Mizu: Sorry for taking so long in between chapters guys. I've just been trying to figure out of stuff lately. Btw, guess what? I'm heading off to college! Yep, starting the 13th, I'll be in my new college home…Kind of nervous to tell the truth. First time actually living away from home so it's a bit nerve wracking. Anywho, this is mainly a filler chapter but I hope you guys enjoy~! Disclaimer: I don't own -Man. If I did, I would have killed of Leverrier and the Noah a long time ago.
Hidden Demons: Weapons of Hunters
"Are you sure that you should be walking, Allen?" Lenalee asked for the nth time that day.
"I'm fine, Lenalee," Allen smiled weakly as he limped down the hallway.
"You sure don't look it," Lavi grimaced.
"As said, I'm perfectly fine," Allen said, wincing as he walked.
"I thought demons could heal from any injury," Kanda scoffed.
"So long as it isn't the head or heart then yes," Allen softly laughed, "Those two places can kill any demon instantly though they can still dye from any injury just like a human. Thankfully, though, somehow my heart is healing."
"Still, you've got to be in pain," Lenalee whimpered.
"Yeah I am but I can't let that get in my way. I have to keep going until I'm back to normal. I won't stop until I can grant my sister's wish," Allen said, eyes narrowing slightly.
"Your sister's wish?" Lavi asked.
"She wanted me back with her. She wanted me back to normal so we could be a family again. She couldn't have me as a brother due to those damnable Central laws," Allen growled.
"Central laws?" Lavi questioned.
"When Leverrier became the head agent for Central, he wrote up many new and radical laws that all the hunters have to follow," Allen stated, leading the group further down the many halls, "One such law was put into action six months before my changing."
"And the law was?" Lenalee asked.
"No hunter or family with hunters in it shall have a legal siblinghood with any sort of demon," Allen spat, hair spiking a little.
"Why would he make such a law?" Lenalee asked, anger starting to rise.
"He thinks that he and all other normal humans are far superior to both demons and hunters," Allen sighed, "He thinks that both hunters and demons are abnormal and do not belong in this world with the rest of the normal human population."
"How the hell did he come up with that idea?" Kanda growled.
"Don't know, don't care," Allen growled in response, "But to sum it all up I guess you could say that instead of being a white supremacist, he's a human supremacist. He just believes them to be the greater species. It doesn't matter how or why, just that he does."
"That's just horrible," Lenalee whimpered.
"This is just how it is until someone else raises to his position and overthrows him," Allen sighed, stopping in front of a pair of giant doors, "Here we are."
"Where is here?" Lavi asked, staring in awe at the door.
"The guardian's chamber," Allen stated as he pushed the doors open.
The group slowly entered the nearly pitch black room. Allen led the way through the darkness, never stopping on the walk forward nor ever truly looking back at the three. The only reason they knew that he was still aware of their presence was whenever they stopped to try and figure out where they were, he would also stop and motion for them to hurry up. Finally, the white demon stopped. He still did not turn back towards his friends. Instead, his vision was locked onto the darkness in front of him.
Suddenly, a bright, shimmering creature of turquoise and white rose up from seemingly below them. The three friends flinched as they realized that they had been walking on a long and winding platform that was somehow suspended in midair. The creature rose to its full height, towering over the group. It had a head of a woman with the hair of one as well that covered its eyes. The rest of its body seemed to resemble a cross between a dragon and a snake.
"It's good to see you again, Allen Walker," the creature spoke, its voice sounding just like a beautiful woman's.
"Good to see you as well, Hevlaska," Allen smiled sadly up at the creature, "Though I wish it was under better conditions."
"As do I," the creature agreed.
"A-Allen," Lavi stuttered, "W-What is that?"
"This is Hevlaska, the guardian for this area," Allen introduced, "Hevlaska, these three are the new hunters Komui spoke to you about."
"I see," Hevlaska nodded, "Please do not be afraid of my appearance. I will do you no harm."
"R-Right," Lavi nodded as the other two stood frozen.
"It seems they are still quite scared of you, Hevlaska," Allen laughed, "I believe I would have been too when I experienced my first meeting with you."
"You were," Hevlaska stated.
Allen laughed again before turning to his friends, "Hevlaska is the one who finds where you fit in the hunter world. She can also find out what type of weapon you would use. A lot of times, she actually might have the perfect weapon for you already."
"When you receive your weapon, you go to Reever or Komui and they will make them into items that would work the best for you," Hevlaska continued.
"J-Just how is s-she able to find all that out?" Lenalee stuttered.
"She can just sense it," Allen chuckled.
"You, Miss Lenalee Lee, have the potential to become a great hunter. Your weapon will take advantage of your already superior agility and flexibility. It shall increase your strength many times over. With your weapon, you will be able to reach speeds greater than the speed of sound," Hevlaska said.
"Impressive!" Allen clapped, "So what form will her weapon best take?"
"The best form it to take would be a pair of shoes or boots," Hevlaska stated.
"I guess years of gymnastics and ballet have finally paid off," Lenalee giggled.
"Do me next!" Lavi said excitedly.
"You, Lavi Bookman, also have the potential to become a great hunter as well as an amazing record keeper. Your weapon will match your energetic personality perfectly. It shall be able to control and bend nature to your will. It will also allow you to take flight and squash all that stand in your way," Hevlaska said as the redhead started to shake with excitement.
"Sweet!" Lavi exclaimed.
"What form shall it be?" Allen asked.
Hevlaska was silent for a moment, "A hammer."
"Awesome! I get-" Lavi froze, "Wait! A hammer!"
"Do Kanda next!" Allen clapped as Lavi fumed.
"You, Kanda Yuu, are just like the previous two," Hevlaska said, turning to the stoic teen, "You have the greatest potential to becoming a great hunter. Your weapon shall be able to create brief illusions. It shall be the strongest of all three, relying more on your strength than the strength of the weapon. It will be able to increase both its strength and yours. This weapon will enhance your already incredible senses of sight, sound, and your instincts."
"Wow," Lenalee and Allen blinked.
"The form it shall take should be," Hevlaska paused, "a Japanese katana."
"Lucky!" Lavi whined.
Kanda just smirked at the thought of owning his very own sword.
"Good," Allen smiled, "Now Hevlaska will give you the material to take up to Komui to create your weapons with."
"Why doesn't Komui have the material?" Lenalee asked.
"Because the material must choose you," Hevlaska stated.
"It has to choose us?" Kanda asked skeptically.
"Yep," Allen beamed, rolling up his left sleeve to show them his blackened arm, "All hunters are born with the power and the ability to kill demons. Even without their specialized weapons they can do this. The weapon, however, makes it easier and will allow the hunter to draw even more strength out from within. But the weapons are picky. They don't like working for just anyone."
"Why's that?" Lenalee asked.
Allen chuckled, "It's mainly because your weapon becomes basically a part of you. It's like when you have to receive blood. If you don't get the right kind, then you can die. Your body rejects it. Same concept with the weapons only both sides do the rejecting. The weapon and your body will reject each other completely."
"Even with us?" Lavi asked, "I mean, I am curious as to why yours is actually your arm but all of that rejecting stuff could happen to us too?"
"Yes," Allen nodded, unrolling his sleeve, "You and your weapon have been linked from the moment you were born. You cannot have any other weapon. You two have been a part of a whole your entire life. As for me and my weapon, it goes a little further. When the weapon chooses to become one with your body, it means that there was no better form for it. That you weren't complete or that you would not be able to wield it properly unless it was in your body. There are some that have their weapons fuse with them later on in life and there are those that are born with them already. I was lucky and had mine from the moment I was born."
"How is that lucky?" Lenalee asked.
"Because," Allen grinned, "I didn't have to wait so long to work on strengthen the link between my weapon and myself."
"Strengthen the link?" Kanda asked.
"Yeah, all the weapons have different levels of their link. The stronger your link is, the more abilities you'll have," Allen explained.
"Found them," Hevlaska announced.
"Found what?" Lenalee questioned.
"The materials for your weapons," Allen beamed, "Hevlaska has three jobs. 1. She guards this place and keeps the barrier strong. She can also warn you when and when not to go through the barrier. 2. She helps find your path as a hunter. 3. She stores all the weapon material within her body."
"Inside of her body?" Lavi and Lenalee screeched.
"Wait a second," Kanda said, quickly walking over to stand next to Allen, "Were you the one that told me which way to go when Moyashi here got hurt thanks to that baka Noah?"
"Yes," Hevlaska said, "You were coming too close to the barrier. If I hadn't done so, then Allen would have died. I could not allow that to happen."
"…" Kanda stared at the creature for a moment, "Che."
"Okay…" Allen said, "Why don't you let their materials go, Hevlaska?"
Suddenly there were two shining green lights that flew away from the creature's body. The two lights circled around Lavi and Lenalee for a moment before coming to rest in their hands. Each light then changed into two gearwheel like things that overlapped and surrounded a brilliantly bright shining center. That was only for a second however. The two pieces then instantly took off once again, this time racing out of the room.
"There they go," Allen smiled, "We'll have to catch up with them at Komui's office."
"Where's mine?" Kanda growled up to the guardian.
"I do not contain it within my body," Hevlaska said sadly.
"Do you think that Fou would have it?" Allen asked.
"No. I sense it nearby but I cannot discover its where abouts," Hevlaska said.
"Will it be in its form already though?" Allen questioned.
"That I do not know," Hevlaska said, once again, sadly.
"Bummer," Allen sighed, "That means we've got to scourer this entire vicinity."
"Why doesn't she have Kanda's?" Lenalee asked while Lavi proceeded in holding Kanda back.
"Not all the pieces of material can be in one place," Allen stated, "Hevlaska could hold all of them but it isn't smart."
"Why not?" Lenalee questioned.
"If, on the off chance that a demon gets in through the barrier, we don't want them finding all the pieces and stealing them from us," Allen explained, turning to lead the group back out.
"Wait, Komui asked for me to give you this," Hevlaska said, as a shining green pendant flew down to the white demon.
"Th-this is…" Allen stopped as he gently cupped the pendant in his hands, "This is Catriona's weapon…"
"Komui thought that it would be best in your hands," Hevlaska said gently.
"Th-thank you, Hevlaska," Allen said weakly before leading the now silent three back out.
"Let's see," Komui said, pacing back and forth between Lavi and the material for his weapon, "Did Hevlaska really say it should be a saber?"
"Yep!" Lavi nodded excitedly, "That's what she said!"
"Really?" Komui questioned, confused, "I would never have thought that a saber would fit you perfectly…"
Lavi shrugged, "Oh well. Can't go against Hevlaska."
"What do you think that you're doing, Lavi?" Lenalee questioned, as she walked in with her hands on her hips.
"Nothing," Lavi smirked.
"Oh really?" Lenalee smirked back, "Nii-san?"
"Yes my sweet Lenalee?" Komui beamed.
"Make his weapon a hammer," Lenalee snickered, "It'll be a much better weapon."
"Hm?" Komui paused for a moment before understanding, "Oh, I see! Right! A hammer it is!"
"What!" Lavi snapped, "No!"
Lenalee just laughed as Lavi chased her out of the room. She led the redhead down hallways and stairwells. As they ran, all of the finders and scientists just smiled. They were happy for them. It wasn't often that the hunters actually got to enjoy themselves. With all the fighting and traveling around the world, most hunters worked themselves to death. Literally. So if they wanted to fool around and have some friends, who were they to stop them?
Lenalee led the redhead back to his room. Before he could grab her, she ducked inside and rushed to one of the beds where their precious friend slept.
"Allen! Lavi's being mean~!" Lenalee laughed as she pranced next to the white demon's bedside, "Hm? Allen?"
"What's he doing in here?" Lavi asked, finally giving up on Lenalee, "Shouldn't he be in the hospital wing?"
"Allen~!" Lenalee said, waving her hand in front of his face.
Allen just laid there, in a deep sleep.
"Hey Allen!" Lavi called, shaking him gently.
"Let the Moyashi sleep," Kanda said as he walked in, "He's been out cold since he got back here from showing you to Komui's workshop."
"Why didn't you take him to the hospital wing?" Lavi asked, sitting on the edge of the bed.
"I did," Kanda growled, "but those stupid nurses made me bring him back here."
"Why?" Lenalee asked.
"I don't know!" Kanda snapped, "All I know is that when I was carrying him back, I ran into that weird blonde haired guy and he told me to be careful with him and that he's fragile!"
Lenalee just looked at Kanda for a moment before rushing out of the room. A few moments later, there was a wave of laughter that filled the hallways. Lavi and Kanda looked at each other in confusion. When Kanda nodded towards the door, Lavi just shrugged. They both just put it off as one of the many mysteries of women.
Three days later…
"These are amazing!" Lenalee beamed as she pranced around in her new specially made dark red, hunter shoes.
"Lucky…" Lavi whimpered, pouting at his hammer.
Allen just laughed at his friends as he watched them inspect their new weapons. He had been confined to the bed for the past several days while he regained his strength. Spending most of his time in a deep sleep, Allen had barely been awake whenever his friends were in the room. In fact, the only time he had been awake was the day before when Komui came busting into the room. The scientist had been crying about Kanda trying to corrupt his precious little sister. Whatever happened after that, Allen had no idea. Right after Kanda stood up to glare down the crazed man, Allen passed out yet again.
"You haven't even tried it out yet, Lavi," Allen chuckled, voice a little hoarse.
"Try it out?" Lavi blinked.
"Yeah," Allen groaned as he stood up, "You're weapons can't do anything unless you activate them."
"Activate them?" Lavi questioned.
"Um…Turn them on?" Allen tried instead.
"How?" Lenalee asked.
Allen shrugged, "Everyone's different in that aspect. For me, I barely have to even think about my weapon to activate it. Try different things and see what works."
"Hm," Lenalee sounded.
Suddenly, her shoes ascended up her legs to create boots. A blood red butterfly appeared on the back of her ankle as the heel gained an inch. The boys watched as the girl smirked and disappeared down the hall. It wasn't a full minute before she returned with a cute hat on.
"Okay," Lenalee giggled, "I totally love these boots. I just ran down to my room and back in no time! I won't ever be late for class again!"
Lavi just glared at the girl as he held his hammer out away from him. He then turned he glare onto his weapon. Trying all sorts of commands in his head, the redhead started swinging the hammer around wildly.
"Activate dammit!" Lavi snapped.
'Damn you hammer!' Lavi shouted in his mind, 'Why couldn't you at least get bigger!'
Suddenly, the small little hammer almost instantly grew to be about three times larger than the redhead. Everyone just gaped at the weapon. Lavi's single eye widened when he realized that his weapon had changed. Letting out a loud shout for joy, Lavi easily lifted up the hammer and balanced it on his shoulders. The weight hadn't changed at all.
"Nice," Allen smiled as he walked in front of the large weapon, "But didn't Hevlaska say that your hammer would you to bend nature to your will?"
"She did," Lavi nodded, lowering the head of the hammer down to the ground so he could set it down.
The second that the hammer touched the ground, a large ring of fire surrounded the poor demon.
"Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot!," Allen screamed as he tried to escape the flames.
"Allen!" Lavi and Lenalee shouted.
"Lift up your stupid hammer, Lavi!" Allen demanded.
"R-Right!" Lavi nodded, quickly picking up his weapon.
The second that the hammer left the ground, the flames disappear. As they disappeared, they left behind a charred white demon. The boy simply fell to the ground with a thud as his two friends came up to him.
"Allen! Are you okay?" Lenalee cried.
"Say something!" Lavi pleaded.
"K-Keep that hammer away f-from me," Allen said weakly as he body started to heal itself.
"R-Right," Lavi nodded as their stoic friend walked up to them.
Kanda had remained in the boys' shared room, away from all the idiotic chaos. He didn't need to worry about them at the moment. What he needed to do was find his stupid weapon. The Moyashi had said that it was somewhere nearby but why couldn't they find it? He and baka usagi had been through the entire vicinity and still came up with nothing.
'And why can't I shake the feeling that my sword has something to do with the Moyashi?' Kanda thought to himself, growling slightly, 'What's this strange feeling of worry that I fill when I think of both of them? Is it just nerves? Or is it a coincidence that the brat told me about a sword from his memories and I now my weapon is supposed to be sword? Just what is going on?'
Mizu: Finally got this chapter out. Yays!
Allen: Why did I get hit with Lavi's Fire Seal?
Mizu: Cause I thought it would be funny~!
Allen: Burning me alive is funny!
Mizu: It is when you figure that you didn't die from it!
Allen: Don't care! It still hurt!
Mizu: *shrugs* Anyway, remember that I still enjoy all reviews and suggestions! Ciao for now~! *Heads off to continue packing for college*
Allen: Oi! I'm not through with you yet!