Recap:

Alice met Lenalee Lee, a chinese girl with dark green hair and violet eyes. She is a fellow exorcist in the Order who only wants to get out of this so called abyss to meet her brother. As Alice observes Lenalee's countenance, she cannot help but help the other girl up with her problem by not conceding with her request. Instead, the brown haired girl reassured the other that she needs to be strong. And the two of them became friends.

Disclaimer:

I do not own D. Gray Man, Katsura Hoshino does.

The Daughter of Cross Marian!

"Ms. Lenalee Lee, I see you've found a cute friend here. "

Alice and Lenalee immediately spun around to face the speaker. The brown haired girl instantly noticed that the man is actually an 'old' man with toothbrush mustache and snake eyes that seems to glow threateningly at anyone. Something that hold utmost authority and power.

Someone as a bossy leader as she calls it.

As she stopped looking over at the man, she glanced back at Lenalee for answers.

Well, it will be a very bad idea if she will encounter some trouble down here without her father.

"Oh! What is your name little girl?" The man asks as he eye her appearance. By the look of Lenalee's face, he seems to be somewhat hostile deep inside that sugarcoated words he is speaking.

A stupid mask of cruelty.

DANGEROUS.

She calmly look again to Lenalee and found her trembling, so Alice did the first thing that came into her mind.

'Here goes nothing.'

"Um, excuse me sir but I need to go to the toilet immediately with my friend here. So, good day!" Alice said bowing and grab Lenalee's shaking hands who seem to obligued to her. She walks calmly away from him with Lenalee even though she can feel him eyeing their back with that snake eyes of his. Whoever this guy is, it looks like Lenalee doesn't like him at all.

"Wait." He said making her gulped nervously. "I asked you a question, right? Answer it."

'There goes his true persona.' She thought. How she wanted to just run away from that man.

'SHIT!' She cursed. Normally, she do not cuss but when time calls it there is no guarantee what degree it can go up.

Hell, traveling around the world made her know alot.

" I think I owe you an explanation girl. Who are you?" he asked or more like commanded her to. As the good and careful girl she is, Alice is secretely eyeing everything around her for any escape routes. " I am Inspector Leverrier. Now answer me."

The moment the Lucky Angel of heavens give them some mercy, they'll immediately run from where they are standing. She also took note of Lenalee's scared and trembling form beside her, so she made an unsure move to reassure her friend.

She squished Lenalee's hand a little. Just like what a 'friend' would do.

And it seems like Lenalee stopped trembling a little.

"T-Thanks," She whispered soflty, still bowing her head low, clearly avoiding the man's gaze.

"Well if you can-" Alice immediately cut him off.

"IT HURTS! OUUUUCH! IT HURTS! IT HURTS! GAHHHH!" The brown-haired girl shrieked inpain while clutching her head painfully.

"W- What happened!" Lenalee shakily asked in surprise as she look at her newly made friend. Alice just wink at her immediately and started shouting cries of pain.

"Girl!" Leverrier said. "What happened?"

"I- I am okay,…I think….I should go to-*cough cough*…Sir? Do you have any medical facility here? I-*cough" Alice said in agony while 'coughing in pain'. Alice was always good at acting and it looks like this guy whom he called himself Leverrier is taking it seriously.

Thank her talents.

"Yes there is. I'll take you now there immediately. Can you stand? If you can then follow me." He said walking away without looking back.

She cannot help but grin like the little devil she is.

'How stupid..hehe.'

She then take the opportunity to grab Lenalee's hands and run opposite his direction without him knowing.

The two kept on running until Alice is sure enough that snake eyes is a good distance away. Then finally they stopped.

" Finally! I think we lost him! Yesh!" Alice said while punching the air victoriously. "Go me!"

"Alice? Can I ask you a question?" She heard Lenalee asked meekly beside her. "...Why are you not scared?"

"...what?" Alice blinks in confusion, not clearly getting what the other girl is saying. "Why? Do I need to?"

"No, ofcourse not. " Lenalee said as tears start to gather around her eyes again. Surprisingly, she wipes them away for a second. "It is just that he is the one who forced me into this. The reason I am away from my brother. The very person wh-"

"Should we go over this again?Look Lena, " Alice said as she give Lenalee's head a small pat with a smile. "It is okay to be afraid but you must find a way to fight it too, remember? Stop being a crybaby too much!"

"O-okay." Lenalee said as she immediately composed herself from her order.

As Alice looks around ther surropundings, she noticed a they are nothing but 'gloomy' hallway of a place like that. It clearly means like they've run too much awhile ago.

Alice mentally slapped herself for running away since…Oh well she just broke her promise with her father not to go anywhere.

And now they are lost.

'Oh God.'

"Umm…Lenalee? Do you know where are we?" She asked nervously. Hoping that they are clearly not that lost-

"I do not know this place." Lenalee replied. "I'm sorry but I think we are lost."

'NO!'

Anime tears came gushing out from her eyes as she hug Lenalee. The other girl seems to be taken aback from her sudden personality shift to a childish crybaby.

"What should I do! Kim!" The brown-haired girl cried while searching for the silver golemn who is currently taking refuge inside her shoulder bag.

"Kim? Who is she?" Lenalee asked.

"Oh! I haven't introduce her to you yet. " Alice said with a smile replacing the fountain of tears in her face. "She is my golemn!"

"This is Kimberly. Kim for short." Alice said as she hands her golemn to Lenalee. This caught Lenalee a little surprised but immediately relaxed when she finally caught the golem's whole image. "And Kim, this is Lenalee Lee, my friend."

"C-cute!" The chinese girl squealed in glee as she started hugging the poor golemn and rubbing her face with it.

Alice cannot help but sweat drop at this sudden change of atmosphere.

"I think so too, " Alice said, still looking at the show of adoration that is happening infront of her. "-now back to the problem at hand,"

"hmmmm…." Lenalee said or murmured in thought.

"hmmmm…" Alice also murmured in thought..

"hmmmm…" The two murmured in thought at the same time.

There was silence and until sudden laughter erupted from the two girls after giving up the thought of thinking of a way to start. Lenalee also laughed at how funny the three of them were.

Truthfully, who thought that using mini-mini-mini-mo is a good way to find the right way?

'I've done it before but I only got lost even more to the point that father nearly thought I was on the other side of the country.'

"Hmm, I think we should open a door or something and hide or ask someone for directions. We must look for someplace to hide since that Leverrier guy is around here." ALice said thoughtfully. She felt Lenalee stiffened as she worded 'Leverrier'.

"It is okay Lenalee." She said to her as they led her by instinct since she herself do not know the place itself.

While walking, she noticed that guards are running around looking for something or maybe…..someone. Without a second thought, she immediately look for a door with Lena and Kim to hide.

"What is it, Alice?" Lenalee asked in surprise and a little taken aback from her change of demeanor. "Is there something wrong?"

"We need to find a place to hide now." Alice just replied, her eyes looking wildly for any given escape they can run into. "And I mean now."

"Find them immediately!" They heard someone yell just a few feet across from them.

It is really a tight situation since the guards are just behind. Alice is planning on moving ahead but Kim stopped her. She then 'tell' her that there are also guards ahead and nearing their location. This only made her bit her nail in desperation.

On the other hand, Lenalee motioned for them to go to a door which is a few meters away from their location which is actually behind a statue.

With a small nod, they run with their legs as fast as they can and with lightning speed and stealth, open and close the door behind them.

"*sighhhh*That was close…" Alice said in relief, her heart thumping very hard against her. "I thought we are going to get caught there."

"I agree with you but we shouldn't let our guard down or else-"

"Eh? What a bunch of cute kids!" They heard someone say, a man's voice in particular.

"What-" Lenalee tried to say but was cut off by Alice pushing her off behind her protectively.

"Lena get behind me!" Alice told her immediately and activated her innocence. Alice would not allow these people to get id she'll allow her friend to cry again.

"SOUL!" Her innocence forms like a scythe from her shadows, spunning around like a small swirl of wind until finally solidifying into a full scythe.

"…Oh! Wow!" The man said. "Hmm, what an amazing kid you are there, I see."

...

"Eh? W-what….?" Alice said, innocence still invocated.

Alice is now very aware of their surroundings. They are in a luxurious room with grandiose chairs. She also noticed the companies you have now. The man who speak at them awhile ago is a little old with glasses and bulky art supplies in his shoulders. The other two occupants are another male and female. The male wore a mask and have a more sturdy figure than your father. And the woman is a blond with a monkey. She seems to be beautiful and have that elegance aura with her.

Alice is currently cracking her head if they are foes or friends. fS, for a minute,she still held her scythe in front of protectively.

'What should I do?'

"Hmm, a scythe. Such weapon for a kid," the woman asked. She is now aware of four pair of eyes looking at them, or more like to her. "Who are you?"

"Ah! I wanna test her anti- Akuma weapon!" The masked man said. He seemed a little off and with an eerie air with him. This made her and Lenalee shudder in response. "Come on kid! Bring it on!"

"Oh! Don't scare them. They are so cute and young. Hmm, " The man who have art supplies asked the girl beside her. "-aren't you Lenalee? The apprentice of Marshall Yeegar?"

"I-I am. Marshall Tiedoll." Lenalee said while looking into her feet. After hearing this, Alice deactivated her innocence. Suddenly it occurred to her like a flash.

They are the ones whomher father been talking about, the other Marshalls.

It only means one thing….her father is near…he is inside this room….

'Uh- oh…..'

"You, little girl? What is your name? My name is Froi Tiedoll, I am a Marshall." The man awhile now known as Tiedoll, said calmly while offering a hand.

However, she is too nervous inside to even acknowledge him and shake hands.

She will receive a good punishment if her father discovers her here-.

"Oi! What is the commotion about? Huh?" Speak of the devil..he is here…she is dead….

'Papa...?'

"These two kids just entered around. Seems like exorcists yet so young." The woman said.

"This one here just activated her innocence . It makes the handle of my Madness itch." The masked man said….'Dangerous'

"They are just kids. Come on." Marshall Tiedoll replies back. From the tone of it, he looks like the peacemaker type.

"Two? Why should there be- Alice!" Cross shouted as he spotted her. She unconsciously cringed from his voice and closed her eyes.

"Cross? You know this girl?" The blond woman asked.

"Ehh? Don't tell she is your bastard of a daughter? Hahaha!" the masked man said while laughing which only received a glare in return from the red haired exorcist General.

"Alice?" Lenalee whispered to her ear. "You know Marshall Cross?"

She do not know what to do. She didn't mean to break her promise with your papa and this is the first time she disobeyed her father's orders. she cannot help but gaze into her feet in shame and found them the most interesting thing in the world right now.

"I told you, right?. I said you shouldn't..." The red-haired general said while gritting his teeth agnrily. He sure is angry with you.

SOB..SOB…SOB

Out of nowhere there are tears running down her face. Alice cannot stop it flowing. She wanted it to stop but by no reason it flows by its own accord.

Who can blame her? She is only 8.

She is still a kid.

On the other hand, everyone stopped inside the room are shocked that she is CRYING. Even Cross stopped his heated frown and look at her.

"So-so-sorry! Sor- sorry!..I- I-….there is this scary guy..and…he started tailing after us with his guards…so we run and hide from them….I- I just wanted to find a safe place to hide..and…" She try to form the words while still crying softly. She suddenly brought her small hands to cover her face and started speaking. "I didn't mean to..disobey your order…So…s- so…please forgive me and …don't be angry…"

She cannot stop the tears anymore and therefore stopped talking. There was a long silence. After what seemed like a minute, Alice finally stopped crying and look found that the Marshalls are either looking at her small form or to Cross.

"Ow, you made her cry, Cross. Such a cold guy, " Marshall Tiedoll saidwhile handling her a plane white handkerchief. "-here have this to make you feel better…" Alice accepted his offer and thank him with a nod. He just replied with a smile.

"Really, Cross your horrible." The blond woman said while massaging her temples and shaking her head disapprovinly.

"Hahaha!" the masked man however just laughed louder.

"Silence! Now," Cross said as he looked at her.. He approached her and kneel down herr level. " I am not angry. So stop crying already, will you?" He said as he pats her head.

"Do you forgive me...?" There was uneasiness with her voice.

"*sigh* Yes, just stop crying." He said and stands up.

"…" A cute smile replaced the small pout of sadness from her face as she instantly hugs Cross's right leg affectionately. "Hai! And thank you! "

"Ohh, so cute!" Marshall Tiedoll half-cooed-half-laugh. He never imagined Cross with a cute girl.

Is this a dream?

"Hmm, is this the apocalypse?" the woman said while hiding a grin with her hand. Her monkey seems to get the idea and dances around and laughs.

"Ha! Such a womanizer. Now a softie on kids. What the hell happened to you, Cross!" the masked man said while laughing..again.

"Would you quit it!" he said while glaring at his 'comrades'. She let go of his right leg and stare at Lenalee. She is clutching her dress.

"Umm, Alice?" Lenalee asked.

"Hm?" you said

"What is your relationship with Marshall Cross?" The Marshalls are listening intently at their little conversation. She looks at her daddy for some sense of answer. Fortunately, he replied with a nod which made her grin happily.

She will now spill the beans.

'Yay~!'

"Well, Lenalee, Marshall Cross is my father. My full name is Alice Marian." Alice said while grinning proudly. She can swear she noticed the others jaws are now touching the floor from that slip up introduction of hers. Herr father however sighed deeply beside her which only made her grin wider much to her pleasure.

'This is will be fun!'

Hope you like it~

_Jacqueline_