Dawn of a New Day

Allen was doing his daily workout as usual,body suspended upright in the air,keeping his left arm behind his back balancing his right fist on a tilted chair.This was how he does his push-ups.This time,he surpassed his previous recored of 300 by 56,which meant he was stronger.The first light of dawn pierced into his eyes,making them sting a little.

"Dawn already?"Allen mumbled to himself while jumping off the chair and putting on his clothes.

He walked down the corridoors and met Lenalee on his way to the cafetirea.

"Morning Allen,you're up early today!"Lenalee said cheerfully.

"Morning,Lenalee.I was doing my usual workout a while ago.Did you use a new shampoo?"Allen took a whiff of Lenalee's hair.

"Yes.You noticed?By the way,did you break your previous record?"Lenalee said,walking closer to him.

"By 56.It isn't much but I'll keep trying."Allen scratched the back of his head.

"You know you don't have to be so humble,Allen!"Lenalee punched his arm lightly.

"Well,you know I can't help it."Allen grinned out of embarrasment.

"Yo!Allen!Lenalee!Right here!"Waved a red-haired teen,who was 3 years older than Allen.

"Morning,Lavi!"Allen and Lenalee settled themselves down beside Lavi,an 18-year-old Bookman junior,and Kanda,a blue-haired samurai,who was the same age as Lavi,was having his usual meal of soba and extra wasabi.Lavi was having his usual breakfast of peanut butter and jelly sandwich.Allen went over to Jeryy,the chef,and ordered his usually humongous-sized breakfast of noodles,eggs and ham,chicken stew,steamed fish,grilled beef burger,pancakes,10 bowls of rice and 20 mitarashi dangos(all in large servings).Lenalee had steamed dumplings and orange juice.

"Allen,Lenalee.You have a mission.Komui wants you to meet him in his office by 10 minutes."Reever put on his his usual groggy voice.He hadn't slept for days.It wasn't unusual because the science department always had mountains of paperwork to do.

"Okay.But are you sure you don't need to rest?"Allen asked.

"Nah,I'll be fine."Reever turned a walked away.Well,he wasn't really walking.He was swaying constantly and looked like he was about to faint.

"Be careful,Reever!"Lenalee called.

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"There had been recent reports of a town in Edo.It seems to be protected from akumas,although most of the akumas in the world are concentrated in this particular area.I want you two to find out if this is caused by an innocence or an accomodator sychronising with the innocence.If it is,I want you two to get the innocence before any akuma does."Komui explained.

"When can we leave?"Allen asked.

"Immediately after you leave.Toma will accompany you,just in case anything happens."He turned to Allen,with a serious expression on his face."Also,I know that what I'm saying will be irresponsible of me,but I want you to protect Lenalee at all costs.I don't want her to be hurt."

"You can leave it to me,Komui."Allen nodded.

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Allen and Lenalee bothe settled themselves on the seats while Toma stood guard outside.They discussed about the mission.

"It says here that we have to take a ship to reach Edo.But it would be quite a distance before reaching,about a couple of distance."Lenalee pointed out.

"Why must we go to a place full of akumas?I hardly caught a wink of sleep last night!"Allen complained.

"Well,it can't be helped,right?After all,it's our duty,and all the excorcists are away on missions..."Lenalee sighed.

"Yeah..."Allen yawned,"I guess I'll just take a quick nap..."

Lenalee flashed a smile to a blushing Allen,who settled himself on a comfortable position and was about to fall asleep when the train suddenly came to a halt.And Allen fell straight towards Lenalee.

"L...Lenalee...are you alright?"Allen managed to say.

"What about you?"Lenalee said who was carrying a suitcase Allen smashed into.

"I'm alright..."Allen said as he crashed onto the floor.

"I wonder why the train stopped..."Lenalee stood up and dragged Allen by the arm towards the door when it opened.

"Lenalee-sama,Walker-sama,the captain sent his apologies because the train had to stop as a carriage passed without noticing the train."Toma informed.

"Thanks,Toma."Lenalee smiled.

"What happened to Walker-sama?"Toma asked,pointing to Allen who was still lying on the floor.

"Oh,Allen?"Lenalee sweatdropped."He...kind of fainted.He should wake up anytime soon,hopefully before we get there..."

"I see.Then I shall take my leave,then."Toma bowed before going out.

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"I'm sorry if I had been any trouble,Lenalee..."Allen scratched the back of his head with embarrasment.

"Don't worry about a thing,Allen.I'm just glad you're okay."Lenalee smiled.

"It's not that...you see..."Allen could not continued because two kids knocked into Allen,and Allen's lips crashed onto Lenalee's.They stayed like his for 10 seconds before breaking away and Allen kept apologising.But they were lucky there were not any signs of golems because if there was,Komui would have seen the whole incident and would surely skin Allen alive,and Lenalee don't want that to happen.

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When they got there,it was already dark.Lenalee asked for directions and a kind lady pointed to east.

"You have head east then turn left.That's the only inn in town,by the way."The lady said.

"Thank you so much."Lenalee bowed.

"It's no problem."She bowed back and went off.

"Well,let's go,Allen."Lenalee grabbed Allen,who was always lost in his thoughts,by the hand and dragged him away.

Introduction to the Author and the story

The evening skies turned darker and darker,as I flew out of the window.Sinister golden eyes that glowed in the night.Clouds gather and blocked the clear skies.Lighting is seen,and a claash of thunder is heard.Not long after,it began pouring,as a lone person rushed and make his way home.I stood in front of him and he ran past me.With incredible speed,I stopped him again,my fangs revealed.He trembled with fear,the rain soaking through his clothes...srceams echoes across the deserted streets,but it was heard by no souls.A lifeless body was sprawled on the ground,dying it a fresh red.Not wasting a drop,I fed.I regained the energy I had longed for.This time,I turned into a wolf and scampered back.

Now back to the main topic of why we're here.

Have you heard of Excorcists?They are follwers of God,members of the Black Order,known widely as the New World Alliance.Excorcists are special beings who are granted a special power called 'innocence'.Compatible users or 'hosts' and their respective innocence must sychronise for the innocence to become an anti-akuma weapon.Only then will the host become an Excorcist.Their mission is to stop the Great War by desrtoying the existence of 'akuma',the clan of Noah and the 'maker',otherwise known as the Millienium Earl.

Akumas are made by the Millenium Earl,to be used as toys by the Earl and the clan of Noah.They are made by lost souls called back from the dead with the 'voice' of someone they are close to.These lost souls are planted into a mechenical skeleton.Once the soul enters the skeleton,it won't be able to escape.In such,they basically made of a machine,a soul and tragedy.An akuma which is not altered will not be able get over its urge to kill.And endless lives are lost purely because of its existence.The more it kills,the stronger it becomes,and the more difficult it is to destroy it and save the soul inside the akuma.

The clan of Noah,also known as the Ancient Family,are descendants of Noah,the man who built the ark.The Millenium Earl made a contract with the Devil and Noah's children are his brethen since.Their powers and abilities vary,but are equally deadly.

The Millenium Earl,along with the clan of Noah,is the Order's archenemy,yet little,if not nothing,is known about him besides the fact that he lived for seven thousand years,created the clan of Noah,creator of akuma,one of the many underlings of the Devil and according to theories,he can be defeated with the assistance of the Cube,which was washed away to various parts of the world after the Great Flood.Both the Earl and the Ancient Family are still a great threat to the New World Alliance.

The Excorcists' sole duty is to carry out the orders of the New World Alliance,retrieve every piece of innocence and complete the revival of the Cube which will ultimately lead to their victory over the Great War.However,they must first accqiure the 'Heart' which will complete the revival of the Cube.Without it,the Cube cannot be revived.Since the Excorcists have the weight of the world on their shoulders,they cannot afford to fall in love because their attention is needed to be focused on the war and stabilize their emotions.

However,there were two teenage Excorcists who fell in love with each other,but is kept at a distance due to the rule that Excorcists are not allowed to fall in love.So close,yet so far.That's how their situation was. 

The two Excorsists were Allen Walker,15 and Lenalee Lee,16.

Allen Walker is a white-haired young gentleman,a split image of his womanizer master Cross(except for the womanizer bit),destined to defeat the Earl as the Destroyer of Time,a strong parasite-type anti-akuma weapon called 'Crowned Clown' and saviours of both akuma and humanity.He was abandoned by his parents since birth,probably because of his 'deformed' left arm,which is actually his innocence.He could not remember his birth parents,but knew clearly he hated them,hated them for abandoning him,depriving him of a normal childhood because of his arm and leaving him alone because they think having a deformed child was a disgrace,he thought.Since then,he started hating all humans,because he only saw this side of humanity.However,it changed when he met Mana Walker,his foster father,when he was 6.Mana gave him a name,the warmth of home and love he never recieved.Though they were mere travelling clowns and had a hard life earning bread,Allen never really minded.But when Mana died when Allen was 11,he grieved so much that when the Millenium Earl came to him,offering to revive Mana,meaning to turn him into an akuma,Allen agreed.Mana was furious and laid a curse on Allen's left eye,leaving a scar that runs down to his cheeks.His brown hair was dyed white instantly.Then,for the first time,his innocence was invoked,his left arm transforming into a huge,white claw,threatening to destroy the akuma the moment it felt an impact on Allen's body.In order to protect the body of its host,it started moving by itself.Allen wanted to pull it back,but it wouldn't listen.It kept going while Mana's soul begged Allen to destroy him,and grant him freedom.With three parting words,'I love you.'Allen's anti-akuma weapon destroyed the mechanical skeleton.He met Cross at the age of 12,and was his pupil until he turned 15.That was the time he arrived at the Order's HQ and met Lenalee and many other members of the Order's HQ.

Lenalee was forced to go the Black Order when she was found to be the host of her current innocence,the Dark Boots at the age of seven.She was then seperated from her only kin-her brother,Komui.Her parents died in an akuma attack when she was 2.She demanded many,many times,"where's my brother?!"But they never answered.She even tried to escape with her innocence invoked,but was recaptured because she could not sychronise with her innocence very well yet,so she was very unstable.She then went near insane and had to be confined to her bed.She hated innocence for seperating her from her brother,but not until 3 years later,her brother,who worked extremely hard to become the supervisor of the Order's HQ,where Lenalee was.Lenalee burst out in tears and hugged her brother tightly and wished she could hold on to him like this forever.Since then,she willingly became an Excorcist,accept the innocence and fought for her brother and her friends and comrades who arrived later.She met Kanda when she was 9,Lavi and Bookman 5 years later and Allen when she was 16.

Allen and Lenalee fell in love with each other since their first mission.The bond between them grew stronger and grew more attached to each other.Lenalee mentioned her world was made of a puzzle.Even if one piece fell,her whole would tumble and she would break down.The first piece which fell wasn't Komui,but ALLEN.When Allen's innocence was destroyed by a Noah,he disappeared and everyone thought he was dead,but she decided to believe that he would come back when she pushed her innocence over her maximum sychronization rate in the combat with a level 3 akuma,which he did.When he came back,she was so happy she cried and said it didn't matter that he was not able to save a fallen comrade,because she said she was sure that he saved his soul. 

So...that's the introduction...stay tuned for more...