A/N: so here comes the next chapter after which I will bring in an interlude…

IV. Again The Attempted Black Priests' Destruction Incident

While Kanda was still falling in the soon to be metal trash Kumorin's direction was a wailing Komui held back by the science staff from falling as he tried rushing to Lenalee. Which isn't to good if you are standing on a floating lift.

"S…Supervisor that! There…" come suddenly Johnny's voice a he pointed at Lenalee who was standing on the canon.

"Lenalee!" they all yelled in relief.

"I heard Allen's voice…is he back?" she asked still somewhat sleepily while her boots started changing. "Innocence activate!!!"

"Surgery foe Exorcists!!" Komurin yelled as he lunged for the girl, shaking the lift, but missing his target.

"Lenalee!! Allen's inside here!" Reever yelled as he still hung to the little part of Allen's coat.

"Were gonna fall!" screamed some scientist as the platform kipped to the side from the robot's weight as it clung to the cannon.

"Raise the power output!" someone commanded.

"It's already full!!" come the panicked reply.

"Capture Lenalee!"

"Lenalee!" Komui yelled when the girl avoided an other attack, this time given out by some strange beams.

"Heh, idiot. With Lenalee's Innocence activated you can't catch her…She whirls through the open sky like a butterfly. The destructive power of steel and iron falls to the ground. That is Lenalee's Anti-Akuma Weapon "Dark Boots"." Reever commented while nearly failing to register when Kanda landed on the robot, creating a large gash on it with Mugen.

Kanda could also remember the female Exorcist's old Equip-Type weapon which only after the passing of a few months and some hard trials would go through an Evolution. Soon becoming the first Crystal-Type of its kind, which possessed both characteristics of Equip- and Parasite-Type in it, minus the life shortening and great appetite of the later.

"Reever, I will get the Moyashi out of here so get out of the way." the scientist looked up at the familiar deep voice to notice the dark haired General standing there on Komurin.

"Ok." he replied. Reever still found it somewhat strange to see Kanda as a grown man in front of him, but he really didn't complain and jumped down, his colleagues catching him.

So while Kanda grabbed a still dazed and mummy like Allen, jumping away with him were the scientists still cheering for Lenalee. They even started chanting 'Destroy it' like some type of song. Landing on the canon again was Lenalee facing the large robot, though her brother was standing now protectively on it. When did he actually get there?

"Komurin is not evil!" everyone snorted at this and glanced over to the half destroyed balcony where Kanda had landed with Allen. "The coffee is evil!!" of course and he was just addicted to that evil because of coincidence. THE COFFEE WAS THE ONLY THING KEEPING THE SCIENCE DEPARTMENT ALIVE!

"Whoa, Supervisor."

"When did he get there?" well don't blame them the only way to Komurin would have been walking over the canon and they would have seen that.

"Hate the crime, not the person. Hate the coffee, not Komurin, Lenalee." Komui said with teary eyes and everyone was sure that they saw sparkles around him.

"Big brother…" Lenalee1s tone was calm and Komui looked hopeful till…"Be ashamed of yourself for a little while." and with that she kicked both Komurin and her brother from the canon making them crash down at least fifty stocks before exploding. Matron will have some harsh words for Komui later on.

"We're speechless…" the scientists said.

After the danger was over, jumped Lenalee over to the balcony where Kanda had already disposed all the bandages covering Allen's body, also checking for injuries. Feeling the other's presence behind him beckoned the man the girl over, knowing that she was probably worried about the boy. Timcampy immediately flew over to the girl feeling confused by the man who had just saved them. Lenalee patted the little golden golem while walking closer. To be honest, she was greatly surprised when her brother explained to them that they had a visitor from the future and that it was Kanda from all people. She was in a way happy to see the stoic man who had so often protected her and she had always viewed like a second older brother to make it one day to a General. She had many questions to him, by which most he avoided in his usual way, but she was a bit worried how Allen-kun could deal with two Kanda's after they unfortunate first meeting. Really would she meet all her close male friends in the way that she needs to save them from Kanda? And there was also this strange melancholic sadness which would appear in the older male's eyes, just like now as he kneeled beside Allen's body with the boys head in his lap. She had a dreadful feeling by the sight even thought she didn't know why. At the same time had Kanda a painful feeling of déjà vu as he kneeled here in the destruction with Allen's limp body in his arms. But this time he knew that the boy was only unconscious and not…no, he would not remember that now.

"Don't worry, he only fainted." Kanda informed her before standing up, Allen still in his arms. "We should take him to somewhere which isn't that much destructed and lay him down on the couch till he wakes up.

"Ok." Lenalee agreed smiling.

Allen felt himself slowly crawling out of the darkness surrounding him and then something wet touched his forehead. Stirring his body sat up hurriedly.

"Whoa! That was a surprise." Lenalee said still somewhat startled, Tim still sitting on her head.

"Lenalee." Allen said a bit shocked as he held the wet cloth to his forehead.

"Sorry about my brother's invention..." She said while plopping down on a chair. "Does it still sting?"

"Where am I?"

"It's the public laboratory. Everyone has gone to repair this place. Hear that sound?" now that he mentioned it he did hear the sound of nails being hit in, the sound of saws, stone being moved and many other things. Lenalee only smiled at him before reaching her hands out after remembering something.

"This was in your pocket." she said while holding the Innocence out, Kanda had picked it up when they removed Allen's Exorcist coat so that he could be more comfortable. Did she just imagine it or was the man extremely gentle while handling Allen back then.

"Ah, the Innocence!" he exclaimed startled before grabbing in both hands. "I'm glad it isn't broken." he said in a relieved tone so he didn't notice the door opening.

"Take it to Havleska's place. She'll protect it. Welcome back Allen." And with that she gave him one of her warmest smiles.

"I…I'm back…" Allen replied blushing while Tim started pulling on the cloth on his forehead. "She's so cute." He thought when suddenly Timcampy flew away only to land on the shoulder of the person leaning against a near bookshelf.

"Finally awake Moyashi?" the man asked smirking.

"I'm not a bean sprout!" Allen yelled suddenly recogrinaising the man, he looked older but that smooth skin, long dark hair and cobalt eyes. "K…Kanda…" Allen was startled.

"Ah yes, you didn't know. Well you see sometime earlier today come Kanda to us from the future because of an important mission, but only my brother seems to know more details." Lenalee explained while Allen stared from her to the older Kanda. Great, he wanted back inside Komurin.

"It is better if only a few know. If you are better now then I will take you down to Havleska." the older male replied, but Allen felt sure that the other had just thrown him a little smile.

"By the way…" but before Lenalee could continue they could hear Jerry's angry voice when the door opened again making them all turn around.

"Hey! Why do I, the Chef, have to do carpentry!?" Jerry sounded pretty annoyed.

"We don't have enough people." someone replied.

"You guys aren't going to get any breakfast!!" come the threat though everyone knew that it wouldn't happen.

"Oh Allen your awake." Reever said in a relieved tone as he and a large group of people walked inside still holding they working instruments, faces sweaty and dirty from all the repairs and cleaning.

"What happened during the night, Allen?" Jerry asked "This place is trashed."

"Allen, your room was destroyed." Johnny told him as he leaned closer to him, some wood planks still under his arm.

"WHAT!?" this could be only a joke. Where the hell would he be sleeping till it got fixed? Well he got his answer when Lenalee tipped her head towards the older Kanda. Oh great, but luckily the next sentence broke his trail of thoughts.

"Welcome back Allen." they had all greeted him smiling, it really started to feel like being finally home.

"And now we might also get our lovely General to help out with some of the repairs." Jerry suddenly said smiling in Kanda's direction while the man had a shocked expression on his face. "Wait…GENERAL!?" Allen screamed in his mind.

"Wha…what…" was all Kanda could get out.

"You would be a great help Kanda, but first will we need to get the Innocence to Havleska." Lenalee said smiling at Kanda was sure that he heard Road laughing inside his head. She was enjoying herself.

On they way to Havleska's place they were accompanied by Komui who was released from the infirmary, though nearly his whole body was bandaged. Luckily for then was the lift already fully repaired so it wouldn't crash. Kanda could still remember when they were shoot down by a Level 4, it is not a pleasant feeling.

"Welcome back Allen Walker." Havleska greeted after appearing, she waited it patiently out till the Grand Generals had finished scolding Komui.

"I'm back." Kanda felt again a little pang in his heart, he missed hearing these words from those pale pink lips.

"Long time not see…Timcampy. Last night…Was troublesome…Because of Komui…" she said while said man started laughing nervously under the glare he received from the Grand Generals and Kanda.

"Stop it Hav." Allen felt like shaking his head, but the someone tapped him on the shoulder. Turning to his side he saw Kanda gesturing for him to hold out the container which held the Innocence which was once Lala's heart.

"The…Innocence…" then the Innocence suddenly started glowing. "Hmmm!? It just went through." Allen thought as he watched the green crystal float over to Havleska.

"When the Innocence's compatible person is unknown, I protect it until the Generals return…" Kanda bit back a snort at this, it could be annoying going around for moths with three Innocence's beside your own and looking for a compatible person. All four of them had done so often, he himself had six Exorcists training under him, three of them once Allen's disciplines who had survived the attack on the Vatican. They four comarades had bee lost together with they General and he himself lost also two of his own.

"Including Cross, there are five Generals well in our time." Komui started explaining "It would have been nine if we hadn't lost three of them to death." Kanda thought meanwhile bitterly. Who would have thought that he would ever miss his Master like that? "After they finish they missions, they also find the unknown Innocence's compatible person."

"I see…" Allen replied before glancing over at the dark haired samurai wondering how many new Exorcists he had already brought to the Order. Wait why did he wonder about that?

Suddenly there was a great flash of light coming from down below, lighting the darkness and making the ground come to sight.

"Wow!" was the only thing Allen could say as he watched the strange phenomenon.

"That's the inside of Hav. There are 109 slots for the Innocence imprinted there."

"Innocence, sleep inside of me…For a little while…" they heard Havleska say softly, in Kanda's option she sounded much like a mother when talking like this. Road was the one who actually made him notice this little fact. "Until the day you met your compatible person…And become a weapon…" they watched as the Innocence slid through her body before finding it's place. Kanda knew who it will one day belong to. "This is the 41st Innocence we've retrieved…There are still many more Innocence in his world."

Meanwhile in Edo were the already awakened members of the Noah clan sitting together in the dining hall of the white Ark. Still chained down by the course of the Musician, waiting for his return to spread again it's wings.

The Earl's final play was about to start…

…just as was the plan to protect what was lost groundlessly…

To be continued...

A/N: well then one chapter to go before the happenings in the Rewinding town will start together with hints about Road's plan to save her siblings, not only Allen…