This is my first fanfic, so sorry if it's not very good... I can write my own stories just fine, but writing fanfictions has always been a bit of a challenge. ^^;

First things first – the pairings. I'm probably going to put in a love triangle here, or even a love square *giggles*, just to make it more interesting. However, I don't expect it to be very good, so please don't get all on my case if the stuff totally sucks - I never have been very good at writing lovey-dovey stuff. I love reading it, but writing it... well, you can tell me whether or not I'm any good or not. ;)

Anyways, I don't think I'll be doing any of the Ark stuff, b/c, from what I've seen, people have gotten pretty sick of it now. I have too, actually – it gets so boring after having read/watched it more than three or four times in a row...

One more thing - I might accidentally make one of the characters do something OC. Do note, it's not on purpose, and if I do it, I'm really sorry - I don't think that I know these characters quite as well as I should. So, once again, gomen, gomen, and sorry in advance! ^^;

Anyways, Enjoy! ;)

Disclaimer: I do not own D-Gray Man - though the song is mine, actually. :)

Innocence of the Heart

Chapter One

Lenalee made her way to the supervisor's office, having just been called in by her brother. I wonder if he has a mission for me...? When she reached her destination, she opened the door, and blinked in surprise. There were four other exorcists there in the room - Lavi, Kanda, Miranda Lotto, and Arystar Krory. They all turned and looked at her as she came in and stood next to them, facing Supervisor Komui, her brother.

"Well, now that you're all here, I have a mission for you." Komui looked at them all seriously.

"What, all five of us?" Kanda asked, somewhat incredulously.

"Don't worry, you're not all going to be going together - although, it is technically the same mission..." Komui cleared his throat. "Anyway, have any of you heard of an exorcist that goes by the name of Crown Clown? Miranda and Arystar, I know you both have, but what about the rest of you?"

Lenalee glanced nervously at Lavi, who returned the look. They came to a silent agreement, and said nothing. They had both seen this Crown Clown before, but didn't want to mention it. Kanda also didn't say anything, although he had seen the person before as well, more than once in fact. It was not something that he felt like bringing up.

"No? Well, that's fine, I suppose," Komui said, shrugging. "Anyway, there have been rumors flying around about this person, and according to those rumors, he was last seen in Beijing, China. I want you, Lenalee, and you, Miranda, to go together to that place and check around to see if he might still be anywhere around there. Then, you three, Kanda, Lavi, and Krory to head over to Tokyo, Japan to check up on another rumor saying that a figure clad in white is seen every night around there - apparently he goes around killing akuma and saving poor innocent citizens. Also, there's another rumor about a singer who has risen to very high popularity very quickly, and I wondered if you might check up on that person - he might be the person we're looking for," Komui finished.

"What makes you think so, nii-san?" Lenalee asked.

"Just a hunch - call it instinct, intuition, whatever you want, but I want you to check up on it, you three." There was a little sparkle behind Komui's eyes. "If we're lucky enough to find him, and if he agrees to come with us, which I see no reason for him not to, then we might just have a very powerful new recruit on our side."

"Powerful? How powerful is he exactly?" Kanda asked. He tried not to sound too interested, but even he knew that he wasn't doing a very good job of it.

"Oh, let's just say that this one's a point breaker," Komui said, and laughed at all of there astonished faces.

"There's been a Critical Point Breakthrough?! Why didn't we hear about this sooner?" Kanda asked in irritation.

"Because I wanted it to be kept a secret. And it will remain one, even now - this information will not be allowed to leave this room, is that clear?" Komui looked seriously at them once again.

"Yes!" They all said in unison.

"Okay then, you all will leave as soon as you possibly can - so pack quickly, and hurry down to the underground tunnel, got it? Good, the clear out!"

And they all dispersed.

While Miranda packed her things, she thought about the man they were all suppose to look for, and the very first time she had met him. He was the very first person to ever thank me for anything - even now, I don't really understand why he did so. All he said was, "Thanks for saving my life." I don't even know how I saved his life... but... I want to meet him again," Miranda thought, and blushed slightly. Ever since she had met him, she'd been unable to stop thinking about him. If he came to live at HQ, then I could see him everyday... unless one of us goes on a mission... but that doesn't matter, does it? He said his name was... Allen. The word sounded so lovely in her mind.

Her thoughts trailed off as she grabbed her now packed bag and hurried over to meet Lenalee before they both made their way down to the underground tunnel.

"Miranda, are you okay? You look a little feverish," Lenalee asked with concern.

"Oh, I'm fine really. Don't worry, Lenalee-chan," Miranda said quickly, and tried to smile to reassure her. It seemed to work, and Lenalee turned away as they came to the end of the stairs and saw Kanda, Lavi, and Krory already boarding one of two boats that were waiting on the water.

"See you later, you three," Lenalee said, smiling and waving goodbye. Miranda gave a half-hearted wave as well, and watched as the three men floated away.

"Miranda, are you coming?" Lenalee asked, and Miranda quickly got into the boat. A man, one Miranda had never met, and who was wearing the white coat that identified him as a Finder, pushed the boat down the tunnel for them. Both girls sat in quiet silence, contemplating things that neither one wanted to say aloud.

Miranda was worrying about what they were going to do once they got to Beijing, Lenalee was daydreaming about meeting their target, Allen, again.

That man clad in white... I wonder what he's doing right now. What I wouldn't give to see him, just one more time... I never did get to thank him for saving my life back then... And also, she though, feeling embarrassed He was really cute... and handsome... not to mention kind, sweet, and polite. A real gentleman. I never did find out his name... She blushed furiously, and thanked God that her brother wasn't there to see her. Now that would have been embarrassing.

A couple of days later, in Japan, it was nighttime, and that meant only one thing to the citizens of Tokyo –

"Aaaaaannnndddd - SHOWTIME!!"

The crowd went wild in excitement as the number one singer in Japan, the mysterious man whom everyone called Innocence, stepped on stage. He raised his hand in greeting, and the crowd went absolutely nuts. Smiling, he began his song:

What did I do to deserve this

What did I do to make you treat me this way?

What did I say that made you nervous

And make you hate me this way?

What can I do to make it up to you

What can I say

Oh please stop treating me this way!

The crowd was insane, screaming and shouting in their excitement. One girl even tried to crawl on stage, but she was quickly pulled back down by some of the other fans.

I never did nothing that was meant to harm

Never did nothing to anyone

I never intended to hurt you this way

So please don't treat me in this way!

I'm sorry, I'm sorry,

For whatever I did to you.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry,

I never meant to hurt you~

Forgive me

The concert continued for a while after that, and when the singer finally went off stage, everyone started very slowly to disperse, talking incessantly about the guy - the girls were shrieking in laughter, and saying that they want to marry the guy, while the boys were talking about how envious they were of him, and reluctantly admitting that the song was totally awesome. Everyone was talking about how cool it must be for the guy to be a singer at only fifteen, and how enjoyable it must be for him. Everyone assumed that the man got whatever he wanted and could do whatever he wanted - it was a known fact that the kid had no parents, and people were simply astounded at the fact that the man had managed to become so well known despite that.

Meanwhile, back behind stage, it was chaos. People were rushing to and fro, looking for their singer, Innocence. The manager was pissed, and muttered, "The moment the concert is over, he disappears, like he never existed before - and takes his paycheck with him! How does he know where I put it every time? What is he, psychic? No, no, that's not possible..."

The person in question was currently already several miles away. He had sensed an akuma somewhere around the area, and his left eye was currently crying tears of blood, like it wanted to make sure that Allen, aka Innocence, didn't doubt the existence of said akuma. He came upon an alley, and instantly activated Crown Clown - and not a moment too soon. Without warning, the wall beside him blew up, and out came the akuma. Allen looked up and saw more of the monsters swarming down on him from above. He needed to get out into open ground - he'd be in danger of being cornered if he stayed here.

This is going to be a long night, Allen thought resignedly.

While Allen was battling akuma, Lenalee, Miranda, Kanda, Lavi, and Arystar had met back up. They weren't very far away from the chaos, and while talking about their findings (or lack thereof), they heard a crash. They ran towards the noise, and saw swarms of akuma gathering around an alley. A white blur shot out of the swarm, and five level one akumas, along with one level two, blew up in front of their very eyes. The white blur shot towards the rest of the akuma, and destroyed each one of them in quick succession.

The group just watched in stunned amazement, until Lenalee finally came to her senses, and activated her Dark Boots. She shot off after the man as he ran across the roofs of the buildings of Tokyo.

Then suddenly, he jumped down into an alley much like the one he had killed the akuma in, and deactivated Crown Clown. When Lenalee jumped down into the alley after him, she found him leaning against the wall, looking at her. She couldn't see his face, but she didn't feel any coldness or anger coming from him, so she risked a question: "Are you the man with an Innocence called Crown Clown?"

"I am."

"Umm..." Lenalee felt uncomfortable. She shifted on her feet a bit before asking, "Are you an exorcist?"

"Well, I have Innocence, but I wouldn't exactly call myself one," the man said. She could hear the amusement in his voice.

He stepped forward, and she finally got a look at his face. It was cute, handsome, in fact, even with the scar around the left eye. Her breath caught in her throat, and she almost didn't hear what he said next.

"You might want to deactivate those boots of yours – if you're not careful, you'll collapse from exhausted from using them too much."

"Aaah... thank you." Lenalee blushed and quickly deactivated them. She looked back up at the man, and blinked. He was smiling at her.

"My name's Allen Walker. Who might you be?" He was still smiling at her. She felt like she was going to faint or swoon or something.

No! Not happening! She thought furiously.

"My name is Lenalee Lee. I was sent from the Black Order Headquarters to fetch you and hopefully bring you back with me. There are others who came to do so as well."

"Were there now? And who are they?"

"Friends of mine."

"I see. Well, I suppose I can come with you. I see no reason not to – after all, singing for the people of Japan isn't really all that entertaining, to be honest." Allen looked away from her for a moment, thinking. "If you give me a sec, the hotel I'm staying at is right over there, so I could grab my things and go with you."

Lenalee nodded, hardly daring to believe her ears. "That sounds like a good plan to me."

He smiled at her once again, and led the way to the hotel.

Finally, Lenalee thought. Finally, I was able to meet him again. But I wonder if he remembers me?

Well, that's about it... sorry if this chapter is a bit short - I'll try to make it longer next time, okay? And if this ending was a bit abrupt, then I'm sorry about that too. If you have problems with any of this (like, the romance, for instance, or ooc parts, which, believe me, were not intended), then please tell me - it'll help me out a lot. :)

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