Chapter 55- A Plan of Death- Arisa

I sat on one of the chairs in the lounge where the exorcists apparently always hung out. Everyone was talking and laughing, and even though I had only been back in the Order for a few hours, I felt like they were my family.

"Arisa an I still call you Ari?" Timothy asked.

"Of course!" I said. I stood up.

"Yay!" Timothy said. He hugged me.

"I don't think I've ever seen you this happy," The only female general- Klaud I believe her name was- said.

"I love Ari I'm happy she's here," Timothy said. He kissed me on cheek, making me blush a little.

"Whoa, there, little boy," I said, laughing. "Not so fast."

Everyone started to laugh. Suddenly, Klaud stopped. Her smile dropped, and she walked over to the window.

"Crap," Socalo said. "It's January second, isn't it?"

"Yeah," Lenalee said. ""Why?"

Tiedol stood, and walked over to Klaud. "We still have yet to hear why you always get upset on January second."

"My daughter died on this date," Klaud mumbled. Everyone went quiet. "She was killed by an akuma twenty five years ago."

"I'm sorry about that," Tiedol said. He led the female general back to the couch, and they both sat down.

"What was she like?" He asked.

"She was a nice and funny little girl," Klaud said. "She was about Timothy's age, and she had the most beautiful blond hair and green eyes that you've ever seen. She was adorable and she loved it when people smiled. She was a lot like Allen and Lenalee in personality. Whenever I was sad, she would do something completely random and goofy that made me laugh."

"I love people like that," Tiedol said. "My son was a lot like that before he died in a war."

"You had a son?" Marie asked. "I've known you for almost ten years, and I never knew that!"

Tiedol chuckled. "It's hard to talk about him. "He was such a smart young man, and yet he was drafted into a war that killed him."

"How old was he?" Klaud asked.

"He died on his twentieth birthday," Tiedol said. He smiled sadly. "He died the same day Cross's friend died."

"Which friend?" Socalo asked.

"Mana," Tiedol said. "Do you guys remember him?"

"Yes I do," Socalo. "The annoying clown guy."

"Wasn't his last name Walker?" Klaud asked.

"I believe so," Tiedol said. "I wonder how Cross felt when he met Allen. I'm surprised that he let the kid become his apprentice. I wouldn't be able to look at him if his last name was the same as my best friend."

"Allen told me that his foster father was called Mana Walker," Lenalee said. "He said that Mana taught him how to be a clown."

Tiedol started to laugh. "Well that explains the manners Allen has. Mana was the most polite person I have ever known."

"He really was an extraordinary person," Klaud. "Do you remember when I started to flirt with him?"

"He was frightened by that," Socalo said, laughing. "Then Cross hit him with one of his own juggling pins."

All three of the generals started to laugh. The laughter was so contagious, that everyone started to laugh.

"Didn't Kanda once tell us that he threw a metal pole at someone, Lenalee?" Marie asked.

"I think he said he threw it at Alma," Lenalee said. "Alma was following him, and Kanda threw a metal pole, a giant table, and a plate at him."

"Kanda sounds violent," I said.

"He's scary," Timothy said. "But it's fun to mess with him. The first day I came here, I took his sword, and started to run around with it. He chased me for about ten minutes before I was forced to give it back."

"You are a trouble maker," I scolded him. "Stop making such kerfuffles!"

"What does that mean?" He asked.

"It means that you should stop making such commotions," Klaud said.

"Oh," Timothy said. "That's a weird word. Kerfuffle. It sounds like a name for a rabbit." Everyone started to laugh.

Leverrier and Komui entered, and we all went quiet.

"Central has been talking," Leverrier said. "and we have decided to perform a new experiment. It has to do with the ghost attack in the old location. Would anyone like to guess what the plan is?"
No one spoke.

Leverrier sighed. "Very well. Our plan is to try to bring people back to life using magic and science combined."

"And how are we going to do that?" Socalo asked.

"By using the two people that the ghost took control of," Leverrier said.

Everyone looked at Lenalee, who had fear written all over her face. "How are you going to use us?" She asked.

"Komui has been researching about ghosts in Bookman's books, and he found a lot of stuff out. Komui, tell them."

"A ghost can only possess people with magic inside of them," Komui said. "The magic may be only a little flowing through the veins, and it may not be enough to conjure spells, or the person can have a lot of magic in them and can summon a spell in moments.

"We believe that Rever may have very little blood in his veins, and Lenalee, since you have innocence, we are guessing that you may have a lot," Komui continued. "The ghost used that to its advantage, and took control of both of you. I also learned that people who have been possessed can harness the power and use it for certain things."

"Such as bringing people back to life," Lenalee muttered. She stood. "But doesn't this make us like the Millennium Earl? Once someone dies, they are supposed to stay dead. That's the law of life and death. If we bring people to life, then how are we any better than the Earl?"

"Hold your tongue," Leverrier said.

"No!" Lenalee snapped. "I will not hold my tongue, and I will not do this! What will the side affects be if we succeed in this? Will everyone live and be happy, or will the creatures we make kill us? To take something, you must give something in return. That's the law of alchemy and a lot of other things, is it not? The Earl brings a life, and takes another. That's how he creates akuma! Are we going to kill people to make up for bringing these people to life?"

I felt anger flare up inside of me as Leverrier walked up to Lenalee and slapped her