Hello there! Well, this is my very first story. I'm in love with D Gray Man so expect many more (if they're actually any good and I have the time). I'd really, really appreciate some constructive criticism but please be nice, like previously stated, this is my first story. If you notice anything I can improve in or any mistakes I continuously make, it'd be a great help if you pointed them out :D Also, I'd like to inform you I HATE this chapter. I have this idea for a story but I couldn't think of a good start so this is the (terrible) idea I came up with. When I reread it, I don't think it's very well written but I will get better :D But I could think of nothing else so here ya go!

I'd like to warn you, I'm a very, very busy person. School's taking up a lot of my time so updates WILL be slow, but I'll do my best to hurry. Anyways...

Disclaimers: I do not own D Gray Man or any of the characters in it. All I own is my plot and any characters you don't recognize (like the akuma in this).

Warnings: There will most likely be cussing, there will be scenes of child-abuse and hints towards rape, but no graphic rape scenes or anything.

Pairings: I'm not positive but I am a yaoi fan so expect the parings to be some malexmale. I have warned you. Please don't read if you don't like that kind of stuff. I'm thinking either KandaxLavi or TykixLavi. But I have kinda hinted towards KandaxLavi in this chapter so that most likely will be the case (although I doubt much will be shown until the end-ish or in flashbacks. Also, possible AllenxLenalee (although I greatly detested Lenalee, so there might be some Lenalee bashing).

Plot: Targeted by an unusual level four akuma, the small group of exorcists have no choice but to run. When this evil monster catches up, they soon find themselves in another world. Or more like, a world that use to exist. They find themselves in Lavi's childhood, only in the form of ghosts forced to stalk the little redhead. The akuma's last warning in mind, they must figure a way out or face the possibility of being trapped there forever. It's soon, they realize, their good friend has more secrets then expected and his past isn't so bright.

Little White Lies

Fear

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil - Aristotle

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Pounding footsteps, as loud as an elephants in this quiet, resonate throughout the dark, dense forest. Boots thump rhythmically against the compact, hard dirt ground, leaving faint footprints in the bare, dusty soil. Bushes, shoved aside in their haste reach out their long thin arms, catching on the threadbare clothes of their prey, sending their victims away with small cuts.

They wheeze for breath, panting out harsh gasps into the frigid nights air. Fog expels from their mouths, the warm caverns the only part of their body actually remaining hot against the icy temperatures that enclose them. It mingles with the air around them, captured by the wind and stolen away into the nights sky. The frosty air burns their lungs at it makes its way down through their trachea and into the two organs that keep them alive. Their pulsing hearts thump rapidly against their chests, beating in sync with every brisk step they take.

They dash mindlessly through the woodland, blind to their surroundings in the utter darkness that has claimed the area. More often then not they crash strait into the colossal trees and send them rebounding to the dusky floor below.

After every fall they pick themselves back up off the ground, standing on shaky knees and burning thighs. After every trip they scramble up and push forward through the obscure brush, arms litter with tiny scratches that sear and itch. Bloody and bruised they stagger forward into the unknown.

They do not speak. They don't know why, but they dare not utter a word. In fear of the enemy hearing them, maybe, or possibly to conserve whatever air they manage to inhale into their flaming lungs. All they know is to break this almost surreal silence, with the only sound being their harsh pants and heavy footsteps, would be a sin. This mad race through a deadly forest now a desperate attempt at saving their lives. If they slow down even a bit, if the enemy manages to speed up, to catch them, the consequences are unknown but will undoubtedly be fatal.

Almost as one, each only a few inches behind the other, they burst into a wide clearing. They can not see it, for they can't even make out their own hand right in front of their faces, but the air is more clear here and there is no longer any resistance to their movements. This unexpected change sends them all tumbling to the floor, head over heels, feet in the air and landing in a jumbled mess on their backs. Breathlessly, they stumble to their unsteady feet, willing themselves by mind alone to keep moving forward.

One of the guys falls to his knees with a soft thud. "We're getting no where like this." He breathes.

"Where-where are we!" A girl manages to wheeze out, hands on knees as she hunches over.

"Doesn't matter!" A male hisses. "She's catching up on us. Can't stop now." He regained his breath the fastest, the others still panting for what little air they accomplish on sucking in.

Another male straitens up as he sends a glance around the clearing they've stopped in. "Which way?" Despite their desperate need for a break, no one objects.

The remaining member of their group lifts a limp hand into the air and lazily points to the south of them. "That way." He states and no one questions how he knows this. They immediately set off again, silence hanging over them like a thick fog once again, weighing them down.

"Keep running, exorcists." A shrill voice cries out quietly to itself in delight as it stalks after the small group, it's violet eyes shining bright in the dark, like two pools of luminous liquid purple. It's gaze never falters, never drifts from the backs of the group. "I'll catch you, no matter where you go. I'll snatch you up an' send you far, far from here 'till only one is left to sear." It giggles then, before continuing in vile glee. "Then I'll take him away and let him decay. His mind I shall slay and he will pay... pay... PAY!"

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I can see nothing ahead of me. Nothing to my right nor my left. Nothing up or down. Absolutely nothing. And it scares me. Ever since I was very, very little I only had the use of one eye. My other eye can see, of course, but I dare not use it in fear of the... consequences. So to lose my other eye is one of my greatest fears as I do not fancy being blind.

I can hear, though. I have, after all, been trained with and without sight. My other senses are keener then most and if I needed to, I could go on without sight. I can feel where the air is broken by the large tree's and therefore pinpoint where these monstrous obstacles stand. I can listen to the pants of my comrades and find out where they stand. Our footsteps are loud, making it easier for me to find them but my mind supplies the little fact it also makes it easier for the enemy.

Vulnerable, is what I really feel, however. It's over riding my senses and making me blinder then I have ever been. Irrational fear claims me. 'What if she's right behind me, above me, next to me?' And I have to force these pathetic worries out of my mind. This unrestrained vulnerability however, is impossible to wish away. I've always been able to see my surroundings in a fight, my mind memorizing it automatically without me having to even think about it, but here, if I can't see I can't remember. If I can't remember this place how will I mull over everything in my mind, analyzing every possible solution to get us out of here and to safety.

'We need to find shelter, to find light.' And I can't help wondering where in the hell is the moon! The nights bright sun. I mean, maybe it's out there and the tree's canopy are just shielding it from view but what if it's not. What if there is no moon. How do I know there's even foliage above us. What if there never is any light? And then I think, forget the moon, where the hell are we!

'Stop!' My mind hisses to me. 'Think. Stop panicking, you're only making the situation worse. Breath and calm the fuck down!' Sometimes I hate my mind, the sarcastic bastard, but right now, it seems much more rational then I, so listening to it's advice would be a good thing to do.

So I close my eye, because they're no help anyways and I let my body relax as much as I can in a situation like this. I let my other senses take over as I listen past my friends footsteps to everything else. I hear the rustling of the vegetation as we stomp on it in our rush. Suddenly, the harsh wind halts and I pivot to the right. My hand brushes against the rough bark of the tree I narrowly avoided. Nearby, I hear one of my teammates crash into another one. I'd help if I could but I can only sense my own path, what is in front of me.

Kanda is next to me suddenly. With his superior strength and stamina, he seems the lest tired out of us all and his breath pattern is somewhat normal. His footsteps are the heaviest out of all of us, I assume because of his muscle weight. I reach out and brush against his clammy, sweat coated arm. He startles, as if he didn't realize I was here, as I suspected. He would have plowed right over me if I hadn't made my presence known.

"Lavi?" He manages to hiss out between breaths.

"Yeah." I confirm, just as breathlessly. "Be more- more carful next time!"

I hear him nod, his clothes rustling as he does so. "Any idea's?" He asks.

I pause. 'No.' I silently whisper. 'I'm just as stumped as you.' But of course I won't tell him this, because I am not a hopeless kind of person. So I resolve to think harder, to come up with something. Am I not suppose to be the brainiac here. The smart one? Why have my brains deserted me in such dire circumstances.

At the gentle touch on my arm, I remember Yuu's waiting for a response. "Keep moving, Yuu." I whisper. "The tree's will have to end eventually." I extend my hand until it meets his own. I grasp it tightly within mine and give it a gentle squeeze, he responds with a stronger, more sure one. Yuu has always been a confident sort of guy, I suppose.

I am just slipping my fingers from his own when, as if by lightning, my senses come surging back to me in a rapid flash. I hear the near silent footsteps just behind me, ones that belong to none of my teammates. I notice that hot breath against the back of my neck that makes my hairs stand on ends. Then I feel them. Two hands grasp my hips, slender arms embracing my slim waist. I'm pulled back against a bigger body, their chest pressed flush against my back.

Yuu notices it too, as my finger desperately try to cling onto his hand but it's too late and I'm pulled from his grasp. The women holding me bends slight at the knees before pushing off the ground with amazing strength and we're hurtling up into the air. The second my feet leave the ground, I am helpless. At her mercy.

Yuu shouts to the rest of them, alerting everyone to our new predicament. I can't make out the exact words but they're now in a frenzy, searching blindly for me on the ground. I'm about to call to them when I feel her clench my chest in a vice grip, pushing the air out of my lungs and leaving me breathless. She lands on a thick branch, now looking down on them. Like the owl watches her prey from above, hidden by the nights darkness.

"Look'it what I caught!" She sings out in joy. "A little itty bitty exorcist." Below silence rings out as they all go mute, listening to this mad women. Correction, this mad Akuma in disguise. I shiver. An akuma is holding me! "We'll have so much fun, and before we're done, I'll let you run an' then I'll kill you with my big, big gun!" Her mad crackle sends a different kind of shiver through me. She seems so genuinely happy it makes me sick, and I'll admit, a tiny bit terrified for my life.

Then, she leans her head down to my ear. Her tongue ghosts over my hot flesh and runs across the shell of my ear, leaving a disgusting slimy trail. Letting out a breezy laugh, she whispers in a soft voice for me to hear alone; "And when you die, I won't deny, none will cry or even come to say goodbye!"

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Well, thats it for now! Like I said, I didn't really like the first chapter but I can't wait till the next! Anyways, I hope I won't take too long in writing it. Thanks for reading! Hope it wasn't too terrible!

DeathsScarletSecre