A/N So here is the new and improved version of the prologue! I hope you enjoy and thank you to these reviewers;

kpoplover-97 - Thank you for complementing the story! I'm glad you enjoy it so far.

sparklehannah - Well, I hope you enjoy this version just as much as the other. And yes, I am actually thinking of making it longer.

SakuraKoi - Well, here is the better version. It includes more than the original!

Disclaimer: I do NOT own -Man. If I did, somethings would be... different.

P.S. This version will be similar to the other, except this time I'm adding something else.

Prologue

Before the Alma Arc, After the Phantom Thief G Arc

Allen sighed and sat down, looking at the Science Department. It was a bigger mess than usual, and there was a very simple explanation for all of it. Komui. He made another Komurin and it rampaged, destroying the whole division area. Reever, Johnny, and Gigi somehow also bribed us exorcists into helping. Looking around, he saw Lenalee scolding her brother.

"B-B-But Lenalee-!" Komui was cut off by Lenalee, who hit him on the head with her clipboard. The short-haired girl huffed and walked off to see what she could help with, leaving her brother on the ground, holding his head. Allen chuckled and looked at Lavi, who fell asleep next to him.

"Lavi!" Allen tried to wake him, but he was interrupted by glass shattering. Turning around, he saw Miranda and Krory looking at each other confused. From what Allen could tell, a potion tipped off of the pile of books beside them and fell on them. "Are you okay?" He called over to them. They looked at him, then back at each other.

"Mrrrow?" Miranda asked and everyone groaned, "AGAIN!?"

"Nii-san! I thought you got rid of that potion!" Lenalee yelled at Komui who looked away. Krory tried to say something, but it came out in barks.

Allen sighed again and looked back at the bookman beside him. "Lavi! If you don't wake up and help I'll drop these books on you!" Allen threatened, holding up the pile of books beside him. Lavi opened his eye and looked up at Allen, "Fiiiine. But you owe me~!"

"Hey, Allen, what do you think this potion is?" He looked at the potion Lavi held up, "I don't know. Why?" Lavi gave him a mischievous grin and Allen shuddered, "No." Before Lavi could try to persuade Allen to try out the potion, Komui hit Lavi from being kicked by Lenalee, and Lavi accidentally threw the potion onto Allen from the impact.

CRASH!

"Ah! Allen!" Johnny and Reever ran over to Allen, who was sitting on the ground now, rubbing his head. Getting the glass out of his hair, they looked for the flask that held the potion. When they found it, Gigi yelled. "THERE IT IS!"

They all looked at him, confused. "There it is..?" Reever asked and Gigi nodded. "It's a potion I tried to confiscate from Komui. It's a De-Aging potion he had supposedly made for Lenalee."

Everyone's gaze went straight to Komui, who laughed nervously. "Nii-san..." Lenalee mummered and Komui sat up. "All I know about it is that it turns a person back into a child. Most likely the age of seven, eightish. I wouldn't really know anymore seeing as I was following a how-to make list a scientist dropped."

Allen stiffened, catching the attention of Lavi and Lenalee. "Allen..?"

"Huh? Oh, it's nothing. Well, I best prepared to be turned into a child." He got up quickly and left, leaving Lavi and Lenalee looking at each other confused.

The next day, Allen was late to breakfast. Lenalee and Lavi walked over to his room and knocked, "Allen? You missed breakfast.." Lavi opened the door, finding Allen still asleep in his bed. Lenalee shook him awake gently, when she noticed the change.

"Allen-kun..?" She asked as he opened his eyes. "Hmm...?" He yawned and sat up.

Lavi raised a brow and walked over, "Yo, when did you get the new look?"

Allen looked at him confused, then hopped out of bed and ran over to the mirror, touching his hair. "Oh no..." His hair was now a reddish-brown and it went down to his shoulder blades. Studying his face, his scar was gone and his eyes were more stormy than usual. Allen turned back towards his friends and noticed they were staring at something. Following their gaze, Allen's eyes widened. His left arm was red and scaly, with black fingernails and an unusual green cross on the back of his hand.

"Even that reverted!?" He exclaimed, catching the other two people in the room off guard. "Wh-What do you mean?" Lenalee asked and Allen sighed.

"This is how I would look if I hadn't tried to resurrect Mana using the Earl. It seems everything reverted but my height and talking style. Hopefully this stupid potion doesn't revert memories..." Allen shuddered at the thought and Lavi walked over. "Hey, Allen, why isn't your left arm moving? On it's own I mean."

Lenalee looked at him confused and Allen scratched the back of his head, "It seems my arm has reverted to the time before I activated it. My arm before activation was paralyzed." He explained. "It made work a little harder, but I managed somehow."

"Paralyzed? Can you try to activate Crown Clown?" Lavi asked Allen, who nodded. "I can try."

He looked down at his arm and concentrated, 'Innocence, activate!'

Nothing happened. "... Well... It seems I can't activate Crown Clown..." Allen looked back up. Lenalee gasped and Lavi sighed. "Oh how do we fix this?"

"Hopefully, Komui will finish that antidote soon." Allen stretched. "Anyway, can you to leave?"

"Huh? Why?" Lavi asked and Allen gave him a look. "So I can change."

Lenalee blushed and ran out of the room, and Lavi grinned, following her.

Allen met up with them in the cafeteria, "Hey, Lena, do you have an extra hair tie on you?" He asked standing beside where she was sitting. "Yeah, here you go." She took out a hair tie from the coat pocket and handed it him. "Thanks." Allen mumbled through the hair tie as he put his hair up into something simple.

"Allen~!" Lavi jumped onto him. "What is it Lavi..?" Allen pushed him off and sighed. "Komui said he wanted you after you ate. Heya Lena-Lady." Lavi grinned.

"Che, who's that?" They heard Kanda. Allen looked behind him and glared at Kanda, "It's Allen, BaKanda."

"Moyashi? What's up with the stupid look?"

"It's Allen and this is my natural look."

"Che, whatever. Just move out of my way."

"Grr..." Allen was pulled away from Kanda before they ended up fighting again.

Allen walked up to the counter and Jeryy looked at him. "Hmm..? And who is this cutie~?"

"Jeryy, it's me! Allen!" Allen grinned as Jeryy made a surprised face, which melted back into his usual happy smile.

"The usual I'm guessing? All in large portions?" Jeryy asked in a knowing smile and Allen nodded happily. "Go find you a seat and I'll bring the cart over when I finish~."

When Allen finished his meal, he noticed Reever calling him over. Walking over Reever patted his shoulder, "Komui wants you. Be safe, who knows what he'll do."

Allen laughed and nodded, beginning his walk to Komui's office. When he entered, Komui gave him a smile. "Good news or bad news?"

"Uh, good first." Allen sat down. "Good news, we're currently working on an antidote." Komui said motioning over to Johnny with the chemistry set. Johnny waved then continued working, mumbling something about not getting any sleep.

"Bad news..?"

"Bad news, Link will return in 2 days." Komui sighed and Allen groaned. "He's a good guy and all, but sometimes he can be a pain..."

Komui chuckled and Allen sat up, "Is that all? Or is there more I should be wary of?"

"The antidote should be done in about a week. Survive until you can, also, anything we should be wary of child Allen?" Komui asked.

Allen looked uneasy, "I'll admit I don't remember much before and a little during Mana. It appears I have some amnesia of that time, so I can't really warn you of anything. Let me guess, the moment Ravioli finds out, he'll want you marking down each second just in case something pops up about the 14th.." Allen sighed.

"You probably shouldn't call Inspector that... He won't like that."

"See if I care."

"Haha... You may leave now." Komui watched the boy leave his office and closed his eyes. 'Hopefully... nothing bad will happen.'

The next morning, Allen had been late to breakfast. "Come on Lena-Lady! He must be sleeping in again!" Lavi laughed as he knocked on Allen's door. There was a loud crash inside and they entered, finding a boy on the floor.

"O-Oww..." He rubbed the back of his head and Lenalee walked over to him, "You okay, Allen?"

"Y-Yeah... It seems my body shrunk while I was sleeping... Not used to this tiny body.." He looked up at her. His clothes were a dirty and tattered, his shirt wasn't all the way tucked in. It also looked like he just got out of a fight, bruises and scratches lined his body along with a few small scars and old blood stains.

"Allen... Why are you so injured? This couldn't have happened just by falling out of bed." Lavi said looking over Allen who winced in pain.

"As I explained to Komui, I don't remember much of my life before and a little during Mana. I don't know why, but I do know if I run into anything from my past, it'll probably trigger something. Can you help me up?" Allen asked and Lenalee helped him.

"You two go on ahead. I need to think about something." Lavi smiled as Lenalee picked Allen up. "Okay, come on Allen! There is something I want to show you." Lenalee smiled as she walked out of the room holding Allen who looked embarrassed.

Lavi watched them and once they were out of eyesight and earshot, he sighed. He hated lying to his friends, but he wanted to know a little more than Allen was letting on. Looking around his room, he opened the closet and found a tattered case opened with pictures and posters. It was also filled with little other things like a dusty ball. "Is this..?" He looked closer at the posters and saw a clown with a boy on his shoulders, a wide smile on his face. The child looked like how Allen currently looked, so he assumed this was from when he traveled with Mana(who he assumed the clown was). There was a newspaper clipping and Lavi lifted it up so he could see it in better lighting. Gasping, he quickly put it back, besides, he shouldn't even be looking through his best friend's stuff. Standing up, he walked out of the room and closed the door behind him.

He finally found Lenalee and Allen after roaming the halls for a while. She was showing him the Finder recruitment area, and he looked around. "How's he doing?" Lavi asked Lenalee when he walked over.

"Better. I looked over him on the way here.." She said right before breaking down into tears. Lavi looked at her surprised, "L-L-Lenalee!?"

"He doesn't know it, but he has 4 broken ribs! And I'm pretty sure that's not all!" She said through her tears. Lavi hugged her and looked at the boy, who didn't seem to notice anything. He... looks distant. All of a sudden, yelling was heard. Looking over, they saw someone being rejected.

"I'm sorry sir, but could you please go to the rejection line? We have other people waiting." A senior Finder tried to reason, but the rejected person kept yelling. Looking at Allen, he noticed the fear on his face. "Shit..!" Lavi let go of Lenalee(who was calming down) and ran over to Allen, who suddenly passed out.

"It triggered something in him!" Lavi yelled over to Lenalee who ran over and picked Allen up gently. "Take him to the infirmary, I'll go get Komui!" Lavi began to run as he saw a blur of black and auburn passed by him. Lavi ran straight to Komui's office, not even stopping when he passed by Bookman.

"You say he just passed out?" Komui asked, looking at the boy worriedly. Lavi nodded and Lenalee held Allen's hand. "He'll be okay, right?"

"Yeah, it just seems something triggered within Allen, making the last part of the potion's effect take place faster than anticipated. He should wake soon, but I don't think he'll remember us. I remember I made it so the potion would not only change the body, but mindset as well." Komui said.

Before Lenalee could get up, Kanda stormed in and grabbed Komui's uniform collar. "You, me, outside, now." Kanda ordered, dragging Komui away. A few moments, they both returned, but Komui was beat up. "Aww, so Yuu-chan does care for Allen~." Lavi grinned and Kanda glared at him.

Head Nurse walked in just as Allen groaned. "He's waking up!" Lenalee said, looking at the boy.

He sat up and slowly opened his eyes, "Damn Cosimo..." He mumbled and everyone's eyes widened. D-D-Did Allen just swear!?

Looking around, the boy glared at everyone, "Where ta bloody 'ell am I ya bloody wankers. I bet yer all a bunch o' pedos." Allen growled and everyone was stunned. THIS IS KID ALLEN!?

Kanda was first to recover, "What the hell are you saying, Moyashi?" Allen's glare traveled over to Kanda, "What are ya? A tranny?"

Kanda was very tempted to pull Mugen out, but Lavi quickly stopped him. Bookman walked in and stood in front of Allen.

"What is your name, boy?" He asked.

"Don't have one. People jus' call me Red, 'cause of... mah..." He trailed off, glancing at his arm, which was covered by a long sleeve shirt and a glove. 'Thank goodness...' "I answered yer question, now answer mine. Where ta bloody 'ell am I?" He glared at Bookman again.

"You are currently in the infirmary of the Black Order. We are a group of people who work under the Vatican." Bookman kept it short. Red's eyes widened, "Vatican...? Like a Catholic Church..?" He asked and Bookman nodded.

"Hey, Al-Red, can I see your arm?" Komui asked kindly and Red instantly darted out of the bed and tried to escape, but Lenalee blocked him.

Red turned around and looked at them, frightened. "I swear I ain't no demon! Jus' please let me leave and I'll nevah return! I promise! Please don't burn or beat me!" He begged and Lenalee gasped. 'There's no way... But it's true.' Lavi thought grimly and Komui slowly made his way over to the frightened boy. Lenalee hugged him and snapped Red out of his fright.

"Red, we promise we won't do anything of the sort." Komui smiled again. "But can I please see your arm?"

Red looked at his arm, then reluctantly nodded, wiggling out of Lenalee's hug, he took off his shirt. Head Nurse looked at the boy and her gaze softened. You could see his ribs, he was so skinny. He looked as if he barely ate a thing. Komui inspected Red's arm, "It seems what Lavi said was true. We'll keep you with us for a while, is that okay?"

Red's look hardened into a glare, "I can't. I got work, and work means food. Besides I got ta return to tah circus."

"The circus..? Ah! Right! They said that we could watch you until they return! They went into another town, so currently we are watching you." Lenalee smiled and Red glared at her. "Really? Gah! They sold me off! I knew they didn't want me!" His growled, his British accent making it sound weird to Lenalee.

"Sold you? No! They just didn't want you to get-" Red broke Lenalee off, "in tah way. Ya ya, I 'erd it from all ovah. Lies, don't let them get to ya." Red sighed, looking annoyed. Suddenly his stomach growled and Lavi grinned.

"Hungry?"