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Chapter One: Mission Acquired

Europe, Germany.

The 'UnderEye School' was well-known for its charity and generosity towards orphans or those in needs. It helped and allowed children who had no family or if they were short on money to receive an education and free boarding so they could support themselves later on in life. The school worked in a joint link with the 'Red Line Hospital' that shared its grounds. Those who wanted to enter the medical field had access to volunteer work, which could help to further their education. This was 'home'to most of the children who attended it. The campus was quite big, and it had enough dorms to house the many students that went there.

It was a little past midnight when a door in the school building opened from inside a classroom, and out stepped a young woman by the name of Cathy Shreel. She was thirty-two, with light blue eyes, and blonde hair that was pulled up in a bun with the help of a pen. She was the English teacher for the 'UnderEyes School,' and was well liked by her students. She made her way towards a door at the end of the hallway which across the top read 'Teachers Only.' Entering a four digit key code on a small number pad near the side of the door, she waited three seconds for it to unlock. Opening it, she made her way down three flights of stairs, coming to a stop on the third and last landing. Keying in another code, she opened a door that blended in perfectly with the wall around it. She closed it softly behind her, shivering slightly at the temperature drop. It was musky, cold and dark in the long hallway underneath the school grounds, the only sound coming from the 'click, clack' of Cathy's high heels. It was five minutes until she came upon another concealed door, pale light coming from a lit screen next it.

ENTER PASSCODE FOR ACCSESS was written across it, the letters stark white against the black of the rest of the screen.

Cathy quickly typed in the passcode, hoping she got it right as it changed every day. She held her breath as the seconds ticked by, and on the fifth one there was a hiss of steam as the vaulted door slowly unlocked, and swung open a few feet. Cathy slipped inside, the door closing shut automatically behind her. She blinked a few times as her eyes adjusted to the dim lighting in the large room. The room was circular in shape, big enough to comfortably fit five elephants. Computers of different sizes and desks were placed along the room at different intervals, making a clear pathway to two identical looking doors at the end of the room. Cathy walked over to them, taking the door to her right, keying in a code and swiping her badge underneath a scanner.

The door automatically opened and after entering it Cathy found herself in long hallway. There, lining the walls were pods about six feet tall, blueish water filling them. Inside each pod was a teenager or child that looked to be asleep or dead, one couldn't tell. There were thirty along each wall, switching from boy to girl. Cathy stared at the children in the pods, their bodies perfectly unmoving, only their hair swayed slightly in the water, for those who still had hair.

They look so…sad, Cathy placed a hand against the cold glass encasing a young boy. Like they're lost.

"You're late, Shreel." A masculine voice said behind her. Cathy spun around to find one of the teachers had come up behind her.

"I wasn't told that we were having another conference until just fifteen minutes ago," Cathy snapped, her shock turning to annoyance at being caught unaware. "Besides, what do you have to say for yourself, Fritz?"

The man—Fritz—brushed past her and continued walking down the hallway, leaving Cathy to jog a bit to in order to catch up.

"I was held up." He said simply. "The new Chinese teacher, Tachibana, was giving me trouble."

"At midnight?" Cathy asked sarcastically raising an eyebrow.

"No. Earlier today. He's being a little too noisy. I had to throw him off." They reached the end of the hallway, their conversation coming to a halt. They entered a small room, dimly lit that held three other men and four other women, seated around a conference table. Cathy and Fritz quickly entered, closing the door behind them and took their seats.

"Now that we're all here, let's begin." A man in his late forties with greying hair spoke up from the head of the table and opened a folder in front of him. "We need three more pods by the end of this week. Once we have retrieved those, our accord will be complete, giving each of us $200,000. Untraceable money."

Cathy raised her hand, and after receiving a nod of permission, she said, "I have a student compatible for one. No one will notice him missing."

"Good, Ms. Shreel. Bring the boy down to room Ab3 tomorrow after school. " The man replied.

"If I may," Fritz looked over at their boss and continued speaking after he was allowed, "Our contact is asking for those by the end of this week. Otherwise the deal is cut."

There was a murmur among those present and some voices started to rise until the man spoke again, addressing the men and women at the table. "Then she'll get them. By tomorrow you all must come to me with at least one possible candidate for the pods still needed. If not, we'll be using two of you." He stood up, made his way to the door, and opened it.

"Remember, if this goes down, there's no one but you who will get burned." And with that, he exited the room, the sound of the door closing echoed down the long, dark hallway.

In the pods lining it, the blue water moved.

A Day Later: Black Order HQ, 09:20am

Bam-bam-bam.

"Oi! Allen! Wake up for Heaven's sakes!" -bam-bam.

"Mmmppfff…?" Allen sluggishly cracked an eye open, blinking at the bright sunlight that was streaming through his window.

"Allen!" Allen recognized the voice as Lavi's and realized that it had actually been Lavi calling his name, not the Mitarashi Dango that he had dreamed of.

"What?" Allen called back, snuggling further into his covers, trying to block out the annoying knocking.

"Ya got to get up now!"

"Why?" Allen asked, his eyes slowly closing again.

''Komui wants us for a debriefing in ten!" Lavi yelled through the door.

"Okay…" Allen barley finished the word before he fell back into a blissful sleep. He was wide awake five seconds later when Lavi opened his door and jumped on top him.

"You have to get up now!" Lavi shouted in Allen's ear.

"Okay, okay!" Allen pushed the Bookman apprentice off him, grumbling under his breath as he sat up in bed, "I'm up."

"Good. I was only knocking at your door for fifteen minutes." Lavi got off of Allen walked over to the door. "Well, I'm off to wake up Yuu-chan!" He grinned and held up a trumpet (where he got that Allen had no idea). "Kanda's going to love this!"

Allen watched as Lavi walked out his door and disappeared around the corner. A few seconds later a very off pitched trumpet started to wail, quickly followed by a string curses and a yell of "Yuu-chan! Wake up!" Two minutes later he watched as Lavi flew past his door, a maniacal grin on his face with Kanda close on his heels, Mugen unsheathed.

Ten minutes later

"Good, you're all here." Komui Lee said as he entered his office and took a seat. He looked at the four exorcists who were seated or standing in various places of the room and set down the four black folders he had brought in with him.

"What's up, Chief?" Lavi asked sitting backwards on a chair, looking at Komui curiously. In place of his usual head band were white bandages, a result of waking Kanda up that morning with a trumpet.

Komui cleared his throat and opened one the folders.

"Yesterday I received a letter from an old colleague of mine in Germany. He teaches history at a school there, called UnderEyes School. The school takes in orphans or children in need and gives them an education and place to stay on the school grounds."

"What's this have to do with us?" Kanda asked bluntly as he leaned against a wall.

"Maybe a lot. In his letter he said that there was something off about the school. The other teaches act strange, and after school hours he's seen lights on in some of the classrooms. When he asked the teachers where they had been at night, they all simply replied in bed or doing late corrections on homework. However, he's noticed some strange happenings, such as students mysteriously disappearing and reappearing, sometimes completely different, or some had gone without a trace. No one seems to notice. All in all he says that something strange is definitely going on at the school."

"You think its Innocence?" Allen asked from where he sat on the couch next to Lenalee.

"We can't say for certain, there haven't been any other reports about anything out of the ordinary coming from that area."

"But there's still a big chance that it is," Lenalee said thoughtfully. Her brother nodded.

"So what's the plan?" Lavi spoke up.

Komui handed each of them one of the folders. "We're sending you four in as transfer students. That way you'll be able to figure out what exactly is going on without arousing suspicion. For the purpose of this assignment, Kanda and Lenalee are brother and sister, and Allen and Lavi will be your two best friends. You're all orphans, trying to get some education. The rest of the details are inside your folders."

"Kanda and Allen, best of friends?" Lavi grinned at the two of them. "This'll be interesting."

"Urusai, baka Usagi." Kanda glared at the redhead.

"Now, your goal is to find any Innocence, not kill each other," Komui said off-handedly. "Your train leaves in two hours, so make sure you're packed and ready. When you leave wear civilian clothing, and be on your guard." He looked over to Kanda, "You may want to hide Mugen, no need in pulling unwanted attention to yourselves." Kanda nodded. He looked at the other three, who gave nods or (in Lavi's case) a thumbs up.

"Good. You're dismissed'' The exorcists then got up and left the room.

"Doesn't this sound like fun, Yuu-chan?" Lavi smiled at the Japanese samurai and poked his cheek. Lavi then proceeded to run for his life.

"Allen-kun, did you eat yet?" Lenalee asked, ignoring Lavi's wailing and Kanda's shouting. For someone who was normally very quiet, Kanda sure could be loud.

"Ah, not yet," Allen ducked as something went flying past his head (was that Lavi's shoe?) and looked over at Lenalee.

"Come one then, let's go get some food." They smiled at each other and walked over towards the cafeteria.

This is sure going to be one interesting mission, Allen thought to himself as they entered the Dining Hall. But soon all thoughts of their upcoming adventure were replaced by thoughts of breakfast and what to eat.

UP NEXT: The Exorcists enroll in UnderEyes School, meet their teachers and fellow classmates and start to settle in. They soon discover that with all the school drama come some confusing events.

A/N: Well, there's the first chapter :) This story is an AU, just because that will make it easier for what I have planned (so the stuff that you know that wouldn't happen in Hoshino's Universe can happen here). The chapters should be updated weekly however it may take longer (and they probably aren't all going to be this long). Also, I have several ideas for this story, so it may take me a little while to sort them into some sort of thing that makes sense ;) Bear with me. There will be a bit of AllenXLenalee (if I can pull this off right) because they are so cute together.

Please tell me what you thought! I really would love to hear your views on this story, and if it sparked your interest, or if there's somethings you're confused/want to see. And your honest opinions please! (Just no flames).

Thank you for reading,

-Wondering Snow