A/N: This is my first try at a fanfic, so please don't judge too much on my writing. I plan on continuing this story, but I'm new to figuring out how to use the site and how to publish, etc.
Prologue
A girl sighed as she reached the top of the mountain.
"Ugh. Fucking finally made it," the girl said.
The girl, dressed in a simple tan cloak, stepped forward. The hood of her cloak flew back to reveal hetero-chromatic eyes: golden brown on the right and violet on the left.
"Suri!" Another girl called out. She had long pigtails on her head and was wearing her standard exorcist uniform with thigh high socks and her innocence, Dark Boots.
"Ara? Lenalee?" Suri looked surprised as she saw her childhood friend embrace her in a tight hug. "Lena...Lee... I can't... breath..." Suri choked out as Lenalee squeezed the living shit out of her.
"What have you been doing?!" Lenalee interrogated Suri, ignoring her protests. She released the poor girl, regardless.
"You know... Here and there, looking for innocence solo style." Suri replied with a bored voice.
"Here and there? Looking for innocence?! Solo style?! YOU WERE GONE FOR FIVE YEARS!" Lenalee's voice increased as she spoke. She was damn close to shaking Suri as well as crying.
Suri looked at her with tender eyes. Lenalee stood with her fists clenched and her bangs covering her eyes.
"I'm sorry Lenalee. I didn't mean to disappear like that." Suri took hold of Lenalee in a gentle hug. Lenalee relaxed in her arms and wiped her tears.
Lenalee stepped away and spoke. "You're not forgiven just yet, but welcome home."
"I'm back, Lena-chan."
Lenalee and Suri walked into the Order, side by side.
"Shall we go visit Komui while we're at it?" Lenalee asked Suri.
"Komui-chan, desu ka? I wonder if he's changed since I last came..." Suri wondered. Komui to her was a serious person. He did not mess around, especially when it came to his precious Lenalee.
"Yeah. I don't think he has changed that much since the last time you have met him. He also missed you too. Maybe just as much as he would towards me." Lenalee spoke in a lamenting voice.
"Y-yeah." I said while forcing a smile. I hope he doesn't treat me like that, Suri thought. "At least I'm not dead, Lenalee."
"Idiot! Don't even think like that!" Lenalee snapped.
"Sorry, sorry." Suri apologized, trying to keep things light.
The pair arrived in front of Komui's office door. There was paper strewn across the ground and books off the shelves. There wasn't a single part of the ground that can be seen. Lenalee walked to what seemed like the desk, only to find Komui... sleeping.
"Komui-chan?" Suri called out to the sleeping man. Stepping forward, she noticed the tear at the corners of his eyes. "Komui..."
His eyes fluttered open as Suri called his name the second time. Looking up, he only saw Lenalee.
"Oh, Lenalee. I had the weirdest dream about Suri..." Komui trailed off as his eyes landed on a girl wearing a long, tattered, tan cloak that trailed behind her. She was quite tall, lithe, and toned. Her ankle-long hair was crimson red and eyes mismatched. Besides the cloak, she wore a short, black, tight-fitting tank top, and black jeaned booty shorts. Adding to the image was her grey, previously-white, thigh high socks with light brown holsters strapped to her thighs, and black combat boots. Her holsters held her twin Akuma-fighting, long-barreled pistols, and donning her back, was her innocence: a black, very large, yet very light and quiet, "boy's anti-tank rifle".
Despite her disheveled look, Komui recognized her instantly.
"Suri..." Komui uttered, as if she would just disappear into thin air, never to be seen again.
"Yo, Komui. I'm finally home." Suri said with a flair.
Komui briskly walked up to Suri and embraced her in a tight hug, a little more gently than Lenalee did. It was as if Komui was afraid to hug her too tightly for he was afraid she might just shatter.
"Welcome back." Komui said. "I worried about you. I even wonder whether you were alive." His voice tensed, but he went on. Lenalee stood off to the side, not saying a word. She had no idea what Suri and her brother were talking about and she wanted to cut it. In the end, she decided to ask them later about it due to the current atmosphere in the room. "I'm an idiot, aren't I? To send you all over the world in search of a ghost-"
"No." Suri cut him off. "No. It was not in vain. And I will never die, not even after this war. Not even after being on both sides, will not die." She stated.
Just then, all pretenses dropped. Like, no shit.
"SUCCHI!" Komui was teary-eyed and hugged Suri. More like... tackled her.
"K-KOMUI?!" Suri exclaimed. He was never like this before. He used to be so serious, and hard-working.
"Nii-san!" Lenalee stepped in. "Please let go of Suri."
"Fine, fine." Komui said while pouting.
"Komui-nii... You look different, too..." Suri said.
"Really? You think so?" Komui asked excitedly. "It must be because I look more mature, isn't it?"
"Ummm... Octopus."
"Octopus?" Lenalee and Komui asked in sync.
"Your hair. It looks like octopus tentacles!" Suri stated cheerfully.
"WHAT!" Komui screeched. "SURI! You're so cold!" Lenalee and Suri started to laugh as Komui mock-cried.
"Oh, yeah. Where is my cute, little Yuttan?"
"Yuttan?" Lenalee tilted her head in question. "Ah! You mean Kanda? He's on a mission right now, so you might see him in a couple days when he comes back."
"Is that right?" Suri pouted a little.
"Do you want to call him?" Lenalee asked.
"No. I'm sure he doesn't want to be bothered by a mission right now." Suri said thoughtfully. She then turned cheerful. "In fact, I'll surprise him when he gets back! It might cheer him up a little!" Lenalee giggled. "Hm? Lena-chan?" she asked.
"No, nothing. you always had a soft spot for Kanda, didn't you?" Lenalee asked.
"What?!" Suri exclaimed, suprised her friend (slash sister from a different mother) would say something like that.
"I'm right, aren't I?" Lenalee pushed further.
"Sh-shut up, Lena-chan!" Suri exclaimed a little weakly. After all, Kanda was just a little brat, for all she knew.
"No way! SUCCHI! HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO YOUR BROTHER!" Komui shouted at her.
"HA?! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT KOMUI-NII!" Suri shouted back at him. "After all, he's just a little brat!" She huffed.
"Oh! I forgot that you haven't seen him in a while, huh?" Lenalee said with a finger on her chin and head tilted.
"Succhi's innocence is saved!" Komui exclaimed.
"Nii-san!/ Komui-nii!" Suri and Lenalee both exclaimed. Though, I still wonder how Kanda has progressed from a small ten-year-old brat, Suri wondered.
A/N: That was the first chapter. It's a little long, but please bear with me. The next ones might be shorter, though not sure how much. If there is any mistake in my writing, please take it up with me and I'll fix it. Probably. All in all, thanks for giving this a read. I'll try and post the next one immediately. Another note before I leave this at... whatever this is, the story will progress in a mysterious way, but will drop hints along the way, so... Yeah. If you figure out the story before everything, then double thumbs up to you, but if not, then I'll try not to make it totally confusing for you. Also, questions? Feel free however way you want. Any kind of feedback is also great.
