WARNING: VIOLENCE, SLASH

This chapter is mainly on the battle itself, so it would be pretty long. Please bear with me!

Title changed!

Chapter 6: Prey vs Predator

Allen's eyes slowly widened in shock as someone came by and knocked onto the robber, causing him to lose his concentration for seconds. He knew that he had to use this opportunity that this stranger had given him, thus the moment that large arm was loosened slightly, he tried to get out of his grasp and run away. As he was about to succeed with his plan, he felt a pull at the edge of his sleeve. Then, someone grabbed his arm and spun him around forcefully.

"Don't even try to run away." The robber smirked as he squeezed his arm tightly, causing him to wince. The robber looked around, before he started running away from the scene, taking him away with him.

"Lavi!" Allen shouted for the redhead, but as his eyes met the dark sapphire eyes from that raven-haired stranger, he couldn't help but stare at him for a while. As they were entering the large crowd, passing by many people surrounding them, his lips twitched for a slight second before he turned away, forced to look where he was going.

"Allen! Allen!" Lavi rushed through the crowd of people as he searched for the silver-haired teen, but what bugged him was the appearance of the raven-haired teen who really came at the right moment. He hissed in frustration as he pushed through, taking a lookout for the swordsman at the same time. He did not know why he came here, but if he came here to capture Allen, he wasn't going to allow it.

"Lavi!" Lavi glanced at the side of the road as he saw Bookman standing there, showing a rather calm expression. He ran over to his side, bending down as he panted slightly.

"Jiji, Allen...Allen..."

"I know, but we must do something to the crowd first. The people were too shocked and confused that they are running in different directions. If this keeps going, there will be accidents sooner or later. I need you to calm them down and send them away from the scene."

"But what about Allen? He's being taken hostage! I can't just leave him alone!" Lavi exclaimed, looking around anxiously for the silver-haired teen, but there were simply too many people to take note of.

"Yuu's there, JiJi. You want me to leave him alone?" Lavi asked.

"I know." His eyes widened slightly.

"You...know?" Bookman just turned and observed the current situation calmly.

"For now, we have to calm the crowd down first. Allen will be safe."

"How will he be safe?"

"Go, Lavi." Bookman said firmly once more. Lavi just stared at him for a while, before he turned and walked to the policemen to aid them in leading the people away from the scene. As he looked across the streets, he saw the raven-haired teen standing there, but what stunned him a little was the slight frustrated expression that his eyes portrayed. Lavi wondered whether he was seeing wrongly, because...that wasn't some kind of face Kanda would make. In fact, it was his very first time seeing that. The redhead's eyes narrowed at this, before he turned to speak to one of the policemen approaching him.

"Let me go!" Allen shouted at the top of his voice, trying to get out of the tight grasp, but the robber was so persistent, refusing to release him. They ran throughout the whole town, jumping over hurdles across the roads and sped around sharp bends to trick the policemen who were chasing after them. The robber would stop a few times and flashed out his gun, frightening the passersby who had exactly no idea what was going on, before he started running again. The silver-haired teen gasped for air as he tried to keep up, but slipped as he fell onto a puddle of water at the side of the road.

"You...you are really useless!" The robber chided.

"S-Sorry for that," Allen muttered under his breath, trying to get up to his feet. This was the perfect opportunity to get away from him, but as he stood up, he grimaced at the sharp pain from his left ankle. He hobbled up to the pavement as he paced with slow and careful steps, trying not to aggravate his injury further, but the moment he went up, the robber grabbed him by his wrist again and pulled him along roughly, causing him to stumble as his injured foot stepped hardly on the ground for balance. Allen hissed in pain as he fell onto the ground.

"Why are you like this? You are going to slow me down!" The robber yelled.

"Then leave me alone!" Allen exclaimed as he touched his left ankle which started to swell fast. He could feel the slaps of the wind blowing roughly in the opposite direction. Shouts and cries filled the whole place, and footsteps could be heard everywhere. He felt splashes of water on his face. People were running all over the town, some almost stepped onto him. The silver-haired teen winced as he held his head low and stayed there, wishing that someone could just save him.

"Watch out!" Allen turned and saw a vending machine flying towards him, out of nowhere. His eyes slowly widened in horror at the large thing which was slowly descending onto him.

Suddenly, a large noise of crushing was heard. Allen opened his eyes and blinked for a moment, before he looked up and saw someone's foot at the tilting vending machine which was about to touch the floor within seconds, yet he stopped it, with just his foot alone. He shifted his gaze and saw the raven-haired stranger, to his astonishment. His eyes slightly widened at his gaze that brought him the chills. That pair of dark sapphire eyes looked...scary.

Kanda grunted under his breath, as he contracted his leg for a moment, before kicking off that useless thing out of his sight, which crashed somewhere with a loud thud. More screams were heard from a distance, followed by the sound of the car siren ringing throughout the whole neighbourhood. He then turned and walked towards Allen, to his slight horror. At that instant, he knew he had to escape from this person. The silver-haired teen felt the ground with slight frustration, wanting to move away from his position, but his ankle wouldn't budge no matter how he commanded. He couldn't get his eyes off that cold yet fierce gaze from him. It reminded him of that time, because that particular assassin who wanted to kill him also had the same pair of cold eyes.

"Stop there!" Allen turned and saw some policemen crowding around the two of them. Kanda stopped whatever he was doing and turned to face those troublesome humans that always like to interfere in what he was doing.

"What the hell are you doing, throwing that vending machine into an area where there are so many people?" Allen's eyes widened at that statement, before turning to stare at the silent one standing there who hadn't said anything. He looked so extremely calm, his eyes showing no fear within them. Didn't he consider this as a threat to him? They were police, not just any people!

Kanda stared at them for a few minutes, before he turned to stare at Allen who stared at him in slight bewilderment. He then reached towards his wrist and took it, pulling the silver-haired teen up to his feet. Allen stumbled at the sudden pull, his hands unconsciously reached out for his arm for support. Making sure that he was standing properly, Kanda turned to face the police again.

"That vending machine is heading towards him. Do you think I can just leave that alone?" He responded. Allen's eyes slowly went wide in slight astonishment. The reason why he did that was to...save him?

"Even so, you could just put the vending machine down beside you! If you have the strength to throw it far, why couldn't you use that monstrous strength of yours to lift up the machine and put it down?" Allen could see the slight twitch from raven-haired teen's brows at that remark one of the policemen made. Although he knew that he shouldn't say such rude remarks to the stranger, but it was partially that person's fault as well.

"I didn't think properly at that time. I only know that I need to save this person. That is all," Kanda said. His hand held his wrist once again as he turned around, while Allen released his grip at his arm and followed him.

"Hey you! Where are you going?" The raven-haired swordsman stopped in his tracks for a moment. As Allen wondered what was going on here, Kanda turned around and gave the coldest and murderous glare towards the group of irritating people who asked so many questions.

"Are you all going to stop me?" It shut the mouths of the policemen instantly. Kanda snorted as he turned and started to walk. Allen didn't know what he was exactly doing, and why this person was willing to sacrifice himself to save someone that he didn't even know, but his senses just told him that it was okay to follow this person. At the same time, he would search for Lavi and get out of this horrid place.

They had walked for a distance, passing by crowds of people who were avoiding the scene as well. The piercing sound of gun fire was picked up a few metres away. It looked like the robber was still running away from his pursuers. At this moment, he felt the shocking pain of his injured ankle coming back to him. He had totally forgotten all about it, probably from the moment this raven-haired teen stepped in till now.

Someone ran towards him, bumping him by his shoulder. Allen hissed as he slipped and fell onto the ground, gripping onto his broken ankle which started to hurt like hell. Noticing that he had lost grip of the silver-haired teen, Kanda stopped and turned back.

"You don't need to take me along. Please...go." The last thing that he wanted was to bring burden to others. Allen looked at his ankle, wondering what he should do from now onwards. He shouldn't bring more trouble to that stranger who had saved him earlier. Even so, he doubted he could move as well. He closed his eyes, wondering what he was doing. He shouldn't have come here in the first place.

"Che." Allen's eyes widened. Before he knew it, he felt something gripping his wrist as he was pulled up to his feet again. He winced at the sharp pain the broken ankle brought him, before he turned towards the raven-haired teen who was still here. He frowned, wanting to ask why he was still here instead of running away. Why was he doing this to a stranger that he didn't know? Why was he having such an emotionless expression even though he knew he wasn't like that?

"Let's go." He took his arm and supported him as the two of them walked forward together. Allen looked at the wet ground, his mind going back to the scene at night where he was targeted by someone who was going to kill him. He couldn't brush off that eerie feeling that this young man brought him. Whenever he was with him, it would bring back that horrid memory that he didn't want to remember. He couldn't explain why as well. He grimaced as he walked, but he knew he had to bear with it for now.

"You are finally here." Kanda stopped in his tracks. Allen blinked when he felt that they weren't moving forward, as he looked up to see what was happening. To his slight horror, the robber was standing in front of them. Allen gripped onto the other's arm tightly, trying to chase away the fear which was coming back to him.

"Are you avoiding me...Allen?"

Allen's eyes widened, wishing that the latter did not notice his shock, but smug smirk at his lips showed that he had discovered his little secret. Before he knew what was happening, the robber was already between the two of them, his hand reaching out for his face. Allen released his hands and stumbled backwards, staring fearfully at the one moving towards him. What the hell was going on here? Why did this person know his name?

"Wh-What..." He was at a loss for words.

"As I told you, you have nowhere to run, Allen Walker." Allen winced and gave a muffled cry as his back crashed onto a lamppost. He frowned as the robber slammed his hand against the hard surface of the lamppost, shaking the whole thing violently. He realised that he couldn't move from his position anymore. He was completely trapped.

"I have been spending so much time finding you, Allen. I have never expected you to make use of your powers to that extreme. You should have died together with the rest."

"What...are you talking about?" Allen asked weakly. It was the first time meeting this person, yet why was he saying things that he couldn't understand? Why did he mean by that? What powers? Died together with the rest? What was he talking about?

"What...so it is true that you have lost your memory after stepping into this world. It looks like the Noah power you obtain is too large for you to handle."

"Get out of my way." Allen's eyes went wide as Kanda was just standing behind the robber all of a sudden. He lifted up his leg and kicked him hardly on his chest, sending him flying upwards before crashing down onto a nearby vehicle. The silver-haired teen's legs finally gave way as he slumped down onto the ground, dazed.

"What am I doing?"

"So you are the rumoured Black Assassin. What monstrous strength and good reflexes. I should not underestimate you," The robber laughed as he wiped away the blood at the side of his lips, jumping off from the vehicle which had a large dent on it and landed on the ground. Allen blinked in shock as he turned and stared at the both of them. What was he talking about? Who was the rumoured Black Assassin?

"Geez, no matter where I travel, your face still looks the same, Kanda Yuu. Still as bad-tempered as usual. But..." He smiled as he sprinted towards the raven-haired teen within seconds and spun his body, sending his feet to his face. Allen gasped as the feet crushed the face for seconds, before he flew and crashed onto the side of the road. The robber then spun and landed on his two feet gracefully, staring at the direction where Kanda had fallen.

"Are you dead, Kanda?" He called out, before he broke into laughter. Allen peered at the dump where he had landed, wondering whether he was alright. That movement wasn't any normal human being could make! What exactly was this person? As he thought, he froze momentarily. What if...he was the same person who wanted him dead?

Someone...wants you dead.

There were loud noises coming from the mess, as Kanda slowly stood up from his place, facing the robber metres away. The robber caught a glimpse of the raven-haired swordsman alive, and he couldn't help but smirk in joy. It wouldn't be much fun if that monster died from just a mere free throw. That was just his welcoming gift. He didn't even use much of his strength yet.

"You won't die so easily from this right, Kanda?" He said as he jumped and leaped from vehicle to vehicle, approaching him at a great speed. As he faced the raven-haired swordsman above, he did a somersault, lifting up his whole body with his two hands supported his whole weight on the surface of the car before he dived straight for him. Kanda noticed this, as he lowered his body slightly and tilted to the left, dodging his right leg which was aiming for his shoulder. He bent down, seeing the one sailing above him, before he did a sharp turn around and aimed his fist upwards, punching him deep at his ribs. The robber's eyes widened as he coughed out blood, before he crashed onto the ground with a loud thud. Kanda glared at the fallen figure as he raised his leg in an attempt to end this once and for all, but before he could do anything, a hand shot up and grabbed his leg, stopping him.

"You still can move?" He asked in slight displeasure and annoyance. The robber was sitting there, panting hardly. He gritted his teeth as he gradually stood up. The two of them just stared at each other, none wanted to give way. He then let go of him, as they stepped back, before lunging for each other again.

"I didn't know that Kanda Yuu could be used as a puppet. The Millennium Earl really has his ways of doing things."

"Shut your mouth," Kanda growled as he used his hand to block the robber's attack which was heading for his face. He just grinned in reply.

"Kanda Yuu will definitely not bow down to anyone. No matter how much time has passed, no matter how everything has changed, the only person who will not change is him." He pointed his gun and pulled the trigger, sending a few bullets towards him. Kanda stopped running and hurled himself onto the ground instantly, dodging all of them in seconds. He then got up to his feet quickly, sprinting towards the one who was running away.

"Actually, you are a very emotional person, Kanda. You just do not want to admit it."

"You talk too much."

"Oh really? I shall prove this to you then." Allen's eyes went wide with shock as he felt someone grabbing him by his arm, jabbing him with something at his back. His eyes went wide.

"This time, I will really kill him. One shot will be more than enough to finish him off." The silver-haired teen stiffened at his statement, before staring at the raven-haired teen who was already standing metres away across him. Allen shut his eyes and winced as the robber grabbed his hair, forcing him to submit to him obediently.

"Don't tell me that you have really forgotten everything, Kanda! Everything about this person!" He said as he pushed him forward. Allen's eyes snapped open in shock as his heart gave a hard thump on his chest painfully. What exactly was this stranger talking about? He sounded as though he knew almost everything between the raven-haired teenager and himself. He said as though the two of them actually knew each other all along. Allen slowly peered warily at Kanda who hadn't moved from his position. He couldn't deny that something within him was telling him that he wasn't a complete stranger to him, but he couldn't recall anything in relation to this person.

"What are you talking about?" Kanda answered without showing much of his emotions. The robber just stared at him in slight astonishment, before he faced the sky and roared into laughter.

"This boy is someone whom you are searching all along, someone who is important to you." That pair of dark sapphire eyes widened slightly. Allen's eyes went wider as he held back his breath, wondering whether he was hearing the right things.

You cannot kill this person.

"So, what is your decision, Kanda? As I thought, you are useless without your sword!" Allen frowned.

Sword?

Kanda stayed silent for a moment. He then bent down and took a metal plank which was lying on the ground. He positioned himself and raised his hand with the plank, stepping back, before he pushed his whole body forward and threw the plank straight to the two of them, to their astonishment.

"Your decision is to kill us both? Geez, it's not surprising from you."

"No." The robber blinked. Kanda brushed his fringe away from his face as he smirked in satisfaction.

"That plank...is only heading for you." Allen froze instantly as he saw the plank momentarily passed by his sight by centimetres, before he heard a loud piercing from behind, followed by a horrifying scream ringing through the surrounding. His eyes snapped open, widened in shock and shaking momentarily as he saw beads of blood flying in front of him, feeling something very wet splattering all over his back. The grip at his neck was loosened as the robber collapsed onto the ground. He swallowed nervously, before he turned and stared blankly at the one who had done such a thing. Till now, he could feel the cold feeling of blood trailing down his arm.

"Why...did you do that?" He murmured softly. Kanda walked up to him, silent. The pain at his broken ankle was already forgotten. He couldn't believe that he had actually seen that with his very own eyes.

"Why..." Pieces of memories flashed in his head at the same time.

Why didn't you save him?

"Why did you kill him?"

He is just a human. We are supposed to protect them!

Tears started to flow out of his eyes, streaming down his face silently. The colour of his eyes began to fade before he finally collapsed, unconscious. The raven-haired teen just stared at him for a moment, and just as he was about to reach down towards him, someone took him up in his arms. Kanda blinked as he looked up at the person who was none other than Lavi.

"Yuu." He said. Kanda did not say anything. The redhead made sure that he secured Allen in his arms, before he turned around, deciding to leave the place. The whole street had finally quieted down, with everyone gathered at the side of an area as the policemen were clearing up the place. Almost all the things around here were crushed and destroyed during the intense battle.

"Let me tell you something before I go, Yuu." Lavi did not turn back even as he spoke to him. He still did not say anything.

"You cannot kill this guy. He is...the only person who can save this world. And you...will eventually be linked to his fate." Kanda just stared at him in silence. Lavi then walked out of this place, as he noticed a car which was parked at the roadside. Seeing Bookman sitting inside, the redhead stepped up as he opened the door and put Allen inside gently. The elder turned himself around as he felt the forehead of the silver-haired teen.

"How is he, JiJi?"

"He's alright for now, but why is his shirt soaked with so much blood?" He asked, staring at Lavi. Lavi just sighed as he turned and looked at the mess and ruins in front of him. He then remembered the words that he told the raven-haired teen.

"Even so, this battle sure lasts rather long."

"Someone came?" The Earl repeated the words that Lulubell had just said, staring at her meaningfully. The rest of the members were already assembled at the dining table, listening at their conversation with a little tinge of interest. Rhode was leaning against the table, trying to pick out what the adult was talking to the little cat that he adored. The man just cleared his throat and adjusted his spectacles, rubbing his chin as he was deep into thought.

"What happened, Earl?" Tyki asked, noticing his worried gaze. That man rarely showed that kind of expression, and this puzzled him slightly. Now, was he going to see the other side of Earl, the clown who had never made a single mistake in his life since he was borne? The whole situation was somehow making him very anxious. What if the Millennium Earl really made a mistake? He looked down, his heart getting heavier as his human friends flashed in his mind. Why was he even thinking of them? Wasn't he the one who killed them?

"It seems that someone unexpected has appeared and is intending to disrupt my plan. His identity is unknown, but I know that he comes from the same world as us as well. I'm not sure whether he belongs to their side, but as Lulubell said, he attacked Kanda. This...isn't right."

"It sure isn't. Kanda is once...their people," Rhode replied calmly, stroking her hair slowly.

"We are just making use of them," David said, grinning. Jasdebi snickered in glee.

"After all...they are the foolish ones who have not realised that there is still one more person who is missing." An evil grin slowly appeared on his face. The main doors slowly opened as the raven-haired teen stood by the doors in view leisurely, his feet crossed. He then turned and peered at the leader in front with an emotionless face, before he stepped forward.

"He still looks so scary. Wait, he looks even scarier than before!" David muttered as he hugged his other partner in slight fright. Kanda stopped at where the Earl was and just stared at him, seemed to be waiting for his next instruction. Unlike the others, he did not intent to greet him because he thought it was simply a waste of his time. To Millennium Earl, he was very glad that he behaved like this, because it wouldn't be him if he did not do that.

"What a rude person," Rhode sighed.

"Have you killed that intruder?" The Earl asked.

"Yes," Kanda replied. That firm yet cold gaze still did not change. Though he was rude, he always did not fail to amaze him nonetheless. The Earl nodded his head, pleased with his work.

"Good. Make sure that no one disrupts our plan. And most importantly..." He slowly stood up and reached towards him, his fingers touching the side of his face gently. It gave him a slight cold and painful feeling from his long nails scratching his skin a little. Still, Kanda's expressionless face did not change. The Earl just stared at him with a rather pained expression.

"Please continue to stay this way. Continue to...look at me. Look at me...forever."

Woah long paragraph!

Hello minna-san! I know after you have read this chapter, you must be wondering: "What the hell is going on?" This is where the main story plot will basically start. This plot starts at around the 20th century, but it wasn't exactly that the main characters were starting a life completely different from the ones in the DGM manga. Simply said, this story happens after canon, but it is not totally AU as well, so you all will expect some flashbacks of some spoilers of DGM till the Ark series. There is a difference of time, which means going from the past to the future. It is rather similar to KHR and TRC, as I applied the concepts from there. It's hard to explain but I hope all of you get it *smiles*

Why did the mysterious robber say weird stuffs which Allen could not understand at all? And what has it got to do with Kanda? Look forward to the next chapters! PM me if you are still confused about this ~.~ I will gladly answer all your questions.

And please review! All reviews are greatly appreciated!

~SingingBlues