Chronoa

D. Gray-Man

Chapter 6

A/N: Here it is guys. I'm so sorry that it took me a year to update this story! I just...grew kind of bored with it, I guess. But I finally have! I'm sorry that it's so much shorter than my usual, but I thought that this was a good place to stop. In the next chapter, Christine's mother comes back.

Also, I have revised the previous chapters, so I advise you to go back and re-read them.

Please review.

-ZH

Christine was nervous. Head Officer Komui was currently looking through the evidence that they had given him. He had also listened to the recording of her telling her story.

"Alright. It helps us out a lot that you already have valid evidence." Komui said, pushing his glasses back up his nose. "But I'm afraid that we'll have to see it for ourselves. If you're uncomfortable with that, my assistant and little sister can be the one with you." He said with a smile. She nodded.

"A-and, can Allen come with me?" She asked, blushing. Allen had been the one to be with her through everything so far, and she trusted him the most.

"Of course." Komui said, a little shocked that she wanted a guy with her when she was half naked. "Now, if you'll follow me, we'll go into an examination room." He stood up and walked out into the hallway. "Lenalee will meet you in here."

Allen led the way into the examination room with a slight blush still present on his cheeks. He didn't know that Christine had trusted him that much; it made him happy.

They only had to wait for a minute before the door opened and a young girl that looked about a year older than Allen walked in.

"Hello! You must be Christine and Allen, right?" She said happily. "My name is Lenalee Lee." She introduced herself with a small bow.

"It's nice to meet you." Allen said with a small smile, ever the gentleman.

"Great! Now, I know you don't want to be here, but do you think you could remove your shirt for me, Miss Christine?" Lenalee asked. Christine nodded and with a quick look at Allen, stripped herself of her shirt gently, still wary of her wounds. "Oh dear…" Lenalee said in a voice filled with sympathy.

"D-do you just need to take some pictures?" Christine asked.

"No." The small Chinese girl shook her head. "We already have those. I just needed to see them. A kind of reassurance, I guess you could say." Christine nodded in understanding.

"Alright."

"You can put your shirt back on, I'm done." Lenalee said softly. She nodded and quickly slipped the shirt over her head.

"Are we done now?" Allen asked, standing behind Christine.

"Yep! You can follow me back to my brother's office." She told them. They followed her back to Komui's office, where Lavi and Kanda were waiting.

"You're done already?" Lavi asked with raised eyebrows as the three walked into the room.

"Yes!" Lenalee said. "My name is Lenalee Lee, I don't think we've met before."

"Well that was quick. My name's Lavi! And the stiff over there is Kanda." He introduced. She nodded and bowed.

"Well, now that my darling Lenalee has gotten the proof we needed, all that we need to do is question your mother," Komui told Christine.

"U-um, will I need to be there?" she asked him.

"I'm afraid so," he said with a small frown. "But don't you worry!" he exclaimed with a grin on his face. "She can't hurt you anymore! We'll look around for a place for you to live in the meanwhile."

"Actually, we'd like it if she could just stay with us," Lavi piped up. "She's been living with us for a few days already."

Komui thought for a long moment. "I'll see what I can do. She's obviously attached to you, and with what she's definitely been through I don't want her to be put with a random family," he told Lavi quietly. The red-head nodded and smiled thankfully.

"That's all I'm asking. We've become pretty attached ourselves."

"Well then!" The Head Officer clapped his hands together. "I'll have my men go and apprehend your mother, and we'll let you know when to come in, alright? For now, why don't you guys head home. I bet it's been a really stressful day." After saying a quick goodbye, the group hurried out of the police station.

"So, what are we going to do now?" Lavi asked as he hopped into the driver's seat.

"We could go look around town," Allen suggested. "Isn't that what we were planning on doing anyway?"

"Yeah, you have a point there. What do you two think?" Lavi asked Kanda and Christine.

"Che. I don't care," Kanda muttered, crossing his arms and glaring out of the window. Christine shrugged.

"I don't care; I'd be happy to show you guys whatever you wanna see," she said.

"Great! I say we hit up the mall first!" The ecstatic driver replied loudly with a grin.

"Well, it's about a twenty minute drive," the blonde girl told them. "You just stay on Memorial, and turn right on 71st."

"Kay, just tell me where to turn!"

A few directions later, the group was looking for a parking space in the large lot. Once they found one, Lavi swung into it quickly and they all piled out of the vehicle. Stretching, Allen stepped up beside Christine.

"So, what are your favorite stores?" he asked, trying to get a conversation going. She merely shrugged.

"I don't really go shopping much…" Seeing the shocked look on their faces, she elaborated. "Well, it's not like I had money to go shopping with." The boys nodded in understanding.

"Well then, we'll just have to buy you some new clothes, won't we?" the white-haired boy said with a grin. A horrified look crossed the girl's face.

"Uh, no…I d-don't think so," she muttered, moving away from the grinning boy. He just shook his head and grabbed her hand, not seeing the red that spread across her cheeks because of it.

Hours passed with them in the mall, and finally, the group emerged, everyone's arms laden with bags of different shapes, colors and sizes. Surprisingly, everyone – including Kanda – had had fun inside the large building. After seeing that resistance was futile, Christine finally allowed herself to be Lavi and Allen's dress-up doll. Mostly Lavi though. He claimed that she was the little sister he had never had. He said it in such a way, though, that she didn't know whether to be flattered or insulted. Eventually, she realize that the enthusiastic red head was acting much like a surrogate brother to her. And she enjoyed it.

The group lugged their bags to the Endeavor and managed to shove them all into the back. Somehow. Kanda pushed Lavi out of the way when he tried to get into the driver's side again. "Back off, I'm driving," the Asian told him sternly. The drive back to the boys' home was mostly silent; everyone had been thoroughly exhausted by the shopping spree. When they had arrived home, Allen shooed Christine up to the door.

"A lady shouldn't have to carry her own bags," he explained his actions with a small smile. Her heart melted.

'What is this…Could I actually have feelings for Allen?' she thought desperately. 'This isn't good.