Allen joins the demons for an outing!
But will trouble also join along for the ride?
It was a wonderfully bright morning; the sun was already high up on the clear, blue sky and the birds were singing joyfully to nature's tune. The bustling sound of demons is they do their everyday routines made much noise, giving life to the ancient-standing castle. Lavi was reading the dog-earred map with Kanda, both in heated discussion as to where should they go about and collect herbs and other natural products when Lenalee came along, followed closely by a happy-go-lucky angel alongside her.
"Can Allen come along, Lavi?" Lenalee chirped, batting her pretty eyes at the unaffected Demon Lord.
"No," came the abrupt answer from both male demons at the same time. Let it not be said that Kanda can never agree with Lavi in anything.
Kanda rolled up the map and tucked it into his bag pack as he sounded reason, "the short beansprout stays here. It's dangerous out there and he could get lost and eaten up. Besides, he's pretty much useless in a fight,"
Allen growled, his angelic wings puffing up to heightened his intimidation stance, "I can heal, stupid demon,"
"We don't need another healer. Miranda can do just fine without you... Dumb angel,"
Lavi expertly placed his black wing between the fighting duo, chuckling loudly, and "look at you two. It's barely afternoon and you're already at each other's throats! C'mon, Yu," he pulled the cursing swordsman away from the scene, leaving the remaining two with nothing but a quick roll and a wink of his one good eye.
"What now, Lenalee? I really want to go out…" Allen sighed, oblivious to the scheming demon mage. He only had enough time to watch Lavi ordering his soldiers to suit up when he felt his friend snatch him away by the sleeve, towards something with four wooden wheels.
"Ah~ Nothing but fresh air and no trespassing demons!" Lavi stretched his wings fully as he embraced the open scenery. The company decided to stop at an open field of long grass, surrounded by looming trees and had purple bell-like flowers adorning the land below. He was just about to fully relax when he heard a surprised curse by none other than his fighter friend.
"What in Hell's name is he doing here?!" Kanda pointed at the angel, who was looking for a way down from the covered cart that he hid in.
Lenalee looked away with wide-eye innocence as she tried to help Allen down without directly touching him, "Oh, dear! Allen, you terrible little angel! Now you'll just have to stay here and wait for us!"
Kanda shouted profanities as he called upon Lavi, who was trying futilely hard to stifle his laughter, "Are you kidding me?! This angel's gonna slow us down! No wonder Timothy and the others were snickering behind me all this time! You're all in on this! Now what's gonna happen to him, huh?!"
Lavi decided to put the hyped demon at ease as he clapped his hand on his shoulder. He called out simply, "Reever, Johnny, guard duty!" before telling the others to do their collecting tasks.
Oooh! What a beautiful flower! Allen thought as he picked it up from the field that they were in. He adjusted the woven basket across his arms again as he placed the flower into it and he ventured off around looking for the herbs that Lenalee told him to gather. His senses assured him that his two demon friends were still behind him, talking to themselves yet keeping an open eye for any lurking danger. His transparent wings fluttered with the weak wind, sending some long grass dancing with them.
"Allen, I'm boooooooored!" Timothy's voice whined out in search for pity, to which Allen had given none. The youngest demon of the company had rolled around in the dry dirt, chased after flying butterflies and tried to catch Allen's almost-invisible wings. Alas, Timothy was still young and vibrant with energy. There was only so much he can do when travelling with the elder demons to merely collect plants. Timothy walked alongside Allen, who was nearing the old, waving trees, "How are you not bored, Allen? You look just like all the other dull adult demons I hang out with! Just how old are you?"
Allen peeled off a broken bark piece just big enough to fit inside the basket before he answered the shorter demon with all the patience of a loving mother, "I don't exactly know, Timothy… I've been like this since the Creation, I suppose,"
Reever spoke out in musing to Johnny, "I heard angels were created before 'God' decided to start Creation itself,"
"Well-"Johnny shook his head, watching Timothy trying to take an apple from a high branch, "-who really knows, huh? Allen doesn't look a year older than Lavi. But hey, looks can be deceiving…"
Timothy petulantly sat down underneath a shady tree and stretched his small wings that had yet to grow to full form, "I give up! There aren't any mushrooms around here… Came here for nothing,"
Reever frowned as he joined Allen's side, "if you don't behave yourself, Timothy, I'm going to get Lavi,"
Timothy then shot up like a gun and started running around, looking for mushrooms. His face paled when he heard the Demon Lord's name and he raced around the small forest to complete his task before the elders return from wherever they were at. Allen saw the instant change in Timothy's attitude and looked at Johnny with an honest expression.
"Since Lavi's the Demon Lord of our Black Order clan, his words are our law," Johnny explained to the querying angel who listened aptly, "he's the strongest of us all and his powers are beyond anyone's comprehension, immeasurable! Or so that's what I heard,"
Reever sent his assurance to the awestruck Allen though, "but don't you worry your pretty little head over him, Allen. Lavi's actually far from your everyday scary demon,"
Allen breathed a sigh of relief as he offered Timothy assistance on his search for mushrooms. Reever and Johnny decided to break off momentarily to check the other side for more ingredients. With the help of a keen angel, Timothy managed to accumulate more than a handful of strangely-coloured mushrooms. The young demon's eyes sparkled as he gazed upon the caring and gentle angel, "-'m gonna marry you when I grow up, Allen,"
"Ahaha, you can't, Timothy. Demons can't-"A snap of a twig alerted Allen's threat senses to life. Instantly, the angel pushed Timothy onto the ground just in time for Allen to dodge a jumping attack by a giant Chimera. This one had the head of a demonic goat attached at the back, connected with an eagle's wings and a live tail of a scaly snake. With slobbering acid from its sharp teeth, the Chimera looked enraged as it prowled with its four lion paws. A Chimera! We're in its territory!
"A-Allen…" Timothy shivered from the ground, his eyes tearful with fear evident.
The demon's scent attracted the Chimera's attention more than a fitful angel and the angered creature lunged at a screaming Timothy with slashing claws and gaping teeth. With the lightning speed, Allen kicked the animal by its unprotected side, causing the Chimera to hit the nearby tree with a massive bang. Allen's momentum turned the angel around, the angel using his wide-open wings to block Timothy from view.
Allen's wings hardened in their own accord; one wing now draped over Allen's right side as protection whilst the other still keeping Timothy away from immediate danger. He glared daggers at the growling Chimera, the innocence and purity replaced by something far more unpredictable, "Bring it!" Allen's melodious voice turned deeper in tune.
But the Chimera didn't attack straightaway. I've got to protect Timothy! The Chimera roared and pounced a little bit forward, almost as if testing the waters. Allen didn't let down his defensive stance, however, his body leaning forward to brace for a sudden attack.
"Hey-"a careless voice spoke from the side of the awkward battle. Allen glimpsed just at the corner of his eye to see Lavi walking fearlessly with his hammer unsheathed, "-that's my clan you're messing with, dog,"
Having found a new victim to kill, the raging Chimera attacked Lavi head-on. But all Lavi had to do was to swing his demonic hammer upright, sending the Chimera high up into the air before falling heavily onto the ground. Lavi knelt to avoid the next attack, this time the Chimera was too close for comfort. The only thing that came between Lavi and the barking jaws of the creature was his hammer. The Demon Lord grunted in the struggle; since he was not wearing any armour, his hard skin felt the stinging of the Chimera's acidic saliva.
"Lavi! Look out for its tail!" The angel's warning came a tad bit too late as Lavi felt the poisonous bite of the slithering snake. His stance wavered as Lavi's hands shook at the heavy pressure.
The angel bravely tackled the Chimera to the side with his toughened wing and body, giving Lavi ample time to swing his hammer and smash it into the Chimera's face effectively. The Chimera went down for the second time. This time, it didn't get up anymore.
"Lavi! Allen!" Reever and Johnny came a-running with Timothy in the lead. It would seemed that the little child had ran off and called the others during the fight. Huh… So he really is good for something, Lavi thought amusingly.
"Get Miranda now!" Lavi shouted in frustration, feeling the Chimera's poison already flowing drastically fast through his veins. A soft hand reached for him, and Lavi's wings slashed the encroaching body part with sharp precision.
"Let me heal you, Lavi," the angel cradled his bloodied hand, but kept solid eye contact with the injured Demon Lord.
Lavi shook his head furiously, regretted the action as his head started swimming, "No.. I don't trust you," he grunted out with force.
The hand approached him again without warning, making Lavi impulsively cut the angel's arm with sharp yet shallow scratches using nothing but his moving wings. But the hand didn't retreat, nor did it stop its motions. Instead, those hands hovered just over Lavi's chest as it started glowing red. Lavi's eye widen in surprise as he saw the healing worked its magic on his wounded body. The angel had his eyes closed and his mouth speaking in small murmurs of the ancient angel language, "Pater , obsecro, sana eum,"
Lavi's body felt renewed once more, the poison and every other wound that he had sustained during the fight was nothing but a distant memory now. The angel didn't even leave a single scar behind as an afterthought, for his skin now showed smoothness that Lavi didn't even remember he had. Within moments and without the use of potions whatsoever, the angel had successfully healed injuries that would've taken weeks to recover from.
"Woah…" Lavi said softly.
Allen's eyes open to reveal his steely-soft demeanour, his musical voice now turned chastising, "you should know better than to underestimate me, Lavi; I once was a soldier too; but now, merely a healer,"
Lavi had nothing to say about that except, "Damn…"
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When nightfall arrived to take the place of the immortal sun, the crowned moon came into power. It was time for the stars to shine brightly as the sky was covered by the black blanket and nothing but serene silence filled the darkness. This was the hour when nobody was excitedly awake and every living creature under the sky has succumbed to slumber, free from their daily burden and activities. But the situation could not be said the same in the Church of Angels. The bishops, priests and working laymen were at a riot, panicking in fear and calling out for help from the All-Father to overcome this major problem. They knelt down and prayed. Prayed hard for an explanation and prayed harder for a solution.
Saint Allen's perfectly carved statue has a crack from the right topmost shoulder to the bottom left side; directly above where his heart should be.
Oh dear, such an ominous omen I ended with muahahahahahaha! Hope you enjoy this tidbit of a new chapter, I did enjoy writing about how Lavi came to the rescue to save Allen! woohoo Oh yes, Allen's prayer (in Latin) is "Father, I bessech thee to heal him,"
Also, here are some information of my own!
Now, it's hard to believe it, but Lavi's demon clan lives on earth instead of Hell. They moved from Hell because of reasons that even I myself don't know (because Lavi's a stubborn donkey when it comes to telling information about his clan's history, so I got nothing from him...). Obviously, they live faraway from humans because.. Living among humans peacefully? "Not gonna happen as long as Hell burn" -quote from Lavi. As seen in these chapters, Lavi's clan live deep in the forest, where they can get anything and everything they need. (provided that they are accompanied by warrior demons who can stand against the magical creatures that live in the said forest as well haha..)
That's all for now! I would love to hear from you soon, all your thoughts or comments or opinions about how this story is progressing and such! Please enjoy your weekend! =D