Allena Higarashii

Chapter 6

Disclaimer: I do not own Man.

-Normal Point of View-

"So, who do you know of the Order, so far?" Allen asked Allena after Tiedoll left them to talk to other people. "I can introduce you to some new people," Allen explained when he saw Allena looking at him with a weird face.

Allena stared at him before listing the names, "Let me see, there's you, Tiedoll, Cross, Komui, Jerry, Johnny, Marie, Kanda- no, sorry, I meant the annoying, idiotic, insolent brat," Allen sweat dropped as his friend continued, "Lenalee, I don't know if you would count Klaud, but I guess, yeah…. And I think that's all."

Allen nodded and said thoughtfully, "Hm, yeah, you're missing out on a lot of others. There's Lavi – you must meet, Bookman, Crowley, and Miranda. Come on, let's go! They must also have some food too, because I'm starving to death!"

"Yet you can talk so much and still take me to meet new people," Allena commented. Allen just scratched his head and chuckled a bit. Taking her hand, Allen walked forward, but Allena resisted his pull and stayed where she was. Allen complained, "Come on, I'm hungry! And I promise that it will be fun meeting them!" tugging on her hand, Allen tried again, but Allena snatched her hand back and went to sit at an empty table a few steps away.

"No!" she countered, "if you want to go see them, then go ahead. But I'm not meeting anyone."

"Why not? It's not like they're scary or anything. Lavi's really funny!" Allen insisted.

Fire erupted from behind Allena and she had to restrain from yelling in desperation, "It's not that I'm afraid if they're scary, it's just that people I've met before had always turned their back on me except for a few, like you, Komui, Cross, and Tiedoll. I would have been friends with Lenalee, but I acted mean to her because if I were friends with her and she found out what happened to my parents, she'd stop being my friend." Allena explained.

"Lenalee wouldn't do that, she'd understand. Why would you say that about others, too?" Allen questioned, sitting next to her.

"It's because it has happened before. I had great friends before I had the Innocence. But when my parents were killed, they all found new friends and stopped talking to me."

~Flashback~

(Few days after parents were killed). "Nadeshiko! Nadeshiko! Come look at this!" I had found a pretty blue stone by the sidewalk at the school playground. Nadeshiko ignored me and so I thought that she didn't hear me. I walked towards her, but when she saw me coming, she ran to another girl and started talking to her instead. I knew that girl and I hated her. Mizuki Sato was her name and she was one of the most popular and spoiled brats in kindergarten (Or at least I thought she was.) Plenty of girls adored her and wanted to be her friend. I don't know how Nadeshiko became her friend, but that's when I saw the two of them look towards me. It made my heart break to realize that they were talking about me, so I retired from being her friend. Soon, I gradually dropped class for alternate days, and my teachers barely noticed when I came back. Then, one month later, I completely stopped going to school and lived out on the streets with a lot of food and some belongings.

One day, when I was playing at a park, a boy about my age asked if he could help me build my sandcastle. Of course, since no one ever talked to me for about nine days, I said 'yes' and looked up to see the kid's face. What I didn't expect was the boy to recognize me when I didn't even know who he was. He backed away and yelled, "Hey! There's the girl whose parents were killed by the monsters! Run!" Everyone ran from the park, which left only me. Teardrops rained down upon my sandcastle, decorating it with darker spots where the salty water hit. Well, aren't I popular? I thought to myself sarcastically in my head. Wiping my eyes, I stood up, took my bag of food and belongings and left the quiescent park.

The day when I turned thirteen was the day that I spoke more than just: hello, bye, get lost, go die, yes, no, and things like that. It was the day when I saw that man. As usual, I was leaning against an alley wall, eating the food that I had stolen. I saw a man with blood red hair and a mysterious black hat that covered his eyes. When I saw this, I already thought he was weird, but looking at his clothes made me think: Cross that out, he isn't weird at all! He's a complete alien! He wore a black coat lined with a lot of gold; and what looked like a golden compass was embedded on the upper left torso. Since there were ore streets to the right of me (he was standing on the left side), I expected him to go past me. Instead, his head turned to me and I glared back, even though I was a little shocked. Not many people noticed me. There was nothing wrong with eating food in an alley way. Or maybe it was because of how I was dressed. My bangs were covering my eyes and my hair was mid-back long, all messy and tangled. Not to mention my clothes; they were dirtied with crumbs, water, and… well, dirt.

Why he came up to talk to me, I had no idea, but when he asked, "Are you the girl whose parents were killed by the Akuma at age five?" my eyes threatened to pop out of its sockets and I was planning on running away. One thing repeated in my mind, "He's a complete stranger, yet he knows about my parents and my age. STALKER." He was too fast though; he grabbed my arm and asked again. This time, I nodded and then glared at him. "Who are you, why do you know about my past and what do you want with me?" I demanded while my other hand slipped into my pocket, fingering the handle of my dagger. The stalker alien just laughed and commented, "So presumptuous! I'm a general, Cross Marian. I know your past because… I can't tell you that. Since you're accommodated with the Innocence, I can tell where you are (is that true?!). But because you don't know how exactly to use the Innocence, if it gets out of control, you will die." I just raised my eyebrows in disbelief. "Yeah, that's true," he continued, "I'm here to train you so that you won't die. But don't tell the Order, ok? Well, when you know about it, that is."

I glared at him nonstop while saying "Let go of my hand!" He obviously didn't hear me because he was talking about why I shouldn't tell the Order thing about me. I grabbed my dagger and was about to bring it down on his wrist, but he let go of my hand and adjusted his hat. 'Wow, he let's go of my hand after I take out my dagger. And only to adjust his stupid hat.' I fumed mentally and complained why the hell he had to train me. Then I noticed his head turn towards me and his eyes danced back and forth between the dagger in my hand and me. His hands dropped to his sides and he started to back away. "Seriously! Ya call yourself a General and you're scared of a dagger!" I sighed loudly and said in a menacing voice, "I'll train with you, but you must provide me with food and a bed, or at least a place to sleep properly. Or… I'll tell the Order. "

Cross came back, straightened up, and announced, "Perfect! But one request, you must wash that dirty hair of yours and cut your bangs. I can't tell if you're making eye contact or not."

I nodded and stated the obvious, "I'll do that, but where do I wash? Oh yeah, I'll also need new clothes. I only brought a few pairs and they're all… dead." Cross nodded and beckoned me to follow him.

~End Flashback~

"Well yeah, I went too far from the other topic, but whatever. Anyways, that's why I hate meeting new people." Allena explained after the long story. Turning to face Allen, she was inwardly shocked to see a dark aura drifting around him.

Lifting his head, he asked in a low, haunting voice, "Did he ever make you pay any debts?"

"Nope!" Allena smiled widely. "He demanded me to pay off one of his debts and, let's just say that his face didn't look too good after what I did to him. I told him that he had no dignity and to go pay it off himself." Triumphantly, Allena stood up and punched her fist in the air. Allen looked up weakly, his face pure white. Wobbling as he stood up, Allen grabbed Allena's hand and declared, "As revenge for not paying off any debts!" Before she could refuse, Allen raced off with Allena flying like a kite behind him.

Author's note: Hi! I'm sorry I haven't uploaded in a while. I want to thankthe four reviewers so far.

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