LATENESS IS LATE! Sorry, I was in the hospital, and I know that it is now almost CHRISTMAS, and I did not have the computer that had this story on it, and it was all written out, and people are gonna think I'm insane, posting a Halloween fic during the Christmas season, but you know what? I do not care one bit! I will continue to write until my little fingers fall off. Yay? Anyways! Let us commence forthwith with 'The Halloween Treat' Chapter 2~!

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October 31st, 11:00 a.m.

The Black Order

The clothes on him were a little big, which slightly surprised him-- Yuu was smaller than he was, so it should have been a little tight, but obviously that wasn't the case. He nodded to himself, then stepped out where Kanda was. He had a scowl on his face, but for whatever reason, it seemed less menacing than the other scowls Lavi had faced before. He grinned widely at him, which caused the man's frown to deepen, but he didn't mind. His thoughts were all preoccupied with nailing the science department with a prank that would be recorded in history as the best one ever.

"Che. How are you feeling?"

That was a poorly timed question. Lavi was currently fighting the urge to cough or even sneeze. He hesitated, but he knew if he hesitated too long Kanda would figure him out instantly. He tried swallowing it down. "Perfectly fine! How 'bout you, Yuu--"

He failed himself as he broke into another cough. Kanda rose an eyebrow. What, was the Baka Usagi actually sick? Lavi grinned widely, acting as if everything was just peachy and happy-ful and great. That had to be the biggest lie in history, given the way the idiot looked. He sighed. He would go along with it, for now. "I am…" he paused for a slight moment, noticing how uncharacteristic he was being. "…Che. What does it matter? It's just a feeling, anyways. Let's go."

"Where to?"

"Che. Do you have a mind of a goldfish? To the damn dining hall to get you some cider. You look like you're going to freeze off those damn fingers of yours."

Lavi hesitated as the Japanese man walked on ahead of him, heading towards the general direction of where the dining hall was. It wasn't that he was nervous, but the room was shifting in many ways that he did not feel well at all. But he didn't want to worry anyone… But then again, this was Kanda. He never got worried. Kanda stopped, frowning, and turned towards the slower Exorcist. "What's the hold up? I thought you were coming with me-- Lavi?"

"J-Just a second, Yuu, it'll pass," he muttered, then grinned widely as he usually did. "See? All better now. Let's go!"

Kanda's frown deepened. Not only was the idiot ill, he was pushing himself. How long was he going to allow this to happen? Maybe if he got something warm to drink, he'd be better… Lavi walked on ahead of him, the grin plastered to his face, heading towards the dining hall. 'Che. He seems fine, but…' Kanda followed him into the dining hall where Jerry was currently dancing on top of one of the tables. Lavi blinked once, eye partially wide, as Kanda just looked away with a look of disgust on his face.

Not only was Jerry dancing, but everyone within the hall was dancing. Even Reever.

"Ah! Kanda, Lavi!" Lenalee waved them over to where she, Allen and Miranda were. "Come on over! We were missing you two! Cider?" She offered two glasses when the pair of Exorcists came over. Kanda shook his head abruptly, but pointed to Lavi and frowned more.

"This idiot needs some."

Lavi blinked once as Lenalee placed the glass in his hands. The warm liquid enticed him as he put it up to his lips and drunk it down as quickly as possible. Some of the colour that was once lost in his face returned almost immediately, but he still didn't look right to Kanda. There was something still rather off about him, but he couldn't put his finger on it. 'Well,' he thought, 'I'll let it slide a little bit longer. Che. This idiot is all excited about getting back at the Science Department…But what are we going to do to them? I haven't even thought up a plan yet…' He side glanced to all of the people dancing and noticed a familiar-looking robot that he had destroyed so much in the past. Komulen.

It clicked.

'Bingo.'

Lavi glanced at Kanda, confused. "Yuu-chan, what's with that creepy grin on your face? It's kinda scaring me…"

"You." He grabbed Lavi by the collar and started dragging him out of the room. Lavi had a confused look on his face, as did Lenalee, Allen and Miranda. "We're going to go get the Science Department back."

"Wait, Lavi, Kanda--!"

The two were already gone as Allen stared blankly, confused look still on his face. He turned to Lenalee and Miranda while shrugging. "What's gotten into them? I've never seen Kanda act so friendly in the time I've known him? And what was with that creepy grin? What the heck are we missing here?" When all of them shrugged, Allen felt the nagging urge to go after them. It tugged at his curiosity for minutes as he wanted to break away from the group and track them down. But where would they have gone to? He felt a small frown tug at his features. Well, whatever it was about, he had a strong feeling that they would find out soon enough.

October 31st, 11:22 a.m.

The Black Order

He found himself being dragged into Kanda's room, the door immediately slammed shut afterwards. He blinked once and noticed Kanda pacing rapidly. This was slightly odd of him. Never, in the three years of Lavi knowing him, had Kanda paced. He sat down and watched as the man's expression changed several times, from sheer madness to a frown to that creepy grin once more, and then a glare as he turned towards Lavi. "Do you know the basic functions of Komui's robots? You know, Komulen's design layout or whatever it is called? Che."

"Uh, no." Lavi scratched the back of his head subconsciously, giving the Japanese man a sheepish grin that was almost a silent apology. Kanda's frown deepened. "But, but! I do know where he keeps all of the plans to build the robots, though it is kinda difficult to get past all the traps he put in that section of the Order… It's off-limits to anyone but him, but if we can get him distracted enough I think we can do this. Wait, why do you need to know, anyways? Don't tell me…"

The creepy grin on Kanda's face returned, which confirmed Lavi's suspicions. They were going to build a Komulen of their own, and since each one had their own special ability… What else did Kanda have in mind? Kanda looked around the room for a few seconds before his gaze returned to Lavi. "Che. And since you are a genius, I suppose you can build them, right? Because if not, this plan is totally screwed. So tell me you can or I'll cut you in two, you got that?"

'S-Scary…' Lavi sweat-dropped as he grinned sheepishly again. "Yeah, I know some basic mechanical skills… I think."

"Good…" Kanda frowned, suddenly realizing that there was a problem with this plan. "You said there were traps… How can we find them? And where is this place, anyways, because if it is behind Komui's room, we need to get him distracted somehow and buy enough time so that we can nab the plans and some parts. Che. This is starting to become tedious. Do you have any suggestions for what we can do, Baka Usagi?"

Lavi paused, thinking about it for a minute. What was throwing him off was how out of character Kanda was acting, but little did he know, it was throwing Kanda himself off, too. "Well… We just need to figure out Komui's weakness and exploit it. Making something bad happen to his most favourite thing or person…"

They both blinked once, coming with the same two answers that came to mind. They spoke in union as the realizations hit them: "Coffee and Lenalee!"

October 31st, 12:01 p.m.

The Black Order

"You want me to what?"

Lavi felt himself losing the battle that has been taking place in the middle of the training ground. He knew he had taken this job because he was more sociable than Kanda, but now even he didn't think this would work. He scratched the back of his head uneasily as he tried to explain once more. "Well… Okay, fine. I'm trying to play a prank on Komui and I need your help, basically. I mean, this is a once-in-a-lifetime shot at tricking him because he's the one who generally scares us… Please, Lena-love? Will you help me?"

Unknowingly to him, the pout on his face was more adorable than he thought. Lenalee sighed, deactivating her Dark Boots and shrugging. "Sure, I can help you. I might as well, I don't need to do anything else for today… Just so long it's within reason."

"Thank you!" Lavi grinned widely, trying to keep himself in balance. The world had been spinning far too much for him to handle, but this was just too much fun to pass up. "Alright, now we need to get Allen as the decoy. What I need you to do is ask Allen to train with you. He might agree and if he does, fight it out a little bit, and fake an injury. I know what I'm asking is pretty strange, but can you please just help my prank?"

'I don't know… Lavi looks really sick…' Lenalee thought, biting her lower lip. 'But he looks so desperate, I wonder if Kanda is forcing him to do this. But he looks so excited, too… And that pout…' She frowned a little. 'And Allen will get killed, but not unless I say I injured myself to Komui. I wonder what exactly he is planning?' She sighed, then smiled a fake smile. "Sure, I'll help you. Let me just go find Allen!"

She jumped up the steps and headed out the door as Lavi waved behind her. He grinned, feeling as if just won his own personal game, then frowned when he realized he might have lost the game, too. This situation really could go either way for him, and he was hoping it would be in the way that would work out. Now, all that was really left to accomplish was for Kanda to make sure he finished his part of the mission. Which of course he would-- Kanda was flawless at any mission he did, whether it be killing Akuma or eating soba noodles in less than five minutes. He sighed. He was probably the worst Exorcist out of their group, even lower than Chaoji. He shook his head. Where was all of these depressing thoughts coming from?! Maybe standing out in the rain for too long did more than he thought. He covered his cough as it seemed to overtake him for a few seconds. He couldn't let himself get too sick. Not now. Later, but not now.

Lenalee came back with a very confused looking Allen, Timcanpy on his shoulder as if it were a pet parrot. "A-Are you sure you want to fight against me? That could be dangerous, if you ask me… I mean, one of us could get hurt in the process, and if it's you, I really don't want to deal with Komui… He'd kill me."

"Not to worry, Allen-kun!" she smiled a perfectly devilish smile, one that Lavi had seen before when she was actually mad. But she really wasn't mad, she was just lying to him… right? "Lavi is here to interfere if we fight it out too hard. Right, Lavi?" She winked at him, indicating that he should go along with it. He quickly nodded in agreement before she continued. "It's only a training session, anyways. I doubt we'll get hurt too badly. Right?"

Allen nodded wearily as his Innocence activated. "If you say so…"

Lavi watched as Lenalee activated her Innocence and began charging towards Allen, her eyes set with determination. Allen was holding back, it was obvious, but then again, so was Lenalee. He began to daydream a little bit, wondering how Kanda was doing with his half of the mission when there was a harsh yell of pain coming from the girl he had entrusted upon to help him. His eyes snapped wide open, looking around to see what was going on. Allen had a panic-stricken look upon his face as they both rushed towards her. Lenalee was wincing, clasping her right ankle firmly with her hands and growling slightly. "I-It's okay, I'm… fine," she managed, her acting skills above that of anyone's. "…Lavi… C-Could you get my brother for me? I think it might be broken… Allen-kun, stay here with me… please?"

Allen nodded and began firing off questions like "Are you okay?" and "Was it my fault?" as Lavi ran out of the room in the search of the far too hyper-active Komui Lee. So far, the plan was working, which was slightly scaring him. Often times, his plans would fail and burn the second he thought of them, but this one was going all too smoothly. Was it because the spirit of Halloween was on his side?

Or was it because he was setting himself up for disaster and God was mocking him for it?

Either way.

October 31st, 12:01 p.m.

The Black Order

He walked swiftly, but calmly, towards the dining hall. The craziness of the dancing was probably (and hopefully) over, which meant more of a difficulty to infiltrate the kitchen and to find the coffee. Without coffee, Komui could not function. It was a known fact, one that could and would be used against the Head Scientist. Part of him told him that this was stupid and crazy, and that he should not be doing this, while the other part rallied him onward to defeat the forces of craziness.

'Che,' he thought, frowning. 'This is getting back at them for not helping the Baka Usagi and making him get pumpkins when it was raining.'

Both sides of the argument fell to quiet whispers as he stepped through the door and noticed people were talking, chatting and having a good time, just like it would be normally, except most were in costume. He glared when most turned towards him and gave him shy smiles, and focused on doing what he had came there to do: Steal the coffee and get rid of it.

Jerry was at the window, smile wide and hair dyed, as Kanda tried to think of something to get him distracted. Out of the two jobs that were available for this mission, it seemed that this one was the harder of the two. Convincing Lenalee to do something was as easy as peeling an apple, just so long as you didn't cut your fingers open in the process. He walked up to the window where Jerry grinned at him. "What can I do for you today?"

"Well…" Kanda came up with something rather quickly that seemed to almost not be believable. But he had to try. "…Section Leader Reever wants all the coffee you have in stock. They are pulling another… 'all-nighter' or however you call it. Since I was walking by, he called on me to tell you that. They seemed rather busy working…" He frowned, noticing the shock on Jerry's face. He knew he was acting odd, trying to help someone who he could care less about, but this was the only way. "…so I decided to help. Che."

It took a few seconds for all of this to sink in to Jerry, the way that Kanda was helping someone almost a miracle within itself, and went into to the back. He waited patiently as Jerry brought out all of the coffee cans he could find and handed them to him in a rather large bag. "There you are! Tell Reever and the rest of them I will make them something good in the morning when they are finished!"

Out of all the people he had to lie to, it was Jerry… He nodded walking out of the dining hall and headed towards his room, ignoring all the looks that he was getting from Scientists and Finders alike. He quickly opened his door and placed the bag inside his closet and locked it shut. He sighed. Well, that was over and done with… He relaxed a little, his ears tuned to see if Lavi got Lenalee to agree to the plan. When he heard the resounding yell of, "NO! NOT MY LENALEE!" he knew he had succeeded.

Part one of Operation: Get Back at the Science Department? Check.

Short, six pages, barely seven. Sorry! ^^; I will finish this story by the New Year, promise. And who cares if it is Christmas? So! Did you like it? Hate it? Love it? Destroy it? Hit me with a review, por favor! See you all in Chapter 3! --K.S.