Chapter 7

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Road had fed Allen, and the food really wasn't bad. Almost as good as Jerry's. Almost. He knew he would say he was strong enough to keep his promise tomorrow. Another day of being pampered like this and he would go insane. While Road fed him dessert, Allen wondered how his nerves would survive this day. Then Cyril walked in. "How is the new family member do..." he froze at the picture. His first thought was 'Road looks so cute!', directly followed by 'Why is my cute Road feeding him?' He glared at Allen, who rephrased his question to how he would survive this day. "Road, I want to talk to Allen for a minute, could you please leave the room?"

"Yeah, go annoy someone else.", Tyki muttered, but so that only Allen could hear him. Road pouted, which caused Cyril to practically melt away, and left. Cyril turned to Tyki.

"Could you leave us alone for a while?" Tyki snorted.

"No chance in hell, I remember what you did to that poor delivery-boy just because he accidentally bumped into Road. No no, I stay where I am, Allen stays where he is and you stay at least six feet away from him. Are we clear?" Cyril gritted his teeth, but he nodded. He then proceed to hold Allen a speech that could be summed up with the sentence: Touch my sweet little Road and I'll repaint the arc with you. After Cyril left, Allen sighed.

'Am I damned to always get stuck with the same types of lunatics? The twins are a bit like Lavi and that Cyril is another Komui. Why me?' But his adviser didn't seem to have an answer for that either.

Not even ten seconds after her 'father' had left, Road rushed back into the room. She looked at Allen's arm, and suddenly sounded more serious. "Allen, can you still activate your left arm?" She asked. Allen looked at his arm. He honestly wasn't sure. "Try it." Road ordered.

Allen obeyed and Crown Clown draped itself around his shoulders, optically no different from before. But Allen sensed that something was different. He didn't know what, but Crown Clown seemed changed. He didn't feel threatened or anything, but it was a weird feeling. He spoke. "Something is different. I don't know what, but it's weird." Tyki and Road looked worried.

"This might get you in serious trouble, Allen. The Earl will probably want it destroyed." He took Allen's clawed hand in his own. Allen pulled his arm back, scared. The claws slashed over Tyki's hand.

"Tyki! Are you alright?" Road called.

Allen was close to a panic. "I'm sorry Tyki I didn't mean to..." He stopped mid-sentence. Tyki's glove had been cut through, but there wasn't a scratch on his hand. "How...?" Road grabbed Allen's hand and slided her finger up and down the blade. She wasn't cut either. She pulled out one of her hairs, grabbed it with both hands and pulled it over the bladed finger. It ripped. It wasn't cut, it had just ripped under the pressure. She smiled.

"Your Innocence doesn't hurt us. It's safe for Noah. It doesn't need to be destroyed." Road cheered and hugged him. Tyki phased his head through the door to make sure Cyril wouldn't come walking in. If he'd seen Road kiss Allen again, although this time only on the cheek, he would have skinned the boy alive.

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Levrier leaned back. Three new exorcists would be stationed at Headquarters and were already on their way. He looked at their profiles again.

Name: Jesaia Harlequin

Age: 17

Gender: Male

Nationality: American

Hair color: Blond

Eye color: Blue

Innocence: Ifrit

Innocence-type: Equipment

Syncro-ratio: 93%

Yes, Levrier remembered the boy. A cheerful idiot and friend of the Bookman junior, Lavi, but he got the job done. What Levrier really hated about that yank was his habit of playing tricks on people. He earned his name, that was everyones opinion. He should face corporal punishment, that was Levrier's opinion. He looked at the next one.

Name: Valkyrie Nocturn

Age: 16

Gender: Female

Nationality: German

Hair color: Black

Eye color: Green

Innocence: Divine

Innocence-type: Equipment

Syncro-ratio: 97%

Levrier made a face. The girl was obedient, but she hated the Black Order, humanity in general and him in particular. They had forced her into joining when she had reacted to her Innocence and her will had to be practically broken before she had begun to follow orders. She only stayed with them because she had nowhere else to go, and rumors were floating around that she had a death wish. And now the last one.

Name: Friedrich Himmelhund

Age: 32

Gender: Male

Nationality: German

Hair color: Blond

Eye color: Brown

Innocence: Gaia Hatchet

Innocence-type: Equipment

Syncro-ratio: 99%

Now this man Levrier liked. The former death-row criminal followed orders to the letter and did whatever was necessary to complete a mission. He had been found five years ago by General Zokalo and the two got along well together. The story with his Innocence had been frustrating for Levrier. In Friedrich's first year as an exorcist his Innocence-ratio had skyrocketed to 99%, making Levrier hope this man would soon become a General, and stayed there ever since. But Friedrich would still be a valuable help, and he might straighten the the workers here up. To send an exorcist to get coffee! Levrier liked Friedrich's motto: Und willst du nicht mein Bruder sein, so schlag ich dir den Schädel ein! He could hardly await the man's arrival.

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When Allen woke up, he felt great. He had asked Tyki to get him a suit in his size, and his new brother had not disappointed him. He got dressed, combed his how black hair to cover the stigmata and left, looking for Tyki and the twins. He found the twins first. They stared at him. "You should be in bed." Jasdero scolded him, and David added "You should rest some more, the Earl wants to talk with you tomorrow." Allen smiled.

"I thought that maybe I could help you get rid of those debts now." He shrugged. The twins blinked.

"Let's go, brother." they both called. Allen grinned in triumph.

"That was low. Effective, but low." the musician snickered. Allen mentally replied 'The means justify the measures.' At that moment, Tyki appeared and grabbed Allen's shoulder.

"Oh no you don't Allen, you're going back to bed." Allen flinched. He looked at Tyki. "If I have to spend another day laying around being pampered by Road, I'm going to ram my head through a wall." he quietly replied, not wanting Road to hear him should she also be around here. Tyki sighed.

"Point taken. So, where do you want to go?" Allen told him the name of a big casino. Tyki raised a brow. "You want us to gamble?" He asked. Allen stared at him.

"Of course not! I want you to cheat." He answered. Tyki and the twins had to grin.

At the casino, Allen instructed Tyki to play dice, keeping one hand below the table and alter the results to how he needed them and told the twins how to use their powers to cheat the Pachinko-machines. He himself went to play cards. It didn't even take an hour to make enough money to cover the debts, but they kept playing and ended up with a nice amount to spend. Allen, who was the most experienced in such situations, called them to leave shortly before the casino would have kicked them out and returned to the arc. The Earl was waiting for them.

"Where were you?" he asked. Tyki answered for them.

"We were clearing a few debts for Jasdevi." The Earl seemed confused.

"What debts?" The twins fidgeted a bit.

"Well, you ordered us to find Cross, remember?" The Earl nodded, signaling them to continue "Well, we searched for him, but he was always a step ahead of us, and he..." they didn't want to say it, but Road, who had appeared through one of her doors, had no mercy or second thoughts.

"And he suckered them into taking over his debts for alcohol, women, cigars and other stuff." the twins were crushed by that harsh truth, but Allen added

"My master is very sneaky and a fan of low-blows, but we cleared the debts, so that's all in the past." The Earl nodded and turned to Allen.

"All right, go get some rest, everyone. And Allen, tomorrow we're going to have to talk, but not before breakfast, so no reason to loose sleep. Good night."

He left and Allen gulped. If this went wrong, he'd be toast.

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Jesaia was bored. He was looking foreword to seeing Lavi again, but he could have had more luck with his company. Val was cute, but something about her just gave that born to cry feeling. Talking to her was like taking a tranquilizer. And his other companion was even worse. Jesaia really didn't like Friedrich. He was the king of killjoys and, so the rumors said, of kill-for-joys, but the stories that he'd killed humans that were in his way and even innocent bystanders, which didn't seem to far-fetched with this guy, we're much worse. Jesaia seriously didn't like hurting civilians, as that stuck-up geezer Levrier would phrase it. Also, Friedrich didn't look like a nice man should. He'd shaved his head except for a small spot on the back of his head, almost at the neck. The hair there was long and bound in a sort of ponytail. Jesaia had decided that the man would kill him if he played a trick on him, so there was really nothing to do. He hoped they'd be there soon.

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Allen woke up because he felt like someone had just punched him in the gut. When he opened his eyes, he saw why he felt like that. Road was laying in his bed, right on his stomach and Allen had a feeling she had just jumped there.

"If this bed isn't on fire, you'll regret that." he glanced at the clock "I correct, if the arc isn't on fire."

Road waved him off. "Come on, get dressed, today will be an important day for you. First day of the rest of your life, as they say." Allen moaned.

"Or the rest of my life if anything goes wrong. Could you wait outside for a moment, I'll be right there."

While they were walking around the arc, they suddenly heard Tyki calling "Oh for crying out loud, wake up, Cyril! It's almost time for breakfast!" when they looked through a door, they saw Tyki and Jasdevi standing in front of a desk, trying to wake up Cyril, who was sleeping in the chair behind the desk. Allen, who was having a déjà vu, turned to Road.

"Is he always like this?" Road sighed.

"No. usually a sneezing termite could wake him up, but once or twice a week, he gets what we call a coma-phase and we just can't wake him up." Allen seemed lost in thought.

"I might know of a way to get him wide awake immediately, but you might have to keep him off of me." everyone looked at him. Then they all said "Deal."

Allen walked around the desk and whispered "Road is going on a date." Cyril's eyes snapped open.

"WHAAT?! WHO DARES TOUCH MY ROAD?!" The other Noah were wondering if they should laugh or stare in shock. They decided to calm down Cyril.

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At the breakfast-table, Allen was sitting between Road and Tyki, Cyril and Lulubelle glaring at him from the opposite side. The Earl hadn't arrived yet. Everything was calm and relaxed until Lero spoke. "I still can't believe what Road did to Allen ~ Lero." Cyril froze and everyone but Allen and Lulubelle stopped eating.

"What happened between Allen and Road?" Cyril asked, a dangerous tone in his voice. Allen remained calm, chewed and swallowed before answering.

"She stabbed out my eye." Cyril relaxed and everyone released the breath they hadn't even noticed they were holding. And then the stupid umbrella ruined everything.

"No, I meant when she kisse..." Tyki had jumped up to silence him, but it was too late. Cyril dropped his knife.

"Kissed?" Allen knew that this moment of silence was only the calm before the storm. Mount Cyril would erupt any moment now, and if he wasn't gone by then, he'd be dead meat. Both Allen and Cyril jumped up at the same time, Allen turning to run. Cyril threw his fork at Allen, a piece of pancake still skewered on it. Allen barely dodged it and bolted away.

When the Earl entered, he saw Allen Walker running for his life and disappearing in one of Road's doors while she, Tyki and Jasdevi were trying to calm an enraged Cyril. "I can't wait to hear this explanation." he muttered.

When the Noah finally convinced Allen to leave Road's dimension, he had refused to come out until he had proof Cyril was on the other side of the planet, the Earl started to speak. "Well Allen, do you know what part of Noah's memories you have?" Allen nodded.

"I am Noah's compassion." The Earl sighed.

"I thought so. Compassion is the most troublesome of his memories. Many of your predecessors have been troublemakers. Very powerful troublemakers."

"He's not kidding." the musician added "He killed me himself because there was no one else who could have defeated me. Now he's wondering if you're as dangerous as I was. And some of our predecessors actually have founded pacifistic or humanitarian religions." Allen was sure it was the truth.

"I won't expect you to cause massacres, that's simply against your nature. But our potentially greatest problem is your Innocence. Is it still active?" Road and Tyki practically jumped in the way.

"Yes, it still works, but it doesn't hurt us Noah, we've tried it already!" Road called "Right, Tyki?" Tyki nodded.

The Earl raised a brow. "Are you ready to prove that?" Tyki nodded again. "Very well, then you'll raise your arm and Allen will activate his Innocence and slash your arm. Do you agree?" All Noah gasped, but Tyki just raised his arm in front of Allen. Allen swallowed.

"Are you sure, Tyki?" "Just do it." Allen bit his lip and activated his Innocence. He raised his claw and looked at Tyki one last time, who nodded.

Allen struck and Tyki winced in pain. The others stared.

"That doesn't look good." Lulubelle stated.

"Something tells me reattaching won't be an option here." Cyril moaned.

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Chapter 7 is done. What do you think will happen next? How did this chapter turn out? By the way, when it came to Allen's visions, what's important is not just what he saw, but how he reacted to it. And what do you think are the abilities of the three exorcists, I've already given the names of their Innocence. And from 1 to 10, 1 being miserable and 10 being fantastic, how good is this fic? What can I do better, what is already pretty good?

To addenza: Congratulations, you're right, its Jack the Ripper.

To Starforce119: Thank you for reviewing all of my chapters, but why would I use a memory that already has a Noah? But both you and dark-Yuuki-sama gave me a few ideas, so thanks to you both.

To dark-Yuuki-sama: Don't worry, I'm a bit more creative than that. Allen's ability to use his Innocence is a side-effect, although one that will be important for the plot.

German lesson: Himmelhund has 2 meanings. Literally it translates to 'hound of heaven' and it's used as a replacement for a swear-word, like the english: that son of a gun, though it's hardly ever used anymore. Friedrich's motto is an old german rhyme, roughly meaning: And if you don't want to be my brother, i shall bash in your skull.

Again, ideas, doesn't matter if their for characters or anything else are welcome and requested.

Every kind of reviews but flames are welcome and also requested.

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