Shiro pulled out both his katana that were sheathed on his waists. The katana in both his hands were the same things, black and white steel blades, a cross shaped hilt guard, the hilt was white, with tiny chains attached to each one at the end of the hilts. "Freeze All Evil In This World… Frozen Justice…" Shiro said, calling out his Innocence's name. Both the swords in his hands glowed pure white, and then the glue slowly began to change to a light blue. As soon as the glowing stopped, the blades were part black, part sky blue (Where the white would usually be)

Cross called out his Innocence "Grave of Maria" and the coffin containing his Innocence had appeared almost out of thin air, and it unchained itself, opening up. What was contained in there was a beautiful woman.

Brandon sweat dropped "That's disgusting… You made a woman… Your Innocence… Innocence really is a disgusting, horrid thing that we the Noah must erase…" taking fight stance.

"Now then, Judgment." Cross called out his second Innocence.

"Interesting, you can use not one Innocence, but two Innocence. No wonder the Master Earl doesn't like it when you're around." Brandon chuckled, his gravity ability now taking into higher effects, but still not affecting the Marshals. "Damnit, they're not affected, why the hell is that?!" He wasn't aware of his flaws in the ability to increase gravity. The limitation for it… (Just think about it, what the hell do you think was different between Lenalee, Lavi, and the two Marshals, and the hint is: Distance between the Marshal's and Brandon)

"Maria, use the Carte Garte to move the kids to safety." Cross said, looking up at the Innocence-powered doll… puppet… Whatever the hell it is… The Innocence began to sing in a heavenly, yet too creepy voice, and then Lenalee, and Lavi somehow stood up, and walked on their own.

"So these are what Marshals are…" Brandon thought, now surprised because usually, the opponents could never escape his gravitational attacks.

As soon as they were out of harms way, Shiro jumped up and slashed his Innocence-powered swords in the general direction of the opponent, light blue bursts of Innocence energy being thrown, but these weren't like Black Moon Slash, or the White Moon Slash, these bursts had taken the shape of a dragon and were flying at Brandon.

Brandon sighed "That idiot red head did something similar to that to me and yet it didn't wo--" he got cut off by the 2 dragons going around him, then from each of his sides, flew at him, joining together as soon as they hit Brandon, causing a major explosion of Innocence energy. Of course, smoke appeared. But as soon as it disappeared, what showed up was Brandon, completely frozen in a glacier.

"Now Cross! Go!" Shiro called out.

"I know!" Cross said, pointing his Innocence gun at the frozen Brandon, taking careful aim. Once Cross got a clear aim, he pulled the trigger, sending a Innocence-charged bullet flying at Brandon. Before the bullet even reached half-way towards the glacier, Brandon broke out of there due to the gravity increasing, destroying the glacier and he jumped out of it.

"Hmph, thought that could keep me in?" Brandon asked, wiping some ice shards off his sleeve. He looked to see Marshal Cross standing alone. "Wait, where the fu--" he was yet again cut off by Marshal Shiro jumping out from the ground, like a mole from hell, right in front of Brandon and stabbing Brandon's heart and throat.

Blood spurted out, and, of course, Shiro was beginning to feel the effects of the gravity trying to crush him, but he continued to resist, trying to remain standing. Quickly, Shiro jumped back into the hell hole from whence he came, calling out "NOW, CROSS!!"

"Roger!" Cross said, pointing his gun at Brandon and quickly pulled the trigger 5 times, 5 bullets coming at Brandon.

Brandon tried to dodge, but it was too late, the 5 bullets had already hit their marks, and formed a cross behind him. He coughed blood and dropped down to the ground, now lifeless.

"Say farewell." Cross quietly said in a calm voice, lighting a cigar and putting it in his mouth, smoking a slight puff. He made an attempt to make the puff a ring, and it was as success, but this one circled around the dead, lifeless body of Brandon, the Noah of Disgrace.

Lavi and Lenalee were watching the entire fight, amazed by the sheer power that those two Marshals had together… They made the Noah seem like a weakling compared to them.

"Are you kids alright?" Cross looked at them as both his Innocence were deactivated.

"Y-Yes." Lenalee answered, still in shook.

Lavi just shook his head simply with a sweat drop.

"Good." Marshal Shiro jumped out of the ground and grabbed his katana back from Brandon's lifeless body. He looked at the hallway that was sealed by boulders, noting that the boulders then just somehow disappeared. "Guys, looks like we are going to be treading in dangerous, ominous waters if we keep going deeper… You kids sure you're up to the task of whatever is hiding over there?" Shiro asked, looking at Lenalee and Lavi.

"Yes." they both nodded their heads. Soon after, the two Exorcists, and the two Marshals walked towards the hallway.

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Aster threw more of his shuriken in the direction of John.

John laughed as he parried them all, pulling his shotgun's trigger every time he parried a shuriken wave.

Of course, Aster parried the bullets as well, trying to keep from getting hit. "It's so funny, you just keep dodging and dodging like you have the time and patience to kill me, when you just have the utter urge to kill me." Aster said calmly, throwing more shuriken.

"I know I have the urge to kill you but… THAT DOESN'T MATTER MUCH AS LONG AS I KILL YOU!" he laughed and ran at Aster.

Aster reacted by throwing more shuriken, then jumping into the air, and throwing more. He then began to do a few spins, more and more waves of shuriken being thrown at John.

He stopped and looked up at the shuriken that were flying at him, he jumped in the air to dodge them, but without notice, Aster managed to get in front of him, form a sword out of Dark Matter and stab him right in the torso.

Aster smirked, then back flipped high into the air, and while upside down, he tilted his head back so he could get a clear view of John. Then, he threw about 6 more shuriken, all of them hitting their marks. Then, he snapped his fingers, the sword and shuriken now exploding. As soon as the smoke from the explosions faded away, what Aster was surprised to see was that his opponent was still alive, standing, and breathing perfectly fine. He looked at the cross that he planted a long time ago on the ground. "Is that what's keeping him alive?" he wondered to himself. Quickly, he ran in the direction of the cross.

John swung his arm to the direction of where Aster would move to next, since he calculated his current speed, and pulled the trigger of his shotgun 8 times.

Aster felt the presence of the bullets and jumped quickly, escaping the bullets. He saw one heading in his direction which pierced through his forehead, destroying his entire head. His headless body fell to the ground, dead, blood leaking from where his head used to be.

John silently watched the blood flow, almost as if he were sorry for the poor bastard, but then he just laughed in a maniacal, sadistic way. His laughter echoed throughout the room, but suddenly, he felt his lungs and heart get stabbed. He turned to see an alive, but tired Aster.

"What the hell?! I thought I killed you!" John complained, coughing out blood.

"No… What you saw was my other ability… I can make illusions in your mind come to life without a problem… It can be sorrowful thoughts… Or thoughts that you'd love to see… Even past thoughts I can make a reality…" Aster explained, pulling shuriken out from John.

"I don't give a shit if you stab me… YOU'LL NEVER KILL THE NOAH OF DEATH!" he yelled loudly, shooting numerous bullets of Dark Matter, utterly destroying Aster's whole body. "HA! I KILLED YOU!!" he laughed.

"Not even close…" Aster said, standing right next to the cross that John was trying oh so hard to defend. He lifted it off the ground to test the first part of his hypothesis. Then, he jumped into the air, and threw 3 shuriken, all of them landing on various pressure points.

John grunted, falling to the ground, his body now paralyzed. Then, the shuriken exploded, leaving holes on his body where those pressure points were located.

The wounds did not heal, giving Aster the advantage, as long as he was holding that cross.

"GIVE ME BACK THAT CROSS YOU BASTARD!" John yelled, pointing his shotgun in Aster's direction.

Aster sighed and shook his head, people appearing between them.

John's eyes widened, for these were people that he had killed, and those he actually feared… These people were holding swords, medieval flails, crossbows, rifles, and daggers.

"Say farewell to that pathetic life of yours… John… I knew thee well…" he said, brushing his hair slightly, walking away with the cross.

The people that had shown up out of nowhere walked towards John.

John, out of fear, had shot them all with bullets of Dark Matter, but they kept coming back up as he shot them. Suddenly, gunshots could be heard, sounds of crossbows being fired, sword swings, and stabbing noises, as well as what sounded like chains sounding off as well.

The people that had literally over killed John had faded away slowly, leaving a completely destroyed, slashed, stabbed, battered, and lifeless John. Since they were disappearing, it meant that John was dead, and his mind could no longer be accessed for anything he feared or did in the past.

Aster threw the cross onto the ground, walking towards the exit, but then suddenly, the cross jumped on it's own, attaching itself to Aster's back. Aster felt it and tried to shake it off, now sensing danger coming from the cross.

"I told you I can't die… I TOLD YOU SO!!" a voice rang out from it.

"John?! How's this even possible?!" Aster thought to himself.

"If you're wondering how this is possible, it's because I transferred a part of my soul to this thing, just in case I was dead, and it would heal me every time you made the attempt to kill me, as long as it remained where I had left it. SO SAY GOODBYE! I'M TAKING MYSELF OUT, AND TAKING YOU WITH ME!!" he yelled out.

Aster knew this was the end, because this was technically an object with a spirit attachment, not a person, so he couldn't make illusions to end it.

"DIE!!" John's voice rang out from the cross. The cross then released an explosion that was strong enough to destroy the entire room, along with them. Sorrow and Death were both dead…

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Kesenai and Allen had arrived at a room with a checkered flooring, and a giant gate in the way. This gate had pentacles all over it, as well as the faces of the Noah clansmen imprinted in between each pentacle. "Looks like this is the final door… I don't see any other doorways…" Kesenai said, looking around.

"Looks like it… I can feel the Earl's Dark Matter inside of there…" Allen said.

"Well, lets give it all we got, and defeat the Earl. That's the only way to justify for those who have sacrificed themselves for our noble cause." he responded.

"Yeah… But I wish we hadn't split from everyone else…" Allen said doubtfully.

"Stop thinking about it, they chose to give themselves up, but like I said, they'll be back. Just don't worry about it for now and focus on the main part of this mission. If we can defeat the Earl, then all sorrow will stop, all Akuma creations will cease, and this world will finally be at peace." he responded, walking towards the gate.

Allen had smiled and thought: "This one, he only joined the Black Order about 4 months ago, and he's already this mature… I guess he has had it worse than any of us because of the Earl, probably as much as I have suffered…" and walked towards that gate as well.

As soon as Allen and Kesenai had neared the gate, the gate gave off a black glow from each pentacle. Suddenly, Kesenai and Allen's bodies were in total pain again.

Allen was hurting from his left eye, left arm, and suffering a severe migraine.

Kesenai's suffering was on his right eye, right arm, and he coughed up major amounts of blood. He kept coughing as if he were coughing a storm.

Suddenly, a voice called out saying "So you have arrived, our new family members…" Allen's eyes shot open, knowing that the voice was the Earl's.

"What the hell do you mean by new family members?!" Kesenai growled, coughing blood.

"Oh, ho, ho, look at yourselves!" the Earl chimed.

Kesenai looked at his left hand, seeing a gray shade spreading out throughout his body like a virus infection. He looked at Allen, seeing the same effect on him. He thought: "What the hell is going on here?!"

"The genes of Noah inside of you are being forced to awaken!" the Earl chuckled evilly.

"Genes of Noah?! I'm not a Noah you bastard!" he looked at the gate with a hateful look, seeing that the gate was opening, revealing the Earl, sitting in front of his organ like it was his throne.

"Yes you are…" he said with his large smile.

"PROVE IT! THIS IS ALL JUST SOME SICK JOKE OF YOURS!" Kesenai barked.

"Then look at this…" the Earl pulled out a mirror, reflecting Kesenai's face.

Kesenai had to squint to get a clear view but his eyes shot open, seeing that his skin was now gray, like a Noah. But that wasn't what told him he was a Noah… What told him was the 7 pitch black crosses across his forehead. But he wondered, why was Allen getting the same effects as well.

"Oh, I guess no one told you their latest discovery…" the Earl chuckled, rubbing his temples as if he were having a headache from talking to the two clueless Noah/Exorcists. "Allen is the 14th, the Musician. That's why he was able to control the Ark that you were once aboard, Kesenai Tsumi." he chuckled.

"… So this entire time, you've been hiding the fact that you might awaken as a Noah… You hid it from everyone… Some comrade you are…" Kesenai growled.

"I'm sorry, it's just that I couldn't have everyone worry about me… Being their enemy…" Allen answered, his migraine getting more harsh.

Kesenai coughed up blood.

"Kesenai Tsumi, The Noah of Sins… Allen Walker, The Noah of Will… Welcome to our family." the Earl chuckled.

"So you finally awakened them, Master Earl?" Utagai walked in from the Earl's left side.

"Oh yes, and they were right on time too, since 4 more of our own family has died." the Earl chuckled.

Then, out of nowhere, Road had walked in from the other side of the Earl.

Kesenai's eyes shot open, now surprised.

"So you've awakened them, Millenie." Road giggled sarcastically.

"What… Are you doing here… Road..?" Kesenai asked, struggling to stand up.

Road's expression darkened "I don't care if you're in my family, I still hate you for killing Tyki…" she said in a cold hearted voice.

His eyes shot open yet again out of surprise.

"I was only lying to you so I could get more information on you and the Black Order. And guess what? Even now, as we speak, Level Fours and Level Three are attacking the base, slaughtering all of those pathetic half-arses that used to be your comrades." she giggled in a sarcastic tone.

"You… Were using me…" Kesenai said weakly, now not moving at all, frozen in surprise.

"Yes, and so far, it was very, very effective." she answered, licking her lips.

"You… Bastard… I'll make you pay!" Kesenai ran at her, his Arm of the Sinner now active, but his body jolted in complete pain, so he fell down to his knees. His body was recoiling due to the genes of Noah now awakened inside of him.

"Oh, so you can use Innocence, even as a Noah." Road seemed confused and looked to the Earl, now wanting an answer as to why that was.

"So he has that rare trait among the Noah… Co-dominance… The ability to maintain both Innocence, and the genes of Noah." the Earl chuckled evilly. "Looks as if Allen Walker has it as well… Interesting…" he chuckled again.

"Damnit… Why can't I move…" Kesenai thought to himself, his heart in pain because he had really loved Road, but now knows that she was just using him for her own evil plot.

Allen struggled with trying to stand up, his Noah features now fully visible.

"Oh, so he awakened as well?" Road giggled. "Well, the more the merrier, that's all I have to say." she chimed.

"Yes, not too surprisingly, Allen too is a Noah." the Earl chuckled.

Both Allen and Kesenai stood straight up, their bodies still in pain because of the recently awoken genes of Noah inside of them.

"Sorry, Earl, but this whole party is over!" said a voice coming the ceiling. Two figured appeared from the shadow of the ceiling and landed on the ground, landing on their knee.

Kesenai looked at the new people who had jumped into the fray, seeing that they were James and Amber.

"Well now, that's a new look for you." James said, looking at Kesenai and Allen.

"Oh shut up you murderous traitor!" Kesenai growled.

"Hey, I'm not the one that's coughing up blood and looking like they're in total pain." James shrugged, readying his katana.

The Earl chuckled, "This room will be where our final battle will occur… I hope everyone made peace with their god."

"I don't believe in a god." Kesenai and James said at the same time.

Utagai readied himself to attack James, but Amber jumped in the way.

"Sorry, but I'll be your opponent." she said, Dark Matter wrapping around her right arm.

Allen was finally able to stand up and took fight stance, "I'll take you on… Earl…" he said.

Kesenai struggled with standing up, taking out his sword, "James, you bastard… I'm taking you on…"

"Sorry, my opponent is the Earl right now." James said, his katana pointed at the Earl.

Road was going to walk over to the Earl to defend him, but all of a sudden, a bullet had hit her body and sent her flying towards a wall.

"Huh?" everyone looked at where the bullet had flew in from. Marshal Cross, Marshal Shiro, Lenalee, and Lavi were all at the doorstep.

"Who decided to start this party without us, huh?" Lavi smiled. As soon as he laid his eyes on Kesenai and Allen, he looked surprised, because he was seeing that they were Noah…

"You're a Noah… So you've awakened… I feared this day would come…" Cross said.

"I as well, feared that Kesenai would awaken as well…" Shiro said.

"YOU KNEW?!" Kesenai and Allen both said.

"I knew because the 14th was now in you, so no duh you would awaken, stupid student." Cross answered.

"I knew because it was fairly too obvious. Your body in a complete total wreck, and that no matter what had hit you, you still lived on." Shiro answered.

Kesenai and Allen were both surprised, but then they looked to Lenalee's horrified face. She was confused, she had no idea whether they were enemies or not, and why Allen hadn't told her about the 14th since he was informed of it while in the Ark.

"I'll explain as soon as we get out of this…" Allen said, his Crown Clown now active.

The Earl was just standing there with his smile, holding his large sword. This was going to be one hell of a battle… No… Not battle… More like a war…

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Disclaimer: I do not own D.Gray-Man, but do I care? No. Now go bye bye.

Author's Note: Like I said, THE PROMISED DAY! Now bye bye!! SEE YOU NEXT CHAPTER!