This story is for yukinothekoneko's July contest.
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1. Any and all fandoms are accepted.
2. You must commit to the month of July.
3. Each chapter must be at least 100-1,000 words.
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Disclaimer: D. Gray Man and Ouran High School Host Club do not belong to me.
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I waited until I was sure Michio was gone, then stood up and jumped off the edge of the building, then landed on a balcony seven stories down. I then turned and entered the building and started wandering aimlessly through the halls.
You'd think there'd be more people here since it's HQ... Where is everyone? I thought to myself.
I continued wandering aimlessly when I passed a familiar room a while later. I looked inside the infirmary and saw Angela tending to an unconciouss group of teenage boys while further back in the room, a curtain hid another bed.
I immediatly recognized the teens as six of the seven Host members I had brought back from Ouran.
I walked into the room and questioned, "Angela, what happened?"
Startled, she stood up quickly, knocking her chair backwards and having it noisly land on the floor.
"Ah, Ravenel, it's just you!" Angela said, then quickly put the chair back up.
"It's just Raven. Now, what happened to them?" I said while gesturing towards the unconciouss teens.
"Well, you see... their Innocence choose its weapon type..." Angela stated.
"So they're crystal type?" I asked while looking at them.
"No, they're parasitic type." Angela said a bit hesitantly.
This sparked my interest. "Parasitic type? But how?" I asked.
She shrugged. "You're guess is as good as mine." She stated.
I stared/glared at her, then turned to leave the room and said, "Take care of 'em."
Before she could reply I was already out of the room and walking down the hall. Again, I wandered the empty halls. As I walked around, I spotted a door that was different from the others. It was aged much older than the others, it was scratched and damaged in many different ways. I walked over to it and listened. There was no one behind it from what I could hear. I opened it and found a giant, dark, storage room. There were hundred of boxes made of either wood, metal, or cardboard and they were all covere in dust.
I wandered into the room and looked around. The boxes seemed to go in order of age. Closer to the front of the room were boxes from 2000-2010, then further back were ones from 1990-1999. I continued down until I found the oldest, most beat up looking boxes, in the back. None of them seemed to be before 1912.
I sighed in annoyance, I was hoping to find something from the time when Allen Walker was alive. I turned to leave, but bumped a box that had other boxes stacked on it precariously. They started wobbling, so I grabbed the tower and tried to steady it. It semi-worked. Only the top two boxes fell.
As soon as I was sure the tower wasn't going to fall, I walked over to the boxes. One was a three foot by three foot by two foot cardboard box, and the other was a one foot by six inch by six inch wood box. The wood box immediatly grabbed my attention.
I picked it up and sat on the floor, then studied it for a moment. It was completely wooden, no hinges or lid or anything. Well, there was a carving of a musical note on it. I ran my finger of the carving and couldn't help but feel it was the way to open the box.
I put my hand on my chin and thought about how to open the box. I could always brake it open, but that might damage its contents.
A voice suddenly said to me, "You know, you could always ask for help on how to open it."
I jumped, then looked around, but saw no one. "Have you forgotten you're a Noah already?" The voice spoke up.
I stopped breathing for a moment. The voice was talking to me? Why? How? WHY?
"Breath, in, out, in, out. I don't want you suffocating now." It said to me.
I then realized I wasn't breathing, then took a huge breath of air and blurted out, "How? Why?"
"Because I can. Besides, don't you want to open the box?" The Noah spoke to me in my head, its voice full of cockiness.
"Of course I want to open the box, but I want you to leave me the hell alone." I hissed.
"Very well." It replied smugly. I waited, expecting it to say something else. "You're gone?" I asked it. No reply. "Freedom!" I sarcasticly shouted.
"You shouted, why?..." The Noah asked.
"I thought you weren't speaking to me." I stated more than asked.
It remained silent. "Alright, time to figure out how this box opens before it annoys me again." I stated to myself.
I looked at the symbol closely since it was the only mark on the box. Maybe there was a note shaped key? Or maybe it has nothing to do with the note at all... I thought to myself.
"Ernt." The Noah made a noise that sounded like a buzzer when someone answered wrong on a game show.
I narrowed my eyes, then hissed, "Alright jackass, how do you think it opens?"
"Blood." It stated a little too cheerfully. I blinked in surprise at its bluntness.
"Blood? Are you mad. Wait, don't answer that." I stated.
"Yes, Blood. And no, I am not mad, you are just being disrespectful to a superior being." The noah replied.
"More like a being with a superiority complex." I said.
"Harsh." Was all the Noah said.
I ignored it, then thought for a moment. The Noah's implying it does have to do with the music note, and that it has to do with blood, so...
I took off my glove and saw the pentagram scar that was around the shard of Innocence imbedded in the back of my hand. I ignored it, then bit my thumb with my canine, drawing blood. I put my thumb over the music note and saw the excess blood slide down the wooden box. I pulled my thumb away, and looked at the symbol.
It was glowing faintly, then started growing brighter and brighter until I had to cover my eyes. When I finally uncovered my eyes, I noticed the box was different.
The music note had cracks- no, carvings- coming out of it and they formed into elegant designs and strange symbols. My eyes widened, then I took the card out of my pocket and compared it to the symbols on the box. They were the same symbols, just in different orders.
I then re-examined the box and saw there was now a crack that went around the box symbolizing it was a lid. I put my hands on it, then lifted the lid and set it aside.
Inside the box was a strange golden orb with a cross-like design on it and had many chips and cracks in it. There was also a pair of golden wiry wings in the box and some of the feathers from the wings were strewn about in the box. There was even a long golden string with some kind of design on the end of it in the box.
I picked up the gold orb and turned it around in my hand. It had some kind of horn on it, and three tiny legs. I looked in the box and saw many little gold shards strewn about the bottom of the box. I picked a piece up that looked like it'd be nother tiny horn, then stook it on the gold orb where it looked like it'd fit. There was a light glow, then the horn stuck by itself.
"It's a puzzle." I said as my eyes brightened some. I loved puzzles, particularly, unusual puzzles, which this happened to be. I continued putting it together, piece by tiny piece. I hadn't realized it before, but there had to be over a hundred tiny gold shards in the box. The gold string, apparently, was a tail of sorts. I stuck it onto the gold orb and placed one of the wings on the orb. It was starting to look new, instead of a broken piece of junk.
Time passed while I had been constructing the orb, how much, I'm not sure. Evntually, I put the entire orb together. When I place the last piece on it, the whole orb glowed brightly and I had to cover my eyes. When I opened them, I was no longer holding the orb. I looked around. On the floor, in the box, under the box stands. It was nowhere to be found. I sighed, then placed the lid on the box and picked it up.
"All that work for nothing." I muttered to myself. I started heading for the door, al the way in the front of the room. I stepped out of the room and was about to close it when something glinted in the dark. I blinked in surprise, then leaned closer to try and see what it was.
It was shining a gold color... and moved?
"Who's there?" I immediatly asked in a commanding voice. The object shifted around, then bolted right at me. I yelped, then ducked. I was surprised that the object was so tiny, but so fast. I quickly stood back up and looked behind me. My eyes widened in shock as I saw the tiny gold orb I had put back together was flapping around on the floor since it just crashed into the wall. I ran over to it and quickly scooped it up and held it tight so it wouldn't escape.
I looke at it in awe, then asked no one in particular, "What are you?"
It just squirmed around in my hand, trying to escape. I held it up to look at it better, then saw a crack form in a curved line across the front of it. For a moment, I thought it was breaking again until I saw the teeth. Before I could react, it bit me!
"It-te-te-te-te!" I shouted in pain as I swung my hand around. It let go and fluttered in the air smiling.
I glared at it while holding my injured hand to my chest. I quickly opened the box, then trapped the orb in it while it was hovering in mid-air. I immediatly heard it banging against the sides of the box, obviously wanting out.
"Nope, you're not getting out until I'm positive you won't bite me." I stated triumphantly.
There was a sound emitted from the box that sounded like the furious flapping of the orb's tiny wings.
"I know you're angry, but maybe you shouldn't have bit me." I stated as I started walking down the hall. The creature stopped making that annoying noise and became silent.
After a while of walking, I sighed in frustration. "This place is just too big." I said to myself.
I then heard some voices of a couple of people chatting further down the hall. I headed towards them, hoping to get some help finding my way back to the infirmary. As I continued, I listened to the conversation.
"Have you heard? He's not even going to his family's funeral!"
"No, really? No wonder people call him heartless." I was angry because I already knew who they were talking about.
"Really? That's a new one. I've heard he's been called The Devil's Apprentice since he was the only on spared when his family was murdered. Not to mention he was cursed!"
"So disgusting. How did he even become an Exorcist though? I heard only girls from the Walker line became Exorcists."
"I don't know, but do you think he'll die like the rest of his family? I mean, he's now the sole survivor!"
My blood was starting to boil as I listened more to their conversation. They started coming into view and I realized who the two were. I had never talked with them, but I had seen them before at branches close to the oceans. They were two teens who had parasitic type Innocence that allowe to them to, 'transform' into a mermaid. They were part of the division that patrolled the seas for Akuma. They must've been returning from training because they had bikini tops on and towels wrapped around their waists, symbolizing they had used their powers and had no clothes on below the waist.
"You know, I've heard rumors he killed his own family."
I snapped at that comment and walked past them since they were heading the opposite direction I was, but I was sure to step on their towels to make them, ahem, indecent?
I smiled when I heard their sudden shrieks at being exposed and swiftly turned into another hall to avoid getting caught. Imeciles... I thought to myself.
"I'd agree, but then again, I don't know who they were talking about." The Noah spoke to me.
You really are clueless, aren't you? I thought to it bitterly.
"Care to enlighten me then? For starters, who is this, 'Devil's Apprentice'?" The Noah asked smugly.
You are truly an idiot. I thought to it.
The smell of many different foods caught my attention and I immediatly realized I must be near the cafeteria. I was going to just pass it by, but then I remembered the small creature I had trapped in the box.
I was pretty sure the small creature wasn't an animal, but it moved, it thought, and it had mouth, so it had to eat, right? I sighed in annoyance, knowing that getting the creature food meant an annoying trip to the kitchen. I had nothing against food, I just hated all the rumors that floated throughout the café.
The main topic in the rumors was almost always, me. But, they were always twisted to a point where I almost couldn't believe them. It seemed everyone liked to diss me since I was the sole survivor on the night of my birth, and because I was cursed.
I started heading towards the smell of the food so I could just grab the orb something to eat, then get out of there. Eventually, I found the cafeteria and was surprised to find it quite empty. Only a few people were sitting around and they weren't even talking. The atmosphere seemed heavy and had a gloomy feel to it.
"Well," I said smirking to myself, "This is a nice change."
"Can someone say, pessimistic much?" The Noah's voice echoed in my head.
Shut up before I decide to bang my ead off a wall. I thought to it as I walked over to a small window where people ordered food.
As soon as I got there, an African man that had short pinkish purple hair suddenly popped out of nowhere in front of me and said, "Why, Hel-LO! I haven't seen you here before!"
My eye twitched in annoyance. "WHat can I get'cha hun?" He asked, apparently not noticing my annoyance.
"I'm not really hungry, I just found a little... pest and I'm deciding to keep him, it's just I need to get him some food. So, just get me a small portion of something." I stated.
The chef raised an eyebrow, then looked at the box I had. "Wouldn't it need air?"
"I found it in here," I said as I held up the box, "So it should be just fine."
The chef gave me an incredulous look, then said, "Al-right, but you have to get something too!~" He smiled gleefully while I glared at him.
"I don't eat in Black Order cafeterias." I hissed.
"Aww, you a parasitic type? I know people stare, but it's alright since-"
"I don't eat here because I don't like listening to the bullshit gossip everyone loves to spew." I seethed.
"But... No one's here." The chef gave me a confused look.
"I don't care." I turned my head away.
"C'mon, you should at least eat something." He whined.
"Just... give me a bento or something." I waved my hand to dismiss him and end the conversation.
"Alright!" He said cheerfully before disappearing into the kitchen.
"What have I gotten myself into?" I groaned. A small 'thump' emitted from the box and I said, "What, knew you were getting food or something?"
Before it could reply, the chef reappeared and handed me a bento box. "Here's your bento, but can I ask for your name please?" He asked.
"Raven Walker." I stated.
"Larry, but, are you THE Walker?" He asked.
"And this is exactly why I hate rumors." I seethed as I turned away.
Before he could reply, I had already left the cafeteria. I walked down the hall until I was a considerable distance away from the cafeteria. I leaned against the wall and slid down until I was sitting on the floor. I set the bento box to my right, then put the wood box on my lap and said, "Alright you little... Whatever you are, I'm gonna let you out so you can eat, but you better not bite me."
I then opened the lid on the box and saw it sitting there, staring at me in a way... How was I supposed to know? I didn't see any eyes on it!
I watched it carefully as I picked up the bento box and took the lid off it and set the lid on the floor. The orb's wings twitched when it heard that sound. I glanced in the bento and saw there were two cherry tomatoes, seasoned rice, some cooked chicken, and apple slices cut to look like rabbits. I took out one of the cherry tomatoes and glanced at the orb.
My eye twitched and I said, "You better not bite me..." I put my hand in the box and held the tomato near the creature. It turned to look at the tomato, then opened its mouth and swallowed it whole, nearly taking the tips of my fingers with it.
"Hey! I said no biting!" I shouted as I pulled my hand away. The thing ignored me and smiled happily. My eye twitched in annoyance. I reached into the bento box and grabbed one of the apple slices, then held it in front of the tiny gold orb. It looked at it, then bit halfway through the slice and I let go when it was about to eat the rest so it wouldn't take my fingers.
"Why do I have to feed you? You can't be that needy." I asked it. In response, it hopped onto the ledge of the box, then literally dove into the bento box and started inhaling everything in the box. When there wasn't a single crumb left, it smiled contently.
I stared at it, then sighed. "I'll make you a deal, if you don't bite me, I won't put you back in the box."
It looked at me, then seemed to nod in agreemeent. I sighed, then placed my hand next to it for it to jump on, and it complied. I lifted it to my shoulder, but it jumped onto my head instead. I sighed, then asked, "What should I call you?..." I looked down while I was thinking and noticed the entire bottom of the box was a piece of paper. I mentally slapped myself for not realizing that earlier. I picked it up with some difficulty, then looked at the other side. In fancy, elegant caligraphy, 'Timcanpy', was spelled in the center.
"That your name? Timcanpy?" I asked it. Somehow, it purred and I seriously started wondering what in the world it was. I sighed, then put the paper back in the box and put the lid back on it, then put the bento box's lid back on the bento box. I picked it up and held it with the other box.
I stood up, then said, "Remember, your freedom is granted as long as you don't run off or bite me. But feel free to bite anyone else..."
I started wandering the halls again and sighed. "Why can't they at least put maps up that say, 'you are here'? It'd keep people like me from getting lost..." I mutterred to myself.
I heard a fluttering noise and realized Timcanpy was trying to catch my attention.
"What?" I asked it. I hopped off my head and hovered in front of me.
"I'm heading towards the infirmary." My eyes widened in shock as I realized I somehow understood it was asking me where I was going.
It flew ahead of me to a hall, then hovered there waiting for me. I ran over to it, then it flew down another hall. I followed it for a while and eventually ended up back in front of the infirmary, except I heard people talking and a familiar voice I loathed.
Timcanpy flew down into my coat pocket and hid himself there. I sighed, then walked through the door.
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Haruhi slowly opened her eyes, then sat up and groaned since her back felt very stiff and sore. She looked around and saw she was in a curtained area that was most likely in an infirmary. She got off the bed and noticed she was in a hospital gown, but ignored the fact since she was at least covered.
She pushed the curtain aside and saw the rest of the Host Club in their own hospital beds, except for Hikaru and Kaoru whom were sharing a bed. She also noticed a guy with dark green hair that was cut short, except for two strands on either side of his face that were chin length and had gold beads on the end. His eyes were black, but glowed in a way. He was wearing a black robe thing that had red trimming and reached all the way to the floor, but didn't drag. He had a wise aura about him.
"HARUHI! You're awake!" Tamaki exclaimed as he jumped out of his bed and ran towards Haruhi. Right before he hugged her, the stranger placed his staff between them and Tamaki ran into it face first.
"What was that for?" Tamaki yelled at the stranger whom seemed very calm.
"She's a girl, you're a guy, and both of you are in hospital gowns. Hugging her hardly seems appropriate." The stranger said.
Tamaki turned to stone and the twins started saying, "Tamaki's such a pervert." Then they started snickering.
"Umm, can I ask who you are?" Haruhi asked the stranger.
"I'm sorry, I haven't properly introduced myself yet, I'm Lupus, the current Bookman apprentice." Lupus introduced himself.
"I'm Haruhi. But, what's a Bookman?" Haruhi asked.
Lupus smiled and said, "A Bookman is a person who records every little detail about history so that, if needed, we can look back on information and see if anything important happened."
"Well, why are you here than? Nothing important happened." Kyouya asked.
"That, my friend, is where you are wrong. You see, seven events happened that have never happened before." Lupus answered.
"What seven events?" Hikaru and Kaoru asked.
"Seven teenagers came to the Black Order HQ, each of them got two Innocence shards, and not only that, their Innocence was a parasitic type even though they weren't born with it." Lupus answered with a smile.
"Wait, are you talking about us?" Tamaki asked.
"No, I'm talking about the seven other teens that came to HQ and got two parasitic pieces of Innocence." Lupus said with his voice dripping sarcasm.
"I know what Innocence is, but what do you mean by, 'parasitic Innocence'?" Kyouya asked.
"Parasitic is one of the more powerful types of Innocence. It's where the Innocence is a part of the user's body." Lupus answered.
"You mean like crystal type?" Haruhi asked.
"Yes, but no. It is a part of your body, but it's not in your blood, it's on your skin." Lupus replied.
All the Ouran guys started looking at their arms, legs, and anywhere else, but couldn't find it. Haruhi kept her eyes averted. "We don't see any differences." Hikaru and Kaoru stated.
"It's on the same place on all of you, the back of your shoulders." Lupus replied with an annoyed sigh.
The Host club immediatly tried checking their shoulders with little success, except for the twins whom had each other to check.
"Hikaru! Your beautiful back is flawed!" Kaoru said with tears in his eyes.
"Kaoru! The same goes for you!" Hikaru said in the same way as Kaoru.
"Guys, you can cut that out. There are no customers around." Haruhi stated.
Hikaru and Kaoru looked at her and said, "But that was a flawless act!"
"Both of you cut that out, we need to figure out what to do about this, 'Innocence'." Kyouya stated.
"Thou need do nothing. Thou's master, Ravenel, shalt be the one to instruct thee in the art of Innocence combatry." Lupus stated.
"Master?" Tamaki asked incredulously.
"Well, she is going to be the one teaching you. The term for that in the Black Order is Master." Lupus stated.
"And you do remember you are supposed to refer to me as a guy when I do not give you permission to speak of me otherwise, or is everyone forgetting that?" A familiar voice said from the doorway. Everyone turned to see Raven standing there holding two boxes and glaring at Lupus.
"Raven." Lupus greeted.
"Lupus." Raven answered. They began a glaring contest and the atmosphere in the room became tense. The host room became slightly scared as they swore they saw lightning spark between them.
"I suggest you leave." Raven hissed after a while of glaring.
"I must refuse. It is my duty to record history." Lupus replied bitterly.
"How can you record history if you're dead?" Raven hissed.
"You and I both know if you killed me you'd become a fallen one. An Exorcist can't kill an Exorcist." Lupus smirked.
"I'll take my chances." Raven replied before stepping aside and gesturing towards the door. "Now if you will."
Lupus glared at her, then said, "Very well, but only because I know you might actually kill me. Can't have another fallen one destroy the base, now can we." Raven cringed at his last statement. Lupus then stuck his nose up and walked out the door passed Raven, but paused wight outside the door. "Until next time, milady." He started walking down the hall, but Raven threw one of the boxes at him before slammng the door.
"Alright! What lies did that demon spawn spew?" Raven yelled at everyone, making them cringe.
Everyone was silent as they stared at her in fear. Everyone, except Kyouya. "Aren't you being a little harsh? He did nothing wrong. He merely answered our questions."
"Questions about what?" Raven demanded.
"Oh, just the simple things. Who he was, what a bookman was, why he was here, why you're our master." Kyouya listed off.
Raven glared at him, then slammed the box onto a table and ran at a wall, ran up it and jumped and grabbed a hold of one of the ceiling suppory beams. She then swung her legs up so she was on top of it.
"What are you doing?" Haruhi asked.
"That asshole wouldn't leave that willingly, he must be up to something." Raven hissed as she walked around on the beams, then seemed to spot something and strated creeping up on it.
"Are you paranoid or something?" Tamaki asked.
"Here's your first lesson in the Black Order, don't trust anyone here. Only if they earn your trust should you give it to them." Raven answered.
"I'm pretty sure she's paranoid." Kyouya stated. A shoe fell and hit him on the head and he glared up at Raven who was now missing her right boot.
"Second lesson, you are to refer to me as a he. Not everyone here knows I'm a girl." Raven scolded him. Before anyone could ask or say anything else, she lunged at something out of their veiw, grabbed it, and fell to the floor but immediatly stood up with something red in her hands.
"I knew that asshole was spying on us! I just knew it!" She excaimed. Everyone looked closer at what she had in her hands and saw a cardinal.
"Umm, that's just a bird... And it looks like you're hurting it." Haruhi pointed out.
"You have much to learn about the Black Order. This is a golem disguised to look like a bird." Raven said.
Hikaru looked at his brother and whirled his finger around beside his head.
Raven glared at him, then everyone stared at her in shock as she started pulling the bird apart and it started shrieking.
"Stop! It's just a bird!" Tamaki shouted as he tried grabbing the bird from her, but it suddenly stopped shrieking and everyone stared at it. It had mechanical insides and many different programing boards.
"It... wasn't a bird?..." Haruhi asked in shock.
"They're called golems. Every Exorcist has one so they can comunicate with HQ. They can transmit and recieve audio and video. We disguise them as birds so it's easier to carry them around without it being too suspicious." Raven explained as she opened her hands and let the pieces fall to the floor before stomping on them. "That snake was using it to spy on us. I swear, he will not live to see another day the second I see him again." Raven declared with pure rage in her eyes.
"Hey Raven-chan," Honey's voice called out. Everyone looked at him and saw he was holding the box she brought in. "What's in the box?" He asked as his eyes sparkled.
Haruhi took the box from him and said, "Honey-sempai, you shouldn't take other people's posessions. Although, I'm surprised you didn't peek in the box..."
"I tried looking, but it wouldn't open..." Honey said with guilty eyes.
Raven then took the box from Haruhi and said, "It wouldn't matter if you opened it anyway, it's empty."
"Why are you carrying around an empty box?" Hikaru asked.
"Well, it does have some nice carvings in it." Kaoru stated.
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"I'm carrying it around because it's a family heirloom that held another family heirloom that I took out." I stated. Everyone 'oh'-ed while my eyes widened in shock. How did I know that? I just found the box in a storage room! Wait, a family heirloom?...
"What was in it then?" Honey asked as his eyes sparkled.
"I'm not obliged to tell you that." I stated. For some reason, I wanted to keep my little discovery a secret.
"What-ever." The twins said while shrugging. I turned and walked over to the office Angela had been in earlier and went inside. I saw a desk in one corner, then a cupboard in another corner. I walked over to the cupboard and opened it to find it half full of uniforms and half full of hospital gowns. All the medical supplies were in the cabinets outside the office. I started looking through the uniforms for the hosts' sizes.
"What are you doing?" Kyouya asked from the doorway. I could hear the other hosts talking amongst themselves in the infirmary.
"You wanna wear a hospital gown forever?" I asked boredly as I pulled out a uniform for Honey, then two for the twins.
"Not really. But, I do have a question, how are you going to teach us about being Exorcists?" Kyouya asked.
I pulled out a uniform for Tamaki before replying, "Simple, every Saturday you'll train, and we'll go over information as much as possible. Not to mention I'll have to be near you guys to make sure Akuma don't try to kill new Exorcists."
"So, you'll be around us often?" He asked.
"Yeah, we'll all have to sync schedules." I stated as I pulled out a uniform for Mori.
"You know, we're all in the Host Club for four hours after school, every school day. If you joined the Host Club, it'd be a perfect way to sync schedules." Kyouya stated slyly.
"You're just trying to make me a member, aren't you?" I asked him as I pulled out a uniform for Haruhi.
"I'm just asking you to take it into consideration." Kyouya stated.
"Fine, I'll join." I stated.
"Wha-What?" Kyouya stuttered, surprised.
"It allows me to keep an eye on all of you at once, so it'd be a good idea." I stated as I pulled out a uniform for him.
"Well, I didn't expect you to agree so suddenly." He stated. I stood up and closed the cupboard doors while making sure not to dro any of the uniforms. I walked past Kyouya and went towards a bed and dropped the uniforms onto it.
I lifted the first one up and tossed it to Kyouya, then threw the next one to Haruhi, then continued to toss the uniforms to their respective new owners.
"These are your new uniforms, they are not mandatory, but they're better than hospital gowns." I stated when I noticed everyone staring at me oddly.
'Oh', almost all of them stated. Haruhi quickly went behind her curtain to change and closed it, then the guys started changing. I turned my back towards them since I didn't want to see anything inappropriate.
All the sudden, I felt someone wrap their arms around me from behind and heard them say, "Why'd you turn away? We know you wanna watch."
I felt my cheeks heat up as I quickly pushed whoever it was off of me and yelled, "Get off of me!"
I whipped around and saw Kaoru lauging at me. He had on the pants for his uniform, but not the shirt. "Look! She's even blushing!" Hikaru pointed out while he stood beside his brother before he started laughing.
I glared at them, then hissed, "We'll see who's laughing at your first training lesson. I promise, I won't go easy."
They immediatly stopped laughing and stared at me in shock. I turned around again and said, "Another stunt like that and I'll make you train on Sundays too."
"Wait, what?" Hikaru shouted.
"All of you have Innocence training on Saturdays, but I'll give you two Sundays too if you do that again." I stated.
"Party pooper." Kaoru mumbled.
After a couple of minutes, everyone was fully dressed and I said, "Alright, we should start heading home now."
"Speaking of home, how long have we been gone?" Tamaki asked.
"By my estimates, fourteen hours, but it will be twenty four by the time we get back." I stated.
"But, we're gonna miss school!" Haruhi exclaimed.
"The Black Order will make up an excuse. I told you, it has a lot of influence. Besides, school's unimportant. Your fates are already decided. Fighting Akuma for the rest of your lives, or being lucky enough to become a General and hunt down Noah." I said with a wave of my hand.
"But, why can't we choose our own fates?" Haruhi argued.
"Because we are the lucky ones chosen to be the apostles of god to serve him by defeating Akuma and all that bullshit." I seethed. "Now we should start heading home." All the sudden, I remembered something and mentally slapped myself for forgetting it.I walked past them to one of the medicine cabinets and started looking through them for the nutrient pills.
"What are you looking for?" Haruhi asked.
"Well, since all of you have parasitic type, your gonna need a higher number of vitamins and minerals in your diet, so I'm just looking for the nutrient pills." I stated.
"Why would we need nutrient pills?" Hikaru asked.
"Because Paraitic is just what it sounds like. It's Innocence in the form of a parasite in a way. It draws energy from the user's body, then converts it to power which the Exorcist then uses to destroy Akuma. At first, the Black Order thought it was vast quantities of food that the Innocence required for power, but the scientists discovered the Innocence was like its own little being that needed certain amounts of vitamins and minerals which are quite higher then a single human's required amount." I stated.
"So, it's either take the pill, or eat a lot of food?" Kyouya asked.
"Basicially." I replied before finding the right bottles. I grabbed seven bottles, then tossed them to the host club and watched them scramble to catch the bottles. I closed the cabinet, then walked to a stand and grabbed my box. "Well, we should head home now." I stated.
"Without a golem?" A familiar voice said. I turned and saw Racquel standing in the doorway with a smug smile.
Racquel was one of the few Exorcists I trusted in the order. She and I had become friends somehow, even though I rarely saw her. She had long wavy hair and let it framed her face perfectly. Her eyes were a shining blue and she was always very kind and knew to not believe rumors.
"Racquel, long time no see." I said with a smile.
"I could say the same." Racquel replied with a gentle smile. "So, what brings you to headquarters?"
"Eh, just found some new Exorcists." I replied with a shrug. "What about you?"
"I'm just taking a break before going North to Holloway. I'm surprised, I'd thought you'd be going North too." Racquel stated with a raised eyebrow.
"Why? What's happening at Holloway?" Haruhi asked.
Racquel quickly caught on that I didn't tell them, meaning I wasn't going to. "Oh, nothing." Racquel answered in a sing-song voice.
Hikaru and Kaoru crossed their arms and said, "We're getting tired of this. Something's happening and no one's telling us what!"
"I'm sorry, but it's up to Raven on whether or not to tell you. I can't say anything." Racquel apologized.
I sighed, then remembered Racquel's earlier question and asked, "What do you mean without a golem?"
"Well..." She paused, then reached in her bag and pulled out a smaller bag, then pulled out Jayjay's broken golem body.
"It was found at the scene of the Akuma attack. Several bullets just... tore him apart." Rcquel stated sadly.
"That's your golem?" Tamaki asked.
"Yes, it was a blue jay." I answered with a sigh. "Speaking of which, we're going to need to get you guys golems too."
"Well Raven, do you want yours repaired, or do you just wanna get a new one?" Racquel asked.
"Eh, I'll just grab a new one I guess. Oh, and Lupus is going to need a new one too." I said with a smirk while pointing to the broken golem on the floor.
"Spying again?" Racquel asked with an unsurprised expression.
"Yep."
"Want me to make sure his next golem is dysfunctional?"
"Yep."
"Alright. Well, I'll see ya around Raven." Racquel said with a wave as she walked away.
"Au revoir mon ami!" I yelled after her.
"You two seemed... close." Kyouya stated.
"She's one of the few Exorcists I trust here at the order." I stated with a shrug.
"Hey Raven, why won't you tell us what's happening that we don't know about?" Hikaru asked while poking me in the side.
I glared at him, but realized it was kind of rude to not tell them, but if told them, they might force me to go to the funeral since it was just north of where we were. I could tell them at the lesson maybe?... The funeral was tomorrow, so it'd be too late for them to make me go. I sighed, then said, "If you don't annoy me the rest of the week, I'll tell you at your first training lesson."
"Yes!" Hikaru and Kaoru cheered while high fiving each other.
"Alright, time to head home." I stated.
"Without golems?" Haruhi asked.
"It's not necessary to get your golem at headquarters, we can just get them at the Japan branch." I stated.
"Alright, then let's go!" Tamaki said while heading towards the door and everyone followed him.
"It's a shame they'll die young." The Noah stated.
Not if I have anything to say about it. I thought to it.
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