Author's Notes:

Sorry, the first chapter was short. I just wanted to see what would happen, and I wanted to put up more than one chapter on this story. :3

Just FYI: I am totally ripping off Zelda on this one, because Shujinko's weapon is … A double claw shot! Not that it really matters, because Allen is short-haired Ed (from FMA), Winters Sokaro is Kenpachi (from Bleach), Kanda is the typical anti-social, unsocial anti-hero that every freaking manga and anime must have, Lenalee is the typical hot girl that every guy loves and every girl hates that every anime and manga must have, and Timcanpy is the Golden Snitch!

First Impressions

Shujinko was fortunately not nearly as annoying as Kanda thought she would be.

That is, fortunately for her. This meant that, unlike with the case of Daisya or the annoying rabbit back at the order, Kanda probably wouldn't have to worry about punching her, telling her not to be an ass, or even telling her to shut up.

Nope, Shujinko mostly kept to herself on the journey home. The exorcists had travelled by boat (operated mostly by Finders and paid for by the Order) to get to Japan and as they headed back, she simply sat next to Kanda with her hands over her weapons. A little too paranoid, but not too quiet, if there was such a thing.

Kanda would probably go as far as to say that Shujinko had some traits that he actually slightly appreciated. She would often respectfully bow to Kanda and occasionally to Marie. Never did she bow to Daisya or Tiedoll. This was an indication to Kanda that she knew who was annoying as hell and who, well… wasn't. Another positive trait was that she would take his word for everything. For example, if he told her:

"Don't eat anything here, the food is shit," as he did on the boat (soba wasn't on the menu,) she would bow respectfully and sadly refuse the food despite her starving appearance. (Tiedoll later convinced her to eat some food later, though. His Japanese wasn't perfect, but he managed to persuade her to eat some bread. Kanda was convinced that if she wasn't actually starving, she would have been more inclined to listen to him, as she bows to him and not to Tiedoll.)

It never did occur to Kanda that maybe she simply admired him because he was the first human being she had met who could also kill the monsters that infested Japan, or because he spoke the best Japanese out of the team of exorcists, or because he looked kind of like a Samurai, which she had heard of and seen pictures of, but had never met.

Nope, in his mind, she definitely knew who to respect and who to ignore when possible and when not, beat them up.

But, like everything else in the world, Shujinko would have her flaws and they would annoy the crap out of Kanda to an irrational degree. He had to warn her not to call him Yuu-kun, he had to warn her that Tiedoll was an idiot and a jerk, and he had to warn her not to beat him up in his sleep.

Why? Why when Kanda had fallen asleep in his seat did Shujinko think it was a good idea to start punching him? And why did Tiedoll watch the whole thing without stopping her? What an irritating man! He just smiled that mischievous smile and perhaps even sketched the whole scenario out! That damned general and his damned drawings and his damned pet names! When he woke up from Shujinko's violent punches he made sure to fight her off and give the general a glare he wouldn't soon forget.

Unfortunately, her flaws didn't end there, but at least they didn't get worse.

She stunk. She was dirty. She was hard to look at (matted hair, dirty skin and bruises and cuts where there was no dirt, torn clothes and she was practically skin and bone.)

She was very dependant on Kanda, which he didn't fight her for because she was quiet, but she followed him around on the boat and on the train.

She didn't sleep, which was annoying because Kanda couldn't fall asleep if she was awake and waiting to beat him up.

She couldn't tell when Daisya was flirting with her, so Kanda had to fight him off himself.

She liked music too much and danced like a moron if she heard any sort of rhythm or singing from any bored Finders.

She was too paranoid. While it kept her alert and concentrated in every situation, Kanda had to be the one to translate to her that every Finder was definitely not an Akuma in disguise. She needed to learn to be alert and ready to destroy Akuma moderately.

Ahh, yes… Moderately would make the world of difference, Kanda decided when Shujinko shot her Innocence at Komui as he ran forward to greet her, or when she shot her Innocence at an overly-excited idiot rabbit, or when she threatened every person in the room with her … double claw shot, she called it… Well, maybe Lavi was an exception, but…

Well, whatever. So long as she didn't call him Yuu-kun anymore as he commanded, so long as she continued to bow only to the people who were not annoying (scarce as they were), so long as she destroyed Akuma without hesitation, and so long as she took his advice when she bothered him to answer her questions, Kanda would be able to tolerate her for a little while longer.

…

"Kanda-san, what is this?"

Ah, another question. She didn't ask many and tried to make due on her own, but whenever she did ask questions, it was always had an obvious answer.

He turned.

"This is where we eat. It's called a cafeteria. Ask Jerry for food."

Shujinko tried asking for rice, but Jerry didn't understand. Kanda rolled his eyes, realizing that she didn't know what to ask for because Japan didn't have a lot of food, and because she couldn't speak English. How redundant.

It was a pain, but he had to help her. Who else would? No one knew how to speak to her. So Kanda had no choice, you see. No choice in the matter.

Lavi and Daisya were highly amused to see her sitting at the same table as Kanda, eating the exact same meal of soba and tempura as him, and copying his every movement so to know how to properly eat.

Author's Notes:

Just what am I going to do about Chapter 199? WHAT? READ IT AND TELL ME! (it's at bleachexile dot com and d-gray-man dot com if mangafox and onemanga left you down, btw.) And if that chapter makes you cry and slit your wrists (like it did for me) then look for double rainbow and skype laughter chain on YouTube in respective order and you will feel all better. (except for the scratched wrists) :D