A/N: Ok well this is my first attempt at something like this, go easy on me. I'm really not sure how far I'm going to take this at all, or how long it's going to be. I've never attempted to write anything yaoi related before besides Roleplay stuff, and I've never written a DGM fanfic before. On that note, I really doubt I'll be able to write hard yaoi for this, but if I do I'll give a warning before hand, because right now I think this may be more of a 'lime' than a 'lemon' fiction.

So yes, this is going to be an attempt at a more AreKan fiction, but I'm fearing already that it might turn out more Yullen than I had intended, we'll see. I got this idea while the Olympics were on in February and I've been trying to come up with some more ideas since. Some quick notes: Ignore ages. I really don't know how old you have to be to compete in the Olympics and I also doubt Tiedoll would have anything to do with snowboarding, but it just works better for my plot this way.

I do not claim to own D. Gray-Man at all, it's Hoshino-sensei's creation not mine. Enjoy!

Chapter 1: Carrying the Torch

Cold air greeted him as he left the airport. A gust of it blew the hood of his coat right off his head.

He could hear the shouts of the news reporters as they caught sight of him.

"Kanda, what do you think of the competition this year?"

"Kanda, do you have any strategy on how to take the gold medal this year?"

Question after question. He ignored it all. Most of the reporters spoke in English, which he could understand fine, but others spoke in languages that he'd never heard before. He had become used to this, however. Especially after all the world competitions he had won.

He glanced at his coach, an old man with thick glasses, Tiedoll, "Oi, are we heading to the village first?"

Tiedoll managed to find one of the Japanese team's buses and walked towards it, "No. We have to check in first, and besides, don't you want to get a look at the competition?"

Kanda threw his bags in the compartment under the bus, "Che, what's the big deal with that this year? Everyone makes it sound like some messiah has come!"

Tiedoll laughed as they climbed onto the bus and took their seats, "Not a messiah, but some new and fresh faces have appeared this year," He rummaged around in his pockets and withdrew a long list of names and statistics.

Kanda had seen this list many times before, and just cocked an eyebrow up slightly at his coach.

"There's a new British boy, that supposedly was found by a famous coach one day. The kid was trained privately and then competed for a place in the Olympic team and blew away the competition."

Kanda took the list from Tiedoll and glanced it over. He recognized several of the names, but when he looked at the British team's top ranking member, sure enough it was a name he'd never seen before. "Who was his coach?"

"Cross Marian." Tiedoll watched Kanda's expression as the name sunk into his mind.

Kanda's eyes widened a little bit, "The Cross Marian!"

After his coach nodded slowly Kanda relaxed back into his seat, "Well that makes things more interesting, then."

"Keep up, Stupid Apprentice!" His coach barked at him from over his shoulder.

Allen sped up, carrying his coach's bags along with his own.

Many people were staring at him. He could only assume it was because of multiple reasons.

First, his physical appearance. Allen was practically an albino, with a nasty scar over his left eye.

Second, the rumors the media had spread about him. That he was some great snowboarder who came out of no where, and third, that he was obviously the famous Marian Cross' pupil.

Cross was hard to miss and he was very well known around these people. He'd won more medals than any boarder before him, and according to all women, he was extremely handsome.

Now as Allen was trudging along he was shocked when a hand grabbed one of the bags from him.

Allen looked up to see a red haired boy, not much older than himself, with an eye patch over his right eye.

"Hey there!" The red head smiled brightly, "Thought you might need a hand." He talked as if he and Allen were old friends.

"Thanks," Allen said shyly, "S-sorry, but who are you?"

"Me? My name's Lavi," He smiled brightly again, "And you're Allen Walker, correct?"

"Um, yeah... how do you know my name?"

Lavi chuckled, "Who doesn't know your name around here? You're practically the 'Harry Potter' of the Olympics!"

"Oh, I see. I didn't think that I was that well known," Allen said quietly.

"With a coach like Cross? Believe me, you're very well known. That guy's a legend."

A crowd had formed near one of the entrances. Many of those in the crowd were reporters, all talking quickly about the athletes that were entering the building.

"Speaking of legends," Lavi said as a girl with long green pigtails walked into the building, followed closely by a man wearing a white cap and glasses.

"Who are they?" Allen watched how gracefully the girl moved her feet, and quickly assumed she was an ice skater.

"She's Lenalee Lee, the top figure skater from China. That man with her is her older brother, Komui Lee, he's not an athlete or anything, he just acts like Lenalee's body guard." Lavi said as he watched the Chinese figure skater.

Lenalee spotted Lavi in the crowd and smiled. She and her brother made their way over to Lavi and Allen through the crowd.

"Yo Lenalee!" Lavi waved.

"Hello Lavi," Lenalee smiled gently, "It's good to see you again," Allen was shocked at how flawless her English was, and beautiful her voice sounded.

Komui was looking at Allen and Lavi suspiciously, which made Allen very self conscious.

"Oh Lenalee, this is Allen Walker, the new Brit in the snowboarding competition," Lavi placed a hand on Allen's shoulder.

Lenalee looked at Allen and smiled, then bowed slightly, "It's a pleasure to meet you Allen,"

Allen bowed slightly and smiled back, "It's a pleasure to met you as well."

"You're Cross' pupil, correct?" Komui spoke up.

"Yes I am. He... a... he..." Allen glanced around, searching the crowd for his coach, realizing he had lost him.

The reporters at the door grew louder, their cameras flashing in a crazy frenzy.

"What is this all about?" Allen stood up on his toes to try to get a better view.

Lavi looked at Allen, "The Japanese bus just pulled in,"

"So?"

"So? Didn't Cross have you learn about those you'd be up against?" Lenalee looked shocked.

"N-no..."

Lavi sighed, "It can't be helped," He pointed towards a slim figure who was standing next to an older man, "That there is Yuu Kanda, he's your biggest competition."

"He?" Allen stood on his toes again, now able to see that the figure was in fact a male. At quick glance Allen had mistaken him for a girl. The boy, Kanda, was tall and very slim, he had long black hair, that was tied up into a high ponytail, and dark blue, almost black, eyes.

Lavi chuckled and waved at Kanda, "Hey Yuu! Yuu, over here!" He glanced at Allen, "He gets that all the time, but just don't let him know you think his looks are girly."

The older man looked at Lavi and waved, he then whispered something to Kanda.

Kanda looked annoyed, and reluctantly walked over to Lavi and the others. "How many times do I have to tell you to not call me by my first name, Baka Usagi!"

Lavi chuckled again, "Good to see ya too,"

Kanda nodded in greeting to Lenalee and Komui, then his eyes fell on Allen, a frown covered his face, "Who's the moyashi?"

Allen looked up at the Japanese man with a confused expression, he had never heard such a word before.

"This is Allen Walker, the British snowboarder," Lavi said excitedly.

Allen held out his hand to Kanda, "It's a pleasure to meet you,"

Kanda glanced at Allen's hand then at Allen's face. "So you're the newbie that everyone is blabbering about."

Allen slowly lowered his hand, "Uh, yes, I am."

"Che, well we'll have to see how good you are on the course." With that he turned and walked away.

"Did I say something?" Allen looked at Lavi, confused by the dark haired man's words.

"Nah, Yuu just is shy, he doesn't like to talk with others much, especially after... well... Hey, I see Cross over there, come on."

With that Allen and Lavi said goodbye to the Lees and then walked over to Allen's coach.

The whole while Allen was left wondering what Lavi had been about to say.

A/N: Done with chapter 1! Yeahs! I know this is kinda boring now, don't worry I'll try to make it better soon! I don't care for how FF formats the paragraphs and spacing... it looks kinda weird to me, but w/e.

I need your opinions on some thing: What kind of snowboarding should Allen and Kanda be doing? *Cross or half-pipe* I'm just curious because I can't decide yet. *Pretty much if you don't know snowboarding well, I'm asking if they should be racing or doing tricks separately*

Let me know ok? And please review with constructive criticism.

Thanks!

~Torra