The child hugged his mother and father "Mommy… Daddy… I'm scared…" he said.
"Oh, scared of what, Kesenai, my boy?" Katharina asked, picking him up in her arms.
"I've had nightmares lately… I've been seeing dead people… I also saw myself… But… Weird looking…" he snuggled his mother.
"Oh really?" Adam asked, patting his son's head.
He sniffled and nodded his head "The dead people… Looked like you…" he bit his bottom lip, still crying.
"Don't worry. We'll be around for your whole life." his parents both smiled. This seemed like a pleasant dream… Or was it..?
About a week later from what happened…
Kesenai arrived home, now 6 years old. "Hey mom, dad, I'm home." He looked around, trying to find his parents but it seemed to be ghostly… Nothing to be seen… He walked over to the kitchen table and looked down to see a note from his parents.
Dear, Kesenai,
We're working on something in private. We'll be back in about a good, 5 hours. Please be careful while you're here, and do not answer the door to anyone but us when we return. We love you. Take care.
Sincerely,
Your parents
Kesenai sighed "They're out doing something 'private' again… I wanted them to see my right arm… it looks so strange… Why does it look familiar I wonder…" He walked outside and looked around, unsure of what to do next. So then, he decided to head out to have lunch somewhere with his friends.
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Adam and Katharina were working in a lab that were supporters of the Black Order. New York was rarely attacked by Akuma, but for some strange reason, more Akuma began to appear, as well as the fact that strange weather was occurring in New York. So the lab was trying to figure it out. The only conclusion that they could come up with was that there might've been an Innocence host running amok in New York, or that an Innocence fragment was left loose. Either those, or that New York was just plain unlucky, which was highly unlikely. "Seems like we'll have to find that Innocence…" Adam stated.
"Yeah, but no one here even knows of Innocence. We're the only people that know of it…" Katharina replied.
"Hm… Wait, haven't you noticed something about our child that we kept ignoring?" he responded.
"Huh? You mean those markings on his right arm the seem to never wash off?" she asked.
"Yeah… Wouldn't it be possible that he has Innocence?" he looked at her.
"No… Impossible." she responded, refusing to accept the fact that her child had an Innocence. One of the other scientists was being quiet, just listening in on them.
"It's the only possible explanation. Ever since our son was born, New York has been getting hit by all these unnaturally occurring events." he responded to her, thinking on logic.
"Impossible! Neither of us have an Innocence!" she replied.
"Okay, we'll check on him then. Lets head home now." Adam held her hand.
She sniffled "Okay…" and walked home with him.
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"We're home Kesenai!" Adam said.
"Yay! Welcome home!" Kesenai jumped at his parents.
"Sorry that we took so long. So much work." Adam chuckled.
"That's alright." Kesenai smiled.
"So how were you doing? Are you okay?" Katharina asked.
"I'm okay mom. Nothing happened, I was only having lunch with my friends." he smiled, jumping off of his dad and back to the ground. "Mom, dad. I found something weird on my right arm." he said, removing bandages off his arm. What he revealed was his arm all covered in strange markings.
"Oh…" his mother seemed a bit upset that it was true… That he might've actually been the Innocence host…
"Wow. That's amazing son." the father said in amazement. "I guess that tattoo parlor is doing good jobs now." he chuckled.
"I never went to one… And I'm not old enough for one anyway…" Kesenai said, figuring that his dad was lying.
"No, we took you to that tattoo parlor once before, the one that they put on kids." his dad chuckled, trying to get his son to buy that lie.
"Then how come it won't wash off?" he asked, pressing on his theory about his dad just plain lying to him.
"That's the good job they did. It stays on for years!" his dad chuckled, still lying.
"Fine." Kesenai sighed, just taking it now.
"Go to sleep honey. Your dad and I need to do something." Katharina said, taking her child upstairs.
"But it's not even my bed time yet!" he complained.
"Just do it!" she said, trying to hide her tears.
"Fine…" Kesenai walked to his room, wondering why he was being sent to sleep so early.
"What do we do now? Now that we know he's the one with the Innocence… What can we do? I think we'll need to assign him a guardian in case of anything happening to us…" Katharina sighed.
"Don't worry, I know the perfect man for the job." Adam chuckled.
"Who?" she looked at him.
"My best friend, Marshal Shiro." he answered.
"You mean that drunkard?! Hell no! He gambles way too much and owes a hell of a lot of money! He'll just force our kid to pay of his dumb ass debts!" she said, disagreeing with him.
"Well, he's the only one who knows about Innocence, unless you want to just leave him at an orphanage where they might not even treat him as nicely as he would." he shrugged, trying to make her pick Shiro over the orphanage.
"Ugh, fine. He can take care of our child." she said, mumbling a few curses for Shiro's name.
"Aside from that, we'll have to go back to the lab and explain our discovery." Adam said, holding her hand, taking her back to the lab. Kesenai secretly decided to follow them, not caring what his mother said. It was time for him to know what the hell was going on…
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They arrived at the lab. "Guys! We just found out who has the Innocence!" Adam announced. All of the scientists immediately looked up to look at Adam and Katharina.
"So who is it?" the quiet scientist from before asked.
"Our son, Kesenai Tsumi." Adam answered.
"Oh. So he's the host, huh?" the scientist asked quietly. His body began to expand, and then suddenly, a Level One Akuma came out of his body, beginning to blast everyone that in the lab.
"What the hell?!" Adam ran to block any shots that were aimed at his mother. 5 shots had hit him, resulting in his death.
Kesenai, who was watching in fear, screamed "STOP IT!!" Katharina turned to see her son at the entrance of the lab and ran to his aid, covering for him in case the Akuma planned on shooting him as well. 5 shots had hit her back, resulting in her getting the virus from the Akuma. Then, she turned to dust. Out of fear, Kesenai quickly ran… He kept on running until he arrived back at his house, where a large, fat, weird man was waiting… "Who are you…" Kesenai asked, looking at him.
"I am The Millennium Earl… Judging from your saddened face, I can tell that you lost someone very dear to you… Would you like to call that person back? I can only bring back one, so choice carefully." the man chuckled, knowing that he was lying to the poor child.
"Bring back… My father… Please…" Kesenai cried, just picking his father out of random choice.
"Oh, then you must call out his name. That's the only way he can be brought back." the Earl chuckled, as a skeleton/robot crossover-like figure appeared from under the ground.
"… ADAM TSUMI!!" he yelled his name, crying. Dark Matter formed around the skeleton/robot, and 'Adam Tsumi' was written on the skull's forehead.
"What just happened..?" it looked at it's hands with the voice of his father. "Who dared turn me into an Akuma?!" it looked around, sounding enraged. It looked down, looking at Kesenai.
Kesenai wiped his eyes "Dad…"
"YOU BASTARD!! HOW DARE YOU BRING ME BACK AS AN AKUMA?!" it yelled.
"Wh-What's wrong dad?" Kesenai's eyes widened slightly.
"I'll be leaving you two alone now… Kill him and take his body as your own…" the Earl chuckled and disappeared into the night.
"I'LL CURSE YOU FOR THIS!!" it yelled, slicing at Kesenai's right eye. Kesenai screamed in pain, his right arm beginning to morph itself into it's Innocence form.
"No… This wasn't supposed to happen…" Kesenai thought, crying tears on his left eye, and bloody tears on his right eye. "I have to kill you now…" Kesenai said, which wasn't even his own voice. "It'll be the only way I can live…" he smirked, as a red circle began glowing on his right arm.
"Do it… Destroy me…" it replied, taking the stance of a dummy that a boxer would usually punch until it broke down. Kesenai laughed, snapping his fingers on his right hand. Suddenly, an explosion occurred, destroying the pre-Akuma body that contained his father's soul.
"Farewell, father." Kesenai said, chuckling as he left off.
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About 2 years had passed since that day, and Kesenai was traveling around with Marshal Shiro. He didn't know that he was a Marshal, so he kept calling him 'Master', or 'Idiot Drunkard' out of respect, and the fact that he knew how Shiro was. He was learning how to be an Exorcist under Shiro's guidance, and traveled around the world with him, paying off debts for him through games of poker, random gambling games, and labor that Shiro kept dodging due to his bar tabs. So basically, Kesenai became overworked, and soon began to disrespect his master. He made very few friends around the world, and became something opposite of what he used to be. Now, he was cold, and distant from people, not caring whether or not someone died… This was what he thought an Exorcist should be… (Note: He would've been the ideal Book Man if it weren't for the fact he was trained to be an Exorcist or told to become one.)
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Kesenai had awoken from his dream. He looked around, seeing that he was in the infirmary room. He felt something on his leg and looked down to see it was Road. He smiled and kissed her forehead gently, standing up yet again, putting on his Black Order uniform again. "Now I know why I must keep walking forward… It's for that guy's sake. And for those who died for me… Mother… Father… I will continue to move forward and avenge you… I swear by my blood and life that I will keep moving forward, and kill the Earl for destroying you… I don't usually make revenge as my reason for destroying… But in this case, he's been disrupting far too many lives, and went too far for me by bring you back, father. I'll kill him, for your sake, and those of you others who died and were brought back for more pain by the damn Earl… As well as those who died because the Earl deceived you…" he thought as he finished putting on the uniform, his resolve for battle now stronger than ever…
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Disclaimer: I do not own D.Gray-Man… 32nd time I have to say it, and counting…
Author's Note: It was a good run I guess…
Kesenai: Good? You brought up my past to make explanations, I say it was awesome!
Author: Then again, it was all about you… So of course it would be to you…
Kesenai: Oh shut up and just keep writing or I kill you.
Author: Well, due to specific convincing arguments, I shall continue writing… -Sweat drop.-
Kesenai: yeah you better do it. See you next chapter!
