Hello! Well, this OC struck me while I read about five or six manga plus three animes at the same time, so you will catch some of the things pretty quickly. I portrayed my OC as a physician because I have knowledge about one and know a few who's one. On the side note, my other stories got a bit harder to write since there's a lot of things to cover before I can finish it, and this was way more interesting to me than it should. So... yeah, you have that lol

It is KandaxOC, so he will be OOC at one points or another.

This story will mostly be told from a third person point of view, and will only be in first person once in a (long fucking) while. And, yep, profanities ahead ladies and gentlemen.

I DO NOT OWN DGM. If I do the stories will go darker and bloodier than it already was...

Chapter One: Newcomer

"A new doctor, really?"

"And she's an exorcist, too."

"A woman doctor smarter than the current chief? You're joking!"

"She's also very kind, I'm telling ya."

That probably summarized the things they've been talking about this past few days, really. Eavesdropping in the cafeteria actually updates you to almost everything you need (or just want) to know.

Allen had heard about her for the quite a while now, and a lot of finders were so fond of her they had erected a secret fan base (sort of) with Lavi as the head. He had asked the redhead what's with the new exorcist, and Lavi only winked and said to check her out on his own. So he slapped Lavi upside down and went his own ways.

A few days later, after a mission where he had got himself enough injuries to be forced to the medical ward (which, if he recalled correctly, was exactly one week after she was recruited) and met the new addition. She was a tall Asian woman with black hairs and chocolate brown eyes, her lower face concealed in a surgical mask as she examined Toma (who had a cut wound in his back). He saw her nametag only briefly; Akihiro Rei.

Japanese, huh?

"Hello, there." She had said, jolting him out of his mind. Allen looked up as she pulled her mask down to reveal her warm smile. Her eyes wandered to where the Rose Cross was, and she lit up. "Ah, an exorcist, I see! I'm sorry I haven't introduced myself to you guys yet."

"Ah, that's not a problem!" He said, regarding her with the same kind of smile she gave him. "I heard from Lavi – faintly – that Komui-san asked for you to work part-time as a physician? That's kinda nice. Oh, by the way, my name is Allen. Allen Walker." He offered his hand.

"Akihiro Rei," She said and took his offer, shaking it twice and gestured for him to sit down at the examining table. She wrote something down, pulled out the chart, and flipped a few pages. "And yes, since I graduated from a far-away med school and worked at a few hospitals before as a Trauma Surgeon, Komui-san saw it fit for me to work here, as well."

"Trauma Surgeon? You must be very good, then." He offered with a bright smile as he took of his coat. The nurse – the head nurse, he corrected himself absently – pulled the curtain close.

"Define "Good"." She murmured and put on her frameless glasses, pushing it up her nose with her index finger. "Anyways, let's see to your wounds first, and we will talk after. Shirt off, please."

He complied and sat in silence as she examined him – palpating here and there with a hum once in a while – and recorded her findings in the chart. After she was more or less done, he asked tentatively. "Um… Akihiro-san…"

"Rei is fine." She stated. "Can I call you Allen?"

"Sure, uh, Rei-san," Somehow he felt the need to treat her as a good and proper senior. She is more of an older sibling than that jerk Kanda. "I am kind of curious about your Innocence. I only heard it is a suitcase…?"

"Hmm? Oh, yes, it is." She replied absently as she pushed him toward the minor operation theater, where a lot of people were having their wounds cleaned up and stitched. Rei, despite her look, had a lot of strength, as she shoved him down quite easily with one hand while the other fetched the dressing kit. When she finally cleaned the blood from the wound, she made a sound. "Ouch."

"Um… what was it?" He asked, nervous.

"Well, looks like there's a lot of – what's this, gunpowder? – in your wounds, so I'll have to be a little harsh." She made a face again and put on a pair of white sterile glove. He paled when she draped two square gauzes in antiseptic, one for each hand, and…

"Are you going to rub it off?"

"Why yes."

"Oh my –"

Needless to say, he was very sour and unable to move afterward.

And that's the first time Allen met her, a kind doctor who's (not) gentle.

And his question about her Innocence was left unanswered.

The second time they met was probably after he returned from a mission with BaKanda (why Komui-san had to pair him up with that jerk all the time, he just had no idea) and reporting in at Komui's office (of course, with that idiot). They were greeted by the young doctor, who was discussing something with the Supervisor, with this gloomy air about them. She noticed them from far off, and stopped whatever she's saying at once.

"Well." She began, sounding a little nervous as she frowned. Her deep brown and unreadable eyes were locking onto him for a few seconds, then to Kanda, and then to Link who's behind him. She mumbled something to herself before turning to face Komui. "I think we'll have to figure that out, sooner or later, Komui-san."

"I agree, I agree," His reply was quick, and forced. "Anyway, aside from that, there is something I'd like you to check out. We're able to procure remains of a few Akumas, and I'd like you to join me in the Autopsy."

She glared at him for a few seconds. "…how?"

"Trust me; you do not want to know."

"I still do."

"Alright." He said, resigned, as he put his coffee mug (with bunny) onto his desk and rubbed at his nose. He waved for Allen and the others to come in and take a seat first before explaining. "You remember that one in the Grotto –"

She paled. "Oh my god, are you –"

"I told you, you do not want to know."

"Yep," She agreed flatly. "Now I regret even asking. So, if you don't mind, I just got pinged by the CCU that some idiot just sticks an ICD with a trochar into the patient's lung. I'll just excuse myself out now…?"

"Why don't you tell me that before?" He slammed his fists onto the table. She didn't flinch. "Just go already, Akihiro-kun."

"Mhm."

When she reached the door and was about to turn the knob, Komui stopped her with a cough. She only tilted her head slightly and hummed. The Chinese man seemed hesitant, unsure, and pensive. Then he gave her a smile, a kind of smile Allen had never seen on Komui's face before. "Thank you."

"Why should you?" She shot back immediately, a coy smile crossed her feature as she winked and put a finger to her lips. "It's my duty, sir. And it's not like I was forced or anything."

"Oh, one more thing," Komui said and held her there. When she turned around to face him, Komui brought up black suitcase with golden linings. "I have finished analyzing it. This thing is a masterpiece."

She smiled and caught the thrown suitcase with one hand and, in a single fluid motion, threw it over her shoulder. "I told you so. Well, I'll be off now. Give me a holler if you have a mission for me."

And she left.

"What was that about, Komui-san?" The question left him before he even knew what he's doing. He heard Kanda grunted in disapproval. Allen had shot him a dirty glare as he put the reports on his table. "And where is Fray-san? Was she not your secretary?"

"I asked her to excuse us a moment prior. It's a private conversation," Komui said, rubbing his knuckles rather nervously. "It's about dead Akumas and their corpses; she said something about performing Autopsies before."

"Um… why?"

"Who knows?" He asked back, his eyes casted to the side. "Don't worry about it, Allen-kun. Anyway, welcome back. How's the mission?"

"Why do you always insist I work with this idiot?" Kanda deadpanned as he entered into, yet again, another glaring contest. Allen had been trying to give Kanda's head a new hole, and was stopped only because Link strode and stood in between them.

Kanda only huffed, crossed his arms, and looked off to the side.

"The mission's fine, I guess. But this idiot here," Allen jerked his thumb at Kanda's direction, and got a snarl in return. "He broke the mountaintop into a thousand bloody pieces and caused an avalanche. We almost died, but we did not thanks to Link's Flaming Wing."

"Haha, you only fear death by snow because you suck, Beansprout."

"The name's Allen!"

"Would you please stop that?" Komui said, although he already knew that would be of no effect. Despite their bickering, Allen and Komui both knew that they worked well together… well, not on emotional level, but you do get the point. "Anyway, thank you. I'll be waiting for your written reports, but for now, report to the medical wing."

"What? Why? We've got no wounds." Allen stated.

"Akihiro-kun had made it very clear that no exorcists who had come back from a mission be neglected. All must be thoroughly examined and only let loose once there's no injuries found."

To his surprise, Kanda only groaned and nodded, walking off.

"Why's he not upset?"

Komui laughed nervously. "He got his shoulder popped because he disobeyed her a few days ago. I think he… had learned not to anger a certain person."

He was surprised, truly. Only Lenalee managed to force him to do something, but getting shoulder popped? Oh, speaking of that… "Komui-san, what is Rei-san's Innocence? I heard it is a suitcase. That suitcase, I presume?"

"Yes, and before you ask, it's already in that shape when Daisya dropped her by us." Komui replied casually, taking a small sip from his cup of coffee. He frowned a bit and continued. "The suitcase, from her words, is like "A folded Swiss knife" – it's a shapeshifting equipment type weapon she called IXA."

"What is it? A gun? A sword?"

"A sword that can morph its hilt into shield, and from her words, there seemed to be more. And her Synchronization Rate on the Innocence is 97 percent."

"Oh? She's a near-Critical already?" Well, from her demeanor and the vibe he got from her, saying that he was surprised was only half-right. "So is she waiting for a teacher?"

"Hmm, sort of, yes." He replied, twiddling his pen absentmindedly. Another frown appeared, and it was gone as fast as it came. Allen caught this, but he decided against saying anything. "I'm thinking about assigning her to General Sokalo… as mad as he may, she did mention that her weapon works on the same basis as his. Anyhow, Allen-kun, you really should see Akihiro-kun now, or you might get grinded to death by her boot."

"Get –" His words were lost as his mind recited his words. "What by what?"

"Trust me, you don't want on get on her bad side." He said with a kind of smile that shouted "I've had first-hand experience!" into his face. He just got chills by looking at fear-stricken face of the Chinese man. "Just go. I'll be seeing you later, Allen-kun. And you too, Link."

"Alright, then. See you later."

He did get his face acquainted to her boot when he arrived a bit late that day.

And his second impression is this; do not step on her foot. Ever.

….

"You suck, Link."

"I'm not. It's just that Johnny is good at this."

"Well, it's your turn now. I'm waiting."

One more week later, they were sitting in the cafeteria, with Link playing chess against Johnny on Jiji and Reever's request – humor him, they said – and this is the third and final game for the day now. They've been stuck here for at least four hours trying to beat each other, to no avail. Link took game one, and Johnny game two. This one will decided the winner, and Allen (plus Lavi) were trying their damnest to demoralize Link.

Lenalee and Daisya looked with great interest as Johnny made a move to counter Link's bishop, and the latter groaned, scratching at his two-dots absently. He closed one eye and sighed, returning to rubbing his chin in order to (try) solving this problem.

"Well, what have we here?"

They all turned to the voice, which belonged to Akihiro, who had a piece of bacon in between her teeth and a tray of medium rare stake in her hands. She poked her head in between his and Lavi's shoulder, stared at the board for a minute before laughing. Puzzled, Allen asked, "Um, what's funny?"

"Seems like our Inspector here has caught himself up in quite a bind," She remarked with an amused smile as she silently asked to seat beside them, with which Allen replied by scooting over so she could sit next to Link. "If I were you, inspector, I'd snap that bishop down to E3."

"What?" Both players said simultaneously. She ignored them and put a piece of steak into her mouth.

"Well, it's your game, Link-san. My advice, though; if you don't do anything soon, you're going to get caught in a deathtrap."

"What deathtrap? My pieces are defending each other nicely."

She smiled quite tauntingly at him. "Are you sure?"

It was Johnny turn, and she silently asked for his permission. She moved in a way none of the two would, and Link almost laughed. It was a few turns later when the things she said become apparent; she had caught Link in a terrible lock down, where every piece get eaten or – ahem – cock-blocked when moved. Link groaned and slammed his head on the table.

"Told you so," She said, putting the last bite of the steak into her mouth. "You are very good at this, though… just a little short-sighted, but definitely good."

"I'm going to take that as a compliment," Link stated bluntly. "Where did you learn to play chess, Ma'am?"

"Just Rei is fine," She waved him off. "I had a childhood friend who loved this game. We played it together. We're still tied in points to this day."

"Aha. That explains it."

"And, oh, Allen, Link-san," She mentioned, and after counting with her fingers, added, "Also Lenalee-san and Lavi-san," Before pointing her fork at the rest and stood up. "I heard Komui-san have a mission for us. See you in a few?"

"Um, sure?" Allen said questioningly and let his voice trailed off when she rounded the corner and disappeared, leaving a chessboard and a group of awe (and dumb) stricken people behind. He heard someone cough, and Allen took it upon himself to clear the board. "Well that was a nice game. Should we get going now then, Link?"

"I should think so," He mumbled quietly as he got up to his feet. Allen could hear Lavi whistling in approval and Lenalee watching the direction with which Rei had went in awe. The CROW started at the two for a time, and then; "Sorry to say, but I think we should hurry a bit. I heard she hates people who are not on time."

"I have never seen her hate someone," Lavi pointed out bluntly, slapping the table softly once and sprung to his feet. He then offered Lenalee a hand, in which she graciously accepted. "Well, maybe threatening someone, yes, but I have not seen her expresses anything akin to hatred."

"We'll see about that."

Once they arrived at the Command Center, Rei had already donned her exorcist uniform; on the inside is a black sleeveless shirt with straps much like their usual exorcist uniform, and she wore a black overcoat with the tail split in two and stopped just around her knees. There was something – a mask, Allen reckoned, steel-like and blood red – hanging at her side. Her suitcase sat just around her right leg as she turned her head to greet them.

And across from her was Kanda, who had his arms crossed and his face set in a neutral expression. His eyes followed her gaze as they walked in.

"Ah, there you are. Alright, Komui-san, time for mission briefing."

"I'm still amazed at how quick you can flip your switch and your clothes." The Supervisor remarked with a smile on his face as he waved for the five of them to come in. Rei remained standing with arms crossed while Lenalee and Lavi each took one end of the couch. Once everyone is settled, Komui coughed once to bring their attentions to him.

"Let's hope this is not another mission in the alcove," Allen heard her mumbled under her breathed before Komui talked.

"So, the finders reported in missing civilians in Russia, about a hundred miles away from Lake Bikal. It's said that there was a small town there, and every night someone would just vanished. It took only a month for the whole village to evacuate out of there, and so that place was left barrens. But it is a good location for hunting and living in General, so we are going there on two accounts; to establish local contacts for the future, and to find out and exterminate Akumas that we find."

"Good god, that sounds like the Alcove." She said, throwing her head backward and sighed. "Komui-san, do not call me a beacon of bad luck."

"You said it, I didn't." He joked back, then settled down again as he handed each one a file. "You'll go to Chita, first, then you'll have to go there by foot; right now most carriages services are on hold due to increase raids in the roads – we suspected that to be from the Earl's influence."

"Alright, then," Allen said, flipping the page a few times. "When do we leave?"

"Now."

"Fine." Kanda said forcibly, clicking his tongue once. "Let's go, Beansprout."

"The name's ALLEN."

After they arrived in Chita, Rei told the others to wait for her in the town's hotel and went out gathering information alone. Allen learnt from the finder – Gozu – that she could speak Russian, which made her three-language speaker, and she was fluent in all three. As much as he'd hated the idea of letting her go alone, her logic of too many people going might attract Akumas convinced him otherwise. She had hid her crest under her overcoat, and since she was still new to the Black Order, she doubted that the Earl would have that much information on her.

Besides, no one (not even Kanda) could refuse her request…

…Especially when she was cracking her knuckles like that.

"I heard Chaozii and Daisya found her." He stated to the air, hoping to learn a little bit more about the woman.

Lavi hummed as he leant back against the chair, both hands clasped behind his head. "Yep. From what Komui told me, they were saved by her when they first met. She single-handedly destroyed two Level Fours, with minor injuries."

"Level Four? And two of them?" Lenalee questioned, and when Lavi affirmed with a nod, she hummed in surprise and awe. "Wow, then she must've been very good. General Level, I'd presume?"

"Her synchronization rate is 97 percent, from what Komui-san told me." Allen recalled, tapping his chin thoughtfully. He frowned and continued; "She must have been close to pass the Critical Point now."

Kanda, who Allen least expected to join the conversation, said with hesitant admittance, his brows knotted together as his eyes gazed out the window into the snowstorm. "She asked me to train her in swordsmanship, and I've seen her Innocence first hand."

"And?" All of them, except for Link, chirped up in curiosity when Kanda said that. The Japanese's eyes lingered outward a little longer as he involuntarily shivered – something he never thought possible to come from the Japanese man before him.

"She called it IXA. When she activated it, the suitcase's interior shaped into black rapier-like sword. It's hard as steel – even Mugen can't make a dent on it – and it has ridiculous sharpness. You've seen the marks in the training room number 1, right?"

Allen recalled – there were four pillars in that room and one in particular had a good chunk at least half its diameter missing…

"Wait," He said. "Her Innocence did that? Without any special skills used?"

"Yes," Kanda affirmed. His hands seemed to twitch a little. "I called it bullshit when she said she didn't know swordsmanship. But she really doesn't; the only thing that made me initially thought she was an expert was because she always aimed her sword at weak points and, in the training, purposefully avoid any fatal points in my body."

"It's to be given, really," Lavi commented from the side. "After all, she is a doctor, and a Surgeon at that. Anatomical knowledges are her specialty. But to think she'd be that adept at using it in combat seems unusual. Did Rei-chan say anything else to you?"

Kanda ignored the urge to ask Lavi why he wanted to know, Allen could tell that much, but the man swallowed the insults down and replied. "I did get curious myself, so I asked. Akihiro only said that she had minimal training in something called Krav-Maga a few years back because some patients attacked other medical staffs, so the hospital she was with at the time issued a standing order for the members to be trained."

"I didn't strike you for the type to ask about personal matters, Kanda," Allen commented without any ill-intent he would usually have.

Kanda frowned deeper, if that was even possible. "I don't know that either."

Lavi seemed a bit uncomfortable now, and he shifted in his seat. Allen asked him with concern looks, in which he said without verbal prompts; "That's odd; I've never once in my life heard of this Krav-Maga before."

"I guess Bookmen can't know everything." Allen murmured.

"That's the problem;" Lavi said. "It's our job to know everything. I know about any and all martial arts there is, trust me, because it is essential in recording and understanding wars. There's no way in hell I won't know one. I even have knowledge – although minimal – about even the most reclusive like Istunka or the more famous ones like Gatka or Shastara Vidiya."

"Maybe this is one of the new ones?" Allen said, a bit surprised by Lavi's rather unusual nervousness. The red-haired bit his nails repeatedly.

"Maybe. I'll ask gramps about it." Lavi finally caved in. When Allen thought the subject would die down. Before any of them could diffuse the tension, the door to the hotel room there were in burst open, and Rei (whose shoulders and hair were covered in snow) walked in with her pitch black suitcase, now slightly bloodied, clutched tightly in her hands.

She sighed and scratched the head. "I was going to suggest waiting 'till the storm passed before making our way to the lake. Guess what happens."

"My eye didn't detect any Akuma," Allen stated bluntly, looking at the woman who now gave him an unreadable glare. His eyes turned to Lavi, who looked as dumbfound as he was. So he asked. "What happened?"

"The disappearance was caused by a group of Akuma specializing in remaining hidden. From what I gathered, it seemed each of them was accompanied by a Magic Ladybug –" She slapped her face so loud Lenalee jumped, and dragged her fingers passed her face with a groan before continuing. "So your eyes will be useless in this mission, Allen."

"And where did you get that –" Lavi began, but then, after a long look at her Innocence, with a few scratch marks and dents here and there with black blood on the casing, he understood. "– Ooookay, forgot that I ask."

"I manage to wring out something from the ones I killed," She said, fishing from her coat a small green object – an Innocence. "I have no idea why in the world would they carry this around – in a closed container – but at least it's now in our possession."

"Where are the rest of them?" Kanda asked.

"At the lake. They said there's around a thousand Akumas gathered there."

"A thousand!?" Allen half-yelled. Lenalee gasped and Lavi was torn between wanting to throw up or just accepted the fact and started analyzing. Kanda, as per usual, seemed annoyed by the sheer number. Link, from Allen's edge of vision, visibly frozen as his eyes now locked on the Japanese woman.

"We can't charge in recklessly." Lavi stated, rubbing his chin thoughtfully, his green eye flickering out the window. "We have to –"

As he started mumbling, the others listened closely. But then Allen realized Rei wasn't paying much attention, instead her concentration was pointed at the Innocence beside her. Her fingers fidgeted at the handle, rolling something that looked like a numeric lock back and forth repeatedly.

After that, they argued about their best course of actions. A thousand Akumas were like a throwback to their time in Edo. They were lucky then, because the Earl was distracted and General Tiedoll was there. Lavi had suggested that Link used his Crow gimmicks to slow the flanking ones down, but the latter said that he couldn't hold Akumas off that long. And then there were the fact that they didn't know the composition of the Akuma forces. If there are more than a few Level Fours, this will become an impossible task.

"Uh… guys?"

Rei said amidst the raging chaos, and all stopped to look (or rather, glare) at her. She scratched her chin thoughtfully as she pulled the suitcase upright so that it was clearly in their view. "IXA has… certain gimmicks to help deal with flankers and long-range shooters. I can do a support and let you fire at will while protecting you."

"No offense, Rei-chan," Lavi said, both hands in the air. "I speak only for myself here; I don't know you that well. I didn't mean that I don't trust you elsewhere, I'd gladly let you operate on me. But I've never seen you in battle, so I don't know your thought processes when fighting. I can't put my life in your hands."

"Lavi, that's uncalled for!" Lenalee scolded.

Allen, however, agreed with Lavi. The only reason he would let Kanda looking after him in the field is because he knew the man, how he fights, and can adapt accordingly. "I have to agree with Lavi here, Rei-san. I'm sorry."

To their surprise, she only shrugged. "Well, I can relate. In operating theater, the best surgical team is the team that knows each other well. You can't do complicated surgeries when your anesthesiologist can't monitor the blood pressure to your likings or the scrub nurse can't tell what piece of equipment you're going to use next."

"You're quite open-minded." Lavi stated.

"I'm only a rationalist, Lavi-san." She said with a smile and got up. "I can lure a few Level Fours – if there are any at all – to follow me. They can't crack IXA's defense that easily. I can guarantee you that."

"Won't you be endangered that way?" Lenalee inquired, worried. Rei only laughed light-heartedly and waved her hand in denial.

"I've been fighting two Level Fours alone before. I think I'll manage."

"That's just reckless, Rei-chan." Lavi protested.

"Wasn't like we're getting any other choices." She shrugged and got up to her feet, stretching her body as she went. Pulling the black scarf coiling around her neck up to cover her lower face, she said; "We have to do this soon. From what I interrogated from the Akuma, they planned to wipe this town out in a span of a week. The longer we wait, the more lives we lost."

"Well, let's us settle with the third plan then. Rei-chan will lure the strong ones and the most troublesome ones out. I and Link will cover you guys. Yuu, you and Lenalee can stand at the center and took them out. Allen, shot those shooters down from the sky as fast as you could."

"Roger that!"

The storm picked up its pace as they trudged through the knee-high snow.

Their visibilities were hampered so severely that any ambush was, in the least, guaranteed to have some casualties. It was a bad moment to choose to attack, but what Rei had gathered cannot be ignored; the lives of both finders who still needed time to evacuate from this region, and those of the villager, were all at risk. And from the villagers' knowledge, the storm had just started and would last for more than a week. That narrowed down their option to one.

Allen squint his eyes to try to have a better look at his front. Kanda was walking in front of Lenalee, his left arm shielding his eyes as he followed Lavi and Link, whose weapons and charms were ready to be deployed at any given moment. Allen's arm itself had already changed, since he was a rear guard along with Rei. Speaking of Rei –

Her weapon was as Kanda had described it; pure black rapier-like sword with thicker-than-normal blade, razor sharp edge, and as broad as a man's arm. The hilt was protected from above by cup-shaped guard, and the front of her knuckles was covered by black, single-scale strip that extended from the top of the handle to almost the bottom. She had the blade rested on her shoulder as she walked beside him, her eyes scanning around them carefully.

The wind howled so loud that they had to shout to talk. Since he was not quite sure what to make of her seemingly carefree stance, he asked. "Rei-san! Why would you place your sword on your shoulder like that!? Wouldn't you be unable to react when the fight starts?"

"This?" She said back, less forcibly than he did. No one in front of them could hear their conversations, he reckoned. "The blade is heavier than you think, and this stance is actually historically, theoretically and practically correct! You can swing it top-down faster than if you carry it at your side!"

This, he didn't know. And since he himself wielded quite a heavy blade, he had got to ask. "How?"

"You're already at half swing in this stance! My blade pointed up into the sky, and even if the range is diminished a little, the reason that you cancelled a part of your strength needed to carry the blade means you can swing harder, even if it only works at first strike, it allowed you to react faster!"

"I see! Thanks for the tips!" He shouted back. That was actually a good one.

She smiled under her scarf and looked forward. "Well, looks like we're there."

No sooner than the words left her mouth has the swarms of Akumas, now protected against Allen's eye, descended upon them. To his surprise, Rei was the first to act; she bolted forward past the front guard and swung the blade down. As fast as she had told him, and as strong as she had bolstered. IXA cut a charging Level Three in half. In a fraction of second, she leaped into the fray, stabbed the closest Level Four in the eye. Grabbing the a Level Three with her other hand, she turned to look at them before throwing both the Akumas and herself into the snow and drew one more Level Four and a lot of Threes to her.

"Rei-chan!" Lavi shouted. Even if Chaozii and Daisya said she was good enough to destroy two Level Four on her own, that number – Allen would estimate it to be around a hundred or more – would be a bit too much for even a General in this kind of weather. Before he could pursue the woman, he was forced to activate his Iron Hammer to stop a barrage of fire from killing them.

"We can go help her later!" Kanda bellowed through the storm, slashing Mugen through the air and summoned the Netherworld Insect upon the many Level Three. A Level Four sneaked around his back, but was stopped by Allen's Crown Belt.

"How many Level Four here, Lavi!?"

"Two that I can count!" Lavi replied and called fourth his Seals. "Fire Seal! C'mon, roast these pieces o' shit up!"

The fire snake rose from the ground at his command and, even if they couldn't quite destroy the Level Threes, most of Level Twos in the area were burnt to ashes in that instant. The fire snake then headed down and crashed with the profaned angel and pushed it far back into the line, giving them some time.

"Two-moles!"

Given that it was not the time for banters, Link nodded. "On it!"

The yellowish papers flew from under his sleeves and snaked past the other Akumas at the front and bound the Level Four to the ground. And with that, the stage was set, with the exorcists stood beside each other in a line against one Level Four, the other immobile at the moment, and a fuckton of Threes.

With a grin, Lavi said; "Let the dance begin!"

Kanda and Lenalee rushed up to take on the Level Four, leaving Allen and Lavi to fend off the small ones and keep those things off their backs. Link did a splendid job keeping that one Level Four and some of the flankers at bay, the white-haired sourly noted, while Lavi seemed to be having too much fun at swinging that gigantic hammer of his around.

Allen called for Crown Belt and cut the incoming Threes into pieces, their blood and oil sunk into the snow, dying it with such profaned color that did not belong to the pure-whiteness at all. He grabbed his left wrist and pulled at his arm, calling forth the Sword of Exorcism.

With what Rei had told him earlier, Allen placed the sword on his shoulder and noticed the effect it had – his arm muscles are much less tired compared to constantly holding it, and while the numbers of swing was reduced, it had been wickedly compensate by the speed and strength of a single swing. Allen then experimented on it by going full throttle at ten demons that bolted his way.

With a single, powerful strike, they scattered and lay dead at his feet.

"Nice one, Allen!" Lavi called as he spun his hammer in front of him, blocking any projectiles from the horde. "Quite a swing, that 'ne."

"Rei-san literally told me this a few moments prior." Allen informed Lavi and resumed the process; took a stance, bait and attack, swing, repeat. No more than a few minutes and more than fifty Akumas were downed.

"Jesus, that woman is suuuupppppaahhhhh scary."

"On that, we can agree."

The Clown then threw his had forward, with white Crown Belt cutting through the air and whizzed past Lavi's only eye, striking at the ambushing Akuma and threw it into the one trying to sneak at the defending Kanda, making both of them tumble off balance and buried deep into the snow.

Speaking of snow, Lenalee did fine because her boots allowed her to grace on the wind and air itself. Kanda had a harder time fighting, since he relied more on his mobility on ground than his strength (but, Allen thought admirably with a little bit of grudge, that Kanda's strikes did make his sword-arm numb once). And thus the Akumas – who had come to realize this – changed their targets and aimed for Kanda instead.

The Level Four, out of nowhere, drew out a bloody-ass giant hammer off of its arm and smashed it down without mercy. Lenalee was in time to get Kanda out of the way, but they ran into another Level Four, now freed from its restraints.

"Lenalee! Yuu! Watch out!"

Suddenly, however, the snowstorm receded and the lingering, thick blankets of white dispersed into thin air. This made Kanda tumbled (since he probably was standing on the snow itself rather than the ground) and saved both his and the Chinese's head by avoiding the blow. The two false angels collided against each other and knocked off a Level Three's head.

"The fuck?" Kanda hissed, quickly sprung to his feet while aiding Lenalee to hers. The Japanese looked at them. All the Akumas they had killed, one was probably the cause of the snowstorm…

"Rei-chan?" Lavi chirped.

"Link!" Allen cried and called out a great numbers of white strings, binding and tangling the Akumas in his wake as he made his way toward Link who had doubled over with blood seeping from under his gloves. "Are you alright?"

"I'll be fine," He wheezed. "I just can't use the spells anymore, so you will have to make do with what you have left."

"Thank you, Link." Allen said with a smile and straitened up. He and Lavi cracked their necks as they glared down the remaining few Level Three – about fifty or so. "Lavi, we've got to help those two quickly."

"Don't need to tell me that twice, ya lil' beany." Lavi said.

"The name's Allen, idiot Lavi."

In the distance, a great beast roared.

There you have it! Well, the updates will be pretty sporadic, so please forgive me since college is pretty demanding. And I am pretty unpredictable when it comes to writing fics, since I often switched between playing games, reading, writing, writing music, playing music... yup, that's a lot of multitasking.

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