Memory of Flowers: "Do not fear that which you do not know or understand, everything will be made clear through you, as you are the light to burn all which resides in the dark labyrinth. Be brave Remy Alick, for you are the flower of growth in a time of great culmination."

Rating: Rated M for adult content, adult language, violence, blood, and overall D. Gray-ness.

Disclaimer: I do NOT own D. Gray-Man.

Author's Note: Here's chapter six! The final part Of Missions and Partners too. I've really been inspired to write this story lately. I'm gonna try to keep up and write when school starts back up at the end of the month…but I work (and will probably be getting a graveyard job) and will be taking 19 hours this semester, so I don't know how often I'm gonna be able to. Hopefully, it won't be as long as my last break was. I'm gonna try and post one or two chapters a month at least. But anyway, please enjoy chapter six and let me know what you think. While I don't hold chapters hostage for reviews, I still love getting them. I particularly want to hear what you think of Remy's innocence so far :D

Italics are thoughts.

Word Count: 1,245

Chapter Six: Of Missions and Partners Part 4

Remy watched as the level two screamed, the pressure from the demon's bloodlust causing the hair on her arms to rise – her face remained impassive. "Dammit," Kanda cursed as he landed beside her after having destroyed the initial level one akuma that had appeared before them, more were rising above the town however as well as the screams from the confused and terrified civilians. "Finder!" Kanda barked at Emem who was currently seeing to Aileen, the small exorcist having handed the woman off to him as quickly as she could. The older woman was watching the akuma in the distance with fear-stricken eyes, tears still falling as she continued to struggle for breath from where the level two had strangled her. "Take the old woman and make a barrier. I'll handle the damn level 2 bastard."

"I will deal with the round ones" Remy offered, her innocence continuing to pulse with her words. She focused her breathing, the move she had done to save Aileen had taken a lot of her energy and she could already feel her hunger returning and energy quickly leaving. She would need to hurry before she collapsed from low sugar.

"Do whatever you want, don't expect me to save you" Kanda said, gripping Mugen, his innocence, tightly, "First Illusion: Netherworld Insects!" He swung his sword and seven of the weirdest things Remy had ever seen appeared, charging towards the level two. The ghostly things that Kanda's innocence created looked like small, demonic bugs with multiple, glowing red eyes, large horns and sharp teeth; They actually looked like possessed worms.

"Exorcists!" The akuma screamed, swinging its head and causing the chain attached to its head to rotate wildly, knocking back most of Kanda's attack, however two of the insects managed to get through and damaged another one of the monster's arms. It began crumbling to pieces and would have spread to the rest of the machines body had the akuma not cut off its arm before it could. "I'm gonna kill you! Slice! Slice! Slice!"

Remy dodged, focusing energy into the innocence on her legs to move out of the way quickly, landing on top of one of the buildings. Kanda stayed, simply raising his sword and blocking the strike the akuma had aimed at them. The hate in his eyes was burning. Remy sighed, ignoring her body's natural survival instinct to run. She couldn't tell who had the bigger bloodlust, the level two or her partner. "So hungry," Remy muttered, turning away from the fight Kanda was engaged in to look behind her and back over the town. There was at least a dozen level one akuma firing into the town's market where Remy and her group had traveled from. Remy started jumping from rooftop to rooftop to get to them, the green vines on her legs glowing brightly.

"Grève D'épine" Remy said, her hands gained a faint glow as she poured power into them and when the light died down a few moments later, the nails on her hands had grown longer, extending several inches past her fingers and were as sharp as a blade. She jumped high into the air, continuing to focus energy into her legs, and slashed at a level one that has hovering over a family of three. Her innocence cut through the metal of the machine easily and it exploded, crashing to the ground where it began to disintegrate. She jumped after the next akuma, not sticking around to see if the family she had saved was alright, there were too many of the monsters to worry about one small group.

It took longer than Remy would have liked for to strike down all the akuma terrorizing the town, she had never faced so many of the things at once and she could already feel the effects of her prolonged use of her innocence. When she had been on her own before the Black Order had found her, she only ever dealt with an occasional level one here and there. The monsters weren't too bright, and she usually stuck to herself, so they couldn't often find her. So, having to deal with over a dozen, plus having use Rapide Fleurir, earlier had taken its toll on her energy reserves. She was panting heavily, a slight sheen on her skin as she jumped back towards where she had left Kanda and Emem, once again ignoring the people she had saved and those she hadn't managed to get to in time. Remy's innocence protected her from the akuma's bullets, but she could not do anything for anyone even if she had wanted to, so she ignored them.

Kanda's fight was just ending as she landed beside Emem's barrier and fell to the ground heavily, panting as her innocence deactivated. Kanda had called forth his insects once more, the level two having lost all its arms at some point and the chains connected to it, so it could do nothing but try to run away but it was pointless; Kanda had won. Not without injury to himself however, as he was sporting a heavily bleeding gash on his leg as a small cut on his cheek. The akuma let out one final angry scream and dissolved into thin air.

"Are you alright Miss Remy?" Emem asked as he let his barrier fall, rushing over to see if he could offer any assistance to the girl.

"I am hungry" Remy said, her stomach following loudly with a growl "But I did not receive any injuries. Kanda appears to be hurt though."

"Tch. I'll be fine," Kanda said, sheathing his sword. "Get up!"

Remy just stared at her partner, her limbs shaking. "Mister Kanda, maybe we should-" Emem started, concern on his face but he was cut off by the male exorcist.

"Be quiet finder! Get up Yōsei, we have to get the innocence before more akuma show up!" Kanda barked at the girl, kicking at one of her feet sprawled out before her, once more glaring at her with an ugly sneer on his face.

"I am not a sprite" Remy simply answered before letting out a sigh and getting to her feet, trying to ignore the shaking in her legs and the ache in her stomach. "I will go, but if more show up I will not be able to do anything. I am hungry."

"Tch," Kanda scoffed, stomping past her with a slight limp do to the cut he had received, and headed down the path towards the forest.

"Emem, will you stay here and see to Aileen?" Remy asked, letting Kanda go without her for a moment, "I will go with Kanda to get the innocence, if there is any. We have never actually confirmed anything yet."

"Yes Miss Remy, I will also contact the order. They will want to know that we encountered a level two here," Emem answered, worried about the paleness of the young exorcist but knowing he could do nothing as she was doing her job as a solider of God; Her and Kanda had to go and get the innocence before it could be destroyed or die trying.

"Yōsei!"

Remy sighed once more before taking off at a slight jog to catch up with the taller man. She was ready for this mission to be complete and to be back at headquarters; she was already thinking of what she wanted Jeryy to cook for her. "I am not a sprite."

Translations:

(From Google Translator; So, they're probably wrong or grammatically incorrect)

Grève D'épine – Thorn Strike

Other: This chapter could have gone on…but I didn't see the point and I liked where it ended. Thus, ends Kanda's and Remy's first mission together and Emem's gonna disappear for a while. Goodbye Emem D: I will miss him.