Class D. Gray Man

Prologue: The First Encounter-Kanda

I walked into the lunch room with Lavi and short stack and we took our usual seats at the large round table in the corner of the room. Waiting for us at the table was the usual group of Lenalee, Miranda, Krory, Suman, and Reever. I sat in the chair closest to the corner with Suman on my left and the only empty seat to my right. My eyes wandered across the lunch room while I waited for our table to be called up to get food. I had my arms crossed and I was leaning back in my chair so that I was also leaning against the wall.

"Hey did you guys hear about the new girl?"

Lavi of course was our biggest idiot and the king of gossip. The group was now interested In a topic which was good as long as they didn't involve me. My eyes came across a girl about a head shorter than me with long black hair. I didn't recognize her so she must be the new girl Lavi mentioned.

"Yea she's right over there see the one with the long black hair."

"Oh yea I see her she looks nice."

"Are you kidding Allen she looks amazing!"

I rolled my eyes at Lavi's last comment and stood up. I figured since I had nothing better to do at the moment I would go talk to the girl in hopes of a conversation more interesting than anything Lavi could come up with.

"Hey Yu where ya going?"

"How many times do I have to tell you not to call me that?"

"Aw come on you know I can't resist when you've got an attitude like that."

"You're about to see the full extent of my attitude if you don't shut your mouth!"

"Alright alright calm down man I was just kidding. But seriously where are you going?"

"None of your business."

Without further comment I walked away. I could feel Lavi's curious gaze follow me as I made my way across the room to where the girl was standing. She had her back to me still looking around the room.

"Are you looking for a place to sit?"

She turned around quickly and she looked startled. Now that she was facing me I could see her face. Her bright green eyes were looking straight into my icy blue ones. Normally if anyone looked me in the eyes I would glare or turn around and walk away. Bt it was different with this girl somehow.

"I'm sorry to startle you. You looked like you were trying to figure out where to sit."

"Oh um well…I am. I don't really know anyone here to sit with."

"You can sit with me."

"Really? Thank you."

I nodded and took a look around myself. I found a smaller table at the opposite corner from the one I usually sat at and I took her over there. Nobody else sat at the table and there plenty of people in between me and Lavi. I would have gone and sat back at the table with them but if I brought the girl over there Lavi wouldn't leave her alone. Sitting at this table was better. I had no idea why I was being so nice to this girl. Nice wasn't usual my thing.

"So what's your name?"

"Rin Yukari."

"Kanda."

I wasn't going to tell her my first name. I never used it anyway. I knew that whenever lunch was over and Lavi found me again I would never hear the end of it.

"So Kanda is that your first name?"

"No but it's the name I go by."

"Oh what is Your first name then?"

"Yu."

"Oh I see."

Damn she had to ask didn't she? For whatever reason I told her to. I just don't understand why I feel the need to be nice to her. In a normal situation I would've told her that my name was none of her damn business.

"People use to call me by my last name to since there were two of us with the same first name. They would call the other girl Rin and they would call me Yukari."

"So which do you prefer?"

"I don't really care I respond to either one."

"So you don't mind if I just call you Rin then?"

"Nope not at all."

Our table was called up and so we walked into the lunch line. When we sat back down with our food I had an excuse to be quiet which I liked. Again for some reason I decided to be nice and when we were both done I silently picked up her tray and threw it away along with mine. At the other side of the room I saw Lavi flailing his arms to get my attention. I sighed and walked back to my new table.

"I'll be right back my idiot friend wants me."

"Um okay."

After I excused myself I walked over and sat down in my seat.

"What?"

"What's going on over there Kanda? I mean it's not like you to randomly walk up to a girl and start talking to her without any rude or grumpy comments. And it's especially not like you to sit at a table alone with said girl and continue to talk and then you also threw away her tray. This is too nice for the Kanda I know."

"Is that all?"

Lavi got one of his troublesome smiles and looked over at short stack.

"Ya know Allen I think our dear friend Kanda might have a crush on a certain new girl."

"Ya know Lavi I think you might have caught on to something."

I closed my eyes and clenched my fist. The two of them sure knew how to get under my skin.

"I do not have a crush on the new girl."

"Suuuurrrreeee Kanda."

"I don't."

"Whatever you say."

I reached over and grabbed Lavi's scarf and pulled him closer.

"Lavi don't make me hit you."

Out of nowhere I felt a sharp pain in the back of my head. I heard Lavi cry out so I knew he must have been hit to. I looked straight at Lenalee. She looked back at me and then at Lavi.

"Both of you knock it off would you! Kanda quite threatening Lavi and Lavi leaf Kanda alone! That goes for you to Allen."

I stood up and walked back over to Rin rubbing the back of my head. When she saw me she laughed and I quietly sat down next to her. She sounded nice when she laughed. Damn Lavi and Allen might actually be right for once in their lives.

"What happen to your head?"

"Nothing."

Maybe just maybe….

"So what did your idiot friend want?"

I might just like this girl.

"Nothing really he was just being and idiot."

"Oh."

She smiled at me with her head in her hands and her elbows propped up on the table. I smiled back nothing big really just a small smile.

"I can't wait for lunch tomorrow Kanda."

I simply nodded. I couldn't wait for lunch tomorrow either but it wasn't like I was going to admit to it.