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Chapter Twenty-Seven - The Twins

"You were just playing the piano," Allen explained, gazing at Hitsugaya through confused gray eyes. It seemed rather weird to him that the smaller youth seemed so confused about this fact. After all he'd walked over to the piano and copied the notes as though it had been second nature to him. And it had been obvious that this wasn't the first time that he had played... or if it had been then he was a musical prodigy. "Very well, I might add."

Hitsugaya didn't dispute this fact but merely shrugged his shoulders. The look of confusion was still present in his teal eyes as he gazed at Allen for a moment. It was obvious by his behavior that he still didn't remember anything about the incident.

Which meant that he couldn't offer an explanation for it.

Allen was admittedly a little surprised that Hitsugaya had been able to play the piano so flawlessly and yet didn't seem to remember anything about it. He had been behind the smaller boy and thus hadn't been able to observe whether or not he went through any physical changes. And yet he couldn't get the incident when they had been fighting Tyki and Road out of his mind.

There was definitely something odd about his companion and it had absolutely nothing to do with the fact that he was deceased. Because Allen himself was merely a soul inhabiting an artificial body and he was fairly sure that whatever was up with Hitsugaya had nothing to do with his status as a soul.

"It's something else," he thought to himself, touching his chin with the tip of one gloved finger. "I just can't quite put my finger on what it is."

"I can't believe you survived all of our traps," a by now familiar voice called out. "You weren't supposed to survive."

"You were supposed to die, hee hee!"

"It's a little late for you to be telling me to do that," Hitsugaya growled as he and his companions entered the large room at the end of the corridor. Gazing around it wasn't long before his searching gaze focused on two figures, standing at the far end of the room. One was a black haired boy, appearing to be in his late teens, with dark eyeliner encircling his eyes. The other was a blond boy, appearing around the same age, who appeared to have had his mouth stitched closed.

Under normal circumstances at least part of the group would have found this sight amusing however even Lavi didn't make a joke as they assembled across from the duo. For a few minutes no one spoke as each group attempted to stare down the other.

"You're all crazy," the black haired boy commented as he surveyed the group that had entered the room. It was obvious, from the expression on his face, that he didn't think much of them.

"Crazy, hee hee!" the blond added, grinning like an idiot despite the fact that his mouth was sewn together.

"Like either of you have any room to talk," Allen quipped, thinking back to the mind games that this duo had used in an attempt to destroy them before they reached the room at the end of the corridor. "You couldn't just challenge us directly but instead had to play those silly games first."

"Those weren't silly games," the black haired youth stated calmly, his eyes seemingly focused on Allen and Hitsugaya. "They had a purpose."

"Who the hell are you?" Hitsugaya growled, his teal eyes narrowed and his hand going to the hilt of Hyourinmaru. He was beyond irritated by those stupid games and wanted to put an end to this as soon as possible. Mainly because it was an unwanted distraction to his mission.

"Debitto," the black haired boy said.

"Jasdero," the blond haired boy added before their voices blended into one. "And together we're Jasdevi!"

"And they think we're the crazy ones," Lavi commented dryly, his one visible green eye alert and his hand hovering above his hammer. Poised to draw the weapon the moment that it was required.

"I don't give a damn what they think," Hitsugaya growled as he drew his zanpaktou.

Both Debitto and Jasdero focused their attention on the smaller of the two white haired youths, their eyes narrowing. "You…" they snarled in unison.

"Is it just me or do they seem like they're familiar with chibi?" Lavi questioned, ever the observant one owing to his training as a future Bookman.

"DON'T call me that!" Hitsugaya snapped, before abruptly turning his attention back to the two youths.

"We'll deal with you soon enough," Debitto said, his attention shifting from one white haired boy to the other. "But first I have a bone to pick with you… or to be more precise your master."

Allen's face visibly paled at the mention of General Cross. It was true that their mission was to track down the red head and protect him but that didn't mean that Allen wanted to see him. Or hear about him for that matter. "What does Master Cross have to do with anything?"

A menacing light seemed to appear in the eyes of both Debitto and Jasdero as Allen posed this question. "We were told to kill him…" Debitto said, his eyes taking on a strange look as he recalled the target that Lord Millennium had assigned to them. "But every time we got close we just ended up having to pay his bills!"

This last part was issued in a scream and Debitto grabbed at his spiked hair, hating the memories.

The look that appeared in Allen's eyes was far from sympathetic. In fact his gray orbs seemed to glow with a malevolent light, at the same time that a dark aura seemed to grow to surround him. He laughed, though it was completely without humor. "You haven't even seen debt."

"Is this really happening?" Hitsugaya questioned as Allen and the twins spent the next several minutes comparing the long list of debts that they had been forced to repay by General Cross. To the best of his knowledge this was the strangest thing that he had ever witnessed.

Lavi's expression was keen as he watched the scene that was unfolded a few feet away. "It is," he said, not wholly surprised. He knew that Allen had been traumatized by his time with the general and this was merely one of the ways that it chose to manifest its self.

"Was his time with this Cross guy really that bad?" Hitsugaya asked as he listened to the three raised voices. Allen was now angrily explaining why it wasn't HIS responsibility to pay the bills that Cross had left Debitto and Jasdero stuck with.

Lavi nodded. "I think it was. Allen's as easy going as they come but he undergoes a strange transformation whenever there's even the mention or Cross… or the word debt."

Hitsugaya turned his attention back to the group but it wasn't long before his patience with the situation was exhausted. After all he hadn't had a great deal to begin with. Holding the blade of Hyourinmaru out in front of him the white haired boy stepped forward.

"Enough of this," he stated, his words meant as much for Allen as for the two youths that he was facing. "I don't give a damn how much debt ANY of you had to pay… all I care about is reaching the top of this damn tower. Therefore you have two choices; let us pass and live or delay our progress and die."

Debitto turned his attention toward the boy who was holding a sword pointed in their direction. He briefly wondered what was up with the weapon but quickly shrugged off this train of thought as irrelevant. He honestly didn't care why he had felt the need to bring along a sword. He arched one brow as he stared at Hitsugaya. "As arrogant as ever I see."

Hitsugaya arched a brow, some of his anger dissipating as he heard this statement. Quite the opposite affect that one would expect, since the words spoken had been meant as an insult, but the confusion that it elicited served to hold the anger at bay. "What are you talking about?"

Now it was Debitto's turn to be surprised. "You're kidding right?"

"Kidding, hee hee!"

"No," Hitsugaya deadpanned, one eyebrow arched as he stared at the two of them.

"So Tyki was right," Debitto mused, shaking his head. "He really doesn't remember… not that it matters."

"Cause he's gonna die, hee hee!" Jasdero added, a look of glee appearing on his face as he waved a pistol in the air.

"We've been through this already," Hitsugaya said, holding out his blade and ignoring the music notes that were etched on the gleaming blade. "But your right in one regard, it really doesn't matter."

"Seems like something is going on between the four of them," Krory commented, his gaze focused on Allen, Hitsugaya and the twins.

"Seems that way," Lavi said, a calculating look in his green eye. He had been taking in both conversations; first the one between Allen and the twins and then the one between Hitsugaya and the twins. And trying to make sense out of everything that he had heard.

"So you wanna fight huh?" Debitto said, holding up a pistol that was identical to Jasdero.

"No," Hitsugaya said, his voice low and deadly as he gazed at the two of them. His eyes flashed golden as the stared at the twins, practically radiating a dark aura. "I want to destroy you."

A/N - End of another chapter and the fight is about to be on. Hope that you enjoyed, please leave a review and tell me what you thought.