A/N: Well, clearly, this is the first work I've published on here. Don't be too critical, it's only a test-prologue ;D And, for those of you who hadn't already guessed, the pairing here is Lavi/OC, though the first chapter will likely make that a little confusing~

Disclaimer: I don't own DGM (just lovely lil' Suvia-chan)

Lives of Contradiction

Prologue

"What on Earth is this despicable piece of filth?"

"P-please, sir, she's only-"

"She? You're expecting me to believe that this grotesque creature is female?"

"Sir, if you'd just-"

"Nonsense! Get it out of my sight!"

Scientist after scientist. Exorcist after Exorcist. General after General. All of them turned the slight, raggedy creature with the vibrant head of bleached hair away. All of them turned me away.

Not that I could blame them. If I were to be placed in their position, I might have done the same. After all, I was such a pitiful little thing. Extremely lacking in stature, next to no meat on my bones, barely anything covering my shuddering form. That is, until I came upon a certain Branch...a certain Experiment...a certain friend.

A year of peace. A year of happiness. Was it too much to ask? Did I, in recieving such a miracle, defy God himself?

Was that why, merely a year later, it was all torn away from me? If it was His will, that meant I had no choice in the matter. Did I still, somehow, some way, manage to make the wrong choice? What was I to do?

When you are me, you are never free. You are never alone. And that is never a good thing. They had me under watch, save a few rare moments when I had escaped. Even then I was duly punished. Strongly punished. They had my Innocence under Their complete control; if They did not wish for me to use it, then I would not use it. Their word was law.

I was helpless, no, powerless against them as they slowly dragged me away from the only happiness I had ever known.

In losing that, I had lost everything. I had succumbed to my very worst fear...

I had become Ink on Paper once more.

Yuu Kanda was a blood-thirsty, cold-hearted, Japanese, soba-loving scoundrel. Actually, I suspected soba was the only thing he loved. Sometimes I feared him. Sometimes, such as today, I felt a certain thrill sprint down my spine as I watched him from afar. Oh yes, today would be the day...Yuu-chan would pay dearly for pinning the blame on me!

Okay, so maybe it kind of was me who blew up half the Science Unit, but it was for a good cause! He didn't have to be a mean ole' tattle tale!

Now, though, my reputation was clearly at stake. What would all of my lady-fans think if I had a reputation for blowing things up? Actually, some might find it a turn-on...I was a bit of a pyro myself, and it sounded quiet appealing...

But nevermind that! I had prey to hunt!

"Yuu-chan...If I have my way, which of course I will, because I always do, people just love to fawn over me. Now that I mention it, I am quite the handsome devil, aren't I? I mean, really, I don't know what people see in Yuu-chan! I'm the real beauty, with my lovely locks of red and fiesty green eyes! And just take a look at my magnificent, sexy-"

"Keep your rants PG, Stupid Rabbit!" snapped the afore-mentioned Kanda, smacking me on the back of my head as he stalked by. For the Great Kanda could not walk properly, no, he had to strut about like a flamboyant peacock! You'd think he was the Queen of England or something, with all his false grandour and-"Stop mentally insulting the way I walk, idiot!"

"Jeez, Yuu-chan, you could be a little nicer...Anyway, I was going to say 'my magnificent, sexy hammer'! What's more sexy than a giant, element controlling hammer?" I retorted, a barely-suppressed grin threatening to make its way onto my face. I had to remind myself several times to keep a straight face; Kanda would only take me seriously if I was serious. But...it was so hard! How could he be such a stiff old prick all the time? Always with that ugly sneer on his face, glaring the life out of innocent-

"QUIT INSULTING ME IN YOUR IDIOT MIND, STUPID RABBIT!"

"Wow, Yuu-chan, ya' sure know how to blast some poor bloke's ears out~!"

"Stop CALLING ME THAT!"

"Calling you what, YUU-CHAN~?"

"WHY YOU-" Kanda began, drawing his sword, Mugen, from its sheath.

That was when, some distance away, I awakened from my endless slumber.

Edo, Japan

Vast numbers of Akuma had gathered in Japan, making it quite possibly the most Akuma-infested country in the world.

Meanwhile, the Exorcists stationed there were in a state of total chaos. They'd been completely outnumbered when they arrived, and the passing of time had only seemed to make things worse. Now they couldn't go anywhere without encountering a large group of the offending creatures.

What the Exorcists didn't notice, however, was a certain Ark, containing a certain Clan of Noah...

"Tykiii, I'm booored~! You have to play with me!" Road, the eldest of the Noah, whined as she spun Lero around, ignoring the umbrella golem's pleas for mercy.

Tyki sighed wearily; the last thing he wanted to do was entertain his surrogate sibling. "Why can't you just play with Lero?"

"Lero's boooring, I want you to play with me, Tyki!" The girl was only growing more and more excited. It seemed like Tyki had no other choice...

"Now, now, Road, don't go getting all excited~. I've got a special job for you two~!" The Earl chuckled, patting Road on the head. Tyki regarded him with cool indifference, only the faint smirk on his face giving away his inner-happiness. "Special" jobs were always the most...interesting. "Tyki-pon~" The Earl's garnered his attention; Road had skipped off to get a head start, leaving the two of them alone.

"Yes, Earl?"

"She's awake~"

Within The Egg

It was a strange, transparent feeling to be within the egg. Never quite awake, never quite asleep, always surrounded by a...feeling. Nothing definite, nothing that could be described in words.

Just a feeling.

I was floating, or perhaps I was merely suspended within the Egg; it seemed to be unaffected by things such as gravity. As countless days and nights wore on, I watched through half open eyes, not knowing what was happening. I did not need to know. There was the Egg, and there was me, and I was in the Egg. That was all I needed to know.

And that was how things were, as time passed. I did not really register time; it was there, of course, but I chose to ignore it. To me, time did not matter.

But then, everything changed.

Suddenly, time was all that mattered. I was awake.

So, what did you all think? Not TOO bad for the first, right? No? Okay, fine, it's not the best ever, but I tried. And I have a bit of an issue with making things long...So this is just a short little prologue. Short and sweet? Small and cute? No? Sigh...

~Tobi~