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Note= The transition of scenes is a bit akward and I dont quite remember what songs I was listening too when I wrote it...maybe thats why this happened. Oh well, we are getting closer and closer to Anemones first day on the job as an Exorcist and man do I have alot of good mission ideas! Some I wont be able to get to right away DX But I will keep on improving! So...

Enjoy!

Chapter Ten

+BEAST HANDS+

Panting and sweating. She was exhausted but this took longer now, her innocence in activated scythe form sliced through the air, "let your instincts guide you when it comes to attacking, when using innocence never work against it" General Cloud said as she watched Anemone practice with her innocence. Eight days had passed now, her head was healed, her body has become use to the physical labor, she was a wee bit wiser as well however she knew that she still had a lot of work ahead of her. Oogami would give her advice now and then but sometimes Anemone worked alone, she also sparred with Lau Shimin but this was only to practice strikes and defense as well as movement.

She wasn't as focused as Kanda but the meditation helped a bit.

"Master you can manipulate the size of the scythe and direction" Oogami informed her.

Anemone managed to make the scythe a bit bigger, and the point instead of pointing downward turned and was now pointing upward. It helped a lot to be able to communicate with your weapon, it allowed less slow discovery and more information on what to do.

"Sometime you should spar with Lenalee to help increase your speed since that is her forte when it comes to her innocence. Sparring with Krory wouldn't be such a bad idea either" Oogami said as she observed Anemone practicing a few kicks and punches.

Alright.

Doing this for another hour, Cloud clapped her hands together. "Alright take a break".

After deactivating her innocence Anemone fell down on her butt and sat there for a while until her heart stopped beating so fast, "your improving, your movements have become faster and the power in your strikes are growing, you seem to also be doing well using your weapon. Keeping practicing, your synchronization rate will increase and you will discover new forms in your innocence and be able to move to level two". Anemone nodded and got up, she bowed her head politely to General Cloud "thank you".

Moving from the training ground to her room she took a quick shower and got changed in a different clothes which were just an extra pair of training clothes since she planned on doing more after eating. Once her hair was combed and tied in a low ponytail she walked over to the cafeteria meanwhile she did her best to focus questions over to Oogami. She learned that Oogami could read her mind a bit but not too much just a few things here and there on the other hand if Anemone concentrated hard enough she could get small sentences over to the phantom, not any complicated words though. One of the questions was about levels of her innocence which Oogami answered.

"Innocence has levels as well, it applies to all types. The second level is an advancement that allows you to use different abilities and the weapon will take on an either drastic or small change in order to use these abilities. I will warn you though Master don't push your synchronization with me too far or else your body will break down and it will take much time to recover, its not too painful for equipment type but parasitic can experience excruciating pain from this exertion".

I'll keep that all in mind.

By the way Oogami if I go on a mission and there happens to be an innocence will I be able to hear it?

"Not unless something is happening, like if an akuma manages to grab it then you will be able to hear it clearly" she answered.

Nodding to herself Anemone turned a corner but stopped, "its him…" she muttered. Now she knew many people of the Order, she even knows the other two sections of the Science Division, one of the people she has unfortunately encountered was a man called Regory Peck. A man who can apparently find other interesting things to stare at that wasn't your face, this applied to girls. There were many people Anemone could have patience for and bare a polite smile and be her usual self but she didn't do this for perverts like Peck. Sure Lavi could be one but he at least didn't flirt with someone under age. He's making Lenalee uncomfortable again, she thought as Peck talked to Lenalee whom looked like was trying to find some sort of escape.

Anemone drew in a breath and briskly walked over to them, "Lenalee! How are you doing?" she led Lenalee away from Peck who seemed taken aback that she was being taken away. "H-hey!"

"Good luck with all that paper work Mr. Peck!" Anemone exclaimed. The both of them quickly disappeared into the cafeteria managing to leave him behind.

Lenalee sighed exasperatingly, "thanks Anemone he's too persistent".

"No problem, lets hope he got the hint and went back to his division to work". Anemone noticed something about Lenalee's expression and tilted her head, "is something else wrong?"

"Oh…well some people from Central are checking in on things, I get little angry about still being this way but I could never feel comfortable when they come by. They made things really hard when I first came here" she explained, the last part almost a whisper. But then she forced a smile, "but I will believe that things will be okay".

Anemone felt herself remember about what Komui said about the 14th, a man from Central, Inspector Lvellie issued the command to keep an eye on Allen and said they would use the Ark to ride into battle. Her heart's pace quickened, even though she had never met them she felt the stirring tension of their presence and she wanted to avoid any run ins as much as possible. Not showing her fear she smiled, "if you need any company just ask and I'll be there" she told her friend. I'm nervous but I wont show it.

"Thanks Anemone".

She couldn't fight but for now she could do little things like be there for others when they were feeling at their lowest, even though she felt a myriad of her own emotions she would swallow them down and look confident in the face of adversity. That was all she could do for now, look confident and hopefully her heart and mind would follow.

"I'm getting some food, would you like something?" she asked.

Lenalee shook her head, "no I should go and see how Reever and the others are doing, by now they must want some coffee" she chuckled. "Thanks again, and if you do happen to run into the Inspector be careful of the people with him, they wear robes and are called CROWS. Their a special combat division that can use magic and can be fearsome…so be careful okay?"

"Of course" Anemone grinned.

She watched Lenalee leave and made sure Peck hadn't been hiding somewhere, once she was confident that Lenalee was alright she ordered food from Jerry and sat down at a table. Even as she ate she couldn't help but think about all of this. If a few people from Central were here then that meant they might be giving Allen a hard time.

"Don't worry of such things" Oogami remarked. "Fate is something we cannot run from, if that Allen child is to face punishment for something he could not help then that's just how it is, after all a finish line doesn't always mean a happy ending".

Anemone frowned, cant you be positive sometimes?

"I speak the truth".

Sighing she devoured her food to shove down her emotions and build on her strength of resolve to keep working hard and not think about things like a place called Central, she knew one thing however and that was that she wasn't liking this place one bit. It sounded frightening…should a place that's trying to save the world frighten you? Somehow it didn't sound right.

Its alright, Allen has a lot of will power and you still need to train so don't stress over things or else you wont get anywhere.

Managing to shove everything in the back of her mind, when she finished her food, more training had become her main focus. Train to understand her weapon, train to build her strength, train so she can soon help her comrades on the battle field. She got up to stretch a bit and once she had given the stacks of plates to the cleaning staff of the kitchen Anemone entered the hallway again to head to the training grounds. As she walked there she spotted another familiar face and grinned.

"Hi Kanda!"

In one brisk movement the samurai gave a 'tch' in response and passed right by her without a second glance. For a moment she was frozen in that spot before sighing, "he's in a bad mood" she whispered.

"Isn't he always in a bad mood Master?"

He speaks with his eyes. So it may seem like he's in a bad mood but sometimes he's in a fair mood or relaxed, he can also be thoughtful and bored.

Oogami rolled her eyes, "no happy mood?"

I know there is such a mood but I haven't seen it yet, but…I think right now he's irritable about Central being here as well, he must be on bad terms with them or something.

"Popular" Oogami stated simply.

Apparently, Anemone wondered why Kanda might not like Central. It seemed like Lenalee didn't like them because they made things hard for her when she first came to the Order. The fact was, Anemone didn't know a lot of things when it came to her comrades, in fact she only knew a bit of their personality, she would feel nosy if she tried to uncover other things about them. All she could do was be there if they needed someone.

Finding herself fairly distracted she almost didn't notice the people going the opposite direction of her in the hallway, looking up she noticed that there were four of them. Three of them she couldn't identify since they were wearing strange robes. She felt incredibly intimidated by the air they gave off, mysteries yet powerful, hidden yet menacing. The one leading them was no better, the mans features were sharp and permanently looked displeased of something.

When they were about to pass by each other Anemone bowed her head a bit and hoped they wouldn't say anything to her. But then again her luck had a record of being only randomly being good, this wasn't one of those times.

"You must be Anemone Wolf the new Exorcist" the man said.

"Yes sir I am" she replied.

The man reminded her of a viper, ready to strike with venomous fangs. Anemone never minded snakes since a few would make their way into her garden, but he was no Garden Snake, quickly she made the conclusion. "You must be Malcolm C. Lvellie the Inspector, and those three must be CROWS".

He nodded with some semblance of amusement, "that is correct…I'm glad to see your well informed. I take it you know all that you need about Allen Walker?"

"Chief Komui told me".

Despite sounding as polite as she could she found that the air was thick with tension, his very presence made her feel cornered, it made her feel…angry. She felt like a cat, flexing its claws and ready to strike or a wolf with itchy teeth ready to bite. The frightening feeling of wanting blood and the feeling of the CROWS intimidating glances underneath their masks made Anemone look away to stare down the hallway. Looking into his eyes would only make these urgings grow to frightening levels, making her legs and arms almost feel the actions she wanted to commit. With all the strength she could muster she crushed them all down into her heart and soul. "Sorry I cannot speak longer, I was heading to the training ground, it was nice to meet you Inspector" her voice was firm.

"Like wise" he said as he started to continue on but then he stopped and turned his head a bit, "remember report anything strange about Allen Walker, you wouldn't want to be jailed because it was found that you didn't" with that last word he walked away with the trio of CROWS following him.

Anemone clenched her fists and walked to the training ground to practice strikes on dummies, all the while Oogami was talking in a haughty manner. "That human, who does he think he is? They may have money and assure they get to where they need to go but Exorcists do all the important work, killing Akuma and assuring the Earl does not drag the world into darkness. He should be bowing down on one knee!"

She has never seen the phantom this angry before, but Anemone didn't say anything to settle her down. After all she felt frustrated herself, that man was not friendly at all on top of that along with that combat unit following him around it was as if he was trying to tie a short leash around everyone's necks. "Of course all authority have no idea how to handle things without fear…so foolish and boring of them" Oogami stated. She drifted over to Anemone and put a hand on her shoulder, "we should show them what we're made of, if they want fear…why not spread it?"

Shaking her head in response she delivered swift kicks to the dummy, its alright besides he wasn't threatening me to much, it was pure bad luck that I had run into him as well…so I shouldn't take any sort of actions. Besides what if I get myself in some serious trouble? That would cause trouble for Komui and everyone else, I cant possibly do that to them. I want to stay focused on getting stronger so I can help my comrades and help people who need it. She swallowed all her tremulous feelings so she could train diligently.

Oogami frowned, "humph…"

A moment of silence passed, well at least for the two of them. She couldn't say she blamed the phantom, Anemone always wondered if she was a difficult person to deal with, but she wasn't the kind of person to show such huge amounts of rage, what she wanted to be was someone who was capable of being calm and fought for justice bravely. A selfless person. So she suppressed anything that felt negative to her shoving it into the depths away from the eyes of others, if she ever came across someone from Central she would be calm and try to be a person who complied to commands even if she felt uncomfortable about it. After all they couldn't possibly do something so horrid it was inhumane, right? Maybe they had another solution as to how to deal with the 14th.

A giggle resounded within her mind, then it stopped. Oogami was smirking, "why did the scorpion sting the frog in the back?" This question surprised her, what did she mean by this question?

"Anyway I guess I should show you the second form" she said.

The scythes on Anemones arm twitched until they suddenly went from a scythe form into a looser form that was almost like cloth, the thin black line curled around her upper arm three time then suddenly her whole lower arm became engulfed in the black until her arms had a beast like form. Pure black with the black energy curling around it like smoke, the blackened fingers were now claw like and the hands a bit bigger. She was in shock and awe at this form. "Woah…" she whispered.

"Beast hands, they give you great strength and make you better in hand to hand combat, its like your hands are coated in the mightiest steel, you can also use the claws to rip and tear through your enemies" Oogami explained. "Try".

Anemone looked to the dummy, in one strike it was in pieces. For the heck of it she punched the ground, creating a deep hole. Punching it was like punching softened butter. "Amazing!" she exclaimed, she felt extremely giddy about this new form of her innocence she walked over and lifted a 100 pound weight and began slowly twirling it above her head. "I wonder if I could arm wrestle with Lau Shimin", she chuckled at the suggestion then slowly put the weight back down. Staring at the weapon she grinned, what should I call it? She wondered.

For a moment she thought then in unison she and Oogami spoke, "La Bestia Mani!"

"That's a perfect name!" she looked to the phantom whom was smiling with amusement, apparently her bout of creepiness had passed.

Anemone put both her hands on the ground and lifted her legs up to do a hand stand, she wasn't struggling to keep herself up but she sure was struggling to keep balance. "Even with…these I still…cant quite do it".

Just for the heck of it she did a hop planning to land on her feet, much to her surprise instead of only having inches between her hands and the ground she ended up soaring backward into the air. "Eek!" she gasped. Below a couple of people watched her dumbfounded as she finally started to go downward. Not thinking about landing on her feet gracefully she instead squeezed her eyes shut, to her shock and relief someone actually caught her.

Forcing her eyes open she saw that the rescuer was Marie, the blind but very tough Exorcist of the Black Order. With sightless eyes he looked to her, "are you okay?"

She nodded slowly, "y-yeah" she stammered as Marie let her down on the ground. "Thanks and nice catch".

"Your welcome, how did that happen anyway?"

"I discovered a new form to my innocence, I did a hand stand to see if my balance improved then I decided to hop off my hands and land on my feet…I ended up putting to much strength into it" her voice lowered a bit out of embarrassment on the last bit but Marie heard clearly.

He smiled kindly, "you should probably be careful when you discover new forms, so what is it?"

Grinning she lifted her right hand, "beast hands, from what I just found out they give me super strength". In retrospect what I did was a dumb move. "I think I'll start practicing now so I can get better control of it".

"That would be good idea, I think Cloud is actually coming this way" he told her.

She could never get use to how good this mans hearing was, from what she heard he could even hear a persons heart beat thus allowing him to tell if someone was lying or not. Guess there were some up's to being blind, it actually made her feel bad to forget he was blind in the first place.

"Thanks again" despite the fact he probably couldn't see the action she bowed her head a bit in thankfulness.

"Your welcome" Marie smiled and waved a bit before heading over to another part of the training ground, while Anemone waited for Cloud to arrive however she deactivated while doing so.

And thanks to you Oogami for showing me this new form, she thought.

"No problem Master I felt that it was the right moment to introduce it to you, when the time comes I will show you the second level form, that may take a while though" Oogami seemed bored as she examined her nails making Anemone grin a bit.

With La Bestia Mani I'm one step closer to getting stronger! With this enthusiastic thought she ended up shoving the entire Lvellie encounter from her mind and was completely absorbed into wanting to show it off to General Cloud so she could possibly get some more training from her today. Looking to her hands she giggled, I should really ask if I could arm wrestle Lau Shimin.

It might be fun!

Like I said transition is a bit akward and the ending wasnt all that great but I will make sure that doesnt happen on the next chapter :) Anyway if you havent guessed 'La Bestia Mani' means The Beast Hands in Italian.

Also Oogami's sudden mood change and random cryptic words will be revealed in later chapters, much later. Anyhow I hope you all enjoyed this chapter at least a little.

Thanks again to all those who have been reading my fanfic.