Kanda Yu walked through the halls of the Black Order. He had just been released from the infirmary the day before, which meant he was finally free to be on his own. He couldn't help but think about Lenalee and where she was in the giant cursed building.
Well, this building wasn't cursed. It was the other one in Asia, where he was born and met Alma and the scientists. It was also where he met Marie, so that memory brought a small smile for his face. He would never let anyone see him smiling, though, because he needed them to know that what they did was wrong. So he would bury himself in a grave of anger and hatred just to show them, even if he wouldn't say it out loud that he hated them.
He kept on walking until he got to a large hall with a balcony at the end, with a girl standing on the railing. The girl looked just like Lenalee.
He picked up his speed and saw her turn her head towards him. It was Lenalee, so he slightly waved. He was going to smile to her, but remembered his vow. He had no way of knowing who would see, so he had to be cold to everyone. He didn't want to be rude to Lenalee, but he felt he had to.
"Kanda?" she asked.
"What are you doing?" He asked. He honestly had no idea what the girl could be doing on the railing of a balcony.
"I'm…" she paused, trying to decide what to say. Here was her only friend, asking her why she was getting ready to jump and fall to her death. Seeing Kanda stopped her. She wanted to jump so badly, but she couldn't do it in front of Kanda. She didn't know anything about him, but it was obvious that he didn't have anyone else around to be with him.
"Don't do it," Kanda said.
"What do you mean?"
"Don't go back to China."
Lenalee paused. He obviously had no idea what she was really trying to do. "I'm not going back to China, I'm…"
"I know," Kanda said. He didn't want to admit that he knew what it was, but he knew as well as he knew his own name. Because when he came, he wasn't just wandering through the Head Quarters, he was looking for a place to do it himself. They all thought that he was naïve, so he played along, but not with Lenalee. She was different.
"How do you—"
"They killed me before, but I thought that maybe if I did it myself, I… I would stay dead."
"Kanda, where do you come from?"
"I told you, I came from a hole."
"How long ago?"
"One year ago," he replied.
"But you're at least 10 years old! How can you-?"
"I can't tell you… Old Man Zhu said it was our secret, about what happened. If anyone knows too much about me, they'll kill me, and Old Man Zhu won't let that happen."
"So why did you want to kill yourself?"
"Because I would be keeping our promise, still… it's the only way."
"Kanda… if I stay, will you stay? Please?"
"Why would you stay?"
"I don't want to be alone, and I don't want you to be alone… so how about we stay together? We'll be Exorcists together and won't let anyone stop us." She knew that she was lying, but Kanda didn't need to know. Maybe she would stay, maybe she wouldn't. She didn't want to, but she would try, for Kanda.
"…Fine," Kanda said, crossing his arms.
Lenalee smiled, "Then it's settled. I'll stay alive if you do. So I'll do my best to stay with you."
(9 years later)
Kanda Yu lay in the remains of Matar. He had been there for a few days, he couldn't tell. He couldn't move at all. He was almost positive that his healing ability was gone for good now, which meant that he was going to have a harder time keeping his promise to Lenalee, even if she tried to break it before, he did too, so they were even now. He died in the Arc and couldn't let her think that again. As soon as he could move, he would find a doctor of some sort and then return to Lenalee Lee, even if the people of the Black Order tried to kill him, he would see his friend one last time.
