A/N: IMPORTANT- I have posted a poll on my profile so you can vote for your favorite pairings in this story. StellaRose-chan and I are very curious to see who you guys support.

Anyway this chapter was written by me and edited by StellaRose-chan. Please enjoy.

Disclaimer: No sueing here. As in Mary Sues or in court. *shot for bad joke*

Allen slowly backed up, still blushing, "Wait! It's not what you guys think!"

Komui commanded darkly, "Quiet you dirty lolicon."

Mai sweat dropped and stepped between the Sir Komlin and Allen, "I hugged Allen. Not vice-a-versa."

"What are you doing running around hugging boys?" Komui cried,

Mai scoffed, "Lenalee hugs boys all the time!"

"WHAT! Why are my little girls growing up so fast!" He exclaimed a little too loudly.

Mai's hard composure softened and she sweetly enveloped her older brother in a hug, "Don't worry I'm right here."

Lenalee hugged her family, "Me too."

Lavi, of course, ruined the cute moment by commenting, "Besides I don't think you have to worry about Mai growing."

That earned him another swift kick from Mai.

Mai then asked, "Hey weren't you and Nina eavesdropping?"

Nina blushed and Lavi laughed nervously. Allen asked horrified voice, "How much did you guys hear?"

Lavi gave him a wink, "Just enough."

Nina didn't respond and just looked up at him shyly through her purple bangs.

Mai huffed with annoyance before turning to the Sir Komlin to change to subject.

"Did you restore the broken Komlin I made for you?"

He poudly nodded, "Yep! I told you your older brother could do anything! Want to check it out?"

Everyone except for Komui and Mai shouted, "NO!"

He pouted, "Fine."

Mai asked, "So did you use a Lithium battery or a Nickel Metal Hydride?"

Komui told her earnestly, "Actually I used a Nickel-Zinc."

Mai nodded, "Oh! Because of the high voltage but couldn't it fry your circuit board?"

He responded, "Not if you use a case mount fan!"

She nodded inspecting the Sir Komlin, "I see!"

The three elder teens stared at the younger girl with amazement. She really was smart.

Komui told her, "Sadly I didn't come just for a nice chat. I actually have a mission for you Mai."

Mai yelled, "But I literally just got back!"

He nodded, "I know, but it's important."

She asked, "Who else is going?"

He replied nonchalantly, "Kanda."

Mai cursed softly, "Fuck my life."

Lenalee clasped her hands over her ears, "MAI! How could you say such foul language!"

She responded logically, "Because I'm a teenager."

She then sighed, "Guess I'll go pack..."

Lenalee looked up at her brother, "Why are you making her go on ANOTHER mission Brother? She just got back!"

Komui grinned, "I needed an excuse to get her out to plan her birthday party. Besides the mission I sent them on is very easy and they should be back by the end of tomorrow."

Lenalee smiled, "Yes Mai is turning 15! I still need to find her a birthday present."

Lavi asked, "So why did you send her out with Kanda? I hardly think Kanda will appreciate being sent out to be the babysitter of the new exorcist."

Komui shrugged, "Kanda hadn't been on any missions lately. Besides you all deserve a nice good rest."

Lenalee cocked an eyebrow, "And Mai doesn't?"

Komui cried, "It's not like that!"

Nina stuttered, "I-I'm not sure that was a good idea... I was exhausted after my first mission."

Komui smiled comfortingly, "Don't worry! Mai is very strong, she'll be fine!"

...

Mai met up with Kanda in the hallway. He sneered, "You had better not get in my way, Hashi."

Mai rolled her eyes. Just because she wore chopsticks in her hair she was addressed by it.

She replied, "I'll only be in your way because I'm ahead of you, and you were too slow."

"Che." he then turned on his heel and she followed him to the train station.

Before they boarded they met up with their Finder a young man named Reece.

He smiled at them, "Hello Lord exorcists. Have you been briefed on your mission?"

As the three sat down in a car Mai shook her head, "No I haven't."

The Finder told her, "We are heading to a town called Tienen in Belgium. There we are to acquire Innocence that has been causing wild storms."

Mai nodded. She then sighed staring out the window. Why woudl Komui send her away right after she got back?

...

Bookman took a sip of tea before commenting, "Isn't it strange that Komui would send off Mai, right when she got back?"

Lavi told him nonchalantly, "It's because he wanted to give Mai a surprise party."

Bookman glared at him, "Fool. With everything I've taught you, you can't figure out what's going on here?"

He took another sip of his tea, "We're getting close."

Lavi asked irksome, "Close to what exactly?"

Bookman replied thoughtfully, "To a missing page of history."

Lavi blinked. What was so important about Mai?

There was a knock on the door. Lavi opened it to find Lenalee, "Hey we're all going to shop for Mai's present. Are you going to come?"

He smiled, "Sure!"

Lenalee started heading back towards the group and Lavi started following until Bookman called, "Lavi!"

The minor looked back at the frowning old man, "Don't get attached."

He smirked, "Don't worry old coot. I'm just fitting in."

...

Mai rubbed her eyes as the train screeched to a stop. She hadn't even noticed that fell asleep.

She hurriedly stood and followed the Finder and Kanda off the train. They were now in a small town and it was pouring.

Kanda stormed off into the rain leaving the new exorcist and Finder to chase after him.

She huffed in annoyance. Why did he have to be such a prick?

He stopped and stared up at the sky as violent lightning danced across the sky. Mai stood beside him, "How do you think the Innocence is causing this?"

He snarled, "Do I look like I know?"

She gritted her teeth and was startled when the ground rumbled and a deafening roar resounded around the time. Reece helped her so she didn't fall. She stated bluntly, "This storm really is violent."

Mai shivered, she was already soaked from head to toe, if they continued they would surely get a cold. She told Kanda, "We need to find an inn to wait out the storm."

He didn't even look at her as he continued forward, "Go ahead."

She stared at him with wide eyes as she realized he had no intention of finding shelter. She willfully dragged her tired, cold, wet body forward. She would not just abandon Kanda.

She told Reece, "You should go find an inn. Kanda and I are going to find the Innocence."

Reece who was shivering from head to toe replied stubbornly, "No Lady exocrsist. This is my job."

She sighed but continued following Kanda blindly. She studied the lightning patterns and shouted above all the noise, "It looks like the lightning is primarily in the center of town. That must be where the Innocence is."

He scoffed, "You just figured that out, Hashi?"

Mai groaned. How had it taken so long for her to notice? She must've still been worn out from the other mission.

As they arrived in the center of town the lightning kept striking around the well as if it were protecting something. Kanda instinctively pulled out Mugen knowing that it wouldn't be that simple. Mai copied his actions.

She then looked around there was no one there. So she simply made her way towards the well as she approached though she was almost struck by the lightning. She sighed. At least there wasn't any akuma.

Kanda, who had been working on a similar approach, jumped back and cursed. Mai shouted to him, "We need to find a lightning conducter!"

He reluctantly nodded and she instructed, "We just have to find a lightning rod and place it on top of the well."

His eyes darted around as he searched for such an item.

As he headed off in one direction she told Reece, "We should try heading the opposite way."

He nodded obediently and they hurried down the street searching the rooftops for such an item. An old man who was sitting under a cover called out to them, "What are you two looking for?"

Reece informed him, "We're looking for a lightning rod, sir."

The old man smiled at Mai, "Is that so exorcist?"

Mai watched as the man morphed into an akuma. She pulled back her bow string and instantly shot at the demon.

The demon dodged it easily and replied, "Well well, exorcist. You're going to have to do better than that!"

It launched itself at Mai and she jumped out of the way as it crashed into the adacent building.

The akuma chuckled in a high eerie voice, "So are we to play a game of cat and mouse?"

Mai turned and shot an arrow at it again which missed once more. The akuma giggled and shot out poisoned spikes of its own. She fell onto her stomach and the spikes flew right above her.

Mai then jumped onto the balls of her feet and flew down the street. She needed distance between her and the monster. It shot more spikes at her but luckily she had been smartly running in zig zags.

Unfortunately she ran herself right into a dead end. She spun around on her heels and faced the horrible monster.

It began coldly, "Well looks like this is the end ex-"

Mai had shot an arrow into its mouth as it spoke. Its eyes rolled into the back of its head and it turned to dust.

She gulped in a few burning breathes and Reece ran to her side, "Lady exorcist! Are you well?"

She nodded, "I am fine."

Her eyes went wide as lightning struck the wall behind him. Knowing it was about to crumble on top of him, she pushed him out of the way receiving a chunk of wall to her face, thigh and rib cage.

The blast threw her across to the other side of the alley. Blood was running down her face, and she had scrapes everywhere. Reece rushed to the exorcists side and asked her if she was alright, but she couldn't reply because she was already unconscious from the pain.