Chapter 1: The Black Order, Breached

"I can't believe they haven't even noticed we're in yet."

"I'm sure they will soon, Win."

There was an edge to Daine's voice that her friend promptly waved away.

"Don't worry so much! Of course they will, and when they do, I'm sure they'll be happy to know that their security system sucks."

Daine sighed.

"Fine. I just hope they bring us refreshments when they try to torture information out of us. HOW DID YOU GET HERE? Would you care for a biscuit? WHAT IS YOUR PURPOSE IN BREAKING IN? I have chocolates, shortbread, scones, wafers, and tea cakes. ARE YOU ALLIED WITH THE AKUMA AND THE MILLENNIUM EARL? Two lumps of sugar, or three?"

She chuckled slightly as Win roared with laughter. Win clutched at her stomach and wobbled back and forth, though Daine knew there was little danger of her falling off the rafter on which they sat. Daine continued her little speech.

"I would tell them anything they wanted to know for three pieces of shortbread and half a pint of cold tea!"

Win snorted.

"Somehow, that doesn't seem appetizing."

Daine giggled.

"Really it isn't! I'm absolutely parched, though, and cold tea is better than none."

Win sighed and shook her head, grinning widely. Then, without any sort of warning whatsoever, she grabbed at Daine's sleeve and pulled her off the rafter even as she quietly and with a cat-like stealth dropped down. Win landed steadily on her feet and Daine only slightly less so, though she held onto Win's elbow for a bit of support.

"Win, I hate it when you do that."

"Awwwww, but it's fun!"

Daine rolled her eyes.

"For you, maybe."

Win giggled slightly and then pulled Daine towards a mountain of papers. Rather boldly, she pushed half of them aside until they were face to face with a man with glasses and the oddest hat. He stared at them.

"Who are you…?"

Win thought for a moment before she responded for both her and Daine.

"Bring us…a kettle of English breakfast tea, a glass, a gallon or two of milk, and a platter of assorted tea-time sweets, do make sure there are tea cakes, shortbread, and chocolate biscuits with that…and four loaves of pumpkin bread, maybe half a loaf of iced lemon pound cake, um…you know what, while you're at it, bring me steak, medium rare and some fettuccini alfredo. Hmmm…"

She turned to Daine.

"I got your tea, your sweets, your lemon pound cake…would you like dinner as well?"

Daine nodded, smiling sweetly. Win turned back to the man, who was gaping at them.

"Right then, fish and chips for Daine and…for me, along with all that up there, I think I'll have a hamburger with bacon, cheese, and ketchup, oh, and some sushi, and…NACHOS!"

She jumped up grinning happily.

"Yeah, that'll do for now."

The man stared at her. She glared slightly.

"Well, hop to it!"

He slowly stood up. Daine watched with one of those feelings in the pit of her stomach. Win clearly didn't have the same misgivings as Daine. The man stood stock still at his desk for a moment before lifting his head and bellowing "INTRUDERS!"

And thus the two strikingly lovely females found themselves captives. Daine had a sword to her neck and Win was literally being held in the palm of a boy with white hair's hand. They were on opposite sides of the room. The white-haired boy made a face.

"Komui, I hardly think this is necessary. Neither of them is an akuma."

The man with the glasses and the weird hat, Komui, apparently, narrowed his eyes.

"They broke in though, didn't they? That hardly serves as proof of their good character!"

Win pouted.

"We were just testing out your security system. It sucks, by the way."

Komui glared at her.

"I'll thank you to keep your opinions to yourself."

Win stuck her tongue out at him. Daine made to move forward but was stopped by the sudden pressure of a sharp blade against the soft of her throat. She stopped when she saw Win's eyes zero in at the line of red that had appeared on her throat. The white-haired boy freaked out at this.

"Hey, Kanda, wait! Don't go around slitting people's throats!"

The man behind Daine, whom she couldn't really see, tightened his grip on her shoulder and the blade in his hand flashed wickedly in the light at the slightest flick of his wrist.

"Intruders will not be tolerated."

Komui watched this for a moment before speaking.

"Kanda, Allen's right. At least for now."

He inspected each of the girls from where he sat.

"They don't look like much of a threat, but in any case, neither is armed nor shows signs of being a parasite type. I don't know how they got here, but they shouldn't have. Outsiders, whether of neutral parties or not, aren't permitted. I suppose we'll have to-"

"We'll have to kill them. Perhaps they are working as spies for the Millennium Earl. We can't risk it. He may have decided to send in two normal humans to trick us."

Kanda's sword was touching Daine's throat again as he interrupted Komui. Win opened her mouth to object but Allen beat her to it.

"We can't just kill innocent people!"

Komui inclined his head ever so slightly.

"I agree. It would be in bad form…plus, who knows what my darling Lenalee would say!"

Allen, Win, and Daine sweatdropped. Neither of the girls knew who Lenalee was, but the idea that their lives hung in the balance weighing against her approval was a bit ridiculous. Daine thought quickly. They clearly thought that they were normal humans, but even then, the best chance they might have would be…She looked up and caught Win's eyes. Clearly they were having similar thoughts. Daine looked at the floor and sniffled. Win glared at Komui.

"You made my sister cry!"

Komui was a bit perturbed by this.

"Er, I didn't mean to. I was just saying I don't think we'll kill you, but…"

There was a vicious snort from behind Daine, but she noted that Allen, whom she could actually see, unlike Kanda, was looking rather sympathetic. She looked to her sister.

"Win…"

Win made a disapproving noise before looking at Daine sadly.

"Sorry, Daine. I'm all the way over here. I can't reach you."

Daine nodded, biting her lip.

"I'm sorry."

Allen, clearly feeling really bad for them, moved towards Kanda and Daine. Komui made no move to stop them as he was clearly lost in some sort of scenario in which some evil captor made his Lenalee cry and he could do nothing about it. Win tried to hide her triumphant smirk. Allen moved a step closer to Kanda, who was holding Daine, and Win reached for her sister. Daine looked up and stretched until her fingertips brushed Win's.

Boom.

There was a sudden rush of power and Win disappeared. Allen looked around wildly as Kanda's sword was knocked from his hand and Daine was taken to Komui's desk. Komui was removed from said place and was sitting on the floor by Allen. Win reclined against his chair and put her feet up on a large stack of paperwork, knocking aside several pens and a few envelopes. Daine sat on the edge of the desk nearest their would-be captors and grinned.

"Right, it's our turn to talk."

Win and Daine nodded rather sagely as they finished telling Lenalee the story. Lenalee was laughing so hard she clutched at her stomach, her face red.

"That's so like you two!"

Allen chuckled, looking rather embarrassed.

"After that they sat us down and explained that they were both exorcists and that they'd come to work here and, well, here we are now."

Lenalee giggled charmingly.

"I'll bet brother had a great time explaining that to every one else."

Said "brother" walked up behind her, resting his chin on her head.

"I didn't hear the end of it for a week! It was awful!"

Allen, Win, and Daine all raised a hand in greeting at Komui. Daine quickly washed down a bite of cheesecake with a gulp of tea. She set her cup down almost forcefully.

"Komui!"

He looked at her.

"Yes?"

She had an aura of excitement about her that everybody noticed. They waited.

"Is it true that Win and I finally get to go on a mission?"

He grinned.

"Yeah, actually. I'm supposed to be calling the four of you down tonight."

Win's mouth popped open.

"'Ooo meenf we gethoo go wif Mawen nd Renlee?"

Daine lightly tapped Win under her chin to get her to shut her mouth as she still had food in it. Win turned slightly pink, but shrugged it off. For a parasite-type, she was a neat eater. Not as much as Daine, but Daine was crazy. Everybody waited for her to translate.

"You mean we get to go with Allen and Lenalee?"

Daine, Lenalee, and Allen all brightened up at this.

"Really?"

Komui let out a nervous laugh.

"Not exactly…"

The four seated at the table were about to ask what he meant when a sudden frigid aura seemed to engulf them and a black clad exorcist seated at the table behind them spoke.

"Stop being so loud. You're ruining my appetite with your whining."

Win looked like she was about to pitch a fit, though her mouth was full of a huge bite of steak. She was turning red. Daine hurriedly pulled on her sleeve to calm her down, but it was hard because she had already been excited by the prospect of finally going on a mission and that excitement had clearly been transferred to getting angry with Kanda.

"Geeh wha erk nuncars owt uuur apty t!"

Komui watched the scene with a building sense of anxiety. It was quickly snuffed, though, by his carefree nature. Either way, he wished to see how this would play out. Kanda, with his back to Daine, whom he was sitting behind, slowly put down the chopsticks with which he was eating his soba.

"My appetite has been ruined by the nonsense ravings of a pig. Thank you."

He stood up to go but that had been the final straw for Win. She swallowed, nearly blue in the face with rage now, and forced him to turn around by grabbing at his shoulder.

"LISTEN, ASSHOLE GIRLY-MAN EXORCIST, I AM NOT A PIG! DAINE, ALLEN AND I ARE PARASITE TYPES WE HAVE TO EAT LOTS OF FOOD TO STAY HEALTHY! AND GUESS WHAT, JERK? NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOUR APPETITE!"

Rather than slice her in half as Allen was rather expecting, Kanda tore her hand off him in a graceful movement and sneered at her.

"It figures that someone like you-an exorcist in name only-would have something to say in defense of eating so much food and never doing work."

It was at this point in time that Win absolutely, positively, and beyond any point of possible return, snapped.

"ARGHHHHHH! YOU BLOODY GIT, GET BACK HERE! INNOCENCE INVOCATION!"

She jumped after him with the claws that had promptly grown out of her knuckles. He drew his sword and parried her blow. Daine's face was white, and she turned to Allen helplessly. Her innocence didn't give her any combat ability, or anything useful. She was merely a catalyst.

"Allen, please!"

He nodded.

"Here, Daine, I think I might need your help for this one…"

He held his hand out to her and she took it, allowing him to pull her off the bench. She could see in his eyes that he was worried for Win. He turned around to grin at her.

"How 'bout a piggy back ride?"

Despite the current circumstances, Daine grinned at his choice of words.

"Sure."

He laughed and pulled her onto his back. She made sure to keep a good grip on his left arm, the one that was his anti-akuma weapon.

"Comfortable?"

She giggled slightly.

"You bet. Shall we go stop Win before her and Kanda absolutely demolish our lovely eating area?"

He smiled.

"Sure."

With that Allen invoked his innocence and sprang at the fighting pair. It was clear that Kanda was taunting Win, and that he wasn't fighting very seriously. After a month and a half of snide remarks from the Japanese exorcist, though, Win had clearly had enough. Daine's catalyst powers worked more effectively on Win than they did on anyone else, perhaps because Win was accustomed to it, or perhaps because Daine was closer to her than everyone else. Kanda, though, was a stronger exorcist in his own right, and never failed to remind the angry girl of that. Allen grabbed Win in his hand and Daine jumped off and tried to restrain Kanda. It was difficult, seeing as he was much taller and stronger than her, but Allen had grabbed Win in his hand in a way similar to what he had done when they first arrived at the Black Order's Headquarters and thus Kanda became Daine's problem.

"ALLEN, PUT ME DOWN!"

Win was furious. Allen laughed nervously and scratched the back of his head with his normal hand.

"Sorry, Win. I can't do that right now."

Win glared at him and debated whether or not to sink her claws into his arm. It was Allen, though, so she merely kicked at it. If he didn't wise up and let go, she would stick him, whether he would have to suffer through repairs or not.

"Um, Kanda, please don't hack me into little pieces."

Several feet away, Daine was undergoing a rather different situation. She had grabbed Kanda in the only way she could without risking getting her hands chopped off and whatnot. From behind. It almost looked as though she were hugging him. Kanda's hand quivered on his sword, perhaps as though trying to control the urge to strike her down then and there.

He didn't. All of a sudden, Komui started clapping. Lenalee stared at him rather oddly.

"Brother…why are you clapping?"

He grinned at the almost sheepishly.

"It's nice to see teammates getting along so well, isn't it?"

Allen, Daine, Win, and Kanda all exchanged looks.

"HELL NO!"

The Black Order, Breached/End.