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Chapter Eleven - Target of the Noah

The phone in the corner rang and a man with unruly dark hair and strange looking glasses immediately answered it. The man stayed on the phone for a couple of minutes before saying, "I understand." The man then placed the receiver down and turned to face his friends.

"Let me guess Tyki, you've got another secret job?"

The man named Tyki nodded. "Sorry guys. I'll have to catch up with you later."

"Right," his friends said. "See you later Tyki."

Tyki waved his hand over his shoulder as he left the modest place where he stayed with his friends while he was in his 'white' persona. Making his way casually down the street his thoughts were bouncing around like a pinball. What reason could the Millennium Earl have for summoning him? Would the mission take long? Would it even be a mission at all? He wouldn't be happy if he had been asked to leave his friends for no reason.

"Nice to see you again," a voice called out from a shadowy alley way. "Sir Tyki Mikk."

"Always a pleasure," Tyki said as he stepped into the shadows and assumed his 'black' persona. His shabby clothes disappeared, replaced by a tuxedo while the strange glasses that he wore dissolved into nothingness. His skin turned ashen and seven black diamond shaped stigmata appeared across his forehead. Brushing back his hair he placed the top hat that had appeared in his hand on top of his head, completing the look. "Lord Millennium."

"The family is assembling for a meal," the Millennium Earl said as Tyki came to stand beside him. "We should hurry and join them."

"As you wish," Tyki said politely.

The Millennium Earl nodded and together the two traveled to the Earl's headquarters and from there into the dining room. It seemed to Tyki that this was the room where they spent the vast majority of their time, which was made pointedly obvious by the size of the Millennium Earl's stomach.

All of the other members of the Noah Clan were already assembled around the table and Tyki took his customary spot next to Road Kamelot. She smiled as she gazed over at him. "Hey Tyki, you wanna play later?"

"Probably not," Tyki said in an almost bored tone of voice. "Why don't you play with Lero or something?"

Far from put off by this blatant dismissal Road actually offered Tyki a broad smile. "That's a great idea."

A group of Akuma dressed in maid uniforms served the meal and for awhile no one spoke, except for Skin once again complaining that his food wasn't sweet enough. Tyki rolled his eyes as Skin once again began to beat the snot out of the offending Akuma. Honestly, couldn't the man even fake having manners? Was one peaceful dinner really too much to ask?

Once he had finished his meal the Earl's gaze swept across each of the table's occupants in turn. These were his children, the chosen ones with whom he would overthrow God. "Alright everyone. Now that we're all full and contented I think that it's time that we got down to the business at hand."

"And what might that be?" Road asked, being one of the few Noah who dared to be so informal with their leader. As the First Child everyone knew that she was the Millennium Earl's favorite and she never failed to use this status to her advantage, doing things that the others would never dare.

The Millennium Earl held up two seemingly normal playing cards, one in each hand. The Noah all stared at the cards for a minute but when the Earl flipped them around to the other side their meaning became crystal clear. On each card was the face of a white haired youth. One of them, Allen Walker, was already well known among the Noah however the second youth was a mystery.

"Who's the other child Lord Millennium?" Tyki asked.

"My sources have told me that his name is Toushirou Hitsugaya and that he is a new comer to the Black Order," the Earl explained to his children. "These two have become a real bother as of late and I think that it's time that they were eliminated."

"Does this mean that Jasdevi gets to go out and kill?" Jasdero asked hopefully, holding up a little golden pistol.

"Yes... yes... yes..." Devit added, holding a golden pistol identical to the one that Jasdero had.

"Do you really think that it will take a Noah to bring down two children?" Skin asked, sticking a spoon into the newest dessert that he had been given by one of the Akuma maids.

"Do not underestimate these two children," the Earl said, his gaze once again shifting back and forth between his chosen children. "They may be young but they have already destroyed countless Level One and Level Two Akuma. Allen Walker has even killed Level Three Akuma as well as having escaped my grasp not once but twice."

The assembled group all gazed at their leader, shocked by this admission.

"Alright!" Road exclaimed, jumping up into her chair and twirling around. "This is gonna be so much fun."

"I'm glad that you think so," the Earl said, offering the First Child an indulgent smile. "Because you and Tyki are going to search for and eliminate the two of them. I've heard that they travel together and I witnessed that first hand. I suspect that if you find one then you will find the other."

"Yay!" Road leapt from her chair and seized Tyki by the hand. "Let's go Tyki! This is gonna be so much fun! I'm so excited!"

Tyki was less excited however he bowed to the Millennium Earl and allowed Road to lead him from the room. If those two children had to be eliminated so that he could go back to his 'white' persona then so be it. He would track them down and they would be nothing more than food for the Tease.

Tyki was suddenly jarred from his thoughts by a tug on the sleeve of his tuxedo. Shifting his gaze downward he noticed that Road was gazing up at him and he also noticed that she was carrying a very familiar, and very annoying, umbrella. "Must you bring him?"

"Yes," Road said, offering Tyki what was supposed to be a winning smile. "It's more fun with Lero around."

"I hope, Lero that you got the Earl's permission, Lero."

"It doesn't matter if I have his permission or not," Road said, absently swinging the umbrella around in a circle. This caused the pumpkin head on the end of it to scream in protest but Road paid no attention. "Lord Millennium could never be mad at me."

"Lero."

"Let's just go and get this over with," Tyki said.

"Fine," Road huffed.

The trip to Liverpool was wholly uneventful and Allen and Hitsugaya arrived there on schedule. The two youths stretched their arms over their heads, to work out the kinks caused by the long travel, and then began walking. Allen took the lead because he was familiar with the city from his days with General Cross and Hitsugaya fell into step beside him.

"This is annoying," Hitsugaya muttered as Allen led the way through the streets of the English city. People were staring at him and his companion and Hitsugaya found that he did not like it in the slightest. Were they really that unusual? I mean it was true that they both had white hair and yet otherwise appeared young but were these people's lives really that boring?

Allen shrugged. He was used to being stared at by strangers since he had been enduring it his entire life. "You get used to it."

"Well," Hitsugaya growled. "I don't want to get used to it. I want to find Cross and get the hell out of here."

Allen sighed. If only it would turn out to be that simple but in his heart he knew that it wouldn't. Nothing involving his master was ever easy and this would be no exception. After all, Cross had tons of practice avoiding debt collectors, as well as the Black Order, and as a result had become incredibly skilled at covering his tracks.

"Why couldn't Master have just kept in touch with the Order?" Allen complained as he and Hitsugaya walked. "I mean, he does work for them after all."

"He sounds like a selfish person, this Master of yours," Hitsugaya commented.

Allen nodded.

Walking through a large town and on the look out for ladies and Akuma, in that order, General Cross Marian suddenly began to sneeze uncontrollably. "What the hell?" the General exclaimed as he covered his mouth with a gloved hand. This was incredibly odd since he hadn't been sick for as long as he could remember.

"Oh well," he said, shrugging off his sudden affliction. "I've been sober for entirely too long. I've got to find a drink and preferably a beautiful woman to share it with."

And with this thought in mind Cross began searching for the nearest bar, or for that matter any place that sold liquor, he wasn't that picky. He had frequented some pretty bad places in his lifetime so it wouldn't be the first time he visited a dive so that he could get a drink.

Unfortunately his funds were limited since he no longer had his idiot apprentice to pay the bills so, once he got his drink, he would have to move on to the next town in a hurry. If he didn't then someone was bound to cause trouble for him and he simply wasn't in the mood for a fight.

Leaving the headquarters that were maintained by the Earl, Tyki and Road began their travels in search of Allen Walker and Toushirou Hitsugaya. Tyki just wanted to get the assignment over with so that he could return to his 'white' persona but Road on the other hand was looking forward to having some fun with the two boys before they were killed.

"I haven't had any fun is such a long time," Road whined, once again twirling Lero around over her head. The pumpkin screamed out his protests over the way that he was being treated however neither of the Noah were listening. Road enjoyed tormenting him and Tyki had long sense learned to block out the obnoxious noise made when the umbrella spoke.

"So do you have any idea where the two of them are?" Road asked once she'd grown tired of tormenting Lero.

Tyki shrugged. "They shouldn't be too hard to find. We'll send out a group of Level One Akuma to track them down."

"You're so smart," Road said.

"I'm not doing your homework again," Tyki said to which Road replied by sticking her tongue out at him. "Stop acting so childish."

This was rewarded by another face.

"Fine," Tyki said. "Do whatever you want."

To this Road smiled and grabbed Tyki by the sleeve of his tuxedo. "Let's hurry and find them Tyki so that I'll have someone to play with."

"Right," Tyki said, knowing that if they found the two boys then Road would be too busy fighting with them to give him a hard time. That almost made this mission worth it in his eyes. Reaching into the inside pocket of his jacket he pulled out the two cards that Lord Millennium had given him, each bearing the picture of one of their targets.

"Let's go and inform the Akuma of who they are to find."

"Yay!" Road exclaimed, jumping up and down and clapping her hands together. Unfortunately she seemed to forget that she was holding Lero and the umbrella fell to the ground with a thump.

"Oww! Lero!"

"Oops," Road said, laughing despite the fact that she'd dropped the pumpkin on his head. "Sorry about that Lero."

"Le. . . ro. . ."

A/N - and here's chapter eleven and Allen and Toushirou only made a cameo appearance. That seems kinda wrong but then we have to give the bad guys some 'screen time' so to speak. And even though Tyki's one of the bad guys and tries to kill Allen, I still kinda like him. He's schizo. And even Cross made a cameo appearance. Hope you enjoyed this chapter, please leave a review and tell me what you thought.

Tyki: I can't believe that I have to do this.
Road: Oh come on Tyki-pon. It'll be fun.
Tyki: Don't call me that.
The Musician: Tyki-pon... how hilarious! 'laughs hysterically'
Tyki: Who the hell are you?
The Musician: You don't know me? Now my feelings have been hurt. I'm leaving... Tyki-pon