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Chapter Two � Who Controls the Ark? Noah, Noah!

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October 25, 1888�Ruins of
Salzburg, Austria

�� Yuu knew he had
only minutes to live when the dark form of the ruthless Noah appeared in front
of him. Though Moyashi had tried to
exorcize him�Yuu never failed to be amused at the irony of an Exorcist actually
exorcizing someone�Tyki Mikk had somehow survived, losing the balance his
�white� side had given him. Tyki had become, if possible, the most ruthless,
deadly Noah of the entire clan. He was almost worse than the Earl himself. He
spared no one, using his Tease or sometimes just ripping out his victim�s
still-beating heart. Yuu could not bring himself to be afraid, though. He knew
what his fate was and so could resign himself to it, taking only a moment to
regret that he had never found her. Even the Lotus Spell would not keep him
alive, and for some reason, that comforted Yuu. Gripping Mugen�s hilt tightly,
Yuu prepared for his last battle, hoping that he could at least take the
merciless creature with him.

�� It didn�t take
long.

�� I no longer play
with my prey,� Tyki growled, his insane grin stretching wider than any mouth
had the right to. �Such a pity, when my prey is so pretty.� He giggled. �Seems
I have a knack for rhyming,� he said, his grin widening even further.

�� Yuu didn�t even
have the time to feel angered, because faster than his eyes could track, the
Noah was in front of him. Yuu dodged as best he could from the Noah�s jabbing
arms.

�� Mugen,� he
muttered. �Hatsudou!�
The chokuto shone brightly with the Innocence�s
power, and dodging another of Tyki�s attacks, he drew it. The power of the
blade gave him the strength to begin his offensive attacks, but nothing could
break through Tyki�s uncanny ability to become incorporeal.

�� The first blow
that hit him wasn�t overly painful. It was just a blow to the solar plexus.
Though he was winded and could barely move, the Lotus Spell would take care of
it in only a moment. Apparently a moment was just too slow. The next blow felt
different, as if it hadn�t been hit. It was an eerie sensation, like something
sliding into his stomach. A bursting pain followed, and Yuu knew right away
that something had torn at his inner organs. Involuntarily, he coughed and was
sickened to find the taste of blood in his mouth. Another similar blow hit him,
and he doubled in on himself, falling to his knees.

�� Chikushoo,�* he groaned. Tyki laughed.

�� Tease,� he said.
Yuu swore again.

�� Pulling himself
onto his feet, Yuu prepared once again to attack the Noah. But his reaction
was, once again, too slow. Tyki dodged his straightforward attack, and as he
moved to Yuu�s left, slammed an elbow into his back. There was a sickening
crack, followed by the nauseating pain of a broken bone, and then his legs went
limp. He fell backward, and the pain that followed made him see stars. He
groaned, unable to keep his voice locked in his chest anymore.

�� Have fun,� Tyki
said, and Yuu had the distinct impression he was talking to the Tease. He
wasn�t wrong, as the demented butterflies immediately descended on his body. He
had no choice but to scream as they ate through skin, through muscle, through
bone. He was drowning in pain; he could barely breathe. This was death, wasn�t
it? That would be a relief. His voice caught for a second, and Yuu was afraid
he�d lost it. It was the only thing keeping him sane. But then it was back. He
screamed louder, using the sound as a lifeline. If he could just pay attention
to that, then maybe, maybe he could
pull through. He wasn�t lucky enough to keep screaming, though. He should have
known. A hand closed over his throat and squeezed until all sound ceased.
Vaguely, he realized that there was nothing underneath him; his legs�which he
could feel now, meaning his back had healed�dangled with nothing underneath
him. His mind just barely recognized the sinister voice.

�� I don�t like my
prey screaming.�

�� Was he flying? Yuu
wasn�t sure, but the wind seemed to be rushing in his ears. Was this what dying
was? It wasn�t so bad, then. He felt almost� peaceful� until he hit the hard,
stone wall. His skull struck it with a resounding thud! Something stung, like blood flowing from a wound. That had to
be it. His skull was bleeding. Perhaps he would bleed to death before the Lotus
Spell could heal the injury. He crumpled to the ground, and something snaked
around his ankle, tightening painfully. The gray sky above moved as he was
dragged far enough from the wall to be lying on his back, fully stretched out.

�� Besides, my Tease
prefer to dine in peace.� There was that sinister
voice again, the one Yuu could barely register but felt was vitally important
to hear.

�� But the Tease were gone, weren�t they? Yuu lifted his head�ignore the
pain, ignore the pain�and saw his body free of the damn things. This incited a
laugh from that voice looming above him. �Go,� it said.

�� A Tease fluttered
down and landed on his chest. It stalked forward slowly, ominously. Where was
it going? It wasn�t staying on his chest, so where�? It reached his neck, and
Yuu could barely keep it in his vision anymore. His eyes already hurt from the
impossible angle he was forcing them into.

�� Achike,� he managed to groan out. Fuck off. He said it to the solitary
Tease that was now crawling its way to the side of his neck. It stopped. Why
was it stopping? It bit, and Yuu screamed. But it continued to bite, and Yuu
screamed more. He heard the voice. Shut
up. My Tease dine in silence, it said. But for the life of him, Yuu
couldn�t seem to comprehend what those words meant. The flesh was gone, and so
was the muscle, and damn it, that was his
spinal cord! But it kept biting, and Yuu, unable to help himself,
screamed louder. And then he felt nothing. Again. Only
this time, the blessed feeling of nothing spread everywhere except his head. He
liked it. Maybe now he was dead. But why was his head hurting so much, then? Perhaps� But clarity returned the longer he felt nothing.
His body could process thoughts, and his muddled mind began to make more sense.

�� There was Tyki,
looming above him with a Tease in hand�probably the one that had eaten his
spinal cord�and was whispering something to it. Noticing Yuu�s gaze a moment
later, Tyki smiled. It was that horrible, twisted mockery of a smile that stretched,
literally, from ear to ear.

�� Eat it all,� he
said aloud, and Yuu watched, horrified, as Tyki slid his hand into Yuu�s
stomach. Yuu imagined that he should have felt something, but there was
nothing. The Tease would dine, as Tyki had said, in peace. Tyki pulled his hand
out, and suddenly, there was a white shape grabbing the ashen-skinned man�s
forearm.

�� Take it out,� the
white shape said firmly. But it was Allen�s voice. Not the Moyashi. This voice was serious. And it was very, very angry.

�� Yuu blinked, and
everything came in to focus. Allen was there, and his eyes raged as he jerked
up as hard as he could with his right hand. Yuu watched, transfixed, as the
bone snapped and was wrenched up until it was vertical. If he could have felt
it, Yuu thought his stomach would have been roiling. If he
still had a stomach. He watched Tyki go down, and if Yuu was stupid, he
would have thought the man had tears forming in his eyes. Above him, Allen let
out a low whistle. In response, something burst from Yuu�s stomach and flew
over to Allen�s outstretched finger. Was that the Tease? Why was it flying to
Allen? And why were Allen�s eyes gold? No, just one eye.
The other was black. No, the white of the eye was black, and the iris was a
dark, dark red. Was it just Yuu, or was the curse that marred Allen�s young
face more ornate than usual? And why was his skin getting so much darker, dark
enough to match Tyki�s?

�� The Tease alighted
on Allen�s finger, and Allen turned his hand quickly in order to grasp it in
the palm of his hand. Then, standing up, he flung his arm back, and the Tease
hit the stone wall with a crunch.

�� You do not touch
my friends, Brother,� he said, and his voice was deep, deeper than Yuu had ever
heard it. Or had it always been that way? Yuu couldn�t tell,
his mind was still too confused.

�� Oh?� Tyki
grinned. Allen�s face darkened, and then he was out of Yuu�s sight, flying at
Tyki with a rage Yuu had never seen before.

�� INNOCENCE!�
The Exorcist shouted. �ACTIVATE!�

�� Yuu cast his gaze
around and was able to find Allen almost immediately. His white hair stood out
starkly against his ashen skin. The Crowned Clown settled onto Allen�s
shoulders, and as he drew the sword from his arm, Yuu noticed a discrepancy he
had never seen before. The sword that was the inverse of the Earl�s now seemed
to have cracked, with long, jagged fissures running along the blade.

�Yuu shivered. What was this
feeling? He had never felt it before. Not that he could remember.

�� Allen tore into
Tyki with a ferocity that startled Yuu, ripping bits of flesh here and there as
the sword made contact with the elusive Noah.

�� Tyki stood utterly
still, and as the sword struck him a seventh time, he managed to whisper, �The
Fourteenth?� There was no smile on his dark face, no insanity in his eyes.
There was only shock, only sorrow. And then he moved, and he attempted to fight
back. Allen was too quick for him, though, just as Tyki had been too quick for
Yuu. Tyki landed on his back and sitting up, he stared at the bloody foot only
inches from his legs. Only it wasn�t attached. His leg had become a mangled,
bloody stump, and Allen didn�t seem to let up as he hacked at the Noah with
distinct precision. With one final swing, Allen shoved his tainted sword
through Tyki�s heart. The Noah gurgled, and blood spilled down the sides of his
mouth. His gold eyes went vacant, and his body stopped moving. Allen put a boot
to Tyki�s chest and pushed the carcass�it was too mangled to be called a
body�to the ground. Dropping his sword, it reformed into his arm, a
blood-drenched limb that made Yuu�s stomach clench. He was getting feeling
back, a sign that this was no dream. The Lotus Spell was definitely at work.

�� I�m sorry,
Brother,� Allen whispered, his voice still deep with Noah�s power. Gently, he
reached over the cadaver and closed those horrid, vacant eyes. Unlike the other
Noahs, Allen�s eyes held no tears at the death of his brother, but it didn�t
matter. Tyki Mikk was dead.

�� Allen stood and
turned to Yuu. Yuu�s heart clenched, then began
beating erratically. His eyes widened, and then Yuu understood the feeling. It
was the first time in Yuu�s long memory that he had been truly, undeniably
afraid.

�� Allen walked,
almost staggered, toward Yuu, and Yuu�s heart only beat faster and faster. The
Dark Exorcist slumped to his knees next to Yuu�s face. Yuu couldn�t suppress a
flinch as the Noah who had been Allen reached his blood-speckled right hand to
his face. The Noah�s face changed, and the skin tone lightened a bit. Was it
Yuu�s imagination, or did his eyes pale slightly? The dark hand pressed lightly
on his forehead.

�� I�m sorry you had
to see that, Yuu, but he needed to
die.�

�� Yuu gulped. Was he the one who needed to die next?

�� Yuu, please, please don�t tell them,� Allen said. His
voice was soft, so different from the harsh, deep voice that had come forth
from his throat only moments before. And then he slumped over, and his skin
lightened to the pale tone it usually was. Yuu reached over and peeled back
Allen�s right eye. It was gray. Realizing that the Lotus Spell had done its
job, Yuu tentatively touched the boy in front of him. He was too terrified to
kill the Noah masquerading as Allen. He would own up to that emotion. But it
was still Allen, and as much as he tried not to, Yuu cared for him. Shaking, he
stood up, taking the boy in his arms. Yes, this was Moyashi. But this was also something so terrifying that Yuu could
barely suppress the urge to vomit.

�� He carried the boy
all the way back to the train station, where he purchased tickets back to
France. In France, he bought two tickets across the Channel. Then, he took the
still unconscious Allen on a train that took them to London. And from there, he
carried the boy to Headquarters. Seeing Lavi and Bookman, Yuu realized exactly
who Allen didn�t want him to tell, and he heeded the boy�s wishes. He would not
risk being on the other end of that twisted, tainted sword. Not ever.

June 7, 2013, 3:36 AM�The Black Order, Main Branch

�� Rough hands shook
him into consciousness. He was aware of someone screaming. It didn�t make
sense; no one should be screaming in his room. His throat was sore, and
suddenly he realized that it was his own scream. Noise became louder, and the
hands shook him harder. Someone was calling his name.

�� Yuu!!!
Yuu, my God, Yuu, wake up, please!�
Lavi shouted. Why was Lavi here? Why wasn�t he stopping the person shaking him?
It was annoying.

�� Yamero!� Yuu shouted, finally
regaining the use of his limbs and pushing hard against the offender.

�� Yaah!� Lavi screamed, and Yuu heard someone crash
loudly on the ground. �Jesus Christ, Yuu, don�t do that! Especially to the person nice enough to
wake you up.�

�� Yuu opened his
eyes and squinted into the darkness. He saw Lavi�s red hair, tousled from
sleep, next to his bed.

�� You were doing the shaking?� Yuu hissed,
trying to sit up and finding himself quite tangled in his bed sheets.

�� Well, yeah, you
were screaming like you were getting murdered. I could hear it through the
walls enough to wake up. And I�m a heavy sleeper. And those are thick walls.�

�� Yuu felt� touched.
Immediately angry at himself, he stuck the emotion back wherever it came from
and turned a scowl on Lavi.

�� That must�ve been
a bad�un, though,� Lavi commented. �Care to share,
Yuu-chan?�

�� Remembering his
promise to Allen, Yuu clammed up. No, he would never share that with anyone. Not ever.

�� No, it was
nothing.�

�� It�s not fucking nothing, Yuu,� Lavi stated loudly. �You were screaming
enough to wake up the entire Order, and you looked so effin�
scared earlier that I nearly wet my pants.�

�� Yuu glared at the
redhead. He was, indeed, wearing pants. But, Yuu noticed, his chest was quite
bare.

�� Put a shirt on
before you catch a cold,� he muttered through gritted teeth, not looking Lavi
in the eye.

�� Not until you
tell me what�s wrong,� Lavi demanded.

�� I. Can�t,� Yuu
said, inadvertently placing some of the leftover terror from his dream into
those two tiny words. Lavi�s eyes went wide, as if he hadn�t been expecting Yuu
to say something in that way, and surprisingly, he backed down immediately.

�� Can I use one of
yours?� He asked, searching through Yuu�s chest of drawers until he found the
one containing Yuu�s new, tight-fitting numbers Amanda had called shirts.

�� No. Go back to
your room and get your own,� Yuu said, his voice returning to its normal cold,
hard tone.

�� I�m not leaving
you,� Lavi said absently, pulling on one of the looser garments. Amanda had
said it was a sweatshirt.

�� Yuu remained
silent. He didn�t know how to react to that, but for some reason he couldn�t
lash out like he usually did. Lavi had gotten out of bed and come to Yuu�s side
to wake him up. It was almost like he� cared. Yuu suppressed a shudder. Caring
was something a Bookman didn�t do.

�� Lavi closed the
drawers and promptly sat next to the head of Yuu�s bed. He stayed there,
silent, but for some reason his presence wasn�t as annoying as it usually was.

�� After a few
minutes, Lavi shivered a little. �Baka
Usagi,� Yuu said gruffly. �Sit on the end of the bed. You�ll freeze to
death on the floor.�

�� Awww, Yuu, you care,� Lavi said lightly as he climbed onto
the bed. It wasn�t his usual teasing tone, as if there was actual sentiment
behind it. Yuu shook his head, though. Caring was not something Yuu did,
either.

�� Baka Usagi,� he muttered. He set to the
task of untangling his bedding, and after a frustratingly long time, he
finished. His head hit the pillow again, and he and Lavi spent some time in
silence before they both fell back into a light sleep. As he teetered on the
edge of consciousness, Yuu thought it was a wonder that he could get back to
sleep at all after that dream. He never had before. Perhaps it was because he
wasn�t alone. But that last thought vanished as he was pulled back into the
relaxing depths of unconsciousness. He dreamt of rabbits carrying carrots and
bonking him on the head with them. What a stupid dream.

---

June 7, 2013�The
Dark Order, Main Branch

�� The bed was warm
and comfortable, something for which Allen was grateful. Sitting up, he dragged
his feet out of bed, placing them in the soft slippers he�d purchased the day
before. Grabbing a towel, the Exorcist walked leisurely to the closest
bathroom, intending to take a nice, relaxing bath.

�� Allen blinked. The
bathroom looked nothing like it had, but he supposed that made sense. It had
been 114 years, after all. It took him a short amount of time to figure out how
to use the facilities. Ignoring the Fourteenth�s voice mumbling in the back of
his head, he took as short a shower as he could. As he stepped out, he caught
his reflection in the mirror. Allen realized he needed a shave. He would need
to find himself a razor later. His stomach growled, and Allen walked back to
his room to get dressed. He�d ask Amanda in the Order�s cafeteria, if she was
awake. He dressed quickly�his stomach feeling like it had been empty for days�slightly
annoyed by the strange, new clothes Amanda had purchased for him. They hadn�t
been as bad as the tight ones she�d given Kanda, but they were still�
different. The way they fit was grossly different from the loose, white shirts
he�d worn before. Putting it out of his mind, he left his room, heading for
breakfast.

�� He sat down, a
mound of delicious-smelling food in front of him. A whole tray of crescents sat
next to an overflowing plate of scrambled eggs. Sausages and bacon littered
other plates, along with an assortment of toasts and bagels. Smiling
happily, he dug in, glad to get some food in his far-too-empty stomach.

�� Across from him, a
bench scraped, but he was too engrossed in his food and ignoring the
Fourteenth�s dark comments to truly care.

�� Never thought I�d
see another parasite here besides myself,� a voice said from across the table.
Allen looked up.

�� A man in his
thirties with clear, blue eyes and short, blond hair smiled broadly at him,
showing perfectly straight teeth. He had a huge pile of food larger than
Allen�s own in front of him, and he began to butter a piece of toast. He ate it
slowly, as if savoring each bite.

�� I used to know
many,� Allen said. �But they�re all dead now.�

�� I�m sorry,� the
man said, his voice sincere. Allen nodded gravely and turned back to his food. Exorciiiist, the
Fourteenth sang in Allen�s mind. He began chewing as loudly as he could to
drown out the annoying presence in his mind. Lavi had been right: he couldn�t
control it as well as he had been able to before.

�� Um,
not to be rude, but could you please chew with your mouth closed?� The
blond asked as he picked up another piece of toast, this one with jam spread
evenly over its surface.

�� Sorry,� Allen
said sheepishly. He reluctantly closed his mouth. The Fourteenth sang louder,
almost in triumph. Allen stabbed a sausage violently with a fork, bringing a
knife up. He scraped it across the plate, creating a high-pitched squeak that
made his stomach clench up a bit. The Fourteenth stopped abruptly. Allen did it
again, but the Fourteenth made no further noise. The man in front of him
growled and then stood up, scraping the bench backward as he did so. Grabbing
his immense tray, he looked angrily at Allen.

�� I don�t dine with
mannerless brats,� he said coldly, walking away.
Allen felt guilty, and he would have to apologize later, when he�d thought of
an excuse. He couldn�t very well tell him, yeah,
sorry about that, but the Fourteenth Noah was being really loud in my head, and
noise silences him. That wouldn�t be the best way to get the other Exorcist
to forgive him.

�� A crash echoed
through the room, and Allen looked up, curious, even as he stuffed a forkful of
eggs into his mouth. The blond man had run into Miranda, and it looked like the
two had spilled their trays of food all over the other. Lenalee, Allen was glad
to note, was to Miranda�s right.

�� I�m sorry, I�m
sorry!� Miranda shouted as the blond did the same. They both stopped and stared
into each other�s eyes. Allen saw Miranda blush before turning tail and running
from the room. The blond stood almost uselessly for a moment before reaching
down and cleaning up the mess he had made. Looking at Lenalee, he realized she
had just noticed him. Raising a hand to wave, she yelled, �Allen!� and walked
quickly to sit in the seat the blond had just vacated. The room hushed
immediately, and everyone turned to stare at the white-haired Exorcist.

�� Ignore
them,� Lenalee said quietly, taking a dainty bite of her eggs. Allen nodded and
turned back to his meal, eating as quickly as his body would allow.
Conversation eventually started up again, quiet at first. Soon, however, it was
back up to the characteristic dull roar Allen had come to associate with the
Order�s cafeteria. Allen finished his meal in peace, and as he walked out of
the room with Lenalee, he realized the Noah had made no noise for the rest of
the meal. Whatever he had done, it had worked. For the first time in a long
time, Allen felt triumphant.

---

�� Yuu floated easily
back into consciousness, but for some reason, he was very uncomfortable and
very cold. Groaning softly, he opened his eyes. He flinched, his eyes widening
in automatic reaction to the nearness of the floor. Putting his palm to the
ground, Yuu pushed himself until he was upright on the bed. Sometime during the
night, he had turned sideways, losing his covers, and had half-fallen off the
bed. Turning his head, intending to stretch the sore muscles, he discovered the
reason for his very strange sleeping position. Yuu wasn�t sure how it was
possible, but the redhead in front of him managed to be curled up and sprawled
out simultaneously. Standing up on the firm mattress, he gave Lavi a rough
kick.

�� Wha� was tha� for, Bookman?�
The stupid rabbit mumbled, quite obviously still asleep. Sitting back down, Yuu
pulled the covers over his lap. Looking back at the Exorcist at the end of his
bed, a wave of irritation hit him as he realized the idiot was still sleeping.

�� Baka Usagi,� he said loudly, nudging the
other Exorcist in the back with one of his feet.

�� Lavi groaned
sleepily, but to Yuu�s relief, he lifted his head, blinking his eye blearily at
the Japanese Exorcist.

�� Yuu?�
Lavi mumbled, staring incomprehensibly at him. �Why am I� oh, right.� He blinked again, and after a moment, he looked
fully awake. He sat up, and there was an awkward silence as they both
remembered what had happened the previous night.

�� Sorry for taking
over your bed, Yuu. I slept well, though,� he said as he stretched. He turned,
making to get off the bed, and suddenly, Yuu�s hand moved on its own, coming to
grasp Lavi�s. The other man tensed for a minute, and Yuu realized what he was
doing.

�� Sorry,� he
muttered, looking away. He was embarrassed to note that a blush was spreading
on his cheeks, and he hoped the other man didn�t see it, too. �I don�t know why
I did that.� He let go of Lavi�s wrist and let his arm drop.

�� There
was movement as Lavi crawled, but for some reason, the mattress depressed close
to Yuu�s leg. He was confused. Why was Lavi still there? Soft, gentle arms went
around his neck as Lavi leaned into him. His hands moved on their own to
encircle Lavi�s waist, and the two stayed in that light embrace for a long
time. Finally, Lavi made a move to leave, and once again, Yuu�s body was out of
control, his hands tightening on Lavi�s sides. He looked into Lavi�s eye, and
for some reason, the softest expression Yuu had ever seen touched the other
man�s face. He leaned forward, his face coming far too close for Yuu�s comfort.
Yuu closed his eyes, wondering why he did so, and then felt soft, caring lips
press lightly to his own. They were gone after a moment. In a daze, Yuu�s mind
barely registered that Lavi was gently pulling Yuu�s hands from his sides. He
hardly noticed as the other Exorcist walked away, still clad in his sweatshirt.
Lavi waved pleasantly, still with that inexplicably soft expression on his
face, and left the room. The sound of the door shutting brought Yuu�s attention
back to the real world. Holding a hand thoughtfully to his lips, he thought, Baka Usagi.

---

�� It was a complete
coincidence that all five Exorcists from the past met up as they reached the
door to the Order�s cafeteria for dinner. Allen had spent the day peacefully
passing time with Lenalee and later, Miranda. He had no idea what Lavi and
Kanda had done, but they seemed to be awkward around each other as they met up,
their cheeks rosy with a light blush. Allen assumed they had had a large fight,
as they normally did, and were now feeling a bit guilty about the whole thing.
Unfortunately, they both had extremely large pride, and Allen figured they were
both waiting for the other to apologize. Normally it took an outside force. Not
wanting his dinner to be marred by some tiny tiff between the two, Allen
decided to take matters into his own hands.

�� Lavi, Kanda,
whatever you fought about can�t be that bad, so please just apologize to each
other so we can all eat in peace,� he said imploringly. Lavi and Kanda
exchanged a look and then gazed at Allen, seemingly confused.

�� It was Lavi who
moved first, his face changing from confusion to understanding. Turning to
Kanda, he sighed. �Alright, I guess I�ll say it. I�m sorry, Yuu,� he said in a
defeated tone. Kanda looked taken aback, but after a soft �che,�
he nodded in acceptance.

�� Satisfied, Allen
pushed open the cafeteria doors and walked in, coming face-to-face with the
blond from earlier. He grunted and pushed past Allen. Then, he stopped in front
of Miranda, and, grabbing her fingers delicately in his hand, said �Es tut mir Leid, Fr�ulein!� Miranda
blushed as the man kissed her hand gently.

�� Eh� eh� es
tut mir Leid!� She responded. The man held her gaze, his shocking
blue eyes meeting Miranda�s dark brown. She blushed harder, and when the man
finally let go of her hand, she rushed past him and into the cafeteria.

�� The blond man
leaned against the hard, stone wall and held a hand over his heart. �Ich bin verliebt,�
he said, his voice breathy. Next to him, Lavi
chuckled.

�� ARYAN
FRIEND!� Came a shout from the end of the hall.
Allen froze in his tracks and saw the blond man stiffen similarly against the
wall. Amanda had arrived. �Aryan friend!� She shouted
again, running up until she stood before the blond man.

�� How many times do
I have to tell you, my parents were fucking Jewish!�
He said, looming angrily above the brunette.

�� Yes, but� you�re
Aryan!� She exclaimed, giving him a hug. The man squirmed and tried to push her
away.

�� I�m Polish,� he
said coldly, his tone contrasting starkly with the breathy one he�d just been
using.

�� Well, the Poles
were in the Third Reich, too, you know,� Amanda said matter-of-factly. �Come
on, Lolek, let�s eat together.� She grabbed the man�s hand with her own and
literally dragged him past Allen.

�� Shrugging, he
grabbed Lenalee�s arm and pulled her into the line queuing for food. The five
Exorcists, Amanda, and Lolek spent a pleasant dinner together. Allen noticed
the man glaring at him every once in a while, but he tried to ignore it. As
they left in a big group, Amanda turned to them.

�� Oh, by the way,
Director Smith says he wants to check some things out, and he wants you guys in
the Science Department. It�s not urgent, but he said you should head there
after dinner. I�m coming with, though. I wanna know
what�s up.�

�� Allen
nodded, and the Exorcists moved to the hallway that led to the Science
Department. They walked in silence. Along the way, they ran into Darcy, and
Amanda asked him to come with them. Allen liked Darcy; he was nice and easy to
get along with. In the back of his mind, the Fourteenth nodded his agreement.
Anyone with a violin was at least halfway decent� He shook his head, and the
Fourteenth disappeared back to wherever he had been for the entire day. Perhaps
Lavi was wrong and he was better at fighting the Fourteenth than he had given
himself credit for.

---

�� The entire day had
been awkward. Yuu had tried to forget the unsettling morning but found himself unable to concentrate on his sword drills no matter
how long or hard he practiced them. Instead, memories of the feel of Lavi�s
lips pressing softly against his bombarded his mind, and after a while, he had
to give up. Wielding a sword while distracted was a dangerous thing for both
the wielder and anyone nearby. He spent the rest of his day alternately reading
and brooding. Two hours before dinner, he tried to meditate, but for some
reason, he couldn�t drown out the emotions pounding around the inside of his
head. That was stupid. Emotions didn�t matter to him�he didn�t need them.

�� It had ended up taking
the entire two hours just to calm the feelings and hide them away from his
heart again. What bothered him even more was that as he walked down to dinner,
he met the stupid rabbit he had been avoiding all day. And Moyashi, damn him, was meddling into his affairs. Yuu took a
calming breath. Getting all worked up about it wasn�t going to help the
situation, so he ignored the feeling, pushing it back into the depths of his
soul. Fixing his usual scowl on his face, he walked on.

�� Stepping into the
Science Department, Yuu itched to have something concrete to calm himself with. Activating his Innocence, he grabbed the hilt,
and immediately, he felt better, more at ease. The science department looked
much different than it had before, he thought, looking around. Instead of
stacks of paper everywhere, strange objects gave off light. The scientists
themselves sat in front of them, and a clacking sound echoed through the room
as a steady background noise. Everything else was the same, including the
architecture of the place and the familiar form of the Ark. Yuu shuddered,
trying not to remember what Allen had become, but his dream the night before
refused to let him go, and an image of the tainted sword flashed through his
vision.

�� A scream rent
through the air, and Yuu looked over to its source immediately. Allen�and it
was definitely Allen right now, not Moyashi�grabbed
his head, his left palm pressing tightly against his cursed eye. It was like he
was trying to hold his head together, like something was trying to rip its way
through his skull. Yuu�s eyes widened. Allen�s skin grew darker and darker,
until it had reached the ashen hue that would forever scar Yuu�s mind. Lavi,
who was next to him, turned and looked behind him. Yuu
followed his gaze and saw Amanda. Lavi rushed over to her, and grabbing her
shoulders, shouted desperately, �Give me your Exorcist jacket!�

�� Huh?� She said,
too shocked to take in what the redhead was saying.

�� Your Exor�� Lavi cut himself off with a frustrated sigh and
moved behind her, pulling the jacket off. Running over to Allen�s screaming,
huddled form, he threw it over the white-haired Noah, hiding him from sight.

�� Lenalee, we need
to get him to his room,� he said, his voice urgent. He looked at Yuu, his eye
dark and deadly serious. �Yuu, help me carry him. He�s moving too much for me
to do it myself.�

�� Restraining the
younger boy, Yuu and Lavi carried him as fast as possible to his quarters,
where they dumped him on the bed. Once the boy was safely thrashing there, Yuu
allowed himself to lean against the wall, his gaze turned toward the ceiling.
He tried not to shake, but he could feel his body betraying him. He didn�t
notice Lavi looking at him worriedly.

�� The door opened
and five Exorcists walked in. Miranda turned and closed the door behind them,
and Amanda stood there, holding onto Darcy�s arm tightly. Yuu heard Lenalee�s
quick footsteps as she walked over to Allen, and he looked over at her. He
needed to warn her. It was absolutely vital that he tell her what Allen was
capable of. She shouldn�t be that near him. He opened his mouth, but before he
could utter a sound, she grabbed the boy�s hand. He shuddered but seemed to
relax. Yuu closed his mouth.

�� It�s going to be
okay, Allen,� Lenalee said, taking the hand that wasn�t in Allen�s and rubbing
his hair back from his forehead. Allen stilled, and his skin began to lighten
again. Lenalee kept her hand in his hair, petting his forehead and muttering
assurances softly. Yuu noticed that tears threatened to fall from her eyes, but
as usual, he felt no reason to mention it. She could be weak and feel emotion
if she wanted, and Yuu had no right to interfere.

�� Behind him, he
heard Lavi explain what had happened 117 years before, when they�d come back
from a huge battle that included the Earl himself. A level four Akuma had
followed them from the battle, and halfway back to Headquarters, it had caught
up to them. Despite himself, Yuu was drawn into the memory.

�� I can�t wait for Jerry�s cooking. It�s so
much better than the stuff we had at that Inn this morning,� Allen said
pleasantly, acting more chipper than a General had the right to. Then, before
Yuu knew what had happened, he fell to his knees, screaming, his hand covering
his eye. Yuu had seen this before. It usually happened when the curse announced
a high level Akuma. Yuu put his hand to the hilt of Mugen and drew it,
activating it as he did so. In the corner of his eye, he could see Lavi doing
the same. Bookman�s face was set, and Yuu knew he, too, was ready for a fight.

�� The
ground exploded in front of them sending large chunks of rock flying past Yuu�s
face. The level four had landed only a few meters away. Laughing slightly to
itself, it lunged toward the awaiting group. Everything happened in an instant�jumping
backward quickly to escape the creature�s attack, Yuu swore when he saw that
Allen still lay on the ground clutching his face.

�� Allen!�
Yuu flinched as he heard Lenalee�s hysterical shriek. The sound seemed to bring
the boy back to reality, but he seemed unable to move.

�� Damn
that Moyashi! Yuu swore and flung himself
at the other Exorcist. His reaction was seconds too late as the Akuma crashed
into Allen�s body. Yuu was thrown back by the shockwave. The dust took an
agonizingly long time to clear. When it finally did, there was a collective
gasp from the other Exorcists. There was no blood, no crater, where Allen�s
body had been. Instead, Allen stood proudly, his left arm outstretched in front
of him. His claws stuck deeply into the face of the Level Four. Allen spoke then,
but it wasn�t the voice of Moyashi.
Instead, his voice carried a dark, lyrical timbre.

�� You
dare attack me?�

�� To
Yuu�s and the other Exorcists� shock, the Akuma pulled itself back, ignoring
the large, jagged holes in its head from where Allen�s Innocence had held it
fast. It fell to its gigantic knees and bowed at Allen�s feet, begging�no groveling�for his forgiveness.

�� I�m
so sorry! I didn�t realize it was you, Noah-sama!� It wailed. �Please, don�t
kill me! I promise I�ll never do it again!�

�� No,
I�m not going to kill you,� Allen said, still in that strangely melodious
voice. The Akuma looked up in relief, and Yuu could hardly believe that tears
were pouring from its pitiful eyes.

�� Thank
you, thank you, Noah-sa��

�� You
are,� Allen said coldly, his now-deep voice echoing into the night.

�� The
Akuma froze, horrified.

�� But�but
Noah-sama!� It pleaded.

�� Do
it. Now.� Allen�s voice was firm and as cold as solid
mercury.

�� The
Akuma nodded tearfully, and with a final sob, self-destructed. Yuu felt
sickened. That damned Moyashi was the
biggest idiot when it came to Akuma. Yuu knew that the Moyashi would do anything to save the souls of the
Akuma, and that self-destructing condemned the soul to an eternity of
suffering, never to reach its peace. The fact that Allen had
ordered this made Yuu realize that something was very, very wrong.

�� As
the Akuma blew to pieces, eliciting a gasp from Lenalee, Allen sank to his
knees, screaming.

�� NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!� He exclaimed, his voice seeming as if
it was ripped from his throat. As it reached the end of the wail, it began to
lighten, becoming something akin to Moyashi�s real voice. He curled in on himself on the cold, hard ground and began
shaking uncontrollably. �Why did you do that?� He questioned himself, sobbing.
�You�ve been fine just talking and singing in the back of my head, and I�m
content that you will act to defend me�seeing as we share a body�but why? You
know how horrible it is, so why did you do that to the poor Akuma?�

�� Yuu
was confused. What in the hell was he talking about? He stared on in wonder as
Lenalee pushed past him and ran toward the boy she loved (oblivious as she was
to it). She fell to his side and pulled the boy in front of her into her lap as
best she could. She brushed the fringe from his forehead lovingly (though she
didn�t realize it) and made to run her fingers through his hair. She paused,
and her hand drew back. Then, taking a deep breath, she put her hand determinedly
on his forehead and began stroking his hair. Yuu wondered what had made her pause, and he walked toward her, noting that someone behind
him was doing the same.

�� As
he came within earshot, he heard Lenalee muttering soothing assurances to the
idiot boy, who was still crying pitifully on the ground. Looking down from
behind Lenalee, he was able to catch sight of the fading stigmata that marred
his forehead. Yuu blanched. Allen�s a Noah, he realized. He didn�t think, just swiftly pulled Mugen from its
sheath. �Hatsudou,� he hissed, his voice low with inexplicable fury. Allen was a
Noah, an enemy, and must be killed. Even if, in the deep, dark depths of his
soul, he had come to respect the boy, just a little bit. He would have to live
with this decision, but it didn�t matter. He lifted his blade and made to swing
down through the Moyashi�s chest.

�� Extend!�

�� Mugen
met Oodzuchi with a loud clang, one that startled Lenalee, making her look up. Her pupils dilated in horror.

�� Don�t
kill him, Yuu-chan,� Lavi said seriously. �I think he�s in control now.�

�� Yuu
stared at him in disbelief.

�� Why the fuck not?� He asked, not caring that his accent
became thicker in his haste to speak.

�� The
Order knows, which means we know. It�s being controlled. This is� an exception.
But he�s still Allen. The Fourteenth Noah does not have the same hold on him
that other Noahs do with their hosts. I think, from what Allen said after the
Akuma self-destructed, that the Noah did that to protect him. And besides, look
at his Innocence. It hasn�t rejected him.�

�� Yuu
reluctantly lowered his blade.

�� Yuu was brought
abruptly back to reality as Amanda shouted something too fast and high for him
to comprehend. He looked over to her and saw her shaking as she restrained
Lolek, both hands placed firmly on his chest.

�� And why the fuck
shouldn�t I? He�s an enemy! He needs to die!� Lolek roared back, his Innocence
blazing on his forearms.

�� Don�t you dare do it, Lolek.
And if you even think of cutting me
with your damned Innocence, I�ll�� Amanda was thrown to the ground as Lolek
finally managed to overpower her.

�� Lavi!�
Yuu shouted, surprising himself. The other man grunted, and within a moment, he
had tackled Lolek to the ground. Standing menacingly over the struggling man
and trying to ignore the sudden irritation he irrationally felt�that he told
himself was directed at the other man�s stupidity�he began to speak in a low
tone, putting every ounce of hate, anger, and disdain into it.

�� The Order, it knows, aho. Or at least, it did in our time. It�s being controlled.
As dumb as Moyashi is, he can control it, or I would�ve run him
through with Mugen already. Or hadn�t you noticed? None of us would stand up
for a Noah�myself especially. The Fourteenth does not
control him as the other Noahs control their hosts. And besides, look at his
fucking Innocence, baka! It�s still there, isn�t it? It hasn�t
rejected him.�

�� A moment too late,
Yuu realized he�d basically just quoted what Lavi had told him years before. It
seemed to work, though, as the Polish man growled and then stopped fighting
against Lavi.

�� Allen
groaned, putting a hand to his left eye. Lenalee sighed in relief and allowed
herself a small smile as the younger Exorcist began to wake.

---

�� Everything was
blurry, and her eyes didn�t seem to work like they had before. The strange
scream still echoed in her mind. Perhaps it was that that had finally brought
her close enough to break free of the darkness that held her. For the first
time, she felt, really felt, the
presence of the others. She groaned, but her voice came out scratchy, as if she
had not used it in a long time. Her body felt weak, and she could barely breathe
and keep her eyes open without feeling the fatigue.

�� Allen�. Walker?

�� She sighed,
fighting and failing to say the name of the boy that so often appeared in her
dreams. Beside her, something scraped, although its sound seemed dull, as if
she had stuffed her ears full of cotton.

�� Faith?�
A voice said. She immediately relaxed to it, recognizing it as her oldest and
favorite sister. She tried to smile, but her muscles wouldn�t allow her mouth
to move. She tried to say �yes,� but her throat wouldn�t make a sound. �Are
you� awake?� The voice sounded astonished and yet somehow relieved and
unbelievably happy. That was what she felt, too. Perhaps the bonds had begun to
grow again.

---

A/N:� Alright! Here�s chapter
two! Just to make everything clear: We have ABSOLUTELY NO sympathies with the
Nazi Party. Amanda is just a bitch. Things will get steadily darker from here,
and there will be much fighting. And death. There will
be lots of death. Muahahahaha. :P
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