*EDITED*
I will eventually get back to this ^^; I just have some of my yaoi fics to finish that I wanna get out of the way. I hope its soon (like before the end of 2010 XD) Please hang in there! Oh and Constructive Criticism please; I like to improve even more :]
RockyVRWolf
"Well looky there!" Lavi said. A tall building on a very high, rocky hill loomed into view from where Robin, Raven, Beast Boy, and the Exorcists stood. "When I get home, I'm going straight to bed."
Robin stared at the building expressionlessly. Strangely, from the distance they were standing, he thought it looked like Titans Tower.
"Dude, hurry up!" Beast Boy called to Robin, who hadn't noticed the others walking away. "You have tons of cool people to meet!"
Turning back around, Beast Boy ran after the others. Sighing, Robin followed behind at a slow pace. He wasn't sure if he wanted to go through with this or not. He still felt numb from witnessing Starfire's tragic death. Not to mention he was feeling anger towards Slade, who had been controlling the Akuma. So many emotions were mixing around in Robin's head that he didn't notice the door of the Black Order talking to Allen.
"Who is that boy?" the door asked, motioning to Robin with his giant eyes. Robin's eyes widened upon seeing the strange, talking door. "He doesn't look like a Conformer."
Allen grinned.
"Just scan him already, though I'm sure he is no Akuma."
The door scanned Robin from head-to-toe. He didn't find any traces of Akuma blood in his system.
"Okay, you may all pass."
The door swung open. Motioning to the others, Allen walked through, the others following close behind him. Robin was the last to enter. The door shut itself behind the nervous teen. He and the Exorcists walked down many hallways and through doors, which led to even more hallways. They soon reached a large room filled with rows of books, a few desks, and a floor that was littered with papers.
"Supervisor! Allen and the others have returned!" shouted a man with long brown hair that spiked out in the back.
No one replied to the man's shouts. Stopping at the largest desk at the far end of the room, Allen shook a man that was wearing a white coat, a white French hat, and glasses. The man was asleep, snoring on his stacks of many papers on his desk.
"Hey, wake up Komui!" The man named Komui didn't stir. He continued to snore. Getting right next to his ear, Allen whispered, "Lenalee is getting married."
That seemed to get Komui's attention. Bolting up, he looked around the room frantically.
"Lenalee! Wait! Don't get married! How could you betray me like this Lenalee?!"
Lenalee bopped Komui on the head.
"Shut up Nii-san."
Komui sat back down after calming himself. Once he regained his composure, he looked around at everyone.
"So, did you find the Innocence?"
Allen pulled Robin forward.
"This is Robin. His Innocence activated two days ago," Allen explained. "Raven had tipped us off saying that Robin would be in Gotham City. He encountered the Earl. When his Innocence didn't activate, we thought he wasn't a Conformer. We had gotten word that the Innocence was on the move again, so we found its trail and followed it."
"Turns out, Robin really was a Conformer," Lenalee concluded.
Komui came out from behind his desk.
"Then we must go and see Hevlaska." Komui turned to Robin, who looked nervous. "If you will follow me please."
Robin followed Komui out of the room. They walked down several hallways. Reaching a platform and getting on, Komui pulled down on a lever. The platform started to go down. The two men didn't speak. They soon reached a very dark area. Robin couldn't see a thing. A light suddenly formed around the platform. Above them sat a row of onlookers, shadowed in black. A bright light started to rise from the floor. A white creature appeared in front of Robin and Komui. Komui smiled up at the creature.
"Hello, Hevlaska."
"Hello, Supervisor," Hevlaska said in a mystical voice. She looked at Robin. "I must determine your Synchronization Percentage." White tentacles came up around Hevlaska. She carefully grabbed a soft hold around Robin's body, lifting him off the platform. He was a little uncomfortable, but knowing that Hevlaska wasn't going to hurt him, he didn't resist. Hevlaska glowed with a bright, white light. "Twenty-three percent…forty-eight percent…sixty-nine percent…seventy-seven percent…" Hevlaska closed her eyes and saw a vision. She opened her eyes. "Your Synchronization Percentage is at seventy-seven percent. One day you will be born into a 'Requiem of Light'. That is my ability; to foresee the dark future."
Hevlaska disappeared. Komui smiled warmly at Robin.
"Welcome to the Black Order, Robin." The teen shook Komui's hand. "Now let's get you to your room."
Pushing the lever up, the platform began to rise out of the darkness and into the light. Getting off the platform, Robin and Komui met up with the others. Beast Boy grinned.
"Welcome to the world of the Exorcists dude," he said. "We'll get dinner after we show you your room." Robin and his new friends walked down more hallways until they reached a door that already had a name plaque. His name was already engraved on it. "Raven and I are right on either side of you. This way we don't have trouble finding each other."
Nodding, Robin went inside and walked up to his bed. His suitcase was already there. Raven and Beast Boy went to their rooms to unpack. Above Robin's bed was a painting of a red robin sitting in a tree with twinkling stars above him near a full moon. Robin smiled at it.
"That fits you perfectly, doesn't it?" Raven asked when she came inside.
Robin nodded.
"Yeah, fits me just fine."
Raven stood beside him, looking at the painting.
"Slade will pay for having our friends murdered, Robin," she said. "We will defeat the Earl, his Akuma, and the Noah clan. You just have to believe."
Robin nodded.
"Yeah, I know we will. I'm not going to give up until Slade is defeated."
Raven smiled.
"Come on, the others are already in the dining hall. You'll feel better with good food in your stomach."
Robin and Raven left his room and walked down to the dining hall. Raven went up to a long, barred window where a black man with blonde cornrows hair, a very long ponytail in the back, and wearing a white chef's jacket, stood waiting for her to order.
"Well hello there Raven," the Chef said with a gay-sounding accent. "It's been, what, three years since I saw you last?"
Raven smiled.
"Yes, it's been a long time, Jerry," she said. "I'll have the usual."
"Coming right up!" Jerry said in a sing-song voice. Dashing away, he quickly made Raven's meal and came back. "There you go!" Jerry turned to Robin as he stepped up to the window. "Ah, a new Exorcist. I'm the Head Chef Jerry. I can cook anything you want. Just name it."
"I'll just have a mini pepperoni pizza with water," Robin said.
"Coming right up!" Jerry made Robin's dinner quickly and then came back with order in hand. "There you go. Have a good night."
Robin took his food and then followed Raven to a table where Allen, Lavi, Lenalee, and Beast Boy were sitting and chatting away as they ate. Raven and Robin sat down on opposite sides of Beast Boy. He was eating three tofu dogs with tofu cookies. Allen had everything imaginable. Robin thought he would explode if he ate all of it.
All of a sudden, a small group of scientists came up to Robin. One of them with giant, swirly glasses took out a measuring tape.
"Don't start hounding him you guys," Allen said. "He's had it rough the last couple of days."
"But we need to make his Exorcist coat," the swirly eyed guy said.
"You can wait after he's finished eating, Johnny," Raven said.
Johnny sighed but nodded.
"Okay, but I'll stay here and wait."
"Good idea."
Once Robin finished his pizza, he stood up to allow Johnny to measure his body.
"Tapp, write all of this stuff down," Johnny said to his friend.
Once they gathered the measurements, Johnny and Tapp said good-bye and left.
"They may seem dorky at first, but they're totally cool," Allen said to Robin.
The teen nodded.
"Yeah, they kind of remind me of Starfire and Cyborg."
Raven glanced at Robin. She knew he was bottling up his true feelings. She had a feeling he'd be crying himself to sleep tonight. How could she blame him? Raven missed Cyborg and Starfire just as much as Robin and Beast Boy. The green teen suddenly sighed.
"First Terra and now Starfire and Cyborg," he said sadly. "How many more of our friends must we see die by the hands of evil before our eyes?"
Silence fell around the table like a wave. Allen stood up.
"I think you'll all want to see this."
Robin stared at the floor over the balcony with wide, horrified eyes. There were hundreds of white coffins lined up neatly in rows. Finders and Exorcists were praying by the coffins' sides. Tears suddenly streamed down from Robin's eyes.
"W-Were all of them killed by-?"
Robin couldn't finish his question.
"Many of them were killed by the Noahs," Allen replied, "some by Akuma. Sadly we can't tell their family members what happened to them in fear that their souls will be turned into Akuma. It's cruel on both sides."
Beast Boy stepped up beside Robin.
"We've never lost this many people when Raven and I were still here. We hadn't kept in touch with the Order in case you had found out, so we didn't know how bad things had gotten." Beast Boy sighed. "We've been gone for far too long, dudes."
Robin's eyes narrowed in sadness and with a hint of anger. And he thought his world was chaotic. Without a word, he turned around and walked out of the room. He couldn't bear seeing all of the lives lost in that room. Finding his own, Robin got ready for bed. There was a knock on his door. Quickly pulling his pants up, he went to the door and opened it. Johnny was outside, grinning.
"Your Exorcist coat is finished. Fastest job we scientists have finished." Johnny handed Robin his coat. "It should fit you just fine." Robin took the coat from Johnny. "Good night. And welcome to the Black Order."
Robin nodded. Johnny turned around and left, humming as he did so. Closing his door, Robin stepped back and turned, heading for his closet. He hung his coat onto the bar. The coat was made of black and silver material and had a cool design that was hard to describe (literally). He closed his closet, reminding himself to try on the coat tomorrow morning. Robin then got into bed and went to sleep.
Walking up to the window, Robin ordered a black coffee and an English muffin with strawberry jam inside.
"There you go, cutey," Jerry said with a twinkle in his eyes.
Robin blushed slightly at being called a 'cutey'. He did like Jerry very much though. Taking his breakfast, he found a bench and sat down. Raven and Beast Boy said they would join him soon. Robin was wearing his Exorcist coat, which fit very nicely. It wasn't too tight but not too loose either. Robin liked the hood attachment the most.
Taking a bite of his muffin, Robin looked around. Johnny and Tapp were chatting away, feet from where he sat. They looked like they were the best of friends.
Robin took a sip of his coffee.
"Who the hell are you?"
Robin looked to his right and saw a guy with long black hair in a ponytail. He too wore an Exorcist coat and had a katana at his side. Robin felt a little intimidated by this person. Nevertheless, he held his hand out to the stranger.
"I'm Robin."
The guy didn't budge.
"You're in my spot," he said annoyed.
Robin didn't move.
"Not to be rude or anything, but I clearly do not see your name on it."
This was the wrong thing to say. The guy glared at Robin and went for the hilt of his katana. He stopped short when Lenalee bonked him in the back of the head with her clipboard.
"Be nice Kanda," she said. "Robin is new. He too has a katana as an Anti-Akuma weapon. I'm sure you'd get along just fine."
Kanda glared at Robin; he glared back.
"Just keep him away from me," Kanda said, turning around and finding a new table.
Robin went back to his muffin.
"What's his problem?"
Lenalee sat down beside Robin.
"Kanda just got back from a mission. He's always cranky after one."
Robin took the final bite of his muffin.
"When's my first mission?"
Lenalee looked at her clipboard and smiled.
"My brother is going to stick you with Allen, Lavi, Raven, Beast Boy, and myself along with Bookman," she replied. "He thinks it'd be best so that you can get the feel of things before doing them on your own. But you'll always have a friend with you on missions. We're currently trying to find a General named Cross. Apparently it's Allen's old Master."
"Why are we looking for Generals?" Robin asked, confused.
"The Noah's are searching for them so that they can get their Innocence and destroy them. If the Earl destroys the Heart of the Innocence, then the Prophecy to destroy the world will come true. We have to stop that from happening."
Robin finished his coffee.
"Are we leaving today?" Robin asked.
Lenalee nodded.
"The sooner we find Cross, the better."
"You'll get the hang of things during our mission," Allen said to Robin. "Just use your Anti-Akuma weapon when needed."
The gang was on the train, heading for a small town in Germany for their dinner shopping stop. Allen was explaining how to battle in case of Akuma attacks. Robin easily understood all that was said.
The train soon slowed to a stop. Everyone got off. Lenalee went to an old man vendor and bought food. Everyone but Robin, Lenalee, and Alan stood by the train. Robin watched Lenalee and Allen from a distance. She looked a bit angry as she talked. Alan had his head bowed with a bag of food on his head. Robin couldn't hear what they said. A few seconds later, Lenalee screamed at Allen, grabbed the bag off his head, and stiffly walked away to reach the train. The boy didn't look back. The sound of a horn went off, signaling that the train was about to leave. Upon hearing the horn, Allen turned and was about to catch the train. Robin saw the old man vendor tackle him to the ground out of nowhere. Robin hid behind the wall he was standing by.
The train took off, leaving Allen and Robin behind.
