The second chapter! I want to say my thank-you to my reviewers Misteline: I'll do my best to keep on updating at a good pace! Jenniyah: honored to be the first D-gray fanfic for you! yea, I know bout the Earl being big and all… but the fun part bout fanfic is that you can tweak things a bit… d(>o ) and you got to give it to Allen too, important enough to get on the list of people Tiki had to kill. Hikari: you picked up the right manga to read! And it's really exciting to be the first fic someone reads… I'll do my best not to let you down! Tarragon: my dear marimo-chan! You reviewed! (after I told you to… lol) I know you're new to fanfic but you won't regret it. Make sure to take a look round, k?

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Chapter 2

"Specially… for me?"

It all had made sense up until that last line from Komui, but now Allen was thrown in to confusion. Why would the Earl come after one, teenage Exorcist?

"As I said, you put us at a slight advantage in this war for the Innocences. In other words, you put the Earl at a disadvantage. On top of that, there are only 19 Exorcists that are in the Organization, and as you know many of them have passed away recently…" Komui paused to take a sip of coffee then said, "Taking you out might mean quite more than it used to when you first came."

It hurt to hear it put that way.

"This new type of Akuma, what is its appearance? Where is it now?"

Just then there was a knock on the door, and Riba Wenham, squad leader of the science department complete with a cool strip on his forehead entered the room with a big stack of papers that somehow stayed piled against the laws of gravity in his arms.

"Just finished with the research and report, Head Officer. Here are the papers…!"

With great effort Riba lifted the files and placed them on the table, then slumped down on to the floor. Komui offered him a stool but he waved it away with his hand while he caught his breath leaning his back against the table.

"Perfect timing, Riba. Would you care to give us a verbal version of the data? I don't think Allen is up to reading all that just yet."

"Sure sir, just let me… ah, thanks." He took the cup of water Linaly offered him and swallowed at it thirstily. Wiping the excess water off with his sleeve, he cleared his throat and faced Komui.

"We analyzed the dream's contents from the information we got from Timcanpi, and we found that the Akuma Allen made contact with was indeed a new type. You've already explained that? Right, well, the good news is that we're pretty sure that the one that's attacked you is the only one out there so far. We had a series of "nightmares" following up a trail from somewhere in Germany to over here. They were all a milder version of Allen's incident. We believe this is the Akuma in question's doing. The trail it followed coincidentally crossed the path of a group of Exorcists we had out there to retrieve General Theodore, but they've reported that there wasn't any damage or incident in particular. We did a bit of research and a bit of guessing, and came to the conclusion that this new type is very… limited in its ways."

"Limited?" This was from Ravi, with a very unusual and serious emotion on his face.

"The Akuma would of course be going after Exorcists, picking at humans along the way… but this proved different when the Akuma didn't attempt to attack General Theodore's group. We figured there was something that made the Akuma avoid attack on the Exorcists, but then why or how did it attack Allen? The conclusion we came to, is your scar."

"The scar…?"

"The cursed scar. You see… well, no offence Allen, I personally don't give a shit 'bout it but technically speaking, that scar you have is the only 'unholy' piece of flesh on you. I hear it was given to you by… uh, lets not get in to details, well, we figured that it was the perfect passageway for the Akuma to get in. You see, we believe that this new type of Akuma is very weak to the powers of the Innocence. It needed something that wasn't all sugar, spice and everything nice to let it get in to an Exorcist's holy flesh. That would explain why it didn't bother General Theodore, and how it got to your system."

"I… see, but why would the Earl want to create something so… handicapped?"

"Because, well what we think it is, because he only needed the Akuma to get you. You and you only."

"…And this is the good news?" Ravi seemed disgusted.

"The bad news is... its form of attack is via REM. Hard to destroy something when you're in lala-land. We don't know the after effects of the attack yet… you'll have to watch out for that, and… there's one more thing about the Akuma that's going to give us bull shit."

"…What?"

Riba stopped and chanced a glance at Komui. With an unreadable expression, Komui nodded. In understanding, Riba finished off his explanation.

"The Akuma is a very tiny model. Microscopic, and without the right equipment it probably would have gone unnoticed…
You see, the Akuma accessed in to your dream via your nervous system."

The room fell dead with the ringing silence that followed Riba's last words. Allen had understood what it meant the first time, but couldn't- no, didn't want to believe it.

"What do you mean…?"

Riba mumbled a couple of curses and a 'fine, make me say it straight and direct' then stood up.

"The Akuma is inside your body."

To Be Continued...

Thank you for bearing with me through this short and boring explanation chapter!(gomenasai!) I'd like to do a bit of action next chapter... I hope.

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Quote of the Day: MACHO IS EWWWW! (Komui Head Officer)