Hey all! What's up? This is gonna be a full length story. (The outline I made is telling me it might run up to chapter 40.)

I haven't written this way in a long time, so sorry for the errors. (Even though I've re-read it like a million times.)

This story is currently being beta'ed by my sister and myself. English is not my first language, so sorry for my poor grammar. It's not intentional.

Rating: T for now (Will go up to M later)

Coupling: Kanda x Allen, Lenalee x Lavi, OC X OC

Disclaimer: I do not own D.Gray-Man or any of the characters associated with it. They all belong to Hoshino-san, Shounen Jump, Viz, and any other respected copyright holders.

I only own this storyline and the original characters that may appear throughout this fan fiction.

Warning: This story will eventually contain Yaoi and strong smut. (Boy x Boy love). I am not responsible if you read it and are disgusted.

PLEASE DO NOT FLAME!

Author's note: () Words inside parenthesis are being said within the character's mind.

Allen:( Kanda is a sexy beast.)

Also, the tale of the Crimson Tear is based loosely off of the game Legend of Heroes, A Tear of Vermilion.


Moonlight and Midnight

Chapter 1: Crimson Tears

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"Soft light that envelops the night sky

gives birth to a new place in time.

Where one needs the other

just to survive.

Silver lining that ties the night sky

gives us an eternal bond,

graced by god's love.

The line that follows the darkened waters

Moonlight and Midnight."

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Allen took a deep breath as he closed the cover after he finished reading the small passage. The book, which didn't seem like more that 100 pages long, had caught the young man's attention.

It was beautiful, with all it's black leather covering and golden lining and it was an automatic reaction to take it with him.

Lenalee, who had been with the boy for a good portion of the day, sighed contently.

"Allen... that's really pretty."

He smiled at the Chinese girl and pointed to the book in his hands.

"This book was sitting on the table in the cafeteria. It looked interesting, so I took it. That poem was in it."

"I wonder who likes poetry around here. Russell-san does but..."

Allen gently traced the intricate, golden markings on the cover. The poem itself was nice but it was the deeper meaning of it that had struck a chord in his heart.

"…'a new place in time', huh?..." He whispered to himself. Timcanpy fluttered its wings on Allen's shoulder.

"Allen-kun?"

"Oh! Ah, sorry..."

"I said, it looks like it was checked out of the library."

"Hmmm…"

"Oi! Lenalee! Allen!" Sounded a familiar voice.

"Hey, Lavi. What's up?"

The red-haired boy smiled. The young man had been spending almost all of his time at the order nowadays. Bookman had told Lavi that he could stay as long as he kept up his studies and didn't forget his place.

The two teens smiled at their hyperactive friend.

"Ah! I was so bored. I just got back from a mission in Germany. One of the girls said 'Ein was für sonderbares schauendes Zicklein.' That means I'm hot, right!"

Allen, who still wasn't good with foreign languages, shook his head.

Lenalee chuckled under her breath.

"Urr…I'm pretty sure she said 'what a weird-looking kid'. Actually, I'm positive that's what she said."

Lavi pouted but grinned again. "I guess my looks are too refined for someone like her."

Allen chuckled, which caught Lavi's attention.

"Hey, Allen? What are you doing with Yu-chan's book?"

"Eh?"

Allen looked down at the book for a moment before he snapped back to attention.

"EH!? It's Kanda's book!?" Allen and Lenalee asked simultaneously.

"Yeah, I saw him secretly check it out of the library. He got mad yesterday when he lost it."

Lavi paused for a moment.

"Oh crap, Allen! YOU took Kanda's book!"

"I-I didn't know!" Allen declared in a panicked voice.

Lenalee ran her hand through her shortened hair.

"(So…Kanda likes poetry? Even I didn't know that.)"

Allen sighed. "Does this mean I have to bring it back to him?"

Lavi laughed. "Don't worry Allen, I'm sure he won't kill you……or if he does, I'm sure he'll make it painless."

"How reassuring…"

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Down the hall, Kanda was ready to go report to Komui about his next mission when he spotted Allen staggering stupidly down the hall. Why was it that he always ran into that stupid bean sprout?

He decided to ignore it but when Allen caught sight of him, he shrieked loudly.

"Gah! Damned Moyashi! Don't yell so fucking loud. I haven't slept in days…"

"Ah heh…yeah…sorry." Allen slowly looked up at Kanda as he rubbed his temples. Dark circles could be seen under his eyes.

That meant two things. One: He was telling the truth about not sleeping in days and Two: He must be extremely irritable.

"(I'd better tread lightly.) Um, So Kanda, I found this in the café and didn't know if it belonged to anyone…do you know by any chance?"

Kanda opened one eye and immediately opened the other one.

"Hey! I've been wondering who stole it!"

Allen raised his hands to his face, a defensive gesture.

"I-I didn't steal it! I found it on the table and picked it up. I took it with me without realizing it."

"Hmph. I'm taking it back." Kanda declared, quickly plucking it out of the younger exorcist's hands.

"Uhh…you're welcome?" Allen said sarcastically.

"Whatever." Kanda walked around Allen and kept going.

"Sometimes…I really wonder how someone who's such an asshole manages to get around." Allen growled to Timcanpy, before he walked off to meet with Lenalee and Lavi again.


"How'd it go?" Lavi asked smirking.

"The same as it usually does. He insulted me and left on his grouchy way." Allen sighed.

Lenalee sweat dropped. "Ah heh heh…"

"Allen!" Called a sweet voice.

"Eh? Oh, Miranda."

Lenalee smiled. "Miranda, how's it going?"

The dark haired girl smiled bashfully.

"Ah, Lenalee-chan…it's going well."

Lavi grinned. "So, how badly did Komui reprimand you for breaking his favorite mug?"

Allen covered his hand with his face.

Miranda sighed, frowning. "He put me on toilet duty…for a week...even after a mission...sigh." Her face turned blue as that familiar aura of depression began surrounding the German woman.

"Heh…THAT sounds bad…" The Chinese girl gently placed a hand on Miranda's shoulder.

"I'll talk to him about it, after he speaks to us."

"Eh? Whattaya mean?" Lavi asked.

Miranda snapped to attention. "Oh, right! Komui-san wants to see you three."

Lavi and Allen blinked at each and Lenalee sighed.

"Well, we'd better go."

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The Twenty-nine year old supervisor was sitting at his desk, talking to Kanda when Allen and the other two walked in.

"Komui-san--eep! Kanda…!"

"Che…Moyashi…"

Allen frowned and whispered under his breath. "Bakanda…" This readily got a laugh out of Lavi.

Kanda, not wanting to make a scene in front of Komui, ignored the insult, although he would be sure to remember it later.

Komui simply smiled.

"Glad to see you Allen-kun, Lavi." Then, it began…

"Ah! Baby sister!" The supervisor cried out in joy, tightly embracing the girl who popped a vein at this.

"Niisan… this really isn't the time…" She growled through gritted teeth.

"Ah, sorry, sorry. I was so happy to see you. Did you grow again?" He asked smugly which out him a whack upside the head.

"Yo, sister complex! The mission?" Kanda asked, clutching his fist as so not to lose his patients. Lavi swung his arm around Kanda's neck.

"Come on, Yu-chan, lighten up a bit! We're all one big family!"

"DON'T CALL ME BY MY FIRST NAME!" Kanda yelled, unsheathing his sword, attacking Lavi with it, causing him to crash into Allen.

Allen fell to the ground as did Lavi.

"(One very dysfunctional family.)" Reever noted from his spot behind Komui's desk.

"Kill two morons with one stone…" Kanda snorted.

Lavi plopped up on his elbows and grinned down at Allen who blinked.

"Hey, we've gotta stop meeting like this." Lavi smirked which caused Allen to push at his shoulder.

"Stop it, Lavi. Get off."

"Aww…you're so cute when you struggle."

Komui grinned down at them. "Now, now boys. None of that wily-nily stuff here. I asked you all here because I need to ask my top Exorcists some things."

"There's one of us here who's out of line then…" Allen whispered. Kanda smirked, seeming to be in an even fouler mood than he was in previously.

"I guess that means idiot Moyashi should leave then…"

Komui sweat dropped. "Uhh…ahem, well…anyways, there have been strange reports of disappearances worldwide, in some specific locations. The disappearances were, at first, nothing for us to look into but now I hear there have been reports of Akuma in the area. We have reason to believe innocence may be involved."

"W-What exactly is happening?" Allen asked, concern in his voice.

"Well…" Komui began. "Have you ever heard of the Crimson Tears?"

"Crimson Tears?" Lenalee asked.

"Yes…it is a jewel that was lost a long time ago. A blood crystal, if you will. Eh…the legend goes...

Once upon a time, in a land filled with war and magic, a young boy named Akai was left tragically alone after the church he lived in was destroyed by some religious martyrs called Lucifer's Apostles. His family had all died long ago, except for his sister, who had been kidnapped by the martyrs for their own devilish purposes.

After wandering for a couple of mouths, he made it to a small rural village were there lived another young boy, who immediately be-friended the traveling boy.

The village boy was the only child in the village and had been leading a life in isolation. He poured all his affection towards this stranger.

Having known no love other then this, Akai fell in love with the blond village boy. The village boy, in turn, fell in love with the other but the village did not approve of this relationship, so they sent the boy and his lover into exile.

Akai begged the villagers not to send one of their own out but the boy simply smiled, saying that all he needed was him.

Thus began their maddening and deep love. They traveled together and never separated from each other. Akai searched the lands for his sister, who was known as "the daughter who was loved my god".

On their travels, Akai was reunited with his sister, who had escaped the hands of Lucifer's apostles.

He became a fine swordsman and began living the life that he had always wanted. But one day, the evil force that had taken away his beloved family at one point, attacked again.

Akai gave it his all to protect the only ones he loved but he was gravely injured, almost to the point of death.

Before the final blow, the village boy, the one the traveling boy had met, stood in front of his love, taking a sphere to the heart.

He died in his love's arms, telling him that he wanted him to live and be happy. Akai let out a cry as loud as the ocean when it crashes upon rocks.

The blood of his lover, blanketing his hands. The boy's blood glowed hotly as if calling to something out in the distance.

Because his feelings of love were so strong, the Greek god of love himself, Eros, appeared before him.

" This boy who has died in your arms was one of my angels of love. I shall let you forever be with the one you love…" Eros then gave the boy a sword that glowed with a soft, red light.

"You know what you must do…." Whispered the angel of love.

The village boy smiled; finally gathering the rest of his strenght, he slayed the monster.

He then kissed his only sister as if saying good-bye.

She begged him not to go but he claimed.

"I have already died…but fear not, dear sister. I shall be an angel of love who will watch over you."

Placing his lover's head in his lap, he stabbed himself with the sword Eros had given him, transforming him and his lover into Eros' angels.

Eros, touched by the love that the two boys shared, turned the blood that stained the grass into a crimson jewel for them to be remembered. Because the village boy that had died had spiritual magic within him, it is said that the jewel also held a spectacular power and had been sought out...but has never been found."

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Komui let out a breath. "Blah...I'm tongue-tied."

Kanda snorted. "Surely that's just a tale."

Allen thought about it for a moment. "I remember once… I was in London and I heard of this legend before. It's very popular among women. They say that the crimson jewel was beautiful but it had gotten sold to a twisted aristocrat and it was never heard of again."

Lavi nodded. "I read the same thing in a report that Bookman had in his collection. It said that it was actually Akai's sister who had possession of it last."

"Well, what does this have to do with the Akuma attacks?" Lenalee asked.

"So, I heard rumors about people seeing glowing bouts of red lights when people have been disappearing. I also hear that one woman swears that she saw a red jewel in the shape of a teardrop…Everything that has been going on has been romantically related."

"We're going on a rumor?"

"It's the only lead we have so far...besides, I've got a feeling that if the jewel does exist, it might not be magic but innocence…for all we know, it might very well be the heart."

"This might explain the Akuma attacks! Komui-san, let me go!" Allen yelled.

"Me too, Niisan!" Lenalee chimed in.

"Actually, you're all going."

Kanda grunted. "Komui, I'm more than capable of doing this alone."

"You!" Komui pointed at Kanda dramatically. "You are not socially capable of doing this alone. You all have your strength's. This is why I'm insistent that you all go."

"Che…"

"Guess that means, you're stuck with us, Bakanda." Allen said smugly.

"Damn you, Moyashi."

Lavi nodded. "So, when are we going?"

"Tomorrow morning. Be ready, all of you."

Allen, Lavi, Lenalee, and Kanda made their way to the cafeteria.

Lavi spoke. "This must be really serious if he's sending four exorcists."

Lenalee nodded. "Yeah…I wonder if there have many casualties."

"I'll save all the pretty girls!" Lavi announced. The Chinese girl smiled.

"Ha ha…that's if they don't think you're weird."

"Aww, that's mean, Lenalee. Do you think I'm weird?"

"Should I be honest?"

Meanwhile, Allen couldn't seem to get his mind of the poem he had read before. He turned towards Kanda, who looked like he would fall asleep sitting up.

"Kanda?"

"What?"

"That page you folded over…I really liked the poem. "Moonlight and Midnight" right?"

The black haired samurai looked surprised for a moment but his eyes narrowed back down.

"Hmph. Did you even understand it?"

"Kind of…one can't exist without the other…moonlight should follow midnight…and vice-versa."

"So…you like poetry?" Kanda asked incredulously.

"Not particularly…but I liked this one." Allen smiled.

Kanda didn't smile. That would be out of his character. But Allen could've sworn that he was a flicker of something that wasn't anger in his eyes.

"It was all right…guess you're not so annoying today. Just make sure you don't get in the way."

Allen sighed. "Yeah…It's a pleasure going on this mission with you too."

-End Chapter One-

TBC. Tell me if I should continue. Reviews always appreciated. Thanks.