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[innocenceheart.livejournal.com]

[Allen appears, looking very shy and embarrassed and he has something in a small, wrapped box in his human hand, hiding it behind his back but not very well]

Miss Misaki?

I...owe you an apology.


[ooc: Ref. Inside the box is this jade charm as in his own world he is currently in China. The fortune of it:

Chinese good luck charm jade coins

During ancient Chinese times, coins were worn as a talisman to protect the wearer against illness and negativity. The Chinese coins are are carved from jade and are round with a square hole in the center (symbolizing heaven and earth). Chinese coins are an extremely powerful tool for attracting abundance, wealth, money and prosperity into your life. Carry this Chinese good luck charm with you to increase the flow of prosperity into your life. Approx. 6.5" in length]]

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[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Smiles at him and gives his shoulder another squeeze.] It's really okay, Allen. I would have done the same in your position.

[innocenceheart.livejournal.com]

[still looks very guilty]

Lenalee told me these bring good fortune and ward off illness and bad events...so [scratches the back of his head and hands her the box with his free hand]

I'm very sorry.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Oooh, pretty~] Thank you. It's beautiful.

[She runs her fingers over the stones for a moment before asking,] The demons, the Millennium Earl--that's what you meant, when you said you hadn't been a child for a long time, isn't it.

[innocenceheart.livejournal.com]

[blush, nod]

It is. I am one of the people chosen to fight him...

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[She slips the loop at the top around her wrist and lets it dangle. Very quietly,] How old were you?

[innocenceheart.livejournal.com]

I was born with it.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

You've always had to fight them?

[innocenceheart.livejournal.com]

Well, after my Father died, I was taken in by Marshall Cross and he began training me... that is when I started fighting them properly.

[looks up at her] The innocence chooses it's host. The Order wouldn't use us if they could give it to great warriors...

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

You are a great warrior, Allen. Yes, you made a mistake. But you were willing to fight someone you thought you knew in order to protect the others around you. There are few people with that sort of dedication. And you don't just fight, you care.

[....she really wants to hug him, but that probably doesn't fall under the category of 'great warrior things to do']

[innocenceheart.livejournal.com]

...I've...had to do it before. Destroy demons who used to be people I loved. [looks away

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[....screw great warriorness. It's hugs time now.]

[innocenceheart.livejournal.com]

[:O]

Mi- Misaki? [Allen goes stiff and just kind of stands there, shocked. He isn't used to hugs, excepting the very occasional one from Lenalee]

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Squeeeeze. And then she lets him go.] You remind me of someone I knew--I think he would like you. [Tiny smile.] Though... he's not very good at showing that sort of thing.

[Smiles a little at the thought of July.]

[innocenceheart.livejournal.com]

[stares at her for a moment, stunned then coughs to try to cover his embarrassment]

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Laughs a little.] Feel better now?

[innocenceheart.livejournal.com]

[nod, blush] T-thank you.

[contract_star]

[Suspicious!Hei.]

Why do you owe her an apology?

[innocenceheart.livejournal.com]

I...mistook her for a demon.

[contract_star]

You...sorry, what?

[innocenceheart.livejournal.com]

[embarrassed, looks at the floor] In my world...if people come back from the dead - it is because they've been turned into demons.

[contract_star]

[Long, long pause as Hei regards Allen.] I guess...it's understandable, then.

You didn't hurt her, did you?

[innocenceheart.livejournal.com]

I did. Which is why I am sorry. My job is to destroy demons...

[contract_star]

[Mrrrrrr.] Well...it's a good thing she's the forgiving sort, then.

There are a fair few people who have been brought back to life by the Twins, just so you know. None of them are demons. This place doesn't follow the same rules as your world.

[innocenceheart.livejournal.com]

I know that now...

[contract_star]

[Small smile, since he knows Allen feels awful about the whole thing.] That's a start, then.

The demons in your own world, though. What are they like?

[innocenceheart.livejournal.com]

[encouraged by the smile - this guy probably isn't gonna try to kick his arse]

They're...people who died who get brought back as a soul. The soul kills whomever called them back and uses their body to turn into a machine and kill others...

[contract_star]

[Never without a reason~]

That's...terrible. And you fight them?

[innocenceheart.livejournal.com]

I have to destroy them, so the soul can rest in peace. Otherwise they're kept in pain...

[contract_star]

That doesn't sound like something the average person would be able to handle.

[innocenceheart.livejournal.com]

Only the exorcists can do it. Normal humans have no chance against a demon.

[contract_star]

How do they come back to life in the first place?

[innocenceheart.livejournal.com]

The Millennium Earl. He searches out people grieving enough to call their loved ones back from the dead.

The soul is the power he needs for his demon army.

[contract_star]

[Grimly,] He sounds absolutely lovely. Does he have a lot of demons?

[innocenceheart.livejournal.com]

His army is vast and he adds to it daily.

[contract_star]

I hope there are enough exorcists, then.

[innocenceheart.livejournal.com]

...he just killed seven.

There are only a handful of us left.

[contract_star]

...Damn. [Doesn't really know what to say.] I'm sorry. It must be awful.

[innocenceheart.livejournal.com]

We will win. We have to.

[contract_star]

Good. It's important not to lose hope. [Coming from Hei that's kind of hypocritical, lol.]

[innocenceheart.livejournal.com]

If we don't strive to win, the deaths of our friends will have been in vain. I won't let that happen.

[contract_star]

[Goes quiet for a long time at that, thinking of Amber.] No...that would be...[Trails off.]

[innocenceheart.livejournal.com]

[nods decisively]