Disclaimer: I do not own the Dgrayman characters, never did and never will, no matter how much I like them. This is just a fan work, it is not for commercial use and is done solely for the sake of fan-girlism.

Forewords: A page in the Bookman's latest journal... lost, because Komui Lee torn it out and burnt it. Feedbacks are always welcomed and appreciated!

You May (Not!) Kiss The Bride

By Sceaduw

In the history of mankind, we had always walked hand-in-hand with war. This was especially true for generations of exorcists in their battle against the Millennium Earl and the Noahs. So many years, too many lives lost. But there was a time, when peace did born between us. Although just for a brief moment, everyone had hoped this peace treaty could signify the end of the bloodshed between humans and demons.

Well, almost everyone.

There was always something so valuable that one would risk everything to protect it. Love, for example, would have one risking the initiation of war all over again. Selfish, huh? Well, that was what we humans were capable of. Here I shall enlighten you with the little story of how nearly Lenalee Lee signed her marriage certificate and how close we were to signing the peace treaty with the Earl.

{part I}

The sun was shining, birds were chirping, children were playing. Everything was nice and wonderful in town. It was a fine, pleasant day. Too pleasant for Komui Lee to expect his little sister had become the chosen bride. He didn't know until he opened a pink letter from Malcom Rouvelier.

"WHAT!"

Komui clutched his chest painfully, choking and trying to breath. He fell off the chair and was rushed to the hospital ward by his coworkers. During the commotion, Reever picked up a piece of fallen paper beside Komui's desk. It was very elegant so it stood out from the piles of rubbish littering around Komui's workplace. Curious by it, he read the content. Then he immediately assembled the exorcists to the meeting room on Komui's behalf.

"Fellow exorcists! As you may all know, there will be a signing of peace treaty between the Vatican and the Earl this weekend," Reever addressed the few exorcists in the room, namely Allen Walker, Lavi the Bookman, Yu Kanda, Arystar Krory the Third and Miranda Lotto. They were the only Exorcists who would be of ultimate importance in saving the current situation. They nodded and were seemingly happy with the end of war. Reever swallowed hard and continued to announce in a grave tone, "This is an emergency! A crisis! In fact, the ultimate end of the world for our supervisor!"

"Why? What's going on?" asked Miranda, "Thanks to Allen and the Neah inside him, that we finally could stop the fighting!" The others were puzzled as well by Reever's odd behaviour. Reever took a deep breath and placed a pink letter on the conference table. The others crowded around to see what it was about. Lavi grabbed it and read aloud, "Dear Dr. Komui Lee, Supervisor of the Black Order, European Branch, we request the honour of your presence at the wedding of Miss Lenalee Lee and, WHAT!"

"NOOO!" "Oh, Lenalee!" "Ha!" synchronized responds from Allen, Miranda and Krory, as Lavi cried out.

Kanda was surprised too, but he was not responding as dramatic as the two exorcists who had dropped onto their knees in shock. He snatched the letter from Lavi's shaking hands. "Get up you two! Who's Lenalee marrying?" muttered Kanda as he took his glance from Allen and Lavi to the name written on the invitation. Whoever Lenalee would marry, if he did not approve of that man, he could always slice and dice him with his katana. He forbade Lenalee marrying an insignificant man.

"... bridegroom to be determined...," growled Kanda in disbelieve, "What the hell is this! Is this some kind of a sick joke?" Miranda took the paper and read again. The words 'bridegroom to be determined' was clearly written above the horizontal line next to Lenalee's name. She looked at Krory and then at Reever. "What is the meaning of this? What's going on? Where's Lenalee anyway? Have anyone seen her? We must ask her to clarify this!" she said worriedly. Krory nodded in concordance. This could not be a joke. The letter had the Vatican logo stamped at the lower right hand corner. In fact, the wedding was organized jointly by the Vatican and the Earl. The Earl had a skull stamped at the lower left hand corner of the letter.

"My dear fellow exorcists...," a weak voice whimpered at the doorway, "the time has come for the armageddon... " Komui walked into the room shakily, obviously not yet recovered from his heart attack. Reever went to his aid.

"Can someone explain this? What's this got to do with the peace treaty?" demanded Kanda as he glared at the two fellow exorcists who were still huddling themselves on the ground, "Get up already, will you? You are not helping at all!" He kicked Allen on the backside in frustration.

"The Earl had suggested a peace treaty with the Vatican. He claimed that he had lost interest in wiping out mankind now that he had lost his beloved Neah," Komui gave Allen a nod and continued, "and that he and his Noahs will not attack us again. Akumas will no longer be born according to his words." He paused briefly.

"That's good, isn't it? So what's with the wedding?" asked Lavi as he finally managed to get back on his feet after Allen. Komui tried hard to suppress his tears. He trembled and spoke between sobs, "in order to show that the Vatican is also sincere in this peace agreement, the blasted Earl had asked for a sacred marriage between an exorcist and a Noah!" Reever helped his supervisor onto a chair as the poor man broke down into tears hysterically. "The Vatican had taken Lenalee...," he muttered with his face in his palms, "she left with them last night... not even a goodbye to her dear beloved brother..."

"So... Lenalee's marriage with a Noah is a symbol of peace?" asked Krory softly, provoking more tears from Komui. Reever patted him on the shoulder, trying to comfort the man as best as he could.

"She must be forced into this! We must save her!" snapped Allen suddenly, "Come on Lavi! We have to stop all this!" "Right away! I'm ready to go!" replied Lavi instantly. They walked up to Komui and together they bellowed, "I will bring back Lenalee! There's no way she's going to get married!"

Kanda was sure what they meant was 'there's no way she's going to get married to guys other than me'. Seeing a faint sign of reassurance on Komui's face, Kanda remained silent and went after the dynamic duo. He still swore to slice and dice these two if they dare to advance on Lenalee. "The wedding is three days from now, we can reach her instantly by traveling through the Ark," said Kanda before he disappeared through the doorway. Krory and Miranda, who took the wedding invitation, followed their colleagues out of the room swiftly. The wedding venue was written on the invitation, impulsive kids.

After the exorcists had left the block to go save the damsel in distress, Komui stood up abruptly, knocking over the chair he was sitting on. "Come Reeve! Take over for me here in HQ," he smiled eerily, "Komlin VX and I are going to retrieve my precious Lenalee!"

Komlin VX... Komui had built a modified and more advanced one. Reeve did not know whether he should be glad or worried.

-to be continued-