Innocence of an Angel
Allen Walker hasn't been in the black order for a day and is already shocked by a ten year old girl that is happily hugging Kanda and calling him big brother. The shocking part is that Kanda is allowing her to do it too.
I have been having writers block for all my other stories and I randomly thought of this when I was watching the anime. I hate to write more than once story at a time but when an interesting idea gets in my head I have to write it down or at least an outline of it and I work on it when I have inspiration. Please no flames but do enjoy. I also don't own any of D. Gray-man characters.
Ch. 1 WTF!
Allen was finishing up his morning exercises as he thought over last night's events.
~(Last night)~
Gatekeeper was crying out in fear as Allen tried to reason that he wasn't an akuma.
"I'M NOT AN AKUMA!" Allen was crying out as he pounded on Gatekeeper's chin.
"DON'T TOUCH ME!" Gatekeeper cried out in fear. While they continued to argue until a figure jumped up on top of the gate. Allen looked up to see a man with long dark hair tied up in a high ponytail pulling out a samurai sword.
"You're either fearless or stupid for showing your face here alone," he said as he unsheathed his sword. Allen's face dropped as he yelled out, "Wait! There is a misunderstanding!" Not a second later the man attacked and Allen had activated his arm to defend himself. It didn't stop the man; he charged and sliced part of Allen's arm.
"You alright," he asked sarcastically asked," Cause your arm is about to explode." "It's my anti-akuma weapon! After all I am an exorcist!" Allen replied. The man didn't look happy at the answer, but turned his glare at the Gatekeeper. "Gatekeeper!" he yelled out aggravated. "But he has a pentangle on his face! Just because he says he's human doesn't mean it! I rather be safe than sorry," Gatekeeper started to stammer out.
"I told you I am human! Yes, I am a little cursed but I swear I am an exorcist!" Allen cried out as he pounded gatekeeper's chin again. "That's enough!" the man exclaimed as he activated his innocence, "the only way to know for sure is to cut you open." He now adjusted his stance before saying, "Prepare to be slaughtered." He started to charge towards Allen. "Wait there should have been a referral letter sent by my master general Cross!" Allen stammered out as quickly as he could.
The man stopped with his sword two centimeters away from Allen's face and stood there a monument before he slowly said, "A letter sent from the general." "Yes," Allen slowly replied with his hands up, "It was addressed to some guy named Komui." The two of them stood still for what seemed like hours, but it was only five minutes before the gollum said, "Stop the attack Kanda! He's friendly! Repeat! Friendly!" Gatekeeper didn't look happy but said, "Fine, open!" The gates next to either side of him started to go up.
"Allen Walker!" said a different voice from the gollum, "Your access has been granted!" Kanda glared and tighten his grip on his sword as he said, "Hey Komui! Mind filling me in." "Sorry about that! The kid checks out," the said in return. Kanda still doesn't put down his sword. "Let him go Kanda. He is General Cross's apprentice," the voice said. Kanda still didn't put down his sword until he was hit in the head with a clipboard by a teenage Chinese girl.
"Kanda, enough! Stop with the macho head games," she said displeased. He glared at her angrily as she continued. "Now you two get in before I close the gate," she threatened. When no one moved she said, "I said to get in!" Both men went in without saying anything and the gate closed behind them.
When they entered the building she spoke again, "Nice meeting you. I'm Lenalee, the chief's assistant." She started to turn as Kanda turned in the opposite direction. Allen noticed and said, "Kanda." Kanda stopped and gave him a sideways glare. "Please tell me I got your name right," Allen continued nervously, "No hard feelings?" Allen the stuck out his hand to shake Kanda's but Kanda simply said, "What fool would actually shake your hand knowing that you're cursed." Allen was left shocked as Kanda walked away.
~(end of flashback)~
'I don't get him,' Allen thought as he sat himself down in the chair he used to do his thumb pushups. 'I really doubt that he would be willing to put up with anyone,' he thought as he got up and put on a clean shirt. Then his stomach started to growl loudly. Allen placed a hand on his stomach and softly said, "Sound's like it's time for breakfast." Then he started to head towards the cafeteria.
When he entered it was like every other cafeteria. There were finders everywhere eating and chatting. Allen soon found the line to get food and got in it. It wasn't long before he was in front and ready to order.
"Hey there you must be the new guy!" Jerry happily said, "Oh my god you're such a cutie!" Allen was surprised but bowed and said, "Good morning! My name is Allen Walker sir." Jerry happily said, "Wow everybody check out the man that is on this one. What a gentleman." Then he turned back to Allen and asked, "So Allen Walker, are you hungry? I'll make you anything you want." "Anything I want," Allen softly said to himself, "Then I'll have."
As he started to list his order, a small voice loudly said, "Good morning big brother!" Allen turned to see a small girl hugging Kanda with a smile of pure sweet happiness. Allen Walker's jaw dropped in shock. There was a child at the black order, that said child is hugging Kanda, and Kanda just continued eating like it was no problem. Jerry simply leaned against the counter and said; "It is surprising, isn't it?" Allen slowly turned his head and said, "How is that possible?" Jerry simply smiled and said, "Flora there is the one of the few people that Kanda cares for. She has found a way into everyone's hearts in the past four years she has been here." Allen was shocked once again. "She's so young, how could she have been here for so long?" Jerry gave a small smile and said, "I'll let Lenalee explain that to you. Now I better start on that big order you gave me." Allen didn't even noticed he left since he was watching the little girl sit right next to Kanda and just started to eat. She only spoke a few times and didn't get a reply from Kanda but it didn't bother her, in fact it made her smile get wider.
Allen turned to see if his food was done when he heard someone shout, "What did you say!?" Allen turned and saw one of the finders was standing up. "You wanna say that again!" he shouted out this time. Then Kanda put down his chopsticks and said, "Be quite. Talk of dead people usually ruins one's meal." The finder was having trouble holding back his anger as he said, "We finders support you with our lives and you're saying you're meal tastes back!" The finder then tried to punch Kanda but he avoided it and grabbed his throat. "I didn't say anything about my meal tasting bad. I am referring to the child next to me that now can't finish her meal," Kanda coldly said. Everyone slowly looked at Flora and her plate and saw that she only ate half of it and that it was pushed away from her. Flora had an emotionless face on as she said, "Big brother, please put him down."
Kanda was about to let the finder go until he said, "You need to learn to grow up brat! You're becoming an exorcist, you need to accept death." Kanda just tightened his grip on the man's throat and said, "Watch what you say to her." Allen had seen enough and was now clenching Kanda's arm. "Stop it. This isn't the way to resolve things," Allen said. Kanda let the finder go and said, "Back off bean sprout." Allen let go of Kanda and said, "I'm Allen!" as he knelled down next to Flora. "Please finish your food. Jerry worked hard to make it for you. You shouldn't let what people say affect you," Allen said in a kind tone towards Flora. Flora let a small smile appear. Before Allen could comment on her smile, Kanda kicked him away from her.
"Stay away from her bean sprout," Kanda threated. Allen was now ticked off and said, "Sure, you were handling the situation perfectly." Kanda now was ticked off, "You stay away. You don't know anything about her." They started to glare at each other and everyone was running out of the room except Flora who just started to laugh. Both young men turned towards her to see that she was laughing so hard that she fell out of her seat and was crying. "You two are going to become great friends," she managed to say after she calmed down from the laughing fit. "I'm not going to be friends with him," both of them said at the same time which caused Flora to laugh again.
"Kanda! Allen! Get to the command room. Your missions are up," Reever called from behind Lenalee that was standing in the door way. Allen looked towards them and said, "Alright." Kanda turned towards Flora and said, "Finish eating then practice." Flora just gave him her sweet smile before nodding and saying, "Please get back soon." Then she got back in her spot to finish up her food as Kanda started to head towards the command room.
~(Time skip to Train)~
Allen stayed outside their compartment with Toma as Kanda was sleeping inside the compartment. Allen looked down at the cards Toma was dealing out before he decided to ask, "Hey Toma? Can you shed some light on Flora's story and why Kanda is so attached to her?" Toma closed his eyes and said, "I'm not surprised that you've asked that." Allen looked at him. Toma opened his eyes and said, "Flora came from a family in America. She only had her father and older sister but she was happy with them." Allen listened closely. "From what I have gathered, her older sister acted a lot like Kanda and always was looking out for her since they lost their mother. Their father did whatever job was available to support them. One day he fell sick and died," Toma paused for dramatic effect, "Her sister tried to take care of her and herself but for an eleven year old girl to find a job to support two people is impossible. Soon the Earl paid them a visit. Flora remembered the warning her father told her and her sister before he died and it was not to let anyone try to bring him back, but she couldn't stop her sister." Allen felt his heart clench, for he knew what was coming next. Toma looked down at his neglected cards before continuing, "Her sister was the one that called back their father. The Earl commanded that he was to kill both of his daughters and wear one of their skins. Flora was terrified and couldn't move as her father charged at her ready to kill. She would have died if her sister hadn't taken the hit for her." Everything was quite in the train for many moments.
"What happen after that?" Allen quietly asked. Toma then looked up at the celling before saying, "Her sister survived the attack but was slowly dying from the loss of blood. Flora was very over whelmed with fear and many other emotions a six year old shouldn't have to experience. She told us that she felt an over whelming urge to protect her older sister that she never felt the piece of innocence that collided with her until it was embedded into her back. The next thing she remembered was that she was floating with her sister in her arms." Allen was amazed and asked, "How did that happen?" Toma smiled even though it couldn't be seen through his bandages. "She had activated her innocence which gave her these beautiful wings of light. General Yeegar witnesses the whole event said she looked like an angel. When her father jumped and tried to attack them, she acted on pure instinct and flew right through him. Her wings sliced him in half and freed his soul. She had turned back to normal shortly after that and the Earl tried to kill her but General Yeegar stepped in and defended her. When the Earl retreated, it was too late to save her older sister. She had died from blood loss. Flora was now completely alone with no family. General Yeegar convinced her to travel with him back to the black order so she can train to become an exorcist when she was old enough. She had no other choice and went with him and I believe I should stop there."
Allen was very surprised but had trouble hiding it. "I can't believe that something like that could ever happen to someone," he said to himself. After a few minutes of silence Allen asked, "So what exactly does her anti-akuma weapon do?" Toma turned and faced him and said, "Flora's weapon is complicated to explain logically. So the simplest way to explain it is that it gives her flight, burn akuma bullets, and burn straight through akuma. Not too long ago, Kanda and Flora discovered that if she focuses hard enough that she can turn her wings into a barrier around herself." "Wow that's amazing. She will be a strong exorcist when she is older," Allen said with amazement. "Yes she will," Toma said as he started to shuffle his cards.
That's it for this chapter. I am now going to describe a little about Flora.
Age: ten
DOB: April 22
Hair color: Dark brown with red highlights, her hair is long and alternates it between one and two ponytails and occasionally braids it
Eye color: milk chocolate brown
Clothing: she wears mostly sundresses and always wears a necklace that is a lotus flower with fairylike wings on it. If you have ideas of what else she should wear please tell me and she doesn't get the uniform until she is an exorcist which probably won't happen in this story at all
Extra: She sees Kanda as a brother and a few select members of the black order as other parts of her family. Her weapon represents her purity and innocence (not the weapon innocence, the childlike innocence). There are times she will be clingy to Kanda but most of the time she is very mature for her age.
Please ask any questions if there is something you are curious about Flora. I will answer the best that I can.