Chapter 1: In the beginning

Raen: Hey guys! I'm back, this time with my first DGM fic! Yay! (Btw, this is also why I kinda sorta stopped updating my other thing. That and the plot bunnies have overrun my brain.)

Kanda: Tch. Just get on with it already.

Allen: *pops up* Don't be mean to her, Bakanda!

Kanda: What did you just call me, moyashi?

Allen: My name is Allen! A-L-L-E-N! …

Raen: *sweatdrops* Let's just…ignore them. Lenalee, Lavi, would you do the disclaimer?

Lenalee and Lavi: Sure! D. Gray-man and its characters don't belong to Raen-chan! If they did…Frankly, we don't want to think about it. Please read and review!

It was just a normal day at the Order. Or as normal a day as the Order gets, anyways. Kanda was just coming back from a mission. He stopped by his room quickly before going to seek out Komui. He figured that if he handed in his report how he wouldn't be bothered about it later. Maybe he'd get some peace and quiet. But before he even made it to the office, he could smell the scent of burning chemicals. "What the hell?" At this point, it was not so surprising that the hallway was filling with smoke. He contemplated just turning around and leaving someone else to deal with this…but he had already come so far. He kept walking, instantly regretting it. He was beginning to get light-headed and there were black spots in his vision. He paused to check his bearings. There was no way he would put up with this bullshit. Komui was going to die as soon as…well, shit. His knees gave out, followed by his sight. He fell to the ground, unconscious.

Little did he know that a similar fate had befallen his comrades. Lenalee was busy helping the science division because her brother refused to do his work when she first felt the effects of the weird smoke. She was just at the end of the hallway, and fell to her knees, dizzy. She passed out soon after.

Allen was wandering through the halls of the Order yet again, having been bored out of his mind at the lack of action, though that was probably a good thing. Despite the fact that these trips usually ended up with him hopelessly lost, he enjoyed the time he took to explore the place. It was really quite interesting. So Allen wasn't worried that he had no idea where he was or where he was going, he would find his way back eventually. Lost in thought, he turned the corner, finding himself in a foul-smelling cloud. Chemicals? He tried to backtrack, but was already beginning to get vertigo. Soon he found himself unable to remain upright, first leaning on the wall and then sliding down it. He was just barely able to form one last coherent thought before blacking out. This can't be good…

Lavi, as usual, was in the library. Bookman had assigned him various readings that he hadn't really started on and he had a report to complete. All of that in, well, in about a day. Lavi was completely and utterly screwed, and he knew it. He was just glad that Bookman wasn't around just then. As he was dozing off, a faint scent of something like smoke spread throughout the library. He wrinkled his nose, deciding that he'd need to go find the source. Following the scent, he was led towards the science department. Figures. The hall was filled with a thick vapor, making it hard to see. But maybe that wasn't just because of the smoke - Lavi's own eyesight was beginning to fade. He collapsed on the floor.

And now the smoke was beginning to fade. Someone in the science department had been smart enough to go get a fan, which was clearing the area even faster. They were surprised to see the four exorcists collapsed on the ground and gulped. They had a feeling that this wouldn't turn out well. The smoke had been some product of Komui's, and Komui's stuff never worked properly. It was like a rule.

Speak of the devil and he shall appeareth. Komui poked his head out of his office, having heard the noise the science division was making. "What's going on here?" He took a moment to look around before they answered. Was that…Kanda, Lavi, Allen, wait! HIS DEAR SISTER! Passed out on the floor! He rushed over to her, calling out her name. "LENALEE! MY SWEET, PERFECT BABY SISTER! WAKE UP! WHAT HAPPENED?!" Everyone that was awake sweatdropped despite being used to the exuberance the Asian man always acted with.

"Uh…Komui?" Johnny spoke up nervously, trying to get his attention. Unfortunately for him, he was ignored.

"KOMUI! Stop freaking out over your sister and help us carry them, all of them, into your office. And figure out what this bottle held!" Reever was, quite frankly, pissed. Why did his superior have to be so…so…ugh? He carefully picked up the bottle that had held the chemical cloud and shoved it at Komui, who had cowered behind a random science division member.

"This…bottle?" Komui took it and sniffed it delicately. "Memories, no. Fears, I don't think so? Persons, personalities…personalities! This is supposed to make people nicer! It was for Kanda, but it failed. I'm not sure what's going to happen."

"Oh. Well in that case, you're going to start making a cure. NOW."

"Fine. But if you hurt a single hair on Lenalee's head…" Komui trailed off, narrowing his eyes in warning before he trudged off to his secret lab. The others got split into groups to clean up the area and move the exorcists.

Raen: Okay, that's it for now! I'll try to update as quickly as possible. This is truly my first attempt at a multi-chaptered fic...we'll see how it works out. Ciao!