Again as promised, here is chapter 12 of Walking Alongside the Past. I would also like to say that as of tomorrow (Wednesday) the first chapter written by me of The White Demon will be posted. (Begin enthusiastic clapping). I'm excited and I believe a lot of others are also excited.

Something I have noticed in this one is that I make Lavi be either a complete asshole or just a plain idiot. I am hoping that this is the one time I will be making him like that in a story.

I do not own D. Gray Man, it belongs to Katsura Hoshino. I'm just a fan who's waiting for volume 26 to come out in America.

"Talking"

'Thoughts'

"Neah and Mugen"

"Phone calls and texts"

Chapter 12: Returning to Mockingbird

Feli sat on Allen's couch, wrapped in blankets from her room. Although her room is technically the guest room, Feli stayed in Allen's apartment so regularly that it was unofficially named her room. Sitting on the couch, on her second bowl of ice cream, she watches one of Allen's rom-coms, the name of which escapes her at the moment. She'd never really been a fan of them, but she just watched them for the noise it caused.

Looking back on her actions of the day, she was okay with how she reacted to Lavi's words. She knew she shouldn't have really reacted the way she had, but the guy deserved it.

Immediately stiffening when she hears the lock click into place, Feli grabs her spoon, preparing to throw it at the intruder.

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Arriving at his apartment, Allen leads Kanda and Alma inside. "Why does Felicity consider this her safe place?"

Turning toward Kanda, who had asked the question, he answers. "Easy. This is the one place where she got peace and quiet after becoming a Noah. It pretty much became her safe spot."

As he unlocked the door, Kanda considers this silently. 'Of course she would consider Allen's home a safe area. He's the one who helped her in the first place.'

As Allen opens the door, he doesn't expect the spoon that was thrown directly at his head.

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Thrown back from the force behind the spoon, Allen falls over, hitting Kanda and Alma as he fell back. "Bloody Gypsy Nell! Wot the bloody Gypsy Nell caused this ter 'appen ya bloody twist n twirl?"(1)

Shrugging at Allen's question, Feli responds, not getting up from the couch. "I didn't know who you were. You could have been a robber for all I know."

This just seemed to aggravate Allen more. "That's nah reason ter thra a Daniel Boone at a Heap Of Coke. ya could 'ave made me lose a mince pie for aw ya kna."(2)

Nonchalantly, she put the tub of ice cream down. "You and I both know that it would have just grown back." Stopping suddenly, she looks back at the three still by the door. "Oh, Allen."

Rubbing the growing red mark on his forehead, Allen glares at her. "Wot do ya want, ya 6's and 7's bizzich?

Smiling at the other's words, Feli simply says. "Your accent is back in full force."

Realizing this as well, Allen's cheeks become a bright red as he looks at the other two. Alma is surprised at Allen's accent, having never heard it before. Kanda was just surprised at how quickly his accent came back in full force.

Moving out of the room, Allen throws a quick, "S-shut up!", over his shoulder, now in his regular accent. Pausing the movie, Feli got up, revealing her fluffy pajama bottoms and crop top.

Seeing Feli's revealed skin, Alma immediately looks away, blushing slightly at the display. Deciding to change the subject, she decides to ask. "What was up with that accent? I thought Allen was just British."

Seeing his friend's obvious discomfort, Kanda decides to answer her question. "Allen might be British, but he is originally from the East End of London. The entire place has its own dialect. As for Allen, that accent only shows up when he is really upset or gets a very good shock or scare."

"Oh, that makes sense."

Allen decides to reappear at this moment, now dressed in a tank top and light pants. Noticing his friend's choice of clothing, Kanda decides to say something. "Sore wa watashi ga imamade anata ga mita koto ga aru no o mita koto ga aru mottomo hifudenakereba narimasen."(4)

Immediately understanding what his friend was saying, Allen blushes but shoots back. "Watashitachi futari wa sore ga usodearu koto o shitte imasu." (5)

Chuckling at the other's words, he moves over to sit on the couch beside Feli's pile of blankets. Alma just looks confused, seeing as she only knows Mandarin besides English, and looks to Feli for a translation.

Feli just shrugs, but decides to give a summary. " Liǎng zhī lǎo pì bǐcǐ tiáoqíng. Duō kě'ài." (6)

Stopping and glaring at Feli's words, Allen quickly flips her the bird and moves to sit by Kanda, resting his head against the others shoulder. Watching the other two in the kitchen, Allen silently asks. "Do you think you'd want to stay for dinner? Both you and Alma can stay if you want."

Looking at the man next to him, he smiles slightly. "That sounds great. We haven't exactly been able to be alone this entire time, Kireina, and I trust Alma and Felicity enough not to talk very loud."

Laughing silently, Allen agrees with his long-time partner. "Yeah, I trust them as well. They're both the good sort. But are you sure? Even if two of us are Noah?"

Pulling Allen into his lap and wrapping his arms around the other. "Nothing like that can change either of you. No matter what, Kireina, nothing can change how I feel about you."

I actually used a translator to find Allen's original accent. Since Allen grew up in the East End of London, this would be the accent he'd have. I'm keeping this around, I'm going to use Cockney a lot more often. It's fun :)

Cockney translation:

1)"Bloody hell! What the bloody hell caused this to happen you bloody girl?"

2) That's no reason to throw a spoon at a person. You could have made me lose an eye for all you know.

3) What do you want, you crazy bitch?

Japanese:

4) That has to be the most skin I've ever seen you show.

5) We both know that's a lie

Mandarin:

6) The two old farts are flirting with each other. How adorable.

I'm not giving a translation to the name that Kanda calls Allen. If you know it,congrats. I think its cute so deal with it.

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