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Plot: Oh God, has it really been two years for Chapter 27? Heh...I'm sorry.

"Allen, we have to keep moving." He said eventually. Immediately he wished that he hadn't. The regret wasn't that he had helped, but that his help had sounded wrong. It was not the right thing to say, if he were in Allen's place he would be insanely pissed at those words. Kanda's temper was teetering on the edge of nothing, and this was included toward himself as well. Turning his head toward the wall he scowled a moment, the stench of blood growing stronger the longer that they stayed in this room. As much as he hated his statement, he was right. Another one dead, another life lost, and they were to blame. No longer were they together simply because they wanted to be. Of course, Kanda wanted to be! He had had that inner battle what seemed ages ago. He would protect Allen with his life whether he wanted and needed him to or not.

They were together as accomplices in two murders that thankfully had little to nothing in common. Unfortunately, there was a common factor... them being there. "You can't dwell on it, on her." His voice was conflicted, but gentle enough. Gentle, wasn't something that Yuu Kanda did well at all, but the fact that he was trying was enough to make anyone's jaw hang ajar. It seemed that he never got used to the feeling either, he always felt like a fool afterward. "You know that it was either you or her, and no matter what you're thinking right now you made the right choice." It was selfish, he was selfish. He wouldn't have cared if Allen was the antagonist in the big picture, he didn't care if he was crazy at the end of things -and if he was then Kanda had an identical sickness- He didn't care about anything but Allen, and this time, Allen had come out of this alive. He would go on to see another day, which was nothing but good news to Kanda Yuu.

The nurse in the doorway watched with unblinking eyes at the two in the little room. The glass was everywhere; the blood would be a pain to get off of the floor. But she would be a fool to think for a moment that this was the first time that a body had gone missing in a hospital. Especially this hospital; which wasn't at all like your normal facility. "You boys should get cleaned up." A giggle, a sound that was wild, insane, but still held a ring of childishness that made Kanda shudder. "I'll take care of this mess here."

Take care of this mess here? Allen blinked and looked up, not knowing how he got where he was or what he was doing. All he could think about was the dots that would eventually connect back to Kanda, back to the random kid who didn't know what a toilet was in this world. It must have been strange, on the outside looking in. Here comes this kid that no one knew, that wasn't even from this world, and with him comes all the problems. Two deaths—two meaningless deaths, and for what? For someone who was once king, but is no longer? Was it really worth it? Allen buried his head into Kanda's chest, closing his eyes and wishing the world around him away.

All he wanted to do was come and visit Mr. Kanda in his world.

Allen sighed and got up, grabbing Kanda's hand in his and looking up at him. They had made it this far. With seven more lackeys to go, they could make it…hopefully. Unfortunately for Allen, in all his desperate searching, he couldn't find a piece of the sholengofe. Where it was, no one would know. But that was a piece that they needed to get out of here, and back into some normalcy. Allen smiled (thought it was more of a twitch of his lips than a smile). What was normal anyway? Long gone were the days of the pancake fight and the gentle kiss. Now they were in a world where they were fighting for their lives.

"K-Kanda?" Allen's voice rang out, his eyes still attached to the other's face. "We're going to be okay. We're going to make it through this…right?" Though he had just spoken the words to himself, he needed some sort of reassurance, something that would tell him that he was doing the right thing in dragging some innocent lives into the battle of saving him. Allen sighed and looked down at his shirt and pants, noting that they and his hands and arms were covered in blood, the blood ringing up the accusation of a murderer, taking some child's life before they even got the chance to live.

But was he the thief, or was Solen?

"We need to get cleaned up and leave before Solen comes here. We need to get some sleep before anything happens." His voice went from needing reassurance to dead, his body and mind drained as he could barely keep one foot in front of the other…

"We're going to be okay. We're going to make it through this." Reassurance was easy, and even then Kanda was sure that Allen was saying these words aloud because he wanted to hear them from himself. The taller didn't need to question how that felt, he knew what it was like to be conflicted, hell recently he was constantly such. Kanda's eyes fell on white hair as the other looked down at the blood on his hands, on his clothes. Sweeping his bangs away he kissed his forehead, before getting to his feet again.

When Allen rose, he was no longer searching for anything, his voice had lost any sort of hope that it held before. Eyes half lidded in sadness, sadness for the both of them, for their situation, the raven agreed. Both of his statements were true; and now they had both repeated them without any semblance of getting up and starting toward a seemingly endless goal once again. Taking the initiative, Kanda looked over at the nurse, partially angry that she was still there. That she had done nothing since leading him here.

Why had she known where Allen was anyways? It was beginning to irk him, because her standpoint on all of this was not that of your average by stander. She had something to do with this mess, and damn it he was tired of more and more people getting involved and being able to do nothing in the long run. It was as if any knowledge that these strangers had was thrown upon Allen's shoulders, on his as well, and they were told to suck it up and stay alive.

She watched the scene, her beady eyes aglow. They were such an interesting pair. A foil, two opposites thrown into something that they knew that couldn't get out of. Ah, it was such a shame that they weren't truly allies of the Noah. They had something that they wanted; or, they would have it in time. Letting the two have their moment, their reunion after the mess that little Allen had made. How she wanted to point out that blood and bodies were things that ended up on the floor so very often. In the drone of the night, they would have at least until morning to worry about the mess made here. But if they wanted to worry their pretty little heads off over a single death, then by all means they could take their time.

It wasn't often that she was given the chance to see two beautiful people share expressions, emotions and words whilst in a dire circumstance. It was like watching a movie or reading a book; something exciting and dramatic was unfolding before her! She could have squeaked from the enjoyment of it all, wanted so badly to reach out and touch her favorite characters in her latest play. Of the two, she had to admit that the smaller was far more handsome, and would serve to be her favorite protagonist. Oh how she felt for him! How she wanted to be the one to wipe his tears and tell him that it was all okay, Road would make sure that this mess was gone and he had nothing to worry about whilst he slept.

That role was already taken, damn that Kanda Yuu.

Couldn't she get rid of him and take his place? Couldn't she be the girl that sweeps in and steals the prince's heart? She wouldn't mind if once he went home she would be alone; it would be like taking a role in a movie and playing it to the end. Completely exhilarating, she could have her fun with Allen and still keep her life and job here with Tikki and the Noah. But... that wasn't how it worked for the lead role's lover and she knew. Kanda probably wouldn't make it, which meant that she would end up dead in his place. It simply wasn't fair.

Tikki always told her, that it was best if she separated her fantasies from reality anyways. She assumed this was what he meant. Allen and Kanda, were not true allies of the Noah to begin with, she had to remember that if she was going to keep to her own role in the madness. She and the others would be the victors, and to do that she would have to betray the boy that she had instantly fallen for. If she didn't keep that in mind? She would be cut out of the story before it truly began.

As she returned to reality, she grew quite depressed. Anger was present on her features for the first time since she had met either of the two standing in front of her. "Solen will not come here, it's a promise I can keep for the night." She said, not caring whether she was believed or not. Not caring whether they stayed or not, not wanting to help because she wasn't allowed to play. "Your room is number three thousand seventy." Her tone was lifeless, and she flicked through her tablet and papers slowly, those slim gray fingers looked almost as dead as she did.

"I assume that you'll need help getting there?" Teasing, it was far too soon to tease; there was a body on the floor! They had both demonstrated their ability to navigate the hospital, and they had both failed the test miserably. It wasn't a maze; it was simply enormous; they wouldn't know that their room was two floors up from where they stood, down four hallways and to the left. Sighing, and tapping her head with a pen, she stepped back. "Follow me unless you want to stay here."

Kanda didn't want to stay in this hospital, but where else could they go? Glancing over at Allen, he knew that the other was dead on his feet. They had nowhere to run, and at this moment in time, this was their best option. He knew that remaining here made them sitting ducks; he knew that even if this girl could promise that Solen wouldn't come here tonight he surely would tomorrow. He would rush in with the chips stacked against them, and with a plan. 'We need a fucking plan.' But how could they make one of those? Solen was one of the greatest enigmas of all time, and the people that he chose to send after them were random. There wasn't a way in the world for them to be prepared.

He needed to know more, and perhaps... this nurse could help them. "Fine, but I have questions for you." Damn it. "Damn it." He didn't want to talk to her. Even so, he decided to keep that knowledge to himself. Besides, if he had voiced it, he would probably find that she didn't want to talk to her either. Her mood swing had been sudden, and he couldn't for the life of him put and finger on why she would go from a bubbly, creepy little nurse to something that seemed more dead than alive.

For once, it couldn't have been something that he said. Imagine that. "What's your name anyways? You seem to know us already..." This didn't sit well with Kanda in the least. Her eyes narrowed at him immediately after he asked the question, but lit when they fell on Allen. Lit and then swelled with compassion; god it was awful, as gray as she was she was more expressive than the bean sprout was. He could read her as one read a child, opposed to the understanding he had with Allen. "I'm Ullacara Issevona Aedrandri" She said with a smile, and then turned on her heel and began walking away.

"But you can call me Road."

Her name wasn't from this world.

Damn it, damn it all to hell.

Now he definitely needed to know what she had to do with all of this, because if his instincts could tell him anything it was that this wild eyed girl was dangerous. Whether she was trustworthy or not, well, no one was trustworthy anymore.

There was something about this girl…how she seemed to know things that no one should know that set Allen on edge. Unfortunately, his brain was too tired to really think about where this girl could have come from or what he was going to do about her. What questions he was going to ask her. He was truly thankful for a bed and for a promise that Solen wasn't going to intrude on this sanctuary. They could sleep peacefully for tonight. Perhaps one night was all Allen needed to get his head on straight. Allen leaned into Kanda as he walked to the room, looking back at Road and smiling at her as she smiled at him. She was nice enough, to keep them save for the night.

He tipped his head up to Kanda and spared him a confused look, wondering what kind of questions he could have for Road. There were just some things that shouldn't be questioned, and the kindness of a stranger had to be one of those things. There must have been something between those two that Allen had missed while he was in that…in that room with…

Allen shuddered. Was there something he was missing? Of course he knew that Solen would send his lackeys to come and get them, to kill them, but it didn't make sense that they could somehow stop Solen himself from coming and finishing the job. But…maybe they could. Allen's head throbbed and his world spun, and he put a hand to his head. He was so tired…so damn tired.

As soon as they made it to the room, Allen crawled into bed, and was out like a light before anymore thoughts could pass through his head.

Alright, so it seems that it's been two years since we've updated this story. xD I am so sorry for those who waited to read this story. To everyone who reviewed while we were gone, thank you. Reading those reviews is what made us pump out this last chapter. It's not the last chapter, but you have to be really patient with us. Updates are going to be less and less frequent. Kiyoko has a really demanding job, and so does Kitty-chan, but we'll do the best we can in order to get everything together so that everyone can enjoy this. Thank you for reading this and review, and also being patient. We appreciate it more than anything.

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