Caretaker

Hard Candy

"Argh! You people-"

"Calm down, boy. You still have a long way to go for love," Tyki says whilst patting the blond's back.

The sweet smell of candy fills her nose. Shelves and shelves of the sugary substances fill the store with bright colours and products. She stands near one of the rows of candy as her companion grabs multiple amounts which will cost a fortune.

"Road, I don't understand why you need copious amounts of candy; there's really no point in buying four of each kind in here," Alli states gobsmacked. Her Noah companion only smiles cheerfully as she grabs more candy and stuffs them in a bag.

"There's one thing you ought to know, Alli. There's never enough candy in the world that can satisfy me," Road says as she points her finger upward. Alli rolls her eyes. They reach the front counter with Road's candy, along with a few for Alli herself.

"That adds up to twenty pounds please," the counterman says with a smile. Alli is dumbfounded by the price. She looks over to Road as she pulls out her wallet.

"You better make sure you don't eat all this candy fast, because you aren't getting any for a week," Alli informs as she hands the man her money. Road smiles happily as the man hands her her sack of candy, as well as Alli who receives her fair share. As they exit the store, Alli senses exorcists, innocence to be exact, nearby. She ignores it; not wanting to cause any commotion in the town.

"Mm, Alli try this-" Road then throws a piece of candy in Alli's mouth as she's about to answer the girl's question. The sourness from the hard candy makes Alli's lips cringe. Saliva starts to pour over the candy as her taste buds explode with sweetness.

"Never do that again," she stammers as she tries to rid the sour taste from her mouth. Road frowns.

"You don't like sour candy? It's the best kind out there!" she exclaims with a confused expression.

"I only enjoy hard candy that has the flavour of spearmint or wintergreen," Alli states blandly. Road shrugs as they continue to walk. "Maybe now you won't have to steal from Matt's vault for some time."

"Oh you know I will anyways," Road says with her cheeky grin. Alli snorts.

"Only you," she mumbles.

:+:

"Do you hear something?" Road asks suddenly. The girls stop in their tracks as Road starts to look in the other direction. Alli hears something as well as sees something in the distance. An explosion occurs instantly as the girls notice a person fly into the air.

"They're exorcists. I bet some akuma are trying to gather an innocence user and they're trying to stop them," All states nonchalantly. Road starts to stare at it and displays a look of want. "You are not going to join them."

"But I'm so bored, and it's our day off!" Road exclaims. "Please! I never get to anything fun with you; give me this one chance!"

Alli stares at her companion with dismay. "All right," she says.

"Yes! Come on!" Road grabs onto Alli's arm as they start to run towards the explosion. They reach to debris filled area with haste as Road begins to join the akuma's in attack. Alli stands there impatiently, waiting for her friend to hurry her killing. She's suddenly attacked by a brute force. She crashes into one of the near buildings. Alli lifts her head to see who the perpetrator was. She narrows her eyes in disgust as she notices who it is.

"Libya," she seethes as she lifts herself from the crater in the wall. The red-haired exorcist mimics Alli's expression.

"Caretaker," she groans with distaste. "I see you're still alive."

"I see you're still a brute, but we can't all change," Alli snaps back to her foe. Libya merely snorts in anger.

"Why are you here?" she asks.

"Isn't it obvious? I'm here helping with the akuma," Alli answers bluntly. Libya narrows her eyes.

"You're lying."

"Am not!"

"Are too, and you know it!" Alli glares towards Libya in frustration. She knows her opponent is right, she just didn't want to admit it. Alli then hears Road cry in fear. She quickly turns towards her friend as she too gasps in fear.

Road's sack of candy is falling to its doom.

That cost a fortune! Alli quickly jumps onto the top of the building she collapsed into. Libya hasn't a clue what the Noah is doing, but pursues the chase as well. The sack is in Alli's sight as she thrusts herself forward to grab it. Her leg is suddenly grasped and the sack falls in front of Alli. She looks down to the perpetrator to find it was Libya. She narrows her eyes in anger. Alli kicks the exorcist away as she scrambles about to jump off the building. Whilst doing to, Libya tries to slice the golden-haired girl into pieces. Alli merely escapes her deathly fate as she falls to the ground to grab the sack of treats.

"Why do you care about a stupid sack of candy!" Libya shouts to Alli whilst she falls.

"Because it cost me a lot of pounds!" Alli shouts back. Her hand is close to the bag. She reaches out. Her hand is about to grasp it-

Smack!

Alli crashes into another building. She glares at the person who attacked her. Lavi stands there triumphantly whilst swirling his hammer. He gives her this look of playfulness as Alli glares at him in pure anger.

She's suddenly in front of him, ready to punch his face, when she knees him instead. She punches underneath his chin then round house kicks him across the street. She huffs then walks over to Road.

"Hey!" Alli shouts to her companion. The girl looks down. "Get your arse over here, we're leaving!"

"But it was just getting fun!" Road complains. Alli gives her the look of anger. The purple-haired girl quickly jumps down from the akuma she was sitting on and runs over to her friend. They quickly leave as the exorcists start to kill the akuma.

:+:

"I can't believe I lost my candy," Road sighs as they enter the mansion. The girls open the door and find Tyki and Matt standing there. Matt seems worried; Tyki is laughing at his misery. Matt then notices the girls when they enter the entry.

"Where have you been!" Matt realizes he said that a bit too worriedly, so he coughs whilst lowering his voice. "I mean, where have you been, I'm sure you haven't been assigned a mission for awhile."

Alli laughs. "It's all right, Matt. I've been with Road for the day."

"That's why you're covered in rubble," Tyki mumbles to himself. "Where did you guys go? The saw mill?"

"No, we went to get me candy!" Road exclaims happily, but then frowns as to what happened to it. "Then I lost it during a fight with exorcists."

"I wouldn't say that," Alli says. She reaches into her pocket and pulls out the sack that she tried so hard to get. "I'm sure you'd enjoy this, even if the candy's a bit broken."

Road squeals in delight as she snatches the bag from Alli. "Thank you so much!" she exclaims. Tyki laughs.

"You're too nice," he states whilst puffing smoke from his lips. Alli shrugs.

"It cost a fortune; I'm not wasting my money on a sack of candy just to let it disappear into pieces," she says whilst crossing her arms.

Ah, I realize the title is based off a very bad movie. Oh well! Hope you enjoyed this chapter, because it sure as hell took forever to edit. It's hard trying to edit a filler chapter, when you just want to get to the good stuff. Wondering about the innocence bow? Find out in the chapter chapter!

Disclaimer: I don't own DGM, Hoshino does~ Nor do I own Matt Kamelot, Wanderer does~

Claimer: Anything not mentioned in DGM, belong to me.