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Lavi turned around abruptly but seeing only a disgruntled Kanda following behind him, he turned back and continued walking slowly towards the white light. The forest really tested their nerves, with each snap of a twig causing them both to jump.

They had just encountered a group of level one akuma and their instincts were telling them that there was more in front of them, where the innocence lay. Their boots trampled onto the soft, damp mud, trying to find their way through the darkness.

'I think we are near,' whispered Lavi, pointing the light that just lay in the next grove. Kanda nodded and they both fastened their pace, the white light nearing with each trampled step. Just as they reached it, a young woman stepped in front of their way and smiled.

Kanda pushed Lavi back the unsheathed mugen. The woman's smile widened and she grew into a huge level two akuma. Lavi hands also flew to his innocence when another level two popped up behind them. After that, they just came swarming in from all sides, surrounding them.

Kanda lowered mugen and looked around them, concentrating on something, almost. 'When I say go, leap for the innocence, alright?' he muttered to Lavi. He nodded and Kanda sliced the nearest akuma in half. Nearly all of them turned their attention to Kanda and he drove the katana through all of them, dodging bullets and different attacks.

'Kaichuu ichigen!' he roared, 'NOW, Lavi!'

Lavi ducked down from behind of Kanda and ran towards the white light, unnoticed by the akuma. He grabbed the centre of the light and immediately, it ceased to shine. 'Shit,' muttered Lavi as the akuma's bullets were now aimed towards him. They neared him, ignoring Kanda who was doing his best to keep them away from Lavi.

He kept the innocence in his hands and closed his eyes, grabbing for his hammer. Then – as if the innocence itself was trying to protect them, it produced another light, except this one had all the colours of the rainbow in it, and all the akuma suddenly ceased to exist.

The last thing Lavi remembered seeing was Kanda crouching over him, a worried expression on his face. His surroundings became foggy and he fainted onto the ground.

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Kanda slammed his hand onto Komui's table. They were back in headquarters, Kanda had carried Lavi all the way back to the hotel they were staying in and the finder's took care of the rest. This was possibly the most faultiest mission Kanda had ever had.

Not only had the innocence disappeared, but the akuma had disappeared too. And the worst part was, somehow, somehow he seemed to have developed cat ears. A stupid pair of black, furry cat ears. His hands reached his ears and he felt them, shuddering at the soft velvety feel. But that wasn't all. Not only had his appearance changed, he also developed some kind of super hearing.

He could hear peoples conversation miles away if he wanted to and he found that he could shut it all up if he wanted to. He would have welcomed this if it wasn't for those pointed ears.

'So what you are saying is that this… cat ear is permanent for me?' he shot at Komui, who was shrinking back into his seat at Kanda's rage.

'Well… yes… but be thankful, Kanda! At least your not like poor Lavi,' he tried to reason.

Kanda stared. 'What do you mean?' he asked suspiciously.

'Ah… Yes… I was going to ask you about that as well. Lavi has… um… kind of turned into a rabbit.'

'What?!' Kanda wrinkled his nose.

'Um… no, not entirely. The only thing that changed in his appearance in that his ears – like yours, grew into animal ones. But his ears turned into a rabbit's one.'

'Thought so,' Kanda muttered.

Komui ignored the comment and continued, 'Most of his human instincts have gone, replaced by rabbit ones. So basically, he will have trouble walking and running and grasping concepts that any other human would find obvious. But he can at least talk and listen… But he might not be as bright… I hope bookman wouldn't mind.'

'So… when you say you wanted to as me a question…?'

'Oh yes, I was getting to that.' Komui coughed briefly and looked a bit uncomfortable in his seat. 'I have a new mission for you. Umm… Can I ask you to take care of Lavi until the time comes when I finish the antibiotic?'

'Antibiotic? That means that I can have one as well… right?' Kanda insisted.

'Um… no… When I tested you two, I couldn't seem to find a way to malfunction the cells in your ear to resume it's original form… Sorry…'

Kanda sighed. 'Alright then. I'll take care of Lavi. For how long and what am I supposed to do?'

'I can't really answer any of the questions accurately… I have no idea how long it will take me to finish the antibiotic, but at least 8 months and as for the second question, um… I honestly have no idea. All the basics I guess. Because his rabbit senses would have taken over… then… I think you would need to teach him how to go to the toilet and stuff… but he won't remember after I inject it so…'

Kanda clenched his jaw. '8 months,' he muttered to himself. 'Where is he?' he asked Komui.

'Informatory. You can take him to your room from there.'

'What?! He's going to sleep in my room?!'

'Err… yes… You won't be going on any more missions because privately, I think Lavi would need 24 hour supervision…'

Kanda suddenly had a strange urge to hit something. He pursed his lips and swept out of the door.

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The informatory only contained of Lavi sleeping peacefully on one of the beds and a few nurses gawking at him. Kanda irritably shooed out of the room. 'He is not a some monument to be stared at – go away.'

He turned his attention to Lavi and sat onto a chair, only slightly staring at the boy. If truth was to be told, Kanda did think that Lavi was quite cute, curled up in a ball, his rabbit ears poking out of his head. He held out hand and patted Lavi's ears fondly, revealing in the velvety feel. His nose twitched and Kanda had a sudden urge to laugh.

It must have been a side effect because of his new cat ears… He seemed to be acting strange today…

Lavi stirred and Kanda immediately withdrew his hands. Lavi's eyes opened and he sniffed around the room, looking around eagerly. His eyes fell on Kanda and he sat up slowly, edging his head towards him. He saw Kanda's hand and he poked it with his nose, sniffing it.

Kanda couldn't help it. He broke into a wide grin and he chuckled good heartedly.

'Come on Lavi, let's go to my room,' he said kindly. He just couldn't bring himself to snap at the rabbit and he wasn't going to remember it so he didn't need to force a façade.

'Lavi?' he said slowly. 'Am I Lavi?'

Kanda stared at him. He knew that Lavi would come out a bit… retarded, but this was just too much. He didn't even remember who he was.

'Yes. Your name is Lavi. You are an exorcist of the black order.'

Lavi blinked innocently. 'I get rid of evil spirits?'

'That is the definition of exorcist, yes, but we are a bit different. The millennium earl has created artificial devils, really, and with the help of the Noah's, he is planning to destroy the world.'

'Noah?' he asked, more innocently still.

Kanda just sighed. 'Don't worry about that. Anyway, I will be taking care of you until you get your memory back,' he said, feeling like a airhostess.

'Taking care of me? What do you mean? Are you my dad?'

But even the most innocent of remarks got to Kanda and no matter how cute Lavi was, Kanda still had his limit. And that one went right past it.

'Listen, Lavi. I am not your father, and I have absolutely nothing to do with you. We are not related at all. You are just some stupid rabbit that I picked up and you will listen to what I have to say and follow my instructions. Got it?'

'So you are my master then?' he asked.

'Yes, basica- hey wait! No, that's not it! What I meant was that you should listen to what I have to say because I want to help you with… uh… life problems. I do it free as well.'

'So what are you and what am I?'

'Oh forget it,' Kanda said exasperatedly. It seemed that it wouldn't be so easy to communicate if after all. He didn't seem to be a complete rabbit, which was a relief, but he was too smart to be so dumb. His vocabulary was too large for knowing so little.

'Just follow by what you said.'

'Yes master,' he replied.

Kanda stared at him for a while and decided that this was probably better than having an annoying Lavi always finding new ways of pissing him off. He could get used to a obedient Lavi…

'Don't call me that. My name is Kanda, Kanda Yuu.'

'Master Yuu,' Lavi grinned mischievously.

Kanda took what he just thought back and cursed silently. It seemed that no matter what form Lavi was in, there was absolutely no way that he would change… even when he lost all his memory. The old incentive to hit something was back…

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