Mania

Chapter 11

Kanda was disgusted. He wasn't disgusted in the usual way he would be, but he was disgusted to the extent that he had utterly lost faith that they would hunt down a sane Akuma. Well, no Akuma was sane fully, but this one was definitely not right in the head. Needless to say, this made Kanda scared.

When Lavi had told him to brace himself Kanda thought the redhead was making a joke out of their small detour. However, as he entered, he couldn't but actually feel afraid. This had to be a joke. The room was somewhat spacious but the bodies that littered the floor took up most of the space. The clothing that Kanda saw on the bodies were that of an brutal realization.

This Akuma was strong enough to kill Exorcists as if they were nothing but meaningless obstacles in their way. The lack of attention to keeping the room nice and tidy was enough proof of that as well as the large amount of blood puddles that had merged together. Kanda's tightened as he gripped his sword, he was going to kill the bastard that had dared to mess with the Black Order as if they were nothing but insects. This was no way of showing that he cared for his so called "comrades" but rather that this was just too cruel too be left alone.

"It's hideous, isn't it, Yuu?" Lavi suddenly spoke.

Too astounded Kanda paid no mind to his first name but rather turned his head to the side and clenched his jaw even tighter. He would catch this murderer and serve no mercy to this abomination. This thing did not deserve any mercy of any kind. Lenalee wasn't currently with them and that was probably for the best. This would have been too much for her.

"Let's go, Yuu, we need to see if we can catch up with the thing that did this," Lavi said as he turned around and started to climb back up the stairs. Kanda looked at the place once more and turned around to leave with Lavi.

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It had been three hours since they had explored the creepy house and Lavi had called the Black Order to come and get the bodies of all the fallen comrades as he, Kanda, and Lenalee hurried on their way to the murderer that killed so many exorcists. Within those three hours, they had found nothing in anyways to help them find the murderer. So, instead of giving up, they roamed the streets and simply went in directions that seemed sinister in a last attempt to find the murderer. So far, they had found absolutely nothing and it was starting to piss Kanda off. Well, more pissed off than he already was. The stupid rabbit would shut up and Kanda was ready to stab his sword through the redheads chest.

"Isn't this fun! I've always wanted to chase down a psychopathic murderer!" Lavi yelled out into the dark night.

Kanda swiftly took out his sword and pointed it at Lavi's chest putting slight pressure in the move. Lavi froze in his tracks and put his hands in the air and his eyes widened.

"S-sorry, Yuu, I'll shut up no-"

Lavi's head whipped around to the right as he saw a shadow pass though them. There stood a hooded figure that had barely made a sound but he couldn't fool Lavi's Bookman senses. Kanda whipped around to see what the BakaUsagi was seeing only to drop the stupid rabbit in shock. A muddled thud was heard and a sound pained sound came from the redhead. Dusting himself and standing back up, Lavi looked at the (fat) cloaked figure and was about to say something when Kanda's sword was at the man's throat.

"Who are you?" snarled Kanda.

The figure laughed and pushed Kanda's sword aside as if it was nothing but a fly. The laugh was mocking and taunted the Exorcists but they stayed still, their guards up. The trio stiffened up as the figure slowly made took of its hood and the Exorcist's eyes widened.

It was the Millenium Earl.

Kanda jumped back and held his sword in front of him. Lenalee activated her Dark boots and Lavi and taken out his hammer.

"Aren't you the Exorcist friends of Allen?" Lenalee gasped at the mention of Allen and Kanda gripped his sword tighter. Lavi made no movement and coldly calculated the villains next move. The Earl smiled and laughed.

"Ne, Allen!" he called out in the middle of nowhere.

Nonetheless, the Exorcists were surprised and their stances relaxed slightly. They were in a state of complete disbelief at what they had heard.

Allen? Allen Walker? The Allen they once knew?

Another cloaked figure, much smaller than the Earl, and a lot skinnier, was at the Earl's side in an instant. Kneeling, the small figure faced the Earl's large belly and didn't move an inch as he waited for the Earl to give him orders. The Earl patted the figure's head lovingly.

"Please finish them, Allen-pon."

Standing up, the hooded figure took off it's hood to show a head of long white hair. Slightly bowing, the figure replied with, "Yes, Earl-sama." The Earl smiled and and patted the figure's white hair and replied with, "I leave it to you." With that, the Earl flew off on his pink umbrella.

The figure then turned and assessed his opponents carefully, as his opponents assessed him.

It was him.

It was Allen Walker.

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Allen really did not want to do this. He didn't want to go on another side mission, all he wanted to do was spend more time with the Earl but if the Earl wished it, Allen would do it.

He had been away from the Earl's side for about two hours now and it was unsettling. Not to forget that Road had taken her sweet time in buying anything and everything she wanted. Nonetheless, Allen still didn't like her very much, she teased him and pinched him and always kept him away from the Earl.

He hated it.

He didn't like to have any physical contact beside the Earl's and when someone else touched him, he always felt like puking. The Earl was the one to save h and therefore Allen's sole purpose was to make sure he only served the Earl.

"Allen, you can leave now," Road didn't even look at him as she dismissed him with a wave of a hand. Allen couldn't care less, he set down all the bags she had made him carry and walked as fast as he could out of the town. Once he was outside of the town's premises, he waited. He waited for the Earl to call him, after all, Allen knew that was why Road dismissed him. And so, Allen waited for half an hour until he heard the distant of the Earl calling, "Ne, Allen!" Running as fast as his legs would carry him, Allen's came to a small clearing in the woods. Spotting four figures in the clearing, Allen went to the one that looked like the Earl and kneeled down. Allen felt the Earl pat his head and he couldn't be more overjoyed. The Earl was patting his head.

"Please finish them, Allen-pon."

Allen bowed slightly lower and stood up. He took off his hood and looked at the Earl and replied with,"Yes, Earl-sama." With that, the Earl patted Allen's head once more, said a few comforting words and flew away. Allen turned around to face his opponents and with cold eyes, assessed the people he hated the most in the world.