown into a wall by the same band.

"I'm your opponent." Allen said pointing his sword to Kanda's direction taunting him.

"You bastard!" Kanda yelled as he clashed swords with the white haired boy. He had more power than they expected, we underestimated him he thought and he was make sure not to make the same mistake.

Allen didn't have a defined sword style so he was in disadvantage when it came to technique but because his size he was much more agile than Kanda. Whenever Kanda was about to land a hit he'd evade it. When it came to power they were evenly matched. The sound or iron clashing filled the empty train station. Lavi saw everything from the back, Miranda was right, the Exorcists' and Allen were in completely different level when it came to battle, and it pained him to know he wasn't going to be of much help in this battle.

Meanwhile Lenalee came to herself, what she saw surprised her, Kanda was actually having a hard time with Allen. The swordsman was one of the most powerful Exorcists in the European Black Order, she decided she was going to fight with her all too, she didn't want to be the one who slacked off or slowed him down. She quickly stood up and used her Innocence to fly towards Allen, using her right leg she tried to catch him off guard and kick him in the back.

"Crown Clown!" Allen yelled and the cape acted for itself, not only blocking Lenalee's attack but also binding her leg into another white tape, once again it tried to launch her into a wall but this time she wasn't taken by surprise and used her other leg to free herself. The battle raged on, Lenalee and Kanda attacking Allen at the same time and the white haired boy struggling to keep up with both of the attacks at the same time.



He can sense our presences and know how and where we're going to attack Kanda thought looking at how not matter from which angle Lenalee or him tried to attack Allen managed to use his cape to either block or evade the attack. This guy is no joke, but I'm barely even starting.

Allen's movements were getting slower, he had never used his Innocence like he was doing now, ten minutes of the battle had passed and Allen was already panting. He was starting to guard instead of attacking. But he couldn't give up, he wasn't going to give up. Not now that he managed to escape from his cage and find someone he liked, the thought of Lavi gave him a bit of strength, he didn't know why nor did he care right now because he was too busy reading their attacks to find logic.

"Shit!" Allen cursed when he failed to shield himself from one of Lenalee's attacks and was sent flying across the room. A cloud of dust was raised because of the impact with the wall, leaving Kanda and Lenalee completely blind to what the white haired boy was about to do. Their eyes widened when they saw several white spears appear from inside the dust cloud, the spears were sent flying towards them. Kanda barely managed to dodge one that was aiming for his head and escape with a scratch on his left cheek. Lenalee turned to dodge one that was coming in direction of her stomach, a small rip was made on her uniform.

"Che, you just don't give up, do you?" Kanda sarcastically asked, he raised his sword, Lenalee knowing what was about to come kept her distance. "Mugen. First Illusion" immediately after pronouncing those words he swung his sword and a purple line appeared where the sword had cut. Seconds later horrible creatures with various pairs of eyes, sword like noses, no feet and a tail appeared from the purple line and were sent flying towards Allen. Kanda knew very well the boy was going to try to dodge them, and he did.

Allen once again used his Crown Clown to dodge the creatures, but these changed directions when they detected Allen moving. If avoiding them doesn't help then I'll have to cut them Allen thought as he raised Excalibur and cut the monsters, as soon as his sword passed through them, the monsters disappeared, leaving no trace behind. Allen wondered what had been the point of such attack but when he felt Kanda's presence sneak up on him it all became clear, it had been a trap. He barely managed jump from Kanda's ambush, when he landed a few feet away from the swordsman a few drops of blood felt to the floor, Allen turned to see a crimson red stain start to expand on his shoulder.

"Lenalee go get the other one, I've got this one. Looks like he ran out of tricks" Kanda said, Lenalee understood and started to fly in the direction Lavi was.

"I said I was your opponent" Allen yelled "Crown Clown!" Using his cape he jumped high enough and far enough to catch up with Lenalee, using a swing of his sword he knocked her to the ground, her eyes widened because of the pain and a small string of blood coming down her mouth upon impact. A small crater appeared where Lenalee's body crashed with the ground, she was left unconscious. Kanda seeing her teammate fall in such a way became more determined to defeat the white haired boy.



"Looks like you won't stay down until I fucking make you" Kanda said spitting out some blood that had accumulated in his mouth due to one of Allen's previous attacks. He was excited, he rarely found someone worthy of being called his opponent. Using his arms he ripped his shirt, allowing better mobility but making him more vulnerable, at the same time revealing a tattoo of a Japanese kanji. He was going to go all out, he wasn't going to stop until Allen and Lavi were secured and taken back to the Order. To show his resolution he raised his sword once again and spoke. "Innocence Level Two. Mugen. Second Illusion"

A white chain started to come out of the hilt of his sword and it continued until it reached his other hand, making another sword appear on his hand. He rarely used his two sword Illusion, unless it was against an unusually strong opponent or when sparring against the best of Exorcists. He ran towards Allen ready to cross swords again with his prey but was disappointed to feel his swords crash with his cape. The white haired boy had created a small bubble using his cape to protect himself against Kanda's attacks. Every muscle in Allen's body ached whenever he tried to move it, he had never used his Innocence for so much time. And when he saw Kanda could use Level Two he started to worry that he'd had to use his own Level Two. He had made a promise to Miranda and Krory not to use it but if it was the price to pay for getting them to a safe place then he would do it.

He was about to start summoning his Level Two when he heard a familiar voice yell something he didn't expect.

"Innocence, activate" Lavi called and his hammer started to grow to the point where it was almost as big as Lavi, he had waited long enough, and he had seen the man he love being attacked by two at the same time. It isn't fair he thought Time to even the odds. He had purposely made his hammer the same size as him so that in case he couldn't control his attack he wouldn't make this building collapse too, he still didn't have that much control over his Level Two but he needed to do something to help Allen, he didn't want to feel useless. Not anymore. "Innocence. Level Two. Fire Seal" He hit the ground with his hammer, like back on thee rooftop a red seal the size of the head of the hammer appeared on the ground, followed by a tornado of fire starting to grow where the seal had been imprinted. The fire soon took the shape of a snake and Lavi tried his hardest to have the attack under control, he smiled when the fire snake reached Kanda who used his two swords to prevent any serious damage but Lavi got what he wanted, he got him far away from where Allen was.

Allen came out of his shield and saw Lavi looking at him. The white haired boy ran to his side and smiled back. "Thanks Lavi. I shouldn't have underestimated you, I'm sorry to say this but" Allen blushed knowing he had made clear Lavi was going to get in the way and now asking for his help "could you help me out?" Lavi chuckled and ruffled Allen's hair.

"Of course Allen, but we need to talk later" Lavi said remembering he still had to confess to Allen his feelings towards him. The white haired boy smiled and nodded. Now it was going to be a two on two match.



Lenalee managed to stand up, her Innocence "Dark Boots" allowed her great speed and attack power but when it came to defense she didn't have much. She saw Allen standing next to Lavi while Kanda was on the other side of the station. Enough, if Kanda is going to use his Level Two then so will I. I will not be left behind! I will fight with everything I've got. Her determination caught Allen's and Lavi's attention. "Innocence Level Two. Sound Shackles" her black boots now reached her knees in the form of kneecaps. A heel formed itself in each of her boots and the bright wings were replaced by two wheels with a small black cross. As soon as she started to float in midair the wheels started to spin.

"Lavi watch out!" Allen warned Lavi but it was too late, in the blink of an eye Lenalee had appeared right in front of them and attacked Lavi with an uppercut kick, sending him crashing with the roof. Next she appeared behind Allen, she was way too fast for him to read her attack and therefore couldn't shield himself against it, with one of Lenalee's kicks he was sent flying towards a wall.

"It's useless, my Innocence's Level Two allows me to move at the speed of sound, that gives you no time to react" She explained, it was strange how Allen processed the words as if she was asking them to give up and not mocking them, something told Allen she was a kind young girl. Too bad she was one of the things he hated the most. Lavi laid unconscious on the ground, his hammer back to pocket size. Allen sighed, knowing what was to come.

Sorry Krory, sorry Miranda looks like I'm going to have to break my promise not to use my Level Two. I hope you understand that I'll do it to protect you and all my new friends. Allen thought as he concentrated his energy into summoning his Level Two.

"Lenalee, look out!" Kanda said running next to her, he had come to expect from the little time he had battle with that guy to never let his guard down. He tightened the hold on his two swords and delivered one last look to Lenalee, making sure she wasn't in any critical condition, she wasn't which brought relieve to his heart. Her brother would have killed him if he went back with a hurt Lenalee "Give it up, we have Innocence just like you, we're as strong as you and we're as fast as you" Kanda snorted, he was really getting tired of seeing this kid's futile attempts to beat them, if it were only Kanda against Allen then maybe he'd have a chance but seeing as how Lenalee was with him, Allen was going to loose whether he liked it or not.

"Innocence Level Two. King's Cross" The second he finished summoning his Innocence's next stage several marks started to appear in the area where Kanda and Lenalee were standing, the marks were a lot like Allen's left arm tattoo, it was a black cross surrounded by a circle, on top of the cross there was a crown and a small wing in each of its sides. A few marks appeared on the ground, some on top of them in the roof and another bunch appeared floating in the air. After a few seconds Kanda and Lenalee were surrounded by at least a hundred of those crosses. They turned to see Allen who was now running towards them with his sword in his hand. "you said you guys were as strong and fast as me, right? Well, that may be but, I doubt that you're as pissed off as I am!" Allen yelled as he ran towards the two, ready to start the attack that would most likely 

be Allen's and Lavi's final hope. Kanda was ready to defend against the attack when Allen instead of attacking jumped into one of the markings on the floor and disappeared.

"Where is he?" Kanda asked trying to watch carefully each cross but there were too many, Lenalee kept turning her head trying to guess where Allen would pop out of. Both were taken by surprise when Allen jumped out of one of the markings on the floor and hit Lenalee on her back using his white cape. Before Kanda was able to counter with an attack, the white haired boy jumped into another mark that was in the air and disappeared. The process repeated itself several times neither Kanda nor Lenalee managing to land a hit on Allen.

"This is my Innocence's Level Two, 'King's Cross'" Allen said raising the speed in which he'd appear from one mark, hit one of them and disappeared into another "I won't hold back now!"

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"Lavi, wake up!" Reever said shaking the red head "WAKE UP DAMNIT!"

Lavi sat up abruptly, his hands immediately went to his head, he had been hit really hard and now there was a headache the size of Russia in his head. Then when he tried to remember what happened before he blacked out his mind went immediately towards Allen "Where's Allen? What happened?!" He tried to stand up but he got dizzy the instant he tried to, his friends out him back on the ground.

"Calm down. I don't know what he did but it's working" Desha said pointing towards were Kanda and Lenalee were battling with Allen. Lavi turned his head to see what was happening, what he saw made him notice how much of a difference there was between him and Allen. Kanda and Lenalee were standing in the middle an area covered with marks that resembled Allen's tattoo. But what amazed him the most was Allen's speed. It was so fast there were several afterimages of Allen popping out of the marks, hitting them and disappearing. Allen counted at least seven afterimages, each landing a hit on the Exorcists. Kanda and Lenalee were pretty much on their knees being constantly hit by Allen.

"It better work. It's out last hope" Krory said with sadness written all over his face. Miranda was crying into his shoulder, Lavi and his friends were confused, Allen was beating the crap out of them, why were they crying?

"You see, Allen can only use his Level Two once every few says, it consumes so much of his power that after some time it automatically cancels his Innocence and makes him completely vulnerable. The fact that he's using this technique means that he's really desperate"

Come one Allen, you can do it! I know you can! Lavi mentally cheered fro his friend. He wanted to join the battle but his headache was getting the best out of him Please, survive this so that I can tell you how much I love you.



Suddenly the marks started to disappear, a couple being erased every second but Allen kept using the remaining to continue his attack. He could feel it, the side effects taking their toll on him. His entire body was screaming in pain but he didn't care, he needed to beat these people. Finally all of the marks disappeared and Allen appeared in front of Krory and the rest of his friends, panting and bleeding. Slowly his sword turned back into his left arm and his cape started to disappear. Allen kneeled from the exhaustion and fell to the ground. Miranda immediately went to his aid and to make sure he was still alive. He hated it when Allen had to use his Level Two and he had made a promise to her and to Krory not to use it ever again but this was more important, wasn't it?

Marie´s attention turned to the pair of Exorcists laying on the ground, he could hear their heartbeat, it was slow but not so slow it meant danger, more like if they were sleeping. Then, one of them started to beat faster, Marie could tell he was waking up, panic flooded his body. He turned to see the man use his sword to stand up, Marie could also hear his breathing turning from difficult, to normal, as if something was healing the guy.

"I won't give up!" Kanda yelled, his tolerance reaching its limit. He didn't think he'd have to use his "that" to complete the mission. He didn't care, he was going to take those two back to the Order even if it were the last thing he did. "I won't give up! I won't give up! I won't give up!" He started running towards the group in order to retrieve Allen and Lavi.

Miranda and Krory were really worried. After everything they had been through with Allen, they couldn't let this be the end. They had to do something, anything to help Allen. They had to……..

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"…….Protect me?" A small child with snow white hair and deep grey eyes repeated what his butler, Krory had just said. The words inexplicably made the tears stop, he felt the warm embrace of his maid, Miranda.

"Yes, we promise right now, to always be by your side and to protect you" Krory said smiling to the little boy.

It had been exactly one year since Allen was officially adopted by his new tutor, and his life was completely miserable. He wasn't allowed to go outside or to play with other children, he was even prohibited to go to school. Miranda and Krory loved the little boy and it pained them to hear him cry himself to sleep at night or wake up in the middle of the night yelling his parent's names. He missed his true parents and Krory and Miranda knew very well that they could never replace them, nor did they want to. They wanted to become something special for the boy, something that would make his life "tolerable" at least.

"No matter where you go, we'll follow. No matter what you do, we'll support you. And no matter against who we'll protect you" Miranda said ruffling the little kid's hair. She smiled when the little boy brushed his tears away, stood up and hugged Miranda and Krory.

"And I'll always protect you guys!" Allen said smiling and tightening his hug.



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That had been the promise they had made long before they found out Allen had Innocence. Allen had kept his part, multiple times he had helped them using his Innocence but now, the two ex-employees felt useless and helpless. They wanted something to e able to protect Allen and their new friends, they needed power, they needed……..

"Mirand-chan, Krory-chaaaaan" A voice called both of them. For a second the two of them thought they had heard wrong but the voice once again spoke. "If you want to protect him then do it, you've always had the power. You just have to wake it up!" The voice sounded incredibly familiar to both of them, they could swear they had heard someone call them like that before, but they couldn't exactly remember who. That childish and annoying tone, it ringed so may bells inside their minds but they couldn't quite place the name of the one who spoke.

"Miranda, did you hear that?" Krory asked looking at the woman next to him, she nodded. When she tried to match the voice with a name or a face everything became blurry, she turned back to the current issue, Allen was in danger and they needed to protect him. "How do we awake this power?!" Krory asked as if the sky was the one talking to him.

"You don't have to yell Krory-chan. I'm right here! I've always been next to you, just like you guys have been to Allen. If you love him like you do then you have to awake….."

"Innocence" Another voice finished the thought. Krory once again thought they new voice sounded incredibly familiar. It wasn't like the other one, this one was serious, grave and apparently quiet "Call it" the voice finished saying. Krory and Miranda knew that at least for now the voices had stopped whatever they had been doing to communicate with them.

"Arystar, I don't know if what we've heard its true or not but we have to do something!" Miranda turned to look at Kanda who was getting closer and closer, because of Allen's previous attacks his body was badly damaged and therefore couldn't move so fast, but he was still a few feet away from the still unconscious white haired boy.

Both Miranda and Krory looked at each other, knowing what they had to do they stood up. Miranda carefully moved Allen's body so that his injuries wouldn't get worse. They took a step forward, in the direction where Kanda was approaching them and pronounced the words Allen had so many times had said in order to help them. This time it was time for them to save him.

"Innocence Activate" Both of them said firmly. The feeling they got was hard to describe, the voices had been right, it felt as if something had been dormant or restrained but now, they could feel it. The power of Innocence coursing through their bodies, filling their veins with adrenalin and making their hearts beat faster. Still, only one thought remained in their minds, to support Allen, to help him and most importantly to protect him.

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A/N; Mmm I very sorry for the wait I really am but I wasn't so sure about this chapter; I don't like writing fight scences becasue I'm pretty sure I'm going yo screw up and I did. Second of all, it took me this long to write it because I just moved from Spain to Mexico so my internet connecition suffered a bit and finally I just got back to med school and the teacher apparently hate me because of my accent or something and I've been flooded by lots and lots of homework.

I can't promise you that the next chapter will be up soon or if it will be as long as this one but I can promise you that I will continue this story no matter what; I have very big plans for the plot and I won't rest till I've reached the 60° chapter or something like that.

So like I've said before for plot related issues, Allen's sword is called Excalibur and I know the whole "presence" thing is kind of hard to understand but next chapter it will al be clear I promise! And finally please Read and Review thanks a lot!