It didn't take very long for the 'Crowned Clown' to make a name for himself. And it also didn't take very long for Allen to up root a lot of Britain's Akuma forces. Along side this secret lifestyle, Allen's pianist job was moving up in the world. In fact, he was just told by his manager that he got a call to do a gig in Japan. Not only was Allen ecstatic that he was getting so popular, but Japan was the home turf of the Noah. It was a win-win situation. Currently, Allen was at an airport in Japan with his manager, a man that went by the name of Lavi.
"Is the hotel all set up Lavi?" Allen asked as he made sure that Timcanpy was alright from the long journey.
"Yep! And I got all of our luggage and there should be a car out front for us." Lavi hummed as he adjusted the bags in his arms. Allen shook his head but gave a small smile to his manager. The pair then went outside to find their pick up. It didn't take long for Lavi to locate their ride.
"I'm sure lucky that you speak Japanese Lavi." Allen muttered as he slipped into the backseat of the vehicle.
"Saves us from getting a translator." Lavi replied as he got in after the other. Once the car was on the road Allen ended up lulling to sleep. He was awakened by Lavi, and rather loudly at that.
"Allen!" Said man jumped and almost hit his head on the car ceiling.
"What Lavi?" Allen grumbled.
"Come on out already." Lavi tugged on Allen's arm to try and get him out of the car.
"Fine." Allen detached Lavi from his arm and looked around noting that they were in front of a building that looked more like a restaurant than a hotel, "This doesn't look like a hotel."
"That's because it's not." Lavi replied.
"Then where are we?" Allen asked and crossed his arms over his chest.
"Just a place to meet up with some contacts. And don't worry our stuff is already at the hotel and Timcanpy is well taken care of." Lavi grinned.
"Contacts?" Allen raised an eyebrow.
"Just an old friend…and he's going to be your bodyguard." Lavi sighed and rubbed at the back of his head.
"A bodyguard?" Allen gasped, sure Lavi knew that Allen was a target of Noah, but never had he mentioned anything about getting a bodyguard. And of course this put a damper on Allen's plans.
"Sorry! See he's a police investigator and I thought it'd be a win-win situation if he protected you and got info on the Noah at the same time." Lavi admitted. Allen shook his head.
"Lead on." Allen gestured to the building's door. Lavi was quick to open the door and bring Allen inside. It turned out the place was a restaurant and Lavi lead him right to a table that had two people already seated at it. There was an older gentleman with fluffy hair tied back in a low ponytail and beside him was a man that appeared just a tad older than Allen himself with long black hair held in a high ponytail. Now what made Allen's eyes widen was that he recognized the younger man, it was the policeman that was tied up back on Allen's first night hunting the Noah.
"Something wrong Allen? You look paler than usual all of a sudden." Lavi frowned as he scanned Allen's form.
"Oh it's nothing." Allen nervously laughed as he carried on to the table; hoping he wouldn't be remembered.
"Hello there you must be Allen Walker, I'm Tiedoll and this is my son Y-" The older man was cut off.
"You can call me Kanda." The younger one huffed. Allen cocked his head to the side; that name sounded familiar.
"It's nice to meet you." Allen murmured as he sat down. Lavi then began to talk, Allen drowned him out and was more concerned with how the police officer was staring him down.
"Wait a minute i know you…" Kanda suddenly spoke up.
"W-What!" Allen gulped, "You must be mistaken."
"No I definitely know you. Your name was Red once, wasn't it?" Kanda's seemingly permeant scowl suddenly softened. A bunch of things went off in Allen's brain. First he was relived that Kanda didn't put together that he was the Crowned Clown, second he slowly began to remember who Kanda was.
"Yu? You were the kid with the umbrella, right?" Allen gave a small smile. Kanda gave a small nod and the table was silent for a few minutes before Lavi spoke up.
"You two know each other?" The red head gasped.
"We grew up in the same orphanage. In fact you and Alma never stopped calling me names! One was 'Moyashi' or something!" Allen huffed at the memory.
"Now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time…" Tiedoll made a nervous face and looked over at Kanda.
"You're still a Moyashi." Kanda muttered.
"No I'm not! My name is Allen!" Allen growled back.
"Moyashi." Kanda actually gave a smirk; which surprised both Tiedoll and Lavi.
"…Bakanda!" Allen slammed his hands on the table causing the silverware to jump.
"Woah there Allen." Lavi gulped and put his hands on Allen's shoulders.
"Well these boy seem to get along just fine Lavi." Tiedoll couldn't help but let out a laugh.
"What the hell did you do to get the Noah on your ass Moyashi?" Kanda brought the focus back to the point of the meeting.
"My uncle apparently had some bad business with them and their coming after me because I got caught up in the middle." Allen hummed after his answer.
"Do you know anything about them?" Kanda asked next.
"Not really." Allen shook his head.
"What about the Crowned Clown?" Kanda glared as he asked.
"Who?" Allen played innocent, hoping Kanda couldn't read that he was lying.
"Tsk, well you're not much help. But so long as you're in Japan I'll be with you. Hope you don't mind sharing your hotel room." Kanda rolled his eyes and sighed. Allen looked over to Lavi.
"What? He has to stay close." Lavi shrugged his shoulders. Allen sighed, hopefully Kanda won't find his stash of Crowned Clown attire and let him do some investigating of his own tonight. The rest of the chat was small talk and about Allen's meeting with the man that is setting up his performances, a man named Adam. It then came time for Allen, Kanda, and Lavi to head to the hotel. They said their good-byes to Tiedoll and got a taxi. Not much happened in the car ride, save for Kanda bringing up some strange points.
"You're hair seems much duller than it used to be. You wearing a wig or something?" Kanda muttered to Allen as he sat next to him. Allen almost choked on his own spit.
"No! It just lost some color to it as I aged alright?" I'm not exactly outside a lot anymore." Allen quickly replied. Kanda didn't look like he fell for the lie, but he said nothing about it. Instead he moved on.
"How's your arm?"
"…The same." Allen looked down at his gloved left hand. Kanda made a sound of acknowledgment, but once again grew quiet. Which gave time for Lavi to jump in.
"How old were you guys when you met?" He asked first.
"I was nine, the moyashi was six." Kanda answered.
"We only knew each other for a year Lavi, there's not much to talk about." Allen added in.
"Oh and here I thought you could tell me secrets I didn't know about our dear Yu!" Lavi tarted to giggle. Out of no where a sword made it to Lavi's neck.
"I told you not to call me that." Kanda growled.
"Allen help me!" Lavi whined.
"Nope." Allen shook his head.
"I thought we were friends." Lavi whimpered.
"Pathetic." Kanda huffed and put his sword away.
"Now how did I not notice that you carrying that?" Allen looked at the sheath Kanda had at his side between him and Lavi.
"You're an idiot." Kanda scoffed. Allen stuck his tongue out at the police officer and Lavi laughed at his actions. And this is how the majority of the trip was until they reached the hotel. Once there, Allen and Kanda went to their room while Lavi got the one right next door.
"At least I'm not stuck in the same room as that damn usagi." Kanda sighed as he began to sort things in the room.
"Lavi's not that bad." Allen half-heartedly replied as he was busy petting Timcanpy. Kanda gave the other a look before turning his attention to the bird.
"You brought your pet?"
"He was a gift from my uncle. I don't go anywhere without him. He also helps me when I practice." Allen turned to glare at Kanda.
"Whatever. I'm going to bed." Kanda huffed and headed to the bathroom. Once Kanda was out of the room Allen turned back to Timcanpy.
"Hey Tim, can I ask a favor of you?" Allen hummed and gave his bird a scratch under the chin. Timcanpy tweeted in reply. "I'm placing a mini radio in your cage. You alert me if Kanda wonders where I am at tonight." Timcanpy gave a flap of his wings in understanding. Allen nodded back. And now it was a matter of waiting. Kanda was quick with washing and just as quick to get in bed. Once Allen was sure Kanda was out, he carefully brought his special suitcase into the bathroom. Earlier Allen had made note that there was a decent sized window in the bathroom and that the space under the sink could keep his special suitcase hidden. Allen made sure to keep his wig and make-up under the sink once he was changed as well.
"Time to wander the streets." Allen, in full Crowned Clown gear, made sure the special tech that was laced into his mask was working so that he could translate whatever he needed to and opened up the window. Making sure to close it behind him, Allen slunk into the shadows of the night in hunt of the Noah. Tonight was a night to gather information and recon. Though as he was out and about, Allen couldn't help but worry about what the hell he was going to do about Kanda.
A/N: Excuse the lateness of this chapter, I got caught up in the ordeal of the D. Gray-Man Chapter 219 update...