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A/N: Here we are all chapter 10 and I hope everyone enjoys it, also I would like to make a note that I know the kids are acting a little older then they should in this chapter but I can't write kids under the age of ten that well for some reason… Anyway do review and pass comment.
Chapter 10: First Day.
5 years later
Emma Walker looked up at her mother who was leading her down one of the hallways of the Ark; her little hand being held gently in her mother's as she was lead on towards a portal gate that her father had rigged. He had then had to go out to look for Exorcists that could possible tip the seeming stalemate in this war.
Lenalee looked down at Emma with a small smile and couldn't help but feel both proud and nervous; today was the day she would have to let go a little of her little girl. It was Emma's first year of school and it had taken both Lenalee and Allen a year to decide wether or not Emma would go to a public school or be taught within the Order. In the end, public school won out after Komui said he would teach her. Both parents did not like the visions of a little female Komui running around, making robots that nearly killed everyone all the time.
Emma looked a lot like her mother, only with a mix of lavender and gray blue eyes; her hair being allowed to grow out long – it was currently in twin pigtails, much like Lenalee had once. In these days, yes, she had it long, but it was in a single tail at the moment.
Looking at the doorway that would lead to a street not to far from a quiet English school in the country side, Lenalee gave a small sigh. The school had been hard to pick out as they needed one that could be protected with only a few Finders as well as being away from most of the fighting that was going on around the world. The amount of human massacre increased now that the Earl had managed to make a whole new Akuma Factory two years ago.
The school was a nice one; a dozen teachers and a kind hearted Headmistress who had once been a Finder was now retired and overseeing the school. This was also a big contributor to why Allen and Lenalee picked this school.
Taking a breath and looking down at herself to make sure her uniform was in order, Lenalee opened the door that would take them to the street that led to the school. The gold trim of her uniform was something she hadn't gotten use to in the last year or so; ever since she had broken 100 percent synchro with her Dark Boots.
Emma started to skip along a little ahead of Lenalee once the pair had left the Ark, bouncing between cracks on the path. A happy smile was on her face as she bounced along, and Lenalee could not help but laugh at her daughter in her uniform.
A skirt and knee high socks along with a white shirt and charcoal vest being the uniform for the girls of the school; Emma having added a silver pin of the Order's symbol over her heart however, her black backpack with the Order's silver cross on it, bouncing along as she played a little while also keeping her mother only ever just out of arm reach.
Coming around the corner, Lenalee paused at the group of parents dropping off their children; the Headmistress, a slightly plump woman who was dressed finely, greeting any parents who had questions before leaving their children into her care.
"Ah Mrs. Walker, nice to see you made it on time." The Headmistress says with a smile looking down at Emma who a just as friendly smile, Emma just giving her shy look and little wave; Lenalee just nodding in greeting, not paying the people around her any mind as most people know now that if you saw an Exorcists then you more then likely had a fight not long afterwards.
"I'm never late to anything, Amber, and I don't plan on starting with my daughter's first day of school." Lenalee says with a smile kneeling down to look Emma in the eyes and says patting her on the head, "You be good girl for your teacher and I'll pick you up this afternoon; hopefully with your father as he is due back at noon."
"Daddy well be back?" Emma asks hopefully as she loved her father dearly but because of him being made a General at the same time as her mother as such he spent a lot of time away now and she always cried a little when ever he left on a mission so afraid that one of her Uncles or Aunts would come to her mother and deliver the bad news.
Lenalee nodded and just patted her daughters head a little knowing how upset she was ever time Allen left on a mission as she was nearly the same ever time scared that a Finder or one of her friends would come knocking in the middle of the night or something to tell her he had died in a fight
"Daddy well be home tonight dear now be a good girl and I'll pick you up after classes, try not to cause to much chaos like you Uncle Lavi told you to do." Lenalee says getting up and gently pushing Emma towards the school giving a little wave when she looked back before moving off to get back to the Order to help with some of the paperwork that was building for the last few days.
Emma paused just pasted the Headmistress to look back at her mother who gave a final wave before vanishing from sight Emma giving a little sigh and looking up at Amber with a small smile the kind hearted old lady giving a return smile before pointing out a young woman who had a lot of other first year students around her trying to get them into some sort of order.
"I've put you with Lavender over there for class dear why don't you go over and induce yourself and see if you can make a few friends with the other children."
Emma smiled and nodded quickly mover over to say hello and give her name to the teacher she now know as Lavender before talking to a few of her new classmates quickly making friends with a boy called Jason who had the same uniform as the girls on a pair of shorts instead of a dress.
Identical twin girls with long braided black hair and clear blue eyes both of them in the same uniform as her own being the next two to make friends with her both of them inducing themselves as Elizabeth and Samantha or Sam and Liz for short.
Following her new classmates into the school Emma did pause at the sight of a pair of Finders hidden slightly on the other side of the street both of them just giving a small nod of the head before vanishing from her sight.
The class started out with a simple question and answer session to get to know each other, Emma learning that her new friend Jason was an only child and his parents worked in a bakery down the street while the twins Liz and Sam were the daughters of the towns Mayor and had managed to convinces there father to send them to this school and not one in any major cities.
Lavender finally got to the W's on her list and looking at Emma she gave a small smile and called out calmly, "Emerald Walker your turn dear."
Emma making a face at the use of her full first name and not the shorten version that she was use to but still got to her feet and moved to the front giving a small bow as her Mother had taught her when inducing yourself.
"I'm Emerald Walker or Emma for short, both my parents are known as Exorcists for the Church, I have no pets save my Fathers Golem Timcampy, I also have two Aunts and four Uncles… anyone got a question or can I take my seat again?" She says calmly looking over everyone making a note of a few of the kids who seemed to be just processing everything she had said so far.
"Do you have an image or something of this Golem dear as I only know of them in legions and I would like to know if they are the same thing I'm thinking off?" Lavender asks softly looking at Emma before looking over her class giving a small smile at some of the confused look on the children's faces.
"I can go better then that Miss." Emma says with a smile giving a soft whistle as to everyone's surprise her bag gave a slight rattle as a moment later the golden winged Golem came flying out and quickly landed on her head a smile coming over her face as she brought a hand up to pat the little Golem gently.
"This is Timcampy and he belonged to my Fathers master first then my father and now me, he acts like a recording unit to store information that can be viewed later to work out new plans of attack for my parents line of work."
"His very nice dear but your not allowed to bring in pets to school. So please next time leave him at home." Lavender says softly bringing a hand out to pick Timcampy off Emma's head only to pull her hand back when he showed his rows of sharp teeth.
"Sorry Miss but I'm under orders from my Uncle Komui to never let Timcampy out of my sight or to far away from my person… it's a safety measure because of my parents line of work I can bring it in writing tomorrow if you want Miss."
"If you would dear as well as any information you can get on him as I need to know if his a threat to the other students… anyway anyone have any questions for Emma before we get to lesions?"
"Are your parents part of the church and if so shouldn't it be forbidden for them to have children while working for them?" One of the boys in front asks the tone of his voice to Emma said he was a little arrogant and full of himself, put simply like her grandfather.
"Normally yes it would be forbidden but the group my parents work for has a defiant set of rules and they can't say anything to married couple about what to do; besides my father is on probation with the Church because of something he did when he was twelve or so or that is what they say." Emma says calmly looking at Lavender the look clearly saying she wanted to seat down now the teacher just nodding and waving her off to take her seat next to Sam.
The morning passed with normal classes that Emma found to be a lot of fun as Lavender tried to keep it interesting for the kids in fact they all looked up in surprise when the bell sounded to show that it was time for morning brake and some of the kids even complained that they were having fun and didn't want to leave only the promise that they would take up the same challenge after morning meal made them go quiet and rush out to work off some energy.
Emma took up a post on a low hanging tree branch in the playground her new friends seating at the base of the tree just talking up to her and each other just to know each other more Emma admitting that she would become an Exorcists when she was older.
The others had started to ask what would it take to become an Exorcists when Emma seemed to tenses up and look around suddenly something deep down telling her that danger was approaching, jumping down to land in front of her friends as about four people walked in front of the gate something about them making the tattoo like markings on her back and shoulders itch.
"Guys you might want to go get the Headmistress and tell her that my tattoo is itching, she'll know what that means." Emma says softly slowly backing away from the small group who had all stopped and were now looking at her with cold lifeless eyes. 'There Level Ones if mums information is right… but I can't fight yet my Innocence's hasn't activated.'
"You have a tattoo how on earth did you get your parents to agree to give you one?" Jason says in surprise and aura the twins just taking him by the shoulder and slowly backing away from the group that was now slowly moving towards the gate and them.
"I was born with it now please go and get the Headmistress." Emma says backing up slowly knowing that because of the fact that she was a parasitic-type she wouldn't be killed by the poison on the bullets but her new friends would.
Jason just looked surprised as did the twins but all three moved towards the school quickly only to turn around suddenly when something exploded behind them the place were Emma had been standing being hidden in smoke and dust now the girls screaming out in surprise and fear for there new friend while Jason's eyes widened in fear at the lost of his friend.
Two figures came running from the alleyway to one side both of them dressed in white coats and carrying some strange metal devices in hand both of them aiming there talismans at the four people as strange square bobbles appeared around two of them both of them quickly changing into the Level One Akuma's but were still trapped within the barriers there two friends doing the same now instead of just there hands having changed.
Sam screamed loudly at the sight of the Akuma's and the possible death of her new friend her sister only a few seconds behind her while Jason ran to get help, the two freed Akuma's turned towards the screaming girls and started to take aim at them large smiles on there human faces as all of the gun barrows twisted and turned to aim at them.
The two Finders looked a the girls in fear as they know they couldn't let go of the two Akuma's they had otherwise they could end up losing there lives before containing them again or even while swopping and changing between the four, as it was they were both trying to work out how to tell Lenalee and Allen that there daughter was dead as they could see her laying on the ground in the middle of a small field of bullet wholes blood coming from a wound on her right shoulder the black stars starting to form on her skin.
The first bullet was fired a moment later as the Headmistress came running out with her own talisman in hand her eyes widening at the sight of the bullet almost in slow motion heading towards Liz but just before the bullet hit a jet black wing appeared and took the hit a few feathers flying off the wing at the force of the hit but they faded into a green mist before they even hit the ground.
Everyone looked at the point at which the wing had came from the sight of a dove white wing arching up from her right side to match the black one greeting everyone as it used itself to left the unconscious girl to a standing like state her head rolling to one side to show that all of the black pentagrams had faded away and her skin looked clear the shoulder how ever was still weeping a little blood but otherwise wasn't life threaten at the moment.
"She's her father's daughter alright." One of the Finders says giving a slight sigh when Amber contained a third Akuma the four how ever was moving on Emma now seeing the Innocence's active being the driving force at the moment to remove.
Emma opened her eyes a little and nearly panicked when she didn't feel her feet on the ground, looking around sharply she saw the wings arching from her back the black one having shrunk back to be more in scale with her body were before it had gown to a scale large enough to block the bullet.
Feeling something move down her left arm Emma brought her hand up to took a hold of the sleeve of her shirt and pulled it enough to rip it away the sight of black feather shaped tattoo's moving down her arm being what greeted her the one in lead seeming to be pointed into a very fine point the marks carrying on until it reached her index finger of that hand a similar feeling down her right arm a moment later.
"Miss Walker, look out!" One of the Finders shouted out when he saw that Emma was just looking at her markings in surprise Emma's head snapping up at the warning and brought her right arm up to shield herself from the on coming attack.
There was a flash of light as Emma looked up after not feeling any pain of a bullet entering her body the sight of the white wing blocking most of her view as it had moved to block the bullet the Akuma looking a little surprised at the blocking move done by the wing a few moments later the wing lashed out and back cutting the Akuma in half as it goes Emma giving a small smile at the how sharp the edge of the wing was.
The two Finders gave a nod of thanks at the fact that now they had everything under control and that the students were safe now Emma lowering herself to the ground once she worked out how the wings folding neatly behind her as she flexed her shoulders as if to test the extra weight on her back looking over her shoulder to see that the top half of her uniform in back was ripped open to account for the wings.
"Do you have a way to call your parents Miss. Walker as we can't hold theses three all day so it might pay to call them to send someone here to take care of this lot?" The Finder who had been doing all of the talking asks looking a the six year old girl who tilting her head to one side and just looked at the three trapped Akuma's.
"Why?" Emma asks softly bringing her left hand up and closing it into a fist green energy could be seen coming from between her fingers as she brought her hand down and to the side the energy being left in its wake forming into a blade much like Yu's Mugen only it looked to be made from interlocking feathers formed fully in her hand as she gave it a few practise swings getting into a crouch like she had seen Yu use the few times she had watched him practises.
"Ah I'm not sure your parents want you fighting your first day Miss. Walker." Amber says keeping her eyes on the Akuma she was holding in place taking a half step back when it banged ageist the field holding it but not braking through thankfully.
Emma didn't answer Amber as she jumped a little her new wings unfolding and lifting her up to the same level as the Akuma in Amber's field and with a sharp move she dived at the Akuma and sliced through the field and the Akuma at the same time pulling up before crashing into the ground her wings beating at the air madly as she had nearly crashed with that shape move.
"Going to have to work on flying with theses things I think." She says touching down to the ground and looking up at the two other Akuma's still being held Amber adding her field to one of them to make sure it didn't get out as it was banging around a lot now.
"Be that as it may Miss Walker I think you should call your parents as I know you have Timcampy with you so it shouldn't take long to get in touch with them… no need to push your body to far using your Innocence's for the first time." Amber says over her shoulder shouting out at some of the teachers to get the kids into the school building and keep them out of the yard until they fixed this problem.
"I'll call them and then come back as I can at lists hold them off if they get out." Emma says calling Timcampy down from a nearby tree and head towards the school Amber calling out that she could use her office phone.
Getting to the office and getting Timcampy to compile like a normal Golem would to connect to the Order's phone Emma gave a sigh and started dialling the number for her Uncle Komui's office, waiting a few minutes after finishing dialling listing to it ring.
"Komui specking what do you have to report?" came the board voice of her Uncle Emma giving a small smile and brought her fingers of her free hand to her lips and gave a sharp whistle into the phone a crash followed by cursing sounding over the line a moment later.
"EMMA!" Came a shout down the line the sound of dropping papers coming a moment later as a struggle broke out over the line Emma sitting down calmly, adjusting how her new wings sat in the chair while listening to her mother and Uncle fight over the phone.
"Hello Emerald what have you done that you shouldn't have?" Came over the line a few minutes later the voice being one she hardly heard as he didn't speck much the sound of her mother and Uncle Komui fighting still sounding in the background.
"Hello Uncle Yu, we have a slight Akuma problem here. That and my Innocence's activated for the first time today and I don't know how to shut it off… could you or mum come and kill the two we have contained and also explain how I control these wings?" Emma says with a smile as she loved her Uncle Yu the most next to Komui and her parents.
"Lenalee that daughter of yours has started a fight with some Akuma's at her school and has taken out two of them but seems to have been ordered to call for help to take out the remaining two and also help her shut down her Innocence's… should I go?" Kanda asks over his shoulder loud enough for Emma to hear over the line and the two fighting siblings hear over there shouting match.
"SHE WHAT!?" Lenalee's voice screamed out as a moment later Emma heard the sound of stomping feet not catching the next few words but figured that she was going to be seeing her mother soon then she thought that day.
"Hmmm, Emerald your mother is on the way by the looks of it now I'm going to hang up go watch those Akuma's and if they should get out before she gets there you well have to hold them off until she dose understand?" Kanda asks over the line hanging up a few moments later after Emma assured him that everything was fine and that she would do as she was told.
Getting back to the playground Emma looked a the two trapped Akuma's and brought the sword she still had in hand up to rest on her shoulder moving to stand next to Amber just watching the two try and brake out of there containment. "Mums on the way and sounds like I might be in a little trouble for getting into this fight and not running away like I've been told to do." Emma says giving her sword a few flicks watching as some of the feathers seemed to part from each other to make it longer for a second but quickly snapped back to a single solid line of them were she could hardly make out the joins between them.
Everyone just nodded at her words and watched the Akuma's closely taking a step back ever now and then when one bashed into its little cell really hard Emma moving to stand in front of the group of three her sword ready incuse one managed to get out before her mother showed up.
Twenty minutes later one of the Akuma's managed to work out that if he fired enough rounds into the field he would get loss the shield going down in a shower of purple bullets and smoke Emma not even pausing as she lashed out with her left arm the sword growing out into a long chain of feathers almost like a whip as he wrapped around the Akuma but didn't cut into it as she tied to hold it in place but her strength wasn't enough as such she was pulled off her feet and towards the sky as the Akuma tried to shake her off.
"Let the damn thing go this instant, young lady." Came a warning shout from the side Emma quickly letting go of the hilt of the whip like chain of feathers around the Akuma flapping the wings hard to stop from crashing into the ground all the while watching as Lenalee came flying in at top speed her boots not seeming to pause as she uses the blade that made up the heel and up the back of her legs now to cut the Akuma in half kicking the whip hilt to Emma as she started to head towards the other one not that it mattered as a thing line of energy connected the hilt to Emma's pale.
Emma landed on the ground a moment later catching the hilt to her whip which quickly changed back to a sword hilt and the sections locked back together to form the sword which she brought around and sheathed at her side like Kanda would have done many times after removing all enemy's in the area or she would have if she had a sheath for it.
Lenalee hoovered over the remaining Akuma and then with a small sigh tapped a heel ageist her thigh the blade that ran up the back of that leg dropping down to a full length as she just dropped on top of it killing in as she just slipped down doing a back flip off it slicing into the Akuma a she landed the blade sliding back up her leg as she lands.
Emma rushed forward and hugged her mother around the middle after Lenalee's boots had melted down and back into there normal form Lenalee just hugging her gently running a finger over the wings for a moment before kneeling down at her level.
"Don't ever do something like that again, either take them out right away or do not take them on at all run away just like your father and I had taught you, I don't even want to think what I would tell him should something happen to you, you know you're his little Princess and he can't stand the thought of you being hurt." Lenalee says holding back tears after patting down Emma to make sure she was ok and save for the small wound on her shoulder she was fine.
"I'm sorry mum but they were going to kill my new friends and I just reacted." Emma says a small hiccup escaping her lips to show she was a little upset at upsetting her mother.
Lenalee just sighed and patted Emma on the head kissing her on the cheek a moment later, "You did the right think but now we need to get you to deactivate your Innocence's and then if you want back to class for the afternoon." Lenalee says softly moving over to one side not paying anyone any mind as most of the school had come rushing out the moment she had taken out the last of the Akuma's.
Liz and Sam both came over to Emma who seemed to be trying to concentrate on something by the time they had gotten to the front of the group that had gathered around the mother daughter team Jason only a little behind them as they watched the black and white wings slowly vanishing from sight seeming to mould back into her body the markings on her arms remaining how ever but the sword vanished in a flash of green everyone just making out the feathers going into her hand one at a time in quick secession.
"There we go dear now when your father gets back we'll have him teach you how to control your Innocence's and hopefully you wont have to use it again in battle for at lists ten years I hope."
"But Mum… Dad was twelve though his first time he used his Innocence to fight a Akuma why do I have to wait longer." Emma pouted looking at her mother only to drop the pout at the slightly upset look on her mothers face.
"Your father had to kill the man who was like a father to him when he first used his Innocence's remember that, don't be in a rush to enter a war dear, spend time with your friends and just be a kid for as long as you can as neither your father nor myself had much of one both of us losing a parent early in life and in my case so much more."
Emma nodded at this and hugs Lenalee tightly whispering into her ear that she would do that for her and so much more for her, Lenalee just nodding and getting to her feet looking over all of the students and teachers there giving a small bow to them before moving off the two Finders slipping away to there alleyway.
Everyone watched Lenalee walk away Emma's three friends rushing to her side to make sure she was ok the three of them watching in shock as the small wound in her shoulder was slowly closing over thanks to the Innocence's within her body repairing her now.
"Oh and Emma dear do reminding me to have Komui to make you a shirt and vest to account for those wings of yours if you get into another fight as I don't think your father is going to want to fork out money for a new uniform ever time you do." Lenalee called out over her shoulder as Emma blushed deeply at the things that could happen later in life if she didn't get that take care of.
Amber quickly had everything in order and with Emma at her side ordered everyone back to class and that Emma would be joining her classmates later once she got a new vest and shirt on her everyone doing as they were told while Emma just looked at the feather markings going down both her arms wondering what other secrets her Innocence's hid and what level of scène she was.