The Noah Within

Hay everyone Flame here, just to say hope you like my story so far.

Allen: your name isn't actually Flame is it?

Flame: well no it's not but its the nickname that my best friend gave me a few years ago.

Lenalee: so what is your actual name?

Flame: *laughs* Oh the irony, I'm sorry but I can't tell you.

Allen: your strange you know that right?

Flame: am not anyway just do the disclaimer.

Allen and Lenalee: fine. Flame doesn't own -Man.

Chapter 2

The family reunites.

The winds grew around Allen and Charlie as their skin turned a light grey. The once shining blue sky following suit. The birds stopped singing and a new melody was heard. Both Noahs opened their gold eyes before Charlie started to giggle softly. Charlie got up and looked at her now grey hand before raising it to the sky. The wind flowed past her as her clothing seemed to melt away and be replaced by a slick pair of black jeans, a black top, tall black buckle boots and a long flowing white trench coat. She stretched her back as white wings appeared on her back.

Allen was next to stand as his exorcists clothing burnt off his skin to be replaced with a formal suit consisting of black trousers, a white shirt, grey waistcoat, a black twin tail coat and lace up boots.

As the two stood next to each other they introduced themselves to no one in particular.

"I'm the Noah of destruction, Allen" Allen said proudly, "And I'm the Noah of Sorrow, Charlie." Charlie finished.

The two looked at each other, glee visible on their faces as they mutually decided to test their new powers.

Lenalee was starting to worry. 'How long can it take for one boy to get some food? Even if he's eating the fridge he should be done by now!' Lenalee thought as she got out of her chair to go check up on Allen. When she got to the kitchen she let out a small cry when she found that Allen was missing. Lavi ran in when he heard the cry and the two friends decided that they would look for Allen no mater what.

It didn't take them long to find Allen, he was sitting on a hay bail next to Charlie looking over the harbor, and Lavi felt a bit embarrassed that he had worried so much.

Lenalee started to run towards Allen and Charlie when she suddenly stopped. It was as if the air around her was keeping her from reaching them. Charlie stood up and allowed her wings to carry her down to Lenalee. Allen just sat on his spot waiting for the right moment to show himself.

"What is this? What did you do to me and why? I thought we were friends!" Lenalee cried out desperately as the Noah walked closer, it hadn't registered in Lenalee's mind that this girl was a Noah but it would soon.

"Don't worry so much my sweet girl," the Noah purred in an almost mocking tone, "I was just talking to my brother before you walked in on us, actually it is quite good that you arrived we needed someone to test on." That was when it clicked in Lenalee's mind.

"Bother? No.. NO THAT CAN'T BE! This can't be true!" She screamed making Lavi look up from where he was playing with the almost forgotten dog.

'Oh no,' was all that ran through Lavi's head as he looked at Charlie's appearance. What used to be a pale white was now a grey that screamed death, her once sky blue eyes now shined a dangerous liquid gold, but what stood out the most was the black crosses lined along her forehead.

"Noah," Lavi hissed at the girl as she started to giggle.

"Oh come on now brother, I think you can show yourself now." Charlie spoke with a smile on her face as Allen turned round to look at his three friends. Lenalee didn't even try to hold back her tears anymore as she activated her dark boots in rage and started to attack Charlie.

While Lenalee went on attacking Charlie, Lavi turned to Allen. Fear mirrored in his face as he saw that Allen's appearance had also changed.

"How could this happen?" Lavi screamed at Allen, finding it hard to look at his former friend.

"We trusted you and you had to go and betray us," Lavi's voice was full of pain as he spoke. He knew that he was only a Bookman but he had grown attached to this boy and wasn't ready to let go of him.

"After you were told about me being the 14th Noah, no one trusted me. I was left by myself, I felt so lonely, so I was glad when I bumped into my sister. I can finally belong again. I will never be lonely again!" Allen had a mad smile breaking over his face. He meant what he said and he was ready to destroy those who stood in his way. After all he was the Noah of destruction.

Flames flew threw the air and the winds raged around Lenalee, it was as if they were against her.

"Don't you understand," Charlie sneered, "I am the Noah of sorrow, I can control fire and wind with the music I play in my heart. You can never win against me!" Lenalee was shocked as Charlie pulled a violin bow out of thin air and stabbed it into Lenalee's chest. She hadn't seen the attack coming, how could she? It had been so sudden but now she was looking at the sharpened bow going right threw her left lung. She looked up at the smirking Noah as she spat up blood and fell to the ground.

Lavi turned to the weak thud sound behind him to see Lenalee fall to the ground. Without thinking he ran towards the smirking Noah. He slammed down his hammer on the fire seal and directed it at Charlie.

'What a fool' Charlie thought as the flames passed over her, not slightly affected. All Lavi could do was stare in wonder when he felt Allen's claw slicing threw his stomach. He used what little power he had left to turn and look at Allen.

"Why, why would you do this Allen," Lavi spat out, "Allen we were friends, I always trusted you. Why did you betray us?"

Allen looked into Lavi's dying eyes and laughed. "You never trusted me," Allen spat back, "I finally have a family again so don't try to stand in my way!"

LATER THAT NIGHT

The sun had set over the green hills of Magheramorne. The softly flickering lights in Larne reflected in the harbor. Allen and Charlie looked out of a large window in the main room of the house. A large black cat walked threw the field opposite them and stopped to look up at them.

A large gate to the ark appeared in the floor as the earl and the other Noah's walked into the room.

"Good morning you two," the earl greeted the two new Noah's.

"Good morning earl sama," Allen replied.

"I'm sorry to interrupt the greetings but its night time not the morning," Charlie said with slight irritation that the whole family had decided to gather in her small bedroom.

After the introductions and when everyone was sitting comfortably with a cup of tee, Charlie went into her bedroom to try to figure out how to loose the wings on her back. She looked at her reflection in the mirror for the first time. She hardly recognized herself. Golden eyes stared at her as a grey hand moved to push back a lock of gold brown hair from her forehead. Underneath her hair was an unmissable line of black crosses which lined her forehead like a crown. The white wings on her back shocked her the most. She had felt them for a long time but had never been able to imagine seeing them. She closed her eyes and thought about her newly gained family and when she reopened her eyes she was amazed to see the wings retracting into her back leaving her to stand in aw.

10 MINS LATER

As Charlie walked back into the living room the earl urged her to sit with the rest of the family. This filled her with hope that everything would turn out alright in the end. There was a space free next to Allen so Charlie moved to sit next to her favorite brother. Allen couldn't help but smile.

'I have finally been accepted,' he thought as he went to hug his new sister. The earl watched the two new Noah's with content in his eyes as he could see that neither of them would want to leave again, they were at home with the rest of their family. And so he started to speak, "Hello children, it's come to the time when I assign you to your missions. As I'm sure you all know and understand the missions will be completed in groups, it's to dangerous to go alone, so I have a list of missions for you." He handed round the list and looked at the serious expressions that now line the new Noah's faces. When the list came round Allen's face lit up as he saw that he was in a group with Charlie, Road and Tyki.

'This will be fun,' Allen thought as he passed on the list.

"I can understand your excitement to get started," the earl started while looking at the smile that refused to leave Allen's face, "But I think that you should all rest up for the night and we can talk again at breakfast tomorrow."

Allen got up with the rest of his group when they were dismissed and they walked to their room together. He couldn't believe that he had ever wanted to defeat this family but he was happy that he hadn't.

The four Noah went to sleep knowing that the mission the next day would be not only a success but a way to grow closer. This was the start of a new life and Allen liked it.

Flame: well chapter over YAY.

Allen: I can't believe you made me kill Lavi.

Flame: well I did so don't complain or else.

Allen: or else what?

Flame: is that a challenge?

Allen: maybe.

Allen suddenly grabs Charlie close and starts to kiss her as if his life depends on it. Charlie not being able to move can do nothing but melt into his kiss.

Flame: is that enough for the moment?

Allen: I don't really know what to say.

Flame: I think that would be Flame 1 Allen 0. :D

Charlie: please read and review.