Everything in life is temporary.

So if things are going good,

enjoy it because it won't last forever.

And if things are going bad, don't worry.

It can't last forever either...

Chapter 4

I awoke, my eyes opening tiredly as I sat up and yawned, "Oh, my..." I placed my hand against my head trying to think back to what happened, "Marian...General...Kyoki?" My eyes opened wide as I jumped up and looked around, "What happened, where am I?!"

I scanned the room quickly; a large desk sat in the corner, a red velvet queen sized bed placed in the center of the room, a door to a small closet and bathroom off to the side, and a fridge. The walls where painted a dull grey, the floor a dark patterned mahogany, and one large window that hung bright red curtains. I walked over to the bathroom, splashing water onto my face and then looking up at my reflection in the mirror. I wore a black Gothic Lolita dress that had a bit of red on the skirt and some frills hanging loosely at the end, 'When did I get these clothes...?'

I paused, my eyes trailing up to my forehead where the seven crosses where indented. Blood was still dripping off and crawled down the side of my cheeks. I took one of the towels and wiped the blood away, but it wouldn't stop, "What the hell are these things!?" I yelled frustrated as I threw the towel on the ground and just let the blood spill.

'They're called stigmatas, Alya, they are holy marks.' came Kyoki's voice from the back of my head.

"I don't care what they are! I don't want them!"

'Hush, it's good, stigmatas indicate that you're a Noah...'

I sighed, holding my head, 'What are Noah anyways?'

'Noah are the true apostles of God.'

'Apostles of God...' I paused, 'what happened after I fell asleep?'

There was a quiet giggle in the background, '~Nothing' sang Kyoki.

'...What happened to the general?'

'Oh, I got away, good for you I'm quite a good fighter when it comes to hand to hand combat.'

I sighed, sitting on the edge of the sink, "You know, I could have taken him on too..."

'What? No way! Your just a weak little girl.' laughed Kyoki.

"Shut up! Aron taught me martial arts back at the orphanage, I know how to take care of myself."

'Yeah, right...you took on the general really well...You where a frozen gazelle in front of head lights!'

I growled slightly, standing up and walking out the room, 'By the way...where did you get these clothes..?'

'A shop. I need to look nice for Lord Millennium.'

'Lord Millennium?' I asked.

There was a long pause, 'There are detachable sleeves on the counter...'

She was changing the subject; she obviously didn't want to talk about this 'Lord Millennium'.

-Tyki Mikk-

Tyki was strolling down the sidewalk, looking around for the new disciple, but he had no luck, "How hard can this be?" he asked himself, adjusting his top hat.

As he was walking, he came across a crime scene; police tape surrounded a large hotel and five officers where present, 'How strange...' he thought, stepping over the police tape and walking toward the building. A police man came up to him, "Sir, you can't be here."

"I'm sorry, I just wanted to know what happened in such a lovely place..." His eyes narrowed slightly as he talked.

"I'm restricted to tell anyone, so you must leave now."

Tyki nodded, "Very well." he said turning away and leaving the entrance of the building. He paused and then looked back at the building, with a smirk., Tyki walked around the building and phased through the wall, taking his top hat off and placing it on a nearby counter. As he brushed his hair back, he spotted a worn out notebook on the counter and picked it up, scanning through the pages, 'I'ts a check-in notebook...'

He stopped at the last page, "Alice?" 'Seems she was the last to check in.'

His eyes darted off to the side, "Room 64." Tyki smirked, picking up his hat and stepped up, his legs floating above the ground. He phased through the floors and appeared inside room 64. He looked around, "Hey girl, you in here?" he asked stepping forward, but then stopped as he smelled blood. He looked down at the red carpet and then up to the ceiling where an old woman was hanging, lifelessly. He raised his brow slightly as he studied the corpse, "Seems someone has cut her multiple times with a knife of some sort..." he paused hearing footsteps come up the stairs outside the room in the hallway, "I guess it's time for me to depart..." he sighed as he vanished into the floor before the door opened and a group of policemen ran in.

-Devit and Jasdero-

"Damn it! We've been searching forever!" Devit yelled attempting to punch his brother.

Jasdero ducked quickly not even caring, "We have to find the Disciple before-"

"Tyki" finished Devit.

"What about Road though?"

"To hell with her, she won't hold it against us as long as-"

"Tyki will." Jasdero said, lifting his gun up to Devit's head.

Devit copied his brother as they continued to walk through the empty streets, "Exactly."

"Hey, you two!" Shouted a sweet, but demanding voice from behind them.

The twins turned around, already knowing who was there. They pulled down their guns from each other's head and watched as a small girl in a Gothic Lolita dress skipped in front of them, holding a folded umbrella in one hand...Lero...

"Road, how did you-" Jasdero stopped as he glanced at his tense brother.

Devit glared at Road, "How the hell do you get Lord Millennium to like you so much." He said.

Road pointed Lero at Devit, "Watch your tongue, Devit, Lord Millennium likes me the best because I can do my job, unlike you two. Still haven't had a trace of the disciple yet, huh?" she asked pursing her lips.

Jasdero stepped forward, leaning over his brother's shoulder, "Well neither have you Road! Hee!"

Devit smirked, "Yeah, you haven't found the disciple either, so shut your mouth!"

Road twirled around, unfolding Lero and eyed both Devit and Jasdero, "How do you know I haven't already located the Disciple?"

"Wait. you have?" Jasdero asked surprised.

"Then why haven't you retrieved the disciple yet?" Devit asked, trying not to believe that Road had found the disciple first.

"I haven't retrieved the new Noah yet because I want to see who would get her back to Lord Millennium first." She paused as Lero began lecturing her on why she shouldn't have taken him without the Earl's permission. She quickly shut him up by banging his head on the side walk and looked back at the twins, "The race isn't who would find her first, it's who can retrieve her first, Jasdevi."

Both the twins quickly stepped in front of her, grabbing her shoulders and began to shake her frantically, "Where is the Disciple, Road!?"

Road took a step back, "Like I'm going to tell you."

"Come on Road, tell us, we're tired of looking bad in front of the Earl." Devit said.

"Well that's your own fault, Devit."

"Please!" Jasdero yelled.

"No." Road said sternly, turning away.

Devit growled and pointed his gun at her, "Damn it, Road, just tell us!"

She pulled out a piece of candy and dangled it in front of the twins, "Whats in it for me?"

"Um...helping out family." Jasdero said with a shrug.

"A favor?" Devit asked.

Road paused, "How about you two have to play with me for a whole month!" She squealed as she dropped the candy into her mouth.

Devit cursed under his breath, along with Jasdero as they nodded, "Fine..."

"Now tell us where the Disciple is."

She shrugged, "I don't know."

Devit face palmed, "What do you mean you don't know!? You just said that-"

"I never said that I actually found the Disciple. I simply asked how do you know if I did or not." Road giggled, twirling Lero around frantically.

"But that was suggesting that you found the Disciple already!" Jasdero said.

Road smirked and began walking down the empty street, "Good luck you two. I wish I could be of more assistance, but I have a strong craving for some sweets at the moment... she glanced back at them, "Though, you might want to check in a hotel right now, I'm quite sure you won't find her today. This is a big place for the disciple to be hiding. "

The twins watched as she walked away, "Wait..." Jasdero started, "how did Road know the Disciple was a girl?"

Devit paused, "I don't know, Jas. Maybe she really wants the Disciple to be a girl..."

-Alya-

I paced the room, listening to Kyoki's voice in my head, 'What do you mean I can't leave the hotel!?' I demanded.

'It isn't safe for you to leave, Alya. For all we know, they could be right outside the building waiting for you! We need to wait for my family...'

I crossed my arms and sat on the bed with an irritated expression across my face, 'But there is nothing to do. I can't hide in here forever!'

'You will have to; because if you go down, so do I, you're not going anywhere.'

I paused, perking up slightly and then stood up with a smirk across my face, 'Is that so? You can't control me, Kyoki, I can do whatever I want.'

I began to walk toward the door as Kyoki screamed inside my head frustrated, 'Don't you dare, Alya! Take one more step and I will-'

I opened the door quickly, the door hitting something on the other side. My eyes widened slightly, ignoring Kyoki as I peeked out the door to a man with red long hair, holding his face in pain, "Gah!" he yelled, taking a step back, "I did not expect that..."

"Oh my! I am so-" I stopped, watching the man remove his hand from his face. My heart skipped a beat as I saw who it was, "Marian..." I whispered.

My head started to come clear and I started to pay attention to Kyoki's voice, "Shut the damn door! It's the General!' she screamed in my head.

I obeyed and slammed the door quickly, my hands and back sprawled against the door, "Shit, what do I do!?"

'Barricade the door, quick!'

I looked around frantically and pushed the desk up against the door, all the while I was shouting curses and tripping over my own feet. I was breathing so heavily I could hardly hear myself think, 'I don't want to die...I don't want to die!' I kept repeating in my head, 'How the hell did he find me!?'

'Alya, Alya st-'

"I'm going to die...I'm seriously going to die-"

'Alya shut up! Everything is going to be alright, just listen to me, ok. Here is what you need to do...'

I stood there shaking, listening to Kyoki from within me. As she was in the middle of speaking there was a loud pounding on the door, "Hey, girl! Open up!"

I backed away from the door and ran over to the window, 'That's it, Alya! Jump out the window!' Kyoki cheered.

"What are you crazy!" I yelled aloud.

There was a pause as Kyoki's laughter echoed in my head, 'No. I'm mad, silly.'

'There is no way I'm jumping out of the-'

I turned around quickly as the door flew open, splintered wood flying past my face. My eyes widened in shock as the general stepped in with a bump on his head. He held a gun in one hand as dust cleared the room and he locked eyes with me, 'He broke the door!'

'Run, Alya, run!'

I turned quickly, flicking the switch on the top of the window and struggled to lift the window open. As I got it opened half way, a hand was placed over mine and then made me push the window back down. I turned around to the general who had a blank expression on his face, "You're not running away again, girl."

I took a step back slightly, feeling my heel hit the wall. He was right...I wasn't going anywhere, "H-how did y-you find me?" I asked, my voice quivering.

He smirked, "I followed the stench of a Noah." he paused pulling his gun up to my face, his finger about to pull the trigger, "So, let's get this over with already, I could go for a drink..."

I closed my eyes shut as the trigger was pulled instantly and a loud gun shot echoed throughout the town.

-Tyki Mikk-

Tyki was strolling down the busy streets with a disgusted expression across his face, "I didn't think this search would take so long..." He sighed, brushing his hair back with one stroke of his hand, "How ridiculous..."

He paused as a loud gunshot sounded from behind him, "Hmm?" He turned around, placing his top hat back on his head, "How odd."

He paused thinking, 'Could that be an Exorcist?' His eyes widened, 'or the disciple!'

He strode forward quickly, pushing past the crowd. He saw a hotel in the distance where the gun had sounded and nodded his head slightly as he disappeared beneath the concrete.

-Alya-

I opened my eyes wide, blood stained my clothes. I fell back slowly, my hand reaching out forward. Smoke erupted the room as the door slammed closed and I fell onto the floor in shock, my head banging against the ground. My vision was blurry as I was breathing heavily, trying to take in what just happened. I couldn't feel my body, or even move; I was paralyzed. I tried to speak too, but it felt as if my mouth was filled with water. A person stood in front of me. He had long blonde and black hair and a long red robe on. I could hear his heavy breathing from where I was as he turned around and looked down at me. His hair covered one of his golden eyes that was visible and his skin a dark color. He smirked widely even though he was bleeding. On the top right of his chest was a bullet hole that was bleeding, but he still looked down at me, "Ah, so it is a girl..." he spoke, his voice sounding as two.

I just stared up at him, not able to move, not able to speak. Then I remembered the two rough hands push me aside before the general shot at me, 'He saved my life...'

He looked down at me curiously as his wound instantly disappeared from sight. His body began to grow brightly as his form began to separate into two figures. As the light faded, two boys stood in his place, one with medium long black hair and the other with long blonde hair. The blonde wore a vest with baggy jeans, but had no undershirt, revealing his bare chest, while the other boy wore a leather jacket with a white undershirt that had a red 'X' across the front. Both of them held a small golden gun in one hand as they looked down at me, "Can she speak, Devit?" asked the blonde.

The one with black hair, supposedly Devit, looked down at me and shrugged, "I don't know, Jas. Hey girl!" He nudged me with his boot, "You ok?"

I didn't respond, as I just stared at them, 'I-I almost died...' There was a long pause as both of them kneeled down on either side of me, leaning over me.

"Hey, Devi, is she dying?" the blonde asked snickering slightly, "Maybe you should give her the kiss of life."

Devit laughed slightly and smirked down at me, his eyes shimmering, "Hey that's not a bad idea, Jas." Devit said as he began to lean close to my face.

My eyes widened as I tried moving again, my fingers twitching slightly; I didn't want anyone to give me a 'Kiss of Life'.

Devit was so close to me, I could feel his breath against my face. Before he got any closer, two hands shoved him aside and Jas(dero) moved his face in front of me, "No way, I want to kiss her first!"

I looked at the blonde in surprise, 'How disrespectful, people are fighting over me...that's a first...'

I tried moving more, my legs and arms starting to move more, though the both of them didn't notice. Devit who was thrown back pushed back at Jas and leaned over me again, "No, she's too pretty for you."

Before he could have his 'Second Chance', Jas pulled him back by the hair and threw him aside, "Well then she's too pretty for you to!"

Devit growled and shoved him aside again, climbing over me, "Ha, you mean I'm too sexy for her."

Right as he finished his sentence, I lifted my fist and slammed it against Devit's face, causing him to fall backwards, "Deevviii!" Jasdero yelled startled.

I sat up quickly, moving away from the two, "No one is kissing me! I don't even know you two!"

Devit sat up, holding his face, "Damn girl can pack a punch."

"Who are you people?" I asked, still angry.

Jas, who was behind me, leaned over my shoulder and snickered, "I'm Jasdero!"

I paused looking at Devit, "And I'm Devit!" He called through his hand.

Then together they yelled, "Together we are Jasdevi!"

"Strangers

are just family

you haven't

met yet."

Hey everyone, sorry this chapter took sooo long...I haven't been feeling good lately and I've had a lot of work to do, so I hope you can forgive me^^

I'd like to thank all of you reading this book so far (Not that it's over), and I hope you have all enjoyed!

I would appreciate a nice friendly review though, to tell me how I'm doing and what you think. It would really keep me motivated :D

Thanks,

~NoahGirl