Chapter 8- Shield And Sword

Allen: My turn finally! Why am I last?

It's makes sense then. U.U

Allen: Oh yeah...

Date: September 19

Time: 3:29 pm

Place: Pesaro, Italy

Allen skidded back in the sand as he panted while looking over at Cathol.

Cathol was smirking as he held the shield on his arm in front of him.

"What's the matter, Allen? Can't break my shield?" Cathol asked with a grin as Allen straightened up and ran at him again.

"It was foolish to split up. You left yourself vulnerable to multiple attacks, Allen." Cathol said while knocking Allen's claw back several times.

Allen gritted his teeth as he pushed Cathol back a little bit, but was flung back by a shockwave.

Allen skidded in the sand again to keep himself from falling, and Cathol sighed as he cracked his knuckles boredly.

"If this is the best you have, you'll never rescue that miserable girl."

"Don't you dare talk about Lenalee like that!" Allen snapped as he swung his claw at Cathol, but collided with the shield and was thrown back again.

"Oh? You seem to be angry, Allen. Does hearing me say bad things about that pathetic, miserable, terrible excuse for a female upset you?" Cathol asked mockingly, and Allen glared lividly at Cathol.

His claw started to twitch angrily with the thought of ripping Cathol to shreds, but Allen tried his best not to attack in rage.

"Shut… up…"

"Is that your big comeback? Shut up? Pathetic, just like that girl."

"I SAID SHUT UP!" Allen shouted, and then jumped into the air with his claw ready to slash Cathol.

Cathol blocked the claw, but Allen quickly brought the claw back, and started to rapidly strike at Cathol's shield as the Noah started being pushed back.

Cathol gritted his teeth as Allen's claw slashed his shield again, and Allen was thrown back finally.

Cathol panted heavily as he stared at Allen in surprise.

"You'll wreck your claw if you keep that up, Allen. Why waste so much energy on saving one miserable girl?" Cathol asked as Allen straightened up and stared at Cathol angrily.

His claw was badly damaged, and yet Allen blocked the pain out as he panted heavily also.

"Lenalee isn't miserable. I'm going to save her, so she will never be miserable." Allen stated, and Cathol's eyes widened as he stared at Allen in surprise.

'He'd go that far just to save her? He reminds me of me…' Cathol thought as he raised his shield again, and Allen braced himself.

"We aren't so much different, Allen."

"What do you mean?" Allen asked as he remained ready to attack as Cathol smirked sadly.

"I once fought for the same thing you are now, but I lost that fight. I'm a Noah, and she was a human. Us two could never be together." Cathol stated as he stared at the ground sadly, and Allen stared at him in surprise, but then gave a small smile.

"I know someone who is an Exorcist, but he loved an Akuma. In the end, he killed his love and then became an Exorcist like us." Allen said as he thought of Krory, and Cathol looked at Allen with a sad smile.

"I see, that is truly sad." Cathol said and removed his shield.

Allen stared in surprise as Cathol dropped the shield to the sand, and he held his arms up to the side.

"I give up. I have no reason for stopping you." Cathol stated, and Allen stared at him in surprise, but then smiled kindly.

"Too bad, Cathol."

Cathol's and Allen's eyes widened as suddenly, a katana impaled Cathol from behind, and the owner of the katana grinned happily as the person swiftly pulled the katana out, and Cathol fell to the ground while blood stained the sand.

"Cathol!" Allen shouted, and was about to go see if Cathol was alive until the person turned their attention to Allen, and swiftly used the back of their hand to smack Allen away.

"Annoying Exorcist! Cathol had to die for failing his mission!" The person snapped happily as their fiery red hair gleamed deathly in the sunlight.

"Who are you!?" Allen asked angrily as he straightened up again, but was suddenly hit away by the back of the person's hand again.

"Me? I have no need to introduce myself to you. I'm only here to get rid of trash that doesn't listen." The person said while jerking his thumb at Cathol.

Allen stared up at the person, but suddenly froze as the person impaled his normal hand with his katana.

"Hehehe, if you want to live, you'll shut the hell up, Brat!" He snapped happily as he removed his katana, and blood flowed out of Allen's hand as the person swung the blood off of his blade, and sheathed it onto his back like Kanda does.

"Stupid trash." He muttered with a swift kick to Cathol's head.

"Don't bother coming back alive." The person said coldly, and then disappeared in a puff of smoke.

Allen gritted his teeth against all of the pain, and he slowly made his way to Cathol.

"A-Allen…? Good, he didn't kill you…" Cathol muttered weakly as Allen slowly flipped Cathol over onto his back.

"Are you okay?"

"H-Ha, I'm probably dead now. I didn't think he would come though."

"You mean you knew that you were going to be killed?!"

Cathol chuckled lightly as he slowly nodded weakly.

"Yeah, I had learned something I shouldn't have, but Allen… Go to Paris…"

"Paris?" "Yes, go to Paris, and look at the top of the large tower… I overheard that… Master Gin sent Rôade there with the girl you're after…"

"What!? Lenalee is there!? Who's that!?"

"Y-Yes… Be careful though… I also heard that another Noah will be going there…"

Allen nodded as Cathol let out a low sigh, but then smiled.

"At least I can see her again…" He muttered before exploding into sand.

Allen stared down at the clothes before slowly falling forward and losing conscious.

A few moments past by, and someone suddenly stood next to Allen as the person looked down at him.

"Oh boy, your Innocence is wrecked again… I guess that means I can operate on you!"

Allen suddenly unconsciously shivered as Komui smiled evilly down at him before lifting him and carrying him away.

Date: September 22

Time: 4:50 pm

Place: Black Order Medic Ward

"Allen? Wake up, Allen…"

Allen twitched slowly as he weakly opened his eyes to see Lenalee looking down at him.

"L-Lenalee…?"

"What!? Ah, too much medicine was used! It's me!"

Allen's eyes snapped open, and he quickly sat up.

"Lavi!? Where are we!? What happened?! Why…" Allen stopped talking as blood suddenly rolled out of the cast around his right hand, and Allen fell back down onto the bed.

"Ah! His wound opened up again fro shock!" Lavi shouted, and the doctors quickly ran over to recast Allen.

After a new cast was put on and his wound had closed again, Allen leaned against the wall as he sat in the bed while Lavi was pulled into his bed right next to Allen.

Allen quietly watched as one of the doctors smacked Lavi with his clipboard, and they finally put Lavi to bed.

"We're back at the Black Order?" Allen asked out loud, and Lavi nodded slowly.

"Who saved us?"

"No clue. I know that Bookman saved me, and Kanda said that Reever brought him here to get Mugen fixed again."

"What? Mugen was broken?!"

"Apparently, same with my hammer. Good thing Komui fixed them after he fixed your arm." Lavi stated, and Allen looked down at his left hand to see some bandages wrapped around it.

"This is terrible!"

"Eh? How come?"

"I can't eat with these casts on!"

Lavi fell out of his bed, but quickly got back in before the doctors could force him back in.

"You're only worried about food at a time like this!?" Lavi asked in surprise, and Allen shrugged as he stared at the ceiling silently.

Lavi sighed as he copied Allen, and a few moments went by before Lavi spoke up again.

"I heard from Kanda that our opponents aren't just Exorcists, there are Noahs as well."

"Yeah, I know. The one I faced was a Noah."

"Was? Didn't you lose like me and Kanda?"

"Kanda lost? Nah, that can't be, but the Noah I went against was killed by his comrade."

Lavi stared in surprise at Allen, and then sighed sadly.

"Man, we're dealing why crazy people."

Before Allen could reply however, the door suddenly swung open, and Komui smiled at the two.

"Ah, Allen! You're awake?"

"Yes…"

"That's good to hear, and it's a really good thing we finally caught you!"

"Huh?" Lavi and Allen stared in confusion at Komui, and Komui stared back.

"Oh yes, I need to tell you something that I already told Yu."

"Can it wait until after we save Lenalee?"

Komui stared at Allen in surprise, but then sadly shook his head.

"I'm afraid I can't let you three go back out. You don't have a chance against this opponent."

"What!? How come, Komui!? Don't you care what hap-"

"Of course I do!"

Lavi instantly stopped as Komui stared at him angrily, but then calmed down.

"I know… I don't want to do this either, but this opponent we can't beat."

"How come? Gin can't be as strong as the Millennium Earl, right?" Lavi asked and Allen nodded in agreement, but the two froze as Komui nodded sadly.

"We found out about the Coldblood's, which are Gin's family. It turns out that his family was against the Millennium Earl 7000 years ago."

"What!?" The two shouted in unison, and Komui nodded as he continued.

"Also, the great flood of Noah… was created by a Coldblood."

Lavi and Allen stared in complete shock as their mouths hung open and their eyes widened.

"How can one family create a giant flood like that!?"

"It wasn't a family that caused it." Komui stated, and the two stared at Komui puzzled.

"The one who caused the great flood that caused mankind to start again… was Gin Coldblood, the last and only Coldblood to ever exist."

In the unknown location lit by blue flamed candles, the remaining twelve people stood in the large room as Gin grinned down at them.

"Hello everyone. Since Cathol has been put down for betrayal, we are now down to thirteen people."

"Thirteen? What about Nella?" Aroc asked, and Gin chuckled happily at the question.

"Don't worry about that, a tool always has a date of expiration, and Nella in no different. Rôade is seeing to his death, right?" Gin asked the child Noah sitting close by with a happy smirk on her face.

"Yep, and Allen will fall as well." She stated, and Aroc looked at Gin with gritted teeth.

"You're sacrificing him too?"

"No, I'm not. You can only sacrifice someone who knows he is about to die. Nella has no idea that he is a tool. Rôade, please go and prepare for Nella's arrival in Paris as well as Allen's."

"Sure thing, Master Gin!" Rôade said happily, and she disappeared into thin air.

Gin chuckled as Aroc looked away, and then Gin clapped his hands once for attention.

"Now then, I think this world needs a good opening number to kick off its destruction, right?"

"What do you have in mind, Boss?" Cedric asked, and Gin happily chuckled.

"What I have in mind as already happened, Cedric." Gin replied as in Italy, the entire country was up in flames as a single person walked through the burning streets as firefighters tried to put the flames out.

Gin happily chuckled again as the eleven people in front of him looked at him with a smirk.

"That's right, Italy is now up in flames, but those flames will only go out when I unleash the second great flood. Only this time, God won't be saving anyone!" Gin said as he laugh happily, and back in Italy, all of the firefighters were burned alive as the person held one by the neck and watched the body slowly turn to ash.

"Hmph, humans. I hate you all." The person snapped as he threw the remainder of the body into the flames and calmly disappeared into the flames as his katana gleamed in the fire's light on his back.

Gin opened his eyes to reveal his blood red eyes again, and he smirked.

"Now that Italy is up in flames, where should the Noah of "Destruction" strike next, huh? Where should Tyrir Breaker strike next?" Gin asked the people in front of him as behind them, a large column of flames appeared, and the red headed person walked out of the column while grinning at Gin.

"I heard my name, what's next to burn?" Tyrir asked as the row of crosses on his forehead gleamed in the fire behind him, and Gin chuckled happily as the world unknowingly prepared for its destruction.

The mystery of Gin is revealed, and a new Noah is revealed as well. With the power of "Destruction", does Allen and the rest of them stand a chance against this Tyrir Breaker? You'll find out...