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[cryingirlfriend]

[The screen slowly fizzes to life this time to reveal a face, a rather familiar face, if you disregard the two black triangles bleeding down from the eyes, the almost unnatural glint in them, the slight discoloration to the skin. And, of course, the smears and splatters of blood painting that face

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[promisedlotus]

[That's...]

[cryingirlfriend]

[And Alma doesn't know any of this. He doesn't know that there's another him, a younger him here. All he knows is that he's flipping out.

Because Yuu's alive. Yuu's fighting him. And this isn't anything like the first fight they had. Not at all.]

No! [He clenches a fist before drawing his left arm back, bracing his feet on the ground as he almost seems to puff out his cheeks, tilting his head back as his neck starts to bulge, before he spits three, large spikes in Kanda's general direction, panting afterwards, his expression still wild, still crazed.] Not until you die, Yuu! [And there is is, the tiny prickling of tears in the corners of his eyes. Damnit. He needs to end this. And soon.

Little does he know that Rhode's gonna demand his attention in just a few more moments.]

[promisedlotus]

[Kanda's eyes widen at the spikes before moving out of the way, flinching as one of them still manage to pierce his side.

This wasn't right. They shouldn't be fighting. And-

-why was Alma crying?]

I can't die, Alma!

[cryingirlfriend]

[Too bad for Kanda Alma's determined to finish this no matter what, to get this done before something else can happen, before either of them slips up, before that inevitable realization.]

You can. [He's wasting no time, instead rushing in, the blade still sticking out of his left arm growing a little more, gaining another edge sticking out of it at a diagonal. He has to do this, and he has to do this fast.] I did it once, I can do it again, Yuu.

[And then, he's striking again, getting the dark matter inside of him ready, waiting for another opening, ignoring the growing itch in the back of his mind, the itch of a Noah identifying him, demanding his attention.]

[promisedlotus]

["I did it once, I can do it again." Those words cause Kanda to stop. He had known that from the way Link had avoided mentioning him with Allen when he first got here, and later after he learned about Alma, that he wasn't...around, but.

But dead? It couldn't have been possible.

Was that...was that why the Noah wanted him? Other than just to get to Allen and the Fourteenth?

Kanda snaps out of his daze in time to see Alma coming for him again. Crap.]

[cryingirlfriend]

[That pause. That pause. That's all he needs, all he's wanted. It works even better than the blind rage Yuu had been in before, when they'd first fought.

Because now, as Kanda stood there, frozen for a split second, Alma could cross the distance between them, could shift the Innocence protruding from his arm around, to make it so the point extended over his arm, so as Yuu seems to snap out of it... he's already close. Too close.

Too close and already bracing himself for a firm slice, to cut across Yuu's chest, hopefully from hip to shoulder, deep enough to knock him back, to have him out of commission for just long enough for him to finally, finally finish this.]

[promisedlotus]

[Kanda takes a step back and attempts to block the attack with Mugen, but it's too late. He's too close to properly block him, and Kanda's eyes widen as Alma connects.

Kanda staggers back, but doesn't fall. That is, not until he trips over debris.]

Nngk- [Fuck. An arm's coming up to put pressure on the injury, carefully propping himself up with the other.]