Recently, I've come to love this manga. And Komui. So here we go!
Komui Lee was dead to the world, as he normally was when he fell asleep. Arms splayed over his desk, he looked like he hadn't slept in years. This was not the case. He was really lazy, actually.
"Chief," Reever said. "Chief, wake up! It's really important! CHIEF!" he punched him on the head. Still Komui slept on.
Reever sighed. Must he always be forced to resort to drastic measures? He lowered his mouth to his boss's ear.
"I just saw Allen and Lenalee kissing in the janitor's closet."
For a split second, there was silence. Then…
"ALLEEEEEN!" Komui leapt up like a bullet. "You're dead, Walker! No one tries to steal my precious Lenalee away from me!" He paused. "Reever?"
"Good, you're up. Chief, there's a kid outside the gate. A girl, pretty young, says she's an exorcist. She's asking if she can become part of the Order."
"We don't accept outsiders. That's the rule." He walked out of the room to tell everyone the news.
When he got there and looked at the screen, he paused. The girl shown had reddish-brown hair, dark eyes, and a pale complexion. She was really very pretty, actually. She was shuffling a deck of cards, not even paying attention to the gate.
Komui threw his arm around Reever's neck so he could speak into the headset.
"Hey there, girlie. Mind telling me your name?"
That's the chief for ya… Reever thought, happy-go-lucky as always.
The girl didn't draw her attention away from the cards.
"Sapphire," she said simply. "Sapphire Monroe."
"Alrighty, Sapphire, why should I let you in the Black Order?" Komui asked.
"I'm an accommodator of the Innocence? I passed your freaky doorman's human test? I've got nowhere else to go?" She sighed. "I need to become an exorcist. It's as simple as that."
Komui released Reever's neck and thought for a moment. Then he smiled. "Let her in."
"What?" Reever said, shocked. "But Chief, you're the one who said-"
"Let me finish. Let her in, and then send Allen to meet her. We need to test her ability. If she passes my standards, we let her in the Black Order. If she fails, we kick her to the curb."
Reever sighed, and Komui grabbed the headset again. "Sapphire Monroe! We've decided to give you a chance. Step through the gate and see if you can pass the test!"
The gatekeeper opened the gate and Sapphire Monroe stepped through the entrance.
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Tucking the cards into her pocket, Sapphire stepped through the gate and stared around her. It was a bit dark. Suddenly, the lights came on. In front of her was a young man, around 15, with snowy white hair and a red mark on his eye.
"I'm Allen Walker," he said. "Your test: you have to beat me in a fight."
"Wait, what?" Sapphire said, confused.
She barely had time to say those two words before she was forced to roll to the side to avoid the huge metal claw that suddenly replaced Allen's left arm.
"WHAT THE FUCKING HELL?" Sapphire roared.
But Allen Walker kept attacking, and finally Sapphire understood.
"Fine! You want a fight, you got one!"
She pulled the deck of cards back out of her pocket and ripped off the rubber band holding them together.
Innocence… activate!
Then the cards started to surround her, until Allen could no longer see her because of them. Suddenly the cards flew away, and she was no where in sight. Allen stopped, shocked. He looked around frantically.
"Up here, dumb ass!" Sapphire yelled.
Allen swung around. Perched on the head of a statue, Sapphire glared down at him, the cards still fluttering around her. Then her hand flashed out, and one of the cards went whizzing past Allen's head, slicing his cheek. Sapphire leapt off the statue and landed in a crouch. Then she reached out and grabbed another card, but didn't throw it. Instead, she tossed it up in the air.
And it transformed.
Suddenly Sapphire was holding an over-sized black pistol, aimed directly at Allen. On the side of the barrel, the white symbol of a playing card spade stood out against the black.
She fired. Allen barely had time to dodge; the ground to the right of him exploded with a blast like a cannon.
Shit, he thought, those cards are scary. Hmmm…time to fight fire with fire.
He changed his arm to its gun form and took aim. But once again, the cards swirled around the new girl and she vanished.
Then he felt something prick his neck. He looked down. Sapphire's left arm was around his shoulders, holding him in place. Her right hand was holding five of the razor sharp cards to his neck: ten of spades, jack of spades, queen of spades, king of spades, and ace of spades.
"Royal straight flush," she whispered. "You lose."
Suddenly Komui's voice came out of the golem that apparently had been watching the whole time.
"Well, well! That was amazing! I've never seen such amazing control of an anti-akuma-weapon even before joining the Order! Congrats, Sapphire! It's not completely official, but you're now part of the Black Order!"
Sapphire stepped back from Allen, grinning like it was Christmas.
"Really?" she said, eyes glowing.
Allen turned to face her. "Congrats. You put up one hell of a fight… I'm glad you're gonna be an exorcist." He held out his hand.
Sapphire started to reach for it, glad the fight was over.
Then her chest felt like it had been set on fire.
She gasped, clutching her heart, and fell to her knees, panting. She coughed, and blood spattered the floor.
"Sapphire?" Allen said, looking scared. "What's wrong?"
"Ugh…"
Sapphire looked up at him, silently begging him to help, then moaned again as everything went black.
A cliffhanger at the end of the first chapter… nice. :D
The giant pistol idea actually came from Hellsing, another manga I love (Alucard is so amazing…). That royal strait flush line was kinda… of the top of my head. I thought it'd be ironic for Allen to lose at a game of cards.
Anyway, how'd I do? This is my first D. Gray Man fanfic, so please tell me if you liked it…
Reviews give me the will to go on!
