I'm back with the second chapter. We get to see the very twisted but loving Noahs, the slightly mad Black Order members, and the random guy whose parking space is constantly being invaded by either Cross, Neah or Allen. There are some hints of Neah/Cross but it's nothing serious. I just put it there to have a good laugh. Here we go!

Friends and Foes

Allen had always found his uncle, Neah D. Campbell, to be a very eccentric man. And that was to say the least.

Whenever Allen was arriving at his manor, he always seemed to know, even though Allen never bothered to inform him. It was one of the greatest mysteries in Allen's life. Road claimed that it was because of his 'Allen Complex' that he knew every time when Allen was about to come. Whatever this 'Allen Complex' was, Allen was not too keen on learning.

As always, Neah was waiting for them outside the gate when he and Cross arrived in Cross's unnecessarily flashy car. Neah's smile, which was so similar to Allen's, was perfectly in place and for a moment, he looked rather like a vampire to Allen.

But Neah was not a vampire. At least, Allen did not think so? Wait a second, he wasn't actually a vampire, was he? Allen had never thought of him in that way, but if he thought about it carefully, he could see that being a vampire would actually explain a lot about the man's behavior. He never seemed to do that well in the sun and had a weird obsession with neck biting (If the suspicious marks on Cross's neck whenever he came out of Neah's room was anything to go by).

What the hell, thought Allen, Now I'll never be able to purge that image from my mind. I will be mentally scarred for life. My innocence was nice while it lasted.

Trying to rid himself of these disturbing thoughts and musing over his theory about Neah being a vampire, Allen pulled into the parking lot beside Neah's house. That parking lot did not belong to Neah, and Allen was not exactly sure who it belonged to, but whenever he or Cross came to visit, they always parked in that place. And judging by how Neah's car also seemed to be in that parking lot whenever his or Cross's wasn't, Neah also had the habit of stealing that parking lot. Sometimes Allen felt rather bad for the poor bloke whose parking lot was constantly being stolen by them. But that was only sometimes.

Right now was not one of those times. Allen did not feel the least bit guilty for taking that parking spot. And besides, if that guy ended up finding out, Cross would be the one to be blamed as it was his car. Allen was always up for making Cross suffer.

As soon as Allen got out of the car, he was caught in a bear hug by Neah, which was more of a death grip than anything. Allen heard Cross snort from behind and had a really strong urge to punch him.

"Can't breathe!" he managed to get out.

Neah loosened his grip on Allen. He gave a nod to Cross and then turned back to him with a huge smile.

"Allen! You finally came to visit me! You never come to visit me. Why can't you come here more often?" Neah whined, making Allen sweat-drop.

"I came here just the day before yesterday."

"Still! That's way too long!"

Before Neah could go on a rant about how Allen never came to visit him and did not love him enough, Cross intervened.

"Shut up, you oversized teddy bear. We're not here to visit. We're here for business."

Immediately, Neah's expression morphed into one of seriousness. It was almost mesmerizing to Allen, how Neah's expression could take a 180 degree turn so suddenly.

"Is it about the Order." That was not a question.

But Cross nodded anyway. "Let's go in and then we'll talk. And give me a cigarette, would you? I'll need tons of them if I'm gonna be dealing with you lot."

"Wait, you lot?" said Allen, "You mean, everyone is here?"

"Yes!" Neah nodded enthusiastically, "And guess what that means?"

"Dress up with Road? Jasdevi's concert? Skinn's tantrums? Sheril's complex? The Earl's hugs? The family dinner?"

Neah's smile had been wiped off now. "No. Well, yes. But that's not all. We're doing missions."

Allen raised an eyebrow. "We are?"

Neah nodded. Cross also nodded.

Allen grinned. "Lead the way."

Road Kamelot liked a lot of things. Candies, making fun of people, collecting cute things, playing with Tyki, spending time with the Earl and her family, etc. But most of all, she liked annoying Allen. Allen was so cute, and his reactions when she kissed him was priceless. Sure, her father's crying from the background was a little annoying but Allen's expressions more than made up for it.

As soon as the door of the manor opened and Allen entered, Road hopped off the couch she had been sitting on and rushed to him. Allen saw her coming and prepared to brace himself for impact but Road was faster. She caught him in a death that could only be rivaled by Neah or the Earl, tackled him to the ground and pressed her lips to his.

As expected, Allen tried to fight her off and made some strangled noises before giving up and letting her have her way. Sheril's wails could be heard from the background and Road was sure that Wisely was smirking at them with his signature smug look.

Neah entered the room and immediately had a heart attack.

"No! Allen!" He cried out and started pulling Road away from him. "No! Get off! You're tainting my dearest nephew!"

"What?" came Sheril's enraged cry, "My Road is not at fault! It's you blasted nephew's fault for making my dearest Road like this!"

Neah and Sheril became too engrossed in debating about their oh so precious angels and completely forgot about their original objective, which was to get Road off of Allen.

Finally, Road pulled back and Allen breathed a sigh of relief. Neah and Sheril stopped debating and turned to them. Neah immediately crushed Allen into a hug and Sheril started crying about how his dearest daughter was being tainted and was breaking his heart. Road vaguely registered Allen muttering "what is it? 'Hug Allen to death' day?" before turning to her father.

"But daddy, I love him!" she whined.

"Yeah, some love," Tyki muttered from behind, causing Road to stick out her tongue at him. Yes, very mature, she knows.

"But why? Don't you love me?" said Sheril, still wailing.

Before Road could say anything else, Jasdevi intervened by turning on a rather loud music. Everyone shot them annoyed looks but they were all ignored. Devit and Jasdero turned to Cross and Allen.

"Yo, Cross. Yo, Cross's apprentice," said Devit and Jasdero repeated it along with an extra "Hee~"

Cross and Allen nodded in acknowledgement. Tyki also greeted them and invited Allen to play poker with him later on. Wisely reminded him that he got his ass kicked by Allen every time they played. Tyki responded by saying that this time would be different, which was his response every time Wisely pointed out the fact that Tyki was a sore loser. Skinn greeted Cross and Allen before going back to his dessert. Lulu Bell, as always, was ignoring everyone.

There was only one thing missing. The Earl.

Just as Road was about to point that out, the Earl entered the room, skipping, with his umbrella named Lero swinging in his hand.

Road abandoned everyone and skipped towards the Earl. "Millenie~" she cried out as she jumped and hugged him.

"Ah, Road! I missed you! All of you, my dear family! How have you been?~"

The headquarters of the Black Order was an ominous place.

It distinctly gave the impression that something dark and dangerous was lurking about. It looked like a palace that belonged to Count Dracula or something. In order to get in, you had to climb a cliff, unless you had been there long enough to know that there was a water route down below. On the inside, it was slightly less threatening, but it was goddamn maze that sometimes put the maze runners to shame, so it kind of cut out all the good points.

Lenalee Lee loved the place.

Don't get her wrong, she didn't love it because of it's menacing nature. She loved it because her brother was here and so were her friends. Lenalee's world resolved around these people, she loved them with all her heart. They were the nicest people ever, and Lenalee herself was nothing short of a saint.

If she could forget that this place was a deadly assassination agency which gave out orders to kill people in cold blood, which she did quite often, it almost seemed like a nice, cozy home.

Yes, Lenalee regarded this dark, ominous, haunted maze of a place as her home.

Currently, she was taking coffee to the science division of the Black Order, where her brother was. Although Lenalee was a deadly assassin who killed people with no hesitation whatsoever, she rather enjoyed bringing coffee to the sleep deprived members of the science division. Sometimes, her friends wondered which was her true personality, the sweet saint who helped people in need, or the devil who could literally kill people with the heel of her boots.

Lenalee opened the door and slipped in. As expected, her brother was lying asleep among a bunch of papers while all the other members were working their asses off. Lenalee smiled at the scene.

"Brother, I brought coffee," she said in an attempt to wake him up. When he did not, Lenalee sighed. Looked like drastic measures had to be taken. She placed the tray on a table and leaned towards her brother.

"Brother~ I found a boyfriend~" she whispered in a sing-song voice, and immediately got the desired reaction.

Faster than the eye could follow, Komui Lee jumped up from his position with a drill in his hand, which no one knew how he had gotten, and started shouted at such a high pitch voice that Lenalee thought her eardrums would burst, if his wind pipe didn't burst first.

"No! My dear Lenalee! How could you do this to me? Who is this person? I will skin him alive! I will make sure-"

Lenalee giggled. "Relax, brother. I don't have a boyfriend. I just said that to wake you up."

Komui breathed a sigh of relief before his eyes lit up. "Lenalee, You brought coffee for your dear brother! Oh I am so happy! You are a saint, my sweet, sweet Lenalee~"

Lenalee sighed. Sure, she secretly liked being smothered by her brother but he always went a tad too far.

"Yes, I did," she turned to everyone in the room, "Everyone, I brought coffee!"

Everybody immediately abandoned their work and took a cup for themselves, all while showering Lenalee with compliments and praises, all of which Lenalee accepted with a smile. Yes, she really did love this place a lot. As well as the people in it.

As soon as Komui had finished his coffee, his expression morphed into one of seriousness. "Lenalee," he said, in a tone that meant business.

Lenalee immediately grew worried. Komui only ever used that tone when something was wrong. Really, really wrong. Lenalee did not like hearing that tone of his. She hated it more than Kanda's hate for Lavi, and that was saying something.

"What is it?" She asked, not really wanting to know the answer.

"You, Lavi, Kanda," said Komui, "You have a new mission."

Cut, cut, cut! The Noahs and the Order have both made an appearance. I lied when I said that we'll see the guy whose parking lot is always stolen, he did not make an appearance, but he was only mentioned. Also, that guy isn't really just a random person. We'll get to know who he is later on. He will actually have a rather important part in the story. Next chapter, the missions start. So you better get excited!