Okay, so this is my first -Man fanfic. I don't read the manga, I only watch the anime so all of this is based after the 103rd episode. I know a few things from the manga but that's pretty much because of wikipedia and my weird searching habits.
Disclaimer: I do not own -Man.
Enjoy!
Chapter: 1
Kimiaru's thigh-length brown hair swayed behind her as she walked behind the Earl with light footsteps - she was told that the other Noah were eating so she supposed that she was being lead to a dining room. They passed through countless doors until they reached the end of the hall, crashes were heard from behind the curtain they were in front of and Kimiaru briefly wondered if there had been an invasion.
The Earl, however, was not fazed in the slightest by the clamor on the other side and parted the curtain without any hesitation. Two boys wearing a vest, pants, and a leather jacket had a dish of pie in each hand - waiting to be launched. A girl that seemed to be in her young teens smiled and waved heartily at the Earl while the lady next to her - with a long dark ponytail - greeted him with a mere "Welcome Earl-sama." A tall, lean man that wore a suit acknowledged his presence with a "yo," and glanced at the two with pies. Amusement was clearly present in his eyes and he emphasized it with a smirk.
The boy that had dark hair slowly lowered his hand from the throwing position it was in, he smiled sheepishly and rubbed the back of his neck.
"Hee-hee," it came from the last member that sat around the dining table - a golden-haired boy. "Hey Earl-sama, we're having a food fight with our chicken hiii!" With that, he launched the pastry in the direction of the barnyard animal - the chicken avoided the tasty confection by running across the long mahogany table.
The Earl clapped his hands twice and everyone gave him their full attention.
"I am happy to announce that we have a new Noah in the family, please welcome: Kimiaru," he stepped to the side revealing Kimiaru. A smile appeared on her face as she gave a shy wave to everyone in the room.
"Please introduce yourself to our newcomer," isn't it ironic how someone who wants to kill off all the exorcists and humans sounds like a friendly old man?
Each Noah said their name for the sixteen-year-old brunette, the Earl gestured for her to take a seat next to Debitto and ordered that they get to know each other. After his commands, he disappeared back through the curtain.
Road was first, "hey Kimaru, are you smart?"
Said girl turned in the direction of her name, "It depends."
"Can you help me with my homework then?"
"Sure."
Three big textbooks slid across the table towards the brunette and stopped right in front of her, Road hopped onto the table and showed her the pages that needed to be done.
"Also this one, this one and this one, 'kay?" Kimiaru nodded and started once she was handed a pencil, they were relatively easy considering the fact that they were for intended for fourteen-year-olds.
"Done," a satisfied smile made its way to Road's lips as she saw that the work was shown, it wasn't the same number repeating over and over and it was neat.
"Thank you Kimi-chan!" she squealed in delight and kicked her books back to where they previously were, expertly angling them so that they avoided the plates of food on the wood surface.
"Oi," Kimiaru faced the speaker who happened to be right beside her, "what do you represent?"
"Hm?"
Debitto ran a hand through his hair and sighed, "deaf," he muttered under his breath, "I asked what you represent," he received a confused look, "what are you the Noah of you damn idiot?"
Instead of getting a retort - which he expected - he attained a thoughtful look and a little nod, "I'm the Noah of merriment, which basically relates to the things people do that makes them happy." She stood up and leaned over Debitto's chair, "for example: dancing, singing...hurting." The dark-haired twin didn't even expect it, one moment he was listening to a girl babble about stuff he barely cared about, then the next, his chair was pushed forward so that he rammed right into the table.
"Debitto!" the voice of his brother echoed throughout the room. The female Kamelot burst out laughing and Tyki's eyes shone with entertainment, even Lulubell had a ghost of a grin on her face - she turned into a cat and left before anybody could see that she enjoyed the display.
"What the hell?" Debitto screamed.
"Some people find joy in injuring others, I don't - most of the time, but I don't appreciate being insulted either," keeping her leg firmly placed on the back of his chair, she pushed a little harder earning her a number of colorful words. Kimiaru chuckled and let go, she sat back in her seat and smiled at her victim.
"What is wrong with you? First you're shy, then you're all deadly like, and finally you're as happy as can be. Are you going through PMS or something?"
Road's laughter ceased, "you pushed too far Debi."
This time he went flying straight over the table, Debitto's face hit candle holders, candles, a tower of fruit and finally went SMACK-BANG into the dark wall.
"I'm gonna shoot your head off bi-" he was cut off when a shrill "watch out hiii!" sounded towards him and he had just enough time to dodge the incoming chair.
'How the heck can she lift one of those?' he was quickly snapped out of his thoughts as a certain chicken got caught in the fuming Noah's grasp. All the color drained from his face. He could see Jasdero desperately pleading for his pet to be put down safely, a hysterical Road and a grinning Tyki.
All of a sudden - giggles, a mass of soft giggles exploded from Kimiaru's mouth and she set the chicken into Jasdero's arms, she stretched until a crack reverberated from her right shoulder then sat on the edge of the table since she had used her chair to assault Debitto. The teenager turned her head to face him.
"Ne, that was fun, don't you think?" her voice was so innocent that it was hard to believe what she'd done.
He was beyond confused at the moment, she was so bipolar it was almost unbelievable - the tiny little part of common sense at the back of his brain kept trying to tell him that he had provoked her, but arrogance made him refuse to believe it. He suddenly blinked and noticed that Kimiaru was animatedly talking to Tyki while playing poker with him, cards and hands moved then he heard a shriek of happiness from the teen.
"I won!" Kimiaru screeched.
The loser of the game muttered something which caused the chestnut-haired girl to shrug.
Road shook her head furiously, "it wasn't beginner's luck Tyki!" she bellowed. The two got into an argument, Tyki stating his assumptions calmly and his niece loudly denying them.
It wasn't long before Kimiaru lost interest, her golden eyes searched for something else to do and landed on Jasdero stroking his in-state-of-shock pet. Ever so slowly, she slunk away from the quarreling Noahs and reached the long-haired twin.
"What's wrong with her?"
"It's a 'he' if you must know and he's in a state of shock because of you!" Jasdero turned to glare at the female until he noticed tears brimming in her eyes.
"I-I scared him that bad?" Kimiaru's voice cracked as she spoke, the moisture in her eyes almost spilling over.
"W-w-wait! Don't cry! See, he's feeling better now, he can move hiii." Sure enough, the little barnyard animal was running around the table again looking happier than ever.
The brunette shook her head twice and buried it in her hands, a muffled -"I'm a terrible person!"- was heard.
"No, no you're not, please stop crying and look up. Please!"
Debitto slapped a hand to his forehead and sighed at his brother's obliviousness, "she's just pulling your leg Jas, calm down."
Kimiaru's head snapped up, she childishly pouted and crossed her arms over her chest, "you just made everything boring again."
"Now, now calm down everyone," the Earl's cheery voice boomed throughout the room as he re-entered through the curtains, "I have assignments for all of you. Debitto, what are you doing on the floor?"
"Yeah, watcha doin' on the floor Debi?" Kimiaru stared at him right in the eye, a mischievous smile graced her delicate facial features as she leaned forward.
"Well never mind that, Debitto please come back and sit down." The dark-haired twin did as he was told while mumbling profanities under his breath. A card slid to everyone on the table - revealing to each of them the location of a piece of innocence.
"Spain," the brunette stared at her picture.
"We got Spain too hiii!" Jasdero's hand shot up with the same country on his card and Debitto just looked from one, to the other, then back at his card which held the same picture.
"Jasdebi and Kimiaru have the same target simply because Kimiaru is new to this whole business and needs to be shown what to do, I would send her off with someone else but generals have been spotted in the areas Road and Tyki are going to," the egg-shaped man explained. "Now where on earth is Lulubell?" He strode out of the room and left everyone else to their thoughts.
Tyki and Road both left a few minutes afterwards.
"Okay listen up," the brunette turned around to see Debitto speaking to her, "you heard the Earl say you have zero experience in tracking down and finding innocence so when we start our mission, you stand by the sidelines and stay out of our way."
Kimiaru nodded and without another word, headed off to her quarters. She would do as she was told until she got bored - that was how she did things - the moment the teenager lost interest in something, she did the exact opposite to keep up her level of mirth.
I hope you liked it, please review and tell me if I should continue it.