Chapter 4: Alice meets Kanda
Author's Note: I would like to thank FullmetalFan16 for reviewing. Allen and Alice's handshake end kinda like what Maka and Soul do in Soul Eater when they shake hands. K? Enjoy :)
Disclaimer: I do not own D. Gray-Man or Yu-Gi-Oh!'s Yugi Muto.
Allen was mad. That was all that was to it. He was mad that if the transfusion of her Innocence into Alice's blood failed, her would have never seen her again. She was crazier than he thought. She didn't know when to stop risking her life. The door to the cabin opened and Alice was revealed standing in the doorway.
"I know you're mad but-" Alice started but was cut off by Allen. Allen stood up and looked at the top of her head, she had her head hung low.
"I'm not mad... I'm pissed" Allen said repeating the words Alice said to him when they first saw each other after not seeing each other for 7 years. Alice looked up at him and chuckled.
"I know." She said with a small smile. Allen looked at her and returned the small smile.
"Why did you risk your life like that?" Allen asked her. Alice shook her head no.
"I don't know. I told Lavi it might have been the yami talking, not me." Alice said with another small chuckle. Allen gave her a worried look. "I'm not going to lose control Allen, I promise." Alice aid holding out her hand in a fist, hoping he would remember their handshake they made when they were kids. Allen bumped fists with her and when they broke apart pulled their hands back, went in for a high five and missed, hitting their hands on the way down, and grabbing hands while moving in opposite directions and turning around their hand still interlocked. Alice giggled when she let go of Allen's hand and he fell on his butt in the room they were in for the trip.
"Gotta be ready, brother." Alice said walking over her brother and to her seat in the room.
They returned to headquarters with the beast and went to Komui's office to ask what to do with the beast. Alice was being stubborn and didn't want to have to kill the beast to get the Innocence.
"It could be like my pet." Alice whined holding the beast, who was still the long dachshund. Allen went to grab the beast and it bite him.
"Alice we have to turn it in and get the Innocence. I'm sorry." Lavi said going for the beast.
"I think I'll name him, Kanji, yep that's his name" Alice said dodging Lavi's attack too easily. Lavi was now on the floor. Alice walked right on him and just walked away. Allen and Lavi sweat dropped and they went after Alice but Alice was too fast for the boys to catch. "Is that all you got?" Alice yelled tauntingly at them. Alice just kept running until she ran into something... more like someone.
"Watch were you're going beansprout." Kanda said trying to get up off the ground, but someone was on top of him. It was a girl with beansprout's white hair and scar.
"Beansprout is over here." Lavi said catching up to Alice and Allen was standing beside him. Alice got up and looked at the man under her. He looked pissed off. He had long black hair that was tied back into a ponytail and menacing dark colored eyes. Sh scrambled off of him and grabbed Kanji before trying to run away again but Kanda grabbed her by the collar on her jacket and lifted her off the ground and turned her so she was facing him. Oh Shit Alice thought.
"Kanda put her down. She didn't do anything wrong." Allen warned.
"Who is that, Moyashi?" Kanda said looking at the girl in his hand.
"That's my twin sister, Alice. Alice met Kanda. Kanda met Alice. Now put her down. And my name's Allen!" Allen said. Kanda put the girl down and she just stood there frozen. Kanda walked up to Allen and stared down at him.
"What would have you done if I didn't?" Kanda said to the shorted boy.
"I could have done a lot of things. Let me think," he put his hand on his chin in mock thought, "I could have cut your hair off, oh yeah that would be fun." Allen said looking mockingly at the black haired boy who was now glaring at him. They stayed glaring at each other like that until Kanda 'che'ed and left. "Score 1 for Allen and Zip for Bakanda." Allen said. Alice stood there and started laughing. The two boys looked at each other and turned menacingly at Alice.
"Oh Alice. Give us the beast." they sang to her. She stopped laughing and ran off yelling bye.
"Damn it Alice give us the beast" Lavi said as Allen and him started running after her.
Komui's Office
Alice ran into the office out of breath. Komui and Lenalee looked up from what they were doing to look at the dachshund in Alice's arms. "Hide me." was all Alice said before running into the room and Lenalee rushed her under Komui's desk. Lavi and Allen burst into the office soon after. They were out of breath and sweaty.
"Where...is...she?" Lavi was panting in between each word.
"I think she went that way." Lenalee said pointing in the opposite direction they came from.
"Look for her. I'll catch up later." Allen said. Lavi nodded and ran off in the direction Lenalee pointed. When he was sure he was gone, Allen walked into the room and spoke. "Lenalee can I talk to Komui. I have a question." Lenalee left and Komui beat him to the question.
"It has to do with Alice's yami problem doesn't it?" Alice froze under the table. Allen needed to talk to Komui about the yami. Why didn't he go to me first?
"How did you know about it?"
"When Alice got her synch rate, Hevlaska must have sensed it and told me about it. You're not the only one worried about it. Hevlaska said that the yami was a powerful one that could easily over power a Level 3 akuma, single-handed." Alice sat in shock at what she was hearing.
"W-Why hasn't it over p-powered Alice yet?" Allen struggled to ask this question.
"We don't know. We don't know much about yamis in the first place. There have been very few recorded cases of them in all of history."
"Lavi told me what he knew about them. It really wasn't much. By what I understand is that a yami is a person's inner darkness manifested into a new personality living inside a person until it's released."
"I hate to tell you this but it's crucial to understanding the yami and the possible fate of Alice. The last few recorded cases ended very differently. The one that ended well was of a boy named Yugi Muto. His yami only wanted to help him with his pain and it ended up moving on to the afterlife. The other one was of a girl named Ariel Winters. Her yamis ended up only wanting power. The only way to do that was to take over Ariel's body and using it as its own. The yami got out of control and ended up being killed along with Ariel." Allen just stood there clenching his fists looking down. Alice was once again frozen under the table. She finally broke down. Komui could hear light sobbing coming from Allen and the girl under the table. Shit. I forgot she was under there.
"I can't lose her. I already lost her once. I can't lose her again and definitely not to some damn yami." Allen yelled clenching his fists even tighter. He looked up and Komui was a little taken back by the look in his eyes. "I'm her brother and I'm supposed to protect her. How the hell do I protect her from something I can't see?" Allen said to Komui. Komui knew how he felt, wanting to protect your sister, but where they differed was what they were protecting their siblings from. Allen had to fight something that was inside Alice. Komui only protected Lenalee from boys and perverts. Komui didn't know how else to answer the question.
"Be there for her. Let her know she's not the only one suffering. She has you now. She has someone that feels her pain. Suppress the yami as long as we can. Make sure it doesn't hurt Alice. That's all we can do." Komui said. He took off his glasses and realized he was crying.Alice started to cry even harder from what Komui said. Allen heard something coming from under the desk. He walked around it and saw Alice.
"Alice get out from under there." Allen said to her. Alice looked up. She got up and hugged him. She stared crying harder. "I'll always be here for you. Never forget that." Allen said hugging back. At this time Lavi came into the room to see everyone crying.
"What happened while I was gone?" Lavi said. Lenalee walked up too. She saw what was going on. She rolled her eyes and pulled Lavi away.
In the Hallway Later
"I'm so hungry!" Alice said as her and Allen walked to the cafeteria.
"I know I need another one of Jeryy's meals." Allen said as he licked his lips and rubbed his stomach. They enter the cafeteria to a fight. Well it wasn't much of a fight. Buzz and Kanda were fighting abut Kanda's attitude towards Finders.
"How can you be so heartless?" Buzz yelled at Kanda. Kanda drew his Mugen and put to sword up to the Finder's neck.
"You guys drop like flies. If I were to mourn the death of every finder then I would never get anything done." Kanda said crossly, as usual. Alice decided to intervene. Her hand transformed into the blade and it connected with Kanda's Mugen. Kanda glared at her. "You're the moyashi's sister, right?"
"Yep and don't forget it." Alice said smirking. They battled for dominance for a while, neither wanting to give in. Alice used the position of the blades to jump up and behind Kanda before swinging her leg around to knock him to the floor. The whole room gasped, even Allen was surprised. "Every life is precious. You don't have to mourn for the dead so much you are unable to do your job. Just keep them in your thoughts. That's all they want you heartless bastard." She deactivated her Innocence and went up to the window. Kanda got up from the floor and sent a glare in Alice's direction. She was telling Jeryy what she wanted to eat and he was smiling. Damn that Moyashi's sister.
"and 40 mitarashi dangos. Did you get all of that?" Alice said. Jeryy nodded and went in to the kitchen.
"I just love to cook for you guys." Jeryy sang. Allen chuckled and walked up behind Alice.
"I've never seen somebody knock him down like that." Allen said.
"Somebody had to stand up to him for the Finders." Alice shrugged. Jeryy came back with her food and she took her normal seat next to Lavi and Lenalee. Allen got his food and they sat down and ate. After they ate they decided to have some training. The Black Order put in a training room while Allen, Lavi, and Alice were on their mission. The room was spacious and didn't have much. It was better for sparing. Bookman heard about Alice being the Creator of Time and wanted to observe her and see if he could figure out what it meant. He had a theory about what it meant for Allen being the Destroyer of Time. He wanted to know more about her so he decided to join in on the training session.
"Lavi spare with Alice." Bookman said. Lavi was curious too. He wanted to know how well of a fighter she was first hand. He pulled out his hammer and went up to Alice who just entered the room with Allen.
"Hey Lavi." Alice said.
"Spare with me?" He asked putting on his best puppy dog face.
"Stop making that face and I will." She said shoving her hand in his face. She thought for a minute before making her hand into the hammer form. "Fight a hammer with a hammer." She said to herself. Allen, Lenalee, and Bookman were on a balcony that overlooked the training floor. Lavi was on one side and Alice was on the other side of the training floor. "Don't be afraid to draw blood." Alice said. Alice ran towards Lavi and swung her hand. He blocked it with his hammer. She jumped up and tried again to hit him but was only blacked again.
"Big Hammer, Little Hammer. Grow. Grow! GROW!" Lavi called and swung the giant hammer at Alice. Alice couldn't move in time so she transformed her hand into the claw mode and grabbed the end of the hammer. She spun it around with Lavi still holding onto the end and let go of it a while later. Lavi flew into the wall. He recovered quickly and swung the hammer again. Alice didn't see the hammer coming and was slammed into another wall. She spit out blood. The impact of both hit made a crater in the wall and Alice climbed out of it. Alice controlled the spit up blood into a giant needle shape.
"Bloody Needle." She said. She transformed her hand back into her normal hand and grabbed the now formed needle shape. The needle was blood red and about 4 feet long. She jumped at Lavi and he swung his hammer. She easily dodged it and attacked Lavi. She kicked his side and he dropped the hammer. She knocked him to the ground and stuck the needle by his face. Her foot was on his chest and she put her hand up in victory. "I win." She walked away and called the blood back to her body. Bookman was astonished. He has never seen Innocence like hers. Lavi was in a state of shock too. Allen jumped off the balcony and help Lavi up.
"She's good." Lavi said. He walked up to her and held out his hand. "Good job." He said she took his hand and shook it.
"You did good too." She said. "but-"
"Not the dreaded but"
"You can't rely on just swinging your hammer and blocking with it. Try using more creative ways of fighting." Alice suggested.
"Isn't that all you can do with a hammer?"
"Try using it as a kind of leverage for a punch or kick of some sort."
"That's a good idea. Thanks." Lavi said with a smile. Reever walked in at this time.
"Allen. Alice. Komui has another mission for you guys." He said then walked out.
"How many times will he do that?" Alice asked.
"Who knows. We better get to Komui's office before he sicks something on us." Allen said and the two waked out.
"Lavi. How could she control her blood like that?" Bookman asked.
"She was compatible with two pieces of Innocence and she put the second in her blood." Lavi said.
"I still have a lot of questions for that girl." Bookman said then walked out.
Komui's Office
The twins walked into Komui's office and found him asleep... again.
"Komui. Lenalee's getting married to... Kanda." Alice said. Allen gave her a look of shock again. "What? I get to mess with Kanda and Komui in one shot. Can't pass up this chance." she whispered into his ear. He rolled his eyes. Komui shot up.
"My sweet Lenalee. Don't marry Kanda." He yelled. Kanda walked by at this time.
"Who said I was marrying Lenalee?" Kanda yelled angerly. Alice froze.
"She did." Komui yelled pointing at Alice. Alice laughed and hid behind Allen the best she could. If Kanda's glares cold kill, Alice would be dead by now. He drew his Mugen.
"Mighty Mugen. Unsheathe." He said as he ran his index and middle fingers across the blade. Alice gulped.
"Don't kill her. It was a joke." Allen said coldly.
"Don't get in the middle of this Moyashi."
"My name is Allen, Bakanda. She was just joking. Get over it."
"I don't care if it was a joke. I don't want another stupid Komlin after me again."
"Just leave her alone and go shine your Mugen or brush your hair or something beside threatening people."
"I'll cut off all your hair and sell it to some scientist."
"Black hair sells better."
"Just shut up!" Alice finally yelled. "What is our mission Komui?" Komui was cowering in the corner. "Komui?" Alice walked up to him and poke him. Allen and Kanda's argument was still going on in the background. "I said shut up you two!" They both froze when they saw Alice had transformed her hand into the blade. Kanda put away his Mugen and left like nothing happened. "Komui, Lenalee's not getting married to Kanda. I was joking."
"Don't joke about such horrors." Komui said. He got himself together and pulled down a map. He grabbed two black folders and handed them to Allen and Alice. "You two are going on a missing persons case."
"Don't exorcists handle akuma and Noah business. Not missing persons cases." Alice said.
"We are looking for someone special." Allen opened up his folder and snapped.
"No. Not Him!" Allen yelled. He tried to escape but Alice transformed her hand into the claw and caught him before he could run out the door. Alice opened up her folder and saw a red haired man.
"Who is this?" Alice had never seen General Cross before in her life.
"That is General Cross. Allen's Master." Komui said.
"Oh. The man that made his life a living hell." Komui nodded. "Well let's go." Alice said getting up. Allen freaked out more and she kept a good hold on him. "You're not getting out of this, Allen." Alice threatened. Allen stopped his struggling as soon as he saw the look on her face. He gulped and stopped struggling. We have to find Master Cross. Joyful.