Chapter 68- Dance- Different POV

Lenalee:

I sat in the changing room while General Klaud curled my hair. I was already in my dress- a long, amethyst purple dress with a white fringe and long, flowey sleeves.

"I really don't want to do this," Miranda sighed. She was wearing a long, blue dress. "I can't dance!"

"Calm down," Klaud said. "You'll do fine."

"I'm just not excited to do this," Arisa muttered. She looked stunning as she twirled in her green dress.

"There you go, Lenalee," The general said. She put the curler down on the table, and I stood up. I looked at myself in the mirror. My hair was in beautiful curls that reached the top of my rib cage. I had a light shade of black eye shadow on, and my dress fit me perfectly. I was amazed that I was actually looking at myself.

"We're always so busy fighting akuma that we forget just how important it is to make ourselves feel beautiful." General Klaud said. She walked up behind me and placed her hands on my shoulders. "If there's one thing that I've learned from that idiot Cross, it's that every girl deserves to feel pretty sometimes."

I smiled and nodded. "You look amazing, General."

She smiled showing off her perfect smile. Her hair was up in a ponytail that came down across her shoulder. She was wearing a pure white, sleeveless dress that was similar to the designs that females wore in ancient Greece. General Klaud looked like a Greek goddess.

"Can we just get this over with?" Arisa asked.

"I agree," I said.

"Miranda, Arisa, you two can head out, Lenalee and I will catch up to you," General Klaud said.

"You sure?" Arisa asked.

The general nodded. "Go head."

Arisa and Miranda exchanged glances, and left. When they were out of the room, General Klaud turned me around so that I was facing her. She kept her hands on my shoulders as she spoke. "Lenalee, I'm going to ask you this just this once- be nice to Daisya tonight."

I sighed. "I know. I'm just… I can't look at him without thinking about the fact that he betrayed us."

"And I understand that- I really do," She said. "But ignoring him is not going to solve anything. I want you to promise me that if he tries to talk to you, you'll talk. Everyone who's coming to this dance knows how close you two really were, and if you get angry with him, or you ignore him, it may cause concern. We're supposed to be a team, and if we're fighting with each other, then people will start to question. Do you understand that?"

I nodded. "I understand."

"Good," General Klaud said. She turned and walked out of the room. I took a deep breath and followed her. When we got to the doors that led into the ballroom, we saw that Miranda and Arisa had waited for us.

"You guys ready?" Arisa asked.

"As ready as I'll ever be," I muttered.

I put a fake smile on my face as the doors opened and we walked into the room.

Kanda:

"Wow," Daisya said. His eyes were wide, and he was staring at something. I turned to see all of the female exorcists walking down the steps. People were staring at them, and I understood why. They were all stunningly beautiful.

I was about to take a step towards them to ask Arisa to dance, when a guy around the age of twenty pulled her away. I felt jealousy flare up inside of me.

"Excuse me," I heard a girl say. I looked to my left to see a girl around the age of fifteen standing there. She had short, blond hair, and was wearing a black dress. She was slightly blushing. "Would you like to dance?"

"It would be an honor," I lied. I knew that it really wouldn't be an honor, but I also knew that as an exorcist, I had to make people believe that I was a likeable person. I gave a little bow and held my hand out to her. She took it, and we walked out to the dance floor.

I danced with five other girls before I got the chance to dance with Arisa. When that time finally came, I was thrilled. Arisa smiled as I approached. Without saying anything, I held my hand out. She took it, and we started to sway like we had earlier that day.

Over Arisa's shoulder, I saw Lenalee staring at us- a confused look on her face. Then, she started to smile. I rolled my eyes, and she started to laugh.

"Is she making fun of us?" Arisa asked.

"Yes," I said.

She started to blush. "I'm going to hit her if she doesn't stop."

"Just remember that she has to endure Komui embarrassing her," I said.

"You're getting really good with dancing, Kanda," She said.

"Thanks," I said. I kissed her head. "You're not too bad yourself."

She laughed and it sounded like a melody. I smiled and kissed her on the lips.

Allen:

I approached Lenalee slowly. I could see Mana and General Cross watching me from the other side of the room. It was obvious that they were both interested in the fact that it was my first time I had actually asked a girl to dance.

"Hi, Allen," Lenalee said as I walked up to her.

"Hi," I said. I could feel my ears growing warmer. "Um… would you… like to…"

Lenalee smiled. "I would love toy dance," She said. She grabbed my hand, and pulled me out onto the dance floor.

I had always known that she was graceful, but I never knew just how graceful. She moved as if she was walking on air. I felt like a complete buffoon asking her to dance. I wasn't the worse dancer, but I wasn't the best either.

"Are you having fun tonight?" She asked.

"I guess," I said. "It's very different from any of the other parties I've been to."

"I bet," She said. "It seems to get more formal every time we have a dance. I've been coming to these since I was a kid, so I know a lot of people. They've all changed a lot throughout the years. But, everyone changes over time."

"Yep," I said. "That's very true." I saw Mana smiling at me, and I glared at him. He just shrugged and walked away. That's also when I saw Arisa and Kanda kissing. Anger flared up inside of me. I guessed that it was because I was being a protective brother, but I could feel my hatred towards Kanda grow even more. I actually understood how Komui felt about doing anything to keep Lenalee safe. If it came down to it, I guessed that I would make an army of robots to protect my sister.

I was about to say something, when I felt Lenalee kiss my cheek. I looked at her to see that she was smiling.

"Thanks for the dance," She said. She gave a little curtsey and walked off to talk to Miranda and General Klaud.

I smiled and turned around to see Daisya glaring at me. Ignoring him, I walked over to Alma, Johnny, Link, Timothy and Krory.

"You are so lucky!" Timothy exclaimed. "Why do you get a kiss?"

"Timothy, are you in love with Lenalee?" Johnny asked.

The little kid's face went bright red. "No!" He exclaimed. He turned away from us.

I chuckled. "Trust me, Timothy, it's hard not to be in love with her."

Daisya:

After about two hours, I finally got up the nerve to dance with Lenalee. I walked up to her, and to my surprise, she didn't turn around and walk away.

"Would you do me the honor of dancing with me?" I asked. I figured I already knew the answer but it was worth a shot.

Reluctantly, Lenalee nodded. She took my hand, and we started to dance. I could feel the tense vibe coming from her, but I tried to ignore it. It was the most contact I had had with her in three weeks, and I wasn't about to let anything ruing it.

"You amazing like always," I said.

"Thanks," She said. She wouldn't meet my eye.

"I'm really sorry," I said.

She shook her head. "Please don't bring that up."

"You know we need to talk about it, Boo," I said. "I know you can feel the bad vibe between us, and I know that you hate just as much as I do. I know what I did was wrong, and I am so sorry that I did it."

"Daisya, please, don't talk about it," She sad. I heard her voice crack and saw that she was on the verge of tears.

"But-" She cut me off with a shake of the head.

Lenalee let my hand go and smiled. I could tell that it was fake. "Thank you for dancing." She walked off leaving me in the middle of the dance floor. I felt terrible that I had made yet another mistake in my efforts to have my best friend back.

Arisa:

After about two and a half hours of mingling and talking to people, all of us exorcists were instructed to make out way back behind the large stage that we in the ballroom. I watched as the curtains closed, and the musicians stood up and walked off the stage. Once they were gone, we all took our places on the stage, next to the General that we were apprenticed to. I stood next to Alma and Mana. I saw Lenalee standing alone. She had never been an apprentice to anyone because she was dragged to the Order by Central.

I heard arguing behind me and turned to see Kanda and Allen glaring at each other. I had no clue what they were arguing about.

"Not now," Lenalee sighed. She walked over to them right as they started to yell.

"Why the hell should you care?" Kanda asked.

"Because she's my sister!" Allen yelled. "I don't want her to get hurt, and I know that you will hurt her!"

"What is this all about?" I asked, walking over to them. They both ignored me.

"You have to remember that I've known her since we were young, Beansprout," Kanda said.

"I understand that," Allen said. "But I also understand that it was because of you why she fell all those years back."

"Hey!" I snapped. I hit them both on the head. "Knock it off! Whatever you're arguing about can be discussed later. Especially since it includes me. I want to know why you're fighting, but we don't have time right now."

"Why did you kiss him?" Allen asked looking at me. "Why would you ever fall in love with such an idiot?"

"Allen, that's enough," Mana said.

"I don't get either of you," Allen said looking at Lenalee and I. "You both are amazing, and you both fell in love with idiots who don't care about anything but themselves."

"What did you just say?" Daisya asked.

"Oh, god," Lenalee muttered. "You guys, stop."
"You're the idiot!" Daisya yelled. "You're the one who allowed the Noah to take control over you, not us."

"Daisya, don't do this," Lenalee said. Daisya grabbed her arm, and pulled her towards him. Lenalee yelped as he wrapped his arm around her.

"You're the one who believes that akuma aren't evil creatures," Daisya said, his voice taking on a dangerous tone. "You're the one who's cursed. You're the one who's dangerous. You're the devil's child."

"Daisya!" General Tiedol snapped. "That is enough!"

"It's true!" Daisya said. "He's evil! He's the one who's putting us all in danger."

Lenalee pushed away from Daisya. "And you're the one who betrayed us!" She yelled. Daisya tensed. "You're the one who always has to act as the hero. You're the one who doesn't take the blame of something. You always have to blame someone else!"
"You guys, the curtain is about to open," General Klaud said. Right after she said that, the curtain opened. Daisya and Allen were yelling at each other completely ignoring the fact that they were being watched by thousands of people.

I grabbed Allen's arm, and Kanda grabbed Daisya's. We hauled the two boys away from each other. They stopped yelling when they noticed the audience.

I saw Komui slightly shaking his head. His eyes were closed, and he looked completely annoyed. Leverier was glaring at us. The anger on his face was worse than I had ever seen it.

General Tiedol stepped forward. "This is a reenactment of one of our calmer fights against the Noah," He sad. "Everyone on the right side of the stage represents the Noahs, and everyone on the left side of the stage represents the Black Order. So, what you were just seeing was Allen Walker playing himself and the Noah Tyki Mikk being played by Daisya Berry."

I heard Daisya mutter something about Tyki being the one to kill him, but I ignored it.

"I am the narrator," General Tiedol explained. "I am not party of this battle right now."

General Cross walked up to Tiedol, and hit him on the head. "And I am the narrator that's here to tell you that this fight did not last more than three minutes because the Noahs ran off. You've seen it all, so, goodnight." He bowed, and Tiedol followed his lead. The curtains closed, and the Generals stood straight up.

Cross grabbed Allen by the hair, and Tiedol grabbed Daisya's wrist. They dragged the boys off the stage. "We should probably all meet in the lounge," Klaud said. She walked off. I grabbed Lenalee's hand, and we walked off the stage. I could feel her shaking.

"I didn't mean it. I didn't mean to say that," She kept muttering.

"I know you didn't," I whispered. "It wasn't your fault."

I really didn't know who's fault it was.