Time to Love

The Fourteenth

Too bad Master came in at that moment. He was under the impression that he was saving me and the others. Maybe them, but I didn't really need to be saved; not from Tyki. I think I made Road pretty mad at me after I stabbed the man, but I'm sure she would forgive... eventually. I wasn't looking forward to playing the melody, I knew that's what I had to do. My shadow knew that I knew, he probably knew how too. It's not that I didn't want to play, I was actually itching to honestly. I just wasn't looking forward to the way things at the Order would change. I was half tempted to let the Noah come out sooner than when he's supposed to. How ironic huh? The Exorcist that fell in love with a Noah, who then tried to cleanse said Noah to be human again. Almost giving up and just becoming a Noah herself... well at least we could have our happy ending. In any case, I knew for awhile that I was the fourteenth. I played the melody and stopped the download. It was very interesting. It's one thing to see from a television screen or a page from a manga, but it's another thing to actually be a part of. I thought of all the things I could remember from my first life and just let go, finally after so long. It used to pain me so much to think that by now, the boy probably forgot I even existed at some time. Who knows if he even grieved or knew that I had passed on. I could see my shadow smiling at me, almost as if he was approving of my thoughts. I didn't care and I decided I wouldn't use his name until he told me.
The days back in the Order were just as I expected. They discussed the fourteenth Noah and gave me a babysitter; Howard Link or Two Spots if you ask Lavi-kun. The Earl attacked the headquarters with a level four Akuma and that wasn't too pretty. Master wasn't too happy to be stuck there so when he got the opportunity, he shot at it. He says he only helped because the thing ruined his things, but I think he just wanted to shoot something. As the new HQ was being constructed, we were sent on more missions and the last one before we could return was kinda fun. The little boy from the orphanage had Innocence and could switch bodies with whoever was nearby. He used the ability to steal things so that the orphanage had money to keep running. We ran into another level four and some other lower levels. We fought them and the boy, Timothy, helped as best as he could. I stabbed the level four with my sword and in the process stabbed myself as well. It didn't hurt at first, but when it did; I felt like I was burning from that spot. I know the Noah took over for a few seconds, because I blacked out for a short time. We convinced Timothy to come with us back to the Order and become an Exorcist. He didn't want to at first, but he changed his mind and we all went back to the new headquarters. Master wanted to talk with me. He told me that I am the host for the fourteenth Noah. That no matter how much I fight it, it won't change. That there's more to the war than what anyone really knows about, he mentioned a third side. And, he even said he was sorry for being an ass. I hugged him even though I was being bound by the CROW. I just walked up to him and laid my head against his chest, he wrapped his arms around me. Before we were separated, he told me to keep going my own path. Then he kissed the top of my head and whispered "love ya idiot apprentice". I was stunned, I couldn't even respond. I teared up and whispered "love you too" as I was walked out of the room.
When I got back to my room, I cried myself to sleep. I knew that Master would be gone in the morning, it would seem as though he was killed.