This story is for yukinothekoneko's July contest.
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Begin
When I opened my eyes, I was surprised to say the least. There was nothing but endless blackness everywhere. North, black. East, black. South, black. West, black.
"Where the hell am I?" I tried to say, but all that came out was a low growl. I was surprised, so I quickly looked at myself as best I could and saw my Innocence had activated and that I was in my white dragon form. I couldn't talk in this form... Was that a bad or a good thing at the moment?
I stood up, since I had been lying down, and began to look around. As I walked around, the chains on my wings and front legs began to feel heavier with each step.
In my Innocence form, I was a magnificent western style white dragon. And on my front legs, were chains that were silver, but had a green glow to them. There were even chains on my wings, but even though my wings were covered with them, I could still fly.
But even though I was in my dragon form, my two scars were still visible. The tiny scratch on my right cheek, and the huge scar on my left side. Tis the reason why I don't use my dragon form unless I'm sure no one's around, or it's an emergency.
As I walked around, annoyingly on all fours, the surface of whatever I was walking began to sound different, like I was walking on glass. I looked down and was surprised to see myself looking at me. I was walking on a mirror.
I lifted my left hand, er, paw? and tapped the glass with one of my claws. An echo sounded throughout the vast darkness.
I snorted, then as I was about to walk off, my reflection began changing. I looked at it and saw its white scales turn to a dark grey, the chains turned black with a red glow, and my reflection's eyes turned gold. I was confused until I saw the seven cross shaped marks appear on my reflection.
My eyes widened in horror, but my reflection seemed to get a mind of its own and it smirked.
"My my, are you just realizing what I am now? Must not be the brightest lightbulb in the bunch..." It critcized me. I immediatly realized I had to get away from it. The closest I had ever been to a Noah was the times I caught Tyki stalking me and I'd yell at him for it. I didn't know who this Noah was, but I had a hunch. I had heard that Road, the Noah of dreams, could control dreams. I immediatly flapped my wings to fly up and away from my reflection, but instead of it flapping its wings, it just stayed there with a murderous smile painted on its face.
"What? Afraid of me?" It asked, amused.
I snorted in reply since I couldn't really talk.
"You know," It said as it somehow stepped through the mirror to the side I was on, "I'm a new Noah." It seemed a little bored at this statement. "So there's really no way for you to know my powers, or my name, or, well, anything else about me for that matter."
I just glared at it. This Noah was taking MY form and invading MY dream.
It laughed for some reason and said, "I should probably introduce myself," It coughed like it was clearing its throat, then said, "I am," It smirked and looked me in the eye, "Ravenel Walker, Noah of Art."
My eyes widened in horror and I screamed in my mind, YOU ARE NOT ME!
The Noah laughed and said, "Oh? But I am, how else am I able to know what you're thinking?"
GET THE HELL OUT OF MY HEAD AND OUT OF MY DREAM YOU FUCKING NOAH! I screamed at it in my mind.
"Sorry, but that's impossible. You see, I don't have a physical form outside of this dream," It smirked evilly at me, "That's why I need yours."
It lunged at me and bit my right arm. I roared in pain, then retaliated and bit its neck, my wings flapping furiously trying to keep myself in the air. It unlatched itself from me and flew behind me. Before I could turn around, I felt its claws slash through my back. I roared again, then turned around in the air and used the tip of my tail, which had a sharp spaid on it, and slashed the Noah across the chest and it was its turn to roar in pain.
This Noah was not me, and it was NOT getting my body.
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Haruhi was getting bored. Kyouya had asked the Finder many questions; She was getting sick of it. Not to mention, the Finder had found out her true gender when Tamaki had thrown himself at her and said, "NOO! Not my precious daughter Haruhi!"
He had yelled that because the finder had said that Exorcists sometimes die in battle, but that's decreased since technology had advanced in the 210 years the Order had been running.
They had also learned about a type of gem called, 'Innocence'. Apparently, it's a gem that created the universe and there are, sorry, WERE 109 pieces. There were currently 93 in existance and we also learned Raven had six. We also learned about the 'Heart'. Supposedly, it's an Innocence shard that, if it's destroyed, will destroy all the other Innocence shards, rendering humanity helpless. The last thing we learned, was that only 92 shards had been discovered and they think the one missing is the Heart.
She sighed, then asked, "Kugaya, is there a place I can sleep? I'm getting tired."
"Yes, just walk down the hall and choose one of the rooms, it doesn't matter which one you choose." He answered.
Haruhi thanked him, then started walking down the hall when Tamaki said, "Haruhi! Let daddy come with you!"
"Sempai, you're a guy and I'm a girl. I hardly think it's appropriate for us to share a room." Haruhi said over her shoulder. Tamaki froze and the twins snickered.
"Rejected." Kaoru and Hikaru snickered at the same time.
Tamaki dejectedly went back to his seat and Haruhi looked at the eight rooms. She didn't know which one Raven choose, so she figured she'd choose one in the back. No one ever likes the back rooms, right?
She walked to the back and choose the door on her left, but when she opened it, she saw it was occupied by Raven who seemed fast asleep. Haruhi muttered a small, "Sorry." And was about to close the door when she noticed something. She walked into the room and looked at the sheets and blankets around Raven. They were stained crimson by blood.
Haruhi stared wide-eyed and in shock at the sight. What had happened to Raven? Why was she bleeding. Not knowing what else to do, she ran out of the room and down the hall to get Kugaya. When she got to him, everyone seemed surprised she had reappeared and ran there. She then grabbed Kugaya's wrist and pulled him up and said, "There's something wrong with Raven!"
This surprised everyone. "What's wrong?" Tamaki asked.
"I don't know, there's just a lot of blood!" Haruhi answered. Kugaya didn't need to hear anymore, he ran back to the only room with the door open and ran in. Haruhi hadn't been lying, there was a lot of blood. The host club soon filled the room and Honey asked, "What happened?"
Kugaya, however, did not answer him and began shaking Raven's shoulder. "Raven! Raven, wake up! Raven!"
She wasn't responding. Kugaya pickked her up bridal style and said, "Clear a way! I need to get her to the infirmary!" (Yes, the plane had an infirmary. A tiny one at that.) The host club stepped out from blocking the doorway and Kugaya quickly went to the front of the plane where the infirmary was. The host club followed, but Kugaya said, "Please, she's a girl and your not. Respect her privacy."
Everyone slumped their shoulders, but the twins pushed Haruhi forward and said, "Haruhi's a girl."
Haruhi looked at them surprised, and they whispered, "Find out what happened."
She nodded, and Kugaya let her into the infirmary to help since she was a girl. He had her close the door first, then he had her run back and forth getting new clothes and clean bowls of water since the rags and water he had became bloody as he tried cleaning her wounds that seemed to be appearing out of nowhere.
Haruhi saw the Innocence and the curses, but ignored them for now so she could focus on the real problems at the moment. Although, she found it strange that the Innocence would glow, then fade, then glow again.
She saw the bite-like mark on Raven's arm, the three scratches on her back (She WAS on her stomache) and the numerous other wounds that were appearing out of nowhere. A bite on the neck, a huge gash on the left arm, a cut on the right ankle that Haruhi was pretty sure hit a tendon.
"Kugaya, what's happening?" Haruhi finally asked.
He hesitated a moment, then said, "I'm not sure."
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I growled at the Noah as it cut my right ankle, pretty much severing a tendon. I growled and kicked out my left leg. A claw hooked behind the Noah's left knee and I pulled it out, causing a lot of damage. The Noah roared, then got behind me again and grabbed onto my wings, tearing the delicate skin on them. I howled, then started falling. I crashed through the mirror and it was like it was a different world.
We were in some kind of city where the north halves of the building were black and the south halves were white. On the white halves were black frowns and on the white halves were white smiles. All of the eyes painted on the buildings that belonged to either the frowns or the smiles seemed like they were asking for something. I also caught a glimpse of the sun in the sky, but saw it was half a sun, half a strange moon that had a smile.
I crashed into the ground with the Noah standing on top of me. I tried lifting my head, but the Noah stepped on it and pushed it into the ground.
"Give up, you've lost and I've caused enough damage to my new body." The Noah said, slightly ticked.
Never in a million years, and even then, NEVER. I thought since I knew it could read my mind.
"Oh? Well, we'll see about that." The Noah said smugly.
I braced myself, but nothing happened. I didn't feel the Noah standing on me anymore, so I lifted my head and looked around. It was nowhere in sight, so I stood up and started looking around the town. The streets were wide and I was able to walk around them easily in my dragon form. Where the hell are you? I thought angrily.
I stood on my hind legs to look over the buildings, but the second I did, the Noah reappeared and ran headfirst and headbutted my stomache. I choked for a second, then coughed up blood. I flew back until I hit a building, leaving a crater in it.
GET OUT OF MY FUCKING DREAM YOU FUCKING NOAH AND LEAVE ME BE! YOU HAVE NO PLACE HERE AND THIS IS MY BODY AND I'M NEVER GIVING IT UP TO A BASTARD LIKE YOU! I screamed in my head at the Noah.
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Haruhi was worried. The Innocence on Raven's back began to bleed. It had taken her and Kugaya forever to stop the bleeding and bandage her up before they realized she wasn't getting any new injuries. Haruhi and Kugaya were slightly relieved. That is, until she started coughing up blood an hour later.
There was still six hours left in the flight, and they had no idea what was happening. Kugaya asked Haruhi to keep an eye on Raven while he contacte HQ again. So there Haruhi was, making sure Raven was sitting and coughing the blood into the bucket. She stopped and Haruhi let out a sigh of relief, but the she heard Raven mumbling something.
"*mumble* Dream *mumble* Noah *mumble* Never giving... up *mumble*..."
Kugaya returned right when she stopped mumbling, but had heard the mumbles none-the-less.
"What did she say?" Kugaya asked as he walked over and checked her pulse again.
"All I heard was, Dream, Noah, and Never giving up." Haruhi answered.
Kugaya's eyes widened in horror and he said, "Oh no... Oh no-no-no-no-no. This isn't good..."
Haruhi knew he sounded extremely panicked which was making her worried.
"What? What's wrong?" Haruhi asked.
"The Noah of dreams... this is not good..." He said mostly to himself.
Haruhi put her hand on his shoulder and said, "What? What's a Noah of dreams?"
He looked at her, then said, "A Noah is a being that creates Akuma..."
Haruhi nodded as a sign for him to continue.
"The leader of the Noahs right now is a being named Road Kamelot... She's the Noah of drems and she can manipulate and control any dreams anyone has." Kugaya continued.
"What does that have to do with Raven being hurt?" Haruhi asked, seeing absolutely no connection between Raven's current condition and the Noah.
"When Road manipulates your dream, and you get hurt in the dream, that damage is transferred to your sleeping body as well." Kugaya explained with a grim look on his face.
Haruhi's eyes widened in horror as she looked at Raven, whom had started coughing up blood again.
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Before I could get out of the crater in the building, the Noah appeared in front of me and kicked me in the gut, making be cough up blood once again. I growled and kicked out my legs, only to see the Noah had disappeared yet again. I quickly got out of the crater and braced myself to be attacked from any side. Nothing happened, so I looked around. I started walking around the strange town yet again, being wary of where I stepped and what I did. I'd chase after the Noah when I thought I saw it, but it'd always end up disappearing. It continued as a strange game of cat and mouse for a while and I struck one of the building in frustration.
I was stunned, however, when a memory of mine started playing in the hole I had created in the building. I had been twelve and made a friend in a school the black order had sent me to. She had been extremely intelligent and wanted to be a scientist when she grew up. I asked her why and she laughed and said, 'It's a silly reason really, but I want to become a genetic scientist so I can mix genes together and make a dragon!' I had laughed at her and myself. I was exactly what she had wanted to create, but I could never show her that. Days later, both of us were walking home together when a level two Akuma appeared and shot at us. She had turned to dust, while I had the curses and Innocence painfully pull the poison out of my body. I had then gathered her ashes and buried her in a place in the woods where we used to play. it was the least I could've done for her. She wanted to see a dragon, so why not bury her ashes as one?
I turned my head away from the painful memory. This place... was my memories? I walked away from the building as the memory began to replay. Soon, I was out of hearing range and I felt sad, angry, confused... So many things, but why, I didn't know.
I roared towards the sky in anger, but of course nothing happened. I hung my head down, then realized a soft melody was playing. I quickly recognized it as the melody that had lulled me to sleep, but it somehow seemed more... more pure, if that's understandable. I wandered towards the melody and ended up in front of a building similar to the others, except there were white frowns on the dark half of the building and black smiles on the light part. The melody seemed to be coming from that building. I laid my head down so I could look at the small door.
I grabbed the doorknob with my teeth, then yanked the door off. I looked inside the room, and just as I did, the Noah yelled, "NO!"
I was sucked into the building and found myself in my human form inside a white room that had a window and a door, but nothing else. The melody was echoing throughout the room, but I couldn't see the source anywhere.
I quickly noticed my human form had the same injuries I had gotten in my dragon form, except they had been bandaged up. I puzzled over this a moment, but then refocused my attention on the music. Where was it coming from?
I walked over to the door and opened it, but there was blackness everywhere outside of it. It wasn't a possible exit. I shut the door, then looked around again and saw the window. I walked over to it and peered through the glass. I saw a strange sphere like thing that seemed to be glowing. I seemed odd, like it didn't belong there.
All the sudden I felt tired. I didn't know why. I turned around and was surprised to see a white couch in front of me. I blinked in mild surprise, but walked over to it none-the-less. I sat down on it and found it to be very comfy. I poked one of the cushions and figured it might have soft down feathers in it. I sighed, then layed down on it. I couldn't help but close my eyes and fall asleep.
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Haruhi was relieved at the moment. No more wounds were appearing on Raven and she had stopped coughing up blood. Although, she hadn't woken up yet. That was worrying Haruhi since Raven could still be in danger and they had no idea what was happening.
She sighed, then left the room only to be greeted by an eagerly awaiting pair of twins and Tamaki.
"Well? What's wrong with her?" Kaoru asked.
"Kugaya said that a 'Noah' was controlling her dreams." Haruhi answered.
"Hmm? What's a Noah? And how would it controlling her dreams hurt her?" Hikaru asked.
"I'm not entirely sure what a Noah is, but Kugaya said that when the Noah controls your dreams, any damage inflicted on you in the dream is transferred to your sleeping body." Haruhi answered.
"Kugaya," Kyouya said since he had been eavesdropping, "What is a 'Noah'?"
Kugaya, whom had been leaning back in his seat, said, "A Noah is the dark matter equivalant of an Exorcist. They appear human, but are noticeably different because of their grey skin and the seven cross shaped scars on their forehead. They're our mortal enemy that we'll never be rid of. Noah are the ones who create Akuma, so because of this, they are our enemy. But, they are also the reason why The Black Order is going to exist until the end. Noah reincarnate, they never cease to exist."
"Wait, if they always exist and they create Akuma... Does that mean there's always going to be Akuma?" Honey asked.
"Correct." Kugaya answered.
"Isn't there anyway to stop them?" Tamaki asked.
"There's one way to delay them a great amount in their Akuma production." Kugaya said. Everyone looked at him, as if asking him to explain, so he sighed, then said, "There's an object called the Akuma Egg. You see, Akuma are just odd robots, but when you add the Egg into the equation, it becomes a killing machine that sucks its energy out of a recently deceased person's soul. The Egg is like a connection to heaven. When someone calls out for the beloved one's soul, the Egg pulls the soul from heaven and directs it towards the Akuma's body, trapping it there. No one's quite sure how it works, but if you destroy the Egg, then you destroy the Akuma's source of energy in a way. No more can be created, but the ones already existing still exist."
"Then we just need to destroy this 'Egg' and the whole war will be over!" Tamaki exclaimed, ready to fight. The reaason why was probably because Haruhi was going to have to fight.
"You destroy the Egg, you DELAY the war for the better." Kugaya stated. "The Egg can always be repaired. The Egg was already destroyed twice before, but it's been repaired since both times. And we don't even know its current location.
"Isn't there any way to truly end it?" Tamaki asked, a little disheartened.
"No, at least, none that we know of." Kugaya answered.
"Why do these 'Noah', want to create Akuma anyway?" Kyouya asked.
"All of you know about the bible, right?" Kugaya asked. Everyone nodded. "Do you know about the 'Noah's Ark' and 'the great flood'?" Again, everyone nodded. "Truth be told, there was an ark, but it wasn't the kind you'd think it was. And the great flood was actually three years of darkness. The Noah's are trying to recreate the three years of darkness because they think humans didn't evolve correctly and that we're too weak."
Everyone thought about what they had just been told, then Haruhi spoke up and said, "Who are they to judge whether we should be allowed to exist or not?"
The host club looked at her surprised, but Kugaya just sighed and closed his eyes. "Spoken like a true Exorcist."
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My eyes snapped open and I quickly sat up, regretting the action for I was still sore from the battle I had with the Noah. I looked around and wasn't surprised to see I was still in the white room. What did surprise me, was the fact there was a new door that was right next to the window.
I blinked my eyes in surprise, then stood up and walked over to the door. I hesitated a moment, then turned the handle and pushed the door open. The piano music began again and I just then realized it hadn't been playing when I woke up.
The floor to the room the door opened into was a checkered pattern, and there were no walls, just a never ending checkered pattern floor. I stepped out of the room with the couch and just as I did, the door disappeared.
I quickly looked around and saw nothing, just a neverending checkered floor. I sighed, then started walking in whatever direction. After a while, I got bored with walking and looked around again. Again, there was nothing. Wait, no there was something. I tried getting a better look at what it was, but it was too far away, and... moving?
I stood there and watched as whatever it was came closer. When it got closer I realized there were several 'its'. Although I still had no idea what it was. All the sudden, one of them zoomed past me with an audible, 'whoosh', and I got a glimpse of it. It looked like a giant ten foot tall picture. I blinked in surprise, then saw several more whoosh past me until I was completely surrounded by pictures 'whoosh'ing past me.
There was one of a woman with very dark brown hair and black surrounding her eyes. Then there was one of a man with long dark blue hair. Then one with a girl with dark green hair that was a little past her shoulders.
Random pictures just kept rushing by and I had no idea what they meant. Then i saw pictures that had a town in them that was similar to the one I had been in, except everything was white and there was a whole sun, not a half sun half moon thing. I tried looking at it longer, but it 'whoosh'ed by. All the sudden, I saw a picture coming towards me that looked like I'd have a headlong collision with it.
I held my breath, closed my eyes, and braced myself, but nothing happened. I opened one eye and looked around. I was in the white town. I blinked in surprise. It was a lot more elegant than the pictures had shown. I saw a tower in the middle of the town and immediatly headed for it.
It took a while to get to the tower since the town itself was a maze, but I eventually made it there. I saw a door at the base of the tower and it had a music note on it. I walked over to the door and heard the piano music coming from right behind it. I quickly opened the door to see who had been playing the music the whole time, but I waas surprised to see a white room, similar to the one I had been in, with a piano that's keys were moving by themselves. I blinked in surprise, then stepped into the room and the dorr slammed behind me. I spun around and tried turning the doorknob, but it wouldn't budge. I tried kicking the door open, but that was a failed attmept.
I muttered, "God damn door..." while turning around, but someone grabbed me, no, hugged me. My entire body stiffened and I blinked in surprise. The person was obviously taller than me, was definately a male, and seemed... familiar.
The first question that ran through my mind I immediatly voiced. "Who the hell are you?"
The person sighed, then said, "Must you swear?"
"Yes, and you must let go of me. Now." I said. "And you still didn't answer my question."
"Can't a father hug his daughter without being interrogated?" The person asked. My mind started spinning as I thought, father?
"My father's dead. Don't lie." I said as soon as I regained my composure. "And yet again I say, let me go."
"A person has many fathers. A father, a grandfather, a great grandfather." The person said.
"All mine are dead. Now LET me GO." I hissed.
"Rejoice!
The anniversary is almost here,
Father and Daughter reunited at last." He suddenly said.
"What the hell are you..." I trailed off as I remembered something.
Link calling the school...
The Poem stanzas...
The cards...
"You..." I trailed off, "You're... You're the one that killed them..."
"My words were there, but their deaths were not my crime." He said.
"Liar." I said, slightly in shock. "Liar, liar, liar, liar, LIAR!" I started out saying, then ended up screaming as tears threatened to overflow. I tried hitting him, pushing him, kicking him, anything that would cause him the amount of pain I had felt when I saw those photos. The pain I had felt from being abandoned, again. "You killed them! You killed them!" I yelled.
"Calm down!" He yelled sternly. "Would you listen for a moment before making wild accusations?"
I stopped and realized I had started crying. He pulled away enough that I could see his head. He had medium length white hair and stone grey eyes with a hint of blue in them. He also had a scar going over his left eye that had a pentagram symbol over his eye. (Note: She has NO idea what her great great grandfather looked like)
"Listen, I know none of this may make any sense right now, but you need to guard the Heart and the Egg right now." He said.
"Wha?... Why?" I stuttered. The Heart I could understand, but the Egg?...
"Just listen, I'm running out of time and I need to tell you a few things. It will all make sense in due time." He said. I just numbly nodded my head. "Now, you need to decipher the poem before the anniversary and stop the ceremony when it arrives. There are several keys to this puzzle and double meanings everywhere. You'll need help. Use the knowledge you have since I can't tell you anything."
"Why?" I asked.
"I can't explain it right now, but you need to figure this out. You saw the Noah of Art, right?" he asked.
"How'd you know?" I asked, shocked.
"Listen, the Noah of Art IS you. You control it, it doesn't control you. Use the Noah's power, but don't become consumed by it. You'll need its power." He hurried.
"What are you talking about and why are you in a hurry?" I asked, becoming annoyed.
"'Cause I'm running out of-" He stopped right when the piano stopped playing.
He muttered something under his breath, then looked me straight in the eye and said, "You need to leave, now."
"What? Why?" I asked, shocked by his sudden mood change.
"I can't explain, but you need to leave." He said.
He opened the door that I had trouble opening and it had a glowing white light instead of the town behind it.
"Put the poem in order, decipher it, and use all your resources." He said while ushering me through the door.
"Wait!" I suddenly said as he pushed me out the door and the white light started engulfing me, "At least tell me your name!"
He smiled and handed me a playing card, then said, "You'll need that, and my name's Allen."
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Oooo, a Mystery is it? What meaning does the poem have? Why did Allen appear in the dream? Whycan't he tell her anything? Is a Haruhi an Exorcist? Why am I asking you these questions in a dramatic fashion even though you have absolutely no idea what the answers are? Stay tune for the next chapter to find out!
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