Chapter 3: Memories

I DO NOT OWN D. GRAY-MAN

"Oh! She's so cute!" I squealed. I heard Allen and Lavi chuckle. I glared at them and continued to cuddle the baby girl.

"Where is her twin?" I asked.

"Oh, he's with his mother," Allen answered, "I thought that they might need some bonding time."

"Were they born at the same time?" Lavi asked.

Allen shook his head and smiled, "Alex was born earlier than Lena. So that makes him older. But it's not much of a difference; Alex was only born a minute earlier."

I nodded my head unconsciously and smiled. I wonder how she would look when she grows up. I bet she would look like Lenalee. I was surprised when the baby's hand suddenly appeared and tugged my hair. I smiled once again and then the baby yawned.

"Looks like it is now time for Lena's nap," I said and handed her to her father.

He nodded and took Lena in his arms, "Thanks for visiting by the way."

"Oh please!" I replied, "What are friends for?"

"Besides, we were excited to see the adorable twins too!" Lavi said and grinned, "Maricar here can't stop talking about them!"

"Learn how to shut your mouth Lavi," I warned, "Or I'll shut it for you myself."

He chuckled and wrapped his arms around my waist. I rolled my eyes, "Such a tease."

"By the way, when can we see Alex?" I asked Allen.

He answered, "Maybe later. Alex and Lenalee are still asleep;, they'll probably wake up later."

We then bid our goodbye and left the room. Today was truly a happy day.

. . .

I opened my eyes only to find tears leaking out from them. I couldn't stop the tears. They continued to flow. I walked towards the closet and found something. My eyes widened from shock. I grabbed it and cried even more. It was here all the time…How could we not know that? My hands were trembling as I smoothed it. It was still bloodstained. The bloodstains look like they were impossible to erase. It was…his uniform.

Then I spotted another thing. It was hers this time. Her uniform was there along with his. It was also bloodstained. These were the uniforms they used on the battle.

"I-I'm so sorry," I croaked out softly, "I-If I was only stronger…You would still be here…I-I'm sorry…"

. . .

"INTRUDER ALERT, There is an unknown person inside the Order!" The intercom shouted. This got all the attention. Then something exploded. A laugh was then heard. Then it rained bullets. It took my clouded mind a few seconds to realize that Akuma bullets were raining. My senses went back to life.

"Innocence, Activate!" I said and my staff illuminated. I ran to the place of destruction and found ashes…Lots and lots of ashes.

"LOOK OUT!"

I turned my head and found an Akuma behind me. I muttered a spell and to my luck, it hit the Akuma. I was never good when somebody attacks from behind. I found a red hair and blue hair. I ran towards them.

"Why are there still Akumas in here?" I exclaimed, "Weren't they destroyed? The egg was destroyed too wasn't it?"

"Shut up woman!" Kanda roared, "How the hell are we supposed to know? I'm not the one who destroyed it!"

I gritted my teeth and destroyed another Level 1. Then a Level 2 came, and then 3…

"Damn it!" Lavi cursed, "They kept on coming!"

"No shit Sherlock!" Kanda cussed.

I glared at them, "OH SHUT UP! STOP FIGHTING EACH OTHER AND START FIGHTING THE AKUMAS!"

"Maricar! Lavi! Kanda!" We heard Allen shout.

His innocence was also activated. So this wasn't the only place attacked…

"Can you guys help Lenalee? She's with the twins! I'm not sure how long I can keep the Akumas from reaching them."

I gaped. Why would they want to capture the twins? But that's not important anymore. What's important is that we need to protect them and Lenalee.

"Sure, where are they?" I said.

"At the infirmary, they're currently hiding there." He told us. We nodded and I turned to Lavi and Kanda.

"You two should stay here and help Allen. I doubt that he can handle all of the Akumas." I instructed them, "Is that alright with you Allen?"

"Sure, I could use some help." He nodded.

"Alright," Lavi said, "Let's kick Akuma butt, General Walker!"

"Tch, shut up Baka Usagi."

I smiled. It was just like the old days. I then ran to the infirmary. I know you'll be fine Lenalee. But why am I full of doubts? I just hope that I'm right.

I continued to run and finally found the door of the infirmary. I opened the door and yelled, "LENALEE! Are you alright?"

"tsk, tsk," I heard a female voice say, "How cute these two are! But it's so sad to think that they'll die soon."

I gritted my teeth and attacked her. She seemed shocked, but not too much. After a second, she then laughed.

"What's so funny?" I asked her.

"Oh, nothing much," she replied, "It's just that…whenever I'm doing these kinds of things…people would usually say such idiotic things before attacking. You're a weird one, quickly attacking without any greeting."

I rolled my eyes and pointed my staff at her, "Fire Maelstrom."

Something hit my senses then. DAMN! THE BABIES! I growled and stopped the attack immediately. She chuckled again. I glared at her.

"Well, how foolish of you…Maricar was it?"

I glared at her. Who was this woman? H-How come she brought Akumas with her? Could it be?

"Are you a reincarnate of one of the Noahs?"

She merely chuckled again. I continued to ask her questions, "Where is Lenalee?"

"How should I know?" she said and giggled, "Looks like General Walker thought that Lenalee Lee could come here safely with twins while fighting the Akumas in the way."

GAH! That idiot white haired general! He's such an idiot! I clenched my fists and ran to her so I could get the twins. She jumped away with the twins in her arms. I continued to chase her until we reached the cafeteria. And there, we found Allen, Lavi and Kanda.

"MARICAR!" they yelled.

"I know! I know! But she has the twins!" I exclaimed, "If you guys could be so kind, can you help me get them?"

"Allen!" another female voice said.

It was Lenalee, she's safe! I sighed in relief and went to her, "T-That woman! She has Alex and Lena!"

"I'll get Alex and Lena." Lenalee said.

"B-But you just delivered the twins 2 weeks ago!" Allen interjected.

Lenalee shook her head, "I'll be fine Allen. They're important to me and to you too right?"

"Yes, but you're important too!"

"Hem, hem, you exorcists are being too forgetful. I'm still here you know." The woman said.

I then charged at her but she dodged once again. Damn, this woman is really fast! I can't catch up with her. Another rain of bullets was then heard. My eyes widened as Lavi dodged the bullets but got hit from the behind. The same was done to Kanda.

"Were the hell are the other exorcists?" I exclaimed.

Then something hit my head when I dodged the level 3's attack. Damn it…cheaters! A laugh, a pained scream, and a shout—

. . .

"STOP!"

I've got to stop my head from replaying nightmares! NO! NO! NO! I-I don't want to remember it anymore… But this room and uniforms seemed to be making me remember them. I-If I was only stronger…If I was only more powerful…It's killing me, my conscience is killing me! I'm sorry…

"Keep moving forward…"

My eyes shot open, "A-Allen?"

"When you close your eyes and think of the world…what do you see?"

"L-Lenalee?"

"Bye… Be sure that the next time I'll see you guys…You have a smile on your face!"

. . .

"Bye…Be sure that the next time I'll see you guys…You have a smile on your face!"

"BAKA!"

A sudden roar caught our attention. It was Kanda. I know that he's also upset. Then again, all of us in here are upset.

"WHY DO YOU NEED TO LEAVE? IT'S PATHETIC! YOU'RE LEAVING FOR SOMETHING WORTHLESS? WE CAN FIGHT TOO YOU KNOW! WE'RE NOT WEAK!"

Komui held Lena tightly in his arms while Reever did the same to Alex. Komui did his best not to cry since he was the supervisor. The powerful ones weren't supposed to show any weakness as quoted by the supervisor himself. But Kanda was here to prove him wrong.

"Kanda…" Lenalee called out softly like the mother she was, "It'll be fine. We'll be back before you know it."

"Baka, it's not like I'll miss you two or something," he said gruffly but eventually hugged her. She hugged him back. They ended their hug and Lenalee went to Komui.

"I guess we need to part again Nii-san," she mumbled.

"I promise you we'll see again." Komui reassured her. She nodded. Komui then handed Lena to me. I rocked her back and forth. Poor Lena, she's just a baby! How could this be happening to her and her twin?

"I'll miss you." Lenalee whispered and hugged her brother. Komui embraced her back and said, "Me too, me too."

I handed Lena back to Komui after they already talked to each other. My heart was aching so badly. All the sadness bottled inside of me is about to explode. I want to run towards them and embrace them tightly.

"Hey Moyashi…"

"Lavi, my name is Allen," Allen said with a smile.

"Sorry, I-I'll just miss calling you that." He admitted with a pained smile, "I'll miss you. I mean, you're like a brother I've never had."

"Me too," Allen replied and Lavi ruffled Allen's white hair. They're like brothers when they do that. Lavi stepped aside and I went to them.

"Hey…" I said glumly.

"What's with that face?" Allen asked me.

I glared at him, "YOU TWO ARE LEAVING! What do you think is my expression supposed to be?"

I then hugged them and let my tears fall freely. I could feel them hugging me back. I gritted my teeth and shook my head. I then broke the embrace.

"You're so mean," I told them as if I was a four year old girl, "You shouldn't leave us! We need you here! I'll die from missing you two!"

Allen chuckled, "You shouldn't. Learn how to move on. But you do know that we'll come back right?"

"That's a stupid question," I said, "OF COURSE I KNOW! That's why you should come back. We'll all wait."

Lenalee smiled and hugged me, "That's my best friend."

I rubbed my eyes and smiled back. I will move on. But I'll always be on a lookout for them. I know we'll meet again somewhere in the future. And when we meet, I'll have a smile in my face and their twins are with us.

"We still have to do something Allen," Lenalee said and smiled sadly. Allen nodded and they went to Komui and Reever.

"Bye Alex, Lena." Allen said and kissed the babies' forehead lightly as his tears fell. I know it hurts for them to leave their babies. I bit my lower lip and clasped a hand over my mouth.

"I love you," Lenalee murmured against Alex and Lena's ears. Tears were also falling from her eyes. It hurts more for her to leave since she's the mother.

Then Alex and Lena began to cry. I looked at them softly. My vision was pretty blurred due to the tears. It was like the twins also know that their parents are leaving. Komui and Reever handed them to their parents.

Lenalee rocked Alex back to sleep and Allen did the same. After making them fall asleep, they handed the twins back to Komui and Reever.

"Bye Lenalee, I promise we'll see each other again." Allen said and embraced her passionately. She nodded and buried her face in the crook of his neck. They were also going to be separated.

"I love you," Lenalee said softly and looked at his gray eyes.

"I know, and I love you too."

They kissed each other softly and parted after a few seconds. But they still haven't broken their hug.

"It feels like I don't want to end this hug." Lenalee mumbled and smiled. Allen nodded in agreement. After a while, they looked at us and smiled.

"Group hug?"

We smiled and hugged them. This was the hug which felt like eternity for all of us. Everyone was crying.

"Bye, see you later!"

. . .

"Auntie, are you here?"

I snapped out of my flashbacks and rubbed my eyes quickly. I couldn't let him see me crying. I grabbed the uniforms and hid it behind my back.

:::: Alex's POV::::

Auntie's eyes were red. Probably from crying, but I wonder why? Auntie wasn't the type of person who would easily cry.

"Auntie, why were you crying?" I asked her and sat on the bed. This room gives off some sort of an aura. It was a good aura but I don't know why…

"I wasn't crying!" Always a bad liar, she never changed.

I smiled, "Then why are your eyes red and puffy Auntie?"

"E-Erm, dusts went in my eye!" She replied.

I noticed that she was hiding something. I tried to peek but Auntie hid it well. She grabbed my hands and dragged me outside the room.

"Why did we left?" I asked her.

"I felt something bad in the room. Didn't you felt it too?"

I shook my head, "No, actually, the room felt strangely comfortable…it gave off a familiar aura. Whose room was it?"

"Where's Lena?" She was trying to change the subject. I decided to play along.

"She's still in the cafeteria. Good thing Lou Fa left." I said with a sigh of relief.

"I heard you and Lena were researching about something."

I nodded, "We were researching about the Golden Exorcists—"

"Well, they're dead." She said sternly, "No need to research for them now."

Did I say something wrong? Auntie is being pretty moody today. First she was very cheerful and then she was crying and lastly she became angry and harsh. Something is really wrong…

:::: Later Midnight at the Science Department::::

"Shh!"

"Sorry!"

We continued to be as stealthy as possible. I told Lena what happened earlier and guess what amazing idea came to her mind (Notice the sarcasm). She said that we should sneak in the Science Department in midnight. She must've thought that they're asleep in these times of the day.

"I told you Lena, they are like owls! No, they're worse than owls. They never sleep Lena! Have you seen their eye bags? They also drink more coffee than a normal human does!" I exclaimed.

She rolled her eyes and just continued to walk. I sighed. Sometimes, Lena can be a ditz. But still, I love her; she's my only blood-related family. I can't bear to lose her. I looked at her and smiled.

"Just what are you gazing at Nii-san?" she asked me.

I shook my head and smiled, "Nothing. Don't mind me."

"Alright then!" she said and I was once again dragged.

"Ahem!"

We slowly turned around and smiled sheepishly. I scratched the back of my neck and bit my lip. Uh-oh, busted! I laughed nervously.

"Just what are you doing in here at midnight?"

It was Johnny. We're so dead. Lena nudged me and I nudged her back.

"Did you drink coffee?" Lena suddenly asked.

"Huh?"

"You're dreeeaaaminggg!" I sweat dropped at her actions. I don't think he will fall for that easily. I sighed.

"Does that mean I'm sleeping then?"

"Yes!" Lena exclaimed, "If you want to continue sleeping then you should go back!"

"I'm sleeping? That's a miracle."

"But the supervisor will be mad if you don't wake up soon!"

"You're right! I should go back! Bye!"

Then Johnny left. I shook my head. That was unbelievable, how could that happen? I looked at Lena and she smiled sheepishly.

"Just how many coffee did he drank?" I asked myself.

"I think it's more than 10."

We continued to walk and minutes later, we found the place where most documents and information are kept. We began to search frantically in every drawer.

:::: 20 minutes later::::

"Have you found anything Nii-san?"

"No, the drawers I saw only contained documents about Central and some err… papers burned. Probably by Oji-san." I replied and held up a paper, "How about you?"

"No luck. They must've thrown away the data and information about the exorcists who were once part of the Order. Now, we have no way of knowing who our parents are…" she said and hugged her knees. I smiled and went to her.

"Lena, at least we still know that our parents were once exorcists…We could ask the exorcists who left." I told her and hugged her tight, "And this is not the Lena I know. The Lena I know never gives up!"

She smiled and hugged me back, "Really Nii-san, sometimes your so pushy. But you're right. I should never give up. Thank you."

"No problem, now, why don't we go back to bed? If you don't go back to bed, you might get eye bags and look like Oji-san." I told her.

"Fine, fine, I'll go back to bed." She said. Then the lights went out. We could hear some scientists complaining about repeating their work.

"What happened?"

"Brownout, doesn't the Order have a generator?"

"Yeah, I think the Order does have one but something must've happened." She replied and we continue to look for the door. I could feel some papers sticking to my feet. I know the science department isn't the most organized people in the world but even here? This isn't even their workplace yet it's as dirty as their own workplace. Then Lena suddenly yelped.

"What's wrong?"

"Nii-san!" she yapped, "THAT WAS MY FOOT! NOT THE FLOOR!"

"Sorry! I didn't saw it!" I said, "This blackout is so—"

"Nii-san! Are you alright?"

O-Ouch, I tripped over something. Then the lights turned on again. Lena sat beside me and helped me get up. My ankle wasn't that wounded but it still hurt.

"I'm fine," I told her, "I just tripped."

She sighed in relief, "Good, I thought something bad happened to you. Does it still hurt?"

I shook my head and stood up on my own. My vision was pretty dazed and I'm sure I was wobbly. Then something colored gold caught my eye.

I walked towards it and grabbed it. It was round, and had a tail. I poked it to see if it was alive or not.

"What's that Nii-san?" Lena asked me.

"I don't know."

"Could it be a golem?"

"I don't think so," I said, "It's pretty different from the other golems. See?"

I held it up so she can see it. She nodded, "You're right. It's very different from a golem. We should ask Reever-san about it. Let's take it to our room first."

I nodded in agreement and we left. I grabbed the golem again and held it by the tail. I wonder what this is. It couldn't be an Akuma. But why was it there? This umm…golden thingamajig was mysterious. It could belong to an exorcist but—

"OWWWW!"

"Nii-san! What happened this time?"

"Something bit me!" I exclaimed and looked at my swollen and red index finger. I don't want to go back to the clinic!

"Nii-san, let's go to the—"

"NO!" I roared, "They have NEEDLES there!"

"But it bit your finger, which is a part of your arm and which is your innocence." She explained, "Okay, if you don't want to go t the clinic…"

Oh no, an evil smile. Something bad entered her mind. This isn't good at all. I know something bad and evil is processing inside her mind when that smile appears.

"Let's go to Oji-san instead—"

"To the clinic!"

I grabbed her arm and ran to the clinic. The clinic's needles are way better than Oji-san's. Oji-san's needles are as big as a human I tell you!

:::: At their room; Lena's POV::::

"See? It wasn't that bad Nii-san," I said and rubbed his back.

"It wasn't bad because they didn't inject any needles in me." He scoffed, "But with Oji- san…"

He shuddered and continue, "I don't wanna think about it…"

I giggled and smiled. Nii-san is really important to me. I love him even though his actions can be pretty eccentric sometimes. I then put my head on his shoulder. Once we find our parents…we'll be all a one happy family!

"What are you giggling about?"

I rolled my eyes, "Oh nothing!"

"You're thinking about Mark aren't you?"

"I am not!"

"Lena, you're lying aren't you?" he bellowed. I can't believe him! One minute he was in a good mood and in a minute after he's now yelling. And what gave him the idea that I was thinking about Mark?

"Nii-san, what gave you that idea?"

"Nothing,"

I sighed exasperatedly, "You know what, let's just go to sleep. And I promise Nii-san, I'm never going to leave you."

"Alright, I believe you and…thank you." He said and smiled. I rolled my eyes again. He can be a lot like Oji-san sometimes.

"You're my only blood-related family and also my family. How can I leave you?" I told him and hugged him. Then I could feel something moving. I pulled away and looked at him.

"What?"

"You're hungry."

"I'm not—OUCH!"

Then the little golden thingy flew from his pocket. It…flew? So it can be a living thing…I tried to grab it but it flew away. I immediately locked the door to prevent it from escaping. Nii-san jumped out of bed and tried to grab it too. It was too fast.

I activated my innocence and jumped up and then I grabbed its tail. Yes! I caught it! Nii-san went next to me and stared at the little golden thing.

"What's this?" he asked me.

I glared at him, "How am I supposed to know? You know, we should just ask Reever-san about it."

He nodded, "Let's go. I don't want that thing to be biting me while I'm asleep."

The golden thing puffed its cheeks and bit Nii-san's ear. I sighed. I got a feeling that they won't get along well.

:::: Science Department; 3rd person POV::::

"Reever-san? Where's Reever-san?"

"He went to the Asian Branch using the ark just a while ago. He needs to check on the other scientists there." Johnny replied. Then he paused for a minute and pointed his index at the twins.

"What's wrong?" Lena asked.

"That wasn't a dream! It was real! You two! I saw you two!"

Alex said, "Alright, we were the ones you saw. We just wanted to know more about our parents…"

"By the way, we found something very…peculiar, I guess…" Lena said and showed Johnny the round, golden and little thing they saw. Johnny's eyes widened. He quickly grabbed it and shook it frantically.

"TIMCANPY!"

"Canopy?"

"Tincampy?"

"No!" exclaimed Johnny, "It's Timcanpy! Tim for short! We missed you! Where did you go? We thought Central took you!"

Tim shook his head and flashed his sharp teeth. It seemed like Tim was grinning. He then nested on Alex's head. The latter, on the other hand was confused. A minute ago, Tim was angry and he was also biting the poor boy, then the minute after, Tim was now fond of Alex.

"So…this is a golem?" Lena asked and awkwardly patted Tim's head.

"Yup!"

"Whose golem is it?"

Johnny froze and sighed. He then shook his head, "Me and my big mouth…I already said too much. You two should go back to sleep. It's past your bedtime."

"We're already 14 years old." Alex scoffed.

"Actually, you said the same thing Nii-san." Lena stated.

"14 or not, you two go back to bed." A voice suddenly said, "You might have a mission tomorrow."

The twins whined, "Aw, fine. Goodnight."

Alex and Lena then left and went to their room. Reever sighed and patted Tim. The little thing disappeared since they left. Everyone knew it was depressed since its master left. The very same thing happened to its former master, General Cross.

Tim tried to follow the twins but it was held back by Reever. The latter sighed once again and patted Tim again for comfort.

"You can't Tim… Central might know. You need to stay hidden for a while for that not to happen. But I promise you…you'll be able to see them."

Tim nodded and nested on top Reever's head. The things and people they once have thought to be gone were now slowly appearing in their lives.

"It has been a while since I saw this place…" a blonde and short (A/N: I think) man said and observed the place. Many things did changed but some things still remained the same.

"I wonder how the twins are…"

HELLLOOOO!

I'm back and breathing! School has ended and now summer is here! I've got more time to update and make stories~ BTW I hope you liked this chapter! I'm so happy because of the reviews I've got from the last chapter! I hope you guys would continue to stay tuned and read the story!

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