10th chapter- enjoy!

This is the tenth chapter people! Tenth! Aren't you guys so proud of me?

I am so sorry for not updating sooner! I was busy with stuff that distracted me (an example is Katekyo Hitman Reborn!) Oh, and let's not forget school... and writer's block (dang that curse!) But hey, the good news is that it's Sem Break for me! The bad news is that I won't update soon. -_-' Oh, and Happy Halloween, everyone!

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The Henry Museum

"Miyagumi, aren't you coming in?" Allen asked as he boarded the boat.

Miyagumi shook her head, letting her wavy hair fly to her face. "It's too crowded," she replied. "Besides, riding on Warlock is better."

"Just make sure you don't fall off. We really don't need to fetch you from the water." Kanda frowned and crossed his arms.

Miyagumi shrugged in response, readying herself to jump off the small deck that was connected to the Black Order's steel floor. She landed on Warlock, but wobbled slightly. She tried to steady herself by raising her arms and moving them up and down, like a bird ready to fly. She wasn't going to let her mission start off by getting soaked by the blood red water. Finally, after a few seconds, she was able to make peace with gravity.

"Waarlllocck," grumbled Miyagumi, glaring down at the green book.

"What? Not my fault!" Warlock insisted.

"So, ready to go?" Lenalee chirped, obviously trying to stop a little argument that was about to happen.

"Sure," Miyagumi grinned, blowing a stray hair strand from her face. "Let the fun begin."

oo00oo

"Ru-san," Lucina called out in her soft voice. "Did you hear?" She asked once she reached the oak table closest to the kitchen. It was the only table that wasn't occupied by many. After all, it was the table where Ru sat and ate. She was as scary as Kanda and only Lucina would dare go near the female version of him.

"Heard what?" Ru asked, tapping her freshly cut nails on the shiny wood.

"Miyagumi's going on a mission!" Lucina squeaked softly, claiming the space next to her friend.

"What?" Ru heard herself screech. "When? Where?" It was unlikely for the Exorcist to be left behind with the latest news. Usually, she was the first to know.

"Um..." Lucina bit her lower lip and stared at her cuticles, a habit she usually did when she was nervous or frightened. "I know that it's somewhere in this country, and I think they boarded the boat awhile ago."

"'They'?"

"Allen, Lavi, Kanda, and Lenalee are accompanying Miyagumi."

"Why so many?" Ru wondered. "Ah, never mind." Ru closed her eyes and took a sip from her steaming tea cup, inhaled and exhaled sharply, and then she resumed tapping her nails. "Hmm... I wonder..."

"What?"

"Nah, it's nothing."

"What?" Lucina insisted.

The Exorcist raised her hands. "Fine, fine. I was just wondering about... You know what? I'm sure it won't happen. After all, she doesn't seem to be a fan of losing. She'll make sure it won't happen."

"Um, okay?"

oo00oo

Most people would have found it quite unusual seeing a girl pull out black shades and an umbrella from a floating book, but since most people in the area usually see Exorcists running around, they were used to eccentric things offered to them.

"Hey, what's up with the shades, Ms. Vampires Aren't Scared of the Sun?" Lavi teased.

"I forgot to tell you that vampires can turn into dust... when we've been under the sun for too long." Miyagumi explained.

"Too... long?" Allen panted. "What time is it? How long have we been walking?"

"Almost two hours," Lenalee grumbled, wiping off sweat from her forehead with a handkerchief that said, "Stay safe, little sister of mine! With love, Komui :)"

"Two hours?" Allen and Lavi gasped in unison, while Miyagumi and Kanda snorted at the same time. "This is what we get for getting booked to the worst train station around."

"No biggie," Miyagumi bragged. "I'm not tired at all."

"Same," Kanda scoffed, glaring at Miyagumi.

"I wasn't aski—"

"Are you sure?" Kanda smirked, inspecting the flushed cheeks and sweaty forehead of the vampire. "Because it seems to me that you're lying."

Lavi snickered while Allen knit his thin eyebrows apologetically.

Miyagumi's lips quivered and her legs started to shake. "Fiiinnne!" she whined, slouching in defeat. "I'm tired, okay? You got me! It's just that we've been walking for so long! I thought the museum was near the train station." She slid down the pebbly ground and loosened the grip of her umbrella, letting it fall. She heaved a big sigh and started to fold the long sleeves of her uniform's dress. "But of course, that's just the second reason why I took out my umbrella and shades," she added quickly, not wanting to look like a whiny brat in front of her comrades, even though she was. "You know, being a vampire and all. And have you even heard of UV rays?"

"Mochizuki-san, stand up. We'll get to the museum faster if there are no delays," Lenalee smiled encouragingly.

"No delays? Please. By delays do you mean when Allen took a thirty minute break in a restaurant? Or maybe when Lavi started flirting with random girls? Or how about when—"

"You kept on talking?" Kanda finished. "Your constant jabbering is the one that keeps us behind schedule! Shut your mouth and keep on walking, stupid vampire!"

"You shut it, stupid samurai!"

"M-Minna- san... Why can't we just all be quiet and—"

"Urusai!" Both of the Exorcists screeched at the same time. Then, they returned to their bickering.

"You guys, shut up!" Lavi hollered, ignoring the dirty looks that people were starting to give them.

"This doesn't concern you, baka!" Kanda growled.

"Look, just as Lenalee and Lavi said, let's just all keep quiet and continue walking! That's a nice idea, right?" Allen laughed nervously, slowly walking towards the two bickering Japanese. But he took a cautious step back when both of their eyes flashed dangerously at him.

"Here's another nice i—"

"Everyone. KEEP QUIEETT!" Warlock screeched.

Everyone stopped and stared at above Miyagumi's head. "From what I can see," the book stated calmly, "we're making no progress. Everyone's fighting... and hungry, I assume."

"Get to the point!"

"We'll take a break—"

"Again? But—"

"This will be the last one until we reach the museum."

"You mean, if one of us gets hungry after the break, we won't make a stop?" Allen asked, patting his stomach.

"Yes. But I guess we can bring some foods with us. We'll just have to keep walking, though."

"Hmm. Better than nothing, I guess,"

"Alright, let's go," Miyagumi sighed, eyeing the restaurants lining the streets. "Over there." She pointed at a small, fancy restaurant near the curve of the street, and walked to its direction with the others in two.

As soon as they stepped foot on the well-polished floor, they were greeted by the hostess wearing a dark blue pencil dress and pale white strappy heels. "Welcome. How many people are to be seated?" she asked politely, her rosebud-shaped lips curling into a cheerful smile.

Allen opened his mouth to speak, but Lavi beat him to it. "STUH-RIKE!" Lavi's wide green eyes were filled with little thumping hearts. "Hello, miss. Lavi here, at your service. What's your name?" He grinned at the hostess and was about to put an arm around the girl's tan shoulders when somebody grabbed his ear and pulled him away. "Y—Ow! Oww!" Lavi moaned, turning to glare at the guilty one. It was Kanda.

"If you keep on doing that, they'll kick us out. But if they won't, I'll be the one to kick you out."

"Geez, Yuu-san. Stay calm,"

"Shut up! Stop calling me that!"

"Your fist name's Yuu?" Miyagumi blurted out. Kanda glared at Lavi in response. "Hey, doesn't that mean.. Pfft... I-It means..." Miyagumi started to giggle while clutching her stomach for effect. "It means... gentleness!" However, she didn't bother to mention that the name also meant "superiority" and "distant."

"No way!" Allen laughed. "It... It doesn't even match your attitude, Kanda!"

"But it also means..." Kanda's voice was drowned out by the laughter of his fellow Exorcists. Even Lenalee was giggling; her lips twitching into a little smile.

"Um... Excuse me," the hostess butted in, her brown ponytailed hair swinging from side to side as she cocked her head, "but, if you are only here to disturb out other customers, I'm afraid you have to leave." She pointed to the adults glaring at the teenagers.

"Sorry. You know how kids can sometimes be," Miyagumi said, her cheeks giving away only the faintest of pink."We're five, miss. We won't disturb the other guests, don't worry."

"F-Fine, but if you teenagers annoy our guests, will have to show you the way out." The hostess looked around, and spotted a table for six. "Over there, miss." She pointed at the table tucked in the corner of the dimly-lighted place.

"Thank you!"

The hostess nodded, watching with concerned eyes as they made their way to the table.

"Nice," chuckled Lavi as he sat on a cushioned chair. He grabbed one of the menus that were placed in the center of their table, and began flipping the pages. "Wow, this place's more expensive than the one where Allen ate."

"Yeah," Miyagumi mumbled, glaring at the guilty-looking Allen. "Just make sure to order the cheapest thing here. I practically wasted half my money to save Allen's butt."

"Sure, don't worry. I'll order for you guys, 'kay?" Lavi muttered, eyeing the pictures of savory sandwiches on the menu.

"Hey, while waiting for the food, why not talk plan for the mission?" Lenalee suggested.

"I like that idea," Miyagumi said brightly. She pulled the floating Warlock closer to her and opened to a random page. She lifted her right hand and placed it on top of the blank page, and a second later, her hand went through it, creating water ripples. Finally, after minutes of searching, she pulled out her hand, the fingers grasping a folder filled with papers in it. "Here you go." She handed the folder to Lenalee with her right hand, and closed Warlock with her left.

"This is the folder nii-san gave to you?" Lenalee asked as she opened it.

"What's that?" Allen asked curiously.

"It's a folder containing things we should know about for our mission." Kanda explained. "Why don't you know?"

Allen rolled his eyes, then he focused on the folder again. "Can I see?"

"Sure," Lenalee smiled and handed the folder to him.

Allen scanned its contents. There were articles on the museum, pictures of shattered windows, displays, and burned staircases. There were also notes on why and when the museum would open up again after the disastrous events that happened each night.

"It says here that the museum reopened yesterday," Allen read from the papers. "Well, actually, it reopened a lot of times..."

"Which means it's pretty packed," Lavi concluded, his mouth watering when a waiter arrived with their food. "I heard that new exhibits came in too. Let's hope that the Innocence is still there or will be there."

"Yeah, I guess." Miyagumi agreed. "Food's looking good. You ordered the same thing for all of us?"

"Yep." Lavi shrugged, taking a bite of his sandwhich.

"Apples?" Kanda's eyebrows furrowed, eyeing the sandwhich with disdain.

"Why? Don't like apples?" Allen laughed. "Do you miss your noodles?"

"No. With apples or not, I ain't eating this thing!" Kanda growled, pushing the plate away. Who on earth would put apples together with cucumbers, mayo, cheese, and lettuce?

"I'll get it!" Allen and Lavi cried in unison. "Huh?" They both stared at each other, then back to the plate.

"Uh, we can cut it in two," Allen suggested. "Only I'll get the bigger piece."

"Eh? Why?"

"Because I'm hungry."

"So am I,"

"You have your own sanwhich," Allen pointed out.

"So do you," Lavi shot back.

"Gosh, just cut it equally," Lenalee suggested. "Can't a guy think straight when he's hungry?"

The boys stared at each other for a moment before shrugging.

Kanda rolled his eyes in annoyance. "Back to the topic. Are all of you even sure that the Henry place is packed and new exhibits arriving?"

"Why not?"

"Lavi, what disastrous events happened there? Does it say?" Miyagumi asked, an idea forming on why Kanda was doubtful of a packed museum.

"Well, um... 'When no one's disturbing the museum's collection, they usually just walk around the museum or play around,'" Lavi read aloud,"'but when disturbed, they rampage.'"

"Hey, is that a burned staircase?" Miyagumi asked, craning her neck to see the black and white photo. "Where'd they get the fire?"

"Is it possible that Innocence can do such a thing?"

"I'm not sure. I've never heard of that happening before," Lenalee replied, shaking her head no.

Well, this is getting interesting, Miyagumi thought.

"O-Okay, wait," Allen muttered. "The Innocence seems to be giving museum collections lives and powers?"

"Maybe, maybe not. We can't be too sure," Lenalee shrugged. "Anyways, we need to go now. We've wasted enough time, don't you guys think?"

"Yeah," Miyagumi responded, nodding her thanks at the waiter who just received their payment. "Let's go. Oh, and thanks Lavi for not ordering an expensive dishes."

"No prob—See ya, Hostess-chan!" Lavi blurted as he and the others passed by the woman who was speaking to an elderly couple.

The hostess gave them a small wave as she thought, Who are these people?

oo00oo

"We're... here," Lavi muttered, breathless.

Despite being around for over forty years, the Henry Museum looked as majestic and intimidating as ever. The four-story building practically loomed over everything thanks to its big size and its structure resembled an ancient Greek temple with its fancy columns and pristine white coat. The words HENRY MUSEUM were perched on its roof in big, bold letters as if you wouldn't be able to spot it from miles away. Surrounding the museum were trees, a manicured lawn, carriages, and even a few swings.

"Wow. I didn't notice we're here. How could've we missed something like this so big?" Miyagumi side-glanced at the front lawn that seemed to stretch several kilometres away.

"Maybe because of your loud complaining," Kanda huffed. Even he had to admit that he found the museum quite impressive.

Allen nodded. "Okay, so now that we're here, this is what we're going to do," Allen returned a smile to a passing society girl before continuing, "Miyagumi, Lenalee- san, and I will be searching the museum, while Lavi and Kanda will be finding a place for us to stay here."

"Jeez, Allen. And I actually thought it will be a really good, complicated plan! You had me there." Lavi grinned.

"We're still not yet sure if the Innocence is here," Allen shrugged.

"Hopefully it is," Lenalee looked up at the massive building before sighing. "It looks like a lot of space will have to be covered before we find it."

"Who knows? Maybe the Henry Museum isn't as big as it looks," Miyagumi offered hopefully.

"Somehow I doubt that..." Allen frowned.

Lenalee giggled and waved at the two other Exorcists as they went their separate ways.

After passing by the grilled gates and paying their fees, they were allowed entrance into the museum. The guards opened the big brass doors and the three Exorcists excitedly stepped inside.

However, their excitement deflated when they realized how many collections they had to go through before finding the Innocence.

"Look, a rag doll! Kids' entertainment?" Miyagumi asked.

"We'll separate and look around. Meet me here in thirty minutes to an hour," Allen mumbled. "Oh, and if you think you found the Innocence... well, try to find the others." He added playfully, heading for the staircase to his left.

"We'll separate and look around. We'll meet here in... thirty minutes to an hour," Allen mumbled. "If you think you found the Innocence... well, try to find the others." He added playfully, heading for the staircase to his left.

Lenalee nodded in Allen's direction then turned to Miyagumi. "See you later, Mochizuki-san. I'll be looking in this floor. You should look in this floor too. There's a lot of space to cover up," she suggested. And with that, she slowly walked away.

"At least there aren't that much people," Miyagumi sighed as she too began to make her search.

"It's most likely because of the rumours going on,"

"Those aren't rumours—they're true." Miyagumi replied. "We wouldn't be here if Komui knew the whole artifacts-coming-alive fiasco is all made up."

"True..." Warlock conceded.

The pair stopped to inspect a painting of a lovely lady from the Victorian era. Miyagumi eyed the clip that secured the lady's hairdo; it struck her as Innocence, thanks to its light green color and crystal-like structure.

"How are we even supposed to find the Innocence?" Miyagumi questioned, moving on.

"Does it look like I know?"

After covering what seemed like the whole first floor, she was more than ready to go to the third which housed the carvings. Miyagumi fought her way to the stairs, pushing aside patrons that were ogling at a cased display. Pass, Miyagumi thought. She really didn't want to get squished by the hordes of people. But out of the corner of her eye, a glow captured her attention. After much thought, she pushed and shoved her way to the front. After a few "Ouch! That was my foot," Miyagumi finally came face to face with the display. And when she did, she inhaled sharply.

Right in front of her was a small crystallized gem that gave off a green glow so faint it was hardly noticeable. Again, she wasn't sure how she knew it, but it entered her mind that this must be the Innocence they were looking for.

"I'm not sure if this is the Innocence," Miyagumi breathed, her voice cracking a little, "but I think it is. I got to tell Lenalee, just in case."

By the time she found Lenalee and dragged her to the display, there were only a few people left staring at the maybe-Innocence's beauty. "This is it alright," Lenalee muttered.

"We can't be to—"

"Our Innocence is reacting to it. Look." Lenalee pointed to her boots which were giving off the faintest of glow. "Though, I'm surprised that the Millennium Earl still hasn't found out about this. It's too obvious. Anyways, I'll go contact Lavi and Kanda, while you find Allen in the second floor. We'll meet in our original meeting place, okay?"

oo00oo

"Well, here we are," Lenalee announced, stopping in front of the wooden door. "This is where we'll be staying. Let's go." She knocked once and entered without waiting for a response.

Just like in the previous hotel room Miyagumi had checked in, the suite was similar: wooden floorboards, cream colored walls and ceiling, simple white curtains, a balcony overlooking the town, and a long desk with a vase of roses. The only difference was that there were five beds in the big room.

We'll be staying in the same room? Miyagumi asked herself, slightly uncomfortable with the idea.

"Yo! Pretty nice place, right?" Lavi greeted them.

"It's okay," Miyagumi replied nonchalantly. "We found the Innocence pretty quick."

"We heard from Lenalee," Lavi nodded at Kanda, who ignored him. "Speaking of which, we already decided on a plan."

"We?" Miyagumi repeated, surprised that Lavi was able to convince Kanda to help him out. Never in a million years would she have thought that was possible.

"Uh-huh," Lavi grinned, a mad light shining in his eye. It was probably the imagination of Allen, but it looked like Kanda was snickering. "You guys are gonna love it! Hahaha!"

What the...?

The next thing Allen knew, he and the two girls took three steps backwards, just in case they needed to make a run for it. Because right now, Lavi and Kanda looked really, really scary with their devious grins and the mischievous glint in their eyes.

"We welcome you"—Lavi spread his arms open—"to the Exorcists' Heist Society."


Pls. review!

Well, I'm finally done with this chapter! I'm pretty sure this is my longest one yet. Anyways, sorry if it's pretty fast-paced; I swear I'll improve!

Edited: 5/30/2013