Chapter 65- Pain of a Broken Heart- Lenalee

A few minutes before

I sat on the roof top crying. I had no clue what was going on, but I did know that something had happened to Daisya that had made him work with the Noahs. Because of that fact, I was angry. However, I felt guilty about what I had said to him. I didn't hate him.

"Lenalee," Arisa said. I turned to see her and Kanda standing at the doorway. "can we talk to you?"

I nodded. "What's up?"

The both sat next to me, and we all looked out into the distance. "Leverrier wants you to talk to Daisya," Kanda said. "He thinks that you'll be able to get information out of him."

"Daisya's not going to listen," I said. "After I said such horrible things to him, nothing I say will have affect on him."

"I think you don't know Daisya as well as you think you do," Arisa said. "Even the slightest thing you say melts his heart- no matter how angry he is at you. Lenalee, this may be the only way we can learn what's happened to our friend."

I sat there, thinking about what they said. "What'll happen if I do get information out of him? Do you think they'll kill him?"

"It's hard to tell," Kanda said. "They may, but they'll need a giant crowd of people to say aye or nay to killing a former exorcist."

I sighed, and wiped my eyes with my sleeve. "I guess I'll try to talk to him," I said.

"Great," Arisa said. She stood up and pulled me to my feet. "Did you mean what you said to him?"
I shook my head. "I don't hate him. I don't even know where those words came from."

"Then explain that to him," Kanda said.

We walked into Komui's office, to find all of the exorcists standing there. Leverrier walked up to us. "So what will it be?" He asked.

"I'll talk to him," I said. "But the cameras and recording devices have to be off, or else he won't talk."

A flash of anger crossed the inspector's face. "And why will he not talk if they are on?"

"Because," I said. "he knows that others will be listening. He'll only talk if he knows I'm the only one who will hear him explain it."

"She's right," General Tiedol said. "Daisya doesn't like an audience when he's talking."

"Especially if it's something personal," Kanda said.

Leverrier sighed. "Very well; turn all the devices off."

Komui nodded and did as he was told. He looked at me, and I could read the worry on his face.

"Take her down to the holding cell," Leverrier said.

"Yes, sir," Link and Leverrier's new assistant said at the same time. They looked at each other. I saw that General Klaud, Allen, and some of the other exorcists were trying not to laugh.

"Just one of you do it!" Leverrier snapped. Link walked over to me and dragged me out of the room by the arm.

"Why are you dragging me?" I asked.

"So you don't back out of this," He said.

"Thanks for the confidence," I muttered.

We reached the holding cell and the guards standing outside the door stepped to the side.

"I'll be out here if you need anything," Link said.

I nodded. Thanks."

Link pressed a button on the wall. "Daisya Berry, you someone is here to speak with you"

"Great," I heard Daisya say through the speaker. "Just what I need- someone else toy yell at me!"

I felt my heart sink at his words. Link nodded to a guard. "Open it."

Without question the guard opened the door, and I walked into the cell. Daisya was sitting on the bed. His eyes opened wide and he stood up.

"Lenalee?" He asked.

"Daisya," I said. It took everything I could do to not fall to my knees and start crying.

"You're here to ask me about what happened back there, I suppose," He said. I nodded, and he sighed. "You know I won't talk."

"The cameras are all off," I said. "It's only us."

Daisya stayed silent. He stared at the ground. I sighed inwardly and walked over so I was standing right in front of him. I put a hand on his cheek and forced him to look me in the eye.

"What happened?" I asked.

"How do you feel towards that white haired kid?" He asked.

I took a step backwards. "What do you mean?"

"What is your relationship with that kid?" He asked.

"Why do you want to know?" I asked.

Daisya groaned and started to pace. He was muttering to himself.

"Why are you angry at me?" I asked. "Daisya, everything that's been going on is confusing me. Please don't speak in riddles. Help me understand what's happening."

When he spoke, I heard such bitterness in his voice that it broke my heart. "Why did you kiss him?"

"What do you mean by that?" I asked. "I never…" I realized that he must have been talking about the kiss with the Fourteenth, where I was trying to trick him.

"Well?" Daisya asked turning to look at me. I saw a mix of anger and sadness in his dark, beautiful eyes.

I closed my eyes. "That wasn't Allen," I said.

"Oh, so it was just some other kid with white hair and a stupid scar on his face?" Daisya asked. "I know what I saw, Lenalee!"

"Then what did you see?" I asked. "You weren't there, Daisya, so how do you know what happened? Tell me what you saw!"

"I saw… the Fourteenth showed me a kiss between you and the kid. You were talking to him, telling him how much you missed him, and then you kissed him."

"The Fourteenth showed you that?" I asked. "Since when did you believe what a Noah told you?"

"Then what was that?" He asked. "If you didn't kiss him then what did he show me?"

I took a deep breath trying to calm myself down. "Why do you even care?"

The broken look on Daisya's face was enough to make me realize my mistake. "Why do you think?" He asked. His voice cracked as he spoke.

"Daisya-"

He cut me off. "I care because I want you to be safe! Lenalee, I care because I love you."

"Daisya, that wasn't Allen," I said.

"Explain what you mean by that!" He snapped. "How can it not be him?"

"That was the Fourteenth," I said. I stared at the ground trying to hold back the tears that wanted to come out. "That was me acting to trick the Fourteenth into believing that I didn't know about him taking Allen over. I was supposed to lead him over to the other exorcist so they could help me capture him. When I brought him over, no one was ready, so I had to continue my act. The only thing I could think to do was kiss him."

"Did you enjoy it?" He asked.

"Why does that matter?" I asked. "It was just a trick."

"It matters to me," He said. "Lenalee, I love you with all my heart. But the fact that you kissed him- even if it was a trick- tells me something. If you don't love me, then I need to know. I need to know so I can accept the fact that you're gone."

"I'm not gone," I said, shaking my head. "I'm still here."

"Lenalee, please just tell me," Daisya said, his voice pleading.

"I don't know," I said. "I don't know how I feel about anyone. My emotions are all mixed up, and I can never think straight because of all of the fear I have. I know I'm going to make many more mistakes in this war than I already have, and I don't want to mess anything up. Daisya, I don't know how I feel."

I heard his footsteps, and saw his feet in front of me. He placed his hand under my chin and lifted my face so that I was staring at him. He used his other hand to wipe away the tears on my face. "Please don't cry Lenalee. I can't stand to see you upset." He leaned in and gave me a passionate kiss. My eyes went wide. It was a lot different than the misty cold kisses he had given me before. This time it was warm and solid.

I pushed him away. "I just said I didn't understand my feelings!" I exclaimed. I felt myself blushing and walked backwards. I tripped over the little table that was in there and fell to the ground. The table made a loud crash as it made contact with the floor.

The speaker crackled. "Is everything all right?" Link asked.

"Everything's fine," I said. "I'm just being clumsy."

I heard Link mutter something and the speaker went dead. I stood up and picked the table up. I tried to avoid looking at Daisya.

"What did I do wrong?" He asked.

I stopped what I was doing. "You trusted the Noahs," I said. I looked at him a new wave of tears running down my face. "You took the Fourteenth's word without even asking me if it was true! You attacked my friend, Daisya. And you're wondering what you did wrong. You acted on your impulse decisions again! You weren't thinking. You never think!"

I immediately wanted to take the words back. I wanted to rewind time and stop myself from saying them. But it was too late. I had already said them.

Daisya looked at the ground. "Is that really what you think?" He asked.

"No," I said. "I didn't mean that."

Get out of here," He said.

"Day-"

"Get out!" He yelled. I took a step back.

"I'm sorry," I said. I turned and walked towards the door. I was about to knock to be let out. I stopped myself from knocking. I rested my hand on the door. "I'm sorry," I said.

"Please get out," He said.

He groaned in pain, and I looked back. He fell over, and I screamed. I rushed to his side, right as the door burst open. Link and the guards ran in.

"What happened?" Link asked.

"Daisya, what's going on?" I asked.

Daisya was rubbing his leg, and his breathing was ragged. "Pain," He muttered. "So much pain."

"What's going on?" Link asked. "Someone get a nurse!"

"Yes, Sir," One of the guards said. He ran out of the room.

We all yelped as blood sprayed from Daisya's leg. It twirled in the air and wrapped around his ankle. It formed a solid, blood red bracelet around his leg.

"A crystallization type…" Link muttered. "He still has innocence."

Daisya let out a sigh. "I thought it was something serious for a moment," He said.

I sighed and hugged him. "You scared me."

He was hesitant at first but then I felt him wrap his arm around me. "Well, it did hurt." He tried to let me go, but I shook my head.

"Please don't let go," I said.

Luckily, he didn't. "You really are an odd girl," He said.

"This is getting weird," Link said. "I'm going to wait outside." He left the room and the guard followed him.

There was yelling outside and then Allen barged into the room followed by Kanda, who grabbed the kid's white hair. He tried to pull Allen out but it didn't work.

Daisya and I let go of each other and stood. 'What's going on?" I asked.

"Marie heard you yelling, and the kid thought that you were in trouble," Kanda said.

"I don't trust that guy!" Allen yelled pointing at Daisya.

"Well, I guess that the felling's mutual," Daisya said.

"Let me go," Kanda!" Allen said.

"Let him go," Daisya said standing up. "We'll see who's stronger."

"Daisya, don't," I said.

"But it'll be good to see what I can do with this innocence," Daisya said.

Allen wriggled out of Kanda's grip, and both of them activated their innocence. Daisya's innocence was still his Charity Bell. I stood in between them and held my hands out.

"DON'T YOU DARE FIGHT!" I yelled. Both of them seemed to take it into consideration. Neither attacked, but neither put their weapons away either.

Kanda grabbed my arm. "Let's go. Link and the guards can sort it out."

"But-"

"We'll make this worse, Lenalee," Kanda said. "Let's go. You need to go calm Komui down as well."

Before I could object, Kanda pulled me out of the room. I heard the boys fighting and wanted to stop it. Link and some guards were yelling.

"Why do I need to calm Komui down?" I asked.

"Because Leverrier turned the cameras back on when you left the room," Kanda said. "We saw everything- including the kiss."

I groaned. Could my day get any worse?