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Kanda's POV
As I finished my mission I sheathed Mugen. Just as usual the Akuma exploded behind me, turning to nothing. "Such a nuisance...damned Akuma." I mumbled to myself.
I lead the way to the train as the finder followed. 'Now for my next mission. Surviving the Black Order.'
"Exorcist Kanda. The train's leaving." I didn't bother to face the eyebrow-less finder as I entered the train. I stalked to the private section of the train.
"Sirs." I saw a hand that tried to stop me from walking any farther. I ignored and continued before the same hand gripped my shoulder. "Sir. I need some identification." Today was not my day.
"Is this enough identification for you?" I pulled out Mugen to his throat. His eyes traveled to the sharp end as my eyes narrowed in irritation.
"Alright Mr. Exorcist. You may c-continue o-on." I pulled Mugen back and went to my seat.
The train ride was quite after that. Toma didn't bother to say anything. I was not in a good mood today. I had a feeling of irritation running through me, almost as bad as that short stack, Moyashi.
The Black Order, one of the largest and darkest looking buildings in the world. (also known for one of the most annoying) Side effects of entry include:
Headaches.
Annoying Moyashies.
Stupid rabbits.
Drills.
Pathetic vampires who can't eat soba correctly.
In other words, the one place I do not need to be right now. Unfortunately, I am.
I went through the over-sized gate, and into what could easily be called Hell. As the finder left I went to Komui's office to give my Mission report. I would have on the train, but the phone was broken and I didn't want to speak to that drill wielding psychopath. Now I have no choice.
I saw the sign that said, "SUPERVISOR KOMUI'S OFFICE" in large ink. 'So unprofessional.' Opening the doors I found myself consumed by the large amounts of paper on the floor. I shifted through it all to the large Mahogany desk.
"Supervisor Komui, here's your report." Slapping the paper down on the stack of papers I turned to leave the coffee drinking lunatic.
"Oh Kanda~." The man chirped. I stopped with a sigh and faced him.
"Yes?" Irritation skimming my voice.
"I've gotten in contact with Bookman, and he's bringing a new Exorcist to the order. If you could go to greet her that would be delightful." His same cheerful grin suck on his face.
My eyebrows knitted together as I heard him. 'Her, huh. Last I recall all of our female members have turned out just as useless as the rest of the Order. Why have another? We don't need them.' I just starred at him with a stern expression.
"Now don't be that way Kanda. Just go meet your new recruit. She will be considered our family from now on, just like everyone else. Got that? Now make sure to treat her like it."
I walked to the doors with a stomp. "Idiots..."
I walked down a few halls and made it back to the main doors and sat. 'The second I get done with this 'greeting' I'm getting Jerry to make me my soba.'
As if on queue, loud sirens began to ring. I stood and exited the building. "Damned Moyashi. Quit setting off the alarm..." I stepped outside and unsheathed Mugen. "Where is the Akuma?" I stood in front of the group.
"What are you talking about Yuu-chan?" I glared.
"Don't call me that you damned rabbit! I don't have any patience for you today!" He jumped and hid behind Krory, who was hiding from the gates behind...a girl? The Akuma maybe?
"Step back Akuma. Leave us." I ran my fingers over Mugen half-way before short stack interrupted.
"Stupid Bakanda. She's one of us. Not an Akuma."
I twitched. 'So this is the new recruit. That's just perfect. Another person to set off the gate. But why?'
"You there. Girl, why did the gate assume you were an Akuma?" I interrogated.
"Um, I'm not all that sure myself. I do know I'm not an Akuma though." She spoke quietly.
'Definitely another useless one.' I glared at The Gate Keeper.
"I see them! She has the pentacles!" I looked back at her. I took in more detail. Behind her was Krory and Lavi. More importantly, Krory was behind her.
"Gate Keeper! All you saw was Krory's blood! Now stop the sirens!" The Gate gave a guilty face as the sirens ceased. I trudged inside with them all following behind.
Rosio's POV
I followed the long haired man inside. 'He seems a bit testy. Maybe I should keep my distance...' I held Lenalee's hand as we walked. I may not like her too much, but she is one, the only other girl, and two, she isn't annoying to no end. I was holding Allen's hand too until the Gate Keeper let the sirens sound. Lavi and Bookman were in the lead, and Krory was behind them, until we made it to the gate. I'm guessing Krory's had bad experiences with that gate. Why else would he suddenly jump behind me. And it looks like Lavi's somewhat afraid of the boy with long blue hair. I think he called him Yuu? Allen said Bakanda. I have no idea.
The main entrance was nice as I walked through it, people waving towards me. I waved back occasionally. I only looked away for just a second before noticing that I was left alone with Lenalee. "Um, Lenalee, where did everyone else go?"
She just smiled at me. "They all went off to rest or go off on other missions." I was disappointed. I hoped to stick around people I've met. Looks like it's just Lenalee and me now. "We, on the other hand, are off to go see Supervisor Komui." My ears perked at the name.
"Supervisor you say? Well would that be considered a high job position here?"
Her face just stared blankly. "Well I guess you could say that. He leads the entire science division and sets us out on our missions. There are people in higher positions then him though. They're the generals and then there's people like...Leverrier." She paused.
'Is there something bad about this 'Leverrier' guy? She seems hesitant when she says his name.' Her grip on my hand tightened immensely to being almost painful. "Lenalee?"
"Oh, sorry." Her hand loosened.
"It's fine. So what are the names of these generals?"
"Well, I've only met some of them. The one's I've met before or know of are General Cross, who is currently missing, General Tiedoll, General Winters, and General Cloud."
'Thanks for the information Lenalee. I hate to betray your trust, but you just spilled a little too much.' "Well now I know who to go to for information at least." I smiled. She stopped. "Huh? What's wrong Lenalee?"
"Well here we are. Supervisor Komui's office." I glanced up at the large doors. I expected to walk into a nice, large, extravagant office. What I saw on the other hand was entirely different. Papers were scattered across the floor in a sea of ink. Shelves rounded the large room, and were overfilled with books of all sizes. Against one shelf-less wall of this room was a large map. Just in front of that was the monstrosity. A desk piled with books and a man underneath.
"Um...Supervisor Komui?" Books began to take flight across the room as the creature beneath them rose from the abyss of files.
"Yes? Ah! It's the new recruit! Well how do you do? My name's Komui Lee. It's a pleasure to meet you, new Exorcist!"
Lenalee let go of my hand and walked forward. Grabbing a clipboard off of a pile and hitting him in the back of the head with it.
"Big Brother, don't you ever try to organize things around here? We've got a guest and your not even going to clean?"
He gave her pitiful eyes. "But Lenalee! Your big brother doesn't have time for things like cleaning! Those mean people won't let me have a break!"
"I hope you're not referring to us Supervisor Komui. By the way, the 'mean people' brought some more reports and paper work for you to go through." Komui started throwing books.
"Section Leader Reever! We have a new Exorcist so we shouldn't have to do work as soon as she arrives! Right?" he begged.
"No, you have to do work. Everyone else can, except for Jerry and us though. The Exorcists are coming back to greet our new member once they're done with their missions. We've decided to give them a day off if nothing happens. Recently reports of Innocence have been low."
"But that's not fair!"
"Life's not fair! I did say that we won't get a day off either."
Watching these two ramble on made me think, 'Maybe this idea wasn't such a great one after all...I might not survive this place for long.'
"Rosio?"
My head jolted to the right. "Oh, Lenalee! Phew... You startled me. I didn't even hear you come over here." She placed her hands behind her back.
"Don't worry about it. I was asking you a question but you didn't answer."
I scratched the back of my head. "I'm sorry..." Her hands were thrown in front of her. "No. Don't worry about it. I was just wondering if you wanted me to give you a tour of the order."
Smiling I said, "Sure. That would be great."
"Alright then. So lets begin. Well, as you know, this is Supervisor Komui's office. He's my big brother. Could you tell?"
"Not at all." 'Thank goodness she doesn't realize how much of a lie that was.' "So where should we head to next?"
She thought for a minute. "Well, if there's a dining hall or some sort of kitchen how about-"
"No! I mean...we should find your room first."
"Yeah! That's a great idea. Come on then!" She grasped my hand in hers then ran. "Let's hurry!" I was being dragged through halls.
"Ah! Lenalee, slow down! Stop using your Innocence when it's not needed!" She paused. "Ouch!" I hit her back with my face. "What's with the breaks all of a sudden?" She glanced over her shoulder at me.
"How did you know what my Innocence was?" I froze. "Um...I saw one of your files in Komui's office lying on the ground?" She just gave me a doubtful stare.
"Alright then. I guess that makes sense..." She then began to walk the rest of the way.
Soon we came on a hall full of doors. "Well, this is your room." I observed the doorway.
"Alright. Thank you." I bowed.
"Oh, well I'm not leaving just yet. I need to make sure your comfortable in your new room, and-"
"Lenalee. I'm fine."
She just sighed. "Can't I just stay with you for a little longer? Please?"
I sighed. "Alright. But I've got a question. What should I do about clothes or anything else?" I gestured towards her uniform.
"Oh. We're going to make you a uniform. We need to get that done, but we can wait until tomorrow. Once you know where everything is. Any personal items we can go shopping for later."
I kept my head turned as I pushed the door open. "That sounds good to me."
I glanced around the room I was staying in. The furnishing was close to none and plain. The rest of the room being just as bland. 'I'm going to need to add something to this...' As I wondered on what to add, Lenalee caught my attention with a holler.
"Hey, Allen! Want to come shopping with us later?"
"Sure thing Lenalee!" Allen called back.
"Agh! No! Don't bring Allen!" I turned to her.
"Why not?" I stood silent.
"Well...because...because...because Allen's a guy and he wouldn't be able to help like you would. You know?" She tilted her head.
"Oh. Alright then. Hey Allen! Never mind! Ah, he's already gone. Oops. Too late..." My shoulders dropped with my head.
I sighed, "Whatever. Can't do anything about it when exactly do you plan on making this trip?"
"I guess Allen can decide that. Maybe later today or tomorrow, I'm not sure."
"Well let's go eat then. I'm really hungry."
"Alright." Lenalee finally agreed to go to eat. I wonder what was wrong with it before.
We found our way to another large hall. "Hey, wait here, alright?"
"Sure." She ran off into another room. Sitting against a wall I looked at the ceiling. I thought as I stared at the concrete. 'Well these people are different then how the Earl described them. They seem so happy and loving. Not like the type that could kill an Akuma so easily, even though they do. Seeming so pacifistic natured. Happy, kind and polite to everyone.' I stood and leaned against a wall. 'The type that I dislike most, but why...do I feel so warm? Turning I threw my fist to the wall. My knuckles stained themselves with blood red liquid. 'The Hell? I can't even make a hole in this wall. This is so pathetic. I would've usually never let that girl hang on to me for that long, dragging me around this bland headquarters for the ditzy and insane. Might as well be a freakin' insane asylum.'
"Rosio!" My thought process was interrupted. "Come here." She gestured for me to come forward.
"Alright." I followed Lenalee a few steps forward.
"Now I want you to close your eyes."
"Um. Alright..." My eyelids fluttered shut. Lenalee's palms held my own as she led me along. "So...what's going-"
"Here we are. You can open them now."
Lenalee's POV
I let her hand go as Rosio opened her eyes. I smiled at how astonished she looked. "What the...?"
"It's a welcoming party silly. Since you're joining the Black Order, we thought we should welcome you. Is there something wrong?"
She shook her head rapidly. "No, no, no. It's...amazing."
I sighed. "Good. I'm glad."
"Welcome home Rosio!" Everyone shouted in applause.
"Welcome to the Black Order Rosio. Our new Exorcist." Big brother said as he came over and handed the blond a coffee mug.
"Huh?" "Your own coffee mug. "
"It's a gift." She just examined it. "Now lets drink to this joyous occasion!" He shouted. Everyone raised their drinks high in the air with a, "Cheers!" Including myself, unlike the adults, us minors are drinking juice. We each chugged down our drinks.
"Hello there Rosio. I hope you enjoy staying at the Black Order. Just a word of advice, stay away from Bakanda. He gets mad easily. A bit of temper issues..." Whispering the last part, Allen stood with a smile.
"What was that Moyashi?" Kanda approached.
"What do you want, Bakanda?"
'Not again...' And so the fight between these too began. 'Will they ever stop?' I pushed the two apart. "Not now you too. We're greeting our new Exorcist and you shouldn't fight while we do." My lips curved in a frown.
"Sorry Lenalee." Allen apologized.
"Tch..." Kanda stalked away. Just as he did, a rabbit hopped our way.
"Hi Lavi," I greeted with a smile.
"Hello Lenalee-chan." He waved and quickly turned to the new Exorcist. "Hi there Rosio-chan! Here's a drink." He handed her a glass of punch that Komui neglected to give.
"Um...thanks...?"
"You're welcome!...You have such a small voice. Hehe..." He chuckled. "Well come on Rosio. Let me introduce you to the others-"
"Hey Lavi." I interrupted.
"Huh, oh. Lenalee-chan. What is it?" I just glanced at Rosio, then back to him.
"Hey, don't you think you should go ask Allen what he's doing later?"
"Um, why?"
My eyes narrowed. "Just because... Now go. Shoo." I ordered as I pushed him away.
"What's wrong Lenalee?" Rosio asked quizzically.
"Nothing. But you know," I walked in front of her. "I've been wondering. What do you think of..." She tilted her head.
"What do I think of what? Lavi?"
I shook my head. "No...um...A-Allen. What do you...you know...think...of...him?" She smirked.
"I think he's a nice guy." She leaned closer. "And you know, I might just decide to ask him out." She snickered.
"Ah! No! You can't! I mean...I..."
"I know. I was joking. Don't worry. I won't steal him from you."
I froze, "what...w-what do you mean? I wasn't worrying about that!" I pressed.
"Come on Lenalee. You may not believe it, but I can read people pretty well. And word of advice, don't yell at someone like that about him. If you do, then they'll know too."
My face cloaked itself in red. "O-okay..." She laughed some more. "Don't laugh at me! That's rude!"
She wiped a tear from her eyes. "I'm not laughing at you Lenalee. I just find it funny how in love two people can be."
I didn't understand. "What?"
"Never mind, Lenalee-chan."
The rest of that night was spent partying and getting to know people. 'I still wonder what she meant. Also, how does she know about my Innocence when...my files aren't even in Brother Komui's office? Oh, well. I'll just leave it for now.'
Author's Note: Sorry that one took me a while. School started back up and things have been taking a while to get done. Joy to ninth grade! Not. Anyways...hoped you liked this chapter and please stick with me for the next installment of, "Rusty Innocence, Corroded Friendship."
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