A/N: here's another chapter of dreams and hopes. i hope you enjoy it. i do not own man or any of the characters besides my OC's.
I woke up to the sound of knocking on the door and the bright rays of the sun. I decided to let whoever was knocking on my door continue so I could have a few more minutes to sleep until I heard a voice that sounded Chinese.
"Yuki, you awake?"
I let out a small moan and got up, rubbing my head.
"Yeah, I'm awake. What is it," I asked between yawns.
"Brother wants us to meet in his office," the Chinese voice stated.
"Alright. I'll be right there," I replied.
I grabbed a red tank top and a pair of black pants and went to the bathroom to change. I looked at the mirror and stared in shock trying to figure out what I was seeing. In the mirror I looked different.
Is that really me? But, the mirror reflection! It...doesn't look like me! What's with that creepy grin?...
Deciding to ignore the mirror reflection, I quickly wash my face and dried it with a black towel before tying my hair in pig tails. Heading back to my room, I grabbed my coat and headed towards the supervisor's office, letting my mind wander.
That was so strange. That reflection didn't look like me - it was more like a dark shadow with a white dress … Its grin looked creepy and evil, as if it was planning something. W-was that really me? No, it couldn't have been. My mind must be playing tricks on me.
My thoughts were interrupted when I felt something hit my forehead. I looked up to see the door that led to the supervisor's office. A sweat drop appeared over my head as I rubbed my forehead and opened the door. Seeing three people, I noticed one was Lenalee, who sat on the couch by Allen, and the other was Lavi, who sat on the couch on the other side of the room. I decided to join him, feeling a slight blush appear on my face.
"Now that you're all here, let me give you the details. We have been invited to a masquerade ball in Germany. I think there might be Innocence there, so I want you to investigate. Have fun, but be on your guard. You never know if there's an enemy in disguise" Komui explained.
"A ball! That sounds fun," Lenalee smiled.
"Exactly! That's why you should go shopping now because it's going to take you four days to get there! You leave early tomorrow morning, so it would be best to go shopping now," Komui smiled.
"Then let's go," Lavi said cheerfully as we headed out the door.
"Say, Yuki, wanna be my partner for the ball," Allen asked.
"Well, actually, I was thinking..." I started.
I felt my face turn red when I realized they were all staring at me, waiting for my answer.
"I actually wanted Lavi to be my dance partner, if that's alright with him," I replied, turning to Lavi and blushing slightly.
"Yeah, I'm fine with that," Lavi grinned.
"Then it's settled! I'll be with Allen and you'll be with Lavi," Lenalee smiled.
We arrived at the shops. Lenalee and I parted with the boys so that we can go to the womens clothing shop and pick out our outfits. As we looked around, Lenalee turns to me.
"You like Lavi, don't you?"
"Huh? What are you talking about? I do not," I stated.
"Come on. Be honest! I know you do," she smiled.
"Well, kind of," I replied.
Lenalee giggled. "I thought so, but be careful. If Bookman knew this he would try to interfere with you getting close to Lavi. Don't worry! He doesn't know, and you liking him is safe with me. I'll support you."
"Heh! I got it. Thanks for the warning," I replied.
The costume search was over soon. I found a purple dress that had another layer at the bottom in a dark blue that poofed out slightly. The sleeves went past the shoulders a bit, and had a red bow with black stripes. It came with white gloves and a small black hair bow. I grabbed a silver mask with strange designs and had black feathers attached to it.
"I found what I want, so I'm going to try it on," I told Lenalee.
"Alright," she said.
I walked into the changing room and slipped off my pants and shirt, putting on the dress, gloves, and mask. I walked outside and saw Lenalee choose a dress that looked similar to a kimono. It was a dark green and had a dragon as its design. It came with a pair of black gloves, and the mask she chose was white with a Chinese design on it and red feathers attached to it.
"I'm done. What do you think," I asked. Lenalee turned to me and smiled.
"You look pretty, Yuki!"
"Thanks," I smiled. A thought went through my head.
Shoot! What am I going to do with my hair?
"I'll do your hair for you," Lenalee smiled.
"Really? Thanks," I smiled.
Whoa! It was like she read my mind!
"I'm going to change into my outfit, so go ahead and pay for yours," Lenalee smiled as she headed into the changing room.
I changed into my regular clothes and gave the outfit to the cashier. When I turned around, I saw Lenalee come out of the dressing room smiled.
"You look beautiful Lenalee."
"Really," she asked.
"Yeah," I smiled.
"Thanks," she smiled and headed back into the changing room. When she came back out, she payed for her outfit and we walked outside.
The boys were at the cafe waiting for us.
"You guys sure took your time," Lavi stated.
"Heh! Sorry about that," I apologized.
"No problem. We're all set then," Allen asked.
"Yeah. We got what we wanted," I replied.
"Then let's head back," Lavi said cheerfully.
The next morning I woke up to the sound of a beeping alarm clock. I slowly lifted my arm and shut off the clock saying 5:30 am.
"Why am I up this early," I asked myself. Then I remembered yesterday's meeting in the supervisor's office.
'You'll be leaving early morning tomorrow because your trip will take four days'
"Oh crap! I have to get ready," I yelled, quickly grabbing a blue shirt and some pants, heading towards the bathroom to change. I looked at the mirror and saw the strange reflection again but decided not to be bothered by it. I quickly washed my face, tied up my hair in its usual pigtails, put on my coat, and headed underground to meet everyone.
"We ready to go," I asked.
"Yeah," Lenalee smiled.
"Let's go," Lavi grinned.
"You guys be safe, and have fun! Yuki, make sure the boys don't try anything with my Lenalee," Komui waved.
"Brother," Lenalee sighed.
"Alright, will do," I giggled as we pulled away from the dock.
"What's wrong Yuki," Lavi asked, noticing my expression.
"Huh? Oh, nothing's wrong," I replied.
"Now, don't say that. You look like your mind is in deep thought," he stated.
"It's nothing, really I was just thinking that my reflection looked strange in the mirror this morning," I replied.
"Is that all? Just your reflection," Lavi asked with a blank look on his face.
"Yeah," I replied.
"Don't worry about it too much. We all look strange in the mirror in the morning," he chuckled, ruffling my hair.
"Ok," I said, giving him a wry smile.
When we arrived at the dock, we saw the boat waiting for us and went on board.
"We all have our own rooms. Mine will be on the left," Lavi pointed it out.
"Then my room will be next to yours," Allen smiled.
"Alright. Mine will be in front of your room then, Allen," Lenalee smiled.
"Then that leaves me with the room next to Lenalee's," I said.
"We should get some rest since we woke up early and our trip is gonna to take a while," Lenalee suggested.
We all agreed and went to our rooms. I layed down on the bed and stared at the roof until I felt myself drifting and finally falling asleep.
"Why are you staring at me like that," I asked, backing away slowly.
"What are you talking about? You killed everyone," Allen yelled.
"You're not making sense! I never did such a thing," I cried.
"Stop lying! You killed everyone! Our friends! Our family," Lenalee cried.
"We trusted you! I trusted you and you betrayed me, Yuki," Lavi said seriously.
"L-lavi? But I..would never-" I started to say but I got cut off.
"Indeed. You betrayed the Order. You are a traitor! An enemy! You work for the Earl and you will be punished for your actions!" A voice echoed out of the shadows, taking the form of an older man with a small mustache.
He approached and I backed away until I hit the wall.
"Leverrier! B-but I-" I started but was cut off again.
"Silence! You are to be punished," he yelled.
A door with gold edging and a checkered pattern appeared behind me and opened, a voice coming out to me.
"It seems you're not wanted here anymore. You should come join us, your real family. You're going to have so much fun with us."
Before I could speak, a force pulled me through the door.
I woke up from the nightmare breathing hard and sweating. I grabbed my blanket and headed out the door, unconsciously walking into Lavi's room. He was reading a book but looked up at me when I walked into the room. I quickly crawled over his bed and hugged myself to him.
"Eh? Yuki, what are you doing here," he asked me.
"I had a nightmare," I said.
"Do you want to tell me about it," he asked.
I shook my head.
"Okay. Do you want to go back to sleep," he asked.
I nodded.
"Alright then, I'll take you back to your room," he said.
I grabbed his arm.
"I want to stay here with you."
"Well, alright then." He smiled and started rubbing my back. I felt myself drifting off to sleep.
I woke up to the sound of Lavi's voice and someone shaking me.
"Hey, Yuki! Wake up. The boat is about to stop at the dock," he told me.
I let out a small moan and sat up slowly.
"Hmm? Lavi, what's going on," I asked between yawns.
"The boat's about to stop at the dock and we have to get off," he explained.
"Crap! My stuff is in my room! I-" I started but was cut off by Lavi's finger on my lips.
"Calm down. I already got your stuff for you," he grinned.
"Really?"
"Yeah"
"Thank you," I said, feeling my body temperature rise.
He chuckled "No problem. Let's go."
"Alright." I smiled to myself. We got off the boat and I saw Allen and Lenalee staring at us.
"What's that look for, Beansprout," Lavi asked.
"It's Allen, stupid rabbit! Why did you and Yuki come out together," Allen asked.
"Yeah. When I went to Yuki's room to check on her, she wasn't in the room and her stuff was gone," Lenalee stated.
"Guys, I can explain," Lavi said nervously. Allen and Lenalee continue to stare at Lavi.
"Allen, Lenalee, don't worry. I was the one who went in his room," I told them.
"Why," Lenalee asked me.
"Because I had a nightmare and I wanted to stay in his room," I explained.
"Okay, but that doesn't explain why your stuff was gone," Lenalee pointed out.
"I got her stuff for her, seeing as we were going to reach our next stop and I didn't want to wake her up until I had to," Lavi explained.
"Alright then. Let's head to the train station before we miss our train," Allen said.
"Allen's right. Let's go," I smiled.
As we walked towards the train station Lenalee whispered in my ear.
"He didn't do anything, right?"
"No. He just rubbed my back a bit and I fell asleep after that," I told her.
"Hmmm...alright. What was your nightmare about," she asked.
"I don't want to say. It's too frightening," I told her.
"Okay," Lenalee smiled.
"Lenalee, Yuki. Hurry up! The train's almost here," Allen waved.
We arrived at the platform right when the train was pulling to a stop.
"I say Yuki should share a room with me. You know, just in case she has another nightmare," Lavi stated.
Lenalee grabbed my arm protectively.
"That won't be necessary. Us girls will be sharing a room and so will you two."
"But what if she has another nightmare," Lavi asked.
"I'll be there for her if she does," Lenalee said.
"Alright," he pouted.
"Come on, Lavi. Let's go to our room," Allen said, grabbing the end of his scarf and dragging him down the hallway.
As Lenalee and I walked to our room, I noticed kept looking over at me.
"What is it Lenalee," I asked, trying to make my voice seem like I didn't care.
"Nothing. I'm just trying to figure out what im going to do for your hair," Lenalee said.
"Oh, ok," I replied.
"Hmm. Let's see, Lavi likes cute girls," Lenalee started.
"Eh?" I was confused at what she was getting at.
"You want to get closer, yes," Lenalee asked.
"Umm, yeah," I replied, still confused.
"Well, I'm helping you and I was trying to think what kind of girls...Aha! I know what to do now," Lenalee smiled.
"Eh? Okay then," I said.
"Let's go see what the boys are up to," lenalee smiled.
We walked down the hall and saw Allen and Lavi sitting on the floor, surrounded by piles of clothes.
"Four of a kind," Allen was saying with an innocent smile.
"Damn it," the person yelled, handing an expensive looking leather jacket to Lavi, who added it to the growing pile of clothes.
"Oh my! What happened here," Lenalee asked.
"Oh, Lenalee, Yuki. Allen challenged these fellows in poker," Lavi explained.
"Well, well! What do we have here? What a pretty young lady! Say, won't you join us in a game of poker," the half-naked man said, leaning towards me.
Lavi stepped smoothly in front of the perverted man.
"Why don't you concentrate on trying to get your clothes back?"
"Fine," the man said in a pissed off voice.
"Come over here and sit by us, pretty lady," one of the pervert's friends said, reaching to grab my arm.
Lavi turned and held me protectively with one arm before grabbing the man's wrist with his other hand and squeezing it until it began to turn blue.
"She's with us. Don't touch her," Lavi said with a serious expression.
"O-okay," the man said. Lavi released his wrist and the man pulled away, rubbing the bruised limb gently.
Lenalee and I exchanged a look and sat down by our protective exorcist friends.
"Allen! Make sure you get those guys good," I heard Lavi whisper.
"You bet," Allen said with an evil grin and started to chuckle darkly.
"Uh-oh! He's black Allen," Lenalee said.
"Royal straight flush," Allen called out.
"Damn it! One more time," the man said, handing over his gloves.
"Alright. Just be sure to wash your pants before you hand them over," Allen smiled.
"We won't lose this time," the pervert yelled.
"Full house," Allen called out, smiling innocently.
"Damn it!" the man yelled again as the train pulled to a stop.
"Well, that's our stop," a man said. He had been watching the game and gave off an air of superiority, making me think he was probably the boss of the pervert.
"Here are your clothes back," Allen said, handing them the piles of clothing.
"Heh. Thanks for the match, boy. It was fun to watch," the leader said, gesturing to his men to grab their clothes.
"Well, that was certainly interesting," I said as the train pulled away from the platform.
"Yeah. We should rest. We still have a long ways ahead of us," Lenalee pointed out.
"Good idea. Let's try and get some sleep," Allen said as he headed down the hall.
"G'night Yuki," Lavi smiled, ruffling my hair as he passed by on his way to his room.
"Let's go to our room, shall we," Lenalee smiled.
"Alright," I agreed, still feeling the warmth of Lavi's arm around me.
me: well there is that part, second part is coming up soon ;)
lavi and allen: we hope its soon you didnt get to see our outfits.
me: O_O omg! its lavi *faints*
lavi: is she okay?
allen: i dont know.
lero: review, favorite, leave nice comments, suggestions lero~