Selfine: Hello everyone. Soo, no dog's name? I guess we'll be just naming him, Lourd. Here's a new update! Maybe I should place a disclaimers now, I always forget about those things..

Suishou Yume: It's your fault.

Selfine: Anyway, the disclaimers: My mistress doesn't own the characters in D. Gray Man, all she owns is this fanfic! And me!


"Play?", Allen asked,"What game?"

Road only smiled at him."You'll find out later", she said mysteriously. She took Allen's hand and lead him out of the garden. Lourd, the white dog, followed them. Tricia smiled as she watched the two entered the mansion. They walked through the vast hallway and entered the minister daughter's room. Allen looked around the room. He partly expected it to be in bright colors since it was a girl's room but it was in deep purple.

"What are we going to play, Miss Road?", Allen asked politely.

"Just call me Road", she said and sat on her bed. She swayed her legs. She glanced at Allen. She wondered if he'll look cute with girl's clothes on.

"Uhh, Road...", Allen began. Road flashed a smile at him again, she turned to her closet and started pulling out dresses that she doesn't use much. Finally, she found the perfect dress."Let's play dolls, Allen. I'll dress you up and you'll be my doll!"

"I've never heard that game before...", Allen said. He was sitting on her bed and was petting Lourd. The dog was obviously enjoying Allen's company." Also, isn't it wrong for a boy to wear a girl's dress?"

"No, it's not. Even father does it...", Road lied."And he's always the doll..."

"He does?", Allen repeated. If the minister also plays the game then it must be alright. Allen hopped off the bed and gave a brief smile at Road.

"Now, let's dress you up~!", Road said with delight.

Sheryl slowly opened his eyes as sunlight shone on him. He had overslept. He let out a yawn and stretched up. A blanket slid off him. He picked it up, who could be the one that placed it on him? He glanced around the room. Allen must have awaken early. He stepped in front of the room's mirror and fixed his hair. He let out a sigh as he saw the noah's shadow reflecting on the mirror. It was the shadow of the fourth disciple, Desires. It seemed to question him why he had spared the boy's life. the inner noah doesn't care how young a person is as long as it has innocence, it should be killed immediately.'I'm still partly human after all...', Sheryl thought.

He went downstairs and was surprised to see his brother at the dinner hall. He hadn't expected him. Tyki looked up from the book he had been reading. "You're finally awake...", he greeted."The Duke got tired of waiting and left..."

"The Duke was here?", Sheryl repeated in disbelief.

"Yeah", Tyki said,"He was also interested in that boy you adopted..."

"He... He was?", Sheryl said. Tyki couldn't help but notice a slight surprised tone in his brother's voice. He turned back to his book."I think he's with Road now...", Tyki said.

At the same moment, they both saw a small girl with a huge white ribbon tied on her short brown hair. The little girl was wearing a short frilly dress. She glanced around the dinner hall then went to hide behind a large vase. Sheryl thought there was something familiar about that girl.

"Where are you, Allen~", someone sang in the hall. Road entered the hall followed by Lourd and glanced around. She looked at the minister and her uncle."Have you seen Allen?"

Getting no answer from them, she strolled out of the room. Lourd decided to stay. They could hear the ninth disciple calling for Allen. Lourd trotted to the large vase where the girl had hidden. The two noah glanced at it. The girl peered out of it..

'That can't be the boy, can he?', Tyki thought.

Sheryl took a long glance at the girl and almost... Almost squealed. He realized that it was Allen. He hadn't recognize it the first time. Road really does have a talent with such things. He couldn't help but praise her.

"Is she gone?", Allen asked as he stepped out of the large vase.

Sheryl snapped out of his thoughts and nodded to Allen."What happened?", he asked Allen.

Allen shrugged his cute little shoulder. Sheryl's nose bleeded a little which he quickly wiped away.'There he goes again...' Tyki thought dryly. There are times when his brother's serious... and sane. And there are times when his not.

"We were just playing... I think she got carried away", Allen said then glanced at the minister."You must have been real good to finish the game, Sir Sherly..."

"Just call me Father since you're now my adopted son..", Sheryl said warmly but then froze."...What game, Allen?"

"Road said you used to play with her", Allen said with innocence," You always played the doll part... Wasn't it hard?"

Sheryl's mouth hanged open while Tyki let out a pleasured laugh. The boy is really so innocent. He didn't even see through the First Child's lie. Lourd only wagged his tail. He didn't understand what was happening but he saw his master's brother laughing, so he just wagged.

Road had already searched the last room in the mansion but she still couldn't find Allen, what she found was Lero. She had almost forgotten about the noisy pink umbrella. Lero's presence had reminded the ninth disciple of the Duke's request to her. She had been carried away in their game that she forgotten about it.

She summoned her door and went inside it. She emerged into the other end and came into a town with lots of white buildings. There really wasn't much in that place. Except that it's the Noah's former home. The Noah's Ark. She entered the building with the tall tower and went to the Duke's.

He was at the same room, sitting at the center of the room. Surrounding him were several telephones, all numbered. Road carefully leaped over them and approached the Duke.

"Hi, Lulu", Road greeted as she saw the Noah of Lust on the Duke's lap. Lulu Bell was currently in her cat form.

"Did you find anything interesting, Rodo?", The Duke asked.

"I did", Road said,"But I want a week's supply of candy in exchange of this..."

"Of course", Duke Millenium said. The ninth disciple had an occasional love for sweets. Maybe it had been her fault that the Noah of Wrath had developed a sweet tooth. Maybe.

"You promised", Road said with a faint smile. She leaped behind the Duke and hanged onto him, peering over his shoulder."I found out that little Allen's surrounded by innocence..."

"By innocence?"

Road nodded."Yeah, but the innocence is shattered", she said, swinging her legs."He doesn't seem to notice it. It's too shattered to do much harm but just enough for a noah to feel its presence..."

The Duke thought for a moment, stroking the Noah of Lust's fur. A boy with a shattered innocence adopted by a noah. Somehow, the Duke felt like something wasn't right about that. He'll need to learn more about that boy. The Millenium Earl stood up. Lulu Bell and Road landed on the floor. He turned to both noahs with his smile getting wider by the second."It seems like we found a very amusing child", he said.