Disclaimer: I don't own DGM. I only own this fanfiction and my OC.
Author's Note:…Um blah? Hehehe I understand people got confused and are only getting deeper into confusion as the chapters progress. I won't spoil anything because you can find out for yourselves. I'm sure everyone reading this is highly intelligent and has put a puzzle together before. Enough said…
The travel back to Headquarters was a peaceful and uneventful one, spent mostly in silence with the occasional conversation popping up at each stop. The ferry across the English Channel had been both calmer and faster than the first trip over, much to Lavi's relief.
Now standing at the gates of the Black Order HQ, Kiyre couldn't help but stare at the tall grey stone tower; her blue eyes were wide as she absorbed the sight of the gloomy old building.
"Whoa…" The brunette muttered, her breath clearly taken away from the sight. Allen's black earring gave out a static noise before a voice broke through.
"Welcome home!" It was Komui. "I trust you had a good trip back?"
"Thank you, Komui, and yes everything went just fine," The white-haired boy replied with a smile.
"We'll let you all in, in just a tick. We'll have Gatekeeper run a scan on Mistress Kiyre and you'll be all clear!" The Supervisor explained. Kiyre turned her head to watch Allen with a curious expression.
"Who's Gatekeeper?" Her question was answered almost immediately as the colossal stone face on the gates moved down to examine at her. Startled by the sudden movement Kiyre let out a squeal, falling over backwards.
"Checking to see whether the subject is human or Akuma!" Gatekeeper's voice boomed as his eyes shone with an intense light. Shutting her eyes, Kiyre waited in suspense; as did the others. The beams from Gatekeeper's eyes dimmed and he backed away from the brunette. He hesitated, then proceeded. "...You're human, you may enter." The walls shuddered as the enormous metal doors on either side of the Gatekeeper opened.
The Order was a grim place - even if you painted it a thousands different colours and placed as many little lights or bells as there was in London - or sent Kanda on some far away mission - it would be the dullest place on earth. Yet, it was the home of the world's saviours.
Kanda and Arystar separated from the group, both leaving to their own quarters. Continuing down the long dark halls of the Order, Lenalee, Lavi and Allen explained each section of the headquarters as they moved along. Kiyre absorbed the information, taking into account the location of the cafeteria and the training floor. The brunette liked the amount of space the Black Order had to offer, there were so many places she could get lost in.
After climbing up most of the levels of the tower the exorcists arrived at the Supervisor's office. Two large oak doors blocked their way, the sounds of rustling paper and slurps of coffee could be heard from within.
Without further hesitation they entered the Supervisor's office. The grey stone floors vanished as their feet came into contact with the paperwork that littered the office. The back half of the office held tall bookshelves that reached the high risen ceilings; each shelf filled with various scientific books.
"Reever. Coffee. Now." The man ordered from behind his messy desk, whilst his co-worker picked up letters scattered around the floor.
"Supervisor, it's your third this morning. Can't it wait? At least while we work these papers through for Kiyre?"
"Hello Komui," Allen spoke, announcing the presence of the group. The violet haired man behind the desk glanced up; a smile soon spread across his face.
"Lenalee~!" He said cheerfully, springing up from his seat with a burst of energy. Making his way over to the group, Komui gave his sister a brief – but tight – hug as a means of welcoming her home.
There was an expression across the Supervisor's face that only the exorcists could read without error. They knew all too well that Komui loved his sister's coffee and would drink nothing else but her brew. Whenever Lenalee went away on missions the Supervisor would almost fall into a state of depression because of the lack in adequate quality caffeine.
"I'll make you some coffee later, but right now there are more important things to take care of," Lenalee hinted towards the brunette beside her. Kiyre of course wasn't used to Komui's sister-obsessive behaviour and could only ponder as to whether he was like this all the time. The violet haired Supervisor turned to face the shy newcomer as she watched him wearily.
"You must be Mistress Kiyre," Komui extended his hand to shake the brunette's. "It's a pleasure to meet you."
Kiyre hesitated in shaking the man's hand, but nonetheless she returned the friendly gesture.
"Pleased to meet you too… and Kiyre on its own is alright," She replied.
"Supervisor, don't forget those papers that need signing!" Reever reminded as he carried a pile of sheets to one side of the room.
"Yes, yes, yes, Reever, I know…" Komui waved his hand dismissively to his blonde-haired co-worker. "Now I'm sure Allen has told you all about the situation you're in, right?" He questioned as he moved back towards his desk; briefly offering them a place on the sofa.
Leaning back against the sofa, Kiyre nodded at the Supervisor's question. "Well that makes things a whole lot easier. All that's left to do is to have your Innocence checked up on by Hevelaska and have your uniform fitted." Kiyre's eyebrows rose slightly.
"Who's Hevelaska?" The brunette questioned; head slightly tilted to the side. A grin pulled across the violet haired Supervisor's face as he began moving towards the office door. Allen knew exactly what was going to happen, and although his first encounter with Hevelaska wasn't at all that pleasant, he was interested in how Kiyre would react.
"Well why don't we go see her now, then?"
The elevator platform descended down past the numerous floors of the tower. From the outside the Order looked huge – but the inside was even bigger. The lowest levels of the tower, including Hevelaska's chamber, had been built into the rock formation that supported the entire building. The extension of the tower provided plenty of space for the Order's residents and allowed space for separate male and female bath-houses, training grounds and other leisurely places.
The platform began to slow as it slowly came to the bottom of the tower; visions obscured by the darkness. The exorcists shuddered slightly as they remembered the first time they had come to this part of the building. Just like Allen, Kanda, Lavi, Lenalee and several others before – Kiyre was about to go through the same initiation as they did.
A warm glow hung over the platform as a towering creature emerged from the darkness. Heads turned to face the gleaming giant as it stretched over them.
Kiyre's mouth hung ajar as her eyes focused on the immense creature above her. Too stunned to say or do anything, the brunette didn't notice the ghostly green arms that snaked their way over the platform towards her. Taking her by the arms and legs, Kiyre was quickly lifted off the elevator and into the air. Although she didn't make an effort to struggle – all she did was stare; mouth still half open in surprise.
"You know what to do Hevelaska," Komui's voice came from below. His words were meaningless to Kiyre as her mind was already consumed by the spectacle before her. As more of Hevelaska's hands reached up to hold the girl, she lowered her head to face her. The serpentine body held the face of a woman, however her eyes were nowhere to be seen.
As Hevelaska began her search for Kiyre's Innocence, the brunette seemingly snapped from her trance with a scream as her body was consumed by odd, chilling sensations. In an attempt to stop the strange feelings that plagued her insides, the brunette tried to pull away from Hevelaska's grasp.
The exorcists could only watch as Hevelaska held the agitated girl. Her movements began to turn wild and soon Kiyre was able to tear her right arm from the swarm of ghost-like hands. No sooner had she gotten her limb free – the hands reached out to stop her once more.
"Kiyre, try not to struggle!" Allen shouted from the platform. Hevelaska's grip tightened around the brunette who had given up the fight. In her frustration, Kiyre let out a low and aggravated growl.
"Calm down," Hevelaska's voice forced the girl to open her eyes. Her deep and haunting voice worked to soothe the brunette. "I am not your enemy."
Kiyre reluctantly began to relax as Hevelaska gently placed her forehead against hers. For more than a few minutes the room was completely silent; no word came from Kiyre or Hevelaska.
"Well, Hev. What is it?" Komui asked curiously.
The serpentine creature pulled away from Kiyre's body and lowered her to the platform. Staggering backwards, she placed a hand on both Lenalee and Allen's shoulder to steady herself. Lavi could see her blue eyes were half shut; she looked as though she was about to fall asleep, or pass out. He didn't remember being that weary after his first examination from Hevelaska; perhaps she had to look deeper within Kiyre to find the Innocence.
There was a drawn out silence before Hevelaska spoke.
"This child bears no Innocence."
Author's Note: I've had major writer's block and I couldn't construct the right sentences for this chapter. I knew what was going to happen at the end of the chapter – just not the middle! I apologize to everyone who's been waiting…three or four weeks for this~!
Okay more apologies for it being so short. But honestly I couldn't resist the cliffhanger ^_^
Lol…Kiyre asked "who's such and such" enough times in this chapter :D she's such a child.
Don't worry, as I've said a billion times, things will get explained.
Many thanks to Wolfpup026, Hibernating Bear and Jemgi~!
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