A/N; The Earl finally has decided to take out the Order…what will become of Allen's friends in the Order? Will he manage to help them, or not? Questions questions…I don't even know anymore.
Disclaimed; Katsura Hoshina owns DGM
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"Shounen, you shouldn't exert yourself…you're not completely healed yet," Tyki stated worriedly as Allen forced himself out of bed. It was after dinner, and after the Earl's announcement that they were going to take out the Order. Allen didn't want that…not yet at least. His legs dangled over the side of the bed, and he shook his head as he slipped his shoes on. Getting up was simple enough, staying on his feet was another story altogether. When he did fall forward, Tyki was there to catch him, Allen shrugged it off and he opened a gate to his Ark, dragging Tyki inside for peace and quiet to talk. Wherever Rhode was in the manor, he also made sure that she was there as well.
They were in the 14th's room, the first time he had ever brought them there. It wasn't anything like the Earl's room in their own Ark that had his piano in it. This was a pure room filled with calm. Allen heavily seated himself in front of the piano, gazing at the keys for a moment, and then at the mirror beside the piano. With the Earl wanting to take out the Order now…he needed to gather his allies from among their ranks and keep them safe within his ark.
"Neah and I, we still wish to kill the Earl and take over from him," Allen stated simply, then looked at Rhode. "Which Neah already guessed you figured out, Rhode," he tilted his head to the side and clenched his hands into fists. "Neither of believe that he will allow the family to live once his goal is completed. After the Exorcists are gone…nobody will be there to stand in his way. As my uncle sees it, humanity will destroy itself at its own pace."
Following Allen's admission, there was a moment of silence in which Tyki took a on the couch in the room, frowning. "What do you intend to do, Allen?" He was curious about this new little fact.
"I intended to gather allies from amongst the Noah. I want allies from the Order. Both exorcists and Noah together, on a third side to this war." Allen gazed at Tyki in the eye, clicking his tongue. "What are you going to do, Tyki? Rhode? Are you going to join me and Neah on this side? I love the both of us dearly…I don't want us to be enemies, but I don't want the Earl to destroy humanity either." He leaned over and kissed the man on the cheek. "Please Tyki…I know that you still care about your human half, those friends of yours…do you want them to die because of the Earl?"
The niece and the uncle looked at each other, before looking at Allen's pleading gaze. "Of course, Allen. We love you dearly. Rhode?"
"I let Neah die once…I won't let it happen again," Rhode murmured quietly, and Allen nodded his head slightly towards the girl. "Neah thanks you, Rhode." Spinning around on the bench to face the piano now, he tapped a key, opening another door. "I suppose I should let the both of you know that Kanda is here, and is a member. As is Lavi. I was hoping to get some of the exorcists to join as well…" He tilted his head back to gaze up at Rhode and Tyki who were peering into Kanda's room and they both ducked when the newly restored mugen slashed out at them.
"Kanda. Calm down. You're among allies," Allen stated from the bench. "Tyki Mikk and Rhode Kamelot, I'm sure you've already met…" His gaze never left Tyki or Rhode, however. "I want to warn my friends of the Earl…as well as get them to join." His gaze now only settled on Tyki and Kanda. "You two are going to come with me to the Order…I want them to see that Noah and Exorcist can work together…that's how we'll beat the Earl."
"What about me, Allen?" Rhode chimed, now climbing onto Tyki's back and wrapping her hands around his neck. "What do I get to do?" She asked, peering at Allen curiously.
Allen turned to Rhode. "I want you to stay with the family for now, Rhode. I want you to see who you think would join us. Keep your thoughts hidden, especially from Wisely." He warned lightly as he looked at Kanda. "You coming, or n
ot, Kanda?"
"Che. Stupid moyashi, of course I'm coming. I've been sitting idle far too long, besides, you'll mess up." Kanda scoffed. He then smacked Rhode's hand away from his hair when she tried to braid it. "Don't touch the hair."
Rhode smirked, and snickered before leaning the room. "Alright. I already have a few people in mind, Allen. Be careful, Allen."
"I will be, Rhode. Tyki wouldn't let anything bad happen, and besides, Kanda usually repels all sorts of people with his foul mouth and attitude," Allen stated glancing at Kanda who glared back to prove his point. "Foul attitude is foul, Kanda. You really should work on that," Tyki and Allen then fled through a door to the outside Ark with Kanda in easy pursuit.
Well as for Kanda repelling people currently at the Order…most people were amazed by his return, but repelled by the fact that Allen and Tyki were standing beside him. Both of the Noah had changed to their non-Noah-forms as to not cause as much an alarm as they already did by the appearance.
All Exorcists on hand were called to the scene; Lavi, Lenalee, Miranda, and Marie were the only ones on hand at that moment. Several of the scientists and people Allen had once called friends had arrived on scene as well. Timcampy was fluttering beside Allen's head as he looked seriously at the arrivals. "I'm here to provide a warning to you all; the Earl is finally going to make his move on the order, and I can assure you, he will win."
A fluster of chat arose at the thought of the Earl finally deciding to attack, debating on whether it was a trap or a true fact. Allen glanced over at Lavi and beckoned him over to their side of the room, which he easily complied. The Bookman apprentice had already chosen his side. The things Allen and the Noah had done in the past did not matter right now, not even if the past was his specialty, and many were surprised at his sudde movement to the other side. Several of them had suspected as much….
"You all wonder why I chose the side with the Noah clan for this time…" Allen stated, taking a deep breath of air. "Allies. I'm still against the Earl and all he stands for. My uncle Neah, the original Fourteenth was against him as well and still is. The only way to end this long war is both Noah, and Exorcists to fight against him."
Allen glanced at Tyki for a moment, then over at Kanda and Lavi, and back to the crowd. "Already, I have two Noah on my side besides myself, and two exorcists." He gestured towards Tyki and the two exorcists. "You now I'm right, I can still use my Innocence as a Noah…I have not betrayed it. I am not a Fallen One. If you want, I will allow Hevlaska to assess my synchronization rate with my Innocence."
Tyki frowned at this thought. He heard from Allen that Hevlaska held the Order's Innocence…and there was quite a bit of it there too. He wasn't sure if he'd be able to stand the Innocence in the room…but he would do it, for Allen.
"Tyki…you can go back to the Ark if you want…" Allen murmured to himself, and he shook his head in a no manner as several of the exorcists lead him off towards the lift down to Hevlaska. Some of them were wary of allowing the two Noah towards her, but it was under Komui's orders. He had already met Neah, and had taken a liking towards him…Allen was still Allen, and Neah was Neah. That said something about the Fourteenth. He trusted Allen, and that was all Komui needed.
"100%. Allen Walker reached his critical breaking point a long time ago," Hevlaska was saying. "He has not betrayed his Innocence in any manner at all during this time." Lightly setting Allen back down on the ground next to a very tense Tyki, she turned her phantom-like self towards the rest of the people. "He had the potential to be a general since then, but was overlooked because of his inexperience, age, and relationship to the Fourteenth."
Steadily, a few people moved awkwardly towards Allen's side; Miranda and Marie for example had moved over there. Marie would never leave Miranda alone, and neither would she. The two had become rather close since the last time Allen had seen them. Good for her, she needed a little love in her depressing life...Miranda was the first, as she remembered how Allen had been the first person to thank her and help her.
Allen smiled at Miranda, and then Marie. "Thank you." The first two opened the flood gates. Allen's friends in the Science Division followed; Russel, Reever, and Johnny, as did Komui, Bak, Lenalee, the apprentice scientists from the Asian Branch, Jerry, and some of the Finders…However, a lot of people remained. "Hevlaska…will you join us?" He asked, glancing up at the phantom woman.
"You are the prophesized Destroyer of Time, Allen Walker…I believe that means you will defeat the Earl. I will join you."
Neah smiled to himself inside of Allen's mind, and closed his eyes contently. His own family was growing. For a moment, Neah took over Allen's body, to introduce himself to those who did not know him. "I am Neah Walker, the original Fourteenth Noah. Thank you." Neah bowed in respect towards all those who had joined him and his nephew and he looked at those who had not joined him. "I would advise you all leave this place before the Earl decides to attack."
Neah then opened an Ark gate into his ark. "You may choose to stay and fight against the Earl and his Akuma, and die. Or you can come with us. I will leave this Gate open for those who decide later on to join us."
With Hevlaska joining them, that meant they had the Innocence as well. Neah glanced back at them, his gaze steady. "Once the Earl and his Akuma are defeated, the Innocence will be destroyed. Without Akuma or the Earl, there is no need for the Innocence to ruin people's lives any longer."
Neah entered the Ark, with himself and Allen having full intentions of confronting the Earl next. "I'll let Allen make you all your separate rooms," Neah stated boredly, switching back to Allen. "Let me know if you need anything specific…"
"Neeeaaah," Rhode trilled suddenly appearing out of nowhere to glomp Allen, thinking that at the time he was Neah. "I figured it out. Daddy, brother Wisely, and Toraido. Then there's you, me, and Tyki. That's six of us…if we want to make it even after that, we'll have to find the incarnation of Wrath before the Earl. Oh…hi Allen, I thought Neah was just there…damn…" It was then she noticed the gathered Black Order members, and giggled. "Aww. I think I scared them!"
"Rhode…" Tyki drawled with a sigh, giving his niece a stern look. "Please don't frighten our guests and allies half to death." Some of the members who had never met a Noah, but heard horrible stories about them were a bit…shocked to see how much like family they really acted.
Allen looked at Rhode, Tyki, and then at the members to his Third Side, then back to Rhode and Tyki. "I think it's about time we confront the Earl and gather our allies." Allen stated simply. He waved a hand idly at the gathered Order members. "Have Kanda show you around the Ark…I have doors to most of the capital cities of each country floating around somewhere..." He opened another door back into the Earl's manor and closed it behind him, Rhode, and Tyki.
A/N; Rah. Allen's got his Order allies. I had a brain-fart on how Allen would get his Order buddies to join…then it's like LETS GO TO HEVLASKA. ;D If he was truly a traitor, his synch rate wouldn't be so high.
I fully believed that the reason Allen is not a general, even though he has reached %100 synch rate is his inexperience due to age, and his ties to the Fourteenth. SO YEAH.
Next chapter; Confrontation with the Earl.
