Really sorry everyone. I keep publishing belated chapters. I wish I had more support… Trying hard not to make Silvia Mary-Sue BTW... I make some amendments.
Now, on with the story!
I don't own anything.
Silvia lay on her bed, staring blankly at the cream-coloured ceiling. The bed was white and a little hard, but somehow, she liked it.
It had been a couple of days since she left the 21st century and enter the past of another universe. She had been working hard to activate and work on her Innocence, which was named 'Sapphire Sword'. The harsh training earned her sore arms and a sore back, but she had the time of her life. The armour covered her sockets as a form of defence, but she could also manifest a sword of the same color as her armour.
Silvia remembered something and fished out my phone. No signal and definitely not working. Sighing, she dump it beside her. Her thoughts went to her home, her family, her friends. Would she be seeing them anytime soon? Much as she loved being in this universe, she missed them badly. Sometimes, she wondered, what happened after she 'disappeared'. How would her parents react?
What if... she could never go back?
"Silvia Myers, Komui Lee requests for you. You have an upcoming mission." Her thoughts were interrupted by a black golem (the one every exorcist has) and rushed to the Science Department. But the dreadful thought never left her mind.
"Silvia, here!" Lenalee waved to the said girl. Silvia stood beside her and Komui started briefing them on their mission. It was Silvia's first mission. She could not help but feel exhilirated.
"You will be sent to a small village located at the South-West of Africa for a mission. Apparently, rumour has it said that a tiger had been attacking the villagers, which did not happen before. And more importantly, when the villagers tried to stab it, their spear either broke or melted at its contact with the animal. The tiger has killed quite a number of people, and Akumas were spotted there. You will board the boat at the basement in half an hour's time. You are dismissed."
Those who are in the mission were: Lenalee; Allen; Lavi; Silvia; Random Finder.
Silvia packed her stuff into a suitcase that resembled Allen and Lenalee's. There was nothing much to put in, and she took a final look at the mirror. She took this moment to take a better look at her uniform.
The upper part was just like Allen's, red and black, and the lower part was long, black tights. Though she likes skirts, Silvia was relieved it wasn't part of her uniform. She found it inconvenient to go around the world wearing skirts while she jumps and runs about. She should ask Lenalee on how she managed to do it.
Suitcase in hand, the new exorcist headed towards the basement.
Much to her embarrassment, Silvia was the last to get on the boat. She felt her ears getting red as she stepped onto the boat and sat down.
"S-Sorry for being late..." Silvia murmured, giving everyone an apologetic look as the boat started to move forward.
Lenalee waved a hand. "It's alright. Everyone makes mistakes."
Lavi clicked his tongue, a disapproved look hung on his face. "She should learn to be early. Afterall, she's a newbie, all the more she should make sure not to be late." He turned to Silvia. "If you are late for any of the missions one more time, you will be dealt with."
Silvia gulped and nodded nervously.
Suddenly, the redhead grinned. "I was just kidding, Silvia. Don't need to get so worked up!"
"You know," Allen started, "Just now, I was wondering if you really were Lavi. You acted like the stupid Soba git!"
Lavi furrowed his eyebrows. "Who are you calling stupid, stupid Beansprout?" He snapped, mimicking Kanda's furious tone. "You're lucky I didn't slice you into pieces, baka!"
Laughter erupted from the exorcists. The Finder let out a soft chuckle.
They reached the end of the tunnel and board a train to Southern Africa at a nearby train station. They sat on their seats, and started minding their own businesses. Allen pulled Timcanpy's cheeks and wondered when could he have lunch, Lavi read a book, if not, recording everything around him into his brain.
Lavi glanced at Silvia, who was staring out into the scenery from the window, tugging at her brown ponytail.
Silvia spun her head around, catching Lavi in his staring. "Lavi, what are you looking at?"
The said teen looked away, a little embarrassed. "Nothing much."
A few minutes later, Lavi was back into his old self, and began telling jokes and what kind of cute girls he met. But before he got to the part where a girl was deciding whether to go out with him or not, Allen's eye activated.
The whole train jerked to a complete stop and threw everyone off their seats. The exorcists groaned in pain but the sound of gunshots brought them to their feet.
The foursome jumped out of the train. Akumas were seen at the front of the train, firing furiously at it. The exorcists activated their Innocence and began attacking them. Allen stabbed his sword into them, Lenalee flung her legs toward the monsters, Lavi crushed them with his hammer and Silvia? Oh, she was just having problems activating her Innocence.
Drat! Activate, Sapphire Sword! Activate!She gripped her staff, which was formally safe in her side pocket which was fastened with a clip. A bullet was flying straight towards her. "Silvia, watch out!" Lavi yelled as he brought down more Akumas.
"Activate!"
Kaboom!
Everyone held their breath as the dust parted and revealed… Silvia's arm outstretched, forming an 'X' in front of her. Her arms had a faded blue surface on them. She had finally activated her Innocence!
Her friends heaved a heavy sigh of relief. Silvia cursed in her mind. Took you long enough, Innocence. A sword formed on her right hand and she ran to fight by her friends' side. As the 'Soul' of Innocence is present at the scene, the exorcists managed to finish of the Akumas quicker than usual.
"All Akumas are killed, no one is harmed, the train can still move and we will continue the journey," Allen announced to himself as they slumped back into their seats. Lenalee held Silvia's hand. "That was a close call, Silvia."
The said girl sighed, "Guess I'll need to voice my command, since I'm still new to this." Lavi agreed with a grin. "Equip-type Innocence is definitely harder to activate, unlike parasite-type, as the latter type is a part of the exorcist. But practice makes perfect."
The train continued its course all day without encountering any Akuma. It was night-time now. Lavi was trying to sleep, Lenalee stared at her hands, Silvia gazed at the trees flying past her.
Gurgle...
"What the...? Allen?" Silvia turned to face the white-haired boy.
"I'm so hungry..." He trailed off, holding his tummy. The other three stared at each other.
"Anyone brought food?"
"Nope."
Silvia thought about burgers and fries, and wondered if Allen would like them if she had them. Well, it made her hungry as well.
"I think I've brought some food here!" Lavi rummaged his suitcase to take out two cranky sandwiches. He gave one to Allen. "We have to save up one for the next day." He turned around to close his suitcase. When he turned back, he realised the second sandwich from his hand was missing. And both the sandwiches were nowhere to be seen. You see, Allen is a fast eater.
"Allen! Did you hear what I've said? The second one is for tomorrow! You're gonna starve us!" The redhead shook his best friend. The latter just grinned sheepishly. Lenalee, one of the sensible ones in the Order, stood up and chided at them. "Lavi, Allen is a parasite-type exorcist. He got to consume huge amounts of food per day. Now let's just sit down and not waste energy. Moving around will make you hungrier."
Silvia thought of an idea. "Why don't we purchase some?" The other three, again, gawked at her. "T-they don't sell food in the train?"
Lenalee answered, "It's very rare, and the nearest station is in an hour's time or so, we have to alight and get some food and rest, then board another train tomorrow."
"Um, excuse me, Mistress Lenalee, but I've brought some food." Someone's voice outside startled them. It was the Finder whom everyone had forgotten.
The Finder entered the room and gave out a rice ball/ Onigiri to everyone. Allen immediately consumed them, the rest ate them quitely but gratefully. The Finder took his leave and sat outside the door again. "Looks like we can still survive for a few days," Lenalee wondered aloud.
Allen smiled. "I'm still not full, but it's tasty!"
The rest stared at him, and held their food in a defensive position.
"We know what you mean, Allen," said Lavi, continued eating his rice ball in a defensive position, still. He looked like he was hugging it while eating.
Allen blinked innocently at him, and cocked his head to one side. "I don't know what you mean, Lavi." He stared at Lenalee's rice ball, wondering why wasn't she eating it, and putting it close to her neck instead. But Lenalee misunderstood his confusion to greediness.
"Allen, I'm not giving it to you, I know it sounds selfish, but I'm going to have it by myself." She took another bite from it. Allen sort of understood Lenalee was not sharing her rice ball, but still did not understand Lavi's. He looked at Silvia. "Well, what are you going to say?"
"...It's mine, sorry. The Onigiri's mine. End of conversation."
They were still not used to her dialog, but it's not like they cared.
-Days later-
They alighted the train and gazed at what was in front of them. They started walking to their destination, and the natives seemed afraid of them, somehow. "It's always like that," Lavi mumbled to Silvia, "One moment they're friendly, the other they're anti-social, or vice versa."
Allen's left eye activated and the sound of firing and screaming welcomed them. The exorcists activated without hesitation, well, with the exception of Miss Myers. She sighed, and shouted, "Innocence, activate!" Fortunately, Sapphire Sword followed its mistress' commands and she ran to destroy Akumas. Lavi sighed, "When is this going to end?" And summoned Fire Seal to destroy the Level 1 and 2s. Allen gave himself a I'm-still-hungry look before using Edge End. Silvia sliced through more Akumas. I can't keep fighting like this. She lowered her sword. If I could be brought up to the air, I wouldn't have to jump so high...
All of a sudden, the armor on her arm divided itself to wrap around her calfs and the soles of her shoes. Then the armour under her feet lifted her into the air.
Silvia lost her balance and swayed to one side, but her feet-armour regained her balance. "Innocence granted my wish...?" Before she could think anymore, an Akuma was heading her way. Silvia used her thoughts to control her feet-armor and moved towards her enemy. She raised her sword to slash though it.
Allen looked up. "Hey isn't that..."
She could fly, Lenalee mused.
The foursome fell on the hard ground, panting away, while the Finder roamed around the village to gather information. "New form of Innocence, eh, Silvia?" The said girl nodded at the statement Lavi made. He's sure going to record this down.
Sapphire Air...A voice chanted at the back of Silvia's head. So that is the command for it,she thought. She patted her pocket, which again stored her Innocence. She was starting to get hungry too. Allen's tummy rumbled loud enough for the whole village to hear.
"Sorry," he apologised.
A native walked up to them and offered food and shelter for them. "It's to repay your kindness and heroic deeds," she said.
The place where they would be staying would be two huts, two beds each. The females will take one and the males will take the other. Food would be fruits and beef stew served at the gathering area where all the villagers gather there every night for dinner.
"So when did the Akuma attacks happened?" Lenalee questioned the villagers while biting an apple. The same lady told them it happened a week ago, but the tiger attacks happened a few weeks before. They had never seen such a tiger before. It's fur was golden, while the black stripes were glossy black, and it looked like as though it came down from the sky. It was majestic and started attacking them.
"Please help us!" The lady pleaded. "He had already taken a lot of our lives!"
Allen, of course, stood up and promised he would get that tiger and prevent it from attacking the villagers anymore. "And also do not let the Millennium Earl come to you and control you grief. He will use it to create Akuma."
The sound of a roar shook the exorcists from their sleep. "Can't it come in the morning or so?" grumbled Lavi as they rushed out of their huts. And there stood the tiger. Like they said, it was indeed majestic and had a powerful aura surrounding it. But that didn't stop them. "Activate!" Silvia exclaimed and summoned her Sapphire Air. Lenalee and she flew straight towards the tiger. "I'm sorry," muttered Silvia as her sword plunged into its body. The tiger roared in pain, but Silvia gasped. Her sword only went in by a few centimetres, not was she had expected. She yanked it out, and called to her friends, "Try to find where the Innocence is located, that might weaken its immunity to our attacks!"
Allen nodded, and he attacked the tiger's face with his claw. It reached out to bite his hand, which pulled out just on time.
"Eh?" Allen thought he saw something glowing in its mouth. It must be in there! "Lavi, get it to open its mouth!" yelled the clown.
"What?" Lavi yelled back.
"GET IT TO OPEN ITS MOUTH!".
Lavi understood, and summoned fire seal. The tiger roared at the sudden heat and flames around it, but Lavi made sure the licking flames are not as hot as they seem and would not burn it. Allen got a closer look. Yes, a green, glowing canine teeth which was the second teeth to its right. But he could not get it out with it still alive and kicking.
"Lenalee, could you..."Allen mouthed the rest of the words, in case the tiger understood human talk. "Knock it out?"
Lenalee gave an okay sign before kicking the tiger's head with her Dark Boots.
The tiger gave a astonished roar before slumping on the ground, unconscious. Allen pried opened its mouth cautiously as everyone nudged their way to take a look at the Innocence.
"Dentist, anyone?" Silvia questioned. Lavi gulped (he's the Bookman, he should know how to pluck out some teeth) as he closed his fingers around that tooth and tried to pull it out. Did not work. And to some unknown reason, Lavi, Lenalee and Silvia gazed at Allen's left hand. The boy sweatdropped at he stared at them. "Don't tell me..."
They nodded without mercy.
"Eeeeekkk!" he yelped.
Allen held the tooth with his left hand and yanked it out. "Eeee!" His hands shook as he held the glowing tooth. The tiger growled and its eyes shot open immediately.
"Big hammer, small hammer, grow grow GROW!" Lavi commanded as he slammed his hammer in front of the tiger. It trembled and ran away, and never returned.
Pitiful tiger, let your tooth be saved, Silvia thought.
"Well, looks like our job is done, eh?" Allen grinned, as he carefully dropped the Innocence into his front pocket.
Lenalee nodded as the foursome prepared to return to the Order. Now where did that Finder go?
It's been months or maybe years since I've updated this! I'm so sorry!
Silvia: Now don't cry, better late that never.
A.S.: Thanks, my nice OC. So R&R, thank you! And hope you will trespass this area again.
Silvia: Did you just say trespass?
