Summary: Komui never realized how powerful, yet fragile, the relationship between exorcists and their Innocence was. That is, until the Black Order gets attacked by Akuma that have the power to take away Innocence. Komui has to be a big brother to not only Lenalee, but to Allen, Lavi, and Kanda as well. At the same time, he has to figure out how to get their Innocence back as well.

Disclaimer: I do not own D. Gray-Man. (I wish I did, though.)

Notes:

-The Holy War between the Earl and the exorcists is over; the Earl is dead. All of the Noah are dead except for Road and Tyki.

-Allen is a General, now.

-Kanda and Lenalee both have their crystal type Innocence.

-Lavi has chosen to stay with the Black Order and not leave with Bookman.

*I hope nobody seems OOC!* This is my first D. Gray-Man fic. I hope you all like it! So here is Special Bonds.

Chapter: 1-The Attack

Komui knew from the moment he woke up, that something was going to go wrong today. The thing was that he did not know what. The weather was beautiful and everyone was in an exceptionally good mood.

The reason for everyone's good mood was because of the status of the war against the Noah and the Akuma. The Earl was finally dead. The fatso was killed off in a fierce battle against Allen Walker, who had help from the Fourteenth. The Fourteenth, now known as Neah, had agreed to fight alongside Allen. That was his intention all along. He was not trying to take over Allen; however, the Noah genes in Allen's body were. The genes had turned Allen into a sort of half Noah. Allen could use Neah's powers, yet still continue to use his Innocence. Allen still looked the same, but his skin and eyes would change color when he would use Neah's powers or when Neah took over for a period of time. When Leverrier found out about Allen being a "half Noah", he shouted for the immediate execution of Allen. Just about everyone in the Black Order was grateful to Allen for killing off the Millennium Earl, so they disagreed with Leverrier. Neah was not very pleased to hear that Leverrier wanted to harm his precious nephew. So, when Neah took over Allen's body and killed Leverrier, no one was sad to see him die. Not even Link. Allen had sustained serious injuries in his fight with the Earl but healed up nicely within a few months time.

With the Earl gone, the level of Akuma dropped slightly. Road Camelot and Tyki Mikk were the only surviving Noah; the rest were killed shortly after the Earl. Road and Tyki were still creating Akuma. The two Noah seemed very spiteful that the rest of their family had been killed off by the exorcists. They were not creating measly Level Ones anymore, oh no. The Akuma that were appearing now were Level Threes and Level Fours. A Level Two would be spotted occasionally, but not very often. The exorcists still had their work cut out for them.

Luckily for the Black Order, almost all of the Innocence pieces were found. Only ten of the pieces were still missing. Hevlaska guarded all of the Innocence pieces inside of her, happy to have more of them to look over.

Lavi had decided that he liked his forty-ninth personality too much and decided to live as the personality "Lavi the exorcist". Bookman had actually shown a bit of sorrow over the loss of his apprentice, the one he viewed as a grandson. He had been quick to cover it up though and gave Lavi a smack across the head when he said that he was going soft. They did agree to stay in touch. It was decided that Lavi would act as a sort of pseudo-bookman, recording the history of the secret Holy War (that still seemed to be continuing with the Noah) and the Black Order through the eyes of "Lavi", his final persona.

Kanda had surprisingly decided to stay with the Black Order as well. He did not give a specific reason as to why, but he did say that he did not want to leave his friends behind. Yes, the proud Kanda had actually admitted that the people in the Black Order had become his friends. Komui had been very surprised to hear that, thinking that the Kanda that had said that had to be some imposter. Kanda was quick to amend that by threatening all of them that if they told anyone what he had said he would be quick to disembowel them all with Mugen. Komui then had no doubt in his mind that that was definitely Kanda.

His sweet sister Lenalee had of course wanted to stay with the Black Order, too. It was her home after all. She said that she and Komui did not have anywhere else to go anyway. Komui had no objection of leaving the Black Order.

So yes, all was good within the Black Order.

So why did he have this feeling in his stomach that something was going to happen?

Komui decided to take a break from the mountains of paperwork that cluttered his office, despite the vehement protests of an overworked Reever. Komui pointedly ignored him and walked out of his office and toward the dining hall. It was lunch time anyway. Well, now, he chirped mentally, let's go see what my favorite exorcists are up to!

After a few minutes of walking the almost endless halls of the building, he finally reached the dining hall. Within a few moments of searching, he easily spotted the children (yes, he still thought of them as children) thanks to Allen's mountain of food. What he saw made him smile fondly. He could see Kanda loudly shouting threats at Lavi, violently slashing Mugen through the air trying to cut Lavi. Lavi was laughing and bouncing around the table, skillfully dodging Mugen. Lenalee was cheering Lavi on, a bright smile on her delicate face. Allen, on the other hand, had long finished his food and was now cackling amused at the sight before him (Allen got a slight personality change when he merged with his Noah genes).

He walked over to the table, sat down and said with a smile, "I see all of you are doing well today."

"Hello, brother!" Lenalee greeted happily.

Komui leaned over and embraced his sister tightly. "Oh my darling Lenalee, I have missed you!" he cried dramatically. Lenalee giggled and squirmed out of the tight hug. Kanda stopped chasing Lavi and nodded to Komui as he sat back down at the table, sheathing Mugen. Lavi managed to slip way from Kanda and plopped himself at the table. "So Komui, what'cha doing here? We barely see you out of your office." Lavi asked. Kanda contributed by quirking an eyebrow in question.

"Oh yes Komui, whatever are you doing here?" Allen asked as he ended with a giggle. He had a grin stretched across his face, and was polite as ever. Komui noticed that along with his slight personality change, Allen started speaking a little like the Fourteenth—with a melodic lilt to his voice. He also acted a little…insane at times. Like the other Noah, Allen became amused at some of the…darker things in life. For example, when fighting Tyki and Road he would like to see how much destruction he could cause to them. He also started to cackle, rather insanely in Komui's opinion, at the most ordinary of things, often with a smile that split his face in half that would be impossible for anyone who was not a Noah. However, despite all of those slight changes, Allen was still the Allen everyone knew-the British teen with a martyr complex who would not hesitate to help one of his friends with a smile on his face.

Komui smiled back at them. "I'm just taking a break from the mountains of atrocious paperwork piled in my office. Oh, it's awful! So, I decided to leave Reever and the other scientists with the work."

Lenalee giggled, Kanda just rolled his eyes, Lavi snorted and then chuckled, and Allen gave a high-pitched giggle.

"Oh you're awful Komui," Allen smirked.

"Yes, I know I am. Anyway, what are you all up to today?"

"Actually," Lenalee started, "we really had nothing planned today. With almost all of the Innocence pieces almost found, there haven't been any sightings or anything lately. Also, the Akuma have been oddly inactive."

"Yeah," Lavi leaned back slightly. "It's like a miracle or something. Hasn't been this peaceful in a while. I think I'm going to enjoy today."

As soon as that was said, Allen's eye activated. "Guys!"

An explosion then rocked the whole building.

Everyone in the dining hall shot up at the noise. "There are Akuma in the main atrium!" Allen said to Komui. "Every able bodied person who can fight head to the main atrium!" Komui shouted over all the commotion.

Komui and the four exorcists ran out of the dining hall toward the explosion.

"What the heck was that?" Lenalee asked.

"I think I know," Allen said as they slowed down at the site of the explosion. "Look up." The group looked up and their eyes widened slightly at what they saw. Dozens of Level Threes and Level Fours were pouring in from the giant hole that was made in the wall. Komui saw Allen give a violent shudder as he looked at the Akuma and he then quickly turned away. Komui furrowed his eyebrows. What is he shuddering about? he thought in confusion. Above all of those Akuma were two solitary flying Level Fours. Standing atop them, looking proud at the chaos they were causing, were Road and Tyki.

"Hello there, exorcists." The grin on Tyki's face was the definition of malice.

"You just had to jinx it, baka usagi!" Kanda shouted at Lavi.

And with that, the chaos began.

The other exorcists were taking care of the Level Threes while Allen, Kanda, Lavi and Lenalee fought against the Level Fours.

Komui moved behind a large slab of stone by the wall where he would not get in the way and not be seen. He bit his lip and clenched his hands. There was nothing he could do. Damn it all! He was boxed in all sides—the wall to his back, Allen's battle right in front of him, Kanda's and Lavi's battles on both sides of him, and Lenalee's fight in the air above him. He was very frustrated. If only he could get to the science department. Then he could get something that would be able to help. He hated feeling useless.

Road smiled down at Allen, as though she had good intentions. "Hello there, brother dear. Why are you still with the exorcists? We both know that you've turned into a Noah, so why don't you just come with me and Tyki, hmm? Come with your real family, Allen."

Tyki smirked. "Yes, shounen. I really am tired of this fighting. Why don't we make up? We could have a nice poker game and work things out."

Komui saw Allen positively bristle at Road and Tyki. "I may be merged with the Noah genes in my body, but I am definitely not part of your family!" he spat. "The Black Order ismy family!" Tyki scowled and shifted position, and Road let a frown pass over her dark gray face. "So be it."

She jumped down from the Level Four she had been standing on and charged, hurling her dangerously pointed candles at lethal speeds at Allen. Allen did not let that faze him, though.

"Crown Clown, activate!" The white cloak of Crown Clown wrapped around his body, protecting him from the deadly candles.

Komui was positive that Allen could handle himself; he was a general, after all. With that worry aside, he turned his attention from Allen's fight to Lenalee's. He craned his head above him to see Lenalee jump in the air.

"Dark Boots, activate!" Her anklets changed into high heeled boots. In the middle of her jump she flipped and axe-kicked a Level Three in the head, instantly killing it. It exploded and sent a large amount of debris falling to the ground. Komui quickly ducked and covered his head to protect himself from the falling debris.

Within the span of a few minutes, Lenalee had destroyed ten Level Threes. While doing serious damage to the enemy, she also received some damage to herself as well. She had a deep gash on her shoulder that was bleeding freely. Her left arm was limp, indicating some serious injury. A broken or a dislocated shoulder, perhaps, Komui's scientific brain told him. He was too far away to be sure. He could, however, see several slashes littering her legs. She was slowing down, clearly tired and running out of energy. Komui clenched his hands so hard that his nails dug into the flesh of his palm and broke the skin, making his palms bleed. If something happened to Lenalee…his little Lenalee, Komui thought he would no longer be able to live with himself. He sighed in relief when she finally got rid of her last opponent with a powerful, speed enhanced kick.

He shifted his position toward Lavi's direction when he hear Lavi shout, "Ozuchi Kozuchi, grow, grow, grow!" Lavi's hammer extended as he swept across a large spans of space, taking out both several Level Threes and Level Fours. Lavi jumped high in the air to dodge an attack that was aimed for his legs. He started rapidly spinning his hammer above his head, glowing seals appearing in a circle. Lavi swung his hammer down as he hit one of the seals. "Fire Stamp: Hellfire and Ash!" A large serpentine torrent of flames erupted from the seal and shot forth, engulfing the rest of the Akuma in his area and successfully destroying them. Komui was able to unwind his hands from their tightly clasped position now that he was sure that Lavi had defeated all his opponents and would be okay.

Now, Komui again turned his focus toward the last battle, Kanda's. What surprised Komui was that Kanda had actually already finished his fight. There were various Akuma parts scattered across the ground. Akuma blood had been sprayed across the walls, the floor, and on Kanda's clothes as well. Deep gouges and slashes, undoubtedly from Mugen, scarred the walls and the floor. Komui gave a short, slightly hysteric, laugh. Now why would he have to fret about Kanda? Kanda would be more likely to impale himself on his precious Mugen then admit he lost against any Akuma.

With their fights over and done with, Kanda, Lavi, and Lenalee were able to go and help Allen. When Komui turned back to Allen, he could see that Allen was actually on par with Tyki and Road. Even though that meant that he could keep up with them, it also meant that he was receiving an equal amount of damage as well. Allen's body was littered with deep scratched and gouges from Road's candles. He had deep, painful looking bite marks that were bleeding, courtesy of Tyki's man-eating Teaze. He looked worn and tired, but he had a determined gleam in his eye that said he would finish this for good, right here and right now.

Lenalee and Allen went after Road while Kanda and Lavi attacked Tyki. Tyki looked like death warmed over when Lavi and Kanda were through with him. He stood on shaky legs, bleeding profusely and swaying in place, not able to move. Lenalee was able to slip past Road's candles, and she gave her a sharp kick to the head, effectively knocking her into Tyki. Tyki fell to the ground with a pained grunt and Road laid on top of him in a dazed state from Lenalee's kick.

Now that all of the Akuma were destroyed and the Noah were about to be killed, Komui was able to crawl from his hiding space and join the exorcists with guarantee he would not be attacked. They all stood in a semicircle around Tyki and Road; from left to right, it was Kanda, Lenalee, Allen, Komui, and Lavi. Allen stood in the middle, slightly closer to the Noah than the rest of them.

Allen grasped his left wrist with his right hand and pulled, drawing out his Sword of Exorcism. He walked over and stood over the two Noah. Komui was surprised when he saw Allen's skin change from his normal alabaster tone to a dark ash color. His eyes changed from their normal soft mercury to a hard blazing gold. His hair was no longer straight, but wavy.

It was no longer Allen Walker standing above Road and Tyki.

It was Neah Walker.

"Well now," Neah's melodic voice rang throughout the whole atrium, "it seems this dispute will finally end after such a long time. Isn't that right, Road, Tyki?" Tyki answered first. "You…you who betrayed the Earl, who betrayed us—your family—have the gall to mock us? How dare you!" he had to pause as he coughed up a mouthful of blood. "We were your family, but you chose the side of the exorcists!" He spat out the word 'exorcists' like it was some foul curse.

Road was able to regain enough coherence to talk. "How could you, Neah?" her voice was slightly shaky, quite unlike her normal playful tone. "We took you in. We rescued you from the wretched humans and gave you a life amongst betters."

Komui could tell just by looking at Neah, that Road had said the wrong thing.

"Wretched humans?" Neah's tone and volume made everyone jump in surprise. Neah's voice normally sounded like some kind of instrument. His words would still be the English language, of course, but the tone behind his voice would sound like a certain instrument, depending on his mood. Neah's mood was usually calm and happy, a lot like his nephew's in that sense. Now, however, it was quite different. The words that flowed out of his mouth sounded like sharp, angry violins. Komui had to refrain from covering his ears; it was not painful, but he really did not like the difference from the usual Neah.

"Those wretched humans you speak of were, and still are, my real family. The human Mana was my brother. My beloved older brother! The human Allen is my nephew. The only thing I have left in my life! You speak as if you are betters. You are gravely mistaken." Neah hissed out. "You all and the Earl took me away from Mana. You made him start to lose his sanity. When I died, by the hands of your Earl, whatever sanity he had left shattered! You all brought Allen torment. Your beloved Earl manipulated Allen into bringing back Mana as an Akuma. Mana was forced to curse his precious son! Allen was forced to kill Mana, the only one who ever showed him any form of kindness!"

Komui was wide-eyed at this point. He looked around and saw that everyone else was as well. They were learning more about Allen in these few minutes than they had since they met Allen. Komui himself knew that Allen "killed" his adoptive father and brought him back as an Akuma, but he was not so sure that everyone else knew that.

Neah was not finished just yet. "Allen was left in a dangerous catatonic state afterwards." That made Komui let out a slight gasp. He had no idea that Allen had been in such a state. It pulled on his heartstrings to know that the white-haired exorcist he had come to think of as family had gone through such things. "Screaming out in pain as his cursed eye bled; pleading forgiveness from Mana as he was tormented by his nightmares; slowly wasting away from neither eating nor drinking…those were the norm for Allen."

Komui heard a high-pitched gasp to his left. He turned and saw Lenalee covering her mouth with her hands. Her eyes were wide and overly bright, indicating tears that had not yet fallen.

He looked past Lenalee and saw Kanda. Kanda actually looked surprised at what he was hearing. As opposed to his normal stoic demeanor, he apparently had no regrets of showing any emotion on his face at the current moment. His face was paler than normal, lips were parted in a silent gasp, and his eyes, like the others, were wide but not to the same degree.

To the surprise of everyone, Kanda and Allen had started to show a brotherly relationship a few months ago. Allen often referred to Kanda as his older brother, and Kanda referred to Allen as "Otouto", little brother. Lavi had actually feared for Allen's life when he first heard Allen call Kanda big brother. He had then proceeded to pass out when Kanda had not killed him with Mugen, but instead called him his otouto.

Kanda still called Allen "Moyashi" more often than "Otouto", though.

Komui turned to the last person in their bunch, Lavi. Lavi's face was the epitome of sadness. His eyebrows were furrowed and his eye half lidded in sorrow. An ugly frown pulled his normally smiling lips downward. A tear could be seen slipping from his only good eye. Lavi and Allen had a brotherly relationship from just about the moment they met. To Lavi, Komui could tell that Allen was like the wonderful little brother who was oh so much fun to tease.

Right now, angry tears started flowing freely from Neah's eyes. "The only one who is my family now is Allen!" Neah brought up his arm and stuck down the Sword of Exorcism through Road and Tyki. The two Noah screamed in loud inhuman, grating voices that made everyone cover their ears. After a long few moments they stopped. They seemed to freeze in place. Their mouths were wide open, as were their eyes. Soon, their bodies started to crumble into large stone-like pieces, which then disintegrated into ash.

Neah leaned heavily on the Sword as if all the energy from him had been taken away. He then fell to his knees, no longer able to hold himself up. "Neah!" they shouted in surprise. Kanda and Lavi reached Neah first and they both grabbed one on his shoulders. Neah was hunched over and his frame was shaking slightly.

"Neah," Lenalee asked gently, "are you alright?"

Silence reigned throughout the whole atrium for several long moments. Finally, Neah lifted his head. Everyone was surprised at his face. He had a sad smile on his lips and tears continued to flow from his golden eyes. "I k-know that they were my enemies," he started shakily as he looked up to Komui, "so…why am I c-crying?" Komui quickly engulfed him in a hug and rubbed his back. "It's okay. It'll all be okay."

A while later, the dark color drained from Neah's face and his hair became straight again. Allen looked up at Komui with wet mercury eyes. "Thanks Komui," he said with a small crooked smile. "Neah was tired and he's taking a rest now."

Komui smiled and pulled Allen up to his feet. "I understand," he replied.

Allen pulled his Sword from the ground and turned it back into his black metallic, clawed Innocence arm. Crown Clown remained activated though, wrapped around his shoulders in a cloak.

"So it's finally over?" Lavi asked softly.

Kanda said simply, "It seems so. All the Noah are dead, now."

"Then why doesn't it feel like?" Lenalee questioned.

"I'm not sure…" Allen trailed off.

Now that Komui thought about it, as he looked around he noticed that the four exorcists still had their Innocence activated. Why would they have their Innocence activated? The fight is over. We won.

Komui paused for a second before he asked uncertainly, "Do…do you all sense something?"

The exorcists were looking around the atrium with shifty eyes. "It's a…feeling of sorts." Allen said. "It's hard to describe."

Just then, a beam of purple energy shot from somewhere in the atrium, hitting Allen square in the chest. "Allen!" Komui shouted in shock.

Allen stumbled back a few steps. He was very wide-eyed and his mouth was forming inaudible words. He seemed to be trying to take in extra air he did not need. Crown Clown immediately deactivated and Allen's arm changed from the metallic black clawed arm to its normal state. He then fell down on his butt, leaning on his hands.

Everyone quickly gathered around him. "What happened? Are you okay, Allen?" Lavi asked the questions everyone wanted to know the answer to. Allen got his breathing regulated and rubbed his chest. "Yeah…" he ground out painfully. "I'm okay. I have no idea what the hell that was, though."

Kanda frowned. "It looked like dark matter."

"No, that definitely wasn't dark matter." Allen's voice seemed to get weaker as he continued. "Trust me; I know…what dark matter feels like. But…I can't hear Crown Clown anymore." Allen frowned.

"What!" the other three exorcists shouted in shocked.

"Y-Yeah…I…" Allen trailed off as he passed out.

"Allen!" Lavi exclaimed.

Komui had no idea what Allen meant. Why did the others react so seriously? He turned to the others. "What did he mean he couldn't hear Crown Clown?" He got no answer, though.

"Oi! Moyashi!" Kanda tried to wake Allen up. It was no use, though.

"Dammit. Did anyone see where that came from?" Komui asked the exorcists.

"No. I didn't see any—AH!" Lenalee was cut off by the same purple beam of energy that hit Allen. Just like what happened to Crown Clown, Dark Boots deactivated and changed back into their red anklet form. "Lenalee!" Komui scrambled from Allen to Lenalee. Just as he got to Lenalee, he heard Lavi shout. He turned to Lavi and saw him on the ground, Ozuchi Kozuchi a few feet away from him in its deactivated state.

"Lavi!"

"Komui! What the hell is going on?" Kanda shouted as he held Mugen tightly in his hands.

"I don't know!" he yelled frantically. Three out of four powerful exorcists were taken out in mere moments of each other. Komui looked around the whole atrium until something caught his eye. It was a Level Three Akuma that was charging up another purple beam. Komui quickly spun around and pointed at it for Kanda. "Kanda, over there! It's an Akuma doing all of this!"

Kanda was just able to throw Mugen like a missile before he too was struck with the purple energy. Mugen impaled the Akuma right in the middle of the head. The Level Three screamed before exploding. Komui covered his face with his arm to protect himself from the dust and smoke. Komui heard Mugen clatter noisily to the floor. Once all the smoke and dust cleared away, he could see Mugen on the floor, deactivated. He kneeled down to check on Kanda.

Unconscious, just like the others.

Thoughts and questions raced through Komui's mind. Each of their Innocence has been deactivated. Since when could Akuma do this?

After what seemed like forever, more scientists, finders, and exorcists (1) finally spilled into the wrecked atrium. Komui stood and ordered, "I need medical assistance for these four exorcists immediately! Everyone else, start searching for any survivors!"

Everyone scrambled to do as ordered. Komui immediately pulled Reever aside and explained to him what happened. "I need you to look at the remains of that Akuma. I need you to find out how it was possible for an Akuma to deactivate an exorcist's Innocence like it did," he told Reever as he pointed in the direction of the destroyed Akuma. Reever could tell that Komui was quite serious. He nodded. "Understood, chief."

Komui turned away and walked to the four downed exorcists. He saw them being taken away on stretchers. A sad expression passed over his face as he saw each of their unconscious faces.

Allen, Lenalee, Lavi, Kanda…what happened to you all?

Apparently, the bad feeling in his stomach that had been nagging him the whole day was right.

Published:6/12/12; Edited: 8/12/15

(1) Since so many more Innocence pieces have been found, more exorcists have come into the Black Order. However, none of them are worth mentioning. They shall remain nameless

A/N: Okay, here is my first D. Gray-Man fic: Special Bonds! This story shall be told through Komui's POV. I hope you all like it. Please leave reviews so that I can know what I am doing right or wrong. If you all have any questions, ask in the reviews or PM me.

A/N 2: I have a D . Gray-Man blog! I will be posting news and art for this fic on there. It's ms-musicl0vertheexorcist . tumblr .com (remove the spaces)