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Summary: OC insert. Bonnie didn't know how she fell in a hole and fell in the world of an anime show she hasn't watched in years. Honestly, she wasn't even a big fan of the series.
Beta Reader- StormyMonday
Chapter 3
Allen really had a calming presence, which really helped the knot of anxiety I had in my stomach about going to the Order.
Didn't you need a recommendation from a General?
Didn't Allen get attacked when he first got to headquarters?
I also remembered a weird sis-con adviser, and meeting his sister in the beginning.
Do we meet the red-haired guy too?
Yu Kanda… Carol loved that character... Doesn't he attack Allen in the beginning and they have a bit of a rivalry?
Allen and I were struggling up the face of a mountain, Timcanpy being our guide to headquarters.
"You okay Bonnie?" asked Allen, who was climbing ahead of me.
"Why did they build this damn thing here?! I mean does this really make sense?I thought I was done with mountains! The universe hates me! I don't wanna see another mountain ever again, Allen. You have to destroy it!" I cried as I gripped the rocks tightly.
"I think you're going overboard," he said.
Little black golems flew around us. 'Cameras?' I wondered.
Finally, we reached the top, and Allen helped me up.
"Here at last!" Allen chirped, while I tried to catch my breath.
I could almost hear Shimazu yelling at me to breathe properly.
"This place has got quite an air about it," commented Allen as he surveyed the dreary landscape.
'I don't wanna be here', I thought, trailing behind him as we made our way to the entrance of the castle via a fenced pathway.
I collapsed on the ground, panting. "Go on without meeee," I whined, and Allen sweat-dropped
"It's just a little further," he replied, then looked at me with concern. He eyed the gloomy building in front of us. "I'm gonna go check it out first. Will you be okay on your own?"
I gave him a thumbs up.
"Excuse me! My name is Allen Walker and I've come on Marshall Cross Marians's recommendation. My companion is Bonnie Sanders. She was found by a Finder and possesses an Anti-Akuma weapon. I'd like to speak to the Order's management."
Such a polite boy.
"X-ray Inspection. Distinguish whether subject is Akuma or human," I heard a voice. I was too busy starring at the sky to really pay attention.
'Such a beautiful sky…'
"He's outta here! He's cursed! He's out! Out!" yelled a voice. "He's with the Millennium Earl!"
I sat up, blinking at the huge statue-thing that was freaking out... It looked so freaky with its weird eyes and mouth.
Suddenly, a pretty-boy swordsman appeared out of nowhere.
That's definitely Kanda. Huh. I don't get the appeal. Long blue hair tied in a high ponytail –how does he get his hair like that? I've seen it on Ariana Grande but even she says it's a pain.
"You're mighty bold to have come alone," said Kanda.
"I'm here too!" I felt the need to call out from my position on the ground.
Allen quickly glanced back at me. "What are you saying, Bonnie!? They think we're their enemies!"
He returned his attention to Kanda. "Look, this must be some kind of misunderstanding!" He continued, panicking.
"Sword of Illusion."
I blinked at the sword... It looked like a light saber... A burning golden color shone from it as Kanda sliced toward Allen. I blinked, taken by surprise.
"Allen!" I called out.
I saw him block Kanda's attack, the sword damaging his anti-akuma weapon. I knew he'd be fine, but I was still worried. That must have been painful.
"What's with that arm?" Asked Kanda in surprise
"It's an anti-akuma weapon. I'm an exorcist," explained Allen.
"What? Gatekeeper!" Glared Kanda in annoyance.
"But, you see I really saw a pentacle! Of course he is an Akuma!" shivered the stone statue, and I grimaced. Did no one else think that thing is freaky?!
"I'm human! I might be a little cursed but I'm still human!" Allen insisted. "Ahh! Don't touch me!"
My eye twitched. Was this a comedy act? What a major tone shift!
"Very well then. I'll believe it when I see your guts! This illusion will rend you in two!" growled Kanda.
My body stiffened.
"W-Wait-wait a minute! I'm not your enemy! There should be a recommendation letter from Marshal Cross!" begged Allen.
I found myself moving on pure instinct. Kanda froze as I had an arrow pointed at the back of his head.
Kanda clicked his tongue, his body sturdy and muscles contracted. There was silence as if we were in a standoff. I never liked Kanda's character, and Allen is a good person. He helped me so much, and let's just say after being with Shimazu for the last two years, I had really found myself appreciating the boy's kindness.
"Bonnie?" gasped Allen in surprise.
"Who the hell are you, woman?" growled Kanda.
"I'm Bonnie Sanders. I have an anti-akuma weapon too. I was told to come here by Shimazu, the Finder, Mister Official! There should be a letter of recommendation, as Allen said."
*silence...*
"KANDA STAND DOWN!" yelled a voice from a golem.
I released my stance, deactivating my weapon.
"Opening!"
"Permission to enter is granted, Mister Allen Walker and Miss Bonnie Sanders," a voice announced.
"Komui, what is the meaning of this?" demanded Kanda.
Oh come off it, asshole! The whole mess had been cleared up, so why was he unnecessarily causing drama when I just wanted to relax? I can't understand the damn appeal to this asshole. He was moodier than a pregnant woman, I swear.
"Sorry, I spoke a little too soon. He was Marshal Cross's apprentice. The fact that he has Timcanpy with him is proof enough. He's our friend. Miss Sanders, I will obviously need your verification about Shimazu-san. We can talk when we've been properly introduced," explains the annoyingly cheerful voice.
"T-t-t-that's right!" agrees Allen.
Can we go inside already!?
Suddenly, I noted a girl with a short uniform appeared, knocking Kanda on the head with her clipboard. The annoying guy's younger sister, I recalled. Her hair looked really pretty, and I thought about how I really needed to wash mine.
'I really need a shower…'
"Really...we told you to stop!" she scolded. "Get in quick or the gate will shut."
We all blinked at her.
"I'm Lenalee, the supervisor's assistant, nice to meet you both," she smiled at me and I felt embarrassed.
I stand close to Allen. "Your arm... Does it hurt?" I asked concerned, remembering the damage Kanda did.
Allen looked at me with surprise. He smiled. "I'm alright. Master has done worse..." he cringed. He glanced at the swordsman. "Kanda!"
Kanda sent him a glare.
"T-That's your name, right?" Allen stutters.
Ugh, Allen ignore him already. He's such an ass and I want to be done with all this introduction stuff and get some sleep.
Allen puts his case down. "Nice to meet you," he said, holding his hand out.
"I will not shake hands with cursed one," replied Kanda, looking at Allen like he was dirt.
I glared. Honestly, Kanda doesn't deserve your kindness.
"Sorry about him," apologized Lenalee.
I knocked Allen's shoulder with mine. "I really don't like that guy. I don't know why you bothered in the first place."
Lenalee laughed dryly. "He just came back from a mission, so he's a little on edge."
We walked behind Lenalee and I dragged my feet, feeling very tired. "This place seems so depressing," I whined, looking distastefully at the grays and blacks of the place. I thought the Order was rich. Did they not have money to hire an interior decorator?
"Bonnie, that's rude," admonished Allen.
Lenalee laughs good-naturedly. "It's not that bad, everyone is pretty nice."
"I mean, they should have more cheerful colors. The building already looks like some haunted house where some girl with long, black hair and a grudge will be crawling out of the shadows to get you," I shuddered.
Both Allen and Lenalee blink.
"That's oddly described," said Allen.
"You're very imaginative!" smiled Lenalee . "How about a tour? Maybe you will see something you like. Not all the rooms are alike."
I followed, trying to keep up and not show how exhausted I was.
"This the training room. It spans the whole of the third floor."
Training. I shuddered at the word. Well, at least I knew which room to avoid now.
"This is the lounge."
Ugh. I hated the blue and white striped couches and red carpeting. Why are the colors so dark?
"There are other places too, like the medical room, library and individual quarters. I'll show you those later."
Thank god, I couldn't walk another floor.
Lenalee indicated to the corridor we were currently walking through. "All exorcists embark on their missions from here, so many of us call this place, 'home'..."
"Home? That sounds homey," commented Allen.
I let an unladylike snort. "You have a way with words," I teased
Allen turned red in embarrassment as Lenalee joined in my amusement. Her eyes went warm before turning somber as she continued walking ahead of us. "Though there are those who leave and refuse to come back," she admitted.
Allen paused with a weird look on his face, looking after Lenalee in a daze. What's with that face?
"So, how is Marshall Cross? You were in India, right?" asked Lenalee.
I looked at Allen with a sense of understanding as he explained how Cross knocked him out and ran off. I patted his shoulder as he did for me. "There, there."
"So what's on this floor?" asked Allen.
"It's my brother's," she explained, and we followed her to a door.
"Yes, hello!" saluted a man in a white uniform. He was holding a mug with a bunny on it, filled with what smelled like coffee. He wore glasses and he had blue hair.
"I'm Komui Lee, a supervisor in these parts," he introduced.
The sis-con, I recognized.
He took us down to his lab and looked at me briefly. "You look tired. You can sit down here while I tend to Allen's wound," he said, indicating to a ratty looking couch covered with paper. He pushes down the paper uncaringly causing a bit of a commotion with the other scientists. I was too tired to care and I dropped down like a rag doll.
"You were tired all this time? I'm sorry. I didn't realize," apologized Lenalee.
I waved my hand. I just needed a breather. "I'll be fine," I gazed at Allen and Lenalee with an encouraging smile.
I closed my eyes for a few minutes until I heard Allen screaming. I sat up in terror.
"He'll be alright," assured one of the scientists.
"It's all part of the process," offered another.
"Poor boy," commented another.
Finally, Komui casually walked out of the room like the screams that had just come from it were a regular occurrence. He asked for my identification and I gave him my papers in a daze. "Follow me to my office, please!" he said cheerfully, a bounce in his step.
Up the stairs again- I look at them with despair.
"Lenalee, when you're finished with Allen, direct him back to my office, okay?" he called out.
"So, Miss Sanders... Tell me, how is it you came across your Innocence and Shimazu-sama?" questioned Komui.
I recalled Shimazu saying that people like me in the past lost the war because they told people the truth of their origins.
'It's a burden...a burden you have to carry to have any hope in this world,' he had told me
"Well, my friend had given me this bracelet to hold... I suddenly found myself on the run with Akuma chasing me. I didn't know it was an Akuma at the time... Shimazu-sensei saved me then. For the last two years he has been training me. Then he disappears and tells me to come to the Order... He always shuts me down when I ask questions... Who is Shimazu-sensei?" I finally asked Komui.
Komui studies me. "Where are you from?" he inquired.
"Hong Kong," I answered.
He sighed and I felt a little worried.
"Shimazu is a Finder who is said to be able kill Akuma without a weapon. He disappeared over thirty-five years ago." He paused. "Since he is a Finder, officials never made a push to locate him. Still, it's best you keep your association with him a secret," advised Komui.
Our conversation ended with a knock on the door.
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We found ourselves on an escalator descending into a black hole. I crouched down beside a weak and traumatized Allen.
"Your arm won't move until tomorrow thanks to the anesthetic, but it's all fixed," Komui commented casually.
'Can he be more more indifferent?' I thought darkly.
"I'll never hurt it again," promised Allen.
I smile. Not getting hurt sounds like a good idea.
"Now, now, it can be inconvenient at times but it's rare to have a parasitic type. You have the ability to interface with your Innocence better than the other types," said Komui
"Innocence?" repeats Allen, and his gaze flittered to me. "You used that word too," he murmurs thoughtfully.
I wondered why Cross did not inform him about what that was.
"It is God's own Innocence. The power of omnipotence," said the voices.
Allen and I see five chairs with hooded figures sitting high above us.
"We have found two that belong to our God," another said.
"These are our bosses, the Grand Marshals," explained Komui. He turned to Allen and me. "Now you two need to show them your worth."
Hands of a ghostly being pick Allen up, and in a fright, I jump behind Komui. I hated ghosts. I remembered Hevlaska from the series. I was very suspicious of her, because I don't trust ghostly beings.
"What do you think, Hevlaska? Does he suit your tastes?" questioned Komui as he petted my head like a scared child. I gave him an indignant glare.
Allen suddenly activated his Innocence. "You must not move; your nerves are damaged. Calm down I'm not your enemy," said Hevlaska. "Two percent... sixteen percent... thirty percent... fifty-three percent... Eighty-three percent... It seems you are able synchronize with your weapon eighty-three percent," she informed Allen.
"Synchronize?" repeated Allen.
"It is a measure of your ability to merge with your weapon. The lower the synchronization, the more chaotic the activation, and the more danger there is to the bearer. I did not intend to startle you," she explained as she put him down. "Allen Walker, in a dark future far from now, your Innocence will give birth to a great Destroyer of Time."
I was suddenly pushed forward. I glare at Komui, who tried to look Innocent.
"Can my feet be on the ground for this?" I begged, and was lifted up despite my refusal. "Don't look down..." I mumbled to myself.
"I shall not drop you," Hevlaska assured. "Ten percent... twenty-two percent... forty percent... seventy-six percent... eighty percent..." I was put down and I heard some shuffling from the Marshals. "Bonnie Sanders, the weight is heavy. From now on, your Innocence will be the Changer of Fates."
I blinked. The weight? Fate?
"I don't know what that means but well done! Hevlaska's predictions are often right, you see. Oh my, both of you have some potential. Today is a lucky day!" clapped Komui.
Allen made a move to punch Komui but ended up breaking the clipboard he was using as a shield instead.
"Can I punch you? Just once?" Allen asked, clearly annoyed with the man. I blinked, feeling tired, though Allen's sudden character change was surprising.
"Oh my, all new members have to have their Innocence inspected. Those are the rules," said Komui in an irritatingly cheerful tone.
"Couldn't you tell us beforehand?!" yelled Allen.
I felt my gaze dropping. I was at my limit. My legs dropped out from under me before I had a chance to catch myself.
"Bonnie!?" was the last thing I I knew it, my vision went black.
That's all for this chapter. Bonnie finally met more of the characters.
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