My Heart

Disclaimer/Warning: DGray-Man does not belong to me. It belongs to Hoshino Katsura-sensei, and it shouldn't be any other way. I don't claim to own any of the characters, places, or names stated in this fan fiction. ((I just like making the characters do crazy stuff.^_^))

Chapter Five: Off to Greece

Allen awoke to find herself on the floor of her room, her body half-curled and aching. She felt as though she had been vigorously training for the past day. She slowly, carefully lifted herself off of the ground with both arms and regretted it immediately. Her left arm had been dully throbbing before, but now it felt as though someone was running acid through her bones. She dropped unceremoniously to the ground, cradling her arm.

When the liquid-like agony was finally gone, many minutes later, Allen's entire body gave a shudder that was very similar to relief. The throbbing was tolerable enough to cautiously raise herself from the ground and stand up. Early, early morning light shone in through her window, causing Allen some alarm.

She remembered getting to her room the previous night and preparing to slip into something in which to sleep, but nothing after that point. When she looked around her room, it was somewhat evident what had happened.

She didn't remember, however, whatever event had occurred that would have caused her dresser to be wrenched a few feet away from the wall that its back was usually against, or for the dresser drawer to be a few more feet away, clothes strewn out of it as though it had been thrown. The fact that the drawer had been in between her and the misplaced dresser and that the handle to the dresser had been just a few inches away from her left hand when she had awoken told her enough.

Apparently, though she could be wrong, Allen had mindlessly grabbed her dresser drawer with her left hand, probably causing intense pain from the contact and the flexing of the muscles in her arm. The rest was rather obvious.

Allen sighed quietly, wondering what was wrong with her. Why was her arm acting up like it had been? What was wrong with her Innocence?

Carefully cradling her arm, Allen cleaned up the mess that had been created in her spasm of pain with just her right hand. It was a little difficult picking up the drawer and placing it in the space (it took her four tries to finally get it in the space, and another two to actually keep it in place to push it in there), but pushing the dresser up against the wall was considerably easier.

Obviously, the problem with her Innocence was only getting worse, and with no way to prevent the pain, while still maintaining her proper judgment (i.e. no medication/drugs), something bad was bound to happen. The question was....Dare she go to Komui? He might remove her from the mission, and then try to "fix" her Innocence.

Allen shuddered at that thought.

"No...No way. I won't let him!" she said, shaking her head viciously in denial. Perhaps she had better wait until after the mission to go see him about it. Better yet, she would wait until after the mission to go see Hevlaska, and then, based on what she said, then Allen would go see Komui.

Allen nodded her decision silently and then began carefully changing into different, cleaner clothes. Just as she was fastening the first button of her vest

"Allen-chan! Allen-chan are you in there?!" Lavi's bright voice asked, more like screamed, from her door.

"Lavi? Yeah, I'm here. What do you need?" Allen asked as she opened her door.

"Komui told me that I am the one to go on the mission to Greece with you. Isn't that great??" Lavi said happily. Allen nodded briefly.

"What time are we leaving?" she asked while seating herself on her bed.

"The boat is leaving in about an hour. Are you ready?"

"An hour??? Why didn't you get me earlier??!! We're going to be late!!"

The two of them were almost late, but managed to jump on the boat in time before it steamed off down the Thames River. They didn't bother trying to get a room below deck (which saved them a few pounds*), so they just stayed on deck to enjoy the view (which included a wonderful view of smog-filled city-side and the steamy breaths that puffed out of the mouths of people around them) and await for their arrival in France.

The boat-ride took about six hours, in which Allen taught Lavi some of his card tricks, which Lavi picked up with disturbing capability. After a while, Allen quit teaching the red-head, stating that she did not want to give up all her trade secrets. They settled for playing poker for a few hours, until Allen noticed that Lavi was analyzing every move she made, learning them perfectly. Allen pouted as she put her cards away after being beat by Lavi for the fourth time.

They arrived in Dunkerque, France in the early afternoon and decided to catch the next train in a few hours after getting something (decidedly French, Lavi insisted) to eat. That led them to a small café overlooking the English Channel. Lavi ordered a bunch of pastries that looked too sweet to be healthy and Allen ordered two portions of bouillabaisse (served with bread-and-rouille and potatoes) and some chocolate-filled cream-puffs with powdered sugar sprinkled on top for desert.

After finishing this, they boarded the train to travel along the French-Belgium and French-German borders, until they hit Mullhouse where they transferred lines to pass through Basel into Switzerland. This took about ten hours, which made it close to night time. Lavi suggested that they stop over to sleep in a nice hotel (Allen was sure that he had soft beds in mind), but for the sake of saving time, they both decided to continue. And so, they switched lines again to travel east through Switzerland, through the tiny country of Liechtenstein, and into Austria.

By the time they reached Vienna, it was early morning, and both of them had been fast asleep when the train gave a final lurch to stop at the station, throwing Lavi onto the floor, disturbing Allen into wakefulness. Lavi looked briefly puzzled before pulling himself back up into the bench. Allen chuckled tiredly and moved a little so that Lavi could get up easier.

A knock sounded on the door to their compartment and a man's voice, speaking in German spoke through the door.

"Wegen der probleme auf dem zug, müssen alle passagiere den zug lassen. Es tut uns leid für die unannehmlichkeit." (1)

Lavi looked at Allen, who immediately responded in German.

"Ja danke, Sir. Wir sind aus bald."(2) Allen said fluently. Lavi looked somewhat impressed as he listened to the exchange.

"Danke für das fahren auf unsere zuglinie, Sir. Haben sie einen guten tag." (3) the man replied before moving off to inform more passengers.

"Vielen dank!"

"I didn't know you spoke German," Lavi said after a moment.

"You tend to pick things up when traveling the world with a lunatic Master like mine." Allen said, smiling a little. Lavi nodded in understanding.

"Panda isn't nearly as crazy as Cross but I still learned a lot of languages." he said, picking up his suitcase.

"Yeah, but you are a Bookman. You are supposed to know these things." the British girl responded, picking her suitcase up as well. Lavi opened the compartment door and let Allen go first.

"So?"

"So...I don't know. In any case, let's go see when the next train leaves. I really don't want to stay in this city for very long." Allen said, heading quickly for the nearest exit from the train. Again Lavi nodded in understand.

Last time Allen had been in Vienna was decidedly not a pleasant experience for the girl. Lavi hadn't even been there, but he could understand her nervousness. Who knew if the Noah were still monitoring the train lines for exorcists, ready to pounce at any moment? It made Lavi wonder what was so important to the Noah that they had to so vehemently and violently protect Budapest. Perhaps there really was Innocence in Budapest?

If Innocence were indeed in Budapest, then...was it perhaps the Heart? If it was, why hadn't the Noah destroyed it? Could it be that they couldn't yet? And that was the reason for all the Akuma activity?

Or perhaps it was because a new Akuma factory had been set up there? Or it was in the process of being set up?

Lavi sighed, the many questions racing through his head. There was no real way to know. More exorcists would have to be sent very secretively, so that there would be no way that the Noah could find out.

Lavi realized that he had followed Allen to the station's office where Allen had already spoken to the helper behind the counter.

"Well, he says that the next train leaves in four hours, Lavi. We will have to wait until then."

"Are you okay with that, Allen-chan?" Lavi asked, concern showing in his green eye.

"Yeah. I'm fine. What are the chances of the Noah attacking us again?"

Tyki Mikk, clad in dirtied worker's clothes and ridiculous glasses, his dark hair unruly and curled, chuckled lightly, watching the two exorcists standing not ten feet from him. He heard Allen Walker speak in a more feminine tone than he had ever heard. A twist of his head revealed that the "boy" that Tyki had exchanged banter with and exchanged attacks with was not, in fact, a "boy".

"...I'm fine. What are the chances of the Noah attacking us again?" he heard her ask as they walked away. Tyki Mikk chuckled again, his fingers running through his hair, brushing it back from his face, showing a glimpse of his Darker self.

"Well, Miss Walker, those chances are pretty good. Well, no good for you and your exorcist friend." he said quietly, slipping into the shadows of the alleyway behind him. He had news for his family that just couldn't wait another minute.

*Pounds...British currency, you know?

Translations:

1.) "Due to problems on the train, all passengers must leave the train. We are sorry for the inconvenience."

2.) "Yes, thank you, sir. We will be off soon."

3.) "Thank you for riding on our train line, sir. Have a good day."

4.) "Thank you."

Well, it's not very long, but there it is. The new chapter. I had meant for it to progress a lot further.....But you'll just have to wait. Sorry.

Also, I may not be able to very often anymore. My mom had created a REALLY stupid rule and I can't be on the computer more than two hours at a time....If I don't get kicked off. So...Yeah. I am GREATLY displeased, but I can't disobey. And part of the rule is that I can only have it in the afternoon, after my homework is done. And this only applies to a few days of the week. Thursdays I get NO computer whatsoever. There are more aspects to these STUPID rules, but...I can't remember most of them. Needless to say, I am breaking the rules right now just to post this chapter.

I did not have enough time to thank all my reviewers, and for that I am sorry, but I do thank you guys. Your reviews really help me to keep this story going.

Review please.

-Maze Puppet