My foot crushes a newly fallen cherry blossom as I move towards the tree. It's my preferred resting place after a long mission, and after hearing rumors that the teenager I killed was 'popular', the stress has piled on, and I see myself visiting this place more and more often.

The blade strung to my back clinks as I slide down the tree trunk and to sit in the grass. This place relaxes me, and though it's a bit odd for someone with the profession of an assassin, a calm, serene place like this wouldn't be right.

Consciousness slips from me as I nod off, the bags under my eyes creasing as they close.


There's a knock at the door. I groan, standing up and striding over to the front door, only to open it and see a little girl holding a decorative box.

"Kanda Yuu, is it?" She smiles with an innocent look, her yellow eyes gleaming.

I narrow my eyes at the use of my first name. "Yes…what do you want? I'm not buying anything."

The girl shakes her head, her charcoal spikes for hair shifting slightly in place. "No no, I'm not selling anything. I have a Christmas present and an offering for you." She extends her arms, gesturing for me to take the long, thin gift.

With a nod, I accept the gift hesitantly, glancing at it briefly before asking, "And who sent this to me…?"

"My older brother," She rocks back on her heels, keeping the smile. "He's offering you a job at the Organization of the Noah. He noticed your abilities with stealth while keeping an eye on you, and he'd like you to join us."

"Us…?"

"Yes. My name is Road, and my older brother, Tyki, is the head of the place. It's a family run thing, but we've been getting more and more people lately." She extends a hand for me, and I shake it lightly to be polite.

"Uh, yeah…thank you, Road—I'll get back to you on the job thing…" I paused, shifting in my slippers. "How will I contact you?"

Road turns her back, still rocking on her heels and nearly flashing me with a dangerously short skirt. "Oh, don't worry, Kanda. There's information on the card. Give us a call, 'kay?"

Without another word, the door closes with a chill of the wind. I shiver, and move back over to my couch, putting my feet up comfortably. I raise an eyebrow at the package, and begin to unwrap it slowly. The paper falls to the sides, and as it sheds, I notice the box is actually pretty heavy.

Inside the box is a long, elegant sword.

My mouth gapes as I pick it up carefully, afraid it's just a beautiful illusion created to taunt me. My fingers graze the blade up to the very tip, and I toss it in my hands gently to get an impression of how it feels. It's easy to learn, quick, and light.

The clock chimes loudly to remind me of the time. 9 chimes echoing throughout my small apartment before I dissolve back into my gift.

I set the sword down on my lap, examining the card inside the box closely, thinking and deciding if I wanted this bad enough.


Before I know it, I'm shaken awake out of the memories in my dreams.

"Get up, you murderous bastard…I said get up."


Authors Comments

So, if you didn't get it, Road was the girl. And I made her and Tyki siblings. Well, technically they are...

It's something like this in the song, too. The lyric goes "Santa gave me a revolver with real bullets for Christmas." And since Kanda uses a sword, I figured he wanted a sword, not a gun.

I got a couple more D-Gray Man novels recently. Hm...11-15? (Lol so American.) They were reeeally good...and again, since I'm not so far and am not aware of many Noah, I'll just take a pick of whatever guys I want on each side.

Can you guess what happens next...?

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