Lunny: Well, here I am on a 10 year old laptop. I love this little baby for working well enough to let me type up Chapter 16!

Cold: Finally, a Micro Word we're used to! That 2007 thing was starting to aggravate me.

Solarius: Starting to feel your age there, wolf?

Cold: . . . (=x=)

Lunny: *panic sweatdrop* On that note, may I direct your attention to the newest installment of "Night School"…all characters except for my OC's belong to Hoshino Katsura. Have fun reading!

Chapter 16

BANG!

Outside of The Ark- 6:00pm

Friday, December 25

Kanda and the others overlooked The Ark. Lavi had said that his pack had been spotted but not attacked. The vampire thought as he sat on a nearby boulder. Lenalee looked at him, Arystar looked to Alma who nodded.

"Hey, Yuu. What's the plan?" the devil asked. The twin cats had taken up a branch each on an old dead tree.

-Kittens, when did Yuu-kitten become leader?-Rascal asked with a bright eyed blink.

"Well, Rascal that's his beloved in there so I think its best to let him call the shots or else we'll be in trouble." Alma reasoned. Morte nodded and Rascal paled at the thought of Kanda going berserk on whoever was between him and his Moyashi.

"Lavi gets to make our entrance." Kanda said everyone exchanged nervous glances.

The werewolf pumped a fist into the air. Alma was sweating when he looked back to Kanda.

"And what about the rest of us?" the devil asked, making a mental note to smack some sanity into Lavi who looked demented and insane at that point in time.

"Lenalee, I believe a rematch with Road is called for." Kanda said, looking to the fairy.

"Leave her to me." Lenalee said, cracking her knuckles and smiling. Tevack and Miranda exchanged looks.

"Alma, Arystar I remember there were a set of twins that tried to hurt Timothy?" Kanda said with a raise eyebrow. The two parent figures visibly bristled at the memory.

"They're hides are ours, Yuu." Alma said with a low hiss.

"All right, cousin." Arystar replied with a wicked smirk.

"Morte, Rascal…I figure since you two aren't as powerful here as you are on school grounds…" Kanda looked to the two cats in slight worry.

[Truth, right now we're at half power.] Morte confessed.

-Nothing to fret about Kittens. We can hold our own against the likes of these losers. - Rascal said with a proud cat-like smirk. Morte sweatdropped at his brother's expression.

"That's what I thought. The rest of you…if any other Noah pops up don't be foolish and take them on by yourselves. Stick to teams that you all know work well with your skills. Let's be smart and play our strengths…and our weaknesses." Kanda said leaning forward rubbing his temples. The others nodded and jumped about five feet in the air when Kanda suddenly shot to his feet and sprang to the edge. Eyes bright with bloodlust and rage he scanned the building wall as if by some grace he was given x-ray vision and could see Allen. Rascal looked to his elder twin and nodded, the two shifted to their two legger forms*. Lavi blinked and gaped.

"Close your mouth, Lavi-puppy…we're still the same old Rascal and Morte you kittens grew to adore." Rascal said with a feline smile.

Lavi closed his mouth a stared at Rascal, "And here I thought that because you guys looked cooler that your personalities were different."

Rascal's smile cracked, Morte held out an arm to silence his brother. The elder looked to the vampire. Kanda had only spared them a glance as he quickly went back to scanning the wall. Growling he slashed a nearby tree in half…with a wing. Morte and Rascal sighed.

"Yuu-kitten…" Rascal said.

"Allen is located on the top floor between the towers." Morte said, pointing.

"How do you two-?" Kanda said over his shoulder mentally mapping out the general area from what the wolves picked up.

"We know how Adam thinks…" Rascal said with a hint of venom that told all he wasn't proud of that factoid.

"And we know what that Ritual needs to complete itself. Go quickly. We'll take care of the outside forces." Morte monotone, with equal dislike of that factoid.

"As a matter of fact, Kittens. We'll prove it by clearing a path for you all." Rascal said a glitter of a challenge to his brother.

"Follow us closely and make sure to not fall behind." Morte said, flexing his wings. The teens all nodded to the twins. Kanda and the others kept close as the two took to mid-air and sliced their way through to the door. Once there Kanda called out to Lavi.

"Lavi! Knock first, Baka!" The vampire called with a smirk to rival Lavi's.

Lavi grinned and took to his werewolf form, with one punch he 'knocked' on the door, as well as knocked it down!

*-To Neah-*

The Earl looked to the door at the sudden sound of the bang.

"Go see who that is…and then kick them out please. This will take 4 hours to complete. By 10pm we'll have a new family member!" The Earl said, waving a hand to Neah and Tyki. Neah's rage surged, but Tyki pulled him back with a hiss into his ear.

'Look, I don't like this either, but that vampire is the only one who can stop this. Challenge him and talk while you fight. I'm sure he'll listen to what you have to say.'

Neah growled, but gave a short bow and left with his younger brother. The other Noah joined them as they walked. Neah flicked his gaze over his family.

"Those children are here for Allen. Road take on the fairy." Neah said with a small nod to the youngest.

"Gladly." Road said, smiling.

"Cyril, pick your own target and stick with it." Neah looked to the other with a knowing look.

"Oh fine." Cyril said with a roll of his eyes.

"Wisely, take on someone you know you can beat." Neah said, worry showing in his eyes as he looked to the mind reader.

"Right." Wisely nodded.

"Twins, take out the devil and the taller vampire." Neah said with a smile.

"Tee hee, we have a score with them anyways." Devitt chuckled.

"Here comes the fun!" Jesdero squealed.

"Lulu, if things get tough for Road back her up." Neah said, silencing the youngest Noah with a look before she could voice her complaint.

"I will." Lulu said ruffling the child's hair, Road swatted her hand away but the child did with a soft smile.

Soon Neah and the others stood at the top of the grand staircase, Kanda and the others were at the bottom, surrounded by Akuma that protected the household. The vampire's bloodlust and rage radiated off of him in waves that struck any who got too close. Neah looked down at them, yellow eyes dead and cold. Kanda looked up and with fangs bared shot one hell of a glare at Neah; the Noah was unfazed as he started his descant. Kanda sliced an Akuma and started to ascend.

"I do hope our top four Akuma don't deter you any, Vampire-san." Road said as she pointed up. Kanda's head shot up and he backed up a few steps as Eshii, Pierrot, Chomesuke and Kawamura landed on the steps before him**. Link darted forward and smacked Pierrot away with his staff. The Akuma cackled and took off for a side room.

"Be careful, Howard!" Kanda called after the Warlock, Link gave him a nod and took off. Kanda snarled as Eshii tried to hit him, Fou blocked and Madarao smacked him through the ceiling to the floor above. The two exchanged a nod with Kanda and took off after him. The last two Akuma looked to one another and charged. Kanda blinked and easily knocked the two to the floor at the base of the stairs. Chomesuke groaned and Kawamura whined.

"Cho…you think maybe we really shouldn't fight now?"

"Kaa, I'm pretty sure the wimpy elf and towering ogre couldn't take us on."

Lavi looked back to the aforementioned elf and ogre. The two best friends looked at one another and then back to the two Akuma. Alma huffed.

"Hey, don't think just because you two are girls that they'll go easy on you. Get em guys!" The devil said, gesturing for the two to fight.

Johnny and Tapp engaged the two klutzy Akuma's.

Lavi shot past Kanda and let out a roar at Tyki. The Noah smirked and met the werewolf in mid-air, knocking him into the wall with one hand. With a feral growl Lavi slashed Tyki away, but avoided in harming the Noah. Tyki smirked.

"All right then Pup. Let's see who will win this little romp." Tyki said cracking his knuckles and his grin grew when Lavi rolled his massive shoulders.

Lenalee slid gracefully past Kanda and kicked Road back into a room one floor above them. Lulu took off after her, only to get smacked by one of Tevak's spells that sent her into the same room as Road. The fairy looked to the dark witch that levitated up and landed next to her. The two roomies smiled at one another and looked to the two female Noah's. Road helped Lulu to her feet and shot the two girls a glare.

"Hang on, little cousin. These girls deserve a proper fight…in true Noah fashion." Lulu said drawing a pair of wicked looking daggers, Road mirrored her elder cousins smirk as she produced spikes in mid-air. Lenalee's eyes narrowed as she looked to Tevak, the witch merely titled her head with a wicked glint and smiled. The cat fight had only just begun.

Cyril appeared at Kanda's side, the vampire hissed and was about to block when the tell-tale whistle of Daisaya's favorite ball sounded somewhere behind him. He moved and smirked as Cyril was knocked into the wall. Daisaya and Noise followed after him. The Noah looked down and dislodged himself from the brick. He landed and lashed out with his cords at the two teens. Noise blocked for the both of them with his wind and gave a half-smirk. Cyril nodded in appreciation.

"I feel slightly better about myself, knowing that it'll take two of you to fight me." Cyril admitted to the boys. Noise and Daisaya glanced up as Kanda continued to stride towards Neah, the other wasn't rushing it seemed as if he wanted the others to engage in fights before taking Kanda on.

Twin high-pitched cackles were heard above Kanda, the vampire looked up and braced himself as Jesdero and Devitt were falling towards him. Neah looked up as well and blinked in slight surprise as Alma and Arystar appeared in front of the two. With a well aimed blow Arystar and Alma had knocked the twins into a side room…on the other half of the entrance. Neah watched the throw and sighed as he heard the crash.

"Well, there goes the music room Wisely." He said to the mind reader walking a way behind him. Wisely chuckled and looked to the last two, Bak and Miranda. He tilted his head and launched himself past the vampire; making Kanda jump slightly. The white witch let out a small cry and the dragon barely blocked the kick in time.

"You two are mine." Wisely said with a sadistic smirk. Kanda looked back to the Noah, smirking when he saw a sword in the elder's hand. Neah picked up speed as did Kanda, a flash of silver and the two swords met with a clang. The fight had just begun.

*-Outside-*

Timcampy, who was sitting on a small ledge next to Morte and had just arrived from the Founders with updates, looked at the two sitting like guard dogs on either side of the front door.

"So, judging from the sounds inside…" The little golden golem said.

"The kittens are fighting…Hmmm, sounds like Kanda vs. Neah." Rascal said, chin in hand.

"Daisaya and Noise vs. Cyril." Morte said, looking at his nails.

"Madarao and Fou vs. an Akuma." Rascal said, brushing away some broken glass from the floor above them off his shoulder. Where the mentioned fight was happening.

"Link vs. an Akuma." Morte said glancing towards some Akuma still staring them down…they backed up.

"Johnny vs. Chomesuke." Rascal said with a chuckle.

"Tapp vs. Kawamura." Morte said with a smirk.

"Lenalee and Tevak vs. Road and Lulu." Rascal said, nodding his head to the side in knowing how that fight would turn out.

"Alma and Arystar vs. Devitt and Jesdero." Morte said popping his spine so he could recline a bit.

"Lavi vs. Tyki." Rascal said, remembering the first sound of a body slam.

"Bak and Miranda vs. Wisely." Morte said, recalling the voice they heard through the door. Timcampy looked back and forth while the two went on; the small golem shook his head vigorously.

"Hold on a darned minute, how the hell do you two know all that is going on in there?" The golem cried ruffling his hair in frustration.

"Tim, we know what's going on because that's part of our abilities." Rascal said with pride.

"That and we planted our auras on the little kittens in there." Morte said, popping Rascal's pride bubble.

"You two are really crafty and underhanded…you know that?" Timcampy told them with a flat look.

"We know." They both replied. Timcampy sighed heavily, his head shot up at a sudden thought.

"So, how is the Earl related to Allen?" the golem asked.

"Well, actually the family tree stands at this: The Earl is Uncle to all but Road and Lero." Rascal said.

"Those two are his children, Lero is his son from his first wife while Road is his daughter from his second." Morte interjected.

Timcampy nodded while mentally taking notes.

"Neah, Cyril, Tyki and Wisely are brothers. While Lulu, Jesdero and Devitt are siblings." Rascal went on.

"Ok…So, Allen?" Timcampy asked slowly.

"Is pretty much nephew to the Earl…I think." Rascal answered with a raised eyebrow. Timcampy hummed and then looked to Morte.

"Who was his first wife?" the golem asked. Rascal deadpanned and Morte winced.

"Kimiko Kanda." The silverette said with a pained look.

"Wasn't that-?" Timcampy slowly said, connecting some dots.

"Ryuusei Kanda's little sister? Yes." Rascal said flatly.

"Oh…you know, something always bugged me, what killed Mana?" Timcampy said, flying up a bit.

"I suspect they have a weapon made from a dead shinigami. It's not a well liked type of weapon due to the insanity that comes with it, but weapons such as those exist." Morte said with a shrug.

The three jumped at the sudden cry of sheer terror and pain at the start of the Akuma hoard. Timcampy blinked.

"Well, look who's late to the party! Our beloved Founders!" Rascal said with a wave of his hand as the four became visible***.

The Founders were here, announced by the cries of pain and terror of Akuma unfortunate enough to cross their paths.

Lucas in all his shinigami glory stood between a full fledge vampire Ryuusei Kanda and fully turned werewolf Yvonne. Ryuusei now had dark lavender hair that whipped behind him in a high ponytail, bright glowing gold eyes shown in the night's darkness and black wings folded along his back. Yvonne stood on Lucas' other side, she was in her werewolf form which stood at a towering 9'9" with a slender graceful build and figure. Her fur and mane were of varying shades of lavender and her eyes were a bright jade. Above them was Hex in full devil form. Twisted black horns crowned his head, while his wings grew to about 10ft on either side (small compared to Ruse's 15ft wing span) to finish the look a long whip-like triple barbed tail flicked behind him.

The twins both looked at one another, trying not to laugh at the Akuma's scrambling away from the Founders. Lucas looked to the Akuma on top of the roof; Hex took off for them levitating boulders and other large objects to throw at them. Lucas then tilted his head towards the Akuma's on the far right; Yvonne growled low and shot off towards them her spirit wolves already tossing up bodies before her. Lucas' final head tilt was towards the Akuma's on the far left; Ryuusei smirked and drawing his sword darted towards them. The Shinigami looked to the Akuma's in front of him, making a mental line as to where to strike so he wouldn't steal a kill from his friends; he lifted up his hands. Small teal orbs that were attached to each point on his outfit started to glow softly; Morte started chuckling as Rascal smirked. Timcampy watched in amusement as the Akuma's all froze; some started having trouble breathing some simply couldn't move. Lucas flipped his palms up and the Akuma who couldn't breathe watched in horror as their souls lifted from their bodies. Those who couldn't move had to watch as their comrades then fell, lifeless. ****

"To those entirely still breathing, Congratulations." Morte said bringing Timcampy to sit in his hand as he leaned back.

"You weren't killed by a Shinigami, but please pray for your friends who were." Rascal said stretching and smiling at the dozen left.

"For now their souls are his play toys until he wishes to release them." Morte said shaking his head at the amount of Akuma left. Timcampy blinked fluttered up and glided over to Lucas. The Shinigami held out a bony clawed ivory hand and the golden golem landed lightly on it.

"Just remembered something, Lucas created Timcampy, wonder what for?" Rascal mused.

Morte shrugged, "One of the reasons we will never understand Lucas Walker, little brother. You never know how he'll react to something."

The little golden golem nodded once and fluttered up to hover next to Lucas as the shinigami walked forward. He stopped between the twins and waited. Ryuusei walked up, cleaning off his blade and stood next to the masked male. Yvonne shortly joined them; glancing back to the Akuma's left, but at the tilt of a mask she made no move to destroy them. Hex landed behind Lucas little giggles escaping as he tried to calm himself from the bloodlust. Lucas held up a hand over his shoulder, Hex locked fingers with Lucas, Ryuusei placed his hand over theirs and Yvonne wrapped her hand around Lucas' expose wrist. Timcampy placed both small hands over the joined ones. The shinigami sighed and the four composed themselves. Ryuusei looked to the twins.

"The last dozen are yours to kill. Make it quick, Lucas wants you both to join us inside, its cold out here and your not dressed for the weather." The vampire said, causing the twins to chuckle at the fact that they know Lucas would say that. The twins pushed the door opened, bowed and turned to the remaining Akuma's with twisted grins.

The Ark- December 26

Saturday: 3:00am

The Founders entered.

Lucas took in the sight, Neah and Kanda were missing but that wasn't his concern. Bak and Miranda had Wisely tied; Miranda was tending to Daisaya's wounds while Noise fought Cyril. Hex hissed when he saw Alma and a wounded Arystar exchange blows with the twins, Lucas nodded and the devil darted towards his beloved family. Ryuusei looked for Kanda and released a huff of irritated air when he didn't see him; Lucas reached behind and patted the hand that lay on top of the vampire's sword hilt; calming the male.

Yvonne growled and launched herself at Tyki; who had pinned Lavi. Tyki was smart and stayed put when a growl resounded somewhere above him as the world stopped spinning. Yvonne removed her paw as Ryuusei whistled to her. She turned and looked to where Lucas was pointing; Lenalee was staked to the wall above the door. Yvonne howled and leapt up to where Road and Lulu were beating Tevak. The female werewolf quickly knocked the elder Noah through the wall and into the next room, with one large paw she pinned down the younger Noah. Road didn't move.

"Well, aren't you a wise child." Yvonne said gruffly. The werewolf winced when she saw the cuts and bruises on the small witch, a large spirit wolf appeared and took the girl to Miranda. While two others managed to get Lenalee. Lucas looked around and raised a hand level with his shoulder, again when he flipped it souls gathered to his palm. Chomesuke and Kawamura both were dragged in by collars around their necks. The two females blinked up at Lucas and scrambled to their feet.

"M-Master Lucas!" Chomesuke said, joy and relief radiating from her.

"We were hoping that you would have come earlier." Kawamura added, sighing. Lavi blinked in confusion and looked to his great-grandmother who tossed a tied up Road and Lulu next to a tied up set of twins, Cyril, Tyki and Wisely. She waved a paw signaling that she would explain things later. Lavi nodded.

"The two you were fighting." Ryuusei stated.

"Following us, Master Ryuusei." Chomesuke said with another bow. Ryuusei looked at Lucas who merely shrugged. The vampire hated to be called 'Master' and was tolerant of proper manners…but sometimes people could be too proper.

Johnny and Tapp came panting in from where the two had come. Lucas looked to Miranda; the white witch calmed herself as Arystar joined the list of those she had to tend to. Ryuusei sighed and nodded his head to her.

"Help her, you both are healers. Tend to the wounded. You Noah better be smart and retreat for now. Lucas is being merciful only because Neah is helping Kanda." The vampire said as he and Lucas strode past all the others.

"I leave the rest to Hex and Yvonne." Lucas drawled as they disappeared down a hall.

*-Meanwhile-*

Neah and Kanda were dashing down the hall directly leading to where Allen was being kept. Neah deflected a blow and wanted to smack the vampire.

"Have you bloody been listening to a blasted word I've said?" The Noah asked, seeing that Kanda backed off and was panting.

"Not really." Kanda admitted.

"Ugh, let me go over it again! Allen is in serious trouble and I believe that your one of the only people to stop it from getting worse." The Noah stated.

"Oh really, how's that?" Kanda asked.

"If he's slipped into some type of coma, then the one who holds his heart will be the key to waking him." Neah said, feeling a slight headache start to form.

"You do know how cheesy that sounds right?" Kanda asked with a raised eyebrow.

"I'm well aware, yes." Neah deadpanned.

"Where's Allen?" Kanda shook his head with a determined look.

"Through those doors, ironically." Neah muttered.

"Good." Kanda said sheathing Mugen.

"What are you-?" Neah cut himself off as Kanda backed up.

Kanda ran at the doors.

*-A Few Minutes Before Kanda Knocks The Doors Down-*

The Earl giggled with pure glee. Allen's skin tone was almost completely tanned and his eyes were losing their beautiful gray as they turned yellow.

"Happy Biiiirrrrtttthhhhdddaaaayyy-MURPFF!"

Kanda had dropped kick The Earl, right into the opposite stone wall.

Neah stood there jaw dropped before he rushed in and stood at the pool side.

"Excuse me, but did you just-?" Neah trailed off at a loss for words.

"Drop kick the lard ass? Yes, yes I did." Kanda said, walking up to the opposite side. Neah looked up to Lero.

"Lero, I know you can hear me. We need to get Allen out of there…but, I'm worried that it might hurt you. Do you think you can help at all?" Neah said, praying to whatever power that was listening for both Lero's and Allen's safety. Kanda looked at the large jewels, something sparked from his past.

"There are certain Ritual's which require the creation of new soul…if the caster wants complete control over the person being 'reborn'…"

"The Jewels that are to be used in this Ritual are…Lapis Lazuli, Opal, Turquoise and Beryl. The very same that are here... What is he doing to you, Moyashi?" Kanda muttered sadly.

"He's fusing the bloods." Neah stated confident.

"No… these jewels are to be used when one wants to create a soul to bend to their will. He's creating the perfect imposter. It's Allen, but yet its not." Kanda said, finally looking up. He blinked at Lero and moved so that he saw Lero in full glory.

"He's a Kanda." Kanda breathed, the young vampire knew his blood when he saw it. Those wings…those eyes…that form was that of a Kanda fully released, it was also the one form that no Kanda used unless absolutely necessary. Kanda looked to where The Earl was still knocked out; Mugen trembled with rage of its wielder.

"Remove…jewels…" Lero's voice was soft and barely above a whisper.

Neah and Kanda both looked to the jewels, the Noah knew from watching The Earl that there was a catch here.

"Only a Noah…Young Kanda, you believe in the Domino Effect?" Neah muttered the first part and said the last louder for Kanda to hear.

"What?" Kanda asked, wondering if all Noah were insane or was it just The Earl and close family.

"Simple, move this jewel and knock it into its neighbor…" Neah said, tilting a nearby Opal. The Noah smirked and pushed it into its neighboring Turquoise…and down they all went.

Kanda made a final choice and voted that all Noah were insane.

The two stared as the water started to shift; Kanda looked up and then back down to see Allen rising to the surface. Lero was lifting the youth as he felt the Ritual start to release him. Neah moved, but held himself back as Kanda leapt into the water once Allen's face had surfaced. Kanda took Allen into his arms, the vampire was unsure of what to do next.

"Bring him pool side; I would like to take a look at him." Lucas' drawled voice carried over the room. Kanda did as he was told and placed Allen on the side of the pool. Gray eyes were glazed and tainted with a dull yellow, once ivory skin was now tarnished copper, all in all it looked like Allen was about to lose himself. Lucas knelt and looked to Kanda; the young vampire's eyes were solely focused on Allen. The elder shinigami glanced up to Lero, and then to a highly pissed Ryuusei. Lucas placed his hand on Allen's chest, after a few tense minutes the shinigami slowly withdrew his hand bringing out a small orb. Allen's eyes were back to sterling gray and drifted shut, ivory skin was paler but Kanda knew a bit of rest and he'd be back to normal. Lucas stood, and looked at the circle around the pool.

The shinigami let out an unholy hiss and with a bony ivory clawed hand hauled a shocked Kanda out of the water. Placing the young vampire down Lucas turned back to the pool and waved his hand. Lero's hands were withdrawn and black lizard-like wisps overtook the surface of the water. Ryuusei looked in surprise to his best friend and looked back as the surface became a mirror. The elder vampire growled and turned to see an empty area where The Earl once was.

"Lucas, he's gone. Damn, should have known that the bastard would set a trap should the Ritual be disturbed. But, for him to make the Ritual a Soul Mirror…something in his mind is loose." Ryuusei said he glanced up at a confused Kanda. Neah softly cleared his throat.

"If I may…Soul Mirrors are items only to be used by Shinigami. They trap souls and reveal one's true nature when they look into it." Neah said, remembering reading about them once when he was younger and under the teachings of The Earl.

"So, they're a Shinigami item that shows you the truth about yourself?" Kanda said, shifting so that he was kneeling next to Allen.

"Not exactly, they show the truth of your blood…not your nature. In that regard they tell a lie, as you can't judge one by the truth of their blood only by the truth of their actions." Ryuusei said, glancing at Lucas. The Shinigami strode around until he was next to Lero. Lucas looked to the orb in his hand and to the poor creature in front of him.

"Lero, I'm about to do two things at the same time…revert you to your normal form and give this little soul another chance." Lucas drawled as he placed the orb on Lero's abdomen. He pressed it in, Lero threw his head back in a silent cry of pain as the bloods were fixed and repressed. Neah darted over and was there in time to catch a more normal looking Lero. The dual haired male held Neah's shoulder before slipping into a black-out. Lucas watched Neah and hummed.

"I have a feeling that Maria helped him realize something very accurate about himself and Lucas kindly tell me you just did not…" Ryuusei said, lowering his head into one hand.

"Noah's have the ability to give birth no matter what gender they take…both, Allen and Lero gained that trait. I just took the soul that would have turned Allen into a complete Noah with shinigami powers and placed it into Lero." Lucas sounded more like himself, and Kanda watched as the intensity faded and Lucas removed his mask and lowered his hood to reveal dark red hair and coal black eyes.

"Minus the shinigami powers?" Ryuusei asked, hopefully.

"Yes, that baby will take whatever powers its parents have, oh wait; it doesn't have a Father…" Lucas said glancing at Neah.

"Yet." Neah muttered.

Lucas beamed and looked to Kanda as he picked up Allen. The young vampire looked up and around himself.

"Well, time to go home!" Lucas cheered dashing ahead of the others. Ryuusei paused and made no move, Neah and Kanda both had stopped and watched as Lucas trudged back in with a pout.

"You forgot about the Noah's." Ryuusei said, crossing his arms.

"Shut up." Lucas wailed.

"I'll go in willingly as a prisoner. What about Lero?" Neah said, drawing a shocked look from Kanda.

"As far as the Founders go, he's a Kanda. Just mislead." Ryuusei said. Lucas looked at Neah with big teary eyes.

"Let's get out of here." Kanda said, the others nodded and all walked out.

It was time to rest and settle a few things.

End

Lunny: Dude, this is the LONGEST Chapter that I've ever typed out. And yes, time change did occur…it took them all evening and most of early morning to fight the Noah's/Akuma's. Side notes:

*So, what you guys think of Morte and Rascal?

**Ok, so these four are all names of Akuma that can be found in the manga/anime. Who remembers these guys?

***I pictured this and blinked twice at the sheer epincness of these guys.

****THAT'S WHAT A SHINIGAMI CAN DO IN BATTLE!

Solarius: Dang…we better get some long reviews for this one!

Cold: Wow, I'm surprised at the fact she's not freaking out about what the future chapters will entail. You people are in for a treat and more!