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Chapter 7

Wisely's POV

All of us were following Cross and Allen as they were returning to where Tsuki was left with the level one Akuma. As the we were silently following the memory figures, the other three were keeping a safe distance from me. Annoying. They were so cautious of me just cause i was a Noah... and the fact that i killed... and that i almost killed them last time we met... Wow, they really had a lot of reasons to hate my guts.

The past Allen was being silent along with Cross as they walked so the red-headed Bookman-in-training thought it was a very good idea to annoy the rest of us with questions. "Sooo~ Did Tsuki defeat the Akuma? If she did does that mean that she has an innocence? I still haven't seen her hair yet! What color is it? Allen, do you remember? What about Cross? Does he remember? Umm... Why is everyone scary? Moyashi-Chan? Yuu-chan? Mr. Noah?"

Sure enough everyone including me was glaring at him as he shook like a rabbit obviously terrified by receiving our death glares combined. As the two other exorcists were closing in on the trapped rabbit, ready to give him a beating of being called a beansprout and "yuu-chan", i merely sighed as i stared at the memory figure of the general. The girl named Tsuki was getting interesting with each memory we see. I knew that no one else was going to answer the idiot's question as they probably didn't know either but i felt i should tell them something so they would stop beating up the idiot black and blue. I merely followed the memory figures as i talked in a calm voice.

"The girl probably defeated the Akuma since there is still more covered memories that are yet to be revealed. She needs to be alive if there are more memories. The fact that Cross, a general, was testing the two for innocence and worthiness is enough to tell that she might have innocence and only innocence can be used to defeat akumas. And honestly no one here can answer that unnecessary question of her hair and even if we wanted to we haven't seen it yet as for Allen still can't remember everything. As for Cross... He might remember or not... I don't know."

The three behind me were silent in their thoughts of the mysterious child. All of a sudden my head started to waver. Well i guess this was expected. I guess the girl took some precautions to hide from people like me. I sighed once gain as i started to rub my head temples as i stopped walking earning questioning gazes from the exorcists. Jeez i swear if this keeps up i think that my head would suffer from this ringing. However as the two memory figures were continuing to walk away, my headache was easing. I smirked. So, she must really want to get the message out that she doesn't want me to see.

I looked over to the exorcists and told them "Well, i guess this is as far as i will go. It seems that Tsuki doesnt want Noahs or anything evil to see these memories. I don't really want to get more involved on the matter anymore either. The others, especially the Earl, would punish me if they found out. Well bye." I then vanished from the memory and went back to where i encountered the exorcists while i was on a simple mission from the Earl. I looked to the three exorcist on the ground with their eyes still closed as they were still in the memory. Weird. It felt like something was protecting them. After i was done looking at the sky which had grown slightly orange as the sun was about to set.

I should get back home now. Night will come and the others would scold me for my late arrival. So i walked away as the wind blew slightly as the leafs and twigs cracked under my foot with every step i took. The only sounds were of the crunching of leafs and twigs and the birds chirping slightly every now and then. I smirked of what would come next to the three exorcists. But i was interested in the girl named Tsuki. So, when will the moon show up when you want to see it's hidden yet sparkling talents?

Third POV

As the Noah was walking away from the three sleeping exorcist, Allen, Lavi, and Kanda were still looking at the place where the Noah had previously stood at. They were looking at the spot before Kanda regained his composure and distastefully yelled out "What the hell!" Kanda crossed his arms as he strides over to the memory figures as they were still silently walking into the distance almost leaving the exorcists without warning. Allen and Lavi blinked once and twice until their brains were finally catching up with processing the recent event. They quickly ran over to the memory figures followed by a pissed off Kanda who merely gave his famous and well known "Che" when he saw the other two exorcists caught up. They began walking again and Allen wondered how far away Cross strayed from where Tsuki was.

"Soo~ Wisely left?" Lavi began as he referred to the recent event. "No shit Sherlock. He said that he couldn't go any further..." Kanda stated as he wondered what kept the usually persistent Noah from advancing into the memory. The group stayed quiet leaving each of them to their own thoughts. Just when Allen was about to voice a thought, the memory figure had broken the silence with a relieved and cheerful voice "Tsuki!"

The present Allen looked ahead along with the other three to see a small figure that was standing in the distant. Tsuki was now panting slightly and a lightly torn cloak which was a new one that had only been bought a few weeks ago with hard earned money. Her face was slightly dirtied and there lay only a horizontal cut on her right cheek with a drop of blood that was slowly sliding down to her chin. The area was damaged only with a pole that fell down crashing into a building. Some of the ground areas were cracked and sides of building had received a meteor-like shape engraved.

Tsuki had turned around at a familiar voice and smiled and Allen noticed that a smeared red mark was also on her face. As if blood was rubbed off in a desperate way that it only resulted in smeared blood and a red burn. Tsuki smiled at Allen but she slowly dropped it when she saw the man coming behind Allen and giving her a plain face just like before. He took out another cigarette and lit it until he finally inhaled the poison into his lungs and exhaled again like a dragon and sighed contently.

Then both Allen and Tsuki were curiously gazing at a golden flying tailed ball which had suddenly appeared out of nowhere and made it's way to settle onto the older man's right shoulder. "Well since you have proven yourselves i guess i should tell you who i am" he said in an irritated tone. "I will tell you the basics. I'm tired of children today with only the two of you. My name is Cross. I am a general at the Black Order. I will take you in as my apprentices and train you how to use your anti-akuma weapon, also called innocence. This is Timcampy. Anything else?" He didn't bother to wait for a reply "Good. Lead me to your house so i can sleep." He groaned out as weariness was getting to him. He had been fighting akumas all day and the two children tired him out more.

Allen and Tsuki were also getting irritated by the older man named Cross. However, they lead him soundlessly to their house as they were also tired today from the Christmas day that was filled with events. When they arrived Cross immediately slept on the nearest couch and in a second he was out like a light. Tsuki sighed and dug out a blanket from a box in the dusty attic which had been filled with unopened boxes. She threw the blanket on Cross and when she saw Allen's questioning look she replied with "Come on. He's human too. it's winter and he could get a cold or fever." She reasoned in a quiet voice even though she knew that the man probably wouldn't wake up if Allen's stomach growled.

As if on cue the sound resounded through the room and house and probably the neighborhood. Allen stood still as his face was turning scarlet red all the way to the tip of his ears. Tsuki chucked and just as predicted, Cross was still out in deep sleep. She gestured Allen to follow her into the kitchen to make a midnight snack as it was about 1:00 am. Once done with snacks the two said their good nights to each other and slept in their own rooms.

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(Memory) Allen's POV

Again. The moving reflection was reaching out to me as i stood there frozen and rooted on the spot. There was one change in my reflection. It's left eye had a red glowing iris just like i had when i was fighting the Akuma."No... I don't want this!" How many times have i said that so far? Again everything halted and broke into millions of pieces to fall into the endless darkness along with me. I screamed out and my lungs felt like they were on fire and would burst at any moment. I screamed out for Mana only reminding myself that he was gone. Suddenly i called out for Tsuki and a white bright light made its way into the darkness and fully enveloped me into a warm bright sphere made of the light that was cradling me.

All of a sudden i jolted up in my bed in my room. I scanned the room quickly before i ran out of the room to find Tsuki. I felt the droplets of tears that were streaming down my face as i ran down the stairs. I knew that i was also sweating from the fear and that my white hair was probably matted down. I didn't care. I ran into the living room seeing Tsuki and Cross stop talking and eating their breakfast before Tsuki looked at me with a warm worried stare and Cross looked at me in pure surprise.

I could still feel my tears going down my cheeks and i looked over to Tsuki who patted on a spot next to her on the couch and i quickly made my way to sit over there. Once there Tsuki immediately hugged me and i could feel more salty drops pour down from my eyes as i shut both my eyes close. I hugged her like it was my lifeline and to me she was in a way. She quietly whispered calm words to me and my tears had finally stopped.

Somehow my head managed to end up in her lap as she carefully caressed my head and answered to Cross's question on why i was crying like a baby. I still had my eyes closed as she stroked my hair. Tsuki had answered cross 's question with a simple basic answer that held no detail "He had a nightmare." I could only imagine Cross's face as i was too lazy to open my eyes but i smirked when i heard Tsuki giggling lightly. Then i could hear Cross get up and then i felt something hard hit my head.

The object threw me off the couch and i landed on the floor with a thud and a groan. I opened my eyes while covering the bump on the back my head as i scanned the room with a glare, searching for the culprit. Sure enough Cross was standing in front of Tsuki who was still giggling. Cross was now carrying a hammer while he smirked and said "Crybaby." My face heated up so i crossed my arms looking away from the two.

"Hey, Brat. Leave the room so i can talk to the other brat in private." I looked at Cross and i simply glared at him as i responded "As if I'd leave a Tsuki with a stranger." Tsuki was now silent as Cross was clearly irritated at my response. Tsuki sighed and she simply said "Allen, it's okay. Besides you need to take a shower. When you're done getting ready you can come back. Your breakfast will be ready." She smiled and i reluctantly walked out of the room.

After i was done showering and put on a blue t-shirt with baggy jeans i walked downstairs when i heard Cross and Tsuki still talking. I sat down in the middle of the stairs as i strained my ears to hear the conversation taking place in the kitchen. "So you expect your plan to run smoothly?" Cross questioned. I heard some pans and figured that Tsuki was making breakfast for me while she responded "Yes. However, i want you to keep quiet." I heard Cross sneer "You want me to withstand any future questions from the crybaby? Sorry but he'll be annoying if he questions me if he finds out."

There was a momentary silence before Tsuki replied with hesitation "You probably won't need to worry about that. If needed i have a something to solve that. So, if you want to tell him then just please make sure that when the time comes, tell him where to find the object." I figured that was the end of the conversation as i stood up and headed into the kitchen with a smile. I was going to ask her later about the weird conversation but i first wanted to know who Cross was.

Tsuki smiled at me as she gave me my plates and sat down at the table with her own plate of food. Cross simply sat and took one of the plates from my mountain as we began eating. When i was done eating i asked Cross "What do you mean by innocence?" Cross simply put his glass of tea down before answering "Innocence is also known as Anti-Akuma Weapon when invoked by an Accommodator. It is the Crystal of God by those who first used it seven thousand years ago. Innocence is also the weapon that Exorcists use to defeat and purify Akuma."

By now me and Tsuki were lost. Tsuki put down her own cup of chocolate milk as she questioned "What is an akuma?" Cross sighed obviously too lazy to explain but he still answered "Akuma are creatures made of despair, human souls, metal skeletons and Dark Matter, most of which all the ingredients are supplied by the Millennium Earl. By design, they are forced to obey the orders of the Earl without question, even if it is against their will."

Tsuki and i looked at Cross and Tsuki questioned again "What are exorcists?" Cross replied in an irritated tone "Innocence can only be wielded by certain humans; these humans are called Accommodators, or Apostles of God. Once an Accommodator has joined the Black Order, they are given the official title of Exorcist. As Exorcists train with their Innocence, their synchronization rate, a measure of their connectivity to their Innocence, increases, empowering their attacks and allowing them to use new abilities with their innocence. That is why i will train you so you can increase you synchronization rate and to become exorcists."

Tsuki asked another her final and unexpected question "... What is God?"

Both Cross and i felt our jaws drop as we stared at her in bewilderment. She looked at the two of us curious at our reactions. She tilted her head slightly to her right as she waited patiently for an answer. Both me and Cross were working our brains to provide a simple that would satisfy her. How can you summarize god? Finally Cross found an answer and simply replied "He is the creator and ruler of the universe that people can put their hope in so they have something to believe in. Tsuki was thinking about the answer when she suddenly frowned slightly and finally said "... I don't like this so called god..." Tsuki soon showed a bright smile as she swiftly changed the topic "So when do we start training?"

Cross simply started to the door as he replied "Starting next week. I will be out until tomorrow." He was halfway out the door when i asked "Where are you going?" He simply smirked as he replied "To a bar. Where else? Oh, if people come here then give them money or try to run away. I don't care." I paled as i was thinking of what Tsuki and i were dragged into. I stared at her and she simply sighed as she put the empty dishes into the sink to wash later. "Guess we have to work more." she mumbled under her hoodie. I simply smiled as we were putting on our shoes to go find more jobs. "Geez, why do we have to take care of that man if we are the kids and he is the adult. Everything is reversed!" Tsuki started giggling at my rant. I continued to rant now that my brown boots were on and as i was walking out the door. Tsuki was locking the door as i continued "I mean we're apprentices, not servants!" Tsuki was walking alongside me as we were headed to the town.

She suddenly asked "Why would he spend a whole day at the bar? What do they do there?" I stared at her in pure amazement. She really was clueless of everything! "He spends a lot of money, that's what happens there." Well i didn't lie, i just didn't tell her everything. She crossed her arms across her chest as she doubled her walking speed towards the town "So we have to pay for everything he does!" She yelled as the footsteps on the sidewalk began to speed up. I ran to catch up to her but laughed when i saw her red angered face. She stopped walking to see me have a laughing fit. When i looked up to her again i saw her face even redder but this time it was of embarrassment as she tried to hide her face even more with the hoodie of her cloak.

I laughed even harder as my lungs were desperately trying to get air in them. I fell to the floor and continued to laugh as i tried to sit up many times only to fail and laugh even harder. Tsuki was now walking away as i continued to laugh "Hey! Wa- Wait!" I said as i tried to contain my laughter as i got up and ran to Tsuki who was now disappearing from my view. She was now pouting with her arms still crossed as a light blush was on her face signaling that she was still embarrassed. ""Let's just go work! We need to get money for Cross's upcoming bills that he will surely give us." She said as we were nearing the town to start our part time jobs.

Lavi's POV

Allen had somehow sat in a corner that he found and a dark gloom was hung over him as he was obviously thinking of debts from the way that an invisible rock, with the name Debt, crushed him down into looked irritated both Allen and me as i tried to cheer him up only resulting in pushing him further into his world of debts. However as i closely inspected Allen he looked like he was thinking of something else. Ah. I see, he didn't want us to worry. Well, if worry means that Kanda would look more irritated than usual. I kept silent about it as i poked allen in the shoulder repeatedly. He was showing annoyance as a vein popped from about one hundred pokes and smacked my head with his right hand.

Kanda was looking satisfied now that i was holding my head in my hands. Allen was out of his corner as he looked at the two memory figures of Tsuki pulling him out of a crowd obviously trying to protect him from harsh comments of his appearance. She smiled to show that nothing was wrong. Kanda and i noticed his fist forming with white knuckles. "Allen? Are you okay?" I questioned as he immediately realized his fist and quickly opened it. I noticed little red crescent shapes in his palm. Wow. What was he thinking of?

"Oh, sorry. Just thinking." he replied obviously waving off the strange behavior that just happened. "Tch, annoying beansprout. Being weak from just remembering your past debts." Kanda said in annoyance. Allen replied "It's Allen! Bakanda!" as he glared at Kanda who returned it and they had a glaring contest. I popped up in the middle and pushed them backwards "No fighting." I stated as Kanda cursed under his breath. Allen looked in another direction as he resumed to think of whatever was on his mind. I sighed. This is really troublesome. When we get out of here what happens next? Will the fact that we know about Tsuki change what happens next? This was too confusing.

Allen's POV

I was remembering the conversation between Tsuki and Cross and it seemed likely that Cross would remember of Tsuki. If not then it would mean he broke a promise. My thoughts froze. Didn't I... break a promise? What if i wasn't there for Tsuki if she is hurt? When we get out of the memory, how will we find her? I would have to ask Cross but that was the problem. He disappeared off the face of the Earth. He is a master at hiding. He had dealt with debt collectors so that was enough to learn how to hide.

If i wanted to find her myself then i would have to know her physical traits. I only knew her face and she could have changed a lot over the years. This was going to a hard task. I was looking at the memory figures. I was about to make another fist from the anger that i directed at myself for not knowing what to do. Suddenly everything was dimming until the whole place was pitch black. Ah. Another memory... When will they stop?

Sorry for taking so long to write and upload this chapter! But, hey this was long right! I put a lot of events in this chappie so i the next chapter will probably be the last memory chapter so that it will return to the present time line... I am in love with Chocolate milk! Thank you for those who have reviewed and thanks to Oz the magician for reminding me that i forgot to add Allen, Lavi, and Kanda in the last chapter. YAY! While i was writing the end i stopped since i went to the theaters! I love watching movies in Imax 3! Loved the movie!... And frozen yogurt! I will continue to write tomorrow since theres no school this Monday... Hooray for no school! Well hope you review and leave tips and continue doing whatever you fanfiction people do in your spare time! See you in the next chappie!