My Heart
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Chapter Fifteen: Knowledge
Allen watched Kanda's dark eyes carefully as he held her hand tightly between them. They were both sitting on Komui's couch, facing the crazed scientist as he rummaged through the files on his desk for a specific folder.
"You see, Kanda, this is what I was going to tell you. I wanted to say it delicately, so that you would not threaten to kill me, God forbid even try to, for not telling you sooner." Komui said somewhat absently as he searched.
"Sooner?" Kanda questioned.
"Just how long have you been here?" he asked, turning to Allen.
"A month and a half." Komui said, with great hesitation.
"What?!" Kanda snapped, eyes fixated on Komui with furious incredulity. Allen squeezed Kanda's hand reassuringly, but Kanda ripped his hand out of Allen's and stood up. His hand was on Mugen's hilt, knuckles already going white in less than a few seconds of holding it.
"What the hell do you mean a month and a half?!"
"Look, Kanda, when she was found, her condition-"
"I was here less than three weeks ago, Komui!! What the fuck gives you the right to keep that particular bit of information to yourself?! Did you hope to preserve my delicate sensibilities?!!" Kanda yelled, barely able to contain his rage.
"The circumstances, Kanda, kept me from saying anything. No one is supposed to know that Allen is here." Komui explained soothingly. That stopped Kanda in his tracks. He narrowed his eyes, slightly relaxing his grip on Mugen.
"What do you mean," he said sharply, no question in his tone.
"You see, Allen's pregnancy, in fact, just the information that she is a she, has not yet reached Central."
Kanda was silent as he sat down, allowing Komui to continue.
"We never had the chance to report it before she went missing, and I believe that you would agree that it would be a subject carefully approached and discussed. You know the reasons as well as I do, Kanda. But, as she is now pregnant, that discussion is almost impossible to bring about. Many questions, many investigations would take place. It would be possible for the entire Order to go under investigation."
He paused for a second, finally finding the folder he had been searching for.
"This would not be beneficial to anyone, as you might be able to figure out. Allen would likely be taken away, studied, tested on, and experimented on to see if her child is an Innocence-wielder like the two of you are. Her return has been kept secret among very few people, all very trust-worthy. I couldn't tell you at the time because of her condition." Komui explained quickly and quietly, almost as though he were afraid of being overheard. Indeed, perhaps he was.
Allen pushed her hand in Kanda's, the other resting on her stomach. Kanda took her hand gently, glancing over at her briefly. Her paler-than-snow skin was pulled tight against bones that protruded ever-so-slightly. Dark circles under her eyes from being constantly drained of energy with no sleep stood out on her face quite noticeably. Her hand shook in his from fatigue and her eyes drooped even as she sat there. Her white hair had grown a few inches, almost passing her shoulders, but lacked the lustrous sheen it once had.
If she were "well enough" for Kanda to know of her return now, what situation had kept Komui from saying anything a few weeks previous?
"Condition?" Kanda asked quietly.
"Err....Yes. Her condition...." Komui said reluctantly, as though he had let slip something that should have remained a secret. Kanda snapped his gaze over to glare at Komui. The Chinese man looked at Allen, questions in his eyes.
"You know it better than I do, Komui." Allen said, shrugging with some difficulty.
"Yes...I guess you are right..."
"Know what??" Kanda demanded, his anger from before rising again.
"How Allen...well...What happened to Allen-sort of."
Kanda growled in frustration, wordlessly pointing out how vague the two of them were being.
"How do I start..?" Komui asked himself quietly. He looked down at the folder and began to read:
"'A formal report on the return of Allen Walker:
Over two months ago, General Tiedoll was surveying the area around Budapest, searching to figure out the reason for the sudden lack of activity of Akuma in that region of Hungary. In a treeless, grassy field three miles outside of Budapest, an almost perfect circle of barren ground with a radius of twenty meters was littered with the remains of several hundred Akuma, close to six hundred, it is believed. Most were level twos and threes, but there were a few level ones among them. The land that had once likely been covered with thick grass was clear of all living things. There was no sign of the Akuma curse in the earth, though.
In the exact center of the barren circle stood a crystalline spike. Inside it was a female figure, heavy with child. The spike was clearly of the Crystal Type Innocence. General Tiedoll tried to see who was encased, but it was only the blur of a figure. After securing the area, General Tiedoll contacted Headquarters to request finder backup. He explained the situation to the Supervisor, Komui Lee, who agreed to send a group of twenty finders to transport the Innocence back to Headquarters.
It is noted that this spike of Innocence is remarkably similar to the one that encased the injured Lenalee Lee twice in East Asia in the Sea of Japan and then in Edo, Japan.
It took two weeks to get the Innocence to Headquarters, being very cautious. The finders could not approach the Innocence within a few feet without undergoing intense pain. With a great deal of assistance from General Tiedoll, the Innocence was finally secure at Headquarters.
Hevlaska surveyed the Innocence for the three days, without saying a word to anyone. After those three days, she informed Komui Lee that the female inside was Allen Walker, the prophesied Destroyer of Time.
Supervisor Lee was also informed that the Innocence encompassing Allen Walker was not Allen Walker's. This was figured by the fact that the Innocence was not synchronized to Allen Walker and she yet retained her left arm, which is known to be Miss Walker's Innocence.
Hevlaska reported that the Innocence must be the child's, though a synch rate could not be exacted. This may, she said, be due to the fact that the child is not yet born. But it is certain that the child of Yu Kanda and Allen Walker is an Innocence conformer.
At this point, Black Order Central is not formally aware, or aware in any way, that Allen Walker is female, nor that she is pregnant. It would be unseemly to inform them of such facts until a later time. Not much else is known at this time about Allen Walker's condition.
Yu Kanda returned to Headquarters for a brief period, but at the behest of Supervisor Lee, was not informed of Allen Walker's presence at Headquarters. He has been sent to South Africa.'"
Komui put down the folder and stared at it quietly for a moment before looking up at Kanda and Allen. Kanda's expression was blank as he processed the information. Allen swallowed with some apparent difficulty, as this was the first time she had heard that version of the story.
"My...daughter....a conformer?" Kanda murmured, his voice small and sounding rather lost. As if every word, and meaning of the word, were hard to grasp.
"Of Innocence....Yes." Komui supplied softly. Kanda's face suddenly twisted into an expression of horror and denial. Allen was watching Kanda as closely as Komui was and bit her tongue.
Though it had been seven months, very fresh in her memory were Kanda's last few words to her before she had left for Greece. He had been angry at the fact of her pregnancy, and though Allen still loved him and wanted to be with him after the argument, his words had hit hard and deep. It had seemed as though he had been regretting her child...their child. And now, the look upon his face was no comfort.
But she could not help but think hopefully that at least he had said 'his daughter'.
Finally, Kanda spoke again.
"Levrier will not know of her existence. I will not put her nor Moyashi through that." Kanda said firmly, fixing a sharp gaze on Komui, as if challenging him to disagree.
"I wouldn't dream of it, Kanda."
At those words, Kanda relaxed a little. Allen smiled tiredly in relief, resting her head against Kanda's shoulder, relaxing for the first time in a long while. Kanda flinched a little at the sudden contact, looking at Allen for a moment.
"That report said that the Innocence was similar to Lenalee's. But it seems as though Allen was encased for much longer than Lenalee ever was." Kanda commented seemingly idly, but Komui understood it as a question.
"Since the Innocence could not have direct contact with the child, it had to be absorbed through Allen's body while she was held in stasis. However, as Allen was a foreign object, so to speak, to the Innocence, it took a long time. The Innocence somehow knew that Allen was its conformer's life-support; the Innocence had to be careful to not kill Allen in the process. Given the stage of absorption at the time that Allen was found, it seems as though Allen had been in stasis since about a day after she went missing. When the absorption was complete, all the Innocence was inside Allen's body. This happened about a week after you left for South Africa. Allen woke up three or four days later, very weak and easily fatigued. As you can see, her condition is not much better now." Komui answered, his eyes growing a distant look as he remembered the details of a month, or less, ago.
Kanda tightened his grip on Allen's hand, not painfully, but protectively. He glanced down at Allen, who had fallen asleep and was breathing deeply with a small but contented smile. After a period of silence, Komui spoke again.
"And now you see why I ordered you home."
Kanda's eyes were blank, but somehow Komui could read relief and appreciation in them.
Awwww~~!!
There is your new chapter. I hope it was satisfactory. And now you know what happened to Allen.....sort of.^_^;;
If you have any questions or comments, feel free to review. Or if you just want to jabber to me, I have no problem with that, either.
Next chapter will be a special chapter.^_^ Perhaps brief, I don't know yet, but some well-deserved Kanda X Allen time.
Anyway, review, please.
-Maze Puppet