Allen, Cross, Kanda, Johnny, Bookman, and Lavi all came out of the gate. It was nighttime and the moon was barely shining. As his eyes adjusted to the dark, Johnny saw they were in a forest. Nearby there was a stream.

Allen began walking. Johnny was about to ask where they were but Allen ran over and put his hand over Johnny's mouth. Allen held up a finger to his own mouth, signaling for everyone to be quiet.

He started to walk toward the stream and walked straight in. The stream was relatively large and apparently very deep since Allen had to swim. He paused to turn around and signaled for everyone to follow him. Remembering Lavi, he went and took him from Bookman and went back in the water, this time diving deep down. Kanda jumped in right after him, followed by Bookman and Johnny. Cross paused for a moment, putting the cork on his bottle of wine, and followed.

Under the water, it was surprisingly bright. Since the water was so clear, it absorbed any moonlight from above, lighting the path. In front of him, Johnny saw the dim figure of Bookman and followed as quickly as he could. Bookman started to go up and it began to get darker. Just when the light seemed to fade, Johnny broke the surface and could finally breathe.

Cross popped up behind Johnny and pushed him. Johnny hit a hard surface and climbed onto it. He almost fell off because he tripped over Lavi, who was laid down by Allen.

Suddenly a bright light filled the room, blinding everyone. Thinking someone followed them, Kanda took his 'weapon' and got into a fighting stance.

"Relax," Johnny said. "It's my glasses!" He proudly said. As he adjusted to the light, Kanda saw a small flashlight attached to the side of Johnny's glasses. Johnny stood proudly with a smile on his face when Cross came up from behind him and hit him on the head. "Idiot!" he shouted. Allen saw that and sat quietly next to Lavi, hoping that Cross wouldn't direct his anger toward him.

Lavi woke up and was coughing for some of the water had gotten up his nose. "Lavi!" Bookman shouted as he came over to him. "Huh? Why is Allen here?" He asked. "It's a bit of a long story," Allen said with his smile. "Don't tell me, you've gone to the side of the Noah haven't you?" He said sitting up. As he sat up he saw Cross, Kanda, and Johnny. "You guys too?!" he shouted, trying to get up but he fell back down. "Relax! We're not with the Noah! We saved you from the Noah!" Kanda said with a snarl.

"Aww! Yuu, you saved me!" Lavi said. Kanda scoffed and looked away. "But where are we? And where's everyone else?" Everyone nodded in agreement. "I think it's about time that I get everyone caught up," Allen said.

By the time Allen finished his story, Lavi was almost asleep. It was silent. Bookman, not only to punish Lavi but to also raise the mood, gave him one of his famous 'panda punches.'

"So what's your connection to Neah?" Cross complained, "So far you've only talked about running away!" "I was getting to that!" Allen yelled. "Oh so the stupid kid finally got some nerve?" Cross threatened, tapping on the guns at his side. Allen immediately shut up.

"Wait, I thought your innocence rejected you," Johnny nervously said, only making Cross angrier. Allen quickly answered, "He always has real guns with him… and daggers."

Road yawned and complained, "How long is this going on? I want to have Allen to myself already." "Fine, I'll finish the story tomorrow," Allen said. Immediately Kanda scoffed and went over to the darkest part of the cave, rolling onto his side with his weapon close by. Slowly everyone rolled over and slept; everyone except Allen.

He quietly got up and slid into the water, swimming outside. He got into the shade of the trees and shook his hair. It was almost shoulder length; he'd have to cut it again soon. He looked around and walked toward the tallest tree nearby, slowly climbing into it. As he sat down on one of the branches he rearranged the leaves so he was hidden but could still see out.

He sat there, trying to make sense of what happened after Neah died. In the back of his mind he vaguely remembered going to the order, all the friends he had, and Mana. He slowly remembered their names: Komui, Marie, Miranda, Timothy, Krory, and many more. He remembered running, trying desperately to not turn into Neah. Don't fall asleep boy. Tyki's words suddenly popped into his head. It gave Allen an idea.

He climbed down in a hurry and began to run as far as he could from the entrance to the cave. He crossed several small streams, hopping lightly over the rocks. He ran for what seemed like hours when he finally flopped down on his back, panting in the grass. He stared up at the stars and smiled sadly. In a flash, all the exhaustion he'd been hiding away for the past months came back and he drifted to sleep.

He fell slowly into the pitch black darkness of his mind, slowly finding a light deep within.

"Welcome back, Allen"

His eyes snapped open, around him was a strange world with blood red skies. Neah stood in front of him. He leaned over the chair Allen was sitting on and smiled. "Good morning!" he said.

Allen smiled head bumped Neah as strong as he could. "Wat was tat for?" Neah pouted. "For not telling me earlier about how I'm not 15!" Allen shouted.

Neah smiled sadly. After he had died his memories were held on to by Allen, who in turn lost his own memory. "What happened after you died?" Allen asked, "There's a huge blank spot in my memory."

"How would I know?" Neah shrugged his shoulders. "You've been inside of me the whole time! How did you not see what happened?" Allen yelled. "I was asleep until 3 months ago!" Neah yelled back. "If it wasn't for the Earl you'd still be prancing around with your stupid friends!" Allen went silent. He wanted to yell back that they weren't his friends but… he'd spent so much time with them. Plus they were always helping him out; like that time when he had to search for shishou. Allen was in deep thought about the time he spent with the people he wanted to call his friends.

Neah waved in front of Allen's eyes and his eyes snapped up back to where Neah was standing in front of him. "You ok?" Neah asked. "Yeah, I just was remembering all the horrible things shishou did to me," Allen said. "Ah" Neah said, shuddering as he remembered watching all the things Cross did to Allen (through timcampy's playback feature). I have to forget about them, Allen thought, Near is the only one I can trust.

"So, I've been wondering why you're keeping those kids around you," Neah said. Allen gave him a questioning look. "The purple hair and afro, isn't it just easier to get rid of them?" He asked. "I need them as a fighting force. You don't honestly think we can kill all of the Noah by ourselves do you?" Allen asked. "I've done it before so I'm pretty sure that I can do it again," Neah said.

"But this time they're expecting it," Allen said. He continued, "They'll probably stay in groups when hunting us to avoid any chances like last time. That is, if they're smart." Neah chuckled at the last comment. He was going to make a comeback but decided against it.

"So why did you come here?" Neah asked. "It's not like I have something against it but you did come for a reason, right?" He added quickly. "I just wanted to see what happened after your death and how I managed to get innocence. Let alone a parasitic type," Allen said. "Well then I'll be taking my leave, since you clearly don't have the answers."

Just before he disappeared, Neah put his hand on his shoulder. "Is it really necessary to tell them about our past?" He asked. "If I don't and someone else tells them, they'll be even angrier because I didn't tell them anything before. They may even go to that person's side," Allen said.

Neah sighed. "Try asking Road," He said, " about the gap in your memory. She's probably been watching you the whole time." "Thanks," Allen said as he disappeared into the dark of him mind.

Since he had fallen asleep, Neah would have some time to be outside so Allen simply waited in the dark corner of his mind.

Neah woke up to the cool breeze running through his hair. He laid there for a moment remembering why he was out here. Oh yeah Allen ran out here so his friends wouldn't see me, he thought. He slowly got up and brushed off his pants. They were a little wet from the early morning dew. He sighed and got up to walk back to the cave. This is gonna be a long walk, he thought. At least it's still early. At this pace he would be able to get back just as light would start filtering into the cave from all the small holes formed in the ceiling from many years of wear and tear.

He slowly walked through the plain, smiling as he was reminded of his childhood with his brother, Mana. He saw a great tree in the distance, similar to Cornelia, the one he always played at with Mana. He smiled, remembering how Mana and his mom would always tease him, tricking him into believing false things. Those were the best days, he thought, wishing they could go on forever; but they all stopped the day that that man took over. His smile quickly turned into a bitter frown. He shook his head, it was best to forget about those things. Realizing suddenly that he hadn't taken a step for a while he looked up at the sun. He yelled, putting his hand to his head. It was almost dawn! He must have been standing there for 30 minutes. He quickly ran, stumbling as he got accustomed to his own pace.

Author's Note:

This chapter was 5 words longer than the first chapter, the longest chapter (the story was that long not including this note thing! Yay!)! Yay! Also Come Home Allen has reached 1,600 views!

I'm gonna update every week again and try to hit around 1,700 words per weekly update. In case you noticed this chapter was split up into several sections because of the natural break in the story. So to make things fair, I will still try to hit 1,700 words per weekly update but it will most likely be split up into several chapters because of the natural breaks.

I'm back to updates every Sunday and hopefully it will work better than it did last time (I got really lazy).

Oh and again, if you have any questions just review and I will answer it at the end of my next chapter. If there are a lot of questions I will make another summary like I did before, along with the chapter that week.

Total words (including note): 1,918! (So close to 2,000!)

utside so Allen simply waitingaiting in the dark cornerson'eback but decided against it.

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