I'm on a roll Yeahyeah. Ahem This chapter's a bit dry, but I've got until Chap 5 on my comp and the whole story in my head. Haha. I know that it's not really the 'thing' for most of you but this fic is just cooked up by my weird imagination... haha! I can't really promise that I'll give the non-OCs (Allen & co.) a chance to be big here. But we'll see, eh? Like I said, no promises!

Enjoy and review! Love, Akemi H.

P.S: I don't own D.Gray Man! (Although I dearly wish that Lavi was mine... Dx)

Chapter Three- Past Tense

It is said that every person joins the Order for a reason. Most of the time, it is because of a previous encounter with an Akuma. Here is my reason.

Nee-san and I come from the Hunan province in China. We've lived there our entire life, surrounded by the love of our parents and our elder twin brothers. I don't really remember their names but we called them Rong-niisan and Fong-niisan. They were 4 years older than I was.

They died when they were 12. They had died of food poisoning. Ma and pa had blamed themselves for their deaths, and did an unforgivable act.

They called back their sons as Akumas. Ma called Rong-niisan, Pa called Fong-niisan. And my brothers killed my parents and 'wore' them. They tried to kill nee-san and I but nee-san dragged me into our 'girls' hiding place', one that no-one knew of, not even our beloved brothers.

We stayed there for a long time, possibly up to five days, I don't know. All I know is that when we went out, our old house was destroyed, and our Akuma brothers were gone.

We were taken under the care of the town's orphanage, where we lived for 6 years, until our Akuma brothers came again.

This time, they came as Level 2s, and they destroyed the entire town. Once again, they tried to kill us, but once again, nee-san dragged me and some other girls to safety. From where we were hiding I could see all the destruction that our brothers did. And I swore to myself, with nee-san as my witness, that I would do something to stop this madness.

Of course, our brothers eventually found us, and blasted our hiding place. Nee-san and I were the only survivors. The rest of the girls were killed.

A few days later, a group of Finders from the Order found our town, and scouted for survivors. They found nee-san and I, nursed us back to health, and asked if we wanted to join them.

"Lin Aiki, right?" Commander asked me.

I nodded. "Please call me Aki,"

Commander scribbled something next to my name. Possibly a note of my nickname. "Well, Aki-chan, would you like to join the Order as a Finder?"

I was full of hope, full of excitement for my new life. "Yes, please." I said directly to his eyes. He nodded, impressed, and jotted another note next to my names. He then turned to nee-san.

"Lin Airin?"

"Just Ari, please," My sister smiled. She was very weak after the incident, and her once active body suddenly became very frail.

Commander jotted a note next to nee-san's name while nodding and smiling. "Well, Ari-chan, would you like to join the Order as a researcher?" He asked, grinning at her.

Nee-san looked shocked. "But- Aki's a Finder! Can't I be a Finder too?!"

He shook his head. "Sorry, Ari, but you're too frail for that job. But a researcher's just as useful here, you know?"

Nee-san's smiled drooped as she hung her head, defeated. "Well, alright then," She said, her mouth twisted into a forced smile.