I do not own D'Gray Man or any of the anime references in this fanfic

Summary: oc insert. Bonnie didn't know how she 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 10

I sat waiting in a room with a cup of tea and biscuits laid out on the table. I admire the expensive cup – Bone China, definitely. I hum the song 'Be Our Guest' from the movie Beauty and the Beast, another Disney classic I adore.

Eliade walks in the room looking a little weak.

"Are you okay?" I ask, concern washing over me.

"I'm alright, I spoke with Lord Arystar. He will speak with your exorcist friends. We can see to them later," she says.

"So, how long have you worked here?" I ask curiously.

"I arrived at the mansion a year ago".

"Do you have family?"

"No, it's just me," she mutters sadly.

"Well, you also have Krory," I say encouragingly. "He's your family, right?"

It was the first time I saw her smile a real sincere smile. It was weak, but real, and that's all I wanted.

I had to save her.

Maybe I could prevent the Akuma from listening to the Earl with the power of love... Okay, that sounded stupid, even in my head.

"You know...while I was sitting alone with my thoughts, I was thinking of an old story I heard from my uncle... It's called Beauty and the Beast. Would you like to hear it?" I ask

I don't know what brought about this sudden Disney spirit I have been having these last few days, but I couldn't help but draw parallels between the two Disney characters with Krory and Eliade.

Eliade looked too exhausted to hold a conversation and allowed me to take over.

"Once upon a time, there lived a beautiful girl who dreamed of traveling to far-off lands. Her name was Belle…"

Eliade did not have childlike wonder akin to Lenalee. Instead, her expression was between broody and pensive, something only Stephan Salvatore could manage.

She did not smile as I ended with the, 'they lived happily ever after' line. Neither was she impressed with my 'Beauty and the Beast' rendition. Well, I couldn't really top Celine Dion's vocals but I would say I was decent, at least... She just stared. Like, really intense staring.

"It's just an unrealistic story. A beautiful woman giving up her freedom, her family and the acceptance of everyone for a ugly monster to live a childless and remote life with a once-prince," she says rather cynically.

"I don't want to have children," I tell her, and she looks at me in surprise.. I think I also get that look from my own world and time. I decide I didn't want to skip out on the explanation to my reason.

"There are many types of love... there are all types of people. I know of love between two men or two women. I know of people who don't love at all and those who love more than one person, people who feel love just to have children... I had a difficult childhood growing up. I'm always scared I'd be my mother one day... I wouldn't want to put a child through that. At the end of the day, it depends on the person."

"So you would love a Beast just to be childless?" she asks.

"I never thought about it much," I confessed. Since my relationship with my high school boyfriend went up in flames, I never really felt a romantic connection with anyone. "I want to love someone... I figured that I'd find it or not. Whether they wanted a child or not."

"It sounds selfish," she accuses.

"I am... but who knows, maybe I'd love them so much I wouldn't mind having a child with them," I say.

"So you'd change because you loved them?"

"I don't know... I'm pretty stubborn. Maybe I'd change them, or maybe I'd be hurt again," I cringe at the memory.

"You were hurt?" she asks.

"That's the human experience... everyone gets hurt, but at least I know I have no regrets." That was a lie... I regret sleeping with 'him'.

"Would you love the Beast?" she repeats again.

"You know, the story isn't just about Belle falling in love with the Beast," I say pausing and smiling at her. "It's also about the Beast falling in love with Belle. Would I love the Beast? I don't know... but I wouldn't know if I would have loved Belle, either."

BANG!

I jump hearing the sound breaking the silence between us. Before I could move to look out the window, Eliade grabbed my arm, twisting it and holding a knife to my neck. I feel a prickle of the cold blade to my neck.

"Don't move," she warns.

"You-" I began.

"Don't speak," she says.

If I wanted too I could of activated my Innocence. I could have fought harder but I wanted to believe I could save her.

Unfortunately, a pain in my neck interrupted any counter attack I could come up with, making me lose consciousness.

Was I experiencing a Haruno Sakura K-O again?

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"That was stupid," says a familiar voice. I blink and my eyes snap open only to see a clear white room.

Where was I?

I look to see the familiar light blue coat and indifferent mask. "Shimazu?"

"Why? Where are we? " I ask, but was met with silence.

"Where are Allen and Lavi?"

Silence.

"The Order said you were a traitor."

Silence.

"Why we here? What's this place?"

Silence.

"Did you lie to me about Carol?"

Silence.

"What the fuck do you want?!"

And more silence.

I take a deep breath trying to calm my nerves.

"Shimazu-sensei... why did you call me stupid?" I ask instead. I needed to play according to his rules.

"Letting your guard down in front of that monster... do you know she's beating your chibi boyfriend as we speak," he says.

"He's not- urgh- I'm not even gonna give you a response to that," I huff. It was definitely my teenage hormones being charmed by the boy.

"Is he alright?" I ask, but once again my words were ignored.

"What's your purpose with helping that Akuma?" he asks.

Oh- he's asking me questions now. I would have returned his silence if his question hadn't left my mind reeling.

Why was I so desperate for the love between Krory and Eliade to work?

Why didn't I just go with the flow of the story? Keep my nose out of it when I knew it would be fine by the end of the mission?

I thought back to my last mission, then to the graveyard with those children.

"I couldn't do anything to save Leo's mother... I watched the series but I couldn't remember what happened. A mother forced to kill Kanda either. I just told him a stupid Naruto reference..."

"So you're hoping to change things? To save that monster so you can feel better about yourself?" he says in the most detached voice.

"It's not just that... I remembered that he had to kill her. Even if this new exorcist hates me. Even if she had to die... " I couldn't get the right words out, but he understood.

"What are you, a masochist or a sociopath? You know the outcome of this story. She has to die."

"No... I just really believed that there could have been another way to save her..." I trail off, uncertain.

"You're too idealistic. If you're not careful, you'll be weighed down so much by it- you won't be able to move."

"Shimazu... can I trust you?" I ask, my voice smaller than it's ever been.

"..." something was said but it was muffled by the sound of noise and I found myself opening my eyes in the mansion.

A dream?

I was left here... I would have assumed Eliade would use me to get the upper hand on the boys and I'd be some dumb damsel in distress.

Another crash broke my daze.

I needed to find everyone!

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"Arystar!" yells a voice

I blink, seeing a giant purplish monster with Eliade voice going toward Krory.

It's an Akuma... She's looks different than the ones I have encountered so far. From the corner of my eye, I take note of the tattered-clothed exorcists... They must of been fighting hard.

"Convert!" I watch as she transforms to her human form. It was such an elegant transformation too. I watch as she twirls and her body folds in on itself.

The words, 'Would you love the Beast?' echo in my head.

"Lord Arystar!"

"Lord Arystar!"

She's just a desperate woman in love.

I wasn't sure what words were said, but I knew the two needed to talk. She needed to tell him the truth.

Her Akuma soul was showing?

'I want to be a human woman', she hears a voice cry. Was it Eliade?

I watch Krory's realization of Eliade's true form and the way his body shook. He was scared.

Does he push her away? I know he cries at her death in the end. If he didn't, he would always regret it.

"So," I hear Lavi's voice, "Krory, can you see that thing coming out of your girlfriend?"

"It's an Akuma soul," explains Allen. "She's an Akuma. She's our enemy."

I feel bad for Eliade. I know she probably killed a lot of humans, but the Earl controls them. I know if she had the choice, she would be with Krory.

"Is that true, Eliade?"

"I-I-I," I can hear her repeat. I couldn't see her face from where I was standing. Maybe she was crying. There was silence as if everyone was waiting for her to speak.

Drip...

"Blood?" Krory says.

"God, I'll just kill you now. "That didn't sound like the same Eliade who was concerned about him a minute ago.

She changes and her tail slams him into the marble pillar across the hall. It was going to be impossible to tell her to stop. Krory knew what she was now. She feels like he will reject her.

"I had planned to use you for my own purposes, but I've had enough. I can't let you become an exorcist! I'll kill you now!" she says.

I see two large flowers burst through the ceiling and Lavi and Allen dodge. I don't look at the two. I know they will be alright.

Eliade won't...

"The flowers! The flowers are attacking!"

"We didn't get all the damned flowers?!" cries Lavi.

"There's a ton of them!"

"Where the heck is Bonnie! Bonnie!" I shake my head. Lavi's voice was grating on the ebbing headache I was having.

"Your grandfather's inheritance are crying out to be fed! When you die shall I give them your body!"

I wanted to run and help Lavi and Allen. I was shaking and holding myself back. I wanted to talk to Eliade. I wanted to save her.

"I loved you..." cries Krory his eyes overflowing with tears. "I loved you from the moment we met. If were truly enemies, why not kill me then? You could have done it anytime."

Tell her Krory!

"I was using you!" she exclaims. "I wanted something from you! That's why I stopped myself from killing you!"

"I see, you're really an Akuma, aren't you?" he says, straightening, his voice still shaky. He licks the blood on his hand and I stare as his body changes.

"Eliade, I've always wanted to kill you, as well!" he says.

"We're similar, aren't we?"

I watch as Eliade and Krory have a standoff.

You both love each other! I wanted to shake them.

"Indeed."

I couldn't look away. A part of me was torn about wanting to help Allen and Lavi but I couldn't find my feet. Like a coward, I just sat there too afraid to change anything.

'Losing nerve... I know you Bon; you hate going back on your word. You'd hate it if Shimazu was right about you,' I hear a chuckle and turn around swiftly.

Carol?

I'm going crazy!

'Bon, don't be like that. You're losing concentration and nerve. You wanted to save her. Do you want help? Shall I call Shimazu?' I hear her voice tease.

I turn to see Krory's drained body turned to a dry corpse.

No…

How long was I in that daze just now?

I fucked up... My eyes stung with unshed tears.

He's-

"Goodbye Arystar," I hear Eliade's voice.

I thought-

Suddenly, Arystar's teeth snuck into the Eliade's neck.

What- he-

"So you could still move," Eliade says. She just smiles...

Would it be best to just leave her story as is...?

'I wanted to love , and so I needed a man who could love me,' I hear a voice.

'You heard her,' says Carol voice.

"You know, I... I wanted to love you," I hear her voice in the silence. I could see her reaching for him.

'Now,' says a voice.

"Innocence," I say.

"Wait! Stop!" I hear Krory yell, seeing me.

She was going to disappear. I can give her a proper goodbye. He can say goodbye properly... I want to change something!

Breathe...

My bow transforms into a crossbow.

"Red String!" I yell.

It hits her chest, stopping the disintegration.

I felt pain vibrate in my chest. My arms started to shake but I can just barely see Eliade's form in front of me.

'Hold still for a bit. You wanted her to hear his answer... didn't you? Red String will keep her soul in this world for a bit longer. It's no longer tethered by the dark matter.' I hear Carol's voice of encouragement.

"Tell her!" I cry out in pain.

"You're…! I don't feel like killing," states Eliade, looking at me in shock.

"I can't hold it for long!" I cry out, keeping me eyes open and trying not to collapse.

'Breathe,' a voice instructs.

"I love you, Eliade!" I hear Krory. "I don't care if you're an Akuma! I will always love you!" he cries.

"I'm glad... I wish I could have been with you longer..."

I can feel Eliade's gaze on me. I try to look up.

"Thank you..."

I couldn't answer her as I was concentrating on my breathing.

"Arystar, goodbye."

"Eliade!"

I felt my vision swim before darkness overtook me.

'You did it!' I hear Carol cry.

It's official- I'm crazy.

Please Review! What do you think? Tweaked the story a bit and gave Bonnie a new power. It's not over powered for plot reasons but I'm planning something big for her 3rd form of her Innocence.