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The Kid around the Black Order
[Reader x Allen/Lavi/Kanda/basically almost every man she sees]
Within the Black Order, there were times where you could sneak your way out of situations and there were times where you could just simply not avoid them… There were other times when those times came coming at you like bullet and when you tailed your ass out of there, it still came after you (those times you had thought there was a homing device in one of those bullets) even when you tried to slice the shit out of it with your Innocence. Then there were the times when you just fucked it up for yourself… Well, in this story… these are one of those times.
Where We Begin
As you dragged yourself down the halls of the Black Order, you sighed as you tried to run your fingers through your hair. The mission you had been assigned to just had to be three months long — you didn't even know what month it was, and you weren't all that willing to find out. You had never been this tired before, and you thought that getting some sleep on the train would help. Yeah, well… it didn't.
Your clothes were in tatters (this was the fifth uniform so far) from battling some level two akuma that decided to come around as you were making your way to the train station. This little meeting caused you to almost miss your ticket home. That could've been bad, seeing as you'd have to wait until a week later for your next train. Your hair had been puffed up, and you had slight bags under your eyes. Not to mention that murderous aura that enclosed the air around you. It couldn't rival up against Kanda's natural one, but it was enough to keep people five meters away from you.
You really wanted to complain, but you didn't. It would just make you more tired, and what would be better than sleeping on the dirty, cold concrete floor of the Black Order?
When you reached the Science Division's doors, you didn't bother knocking. You pushed it open only to see that nothing changed. Reever and the rest were attending to seven sky-high piles of documents. Some were moaning in agony at how much work they had received, and Komui— as usual —was hanging onto Lenalee's leg as she was serving coffee with Allen to help out.
Komui's grip slackened on Lenalee's leg when he heard the door creak open. He turned his head in the direction of the door only to see you in all your exhausted glory.
"Ah! [Y/N]-chan! You're back!" Komui happily yelled.
You stared at him before answering.
"… Yeah. I'm back," you answered monotonously.
Everyone seemed to take notice of your presence and was starting to greet you. You nodded, acknowledging them.
"Ah, [Y/N]-chan!" you heard someone yell.
You turned your head from Komui to see the white-haired exorcist making his way towards you.
"How was your mission? Are you hurt? I'm glad you're back!" Allen said as he smiled.
You blinked at him, wondering if you should answer or not.
"My mission… was long. And I didn't like it all, but I found Innocence before all of those damned akuma did," you replied holding up the glowing jar of Innocence. "… I have a few cuts. And I'm glad I'm back too."
Everyone in hearing-range sweat-dropped at your frank answers, but continued on with their work. Allen gave out a nervous laugh mumbling something about taking care of the coffee; apparently he couldn't handle your intense gaze and decided to do something else.
"[Y/N]-chan~" Komui cooed.
"…Komui…" you replied.
"[Y/N]-chan~~ b34;" he sang again, this time some sparkles appeared by his head.
You twitched in annoyance; you were tired! You seriously didn't have time to deal with this, or else someone would have to scrape up your body from the floor due to the lack of sleep you had gotten.
You glared harshly at him, demanding that he stop with the foolishness, and turned his sparkles into ash in the process. When he stopped being stupid, you handed him the jar of Innocence and a manila folder with your report in it. You didn't feel like explaining, so you wrote it on the train-ride home.
"Wait! [Y/N]-chan—"
"I'm tired. Leave me alone," you grumpily said, cutting him off. "If you wake me up, someone's getting castrated," you threatened.
You didn't bother looking back to hear the flutters of paper and Allen drop the platter of coffee… You knew you'd get that reaction anyway. That was a new one…
It was silent when you left. Well, until Komui spoke.
"That's [Y/N]-chan~!"
The next day you woke up, blearily looking around. You sat up in the bed you were resting in and stared out of the window for a few moments before getting up and changing into your new uniform that had been sent to your room. You grabbed your Innocence and slipped them onto your hands. You flexed your fingers before you allowed your arms to fall at your sides.
When you stepped out of your room, you felt concrete and dirt make itself comfy atop your head. Your feet rumbled against the ground a bit. You sighed, you really didn't want to know what was going on, and knowing that it would just cause you trouble in the long-run, you just brushed off the dirt and continued walking to the cafeteria.
When you got to the doors of the cafeteria—or when you were four meters away from it—something latched onto your back and thus began your little thoughts of how this must've been another omen[1]. Honestly, it was just too early in the morning for this. You'd be happy to deal with Lavi another day when you didn't smell the on-coming stupidity around the corner.
"Lavi…" you began.
"[Y/N]-chan~"
"…What is it that you need." It wasn't a question, if book-man boy was so smart he'd certainly be able to catch your warning that clearly read, "If you don't detach yourself from my body this instant, I'll slice your head off and stuff your internal organs into some deep-fried bunnies, then use your testes as dumplings and feed it to Allen." …Or something along those horrid lines. [2]
Catching your murderous gaze, he quickly unwrapped himself from your waist and let out a nervous laugh.
"Haha~ I just thought you'd be lonely eating by yourself, so I've come to keep you some company [Y/N]-chan! I hope you don't mind~" Lavi happily explained. How can he be so energetic like this in the morning? You checked your wrist watch that read nine-thirty. Oh hell no…
"… I do," you replied as you continued to walk.
"Well that's just too bad, ain't it?" he said, winking.
". . ." You ignored him for the time being, but you knew it wouldn't last long. So you just ordered your breakfast with Lavi and sat at an empty table, and let Lavi run his mouth about a mission he went on so and so ago. You ate your breakfast slowly. Yes, you wanted to get away from Lavi… as soon as possible… but you weren't in any rush at the moment, and it seemed very peaceful; despite Lavi and his opened mouth….
A few minutes into breakfast, you brought your head up to tell Lavi to shut the hell up, because he was starting to get on your nerves. He hadn't even touched his food, and he was still talking. Your fingers twitched, you were very tempted to throw your fork at his face. Until Lenalee showed up and placed her hand on your shoulder.
"Good morning guys!" she greeted as she set her tray down. "Hope this seat isn't taken!"
"Morning…" you mumbled. "And no, it's not."
"Good morning! Hey! Have I told you that story about when I went to Venice and…?"
Oh dear God, he wouldn't stop now… You looked around and spotted Kanda ordering his soba noodles. You were very tempted to get up and ask him to train with you, and you were going to… until the wall of the cafeteria exploded into pieces.
You jumped out of the way as a huge chunk of concrete came flying your way. You coughed a bit and waited as the dust cleared. When you looked around for the others, you saw Lenalee in the air and Lavi crouched low on the other side of the cafeteria, but what you saw next earned you a huge stress-mark stuck to your head. This was exactly what you were trying to avoid… those fucking Komlin-robot things.
You jumped out of the way when it came running your way.
'Fucking things… they must be after Allen again…' you thought, sweatdropping as you recalled that day.
You snapped out of your thoughts when another chunk of the cafeteria wall went flying towards you. As you were in the air, you deadpanned. This just had to be the stupidity you were sensing earlier on.
'I should've just stayed in bed…' you bitterly thought, pursing your lips into a thin line.
Finally having enough of dodging numerous walls, you activated your Innocence and watched as the leather emitted a soft, almost white glow. It speedily extended up and stopped at your forearm. You silently damned Komui; it really just irritated you that you had to deal with these things on the daily-basis. It was a complete and total waste of time.
You punched the next wall that came at you and began to run towards the Komlin. You intended to end this quickly. You leaped up in the air and used the flying rocks as leverage. You readied your Innocence that had been transformed into a blade, and prepared to slice at the scruff when all of a sudden; its head twisted and sent a flurry of blue lasers at you.
'What the hell?' you thought. Was this supposed to be some new addition to the Komlin?
When one of the lasers hit you, you swore you felt your skin tightening. It felt as though someone was forcing you to put a tight suit on, and it was not fitting. Little shocks and sparks began to encircle your limbs and crackle from your feet and up. As other people watched, it almost looked like you were being electrocuted and being engulfed by some blue… cloud.
'What the hell is this?!' you thought, utterly confused at what was happening.
Your throat started to dry up and constrict, and it caused you to cough up some blood. When it was all over, you fell to the ground and watched with bleary eyes as feet came rushing towards your limp, twitching body.
"[Y/N]!" you heard a voice call out to you.
You opened your mouth to answer, but no sound came out.
'This… this is… bad…'
You couldn't feel much, but you could tell someone was picking you up. The corners of your vision began to gradually fade and you closed your eyes.
"Idiot!" [3]
BAM
"Do you realized what you've done?!"
CRASH
"She's barely making it out alive because of your dumb inventions!"
"I-I said I was sorry!" a sheepish voice squealed out.
BOOM
"Sorry isn't going to make her wake up!" a frustrated voice yelled.
"Um… guys… you probably shouldn't be doing that here…" one quietly suggested, as if they were almost scared to intervene.
"Yeah… bean-sprout's right… you might-"
"-MY NAME IS ALLEN."
"Heeh…"
SLAP
"You just don't know when to quit it, do you brother? We'll probably never know when she'll come around!"
"But— Lenalee—"
"D-don't… please don't cry!"
What the hell?
…
Why is there so much noise…? What time is it…? Why…
CRASH!
…Why is it so damn LOUD?
You cracked open one eye, but hurriedly began to close it again when the sunlight hit it. You quietly groaned… you didn't want to wake up now! What time was it anyway?
… Sleep sounded so nice though… you felt yourself get pulled back into that fluffy abyss…
CRASH
Your eyes snapped open and you abruptly sat up, throwing your pillow in the general direction of the noise.
Everyone stared at you wide-eyed. Komui held the pillow you unknowingly chucked at his face.
You glared at everyone as you spoke.
"…Shut… the hell UP," you screamed.
With that, you slammed yourself back into the bed you occupied and mumbled something about everyone being too damn loud and disrupting your beauty rest.
"[Y-Y/N]?"
You sighed and rolled over.
"What?" you replied, the annoyance tainting your tone.
"Is that you?"
"What are you talking about," you asked. "Of course it's me, dummy."
"…Wow… that's two more sentences she's talked today than the amount she usually gives me in a week…" mused Lavi.
"What are you talking about?" you demanded, aggravation clear in your voice. You sat up and glared at all of them.
"I'm tired. So get out." you demanded, pointing your finger to the door.
Instead of complying with your wishes, they completely ignored you.
Lenalee gaped, as of the rest of them. She picked up her jaw from the ground and slowly turned herself to Komui.
"Younger… you look… Brother… What was that laser the Komlin hit her with?" Lenalee asked. "She looks younger than she did when we were carrying her to her room a week ago."
Komui began to pick his jaw off the ground also and turned to his beloved sister.
"I… I don't know… this one was supposed to shrink objects, not… make humans younger… THIS IS GREAT!" Komui cheered, jumping in the air.
SLAP.
Lavi walked up to your bed that you were seated at. You were now crossing your arms pouting in annoyance at no one telling you anything.
"[Y/N]… How old are you?"
You looked at the cute boy with mild annoyance.
"Eleven," you stated.
ELEVEN?! You never noticed everyone gaping at you.
Chapter End Notes:
[1]- ... Reader-chan is very superstitious :O
[2]- I guess you can say that... "you"or Reader-chan is a bit creative with her threats...
[3]- If you're a bit confused, it starts out as Lenalee, then Komui, Lenalee, Komui, Lenalee then Allen's cute voice along with Lavi's XD
Kieri: Anywho-
Minori: Hoped you liked it~