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D Gray-Man Fan Fiction
I walk up to the gates of the Black Order headquarters for the first time. The castle is huge, dark and daunting against the night sky. I stop before the great gate, gazing at its elaborate structure. Beginning to question why I came here, I step back. Maybe I made a mistake. Maybe I should go back...no, stop being a child, this is right. They're the ones who called me here after all. Taking a deep breath, I step closer to the gate.
"Hault!" A voice booms out from above me, shattering any confidence I had mustered up. I watched in disbelief as a huge face protrudes from the gate wall. "Prepare for akuma scan!" The face yells. I stand paralyzed in fear as the face rushes out at me. The face is silent as it scans, its enormous eyeballs flashing blinding light over me. I find my voice, breaking the intense silence.
"Is everything oka-"
"PENTACLES! SHE HAS PENTACLES! SHE'S AN AKUMA!" The face cuts me off with its booming voice.
"What!? I'm not an akuma I swear!" I protest, backing away slowly. Ignoring me, the face yells on, "DESTROY THE AKUMA INTRUDER! DESTROY THE AKUMA BEFORE IT KILLS US ALL!" The creature sucks itself back into the wall , screeching with fear. Shaken by the outburst, I nearly trip over my own feet backing up. "AKUMA! KILL THE AKUMA!" The face continues.
I look to the top of the wall and see a silhouette standing in the moonlight. A blade flashes in the midnight glow. "AKUMAAAA!" I look back at the face, still in shock by its deafening voice. That's it. I need to get out of here.
I turn on a dime, ready to bolt. Whipping myself around, I thrust myself forward. Instead of running, my body comes to an abrupt hault. My face buries itself into something hard and warm. The force of my stride coming to an unexpected halt knocks me off balance. A deep grunt sounds above me. I look up startled, finding two dark eyes glaring down at me. A cold blade rests snugly against my legs, threatening to cut my skin. The towering figure above me steps back, causing me to lose my balance completely, sending me straight to the ground. Flinching, I look up at the figure.
The moonlight unveils the silhouette. A man stands before me, tall and lean. His long dark hair rustles in the night breeze, shimmering with dark shades of blue. His face, stern yet young.
"KILL THE AKUMA!" The face on the wall urges. I try to get up, but in one swift movement, the man has the end of a katana pressed against my head.
"I'm not an akuma I swear!" I yell, backing away from his blade.
He doesn't move or speak. I search his face for some sign of emotion. When our eyes meet, he flinches, quickly looking away. "She's not an akuma you idiot." His voice is so deep, I hadn't expected him to sound like that at all. The face on the wall begins to protest, "SHE HAS PENTACLES!" but it's words are cut short. The man redirects his blade from my head, to point at the face. ""Haven't you ever seen a parasitic type before? You useless rock." His voice grows agitated. Sinking back into the wall completely, the face becomes nothing but a design and the gate opens. "What's your name?" I ask the swordsman. He scoffs, sheathing his sword before walking through the gate. Whatever. I stand myself up,ready to finally enter the gate.
The inside of the castle is huge, with levels upon levels of hallways and rooms, always circling around a universal balcony that leaves a hollow center through the entire castle. I walk around aimlessly, taking in my surroundings. I'm totally lost. I should have just followed that grumpy swordsman.With no better place to go, I stop at the balcony, leaning over its rails and letting one of my arms hang. Looking up and down, each level looks the same, with black-rock walls on every floor. I sigh and close my eyes. "This place is impossible."
"There you are!" A cheerful voice calls out from behind me. I turn around to see a beautiful girl smiling at me.
"You're the new exorcist right?" She asks, folding her arms behind her back. She was the prettiest girl I had ever seen. Two long green pig-tails rest behind her back and sparkling violet eyes light up her face.
"Yea that would be me." I finally answer her, moving away from the railing.
"My name is Lenalee, welcome to the order!...um.."
"Sage, nice to meet you Lenalee" I answer her, holding out my hand. She smiles, shaking my it happily.
"Let me show you around the order!" She tells me, grabbing my arm and leading me.
We wander all throughout the castle, around the science labs, to the cafeteria and all throughout the rooming areas. Lenalee stops us at a particularly messy room in the science wing. The room is circular and the walls are covered by bookshelves. The floor, a sea of papers and books. A desk sits at the back of the room, covered by a mountain of books, threatening to give way at any moment.
"Brother, I've brought the new exorcist here to see you!" Lenalee calls out to the distraught desk. Suddenly, the desk explodes as a tall man with slicked back purple hair and a white barrette comes bursting out of the book mountain.
"Ah! Yes! Very good Lenalee!" The man says rushing up to us, his white coat flowing behind him. "Allow me to introduce myself! My name is Komui and I am the chief here at H.Q!" He smiles warmly at me. His skin is just as fair as Lenalee's and his eyes sparkle just like hers.
"I apologize for your entrance earlier, that silly guard has no common sense, good thing Kanda was paying attention!" He continues, smiling behind his glasses.
"Kanda? You mean that grumpy swordsman?" I ask, remembering the man from before. Lenalee laughs, "Yup, thats him alright."
Remembering my long journey to the order, I realize how tired I am. A yawn forces its way out of my mouth, without permission. Komui looks me over.
"Hm, I had planned on taking you to Hevlaska today for a reading but I suppose it could wait until tomorrow. Lenalee, please show our new exorcist to her room." Lenalee nods, heading out of the office.
"Follow me." She smiles.
Five minutes later we're at at a door identical to all the others. "Well, this is your new room. You can decorate it how you want, even though you might not spend too much time in it. Anyways, it's all yours!" Lenalee grins. I open the door and look over the spacious room.
"Thank you Lenalee." I tell her, touched by her kindness.
"No problem. Sleep well!" She says before walking off.
I open the door and enter the room. The walls are a stone black, just like the walls of the entire building. A single window rests at the middle of the back wall, letting moonlight fill the room. The room isn't too small, it's actually fairly spacious, with a bed, dresser and lamp as its only fillings. I look around the room. I wish I'd brought something more than the clothes on my back. Walking over to the window, I gaze outside to see the land around the order. The moon gives everything a blue tint, casting a soft light on the grass below. My favorite part is that the order is so high up, that everything around its little patch of grass is just a drop off surrounded by clouds. Feeling my eyes grow heavy, I walk over to the bed and plop myself down onto it. It's softer than I expected and I quickly fall asleep.
It's so beautiful out here at night. I look around the grassy field that surrounds the Black Order castle. Moonlight fills the area, glowing blue on my pale skin. A cool breeze sends my long and choppy black hair sailing. The breeze brings the scent of grass and earth to my nose and I can't help myself anymore. I take off running through the field, feeling the cold, soft grass on my bare feet. I can run tirelessly and quickly in this state, as if my body has never known fatigue. The night is too perfect, I never want to leave. As I run, a long cloud covers the moon, stripping its soft glow from the field. It gets so dark that I can't see anything around me. In the darkness, I run into something familiarly hard and warm. The same deep voice that met me at the gate growls above me. As the long cloud passes, the moonlight reveals the blue-haired swordsman. I fall back onto the grass, dazed from the sudden stop. Just like before, the swordsman points his blade at my head. "Your name is Kanda right?" I ask him, trying to control my voice. He doesn't answer me, he just scoffs when I say his name and presses the blade harder against my head. A thin stream of blood runs down my face. "What are you doing?" I try to yell at him, but my voice won't cooperate. He raises his blade, preparing to strike it down on me. I try to back away, but my legs refuse to work. I close my eyes as he brings the blade crashing down. Something soft brushes over me and I hear a heavy thud. No pain comes. Opening my eyes, I see a large black wolf on top of Kanda. It lashes out at him, ripping at his throat. The swordsman's body turns to dust as the wolf bites. Once he is gone, the wolf turns to me, snarling with blood on its muzzle. "No. Go away." I tell the beast. My voice irritates it and it snaps at my face. My legs find their strength again and I shoot up, starting to run. I can hear the wolf behind me, snarling and nipping at my heels. My legs move as fast as they can, but they aren't as fast as those of the beast. It slams into my back, bringing us both to the ground. I try to wrestle with it, pushing it away as it bites at me. "Get off!" I yell, attempting to command it. Its teal eyes glare into mine and I freeze. The last thing I see, is bloody fangs closing in on me.
I wake abruptly, out of breath. My arms are outstretched, pushing against a force. My hands grip the collar of a coat instead of the thick mane of a wolf. An emerald green eye stares down at me instead of the teal ones that left me paralyzed in my dream.
"You're a really violent sleeper, you know that?" The man standing over me says. His voice is nice, calming even. I slow my breathing, pulling my hands back.
"Well, I was told to bring you to Hevlaska, but when I came in here you were freaking out. I tried to wake you up, sorry for intruding." He says, standing up straight and rubbing the back of his head.
He's tall and his messy red hair is held up by a green bandana. An eye patch covers his right eye, while the other looks me over. I sit up, combing my fingers through my hair quickly.
"I don't know where that is." I tell him, standing up and straightening out the clothes I fell asleep in. "That's ok, I'll take you to her!" He says excitedly.
I look at him confused, "Her?"
"Hevlaska is the exorcist that holds onto all the unused innocence we have here at headquarters. She's going to tell you how well you and your innocence are synchronized. She looks pretty intimidating at first, but she's really friendly." He explains, heading for the door. "My name is Lavi by the way. What's yours?"
"Sage. Nice to meet you Lavi." I tell him.
He gets this funny look on his face and opens the door for me. I follow him out and he leads me through the castle. We walk onto a pyramid shaped platform where Komui is waiting.
"Good morning Lavi, Sage." He greets us, as he pulls a lever on the platform. The whole thing drops straight down through the hollow center of the castle. It started so fast I could barely stand up. I lose my balance and begin to fall, but before I can hit the ground, someone's arms wrap around me, catching my fall.
"Shit, sorry!" I say, looking back to see who caught me. Lavi stands behind me, holding me in place.
"It's fine, really." He smiles. The platform comes to an abrupt stop, nearly knocking both of us onto the ground. Komui laughs at our clumsiness and fixes his barrette.
"Alright Hevlaska, go ahead." He says. Lavi moves me in front of him, pushing me forward.
"Don't be afraid of her, she's practically harmless." He tells me. I look around confused.
"What are you talking abou-"
Before I can finish, three glowing-white tentacles wrap themselves around my waist, lifting me high in the air, to the face of a ghost like woman.
"Holy shit. Hi." I sputter, trying to loosen the grip of the tentacles holding me.
"Hello, exorcist. Please hold still for a moment." The ghost-like female tells me.
I obey her, lying still in her grip. She's tall, at least fifty feet, and her eyes are covered by tentacle or hair-like appendages. Her entire body is white, with a ghostly glow. I'm not sure how long she's been holding me, minutes, hours, but after a while, she finally puts me down.
"That wasn't so bad was it?" Lavi asks, patting me on the head. What does that mean? A pat on the head...is he taunting me? I shake my head, agreeing with the red-haired exorcist.
"Hevlaska, the results?" Komui asks, pushing his glasses back up his face.
"Parasitic type weapon. Innocence and accommodator synchronization is at 92%." She tells him. I look at Komui a little confused.
"Is that good?"
Komui chuckles to himself a bit. "Yes that is good. It seems like parasitic type innocence usually do have very high sync rates."
I nod, trying to remember everything I had been taught about innocence prior to coming here. "Well, I'll have a mission for you soon enough, until then just try to make yourself at home." He smiles, dismissing Lavi and I. Komui pulls another lever and we are sent sailing back up the castle.
After a big breakfast with another exorcist named Allen, I find my way to the main training room. Finders and exorcists are scattered around the room, watching two exorcists fight in the designated area. Kanda, the blue-haired exorcist from before and Allen, the exorcist I met at breakfast, relentlessly attack each other. At first it seems like they mean to kill each other, but the entertained reactions of those watching determines that the fight is just some intense training.
I sit on the floor in the back, afraid to approach anyone else. It truly is amazing to watch the two of them fight. Kanda, so quick with his katana, and Allen, relentless with his weaponized arm. Leaning against the wall, I watch them, wondering how on Earth I would ever be able to keep up with fighters like that.
"They're pretty good aren't they?" A familiar voice asks me. I turn to see Lavi walking over to me. I hadn't quite noticed before, maybe because I was half asleep, or maybe I was just too nervous to pay attention, but he was actually a really attractive guy. As he sat down next to me I couldn't help but admire him for a moment.
"Yea, they really are." I finally answer him.
"You don't have to be so shy you know, everyone here was in your position at one point." He tells me. How could I not be so shy? Everyone here seems so intimidating and they all know each other already.
"I'm not the most social person in the world." I tell him, picking at a hole in my pants.
"Oh that reminds me! Your uniform is in your room now, I guess that makes you an official exorcist." He grins, patting me on the head like he did earlier.
This again. I wonder, if this is his way of showing friendship? Does this mean that Lavi is my friend? I look at him confused, "Why are you being so nice to me?" My question must have caught him off guard, because he takes his hand away and rubs the back of his head awkwardly. "I guess it's because I like you."