Okay, I apologize right now for the extreme shortness of this chapter. Also for the fact that this is mostly a filler chapter. I had some minor writers block while writing this, but I have everything figured out. Because of it, it means some changes, but it doesn't affect the plot very much... This will be explained further with the ending note, so don't worry too much right now.
For now, just enjoy the Sixteenth Movement.
Disclaimer: I still don't own D,Gray-Man.
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 Sixteenth Movement: Theme and Variation
"I'm sending you with Kanda, Lena," Komui's voice drifted Lenalee out of the slight trance she had settled into while attempting to pick up and organize some of her brother's scattered paperwork.
"What?" Why with Kanda? Lenalee was assuming that Komui was talking about a mission, but she didn't quite understand. Kanda wasn't some rookie Exorcist. He could handle himself in the field, so why did Lenalee need to go?
"The next mission," Komui repeated, "I'm sending you along with Kanda. I don't mean to sound like a mother hen, or like Tiedoll, but I am worried about him." But Kanda… He was one of the only ones in The Order that they didn't need to worry about; dedicated as he was, Kanda always came back from missions successful- always -(except for that one mission five years ago, but that wasn't brought up, that was never brought up) with minimum injuries, if he was even wounded.
"Alright Brother," Lenalee agreed, setting the paperwork on her brother's desk. It was a mission assignment, and she wasn't about to go against it. She knew the pain of disobeying The Order, and, while the supervisor was her brother now, she still didn't want to go against an order.
"If you go get Kanda now, I can give you the mission specs and you two can be on your way," Komui added. The sooner the mission was done, the sooner Lenalee would be home- Lenalee knew that that was the train of thought Komui was using.
Lenalee nodded, departing the office to locate Kanda. Not that it would be extremely difficult as he'd be in one of three places- the cafeteria, the training hall, or his bedroom. Seeing as it wasn't close to a meal time, he wouldn't be in the cafeteria. Lenalee had a fifty-fifty shot of guessing accurately where Kanda was.
Lenalee took the left fork at the divide in paths in the hall, headed for the training hall.
~~Take a song and change the speed or key~~
He hadn't been in the training hall. He hadn't been in his bedroom. Kanda hadn't even had been in the cafeteria when she checked. To be honest, Lenalee was just a smidge worried. Where could Kanda be? The terrain outside wasn't very beneficial for his sort of training, and she knew that he wasn't out on a mission.
It was a bit of a stretch, but Lenalee was near the infirmary. Maybe Kanda was in there? It was highly improbable, but not impossible. She might as well check- if she was wrong, she was wrong, and that was that. No harm done.
"Matron?" Lenalee made sure to keep her voice low as she entered the infirmary. She wasn't sure if anyone was in, but Lenalee knew that the Matron enforced the same rules as a library. Said it was better for the patients if they had a quiet environment to rest and recover in. (Lenalee knew though that whenever Lavi or herself were in the infirmary it got twice, if not three times, as loud as it usually was because of the… nature of their visitors (and in Lavi's case, his personality as well).)
"Lenalee?" Lenalee jumped at the sound of her name, surprised for some reason. She turned towards the source, and was greeted to a slightly confused look. "Is everything alright?"
It unfortunately wasn't Kanda; it was Lavi.
"Yeah, I'm fine Lavi," Lenalee shook her head as if it would assist in stilling the rapid beating of her heart. "I've been looking for Kanda- have you seen him?"
"Yuu?" Lavi had a weird habit of always using Kanda's first name, and Lenalee didn't know why. It made Kanda so upset whenever anyone called him by his first name, and he made no exceptions, and he beat on Lavi practically a daily basis because of Lavi's use of his first name. (Lenalee wasn't quite sure, but she thought it was a cultural reason as to why Kanda didn't appreciate anybody using his first name. But hey, she could be wrong.) "Actually, yeah- I have. You just missed him."
"What?" Oh, she couldn't have just missed him! "Did you see where he went?"
"No," Lavi answered a bit hesitantly. "But I think he said he was going back to Komui's office… Why? Are you having a secret relationship with him? Don't worry, I won't tell your brother. Yuu deserves to live a little longer."
"Thanks- wait, what?" Lenalee couldn't believe what she just heard Lavi say. "No! I'm not in any sort of relationship with Kanda, Lavi! I can't believe you'd say something like that!" Actually, she could, but still! What if that somehow got back to her brother? That would spell trouble for Kanda… Okay, more for her brother, but she didn't want anything to happen to either of them!
"Heheh, whatever you say Lena~" Lavi grinned cheekily, before going pass her, leaving the infirmary. "See you later!" He left with a wave, disappearing down the hall.
Lenalee just shook her head in some vague form of disappointment before turning herself around and heading back to her brother's office. If he had any sense (which was a stretch, despite his genius) he'd keep Kanda there and wait for Lenalee to come.
But, that was if he had any sense.
Which was still up for debate, in some parts of The Order.
(Lenalee was for the fact that he had sense, both because he was her brother, and because Komui showed it from time to time. Not often, but sometimes.)
~~Theme and Variation~~
"Great, now we finally have you two in the same room at the same time." Komui's voice was rather lackadaisical, and it made Lenalee twitch and want to kick her brother.
It had taken two hours to finally get both Kanda and Lenalee into the office at the same time. And Lenalee was furious. The whole debacle could have ended with Komui keeping Kanda in his office until Lenalee came, but no~, that didn't happen and the whole thing kept turning in one great big vicious circle until the finally caught each other at her brother's office.
"Yes brother," Lenalee sighed. "Will you go over the mission specs already?"
"Jeez Lena, you don't have to be so mean to your brother!" Komui was crying crocodile tears, and Lenalee could tell that Kanda was getting just as annoyed- if not more than -she was.
"Just get on with it," Kanda growled, a hand resting over Mugen as a subtle threat.
"Alright, alright," Komui huffed, tears gone. "No need to get huffy Kanda." He shuffled around his desk, moving documents and such aside before producing two manila folders, handing one to Lenalee, and the other to Kanda, waiting patiently for them to open the folders.
"Your mission is in Southern Italy…"
~~Allegro's Crescendo~~
Okay, if you didn't get it with the ending line, that's alright. But, remember how I said the Ghost of Mater Arc was going to be glossed over? Yeah, about that... Because of a subtle change of plans, and my going through that Arc again, that Arc is actually needed for character development for both Kanda and Lenalee, as well as some minor plot purposes. With any luck, it'll be just one chapter, so it won't be too long to go over.
Also, so you guys know, because I know some of you want to see Cross and Allegro again, they will be coming back after the Ghost of Mater Arc. Rhode's reappearance will be, obviously, Rewinding Town Arc, and Erika's is still undecided.
One last thing: in the near future of the story, there will be slightly graphic material. It's not within the next two chapters, but it is coming up. I am giving you ample warning that way no one can complain about it. There will also be a bolded warning at the start of the chapter so you know when it occurs.
Thanks~! Please leave a review, and I will see you guys in a months' time after I return from my trip! ^_^
~~Paw-Chan Signing Out~~