Chapter 14
The Dream
Where Laia had previously stood in the air in all her silver glory and Innocences activated, there is a red-ruby colored crystal glowing rhythmically like a heartbeat. All the Innocences that still have not found its accommodator and are still in cube form circled the red crystals, as if to protect it in a never ending cycle. The red crystal is different from the green cubes, as if it had a heart to begin with; it pulsed with life and red light. It has a heart shape, gold colored glowing cube crystal in the center of the heart shaped crystal, and there are engravings of gold vines all over the crystal. It confirms to all that she is indeed the Heart
The long awaited Heart Apostle General.
"The Heart!" Lavi exclaims, staring at the beautiful floating heart. The rest of the accommodators stare at it as well. They are all in awe with the heart floating in mid air, and could feel the sheer power that is flowing out of it. There was a human figure inside the heart, and she floats with her hair and her long silvery skirt floating around her.
"It is the Heart!" Lenalee exclaims as well, standing beside Lavi to stare at it. Moments later, the heart burst into thousands of light pieces, transforming into healing properties of glowing red lights.
"Our wounds!" Allen exclaims. "They've healed!"
"It's Laia!" Lavi said to them. "She heals us!"
And there she is, standing proudly on the air with her powers rippling off her in waves. The bells on her silvery white staff rung, and the rest of the akuma looks up to her as if in a trance. They all followed her, and they flew up in an army, going after the long awaited Heart Apostle.
"Destroy the Heart!" the Earl exclaims loudly, and all levels akuma rushes after her to kill her. She flew up into the skies with all the akumas going after her with her staff, and in a flash, she is up in the skies. Once she passes through the clouds, she lets herself fall back, her Innocences deactivated.
"Innocence, Deactivate," she mumbles softly, her eyes closed and letting herself feel the wind against her skin.
All her Innocence retreated into her body. She felt the wind against her cheeks and skin, and she felt her hair rippling behind her. She felt like flying, and her Innocence had made her dreams come true by making one of its abilities being able to fly on air on will. She loves her Innocence more than anything in the world, and in return, the Innocence loves her till it is willing to protect her from harm, imbuing itself into her blood and into her brain to make her all the more powerful. Then she saw them.
Everyone is shocked that she has deactivated her Innocence. She is virtually powerless as she fell from the skies to the grounds. She saw Kanda running to catch her, and she did nothing but smile.
"I shall salvage all of your souls…" Laia said to them with a smile.
"Innocences! Hadsudou!" she exclaims loudly and her Innocence came wrapping itself around her in less than a few seconds. Completely enveloped in silver white, she sang a loud chorus of music and she fell to the ground in one clean and graceful movement and slams her staff onto the ground, a loud squeak of a bird-like calling musical tone releases from it, and everyone is almost thrown back by the power of the staff.
The power excluded by the staff is so immense that all the akumas disintegrated into dust and nothing at all after it is hit by the power field. Nothing is left in the world, and they are safe once more.
"Did all the akumas…?" Lavi stuttered, staring in absolute disbelief at the scene in front of him.
"They disappeared…" Lenalee said to herself, one hand covering her mouth.
"No," Allen said determinedly. "They are gone. Gone with Laia's powers…"
"We've won the war…?" General Tiedoll said to them in disbelief, watching the empty battle field with disbelief.
There is nothing left on the battlefield, and Laia, still within her Innocence form, stood up proudly and straightens her back. She has defeated the akumas with only one of her Innocences, and she is rippling with power.
As soon as her Innocence disintegrated, she fell down in a heap, losing consciousness.
"Laia!" Kanda exclaims from afar, and rushes to her rescue. He sweeps her into his arms and held her. Blood came out from her mouth and nose and she bleeds dark black blood.
"Quick!" Lavi exclaims. "To the infirmary!"
Kanda sweeps her into his arms and run to the infirmary. Her blood flows none stop, like loose pipe water, and it dripped to the ground and glows in a golden light of sort.
"Why is her blood glowing?" Allen asks, and stopped at his tracks. He touches her blood, and he had a sudden instinct that her blood is conjoined with her Innocences.
"Like mine…?" Allen mumbles to himself. He is surprised with the revelation, and is thoroughly shocked with it. How could Laia end up with her Innocence completely imbued into her blood?
That is when Laia woke up with a start.
She patted her body anxiously, and found that there are no wounds. She touches her weapon, and finds that she is still that low leveled Exorcist with some decent leveled weapons as an Innocence. She sighs gratefully, cursing the stupid dream that had caused her to lose some sleep.
But it's so vivid, she thought to herself. Could it be the future?
No, the Innocence replies her in its tinkling bell-like voice. It is not. Rest. I will tell you more if you rest more… be good.
Laia fell back to her bed and closes her eyes. The cool air that came in from her window is causing her to shiver pleasantly, and she picks up her thick blanket and covers herself tightly in it. She loves sleeping in a cold place. It doesn't make her sweat, and she likes to shiver. It feels so pleasant.
That morning, the Black Order is going to move to its new headquarters. Kanda and Lavi had shrunk to an immensely small size, and are mumbling something bad about the scientists in the Black Order Science Department.
"You stupid people had nothing to do but to make these stupid things are you?" Lavi exclaims angrily, throwing his small hands up into the air.
"You fucking people better fucking give me the fucking antidote. Right fucking now!" Kanda hisses angrily with a wooden sword in his arms, and the science department people shivers in fear. A pea sized brat Kanda Yuu with a wooden sword is just as dangerous as an adult and fully grown Kanda Yuu who has the real Mugen in his arms.
Suddenly, someone from behind came at him and hugged him, wrapping their arms around him and rubbed their face against his head.
"What the-" Kanda mouthed when suddenly he felt as if he's been lifted up into the air.
The next thing he knew, he's sitting right in Laia's arms.
"Let me down this instant, woman! I'll cut you down if you don't!" he screeched in anger, a steady blush blooming rapidly across his fair visage. It is already an embarrassment when he, as one of the tallest exorcist had turned into a pea-sized brat. He made a mental note to really kill the scientist in question who created those stupid experiments and left them lying about dangerously.
Laia smiles gleefully and ignored his death threat, knowing that his Mugen is now safely tucked away while Komui repairs them. Hugging him tightly to her, she rubbed her face against Kanda's now small body and sighed happily.
"You're so cute, and you smell so good, Yuu. And you're soft for once, not hard with muscles! I love you!"
"That sounds just weird enough, Laia, coming from you…" Lavi said while sweat dropping, his expression blank with shock.
Laia continues to hug Kanda, and no sooner, Kanda grew tired and allows her to stick to him.
It was then Kanda smelled her scent again. It was so fragrant, and sweet, and seductive. He blushes when he saw just how close he is to her face and her breast, and looks away.
Laia smiles up at Kanda, and pulls in his face. She took the opportunity that he is short and small and kisses him on the lips. Kanda's eyes bulged wide and huge, and he stutters.
"Y-y-you…!" little Kanda stutters, his blush going redder and redder as the second goes by with her smiling ever so beautifully at him.
"I love you, Yuu-kun!" Laia said happily, hugging him all the more tighter. "I love you so so so so so sooooo much! Don't you love me too?" Laia asks loudly, and not notices that Kanda has passes out in her arms.
Those were the happy times.
Soon, war started. The akumas are on the move, and they are all to come to report to Komui's office to search for the Generals.
"General Tiedoll is missing. Laia Elfreya will be joining you and Noise Marie, Kanda-kun. She will be his disciple since he's the first one to call in when he heard of a new Exorcist," Komui said to them, and they saluted the Commander and went out of his office.
"We're comrades, eh?" Daisya said happily, one arm slung around Laia's shoulder. A sharp sound rung in the air and Kanda's sword is soon placed coolly on Daisya's neck.
"Your. Hand," Kanda said to him, an ominous cloud over his head. Daisya slowly retracted his hand and ran for his life, his bell ringing merrily on his hat.
"You should leave him alone, Yuu-kun!" Laia said to him, one foot stomping on the ground. Kanda smirks when he saw that.
"One day, Laia. Someone is gonna rape you and you will just let him go when he pleads at you…" Kanda said to her, and strode off with a haughty attitude. Laia made a face at him and blows out a tongue at him.
"I'm gonna slice off your hair one day and make them my new fake hair!" Laia screams and Kanda twirls his Mugen in the air in his arms, walking straight forward without looking back at her.
Growing angry with his stupid attitude, Laia charges at him silently in a quick pace and planned to attack him from behind. Kanda felt a murderous intent charging at him from behind and flipped the person to the front.
In that short moment when Laia is screaming in the air, Kanda saw that it is her, and for a moment, he is shocked.
Quickly, he flipped her back, and somehow, she ends up in his arms, with his face hovering close to her face like never before.
"Y-Yuu!" Laia stutters, feeling the hot blush spreading across her face as Kanda stares her down with his dark eyes. Now that she notices, it was a deep dark blue, with never ending swirls of pain and sadness and anger in it. Slowly, she touches his face with her small hand, and landed a butterfly touch on his skin.
"Yuu…" Laia mumbles his name again, and this time, Kanda leans in, kissing her hard on her lips.
Kanda broke the kiss and releases her, letting her drop to a soft heap on the ground.
"If you dare to speak again, then I shall kiss you again," Kanda said, a steady blush on his face. What on earth made him kiss her like that?!
Laia nodded her head blankly, and watches him walk away from her. Then she saw he stopped, and walked forward again. And stopped again.
With a light click of his tongue, he turns back sharply and scoops up Laia in his arms. She squeaked and protested.
"Hey! Let me go!" Laia screamed in protest, and is met with his lips again for the second time that day.
"I told you," Kanda said after releasing her lips. "You talk again, and I shall kiss you again. Understood me?"
Laia nodded her head, and she allows him to carry her to the infirmary. He knew she has scraped herself on a rusty tool just now, and she has skipped going to the infirmary. Knowing she is a stubborn girl, he felt that it is his duty to bring her to the infirmary. Lest that the old General Tiedoll blames him again for his little darling daughter's accident.
"Take care of yourself well, alright?" Kanda said, helping her bandaging her wound. It was a large scrape, and the doctor had already given her an injection to prevent infections. "I couldn't always be there for you…"
"Thank you, Yuu-kun. You're so kind…" Laia said to him, and watches him with her eyelids fluttering with shyness. It was too much for Kanda, and he leans back down to kiss her again. This time, he made it a soft kiss. He slides his lips from side to side, and prodded her mouth with his tongue.
"Open your mouth for me…" Kanda mumbles against her lips, and she shyly opens her mouth. He dives into her mouth with his tongue and entangles her tongue in his. She moans shyly, and one of her hands are on his shoulders, gripping his clothe.
"Laia! I heard you were injured!" Allen screams, barging into the room with the rest of the Exorcists. Kanda quickly detaches himself from her and made her lie down with the blanket covering her face.
"She's asleep, don't disturb her, Moyashi," Kanda said, striding out of the infirmary and to his room.
"It's Allen, BaKanda!" Allen exclaims angrily, one hand wringing at Kanda's retreating back.