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Screams could be heard throughout the small town as people where running for their lives as weird looking things would be shooting at the villagers and disappearing instantly. A young girl was running away from them when she tripped and landed face first into the ground. When she turned around the huge monster was right above her with all of its guns pointed right at her. She didn’t have enough time to scream when it shot at her. She closed her eyes and prayed it would be fast and swift but when she didn’t feel anything she opened her eyes and found shield covering her. The grotesque form looked at the shield as it fired again and again. The girl still scream, “Someone help!” She saw a pillar of fire right in front of her and the weird looking thing vanished after the fire disappeared.
A red-headed boy that wore a black jacket that had a red trim with white pants and black boots, his right eye was green but had a black eye patch over his left eye. He knelt down as he held on to what looked like a hammer and smiled, “Are you ok?” She nodded. “That’s good.” Then he called over to what seemed like his friend “Hey guys I think I found a new Accommodator!” When he looked over the girl was unconscious and the shield was gone.
When she came too, the girl could hear some voices talking, she caught some of the conversation as one person, and it sounded like a girl was saying that she was the only survivor. Another it sounded like the red-headed boy was saying that there was a shield around her when she called for help and it is possible that it is Innocence. And then there was another voice, he sounded like he was in her age group, and he was saying that it was possible for the large number of akuma to appear in the village.
The girl who was talking to the two boys came over to the bed where she was laying on and spoke “Guys she’s regaining consciousness.” The other two came over quickly and smiled. She blinked a few times and when she tried to speak no words came out since her throat was dry since she didn’t know how long she was out for. “Allen-kun could you go and get some water for her.” The green-haired girl looked up at the white-haired boy with a weird looking mark down his left eye. He nodded and quickly went to get some water. The girl sat up in her bed but felt a wave of dizziness sweep over her.
“Hey don’t move so fast you’ve been out for a couple days now.” The red-headed boy told her. She blinked a couple of times before processing the information. A few days! What happened to her village? Her family and friends? She tried to swallow a few times but found that difficult. The white-haired boy named Allen came back with a glass of water and handed it to her.
“Here you go.” He smiled at her and she eagerly took the glass and drank back the whole glass before wiping her mouth. “Are you feeling better?”
She nodded. “Yes I am and where am I?” She looked around her surroundings and to find that she was in what looked like a hospital setting.
“You’re in the European Branch of the Black Order.” The girl smiled at her “And my name is Lenalee Lee.” She pointed to the white-haired boy “This is Allen Walker and this is Lavi” She pointed to the red-haired boy.
“Hello” Both boys said in unison. The boy named Lavi sat on the bed and looked at her. “And what’s your name?”
“Rose Arashi, and what is the Black Order and what is an akuma?” She has so many questions that she wants answers too “And what is Innocence?”
All three looked at each other before Lenalee explained everything to her. Rose just sat there in silence as she started crying, knowing she is the only survivor of her village. Allen and Lavi left Lenalee with the girl Rose, since this happened before with Mei-Ling when her Innocence got destroyed. Rose cried for hours and eventually she drifted off into sleep. Which Lenalee got up to leave Rose alone so she could rest. Once outside the door Lavi approached Lenalee and asked her if she was ok. She nodded and told him that it was a really big shock for Rose but said she will be ok.
A few hours later Rose started to wake up from her sleep and decided to look around. She still couldn’t believe that she was the only survivor. She wondered the long halls until she found what looked like the dining area. She opened the door and saw some people in there, eating lunch with friends. She went to the counter and a cheerful guy with purple hair that was tied into braids. He wore a sleeveless chief’s outfit and came up to the window “And what can I get for you young lady?”
Rose blinked at him before she placed her order “Just some tea would be nice.” She tried to smile but she felt really awkward being in a place she didn’t know. The chief nodded and disappeared for a few minutes before returning with her order. She thanked him before finding a seat and sitting down. A few moments later Lenalee, Allen and Lavi entered the dining hall. Allen told the cook whose name is Jerry his order. She was surprise to see that he could eat that much and not gain any weight from it. Lenalee just ordered some soup and sandwich while Lavi spotted Rose and went to see if they could sit with her. She nodded but still felt a little awkward around them.
While Allen was eating his food Lenalee was talking to Rose. “So my brother needs to see you.” She gave a small laugh when she saw Rose’s expression “Don’t worry you’re not in any trouble, it’s just we need Hevlaska to check out your Innocence. And if you like I can come with you.”
“Hevlaska?” She wasn’t quite too sure if this person was dangerous or not but she nodded since she didn’t want to be alone right now. She finished her tea before leaving with Lenalee. They walked down another long hallway until they came to what looked like a floating platform. Rose looked at Lenalee then at the person dressed in a white lab coat with dark purple hair and a white cap.
“Ahh you must be the new Exorcist that Lenalee was talking about. Please come with me.” The man smiled at her. She hesitated for a few moments before stepping on the platform and stood a little a ways from him. “Don’t worry I won’t harm you.” She noticed that Lenalee was quiet on the way down. “I’m Komui Chief Officer and Branch Head of the European Black Order.”
“H-H-Hello I’m Rose Arashi.” She bowed to him and gripped the necklace that was hanging down so she could be a bit calmer. Her pink hair created a shield around her face so neither Komui or Lenalee could see how scared she was. The elevator started to move down as she looked around. “Where are we going?”
“To go see Hevlaska, she is go and check out your Innocence.” Lenalee told her, since her brother wouldn’t even mention it to her, and she also didn’t want to scare Rose.
“I see.” She was silent for the rest of the decent until Komui called out Hevlaska’s name and a white ghost like creature came up and greeted all three of them. Rose backed away slowly from Hevlaska.
“Do not be afraid child I won’t harm you, I’m Hevlaska.” The white thing spoke in a calm voice. Rose looked to Lenalee then to Komui before she slowly walked up to the white being. Her many hands came up as they wrapped around Rose and lifted her. Hevlaska then put her forehead against Rose’s and a white light shone. She started to count. “6%.....15%......29%......41%......60%......64%......76%......81%...... She seems to be at 81% for the synchro-rate.”
“Synchro-rate?”
“It means how well in sync you are with your Innocence, the higher the number the easier it is to activate it.” Komui spoke. “So Hevlaska what do you think? Did God bless her well?”
“Indeed, and it seems she will be very helpful to us against the Millennium Earl and the Noah’s.” Hevlaska put Rose back onto the platform, “I hope I didn’t scare you child.”
Rose shook her head “You didn’t, but who or what is the Millennium Earl?”
“He is the creator of akuma, which is created from Dark Matter, it is the job of the Exorcist’s to defeat him and the akuma. Helvaska is an Exorcist too.” Rose looked at her and blink. Helvaska nodded. With nothing else needed Komui made the elevator ascend back to the main hallway area. “If you need anything please don’t hesitate to ask.”
“Ok.” Rose stepped off the elevator and started to head towards her room. About halfway there she heard Lenalee call out to her.
“Rose my brother just remembered he wanted to check out your Innocence.”
“My Innocence? But I thought Hevlaska did that?” She was puzzled by this.
She shook her head. “No she just wanted to see how strong the synchro-rate is.” She smiled at her “I won’t let him harm you even though he can be scary at some points.”
Sighing Rose followed Lenalee to what looked like another hospital room setting. She glanced around and saw an assortment of tool. Rose cringed at the site of them. A few seconds later Komui entered the room with that goofy smile of his before sitting down at the table. “Rose could you activate your Innocence for me?”
“I uhhh.” She didn’t know how to activate it as she looked to Lenalee for some help on any tips.
“Lavi said a shield surrounded out, so it’s based on your thoughts.”
Nodding she closed her eyes and concentrated after a little bit a weapon appeared in her hands in a form of a sword. Hearing a gasp from Komui and Lenalee she opened her eyes and stared wide-eyed at it. “How the…..?” She was speechless.
“It seems that your Innocence has the ability to create any weapon you think of. That’s interesting.” He made a mental note to check this out as that was unusual. “It seems like your Innocence is in your necklace, we need to make it into a weapon.” Rose grabbed her necklace and held it tightly to her. She couldn’t let anything happen to this, since this necklace was her mother’s before she passed away when Rose was a young girl.
“You can’t! It’s very important to me. So please don’t destroy it.” Rose looked at him with tears threatening her eyes.
Smiling he placed his hand on her shoulder, “I understand Rose so we will let the Innocence rest in there.” With that Rose left the room, she wondered around until she found what looked like another room that belonged to the Scientist’s but standing in the middle of the room was a weird looking thing and it had a number on it. Not realizing her feet was leading her towards it. As she approached it she was just about to put her hand on it when she felt someone’s hand on her shoulder. It jolted her out of her daydream. When she looked she saw Lavi with a grin on his face.
“What is this Lavi?” She was curious about the weird looking thing standing before her.
“Oh this, it’s a gate to the Ark. There are many gates that we use for our missions now. It’s actually quite handy.” He smiled at her before grabbing her hand and pulling her away. For some reason the Ark was calling to her and she didn’t know why. It was frightening to her. “So Rose do you like books? Cause if so the library is full of them.”
“Yeah I do.” She got another look before turning the corner and started to walk down the long hallway again. “Say Lavi do you miss your family?” She wondered if all of the Exorcist’s here missed their families.
“I don’t remember them, but the Order has become my family so when I’m away on mission’s I do miss them.” He smiled at her but she could tell it was a sad one.
“I wonder if anyone would like me.” She looked at the ground as Lavi pulled her into what looked like the library. “I’ve never had any siblings so I don’t know what its like to have quarrels with someone.” She sat on one of the couched and started to relax. Rose looked at her necklace as it was the only thing left from her village.
“Everyone will like you trust me, and everyone will always welcome you home with open arms and smiles” Lavi sat next to her with a book in his hand. She couldn’t stop thinking about that gate, so she turned towards Lavi and looked at him.
“Lavi will I be able to see the Ark?” She wanted to know more about it.
He blinked at her question, “Well yes you will, it was how we got to your village to save you but we didn’t get there in time. I’m sorry that you lost your home and your family.” He placed the book down. “Everyone who comes here loses something important to them, but I’m glad that we got to you in time before The Millennium Earl did otherwise we would of lost another Exorcist.”
Rose got the feeling that Lavi had seen many of his friend die over many years. “Does it get easy?”
“In time it does but you will always have that hole in your heart.” But before they could discuss anything else Allen came into the library and was panting hard.
“Lavi, Rose your both needed by Komui.” They both looked at each other before getting up and running to the Chief’s office. “I found them both.”
“Ahh thank you Allen. Rose, Lavi I have a mission for you apparently there has been reports of a strange phenomenon going on in a small town in Alberta, Canada. According to the Finders the water levels have been increasing steadily and we want you to go and check it out. It might be Innocence.”
“I don’t know if I could do this, I mean what if I can’t use my Innocence correctly?” Worry and fear were coursing through her.
“You will do fine Rose just trust yourself.” Komui smiled at her. “But before you go we want you to have something.” He handed her a black and red coat with a silver rosary on it. “You are now officially an Exorcist.” Putting it on it felt comfortable and soft. “It’s very durable for combat. Now you will meet a Finder at the Ark good luck to you both.” He smiled and waved as both Lavi and Rose left.
Once they got to the Ark they saw a finder with some bandages around his face that covered his mouth. “Good evening I’m Toma and I’ll be guiding you to your destination.”
“Hello I’m Rose.” She bowed to him “Its very nice to meet you Toma.”
“So Toma please explain everything that you know.” Lavi looked at him with a serious face. And so Toma explained the phenomenon that was happening and that they evacuated the nearby towns just to be safe. Lavi nodded, “Yeah it does sound like Innocence, well we better make sure that we get it before the akuma do or the Noah’s.” He turned and saw Rose starring at the Ark. “Amazing isn’t it. With this we can get to our destinations a lot faster. Don’t worry Allen had already opened up an Ark way for us. Hey Toma you do know what door it is right?” The finder nodded.
Rose could hear some sort of music playing inside the Ark and it sounded very familiar. Closing her eyes she pushed it out of her mind and walked through the gate. Once inside she noticed everything was white. She looked for Lavi and found him just up ahead. Walking up to him she asked “Do you know where we need to go?” She didn’t know where they were going but hoped he knew.
“Yeah the door is just up a head.” He noticed her looking around like she was confused. “The Ark has many doors leading to different places, it’s easy to get lost if you don’t know which door you need to go too.” Lavi smiled at her.
“I see.” She could hear the music, it was like the music was calling to her. She stared off in the direction before looking at Lavi. “Let’s go.” He nodded and led her to the door they would be using to get to their destination.