I walk to the monitor room, curious of what's going on.
"Hey, Allen." Comes Lenalee's greeting from inside the room.
"Hi, Lenalee. What's going on?" I ask. She points to the monitors so I quickly walk over to look at them. The monitor is showing a picture of the gate where a lone figure is standing.
"It seems we might have a new exorcist!" Lenalee exclaims excitedly.
"Really?" I ask, surprised. Lenalee turns the volume up so we can listen to what's going on. I turn my attention to the screen.
"Prepare for a full body scan." the gate keeper warns me. I flinch as the light flickers over me. "Scan passed." the gate keeper states. I let out a sigh of relief as I tug on a strand of my long dark brown hair. This scan sure is nerve wracking. A black golem flutters down to greet me. But following closely behind it is a bright yellow golem.
"Welcome to the order." Comes a mans voice over the black golem. Before I can reply, the gate opens and two people emerge.
Allen's * Point * of * View
Me and Lenalee approach the young girl. She has dark brown hair and blue eyes.
"Hi, I'm Allen!" I greet the girl warmly.
"And I'm Lenalee. What's your name?" Lenalee asks in a very friendly tone. The girl seems slightly shocked for some reason.
"Uh." She stammers seeming to forget for a moment what her name is, then she recovers and replies, "Miaka Damish. Nice to meet you Allen and Lenalee."
"It's really great to meet you Miaka! So what are you doing here at the order?" Lenalee inquires.
"I got directed to the order by General Cross Marian because I have innocence." Miaka stammers.
I reel back, shocked. "You were directed here by Master? Did he do anything to you?" I ask terrified. What if he dumped a debt on her? Then, he's also a womanizer. My head starts to spin.
"Oh don't worry, he only dumped one debt on me which got me stuck with a bunch of traveling performers for a week. After that it was smooth sailing and to think I wasn't even his apprentice really. He said that was the price to the directions to the Order." Miaka says with a laugh. She grins at me.
"Well that much is good. You had me worried there for a second." I say with a sigh of relief.
"Let's go inside." Lenalee says with a smile. When the door shuts behind us Lenalee asks Miaka, "So how old are you?"
Miaka responds, "Fifteen. How old are you?"
"I'm fifteen and Lenalee's sixteen." I tell her.
"That's really cool that you're our age Miaka. It's always nice to have people your own age around." Lenalee says. For some reason Miaka smiles at this.
"So are there any more people at the Order around our age?"
"Well, there's Lavi and Bakanda." I state and glare at the ground annoyed at just the thought of the dark samurai.
"What he meant to say was Kanda. Allen and Kanda don't get along very well." Lenalee tells Miaka. It looks like Miaka is about to say something but she gets cut off when some one comes up behind her and hugs her.
"Lenalee it's so nice of you to greet our newest exorcist!" Komui practically shouts. Miaka rolls her eyes.
"Ummm…. Brother…. I'm over here." Lenalee says. Komui immediately releases his grasp on Miaka realizing his mistake.
"Oh my. I can't believe I didn't recognize you my dear sweet Lenalee. Miaka just reminded me of you for some reason." Komui replies shamelessly.
"I'm so sorry for my brothers behavior Miaka!" Lenalee apologizes dropping her head down into her hands exasperated with her brothers behavior. I laugh at this strange situation.
Suddenly Komui is dragging Miaka down the hall by her wrist singing, "It's time to check your innocence!"
"Komui, come back and at least introduce yourself to Miaka!" I exclaim running to catch them.
Komui stops dead in his tracks, which makes Miaka run into him, and turns around to face me, "But she already knows my name. Let's go and don't follow!" He skips off with the new exorcist, who oddly doesn't seem freaked out by Komui.
I turn to Lenalee and ask, "Can you follow them?"
Lenalee smiles. "I'm concerned on how Miaka is going to take all this too. I'll see what I can do Allen." With that Lenalee takes off after Komui, who has already disappeared.
What should I do until they get back. My stomach growls. Well that answers that question. I head off to the dining hall.
Miaka's * Point * of * View
"Would you activate your innocence for me, Miaka?" Komui asks.
I nod my head and mutter, "Innocence activate!" Out of my hand emerges a bow and out of the other a glowing arrow. Komui's eyes widen in surprise.
"It's seems you're a parasitic type. How does your bow work?" He questions.
"Well, it can work as a normal arrow, but it can also control the elements. For instance if I was around water, I would shoot my arrow and I tidal wave would form around it if that is what I desired." I explain to the dark haired scientist.
"My, my, what interesting innocence! I always love new exorcists! Now to Hevlaska!" Komui declares. Once again, he grabs me by my wrists and drags me off to Hevlaska's chamber.
"So what's my synchronization rate?" I ask Komui again curiously. He had already told me a few times but I just wanted to make sure that number was right so I could commit it to memory.
"89% is what Hevlaska said. It's not going change every time you ask." Komui tells me. He hands me a slip of paper. "Here's your room number. Are you sure you can find it by yourself?"
I nod and tell Komui, "Yeah I'll find it. You probably need to get back to work anyways." With that, I start towards the area that Komui said was the area with my bedroom. "Let's see…" I mumble to myself as I walk. It says I'm on the fourth floor above ground level. I walk down the hall looking for the door that hid the stair way. I look up at the dead end I've reached. It should be one of these two doors. Which one?
Komui told me which one I should use but I can't remember what he said. Hesitantly, I reach for the door on the left. As the door creaks open, it doesn't reveal a stair way but a room with a dark haired guy holding a sword glaring at me angrily.
Wrong door! I quickly slam the door shut and fling the other door open. Of course the stairs. I fling myself up them trying to go as fast as I can. I hear the other door fly open and slam. Darn it! He's pursuing me! I'm so dead. As I run up the stairs, realization hits me. This must be the dark samurai that Allen was talking about. Kanda. I hear foot steps following me up the stairs. I push myself even faster. I have to get away! It sounds like he's gaining on me! I start to leap up the stairs instead of run. Finally, the number four shows up and I open the door and throw myself through it, slamming the door shut behind me.
I run in the hall and make a turn. I quickly think of my room number and as I'm running I look to see where I am. The numbers aren't even close. My room will be half way across the building. I can't keep this up much longer. I hear the door get shattered. He broke the door with his sword. If he catches me I'm going to be killed. You know what, I'd better get someone less scary angry with me then be caught by the dark samurai.
So I fling another door open and before me stands a man who has an appearance of a vampire. He looks like he was just about to open the door himself. I push him farther into his room and jump in after him. I close the door quickly but try not to make any noise. The man just looks confused.
I hear heavy footsteps approaching. He's still running. I dive under the bed to hide. Only a few seconds after I finish hiding, the door gets cut off the hinges. I watch from under the bed. Kanda stands there with a furious aura around him.
"Has anyone come in here." Kanda asks, his tone sinister.
"Kanda, what are you talking about and you look like you're ready to kill someone." The vampire looking man replies cautiously.
"If you see some girl, tell me. Cause I need to kill her." Kanda states furiously. Then he stalks off in search of me. I let out a sigh of relief. Well, I was right about him being Kanda. I crawl out from under the bed.
"Thanks so much for covering for me. I thought he was going to kill me." I tell him trying to wipe off the dust that now covers me. "When was the last time you swept under the bed, by the way? It's like a dust bath." I sneeze, then realize he's just staring at me. "I'm so sorry! Where are my manners? First I barge in your room, then because of me Kanda cuts your door down and I never even introduced myself. I'm Miaka Damish and I'm a new exorcist here." I finish, extending my hand towards him.
"Arystar Krory the third. Please call me Krory though. What did you do to Kanda to make him so angry?" Krory asks me, after shaking my hand.
"Well I kind of nearly walked in his room because I thought it was the stairway." I tell him and blush. "I know. Pretty stupid."
"I'm sorry Miss Miaka, but I was just on my way to a mission. So I hope you can find your way." Krory says politely.
"Oh no, I'm the one who's sorry. I shouldn't have barged in on you like this! I know where to go from here! Goodbye. Have a good mission." I exclaim as I flee his room. I head the opposite way that Kanda was going. Will I ever find my room?
So far, so good. I've made it to the other side of the building without running into the sinister Kanda. Let's see, I should be coming up on my room soon. I pull out the piece of paper Komui gave me with the room number on it. As I'm checking the number, I collide with someone and go flying to the floor. I look quickly, ready to run if it's Kanda I ran into. But instead of the dark haired samurai I expected, there's a redheaded guy sprawled out on the floor, just as I am.
"I'm so sorry!" I exclaim.
"No problem, Lena-" the redhead starts to say as he gets up, but then stops abruptly when he sees me. "Who are you?" He asks, surprised.
"Um, not Lenalee obviously." I say in a tantalizing tone.
"Hey, I'm sorry about that… it's just there aren't many girl exorcists. Plus, we don't get many new exorcists. But I'm Lavi. Now will you tell me who you are?" He asks as he gets up. He extends his hand towards me.
I take his hand, then say, "Miaka. Nice to meet you, Lavi."
Lavi hoists me to my feet then replies, "Nice to meet you, Miaka. I mean, it's not every day I get to run into pretty girl exorcist who literally knocks me off my feet."
I roll my eyes and laugh at his smooth talking. This guy is probably going to be a handful. "Well, I'm going to my room." I say and begin to walk away. But I see, further down the hallway, is Kanda.
"You don't have to go yet, do you?" Lavi asks. I turn around on my heel and start to walk quickly back to Lavi.
"Lavi, where's a good place to hide?" I whisper to him.
A questioning look enters his eyes. "Why?"
"Lavi, this is an emergency!" I tell him urgently. I glance back at Kanda. He would notice us soon.
"Well, my room is through this door." He says pointing to the door I'm standing next to.
"Thanks so much!" I exclaim. I toss the door open and dive through. Lavi closes it behind me. Suddenly, I hear someone running. It must be Kanda. I press my ear up against the door so I can hear what's going on.
"Stupid Rabbit, have you seen some random girl walking around?" Comes Kanda's furious voice. Sheesh… How long does this guy hold a grudge?
"I have no clue what you're talking about Yuu." Lavi replies teasingly.
"Shut up, stupid rabbit! I thought I saw you talking to someone!" Kanda seethes.
"The only person I've talked to resembles a girl, but isn't one. Oh wait that's Yuu!" Lavi bursts out laughing. I hear a clank of metal. Kanda must have attacked Lavi with his sword and somehow Lavi defended himself.
"Che. Stupid Rabbit." Kanda mumbles. After a minute or so of silence the door opens.
"You can come on out, Miaka." Lavi says.
I slip out of his room. "Thanks so much for saving me. He's been chasing me around with that stupid sword for a while." I say gratefully.
"What did you do to get him so angry? I mean he actually attacked me with Mugen. But then again that's semi normal." Lavi says with a grin.
"Who's Mugen? And how did you deflect his attack?" I ask.
"Oh Mugen is his sword which is also his innocence. I used my innocence." He states simply, as he pulls out a small hammer.
"But it's so small and Mugen is a sword. How could you defend yourself with something that looks like a little child's play thing?" I inquire.
"Hey, be nice to my hammer! And it's not tiny. Watch this." He grasps his tiny hammer in both hands then says "Big hammer, little hammer, grow, grow, grow!" With just those words his hammer transforms into the biggest hammer I've ever seen. My mouth drops slightly.
"Wow, that's so cool!" I exclaim.
"Now back to my question before. What happened with Kanda?" Lavi asks while leaning against his hammer. I sigh. There's no avoiding this, is there?
"I kind of walked into his room, because I thought it was the door to the stairway." I mumble.
Suddenly, Lavi falls to the floor laughing. His hammer lands with a loud clink. "Wow, that's kind of dumb!" He manages to exclaim in between breathes. I give him a death glare, then spin on my heel and begin to walk the other way. "Hey what's your room number again?" Lavi inquires. I turn around slowly to look at him. It seems as if he's already mocking me about something else.
"419." I reply steadily. Again Lavi bursts out laughing. "What's so funny this time?" I ask indignantly, very annoyed with the redhead.
Lavi gets up and puts his hand on my shoulder, then says, "Not only were you walking the wrong way, but you're also on the wrong floor."
"What?" I half question and half exclaim. "This is the fourth floor!"
"That's where you're wrong." Lavi tells me smugly. "You're on the positive fourth floor, which means above ground. Your room is the fourth floor below ground and if I'm not mistaken, your room is right next to Kanda's." He begins to laugh again.
"But…." I mumble, then I glare at Lavi and smack his hand off my shoulder. This starts his mocking laughter anew. I was right this guy is going to be a handful. He probably means well, but I'm just not in the mood for this right now. I stalk back towards the stairs and cross my fingers that I won't run into Kanda on the way down. I hear footsteps following me. "And just why are you following me?" I ask Lavi.
"Because, I need to make sure you find your room and also that you're not chopped to bits by Kanda!" Comes Lavi's cheerful voice. He runs to catch up with me and links his arm with mine. I roll my eyes.
"I hope you realize I'm asking for a room relocation as soon as I find Komui." I tell Lavi. The reason I tell him this, is because he seems to be plotting something, but I'm not sure what.
"Oh, I figured that much." He replies coyly. This guy is really starting to get on my nerves.
"I think you've accompanied me far enough." I say disentangling my arm from his.
"But we're only to the stairway and what is with all this rushing?" Lavi asks, tilting his head slightly.
"Someone from the science department was going to come to take my measurements for my uniform." I state simply.
"Alright." He replies in defeat. "But, you have to promise to come to the cafeteria as soon as you're done!"
"I was planning to anyways. I haven't eaten since yesterday." With that I take off down the stairway. Not even looking back.