Thought of the day: Why do guys think if they are porn stars than that makes them cool? All it means is someone ELSE is paying a girl to sleep with you and you are too cheap to pay yourself.
Phrase of the day: This is a robbery. Don't even pucker your buttholes!
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Songs for this chapter:Angels-Nine Inch Nails (song Xadi is humming/singing), Burn-Nine Inch Nails (Xadi's song). These songs will be used in future chapters as well. Enjoy. I highly recommend listening to one or both (especially burn).
Dislaimer: I don't own D Gray-Man or the songs listed above but I do own all original characters used in this fic.
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As the group of exorcists made their way to the swamp they came across two finders who were carrying a stretcher with a sheet over it. When their finder, Finnigan, inquired as to what they had found the news was grim.
"We managed to find one of the missing people. Though he's dead unfortunately."
"Who was he?"
"One of our finders."
"What happened to him?"
Examining under the sheet (Lavi covered Timothy's eyes. A young boy shouldn't see a dead body.)
"How did he die?" Lavi asked. He took note that the chest cavity had been opened.
"Well we managed to do an on the scene analysis so that large opening in his chest. That was us. When we found him there was no sign of injury or anything. Thus the on scene autopsy. We aren't professionals but It seems he drowned."
"That isn't so strange. We're in a swamp." Lavi pointed out.
"That's not the weird part. He didn't drown on water. He drowned in blood. His lungs were filled with blood."
Narrowing his eyes in contemplation, Lavi questioned further. "So then it was merely internal bleeding and he suffocated on his own blood from his lungs hemorrhaging."
The two finders looked at each other. "Uh that's what we thought until we realized the blood type we found was type A."
"So?"
"This finder's blood type was B. We checked. This Man choked on someone else's blood."
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Tyki walked down the sidewalks of New Orleans with mild skip in his step until he arrived at his destination. A mild shake of his head in disapproval as he looked upon the dilapidated and disheveled small apartment complex. He was all for living amongst the common people but this wasn't common at all! But what could he expect upon the walk here after all. He was in one of the poorer areas of the city known as "The Big Easy."Signs of wear and tear, poor upkeep, and disreputable riff-raff were everywhere. Signs of the homeless littered the streets and he could tell as he passed by that he stood out like a sore thumb in a hospitable filled with those who had amputated arms. Yeah it was bad. He had received a plethora of looks on his way to this destination Were he any other person he might be concerned for his wellbeing for fear of being mugged. He laughed a bit at this thought. Any who even thought of trying it should be concerned for their own wellbeing.
Thoughts returned to the shambles before him one would call home. He made his way up the the cracked and broken cement steps to the door. The door had no lock nor even a knob. It swung open without any effort. The door creaked and groaned at this.
The air that met his nose reeked of decay and rot making his face cringe at the sudden unpleasant odor. Cleanliness was obviously not the primary concern of the occupants but Tyki figured it was more likely one person in particular.
He made his way through the door, the wooden floorboards creaking with every step he took letting loose the horrid living conditions. Tyki pace took him up the stairs to the floors above. He hummed a little happy tune to himself as he went. That is until he heard someone else humming as well. And it was most definitely not a happy tune at all. This is ruining my good mood. He thought to himself as he continued up the stairs to the forth and final floor. At the end of the hall near a dirty door with peeling paint, the humming originated from. Tyki could just make out sining coming from behind the door now.
"Feel sooooo lonely I feel like I have dieeeed! I thought angels never learned to say goodbye."
Tyki knocked on the door politely and waited for a response. The only one he got was the silence of the song he heard. Nothing else. Again he tried knocking. "Xadi...Xadi I know you are in there. Open up the door."
There was no response.
Tyki sighed with distaste and merely walked through the door. The specific term would be phasing through it as was his power as the Noah with the memory of Pleasure.
The interior of the room was filthy. Garbage and other debris littered the floor. It was a mess and the person who lived here was obviously a slob or simply just didn't care about the upkeep.
Wading his way through ankle deep garbage until he found the person he was looking for lying on his bed with his head tilted back looking up at him in a lazy informal manner. This young man who appeared in his early 20's had wild unkempt brown hair and a small beard adorning his chin. His clothes were ruffled and he appeared slovenly.
"TYKI! How are you doing? It's so great to see you."
Tyki lit up a cigarette. "I've been....well let's just say I've had better days."
"What's with the new look. The long hair and all."
"Oh Road threatened to kill me if I cut it. She likes it better this way."
"Haha! Sounds like her. How is my cousin doing anyway? Is she still the same as I remember her?"
"Pretty much. But she does have a little crush now though. Something of a boy friend I should say. Or a boy toy something along those lines."
At this the man known as Xadi burst out laughing at this
"HAHAHAA....Road! Road has a crush!! Oh oh that's just adorable. Knowing Road it's more like her to keep him as a toy. Um has she cut off any of his limbs yet?"
"No she hasn't and it doesn't seem like she is going to anytime soon."
Xadi was impressed
"Wow! That is something. Normally she loses interest in her toys unless they're...you know...dying."
"Yes I know." Tyki narrowed his eyes in curiosity at Xadi. "Why don't you know any of this. The Earl writes to you on occasion letting you know how we are doing doesn't he?"
"Well yeah of course but I've been worried ever since I ....I felt Skin die."
"Yeah. Well we're fine"
"What about the exorcist who killed him? Is he dead?"
"No."
"NO!? What'd you mean. Why is he still walking around? Geez I'll just take care of him myself."
Tyki took a long drag off his cigarette to calm his nerves. Dealing with Xadi could be a lot of things. Entertaining sometimes. Aggravating and stressing other times. This was the latter.
"Xadi please pay attention for me here. The Earl's let you hang around and slack off down here for quite some time now. But with the loss of Skin we need to you to....well....stop being you and help."
"Are you saying I'm lazy?"
Tyki gave him a look. A look that seemed to be like a hammer to the face stating 'Hell Yeah'
Xadi took this with good humor and chuckled. "Yeah you're right. You called me on it."
"The Earl's let you slack off down here for long enough. What have you been doing down here anyway? You never write us."
"Too much effort to write. Why bother. I've been doing a little of.....well nothing really."
Tyki slapped a palm to his face. Why didn't he guess. That was just like Xadi.
"Well mostly I've been hanging around chatting with the local girls and the like. You know how I love the fairer sex."
"Uh huh" Tyki said as he flicked the used cigarette to the floor and put it out with his heel.
"Hey! What are you doing? Don't just make a mess."
"Look around Xadi. This doesn't make a difference at all. The place is already a mess."
"Yeah good point. Still never was much for smoking though."
"Yes you were never much for doing anything at all. So you've been working at a bar as well I hear."
"Yeah. It's a great place to meet girls and make money at the same time. Though I wouldn't call it working since I really don't do all that much work."
"Yeah well there's another reason I came down here besides to fetch you. We're here for the innocence as well."
"Oh you guys want that."
Tyki was mildly shocked. "You know about it?"
"Well sure. I mean I found out about it. Been scoping it out myself."
"Why haven't you done anything about it!?"
"Too much trouble. Why bother? I mean I looked into it but it seemed like to much trouble so I've just been keeping tabs on it. Oh and I've been having some fun on the side while doing so."
"Well the Earl needs you to start helping now so come on."
"What? Now?"
At this Tyki just kicked the bed over sending Xadi sprawling to floor buried under the mattress.
"HEY! Come on! You don't have to be like that!"
"It's the only way to get you to do anything now move."
"Fine, fine. Just let me change into something a little more acceptable to the Earl. Don't want him to scold me again."
A few moments later Xadi appeared his hair still wild and uncombed along with his beard. He was wearing a wrinkled suit much like Tyki however it was worn and and the jacked was unbuttoned. He looked just as was his manner: Lazy. Holes and wrinkles covered his attire. No top hat. His bow tie remained limp and unfastened around his neck. He looked as if he had thrown the outfit together at the last moment. And he did. Despite this one couldn't say he was ugly. He was actually pretty good looking. If only he would clean himself up but despite that he still looked pretty good. Unlike Tyki, Xadi had more of a rugged look to him. Where Tyki was attractive in a suave elegant manner. Xadi was handsome in his own way. Though it would be easier to see if he actually cleaned himself up.
The two set foot outside and were on their way.
"So where is Road right now anyway?"
"Oh she's with her little boyfriend."
"You mind if we make a little detour. I wanna pick something up for my cousin. She still likes dolls right?"
"Yes, she does. Why?"
"I want to pick up one for her as a gift. It's been such a long time since I've seen her. I always liked seeing the look on her face when I would give her a doll when she was younger."
Putting his arm around Xadi in a friendly manner. Sure he had a lot of faults but still he was family.
"I'm sure she'll like that Xadi. I'm sure she'll like that a lot."
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Because I love my readers and was happy with the reviews I was given by them (though I wished there had been more) I decided to whip this one out for those that reviewed my last chapter. I'll try to update regularly like this but consider this an extra special treat since it's only been a little more than a day since my last update. Oh and to BookThief101. This update's for you since I've keep you waiting so long.
Next time: The group of exorcists venture further into the clarksville swamp in search of clues.
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