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Lenalee's POV

It was early morning in the Order and all was with piece. Missions were sent and reports received. I walked away from Komui's office with a file in hand. They were for the science division so they could start recording on our new Exorcists. I hope they get good information and that Komui didn't leave anything out. The office was a mess, so I wouldn't be surprised. He had turned on an automated fan and it blew most of the papers around. He had to get a lot of help. I sighed at the memory.

"Why?" I heard a whining voice. It sounded like a girl. Maybe Miranda? Hm...

Miranda Lotto was one of the aforementioned new Exorcists. She was a very...fanatic woman. German in fact. She had some really bad problems with life, but when the Noah, Road, came to destroy her, Allen and I were there to rescue her. We had some horrible injuries, but Miranda helped to heal those, or at least stop them until we got medical treatment. She was great to us. Though recently she had some trouble finding the Black Order, so I had to go find her and guide her here. I almost lost her on the way, but she is now here.

I looked around the corner to see what was wrong. "Miranda?" Though who I saw wasn't Miranda. It was Rosio.

"Why?" She looked up at me from the wall she sat against. "What's wrong?" I came over to her.

Rosio was the other new Exorcist. I couldn't really pick up on her personality, but she seems like a really nice girl. Sometimes at least. Something's definitely 'odd' about her though. Even so, we met her under some bad circumstances. We accidentally injured her during a battle with an Akuma Allen had sensed moments before. Even so, we found out that she was an accommodator of Innocence and brought her back with us after informing Komui.

She was curled up in a ball against the wall. I sat beside her. "Did something happen?" She shook her head. "Then what?" I was confused. She slowly stood. "Just look."

Her outfit had changed. Before, she had stayed in the clothes we found her in. Now she was wearing an Exorcist uniform. The sleeves were rather...strange.

"What idiot put me in shorts?" She gestured to the shorts she wore under something that looked like a tilted skirt, but had a zipper up one side all of the way to take it off. To help with the cold maybe? I stood. "What's so bad about it?" She sighed. "They're short. I hate wearing clothes that show skin." She seemed as a cross between whiny and irritated. "It's fine. You look pretty." I smiled.

"But I don't understand why. I get why you wear a skirt. Because of your Innocence. But mine isn't on my legs. It's on my arms. So I don't understand." I chuckled lightly. "Maybe it's just so you can move around easily. Besides, it isn't that bad. You look unique." She looked down.

Her sleeves were connected to her shoulders, yet the only 'sleeves' she had was on the back side of her arms. It connected to these metal bands around her wrists. That must be her Innocence's deactivated form. She kept the same white boots she was wearing before, and the neck of her uniform had a high rise to it like the rest of ours. Her collar was popped up. Besides that, her shorts weren't that short. They stopped a little before her knees. Though she still had her same turtle neck under it, and wore a rose cross on her chest.

"You look great, Rosio. I have to go now. Bye." I waved by to her and she waved back. She seems in a better mood now.

I passed the cafeteria on my walk. Inside, everyone was talking or eating. The Black Order. Our big, happy family. A smile crossed my lips at the thought.

Toma's POV

I took my dishes left over back to the cart. The other Finders were all conversing about the new Exorcists and where they have to go next. One of them was still mad at Yu Kanda. Their childishness was a disappointment to everyone.

Sighing I hefted my bag onto my back. I always carried it with me. It was my weapon against the Akuma, and I wouldn't go anywhere without it. Just having it near made me feel more secure and safe. A precaution, I guess, is a way to describe it.

I began to walk towards the main office that Komui Lee worked in. I would get my next assignment there. Hopefully it wouldn't be with another no-sense-of-direction type of Exorcist. Maybe I would get to work with someone from a different branch this time. That could be interesting. Maybe from the Asian Branch? No. Not usually. I'll probably get put with a new Exorcist like usual. They aren't bad. Just inexperienced and usually get in trouble. Lately they have.

Past a few turns and twists in the halls, was the main office. I pushed open the one of the double doors and scanned the room.

Papers were piled everywhere as usual. Komui Lee wasn't the cleanest man in the world. He only was when his sister ordered him to be. Not only were the papers in towers, and scattered across the floor, but coffee had recently been turned over. That or something else made a mess. The scent of cleaners was toxic in the room. My nose twitched, as if it was trying to avoid the smell. If the spray smell was one thing, it was strong.

After passing a multitude of books and research, I found my way to the Chief's desk. He looked up from the files to address me.

"Hello there, Toma. Here." He handed me a pale folder. "That's your next job. Just wait here for them or you can go looking." I nodded and went to stand beside the couch. Just as I was about to check the file, Komui caught my attention. "Now, Toma, you know you can sit. You don't have to stand." I nodded and sat cross-legged on the floor. He sighed. "No, I meant that you can sit on the couch or in a chair." I shook my head.

"No thank you Komui, Sir. I simply know my place in the ranks. Besides that, I don't want to be of trouble or in the way. If an Exorcist comes in, they should get the luxury they deserve since they risk their lives all the time for us. It's the least I could do." Komui gave me almost apologetic eyes. "Alright." He went back to his work. For once, he was being serious. He had his moments. All in all, the chief was a great and respectable man.

I opened the folder in my hands to find research, maps, names, and many other papers such as recent reports. The first thing I wanted to know was where to and who with.

As I flipped through the papers, someone came in the room. It was Krory and a girl with blonde hair and red eyes. Once I checked the papers in my hands, I noticed that she hadn't had a profile created yet. She must've not been sent in by a general in that case. I hope she can make up for Krory's sense of direction.

Just like I presumed, the Exorcists sat down on the couch. The girl fidgeted in her spot. She seemed very uncomfortable. Wonder why?

"Hello~, Krory, Rosio. Good day to you Exorcists~!" He greeted the two in a formal manor. "Now, for the mission. This will be your first, Rosio. You'll be going to the Michigan. People say that they see some sort of snow monster. We've sent some people to take tests and found there to be innocence in that area. Your job is to go recover the Innocence if we're correct in it being there." Krory nodded. Rosio followed suit.

I stood from my place on the floor and Komui gestured towards me. "This is Toma. A Finder. He will be your guide to Michigan." I bowed at the two and Rosio nodded while Krory said, "Hello again." A trail of sweat went down my face. This guy will never get wiser.

"Now go. Off to your mission. Don't sulk around here. Chop, chop." Komui clapped his hands and almost, quite literally, kicked us out of the room.

Later, we left the Order and were heading towards the train station.

Once we arrived, I got the tickets and we were heading to platform eight. Krory was in front while Miss Rosio tried to stay behind us. I kept her in front of me by slowing my pace. She didn't seem to know what she was doing.

"Are you alright? If you don't mind my asking." I asked. She looked over at me. "I'm fine. Just a little nervous. I'm not sure how to use this Innocence." This was questionable. "What do you mean? Haven't you used it before?" She shook her head. "No. This is my first time to use it." I began to question why Komui would send her out so quickly, then again, most of what he does in questionable.

"So, it's nice to meet you." I nodded towards her as we walked. "Yeah, nice to-" Her sentence was cut off by Krory's, "There it is!" with him pointing at the train. He ran to the door and we followed quickly behind. This Exorcist keeps me on my toes.

Krory's POV

I was in a good mood. I actually get to go with an Exorcist on their first mission. It's such an honor. Looks like Komui thinks highly of me. I get to be a mentor to this person. Yay! I pray to do well. Besides, it can't be that hard. Not for a hero like me. She's learning from one of the best. Maybe I'll get to lead Miss Miranda Lotto next.

As we sat in the train, I looked forward at her. It was almost hard to do. She looks so much like my Eliade. Same blond hair, red eyes. Almost the same height. Shorter than me at least. Then again, most of these people are. It was really odd to see someone that looked like Eliade, but I hope to make her a friend.

"Hi, I think you remember me. I'm Arystar Krory III. What's your name again?" I was being polite as I could. She smiled a half smile. "Hello. I'm Rosio. It's nice to meet you." She had a hand placed on her collar bone and bowed like a butler. I was almost shocked. "Where did you learn your manners?" She sat up. "Oh, um...my...cousin?" She almost seemed to have doubts on the tittle. "He was always really formal, so he started to teach me. He taught me a lot of things. Like different languages." I leaned closer in excitement. "Really? What kind?" I was severely interested.

"Well...things like French, English, and a little of some other things."

"Romanian?" She nodded. "Of course I do. It's great. I'm guessing it's one of yours." I smiled widely. "Really? In that case, Cred că am putea fi prieteni?" She smiled and nodded. What I had said was, 'Think we could be friends?'

"Desigur." She said, 'of course.' I almost jumped in my seat. Just now, I made a new friend. That was all the happiness I needed. Everyone at the Order is so nice to me. They treat me like great family. I love them all so much.

"So, do you like the cold?" She asked. I shook my head. "Not much, but thanks to the coat, I can keep warm." She gave a nervous laugh. Then I noticed that she was in shorts. Her sleeves almost weren't there. "Do you?" She shook her head vigorously.

"I hate it. That's one reason why I don't like this uniform. It leaves my knees bare, and so my legs get cold. If my legs get cold, my feet get cold, and if my feet get cold, all of me gets cold, and if all of me is cold, then I am cold. So no, I do not like the cold." She shivered. I sighed. "Maybe we'll find some place warm to stay. Or have some place to light a fire." I offered. She sighed and looked out the window.

"If I don't freeze to death before that..." I smiled. "Don't worry. No one would let us freeze. Right?" I nodded to the Finder, Toma, and he nodded back.

"Of course. Though humans aren't as nice as you think they are Krory." The sound of his tone disappointed me. "A lot of them are good."

"They're incompetent navrants."

We looked over to Miss Rosio. "Hm?" She didn't notice us.

"Navrants...trottels, kretyn, слабый, слабаков..."

Both Toma and I looked at each other, then at Miss Rosio, confused. She looked over at us. "What?"

"What was that?" I asked almost stunned. "Oh, uh...my cousin taught me those..." Toma looked at her oddly.

"You know those were all insults, correct? French, Russian, German, and even Polish." She nodded. "I do that sometimes. I grew up in some...weird conditions." She shook her head. "Either way, I'm more focused on this mission."

"I bet you said that because of the cold right?" She squinted one eye slightly then nodded. "Yeah, right." Something seemed different about this. She was being so nice. Why would she be insulting? It didn't make since. Hm...

I know! She must get angry when its cold! That's it!

Komui's POV

I sat down the phone. Even Bak Chan didn't know who Rosio was. She didn't know who the Generals were and had one of the lowest synchronization rates out of all the Exorcists. I'm not sure she even knows how to use her Innocence. This mission is a test for her. Something is off about this Exorcist, and I'm not trusting it. Yet for some reason, even with a lack of information on the Generals and her Innocence, she knew full well about the Akuma and the Innocence's past. How? That's just ridiculous.

Just as Reever walked to the door, I exited my office. There was one person I could get information from.

The elevator was clear as I walked on. The control panel was free of others as I pulled down the lever. Hevlaska should know more.

All of the Exorcists deserved my attention. Even the new ones. If something is wrong, then I need to know for their safety. That way no one will get hurt, and I can welcome them back home. All of them...I just hide back in the Headquarters, while they fight for their lives...

Once on stable ground, I called out to Hevlaska. She rose in front of me with white light shimmering around her. Such a heavenly seeming being. Yet another Exorcist, fighting...

"Komui...What is it...?"

"I have a few questions concerning the new recruit." Hevlaska took a moment to come up with a name. "Miranda...Lotto...?" I shook my head. "No. Rosio. That girl. Something seems wrong. I want to help the Exorcists as much as I can. If something is wrong, I need to know." Her head turned away from me. Not only was something confusing about these kids, but even Hevlaska...

"Please, Hevlaska, tell me. Tell me what's wrong."

"Dark..." I froze at the word. "Dark energy...emits off that girl...a black future...one of terrible misfortune...hate..."

"Does that mean she's an Akuma? Is she? Our forces would never let her through-" Her head shook. "No...she is..."

"...human..."

Everything froze. Human? What does that even mean? She's human, but emits dark energy. Only a...a...

I swallowed my hesitation and asked, hoping for a no.

"Is she a...Noah?" No answer was given. I almost hung over the rail, wanting, needing, an answer. If she is, then that would mean all of the Order is in danger. A Noah could destroy them. She would have to be immediately annihilated. Hevlaska slowly nodded. Before another thought came, I picked up my phone to the intercom. "Section Leader Reever, this is urgent. I need all forces available to-"

"Stop, Komui..." Hevlaska cut me off. "I...never mind..." I closed off the line. "What is it?"

"Don't...Something else..." I kept eye contact with her in the serious aura. "Hevlaska...you never give orders. What is so important? We need to get rid of-"

"No...we must leave her be..." My grip on the railing tightened. "But Hevlaska, she's a Noah! She's a liability to us all! She'll kill us!"

"...I see...something different...in the future..." She continued on as my teeth gritted in confusion. "Help...after many secrets...help...after death...help..."

"So we have to die for help? We have to keep secrets from each other! That's ridiculous! Absurd!"

"Komui...calm down..." I backed away from the edge. "Please, explain."

"...Red..." Thoughts crossed my mind of the blood that was shed by the fighting saviors. That deep, deep scarlet color. Blood...

"But why? Why let more die? If she causes so much-"

"It's not just her...everyone...each of them...there fate foretold is lead...by the appearance...of secrets...through secrets...through death...through red...there will be help..." A tear streaked down my face. Something is not wrong...it's distraught...

"Still, why should we keep her here? If she is a Noah, then shouldn't she be an enemy?" Hevlaska lowered her voice and head towards me. Her veiled eyes stared. "I think.." I listened closer. She never gives her own opinion. And she's whispering, almost as if she's trying to hide the conversation. Like she's trying to keep the Grand Generals from hearing. "...we should watch...it seems like this...will be good...for them all...A chance to...make them on our side...a Noah...with us..." This was insane. What is she saying? Let a Noah join us?

"Maybe...we can change the Noah...bring them to our side...let them see it our way...then we could have their power...with us...against the Earl..." Suddenly, it started to make sense to me. What she was saying. If we kept a Noah with us, then we could have power that the Earl possesses. A great help indeed. "It is also a rarity...for a Noah to be able...to be compatible with...the Innocence..."

"You say it like it's happened before. Like there is another." She paused then pulled away. My eyes widened. "You can't mean...there's another Noah? But who?" She nodded. "You will learn...in time..." I could feel my legs starting to shake beneath me. How could I not have known? Noah, among us. And there was already one here. Could it be a General? No way. The Noah don't have a great synchronization rate with their Innocence. So that means it must be someone with 50% or below. Hm...this will take some research.

"I'll be off now Hevlaska." I wiped the remains of the tear from my face. "Thank you for telling me."

"As always...Komui..." I bowed respectively and left as she went back to the dark shadows of the Order.

While the elevator went up, I thought as to what I should do. Just as I came to a conclusion, a call came to my headset.

"Komui? Komui are you there?" Reever was on the other end. "Yes~? What is it~?" My voice was masked with it's giddy tune. "You called in and we were worried. What were you wanting to say?" I shook my head with a smile on my face. I looked up to the ceiling. "It's nothing. Don't worry about it. Just make sure to keep doing what you do and treat our family here as family. Alright?"

"Chief, that makes no sens-"

"Just get back to work~, Section Leader Reever." I hung up the line.

Yes...this is what we should do. Treat it like anything else. Everyone will be treated as family. A warm welcome should show them that we do not want to discriminate. It is only their nature that causes them to be our enemy. I just hope this doesn't back fire.

Author's note: Yes! Finally! A full chapter! Most of the stuff I've written recently has ended up being only half of a usual chapter for me to write, so I've been disappointed...but this was a full chapter. Which for me, a full chapter is 4,000 words. I usually get to it easily, but my ideas have been running dry. Though this one has been thought on extremely long and hard. All of my blood sweat and tears. TT_TT I even got to use different languages in it. Speaking of...

Spelling- meaning -pronunciation

German

слабаков- weaklings -slabakov

слабый- feeble -slabyĭ

полоумный- half-wit -poloumnyĭ

придурок- moron -pridurok

Polish

kretyn- moron

Trottle- moron

Romanian (Find meaning in chapter)

crede-"cah-red-eh"

ca am-"just as it looks but om instead of am"

putea-"poo-ta"

fi-"just as it looks"

prieteni-"pre-eh-teh-ni"

desigur- "des-e-gor"

French

navrant- idiot -"just as it looks but ahv instead of ave and aunt instead of ant"

Aside from that MUCH to long translation, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. I'm really proud of it and I hope this one gets some great reviews. ^^ So please, review~! Also, if anyone has any comments on the translations, please tell me. I got them from Google Translate, so they may or may not be correct, so don't try using them in classes. Kay? If you have any ideas for the story, or some Akuma that you wouldn't mind throwing in here or something, then please, leave them in the reviews. It would be a great help. Thank you all so much~!

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Akiho13 =^-^=