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Warning: Attempted Crack

Note: Currently slacking off, so yeah... here is the third chapter.

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Lavi contemplated, and then contemplated some more... this time, with a frown when he finally left Allen's bedroom, which somehow ended up being their secret base. Although it was not a secret when he really thought about it; but then again, he did not have time for idle thoughts. He had a mission to complete... a mission in which he had no idea how to do. It was rather difficult, and seemingly impossible. The redhead could not help but wonder if that was why those three gave this mission to him. The more he thought about it, the more it seemed possible.

'How am I going to get Tyki to join? I don't even know how to find him,' the Bookman apprentice inwardly cried out as he ruffled his hair. He leaned against the bookshelf, and stared at the ceiling as he tried to formulate a plan.

He stared and stared at the ceiling until he got bored of staring at the same dots on the ceiling, and decided to walk outside for some fresh air. Luckily for him, Bookman was at the Asian Branch to look up something... truth to be told, he was not paying attention to the explanation, so he did not know why the old panda was at the Asian Branch.

Nevertheless, Lavi lied down next to a large tree before he closed his eyes to relax. In the distant, he heard some birds (tree pipits to be exact) chirping, but other than that, it was a quiet afternoon. He would not mind taking a nap right then and there... if he did not have a looming mission to complete in mind.

"Pardon my intrusion, Bookman Junior," said a familiar voice in a half-teasing, half-serious tone.

Lavi immediately sat up from his spot, and shifted his attention to a door that appeared out of nowhere on his right. A figure, revealing to be the person he was supposed to search for, casually walked out with a smirk etching on his pale skin.

"Tyki Mikk!" Lavi exclaimed in a startled tone as his hand hovered above his Innocence.

The mentioned Noah of Pleasure let out a chuckle as he exhaled the smoke, and responded in an unusually calm tone, "Don't be mistaken, Rabbit. I'm not here to kill you."

At the statement, Lavi simply narrowed his eyes in answer as if he was trying to gauge what the older man is trying to get at. "How did you get here?" the redhead inquired with a small frown etching on his expression.

Instead of giving a proper response, Tyki tossed his cigarette on the ground and stepped on it to extinguish the light. He then eyed at the Bookman apprentice with a teasing smirk and suggested, "Won't you play a game with me?"

Lavi nearly scoffed at the idea as he stood up from his spot, and retorted, "Heh, is this some kind of a joke? I don't have time to humor you."

"If you win, I will join you in your 'world domination' scheme, and you will have all the information you want about the Noah family. No questions asked," the Noah of Pleasure continued as if he did not hear Lavi's interjection, and added, "If you lose, I will still join you; but, you will be mine. Sounds interesting, isn't it?"

"How did you know about-" the redhead exorcist nearly gaped in surprised as the Noah before him simply smirked in response.

"Shall we get started?" that was all Tyki said as he took out a deck of cards from his pocket.

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"Call. Royal Straight Flush," Tyki announced as he showed his hand, consisting of an Ace of Spade, a King of Spade, a Queen of Spade, a Jack of Spade, and a Ten of Spade. He looked at Lavi's twitching expression with mirth dancing in his eyes, and an amused smirk displaying on his visage. It was his fifth time winning with 'Royal Straight Flush' since they had begun playing; and it was amusing to see such annoyed expression on the redhead each time he won.

"NO WAY! YOU CHEATED!" the Bookman apprentice retorted, standing up from his seated position with his fingers pointed at the Noah.

Tyki merely gathered his cards to reshuffle, should they play again, and answered in a calm tone, "I didn't cheat; besides, if I did, there is no way you can prove it. But, you lost; so a deal is a deal, Lavi dearest."

"..." as much as Lavi wanted to protest, nothing came out of his mouth.

"You should close your mouth, dear, unless you want to put it to a good use," the Noah of Pleasure stated as he glanced up from his shuffling, and let out a smirk. His statement sent the redhead exorcist blushing to the point that made Tyki wondered if there was a color for such redness.

"...!" once again, Lavi was rendered speechless.

"From this point on, you are mine, Lavi dearest," Tyki whispered close to the mentioned person's ear, and let out an amused chuckle.

It was then that Lavi snapped out of his stupor and wailed, "WHY ME!"

"Why not you?" the Noah simply answered with another round of chuckle, and silently snickered at his Lavi's (yes, his) crocodile tears. Although if one bothered to ask Tyki, he would say that it was rather fortunate for him that he managed to 'win' Lavi that easily.

'I should've used this method earlier if I knew it'd be this easy to win him,' Tyki could not help but let out an inwardly entertained snort at the thought.