Damned Future Chapter 1: The Beginning, a d.gray-man fanfic

Snowfall… such a beautiful sight… especially when it isn't winter… an observer thought as they watched the beautiful droplets of white slowly fall to their doom. This power I've been cursed with… it tortures me… My life is nothing more than a shadow of my meaning… the observer whispered. This observer stood at the top of a cathedral-style building, wearing a white, magnificent-looking robe that were unaffected by the snow's melting process. I guess it's time to take action… he thought as he instantly vanished into nothing. As immediately as he vanished, the snow stopped.

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A landscape of never-ending darkness… The silence of the darkness itself echoed. It expanded… and deflated… almost as if the darkness itself were breathing. The faint noises of screams filled the echoing silence for just a while, and it then stopped. The screaming sounded… pattern-like, only happening after several minutes passed. After the screaming, the moans and groans of many resonated. One tiny spark of light was at peace with this empty space, swirling in a passive manner. In this realm, it appears that the light had given up the battle with darkness. The darkness dominated and breathed freely, while the light remained in the center, decimated with the painful screams of thousands. A malevolent chuckle echoed as a portal of light tore the darkness asunder. A tall, looming figure bravely marched out of the portal and into the darkness.

"Oh well, despite that my plans have been suspended; that will not impel me to jettison my own plot. All it will do is dragoon me into the inspiration of a new plot… Ha, it's a good thing those fools destroyed my Proto-Akumas… They proved to me that my brother's creations were more of a failure compared to my pièce de résistance," the figure chuckled. "Now then, it's time to see what souls have entered my brother's realm of never-ending darkness…," the figure loomed closer and closer to the area of light, dominated by the silence of the darkness once again.

It's been almost a year… this war has not come to an end yet… Lavi remains to be in a coma ever since Aeon attacked… Lenalee's frightened out of her own wits… Kanda's gone missing… Akatsuki appears to be within a deeper coma… We've now no true leader now that the root of deception lied within the core of the Black Order… The Noah Clan has not arrived for a long time… All of this results in a hole that's wide-open enough for the Emperor to kill all of us in one, fell swoop… Allen thought, lying in his bed as he watched the snow come to an end. In his mind, he could hear the disheartening harmony of a piano, echoing across the very reaches of his mind.

Tch, depressed already? I expected that you'd be pretty fuckin' happy that the Emperor decided not to attack in such a long time. Or at least I'd have expected you to be with your pathetic little girlfriend, the 14th rudely interrupted. Strangely, Allen didn't hear the rude voice of the 14th because the piano's melody seemed to have drowned out the voice.

Such a wonderful song… a song that fits this very day and moment… Allen appeared to have been torturing himself mentally. I couldn't protect them… I was unable to keep them from harm… and this is what happens… he held his knees closer to his chest as his tears streamed from the corners of his eyes.

Oh shut the fuck up! You did what you could, its not like you're a superhuman that can be in 3 places all at once and still win! Sometimes you lose, sometimes you end up no longer being the victor, that's life! You can't allow yourself to fall the every time you lose, you have to stand up and fight back! the 14th argued, speaking very much out of character.

…I know… but that doesn't mean I should've let my friends remain in danger like that… I should've kept a more careful watch on them… I could've saved Lavi… I could've protected Lenalee… and yet… Allen's mind suddenly halted the disheartening piano song as the sound of rain resonated within his mind. At the very next moment, his body was embraced by the warm sensation of a purple aura…

Your will is beginning to crack… the rain is dragging you down into the world within… the 14th chuckled.

Lenalee remained in the emergency room where both Lavi and Akatsuki were placed. This entire year, she had been refusing missions now that her world had been utterly shattered. She feared that Lavi and Akatsuki could die in the middle of their long, deep sleep. It's all my fault for being so weak… It's all my fault… They're both in a coma, whereas I could've been there for them… I could've been more help, but instead… I was defeated and Allen was forced to endanger himself again… Why am I cursed to be so forever weak…

She was being mentally tortured by her own self. She was in pain, and her tears began to spill. Damnit… why'd I have to be cursed to be forever weak… why… why… she whispered as the tears flowed faster than ever…

In a storage room of the black Order Cathedral Base, a fist thrust out of the air, creating a shattering noise like breaking a glass window. The 'window' continued shattering as a figure walked directly through the broken remains. That figure appeared to have been wearing all black pants, and a formal tuxedo meant for a young boy's dance. "If I'm correct, he instructed me to look for her here…," the person spoke to themselves, walking into the light of the moon's luminescence. This person… was Shin, Cain of Anticipation…

Disclaimer: I do not own D. Gray-man.

Author's Note: Finally after so long, like a phoenix rising from the flames comes a continuation of my longest fan fiction! Woot!