Gray Silence
It's been so long since I've written any Fanfiction. I put up a 100 line poem for D. Gray Man up, so please check it out. It feels good to be writing again. Oh yeah, this is gonna be really long. I'm going with shorter chapters which means, you're gonna get over 20 chapters. Know that now!
Note: I gave into my friend's advice. I'm using my own nickname for the wolf's name.
Oh yeah, 'scarfing' is a word my mom uses a lot. It means to shovel food down so fast you even make the speed of light sick. :D
Also, the type of pants I describe Cat as wearing are 'gouchos' essentially.
Oh yeah, the song used for this chapter's title is by t.A.T.u., from the album, 'The Best.' Every song fits the chapter, by the way.
SPOILERS FOR LATER CHAPTERS
How Soon Is Now?
t.A.T.u.
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"Allen, you're going to be scarfing down something one of these days and you'll kill yourself by choking on a bone or something." The red-head stared in disgust at the white-haired boy who was throwing food down his throat at inhuman speed.
"I've done that enough to tell Jerry not to feed me anything that could do that." Allen replied in-between eating mitarashi dango and drinking tea. How many plates of food or cups of tea had he already gone through? Lavi may have been Bookman Jr., but he wasn't that intelligent.
"Knowing you, you'd choke on that tea you're drinking." A light voice announced. Both teenage boys turned to stare at the newcomer. The brown-haired girl sat down besides Allen, moving some precariously perched plates to the side where she could see him properly.
"Hey Cat," Lavi chuckled as she dodged Allen's arm reaching for a new plate.
"How long as he been here?" Cat frowned at Allen, her brown eyes full of disdain for his eating habits.
"About ten minutes." Lavi and Cat shared a look at the large stack of plates and both sighed. Allen may be a parasitic-type Exorcist, but his appetite was rather…extreme. For anyone.
"Hey, can you stop killing yourself to listen?" Cat roughly punched Allen's throat when he ignored her, causing him to spit food out at Lavi. Lavi screamed in anger and embarrassment at being coated in the jelly from the dango Allen had been eating. He then stood and walked off, muttering incoherent phrases.
"Uh oh…" Allen stared after his friend in worry.
"He can take a bath. Lavi will live." Cat rolled her eyes. Who cared about the baka usagi?
"So, uh, what did you want?" Allen took a sip of tea, trying to sooth his now-sore throat.
"First off, you disgust me." Cat said with a straight face.
"That doesn't surprise me." Allen laughed, knowing he scared a lot of people when he ate. Not many people sat with him…or even near him.
"Second off, Komui has a mission for the two of us." The lithe girl stood and allowed the red-black Exorcist coat flow out behind her. Cat wasn't the one for skirts, but she also disliked regular pants. She wore something that went down to her knees and was fashioned in a normal pant design. It was soft material though. Her shirt was a black tank top that was pure cotton and it fit her snugly. In truth, Cat hated their new Exorcist coat so she wore it open with the only part of it on her was on the shoulders. Her shoes were mere black flats, or as she liked to put it, 'Chinese Slippers'. She wasn't one for heavy clothing, so she wore light material that was also very comfortable. She was different from the other Exorcists, to put it simply.
"But I didn't finish eating!" Allen complained as Cat dragged him along by the collar of his coat.
"I don't care if you were jacking off, we need to go!" That was another thing about Cat – she didn't take crap – she handed it out. She was rude, crude, and all-around ferocious. It was rare when she was kind or nice to anyone. Many people went behind her back, joking that her and Kanda would make a perfect couple.
"Cat!" Allen whined loudly.
"Bite me."
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"What on earth…?" Reever muttered as Cat drug a bedraggled looking Allen into Komui's office. Komui looked up when Reever spoke, and he laughed at the sight of the two.
"Take him straight from lunch?" Komui asked merrily.
"Yep," Cat dropped Allen and crossed her arms over her chest.
"You didn't have to be so rough." Allen stood, running his hands over his pants and coat in an attempt to smooth them.
"You want it 'rough?'" Cat asked, taking a step towards him. Allen let out a squeak of terror and hid behind one of the chairs in the office.
"Cat, stop threatening Allen." Komui said sternly, with a touch of amusement in his eyes.
"Fine," her narrowed brown eyes watched Allen as he stood back up and nervously inched over to stand besides her. Once both teens were still, silent, and facing him, Komui began to speak.
"Your mission will take place in a town that's a little ways north of here. The town doesn't have a name, but it's well known around here because the town doesn't welcome strangers. Be careful when you go in. Here's some more info concerning your mission." Here Reever handed the two Exorcists a book.
"Good luck," Komui smiled as he weaved his fingers together. He set his chin on them and watched as the two left, already arguing about something.
"Cat's going to kill every last one of us." Reever sighed.
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"I could bet money it's Akumas. Wanna gamble on it?" Cat nodded to herself as she read the book for the second time in an hour. She was trying to amuse Allen, who had gone deathly quiet ever since their trip began. Toma the Finder followed behind them at a good distance, wary of the quiet boy and the annoyed girl.
"Allen, you're supposed to laugh. Or say something. Or at least slap your forehead." Cat pursed her lips when he merely gave a quiet sigh.
"Mr. Walker, I do believe Ms. Cat here won't be quiet or satisfied until you speak." Toma offered.
"Exactly," she huffed.
"Would you be quiet if I tell you I'm thinking?" Allen glanced over at her, a tired look on his face and an amused smile gracing his lips. It was a small smile though, one that didn't make Allen seem like himself.
"Eh, fine." Cat found herself walking a little bit faster then Allen, so soon she left him and Toma behind. Toma stepped forward to walk next to the silver-haired boy.
"What are you thinking about, Walker?" He asked quietly from behind his bandaged face. No one was quite sure why he was dressed like that, but everyone had their reasons for doing things.
"Just a lot of things…" Silence surrounded them again until they heard a soft hum from a song. Allen looked up, trying to locate from where it came from.
"Cat's singing?" Toma asked quietly. That was when it hit Allen; it was Cat who was singing. She was still walking about twenty feet up ahead and ignoring the world.
"Hush my dear, do not cry, listen to the night…Let your fears flow away into the night, like a river…the river that flows in you…Do not listen to anyone, but your heart and mind…Would you promise me, child of my heart, you'll let the river flow in you…" It was a soft melody that Cat's own mother, Yuki had once sung to her. She remembered it and sang it whenever she felt upset or lonely. Right now though, it was out of boredom.
"Singing again?" Cat jumped as Allen came up besides her. Toma once again took up his place behind the two.
"I always sing." Cat sniffed indignantly. She was also known for her singing voice. She disliked being caught singing like that, but she had once worked in a club with her friend Sora. They both did singing acts and raked in the money like mad. After Cat had joined the Order, the club had been renamed to the 'Black Howl Club' in her honor.
"Why?" Allen asked, not even thinking. The girl besides him gave him a quizzical look and he shook himself apologetically. "Sorry, I didn't mean that as a question. It just kinda slipped out." He smiled at her.
"One of these days you'll say something you didn't mean to say, and you might just regret it."
Allen shot her a sideways glance. Wavy amber locks covered most of her face, and the wind gently tousled it even more. Sighing softly, she raised her right hand to push some of her free hair behind her ear in hopes it would stop blowing up into her face. Suddenly he grinned widely and started chortling softly.
"What?" Cat asked with an annoyed tone.
"Maybe I'll say something I won't regret. Sometimes we can't find the way to express our true feelings, and it takes speaking aloud without thinking about it to show those feelings to someone else."
During her fifteen years of life, Cat had never heard anyone say something like that. She chewed it over quietly as they walked on their merry way. Sure, her mother had said some surprising things her young mind wasn't capable of understanding during her first five years of life, but not many things hit her like the boy's statement had just done. Maybe he was right…but where had his thought come from? Given that Cat had started the entire conversation, but lately he had been acting differently…he had been more…calm…reserved…quiet…
Shaking herself, the girl tried to focus on the task at hand: finding the town and finding the Innocence rumored to be hidden within its borders. Upon seeing a broken town sign, Cat walked faster, causing Allen and Toma to also speed up.
"Dalore?" Toma muttered as Cat moved vines and the like away from the wood. It looked singed, but it still held faded print across it.
"Yep, looks like that's what the town name was." Cat said as she turned to face the sign properly.
"Was." Allen repeated.
All three figures then looked around the sign and not far up ahead was a small town nestled between two forests. Hills sat behind the town and the sun was already setting. Shades of orange, yellow, pink, purple and blue spread out across the sky above them. Small wisps of clouds gently floated in the air, moving at a lethargic pace. The wind was so calm now; it gave no reason for said clouds to go fast. Green pine trees lined the road they were on, leading back from the Order all the way here and probably all the way to the hills beyond. Cat's brown eyes took it all in, and her body quivered, wishing for her to unleash her Innocence and run through the trees and down the path. The beautiful sight made her want to run, sing, and let her wild, untamed side, free.
She was beginning to give into the sensations when Allen sighed loudly. He ran a hand through his silver hair and grimaced at the town. "Looks like we'll be investigating during the middle of the night."
"Looks that way." Toma commented while Cat shifted from foot to foot in impatience. She was ready to fight Akumas or any enemy. Her hands itched to turn into the black paws she knew, slicing through the flesh of her opponent. She could practically feel black fur rippling over her body in gentle waves, her mouth lengthening into a muzzle, her arms turning into forelegs, her hands and feet turning into paws, her ears going into points on the top of her head and a tail adding onto her human spine. Then her dull, brown eyes would turn into shockingly bright blue eyes that would narrow or widen depending on the light.
She was truly the black wolf known as Cat. Daughter of Yuki, one of the greatest Exorcists, who also inherited her mother's Innocence, which allowed her to access her wolf side. Her Innocence had no name, but amplified a certain part of the person's blood, giving them abnormal powers that species doesn't normally have. Cat was only 30 percent human, 20 percent human…with the other 50 percent known to only her and her friend Sora. Sora too, was a wolf. She was naturally born though, meaning she was half human, half wolf. This gave her the normal wolf powers the species held. The kind of wolf Cat shared ancestry with were humans that could turn into wolves who were strong with the ability to still speak human and fight Akuma. But the wolves only fought Akumas to train; they were on the Earl's side. Cat, for one, was not. Their Pack had been brain washed by their Alpha, Arashi, who had taught them they were made by the Earl and would be used as tools by him. It was a cruel fate, but one most wolves accepted.
Ten years ago, when Cat's mother, Yuki was killed by a Noah, her Innocence was not destroyed, which allowed it to chose Cat. It then made Cat into an artificial wolf. Yuki had been a real wolf, while her daughter had gained such a small percentage of that line. After her mother's death, Arashi had taken in Cat into the Pack. She made friends with three wolves in particular, Sora, Ryuu and Night. Sora was still alive while Ryuu and Night – much like the rest of the Pack – were dead. Sora and Cat had been the only ones to survive the attack. The Earl had turned on them, finding the wolves a threat instead of useful tools. Night had even sided with the Earl and took Cat down a cliff with him. He died on impact though, while Cat was able to walk away from the whole incident. After her and Sora met up again, they left for London and worked at the Pink Moon Club, which was now known as the Black Howl Club. But after a year, Cat had left and joined the Order, doing it only because she had to do something useful with her mother's Innocence. She was welcomed with open arms and had been there for two years now.
"Cat, come on." She snapped back to reality once she heard Allen's voice. Allen and Toma were several yards ahead of her, waiting for the female Exorcist to hurry up and join them.
"Sorry!" She called as she rushed back up to them.
"Spacing out?" Allen teased. Now she was acting like he had before.
"Kinda. I was thinking about things."
"Now you can't annoy me any more." Allen said, referring to earlier when he was thinking.
"Bite me."
"You always say that."
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Thanks to everyone who reviewed the Prologue! Note that new chapters will be released every SATURDAY.
BIG SHOUT-OUT TO DRAGONSCALL, WHO WAS MY FIRST REVIEWER. ALSO THANKS TO HAYHAYHILTZ WHO ALWAYS HELPS ME WITH MY FICS AND WHO ALWAYS GETS THE PRIVILEGE TO READ MY MATERIAL FIRST, BEFORE ANYONE ELSE.
Okay, this was also rather long. It was 5 pages. Sorry for the long paragraphs towards the end. Guess I got a little bit too descriptive. :D
-PA