[A/N] Sorry this took so long, I had a few more things pop up then expected. I was going to post this yesterday... but my great friend decided she was going to park her ass in my house and distract me with Black Ops... yeah. lol Anyway I think I forgot to mention this in the first chapter, but Shirahama Town is an actual place in Japan. And it's really coastal! :D
Thank you RedtheAmazing and DarkFlame Alchemist for reading and reviewing! I hope you guys will continue to read and review this story.
Rin trudged through the trees and vines first as they walked the passageway to her home, as in the house she actually lived in. It was where her family had lived for generations, and it was very hard to locate coming from the center place of the town.
"Hey wait up Rin!" Lavi called out with Bookman behind him. She only ignored him as she stepped out of the rainforest like path and onto the sandy one. She huffed and stopped, deciding that it would just be more trouble for her if the two unwanted visitors became lost and was left roaming on their own.
"Whew! You sure can walk fast!" The two came onto the sandy path and looked around. They were on top of a rocky hill and the view...was amazing. Below them was the sandy coastline edging the clear blue ocean with the moon reflecting off of the surface. It was now dark outside, so the moon was the only thing lighting their way.
"Let's go." She ordered and began to walk again with Stella and the two men behind her. Lavi took in a deep breath before running to her side and keeping up at her pace. He was tired of being ignored.
"So where is your house from here?"
She looked at him warily, "After we get off of this hill it's a few minutes down the coast. Why does it matter? I'm already taking you there."
"I was just wondering." He said as he held the back of his neck with both hands and elbows in the air. They continued walking until they finally reached the home.
Lavi stopped in front of it and was in awe. At first he was expecting some old torn apart shack with bad roofing and unhinged window panes, but this house was amazing for it's age.
It was a large two-story building that leaned on the side of the large rocky hill over looking the sea. The wooden sidings were painted a dark blue and the roof shingles a dark brown. Some of the paint had chipped off from ware and tear, but it wasn't all that noticeable from where they where standing.
Only the back edge of the home was on actual land, the rest of the base was held up by wide wooden supports burrowing into the rocky landscape below it. There was a porch in the front that you could get to by the front door, but the only way to enter the house was the stairs descending from the side door leading to the path that followed the hill down to the beach.
"Whoa, it's different then I thought it was going to be." Lavi stated, gaping at the edifice.
Rin looked at him confused, "Really? Doesn't all houses look like this? I mean it's old and all, but I have done my best to maintain it by myself." She paused, "My Otousan was better at it. I still don't know how to fix the damn bathroom faucet!"
"I'm sure Lavi can assist you while we stay here, Miss Kazukohana. We are Bookmen, after all. It would be a shame if we didn't have the knowledge to fix a simple faucet." Bookman said as he observed the home as well.
"Oh, that's right!" She grinned excitedly as she grabbed Lavi''s forearms, "That means you guys will teach me some stuff right?"
He blinked before grinning himself, "Of course! It's the least we can do."
"Sweet! Thanks a ton, Lavi!" She chirped before jumping up to squeeze him in a hug, bringing his face to her chest, "You have no idea how much that means to me!"
He laughed nervously talking in a goofy, love-sick kind of way, "Really, it's no problem!"
She let go before holding him away by his shoulders, "You and the short Ossan can stay as long as you like! I'll even fix you dinner!" She turned away with a bubbly grin and ran towards her house. Well, they supposed they weren't unwanted visitors anymore.
"Well, what are you waiting for? Come on!"
~Meanwhile~
"This is so boring!" The winged akuma complained as the one sitting next to him sighed in annoyance. They were both sitting on the tall cliff overlooking the beaches and the human girl's house. It was almost dark, yet they still had to sit and watch over the damned place.
"Do we have to go through this everyday? You know we have to do this for master Nicolai, so stop complaining Nevermore." The mummy-like akuma replied standing up. He was completely wrapped from head to toe and the only thing peeking our was an eye in the middle of his forehead.
His associate however looked like a large raven. It's wings were wide and his beak was sharp. Those were the only parts that were black though, his chest was a bland grey and he had the face of a level one akuma where his heart would've been.
"I know Tareck, but can't he just have a level one akuma do this simple task? We are level twos, we can do way more important things with our time!"
"Whether you think this is important or not doesn't matter. His orders are to strictly to be followed."
"Yeah, yeah I know. 'Watch Rin Kazukohana at all times.' You don't have to tell me. It's just that master Nicolai's little pet is so boring! She does the same thing everyday. Sleep, eat, bathe, go into town, hunt, garden, read, and read even more. Why can't we just kill her and take her innocence already?"
"Now, why would you want to go and do that?" A man came from behind them in a black lab coat, making the two akumas jump, "I find her to be very intriguing, Nevermore."
Tareck bowed, "M-master Nicolai!"
Nevermore jumped and began to sweat, "I-I apologize for what I said! It's just that I get restless sitting out here watching the human girl all day. Again, I am so very sorry!"
"It's quite alright." Nicolai smiled combing his fingers through his auburn hair. It was long and brushed his shoulders, and somehow a fringe would always find its way back to falling in his face. "After all, I do see why sitting here all day would make you feel that way. What is the girls status?"
"Well sir we were just-" Tareck started, before being interrupted by Nevermore's screaming and wing waving. He turned around and his eyes bugged out of his head when he saw their subject walking into her house with two other humans behind her. They both turned their heads slowly, scared shitless, before being greeted by their masters face twitching in aggravation.
"I apologize, Sir! I don't know how we could've missed them!"
Nicolai growled, "How did you miss them? You were supposed to be watching her. Are you telling me you disobeyed my orders?"
"It was his fault!" They both spoke and pointed at one another before they started to argue and attack each other.
"Enough!" Nicolai shouted and pulled them away from each other as he peered through the window of Rin's living room where her and the two men were sitting and having tea, "I will give out your punishments later. Nevermore, go back to the lab and review the surveillance. Tareck, you come with me."
Nevermore bowed and saluted before flying off in the other direction. Tareck looked at his master warily, hoping to the the Millenium Earl that he wasn't about to get killed.
"Master, what are you going to do with me?"
Nicolai chuckled before giving the akuma a dark smile, "Oh, I'm not going to do anything to you, so you have nothing to worry about. My pet has made new friends and I would like to see who they are from up close. You're just tagging along, just in case of an...emergency."
~oOoOo~
Rin, Lavi, and Bookmen sat in an awkward silence as they sipped on a warm cup of tea. Well, at least Lavi thought it was awkward. He would try and start conversations, but none of them got anywhere since the girl didn't exactly know how to socialize with another human very well. Being detached from the world for seven years could do that to a person.
"What are your last names?" Rin spoke suddenly making the two Bookman sitting across the table jump.
"What?"
"Well you call yourself Lavi and Ossan calls himself Bookman. At first I thought your full name had to be Lavi Bookman, but it confused me when he said his first name was Bookman." She paused with a thoughtful look, "Does that make his name Bookman Bookman?"
Lavi blinked before laughing while Bookman shook his head smiling, "No child. We do not have surnames. We are apart of the Bookman clan so it isn't needed."
"Oh, well that's dumb. Everybody has a last name!"
"Well we don't."
Rin stuck her lip out and furrowed her brows towards them, "You guys are weird."
"Coming from the girl who hasn't set foot out of this ghost town for seven years." Lavi said not even realizing the cruelty in his words. Everything became silent as the girl looked down at the table as if she could bore a hole into it with just her stare. He mentally slapped himself, "Uh, sorry about that."
She remained quiet, and her expression soon softened and turned into a confused one before she looked up, "How do you know it has been seven years?"
The two men looked at each other before Bookman spoke, "Have you ever heard of Exorcists, Miss Kazukohana?"
She nodded, "Yeah, I read about them in my mother's library. She used to tell me stories about them too, Why?"
"We aren't just Bookmen, we're Exorcists too."
Rin's mouth gaped opened as her eyes bugged out. She leaned forward against the table jumping out of her seat, "You mean to tell me that I haven't only been talking to Bookmen, but I have been talking to Exorcists too? This is amazing!"
"Do you know what Exorcists do, Ms. Kazukohana?"
She sat back down and shook her head yes, "They fight monsters and protect people from some Earl guy! Kachan used to say they would be the saviors of this world."
Lavi looked at her questionably, "Your mother seemed to know a lot about Exorcists, was she a supporter?"
"Supporters? As in of the Black Order? I don't think so... I thought Exorcists were extinct before today."
"How do you know so much about the Black Order?"
"I already told you, I read about you guys in books." She said, getting aggravated from all of the questions, "I learned a lot of stuff just by reading books. It's easy, shouldn't you know that? What kind of Bookmen are you?"
"Well there are a lot of things that aren't in books, Ms. Kazuko-." Bookman started, but was cut off by the irritated girl across from them."
"My name is Rin, Ossan. I don't like you calling me by my last name. It sounds like you are talking to my mom."
Bookman sighed exasperatedly and rubbed his head, "Then I apologize, but we are just trying to explain to you why we know you have been here by yourself for seven years."
She opened her mouth to speak, but closed it and blew out her nose. Bookman let out another sigh. During this girls seven years of lonesome, she didn't learn how to control her temper.
"This may upset you, Rin." Lavi warned as she nodded.
Bookman begun again in an indifferent tone, "Seven years ago, for reasons unknown by the Black Order, the Millennium Earl launched an attack on this village. The attack was carried out by Akuma. They are the monsters your mother told you about that Exorcists fight against. Many Exorcists were sent out to try and fend off the attack on the Shirahama Coastal town, but by the time they arrived the village no longer had it's inhabitants and there wasn't a single Akuma in sight. The town's buildings had been untouched however, the only objects destroyed were the living ones, except you of course." He explained taking a sip of tea as her eyes went frighteningly wide.
"They didn't discriminate against who was going to be killed, the only person they left alive was you."
~Outside Window~
"So, two Exorcists have came for a visit, I see." Nicolai spoke quietly as the Level 2 Akuma beside him continued to shake in fear.
"Master, what are we to do about this?"
"Nothing for right now, Tareck" He answered, smiling in an unnerving kindly way, "I would like to see how my dearest Rin interacts with the two Bookmen."
Tareck nodded nervously as they turned their attention back to the scene inside the living room. She had sat back down and Bookman was now explaining to her the events of the Shirahama attack.
"She looks so troubled. The elder Bookman is quite the straight shooter. He didn't even consider my lovely Rin's feelings." He observed as her fists clenched and her brows furrowed together.
"Sir, I am not doubting your tactics," Tareck spoke up cautiously, gaining the attention of the Auburn-haired Noah, "But isn't this a bit risky? We haven't let a single living soul ever make contact with Rin Kazukohana, So why are we going to let two Bookmen, much less Exorcists, interact with her now?"
"Because, Tareck. It's all out of fun and curiosity. It is good scientific observations as well, her behavior towards them is very interesting."
"Yes sir." Tareck said out of respect. Then, Nicolai turned to the Akuma grinning insidiously.
The mummy-like Akuma knew his master had something brewing in the brilliant head of his. He always had a certain expression when he thought of a new experiment or a devilish idea, it was as if he didn't even have to turn into his Noah form to have that grin sometimes.
"Say, how do you think... My Rin would react to an abrupt Akuma attack?"
[A/N] Second Chapter finished! And sorry for the little cliff hanger there, I just couldn't help myself XD
Lavi: Very Cruel, Sammy-san
Me: I'm not cruel! It's just tough love!
Rin: *punches Lavi*
Lavi: Ow, what was that for?
Rin: I was giving you tough love...
Lavi: *rubs arm* That's not how you give tough love...
Me: Review please!