Secrets of my heart

Reannion Ashor was a teenager and at eighteen she had the normal teenage girls duties and that was helping her mother and father out in the store they ran in a small town. Rea was what they called her for short was a beautiful blonde with big blue eyes and all the boys in town thought she was the most gorgeous girl they had ever seen. She was sweet and kind and never had anything bad to say about anyone. Reannion had busied herself one day with doing the stock for the store. As she scribbled down what they needed she began to feel a pain in her head, this had been happening more frequently lately. But her fear wasn't the headaches it was her being able to see in her dreams, because Reannion was blind, she was born blind. She had learned to get around very well and function as any normal girl would without her disability, her writing skills and drawing skills even amazed her own parents. As she sat in her parents store she tried putting aside the dreams and not thinking about them but for the past week they had happened almost every night and she didn't know how much longer she could keep it hidden from her parents.

Her sweet and kind disposition was already changing to her being sad most of the time and very irritable. She tried her hardest to keep her good outlook on life but it was when the dreams started the night before she knew something was seriously wrong. The dreams seemed almost real to her but they were more like nightmares of strange creatures attacking her town and destroying it. But there was also something else in her dreams and that was a man. What really pissed her off about the dream was she couldn't see his face, all she knew was he wore a black outfit with a cloak draped around him and he had a sword. It was a very powerful sword from what she remembered of the dream and he used it to fight these creatures. The only thing that stuck clear in her mind was his long black hair that he wore in a ponytail with two strands that hung on each side of his face other than that she remembered nothing about his face.

This man began to haunt her thoughts to where she almost obsessed about what he looked like. She would sit and draw out his picture but the problem was the face was always blank. Sitting there with a picture she had just drawn she sighed and crumpled the paper up and put it to the side 'Why? Why don't I ever see your face?' She thought dropping her face in her hands and the pouting looked that crossed her face caught her mother's attention "Still fantasizing over that boy in your dreams are you?" Rea slightly smiled at her mother and sighed "He's real I know he is? My dreams are too real for him not to be." Her mother sat down the box she was holding and walked over to her daughter and knelt beside her "Well if they are that real then he must be also." Rea loved her mother deeply, her mother was the only one that truly believed she was actually seeing things in her dreams. Although her mother was more concerned about what Rea had told her about being able to see in her dreams then she was about this mysterious boy.

Kanda had been on a mission searching for some innocence that was detected in a small town. He was sent to find it and bring it back by Komui although Komui hadn't given him much details about it Kanda figured it was just a normal mission. Sitting by the road taking a rest he figured he'd make it to the town in a day or two so he decided to rest some and start again tomorrow when it got light. He sat against a tree slowly closing his eyes. He liked the silence of the space around him and as he sat there he realized it was more silent than usual, not even a bird was chirping and he thought that quite odd as he lazily opened one eye and looked around. There was a strange feeling that came over him for an instance but then he shook it off thinking maybe it was just the strange place he was in. As he closed his eye he must have dozed off.

Reannion was in the middle of one of her nightmares as the creatures in her dream began to demolish her town. She began to get frightened in her dream she was running for her life from this strange creature. Her thoughts were of the man that usually appeared but where was he? She stopped and looked around but he was nowhere to be found. She screamed out as she began to run again only to be surrounded by these creatures and as they began to come near her she screamed out for the man to help her and right before her eyes he appeared, his cloak blowing in the wind and he began fighting the creatures. She watched in amazement as he fought and killed every one of them. When he was finished he walked over to her and knelt down next to her putting his hand out "Oi are you alright?" He asked and she realized this was the first time he had ever talked in her dream as she looked up at him but still she could not see his face as she nodded "Yes."

As Kanda slept sweat began to form up on his forehead as he saw in his dreams a young woman running from akuma as her town was attacked. He went into action fighting the ones farthest away from her till she screamed out and he found himself transported right in front of her facing the akuma that had surrounded her. He sprang into action activating his innocence and defeated them but he still didn't understand how he ended up in front of her when he was across town. As he knelt down in front of her he asked if she was okay and she answered him then all of a sudden he startled himself awake, jumping to his feet he unsheathed Mugen and stood there looking around breathing heavily. Realizing it must have just been a dream he re-sheathed his katana and stood there staring into the blackness of the night 'It seemed so real' shaking his head in disbelief 'What is this strange sensation?' He thought ashis body tingled all over and he felt as if his strength had been used as if he had been in a fight. Reaching up to his forehead he wiped the sweat that had formed on it "Kusssso" he whispered in disbelief that sweat had actually appeared on his forehead while he was sleeping.

Reannion was shaken awake by her mother "Your dreaming again Rea" Reannion's eyes widened "He talked to me this time mother." She said as she remembered the boy asking if she was alright. Her mother slightly smiled "He did huh?" Reannion began to explain her dream to her mother and she had screamed out and the man appeared right in front of her to save her, then he asked if she was alright. Her face saddened "But I didn't see his face." Her mother slightly grinned "Well I'm sure that one day you'll be able to see his face." Pushing her daughter slightly back into bed she covered her and kissed her forehead "Now get some sleep." As Rea rolled over hearing her mother shut the door she wondered if her mother was right? Would she ever see this mysterious man's face?

Kanda had awoke that morning still a little disturbed about last night's events. He decided to walk into town to get a jump on his traveling to find the innocence. He stretched his back out and took his cloak and draped it around him while strapping Mugen to his waist after sleeping with the katana on his lap all night. He began to walk down the road and as he got a little further he saw a small town. It wasn't the town he needed to be at but he figured that one was a few more miles but he could stop here for something to eat. Looking around he noticed a little café so he went inside and ordered some soba noodles which weren't exactly to his liking but he ate a little anyway 'God I miss Jerry's cooking' He thought nearly choking down the noodles as he gazed out the window and saw a little general store across the street. He needed some supplies if he was going to be on the road for a while so he decided to go pick some up. After gagging the noodles down and paying for them, he gave the cook a brilliant Kanda insult as he stormed out the door mumbling under his breath about wanting to eat something raw to get the awful taste out of his mouth he headed for the store.

Reannion had climbed the ladder next to the door to feel for some supplies on a shelf to see if they needed to order more. She was stretched to the point if she stretched anymore she would fall. As she reached around she tried to balance herself a little better on the ladder by moving her foot slightly but when she did she missed the step and began to fall as her mother screamed her name. Just as Kanda opened the door to the shop he saw the girl falling and caught her in his arms. "I'm sorry" she said quickly as he stared down at her "Oi you need to be more careful" 'That voice!' she thought 'It seems so familiar' her eyes then widened and a smile slightly crossed her face as she reached her hands up and began touching his face. He gave her a puzzling look and began to move his face away because he didn't like anyone touching him especially his face when her mother came running over "That's the way she sees your face. By touch because she's blind." His eyes widened some in surprise as he let her run her hands over his face then they went up to the top of his head where she felt his ponytail then back down to the sides of his face where she felt the strands along the side of his face. She got the most excited look on her face "Oh my god it is you." Putting her on her feet he just turned his head wondering who the hell she thought he was till he finally looked at her face and realized she was the girl he had dreamed about last night. His eyes widened as he stared at her "Who do you think I am?" He asked as she smiled brightly "You the man from my dreams. The one that saves me from those wicked ugly creatures." Now he was confused just how the hell this girl was able to dream about him let alone he had dreamed about her also. He figured something wasn't right here as he sternly asked the girl "How long have you been blind?" She walked to the counter and then used her hands to hold onto it while she walked over and found a chair "Since birth." He sighed "I see" Then he walked over and waved his hand in front of her face to make sure she really couldn't see him "How long have you been able to see me in your dreams?" placing her hands on her lap she looked up at him and smiled "For only a week now. But this only started just recently. Before that I never had any dreams like this." Looking at the girl's mother Kanda raised a brow "May I talk to her." The mother nodded as he grabbed a chair and pulled it over and sat down "These dreams you have do they have demon creatures in them that are coming after you?" She smiled excitedly that he knew of her dreams "YES!" Putting his hand to his chin he tried to figure out how he ended up in her dream the night before. He had been having strange dreams the past week but he never remembered them until last night. Raising his head he stared at her "Tell me girl did you have one last night where you screamed out for me and I appeared in front of you?" Putting her hands out she cupped his "Yes" His hands slightly jerked from the human contact which he wasn't accustom to and she semi frowned "What's the matter?" Then she smiled slightly "What's your name?" She asked sweetly as he scowled thinking he was only going to use one name "Kanda" He said sternly as she said it again out loud then she smiled slightly "It seems your my savior Kanda" He pulled his hands away and scowled again "I'm no one's savior girl. I'm an exorcist I kill akuma and search for innocence that has been scattered all over the world." He saw the saddened look cross her face as he said that and he sighed "I'm sorry but I have a feeling there is innocence involved with what's going on with you." She got a confused look on her face as she stared ahead into the black abyss that she had grown to know all her life "Innocence? What is that?" Kanda explained to the girl and her mother about the different types of innocence and that some people are just born with it. He thought that was what had happened here. The girl was born with innocence and it had blinded her when she was born. Her mother gave Kanda a puzzled look as she turned to him "Would that be the reason she is able to see in her dreams?" His eyes widened "You can see in your dreams?" The girl nodded "Yes I saw you but the only thing was I couldn't make out your face." Standing up Kanda walked to the counter and he figured she was an accommodator that was born with this power "This is most peculiar I have never heard of innocence doing that." He figured this was a strange type of innocence and as an exorcist it was his job to seek out new innocence accommodators and bring then to the Black Order. Would it be wise to leave now or should he observe the girl for a while? He made his mind up he needed to stay and observe her for a while. So after calling Komui and him agreeing that would be best due to the fact they had never heard of an accommodator being able to pull someone into their dreams. Kanda then asked the girl's mother if there was an inn he could stay at but she told him they had a spare room and he agreed to stay there to be closer to the girl to watch her. He would observe her all day then see what happened that night after she fell asleep.

As the mother led him up the stairs he turned back to look at Reannion and he watched her as she moved around with such ease provided she was blind. There was only one other person he knew that was blind and that was Marie. He figured if he got the girl to the Order Marie could help her establish her skills as a blind exorcist. Kanda figured the innocence had laid dormant all her life until now when it finally decided to awaken and he wondered what had made it awaken now.