Waning Moon, Second Half
A/N: Sorry about the wait! Been busy with college, graduation, and other stories. Happy New Year's everyone.
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Crescent Moon
Things were pretty quiet after they fled the deteriorating library. An uneasy quiet, though. Raven looked over to Lenalee with worry when she flinched after putting her foot down a bit too heavily.
"Lenalee, are you alright?" fussed Allen.
"D-don't worry about me, Allen-kun. I can manage just fine," the Chinese exorcist replied, visibly steeling herself as she deliberately marched up the stairs. Raven drew to her side and pulled down on her other side.
"Lenalee, we all know you're made of tougher stuff, but please indulge in our fears for a little bit. It won't do any of us any good to tire ourselves before we reach the final hurdle," Raven stated, upping his volume for the benefit of everyone's hearing.
"Raven-kun, Allen-kun, thank you for looking after me," Lenalee stated quietly after a moment, "and you're right, I don't want to be thought as a burden. But, I acknowledge my own weakness, too. I don't have much room to protest when I can hardly walk without Allen-kun's support, can I?"
The depreciating smile the exorcist threw the others surely pulled on all of their heartstrings. The akuma was lucky it was no longer of this world if it put such a look on the delicate yet strong teen's face.
The ever dependable(-ly goofy) Lavi tried to lighten the mood, distracting Allen with thoughts of where Timcampy had flown off and his usual perverse behavior.
The winged-exorcist frowned slightly as he felt the older teen's aura darken and twist with fear and despair.
"Lenalee…? Don't worry, we're here. Together, we're strong enough to fight whatever the Earl and Noah Clan throws at us."
Lenalee blinked at the shining yellow eyes looking up at her with determination alongside an equally unwavering pair of silver ones. The Dark Boots user nodded her head in acknowledgement, a faint smile replacing her look of hopelessness. I have to believe…believe everyone will be alright! Believe in the power of my friends, my family…! "I have keep trying!" she said aloud.
""Keep trying?"" questioned Lavi and Allen.
"So, you really are pushing yourself!" Allen accused with a frown on his face.
Lenalee chuckled nervously, "No, no! I just thinking about the future. I'm considering about returning to basic training once we go back to the Order…"
"That's a crazy thing to do!" Lavi whined. "I know the first thing, I'll do when we get back! I'll go to sleep for a whole day! You should have positive thoughts like that, Lenalee, not silly ones like more training! If you get all buff and stuff, between Komui and that, you'll never get a lover. Sleep is great for keeping up a sexy look, you know!"
Raven snorted in amusement as the redhead was beaten up by Allen and Lenalee.
"Hey, it's none of my business," huffed Lavi in-between beatings, "but what will you guys do when we get back?"
The whitehead craned his neck to the side as he thought and unabashedly stated, "I'll eat. Everything that Jeryy can make, from entrées and snacks, to soups and salads and desserts, I'll eat every dish imaginable from the cafetaria!" avowed the fifteen-year-old. "What about you, Raven?"
"Me?" All eyes turned on him. The teen smiled in thought. "To be honest, I'll be happy enough to watch all of you enjoy yourselves. I like people's auras best when they're happy and content."
"Pfft," the supporter couldn't help but express, "Hahaha, sorry…but you exorcists are really different. Different than what I imagined exorcists to be like. With you guys laughing and talking together like this, you seem really similar to ordinary folk like me."
Raven cocked his head to the side. "And why shouldn't we be anything else? We're all humans, regardless of special powers or anything. No one knows why the Innocence picks certain people over others, and I doubt we'll ever find out why. Some people are saint-like while others just try their best to help. In the end, we're people trying to live in this world, aren't we?"
Chaozii's aura closed off like before when the Noah exorcist interacted with him, but the supporter didn't physically withdraw from him at least, not even so much as a cringe. I suppose he gave up on that since his life depends on a bunch of people who like an anomaly like me. And I am an exorcist by all rights.
"Well, I've always been told exorcists are the apostles of God. That made me think you guys must be very different from common folk like me. Yet, you joke and laugh…and talk about how you feel uncertainty and fear…?" Chaozii's bandaged hand fisted tightly against his sling. "To think, people like you can also feel and act like this…?"
The supporter looked wide-eyed as Allen walked up to him, placing a hand on the one clenched around the sling. The look on Allen's face said it all. Don't worry, we're here.
Raven unconsciously sighed as Chaozii's aura calmed.
Allen turned and looked ahead at the doorway separating the stairway corridor from the next area. "One more…we have one last obstacle to surmount just beyond here. Then we can all definitely return home!" Tone softened. "Chaozii, try and remember fun things, too. It'll make you feel better, if you do. Don't let those kinds of thoughts overtake you. Everything will be all right."
The animated umbrella leaped into the air and started to mock them, only to be struck down by Raven's wing mid-rant.
"Shut up, Lero."
Allen nodded to the younger Walker. "The thing I want most of all to do when we get back is to say "I'm back" to Komui and the rest. And then for them to welcome us home."
"It might be a little naïve of us to thing of such whimsical things," Raven admitted, "but it doesn't make the sentiments any less in our hearts. You say this situation is hopeless? I don't think so."
"And even if you still believe that, I'll keep believing in that faint trace of hope still remaining," Allen affirmed. "No matter how bad things get, I will never give up. I'll keep walking."
Allen flashed a smile so pure, Raven felt dazzled. How long since Allen really, really smiled so genuinely? Not since Mana died. Not since we had no one but each other's backs. The others felt the same, stunned and still even as Allen marched ahead of them. It was beautiful; it was unnerving. A light so bright and clear, but all light eventually flicker out and die just as suddenly.
The moment Allen crossed over the boundary, something – no someone – flung themselves at him.
"Allen~!"
"Road?!"
*Smooch*
Raven choked before going into full snickering mode. "Hahahaha! Didn't think you returned Road's feelings, Allen-niisan! What would you say? Too soon to say, "welcome to the family"? Although, you're already my older brother…ah, you know I'm kidding Allen, ow!" The whitehead had not problem thumping the younger teen on the head.
As for their hosts…
The Noah looked pretty surprised himself, face still slacked with shock. "Road…what do you think you're doing? Do you really care so for that exorcist?" The Noah of Pleasure shook his head in disbelief before clearing his throat. "Well, Shounen, I hope you know if you have any designs on my niece, you'll have to get through my older brother and Road's father."
Road shoved away the possessed pumpkin umbrella, unheeding of the lecture the strange golem gave her as she merrily skipped back over to the "older" Noah. Raven was almost certain Road was more than what she seemed, especially as the seer could now get a sense of almost airiness about the child-like Noah, as if she wasn't really there. And the Noah aura remaining felt weighty and oddly older than the ones carried by all the other Noahs save for the Earl himself.
"Seriously, though, you usually don't act so affectionate with anyone but the Earl or the little raven here."
"Tyki-pon, no matter what you say, I won't give you a kiss, either."
Raven had to give his older brother props…Allen recomposed himself after sputtering out denials shortly. Tyki invited them to sit down for dinner, but the exorcists refused. Allen's curt reply was specifically, "I'll have to decline. If I sit down to eat, I would prefer to take my time if I have it."
Tyki's smirk deepened as he gestured with his cutlery. "Speaking of time…aren't you curious about how much you have left?"
Road had somehow slipped away to the top of the windowed archways. "Yeah, you guys should take a look outside. Isn't it breathtaking?"
A double entendre, for most of the Ark was gone but for the land immediately surrounding the tower. Everyone froze as the realization of their friends' fate hit them all.
The doors they exited were slammed shut and chained. "Sit down," the small and frightening Noah demanded of them.
Tyki chuckled at them and challenged them to sit down…unless they were scared?
Allen took him up on that, slamming a clawed hand down as he took a seat at the opposing end of the table. Everyone else went to sit down, Lenalee next to Lavi, Raven next to Chaozii. The supporter glared once but understood the arrangement; he and Lenalee were the weakest members without an accessible Innocence.
"Good, good. Shounen, why don't we take the time to chat for a bit? And quit making those faces," Tyki sighed.
Raven scowled harder.
"Nocturne, don't you trust in my word? I promised no cheating. That means, no traps, no lies, no backstabbing."
"Yeah, lighten up, cousin," Road giggled as she took a seat on Allen's chair arm. She went to hug the scarred exorcist tightly as she announced in conspiratorially tones, "Everything all set up, you know. At the topmost floor of the tower, my door is prepared and everything!"
"Road! The Earl won't be happy to hear about any of this!" Lero moaned.
They all ignored the annoying tool. "It would also be nice to know if it leads outside as well," Allen asked politely.
"Fufufu, aren't you clever?" smirked the Noah girl – whom Raven really doubted was a little girl by how heavy she felt compared to every other Noah not the Earl of the Millennium.
"Enough. What is it that you've come here to discuss Lord Tyki Mikk? Or should I refer to you as Mr. "Sticky-fingered and immoral orphan and tramp"?" Allen blatantly stated with an even tone and unchanged face.
"Hey now, no need to take such a frigid tone with me, Shounen. It isn't everyday when an exorcist can strip a Noah down to their underwear. Was that your first time? Or do you think destiny meant for us to meet on that train?" preened the nobly-dressed Noah.
Allen wasn't falling for the Noah's pleasant tone. "Not really. Like I told you, Raven and I don't lose cards. We've each stripped tons of people to their underwear, Raven more than I."
Raven huffed, "It's the face. Masked or not, people always lower their guard around me more than you. They see little old me and think I'm an easy target."
"So you admit you're short."
"And you look like an old man," Raven shot back without preamble.
"My, my! Such a bold and dark thing to say, Shounen! I have to remember to tell this to Sherrill, my dear wet tissue of a brother would probably lose it when I do tell him, though."
Allen shook his head and brandished his left clawed arm. "Tyki Mikk, let's get to the heart of this. Is this about this Innocence?"
The mood turned decidedly dark, the exorcists and supporter tensing as the light in the Noahs' eyes turned dark even as they shone with malice.
"…perhaps I'm a bit interested in it," Tyki chuckled, corners of his mouth going up into a smirk. "I'll be honest and say seeing it whole and in a new form was quite the shock. I definitely remembered breaking it down."
"Perhaps," Allen admitted, "but you couldn't break it down completely. After all, it's right here."
"But for how much longer?"
Raven's eyes narrowed, and he leaned a bit closer to Allen.
"Wow, Tyki. Do you think Allen's Innocence is all that special?" inquired Road lightly.
"Perhaps it is. So, anyway, Shounen, why don't we move onto a related subject? Like the fact that you're also not only still an Accommodator…but how you somehow survived. I was sure my Teez ate a hole in your heart like I said it would. Did that Innocence of yours have something to do with it?"
The raven-blue-haired teen stilled completely. Then yelled, "A HOLE IN YOUR HEART?! UNCLE, IF I GET MY HANDS ON YOU-!"
Tyki grimaced, fingers plugging up his eardrums as his nephew went on a rant alongside the others at the table.
"Sheesh, calm down, little raven! He's alive now, isn't he?"
"THAT DOES NOT MAKE THIS ANY BETTER!" Raven knew his uncle must have done something bad to Allen if he left his older brother for dead, but the younger boy didn't even imagine it would be something as drastic as a FREAKING HOLE in his heart! He knew Allen and he as Parasitic users could survive a crazy amount of damage compared to every other user and human, but direct damage to a vital organ? Much less a heart? He stopped to glare at Allen who kept this little tidbit quiet until now.
"Guys, guys! There's nothing to worry about now. Part of my Innocence became a part of it, so it's not a problem anymore," Allen tried to soothe them.
…what? How could Innocence do that? Then again…maybe it was part of Innocence evolving and all that? Raven could tell that much from how similar the pieces held by Lenalee and Allen felt to the time Allen's Innocence originally gained the power to transform into a more powerful form back in the ghost town.
A slight buzz interrupted his thoughts. Road must be using telepathy with someone…but who?
"Road…don't you think it's time you let go of the Shounen?" Tyki Mikk pointed out while lighting a cigarette. Raven's nose scrunched up, but he was gradually being desensitized to the smell.
What really worried him was how the atmosphere began to stir with energy and ill intent.
"Wah! But I love him!" cried Road. False…sort of? Her frankly intimidating and dark aura, while a bit vague due to that being what Raven found out to be a "created body" born of Road's imagination, he could see enough to discern the crackle and wavering hinting at…something hidden. Not exactly a lie, but not exactly a pure sentiment.
Loss of the Moon
After a brief back-and-forth, Road finally huffed and floated back over by Tyki's side. The man himself stood up.
"So I thought. You got to be evil to have fun. You know, Shounen, I'm a bit self-conscious because of you. I had orders to exterminate you and capture my nephew. Right now, I'm supposed to be watching over the kid. Him being around a bunch of exorcists obviously reflects badly of me. And I can it in your eyes, Shounen. You seriously will try and exterminate me, won't you? What an interesting look to see on such a young face."
A Teez flapped over and landed on Lenalee. Without hesitation, Allen stabbed the golem through with a claw.
"Tyki Mikk…may I tell you something as well? So far, you've attacked me, tried to get rid of my Innocence and kill me. That's understandable. However,… you have also kidnapped my little brother whom I swore to always protect and endangered my comrades' lives through this "game" of yours." Allen leaned in closer on the table. "If you try to lay even one more finger on my comrades, my friends, or my family…I truly will try and kill you."
In all their time as brothers, Raven never saw or felt this level of killing intent from Allen. From Red, almost all the time when someone threatened the younger child. It was actually kind of nostalgic and heartwarming.
But there was no more time to reminisce about those days. Allen flung himself across the table, Raven following suit only a moment after he registered his older brother's brand of recklessness.
Claws scraped against one shield, while Raven's swipe from above was rebuffed and pushed back.
"Nocturne, you should really leave this to your elders," Tyki sneered.
"No thanks!" the teen replied as he flapped overhead. He couldn't get in close or effectively make a mark against those shields, so he did the next best thing: he shredded the nearby Teez with wing and feather alike. Maybe Tyki was right about this battle being between him and Allen, but Raven would be damned if he couldn't even the playing field a bit.
"My, my I do wonder what is going through those heads of yours. Do you feel happy? Excited to finally get a chance to kill me? Do you feel the thrill like you got when you beat me at cards, Shounen?
Or how about you, Nocturne? Don't you care that your going to lose a member of your family?"
"To quoth the Tyki, perhaps," Raven coolly replied. "I consider you both members of my family, one of blood and one of choice. However, if I must choose…well, I knew you for, what? A few days? Red accepted me and provided me shelter. Allen was there for me, and I for him these last several years. Personally, I wouldn't call the Black Order home but rather home is wherever Allen is. How would you decide if you were me?"
"Guess it's good I'm not," Tyki smirked. "And you, Shounen?"
Allen didn't sneer, didn't smile, didn't show any strong emotion except one. "It's sad," he finally said. "When we all first met, you held yourself aloof from the world's problems, had friends you cared about, and made jokes. You had the traits of a human and held humanity. Yet, here we are now. I would have been happier if this had just been a game of poker where no one had to die."
Again, the angel known as Allen stepped forward to make everyone feel tiny inside. But, it was hard to deny such softly spoken and kindly said words.
The moment was broken by Tyki who didn't seem to care about such flowery things. A shudder went through Raven's body as he watched a swarm of Teez flutter out of Tyki's body. Wings sweeping far back, he called out, "Dark Skies: Shining!"
"Crown Clown Belt!"
What Raven's feathers didn't pin to the ground was blocked by the white sash.
A yell distracted the two exorcists.
"Lavi?!"
Raven yelled indignantly as Tyki took advantage to try and attack Allen who shielded with Crown Clown. They broke apart, and Tyki surprised Allen by walking onto the air until he stood right by the young Sage.
The ability Choose was pain to counter, Raven thought as Allen had to go to Tyki to continue their fight less he become a sitting duck for the Teez.
Raven refused to make this fight any easier as he divebombed the evolved Teez attempting to surround Allen.
"Raven…you shouldn't have to fight Tyki," huffed Allen.
Raven demurred, "I'm not fighting Tyki. I'm fighting his Teez, don't you see?"
"Then stay out of the way, little raven!" warned Tyki Mikk as he dashed past the winged-exorcist to drive Allen out of the citadel.
Lavi was left fighting Road, a Noah Allen was more uncertain of than Tyki Mikk. But, the whitetette knew he had to trust his fellow exorcist could handle this on his own, could protect their friends against the sadistic Noah girl.
Because right now, Allen needed every bit of confidence he could muster on top of Red's battle smarts to fight the Noah man trying to tear his Innocence apart once more. White cloth lashed onto the man's arm to allow Allen a brief moment to surprise the Noah. Tyki managed to get up his pentagram-shaped shield in time, though.
There was nothing but water below, so Crown Clown extended out to keep Allen steady high above the blue depths. Tyki Mikk's Choose allowed the Noah to simply land atop the surface.
But why on the water when he could still walk on air?
Darkness suddenly darted out from under him. Dozens of large Teez flew out to surround him, dark energy beams preparing to fire.
"Lunar Flare!"
Feathers danced around the white-haired exorcist before being set alight and blasted out at the Teez. When the fires dimmed down, the Walker brothers were back-to-back.
"Just in time, right, Allen?" Raven chuckled, eyes glinting and sharp as they discretely surveyed their surroundings for more targets.
"Get in here!"
Allen pulled the other exorcist under Crown Clown's cape as he swirled it around to take out the Teez darting out from under the water.
"I have to say, that looks like more of full body of armor, doesn't? Shounen, rather than a clown, the ways of a white demon fit you much better? As for Raven, you remind me of some dark angel about to rain down a fiery judgement," remarked Tyki Mikk.
Raven unconsciously tucked in his wings as he used Allen's cape to steady himself in the air. Tyki's aura…it began to warp and grow malevolently, the blackness even deeper than before.
"I'll admit…this whole battle has my blood rushing. With this hand of mine, I'll break that Innocence once more!" declared Tyki Mikk, whites turning black and crackling energy emitting from his body.
"Sorry, Raven."
"Wha-?"
Crown Clown wrapped around the teen and flung him right back into the tower with a crash.
Allen, you idiot! Raven tossed off the remains of the table he half-destroyed, wings ruffled but not badly damaged. Before he could fling himself back in the air, someone else crashed, slamming into the strange dice-shaped box containing Chaozii and Lenalee. He vaguely registered Lavi kneeling on the ground frozen, all his attention centered on the white-haired teen with one arm beginning to crumble.
"Allen-!" he screamed.
"Don't worry so much, Nocturne," Tyki chuckled darkly. "It's not like I killed the boy." Yet.
The blood Allen coughed up didn't really help support Tyki's claim.
Lenalee shouted from within her confines that Allen had to be more careful because the Innocence was also a part of Allen's body. Harm to it was harm to Allen.
Tyki canted his head to the side. "Hey, Shounen, why do look like that? You can't be glad I injured our Innocence so easily."
Allen's aura…it was still so bright and determined, not a hint of fear or despair despite the state of his Innocence or himself.
"Tyki Mikk, do you think Innocence is all that is to an Exorcist? To you, we mere humans are weak. Subpar. That so long as our anti-akuma weapons, the Innocence, is destroyed, we won't be any sort of threat afterwards because we are simple mere humans to the Millennium Earl and the Noah Clan." Allen struggled to fully stand but he did stand back up again. "But your true opponents are those very same mere humans. The Innocence chose us, chose to give us power. But…why do you think they chose humans? It is in the end, we humans who decide what to do with this power. And we choose to fight. When you fight an exorcist, you fight the human and their heart longing to protect those most precious to them."
Raven's eyes widened as the crystal of Innocence flared a brilliant emerald. The pulse matched the glow of Allen's human aura below it. This is…!
"My heart is tied to the Innocence. So long as the vessel, this body, survives I will continue to be an exorcist. Everyone is counting on me, and I shall take their hopes in vain. What is most important to me…is to continue to exist in this world for their sakes!"
What happened next made Raven want to double-check his eyes. No illusion should affect him. And yet…something like an illusion flashed as the power from the Innocence crescendo 'ed. Raven thought he saw the Innocence tear into Tyki Mikk through sheer pressure alone. In the next moment, he was fine.
Tyki's eyes glazed. Did he see that too? Raven wondered uneasily. Even he felt wary of Allen's growing powers. Or…is it because of the dark matter flowing through me like the Innocence?
"This is simply the truth, Tyki Mikk. You cannot break down my Crown Clown. You underestimate us mere humans way too much," Allen finished, Innocence perfectly restored.
The light in Tyki's eyes shifted.
Something…
He grinned and started to cackle.
…bad is going to happen!
"Alright, alright!" chuckled the Noah. "I see now. You say you and the Innocence are connected? That I can't break it down? How arrogant you are! Fine. If I kill the boy, then the Innocence will die with him, right?
"Road?" Raven whispered to the Lolita hovering above them all, mirroring Lero's query. A spinning image appeared right behind Tyki Mikk, a pentagram encircled several times with the innermost band filled with crosses. The black streaks in the Noah's aura coalesced into a solid ring.
"Tyki snapped," Road simply answered, dark matte energy gathering around her.
The world around Raven blinked away, the last thing he heard was Tyki Mikk shouting "Reject".
If Choose determined what was solid or not…what did Reject do?
He found himself suddenly in the air, wings snapping open on instinct as he felt gravity reclaim him. To the side he saw Road using Lero like a witch's broom, dice with Chaozii and Lenalee safely inside, and another box with Lavi within it.
Below where they just were, a black sphere sat, winds and chaotic energy whirling around it.
"So…what in the name of God is that?" croaked Raven, as he fluttered in place, wingbeats a touch unsteady. "Is that what happens when Uncle Tyki snaps? Road? Road! …Road-neesan?"
That finally got the Noah's attention. "Oh, Raven-pon. Sorry I couldn't warn you, but we all needed to get out of there fast. As the Noah of Pleasure, Tyki is given the right to Choose for all of creation. Right now, it looks like he rejected the air and created an vacuum. No one caught in there can breathe except for Tyki. Furthermore, prolonged exposure will eventually destroy Allen's body if he doesn't run out of air first."
"In other words, Tyki Mikk created void. Something almost similar to a black hole but not as instantly destructive," Raven stated flatly.
Road must have seen something in Raven's expression as she was next to him the next moment, hand gripping one of his wings and dragging over to stand on Lero. For a little girl, Raven could feel how her fingers nearly crush the delicate wing bones – or whatever it was underlying the structure of his Innocence.
"Raven, don't. You won't be able to breathe, either. And your Innocence is not nearly powerful enough to break through anyways. You'll just force Tyki to kick you out himself. Then, I'll lock you up in my dream world, so you can't hurt yourself again, and you won't like that at all," warned the Noah girl. "Just wait until Tyki is finish."
They could hear Tyki monologuing from up here.
"…in the end, humans have no say how they die when they lose. That naivety and concern, I can feel it bound up in that youth of yours. Fear it? Hardly. It just makes me sick to my stomach. Listen up, Shounen, I will kill you when I please," drawled the Noah. "Be broken down entirely by my hands."
Above the scene of devastation, Road murmured, "Allen? Can't you do it? Can you still win?"
Raven clenched his hands as he hoarsely whispered under his breath. "Nii-san…if you are the exor- no, the survivor I know you are, then don't give up! Don't let anyone dictate your life, be it the adults who disparaged us, Cross who made our lives hell, or even the ones who hold our lives so casually at stake, don't resign yourself to their words! We forge our own paths, remember?" Please, Red, Allen, whoever you call yourself brother, don't leave me alone!
Renewal of the Moon
Pressure. And nothing. Allen felt his body twist in on itself, felt his organs flail at the drastic environmental change. He couldn't breathe.
Tyki Mikk…that was who was approaching. Allen could see him speaking to him, but he couldn't hear anything. No air, no anything. You can't talk in a vacuum. Blood spurted from his mouth. His body was seizing up, forced to curl on itself. He tried to activate but nothing. The pressure of the void was too much for his body.
Is…is this how it all ends?
…
…n…
…no…
…No…!
…NO!
I won't die! Not yet! There are things I still need to do!
(Why do you exist?)
To defeat the Noah Tyki Mikk…no. I don't live to take away lives. Rather…I want to live to because there are people waiting for me, depending on me. Just as I depend on them. Images flashed: the countless people he saved, Krory, Lavi, Lenalee, Komui, the akuma…I want to live…so I may become a savior for both humans and akuma.
Allen gripped his left arm. Innocence! Listen to my heart! To escape this vacuum, I need power! Power great enough to overcome the Noah Tyki Mikk's power. This is not where I'll die! So what if I can't activate as I do normally? That means I need more strength! A new sort of power! Let my synchronization level rise to meet my desires. Make a weapon, so I may use it to protect the world with Crown Clown!
His concentration nearly slipped as Tyki Mikk phased through his body with Choose. No! Don't hesitate anymore. You still have time! FOCUS! A little more…just a little more pled Allen.
Tyki Mikk's eyes widened as light suffused the exorcist's body. The blinding rays forced the Noah back.
…seems I've uncaged something dangerous Tyki acknowledge with maybe the smallest tinge of fear as the power of the cursed Innocence surged all around Allen Walker.
Allen's eyes slitted, his mind concentrated on one thing, and not on the Noah he had driven away from himself.
My left arm for the akuma…and my right arm for the humans. Back then…didn't I decide to bring salvation to both? I will purify the akuma so their souls may be freed. I will protect the humans so they may never know the despair of dark matter. Crown Clown…we are exorcist and human, working as one body to save them all. On instinct, Allen grabbed his right arm.
It transformed. Allen revealed a great broadsword, white edged in black with a black cross stretched across the middle of the blade.
Raven's neck nearly cracked with how quickly his head came up in surprise. Allen's fading colors of green Innocence and the aurora of a living human flared suddenly. Green flashed into the bold colors of emerald and edged with a broad stripe of white.
Everyone gasped as the whirling sphere cleaved into half, as if cut from within. Once the light faded, they saw Tyki Mikk being blown back across the floor.
"Now, that's was surprising," Tyki Mikk huffed. "I must admit, I didn't expect something like that to happen. Not at all. I really did wake up something no good at all, didn't I?"
"Allen?"
The smoke cleared. Allen stood tall, his left arm missing, no changed. His right hand clutched a giant sword emanating the pure aura of Innocence. The alternating ribbons of white and green Raven remembered seeing by one other Innocence: his master's own anti-akuma weapon.
Allen…you did it. You've evolved your weapon past Critical Point Break. You're at the rank of general-class Accommodator. Raven didn't feel more proud than at this moment.