Mizu: Two chapters in a day. Wow. Hope you guys enjoy! Disclaimer thingy time. I don't own -Man. If I did, Road would have to go through the same torture she did to Allen, Lavi, and General Yeager.

Hidden Demons: Multiple Hungers

"What a simple question," he said, still smiling, "I am nothing but a demon."

Silence…

"What?" the three teens gaped, "Surely you don't mean that."

"But I do. I am nothing but a demon," the boy smiled.

"But, Allen," Lenalee stated, not looking at him, "there's no such thing as-"

"As a demon?" Allen finished, slowly sitting up, "I can assure you that there are and there are many of us out there.

"No way," Lavi muttered.

"Yes way," Allen chuckled, "Didn't you even ponder a little on how I could not expire from such weight crushing my flimsy body?"

"…what?" Kanda questioned.

"Ah, yes. I believe my language is a little out dated. Let's see. Did you actually believe that that car could crush my body and for me to be able to walk away as if nothing happened not weird?" Allen rephrased.

"Well yeah but that didn't mean we thought you were a demon!" Lavi exclaimed, "Ahhh! My brain hurts now!"

"What did you mean by there are a lot of you…things running around," Kanda questioned, slowly starting to glare at the demon.

"Well you see, some of us are born as demons while others were made one," Allen stated, running a hand through his hair, "Na…My glamour wore off. I was wondering why you were so worked up, Mr. Ponytail."

"MR…PONYTAIL?" Kanda shouted.

Allen flinched, "P-Pardon my rudeness but I have not inquired for your names so I haven't the faintest notion of what they are."

"I'm Lavi "Junior" Bookman," Lavi said, stepping in front of a fuming Kanda, "The only that you called Mr. Ponytail is Kanda Yuu. He doesn't take lightly to anyone calling him anything but Kanda though."

"My name is Lenalee Lee," Lenalee introduced, still not looking at Allen but holding out her hand.

"Hm? Ah! I need to replace my glamour before master returns!" Allen exclaimed, jumping up from the bed, "Do you wish to have some nourishment? I have plenty."

"Nourishment?" Lenalee questioned.

"Ah! Excuse my misuse of the language. Would you three like a snack?" Allen smiled.

"S-sure," Lavi answered.

With that, Allen trotted out of the room and down the stairs. The three teens followed the demon slowly. Wasn't really happening right? There was no way that this was real. Demons were the kind of stuff that only existed inside of movies, right?

"What would you like?" Allen asked as he opened the fridge.

"A-Ah whatever is fine," Lavi stuttered, taking a place at a nearby table.

"No, no, no! You are my guests! I must be sure to be a good host and care for your every need," Allen beamed.

"Just a sandwich then," Lavi stated, rubbing his eye slowly.

"Okay, Lenalee?" Allen questioned, hiding his healing chest from view.

"J-Just some tea for me," Lenalee said, trying to smile weakly.

"Kan-da," Allen said, trying his best to say Kanda's name perfectly, "What would you like?"

"Soba noodles," Kanda said, eyebrow twitching when his friends glared at him, "What? I got sent to my room halfway through dinner!"

"Soba noodles…" Allen thought aloud, "Okay!"

"Eh?" Lavi and Lenalee gaped.

"I'll be back in a couple of minutes!" Allen proclaimed, taking several items from the fridge and running to the shove in the back.

"What the hell, Yuu?" Lavi snapped, lightly hitting Kanda in the head.

"What? He asked what we wanted to eat. I'm hungry so I told him exactly what I wanted!" Kanda retorted.

"Do you honestly think that he'll know what Soba noodles are?" Lenalee scolded.

"Here you guys go!" Allen called out, placing the orders in front of them, "I hope I did a satisfactory job."

The each slowly tasted eat of their orders before their eyes widened, "Delicious!"

"Allen! Where'd you get this tea?" Lenalee begged.

"I made it myself from some tea leaves that I had in the back.

"I've never had such a great sandwich!" Lavi proclaimed, trying to savor a sandwich of all things.

"Glad that you like it, Lavi," Allen chuckled, "Though, it is still just a sandwich."

The two teens stared at Kanda's dumbstruck face. It was too priceless.

"Kan-da?" Allen asked nervously, "How are your…noodles?"

"…where'd you learn to make these?" Kanda questioned, trying not to choke on a mouthful of noodles.

"Nowhere. This was my first time every making them," Allen stated proudly.

"What?" Kanda gasped.

"I-Is that bad?" Allen stuttered.

"How did you know how to make them then?" Kanda questioned.

"I read it in a book once," Allen said, a fear tears appearing in his eye, "I am terribly sorry if I failed to make them according to your taste, Kan-da."

"Kanda!" Lavi hissed, hitting Kanda's head, "You hurt his feelings!"

"Apologize Kanda!" Lenalee ordered.

"Th-They're perfect, Moyashi!" Kanda quickly corrected, finishing his meal quickly to prove his point.

"Really? I'm so delighted to hear that!" Allen smiled happily.

The demon practically skipped to the back. The three stared in awe. What the hell was more wrong with this picture? The fact that that kind, gentle boy was supposed to be an evil, man-eating demon, or the way he skipped out of the room as if he was a girl going on her first date with the hottest guy in school?

It only took but a second for the boy to reappear, only this time with a tower of food. He quickly sat down with the plate and began gorging himself. As he ate, more of his injuries and blood disappeared. The three friends just watched in amazement as the demon finished his meal within ten minutes and had managed not to get anything on himself.

"I guess you really are a demon," Lavi stated, eye still wide, "There is no way that a human could have eaten all of that for a meal."

"Meal? No this was just a snack," Allen smiled.

"Snack?" the three snapped.

"Yes, just like yours," Allen pointed out, "I don't have enough food to make a full meal for myself. So I settle for small snacks."

"Okay," Lenalee sighed, "I'm willing to believe anything you tell me now."

"That's good. Friends should be able to believe one another, no?" Allen questioned.

"Friends?" Lavi and Lenalee looked at each other, "We…ah…"

"I'm very glad that I happened to meet you three. But might I be able to ask you a question?" Allen asked politely, "I have to admit that I am a smidgeon curious on why you three have decided to enter my place of dwelling and bound into my sleeping quarters as if you are the owners of this house."

"Look!" Kanda snapped, standing up suddenly, "Let's get a few things straight right here and now!"

Allen just blinked while Lavi and Lenalee tried to seat their friend.

"One, stop talking like that! All of us know that you can talk just like us and it's gettin' freakin' annoying trying to figure out what you say!" Kanda shouted.

Allen just nodded, "I was not aware that the way I speak was unsatisfactory to you. Ah! Sorry! I didn't mean to talk like that!"

"Shut up!" Kanda ordered, sighing when Allen did so, "Second, we aren't your friends. The only thing that we came here for was to drag your sorry ass to the hospital cause we felt like we had to cause you save Lenalee by letting yourself get hurt! We ain't your guests and we sure as hell aren't your friends!"

Kanda's voice echoed throughout the empty house. Allen just stared at the three with a wide eye. They watched as he nervously swallowed before trying and failing to speak several times. His eye was trembling slightly as he looked at each of them.

"I-I see. Well, then, I suppose…" Allen started to say.

He brought his right hand up to cradle his head. Lenalee felt a tug at her heart when she watched the demon go from being extremely happy and curious to miserably sad in a split second.

"I must insist that you leave then," Allen finally said, "My master will be arriving soon and if you aren't my friends I cannot let you stay here."

"Master?" Lavi questioned, "You have a master? Is he a demon too?"

Allen chuckled slightly, "I almost wish he was. He might be a little kinder if he was."

"Idiot apprentice!" a loud man's voice rang through the house.

"He's here! Quick!" Allen exclaimed, rushing the three into a nearby closet, "Stay here until he leaves. And whatever you do, don't push the door open anymore than it is. Master will notice the difference."

They watched through the crack in the door as Allen quickly threw their dishes onto the stack of his plates when his "master" stumbled through the door. The three gasped. It was Mr. Cross!

"Evening, Master Cross," Allen greeted.

"What are you doing eating so late, baka?" Cross muttered, "Where's my dinner?"

"Y-You did not give me any currency to go and purchase what you requested, master," Allen stated, looking away from his master.

"You obviously did not hear me," Cross stated, "I said, where's my dinner?"

"C-Coming right up!" Allen bowed and rushed to the back.

"Idiot," Cross sighed, "How'd he managed to beat himself up this time? I thought I told him to stay away from fights with other demons."

"S-so it's true," Lavi whispered, "Allen really is a demon."

"What the hell is he doing serving Mr. Cross then?" Kanda questioned, "Shouldn't it be the other way around?"

"This was the best I could do, master," Allen apologized as he brought in a mouth-watering meal.

Cross quickly ate his meal while Allen just stood there. He seemed to be frozen in place while Cross ate. The three just watched as Cross slowly placed his fork down and motioned for Allen to come closer. They watched as the pained expression flashed across Allen's face as he slowly walked up to Cross. The redhead suddenly pulled out a revolver out of nowhere and placed it against the demon's forehead.

"N-Not Judgment, master!" Allen pleaded, eye wide, "I-I'll make you dinner once more!"

"Idiot," Cross muttered as he slid the revolver lower down the boy's face until it came to his throat, "I told you before. If you're going to do something, get it right the first time."

The three in the closet's eyes widened as Cross fired the gun. They watched in horror as Allen fell to the floor with a strangled scream. His hands flew up to him neck as he bled out on the floor. Tears flowed from his eyes anew. Lavi quickly covered Lenalee's mouth when she made like she was going to cry. He couldn't believe his eye.

Kanda just stared out of the door at the motionless body on the floor. He couldn't stop his eyes from forming a glare as the redheaded man walked up to Allen's body and stepped on his chest.

"Learn from these fuckin' mistakes, baka," Cross scolded, pushing his boot down harder.

Allen suddenly sprang up in pain, trying to shove the man off of him. Cross just smirked and pushed down harder, cracking a few ribs in the process.

"Here," Cross said, satisfied that he cause the boy enough pain for the night.

The man slowly walked towards the entrance of the room and reached into his jacket and pulled out a large package. They saw Allen slowly sit up, eye wide, mouth open. There was no pain in his face. Just…hunger.

"You better eat soon," Cross stated, throwing the package at the white-haired demon, "I won't be able to keep getting these for you forever."

With that, Cross left without another word. The three in the closet waited a few minutes before stumbling out. Lenalee rushed towards Allen. She let out a relieved sigh when saw him no longer injured. Kanda and Lavi however were more careful. Cross told him to eat soon but it had be clearly obvious that Allen had already eaten that night. What did the man mean and what was that package?

"Hey, Allen?" Lavi asked, reaching out to place a hand on the demon's shoulder.

"Leave," Allen hissed, hair starting to spike up.

"What?" Lavi and Lenalee questioned.

Allen quickly stood up and held the package tightly to his chest, "Leave this instant! If you don't leave, stay here in this room until I return. If you leave this room…I will not be held responsible for my actions."

With that, the white-haired demon raced out of the room. He was too race for any of them to even think about catching. Kanda fell backwards and tried to swallow the lump in his throat. That boy…that demon would…

"Kanda!" Lenalee gasped, rushing to his side, "What's wrong?"

"You don't get it do you, Lenalee," Lavi questioned, slowly sitting next to Kanda, "That kid really is a demon…"

"Of course I understand it! How else would he be able to survive that gun shot?" Lenalee snapped, frustrated that her friends thought she was stupid.

"Not that," Kanda whispered, "That package…Lavi, do you really think-"

"I do," Lavi sighed, rubbing the back of his head, "Glad he had the decency to leave the room and do it somewhere we won't see."

"See what?" Lenalee questioned.

"Lenalee," Lavi groaned, "Think about it. He's a demon."

"So?" Lenalee shrugged.

"What have we always been taught about them?" Lavi questioned, dreading about hearing the answer out loud.

"That they were flesh-eating monsters that kill humans without re…morse," Lenalee answered, slowly understanding, "Oh gawd…"

"What now, usagi? How do we get out of here alive?" Kanda questioned.

"We wait. If we leave this room while he's feasting on whatever Cross brought him, he'll probably kill us before we can grab the door handle," Lavi sighed, laying back down onto the floor, "Sorry that I got us into this mess."

Kanda slowly followed suit, "Don't worry about it, baka usagi. Gotta say that this will make one hell of a senior year memory."

Lavi just laughed. The thought of all the looks the three of them would get when the passed their memoir books around with this story in them was just too much. He bet that even Mr. Mikk would be a bit shook by what they wrote.

"So this could be it for us, huh," Lenalee sighed, drawing random designs in the dust, "Eaten by a creature that shouldn't even exist."

"Well when you say it like that," Lavi sighed, "That tone can make anything sound depressing."

"Komui's probably worried about me," Lenalee continued, "I'm sure he's called the swat team to try and find me by now."

"Your brother does tend to go over board," Lavi chuckled.

"He's going to be all alone now," Lenalee silently cried, "Mom and dad are dead and soon I'll be gone too."

"Hey, hey, hey!" Lavi exclaimed, "I didn't say that we were going to die here! I'm sure that after Allen eats whatever he's eating up there and calms down, he'll let us leave just like he was going to."

"How can you be so sure about that?" Lenalee snapped, tears sliding down her cheeks rapidly, "How do you know he isn't waiting for us to fall asleep so he can kill us!"

"Cause he's already saved you once," Kanda sighed, covering his eyes with his arm, "Why waste the energy to save something that you can kill within a second unless you didn't want them to die?"

"Wh-what do you mean, Kanda?" Lenalee cried.

"Didn't you hear what Cross said. He said that the Moyashi had to eat soon and that he couldn't keep bringing him those packages," Kanda pointed out, "It means that Moyashi doesn't like killing anything."

None of them noticed the light footsteps on the stairs as they stared at Kanda. The normally stoic teen slowly sat up and shook the dust out of his long hair.

"He'll probably just come down here and beg for our forgiveness and then ask us to kindly leave," Kanda chuckled.

"You're wrong, Kan-da," Allen's voice stated from behind them.

Mizu: Too tired to write much anything else. What did Allen mean but that? Will the three friends survive to see another morning? Where's Komui's swat team search squad? What about Mana? Will he make an appearance in this story?

Allen: …I'm evil now? What the hey Mizu…

Mizu: Sorry. Not much else to put down and I'm starting to fall asleep at the computer. I welcome all reviews. Ciao for now….Zzzzzzz…