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Holy Gems
"Innocence?" Miyagumi repeated, bewildered. "That's what those... those akumas kept asking me for. 'Where is your Innocence?'" She paused suddenly, looking at Komui with a thoughtful expression on her face. "What does Innocence have to do with all of this, anyway?"
"Well, Innocence is a powerful substance that Exorcists use to defeat the Millennium Earl and his team of akumas." Komui explained. "The Millennium Earl is the master and creator of the akuma. He is a truly terrifying being and our worst opponent." He added with a shake of a sad shake of his head. "You will learn more about him, though, in the days to come." He took a sip from his rabbit mug before the joyous expression on his face returned. "Now, back to the matter at hand! Your Innocence, Miyagumi-chan?"
Miyagumi stared at Komui blankly. "What's my Innocence?"
They both turned to look at Lenalee who was smiling shyly under the heat of their stares. "It's probably your cards," she muttered. Hopefully, Miyagumi really was the host they were supposed to fetch.
"But that's my vampire ability," Miyagumi protested quietly.
"Maybe it's both your vampire ability and your Innocence," Komui suggested.
"I-I guess so," she stammered unsurely.
Komui smiled again as Miyagumi snapped her fingers and the bed was enveloped in a faint green glow. Cards appeared on top of the table one by one. "Ooohhh," Komui cooed, adjusting his glasses when the light faded away. Even though he had seen kinds of Innocence many times, he was always still in awe when a would-be Exorcist would present his Innocence to him. "May I?" Komui asked Miyagumi, indicating if he could touch the cards. Miyagumi nodded her head.
Carefully, the Supervisor picked up one of the cards and examined it. "Hmm..." He muttered to himself, turning the card to its back. "Well, this is obviously an Equip type... If it's Innocence." He announced.
"A what?"
"The Accommodators who have this type of Innocence invoke their Innocence in external anti-Akuma weapons. Most of the Exorcists are of this type," Komui explained.
"Got it," Miyagumi muttered, rolling her eyes.
Komui simply laughed. "Imagine a gem-like object that has the power to destroy akumas embedded in an external weapon, like... let's say, a gun! That means the bullets shot would be able to successfully defeat akumas, perhaps even the Earl and his family."
"Got it," she said again, this time more truthfully.
"Hmmm," Komui narrowed his eyes at the card, obviously deep in thought.
"What is it?"
"Miyagumi-chan, since when did you have these cards?"
She was surprised by the question. Why would Komui want to know about that? Nevertheless, she still answered it. "Probably when I was five or six. I can't remember it clearly."
"And you've been attacked by akumas ever since?"
"Only when I arrived in England." She paused, scratching her head. "Or maybe I was already chased by akumas before, but I never knew. There could be a chance that I killed an akuma without knowing."
"I see, I see," Komui mumbled to himself. He settled the card back on the examination bed. Odd that the Millennium Earl only sent his akumas now. "Anyways, we should go to Hevlaska to determine the sycronization rate with your Innocence."
"Alaska? Isn't that a place?"
"No, Miyagumi. Hevlaska, not Alaska," Lenalee corrected the blushing vampire. "We're going to see Hevlaska to see if your cards really are Innocence and if it is, she is going to determine the synchronization rate of your Innocence with you."
Miyagumi hesitantly nodded her head and watched as the sibling pair walked away. She approached the table and the cards faded away until only one was left.
"What are you doing?" Warlock demanded her. "They're going to leave us!"
Ignoring him, Miyagumi clutched the lone card and stared at the image plastered at the front: a green orb. This was supposed to be the card she was going to use to protect herself and Sayoko until she got distracted. A string of profanities rolled of her tongue, glaring at the card until it disappeared.
"Miyagumi, are you coming?" Komui stopped walking and looked over his shoulder curiously.
"Nii-san?" Lenalee asked. Her eyebrows crinkled in concern when she followed her older borther's gaze and saw Miyagumi with head faced down and hands curled into fists. "M-Mochizuki-san...?"
"Why?"
"What do you mean? If it's about Hevlaska, you don't have to be sc—"
"Why are you all so nice to me?" Her eyes were still on her scuffed shoes, and she realized her vision was getting blurry.
"Why shouldn't we be?" Lenalee answered back gently, approaching Miyagumi and kneeling down near her like she was a child bursting another tantrum. And in a way, Miyagumi was.
"Is it because of what happened when we met?" Miyagumi demanded. When she didn't get any response, she continued. "If that's the reason, then tell me: if Sayoko didn't die and if I didn't faint, would you still be acting like this?"
"We..."
"I'm a vampire!" Miyagumi exclaimed, anger in her voice. "All this talk about the Millennium Earl, Innocence, Exorcists... it has something to do with God, doesn't it? So why would followers of God be kind to a vampire?"
The tears were coming down now, and Miyagumi wiped them off with the sleeve of her shirt. She couldn't believe that she was having this outburst when everything was going smoothly. She was going to learn more about the Black Order and the Millennium Earl, which could help her when it comes to extracting her revenge for Sayoko's death.
So why now?
Miyagumi had been here almost all day—heck, it was probably late at night now—and yet the gravity of everything that had happened to her earlier that day only came crashing down on her shoulders just now.
The startled Lenalee turned to her brother with a look of help. With a nod and a clear of his throat Komui gently told the vampire, "There must be a reason why you're here, Miyagumi-chan. I don't know what it is but I'm sure God has a good reason. Now, come. After we visit Hevlaska, you can rest in your brand new room! How does that sound?"
"Yeah, Miyagumi," Warlock said. It was one of those rare moments in which he toned down his voice into a more gentle one. "I don't know what's going on either, but I bet it's good!"
Komui's eyes widened in pleasant surprise, and was just about to exclaim out "It talks!" when a sniffled cut him off. "Y-Yeah." Miyagumi mumbled. She wiped her tears away again before looking up with a smile gracing her face. "I'm sorry about that. I was just..."
"Don't worry," Lenalee interrupted. "Everyone has moments like these, right, Komui nii-san?"
"What? I mean, yes, yes," Komui coughed, snapping out of his Warlock-induced trance. "So are you ready to pay Hevlaska a visit now?"
"I'm ready."
oo00oo
Miyagumi reluctantly stepped onto the metal triangle, using the partitions for balance. As soon as everyone was onboard, Komui pulled down a lever, causing the triangular transportation to slowly descend to a darkened area.
"What is this place?" Miyagumi asked in amazement.
"This where Hevlaska is,"
"And Hevlaska, is she or he...?"
"You'll see,"
Doing her best not to show her annoyance, Miyagumi tried to adjust to darkness to spot a figure that resembled "Hevlaska."
"We have gotten our hands on a god, once again." A voice said. Suddenly, lights flashed on four figures.
"Our bosses, the Commanders-in-Chief," Komui explained. "Now, show you merit to our leaders, Miyagumi-chan."
"Wha—"
A pair of glowing white things wrapped around Miyagumi's torso, prompting her to shriek. "What the...? Whatever you are, let go of me!" As she was dragged deeper into the darkness, she realized she was being held by two translucent hands. The darkness, though, was overcome with another white glow as a strange figure appeared before her.
"I-I-Innocence..."
"Eeep! What are you?"
"That's Helvaska!" Komui shouted.
"Mochizuki-san, show her your cards!" Lenalee advised.
"My... cards?"
"Yes, she needs to find out the synchronization rate!"
"B—"
"Just do it!"
"F-Fine." Miyagumi huffed, forcing a brave face.
A card floated above her head and Hevlaska grabbed the floating card with a tentacle. With her free tentacles, the Exorcist wrapped the squirming Miyagumi around.
"Supervisor, what is going on?" Warlock, who had managed to free himself from Miyagumi before she got carried away, demanded.
"No need to be angry. She's okay," He assured the book. "Just watch."
Miyagumi tried to kick Hevlaska, but no matter how hard she tried, her efforts were in vain.
Finally Hevlaska calmly said, "Stop. I am not an enemy, so please relax."
"N-Not... an enemy?" Miyagumi wondered.
Hevlaska leaned closer to the vampire until they touched foreheads.
A bright light took over the room. "One percent... Fifteen percent... Forty five percent... Sixty percent... Seventy-nine percent..." The light disappeared. "It seems that seventy-nine percent is the maximum synchro-ratio with your weapon." Hevlaska announced.
"What...?"
"That's how Hevlaska gets the synchronization rate of an Exorcist," Lenalee explained cheerfully.
"You mean by scaring them?" Warlcok asked sarcastically.
"Synchro-ratio?" Miyagumi repeated. She was calmer, now that Hevlaska loosened her grip.
"It's the numeric reading for the life line of your anti-akuma weapon," Hevlaska explained. "The lower the sync is, the harder for the host to activate it. It might even endanger the host to the extent of killing him." She added then smiled humbly at the girl. "I had no intention of scaring you; I just wanted to feel your Innocence, in order to know your sync rate. But I still apologize for I know that this an unwanted experience for you." She gently put her back on the triangle.
"I guess it's alright, now that you've explained..."
With a nod, Hevlaska disappeared.
A moment passed before Miyagumi glared at Komui, even at his sister. "You... Did. Not. Tell. Me. About. This!" She considered pouncing Komui and pointing a a sword down his throat, but decided against it. She already gave him and Lenalee a hard time during her outburst, so she thought she would save it for some other time.
"Sorry, but all new members must have their Innocence checked,"
"You should've told me that!" Miyagumi all but growled. The idea of attacking him was getting more appealing by the minute.
"Miyagumi, may God's grace be with you."
And just like that, they were going up.
oo00oo
"Lenalee will be leading you to your new room. It'll also be a good time for more detailed explanations as to how everything works here," Komui told them after ascending.
"Okay."
They were just about to leave when Komui stopped them. "Miyagumi, wait. I forgot to tell you, you have to give your Innocence a 'name.'"
"A name?" Miyagumi asked, stifling laughter. All was well now that they were far away from her outburst and Hevlaska. "A name for my cards. Is that what you're saying?"
"Yes. Like what we call my Innocence, which is the Dark Boots. Or Kanda's, Mugen. Or Allen's—"
"I have it!" Miyagumi said proudly. "Holy Gems."
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For this chapter and the previous one, I had to watch an episode of D. Gray Man. Ah, brings back memories. Oh, and by the way, I can't believe that Allen was kicked out of the Order and recognized as a Noah! OMG! Now I don't know who really are the enemies, the Earl or the Order? Hmmm...
Pray for Japan that they'll be okay, with what is happening to their country. And for all those Filipino people pray for the Filipinos that were executed in China!
Edited: 4/07/2013
