The past 2 days, Yuuki is currently running around the Asian branch, and jumping over the railings, swing over to the floor below. She had her red haired pulled back into a ponytail, and wearing a tank top. She has left her leather jacket behind in her room that she was currently staying in.

She has been having the same nightmare, which it seems to her for the past two days, ever since she has heard the female voice in her head. The nightmare felt so real for her. The nightmare involves a brown haired girl that almost gets killed by a man in a hood. She would always try to do something, but always gets there late.

Yuuki knows that Allen was still trying to get his anti-Akuma weapon to activate fully. She sometimes feels like someone is watching her. She would turn around when she feels someone staring at her, but finds no one was there.

She slows down from running, before putting her back against a wall, and sliding down to the ground. Taking in deep breaths, and letting them out slowly.

"Miss Marian," She hears Bak's voice.

"For the last time, just call me. Yuuki." She responds, and opens her green eyes to show Bak standing in front of her, with a serious expression on his face.

"Yuuki, why hasn't General Cross say anything about having a daughter to the Order? Are you even telling the truth?" Bak questions her.

She raises an eyebrow at him, before chuckling, "Cross, My father didn't say anything, because the Order would like me to be their little puppet, since he is one of the generals and powerful exorcist. You can believe me or not, that's your choice. You can always ask Cross, when you see him." Yuuki pushes herself from the ground and stares at him in the eye. She was about to pass him.

"Then what is your business here, then?" Bak asks her, as she turns her head. Her ponytail swings to the side, revealing a red star on the back of her neck, before her ponytail covers it again.

"I am here for my friend, who is going through a tough time. He may be my father's apprentice. He is still my friend. Believe me or not." She responds with a straight face.

"Would you follow Walker if he achieves activating his innocence?" Bak asks and ignoring the star he saw on her neck.

She stares at the ground for a moment.

"Yuuki, you must understand when someone becomes a full pledge exorcist. They have to accept that they may die on the battlefield." Cross says to the 9 years old Yuuki, before putting a cigarette on his lips. Looking out the window of the train, they are currently on.

She looks at her wrist where there was a small cross, before putting the red bracelet to cover it again.

She looks up at him. "What about you? Are you going to leave me?" Tears soon swell up in her green eyes. Cross immediately glances over to her, hearing her little voice breaking. He takes his cigarette in his left hand, as he pulls Yuuki onto his lap with his right hand.

Hugs her to his chest, and chuckles "Not anything soon. Who is going to protect you from the monsters? Huh." Causing her to laugh a little and wrapping her small arms around him. Burying her face into his shoulder, soon fell asleep.

She looks up at Bak and says, "I will follow him and support him. I may not be with the Order. I still consider myself an exorcist."

Bak stared at her in surprise and quickly changing the subject. "Do you know where's Walker at?"

"He is in that room where you took him, trying to invocate his innocence." Yuuki answers.

"Oh, alright. Would you wish to company me to check on Walker?" Bak asks her.

She looks at him, before turning around. "I will meet you there."

Her ponytail swings over to the side and side as she walks. Bak was staring at the red star on her neck. It is very similar to Allen's.

~~❀~~

Yuuki runs down the hall, with changed clothes, not the ones from earlier, as her combat boots hitting the tile floors, finding the door already opened.

She pokes her head inside the room. Hearing Allen say, "I was just thinking, and didn't notice you come in."

Yuuki slides in the room, seeing Bak have a nosebleed. 'Probably Allen hit him by accident; He really needs to break that habit. He did the same thing to me back when Allen was 13 as Yuuki was 14.'

The fourteen-year-old glances over to the white haired boy who was looking out of the window.

"Whatcha does-" Yuuki was interrupted when Allen turn, by accident. His head hit her nose, causing her to hold her nose in pain.

"I am so sorry," Allen exclaimed, seeing the bloodline going down her chin, before running off getting a tissue box.

"It's okay. You didn't mean to. What were you doing anyways?" She cleaned off the blood from her chin and holds it up to her nose.

"Thinking." Allen answers. She looks at him and softens her stare, "About Mana?"

The white haired boy looked at her surprise and nodded. The door slams open, as they turned to see General Cross with a bag of sweets for Yuuki along with alcohol sweets.

General Cross's eyes travel up to Yuuki's face; she was holding a tissue up her nose that was currently had a little blood.

His eyes soon quickly sparkled and turned to Allen, with a dark aura. 'You are dead.'

Yuuki saves Allen from getting punishment from her father.

She misses the conversation between Bak and Allen, only to find pictures on the ground. The pictures contained the same girl in them, only in different situations.

"These are...."

Bak freaked out when Allen and Yuuki look down at the pictures and quickly picked them from the ground, breathing in heavily. "I'm not a stalker...I am absolutely NOT a stalker."

'It seems you were stalking her.' Yuuki sighing as Allen asks innocently, "Do you like Lenalee?"

Soon Bak break out in hives, having hives all over his face. "Bak-sama?!"

"Don't look at me! I break out in hives when I get really embarrassed! Don't look at me!" Bak exclaimed, before falling to the ground.

"Bak-sama." Yuuki's eyes widen at the scene, before running out to get Won.

Later, Yuuki got Won to treat Bak. Bak was being treated as if he was really sick.

"They are just hives, Why all this?" Yuuki whispered to Allen, who nodded.

"Walker?" Bak spoke casually, making Yuuki sweat drop.

"Yes? If you're asking about the pictures..." Allen nervously said, but Bak responded quickly. "Forget them."

"Did you know there's a difference in the activation of a parasitic type and an equip type?"

Allen was surprised and asks, "The equipment type and parasite type innovate differently."

"It's difference is in sensation, supposedly." Yuuki answers, before Bak adds, "A parasitic type dwells within their body and becomes an anti-demon weapon. Correct"

"Yes."

Bak continues explaining. "However, the conformers with the equipment type don't have the same physical connection with their innocence. In addition, it is difficult for the innocence in equipment type to be mastered, even synchronized the mighty strength of the innocence is hard to keep in check. That is why we modify the innocence into an anti-Akuma weapon."

"Turning it into a weapon captures it's power and makes it easier to synchronize. Equipment types synchronize themselves with these weapons and activate them. But parasitic type synchronizes with the raw, unmodified innocence. Excuse me for saying this. But, with the parasitic type, their bodies are like chains that bind the innocence. Their existence itself is an anti-Akuma weapon. "

"I'm a weapon?" Allen questions, making Yuuki glances over at him in the corner of her eye.

"To put it simply, you're still human, of course. When we make an Innocence fragment into an anti-demon weapon, we begin understanding that innocence, by covering which shape, nature, and function would suit best for its abilities. We develop a "Style for it."

"It's possible that you still don't really know your innocence. I've been thinking that the reason why you are unable to invocate is because you don't have a "style" that matches with your innocence ability. The activation is failing."

"I don't know my innocence?" Allen murmurs, as Bak starts coughing, and Won panicking. "Master Bak, hang in there!"

'Aren't they only hives?' Yuuki thinks to herself before Bak took off his head pad and sits up.

"Unfortunately, time is precious, and you can't spend it leisurely trying to understand your innocence." Surprising both young exorcists. "We'll have to take drastic measures..."

~~❀~~

"This place is where we were before, the room with the sealed door. What are we doing here?" Allen asks Bak.

Yuuki looking at the sealed wall with different "I'm going to have you fight a real battle."

"Eh?" Yuuki raised an eyebrow at Bak, before he shouted "For!"

"What a pain."

Electricity sparks were coming out from the wall, soon For pops out. "It's not my job to be looking over brats. Baka-Bak."

Bak states, "She isn't human. She has a crystalline body fashioned from the "Guardian Deity" that my great grandfather made."

"In other words, a warrior that protects this branch. I'm pretty strong, Walker."

Out of the blue, she jumps out and transforming her hands into blade weapons. She goes straight towards Allen. Surprising Yuuki and Allen.

"Your head is mine." She says, before chuckling and turns, kicking Allen's stomach with her left leg, throwing Allen to a wall across the room, making a crater behind him, before he falls down to the ground.

"Are you trying to kill him!?" Yuuki exclaimed, glaring at Won and Bak who were covering their eyes. She turns her head to her some blood on the wall.

"Get serious, kid. If you don't activate your innocence, I'm going to kill you." For states.

Allen stands up slowing from the ground, and Bak explains nervously. "The quickest way to knowing your innocence through combat! A sense of danger causes humans to evolve rapidly! You may find some way of doing it out of desperation. That's what I thought, but I think you should stop now, Walker. This approach might be a bit dangerous after all." Won was nodded agreeing for him to stop. Yuuki was behind him with an insane smile along with a dark aura around her.

Allen splits his blood to the ground and says. "I'll do it." Immediately Yuuki turns over to him, seeing him being serious and determine.

"A plan based on desperation...That might work." Wiping off the blood from his chin with his arm.

"Fine. Just don't get killed in the process. I won't murder Bak." Yuuki said, making the head of the Asian Branch jump in surprise.

"EHHH!!!"

Published: 08/26/16