Obscurity's Undertone: Chapter One (Headquarters-X4 remix)
"Um…Excuse me…my name is Allen Walker. I was told by my master to come here to the Black Order. His name is General Cross Marian."
Sarah Ellen Walker, female apprentice of Cross, had to use every bit of her will power to not shiver in fear. This place gave her the freaking creeps. And that was saying a lot, considering she found herself hunting Akuma throughout crypts and graveyards.
She absently scratched the side of her neck, before straightening her collar just a little bit. She wanted to wear girl clothes, but no, that would blow her so called 'cover'. Stupid Master. Why must he do all he can to make her life miserable? Ellen secretly thought he got some sort of perverse pleasure out of making her suffer, what other reason could there be? It's not like he was some kind of over protective father, was he?
She looked up in the sky, and noticed somebody was leaping towards her. She squinted her eyes a little bit. Was that a samurai wannabe? She didn't bother waiting around to find out as she executed a neat back flip and slipped into a combat stance. He activated his innocence.
She whistled appreciatively.
He growled at her, "What was that?"
She smiled at him, "Oh, well, it was just so shiny! Is that your anti-Akuma weapon?"
He frowned at her, "Yes it is. Why are you here?"
She closed her eyes and smiled wide, and activated her left arm. "I got one too." She looked at his and then hers, as if comparing the two, "Though I think mine looks far more impressive."
His eyebrow ticked, "Ah, I see." He then spun on his heel and growled, "Gatekeeper, there had better be a good explanation for this, or so help me God…"
'He left the threat hanging,' thought Ellen, 'that's awfully nice of him, isn't it?'
"Oi, samurai wannabe," said Ellen, "don't make such an ugly fuss about every little thing. It makes you look stupid."
Kanda spun around and growled at her. He unsealed his sword and leapt at Ellen, trying to cut her in two.
He was, however, hit upside the head with a flying clipboard.
Ellen stared in amazement as Kanda the Samurai Wannabe fell without grace headfirst into the ground. She then turned to look back to the entrance of the tower, where a girl in an exorcist uniform had an annoyed expression on her face. "Kanda," the girl growled, "be nice."
She then spun on her heel and flashed a welcoming smile at the white haired exorcist. "Hello there! My name is Lenalee Lee, and my brother wanted me to show you around a bit before I bring you to see him. Oh, yeah, he is the Supervisor in charge of Headquarters, by the way. Come on; let's get going before the gate closes right on top of us."
With that being said, she dragged the poor white haired exorcist throughout most of headquarters. She showed her the workplaces, the kitchens, the living area, the many gathering places, and even some places she was told not to worry about what was going on behind closed doors.
After she had met both Komui and Hevlaska, she was then told to go with Lenalee so that she could get a room. Lenalee looked at her clipboard and said, "All right then Allen, you will probably need a boy's room, considering your male and all. I don't think you need a private shower, since its guys only in the public bath… What's the matter, Allen?"
Ellen's face was scarlet as she pulled Lenalee into an empty room. After making sure no one was in there and that a desk had been shoved up against the door, she took off her coat and unbuttoned her shirt, showing her, ehem, feminine side.
"As you can see, Lenalee-san," said a red faced Ellen, "I'm not what you might call a 'boy'. So if you could maybe hook me up with one of those 'girl' rooms that would be lovely."
Lenalee just looked at her strangely.
Ellen sighed as she buttoned up her shirt, "Before you ask why, Master made me do this. He's paranoid some evil man will try to take advantage of me, and so he makes me pretend to be a boy named Allen. It's a play off my middle name, which is Ellen."
Lenalee just looked at her strangely.
Ellen scratched her head, "Um…Lenalee…are you going to say anything?"
Then Lenalee squealed and hugged her fellow exorcist tightly to her body. "Ohh! I'm just so happy now!" She stepped back and began to explain herself, "You have no idea how long I was hoping for another female exorcist to be found. Well, I mean, the boys are nice and all, and sometimes there are a few other female exorcists that stop by, and Generals Cloud Nyne and Saki were always nice to me, but this is different! You're practically the same age as me. We could talk about girl stuff, boys, bake things, inspire women's rights activists, and even keep Hevlaska company when she's bored. Oooh! And you know what else we could do?"
Lenalee got all starry eyed, "We could go shopping!"
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Meanwhile, hundreds of yards away.
Komui suddenly shivered and began rub his arms vigorously in an attempt to warm himself. Johnny leaned his head to the side of his stack of papers in order to ask, "Is something wrong, Supervisor?"
Komui waved his hand as if to swat away the very idea, "Not at all, my dear comrade! It's just…for a second there…I could have sworn I heard all of my money saying goodbye…"
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In Italy
"Forgive me Father, for I have sinned." Said a young woman around 19 years of age. She had dark blue hair and a stunning figure. Her pale skin was a little pale, and her hands trembled slightly as she gave her confession.
"How might I help you, my child?"
"Father, I have killed a man."
The Priest gave her a sad smile, "My dear, it is a good thing you do, destroying the Akuma sets their souls free, allowing them to go to God once more-"
"That's not why I'm here father. I killed a man, a regular human man, because he was trying to take my sister away from me. He had bound and gagged her, and had said that I was never going to see her again." A chocked sob escaped her, "I-I, I flew into a rage and killed him with Sonic Scythes." She began to sob openly now.
The Father sled open the door and rested his hand on her shoulder.
She looked at him with bright, teary, eyes and flew into his arms, crying on his shoulder. The Priest rubbed her head gently, letting her grief flow out of her.
Meanwhile, her sister sat in a pew outside the confession box, waiting for her sister to return. She heard a voice beside her and turned.
A woman in her early twenties stood beside, looking beautiful even if she wore a nun's habit. She had very white skin and very dark hair. She smiled at the young exorcist and said,
"Hello, my name is Sister Road, how might I help today?"
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TBC
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AN: Sorry for the delay, I sprained my wrist slightly, so it kinda hurt there for a bit.
It's okay now though. Should hope to have the next chapter out by next Saturday.
AN: Part 2: I have gone through and hopefully fixed all of the spelling and grammatical errors in this chapter.