Lavi walked into the cabin where Sera lay sleeping soundly, he couldn't stop himself from smiling by just looking at her. Silently he crawled on her bunk bed and covered himself up wrapping his arms around Sera protectively.

She didn't stir until morning when they were almost at their destination. Kanda glared at the two as they emerged from the cabin and grunted in distaste as he turned his gaze to look out the window. Sera noticed that Allen still wasn't back and in so looked to Lavi and pulled him up from his seat.

"Allen said he was going to check on the horses he had written a note last night. I think we should look for him." Sera said quietly as she pulled Lavi along the different carriages through to where the horses were meant to be. Lavi gently squeezed Sera's hand as she pushed the door open.

"Allen?" they both asked at the same time. Sera looked around until she spotted the familiar, cloaked form of Allen lying in a heap of hay.

Silently she walked over to his side and nudged his shoulder. She looked up at Lavi worriedly. "His not waking up, someone has done this." Her gaze shifted to a figure behind Lavi in the corner of the carriage. Noticing her gaze Lavi turned to find the pleasure of the Noah clan, Tyikk smirking deviously at them. Sera stood and instantly Lavi stood protectively in front of her.

"Ah young love, such a trivial thing is it not, I'm shocked Seraphim, I never thought you would be capable of showing emotion given your oh so cruel past. You most certainly never gave me the time of day." He purred in his velvety tone as he slowly approached the two.

"I must say however Seraphim, I am shocked to see you actually decided to follow in your father's footsteps and became a puppet." He taunted waiting for a reaction from the young woman.

"I wonder who is the actual puppet Tyikk, is it me or is it you. All you Noah clan do is bow down to every whim of the Earl you make yourself slaves for what, so that you can bring the end to the world and then what?" Sera growled as Lavi geld her protectively his glare never leaving Tyikk.

He eyed the two young exorcists knowing it would be a waste to take them on alone. He looked Sera over one. "You know you'd make a fine edition to the clan, and we could have the Earl give you your brilliant, fiery locks back." With that he was gone. Lavi walked over to Allen's side and lifted him up grabbing Sera's hand and pulling her close so he could wrap his arm around her.

Once they had gotten Allen settled in Lavi took Seraphim by the hand and lead her to the small balcony on the back of their carriage. The weather wasn't much warmer than what it had been back at the Order but Lavi was grateful that the sky was clear. He pulled Sera out with him and closed the door smiling down at her. She looked up at him curiously about to say something when he put his finger gently to her lips.

"There is no need for words just yet Sera-chan, there is something I want to ask you, and well it has become more like a need lately." He said softly as he looked down at her sweetly.

"What may that be Lavi?" she asked in a voice barely above a whisper.

He smiled down at her and kissed her gently. "Seraphim Cross, you have bewitched me, body and soul and I can't see myself living another day without you as my own." He smiled down at her resting his forehead against hers. "I love you." He whispered.

Sera stared up at Lavi in shock but it did little to stop the smile from spreading on her delicate features. "Yes and I love you too Lavi." She beamed nuzzling into his chest as held her close to him. Little did they both know that they were been watched by a Noah.

"Lavi, there is something I must tell you before anything else." She whispered still holding her exorcist closely.

He looked down at her and nodded intently waiting for what she had to say. From the look on her face he could tell it was very important.

"There is a reason the Earl wants me in his possession, it's a reason it seems not even his Noah are aware of, it's to do with myself and Allen Walker. I'm sure you are all aware that Allen is a Noah and that he is the key to the plans the Earl has, he is the one who must take his rightful place and bring the destruction of mankind, but like everything that switches on, it must switch off, every disease must have a cure. I am the other key. A grim responsibility I was given at a young age. The Earl wants me because I am the one who can undo what has been done." She whispered.

Lavi stroked her cheek and smiled down at her gently. "Your father sure knew you would grow up to be a strong individual or he would have never done that."

A single tear rolled down her cheek as she looked up into the green eye of Lavi. "I guess, it's just such I big burden, I am supposed to be the keeper of Allen but with his Noah growing everyday it will soon come out." Sadness filled her red eyed as she sighed feeling deeply troubled.

They stood together and watched as the train pulled to a stop at their destination. Gathering their horses they set out to the small village where they would have to collect the small fragment of innocence and rid the town of the Akuma.

The horse ride was equally as long and just before sunset they reached their destination. Setting up a small camp and making a small fire they all settled in for the night when an ear piercing screech filled the empty night sky. Sera was up and gone out of sight before the men could register what had happened. A few seconds later a loud bang was heard followed by another screech and another bang, confused Lavi, Kanda and Allen jumped up but before they could reach the location of the Akuma Sera reached them carrying a glowing shard of innocence.

"We better get moving this place is a nest for Akuma that's why no one has ever been able to retrieve the innocence." she sprinted as the men followed her gathering their items before mounting their horses and riding till they couldn't anymore. In the dark they had managed to reach the train station where they decided to wait for the next train.

Lavi sat beside Sera as she rested her head on his shoulder. When Kanda turned to face her, a dark scowl worn across his features as he did, Allen swallowed nervously and moved away slowly so he was out of the firing line.

"What the hell where you thinking woman you could have gotten killed." He snarled angrily.

"No actually that was like a freaking nest of akuma all in one they were picking each other off for the shard. But I took care of that. I retrieved the shard and got us all out of there safely, I have never worked with a team so my priority was to keep you idiots safe." She growled in frustration.

"You can't go around been reckless." Kanda snapped back at her.

"Excuse me, what the fuck was reckless about that? I got done what we came to do if we had stayed we would be like all those other people who didn't realize they were walking right into a fucking nest of Akuma's." Sera snapped back royally pissed off.

Lavi watched at tempers flared between the two exorcists unsure whether or not to intervene or let them finish off. Allen took a seat beside him eyes wide as he watched the two of them verbally fight it out.

"You should have waited woman." Kanda yelled.

"Oh for fuck sakes Kanda stop getting your knickers in a knot clearly that pinching your balls cause all you ever do is bitch pretty boy." She snapped back.

In horror Lavi and Allen watched as Kanda drew Mugen and pointed it at Sera, she simply scoffed and pulled out her gun aiming it at Kanda without hesitation. The look in her eyes told them that she wouldn't hesitate to pull the trigger if she had to.

"So pretty boy I bet I could pull my trigger quicker than you can swing that toothpick." She growled watching as Kanda got angrier and angrier. That was when Lavi decided would be the best to intervene. He didn't need his team mates offing each other and no one knew just how powerful one blast from Seraphim's gun was. Allen sat with Sera who co-operated without hassle while Lavi dealt with the more stubborn Kanda who stood ranting about how he was still pissed off.

Once they had managed to calm Kanda down the train finally arrived something on the front page of the morning paper caught Allen's eye so he bought one and took it along with him. It was a picture of where they were the previous night, all the akuma were dead and massive destruction had been done to a large area of the abandoned village.