A/N: I got it in on time! Whoop! I think this is going pretty well. I can't promise I'll keep getting things in on time, but I'll do my best. Things can get pretty hectic around my house. Anyway, please read and enjoy.

Chapter 3: Journal

I realized when we got out of the medic wing what this place really was. The thing was built as a giant tower. With everything you would need on one floor. I looked around as Komui lead us onto a giant platform, my eyes taking in everything and memorizing how far we were from the top. I could see three floors above before all doors and floor stopped as the roof pointed up and flattened out in some places. I held onto the side as Allen instructed before he smiled.

"What?" I asked and felt a jolt before we began descending.

I clutched the side for dear life. I had never been one for heights, but I definitely didn't like the frog thing that they had at fairs that dropped you suddenly and jolted up. I shuttered at the bad memories before the platform came to a stop. I unlatched myself from the side of the platform to look to see why he had stopped. Against the wall I saw four hooded figures sitting in what looked to be old fashioned thrones. Komui addressed each one as and elder before introducing me. He gestured for me to move forward. I did, moving slowly but not shyly. I moved with confidence, my head held high.

"Sore wa anata ni aete ureshiidesu, Watashi no namae wa Yue.(1)" I spoke in fluent Japanese, my tongue not missing any pronounciation. The men in front of me; who's faces I could not see spoke formally and crisply.

"She has manners." One said, his voice low and rough. "Very good." The second. "Much obliged Komui." The third gruffed out. "Thank you for letting us meet her before taking her to Hevlaska." The fourth said, his voice was smooth like silk and had no edge to prove he was old. Komui bowed once before the platform started again. Allen spoke a few moments later.

"I didn't know you were fluent in Japanese." He said with a surprised smile.

I smiled sympathetically. Not many people did, not even my own father knew. Because if he did, he would be terribly angry. I never knew why he got angry when he heard me listening and singing along with KAT-TUN's albums. I still didn't know why. The only person who did know was dead. I frowned as tears that had been shut out for too long fought to spill over the sides of my eyes. Not wanting Allen to see my tears I turned from him to look over the edge, even though it made me want to hurl.

"My mother taught me when I was little." I said quietly. "I remember the first expression I could speak. It was aishiteru. Which mean I love you. Sometimes our lessons would go on for hours, longer then expected of course because my dad always came home an hour or so when we began. So when my dad came home and found us talking about it he would yell at us. He hated Japanese." I wiped my face on my sleeve before continuing. "So when he would go out on business trip we would practice like crazy. We would work for hours." I smiled solemnly as I remembered my mom's smiling face. "But one day dad came home early from a business trip. He's really not that bad in general, but he saw my mom trying to teach me how to write. He-" I cut off as Komui stopped the platform.

"We're here." He said as I watched Hevlaska show up. Glancing back at Allen I could see his worried expression. I knew he wanted to hear the rest of my story.

'I'll tell him later.' I decided as i turned my attention back to Hevlaska.

"Hello again Komui. You look well." Hevlaska greeted. Komui nodded in response.

"Same to you. I would like to introduce you to our newest exorcist." He said gesturing for me to move forward.

I looked back at Allen once more, a bit more nervous then before, but I held my head high and ignored the instinct of fight or flight. The burning in the back of my throat had gotten worse. I hoped I could still talk.

"Hello Hevlaska." I said softly, my voice almost a whisper to keep from irritating it further.

Hevlaska reached out and picked me up from the platform. I stared wide eyes as I turned to Allen. He only gave me an encouraging smile. I tried to ignore the feeling of something prodding at my insides. Hevlaska spoke.

"Ten percent... twenty five percent... forty percent... sixty two percent... eighty eight percent." And she fell silent then before all the prodding and tingling resided and I was placed on the platform again. "Eighty eight percent." I stumbled as she let me go, feeling a bit dizzy from the situation.

"Wow Yue!" Komui said grabbing my hands. "You're really in sync with your innocence!" He said nearly bouncing.

I smiled at him and pulled my hands away from his. I really needed to get my dads journal so I could read through it.

"I starving can we get some food?" I said putting my hand on my growling stomach. Allen and Komui laughed before he nodded.

"Sure."

We all said goodbye to Hevlaska before leaving. On the way up I hummed to myself soft enough that I didn't hurt my throat. Komui went back to his office to do work while Allen and I went to the mess hall to get something to eat. When we walked up to the counter to order a very strange looking man with dread locks came to the window.

"Why hello Allen, who'syourfriend?" He asked the last part in a hurried voice. He sounded overly joyed to see the teen.

"Hey Jerry, this is Yue. She's the new exorcist." Allen replied. The man named Jerry turned to me and a happy slapped-ass like smile found its way onto his face. In my opinion he screamed gay with the tight shirt and dread locks, but maybe that was just me...

"Well miss what would you like? I can make you anything." He said.

"Anything?" My eyes sparkled as he nodded. "Okay then I'll have some yaki-soba, onigiri, rice balls, spicy tuna rolls, steak, leech soup, oden, sashimi, and ramen." I paused to think some more before shrugging. "Could you double that order too?" I finished and Allen sweat dropped.

"Yue you eat as much as I do." He said as Jerry shook his head before disappearing. I looked at Allen with a skeptical look.

"The parasite type does feed off of the human body you know. I eat twice as much to sustain my body weight. Though I'm sure you know all of this by now." I said and Allen sweat dropped. I got my food and Allen ordered his while I sat down with my food at an empty table.

"She got all this from a journal?" He contemplated to himself. 'Who was her father?' He said sitting down at the table with me, waving some other people over.

"Hey Leenalee, this is Yue." He introduced me to the other people I had yet to meet as well. I smiled as they sat down.

"Hello." I said smiling kindly. Lavi blushed and Leenalee smiled.

"Hi, I'm Leenalee Lee. You must have already met my brother, Komui Lee." She said and I nodded. "Well I think you'll like it here. A lot of the exorcists are away on missions, but you'll meet them soon enough." She explained as she began eating.

I nodded and finished my food. The men from the science department; I had found out from Leenalee as well, took me to get measured for my coat.

The style was that of Allen's trench and the collar of Kanda's. The front of the trench was trimmed so that it opened whether it was closed or not. The front buckled instead of buttoning or zippering, and the sleeves arced down from the front of my wrists so they ended in points to cover my innocence. The torso of the coat was snug around my waist, across my chest and flared out loosely around my feet. In the back there was a separation to make it tail out that ended at the knees. I had to help make it seeing as they had trouble with the sketch as a guideline, but after it was done I was grateful. I looked at myself in the mirror turning this way and that to assess the job they had done.

"Thanks so much, it fits perfectly." I smiled brightly making the whole science department blush. I really didn't know how cute I was because the people I did know and hung around with were the people I had known since I was five. Afterward, Leenalee showed me to my room. "I still have to get my stuff from my house." I explained. Leenalee nodded.

"Brother told me your dad has a journal you've been reading. Do you want to bring that with you?" She asked as I closed the door to my new room and locked it. I nodded.

"I want to finish reading it. It has a lot of good information that would be helpful for me to understand the whole situation." I explained and Leenalee nodded as we set off again towards Komui's office. At the door Leenalee turned to smile.

"Just wait here. "I have to get something from brother really quick." I nodded as she disappeared through the door the the head officers office. When she came back out she was holding a necklace. "Sorry, brother was fixing it for me." I held out my hand so she could let me see it before handing it back.

"It's okay, mine break occasionally too." I turned from her and we headed to the gondolas.

A/N: My life has been so hectic recently. I actually needed to take a day off from work and stay home so I could just sit in front of the couch like a veggie. I also have a cold at the moment so that doesn't help either. I hope you liked this chapter and the next is going to be a sad one. I know fourth chapter and it's already sad. But I like to make it exciting from the begging. Please review! You've all been my devoted readers and I hope by the end of this story you will cry along with me as I write this piece.

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