Chapter 17
Two Weeks Later~
"WAAHHHH!"
"NOT AGAIN!"
Lavi ran into the room, surprised to see Allen screaming, his hair now long and glared at the crazy scientists littering the room. The red head pointed at them and started shouting, stomping her tiny feet to emphasis her feelings.
"I got bunny ears..." Bookman muttered, depressed in the corner of the couch.
"Admit it! You all just fool around!" The tiny Kanda hissed beside the tiny Lavi.
"The news of Lavi finally reappearing has finally settled down, however Lavi cannot convince the Inspector to let me live so I have to stay hidden unless I go back to the Noah. At this rate however I have my doubts that Lavi can look after herself..." Jane Scot sighed to herself in their mind, floating on the water. "They are moving out of the Order into a new one since this one was destroyed, now the science division is moving out, however the chemicals have been released by accident and now have had some side-effects on the Exorcists... including Lavi, Nyoibou and I... considering that we're all tiny... damn scientists..." The female hissed, shaking her fist.
"What can we do about their clothes?" Miranda pondered, tying up Allen's hair.
"They can wear Bookman's."
"I have some old clothes Lavi can wear." Lenalee offered, smiling gently.
When Kanda and Lavi reappeared Lavi was in wearing a large purple skirt with white ruffles underneath and a purple top with tight sleeves, also black dolly shoes making her blush. Kanda had a long top on that split down the sides of his legs and black trousers on. Both the two began to help each other move the heavy boxes out of the room.
"Hey Reever, will there be a forest that I can train in?" Kanda asked, helping his friend lift up the box, gripping one end of it.
"I heard it was gonna be near London!"
"Don't talk all at once..." Reever sighed out, holding a box himself.
"AHHHH!" A bunch of cries came from nearby surprising the gossiping group.
"Meow." Lenalee blinked.
"Meow?" Bookman mewed as well, looking stunned.
"That's creepy Gramps!" Lavi cried out.
"They're talking like cats!" Maire gasped while Miranda panicked, having accidentally dropped the chemicals on the pair.
"I'M SO SORRY! I'LL MAKE UP FOR IT BY BECOMING A CAT!" The time-keeper screamed, though was quickly restrained from drinking out of the bottle.
"If Komui finds out we're in trouble..." Kanda muttered.
"HE'LL KILL US!" Johnny Gill screamed, holding Lenalee's shoulders as she continued to meow.
"HEY WHO MADE THAT?!"
"You guys don't have anything dangerous do you?" Allen glared at Reever who grinned sheepishly.
"Nothing as dangerous as Komui's stuff." Johnny blushed.
"Is any of it here?" The white haired male asked suspiciously.
"No! It's all down in storage!" The young scientist paled as the lights suddenly turned off.
Everyone froze when they heard giggling causing them to believe Komui was pulling a prank.
"Somethings coming!" Marie announced, staring at the door as it opened to reveal the Head Nurse.
"N-Nurse?!" Allen cried out, surprised.
"You have good night vision Allen!" Johnny smiled.
"Yeah, I learned that when training under Master..." The boy muttered then stared in horror, stunned, as the Nurse bit his arm. "Wha?"
"Did she go crazy?" Lavi blinked, staring up at her as she was restrained by a scientist.
"Do you have a cold Nurse?" Miranda asked gently though gasped as her neck was bitten into harshly causing everyone to scream and panic, quickly pulling the female Exorcist away and restraining the Nurse even more.
"Miranda are you okay?" The blink Exorcist asked gently, holding her in his arms though she turned around and placed her head against his neck causing him to blush madly then hiss a little as she bite down.
"Maire?!" The blue haired Exorcist blink then glared as his arm was firmly grabbed and he was pulled up, leaving him dangling in the air.
"Don't you think this is a little weird?! Johnny screamed, horrified.
"What is going on here?!" Reever paled as the group edged towards the back of the room.
"I don't know..." Lavi replied, hiding mostly behind Allen's leg.
"Look at the door." Link muttered beside Allen making the group look up as more people poured in, all drooling like the other bitten ones.
"They're not in there right minds!" Kanda informed, kicking Marie's jaw and moving back to the group.
Lenalee jumped up though, Bookman clinging to her back and her arms wrapped around Kanda, watching as the crowd jumped at the small group.
"Did they get them?" The user of Mugen asked, glaring down at the crowd.
"CROWN CLOWN!" Allen shouted out, protecting the group with his white cloak and pushing the others back. "S-sorry! I tried not to make it hurt too much!"
"C'mon Allen!" Lavi cried, grabbing his arm and tugging him along.
The group ran out the room then on the stairwell hid in a storage room, most of them curling up in the corner while Allen, Kanda and Lavi look out the window.
"What the hell is up with them?!" Lavi hissed out, clinging to Allen's arm.
"Is it another attack?" Link asked, looking at the Scientists.
"Be careful... if they bite you you'll be infected and will turn into one of them..." A voice said from next to the younger looking grey eyed male.
"Komui you ass! Get him!" Reever shouted as the group dived at the hiding scientist, tying him up and his look-a-like-robot firmly, or tried to.
'Wow... the robot defeated them...' Nyoibou blinked, surprised.
'Shut up Nyoibou...' Lavi groaned, tugging at the rope bind her body between Kanda's and Reever's.
The only ones not tied up were Komui, his robot, Lenalee and Link. Lenalee tried to stop him but she could only say 'meow' enraging the purple haired man who thought they created some perverted game and involved Lenalee.
"What about this infection?!" Reever shouted, trying to gain his superior's attention.
"You took it from me remember? The Komuvit-D."
"The stupid overtime zombie virus... I remember it... it worked but it was too strong and ended up destroying a person's reason as well." The sandy blonde haired male sighed out.
"GENTLEMAN! WE MUST FIND THE SOURCE OF THE VIRUS! MAKE THE ANTIDOTE AND THEN CONTINUE TO MOVE OUT!" Komui shouted.
"The Black Order's doomed..." Jane muttered, sitting at the white table with a smirk. "They can act so stupid. However when they fight they will do their best."
"I like the Black Order." A quiet voice came from beside Jane.
"Even though you're hiding from them, Nyoibou?" The golden eyed female glanced to her side, watching the blonde female wearing the same dress as Lavi and herself except in a dull green, curl up, watching the tea in front of her.
"I just need a bit more time..." The Innocence muttered, her arms tightening around her legs. "I love the Order... just not that Inspector... he scares me..."
"Of course you would be scared! You we're tortured by him!" Jane snapped bitterly, glaring at her Exorcist half.
"Just like Lucy was by her Father..." The brown eyed female whimpered, tears gathering up in her eyes.
"Oi! Don't live in the past like that!"
"Like you don't live in the past! You haven't even gotten over Annie's dea-" Nyoibou was interrupted when Jane's glare darkened and her fist crashed into the tea cup, glass erupting and throwing itself across the water.
"Don't say it like that Nyoibou! Annie was murdered! She didn't just die! She was tortured! Humiliated! Torn to pieces! Mind, body and soul! And all we did was watch as those Exorcists did it!" Jane roared, anger rushing out of her body.
"..Jane..."
"No! She sided with the Exorcists! She fought and bled for for them! And she was stabbed in the back! Poor Pleasure! He was the one that found her!" The female sobbed, gritting her teeth as her fists slammed on to the table. "His crime against Lucy pales in comparison! He killed her family and ripped her eye out! Annie still had it worse! Her Faith was broken in everyone and everything... she was happy when she died..." Jane croaked out, eyes dull as tears spilled out of them. "I hate the Order..."
"I know you do... but I also hate the Noah Clan..." Nyoibou mumbled, watching her Noah half.
"Nyoibou..."
"Yeah?"
"Sometimes I wished that we wouldn't find another host... because every host we've had has meet their ending in a horrible way... Annie, Elizabeth... all those other people."
"I miss them two Jane." The Innocence smiled gently, one hand resting on her Noah's shoulder. "I think your rant helped cheer me up by the way... so thanks..." The girl smiled brightly, tears streaming down her eyes along with Jane.
"We're such babies..." Jane scoffed, grinning.
"They're all over the place..." Reever muttered. "How are we meant to find the source anyway?"
"Intuition?"
"You don't have a single clue?!" Lavi ranted.
"I'm seriously going to kill you..." Kanda hissed, struggling in Reever's grasp.
"Easy Kanda, normally I'd let you kill him but you can't."
"Anyway don't blame me! You confiscated the Komuvit-D remember?!" The purple haired scientist snapped.
"TIME FOR BAD KIDS TO DIE!" General Sokaro roared, smashing through the window with his Innocence startling the hiding, or were hiding, group.
"G-General! Why are you naked?!" Allen screamed.
"I won't let you get away~" The male sang, spinning his weapon.
"The General even got infected?!" Lavi cried out.
"WAHH!" Link screamed as he was grabbed from behind and restrained.
"Oh? I thought you were Yuu..." The General Tiedoll muttered, biting into Link's neck.
"No... It's my duty to report the Supervisor for this incident..." Link groaned, trying desperately to resist the virus.
"GRAMPS!" The redhead screamed as Bookman was bitten by General Cloud, now hanging limply in her grasp. "...And did they all just come from the showers?"
"I wonder if a good whack will make Link forget..." Komui muttered, holding a hammer while Reever restrained him.
"That's inhumane!"
"I'M GONNA KILL YOU!" General Sokaro yelled, attacking Allen who screamed.
The group were thrown away by Cloud's and Tiedoll's Innocence causing them to scream, the robot version of Komui attacked as well, blowing the area up, covering the place in smoke and dust.
Quickly Lavi, Johnny and Kanda clamped their hands over Allen's mouth, gagging him to try to stop him screaming in the small storage room they had ran off to, Lavi explained that only five people in the group were with them including themselves, Yuu Kanda, Johnny Gill, Lavi and Komui-robot-version, who was currently crying in the corner. Suddenly the door was knocked on causing the group to jump back, freaked out.
"Allen... Lavi..."
"That voice! Krory!"
"Open the door..."
"It's Kro!" Lavi said, startled. "He's awake! But... is he infected?"
They quickly pushed the robot towards the door who was now crying in fear but Allen quickly tried to reassure him.
"Now that we're separated from the other Scientists Johnny is the only one who can make the cure. The only ones left here are you, me and a couple of worthless brats! You're the only one I can rely on!" Allen said dramatically, holding the robot's hands. "Will you do it?"
"Yes! I will open the door!" Komui's creation began but then was kicked back inside by an angry looking Krory.
"You should have opened the doors sooner kiddos, now I'm angry!" Krory shouted as the chains wrapped around him attacked the group who dodged.
The vampire-like Exorcist continued to attack the group, defeating them quickly but it was discovered that Krory was the source of the virus forcing the group after him, though they were soon chased by the zombies. However the group were soon thrown into a wall making them dazed. Bookman quickly restrained his Grandaughter's arms and bite her neck while the swordsman was restrained by his General and received a bite on his arm.
'Lavi!' Both Jane and Nyoibou cried out, horrified.
"They've all been bitten!" The Innocence screamed. "I'll go out and-"
"Don't bother! You'll just be a drooling idiot as well!" Jane twitched, watching now as the whole Black Order is bitten.
Nyoibou and Jane watched as the night became day and Bak, the supervisor of the Asia Branch, saved the day by creating a new vaccine for the Komuvit-D.
"I'm bored! Gramps told me to stay here at headquarters while he goes to the new one and records the meeting between Allen and Cross!" Lavi whined, legs kicking out as she sat sideways on the chair.
"You've visited a lot more than usual Lavi..." Jane raised an eyebrow, raising her tea cup and drinking the warm tea inside of it. "Is something wrong?"
"Just tired and bored... decided to come here... I feel relaxed and safer in here... been feeling like this since we left Sheryl's mansion..."
"You are meant to feel safe." Jane smiled gently. "This is like your Sanctuary!"
'So Lavi's missing the Noah Clan... it's not strange, she was being treated better there and now she comes here to feel imprisoned, after all she's not allowed out on missions unless she has a guard. A member of Crow...' The blue eyed female thought.
"Jane... who is Neah?" Lavi asked, blinking at her other half who paled. "Mother mentioned him a few times and you did in the Ark when you were about to fall... who is he?"
"Smart kid..." The brown haired female said dully, glaring at the redhead wearing a white dress. "Fine, remember Allen mentioning Mana?"
"Yes... that was Lucifer's teddy..."
"Neah and Mana are brothers..." Jane muttered. "Neah, is the '14th'."
"What?!"
"Allen Walker has the '14th's' memories inside of him... Allen's the host for Neah's revival."
"...Did Mother know? About this?"
"Yep. She knew Neah and Mana, she cared about them. That's why she gave you and Lucifer those names for your toys, it gave her a piece of mind. Those memories will take over Allen..."
"You were Neah's friend also... that's why you were so angry when you thought Tyki had killed Allen..." Lavi stated as a fact, not a question.
"Correct! I don't care about the brat! Or at least... I thought I didn't..." Jane sighed, rubbing her hair.
"You've learned to care about him..."
"Guess so..."
'Lavi... there's another side to this war... however... we'll just endanger you if Nyoibou or I tell you. Unfortunately you'll have to be naïve for your own safety...' Jane thought, drinking the last of the tea. 'My main priority after all if to protect Lavi, nothing else matters.'
"Later... Marian Cross..." Jane said allowed, tears rolling down her cheeks surprising Lavi. "I'll miss you..."
"Jane? What's wrong?"
"Marian's going to die... and I'm going to miss him!"
Lavi sighed in boredom, walking down the hallway where she had marched to the day she came back. She had left her mind when Jane asked her to be left alone, and she could still hear her Noah side's cries of pain and fear, upset over the death of Marian Cross. The redhead tried to ask what was going on and what happened but Jane just broken down crying and asked to be left alone, curling up in a ball as if trying to shield herself from any more pain.
"Jane's been upset recently... maybe she should go back to the Noah Clan..." Lavi mumbled quietly.
'Hey Lavi! Can I come out? Nee~'
'Looks like whatever Rhode did is wearing off. And no Claire... I need you all to stay inside your rooms...'
'But that door is drawing all of us to come out, nee."
"Door?" Lavi blinked, looking around. "Which door?"
'The sealed off one.' Junior muttered.
The redhead looked towards the corner where the door covered in signs and locks was, her eye widened as her body moved forward by itself towards the door, her hand lifting itself up and wrapping around the cold handle.
'What's going on? Why can't I control my body?'
'Lavi... the door is making all my alias' feeling strange... I don't even know what that door is closing off and I'm the Bookman Junior. I want to know...'
'Are you controlling my body?'
'No she isn't, something from your past is though.' Gabriella said coldly, eyes narrowing, 'It has nothing to do with the alias' though, it's to do with the Noah of Faith...'
The door handle was lowered and the door clicked, Lavi felt her body push the heavy door open, though felt some resistance from the seals, once opened her body walked down the steps, watching as the room grew darker and darker.
'What's going on?' Lucy's calm voice asked, worried.
'I have no clue...' Lavi blinked. 'We easily passed by those seals... it's like something wants us to go down here...'
The Bookman Apprentice continued down the stairs until she couldn't see, then her hand glowed with flames as she felt her eye change slightly to her her other eye which hid behind her eye-patch. Her feet continued to move downwards until they reached a door, another solid metal one. Lavi gulped, forcing down the saliva clogging up her throat, then felt her hand rest against the handle again, pushing down until another click was heard. Then, the door was pushed opened and Lavi's body moved forward until she was fully in the room. Tears gathered up in her eyes and rushed down her cheeks, lips trembled as bile raised up in her throat, hands covering her mouth.
"What is this place?!" Lavi choked out, shaking all over, golden eyes wide as she stared as the room.
Chains. Blood. Skin. Bones. Death. It littered the room. Cruel and cold torture devices lay, tables, chairs, they all had restraints on them. Weapons and Innocence covered the walls.
'Lavi please! Leave that room!' Nyoibou begged, horrified, just realising where her host had stepped into.
"What is this place?" The female asked, knees buckling as she fell to the floor, hands still covering her mouth as fuzzy memories of the room appeared in her head, she didn't know why she felt this sick, she had already seen so many horrors as a child, watching all those wars and their aftermath, then her family's death.
"This is where Annie Scot was murdered." A cold voice said from beside the redhead, causing her to look up.
"J-Jane?"
"Those images appearing in your mind, those images are of your Great-Grandmother being betrayed, humiliated, tortured and murdered by the Black Order members."
"Annie Scot? Jane... I forgot but your second name is Scot two... did you just copy my second name or are you actually related to us?" Lavi muttered dully, trying to ignore the fuzzy memories floating in her mind and to ignore the room.
"You don't need to know about it yet..." The older female said, cold and detached. "Just know that this will be your fate if you continue to fight with the Exorcists. You'll be experimented on and you'll be tortured until the day you die. And if you try to get yourself killed they will restrain you to keep you safe and alive, but they'll still continue, even when your mind is broken beyond repair. Lavi, if you continue to fight with the Black Order this will be your fate. Remember this room. Always."
Lavi watched as the Noah slowly began disappearing back into their mind and once she was gone Nyoibou replaced her and helped her stand up.
"Lavi, the Order was scared of the Noah of Faith, Annie knew so much and they also knew her so much, or so they thought, so when it was revealed that Annie was a Noah they felt betrayed and angry, they took their suffering out on Annie. All sides of the war suffered that day. It was the Noah of Pleasure, Jacob Walden, who found Annie just when she was about to die... he took her body and told everyone what had happened. The war continued on once more... even more people died... there was so much anger... Jane and I were passed on to her son, Peter Scot, who married a beautiful young woman and had Elizabeth. Peter however wanted nothing to do with the Order or the Noah Clan, he hated the war that took his mother away and so Jane and I slept, only fragments. Some Noah came by, Peter sent them away, too horrified by the idea of the war, he would break down crying sometimes when they spoke to him. He would only speak to Jacob, the man who found his mother and returned her body to him. Even then that was rare... Peter hated the Noah of Faith. Peter hated Jane and I. He didn't want us near Elizabeth but Elizabeth convinced him, convinced him to love all parts of himself, that woman was too kind. She married an Exorcist and was discovered, but he didn't care, he loved Elizabeth and Jane also grew to love him, she fought along side him and protected him and his friends with Elizabeth's body. Then you and Lucifer were born, and events lead up to the day they all died, except you." Nyoibou told sadly, holding her host's hands gently. "Elizabeth moved everything forward again, she continued everyone's life. Though mostly kept herself out of the war, unless it was to help Andrew. What happened to Annie was a mistake, one that won't happen again."
"Hopefully not." Lavi muttered, standing up, wiping away her tears and glancing around the room once again.
"You coming Lavi?" Nyoibou asked, hovering at the doorway.
"Go on ahead... I'll be there in a moment."
"If you're sure..." The blonde said reluctantly, moving up the stairs and back towards the main door.
"I'm sorry, Annie Scot." The redhead mumbled, Annie's last memory appearing in her mind.
"Annie! Faith!" The Noah of Pleasure leaned down, horrified at the blood and torn pieces of skin and bone, the dull blue eyes in front of him, chain tightly to the wall and floor.
"It's alright... please don't cry Jacob..." The black haired female smiled weakly, blood trailing out of her mouth, trailing down her pale skin. "I shouldn't have trusted the Exorcists-" She began then broken out into a fit of coughs, blood splattering everywhere.
"Faith!" The blonde haired male cried out, clutching the female's hand, afraid to touch anywhere else in the pile of hanging, broken bones, bleeding body and ripped skin.
'I'm so glad... I'm so happy... I won't suffer anymore... Peter... my sweet wee boy... you'll have to take care of the burden of having the Noah of Faith... and I'm so sorry for it.
"I'm sorry..." Annie Scot groaned out, her last breath being released as her body went limp.
"FAITH!"
Lavi leaned down and touched the wall where her deceased family member had died, golden eyes shimmering with tears as she smiled. The redhead nodded solemnly, her eyes closing as her head leaned again the old wall, covered in old, dried blood.
"I'm alive... and I'll keep it that way for a long time... I won't die like you, tortured by your friends, or Grandpa, killed by a rogue Akuma, or Mum, killed by her Husband. For once the Noah of Faith will live a long life and will grow to see herself having grey hair, heh, Jane will have a panic attack! I promise you that! Got it?!" Lavi barked out, glaring defiantly at the blood then stood up and headed towards the door, laying her hand on the handle and slowly closing the door. "Goodbye Annie Scot. I'm away to the new Black Order! Don't worry, you won't be forgotten!"
"Master, what happened to Cross?" The Bookman Apprentice asked sitting across from her Master in the new Hall in the new building. "You've been worked up ever since the day you went and saw him and Allen, you realised something, so what did you realise?"
"I should think that... Cross Marian shall not be coming back to the Order... assuming he has escaped with his life..." Bookman said, reluctantly.
"Escaped from whom?" Lavi whispered out, horrified.
"We shall move with caution, you may also be in danger even though it was only me who bore witness to that scene."
"Scene? What scene? Gramps!"
"I'm going to the library, come up later for some translations. And don't mention this conversation again." Bookman muttered, standing up and leaving the room.
"Gramps..."
"Good Morning."
"Neah!" Jane cried out, looking up at the black sky, eyes widening. "You've awakened!"
The water shook as did the tree and flower, Jane grabbed her arms as the world around her began to collapsed.
"Jane!" Nyoibou cried out, appearing in their mind, horrified.
"Neah's awake!"
"What?" The Innocence froze. "Nevermind! Calm down! You'll wake up Lavi! Your feelings and pain are erupting in her mind!"
"Really? I never noticed!" Jane laughed as the area began to calm down, the shaking stopping slowly. "I'm so happy! But why am I in pain?!"
"What's wrong Tyki?" Rhode Kamelot asked, sitting on the floor covered in broken glass, licking a lollipop, staring at the wall while her Uncle sat nearby, hunched over, grasping at his hair, panting in pain.
"My wounds are aching... tell me Rhode, what is this feeling?" The male asked shakily, trembling as sweat came out from his skin, his body feeling feverish.
The girl wiped away the blood that came from the cut on her cheek, continuing to stare at the wall, listening to her Uncle's gasps of pain as he tried to calm down as she let her thoughts run wild.
"So much has happened lately! Right Lavi?" Nyoibou asked, walking backwards, facing her host.
"Yeah, first we come back, then we get attacked by zombies! Then Allen's interrogated, Bookman grows paranoid, Cross disappears, I find that room, we move into the new and then we move into the new Black Order building, oh yeah, also those Crow members showed up!" The redhead listed off the events, counting her fingers.
"I wonder when they'll let us go back on missions?" The blonde haired female pondered.
"Unless it's something really big I doubt we'd be allowed out until they kill off Jane. Which isn't happening so we won't be out for a while!"
"I wanna go out!" The Innocence whined, fists waving about.
"We we can't go out! So don't pout at me! It's not my fault in the first place." Lavi grinned, crossing her arms.
"Boo! I wanna go out and play! There's nothing to do around here! I'm so bored!"
"Why don't you go take a looksie around?"
"I already did that while you were sleeping! I've been through the whole place! I even went to see Hevlaska and the other Innocence! The other Innocene were bored two!"
"It's not like I can do anything about it! Komui is under orders not to let me out. Leverrier is worried that one of his 'precious Exorcists' will be snatched up by the Noah Clan again."
"I'm gonna die of boredom..." Nyoibou whined, looking gloomy.
"Alright, how about we play a little prank?" Lavi grinned.
"Ohh, what?! What?! What are we gonna do Lavi?!"
"Okay, we'll Jerry made a large dessert for everyone as celebration, he was making several Trifles, so lets stick the glass that will be holding them on to the plate, and their spoons. Also we can put salt on everyone's toothbrushes!"
"Anything else?" Nyoibou asked, excitement lighting her eyes.
"I'll think of more soon! C'mon, let's go and deal with those pranks first!" Lavi grinned.
"Yeppie!" The Innocence cheered, following her host/Mistress.
When it became nighttime Lavi entered the room, succesful with her pranks, everyone was surprised when they couldn't get their spoons/forks off the plate or their dessert off the plate. Lavi laughed when they were forced to eat it with their mouths, however some, Yuu Kanda, left the room, not wanting to eat with his mouth in the dessert like Allen Walker was doing happily. The salty toothpaste also made some people choke and spit it out quickly while some accidentally swallowed it causing them to cough rapidly. Lavi and Nyoibou also had filled the corridor containing the bedrooms with brightly coloured string with wet paint spread over them so by the time everyone got to their rooms they had to go back for a shower, Mugen was now also coloured brightly with pinks, blues, greens, etc.
"Okay... flooding the bathroom with bubbles was an accident..." Lavi grinned sheepishly, rubbing the back of her head.
"I had so much fun!" The Innocence giggled. "Wonder if they figured out who did it?"
"They probably did already."The redhead laughed. "Oh we're so doomed! So, feel tired now Nyoibou? You couldn't get to sleep last night because you were so bored!"
"I'm feeling much better now, with a nice long nap I'll be in top shape." Nyoibou grinned happily, changing into her weapon form while sitting on the bed so that it now rested on the large pillow.
Lavi laughed as she pulled off her Exorcist uniform and changed into a brown pyjama t-shirt with light green pyjama shorts. Once she was clothed she grabbed a bobble and tied her hair into a low ponytail and got into the bed, after blowing out the candle and got comfortable, falling into a deep sleep. However after two hours a cry woke the female up, alerting her that there was something wrong, the green and golden eyed female shot up, eyes darting around but seeing nothing wrong.
'There's a new Noah!'
"Jane? What's wrong? It's late..." The girl muttered sleepily, rubbing her eye as she stifled a yawn. "Can you repeat that?"
'I said there is a new Noah!'
'What?! Who?! The only ones not awaked is Wisdom and Wrath since he died recently!'
'It's Wisdom!' Jane cried out. 'All the Noah are back except Wrath!'
Lavi's eyes dulled and she dropped back into the bed as she pushed herself into her mind to see her hiding Noah half. Lavi was surprised to see her Noah half with now short brown hair that reached down to her chin instead of her waist.
"Jane?"
"Things are going to change now Lavi. For better or for worse~" Jane sang, a cruel smirk upon her face.
"Nyoibou! What the hell did you do?! We we're blown so far away!" Lavi snarled, walking around the deserted area.
"Ehehehe, I kinda got carried away! I think we're in Jordan..."
"We're suppose to be in China!" Lavi twitched. "Great... Jane ran off and now I'm separated from Gramps..."
"Sorry." Nyoibou said gloomily, depression clouding the area around her as the pair walked.
"Nevermind that! I just wonder what the energy was earlie-" Lavi froze when she saw her friend, Allen Walker, having his fist held tightly by a Crow member, both looking nervous. "A-Allen?!"
"Lavi?!" The boy blinked, stunned when he saw his friend standing there. "Aren't you meant to be in China?!"
"Yeah but Nyoibou got carried away and blew us both all the way over here!" The redhead sighed, walking over. "What are you two doing anyway?"
"Okay! I'm sorry about my attitude! I just feel irritated whenever I see a master Disciple! I get high spirited when I defeat an Akuma!." Tosuka said, feeling the gaze of Madarao on him. "My heart wobbled with emotion when I thought I could help God." He said, hand placed on his chest making Nyoibou and Lavi blink.
"Did we miss something?" The blonde asked as the group began to move.
"Must of, just dunno what." Lavi shrugged, following Allen but then frozen and spun around when she heard a pained gasp from Tosuka.
The group watched in horror as Tosuka's arms fell to the ground while behind him Tyki Mikk strode, one hand on his hip and the other outstretched. The male wore a tight, white top that had several sections cut out of it. One sleeve was fully there and went down to his wrist while the other wasn't and was replaced with a band at his wrist. The shirt was long and reached down to his ankles, black shoes and trousers covered his lower half.
"Yo, long time no see, boy~" Tyki said, smiling at Allen Walker.
"Ty-Tyki!"
"The 14th's name is kinda long so let's just call him 'young man'. Don't worry, we don't have much business here, we're only hunting Exorcists." The Noah of Pleasure smiled sweetly as two more Noah appeared from portals appearing below Tyki's feet.
Sheryl Kamelot, wearing a similar outfit to Tyki's except he had both sleeves and his trousers and shoes were white, and Maashiima, a muscular Noah wearing shades with dark, spiky hair, wearing a white top, only covering his chest, and long black trousers mostly covered by white boots.
"...Tyki..." Lavi muttered, staring at him with wide eyes.
"Hey Lavi, planning on running away again?" He asked with a smirk.
"We've got to go Lavi!" Nyoibou shouted, twisting around and throwing a kick, fire and lightning appearing and attacking the three Noah as Allen ran out and grabbed Tosuka.
"Hurry!" Allen shouted, running off with the group following him.
"So your brothers are here?" Madarao asked, raising an eyebrow at the redhead sitting nearby at the entrance of the cave they were hiding in.
"Seems so."
The two glanced over at the arguing Allen and Tosuka, watching them bicker with each other until Madaro interrupted.
"Let him be. His wounds already healed."
"Amazing, you have the same skill as Kanda..." Allen pondered while Lavi watched.
"Skill? Ah, that guy was Alma Karma's... haha... I can...only close the wound, I wish I had the skill like a second has. Please Madaro! Swear that you will survive and will become a 'womb'."
"Yeah." Madaro muttered, arm turning into it's weapon state.
"What are you doing?! He's our fellow-" Allen shouted, pushing the arm away from Tosuka.
"That's right, I'm going to absorb him."
"Can you not get involved Master Disciple?" Tosuka said, smiling.
"Why?!"
Madarao calmly explained about the cells flowing through their bodies and explained the 'Womb Transformation' and saying that was the Third Exorcist Project.
"We too would like to save the world..." Tosuka said, crying softly. "So don't get in our way! My last wish is to be absorbed by Madarao and become a apart of him! I'll never accept being killed by a Noah like this!"
Lavi's eyes flashed golden as she stood up, about to let a warning out when suddenly Sheryl Kamelot appeared behind Tosuka, from the wall, one hand holding Tosuka's head, fingers spread apart, covering his cheek.
"Don't worry." The Noah of Desire's purred as he covered the weeping male's eyes. "We won't be the ones to kill you."
The redhead yelped when she saw Maashiima appear from nowhere and kicked Allen away from Tosuka while Tyki appeared from nowhere as well and attacked Madarao, pushing him away from his fellow Third Exorcist as well.
"Would you like me to tell you who will finish you off? It's your..." Sheryl whispered into his ear then twisted his bones while firmly holding the Third Exorcist's head.
The Noah of Faith quickly tried to attack him but we quickly disappeared through the portal with Tosuka and it closed, leaving Lavi rubbing her face from hitting the wall, growling in irritation.
"Damn that Sheryl! Oww... shouldn't have dived at him..." Lavi hissed, rubbing her nose.
'Are you okay Lavi?'
'Apart from headbutting a wall I'm well enough. I'm afraid I can't say the same for Tosuka though... he'll need help.'
'Let's go after him then!'
'No, we need to help Allen and Madarao first!'
'Let's hit Tyki! I wanna hit Tyki!'
'Nyoibou-'
'I won't fight if you don't let me whack Tyki!' The Innocence huffed childishly.
'Fine! Fine!'
"Fire Seal!" Lavi shouted, slamming Nyoibou off the ground.
Tyki dodged just in time, avoiding the flames, Allen however brought his sword down from above the now who sunk into the ground and behind the redhead who aimed a kick at him but he grabbed her leg and threw her to the ground, said female landing on her head and then having her body flipped over making her blink several times, dazed.
"Lavi!" The white haired male cried out.
"I'm fine!" The multi-coloured eyed female replied. "Just keep fighting!"
"Actually-" Tyki started to say, avoiding a blow to the head and kicking Allen away into a wall. "I think that's enough of us fighting!" The male Noah snapped, disappearing underground then reappearing below the dazed redhead.
The black haired male grabbed her waist and slung her over his shoulder, startled Lavi accidentally dropped Nyoibou on to the ground and began hammering her fists on the Noah of Pleasure's back, who let the curled up fingers phase through his body.
"Put me down!" Lavi snarled, trying to kick him as well as punch him but couldn't, her hands and feet only slipping through him.
"Finished having a tantrum yet?" The male asked, raising an eyebrow.
"When you put me down I'll finish!"
"Let Lavi go!" Both Allen and Nyoibou shouted, one aiming a kick at his back, the other aiming his sword at the Noah's neck.
The Noah jumped up into the air, letting the two freeze below him, Nyoibou's foot, surrounded in electricity, aimed at the boy's stomach and Crown Clown, aimed at the blonde female's neck. The Noah jumped on to the sword, when Lavi shouted at the pair, and kicked the boy in the face then the girl, taking advantage of the surprise. Tyki jumped over the wall and smirked as an Ark appeared next to him.
"Oh, shall we go Lavi?"
"Put me down right now Tyki!"
"What so you can fight me? You know I don't like fighting you Lavi."
"You seemed happy enough back at Edo." The female twitched.
"I was only teasing then!"
"You threw me into a building and kidnapped Jane! And that was only teasing?!"
"Still was only teasing you!" The Noah smiled sweetly then dived back into the portal as Allen charged at him, sending him, Lavi and Allen off to the Asian Branch.
"RETURN MY COMRADES!" Allen shouted, trying to catch up to Tyki who pushed himself into the air with Lavi hanging over his shoulder still.
All three Noah began to fall towards the ground, towards The Earl. During this Lavi noticed that her clothes had changed, her top changed so that it made a crescent moon shape at her stomach, the top's collar was cut into a diamond shape, the shoulders had large slits in them but still joined to the sleeves which reached down to the elbows, black bandages wrapped around her arms and down to her wrists. Her lower half was covered by tight, black trousers, one leg only going half way down, then large black boots covered up to her knees.
"GET OUT OF THE WAY!" Tyki warned, looking casual as he and Allen stepped on top of The Earl while Allen looked stunned as did Lavi who blinked several times, staring down at her Master's legs. "We told you to move it Millenium Earl." The Noah of Pleasure continued lazily then looked at Allen darkly. "Welcome, Allen Walker." The male greeted, rubbing his hair back.
"What is the meaning of this?! Johnny and Reever?! What are you doing here?!" The white haired male cried out.
"Oi Tyki, cut your hair..." Lavi muttered, tugging the long hair gently. "It's grown too long..."
"Eh? But Rhode will kill me!" Tyki blinked, remember her Niece's anger when he mentioned it and also being punched in the stomach by her.
"So?" The redhead female asked blankly.
"Don't be cruel Lovely!" The male whined, looking back slightly to see her, well, only her backside and legs.
"I'm not being cru- Huh?" The girl blinked, surprised when she glanced up. "Yuu?!"
"Kanda? Why? Aren't you supposed to be guarding the Jordan camp?!" The white haired male shouted.
"The camp's already been destroyed." A voice said from nearby.
Allen looked around again to see Tosuka being tossed out a coffin by Sheryl Kamelot who was smirking cruelly.
"Surprised? Of course you would be since you came to save this Third."
"Tosuka!"
"What happened to Madarao?!" Tosuka cried out, gritting his teeth in pain.
"Mercym is taking care of him." Tyki said cheerfully, smiling brightly.
"Be careful! This Noah has the power to manipulate bodies! He crushed my legs without even touching them!"
"Yeah, and unfortunately for you these people are all under my power! I'm a bit of a sadist so if you don't want to see your comrades in funny poses I suggest you listen to me." Sheryl smirked, twirling his finger around locks of his dark, long hair.
"So what? You want us to shut up and let us be killed by you?" Allen asked dully.
"Oh no, that's too boring! However could you not forget the fact that your currently crushing our Millenium Earl? Get off him, you too Tyki!"
The two men got off the large and slowly being crushed man and stood a short distance behind the Akuma-maker, Tyki gently allowed Lavi down on to her feet but kept both her arms in a firm grip with one hand, holding the limbs behind her back. Tyki grinned at the white haired boy cheerfully and smugly.
"Boy, we came to retrieve you, you know?"
"Huh? But I'm your enem-" Allen tried to continue but a hand appeared on his head and slammed him on to the ground.
"Eep! Allen!" Lavi yelped, watching The Earl pin the boy down and twisted him around so that the younger male would face The Earl.
"Allen Walker, we'll make sure you never return to your Order." The Earl said darkly. "You were not the Player that the 14th left behind, you are the 14th himself!"
"Understand?" The Noah of Pleasure asked smugly.
"I admit I was fooled by your clown antics. As I'm sure you all know I create the Akuma, they are my hands, feet, and my eyes. That time, did you not call me through the Akuma?"
"That time? What are you talking about?! I never did that-"
Suddenly Allen's expression turned from anger to amusement surprising the group.
"It's just as you say."
"Nea-" Lavi tried to say, her eyes golden, hair darker and skin grey, but Tyki quickly covered her mouth stopping her from speaking.
"Hush Faith." Tyki muttered quietly into her ear, eyes wide and staring at Allen. "I know you're the 14th's friend... so just be quiet for now."
"I wanted to tell you, that I'd come back." The Noah said gently, hand reaching out to touch the Akuma-Maker's face.
"Fourteenth..."
"I'd knew you'd come for me brother... this time I will kill you." The boy said, face now up close to The Earl's. "I will kill you and become the Millenium Earl!" The boy announced, grinning madly while shocking everyone.
"I-is that what you wish for?" The Earl asked.
"No...No! It's not! I'm not the 14th! I DON'T WANT THAT!" Allen screamed, head butting the Earl making Lavi let out a muffled squeak of surprise. "Listen up Earl! And the 14th too! I AM ALLEN AN EXORCIST! AND I'D DIE BEFORE BECOMING ANYTHING ELSE! QUIT TAKING OUT YOUR BROTHERLY FIGHTS ON OTHER PEOPLE! IT'S A NUISANCE!"
'Allen!' Lavi thought, surprised and happy. 'I'm glad you're fighting back. Now if only I could use my body... but it seems Junior wants to record this moment herself... and Faith also wants out. Okay... seriously there's too many people in my head!'
'Hehe! I know, it's funny! Nee!' Claire had spoke out in Lavi's thoughts.
'Not this again...' Lavi thought to herself. 'Don't tell me you're all going to fight for my bo-?' Before Lavi could continue Tyki's shout stopped her from thinking the rest of her thought.
"Millenium Earl look out!" Tyki shouted, the hand covering Lavi's mouth blocking the blow meant for his dazed Master from the Innocence being held by Yuu Kanda.
"MYY RHODE! WHAT ARE YOU DOING WISELY?!"
"I'm not a swordsman..." The boy replied to the panicking Sheryl.
Allen quickly tugged Lavi out of Tyki's grasp surprising both female and male and threw her to Kanda while Allen grabbed Tosuka from Sheryl, kicking the box into the panicking male. The blue haired male wrapped an arm around Lavi's waist and threw himself backwards to where Allen was running off to, Rhode hanging in his mouth.
"Kanda! You were able to move?!" Allen shouted.
"Got a problem with that?!" The male replied, allowing Lavi to stand on her feet but still holding on to her wrist firmly as her skin was still dark and eyes golden along with darker coloured hair.
"No but it annoys me that you could move all this time."
"I woke up here after I got my head smashed in, took me a while to grasp the situation." He muttered as his hand holding the sword tugged at Rhode's ribbon.
"AHH WHAT ARE YOU DOING YOU PERVERT?!" The doll cried out.
"Shut up, your brother broke my hair tie so I'm taking that ribbon!" The older male snapped, tying his hair up and tugging the redhead along.
"That's why you grabbed her?" Allen twitched.
"Anyway we need to retreat and recover ourselves!" Tosuka shouted, being helped along by Allen.
However the ducts inside Alma's water tank blocked their way, sealing up the exit and sealing everyone in the room forcing the group to hault in their running and look back to see Sheryl looking at them darkly.
"You lowly creatures, do you not understand the situation you are in? Especially the 14th. Did you not hear us say that we wouldn't let you return to the Order?" The male growled out as the ducts raised Alma and the Noah clan members from the floor.
Tyki stood to the left, Sheryl sat down on the right while Wisely sat in the middle and The Earl stood in the middle as well. The group continued to watch them while Lavi stood still, dully looking around.
"Allen Walker! We shall make it so you abandon the Black Order yourself! Today we hold a celebration of your expulsion!" The Earl announced.
"Why haven't they said anything about Lavi?" Allen muttered dully. "They only seem to be getting on at me... Hey Lavi, why haven't they said anything to you? Lavi?" The boy called out.
"The Baka Usagi's not talking, I already tried." Kanda said, staring at the golden eyed female.
"We'll collect Lavi soon anyway, for now it doesn't matter because her Noah half is with us." Rhode informed. "She also won't reply because her alias' are all trying to gain control of her body, I had stopped their arguments for a short while but looks like my 'lock' wore off."
"What did you do to her?" Allen asked, glancing at the female Noah worriedly.
"We did nothing, it was your Inspector who tortured Nyoibou and damaged her mind. It effected Lavi too and allowed all the people she has been in the past, also the Bookman Junior and Faith, to roam freely inside her."
"What?! She'll be okay won't she?!" The boy cried out.
"She just needs to gain control over herself, turning into her Noah side and seeing the 14th startled her mental balance a little." The Noah of Dreams explained, watching her younger sister.
Allen then looked up at Alma Karma, slightly satisfied with Rhode's answer. "And who is that?"
"It's us third's first womb, Alma Karma. He was tested on to make an artificial Apostate just like Yuu Kanda." Tosuka explained.
"Who the hell is that?" Kanda asked, blinking, horrifying everyone.
"What did you say?" The Earl asked, puzzled.
"'Who the heck is that?' I asked who he is." The Exorcist asked, making the Noah clan stare accusingly at the white haired Noah.
"Wh-why are you staring at me?! ...Wait a sec!" Wisely paused.
"What are you saying? It's Alma! The failure you killed years ago!" Rhode said, but was grabbed tightly by the grey eyed male who looked angry.
"He's dead." The male said coldly, surprising Allen.
"But he survived."
"Let Alma himself prove it to you!" The Noah of Wisdom smirked as an eye appeared below the two male Exorcists and Rhode.
"Allen! Yuu!" Lavi cried out, regaining herself but was tugged back by Tyki who reappeared behind her.
"Ah~ Ah~" Tyki smirked, pulling the female firmly into his chest and hugging her.
"As I said in the beginning Yuu Kanda, I'm going to use your brain to awake Alma Karma!"
"Don't look at it Walker!" Tosuka cried out.
"Yuu? Allen?" The redhead called out, staring at their now blank faces, staring dully at the eye below them.
.:End of Chapter:.
Yeah there was quite a lot for this Chapter ^^; Okay you should have seen how much I had to cut off to shorten this Chapter, so chapter 18 should be out pretty soon :D Maybe even tomorrow! But soon :D So yes, Lavi's been caught by Tyki again and has seen what happened to Annie Scot! 0.o I'm I being cruel to Lavi and the others? If so I don't mean too D: Just wanna make my story interesting!