Warrior reborn!
Chapter 2
Spoilers in this chapter and chapters to come.
We do not own d gray man or Naruto, but Satoru Hishiro is of our own creation.
Lenalee Satoru and Allen were walking along the path against the edge of the mountain as they continued to follow Timcanpy when suddenly Allen tripped over a discreet bump because he wasn't paying attention and planted himself face-first on the ground with his ass in the air.
"Oh my gosh, are you alright?" Lenalee asked, holding her hand to her chest as Satoru just stood and chuckled under his breath at the younger exorcist's misfortune.
"Uh yeah, I just took a wrong step. That's all." He said, his face mashed into the ground as his ass wiggled a little from side to side.
He got into a kneeling position and rubbed the sore spot as he complained "Ow, my head. How much further is it, Timcanpy?" he asked the golden flying golem.
"Much longer then I had hoped." He said as he placed his fist against his cheek while his elbow rested against his crossed legs.
"We're already in Bulgaria, just a little further and we'll leave Europe entirely." Lenalee said as she looked down at Allen's slumped form.
"Which probably means master isn't even in Europe huh?" Allen asked as he looked back to Satoru and Lenalee.
"Afraid not, it's looking more like Asia." Lenalee informed him, as Satoru looked at Allen from over her shoulder.
"We should probably find a town to stay in for the night." Satoru suggested to the two in a slightly warm tone.
"That's the best idea I've heard yet, I'm hungry too." Allen said from his position on the ground, both Lenalee and Satoru gave him a level look.
Satoru, Allen and Lenalee reached the top of the small incline and looked over the vast plantation of roses before them with small smiles on their faces.
"Amazing" Allen said in awe
"It's beautiful" Lenalee agreed
Satoru took a deep breath and then exhaled the scent "Ah, love that smell." he said as he too stared at the rose field.
"Huh?" Lenalee and Allen said in astonishment as they turned to their red-headed companion.
He took in their startled faces "What? I can still enjoy flowers, even if I am a guy." he said as he crossed his arms defensively in front of his chest.
"It's nothing" Lenalee said in response "It was just a little bit of a surprise, that's all." she said, trying to draw him out of his defensive state.
"Hn" he said as he dropped his arms and walked slightly ahead of them down the rose bracketed pathway.
"I've heard that this area is famous around the world for its rose fields." Lenalee remarked to Allen.
"I'll bet!" he said as he turned to her before his eye activated and they heard a loud shout.
"An Akuma, c'mon let's go." Allen said as he ran into the fray, with Lenalee trailing after him with an "Okay, let's move!"
Just before the other two arrived Satoru pulled the man who'd almost been attacked out of the way and let the other two handle the Akuma.
"Hey Allen, I'll take this one myself." he heard Lenalee shout from behind them.
"I'll cover you!" He heard Allen shout before he saw the prone form of the boy on the horizon as he jumped and slashed the Akuma to pieces and saw Lenalee shoot straight through the other, feet first.
As they both landed on the ground they came towards their team-mate and the man he'd pulled to the side.
Allen was the one to approach them "Sir, are you okay?" he asked.
"You're not injured are you?" Lenalee asked in concern.
"Oh, I'm okay. This young lad helped me." the man said, gesturing to the red-headed exorcist beside him.
Satoru hummed and the other two looked at him for a moment before nodding and helping the man gather up his spilt roses.
They continued on down the rock path leading through the rose fields with Timcanpy floating about their heads as the man in front of them explained what had happened.
"I was heading to rose valley in Casalock when I ran into two travellers and before I knew it we were talking." He said looking back at the exorcists as he remember the previous events "I asked them if they were going to the rose festival, like myself when all of a sudden-" he shuddered as he remembered what happened just before Satoru had shown up.
"Well, you're safe now." Lenalee said as she saw him shudder.
"Excuse me" Allen said politely "What's the rose festival?"
"Oh, the festival starts today in rose valley, which isn't too much further down the road from here. I'll be selling my own roses." the man boasted before remembering something.
"Oh right! This is the very least I can do to thank the three of you for saving my life back there." the man said as he fished three roses out of the basket perched atop his head and held them out to the unsuspecting exorcists.
"Oh wow, thank you very much." Allen said in gratitude as the three took their respective roses.
Lenalee held the rose up to her nose before inhaling the delicate scent "I see why you love the smell Satoru." she said as she turned to the red-head who was contentedly breathing in the smell of his own rose.
He hummed in answer to her and also in appreciation to the man's generosity.
Lenalee, Allen and Satoru had made it to the city and were wandering amongst the throng of people in between the stalls that lined the city's streets.
"I would never have guessed there'd be so many people here." Lenalee remarked to the two boys, Allen's eyes wandering and Satoru just staring straight ahead, the rose still held with gentle fingers in front of his nose.
Lenalee stopped to gaze up at Timcanpy and the two male exorcists stopped and followed he line of sight before Allen resumed looking around and spotted two more black order members.
"Lavi and Krory." Allen said in blatant surprise.
"Hey" Lavi said as he turned with a smile.
The team of exorcists had returned to the hotel room their companions had rented to stay in and there were looks of distraught on the faces of Lenalee, Allen and even Satoru as Lavi spoke.
"So far a total of one hundred and forty-seven casualties have been confirmed." Lavi spoke to the room.
"Then aside from the deaths in Spain.." Lenalee spoke.
"So many gone in such a short time." Allen said in a saddened voice.
"The chapel in the Order was filled with coffins, and then they burned them in amass cremation. This was all done without notifying their families, to protect them from becoming Akuma." Lavi said with his eyes closed as he leaned against the wall.
"That about sums up the current situation." Lavi's sad voice floated through the quiet room.
"One hundred and forty-seven people." Allen said
'I'm the leader of this group' he heard as he recalled first meeting Devon and was brought back to the present as he heard Lenalee's soft sobs.
"Oh Lenalee" he said, as he looked at the trembling girl.
"They were all part of my family." she said as she cried harder, and felt Allen place his hand on her shoulder as she covered her face with her hands.
"Lavi and I were sent to find and join you three on your quest to locate general cross, hopefully the five of us together will be enough protection." Krory said, speaking for the first time since they entered the room.
Lavi opened the balcony door being careful not to his Satoru with it and made his way onto it to look over the balustrade, down to the busy city street "You guys ready to go?" he called back into the room.
"Where exactly?" Allen asked as Lavi strode back in the room.
"The rose festival." Lavi said as he placed his hand on Allen's shoulder and walked him forwards a few steps before stopping short next to Satoru.
"Let's get outta here, you two could really use some fresh air." Lavi said only to be shot down by Allen.
"Sorry, but Lenalee and I aren't in the mood right now." he said as a soft sob escaped the aforementioned girl.
"Allen, you can't let that bring you down, have you forgotten about the situation we're in?" Lavi asked rhetorically before answering "No matter what we've got a job to do."
"Right" Allen said before him, Satoru and Lenalee said "Akuma" at the same time.
"Akuma have been targeting large groups lately in an effort to survive. Such a large batch of people in this valley is a perfect breeding ground." Krory said as he stood up.
"Your right and that's the main reason Komui sent us out here, plus he ordered us to check out the festival." Lavi said as he smiled gently at the two.
"It'll be fun, yeah?" he exclaimed energetically as he stood beside Satoru, a rose petal landing in Lenalee's lap and she smiled gently.
Allen looked between the two red-headed exorcists standing beside each other and noted the resemblance in their appearance and also the many differences.
Satoru was scarlet-haired with oak-leaf green eyes, 5ft 8in, and lithely toned. His bangs hung in-front of his left eye, a silver half-hoop earring that looked like a flattened piece of metal adorned the top of his right ear. His eyes were slightly narrowed and a pert slender nose was position almost in the centre of his face, branching out from his nose were high sculpted cheekbones and he noticed that even in the face of adversity the elder boy held himself with confidence.
Whereas Lavi was crimson-haired with deep jade green eyes, 5ft 9in and a little bulkier then Satoru but still just as lithe, He had a eye-patch covering his right eye and a green and dark blue bandana that kept most of his hair out of his face, except for the little tuft in the middle of his forehead. Metallic green hoops dangled from both of his earlobes and he had a narrow nose in the centre of his face, high cheekbones seemed like a common trait in red-heads as Lavi had them also and to him Lavi would always be his cocky, flirtatious self.
"You two aren't related are you?" Allen asked, suspicious.
Satoru and Lavi looked at Allen like he'd gone mad after sizing the other up "Nope. We're not related." they said in unison.
"Are ya sure?" Allen said as he narrowed his eyes at the two.
"Positive!" they both replied again.
"Okay, if you say so." Allen said as he turned to walk out of the hotel room door, Krory and Lenalee following behind them and Satoru bring up the rear.
'More than anything, those three could use a little relaxation.' Lavi thought to himself as he smiled at their backs.
The festival was in full swing just after dark with dancing, drinking and merrymaking of all sorts.
"Krory, did you find something interesting?" Lavi asked to Krory's back as he approached the man.
He shouted in surprise and shock as Krory turned to him and hummed with red rimming his mouth "Ah! No you wouldn't!"
"Look, it's their home-made rose jam. It tastes great and for some reason brings back memories to me." Krory said as he pointed at the glass jar in his hand with a white gloved finger.
"It's bringing back memories for me too." Lavi said as he rubbed the back of his scalp and heard Lenalee giggling in the background.
"Hey, where's Satoru?" Lenalee asked as she turned around full circle for their missing red-head only to spot him a few metres away surrounded by a gaggle of girls who were hanging all over him giggling and blushing like young virgins.
As the group came closer they heard what some of the girls were saying.
"Oh you're so handsome." said one girl.
"Your hair is so gorgeous." said another.
"Yeah, it's like the colour of the Scarlet Carson's but prettier." said another young girl as she batted her eyelashes at the struggling teen.
Satoru caught the eye of Lenalee and mouthed "Help me!" and she just stood there and laughed at his misfortune along with the rest of the team.
Except Lavi of course who was standing at the back with his head hanging down, pouting as he said "Why does he get all the girls?" his lower lip jutting out.
"We better help him." Allen wheezed as he tried to stop laughing at the straining boy.
"All right" Lenalee said as she took charge.
"Hey!" she shouted at the girls "Get your filthy paws off my boyfriend!"
The giggling ceased as all the girls turned their lecherous eyes to Lenalee and had them hardening in to anger as all but the two restraining said 'boyfriend' stepped away.
"Yeah! What are you gonna do if we don't, wench!" shouted the apparent leader of the group.
"If you don't leave him alone, you'll suffer the consequences." Lenalee said, a hard glint in her eyes.
The girl who spoke up didn't believe her and charged at Lenalee who, with two precise gentle hits had the girl on her knees within seconds, her arm pinned behind her back as she screeched in 'agony'.
"Anybody else want a go?" Lenalee asked, looking dangerous.
All the girls shook their heads and the girls restraining Satoru dropped his arms before they quickly shuffled away in retreat.
"That's what I thought." she said as she pulled their apparent 'leader' up.
She looked the girl in the face "And what do you say to this gentlemen?" she asked the girl as she gesture to Satoru who was currently straightening his clothes and his hair while trying to wipe away the lipstick the girls had smeared on his skin.
"I'm terribly sorry for disturbing your evening , sir." she said in a shaky voice.
"That's quite alright, no harm done." he said as he smoothed his hand over his now closed coat.
Lenalee released the girls arm "Off you go then." and she watched the girl walk down the street to join her group and as she turned back she heard raucous laughter from two of the three men who were doubling over as they pointed at Satoru.
Allen gasped "Oh my gosh... your face... hahaha... it was freakin'... hilarious!" through his wheezing laughter as Krory rolled around on the ground, holding his stomach.
"Okay guys," Lenalee said "I think Satoru has had enough humiliation for one night." she said as she looked him over for visible wounds like scratches from nails and saw none.
Both Allen and Krory finally sobered up enough to stand up straight, although they still had smirks plastered on their faces.
Satoru took on an arrogant disposition "Hn, can we go now?" he asked.
Lenalee noticed he sounded a little like Kanda in that moment and couldn't help but smile a little "Yeah Satoru, let's go guys." she said to the still smirking pair and a sulking Lavi.
Satoru sat on the outside edge of the balustrade on the balcony as Lavi listened to Allen being all angsty but he wasn't paying attention as he swung his legs back and forth to keep himself occupied.
The sound of Allen's eye activating drew his attention from his aimless musing.
"What's wrong?" Lavi asked as he saw Allen's eye was active.
"It's that man that just passed below us." Allen responded
"An Akuma?" Lavi asked and Allen hummed in response as all eyes trained onto the man.
The Akuma had already shed the human body and was aiming to kill the three men standing around the fire in the square when the group of exorcists happened upon the centre square and Allen jumped, slashing the Akuma to ribbons.
"Okay, you were right. They're after the rose festival crowd after all." Allen said as he turned to face the rest of the group, their innocence already activated.
"Seems so, there's no way that was all of them." was Lavi's reply as he had his hammer slung carelessly over his shoulder.
"I can see them, their still far away but it looks like a good number of them are headed straight for this valley." he said, with his eye trained on the slowly lightening horizon.
The other exorcist's nodded in agreement.
Satoru cracked his knuckles as he too replied "Yes, this is the perfect time to work out some of my pent up frustration." this was said more to himself than anyone else.
Lavi grinned at the boy "Maybe you coulda used one of those girls for that." his tone was light and teasing and he ducked just in time as Satoru swung a fist at his face.
"Not funny Lavi." the other red-head growled at him as he chuckled.
The new dawn found them walking up the path between the rose fields as the saw the approaching Akuma.
As the battle ensued over the fields a cloud of smog gathered over them as the Akuma exploded, effected by the anti-Akuma weapons.
The clear morning heard the voices of the exorcists ring out into the air.
"This is a really large group of Akuma, which means a lot of innocent people lost their lives" was heard from Lavi.
"And since there were so many lives that never had a chance to be saved.." was said by Lenalee.
Satoru and Krory finished the sentiment together with "We choose to fight!" as they fought alongside each other.
"Bring forth salvation to these tormented Akuma's souls." was heard by them all, spouting from Allen's mouth.
The battle drew to a close after that as the last of the offending Akuma were destroyed, some remnants of their bodies littering the ground.
Satoru wasn't paying too much attention to the babble spouting from the mouths of the other exorcists but when he didn't hear another word uttered he arrogantly gave his input "Let's just go." and they were off towards their next destination.
Tbc
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