A/N; Here you are my lovelies, a new chapter for your reading pleasure. Yay. This chapter features the pairing of Lenavi, Levi…uh. Lenvi…whatever. The pairing of LenaleexLavi.
Lulubell pissed Tyki off. Uh. Toraido says a few words. Does a few nifty things. That's about it. Lavi asks Tyki personal questions about his love life with Allen. Yep. That's it.
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Russian Hunting
Allen's group hadn't yet left for Egypt because he wanted to see off Tyki to Russia. He stood in front of the gate Neah had set up, shivering from the cold wind blowing through it. It couldn't be helped though, he wanted to make sure Tyki was all prepared for the cold. Glancing over at Lavi and Lenalee who stepped lightly into the cold Russian tundra, wondering why in god's name Neah and Allen had a Ark gate to that spot…it was completely barren there, however they could lightly see the taiga forest in question a few miles to the Northeast. A light fluttering of snow was falling.
Allen wrapped his arms around Tyki, sucking in the warmth of the coat he was wearing. "Come back safety, Tyki," he whispered softly. Leaning towards his ear, he whispered. "Neah's playing match-maker with Lavi and Lenalee, to try to help push them together?"
Tyki nodded slightly, snickered and smiled. "Later, shounen. Don't get hurt in Egypt. Neah, you better take care of my shounen." He remarked as Allen released him and stepped backwards through the gate with Toraido close behind. He'd know that Noah for a little while…but he still barely knew anything about him. He was going to try to learn something at least. With his large blade lightly hanging over his shoulder, he began heading towards the taiga, gliding over the snow easily with skis, while Tyki took a much more pleasant route, which was Choosing not to step on the snow. Such a helpful ability.
Lavi stepped in lightly next to Tyki, striking up a conversation with the Pleasure of Noah. "So. How's the moyashi in bed, Tyki?" The Noah gave Lavi this annoyed look, and said nothing, which prompted Lavi's next obnoxious question, "Who's on top? You or the moyashi? And how does Uncle Moyashi and Rhode's relationship work out? Wouldn't it be like having sex with Allen as well? So are you technically sleeping with Uncle Moyashi?"
Lenalee gave Lavi a look, and sighed. "You really should stay out of their love life, Lavi," she commented, turning slightly red at his very personal questions. "Forgive him, Tyki. He's stupid."
A snort, the slightest of snickers, but it hadn't been from Tyki. Three heads turned towards the other Noah in the group. It was really the first time they'd heard anything from him in all the time he'd been there. The Noah in question looked at them, and rolled his shoulders in a shrug as his face stayed completely blank. "What?" He asked, monotone.
Tyki, for once, was left almost speechless, but was still the first one to recover. "You…don't really talk much, Tora…" A shrug, and then more silence from him before he finally reopened his mouth to speak.
"I'm…not much of a people person…so staying silent…is usually…easier," his words were slowly spoken, as if he wasn't much used to talk. It was, however, the longest sentence he'd ever spoken since Tyki had known him since the Judge had awakened.
"Ah. Good point. If you don't talk much, then people won't talk to you in return...don't worry, we're not just people, we're family, Tora." His voice lowered and he leaned over to whisper to the other. "Neah and Allen are playing match-maker with Lavi and Lenalee."
"I know," was the simple comment but no other was given as to how he knew that…and Tyki thought to ask, but shrugged lightly and figured that Allen or Neah must've mentioned it to him.
"I'm going to scout ahead, check for Akuma," Tyki commented as he stepped his way easily into the sky and across the air as if floor was beneath him and not cold air. This left Toraido, who hadn't said another word since his previous and Lavi and Lenalee.
It was far too quiet for Lavi's liking, and since Toraido had fallen silent again so he glided across the snow easily with his skis over to Lenalee, striking up a conversation with her. "So, Lenalee what do you think of Uncle Moyashi?"
"Neah?" The female asked and then looked at Lavi. "Despite all we heard about what would happen to Allen when the Fourteenth took over…and what we know of the Noah…I was pleasantly surprised about him. He seems to genuinely care about Allen, and the rest of his family that he has. When he came back with only about half of his family, he seemed genuinely sad about possibly having to kill them. He's clearly not a bad person…he wants to kill the Earl after all…" She closed her eyes for a moment before responding against. "And anybody who can sing as well he can and write music like that…can't be all bad."
Lavi didn't particularly care what she was saying…although it was recorded, he had just wanted to hear the sound of her voice and he opened his mouth to say something, but it was interrupted by none other than Toraido, who had hefted his sword easily, ready to use it. The sounds of combat could be heard by the Noah, as well as flashes of dark matter and the sound of a dragon roaring. Lulubell it would seem.
Mightra and Maishiima were the next to engage in combat, both with Toraido. At one point, Noah's Judge had smashed the two of them into the snow and glanced at Lenalee and Lavi. "Go on ahead. Get the Innocence. Besides, Tyki and me…we'll want to destroy it."
Lenalee wasn't about to let the fight be three on two, but Lavi grabbed her by the hand, and began extending his hammer towards the forest. "They'll be fine, Lenalee. We need to get to the Innocence first."
Tyki glanced over as the two Exorcists as they passed, and he idly waved as he phased through a blow from Lulubell's tail. Cigarette smoke lightly swirled into the air from the cancer stick dangling from the man's lip as his shield made from a matured Teeze slammed into Lulubell's gigantic lizard bulk, her body crashing into snow in a flurry of white flakes.
"I thought dragons were lizards, Lulu," Tyki commented, lightly stepping down lower through the air as if steps were there. "Cold-blooded? Aren't you cold, Lulu?" He asked idly, blocking the tail with a teeze shield as it slammed into him.
"Tyki Mikk! You betrayed the master! And now I will kill you!" The dragon roared, shifting forms to a sleek black panther, the form she'd mostly been taking recently. She lunged forward towards the Noah, who easily allowed her to phase through while his leg shot out behind him, kicking the panther square in the hindquarter when she was fully phased through. She shifted again, her form matching Allen Walker's now and Tyki's gaze darkened slightly.
"Don't you dare use him against me, Lulubell," the man spat his cigarette onto the ground, snorting as he glared at the female.
"Oh, did I piss you off by using the form of your little boytoy?" Lulubell drawled, morphing her arm to match Allen's and lunging forwards towards him. Tyki easily blocked, and gave a harsh laugh and stepped back slightly, holding out his hand towards Lulubell, gaze dark. "Rejection."
Lulubell snorted, and shifted to the form of a snowy owl, taking off in flight. "It's time to retreat then. Tyki, the master will win. You're prolonging the inevitable." The owl easily vanished into the falling snow, following after Lavi and Lenalee.
It was probably a good time to return to aid Toraido now, Tyki thought, still annoyed with Noah's Lust for doing such a thing. Damn. He'd go help Toraido, then go after Lenalee and Lavi. Taking off into the sky again, he glanced towards the sky. "You better be safe, shounen." If there were three Noah here, then the other three and maybe even the Earl were going after Allen's team.
Lenalee and Lavi had reached the forest, and when they reached out to touch a tree, they could feel the slightest of barriers. "We should be able to pass though it," Lenalee commented. "If it's caused by the Innocence…" They two passed through the barrier easily enough, glancing back towards the outside. "I hope Tyki and Toraido are alright..."
"They'll be fine, Lenalee-chan," the Bookman junior commented, shivering slightly in the cold even though his coat was quite warm. Johnny had made them especially for cold missions…but it was still cold. "The Innocence should be in the middle of this forest…" Extending his hammer towards, the canopy, a pine tree that he was near suddenly lashed out at him with a branch filled with pine needles, smacking Lavi to the ground.
"Lavi! Are you alright?" Lenalee asked, helping the red-head to his feet as he glared at the tree. Once she had made sure he was; the two Exorcists glanced around the area. "Looks like we might not be able to get out until we get the Innocence," she commented. "It also looks like we're on foot through here…"
Lavi rubbed the back of his head lightly and nodded his head in agreement. "Uncle Moyashi showed me a map of this forest. The center should be about...five miles to the Northwest. Let's get walking."
For the first two miles, they mostly stayed silent until Lavi spoke, glancing around to double-check that they were alone. You never knew with this forest now that the trees were semi-living. It was getting dark. "Hey, Lenalee…" He had never been a shy man…so why was saying this so difficult? No matter how much he knew it was wrong being in love with this girl because he was a bookman apprentice…he'd already thrown it all to hell for his comrades. Screw Bookman emotionless self. He may not be his apprentice anymore by the end of this…but he would be happy.
"Yes, Lavi?" The girl asked, stepping in next to the other former exorcist. "What is it?"
"You look cold," was what he finally came up with and he mentally punched himself in the back of the head. He moved slightly closer to her until there was barely any space between them. It was decided. Actions spoke louder than words and he stopped and turned to face Lenalee. Before she could ask why he'd stopped and what he was doing, she was being kissed delicately for a moment. "I love you, Lenalee Lee…I have for awhile now…" Well. The color of red she suddenly turned was one way to keep warm?
"Lavi…I…" A finger to her lips, and he shook his head for a moment. "Let me finish…I'm a bookman apprentice…I shouldn't…have these types of emotions. But I do. Allen's a close friend, even Yu…I've become so close to you all since I met you that the line between my Bookman self, and Lavi has been corroded. You can reject me if you want…but I do love you. I'll fight Komui for you if I have to."
"Lavi…I think I may have fallen in love with you as well…ever since that fight with the level three Akuma…you've done nothing but care for me and be my light. Even Allen was never like that… He's like my brother, only not as crazy. I know that I cry a lot…and that makes people worry…" A few tears formed in her eyes, but Lavi easily wiped them away, commenting that they would freeze to her pretty eyes otherwise. "I'll do my best to be stronger…like everybody else. I'll be somebody that they can count on in the worst of times."
They both seemed content with their answers, and with a happy sigh, Lavi moved on ahead towards the center.
Lulubell screeched as her talons scored across the Innocence barrier, but didn't penetrate. She had to get the Innocence for her master! She just had to. Akuma were also attacking the barrier, trying to get through as well.
"Noah-sama! I cracked the barrier over here," chimed a level four akuma as a few more level threes and two chipped away at the crack. Lulubell moved towards the place shown, and shifted to dragon form, smashed through the barrier with a roar. Moving closer to the trees, they set up their own sort of barrier by swinging their needled branches towards the Akuma and Noah. Once the Noah, and Akuma were through however, the barrier repaired itself easily enough.
Down in the forest, the two exorcists heard the shattering and quickened their pace to a point where Lenalee had activated her Dark Boots, grabbed Lavi and began running at high speeds.
Tyki and Toraido managed to be a pretty good tag against the remaining two Noah, to a point where they had the Earl open an Ark gate and retreat for the time being.
Leaning against each other for a moment for a breath, Tyki grabbed his Noah brother and together they headed towards the forest. Lulubell was still at least. They were now above the barrier, trying to figure out how to get in. The innocence would harm them if they tried to get through it…they weren't like Rhode with her healing abilities. Tyki tapping the barrier lightly, scowling as it burned his finger tips lightly. "Now what?"
Toraido already had a plan though, and using a bit of blood on his clothing from himself, he marked an X on the barrier, snorting lightly at the burn. Looking towards the other Noah, he pointed upwards and Tyki complied.
Toraido held his sword downwards towards the X, and released Tyki as the blade penetrated the barrier easily enough. "Barrier break," he muttered to himself, causing the whole thing to shatter. What a helpful sword he had there with the power to break barriers.
"Not bad," Tyki commented as he grabbed the Noah before he fell completely. "There's Lulubell. Hey…Tora…" He had an idea. Using the Noah strength, he hurled his brother towards the back of the dragon. A resounding screech of pain and annoyance was heard as the Noah's blade cut through the flesh and scales of the Noah's back. "Oi. Did you forget about us?" Tyki drawled, stepping towards the two. "You know, Lulu…I'm still a bit pissed about earlier…"
The group of Akuma she had…they'd pose no problem at all. Even if they knew that some of the Noah had betrayed their creator, they still had to obey them. Tyki glanced at them, and frowned at them. He couldn't tell them to self-destruct…it would hurt his shounen. So he did the next best thing. "Hey, Akuma…you see those two exorcists down there? Let them destroy you."
"No, Akuma. Don't listen to this traitor," Lulubell spat, slamming one of them into the ground with her massive tail and successfully managing to break it. So much for saving that one's soul. Tyki winced, and glared at Lulubell as the two began to fight again. Toraido on the other hand was working with Lavi and Lenalee who had found the Innocence. The female took it, and stuffed it easily into her coat before giving Toraido the thumbs up. He began to use his sword in the manner of a bat, smashing the Akuma towards the two exorcists to let them destroy them. "Tyki! We got it, we're leaving now."
"You lose, Lulu," Tyki drawled, smashing the large creature into the forest below. "Tell the Earl he's lost this round. If he wants to sacrifice us in the end….then he'll have a really hard time of it." He didn't want her to follow them back to the gate though…she could slip in and cause some damage while Allen and Neah were away. So, he smiled and began rejecting the air space around the Noah, locking her in a deep whirling ball of blackness. Phasing through, he watched the struggling Noah, now back in her human form. "Lulubell," he greeted. Then sighed, the black ark gate appeared beneath her, and allow her to fall through. "Good evening, Earl." He called lightly into the gate before allowing himself to accept the space around him.
Their mission was successful. It was time to head home. From the looks Lenalee and Lavi were giving each, worry about heading home with Komui there…he knew that Neah and Allen's plan had been a success…Everybody needed somebody in their life to provide love and attention to. It's what made their lives bearable sometimes.
A/N; 8D I gave Toraido a little bit of personality. Just a little bit. And gave his sword the ability to break barriers. Yay. Uh. Yeah. That's about it.
Angry Lulubell is angry. And I think this is my longest chapter yet...maybe. Maybe not. Anyway. Who enjoyed Lavi's questions about Tyki and Allen's sex life? XD
It's 2 AM, so if you see any typos or anything...let me know so I can fix it. Bed time for me now. I wanted to get this chapter up, however. 3
Next chapter; Egypt.