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Chapter 78- Hellish Nightmare part 2- Mixed.

Daisya:

"Shit!" I yelled as the rat monster crawled into the cage. It looked at me with beady red eyes and made a loud squealing noise. The akuma and Noah below cheered.

"What do we do?" I asked Kanda.

"Keep your eyes on it," he instructed. "Don't let it outside of your sight. Don't be the first to attack it. Animals will attack if they feel threatened." He did something that I had never seen. He dropped his sword. I followed his move, placing the sword gently on the ground.

"Don't make any fast movements," Kanda said quietly.

The rat squealed again. It took every will power that I had not to run away. I kept my eyes on the creature. It climbed down from the side of the cage and landed in front of us. I saw Kanda slowly bend down. His hand was next to the sword, ready to pick it up if necessary.

And it was necessary. The rat reared up onto its back legs and came down. It charged us. In one swift movement, Kanda picked up the blade and rolled out of the way. I jumped out of the way as the rat sped towards me. It smashed into the side of the cage, making everything swing.

I lost my balance and fell onto my back. "Get up!" Kanda snapped. I did as I was told. I grabbed a rusty sword as I got to my feet.

When the rat charged again, Kanda and I both dodged again and slashed at the monster as it passed. My sword ripped open a gash in its side. The rat howled in pain, and fell so that it was lying on its stomach.

I didn't say anything about that being easy because I knew that if I did, something would go wrong. Instead, I just watched as the monster moaned in pain and slashed around. Red blood oozed from a scratch on both of its sides. It didn't get up, and it didn't try to attack.

Kanda walked over to the rat, raised his sword high in the air, and brought it down stabbing the monster in the head. The rat stopped moving and fell limp.

"Are you all right?" I asked. Somehow, he had been scratched on the arm. Blood leaked from the wound. Kanda just looked down at it and shrugged.

"It doesn't really hurt," he said.

The crowd had gone silent. I looked down to see that they were all staring up at us. I would have been happy about making the entire crowd go silent, if it weren't for the evil smile that the Fourteenth gave us from where he sat.

There was a hiss from the shadows around the cage. I gripped my sword tighter. Kanda and I stood back to back, looking for the source of the sound. It sounded as if a thousand snakes were surrounding us. Suddenly, something lashed out of the shadows, hitting the cage.

I stayed on my feet this time. My eyes widened as I realized what the sound was. Four giant snake heads appeared before us. They were all attached to a single body.

"Shit," I muttered.

"What is that?" Kanda asked.

"It's the hydra from the Greek Mythology," I said.

Allen:

"How are we going to invade?" I asked. "There's thousands of them, and only a few of us."

"The other exorcists are standing by for orders," General Klaud said. "We'll take the enemy by surprise."

"How will we take them by surprise?" I asked. "There are thousands of them! Someone is bound to see us!"

"They're all busy watching your friends fight the hydra," Road said.

"The what?" I asked.

"The hydra's a monster from the Greek Myths," she explained. "Your friends are fighting it as we speak. Unless…" She trailed off.

"They're not dead," I said.

"I hope you're right," Road said. "However, they may be able to help us- even if they don't know it."

"They probably don't have their innocence," I said. "The Noahs probably destroyed it."

"Nea wouldn't let them, not yet anyways," Road said. "He's always wanted to study it, even if that means he doesn't destroy it right away."

"So we retrieve the weapons, and then what?" I asked. "I feel really out of the loop with this plan."

"Road will trick whoever has the weapons to give it to give them to her," Mana explained. "She'll then get them to Kanda and Daisya."

"Kanda and Daisya won't help in the battle at first," I said. "They'll save Lenalee and Arisa who got thrown into a purple pool."

"The Pool reads people's nightmares and fears," Road explained. "It turns the fears into a reality until it kills the person. However, there is a way to make it so that they can save the girls. If they continuously think about their feelings towards the ones they're trying to save, then they can find them."

"We need to stop talking and get into action," General Socalo said.

"Get the others in here," Road said. "I have to close the doors to the Order before anyone finds them."
General Klaud nodded and walked through a set of black and red doors. In another minute, she walked back through, followed by all of the other exorcists.

"Wait here for my signal," Road said.

"I'm coming with you," I said. "I don't care what you say- I don't trust you, Road. If you try to do anything to trap my friends in this world, you will regret it, I can promise you that."

Road nodded. Another door appeared before us, and she walked through. I looked over at Mana, who nodded encouragingly at me. I took a deep breath, and followed her out into a hallway. Road turned to me. "Stay here until I can get the weapons back."

"I'm not going to," I said.

"If you want to destroy this plan, then fine," she said. "But I'm trying to help you guys. Just like there's a spy in the Order telling us about your plans, I'm the spy telling you guys about Nea's plans. I'm on your side, Allen."

I felt a hand on my shoulder, and turned around to face Mana. "I'll keep him here, Road. You go get those weapons."

Road nodded and walked off. I glared at Mana. "Why are you trusting her?"

"I've known Road for a long time, Allen," he said. "She's not lying- I can tell you that right now. Just give her some time. She'll pull through, I promise."

I sighed. "Fine. But what do we do?"

"We'll stay here until we know that we can move on with the plan," he said.

"I hate waiting," I said.

Mana smiled. "We all do."

Road:
I saw that Tyki was holding the sword and the little bell. I walked over to him. "Hey, Tyki, can I play with those?"

"Why do you always want to play with these?" he asked.

"Because they look sharp and dangerous," I said. "I like playing with that kind of stuff! Plus, when the Earl died, Lero was destroyed. I can't play with him anymore! Please?"
Tyki sighed. "You're not going to give in, are you?"

"Nope!" I said. I started to give him the pouty face. "Can I please play with them? I promise I won't hurt myself."

"Fine," he said. He handed me the stupid bell. "I'm only trusting you with the least lethal."

"Why?" I whined.

"Because you're too hyper to handle a sword," he said.

I stuck my tongue out at him and sighed a huge sigh. At least I got one of the weapons. "Fine! I'll just go and play by myself." I figured that Allen may want to beat a Noah up, so if I could bring one to him, that may help my gain some trust.

"Davi, go play a game with Road so she'll stop being annoying," Tyki ordered.

"But I want to watch this!" Davi exclaimed.

I grabbed onto his arm. "We'll have an akuma record their deaths! I promise you'll get to see it! Please, Davi!"
"Fine!" Davi exclaimed. "Just stop using that whining voice!"

"OK!" I exclaimed. I pulled him out of the room and into the hallway. The moment we were out of everybody's sight, I pinned him against the wall.

"What the hell-"

I interrupted him. "Allen, I brought him to be used as a punching bag."
Allen and Mana walked out of the shadows. "Not what I was expecting, but all right."

I let Davi go, and Allen punched him in the face. The older Noah slumped to the ground, knocked out. I handed the bell to Allen. "Can you get it to him?"

"Hopefully," he said taking the bell from me. "Thanks, Road."

I nodded. "Go help them. We'll deal with Davi."

Allen nodded and ran out of the room. I looked down at Davi, and kicked him softly. "He really is the most idiotic out of us Noah. Or his brother. I don't know who's worse."

Mana smiled. "Help me drag him into the closet."

Kanda:

"Oi, need some help?" Allen's annoying voice asked. I looked over to my right to see the Beansprout holding onto the edge of the cage.

I dragged him into the cage, surprised that his little body could fit through the bars. "What are you doing here?"

"Helping you," he said with a smile. He tossed something to Daisya. "I figured you'd need this."

Daisya began t laugh. "How did you know?"

Tyki appeared before us. "How did you get out of Road's…" he trailed off. Anger flashed through his eyes. "That little brat! Akuma, go get Road!"

"Tyki, watch out!" one of the Noah yelled. Tyki disappeared right as the hydra we were fighting smashed one of its heads down. The cage shook violently. The hydra's fangs stuck in the bottom of the cage. It couldn't break free.

Allen took the opportunity to activate his innocence. He ran towards the monster, and decapitated the head with one swing. The hydra hissed in pain.

I used one of the rusty swords to cut off another head that tried to attack the kid from behind. Suddenly, Daisya's Charity Bell zoomed passed me.

"Stop cutting the head off!" he yelled.

"Do you want us to die?" I yelled back. I cut off another head.

"You don't know anything about the myths, Kanda, I do!" he yelled. "Stop cutting the damn heads off!"

'Why?" Allen asked as he cut another off.

Daisya dragged the two of us to the side of the cage. "Because when one head is cut off, two more appear."

Right as he said it, eight more heads grew from the giant body. "Shit," I muttered.

"How do we destroy it?" Allen asked.

"Let me deal with it," Daisya said. He stepped forwards and kicked his Charity Bell. The little bell flew out of the cage, and disappeared into the shadows. I heard akuma and Noah yelling and looked down. The bell flew into the flame of a torch and didn't come out.

I glared at Daisya. "You're aim is off."

"Just wait," he said.

We all dodged another attack from the hydra. I rolled on the ground, and when I got back up, I saw Daisya snap his fingers.

A ball of fire flew passed the cage, and penetrated the snake's giant body. "Allen, can you use your cape to protect us?" Daisya said. He dragged me over to Allen. Right as the Beansprout covered us with his odd white cloak, I heard the sound of bells. The hydra began to wail in a un-snake-like way, and there was the sound of an explosion.

Daisya peeked out from under the cape. "Sweet!" He crawled out.

Allen stood up, and I followed. Giant snake bits rained down into the crowd of akuma. Most of the pieces were on fire. I smiled and patted Daisya on the back. "Good job, Greek Freak."

"Thank you," Daisya said. He caught his bell, and held it up. "Cover your ears."

Allen and I did as we were told. I saw the bell glow a bright white, and I felt the sound waves as they were let loose. The cage exploded. Somehow, no one was hurt by the sound waves.

Daisya smiled. "Now do you believe that magic is good?"

"I'm not going to answer that," I said.

A girl screamed, and we watched as Tyki appeared holding Road by the throat. Mugen was at his side. "You're a brat, you know that, Road," Tyki said.

Road kicked his face. He dropped her, and she grabbed my sword. Allen used his cape to pull her to us. She handed the sword to me. "Those girls don't have much longer. They'll die if you don't get to them. The Poll uses their fears as their death."

I grabbed the sword from her. "Thanks."

"Go help them," Allen said. "Road and I will deal with this guy."

I looked at Daisya. He nodded, and we both ran to the side of the cage. We jumped out and dived into the pool of purple water.

Arisa

Everything was burning. I felt my skin splintering. My vision was going blurry, and I could hardly breath. No one even had bothered to stay and watch. They had all left.

I closed my eyes and clasped my hands together. Please, I prayed. If anyone- God, Zeus, anyone- can hear me. Please help me. I can't leave my friends alone- not like this. Please!

Suddenly, cool air hit my skin. I felt someone grab my arm and yank me out of the burning coffin. I fell to the ground, and felt their arms wrap around me. "You all right?" Kanda asked.

I looked up at him. "Kanda?"

He smiled. "Hey there, Circus Freak. Miss me?"

I started to cry harder. Kanda held me tight. He didn't ask any questions or say anything but encouraging words.

"It's going to be all right," he whispered. 'You're not in there anymore. You're safe."

"What's going on?" I asked.

"The Noah's are using your fears to their advantage," he explained. "Listen to me. You need to calm down." He kissed my head. "We've got to finish this battle."

I nodded and wiped my tears away. I stood. Anger suddenly filled my body. "I'm going to kill that Fourteenth."

Kanda smiled and pulled me into his arms again. "That's the attitude I want to see." He kissed me.

"Well that's cheesy" Daisya said. We both looked at him. He was standing in the entrance with his arms crossed.

"What are you doing here?" Kanda asked.

"I fell here," he said with a shrug.

"Go find Lenalee," Kanda ordered.

"You're not going to help me, are you?" Daisya asked. Without letting Kanda answer, he turned to leave.

"Be careful," I said.

Daisya looked back at us with a smile of his face. "I will. This time, I'll make sure I make it out alive. I'll make sure all of us make it out alive."

I ran over to him and hugged him. "Help Lenalee. I can't even imagine what she's seeing."

"Get going, Daisya," Kanda said.

"I will," Daisya said. "See you on the battle field." He smiled, but I saw fear in his eyes. He waved and walked out of the room.

Kanda walked up behind me. "They'll be fine," he said. He grabbed my hand. "Let's go."

I nodded and closed my eyes. I heard the sound of screaming, yelling, and fighting. I opened my eyes and saw the other exorcists fighting the Noah and akuma.

"Well that's a surprise," Kanda said as he took his sword out of its sheaf. "I wasn't expecting to see everyone."
"About time!" Allen yelled at us as he passed. He was fighting Tyki.

"We can do this," I said. I activated my innocence and rushed into the battle.

Lenalee.

I was shaking with fear and rage. Leverrier laughed. "You can't escape, Lenalee."

I stared at my brother's body. Blood oozed from the wound in his chest. His eyes slowly glazed over and became lifeless.

"Lenalee!" I heard Daisya yelled. I heard the sound of his Charity Bell flying through the air. Leverrier grunted. I heard them start fighting. However, I could only stare at Komui's lifeless body.

Suddenly, my anger flared inside of me. My vision turned red and I felt my nails turn into claws. I didn't stop the transformation as I turned into the half-monster-thing that I despised. I jumped off the robot, and attacked Leverrier from behind. We fell to the ground.

Before I knew what I was doing, Leverrier was dead. My anger grew as I realized that I had just broken my promise to Kanda and killed a human. I didn't care if it was Leverrier- I had killed him.

"Lenalee," I heard Daisya whisper.

I looked up at him. He had worry in his eyes. However, he didn't run like I was always afraid that he would. Instead, he ran over to me and hugged me.

"Why?" I asked. "Why aren't you running. I just killed him with my own hands!"

"I'm not running because I love you," he said. "It doesn't matter what you look like or what you may do when you're angry- I love you for who you really are. I'm not afraid because I know you won't hurt me."

"I want to," I muttered. "I want to hurt you!"

"No you don't," he said. "The thing that's inside of you wants to hurt me. You're stronger than it is, though."

I felt my claws dig into his back. Daisya tensed, but he didn't push me away. "You can fight it," he said.

"No I can't," I sobbed. I tried to push him away from me, but he was too strong.

"Yes, you can," he said. "Do you remember that color vortex we created yesterday? That was us working together. We can do it again, Boo. We can work together to stop this. I won't give up, and I don't want you to either."

I cried into his shoulder. I willed myself to stop- to not kill him. Suddenly, I felt my claws leave Daisya's back, and he relaxed. "You've got it, Lenalee," he said. "I'm here for you."

Soon, all of my rage was erased. I hugged Daisya tightly. I was sobbing harder than ever. Daisya just hugged me. "You did it," he said. He lifted my face so that I was looking at him. "You see I knew that there was something different about you."

Somehow I managed to smile. I wiped my tears away. "I thought you were dead."

"Do you not remember the entire time that I was a ghost, and then I betrayed you and you got mad, and then we fought the night of the dance, and then we made up? Do you not remember anything about that?"

I chuckled and punched his shoulder. "You know what I mean."

"No, I don't," he said. "For all I know, you may not remember anything from the last few months!" He held my face with both hands. "Lenalee, do you remember anything from after I died in Barcelona?"

I laughed and kissed him. When I pulled away, I said, "I remember that we're getting married."

Daisya smiled. "That's good enough."

I laughed and stood up. "Come on, Ghost Boy, we should find out how to get out of here."

Daisya stood. "It's your fear. You need to use your magic to get us out."

I grabbed his hand. "You need to help me. I don't think I can do this alone."

Daisya squeezed my hand and said, "Don't worry; I'll be with you every step of the way."

I smile and closed my eyes. The sound of a battle blasted through my eardrums. I quickly opened my eyes to see that the other exorcists were fighting the akuma and Noah. I looked at Daisya. "One last battle."

He nodded. "One last battle.

Together, we both activated our innocence, and joined the battle.