Chapter 24: The Final Blood. The Final Battle.
(A/N: Hey guyz~! Thanks for the votes. You made the impossible possible. I have come up with hundreds of stories but none had a real ending. Except for this one. That's right. This is the final chapter. Hope this turns out as good as it is in my head. On to the crap!)
Allen and his brothers were annoyed out of their minds. Lenalee (Failure) Lee had awoken last night and now was following them along with Lavi, Bookman, Kanda, Komui, and Chaoji. Komui was being himself and acting like he was Sheryl and Failure was Road. Bookman was telling Lavi to pay attention to everything. In the end Lavi got Panda Chopped because he was trying to hit on a girl and not paying attention. Kanda just 'Che'd at everyone around. Chaoji was walking tall and proud believing he would stop the brothers if anything went wrong. Road wouldn't let go of Allen's arm and Tyki was walking quietly with a cigarette in his mouth.
"Shut up!" Allen yelled as he turned to face the group making them all freeze.
'Your senseless conversations are giving me a headache.' Sido informed.
"Sorry..." Lenalee whispered, shyly.
Allen turned back around and continued walking. He knew exactly where he wanted to go. Town square. Being here before let him know exactly where he was headed and how to get there.
"If you don't mind me asking. Where are we? And where might we be headed?" Bookman asked.
"We're in Uppercliff. We're headed to the center of town." Jack said with his back to the crowd, hiding his huge grin.
"By the way. If you don't like the sight of blood then I highly suggest looking away." Dante suggested.
"Why?" Chaoji asked before smelling the horrid stench.
"We're here." Allen said with a mischievous grin.
As soon as the Exorcists and Noah saw the scene in front of them, their eyes widened in shock and/or horror. Lavi and Kanda were calm and had looked away. Bookman, wanting to be sick, stared at the scene in front of him, recording every single detail. Lenalee had run to an alleyway and had thrown up. Komui was next to his sister, trying to calm her down. Road was amazed at the amount of blood and so was Tyki. Chaoji, being the idiot that he is, thought it was just a show and started laughing.
"Well done everyone! It looks great! What did you use to make the 'blood' so rich? Corn syrup? It's impressive. And the weapons! They look so real!" Chaoji stated as he walked through the large puddle of blood and guts that was the town square.
Allen and Jack snickered. "I dare you to touch one of the weapons and maybe even one of the 'bodies'." The twins said, playing with the idiotic Exorcist.
"Sure." Chaoji said confidently.
Chaoji walked into the center of the blood pool and thought for a moment. "Which one should I touch?"
"How about the one pinned to the wall? Maybe the head on the ground next to it?" Jack grinned.
"Alright. I'll go for the head." Chaoji said as he walked towards the batter and beaten head.
Each step towards the head seemed to make it look more real. Chaoji was getting nervous. 'Calm down. It's fake. Don't panic Chaoji.' The Exorcist thought to himself causing Sido to chuckle.
Chaoji leaned down next to the head and examined it, quickly noticing the head was actually sliced in two. The eyes and tongue a few feet away. Brain splattered everywhere. Chaoji gulped nervously. And he wanted to touch this thing? Was he stupid? Well to be fair, it didn't look that bad from a distance...
Chaoji slowly reached towards the severed head. After a few moments, his hand met the cheek bone. He looked at what he had just touched, not sure when he had looked away, and panicked. The skin felt real. The skin was so decayed that the mere touch had pushed the skin off of the bone allowing the once cocky man to touch the bleach white cheek bone of a truly dead man.
Chaoji stood immediately and took a closer look at his surroundings. The massive pool of blood at his feet. The torn limbs of once living human beings. The decaying corpses stabbed straight through by flags on the tops of various building, obviously the people were dropped from above. But what could have done this!?
Chaoji quickly noticed Jack and Allen's grins. "You do this didn't you! Why!? What did these people do to you!? They were innocent!"
"How do you know?" A voice said calmly from on top of town hall.
"Neah!" The brothers, Road, and Tyki yelled happily.
"Whoa... When did you guys split up?" Neah asked as he jumped from the top of the building, calmly landing on his feet and splashing some blood onto Chaoji and into his mouth proving it was real.
"Long story." Maylu said.
"Hey! Answer me! Why did you kill them!?" Chaoji shouted.
"You really want to know?" Neah said as he turned to face Chaoji.
"I want an explanation!" Chaoji yelled again.
"They ruined our lives and we ruined theirs. Their families were shunned because of us. We lost family because of them. They deserved what happened to them." Neah stated.
"This was our home. Where each of us was born. As soon as one of us would be born, they would torment us, they would fight us, they would throw rocks at us, they would curse us... We did nothing but protect them and they never even got close to returning the favor..." Dante stated.
"They even killed some of the people who we would just smile at..." Jack said sadly as he looked at the ground.
"If we walked into a building or just barely touched it then they would tear it down." Maylu said.
'Eventually we were locked up in a small house outside the town. They caught the house on fire hoping we would die from it.' Sido explained.
"One girl tried to save us... She was one of my friends... They shot her and threw her in the house with us... If she was still alive then she would surely burn to death..." Jerediah said, shaking and fighting back tears.
"We knew it would be hard to get out of the small house. But we found a way out. Although... We knew as soon as one of us escaped then the villagers would shoot whoever else came out." Allen explained. "That was the first time we had joined into one being. I was the first in control since I found the way out. I grabbed the girl and escaped with her. We took her to another town and to a hospital. If we hadn't hurried then she would have lived. But she did." Allen smiled slightly.
"Her name was Annabelle Walker. My mother." Neah said. "Because of her, I met my family and got revenge for her. Do you understand now why we did this?"
"Such an adorable story~" A different voice said from the tallest building in the town.
Everyone looked at the direction the voice came from only to see a silhouette in the moon. The Earl's large size being the shadow in the moon.
"The Earl..." Lenalee muttered as she whipped her mouth and stood.
"Congratulations~! I'm honored to be this well known~!" The Earl said in his usual sing-song way.
"I wouldn't say it's a good thing." Allen said, revealing himself, his brothers, and the three Noah.
"You!" The Earl growled. "How dare you still be alive! You were supposed to have died!"
"We have. Multiple times. We're just the strongest amongst our past brothers that you've killed." Dante said eerily.
"Oh! I remember now! There were originally fifteen of you if I'm correct! What happened to all of them?" The Earl stated.
"Shut up you bastard! I've been wanting to kill you with my own hands for centuries! You'll pay for what you've done to Klyde and Sian!" Jack shouted as he charged at the fat man only to be stopped by other Noah. "Coward!"
"How am I a coward? All I did was strengthen my army!" The Earl said as he summoned hundreds, if not thousands, of akuma.
"Jack." said a voice from behind the serial killer.
Jack turned around and his eyes widened at the sigh of the somewhat taller boy with pitch black hair and sapphire and emerald eyes. "K-Klyde..?"
"Hey man. It's been so damn long! How've you been?" Klyde said with a smile.
"B-but you're dead! You've been dead for three thousand years! How are you here!?" Jack shouted as he backed away from his dead brother only to bump into someone else.
Jack instantly turned around and saw a boy his exact height with the exact same hair color but with sparkling brown eyes.
"Hey Jack. Miss me?" the boy asked with a smile.
"S-Sian..? Y-You too..?" Jack asked the boy, his true twin, as he fell to the floor in fear.
"Of coarse. I wanted to see how my favorite brother was." Sian smiled
"No... You're just hallucinations! You aren't real! Klyde died three thousand years ago and you died four thousand years ago! You aren't here! I felt you die! I felt it! Are you telling me it was all a lie!?" Jack said with some tear falling down his cheeks.
"Jack..." Sian said sadly. "We never died. We're still alive. We missed you-"
"THEN WHY DIDN'T YOU COME BACK TO US! YOU KNEW WHERE WE WERE AT ALL TIMES SO WHY DIDN'T YOU COME BACK!?" Jack shouted through his tears, cutting off his deceased brother.
Sian looked at his brother, startled. He lowered his head and muttered in a dark tone. "Jack... Do you know how much we missed you? Everyone wants you and the others to come back to us. That's all."
"No! I refuse to go down like this! I made a promise that I would protect my little brother!" Jack argued.
"Little... Brother..?" Sian looked up and at his brothers, quickly noticing one he had never seen before. "You... replaced me Jack..? You replaced you're own twin!?" Sian shouted as he pulled out a knife, about to stab his twin brother only to be stopped by a giant hammer hitting him and launching him through a few buildings.
"You're welcome." Lavi stated, almost annoyed.
Jack nodded slowly as he got out of his trance. "Earl! I'll kill you myself just for copying my brothers!"
"Copying? Oh no. You seem to have misunderstood. Those are your brothers! We dug up their corpses, fixed them up a bit, and brought them back~! I hope you're enjoying your little reunion~!" The Earl announced.
"W-what..?" Jack questioned, shocked. "So... My brother... Actually hates me..?"
"Jack! Snap out of it! He's just messing with you! Don't listen to the Earl!" Allen shouted.
"Allen Walker. I have a present for you and Neah as well. Come on out my little pet~" The Earl called gaining the attention of both said boys.
Allen's and Neah's eyes widen when they saw Mana walk around the corner.
"M-Mana..?" Neah questioned.
"Don't fall for it Neah. I know for a fact Mana can't come back. He isn't real." Allen commented sadly.
"Oh yeah... You're right... Sorry." Neah apologized.
"Allen... How's your ankle?" 'Mana' asked in the kind voice both boys knew would always be innocent.
"W-what..?" Allen questioned as he looked at 'Mana'.
"Your ankle. You injured it when you tried to push me out of the way of the car remember? You fell right next to me because you couldn't walk." Mana said.
Allen stared at him shocked. Only he knew that. Maybe Mana but he didn't know for sure. "F-Father..? I-is it really you..?"
Mana nodded. "I'm the only me right? Or are there more? That's one of life's many questions I presume." Mana laughed.
Allen immediately knew it really was his father. Only one man could confuse himself and the smartest of men with only one sentence. "Father!" Allen shouted as he ran to Mana, slowly loosing height and turning back into a ten year old, even with the same clown clothes.
As Allen got closer to Mana, the man kneeled down to meet his son with out stretched arms. Allen quickly ran into the man and hugged him with his father hugging him too. Allen couldn't have been happier.
"Allen. Do you remember that day you tried to bring me back?" Mana asked.
"Yes... It haunts me everyday... I'm sorry..." Allen said, never letting go of his father.
"It was your left arm that held the blade that destroyed the body correct?" Mana questioned.
"Y-yes..." Allen said burying his face further into his fathers chest, trying not to remember the moment and trying not to cry.
"That's what I thought." Manna said as he pulled out a knife and tried to stabbed Allen's left shoulder.
Mana was surprised when the knife didn't cut his son so he repeatedly stabbed the boys left arm, trying to take it off.
Allen looked up at Mana with watery eyes and asked with a watery voice, "Why...Father..?"
Mana just stared into the boys eyes. The child had been betrayed by his only father. The look in his eyes made Mana break free, if only for a moment.
"Allen..." Mana whispered. "I don't want to hurt you. I love you so much. You're my one and only son. I would never dare hurt you."
"Then why were you trying to stab me..?" Allen questioned.
"The Noah, Sheryl. He's controlling me and your brothers." Mana informed.
"But how did you come back..? I thought I destroyed your soul..." Allen asked sadly.
"The Earl pieced our souls back together. Defeat Sheryl and we can rest in peace."
"A-alright." Allen said past the tears.
"And Allen."
"Yes?"
"If it isn't too hard or a disturbance, then can you bring me back after this is all over? I want to spend some time with you, Neah, and your brothers. If you don't mind that is." Mana asked.
Allen smiled and hugged his father again. "I promise to bring you back soon Father."
"Thank you. Now go beat them and save everyone." Mana said before stabbing himself.
"Father!" Allen shouted in shock.
"Oh? So he's dead again? You really are horrid to that man aren't you Allen Walker?" The Earl questioned.
Allen stood and slowly returned to the size he was earlier before glaring at the Earl. "Which one of you is Sheryl!?" Allen shouted in anger.
"Why do you want to know?" Sheryl asked.
"I'll take that as you're Sheryl. You're officially dead!" Allen shouted as he threw a knife at Sheryl's head, only missing by a centimeter.
"Is that the best you've go-" Sheryl shouted only to be interrupted my a knife to the throat.
Allen started throwing knives randomly at Sheryl and hitting every vital organ at least twice.
As soon as Sheryl feel off the building and to the floor, Mana's, Klyde's, and Sian's bodies started to fade.
"J-Jack..?" Sian said as he shakily walked up to Jack.
"Sian..." Jack whispered in shock as he saw his twin's body fade.
"Jack... I-I'm so sorry! I didn't want to hurt you! You're my brother! I-I-!" Sian said only to be cut off by Jack hugging him.
"Please don't leave me again... I can't loose you again..." Jack whispered to his twin.
Sian smiled sadly and hugged his brother back. "You still have Allen. He's your little brother now. Take care of him. Bye Jack." Sian said before fading away completely.
"SIAN!" Jack shouted though his tears as he fell to the floor.
"Good luck man." Klyde said, putting his hand on Jack's shoulder before fading away as well.
"ATTACK!" The Earl shouted furiously.
Immediately, most of the level 2, 3, and 4's combined into ten massive akuma.
Kanda immediately ran to the nearest one and sliced it to ribbons. Lavi, his Fire Seal, burnt one to a crisp. Chaoji ran out yelling "Watch me!" right before he was shot multiple times by a level 1 akuma. Lenalee ran out and kicked a massive akuma at Kanda who just sliced it in two.
After a few minutes only two of the massive akuma were still up. Both used their Pentagram attack (Manga says Evil Star Guitar but it just sounds too stupid) and only succeeded in killing Lenalee. Kanda cut the first one and Lavi burnt the second one. Finishing their part of the battle.
The Earl saw this and was furious. He created a massive Black Matter orb then threw it at the brothers and exorcists. The Earl smiled even more believing it was over.
"Is that all you've got?" Allen asked from the cloud of dust around him and everyone else.
"How are you alive!?" The Earl shouted.
"You're weak." Jack said from a farther distance from Allen.
"What!?" The Earl shouted furiously as the cloud faded to reveal all of the fighters still alive and unharmed.
"Like Jack said. You're weak Earl." Jerediah said in a serious tone causing everyone to look at him and see he was now older and more mature.
"Now you've done it. You made Jerediah serious. That right there is proof enough that you are going to die for the final time Earl. And that death, will be by our hands!" Maylu shouted.
"How are you going to kill me permanently!? You've all attacked me before and succeeded, I shall admit, but as you can see, I'm still alive and well!" The Earl shouted.
"Not for long. Freeze!" Sido shouted, commanding the Earl to stop all movement.
"Allen!" Jerediah shouted.
"Way ahead of you!" Allen shouted as he tore off his false arm and threw it as Jerediah who quickly changed the metal to a stainless steel and into a sword.
"Jack!" Jerediah shouted, throwing the sword at Jack who activated the cross-hairs and found the Earls weak spot before charging at him.
"Draco! Jack needs speed! Now!" Maylu shouted causing the baby dragon to grow to full size and grab Jack's arms and fly at full speed.
"Dante! Power!" Jack shouted.
"Got it!" Dante shouted before summoning a demon who was shot straight to the sword, catching it on fire and making it into the Inferno Blade.
"No you don't!" The Noah shouted as they tried to guard the Earl.
"Sido!" Dante shouted.
"Understood! Stop! Turn around! Line up behind the Earl!" Sido commanded the Noah.
The Noah, not counting Road, Tyki, Neah, or Dante, did as told and lined up just in time for Jack to get launched at the Earl by Draco and stab the fat man through the heart.
"Blaze!" Dante shouted causing the flame on the sword to shoot through the heart of every Noah in the line, incinerating each and everyone of them.
"I can't... believe... it..." The Earl said with wide eyes before turning to dust.
"Is it over?" Komui asked.
"Yeah." Dante said turning to the Chief. "It's finally over."
"Sorry about the arm by the way. I needed a large amount of metal and it was the only metal for miles." Jerediah said as he slowly turned back into his child like figure.
"It's alright. As long as the Earl is gone fore good." Komui said.
"He is. You don't have to worry." Jack said.
"Alright. But where's Lenalee and Chaoji?" Komui asked.
"Over here." Allen said.
Komui smiled before seeing the two piles of dust next to Allen.
"S-she's gone..?" Komui said in shock.
"Sorry..." Allen said.
"At least she didn't die in vain." Komui said past the tears.
It has been a month since the Earl and most the Noah family died. Road, Tyki, and Neah had all decided to go with Allen and his brothers, who decided to stay separate beings.
With the war being over Lavi and Bookman had no where to go. Bookman decided what they needed to focus on the most for now. And that was Allen Walker, Jack Dane, Sido Reade, Jerediah Holting, Maylu Cline, and Dante. After finding out there would be no more bloodbath's, that he would have to know about at least, Lavi agreed to follow the group.
Kanda decided it would be more interesting to follow the Moyashi and his little followers instead of sit around and do nothing. So Kanda joined the crew as well.
The Black Order became a major science facility. Komui is still in charge but Reever is now at the same level, allowing him to cancel out any stupid ideas Komui comes up with that might destroy the world.
Allen and the gang had opened a small portal to the other world in order to ask if their brothers would want to return. All of them had said no. They promised to watch over their still living brothers and maybe visit from time to time. But they didn't want to disrupt the order of time any more than they already have. After finding this out, Allen and Neah spoke to Mana. After a few moments of waiting Mana had returned to the world of the living in a body they could never age or die. Allowing the family to truly be together.
Fin.
(A/N: There are no words to explain how I feel right now. I never thought this story would end. I actually cried a little bit... XD Thank you each and every one of you amazing people for reading, reviewing, favoriting, and following. Hope to see you guys soon in a prequel. So. For a final time in The One Of Secrets (unless I make a chapter of nothing but thanks). Bai guys! c(X )