Here is chapter 5! And, as promised, the preview to the next fanfic will be in the bottom AU.

I do not own D. Gray Man or its characters, those all belong to Ms. Katsura Hoshino. I only can claim both the plot and my O.C.

"Talking"

'Thoughts'

"Neah and Mugen speaking"

"Telephone call/ texts"

Chapter 5: Finding a Needle in a Haystack

After dropping Lenalee off at her home, which caused a certain crazy idiot to go after the 'octopus', Allen sighed as he leaned on a corner. All Allen could think while he had been running was that it was strange on how Komui had stayed the same.

"If there is anything you could count on, it would be the crazy idiot who had way too much of a sister-complex."

'He might have been crazy a lot of the time, but he could be serious when it comes to certain circumstances.'

"I guess you're right." Neah goes silent for a minute, considering something. "Now that I think about it, I feel that there something important that we should worry about and that it will happen soon."

Just as the words left Neah's figurative mouth, Allen got a text. Looking down at his phone, Allen's eyes widen.

Crazy Bitch: Get home now. Your little 24-hour-for-1-day problem is going to start at midnight.

After he read through it a few times, Allen glanced at the time. 11:45. "Damn it."

Pocketing his phone, he picks up his pace, trying to make it to his home on the other side of town. Halfway though his walk, he checks the time again, 11:55.

Starting to slowly run, he goes for about a few more minutes. He can see his home. 'Just a few more steps.'

Wham! Allen was stopped in his tracks by a large figure. Completely unprepared, Allen couldn't stop himself as he fell back onto the ground. Completely ready to either apologize or insult the person who stopped him, he stops when he sees who is standing in front of him.

"Watch where you're going, shorty." Expecting a response, the other was immediately concerned when the other didn't respond to the insult. "Oy. What the hell is wrong with you, idiot. You look like you've seen a ghost."

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Kanda looked down at the man sitting in front of him. He was already having a bad night. First, his flight home was delayed, then his supposed 'best friend' forgot to pick him up at the airport, and finally the idiot running into him. Deciding that he was tired of the other's silence, he started to walk away. Taking note of the time, he sees that it was not 11:59. Shrugging his shoulders, he started to walk away from the albino.

As he turns, he heard a gasp coming from behind him. Turning around toward the other person, he is shocked to see the man's eyes rolling back as he falls the rest of the way to the ground. As quick as he could, he caught the other before he hit the ground.

"Hey! Are you okay?" Shaking the other, his concern grows as the other doesn't move. "Come on. Say something! At least do something."

Acting quickly, he felt for a pulse in the other man's neck. Finding one, he relaxes slightly. With the thought of the apparent fact that the other was stable, Kanda started to look for the other's phone. Finding it in the man's coat pocket, he opened it and looked to the first contact.

'Are you serious? Crazy bitch? Great.'

Pressing down on the 'call' button, Kanda put the phone to his ear as he waited for a response.

A few seconds after he first called, it picked up. "Allen? Is that you? Please tell me that you got home alright."

Kanda pulled away slightly before getting straight to the point. "No. Your friend passed out on me after he ran into me. I figured it was best to call the first person in his phone list since it seemed that you knew him best. Could you come get him?"

"I'm on my way. Where are you.?"

Glancing around, Kanda takes note of the signs nearby. "We're on the corner of Islington Park Street and Upper Street, in Islington."

"Alright, I'm coming. If I may, can I ask your name?"

"It's Kanda. Kanda Yu."

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As soon as the call ended, Feli was in her car and going to where the man said he'd be with her friend. Hearing the man's name, she was shocked at the possibility that this was the same man who Allen had her looking for, as well as the others.

"It is the same person. Somehow he and Allen have a habit of running into each other in the oddest ways."

'Too true. I'm more worried that it happened now of all times. We don't even know how much Kanda remembers from the past. I'm more afraid for Alma if Kanda remembers certain things but doesn't know others.'

"You are right to be worried for Alma. But you must also remember that it is highly likely that he remembers both of his past lives."

'I hope so. It will chase away my worry immediately as soon as I know what he remembers.'

Arriving at her destination, she can make out a figure crouching next to a fallen figure. Getting out of her car, she walks quickly to the two. Upon reaching them, she crouches down and immediately checks his pulse, opens his eyes to check their dilation, and looked at him to see if he was any more pale than he usually was. As soon as her check was complete, Feli lets out a sigh as she calms down from her concerned high. Feli suddenly remembers the other person with her, so she turns to him.

"Thank you for staying with him. If I can, I will be taking him home now."

Standing up, she moves to pick up Allen, but is stopped when she sees Kanda was already moving to carry her friend. Noticing her stare, he speaks up. "I mean no offense, but he is too heavy for a small woman like yourself. I'll carry him for you, just show me where to go."

Knowing that she could trust him, she led him a few blocks away to Allen's apartment complex. Taking out her key, she lets both herself and Kanda into Allen's home. Entering the room, she motions to the sofa in the middle of the living room, gesturing to Kanda to put Allen there. After he put Allen down, she decides to speak up.

"Again, thank you for your help." Gesturing to the kitchen, she asked, "Would you like anything? Some water? A sandwich?"

"A glass of water would be fine. Thank you."

As Feli moves to get what he asked, Kanda looked around the room, taking note of the piano in the corner and the pictures on the walls.

Looking back to the kitchen, he is shocked to find Feli standing right in front of him with a glass of water in her hand. "Here you go." Taking the glass, he looks at Feli once again. "By the way, my name is Felicity. Felicity Lorelei."

Bowing slightly to the woman, he says, "It is nice to meet you Ms. Lorelei."

"Just call me Felicity."

Looking back at the man on the couch, he decides to ask. "What happened to him? According to his vitals, he is completely fine, but it is not normal for a healthy human being to just pass out like that."

Biting her lip, Feli decides to see how much he knows, "I will answer your question, as soon as you answer one of mine. Have you been having any dreams, strange ones that feel too real to be possible?"

Taken aback, Kanda answers, now wary of the woman in front of him. "Yes, they were always about-"

"Strange monsters. Some circular with guns, while others appeared to have personalities, and some that look like skeletons. Though the strangest thing for you might not be the monsters, but the people you were with: a girl with greenish-black hair, a boy with red hair and an eyepatch, and a younger boy with white hair and a scar across one side of his face."

Both scared and now very wary of the woman, he decides to speak once again. "How do you know all that?"

Feli smirks. "Because you're not alone. Others, besides you, have remembered more and less than what you possibly know now. I was asked to find those people by Allen."

Kanda just huffed a slight laugh. "No wonder the brat looks familiar."

Feli just rolls her eyes, "That 'brat' is twenty-five years old, and I know for a fact that you're only twenty years old."

Kanda just looked at her incredulously. "How the hell do you know that?"

"If I told you exactly how I know, I will have to find a way to shut you up. But on the other hand, I can tell your approximate age on both your height, estimated body weight, and your eye socket dimensions." Glaring threateningly at him, she added. "If you tell anyone about my first statement, I'll be sure that no one believes you. I don't have to end a life to ruin it."

Looking back at the man who was trying not to show much emotion, she went over to Allen to check his temperature. Seeing that he was running a little warm, she decided to play it safe and went to the laundry room. While there, she grabs a wash rag and moves to the bathroom. Wetting the rag, she rings it out and walks back to the living room. Entering the room, she goes back to Allen, setting the rag on his forehead to try and cool him down.

Kanda spoke up once again. "Are you going to answer my question?"

Knowing that Allen wanted to play a game with his former comrades, she decided to lie. Calming her heartbeat, she begins, "Like you, Allen remembers his past. But unlike you, he remembers all of it, every good and bad memory that he has. Sadly, there is a majority of bad memories instead of good."

"Thank you for telling me, but I know you are lying. Why exactly? I don't know yet, but either you or Allen will tell me eventually. Understood?"

Feli nodded, "I'm only agreeing because I know that there is no way in hell that you can convince Allen to tell you without him wanting to beforehand."

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An hour after coming in, Kanda left. Now alone, Feli checks on Allen once more, noticing as his eyes dart around from underneath his eyelids.

"Your one drawback of being immortal, Allen: you have to relive every horrible memory that you have ever gained. Knowing how many you have, I'm surprised that you are still sane."

"The boy's mask makes it so no one else besides himself and a very chosen few truly know how bad he had it during his childhood before Mana."

Looking back to Allen, she moves away to the guest room. Knowing that Allen will be asleep for the rest of the day and into the night, she grabbed her change of clothes from the drawers. Getting dressed into her pajamas, she slipped under the covers of the bed.

'Allen will be fine, he's gone through this before. He will be fine, there's no need to panic.'

For the place I have Allen living is in London, England. Honestly, I looked at Google Maps to find a location. Does it have any real purpose, no. Will it eventually mean anything? Also no.

And here it is: the preview to the story that I have adopted,The White Demon, the original owner is Maverick14th, who I would like to thank once again for letting me adopt their story.

Harry exited the train, looking up at the familiar castle of Hogwarts happily. He was glad to be away from the craziness that had occurred at the Quidditch World Cup. Luckily, he and his friends had gotten away without being harmed, but the appearance of the Death Eaters had shaken up everyone. Students were still talking about it as they approached the castle.

Starting to walk forward, Harry stops when he catches a glimpse of something. Staring at the carriages, he spots a figure in white standing at the front of them. Black pits stared back at the boy-who-lived from slits in a silver mask where the creature's face should be, the entire figure covered in some sort of white fabric that flowed around the figure.

Just as suddenly as he'd seen it, the creature was gone. Harry looked around to see if anyone else had noticed the strange creature, but no one was looking his way. He must have been the only one.

There you have it! My next story. The full story itself will be published on Wednesday, October 3, 2018, and will be updated weekly for as long as my schedule will allow. I am planning a few other stories, but those will be released on certain dates that I will not say now.

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