Author Notes: So sorry for the delay… I finally finished my friend's story though. :D (43 pages lol.) But to make up for it, I wrote 6 pages for this chapter!

I was told by a friend that they were getting sick of this arc so I ended it. XDDDD As quick as possible before she bashes me with a frying pan. OFF TO THE NEXT DESTINATION!

Disclaimer: I don't own D.Gray-Man or anything related to it.

"Now!" Zhilan's pupils became slitted as Wenlong dashed forwards, flying low to gain speed and perched on Kanda's shoulders, using his wings to balance himself as he miraculously balanced on the exorcist's shoulders with his hooves. Using his long scaled neck, Wenlong stared into Kanda's surprised eyes.

"Shall I break you down into particles?"

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In a matter of seconds, Kanda was pinned down by the mutated bird with purple sparks of electricity making a series snapping noises that surrounded him. 'That goddamn bird…!'

"Kanda! I'll come help you right now!" Lenalee stood on a tree branch as a series of explosions occurred in the sky as if it was a fireworks performance. Just as she was about to launch herself at the mutated bird, her legs felt a lot more weaker as if they were simply twigs that supported her body that suddenly felt as if they were as heavy as a ton. She instantly used her hand to steady herself then she looked up at the trapped fourteen year old boy on the ground below.

"Don't worry about me; just find a safe place until Tiedoll gets here!" Kanda grit his teeth as a violet spark snapped at his cheeks, making him wince a little.

"But I can't – "The Chinese girl protested. As if to prevent him from speaking, the violet sparks linked up through Kanda's body and for a moment, nothing happened until he screamed out in agonizing pain. Then after an unbearable minute, silence ensued while the sparks stopped their moments and continued to encircle his motionless body.

"That should shut you up for a moment. Now let us erase that girl and your existence quietly." Wenlong sneered at the exorcist then looked up at the phoenix that remained standing on the rock while the sound of flowing water continued to ring through the peaceful forest. "Would you like the pleasure of killing the girl, Zhilan?"

The phoenix snapped her beak together, "I'd much rather wait till you finish the dirty work, Wenlong."

"Then I shall start with you, annoying little brat." The mutated bird turned his head back to face Kanda. The bird blinked his large marron eyes at Kanda while the boy remained motionless save for his heaving chest.

Then suddenly, the tips of the young exorcist's fingers twitched slightly as he regained consciousness as sound flowed into his ears immediately. Someone was calling out to him urgently but he could barely hear the calls over the deafening noises of electricity. 'That's right.' He instantly opened his eyes as his pupils shrank under the bright violet light emitting from the electricity that leapt from side to side, the sparks inches away from his face. Everything came flying back into his mind as he remembered the dire situation Lenalee Lee and he was in.

"Just run!" Kanda shouted despite knowing the consequences of speaking again. The Chinese girl among the lower branches of a pine tree opened her mouth to protest again, only to be cut off by the fourteen year old's voice, "Go; now!"

Lenalee blinked back tears as she stared at the scene before her with hesitation. She stared down at her feet where the aqua flames had diminished to what seems to be a small flame made by a lamp. The mysterious flame flickered in the light breeze as the light it gave off cast onto the uneven surface of the pine's tree trunk. As if it had a mind of its own, the flame suddenly blazed with energy once more, deciding Lenalee's next step for her. Looking up with renewed determination, Lenalee turned around with a hardened heart and fled from the scene.

Behind her, she could hear the Japanese boy screaming in pain. 'Don't look back. Kanda knew the consequences and still went ahead with making this decision. Don't look back. Don't go back!'

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With a final scream, the sparks disappeared into the air as Kanda remained motionless on the grass; drops of dried blood stuck to his face and burns evident on his skin all over his body and the most worrying injury of all was how his body became semi transparent. The only trace of electricity left in the clearing was the small sparks still dancing around the cold pitch black blade of a katana held firmly in the young exorcist's hand.

A cold breeze swept across the clearing, rustling the leaves of trees and making the blades of grass seem restless. Fireflies had fled the clearing earlier but had now returned and the crickets continued their nocturnal serenade. Owls continued to scan their large eyes over the forest from their solitary position at the highest branches of trees, hooting continuously through the night. The clearing had returned to its previous serene peace, the light of fireflies reflected across the stream's surface which had an occasional pebble protruding the smooth surface of the water/

"Your next request, Zhilan?" The feng frantically flapped its large wings and gently landed on the patch of grass in front of the elegant huang that peered doubtfully at the still body of the semitransparent exorcist.

"Go after the girl."

"As you wish."

Just as the feng was about to use his abilities to teleport to some unknown place within the forest, a thick vine rapidly sprang from underground, wrapping its sturdy body around the birds and squeezing tightly. The same happened to the huang except that the vine had burst out from below the rock, pushing it apart and rending it in half. But as it wrapped itself around the birds' feathered bodies, the plants did not cease to grow. Long and strong they grew until the birds were securely captured did the plants stop growing and finally bear a striking pearl coloured flower that bloomed and swallowed the birds as if the creatures were caught and trapped within a cage before the flower that had been blooming before returned back to its bud state.

"I won't let you off so easily for hurting my prized student so heavily." A man's low voice came from within the depths of the forest.

"Who are you? Come out here!" Wenlong's voice came out muffled but was still heard by the stranger that slowly stepped out from his hiding place from within the forest.

As the shadows left his face, the silver rose cross on the man's chest shined brightly and the soft breeze carrying a sweet floral scent ruffled his grey curled hair. The moonlight reflected off the man's glasses. The man had a thick grey moustache and he wore a black and gold jacket matched with a white shirt underneath and a pair of black pants with a pair of quality travelling boots. In his one hand he held a chisel that was linked to the hammer in his other hand by a glowing chain.

"Je m'appelle Froi Tiedoll. General Froi Tiedoll." The man introduced himself in fluent French.

"Speak English or Chinese for goodness sake…" Wenlong mumbled, making the space around him in the flower bud tighten, restricting even the smallest movement.

Ignoring the two birds encased in the flower buds, Tiedoll made his way over to the semi-transparent boy lying on the grass. Bending down to his height, Tiedoll let the side of his head rest gently on the boy's seemingly non-existent chest.

Ba-bump. Ba-bump.

Despite the faintness of the constant beating of the vital organ in the boy's chest, Tiedoll smiled at the reassuring sound nonetheless. A part of the boy's abdomen had already started to break off into small dust like particles as another breeze swept across the clearing. 'I have to bring him to Komui as soon as possible before his whole body breaks down into particles.'

Scooping the fragile boy up in an arm, Tiedoll started to walk away from the clearing and with each step he took, a trail of flowers bloomed in his wake and when he was at the edge of the clearing, the French man looked back at the two birds encased in the pearl coloured flower buds and said with a small smile, "Disappear with this forest when these flowers bloom." Without another word, he walked off into the depths of the forest.

Once the shadows engulfed him again, the general called out into the chilly air, "You can come down now Lenalee; Kanda won't get mad at you. He's not conscious anyway."

With the swiftness of a swallow, the Chinese girl leapt down from the tree tops with a heavy thump as the ground beneath her crumbled a little at the sudden air pressure. She stared down apologetically at the squashed plants beneath around and beneath her. Then the weak feeling from before returned and this time, the flame around her ankle died and her black boots started to divide itself into small hexagons and fell off from her legs like dried blood as General Tiedoll helped steady her with his free arm. Even the aqua tattoo on her thighs disappeared. But the hexagons had merged together to form a single glowing golden cube that shone brilliantly like sunshine.

Tiedoll smiled at her, "It seems that this Innocence chose you to be its accommodator."

"Accommodator?" Lenalee blinked curiously at the golden cubed that seemingly beckoned for her to hold onto it tightly.

The French man chuckled, "I'll explain afterwards. Can you walk?" The Chinese girl nodded. "The edge of the forest is just ahead, Komui was so worried about you he came too…"

At the mention of her brother's name, Lenalee immediately brightened and smiled. When they arrived at the edge of the forest, a single figure paced worriedly across the clearing. When General Tiedoll greeted the man, he turned around and smiled at the sight of Lenalee by the French man's side. Despite the weakness of her legs, Lenalee still ran with all her might into Komui's welcoming embrace. Behind them, the forest became a large globe of light before all the flowers bloomed and the petals of each flower fell off, the sweet breeze carrying them away into the distance, the sweet floral scent of flowers spreading throughout the whole city.

"I'm back, brother."

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Kanda sat up as if he had just had a bad dream, sweat beading on his head as a neatly folded towel fell off his forehead. He looked around him with confusion; wasn't he being attacked by Wenlong? Wasn't it night when he fought him?

He looked at the blanket that covered his body up to his stomach. There was something familiar about it. Looking up when he heard the sound of people sipping tea, he was surprised to see the Lee siblings and his master sitting around the familiar circular table drinking jasmine tea.

His master wore a set of beige Chinese clothes while Komui wore his usual white Chinese clothes. Lenalee on the other hand wore something slightly more animated than the other two; she wore a faint green Chinese top with white swirling patterns sewn on the sleeves which were matched with a pair of white Chinese pants and around her waist was a single piece of decorative fabric that had the images of clouds printed on them.

"You finally woke up I see." Tiedoll said calmly without looking at the Japanese boy and continued to sip his cup of tea.

"How long was I unconscious for?"

"Hm… A few days at the least. Amazingly, your injuries all healed within two days. But maybe you were way too tired or something, you slept on after you recovered. Your stomach grumbled all the time."

As if to confirm that, the Japanese boy's stomach gave a loud hollow grumble. Lenalee smiled a little. But the smile disappeared as soon as it appeared and a stern face soon replaced it, "Now that he's conscious again, can you explain to us what this whole Innocence thing is?" Tiedoll nodded and began his explanation

'…Wake me up, tell me I was hungry and start chatting away without a care in the world.' Kanda grumbled inside his head as he stared blankly at the trio that sat around the table. After what seemed like a decade to Kanda, Tiedoll finally completed his long speech.

"So what are you going to do with Lenalee?" Komui asked with a tint of fear in his voice.

"Accommodators are to be taken to the Black Order." Kanda replied firmly before Tiedoll could reply. Then the boy added with emphasis, "Regardless of age and whether you have family around or not."

During this time, Lenalee had sat in silence beside her brother, staring at the swirling cup of jasmine tea in her hands. "Please," She began, "Please don't take me away from my brother. He's my only family left. Don't take me away; I beg you!" She looked up with tears in her eyes. Then she got off her seat and knelt down beside the table and stared at Tiedoll, "Please!"

Tiedoll instantly got up from his seat and asked her to stand back up. Kanda sat on his bed with a frown. The general looked at him with sorrowful eyes as if Kanda was the general and not him. After some moments, Kanda crossed his arms across his chest and looked another way.

"Che."

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"Thank you for your hospitality." Tiedoll smiled as he bowed slightly politely. Looking beside him, he watched as Kanda ruthlessly glared at him from his height. Tiedoll frowned. Kanda was still motionless. Without a warning, Tiedoll used a strong hand and pushed Kanda's head down until he too was in a position like himself, bowing to their hosts.

Komui smiled sheepishly, "No, we are in your debt. If not for you, who knows what they could've done to Lenalee." Lenalee nodded shyly in agreement. "And now we owe you yet another debt for keeping her a secret from the Black Order even if it meant disobeying the higher ups." Komui reached out with a hand for a hand shake, "We are truly thankful."

Tiedoll stood back up to his full height as Kanda straightened his clothes. The French man extended a hand as well and shook the Chinese man's hand firmly. With that, master and pupil departed the Lee household, leaving for their next destination somewhere else in the world. To destroy the akuma and search for the next selected accommodators of the Innocence.

Taking his eyes off the receding backs of the two exorcists, Komui opens his clenched fist so that his palm faced the sky. A single golden cube lay in the centre of his palm. When he shook the French man's hand, he could see an unspoken message in his grey eyes.

'Lenalee and you might need this some day.'

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Je m'appelle… - This means 'My name is…' in French.