This is my very first fanfic, so PLEASE be nice! I'll try to keep the characters in check to the best of my ability. I greatly appreciate your comments.

There will be OC's in this fic. please don't judge me! T-T

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"Aniki! Anikiiii!"

"Shut up, kuso gaki!! I'm right here!"

"Hee hee. Aniki, will you spar with me!?"

"Che. No way.You're too weak, twerp." Thwack!

"Aniki, Itai desu yoo! pout You always say that, but how else am I going to get better?"

sigh" Why are you so obsessed with learning this anyway? You don't really have any talent for it, otouto(1)."

"I know, but aniki is going to be the family heir right? As the second son I want to get really strong, that way I can always be there to help you!"

flustered"...l-like I need your help! Besides you've got it all messed up! As the second son you're supposed to try and push me out of the way, so 'you' can be the heir. 'Brothers are born for adversity', remember?"

"That's what okaasan always says, but I'm not like that. I don't want to fight with aniki. I want to be strong, so you always have somebody watching your back."

looks away "...you're..such a baka.."

smiles" I promise to always watch your back, so you have to promise me something too!"

smirk"Fine, since you're such an idiot, who probably can't back his claims-" "yes, I can!" "-I'll always be here to keep you out of trouble..and I'll always be stronger than you, so you don't have to be."

"hmph! Fine...promise?"

"Yeah, yeah. I promise."

I'll always be here

I promise

Kanda jerked awake. He wearily rubbed his eyes as the foggy voices of his memory faded. Crap. I haven't had that dream in years. An ominous sign?The irritable swordsman threw off the covers. He had woken up later than usual thanks to that dream, and he still had to go through his daily training routine. Kanda paused for a moment as old feelings washed over him and swirled like a lazy afternoon tide. Gentle affection, naive faith, and stinging regret for promises broken long ago...enough!

Cursing violently for his moment of weakness, he squashed the emotions and memories back into the grave he had buried them in nearly nine years ago. The exorcist got out of bed, not even cringing at the frigid tiles beneath his feet, and ignoring the sharp burning of his wounds, snatched Mugen and went to his usual training area. All the while feeling a flutter of unease that had taken up residence in his core.

It was just a stupid dream. It doesn't mean anything...right?

...

It had been several weeks since Lulu-bell had infiltrated the Black Order Headquarters. They had taken heavy losses and had only begun to recover. Komui had announced the evacuation of headquarters to the new location only a week ago and the fiasco with the K-virus had set them back several steps. None the less, things had settled down to a somewhat comfortable level.

"Good morning, Yuu-chan!!" Lavi trilled, as energetic as ever. Kanda snapped.

He whipped out Mugen and slashed violently at the cheerful redhead.Lavi barely managed to dodge a particularly furious stroke that could have lost him an arm.

" How many times have I told you!?Don't call me that, baka usagi!! I'll skin you alive!!"

"Good morning Kanda. Your fuse is unusually short today." Allen had just joined their table with his normal tower of plates and began shoveling.

"Shove it, moyashi!!I'm not in the mood today!" Kanda was extremelyirritable today. Not only had he woken up half an hour late, but he had been completely unable to concentrate during his training and meditation this morning. The stupid, anxious feeling in his stomach hadn't dissipated in the least. He just knew something big was going to happen, and they reallydidn't need any more surprises this week. Thus the finger on Mugen was particularly twitchy.

Lavi poked his head out from his hiding place behind Allen."Whoa, what crawled up your ass and died this morning? Did you slip during training or something?"

"Yeah, you don't usually swing Mugen until the second time he calls you-"

"Just..shut up already and let me eat in peace!" Kanda got up and stormed off with his soba to find a hopefully, deserted room to eat in.

"Oh! Yuu! Komui wants to see us after breakfast, so come down to the lab when you're finished!!" Lavi called after him.

Kanda just growled as he left.

"ud's ub wid im?" Allen mumbled as he inhaled his food at an alarming rate.

"Dunno. I haven't seen him this agitated in a long time. You didn't piss him off more than usual did you?"

Allen shook his head, his mouth overflowing with food. Lavi sweat-dropped. His table manners never ceased to amaze.

"Good morning Allen, Lavi."

Allen swallowed. "Good morning, Lena-lee." Lavi pouted at her.

"How come my name is last? Don't you love me too?"

Lena-lee ignored him. "Where did Kanda go?"

"Hmph, no one loves meeee!" Lavi wailed dramatically.He pouted with puppy eyes and tugged pitifully on Allen's shirt.

"Aaalleeenn! You love me don't you?" Allen ignored him as well.

"Probably to find a dark, gloomy corner somewhere to eat. He seemed more pissed than usual."

"Oh. Well did you at least tell him about the meeting after breakfast?"

"Yeah, I told him, but I don't know if he heard." Lavi quipped. He recovered from his depression; no one was listening anyways.

"What does Komui want to talk to us about? We can't be going on a mission, can we?"

"I'm not really sure. Niisan said something about getting aid for the move. I think we're getting reinforcements or something."

"hm" The mood soured. It was impossible to forget about the invasion and the losses they received. They had lost at least a third of the science department and finders. It was a wonder that more hadn't died.

"Well the more the merrier. We need all the help we can get." Lavi said, trying to lighten the atmosphere a little.

"Are they being sent by the Inspector?" Lenalee stiffened. Allen gave her an apologetic look.

"It's possible. Maybe their from the Pope's private army?" Lavi shrugged."I just hope they're not a bunch of stiffs like Two-pimple."

"Yeah."

"I heard that." came a stern voice.

"Yipe! W-what are you doing here Link?!"

"It's not nice to sneak up on people like that Two-Pimple!"

"My name is not Two-Pimple!"

Lena-lee raised her hand like a cute school girl."Um, Mr. Link, is it true that we're getting reinforcements?"

Link gave a curt nod."Yes, what remains of the Headquarters is extremely vulnerable right now, and we will need many hands to aid the move to the new headquarters."

Allen perked up." Do you know who they are?"

Link looked distinctly uncomfortable."...No, I don't. I truthfully have no idea who they are or where they're coming from."

"Wow, Two-Pimple actually doesn't know something!"

"For the last time my name is not Two-Pimple!"

...

Kanda gave an annoyed sigh. Annoyed. Now that was the understatement of the year. Kanda was on the verge of exploding. The day had started off crappy and had completely disintegrated. After leaving the cafeteria in a huff, he had gone back to his room to finish his meal. In his frustration he had sipped his tea without testing it and scalded his taste buds clean off. Then he had torn a hole in one of his exorcist jackets, put his boot on the wrong foot, snapped three hair ties, and throughout the whole ordeal the anxious fluttering in his stomach had upgraded into a nauseous squirming sensation. It was simply Craptastic. It couldn't possibly get any worse.

Ooh, but it could. Right now he was heading down to the only undamaged lab where the meeting was taking place. And every step caused the squirming, gnawing sense of apprehension to grow in magnitude. Kanda would be lucky if he didn't hurl when he got there, and his luck had been horrible this morning.

What could possibly be so important today?

What is this feeling? Why won't it go away?!

Are we going to be attacked again?

What's going to happen today?

...

The surly exorcist entered the room. " Ah! Kanda there you are we were just about to start!" Komui chimed. He gave a glance around the room. Just about everyone left in the order was here. Was it that big of an announcement?

"Sheesh Kanda, you're late. Where were you?" Lavi whispered.

"None of your business, so shut up." Kanda growled tersely.

Komui cleared his throat." Well now that everyone is here, let's begin."

"As you are all aware, we have taken severe losses in these past few weeks. Headquarters has been deemed too vulnerable to stay in and we are evacuating to a new place. We have had many setbacks-" "no thanks to you." "- but there is hope in sight. A General in the Vatican's army has managed to convince the Pope to let him send two platoons of soldiers to help us pack up and move to the new headquarters."

"So only now they send people to help us?!" One of the Finders shouted in outrage."Where were they when we needed them?!"

The others began to voice their discontent.

"Please listen! This man is a close friend of Renny Epstain, the Head of the North American Branch. He's well aware of our situation and is trying to help us. In fact he's been trying to get us help for three years." This silenced the finders.

" The only reason we're getting the help now is because no one thought that we needed it. He and his subordinates volunteered to come here several times but were never accepted. The fact that we're getting their help at all should be reason for gratitude."

"When are they coming?" Lavi asked curiously.

"Tomorrow. That's why I want you all on your best behavior. Major General Flintwood will be arriving with the platoons to help us finish packing and then escort us to the new headquarters."

"These people are here to help us, so let them help. They're not here to replace our comrades, but we will treat them as we would our own, understood?"

The others agreed. Most of them embaressed over their outburst.

Komui lightened up."Good. Now then I'm sure you want to know what kind of people they are bringing." He ruffled through the mountain of papers on his desk."Ah! Yes. They are sending over a team of doctors and surgeons, a full section of their own scientists, a troop of war veterans, and-well, my,my." Komui's glasses gleamed.

"What is it Niisan?"

"Apparently they are bringing three exorcists with them. Wonderful! Just what we need!" The Generals and the other exorcists were shocked.

"Three?! Where have they been all this time?!" Allen exclaimed.

"Well Allen, these exorcists are from the Vatican's army. Most likely they've been guarding the Vatican. Probably couldn't have come to us if they wanted to."

"So the Vatican's finally taking this war seriously, huh?"

"Bakanda! You'll get in trouble for saying things like that!" Allen hissed, glancing nervously at Link.

"I'll say what I want moyashi, and I'm perfectly justified."

"Later boys, now's not the time! I have to go tell Hevlaska! I wonder if any of them are in need of repairs?! ufufufufu." Komui giggled sadistically while the rest of the order shuddered. Those poor, poor people.

Komui coughed in embarrassment." Anyway, that's it. You're dismissed. Remember, on your best behavior!"

Allen, Lavi, Kanda, and Lenalee left the lab.

"Well this is going to be interesting. I wonder if there will be any hot girls." Lavi drooled at the thought. Kanda glared at him in disgust.

Lena-lee sighed. "I'm glad that there are more exorcists. We have more comrades now."

"Che. Don't get your hopes up. They're probably just a bunch of weaklings like moyashi."

"Shut up, Fringecut! My name is Allen! It's not that hard to say is it?!" Kanda and Allen started shooting red bolts of electricity from their eyes.

Lavi interrupted before Kanda could get mad enough to draw Mugen.

"Hey Yuu, what were you so ticked off about this morning?"

"Don't call me that Usagi! And it's none of your business!" Kanda once again strode off into the darkness.

"Oh well, I tried. Wonder what's eating him?"Lena-lee and Allen shrugged.

"Maybe he's stressed out about leaving or something. I mean he's lived here for a long time." Lena-lee offered.

"Or he could just be upset about being surrounded by more idiots." Allen muttered.

" Anyway, let's leave him alone for a while. He'll get out of his funk soon enough." Lavi sighed. There was no use aggravating him any more than necessary. They would try again tomorrow.

" Even with the new guys coming in, we still have alot to do, so let's go." Lavi threw an arm around Allen and frog-marched him down the hall with Lena-lee trailing behind.

...

The irate Asian exorcist slammed the door shut behind him. The only good the meeting had done was temporarily distract him from his agitation. The moment the meeting ended the wormy feeling came back full force. He hated it. The feelings of anxiousness and apprehension wouldn't fade. It wasn't fear, that accursed emotion only weak people felt, no, it was pure anxiety. Something was going to happen to him tomorrow, and his instincts wouldn't give him a break.

At least he knew at least a portion of what was happening tomorrow. All those people. Great, more idiots. Just what I need right now. Was that person he was looking for coming tomorrow? No. nothing ever happens that easy. Then what was it? What in the world could it possibly be?

"Aniki!"

Kanda jumped. He whirled around looking for the source. There was nothing in the room but himself. But I heard it. like it was right next to me!Now he was extremely edgy. He breathed deeply, trying to calm his nerves. Get a grip. There's no way that he's here. Why would he be? It's not possible. Just a figure of your imagination.

Once he had finally calmed himself down, Kanda decided to call it a day and go to bed. He would lose his mind if he tried to finish the day. Kanda took a shower and changed his clothes. He flopped spread-eagle on his bed and closed his eyes.

"Yuu-nii, wait for me!"

Just a figure of your imagination. That's all it is.

"I want to get stronger..."

Ignore it and it will go away

"so you will always have someone watching your back."

It's not real. It can't be.

"promise?"

"yes, I promise."

I'll always be here.

Sooo? what do you think? was it okay?00

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