Chapter 1: Starting Out

So here's chapter one. I hope everyone who reads this enjoys it. Lately I've been really interested in chapter stories so I think I'm just going to keep that up. Don't ask where this idea came from because I'm not entirely sure. Just enjoy. Read and review.


Kanda opened his eyes. His gaze was blurry as his eyes attempted to focus onto the new setting of light shining into his room. He rolled away from the wall onto his back, sitting up, his covers falling into his lap. He felt uncomfortable, like something bad was going to happen that day. Well of course something bad always happened for him.

Sighing he pushed aside the rest of his covers, sliding out of bed and heading into his personal restroom. He glared at his reflection in the mirror and blew some of his bangs out of his face. He reached down and turned on the water, cupping some of it in his hands as he leaned down and splashed it on his face. He looked into his reflection once again, glaring more heatedly.

He turned off the water and made his way back into his room to change from his sleep wear to his exorcist uniform. Once changed he left his room; deciding to skip breakfast.

"Good morning Kanda!"

Said man cringed at the call. He turned around to face Allen. "What do you want bean sprout?"

"My name is Allen BaKanda!"

The samurai turned away from Allen after deciding that he had nothing more to say to the short stack. "Wait! Reever told me he wanted to see you!"

Kanda didn't answer Allen, he of course heard what he said, he just didn't care to answer. His destination changed; from going to the training room to going to the science department.

As he walked he groaned inwardly as he felt an arm sling around his shoulder. He glared out of the corners of his eyes, trying to burn a hole through Lavi's forehead. "Mornin' Yu-chan!"

"Don't call me by my first name."

"Where ya headin' to?"

"That's none of your damn business; now get out of my way before I cut you down."

Lavi only decided to irk the angry samurai, letting go and waiting until he was a fair distance away before he ran full speed at him. And glomped him. Kanda cursed as he stumbled over his footing, Lavi's weight added with his own leaning forward on him sent them both tumbling to the ground.

"What the fuck do you think you're doing dammit!"

Kanda looked up from where Lavi was perched, his hands on either sides of his head, his legs straddling his waist. Lavi gazed into Kanda's eyes, both of them not saying anything. Kanda glanced to the side, suddenly feeling awkward and a little shy. He put a hand on Lavi's chest, pushing just enough to notify the red-head that he didn't want him on him anymore.

Lavi cleared his throat as he crawled off of Kanda, offering his hand, which Kanda accepted. Lavi pulled him to his feet.

"So um, where ya goin'?"

"To the science department."

"Why?"

"How the fuck should I know? Moyashi said Reever wanted to see me, so I'm heading over there to see what's up now."

"Can I tag along?"

"I don't care."

They walked on in silence. Kanda kept his hand on Mugen's hilt, not feeling comfortable. The air around seemed stifled. He felt like he did when he was younger, like it was hard to breathe and all he wanted to do was go back to sleep in that place. No matter how many years he spent at the Order he still hated it, it ruined what poor excuse for a life he had.

Lavi was walking comfortably. On the outside that's what it seemed like anyway. He had his fingers intertwined as his palms rested on the back of his head. He kept glancing at Kanda every now and then, feeling like something wasn't quite right.

"Hey, Yu-chan. You feelin' okay?"

Kanda grunted in response, not really sure what else he should say. As the pair approached the Science Department he noticed Johnny and Reever talking. Johnny nodded his head, looking solemn and melancholy before he headed off. Reever turned away and entered the door leading to the SD.

Lavi opened the door, heading in first since Kanda would get pissed off at him if he held the door open for him. 'I'm not a girl you fucking retard! I can go through a door my got damn self!' is probably something he'd say. He stepped aside as Kanda entered next to him, looking around the room. He frowned deeply and Lavi knew something was definitely up.

"You sure you're okay?"

Kanda looked at him, shaking his head.

"Ah Kanda! I guess Allen gave my message to you right?" Reever asked as he walked up. He looked grim, dark circles under his eyes. But there was something else there. Something along the lines of worry and distrust.

"What is it you need me for Reever?"

"Well, you're not going to be happy about this Kanda."

"Since when is Yu-chan happy 'bout anythin'?" Lavi chimed in.

Kanda glared at him, turning his attention back to Reever. "Well?"

"We'll need to talk in private. Lavi I'm afraid you can't know what's going on, so I'm gonna have to ask you to leave."

"Oh c'mon! You guys let me know everything!"

"Everyone will be filled in as soon as possible, but for now I need you to go." Lavi frowned deeply, feeling something heavy settle in his stomach. "Right, see ya soon Yu-chan."

"Stop calling me that dammit!"

Lavi laughed half-heartedly as he exited the room, glancing back inside with a worried look before the door shut. He decided he'd wait outside the door, not like he had anything else to do.

He sat leaned against the wall just next to the door, sliding down so he was sitting. "Man somethin' 'bout this just don' seem right..."

Inside The Room-

Kanda watched as Lavi looked inside the door with a worried look of his face. Tch, damn idiot shouldn't be worried. He didn't have a reason to be.

He turned his attention back to Reever as he walked away, soon returning with a box. It was a long and thin box, long and thin enough to put Mugen inside.

"I need your Innocence."

"What for?"

"I can't tell you that, not yet."

Kanda growled, glaring daggers at Reever as he untied Mugen from his uniform, placing it inside the box. Reever slid the cover back on the box, turning away. "Follow me," he uttered. Kanda followed him as they walked through the SD. He had to fight the urge to move his hand to his waist to grip the handle of Mugen. It felt like something was missing and he wasn't too happy about it.

"Something's up."

Reever didn't acknowledge that Kanda had said anything. He opened up a door and walked through it, Kanda following close behind. The new room that they entered had a desk and a chair in front of it. The room was dark and damp, smelled slightly moldy too. He looked up, staring at the flickering light bulb that kept the room poorly lit.

"Take a seat in front of the desk, the others will join you shortly. Kanda turned around, "Shor-" the door slammed shut before he could finish. He frowned as he heard the click of the lock. Since he had nothing else to do he walked over and sat in the seat which was placed in front of the desk. As he inspected further the desk was fairly old and worn out. On the other side there was a large black chair with a gold trimming around it.

He slumped into the seat, resting his head on the back of it. He stared at the ceiling for what felt like forever before he heard the door unlock. He sat up, quickly snapping his head toward the door. 'Not a good idea' he thought to himself as he shook his head to rid himself of his dizziness.

The door opened and Komui walked in, Leverrier in tow. Kanda narrowed his eyes at him as he passed by; Reever entered the room as well and closed the door behind him, locking it. Kanda felt as if his throat was closing up on him, his heart beat was ecstatic and he could have sworn you could hear it resonating throughout the small room.

Leverrier sat in the chair as Komui stood next to him, Reever next to the door. "Long time no see Kanda. We need to talk," Leverrier said as he grinned.

With Lavi-

Lavi waited and waited. He would frequently ask people who walked by what time it was, all of them giving different answers, time going on and on. Still no Kanda. 'This shouldn't have taken so long' he thought as he pulled himself to stand, slowly opening the SD door. He peeked into the room, seeing it empty.

"What are you doing?"

Lavi froze, slowly turning around to face Johnny who was staring at him confused. "Oh um, I was just wondering what was taking Reever and Yu-chan so long."

Johnny slowly lowered his head, his expression going from happy to sad within seconds. He didn't answer but instead pushed passed Lavi into the room, Lavi in tow behind him.

He sat as his desk, not sure what else he should say. Lavi looked around, trying gauge where Kanda might have gone with Reever. "Where did they go?"

Johnny didn't answer as he sat down at his desk, picking papers up and sorting them accordingly. He would then sign where he needed to before placing it in another pile for Komui to sign. Which would either never happen, or take a long time to happen. "He's with Komui."

"Where's Komui?"

There was yet again no answer as Johnny continued with his work. Lavi waited for a good ten minutes before he concluded that Johnny wasn't going to answer this time.

This time, what Johnny said had Lavi worried, "Don't worry. They'll be back in a couple of days."

"A couple of days? What for?"

Johnny shook his head, fully blocking Lavi out now. If Lavi studied him farther he could tell he was refraining from crying.

Lavi turned and left the SD, deciding he'd need help with this if he wanted to get anywhere. His best bet was to go to Allen, Lenalee, and one of the best people to help find Kanda. Marie.

First he headed off to search Komui's room, check if he was there before he got all worried about the situation. He opened the door, not bothering to knock. His heart sank a little as he glanced around the empty room, no Komui, no Kanda. He turned around as he heard the click-clack of Lenalee's shoes. "Hey Lavi, what are you doing here?"

"Looking for Komui."

"Is he there?"

"No."

"That's weird, I haven't been able to find him or Reever, their coffee is gonna get cold."

"I'm not really concerned about the coffee Lenalee."

"What's up?"

"Can you keep a secret?"

"Of course I can."

"I ran into Yu-chan as he was heading to the SD. When we got there Reever said he wanted to talk to him. But he told me to leave. I know practically everything that goes on here Lenalee, and the fact that Reever wouldn't tell me what's up has got me suspicious. Not to mention the fact that Yu-chan and him have been gone for over six hours now."

"Six hours?"

"I sat outside the SD waiting for Yu-chan to leave, but he never came out. I went in after Johnny showed up but the room was empty and Johnny seemed really...out of it or sad or something."

Lenalee walked past him and to the desk, putting the coffee tray down on it. "That is suspicious. But did you ever think they might be talking or doing something personal?"

"Yu-chan doesn't have personal problems Lenalee. And Reever and Johnny seemed really melancholy when he showed up."

Lenalee nodded. "I was thinking about asking you, Allen, and Marie to help me look for him."

"I can go find Allen," she suggested. Lavi nodded and headed down the hall to find Marie's room. If anything he'd be their best case.

"Meet me at the training hall when you find him!"

Lenalee didn't answer, but she headed toward the dining hall, since that's most likely where Allen was.

She approached the lunch room, quickly walking in and looking around. It wasn't hard to miss the giant mountain of plates that had accumulated around Allen. She speed walked over to him, slamming her hands on the table, hissing, "Kanda's in trouble," at him.

Allen's head peeked around the table to look at Lenalee. "Wadcha meam en drouble?"

She narrowed her eyes at Allen. He finished chewing and swallowed, repeating himself, "Watcha mean in trouble?"

"Lavi can explain later, but let's go! Hurry!"

Allen grabbed some of his dango as he ran after Lenalee. "Where are we going!"

"Just follow me!"

With Lavi-

Lavi nodded and headed down the hall to find Marie's room. If anything he'd be their best case.

"Meet me at the training hall when you find him!" he yelled over his shoulder.

He didn't get a reply from Lenalee, but he knew she heard him. He ran to the dorms and up the floors until he was at the right place. He then walked down the circular hall until he found Marie's door, raising his fist to knock.

Before he could even get half way there the door opened, Marie standing on the other side of the portal. Of course Marie knew he was coming, he could hear things miles away. Hell he could probably hear Lavi as he left Lenalee to find him.

"What's up Lavi?"

"I need your help Marie."

"Anything for you, but what for?"

"I'll explain in a little, come with me."

Lavi waited as Marie shut his door and they made their way down to the training hall. When they arrived Lenalee and Allen were already there. Perfect, he didn't have to wait.

"So what's going on Lavi?" Allen asked from his spot next to Lenalee.

"Something's going on with Yu-chan and the Science Department. He had to go there when he got a summons from Reever. When we did Yu-chan seemed unusual and Reever seemed sad or something. Then they asked me to leave the SD. I waited outside for Yu-chan to leave but he didn't. It's been over six hours since that happened. I went in there and no one was there. Then Johnny showed up but he seemed even worse when I mentioned Yu-chan. I don't know what's going on but I know it's something bad."

Allen shifted from foot to foot, "So you think they're doing something to him?"

Marie frowned at the statement, remembering the old days. "I sure hope not," he said.

"Well I don't really doubt it. It wouldn't take over six hours for them to just talk."

"Well isn't this great?" Allen asked.

"No, it's not great," Lenalee said as she narrowed her eyes at him.

"I think he was being sarcastic Lena," Lavi said, chuckling softly.

"The air feels heavy," Marie said as he walked around a little. "This isn't good, something is definitely going on."

"We've got to find out," Lavi muttered. His three companions nodded in agreement.

"I'll see if I can't get any information out of Johnny," Lenalee suggested.

"I'll sit nearby and check if I can hear anything inside the room," Marie added in.

"Allen and I will stand by, asking people if they've heard anything."

After everyone's positions were clarified they each took off, going in their respected directions.

Time passed and while Lenalee attempted to get info out of Johnny, Marie listening in for anything he could hear, Allen and Lavi got nowhere. Right where Lenalee was stuck. They met up at the dining hall, discussing what happened. Each of them concluding that nothing, in fact, happened.

They all sat around the door when finally, at the end of the day, Reever, Johnny, Komui, and Leverrier exited the SD. They all jumped up, Lavi being the first to speak.

"Where's Yu-chan?"

Their only response: "The Science Department is closed off to all Exorcists, and all Finders. No one except for the Scientists are allowed in. Not even a bookman is allowed."

They walked each other to their rooms, feeling defeated. Now they knew something was going on. Something bigger than even bookman were allowed to know. And bookman always got into the big secretive things.

"I'll talk to Jiji about it when he gets back," Lavi told Marie, since he was the last to go. "That'd be good, he might know something. If not then I guess we're stuck with snooping around and waiting."

"Yu-chan never did like waiting."

"He's always too impatient to do any waiting..."

"That's just Yu-chan for you."

"Good night Lavi, we'll try again tomorrow. I can ask General Tiedoll for help as well. Knowing him he'll go on a rampage freaking out."

"Why would he do that?"

"Because General Tiedoll thinks of us like his children. So he considers us so. When one of us is sick or something he acts like a father, panicking and trying to give us medicine."

"That's good... In a way."

"It's very limited."

"We'll try again tomorrow."

Marie walked into his room and Lavi made his way down to his. He crawled into his bed after changing and pulled his covers up, turning off his light and falling asleep.


There's chapter one. Hope everyone enjoys it. I had to cut it kind of short because if I continued any farther then I wouldn't be happy with it.