I was over thinking it. No, it was real. Was I hallucinating? Nope, the pain in my chest was an answer to that. Only thing was, where the hell was I? One minute I was fighting off the Akuma in Italy, and now I am in the middle of nowhere.

I looked up at the sky to see a sun blazing down at me. It was just nighttime though . . . . I thought to myself. Did I pass out? No my wound was fresh, only made a few minutes ago. I pressed my deformed hand over the wound in an atempt to stop the bleeding.

"Ug-" I heard a groan next to me. I looked over to see a boy with black hair. He looked about my age, only softer, more innocent. It was then that my slight memory loss faded. I remembered fighting the Akuma and then . . .

"Allen!" yelled Lenalee as she tried to warn me about the oncoming attack. My arm's transformation wasn't quick enough when a level five attacked us.

"Still weak huh, little boy?" I glared up to see Road Camelot, a Noah. "Hurry up and get stronger, 'my sweet'!" I cringed as she called me that. The Noah inside of me was twitching as well. I guess the 14th hated her as much as I did.

The Akuma threw me back and I went through several walls before finally stopping. I cried out as something sharp hit my back.

That was when I saw the boy . . .

"GET OUT OF HERE!" I yelled at him, hoping to awake the passerby of his daze. His eyes shifted from the oncoming Akuma and me.

I remember now! It was what happened next that REALLY surprised me.

The boy grabbed me and helped me run away from the village. We stood in front of a pond and I only realized how far we had ran when I saw the lights and explosions in the village. "WHERE ARE YOU?!" I heard the Akuma's cry. He was getting closer, probably following my scent.

It only took a minute before the Akuma reached us. "You can't run anymore, Exorcist." It hissed as it drew closer to us. The black-haired boy said something before I could even open my mouth. "Stop!" The funny thing was, the Akuma actually listened to him.

"Stop harming the village! I don't know what you are but you can't just go around killing people for enjoyment, it's wrong!" The Akuma paused and looked at the boy with a blank look. "Yes, my king." It said in a monotone voice. My eyes widened at the Akuma, but when I looked back at the boy, I knew I wasn't the only one surprised. I jumped back and grabbed the boy so that we could escape across the pond, but then . . .

I fell in. My wound had made me dizzy and we both fell in. I looked over at the boy, he was small but I had seen strength in him. I winched as I tried to get up, it was only then that I noticed I was sopping wet. We were in a pond of some kind, but it wasn't the same one as last night. I used the last of my strength to get us out of the pond. The sun was shining enough that I was sure we would be dry in no time, but what worried me was my wound.

The bleeding had stopped but it was only a matter of time before it got infected. I leaned against a tree. I couldn't sleep in this pain, but I could rest a little, at least.