Chapter 5- Three vs. Three In Italy

Date: September 19

Time: 9:00 am

Place: Essen Train Station

Allen yawned as he stepped on board a train bound for Pesaro, Italy.

The three decided to split up in Italy last nigth after Allen had told the two about the mirror image, and so they split up so they could cover more ground, and Allen was forced to go to Pesaro.

Lavi was forced to Palermo, Sicily by Kanda who decided to go to the nicest place of all.

Allen grumbled as he sat down in the First Class room with no one else but Timcanpy with him.

"Why'd Kanda get to choose where we went? And how come he said he was going to Milan? That place is way better than the two he choose for us…" Allen whined as he stared out of the window at the rolling fields as they passed by.

Timcanpy nestled on Allen's head, and he glanced up at the small golem with a small smile.

Suddenly, someone knocked on the door, and Allen slowly stood up to answer the door.

"Yes?" Allen asked as he opened the door to see a man with a white moustache looking down at him with a smile.

"Hello, young man. I was wondering if I could sit in this room? All of the other First Class rooms are full."

Allen nodded as he let the man inside after making sure he wasn't an Akuma with his eye.

Allen took his seat across from the man, and he glanced at the man as he removed his top hat and placed it down next to him.

"Where might you be heading all by your lonesome…"

"Allen."

"Allen. I see, where might you be going, Allen?"

"I'm going to Pesaro, Italy."

"Really? That's a nice place I've heard. Not too many people, and the weather is amazing."

Allen gave a small smile with a short nod as he glanced out of the window.

"Oh yes. I haven't introduced myself. I am Cathol Icbible."

"Catholic Bible?"

"No, Cathol Icbible." Cathol said while holding his hand out, and Allen shook it quickly to be polite.

"Sorry, but it sounds like that."

"I know. It's quite funny though how many people say that." Cathol said with a chuckle, and Allen grinned.

'Maybe this won't be so bad after all.'

Lavi looked around on the ship he was on as he searched for something to do.

He had already searched for a nice girl, and he was still hurting from the hand shaped bruise on the side of his head.

The ship's horn rang out through the silence, and Lavi sighed again as he stared down at the gleaming water.

"Hello there, would you like your fortune told?" Someone asked Lavi from behind him, and Lavi narrowed his eyes as he reached for his hammer while he turned to face the person.

"Are you supposed to be wearing a mask if you are a fortune teller?" He asked the masked person in front of him who was wearing a plain black cloak with silver buttons going down the middle.

The mask was plain white except for the few stripes of red stripes going down the right side.

The person nodded as he pulled out a small orb and looked down at it.

"You shall find a beautiful wife, and have plenty of children." He said suddenly, and Lavi stared at him in surprise.

"You've got to be kidding me! How beautiful is she!?" Lavi asked happily, and the person sweat dropped at Lavi's eager face.

'Is he the same person who was just about to hit me with that hammer?' The person thought, but then sighed as he looked back down at the small orb.

"She is the most beautiful person you've seen, but many difficulties lie between you two."

"Like what?"

"Two people have their eyes on her, but you can still have her if you play it right."

Lavi nodded as the masked person put the orb away, and then held his gloved hand out. "Pay up."

"What!?"

"I'm not a charity."

Lavi grumbled as he tossed some money into the person's hand, and the person closed their hand around the money.

"Many thanks." He said before walking away, and Lavi sighed happily as he started to imagine the girl the masked person had described until he suddenly stopped and asked out loud.

"Who was that guy anyway, and what was with the mask?"

Kanda grumbled as he looked around Malin with a sour look on his face.

People were talking loudly around him as he walked through town, and he gritted his teeth as he tried to find a quiet place.

"Maybe I shouldn't have picked a large city…" He muttered as he passed a man wearing a plain white shirt with baggy jeans slumped against the wall of a building with a bottle in his hand.

"Hey, girlie." The person called up, and Kanda flinched, and his murderous intent blazed red behind him.

Kanda glared back at the man to see him fixing his glasses on his face, and the person grinned obviously drunk.

"Where am I?" He asked, and Kanda scowled as he started to walk away from the person.

The person sighed as Kanda disappeared from view, and he lifted the bottle to his lips, but sighed as he saw that the drink was all gone.

"No more for now…" He muttered, and then stood up as he dropped the bottle and fixed his brown hair.

He pushed his glasses up with a grin as he licked his lips, and next to where he was sitting far into the alleyway, a small pile of humans were there while their blood was all gone from large slashes on their bodies.

"Human blood doesn't taste as good as Exorcist's blood though, and I am getting thirsty again."

Date: September 19

Time: 2:41 pm

Place: Pesaro Train Station

Allen stepped off of the train and grinned at the shore that he could see from where he was standing.

"I didn't know that this place was on the coast." Allen muttered with a grin as Cathol got off behind him and walked away silently.

Allen made his way to the beach along the coast, and he sat down in the sand as he rested for a moment.

No one else was on the beach as Allen stared out at the water, lost in thought.

Allen was so lost in thought though, that he didn't sense someone walking up behind where he sat.

"You aren't supposed to lower your guard no matter what or where, Exorcist." The person said, and Allen quickly jumped away and glanced back as the spot he was sitting suddenly exploded.

The sand fell to the ground, and Allen's eyes widened as Cathol smiled back at him.

"You!?" Allen shouted in surprise as he invocated his Innocence, and Cathol nodded.

"I am the Noah that rules over "Protection"…" Cathol began to say as he removed his top hat to reveal the row of crosses and the moustache that was fake, and grinned at Allen as he tossed the two items to the ground.

"Cathol Icbible, and I'm here to kill you under the orders of Master Gin."

"Gin!?" Allen shouted in surprise, and then gritted his teeth as Cathol fixed his white hair, and grinned at Allen.

Cathol reached into the inside of his coat, and pulled out a shield, and attached it to his arm.

"That is correct. Master Gin is the one who ordered us to kill you three after finally finding the name for our group. We are the White Cross."

Allen braced himself, but then froze as it clicked for him.

"We!? Us!? You mean that Kanda and Lavi are also being attacked!?"

"It seems I've said too much again… Die, Exorcist!"

Lavi panted heavily as he pulled out his hammer and pointed it at the person in front of him.

"Sheesh, you people don't know when to let us at least look around the island. You attacked me the moment I was alone, that's not polite." Lavi said with a grin as he readied his hammer, and the masked person from before nodded while putting his gloves on.

"I didn't want you to suffer the pain, so I thought I'd just kill you quickly, but you don't want to die yet, do you?"

"Hell no, but I guess this means you were lying about the wife, huh?"

"No, it was true, but I am the biggest difficulty in that future. I am Xerxes Xeroxes, the Noah of "Infinite"."

"Noah!?"

Xerxes nodded as Lavi raised his hammer and took his fighting stance.

"Okay then… I'll just burn you till there's nothing left!" Lavi shouted as his hammer grew, and he swung it down at Xerxes.

"How futile…" Xerxes said as he suddenly disappeared and Lavi flinched as he was suddenly sent into a large boulder behind him, and Xerxes flexed his fingers.

"Your hammer is too big, so it won't hit me… ever."

"Damn it…"

Kanda jumped back as a thread suddenly impaled the spot he was standing, and Kanda readied Mugen as the drunk man pulled the thread out of the ground, and grinned at Kanda.

"Nice reflexes, kid. I am Cedric Blokman, the Noah of "Trust". Please to kill you." Cedric said as he pushed his hair out of the way to reveal a row of crosses, and Kanda braced himself as he dodged to the side as the thread shot at where he was like a striking snake.

Cedric pulled the thread back, and grinned at Kanda as they faced each other in a slums of the town.

"So even Noahs are with this Gin…" Kanda muttered as he raised Mugen and then smirked.

"Okay then, I'll just kill you quickly. Nigentou."

Three enemies have appeared, but how strong are they? O.o

Next Chapter Preview: Lavi goes against the Noah of "Infinite". Can he win against this mysterious foe, or will this be the end of Lavi's part in this journey? You'll just have to wait and find out!