Next Chapter! Yay! I am sorry this chapter took so long to update… very very long to update. I'd like to give a big thank you to the people who have bothered to read and review for someone like me who hasn't been writing. GreenFlower: thank you for your comment, and again, so sorry it took so long to update! Hikari: o.O notebook… uh oh I bet im on that blacklist now. Got to get off it, got to get off it… lol Kitsurumenokitsume: you'll see soon enough . thank you for reviewing and sorry. Chi no hana: the earl is a dirty old man but sure has some nifty hats… lol yea, for that question about Hebulaska's gender, I really don't know. Komui in book 3 says "Hebu-kun" so I said what the hell say Hebu is a guy, but that'd be a good question to ask Hoshino-sensei when he starts drawing again… Bookman: I've truly got a lot of time on my hands now, so I'll try my best spelling is another thing besides Hebulaska's gender that really bothers me when I write this. The spelling really just came out, so yeah lol XP
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Again, sorry it took so long and enjoy!
Chapter 5
"Help…"
The three stood petrified for a moment, then was brought back to reality by a blood curdling laugh.
"A human! A kid, even better!"
Ravi and Allen both lunged forward to grab the pitiful hand that reached out to them for help. Getting a firm grip, Ravi yanked the rest of the girl's fragile body through and held her tight in his arms. Allen, on the other hand activated his Innocence and blocked off the few blows the Akuma had sent flying after the child.
They waited, holding their breath to see if the Akuma would pursue in hopes of a meal. After a few minutes of the numbing silence, great big sobs from the girl eased the tension in their shoulders. Linaly walked over to Ravi and patted the child on the head and whispered soothing words in to her ear. Linaly worked her magic and soon the child was asleep, from bitter tiredness. Ravi stood with the girl in his arms, then seeing the look on Linaly's face, placed her gently in to her arms. He walked over to the doors that stood open and placed his palms on them to close the small opening, and Allen felt his cursed eye twitch.
"Ravi, get down!"
Ravi threw himself on the ground as a mass of Lv. 2 and Lv. 1 Akumas stormed out, reducing what had been very sturdy looking doors in to splinters. An excited murmur ran through the Lv. 2's, and whispers of 'exorcists' and'I hear they taste real good' were heard. Hammering a few of the crap ones to the ground, Ravi made his way toward Allen and they placed themselves back to back, ready for battle. Never taking his eyes off the Akuma, Allen spoke to Linaly quietly.
"Linaly, please take the girl and take shelter in that cottage we saw on the way down."
"But-"
"Listen to Allen, Linaly. Go, we'll get this bit of shit out of the way in a jiffy."
Linaly bit down on her lip, and looked at the two boys' smiling but determined eyes.
"The girl's wounds need to be looked after."
"Go."
With a look of resignation, Linaly ran in to the forest with the girl held preciously in her arms.
"…So, Allen. How many big guys are there?"
"Three, and the rest are all Lv. 1… bout 20 of them."
"Alright, you take ten, I take ten, we take one each for the Lv. 2's… who gets the extra one?"
They both smiled at each other pleasantly, then with deadly looks on their faces yelled 'jyanken-pon'. Ravi won, yet again.
"And let the party begin."
The Lv. 1 akumas took nearly no time to destroy, but the Lv. 2's were giving them a hard time. They had finished off one already, and Allen and Ravi had taken one each, trying to distance themselves from each other so the akumas wouldn't get any funny ideas about joining forces against them. The akuma Allen was fighting could dissemble, which made destroying and keeping track of part a pain in the neck. Ravi's akuma spat saliva that was like acidic super glue; Ravi had already lost his jacket and boot to it.
It had taken a while but while slashing and dodging bits and pieces of the akuma, Allen found the head, from which the soul was protruding from in his vision. He threw himself in to a run, and lunged towards the head, when time seemed to slow around him. He could hear the beat of his heart in his ears, and then felt it flutter to a stop. A sharp pain pierced his chest, and the ground seemed to come up to meet him. A voice ran through his head and said 'no, the akuma,' and he saw it there within arms reach. He swung his innocence down on it and it shattered it a blood curdling scream which was echoed by the akuma Ravi had just crushed in a shower of nuts and bolts. Allen just laid there as the pain slowely seeped away and his heart got back its original rhythm. 'Its where Hebulaska said the akuma was,' was all he thought before he felt his innocence twitch beside him.
The arm raised itself in to the air above him, and he couldn't make sense of what was happening. He wasn't moving his arm. The arm flexed its claws, and all Allen could do was watch as his hand swung down for his heart.
"No!"
A black blur crashed in to his arm before it reached him, and he felt Ravi's hammer slam his innocence to the ground. It fought the hammer and Ravi enlarged the hammer further to stop it from jumping up and attacking Allen again.
"Disarm, damn it, disarm!"
Allen mentally shook himself. Of course, disarm. As soon as the thought ran through his head his innocence shrunk, taking the shape of his disfigured hand.
For a few seconds they stayed silent, letting the rush of adrenalin pass by. Ravi, without a word, offered Allen a hand. Allen took it, and they both brushed themselves free of dirt and rubble. When Ravi saw Allen opening his mouth to speak, he shook his head.
"Explain when we get to Linaly and the girl."
"Okay," and they walked towards the cabin.
"So the akuma is right now at your heart?"
"Well, it might have moved but when we were fighting with the Lv. 2's, but probably yes," Allen nodded. "I visited Hebulaska, and like I said, he told me the akuma was there."
"Does that mean your innocence tried to get at the akuma inside your body?" Linaly looked frightened.
"It's just a guess, but once the akuma we were fighting were gone, I think the innocence couldn't be distracted from the presence of the akuma in me, which made it want to destroy it."
"Right, so that's what caused the innocence to attack you. Then what about the little heart attack thing before that?"
It was Ravi that answered Linaly's question. "It must have been the akuma. Because it can move using the nervous system, maybe its abilities lie there," he said. He took a deep breath before he continued, "it might be worse than we thought it was. If its ability is something to do with the nervous system, dude Allen, this thing's got control over almost everything in your entire body."
The silence was thick, enough to choke in. Allen changed the subject. "How is the girl?"
"She's asleep now."
"Has she told you anything about the town?"
Linaly sighed. "Bits and pieces, yes, but she's in shock. We have to let her calm down before she tells us anything more," she said. "But from what she's told me already, I think there's an innocence in there. And by the sounds of it, something is protecting it from the akumas in there trying to get at it."
To Be Continued…
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