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Chapter 23: Parasitic Type Weapon

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Nova's POV

The clang of weapons rang in my ear as I bent back, the whirring blade of the weapon passing over my face, cutting a few strands off my hair. I did a back flip and brought my arm forward just as my blade changed shape and slammed into the spinning weapons. My opponent smirked from under his mask and moved so fast that if I didn't see it with my one eye, I could've died. His arm came down just as I made my way out under him, the spinning blades managing to nick the arm hole of my white shirt.

"Hmph, not too bad with evasion girl," I smirked back at him as I repositioned my Innocence to my other hand.

"I'm just glad that I can manage to fight you, General Sokaro,"

Yes, I was sparring against a General. How was I alive? I can barely understand it myself but it's all thanks to my Innocence I suppose. Let's start from the beginning shall we?

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Kanda had just dropped me off in my room and had left when I heard a light knock on the door. Wondering who it was, I pulled it open and was surprised to see Allen waving back at me. Oh right, he said he would come over later. Guess he meant now. With a grin, I let him in and had him sit down on my bed, me leaning against the wall.

"So, how're you going to help me with…this?" I gestured to the black area on both of my arms as I glanced back at him, seeing a quizzical look on his handsome face.

"Let me see….no one knows about this right? How you merged with your Innocence? They just think that you got it repaired?" I thought about it for a second, wondering if any news of it got out and shrugged.

"Got no idea Allen," The silver haired teen sighed and ran a hand through his hand before he tapped his chin in thought.

"Alright, come with me." I gaped at this and glanced at the time near my bed. It was almost midnight! Allen was making his way out the door, dragging me along with him by the arm.

"H-hold on! It's really late Allen! Can't we do this tomorrow, when I've got energy!?" I complained as Allen shook his head, refusing as he walked silently through the halls. We were probably the only two people out right now.

"Allen, are we really-"

"Yes, we need to know what you're Innocence looks like."

I frowned as Allen led me outside of the Order. We stood in the middle of a field of grass, across from each other. Even though we were both sleep deprived, we were still serious about this. Allen shrugged off his jacket and let it drop to the ground, revealing that he was in a black tank. I saw his left black arm and his long black nails; just staring at it made it seem like he was cursed. In a way I suppose he was.

"Now, activate your Innocence. If anything happens, I'll be here to help you." He directed, tilting his head at me.

"Sure, but let me just let you know, I haven't seen what my Innocence is yet." I said as I took of my own jacket, dropping it on the ground, letting Allen see my black covered arms. I closed my eyes as a breeze blew in my face.

Innocence...activate.

I felt a pulse in my arms and heard pieces of metal connecting together, an object appearing in the grip of my hand. I grabbed the now extended handle in both off my hands and opened my eyes to see a long staffed violet scythe. My purple eye zoomed in on Allen's surprised face while I closed the normal one.

"...wow, I did not expect to see that." He said after a moment, coming closer to take a look. I tried to hand it to him but it wouldn't separate from my right palm.

"What the-?"

"It's probably because you're now a Parasitic Type. Being merged with your Innocence was the cause of that." Allen interrupted as he reached a tentative hand towards the blade of the scythe. Suddenly, I felt a reaction within me and took a step back just as the blade changed into a machine gun, it's barrel pointed straight at Allen's head.

It had happened in a split second for the blade to change shape. And as Allen stared back at me with wide eyes, I lowered my arm and stared down at it in both awe and horror. I glanced at me other arm and saw the scythe in it.

"So you can change your weapon's form and wield both at the same time? That's a pretty cool power." The silver haired teen commented as he took a few steps away from me, still a little fazed at what just occurred. I deactivated my Innocence and the scythe and machine gun both molded back into my arms.

"I'll need to wear what you wear from now on," I sighed in disappointment as I gave Allen an apologetic glance. He simply shrugged back at me with a smile. As if he knew that it'd come to this.

"Now, you need to increase your sync rate correct? Maybe if you received some training from my master, but since he isn't here and off somewhere at a bar, we'll have to get you train with someone of a similar weapon with."

"But wouldn't it be better if I trained with General Cross? Shouldn't we find him?" I inquired with curiosity, wondering exactly what this General was like. I've heard things about him, not really wanting to believe it-all coming from Allen. At the mention of his master's name, his face slipped into a scowl.

"No, all he would do is hand me his debts and run off again; I'm sure that the Order is pissed off at him not returning. He could be anywhere so finding him would be hard. Let's not waste our time on that…" I rolled my eyes at this and bent over to grab my coat when I sensed something, immediately activating my Innocence. I moved in front of Allen and brought my scythe forward, barely blocking the whirring weapon of a chainsaw. As I realized who it was, I shoved him off and moved next to Allen who narrowed his eyes suspiciously at the General.

"What do you need, General Sokaro?" I asked formally as I pointed the blade of my scythe down to the ground, its face gleaming in the star night. The masked General grinned as he deactivated his own Innocence, crossing his arms in front of him.

"I'd like to see how long you'd last,"

"What?"

"With me as your teacher of course," I blinked in astonishment as his preposition and glanced over at Allen who seemed equally surprised. As my scythe moved back into my arm, I met the General's gaze suspiciously.

"Why would you train me? You wouldn't seem like someone who would want to-"

"Alright alright, I'll just give this to you straight out. Rouvelier suggested that I should train you-no wait, ordered- so that you could become the 'ultimate weapon' to victory, whatever that means," He nonchalantly replied with a wave of his hand as he gazed up into the night sky. I bristled at his reply and clenched my fists in anger at the mention of that man's name. I hated him to the very core.

"Us exorcists…we're just mere tools to him…and you'd let him order you around like that!?" I yelled as I realized how I had spoken without any respect, widening my eyes at what I said. General Sokaro's eyes widened behind his mask at my outburst and gave me a bitter smile.

"Oi, it's not something we can help. As much as I'd like to rip that man's head off myself for thinking that we're simple pawns, I can't, but maybe you can, at some point." I raised an eyebrow at this in interest.

"But besides being ordered, I'd actually like to see if you would be able to endure my training. I'll put you through hell so that you can get back to where you once were. But now you have a different type of weapon Innocence, so-I hope you enjoy the ride." He finished with a sadistic grin, meeting my gaze for one more moment before turning around, walking back towards the Order.

"Oh yeah, girl, your Innocence, it's strange but it looks like it relies on the will of your strength to fight. Make sure you always have it when you're up against me." I peered down at my hands as he said this, seeing the cross on my wrist.

"That's right…things have changed, my Innocence, my family, everything."

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There was a large crowd that beginning to form, all watching the General and I spar. And most of them were either my exorcist friends or the other Generals. But to General Sokaro, it was just me who was in the room, his eyes only on me. It was a little freaky, but he was ordered to do this, so I guess that he should be serious about it. I slammed the staff of the scythe into the whirring staff, sparks flying once more as the teeth of the saw stood up against my staff. It was a battle of will and I had tons of it-but it wasn't enough.

The staff of scythe snapped in half and I fell forward just as the whirring blades of the saw came inches away from my purple eye when I suddenly dropped down on to my knees. Again, things were changing. My Innocence seemed to take control over my body sometimes, like when it knew when I was in danger of dying, it would react. It's happened a few times now in this sparring session. And it's only the first one.

I jumped to my feet behind General Sokaro and clenched my fists as a newly made scythe appeared in place of the broken staffed one, giving me two scythes in both hands. As I ran towards Sokaro, he turned towards me with a grin and brought his arm back, the speed of the blades suddenly increasing.

"Cremation Blade!" He yelled as the saw lit up in a light orange hue, throwing it straight at me. As I ran towards him, I narrowed my eyes at the approaching weapon and waited until the last second to duck and slide on my knees towards him, changing one of my scythes into the machine gun, aiming it at the General. With a grin, he suddenly appeared above me with his whirring chainsaw and slammed it into the staff of my scythe, sending me into the ground.

As I gritted my teeth in pain, I scrambled to my feet and rolled out of the way just as the blade of the saw sunk into the spot where my head just was. Flipping in mid air, I aimed my gun at the General and fired, the sound of gunshots echoing. I landed on my shoulder, sliding along the ground as I watched the smoke that rose where my bullets hit. For a moment, I thought I had actually killed him, but then realized that this was a General, and scowled as I saw his figure jump out of the smoke, a wide sadistic smile on his face.

Having no time to dodge, I changed the machine gun and scythe into two swords and crossed the both of them in defense just as the whirring saw slammed into them, my foot digging into the ground in effort. I grimaced in effort; my head close to Sokaro's when I felt a sudden pain in my stomach. In a second, I was thrown into the air, my breath knocked out of me. Realizing that this might be the only chance, I recovered in mid air and brought my arms forward, sending the two swords down towards him at lightning speed, the scream of the blades hitting the air as they fell.

I watched as the both of them sunk into the ground right by his feet, not harming him, but close enough to surprise him. I landed on the soft grass with a hand rubbing my stomach where the General kicked it and looked at him with a waiting stare. Would we still spar? Or was this the end of our first session? He wouldn't leave me the winner would he? I mean, he's a General! Panting, I stood up, wondering if I had really won when I felt a whoosh of air behind me, the figure of Sokaro gone in front of me. I turned just as the blade stopped at my neck, a centimeter away from slicing my head off.

Frozen in place, I stared at General Sokaro and wondered who exactly would go this far in sparring, to the point of almost killing someone? Apparently this guy. General Sokaro pulled away his weapon and deactivated his Innocence, two circles around his back as he pulled his arm back in a punch. Seeing this, I instantly dodged it and almost didn't see the foot coming up to slam into my face, catching it with one hand, only to evade another punch.

As I gasped in exhaustion, my vision blurred for a second when I his figure disappeared in front of me once more. Dammit! Turn around! Just as I did, a fist collided into my face, sending me flying back into the grass. Pain exploded all over my body-especially my face- as I heard a thump above me. With hesitantly opened eyes, General Sokaro was bent over me with his fist poised right above my face, his other hand next to my head.

Damn, this guy…

"Hm, I win. Meet me back out here tomorrow, same time." He instructed as he pulled his fist away from me and sat down on my stomach with crossed arms over his chest. As I glared up at him, he simply stared down at me with a scrutinizing expression.

"What?" I snarled in an annoyed voice as I heard approaching footsteps from the sidelines.

"Something is weird with your Innocence. It's saved you from death a couple times now, but not the one that I stopped. Figure out how your Innocence exactly works." He gruffly directed with a nod before standing up and walking away, leaving me there to bask in my defeat. Groaning in pain, I reached up to touch my nose and winced when the bridge of it throbbed in pain. Yep, the man bruised it.

"Hey! That was awesome! I've never seen anyone go up to par with General Sokaro!" Lavi praised as he bent down next to me, a cheeky grin on his face.

"Shut up, did you see what he did to my nose?" I joked as I sat up, rubbing the back of my head to get the dirt off. As I turned towards him, two hands were outstretched towards me, one Kanda, the other Lavi. Grinning, I grabbed the both of them and pulled myself up with their help as we made our way back inside.

Kanda tentatively touched my nose, resulting in me swatting his hand away and smacking him in the stomach to stop. Lavi snickered at this as he hooked his arm around my neck, also resulting in me shoving him away because of the bruises I probably had all over my body.

Whatever happened today, it would be filled with a lot of pain. Gah, curse this training.

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Tyki's POV

I slowly inhaled with closed eyes and exhaled, the smoke wafting around me as I stood outside her apartment. As I took the cigarette away from my lips, I glanced around to see if anyone was watching and kicked the door open with my foot, waltzing in calmly. I peered into the hallways and kitchens but I didn't see the person I was looking for, until I heard, "What the hell are you doing here you bastard?"

With a smirk I turned to see someone I didn't expect. I frowned in confusion as the voice of Avon came out of a different body. It wasn't the brunette silver eyed girl he knew anymore but a girl with black hair and blue eyes, quite cute, but not as intriguing as Nova.

"Why'd you switch bodies Avon?" I inquired amusedly as I took a seat on the couch, crossing one leg over the other. Avon put her hands on her hips with a frown of disapproval and flopped down in the chair near the couch, glaring at me.

"My master wanted me to, though I hate to say it, I liked hers." She commented nostalgically, making me want to make a smart remark about it.

"I did too," I teased, earning me a full on death glare from the Shigai.

"Shut up you pervert,"

"I'm no pervert! I'm a just a man who knows a lot about-"

"Just be quiet! We need to wait for someone and I can't handle being here with you if you're talking the entire time." Avon growled as she crossed her arms over her chest. I rolled my eyes in amusement and was about to say something when I heard a light knock on the door. Lifting my head, I widened my eyes to see someone I also didn't expect.

The dog of the Generals', Sam, stepped in with a sly smirk and narrowed eyes, its blue color giving off an unusual glow. He walked in with such a smooth grace; I couldn't believe that this was someone who was the master of all the Shigai. Wait a second, that's not Sam, but the Shigai that took over his body. Right, need to get my facts straight.

Avon jumped to her feet and got down on one knee as Sam stood in front of her, bowing to him. Wow, she really respected this guy then.

"Shall we get the plan into motion?" The master of all Shigai offered with a slight tilt of his handsome head. I stood up from my seat, taking another drag just as Avon got up from her stance, smirking.

"Of course, for us to rule, we'll need to head to the Order first." I narrowed my eyes at this and put a hand up, walking towards the both of them.

"Hey hey, now wait a second, let me just remind you, this…'temporary' alliance we have with the you and the Earl will be terminated as soon as we kill Nova Krest and Allen Walker, got it? After that, we'll be enemies," Avon and Sam both glanced back at me with devious smirks and nodded in agreement, giving me a slightly suspicious feeling about the whole situation. However, killing Nova Krest would be such a pleasure.

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I know, I know this chapter's a bit short…but I just wanted to update so that I could satisfy your ravenous hunger for a new chapter! I know you all wanted one out really badly so I wanted it to be a swift chapter. The next one will be long though! I promise you that. XD The whole chapter will be thought thoroughly. So please leave a review and let me know how you like it!

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