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Allen whimpered keeping his eyes shut still feeling hands on him despite that the' ones where only near his face shivering painfully the pain was just getting worse almost making him want to shift but knowing he'd only harm himself if he tried his wrist and ankles burn from abrasions the thin yet strong ropes pressing into the fragile skin. The voices where muffled but familiar unlike the previous booming of Tyki's his body kept twitching he needed to move he loathed being strapped down and helpless.
"When you see fit to open your , you will see me standing right beside you, no I wont let go and I cant let go there is nothing else and your not alone. Open your eyes you don't have to feel predetermined, cause I'm certain its brighter, I'm certain its better, I'm certain is brighter then this. just put your hand in mine together you know we'll be just fine." was voice half whispered over and over the voice familiar same with the words spiking his curiosity to peak threw his eyelashes without opening his eyes.
Kanda still hand his hands in Allen's twitching ones, his navy blue eyes shut half heartedly singing along as timcampy played out the role of mp3 player and headset, causing the bed ridden albino to smile gently squeezing the longer tanned and calloused fingers tighter. Opening his eyes fully before trying to talk flinching at being unable to his throat too dry and raw Kanda instantly snapping out of it as Tim fluttered off his head straight to Allen.
"you ok?"
Allen opened his mouth emitted a faint pained squeak rolling his eyes and tugging on the ropes Kanda luckily getting the message untying him quickly before walking over to get the ice cubes the head nurse had recommended gently scoping on up holding it out to Allen the boy smiling letting his lover feed him until he felt up to retesting his voice.
"Yuu enjoying my favourite songs?" the hurting boy asked playfully grinning wickedly at how when caught Kanda actually blushed.
"hush your in that bed for a reason."
"but I'm bored... oh god what happened to your hand its more bruised then that time you tried to hit Lavi and broke the marble wall instead."
"meh its nothing, and until I've got approval off the head nurse and Koumi your stuck on true bed rest." the darker hair replied brushing off the subject not wanting his petite lover to know that his own slim fingers had done the said damage.
"no fair..." Allen pouted " not even a kiss?"
"No I know you moyashi if I lean down you'd drag me down to you and keep me there, I know you wont break but I'm worried about breaking the bed if we tried anything right now besides what would we do if you had a seizure mid way and died due to over pushing you body." Kanda stated lifting one of Allen's hands kissing the intense bruising instead.
"point taken I'll be good... help me up right?"
"why."
"I'm bored so, I'm going to take another crack at fixing Timcampy's audio according to Neah he's was built to be able to talk like Lero you know that pumpkin umbrella thingy but cross was mucking around once and broke him." Allen stated puppy eyeing his beloved.
"fine so long as you keep eating and drinking while you work." Kanda sighed helping push Allen into a more upright position sticking countless pillows and cushions behind him to prop him up as Allen started by unscrewing the cross shape on the golom before leaning over mouth open swallowing the next ice-cube offered with a grin.
"Tim can you grow about five sizes I need a closer look at some of the more tiny delicate stuff." Allen asked the mini golom growing to the size of a large pumpkin Allen carefully reaching in working on the wires Kanda carefully leaning over.
"Moyashi there's some wires missing from this slot, and then extras tangled into the other side." the older spoke for once glad for the super-senses of the cloning the smaller grinning un-threading the mess before connecting them to the empty slot the pair working together this way until everything they could see between Allen's heighten vision (40 40 instead or regular 20 20) and Kanda's triple heighten vision (60 60 rather then regular 20 20) had fixed the tiny components.
"just how did cross break him I mean this is too much to be incidental..." Kanda spoke up slightly starting to worry.
"I'm begin to wonder that myself, Timcampy just what did you do to annoy shishou into hurting you..." Allen crooned softly re- screwing in the cross shape timcampy yawning stretching back before snuggling against the two that had fixed him.
"i ownly killed the nasty drink." came the flowery cutest high pitched warm and bubbly childish voice ((AN- think like Mokada or Mokana XXHolic/Tsubasa's voice mokada moriki ready to go~))
"you what?" Kanda asked timcampy shrinking back to his normal size fluttering over picking up an empty soda bottle with his tail soaring up to the roof throwing the bottle up catching it in his mouth his sharp teeth puncturing the bottle and dropping it from the highest point of the room.
"I killed it ^^." timcampy giggled fluttering back down snuggling against Allen's neck.
"good boy but no killing all drinks ok some are good and if you do that to Shishou again he may hurt you to the point I cant fix you." Allen tried to scold, the golom bobbing in the air making a zipping sound as a knock sounded on the door.
"Come in." Kanda called out not wanting to move the head nurse entering.
"how are you feeling."
"bored, agitated for no reason and my wrists are stinging but I've had worse." Allen shrugged.
Lifting his hands showing off the damage, his ankles where fine due to having not only his pants but socks as well his wrist had no protecting due to not wearing his gloves it had been Mana's rule no gloves or hiding his marked and weird looking arm thus he had deliberately left them off when Lenalee had handed him his clothing before tilting his head wondering what ever ended up happen to the glasses sure it was still 'night' but had got to be getting near daylight soon and he could practically crawl up the walls if he stayed still any longer, the agitation was minor in the back of his mind and he didn't even know why it was just there he could feel it but if laid under the confusion the only thing keeping from a panic attack was his Kanda by his side he didn't know how he would cope if the other wasn't there, but then if that wasn't the case he'd probably be dead and would (hopefully) stay that way from having a seizure without medically trained people there to help or worse recaptured by now...
"Jhonny showed me the results of your eye tests before passing out, Miss Lee and that wretch are cooking breakfast if you wish to get up and join them I didn't really leave a lot in here to truly get your weight back up to standards nor really to help assist with regrowing your muscles." the stern female spoke handing over the glasses Allen putting them one going to get up. "DID I tell you to get up Mr Walker."
Allen laid back down terrified after all last time he had gone against her orders he regretted it for months, Kanda doing his absolute best to keep a straight face least her wrath turn on him.
"i said you could join them for breakfast and perhaps give a tour of the house not that you could get up and gallivant your way around without anyone their to make sure just in case you don't have another seizure! If you wish to joining everyone at the table then there are some RULE'S." the woman barked darkly the pair gulping timcampy hiding in the thick wall of darkness that was Kanda's long hair trembling fearfully.
"yes Ma'am." Allen spoke quickly.
"one of those rules being that you are confined to a wheel chair until Told otherwise By Me. That you will Always have one medically trained personnel and at Least one other with you at all times until I tell you otherwise..." the woman began listing shooting the boy dark looks along with choosing her words carefully knowing the albinos love of loopholes the boy nodding at each one letting Kanda pick him up and place him in the wheel chair. "ABSOLUTLY NO SHIFTING FORMS."
"but I cant control that I'm actually surprised I'm still in human form the cat forms my real one now I'm not human... I am a sand cat."
"yes but I haven't heard tale of a sand cat surviving a seizure nor do we have any nearby Veterinarians should something go wrong." the woman spoke giving Allen as slightly scared look if the boy shifted and went into a seizure or worse then he would die and their would be no hope of helping him his only chance was to remain human.
Allen nodded understanding what she meant timcampy fluttering back into his lap growing as if trying to mimic some kind of deformed cat curled up as Kanda started pushing the stupid thing, the head nurse following watching closely. She had been the very first to learn of their relationship simple due to the boys not really hiding it how the rest of the order including both bookmen was beyond her they 'cat and mouse most likely to kill each other duo' where thick as thieves and all over each other the amount of times she caught them out of bed, heck she caught them twice after the ark incident to find them not only sharing the same bed while injured but if she had been any later on entering they would have had their hands down the others pants probably still sucking the others face off.
They need to be watched they had no knowledge of their own limits and although Kanda probably wouldn't start anything to be safe part of the drugs would heighten Allen's need for sexual contact which wasn't good for his heart to much of a spike and all hell would break lose and Kanda wasn't the kind to just let the younger suffer oh no if Allen begged enough he could ask for a mascara and be given it. Both where mature beyond their ages but Allen was still suffering from the barge of drug abuse he had suffered along with the rest of the hell he had lived and need counselling, where Kanda had pretty my latched on to the boy their was no way he would let Allen out of his site even for a minute even more so after the Noah dared entered his room where he had left Allen unprotected.
"Morning Allen." Neah spoke from where he was mid air lounging reading one of Mana's thick folders with bookman the senior citizen looking over and nodding before returning to his first apprentices works occasionally calling Lavi to look over the Correct method on labelling and report writing and how to do an efficient summary Lavi's eyes flashing with determination each time the boy truly wanting his job the indecision gone know that he knew that he could keep his friends and remain a bookman being an exorcist wasn't betraying his work it was a method to Prefect it.
Lenalee throwing her self at him arms sliding around timcampy crying apologising for not being their for Allen when he was in pain before going on an on about him now being crippled.
"Wait what? Lena I'm not crippled! The head nurses has 'suggested' I stay in human form with an army around me along with remain in this thing until she's certain I'm over everything and Bakanda's taking it to heart he wont even let me try pushing myself in this hunk of metal." Allen spoke lightly teasing Kanda even thought the boy had never even tried to stop Allen from giving the wheel chair a whirl, the act was more so Lenalee would laugh and let her focus be taken to Kanda the Japanese man lightly smacking the back of his head.
"your i'll now shut up and be good or Else." Kanda scolded playing along while half heartedly telling the other off for the white lie.
"Yes Dear." Allen smiled leaning back with a grin at the older letting the older whack him lightly a second time.
"so Kate how is he?" Cross spoke up.
"I believe I've informed you general not to call me or any of my nurses or female patients by name. Its rough to say he is an exorcist from KOMUIS branch, but if he's up and hungry it seems for now the first stage of horrors is over." the woman spoke moving over pouring out a coffee and moving over to one wall of books. "walker why are these in the kitchen?"
"Mana liked to read no matter the room, I was to young to read a lot but I do recall him ripping threw the house trying to suit my bedroom with more suitable books the door handles tell you what books are in the room their each engraved with a symbol a pen for famous authors, a puppy and and a kitten for books about animals the puppy for books about different animals and how to care for them all and the kitten for if the books are about the animals like black beauty. A rose and lotus for plants the rose like the puppy as a list and how to and the lotus a bit more stories where plants play a part some of the books on fey are their such as Ferngully."
"what about medical books."
"three symbols theirs the list of medical procedures, books on first aid and how to preform basic care for countless disorders and then books that mana called scandalous and that he'd one day kill the friend who gave them to him. The first lots symbol is a needle, the second group is a scalpel and the last is a thermometer." Allen stated brightly. The woman moving over to the door brushing the knob.
"needle... he put medical books in the kitchen?" the woman spoke more to her self scanning the books.
"why did you ask?" Allen questioned lightly.
"I haven't read up case like yours since I was aiming to get my medical licence reading may help see if theirs anything I've missed or could reduce some of the strain on your body. If I can find the bloody things..."
"Books on mental disorders are by the window, due to books stirring the doors of imaginations behind the eyes the windows of the soul thus he claimed it made sense that books concerning the our inner workings should be giving with a look at the garden, drug abuse books are closer to the sink..."
"why?" cross spoke gruffly.
"because that where drugs belong to be tipped down the actually drain and never seen again, it where alcohol belongs as well." Allen stated his snowdrop eyes screaming in pain, Neah coming over hugging the boy softly.
"Allen I highly doubt that mana would be angry over being drugged against your will. No one here is and I doubt anyone that knows and cares for you would be." the ghost spoke watching as the woman began to crack open the books scanning their list of chapters to get an idea of if the books would aid her.
As Lavi handed over the first plate of food Allen taking his time chatting back and forth quietly with Lenalee as the girl sat down with her food as her brother kept a close eye on her boyfriend, Kanda sitting down timcampy moving onto his lap.
"timcampy tooo!" the golom whined its tiny arms reaching for the food Cross dropping his drink in horror as Neah broke into a grin.
"you fixed Tim!" Neah some joyfully as Allen nodded handing the golom a 'minuscule' portion of his own meal.
"I got Yuu's help I was bored when I woke up."
"bored?" the head nurse spoke looking up from her book.
"I don't like sitting still or doing nothing and Kanda wouldn't even let me up or give me a good morning kiss due to the danger it could do to me. I get that I'm weak as at the moment just I've never been able to sit still without being occupied doing something Cross can tell you."
"even with a fever, broken ribs and a twisted ankle the kid was still running around the place hustling pool and poker tables or trying to do some form of work, the longest he sat still was when he was tied up out cold or rewiring a computer or a car."
"what was that last one?" Neah hissed lightly.
"BROKEN RIBS!" Lenalee screeched the rest of the room (minus Kanda) shooting looks between Cross and his unlucky apprentice.
"or the time your girl for the week got annoyed and you broke my legs as punishment." Allen added still eating.
"I wouldn't call that still. you where crawling around the entire villa and trying to steal work of the servants." Cross shot back.
"this is why when you said I had to find shishou I attempted to jump out a window and ended up well you recall that incident right Koumi?" Allen stated flatly as if commenting on the weather still eating the man nodding with his sister that had been a day and a half.
"they tried to send you after ME?" cross spoke bursting into peels of laughter.
" I know right shishou?" the boy smiled the current head general unable to stop laughing at the outrageous notion. "they actually sent others with me so I couldn't trying and Not find you."
"you know its weird the crappy little drawing you used to find people."
"OHH your still doing that, I thought I said i'd punish you next time for that."
"Lena I can draw just fine however last time I was drawing the way mana taught me cross made a criminal profit off of me so I started teaching timcampy to draw people." Allen stated "Kanda can you pass the juice?"
"Wha... you mean all those times..."
"oh it wasn't that bad you pansy."
"Forgery is a criminal offence Shishou even if it isn't completely identical to the true work the fact you forged docs claiming they where and also sold and marketed like that made me never want to paint ever again. Which is a shame I used enjoy painting, same as I used to enjoy music before the ark, enjoy reading before I became a sand cat. I'm running out of creative muses..."
"forgery?" Bookman spoke eyes narrowing.
"he'd show me post cards and ask if I could paint em bigger or say the girl of the week wanted her picture done and pose her like a famous painting and had to have certain things in the background. I was under 11 when he started then we went to Paris and one of the places I was working the boss gave me an off day and sent me to visit the louvre, I was soo mad I think it was the first time I actually lashed out against shishou and swore like I used to as a child, true I had added my own flare and mixed things up but other wise it was a hard to be sure the real from the fake when I got back to where I we where staying he had one room making the documents with a note saying he was in town I found him auctioning the work off to rich ladies."
"you set fire to the lot and I left you in jail for the week."
"oh god where you hurt Allen?" Lenalee spoke paling at the cruelty.
"no the first moron that came near me got a kick to the groined and I took his home made blade and said next who dared come near would suffer then used my innocence to turn the sharpen hair brush into mere itty bitty splinter like dust."
"that's my moyashi."
"ok I know this is off topic but just I've got to ask with you two who's the dom." Lavi spoke putting the final load of food on the table sitting down.
"what do you mean?" the two spoke in unison.
"their asking which of you plays the chick brat." Cross spoke calmly.
"plays the what?"
"oh for the love of the yaoi goddess... Kanda who is the uke and who is the seme?" Lenalee spoke rolling her eyes Kanda coughing out his last mouthful of food Allen quickly trying to help.
"A, Kamisama no Imoto... Hontoni?" Kanda spluttered.
"what did he just say?" Lavi asked blinking head tilted.
"- Oh, god little sister... Really?- " Cross translated "cause she translated what you where saying to Japanese."
"no that's not why... she shocked him into his native tongue I've done that to him once or twice." Allen shrugged still trying to help Kanda breath.
"what we know you two haven't had sex yet but come on your both really dominate so Lavi and I made a bet on which of you has more control, which of you is better hung and finally what sort of kinks you two could be into I mean you both have family as unwilling as you are to call them that how are overly sensual and are barraged with my bunny all day so you have to have some kinks." Lenalee admitted nibbling on her toast as Kanda forgot how to breath a second time and Allen paled staring at her as if she had grown three heads.
"kicks?" Allen echoed weakly.
"bondage, pet play, positions you know kinks..." Lenalee smiled the table looking at her oddly "what we've all have thought it before I mean their young and good looking and have weird child hoods who knows what they might find fun, I mean training with Allen I learnt he's more flexible then me and we all know how Allen eats and Kanda's thing with his hair and how long he rough he can get..." the girl deafened her self.
"oh good god..." Allen stated as Kanda remained silent.
"no longer." timcampy giggled the pair turning at the golom Kanda lunging trying to unscrew the cross.
"Timcampy dont you Dare!" Allen squeaked.
"No longer what tim?" Neah asked.
"she say virrrrgin I say no more~" timcampy spoke adorably as both boys tried to re rip out his voice box.
"You two are no longer... YOU FINALLY GOT LAID WHEN!" Lavi squealed.
"two times two times~" Timcampy sung loudly as the boys flushed harder.
"good point when?" The head nurse spoke eyes narrowed cross emitting a low growl.
"TIMCAMPY Cease Audio functions!" Allen spoke Tims lips zipping shut with a clicking sound.
"Walker." "Brat..."
"Once after moyashi had a nightmare while we where at the order and once's at Easter damn it please can the topic change!" Kanda hissed.
The room gave a chorus of "No."
"so who topped, kinks~~~~" Lenalee crooned.
The pair looking at each other quickly Allen speaking/Squeaking rapidly. "Kanda- is- the- only- one-who- topped- and- we- haven't- done- anything- really- that- involved- any- form- of- kinks- due- to- Kanda- fretfully- of- sending- me- into- a- break- down- that- unless- do- you- think- she's- talking- about- the- chocolates- does- that- even- count- I- mean- I- don't- know- why- the- hell- are- you- asking- these- sorts- of- questions- they- are- private- matters- that- don't- even- matter- to- you- there- should- be- no- reason- why- you- lot- would- even- care- Kanda- help- I'm- not- hungry- any- more- get- me- out- of- here- pretty- please- I- I- I- I- need- fresh- air- and- lots- of- it- bring- Timcampy- we- need- to- workout- how- to- delete- anything- he's- heard- or- seen- and- insure- a- method- to- limiting- what- he- says."
"did anyone get more the Kanda, air and did he say chocolate?" Lavi asked blinking as the pair rushed out of the room to the garden where Jhonny was still in sight so they didn't get on the head nurses wrath but at the same time out of the room of horror.
"they said the second was Easter... I wonder what they did with the chocolate..." the head nurse spoke softly.
"I Don't Know What They Did But I cant think of some nice ideas~"Lavi, Lenalee and Cross added speaking in unison.
"NOT MY SISTER NOOOOOO NOOOO MY WIDDLE LENALEE!" Koumi sobbed latching on to the said girl.
"are you two ok you look flushed?" Jhonny spoke.
"Say any more and I will kill you and chop you up small enough to fertilise every plant in this garden." Kanda snarled as Allen stayed quiet looking at the over grown seed covered garden wishing he was allowed out of the wheelchair to try and save it.
"Allen are you ok?"
"sorry its just I used to love playing in the garden before we left if mana was busy and I had finshed everything id come here eighter to play or to tend to them... to see it like this..."
"where do you want me to start." Kanda spoke rolling up his sleeves.
"what?"
"its your garden Moyashi you cant fix it yourself like that so I will just tell me where to start."
"I'll help, my parents own a flower shop don't worry I can show Kanda how to save everything." Jhonny smiled.
"you'd do that?" Allen asked as if he couldn't believe the words Kanda pushing him over to the window before moving to follow Jhonny's directions.
"Baka moyashi."
"Allen can I ask why so many is their a theme?"
"yeah mana separated everything... a yin-yang of herbs and spices. And the flowers if you looked from the roof formed a picture when we where planting them he told me everything their flower meaning their full name location type ect." Allen smiled Kanda grinning lifting up one of smaller flowers subtly threading each of them together before placing them on Allen's head the boy bursting out laughing.
"what did I do?" Kanda asked blinking.
"Althea- consumed by Love, red and white camellia- your an adorable flame of love in my heart, Gloxinia- love at first sight, peach blossom- I am yours you captivate me, yellow tulips- I am hopelessly in love with you, phlox- our souls are united, moss rose- voluptuous love... If I didn't know better id believe you where a living good lucky charm." Allen teased.
"really that's what they mean I just saw em and decided to dump on you..." Kanda admitted Allen nodding.
" it also depends on the country Bakanda your own has its own set of flower means as do some flowers in China and Egypt and example being the Lotus. Each country has similar yet different meanings for it same with the change in name."
"How do you remember all of this and still don't know how to walk your way to anywhere but my room and the dining halls?" Kanda teased.
"hey that's not fair!"
"I still cant see why you two haven't killed each other..." Jhonny muttered.
"what? Was? That?" Kanda questioned glaring.
"we I think every one's thought it, you two try to kill each other on a daily bases."
"not you too Jhonny we just escaped the others attempting to pry into our relationship, we don't try looking in while the rest of the order is sharing beds so why do others seek to do that to us?"
"to be completely honest I think we ask because were worried."
"worried?" Kanda spoke raising an eye brow.
"of you hurting Allen's heart I mean really you fight so often how are you two able to forgive and forget when its the other?"
"che, the moyashi and I fight for three reasons the first is to trick homophobic's off us the second is for our own amusement and relaxation and finally the moyashi down right adorable when mad even more so after fights where he pouts and pretends he's not sulking." Kanda smiled looking over as Allen nodded.
"same for reasons one and two on my end but my three more as its fun besides in our fights our clothing gets damaged and then we have to shower its fun to watch kanda actually smile and snuggle up we rarely actually fights and that's only when one of us is being stupid like Kanda shutting off his heart to fight Alma when nighter of them wanted to fight."
"or when he's belittling himself." Kanda added pointing at the wheelchair bound boy.
"So all those fights..."
"the first moyashi started I had intended to break that finders arm the fact moyashi not only kept my pace without going to far I liked after Lenalee chewed us out we started talking not a lot just enough to realised we both fought the fight entertaining and decided to continue when we started being Fall for each other then the fights started to ward girls and anyone else off us while maintaining the view that we'd gladly kill the other should we be pushed too far. Made things so much easier when that two dot and bastard where poking around."
"how?" Jhonny smiled.
"due to the Noah genes although I didn't know it back then I started getting headaches the ark had woken both the heart and uncle Neah and was trying to adapt the genes wanted to heal the hole in my heart but The Heart kept going threw and saying no it was already doing that so bug off. It wanted me to give me the main strength and healing that Noah's have which the innocence already was doing it took them a bit to not instantly clash it gave me headaches from where the stigmata wanted to form but weren't and my abilities started going haywire."
"more so during our fights or when he was trying the innocence was holding back while the Noah genes trying to heal him so he'd pass out, if anyone asked I didn't pull my punches." Kanda smirked darkly.
"it gave us more reasons to try to off the other it gave us alibis, I mean they where keeping tabs on both of us thus if we where making a huge scene their was noway we could get in trouble for any issues those bastards where having. Isn't that right my little Tim~" Allen gave winning black smile.
"Hai!" Tim squeaked wings fluttering causing the scientist to blink.
"Lenalee and Lavi wanted to do snooping and cause em trouble so Lavi would give us an excuses to start a fight between us giving him an alibi then the two of us would go at it until Lenalee was done with what ever she wanted with Timcampy's help when Lenalee got up to us she'd 'end' the fight and if anyone asked where she was timcampy would play an earlier clip of different people saying hello and thanks for what ever beverage she was handing out and when ever they'd take Arren off Tim would come to me so I knew bust into his room remove all the bugs and get the med kit out in my room as well as empty out his."
"why empty Allen's?"
"that way I had to go to Kanda's room to borrow his as the only person in the order who has the same type of healing products. I'm allergic to citrus and Kanda has the only none citrus stuff in his kit, Lenalee has lemon scented bandages, Lavi slaves all have lime in it and the rest of the order has a mix of Lenalee's and Lavi's asides Kanda."
"I don't like the scent, besides Aloe Vera is better for ones skin. But in the end it meant Allen had to spend ages in my room cause they would normally target his back and order him to not tell the head nurse and if he could do it himself Allen sucks at wrapping bandages on himself thus I had to do it. I don't allow anyone associated with crows in my room so as long as Allen remembered to stay quiet or keep shouting at me as if he's mad or in pain due to me accidently on purpose hurting him they had no clue."
"omg..." was the final soft reply.
"We look out for each other, when we can..." Allen tralied off shivering his eyes going wide. "Yuu? gget mme iinside..."
Kanda quickly pushing him back inside heading to the room they had set up for medical puposes looking carefully in Allen's eyes placing him back in the bed holding him close.
"Moyashi?"
"iits starting again... another hallucination... timcampy go get the head nurse then stay with Lenalee and Lavi don't let them in here."
"try and talk to me Allen what do you hear?"
"footsteps and whispers …... not Tyki's voices this time thhe order... I cant smell anything this time, no iii can smell ash... burning no let go of me NO please!" Allen cringed inwards on himself Kanda holding him tightly trying keeping the awkward hold firm but not threatening so Allen couldn't hurt himself as the head nurse rushed in taking one look at the boy before he seemed to glow.
"what the?" the ancient woman spoke.
"Kokoro." Kanda spoke calmly.
"cant helps kokoro's beloved Allen... too much pain. But we can try to make sure he no alone..." the voice echoed the Japanese teen looking at the head nurse calm.
"tie us both down I'll keep Allen still, Kokoro is only so Allen cant hurt himself hallucinations can make their victim claw them self and other painful things I don't want Allen to feel Any pain nor to I accidentally want to hurt him." Kanda spoke waiting until both of them where tightly restrained before kokoro tugged them into the chaos.
"Kokoro's Allen didn't like this place." the soft childlike voice came Kanda spinning looking down seeing a small sand cat before realised just how Allen fused with the sand cat, his innocence fused with it first then brought them together.
"I never like this place either... where's Allen?" Kanda asked picking the small creature up craddling her tightly.
"they already came and took kokoros allen to the wet place... that place HURT..." came the pained reply Kanda sprinting down the hallway towards the second home to his nightmares watching as Allen laid on the ground curled into a ball near an empty birthing pool before recognising it as his own.
"its your fault! They al died because of you walker your filth a freak born to die!" leviers voice echoed despite the lack of the said man Allen flinching clawing his innocence arm the thin dart laying on the ground.
"no iii didnt mean to iii where..." came the boys soft reply empty eyes looking around seeing nothing as Kanda worked it out.
"Kokoro the ghb with drawl hallucinations are they just making him relive older hallucinations?"
"uhuh... Kokoro's sisters and Kokoro no know what to do, we cant help Kokoros special Allen everything hurts kokoro's Allen why! Kokoro no understand why living things live to hurt warm happy's like Kokoros allen"the innocences hissed watching as Allen struggled trying to get up as more hate full coment's filled the air only ten voices recognisable to the Japanese man.
" I don't understand it either little one..." Kanda spoke watching as Allen tripped failing into the 'empty' pool rushing trying to tug Allen out gasping in horror.
The pool wasn't empty, he had never looked into it after he got out but the 'pool's bottom was glass with bones in it the wall contained pictures of lotus flowers Allen's thrashing trying to get out of the water cracking the glass bottom the bones floating in the water with him the 'arm' bones wrapping around Allen stopping his thrashing.
"THIS IS YOUR FAULT NOAH IF YOU HADNT BEEN BORN THEN NONE OF THIS WOULD BE HAPPENING!" his own voice echoed.
Allen's thrashings weakening bubbles escaping his throat squirming as the bones dragged him down the room swirling, Allen bolting up right the scene changed once again dropping back down unable to fight the leather straps coughing hard a towel over his face water being poured onto the towel the smaller form hyperventilating, small too small for the Allen he knew instantly working out that this was further back in the boys past.
The towel being tugged off the boys face Allen's blank sliver eyes looking up at nothing dark red almost claret due to the water Allen's cherubic face giving a very familiar scowl not unlike his own but with more hatred in it then he thought was possible for his sweet naive little partner.
"this is because you killed them." a voice hissed.
"I DIDNT KILL ANYONE!" Allen snarled.
"here dat boys the freak thinks he didn't kill any one, didn't anyone teach the little freak he was born and thus made everyone die? We saw ya'll little devil kill nine different people within weeks of em losing a dear one, idjit what are your some fucking angel of death ? They died just like that old couple dat took u in Didja kill 'em too? Didja?!" a voice hissed images stinging the view people no akuma that the red activated innocence had shot threw, akuma that the clown crown had destroyed countless others that he had held as the akuma gas like virus had murdered the ones that he had tried to save Alma and Souman dark being two of the ones flashing threw the air as Allen whimpered the man's friends beating him bring over a small blue pill shoving it into his mouth before repeating the water torture Allen's gasping and chocking forcing him to swallow it.
"they gave Allen that their too, the ones with dark matter that try to kill my sisters they had blue nasty too." kokoro hissed glaring at the scene in front of them Kanda mentally realising what they had just given the small boy paling watching the scene spin once more.
"kokoro they didn't?" Kanda asked quickly.
"No Kanda they didn't... they left him their cut open waiting for death the crows believed he was dead but mana found him in the end and got him medical help they didn't sexually abuse my wielder." a cloaked figure spoke masked familiarly.
"your the clown crown."
"yes. Your getting closer to the part that Allen's truly trapped in, last time he view this all in reverse seeing the order indecent last and what your about to come to first these are some of the memories Neah, kokoro, the others and I decided where amongst those too much for Allen."
"damns straight... fuck, my poor moyashi..." Kanda ran a hand threw his hair as the innocence nodded taking kokoro from him and fading as the spinning ebbed away leaving Allen tied to a bed.
"hold his mouth open if he struggles." Tyki spoke darkly an akuma moving closer to the bound boy touching Allen's face only to give a loud screech yanking away whimpering Allen spitting out the finger he had bitten off. "Shouen... calm down if you don't have this then you'll continue."
"Dddont come near me..." Allen spoke weakly fear writing all over his face despite the fight he was putting up on purpose.
"i was afraid you'd say that shouen I had thought by now you would have finally learn your PLACE!" Tyki snarled hitting the pale face before shoving the pill into Allen's mouth holding his hand over his lips and nose watching Allen chock for air " shhh just swallow, Take the pill you no longer own your body you no longer own those rights. Don't you want be sedated don't you want to ease your pain, the earl isn't happy with your progress however but your no longer consider sane. Come on my little bitch take it Swallow the pill Ahh there you go."
"what did you do to me..." Allen whispered trembling.
"shhh now wait like a good boy, OW YOU SLUT HOW DARE YOU!" Tyki snarled at being bitten Allen spitting the blood out of his mouth.
"What Did You Do To Me This Time!" Allen snarled eyes dilating like a cat before whimpering as an akuma shot at him for the disobedience Tyki quickly ordering it away making sure the wounds weren't life threatening.
"Your starting to truly annoy me with this disobedience my dear pet, you are the vessel of a Noah you should be grateful to be alive and just obey your betters but I truly believe we are close to making sure you obey us. Its time for your lessons to begin." Tyki smiled watching Allen's slim body tremble.
"iii ddont... feellll whha...t..." Allen spoke softly before breaking into a small giggle.
"That's my little whore part your legs that's it good boy, your so hard, thats it." Tyki crooned.
"hottt... noo ddont ttouch..."
"Shh you want this Pet, now then do your recall who I am~" Tyki asked Kanda's eyes narrowing at the almost school teacher tone.
"llust..." Allen spoke eyes fluttering as if he was going to pass out.
"Good boy now who are you~" Tyki smiled gently.
Allen's eyes went wide with confusion his breathing speeding up hands shifting in the chains trying to curl them into his hair like Allen normally did when he didn't understand something confusion radiating off him going into hyperventilation Tyki soothingly and sensually teasing the small drugged teen. Kanda mentally trying to run down the list of the drugs effects that he and lavi had been given as Allen started to whimper out apologise as Tyki began to be rough punching the boy hard enough to cut open the soft skin.
"Who are you Shouen." Tyki crooned enjoying how off balanced the smaller had become.
"why is Allen having trouble?"
"because Allen has lived to know many names Kanda. The first in his conscious memory being 'red' the second 'freak' , 'monster', 'satan', 'devil child', 'Allen', 'Allen walker', 'brat', 'moyashi', 'moyashi-chan', 'the 14th', 'Neah', 'the heart', 'kokoro', 'slave number 666', 'pet', 'shouen'. Being the more commonly used ones this was when they where trying to brainwash Allen in to not noticing he himself even existed. They knew Neah was there and they also knew Neah refused to come to the surface so Tyki talked a few other Noah's into drugging Allen to believe he was non existent." the clown crown spoke.
"why?"
"Allen himself is a form of innocences I doubt he or kokoro have noticed that. When the man who raised him when 'mana' entered his life he changed unnaturally fast that change grew with his death and continued threw my hosts life Allen's curse made him vulnerable in cases. Cases that have left me questioning my host even more so Neah's memories and kokoro's nothing I see as a threat merely odd. For example there s a memory I've seen Neah having that considerer a person with my hosts name roughly forty years prior to his birth. Allen's existence reminds me of yours his soul I mean, strong yet fragile with a curse that manipulates it the earl studied the curse for a while before coming to the idea that all is only Allen due to Allen's belief."
"what the fuck is that meant to mean?"
"to put it simply the only reason Allen is still himself and alive is because he has never fallen prey to questioning his existence or places he's never thought 'I wish I had never been born'. His curses is fatal should that cross Allen's mind true there have been close call such as wishing to have died and wishing he could just vanish but never not to have ever existed."
the words finally clicked they tried to erase Allen's sense of self that would kill the innocence bound to the fragile boy leaving only Neah, the drug messed with peoples heads memory loss, dizziness, random pleasure and increase in sexual need being what the mainly used against him. Allen's view of him self was bleak readily agreeing to anyone who dare lie and spread hatefully lies how Allen didn't see the lies for what they where was beyond many. The Noah played on that the pain being too much thus the innocences and Neah felt it safe to bury it lock it out of Allen's mind seeing it happened while he was drugged the drugging be came the key to the memory lock the hallucinations wanted him to know everything yet it kept being shoved backwards the memory freezing the straps undoing themselves Allen curling into the fatal position crying and apologising for things out of his control that the small fragile adult blamed himself for.
"fuck my head is killing me..." Kanda growled.
"naturally why do you think I'm doing my best to stay OUT of Allen's mind. What Was Kokoro thinking putting you threw with Allen she could have killed both of you! Let alone the fact its giving Allen more mental trauma HE Woke Before you then had to be told just how reckless and considering the boy breaks out in tears at the mere mention of what ever he saw knowing his lone confidant knows is bound to only make him suffer more! Normally I am all for Allen staying with his friends his missed you lot so much but he was right he wasn't ready yet." Neah scolded glaring at his nephews choice in partners.
"its cause he burst out crying I accepted and I was right, Allen's biggest issue is he thinks he folded and did everything willingly That was never the case. there images he's suffering from is a case of being drugged and water tortured as a child, shit that levier put my moyashi threw and when they where giving Allen the drug he's suffering withdrawals from He bit and fought so hard. That's my moyashi! The fact that what they done has probably robed his mind of actually fighting pisses me off not at him but at myself and I'm not going to just fucking sit around watching him retreat into a little comer Because I KNOW he will he always retreats unless shaken out of what ever flunk he's putting himself threw." Kanda defended the Noah ghost blinking before shacking his head.
A knock breaking both of their trains of thought " ii hheard screams..." Timcampy whimpered Kanda opening the door petting the golden ball gently.
"sorry Tim did I wake you or Allen?"
"onlys me's, I takes Yuu-Sama to Awwen?" Timcampy asked getting a firm nod before following.
Allen's eyes fluttering yet remaining close exhausted Kanda gently kissing the boys nose before giving a soft eskimo kiss a soft purr echoing from his lips before the niveous boy rolling instantly curling up against him a soft murmur echoing for his lips Kanda ruffling his hair.
"yeah im home baka moyashi are you comfy there or am I going to actually get to sleep in the bed too."
Allen rolled shrinking into kitten size.
"no not kitty size the head nurse will kill you tenshi."
the boy twitched re-shifting into human arms wrapping around his beloved giving a tiny purr.
"im sorry sweetheart shh im never going anywhere unless its with you." Kanda whispered smiling.
Allens eyes opened the cat slits causing the iris to glow in the dark opening his mouth small fangs sparkling in the nights natural lights one hand gently reaching up to touch kandas face.
"thanks... I'm amusing your apology for nearly giving me a heart attack? They had to do cpr on you I never want you to do that again I don't want to lose you …. though they did work out why everyone keeps saying I have a fever..." Allen whispered.
"really that's great so what's the cause?"
"I'm starting to go into heat not at the maddening need level yet Koumi thinks anywhere till the end of the week till next fortnight the heats due to my body slowly starting to shift to start emitting pheromones and self prep. However seeing the effect are bleeding into my human form they way they are he thinks I should make it if I remain human that way I don't get pregnant in the mean time Revver's nearly finished something you told him to make but they wont tell me what."
"i asked him to make something to turn me into a cat and an antidote so I can help you threw it. I only trusted Reever out of all the scientist we know his antidotes tend to work and he has a rate of 6 out of 10 success in his potions working." Kanda spoke leaning up kissing the smaller.
"the head nurse also said by tomorrow the effect should roughly be all gone but not to do anything stress inducing for the next two days. So they have isolated shishou and Lenalee and Lavi are supervising Koumi or at least occupying him." Allen smiled pulling back knowing their track records not once had they ever just kissed it was always more then that even if that meant panting in a cold shower or just talking until one of them broke.
"you look better, so what are we doing once you've been given the clear."
" I want to see if there's anything here, there where laces mana didn't want me entering said that they where no place for a kid and would burst into tears if I went even to the door then I really should mark down some of the stuff I've picked up such as methods around Noah powers."
"around?"
"their powers can be stopped and cancelled out same as they cant use their powers on each other there's only four exceptions, Jasdevi who's powers harm each other and road and Neah. Uncle Neah's powers the actually ones not the ark... the ark is uncle Neah's innocence he was an accommodating before a Noah. The arks rather talkative and sadistically playful at times."
"good or bad?"
"she can hold a conversation with mugen the longest... and the only reason they stop is eighter due to kokoro crying or me telling to stop."
"that must be a feat... I thought you said most stay clear of mugen?"
"thats because mugen is one of the oldest innocence the ark has a few hundred on mugen so they both think their above the ones that get all fussy over being a few hundred old. "
Kanda rolled his eyes hugging his moyashi closer, Allen slowly getting comfy purring lightly.
"I missed this." Kanda admitted lightly, Allen giving a soft hum. "I take it that was you agreeing tenshi?"
"Kanda you where my salvation... you kept me living the memories of you even though I didn't deserve you any more you where the only thing keeping me alive." Allen half whispered nuzzling his neck tears falling Kanda carefully wrapping his arms around his smaller beloved trying to help.
"shhh your home I'm here I'm never letting you go ever again got it moyashi." Kanda whispered letting the younger cry knowing just how much his mind was messed up.
"Good morning!" Lavi Yelled from the door way Allen giving a soft sound wincing rubbing the cat ears from half shifting in his sleep.
"What time is it?" Allen whispered.
"7 o'clock moyashi chan, I'm surprised that you two slept in. sorry for waking ya up but we got Intel on some iffy things like three or so towns over Lena's wondering if the four of us should go on a mission together. After food, Neah's supervision the head nurse while they cook breakfast like everyone slept in these beds are soo good."
"Che. What do you thing Moyashi."
"its Allen bakanda, but that sounds nice... Hows your morning been Lavi?"
"Quiet that's why I decided to wake you to up. The panda is off somewhere, and Lenalee is supervising her brother as he rummages threw everything in Your house. She's making sure he dosen't break anything, cross left who knows where the Jhonny's still fixing up the garden."
"Moyashi is it safe for the moron?"
"should be … mana made certain it was childproofed." Allen returned Kanda's question slowly letting himself be dropped in the accursed wheelchair as Koumi came flying around a corner.
"I cant get in NNOOOO." Koumi whined Allen blinking.
"Kanda do you mind getting everything ready with Lavi while I see if I can handle that everything before regrouping in the kitchen?" Allen asked Kanda giving a low growl and glare at Koumi before handing his Allen over the their supervisor the Chinese man racing Allen away.
"what's in this one?" Reever asked as they arrived Allen looking at the door tilting his head as his fingers brushing the door knob.
"the gallery where all of the finished pictures where kept... actually this I think this is my one..." Allen smiled twisting the knob and pushing it inwards the door opening as Lenalee took over the wheel chair looking at the art works.
"Allen you did all this?"
"We where here nearly a year and a few months I got bored and there was no one but mana to speak with thus I learnt to entertain myself I ran out of room in Mana's main gallery and so he emptied out this room and put everything I had done along with stuff he had made of me in here."
Lenalee started cooing the three men moving over to see the reason Allen flushing at the picture a photograph of him out cold snuggled under a thick blanket near one of the fire places his head resting on his nearly finished panting, the paint smeared all over his hair smudged against his face the paint brush curled in his fingers the dripping part nearly pressed up to his face the painting in the photo hung near by on the wall depicting a starry night sky with mythical creatures. A red glittering dragon framed it while fairy's snuck out from the tree line floating upwards into fireflies a bunny in mid jump looking as if it was jumping to the thin outline of cloud, the stars seemed to form a constellation mares out faintly nearly un see able as a large bird its head pointed down it be a lightly tapping a winged cat the cat had one paw wrapped around a small figure.
Koumi gasped looking at Allen before starting to pin point other details the other creatures and how each where familiar Allen tilting his head blinking also pricking up the connection, he had painted innocence in its true form all other his friend all the ones he knew where represented in some form the main three friends not only being in the picture but also their innocence, Lavi's rabbit Lenalee's favourite animal same as Kanda's where shown the three each leaping skywards the detail of a small feline was in the moon Allen's own cat the there smaller out lines of near bats in the background and a tiny gold marking almost like timcampy Allen's eyes widening trying to recall his thoughts. The 'timcampy' had meant to be the sun he had been half asleep when he had painted this one and he just made it he hadn't wonder or thought much about it at the time.
"Allen..." Koumi murmured.
"iii... how... I was half asleep when I did this."
"prepare it was your innocence trying to show you the future." Reever spoke up as Lenalee looking at the other works.
"and yet you managed to have everyone thinking you had no artistic bone in your body Allen." Lenalee scolded.
"after shishou I didn't want anyone else taking advantage of me or distorting my love of art any further..." Allen smiled blushing as his stomach growled.
"gege that's our cue to go eat come on I'm sure Allen wont mind you look at things a little later ok?" Lenalee spoke pushing them out of the room.
"yay food!" Allen chirped as Kanda rolled his eyes handing over the first tray of food.
"Damn this is good I didn't even know you could cook." Lavi spoke up eating moving to get his own plate as they sat down planing to have the first finished (unless it was Allen unlikely but even if the boy finished first he couldn't physically) Wash the dishes that way as they finished they could help clean up not wanting to distort anything within the house.
"when where finished I want a word with you Lavi and Allen." Bookman spoke up otherwise ignoring the minor chatter the pair looking at each other before nodding.
" Gege you said their was a mission nearby?" Lenalee asked to get the ball rolling.
"ah yes I'm nearly finished getting a full report in when breakfast was done I plan on heading over to the ark and organising supplies and other missions for other exorcists that is if Neah doesn't mind I think using the ark as a HQ would help speed up our ability thus we can use it to deal with innocence before akuma and other issues being I was also hoping to see if we further organise the order to take some of the mindless wandering and time waiting off the finders, along with giving the science department actual things to do."
"such as?" Neah commented in time with a sceptical Reever.
"most issues involving innocence seem to be based around myths and legends if we can further organisation the units we can have people remaining with in the base using the ark and research in order to pick out potential locations of innocence using folk lore and written fairy tales threw those we can then search for a common location at least a rough estimate for where it could be for example if the place is in a desert the science department can work on making sand resistant clothing that could keep every one safe."
"you mean like isolating the myth to a rejoin and trying to locate the innocence by the first known story, like the Minotaur... or more dangerously the Labyrinth that holds it in Knossos."
"yes Allen even more so we can try and use the legend to lure out innocence using your example myth states that the king Minos of Crete the owner of the labyrinth sent under 15 year olds with Greek blood there to get lost and die it also mentions sting or yarn that can me used to escape the place Marie's wires may be able to act out the later." Koumi spoke nodding at Allen's words as the others started to mentally map things out.
"that could actually help... I mean if we know everything about the myth before rushing in with only the recent events true half the time the myths a flunk but then again there have been case where its helped..." Kanda spoke slowly.
"yeah like when we first ran into krory, garlic, crosses, holy water, wooden stakes, sunlight failed but..." Lavi started.
"pure sliver burnt if he was in full 'Grr must drink akuma blood' mode same as the whole blood stuff was true... use the myths to date back find a origin. Why didn't anyone thing of this BEFORE Koumi?" Allen finished the statement as the first few people began washing up.
"To be completely honest Reever came up with the notion first however that Bastard kept denying the potion and saying that it would waste man power and time rather then increasing our chances of winning tor at least Ending this war. Now that we have been granted permission to run things however I believe is fit I think this make sense that's why I need the ark I wish to further discuss this with the other heads or branches we need to be a unified front. General cross set up quiet a base line for the exorcist focusing on YOUR safety the work in teams builds with what I had already been trying to incorporate into missions which is why I tried to send you in teams of two our groups the idea of sending more out is risky however in the long run it works same as making you a touch less obvious yes the idea is to lure our akuma however right now your uniforms are more a threat to the lives of civilian's due to akuma hordes rather then the one to twenty low level akuma that we originally where facing." Koumi paused.
"Koumi wants to request uniforms to be modified to match the type of mission and location for example the times mission have required you be sent out to place in the middle of winter in foolish conditions, such as how Lenalee was sent to the Alps in her mini skirt yes the uniform allowed her to be given free shelter however by the time she returned her legs where so badly frost bitten... there's a lot on the order side that needs to be done little things that can help. Another factor Koumi and I have been working on is methods to fortify the order HQ make them safer our branch is the centre which is a reason that the ark is such a big deal it give use first access to every location we need."
"fortify the order?" the head nurse spoke lightly to Reever's follow up.
"yes, how many times have branches been attacked and over run? The science department spends more time having to deal with useless paper work then actually working if we had that time think of what we can to to protect our base, the Chinese branch is an example it not only has Fou as a protector but they also use countless traps and methods to keep akuma from getting close such as using the talisman to form a constantly maintained barrier, placing their very few random potions as weapons, everyone is given marshal arts training as a last resort everyone has medical training. The innocence that the have until they can send it to us is in Fou's hands and has back up protection surrounding it such as robots trap doors chemical hazards thus only Fou can go in and out of the protected space with out hassle. True they are rated the slowest working order but that's due to them taking the time and effort to protect their members of all ranks once that's been done the then sky rocketed to having no attack on them and also being rather efficient but they too are clogged under random paperwork." Koumi nodded continue the speech passionately reminding them of the man's true goals when it came to his position as supervisor.
"then paraphrase rather then waylaying Allen or having you disadvantage by constantly need me to show you I should teach you and three others that you elect. Not full controls I can spilt it between you that way its harder for anyone to mess with my ark. I have the master key, Allen has the spare master key then the final things can be spilt the creating of doors for example can go to one person, using its 'windows' to see out and monitored locations another person and the final person can utilise some of the more maintenance things. The shared privileges being to shut any door on command and how to move the main arks location to keep others guessing." Neah stated.
"you can do that?" Bookman stated.
"father there's a lot of things that the ark can do its a question of if she is willing to help besides its not that hard too be honesty I am surprised you didn't unlock its something that is easily taught but hard to forget." Neah laughed at the wizened man earning himself a sharp glare.
"I'm not to old to put you over my knee Boy." The old man growled.
"kinda hard when I lack a physical form and really to hurt me physically you'd have to do far too much damage to poor Allen and despite your constant disapproval of my lifestyle choice I highly doubt you'd be able to harm a child to get to you step son." Neah smiled lightly.
"the ark can be taught to others?"
"Mana taught me... he passed it off as a children's game I seriously have no clue how to play a piano however I'm surprised I never noticed the slight connection to parts of the game to playing a piano its you don't focus on the writing or note that was a separate game and lyrics had been a lullaby he made for me... the tune was my fault."
"was not." Neah scolded "When Allen was under ten kokoro would wing to him literally the cross section of his hand would emit sound like a music box it only played if he was under emotional distress and alone. What my nephew is referring to was under Mana's care he had gotten into a horrible mental break over shattering a glass cup and had burrowed himself away out of sight thinking he would be beaten for the accident after kokoro herself finished singing Allen continued to hum trying to relax as the song helped him to mana heard the tune and wrote lyrics turning it into a sweet little lullaby to get Allen to sleep of a night. Mana even put it in his will as a last resort method for cross to calm Allen and thus the song was taught to dear Anita and Majola."
"it shouldn't have been in the ark. It confused and scared me, I had spent my whole life thinking that mana was just a kind stranger who had the misfortune to care for a freak like me that his death and everything associating to him was my fault while I was the source of that god damn song in the ark, it hurt soo bad back then to think about how I had failed mana and thus I refused to even consider putting him and this war into the same sentence. I mentioned it briefly I think..."
"you mentioned it to me on a mission but that was with gramp's." Lavi stated softly.
"you first coughed it out during three different night mare before you concerned me and instated on spilling your guts." Kanda added.
"Yay I wasn't left out, you told me mainly the stuff on mana cause you where going all mopy at xmas."
"its his birthday that time of year, the Moyashi's like me the ones who picked out our b'days died on those days thus we use the time as a mourning period to recall them. However in my fucking case the little brat was only in a god damn coma and no one bothered to fucking tell me he wasn't six feet under." Kanda snarled Allen smacking the older.
"Bakanda..." came the low soft warning.
"Che."
" Neah I think for the sake of security you pick those who you trust as it is Yours in the first place this is something that can and should be discuses with the rest of the branch heads that way we know that exactly everything and its harder for the information to get tangled or misinterpreted last thing we need is someone causing a fuss over three close friends of mine getting high positions that could be thought of as just me giving my friends benefits that others can whine over." Koumi stated maturely.
Neah giving a soft smile nodding as the pair left to let Reever inform the small group of their mission while the remain group fixed up the rest of the manor and took in anything that was vital (such as the innocence so no akuma would ruin Allen's home and any documents that Neah and bookman suggested should be re homed in a library within the ark) while the head nurse could also insure that the deed of the house be transferred to Allen so the boy could always return as a place to relax or live in at the wars end. Allen finally finishing his food as Lavi pushed him out of the room following the older bookman both wondering why they where being called into a a dark shadowy locked room Allen tilting his head at the location.
"this is Mana's study..." Allen whispered to Lavi.
"yes, that it is... first off I need to ask questions ill ask each of you separate ones thus if you aren't directly asked I want you to remain quiet."
"Why?" both boy asked before going silent at the glare.
"Allen the year 588?"
"The Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar captured Jerusalem, Jews of Judea were exiled to Babylon. Why?"
"what about the year 31, Allen?"
"That was when Julies Caesar Heir Gaius Octavian Thurinus defeated Anthony and Celopatra he was later renamed Augustus and became Princeps or Emporor of Rome... I still don't see why?"
"451 ad Allen?" bookman smiled as Allen answered yet again.
"The year Attila the Hun faced the Visigoths and Romans together in the Battle of Chalons. He went on to invade Italy, but was convinced to withdraw by Pope Leo. He died two years later if my memory serves..." Allen spoke blinking in complete confusion lavi also wondering just what the hell was going on...
"Lavi 1912." Bookman stated.
"1912 marked the End of the Chinese Empire; Republic of China established. The African National Congress was founded. Morocco becomes a protectorate of France. It was Also the year RMS Titanic sunk. First Balkan War began. Woodrow Wilson is elected 28th President of the United States. Arizona becomes the last state to be admitted to the continental Union. United States occupation of Nicaragua begins. The Kuomintang, the Chinese nationalist party, is founded. Im with allen Gramps why?"
"1929 Lavi?"
"1929 the year that Wall Street crashed beginning of the Great Depression. Leon Trotsky one of Russia's high ranking Politicians is exiled as one of the First people sent to the gulag in the Soviet Union as Stalin assumes effective control. Pope Pius XI signs the Lateran Treaty with Italian leader Benito Mussolini. Vatican City is recognised as a sovereign state. Saint Valentine's Day Massacre aka the murder of six mob associates and a mechanic of the North Side Irish gang led by Bugs Moran during the Prohibition Era. It resulted from the struggle between the Irish American gang and the South Side Italian gang led by Al Capone to take control of organized crime in Chicago. Former members of the Egan's Rats gang were also suspected of having played a significant role in the incident, assisting Capone. On a happier note it was also the year The first Academy Awards was presented." Lavi rattled off.
"Allen what historical points happend in the year 1970?"
"i have absolutely no bloody idea." Allen spoke truthfully.
"Lavi can you answer that?"
"Sure 1970 was the year the Nigerian Civil War ends with the reintegration of the Republic of Biafra with Nigeria after 3 million deaths. Edward Heath becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Polish 1970 protests began. Cambodian Civil War begins. Kent State massacre leaves four students dead and nine injured. Yemeni Civil War ends. Ratification of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Containerisation adopted globally, massively boosting global trade. Maiden flight of the Boeing 747. Bhola Cyclone kills 500,000 people in East Pakistan. Black September in Jordan begins. Death of Gamal Abdel Nasser."
"Lavi what about the years 551 to 479 BC what significance birth to a person that occurred in to China."
"I don't think you ever told many any of that shit... so why would I know?"
"Allen?"
" 551 was the year the Chinese man Confucius also known as Kongzi or Master Kung was born He was a reformer, an itinerant adviser, a social philosopher, and was considered the "Ultimate Sage to the Han dynasty". His values became dominant in China after he died, but even in the centuries following his death, he was ridiculed by many. His philosophy can be summarised as "sageliness within and kingliness without."* He stressed integrity and civility, and founded a tradition of erudition in areas of art, literature, music, history, and more. These days most know him more for those blasted little bits of chocking hazards within cookies that are supposed grant you knowledge or a misguided sense of your fortune thus the term fortune cookie He died in 479Bc. Are you plan to explain what where doing yet? bookman?"
"yes. Can you two tell me what we where just doing."
"you where asking us to reference historical dates." Lavi stated.
"and what did you two notice?" bookman continued.
"Lavi knows more relevant stuff where I know stuff about people and things that are dead and in place should have been forgotten?" Allen stated getting whacked for his light sarcasm.
"Allen who taught you all of that?"
"mana, he was the only one will to teach a freak like me anything."
"a bookman taught you facts on ANCEINT history." Bookman stressed both boys finally being clued in.
"between us we have a full history... while separately we only know half and half... Allen knows the past where I know slightly more present facts." Lavi spoke his eye wide Allen paling ever so slightly.
"exactly. Your both also exorcist who are annoyingly close to the war yet between you as one you could quiet easily surpass my knowledge. Both of you have bookman train at a young age which as help you keep the memories in the long run you also both have a wide variety of languages and cultural experiences under your belts." bookman started before moving over to the table bring over a book with a odd spirally patten that formed a book and pen in a near tribal pattern.
"what is that?" Allen asked just as Lavi whispered about the Bookman crest.
"This was your fathers Allen, I passed it to him when he took on the role of a bookman this holds a list of all the book men that have ever been given training when I got to the last admission written by my adopted step son I noticed he had written you two in as one entry not separately as ONE. He had also written in why. Would you like to hear why Allen?" Bookman asked.
"Yes... Please..." Allen whispered his eyes watering as Lavi's hands gently griped his shoulders due to the stupid wheel chair the younger was still trapped in.
"Today I have noted that as time moves forward the bookman line becomes harder to retain all the facts even with use keeping as many active as long as we can their will come a time soon where the bookman clan will be unable to cope with the rapidly made facts come to be know unto the world further more it seems more and more of the linage have died due to getting to close and being unable to continue their work while protecting themselves and key players within wars such as the current millennium war in where INNOCENCE plays such a major role. I have just been given word that my teacher has taken in a second student who will take the name Lavi as on of his set names at the same time I had received this letter I too had unknowingly taken in a child who I had indented to train. Knowing the bookman before me he will teach his apprentices the same as he taught me slowly working backwards from current times. Thus I shall teach my own in the reverse."
"reverse?" Lavi spoke up bookman nodding before continuing.
"I shall teach my Son My Allen the past history for as long as I am able as I'm uncertain to how long I will be able to act out my own reports my half sibling by blood has began to start trying to track down my where about hoping to force me into join his cause threw the use of blood charms and Voodoo. To make things more complicated both Allen and Lavi are accommodators I intend to send forth a message saying for both to be trained that was if one boy is to drop or get to involved there is a spare however this information regrettable will be false the true information is that I know both will be sooner or later involved with this war and a wish to continue the bookman line threw a different matter via sharing the information between two separate successors this way history in full can be recorder with less chances of facts being lost or forgotten before the information can be passed on this way as well both boys can partake in the war with no issues they are BOOKMEN EXORISCT a hybrid teaching principle that can be done in wars of importance they can mix their own beliefs and wishes in order to protect themselves and key players of the side they are working for."
"mana spilt the rules?"
"yes Lavi he did. Once it is written Allen, in this book then it is done. Mana dictated that you Both live as exorcist while retaining the training of book men, he has also stated that a new form of documentation be introduced both written such as Lavi's hand written and typed nots and video such as recorded on timcampy anything the golom has recorded is to be transferred into a spare golom and sealed with this book for who ever you two chose as appetisers of modern and ancient history lineages."
"but I cant, being a bookman means that one day id have to leave Yuu and I cant do that to him."
"Bookman have an out clause Allen, one person rule just one who can know your full role to history your truest names and secrets and that you may visit and care for till your death, in my case it was Neah's mother and even with her dead I still take the time to visit her grave and threw her any child is also granted rights so long as one child of the union is given basic bookman training as a back up to a true apprentices. Lavi Miss Lenalee has already come forward nearly three years ago now demanding to be your Solo and has submitted to all of the codes and clause that to a bookman is close to marriage. A solo is marked so other bookman know who they are and thus can speak freely in front of them in Miss Lees case her solo image is a red rabbit that has a black ribbon around its neck the side bow forming a black swallow-tailed butterfly. In your case Allen you are behind training thus I can not yet allow you to have a true solo however I know that Kanda will be yours in due time should you throw yourself into back up studies then in a month i'll approve of the union however firstly I need you to accept the crest."
"accept the crest?" Allen whispered tilting his head.
"all bookman hav' ta wear it physically but your supposed to hide it... mines on my eyelid and why I wear an eye patch I already had vision issues in that eye but getting a tattoo on it fucked my eye big time." Lavi admitted tugging off the said patch shutting his eye so the mark on the book was shown.
"My own is in a location I don't show young men why my teacher allowed me to have the mark there is beyond my intellect as an adult."
"can Kanda be here when its done …. I've never been good with needles and recent events only worsened that issue..." Allen spoke looking green bookman nodding calmly understanding that the AB had suffered greatly. "my hand the non innocences one."
"these marks are generally done to be tiny." bookman tried to calm the boy Allen focusing.
"the fourth Phalanges." Allen said softly.
"ah so if Yuu Kun and you get hitched it will have the added protection of a wedding ring smooth moyashi chan." Lavi grinned as he retied on the eye patch and bookman nodded his approval writing down Allen and Lavi's official data before shooing them away taking a few moments to whisper rapidly to Kanda to inform the man of the decisions before handing them over to Reever.
"you ok moyashi?" Kanda asked glad to have his Allen back and the boys grandfathers approval.
"yeah what's the mission please tell me I'm allowed out of this contraption to do the mission."
"the head nurse has given permission so long as you do what ever Kanda thinks is necessary for your health or else Lenalee will punish you. Lavi you also need to help keep an eye on Allen's health got it as you have more medical training then Kanda has." Reever stated Allen giving a tiny pout huffing at the injustice.
"there's been indecent of what residence are calling ghost appearing at six pm nine pm and midnight at the same time these ghosts seemed to be following living people around as if streaming in terror while attacked to living people."
"people are seeing akuma ?" Lenalee stated Allen shutting his eyes for a second.
"its in Sussex isn't it..." came his soft question.
"how did you?"
"the times... there called Chimes Times depending on where in England they start and I had thought that it was complete bollocks that random ghost would appear at those times. Scratch that off the list of you wouldn't believe its not a hoax." Allen muttered. "don't worry Reever I can explain as we head there by train THE NORMAL way for once."
((AN- ok the song used in this chap are 'Open Your Eye's By Boyinaband', 'Take the Pill By Emilie Autumn', and finally 'Salvation By Skillet'.