The Innocence of Youth

By Gaarin

Warnings: eventual slash, fluff, oocness, and language.

Couplings: none this chapter. There will be Yullen, Lucky, KroMi and RoadLena.

Komui Lee was just finishing his evening coffee, preparing to go to bed, when two small children seemed to appear from nowhere.

He stared down at the two little children, and then bent down on his knees, smiling. "Well, hello! Where did you two come from? You look exactly like two people I know-"

The taller of the children, a little boy with long dark hair and narrowed eyes, interrupted. "Komui, why did you take us out of that mission?" He paused. "And how?"

The other boy, who had short white hair and a scarred left cheek, added in a high British voice, "Yeah! What happened! One second I was killing an Akumar, and the next thing I know I'm here!"

Komui stopped dead still. "Are you -are you boys telling me that you're-"

The white-haired boy gave Komui a strange look. "Boys? I'm-" He glanced over at the other boy, and then screamed. "BaKanda, what the bloody hell-"

The first boy looked at the British one, and gasped, his eyes widening. "Moy-moyashi-"

Both children turned to Komui, and said in unison, fire in their eyes, "What the hell did you do to us?"

Komui fainted.

When the Director came to, a small child that he didn't recognize was patting his forehead. He blinked, and then sat up, bumping heads with the child. "Owie!" Tears welled up in the kid's grey eyes.

Komui remembered what happened, and stood up straight immediately. "Okay- who are you?"

The white-haired boy whined, "I'm Allen Walker, and you don't have to be so mean!"

The Japanese boy stood sullenly to the side. Komui turned to him, and asked hoarsely, "Which would make you..."

"Yuu Kanda. Don't you recognize us, Komui? You're the one who got us like this... NOW GET US OUT!"

Komui shook his head, muttering, "I didn't do this... What happened? What's the last thing you remember?"

Both boys shuffled a little. Allen raised his right hand timidly.

"Yes, Allen?" prompted the man.

"We were fighting an Akumar that had appeared in Sweden to capture some Innocence. I killed it, and then a dark shadow appeared. And it said something... I- I don't remember..."

Kanda cut in. "It gave you a note or something, Moyashi."

"Oh right!" The boy fumbled in his pocket, and then drew out a note written on an ace of hearts. Komui raised an eyebrow, and then took the card, reading it out loud to the boys.

"Dear Black Order. Your Exorcists are becoming quite troublesome to the Clan of Noah. Therefore, I have taken the liberty of making them much less troublesome. Don't worry, the effects of the Innocence won't be permanent. They'll only last a week. I've sent these two directly to you to show you the beginning. If I were you, Komui Lee, I would go check on your sister-" Komui clenched the paper in his hands tightly, becoming angrier as he read, "-immediately, as well as the rest. Good luck! Signed, Tyki Mikk of the Noah Clan." Komui ripped the card in half, angrily shouting, "What has he done to my Lenalee?" and storming away, leaving a confused miniature Allen and Kanda.

Half an hour later, a great number of people were in the cafeteria, all talking worriedly and hurriedly. A table had been made into a sort of stage, and some children were sitting on top of it. They all looked to be about eight, and all looked very confused. There were little Allen and little Kanda, who were playing bloody knuckles with a cookie boredly. Little Lenalee was playing with the ends of her ponytails, babbling away to little Lavi, who was fidgeting with his eyepatch. Little Miranda was crying because of a bump she'd gotten on her head for tripping, and little Krory was attempting to comfort her.

Komui stood on a chair, grabbing a megaphone. He began to speak, silencing the crowd. "He-hello? Hello! Everyone! Please listen! Somehow, the clan of Noah has turned all of our Exorcists into eight-year-olds!"

Someone helpfully yelled out, "WE CAN SEE THAT!"

Komui gave the crowd a look, and then continued. "I received a card from Tyki Mikk of the Noah clan, stating tha-"

"Lavi has a crush on him!" cried out Lenalee jubilantly.

Lavi yelled out, "I do not! Lenalee, you liar!"

The girl grinned to the stunned crowd, and sang, "It's tru~ue! You told me five minutes ago! You said, 'Don't tell anyone, Lenagirl, but I have a crush on Tyk-"

"I DON'T! WAAAH!" Lavi burst into tears.

Komui sweatdropped, and said, "It's-it's okay, Lavi. Anyway," he turned back to the crowd, "the card from Tyki Mikk stated this." He read the contents of the ripped card out loud. "This strange maneuver could only mean that the Noah are planning to render a surprise attack on the Order. It will probably happen near the end of this week, so we must all be prepared for it. That includes you guys too," he said to the children. "I know you're in your child-states, but can any of you still fight?"

Lavi stood up, his face a little red from tears but otherwise happy. "I can fight! Me and Nyoibo will kick those Noah's butts, expecially Tyki Mikk!"

All the other children except Kanda gasped. "La-Lavi! You said a bad word!" said Miranda.

Lavi shrugged. "So? I don't care. I used to say lots of bad words, like fu-"

Komui winced. Even though it was Lavi, there was still something inherently wrong about an eight-year-old dropping an F-bomb. He interrupted with "Lavi, Miranda's right. Don't use bad words." The purple-haired man turned back to the crowd of Finders and scientists, and said, "Okay, people, let's get to work!"

Everyone shouted loudly, "Hai!"

-in the Noah base-

Road yawned, twiddling her thumbs. "Tyki, why'd ya call me here? I'm tired and I don't want to learn anymore today~"

The Portuguese man smirked, his eyes becoming dark. "Road, I'm playing a game. Would you like to play with me?"

Road opened one eye curiously. "What game?"

Tyki's smile grew. "I'm playing a game with the Exorcists. I've turned six of them into their child forms."

"Sounds fun, but why? We gonna invade the Order?"

He took his hat off, and shook out his hair. "No. We're just going to have a bit of fun with them, that's all."

The small girl mused, and then said, "Fine, Tyki-pon, I'll play with you. But you know my conditions."

Tyki nodded. "Yes, yes, of course. You get Allen-"

"No," interjected Road, "he gets Allen. I get her. And you can have yours. Okay?"

Slowly, the Noah of Pleasure began to chuckle. "Okay, Road. If that's the way you'd like to play it."

To Be Continued.

Mizuhara: Hey, what is this?

Gaarin: something for fun. ^u^ I'm definitely going to write more. If you liked it, vote for me! Remember, reviews are the spice of life!