Here's chapter 3! Here, we get to see a very pissed off Kanda, a more-annoying-than-usual Lavi, a more-pissed-off-than-Kanda Black Allen, and a very confused Link. What the hell? Neah is being stupid but that fact per se is not important. It's just that it's driving Cross crazy, leading to him taking it out on Allen, leading to the emergence of Black Allen, leading to a very perplexed Link. Don't get it? Just read on.

-Customers in Pink Pajamas-

Kanda Yuu was not a man of patience.

He absolutely hated waiting or taking time with anything, which naturally meant that he absolutely loathed those unnecessarily long and numerous stairs which led to the church. It not only took time to climb them, but they also made his feet ache. They were so not worth it. Even going to the church for a mission was not worth it if it meant he had to climb those goddamn stairs.

In the end, the climb really did turn out to be futile. They found absolutely nothing in that church and were instead stuck listening to the boring stories of the old man who lived there. Kanda was really on the verge of snapping the man's neck but Lenalee and Lavi managed to hold him back.

Right now, the three of them were climbing down the stairs to get back to town. Well, at least him and Lenalee were. That idiot rabbit had cooked some excuse about how he was oh so tired to walk and walking even one more step would give him a heart failure, so Lenalee had forced Kanda to give Lavi a piggy back ride. And Lavi had agreed all too happily. What the fuck? Was he, like, five years old or something? He had his own two legs, for fuck's sake.

So, guess who was climbing down excruciatingly long stairs in high noon with a supposedly sick idiot rabbit on his back?

Yes, that's right. Kanda Yuu.

Fuck his life.

"Mm~hmm. Yuu-chan is so comfortable," Lavi mumbled into Kanda's back. Lenalee giggled at the sight while Kanda tried to glare at Lavi which was quite impossible to do since Lavi was on his back.

Yup, his life sucked really, really bad. Kanda was seriously contemplating between throwing Lavi down those stairs and committing suicide. Anything was better than this. Literally anything. He would even put up with Lenalee's kicks and Komui's sister complex.

"Shut up, idiot rabbit. Say that again and I will not hesitate to throw you into the forest," Kanda snarled.

"Aww, so that means you're hesitating now? I am so touched Yuu-chan," said Lavi, smirking.

"Alright, that's it, idiot rabbit! I am gonna-"

Kanda was just about to throw Lavi but before he could, Lenalee, luckily for Lavi and unluckily for him, decided to intervene. She immediately grabbed both of their heads and gave them a very disappointed look, as if they were her children who had just been caught trying to steal chocolates from the fridge.

"No fighting, both of you," she said, "Or else I'm telling brother that you tried to rape me."

See? There was a reason why Lenalee was deadly. She wasn't called lethal for nothing. Even without her oh so famous boots, she was perfectly capable of killing or, at least, scaring someone with equal brutality via her brother, Komui, aka the robot-crazy sis-con.

Kanda and Lavi both valued their lives a lot so, they wisely decided to shut up listen to Lenalee. She was currently going on about how it was night already and they really needed a pace to stay. Well, that was true. If they were planning on staying to finish the investigation in this town, they would have to find a inn soon.

He just hoped that they would be able to find two different rooms, because he sure as hell wasn't going to sleep in the same bed as Lavi again. He had learned his lesson last time, thank you very much.

There were two things in the world that Allen Walker hated.

OK, let us rephrase that. There were many things in the world that Allen hated but these two were the ones he hated the most. 1) Cross and his debts. 2) Neah and his nagging.

And he had been having to deal with both of these things just before being sent on his mission. So really, it was understandable why he was in such a cranky mood even though he had just gotten his first mission in two months. And this mission was proving to far more of a pain than he had anticipated.

His mission was to find this long-haired blonde guy named Howard Link and deliver the Noahs' latest and most expensive drugs to him. Apparently, that guy had contacted them around a week ago, saying that he wanted to buy their very best drugs and he was willing to pay anything. Personally, Allen found that request to be a bit suspicious but all of his suspicions had been thrown out of the window when he payed some extra money.

Allen had thought that it would be easy enough to find him but after aimlessly wondering around the city for who knows how long, he was pretty much ready to let Black Allen on the loose on this guy. Seriously? If he was supposed to be living in the same city as them, how come he could not find him anywhere?

[ Okay, that may have had something to do with Allen's horrible sense of direction. But there was no way he was going to admit that. ]

By now, Allen was willing to bet that he had roamed the whole city for at least twenty times, and his fucking customer was nowhere to be seen. Was he purposefully keeping away from him? No, no, that should not be possible. Whoever this idiot was, he was still somewhere in this place. But Allen had absolutely no idea how to find him.

He should have taken some drugs himself before starting his mission. Really, why did he bother to refuse Jasdevi's drugs every time? They would make his life so, so much easier. If only, if only.

Allen plopped down on a bench in the park as he licked his fifth ice-cream. He was getting extremely tired of searching for his so called customer.

Then, as he lamented his inability to find his customer, a brilliant idea suddenly popped into his mind. Why didn't he just ask around? The people in this town almost always knew everyone, so there was a really good chance that someone knew who this Howard Link person was.

Filled with new found determination(as well as blood lust) to find said person, Allen got up from the bench and walked up to the nearest person. Allen gave him a really sweet and innocent smile which immediately had the guy hooked, and asked in his sweetest sugar-coated voice,

"Excuse me, mister. Do you anyone by the name of Howard Link?"

"Howard Link? Oh, you mean the long blonde haired dude, with the two moles on his forehead?"

Wait, he had two moles on his forehead? Now that was news to him.

"Yes! He's the one I'm looking for. Could you please tell me where I can find him?"

"Oh, yeah! He lives just down the street. You know that big mansion down there? His house is just beside that."

Allen beamed. "Thank you so much, mister!"

With the information of where Link lived, Allen started down the street. Of course, with his sense of direction, it took him around half an hour to get to the right place. But when he did, it turned out the he standing right in front of the Campbell Manor.

So, that meant that this Link guy was actually their neighbor. And he had just traveled around the whole city, for who knows how many times, for absolutely nothing. Great, just great. Yet another reason why he should let Black Allen give him a piece of his mind.

Purposefully, Allen made his way to the house beside the Manor. Tried to restrain his anger, he rang the doorbell and waited for resident idiot to open the door.

Five minutes passed without anyone opening the door. Just as Allen was starting to feel quite ridiculous standing there and was considering breaking the door down, it opened, revealing a very disgruntled looking man.

Turned out, it was the random guy whose parking lot Allen always stole. And he was wearing pink pajamas.

Huh, small world.

Inspector Howard Link was a very diligent person. He did his work with utmost efficiency. So when his superior, Malcolm C. Lvellie, had contacted him about the Noahs, Link had immediately gotten to work and contacted them, asking to buy their drugs.

His plan that been going smoothly. The Noahs did not suspect a thing and they had agreed to bring him the drugs that he wanted. Everything was going just as he had accounted for.

But what he hadn't accounted for, was for a teen with peculiar white hair and a red tattoo(?) running down his face to come to his house when it his bed time. And the white-haired boy did not look very happy to see him.

"You... You're Howard Link?" The whittete asked him.

"Yes?" Link answered but it came out sounding more like question.

Then, as if magically, horns sprouted from the boy's head and he had a look rivaling Satan's which sent shivers down Link's spine.

"I finally found you!" he said, curling his hand into a fist.

And with that statement, Link was convinced that he had just come face-to-face with a Grim Reaper. But Link had absolutely no wish to die. He still had his whole career as an inspector ahead of him. He hadn't even completed his first real assignment!

So, he hid the thing that any rational human being would.

He screamed. And then ran.

Although Allen was having absolutely no trouble chasing him whatsoever, he had to give the guy some credit. Link could run fast.

But Link was starting to tire out, and Allen could see that. So, he took advantage of the situation to catch up to him and grab him in a headlock, making it perpetually impossible for him to escape.

A devilish grin was settled on Allen's face and the aura coming out of him kept everyone at least ten meters away from him. Link was trying to get free and run as far away from his as possible but Allen was an experienced and naturally skilled fighter. As if he was going to let his prey get way that easily.

Allen started dragging Link to the nearest inn, where he had some friends. All the time, Link was squirming as it was extremely uncomfortable to be dragged somewhere while locked in a headlock by a person who was much shorter than him.

"At least tell me what I did! Why are you doing this?" came Link's muffled shouts.

"What you did?" said Allen dangerously, "You made me go around the whole city for god knows how long or how many times just to deliver some stupid drugs! I would kill you if I could, but unfortunately, you're a customer and we're not allowed to kill customers."

"Wait, you're a Noah?"

"No duh."

Link gave him an incredulous look. "But aren't you, like, underage or something? Aren't you too young to be involved in those sort of things?"

Allen snorted. "Yeah, and aren't you too old to be wearing pink pajamas?"

..."They're fashionable," said Link lamely, making Allen snort once again.

He dragged Link into an inn that looked dirtier than an alley rat. He told Link that they were going to be there for a while and then Link would get his drugs. But actually, Allen was just planning on making some money playing poker. He thought that it would at least make his mood somewhat better. And the great food that they served in here was an added bonus.

Little did he know, it was actually the same inn where the Black Order members were staying at.

Oh boy.

And it's done. What did you think? Next chap, we get to see what the other Noahs' missions are and what happens when Allen meets the Black Order for the first time. So you better get excited, people. It's gonna be one heck of a roller coaster. Review and F&F.