~Hey guys! Here's another chapter. Technically this is the first chapter.I edited this part out, and put another part. It may look like one of the scenes that happen in the anime/manga, but it's not supposed to. This story follows none of that.~

Disclaimer: Umm I'm not going to write one because honestly I think it is completely pointless. I mean if this is FANFICTION why would anyone think we made the story? No, the lovely Katsura Hoshino created this and we'd all be so worse off if she didn't create this masterpiece. Anyway!

The sky was red.

Lavi looked at it, frowning. He didn't see sunsets all too often, and the sudden occurrence of one was just….weird. He shrugged off the thought, wondering where Allen went. He said he wanted to go for a walk alone, Lavi didn't blame him. He understood if the boy needed space, with all that had happened lately, but somehow Lavi couldn't shake the feeling that something bad had happened. He hoped that he was wrong. Allen, heck everyone needed a break from all the crap. Maybe he just took a really long one. He was acting strange lately, staring off into space when he thought no one was looking. Everyone else just shrugged it off, using the fourteenth as their excuse. But Lavi knew better. Allen was hiding something. It was almost like…. like he knew something no one else did. Something big. Maybe it had to do with what Cross said, about there being a third side to the war. Lavi internally sighed. It was just like Allen to walk into the unknown alone. He knew the feeling of frustration from not being told everything. He was sick of not knowing, living off of theories. Having more questions than answers, the only ones being riddles themselves. Why couldn't it be easier? Didn't they, excorcists, go through enough trouble? Shouldn't they at least be granted the truth, for once? Instead of just being fed lies? Lavi shook his head, clearing his mind of those thoughts. Now was not the time to be questioning everything. He had to make sure Allen was alright, and that he was just overreacting as usual. Lavi made a mental note to ask Allen what he knew, before turning to the dense forest, the one place he hadn't looked.

That was the only place left. Sighing heavily, Lavi trudged along in that direction.

It was hours, and still no luck. The forest offered no protection from the savage sun. Lavi's stomach growled angrily. It had been forever since his last meal. He fleetingly wondered if he would ever make it out of the forest. He was just about to turn back when suddenly he came across a clearing, still in the forest.

Weird, he thought absent-mindedly. I'm still in the forest, too. He stopped when he saw something glint, the sunlight illuminating it. He squinted his eye at the harsh reflection of the sun. He hurried on over, distracted. It was an ace of spades, shrouded in the dead leaves. Frowning, Lavi furrowed his eyebrows in thought. Why did he get the feeling of de ja vu? He cringed at the flood of memories that abruptly assaulted him.

No. It's not like that. Allen's stronger now. He probably dropped it while on his walk. After all, there isn't a pool of blood, he reassured himself. Allen's always getting into heaps of trouble. He always makes it out alive. But still….

Ignoring the thoughts that raced through his mind, Lavi set off, stowing the card safely in his pocket. It seemed he didn't look hard enough. Yes, that was it. Lavi just hoped that wherever Allen was, it'd offer some sort of explanation to his questions. He wanted answers. No, more like he needed answers. Grimly Lavi thought if Allen was that desperate. He probably was. Wearily Lavi set off, his uneasy thoughts as his only companion.

You're not gonna disappear again. Not on my watch.


Yeah, that my re-written first chapter. I don't know if it was any better, but this thought popped into my head while I was trying to sleep. Of course, it kept me up for a while, seeing as all I wanted to do was race downstairs and write this. The plot bunnies wouldn't leave me alone! I hope it's not too short, God knows I try to write long. I just write until I feel it needs to be done. I personally feel this is a WHOLE lot better than my previous second chapters *shudders at the memory of them*Anyway, hope you like this updated first chapter!

Also, idk if me changing the story kind of will make more people see it, but if you're wondering about the maybe OOC-ness of the characters, I'm not intending them to be IC( made it up, in character), or OOC. I'm just writing what comes to my head.

Anyway, Ciao!