Yay for failness! 8'D Now that I look at it, this chapter kinda sucks. ewe

When I finish the original, Imma rewrite the damn thing. I hate it right now, but hey, I hope you guys feel different.

Reckoning
Chapter 3
innocence of the tease

Allen had awoken me early the next morning. He led me down to where Hevlaska kept the Innocence. Komui was waiting with her. "Ah. Akicho. Hevlaska, will you give me the Innocence?"

The white, dragon-like Exorcist nodded. "Of course, Komui." The greenish gear flew out from her body and landed in Komui's hand. He thanked her with a nod, which she returned as she stared at me. "So this is Akicho Lamuria? The Akuma with a kind heart."

I gulped. "So, Komui. An Akuma has finally wandered into the Black Order." I looked around for the source of the voice. "Miss, there is no need to fear from us. We are only the Great Generals, and we will not take action unless your Akuma side takes control of you."

"I won't allow that to happen," I replied firmly.

Another of the General's chuckled. "This girl has spirit. Unlike most Akuma, she will use her power to protect humans, is that correct?" I nodded firmly. I could see Allen give me a thumbs up and Komui's smirk widen. "She will be a great asset to us in the future."

Komui nodded. "Well, if the Generals accept you as an Akuma, we should, too. It's really an experiment, having you in the Order." He chuckled a bit and walked forward with the Innocence. "This may hurt, Akicho." He pressed the Innocence into my hand and damn, did it hurt! It felt like someone was slashing my hand open with a knife only to fill it with alcohol. I screamed, clutching my fist to my chest tightly. "It's alright," Komui soothed me. "It'll only hurt for a little bit. It's only because you're an Akuma." He was right. After a few more minutes of screaming and pain, the pain of the Innocence going into my body faded.

Falling to my knees, I panted and spat, "Damnit. Now what?" Allen knelt next to me and rubbed my back. "I'm okay, Allen."

"Now, I have to inspect your Innocence," Hevlaska replied. I nodded, and looked at Allen, who grimaced and shivered. A group of long tentacles wrapped around me and lifted me up to face Hevlaska. The tentacles forced their way into my chest, near where my heart should be, which was where I figured my power was centered. It felt so uncomfortable and I squirmed around in her arms. "Relax," Hevlaska warned. She lowered her face to mine. "10 percent… 28 percent… 57 percent… 84 percent… 87 percent. 87 percent is the maximum synchro rate that you are able to achieve with your weapon." Her tentacles retracted themselves and put me down. "Now… I'm able to tell something from your Innocence. Akicho Lamuria… your Innocence tells me that in the future, your world will split into two. You must be able to choose what you are going to become."

I echoed, "What I'm going to become?" Hevlaska nodded.

She continued, "Perhaps it will be Allen Walker's fate that rests with your decision, as will the lives of many others. Your heart is the one that will decide everyone's heart."

Komui clapped. "That sounds like an important prophecy. Do you remember it?" I nodded. "Good. Now, I should probably tell you the information we have about the Innocence. This information is secret, and only us, the Black Order, and the ones who have sided with the Millennium Earl." I shivered at the name. "One hundred years ago, a golden cube was discovered in the Earth." He proceeded to tell me about how humanity of thousands of years ago had left a message about the Earl and had managed to hold off his plan, but destroyed themselves, too. It was called Noah's Flood, or the Three Days of Darkness. The Millennium Earl was going to be the one to destroy the world. The Black Order was created to stop the Earl and the Earl created Akuma to stop the Exorcists.

"So, he's going to hunt down Innocence and destroy it," I concluded.

Komui nodded. "109 pieces of Innocence are scattered. We must collect them before he does. Or humanity will fall. Or the cube's prophecy will come true. If that happens, we all will die. That is why the Innocence has chosen you." I sunk to my knees. "Are you alright, Akicho?"

I looked up to see Komui peering down at me worriedly. "Yes, I'm fine! I'm just… so glad! I feel like I finally found where I belong! This is where I'm supposed to be, helping out the Order and taking down the Earl. It's what I'm meant to do." Komui's frown turned into a smile.

He smirked. "Well then, I guess I'll be working with you. It's nice to have you on board, Akicho. Welcome to the Black Order." He held out his hand and I took it, smiling brightly at him.

"Thank you! I'll do my best as an Exorcist. I won't let anything stop me, I promise!" I vowed, standing up shakily. "This will always be my place in the world."

Smiling, Komui replied, "Well, then let's go upstairs to my office. I think I have a mission perfect for you."

-ALLEN WALKER-

"What?" A very angry Japanese Exorcist, Kanda, slammed his hand on Komui's desk. The Chinese man simply sipped his coffee calmly. "There is no how, no way that I am working with the Akuma!" Allen watched as Akicho, who was fiddling with her new Exorcist coat, flinch and he narrowed his eyes.

Komui adjusted his glasses and put down his coffee cup. "Well, I'm sorry, but I can't send you or her off on this mission alone. I would send her with Allen, Lenalee, or Lavi, but Allen and Lavi just got back from missions and Lenalee left early this morning." Kanda grunted, but said nothing. "Here." A manila folder was pushed across the desk into Kanda's hands. Said Exorcist opened the folder and quickly scanned the mission.

He growled and thrust the folder at Akicho, who read it hastily. "What? But-but, I don't even know this person!" She looked worried, and kept going, "Can you at least give me a description of what he looks like?"

Suddenly, Kanda turned on her and snapped, "You'll know who he is when we see him. Now, let me just make one thing clear; you get in my way, I won't hesitate to cut you down."

Allen and Komui's eyes narrowed. "Kanda…" Allen warned.

"Take good care of her, Kanda," Komui said firmly. "Now, your train will take you to a town near your destination. There's a map on how to get there inside. Kanda, one of your old friends will be meeting you there." Kanda nodded, albeit stiffly. "You're dismissed. Allen, you may go downstairs."

-YU KANDA-

Of course, he was stuck with the newbie. Not to mention that she was an Akuma. He sighed and glanced at the girl next to him. She was looking around with awe; clearly, she'd never been outside her stupid little village. "Hey. Daisya can't draw maps. See if you can figure out what he was drawing." The girl – Akicho – gleefully took the map from him and gazed at it.

She asked, "What does the message mean?"

He replied, "We're looking for someone."

"So, let's just find the sign." Kanda gazed at her with confusion and irritation on his face. "Yeah, there's usually always a sign that tells people which way to go. And since we came in by train from the south, the north is where the sign should be! Let's get going!" She handed him back the map and began to walk off. He shook his head; how had she figured it out so fast? "Hey, Kanda! You coming or what?" Akicho called. She was at least four yards in front of him.

The Akuma was right. There was a sign. The two easily proceeded through the forest and managed to destroy a huge amount of Akuma. At least, Kanda did. Her weapon was still unable to be activated. The Innocence in her body was spreading, becoming stronger. She was unable to fight because of that. Damn Komui. He sent her on this mission knowing that, and now Kanda was stuck protecting her. Just what he needed. But she was smart, and he'd admit that. She knew who as an Akuma and who wasn't, and she told him who was and who wasn't. She led the way to the town and found the way to where they were headed.

"Hey, Kanda," Daisya Barry greeted the Exorcist. "Who's this?" he asked, gesturing to the girl next to Kanda. She was half hiding behind him, half gazing curiously at the hooded Exorcist. She looked up curiously when he asked for her identity. "She's an Exorcist?"

Kanda scoffed and looked down at her. "Yeah, sort of." With those words, she looked up at him quickly and then looked down dejectedly. "Look, what are we doing? Did you find him or not?"

The other Exorcist laughed. "Yeah." He turned to the Akuma next to Kanda. "My name's Daisya Barry. What's your name?" She backed up a bit as he peered at her with curiosity clear in his eyes. "Come on, I don't bite… much."

Kanda growled as she hid behind him and he yelled, "He's only Daisya! Get out from behind me, you idiot Akuma."

At those words, Daisya looked up at Kanda sharply. "She's an Akuma? How is she an Exorcist, then?" Kanda shrugged and pushed the girl away from him. "So, Innocence chose her to become an Exorcist. I wonder why God decided to choose her…"

The Akuma finally looked up at both of the Exorcists. "I'm not to sure why, either, but I do know that we're on a mission, right? So what are we supposed to be doing now?" Daisya glanced at her. "Look, don't trust me if you don't want to, but I'm an Exorcist, same as you. Now can we please just start this mission?"

Kanda smirked. He should probably have told Daisya that she had a wicked temper. He'd experienced it more than once on this mission. She would snap at him for any and every little thing that she thought he did wrong. From pointing a sword at a villager to ignoring her when she asked a question. He was growing to tolerate her because of how easily she was provoked. It was… kind of fun for him to make her mad.

Daisya put his hands up in defense. "Sorry! Gosh, didn't mean to upset you. Er… and the mission is to find General Froi Tiedoll. We kinda need him, since General Kevin Yeegar has, um… died." He looked somewhat amused by the expression of shock and horror that overtook the Exorcist-Akuma's face.

She began to sputter nonsense. She wasn't making any sense with any of her words. "They attacked a General?" she exclaimed. "B-But no Akuma would be stupid enough to do that! Only…" She trailed off and her eyes widened. "Only a Noah would be able to go up against an Exorcist General and win." Daisya and Kanda both exchanged a look. "What? Just because I know about the Noah, I'm suspicious? I am an Akuma and I am familiar with quite a few of the Earl's allies. I met the Noah Family a while ago."

That was all she would say on the subject, even after they met Noise Marie, another Exorcist.

Marie was an Exorcist that had heightened hearing and used a mass of strings on his fingers to defeat Akuma. He wasn't surprised at hearing that Akicho was an Akuma. In fact, he said that he could tell because he was able to hear the hearts of people. But Akicho didn't have a heartbeat, so he knew she wasn't alive. He actually bonded with her quite fast and they got to talking about the Black Order, Marie explaining how the Order worked. Yet Kanda and Daisya had defeated all of the Akuma with Mugen and the Charity Bell. She had tried to win, but her whole body started aching, and she backed off to hide. To everyone's surprise, none of the level one Akuma had gone after her, even though she was wearing the Exorcist uniform and had the Innocence.

All four of them had been fighting (in the Demon's case, hiding) and most all of the Akuma were defeated. Although, something struck Kanda as odd; Daisya's Charity Bell should have affected all Akuma, including Akicho, but she didn't seem to even notice the sound of the bell.

He pondered this as the group ran towards Barcelona. The General was certain to be there, and it was vital that they found him.

-AKICHO LAMURIA-

I really didn't understand. Why would they do that to the Black Order? I mean, I get that they've been on the Earl's side since… since forever, but they only ever got involved if it was a history-changing issue. Was the war between the Millennium Earl and the Black Order going to change everything forever? If it was, then it was a war that the Order couldn't afford to lose.

What I was really worried about was that Marie told us that there were swarms of Akuma were headed to Barcelona, and that they'd be there by nightfall. Daisya was convinced that we wouldn't make it in time. Clearly, he didn't know how fast the boat Marie had could go.

During the boat ride, I went over everything I knew in my head. I knew about the Generals; there were five, now four. We were looking for Tiedoll, Cross was missing, Klaud was last seen in Germany, and Socalo was heard from in Italy. General Yeegar was the only one dead. The Akuma were going after the Generals because of this one special piece of Innocence called "The Heart," and the Noah were involved and were getting ready to fight for the Earl. Just another walk in the park for us.

-TYKI MIKK-

As Lord Tyki Mikk walked through the streets of Barcelona, he mused, "Ah, I guess it's back to this life for a while." He'd been trying to stay away from this life. But here he was, doing the Earl's dirty work. As he passed an apple stand, the woman at the stand gave him apples and advice to hide. An Akuma attack… That means Exorcists. Maybe whoever was on his "list" would be there, too. Anything was possible. Allen Walker… what was so important about this kid? As for the second name, that was something he could never do.

His past with this one person in particular was something that he could never let go and never betray. He supposed that he cared too much. The Portuguese noble sighed heavily as the sun set. Akuma… he hated a whole bunch of those things. He strolled through the city, listening to the sounds of the explosions and the screams. Tyki's dark side chuckled maliciously. He clearly enjoyed hearing the Finders crying out for help from their precious Exorcists. All of them were going to die, and Tyki Mikk, the Noah of Pleasure, was going to enjoy watching it.

-AKICHO LAMURIA-

Damn it, damn it, damn it! Why was my Innocence so incredibly useless? I couldn't help anyone! I was running around, looking for the stupid Finders, any one of them that were still alive while Kanda and Daisya and Marie were all fighting to protect the city. I felt weak and alone… My Innocence couldn't protect me. All of the Finders I gathered picked up the remains of their fallen comrades. There was almost nothing; just clothing and ashes. I led them all to the large tower and left orders to contact Komui if possible. Reinforcements had to be sent as soon as possible. Only four Exorcists, one who was out of commission, couldn't hold off so many Akuma at once.

My golem rang and I listened to the conversation between the three men. They'd been separated; Daisya was east, Marie was west, and Kanda was south. I was currently in the east part, somewhere near Daisya. "There's safe… numbers… down… and help me." Daisya's golem was having some technical difficulties, but I knew what he was trying to say. I had to find him.

"Right!" I whispered. "I'm going to try and find you, Daisya. Are you high up, or what?"

He replied, "I'm… look for you…. Just… east, and we'll run into each other… hurry." There were so many Akuma around. I had to keep dodging all of them. Did Blood Bullets work on other Akuma? Huh… I didn't want to stick around to find out. Sticking together was the most important thing. "Hey, Akicho? You there yet?" I heard him ask.

I looked around; I was near an Italian-style restaurant called Comedor Italiano. "I'm near a restaurant. It's an Italian-style, around two and a half kilometers from the tower." Daisya was coming closer to me, fighting off Akuma along the way.

-TYKI MIKK-

Tyki's hat almost fell off and his apple dropped to the ground as an Exorcist came running out of the wall. The Exorcist, Daisya Barry, wasn't on his list. He was willing to let him go. However, the Exorcist had to start a fight with that bell of his. Tyki couldn't control his dark side; he had to kill him. Killing him, no matter of who was on the list, was the only thing that Tyki wanted. Forget his Noah duties, forget his loyalty to the Millennium Earl. All he wanted was that Exorcist. Dead. His hand curled into fists and his skin darkened.

"I only have so much patience!" The Exorcist's face was well worth it. No Exorcist had seen a Noah and made it out alive, except for that troublesome Allen Walker. It was time to rid the world of the Exorcist named Daisya Barry. Then he could move on to find the Walker boy.

-AKICHO LAMURIA-

"Daisya!" I cried, running through the streets. I could hear his Charity Bell and another voice through the golem. A familiar laugh… a familiar voice.

… No. No way he could be here. There was absolutely no way in Heaven or Hell that he could be here. What was he doing here? And with Daisya, no less? It only meant one thing; Daisya was as good as dead if I didn't get there. I couldn't let that happen. My legs moved faster and as I rounded the corner, I saw them.

Daisya Barry, with his Charity Bell on the ground, hanging from a lamppost. The Charity Bell shattered, as did the Innocence. He looked as if he was crucified upside-down. His face was contorted with pain and he was moaning softly. He was dying, and I was too late.

Another man, this one with gray skin, looked well dressed, with a top hat and coat. He was chuckling darkly and had one hand raised. On his hand was a single purple butterfly. A tease butterfly, to be exact. Tyki Mikk was his name, and he was one of the ones only known as the Noah.

Daisya opened one eye and saw me in the back. "Run… Akicho…" he rasped before closing his eyes again. "Run." I was frozen as Tyki's golden eyes pierced my brown ones. He laughed a little.

"Oh, are you trying to warn her to run?" A vicious grin spread across the Noah's face as he turned back to Daisya and continued, "Well, that's a shame. She'll never run from me. We have a bond, you see. I guess I can tell you before you die. You know she is an Akuma, correct?" Without waiting for a reply, he laughed again. "I saved her, so now, she is in my debt. But that's all an Exorcist needs to know." The grin grew wider and more malicious in every way possible. "Say your last goodbyes, Exorcist." I gasped in horror as Tyki's hand ran through Daisya's heart, only to come out, clutching the beating organ in between his fingers. Daisya seemed to choke a little, then collapse. It was over; Daisya was dead. "Akicho… how nice to see you again." He hadn't turned to me. "You've sided with the Exorcists? I thought we agreed you wouldn't to anything to attract attention to yourself. I guess that promise has just been broken."

I hesitated to reply. "But… that means you also broke your promise. You said you'd never do anything to hurt me."

Tyki raised an eyebrow and asked, "What is it I've done to injure you?"

I looked at Daisya and shuttered. "Daisya was my friend. Even after he found out what I was, he didn't run from me. Like most people would." Tears began to form in my eyes. "He's one of the first people to accept me, even with my being a monster."

Laughing, the Noah moved forward threateningly, causing me to take a step back from him. "Let's let this one go, okay? Neither of us broke our promises. I'll see you later…" he whispered. I was about to ask him what he meant, but a knock on the side of my head forced my vision black and my mind blank.

Yay for overdram? And yay for Tyki? xD Tyki-pon is my favorite.

And before you say... "OMG, SHE'S A MARY-SUE." She's an Akuma. She's bound to have a little history with the Noah. Plus, there's this whole Arc that centers around this relationship. Don't comment and say that she's becoming a Mary-Sue. I suck at writing Tyki, plus, I love him too much to make him totally evil. :P Just bear with me, and I hope you won't be disappointed.

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