Essence
Summary: Kanda have no respect for Finders, even less in his first months at the European Headquarters. They in return feel very much the same. Much is still to be learned about the new, bad tempered exorcist from the Asian Branch.
Chapter one
"Chief!" Komui looked up when Reever ran into his office.
"Yees?" Komui asked, a little suspicious. He had no intention of working that day, but if Reever had gotten wind of that.. well, let's say the result wouldn't be pretty.
"You've gotta come. General Tiedoll and Marie are both away on a mission and the situation is getting completely out of hand and we need you to.."
"I wont work! I have a lunch appointment with my darling Lenalee and you can't force mee!"
Reever looked a little bewildered at the chief. "What? No, it's not that!"
Komui looked positively relieved. "Oh good!" He paused, a little annoyed.
"Then what?"
"It's that kid Kanda! He got back from his mission this morning! All the finders that went with him died, and the whole order seems to be ganging up on him and Tiedoll or Marie isn't here to prevent him from saying anything stupid AND WILL YOU PLEASE FOLLOW ME BEFORE SOMEBODY GETS HURT!"
Komui looked a little startled at Reever. And then, without any complaints, he ran out the door, followed closely by Reever.
oOo
"I've heard he ditched the Finders who were hurt.."
"I was told that he ..."
".. expect, he's a real nasty piece of s.."
"How come he always return alive?"
".. heard that he uses Finders as shields, to keep himself from dying!"
"No way!"
"I've heard that too!"
The voices around him were buzzing like angry bees. Kanda had returned to the headquarters that very morning, alone but with a piece of Innocence. The teen had reported in, unharmed and had delivered the Innocence to Hevlaska before going down to the mess. He was annoyed, tired and hungry. He'd arrived in the mess just as the big lunch run began. He had an entire table to himself, much to his enjoyment. To say that he disliked the others company were the polite version. He loathed them. Except maybe for Marie, and that only because the blind exorcist knew when to shut up and leave him alone.
Kanda ate slowly, a scowl firmly in place on his young face. He hated that he couldn't have food brought to his room, like he had when he was a part of the Asian branch. Here, at the European headquarters it was - for some idiotic reason - required to be 'social'. He'd only been in the European branch a little more than two month and he could still count the times he'd actually eaten in the mess on one hand. Despite his 14 years, he'd been away on missions most of the time. But since the fucktard known as Tiedoll had proclaimed that he was too young to travel alone, he'd been forced to travel with Finders. Which, he gathered and almost smirked, had secured his reputation as the most anti-social, ill-tempered foul mouthed exorcist that the Black Order had the pleasure of housing. That meant he was left alone when finally at home.
Kanda didn't regard anybody with much else than contempt, and he expected the idiots to leave him alone. If they didn't, well then he would very kindly ask them to fuck off. The only one he tolerated - and at that barely - speaking to him were Komui and that only when the supervisor gave him a mission. The damn sister complex should be locked up.
Kanda were eating silently, enjoying the thought of having successfully managed to make everybody leave him alone. He did notice the angry buzzing around him. The hushed voices. But he didn't really acknowledge it as speech and he couldn't be bothered to actually listen to the words. He had his eyes firmly placed on the bowl of soba in front of him with no intent of looking up. The dumbass Finders that seemed to pour into the hall pissed him off beyond reason.
Because of this he didn't notice the group of Finders walking towards him, with angry eyes and clenched fist. Kanda first noticed them when the largest of them - he hadn't really bothered learning anyone's name - slammed down his hands, staring at the young man.
Kanda didn't flinch, didn't look up. He continued eating, much to the dismay of the man in front of him.
"Punk, look at me."
When the Finder - whose name was Matiss - still received nothing but silence and cold arrogance from the exorcist, his eyes narrowed in anger. With a snarl he wiped the table, causing the bowl of soba to fly off the table, smashing against the wall. The mess fell silent, everybody's attention focused on the exorcist and their comrade.
"Look at me when I'm talking to you!" Matiss growled. He was rewarded with an reaction from Kanda.
The youth slowly put down his chopsticks, before looking calmly in the eyes of the man in front of him. He looked the man up and down - the finder being at least two heads taller than him. He blinked, unimpressed.
Matiss leaned in closer. "Me and my friends here, we were wondering - how come you always return alone?"
Kanda rolled his eyes at the man's weak attempt to sound intimidating. "Because unlike you retards I know how to keep myself alive." He made to stand up, but was showed firmly back in his seat by the hands of two Finders behind him. He threw a nasty look at the two finders, who found themselves taking an unconscious step backwards. "Don't fucking touch me." Kanda growled.
He glared at the big Finder, his patience running thin at alarming rate. Matiss cracked his knuckles. "We don't believe you." the angry buzzing from the others had started again.
"Che, not my problem."
Kanda reached for his tea, and Matiss saw this as his clue to slam the cup of the table. The big man gasped in pain when his punch was blocked. Kanda stood up, throwing Matiss of balance. The man quickly caught himself, and with a angry yell both he and several others threw themselves at Kanda. A hard punch landed on the teenager's cheek, and would've sent any other flying. Kanda merely turned his head, a bruise quickly forming were the punch had hit him. Matiss breath was ragged and his face filled with anger. "You little bastard. My brother was killed on your last mission. He was an excellent finder, years of experience! What did you do to him!?"
Matiss lifted his fist to punch him again, but was yet again caught. Kanda squeezed the mans hand so hard that the sound of bones cracking against each other could be heard by those surrounding them. Matiss yelled in pain and Kanda pulled the much bigger man towards him.
"I told you to not fucking touch me." and then Matiss soared through the air, slamming into the Finders standing behind them.
Matiss landed hard, and got on his feet quickly and turned around ready to engage again. The Finder froze, the gleam from a blade a few inches from his eye causing whatever plan of attack he had to quickly disappear. The angry voices drowned out, as the other occupants of the mess stared in shock, fear and anger at their friend Matiss, lying helpless on the floor, and the much hated exocist Kanda Yu who had his Innocence weapon pointed directly at Matiss, an unattractive frown on his face.
Such were the scene, when Komui and Reever burst through the door. The chief quickly scanned the situation. The finders around Kanda, the one on the floor, Kanda pointing Mugen directly at him. Komui took a deep breath.
"Stop this at once!" yelled Reever, dashing forward at the two. He was ignored. Kanda took a step closer to the finder, bringing the blade closer to the others eye, a wicked look on his face. Matiss yelped and scrambled backwards, crashing into the table behind him.
"Kanda, stand down." Komui's voice trailed through the room as he walked slowly towards the pair. The air was thick with tension.
"Fuck off Komui. The coward had it coming." the teen growled, advancing on his prey. Others began yelling as the blade touched Matiss' chin, drawing blood. The finder was absolutely petrified.
"Kanda!" Komui said. He didn't yell, he didn't raise his voice.
"Stand down. That's an order!"
Kanda froze, throwing the chief a sour look. Then he lifted Mugen in a quick motion before bringing it down. Matiss screamed, as did many of the other in the room.
A crash echoed through the mess and the surrounding audience dared to take a look. Matiss was shaking on the floor, his eyes wide and a cold sweat trailing down his temple. The table behind ham had been cleaved in two. With what seemed like very little effort from the scowling exorcist who, with a smirk on his face, sheeted his sword before turning around, walking towards the exit, Finders quickly moving out of his way.
Nobody said anything. Komui glared hard at Kanda as the youth approached him. As Kanda made to pass him, Komui stopped him by catching his left arm.
"You've gone too far this time Kanda." Komui said, his voice serious. The teen shrugged.
"Che, I told them not to touch Me." was the curt answer. He wristed his arm free from Komui's grasp. "I'll be in the forest if you feel the need to punish me." the latter was said with such arrogance and self-confidence that it caused the angry buzzing to start again. Komui sighed, and lowered his arm. Kanda walked passed him and through the door, disappearing from view. The chief looked back over the mess.
"What happened?"
TBC
Kanda is awesome. Prick ass annoying Kanda is amazing. The Finders have a point, but who can argue with the fact that everybody simply should stop being so damn stupid.
Chapter two is coming up.