Warning: Blood and violence and Noah's… and me wanting to slap Allen…
And No Beta for this chapter…
Special thanks to RikoJasmine for letting me barrow Liang Lee ( aka Male Lenalee Lee) for this story! : )
Pairings: Tyki x FemAllen, Liang x FemAllen (one-sided)
Please injoy the nice long chapter! :)
**** ~ Allen's Pov. ~ ****
Allen hit the ground hard, the air being knocked out of her lungs for a few long moments after she had hit the hard stone ground. She dimly heard it as others hit the ground around her, and Allen definitely felt it when someone landed on her.
The white haired Exorcist had only a second to register the weight of the person on top of her and the breath against her lips before her body was reacting. Her mind quickly noting that who ever was on top of her was very close to kissing her, and the fact that she didn't feel that heat…
Allen's heart twisted painfully in her chest…
Her left hand swung out and connected with the head of the person on top of her, the person cried out in surprise and pain, the weight was gone from her in the next second. The young woman was then sitting up and her silver eyes turning angrily to the one she had hit.
Dark purple eyes slowly opened to look at her in apology and Allen's heart twisted in guilt as she watched Liang rub at the right side of his head. "Liang! I'm so sorry!" Allen whispered, her silver eyes showing her guilt over hitting him so hard. Liang simply offered her a soft smile and shook his head. The look in his eyes telling her that he believed he was the one to blame.
But that only made Allen feel worse.
"What is this place?" Kanda asked in his deep voice, a fine blue eyebrow raising in question as his eyes scanned the general area around them, once he had gotten to his feet. Allen frowned, also pushing herself to her feet. Her silver eyes leaving Liang to look at their surroundings.
"I don't know…" She breathed out. Allen had this odd sense of calm. She couldn't remember the last time that she had felt so centered. It almost felt like…
And the sounds of that piano playing were still whispering in her ears. It was coming from all around her, soft and just as calming. It felt like she had returned to a place that she had been away from for far to long. It felt welcoming...
It felt like…
…home…
"Allen-chan!~" A young sounding voice squealed out, and then thin arms were wrapping around her waist. Allen stumbled, caught of guard and barely being able the stay on her feet from the impact. She turned her head to the side and looked down, her silver eyes meeting light purple eyes and blue hair.
Allen could here her comrades gasp and she heard Kanda curse. Her pink lips parted but before Allen could find her voice the young Noah had released her and happily jumped on an angry Liang. "Oh~ My knight in shinning armor is here to! This is so great!"
"Road." Liang hissed through gritted teeth, but he made no move to push the twelve year old girl away. Liang knowing full well that it wouldn't do any good. Road giggled and her lips slid into a wide smile as her eyes moved from one person to the next.
"Welcome to Noah's Ark Exorcists!~" The Noah sang out in a sweet voice, then she pushed away from Liang and skipped past Allen, the young girl acting like she didn't have a care in the world. Allen watched the young Noah bend over and pull the pumpkin umbrella, the one that Allen had seen the Earl turn into that large sword, from the ground before turning back to face them.
"Noah's Ark?" Lavi question in a interested tone, his green eye slowly taking in the small groups surroundings, no doubt noting everything that he could. Road giggled more and waited patiently, her light purple eyes looking at Allen happily.
Allen frowned at this new information. Noah's Ark? But why would they…?
Her silver eyes had not once strayed away from the Noah's purple eyes. She watched Road nod her head once she was sure that she had everyone attention again, their eye contact finally breaking.
"You are all going to die here, once the download to the New Ark is complete. Except Allen, and maybe Liang as long as his Innocence isn't the Heart." she said in a giddy sounding voice.
Allen could feel it when everyone tensed at the Noah's words. Her own silver eyes widening. Road's smile widened even more and her purple eyes flashed with mirth. Then the blue haired girl was throwing something at Liang and her comrade caught it in his hands, before holding it up for all to see.
"That is my key, you can use it to get there." Road pointed at the white tower off in the distance. The young Noah turned and met Allen's silver eyes before continuing. "Tyki is there and so is your only exit off the Ark. Don't lose the key, it opens the last door and the three leading up to it." Road said, looking at the white haired Exorcist as she spoke.
Allen fought down the urge to flinch at hearing the Noah of Pleasure's name. Her heart twisting sharply in her chest. She was sure the Noah of Dreams didn't miss her reaction either. Because those purple eyes softened just slightly and her smile turn just that much more caring.
The young girl then brought the umbrella before herself, her eyes turning to it. "You, Lero are to accompany them." The little girl said in another fit of happy giggles, Lero gasped and started to complain, until the Noah's eyes narrowed. "Its an order from the Earl."
Allen watched as this Lero thing sigh and floated over to her, once the umbrella was next to her did Road smile return. The twelve year old waved goodbye with her fingers, a set of heart shaped double door appearing from the ground behind her. The doors swung open and then the Noah was skipping through them.
"You have three hours to get to the tower at the center of the Ark. Good luck Exorcists!~" She sang out, "And see you at the tower Allen-chan.~" she added in a fond whisper, and Allen wasn't sure if she was meant to hear it. The red and black heart shaped doors swung shut, leaving the five Exorcist and the one human alone.
And so began the struggle to escape Noah's Ark…
They had been walking down a long hallway for what had to be about forty minutes or so after they had beeen chased off by Kanda, who was being stubborn and was going to face a Noah alone. Lavi and Krory were leading the way, Liang, Chaoji and Allen were fallowing only a few steps behind.
Allen chewed on her lower lip and her silver eyes flickered to Liang, his legs were doing worse and she was starting to worry. Chaoji was helping the green haired Exorcist down the hall, and Allen wondered if they would ever each the end...
Her heart aching oddly in her chest suddenly and Allen stopped walking. Her silver eyes turning to look behind them as suddenly her heart felt heavy, then a crushing sorrow swept over her a second later. The sorrow leaving her stumbling with its weight. Allen gasped and her innocence deactivated as the sorrow grew. Her hands gripping at her heart, and Allen found herself on her knees and gasping for air between sobs.
She dimly heard Chaoji and Liang call out her name, she didn't really take notice as Levi and Krory turned to face them. Their eyes full of worry and confusion.
Why was she feeling this… deep aching sorrow? It twisted deep in her heart and soul, and it felt like…
It felt like a small part of herself was mourning...
Allen shuddered and she repeatedly blinked her eyes against the float of tears that were now running down her face. Levi was now kneeling in front of her and Allen met his confused green eye with her own confused look. "Allen?"
Allen tried to force a smile on her lips, but it only came out strained. She didn't understand what was wrong, why she was feeling this sorrow or why she couldn't stop the tears from flowing. "I-I cant stop…" she whispered to her red haired friend and the Bookman nodded his head.
That was when the pain flared across her brow, sharp and hot. Allen cried out in pain and her hands moved from gripping at her chest to her forehead. The pain pulsing higher and she screamed. Lavi took her by her thin shoulders as she curled into herself…
...And then it was gone. The pain and the sorrow gone like they had never been there to begin with. For a long moment Allen couldn't find the strength to lift her head, her breath heavy and her body shaking.
What was happening to her…?
"Allen, what the fuck just happened?" Lavi growled, his grip on her shoulders tightening. Allen forced her trembling body up and her confused silver eyes met her friends. They were all looking at her with fear and concern.
And for some reason her silver eyes flickered over to Lero, who was watching her very intently…
"It stopped, I'm ok…" She breathed out as she looked back on her friends. Allen then forced her weak and aching body to its feet. Liang fixed her with a worried look and Allen did her best to not meet his dark purple eyes. Just then the floor under her feet decided to buckle and all present fond her little episode the last thing on their minds, the small group scrambling to get away from the part of the hallway that was breaking apart.
In took Krory drinking one of his flasks of blood for them all to escape the hallway. Allen chocked back a cry of alarm as her tall comrade raced down the hall and came to an abrupt stop, once the group entered the room at the end of the hall. Lavi and her lost their hold on him and crashing hard onto the stone floor.
"Hee, Hee! I give that landing a Ten!" A voice giggled from the center of the room. A second voice quickly argued that they should get at the most a seven...
Allen blinked and pushed herself to her knees, her eyes turned to who was speaking.
The room the group found themselves in looked like an old library, books lined ever wall from floor to ceiling. At the center of the room was what looked like an old wooded tower of some kind. Allen's silver eyes didn't miss the fact that there were no other doors other then the one that they had entered through.
Two sets of gold eyes smiled down at the group from the top of the wooded tower. The young white haired Exorcist frowned as she recognized the two Noah from Edo. These were the two Noah that Tyki had left her with when the other Noah had gone off to fight her friends…
"Welcome, Welcome Exorcists! Its our turn to play with you!" The blond haired Noah called out, his lips stretching into a wide grin. A happy and excited giggle escaping from his lips.
"And Cross' apprentice is going to pay of our debt!" the dark haired Noah added, pulling a gold pistol from his large black jacket. The Blond Noah nodded and also pulled out a duplicate gun, and together the two took aim at the group below.
"Now which one of you is Allen Walker?" They said together.
Allen blinked before her pink lips slid into a scowl. Her silver eyes flashing as she crossed her arms over her chest. Oh no way in hell was she going to be paying of anyone's debt. Cross' was bad enough, the thought of how much that man owed made her skin crawl and a sick feeling eat at her heart...
"No..." She mumbled and shuddered as her mind pulled up images of debt collectors and worse…
The two Noah blinked before the black haired Noah turned to the blond and hit him with his gold pistol. The blond hissed and crouched down holding his head, the little antenna thing on his head with the light at the end bobbing with the action. "Damn it Jasdero! I told you the name Walker sounded familiar!"
The blond, Jasdero, slowly opened his gold eyes and looked at the group again. Allen's own eyes narrowed when he looked at her specifically. She watched his eyes blink and then squinted at her, his head tilting to the side.
His golden eyes looked confused, a moment later and he was then jumping down from the wooden tower and before Allen could react he was in her face, his hands taking a hold of her thin shoulders. Allen was to stunned to think, the only thing she could comprehend was her comrades tensing and gasping from behind her. The Noah's confused gold eyes blinked again as he mumbled out…
"Tyki…?"
Allen sucked in a breath, her heart twisting sharply in her chest and fear rose up to choke her. Her mind lost in a chaotic mix of fear and confusion, some how her mind knowing for a fact that he knew…
Jasdero studied her some more and then he was smiling. "Devit! Devit! Look at this! Do you see it?" he called back to the other Noah who was still standing on the wooden tower.
Devit frowned at the Noah that was holding her still, his eyes turned to look at her and he to starred for a moment before he smiled wickedly. The Noah that was standing before her smiled a little wider and added under his breath, "Hee! What a strong bond to…and there is something else there also…"
The words no sooner reached her ears and Allen was ripping herself from the Noah's hold. Her heart was now racing in her chest in panic. Allen didn't know how they knew about her and Tyki by just looking at her…
But if her comrades were to find out…
If the Order…
Lero was suddenly in the blond Noah's face, yelling at him to keep his mouth shut. The Moment Jasdero turned his eyes from Allen to look at the umbrella, Lavi was pushing her back and invoking his Innocence...
Devit was moving before any of them could blink, Jasdero ducked just in time to avoid the Jr. Bookman's swing. The Blond Noah giggled and jumped back, his gun raising and taking aim. The Black haired Noah was then at his side, his own gun aimed beside Jasdero's. "Blue Bomb!" they called out together.
Allen gasped as a frozen ball of energy came barreling out of the two Noah's guns. Lavi's swore and brought his hammer up just in time to block the attack. Krory was then moving past her and took a swing at Devit, who dodged the attack fairly easily. Lavi was only two steps behind Krory and swung his hammer at the blond Noah, who also dodged the attack and rejoined his fallow Noah at the base of the wooden tower. The two giggled, their eyes flashing with excitement.
"Hee Hee! This is going to be fun!" Jasdero giggled and pointed his pistol at his temple. Devit did the same with his own gun and then let out a little insane chuckle. "Yeah, lets kill us some Exorcists Jasdero!"
Allen gasped as the two again took aim and let out a barrage of ice balls. The white haired Exorcist dodged to the side, Allen grit her teeth when she barely avoided the attack. The place she had been standing only a moment ago now covered in ice.
"Hey, Cross' apprentice! If we took you as a hostage would Cross come for you?" Jasdero called out, Allen blinked and turned to where the voice had come from. The two Noah were back on top of the wooden tower. Both sets of smiling gold eyes on her, twin grins on both their faces.
What kind of question…
"I doubt it." Allen muttered under her breath, her silver eyes glancing over at her comrades. Liang and Chaoji were a little ways to her left and Lavi and Krory were just to her right…
(
That was bad. With Liang having trouble with his Innocence...
The two Noah giggled and let lose another round of ice bullets. Allen rolled out of the way and narrowed her silver eyes, her vision trained on Liang and Chaoji. Her heart was in her throat and her mind franticly trying to summon Crown Clown. Her Innocence would not active, and Allen's heart twisted in fear at this. There had only been one other time that she had not been able to use her weapon…
And that was when Tyki had taken it, when he had tried to destroy it.
Allen's silver eyes stung and that cold surged forth to eat at her heart. Every time she thought of the Noah, her heart ached, just hearing his name made her heart twist in her chest. She needed to forget…
"Allen!" Liang called out to her, his voice lined with panic. Allen's silver eyes snapped back into focus just in time to see a ball of ice coming straight for her. Her eyes widened and her breath become stuck in her throat. Oh god, she wouldn't be able to dodge in it…
"White Bomb." The two Noah called out in a displeased voice, and the ice ball popped just before it hit her. Allen flinching as the air rushed over her a second later. Suddenly Liang was beside her, his hands taking her by the shoulders and turning her to face him.
"Allen, are you ok?" Liang whispered, his voice low and his dark purple eyes concerned. Just over his shoulder Allen could see the two Noah. Who didn't look at all happy the moment that her male comrade touched her.
"Hey! Hey! Hands off you!" The blond yelled out angrily, and the black haired Noah growled and waved his gun around. "Why that filthy human bastard!" Devit fumed. The two Noah's gold eyes met and then they both grinned nice and wide at the other, but what ever the two were planning was stopped as Lavi attacked them from behind with his fire seal. That was when the two Noah released their 'Purple Bomb'.
Their 'Trick Glasses'...
Allen panted, her breathing uneven. Crown Clown was activated but she wasn't sure how long that would last. She could feel her Innocence wavering and she was having a hard time maintaining it…
And what made it all so much worse was that the two Noah had taken Liang hostage. Lavi was focusing on finding the key and Chaoji was taking cover behind the wooden tower. Krory and her were trying to hold the two Noah off long enough for the Jr. Bookman to find the real key that the two Noah had stolen and thrown onto the floor.
And the fake Earl that the two had summoned was really a pain. He may be fake, but he was still just strong. Allen gasped as she barely blocked an attack from the Earl's sword. And the petite Exorcist found herself flying from the blow. She hit one of the walls lined with books a second later, the air being force from her lungs from the impact.
"We don't care about any of you, we're just interested in Allen." Allen heard Devit's voice say from some where in the large room. Her silver eyes narrowing. They were close to her…
"I won't let you hurt her! You or that bastard Noah that tried to kidnap-" Allen heard Liang growl out, but her friend never got to finish as Allen heard skin hitting skin in a hard slap. Allen flinched.
"Watch your mouth!" Devit hissed out, his anger dripping from his voice. "Yeah, yeah!" Jasdero added.
"You're lucky that Road fancies you, Exorcist. It makes me sick to see you trying to brake Tyki's bond with your own." The black haired Noah said, his distaste for her comrade evident in every word he spoke. Allen pushed herself away from the bookshelf, her eyes looking at Krory fighting the fake Earl, but her mind trying to focus on where the Noah were hiding...
But at the mention of Tyki, her heart beat sped up. Her fear renewing. Allen still didn't know how the two Noah knew, but she couldn't let them keep talking. She needed to find them, free Liang and escape this room before…
"Yeah! Jokes on you! Tyki's bond is stronger!" Jasdero giggled out and Allen heard Liang demand to know what they meant. The two Noah giggled and laughed, clearly amused by Liang's anger.
It was then that Lavi found the key…
That was when all hell truly broke loss.
When the two Noah merged and finally introduced themselves did Allen understand how the two had known about her and Tyki. The battle that fallowed had been a bloody one, they almost had to leave Krory behind, but were saved from having to do that when the room started to fall apart.
That was when the battle turned in their favor. The merged Noah was hit by one of Lavi's well aimed fire seals, the attack sent them flying and they hit the wall hard, a few books falling on top of them as the yslid to the floor. A few tense moments past and the Noah had yet to move...
No one dared to breath…
Until the room shock and the floor started to fall out from under them. Her comrades started to make there way to the open door, Lavi helping the heavily injured Krory to the door. Chaoji helping Liang.
Allen started to fallow, but paused. Her silver eyes turning back to the unconscious Noah, her heart filling heavy and she felt a sick feeling twist within her stomach. She couldn't just leave them here to die...
She was moving before she could think about what she was truly doing. Allen heard her comrades call out to her, but that didn't stop her until she reached her fallen enemy. In the back of her mind she knew that she couldn't leave them to die...
The white haired Exorcist didn't waist anymore time thinking any further on it. Her right hand reached out and took hold of the Noah's, Allen hissed as she then pulled them up and looped their arm over her shoulders, surprised by their wieght. Her left arm wrapping around their waist and she turned back to the door. The room shook again and more of the floor started to fall away. Allen stumbled, she didn't notice as the Noah's gold eyes fluttered open. Allen gasped, the floor under her feet cracking and then falling out from under her.
Dimly she could hear Liang's panicked voice, and then she was falling. Jasdevit's black painted lips twisted down into a frown as they fell, and before Allen could blink she found herself in his arms. Their fall coming to a stop as he twisted in the air and landed on a stone platform that had appeared out of nowhere. It took Allen a moment to realize that the Noah of Bonds must have materialized a place for himself to stand on before stairs appeared before them.
It was out of instinct that her arms secured themselves around the Noah's neck as he bolted up the stairs, Allen choking back her cry of alarm at how fast Jasdevit could truly move...
Before she could blink they were at the open door and the Noah came to a stop before her friend. Her comrades stared at them, before Lavi hissed out a curse and moved to attack. Jasdevit grinned nice and wide at the Exorcists and Allen felt his grip on her tighten, then she found herself being dumped on the ground.
She gasped in pain as she hit the ground hard, her silver eyes blinking up at the wickedly grinning Noah. Liang chanced a step forward but came to a stop when the Noah's gold eyes flashed at him in warning.
Allen quickly pushed herself to her feet and took a step back, her eyes meeting the golden gaze of the Noah of Bonds. He smiled wider and twirled a blond strand of hair around his gloved fingers. "We're feeling nice Exorcists. You win this round, but next time you won't be so lucky."
Allen's silver eyes narrowed and her lips twisted down into a frown. She was about to speak when Liang took a hold her left arm and pulled her to the open door. Jasdevit nodded to her and pulled out a second key, one that looked just like theirs…
"We have our own way out. Now run along before we change our minds."
Allen frowned deeper but didn't fight as Liang pulled her through the door. What greeted her eyes on the other side were stairs, lots of white stairs. So the group started to climb, their next exit could be seen at the every top. Though it turned out to be a lot further off then it appeared.
After twenty minutes of walking in silence did someone finally decided to speak. Or more like yell. The young man that had been with them since Ms. Anita's ship spun to face her and Allen tightened her hold on Liang's hand. It was now that Allen realized that she had still been holding her comrades hand…
Guilt rose up in her heart and Allen found herself fighting to not pull her hand from his. The white haired Exorcist shook her head and forced the feelings that were twisting in her heart down. She wasn't betraying anyone by holding Liang's hand, by seeking comfort from her friend...
"How could you try to save a Noah!" Chaoji yelled, his dark eyes narrowed in anger. He stood before her shaking in rage, not understanding why she had tried to save their enemy. Allen flinched at the look in his eyes, but she was saved from having to answer when Liang stepped in front of her.
Allen could feel how angry the green haired Exorcist was. But for some reason she wasn't sure if it was at Chaoji or…
She pulled her hand from Liang's, her body tense and Allen didn't understand. Or, well she did understand, she was sure the others had heard what the blond Noah had said to her, and then what the two Noah had then said to Liang…
"Allen, what's going on?" Lavi's smooth voice called out from the front of the group, and Allen turned her wavering silver eyes to meet his one visible green. The Bookman was looking at her, his eye staring strait at her. Allen thought for just a moment that he could see right through her, that he knew…
She tried to open her mouth, her pink lips parting but the words wouldn't come. What would she say? That she had been sleeping with the enemy, and that deep in her heart…
...That deep in her heart…
"You guys don't have time to sit here and argue! Your running out of time before this Ark is completely downloaded into the new one." Lero spoke up from her side. His eyes narrowed and glaring at them. Allen wanted to sigh in relief as her comrades all seemed to remember that they were on a time restriction.
They walking up the stair and finally made it to the door, though the last few moment were spent in a tense silence. The white haired Exorcist walking at the back of the line, Crown Clown still activated but just barely. Liang was the one who pushed open the large double doors at the top of the stairs. The green haired Exorcist taking the first steps through. Lavi still helping the injured Krory was next, then Chaoji, and finally Allen and Lero.
Allen stepped through and her eyes widened as Road came jumping at them, her arms wrapping around Liang's neck as she planted a kiss on his parted lips. Her comrades dark purple eyes widened, but before he could react Road let go and took a step back giggling. Her light purple eyes landing on her and then the twelve year old Noah was standing before her. Her light purple eyes filled with happiness.
Allen didn't have anytime to react as Road took her left hand and pulled her further into the room. She soon found herself being pushed into a chair, one that was overly elaborate and that sat at one end of a large dinning table.
"I'm glad you could make it darling." A deep and smooth voice called out from the other end of the table. Allen's heart froze in her chest and her silver eyes widened as they snapped up to meet the golden gaze of the man that she had grown to care for…
"Come on! Sit down! Tyki's and I have been waiting for you!~" Road sang out as she skipped back over to the group and took a hold of Liang's wrist and also dragged him to the table. The young Noah turned her purple eyes on the Bookman and then pointed at something of to the side, but Allen couldn't seem to get her eyes to turn away from Tyki's. "You can lay your friend down on that bed there!" Road said, but again Allen found herself barely able to hear the young Noah's words.
As soon as all her friends join her and Liang at the table did the male Noah speak again. His gold eyes narrowed and his dark grey lips slid into a charming smile. Allen's heart was beating heavily in her chest, and for the life of her, she wanted to asked this man if he had ever cared for her…
But then did she really want to know the answer? Allen's heart twisted and felt like it would break if he said 'No'. If she found out that he had been using her from the start. But hadn't she decided that she couldn't feel anything for this man? That she couldn't love a Noah, her enemy?
"Oh, don't make that face darling. It's not at all cute, you know." Tyki said, his gold eyes watching her intently and Allen's silver eyes finally managed to tear away from his burning gaze. She chanced a glance at her comrades…
Lavi was watching everything that was taking place with a frightening indifference, were as Liang was shaking in his anger. Her friends purple eyes were narrowed and glaring fire at the Noah at the other end of the table. Chaoji was watching and Allen didn't miss it when he tried to make a grab for a knife, but the young man seemed to think better of it, his dark eyes flickering to look at Road and Allen turned her eyes to the young girl.
She was watching them, her purple eyes flashing in warning at the young man to not try anything stupid.
"What is the Noah's interest in Allen Walker?" Lavi finally spoke up, his voice even and sharp. His one green eye locked on Tyki's gold.
The Noah's smile widened just a little, his eyes flashing in amusement. "I don't think that's any of your concern Bookman." He purred out, and Allen didn't miss that warning in his tone. She was sure Lavi didn't miss it either.
She was cold, so very cold that Allen was sure she could very well freeze to death. Her heart was numb, but some how she could still feel that dull pain. Her silver eyes slid closed and her head leaned back against the red cushion of the chair.
She cared for her comrades, but truthfully, she also cared for the Noah that she knew was still watching her. She could feel his gaze on her, her skin prickled and tingled with the memory of the heat his touch could give her, and Allen knew then what she had to do.
Her silver eyes opened and met his gaze, her heart clenched in her chest when thier eyes met, her heart choosing now to start to feel again. But Allen couldn't let herself be weak here, her friends lives depended on her. She couldn't let them down…
"I'm calling your bluff Tyki." She whispered out in a cold, emotionless voice. The Noah's gold eyes narrowed and his smile waned just slightly. The pain in her heart rose.
But still she pressed on…
"I think its time for us to leave. And don't you have friends to get back to also? I'm sure Eze and them miss you." She said in an even and clear voice. Her sliver eyes not once daring to look away from his stunned gold. Allen didn't miss the slight widening of his eyes before his poker face was firmly back in place. But now that he knew that she knew the truth…
Allen knew her friends were watching her, she could feel their eyes burning into her in question and in some cases confusion. But she knew only one way out if this, only one way to win this game. "You like to play games. So, lets play a game…" she started, her tone sweet and smooth. Allen's lips slip into a nice smile and she watched as Tyki's twitched at the corners.
Tyki Mikk was a poker player, he would take notice of her poker face instantly. But then the Noah was already wearing his own poker face, and that was all this was. Her friends lives would all come down to who had the better hand or who could bluff the best...
Tyki slowly pushed himself up from his seat, his gold eyes flashing with the challenge. "And what are the stakes?" He asked just as smoothly, his smile telling her that he had an idea on what she was proposing.
Allen knew that he would understand. "If I win them we get to leave."
Tyki's smile widened and his eyes narrowed. His right hand rose to remove his cigarette from his lips. "And if I win?"
"I thought that was a given." She hissed out, her smile falling as she to pushed herself up from her chair. But then she took a step up onto her chair and then onto the table. The nice red table clough bunching under her knee high boots as Allen charged the man before her.
Tyki's smile turned into an amused grin, his left hand raising from his side and Allen could hear Lavi calling out to her in warning, but she knew this trick of his. She knew enough of his ability to know that he could hold those Tease butterfly golems within his body…
Then there was also his ability to pass through things…
She reached him and they clashed, his weapon made out of Tease and her black left arm. With her running start Allen had hoped to use her speed to nock him over, but he stood firm. Tyki's grin widened and he twisted to the side.
Allen found herself stumbling for a second before she quickly righted herself. She charged him again but he simply jumped over her. His amused chuckle reacting her ears as she turned and looked up. Tyki stood above the ground and out of her reach, his sly smirk wide and his gold eyes flashing.
"Don't cheat..." Allen growled, her heart fluttering in her chest when Tyki tilted his head to the side and laughed.
"This isn't cheating darling. This is part of my power as the Noah of Pleasure." Tyki said in a amused tone, his gold eyes looking her over and Allen wanted to shudder at the burning look in his eyes. "I possess the ability of Choice. I can choose to pass through and effect anything I please. That includes air." His smile became strained for just a moment before he was smiling at her smoothly again. "Except for Innocence."
Allen's pink lips twisted into a deep frown, using Clown Belt she pulled herself up onto the ceiling. As soon as her feet hit the smooth marble stone Crown Clown wavered, but Allen forced it to stay invoked.
They clashed again, and eventually their battle found them out side of the white stone tower. Tyki had summoned more Tease, but Allen used her Innocence's shield form to block their attack and take them out.
But by the time she pulled Crown Clown back Tyki was already coming at her. Allen barely had time to block his attack with her left arm. The force of the blow knocked her back into the tower. She hit the white translucent dice cube that imprisoned Liang and Chaoji hard. The air in her lungs escaping her and leaving her breathless.
She dimly heard Liang calling out to her in worry, and for a moment Allen couldn't get her eyes to focus. But when they finally did, she saw Tyki land on the edge of the tower floor. Her silver eyes rose up, her breathing labored and Allen was surprised to see pain in Tyki golden eyes.
"Sorry darling, I didn't mean to hit you so hard." He said in a mournful tone, her heart ached to believe that look on his face. To believe that he was truly sorrow for causing her pain, that look that had her wanting to believe that he really did care for her. "Fold, darling. I don't want to hurt you more then I have to." He said in a oddly subdued tone.
"No, I will win and my friends and I will leave here and return home…" Allen forced out, pushing her body away from her comrades prison. Liang again called out her name, and Allen didn't miss it when Tyki's golden eyes turned to look at him hatefully. Her damaged left arm rose to be before her defensively. Her heart beating painfully in her chest…
Tyki's eyes returned to look at her again, a determination to win this new game of theirs flashing within them. His grin now gone as he took a moment to study her. "If they are that important to you, then they may leave. But you will have to stay darling." He said in an empty sounding voice. "They can leave unharmed, I give you my word."
Allen's silver eyes widened, and she could hear Liang and Chaoji gasp in surprise at the offer. Her heart fluttering in her chest again and she so badly wanted to believe him…
But she force that hope down, her silver eyes hardening and her anger and pain surged up from that black pit she had pushed it into when she had first found out that the Miner and the Noah were one in the same.
"I don't believe you." she whispered out coldly, her pain fueling her rage. "Your word isn't worth anything. Everything that comes out of your mouth are lies." Allen pressed on, taking a shacking step forward. But she paused at the look on the Noah's face, the pain flashing within his wide golden eyes, that deep burning sorrow that made her taste bile in the back of her throat…
Her words hurt him…
But then suddenly that look was gone, his lips twisting into a wide and pained smile full of broken mirth. His gold eyes narrowing to sharp slits as his right hand cover his face. Allen felt the pulse of power then, and she force herself to not shiver at the magnitude of it.
Tyki's dark purple and curly hair falling down from being pulled back as the power pulsed again, all most like a heart beat, and this time Allen couldn't hold back her shudder. His hair falling to hide his down cast face from her wide silver eyes.
And that was when he laughed, though the sound was in no way amused. Allen's heart beat sped up and that bile taste in the back of her throat became worse. His laugh was so…
So…
His other hand rose, palm facing her. "No. I wont let you go…" He hissed out, his hand falling from his face and Allen could finally see his eyes. Her heart twisting painfully in her chest and tears stung at her wide open silver eyes. "I wont lose." he growled out as a large golden circle appeared in the air behind him, designs forming within it.
"Reject." Tyki whispered so quietly that Allen almost missed it...
The area surrounding her exploded. Allen tried to suck in a breath as suddenly she was surrounded by darkness and almost crushing pressure. Her lips parted to get the air she so badly needed but there was simply nothing there to fill her lungs.
The young woman curled in on herself, Her hands moving to grip at her heavily beating heart as Crown Clown deactivated. Her silver eyes watching as the Noah walked into her line of vision. Tyki seemed completely unaffected by the darkness…
His white gloved hands rose, one taking her by the chin and tilting her face up, while the other moved to pull her closer to him. His gold eyes sad and full of pain, but they also flashed with determination. "Just relax darling. In this space there is no air, so you might be feeling a bit sleepy." He pulled her to him, her hands becoming trapped between them as his arm wrapped around her petite waist, holding her tightly to his chest. The hand that had been at her chin now petting at her white hair. Allen could dimly feel his fingers sliding through the short white strands. That fire that she felt whenever they touched burning along her skin and Allen found herself shuddering at its heat.
"Once your unconscious I'll drop the sphere, and I'll have won this little game." He chuckled sadly, before he continued. "Even if you don't believe me, I do love you darling. Just close your eyes and sleep, when you wake up you'll be safely aboard the new Ark with me..."
Allen's eyes started to feel heavy, her vision blurring and darkening at the edges. Her mind fairing about the same, her thoughts sluggish and the idea of sleep sounded so nice, but…
But she was an Exorcist…
"Yes, you are an Exorcist." The voice of the man with gray eyes that looked so much like Mana's eyes (and why hadn't she noticed that before?) sang out in a smooth voice. Allen could almost see him standing at that lake, his wide smile on his lips and his eyes flashing with a twisted amusement. "Crown Clown is waiting for you, it can give you what your heart truly wants. You just need to stop denying it."
What her heart truly wants…?
She had emitted it to herself once, but ever since she had been trying to force herself to love someone that she couldn't. What she really wanted was him. Tyki Mikk.
She loved him…
She couldn't love the Noah, but the human, the Miner, she loved him and he was what she wanted. She wanted him to be with her…
Her left hand pulsed, and Allen's blurred silver eyes snapped back into focus. She could feel the light from her Innocence growing stronger and stronger to the point that it was overflowing. But there was still something wrong…
Allen shook her head, her mind focusing on one thing. "Crown Clown…" she choked out and she could feel Tyki tense, before the power of her Innocence pulsed even higher and he jumped back and away from her. The young woman met his wide golden eyes, her lips set in a deep and determined frown.
It was the Noah within Tyki that made him her enemy. Without it…
Her heart twisted, but Allen pushed the feeling that was nagging at the back of her heart away. Her silver eyes narrowed and her left hand rose before her, her right taking it by the wrist. Crown Clown's power pulsing around her and an image floated to the forefront of her mind. "Please help me…"
The image of the sword that the man with brown hair and gray eyes had been using in her and Tyki's dream floated before her eyes…
Her body was moving almost on its own. Her left hand glowing a bright and blinding green, when the light finally faded that sword was in her right hand. Her left having turned into the large weapon…
Tyki's mouth opened, his gold eyes still wide, but Allen wouldn't let him get the first move. She pulled Crown Clown back and swung down. The surge of power rushing out and blasting the sphere of darkness away.
When the dust cleared Tyki was a ways away from her, his gold eyes narrowed and almost unreadable. Allen took a step foreword, her body feeling drained. The power of Crown Clown surging up her right arm from the handle of the large broad sword, that for the moment, rested on the broken marble floor.
She could feel the eyes of everyone on her. Or more precisely on the weapon that she now held within her right hand. Allen could feel Crown Clown's cloak forming around her arm and feel its warmth wrap around her thin shoulders. Her Exorcist coat was now missing the left shoulder and some of the part that covered her chest.
Allen off handedly noted that part of her white corset could be seen now, but she pushed down the urge to cover herself. Now was not the time to let herself be distracted by something stupid like that…
Allen charged the Noah before her, her arm pulling Crown Clown back as she ran.
"Spin. Put more power behind your attack. Dance to the melody that you can hear all around you…" that man with the brown hair whispered in her ears again. Her silver eyes narrowed and she focused on the sound of the piano playing…
At the last moment, when a certain note was played and rang load in her ears, she twisted and spun on her heel, like how she had seen that man in her dreams do when he had been wielding this weapon. The action put more power behind the swing and her sword hit Tyki's with a hard crash.
She felt the impact all the way up her right arm, and Tyki almost lost his footing from the force of the strike. They held the stance, pushing back and against the other. She could see his surprise clearly in her narrowed golden eyes…
"Let me save you…" She whispered under her breath and his eyes widened, and that one moment his guard dropped and Allen pushed through, Crown Clown's power surging forth and shattering his weapon into pieces.
Allen fallowed through with the strike, hoping that this would work. That she could free Tyki from the part of him that made him her enemy. Her weapon past through him seemingly without harming him, but Allen clung to that hope and the yurning deep in her heart...
That feeling deep within her heart twisted again, but she ignored it.
Tyki stumbled and she could hear her comrades gasp in surprise. Allen watched, she didn't dare breath as the Noah of Pleasure blinked in confusion for a moment over the fact that he had felt the hit, but didn't seem to be hurt or injured. His gold eyes rose to stare at her after he looked himself over. "What… kind of trick it this?" He asked, his eyes narrowing at her, and Allen kept his gaze.
"It's no trick." She whispered, and the sadness in her voice surprised even her. White crosses started to appear over the path on his chest and wrist that she had swiped her sword through. Her heart ached with an even deeper sorrow when she watched the man she loved double over in pain. Her eyes started to burn, but she ignored it to. "The thing I cut wasn't your body…"
His gold eyes widened as he coughed up a little blood and Allen's heart hurt even more. Tyki gasped in pain and fell to his knees. His head tilted back and a pain filled cry tore from his throat, her tears burned their way down her pale cheeks at the sound. It hurt so much to cause him this pain, but this was the only way…
...Why did it hurt? Why did her heart ach with such pain for hurting the Noah within him? Why…?
His gold eyes finally turned to look at her after what seemed like forever. His breath harsh, his body shaking with pain before he seemed to relax. All the fight in him draining away as his golden gaze slid up to stare at the ceiling. He chuckled then, the sound light and twisted in its mirth…
"Is this what you want darling?" he asked her softly, his eyes turning back down to look at her…
Was this really what she wanted…? Just the human part of this man?
Or…?
**** ~ Tyki's Pov. ~ ****
He could feel his inner Noah twisting and writhing in pain, it burned and it felt like he was being torn in two. He couldn't bare to look at her as she wept silently for the pain that she was causing him. He smiled softly as his eyes moved back down to meet her pain filled silver…
Because he had to see…
"Is this what you want darling?" He force out from his dry throat. He saw that doubt rise in her haunting silver eyes…
"Tyki!" He heard Road call out to him. His eyes turning away from Allen's to look at the Ninth Child as she ran to him. He used what little strength he had left to rise a hand to halt her advance.
"It's fine." He breathed out, and Road gasped and her light purple eyes widened. Tyki's lips twitched at the corners and he felt a calm wash over him. If he was no longer Noah, then…
Then he could have her, this beautiful young woman that temped him and called to him. He wanted to be with her so badly that his heart ached for it and nothing else.
Tyki's smile widened even more. His gold eyes turning back to look at the young woman that he found he couldn't live without. He didn't want to live without her. If giving up his place as the Third and becoming human was the only way to be with her…
Then…
Her silver eyes sharpened in forced determination…
Her blade past through him, and at first he didn't feel anything. Then she pulled in out and he could feel the Noah within start to fade...
It didn't hurt as much as he thought it would.
He dimly felt his body falling back onto the cold marble floor. Darkness raising up to swallow him…
...
"No…" A deep and smooth voice hissed out from the darkness. The voice twisting and shaking the black all around him. "We are Joyd, our choice is law. She is ours! The Chosen Child is ours! Don't forgive the Innocence for its sin!" The darkness roared and Tyki choked on his breath as the blackness pulsed and moved in to suffocate him.
Joyd's rage surged and wrapped around him and Tyki could feel it as that power infested every cell of his body. The power so great that he couldn't hold back his twisted and insane cackle. The sound foreign yet so familiar to his ringing ears…
And he gave in to that power, the power that could give him what he wanted. Joyd laughed wickedly as he woke…
Thank you all for reviewing the last chapter! Please let me know what you thought of this one! I hope my rewriting of it was ok…?
Next: Tyki's Noah fully awakens. The Exorcists find that his new power is more then they can handle… But then the man they have been looking for steps in...
And what is this White Room that Allen soon finds herself in…?
ANd Also the Exorcists finally escape the Ark only to find their home under attack...!