It's been about a month since my last mission in Rome with Kanda. His injuries healed abnormally quickly and he was sent on another mission right after. I think he went to England this time. But ever since then I haven't talked to him.

I was walking down the hall in my uniform when I heard someone shouting, "Komui!" I shouted as I walked to the idiotic Head. He looked at me with crocodile tears, "My dear sweet Lenalee is hiding something from me! She's dating Russell!" He cried. I looked at him like he was an idiot, "Are you kidding? That's what you're crying about?!" I kicked him in the stomach. "Quit your damn whining you big baby! If you really think she's dating that guy then just ask her!" I growled coldly. Komui looked at me conflicted. "W-Why are you acting different from when we first met?" He asked. My eyes widened as I recalled the memory.

I nodded with a warm smile, "Aura Mist at your service~"

"Shit." I spat as I walked away towards the training room. "Stupid blathering idiot." I growled as I stalked down the stairs and into the training room. I took off the jacket then put my hair up in a high ponytail. I've been unable to hide my emotions since Rome and it was beginning to annoy the hell outta me.

I started to practice my martial arts on a few dummies and I was humming a song before I started to sing it:

"I will commit any sin
if that allows me
to share your pain."

When you die
I will kiss your icy cheek
once."

I felt my innocence pulsate and I blinked a few times before stopping my movement and sighing deeply.

"The ericas adorning the coffins
mean "loneliness" in the flower language.

I was born alone in this world
and when the time comes, alone I will die.
This is my fate,
but why are tears rolling down my cheeks?"

I shook my head before I began to roundhouse kick another dummy, "Is there something you wanted?" I asked lightly as I lowered my leg down to the floor, no bothering to turn around. "It's a beautiful voice you have, Miss Mist..."

"Thank you..." I was getting annoyed rather quickly, I wanted to be alone at the moment and right now she wasn't letting that happen. "Did you make it yourself?" She asked. Nodding my head I looked at the floor a bit, "Yes."

"Was it for anyone?"

Turning to her with a slight glare I spoke coldly, "Was there a purpose to your presence here?" I asked. "Just to ask, have you eaten?"

"Does it matter?"

~Normal POV~

The Head nurse saw the cold glare in the younger woman's eyes but didn't back down. Her glare was no where near as bad as the famous always-scowling-Kanda. Though not even his were enough to scare the Head nurse. "It does. If you don't properly feed yourself it could effect your fighting performance." the nurse shot at her. Aura smirked a bit before doubling over in laughter. "Oh yeah!... The order only cares... about winning!" She said in between laughs before they died down into giggles, "I had forgotten the order will do what must be done to win no matter what... and If I fail to be a good little pawn for them I'll be thrown to the side like trash as they take away my innocence.." She gazed up at the ceiling. "That's not what I meant." The nurse said.

"I just don't want to see you get seriously injured...or worse.." The head nurse said. "Why would you care?" Aura's eyes narrowed on the elder woman, in complete distrust and impatience. "Because I'm a nurse... a nurse who doesn't want to see anyone get hurt or killed because of his war. Especially someone who has already been hurt emotionally, physically, and mentally by this war. I'm sure you've experienced enough pain as it is." She stated before heading towards the door, not sparring a glance at the wide-eyed broken young lady behind her, "Oh, and please make sure you eat." was the last thing she said before leaving the young lady alone in the training room.

Aura shook from her trance before she slowly, ever-so-slowly, slumped down to her knees before falling to her side in pure exhaustion. That's when she finally realized she was breathing heavily and her joints hurt a bit as she moved them. She must've worked herself fairly hard and was really out of it not to notice it.

Sighing deeply she allowed herself to fall into a deep sleep.

[Aura's Dream]
~Aura's POV!~

My ragged and blood stained dress clung to my small body. My hair the same as the water was dumped on me. I was chained to the floor, the heavy steel chains cuffs digging into my small wrists tightly drawing blood, dark as night. Looking around I saw myself in a circular chamber, above me bars that criss-crossed each other allowed the gallons of water to seep through.

Fear began to make it's way through my body and as it settled in I began to thrash around, with as much strength I could muster in my small body. Another gallon hit down over me like a slap. I looked around my at the floor to look for a drain but somewhere in my mind, I knew there wasn't one. All of a sudden, over the large slaps of water as they hit the floor, I could hear those same men talking, "We've made all of their bodies virtually invincible. We're testing the theory that in the case her well-being, her life, is in danger her implanted souls' instinct will kick in and she'll become overwhelmed with the power to survive and get herself out of the situation." Another man spoke, "And if that doesn't happen?" another gallon, "Well, this girl will die."

Hearing those words made me scream in terror and finally realize how weak I really was right now. My voice was hoarse and my throat was completely dry and it hurt. Thought, that didn't stop me from screaming out, "Dimitte ergo me!" I repeated this countless times in a terrified voice as I realized that the water had reason to around my elbows. I was splashing around as much as I can as I realized if I didn't get free of these chains on my wrists, I was going to die here.

"Noilte...No! Dimitte ergo me! DIMITTE ERGO ME!" I screamed as the water slapped down on my small body and caused the already risen water to not only splash around me but rise even higher. "I DON'T WANT TO DIE!" I screamed my first English words as I tugged fruitlessly on my chains. Before I knew it the water had already risen to my chin and that alone made tears fall down my already grime covered, small, pale face that was already wet from the continuous gallons of water dropped on me. I felt so helpless at that moment. I was a helpless little girl that didn't want to die...

Let me take over young one, and I will save you from this torture...

The new voice made me stop thrashing and my eyes widened even more but not in fear, but hope. I might've not known what or who this voice belonged to but, if the owner could get me away from here, then. "Please..." I muttered lightly as water began to rise once more till it covered my head. I shut my eyes tightly as I felt my floating yet grounded body thrash about as water filled my longs. Opening them widely I looked up as if God would help me. But I knew he wouldn't.

Help me... I... Don't want to die here... I thought and just as that thought swam through my mind I felt a agonizing pain in the back of my neck. Bubbles floated to the surface as I screamed underwater. The pain was sharp and too agonizing to put into words how agonizing it was. It felt like a needle was plunged deep into the back of my neck, pulled out, and a larger one stabbed in and it repeated. The needle large than the last and I continued to scream underwater. Water filling my lungs, and soon...My body fell limp and my eyes grew heavy. I still seemed to be screaming but I was definitely sure it wasn't of my own accord. Soon, my vision blackened but what felt like ages it returned but to something horrifying.

Blood...

Blood was everywhere. On my soaked dress, my wet legs, arms, my hands flew to my face and I felt the warmess of blood there as well. I reached for locks of my hair and saw that dreadful crimson was their as well. My frosty blue eyes widened in horror as I looked up from my hair to see the man bodies that were laid out before me. My hands flew to my ears and I fell to my knees. Mouth open in shock and eyes in horror, I screamed at the top of my lungs in despair. "NOOOO! NOLITE! NO! NOLITE NO! NOLITE NO NOLITE NO! NONONONONO!" I shook my head furiously as if that would make me go back in time to not take that voice's offer.

This is your true nature... why are you so afraid?

"ABEUNT! PARECE MIHI! ABEUNT! ABEUNT! ABEUNT! PARECE MIHI!" I kept repeating for this woman's voice to go away and leave me alone. But it just laughed at me. It's laugh was sickly sweet yet held that undertone of harshness in it making me shudder. "PARECE MIHI!" I screamed as an attempt to try to drown out it's laugh echoing in my ears, but it was futile, it was loud and clear and it made me feel terrified.

[Reality]
~Normal POV!~

"Aura! Aura wake up!" Said woman was sitting in the middle of the training room, her legs bent and on either side of her. Her hands were covering her ears as she screeched in horror facing the ground. Her eyes were open but she didn't seem anywhere near awake, her ice cold frosty blue eyes were small and wavering scarcely.

She screamed few words in a different language. "Aura!" The Head nurse screamed frightened by the scene. When she had come back to see if Aura had gone to eat she heard her scream and what she stumbled upon was horrific.

The dummies were thrown and torn about the room, wooden swords broken in pieces and scattered at the far end, the mats had nail scratches leading towards the woman screaming, and blood dripped from Aura's hands, neck and arms.

"NOLITE NO! NONONONONO!" Aura screamed horrified as she began to scratch at her wrists and neck till more blood was drawn.

The head nurse watched in horror and tried to pry the younger woman's hands from her control but Aura was too strong and continued. The Nurse was scared but not of Aura, but of what was happening to her. She's never seen someone so terrified. She saw the warm tears that streamed from Aura's eyes down her cheeks and onto her legs. The Head Nurse prayed someone went to go get Komui or someone because if Aura kept this up, she would kill herself.

The Head nurse continued, fruitlessly, to try and get Aura to come to her senses but everything she did was for none.

"Aura! Please wake up!" She pleaded but her plead fell upon deaf ears.

That's when the door was kicked open and in rushed Allen, Lavi, Komui, Lenalee, and the science department. They all looked at the scene before them and gasped in surprise and horror before their gazes fell upon the Head Nurse trying to pry Aura's hands from scratching at her neck. The exorcists were the first one's to run over and help the nurse. Lenalee and Allen held back the Head nurse as Lavi went in front of Aura and grabbed her wrists tightly and struggled to pull the young lady's hands from scratching her neck. "Hey! Wake up will ya!" Lavi shouted but just like the Nurse, it fell upon deaf ears. "NOLITE NO! PARCE MIHI! PARCE PARCE MIHI!" Lavi's eyes widened a bit as he realized what language she was speaking but only for half a second before releasing her hands and cupping her face which caused her to thrash around and try to push Lavi away.

He looked into her eyes for the longest time before she finally made eye contact with him and her screams began to die down, "Hey, wake up. It's just a dream okay?" He pulled her into an embrace and her screams died down into whimpers before she fell limp in his arms.

"What the hell was that?" Reever asked. "I think she has PTSD." Lavi answered as he gazed down at the limp woman in his arms. She was beautiful even in her bloodied state, he had to admit, "She's losing lots of blood." He said as he slowly stood as he picked her up, bridal style, in his arms. Her head laid against his shoulder, her small breaths ghosting over his neck.

"Please bring her to the Infirmary!" The Head nurse said frantically as she ran out towards her office. Lavi followed close behind.

[Infirmary]

On the bed sat a very doll-like Aura. Her eyes were closed as she was on her back. Her neck, arms, and hands were bandaged securely and she was changed out of her bloodied clothes into a white dress that Lenalee decided to let the girl wear instead of her blood stained ones. An IV needle was in her right arm and hanging on the metal stand was a clipboard of her most recent updated condition. She had been in the Infirmary for some hours now. It was about 11:25pm, the sun had gone down and the moon was up high. Moonlight shined down through the window nearest to Aura and made her glow, making herself look even more doll-like. Still.

She almost looked dead, the only indication that she was alive was the slow rise and fall of her chest.

Her hair was brushed (By Lenalee), and had sprawled about her and curled a bit around her form. Her bangs framing her heart shaped face nicely.

"So what happened?" An elderly voice asked. The man known as Bookman, or because of his similar appearance, he's referred to by Lavi as Old Panda. "She was going through an episode, of what I don't know." Lavi replied to the Elder man. The two were by a wall across Aura, Lavi leaning on it while Bookman stood a foot away from it. "Have you gotten a glimpse of her Innocence yet?" Bookman asked as he gazed at the woman. "No, I heard she didn't even use it when in Rome with Yu. It's like she's afraid to use it." Lavi said the last part in a whisper, as if it wasn't even worth mentioning. A theory, a guess, a thought...nothing more.

"I see... Well, we'll just have to keep a close eye on her." Bookman said. "Yeah, I guess sooner or later we'll see what the Deadly Hummingbird can do."

"Deadly Hummingbird?... Oh yes, the name that the last of the Alaskan Branch members referred to her as." Bookman mused as he nodded slowly. "Do you think she'll out do anyone's expectations?" Lavi asked as he watched her closely. "Maybe... But we won't be sure till she uses her innocence."

"Right..."

Well it's been a fucking long ass time since I've updated this story. I'M SOOOO FREAKING SORRY ! Gomen'nasai -.- I hit writers block bad a lot and sadly this story was one of the many that had been put to a HIATUS because of my writers block. Especially now that school just started (like it's the 3rd week in) and there's already drama and work sucks dick. oops language- oh who cares xD lol The song is used from The 2nd Kuroshitsuji Musical, I don't remember the actual name but It's Eric's Theme and it's really beautiful :')

Please review, till next time..

Au revoir~

-Nightmare