Hello all! I know it's been forever since I posted a fic. I have to say, writer's block seriously sucks major ass. This was a little in season special that struck me. A little back story... I have recently begun reading -Man and fell instantly in love. I adore it. This fiction was originally supposed to be a cute Allen x Kanda fic. But, somewhere along the way...I felt it to be more appropriate to be a happy fiction with friendship between them during the Holiday Season. Yes, there are hints of Lenalee x Lavi... I'm not sure where that slipped in, but I think the fiction wanted to be that way. Hahaha.

This will be a two, maybe three chapter fiction. It's short. And probably rather crappy. Hope you enjoy it though! So, without further adieu, The Black Order Holiday...


The Black Order Holiday
Chapter One

Rain had turned to snow that silently coated the ground in a cold blanket. It was so silent, it seemed even the akuma had taken a break from the war. The exorcists of the Black Order enjoyed the silence while they could, knowing that it wouldn't last forever. It was a time to prepare as well as rest up. Most had even forgotten what season it was due to the hustle and bustle to try to stay one step ahead of the enemy. The Earl would certainly be doing the same.

Lenalee Lee and Miranda Lotto sat in the cafeteria staring at their plates of food. Neither wanted to the break the quiet as they were both lost in their own thoughts. Lenalee looked up at the ceiling after a while and frowned. Two weeks since Kanda Yu, Allen Walker, and Lavi Junior Bookman had left on their small mission to go investigate some signs of innocence in the Philippines. Miranda looked at Lenalee and then back down, not knowing what to say or how to break the silence. Lenalee sighed heavily and put her hand down roughly on the table surface.

"Two weeks! They should be back by now!" She grumped, stabbing at her food with her chopsticks.

Miranda, having jumped at the sudden movement, lost her fork to its sudden desire to fly across the cafeteria only to land in a finder's spaghetti meal. She flushed red in embarrassment as the finder looked up trying to find the culprit. She sunk low in her seat in an attempt to hide. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! So very sorry! I didn't mean to throw it at you!"

The finder, not taking long to see who was guilty, snorted and turned away shoving his nose in the air while getting up to head back to Jerry for a new helping. Lenalee rolled her eyes.

"You know, it was an accident…" Lenalee defended more to herself than to the finder.

"W-Well…maybe they got tied up?" Miranda offered softly while very slowly sliding back up into her seat.

Lenalee nodded but looked unconvinced. "Maybe."

A burst of loud boisterous yelling came from the doorway. Both women looked up to see Komui walking in very proudly with his entire science department trailing him dragging a large pine tree.

"Jerry~!" Komui added to his loud entrance in a sing-song voice. Jerry came out from his kitchen and seemed to sparkle as he practically floated over to Komui.

"What's this? KomKom?" Jerry asked while staring at the tree.

"It's a CHRISTMAS TREE!" Komui announced throwing his arms up in the air. "I found it! It was so stunning that it CALLED my NAME!!"

Reever's eye twitch, "That was me screaming from you cutting it down after telling me to climb it to be sure there were no ravenous squirrels in the tree…"

Komui ignored the mumbled comment and pointed to 'his' tree. "See? I even dragged it back!"

The entire science department yelled back, "WE DID, NOT YOU!"

Jerry smiled knowingly and nodded. "I see! It's very pretty! Where shall we put it?!"

Lenalee could do little more than stare at her older brother in annoyance and actual awe. Miranda was in the same boat. She couldn't believe that they had actually dragged a Christmas tree back…

Simultaneously, it hit both women. Christmas. The season of Christmas. They shared a look and began to smile broadly. To have a Christmas tree, one must have present to put UNDER the tree, no?

"I was thinking...we could put it in here! So everyone can view my majestic tree!" Komui motioned to the tree with both arms wide open. The other scientists gave up on arguing and drug the poor mutilated tree to the largest space open by the kitchen and began to set it up.

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Lenalee and Miranda stood, deposited their half-eaten trays to the dish washing station, and then slipped out without being spotted. Their mission to find gifts had thus been commenced.

Miranda stared at a case of old worn keys in the glass case before her. She smiled as she looked around the small trinket shop. Lenalee picked up several items to look at and began piling them up by the register. Miranda felt disheartened at that sight; she had yet to even find one little gift for anyone. She poked around until her eyes landed on a small snow globe of a white dressed clown. She smiled and picked it up. Allen shot into her mind as she stared at the snow globe. She shook it and found the switch on the bottom and twisted it. A soft, comforting melody floated out. It fit Allen to the T in Miranda's opinion. She walked to the counter and set it down to start her own pile.

Lenalee smiled at Miranda gently, happy to see the other woman smiling. Her eye caught something in the key case. She made her way over and looked at it. She gasped as she found one that was just so timeless looking. She called to the owner.

"Excuse me! How much is this key?" She asked staring at the beautifully designed key.

"Ahhh…that key. It's quite a bargain miss. It's a very special key too…" He smiled.

Lenalee nodded, "I'll take it."

She bought it and found a small chain as well.

After a good while, both girls had bags full of gifts and headed back, stopping only once more for wrapping items. Once back, they snuck to Miranda's room and giggled together while wrapping the gifts. Both were positively beaming. Miranda looked up at Lenalee.

"Do you know the song, 'O Tannenbaum'?"

Lenalee stared at her and shook her head. "I don't. How does it go?"

Miranda paled and shook her head. "Oh, I-I couldn't possibly sing it…I-I'd butcher it…"

Lenalee put her hand on her hip and stuck Miranda with a glare, "Oh yes you can! And you need to! I want to hear it!

Miranda stared at the floor, face red enough that she swore she would faint at any point. She cleared her throat and took a deep breath.

"O tannenbaum, O tannenbaum
wie treu sind deine blatter!
Du grunst nicht nur, zur sommerzeit,
Nein auch im Winter, wenn es schneit.
O tannenbaum, O tannenbaum
wie treu sind deine blatter!"

"Oh! It's 'Oh, Christmas Tree'!"

"You know it?"

"Yes. It's a tune we haven't heard around here in so long." Lenalee stated. She and Miranda continued to wrap while singing in Chinese, English, and German.

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Meanwhile, three figured trudged in from the cold snow looking beaten and battered. All three made their way to the cafeteria area only to stop and stare at the 'Majestic Tree of Komui' as was dubbed via sign.

"What the hell…"

"What's the meaning of this…"

"Ain't that a Christmas tree?"


Well? Did you like? Did you not like? Go ahead and leave me any comments, whether criticism or praise. Thank you for reading! I'll be trying to work on the newest chapter! Seeing as how my work is closed due to snow and I have nothing better to do...