I forgot this last chapter; actually I've forgotten to put it on everything I've written recently. Please don't sue me! I own nothing! Not this story, or its characters, but if I did, I would be their princess, and make them do what ever I demand! Again, I own nothing.
Yay for reviews! I've been posting like a manic, cuz I got my Treo and type all my stuff up on that, so I've lost track of all the reviews I've gotten. I have 3 stories going, all updated at roughly the same time, Doubt and Trust has like 3 chapters in 2 days, so I'm sorry if I can't reply to every review! I'll do my best to do so, even if their late, but know I appreciate them very much. Alerts and Favourites too! They give me the fuzzles. Like a bear, as my best friend said.
Also, I've renamed the 'Special Courses' 'E courses' or the 'E Programme'
Moving on!
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"Everyone's really excited to meet you, but class has started, so they couldn't come see you at the gate." Lavi explained as we strolled up the long, driveway I guess you would call it, because it was far too wide to be called a walkway.
"So how come you could?" I asked him, I also wanted to ask if he was colour blind, green and orange don't match, but I didn't. I didn't want to offend him.
"I'm training to be a Bookman, the true historian, so I don't follow the main curriculum, and I have to be there and witness every important act of the school." He stated proudly.
"I'm important?" Behind my scepticism, I felt my tiny beat down ego grow a little.
"Well, not really, I'm still in training." Beat down again.
"Oh."
"Here we go, main building. After you." Lavi bowed mockingly and grinned.
"I might be British, but I'm not royalty." I frowned.
"Oh. Okay then, follow me." Lavi strutted ahead of me and I followed. "This is the lobby. Not important. Someone else will show you around later. It's not my job."
Not a very giving spirit. I noted.
"This way to the science lab, the vice principal, who handles student relations, is also the science teacher. Komui Lee. Don't upset him, he has a bit of a twisted sense of retribution." I nodded, nervous.
Were all people connected to this school so weird? Would I become that weird too? Oh I hoped not.
"Here, science lab." We stopped out side a door, which looked just like the rest we had passed. I was hopelessly lost already. "Deep breath, stand up straight, don't speak until spoken to, keep you're answers short, don't let slip any information that could condemn you in the future. And most importantly, don't look at the pig tailed girl in the front row."
I was about to ask why, when Lavi shoved me through the door way.
"Whoa!!"
I stumbled through into the classroom, then slipped on some loose paper and had a nice meeting with the floor. This day just got better and better. Laughter chorused around me, at me. Even better.
"Are you alright?" A sweet voice asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine." I stood up and dusted myself off.
"Anything hurt?" I shook my head. Oh no! In front of me was a Chinese girl with long pigtails. I quickly scanned the class room, the only open seat was in the front row. It was the girl Lavi warned me about! Would she hurt me? Would her boyfriend hurt me? No doubt she had one, being so cute and all. She smiled happily. "I'm glad you're alright. Komui-nii needs to clean his class room." Oh, what a smile! Was I blushing? Wait, Komui-nii?
"Oh Lenalee! Get away from him! He might be a pervert!" A man, also Chinese, in his late 20's and a white coat, with long black hair, under a white beret style hat and square glasses, appeared from somewhere behind, or perhaps under a huge stack of papers, presumably a desk.
He latched onto the pig tailed girl, Lenalee, who rolled her violet eyes and winked at me.
"Who are you? Pervert boy! Preying on my dear sweet perfect sister."
Pervert boy? That stung. I happen to hold my morals in quite high regard.
"I'm Allen Walker. The new student. I was told you wanted to see me. Komui-san." Might as well be polite about it.
"Oh yes! Walker-kun! General Cross's ward." I nodded dismally. Komui let go of Lenalee and cleared his throat, all business. "I wondered when you would be joining us." He grinned.
"Um yes, I'm sorry I'm late. I guess I missed some classes." Komui shook his head, but said no more. Was he disappointed? Had I made a bad impression already?
"Lenalee, you're excelling in my class," Komui said,
"Only because you can't give her a mark less then perfect!" Someone yelled, only to receive a glare from Komui. They shut up.
"Please go show Allen around." He finished.
"Alright!" She smiled and led me out of the classroom.
"Bring him to see me again after class." Komui called after us.
"Whooooo! You got the cute escort!" Lavi cheered.
"Quiet." Lenalee stated. Lavi complied. He sure was obedient. "I'm sorry we weren't properly introduced. I'm Lenalee Lee. And I don't think you're a pervert." I blushed.
"Thank you. I'm Allen Walker, nice to meet you." She smiled again. Looking at her, I really began to understand why Lavi called her the 'cute' escort. She had the sweetest face, long pretty hair, and she wore thigh high black boots, with a black mini skirt and a matching jacket. The jacket was similar in design to the ones which I'd seen Lavi and Bookman wearing.
"Why are you wearing a black coat, almost everyone else was wearing white?" At first I thought maybe black was for boys, white for girls, but I guess not.
"It's for the students taking E courses, to try and become Generals. There aren't very many, in my class, it's only me, Lavi and Kanda. But he's away, so you can't meet him yet." I nodded.
Maybe I wanted to take these E courses.
"Well," Lavi proclaimed. "I'm off. Don't need a tour of my own home." He waved and walked away, humming something.
"Home." I muttered. I hadn't really had one of those in a long time.
"Yes some students and most teachers live here year round. So it's kind of like our home." Lenalee explained.
"Do you? Live here all the time I mean." She nodded.
"I assume you will too, because we have no idea where General Cross is. And even if you do, we can't send a first year out on his own." I nodded dismally. Every mention of my 'father' was depressing.
"Yes, I'll be here full time."
"That's good, and then you'll be able to finish up any courses you don't get to"
"Yes, because summer break is for school work." Lenalee giggled.
"Well not all of it. Any way if you need any help, just ask me." I nodded. "Well, this here is the class room level. There's many levels, as I'm sure you seen from out side." I nodded.
"It looks like an old castle."
"It was. When the Lord died, he gave the castle to his most trustworthy advisor, Bishop Henry Noir. Rumour has it, the Lady killed the Lord for his affair with the Bishop." I guess I looked pretty freaked out, because Lenalee giggled. "It just a rumour though. The Lady died months before her husband. The Lord died in battle."
Don't get me wrong, I have no problem with homosexuality, hell if you wanna be in love with a blow up doll, I don't care, but my philosophy is I'm a straight guy, I don't need you talking to me about the men you like. And PDA of any sexual orientation is frowned upon in society, why should I smile at it? That's just what I think.
"At this end of the hall," Lenalee said, continuing her tour, "We have the science room, as you seen, the other science room, because the other teachers don't like Nii-san's mess.
"The English room, Spanish, French and Mandarin Chinese. Art room, music room, auditorium, weekly assemblies there every Monday morning. And the math room, religious studies are held in the church on Sundays. Every other class room is kind of extra, and I'll show them to you if you need to know where they are.
"Across the field out there, is the gym. Gym is optional, but if you take E courses, you are required to take gym.
"This is the cafeteria, Lunch is served in 3 shifts, our cook Jerry, will make you almost anything, and do it fast. Lunch break is about half an hour per grade, and breakfast is made when you get around to it.
"Supper is the same. But classes begin at 9, and curfew is 12, so I don't suggest waiting too long to eat." I nodded, that wouldn't be a problem. I loved to eat, I'd be eating as early as I could.
"In the basement is the boiler room, and some other stuff, but you don't have to worry about that stuff." She smiled, and the chime of a large church bell sounded through the castle. "Oh, class is over. We better got back to Komui-nii, or he'll assume things."She shook her head, I had to assume Komui-san was really protective of his sister.
We climbed the grand stone stairs we had just come down. Back through the halls, the school was kind of strange. It had a 'Ye Olde Castle' feel, but at the same time, it had been redone, and was rather modern, power cables ran down the halls, new wood doors with small windows and pull down shades lines these halls.
Every class room (or at least the ones I could see) had a computer. And there was no suits of armour or prophesy tapestries to be seen. But I did find a dark foreboding hall way.
"Lenalee? What's down there?" I pointed to the hall way, where the florescent lights that lit the rest of the school flickered, and a breeze whistled through the cracks in the wall.
"Nothing you need to worry about." She smiled and continued walking. Why did her smiled look strained like that? One last glance down the creepy hall way, then I ran like a manic to catch up.
Back to the class room hallway.
"Nii-san?" Lenalee called knocking on the door. She pushed it open, with out waiting for a reply, and a shouting match greeted us.
"I don't care! I got the job done didn't I?" Another strange character. This one, also Asian, with long black hair, pulled away from their face, with selected pieces hanging loose. Black coat, E programme. Samurai sword, must be Japanese.
Wait... SWORD!?
What kind of delinquent ran around school with a sword? And what job? Was Komui not just strange, but dangerous? Had the 'Job' looked at Lenalee wrong?
"Kanda!" Lenalee cheered. "When did you get back?" Kanda, name seemed familiar.
"Just now." He answered, his hostility dissipating. "Who's the Moyashi (Bean sprout)?" He jutted his chin at me.
Moyashi? Moyashi? I might not be a giant, but I'm most defiantly not a Moyashi!
"This is Allen Walker. A new student." Komui smiled, almost mockingly. Kanda 'che'd and stalked over to me. My eye's wandered to the sword at his waist and I gulped audibly. He seized my face and moved my hair away. I wretched free in panic. I grew my hair out a long time ago, to hide a scar near my eye. Kanda was persistent and grabbed my face again. "Komui, he's cursed. How could you let someone like this in?"
"He's a ward of General Cross." Komui replied evenly.
"So what if he's cursed? Allen is a good person." Lenalee rose to my defence. I smiled inwardly. Kanda looked at me, 'che'd let go of my face and walked away. Well stalked angrily out of the room.
"Where did you get that scar Allen?" Komui asked. I sighed fixing my hair to cover it again.
"I don't remember. General Cross told me the experience was probably so traumatic that I just block it out. Probably a sadistic bully or something. How else would you explain the shape?" The scar started above my eyebrow, just a thin red line, in the shape of a pentacle. Then continued down my cheek. "I don't see how it makes me cursed."
Komui nodded thoughtfully.
"Do you ever see strange things out of that eye? Things that you know shouldn't be there."
"Sometimes, but General Cross told me I because I was blind in that eye, my mind makes up strange things to compensate for it. I just got used to thinking I see ghosts." Komui chuckled. "Ghosts?" I nodded. "Yeah, there like skeletons in chains, chained to people actually. It's really scary to see. The first time I seen one, I passed out and General Cross left me lying in the streets." Lenalee giggled.
"That sounds like him." I sighed. And he had left me many other times. Usually to pay off his debts. But never like this, he left me homeless, with no where to go but his old school. Oh why did you leave me here?
Suddenly an alarm blared, ringing in my very head it seemed.
"Akuma." Lenalee muttered, with disgust.
"What's that horrible sound?" I shouted over the noise, while holding my ears. The Lees stared at me, saucer eyed, shock scrawled over their faces like a 2 year olds colouring book.
"You hear that?" Lenalee asked.
"How can I not?" Holding my ears did no good, the noise was really coming from inside my head. So I gave up that venture. "Come with me!" Lenalee cried running out of the room and dragging me alone. "Don't let go of my hand!" I nodded. "I'm serious. No matter what!" I nodded again.
I trusted her a lot.
"Innocence! Activate!" She yelled and suddenly her boots, unravelled. As crazy as that sounds. They started glowing, the boots ended at her knees, but the green glowing stripe that started at her toes, traveled up her thigh till it ended in a hexagon mid thigh. That's when she sped up, incredibly. So much, she jumped down the grand stairs in three hops. She was almost flying. I didn't let go. I screamed like a little girl. But I didn't let go.
We flew out the door, and seen, well first I seen Kanda, then I seen the multitudes of grey ball like monsters. A familiar tingling filled the left half of my face, and I seen the ghosts. One chained to every monster.
"Why did you bring him here?" Kanda yelled at Lenalee.
"He heard the alarm. He's one of us." She answered. Then the grey monsters began their assault. Oh why did you leave me here?
Ok end! These chapters take a few days each. And I have no plan. So bear with me. Looking back at what I wrote at the beginning of this chappy, I feel like a manga-ka, how they always write about fan mail. Any way, I'm not a manga-ka, just a lowly fanfic author. Next chapter will be filled with Akuma ass kicking, and Allen going into shock multiple times. Tee hee. Please review.