Chapter 32- A Father's Reason 2
Author's Note: Now back to our feature program...
Lenalee silently stared out of the window as tears rolled down her face while a small orb lay on the tray next to her.
Lenalee had heard everything that Kanda and Seedry had said, and she started to feel bitter cold as rain pelted down outside from the clouds.
"Do you like the rain?"
Lenalee perked up as she looked around to see Gin calmly leaning against the wall while staring at the open locket in his hand.
"Do you?"
"… Yes…"
Gin gave a small smile as he closed the locket, and then let it swing calmly back down to his chest.
"That's good to hear. Speaking of hearing, how did you enjoy Seedry's little chat with Kanda?" Gin asked, and Lenalee looked away as she gripped the hem of her dress tightly.
Gin walked over to Lenalee, and bent down to her ear with a sly smirk.
"Oh yeah, I was meaning to tell you this, but it slipped my mind. Lavi is currently fighting someone special also." Gin stated, and Lenalee perked up at Lavi's name.
"Who?" She asked as Gin straightened up, and turned away.
"Heh. Someone who Lavi owes for bringing him to this world." Gin stated slyly, and then dissolved into water vapor as Lenalee stared after him in confusion.
She slowly looked back out the window, and she then started to cry again.
'Lavi, Kanda, or Allen… Why do I have to pick which one lives!?' Lenalee thought, and while she thought, she failed to hear the door open, and Philman calmly walked in with his bird still firmly on his shoulder.
"Hello, Miss Lenalee." He said, and Lenalee flinched as she looked around to look at Philman.
"Why are you here?"
"I'm here cause I thought you might need help deciding on who survives." Philman said with a sly grin, and Lenalee gulped nervously.
Out of everyone with Gin, she hated Philman the most.
He smirked as if he sensed her fear, and he then patted her head calmly.
"Why don't you go find out who is more important to you."
"What do you mean?"
"Kanda is in the medic ward, Lavi is in the science room, and Allen is in the dining hall. Go." Philman stated as he motioned for the door, and Lenalee stared at it.
"Go see the person you want most." Philman said as he left the room, but left the door ajar a little so Lenalee could leave.
Lenalee narrowed her eyes at the door, and she gripped her hands tightly into fists.
She slowly walked to the door, and looked out into the hallway to see nobody nearby, and she slowly sneaked away as she headed for the stairs to the dining hall.
"She's going to Allen, chu!" The bird on Philman's shoulder said quietly, and Philman nodded as he leaned against the wall around the corner, and he grinned as Lenalee made her way to the dining hall.
Philman calmly fixed his red and black hair as his brown eyes gleamed in the shadows.
"This is too easy…"
"Sure is, chu!"
Lavi swung his hammer down at Xerxes, but was knocked away again by Xerxes's hand.
Xerxes flinched at the sparks that stung his hand, but he quickly swung his hand up to block Lavi's hammer again.
Lavi grinned as thunder shot down at Xerxes, but was swallowed up by another purple circle.
"Next!" Xerxes said as he pushed Lavi's hammer back, but Lavi swiftly hit a stamp while it was pushed back, and he hit the wall behind him to make a red symbol on it.
"Hi Ban: Gouka Kaijin!" Lavi shouted as he hit the wall twice, and two flame serpents lunged at Xerxes, and before they hit the Noah, they merged together and hit Xerxes head on.
Xerxes gritted his teeth as he slowly pulled his other hand out, and the flames were all absorbed by the purple circles that appeared around Xerxes.
"Whew, that was close." Xerxes muttered as Lavi appeared in the air, and swung a thunder dragon down at Xerxes.
"Gouraiten!" Lavi shouted as the thunder hit Xerxes, but the Noah didn't even flinched as he appeared above Lavi, and kicked the Bookman back to the floor.
Lavi coughed up some blood before standing back up shakily and facing Xerxes.
"Not bad, old man." Lavi muttered as he wiped some blood away from his mouth while his hammer reverted to a more compatible size.
Lavi quickly swung the hammer at Xerxes, and started swinging it rapidly at Xerxes while flames, lightning, and thunder shot out of the hammer.
Xerxes then swiftly planted his foot on the ground, and the Noah then smacked Lavi's hammer away with one hand while the other slammed into Lavi's head and sent him back a few feet.
"Shall we continue this game?" Xerxes asked as Lavi stood back up with a grin.
"Of course." Lavi said, and the stamps appeared overhead again as Lavi raised his hammer.
He hit the blue stamp, and he then hit the floor with a grin as water shot out, and slammed into Xerxes head on.
Xerxes used his hands to create two small purple circles in front of them as he tried to deflect the water, but he suddenly froze as Lavi hit the floor with another stamp.
"Raitei Kaiten!" Lavi shouted, and the lightning shot through the water, and then hit Xerxes from all around.
The water turned to steam as Lavi held his hammer in one hand while his other hand rested on his knee.
The steam blew away finally, and Xerxes stood in the same spot as blood rolled down his arms.
"Good combo, boy."
"Heh, there's more where that came from, old man."
"Well then, why don't you show me?" Xerxes asked as he sealed his wounds shut with his powers, and Lavi grinned as he hit another symbol circling above him.
"Hope you're ready for a thrashing, old man."
"Stop talking, and come at me."
We will now break for intermission...
Lavi: What!? It was just getting good! XO
Xerxes: I wonder why the Author is using movie talk...?
Lavi: Maybe he's bored?
I am extremely bored...
Lavi and Xerxes: o.o I see...