Lunny: Well, here's the final Chapter…um, nope nevermind we got an Epilogue! God, it's been great guys really! Thanks to all of you for those wonderful reviews. Sorry if anything was suckish or lousy, I'll admit I'm still growing as a writer and have my moments of total reluctance to type and it may have showed in some chapters.
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Solarius: Surprised none of you commented on us…I feel slightly hurt.
Lunny: Suck it up, your lion! Disclaimer stays the same…I only own the OC's. So, as I sit here and eat my lunch here's the 21st Chapter of Night School…
Chapter 21
SURPRISE!
Black Order Boarding School- Tuesday
February 17- 4:00 pm
Allen woke up queasy. He had been feeling a slight morning sickness for the past five weeks; he had his theory but didn't have the heart to test it for fear of being told otherwise. Shaking his head he waited for it to pass, once it did he stood and continued on with his morning routine. Classes had returned to normal, well as normal as it could get for this school. Morte and Rascal walked around still as cats during the day, usually keeping all the kittens in line or just being their usual aggravating selves (according to Kanda and Lavi). At night though, well night was a different deal with the school. For one, the Noah's roamed the perimeter of the school protecting it where the cats did not trod, secondly the cats walked around in their human forms, and finally Kanda and Allen usually found themselves sleeping beside the other…not that they were complaining.
Allen chuckled as he thought of their meeting and up to where they were now. He leaned on the doorframe as he watched Kanda sleep; the vampire had taken to allowing the younger to see him sleeping since about three weeks ago. Allen still didn't quiet get it, but Kanda had a way of subtly changing as his instincts instructed. Allen thought of the family he gained, The Noah's. A lively group that always managed to include Allen and the others in their lives, Road had returned with her mother. A stern looking woman who introduced herself as: Contessa Ivanroth. Hex had rolled in the air laughing his ass off until Miss. Contessa twitched.
*-Flashback-*
"HEX ILLUISON KARMA! WHAT IN THE SEVEN HELLS IS SO DAMN FUNNY!" she bellowed at him. The group jumped…apparently she knew the Founders. A white blur caused Lero to blink, but he paid it no mind.
"You…married…HIM!" the devil choked out between laughs. The woman snorted.
"Out of mere boredom…" she replied icily. Hex stopped, a dangerous glint in his eye when he looked at little Road.
"And what of the child?" he asked. The others all looked at one another as Morte appeared to stand at the peak of the arch. Allen watched as Morte's ear flicked and then the pale neko looked over his shoulder. Kanda's hand went to Allen's shoulder as the two both saw red slits in the core of those bright orange eyes.
"Merely, something that was unexpected." Contessa said. The back of her hand pushed Road forward. The child walked slowly forward until she was next to Neah. The elder Noah picked her up, deadly yellow eyes glared at the unaffected demoness in front of them.
"Good, then you won't mind the school taking her from you." Hex said as he rubbed circles on Road's back. The child looked to him, a hurt in her eyes that no child should have to suffer lingered there. Hex's left eyebrow twitched.
"Not at all." Contessa said, brushing long dark purple hair over her shoulder.
"Contessa." Hex glanced up to Morte. The white neko looked back to the horizon, as if waiting for some sort of signal.
"Yes." She said with a raised eyebrow.
"I'm sure you remember Morte." Hex inclined his head to the arch.
Contessa froze and turned to look at the peak of the arch above the school's gate. Morte stood there, in his human form watching the sunset before him. His back was to everyone else. Contessa gulped and looked at Hex, the devil smiled.
"Leave, Contessa. Before the sun sets or he will rip out your heart and eat it." The devil was serious. She blinked and walked through the gate. Hex brought everyone inside and waited. Rascal was smirking. Lavi looked at him.
"What?" the werewolf's eyes were worried. The other's all raised an eyebrow and exchanged highly concerned looks. Hex shivered, memories of Rascal and Morte in the past coming back to him.
"Her heart was gone the moment she looked at him." Rascal said, smirk growing a little insane as Morte walked in. Hex paled at the sight of a small trail of blood at the corner of the narrow lips. Morte wiped it away with a smirk, bright orange eyes with red pupils flicked to Road.
"You're now the ward of whatever family member will take you. That or you can be a ward of the school's, little kitten." The white haired male said. Wisely walked up to him and lightly tapped his head, white ears flicked and the red pupils were replaced by black as he blinked in surprise. Rascal chuckled.
"You're in trouble now…" the black haired neko said, hiding his grin behind his hand. Morte paled…if that was even possible with his skin tone.
"Don't scare her." Wisely said with slightly narrowed eyes. Morte's ears dropped and he frowned*. Rascal died of laughter earning himself a good kick from Kanda. The black neko stopped and sat up.
"I'm not the only one laughing…Lavi is too…" he pointed out, nodding to the snickering werewolf. Kanda blinked, Tyki caught Mugen as the blade was aimed at his lover's neck.
"Denied, Kanda. That's my lover your threatening there." The Noah said with a smug smirk. Kanda raised an eyebrow and nodded, Mugen returned to its sheath at the vampire's side.
"Then I'll leave you to keep your 'lover' in check, Noah." Kanda replied with a smirk as Lavi blinked at the implications in that statement. The werewolf went red faced.
"Yeah, well…Allen's pregnant!"
There was utter silence.
"WHAT?" Allen and Kanda asked, both disbelieving.
Lavi blinked, "His scent…it's changed. As if he was with child! Lero's too!"
Rascal looked at Lero, "Well, that anyone could of guessed with how protective Neah's been…wait a minute. Kanda's gotten more protective as well…"
"Wasn't he always protective?" Alma asked with a raised eyebrow and a flat tone. Arystar nodded in agreement as did everyone else. Kanda glared.
"Is there something wrong with me being protective?" the vampire asked, Mugen unsheathed slightly to show off the glint of the blade. Everyone who was familiar with Mugen** shook their heads quickly. The adults exchanged looks when Allen placed his hand over the hand on the hilt calming the vampire***. Hex blinked remembering that their Great-Grandfathers were the same way.
"History sure has a funny way of repeating itself with some circimtances...that or Fate likes being a bitch." The devil thought dryly to himself. Allen looked at Lavi.
"Are you sure? My scent has changed?" he asked, there was a small light of hope in his eyes. Lavi nodded.
"A Bookman never doubts their nose…" the werewolf said proudly.
"I've heard that before." Hex muttered sarcastically. Everyone looked at him, the devil smiled pleasantly. "Yvonne's said that and I almost got my tail blasted off."
"Why don't we go to Helvaska and ask her? She'll be able to find out for sure." Alma suggested, gaining nods from the others.
*-To the Nurse!-*
Helvaska was expecting the small group to come see her. She heard from Lucas and Ryuusei about what Allen could do, defy the laws of nature as was the ablity of a Noah. She smiled warmly as the group entered, Lenalee was now busy as she was with Bak most of the day now. The others didn't mind, it took a lot to be apart of a dragon clan and likewise she was teaching him about fairy customs. Allen asked Kanda why didn't he tell him anything about the vampire clan…Kanda's reply was because it was easier to learn as you get to know the clan, that and there wasn't much past the whole sword thing that was really worth the time to waste on explaining.
So, in walked Neah and Lero, Allen and Kanda, Lavi and Tyki along with both cats and they're partners. She smiled at the small group.
"I hope you boys know that whatever you're here for, I'll be reporting to the Headmaster and the other Founders about it." She stated. They all shared a nod.
"Right then…let me guess, Allen may be with child and you all just wanna make sure." The angel said, folding her hands in her lap.
"And Lero!" Timcampy chimed in.
Helvaska laughed lightly, "And Lero. All right, so which one is first."
Allen pointed to Lero. Lero sighed and stepped up. Helvaska smiled at him and motioned for him to sit in front of her. She looked at him for a bit, then reached out and touched his stomach. Waiting for a few minutes she pulled back her hand with a smile.
"Twins." The angel said with a bright smile. Neah gasped and looked like a fish trying to breathe. Allen looked at his father.
"Twins!" the white haired Halfling said, seemingly shocking his father back to talking.
"Really?" the Noah gasped out. Helvaska nodded and Lero bounced up and into Neah's arms. The Noah pulled back and kissed the dual-haired Kanda chastely. Lero smiled up at him, Neah shared in his love's joy. They stood there, Lero wrapped in Neah's arms both waiting to hear about Allen. Allen was nervous as he sat before the angel. She smiled and reached out, her hand shot back to her side. She blinked, reached out again and pulled back.
"Well, I can tell you there's one heck of a shinigami developing within you Allen…I can't get a reading on how many. Either one is blocking or they all are." She said, rubbing her hand where the power of one of the developing babes had hit it. Allen looked sheepish and then Kanda walked up to look at his mate. The vampire placed a gentle hand on Allen's belly.
"Listen to your Tou-san…either let Helvaska check on you, or when you are born…as soon as you can walk, we're going to train." The vampire said, tone light but threat clear. Allen blinked, but shook his head with a laugh.
"Yup, your going to be a tough Father." The Halfling said, earning a smirk from the vampire. Helvaska blinked and giggled as she reached out again.
"Yes, but its letting me check…oh my…" the angel breathed out. She glanced up at the two who looked at one another and then at her.
"What?" the both breathed.
She looked up a smile in place, "Triplets."
The group was silent until Tyki broke it.
"If you get a girl or more than one girl, your both screwed." The Noah said with finality in his voice. Rascal snorted in laughter, while Morte smirked.
*-Elsewhere-*
The Earl laid there panting. Again, he relived that same nightmare of his own beloved sword slashing him to pieces. He had pulled himself together though it has taken him at least a month to do so. He looked up to the evil energies that surrounded him in his personal hell. Looking to the formless shadows and demonic souls he grinned as he thought of all he could do with their help.
He would wait.
Yes, he would wait.
The next wave of evil would come sooner than those fools would expect. He'd be reborn as a new Earl and then…their blood will run. The earth and seas will become poison to all living things, while the skies will betray all who place their hope in those high powers they so love and worship.
Oh yes, his time…no…Evil's time will come.
And then…
Nothing but red.
*-In the Realm In Between-*
Solis watched and reached out. With long needle thin claws he snapped a few strings and prolonged the next wave of evil for more than half of what time they had before it hit. A chuckle from his left didn't startle the eldest of the Timeless Cats not one bit, nor did its owner. Diruo stepped out, bright red eyes were amused. He looked to the pool and smiled at his brother's joy.
"Your too soft, elder brother." The other male said stepping into light. His shoulder length hair was pattered white and black, his skin was light gray, bony claws were tipped in black while one feathered white wing sat on his mid back its partner was a leathery black; both wings curled around his elbows. His bangs were long and framed his long sharp face.
"They're still kittens to us, Diruo." Solis said, chuckling when Tim glomped Allen.
"I know, but you coddle them so." Diruo pointed out. His elder brother looked surprised then chuckled.
"Yes, like I coddled you when your charges kept leaving you behind. Look at them, they're happy." He said, causing Diruo to twitch and mutter something about a damn monkey, drunk priest and perverted kappa. He shook his head and smiled at his brothers.
"Yes they are. That is rare for one of our race." He remarked thinking on past Timeless Cats that sat back and let their hearts along with emotion fade as they fell in love, but never had the strength to act on it.
"Yes, do me a favor little brother." Solis said, flicking his eyes to the younger.
"Yes?" Diruo was clueless of the tick above the elder's left eye.
"Get your ass back to work!" Solis snapped, causing the younger to jump.
Diruo sighed and turned, again grumbling about a trigger-happy priest, gluttonous monkey and gambling kappa. Solis smirked and then chuckled once his brother was gone.
He looked back to the happy group and knew that one story may have come to a lull, but there is always more to tell.
That and he knew of his eight younger siblings, two of which have found their happily ever after.
Now if only the rest could. Solis heaved a sigh, scratched the back of his head and knew that he was in for a long stay while his twin sister took care of things back in the world they had to watch. For a Timeless Cat isn't really a cat at all.
It's a little more complicated.
End
Lunny: Wow, only two more "Chapters" to go. Man, this is so surreal. Actually finishing a story and getting feedback…Sepcial Shout-Out to Rin28 for being the 200th reviewer! Now side notes:
*No way in hell…HE'S POUTING! IT REALLY IS THE END OF THE STORY! MORTE IS POUTING!
**"Everyone" being: Lavi and Rascal….plus close friends who know Kanda's temper.
***Didn't this happen already? Wait…(checks past chapters) OH YEAH! Lucas calmed Ryuusei the same way back when they rescued Allen!
Cold: And this is short….at counting intro/outro…9 pgs!
Solarius: Nice ending…now, if only you could explain those Timeless Cats…
Lunny: If they appear in the next AU fic…then I'll include the little dictionary definition of them. In some way…
Solarius: Great, brace your selves guys…she's trying to be sneaky.
