Lunny: Hey guys! Back with another Chapter!
Allen: You really are waiting a week for each chapter aren't you?
Lunny: Yes…
Kanda: Damn…
Lunny: Disclaimer stays! I don't own the song "Into the Nothing" by Breaking Benjamin…and my muses are off somewhere for a few chapters… Warning: This is sad…
Chapter 8
Funerals and Friendships
November 10: Monday
Vatican Graveyard- 10:30am
"Here lies Mana Walker. One of the most kindhearted Shinigami to exist." Lavi read.
Allen, Kanda, Lavi, Lenalee, Arystar and Alma stood at the grave marker for Mana. Like the headstones for all the Walkers in the Graveyard it was a statue of Mana as a shinigami. He had a jester's belled hat with a suit to match, there were orbs positioned as if he was juggling.
"The shinigami form of the next family head was said to be that of a clown or jester…many call the Walker Family Leader: The Crowned Clown. Yuu-chan, your sword was blessed by a shinigami, right?" Lavi asked.
Kanda nodded, keeping a hidden eye on Allen. The teen looked so lost that it pained the vampire to watch, but he did because he was worried about his Moyashi.
After Oliver had sat down and talked with the group, as the others refused to leave Allen. He made plans for Mana's funeral. Kanda never once left the hybrid's side. The vampire saying that he didn't need a suicidal Moyashi on his hands, Allen chuckled weakly. Tim had almost glued itself to either Allen or Kanda. Rascal visited them as Allen was excused from classes until after the funeral.
*-Flashback-*
Allen sat on the couch reading, Kanda across from him in the armchair doing homework. At hearing the window open they both looked to see Tim let Rascal inside. The black feline shook itself clean as it was raining outside; leaping onto the coffee table the cat looked at the two confused teens.
-Well, kittens…this tom's got something for you to see. – Rascal said, giving a cat-like smirk. Kanda raised an eyebrow as Allen rolled his eyes at the cat's antics.
"And what would that be?" Kanda asked.
-Now, Yuu-kitten, I'm not saying until we get there! - Rascal said, jumping down and waiting at the door.
Allen and Kanda exchanged looks. After a pointed look from Rascal the two got dressed and followed the cat. Rascal led them to an unused part of the school. The halls light up by unseen torches. As they reached a three way split Rascal looked one way and then another. He took the left path and the teens followed, Allen glanced back and swore he saw bright orange, red, yellow, green and purple orbs sealing the path behind them.
The walls became covered with vines and ivy. Even Kanda was impressed as the walkway became a pleasant mix of grass and white sand.
-And here we are!-
The teen's jaws dropped at the sight before them. The garden was enclosed in what looked to be glass and had a dome shaped roof. The plants were well cared for and seemed to be in healthy condition. Some of the trees were pure crystalline white with transparent or jewel colored leafs. While others were regular trees. In the center of the garden was a twisting sakura holly tree that looked as if it grew over a fountain, as water spouted from some openings in the tree into the pool below. Allen saw multicolored koi fish in the pool. Kanda saw the only black koi. Sandy paths wound throughout the garden and random stone benches were strewn across the garden. Rascal smiled at their expressions.
-You kittens can come here whenever you want. - Rascal told them. They shared a smile.
*-End Flashback-*
The group of friends stood there, Allen feeling their auras wrap around him. Rascal draped across the sadden youth's shoulders. They painted a picture of a family in mourning.
*-A little ways away-*
Oliver watched them. Glad that the only hybrid to be born since Lucas' rule had a secondary family like them. Feeling a familiar aura step next to him, he didn't even look.
"BaKanda…" he said.
"Moyashi…" came the sharp reply.
Subaru Kanda stood with a hood raised; twin katana's resting on his hips and leathery black wings folded against his back. Oliver remembered 15 years ago when Maria had blessed Yuu's Mugen while pregnant with Allen. Oliver's own father had blessed Subaru's twin katana's and Oliver himself blessed, Ichirou's {Yuu's Father} long sword. Even if the families were 'feuding'; tradition from the founders carried on. The two families of the leaders were connected by the simple fact that a member of the Walker Leader's family would bless the weapon of the Kanda Leader's family*. Oliver sighed heavily, drawing an unseen concerned look from the elder vampire.
"You look like hell…" the vampire remarked dryly.
"Well, if you say that then it must be true." The shinigami shot back sarcastically.
"I see you got a…Chibi…" Subaru trailed off remembering that vision he was told of 50 years ago.
"You did too…" Oliver said, folding his arms.
"That vision still holds?" Subaru asked, hoping for a 'no'.
"Yep."
Subaru cursed.
Oliver chuckled.
He sucked in a breath when Allen walked forward, tears streaming as he looked at the grave marker of his mother alongside her elder twin. His voice soft carried to the now shocked rulers at the song he sang.
"Screaming on the inside, I am frail and withered
Cover up the wounds that I can't hide
Walls that lie between us, the saint within the sinner
I have lost the nerve but it's all right
Carry the wounded and shut your eyes
All will be forgiven, none will rise
Bury the fallen and lead the blind
I will find the lost, dead inside
Into the nothing, faded and weary
I won't leave and let you fall behind
Live for the dying, heaven, hear me
I know we can make it out alive
Leave me at the bottom, I am lost forever
Letters from the dead, say goodbye
Sorrow falls upon us, this will be the last time
Days begin to end but I'll get by" Allen felt tears run down his face, Rascal nuzzled his cheek, he felt Kanda's right hand interlock fingers with his left. He smiled.
"Follow the hopeless and shut your eyes
All will be abandoned, none will shine
Gather the broken and leave this life
Lying in the earth side by side
Into the nothing, faded and weary
I won't leave and let him fall behind
Live for the dying, heaven, hear me
I know we can make it out alive
I'll keep you inside
Where I lead you cannot follow
Straight into the light
As my breath grows still and shallow
Into the nothing, faded and weary
I won't leave and let them fall behind
Live for the dying, heaven, hear me
I know we can make it out alive
Stay with me, you're all I have left
I know we can make it out alive
Stay with me, you're all I have left
I know we can make it out alive"
Allen had the voice of an angel…Subaru slowly looked to Oliver, shock evident in his eyes.
"When the hell did a Shinigami get the Dark Angel's Song**?"
Oliver was speechless; Allen was by far already turning into an interesting shinigami…seeing his growth would be an entertaining sight to say the least.
Lavi gaped at Allen. Lenalee was silently crying, the song bringing up memories of her deceased parents.
"Allen, that was…" Alma started.
"Amazing…" Arystar finished.
"Beautiful, Moyashi…" Kanda thought, smiling softly.
-Kitten, you can sing! – Rascal said pride easily heard in his voice. Allen looked back and wiped tears away. Holding Lenalee as the fairy hugged him, quietly sobbing. Alma looked to Lavi. Kanda never once let go of Allen's hand.
"How?" The devil asked. The werewolf pondered and then drew a conclusion.
"Allen's mother is the only female shinigami…rumor has it that she had the Dark Angel's Song…so, her unique blood must have passed on to Allen!"
Rascal looked to the rulers, voicing a thought only to them; they cringed.
-Four for the cat; Zip for the ancestors. And boys…it doesn't look good for you.-
*-In the Distance-*
Tyki looked to his elder brother; Neah and he were hidden in the shadow of a mausoleum the two demons watching the funeral from afar.
"I don't get you at all Neah…they mean nothing to us…we're Noah."
"Tyki even a Noah has to show compassion for their foes. Besides, now the little hybrid just became something of greater interest for us."
On the other side hidden in the shadow of a Kanda family member's tomb statue, Lero crouched. Red eyes glistening with tears he refused to shed. His presence went unknown to his clansmen.
"If I ever come to harm that child…it'll be the end of me…"he thought in despair.
The brothers inclined their heads in respect to Mana Walker. Lero crossed his arms over himself, gulping down the sobs. The three Noah mourned in their own way and left.
*-Later back at the school-*
Allen walked into his and Kanda's room. Taking off his jacket and vest he fell onto the couch and let the tears that just kept coming… fall. Sobbing into the pillow on the couch he vividly felt Kanda's larger warm hand run soothing circles in his back. The hybrid turned his head to the vampire, liquid-silver meeting firm-midnight.
"You may have lost a part of your biological family…but, know now that none of your extended is leaving anytime soon. Alma would resurrect our asses and kill us himself." Kanda said, earning a tired but genuine smile from Allen.
"Thanks Kanda, you and the others have been a lot of help in keeping me sane for the past week." Allen confessed. Kanda smirked.
"Careful, Moyashi or my ego may get the best of both of us." He said, jokingly. Allen played along.
"Oh no…no one would want that, BaKanda."
A few minutes of companionable silence fell between them, both at ease. Kanda had moved so that Allen's head was in his lap while he went on stroking white hair, calming the teen he had come to cherish. Allen wanted to stay like that forever,
"Tsk." He sucked in a breath and sat up quickly, left arm twitching. Kanda reacted instantly, much to Allen's surprise.
He drew Allen to him and without warning the younger's shirt was off and casted aside. Tracing the bite marks that had now scarred over with his tongue, he elicited a shuddered breath from Allen. Smirking to himself he bites down. It took all of Allen's willpower to not moan at the intensity that this feeding brought for some reason. Kanda feed and released the smaller teen, Allen controlling his breathing and nodding in thanks. They reclined, Allen curled on Kanda's lap.
Kanda hummed a tune Allen wasn't familiar with; soon the hybrid had slipped into the world of dreams. All the while feeling protected by leathery black wings.
End
Lunny: Done! I know its short and may seem rushed…sorry! A few notes:
*If anyone got that let me know in a review!
**Dark Angel's Song= is the voice of the Walker family females, who are all Dark Angels…their singing voices speak to one's soul. Allen gets this from his mother.
Kanda: Someone tell me I'm not looking like a total pansy here!
Allen: Aw, but I find it adorable how you fret over me…
Kanda: *sees the plot bunny* The hell is that?
Lunny: Be careful what you say Kanda…that's the plot bunny.
Allen & Kanda: *back away with wide eyes*