Forever Stained Red | By : WannaBePirate Category: +. to F > D. Gray Man Views: 2001 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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Chapter Three
Two months later
Lavi glanced over at the girl sitting not three feet from him. Aya sighed dramatically and let her head thump onto the table before her.
“A cage…” She mumbled. Lavi smirked and turned back to his tower of books. But she pouted and looked up at him. Resting her chin on the table, as her arms dangled under it. “Lavvvvvvvvvvi.” She whined. “They wont let me out! It’s like a cage! A big scary black cage of death!” She threw her hands in the air for an added dramatic effect.
The red headed boy smirked and shook his head. “You’d probably never come back if they let you out.” He joked in a serious manner.
Aya slouched back in her chair and crossed her arms. “Of course!” Lavi held back the frown that wanted to find its way onto his face. “Why would any sane person come back to a place where they’d only lock her up again!” Lavi only shrugged and busied himself with the books before him. He didn’t really understand why it hurt to know that she would actually not want to come back.
Before he could shift through his own thoughts and feelings a Finder walked into the library. “Mikihara Ayaka?” Said woman nearly jumped to her feet upon hearing her full name. The Finder took it as a sign that she was one the he was looking for. “Supervisor Komui wishes to see you.” Aya nodded and the man disappeared.
She gulped and looked down at the bookman’s apprentice. The boy just shrugged, just as confused as she was.
“Really?” Aya looked at the man in mild disbelief. They were sending her on a mission, as an official exorcist. “What’s the catch?” The man before her laughed whole heartily before a knock sounded at his door. Beckoning the knocker in, Aya pouted.
Allen grinned and waved at the girl seated before him. “Afternoon, Aya-chan.”
She looked from the white head to the hat wearer. ‘So this is his reassurance.’ She thought before crossing her arms over her chest.
After being given the mission briefs the two teens were sent on their way.
“Aren’t you worried she’ll try to run?” Lenalee asked her brother as she handed him his coffee.
Her brother shook his head and smirked. “Of course not my little Lenalee!”
“So, after this mission are you going to try to run?” Allen asked as he watched the girl absentmindedly stared out of the window. She was in her normal getup but instead of her normal black coat it was the one the exorcist were issued to wear. But it was the same length of her old one, so it didn’t bother her much.
“What makes you think I’d wait till after the mission was over?” She didn’t bother looking back at him. He shrugged but didn’t offer any words. “I don’t think I belong there…” She whispered as she finally looked down, staring at her hands.
Even though they were clean to any normal person who saw them. She saw it, the red stains that she tried to scrub away every day. “I don’t like destroying Akuma. Hell, I don’t even like knowing that they exist. I wish I was oblivious. Completely ignorant to these demons in human clothing.” She spared the boy next to her a quick glance before looking back out the window of the train. She watched as the hordes of people walked in and around the platform. “Just looking at them, I always wonder if one of them could be one of them. I distance myself, stay away from towns and crowds. Knowing that they could be out there, looking right back at me, is terrifying.”
Allen idly rubbed his left eye. Aya didn’t really know much about him, or his abilities so she had no idea he could see Akuma. She sighed and looked back down at her hands.
“Yet, I’m glad I can’t identify them. Because that means I only kill them after they have shed their human skin.” Smiling a pitiful smile she looked up at Allen. “But that doesn’t make it any easier…”
Allen looked right back at her and was at a loss for words. How do you stop someone from running from something they didn’t really get to choose in the first place?
Aya one last longing look out of the window, as the train began to move. “…they were human once too.” She whispered to no one really.
Aya huffed as she stepped over another fallen tree. “Does he always send you on wild goose chases?” They had been out here for a week, and nothing-notta-zilch.
Allen chuckled as he nodded. “We have to check out every rumor and lead. Just incase its more than a rumor.” Aya scrunched up her nose in detest. She didn’t like this very much, no not at all, there were bugs and dirt. It made her beg for a bath and pray for it all to end.
Yet, when she thought of where she wanted to be instead of this icky forest, she found herself thinking of head quarters. Pouting she dismissed the notion that she wanted to go back there. She just thought of there because she knew it had a huge bath with warm water! There was no way she actually liked it, nor did she ever plan on returning!
Lavi slouched back in his chair and let out a loud sigh. ‘I can’t believe they let her go on a mission.’ He grumbled slightly and refused to admit he was jealous of his good friend Allen, because he wasn’t appointed to accompany Aya on her first mission. He also refused to even acknowledge the fact that he wanted her to come back, badly. He was just worried that the Order would lose a potentially strong ally in Aya. He rolled his head and glanced at the empty chair only a few feet away. He wouldn’t allow himself to believe that he missed her.
‘Even if she did always keep me company when I had bookman duties.’ He lightly tapped his finger on the book on the table before him. ‘Or if she had that cute giggle she’d use whenever I make fun of Yu-chan…’ There was no way he missed her, nor was he worried she run away for any other reason than she was a kick ass exorcist. He knew he was lying to himself but he‘d never admit it. “Shit, it’s only been two days!” He mumbled as he went back to work, with a new found determination.
Aya looked around in slight boredom. The room she was in was covered in blood. She wasn’t scared, she had had this dream hundreds of times. Ever since she was young she‘d have it, it no longer shocked her. She could almost smirk as she remembered every detail, everything always went in the same order.
She let her feet carry her down and empty hallway, her eyes following the tiny bloody footprints on the flooring. Even though it was the same every time, she couldn’t help but break into a sprint as she heard the tell tale signs of someone crying.
Breathing deeply she stood in front of a door she had seen hundreds of times. Slowly reaching down she took the handle and allowed the door to open.
“Mama?” It was her voice but much, much younger, and not from her own mouth. Turning she saw her younger self walk from behind her and into the room, not even noticing her older self.
Aya watched in saddened horror as her younger self screamed and tried to run from the room. Yet, something wasn’t right. It was different, slowly, almost regretting it as she did it, she turned to look back into the room. Her breath caught in her throat as she stumbled backing away from the scene before her.
“No…no…no…” She fell on her behind and quickly curled her knees to her chest. Holding her head he shook it vigorously, this wasn‘t right.
“NO!”
Allen held the girl from jumping up from the makeshift bed. “Aya-chan…Aya-chan!” He called worriedly. He saw the bewildered look in her eyes and realized she was still in her dream state of mind. Gently he ran a hand down her hair. “It’s okay, it was a dream.”
Aya looked up at the boy in complete confusing. “A…dream…” He nodded and she gulped in a few breaths of air. She took in her surroundings and frowned. “Where are we?”
Allen sighed and sat back, leaning against the tree he had made himself comfortable at. “You don’t remember?”
Aya tried to sit up but felt a searing pain through her leg. Suddenly her eyes shot open, “the Akuma that attacked us, the more that came after, during which I had lost track of you. Then I felt a pain like no other in my leg, and everything went black.”
He nodded as she summed it all up quite nicely. “I found you just in time.” He sighed looking down at her. “We seemed to have walked into a nest or something. Even after the ones we destroyed there are still more, roaming around, probably looking for us.” He reached over and helped her sit up, leaning her against the curve of the tree, in which they took shelter.
“Not part of the mission plan I suppose?” She joked lightly. Allen tried to smile at her, but couldn’t help but frown at her pale damp skin. She had lost a bit of blood from the attack, and he was wary of it being infected. She had been out for almost a full day. “What now?” She asked seriousness laced in her tone.
Allen pointed to Timcanpy. “I called for back up. Reported in our findings and our current status.” Before she could even nod Allen felt his eye come to life and he quickly stood. “We have some company…” He said regretfully. Looking back at her he debated on what to do, he could try to fight them here and risk her getting caught in the cross fire. Or he could try to lore them away by playing bait, but risk them not taking it and attacking her. Before he could come to a conclusion he hear Aya grunt.
Aya used her pole to help herself to her feet. Allen was about to insist she get back off her wounded leg but she’d have none of that. “A fighter who can’t fight is as good as dead anyway.” She mumbled fondly as she remember the words her father would say to his men. Even if it was harsh, they were words he had lived by, and enforced in all of his men. She leaned heavily against the tree and readied herself the best she could. ‘How father would hate to see his princess, in such a situation…’ She thought as she watched the Akuma emerge from the dense forest before them. ‘He’d roll over in his grave if he saw me in such a battle…’
Allen smirked back as he saw the look of determination on the girls face. “You can’t get any more injuries.” She looked at him oddly as he smiled his naively innocent smile. “If you have any more injuries you wont be able to make a run for it before your taken back to Head Quarters.” Aya let out a hearty laugh as she watched the Akuma attack them, and the two fought back.
‘Damn, moyashi.’ Kanda growled in his own mind as the group ran through the forest before them. ‘Damn, rookie!’
“I’m sure they’re alright.” Lenalee reassured, more for herself than the group. Lavi just ran before them with a serious look on his face. He couldn’t believe that this was happening.
Komui had called for a emergency. Lavi, Lenalee, and Kanda were the only exorcist at Head Quarters at the time. Allen and Aya had walked into a goldmine (figuratively speaking) yet they didn’t find something that would be counted on as riches. And last the supervisor had heard, Allen had Aya in hiding because she was badly wounded. She hadn’t woken up and Allen was borderline panic mode.
A huge explosion sounded, that shook the land under the feet. The three stopped for a moment, Lenalee and Lavi sharing worried glances, Kanda cursing several times under his breath. Then the three took on outrageous speeds, dashing through the forest, dodging trees and other debris, heading straight for the source of the explosion.
Moments passed in what seemed like hours, the three came to a halt. They took in the destruction around them. They had found where the explosion had accrued, but neither Allen nor Aya were anywhere to be seen.
“Where…” Lavi took a few heavy steps forward. “Where are they?” He questioned as he turned back towards his two friends.
Before either could answer him, Kanda brought out his sword. Cautiously the three turned toward the rustling sound coming from the bushes to their right.
“My, my, my, more exorcist for us to play with.” Out of the dense brush came a small group of Akuma. The one in front seemed to be the strongest, the leader of the little pack. “I wonder if these ones will be as fun as the other two we just finished playing with.” Lenalee gasped and Lavi growled.
The same question on all their minds, ‘where are Allen and Aya?’
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