Amber and James arrived at a city in Italy called Florence. Amber looked around, scanning the crowd, checking for Akuma or Noah. So far, the most she was finding in the crowds were Akuma… Mostly just Level 1's. They could be easily overlooked, but this wasn't looking too good. It was taking too long to find just one Noah. Though they really weren't looking through on accuracy, what they were searching for was through a rumor they got from some random townsfolk, claiming that there was a man who had stigmata across his forehead, and gray skin. This was the sign of a Noah. Amber sweat dropped "James, this is taking too long… Can't we just blast these people? All of them are just Akuma anyway…"

"No. If we blast them now, then that'll alert the Noah, whom we're looking for, that we're here, looking for he/she. You'll have to bear with it for a while." he responded.

"Fine…" she yawned, continuing her search with her special eyes. "How interesting…" she said in a low tone.

"What?" he asked.

"A Level 3 and a Level 4 are hiding in the crowd… And right now, there's only Akuma in this crowd, as if there are no humans left here." she said, wondering where the humans went to.

"I'm pretty sure it's just that they went home while these fakers are trying to get somewhere else. Probably gathering since they're looking for the Noah that we heard of would be in this town. It would be logical since I guess those idiots managed to kill off the remaining Noah that were following the Earl." James sighed, responding to what she had found as weird.

"Hm… Sounds about right if you ask me." Amber replied.

"Come on." he said, walking away.

"Okay." she said, running off with him.

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James arrived at a restaurant with Amber. "I could've simply just cooked for you." Amber seemed confused.

"No… Not tonight." he said, walking toward the restaurant.

"Whoa. Are you somehow saying that my cooking sucks?!" she yelled.

James looked at her and sweat dropped "That's not what I mean… What I mean is that I think I'd rather eat at a restaurant rather than having home cooking. Anyway, it would help us look for the Noah we're trying to find." he answered, lying.

"Ugh, fine." she said, walking with him to the restaurant.

He opened the door before she entered and held it open for her "Ladies first." he said.

She seemed surprised and smiled "Wow, such a gentleman." she walked in, never having seen that side of him before.

"Table for two." James instructed the front desk. The front desk register person nodded and took James and Amber to their table. James pulled out the chair for her so she could sit.

"Wow, what's the occasion?" she giggled, sitting down.

"No reason. You've just been so helpful to me today. I thought I should at least do something for you." he replied.

She smiled "Well, I think it's sweet." He forced a small chuckle and sat on the seat across from her.

"So what will you order?" he looked at her.

"Hm, I think I'll have pizza!" she laughed.

"Ha, sounds like the food Kesenai and I used to enjoy. So sure, I'll take the pizza as well." he forced another small chuckle.

She smiled, and the waiter came by to take their orders "What would you like?"

"It'll be pizza for the both of us. I'll have a cup of sake as well." James answered.

"Make that 2 sakes." Amber added.

"Okay." the waiter wrote down their orders and walked away.

"James, I would like to know something. What happened before the Earl had you imprisoned?" Amber asked.

"Well, it was kind of a blur, but some big guy and some weird woman both attacked me. First I got hit in the head by the big guy, then the lady turned into water, drowning me, knocking me out." James answered, slightly confused.

"Hmm, sounds like Skinn Bolic and Lulubell's doing." she thought. "Well, at least you're alright now!" she smiled.

"Yeah, thought I kind of wished I knew what I missed when I was asleep for all that time." James forced a small laughter.

"James, do you feel anything at all?" she asked, knowing that he was just forcing his fake laughter and chuckles.

"Not really. I've been cold like this since I left the Millennium Earl's place, now that I think about it." he answered. She looked down, feeling bad that she let the Earl experiment on him. She really wanted to make him feel warm again… But there was no way since he wouldn't ever feel the same for her.

"James… I really hope you can feel warm again." she smiled.

"Ha, we'll see when that day comes. For some reason, some of my memories seem to be a blur. I can't remember the true relationship behind Kesenai and I. I can't remember some of the things I had done. I can't even remember what I am fighting for… All I know is that I must fight against the Earl." James said, looking the other way. The pizza and two cups of sake had arrived. James had drank down his cup of sake and began to eat a slice of pizza without dipping it into the sauce like how it's traditionally done in Italy. Then, he dipped it for the next bite. Amber quietly ate her pizza without dipping it, drinking her cup of sake. "Here." James dipped Amber's slice into the sauce and fed it to her. Amber took the bite and smiled.

"Wow, delicious." she said, now eating her pizza calmly that way.

"At least you find it good." he smiled as well.

"Is that a real smile, or is that just another fake one?" she asked.

"I don't know." he shrugged, eating more of his pizza.

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After about what was 12 minutes of eating pizza, they finished. "Ha, that'll be the best pizza you'll ever eat in your life." James laughed lightly.

Amber smiled "Thank you for taking me out for dinner. I've never seen such a softer side of you…" she said.

"Oh it was nothing." James wiped his face, accidentally leaving some sauce on his lips. She looked at the sauce and was unsure of what to do.

She thought "Should I… Or should I not…" She shook her head, now deciding to follow her heart and moved closer to his face.

"What're you doing?" he asked, confused. Without an answer, Amber had pressed her lips against James' gently. His eyes widened slightly at the surprise kiss. She pulled away quickly.

"I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" she said, trying to keep away from whatever James would do. James just smiled and took her hand into his. "I love you…" Amber said shakily.

"I love you as well." he smiled back. That day, they weren't just Noah clansmen now, they were in an actual relationship. Explosions went off outside. Amber quickly looked in the direction of who was causing the explosions "It's a Noah…" she said coldly.

"Oh, so the Noah finally showed up." James said, getting up, ready to fight. James was now fully ready to fight, pulling out his katana and taking battle stance since he sensed that the Noah was now coming to walk in. James witnessed a large person who had the same stigmata as that of a Noah. He smirked "Bring it on."

The Noah looked at James and took out his own sword "Oh yeah?" the Noah asked with a deep voice that seemed full of hatred and rage. "Do you know who the hell I am?" he asked.

"No and I don't think I care..." he responded coldly.

"I am a Noah. I am the Noah of Hatred, Marco Hidan..." he said, laughing maniacally as he began to swing his sword around as if he were a big shot.

"Show off..." James thought as he sweat dropped. James shook it off and then ran at him, ready to kill him. Marco dodged and stabbed James' leg directly through, not stopping at the bone. "Ugh!" James grunted, trying to find a shadow he could use for his escape. Sadly, not a shadow was around except for the one that was behind Marco, but he was sure that the brute wouldn't let him through though. So, James kicked him in the ribs and punched him, sending Marco flying back to the other side of the room. James then pulled the sword out of his leg, yelling in pain.

"James! Are you alright?!" Amber was worried.

"Don't worry, I've taken a worse hit than this." James said, throwing Marco's katana back at him. Marco grabbed the katana by the blade and then threw it back in the air, jumping to the air to catch it by the hilt. Quickly, he sliced in the direction of James. James sweat dropped "Are you really being retarded now?"

"No." Marco answered, smirking. James sighed and jumped at Marco, but then next thing he knew, he felt a blade slice cleanly through his shoulder. James went back down to the ground, holding his shoulder wound.

"Damn, what was that?" he asked.

"I just made the air change it's air pressure, sending what would feel like a burst of wind at first, but then it's a major slice made by the air. But aside from that, I have more abilities to boot." Marco explained, laughing maniacally.

"Heh, I've dealt with worse. Right now, I'm not even using a fraction of my own power..." James said coldly, as Dark Matter began to gather around the blade of his katana.

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Disclaimer: I do not own D.Gray-Man

Author's Note: Yes, I made yet another cliff hanger. Deal with it! I love them too much. Oh and I have 3 Chapters of my Bleach Fan Fiction prepared for when I finish this Fan Fic, I can quickly update 3-6 Chapters of Bleach: The Wish On The Shooting Star.