A/N: OMG, I have 50 reviews!!! Wow, I never expected that many when I first started this story…thank you everyone!

Yeah, I know I haven't updated in almost 2 months…sorry about that. Tennis season has started, and I have practice EVERY day so I don't have any time to And yeah, this is kinda just a filler chapter. But don't worry, there'll be more action coming soon.

Thanks to xXDeath-N'-HellXx, Ms. Lightfairyprincess, lighttheway, Kaytlyn Hue, and Lathya for reviewing the last chapter!

Disclaimer: Although I really wish I did, I still don't own D. Gray-man.

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14. The Road to Edo

"Where the hell are we?" Kanda asked.

Tiedoll scratched his head in confusion, looking over his map. "We should have reached the town hours ago, according to this map."

It was currently around 10 o'clock at night, and General Tiedoll, Marie, Kanda, Diane, and Shadow were lost in a forest somewhere in mountainous Germany. After they had caught up with Tiedoll back in Spain, they were headed to Edo, Japan. Tiedoll had told them he had 'business' to do there, but wouldn't inform them what it was.

They had been walking through this dark, creepy forest for hours, searching for the town that was shown on the map, but finding no sign of human life.

"I could ask for directions, if you'd like," Diane offered helpfully.

"Oh, that would be a great help," Kanda growled sarcastically. "Who are you planning to ask, the trees?"

She gave him a dirty look. "No. I'm going to ask the wolves."

With a flash of golden light, Diane transformed into a wolf. She raced ahead a few hundered feet, to where the ground fell sharply away in a tall cliff. She could see all around them for miles. Raising her head to the moon, she howled. Shadow, appearing behind her, also raised his voice with hers.

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A few miles away, a wolf pack was returning home after a night's hunting. It had been a good night. They had taken down a large, old elk, and the whole pack had eaten its fill. Approaching their den site, the wolves heard a distant howl break the night's silence. They stopped to listen to the message.

We're traveling through here, and have gotten lost. Does anyone know the way to the closest human town?

The pack stopped to answer her call.

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General Tiedoll and his two former disciples heard Diane and Shadow through the trees.

"What the hell is she doing?" Kanda grumbled.

"I think she's trying to communicate with the other wolves here…" Marie said.

A few seconds passed in silence, and then Marie heard the far-off voices of the wolf pack, unheard by the others.

"They're answering her!" he exclaimed in wonder.

Diane and Shadow appeared back in front of the others.

"The town is five miles west of here," she said cheerfully. "We'll be there soon."

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The group ended up camping in the forest that night because it was too dark to see where they were going, much to Kanda's annoyance. But early the next morning, they reached the town the wolves had informed Diane and Shadow of. The seemed pretty wealthy, despite its being in the middle of nowhere, with a big iron gate leading into it. Flanking either side of the gate were two armed guards.

"Halt," called one of the guards, as the Exorcists approached them. "There is a quarantine in effect on this village. You four may pass through, but that filthy animal of yours is not allowed."

Filthy animal? Shadow growled, offended. Diane looked like she wanted to punch the guard in the face.

Marie laid a hand on her shoulder. "Now, don't do anything rash, Diane," he warned her. The group retreated a few paces, out of earshot of the guards.

"Well, we have quite a dilemma here, don't we? We can't leave Shadow behind, but he's not allowed in the village," Tiedoll said thoughfully.

"Dilemma?" Diane growled. "Why don't we just knock out the guards?" Shadow barked in agreement.

Great idea. We'll see who's the 'filthy animal' once I rip their throats out.

Violent today, are we? Diane asked him.

Always.

"I'm sure there's no need for violence, my dear." Tiedoll said to Diane. "Your skills should only be used on akuma, not humans."

"Well, maybe they are akuma. You never know. Please can we knock them out? I promise I won't kill them."

"No, and that's final," Tiedoll ordered sternly.

Diane sighed. Sometimes, she could see why Kanda was always so impatient with Tiedoll. Well, I guess we'll have to do it the other way.

Please don't tell me you're thinking what I think you're thinking, Shadow begged her.

Well, do you have a better plan? Diane asked. There was no reply.

"Kanda, do you have a spare set of clothes?" Diane asked suddenly.

"What?" Kanda looked at Diane like she'd lost her mind.

"Just answer the question."

"Yes, but why the hell-"

Diane grabbed Kanda's suitcase out of his hand, and started rummaging through it. She picked out a white dress shirt and a pair of black pants, then threw them to Shadow, who caught them in his teeth and ran off through the trees before Kanda could do anything.

"What the hell are you doing?" Kanda snapped.

"Oh, you'll see."

God, she is so infuriating, Kanda thought to himself. Her fucking dog just stole my clothes!

Two minutes later, a teenage boy walked up to them. He had messy, black hair and bright green eyes, a cross-shaped mark on his forehead, and was wearing a white dress shirt and black pants. He could've been Diane's twin.

"What the hell…?" Kanda looked shocked, which didn't happen often. Even Tiedoll looked surprised. Marie only seemed slightly confused, hearing another set of footsteps come up from behind them but not seeing the person standing there.

"What's the matter, don't recognize me, human?" He smirked.

"Shadow? Is that you, m'boy?" Tiedoll asked.

"Of course it is. Who else could I be?"

Tiedoll and Kanda turned to stare at Diane. Marie looked even more confused.

"What's going on?" He asked Kanda.

"Apparently, her dog turns into a human," Kanda replied, with a hint of sarcasm in his voice.

"Watch you mouth, human," Shadow growled at him. "I'm a wolf, not a dog. Just because Diane likes you doesn't mean I-"

Diane punched him in the arm. "Shut up!"

"Would you care to explain, my dear?" Tiedoll asked.

"Well, what is there to explain?" Diane said. "One day I had this idea that if I could turn into a wolf with my Innocence activated, maybe Shadow could turn into a human, too. And I was right. Like I usually am."

"Yeah, right," Shadow mumbled.

"Interesting…how come you never told me about this before, dear?" Tiedoll inquired.

Diane shrugged. "It just never came up."

Shadow yawned. "Let's go. The sooner we make it out of this village, the less time I have to spend as a human."

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A/N: So…yeah. Shadow can turn into a human. I know a lot of people are probably thinking the same thing as Kanda: "What the hell?" It's just a random thing I thought of, because I wanted to try to develop Shadow's character more. And they'll be in Edo next chapter, so things well hopefully get more interesting. Well, hope you liked it!

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