Chapter 1:
Allen looked out the window of the train as they Lavi and Bookman talked read through the file Komui had handed them. Allen had already gotten the basics from Komui so he chose not to read it. He knew what it would say.
"In a small town in France people have been disappearing…. We thought it might be related to Akuma or innocence so we sent a finder to investigate. He disappeared as well. So we are sending you three." Komui said, while handing over the files. "Be careful we don't know what is going on."
"Hey Allen, what do you think it is? Akuma or innocence?" Lavi asked.
"I'm not sure." He said calmly. He looked out the window as he spotted the town coming up. "We're almost there so we can find out soon." Allen touched his eye gently. It's not reacting yet… I don't think there is an Akuma here right now… The train drove into the town and Allen stood up. "We're here."
"Right." Lavi nodded and got up as well.
Bookman followed the lead and got up. "Come along." He started walking calmly. "The sooner we find out the sooner we can go back to HQ."
"Why so eager to go home panda?" Lavi asked as they exited the train.
Bookman ignored him. "Do you sense any Akuma?" He asked Allen.
"No I-." Allen froze as his eye reacted. "There is one… On the outskirts of the town." He started running. Lavi and Bookman followed him.
It wasn't long before they got towards the edge of the town. Allen froze as he saw an Akuma suddenly destroyed. A girl with long purple hair was running away. "WAIT!" Allen called and tried to chase after the girl, but she was moving too fast for him to catch up.
"Big Hammer, Little Hammer Extend!" Allen glanced over and watched as Lavi shot past him on his hammer.
"Lavi!" Allen called. He grabbed onto the hammer and clung tightly as they moved after the girl.
"The girl has innocence." Bookman said from next to Allen.
Allen blinked, shocked that the old man was next to him. "What makes you say that?" Allen asked.
"She was able to destroy that Akuma. Only innocence can do that." Bookman said calmly.
"Then why is she running, panda?!" Lavi called back towards them as he used his hammer to direct them.
Suddenly the girl changed directions and Lavi couldn't react in time and they slammed into a nearby tree. "Brat!" Bookman hit Lavi as they all stood up.
Allen started running after the girl again. She must have innocence! We have to find her! Allen sped up as fast as he could. He needed to catch her. He spotted her running and sped up. "HEY!" He yelled after her. He got a better look at her now. Her hair was long and hung down her back in a ponytail. She wore a ragged beat up black outfit. It looked like the shirt part had once been a long coat and the black pants were looking more like shorts on one side and had tons of holes on the other side. "HEY! WAIT!"
The girl glanced over her shoulder as she ran. Suddenly she slid to a stop and looked over. Allen came to a stop and froze. He could see it now, on the front of her torn up jacket was the same sign he wore on his jacket. The sign that marked him as an exorcist. "Who are you?" She looked at his jacket.
"So you're an exorcist?" She blinked. Her green eyes scanned him over. "How old are you any ways? With white hair?"
"Allen!" Allen and the girl looked over as Lavi and Bookman came running up and caught up. "Oh good! You caught her!" Lavi paused as he noticed the girl and got a good look at her. "STRIKE!" He got sparkle eyed.
The girl blinked. "What's up with the weirdo? Is he really an exorcist too?"
Lavi blinked. "You know what an exorcist is?" He asked.
The girl looked at him, as if he was an idiot. "Of course." She folded her arms over her chest. "I am one."
"Really?!" Lavi blinked shocked. "I wouldn't have guessed…"
She pointed to the sign on her chest. "Use your eyes idiot. My name is Isabella Atsushi. Exorcist of the black order, European branch."
"Allen Walker." Allen nodded. "I just joined the black order a little ago.
"Lavi." The red head jumped forward. "And this old panda is Bookman! We are exorcists of the European branch too! Surprising we've never meet before!"
"Yeah I guess… I go out on a lot of missions. I haven't been back to HQ in almost two months now." She shrugged. "I should probably head back there now…"
"Do you want to come with us?!" Lavi asked. "Once we finish our mission here we will be heading back as well!"
"Hmm… Maybe…" Isabella said calmly. "So what is your mission?"
"We came to find out what happened to the woman disappearing." Allen explained.
"Oh, then your mission is done." Isabella said calmly. "I took down the Akuma that killed the different people, including that finder. I did my best to try and save the finder, but I couldn't." She sighed. "I did my best but I was too late."
Allen nodded. "I guess…. We can head back to HQ then."
"Isabella…" Bookman said calmly stepping forward. "What were you doing in this town in the first place?"
"I was wondering through." She shrugged. "Just looking around for something to do… and when I heard about people disappearing I decided to look into it."
"And you didn't call HQ?" Lavi asked calmly. "That's strange?"
"I didn't feel like it." She glared at him. "I didn't want to talk to that sister-complex idiot. He drives me crazy." She sighed.
Allen and Lavi laughed showing they agreed with her. "Well let's head to HQ then."
"Sounds good." Isabella nodded. "But just promise me, Allen, that you'll keep the crazy pirate away from me."
"Pirate?" Lavi asked.
"Yeah." Isabella pointed to his eye patch. "Like in all the pirate stories you have an eye patch." She smirked. "Now come on." She started walking towards the train station. "I'll leave without you pirate!"
"Hey!" Lavi called running after her. "My name is Lavi."
"Whatever pirate….. Lavi." She smiled.
Allen and Lavi chuckled. The two followed Isabella. Bookman followed the three kids shaking his head.
