Lou Fa's in this chapter. She has character development from the Manga! I always thought Lou Fa and Johnny could have much greater roles in DGM, Johnny's moved up but Lou Fa hasn't.

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Contrary to Johnny's words, he wasn't there when Allen woke up. Somebody was, though, asleep next to him. Their torso laid out half stretched across his body, as if watching over him. It was a girl, somebody he didn't know.

Not that he knew anybody, he only knew Johnny, and Johnny wasn't there.

She had glasses that covered half her face, and the moment he shifted she woke up frantically. Her glasses practically flew across the room as she failed in a moment of panic.

"Oh, you're awake! You're awake…oh um...give me a second...ah…" She slipped her glasses across her face to give him a warm smile, "I'm Lou Fa! The Chief says that you have to call me Professor Lou Fa though."

Her smile was strained, as if afraid. Of what?

"How...how are you feeling, Allen?"

Allen blinked, "Where's...Professor Johnny?" It took a moment to remember the man's name.

"Johnny? Oh! Johnny is in the European Branch, he'll be back soon. The Ark is hard to use without...the musician...but we get back and forth from the branches easily enough." Lou Fa leaned forward, "Are you hungry? Thirsty?"

She reached out to touch his arm but Allen flinched back. Lou Fa smiled again, disheartened, "Don't be afraid of me, Allen. I'm here to help you, everybody is here to help you. So don't be afraid of us, we're all rooting for you, everybody."

"Why?" Allen pressed.

Why…?

Lou Fa closed her eyes, I can't tell him the truth. Even though she wanted to, so badly. Because Leverrier deserved it, and so did the Order. For what they did to Allen, and by relation the former subjects Kanda and Alma.

But she lied, "Because you're going to be an apostle! Once you synchronize, you will. The innocence chose you, Allen."

"Innocence?" Allen leaned forward, "What is it?"

"Um, Professor Johnny will explain it to you. Come on...we'll get you food and we'll cut your hair." Lou Fa led him out, past the other finders and scientists. Once she was out of hearing distance, they began to talk.

"Lou Fa really changed, hasn't she?"

"Yeah, she has. She would've died of embarrassment by now, and would've fell on her face."

"Do you think it was because of Allen? His death I mean."

A scientist spoke up, having remained quiet, "Lou Fa is still the Lou Fa we all know. She's more aware now of what's going on, and she wants to fight it. That's why she seems so different."

"So her resolve is different?"

"Yeah, I guess. We all have ways to cope with this damn war, Lou Fa's was to have blind faith in the Order, and hope for the best, then it was her faith in Allen. With Allen gone, what's there to have faith in?"

Silence.

"That's...really strong of her."

Crash…!

A scream was heard, unmistakably Lou Fa's, "I-I'm okay I think…"

They broke out into laughter, "Well, she's trying anyway."

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"Johnny!" Johnny was leaving Leverrier's room when Lenalee found him. Although everybody was in the cafeteria enjoying the holiday, she wanted to see him. It had been months since they actually talked.

Lenalee missed her old friends, a lot of the scientists moved to the Asian Branch following Allen. It was like being in the European Branch pained them,

"Lenalee how are-woah, Lenalee your uniform!" The girl smiled bashfully, blushing a bit. In the span of a year, Lenalee synchronized completely with Dark Boots. She was now a general.

Lenalee giggled, "Yeah, and Kanda too! We're both generals now, but we rarely leave the Order unless on missions. The Noah are killing generals again, and out of all of us I'm pretty sure they like Kanda and I the least…" She laughed nervously.

She didn't like the idea of being ambushed by Tyki Mikk and Jasdevi. Jasdevi, she was sure she could handle but the trio together? She'd be defeated easily.

"What generals are they after?"

"I heard Klaud Nine and Cross-but I wish them the best of luck finding Cross. He's been AWOL for awhile. And Klaud Nine well...she's here as well." Lenalee scratched her head, "This year as sure been hectic, right?"

"Right! You should come to the Asian Branch more often, we all miss you."

Lenalee smiled sweetly, "I miss you all too. Oh! That reminds me-Timcanpy has been restless since this morning. He wasn't in my room when I woke up, and he was flying around Allen's old room…"

Johnny froze, "What?"

"It might just be because today is his birthday, but he seemed really anxious. He wouldn't come to me either. I think a change of scenery will help him, will you take him for a while?"

At Johnny's blank stare she quickly continued, "N-not saying I can't handle it! I just...Tim seems to really be bothered by being so close to his room. The Asian Branch might be better."

"O-okay…"

"Really?! You will? Thank you so much, Johnny!" Lenalee looked down, "I was going to go to wish Allen a happy birthday, do you wanna come? We're all going. Big brother and Kanda and Lavi-everybody really."

Johnny nodded, smiling guilty, "Sure, let's ask Jerry for Mitarashi Dango to offer…" as they walked together, Johnny felt sick to his stomach.

Did Timcanpy feel him?

He had a bad feeling...

He is his former-and now current I guess- master.

If Timcanpy felt him awaken, and got anxious over it, then...

Who else felt him awaken?!

Poor Allen…

Johnny smiled sadly, They're going to kill me.

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Johnny returned to the Order not long after, Tim fluttering by his side. The little golem seemed to get more and more restless each second.

"Professor Johnny!"

Allen was running to him, an exasperated Lou Fa running after him. He was in the Subject training clothes, and his hair was trimmed down.

"Ah, Allen you're awake? I didn't get her in time for you to wake up then." He smiled apologetically, "Sorry."

"It's okay, Professor Lou Fa was there. She took me around the Order! It's so big!"

" There was something incredibly relieving that Lou Fa was there when Allen woke up. Johnny wouldn't know what Allen would feel like if one of the bitter Finders was watching him when he woke.

The Finders never really forgave Allen for being the Fourteenth, even though it wasn't his fault. They would never take it well if they saw Allen as a younger boy. Even though this Allen, and the previous Allen did no harm to them.

Johnny couldn't blame the Finders though: they didn't understand the war. They could leave when they felt like, they could quit. Exorcists weren't allowed to leave, ever. So they'd never understand how Allen felt, or how any of the exorcists felt.

They felt as if exorcists were lucky to be chosen, but they never knew that the exorcists hated it.

It was sad, that two vital parts of the Order didn't understand each other. Only a select few of Finders were friends with exorcists. Chaoji's friends were one of them, and there was Toma.

"Well, when you're ready you'll see the European Branch, which is much bigger!"

"Is there anything that could be bigger?" Allen blinked innocently.

The world…

Johnny strained a smile, and suddenly a yellow ball zipped forward. Timcanpy had finally realized that it was Allen. He buzzed around the second's head, happily nuzzling him.

"What this thing?" Allen wondered as Timcanpy finally settled on his head. It reminded Johnny of the year before, when Timcanpy would get tired of flying and would rest on Lenalee's or Allen's heads as they walked around.

"That's Timcanpy! He seems to like you a lot Allen." It didn't seem like Timcanpy was going to leave Allen's side any time soon. It was nuzzling his, making a sound that sounded like a cross between a purr and a grunt. In a way, it was cute.

It was like the reunion between Tim and Allen on the ark, when Allen cried because Timcanpy grew. (He held up a ruler to check, according to Lavi.)

Allen reached up to pet him, "Tim...canpy?" The golem responded to his name, flying up and around Allen's head. It was clear who he was staying with.

Lou Fa recognized the little golem as well, "Why is Tim here? I thought he was Lenalee's golem?"

Johnny quickly shushed her, "Shh! I think he felt Allen, Allen is technically his owner after all so...Lenalee thought it was because today's his birthday and asked me to care for him for now on."

"Wow…"

Johnny turned towards Allen again, "Well, Allen, Timcanpy can be yours now I suppose! He surely likes you well enough."

Allen beamed, "R-really?" He looked down, "I don't know any of you very well, or what this place is...or why...but I'm glad it happened." Allen said softly.

Lou Fa ruffled his head, "Go to Chief Bak okay? It's time for you to sleep…Bak is the man with the white hat. Go on."

"Alright, bye Professor Lou Fa! Professor Johnny!"

As Allen ran off, Lou Fa turned to Johnny, "What did he say?"

Johnny smiled sadly, "We have to start his synchronizing tests immediately tomorrow and...if he shows signs of it, kill him."

Lou Fa nodded slowly, "Well, it can't be helped." She sighed, defeated.

"But it can be helped!" Johnny paced, "We shouldn't have agreed to do this…"

"But if we didn't...if you, Bak, and I never agreed to do this project...then he'd get stuck with people from the North American who doesn't care about him!" Lou Fa snuffled, "I just want this to go well...for Allen's sake…"

She looked up, "What if Lenalee finds out? She'll go running to Kanda immediately and he'll...he'll kill Leverrier." She latched onto Johnny, crying, "I'm scared…."

She was trembling, Johnny grabbed her shoulders, "Lou Fa."

"Y-yes?"

"Let's be strong for Allen together okay? Through his tests and everything...he had a mission as an exorcist. Let's remind him of that, even if he doesn't remember it."

"O-okay...we have to brief the research department y'know."

Johnny breathed, "Let's do that then. And we'll start tomorrow."

"Do you think he'll synchronize?"

"Haha of course? Crowned Clown would never abandon him."