Hello everybody! This is a fanfic that I thought would be a pretty good idea, but it was a pain in the neck to get started because I had to do some stuff (that I'm not gonna spoil right now) and I've actually been planning this since last month. This is set after the ark arc and after Link becomes Allen's "guardian." If I miss anything or you have any questions just ask me or let me know. This should be an interesting fic to read and for me to write. This is also co-written with the VERY VERY VERY (and I mean very) wonderful Suki Naromi. I couldn't do this fic without her help and the use of her OC, Anya Markov. I hope you guys enjoy :D Reviews are very much appreciated :D
-full summary-
Lavi and Allen are bored with the lull of missions happening after settling everything with the Ark. They accidentally destroy some of the Order, so Komui sends them on a mission to keep them away. Bookman who is worried about Lavi's emotions, calls in someone to watch over him much like Link is looking over Allen. The four of them continue onto the mission at a small mountain village where the young men disappear at night. They need to try to find the innocence responsible for this while trying not to get caught themselves. Lavi and Allen sure are having a hard time focusing with each other there to keep them company ;D
Lavi walked into the cafeteria a bit bored. He had just finished documenting the recent events with Bookman in the library and only had a little amount of time to eat before he had to go work with Bookman in the library more. Once Lavi had gotten his tray of food, he scanned the cafeteria for a place to eat. A certain tiny white-haired exorcist sitting next to a tinier brown-haired exorcist caught his eye. The smaller of the two exorcists was a young girl clinging closely to Allen. Lavi started walking over to Allen smiling until his eyes fell upon the blonde standing beside him. A frown decorated his face as he stared at Link, Allen's new "supervisor." Forcing a smile on, Lavi sat next to Allen and the girl and slung an arm around Allen's shoulder. "Hey, Moyashi! Hey there, Anya," Lavi smiled. Allen scowled at Lavi at his hated 'nickname' while
"It's Allen," Allen said before eating more of his fifteen plates of food.
"Hiya, Bro! What's up?" Anya asked smiling then raising an eyebrow at Lavi's arm around Allen's shoulder.
"Are you done working?" Allen asked.
"For now at least. The old panda is giving me a break to eat, but I know I have a lot more work waiting for me when I get back," Lavi sighed and started eating.
Anya's eyes brightened suddenly with pure excitement,"Hey, can I help? I wanna help with Bookman work!"
"I think so. I wouldn't mind having an extra hand to help me out," Lavi smiled.
"Mr. Walker, if your almost done, we should be leaving soon. You still have more paperwork to fill out," Link cut in. Allen simply nodded and continued eating.
"Sweeet," Anya smiled triumphantly, then scowled seeing Two-Spot interrupt their fun. She huffed and rolled her eyes,"Why do you have to be so... soo... er.." She tried thinking of a word that would describe Link, but she kept drawing a blank. Soon, Allen was down to his last two sticks of mitarashi dango. He easily finished the one and reached out to grab his second when Lavi grabbed it while Allen was distracted by Anya's struggle. Allen glared at Lavi.
"Lavi... That is my mitarashi dango," Allen warned threateningly.
"Yeah... So?" Lavi asked swinging the dumpling stick in the air.
"It's the last one, so give it back," Allen ordered. He reached for it only for it to be pulled away by Lavi. Lavi smirked down at Allen.
"But I've always wanted to try one," Lavi smiled feigning innocence. Allen merely deepened his glare.
"You wouldn't dare," Allen said.
"Oh, but I would," Lavi smirked. Allen lounged in again to grab the dango stick, but Lavi quickly ate the dumplings. After swallowing, he looked a defeated Allen in the eyes. "Are you okay, Moyashi?"
"It's Allen!" Allen shouted, his aura darkening with his anger.
"Allen... Just calm down now," Lavi said backing away from Allen slowly.
"Calm down? You ate my last mitarashi dango!" Allen shouted standing up as well.
"Mr. Walker, we really don't have time to do this," Link warned.
"Yeah, so... why don't you just go with Link... and I'll... Run!" Lavi shouted and started running away. Allen started chasing after him.
"M-Mr. Walker, wai-" Link's pleas were cut off by a gloved hand slapped over his mouth. He looked down and saw Anya glaring up at him.
"Not so fast, Two-Spot, I'm not done!" She said waggling her finger. She forced him to sit down and went back to thinking about what she was trying to say. "God dang it, I forgot what I was talking about... What was it...? Um... hmm..." Link sighed and and strummed his fingers on the table out of impatience.
Meanwhile, Lavi was still running around the Black Order trying to escape "Black Allen." Seeing Allen start to close the gap between them, Lavi yelped. He pulled out his hammer. "Oodzuchi Kozuchi, man, man, man!" Lavi cried making the hammer grow in size. Allen simply smirked at Lavi.
"Crown Clown, activate! Crown Belt!" Allen shouted. His innocence formed around him then the white cape spread into streams racing towards Lavi. The cape streams wrap around Lavi's hammer and pull the hammer away from Lavi.
"Hey!" Lavi shouted then yelped again as he was picked up next. The cape wrapped around the hallway forming a giant spider-web holding Lavi suspended in the air. Allen calmly strolled to below Lavi with a simple smirk on his face. "Hey now... Don't get any bright ideas... I mean... I didn't do anything wrong."
Allen frowned at this, stopping in his tracks. "What do you mean you didn't do anything wrong? You stole my last dango!" Just as he was about to unleash his fury, a shrill whistle pierced the air. Lavi and Allen turned to see Anya panting from running
"A-Anya, it's good to see you. How's the weather down there, ne? Everything fine?" Lavi chuckled with nervous laughter. Anya looked at the redhead for a minute then smiled her usual big grin.
"Oh, it's quite fabulous from here, thank you!" She looked at Allen, then at the web of innocence, then at Lavi. All of a sudden, her face was riddled with realization that things were NOT quite fabulous. She inhaled sharply and let out a high pitched scream that rang throughout the Order. Allen grunted and winced at the sound, falling to his knees as his balance was thrown off. Slowly but surely, Lavi was released from the Crown Clown. He quickly stumbled over to his hammer and picked it up.
"Thanks, Anya!" Lavi called as he broke through a wall with Oodzuchi Kozuchi. He continued running into the next room and into that hallway.
"No problem, Bro!... What'd I do?" Anya called before Allen shook his head and continued pursuing Lavi.
Lavi started swinging his hammer around wildly hitting back debris towards Allen. Allen clawed and slashed his way through the debris slowly gaining on Lavi. "How are you so fast, Moyashi?" Lavi called back to Allen.
"It's Allen!" Allen growled racing faster towards Lavi. Lavi cried out of desperation and started hitting more debris around, knocking down walls in the process. Rumbling shook the ground as the Order became less stable. Gaps in the ceiling above started opening dropping debris from above. Allen ordered the Crowned Clown to stop debris from coming near him. Allen ran ahead easily moving around the cement littering the ground. Just as Allen's long fingers of the Crowned Clown were about to grasp Lavi, Lavi spun his hammer in the air calling upon his level two innocence seals.
"Maruhi!" he cried quickly slamming his hammer down on the 'fire' symbol crashing it to the ground. "Hiban!" A large fire snake twisted through the air. Allen stopped his pursuit and covered himself in his cloak before the fiery column spiraled upwards. The column crashed through the ceiling and up through all of the floors of the Order crashing through the roof dissipating in the cold air. When Allen had finally gotten free, Lavi was already far ahead.
"Clown Belt!" Allen shouted. Allen's cape shot towards Lavi and wrapped around his ankle. The cape pulled him into the air and swung him around. Allen caught up to greet an upside-down Lavi. "Looks like the rabbit has been caught again." Allen smirked at Lavi who was now eye level.
"Am I really caught, Moyashi?" Lavi asked swinging his hammer at his feet, the spike pressing against the cape wrapped around his ankle. The cape bent and stretched at the new pressure but didn't snap as Lavi had planned. "What is this stuff made of, Moyashi?"
"It's Allen. And it's made of innocence. I would think that a Bookman like you would know that," Allen chuckled.
"You cocky little," he trailed off to tap Allen away with his hammer. Allen hit some debris and tripped falling backwards and letting his guard down. Crown Belt slipped dropping Lavi painfully to the ground. They both sat up slowly, rubbing their heads. "Hey... I'm tired... Truce?"
"Fine..." Allen sighed after a long pause.
"Well... You fell for it!" Lavi shouted before knocking more debris in front of Allen and running ahead. Lavi smirked and ran on ahead only to receive a foot slamming into his face as he turned a corner. He fell back to the ground holding his nose. Bookman stood above him with a very bored expression. "Ow! You old panda! That really hurt!"
"Shut up!" Bookman shouted slapping Lavi upside the back of his head. "You just almost destroyed the Black Order! How could you do something like that?"
Allen ran up to Lavi and Bookman just to hit Lavi again. Lavi blinked and shook his head clear. "Okay... A few more hits to the head and I might actually acquire brain damage," Lavi joked.
"Like you don't already have some," Allen muttered.
"Lavi, we need to talk. Later in private," Bookman said before walking away. Allen was about to hit Lavi once again when a hand grabbed his wrist, stopping him in the back swing. Lavi and Allen turned to face Link, panting from running.
"There you are, Mr. Walker. I must say that I cannot condone this behavior of yours," Link scolded letting go of Allen's wrist. Allen looked away sadly. "We need to continue with your paperwork, however-"
"Allen. Lavi... You two were the ones to cause all of this damage... right?" Komui asked, making his way down the cement filled hallway. Once he stood in front of the guilty party, more debris crashed down as the hallway above collapsed. Smoke dusted the four of them a small coughing fit following soon after. "Come to my office. Now." Lavi, Allen, and Link followed Komui up to his office. Link stood by the doorway, Allen and Lavi sat on the couch in front of Komui's desk while Komui sighed and leaned against his desk. "I understand that with the lack of missions being assigned you may be getting a little bored, but that's not a reason for you to destroy the Order. You both need something to do. I'm assigning you on a mission. This one is a small mountain village outside of Madrid, Spain that you will be going to. Over the past two months, the villages young men are disappearing at night and so far, none of them have returned. We believe that innocence may causing this. We'll send finders there now, but you two won't actually leave until next week. Can you not destroy the Order by then?"
"We won't. I promise," Lavi smiled. Allen nodded in agreement.
"Good, because the pay for the repairs is coming from the pay from your next few missions," Komui smilled evilly.
"What? But the Order always pays for stuff like this!" Lavi shouted.
"About that... Leverrier seems to think that we spend too much money around here and suggested we cut back on funds. Since my precious research can't afford a budget cut, we've decided to take away the repairs fund. A little bit of research also shows that a certain one-eyed redhead usually causes the most damage in the field anyways from taking out large buildings, collapsing roofs and walls, and even smashing in the ground causing craters in the road with a certain hammer. In this past year, that certain exorcist has accumulated over 2.5 million dollars in damage, so if only we could cut back on repairs, then we wouldn't spend as much money now would we?" Komui asked, his aura growing darker as he spoke. Lavi shrank in his seat and looked away from Komui. Allen could be heard chuckling next to him.
"So... Is that it, Komui? Gramps wants to see me in the library soon," Lavi chuckled nervously. Komui just sighed and waved his hand dismissively. Lavi smiled and stood and left the room with Allen followed closely by Link. "Man, Komui must be stressed. Never seen him like that before," Lavi sighed putting his hands behind his head as he walked.
"It is your fault too, you know. You caused most of the damage. It was kinda funny watching you panic like that too," Allen chuckled.
Lavi pouted, "Aw, that's not nice, Moyashi. You're a little demon."
"My name is Allen," Allen glared at Lavi.
"Alright, alright. Fine, I get it, but I'm still gonna call you Moyashi," Lavi smiled at Allen's angry pout. Soon the they reached the library.
"Mr. Walker, this way. We need to finish all of your paperwork," Link said waiting for Allen to follow him.
"Okay, hold on a second. I guess I'll see you later, Lavi?" Allen asked.
"Definitely, Moyashi. We'll have dinner together, okay?" Lavi smiled and ruffled Allen's hair. Allen just chuckled and nodded. "I'll see you later." Lavi waved Allen off as he followed Link around the library. Lavi just smiled and started heading towards his and Bookman's usual spot in the back of the library.
"That boy was the fabled Destroyer of Time, no?" came an unfamiliar voice. Lavi quickly turned to see a boy leaning against a bookshelf. This boy had blonde hair in a ponytail with a few stray braids fraying from the smoother hairs kept together. He wore an exorcist uniform with the sleeves cut off and rubber gloves that started just above his elbows. Around his forehead was a red headband tied at the back of his head. On his arms were tattoos that covered most of his skin. A bandage went across his nose and his bottom lip was pierced. He gazed at Lavi with an emotionless stare.
"Who are you?" Lavi asked cautious of this mysterious boy.
"Lavi Bookman, Jr. you are, yes? Emotions is what I just saw? Tsk. Not allowed for a Bookman such as yourself," the boy went on ignoring Lavi's questions. Lavi's eye narrowed.
"It's called acting, and how do you know this?" Lavi questioned. This boy is weird... His speaking is way off... Who is he? Lavi thought.
"Acting is it really? The sincerity of that statement I question," the boy said in disbelief.
"Why does it even matter to you? Answer me this time," Lavi ordered.
"Why does it matter? Amusing can I not find this?" the boy asked still emotionless.
"It doesn't look like you find this amusing. Are you mocking me?" Lavi asked. The boy let a small smirk appear on his face. Lavi growled and charged him ready to punch when the boy caught his hand.
"A punch? Angry you are with me? Anger is an emotion too, no? Acting can you tell me this is too?" the boy asked smugly. Lavi growled again then was pinned to the ground by the boy. "I cannot believe that you are merely 'acting' anymore." The boy released Lavi and sat at a table. Lavi calmed himself before continuing on to his meeting place with Bookman.
"There you are, you idiot. Where have you been?" Bookman demanded setting a large book down on a table nearby.
"Sorry, Gramps. Things happened," Lavi shrugged. Bookman just sighed.
"Well we need to talk. I'm aware of everything that happened in the ark. I heard that you could have killed Allen and almost killed yourself if it weren't for Allen's innocence?" Bookman started. Lavi cringed at the memories of the fight he had shared with Allen. "How many times have I warned you about your emotions? You're getting too caught up in all of this. It makes me think that we should leave this place behind soon." Lavi stiffened at Bookman's words. "But it would be a bad idea to pull out of this now. We've already spent three years here documenting the important events, and this war is no where near over yet. If we left now, all of our work would be wasted." Lavi relaxed then tensed again as Bookman continued to speak. "That is why I have called someone to stay with us."
"You called someone from the Bookman Clan to come here? Who is it?" Lavi asked curiously.
"You can come here now, son," Bookman called out. Lavi turned around to face the boy from before. This time though, there was a small forced smile on his face.
"Lavi, this is Rayne. He will be here with us at the Order for a while. Please, take good care of him. The two of you will be spending a lot of time together since I gave him orders to watch over you," Bookman explained.
"What? I don't need a babysitter, Gramps," Lavi scoffed.
"To meet you is a pleasure. Look forward do I to working together," he said.
Well, that was the first chapter of this new fanfic of mine. How'd you like it? So, as credited above, Anya Markov is an OC of Suki Naromi while Rayne Bookman is an OC of mine made in specific for this fanfic (although now that I've gone through everything I kinda like him). You can look at the art for Anya on Suki's page here http:/sukinaromi ./gallery/24291259#/d3ht9mg (just take out the space in the link) while my art is on the way. It's not up yet 'cuz my printer is being mean and won't let me scan my art. So, I hoped you liked it. Please review. While I like the idea of this, it makes me queasy that it's not interesting, so please review. If if you just wanna say how bad it is I will appreciate it. Thanks see you next chapter.