Ah the last chapter. This story was such a blast to write and once again I would like to thank everyone who has been so kind and supportive throughout this stories creation. Especially to all those who left a review you all make my day when I see such kind comments from you.

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Katniss stared in a sort of horrified fascination as Allen and the monster exchange blows. Katniss thought she knew the full extent of Allen's skill now she realized she was sorely mistaken. He moved in a whirlwind of silver slashing and kicking with the grace of an acrobat and the strength of a seasoned warrior. But perhaps what was even more frightening was the fact that the monster was matching Allen's blows with a sinister smile on its face.

Allen was sent flying by the Akuma but caught himself and swung back towards his enemy at the speed of a bullet. That's when everything went wrong. The Akuma seemed to catch him in his stomach with a harsh blow and sent his crashing through the woods with explosive force. Allen flew back and smashed several trees making a sickening crunching sound. When he came to a stop Katniss refused to believe what she saw. How could Allen the strongest fighter she knew be killed?

Yet that impact must have obliterated his spine. To her disbelief Allen started to shift and made an attempt to rise but the Akuma was already on top of him. Shaking herself out of her shock Katniss sent an arrow flying and to her astonishment it not only collided and succeeded in distracting the Akuma another heavy ax caught the monsters head and sent it sideways. Allen swung his sword up wounding it and the battle started once more.

The angel and demon twirling in a deadly dance.

A terrible blast of energy sent Allen to his knees once more and this time Katniss could see he wouldn't recover in time. No matter how many arrow she tried to shoot.

"Allen!" She cried in a desperate attempt to encourage him to rise. It was hopeless. The sky burst apart in hues of dark purple and unfamiliar figures streamed through. There was a group with grey skin and black stigmatas on their forehead followed by an odd assortment of teenager. One of the strangers with wild red hair produced a giant hammer and knocked the Akuma away leaning down to smile at Allen. Even across the explosions and cries of battle now raging around Katniss she could hear

"Yo Allen. You look terrible."

Allen stared at the red haired exorcist standing in front of him.

"La..la…Lavi!?" Allen shouted in disbelief temporarily forgetting his pain and springing to his feet. "How are you here? How is the Earl here?" He stuttered despite himself.

"Well you see," Lavi had to pause mid sentence to enlarge his hammer and block a furious torrent of purple energy from the enraged Akuma.

"Finders were sent out to every location we thought the Earl or Noah might be hiding to see if they could get any information. One of them called headquarters and said the Noah were gathering. Whether for an attack or not he wasn't sure but Komui got us all together and we checked out the Noah's HQ." Lavi continued nonchalantly.

"Turns out we have absolutely perfect timeing the Earl said he found where you were from a Akuma and opened a Ark door with Road to recreate what happened with you." Allen nodded in numb acceptance.

"And?" He pushed ignoring that the Akuma was practically self-destructing in anger at the fact that it was being ignored.

"And nothing! We attacked came through here saw you lying in a pathetic heap."

"I was not! That's completely unfair!" Allem protested but Lavi just laughed and shouted.

"Hiban!" slamming his hammer down on the ground with the glowing red kanji for fire at its center. A fiery red serpent erupted and consumed the Akuma. Both exorcists knew it wouldn't do any damage but it bought them time. "So what's the game plan?"

"We have to take care of the Level 4, it has the potential to kill more people then maybe even the Earl." Allen said standing back to back with Lavi.

"Right." Lavi took a defensive stance and once again slammed his hammer down except this time evoking both lightening and fire which combined into a destructive force of nature. The Akuma countered with its own blast to dark matter. Out of the corner of his eye Allen saw Katniss stumble out of the woods. Lavi had noticed too and raised his hammer.

"Wait." Allen said.

"Oh! Who's the cute girl?" Lavi asked noticing she wasn't an Akuma. Allen glared at Lavi and punched him on his head even though the red head was taller than him (something Allen found mildly annoying)

"Who's the redhead." Katniss asked. Allen groaned this really wasn't time for introductions.

"Lavi, Katniss. Katniss, Lavi." Allen said a quickly as possibly gesturing the parties in question.

"Nice to meet yo.." Lavi never got to finish. Both exorcists had to jump to avoid a torrent of bullets that soon turned the ground they were standing on into Swiss cheese.

"Hey idiots! Get over here!" An angry voice echoed over. Allen gritted his teeth. Only one person could possibly set his nerves on end like that.

"What Bakanda? Can't handle a couple Noah?" Allen called back jeeringly as he regained his balance after leaping out of the level 4's way. Indeed Kanda was fighting both Tyki and Road while Miranda had set up a safe Time-Out zone for the exorcists. Krory was flying around at blinding speeds keeping Sheryl occupied while the girls, Lenalee and Lulubell, turned the air around them into burst of water and green light.

Kanda abandoned the Noah and walked over to Allen leveling Mugen at his throat.

"What did you say you little half pint midget?" A vein on Allen's forehead twitched.

"I said." Allen drew out his words like he was talking to a three year old. "Is useless Kanda so incompetent that he needs help to fight a couple Noah?"

"Ehh Shounen I think we're supposed to be fighting." Tyki interrupted sounding amused yet unsure.

"SHUT UP!" Allen and Kanda yelled at him at the same time.

"Oh it's okay Tyki. They're just catching up!" Road laughed, smiling with a tolerant grin, sitting herself comfortably on Lero.

Allen butted heads with Kanda so their noses were barely an inch apart.

"Albino!"

"Girly hair!"

"Arrogant shortstack!"

"Moronic giant!"

Allen was vaguely aware of explosions behind him and probably Lavi shouting at him but he didn't care. He would have conjured more insults and probably start including some lovely language he stored away from his circus days but a beam of dark matter exploded between them and blew Allen head over heels. Kanda didn't fare much better.

"Don't ignore me!" The Akuma practically screamed at them. For a moment Allen was confused. The Akuma looked far more outraged then at any point when Allen was fighting it.

"Testy soul isn't it." Road commented coldly a deadly glare in her eyes.

"They always ignored me. You think you're better than me don't you! Go away!" Before any of the Exorcists could react the Akuma slammed a pale fist into the ground producing a massive shock wave that blew Allen into the air and sent him crashing into a boulder that disintegrated upon impact.

His forgotten injuries came to him in a stunning wave of pain. A giant watery arm slammed down on top of him and he quickly rolled out of the way of Lulubell's oddly transformed arm. Lanalee dropped onto Lulubell's watery arm with such force the rock beneath her shattered and gave way. Unfortunately the ferocious attack did nothing to harm the aquatic body of the Noah.

"Are you ok Allen?" She asked worry apparent in her voice. Her dark hair had grown to shoulder length and her violet eyes stared straight into Allen's own.

"I'm fine Lenalee." He lied getting unsteadily back to his feet. Chaos had rained down once more and to Allen's horror he hadn't seen Katniss since he was blasted apart from Lavi when he had introduced them. Cursing himself for his carelessness he scanned the battlefield.

The Millennium Earl was still floating in mid-air with his feral grin and pudgy coat. Kanda had reengaged Tyki and Lavi was fighting (well more like running actually) from the Akuma. Krory was still zipping across the clearing with Sheryl hot on his heels. While Lenalee was slowing pushing back Lulubell. To his relief Allen found what he was looking for. Miranda was shouting and waving at Katniss who stumbled into the protected dome of golden light where she seemed to be exchanging greeting Miranda. His reprieve didn't last long however.

Lavi came barreling towards him the Akuma firing bullets at his feet.

"Could use a bit of cover here Allen." Lavi yelled.

Without hesitation Allen leaped into action stopping the Akuma in its track and pushing it back with his broad sword. However the Akuma's rage made it almost impossible to stop. It blasted and punched forcing Allen to retreat. Several small cuts appeared where he wasn't quick enough to dodge the Akuma's strikes. But Allen didn't let himself falter.

He noticed Lavi trying to help but was intercepted by Road who gave a small laugh and summoned lit candles out of nowhere. Allen made a desperate swing at the Akuma that caught its shoulder and slammed it to the ground. Before he could press his advantage the Akuma screamed a more terrible scream than any Allen had heard. He was forced to shut his eyes and put his hands over his ears, dropping his sword, to dull the piercing sound. When he looked up he only had time to process a large purple orb above his head when the world dissolved into black.

Allen blinked his eyes open sluggishly, the only thing he really registered was everything hurt.

His head throbbed, his legs felt heavy and one was bent oddly, his remaining right arm bled freely sending waves of searing pain up and down his side, plus everything he saw seemed to swim in and out of focus like he was staring at a reflection in a well. Allen gasped and blinked trying to being the world into focus. What he did see clearly alarmed him.

The Akuma's face inches from his trapping his body against the hard rock underneath. That was when he noticed where he rested. A giant crater at least 50 foot deep and 100 feet long where the clearing use to be. All the Noah and Exorcist of course had noticed the explosion but before Lavi or Lenalee could try to come over they were blocked by their enemy counterparts.

"It's over exorcist." The Akuma cried gleefully. Allen growled in fury trying to find a way to fight. The only thing he saw was his Sword of Exorcist all the way on the other side of the crater, blasted away by the explosion. Closing his eyes and concentrating he tried to pull his Innocence towards him. He imagined it as an extension of himself calling his arm back to its rightful place. When he opened his eyes the sword was spinning towards him gaining speed, and the Akuma distracted by its prey hadn't noticed.

The sword pierced the Akuma straight through its chest and Allen's own midsection. The Akuma's eyes widened in pain and shock.

"You've doomed yourself too exorcist." The Akuma choked out.

"No. This sword only purifies Akuma and Noah it won't harm me."

"Really?" The Akuma said a maniacal grin splitting its face. "Then why are you in such pain?" That's when everything burst into flames. The agony was all consuming tearing away conscious thought and leaving only the sensation of being ripped apart. Allen was sure white hot daggers were ripping every inch of skin and burning lead had filled his innards.

A dreadful scream tore from his lips ripping his throat but did nothing to alleviate the all-consuming pain.

If only it would just stop.

If only he could die.

Everything went dark.

A blinding explosion forced Katniss's eyes shut. Even inside the barrier of golden light and spinning clocks the explosion shook the ground and sent Katniss to the ground. Johanna had joined her moments before the fighting started and was now cursing fluently as she regained her balance but what she saw made her freeze. Katniss followed her gaze and saw that the clearing where Allen had been fighting the Akuma was now a jagged crater.

And there was no Allen.

"Duh Fu," Johanna started

"Where is Allen?" Katniss cut her off.

"He's okay. He's gonna be okay." The dark haired women who had introduced herself as Miranda said shakily as if she was on the verge of tears. Johanna looked miffed but narrowed her eyes as the smoke from the blast cleared.

That's when Katniss spotted a small pale figure laying unmoving on one side of the chasm and a glittering sword all the way on the other side. The childlike monster floated above the exorcist smiling in victory. Katniss felt an irrational urge to run out of the protective barrier but knew that there was nothing she could do.

The other exorcist tried to rush forward but they were blocked the by Noah who started attacking them once more but seemed to take an interest in the new turn of events. Suddenly the sword almost 100 feet on the other side of the crater started to shake, rising from the dirt and spin towards the Akuma. To her horror the giant sword stabbed the monster straight through its chest but also right through Allen's own.

"See Allen-kun always pulls through." Miranda smiled.

"How is that pulling through? The idiot just stabbed himself!" Johanna screamed.

"Crown Clown's sword only purifies Noah and Akuma. Allen is an exorcist he'll be fine."

Katniss was about to believe her, at this point she was willing to believe just about anything after seeing a bunch of people appear from a black door floating in the middle of the sky, if not for the agonized scream that sounded from the crater. Miranda paled and started shaking. Allen coughed violently and even from a distance Katniss could see startling amounts of crimson liquid spray across the Earth.

"That's not suppose to… what?" The horrible cry carried over the din of battle and made everyone including the Noah freeze and look at the source of the ghastly noise. Katniss's insides twisted and squirmed as Allen's scream ripped apart the night air.

It was such a tormented cry full of misery and agony that Katniss almost wished she could shut it out. She closed her eyes and cradled her head with her hands as she had done when she was forced to listen to Prim's tortured cries but to her misery the screams didn't subside. It echoed in the clearing until she was sure the exorcist's throat must have been torn apart.

Eerie silence.

There was no screaming anymore.

When Katniss opened her eyes and raised her head she saw a shocked bunch of exorcist and Noah all staring at the crater, weapons hanging forgotten at their sides. Miranda shook with silent sobs and Johanna had an ugly scowl on her face. The motionless figure on the ground stirred and raised his head to speak to the Akuma. In the pristine silence of the night Katniss heard two words.

"Good morning." Allen smiled and the Akuma stared in horror.

"Noa." It was cut short.

Allen pulled out his giant sword and sliced the Akuma in half where is exploded staining the ground with dark blood. Allen seemed to glare down at the corpse with distain before reattaching the sword to his body. Katniss didn't care anymore she ran out of the glowing dome of protection towards the destruction, to her surprise neither Johanna or Miranda tried to stop her. As she neared Katniss knew something was wrong.

The way Allen was smiling, the way he was walking with a limp in his right leg that looked bloodied and broken yet didn't seem to care about the pain. One of the Noah, a little girl slipped off a…pink umbrella? Landing gently on the rocky ground.

"Millenie?" She seemed to question in a soft singsong voice. The giant pudgy man with small glinting glasses and an ear to ear grin, to Katniss's amazement and great confusion, started to cry. Katniss felt petrified as the pudgy man, whom she guessed was the Millennium Earl Allen had described to her, floated down and walked towards Allen.

Soon they were nose to nose Allen smiling pleasantly in the man's face while the tears stopped abruptly for the larger of the duo. In one swift movement the Millennium Earl grabbed Allen's wrist and pinned him to the ground.

"Allen!" She shouted on instinct but the exorcist gave no response that he had heard her.

"14th." The Millennium Earl hissed in Allen's ear. The other Noah's eyes widened in shock. Despite being pinned down by the throat Allen didn't seemed concerned. In fact he spoke back quite calmly.

"I knew you would come find me brother." His voice was soft and low like a sad melody.

"What?" Katniss couldn't help shout. Again no one seemed to acknowledge her.

Allen had never said he had a brother. He said he was mortal enemies with the Millennium Earl that he wanted to bring the Earl down so how? And the more Katniss thought about it the more it didn't make sense. It was hard to tell the age of the leader of the Noah considering the odd outfit and inhuman face but he seemed like an adult maybe in his later thirties or forties nowhere young enough to be Allen's brother.

"Allen! Allen what are talking about?" She tried calling out to him but no one so much as glanced in her direction. The atmosphere became unbelievably heavy as every Noah tensed and gave their undivided attention to the odd pair. Katniss flinched when Allen suddenly reared up and practically butted heads with the Earl.

"I'll kill you this time. I'll kill you and become the Millennium Earl." A feral grin shadowed Allen's pale face and that's when Katniss knew whoever it was in Allen's body it wasn't the young exorcist she trusted and knew. It was something else, someone else.

"Is that your wish?" The Earl inquired.

"No!...no" Allen's voice changed back to its original tone. He grabbed his head convulsively and seemed to curl in on himself. Katniss had seen terrible things in the arena but it still made her gut clench as Allen coughed up blood, uttering a scream as if he was in terrible pain.

"I'm not the 14th." He managed to gasp. The other Noah watched in frozen fascination.

"AND KEEP ME OUT OF YOUR DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY SPATS!"Allen suddenly cried rearing up from the ground again practically blowing the Earl away with the force of his shout. "IT'S REALLY ANNOYING!" Katniss could almost see the Noah shrink with each syllable. Despite the scratches and trails of blood that covers the young Exorcists' face he seemed to emit a terrifying aura of determination.

"I'm Allen Walker and Exorcist! You hear me and I'll never become anything else." It was as if his words were physical blows stunning all the Noah. Katniss heard a distinct "Che." Behind her and it didn't take too much of an imagination to figure out whom it came from. Katniss was ready to jog back to Miranda's Time-Out but realized that she couldn't move. It was as if her legs were drowned in cement.

"What in the world?" Katniss cried and this time Allen noticed her.

"Katniss! What are you doing here? Get back to Miranda." Allen said. Not in an earthshaking shout but still with an authoritative tone.

"I'm afraid she can't." One of the Noah said.

"What did you do Sheryl?" Allen growled the dangerous edge to his voice returned.

"Nothing! But you should know that my power is to control human bodies. I can make anyone my puppet. Do whatever I please." He paused. "Even kill them without ever touching them." He smiled as if the idea was amusing. "But don't worry I wouldn't actually kill anyone that way. It's too boring!" He cried. Allen deadpanned.

"Perverts. All the Noah are perverts."

"Hey!" All the Noah cried with the exception of Road and the Earl.

"That's hardly fair Shounen." The Noah that spoke was a tall individual with long tied back hair and a scar on his chest and arm. She cursed the off task part of herself for noticing that the Noah would have been rather attractive, if it weren't for the fact that the whole lot of them were trying to kill her and her friends.

"Um Me?" Katniss tried to draw attention back to the fact that she was likely to be killed.

"Tsk what to you want?" Allen asked clearly annoyed.

"Just for you to come with us." Allen glanced behind the Noah whose power bound her, Sheryl, and narrowed his eyes.

"No." He said simply.

"But this girl is gonna die! Don't you want to save her?" Sheryl asked genuinely surprised.

"You're probably gonna kill her anyway." Allen retorted coolly. Katniss was shocked. Did their friendship mean so little to him? She had thought Allen the overly protective and caring type who wasn't willing to sacrifice anyone. The Noah blinked as if taken aback.

"Plus!" Allen added cheerfully. "We're about to get her back anyway." The grouchy guy with a sword and long hair suddenly lashed out at the Noah Sheryl causing him to lose concentration. Katniss found herself free to move once more. Allen was buying time. Time for his comrades to free her.

Everything erupted into pandemonium.

The 14th's little stunt with taking over his body shook Allen despite his cool appearance. His heart ponded a little louder and the blood roared in his ear as he charged at the Millennium Earl himself while trying to ignore the stabbing pain in his arm as he forced it to take up the strain of his sword. The only good thing that came out of the 14th taking his body for a stroll through the park was that the Noah's freaskish ability to heal seemed to give him back some of his former mobility.

Even with some of his wounds healed Allen was tiring. The Hunger Games weren't really ideal for one's health and even though the lightning that should have struck the lightning tree at midnight hadn't come for unknown reasons Allen knew he had been fighting for over an hour. He wondered vaguely what the Capitol was doing to cover this battle up.

Katniss's alliance was the only group of tributes left but they certainly couldn't show the hoard of Noah and exorcist that came through the ark door. At the same time Allen doubted even the Capitol audience would go for "Hey take a look at this pretty bush over here while we cover up some magical stuff that we can't show you."

The Earl transformed Lero into his own broadsword and pushed back at Allen with amazing force. Allen focused his concentration back to his fight and knowing he couldn't overpower the Earl with raw strength feinted to the right and swept under the pudgy man hoping to strike behind him. Before Allen could put himself in a favorable position to strike the Earl Tyki leapt forward and struck him fiercely in his abdomen causing Allen to skid in the earth, coughing droplets of blood.

His side burned and throbbed painfully clouding his visions with intermittent clouds of red.

"You're being too rough with my Allen." Road commented as she held off Lenalee who had switched opponents and left Lavi to keep Lulubell at bay. Tyki shrugged like he couldn't help it. Refusing to stay down he sprung up kicking Tyki in the face before the Noah could negate Allen with his powers and swinging his own sword towards the Earl only to have it blocked by the Earl's own weapon.

"Tsk." He muttered in irritation. A pained cry drew Allen's attention away from his own battle.

"Moyashi!" Kanda shouted his Katana blocking Sheryl from advancing on Krory who was on the ground holding his right leg which looked twisted in an odd angle.

"The name's Allen!" He shouted back on instinct before noticing the severity of the situation. Krory looked bloodied and haggard. He probably could still fight, he was a exorcist after all, but he couldn't hold off the advance of a Noah on his own. That meant the Exorcists were outmatched.

"Get him to Miranda!"

"I'm not your errand boy." Kanda growled back. Frustrated Allen flipped away from the Earl and Tyki narrowly evading the tip of the Earl's broadsword as he did so. Kanda never missed a step. As soon as Allen retreated back he took over the fight pushing Tyki away and keeping the Earl's focus off Allen. Reaching Krory and Sheryl he drew his sword in a wide arc forcing Sheryl to back off, lifting Krory on his shoulder. Without further delay Allen jumped several yards away into the protective sphere of Miranda's innocence.

"Is he ok?" Miranda sounded distressed.

"Krory will be fine he's pulled through worse right!" Allen tried to reassure her. "Just take care of him for a couple minutes okay?"

"You should stay for a bit too!" Miranda tried to keep Allen but he shook his head.

"Lavi, Kanda, and Lenalee need me. There are too many Noah for us all to take a break right now."

"I'm so sorry Allen. It's all my fault I should have been more careful." Krory sounded miserable.

"Hey don't be ridiculous. You did your best and we're family right? Family looks out for each other." Allen said firmly flashing a quick smile.

"Come back alive." Katniss said. It was a command that left no room for argument.

"Yes mam!" Allen did a mock solute before leaping back into the fray slashing at Sheryl as the pissed Noah made a move towards him. Kanda flashed past his vision and switched with him, attacking Sheryl with renewed ferocity and allowing Allen to block the fierce blow from the nonplussed Earl. He could see the other exorcist grow weary. Road was still barely engaged in the fighting, sitting calmly in a low tree branch not too far away firing volleys of razor sharp candles at Lavi who blocked them with his hammer, burned them away with fire stamps, or just outran them.

Road was just playing though. Allen had been her truly angry only once before and it was an experience he didn't wish to repeat. Lenalee had returned kicking at Lulubell with earthshaking force but the female Noah hardly flinched at the crushing impact. Kanda slashed wildly with his katana, a wild glint in his eyes as he forced Sheryl to retreat away from the clearing. That left Allen with the Earl and Tyki.

"You will never be able to return to your precious order." Tyki drawled. Allen frowned but didn't reduce the force of his blows as he knocked away the Earl's sword with a round house kick and slashed the broadsword at Tyki's chest.

The Earl used the momentum from his sword, bringing it around in a full circle catching Allen's side when he was deflecting the giant purple butterflies that formed in Tyki's hands. Allen found himself on the ground once again. He had practically lost track how many times he had found his face centimeters from the ground while cuts, bruises, and breaks burned his battered body.

"The 14th has awakened what do you think the Order will have to say about a Noah in their midst?" Tyki continued. "You don't have any options Shounen." He sounded almost sympathetic. Allen gritted his teeth.

"You're wrong." He breathed softly. Tyki raised a quizzical eyebrow kneeling down to get closer to Allen. The Earl stood resolutely silent like a statue.

"They're my family." Allen's whisper could barely be heard over the clangs and cries of battle but the keen hearing of the Noah picked it up. "No matter what happens they always will be my family." Allen said this time louder with more confidence. He shifted his gaze to the sky where the ark door was still present, a purple streak across the artificial sky. A idea formed in his head.

"And I will never betray my family." With a burst of strength Allen swung his sword with all his might in an arc while willing his cloak of Innocence to shoot resulting blast of energy blew the Noah closest to him off their feet and a good few yards back.

Standing and looking determinedly up at the sky Allen closed his eyes and recited the song of the 14th. Never in his life had he been so desperate to feel the flow of energy that surrounded him when an Ark door opened. The Earl had been able to find him through the Level 4. The Ark doorway should lead to the world Allen belonged to. He focused with all his strength on opening a doorway just overlapping the Noah's Ark but with a different destination, a doorway leading directly to the Black Order.

A tingling sensation crawled over his skin and a resounding headache seemed to build trying to crush his skull, but Allen didn't dare stop. After a few seconds he opened his eyes and looked up into the sky. At first there was nothing. Inky black sky with the purple gate of the Noah but a small sliver of white cut through the sky. The sliver expanded glowing with light until a full sized Ark door appeared right behind the Noah's own door.

But there was something Allen didn't count on. The Ark door appeared right where the artificial sky must have been because a massive explosion burst across the sky. The force shook Allen's teeth. Everyone looked up at what use to be the sky. Hexagon panels rained down in fiery meteors. The bushes rustled only a few feet away from Allen where the forest hadn't been destroyed by the force of their fight.

"What in the world! Allen what is happening?" Peeta came stumbling into the clearing with Beetee close behind and Finnick shouting indignant protest with Mags on his back. Peeta froze as he took in the devastation that greeted him.

"What happened to you?" Allen smiled sheepishly not really wanting to think about how terrible he must have looked with his torn clothes and bloodied body.

"Uhh family dispute?" he replied lamely.

Allen leaped to the side as a chunk of hexagon tried to crush him. To his delight Lulubell's giant liquid body couldn't avoid all the falling debris and she was forced to revert to her normal human form. Taking adventage of the confusion Miranda dispelled her Time-Out clearly exhausted from keeping her Innocence active for so long and joined Allen with Katniss and Johanna supporting Krory as the other exorcist leaped to their side.

"Did you open a Ark door?" Lavi looked up astonished at the glowing white door that flared to life where the arena ceiling had been before.

"Yep."

"How…"

"No idea. Didn't work before but I just used the Earl's Ark as a sort of anchor to make an entrance."

"Does it lead to the Order?"

"Umm hopefully?"

"You don't sound very sure." The redhead smiled at his friend.

"Che."

"You've got a problem with me Bakanda?"

"Oh Don't start again you two." Katniss interrupted. Finnick and Peeta looked at the battle field and each individual, completely perplexed.

Allen had to admit with the new crater, completely blasted away forest, battered exorcists, and grey skinned Noah starting to regroup it must have been one of the most bizarre scenes his companions from Panem had ever walked in on. The Noah glared resentfully at Allen. Clearly annoyed with the debris he brought raining down on the battlefield and the means of escape he just provided.

"Look Katniss we have to go." Allen said in a low and urgent voice making sure the Noah couldn't hear. "If we retreat back to the Order we can rest and the Noah should follow us. They're here for me and they won't linger once we leave." A buzzing noise filled the air and Allen looked up to see a Capitol hovercraft like that one he boarded to reach the arena.

"Damn it. The Capitol." Katniss cursed under her breath. Without warning Johanna pulled out a knife she stored in her back pocket and plunged it into Katniss's right forearm. Katniss cried out in pain.

"What are you doing!" Peeta and Allen shouted at the same time. Before Allen could grab Johanna and stop her attack the angry brunette locked her gaze with his.

"Trust me." Her eyes were fierce and determined but not malicious. Finnick brought out a small knife and expertly cut Peeta's forearm too. Allen blinked in realization as Johanna and Finnick picked out the small trackers planted on them at the beginning of the Games. Johanna extracted her own tracker with a grimace of pain and Finnick after cutting out Mags with considerably more caution removed his own.

"That's our own cue to leave." Finnick winked. Confused but relenting Allen nodded. There was a war brewing in Panem and he knew Katniss was at its center and Allen had his own war that was already raging.

"Brilliant plan Allen." Lavi grunted as he slammed his hammer down sending two fiery snakes coursing threw the Noah, not to harm them but to buy time.

Tyki who of course could pass through the flames by simply "choosing" not to touch it crossed the barrier and Allen had to quickly deflect his attacks and shred hundreds of Tease with his Crown Clown.

"But we can't fly." Lavi noted. "Well Lenalee can." He amended. "How are we going to get up there? I can use my hammer and take maybe Miranda, and maybe Lenalee can take Krory what about you two?"

"We could always just leave Kanda here." Allen noted almost cheerfully. A Katana leveled itself at Allen's throat. Just then a golden ball darted from the forest and rested in Allen's palm.

"TIM!" Allen exclaimed a smile of true joy crossing his face. "I was getting worried." The Golem nuzzled its master's face. Suddenly Timcanpy grew in size until he was almost seven feet in diameter and could easily fit two people on his back.

"Guess that solves our problem." Lavi said gazing dumbfounded at the golem his Bookman's brain running trying to analyze the Golem's change in size. The Noah broke through the wall of flames and, with the exception of Road who hung back, all slashed or jabbed at the exorcist. Allen grabbed Johanna and Katniss dashing out of the way and kicking Sheryl's head as he passed.

Lenalee grabbed Peeta while Lavi enlarged his hammer to defend Finnick and Mags.

"Bad." Mags narrated helpfully. A ladder descended from the hovercraft.

"Good!" Mags exclaimed. Johanna started climbing along with Finnick, Mags clinging tightly to his back.

"Come on!" Johanna shouted in her blazing tone. Cradling their bloodied arms Katniss and Peeta started climbing the ladder. Allen flared his cloak out protecting his friend's ascent. Allen was worried Road might try to trap one of them but to his relief she just watched with cold amused eyes.

"GO!" He cried. Lenalee grabbed Krory who was looking worse after Time-Out was deactivated and his injuries returned. She looked back reluctantly but leapt high into the air avoiding the still falling debris and entering safely through the white Ark door.

Lavi extended his hammer with Miranda secured behind him.

Tyki and Lulubell launched themselves trying to prevent the exorcist from escaping while the Earl himself swung his broadsword at Allen. Kanda expertly ducked under Tyki's blow and slashed a shallow cut in Sheryl's shoulder. Allen got on Tim, soon Kanda joined him. They were halfway to the door when a wave of bullets intercepted them and Timcanpy had to do some creative maneuvering.

Kanda did some creative cursing as he sliced the incoming bullets clean in half with his katana. The bullets originated from five hovercrafts closing the distance between them fast.

"They're heading for Katniss." Allen realized. Kanda didn't care but he did divert his attention back to the Noah who were quickly gaining on them. Activating his second Illusion Kanda sent two crescent blades of energy at their persuers. Sheryl and Tyki smiled and simply spun out of the way while the Earl sliced clean through with his broadsword. Allen realized that if he didn't stop the hovercrafts they would overtake Katniss's group.

Leaping off Timcanpy which caused the Golem to flap his wings frantically Allen landed on the first of the five hovercrafts and drove his broadsword into its glowing blue engine and shot a javelin of Innocence into the wings of another before jumping to a third. The transports sputtered and blew out smoke before hurtling towards the arena floor.

Allen hoped the people inside would be safe for he didn't mean to mortally wound any of them. One smashed into the forest flattening anther section of trees while the other spun until it collided with the Cornucopia.

"Moyashi!" Kanda called to him. Allen could see even with all his strength and skill Kanda was having trouble holding off four Noah on his own while keeping airborne on Tim.

Cursing the bad timing Allen quickly drove his sword into the third hovercrafts' engine reattaching his arm and shooting Crown Belt at another hovercraft turning to fire at him. The third craft fell out of the sky spinning like a top while Allen swung underneath the gunfire of the fourth transport and drawing his long claws through the metal like it was made of cheese.

Before the fourth craft started to slowly but surely loose altitude Allen swung himself to the last airborne contraption. Behind him a shockwave ripped the air as Kanda's Mugen at Triple allusion which clashed with the black blade of the Millennium Earl.

"Moyashi!" Kanda growled with more urgency his gaze promising a fate worse than death if Allen didn't stop dawdling.

"Coming Bakanda!" Allen invoked Edge End and made quick work of the last hovercraft. Timcanpy anticipated Allen's move and flew beneath the falling craft to allow Allen to leap onto the Golem's back. The golden orb flapped his now giant wings closing the distance between Allen, Kanda and the Ark door leading to the Order.

The Earl however was right behind them and Allen could see he was going to catch them before they reached the gate. His heart pounding Allen drew his Sword of Exorcism and used Tim as a launch pad to drive himself towards the Earl. Their swords clashed in midair and Allen let the Earl overpower him and riding the explosion flipped towards the silvery light of the white Ark's door passing through it. Allen closed his eyes and intoned the melancholy melody of the 14th imagining the connection between the Order and Panem being severed forever.

Allen was leaving behind his new friends but he knew they would find their way through their war. Katniss had her friends, and they would pave their own path of victory as Allen would continue paving his own destiny.

Maybe the 14th did want to take over his body and maybe the Noah were all gathered and amassing a overwhelming force of Akuma but all he needed to know was he was Allen Walker and he would keep walking, keep finding a way to move forward in life.

As the white light faded the anxious faces of his friends, of his family, slowly breaking into relief and delight greeted him.

Johnny, Reever, Komui and others of the science division all waiting for the exorcist's return.

"I'm home."

"…Welcome back."

THE END