Sage's Apprentice -DGM fanfic- CH 14

After saving them from an akuma, Allen, Lavi, and Kanda brought Silverton to the Sage's home, where it was revealed that she was actually the Sage's Apprentice, not Jethese. It was explained that Nova, Silverton's deceased older sister, was previously the accommodator of Silverton's innocence and therefore was able to attach her soul to Silverton's body whenever the innocence acted on its own, which occurred when the first akuma had arrived in Earthridge. Silverton had been sleeping at that time and the innocence destroyed the akuma while she was unconscious. In that brief moment of time, Nova attached her spirit to Silverton and took over her body. Nova then used this body to flirt with adult men and make her little sister's body look like trash at the bar that Jethese brought the exorcists to. Once the level two akuma showed up and all the exorcists where vulnerable to attacks, the akuma tried to shoot Lavi. At that time, the innocence within Silverton's body reacted and protected him from the bullet. Since the innocence was acting on its own again, Nova's soul was forcibly detached from Silverton's body. Since Silverton had been sleeping the first time the innocence acted of its own will, once it had done it again and forced Nova out, Silverton's body collapsed as she was continuing to sleep. Silverton had absolutely no memory of anything that was happening around her while Nova had control. After everything had been sorted out, Tsamo revealed to Kanda that Silverton was to be the disciple of General Froi Tiedoll just like him.  Kanda knew he was going to be fighting alongside her before long, and it would be best to get acquainted with her now.

It started off with nothing but silence. Kanda and Silverton sat there beside one another meditating without acknowledging each others presence even the slightest bit. Every once in a while, Kanda would peek out with one eye to watch her carefully. He still kept thinking of Nova trying to touch him inappropriately back in the bar. He had a feeling that Silverton was embarrassed about it by the way her cheeks were turning red. It was as if she knew his eyes were on her, despite her own being closed.

"Your eyes - Let me see them." Kanda demanded from out of nowhere.

The girl grunted a bit. Then, she turned her head towards him and slowly opened her eyes, revealing their mysteriously deep blue color.

Kanda nodded his head with gratitude. "You know, when I first met you, your eyes weren't blue. They were violet."

Silverton's eyebrows narrowed with anger.

"Don't give me that look." Kanda stated, "You know it's true."

She made a fist, but instead of hitting him like she wanted to, she simply took a deep breath and continued meditating.

"What's your problem?" Kanda said, just before he realized what the answer to that question was. "You're mad because I'm mistaking you for your sister, aren't you..?"

Without looking at him, she nodded her head once.

Kanda looked away from her and closed his eyes, just as she was. "…You're eyes are much more beautiful than your sister's."

Shocked at his statement, she opened her eyes widely and looked at him cautiously. She relaxed her body and reached over, resting her hand on his shoulder.

Feeling her surprisingly warm touch, the dark haired exorcist turned his attention back to her. He found her face was much different in some way. Up until that point, the only face he'd ever seen her wear was one filled with either anger, pain, or boredom. But now, he could tell from the corners of her lips curling upwards that she was, in fact, smiling.

Moments later, Tsamo's voice called out from the kitchen for everyone to gather for lunch. It was very uneventful, yet again. The only difference really between this lunch and the last night's dinner was the fact that Silverton was now filling the once empty seat beside Tsamo.

After they'd finished, the exorcists packed up their things and departed for headquarters along with the new recruit, Silverton. Tsamo insisted to tag along until they were to exit Earthridge.

"I wonder how she's going to adjust to being an exorcist…" Allen whispered to Lavi.

Lavi nodded. "Yeah…but I don't think we should worry about it. She'll be just fine. She's awfully powerful already, and that's before training with a general. She should be a great ally on the battlefield."

"That's true…I guess…depending on whether or not she's willing to cooperate…" Allen suddenly received a hard punch in his left shoulder. He looked over to see Silverton, who was obviously not happy at how he'd doubted her. "What the heck was that for?!"

She snarled and walked ahead of them with her arms crossed tightly.

Allen glanced over at Lavi and gave him a face as if to say, "Did you just see that bitch punch me?!"

Lavi shrugged his shoulders.

Tsamo walked up to the two irritated and confused young men and whispered to them, "She'll loosen up. Just give her time."

Just as they were preparing to leave the town, a slightly familiar voice yelled out to them, "Wait! Hold on!"

Bookman, Lavi, Allen, Kanda, Tsamo, and Silverton all turned around to see a silhouette of a young boy running after them. When it had gotten closer, they were able to tell that it was the same little boy who'd first tipped them off about Silverton having destroyed the akuma.

The boy stopped once he'd reached them. "You…you aren't leaving, are you?" He seemed to be speaking to Allen, Lavi, and Kanda. "I thought you were going to find it…You were looking for Silverton….weren't you…?"

The exorcists looked at each other with confused faces. "Well, you see…"

"NO!" The boy yelled, "You can't leave until you find it! You gotta find it…" The boy looked very upset for some reason, like he'd wanted to burst into tears.

None of the exorcists knew what to say. They kept looking at each other questionably. They opened their mouths, but no words came out. They all knew who Silverton was, but they weren't sure if they were supposed to tell him, or keep it a secret. The last thing they wanted was a reason to get punched in the shoulder.

Silverton approached the boy, whose face was flushed red with disappointment in the young men who stood before him. She kneeled down in front of him and, for the first time, she spoke aloud. "Why are you crying?"

Kanda and Lavi both dropped their jaws at the sound of her voice. It was significantly more mature sounding than when they'd heard Nova's voice at the bar. Allen and Tsamo, however, smiled a bit.

The young boy wiped snot from his nose with his sleeve. "…I…I ain't cryin'!"

Silverton stroked his cheek with her thumb and showed him the tears that had been running down his face. "Then what is this?"

Accepting defeat, the boy began bawling his eyes out. "You can't leave 'til you find it! YOU CAN'T!"

"You're talking about Silverton?" She asked.

He sniffled. "Yeah…"

She looked at the boy with her bold blue eyes. They showed no pity, no remorse. The eyes she showed him were strong and powerful. When he noticed her stare, his whole body stiffened as he waited for what she was going to say next.

"Why are you crying over Silverton?"

He gulped and answered hesitantly, "Because…because it saved me…"

"And?"

"…and…I need…to thank it…"

"Why?"

"…I coulda been eaten by the monster…but it saved me instead…"

"How are you to know that Silverton isn't a monster as well?"

The boy stared into her powerful blue eyes without an answer.

Silverton yawned and casually scratched her head. "So, you're crying because you wanted to thank Silverton for 'saving' you and you can't because these three didn't find it for you?" she said, pointing to Lavi, Allen, and Kanda. "Pfft. This 'Silverton' thing probably isn't even worth crying over in the first place. Why should you thank it for saving you? I bet you would've been able to take out that monster all by yourself without Silverton, am I right?"

The boy wiped his eyes. "But…"

She flicked his forehead. "No buts! Not unless you're some kind of wimp."

Now his eyebrows narrowed and his tears were beginning to dry up. "I-I ain't a wimp!"

She smiled at him. "Exactly. If anyone's a wimp, it's probably Silverton. I'll bet it darted off after saving you because it was just SO scared of how big and strong you are!"

The boy's face lit up. "You bet I'm big and strong!"

She smirked and stood up in front of him, placing her hand on his head and scruffing up his hair. "Someone as big and strong as you doesn't need a wimp like Silverton for protection! So don't worry about finding it, that would be a HUGE waste of time."

He smiled brightly. His face was courageous and proud. "Yeah, I don't need that wimp!"

The boy's mother was calling out to him again. He looked up at the brown haired girl, who then winked at him and gave him two thumbs up.

As the child ran off, she called out, "Go get 'em, tough guy!" and watched as he turned back to smile and wave.

The exorcists stood there in awe. Her back was still turned to them, as she was watching the boy run off in the distance.

Tsamo smiled proudly. "That was very sweet of you, Silverton."

Silverton placed her hands in her pockets and faced them, finally. Then she started to walk past the men without smiling anymore.

The Sage chuckled and nudged the exorcists who remained staring at her. "That's my apprentice for you!"

Silverton stopped walking and smirked, without looking back at them. "Shuttup, Master…"