"Yo, Yu," Lavi smiled as Kanda stomped passed Krory and him.
Kanda retreated a few steps and stared at Krory and Lavi. Both were eating scones and sitting in the comforting shade of the café umbrella.
"Where's Allen?" Krory asked.
Kanda, overwhelmed with the unbearable stupidity that has taken over the Order, sat down and rubbed his temples, "You guys are…ridiculous."
"Yu sound tired," Lavi said, chuckling at his own joke.
Kanda glared at Lavi.
"Where's Allen?" Krory repeated cautiously.
"He's…" Kanda stomped massaging his temples and his hand dropped down on the table, shock seemed to register on his face.
"What? Did you loose him among all the food?" Lavi joked, nudging Krory who let out a small nervous smile.
"I…I'm such an idiot," Kanda said, standing up.
"Yu, where are you going?" Lavi said, gripping Kanda's arm.
"I left Allen with-"
There was an explosion. To the right of them and to the left of them, where Allen was.
"Akuma," Lavi said.
"I'll go this way," Kanda shook Lavi off and headed towards the left, where the larger explosion happened.
"Wai-"
What Lavi said next was drowned out by the sound of another explosion in the direction Kanda was headed.
The towns people pushed and shoved, making their way away from one explosion and probably heading towards the smaller one. Kanda did his best not to push anyone out of the way if all possible, but it wasn't possible.
By the time he had been to the alley, Allen and Road were nowhere to be seen. Instead, before him stood a level 3 Akuma.
"Shit…" Kanda mumbled, reaching for Mugen.
The level 3 turned around to look at Kanda. He had a chilling feeling the Akuma was smiling in a way that wouldn't exactly be beneficial.
"Where's Road Kamelot?" Kanda asked, thinking his best chance was to address a Noah.
"Miss Road went off with the white haired kid," the Akuma said, glee dripping with every word he said, "She said to take care of the pony-tail guy if he came back."
Kanda took a step back and let Mugen slide back into place. He took a step back, not caring about whatever happened next. He placed finding Allen on his top priority list, because if he let the Moyashi die without trying to find him, he knew that Komui and Lenalee would have his head on a stick when they went back.
"Sorry," Kanda said, "I'm kind of busy at the moment. Let's do this some other time."
The proud samurai bolted from the alley and continued to go left.
"Oh my!" Road squealed in excitement, her arm around Allen. "Look at that, Fourteenth!"
Allen glanced at Road, but didn't say anything. What was the point of all of this? How was he gonna worm his way out of it? And was he really going to just entertain Road until Bakanda was smart enough to realize that maybe they weren't ahead or behind, but above?
This realization hit Kanda sooner than Allen had thought it might. As soon as this thought crossed Allen's mind, Kanda looked up to see Road and Allen on Leroy.
"Noah!" Kanda shouted.
"Oh, time to go!" Road smiled, hitting Leroy lightly.
Allen watched as Kanda kicked up his speed until it reached a sprint. The Japanese man was sprinting to try and catch up. Why?! Couldn't he use like one of those weird Mugen illusions? What was he thinking?!
Kanda reached for Mugen and pointed it at Leroy, but then slowed to a stop. As much as he wouldn't care, if he did pull out his sword he might hurt Moyashi and he knew for sure Komui and the rest of the Order would not appreciate loosing an exorcist. Especially a Parasite type. He slid Mugen back into place, cursing his stupidity for letting Moyashi out of his sight in the first place!
Meanwhile, Allen was begging Road to let him down.
"But why?" Road questioned, she smirked down at Kanda, "He looks like he's having fun chasing us."
Allen sighed, "Where are you taking me then?"
"Millennium Earl."
Allen's face fell, "You're joking."
"Nope," Road popped the P.
Allen looked down at Kanda, a strange hatred developed for him. It wasn't just plain day to day hatred. No. It was resentment. It was "I never want to talk to this guy ever again if we make it out of this mess alive" type of resentment.
"Jump!" Kanda shouted, looking like he's getting short of breath.
Kanda's comment was nearly lost in the wind, but Allen heard it loud and clear. Leroy halted and hovered, Road smiled deviously and said, "I'd really like to see you try."
Allen braced himself for a hard concrete fall, but at least he'd day painlessly. He jumped and what he thought was going to be a hard fall, he felt arms wrap around him. He opened his eyes as he was set to the ground, half expecting to see Lenalee.
Kanda let go of Allen, panting on the ground and pointed up at him, "Never again. Never again will you be caught like a little princess by me, Moyashi."
"Well, that's good, because you're a real lousy prince, Bakanda," Allen said, emphasizing his staged dramatics and stomping away.
"Good," Kanda mumbled. He picked himself up and rubbed his arm which he had landed on. "Good."