Ok, guys, here's the final part to friends. Sorry for the wait, and hugs to the reviewers.
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Lavi yawned and laid himself down on his make-shift bed. He and Panda were sleeping in a cave, out on a mission somewhere in China, and he was exhausted after all the Akuma he had to kill today. Rolling onto his side, he thought, once again, of headquarters, and wondered what Yuu was doing. It had been three years almost since he'd left, and hadn't seen his friend in all that time. He'd tried sending letters, but Panda had told him as a bookman he was not to have emotional ties, blah blah blah…
There was a crunch of boots on dirt, indicating Panda had returned from the river, and kicked him hard.
'Oi, Idiot, wake up. We're going.'
Lavi jerked himself up into sitting position and stretched his arms, yawning.
'Sheesh, Panda, you couldn't let me rest for the night?'
'You can rest on the boat.' The Senior Bookman replied, walking over to his side of the cave and packing. Lavi blinked confusedly.
'What? Why a boat? The Asian branch is just a day's walk, why waste time on a boat?'
'Because we're going back to headquarters, stupid, there's a new exorcist with a very interesting prophecy over his head, and it's worth checking him out.'
Lavi smiled brightly and immediately set about stuffing his things into his backpack. He would get to see Yuu again!
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Kanda sat at his table in the cafeteria and started to eat his usual serve of Soba. He was extremely irritated, as the new moyashi exorcist Allen walker had him on edge, even though he hadn't seen him since he had encountered him about two days ago in the hall when he was fighting Komui's stupid giant robot.
After a moment of eating and brooding, he sighed, pushed his empty plate back and got up. He walked out of the cafeteria, with the intention of going to have a nice, peaceful training session with no annoying interruptions. Poor sod.
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Lavi walked through the memorized halls of the order humming a tune happily, hands in his pockets. As he came to a crossroads, someone walked past him out from around the corner, and Lavi accidently bumped their shoulder.
'Oops, sorry!'
'Che.'
That annoyed sound and voice sparked Lavi's memory. He stared after the person he had bumped. It was Yuu! Sure, his hair was heaps longer and he appeared to have been through several growth spurts, but it was definitely him!
'YUU-CHAN!' Lavi exclaimed happily, running towards him. He took a running leap and jumped onto Kanda's back, gripping his shoulders and wrapping his legs around his waist. Kanda made an angry sound and lost his balance at the sudden addition in weight and they toppled to the ground. Kanda scrambled his feet quickly and unsheathed his sword, ready to slit his attackers' throat. Lavi smiled up at him, oblivious to the blade at the base of his neck. He raised a hand and gave a cheerful wave.
'Hi, Yuu. How have you been?'
Kanda blinked in surprise, trying to remember where he had seen this idiot before, then remembered the annoying Lavi from three years ago. To say he was not happy to see him would have been a lie, but as Kanda he wasn't very good at expressing his feelings. He tightened his grip on Mugen. A drop of blood slid down his friends' neck, but he didn't seem to notice.
'Che, Baka Eyepatch, what are you doing back here? And don't call me by my first name! It's Kanda!'
'Panda says we have to stay around and record what this new exorcist does,' Lavi smiled, 'But since he's out on a mission we're going out to meet him tomorrow morning. Hear that? I'm staying forever! Cept for on missions of course.'
Kanda rolled his eyes and re-sheathed his mugen. Lavi stumbled to his feet and dusted himself off, then looked up; realizing Kanda had started to walk away.
'Heh,' Lavi thought, running after him, 'He hasn't changed a bit.'
The Junior Bookman caught up to his friend and tugged at his sleeve.
'Hey Yuu.'
'Don't call me that! What?'
'I hear Jeryy got a new shipment of wine in today, real good stuff. Wanna have it for a midnight snack? I promise no-one will catch us, I found a fool proof way of hiding.'
'No.'
'Aw, come on!' Lavi pleaded, going doe-eyed, 'Please? I haven't seen you in ages!'
Kanda looked down at. He had missed Lavi too, though he wouldn't admit it, even to himself, and he wouldn't mind spending a little time with him, and if it annoyed Jeryy with the loss of wine in the process, all the better. He sighed.
'Fine, but if we get caught I really will kill you this time.'
'YAY!' Lavi danced happily, love hearts appearing around his head, 'I got my drinking buddy back!'.
Kanda rolled his eyes and started walking away again, and privately smirked. He was probably going to regret this.
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Ok, the real end. Hope you all liked it. Review.
