Chapter 60- My Brother- Arisa

The Fourteenth's eyes widened, and his hands dropped to his sides. "Mana?" His eyes filled with love, happiness, and guilt. "How… how are you alive?"
"You don't like stories, Nea, so I'm not going to tell you," Mana said. He tossed Mugen to Kanda, and activated his own innocence. In seconds, he was holding a black crossbow that was loaded.

"You're working with the Black Order now?" Nea asked. "I thought you said that you weren't going to have any part in this war."

"That changed after I learned that my son was taken over by you," Mana said. "Why the hell would you do something like that?"

"To be close to you," Nea said. "I made a promise that I would return to you, Mana. In order to do that, I took the kid over. However, you died before I could do anything about fulfilling my promise! Once a Noah starts to take over someone, they can't stop unless that person dies before he can take them over. I couldn't have done anything about it after you died."

"You're the most powerful Noah out of all of them, Nea," Mana said, "If anyone can find a way to break free from the other person, it's you. Let my son go."

Nea began to laugh. "He's not your son, Mana. He's just a kid that you picked up from the gutters. You could have stayed out of the war if you had left him to die."

Mana's grip on the crossbow tightened. He aimed it at the Noah's face. "Allen is my son. Nothing you can say will change that."
"You can't kill me without killing him," Nea said, chuckling. "As long as I have control, the kid's gone. You try to kill me, and I can take any one of you over in seconds, and all you'll do is kill Allen. You may as well let me go and let him live."

"No way in hell," Kanda said. He put Mugen's tip to the Noah's back. "Mana may have a hard time killing you, but I can run you through in seconds."
Suddenly, I felt dizzy. I stumbled, and felt hands grab my arm. "Arisa, are you all right?" Alma asked. I looked at him, but his face was a blur.

"What are you doing to her?" I heard Mana ask. I couldn't tell where he was.

"I'm not doing anything," Nea said.

I felt Alma lean me against a wall. I fell to a sitting position. There were shapes moving around me, but I had no clue what they were.

"Does she normally do this?" I heard Alma ask.

"No," Lenalee said. I felt her grab my hand. "Arisa, what's going on?"

I couldn't answer. My tongue felt heavy. The shapes started to turn into blobs, and then blackness surrounded me. I was unable to think straight.

The face of a little boy popped into my head. He had big blue-gray eyes, and short, messy, chestnut- colored hair. His face was grimy and he wore an oven mitt over his left hand. His clothes were torn slightly. I guessed he was around three years old.

"Sistew," He said, unable to pronounce his Rs. "Whewe awe we go?"

A scene seemed to appear in my head. There was a little girl about five years old holding the boy's hand. She was leading him somewhere.

"We're getting out of here," She said.

"But whewe awe we go?" The boy asked.

"It's 'where are we going'," The girl said. For a five year old, she was able to talk well. "I don't know where we're going."

I realized that the girl was I at a young age. But who was the boy?

Your brother, a voice said. That's your brother.

I hadn't thought about my brother in years- I hadn't even known I had one for the last two years. We had been separated when I was six years old. I still have no clue where he went. I had been looking for something, and when I turned back to talk to him, he was gone. I had looked for him for hours, but couldn't find him.

Why now? I asked myself. Why am I just now thinking about him?

My brother's face popped into my mind, and then Allen's face appeared next to it. They were both smiling. Suddenly, the faces started to move towards each other until they melded together. That's when I realized it. Allen looked almost exactly like my brother.

My eyes shot open, and I jumped to my feet, making Alma and Lenalee leap back.

"Are you all right?" Alma asked.

I didn't answer him. I turned to the Fourteenth, anger flaring up inside of me. "Allen, I know you can hear me."

"What are you talking about?" Nea asked. "The kid can't hear you."

"Shut up," I said. "Allen, if you can hear me, then listen. We met after you got out of the Ark. The conversation we had was short, but it was still a conversation. However I didn't realize this at first, but there was something about you that seemed familiar- and I think I now know why. This is going to sound insane, but I think you're my brother."

"What the hell are you talking about?" Kanda and Nea asked together. They started to glare at each other. Mana, Lenalee, and Alma, on the other hand, looked at me with curiosity.

I took a deep breath. "When I was six years old, I lost my brother. My parents had abandoned us a year before, so we traveled together. However, one day, I was looking at something, and my brother walked away. I never found him after that day."

"So what makes you so sure about the kid being your brother?" Kanda asked.

"They look alike," I explained. "Even though their hair is different, their eyes, face shape, and smile are still the same. Allen, please don't let this idiot take you over completely! There's still people on this world who need and want you!"

"Shut up, Girl!" The Fourteenth yelled. He crumpled to the ground, holding his head in his hands. He was groaning.

"Allen, please fight him!" I yelled. "From what Lenalee told me about you, you are a smart and nice guy. You were strong willed and an amazing fighter. Show me that what she said was true. Allen, please show me that you haven't given up!"

The Fourteenth let out a yell, and stood up. He lunged at me, and I barley had time to activate my innocence before we collided. There was a giant explosion as the Noah's power made contact with my innocence. I felt myself flying through the air.

I landed hard on my side, and groaned. My vision blurred, and I coughed. When I came to my senses, I saw that every one of us had gone flying.

I slowly stood up, and saw that the Fourteenth was doing the same. However, his hair and skin were white instead of black and gray. He stumbled, and fell back to his knees. Was this an act, or was he really hurt?

Someone groaned across from me, and I looked in the direction. My eyes widened as I realized that it was the Fourteenth with black hair and gray skin.

I looked back at the boy with white hair, then at the one with black hair again. My mind tried to process what I was seeing. Was this a trick?

Lenalee sat up next to me. Her head was beading slightly. I knelt down next to her. "Are you ok?"

"I've been better," She muttered. "What happened?" She started to look around, and her eyes widened at the sight of the two boys. "What?"

"I don't know," I said. "Do you think it's a trick?"

The Fourteenth with the black hair sat up, and glared at me. "You exorcists really know how to ruin someone's plans."

He disappeared. The white haired guy remained. Lenalee crawled over to him, and lifted his head so she could look him in the eye. She smiled, and hugged him.

The white haired boy looked dazed, but he hugged her back. He seemed to relax the longer they embraced.

I leaned against a wall, breathing hard. "It's good to see you alive, Allen," I muttered.

He didn't hear me. He was whispering something in Lenalee's ear. Judging by the look on Lenalee's face, Allen was just talking gibberish. She looked confused and worried.

Allen's eyes closed, and he went limp. The worry on Lenalee's face grew, and she leaned him against the wall. I noticed the dark red stain on his side.

I crawled over to him, and looked at the giant sword wound that had reopened. It looked like a katana had cut him.

"Idiot," I muttered. What the hell had Kanda done to him?

"What?" Lenalee asked.

"Nothing," I said. "Can you wake the others up? I'll help Allen."

Lenalee seemed reluctant to leave the boy's side, but she nodded, and went to wake the others. I started to dig through my case until I found the bandages. I wrapped them around Allen's wound.

Mana came up next to me. He placed a shaky hand on Allen's head. "He really has grown up," He muttered.

I nodded. "What are we going to do?"

"We'll help him, and I can try to convince Leverrier to let him back into the Order," Mana said. "I don't know what'll happen, though."

I guessed that Lenalee had explained what had happened, because Mana seemed to know that this was Allen instead of Nea.

We had rented two rooms in an inn. One was for the guys, and the other was for Lenalee and I. However, I stayed next to Allen the majority of the time.

I could hear Mana arguing on the phone with Leverrier. Alma and Kanda stayed at the far edge of the room, talking quietly. I had the feeling that Kanda was filling Alma in on things about Allen.

Mana walked in. He looked angry, but he smiled as we all looked at him. "Good news," He said. "I convinced Central to allow Allen back as and exorcist."