A/N - *mentally dies* I really don't know what to say here, I mean, this is like my new legacy it took me so freaking long to write and if you don't like it I think I might melt into a puddle of tears in the corner T.T anyway! I hope you enjoy the second chapter and I have updated this one as well, which might sound good to hear, I know I really need to hurry this up so I can add the next chapter :)

Disclaimer - I DO NOT own DGM, Katsura Hoshino does! :3 All I own is my OC Itami Sayori :3:3

2

In the dark under growth of the surrounding forest, a small body began to convulse, pain racing through her veins. Blood pumping through her heart slowly becoming noises in her mind, voices slowly making their way through the pain and surfacing as her saviours. Itami;s mind began to throb, the images running through her mind only adding to the pain she felt. Long lashes slowly began to flutter open as large pink orbs were revealed, slowly adjusting to the lack of light in the forest above. Itami's head was reeling in pain and as she brought her arms up and behind her to support her body weight, slowly pushing her sore body into a sitting position. Feeling relieved to be off of the slighting damn floor.

"Where am I?" the blonde teen questioned aloud, slowly regaining her focus on the greenery around her and the light slowly filtering down from the shrubs above her. Her large eyes wincing from the sudden movement, but continuing to sit up and allow herself to asses the situation around her at that moment in time. Sitting up Itami was able to see more of the surrounding area from the position she was now in, meaning she could see two men sitting not far from where she once lay, slowly beginning to panic the pink eyed teen pushed herself back and into a wall of trees and subconsciously making noise. Itami sweat dropped as the two men looked her way, she stared at them awkwardly but when looking to the older of the two something made her stop, green. She knew that colour, the way that it shined in the new found light, the way that she wasn't sure weather to trust it of not.

"Oh, your awake," the white haired male said, his smile put Itami's mind at ease somehow allowing the pink eyed girl to relax in his company. The red head then looked between the two younger teens and shook his head, his mind couldn't wrap around the fact that he seemed to scare the female, but by any means that wasn't his intention. He hadn't even known her and she passed out in his arms, making him have to carry her all the way from the burning cottage to the woodland that they now occupied. This thought made Lavi sweat-drop and shake his head before turning back to look into the fire before him.

"We didn't mean to scare you, we saw that you were hurt, but after what you've been through I wouldn't be surprised if you were scared," the white haired male gave a reassuring smile towards the blonde teen, hoping that she would soon feel comfortable around them both. Itami's brow furrowed, 'what does he mean?' but before long images flashed in her mind, reminding her of the pain she had gone through with her Grandma's death and the beast that had loomed above her as she stood helpless. The blonde winced, holding her breath hoping that she was wrong, hoping that it was all a dream, wishing that she would wake up and see her Grandma's smiling face again. But realization dawned on the pink eyed teen, her Grandma was really dead and she did nothing to help, she sat there and hid, she had failed her Grandma and let her die, for she had been too scared to even think of helping.

"Excuse me, w-what happened to the woman that was in the cottage with me?" Itami's voice came out small, her voice breaking while hiding the pain she felt, holding in her tears while hoping for the best. The two males shared a look between each other before the red head stood and walked towards Itami, the nervousness slowly getting worse. The red head stopped just before he got to Itami's side and knelt down, slowly sinking to her level of eye sight. The green eye that Itami remembered now stared directly at her and she couldn't help but shake lightly, knowing what was coming next.

"I'm really sorry but you were the only one left alive in the cottage, the elder woman didn't make it." Lavi's head bowed, wishing that he would be able to make the girl smile and not cringe, for the cringe had taken beauty away from her young face and made her seem older than what she really was. Itami's mind froze, her voice box seized, her eyes watered and her body became numb. A strangled cry left her lips and she couldn't help but curl into a ball and allow herself to cry, her hands coming up to her head and pulling at the roots of her hair slightly. Nothing could stop the noises coming from Itami, she was dealing with the death in her own ways while blaming it all on herself, blaming everything bad that had ever happened to her on her curse, the one that she would never be able to live down.

"Hey, calm down, your okay," a comforting voice called to her, the blonde teen calmed down but wouldn't release the hold she had on her hair. Nothing would release her grip, she was blaming herself for everything. The curse that she had brought the demon there in the first place yet it was her Grandma that had paid the price for her. The pink eyed teen cried and allowed the pain to hurt, not trying to hide what she felt from these two men, she knew that she was cursed and now she knew that she couldn't be happy, she only ever brought death and that scared her.

"I'm not okay! She died for me! It was all my fault!" Itami yelled while rocking herself back and forth, hoping that her pained cries would do something to comfort her in any way. The last person she had was dead, no one in her life had lived, everything was her fault, the curse she had was like a sign of death and that scared her alone, what if she was going to hurt the two men that saved her, she couldn't do that! It would just prove that she was a monster.

"Calm down, you are okay. I promise you that," the white haired male quietly said, him too slowly making his way towards the broken girl. Wishing that he was able to help her, hoping that something he says would help her live her life. Wishing that no one would have to go through this pain because of the Millennium Earl, wishing that this war would be over and that the Black Order wouldn't have to destroy peoples family's and their lives. The blondes head nodded, trying to calm down her breathing slowly releasing the grip on her hair realizing that it wouldn't do any good if she didn't have any blood in her head. Itami slowly raised her heavy head and looking to the two males that sat before her.

The blonde teen really did look broken the way she sat and Allen noticed this, her long pale blonde hair sat behind her down her back, all knotted and messy. Her pink eyes were slightly red from her crying, the tears leaving wet track marks down her face. She didn't look fine and he knew that they needed to do something, after all an Akuma doesn't go after anyone, she must have something to do with Innocence. A smile broke out on the gray haired boys face, changing the atmosphere of the whole forest. Itami shook her head and concentrated on what they were saying to her more that what they looked like, because she knew that she couldn't judge on how they looked otherwise she may end up in a bad situation again, shaking her head quickly she paid more attention to the two men in front of her when they began speaking again.

"I'm Allen Walker, and this is Lavi," Allen introduced himself and his red headed friend before anything else could be said, hoping that would calm the blonde down. The girl before them both nodded and a small smile was on her lips, the smile seemed to lighten her face but there was still very little emotion in her eyes and both of the men before he wished to change that, Allen knew that if she came to the Order with then she would feel right at home and soon have a family she could call her own, after all he know had a family that he never did before he came to the order.

"I'm Itami Sayori," the pink eyed teen smiled a small but sincere smile, wishing she had something to smile about. She looked between the two males in front of her and they both smiled, they both seemed nice enough but Itami knew that she couldn't judge just yet, she had to make sure that they wouldn't hurt her or she wouldn't hurt them. Allen looked at the girl and saw the uncertainty on her eyes and he wished with everything he had that he could make that look disappear but he knew that it would take time before she trusted them 100% anyway. He quickly shook his head before speaking again, the White haired one spoke before anyone else could comprehend what to say.

"Do you know what happened Itami? To your home I mean," Allen smiled and looked at Itami with hope, silently praying that the bump Lavi made to her head wouldn't affect her thought pattern in anyway, he sweat-dropped at the thought and looked to her head where there seemed to be slightly pink area of skin but other than that she looked healthy, thankfully Lavi didn't seem to do too much damage.

"Lavi, I really think we should rest here. I mean we're surrounded by forest and nothing else, were gonna get lost!" Allen exclaimed, hoping to get through the the thick skulked red head. He was currently carrying the girl that they had found in the cottage with the Akuma. Lavi seemed to have a smile on his face even though the younger of the two seemed to be panicking, the green eyed male turned to his friend and smiled before opening his mouth to speak.

"Calm down Allen, I mean what could go wrong?" Lavi spoke with enthusiasm, swirling around while not seeing how close he was to a tree. The next thing they know was that the blondes head had hit the tree during Lavi's joyful dancing. Allen and Lavi stopped and looked down the small teen as she slightly groaned and moved in her unconscious state, they both then became pale, a small mark formed where her head made contact with the hard surface which was the tree. Lavi turned pale and seemed to be in his own world while Allen ran around the two other screaming.

"What did I tell you! She's gonna be mad when she wakes up! It's gonna be your fault!" Allen screamed while becoming paler and running around Lavi in circles while hoping that the blonde teen wouldn't notice anything when she woke up. Lavi dead-panned and looked at the gray haired male travelling with him when a thought suddenly came to his mind,

"My fault?! Your the one that didn't tell me there was a tree there! I mean who would do that?!" Lavi screamed back, slowly beginning to worry that the girl would become like Yu and try and kill him for accidentally hurting her. Lavi cried silently while hoping that she a forgiving personality until people at the order, otherwise he should just start planning his funeral now...

Allen shuddered thinking about the argument him and Lavi had over the small bump but looking at the girl now she seemed to have only a small mark, thankfully. Allen quickly looked over at Lavi and he had a matching look cross his face. Allen could just tell that Lavi was thinking almost the identical thought, the red head then looked over at his younger counterpart, but both of their thoughts were interrupted when Itami cleared her throat and both of their heads were snapped back to reality and they listened to what the blonde female had to say.

"Uhm, I remember being in the kitchen and then the beast came. He killed my Grandma and I thought he killed me, but obviously not." Itami looked away by the time she finished her statement, she hoped that they would say it was all a joke, some sick joke and that her Grandma was alright and would through the forest at any minute. But if not she was wishing that she could take her Grandma's place and allow her Grandma to live a long and happy life without having the burden that was her, because Itami knew that if she wasn't there her Grandma would of had a happy life. Itami was so concertinaed in her own thoughts that she almost didn't hear Allen's question,

"Do you know what the beast was? Or even why it was there?" Allen asked again, his gray eyes looking at her with sympathy. His eyes softening when he saw her shudder and slowly sink away from them, but his brow slowly began to furrow as he saw her take a large intake of breath and look him in the eye, her pupils slowly dilating with fear. Allen could tell that the blonde in front of him was petrified but she had to understand what happened and why it did otherwise she'll be living in fear for the rest of her life, and Allen wouldn't allow that.

"I-if I tell you, y-your gonna think that I'm a m-monster," Itami sobbed out while looking between Lavi and Allen, her pupils not being able to concentrate on just one thing at that moment, wishing that she could sink into a small ball and allow the world to swallow her whole. Itami's hands shook as they slowly unfolded themselves from around her legs and allowing her legs to stretch out in front of her, while her gaze suddenly becomes downcast. Not able to hold any form of eye contact any longer, she became distant and thought about how she could say this without sounding like too much of a monster, however she knew that no matter what she would always be a monster.

"Itami, I don't think your a monster, neither of us do. I mean would we of helped you if you were a monster?" Allen asked with a small smile on his face, a small glint appeared in his eye and Itami couldn't helped but let out a breath of air while looking into the white haired males grey eyes. Itami looked between Allen and Lavi, noticing the difference between both of them and hoping that their gazes wouldn't turn on her and leave her on her own. She took another deep breath before looking up towards the sky and closing her eyes and allowing her mouth to open and her thoughts to form words.

"I can kill those monsters, I have this curse that allows me to tell the difference between a man and a beast. I don't know how but I have these crosses on my wrist that appeared when I was younger and ever since then when my life has been in danger they, they open and my blood form what looks like string, or something, I don't know what it is but it kills them." Itami said in a quick breath, wishing that she didn't have to see the disgust in their faces while they looked down upon her. Lavi glanced at Allen, suddenly thinking about what Itami had just said. She had blatantly admitted that she was a Innocence wielder, the crosses that she was referring to must of been Innocence for it to be able to destroy the Akuma that she was calling 'beasts'. Lavi's mind then began to wonder, how on earth does a a scar open and allow blood to flow out without killing her, but if it holds Innocents, then how has it stayed dormant all these years without the Order knowing something of its whereabouts?

The red head was then brought out of his thoughts by the younger of the two males jabbing his elbow in Lavi's rib's, slowly making a gesture towards the crying blonde in front of them. Allen thinking that Lavi would be able to do a better job explaining what she now needed to know, after having the same thoughts as the red head about the girl that sat in front of them. Lavi raked his brain for something to say before he made a fool of himself and made Itami feel worse, so when he finally found something to say he took a deep breath before allowing what he was thinking to be said.

"Itami, we are what you would call Exorcist's, we work for the Black Order and kill those monsters that you saw. We each have some form of weapon that allows us to destroy the beast's, we believe that these scars are a fragment of Innocence and that is why you are allowed to kill the monsters. You are in no way cursed, your just special and have been chosen by god himself to take part in this war and help the Black Order in destroying the Millennium Earl." Lavi spoke with reassurance, hoping to calm the girl in front of him down, wishing she would join the Order so they would have another member to help fight in this war, but the Bookman in him was yelling at her to run from the Order and not be another innocent life destroyed by this new found war. Itami looked at the red head and then looked down to her folded hands, a small tear came to her pink eyes as she thought about what he had said. She wasn't cursed? She just had Innocence? Did this mean that she could live a normal life?

"Do-does that mean that I can live a normal life?" the blonde teen asked, wiping a tear away from her eye and looking at the two elder males in front of her, hoping that she would be able to get a real answer now, hoping that she would be able to walk away and live her life to the fullest like she had promised her Grandma. Allen and Lavi looked at each other silently deciding whether or not they should tell her the real truth about Innocence. The younger of the two males shook his head, white locks flying around him while his left hand rose to cover his left eye while his head came to face Itami. The female looking at Allen's new position in confusion wondering what he was doing. The next thing she knew Allen had sat on the floor properly and looked into her pink eyes with his own gray ones.

"My left hand is my Innocence, and I once thought that my left eye was a curse. I had turned the man that I had called my father into an Akuma through the grief that I had over his death, my left hand then activated and helped save his soul. But I learnt to live with the new arm and now I live with the Black Order and they have all become my family and they could except you as a new member if you gave it a chance, Exorcist's have to stick together now, don't they?" Allen looked at Itami with a smile on his face while removing his hand from his eye and the female in front of him sat as still as a rock, not moving and hardly breathing. The pink eyed girl's breath caught in her throat, Allen telling her this much mean that no matter what your past is the Black Order would except you. Itami's face nearly split in two from the grin that erupted on her face, she couldn't help it, she lept forward from her current sitting position and wrapped her arms around Allen's neck while ignoring the pain from her side.

"Thank you Allen! Thank you so much!" the white haired male fell back in surprise before his face softened and he laughed lightly while wrapping his right arm around Itami and hugged her in response. Hoping that the whole Order would get to see more of her smile. Lavi was silently watching the whole thing, silently recording every moment, knowing it was his job. But he couldn't stay quiet when Allen landed on the floor and he just had to squeal at the cuteness they both had. Even his cold green eye would soften for that, they both seemed so happy, truly happy, but before he could think too much about it he couldn't hold his squeal in any longer.

"Aww~ look at that!" Lavi suddenly squealed, making the blonde female pull away from the white headed male she was latched onto, and blush slightly, only making Lavi squeal more. Allen was able to get out of Itami's grasp while pushing himself off of the floor and brushed himself off while laughing at his friends on the floor below. It was moment like this that he was glad he joined the Order, he would never have friends like this if he would of stayed with maser or the circus for that matter, he knew this was the right thing to do. The gray eyed male looked at the blonde teen on the floor and saw that she was blushing lightly but before he could say anything Lavi began squealing again, making the two males laugh to themselves.

"Aww~ Itami's blushing!" he squealed again, Itami laughed and she knew that she had to go with these two boys, no matter what. Itami then began to try and push herself up from the forest floor but when her side twinged in pain it made the blonde female loose her balance and almost fall to the floor in pain, she had forgotten about the injury she had gotten at the cottage. Allen however was able to see the fall happen and was able to grab Itami by the shoulders and help her stay balanced before Lavi also stood and helped the young female towards the small fire that they had made, then allowing the female to warm herself. Both males hoping the warmth would make her seem a bit more calm and relaxed allowing her wound to heal a little faster.

"Itami, why don't we get to know you a little better, I mean we're gonna be here until at least tomorrow," Lavi quickly asked when they all sat down by the fire, the warm of the reddish flames already beginning to make a difference to the atmosphere around them. The blonde teen happily nodded and both boys couldn't be happier, they were all able to have a little laugh and ask a few random questions before Lavi came up with a plan and asked how old the pink eyed teen was.

"Okay, how old are you?" Lavi asked the pink eyed girl in front of him, hoping she would be his age, but he seemed to enjoy the company that she gave as she had a light aura, it seemed to be naturally bubbly and kind-hearted - something he realised would not make a good Exorcist. His mind the flashed to when he first met Lenalee, he compared those two a little too much and almost forgot to listen to the blonde girls reply, but he chuckled and shook his head just before the girl could answer and when she did another idea came to his mind.

"I'm 16," the blonde female answered while trying to not laugh at Lavi, the red head seemed to be almost jumping in his seat to find out new information on her and somehow it seemed to put her mind at ease and allow Itami to relax in their company and have a good time while forgetting her troubles. The pink eyed teen laughed when Lavi jumped from his seat when she spoke, he pointed to her and then to Allen and back again, both teens left on the floor started to laugh at his reaction. Lavi himself was shocked that she was only 16, she appeared more mature and had a boy of at least an 18 year old.

"Wow! You're older than bean-sprout!" Lavi exclaimed shocked, Itami couldn't help the fit of giggles that came from her mouth at the red heads expression but she had to hold her sides in laughter after seeing Allen nearly suffocate on air, his face almost turning red and steam coming from his ears. Somehow Itami wished that this would be her life for the rest of her days, hoping that she would be this comfortable forever. Allen quietly mumbled something under his breath before he stood up and storming over to Lavi and whacking him on the back of the head sending the red head face first into the dirt. Itami watched the whole spectacle while trying not to make a noise while her face was becoming red from her holding in her laugh. The blonde finally gave in and rolled on the floor laughing at the two males in front of her, loving how they had such a close relationship between the two.

Before long Lavi snapped up from the floor and spat leaves and mud from his mouth animatedly and turned to glare at Allen who now had a slight evil glare in his eyes, even making Itami shudder lightly but she couldn't wipe the smile from her face because of the look that had made its way to the red heads face and the leaves that were sticking in his hair and orange scarf. Allen looked at Lavi with a slight glare but could barley hold back his laugh as he saw him looking all messy while having leaves and sticks poking up on his head while he gave the gray haired boy a puppy dog look.

"I was only playing Allen!~" Lavi called while looking Allen straight in the eye with a playful pout, Allen sweat drooping and shaking his head while it fell forward and his shoulders began to shake lightly while he laughed at his older friend. Lavi looked like a wild man with leaves and sticks in his hair and bandanna, making the younger male laugh harder. Allen looked back to Itami and saw that she was still laughing and he was glad, because in a way this was what she needed because of everything that had happened to her in the past 24 hours. Lavi quietly sat back up and started running his hands over his pulling pieces of dirt, leaves and small twigs from his hair while Allen took his seat next to the blonde female again.

When the red head was done he looked as though he wanted to ask another question but he declined, thinking that it might bring up un-wanted memories, so he decided to sit back and look to the stars above him. The blonde female seeing this she leant back herself and laid on the forest's floor and looked to the clear night sky, only now realising how dark it had really become, time seemed to fly when she was with the two males but loving how they made her feel. Itami smiled up to the sky as she remembered laying on the grass in a field with her brothers and telling stories about the night sky and making their own ones up about constellations that they didn't know. A large smile spread across Itami's face as Allen then began to talk about the stars and the blonde female relaxing completely at the white haired males words, slowly closing her eyes without realization but not caring at that moment of complete bliss.

X

Somewhere unknown to the three teen's sat a rather large man with a top hat and a devilish smile, while at his side sat a younger male with a black and white suite and on the large man's other side sat a small girl. She herself had blue spiky hair and bright golden eyes but the thing that really stuck out were the 7 stigma across her forehead, that and they all had gray skin. Showing that theses three people seemed to be related in some way or another.

"Earl, why aren't we taking her yet?" The girl whined, she looked at the large man and pouted. He could tell that this small girl wanted nothing more than to take the very person they were talking about but he knew that if she did, all these years of planning would mean nothing. He couldn't have his carefully thought out plan ruined due to Road's terrible behaviour. He chuckled to himself and looked towards the glowing orb in-front of the three and laughed, knowing what he was going to do next and thinking that Road would most likely be jealous.

"Road. Now that she is with the Order we may begin our plan. All of our precious piece are aligned!~" The large man, now known as the Earl sang. Road just sat there and pouted while crossing her arms and looking the other way, wondering why the Earl was suddenly not allowing her to have any fun. This was the first in a long time that she was held back from what she wanted to do and she was shocked, the Earl never said no to her unless it was a special case, obviously this was one of those cases, Road thought to herself.

"But I wanna play with her again, I haven't seen her since she was small!" the blue haired girl yelled as she pushed herself away from the table and glowing orb on top of it. The young male looked between the Earl and Road but said nothing, thinking that he would be left out of it if he didn't speak. Hoping he would be left out of this one, he already had a goal in mind and it had nothing to do with the silly girl in the orb, he wanted more of a fight than what she was most likely to give.

"Tyki-pet~" the Earl sang but a stress mark formed on the young males forehead, bringing him out of his own thought while also making him think of ways he could kill the Earl because of how much he hated that pet name and that the Earl knew that. The male slammed his hand on the clothed table before him and shook his head roughly before glaring daggers at the large man in the top hat.

"I told you not to call me that!" the young male yelled, wishing that the Earl would call him anything but that, even 'dirt' would be better than 'pet'. The younger of the two males then shook his head while resting it in his hands while raking his hands through his raven black hair before raising his head again and resting his chin on his now folded hands, while looking to the large male sat before him. The Earl looked into the younger males golden eyes and closed his own, he had a job that he needed Tyki to do but first he needed Road to be entertained for long enough to allow the plan to follow.

"Tyki, I leave it to you to make sure our little Road here doesn't do anything to mess my plan up. The girls end will come soon but we have to be careful on how we deliver it." The Earl seemed deadly serious, one of the first times Tyki had seen the Earl this serious. Tyki smirked and closed his eyes while running his hand through his raven hair again and placing his top hat on his head as he stood from the table. He looked over at the blue haired girl and saw that she was not happy about what was happening, yet he could care less because he was now stuck with her and her stupid homework for as long as the Earl saw fit.

"Fine, come Road. Lets go find the twins." Tyki said as if he was bored, like most of the time spent in the family home while walking over to a door that appeared from the floor due to the young Roads powers. This all seemed normal for him which it was so he wasn't phased by the fact that the door seemed to lead to nowhere when he knew that it would allow him to go anywhere he wanted to.

"Tyki, keep her out of trouble and make sure Lulu Bell knows of her role in this plan, she's the main key in destroying the young female!" The Earl yelled after his two children, his plan was slowly falling into place, he then looked over a chess board next to his right arm and moved a single piece, a wicked grin slowly threatening to split his face in two.

"My game has begun Exorcists, you cant hold my prize forever~" He sung as he looked back to the clear ball, showing an image of a young girl with pale blonde hair and cherry-blossom pink eyes.

"Itami Sayori~"

A/N - wOw T.T I really don't know what to say, I'm surprised I haven't died yet. I mean I have been working for hours to try and make this better and it still seems to be the same to me, but i just hope that you guys like it and you can always message me if there is anything you don't understand or if you need to talk to me about the story, I'm always here, I have no life :)

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