Haunted
By: moonlightstar12
Warning: Shonen-ai! And OOCness.
Summary: AU Allen's just moved to a new house, and everything's fine until he and his visitors start to hear noises. And then, they see the ghost.
Disclaimer: I don't own D. Gray Man, and never will!
A/N: Yay! People reviewed! I'm happy! I had to research to figure out what the Lucky pairing is since I never heard of it before but I figured it out. I put a poll up so people can vote. Lavi x Tyki, yes or no?
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That grin. No matter what, he couldn't forget it.
That malicious, unchanging grin.
It was just as bad as the person it belonged to.
It had been there when he succeeded.
It had been there when he failed.
It had been there when anyone of them failed.
It had been there when he'd been on the table.
When he'd started his test.
When the test turned out to be a failure.
Out of everything he saw back then, the killing, the blood, his friends slowly failing as well, that grin was the thing he remembered most. The thing he hated the most.
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The four of them looked at the spot where the man disappeared.
"Um…Allen. Something's definitely wrong with your house," Lavi said after awhile.
Allen nodded slowly. "Yeah. Definitely something wrong."
"Are you still going to stay in this house, with that creepy man still being here?" Lenalee asked.
Allen sighed. "I can't do anything about it. I don't have enough money to buy a new house. Plus, I don't think he's going to let anyone of us leave anytime soon."
"Correct, shonen. I'm glad you seem to understand that," came the voice again and just like before, the dark-haired man reappeared.
"How are you doing that? Are you a magician or something?" Lavi asked.
The man smiled slightly before shaking his head. "No. Not at all. I've never done magic in my life or afterlife," he said.
"Afterlife? So that means…" Lenalee started.
The man nodded. "I'm dead. My name is Tyki Mikk. I was killed in this house. Right now, that's all you need to know about me," the man—know known as Tyki—said in a resigned way.
"So you're a ghost?" Lavi asked, intrigued by the man. He'd always been interested in the things outside of the history books; paranormal activity being one of his favorites.
Tyki turned to Lavi and nodded again. "I am stuck in this house until someone helps us."
"Why do you keep saying us? How many more of you are there?" Kanda asked.
Tyki looked at Kanda. "If you put two of them together, there are four of us, but since those two don't like to conjoin often, there are five of us."
"Conjoined? How do they-?" Kanda started to ask but Tyki held up hand to cut him off.
"Don't ask me. You'd have to ask them, though I doubt they'd answer you," he said in a voice that he wouldn't answer anymore questions about the matter.
"Okay, can you tell us why most of my doors won't open?" Allen asked.
"Because we don't want you to open them," he said in the same conversation ending tone.
"Why don't you want them opened?" Lavi asked, whether he was ignoring Tyki's tone or didn't notice it, Allen didn't know. He couldn't tell with Lavi. He was happy and ignorant one second, then serious and calculating the next.
Tyki looked at him again. "Because, Eye-Patch-kun. There are things in those rooms that you wouldn't want to see," he said.
Kanda looked from Lavi to Tyki and back. When he and the Moyashi asked a question, Tyki wouldn't answer. When Lavi asked, he answered. Whatever, he thought.
"Was that you earlier today, laughing at us? And making all of those other sounds?" Lenalee asked.
Tyki shook his head. "No. It wasn't me. Most of the time, at least."
"Then who was it?" she asked in reply.
"Ask them. They'll tell you," was Tyki's reply.
"The other ghosts?" Allen said, which earned another nod from Tyki.
"They're around here somewhere, if you wish to ask them anything," Tyki supplied.
"Yes," was all Allen said.
"Very well then," answered Tyki and he was gone.
They'd waited for about a minute before Tyki's voice filled the room again. "I'd like you to meet them, Road," he said and reappeared, followed by a small girl.
The girl—who they all guessed was Road—had messy purple hair and the same grey skin, hazel eyes, and cross marks on her forehead as Tyki. She was wearing a white, long-sleeved dress that ended at her thighs with a black ending and a ribbon on her neck. She wore dark and light purple striped tights that covered all her legs.
She looked away from Tyki upon their arrival, looking from him to the four of them. She smiled when she saw Allen.
"Oh~! You're cute!" she exclaimed and latched onto Allen. Allen looked at her weirdly, but didn't try to pry her off; that'd be rude.
"Um…Road?" he asked warily.
She looked at him. "Hm?"
"Can you please get off of me?"
"But you're so cute~!" she sighed.
"Road," Tyki said and Road turned towards him.
She sighed again. "Fine," she said and let Allen go.
"You're one of those other ghosts, Tyki was talking about," Kanda stated.
Road smiled. "Yes. I am. Road Kamelot, his niece. I was also killed in this house," she introduced. Then, she looked around for a few seconds. "Oh~. Where's Lero?" she said.
"Who's Lero?" asked Lenalee.
Road shook her head. "No one. You'll probably see him later."
"Can you explain to us why we can't leave this house?" Lavi asked.
Road grinned. "Of course I can! You can't leave until you help us cross over," she said. At the confused looks she received she said, "You know, like bring us to the light, free us from being stuck n this house, exorcise us."
"Exorcise? Like they do on those ghost movies?" Lavi asked curiously.
Tyki shrugged. "We wouldn't know. There weren't any movies like that when we were alive."
"It doesn't matter. As long as you do whatever you need to do help us cross, you can take it from whatever you want," Road supplied lazily. She was licking a lollipop. Allen was sure that wasn't there a few seconds ago.
"How long will this take?" Allen asked.
"Don't know," Road laughed. "Could take a day, a week, a year, a decade, forever, but you're not leaving until you've helped us cross, Exorcists," she said and laughed sadistically.
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After Road's proclamation of their fate, the four of them suddenly found themselves even more tired than when they'd searched the house.
"You four must be tired," Tyki said right on cue. "I advise you to get some sleep. By tomorrow, you'd have met almost everyone in this house."
"Where do we sleep? You've blocked off most of my rooms," Allen asked.
"Most of your rooms. Three are still available to you. But they are already occupied," Tyki corrected.
"But you're ghosts. You shouldn't need to sleep," Lavi said saying it a little more like a question than a statement.
Tyki nodded. "That is true. We don't sleep, but we still can if we felt like it. Not that it'd make a difference. We don't get tired either."
"Well, that doesn't really matter," Allen said. "We need to decide on rooms."
"Lulubell and me are the only girls in the house, besides the female Exorcist," Road said.
"My name is Lenalee," she supplied.
Road smirked and licked her lollipop again. "Doesn't matter."
Lenalee looked slightly offended at that. Road just continued smirking.
"Well, that's settled," Tyki said. "Lulubell, Road, and Lenalee are to share a room. Now, we just need to figure out our own sleeping arrangements," he continued, addressing the remaining males.
"I won't share a room with either the Moyashi or the baka usagi," Kanda proclaimed.
Allen glowered at Kanda. He normally wasn't one to dislike a person when he'd just met them, but Kanda was an exception, since he certainly had no qualms about disliking him. "I wouldn't want to share one with you either, Ba-Kanda."
Kanda looked slightly put off by that comment but it didn't show too well. Before he could say something in retaliation, Lavi had slung his arm around Kanda's shoulder.
"Aw, Yuu-chan! Why won't you share with me?" Lavi said.
"I'd rather not share at all. Especially with you and the Moyashi."
"Too bad. With only two rooms left and six of us left, there's no way you can get a room to yourself," Tyki deadpanned.
Kanda twitched. Why had he even agreed to come with them on this trip? Oh, that's right, it was Lenalee. She'd forced him to come. No matter how innocent she looked, that girl was vicious.
"Moyashi!" Lavi exclaimed. Allen looked at him. "You should definitely share with Yuu-chan! You two argue so much, it'll help you become better friends!"
"No," both Allen and Kanda chorused. Which led to them glaring daggers at each other.
"I don't want them in a room with me. And I can already tell, Jasdebi will start a war with them if they all share a room every night." Tyki said, shaking his head and smoking on a cigarette that Allen knew, for a fact, wasn't there before. "I'll switch rooms so I'm sharing with them instead."
"So those are the rooms," Tyki continued. "Eye-Patch-kun, Jasdebi, and I will all share a room. You two can have the last one."
"Why do I have to share with you?" Lavi asked, sounding genuinely puzzled, which was new to Allen.
Tyki smirked down at Lavi. "Because I want you to."
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The group had split up until their individual rooms (with much complaining from Allen, much to Kanda's displeasure. Allen had stopped when Kanda threatened to chop Allen in half with Mugen).
Lenalee followed Road into the room she'd said belonged to her and Lulubell. She'd asked Road to tell her about Lulubell. Road had ignored her and continued her almost walk—her feet weren't touching the ground, yet she was still walking—and had arrived at one of the three open doors, the one in the middle.
Road disappeared as soon as she arrived at the door, surprising Lenalee and leaving her confused, until Road's childish voice rang in her head. "You're coming in, aren't you?"
Lenalee blinked at that before nodding quickly, then remembering that Road probably couldn't see her—she had no idea what they could and couldn't do, she hadn't known too much about ghosts before then—and said, "Okay," and then pushed the door open and stepped inside.
There were two twin beds in this room, positioned on opposite sides of the room, both made perfectly. The covers on the bed in the left of the door were dark purple and completely bare of any other design. A soft-looking pillow lay at the white headrest of the bed. The set up was identical on the bed on the right side of the door, except for the fact that the covers were plain white. There was a beige vanity on the middle wall of the room, but all that sat on it was a nail file and a brush. A chair was placed next to the vanity, the cushions being red and the railings of the chair a severely dark gray color. In the corner of the room, next to the purple-covered bed, was a large red door that didn't look like it belonged there, standing out brightly against the pale walls. Lenalee felt weird just being in the same room as the door; there was something wrong with it, but she chose to ignore it. If she was to figure out what it was, she'd do it.
As Lenalee finished her scrutinizing of the plain room, she finally realized that she didn't see anyone in the room. Wasn't this where Road had went?
As if she could read her mind, Road's voice filled her head again, "I'm right here," she said casually. Lenalee blinked. Right where?
She jumped as her gaze feel on the purple-covered bed and the small ghost girl appeared, barely hovering over the bed. She didn't know if she could get used to this.
The two sat in silence for a minute, Lenalee trying to regain herself after being startled by a little girl appearing out of nowhere, and Road finding it amusing that she could startle the girl that easily.
"Where is Lulubell?" Lenalee finally asked, eyes sliding around the room in search of the mystery woman.
Road shrugged uninterestedly, licking her lollipop again. "She's somewhere around here. You never know with her, she could be here for a second, gone the next."
The sound of a small bell rang at that moment and Road smiled. "There she is," she sang.
Lenalee looked around warily, expecting Lulubell to appear just like Road did. She was surprised when the door opened and a dark haired lady with the same grey skin, hazel eyes, and cross-marked forehead as both Road and Tyki entered the room. She was wearing. Her face was plastered in a disinterested passive expression, and every swift move she made caused the small bell that was tied on her neck by a red ribbon, jingle, like a cat's bell.
"Hello, Lulubell," Road greeted. Lulubell looked at her and nodded in response before taking a seat in the red chair and taking the file off the vanity. She started to file her nails, getting lost in the simple action.
"Lulubell?" Road questioned, causing said lady to look her way. "This is Lenalee," Road introduced, pointing to Lenalee, who still stood in the middle of the room. "She's going to be staying with us for awhile. She's one of the ones who are going to help us. The Exorcists."
"Exorcists?" Lulubell repeated, before looking at Lenalee with a scrutinizing expression. Lenalee started to fidget, unnerved by both Lulubell and the door that shouldn't be there.
Lulubell didn't say anything after that, going back to filing her nails. Road sighed slightly before turning to Lenalee. "She's like that all the time. Anyway, I'm going to bed," she said before turning and heading in the direction of the purple bed. Lenalee expected her to lie down on the bed, but was surprised when she went for the red door instead.
"This is my room. Why wouldn't I want to sleep in here?" Road said.
Lenalee just blinked before looking around. "Where do I sleep?" she asked after awhile.
"That one right there," Road replied, pointing to the purple bed. Lenalee paused before nodding and walking over to the previously indicated bed and lying down. As she lay there, she wondered what was happening in the other rooms.
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Lavi watched as Tyki led the way down the hallway, after parting ways with Allen and Kanda and Road and Lenalee.
"Oi, Eye-Patch-kun," Tyki said over his shoulder.
Lavi looked up. "My name is Lavi," he said.
Tyki looked at him. "Lavi," he said, sounding as if he was only saying it to appease the red head.
Lavi scowled before answering, "What is it?"
Tyki sighed slightly before taking a puff from his cigarette. "Don't ever play a game with Jasdebi," he said simply before disappearing.
Lavi blinked before wondering what he'd meant by that. "Hey, wait!" he exclaimed. "Which room is it?" he asked, looking around at the hallway; every door looked exactly the same.
A snicker was heard, echoing around the hallway. Lavi looked around, recognizing the laugh from when the kitchen and the dish broke.
"Who's there?" he asked, looking around again for the source of the laughter, but he couldn't see anything, besides the many doors.
Lavi heard a clicking sound and two figures appeared before him. Both had the same gray skin, cross marks, and hazel eyes as the other ghosts that seemed to inhabit the house. One had short, black hair and the other, long, slightly wavy blond hair. They both were wearing jackets, even though the blonde's jacket was missing the sleeves. They were both wearing stitched together black jeans with a white belt. Their black boots that reached their ankles had fuzzy cuffs on the tops. The black-haired one wore a white undershirt with a red cross on it. The blond one wasn't wearing a shirt, just the black jacket. They looked like they were wearing eyeliner and had black-painted fingernails. The blond one had a small glowing ball attached from his red head band and stitches across his mouth. Wrapped around his wrists and upper forearm was gauze, the gauze getting thicker the closer to his hand it was. The black-haired one wore a collar around his neck. They both held identical, golden guns in their hands.
The blond one snickered at the shocked look on Lavi's face as he looked at the two of them. "Hii~ what's your problem?" he laughed.
Lavi shook his head. "Nothing. I need to find where Tyki went," he said before deciding to try and look through the doors. He walked up to the nearest door and turned the door knob. He gave the door a hard push, expecting it to be one of the many doors that wouldn't open, but was surprised when the door flew open. He stumbled into the dark room, and groped around in nothing for awhile before he fell through, what felt like, another door and next thing he knew, he was on the floor, and the two other boys were down the hall now.
The blond and the black-haired one burst into laughter. Lavi looked up in confusion, slightly dazed, before he shook his head, clearing it. Behind him, he heard a door slam.
"What just happened?" Lavi asked.
"You just went in a door," the black-haired one said like it was the most obvious thing in the world. He turned to the blond next to him. "He's kinda dumb, huh, 'Dero?"
'Dero giggled. "Yeah, 'Debi."
Lavi glared at the two of them. "Did you two do something?" he asked suspicoiously.
The two of them shook their heads. "No we didn't," 'Debi said.
"Yeah," 'Dero replied, the laugh still in his voice. "We didn't!"
Lavi turned away from them, deciding they were of no help. He stood on his feet again and walked up to a random door, taking precautions this time. He pushed the door open gingerly and took his time.
As he walked inside, the room was still black. He carefully walked inside…
…And promptly felt the ground under him disappear.
He yelled in surprise as he fell—for how long, he didn't know—and then hit the ground, somehow managing to not hurt himself. He stood back to his feet, and walked forward cautiously. He felt a hard surface in front of him, and he pushed on it, hoping it would stay and wouldn't fall on him. The door opened and he ended up seeing a light. He walked into the light, and low and behold, guess where he ended up?
Back into the hallway.
"Eh?" Lavi exclaimed as he entered the hallway, now closer to the two boys than the last time.
"How long are you going to do this?" 'Debi asked, looking at him, bored.
"I wouldn't have to if you'd tell me where Tyki went!" Lavi snapped.
"Don't feel like it," 'Dero said, sticking his tongue out at Lavi.
Lavi felt like screaming in aggravation as he continued pushing through doors, seeing the different black rooms and always ending up back in the hallway. The two boys were always there, having varied reactions to Lavi's distress.
After Lavi went through so many doors the two boys lost count, they finally got completely bored. "Hey! You!" 'Debi exclaimed as Lavi appeared out of another door, this time far down the hallway. The black-haired boy's voice echoed down the hallway to Lavi, who stopped when he'd been about to enter another door.
Lavi looked at them.
"Tyki's in here," 'Debi said, before walking up to a random door. Lavi watched as he opened the door; he was sure he'd been in that one and it'd been wrong…but Lavi followed anyway, as 'Dero followed 'Debi into the room.
And just like that, the trio wasn't in the hallway anymore.
Lavi gaped; he was positive he'd been through this door before, and it definitely didn't look like this when he went by himself.
They were in a bedroom now; two beds on either side of the room and a dresser on the middle wall. One of the beds was two different colors, black and white, along with everything else on that side of the room. On the black side of the dresser sat a box and on the white side was a group picture—Lavi was too far away to see any more detail. The walls on this side of the room were somewhat pale, but the things that stood out were the butterflies. Butterflies, some big, some small, all of which a purple color, and were plastered on that side's wall. On the black and white bed, sat a deck of cards, also black and white in color. The other side of the room, however, was a mess. The bed wasn't made up and there were things everywhere, ranging from things he'd expect to find in a bedroom, like clothes, to weird things…like a chicken…Lavi decided to ask about that later. There was a weird feeling coming from that side of the room; Lavi almost felt like inching away from it.
Tyki sat/hovered on the bed, looking at the picture and the box. Upon hearing their entrance, he turned around, looking towards them.
As Lavi stared around the room, taking in every detail he could, he asked "Is this the room we'll be staying in?"
Tyki nodded. "I see you've met Jasdebi," he said, eyeing the two of them.
Lavi looked over the two again. "'Dero and 'Debi," he said.
'Dero looked slightly miffed at that comment. "You're not allowed to call 'Debi 'Debi," he said. "Only I am!"
"Okay…" Lavi said. "Then what do I call him?"
"Debitto!" the blond said. "And I'm Jasdero!"
"And together, we're Jasdebi!" the two of them said simultaneously.
Lavi suddenly wondered what he'd gotten himself into.
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A/N: Here's chapter 2! I would have included Kanda and Allen's time in their room as well, but I thought it'd be too long. Sorry!
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