Chapter 43- Rosa Rubicundior, Lilio Candidior 3
Author's Note: I see a lot of people are fine with Kiki's actions... Well, for those wondering about her past, and those who wanted more AllenxLenalee moments, here ya go! Enjoy! Also, the chapter title is from the Bleach manga. It's Latin for 'Redder than a Rose, whiter than a Lily'

The Lily blows in the rain as it deceives the Rose with snow.

Kiki giggled happily as she jumped back to dodge Lenalee's leg again, but Lenalee continued to rapidly attack Kiki.

"So why are you so mad at me kissing Allen?" Kiki asked calmly as she leaned to the side to dodge Lenalee.

Lenalee glared back angrily as she swung her leg back at Kiki and she shouted. "Cause I love Allen-kun!"

Everyone in the room but Kiki flinched as they stared at Lenalee, and she froze when she realized she shouted it out loud.

Allen was quickly back in his daze as everyone else was speechless.

Kiki started to giggle, which caused Lenalee to look over at her in confusion.

"What's so funny?"

"You admitted loving Allen." Kiki stated, and Lenalee's eyes widened as she realized what Kiki meant.

"You only kissed Allen to get me mad so I'd say that?"

"That's right. Gin was right when he said it would work." Kiki said, and she leaned back to dodge Lenalee's kick again.

"And now…" Kiki trailed off as she suddenly appeared in front of Lenalee.

Lenalee froze as Kiki smiled up at her, and the next second, an explosion appeared right where they were.

"Lenalee!" Allen shouted quickly out of his daze.

Everyone watched as the smoke cleared, and they saw Kiki standing up as she smiled down at Lenalee as she lay on the floor covered in burns.

"Lenalee!" Allen shouted again, and he gritted his teeth angrily as he readied his claw.

Allen suddenly froze as Kiki appeared in front of him, and he couldn't even react as he was caught in another explosion.

Lavi readied his hammer quickly, but was also exploded as Kiki appeared behind him.

Kiki smiled as a chain of explosions appeared where the others were, and they all fell to the ground covered in burns.

Kiki giggled happily as she watched them all stand back up.

"H-How…?" Lavi muttered weakly as he held his arm that was holding his hammer in pain.

He stared at Kiki as she calmly started to stroke her ponytail again.

"It's simple. You're all too slow." She said, and she put a hand on her collar.

She moved her collar down, and everyone flinched as they saw a black cross a little bit below Kiki's neck.

"Senkou."

"An… Innocence?" Lavi muttered in disbelief, and as Milly, Krory, and Komui stood back up, they all readied themselves.

Kiki calmly smiled at them as she let go of her collar, and her shirt moved back up to cover the black cross.

"So she can use two Innocence?" Krory muttered in surprise, and Komui narrowed his eyes at Kiki as the girl put her hands in her pockets.

Allen glanced over at where Lenalee was lying. He narrowed his eyes, and he then quickly swung his claw at Kiki.

"Crown Edge!" He shouted, and Kiki smiled as she appeared behind Allen to dodge the attack.

Allen didn't look back as he quickly ran over to Lenalee, and they all watched him kneel down next to Lenalee.

"Lenalee!" He said as he raised her head up so it rested on his legs, and Lenalee twitched as she weakly opened her eyes.

"Allen-kun…" She muttered with a sweet smile as Allen smiled back in relief.

Kiki smirked as Lavi raised his hammer and swung it down at her.

"Hi Ban: Gouka Kaijin!" Lavi shouted as the pillar of flames erupted around Kiki.

Lavi looked at the pillar, but froze as he heard giggling from behind him.

He quickly turned around, but was hit away by the back of Kiki's hand.

Krory lunged at Kiki with his fangs bared, but she also calmly hit him away with her hand.

"Kami no Rekka!" Milly said as the serpent of flames shot out of her staff, and it collided against Kiki's outstretched hand.

Kiki swiftly kicked Milly in the stomach, and the auburn haired girl fell to the floor in pain as Kiki smiled down at her.

Komui backed away slowly, but stopped as Kiki appeared next to him.

"Don't you dare!"

Kiki paused as Lenalee suddenly kicked at her, but as Kiki leaned back to dodge, she suddenly caught a slight glow coming from around her.

"Cross Grave!" Allen shouted, and his attack knocked Kiki into the wall.

Over where he was, Lavi stood up slowly while Kanda did also, and the two looked over.

'To be able to use two Innocence is abnormal by itself, but that other one on her body was a Parasite-Type. I'm guessing it can make her move around at high speeds, which combined with her Equip-Type Innocence can do a lot of damage to anyone and anything.' Lavi thought as he picked his fallen hammer up, and he shrunk it down to a more maneuverable size.

'The explosions are probably caused by the friction of the air being moved around at high speeds from her Innocence. But that would make it so her arm used to explode would sustain damage with each explosion, but…' Lavi's thoughts trailed off as he looked at Kiki's perfectly fine arm she had out of her pockets.

'I wonder how long she has had in order to practice synchronizing with her Innocence…'

Lavi watched as Kiki rubbed her neck as she stood back up from the wall, and she stared at Allen and Lenalee as they readied themselves against her.

"Heh." Kiki muttered as she appeared between the two, and they flinched as she lifted herself into the air on one hand, and then kicked the two apart to opposite walls.

Kiki flipped back up onto her feet as she smiled happily.

Allen and Lenalee stood up as they stared at Kiki.

They readied their Innocence as Kiki's smile just widened when she noticed.

"Enbu Kirikaze!"

"Cross Grave!"

The attacks collided together as Kiki had jumped into the air to dodge.

"That was close…"

"Once more!"

Kiki's eyes widened as she quickly looked up to see Allen and Lenalee above her.

"Enbu Kirikaze!"

"Edge End!" The two shouted, and the attacks hit Kiki dead on into the floor.

Lenalee grabbed Allen's hand as they dropped to the floor, and Allen quickly pulled Lenalee closer to him as they landed onto the ground.

"That was rough…" Allen muttered, and Lenalee nodded before running over to help the others.

Allen watched her help them stand up, and Milly prepared her staff to heal them all again.

Allen smiled as he walked over, and while no one else was watching, he took Lenalee's hand and leaned to her ear.

"Welcome back, Lenalee." He whispered, and Lenalee smiled with a smile to him.

After Milly had healed them all again, they all started to walk down a hallway while Kiki was still laying in the small crater that was made from the previous attack.

Her eyes were half open as they had lost their focus.

Kiki's fingers twitched as she heard the muffled rain from outside, and she then slowly closed her eyes.

Flashback

It was raining as people walked down a busy street while chatting under umbrellas or shopping.

Far off in the corner of the street though, a little girl around 2 was leaned against a building as rain rolled down her face.

People looked at her often, but none went close to her as they muttered things to themselves.

The little baby girl had a ragged shirt, but what set her apart was the small necklace around her neck that had her name on it.

Hâna Kiki

Kiki silently stared in front of her without knowing anything about what was going on.

The rain continued to fall down onto her as no one even looked at her with pity.

Kiki could only feel the cold rain fall down on her as lights from passing cars flashed into her pale violet eyes.

The rain suddenly stopped falling onto Kiki, and she looked up slowly to see someone standing above her with an umbrella over the two.

"Poor thing… You'll catch a cold if you stay there." The person said as they calmly picked Kiki up, and smiled at her as she stared back at them blankly without knowing what was happening.

The person looked at the chain, and then smiled.

"Kiki. That's a cute name. I'm Gin Coldblood. That's not very cute, is it?" Gin said with a smile, and he paused as Kiki slowly closed her eyes and nuzzled herself closer to Gin's chest.

Gin smiled kindly before walking away with Kiki firmly in his arms as the rain continued to fall down around them and a letter attached to Kiki's back.

"Gin!"

"…"

"Gin!"

Gin opened his eyes sleepily as he blinked in the darkness.

He grumbled quietly as he removed the book he was reading before falling asleep from his face, and he looked over at the little girl around 10.

"Kiki… What time is it?"

"11:57."

"Wow, late already…"

"Get up, Gin! You promised!" Kiki said with a pout as Gin sat up with a grimace.

"Okay, okay! I'm up…" He muttered before rubbing his eyes, and Kiki smiled happily before running toward a flight of stairs.

Gin silently followed behind Kiki, and the two climbed onto the roof from one of the windows of the house they were in.

Gin let out a sigh as he sat down on the roof, and Kiki sat on his lap as she leaned against his chest.

The two quietly gazed up at the stars as the clouds silently went away.

Kiki smiled happily as she stared up at the stars with her mouth slightly open.

"You know if you keep your mouth open like that, something will fly into it." Gin said with a grin, and he tickled Kiki's sides which caused her to break out in giggles.

"Hey, Gin…" Kiki said when he stopped tickling her.

"Yeah?"

"What are you always reading?"

"Just some history books. Nothing big."

"Oh… Okay!" Kiki said happily as she went back to staring at the stars, and Gin smiled as he ran his hand through her brown hair that wasn't in a ponytail.

Kiki pouted as she watched Gin happily run around the shopping area as she leaned against a wall.

Kiki was now 22 as the two were in a rural area of Japan.

Night was high in the sky as Gin looked around at the closed shops.

"I wonder what this place looks like during the morning…" Gin muttered as he stopped in front of Kiki.

"Okay, okay. Now why did you bring me here?" Kiki asked impatiently, and Gin looked at her happily.

"I thought you might want to see your family…"

"What?" Kiki stared at Gin in surprise as he flinched a little at her reaction.

A little later, Gin and Kiki stopped in front of a large gate that stood in front of a large mansion.

The word Hâna was written above the gate, and Gin was happily looking at it.

Kiki looked at the gate while rubbing her arm while Gin knocked several times on the gate.

The gate opened a little bit later, and Gin smiled nervously as he stared up at a large man looking down at the two.

"What do you want, brats?" The man asked angrily, and Gin was quick to change into Japanese.

"I just thought you'd like to see your daughter." Gin stated, and Kiki looked down as the large man looked over at her.

"What are going on about? I have no daughter. Now leave. I am busy trying to teach my heir." He said and then slammed the gate behind him as Kiki stared at it in shock.

"Heir…"

"That's weird. Aren't you their first child?"

"Yes…"

"So why aren't you heir?"

"They wanted a son for a heir. It said so in the letter…"

"Oh? That's what it said? I couldn't read it, so I thought it was nothing…"

Gin rubbed the back of his neck as Kiki sadly looked at the ground.

"I guess this means I have a brother, huh?" Kiki asked while rubbing her arm still.

"I guess…" Gin looked at Kiki sadly, and was about to say something until the air suddenly changed.

Gin's eyes widened as the two quickly turned around and saw in the distance a large black ball growing from somewhere.

Gin gritted his teeth as he stared at the black ball.

"Stay here." He muttered, and suddenly disappeared while Kiki watched him head toward the ball.

"Gin?"

End Of Flashback

A single tear rolled out of Kiki's eye as she lay on the floor, and she opened her eyes a little to see someone step next to her.

The person knelt down next to her, and silently ran his hand along her ponytail.

"Gin…" Kiki muttered as Gin silently put the back of his hand on Kiki's cheek while she cried.

"It's okay… You did good." He muttered with a small smile, and Kiki smiled weakly before closing her eyes again.

Gin quietly rolled Kiki over on her back, and Keria appeared nearby.

"Master Gin, what should we do now?"

"Heal Kiki, Keria."

"Master?"

"Now. Heal her." Gin ordered as he stood back up and walked away as Keria stared after him until he disappeared.

"Very well…"

Allen led everyone as they walked through the hallways cautiously.

Lenalee was next to him as she held onto his arm, and Komui was silently fuming as he walked behind them.

Krory and Milly were in the back as they all walked. Lenalee rested her head on Allen's shoulder, and Allen looked over with a small smile.

"You tired, Lenalee?"

"A little, but I'm fine…" Lenalee said with a small smile, but Allen stopped walking.

He smiled as he lifted Lenalee onto his back, and Komui's red aura blazed greater, but it didn't reach Allen as Lenalee was on his back.

Kanda and Lavi were trying their hardest to avoid looking over at Allen and Lenalee.

A little while later, the group came to a door, and Komui quickly opened it.

The group felt a chill run through them as they stared out at the rain filled sky above.

"How'd we get to the roof…?" Lavi wondered out loud as they all walked out into the rain.

"At least we know we shouldn't let Bean Sprout led us again." Kanda said with a scowl, and everyone besides Lenalee and Allen agreed.

"Sheesh, I mess up once…" Allen muttered as he shifted Lenalee on his back again as she had started to slip off. "At leastwe haven't run into anyone yet…"

Keria sat against the wall in the room where Kiki was lying.

Kiki's eyes twitched slightly as she opened them slowly, and she blinked a few times in the light.

"You're awake?" Keria asked as she noticed Kiki was awake.

"Yes…" Kiki muttered as she sat up slowly, and looked around.

"Where's Gin? He was here…"

"He left to go do something."

"That's just like him…" Kiki gave a small smile as she stared at the floor silently, and Keria nodded.

"Can I ask you something, Kiki?" Keria suddenly asked, and Kiki looked over.

"Sure."

"Why is Master Gin so protective of you? He told us he picked you off of the streets, but I sensed that he wasn't telling everything."

"… You were right. Gin's protective of me because I remind him of someone."

Keria perked up as she stared at Kiki.

"Who?" Keria asked, and Kiki smiled sadly as she glanced over at the Noah.

"His wife who died against the Earl 7000 years ago named Lena."

Gin opened the locket around his neck to stare at the picture inside of it.

The picture of the girl and boy stared back at him until he closed the locket and let it fall back to his chest.

"Lena…" He muttered as the rain came down harder outside just like it did seven thousand years ago.

The final chapters are coming, but first it's time to go back 7000 years so you can find out how, why, and who Gin really is.

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