lostmoonchild: Okay, here's my first DGM fic ever. Be patient with me with this one since it's my first one. So you guys know, Lili is pronounced "Lily" since I like to mess with names.
Disclaimer: I don't own DGM or anything else unless I say otherwise.
Chapter One
The number of Exorcists required told them how dangerous the mission would be. For Allen to see that Link would be included in on the mission simply told him that it wasn't dangerous so why exactly were Kanda, Lavi, and Lenalee going? Surely they couldn't be that worried that he'd go running off to the Noah while he still wanted to fight alongside his friends.
"We have information regarding a potential associate of the Fourteenth."
Allen fought back the urge to roll his eyes and stared calmly at the older man, noting that Komui looked furious. "So you called us in to tell us that." Kanda stated with a frown. "Tch."
"I want her brought here. The Fourteenth was a musician and this girl is able to destroy things with her voice."
The young man froze as he stared at the man, his heart racing in his chest. He couldn't be talking about… "Is something wrong, Walker?" Leverier questioned lightly.
"What's her name." Allen asked.
"Lillian. Do you know her?"
"No." And it was true. He didn't know Lillian but he knew the tomboyish Lili. "I don't know Lillian."
Leverier's cold eyes narrowed and Allen felt himself wanting to return that look. "You're protecting her." Leverier stated.
Allen stared for a moment before answering, "I swear I don't know any Lillian so what makes you think that I would."
The four Exorcists refrained from jumping when a thick folder was thrown onto the floor in front of them and stared at the papers that spilled out. "She knows the song that moves the Ark. I hardly doubt that's a coincidence."
"That's enough. If Allen says that he doesn't know a Lillian then I believe him." Komui told the older man before directing his attention to the four Exorcists. "We've been receiving reports of level one and two akuma appearing in various towns before they vanished without a trace. There's a pattern and they appear to be following this Lillian. Our knowledge about her abilities are limited seeing as whenever she sees anybody wearing anything that indicates that they're associated with the Black Order she vanishes without a trace."
Good job, Lil. Allen thought, careful to keep his face neutral. "I don't understand. How exactly are we supposed to bring her here if she knows that we're from the Black Order?" Lenalee asked as she looked at her brother.
"We've made arrangements for you four to go undercover. There's a circus-"
"Absolutely not." Kanda told Komui with an irritated look on his face. "I am not going to be a clown!"
"What circus?" Allen asked.
Komui checked a file. "De Circ Pentru Totdeauna." Komui told him.
"You'd like that one, BaKanda! There's a knife thrower and-"
"I said no!"
"You get to choose who you throw knives at!" Allen shouted. "Not to mention that Grandma Anca's been all over the world and can make any dish you can think of."
Kanda raised an eyebrow. "Is that supposed to impress me?" Kanda asked.
"Please, Kanda? Allen did say that there'd be knife throwing." Lenalee pleaded.
The Japanese man frowned slightly as he looked into her pleading eyes and sighed to himself. "Fine." Kanda sighed. "Don't expect me to enjoy myself though."
Like anybody expected him to enjoy himself. "Right, so when are we meeting up with this De Circ…" Lavi felt his tongue twist.
"Pentru Totdeauna." Allen finished.
"Immediately. They're heading to the town where Lillian is anyway and they've agreed to come by to pick you five up."
"Five?" Lavi questioned.
"I will be assisting you four on this mission." Link told them.
Allen raised an eyebrow before sighing. "Whatever you do, don't call Grandma a senile hag. The last one that did that ended up meeting lingură de doom."
Leverier looked at the white-haired boy with narrowed eyes. "You seem to know a lot of words that aren't English." Leverier said coolly.
"I traveled with Penru Totdeauna for three years with Mana. Surely you know that." Allen shot back with an irritated look.
"If I didn't know any better, Walker, I'd say that you were planning on finding a way to make this mission a failure."
He wasn't going to let her be taken and questioned like a prisoner. "The mission goes how it goes." Allen answered.
"Then you'll be pleased to know that until she's caught, none of you will be returning."
Shit. He'd need to do some serious sweet talking. "What?" Lavi shouted. "If she keeps escaping then we'll never get to come home!"
"Don't worry. I don't think she'll want to run this time." Allen said wearily. "Are we done?"
Kanda looked at the younger man a moment, frowning slightly at the almost defeated look in his eyes. "Yes. Good luck on your mission." Komui told them. "Your train leaves in two hours so get ready to leave."
Part of him was thrilled to be returning to circus life, even if only temporarily, while the other half was screaming at him to find a way to stop the mission. "Allen? Are you okay?" Lenalee asked with a soft look in her eyes.
"Yeah. I'm just thinking about how great it'll be to see everybody again." Allen offered a smile that he hoped looked real.
"The next stop is where we get off." Link told them. "So it may be in our best interests, Walker, if you tell us what we need to know."
Allen stared at him for a moment before looking thoughtful, "Well, Grandma Anca will insist that everybody calls her 'Grandma' or else she will pull out lingură de doom and beat the offending person with it."
"What?" Lenalee asked.
"The spoon of doom. It's the one thing that everybody in Penru Totdeauna feared more than police." Allen smiled softly at some memory. "Then there's Cheaters' Poker."
"Sounds like it lives up to the name." Lavi commented.
"Got me out of a few jobs that I didn't want to do." Allen told him. "Don't play unless you're willing to cheat."
Lavi grinned. "Are there any cute girls?"
Allen nodded in response. "If you play your cards right with one, she'll pull your head right into her chest." Allen told him. "She's got a mean temper though so it'd be in my favor if nobody was wearing official uniforms when we meet up with them."
Link frowned slightly at the younger man's words before answering, "These are official Black Order uniforms. If your 'friends' are unwilling-"
"It's not that! It's just that I'm going to get scolded because of my hair and everything else and I don't want to get scolded for something that I didn't do since as far as they're concerned if there's an official of any kind near me then I did something illegal."
Just what in the hell kind of friends did the moyoshi have in that circus? Kanda looked at the white-haired boy and saw the look in his eyes. There was something about the mission that he didn't want to do but knew he had to anyway. "So what exactly do we know about this Lillian?" Lenalee asked.
"She's around seventeen years of age with one visible blue eye. When she screams there's always destruction which leads us to believe that her ability is either Innocence or a 'gift' from the Fourteenth. Left her home at age eight. There's only two songs that she's been heard to sing, one of them being composed by the Fourteenth." Link stated as he scanned the file. "The first song we've all heard. The second one is what also links her to Walker."
"I keep telling you that I don't know Lillian!" Allen protested.
"Then why does she sing a song about a boy with one red arm, Walker?"
Allen fell silent and looked away with a cool look in his eyes. "I don't know her." Allen repeated. "You can ask anybody at Penru Totdeauna and they'll all confirm not knowing her."
We guard our own. He closed his eyes and smiled faintly to himself. Just a little while longer and then they'd be together again. After that he'd be sure to protect her from Leverier and anybody else that may have wanted to hurt her. If push came to shove then they'd runaway together and never again be alone.
"ALLEN WALKER!"
Fear shot through the boy as a woman with dark hair grabbed his ear and twisted it, pulling him to her. "Ow! Let me go! It hurts!" Allen cried out as he twisted around trying to get the woman to relinquish his ear.
"How much?" The woman asked as she looked at them, her bright eyes boring into them.
"E-Excuse me?" Link asked.
"How much did the little brat's sticky fingers grab this time?" The woman growled as she forced Allen to look at her. "I swear to God, Allen Walker, if you went stealing from the Pope himself I'm going to string you by your-"
"Allen didn't steal anything!" Lenalee shouted at the woman. "He's not a thief!"
The woman stopped and stared for a moment before looking at the boy she held by the ear. "Either you've straightened out or you're a damn good liar. Which one?"
"Straightened out!" Allen cried out as he struggled to get away. "Alin, let go please!"
"Not so fast. What in the hell did you do? Steal from a witch again? I told you the first time around not to steal from them and what did you do? Went and did it again I bet."
Kanda couldn't help but smirk as he watched the boy struggle to get away from the tall woman's grip. He called her Alin so she wasn't that Anca woman that he warned them about.
"Mana died andIwantedtobringhimback." Allen said quickly before slowing down a bit. "He cursed me so now my hair's white and I got this cursed mark over my eye."
For a moment they weren't sure if the woman had caught the young boy's words until her eyes softened and she let him go in favor of giving him a hug. Apparently that was the woman that insisted on pushing heads into her chest since Allen winked at Lavi and gave him a small smirk before making the most pitiful face he could muster. "Oh geez." Kanda grumbled.
"Poor baby. I bet you were so lonely."
"Then I was found by a General for the Black Order. He was the worst master ever, Alin. He made me pay off every single debt he owed people and some of them I thought were going to kill me."
Just how much sucking up could that boy do? "Walker, it's not polite to take advantage of a woman. Especially to have your head there." Link coughed.
Alin kissed the boy's white hair before saying, "Well, don't you fret. We'll have your hair colored back to its normal state so Lili can find you."
"Ma'am, we're looking for a girl named Lillian."
Alin looked at Lenalee for a moment before answering, "I don't know no Lillian."
"She knows Walker." Link told her. "You realize that withholding information regarding an investigation is an offense."
"Only girl that I ever saw Allen here with was this quiet little thing that used to pull him around by the hair if there was something she wanted to do." Alin told them.
Lavi threw an arm around Allen's neck before commenting lightly, "So you used to get your hair pulled by a girl. That's got to be embarrassing."
Allen rolled his eyes at his friend's comment before answering, "Just wait. Lili has a thing for grabbing hair and pulling so laugh it up. Your turn's coming and there's no way you can escape it."
Link frowned slightly as they followed the woman out to a wagon and stared for a moment at the dark-skinned man that grinned. "I'll be damned. It's the manipulative shit." The man chuckled. "Been getting into trouble or staying out?"
"When we get to Grandma's I'll tell you all about it." Allen sighed as he stretched out. "I promise you won't be pleased with it though."
Unfortunately for Link it was a promise that couldn't be broken.
De Circ Pentru Totdeauna The Circus of Forever
lostmoonchild: Okay, bear with me with the Romanian since it's not my first language (or even any of the languages I know how to speak) but I kinda needed the words and as a result ended up using Google translate. If anybody knows how to speak Romanian then feel free to let me know exactly how badly I'm slaughtering the language (believe me, I'm able to slaughter Spanish without any problem much to my brother's dismay) and don't hesitate to correct me. If there's anything else that anybody else has noticed that could be improved let me know. Read and review, flames will be used to melt all this damn snow!