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I do not own D. Gray-man...That's it.

Author's Note: Yay chapter 2! I'm surprised I got reviews already when I just put it up yesterday, thanks guys! ^-^ I promise I'll finish Chapter 3 during my winter break though it might not be up until after New Years since I need to get my friend to edit it xP Anyways, Merry Christmas and Happy New Years!


Chapter 2: Welcoming

The two headed to the Chief's office. Allen opened two double doors, leading to the science department. The room was cluttered with papers, books, and any other things they had. The place was a complete mess! There were scientists at work…well, maybe just two or three. The rest were asleep at their desk, drowning in paperwork. Koyuki sweat-dropped when she saw the horror. What kind of science department was this?!

Allen chucked nervously. "Sorry about the mess…" he apologized and walked in, heading towards the back. The back room was just as worse, papers on the ground with stacks of books lying around everywhere. There was one lone desk in the room which was occupied by someone's head face down on the wood, sleeping. Allen suddenly slammed his hand on the desk, right next to the man's ear. The man shrieked and shot up. "Komui-san, we got ourselves a new Exorcist." He said with a smile, looking back at Koyuki.

"Um…H-Hi…" She said, waving shyly at the man called Komui.

The chief caught sight of the gloves she was wearing as he got up and walked over to her, looking over the gloves that held the Innocence. "It's nice to meet you. I'm Komui Lee, head chief of Headquarters. Follow me to the lab." He said. Komui was already on his way out as Allen and Koyuki quickly made to follow him.

Once inside the lab, Komui took Koyuki's gloves and laid them on the table. He walked away from the table and came back with his arms full of tools. "Now, let's get this Innocence out and made into an anti-Akuma weapon." Komui had an evil grin on his face as he got a drill and brought it closer to the gloves.

"WHAT?!" Koyuki shouted in horror as she quickly grabbed her gloves and held them close to her. "You are not destroying these! My nii-san gave them to me…" Sadness was shown in her eyes once she spoke of her brother.

"I see. Allen-kun, take her outside." Komui said as Allen grabbed Koyuki's hand and dragging her out, while Komui grabbed the gloves.

"A-Allen-kun! Let me go! Give those back!" She struggled to get out of Allen's grasp as she was dragged to the door.

"Don't worry, I promise I won't totally destroy them." He said, smiling innocently as he waved her out the door.

Allen actually had to pick Koyuki up and carry her out of the room. Once outside, he set her down, smiling apologetically. "Sorry about that, but I'm sure he won't damage them."

Koyuki sat down on the ground and crossed her arms, looking away from him. She was blushing from when he had to carry her out of the room.

"Come on Koyuki-chan, please don't be mad." Allen said, crouching down to her level and smiling.

That sweet smile just made her blush even more. "I-I'm not mad. J-Just mostly worried…" Koyuki said quietly, trying not to stutter so much. She just couldn't help it, something about Allen just made her like that.

"Don't worry. Komui-san will be gentle." I hope… Allen said, adding the last part in his mind as he remembered when Komui had to work on his arm.


Komui came out of the lab, carrying a pair of gloves. They were different than what Koyuki's had looked like.

Her eyes widened as she grabbed Komui by the front of his shirt and pulled him down. "What did you do to them?!" She asked angrily.

"Relax! I have your original gloves right here." He said, pulling out the pair from his pocket as Koyuki quickly grabbed them. "Anyways, this is your anti-Akuma weapon, Crystal Gloves." He held up the new gloves. They were black in color and had light blue crystals imbedded on the back. Those crystals were her Innocence. "You'll have to learn how to activate them yourself and figure out your own powers." He gave them to Koyuki. "The key is synchronizing with your Innocence, now follow me and we'll see Hevlaska. Allen-kun, you can leave now."

Koyuki had put on the new gloves to see how they fit.

"Well I'll see you later then Koyuki-chan." Allen said as he waved to her and started walking away.

She smiled and waved back to him before following Komui to a rather large looking room. They walked onto a platform in the center as the chief pulled levers to make it rise. Koyuki was amazed, but a bit scared at the same time. She held onto the railing, afraid that she might fall over. They eventually stopped in mid air. As Koyuki started looking around, she rested her eyes on some kind of abnormality. She saw a large ghost-like creature in front of them and started backing away.

"A new Exorcist, we've been waiting for you." Hevlaska said as tentacles came up to grab Koyuki.

Koyuki let out a scream as she struggled to get out of the strange creature's grasp.

"Calm down. She's not going to hurt you." Komui said, seemingly "forgetting" to mention exactly who and what Hevlaska was.

Hevlaska started probing Koyuki's Innocence and body, checking her synchronization rate. "6%...14%....21%....29%...32%...37%" That's where she stopped, meaning that that was how well Koyuki synchronized with her Innocence. Hevlaska then gently put Koyuki down on the platform.

"Not bad for a beginner. You've probably had the Innocence for a while. I'm surprised you stayed away from the Akuma for that long." Komui said as he started lowering the platform while Koyuki shot a glare at him. It would have been nice to know who Hevlaska was before that heart attack. "Well, you're officially an Exorcist now. Just need to get you a uniform and a room." He smiled, ignoring the glare he recieved as they reached the ground again and walked out of the room.


A 16-year old Chinese girl with short dark green hair was seen walking through the halls. She was wearing an Exorcist uniform just like Allen.

"Perfect timing. Lenalee! Be a dear and show our new Exorcist around!" Komui said, calling over to his little sister.

Lenalee turned to the two and smiled. "Sure, nii-san. My name's Lenalee Lee and Komui here is my older brother. It's good to have another Exorcist around, we need all the help we can get." She said, an arm stretched out for Koyuki to shake.

"I'm Koyuki Shiraiyuki and I came from Japan. Nice to meet you Lenalee." Koyuki took her hand and shook it. The mention of Lenalee's older brother made her upset, but Koyuki tried not to show it.

"She also needs a uniform and a room. Have fun girls!" Komui said with a cheerful grin before heading back off to the science department.


Lenalee had gotten Koyuki a uniform and was now leading Koyuki to her room. She waited outside while Koyuki was changing. Koyuki soon came out of her room wearing the Exorcist uniform. "How do I look?" She asked.

"You look great." Lenalee smiled. "How do you like your room?"

"I like it, though…how am I going to remember where my room is? All these doors look the same…" Koyuki questioned, looking down the halls and seeing the rest of the doors were the same as hers.

"Your room is on the sixth floor, two doors down from the hall." Lenalee said. "I know it's confusing, but you'll soon get used to finding your room. C'mon, I'll give you a tour."


Once the tour was done, Lenalee had work to do so Koyuki went to the cafeteria to get some food. After she ordered her food and picked it up, she turned to find a table, but saw Finders staring at her, and whispering. Koyuki quickly took her tray and sat at an empty table in the back.

Meanwhile, Allen was heading to the cafeteria when an 18-year old boy with red hair and an eye patch over his right eye came up from behind him, wrapping his arm around the younger boy's neck. "Hey Allen-kun, I heard we have a new Exorcist. And she's a girl too. Is she cute?" The boy asked. He wore the same uniform as Allen, meaning he was an Exorcist too.

"You'll just have to see for yourself Lavi." Allen said as the two walked in the direction of the cafeteria.

"But I wanna hear your opinion." Lavi said, pulling him closer to him while Allen tried to pull away.

"She's pretty cute I guess…" He said, trying not to blush so that Lavi wouldn't start teasing him about Koyuki.

"Oh really now? Well let's go see her!" Lavi ran off with him dragging Allen to the cafeteria. Once at the cafeteria, Lavi started looking for the "new girl" while Allen went to get his usual mountain of food. "Whoa! She's pretty cute." Lavi said once he spotted Koyuki sitting at an empty table in the back.

Allen grabbed his tray and looked over to where he saw Lavi who was staring at Koyuki. "She seems so lonely. Come on, let's join her." The two headed over to the back and sat down at the table where Koyuki was sitting at. "Hi, Koyuki-chan."

"Oh hi All-" Koyuki stopped in mid sentence when she saw the mountain of food that Allen had on his tray. "Um…You're really going to eat…all that?" She asked.

"Yep. I'm a parasite-type, so we tend to eat a lot." Allen said as he started to eat.

"You're Koyuki-chan, the new Exorcist from Japan?" Lavi asked. "My name's Lavi, nice to meet you."

"Yes I am. Nice to meet you too." Koyuki said, smiling at Lavi. Out of the corner of her eye, she couldn't help but stare at Allen eating. It was just impossible to believe that he could eat that much.

"Cool, another Exorcist from Japan like Yu." Lavi said, smiling back at her.

"Yu?"

"Yu Kanda, he's from Japan too. Kinda scary, but as long as you don't get on his bad side, you'll be fine." He explained.

"Oh…" That didn't make her feel any better about meeting Kanda.

"How do you like the Black Order so far?" Allen asked, finishing his last plate and stacking it with the rest. Apparently he was a fast eater too.

"Oh um…It's okay. I met another Exorcist named Lenalee. She was nice and gave me a tour of Headquarters." Koyuki said. "Though once I came to the cafeteria, I didn't feel very welcomed…" Referring to how everyone was staring at her and whispering.

"Don't worry, you'll feel at home soon. Don't mind the others. It's rare seeing a new Exorcist around. So everyone's just curious." Lavi said.

"Thanks. Though I don't know how I can be of use. I don't even know how to use my anti-Akuma weapon."

"Well then, let's go train." Allen said as he got up and grabbed Koyuki's hand. "We'll help you activate your Innocence." He and Lavi then dragged Koyuki to the training room against her will.


The next morning, Koyuki woke up with a groan. She was sore from the training that Allen and Lavi made her go through, and she still wasn't able to activate her Innocence. They said they were going to train with her more today and she didn't want to go.

"Koyuki-chan? Are you up yet? Time for some training exercises!" Lavi was pounding on her door as Koyuki pulled the covers over her head and tried to get back to sleep, hoping Lavi would leave. How did he find out where her room was anyways?

Both Lavi and Allen were somehow able to get Koyuki out of bed and were currently in the training room.

"Can't I at least get some breakfast?" She pleaded, trying to think of excuses to get out of training.

"You can't because…you need to earn it!" Lavi said, pausing a bit as if he was lying. Koyuki never noticed. "Now come on, you need to activate your Innocence as soon as you cab to prepare for your missions." He took out a tiny hammer that grew larger, as Allen changed his form so that his Innocence was activated.

Koyuki sighed. "Alright fine…" She grumbled and looked her gloves as she started concentrating. "Innocence, activate." A glow came from her hands as her Innocence awakened.

Just then, Lavi's hammer came down upon Koyuki. She quickly jumped out of the way. "Pay attention and concentrate." He said as Allen used his claw to swipe at her, but was careful not to severely hurt her.

Koyuki had no time to dodge Allen's attack and she was swatted away by him. She slowly got up and pain coursed through her body as she held out her right arm. "Innocence…Activate!" The glow on her hands increased as a bow made of green energy appeared in her right hand.

"Congrats Koyuki-chan! Now learn how to use it." Allen said as he rushed in, swinging his claw at her.

Koyuki didn't have time to think and she put both her arms out in defense. A green shield formed as the bow disappeared, blocking Allen's claw.

"Not bad." Allen said with a smile as he backed off as a shadow appeared above Koyuki. Once she realized what it was, she quickly rolled out of the way before she was squashed by Lavi's hammer. Koyuki's shield disappeared as her bow reappeared in her right hand. She aimed at Lavi and as she drew back the bow. An arrow made out of the same green energy appeared. Releasing it, Koyuki's arrow headed straight toward Lavi, but he blocked it with his hammer.


The three continued training until Koyuki had run out of energy. "Can I please get some food now…?" She asked, collapsing down on the floor of the training grounds as her stomach growled.

"Uh…I'll get it for you, what do you want?" Allen asked. Koyuki told him to get anything as she was too tired to care. Allen nodded and headed out, walking to the cafeteria.

"Are you guys almost done?" He asked as he started pilling up food for Koyuki.

"Almost, just stall her a bit longer." Lenalee said, putting up a banner. There were many others putting up decorations in the cafeteria, preparing for a party.

"Alright. She can have a little R&R now since she's done with training for the day." Allen said with a smile as he headed back to the training room with the tray of food. "Koyuki-chan, got your food." He said as he came back into the training room. Allen handed it to Koyuki, and she started eating as soon as the plate reached her hands.


The two boys and Koyuki were relaxing when Allen elbowed Lavi, whispering that they should probably go now. They got up and grabbed Koyuki's hands as they started leading her to the cafeteria.

"Where are we going?" She asked.

"You'll see." Lavi said with a smiled as he and Allen walked.

Opening the doors, Koyuki stared in awe as she looked around the cafeteria.

"Welcome Koyuki!" Came the voices of what seemed to be everyone in Headquarters. They all were smiling at her, exuding a welcoming vibe.

"I can't believe it…You guys did this all for me?" She asked, looking at the "welcome" sign that hung above everyone and across the room.

"Of course, you're the newest member of our family." Allen said, giving her a drink.

"We welcome all of our new Exorcists." Lavi chimed in, putting his arms around Allen and Koyuki.

"Do you like it?" Lenalee asked as she walked up to Koyuki.

Koyuki nodded and smiled. "Thank you so much. All of you have been so kind to be."

Everyone had a wonderful time that night. Komui had brought another insane invention he made, causing some trouble. Luckily, Lenalee "accidentally" destroyed it while drop-kicking her brother with her Dark Boots. Allen and Lavi made sure Koyuki had a good time. Unfortunately, she didn't have the chance to meet Kanda since he was on a mission. However, she was a bit relieved by that.