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Chapter 8
The boat was broken and had started sinking, however Miranda's Innocence managed to fix everything to perfect shape again, during that Lavi had opened her eye to see needles floating in front of her protecting her from the blow that was meant to smash her head in surprising the girl while the Akuma groaned in slight pain from the light matter slowly eating away at his dark matter form.
"Heaven Compass. North Crime!" Bookman shouted as he protected his student from the powerful blow aimed for her, the Innocence aimed at the Akuma and forced the Akuma against a mast with the old man was standing above on a rope.
"Gramps…" The female mumbled in surprise before squeaking as she fell off the thick sheets helping the boat move. "EEP!"
"Moron, getting us worried for nothing." Bookman muttered as he glanced down at the Akuma when it began speaking, now glad that his young apprentice was out of the way.
"Title: Why won't you kill me?"
"I need you to answer a few questions, first off, where did you come from Akuma?"
"Title: I am Eshi, created from a soul of a Japanese painter."
"There is no point attacking human's at sea, its The Earl isn't it?"
"You want information on Cross Marian huh?" Eshi asked as he grabbed Bookman and flew into the air.
"No way!" The old man gasped.
"I'll tell you, but only if you become a painting for me!" The Akuma laughed.
"GRAMPS!" Lavi screamed, however Jane had grabbed Nyoibou and extended the Innocence. "Jane! You can't use Innocence for long!" The female shouted before being helped off the ground by Krory.
"You'll just have to stay here and wait Lavi, there's no way for you to get up there." Krory responded.
The female cursed but then noticed a long green haired female using Nyoibou to reach the sky while she had her boots activated.
"Title: Old Man and The Moon" Eshi's voice rang out.
"Bookman!" Jane cried out, she caught him as he fell though winced when the hand holding Nyoibou started bleeding from the cuts that started to appear making her growl at the pain before glaring at the short man. "Hey! Bookman, wake up!" The blue eyed female snarled, then froze as another girl flew past her.
"Return to the ship Jane." Lenalee Lee ordered softly as she charged at the Akuma.
"Don't order me around you damned Exorcist!" Jane snarled but then gasped, cuts and bruises appeared along her body from the fight when Allen disappeared and from being blasted about by that Level Three Akuma with Lavi.
'No way… my wounds have come back! I'm not close enough to the boat!' The brown haired female thought to herself.
"Title:" Eshi began, his hands locking into a rectangle.
"I will destroy you!" Lenalee said.
"Foolish Exorcist! That's a Level Three!" Jane cried out. "It'll kill you if you fight it alone!" Then she looked away with an impish smile. "Not that I really mind as much but still Lavi's working with those fools so I can't have them making her look weak." She muttered.
Both Lenalee and the Akuma began to fight, kicking and punching, then suddenly the purple eyed female kicked the demon very hard sending him towards the water, then she began to drop down while staring at Jane.
"It's alright Jane, I'm fine, because I've made my choice, so go and protect the ship, I will catch up later." Lenalee smiled as she fell making the Noah glare down at her.
"Re-return to the ship Jane."
"Eh?" The girl asked looking towards the older man that she held respect for.
"There are more Akuma in the sky, he didn't come alone."
Just as Bookman muttered that out bullets began to shot from the sky making Jane having to lower them down. Meanwhile Krory began protecting Miranda's Time Invoke since whenever that was hit damage was landed on the stressed woman. Once Jane landed on the ground she threw Nyoibou to Lavi who managed to catch it and send out a fire seal to cover Miranda's Innocence as the black and white haired male couldn't protect it for much longer.
"Sorry to make you wait Krow!" Lavi told him happily.
"Stop calling me that eye-patch!"
"Sorry Krory!" The female giggled as Jane inspected her bleeding hand and winced as she felt Innocence leaking into her blood. "Are you okay Jane? You know you shouldn't use Nyoibou!" Lavi scowled.
"Well you weren't near it so I took measures into my own hands; my hand will be fine, just get rid of those Akuma before I command them to self destruct! Or at least any Level Twos and Ones, the blasted Level Three won't listen to me." Jane said rolling her eyes.
The long brown haired female tripped when the ship started sinking, noticing that Miranda looked panicked, and she also noted that a purple glowing chain was wrapped around her Innocence. The Noah side moved towards her and began to try and counter its ability informing the woman that it the Akuma's ability to control Gravity. The woman also knew about her which was making Jane seriously doubt Lavi's ability to keep secrets, though technically it was Nyoibou's fault as she appeared out of nowhere making Lavi blurt everything out as Miranda went into hysterics.
"Damn that Akuma! It's all his fault and I can't even get him to stop!" The Noah side snarled.
Halfway through the battle Jane had froze when she felt an Innocence reach it's Maximum power, blue eyes shot over each Exorcist to find the power coming from none of them, so she glanced out to the ocean where Lenalee was battling for her life, Nyoibou also felt that change but decided not the inform her Mistress and continue with the battle.
"Lenalee Lee…"
"Huh?" Miranda asked looking up desperately at the Noah.
"Nothing." Jane snapped and tried focusing on releasing the older looking woman though the temptation to go and break that Innocence was really hard to resist.
"Krory? Are you okay? You look completely out of it!" Lavi yelped causing the blue eyed female to twitch and watch her.
"Need…Akuma blood…losing strength to fight."
"Ah! Krow! You need to keep fighting!"
"I see her…Eliade…"
'Pathetic…" Jane muttered while her host screamed.
"GET A GRIP ALREADY! God dam-" Before she could finish Lavi was shot in the shoulder by an Akuma bullet making Jane scream her name as her host fell into the sea, however before she could do anything Krory had dived in after the female Exorcist making her relax a little.
"I can trust him enough to rescue Lavi… for now I need to concentrate on this so we don't all drown." Jane muttered out glancing at the dark chains, she was enraged though and resisted to urge to make those Akuma self-destruct.
Meanwhile in the water stars had started appearing along the Bookman Apprentice's body as her Noah genes tried to fight it off, suddenly though a hand firmly gripped her arm and a sharp sting appeared around her neck, then the girl felt herself being pulled back into the sky and dropped onto the boat making her cough and gasp for oxygen.
"Ah, you're alive."
"Didn't I just get shot?" Lavi yelped then turned around to look at Krory. "And what do you mean by that?" A green eyed then saw blood trailing out her neck making her tense and glance at the grinning male next to her with a horrified expression.
"HEY! DID YOU JUST BITE MY MISTRESS?" Nyoibou ranted, changing back into her human form and screaming at the black and white haired man.
"Thanks for the meal girl, I managed to get all that poison out before it took effect on your body, though you are a Noah it seems even you get affected by it. Oh I also drank some of your blood by accident." He said while Lavi went pale and Nyoibou shivered.
"YOU IDIOTS! HOW LONG DO YOU PLAN ON SITTING THERE? GET YOU'RE ASSES IN GEAR AND FIGHT YOU SLACKERS!" Bookman's voice echoed towards them.
"How dare that old bat talk to me like that." Krory glared.
"B-but THIS IDIOT BIT MY MISTRESS!" The blond cried out in distress.
"Who's the idiot?"
"Why aren't you using your Wood Seal you fool?" Lavi's Master shouted at her while ignoring the other two.
"Eh? I forgot about it…" The girl said tilting her head to the side.
"YOU IDIOT!"
"It's not nice to shout Gramps…" She replied lazily while grabbing Krory and whispering to him making the 'Panda' more irritated while her Innocence turned into a hammer and fitted snugly into her hand.
"Good idea, though your footing isn't good, but a death like this wouldn't be ideal for one such as me." Krory remarked with a smirk.
Then to everyone's surprise the Ship began to resurface instead of sink, this made Lavi fall over and hold onto the banister while Krory grinned evilly.
"Lavi! Now! Show them whose boss!"
This made Jane and Lavi smirk, the female Exorcist lets her hammer rest on her shoulders behind her as seals appear around her, Nyoibou enlarges and Lavi hits the Innocence against the Wood Seal and a blast of energy reaches out towards the sky.
"The Wood Seal, not an offensive seal which is rather unique for Nyoibou that seal controls nature itself instead of destroying things as the Innocence normally does." Jane commented sadly while she was kneeling next to Miranda making the other woman surprised.
"Jane?"
'Lavi's getting further and further away from the Noah, it's like when I reach out to her, she begins to fade like the light with Nyoibou…' The Noah thought as she watched her 'host' with a smile.
"Hey, you clouds, leave already!" Lavi ordered with a grin.
Once the clouds were gone Krory spotted the three Akuma, he then pressed against Lavi's Innocence as it threw him up into the air.
Jane watched as Krory injected his blood into them, she watched as he spoke to them with an enraged expression.
"Red snow?" Miranda asked as she reached out her hand to catch one of the red particles.
"No." Krory said as he dropped down next to Jane and Miranda freaking them out along with the crew members nearby. "Crimson, blood that reeks of blood, brilliant isn't it?" He then collapsed on the ground making everyone, minus Jane, scream in worry though the female did twitch in surprise.
"Krory! You're turning pale! Didn't you drink their blood?" Miranda panicked making the long brown haired female sweat drop.
"Sh-shut up…" The dark eyed Exorcist muttered out weakly.
To Jane's and Miranda's surprise the chain around her Innocence suddenly broke as the boat managed to make itself look perfect again thanks to her Innocence.
"Why hasn't she come back?" Lavi asked to herself, in Nyoibou's opinion she looked rather dark right now.
Later on however the red haired female got fed up and tried to go find Lenalee, however the crew started to restrain her so she couldn't leave.
"Let me go already! I can find her much faster than you guys can!" Lavi snapped, struggling.
"You're seriously wounded miss! You could get attacked while trying to find her!" A crew member shouted while holding on to another crew member who had his arms under Lavi's own arms and trying to put her in a headlock so he could drag her off her own Innocence.
She then managed to get them off her by enlarging her own Innocence but Miranda hugged her from behind.
"Please Lavi, don't be so rough with the crew, they protected me…" The brown haired female whimpered as she pulled away but held the red haired girl's arm gently. "Lavi, please, a-are you sure you have no fatal wounds?"
"Don't worry, I'm fine, there's no need to worry." Lavi smiled sweetly.
"Y-you seem to be bleeding, shouldn't we at least tie it up first?" Miranda tried to coax the younger girl to stay on the boat, however the green eyed female pulled away angrily and was about to snap when a hand gently placed itself on her shoulder but firmly also.
"Relax Lavi, you can go after Lenalee, The Exorcist and humans just want to make sure you are alright first." Jane commented with a reassuring look then turned towards the other brown haired female as Lavi took off.
"B-but Lavi!" Miranda cried out, reaching out towards her, but Jane's hand firmly pulled her hand down and shoved her further onto the boat.
"Quiet down Exorcist, you're so annoying, Lavi was getting worked up and now she's remembering bad things, so just let her go now, she'll come back and when she does she'll rest easier when she knows what has happened to her friend, got it?" Jane said with a glare.
"But she's injured!"
"And that's my reasonability and Bookman's, none of us tried to stop her so leave her alone."
"Are you Junior?" An Akuma asked causally.
"Eh?" Lavi froze in surprise, her injures had opened open covering her with blood to her irritation as it made her feel sticky and nasty.
"Maybe I should ask if you're Faith, eh Bookman's Apprentice? Is that who you are?"
"…Yes…"
"Finally! Could you help me out? My hands are killing me! I'm such a brave Akuma!"
"What is he talking about?" Lavi muttered but then became shocked as she saw Lenalee Lee inside the crystal. "What did you do to her?" Lavi shouted, enraged.
"I didn't do this Mistress! She's inside her Innocence!" The Akuma shouted trying to defend herself.
'It's true Lavi, the crystal is her Innocence' Nyoibou's voice rang out in her head surprising the girl.
'I've never heard of an Equipment type doing this before…acting without the will of it's compatible' The female thought to herself. 'Is this a trap?'
"Help me out already Junior! The Innocence is killing me." Suddenly though a golden golem hit itself against the Akuma's face then land on his face. "Oh, you're Marian's Golem huh?"
"Timcampy? Wait… you've been converted haven't you?" Lavi asked the yellow Akuma with a narrowed eye.
"Yep! I'm his messenger! Now help me out already."
Once the Innocence landed on the boat Anita rushed out to help Lenalee, however she collapsed onto the ground holding her ears and crying at the pain of singing in her ears. Mahoja helped her Mistress move away from the Innocence as Bookman warned them and the crew to keep away.
"It's definitely Lenalee's Innocence." Nyoibou commented, she placed a hand against the crystal and gently stroked it with a sad smile on her face.
"That's not the problem right now, a piece of Innocence went out of its way and protected its owner, that's never happened, only Nyoibou can do that as she is the only one to turn into a human." This made the said Innocence squirm though no one noticed as Bookman mentioned it. 'If that is the case, that Lenalee's Innocence saved her because she is Lenalee Lee then this will make an outstanding document.'
'Old man…don't tell me… that Lenalee's Innocence, is the Heart?'
"She's the 'Heart' huh?" The Akuma asked making the green eyed girl glare.
"Relax Lavi, there is no need to be cautious, Marian's conversion doesn't break easily, the Akuma will self destruct if that happens." Jane spoke, watching Lenalee's Innocence. "Timcampy landing on him confirms this, so just relax; it's no good getting yourself worked up."
"See! You should apologies Mistress!"
"Eh? O-okay, I'm sorry…"
"Anyway, I have a message from Marian; he is alive and is moving towards Edo in Japan."
"Edo? What's there?" Lavi asked as she wasn't really sure.
"You don't know? Aren't you supposed to be a Noah?" The Akuma asked in shock.
"Sh-shut up." The green eyed female blushed while crossing her arms.
"It's Noah's Ark Lavi. A giant box." Nyoibou stated.
"Yeah, 'a giant box' that generates Akuma." Jane scoffed, glancing at Nyoibou. "Also the girl doesn't know everything, she hasn't accepted her Noah." The blue eyed female said pointing at Lavi.
"Oh that's why… well anyway Marian's mission is to destroy it."
'Wow, the General was doing his job…' Bookman, Lavi, Miranda, Nyoibou and Jane thought with surprise.
"Won't he need help from all the Akuma and Noah?" Miranda asked softly.
"No, Marian said "That if you guys become a hindrance, go home!" so you wouldn't bother him."
"Ouch…" Lavi winced. "So cruel…"
"Agreed…" The blue eyed female sighed. "Those words are rather insulting actually."
"Japan is already The Earl's country, as you should know Lavi." The Akuma said with a glance at the red haired female.
"What? Why did you tell us Lavi?" Miranda asked.
"I'm not supposed to talk about my Noah side much."
"You haven't been doing a great job of that so far idiot! Since all the Exorcists here know." Bookman hissed while the girl laughed nervously.
Suddenly Lenalee's Innocence shot out a burst of light as it began to disappear, Lenalee was slowly lowered to the ground, Lavi went to rush over to her but was gently pulled back by Jane.
"Don't, let the Innocence check over her." The blue eyed female spoke gently in her ear but still held her arm worried about Lavi since she is part Noah.
The brown eyed female lowered herself by Lenalee's side and held her up.
"Lenalee…" Nyoibou spoke softly.
"Nyoibou… I'm, am I alive?"
Lavi shook as she held back her tears; Jane's firm grip was managing to help at least.
"You are alive my friend, and you're going to stay that way for a very long time." The blond haired female smiled. "The main question now is: should we go back? Or should we continue?"
"Let's go on." Lenalee smiled. "If we turn back we'd be insulting those who have given their lives to help us." The short haired female however gasped as her legs wouldn't move, though felt two hands grab her and pull her up, Lavi and Krory were holding her up.
"We've got Lee's approval then." Jane smirked.
"Let's continue on! To Edo!" Lavi grinned.
"Wow Akuma! You're fast!" The red haired female grinned. "Would your energy last Chomesuke?"
"Chomesuke? Actually that's rather cute, and anyway, we have to get to Edo as fast as we can!"
"Why?"
"It's my business okay!"
'Losing control huh?' Jane thought with interest, her eyes flashing gold momentarily.
"It's better that way anyway." Lenalee spoke making Lavi looked back while the wind forced her hair to cover some of her face. "Miranda's so tired, she took up a lot of damage during that battle with the Akuma and using Time Record takes up a lot of energy."
"Are you okay Miranda? I'm sorry I didn't protect you enough." Lavi said sadly.
"No, I'm sorry; I don't think…I can keep going until Edo…" She said weakly.
"It's okay." The red haired female said soothingly, stroking Miranda's brown haired.
"No, you don't understand…" The brown eyed woman whimpered.
"Miranda… please, don't bear with this alone okay? You aren't the only Exorcist here." Lenalee soothed softly, holding Miranda closer to comfort her. "We are all here with you."
Lavi was frozen in shock, her eye wide, this feeling inside her chest, it was so painful.
'I think she's growing an attachment for these humans…' Jane thought bitterly. 'This is bad… I should warn the others.'
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