Konichiwa, reader peoples! I just wanna thank all you people who took the time to review, and to a lesser extent thank the ones who faved and alerted this story without reviewing. I actually didn't think so many people would react to this story as quickly as they did, because I usually don't get anyone to read my fics. Maybe it's because I said Road's an exorcist, which would be the last thing anyone would expect Road to be. (Or maybe the people at the D. Gray-Man archives are just nicer…) And for those who take the time to review, I hope you won't mind taking a little more time to write longer reviews so I can give more fluid replies other than just saying thanks. You don't have to though, it would just make me feel better.

For now, this story will follow the manga, which means it will follow to the point Road gets to the Black Order, then the manga tie-in suddenly falls apart. So we get to see Moa, Jean, and Leo (the latter two will be seen later). Sorry Allen fans, but you might not see him until possibly the Rewinding Town arc. But don't worry, I'm probably gonna skip the Old Man of the Earth and the Aria of the Night Sky thing. After that…I have no idea.

Disclaimer: D. Gray-Man belongs to Katsura Hoshino, but maybe I'll steal it one day…kidding!

The 1st Memory: Opening

At the end of a fictional nineteenth century, a young girl was found unconscious with no memory of how she arrived…

Officer Moa stood in front of the old church, her partner Charles cowering behind her. "Hey, Moa, are we really gonna go inside this church? I mean, isn't the reason a countless number of travelers disappeared because it's cursed or something from an incident two years ago?"

Moa sighed at her partner's cowardice. "The reason we're investigating this church is because people are disappearing, besides, you know I don't believe in stuff like curses. It's probably just somebody playing a horrid joke all this time, no reason to be scared."

"B-but what if the curse is real?"

Moa shook her head. "What kind of police officer are you, Charles? I can't believe you'd be afraid to enter a church just because you think it might be cursed. But if you want to stay here and wait, I guess when I'm done I could just write in the report saying you were too afraid to enter a silly old church…"

Charles instantly leapt up. "What are you talking about, Moa? Me, a-afraid?" He laughed nervously. "Th-that's ridiculous!"

"Then you'd better catch up," Moa called from inside the church.

"Y-yes, of course!" He ran to catch up with Moa. "Right behind you, officer!" Once he caught up to Moa, he noticed his surroundings. "Uwah, it's falling into ruins!"

"I wonder if travelers really do stay here…" Moa commented off-handedly.

"GYAA!!" Charles screamed.

"What is it?" Moa asked, concerned about her partner.

"M-my leg." He stuttered.

Moa knelt down and picked up what was on Charles's leg. She laughed. "Are you serious, Charles? Were you really scared of a cat?"

"I was only startled." Charles muttered, embarrassed. "You'd scream like that too if you were me."

"Thankfully, I'm not."

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a loud moaning could be heard. "Wh-what's that?" Charles stuttered. "A ghost?"

Moa got out her gun and backed up against the wall "Stay here Charles, I'm going to investigate the source of that noise." She walked off in the direction of the moaning.

"F-fine with me, I don't want to see some scary ol' ghost."

Officer Moa crept cautiously against the wall, keeping an eye out for anything suspicious. Another moan was heard, and now that Moa was closer, she can hear that it was a girl moaning. Moa quickly pinpointed the room the moaning was coming from, and kicked open the door. She was greeted by the sight of a small girl lying unconscious on the ground with various wounds. Moa put her gun away and knelt beside her. "Hey, are you okay? Who did this to you?"

"Al…len…"

"Allen?" Moa repeated. "Is that the name of the man who did this to you?"

All of a sudden, the girl opened her eyes and crawled away from Moa. "Wh-where am I?" She grasped her forehead. "Argh…that song…I can't get it out of my head!" She spotted Moa. "Hey you, human, do you know where the hell I am!?"

"Human?" Moa asked, confused. "What are you talking about?"

"Ah, I guess I must've slipped out of my Noah form somehow." The girl muttered.

"Noah? Exactly who are you?"

The girl grinned evilly. "My name is Road, not that it'd matter since I'm gonna ki-"

"GYAHHHHHH!!" The sounds of several bullets being shot echoed through the building.

Moa turned back to where she left Charles. "Stay here!" She said to Road. She ran to find Charles. "It came from downstairs." When she got to the first floor, she froze at the sight that greeted her.

Charles was tied to a pillar with one huge bullet hole in his stomach. His face was etched into a scream when a pentacle popped onto his face. "Ch-Charles?" More pentacles appeared on his face, and soon enough, all that was left of his face was covered in black. Then in the blink of an eye, Charles crumbled into dust. "This…this can't be…" Moa slowly walked to where Charles was tied up. "Could it be that the rumors were true?"

"I wouldn't walk any closer if I were you." Road walked past Moa. "The gas that emits from the corpse is toxic, and if you were to die like that, I wouldn't be able to have any fun." She walked into the gas.

"Wh-what killed him?" Moa asked.

Road grinned. "An Akuma killed him, duh. And that Akuma will be my ride h-" Road fell to the ground. "What's…what's this pain?" She coughed. "Why is the gas…affecting me?" Road fell back into unconsciousness.

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When Road finally came to, she was inside a small room. To her surprise, she was handcuffed to the chair she was sitting in, and in front of her was a chubby man yelling at Moa.

"What do you mean you didn't see what killed Charles!?" he yelled at Moa.

"As I've told you a thousand times," Moa argued, "My top priority was to bring this unconscious girl to safety."

"But you could at least have a clue as to what might've killed him!" Moa bit her lip, thinking of what Road had told her. "See, you do have an idea of the killer!"

"Would you two shut up already!?" the two officers turned to see a very conscious, and very pissed off Road. "I was having such the nicest nap when your loud voice woke me up!"

The chief's face flushed red. "What kind of young lady would say such rude thing to adults?"

"This kid, fatty!"

The chief's face turned even redder. "So vulgar! If you weren't so obviously incapable of the crime, I would have you accused for Officer Charles's murder!"

"So you're saying I can't kill a simple man?" Road giggled. "Well, even though it was an Akuma that killed that guy, I'll prove to you that I can kill a simple human." Road pointed her arm and tried to use her telepathy to pick up a gun on a far table and have it shoot the police. "Starting with you, fatty!"

Road tried to get the gun to fire, but nothing happened. "Wh-what?" Road said, obviously shocked. "Why didn't it work?"

The chief grabbed Road's outstretched arm. "What is wrong with you young lady? I must have a word to your parents about your sadistic attitude! Eh?" He noticed something embedded in Road's hand. "Wh-what is that?" There was a cross that was embedded in Road's hand. "Just what are you trying to pull!? It must be painful to have a cross embedded in your skin! Are you mad or something!? You should take better care of the body your parents gave you!"

Road pulled her arm away from the chief. "What are you talking about? There's no damned cross in my-" she spotted the cross. Instantly, a look of fear and disgust appeared on her face. "N-no way. This can't be! This cross…it looks exactly like Allen's. But…that would mean I have…inside of me…" Bile rose in her throat.

"Innocence."