Back again with Chapter 7~! I'm surprised at how many people were surprised that Cross got shot... But I am in agreement with the confusion on just how Cross made it through canon without getting shot by a woman...

I was asked a real good question by an anonymous reviewer- Which Kanda will I be using? Canon or the one everyone thought him to be prior to the Second Exorcist Arc?

Answer: A mix. There's [most likely] going to be references towards the incident at the Asian Branch, but as for the fact that I honestly though his was with the European Branch at this point... Well, there's going to be a mix of him.

Anyways, let the Seventh Movement commence!

Disclaimer: Still don't own D,Gray-Man... Sorry.

Allegro's Crescendo

Allen was never found by Cross after attempting to bring Mana back. Neither did the Millennium Earl or the Noah's take him in. No, a third party found young Allen instead, and from that day on, he wasn't 'Allen' anymore. Instead, the Destroyer of Time gained a new name. That name was…

The Seventh Movement: The 3/2 Time Signature

"Miss Nyne?" Lenalee's voice cropped up timidly, done watching the passing scenery from the window of the train, looking at the older woman who was accompanying them on their mission. And by 'them', Lenalee meant her and Kanda Yu, who really, really, really preferred to be called Kanda and got really, really, really, really, really, really mean if anybody called him Yu.

"What is it, Lenalee?" She asked, looking up from the book on her lap, Lau Jimin, her cute little monkey that was also her Innocence, looking at her as well. It made Lenalee feel really small. "And I've told you before, just call me Klaud."

"Umm, I was just wondering, what is the General like?" Because she was really curious. Big brother hadn't seemed too happy with the General, but Lenalee knew that her big brother wasn't ever really happy unless he was around her. Not that Lenalee minded or anything, but she really wished that he could be happier more, because she knew that with as dangerous a job as the one she had, she wouldn't be around forever, and she wanted her big brother to be happy, even when she was gone. Because she loved her big brother, and she wanted him to be happy more than anything in the whole wide world.

"He's mean," Klaud responded after a few moments pause. "But, even if he won't admit it, he has a soft spot for kids. Especially for young Exorcists, like yourselves."

"Why?" Lenalee wanted to know, and, stealing a look over at Kanda, she knew he wanted to know as well, even if he was pretending to not be interested in the conversation.

"He was part of the Order ever since he was little," Klaud answered easily, gently shutting her book. "He grew up seeing how Exorcists were treated, especially the young ones- ones who were even younger than you two."

"Then why's he an Exorcist?" Lenalee couldn't help but ask. She knew those who the Innocence chose had no choice but to become an Exorcist, but couldn't he have run away?

"Why are we Exorcists?" Klaud answered her question with a question of her own. Lenalee frowned, thinking on it. Klaud spoke at the same time as the train whistled, signaling their arrival to the station.

Lenalee watched as her lips moved, not quite catching what the older Exorcist said, but able to guess what it was.

~~Because it is God's Will~~

"From what I heard from the doctors, you aren't supposed to be outside, let alone out of bed." Cross dropped the cigarette butt coolly, outwardly pretending he wasn't bothered or surprised by the voice, but inwardly cursing his luck. If Lady Luck was still on his side though, it could be that Klaud Nyne was just passing by to make fun of the fact that he had let something as simple as a human take him down, on her way to her next mission, or on her way back to the Order from a mission.

"And?" Cross rebutted, grinding the butt into the grass as he responded. Normally Timcampy would eat them, but he had sent the golem out earlier that day to try and track Allen and Erika, and he hadn't seen the golem since.

"Is that the General?" A different voice asked, drawing Cross' attention over towards Klaud. There was Klaud herself, and then two kids with her. He vaguely recognized them- he had seen them at the Order when he had been there to receive his current mission. The sour looking one was one of Tiedoll's apprentices, and the other one who had spoken was the supervisor's little sister.

"Yes, Lenalee," Klaud responded with a patience that Cross never knew she had. "That's the General." Tiedoll's kid muttered something that Cross didn't quite catch, but apparently Lenalee did, because Cross saw her face grow red and smack the other kid, and Klaud stepped in quickly before a fight or tears could start.

"We're here about the accommodator you found." Klaud stepped in, a hand resting on the kids' shoulders.

"And lost," Tiedoll's brat muttered darkly, followed by a small gasp of, "Kanda!" from the lovely little Lenalee.

"What about him?" Cross responded gruffly.

"I think you already know," Klaud answered back, before stepping aside to let Cross lead the way back inside.

Apparently, Karma didn't like Cross as much as he had thought.

~~(Cross hasn't been having good luck with girls lately)~~

"I see," Klaud said after long last, after Cross had finished describing the little boy who was the accommodator. "A parasitic type then…"

"Yeah." A moment of silence. "But you wouldn't be able to get close to the kid, not with that crazy caretaker of his." Klaud looked on in response.

"Why do you think I have Kanda and Lenalee along with me?" Klaud asked. "It's not just so I can lose my sanity."

"You mean you plan to…"

Klaud's smile was rueful, and a bit scornful.

"Children always were more trustworthy, weren't they?"

~~The 3/2 Time Signature~~

Walking around a town like this, alone, made Lenalee feel a little uneasy. Well, she wasn't totally alone, as there were Finders following her, but still. She wasn't allowed to wear her Exorcist uniform, because according to the General Cross, the lady who was taking care of the little accommodator boy they were looking for had seen and would be able to recognize it. So, Lenalee [and Kanda as well] had been made to put on regular kids clothes as they wandered the town. Alone.

Truth be told, Lenalee had very little faith that the little accommodator boy that they were looking for was even still in the area. She knew that if her brother had gotten her away from the Central people who had come for her, they would have been out of China in a heartbeat. Why would the little accommodator boy and his caretaker stay in town? Unless they thought no one else was going to come after them…

"I told you to stay near me, Damnit…" A voice above her said, and Lenalee found herself looking up from her thoughts a little too late as she ran into someone.

It was a woman who looked to be as old as Miss Klaud, with brown hair and green eyes. She wore a long shirt and jacket, and long pants which was really odd because the majority of women outside of the Order wore skirts, and this woman didn't look to be a part of the Order, because Lenalee had never met an Exorcist or Scientist who looked like her before, and the Finders generally never last long anyways, and…

"Are you okay?"

Lenalee jumped as the voice snapped her out of her thoughts again, and nearly shrieked when she saw that the woman was kneeling on the ground in front of her, really close to her.

"Y-Yes Ma'am," Lenalee couldn't help but stutter. The woman really scared her, and looked a little like the crazy caretaker that the General Cross said had shot him over the little accommodator boy.

"Where are your parents?" She asked, placing a tentative hand on Lenalee's shoulder. Lenalee blinked, shocked for a moment, because she really didn't want to tell a complete and utter stranger that her parents were dead, and that her brother was trying to raise her, the best he could, while she was off being treated as a soldier in a secret war, when she remembered. She was on a mission.

A mission that required her to tell any adults that asked that she was lost and she was looking for her parents.

"I don't know," Her mouth finally moved, working. "I'm lost. We got separated in the crowds, and I haven't been able to find them." Lenalee quivered her lip for effect, and looked up at the woman, who gave a slightly exasperated smile.

"Well it's luck that I happen to be a police officer then." The other woman smiled at long last. "And that I happen to be looking for someone as well. Why don't we look for them together?" Lenalee didn't really want to, but she didn't have much choice at the moment.

"Okay," She answered, and they both were standing up, the older woman holding Lenalee's hand like a mother would, making sure that their child wouldn't get lost in a crowd. It made Lenalee wonder who this woman policeman was, and if she had any kids of her own. It also made Lenalee think of when she was little, when her mom would hold her hand whenever they went out.

"Do you have a name?" The older woman asked as they started down the street at a sedate pace, no sense of urgency in their stride, yet no sense of waiting in it either.

"Oh," Lenalee paused, before saying, "Yes ma'am. My name is Lenalee Lee." The woman laughed, and Lenalee puffed out her cheeks like some sort of fish whose name she didn't remember- she just remembered Reever from the Science Division comparing her to one before and… The woman was talking again.

"…that must be a mouthful," She was saying. "Do you have a nickname, Miss Lenalee Lee?" Lenalee shook her head.

"No ma'am," Lenalee said, not missing the way the other woman frowned. "Most people just call me Lenalee."

"Do you mind if I call you Lena, Miss Lenalee Lee?" The older woman asked, and Lenalee shook her head. Big Brother sometimes called her that, even though it wasn't a formal nickname for her. "And don't call me ma'am Lena, I have a name just like you."

"What is it?" Lenalee asked as they made a corner, Lenalee catching sight of the fluttering coat of a Finder for a split second.

As the older woman introduced herself, Lenalee found herself tripping over the bricks of the street they were on, only managing to stay upright because of the hand entrapping hers.

"My name's Erika Knox." Was the older woman's easy-going reply, not fazed by Lenalee's trip, and not noticing as Lenalee's face as it drained of color.

This was Erika Knox…

"But you can just call me Erika, okay Lena?"

The crazy caretaker that had shot the General Cross…

"O-Okay Mis- err, Erika."

And had the little accommodator boy.

"Alright-y then. Now Lena, do you remember what street you lost your parents on?"

She was in a lot of trouble.

~~Allegro's Crescendo~~

Wow... is it just me, or did that feel a little anti-climatic? /shot/

So we have a Lenalee with Erika, but a missing Allegro, Klaud and Kanda... Hmm...

You guys are probably wondering why Erika and Allegro have still stuck around, despite the fact that Cross was still around, huh? Well, the reason will be clear soon, but, in the meantime, sit down, and enjoy your pondering. ^_^

I apologize if any characters are OOC, especially Lenalee, seeing as she was the main focus of this chapter... for some reason...

Anyways,

Next Time in Allegro's Crescendo: Marcato

"Hey, wait for me, Miss Priss!" That annoying voice called out after him. And that name… 'Miss Priss'… It made his eye twitch. And it made him want to slice that little boy up.

"No." Kanda called back childishly. "I don't have to." And to further rile the little boy, he started walking faster, because he could, and because he had longer legs than the Moyashi so he could cover more ground than him and possibly lose him.

Yup. There's Kanda.

Read and Review, por favor~!

~~Paw-Chan Signing Out~~