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Chapter 6
Major Fights Suck
October 31- Friday: Halloween
12:30pm- Black Order Boarding School
Allen woke about two hours before he looked at the clock. It was Halloween and there were no classes. Sighing he wondered what his friends were so hyped about. Feeling the need to eat, he rose out of bed and opened the door to see…everyone. Squeaking in surprise he caught the door before he slammed it shut. Alma looked over, Lavi beamed, Arystar blinked. Kanda finished telling the elder vampire something, he turned to smirk at a bewildered Allen.
"Morning Moyashi…we're about to get ready for the parade." He said, the ever-present smirk plastered on his face.
"P-Parade? What parade BaKanda?" Allen stammered, glaring at the vampire with venom.
"The school holds a parade every Halloween, the students get to release their full forms and parade through the nearby villages. It's sort of a 'pride day' for us. It also helps with the nearby villages, they use the parade as a means of the future generations to respect what we are and be open minded about us." Arystar said, Allen smiled with childish glee.
"Sweet! So, what do we do to get ready?" Allen asked, seeing Alma's evil grin, he regretted ever opening his mouth.
"Well, we dress up!" Alma said, an evil glint in his eye. Allen just knew this wouldn't end well.
It didn't.
2:30pm- Two hours later found Allen in what he thought was the most embarrassing outfit he ever wore…no, scratch that, second most embarrassing the first would always be when he dressed in drag to pay off one of his Uncle Cross' debts…he shuddered at the memory.
Allen was now in a velvet red jacket, red slacks, with a silver shirt underneath the jacket, and a silver ascot with a navy blue jewel decorating it. To complete his outfit he wore silver gloves and red shoes, draped around his shoulders using the jewel as a clasp was a red cape with silver lining on the inside and edge. He looked at himself in the full length mirror, his hair was slicked back a few strands fell into his face. In his left ear was a red jewel ear cuff with a moon hanging from it. He fingered the navy blue jewel.
"It reminds me of his eyes…"
"Allen! Come on out!" he heard Alma's cheerful voice. Breathing deeply in he opened his door and walked out. Standing in wait, was Lavi, Aryastar, Alma and Kanda.
Lavi was in nothing but dark green pants, they were already tattered along the legs with no shoes. Alma seemed to have adopted Lavi's style as he only wore black tattered pants with a mini-black jacket, violet gloves graced his clawed hands forming to them perfectly, also no shoes. Arystar wore a black long cloak, the hood thrown back. Allen could see a perfect suit, minus the jacket, underneath the cloak and knew that Aryastar looked like a gentleman; his glasses perched on the bridge of his nose. Timcampy fluttered around the group recording everything. Allen looked to Kanda and mentally thanked the higher beings for the view.
Kanda wore a long navy blue coat, a wide black belt around the outside supporting Mugen on his left hip. His hair wasn't in its usual high ponytail, instead only half of it was up while the rest flowed to his waist. Allen saw black tight pants that melded into black heeled boots, as Kanda was currently leaning back, seeing Allen look at him, he smirked and tilted his head. Allen saw that Kanda was not wearing a shirt. Around the vampire's neck was a navy blue collar with a grayish jewel dangling from it. Allen took note that on Kanda's right ear was a navy blue jewel ear cuff with a moon dangling from it.
Rascal leaped onto Arystar's shoulders, his coat glistening black. He wore a pure white wide collar with a black moon set in its front, to add on to it he also wore a black bell around his tail.
"What's with the bell, Rascal?" Allen asked, smiling.
-This kitten…is how I lead the parade!-
"You lead?" he asked.
-Yup!-
Looking to the others who all nodded in affirmative, Allen shrugged. The group made their way down to the courtyard where Lenalee was waiting with another group. Allen looked around at the group some of which he knew. Bak and Fou were dressed matching Chinese style fighter outfits. Madarao and Tevak looked like your classic warlock and witch. Miranda wore a white witch's outfit, an interesting thing about it was the clock staff she held. Noise was dressed in wispy robes that looked really warm. Lenalee was dressed in a flowing long pale green gown with a slit up to her left thigh, flowing pale red sleeves were silted to her elbows, the edges frilled out and she went barefoot, Allen saw red anklets with butterfly wings attached to them.
"ALMA-PAPA!" A child's voice cried. Allen swung around in time to watch as a little fox demon launched himself into a smiling Alma's arms.
"Timothy Hearst…the elder of the two Wards. From what Arystar's told me, when Alma becomes a 5th year, he's planning on adopting the kid into the Karma Family. Arystar said that back in their 1st year, Alma spent most of his free time with Timothy…now, whenever we don't see him…he's with the kid." Kanda explained, muttering into Allen's ear. Allen ignored the heat that started to gather in his body and focused on what Kanda was saying.
Timothy was cute, 9 years old, with narrow fox-like doe brown eyes and fluffy blue hair. Blue fox ears and a rather bushy fox tail were present, the child wore a yellow mini-jacket, with matching shorts and shoes. An blue shirt was underneath the jacket. Allen chuckled when Arystar placed an blue cape around the child's shoulders, acting like a fretting father as he clasped it on the child's right shoulder. Timothy laughed and threw his arms around the vampire. Alma leaned back on his heels watching with warm eyes. Arystar stood, the little fox kit on one hip. Allen could only shake his head while Kanda rolled his eyes.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah…real cute family photo moment." He muttered under his breath. Allen snickered.
"HEAD'S UP!" a voice bellowed. Allen heard a 'Miranda shriek' and looked. Miranda was being held in one of Noise's arms while the other was held out and holding a soccer ball. Kanda's eyes narrowed at the youth that jogged up to retrieve the ball. Allen didn't know what he was.
"Barry…" Kanda growled. Lenalee walked up to Allen to explain.
"Daisaya Barry local trouble-making imp. He's not really good at it; he keeps apologizing and warning people ahead of time. Kanda still can't forgive him for a prank he pulled when we were 1st years…let's just say…that's when we found out about Lavi's eye…"
Allen cringed, knowing how sensitive Lavi was about the eye.
Daisaya was wearing a jester's cowl, complete with a long sleeved tunic, shoes and tights. Allen didn't see his hair but saw brown eyes. Daisaya continued to talk to Noise and Miranda occasionally bowing. Kanda snorted.
"Liar…he did that only to make sure Noise wouldn't leave Miranda's side tonight. Cunning little twit." Kanda muttered, Allen blinked and then remembered that Lavi had teased Miranda about liking Noise at one point during a class.
"Walker!" a voice called from behind him. Allen didn't want to turn around…he really didn't want to. But, sighing because he knew that the owner of that voice wouldn't go away that easily he turned around. Howard Link was a blonde haired brown eyed warlock who was a cousin to the Third siblings. He also was known as Leverier's lackey. Allen personally had nothing against him and occasionally Link showed to be a really good guy, just he reported everything to Leverier. Allen smiled wryly.
"Evening, Link."
"Mr. Leverier has stated that he wishes for you to not shame the school and that you are expected to stay near your…comrades." Link said, gaze flickering between Allen and his friends.
Allen looked to Leverier, the dark blonde haired dark beady eyed lion demon stood as if he owned the place looking over the proceedings. Kanda and Lavi shared a growl. Link visible paled and backed away with a quick bow. Allen looked around and saw two figures one he recalled being the hulking robust body of Tapp Dopp a tanned ogre with beady brown eyes and a tuff of brown hair. The other was of a bushy brown haired elf, with large glasses and a necklace of purple beads, named Johnny Gill. Both were dressed to do justice to their race.
All the teachers were as well, Allen got a warm feeling seeing the Acrobatics Teacher; Cloud Nine a female monkey demon with blonde hair and purple eyes with her 5 year old child: Lau. The little demon wasn't old enough to take a human form, so he was sitting on his mother's shoulder chirping at whatever suited his fancy. During classes with Ms. Nine students would be found performing tricks alongside the child, he would even let a few select {Allen, Kanda, Lavi} hold him if a new trick was being shown. The student body quieted down when Old Man Bookman stepped up to overlook everyone.
"This year, there will be multiple groups. Group Leaders already know who they are, so, Leader's gather your groups together please."
Rascal herded Allen, Kanda, Arystar, Alma, Lavi, Lenalee and Timothy to an area then took off to gather the rest of their group. While waiting Kanda saw that Allen was toying with the jewel around his neck and laughing along with the story Lavi was telling. Rascal came back with Miranda, Noise, Tevak, Madarao, Jerry, Ms. Nine, Lau and Mr. Yeegar.
-Ok, this is my group…we'll be one of the last ones kittens. I hope little Lau can hold out, Cloud.-
"Don't worry about Lau, Rascal. He can hold out, he's a Nine after all." Cloud said, caressing her son's face, a small chirp was her response. Rascal purred with a little 'mew'. Sitting on Noise's shoulder Rascal turned his attention to Bookman who had nodded when all groups were gathered.
"Now, students and teachers, it's time to release our true forms. On my signal…" Bookman shifted to the form of a pale gray werewolf, who was clad in robes, walked with a cane and had wolfish dark gray eyes. Soon, Allen was looking at all sorts of creatures of myth, some he never thought he'd see.
Looking around his own group he blinked looking up at Cloud, she was a larger form of her son.* Noise looked blurred around the edges, Miranda looked to have a little more confidence, Timothy looked to be a werefox, Alma's wings were extended to full size, and Lenalee had her wings out. Arystar's hair had spiked and his cloak went with it, Jerry had a simple scythe that was pink as it was made from his hair, Tevak and Madarao both had their aura's flared, Yeegar simply looked to be a man of the wood, Lavi looked to be a long eared werewolf.
"I see why Kanda calls you 'Baka Usagi', Lavi…I didn't think wolves had ears that long!" Allen said, stifling laughter. Lavi's ears drooped causing the others to break out in small fits of laughter at him. Allen looked to Kanda and paused.
The vampire stood there with leathery midnight black wings folded along the length of his body, the very tips trailing behind him, his ears had grown slightly larger and a little more bat-like, his fangs were more pronounced and Allen saw that his hands were slightly clawed. Kanda's eyes were brighter and more…predatory than normal. Allen felt that if his blood acted up tonight, he'd retreat to his mind and kick his shinigami bloods ass. That or the human blood, whichever one started to fight because he didn't think that for one second he wouldn't hesitate to let Kanda take whatever he wanted from Allen.
-All right, kittens. Follow the leader!- Rascal led the small group.
6:00pm- The Ark
"My dear clan, time to strike!" The Earl said, chuckling. His spies had already told him that the school had emptied out to do the wretched Parade. He thought of attacking while they were in the one of the villages, but Tyki had pointed out the Lero wasn't at full strength and that most likely the teachers would pose a huge problem. The Earl wasn't fond of losing one of his kin, even if they were only good as a weapon {he keeps the weapon thing to himself}.
The twins cackled in delight, Road shared a high five with Wisely, Cyril and Lulu smirked, Lero stood by calmly waiting, Tyki and Neah exchanged glances. The Earl's grin only further widened.
"I suppose not all of us could go…" Tyki said, only to have Devit cut him off with a glare and well aimed gun barrel. Tyki moved to cover where the barrel was pointed. The Earl thought about that and found that if he sent out all of his Clan the only problem would be that they would know how many there were, on the other hand…sending everyone out allowed him to kill off a few members of their side.
"Everyone will go! 3 3" Earl said, Tyki sweatdropped at the hearts that sprang forth. Neah looked at Lero out of the corner of his eye, the pumpkin haired assassin was slightly wobbly, but otherwise stable. The Earl left them to get ready, looking to the now hyper Road, Neah knew that she would need a babysitter. As they all pulled on their long coats and pulled up their hoods Neah spoke.
"If you take a kill, do so, but no one is allowed to be reckless…we already lost 5 members of our beloved Clan. I don't want to lose any more."
They all nodded in agreement. Neah looked to Road.
"You're our youngest, Road, so I'll stay with you. Lero, you're not fully recovered so Tyki said he'll stay with you. The rest of you lot, enjoy tonight to its fullest. We're at our strongest as are they. So, my dear clan be careful and make sure to keep up the fun!" He said, grinning insanely. The rest of the Clan let out calls of delight as they all took off to the mountain path that the school used to get back.
8:30pm- Innocence Valley
Allen found that this was enjoyable, the villagers all came out and waved, children stood in their parents shadows or out front trying to put up a brave face. After going through the last village, Rascal led the group onto a smooth mountain path.
"This is the path the school has used since its founding. It's a bit longer to get back, but I find the view to be worth it." Cloud said, cradling Lau in her arms. The child wasn't asleep, but one could tell he was close. Feeling an odd wind Allen brought his cape closer to himself. Rascal slowed in his steady trot and looked around, seemingly lost.
"Aetas, what's wrong?" Yeegar asked coming closer to the puzzled cat. Rascal looked behind them and then in front.
-I don't know this path…- he said, worry and…fear in his voice. Everyone became on guard.
*-The Noah-*
Musician looked at his Clan, Dreams standing next to him. Elder Bond and Younger Bond checked their weapons and giggled when the groups were separated by Pleasure's spell. Blood sighed, testing the movement of his left shoulder. Lust and Greed played Jaken to see who would get the group with the Headmaster in it; Lust won. Wisdom sipped the tea to quell his headache and smirked when it finally cleared. Dreams pointed to Rascal's group.
"I wanna play with them! That's the rotten cat that hurt, Blood, right?"
Blood facepalmed. Musician nodded in agreement with Dreams.
"We'll play with them…I feel like making you a new hat, Wisdom. You like black right?"
Wisdom chuckled, "Yeah! Greed, care to make the announcement?"
Pleasure bowed to Greed as the elder walked forward, all the groups heard a cold voice say, "Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls…dying time's here!" **
*-To Rascal's Group-*
They all froze at the voice. Lenalee looked around at the group.
"Wh-What did it just say?" she asked in a small voice.
They all exchanged fearful looks. Rascal's head shot up as two figures appeared in front of them. The taller one held a familiar air, Rascal just couldn't place it at that moment. The smaller giggled like a school girl with her first crush.
"Ooooh, Musician, I think they're scared of us Noah!" she…from the voice it was female…said.
"It seems…so, Dreams." Musician slowly said. He spotted Allen, and momentarily forgot where he was. The child stepped back feeling eyes on him, eyes that sparked something in the back of Allen's mind. Kanda moved so that most of Allen was blocked by the vampire. Arystar placed Timothy in Miranda's arms, Alma already levitating in the air, ready to fight. They all were ready. 'Dreams' giggled again, Allen found that irritating as hell.
"What should we do?" Miranda asked, her voice not panicky…yet. Noise placed a reassuring hand on her shoulder.
"This is a dark spell, see if your white powers can do anything against it." He suggested lowly so that the two newcomers didn't hear him. Miranda nodded and placed Timothy at her side.
"Stay behind me, Timothy."
"Kay, Auntie Miranda…" Timothy murmured, already plotting a few tricks in case they were needed. Noise knew that this was dark magic as he couldn't call upon his wind at all. Tevak and Madarao both were struggling to stand as the magic around them was draining their own magic to sustain itself.
"One of the only times that being a warlock pisses me off…" Madarao growled.
"When the enemy can use your own magic against you elder brother?" Tevak asked, knowing her brothers pain.
"No, when I know that damned puppy is going to tease me for it!" Madarao spat, glaring daggers at the back of Lavi's head.
Jerry twirled his scythe and stood in front of the students that were indisposed. Yeegar looked around and spotted a weak point, two holly tree saplings that were growing a mere inch apart. He looked to Cloud, who got the hint and walked to Noise, handing him Lau she whispered to Miranda.
"On your right, two holly trees ***…" the white witch noticed them and nodded. The mother turned back and made a threatening sound in the back of her throat. Musician tapped Dreams on the shoulder, leaning down he whispered.
"The little demon is her child, attack it and I'll punish you when the Earl isn't looking…other than that watch it, shinigami are not push-over's and that one's protecting students, making him all the more dangerous…the others are attack-able."
He straightened. Then looked the group over, the hybrid, both vampires, the werewolf, the fairy, devil, pathetic tree demon, the mother demon and the damned cat could fight. The little witch and the warlock were being drained from the dark magic, the wind elemental was blocked from his power, the baby demon was too young and he saw another young demon hiding behind the…white witch.
"Well, fuck…Akuma! Attack the white witch!" he called, about 15 Akuma appeared around the group. Dreams pouted, angry at him.
"I thought you said-"
"I said if 'you' attacked, I said nothing about me…besides, the wind elemental is holding the baby…not the witch. So, there loop-hole…" he said patting her head, smirking.
Kanda swore, thankful that the baby and Timothy didn't know Japanese. Springing to guard behind their group, he noticed that Allen joined him. The two shared a nod and fought off the Akuma. Lavi sprang to help guard Tevak and Madarao, smirking wolfishly at the fuming warlock. Alma and Lenalee took to the air to offer sir support. Arystar guarded Miranda's exposed right, careful to avoid the flow of magic he felt. Cloud and Yeegar guarded the front. Dreams giggled, while Musician leapt into the air and landed on a nearby ledge, the taller Noah reclined and indicated for the Akuma to take over the fight. Dreams landed on a tree branch watching Allen and Kanda.
"The little hybrid fights well…I wonder how he tastes…" without warning her elder, she sprang into action. Appearing in front of Allen who stopped out of shock, she wrapped her arms around his neck and stole his first kiss.
Musician facepalmed, shaking with controlled rage.
Kanda paused and then looked behind him.
The Akuma froze and all paled considerably at the dark auras that sprang forth.
"Puta, você está morto!" Alma cried from above them ****. Dreams pulled back and dodged Mugen. Allen wiped his mouth with the back of his right hand, shocked and extremely disturbed. Dreams faded into shadows and landed not too far away from Musician, the elder looked at her between fingers and kicked her.
Kanda appeared in front of Allen and took hold of Mugen, clearly pissed. Allen watched as Mugen shifted from a normal sword to what looked to be a sword made out of layers of feathered wings, Kanda's hair turned light purple and his eyes brightened radiating his bloodlust. The Akuma backed away, fear in their eyes. Kanda smirked evilly and Musician wanted to rethink sending out his Akuma to face these kids. He should've sent Dreams Akuma…
"Dreams…kindly tell me that we can get out of this barrier…because once something gets in…it doesn't get out." Musician said, clearly fearful of Kanda. Dreams rolled her eyes, and looked at her elder brother.
"Don't tell me you're scared of a kid—" she was cut off as Mugen sliced through all the Akuma and then shattered the barrier. Musician blinked.
"Yes…yes, I am afraid of kid…with a bloody sword blessed by a shinigami!" Musician said, snapping the last bit at her. Both Noah's gritted their teeth as the shockwave alone, broke the entire barrier's that had been formed. Soon, those that knew magic had teleported their comrades back to the safety of the school.
Dreams pouted, "Major fights suck!"
End
Lunny: Holy crap! It's another monster! *sigh* but, this was a fun chapter to type. A few notes:
*Think Lau Shim Activated in the series…without the energy orbs
**This is a quote from a live Disturbed song I heard randomly on YouTube…forget which song though
***"Holly Tree": I heard from a friend that holly trees were the holiest type of tree so I used that here as something that couldn't be affected by demonic magic…I even have a holly wand ^^…Also, on that note the staff Miranda uses is made of holly.
****Yes, the Karma Family is Portuguese…Alma just said, "Bitch, you dead now!"…..No, I do not know Portuguese or Spanish, I use iGoogle translator for it…I wanna know how to say that in Japanese…that way Kanda can say it….
And a challenge to my readers, who could tell who's who with the names the Noah, called themselves during the major fight? Also, a response to LadyAliceWalker – That Yullen kiss won't happen until like Chapter 12…wish me luck…
And this was out early because I'm out of town...and if i get on tomorrow...i may upload another chapter...
Cold: Oh…like it's that hard! By the way, anyone seen Solarius?