Chapter 1 Part 4
Childhood friend's Innocence
Lavi's POV
So far there has not been any clues to the innocence, or any talk of a strange phenomenon going on around the busy town. Maybe innocence wasn't here afterall. "Hey, have you seen any strange things happening around here?" Akane asked a shoe salesman. I looked up at the man Akane was speaking with. He had short brown hair and brown eyes. He was holding a males dress shoe like the one you would wear to a formal dance.
"Well, it was a few nights ago, but there was something strange." The man took a small pause. He seemed a little frightened. "There was a girl walking through the town, alone at night, she seemed more like a ghost. She was dressed in pure white, but had blood like red hair that was blowing in the nighttime wind." The man spoke to us softly to make sure no other townsfolk could hear us in our conversation.
"Really?" Akane turned to me. "Didn't we see someone who fit that description earlier?" Akane asked me as I nodded my head. "Sir, has this ghost ever returned?"Akane asked.
"No, she was only here once, walking down the street singing a lullaby, I was too afraid to approach her, so I kept my distance from her." The man spoke quickly, and then pushed us away, as he dealt with more customers.
"What a strange place, no one will tell us anything, and when they do tell us we are pushed off to the side." Akane spoke softly as we continued down the busy crowded street. "Finding an Innocence here shouldn't be too hard right?" Akane asked, as I nodded my head in agreement.
"If the people would tell us anything." I spoke up as we made it to the hospital. "Maybe they will tell us something." I said as we walked in. Akane grabbed my right arm. "Is something the matter?" I asked nervously she shook her head.
"No… not at all…" She gulped. "Only the fact that hospitals are freaky." She spoke with a shiver.
"Hello, welcome to our-" The woman started to transform into an akuma.
"Crap!" I tried to grab for my weapon. "Hey Akane! Let go!" I yelled as she only seemed to squeeze tighter. "I can't fight if you don't let go of me!" I yelled. I looked up at the level two akuma. "Crap a level two."
"But.. Hospitals… are scary." She shivered. I looked Akane who was shaking on my arm.
"Die, Exorcist." The akuma spoke with a laugh. I saw a blinding flash of light.
"Innocence Activate!" I heard a female voice say as the akuma disappeared. I saw a scythe for a split second as it disappeared, and the girl wearing pure white who had blood red hair from earlier ran up to us. Just as I thought. "Hey! Are you alright?" She asked, as I looked up at her. It was the same girl as before, the city's ghost. A girl dressed completely in white clothing, she had read hair, and lifeless dark blue eyes. "Hey! I asked if you were alright?" She spoke again, as this time Akane was the first to speak. Letting go of my arm she turned to the girl.
"You have innocence?" Akane asked as the girl stared at her blankly.
"I'm sorry, whats innocence?" The girl asked us as Akane shook her head.
"Akuma don't just disappear…" Akane said as she shook her head once more.
"Anyway, what's your name?" I asked her as she looked at me a little confused as to why I would ask her such a question.
"My name?" She looked at me a more little confused. "Why should I tell you my name?" She asked me as I shrugged my shoulders.
"You did save us, I am glad you save us." I replied to her as she smiled lightly.
"Your welcome, Lavi." I jumped a little when she said my name, the girl quickly got up and walked to the door. "Your should be more careful." She said with a smile. "Oh, and my name is Layla. But, there is no reason to thank me." She said as she ran out of the hospital doors.
"Wait!" Akane yelled as she ran outside after her. "Are you an exorcist as well?" Akane asked Layla once we had finally caught up with her.
"No, not really. I'm sorry. But I really must be going! You two be safe, alright?" Layla said as she ran into the forest.
"Say Lavi, how did she know your name?" Akane asked me as I stared out into the open. Layla, it is you. "Hey Lavi, are you listening to me?" Akane asked as I nodded.
"Sure!" I said with a smile as Akane rolled her eyes. Not an Exorcist, but saved us anyway. "Do you think she is the innocence we are looking for?" I asked staring into the forest where the girl ran off to.
Layla's POV
"Tell me, why did you save them?" Tiki asked when I returned to camp.
"Do you think I would let our prey die so easily, plus now they believe I would save them no matter what." I spoke with a menacing smile. "If I let them die, then there would be no one to fight, and I would be bored." I said as I laid down on the damp grass staring up at the sky looking at each carless white fluffy cloud.
"Then why did you let them catch back up with you?" Tiki seemed to be questing my statement from just a moment ago.
"Because I can. Plus I hurt my ankle while running down the hospital steps. If it wasn't for that, I would have been long gone." I said glaring at my partner.
"What is it?" Tiki asked me as I ignored his question and started staring into the sky.
It was a day just like this, when I first met him.
Tiki had to leave since the Earl was calling for one of his "family" meetings. I told him I would stay guard until he returned. "Hey exorcist, I know you're there." I said sitting up as I seen three figures walk out of the forest and, into the clearing. "You're not the same ones as earlier." I spoke as I seen the one with white hair commonly known as Allen Walker start to speak up.
"Who are you?" Was the first question out of Allen Walker's mouth.
"If you can help save me. I will tell you." That's what I said to them before my brain could process what I was going to say, my heart spoke for me. Yes I have heard of Allen Walker, and that one girl Lenalee, but, the red head...
"Save you?" The girl with red hair, the same color as mine spoke up. "You need to be saved?" That was her question.
"Yes, I want to be an exorcist, but… I can't." I spoke softly, then I began to hum a lullaby.
"Say what is that song you are humming?" Allen asked me, as I looked up at him.
"Oh, it's just a lullaby that I created a long time ago with two of my friends ." I spoke softly, remembering happiness was almost as hurtful as pain.
Spirit is sleeping, cold.
I do not know anymore.
Sleep, sleep.
Someday, I will be saved.
Saved by you, once again, just like then.
Save me…
My cold hearted eyes soon filled with tears. "Hey! What's wrong? Hey!" Allen asked shaking my shoulder. I looked down at the calm grass, "Hey are you alright?" Allen asked as I nodded my head.
"Thank you." I whispered softly.
"Huh? For what?" Lenalee asked me as I looked up at her.
"Thank you for coming here." I said with a light smile, as my cold dark eyes soon came back to life. "You might want to go get your friends, who have been looking for me." I said as they looked at me.
"Why? We were told only to-"
"Please, I don't want to hurt you. I don't want to hurt you!" I said, as Allen nodded his head and they walked away. Thank goodness. I called Tiki.
"Hello?"
"Yes, I wanted you to know the Exorcists are coming." I said with a smile.
"Good, do you mind taking care of them for me? Sorry, it seems an important mission has come up." He always liked to lie to me.
"Then send another one of your friends." I yelled, but before I got a reply, he hung up the phone. "That jerk!" I yelled as I heard footsteps from a distance. "Is it them?" I asked sitting up to look in the direction of the foot steps.
"Ok, So what are we supposed to protect you from?" I heard Akane speak up to me.
"Me."
"What?"
"Back up." I spoke in a soft whisper like you would if a baby was asleep next to you. I looked up at them with the lifeless eyes. "Innocence level 2, Activate!" I spoke.
"What!" I heard Allen and Lavi yell.
"You." I pointed to the one eyed Lavi. "You're the one I want to fight." I said with a smile as I seen Lavi grab for his innocence weapon.
"Why?" he asked me.
"What do you mean? Why?" I glared at him.
"You saved us, now you have got us all in one place and are attacking us." Lavi looked at me confused.
"I am sorry. I really am. But these are my orders."
"That does not make any sense." Lavi spoke.
"Yes it does!"
"Then were you ordered to save us?"
"No."
"Then why would you follow orders? If you have already ignored what you have been told to do?" Lavi asked me as I looked at him.
"You're the only one I care to fight. The rest can run." I spoke up. "I don't know why, but I was told to make sure I killed you on the spot." I said looking back up at the sky.
"Save me." I whispered.
I charged at Lavi, my silver scythe pointed to his chest.
"Wait Layla." I heard a voice in my head. "I'll save you." The voice spoke, I froze where I was standing. Everything around Lavi and I seemed to turn black.
"Do you remember me?" I asked, as I felt arms wrap around me.
"I figured you were gone." Lavi finally spoke up.
"What do you mean? You disappeared first." I spoke up, I felt hot tears stroll down my face. I knew we were talking in a different dimension, so all the others could see was two frozen people. "Carmina and I woke up one morning, to find our friend gone, and he never returned." I finally returned the hug. "But, I'm sorry Lavi. I don't know why I asked you to try."
"What do you mean?" Lavi asked me confused as I looked into his Green eye.
"The day after you disappeared. I started working for the Earl… a little while after that I met you again along with bookman… and started working for you, but I feel as if this is a trap for me, and for all of you outside. I don't want you to be hurt by me." I spoke softly.
"No, I trust we will make it." Lavi spoke up after a moment of silence. "You can come with us to the Black order anyway, after all you are meant to be an exorcist, and you have innocence." Lavi spoke as I looked up at him a little surprised, I had just noticed how much taller my childhood friend was now compared to me.
"You still trust me? But, we would never make it." I said to him.
"Of course, you saved me without being told to, you stopped attacking me, and you still my friend-." He paused for a moment I knew he was trying to refrain from calling me by my real name since he knew me as both Layla and her. "We will make it, that's what friends are for right? We have each others back, I'll have yours, if you have mine, plus don't you work for us?"
"Ok! Thanks-" The dimension broke, as I fell to the ground and Lavi was still standing up.
"Hey what happened?" I heard Allen ask Lavi.
"Oh… nothing. Just, we have a new friend." Lavi spoke up, as I stood up off the ground wiping the dust off my white dress.
"Nice to meet you." I said to everyone. " I am Layla incase you didn't know me." I said as Allen ran up to me.
"Welcome!" Allen said shaking my hand violently. I guess he wasn't very calm when it came to getting new friends.
"Thank you." I said with a smile.
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*Please tell me if you find any mistakes... this part is longer than the ones before...
OC CHARACTER PROFILES!
Deliae Parker (Deal-Lee-Ae)
Owner of character: Mari: Melodic-iNSaNiTY
Type: Parasite (Orange marking on her forehead.)
Age: 22
Eye color: Blue
Hair color: Red
Nationality: British
Occupation: Exorcist
Affiliation: Black Order (European Branch)
Weapon: Guns (Made by the black order to help channel innocence)
Innocence Title: Fire of God
Innocence powers:
Fire
Phoenix (Only when in grave danger does she use this, she goes into a trance, and a fire phoenix comes out of her like a shield or a weapon. She doesn't know what is going on while in this state.)
Personality:
Sweet, can be social, kind to others she knows, cautious of strangers. (due to her childhood.)
Likes:
Cat's, art, flowers, reading, and drawing.
Akane (Ah-Cane)
Owner of character: ChaosDragnoid180
Type: Equipment
Age: 19
Eye color: Brown (Purple and Blue when innocence is activated.)
Hair color: Black
Nationality: Mixed (Black and White)
Occupation: Exorcist
Affiliation: Black Order (European Branch)
Weapon: Blade (Created by the black order.)
Innocence Title: Hi ryuu hanshu (The fire Dragon lord.)
Innocence powers:
Fire ring
Personality:
Sweet, likes to ask a lot of questions, very social, even to strangers.
Likes:
Flowers, art.
Layla (lay-la)
Owner of character: My character HitsugayaToshiroFan
Type: Equipment
Age: 18
Eye color: Dark blue
Hair color: Red
Nationality: Asian
Occupation: Currently (In story) unknown
Affiliation: Unknown
Weapon: Scythe
Innocence powers:
First level (Scythe; reaper)
Second level (Scythe; death)
Her scythe is in a normal small child's toy size until activated. Her first level scythe is sliver, why her second level scythe becomes back, and the blades become larger.
Family
Tear (Surrogate Brother)
Personality:
Shy. Usually silent, unless spoken to.
Likes:
Music, singing, reading, writing.