Rima: Here it is y'all!!
Shiki: I worked hard on this!!
"Anna wake up!!" Kanda said frantically as he held her in his arms. The girl lay limp in his arms, almost lifeless if it wasn't for the small movement of her chest and her frantic pulse that was slightly visible in her temples. Lisa gasped and started breathing heavily as she fell to the ground.
"She's….just dreaming….!!" Lisa gasped out.
"But why is she asleep now!!?" Allen asked. Lavi started scanning the area as he stood behind Lisa in an unnoticeable protective manner.
"Hey….guys we're being followed…." Lavi whispered with his hand on his hammer. "We should hurry, I can see the town, let's run!" They all nodded in agreement, Lavi picked up Lisa bridal style, Kanda stood up with Anna in his arms and the three boys bolted for the town, aware of someone behind them now, Allen glanced behind him quickly and saw three pairs of golden eyes.
"Those are Noah's behind us!" Allen whispered, the other two boys nodded and the three only picked up speed. Within minutes they were in the town looking for someplace safe to rest, they spotted an inn and walked in. They paid and walked up to the single room they had bought; it was large enough for the five of them and had two beds and a couch.
"Alright….we'll take turns on watch…." Kanda said while laying Anna down on a bed. Lavi was doing the same thing to Lisa on the other bed.
"Alright…." Lavi agreed and Allen nodded, he was looking out the window. Lisa sat up and looked at Anna worried.
"I've never seen her sleep this deeply!!" Lisa said while getting off the bed and walking over to the one that housed Anna, she crawled onto the bed and leaned over the sleeping girl. "What's she dreaming about….?"
"Hopefully something good…." Kanda said very unsure. They all nodded and agreement.
'Anna let's go play!!' Allen called to the girl.
'Alright Allen, let me just go tell Mana!!' Anna said, she quickly raced to the circus clown who was getting ready to go on stage. 'Mana me and Allen are going to go play for a little bit okay?!'
'Alright Anna, just be careful okay?!' Mana said while ruffling the eleven year old girl's hair. Anna nodded and raced off to find Allen, she found him sitting beneath a tree waiting patiently for her. Allen stood up when he saw her, he was slightly taller then her.
'Well let's go now!!' Allen said with a smile. He grabbed the girls hand and they walked into the small town together hand in hand. They looked at all the shops windows and even had a few sweets that were being sold. They were about to head back home when someone grabbed Anna's free arm and jerked her away from her cousin.
'Well looky here! Found a nice pretty girl here!!' The man said, he was obviously wasted and most likely wasn't a man who did good things for money.
'Hey let her go!!' Allen yelled while trying to take Anna back. The mans friend pushed Allen away.
'Stay away boy….unless you want to come with us to!!' The friend said.
'Allen go find Mana!!' Anna screamed as the two men dragged her away. Allen stood up from the ground and twisted around and started running towards where Mana was. Then men carried Anna off to an empty bar and tied her beneath a table that was screwed into the ground.
'Now listen here girly, you are going to be real quiet or your brother is gonna get it when he comes back!!' The man said referring to Allen as the brother.
'He's not my brother!!' Anna said, she received a slap across her face.
'Shut it girly!!' The man said. The door slammed open and Mana and Allen stood in the doorway.
'Anna!!' Mana and Allen yelled. Mana attacked to two men while Allen raced over to Anna and untied her.
'Now run, we'll see you at home!!' Allen yelled while joining Mana. Anna looked at her family but nonetheless raced back to their house they were renting. She waited for several hours before she left the house and ran back to the bar. While running past the cemetery she heard a loud bang, and she walked warily in. She walked until she was beneath a tree that had a single gravestone beneath it that said 'Mana Walker' on it. She looked around and saw her cousin's footprints and puddles of blood on the ground. Anna screamed in anguish before falling to her knees sobbing.
'Konbawa young child!' The Earl said appearing next to Anna, Road Camelot next to the Earl.
Anna's eyes bolted awake and she sat up quickly, she looked around and saw Allen, Lavi, Lisa, and Kanda around her, and they were all looking at her worried.
"What the hell are you all looking at!?!" Anna said trailing off as she felt tears start to roll down her face.
"Anna…." Kanda said calmly while wiping away her tears, he sat down next to her and pulled her close.
"Anna what did you dream about….?" Allen asked softly while sitting down at the end of the bed.
"The day Mana died…." Anna whispered. Allen looked away obviously wishing he hadn't asked.
"The whole day….? Started from when we were walking around the town….?" Allen asked.
"Yeah…." Anna replied listlessly. She pulled away from Kanda and walked over to the window and looked outside, her eyes went wide. "This is…!"
"Let's go find the Akuma's and Noah's tomorrow…." Lavi said calmly. They all nodded, Allen sat on the couch, Lisa and Lavi went and laid down in one of the beds. Anna stayed at the window and Kanda sat on the other bed looking at Anna worried. Everyone but Kanda and Anna soon fell asleep quickly.
"Anna….come on come sleep, you'll need your energy for tomorrow…." Kanda explained while getting up and walking over to her, he wrapped his arms around her calmly and picked her up gently bridal style. She didn't move to stop him, so he walked over to the bed and laid her down before climbing into the bed as well.
"Don't leave me alright…." Anna said while curling up against Kanda's chest.
"Never would…." Kanda whispered while wrapping his arms around the girl. The two of them fell asleep quickly
Next Morning
Anna woke up and saw everyone still fast asleep, carefully so not to wake Kanda, she crawled out of the bed and walked to the door, she opened it and walked out, shutting it soundlessly behind her. She just wanted to get away from everyone for a little bit, she wouldn't be gone long. She left the inn and walked towards the garden that she knew would be next to the cemetery, she smelled the sweet roses and walked right past and went straight into the cemetery. She walked to the back until she was beneath a tree that held a single gravestone of Mana Walker. Anna, overwhelmed by everything, fell to her knees like she did when she was younger and hugged herself while tears threatened to overflow.
"Are you okay….?" A little girl said coming up behind Anna. Anna turned her head around and saw Kali behind her.
"Kali what are you doing here?" Anna asked.
"Nee-San said I should look around the town, so I was walking by and I saw you crying…. I couldn't just leave you alone!" Kali said innocently.
"Oh okay then…." Anna turned away and rested her head on the gravestone, she quickly forgot about Kali as the fateful day where her adoptive father was killed kept replaying in her mind. As more and more tears fell down her face, she started to become slightly insane from the amount of bad energy residing within her. A smirk appeared on her face and she started to laugh quietly.
"Anna, are you okay?! Anna??!" Kali said while placing her hand's on Anna's shoulder. The small girl didn't have a chance as Anna pushed Kali away from her and got up, two tree branches split from the tree and formed into a knife with a sharp tip and flew into Anna's hand.
"Stay away from me…!" Anna said with an insane smile on her face.
"Anna, what's wrong with you!!?" Kali asked while standing up.
"I said STAY AWAY!!" Anna yelled as the snow on the ground flew up into the air and went flying into the town; colds of dirt also went flying into the town, some hitting people and others hitting windows and doors. Several pieces hit the Inn's windows, which caused Kanda, Allen, Lavi, and Lisa to jolt awake and see Anna missing.
"Where the hell did she go!?!" Lavi asked.
"This is the town…." Allen whispered as he ran out of the room and raced to the cemetery, everyone was behind him as they sprinted to the cemetery where Anna was insane and yelling at Kali.
"Anna….calm down!!" Lisa yelled at the insane girl. Kali looked behind her and saw the Exorcists.
"Please help, she's insane what do we do!!?" Kali said panicked and not looking like a Noah at all.
"Kali stand back…. Let us take care of this…." Allen whispered softly. He walked ahead of the small girl and up to Anna who still had the sharp wooden knife in her hands, Kanda, Lisa, and Lavi were right behind Allen. Kanda was gripping Mugen and Lavi looked hesitant on whether to activate is innocence that was out in his hands, Lisa looked worried for everyone.
"Hey Anna…. It's just us calm down okay!!?" Lisa whispered as she walked up to Anna until she was right in front of the insane girl. Anna didn't move or say anything so Lisa thought it was okay and she was safe.
"Wait Lisa…. We need to calm her down!!" Lavi said as Lisa started to grab Anna's hands to take away the knife.
"I'm fine…. I'm her best friend I'm safe….she promised me she would never hurt me ever…." Lisa whispered as she took the knife from Anna's hands, she smiled at the still insane girl. Anna looked up and smiled insanely before kicking Lisa in her stomach, she snatched the knife back and took up a fighting pose. Lisa went a foot or so before Lavi caught her gently
"I told you to be careful…. Anna can't control herself in that state!!" Lavi chastised as her held Lisa and backed away from the two boys and girl who were about to start fighting.
"Anna calm down please!!" Allen said desperately.
"Hehehehe!!" Anna said with an insane smirk, tears suddenly started running down her face and she looked behind her at Mana's grave. "M-M-M-MANA!!!!" Anna screamed before completely loosing herself to her insanity.
"Tch….we have no choice but to fight her…." Kanda sighed in desperation. "We can't let her stay like this…." Allen nodded in agreement before activating Crown Clown and taking up a fighting stance, Kanda unsheathed Mugen and activated it before taking up his fighting stance next to Allen.
"Hehehehe….Innocence…. I have plenty of that!!" Anna said as the ground broke beneath Allen and Kanda before forming into clods of dirt and pelting the two boys who ran for cover.
"Shit…. I forgot about her innocence, how are we gonna win when we can't even get close to her!!" Kanda said while blocking the clods of dirt.
"Yeah we don't have a chance right now…. But let's keep going…." Allen said, he bolted towards Anna and punched her in her stomach hard with a guilty expression on his face. "I'm sorry Anna…." He whispered, Kanda came up behind Allen quietly. Anna spat out blood and her eyes rolled into the back of her head as she fell to the ground out cold, she fell with a sickening thud. Allen looked away from his younger cousin and looked around for anyone else.
"Hit her a bit hard there Moyashi…." Kanda whispered as he kneeled down next to Anna's head and wiped away the blood that rolled down her chin.
"Well…. It had to be done…." Allen kept looking away from his cousin. Kanda only nodded silently and started to pick up Anna when her eyes bolted open.
"Anna….are you okay?!" Kanda asked. Anna ignored him and put her head down so her bangs covered her eyes.
"Mana…." She whispered softly. She went rigid and kicked Kanda in his stomach, he rolled away quickly to avoid being kicked but was too late. Her feet landed on his chest and he went flying backwards and he definitely heard a crack as at least on of his ribs broke; he rolled to a stop quickly. "STAY AWAY FROM ME!!!!" Anna screamed as she went to plunge the dagger into Allen's arm.
"Anna…." Allen said sadly as he grabbed her hand that held the dagger and gripped it tightly, which caused Anna to yelp in pain and drop the dagger. "Anna….calm down Mana is gone and there is nothing you can do about it!!" Allen said harshly as he embraced her tightly. Anna pushed Allen away from her violently and picked up the dagger and ran at Allen to try and plunge the dagger into his body again, she was centimeters from Allen's chest when she suddenly froze.
"Carte Garte!!" A Shout was heard from behind the group of Exorcists; Allen twisted around and got a dark and depressed look on his face as he saw General Cross standing there.
"Master…." Allen said.
"Stupid apprentice…." Cross said, Lisa glared at the red haired male and stepped behind Lavi slightly. "I see you found these two girls…. That's good…."
"Master how did you!!" Allen started.
"I watched Anna here fight the Noah Road and the Earl, but why did she go insane??" Cross asked. He inactivated Maria and Anna fell to her knees looking exhausted.
"We don't know…. Kali here…." Lisa started and looked around for the small girl. "Where's Kali??"
"Who cares…? I think she went insane because of the amount of bad memories here…." Lavi stated. Anna stood up shakily, insanity still in her eyes, faintly but still there.
"Anna….calm down alright?!" Allen said as he went to steady the wobbly girl.
"Stay away from me….!" Anna whispered exhausted. She picked the knife up yet again and raised it above her head to once again try and plunge it into Allen's body.
"Anna…." Allen said looking sad. Suddenly a hand went through Anna's chest and she crumpled to the ground passed out, Tyki Mikk, Road Camelot, Kali, and the Earl stood there.
"ANNA!!" Everyone but Cross yelled. Tyki picked up Anna and smirked as Road started talking and Kali looked guilty while the Earl held her.
"We need to borrow your friend here…. As well as the other one there!!" Road said while pointing to Lisa.
"No way in hell are you taking either of them!!" Kanda said while unsheathing Mugen and running at Tyki.
"No no Exorcist!!" Tyki said while putting Anna in front of him to block himself, Kanda stopped his attack instantly because he didn't want to hurt Anna.
"Let's go…. Nee-San Nii-San I don't want to stay here!! They hate me!!!!" Kali spoke up from the Earl's arms.
"Alright…. We have one of the girls and it's the one we need…." Tyki said while scooping Anna up bridal style. One of Road's doors appeared and they all walked through it before any of the Exorcists could move a muscle.
"MASTER….why did you let them get away!!?" Allen screamed in anguish at loosing his cousin to the Noah's.
"Tch….Stupid apprentice…. I didn't think they needed her…. I thought they needed Lisa here…." Cross said while taking out a cigarette and lighting it. "I've met Kali…. She isn't a destroying type of Noah; she's more of a healing Noah…."
"Why the fuck does they need Anna anyway!!!!?" Kanda almost screamed.
"To make Kali a real Noah…." Cross calmly stated.
"What do you mean…. Like create a Fifteenth Noah?!" Allen asked.
"Exactly….They need Anna to be Kali's real body….The Fifteenth will be the most powerful Noah if they succeed, especially if it has Anna's ability…." Cross said.
"But Anna hates the Noah's….she'll kill herself!!!!" Lisa said speaking up.
"Not if they keep her unconscious until the ceremony…. This means we need to rescue her BEFORE they start the ceremony…." Cross stated calmly.
Shiki: Heh Hehehehe!!!! Rima is sick….so I get to have fun with all the stories until she is better!!!! She got sick halfway through this story…. And she has it bad!!!! Next chapter they all (hopefully) rescue Anna from the Noah's!!!! And in one piece and not dead!!!! Until the next chapter!!!!