Chapter one was kind of short. I'll try not to do that as often.

R&R, pleaseee.

Me ruv u rong time.

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The events that soon followed after Lillians accidental discovery left her head spinning. Komui was dragging her around like she was some new toy. He examined her innocence and dubbed it an equipment type which Lillian didn't understand at all. He explained to her that there were two different types of innocence: parasitic and equipment. Parasitic was the innocence being a part of the exorcist's body and equipment was when the innocence took the form of an object that the exorcist wielded. Soon after learning the terminology of innocence Komui started scheduling her down for grueling training sessions to increase her synchronization rate. Days went by where the young French girl only had four hours of sleep at a time. After sweating away in the training chambers she brought her synchronization rate from five percent all the way up to seventy. It was good but it could be better.

The Generals got wind of her new found occupation and soon began tracking her down. Kloud Nyne insisted that she be her new student and that she would teach her everything there was to know. Lillian did like the female general. She was nice and her pet monkey innocence was rather peculiar. Winters Zokalo jumped on Lillian while she was walking back to her room late at night. He firmly insisted that he be her student and promised to make her into the strongest exorcist at the Order. Lillian was deathly afraid of the man. He looked like he should be staying under children's beds and terrorizing them at night. She promised the two that she would think about it and give them an answer in a week's time.

Two weeks ago, Lillian was just a normal finder. Her days would consist of scouting out different places for possible innocence activity. When she wasn't on the job she would teach French to members of the Order or relax in the library. Now her days consisted of training, eating, and sleeping. Lillian was exhausted. All she wanted was a day off from all of this mayhem. She lay in her bed, still wearing her clothes from training. Lillian would wear pants and a button up shirt since a dress wasn't the best option. She let out a long yawn and closed her weary eyes, trying to get a bit of sleep in. It was one in the morning and she would have to be training again at 5am. Her breathing became slow and her body relaxed as she drifted off to sleep.

It felt like she had only drifted off for a minute before a loud beeping noise woke her up. Lillian pushed herself up from the bed and rubbed her head. Her blond hair was sticking up at different angles, giving her the disheveled bed head look. She looked around for what was making the beeping noise and spotted a black golem flapping around her room. Its eye was flashing bright red as it hovered in front of her. Lillian grabbed it and held it in her hands, nearly jumping as a loud voice came over the line.

"Lillian, please come to the medical ward!" She heard Komui say.

"U-um," Lillian got out of her bed in a daze, tripping on the carpet in her room. She reached out and supported herself by holding onto the desk nearby. "I'm coming!" She said before she got her footing. Lillian pocketed the black golem and left her room. Komui's tone sounded urgent so she didn't bother brushing down her hair or changing. Lillian wandered the halls, taking different turns and climbing staircases before she got to the medical ward. It was surprisingly busy for this time of night. Lillian past groups of people as she walked inside the medical ward. Nurses and doctors were running around attending people that were lying in the beds. She had never seen so many people in the ward at once. Lillian looked around for Komui but didn't have to look for long. He came up to her with a smile that was soon wiped clean as he was followed by a man with a tiny rectangular mustache.

"Hello Lillian," Komui said, turning towards the man accompanying him, "Lillian, this is Inspector Leverrier."

"Hello, Monsieur Leverrier." Lillian said, feeling sheepish by the way his eyes looked. They were dark and cold. He looked like he wasn't staring at a person but merely some unimportant object.

"What can she do?" Leverrier asked in a no-nonsense tone.

"Lillian, would you care to show Inspector Leverrier what you can do?" Komui asked, holding out his hand to one of the hospital beds.

She nodded her head, and walked towards the bed. A man was occupying it and he didn't look good. His face was covered in bruises and his arm was covered in a cast. Lillian tucked a loose strand of hair before she let out an exhale to calm herself. She held out her hands and put them an inch above the man's arm. The jewels began to glow and extended an aura around her hands. The aura wrapped around her wrists and curved outward to make the appearance of small wings. The man's arm began to glow with the same color and soon his complexion began to turn back to normal. The glowing stopped and Lillian pulled away, her face broken out into a cold sweat. Her breathing was a bit heavier and she looked over at Komui who gave her an encouraging smile.

"That's it?" Leverrier asked, a frown appearing under his mustache.

"Well, yes so far we know that Lillian can heal." Komui said, using his index finger to push up the frame of his glasses, "We believe she may have some other skills but those will come after she has trained more."

Leverrier made a hmph sound, "Hopefully she'll get some kind of offensive skill." He commented, turning his back from the two of them as he ended the conversation.

Lillian saw Komui grimace before he put on his business face again. He began to trail behind Leverrier before he looked at Lillian, "Thank you Lily. You can go back to bed now."

She nodded her head at him and frowned while she watched the two disappear into the hospital mess. Lillian didn't know this Leverrier very well but she certainly wasn't his biggest fan. She was too wound up to go back to sleep. Lillian decided to go take a nice long bath and enjoy her free time before she had to go back to training.

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Lillian was fully scrubbed now. Her hair was a bit wet even after she towel dried it. She put a simple white dress and matching shoes as she headed down to the dining hall. As she walked, Lillian began to wonder what was going on. Why was Inspector Leverrier here at the Order and why were there so many people in the hospital? She pursued her lips as she remembered that all of the exorcists had been dispatched to Edo a few weeks ago. They must have just gotten back from their mission. Lillian knew a few of them but only by acquaintance. She remembered Kanda hated her for being a nuisance, Lavi liked to flirt with her, and Lenalee liked talking with her even when they weren't on a mission together. Lillian couldn't remember anyone else but those three. Hopefully she would get to meet the other soon and they wouldn't be mean like Kanda or flirtatious like Lavi.

She stopped as a whiff of smoke caught her attention. Lillian covered her nose and looked to find the source. She took a step back as she saw a tall man with long red hair leaning up against the wall near her. He was wearing black pants, boots, and a long sleeved white shirt that hung loosely on him. He held a cigarette in his hand and put it to his mouth before he turned his head toward Lillian. Her body shivered as he studied her closely.

He blew out a thin line of smoke while his eyes rested on her face. "Not bad."

"Excuse me?" Lillian asked, frowning. She crossed her arms against her chest and wasn't sure if she should be insulted or not by his comment. She certainly was feeling like a piece of meat right now.

The red haired man smirked at her and pushed away from the wall. He held the cigarette at the corner of his mouth as he came closer to her. Lillian backed up but could only go so far before she reached the wall behind her. He draped his arm across her shoulders and began steering her in the opposite direction of the kitchen. "You can come keep me company while I drink wine."

"What?" Lillian tried to pull away but his hand gripped her shoulder and he only pulled her closer to him so she couldn't get away, "Let go of me!" She shouted, squirming in his grip. Lillian had no idea who this man was. She had never seen him before and she wasn't getting good vibes from him. The mere mention of alcohol was creating a bad scenario for her.

"There are only a few women in this hellhole that are pretty enough to join me while I drink." He said as he dragged Lillian down the hallway. His hand that was gripping her shoulder moved up to her face and gently touched her cheek, "And you are a rare jewel."

Lillian felt her cheeks burn with embarrassment as he stroked her cheek. She turned her head to keep his hands away from her face but instead bumped it into his chest. She bit down on her lip as he stopped at a door and opened it. Inside they were greeted by two officers.

"General Cross Marian," One of them acknowledged.

"Hrmph." Cross replied, ignoring them as he walked over to a large couch and sat down on it. He pulled Lillian down next to him and held onto her as the officers gave him confused looks.

"We were assigned to watch you." The officer stated.

Cross looked at them briefly before he took the cigarette out of his mouth and disposed of it in the ash tray that was on the table near the couch. "Go get me a bottle of French wine."

"Huh?" The officer was still confused.

"You heard me. Go." Cross ordered.

"But I'm suppose to-" He stopped short as he caught Cross's glare. He bowed his head and soon exited the room to fetch the bottle.

Lillian looked up at Cross, her eyes widening. So this was the famous General that had been missing for the past four years? She had heard stories about him. They were floating around but when his student Allen Walker came here the stories began to start up again. "General Cross Marian? I heard you were dead."

"No." He simply replied.

"Can you stop holding me so tight?" Lillian asked, feeling uncomfortable from how close she was to a stranger.

"If I do, you'll try to leave."

Lillian frowned and looked around the room. It was big and had a lot of nice expensive looking furniture in it. Was this how the Generals lived? Her back stiffened as he leaned up against her and rested his head close to hers. She felt like a doll now.

"What is your name, mademoiselle?" Cross asked. It was a bit rude of him that he hadn't asked earlier. Always get a name before you kidnap someone. He hadn't seen her before but then again he couldn't remember anyone else in this prison. It had been four long years of sweet freedom.

"It's Lillian." She said before the officer returned with a bottle of wine. She watched its red contents splash around inside before he presented it to Cross.

"H-here you go, sir." The officer said.

"Wine glasses?" Cross gave him an impatient look that caused the officer to jump and look around frantically for wine glasses. He found some sitting neatly on top of a counter and brought two over for the General. Cross took both of them. He set them down on the table besides the couch and expertly poured with one hand on the bottle and one hand keeping Lillian trapped.

"I don't drink wine." Lillian said, her lips curling into a disgusted look. Her ancestors may be French and avid wine lovers but she just didn't like the taste of it especially that brand. "You shouldn't drink wine for breakfast, it's not very healthy." Lillian pointed out.

Cross replied with another humph. He never worried about his health; he just drank and ate whatever, whenever he wanted. He took a sip of his wine, enjoying the taste before he lifted Lillian's hand up by her wrist. He turned it to study the hand bracelet that rested there. He could tell that they weren't just ordinary pieces of jewelry. "So, you're an exorcist?" He asked.

"Yes." Lillian said, pulling her hand away and resting it on her lap, "I'm supposed to be training soon so can I go?"

"No." Cross replied with a smirk. He took another sip of his wine and set it down on the top of his knee while still keeping a hold of it, "Are you a new exorcist?"

"Yes." Lillian was getting more frustrated as time passed by, "I really need to go. I have stuff to do!"

Being a new exorcist meant that she needed one of the Generals to take them under their wing. Cross was planning to ditch the Order after he had filled out his report but maybe he would stay. He could make her his new student and he wouldn't abuse her like he did with Allen. Maybe if Allen were a cute girl he wouldn't have hit him so much. "Have you gotten a teacher yet?" He asked.

Lillian furrowed her brows together, "No. I was going to go find General Kloud Nyne later and ask her to be my-"

"Don't, because you're mine now."

"What?! But I don't want you to be my teacher!"

Cross frowned. Why wouldn't she want him to be her teacher? Woman would die to be put in that scenario with him. He wasn't used to such resistance. Of course, Kloud Nyne resisted him all the time but that was the only other woman that didn't kiss the ground he walked on. "We'll start training after I finish my wine." Cross said, and by finishing his wine he meant the whole bottle.

Lillian wanted to yell out in frustration and escape. Now she was being forced to be the student of an alcoholic womanizer. Could things just get any worse for her? Hopefully someone down in the training room would notice she had gone missing and they would go looking for her. It was the only thing that would save her now.

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It felt like hours had gone by before Cross had gotten ¾'s of the bottle down. Lillian was stuck dealing with his hands that would inch down to her waist, or him inhaling the scent of her hair. All of this closeness was certainly inappropriate but Lillian didn't think General Cross knew the word or its meaning. She felt saved as her black golem came out of the collar of her dress and flapped in front of her. She could hear Komui's voice come on over the line. He certainly was contacting her a lot today. Shouldn't he be busy doing other things?

"Lillian, where are you? You were supposed to report to training thirty minutes ago."

"Komui, I'm sorry but I got kidnapped." Lillian replied.

Cross frowned and reached out for the golem. He held it in the palm of his hand as he spoke, "Don't worry Komui I'm taking good care of her."

"General Cross!" Komui didn't sound surprised that he was the one who "kidnapped" Lillian.

The redheaded General closed his hand with the golem inside and soon it became still. Lillian couldn't hear Komui anymore and when he opened his hand her golem looked like it was turned off. She bit her lip as he set her golem to the side and stood up from the couch holding out a hand for her. "Come. Let's start that training now."

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Uff. I hope I wasn't too out of character with Cross. The only reason why he wants to teach her is so that she can call him sensei while wearing a sailor school girl uniform. Lulz. :

I'm too lazy to proof read I hope there weren't too many errors.