Procrastination, an authors worse enemy \(T^T)/ ...Let's hope I can actually get to this story's main plot soon xD. . . Yes people, this is just a small subplot *runs to hide in basement*

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The dark glow of the full moon shone on the grass, as the exorcists tread on the plains towards the Black ominous tent that stood in the middle of it. The cold night wind brushed Lavi's face as he watched the young general lead them. Lavi turned his head as he saw a flyer on the grass with blood smeared all over it. He went to it and picked it up as a frown crossed his face.

"This was the same flyer I saw at the town exit" Lavi said as the exorcists stopped and looked at him.

"I guess we found out what's the reason of the disappearances around here. . ." Krory sadly said as he lowered his head.

"We can't afford to waste time mourning, let's go" Link said naturally, being a crow he must have seen multiple deaths already. Actually all of them did but just the thought of them actually preventing this disaster to happen shook their hearts. But Exorcists are exorcists, and sacrifices were meant to be in the battle of good and evil.

"Link is right, we should hurry" Allen said professionally as he continued walking, the others followed until they reached face to face to what seemed to be a slight opening to the black tent. He clenched his left hand first before he used it to lift the veil.

The first thing he saw were two giant wooden poles sticking out from the ground and stood until it reached the top of the tent. The two poled had platforms on each side with a rope tied to each other, Just your typical equipment for a trapeze or tightrope walking. Allen felt a slight tinge of nostalgia as he remembered his time in the circus with Mana. Allen scanned the area as the others went in the tent to follow suit.

It was not long after he noticed a lion cage on top of platform on another giant wooden pole but this time it stood in the far side of the tent. Before he could examine it anymore closely, striped candles started appear on the 'walls' of the tent as it lighted with an eerie glow one by one.

The exorcists prepared their innocence before the last candle was lighted. Suddenly, they heard a little chuckle; they raised their heads to the platforms until they saw a strange akuma that seemed to be dancing. Looking closely it looked like a deranged clown.

"Welcome~ Welcome~ to Circus Mortis~" It twirled even more in a sick fashion as it jumped to the platform where the dark lion cage was. It spun around with the bells on his hat ringing until it finally stopped and pointed at the cage as a spotlight suddenly shone on it.

The exorcists were set back when they saw that Lenalee was inside the cage. She was covered in bruises as black chains that glowed purple held her in place. A piece of cloth wrapped around her mouth to ensure silence. Her uniform was in tatters as the chains grazed her skin. On her right shoulder was huge cut that was bleeding profusely. Handcuffs were placed around her hands and feet and each glowed with a misty purple as she quietly struggled. And if that wasn't enough The Noah of Dreams, Road Kamelot came into play as she sat appeared out of nowhere sitting on Lero.

"Long time no see Allen-kun~" Road purred as she swayed her feet back and forth.

"Release her Road!" Allen exclaimed with anger laced in his voice.

"Nope~ Not until we play first~" Road smiled creepily

Before anyone could even react Allen had dashed toward her, with his Crown Clown activated and his sword in his right hand. Road made a small gesture with her hand and suddenly a wall of candles came up and blocked the way. Allen's sword clashed with it as he swung his blade. Every time he would slash a dozen of them, twice the number would take its place. Road's evil laugh echoed throughout the air. Allen jumped back as he found out that it was useless to keep on slashing it. Allen turned his head to Lavi.

"If you would kindly do the honours Lavi" Allen said as Lavi nodded in return.

Lavi then walked towards the wall as he spun his hammer around, until it grew to a big size, "Fire Stamp: Hellfire and Ash!" The candles started to melt; when the candles were no more they could see Road now standing on the platform where the lion cage was. Kanda held the hilt of his sword as Krory and Link took their battle positions.

"Haha~ you're no fun Allen~ . . . How about this?" Road raised her hand as a whole bunch of Akuma came from behind her, ripping a giant gaping hole in the tent. They rushed in huge numbers, luckily there were only about 5 Level 4s and the rest were just a combination of Level threes and level twos. But that wasn't the thing that got their attention, instead of seeing a forest outside of the tent they saw a black empty void that had floating pieces of presents. It seems that they were in another dimension Road had made.

Kanda jumped ahead and slashed every Akuma he could get a hold of. Krory followed suit and started chomping on the akuma, draining them of their life. Miranda took her position and activated her innocence.

"We'll handle the akuma! Go get Miss Lee!" Link exclaimed before he turned as he summoned a bunch of cards that constricted the akuma in front of him.

"We're on it!" Lavi turned and saw that Allen was already radiating a feeling of anger. He looked over to Road who seemed to be enjoying the moment. She started circling the cage laughing and mocking Lenalee who was in inside.

"Ahahahahaha~ this was just like how I first met you, how pathetic!" Road mocked her as she banged the candle she was holding against the cage.

Allen clenched the hilt of his sword in anger as he almost dashed towards Road but she suddenly faced them and raised her finger at them, swaying it back and forth, in a gesture of saying no.

"Nuh uh~ Move one step and she gets pierced by my candles~" Road said as she threw a candle at Lenalee, barely missing her by an inch. Lenalee silently whimpered as she struggled with her chains, hoping she could break them or even at the least, get out of them. "It's useless~ only a fellow Noah could do that!" Road laughed mockingly.

"Road, let her go!" Lavi exclaimed with clenched fists. Their friend was just in front of them and they couldn't do anything. It felt terrible, feeling so useless.

Road smirked at the future Bookman's response, then a small idea crossed her idea. "Of course~ I'm sure Allen could-"Allen's eyes widened, He suddenly dashed towards Road leaving a puff of smoke behind with his broadsword in his hand. Anger could be seen his eyes as his sword once again clashed with the candle in Road's hand.

"Allen!" Lavi exclaimed once he got his sense back to what just happened. He started to ran towards Allen to give him some help.

"Master Noah~ Do you need any help?~" The clown akuma who was just spinning awhile ago asked it saw the red head running towards them.

"You can take care of him while I handle Allen-kun over here" Road said before she summoned more candles and had them aimed at Allen. Allen dodged as he stepped back from Road. He thrusted his heel and dashed back at Road with full force in his sword. She blocked his sword again and threw him against one of the wooden poles; luckily he was able to use Crown Clown in time. He charged in once more and this time a small streak of gold was present in his eyes.

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The Clown Akuma came down from the platform blocking Lavi with what was previously his arms were now blades that were hungry for blood. It ran towards him and slashed his right shoulder before he could tell what was going on. He dodged the following blades with instinct before he came up and blocked one of his blades before spinning his hammer and destroying them completely with his blade. The akuma screeched as it held its arm and fell to the ground. Lavi grinned in victory but then the Akuma looked over to and smirked at him. Lavi slowly backed away when he saw that another blade had grown from where Lavi had smash it.

'Hmph, The special skill of a Level two Akuma huh' Lavi grinned to himself as he saw the Clown Akuma rise,

"HAHAHAHA~ YOU'LL NEVER BEAT ME WITH ONLY THAT STUPID HAMMER OF YOURS!" The Clown Akuma stated proudly.

"You want some more then?" Lavi smiled as the Akuma was held in confusion. A white circle started to appear underneath. "Heaven Stamp: Violent Thunder" Streaks of lightning fell from the heavens and burned the Akuma into ashes. Its scream echoed throughout the tent. Lavi sighed as he looked over to Kanda, Krory and Link

"First Illusion: Hell Insects!" Kanda swung his sword as otherworldly insects came out and devoured the numerous of Akuma that surrounded him. He scoffed and turned around to destroy some more.

Link and Krory were right behind me destroying as many Akuma as they could. Krory was so fast he couldn't be seen as each akuma he chomped on turned to dust while Link was as focused as ever strangling the akuma with his cards and skills he learned as a Crow.

It seems that they almost finished destroying all the Akuma. Lavi held his right shoulder and felt blood coming through his clothes but then small clocks started to appear and his injury healed. He looked over to Miranda who was walking towards him with her activated innocence.

"Thanks Miranda" Lavi thanked her as he stretched his shoulder.

"N-no Problem. . ." Miranda replied with a smile.

Lavi nodded and finally looked over to Allen, his eyes widened when he saw him. Allen was breathing heavily and his cloak was starting to get stained with his blood. He was standing in front of Road who was still smiling but something was off. Miranda gasped and immediately healed Allen with her innocence. Allen's eyes were fixated on Road, watching her every move. He dashed once again towards with sword in hand and Road dodged every slash except for the last one that sliced her right cheek. Lavi shook his head for the fourth time and ran towards them to help Allen.

"Wood Stamp!" Lavi exclaimed as the ground underneath Road corroded, leaving her unbalanced and vulnerable. Allen nodded at Lavi and went in for the kill. "

"Edge End!" Allen exclaimed as switched from his sword to his claw and slashed Road with all his might.

"Master Road!" Lero shouted in concern as it panicked in the corner, it seems that he had been staying there the whole time. Road barely dodged it but she didn't leave there unscathed a huge cut was placed on her left shoulder to her arm. She held it tightly as she felt blood gushing out of the wound but then she started to laugh.

"Hahahahahahaha~ I've never had this much fun before Allen-kun!" Road laughed maniacally as she held her arm with a smile on her face.

"Lavi, hold her off for awhile, I need to get Lenalee out of the lion cage." Lavi nodded at Allen's request and held his Hammer ready. Lavi gulped as he saw the Noah of Dreams laugh evilly and walking towards him with dozens of candles following suit but this time the candles looked disfigured and it's flames looked more powerful. It look liked the Noah of Dreams snapped and was angry.

Allen jumped up to the platform and saw Lenalee whimpering. Allen smashed the lock on the cage as fast as he could and pulled Lenalee out of the cage. Lenalee spoke muffled words through the cloth on her mouth as she tried to ask if Allen was okay. Allen gave her his most ensuring and gentle smile and looked back down at the chains that held her in place, remembering Road's words.

"It's useless~ Only a fellow Noah could do that!

"Of course~ I'm sure Allen could-"

Allen stared at the chains, they glowed a strong purple that had violet sparks around it when you look closely. Allen took a deep breath before he looked up to Lenalee again. His mouth opened to speak soft words.

"Lenalee, would you mind if you could close your eyes for a bit?" Allen asked with a sad smile that failed his reputation. Lenalee nodded slowly and quietly as she closed her eyes.

Allen's smile faded as his silver eyes turned to into a shade of gold and his hand's skin colour changed to a shade of gray. He held the chains in his hands for a few seconds before he crushed the chains into dust. It had a domino effect and all the chains that wrapped around Lenalee were nothing now but purple dust. Allen gasped as his hand's colour was back to normal and his silver eyes shone again. He held his head as if he was in pain. Lenalee's eyes fluttered open as she saw Allen cringing in pain but before she could react, Allen raised his head and smiled politely.

"It's okay, I'm alright" Allen turned back his head to Lavi who was fighting, or should I say holding back off the candles that Road had simultaneously thrown at him. It was not long after Kanda had joined him in fending off the Noah. While Link and Krory were finishing off the rest of the Akuma left.

"Lenalee, you go where Miranda is, you're too weak to fight right now" Lenalee found it futile to argue back. Seeing her body was full of bruises did not help. The idea she'd just get in their way pained her. She then simply nodded as Allen helped her off the platform and carried her to where Miranda was.

Once Allen had ensured her safety, he ran back to help Lavi and Kanda. Road had that insane smile on her face as she throw candle by candle to the exorcists. Kanda had already brought out his skill: Double Illusion sword. He swung his swords with skill and precision but not even Kanda could lay a hit on her. Allen followed suit and transformed his left arm into his Broadsword and helped Kanda defeat Road.

Whilst Lavi saw the two exorcists' team up, he couldn't help but feel a small touch of nostalgia. The two of them loved fighting each other but when it comes to the battlefield; they'd somehow put things aside and work together. Lavi knew how much Kanda missed the old Bean sprout no matter how much he had denied it. This time they'll do everything they can to protect their old friend. They won't let the Central take him away again. Lavi smiled quietly before he spun his hammer around until it grew to a huge size.

He slammed the hammer on the space where Road was standing but she easily dodged it, leaving a huge crater behind it. Lavi was about to activate another Elemental stamp when Road suddenly called Lero and jumped on the platform which had the lion cage. She turned and stared at the lion cage quietly before she turned to Lero and nodded at him. She smiled as she twirled around to face the exorcists with Lero in her hands.

"Looks like my job here is done~" Road giggled as she did a slight gesture with her hands and a familiar heart shaped door appeared behind her, "Till then Exorcists~ and till then Allen-kun~"

Before she went into the door she snapped her fingers and the floor started to crumble and fall away. Holes of black abyss started to appear beneath them as they saw everything that was inside the tent, being destroyed. They heard Road laugh as she went into the door and disappear. The exorcists fell into the black abyss, as they felt Miranda's innocence reverse and the pain went back and blood started to seep through their clothes. They felt their skin cracked open as their wounds reappeared. One by one they started to fall into the void when they heard a familiar voice exclaimed.

"Crown Belt!"

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