I woke up sat at a table I had hoped to never see again, the ancient oak table from the White Ark. As I became fully aware of my surroundings I noticed a weight pressing my body deeper into the chair I was sitting in than normal, "Road" I whispered, hoping that if this was a dream that I wouldn't wake up, as I said her name Road began to stir from her slumber.

When Roads eyes focused on me after a few seconds, I saw a hunger in her eyes that would have caused people to tremble with fearful imagination at what the hunger could be for, however luckily for me I knew what she hungered for and felt the same hunger for her and this was confirmed, for as soon as Road realised that I was also awake she pulled my head down towards her own before abruptly stopping centimetres from her own, whispered "Allen-kun" and then closed those last few centimetres with a lightning fast lunge to kiss me with all the passion her hungry eyes had promised.

This passionate kissing seemed to last for an eternity, only to be brought from said eternity by a small cough from the other side of the table, Tyki who I now saw sitting opposite had the audacity to interrupt mine and Roads reunion, earning a glare from me causing him to wince, at what I thought was recollection at the memory of the last time he interrupted us. As Tyki winced road let out a small giggle before realising that Crown Clown had activated but what shocked Road was the sight of my now darkened skin and row of three stigmata on my forehead.

I reigned in the urge to reduce Tyki to his component pieces for the simple reason that Road appeared to be sat comfortably in my lap and I didn't want to ruin any chances I had with Road by killing her uncle.

At that moment I realised that there were other people sat around the table, those that I could see included, Jasdebi, who were fighting and arguing over some trivial matter, Lulubell, who appeared to be watching me and Road with mild interest and…

The Earl but to make things worse I realised that he was sat right next to us and his usually sadistic smile, from my experience, now looked sincere at the sight of me and Road together.

What he said next however changed my view of him permanently, "So Allen-boy I see that you have finally joined you true family, and I am sorry we didn't find you sooner, but I also see that you have somehow managed to persuade your innocence to come with you without 'falling' as your exorcists say." Said the Earl. As I heard this I looked at my arm I realised that my right arm was now the same shade as all the Noah in the room and that my left arm and Crown Clowns cape was now several shades darker than it was normally going from stark white to light grey…

Flashback

"That's right supervisor, when I returned with Mr Walker's water and headache relief pill, I found him lying on the bathroom floor, face covered in blood sir, and his innocence was activated and was covering him in a protective manner sir, it allowed me to transport him to his bed but as soon as I placed Mr Walker in his bed, his innocence started to act aggressively towards me forming a protective barrier and attacking anyone who came close. However sir I believe that Mr Walker's innocence is acting on its own initiative, since when I picked up Mr Walker his body was limp as if he was either asleep or unconscious sir, after I placed him on his bed we sent word for you to come down and examine Mr Walker." Said the finder to Komui, keeping his face neutral as he delivered his report.

Komui looked thoughtful upon hearing the finders report about the fact that my Innocence was acting independently and attacking, while non-lethal, all who approached its charge.

"Well Allen, you certainly are full of surprises" said Komui with a smile at the prospect of learning the secret of independent innocence activation. As I awoke I heard Komui's comment and gave my innocence a mental order to clear the space above my face so I could see the state of my cell.

"Komui, don't even think about it" I said pulling myself up so I could see Komui and who else was in my cell. "How long was I out?" I asked just before my headache returned with a vengeance causing me to wince from the sudden pain. "Only an hour or so, Mr Walker" the finder answered, not allowing Komui to express his usual theatrics. "What's going to happen now?" I asked while gesturing towards my forehead. "Honestly Allen, I don't know. This could just be what that investigator was after and I'll keep this quiet as long as I can but if Link sees those stigmata then there's nothing I can do." Komui replied.

I thanked Komui for helping me and asked if he could see to it that I got a day of rest without interruptions, he agreed that this would probably be the best thing and gave the finder guards orders that I wasn't to be disturbed except for meals, this included visits from Link or anyone else that didn't have Komui's written approval.

That Night

I couldn't sleep that night, between the stigmata and the fear of what would happen if people found out about them, I didn't sleep a wink. As I went to clean the bandages around my forehead for the umpteenth time, entering the bathroom I felt a disturbance as the normally still air brushed against me, turning around slowly I eventually saw one of Roads doors deposited in the middle of the room and Road herself was sat on my bed as if this was a common occurrence, her smug smile only helped to strengthen the suspicion and caused me to wander what else she has done without my knowledge.

Picking upon on this line of thinking Road said "nothing that bad, just a few stolen kisses and a couple of nights sharing the bed when I felt lonely, baka ero-Allen-kun." Sticking her tongue out at the end, before flashing me a playful smile. I returned the smile before replying with "Road, you can't call me 'ero', especially when it's you who planted those thoughts when you visited and gave me 'Good dreams'. After hearing this Road blushed deep enough to be visible even through her darkened skin. Whether it was from me finding out about her visits or that those thoughts and feelings for her existed, I don't know.

As I walked across the room straight towards Road, with my desires clear across my features, my headache flared with such intensity that I was on the floor in seconds with my last conscious sight being that of Roads worried face.

End Flashback

I looked up at the Earl and asked "how long have I been out Lord Millennium?", "just a few hours Allen-boy and Road never left your side, even threatening all apart from myself who came near" was his reply. Upon hearing this I found it was my turn to Road and pull her into a long passion filled kiss, earning screams and threats from Jasdevi, a splutter from Tyki and a chuckle from the Earl. This time the kiss lasted without interruptions and shortly after I asked the Earl if it would be alright if I took some food and retired for the evening, the Earl agreed saying that" the transformation to Noah is painful and tiring". Road leapt at the opportunity to show me to my room, both to allow us to spend time together and show me around my new home.

Roads tour was short, only showing me the rooms I would need to know the location of (including hers) and then lead me to my room, in which was a small mountain of food ready for me with a note saying ' we hope this is to our liking, master Walker.'. After the few minutes it took for me to eat the pile of food, I said to road that I was going to turn in for the rest of the day. Bidding her goodnight I went to my new bathroom to get ready.

As I closed my bathroom door I heard another door open and close, assuming that road had left me to rest in peace I soon finished up in the bathroom and left, with my shirt flung over my shoulder, ready for a decent night's sleep in a comfortable bed, despite my surroundings and co-tenants, figuring that any bed would be better than what I had slept in just recently.

A squeal of joy came from the bed as I realised that road, now in a loose lacy purple night gown, was sat on my bed covering her face with her hands and peering between her fingers at me, the joy evident in her eyes. "I don't know what you're covering your face for, you've probably seen me half naked before now, I particularly remember a good dream while I was in the medical wing" I said with a smirk at Road's fake discomfort. "That's true Allen-kun, but this time I get to stay in the bed with you without fear of being caught, and this time if you behave, some of those dreams may come true tonight…