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|| A/N || My first DGM story! *clinks glass* Okay, so, I usually come up with HUGE amounts of ideas for whatever I'm obsessing about at the current moment, now being D. Gray-man. So hey, I though after reading some fanfictions under the category, why not write a story of my own? If the readers of my previous stories are reading this right now… I'm sorry for starting yet another new story D; BUT DO NOT WORRY, I've been working on reviving The Second Skylark, Two For One, and a rather recent story: Voice. So fret not! They will be updated! Until then, ciao~

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A Symphony of Innocence

Prologue

Komui Lee shuffled through the en mass of papers that covered the floor of his office like the ill & dying during the Bubonic Plague as he made his way from the door to his desk. Really, he should start getting around to them, he always tells himself, but when he had began to start his darling sister Lenalee would walk him with some fresh coffee and he would (as usual) glomp her with hugs or cheesy, loving sibling lines that he said. Once he reached his desk he placed a manila folder next to a black phone before moving around to sit behind the desk. Tidying up the stacks of yet-to-be-signed papers into stacks before picking up and opening the manila folder and reviewing it before he was to debrief the group of exorcists he was about to assign to this mission to. He racked his memory and a recent section of the mission register to check who was currently on a mission, those who returned (he always preferred to allow the exorcists at least a day to recuperate if he could), and those who were currently free.

Considering the goal and location, he decided to send his sister and the white haired exorcist Allen Walker, considering Lavi was currently recuperating from his last mission and Kanda might not enjoy the location. So that made Allen the one by default. He let his golem out and connected it to Lenalee and Allen's golems. "This is Komui. Lenalee Lee and Allen Walker are to head down to my office for mission debriefing. That will be all."

"…briefing. That will be all." The duo's golems then returned to their previous positions while their masters and friends stared blankly at their half-eaten (or in Allen's case half-devoured) food. Kanda had a look of slight irritation that Komui's voice had interrupted their meal with the mentions of a mission. He had been ordered – no forced – by Lenalee to stay and recuperate before he was allowed even near a mission's information packet. Lavi was a bit upset he couldn't go (and was totally laughing at Kanda's reason for having been forced to stay and "loiter around" as he so put it but was keeping it on the down-low so that he wouldn't have to revisit the infirmary for more bandages and disinfectant). "So Komui's gonna send you two on a mission?" Lavi said grinning a goofy grin. "I wonder what it is." His peppy mood only seemed to annoy Kanda more or some reason.

"Baka Usagi, shut your mouth and eat or I'll force it down your throat."

Lenalee frowned as she finished the rest of her meal. "Kanda!" The male simply "che'd" before continuing to eat his usual soba. "Allen hurry up and finish your…food."

The white haired exorcist walked back - had finished his last remaining 15 plates of various foods and had taken the dirty dished back while Lenalee was scolding Kanda. "Let's go, Lenalee." The duo left behind the irritated male and eccentric Bookman Jr. as they made their way to the supervisor's office. It took ten minutes for them to reach the Science Department and another two to cross to the entrance of the fence-for-walls office. The moment Lenalee stepped a foot in Komui had glomped his sister saying things like "Ohh~ my dear sweet sister Lenalee~!" and the like before she had hit him into his desk with a hardback book. The white-clad man regained his composure (or whatever was there) and picked up a manila folder.

"Allen, Lenalee, how do you feel about classical music?" The question surprised the both of them.

Allen scratched his head and spoke first. "Master didn't really like it but he went to concerts often since he could drink himself asleep. But I guess you can say I really enjoy it." Komui nodded then turned to Lenalee.

"It's not unpleasant to listen to, so I suppose I like it too."

"That's good. I just so happen to have two tickets for a viewing box for an event they're holding for the opening night at the grand theater in London. It's tomorrow night but you'll be leaving soon so you have extra time to investigate this before the event."

"What is the mission about Brother?" Lenalee asked for the sake of Allen's confusion.

"Well according to the finders we dispatched there there's been a raise in the number of akuma attacks within the vicinity in the past few weeks. Strangely enough, they all seem to be attacking near the theater as well as less than 10% of the attacks have succeeded. The attacks started around the same time the theater had started preparing for their opening night, when the musicians for the orchestra had arrived to be exact. The few stagehands and some of our own finders who have nearly been a victim to the attacks claim that someone would play a song on the violin, and then a bright green light would appear from the akuma before they were destroyed. We believe that this may have something to do with – "

"Innocence!" The two young exorcists gasped out the word simultaneously.

"Yes, and you two are to attend the event and look out for any tell-tale signs of innocence, as well as to watch out for akuma. It's highly likely that someone there is compatible with the innocence as well. Now off you go, you are to catch the 6 o'clock train tonight if you're to make it to your hotel before dark. Bring something nice to wear there; this is a rather high-class event."

"Alright Brother."

"Then I'll see you at the water canal entrance in…" Allen looked at the wall clock just above the open entrance for a time stamp. "Let's say another 15-20 minutes."

"We'd better hurry if we want to make that train."

"Right." The two hurried away to change into more formal clothes, a bit excited that there might be another potential exorcist there as well.

Allen walked Lenalee to her room since it was on the way, and then hurried down a floor or two to his room, sighing in the quietness of the somewhat empty floor. There were a lot of empty rooms on this floor; the ones adjacent to him were empty as well as the two rooms opposite of his. It was peaceful when Komui's Komuren wasn't on a rampage, but it did get rather lonely. He sighed as he dug through his closet to find an appropriate suit. It wasn't long before he found what he was looking for: a simple black three-piece suit with a tail coat, white dress shirt and matching cufflinks. He neatly folded the ensemble and placed it into his travel case. He packed an extra shirt and pants, just in case. Satisfied, he left his room and headed to the waterway entrance to meet up with Lenalee.

Lenalee placed a clean pair of clothes into her travel case for the next day, seeing the theater would start allowing people in at 7 o'clock the next night. As for her more formal attire, she packed the dress she received for her birthday last year. Lavi, Allen and even Kanda had pitched in some money (Kanda's wallet had mysteriously vanished then) and bought the dress for her birthday with the size approved by the head nurse. She kept it in the back of her closet seeing that she never had the right time or place to wear it, but now she did. She hurried to where Allen was waiting, loading themselves and their luggage into the boat before leaving as she thought about the mission.

A violin, huh?

It wasn't long before they were on their way to London after "catching" their train - considering they were a bit late upon arrival - as Allen stretched his arms and legs in their box room. "So what are the details to the mission Komui gave us?"He asked as he grabbed his copy of the contents of the manila folder. "I know we have to look for the innocence and possibly an accommodator, but is there really anything else?" He said as he flipped through the pages of information.

Lenalee tilted her head. "It also says to investigate the akuma attacks, considering one out of ten attacks usually succeed, and even now they charts say the numbers are dropping even more. Maybe it's the innocence's doing."

The white-haired teen nodded. "The best case scenario would be that the innocence has found its accommodator, and somehow learned how to use it against the akuma." Allen frowned. "But it also says that these attack rates began dropping the day the musicians began arriving."

"Then we can assume that the innocence resides with one of the musicians. Someone who plays the violin, considering that the witnesses always mention it." Their train stopped, signaling their destination. The two grabbed their things and stepped onto the platform of the station. Allen, being the gentleman he is, held out his hand to help Lenalee down, which she politely accepted. "I didn't realize it as so late out."

"Mhm. We should get going before it gets too dark."

"Exorcists-sama! Over here!" The two turned to see a finder jogging towards them. "Exorcists-sama!"

The two stopped and waited for the finder to approach them. "Hello, are you the finder Brother assigned to us?"

"Ah, yes exorcist-sama. My name is Tyler."

"I'm Lenalee, and this…" she gestured at Allen.

"My name's Allen. It's nice to meet you Tyler." Tyler nodded to them both. "So what exactly has been happening here?" He asked as they began walking out of the station and began towards the hotel.

"Ah, you see, there have been several akuma attacks lately beginning around last week or so. At first we didn't know what to assume, but we later realized there was innocence here, after the attacks began to fail. From what other finders have recorded, most of the attacks were concentrated within a 100 meter radius around the theater, around nighttime when rehearsals are over at the theater. Your hotel also happens to be within that zone, from what Supervisor Komui told us." He finished as they stopped outside the said building. "The rest of us finders will be staying at a different hotel, so I'll drop by in the morning."

"Alright, we'll see you then." They watched Tyler jog down the street until he disappeared from view, then walked inside.

"...yes I'll have someone send that right up. Yes, have a good night miss." The clerk placed the phone back onto the receiver. "Oh, hello there. How may I help you?"

Allen smiled and asked for two rooms for the night. After handing the keys to them the he asked a favor. "Ah, I know I shouldn't be asking this of a guest, but might you bring this up to the Madame in room 220?" He said as he handed Allen a small first aid kit. "Your rooms are on the same floor, so it shouldn't be too much of a hassle." Allen, once again being the nice person he is, accepted.

The two climbed up the stairs to the second floor to their rooms. They were across the hall from each other, and they noticed there was a faint sound of different music from all around. They guessed that the musicians had booked the hotel, seeing it was one of the closest ones to the theater. They dropped their bags in their rooms, and Allen took off his coat considering how warm he was getting.

Once they located their rooms - 214 and 215 - Allen went back to the hall to locate room 220 at the end of the hall while Lenalee left to survey the area around the theater first. He knocked, and within the moment the door opened to a rather pretty young woman in a black dress shirt, skirt and fishnet stockings with long, dark red hair it looked black hair and a pair of mismatched eyes: one a ruby red, the other a sapphire blue. She looked like she was of Asian descent, but there were telltale signs of English blood in the traits. Around her neck was a solid purple scarf, and she didn't seem any older than Lavi, but she was half a head taller than the 15 year old boy, and currently barefoot to boot. In fact, at that very moment he was reminded of Lavi, but he didn't notice that her eyes were glued to the crest on his coat as he thought this.

"Yes?"

Allen jumped. "Ah, the clerk downstairs asked me to bring this to you." He held up the first aid kit.

"Ah, thank you." She picked up the case, and Allen noticed her fingers were cut and bleeding.

"Pardon me for asking but, what happened to your fingers?"

"...I cut them when I was fixing the fibers on my violin bow." She said, gesturing to the bloody bow on the desk. Allen gaped. And once again, Allen's gentlemanly side was in action once again.

"Please, allow me to help bandage your hands." He said with a smile.

"...But -"

"No no, its fine." He said as he took the first aid box. "May I?" She stepped to the side and allowed him to enter. He lead her to the bed and sat her down, then opened the box and pulled out the disinfectant and pouring it onto a cotton ball. He gently dabbed it on the cuts, pausing when she winced, then continued to wrap the in bandages. "There, all done." He packed the items and picked up the used things to throw away as she stood up and picked up the bloodied bow, changing out the now red fibers for clean ones.

She thought for a moment. "As thanks, allow me to play a song for you." She said with a smile. Allen blushed but nodded his consent. She picked up the cherry wood violin and positioned it on her shoulder before drawing back on the bow. (A/N: start playing song now!) The soft melody echoed across the room and through an open window on the side of the wall as Allen began to feel relaxed. There was something about the way she was playing the piece. Although it was just on the violin, it sounded as if there were several other instruments, and not just the solo string instrument. This went on for about a minute before a loud explosion was heard, causing her to stop. The two ran into the hall, and soon, Lenalee returned, covered in a few scratches.

"Allen, what just happened? I was attacking a Level two when suddenly music began echoing throughout the city. Then the akuma began glowing green and just exploded."

"I was helping the guest the clerk asked me to bring the first aid box to. Her fingers were cut. Then as thanks for helping her bandage them, she played a song on her... violin..." his eyes widened in realization. "Lenalee, I think I just found the innocence and its accommodator..."