Day: 351as a comrade
I wiped sweat from my forehead. I still couldn't invoke my innocence at all. Zokalo swung Madness and I dodged. That seemed to be the only thing I could do. Invoke! I ordered again. I felt a ripple of power come from within my body, but just as it had before, it did nothing. Cursing I dodged another attack. Zokalo had made training earlier than the day before. Giving it another try I screamed "Invocate!" It still didn't reveal itself. I was getting irritated with my innocence, why was it so hard to do a task that seemed so simple? I asked myself.
After training I rubbed my wrist where a new red ring had now formed. I debated on going to the infirmary and decided not. All of a sudden I felt someone tap on my shoulder. Turning around I saw Allen. "Allen? What's up?" Allen grinned, then I noticed his beautiful golden eyes. "Wrong Sephiria, long time no see."
"Aaron," I gasped. He was wandering around the Order so freely? "What the hell do you think you're doing!" I shook my head. "Nobody will notice. It's okay." Aaron said. I grabbed on to his hand. "No it isn't. We've got to get back to Allen's room."
"Whatever you say," Aaron grinned.
When we arrived at Allen's room I immediately went in and shut the door behind me. "That's better," I sighed. "Aaron, you can't just wander around the Order so care freely. If you got caught I-"
Aaron stared at me with Allen's puppy dog eyes. "D-don't! Don't use Allen's eyes like purposes like that!" I blushed.
All of a sudden someone knocked on the door. I went and answered it, there on the other side of the door was Lavi. Worst timing ever. "Lavi!" I smiled nervously. "Fancy seeing you here! Is there anything you want? Allen's not here right now. I'm just here to find something for him!"
"Sephiria? What's wrong?" Aaron asked and my blood went cold. This was really, really, really bad. Aaron peeked out the door, and when he saw Lavi his eyes went cold and evil. I felt myself get pulled back in to his arms and the low growl that at begin to build up in his chest. "Stay away from her Bookman trash!" Aaron hissed, and my jaw almost dropped to the floor.
"Well… that's a little offensive Allen. Don't you think you're being a little to overprotective today?"
Aaron didn't budge. Lavi inspected him a little closely, and soon he realized it. A smirk came on to his face and he walked in to the room on his own shutting the door. Aaron backed up still holding me tightly. "You're not Allen are you? 14th." Lavi said. "It already feels like I know you, considering all the information I know about you." I wanted Lavi to stop talking. I didn't want Aaron to know that I had told Lavi about him.
"What?" Aaron hissed. "How-?" Then he looked down at me and I shut my eyes. He shoved me away. "You told him about me!" I turned my head so that I wouldn't have to look in to his eyes. "I told you to stay away from him in the first place! I told you to stay the hell away from all of the Bookmen!"
"I'm sorry!" I cried. "I really am! But Lavi's my friend, what am I supposed to do? I can't stay away from him!"
"Don't be fooled Sephiria, he'll just betray you in the end. He doesn't consider you a friend! You're just a part of the history he's recording!"
"Hey! Don't say that! I would never try and harm Sephiria in any way!" Lavi retorted angrily.
"I didn't ask you to speak Bookman! Just stay the hell away from Sephiria!" Aaron raised his fist and it started to come down on Lavi. NO! My mind screamed.
Solara:
"Stop it 14th!" I screamed as I caught his arm. "Don't hurt him."
"Solara? Why would you?"
"Lavi is my friend, and he his Sephiria's friend also, so don't hurt him."
"Don't be stupid Solara! He's a Bookman!" Aaron cried.
"Lavi's still young! Don't you see how much Sephiria means to him? Don't you see how much Allen means to him? He truly considers them as friends!" I fought back.
Lavi seemed almost surprised that I had actually defended him and called him my friend.
"So you're telling me to trust him? You know I can't do that Solara. You of all people should know that Bookmen only care about their records. How many Bookmen tried to reveal you to the world Solara? How many records did we have to burn to make sure that never happened? And now you expect me to trust one? I can't do that."
I placed my hand on his cheek. "Please, just this once. For me and Sephiria." I was almost begging him. He grasped my hand that was still on his cheek and leaned in to it. My eyes drank in the sight, because even though he was in Allen Walker's body I could somehow still see the brown haired and messy haired boy that I loved so much.
"Just this once," he gave in and let my hand fall back to my side. "But if he betrays Sephiria I won't hesitate to erase him."
"And I won't stop you," I replied.
Then Aaron's attention turned to Lavi. "I will trust you Bookman, but only because the two of them want me to, but I'm warning you not to betray my trust."
"I won't," Lavi promised.
Aaron gave him a nod then released his control over Allen's body. He fell to the ground and there laid Allen unconscious.
"Thanks Solara," Lavi said.
"No problem," I turned to face him. "I know that you would never betray Sephiria."
He gave me a confident smile as a response. I decided to tease the boy just a little bit. "I know that you would never betray Sephiria, because I know your feelings towards her."
His cheeks flushed and his eyes got wide. "D-don't joke around like that Solara! Sephiria is six years younger than I am!" He denied, but that blush on his face definitely said otherwise.
"So what?" I shrugged. "Age shouldn't stop anyone from falling in love. Anyways you've been basically her closest friend at the Order for a year now. You always worry about her, and are extra protective over her."
His face was getting redder and redder by the second. "So what if I do like her? It's obvious that she likes Allen anyways."
"But she hasn't realized it yet so you still have that grand chance of stealing her heart away from him!" I smiled cheerfully.
"Why would you want her to be with me?" Lavi pouted.
"I don't want history to repeat itself." I said bluntly. "It would be like the 14th and I all over again. And we all know how that story ends!"
"Death," Lavi said correctly. "Well Sephiria and Allen won't end that way, I can promise you that."
"Giving her up to your best friend? What a good friend," I sighed.
"Shut up," he mumbled. "When she stops loving him I'll take her for myself."
I patted Lavi on the head. "Well let's just hope that by that time it won't already be too late."
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Solara was definitely getting stronger. She was able to come out whenever she wanted to now. In face Lavi told me that she's done it again today. I was grateful to her though, she had calmed Aaron down and kept him from beating Lavi in to a pulp. She even convinced him to trust Lavi. Lavi, I thought. When I had regained control of my body he seemed to act oddly around me. I wondered if Solara had said anything weird to him. If she had it wouldn't be that surprising though. I wandered around the order aimlessly until Section Chief Reever came to me breathless. "The chief is looking for you." he panted.
Komui? I thought to myself. What did he want? "I'll be going then."
When I arrived in the office I wasn't the only one there. Kanda, Allen, Lenalee, and Lavi were also there. "What's going on?" I asked. "Mission," Lenalee said. "To China." I walked over to the couch where everyone else sat and sat down also. "Do we really need this many exorcists for one mission?" Kanda groaned.
"There have been reports of sightings of the Earl in this area." Komui explained.
"Che," Kanda scoffed. His usual response to everything. The mentioning of the Duke being spotted there sparked my interest along with Allen's. "You will be staying at the Asian Branch of the order." Komui said. "Sephiria and Lenalee will be your communicators. That is their purpose for the mission. So I don't want to see them too beat up when you come back. Okay boys?" Komui told them demonically. So I was going because of the language barrier that everyone would have. Thank goodness I could speak Chinese. For Allen and Lavi it was French and German, and for Kanda it was obviously Japanese.
"When's the mission," Allen asked.
"The day after tomorrow," was Komui's reply. "So start packing." We all nodded and left the office. I had never gone on a mission with so many exorcists before so it was somewhat exciting to me, but the best part was that there was a chance that the Millennium Duke might show up. My heart pounded with excitement, how lonf had I waited to see the Duke's face again, to destroy him with my own hands. I hated the Duke so much. Lavi tapped on my shoulder. "Sephiria, the Earl might be there. Well you be alright?" I nodded, "I'll be fine, don't worry."
"Well don't get too wild. Link will be going also."
"I'll watch out. Thanks for worrying Lavi," I smiled sweetly. Then his face flushed, "don't mention it." He replied before walking away as fast as he could leaving me completely confused about everything.
"Oh Sephiria!" Lenalee called. "Want to join me for dinner?"
I nodded.
"I'll join you too!" Allen smiled walking with us to the cafeteria.
After dinner Allen and I waved goodbye to Lenalee who was returning back to Komui. "Lenalee really loves her brother doesn't she." I smiled looking at Allen searching for any signs of his former attachment towards her. There was nothing. "Yeah she does," he grinned.
"Well I'll be going now," I told him. Allen walked after me, "I'll walk you back!"
I nodded uneasily, two days ago still hadn't left my mind.
On my way back to my room there was an odd silence between us that made me wonder if he too was remembering Christmas day. When we reached my room I waved goodbye to him. "Wait Sephiria!" Allen called and I froze. wasn't that what he'd said last time? "Uhm yeah?" I replied.
"You've got food right here," he pointed to his cheek to show me where. "Wh-what?" I blushed feeling like an idiot.
"Here, I'll get it," he smiled, and wiped the corner of my mouth with his thumb which didn't make me feel any better. I could feel my cheeks heating up like a fire. When Allen found his hand rested on my cheek he seemed to pause for a second, and my heart beat a million miles and hour. He hesitated a bit and leaned in again like the last time. At that very moment my mind screamed de ja vu, but instead of aiming for my lips he aimed for my cheek. He kissed it softly and smiled sweetly at me. "Goodnight Sephiria," he said and sled his hand off of my face, then walked away. I held my cheek in shock and I felt it burning up. Allen ran through my thoughts, it was almost like he controlled my thoughts. That night I fell asleep, my hand still on my cheek where he's kissed me as I was flooded of thoughts of Allen Walker.