Allen was lost.
First, Terry, Moa and Aussie leave him after the plane touches down in their town. Then, he finds a mysterious envelope in his suitcase containing a check for two hundred thousand dollars and a note to find a house. He ended up getting lost, after he was told by the Order that they will cover the costs for food only because of limited resources.
Allen learned a bit more about the town earlier, and honestly, he didn't know what to think. One tenth of the population were Dolls, and every time he met one, his cursed eye saw the sad soul behind it. There were no chains connecting the souls, and the souls were free to be at peace whenever either the soul was at rest, or when the Noah and Exorcists allow them peace, with weapons or a simple touch.
About a fourth of the townspeople were just ordinary people who wish to help out the long war with the Duke of Madness. Many of them have seen loved ones die and follow the Earl instead of the Duke. Several are businessmen and women who run small or large businesses throughout the world. While the Exorcists are off duty, they help out in the town.
The other half of the town are the Noah, Exorcists, Finders, scientists, and Howard Link. Some of them worked with shadow organizations, but quit for various reasons. Many of the finders want to help out, so the Earl gives them easy jobs to do in the town, like managing the returning Exorcists and helping out with construction, banking, and various other jobs.
Now, a few days have passed since the boy was in the town. He was able to rent a nice small house, but he had a roommate. He never really saw much of him, and the only thing he knew about him was that his dad was a scientist who died in an Akuma attack. Allen decided to walk around the town, hoping not to get lost again. Timcanpi was at the Black Order office being examined by the head scientist, Komui Lee.
Walking down a shady street, Allen manages to run into a wall when he hears footsteps. Falling to the ground in a grunt, the boy turns around, to see the mysterious roommate. The roommate has messy brown hair, blue eyes, and a wolfish look to him. The young man is not wearing a shirt, and Allen sees that the guy trains quite a bit. Jake has rippling muscles that many of this generation seem to lose quite easily. He wears shorts, even though its a bit chilly.
"You the beansprout Ter told me to find so he 'doesn't go into some random place that leads nowhere again?'" the older teen asks.
"It's Allen, and the train was completely not my fault!" the younger replies.
"Just follow me."
With that, the duo walk to the two story building that houses the Black Order. The building has very few windows and a door that now checks to see if a person is good or evil. Allen still remembers when Terry took him on a short trip to the old HQ, where he soon got them lost everywhere. The only thing he heard from Terry was about how some guy named Kanda is probablgoing to kill him.
Jake soon leaves the boy, heading for who knows where. Walking up to the seven foot door, Allen knocks. The door's handle, a tiki statue, suddenly springs to life.
"Ehm, hello? I am Cross Marian's apprentice. Terry sent me a message to come here..." Allen says slowly.
"I will scan you to see if you are human, Doll, or Akuma!" the small statue states.
The statue's eyes suddenly pop out as lazed like beams hit the boy. Allen oddly doesn't feel anything, and wonders what the strange door handle is.
"Your out! The pentagram is the symbol of an Akuma! He's out!" the statue yells.
Allen looks scared as the statue says he's an Akuma. Being cursed by your Akuma father is much different from being an Akuma, for goodness sake!
Unbeknownst to Allen, Terry is eating in the cafeteria. She after all needs to eat more than him because of the place where her Innocence is. Komui and Lenalee were in the control room on the second floor.
"Brother, should we send Kanda out?" Lenalee asks.
"Sure," Komui says. He turns to the microphone that connects to the building. Drinking his coffee, he begins speaking, "It seems that we may have an Akuma right outside. Can Kanda or any other Exorcists check the front door?" He looks at the computer monitor near him. "The Akuma seems to have white hair. Terry, is it your brother playing another trick?"
Kanda was quite angry. He waited a whole month to train with the only one that he trusts, and she only told him that that Moyashi got them lost. Sadly, he met the short kid named Allen a year ago. His Master wanted to meet Marian Cross to talk about something that happened a few years ago, and something about the black and gray Golem Wombat has. He fought the kid one on one and the idiot kept loosing to him. Now, he had a chance to attack him again, not really caring if he is an Akuma or not.
Kanda jumps off of the roof and lands next to the Moyashi. Allen activates his Innocence as Kanda unsheathed Mugen.
"Tch, it looks like you became an Akuma."
"Wait, let me explain!" Allen yells trying to dodge Kanda's attacks.
Kanda fakes a left strike, and hits the poor boy's Innocence arm. Allen has his Innocence invoked at the time, the blade only cuts into the white arm. Allen looks alarmed as Kanda grins.
"Looks like your arm might explode."
"It won't. I am an Exorcist and Terry told me to come here! I got lost so my roommate named Jake showed me around!"
Out of nowhere, a clipboard and fist hit Kanda. He makes an annoyed sound as the two girls behind the small attack look at him annoyed. Another boy is right next to the white haired girl. Aussie looks at Allen sheepishly, while the girls are in a glaring battle with Kanda, which he then loses.
The girls pull Allen by both his arms into the door which is opened as the statue allows them entrance into the building. The grumpy Kanda follows after them. His long black hair is tied up by a rubber band that he borrowed from Komui's mess of a desk. A day ago, the Dolls in Italy revealed information to the Order about a doll that sings. The Order sent in a few Finders to check it out, and the group sent located the doll. The group sent a message to send Exorcists to help retrieve the Innocence. Komui decided to try out the new kid, Terry, and Kanda. Yet, he was not surprised things went wrong immediately.
Ever since two years ago, since the 'Karma Incident,' he has tried making Terry and all those involved have a better mood. The only thing that seemed to work was turning the girl into a cat. Yet, he never knew how Terry felt about the Incident. It was part of the reason why he became head of the scientists, to make sure 'that Incident' would never happen.
The three needed for the mission entered. Kanda and Allen were in a serious glaring competition, and Terry was looking out of the meeting room's windows. This was one thing that Komui noticed. She never liked the indoors, and wanted to stay with the Earl. Terry took the window seat, while the boys stayed far away from each other.
"It's good to see you three are working well with each other! We are sending you guys on a mission to Italy! Rooms will be payed for by the Noah, food and medical care by us, and your benefactors will pay for anything else! Just read up on the information while you are flying out!" Komui excitedly exclaims. He didn't like sending children on missions, but it was part of the deal with the Millennium Earl and his clan. "Oh, and here is a uniform for you, Allen Walker! Make sure to take care of Terry and make sure that you all stay together and safe!"
With that, the group is sent to a black car. A young man in a robe is sitting in the passenger side. Terry holds a backpack containing a first aid kit and all of the information for the mission.
"So, who's driving?" Allen asks.
"Tch, I have my license, short-stack," Kanda replies.
"Kanda..." Terry whispers, before climbing into the back seat. Allen crawls in on the other side, and the car immediately speeds off as Allen is buckling up.
Half a day later, the plane touches down. Allen is still quite surprised that the airplane he traveled on twice belongs to Terry and the Noah clan. Kanda, Terry and the finder Toma start running, and Allen follows after them. All four land on a train that is moving, with Kanda checking Terry to make sure she is all right. The four and two golems get on the train and show the surprised ticket checker the Exorcist symbol on Allen' and Kanda's uniforms. The checker shows them to their first class cabin.
"The BO helps out in many areas, and since they joined up with the Noah clam, more areas around the world allow us to help out. The general public believes the Akuma to be mysterious entities that kills anything and everything. Terry told us that the Akuma are the souls of the deceased that were brought back by the Duke," Toma explains to the boy. Toma leaves the cabin to play with his cards again.
A time later, the group move out to the City of Mater. Terry told them a bit about the city, about how a mysterious doll guards the town, and how it sings. She also told them about how the city was abandoned, a place forsaken by God.
Allen and Terry's cursed eyes light up once they see the Akuma. Terry's other eye becomes white with blue circles as the iris.
"I'm going after the Akuma, make sure Teresa stay safe!" Allen yells to Kanda.
"Tch," Kanda replies. "I ain't protecting you, sprout. Mother, lets get this doll and let that idiot fight."
"I will watch over Master Walker," Toma replies as he heads after the boy.
Terry and Kanda begin running to the doll, while Allen goes after the Akuma nearby. The duo see the diamond shaped forcefields surrounding the doll. Kanda approached the dying Finder nearby, and asks for the password.
"Have...hope...Have...hope..." the finder choked out as he passed away.
The two open the forcefield and Kanda carries both the doll and the little girl. The girl looks at Terry and seems surprised, unbeknownst to Kanda. Terry raises a finger to her lips to let the girl know that she knows, because of her gifted right eye.
"Let us take the Innocence and we will be done," Kanda replies.
"Sir Kanda," Toma says, speaking through Kanda's golem.
"Yes?"
"I lost Master Walker after the Akuma attacked him," Toma replies.
"Bring his golem back, it may help us know what we are dealing with."
Unknown to Kanda, Terry and the two were whispering.
"You have been gone for two and a half years, Terry. I miss singing with you..." the girl, or as Terry knows her as, the doll of Mater, Lala whispered.
"I'm sorry, but if I stayed, I would probably ate the land dry. I need to eat quite a bit. My teacher also came to pick me up, so I waited until someone found out about you two..." Terry says
"You have...cough...grown, Terry," Guzol weakly said.
"I want Guzol to listen to me sing before he leaves..." Lala whispers.
"Maybe we should use the tunnels? My allies and the Akuma won't find us..." Terry shyly whispers.
"I do know a few places. Follow me..."
The three open a section of the floor and enter the stairs going into the underground area.
Teresa flashes back to when she met them:
A smaller, overdressed girl staggers to the town she saw in front of her. Her belly rumbling, she notices a full berry bush. It didn't matter if it was poisonous or not, her Innocence often killed off many poisons and allowed her to eat anything food related. This bush happened to be a berry bush native to Italy.
Sitting near the bush, she takes each one and begins eating the berries at a near inhuman speed. She stops as she hears a noise behind her.
"Hey, that's Guzol's favorite bush!" a small girl yells, running at the slightly smaller girl.
Terry attempted to run, but ended up tripping on a rock. She falls over and attempts to stand up. A shadow stands over her, and she sees a wrinkled hand and arm touch her back. She yelped, and tried to get away from the offending limb.
"Calm, kiddo. If you are hungry, I can take you to a larger berry bush area," the older man replies.
A while later, the man is surprised to see that the berry bushes were almost gone. He and the doll tell her their story and about how Guzol may live for a while longer.
Now, Terry understands why she came here again. Guzol was going to pass away soon.
"Lala, can you sing for us? One last time?" Terry asks.
"Only if you sing with me. You have a good singing voice," Lala replies.
The two begin singing. Allen, who ends up lost after finding Kanda and Toma, hears the singing. He follows the voices, and eventually finds his way down towards the lullaby. He is slightly injured, yet he carries the finder and jerk known as Kanda.
"Teresa?" he asks, as he sees her sitting next to the doll and a ragged old man.
The doll stands up and begins throwing the pillars in the area. Allen attempts to run around, as Terry doesn't feel like telling Lala that Allen isn't the enemy. Allen sets the injured down and catches another pillar. He manages to use the pillar to destroy the other pillars in the area.
"Lala, these are the people I came with. I told you I would come back someday..." Terry tells the doll.
"Guzol is going to pass soon. I have been with him since he was ten. Its been seventy years, and I can tell he is about to die. I have tried to make his time here good. I have been in this city for six hundred years, and he was the only one to want to hear me sing," Lala explains." I wish to be with him when he passes away!"
"Tch, we don't have enough time!" Kanda yells, attempting to stand up.
Terry is standing up at this point, next to Allen. Allen is sitting down, resting from the battle with the level two. Allen stands up and walks towards the doll. He looks sadly at the doll, before speaking.
"I will let you sing, even if I have to defeat the Akuma!" He exclaims. "That, and Terry knows you, too..." he whispers that part.
Lala and Guzol smile at the boy. Suddenly, a white clawed finger strikes through both of them, surprising clearly shown on the disfigured old man. Lala becomes what she originally was, a child-sized doll.
Kanda and Toma feel the anger from both white haired young teens nd understand what is happening. A dark aura is felt, and the Akuma that holds the Innocence, has a happy expression.
"I have the Innocence!"
The dark aura comes from both of the gray haired youths. The Innocence in Allen's arm begins changing and molding, forming into something mysterious. With Teresa, her chest glows bright green, her Innocence heart causing her body to become a fire green color. Allen and Terry rush at the Akuma.
"Give back the Innocence!" both yell at once.
Terry hits the Akuma with her Innocence infused body. Allen's arm, a cannon by now, hits the Akuma with strange white beams. Terry begins coughing up blood, deactivating her Innocence. Allen is still trying to defeat the Akuma.
"You can't defeat me if I am sand!"
The Akuma becomes a sandlike substance and swallows Allen.
"Master Walker!"
"He's still alive. I can feel his bloodlust. It's Terry I'm more worried about!" Kanda says.
The Akuma begins laughing, and attempts to stab the boy from within him. A strange glowing comes from the Akuma, and the sand skin is destroyed. Allen coughs up a bit of blood, and as the Akuma strikes the unsuspecting boy, a katana stops the attack.
"I may hate you, but I hate people who break promises more! Destroy this damned Akuma and make Mother happy! Stop laying around and defeat this Akuma!" Kanda yells at the tired boy.
"I was just catching my breath," Allen explains.
"Tch, you and your excuses!"
Terry joins the two in the battle. All three stand ready to defeat the Akuma.
"Innocence Invoke!" all three yell.
All three attack the Akuma full force. Terry strikes through the Akuma's chest. Kanda slashes at the Akuma's head. Allen shoots his arm gun at the demon. An explosion sounds and all three fall to the ground. Teresa holds the Innocence, for she grabbed it out of the Akuma's grasp. Standing up on shaky legs, the girl walks towards the doll and Guzol. Allen slowly follows her, helping her out as much as he can. The two check on the old man, and seeing that he still clings to life, both children place the Innocence in Lala.
"Do...do...yo...ant...me to sing, human?" Lala, no, the doll asks.
"Please...a...lull...by," Guzol chokes out.
"I will sing for the human now..."
A few days pass, and Terry is sleeping. Her head lays on Allen's lap, and both are completely out of it. Kanda and Toma brought them food to eat, while also letting Komui, Link, and the Noah clan know what happened. Arriving at the structure, Kanda secret records the song, not caring or realizing that he also caught Terry sleeping on Allen's lap.
The song stops, and Terry wakes up. She and Allen get up and walk towards the two motionless figures. Teresa walks towards the doll, with Allen trailing behind her.
"Thank you, for keeping my promise. And Teresa, please continue si..." Lala could not finish the sentence as she dropped for good.