The door was a dark bronze color; a black handle and an engraved pattern decorated on the sides. Tyki, who had placed me down, motioned me to enter. I narrowed my eyes slightly, "Lord Millennium..." I whisper as I reach for the handle.

Suddenly, in the distance, multiple firings of gun shots went off. I turned around quickly, and much to my surprise the twins came into view, running toward us in intense speed. I glanced up at Tyki who had a stern look on his face, "Those idiots..." he said under his breath.

He paused and looked back at me, showing a slight smile, "Go on ahead," he said as he began to walk forward, "I'll take care of these two..." his voice seemed to grow darker, but at the same time very kind. It was odd. I could never understand what Tyki was feeling; he was like two different people.

I looked after him for a moment and then turned toward the door hesitantly, 'Kyoki, here we go...'I opened the door and stepped in quickly,a bright light flashed before my eyes, but I kept walking until I could see again.

The first thing that I saw was a demon's head in the center of the room. Thick purple wires latched off of it and a large hole was above it's forehead. Its eyes where closed as if it was sleeping and bright white music notes where circling around it like a shield. I watched intently, 'What is this place?'

I flinched slightly at an unfamiliar voice, "Hello, dear, you must be the new disciple."

My eyes fell upon a fat man sitting on a large black stool and in front of him was a large black piano. Without saying anything, I took a step forward and paused. Something felt odd? The atmosphere felt thick and uncomfortable all of a sudden and my heart felt like it was being squeezed tightly; I found it hard to breath. I opened my mouth to speak, but no words managed to escape.

The man stood up from his seat and turned toward me. I could see his large grin and a shimmer of his small spectacles; it seemed as though he was angry, but his voice sounded soft and comfortable. He walked up to me and stopped; creating a long silence between us.

Summoning up the courage I began to speak, "Are you Lord Millennium, sir?" I asked politely.

The man chuckled and ruffled my hair with his large hand, "Yes, I am, but who are you?"

I paused, "My name is Kyoki-"

I stopped, looking up at him. His grasp on my head tightened, pulling my hair slightly, "Kyoki eh?" He let go, causing me to take a step back, "Kyoki...the Noah of Madness, the betrayer." his voice changed instantly to dark and frightening, sending chills down my back, "No. It can't be. You where destroyed." he said slowly.

'Destroyed? Kyoki...what is he-'

'He...he still hates me!' Kyoki's voice yelled.

Suddenly, tears began to flood my face uncontrollably and my body felt cold, 'Kyoki, whats going on?'

There was no answer. Instead Lord Millennium spoke, "Kyoki, how dare you show yourself in my presence. I destroyed you for a reason!"

I took a step back as he held out his hand and a dark purple orb appeared. My eyes widened in fear, but then narrowed as I felt a rush of strength, "I am no betrayer..." I said sternly.

I held out both of my hands up to my face, 'Blades and Knives, Innocence activate!'

Large sharp blades of all sizes shot out of my hands in an uneven manner. They seemed to glow a bright green and produce a large amount of power, "Stop."

Lord Millennium brought down his hand, causing the orb to break and then release into the atmosphere. He stood silent for a moment and then began to chuckle softly, "Innocence and Noah? They have collided..." He stepped forward quickly, "Which means you can't be Kyoki, dear, who are you?"

I paused, eyeing him suspiciously and then spoke, "My name is Alya, wielder of the Innocence. Kyoki, is not me, but-"

"She's the Noah within you." Lord Millennium finished.

I stood silent as he continued, "To be an Exorcist and a Noah I cannot comprehend; but much to speak I must resign of destroying your Innocence, Alya. You are worth much more now then you where before; you're one of a kind."

I deactivated my Innocence and stared at him, "Don't call me an Exorcist! I despise Innocence!"

He chuckled at my statement, "You'll fit in quite well then, Alya."

Suddenly, two creatures of some sort with large pentagons on their foreheads appeared next to Lord Millennium. A moment later, the two creatures stepped forward as Lord Millennium spoke again, "My Akuma will show you to your room, Alya, if you need anything they will be by your side."

I nodded slightly as the two Akuma took my hands and began to lead me away. As we reached two large doors the Earl called, "Oh, and welcome back to the family, Kyoki, you chose a fine host."

-Black Order-

Allen walked into Kamui's office hurriedly, trying to climb over the towers of papers lying on the floor, "Kamui? What's the big emergency?" he asked finally reaching his desk.

Kamui looked lazily at Allen, "Cross hasn't returned yet from his job, have you seen him?"

Allen sighed, "No I haven't...What did he have to do?"

Kamui paused and sat up, "Well I wasn't going to tell you until after Cross returned, but-"

He was interrupted by a loud call at the entrance, "Allen!" it was Lavi, "Allen hide me!"

"L-Lavi!?" Allen asked surprised.

Lavi dived into the pool of papers just as a furious Kanda ran into the room with a bowl of noodles on his head, "Where is that blasted rabbit! I'm going to kill him!"

Kanda's eyes darted around the room until he saw Allen, "What are you looking at!?"

Allen, who seemed completely calm, smirked, "I like your new hat, Kanda."

Kanda glared, "I'll slice your head off, Moyashi if you don't shut up."

"The names ALLEN, Kanda. A.L.L.E.N."

Kanda was about to say something when he spotted a boot sticking out of the piles of papers, "There you are!" Kanda yanked Lavi out by the leg and held him upside down.

"Shit." said Lavi as he looked at Kanda.

"I'm going to kill you, Bookman." Glared Kanda.

"Enough, all of you." said Kamui as he stood up with his mug in his hand, "Kanda, let go of Lavi."

Kanda growled and dropped Lavi, causing stacks of papers to fall over. Lavi sat up, rubbing the back of his head as he smiled up at everyone, "So whats going on, Allen?"

Allen sighed and turned away from the two and back to Kamui, "You where saying, Kamui?"

"Ah yes." He said as he paused and sighed, "I don't know any other way of telling you this, Allen, but...another Noah is being born."

Allen was taken aback and shook his head wide eyed, "Y-you mean someone is turning into a Noah?"

Before Kamui could respond Allen kept shaking his head in disbelief and continued talking, "No, it can't be, Kamui...are you certain?"

Kamui nodded slowly, "I'm afraid so. Two guards from our branch returned wounded from an old orphanage in England. Members of our branch confirmed that what almost killed them was not human, Akuma, or any Noah we have recently encountered. From the information I have gathered, it's a girl of only age 13 who was living in the orphanage. Her name is Alya."

Lavi stood up, now turning serious, "No way...she's younger than Allen."

"There is more." said Kamui, turning away, "The group was working on injections of Innocence."

"Kamui! What where you thinking!?" yelled Kanda stepping in front Allen.

Kamui who looked terrified turned back to them, "N-no! I never knew until recently, please hear me out. Reever is the cause of this. He's apparently been doing this for awhile and has had no success; until recently."

Allen stared wide eyed at what Kamui said, "Both."

There was a long pause, "Noah and Exorcist."

"Is that even possible?"

-Alya-

Alya layed on the edge of a king sized bed. The room she was in was large and dark. The walls and floor were black, the bed a dark grey, and frankly nothing seemed right; everything out of place, like herself.

(Kamui : "Yes, Allen, it is, but it has never ever happened before. To combine two powerful forces into a little girl's body, it's heartbreaking. When her Noah is fully awakened, who knows what will be released into this world."

She rolled over and hugged a pillow that was in front of her, resting her head on the sheets.

(Allen : But won't Cross find her? Fix her? Take her out of this war?"

(Kamui : Allen...Cross was supposed to obtain the girl almost a week ago and if in desperate measures, get rid of her. We can only hope for the best."

Her eyes began to close as she relaxed, her mind drifting off into a deep sleep.

(Allen:What if Innocence is more powerful than the Noah?"

(Kamui: What if the Noah is stronger than the Innocence."

-0-

My eyes burst open. In an instant, my body began to ache. An immense pounding in my head started. The first reaction I had was to scream; to scream at the top of my lungs. I suddenly felt paralyzed and numb below my waist. I quickly clutched the first thing near me and screamed again. Suddenly, tension gripped my hand and I looked up startled to see someone in the darkness. I could hear the voice talking, but I could not make out what it was saying. Everything hurt. Then, a soft hand brushed against my cheek, causing me to flinch slightly. I could make out two bright golden eyes in the darkness, watching me intently. With my free hand I reached up toward the person slowly, but I pulled back and clenched my heart, feeling as if it was breaking, "Aron..." I murmured.

I screamed again, closing my eyes, "Aron!"

"Alya..." whispered the voice.

My eyes shot open. I could feel tears streaming down my eyes and a sudden taste entered my mouth. Blood?

Am I dying? Is this the end?

I could no longer feel any part of my body, but the pain...the pain was still there.

"It hurts, Aron! It hurts!" I could hardly breath, "Please...make it stop."

The soft hand slid off my cheek as my body felt like it was being ripped apart. What was this? Why is this happening?

Then all at once, I could feel my Innocence activate and cut at my skin, but then the pain would just disappear as if I was regenerating. Knive, swords, weapons jabbed into my skin, my innocence spreading throughout my body, cutting through my clothes, my bed, and my flesh. It seemed as if someone was forcing my body to turn inside out. I could feel hot tears blur my eyes and sink down past my cheeks, "Aron..." I paused, "Never...Forget."

I felt my eyes slowly fall shut and the pain start to cleanse before my mind went blank. Everything went blank.

~.~

Alright, so I guess I have A LOT of explaining to do about my absence. I'm not going to get into detail or make up some stupid excuse, but I just haven't had the time with a lot of personal things going on. So I admit, I guess I'm just lazy ZZZZZzzzzzz. Lol, ok then.

So about the story so far. This chapter took a lot of thinking and time to actually get it all typed in the way I tried my best to accomplish. I'm still thinking of what the MAJOR conflict is going to be, but I have a few ideas *.*...dun dun duuuun...

I'd love to hear your thoughts, any comments you'd like to share, it would be highly appreciated ^.^

Thank-you and I hope you have enjoyed 'Forgotten Madness' so far.