TL: Sorry for the very, er, late update.
Before you guys kill me, I had a very legit reason. Really.
I was having my bachelor's interview. I think there's more reason, but I forgot.
And because of the long absence, I got lazy and didn't write. Sorry. But by nature I'm very lazy. Again sorry.
I can't promise you that I won't do it again because of laziness, but if I did. Sorry.
Hehe. Anyway, enjoy!
When Komui heard about the situation his sister and Kanda had gotten themselves into, he immediately went to greet them. Fortunately for him, Bookman and his apprentice, Lavi, were in town, so he was able to discuss with them further about the current... uproar.
Komui sigh tiredly behind his temporary desk which for some unexplainable reason were full of paperworks. How was that even possible, he would never know. It's one of the many mysteries surrounding the Black Order's supervisor. A mystery he could live without.
"Why now if all times?" He questioned under his breath. Usually, Bookman would be there with him to discuss the matter. But at the moment, Bookman was occupied with treating Lenalee, so he was left alone with his conflicted thoughts.
Not too long ago, one of the Black Order's general, Kevin Yeager, had been attacked. He wasn't dead per say, but the enemy tortured him till insanity. Resulting in his mind being forever lost as well as the cause of his death. When the mind could not handle the pain and wishes death, the body would grant that wish gleefully.
As a result, the Order as well as the higher ups were in an uproar. Multiple of teams were already dispatch on a mission to search for the other generals for their safety. Why would the enemy target the generals? It wasn't proven yet, but they hypothesized that the enemy had come to the conclusion that the strongest exorcist may posses the Heart. Also known as the mother of all innocence.
Komui had already sent everyone from the exorcist faction to search for their respective master or their assigned general. The only one left are those who are with him.
Well, except for Kanda who had already left the town in search of his own master after hearing Komui's mission for him. He didn't even stay for a day to rest. He just up and running. If it wasn't for his healing abilities, Komui would've tied him to the bed. Scratch that, he would've still done it if it weren't for the fact that Kanda was faster than him.
He sighed again while drinking the cup of coffee the host had prepared for him.
Now, the only people left to find the infamous troublesome general were, Lenalee, Bookman and Lavi. Three people wasn't an idle number to send on such an important mission, but it was all they had left. He just had to trust them.
Why are they do underhanded!
Komui's thoughts then went back to when he had first arrived. His heart fell when he saw the state his precious sister, Lenalee, was in. He didn't like to see her or anyone else for that matter hurt. But in their line of work, it was unavoidable.
Especially after facing a member of the Noah Family with just three, no four people. According to Kanda, her appearance was that of a child. Nothing about her was inhuman. Except for when she started to turn grey and seven crosses began to appear on her forehead. An exact same description that Bookman had given him.
This is proof that the family was on the move. They weren't prepared to face them. An enigma. Just escaping the confrontation with their lives was already a miracle. A miracle he accepted with open arms.
Komui stood from his seat and exited the room, guiding his feet towards another room that belonged to another enigma. He opened the door and entered the room quietly, not wanting to disturb the patient's sleep.
He kept on walking until he stopped beside the boy's bed. He had white hair - which was rare considering his young age -, a very young and youthful features, a lean and yet sturdy body and was wearing a black suit or something similar. He couldn't really identify his clothing because it was mostly covered by his innocence. The same could be said about his face because of the mask.
Even in his sleep, his innocence was activated, protecting it's master from harm.
It was a peculiar and unique behavior seen within the innocence, but at the moment, it made Komui's job harder. He wasn't able to examine the boys injuries because the innocence wouldn't let him near the boy. So examining the innocence itself was even more impossible. In the end, he was forced to just watch the boy's progress patiently. Fortunately, the bleeding had stopped.
Considering the report that Kanda had given him, he was afraid that the boy would die from blood lost. But the raising and falling of his chest reassured him. Slightly.
Kanda also mentioned how the boy had fought with him. And the only words that came out of Kanda's mouth when he asked whether the boy was competent, was strong.
Komui was shocked. Not because the boy was strong, but because Kanda admitted it. But the irk that radiated from Kanda's being stopped him from asking any further (or tease). No matter how curious he was, his life was top priority at that moment.
Another thing that caught his attention was the red scar on the boy's face. Komui's heart throb at the sight. Kanda had informed him that it was a curse. Given to the boy by his father that was turned into an akuma. But what truly got Komui's attention was the ability that came with the curse. To see the akuma's soul.
To many, it was a worthless ability. Because who would want to see the souls of their enemies? But to Komui, he saw it as a radar. Something that could discern akuma from human. An ability that could help the exorcists and Black order greatly.
An ability that could stop his exorcists from seeing normal humans as their enemy as well. It was heart wrenching to know that that's how they see most people they encountered. Afterall, they were meant to save humans. Not being able to see the real people and only bloodshed was sad.
But after hearing Kanda's explanation on the boy's reaction after seeing the destruction of the akuma without the use of innocence, Komui had second thought.
It was called a curse for a reason after all.
But really, if we're talking about shocking news, the curse doesn't stand a chance with the last information that Kanda had given him. Komui actually dropped his favorite cup at the news. Fortunately, it didn't broke.
Kanda didn't mentioned the name but what other human that could be describe as 'the womanizer drunkard bastard' other then him.
Komui doesn't know whether he was lucky or it's a sign of the apocalypse. The first phase had already started so it's likely to happen...alright, let's not think about that when it's actually a possible future.
For now, he should focus on taking care of the boy.
"Hmm, I wonder if my drill will work..." He muttered before pulling out a drill from out of no where (well, that's what people would have seen but he in fact took it from under the bed that for some apparent reason, he just left it there).
Komui snapped out of his pessimistive musing at the pained groan. He turned and was met with cloudy set of beautiful mercury eyes. He blinked and the boy followed suit. The gesture repeated for a good amount of seconds before the boy finally closed his eyes and went to sleep again.
Komui blinked his eyes at the situation before smiling in amusement. "Well, he is General Cross's pupil." He said as though it was an after thought.
"Is he awake yet?" A rice young male's voice pierced the white room.
Komui turned and found Lavi Bookman with his famous eye patch and red hair looking at him with sharp eyes. Maybe it was because of the drill he was holding, so he placed it down and fair enough, the Bookman jr's eyes softened slightly.
"He was. But he went back to sleep."
"I can see why," Lavi commented with a grin. "Komui, you should stop greeting people with a drill in your hands and they might want to stay awake."
Komui couldn't help but to pout at that comment. "That was one time Lavi. And this time it was an accident, I didn't do it on purpose." The first time he did it as a joke. How could he had known that the guy was afraid of drills.
"Whatever you say..." Lavi said before falling into a peaceful silent.
Komui wondered what the boy could be thinking. If one word could explain Lavi Bookman, it was bubbly. Well, the current Lavi that is. So for him to not talk is quite... worrying. "Is something bothering you, Lavi?" He ask.
Lavi snapped out of his thoughts before giving him a sheepish smile. "Sorry, but do you know where Yuu is? I thought he was on a mission with Lenalee."
"Ah, sorry but you just missed him."
It was amusing to witness Lavi's previous sheepish expression turned into one of disbelief. "But it hasn't even been a day yet! I heard he was crucified gruesomely! How?!" He yelled in a whisper, to avoid disturbing the patients.
Good thing he did or he would've sent komurin on his trail.
"Well~There are certain ways-"
"I'm gonna go and see if he's in a nearby soba shop or something. Bye, Komui! Tell me the kid's situation after I'm back!" He said cutting Komui's explanation short and went out the door.
"Geez, kids these days. No respect whatsoever." Komui pouted before breaking it into a smile. At least they're still energetic.
"Ahh~Can't believe Yuu's gone already. And here I thought I could say goodbye in an annoying way before he left. Afterall, we're not gonna see each other in a long time." He whined, not making any effort to keep it low. "I wonder how long she's going to keep on following me?" This time he muttered under his breath with a small smile. "Akuma or human?"
He walked pass the crowds in the street, and just when he thought it would be peaceful, a gun was aimed at his head. "Howwe, Mr. exorcist."
Not missing a beat, Lavi extended his Iron hammer, piercing both of the akumas in their stomachs. As soon as he had taken the akuma by surprised, he pulled his hammer out and jumped a few meters away to gain some distance. Of course he wasn't gullible enough to think that that was all it took to kill an akuma, so he enlarge his hammer into the size of a table and used it to smashed the akumas into the ground.
After the deed was done, he rest his hammer on his shoulder as he scan the crowded area. Most of the crowds were shouting 'murderer' while running away, but that didn't bother him one bit. What really bothered him were the people that were still on the scene surveying him critically.
"Well, at least I'm not gonna be bored-" Before he could finish his sentence, an unknown force tackled him to the ground. He was about to strike at the potential akuma but stopped himself after realizing that it was the girl that had been following him since he left the soba shop. He was about to questioned her, but the sudden huge metal ball that came raining down on them stopped him from further questioning. Instead, he wrapped his arm around the girl's waist and jumped back a few meters before another ball collided with his previous spot.
"Ouch, ouch! Hot, hot!" The girl squirmed as she tried to put out the flames on her skirt.
A fire spit ball, Huh.
He was about to apologize for the rough treatment, but seeing the akuma wasn't finish with its attack, he put the girl down and readied his hammer. "Size shifting hammer. Grow, grow, grow!"
Following his command, his hammer grew into the size of a car. "Let's play ball, akuma." He smirked at the easily angered akuma. The creature with a puppet hand holding baseball bat hit the giant metal ball, targets them, but Lavi was ready for the attack. "What goes around, comes around!" He exclaimed as he sent the ball back towards the akuma. Resulting in blasting the akuma with its own attack.
In the corner of Lavi's eyes, he could see that the girl was shocked and impressed by his performance, even though her face was hidden behind the mask. Why she was wearing a mask was beyond him.
After he sent the threat flying - he made sure that it was destroyed - he turned to the girl that had been standing behind him throughout the whole confrontation.
STRIKE!
She had beautiful silver hair that for some reason felt off She's wearing a cute baby blue and white frilly maid costume with peach maid band to match. A perfect picture of a Maid but the silver masquerade mask was new. Though it didn't help much to hide her beauty.
There was silence and it seems like the girl didn't want to start the conversation, so it's up to Lavi to break the ice. "Hey, are you alright?"
She didn't say anything. She just stared at him in silent for a good amount of time that made even Lavi sweat in nervousness. Her pitch-black eyes made it even more unnerving. But after that awkward staring session, she finally nodded.
Wanting to disperse the awkward situation, Lavi swiftly changed his expression to one of cheer. "Alrighty then, but it's better to leave now cause-"
"Halt!" A voice roared from within the crowded area.
They turned to find a policeman marching towards them with clear anger on his face.
"Bastards! Don't you kids move. You just killed someone in open area! Both of you are under arrest-"
Not waiting for the man to finish his sentence, Lavi grabbed the unknown maid's waist and point the sharp end of his hammer at the policeman's face.
"Wha-what so you think you're doing?!" The man exclaimed. He even got the guts to look scared.
"Purifying you, of course." Lavi stated with a grin.
As though his words were a trigger, the policeman's face turned into a mini machine gun pointing at none other then the red head. But Lavi was ready for the assault, so as soon as the akuma showed itself, he commanded his hammer to extend itself and punctured the akuma's head and left it hanging in the air until it exploded.
But that only indicates that an exorcist was in the vicinity. Not wanting to endanger the people any further, Lavi impale the ground and command his hammer to extend.
"Hold on tight, Missy!" He couldn't help but to grin at the girl's stuttering.
"Wait, what?! Hey, let go-" But before she could protest, Lavi's hammer extended and soon enough, they were in the air.
Lavi glance at the girl in his arms and he couldn't help but to smirk at her amazed expression. "Do you like the view?" He ask, genuine curiosity in his tone.
"Yeah... Even though we're being chased by a bunch of monsters, I can't help but to admire it."
"I'm amazed, you're taking all this quite well." Lavi noted, suspicion leaking from his tone.
If it indicates that the girl caught his suspision, she didn't show it. Instead she just nodded her head. "Anyway, I can't help but to think of Son Goku in this situation." She mused, her lips slightly tugged upwards.
Lavi raised his eyebrow at the comparison. "Oh? True, but sorry to burst your bubble, I don't have a tail." He said in amusement.
The girl turned her head from the scenery below to his face. "You know of the legend?"
"Of course I do. I'm a Bookman, there's nothing I don't know." He proclaimed with pride.
"Oh-hoho, cocky ain't ya?" Lavi was about to protest but she cut him off. "At least you got the knowledge to back up your claims..."
Lavi tilted his head in curiosity. So this girl knows what a Bookman is. If that were the case, who told her? Or maybe she found out about them herself. But not alot of people knew of their existent. The Bookman clan is a very secretive clan that only a selective few knows if it's existent. So for a girl her age to have found out about them was 0%. So unless someone else inform her-
Lavi was pulled out of his musing by a poke that made him flinched at the contact. Noticing his reaction, the girl smiled at him in amusement. "Ticklish ain't ya?" Lavi frowned but that only made her amusement even bigger as she chuckled. "As much as I would like to make your acquaintance, there's three on the ground ready to eat us."
Lavi turned his attention to the ground and fair enough, three disguised akumas were running towards them. Lavi scanned the area and to his satisfaction, it was a deserted place full of trains. Good enough for a fight.
"Well, I guess here's a good enough place to kick butts," He readied his stance for a touch down. "Hold on tight, we're gonna land-"
But his warning was met with deaf ears as the girl released her grasp on him and jumped down with vigor. Lavi stared at her retreating form in shock and amusement.
"Capillum: Hundred threads!"
The girl flipped in the air once and soon dozens of her beautiful silver hair rain down upon the akumas like comets. It stabs through their thick body and exploded after a few second of contact.
Not wanting to be crippled, the Maid girl gathered her hair flawlessly to make a small cushion and covered her fall with a small bounce. She managed to land on her feet and what greeted her on the ground was a very scary man pointing a gun at a woman's head. She hesitated and that could be her downfall it if weren't for Lavi who came down to join the fun.
"Big hammer, little hammer: Grow, grow, grow!"
A huge hammer came crushing down on the unsuspecting akuma as it crushed the machine like a cockroach, leaving a very frighten woman to scream in horror at her near death experience.
The woman ran towards the girl in fright and Lavi immediately saw the abnormality in the woman. He was about to warn the girl, but his warning was unneeded as he watched her hair turned into a very sharp knife. The woman, now identified as an akuma didn't even realize the slithering hair as it makes its way towards her back.
When the woman was close enough to the girl, it finally showed it's true self. But before it could attack the girl, it's head was cleanly sliced off.
Lavi's eyes widened at how the girl does her job. Clean and quick. But what shocked him the most was her expression. It never change. The face of a fool. Usually it's the enemy that act innocent to let their opponent's guard down. But to see it done in reversed and with such a perfect mask, it sent cold shivers down his spine.
But as creeped out as he felt, Lavi didn't let it show on his face. If the girl can act, he could do better. He walked towards her with his signature grin.
"You sure got some moves there, little lady."
The girl stared at him from behind her masquerade mask. Lavi's sweat dropped at the silence but that soon changed when they both got a few couple of companies.
"Well, looky here. Aren't we a popular bunch," He said, the grin not leaving his face. "So how about a little contest?"
The girl gave him a glance as though contemplating on the challenge. In the end she nodded her head in acceptance. "It's weird for a stranger to be so friendly to another but considering you know I have an innocence to begin with, I guess you have your reasons," She muttered. She sure is calm under these many akumas. A veteran perhaps? "Name?"
"Hm?" Lavi glanced at her weirdly before shrugging his shoulders. Meh, what the heck. Not like it'll matter anyway. "Lavi. You?" He doubted that she would answer, considering the mask but she proved him wrong. Somewhat.
"...Pellisia..."
The name was just... ridiculous that Lavi couldn't help but to point it out. "Your name is hairy?" He was not one to judge, but he kind of blurted it out
She gave him a deadpan look. Well, that's what he thinks she was giving him. "Pellisia... not hairy. Got a problem with that?" 'Pellisia' ask with an unknown tone. Was it anger or amusement? Maybe both?
"Stop ignoring us already!" The nearest akuma exclaimed loudly before launching itself towards them with a war cry. Of course Lavi intercepted it with a hit that could make the most famous baseball player proud.
"Let's talk later, Pellis. For now, the challenge is on!" He said before charging at the next nearest akuma.
"Like hell I'll lose to a playboy!" She exclaimed, bringing her hair to her side. Ready for battle.
Lavi smiled at this. He couldn't tell whether she's an enemy or an ally but one thing is for sure, the girl is one hot- Uh, interesting individual.
"Well, I'm not you're ordinary playboy!"
And then they attack. One with determination to beat a challenger, another with glee at the fun he's having.
At least they have their priority straight. Not.
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