Chapter 8
A Fight to Remember, Bookman Style
Screams of the dying was all anyone heard. As the Trio, Luna, Bak and Lavi walked through the dead and the dying. Lavi was used to death, as was Bak. But the expressions on the Trio and Luna's faces made Lavi feel sad. Ron reached out and wrapped an arm around Hermione's head as did Harry to Luna. Luna pushed Harry away and walked over to an unconscious boy. Lavi was shocked to see that the unconscious by was Neville Longbottom. Neville had a bruise on the upper side of his head and blood pouring from his ear.
Luna keeled down beside the boy and placed a delicate hand on his forehead. She sat there for a few seconds before standing," He's fine. Just out."
Harry nodded and reached to grab her arm, but she shook her head and sat down on the cot next to Neville's. Lavi turned away to look at the opposite cots, the ones where the dead lay. Lavi noticed with shock that Remus Lupin was there, along with the woman named Tonks. They were holding hands. Then Lavender Brown, half of her face was in shreds. Lavi's eyes widened in dismay when he recognize the shred marks, a werewolf.
Harry pointed to one of the bodies and said," That's Blaise Zabini and next to him is Millicent Bulstrode. They were harsh kids."
"Slytherins?"
Harry nodded," Yeah they were in Slytherin."
Lavi leaned close to Millicent Bulstrode. Her body was torn in several places. Her left foot was completely gone from her body. Lavi recognized the bites from a spider. Bak told him about the large spiders, though Lavi himself hasn't actually seen them.
After the announcement that Voldemort did, Lavi made sure he got away, far away from Allen as he fought back against Neah inside of him. The thirst of killing Allen had vanished now replaced with sorrow and anger. The anger was for Allen to somehow gain control of his body once more and drive Neah from it. And more anger for Lavi not stopping Neah from killing Lenalee and the others.
Lavi grabbed Harry's arm," Are we gonna meet him out there or what?"
"Yeah. I'm sorry Lavi. I need to use you as a distraction."
"Aren't you planning on dying?"
"No. Actually, I need you to stay behind and distract them while I make my escape. Don't make it to long either. When your done, take my cloak and run to the Forbidden Forest, unless you feel like staying behind." Harry said.
Lavi nodded," Just go now, no one is watching." which was true. Everyone was tending to the wounded. Suddenly they all turned to Harry and Lavi, looks of horror and confusion on their faces and Luna screamed," Look out!"
Harry dived out of the way while Lavi stood there. A Level 4 Akuma stood staring down at Lavi in shock," An Exorcist?"
Lavi drew Iron from his side and smiled," Oh looky here. We got ourselves an unwanted and unloved visitor. I'm pleased to see you, Level 4."
The Akuma bowed," The pleasure is all mine, Exorcist." before striking with Dark Matter towards the redhead's shoulder. Lavi dodged it and zipped around the Akuma. Lavi was always disgusted by Akuma but couldn't help but feel pity on this one. Or all the Level 4s. From what Allen told him, the Level 4s were mainly children and it made it worse that Allen could see the souls of the Akuma.
Lavi already seen a Level 4 before, when his weapon had been destroyed. Allen and Lenalee were the only ones with their Innocence intact since Lavi and Kanda had theirs destroyed when they were fighting in the Ark.
"Big Hammer, Little Hammer, grow, grow, GROW!" Iron became her magnificent size and out of the corner of his eye, he saw Slughorn gape at it in wonder.
"You're being a bad bad bad Akuma." a new voice cut in as Lavi jumped high in the air with Iron swung over his shoulder. Lavi reverted Iron and jumped away, close to George and Fred.
"Stay back, you two. It's an Akuma. You aren't strong enough to kill him." Lavi told the Twins and pushed them back.
A new figure walked out past the Akuma. It was male. One that he's seen before but hasn't at the same time.
He is a young man with unruly dark hair with a line of stigmata on his forehead, wearing a dress shirt, vest, a simple cravat, and an overcoat and white gloves.
"Neah?" Lavi whispered.
"Yes."
"Then...where's Allen?"
"He's alive. He has his body back. This is temporary. I don't have long unless you help me get this dark aura one."
"Dark aura one?"
"The main evil these humans face."
"He means Voldemort!" Harry exclaimed.
"Voldemort? Is that his name? Oooh how much I crave his body. So strong! But thankfully I can transfer it so I can have my main look back." Neah laughed.
"Where's Allen?"
"He's free. Running around for his sister."
"Sister?"
"Nothing you need to worry yourself over, boy. You need to worry about this Voldemort and me!"
"Are you going to trade sides, Neah?" Lavi asked.
"I have always traded sides. I work with the Darkness while you work for God. Or is that different from being a Bookman?"
"What does he mean by that?" Luna asked.
Hermione said, pulling out Hogwarts, A History and turning to the Exorcist chapters that she had found boring and began reading," The Bookman Clan is an organization dedicated to recording and maintaining the true history of the world. They have a history of allying themselves to various sides of world-wide conflicts, both the "good" and the "bad", and they consider their neutrality sacrosanct. "
She flipped the page over and continued on," Bookman Code: Little is known about how the Bookmen operate as the organization is very secretive. It is apparent, however, that it is vital for the Bookmen to stay unbiased at all times and remain completely neutral; this is because when recording history, even the slightest bias could taint information. As a direct result of this requirement, many other rules have been formed to prevent bias. The foremost of these rules is the prohibition of any attachments or affections; it is unknown to what extent this rule exists, but friendships are forbidden. As an extension of the required neutrality, the Bookmen do not chose sides in wars. They will, however, form temporary alliances with one or both sides of a conflict in order to gain a more detailed record of war and in return may provide information and/or their skills as warriors. This is most apparent when, thirty-five years ago, the current Bookman allied with the Noah Family but at the present is allied with the opposing side, the Black Order. Furthermore, Bookmen are protected by the Vatican and members of the Black Order of any rank may not interfere with a Bookman's mission to record history. Bookmen may not interfere with the events of history, and must act only as observers. In the event that a Bookman allies with one side of a conflict, it appears that only information and battle support is provided under particular circumstances. It remains unclear how large the Bookman Clan is and whether any auxiliary members exist. At this time, it appears that there are typically only two members of the Bookman clan, the master, who has entirely abandoned any names and is often known as simply "Bookman", and an apprentice who changes names with each log and studies under the master."
"And I'm not going to say anything." Lavi stated, crossing his arms over his chest and giving her a one over with his single eye.
Both Hermione and Luna pouted, and Lavi couldn't help but realize that even women in this world were exactly like the women in his world.
"What about my friends?" Lavi suddenly asked.
Neah smiled," Oh that. It was a figment of your imagination, I made you think I killed your freinds. I like Exorcists and I think I'm gonna have you as friends."
"Friends? Where are they? Krory, Marie, Kanda, Miranda, Lenalee and Allen! Where are they, Neah!"
"Safe."
"Where?"
Lavi shook his head," I want to see them now."
"Probably not!" Neah crackled.
Lavi rushed him, anger and adrenaline pumping through his veins. But it felt like he was going in slow motion. The Akuma reached up and slapped Lavi away. He made contact with the wall and slumped to the ground.
Neah smiled," You aren't gonna play with me anymore, Lavi?"
Silence. Lavi was unconscious. Harry and Ron both ran over to the redhead and helped him sit up.
Neah shook his head," How pitiful. You humans are all the same."
Harry pulled his wand out and pointed it at Neah," Fix him!"
Neah smiled." I'm afraid not, human. You see, he's only asleep. He should wake soon, hopefully. Who knows, maybe he's already awake?"
Ron looked down at Lavi, who's eye was still closed. But he could feel the difference in his breathing. His eye might be closed, but he was very much awake.
"Don't say a word, Ron." Ron faintly made out the words from Lavi's mouth. Ron gave a faint nod before turning back to Harry and the others.
'He's out."
Neah laughed," How pitiful?'
Ron grabbed Lavi's arms while Fred and George grabbed each leg. They dragged him over broken glass and bumps but Ron was grateful Lavi didn't shout out or anything.
Fred stood and said," You are pitiful. Look what you did to Lavi! And then to his friends? How could you trick him this badly?"
"It was a test, boy. Although, I feel that it was necessary to trick Lavi. He did take part in Road's attempted murder and my new self was angry that she'd gotten hurt. Then again, Road did protect me and I still care about her."
"What are you taking about?" Neville asked, sitting up from the cot, much to everyone's surprise.
Hermione opened the book again and began reading," All humans on Earth are the descendants of Noah and his family, who survived the Great Flood and populated the Earth once more. Every so often, and when there is a vacancy within the Family, a gene within a random human, called the "Noah gene", awakens, turning that human into a Noah and causing them to fall under the influence of his hatred and memories stored within their blood. At their greatest, the Noah Family will have fourteen members, including the Earl of Millennium who leads them. When one of the members dies, an indeterminate amount of time later the same Noah will awaken in a new human, though under a new human name and a new human mindset. Each member of the Noah Family is known as an 'Apostle', and each Apostle has their own Noah name, though a few choose to continue to go by their human name. Members of the Noah Family, when they are in their Noah forms, are distinguished by their darkened skin, amber eyes, bluish black hair and the line of black, cross-like markings that go across their foreheads, called stigmata."
"That doesn't tell us anything, Hermione." Neville said.
Hermione flipped the page over and continued to read," The Noah fought the first users of Innocence in a battle so great it destroyed the world, an event known in the Old Testament as "The Great Flood", though it is documented in the Cube as "The Three Days of Darkness". After the first incarnation of the Earl died fighting against the wielder of the Heart of the Innocence, the remaining twelve Apostles repopulated the Earth, making Noah's blood the ancestor strain of all humans of the current generation."
Neah clapped," Does it have anything on the Noahs themselves and their powers?"
Hermione scanned the page before reading on," Natural command of all Akuma, Akuma Blood Oil Immunity, Noah's "Memory", Familial Empathy, and Dark Matter abilities."
Neah clapped but Neville asked," What is Familial Empathy?"
"Noah are able to sense when a member of their 'family' dies, a situation that seems to sadden the Noah within them." Neah said.
"What are their names, Neah?" Neville asked.
"Well, there's Adam, Toraido, Joido, Dezaiasu, Wisely, Fiidora, Maashiima, Raasura, Road, Bondomu, Rasutoru and Maitora."
"That's not what it says here." Hermione said.
"And what does that little book say?" Neah said, his eyes flashing red.
"The Earl of Millennium, Toraido-Judge, Tyki Mikk-Pleasure, Sheril Kamelot-Desire, Wisely-Wisdom, Fiidora-Corrosion, Maashiima-Pity, Skinn Bolic-Wrath, Road Kamelot-Dreams, Jasdevi (Jasdero and Devit)-Bonds, Lulu Bell-Lust, Maitora-Ability, and you."
"Some of those are our human names. Neah Walker is my human name, I have no Noah name like some of the others."
"And who are Bonds?" Fred asked.
"Jasdevi? They're idiot twins. Though, they don't look alike. Beings that Devit has black hair while Jasdero is blonde."
"Blonde?"
"Blonde." Neah confirmed, he clapped his hands again and a boy with white hair and silver eyes wearing a white cloak and black and red long sleeved shirt and black pants with black combat boots. His face was marred with a scar shaped as a pentagram on his forehead that trailed down, severing his eyebrow and mars his eyelid, hooks slightly at his cheekbone and follows his cheek down close to his chin.
"This young man here is Allen Walker, my adoptive nephew."
Allen stared at the form of Lavi who was being supported by George and Fred. Allen raised his hands, one black one white close to his face and asked," Am I free?"
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