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Plot: Chapter sixteen!.
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Allen stood in and looked in absolute horror as Kanda attacked Joe reletnlessly. His heart stopped and his vision grayed when Joe managed to take Mugen from Kanda, thinking that he was through. Not Kanda, anyone but Kanda. But no, the fight continued, and Kanda came out the victor. Allen let out a breath he didn't know he was holding and ran over to do damage control on Kanda. In his hand, the dagger pulsed and turned green agian. Allen looked at it before taking some of his frustrations out on it. He slammed it into the wall and broke the blade off the hilt, knowing without it, it wouldn't be able to track.
"Sit down Kanda." Allen said, curt with fear. Because he was so worried, his words came out snappish, angry. And honestly? Allen didn't care. What was he thinking, running into a fight with someone who wasn't even from this world? Allen's mouth tightened as he yanked up Kanda's shirt roughly and assesed the bruises and cuts there. Nothing some minor healing ointments wouldn't fix, but that bruise was going to ache in the morning. Pulling down Kanda's shirt, Allen walked over to the broken dryer, stepping over Joe's body while doing so, and took in the room from there. It was pretty messed up. Random holes were found in the walls, blood spattered the carpet (Kanda's blood? Allen's mouth tightened more.), and there was a dagger blade poking out of the plaster.
All in all, they messed the room up pretty good. Not to mention the dagger sitting on the floor, the broken dryer and dented washer, and the dead body sitting in the middle of the room. No, Allen was not happy with the state of the room, and he was sure the person who owned the building wouldn't be either. Allen looked over at Kanda, who, in classic Kanda style, was trying to get up, and glared. "I said sit down Kanda." Allen hissed, moving over to Joe's body. It was time to do some clean up.
Distantly, Allen lifted up Joe's shirt and checked his body for Lushin's mark. Finally spotting it, Allen took the other dagger and sliced across it, leaving the body to shudder and finally go still. Allen closed his eyes for a bit, out of respect, then opened them and cleaned off the dagger. It wasn't fair to (the real) Joe or his family that their little boy, who had most likely died in an earlier time, had to suffer and be killed here; like this. Allen searched Joe's quickly cooling body for Solen's mark, knowing he could use it to track the others. Where it was placed on one, it would be placed on all. Allen checked Joe's chest and stomach, but no dice. He checked his forehead and face, but nothing was there either.
Finally, Allen checked Joe's arms and hands, finally spotting something on his palm. It was a small S, something that looked like a scar, but Allen knew it would pulse green as soon as he touched it. Solen wasn't the first man to ever mark humans and use them in this world for their own agenda. Allen could name various wars, presidents, and revolutions that happened or been used because someone from their world didn't like what was going on here.
Dreams were a dangerous place to hide secrets and ambitions.
Allen touched Joe's mark and watched as it pulsed green. The message had been sent. Joe was dead. Allen looked up and glared distantly, knowing that Solen would instantly that the first of his cronies was not only dead, but released to roam this world as a spirit for however long it may live. With Lushin's mark crossed out, and Solen's mark touched, it was the ultimate slap in the face. It meant ultimate domination. Though Solen would know it wasn't an easy fight, it was still a fight that was won by a human. When Solen sent some of his cronies out to see if Lushin still had the chrystal, he would know. The war had been declared.
Allen looked over at Kanda and motioned for him to get up. They had to leave, and now. As much as Allen wanted to, they didn't have time for him to bury the body, to give it the proper burial that was only respectful for this poor boy who never got a chance to grow up. More likely he had died at a young age, and that's when Lushin had come to possess his body. Still, it didn't make Allen feel any better. "We have to leave the apartment. It's no longer safe." Allen said dully, still a little scared (therefore talking angrily at Kanda).
Kanda shuddered, getting up was surprisingly hard when you couldn't quite breath correctly. He had to clean this place up, and he had to wash the blood off of Mugen, even if you couldn't tell of the black sword stained ot not. He coughed, closing his eyes to the blood and the body of 'Joe' for a few moments. Then he tried to get up, but Allen didn't seem to be having that. He seemed off, but who wouldn't be. Someone had just died, though he was from a different universe, it must have been hard to react with a dead body lying on the floor. Kanda complied, this time, siting still and leaning on the wall behind him. He winced when he looked up, Joe had slammed into him hard enough to crack the wall; he was...lucky this time. Maybe karma didn't want him dead just yet after all.
He looked back over at Allen, he seemed to be looking for something. The raven furrowed his eyebrows, wondering just what he could be trying to find. It wasn't the crystal, so maybe it had something to do with said lackey's leader. Instead of asking, Kanda just watched, too tired to speak anyways. Allen examined his chest and head and arms and stomach; but apparently that wasn't it. Finally he checked the guy's hands. Kanda was surprise he could find whatever he was looking for, one of Joe's hands were pretty sliced up from Kanda's sword. The thought insured more of a grim feeling than proud of the deed. Kid had been possessed after all, it wasn't...his fault he ended up a lackey for some evil monster from another universe. The other wasn't so beat up, and when Allen touched it, it glowed. Green.
Kanda sighed, of course it glowed,this wouldn't feel like an out take from E.T. if it didn't. Allen seemed to snap back to reality after that, telling him that they had to leave. Well, duh. Kanda could be tried for murder if they didn't. The raven struggled to his feet, but did so without falling back down. He had to make sure there wasn't anything important left in his apartment; nothing that aide the police in tracking him down if the did find out it was him that killed Joe. He knew for certain that his wallet was up there, along with his birth cirtificate among other things in his cabinets. We won't be able to carry it all...
"We have to get upstairs first. I left my wallet and I need to change." He was covered in some other guy's blood, how could he forget about that? Augh, if they were caught what was he going to say? That he got in a fight with a sprinkler filled with Kool-Aide?
Allen nodded and walked up the stairs stiffly, returning only briefly to the door of the laundry room to lock it, and make sure that no one would be able to get into it for a few hours (enough time for Solen to come and knock down the door and do the cleaning up for them). Allen saw a few people walk down the stairs, but he knew what they were seeing. A young boy, walking with a friend who was laughing at something the other said. Leader of the dream world, remember? Some things did come in handy sometimes.
"There will be more deaths." Allen said quietly, as they finally got to Kanda's apartment, where only that morning laughs filled, now empty and...cold, somehow. "More will die Kanda. It wasn't your fault." Allen sighed and sat at the table, looking on as Kanda collected some items important to him. "More than likely, Joe died earlier in his life. Probably when he was a kid, and that's when Lushin possessed his body. He was already dead Kanda, there was nothing you could do but protect yourself." Allen stood and changed, dressing in pants several sizes too large, and a shirt that fit closer to his body than the last one did. They would have to stop somewhere, to buy clothes.
Allen took another look at Kanda, who seemed grim, almost frail, and his fears broke out. Walking up to him, Allen gave him a hug, refusing to let go. "I was scared. I stood there, unable to move, as you fought Lushin. I thought you were going to die." Allen said, his voice muffled by Kanda's chest.
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OKAY GUYS! PAY ATTENTION! THERE IS A SLIGHT UPDATE! Friday (6/26/09), Saturday (6/27/09) and Sunday (6/28/09) you will be getting no updates. None. My reasons are my own, and while I would have Kitty-chan (Neko-Kyoutan) give updates, she doesn't have the story. I have the only copy in my possession. So make this next chapter last, because it's the last one you'll be getting in a while.
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