(I changed my alias to Hime! It's my new resolution for the new year to be more girly :D )
Hime: 2,716 words...WOW
Hope you enjoy the chapter! I do not own anything!
Allen opened the door to the office and was surprised to see all the Generals, Leverrier, Link, Bookman & Komui inside; like they were waiting for someone.
Link was surprised, "Allen Walker?"
"MOYASHI!"
Allen turned only to get a punch in the face by Kanda.
"KANDA!"
"TEME MOYASHI! WHY THE HELL DID YOU RUN?"
"I HAD TO SEE MASTER!"
Kanda just stared at him while Leenalee & Lavi tried to catch their breath.
Suddenly, the door opened and everyone turned to see Cross standing at the doorway with Timcampy on his shoulder, wearing his new Supervisor uniform. He wore his the Supervisor regulation white coat that ended at his ankles which was zipped up from his waist to the top, black pants and white dress shoes.
"You guys ready?"
Allen and his friends were confused, ready for what?
Whilst the other people in the room nodded, ready. Cross nodded, stepped inside and took a step to the right, "Come in, Amber."
The people in the room stared at the young girl who came in.
She had a slim, perfectly toned body and a petite figure as delicate as her steps when she came into the room. Her facial features weren't as sharp and strong like Cross's but delicate, and beautiful in its own way. Her face was pretty, like a doll's; small but perfect nose, large eyes the color of copper, thin soft kissable pink lips, a model complexion to die for and all of it surrounded by long wavy wine-red hair that ran down her back like a waterfall, a few locks pouring down her shoulders.
Hell, any man would want this gorgeous angel before them all for himself.
'Now I understand why Cross is so protective of her' Komui thought.
Leenalee recognized the dress she was wearing immediately; she had seen it in one of her fashion catalog magazines. The mysterious girl before her was dressed in a very expensive but very fashionable Szkocki plaid dress. The mid-thigh short black cotton dress with red and black Scottish plaid accents showed off the long, slender legs the copper-eyed girl owned. To finish of the look, she wore a pair of flat black suede boots. (Picture on profile!)
Allen meanwhile was trying very hard to be a gentleman and not crudely think about the girl's body appearance like any other typical hormonal teenage boy would; like Lavi whom was presently doing at the moment but damn it was hard.
The silence was finally broken when Lavi snapped out his reverie and gave the red haired girl a thumbs-up with hearts in his eyes, "Strike!"
Amber was confused, "Strike?"
Quietly, Kanda Yuu, the most silent of them all, had to admit when he heard the girl speak, he actually liked the angelic voice she had, it fitted her perfectly.
Then Lavi, being the shameless flirt that he was, went up to her and took her hand. To him, it seemed so fragile under his gasp. It was warm and her skin was smooth. But before he could introduce himself, he felt his other hand grabbed and forced behind his back.
"Let of my daughter this instant, Bookman Junior."
Lavi let go of Amber's hand immediately and Cross let go of his other hand, leaving Lavi to rub his sore wrist.
Damn, that hurt…
Cross then turned his attention back to the people in the room, "Which reminds me, if any one of you men dare to touch my daughter, I swear I'll castrate you without hesitation. Do I make myself clear?"
Many of the men in the room shivered at the chilling tone Cross had in his voice whilst Amber sweatdropped.
This is what I get for being a Daddy's girl…
"Amber, introduce yourself."
Amber nodded and smiled at the people before her.
"Hi, I'm Amber Marian. 12 years old. I'm an equipment type and I own two items. My dual daggers, Light Daggers & my dual guns, Law & Order. Pleasure to be working with you."
Allen couldn't help but gape at her, "You're really Master's daughter?"
"That's right."
"And you're 12?"
"Yup"
"But you're as tall as me! What is your height?"
"165 centimetres."
Allen's eye twitched slightly, "I'm 168…"
Lavi laughed at his friend's plight.
"Poor moyashi! Even a 12 year old girl is as tall as you!"
"ALMOST tall, she is 3 centimeters shorter." Leenalee corrected.
Kanda smirked," It still shows that the moyashi is a short stack."
"FOR THE LAST TIME, MY NAME IS ALLEN!"
Amber giggled at the funny scene before her whilst Cross smirked at the teasing his apprentice was receiving.
Suddenly, a silver Golem bigger than a normal Golem but smaller than Timcampy flew into the room and towards Amber. It flew over to her and rested on top of her head as if it had done so many times before.
Lavi blinked at the silver Golem, "Is that your Golem?"
Amber nodded, "His name is Timmy."
"Anyway Amber" Cross cut in "Let me introduce you to the people in this room."
Cross pointed to the group of four in the room, "Those are the Generals."
The scruffy looking man wearing glasses with fluffy light brown hair, a moustache and an unkempt beard, looked up from where he was working on the canvas he wore around his neck, "Nice to meet you Amber-chan. I am Tiedoll."
Amber tilted her head to the side in confusion, "May I ask what you are drawing General Tiedoll?"
"You of course! Your father would never let me draw him but now that you're here, a spitting image of your father and a more beautiful creature than he is would just make a fantastic masterpiece!"
Amber blushed modestly at the praise, "More beautiful than my father? General, that's a bit of a stretch there."
Socalo smirked, "The girl has one thing her father doesn't, modesty."
Amber looked up to see the man who spoke.
The dark-skinned man had black spiked hair and spiked teeth with a black scar or tattoo across his nose, just beneath his white eyes, though he didn't seem to be blind. He also wore a pair of gold and red earrings.
"My name is Socalo Winters. Remember it because I won't say it again."
Amber nodded and turned to the woman beside him.
She was of average height with a slim, fit physique. She had blonde hair and purple eyes, with a large scar that marked the upper portion of her face in an "X" formation, meeting between her eyes. One half of her face was covered by hair, and the other side had burn scars.
"I am Klaud Nine, a pleasure."
Amber nodded.
"And then over there is Komui Lee, the previous Supervisor."
Amber turned to see a tall man with dark eyes and long dark purple hair with curls at the end looking back at her. He wore a pair of wire-frame, pentagonal glasses, a light blue turtleneck sweater, white pants and a white lab coat. She noticed that he wore slippers on his feet.
"Why are you wearing slippers?" Amber asked curiously.
"Ah well, Leenalee says my feet smells when I wear proper shoes so I wear slippers instead."
"I see, well sorry that my dad took your position as Supervisor." Amber apologized.
"Ah, it's fine. Besides, as long as I can remain here with my sister, I'm content."
Leenalee turned and smiled at her brother, making Amber look up at her and study her as well.
She had short dark green hair similar to Kairi's and dark purple eyes.
"You're Leenalee Lee right?"
Leenalee blinked her eyes in surprise, "How do you know my name?"
"My father mentioned you" was all she responded as her eyes traveled to the red crystals on her legs.
The one with the Crystal Type
Lavi then came in, interrupting Amber in her thoughts, "And I'm Lavi! Pleasure to meet cha Amber-chan!"
Amber couldn't help but compare the man before her to Kukai, their smile and green eyes so alike to each other. Like her, he had red hair but not as fiery red as her own. His hair was worn spiked with a bandanna wrapped around his head and he also wore a black eye patch on his right eye.
Lavi then gestured to the dark blue haired man next to him, "And this is Kanda Yu!"
He had long dark blue hair tied in a way similar to Nadeshiko's and dark blue eyes.
Damn, he reminds me of Ikuto…
Indeed, their hair and eye color were strikingly similar even though Kanda's were many shades darker than Ikuto's.
That's when Amber noticed the sword he carried he carried on his back.
"Is that a sword?" Amber asked him excitedly.
"Yes?" Kanda answered, a bit uncertain; he had never met anyone who took an interest in his Mugen before.
"Could you unsheathe please? I want to see it!"
Kanda stared at her in surprise, "You…want to…see…my Mugen?"
"Yes? Can I please?" Amber asked; her hands clasped together, looking at him pleadingly.
"No"
Lavi stared at Kanda like he was an idiot, "Are you kidding me Yu? That girl is giving you one of the cutest pleading looks I've ever seen and you can just easily say no?"
Kanda turned to glare at Lavi, "First, don't call me Yu baka usagi. Second, she is only a child; she can't hold something as heavy as my Mugen."
As soon as Kanda said the word 'child', Cross took a cautious step back, Timmy left his spot on Amber's head and flew over to sit on Cross's other shoulder when they noticed Amber twitch an eyebrow.
Amber absolutely HATED being called a child.
Nobody should say that unless they had a death wish.
"Kanda-kun right?"
Kanda looked at her, she had a smile on her face, but he had a strong feeling that it was fake, "I may only be 12 but I'm perfectly capable of holding a sword for your information."
Kanda raised an eyebrow, "You're very persistent aren't you?"
"Yes now may I please have a hold of your Mugen?"
"Absolutely not."
Lavi's jaw dropped.
She asked nicely too!
Amber instinctively clasped her hands behind her back, trying to keep a cool composure, "All right. Whatever you say."
The next time this guy pisses me off, I'm not going to hold back!
I'll kill him!
Noticing the tense atmosphere, Allen introduced himself next and held out his hand for a handshake.
"Hello Amber-san, my name is Allen Walker."
Amber turned to him; he was exactly as she pictured him. White hair, gray eyes and a kind smile. Amber smiled sincerely then and accepted his outstretched hand in a handshake.
"Nice to meet you."
Allen couldn't conceal the blush he had when he saw Amber's smile, it was too pretty for words.
"I'm sorry for all the hell my dad put you through."
"Ah well…that's-"
He wasn't sure whether to say it was okay or not.
I mean he did suffer when he was with Cross…
"Miss Amber"
Amber turned to see a tall man in his fifties, looking down at her He had short, slicked back brown hair and toothbrush moustache. She instantly recognized who he was.
"Inspector Leverrier."
The inspector smirked, "So you know of me?"
"Yes" her voice devoid of any emotion.
"I'm sure it must have hard for you, to have the Earl kill your mother right before your very eyes."
That did it, Amber glared at the inspector.
"Don't say things you don't mean."
The Inspector was surprised by her anger, was it something I said?
Link, who was beside him, noticed that Amber's eyes were ablaze with pure fury.
"You have no fucking right to say that when you yourself don't have any feelings of remorse for those who have sacrificed themselves for the war."
"You-!"
"You inspector, are disgusting. People like you who only think about wining this war and not caring about those who have lost their lives in helping us are the worst and make me sick to my stomach."
Leverrier was enraged, to be insulted by her was a huge blow to his pride, "You insolent child!"
He raised a hand to slap her but Amber was too quick for him – before he knew it; he was on his knees with both arms twisted behind his back.
Leverrier grunted in pain, Amber smirked and leaned forward so that her lips was close to his ear, "I do not like being called a child Mr. Inspector. Remember that."
Abruptly, Amber let go, stepping back to let him get back to his feet and gather the shreds of his dignity. When he met her eyes, there was not a jolt of remorse in them.
"You are definitely Cross's child."
Amber turned to see a rather short man with only a patch of hair on his head that stood up to make the shape of a question mark, and dark black circles of makeup around his eyes.
Amber smirked, "I'll take that as a compliment Bookman-san."
Bookman raised an eyebrow, "So you know of me?"
"I am well aware that you come from the Bookman clan, a tribe of people dedicated to keeping the secret history of the world."
"How knowledgeable you are."
"I keep up to date with things as much as I can."
Link couldn't help but frown at her, when she came in, she gave of the impression that she was like any other normal girl. However, that impression was completely turned around. She is truly FAR from normal.
Well, she is Cross's daughter after all...
Noticing that she was being stared at, Amber turned to see a man with shoulder blade long, blond hair fixed into a braid, forked eyebrows and brown eyes.
"You are Inspector Howard Link correct?"
"Yes."
"Allen is your charge isn't he?"
"That is correct."
"Let me tell you something here and now."
Link raised an eyebrow but Amber went on.
"The Black Order is wasting your time, what they assume will happen to Allen, won't. Because I am here."
Link frowned, what does she mean?
Hime: Done!
R & R please! :D
And happy new year!