Warning: I ripped a little (a lot!) of this chapter from the Anime, but gave it my own little twist. I kind of found it fun rewriting it… And please don't hate Allen… Um, also a lemon in the beginning...?
And No Beta for this chapter also! I will post the Beta read version later, I just felt really bad for leaving the last chapter in such a bad place… But it made for a great cliff hanger right?
Special thanks: to RikoJasmine for letting me barrow Liang Lee ( aka Male Lenalee Lee) for this story! : )
Pairings: Tyki x FemAllen (lemon in the beginning), Liang x FemAllen (one-sided)
**** Allen's Pov **** This first part covers the train station part of last chapter, but in Allen's pov ****
She had to be sure, she was…
She was horrible, truly weak. She felt guilt eating at her heart and soul, but Allen pushed it down and took a step forward. Her hands pulled him down and her lips brushed against his…
Because she had to be sure…
That familiar fire burned into existence at the touch, she took a breath and there, that sent that was burned into her memory, cigarettes and spice, was there. Her heart twisting in pain and denial as the peaces fell into place.
The heat, the sent, the touch…
Allen pulled away quickly, her best poker face set firmly in place. Her silver eyes looking into the eyes of the man standing before her, though this time when she looked at him, she could truly see him. Allen finally let herself see…
She knew then.
She knew.
"Your names not really Tyki is it?" She asked, after forcing a smile onto her lips. Smiling was easy for her, smiling had become like a second nature to her. Something left over from her time with Mana. Tyki frowned at her, his eyes flashing at the question and at her smile.
But Allen wanted to see, wanted to hear him lie to her.
Lie to her again.
"No," the man before her said in a even tone, not even a small infliction of hesitation in his voice. "But Allen is not your real name either is it?" He throw back at her, but the white haired Exorcist didn't see the difference. Allen was the only name that she had…
This man, he was the Noah. The Noah that had tried to kill her and had stolen her first kiss. The Noah was the man that she had sinned with on that train. She knew, and god how her heart ached with that knowledge. Allen wanted to scream, to cry, she wanted him to tell her the truth. Did he even feel anything for her? Or had this all been a sick game, a conquest?
What was the truth and what was the lie?
"No…" She whispered, forcing down everything she was feeling into that dark hole, the place she could lock it all away before she took a step forward again.
She hated herself, she was such a horrible human being for wanting to feel that fire, even after she knew the truth. But she could allow herself just this one moment of weakness, before she returned to the Black Order.
Before she returned to Liang…
Because she felt something for him, not the heat she felt with Tyki, but she felt something for him. She could love him if she gave herself time. She could come to love her comrade, she could hope that she could love him enough to forget the Noah…
He leaned down and took her by the waist, this kiss lasting longer then the last. Allen savored it, letting that fire burn away her pain. She would not allow herself to be weak again, not after this moment.
"Goodbye Tyki Mikk." her heart whispered as she pulled away, forcing her eyes to not show her hurt. Her mask held firmly in place. His dark brown eyes narrowed from behind his glasses and Allen offered him a soft smile. She would leave and this would be the last she would see him as 'Tyki the Miner'.
From this point forward he would be only the Noah, he would be her enemy.
She turned and took the first step into the train, her heart and body feeling cold and starting to feel numb. Then suddenly she felt him take hold of her wrist, the fire flashed and burned up her. It raced and burned away the cold and Allen turned. Her eyes meeting his and she could see panic within them, she could see…
"Marry me." He breathed out, his face showing his bewilderment at his own question a second later, and Allen could feel her heart jump into her throat. Her mind not hearing anything else around her, not even the train attendant telling her that the train was getting ready to leave.
"Marry me." He repeated in a more forceful tone, his eyes finally losing that panic, it being replaced by determination. His lips pulled into a frown when she made no move to answer, Allen just stood there frozen, her silver eyes wide.
"Miss, are you boarding or not?" The train attendant asked, his tone telling her that she was out of time. Allen was always running out of time…
"She's not." The miner, the Noah, said in a hard tone and Allen found herself being pulled away from the train. Her mind still working around the simple question that she had been asked and the thundering of her heart. Allen was so lost in her emotions and thoughts that she didn't notice when they had left the train station and headed back into the town.
Tyki took her to one of the other hotels in the large mining town, his hand still holding tightly to her wrist as he pulled her along behind him. She was pulled into a room and finally the Noah turned to face her, Allen tried to open her mouth to speak, bit no sound came out. That fire was burning and raging and, dear god, she was so horrid, because suddenly she found herself moving forward and pulling him down.
Her lips met his and fire burning and consumed everything, her mind and reason blind to what she was doing. She didn't let herself think as she pulled at his shirt, pulling it from his body.
"Is that a yes?" Tyki asked in a low purr. A second heated kiss was the only answer Allen would give him...
Tyki's own hands pulled and took her blouse from her a second later, he didn't even pause to pay her left arm any thought as he lifted her and together they fell onto the bed. Hands touched and burned across her skin, pleasure eating away reason, devouring any thought. He pulled her pants from her and practically ripped her panties from her hips. Allen's mind not coming back to her until she heard him loosening his trousers and pulling the zipper down. Her silver eyes finally focusing on the man above her.
His was shaking. His eyes flashing from behind his thick glasses, and Allen knew that it was not a trick of the light this time when she saw them flickering to gold. He was shaking and looked for all the world to be fighting with himself.
A deep sadness welding up within her very soul, but she pushed it down, down until she couldn't feel it anymore…
He thrust into her a second later, his length burning her, branding her. Allen shuddered and moaned, her body craving to have this just one more time. He growled and kissed at her neck and Allen tilted her head to the side, giving him more room. His touches hard and desperate and she cried out when his thrusting grew in strength.
Her hands slid up his strong and hard muscled back, her silver eyes clenched shut as her pleasure tightened in her lower belly, burning and aching with her need. "Stay with me. Marry me." he breathed in a voice so heavy with desire and want that Allen whimpered, her end so close…
"Please don't stop!~" She sang out, her body quivering with pleasure. Tyki groaned and his thrusting became erratic. Her bliss broke over her then, her body snapping tight. Allen cried out her ecstasy against his demanding lips, his name, her enemy's name, singing from her parted lips.
She could feel him tense and Allen, right before he came, realized that this was wrong. In so may ways, it was so wrong…
But at this moment she didn't care.
Her brow knitted together in confusion when he moved to pull away from her suddenly. Allen's body sang with the need to not let him and Allen found herself pulling him back to her, her lips crashing against his hard, passion and need burning until she couldn't feel anything else. Tyki pulled her closer, up of the bed and tighter to his chest, his voice deep and erotic sounding as he breathed out a few words in another language, a second later Allen could feel his essence releasing into her.
Marking her as his...
Allen shuddered, her body feeling weak all of a sudden, her silver eyes openning to look at the man leaning over her. Tyki laid down next to her and pulled her to his chest. Allen shivered when he then placed sated kiss to the back of her pale neck.
They lay on the bed for hours, Allen not letting sleep take her. Her silver eyes opened and taking in the darkness of the room. It was midday but with the blinds closed the room was almost pitch black. She was still tired from the lack of sleep from last night, when she had tried to tell Tyki and his friends about Akuma, but she wouldn't let herself rest.
The white haired Exorcist waited until Tyki had fallen asleep. Then carefully Allen pulled away from Tyki's arms and dressed. Allen only paused after she had pulled on her black and silver Exorcist coat. Her pink lips pulled down just slightly at the corners.
Her silver eyes slid to the sleeping form on the bed, watching the miner, the Noah, sleep. Her heart aching as she looked at the man that she knew she had fallen in love with. The man that had stolen her heart from the one that should truly have it…
Allen leaned over and laid a kiss to his lips, heat blazing from the contact and down to her heart. Allen pulled back, her eyes pained but determined. "I'm calling your bluff, Lord Tyki Mikk."
Yes, she was calling his bluff and ending this game.
She was nothing but a conquest for the Noah, nothing but a trophy to bed. She couldn't allow herself to think even for a moment that he had truly meant anything he had said. That there had been any truth behind his lies. Allen pulled away and quickly moved to the door, she pulled it open and exited from the room quietly.
Allen ran as soon as the door clicked closed, her eyes stinging, her poker face falling and breaking. She ran until she made it to the train station and boarded the first train she saw. It didn't matter where it was going, as long as it was going anywhere but here.
She used her status as an Exorcist to get a cabin, and as soon as the door closed and she was alone, Allen felt her stomach heave. Her whole body shook and her eyes burned as tears ran down her pale cheeks. Allen choked as her stomach heaved again and she fond herself losing her lunch into the closest waist basket.
Timcanpy wiggled free from his place in the hood of her Exorcist coat and flew over to perch on one of the red seats that lined the train cabin. He watched as she heaved one more time, but this time there was nothing left in her stomach to lose…
She felt dirty, she felt used and betrayed. But then it was her own weakness that had let the Noah use her like that. That allow her to believe his lies. And hadn't she used him to? Hadn't she used him in the first place?
She felt dirty.
Her whole being was freezing cold, her pale body shaking from the chill. Allen had loved him, when she was with him she had been happy, she had felt wanted. She was nothing but a fifteen year old woman, not an 'Apostil of God'. Allen could forget for just those few moments that she was an Exorcist…
Every time she thought she could have something normal, Allen always found herself losing...
Music rang forth as the first keys of a piano were pressed and Allen allowed her body to slump to the floor. She laid there on her side and listened to the key strokes build into a melody. The sound soft and soothing. The Exorcist closed her eyes and let the soft lullaby lull her to sleep.
It didn't stop, the Melody, even when she woke the next day, even when she returned to the Black Order a few days later. Her world nothing but a haze and blurred at the edges.
She hadn't been at the Order for more then a few hours when she got the orders to leave, the Black Order finally getting a clue on where General Cross was. She left immediately with Liang, Lavi, Bookman, Krory and Miranda…
General Cross was spotted heading to Edo.
They would have to travel by boat to reach her Master…
Allen found the sound of the ocean a lot like that lullaby, soothing and soft. The wind was just as comforting as it blew her chin length white hair across her face. The soft strains brushing against her pale checks. Allen sighed and her silver eyes remained closed as she focused on the whisper that she could hear playing on the wind.
A soft and deep voice singing, whispering just a scale bellow the sounds of the ocean and wind. The sound offering her comfort. The keys of a piano, playing along with the beat of the waves as they licked against one of her Masters lovers ships.
The sky was dark and the night was late, but Allen had found it hard to sleep. Ever since she had left Tyki in that hotel room, she had been able to get any real rest. The Cross unit was on their way to Edo, and hopefully they would finally find her master…
Her left hand rose from the wooden railing and rubbed at her chest. Her heart still aching and still filled with that biting cold. Allen didn't know what hurt her more, the fact that she had slept with her enemy or the fact that he had lied to her.
But Allen had been desperate to believe his lies...
She was angry at him. She was angry that she had let him fool her. But then, if she was so truly angry why did she leave him thinking that he was still deceiving her?
("Marry me")
Allen slowly opened her shifting silver eyes. Her heart aching painfully in her chest again. She could remember the look in his eyes as Tyki had asked her that question. The panic and the fear burning deep within their depths…
Did he ever care about her? Did Tyki ever love her or had he just been using her? He had tried to kill her, but then he had also tried to save her from that Innocence induced dream. Had there been any truth to anything he had told her, or had everything been a lie? But then, he had never said that he loved her. He had only asked her to marry him...
Her body started to tremble from the chill that danced across her skin. Allen was slowly freezing to death with her questions and doubts…
"Allen?" A concerned voice called out and the young woman flinched, then turned. Liang stood a few steps behind her, his dark purple eyes even darker with his concern. That look in her comrades eyes only made her heart ach worse. Allen could see that deep caring within those eyes, and Allen so badly wanted to return those feelings, to forget the Noah, to forget her enemies touch.
Would Liang's touch make her forget the Noah's? Forget that heat that Tyki invoked in her?
She so badly wanted to forget…
Liang took a few steps closer and reached out. His hand coming to rest on her clothed arm and Allen wanted to flinch away from the touch, a feeling of betrayal welling up within her chest at the fact that she was letting someone else touch her. Instead of stopping the touch, Allen forced her pink lips up into a weak encouraging smile. Liang smiled back, his thumb stroking her arm through her Exorcist coat. He was trying to offer her comfort, but he was only making her heart hurt worse.
Why couldn't she just love this young man before her? He was kind and sweet. He cared for and dare she say loved her. He was an Exorcist like her…
She wanted to love him…
Why did her heart ach with pain so cold that it burned with just the thought of wanting to love another man? For wanting another man to touch her and make her forget the Noah, her enemy?
She couldn't love Tyki, the Noah that had killed so many of her comrades. That had tried to kill her. But she could love Liang…
The sound of the piano suddenly became silent…
Allen Walker blinked and a second later, before Liang could take that last step forward, her cursed left eye activated. Allen turned to face the direction of the Akuma that were approaching the ship, her heart cold as she pulled away from her friend.
The Akuma attacked and then everything went black, the battle that fallowed was nothing but a blur…
And then she was cold. Her skin tingled and felt colder then ice. Her blood ran slow and felt heavier then led. Allen's very soul shook and she tried to open her mouth to call out, to call out to someone…
But who would she call to?
There was a deep chuckle from someone standing in front of her, and Allen so badly wanted to open her eyes, but at the moment she lacked the strength. Why did she feel so weak? She was not weak.
Allen Walker was not weak…
"If you are not weak, then open your eyes." The one who had chuckled sang out in a voice lined with his amusement and Allen recognized it from somewhere. She knew that voice, she knew that tone. Why couldn't she place it…?
The young woman shook her head and again tried to speak, and like the first time she found herself unable to utter even a word. The man chuckled again and then she felt something brush against her face, then Allen felt fingers being pressed to her forehead.
She flinched and her lips pulled down into a deep frown. Allen again tried to open her eyes, and this time they fluttered open, much to her surprise. The first thing Allen saw was the man with brown hair that Tyki and her had seen in their shared dream. The man was looking at her, his lips twisted up in a smirk and his amusement could clearly be seen in his gray eyes.
"Am I not even going to get a thank you?" He said in a smooth voice. His eyes flashing with his never ending amusement.
Allen blinked and then narrowed her eyes at the man standing before her. "You almost killed me the last time that I saw you." She hissed, Allen's voice filled with her anger and confusion. Her tone seemed to only amuse the man standing in front of her even more. He laughed and shook his head. Allen found her anger fading at the sound of his laugh, it was smooth and flowed evenly. It was one of those true soul appeasing laughs, one that you couldn't help but feel calmed by.
"You jumped in the way, my target was Joyd." The brown haired man said and Allen held his gaze for just a moment longer, her heart twisting in pain at hearing the Noah's name, before she looked away from his dark gray eyes. They were standing on the other side of that lake, the first place that she had dreamed about…
They were standing at the edge of the dark water.
A chill raced up her spine and Allen shuddered, her gloved hands rose to rub at her upper arms. It was now she noticed that her Exorcist coat was torn and stained with ash and blood. She blinked and her silver eyes widened.
What…?
The brown haired man sighed and placed his hands in the pockets of his black long coat. Allen again met his eyes and found that he was no longer amused. His gray eyes seemed to darkened and his lips twisted into a displeased frown. "You don't remember?" He said in a flat tone.
Allen closed her eyes and searched her memories, she could remember boarding Ms. Anita's ship and setting sail to Edo in search of her Master. They had only been a few days out at sea when the Akuma had attacked. Then everything became hazy…
She tried harder to remember and then it all came back to her. She had been dragged from the ship by one of the Level Two Akuma and before she knew what was happening she was carried above the clouds. The Level Three had been there waiting with the unconscious Bookman, who had been promptly thrown aside. The Third Level Akuma had laughed and had said, "Title; female Exorcist with white hair! That means we can sink the ship-"
That had been when Liang had come, his attack hitting the Level Three in his blind spot. Allen had then used Crown Clown to slice the Level Two holding her in half. She remembered falling, Liang diving after her…
The Level Three grabbing hold of his ankle and then throwing him back up into the sky. Allen had hit the cold water hard and then she remembered nothing…
From the height that she had fallen Allen should have died.
"I had to interfere." The man said in a tone lined with disapproval. Allen's eyes snapped open to glare at the man. Her heart twisting in anger for some reason unknown to her. Her hands fisting in the black of her Exorcist uniform.
"Who are you? And what do you mean 'you had to interfere'?" She demanded, her silver eyes flashing with her anger, but this seemed to amuse him, because his lips slid into a wide smile. His gray eyes flashing, though Allen thought that she could see a sadness there, buried deep within that gray.
"You are conflicted. Your denying your heart and because of this Crown Clown is barely functional." He spoke to her like he was lecturing a small child. This made her bristle with anger. Her silver eyes flashing and burning with the emotion. "Your Innocence gets its power from your heart. Do you remember what happened the last time you doubted your heart?"
Allen tensed and her silver eyes narrowed. Her anger once again gone, it being replaced with confusion and more pain. She remembered when she had been without her Innocence, right before she had gained Crown Clown…
The man with brown hair smiled widely at her and then was moving toward her, his white gloved hands taking hold of her shoulders and turned her around. That white piano sat before them, its whiteness odd in this world made of black and shades of gray. The man spoke again, his voice smooth and light, flowing like the notes that could come from the instrument before her. "This is your Heart."
"Allen!" a voice echoed from the lake behind her, and Allen suddenly felt dizzy. The hold on her arms tightened and the man behind her sighed before he let her go. The voice called out to her again and Allen realized that it was Lavi's voice…
"You will have to chose, Allen. You have the tools, you just need to decide." was the last thing she heard before she woke from her dream. Her silver eyes opening only to find herself surrounded by freezing water. An arm plunged into the water and wrap around her waist, suddenly she was pulled from the cold biting sea. Allen gasped and choked, the strong arm pulling her up into the embrace of the one who had saved her.
She barely had time to flashed her red haired friend a thankful smile before an explosion shook the very air around them. Her eyes snapping to the source, a pillar of light out in the distance, her heart twisting in pain when she realized that could only be Liang…
**** Tyki's Pov ****
Five members of the Clan of Noah sat atop a ruff in Edo…
His golden eyes were half lipped, a smoke hanging from between his dark gray lips. He heard the Earl speaking to the Akuma that he had gathered. All the Akuma that were in Edo filled the dark night sky over head. But Tyki didn't much care, his hands resting in his pockets and his poster laid back and showing his boredom. He wouldn't even be here, sitting on this ruff top if the Earl himself hadn't insisted that he come.
His heart felt numb and cold. Tyki couldn't think about anything else other then her. He could still feel her skin and could still taste her on his tongue. She had left him, his 'White Form', in that hotel room…
He had asked her to marry him, that had been a very stupid move on his part. He should have known that she would not except, or she thought that she could not except because she was an Exorcist and he was a normal human. Allen was one to worry about putting others in danger, she didn't know that he was a Noah and that he didn't need her to protect him, that she didn't have to worry about him…
That had to be the reason that she had left him like that...
"Hey Tyki! Why are you here again?" Davit said, his voice set it a high pitch. Jasdero chimed in but Tyki ignored them. His eyes focused on nothing important as he took another drag from his cigarette. After a short silence the Noah of Pleasure could feel the Earl's gold eyes on him.
"Tyki-pon is here because we will need him." Adam said in tone that left no room for arguments. Tyki could feel the Earl's eyes leave his back and he knew that the Maker was now looking at the Twins. He heard them gulp with nervousness. "I'm not sure what Froi Tiedoll hopes to accomplish by coming here, but I have a bad feeling about Cross Marian's presence."
Tyki frowned, what did the Earl mean by that? Why would it matter if the red haired general was in Edo, that would only make Jasdevi's job in killing him easier. "I have a feeling that he will only get in the way…" The Earl continued and Tyki frowned deeper.
"Go forth my demon army!~" the First Child of Noah sang out. "Take the Generals out in one go!"
A flash of red, only a few building away from them, had all the Noah on the ruff top turning to the source of the light. A serpent looking to be made out of fire rose up into the dark night sky. He heard Davit mumble out something, then the flaming snake was coming at them. Tyki hissed and narrowed his eyes, his hands leaving his pockets as he stood, his cigarette falling from his lips. His instincts screaming that this fire was Innocence made.
His gold eyes flickered over to the others and Skin nodded and was running out of the way of the attack. Davit reached out and took a hand full of Jasdero's black jacket and pulled him along as he ran, knowing that his twin was just a little slower then him. Tyki fallowed the behind the two, even though he knew that he was faster. He needed to stay behind them, because Twins were much slower then Skin and him.
The Noah of Wrath was already jumping from the ruff when the Third Child felt the fire lick at his back. Tyki jumped forward then, taking hold of the Noah's of Bond and jumped from the ruff. He jerked them out of the way just seconds before the fire engulfed the ruff top that they had been standing only moments ago.
"The Earl's been eaten!" Jasdero cried out, but Tyki didn't look back. He throw the Twins forward and they landed on an awaiting Akuma, Skin already on his own. Tyki landed on yet a third and only now allowed himself time to turn to see was had befallen the First Child.
The fire snake exploded to reveal Adam, his glasses flashing and his smile wide. Lero opened and the Earl floated down to join them. "That attack isn't even on par with a General's power. Not even close." He said in amusement. "Welcome to Edo Exorcists! We've been waiting for you!~"
With that the Earl sent forth the Akuma. Tyki watched as two of the Exorcists, the Vampire and the red head from the train started the battle. Tyki was only mildly amused, his lips twitching at the corners as they took out a group of the Makers toys.
The Exorcists were proving to be a good distraction…
"That attack took me by surprise. It even singed my coat." The Earl pouted, his smile not wavering. Then his eyes turned to him and Tyki blinked as Adam's smile widened, his gold eyes filled with his mirth. "Tyki-pon!~" He sang out slyly. "That young woman is down there, go and make sure she's out of the way would you?~"
Tyki at first didn't understand, his gold eyes turning for the first time to the group bellow them, it wasn't all that hard to spot who the Earl was talking about. His heart twisted and his lips pulled down into an angry frown when he took note that she was standing much to close to the Exorcist with the green hair; Liang Lee.
"With pleasure Earl." Tyki hissed out and jumped from the Akuma he was standing on. The Jr Bookman however intercepted him, but the Third Child easily blocked the Bookman's attack.
The Maker waved Lero about and called for the Akuma present to merge but Tyki paid them no mind. His blood singing with his anger at the green haired Exorcist. Though his heart ached with the memory of the last time he had seen his Allen. "I don't have time to deal with you Bookman." He said in a voice lined with his cold bitter anger. He wouldn't let anyone stand in his way…
The Exorcist battled and fought their hardest, the Bookman Jr. putting up a descent fight to keep him away from the small group huddled within the glowing barrier that the other female Exorcist had created about ten minutes ago. Tyki finally landed a good hit to the red head and knocked him through a stone wall, the Noah of Pleasure chuckling darkly at the hole he made.
He just had to buy his time until the barrier fall, then he could grab Allen. His heart burning with the desire to remove her from the side of the younger man. His smile widened just slightly when the glowing cone that separated him from his Exorcist finally faded. He moved fast, jumping from ruff top, to ruff top until he was only a few away from the group of humans. Tyki smiled wide and passed through the ruff of one building and came up behind his white haired beauty a second later. One gray hand shot out and took a hard grip of her left wrist, he pulled that arm up and over her chest, her activated Innocence humming in his grasp.
Allen gasped and Liang turned from the other female Exorcist that lay on the ruff top unconscious.
Liang Lee's dark purple eyes met his burning gold and Tyki couldn't keep the insane grin from pulling his gray lips wide. Before the younger male could even realize what was happening Tyki's other hand shot out and landed a hard blow to his stomach. Sending the young man flying. Allen stilled in her struggling and her voice hitched in her throat as she called out the male Exorcists name. Tyki frowned, his jealousy spiking. His heart twisting in his chest and his grip on her left wrist tightened.
His pulled Allen closer and his lips brushed against her pale ear. "Miss me darling?" he purred and was pleased when she shuddered against him. Her heat crawled along his skin and Tyki took a moment to enjoy having her in his arms again, even if she still didn't know that his 'White Self' and his 'Black Self' were one and the same. He so badly wanted to ask her why she had left him in that hotel room. Why she ran from him. Though he couldn't just ask her that when he was in his Black Form. All that mattered was that he had her now.
Tyki blinked as he felt something past through his back, his gold eyes sliding down to look at the bare fist of one of the human sticking out of his chest. The Third Child scuffed and his gold eyes narrowed. Stupid humans…
"Tease-"
"Wait!" The young woman in his arms called out to him in panic, and Tyki paused. "Please don't…" Allen whispered, her voice full of pain, and the Third Child frowned. He barely had a second to react as he felt the power coming up from bellow him in the next moment. Tyki growled and jumped back and into the air. The place he and Allen had been standing only a moment ago exploding with dust and blue light.
"Kanda!" Allen cried out.
Another Exorcist.
Tyki sighed and held Allen tighter to his body as they landed back on the ruff top. The dust cleared and a man in his late teens stood before him. His fighting stance perfect, his sword raised, ready to strike at the first sign of an opening. Kanda's cold blue eyes narrowed as he looked Tyki over, no doubt trying to gauge his weakness' and strengths. The Noah of Pleasure did the same with his best arrogant smirk on his gray lips.
Tyki turned his head, pulling Allen up and off her feet. His lips brushing against her cheek and he could feel her soft skin heat with a pretty pink blush. "A friend of yours darling?" He purred out in a low voice. His gold eyes not ones looking away from the man before him. The swordsman growled and his ice blue eyes narrowed further, the Exorcist then lunged and Tyki had to twist to the side. The swordsman fallowed and Tyki was definitely impressed with how fast he was…
The Noah of Pleasure landed on the ground and the blue haired Exorcist charged him again, Tyki hissed and turned, one of the Exorcists attacks almost hitting Allen, who was no longer struggling against his hold at the moment. He could feel her thin body trembling against his chest…
He had barely dodged the attack in time, Tyki realized, as the Noah took note that the mans blade had cut a line through the sleeve of his white shirt. The Noah's lips pulled down into a deep frown and he fixed his opponent with a flat look. "Hey now, careful were you aim that stick boy. You might hurt the young lady."
Kanda smirked at him, his blue eyes flashing. "Anytime I strike you move so that brats at the safest position from the attack. Also on a side note," the Exorcist charged then, his blue eyes fixed on the Third Childs captive. "I don't care what happens to bean sprouts!"
Tyki's golden eyes narrowed and he blocked the attack with his own weapon. They clashed and sparks flew and Tyki took notice that the longer they fought the faster and stronger the Exorcist seemed to get. This Kanda was testing him, only using what strength he needed to, concealing his true power…
Tyki needed to end this fight.
"Tyki-pon~." A sing song voice called out from the sky, and Tyki frowned in irritation. He took a few steps back, his gold eyes never straying from the Exorcist. Kanda simply slid into another fighting stance, his eyes trained on his target.
"Please don't call me that Earl." The Third Child called back to the Maker. He could feel the Firsts eyes on him, and Tyki knew what the Earl was planning on doing even before he felt the surge of power. The Noah of Pleasure frowned and then allowed himself to smile at the Exorcist with the sword. "Well its been fun Mr. Kitchen Knife, but the lady and I need to be going." Kanda growled and moved to charge him, but Tyki was already gone.
The Earl unleashed his attack and Edo was leveled to the ground.
Tyki landed on the ruff top of the only remaining building. Allen still held firmly to his chest. The destruction that the Earl could course if he ever decided to actually destroy something was most definitely something to see. "You're amazing, Millennium Earl." Tyki spoke in a tone lined with his amusement, he had never seem the Earl use his power at this scale, and Tyki knew that the twins and Skin were also impressed. "How terrifying."
The Earl simply sneezed.
The young woman in his arms seemed to finally snap out of what ever daze that she had been in and started to fight his hold on her. Allen twisted and kicked and demanded to be let go, her voice set in a high pitch from her desperation. Tyki simply held onto her, his free arm wrapping around her waist.
"Tyki-pon~"
Tyki's gold eyes turned to the Earl, who was still holding onto Lero and floating in the Sky. The Maker was smiling very wide, his gold eyes narrowed and fixed on a certain point in the distance. Tyki turned his own eyes to that point. A dim green light glowed softly, and Tyki knew that it was Innocence.
"There's definitely something strange about that Innocence." He muttered under his breath. Then his gold eyes turned to the Third Child and his captive. "Leave Ms. Walker here where she will be safe and out of the way."
Tyki could feel Allen still in her struggling, he watched as her head turned and her silver eyes looked to the Earl in confusion. Not understanding why he would say something like that. Tyki chuckled and let the young woman go, Allen stumbled and fell to her knees. The Earl nodded and spoke again. "Devit and Jasdero stay here. Tyki-pon and Skin, that Innocence needs to be destroyed~!"
**** Allen's Pov ****
Allen's heart was in her throat as she ran. Her black knee high boots clicking against the smooth surface of the ground as she pushed herself to run faster. Allen had barely escaped the two Noah that had been left behind as the Earl, Tyki, and that large Noah had left to attack her friends.
Her legs were burning and so were her lungs, her body felt weak as she fought to keep Crown Clown activated. Allen's heart ached but she was determined, Liang needed her. The Noah were going to kill him, because his Innocence could be…
His Innocence could be the Heart.
She reached were the battle was taking place just in time to see the Earl blast the Crystal that incased her comrade. The Green Crystal shattered and Liang came flying out of the cloud of green dust, only to hit the ground hard and roll to a stop a few feet away. Allen's heart clenched as the Earl raised his hand and throw a ball of dark matter at the green haired Exorcist laying on the ground. Allen dove, Crown Clown wrapping around them both a second before the black and purple ball of energy exploded.
Allen's Innocence pulled back from its shield form a moment later, her shaking hands helping Liang sit up from the cold ground. His purple eyes met her silver and Liang smiled in thanks.
"How troublesome." A sorrowful voice called from in front of them. Allen growled and turned her flashing silver eyes on the Earl, who was now standing before them. "Your such a funny child, Allen Walker. Now stop being such an unruly child and come long.~" He sang out. Allen had only a moment to feel Liang tense and then he was on his feet, though it looked to be very painful, and charging the Earl, fist raised and purple eyes burning with hate.
Allen was then on her own feet and chased after him…
The Maker's umbrella appeared in his hands, but Allen didn't pay it any mind as she moved forward her, right hand outstretched. Her white gloved figures took a fist full of Liang's Exorcist coat and pulled. Liang stumbled back and Allen stepped up…
Allen felt the blow connect with her left arm as she blocked the Earl's swing. Her silver eyes wide when she sow the weapon the Maker of Akuma was using. It looked just like the sword that that brown haired man with the gray eyes had been using in her dreams…
The Earl laughed in amusement and jumped back and into the air, his free hand rising up and a ball of dark energy started to form in his open palm. Allen met his narrowed gold eyes and the Earl smiled wider. "Here it comes~!"
Allen gasped as the Earl throw the ball of energy, she spun and again dove. Crown Clown taking its shield form and wrapping again around her and Liang…
Allen awoke to her fellow Exorcists voices some time later. They were all taking refuge under an old stone bridge. She turned her head and her pink lips pulled down into a frown. Liang lay unconscious next to her. Slowly she pushed herself up, her head hurt and so did her heart…
Allen was only sitting up for a moment when Liang stirred from beside her. His purple eyes fluttered open and they turned to her face. He winced as he to pushed himself into a sitting position, his face showing his relief that she was ok. Her heart twisted in her chest at that look. But Allen forced herself to not flinch, when a moment later, he reached out and brushed back some of her white hair, his eyes soft and caring. "Are you alright Allen?" He asked, his voice set in a low tone. "Did that Noah do anything to hurt you?"
Her heart twisted more and burned in pain. Her skin freezing as she forced a smile on her pink lips and shook her head. Liang didn't notice how her silver eyes sharpened when his hand moved from brushing at her soft white hair to cup her left cheek. The green haired Exorcist smiled wider and leaned a little closer. "I'm glad."
He was going to kiss her. Liang was going to kiss her. Allen forced the sick feeling in her stomach down, and resigned herself to let him…
"O~! Mushy, Mushy!" Lavi sang out as he plopped himself next to them, his one visible green eye very clearly amused. Liang jerked back, his pale cheeks red and his dark purple eyes embarrassed.
Allen felt relief wash through her, then a feeling of heavy guilt flood her heart...
A bright flash of light and Allen choked back a startled cry as she found herself falling into the glowing pinkish-purple portal that opened up beneath her.
Allen didn't hear the high pitched, "Found ya!" call out from underneath her as she fell. Allen didn't even hear her friends call out to her, that melody load and ringing in her ears. Her silver eyes met the Liang's for just a second, then she couldn't see anything...
Sorry if I jumped around a lot, and that I cut out the Ark part… This chapter was getting a little to long… Anyway please review! And yes, I used a lot of stuff from the anime for this chapter…
Next Part: Noah's Ark (for real this time!). Allen confronts Tyki. And when Tyki finds himself with only one choice left to have Allen will he take it?