Authors Note: Sorry for this extremely short chapter. Please review. Constructive criticism is welcomed. Thank you for reading.
Chapter 7
Glancing around himself, Kanda realized just how many akuma there were. They were completely surrounded by hoards of them. Akira was gone, already defending from the multiple attacks. A ring of swords appeared around her, taking out many akuma. As an akuma charged towards her, evading the swords, Akira brought the one that she was holding down bringing down a shower of black petals. The swords around her had bursts of black petals as well destroying even more akuma. Landing on the ground, she was gone again up into the air.
At this time, Kanda was also fighting. Sending swarms of mutant? bugs away from himself, he managed to destroy multiple akuma. As he landed on the ground, Kanda felt something poking into his back, before he could react, the feeling was gone, an akuma on the ground beside him, its claw separated from its arm.
"Watch your back," Akira warned before she was gone again.
"I wonder what is taking them so long..." Lenale questioned worriedly.
The rest of them sat around in the house. They all had some minor wounds varying from bruises to cuts. Lenalee's ankle was slightly sprained and Jinx had deep cuts near his neck and his left leg. Other than that, they were relatively fine.
"Maybe they got lost?" Allen said uncertainly.
"Tch, Don't relate Akira to the problems that you have," Jinx said cooly.
"Jinx?" A quiet voice came from the doorway causing them to all turn around.
"Where is Akira nee-chan?" a small girl asked cowering at the doorway.
"She isn't back yet. Why?" Jinx answered the small girl.
"Well... its because she was injured last time I saw her... It's my fault," she said in a small voice.
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"Che!" Kanda snapped as another hoard of akuma were destroyed.
"There are only 20 left! Mostly level ones," Akira called out, taking out multiple ones before they could move. Kanda's response was spouting some colorful language as she sped past him.
Kanda almost admired the way Akira fought. She was relentless but not overly rash. Her attacks were well planned. Akira also seemed to avoid attacks quite well from what he could see. Destroying the last couple of akuma, he landed on the ground. As the last one vanished, Akira collapsed behind him.
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"So that's what happened?" Safu asked to small girl who was cowering in the corner.
"Yeah," she replied in a voice that was barely audible
"Truthfully, knowing Akira it shouldn't be too much of a problem" Jinx said to the group thinking about the times that she had been injured before.
Kanda was a predicament at the moment. He stared down at the girl who seemed fine a second ago. Now the girl lay on the girl her face pale in the moonlight. Sighing, he picked her up. She had saved his neck twice tonight and he disliked leaving favours unpaid. He walked away from the blood stained clearing, leaving a human figure laughing in the shadows.
At that time Akira was not completely out of it. she could vaguely feel a strong pair of arms picking her up through the cold numbness. She was surprised that someone could actually pick her up easily. Allen had always complained about how heavy she was. She had the feeling of being safe for the first time in ages, she smiled before darkness engulfed her.
As Kanda entered the small house, 6 people greeted him.
"Your back!"
"Akira!"
Placing Akira on a seat he turned to face the group.
"What took you so long?" Allen asked as Jinx pulled out the bandages along with a first aid kit.
"Akuma" He replied coldly, looking at Akira who still had not regained consciousness.
Now that she was lying down, the group could see the full extent of how badly she was wounded. There was dried blood staining her kimono. Looking at her there was a hole in the stomach where blood was still pouring out. her left leg was also mangled with needles that she had not pulled out. The left side of her body was covered with a layer of dried blood. Most of the group was extremely shocked. Kanda couldn't believe the way she fought in the state that she was in. Jinx on the other hand, just sighed.
"Stitches and we need to bandage her leg. nothing much," he said in an exasperated voice.
"How can you say that? She has a hole in her stomach!" Lenalee yelled in Jinx's ear.
"God, you already know that she was brought up in a lab," he snapped back stitching her would together.
"They would have made modifications on her body...wouldn't they," Lenalee finished her voice quivering.
"As Akira puts it, "It not a bad thing to be able to move with bad injuries"" Jinx continued moving on to her leg.
"Dammit, I collapsed didn't I?" a quiet voice said.
"Akira! you're alright" Allen said in relief
"Geez, obviously" she snapped back. "What about the innocence?"
"Safu in compatible with it. Don't worry," Allen replied.
"Good," Akira muttered as she stood up stretching, returning to her original form.
"Erm, should you be moving right now?" Ravi asked worriedly.
"It's fine" Akira reassured him.
"...So what is the innocence?" Safu asked quietly.
"Well, the an anti-akuma weapon used by exorcists like us. There are different types of innocences. The ones that we have are either equipment types or parasitic types. This is why the black order exists. There are different Black Order branches around the world" Allen quickly explained.
"I guess I'm going to join the order then..." Safu said smiling slightly at the fact that she might belong somewhere. She had always been shunned wherever she went.
"Can I come?" the small girl quickly said.
"Why would you want to come? Don't you have family here?" Lenalee asked the girl kindly.
"Hmpt, Father has vanished and my mother brings in strange men into the house every night," the girl attempted to say in an uncaring tone her voice slightly cracking in the end.
"People here are generally prostitutes, performers or gang members," Akira said bluntly.
Suddenly, Akira threw a small knife at the girl who instinctively dodged it. The knife lodged itself in the wall behind her.
"She has good instincts Jinx," Akira said calmly. "We won't live forever you know."
"Are you serious?" the girl asked incredulously.
"It's not a bad idea actually...," Jinx said thinking about the idea.
"Am I the only one lost?" Ravi whispered to Allen
"No, but I'm guessing Akira and Jinx plan to train her in case anything happens to them.
"You are right moyashi," Akira said curtly causing Ravi and Allen to jump.
"She could hear us?" Ravi whispered quietly.
"I still can," Akira continued.
After that, Akira quickly walked to the corner of the room, she sat down in a corner going to sleep.
"Leave her alone, she needs to rest. You do too. There is one bed, a couch and 2 armchairs," Jinx said yawning going to sleep on the ground.
The rest of the group split themselves up crashing, exhausted into sleep.