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

"Adiuva me... placet auxilium me... aliquis salva me..." My voice was hoarse and my throat still hurt. I was laying on my back on the stone floor of my "room", if anyone could call it that. This was a horrible prison. My body ached in all places, even places I didn't think could ache so horribly. They stuck me into this "room" after the incident in the water well room... Saying I had exceeded their expectations by 10 fold, and since now they knew I could allow my "other soul" take control I wasn't going to need to be put through the same tests as the others. I've been alone in here for about 2 months. And learned how to speak English much more.

"...Occidere me..." I whispered. I wanted to die so badly but I was afraid to.

"Little one..." My eyes widened at the voice. It was so... so... comforting. I looked towards the heavy metal door and saw a woman looking at me through the small opening that you had to slide open a small sleet of metal to see. She had eyes like mine. "So you are alive then?" She asked with a small smile, "I'm glad...I know these tests aren't good for you... I wish they would just stop for you..." She had tears fall down her cheeks. Were those tears, for me?

"Why...are... you crying?" I asked as I turned my whole body to it's side to face her.

She stared at me wide eyed before she started wiping her tears away. "I cry for you... Because this isn't fair for you... to be treated so badly." She said.

"You shouldn't cry... for a monster." I replied. I looked at her with half lidded eyes. I was tired of being in this room. In this life. "If you...really are sad for me... kill me..." I said.

"No... I couldn't do that. You haven't even seen how pretty the world is. You haven't seen how beautiful life can really be outside of here." She said as I heard the door unlock.

"What are you doing?"

"I'm going to let you walk around a bit outside."

I Had to cover my eyes momentarily as the sudden rush of light came into the "room" when she opened the heavy metal door.

[Reality]
~Normal POV~

Aura had remained unmoving for days now. Whatever had happened to her in the training room took a large toll on her, physically and emotionally; more than likely, mentally. And the one person that had chosen to stay by her side till she awoke was Lavi Bookman. Now don't mistake his intentions for anything romantic women, and or men. Yes he was genuinely concerned for her but, his main reason for being there was that bookman chose him to oversee her as she slept and until she woke to see if he could get some information to verify old information.

The red head sat on a chair by her bed and watched her. A million questions about her running through his history filled mind. Taking in every one of her features. From her slightly darker burgundy roots, to the way her bangs curled around her cheeks, to the way her lips puckered a bit as she slept and made a small 'o' shape. All of this was a little interrupted when she began to stir awake. Making him straighten up from the chair.

Her eyes slowly opened to reveal their icy blues. Slowly sitting up, she put a hand to her head, "Fuck... my head hurts." She growled. Her voice as soft and a but weak from being unused.

"That's normal when you haven't been eating or drinking in days." He chuckled.

She looked at him before she spoke, "What are you doing here?"

"I was told to watch over you while you slept, to make sure you didn't' kill yourself in your sleep." Lavi said with a smile as he walked over, sitting on he edge of the bed. "Aside from your head hurting, how do you feel? You hurt yourself pretty bad..." He stated.

Aura looked at him quizzically, getting an uneasy feeling off him, "I feel... Fine."

"You don't sound too sure of that, Aura." He smiled.

"Does it matter really?"

"Nurse said to take you to the lunch hall when you woke up, knowing you haven't eaten in a while." Lavi pointed out.

Aura was beginning to become annoyed with the red head, "If I go eat, will you leave me alone?" She asked.

[Cafeteria]
-Minutes later-

Aura walked into the cafeteria, bandages around her neck, arms, and hands. Black flats on her feet and still wearing a white dress Lenalee had lent her while asleep, she walked to Jerry and smiled a bit, "Hey Jerry." She said softly.

"Oh my Goodness~ Aura Mist is back from the dead, how do you feel sweetheart?~" Jerry said as he leaned on he counter and looked at her, examining her condition. Noting the bandages. "Should you really be walking about?" He asked.

She waved off the comment, "I'm feeling fine. Can I just have some iced coffee?"

Jerry simply nodded before going off to get her usual.

"Do you just drink coffee?" Lavi asked, "Why not actually eat something? Like, something with some protein in it. You've been asleep for some time. Your body needs to be fed some." He pointed out. He wasn't wrong. When someone has been sleeping for days, it's only natural and appropriate or them to feed their body since they couldn't do it asleep. But now that is as mentioned, her body (aside from her bandaged limbs) looked as healthy as any person that wasn't in her position. I'll have to tell Bookman about this.. He thought.

"I'm fine. Coffee is almost all I consume." And on queue, Jerry handed her coffee to her with a small nod, "It's all I really can consume..." She said a little lower. As if it wasn't important to mention in the first place. "So, there. I'm going to consume something. Leave me alone." Was all she said before walking out of the cafeteria, more than likely going to her room.

"Wait, Miss Mist!"

She stopped at the sound of a Finder's voice, turning to him.

"Director Komui wants to see you in his office."

Tilting her head a bit, she simply nodded before changing her destination to Komui's office.

[Komui's Office]
-Same Day-

Aura sat on the couch, coffee in hand and looked at Komui as he smiled at her from his desk.

"So, how do you feel, Aura?" He asked her.

"I'm feeling fine. What did you need? If it's just to check my health you should've just asked the Head Nurse." Her monotone way of speaking had sent a slight shiver down his spine.

She was so different from when she first came. Though it was expected. Considering what Lenalee had informed him and the very horrific scene that had played out in the training room. A flash of said occurrence flashed through his mind and he looked at her a bit in worry before it disappeared. "I actually, unfortunately, have an assignment for you. Only. You." He said. "I feel bad for sending you out so early onto a mission, especially since you jus woke up today. But there is no other exorcist that can do this. Allen and the Bookmen are going to investigate a town where General Cross, who is currently missing, was last spotted. Kanda is still on a mission, and Lenalee is to stay here for a bit longer. Nurses orders."

"Does the Nurse know you are giving me this mission so early?" She smirked a bit.

Komui blanched, "Don't run it by her is all I ask." He coughed a bit to clear his throat, "Anyways, where you will be going is a town near Ireland, called Lacken. There have been reports of Akuma in the vicinity, increasingly so in the last month. I need you to go to this two to figure out if the Akuma are in search of Innocence or if one of the Earl's soul Broker's are there."

"Alright... When do I leave?"

"Right now."

"Alright..." As she got up she finished her coffee and absently gazed down at the floor, "Hey... Is Kanda alright?" Even surprised at her own words she shook her head, "Forget I said that." She turned and hurried towards the door.

Komui smiled a bit and looked at her with his chin in a hand, "He's alright. He'll be returning in a day or two."

Aura stopped and looked at the ground a bit, "Tch... as if I care..." She said softly before leaving and heading towards the platform to get to her room.

Aura Mist was troubled and it was plain as day on her face. Why did she ask about Kanda? He had done nothing but cause her unexplained feelings and gave her insults about how she was weak. He doesn't deserve her concern, nor does he deserve her time. Aura sat on the platform as it leisurely made it's way to the top floor.

"I hope he get's shot..." She mumbled darkly.

Though the voice that had left her mouth, was her own with another's laced together. The other voice was obviously of the opposite sex but she didn't seemed fazed by it. "Hachidori... You shouldn't do that... here... They don't know about us so let's keep it that way. Bak's orders. He advised it so you know who doesn't find out. If he were to find out what the Alaskan did to me and my people..." She shivered, "He'll want to continue it."

As she came up to the top floor, she jumped onto the floor and walked towards her door, "And I don't need to deal with his antics..." Aura mumbled as she approuched her door and walked in, already aware of what she will bring with her to Ireland.

[Train to Ireland]
-Same Day-

Aura sat in the compartment staring out the window with her elbow propped onto the armrest and placing her chin on the back of her hand. She watched as the scenery passed her by, thinking deeply about many things. She thought about what had happened in her lifetime. How she was taken to the Alaskan Branch, their experiments, the deaths, the slaughters, the pain... Then the Asian Branch. How different it was compared to the Alaskan Branch. They were all so kind to her, even after learning her past. There was no pain, torture, death, experiments. Just... That person they had taken to the North American Branch, He had weighed heavily in her thoughts for some time.

He looked like he was in so much pain when she had seen him.

Now she was at the European branch. Where they can't know of her history; her past. Where she stopped being emotionless and showed how truly broken she was. Where she meets the Destroyer of Time, the user of Dark Boots and her brother, the Bookmen, and Kanda Yu - user of Mugen.

So much happened so quickly and she wondered if she would ever catch up to her past and future's pace. She oftened wondered if all her suffering would end, and if so, would it be with her death and her innocence destroyed? Was that what it took for her to finally rest and to stop looking over her shoulder?

Broken from her thoughts as a knock came at the door. "Yes?"

"May I come in, Miss exorcist?" The finder assigned to her asked.

"You may." She answered.

As the finder came in, she sat down across from Aura, obviously wanting to ask something. Aura catching onto her fidgeting form from the corner of her eye she sighed deeply, aquiring the female finder's attention.

"If there is something you want to say, say it."

The finder looked down at her lap and remained silent for a few moments. Probably contemplating whether she should actually speak her mind or keep quite like most finders do around exorcist's. But she thought it best to get it off her chest as she spoke softly yet clearly, "Miss Exorcists," Her voice was light and frail. As if she would crumble under a single touch of a feather, "Is it true.. that you are from Ireland? And if so... do you think your family might still be there... I mean, I'm from Ireland too.. I uh.." The girl began to get more nervous than need be, so Aura decided to save her from humiliation and speak.

"No. I'm not from Ireland, despite my accent. I was raised by the Black Order... My family gave me away for the sake of humanity.. For the sake of winning this war, and as supporters of the order; the People at the order who had taken care of me growing up, were Irish. So it was only natural I caught the accent too." She still saw the girl fidgeting in her seat. "Now what's the question you really want to ask?" Aura inquired.

The girl looked up at her wide eyed before her cheeks flushed and looked back down at her lap, "well... you see... I've been with the order for a year now... and I just... want to know if my family is alright..."

That's when Aura finally realized she had an accent similar to her own, "I see... Well... I guess it wouldn't hurt... After the mission we'll drop by." Aura couldn't care less about what this finder wanted but, the girl looked so young. Aura could understand that she wanted to see her family. Coming from a stand point where she doesn't even know her family but craved to see them and ask them so many things.

The finder looked up at Aura with a face full of joy, "Thank you so much Miss exorcist!"

"No thanks is needed..." Was Aura's only reply. Gazing out the window and ridding her mind of any thoughts. But, the girl began to stand from her seat and head for the door. Leaving probably because usually finders aren't much cared for by exorcists and would sit outside the compartment. "Wait..." She heard her movements still, "You're already in here and we have some time to go before reaching our destination. Get some rest on the seat." Aura felt the girl's eyes gazing at her, with what emotion was unknown to her. But the girl did sit down, setting the large gray box on her back to the ground, and laid her body on the seat as her eyes slowly drifted close.

Glancing at her, Aura thought, Human's are such strange creatures... yet so... intricately created it's fascinating.

"Goodnight, Miss... exorcist..."

"Goodnight... "

[?]
-Same Time-

"Oh, look at that!~ That exorcist is treating that finder rather pleasently than others. That's really weird huh?~"

"I suppose..."

"I wonder if she'll be a problem."

"She's only a girl.. I'm sure she won't cause too much trouble. She'll die easily once it all get's serious."

"You're right. Though it would've been fun to play with her for a while."