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I was so physically drained, and my shoulders were sore from the weight of the bags I kept all my stuff in. My innocence seemed to throb a bit from the incident with Robert. And I was just tired mentally—having someone you care about taken away so quickly hurt both the heart and mind. Not to mention the fact that I couldn't really wrap around the fact that I was at the Black Order.
I stopped walking, and stared at the huge castle that had some familiarity with the Tower of Pisa, or Pizza—whatever it was called. But as I was gaping at the huge structure, everything that had happened really hit me, like a slap in the face. Hard. I chuckled.
"Holy shit. Holy Shit. Holy Shit." I took in a deep breath of air, then let it out. "Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck!" I rubbed my eyes, and ran a hand through my hair. "Shit, shit, shit, shit." I closed my eyes tightly, and then pinched my cheeks to make sure I was still where I thought I was. That huge tower was still there. I was still here. Soldier was staring at me—and there was a black golem flying in circle around me.
I was still here.
Suddenly, another slap in the face from reality—I wasn't in just some messed up dream. I wasn't just gonna wake up and find that I was just hit by a car or had fallen asleep a bit too long. I swallowed hard.
'Not the time to be in such dreary spirits, is it?' A voice in my mind drawled. I shook my head.
"Shut up, Franz." I stated, lifting my tired feet, making them start walking—pushing away all my troubling thoughts to the back of my head. Right now, I had bigger problems: what was I going to do about Komui and everyone else in the Black Order?
I hummed, thinking. When the canopy of trees on top of my head disappeared, I realized that I couldn't walk anymore, since I reached the castle gates. I stared a bit at the so-called 'Gatekeeper'. It looked like the wood had been carved and painted into a rather scary looking face on the door, but I knew it was actually this Akuma-scanning thing. I looked up and down at it—but my eyes widened as I saw what Soldier was doing to it.
"Soldier! No! Bad boy!" Even though I was a bit panicked and angry, I couldn't help but laugh as Soldier lifted up his leg and peed on the wall, right where the Gatekeepers chin would be. I couldn't help but start laughing. I tried my best to keep myself from bending over, because I felt like if I did I could fall over stupidly.
"AHHH! WHAT IS IT DOING TO ME?" I looked up, wiping the small tears at the corner of my eyes in order see the Gatekeeper, shaking his figure (or at least as much as he could) and two waterfalls of tears pouring down his eyes.
"Soldier!" I stomped my foot, and he trotted over to me, sitting down. I sighed, exasperated with my dog's behavior. I looked at the Gatekeeper, and noticed that he was glaring at me (or at least I think?). I swear if someone was reading this from a manga, they would see the '….' Bubble on top of his head.
There was a rather awkward silence. Gatekeeper just kept glaring at me while crying at the same time—I could see snot dripping out of his nose. I started to wonder if he needed to eat or something, and if he did… what did he eat anyway? After coming to the conclusion that he probably ate wood, or maybe small children, I realized that nobody was speaking, that nobody had said anything from the intercoms. I frowned.
"Soo…." I brawled out. "Shouldn't you scan me? To know if I'm friends with the Earl or something?" I stared at it as his expression turned confused.
"How—?" He started, but I interrupted him. I was really starting to get pissed.
"Look, buddy." I took a gulp of air. "I've been traveling and training under fucking General Marian Cross. I have gone through hell and back for the past 6 months to find this place and to understand why I have fucking crosses burned into my stomach alright? I'm tired, my shoulders hurt like a fucker, I haven't had anything to drink in the last 7 hours, and I haven't eaten anything in the past 8. Having a fucking parasite innocence gets you really hungry, all right? So you better do something or I swear I will find an Akuma and rub him all over your pretty face." I took another gulp of air after that, and glared at the Gatekeeper. He was staring at me with a rather horrified face.
"Supervisor Komui?" he said weakly.
"Give her an examination, Gatekeeper." A voice said, from an intercom I guessed.
The Gatekeeper then leaned over me, cautiously though. His eyes seemed to pop out of his face and there was this suddenly bright yellow beam coming out his eyes on me. I stood there for a moment, keeping Soldier at my side by his collar, so he could get scanned too.
"S-She's clean. She's not an ally of the Millennium Earl."He said, seeming surprised.
"Told ya." I stated, letting go of Soldier and then taking the hat off my hat, staring at it for a second. Cross's hat, he said that he didn't give his hat to any girl. I smiled staring at it, then fitted it on my head again, tilting it back so that it didn't cover my eyes.
"What's your name?" I looked at the black golem flying around.
"Liseandra Silva." I stated.
Suddenly the ground shook a bit and the gates that were located on each side of the Gatekeeper rose from the ground. I could hear the sound of the rusted metal grinding against each other.
"We allow you to pass, Liseandra Silva."
I couldn't help but smile. I sighed, watching as Soldier trot ahead of me, smelling the gates with uncertainty. I shrugged off the bag on my back, sighing in relief as I held it in my hand. I uncertainly turned around. The sky around the weird mountain-island-place was gray and murky; a permanent mist seemed to be in the air. But something about the air, and the weather, and just standing there seemed comfortable.
I suddenly felt arms wrap around my shoulders, and even if I felt the pressure there I didn't feel the total weight of the person. I saw, from the corner of my eye, fluttering blond hair.
'Feels like home, doesn't it?'
"Maybe a bit." I muttered back. As I turned around, Franz seemed to turn into the mist itself and just disappear. And when I saw the opened gates, there was someone else there.
Lenalee Lee was standing there, her black-green tinted hair beautiful and still long, held in two thin ponytails. Her figure was petite and made her look like an angel. She had this sparkle in her eyes that just seems to hold all the sunshine in the world. She was truly a beautiful girl…if I was a guy I would try to flirt with her every moment I could.
I smiled as she crouched down and rubbed Soldier's stomach. She giggled as he, enjoying the attention, whimpered in a cute fashion. I couldn't help but laugh a bit too. She then turned her head towards me and smiled, standing up again.
"Liseandra, right?"
I nodded my head. "Yes, and you?" I bit the inside of my cheek to contain my excitement, I mean… wow! I was talking to the one and only and REAL Lenalee Lee. I could have run up to her, hug her and tell her she was one of the coolest girls in D. Gray-man… But I didn't. I had to keep my cool somehow. It was actually a lot harder than it looked. I swallowed hard as I stared at her.
"Lenalee Lee." She smiled. "I'm the assistant of the supervisor. I'm going to take you to see him. Nice to meet you."
I nodded my head, following after her. "Same here… Soldier! Come here! The gate's gonna close!" I sighed as Soldier ran inside right before the opening between the gate and the ground would have been too small for him to pass through. He trotted ahead of us, smelling the earth. As soon as I walked in, I heard whispering, I immediately grew annoyed. Gossiping was one of the things I hated, and it was way on the top of my hate-list. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath in, but as soon as I heard 'She's pretty hot. I wouldn't mind shagging her', I snapped.
I turned around and glared at everyone there. "Shut the hell up. I could hear you from the other side of the fuckin' planet. So just shut your mouths before I decide to sew them closed myself." I barked out, they stared at me with eyes widened, some even deciding to back away. Someone grabbed my arm and started to pull away, and when I looked to see who it was, I saw that it was Lenalee. She had a smile on her face.
I sighed. "Do you think we can get someplace where I can put my bags down?" I asked, tiredly. She nodded.
"Sure, you'll get your own room after you see the Supervisor. Ah! This is the third level training room…" I just followed and listened as Lenalee pointed things out while mentioning small little facts. I would laugh when she would laugh and nod here and there. I followed her down a couple sets of stairs and when we reached the bottom, the smiling face of Komui Lee met me.
"Hello! How are you doing? I am Komui Lee, The scientific group supervisor." He smiled. I looked around at the basement of the place. It was huge—and I meant super -super big. There were so many different types of machinery here that I didn't even know where they made them during this century. I shrugged it off and followed Komui and Lenalee anyway.
"What's that?" I looked up to see Komui having some staring contest with my dog. I chuckled.
"A Domestic Dog, Canis lupus familiaris, a domesticated form of the Wolf, a member of the Canidae family of the order Carnivora. He is the breed of a Great Dane—"
"That's not what I meant." Komui interrupted me. "What is it doing here?" He looked at me expectantly.
"He's my dog. And if you keep calling him an 'it', he will bite you." I stated, as we reached a very white examination room. The bright color of the room was hurting my eyes since they were used to the much darker-toned castle colors. I sighed and let my bag fall on the floor. I picked at the buckles of my messenger bag uncertainly. I would have to take care of the books better now. If anyone found out about them, I was going to be screwed—big time. I took a deep breath, made sure the bag was completely closed, that there was no way for something to accidently slip, and then set the bag down. I let out a breath of relief as my shoulder joints were finally freed; I stretched a bit before turning back to Komui.
He was drinking a fresh new cup of coffee. "Alright, show me your innocence." He stated. I nodded my head and then reached down to the hem of my shirt and easily pulled the material off. Lenalee and Komui didn't even blink as I stripped off my top. I pointed to the crosses that were on my chest.
"There." I looked down. My innocence looked the same, though it might have spread out a bit more. The wrinkled, dark purple skin wrapped around me, and cupped my boobs like a strapless bra. On second thought, they actually they showed a lot more skin than a bra. The crosses didn't go to my bellybutton anymore; they were just one neat row just below my boobs that went around my entire body.
"Hmmm…" Komui seemed in deep thought and Lenalee was starring at my chest in fascination. I knew she was staring at my innocence but I still felt rather self-conscious. I mean… Lenalee was so pretty and skinny. Her legs were perfect and she had curves. I ended up skinny from all the physical stuff I had to do with Cross, but my legs were rather weird looking, my stomach had stretch marks that showed really badly now since I had lost the weight, and I didn't have the curves I was supposed to have for being a 17-year old girl.
"Lay down for me, please." Komui patted down the metal table examination thing. I laid down; the table was cold and made me hiss as my innocence came into contact with it. I bit my lips to stop from making any other noises of discomfort. Komui grabbed a stool and sat down next to the table, looking down at my abdomen in curiosity. He took a hand and placed it gently on the crosses; I made some sort of noise and moved a bit away without even knowing.
"It's sensitive?" he asked. I nodded my head.
"Very." I replied.
"Can you activate it?" he asked. I bit my lip, thinking a bit.
"Well…. I can try. There were only a couple of times I have actually activated it…" I said, feeling my face flush.
He patted my shoulder and smiled; Lenalee grabbed my hand and smiled. As I saw both of them I noticed how alike they both really looked. When I read the manga, I could never tell they were siblings, but now that I saw them face-to-face, I saw the similarities. They had the same face structure, though Komui's was bit thinner and less sculpted, most likely because of the age and stress. They had the same eyes, and the same warming smiles.
"Don't worry. It's okay, Liseandra." She comforted, squeezing my hand. I nodded slowly and then closed my eyes.
'Franz…. Innocence Activate.' When I opened my eyes, I found myself standing in the 14th's secret room. Franz sat comfortably on the only couch in the entire room. He smiled at me.
"Welcome back, my dear master." He said a grin on his face.
"Ha-Ha." I said sarcastically. "I asked you to activate, not to pull me here. I hate how every time I ask for anything, you pull me in here."
"Sorry. It's the only time I can pull you in, apart from in your dreams. Plus I did it as a request from an old friend." I looked at the mirror to see the 14th's messed up figure. He had his hands flat out against the mirror, grinning at me. I walked towards him and placed my hands on top of his.
"Why?"
"Ahleen…. Ahleen…. Ahhleenn…" He kept repeating the name over and over again.
"He's just rather excited; you are finally going to meet Allen." Franz smiled towards my direction.
"Yeah." I could understand that. It would probably be years until Allen find out about the 14, and his true destiny.
"I have to go back now." I stated. The 14 nodded, and Franz stood up and made his way towards me. He stood behind me, letting his arms wrap around my shoulders. I stared at our reflection. I looked so ugly next to the perfectly sculpted Franz. He had no flaws, while I had a billion of them.
He chuckled. "You know that's not true." He stated. I rolled my eyes.
"See you later, Franz." I stated as he smiled.
"Goodbye." I closed my eyes once again, and when I opened my eyes, I was back at the Black Order, in the examination room. I looked down at my stomach to find that my innocence had activated in the end.
The wrinkly raisin looking skin had spread across my stomach. Parts of my regular skin had turned the same bruise color and spiraled around my arms and down my stomach, up my shoulders and wrapped around my neck. It almost looked a bunch of snakes around my body.
"Are you okay?" I glanced at Lenalee's concerned expression. I nodded my head.
"Don't worry. I usually black out when my innocence activates…" I trailed off. I looked towards Komui as he looked at my innocence, careful not to touch it too much.
"Hmm. Yep, its parasite type innocence." I nodded my head.
"Yeah, Cross told me that." I stated.
"Hmm. Yes, I noticed you have his hat." I nodded my head, reaching up and grabbing it, keeping it in my hands.
"Yeah, he gave it to me as proof that I was a friend of the Order." I stated. He smiled a bit.
"Alright. You can deactivate your innocence. I'm sure Cross told you all about the Order, right?" Komui stated, taking a drink from his rather hilarious bunny mug.
I didn't know everything about the Order by memory, but I could easily go back and read it from the manga, and see what he said to Allen and stuff. So I just nodded my head. "Yeah. I had my questions so I tortured him for answers." I stated.
He chuckled. "Lenalee will leave your bags at your new room." Lenalee smiled. I nodded, already trusting her to not look through my stuff.
"Be careful with that bag." I pointed to my messenger bag. "Make sure it doesn't come open or anything… There's some rather personal stuff in there…"
She nodded. "Don't worry. I'll see you later!" She grabbed my bags and gave me a small wave before walking away. I watched her, feeling a bit insecure now that I didn't have the books with me anymore.
"This way~!" Komui hummed and then walked out another door. I followed him and found out to the platform elevator. I swallowed hard, remembering that this should be the part where I had to meet Hebraska. I was really hoping that she wouldn't grab me from behind, since I was scared too easily now.
"Tell me, how did you find Cross?" Komui asked.
"Umm… I worked at one of those prostitute houses…" He choked on his coffee. "Not like that. I actually pretended to be a boy and worked as a waiter. I did it for money and one night he found me and I guess…. He said he would train me…" I shrugged. "It happened really fast—" Suddenly I felt something wrap around my waist, then my arms and legs. I screamed out and struggled as I was pulled back, but when I saw the blue tinted ghostly arms, I relaxed. I took a deep breath.
"Holy shit… that scared me…" I watched as the tentacles lifted up my shirt and shot straight into my innocence. I struggled a bit: the feeling was strange, and not entirely comfortable. It felt as if there were snakes or spiders crawling under my skin.
"I'm sorry I scared you." I looked back to see Hebraska. She was beautiful in her own way: Her expression was rather warm; her lips were large, but fitted perfectly on her face. Even though that weird mask thing covered her eyes, she was beautiful. Her voice was so calming that it made me relax.
"It's alright…" I took another breath. Her face looked down at my abdomen.
"You are special…" She muttered, and brought me closer to her. Her forehead touched mine, and I was suddenly blinded; only seeing white. I heard Hebraska's voice, and only her voice.
"3 percent… 8 percent… 13 percent… 18 percent… 27 percent…. 39 percent… 46 percent… 55 percent… 69 percent… 73 percent." Suddenly I was able to see again, and I found that Hebraska had separated our foreheads.
"73 percent." She stated. I nodded my head. It wasn't a terribly good number, but it wasn't a bad one either. At least I knew that I was going to start pushing myself to find the powers of my innocence and to be able to be able to fight, to not be weak.
"You're The Protector." Hebraska stated, slowly bringing me down towards the platform. As my feet reached the platform I looked back towards her.
"The protector…?"
"You're innocence was meant to protect." She stated. I nodded slowly, looking down. I smiled a bit to myself. Komui started rambling about stuff, things he also told Allen: how many exorcists were in the world, and how Hebraska was one too. I listened and nodded, but I couldn't really get the information in my head just yet. As the platform started to rise, I gave a small wave to Hebraska; she smiled a bit at me. I stared down at the endless darkness as we kept going up.
"Liseandra." I turned around, to find Komui stretching a hand towards me. "Fate is in our hands. We must make it right." I nodded taking his hand.
He smiled. "Welcome to the Black Order."
Komui had shown me to my room, and then bid me a good night. He told me that in the morning, Lenalee would start to introduce me to other exorcists as well as people I would probably start seeing around. I bid him a good night as well before entering my room.
My room was a good size —for me at least. There was a bed pressed up against one wall, and on the same wall was an empty bookcase, with just a bit of dust. A desk was pressed against the opposite wall with a chair. There was a nightstand and a lamp and a couple of rather disturbing posters on the walls—those, I would have to take down or I would have nightmares. On the wall where the door was, there was a drawer with a mirror, mostly to put clothes in. I smiled. This room seemed perfect for me. I quickly changed into a large T-shirt that had been my PJ's for most of my time here. I looked in my messenger bag and made sure that everything was there, including the books and stuff from my world, like my iPod and cellphone. I smiled again when I saw everything was there. I knew I could trust someone like Lenalee. I went in my bag and grabbed the leather journal I had bought when I first started traveling and an old pen. I sat down with my back against the wall, opening the journal to a fresh page. I bit the end of my pen for a bit before I labeled the top of the page.
"Hmmm…" I said to myself. "I don't really know how to start this off…"
When I woke up and found myself staring at an unfamiliar ceiling, I shot up on my bed and looked around frantically; the only thought in my head was that I had been kidnapped. But when I looked around my room, the memories of yesterday came flooding in, fast. I was in the Black Order.
I couldn't help but squeal a bit and fall back on the bed, my head hitting the pillow. I took a deep breath and stared at my ceiling.
"Finally, right?" I said to myself. I slowly stood up, and when I went to grab some shorts to slip on, there was a knock on my door.
"Who is it—Ow…" I said. I fell to the floor from trying to put some a sock on while balancing on only one foot.
"Liseandra?" Lenalee's voice asked, as she opened the door and peeked inside. I gave her a nod, and she gave me a smile and walked in, Soldier trailing behind her. When he saw me, he ran up to me and started to smell my hands and face. I scratched behind his ears and smiled.
"Good morning." I said casually. She sat down on my bed and smiled.
"Good morning." She replied. "Had a good sleep?"
I nodded. "Yeah. Like the other nights." I replied easily. "What are you doing here so early in the morning?"I looked at her attire and found that she still had her own PJ's on—just a shirt and some shorts in a lavender color—, her hair was completely loose and pin-straight, and I could tell from her face that she still hadn't exactly cleaned up this morning.
"Yesterday, nobody really showed you where the bathroom was. So I thought I would come to show you." She smiled.
I couldn't help but smile back. "That would be great, really." I sighed in relief. She stood up and I grabbed the clothes I would wear for the day and my toiletries. I followed her out my room, closing the door behind me.
"The large bathrooms are corresponding to where the individual rooms are. There are smaller bathrooms in most of the hallways and major rooms." She started explaining. The bathrooms were located one level higher from the hallway where my room was. The women and men bathrooms were next to each other. The white paint on both doors was peeling and wearing out. There were some dirty marks and shoe prints on the men's door while the women's door was a lot neater. However, it still had its dirt marks here and there. The 'Women' sign was in a stereotypical pink and painted with bold letters, and when I inspected it a bit closer I saw that on the sign, near the bottom and written in smaller black writing, were the words 'That doesn't include you, Lavi!'. I would have laughed from that, but I kept my mouth shut. The 'Men' sigh had a bit of graffiti, some stuff rather unreadable unless you got really really close to it.
When Lenalee and I entered the bathroom, it was empty. It was actually pretty early, about 6:10 am. I was rather relieved; since not many people knew me, I guess I was nervous about meeting more cannon characters…the idea actually freaked me out.
"The showers, sinks, and towels are usually always here with the soap, shampoo and stuff like that." I nodded my head, and grabbed one of the huge white towels.
"Thanks Lenalee." I stated, walking to one of the empty showers. She smiled shyly and grabbed one of the towels herself.
I turned on the water of the shower, waiting for it to get to a right temperature. I removed my shirt and sighed, staring down at my stomach, I looked at my innocence.
'You are very exquisite. If I was human, knew you, I would try very hard to make you my confidante.'
I looked next to me to find a ghostly figure of Franz standing there, overdressed in a tuxedo with a bright green and flashy collared shirt instead of the commonly used white one. He didn't have his top hat though, leaving his messy dirty blond hair more noticeable. I also noted he seemed in good spirits—his crimson eyes had this shine in them that I've seen in Anthony the days after…
"Got laid yesterday?" I whispered towards him, taking off my shorts and underwear and then stepping into the shower. Franz didn't even look away; he just let his eyes wander on my figure.
'Get laid…?' he asked, confused.
"Had sex?" I looked towards Lenalee; she was happily humming in her own shower, so I could still whisper towards Franz.
'Oh, fornication you mean.' Franz stated. I sighed; I would definitely have to teach him normal speech. 'No, actually. I'm just an innocence. I can't fornicate- at least I don't think I could.'
"Then how can I see you, and speak to you and how can you… do all this?" I motioned my hands towards his ghostly form before scrubbing it in my short hair.
'Since I'm special.' Franz stated arrogantly. 'I don't really know actually.'
I almost swallowed some of the soapy water running down my face as I rinsed out my shampoo. As I rinsed my hair out fully, I pulled it out of my face and stared at Franz.
"You don't know?" I whispered harshly.
'Nope.' He stated, shrugging his shoulders. He ran a hand through his hair before fixing his jacket and then his bowtie. He pulled up his sleeve and looked down at his wrist, as if he was looking at a watch, but there was actually nothing there. 'I must go.'
"Alright. Bye babe." I gave him a nod of my head before grabbing the soap and starting to scrub it on a washcloth I grabbed before rubbing the cloth over myself.
'See you later, sweetheart.' He replied, and in a blink of an eye, Franz was gone. I sighed, finishing my shower and grabbing a towel before starting to dry myself. I slipped on my underwear and some black shorts. Wearing a bra with my innocence was impossible so I just placed the towel on my hair to start drying and grabbed my stuff before going to the sink, grabbing my toothbrush. I put some toothpaste on it and then I started to brush my teeth. I looked towards Lenalee to see her coming out of the shower. I stared at her body a bit more—I was immensely jealous of her figure. She just seemed to perfect in my eyes… it made me feel like I was the fattest fatass out there.
I spit the toothpaste gunk out of my mouth and then rinsed out my mouth then my toothbrush. I sighed, staring at my innocence in the mirror.
"You know," I looked towards Lenalee as she grabbed her own toothbrush. "I think your innocence is kind of cool." She stated.
I chuckled. "It's…. a bit different. I guess it's hard to explain. The only thing I hate is that it can be so sensitive…"
"I have an equipment type." Lenalee stated, looking down at her feet for a moment before she started to brush her teeth.
I nodded. "Yours is different too." I started to think a bit of the future, when Lenalee would get her 'Crystal'-thing innocence. I chewed out the thought. I finished drying my short hair and threw the towel in a basket that was labeled 'Laundry'. I threw my shirt over my shoulder—I didn't want to put it on yet, since the back of my shirt would get wet from my dripping hair. I wondered how Lenalee did it with her hair.
Lenalee was finishing putting up her usual hairstyle. She was already dressed and everything. I stretched a bit, wincing as my innocence flared a bit.
"I'll show you to the cafeteria now." Lenalee stated, smiling. I nodded my head, suddenly realizing how hungry I was.
"That would be great. I'm really hungry."
Lenalee showed me that they were a room inside the bathroom that held cubbies; there was one for every room near the bathroom. I put my stuff in the one under hers since it was empty and it would be easier to find it since her cubby was labeled with her name. I followed Lenalee towards the cafeteria; some people stared at us—me—in a funny fashion. And as soon as I walked into the cafeteria I realized that my shirt was still hanging on my shoulder.
"Oops." I whispered, putting on the baggy shirt on, Lenalee giggled and then she walked me towards a line. I grabbed a tray and slid it down the aisle until we reached a window—that pretty much looked like a movie theater ticket thing. When I looked inside the window I saw a number of different people slaving over stoves and cutting food and everything like that.
I saw a dark-skinned man, with braid things…that were purple? He was busy with a pan and when he turned around I saw small, skinny glasses perched on his nose. We stared at each other for a few seconds, maybe even a minute before he broke out into a grin and stretched out to see me. I stumbled back a few steps.
"Aww, look at you. You're so adorable!" He squealed. "She's new, right?" He looked towards Lenalee who just nodded.
"I'm Lise… Nice to meet you." I said, after catching my breath from the sight that belonged to the main cook—Jerry. He smiled.
"Aren't you a cutie?" he gushed. "I'm Jerry—now what do you want to eat? I can cook anything." He stated those words arrogantly.
"Well umm…" I was hungry, but I didn't exactly know what to eat, or what I wanted.
'May I make some recommendations?' Franz voice ran out in my head, He suddenly appeared leaning against the counter where I had just slid the trays.
'Fine. Not too much meat though.' He growled and then started to list foods; I repeated them—trying to keep the pronunciation correct. As the list started to get longer and longer, Lenalee's eyes widened and Jerry seemed shocked. When Franz finished, I closed my eyes and looked at Jerry.
"Did you um… get all that?" I asked. He nodded slowly, before smiling.
"You're just like that other kid." He smiled at me once again, before turning around. "Special Order, coming right up!" He said. I chuckled.
I looked towards Lenalee. "Oh, you got your food already?" She nodded.
"I usually get the A-set for breakfast." She smiled at me, holding the tray she had. It wasn't filled up with much food; at least it didn't seem like much to me.
"Hey sweetie." I looked over to Jerry; he had a tray with this huge stack of plates and bowls. The stack was tall—like the anime type tall that won't fall over. I stared at it for a second before grabbing it.
"I bet it's gonna all fall." Lenalee patted my back.
"Don't worry." She reassured me. I sighed, grabbing the bottom tray and lifting the entire thing up. It was heavy, but actually nothing that I couldn't handle. I sighed as Lenalee guided me to a near-by table. I set down the tray with a smack, and I was glad nothing spilled. I sighed in relief and sat down then looked next to Lenalee, she was eating her food calmly, taking a look around the cafeteria. I started to grab random plates from the stack and began eating. I was really hungry and practically swallowed down my food. Stupid parasite-type innocence.
'I can hear all the words you speak.' Franz voice growled from the back of my head. I rolled my eyes.
"Shut it, pretty boy." I muttered.
"Hmmm? Did you say something?" Lenalee asked me.
After I swallowed, I shook my head, grabbing another plate and started to eat once again. I was eating too fast, and for some reason I felt like my appetite was going to make me really fat, but didn't Franz get half of the food I was eating? I didn't really understand parasite innocence's—neither did Franz. It was so strange…
"Lise?" I looked towards Lenalee. "You traveled with General Cross?" She asked uncertainly. I nodded my head again. "So he's alive?" She asked. I nodded again, and she smiled. I swallowed my food.
"Why ask?"
"It's just um… a lot of people here at the Order thought he was dead… But I knew better." She said, picking at her food a bit.
"He's too stubborn to die." I stated. 'At least, not yet.' I thought about the manga, about how Cross mysteriously disappeared that rainy night. I swallowed a bit, finally eating the last plate of food on my tray.
When I finished all my food, I stacked the plates and bowls neatly. I drank the last of my water and then followed Lenalee to dump my dirty plates.
"So, who else is an exorcist around here?" I asked.
"Oh, well, we have quite a few." She stated. "There's 5 Generals. Right now including you and me, there's twenty all around the world. You'll get to meet them all eventually." I nodded my head; I technically already met them—in my own way.
"I have to go meet my brother now, Lise." Lenalee said, as we stopped. "If you need anything, I'll be there. Just ask anyone for directions." I nodded my head. "I'll see you later."
"Later." I replied, giving a small wave of my hand. I stood there like an idiot for a couple of seconds, lost in my own thoughts. The hallway I was in was empty; it was still a bit early. I suddenly felt something next to my legs; I looked down to find Soldier looking at me with his big black eyes.
"Oh, you need food." I stated. I stretched my arms a bit and started walking back towards the cafeteria. Soldier walked ahead of me like usual.
'Why do you keep that dog?' Franz was now walking next to me. I looked towards him and shrugged.
"He's glued to my heart." I stated. Franz shook his head, obviously not understanding how I could be attached to a dog. "Don't you get tired of, like, doing this?" I motioned my hands to his ghostly figure.
He shrugged. "I can't stay like this very long. I think I'm understanding a bit better now." I stuck my hands in my pockets and stared at him for a bit.
"You're weird."
"You're deranged."
I stopped walking as I stared at him for a moment. He has an arrogant smirk plastered on his face. He leaned a bit on his cane.
"Touché." I replied.
The next four days were normal—well, at least as normal as the days got. I started to associate myself more and more with the structure of the Black Order's tower. I was slowly figuring out how to get from Point A to Point B. I don't know who originally built this structure, but it seemed they just wanted to make it stupidly confusing.
Over the time though, I had met Johnny and Tapp. Johnny was excitedly making me a uniform for my missions. That got me pretty excited, knowing I was really an exorcist. I also started making a routine for myself—I remembered one of my old teachers said that having a routine and following it every day is training, something about balance and self-discipline—or something close to that. Every day I would take a few hours to train myself with my innocence—I really wanted to be stronger. Sadly, it would take time—and believe me it would take a lot more time—but somehow, I was gonna do it.
I sighed, walking around aimlessly. I was deep in thought—when was Allen getting here? He was obviously in a mission with Kanda, since Kanda was missing too (if Kanda was here, then I would have seen him eating in the cafeteria at some time—or Lenalee would have introduced me). I dug in the back pocket of my black trousers, pulling out a crinkled and worn out piece of lined paper. I opened it, checking the dates on it.
It was September 16; I got here on September 12. I digged into my pocket again, pulling out a rather small pencil—the eraser was already all used up. I put the lead on the tip of my tongue, walking towards the wall and using it as my support. I started scribbling more dates and what happened on them. Allen got here on September 1st, and he left for his first mission September 11—ironically, a day before I arrived. He was already gone for 6 days on the mission. I growled, staring at what I had on the bottom of the paper. 'Allen on mission for: 4 days. Meet him on: Sept. 14'. I felt stupid for glaring at it but I hated that I was wrong. The one character I was most excited to meet was Allen, and I had been looking forward to it all this time—but since I came here he hasn't shown up, and since yesterday my prediction was proved wrong. I growled, putting the writing under two lines that made an X, and next to it I scribbled 'WRONG!' and left it like that. I pursed my lips and stared at the other dates. There was nothing else to note so I just put the pencil in my pocket and then started to fold the piece of paper. I put it in my pocket and continued my walk, when I suddenly heard my name.
"Lise!" I turned around to find Lenalee—looking as bright and beautiful as ever. I stared at her for a few seconds wondering how she looks so pretty every day.
"Hey Lenalee." I greeted her. I walked towards her and noticed there was a tray with mugs filled with fresh coffee, one of them was a baby blue mug with a comical bright pink rabbit on it.
"Taking coffee to Komui?" I asked.
"Yeah. He's working on some robot invention." She stated. I walked next to her as we took the somewhat familiar path that led to the Science Department. As soon as we walked in, I tripped on a huge cable, I was too stupid to try to catch myself, but someone grabbed my arm. I blushed, completely embarrassed.
"Aye, Lise. You okay?" I looked back to find Reever Wenham holding one of my arms, the other was holding a coffee mug—under his arm a rather thick folder.
"Uh, Yeah." I got myself back on my two feet and looked down at the cable I had tripped on. "Thanks for saving me from falling…" I trailed off, still slightly embarrassed. I hope the flush on my cheeks would go away soon.
"Yeah, don't worry." He replied casually. "Supervisor is working on this thing, so the place is more of a mess than usual."
"You okay Lise?" I turned towards Lenalee. She only had one mug on her tray now.
"Yeah. Fine." I answered back, letting my fingers play around with a bracelet that was on my wrist. I followed Lenalee as we walked towards a huge contraction thing. I stood next to Lenalee and stared at it as Lenalee and Komui talked. I squinted my eyes in concentration staring at it, where have I seen this before, since it seems so familiar?
"Hehe, it's almost done." Komui said.
"Supervisor, what's this unnecessarily bulky robot?" Reever's voice sounded from next to me.
"I told you, it's Komurin."
"Brother…" Lenalee sounded worried.
"Komurin….?" I spoke the word confused. My eyes widened as the things that were supposed to be eyes shone brightly. I suddenly remembered where I had heard the name before. I took a few steps back, staring at it.
"Something wrong Lise?" Lenalee asked, she was staring at me, along with Reever and Komui. I probably looked scared since they looked at me strangely.
"No… Nothing…" I muttered. "I just, forgot I locked Soldier in my room couple of hours ago. I'm gonna go let him out." My excuse wasn't pathetic, but it was a lie. I started making my way to my room, trying to make sure I didn't get lost. I was careful and when I reached the familiar stairs that went up to the hall of my floor I could have kissed someone. I walked up the stairs, to the third level and then went to the right. When I reached the forth door I stopped and went in my pocket again, pulling out a key. Most people didn't lock their room. In fact, I remember a lot of the finders telling me they lost their keys but I just couldn't feel right if I didn't lock my room with the books in there. If someone would read the books, not only I would be screwed but this world would probably be screwed as well.
I opened the door, and looked behind it. I had started to make my room a bit more comfortable. I decided to leave the creepy poster since the walls seemed too bare without them, though the posters weren't that freaky to me anymore. All my clothes were in the drawers. My desk was already filled to the brim with books, papers, and quills. My bed was unmade, and my nightstand had my journal and a small stack of dirty plates I've been too lazy to bring down to the kitchen. There were clothes scattered around on the floor on my room; I would clean it all later.
I moved the door so that it was half-open and then looked behind it to see my Messenger bag hanging from two hangers I had placed earlier. I started to open the buckles when the door hit my back and the back of my head.
"Holy shit!" I couldn't help but scream out. I pushed the door back and looked to see whom the hell had just walked into my room, but when I turned around, I saw Soldier, sitting there, staring at me. "Oh, it's just you." I closed the door and then went to turn around and opened my messenger bag, getting the second volume of D. Gray-man.
"Komui is building that giant robot thing." I started, walking towards my desk. There were a few of the mangas there too, the last couple volumes. I've had been researching the 14th, Cross's disappearance, the Second and Third exorcists, and such. I moved the papers and the books around, grabbing a clean piece of paper and one of the quills. I opened a bottle of ink and dipped it in. I titled the page 'Komurin Attack on the Black Order'. I started reading it, and taking notes on the piece of paper—stuff I would have to know to be a bit prepared for this.
When I finished reading the chapters were the robot attacked I took note, as I closed the book and looked over the piece of paper I checked over I had everything I needed. I smiled, starring at the first thing I had written.
'Allen stated its Midnight when they arrive. When he finds Reever, he learns that the incident started 30 minutes before. Approximate time the incident occurs: 11:30'
My eyes widened. I was meeting Allen today! I was meeting Allen! I stood up and started doing some sort of mini-dance. I couldn't help it, I was so happy! Finally! Allen was gonna to meet me and he was going to say 'Hello, I'm Allen Walker, Nice to meet you.' with a smile. He would put out his right hand and I would shake his hand and I would introduce myself and—I smiled, looking at Solider, who was laid out on my bed (taking up most of the space), staring at me with the same eyes he has most of the day.
"Finally meeting Allen!" I exclaimed at him.
'Could you cause any more of a ruckus?' I turned towards my desk to find Franz sitting there, his elbow on the table, his head leaning against his hand. I stuck my tongue at him. It was childish but I didn't really give a shit right now—practically nothing could ruin my mood.
"I'm finally meeting Allen!" I told him happily. He rolled his eyes.
'Why is Allen Walker so important?' He asked lazily, taking off his top hat and loosening his bow tie. I grabbed the first volume of D. Gray-man that was sitting on my nightstand, and showed it to him.
"See. He's the main character." I started, flipping the book open. "He practically tells the story; and he's the—"
'Destroyer of time, yeah I know.' I glared at him.
"Then why ask such a stupid question if you already know the answer?"
'You haven't answered my question yet though.' I stared at him confused. 'You've been estimating the days until Allen Walker arrives. Do you have some infatuation with him?'
I smirked. "Jealous, Franz?"
He scoffed. "We could never work out. You're not my type. I like woman who actually act like their gender." I rolled my eyes.
"Don't worry Franz. You will always be number one in my heart!" I hugged him from behind, wrapping my arms around his shoulders. He grabbed my hands, gripping them tightly.
'Well, I hope so.'
As time passed that day, I was in a very good mood. When Franz appeared to speak to me he stared at me funnily from my mood changes, since I was usually a sarcastic bitch towards him. He seemed to enjoy the niceness I had to him.
When the clock turned to 11 pm, I went towards the Science Department. I made small talk with Reever and Lenalee when she was around; Komui was too busy with Komurin. I drank the coffee that Lenalee brought and doodled on pieces of paper to pass the time. Lenalee would converse with me—I could tell she was trying to find out a bit more about my background, but she wasn't exactly prying, and since I didn't ask anything about her past (since I already knew a big chunk of her history), she really didn't ask me a lot. I told the Black Order I was born in Spain—I was actually born in South America, but then they would ask how I got to Europe so I lied a bit. Being born in Spain would explain my Spanish last name and first name, and plus I knew how to speak Spanish. I told also told her that I had a big brother—Franz. He wasn't so pleased when I started speaking of him as a big brother, but when I started to compliment him he appeared next to me with an arrogant face. I had to say that after I left home, I never saw Franz again.
When the clock struck eleven at night, rain had started to pour down. I only knew that since someone who had come from upstairs had announced it. But the science lab was almost a basement, with no windows either. It made the atmosphere a bit depressing, but the way the people here spoke to each other really changed that.
Everyone here was a friend, or an enemy in some way. I wasn't really into people-watching, but watching all their interactions was beautiful, I guess, how they spoke or argued with each other. Reever often argued with Komui, but after their small disagreement would still laugh with each other. I did felt jealous, since the only person I could have done that was with Anthony…but he wasn't here. Just watching them made me feel a bit more alone in this world.
As the time got closer to 11:30, people started to fall asleep, mostly leaning against huge pile of paperwork. I was a bit tired, laying my head down on the table and watching people walk here and there.
"Should I change jobs?"
"I can't finish… I think I won't be able to finish for the rest of my life…"
"If I can't sleep at all, I'd rather not wake up at all…"
"Don't give up… It'll all be over someday…" I chuckled as watched as Reever leaned his head back tiredly. Suddenly Lenalee came in, holding a tray with one of God's most important inventions—
"Anyone want coffee?" Everyone raised their hands and went to get a cup. Lenalee handed me one and I thanked her, drinking the warm substance. After only a few seconds of enjoying the peace, I looked at the clock—11:34. So much for peace.
"Heeeeeey. Is everyone awake~~~?" Komui came dashing into the room-it looked like he was doing some sort of demented ballerina dance. "Look, Look!" he waved his hands wildly at the huge contraption-thing. "Tadaa! Our science group's savior! 'Komurin II'!
I could have sweat-dropped while staring at this huge robot with the same little beret thing that Komui wears a lot. I wondered why Komui was such an idiot sometimes? Later during the manga he gets so serious and protective that it's not even familiar from how he's acting now. I stared at the robot in disgust, ignoring what everyone else was doing in the room. When Lenalee started walking closer to the robot, I decided to walk too.
I ended up next to her. I looked down at the tray in her hands, only one cup remained. I wonder if it would be smart to just snatch the cup away and make sure this incident never happens. I stopped a bit in realization. I could actually… change what happens in the future. I could stop Allen from losing his innocence, from almost being killed by Tyki. I could stop Cross from disappearing… I could stop so many bad things.
"Umm… That's my brother's coffee…" Lenalee's voice ripped me out of my thoughts. My eyes widened as I watched the robot gulp down the coffee.
"Hey Brother; is Komurin allowed to drink coffee?"
Komui sparkled. "What are you saying Lenalee? Although I said it's 100% like me, Komurin is a robot. Of course it can't drink coffee. Ahahaha…"
Everyone stopped and stared at Komui with wide eyes.
"It drank it…?" Reever said uncertainly.
Suddenly the robot moved quickly, turning into a force that made me step back a bit. One of its hands shot out with a needle and went right towards Lenalee's neck. She immediately fell on the floor, her eyes closed.
"LENALEE!" Komui yelled, running towards her, picking her up a bit and letting her body lean on his.
"I… am… komu….rin…. I make exorcist stronger… That woman is…. An exorcist…. Therefore, I must perform surgery and make her macho."
Tears poured down Komui's eyes. I cringed, thinking of sweet Lenalee with a body of some weight lifter. I looked over at the wall, staring at the clock. It read 11:41. I sighed—just had to hold for 20 minutes until Allen came, and then this entire thing would be over. I sighed, looking back up at the Robot. It was staring right at me. I gulped.
"Exorcist…" It muttered before another needle came flying my way. I barely got out of its way, tumbling on the floor rather ungracefully. I stood up quickly, ignoring the pain in my left leg. I looked at the clock, only a minute had passed. I growled, annoyed.
The robot's legs started to move, and chaos filled the Black Order.
My strategy was to not be taken away to where the giant robot of doom was- to hide somewhere until midnight. It was actually very easy to hide since the robot was mostly paying attention to Lenalee. I sighed, cracking my fingers.
'You should go out and brawl.' I looked up, meeting Franz's crimson eyes. He was staring down at me, top hat on his head, leaning lightly on his cane. 'You are the chosen Protector.'
I shrugged. "I don't even know what that means."
'You'll find out. I cannot tell you.'
I rolled my eyes. "What can you tell me then?"
'That you look like a feeble baby hiding like this.'
That struck a cord right in my pride and dignity. I stared at him, biting my lip tightly. He was right; I was acting like a coward. I was an exorcist, I was labeled at 'The Protector' and here I was, hiding… I looked at the clock; it was 11:57. I sighed, standing up, and stared at Franz.
He smiled. 'Do not worry. I will protect you.'
I sighed. "Alright. Whatever." There was s sudden crash behind me, and a blast that made pushed me to the ground, right through Franz's figure. He quickly vanished and I was left with the taste of blood in my mouth. I quickly stood up and turned around, staring at Komurin. I brought my hand to my lip to find that falling on my face had ripped my lip open. I licked the blood and quickly spit it out.
"Exorcist…" It growled.
"Lise! Run!" I heard Reever's voice. I swallowed hard, and then sprinted away, I tried to think of what I should do—but it was pretty hard when this giant robot is chasing you. When I suddenly saw Lenalee, my eyes widened—she was supposed to be at the stairs, where Allen found her. I stopped running, quickly going towards her and throwing her on my back. She was pretty light.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO MY LENALEE!" I heard Komui yell.
"Saving her, you idiot!" I couldn't help but yell back. I quickly made it down the stairs, running towards the entrance of the waterway. When I reached there I laid her down as gently as possible. I couldn't help but stare at her for a few seconds—she looked like such an angel. When I heard another crash I started to run back, and as soon as I climbed the stairs something grabbed my waist. I couldn't help but scream and struggle in the robot's grip.
"Lise!" Reever's and Komui's voice reached my ears.
"I'm fine!" I yelled back. "Just stop this damn thing!"
Komurin's grip was tight; I could barely breath in. I closed my eyes, trying to concentrate on activating my innocence, but it wasn't working. My lack of oxygen made it entirely too difficult.
"I hear Allen!" I could have taken a breath of relief, but I just couldn't. My vision was getting fuzzy as I watched Reever run the same way I had before. Sadly the robot started to follow him, with me still in his grip. I coughed as it was thrown around wildly as it ran. And when it suddenly just threw itself into a wall, I could feel little bits of shrapnel going into my skin.
"Do I look fucking indestructible?" I couldn't help but speak even with my limited amount of air, but when I looked down to see Reever and then… Allen… Oh my fucking God, it was Allen… ALLEN WALKER. He looked so much prettier in real-life then in the manga or anime. I smiled, staring down at him, before they started running. Komurin crashed into the water, getting it and me all wet; the water was cold—too cold for my taste. I coughed and gagged as the water got into my nose and mouth. I tried to suck in as much air as possible before the thing started to run again.
"Reever! Make it let me go!" I couldn't help but yell out, but I couldn't hear anything that happened from there. When Allen and Reever ran, hiding sighed as slumped against the grip of Komurin.
"Yuu Kanda…" I heard the robot mutter. Then it came to me that Kanda was also back, and I was going to meet him soon too!
My happiness was cut off short when the Robot started to break through walls again and when we went a few levels down, I was faced with the back of the one and only Yuu Kanda. And the robot did the most stupidest thing I could think off-it threw me towards Kanda. And of course, I landed where he was. We both rolled a few times, and when we stopped we were both on the ground.
Kanda's ponytail has broken so his beautiful black blue tinted hair was pooled around his face. He had a shocked expression—very different from the scowls I've usually seen him in the manga. He had a thin face, with deep ebony eyes. He was beautiful and handsome. Then I noticed that we were both in a rather awkward position, I was straddling him in a very sexual way—I could feel his penis even if he wasn't horny…this told me a lot.
"Hi, I'm Lise. Sorry about this." I stated. He still had this shocked expression on his face as my wet hair started to drip little amounts of water on him. There was a sudden rumble from behind, as fast as I could, I stood up and turned around staring as Komurin had these rather sharp apparatuses instead of hands.
I closed my eyes tightly and brought my arms up, thinking of my innocence and when Komurin attacked, I felt no pain. When I opened my eyes, I saw that coming out from my skin were these two sold-white shields that had stopped those sharp things from reaching me or Kanda. I swallowed hard.
"Franz?" I whispered.
'Yup. My powers. I told you I would protect you.'
I got all my strength and pushed back against the robot's arms, making him recoil. I put my arms down and watched as the bone went back into my skin and the skin magically closed. It was actually very disgusting but it was cool. I looked back at Kanda, He was standing up and putting his hands on his sword—Mugen, if I remembered right?
I looked at him as he glared at me, that familiar scowl back on his face. "Hi—" I was cut off when I was suddenly lifted into the air. After a few seconds I realized I was falling, and fast. I closed my eyes and thought of what I could do.
My innocence seemed to control my body, so I wondered if I could change my skin into a rope? I brought up my hands and picture them extending and holding onto to something, and when I stopped falling, I opened my eyes to see that my arms has lost their bones and were wrapped around the railing of a staircase, stopping my fall. I sighed in relief.
"Lise!" I looked down to find Reever, Allen and Toma.
"Catch me?" I asked. He nodded. I swallowed hard and put all my trust into his guy and let my arms go back to normal. I was falling and then I found myself in someone's arms. When I opened my eyes I saw the smiling face of Allen Walker. He had caught me…
"Are you okay?" he asked, slowly letting me down to me feet. I looked down at my hands—I was trembling slightly and I felt adrenaline running through my veins.
"I think…"
"Umm… Hello, Nice to meet you. I'm Allen Walker." Allen put out one of his hands—his right. I could have laughed, but I didn't.
"Liseandra Silva." I stated, taking his hand and shaking it. I enjoyed this moment before my legs gave out and I fell to the floor rather painfully. I coughed as my innocence throbbed.
"What did that thing do to you?" Reever asked.
"It… Injected me with something… I don't know…" I breathed out. I felt my consciousness starting to leave me. I sighed, regretting I would miss Lenalee's showdown and being able to see her innocence. After thinking for a bit, I would also not be able to punch Komui in the face anytime soon.
But before I knew it, I blacked out and found myself in the 14th's room. Franz smiling at me as I just lay down on the floor.
"What the hell are your powers?" I couldn't help but ask.
He laughed. 'It's diverse. Mostly controlling the cells of the human body—but there are limitations.'
"And those are?"
'Well, when you change a cell, it cannot stay that way permanently. Because it is not its original form, it cannot function properly.'
"Huh?"
He sighed. 'If you decide to make your arms into a rope—like you did before—you wouldn't be able to keep your arms that way for long, since in that form, your arms aren't getting fresh blood, which means no oxygen. So it you keep your arms like that for a long period, they would eventually start to die and decompose.'
I cringed at the though. "Well, at least, you're not completely useless."
'I'm offended by that.'
"Good."
The next time I opened my eyes, I had a few people staring down at me and there was this huge pain in my abdomen. I could see the people's shadows. I blinked, trying to make the fuzziness go away.
"She's awake…"
"Lise! Can you say anything?" I kept blinking, looking down at my abdomen—seeing my innocence was a bloodshot color. I grumbled.
"Lise!" Lenalee's voice reached my ears. I could see her figure by my side; I couldn't help but reach up to her hair.
"Lenalee… Your hair is still long…" I muttered stupidly.
"Huh? Of course!" she replied, smiling at me as she held my hands.
"What the hell did Komui do to her? She's all drunk and her innocence…"
"Komurin damaged it a bit. It will be fine with time." Lenalee stated. I sighed in relief. Slowly Lenalee helped me up and brought me a glass of water. I accepted it gratefully, drowning it all down. I sighed, laying down and poked at my innocence slightly—other then being a little sore, it was fine.
"What happened?" I asked, even though I knew everything.
"Umm… Komurin was destroyed. We have to re-build a good part of the castle. Your room was okay but Allen's was destroyed." Lenalee started. I hummed in thought.
"Who's Allen again?" I asked groggily.
"Oh, you haven't met him or Kanda yet!" She smiled. "Can you stand?"
"Yeah." It took a few trials to start walking but with Lenalee's help I was able to do it in no time. "What happened to my shirt?"
"Komurin ripped it off to get to your innocence." I nodded my head and followed her. The castle was rather worn and dirty. There was debris here and there and random people were fixing the floors and walls. I kept following Lenalee until we arrive at the cafeteria. It wasn't hard to spotted Allen's white hair—besides, he was the only one with a huge tray of food.
"You want something to eat?" Lenalee asked. I shook my head, not feeling too hungry. I followed Lenalee but we didn't go to Allen—instead we went to another familiar exorcist.
"Lise, this is Yuu Kanda, He's an exorcist too." She stated. I looked at Kanda; I couldn't help of thinking of our last encounter, and his penis too. "Kanda, this is Liseandra Silva. She arrived here when you were on the mission. She's an exorcist."
"We've met." Kanda growled out. I couldn't help but chuckle.
"Yeah, kind of." I shrugged off Lenalee's confused look. "Sorry about earlier, by the way."
"Che." He growled. I shrugged and looked down to see him eating.
"Bien Probecho.(1)" I stated in Spanish before nodding my head towards Lenalee. I trailed her as we walked towards Allen's table. She sat down next to him but I felt that it was appropriate for me to sit across from them.
"Allen." She started, catching his attention. He pushed the now empty tray away to get a better view of her and me too, I guess? "This is Liseandra Silva."
He looked at me, and I looked back—he had this innocent childish tint in his eyes, something that he lost after the entire Noah's Ark arc. His hair was a beautiful snow white—eyes a comforting gray. Skin very pale and the scar on his eye looked more like a feature that made him attractive instead of repulsive.
"We've sorta met." I confessed to Lenalee. She gazed at me curiously.
"Yeah." Allen smiled at her. "We've met."
I chuckled as Lenalee laughed and Allen smiled. Suddenly I thought of a rather cliché idea—but I couldn't help it.
"I heard you were on a mission." I began, causing Allen look at me in surprise. I gave him a small smile. "Welcome back."
He smiled at me—a true smile. "Thanks. It's good to be back."
(1) : Bien Probecho means like... "Have a good meal." In spanish. It's traditional for people to say it before they eat or before someones eating in many Spanish cultures.
Well there, Chapter over. Lise has meet Canon Characters :D! Well, that's it for now... I hope everyone liked this chapter, i did XD.
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