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Noah's Bookman 4: Iron Akuma Hammer
“Lavi,” the Earl called out. “Lavi, come here~♥”
In the two years Lavi had been with the Noah, he'd never been called into the Earl's room, not even with one of the Noah. He'd always encountered him outside, usually at dinner. The Earl did so enjoy his family dinners.
Lavi stepped into the room. It was dark with many akuma lurking in the shadows. But in the center sat the Earl, knitting something. It was the first time Lavi had ever seen the Earl do anything remotely domestic. And he seemed incredibly happy doing it, too.
“I have something for you, Lavi!” the Earl said, tossing Lavi something small.
Lavi caught the item and turned it over in his hands. It was a small metallic hammer, one with a round head on a staff. It was far too tiny to be any sort of weapon.
“Those Exorcists are being so pesky,” the Earl continued, “so you need to fight back! It's crafted from Akuma material and will respond to your command~♥”
Lavi stared at it. This thing was going to help him fight back against the Exorcists?
“It will bring out your natural abilities~♥” the Earl replied. “Ohohoho~♥”
Lavi sat in the sunlight on the patio, the newly crafted hammer sitting on the patio table. He leaned back in his chair, staring at it. “Natural abilities, huh.” Lavi was certain the Earl was withholding information from him, but how was that out of the ordinary? He was an ancient sorcerer hiding probably thousands of secrets and asking for clarification usually involved even more confusing answers. Whatever the case, there was something about Lavi that the Earl knew and the Bookman was determined to figure it out.
“Oh? What's that?” Tyki walked up to the table. He took off his hat, running his fingers through his hair. He set the hat on the table upside down, taking his gloves off and dropping them into the hat. He pulled out a chair and sat down in it, crossing his legs properly. Masquerading as a nobleman had begun to wear on his habits.
“The Earl crafted it of Akuma parts,” Lavi replied. “He said t' use it t' defend myself against the Exorcists.”
“How's something that small going to do that?” Tyki blinked, staring at it.
“FUCK!” The voice resounded across the lawn, followed by a flying metal patio chair. The twins sauntered over to where Lavi and Tyki sat, scowling as usual. Debitt flopped back into one of the chairs, kicking his foot up on the table.
“Shouldn't you be on a mission?” Tyki inquired, propping his cheek on his hand.
“Shut up, Tyki!” Debitt shouted back. “We lost him again!”
“We got his bills!” Jasdero chimed in, shoving the pages of bills in Tyki's face.
Tyki took the bill and flipped a few pages. “This man sure can spend,” he commented, handing Lavi the bills. Lavi mimicked, skimming the pages and agreeing.
“Fucker's crafty,” Debitt added, but quickly his attention shifted to the metallic object on the table. “The hell is that?”
“The Earl crafted a hammer from Akuma parts in case the Exorcists try to kill me again. He said it would react t' my command, drawin' out natural abilities,” Lavi replied, shrugging. “Haven't figured it out yet. It just stays small.”
Jasdero leaned across the table and eyed the creation curiously. “Just tell it to grow!” he stated, looking at Lavi with his large bugged eyes.
Lavi stared at Jasdero, as did the rest of the company.
“Don't be fucking stupid!” Debitt shouted, kicking Jadero in the pants.
Lavi stared at the hammer. “That ain't a bad idea.”
The trio stared at him.
Lavi simply shrugged. “Worth a shot.” He took the hammer in his hand, stood up from the table and stepped back a few feet. The trio watched him intently. They knew the Earl was capable of amazing magic, but what this thing was he'd given the Bookman was a mystery in itself.
Holding the head towards the ground, Lavi thought of how big he wanted the hammer to grow and then gave it a simple command, “Grow.” As if it knew what Lavi was thinking, the hammer immediately grew to the size Lavi thought.
Lavi stared at it. Tyki's jaw dropped, losing the cigarette from his mouth. Debitt gaped and Jasdero's eyes bugged out more than anyone thought possible.
“Amazing,” Tyki managed to say.
“How'd you do that?” Debitt gaped.
Lavi played with the hammer a bit in his hand. “I just thought how big I wanted it and it grew to that size. I wonder what else I can make it do.” He twirled it around a bit. Lavi was quite adept at fighting with staves, with his martial arts training from Bookman.
A gust of wind blew across the garden, brushing past the table and then past Lavi. But some of the wind seemed to stay, gathering around the hammer and then disappearing into it. At first he thought he was hallucinating, but then another gust of wind mimicked the first. “I'm gonna try somethin'.”
Stepping over the hedges, Lavi stood in the grass. He spun the hammer in his left hand for a moment, before brining it to a halt, parallel to his arm at an angle to his body, the head to the ground. Imagining wind in his mind, he brought the hammer up across his body and in a quick, round, sweeping motion, brought it around from right to left, following the words, “Whistling winds!” Bushes rustled, and blades of grass bent backwards. It wasn't a strong wind, but it was something he'd created himself.
Once again, the trio gaped at him, and Lavi simply gaped back. “This... is my natural ability?” If so, what else could he do with this new gift?
The Noah sat at the dinner table as Rhode mulled over her homework. The Earl had brought them all inside for cake. It was such a rainy day outside after all.
“Ah, this math is hard!” Rhode frowned, sprawling out on her book. For the oldest, she sure complained about homework the most.
“Let me see that,” Tyki said, taking the book. He took a pencil and started scribbling numbers.
Debitt leaned across the table and snatched the workbook straight from Tyki's hands. “Gimme that, idiot!” He looked at the word problems. “The answer's five!” he said scribbling down the number. For a moment, Lavi considered the possibility that Debitt was actually smarter than he let on. “So's this one!” It was then Lavi reconsidered the possibility. “And this one too!”
“Five! Five! Five!” Jasdero shouted, scribbling on the table.
“That's not right at all!” Rhode shouted, crawling over the table and snatching the book back.
“Idiots,” Tyki frowned, eating a piece of cake.
“Shut up!” Debitt shouted, throwing a piece of cake at Tyki, who simply let it phase through him. Angrily, Debitt threw another piece, which naturally missed again, only making him angrier.
“Don't waste good cake~♥” the Earl said threateningly.
Debitt huffed, frowned, then slumped back down in his chair, folding his arms and propping a foot on the table.
“Lemme see it,” Lavi offered calmly.
Rhode handed the book to him across Tyki who sat between them. Lavi took the book and folded the page backwards, tapping the pencil on his lips. Then as quickly as he read it, he wrote down the answers and handed it back to her.
“Lavi, you're amazing!” Rhode exclaimed, throwing herself on his shoulders.
The Bookman grinned. “It was pretty easy.” Lavi had read many books and encyclopedias, several math books being among them.
Rhode ruffled up his hair happily.
“Ohoho~♥” the Earl chuckled. He was amused by his children. Lavi was becoming one of them. Slowly but surely, Lavi was becoming a loyal member of his family. The Order would not get him, despite the potential power the Bookman held within him. “I have something for you, Lavi~”
Lavi looked up, Rhode still hanging on his shoulders. The Earl had only given him the crafted hammer a few days prior, but this must've been something wholly different.
With a wave of his hand, the Earl instructed one of the Akuma maids to deliver something tucked neatly in a handkerchief. Lavi held it in his hands and carefully opened the package.
“What is it? What is it?” Rhode demanded impatiently.
Lavi picked the object up by the chain. It was a white cross.
“That looks like the stigmata on our forehead,” Tyki noted, observing it, rubbing his chin with his fingers.
“Yeah it does,” Debitt agreed. “What's the deal?”
“Lavi is now part of the family~♥” the Earl explained.
Rhode ruffled his hair. “My new little brother~!”
Lavi smiled genuinely, putting the cross around his neck. Two years ago, he would have never accepted something like this, but now he accepted it whole-heartedly. They were his family now and this proved it on their behalf. The Earl had accepted him as one of them.
But the Earl's true intentions were much darker. Lavi was a natural accomodator, compatible with Innocence, but there was no way the Earl would allow the Order to get such a valuable child. Ever.
“Lavi,” the Earl called out. “Lavi, come here~♥”
In the two years Lavi had been with the Noah, he'd never been called into the Earl's room, not even with one of the Noah. He'd always encountered him outside, usually at dinner. The Earl did so enjoy his family dinners.
Lavi stepped into the room. It was dark with many akuma lurking in the shadows. But in the center sat the Earl, knitting something. It was the first time Lavi had ever seen the Earl do anything remotely domestic. And he seemed incredibly happy doing it, too.
“I have something for you, Lavi!” the Earl said, tossing Lavi something small.
Lavi caught the item and turned it over in his hands. It was a small metallic hammer, one with a round head on a staff. It was far too tiny to be any sort of weapon.
“Those Exorcists are being so pesky,” the Earl continued, “so you need to fight back! It's crafted from Akuma material and will respond to your command~♥”
Lavi stared at it. This thing was going to help him fight back against the Exorcists?
“It will bring out your natural abilities~♥” the Earl replied. “Ohohoho~♥”
Lavi sat in the sunlight on the patio, the newly crafted hammer sitting on the patio table. He leaned back in his chair, staring at it. “Natural abilities, huh.” Lavi was certain the Earl was withholding information from him, but how was that out of the ordinary? He was an ancient sorcerer hiding probably thousands of secrets and asking for clarification usually involved even more confusing answers. Whatever the case, there was something about Lavi that the Earl knew and the Bookman was determined to figure it out.
“Oh? What's that?” Tyki walked up to the table. He took off his hat, running his fingers through his hair. He set the hat on the table upside down, taking his gloves off and dropping them into the hat. He pulled out a chair and sat down in it, crossing his legs properly. Masquerading as a nobleman had begun to wear on his habits.
“The Earl crafted it of Akuma parts,” Lavi replied. “He said t' use it t' defend myself against the Exorcists.”
“How's something that small going to do that?” Tyki blinked, staring at it.
“FUCK!” The voice resounded across the lawn, followed by a flying metal patio chair. The twins sauntered over to where Lavi and Tyki sat, scowling as usual. Debitt flopped back into one of the chairs, kicking his foot up on the table.
“Shouldn't you be on a mission?” Tyki inquired, propping his cheek on his hand.
“Shut up, Tyki!” Debitt shouted back. “We lost him again!”
“We got his bills!” Jasdero chimed in, shoving the pages of bills in Tyki's face.
Tyki took the bill and flipped a few pages. “This man sure can spend,” he commented, handing Lavi the bills. Lavi mimicked, skimming the pages and agreeing.
“Fucker's crafty,” Debitt added, but quickly his attention shifted to the metallic object on the table. “The hell is that?”
“The Earl crafted a hammer from Akuma parts in case the Exorcists try to kill me again. He said it would react t' my command, drawin' out natural abilities,” Lavi replied, shrugging. “Haven't figured it out yet. It just stays small.”
Jasdero leaned across the table and eyed the creation curiously. “Just tell it to grow!” he stated, looking at Lavi with his large bugged eyes.
Lavi stared at Jasdero, as did the rest of the company.
“Don't be fucking stupid!” Debitt shouted, kicking Jadero in the pants.
Lavi stared at the hammer. “That ain't a bad idea.”
The trio stared at him.
Lavi simply shrugged. “Worth a shot.” He took the hammer in his hand, stood up from the table and stepped back a few feet. The trio watched him intently. They knew the Earl was capable of amazing magic, but what this thing was he'd given the Bookman was a mystery in itself.
Holding the head towards the ground, Lavi thought of how big he wanted the hammer to grow and then gave it a simple command, “Grow.” As if it knew what Lavi was thinking, the hammer immediately grew to the size Lavi thought.
Lavi stared at it. Tyki's jaw dropped, losing the cigarette from his mouth. Debitt gaped and Jasdero's eyes bugged out more than anyone thought possible.
“Amazing,” Tyki managed to say.
“How'd you do that?” Debitt gaped.
Lavi played with the hammer a bit in his hand. “I just thought how big I wanted it and it grew to that size. I wonder what else I can make it do.” He twirled it around a bit. Lavi was quite adept at fighting with staves, with his martial arts training from Bookman.
A gust of wind blew across the garden, brushing past the table and then past Lavi. But some of the wind seemed to stay, gathering around the hammer and then disappearing into it. At first he thought he was hallucinating, but then another gust of wind mimicked the first. “I'm gonna try somethin'.”
Stepping over the hedges, Lavi stood in the grass. He spun the hammer in his left hand for a moment, before brining it to a halt, parallel to his arm at an angle to his body, the head to the ground. Imagining wind in his mind, he brought the hammer up across his body and in a quick, round, sweeping motion, brought it around from right to left, following the words, “Whistling winds!” Bushes rustled, and blades of grass bent backwards. It wasn't a strong wind, but it was something he'd created himself.
Once again, the trio gaped at him, and Lavi simply gaped back. “This... is my natural ability?” If so, what else could he do with this new gift?
The Noah sat at the dinner table as Rhode mulled over her homework. The Earl had brought them all inside for cake. It was such a rainy day outside after all.
“Ah, this math is hard!” Rhode frowned, sprawling out on her book. For the oldest, she sure complained about homework the most.
“Let me see that,” Tyki said, taking the book. He took a pencil and started scribbling numbers.
Debitt leaned across the table and snatched the workbook straight from Tyki's hands. “Gimme that, idiot!” He looked at the word problems. “The answer's five!” he said scribbling down the number. For a moment, Lavi considered the possibility that Debitt was actually smarter than he let on. “So's this one!” It was then Lavi reconsidered the possibility. “And this one too!”
“Five! Five! Five!” Jasdero shouted, scribbling on the table.
“That's not right at all!” Rhode shouted, crawling over the table and snatching the book back.
“Idiots,” Tyki frowned, eating a piece of cake.
“Shut up!” Debitt shouted, throwing a piece of cake at Tyki, who simply let it phase through him. Angrily, Debitt threw another piece, which naturally missed again, only making him angrier.
“Don't waste good cake~♥” the Earl said threateningly.
Debitt huffed, frowned, then slumped back down in his chair, folding his arms and propping a foot on the table.
“Lemme see it,” Lavi offered calmly.
Rhode handed the book to him across Tyki who sat between them. Lavi took the book and folded the page backwards, tapping the pencil on his lips. Then as quickly as he read it, he wrote down the answers and handed it back to her.
“Lavi, you're amazing!” Rhode exclaimed, throwing herself on his shoulders.
The Bookman grinned. “It was pretty easy.” Lavi had read many books and encyclopedias, several math books being among them.
Rhode ruffled up his hair happily.
“Ohoho~♥” the Earl chuckled. He was amused by his children. Lavi was becoming one of them. Slowly but surely, Lavi was becoming a loyal member of his family. The Order would not get him, despite the potential power the Bookman held within him. “I have something for you, Lavi~”
Lavi looked up, Rhode still hanging on his shoulders. The Earl had only given him the crafted hammer a few days prior, but this must've been something wholly different.
With a wave of his hand, the Earl instructed one of the Akuma maids to deliver something tucked neatly in a handkerchief. Lavi held it in his hands and carefully opened the package.
“What is it? What is it?” Rhode demanded impatiently.
Lavi picked the object up by the chain. It was a white cross.
“That looks like the stigmata on our forehead,” Tyki noted, observing it, rubbing his chin with his fingers.
“Yeah it does,” Debitt agreed. “What's the deal?”
“Lavi is now part of the family~♥” the Earl explained.
Rhode ruffled his hair. “My new little brother~!”
Lavi smiled genuinely, putting the cross around his neck. Two years ago, he would have never accepted something like this, but now he accepted it whole-heartedly. They were his family now and this proved it on their behalf. The Earl had accepted him as one of them.
But the Earl's true intentions were much darker. Lavi was a natural accomodator, compatible with Innocence, but there was no way the Earl would allow the Order to get such a valuable child. Ever.
