Nix: Yup. here it is, the latest chapter.

Disclaimer: I don't own D-Gray Man and any references made.

It was Nix's first mission and the girl was walking down the street, smiling her eyes warm. She walked through an active town, smiling at the people that passed her. Her hair was up in fiery twin tails on either side of the head, with a black bandana keeping the rest back. She wore a pair of pants, tucked under her combat boots, and her Black Order jacket was a lot like Allen's trench coat, but with sleeves that went to her elbow like on Lavi's jacket. She wore black fingerless gloves. On the top of her Black Order jacket she wore a thin jacket like coat, much like the one Lenalee wore over her coat.

Nix looks up; it was late summer early spring, which was odd to the girl, just coming from the frozen over Hell that was her world. It was also, two years before the anime plot kicked in. She looked to the side, blinking as she saw a 13 year old Allen working hard with a pick axe and an enormous pile of stone behind him. Nix hummed, approaching Allen and his 'boss' with a calm smile.

"Hello!" she chirped, her hands clasped in front of her as she looked the man over. Allen paused and blinked, looking at the girl as the 'boss' looked over. "I noticed all the work you have this boy doing and I was wondering if I could help?" She asked, smiling.

"Ya sure kid, he ain't gettin' paid. He's workin' off his masters debt." The guy said, scratching his head. Nix shrugged.

"I'll help."

"Whatever, there's a second axe." The man said pointing to the axe. Nix smiled and slipped both her coats off, keeping her black order jacket hidden as she picked up the axe and grabbed her rock, wearing only her white tank top undershirt and her bra. Allen watched her before he went to working alongside her.

"You don't have to help me." He said, smiling at her. She shrugged, slamming the axe into her chunk of stone.

"Eh I feel bad watching a kid working his butt off to pay his lazy masters debts." She said, smiling.

"I'm not a kid! I'm 13 and you can't be much older than me!"

"I'm 14, and I'm going to turn 15 in June." She said in amusement. Allen blinked and huffed as they worked. "I'm Nix by the way."

"Allen Walker, it's a pleasure." He said, smiling good naturedly. She noted his sleeves rolled up and his arm but didn't bug him about it, merely smiling as she worked alongside him. Nix had always been a strong girl, who had troubles finding her own strength. Coupled with a few weeks of training she had gotten stronger. They began to talk, Allen telling stories of his travels.

"So what about you?" He asked, smiling.

"Well I have no master, nor do I have any parents. My parents were killed by robbers while I was spending the night with my friend on the other side of town. Since then I've been wondering and looking for work." She said, smiling lightly.

"Oh I'm sorry."

"Eh don't be." She said calmly. "By the time I got there police were there and the bodies were gone, the funeral was the only hard thing I had to go through." She said, making a face as they worked. Lunch rolled around and Allen's stomach grumbled loudly. Nix hummed… then she threw her pick axe down and pointed at the 'boss.'

"I'm going to get us all lunch what do you want?" She asked randomly. The man blinked, before telling her what he wanted, she looked at Allen. "And you?"

"Uh just a sandwich or something." He said, smiling. Nix's brow slowly rose in a 'yeah and what else' look. Allen became flustered, rubbing the back of his neck.

"Tell me the full order boi." She said dorkily. And thus Allen caved and told her his massive order. Nix turned and skipped off, taking her coats with her. Allen continued to work for a while, when suddenly Nix marched back into view with everything perfectly balanced as she carried it. It turned out, she had an order the size of Allen's! Nix gave the 'boss' his lunch and then plopped on the ground next to Allen, separating the food.

"How did you afford all this?!" He asked in amazement as they stuffed food in their faces like the starving teenagers they were.

"Oh I didn't buy it." She said smiling. "I made a deal with the lady and for every one dish of food I washed two of the dishes in the kitchen." Allen blinked.

"Oh you didn't have to go through all that trouble!" He said his grey eyes wide.

"Oh no Allen it's fine." She said smiling as her ate. "It's good for me, I get a wider range of work experience and I get to save money for other things I need. Don't worry about it." She said, ruffling his shock white hair. He blinked and nodded, eating in thought as he hummed. Nix stuffed food in her face calmly, grinning in thought. After lunch they calmly went back to work.

Both of them finished by dark and were walking to their hotel together, Nix smiling as she snuggled into her coats. She was pleasantly surprised to find they shared a hotel and wiggled around as they went in and walked up the stairs. She joins him to his room, Allen having insisting on making her tea or something as a thank you for all she'd done that day. When they opened the door there was nothing but a note from Allen's master Cross.

"Uh oh."

"Another debt?" Nix asked. Allen nodded and hung his head. "Well I'll help." She said, smiling. Allen blinked.

"No you shouldn't." He said calmly. "a Young Lady shouldn't do all this work." Nix stared at him, making a face… before she moved and picked Allen up, marching off to go where he was needed.

"Waaaahhh put me down! Where are we going!"

"To pay off your Masters debt." She said innocently, batting her eyes lashes as she carried him.

"You don't have to carry me." He said, looking at her. Nix looked at him for a long moment, before shrugging and skipping off singing her herself. Allen's head sank as he gave up fighting the stubborn girl.

Nix: Is it just me or are the document updates really weird?