Yo XDchan here, just came to tell you that I've adopted Honest Lie's story 'Deceptions' since he/she/idk didn't want to continue so umm yeah...... that's all I've got.

Disclaimer: look up at your address box and get back to me, fyi I DID NOT write this chapter nor did I write the other 7

Deceptions

Chapter 1: Confusion I

Bermago Lombardy, Italy.

It was pitch black in the town, the sole light coming from a room in an old, worn out inn that had seen better days. Repeated hisses of annoyance could be heard, paper being crumpled, thrown.

"Che! We have been in this town for almost a week now, and we still haven't found it! Can't those stupid Finders even do their jobs right?" Hissed the Japanese with long hair. He was giving off a deadly aura of annoyance, taking so long to do a job without having many fights was getting on his nerves.

"Calm down Yu-chan! Isn't it nice to finally have some peace?" Replied his red-haired companion who was sitting next to him, smiling. The smile was not mirrored however, as the Japanese would have slashed off his head, had he not ducked quick enough. The sword caused a vase to break into perfect halves before shattering on the floor.

"How many times have I told you not to call me that? Call me that one more time and I swear I'll shave off all of that ridiculous red hair of yours!" He said shooting an ice cold glare at the red-haired.

"You guys, stop arguing! The faster we finish this, the faster we can go home! And if we break anymore things here, the innkeeper is going to kick us out!" A Chinese girl cut in, looking annoyed at the two. "The report said that several townspeople have seen a woman near sunset singing, but none of the townspeople know who she is woman, so all we have to do is to wait for the sun to set to see this woman!"

"We have been waiting for sunset for the past five days though Lenalee-chan! Maybe Yu-chan is right this time, maybe there is no inn--"

"I TOLD YOU NOT TO CALL ME THAT!"

.x. .X. .x.

Outskirts of Town: Governor's Estate

It was a clean and simple looking estate, built from the finest wood, with grand windows. It had a feel of elegance to it, despite its basic design. That is, if elegance came with a tinge of poison. The house had an eerie feeling to it, as if something was not quite right, but you couldn't put your finger on what it was. Around the estate, maids were busying themselves, from watering the blooming garden that grew around the estate to tidying anything that looked out of place. It was a quiet, peaceful morning. Well, it was until a shrill girlish voice pierced the calm.

"Allennn~ !" sang a girl with messy dark hair wearing clothes that had a touch of a gothic feel to them. She twirled around in the garden, waving a large lollipop before stopping in front of a boy who was several inches taller than her. He was wearing a casual suit that contrasted with his bright white hair.

"Let's go to town Allen~! You promised you'll play with me today!" She pouted while half dragging him outside.

"Eh? But won't Sheryl-san wonder where we are?"

"He won't care-"

"What do you mean I won't care? Of course I would care about my two adorable, little children!" The voice came out of nowhere, as he came down from the stairway, beaming at the two faces. One could almost see sparkles in his eyes.

"And Allen-kun, why are you still calling me Sheryl-san? Call me Papa! And why are you two going in to town today? You two barely ever go to town!" He asked them, while looking back and forth between the two as he awaited the answer.

"The Duke wants us to get something in town, and he doesn't want Allen to go alone because there might be exorcists there." She replied cheerfully, while licking on her lollipop.

His face turned a bit more serious after hearing those words. He didn't want his two cute, little children get hurt. "Well Rhode, take care of Allen okay?"

"Sheryl-san…I can take care of myself…"

"No, Rhode make sure Allen doesn't get hurt from those exorcists okay? You haven't mastered all your abilities yet, Allen-kun. Besides, this is your first real mission from the Earl!" He replied, before letting them go. "Be careful!"

"Father, you worry too much!" was the only reply he gotten from the small girl.

The two siblings walked out of the mansion, one of them skipping, dragging the other towards the road to the small town nestled below the hill.

.x. .X. .x.

In Town.

"Lavi! Lavi, wake up!" shouted the Chinese girl with long pig tails, before said boy finally woke up.

"What is it Lenalee-chan? Did you guys finally find it?" He asked hopefully, before sitting upright in his cramped bed, the area around it was littered with various books and documents he had been reading.

"No…" she replied in a disappointed tone. "Nii-san said we can go back after today if we still can't find it."

"Che. About damn time." Kanda had been meditating on his bed. It was the first time he had spoken all morning. He was in an irritable mood after being stuck in one place for so long without any action. But then again, he was always irritable.

"Well…since we're waiting for sunset anyway, why don't we go get some breakfast? We haven't exactly done anything in this town besides asking for more information." Lenalee offered, pulling out a bag of coins.

"Great! Food other than that nasty cabbage soup from this place." Lavi brightened up considerably after hearing the recent news.

He bolted down the stairs, with Lenalee right behind him. With one last "Che." Kanda got up as well, reluctantly following his teammates down the rickety wooden stairs. It was going to be a long day. He was sure of it.

.x. .X. .x.

Allen's stomach grumbled. He was starving, and he hadn't ate breakfast yet. Rhode noticed it, but then again you will have to be deaf to not hear the noise. Nearby people looked around, wondering where the sound could have been coming from.

"Let's go get some breakfast first! You're stomach grumbles really loud, Allen!" She laughed, and quickly pulled him to the nearest café she can find.

"Thanks Rhode, I'm starving." A waiter soon scooted up to their table. He looked gratefully up at the waiter, before placing his order.

"I want fifteen pancakes, a dozen waffles, oh and do you have French toast too? Because if you do I would like twenty of those, as well as four glasses or orange juice, three bowls of cereal, ten eggs…" However, the only reaction he gotten from the waiter was sheer amazement, before he quickly jotted all the things the relatively small teenager wanted, before wondering if these kids can actually pay for it.

Rhode, sensing this, merely took out a small wad of bills, before pulling out a hundred dollar bill.

"Keep the change, it can be your tip." she said to the waiter, smiling at his expression. He was looking at the two trying to hide his shock and glee, before placing their order. However, her smile quickly turned into a frown when she noticed who was walking through the gates, uniformed with a rose cross. Her eyes narrowed.

Exorcists.

They sat down two tables down from them. Rhode however, only recognized one of them. She vaguely recalled her name. What was it? Laura? Lisa? The name finally came to her. Lenalee. She was the one that escaped her last time with those boots of hers. Rhode smiled to herself. No way she was escaping death this time.

"Allen, there's three exorcists here." She whispered to her brother, who was now almost finished with his 'breakfast'.

Allen looked up from his dish, alarmed. He never actually met an exorcist before. After all, he just awakened a two months earlier, even though he was born with innocence in his left hand. "An exception that will be greatly beneficial" the Earl had said.

"Don't worry, Allen. Even right now, with your powers you can probably defeat them. But don't use your Noah powers unless you really have to...And since we can't collect the Innocence until sunset...let's have some fun with them." Rhode whispered, before standing up on a chair. A few people looked at her, as if she was going crazy, not knowing that it might as well could be their final moments.

"Exorcists! Guess who has come to play?" She sang towards them.

For all of you who may or may not care this story has no pairings.

This is a big problem - or a big plus depending on how you look at it. But anyways for the next few weeks I'm gonna hold a poll of sorts, you can vote for your favorite pairings there but if you don't see yours there just put the pairing in a review and I'll put it on.

That's basically it for now byeXD