"I would have someone take you on a tour but the Head Nurse wanted you back as soon as you were done." Komui said as we turned a corner.

"How long do you think it'll take for me to heal?" I questioned.

"That depends," Lenalee said, "It may take a few days, or it could take weeks. But once you're done I'll show you around."

"Sadly if you're gonna be training to be a Finder you won't be able to work directly with us. But if you find an Akuma in the field we'll try be there as fast as we can." Allen spoke, addressing what I'd be doing after my injuries had healed.

The group stopped for they'd reached the Infirmary. "I'll visit you later, see you!" Lenalee called out with a wave as she turned around. The others bid their farewells and I watched as their backs turned the corner and disappeared from my sight.

"You're back?" I faced the other way, the Head Nurse stood there. The woman examined me as if looking for more cuts and bruises. "Sit down for a second, I want to change your bandages. They look like they're falling off."

I did as I was told and took a seat on one of the beds. It squeaked slightly upon me sitting down, but it was really squishy. "Hold still please." My caramel eyes flickered forward as the Head Nurse began carefully peeling off the bandages that'd been applied to my face. I winced as some parts were more reluctant than others and required more force.

My mouth opened to ask how it looked when the Nurse stumbled back, her look one of pure surprise. I jumped up startled by the action, "What's wrong?" I exclaimed. The Nurse tilted her head sideways and cleared her throat regaining her composure. The seconds of silence just then made me very impatient. "Well?" I prompted.

The Nurse gave me a suspicious look, "How is it that those long gashes have already healed? Without leaving a trace?"

What?!

At her words my hands came up and frantically searched my face for any signs of the cuts. But there wasn't any, not even a scar. My skin was smooth as it had been before I'd received the injuries. I shakily sat back down, my arms gripping each other. In a low tone I pleaded, "You have to believe me I have no idea how that happened. Please."

The Nurse's brows furrowed together and sympathy flickered in her eyes. "Stay there. I hope to find you here when I get back."

"Yes." I mumbled. The Nurse left, her muscles were stiff and she took large strides like she was in a hurry. Once I was alone in the room I let myself fall back onto the bed. The slight bouncing as it adjusted to my movement somehow comforted me.

When the Nurse had first seen my abnormal healing there was hostility in her eyes. Even through my pleading had melted the hardness into sympathy, the ones she brings might not be as friendly.

I had intended to stay awake until the Nurse returned, but I was more tired than I realized and I soon found my eyelids drifting shut.


I woke up by myself the next day. As I laid there first thing I did was scan the room, from what I could see it was empty. Kind of ironic; with all the enemies they have then someone like me showing up I'd think they'd at least have someone watching me. Someone like me, an amnesiac who could potentially have a really creepy past.

I shivered at the thought of calling someone Master. That scene from yesterday still bothered me. But the only thing I could do was put it to the back of my mind and look forward to the future. With a sigh I sat up, as I did blankets fell off of me. I glanced down at the white sheets. Someone must've covered me up last night…

"Ah! You're awake!"

A redhead had appeared in the doorway. He gave me a grin upon meeting eyes. I tilted my head slightly, sliding my legs off of the bed moving to stand up. "And you are?"

The boy looked up suddenly as if he didn't realize he hadn't introduced himself yet. "Me?" The redhead pointed to himself, "I'm Lavi. Lenalee wanted me to get you."

"Nice to meet you, I'm...Sybil." I spoke my new name hesitantly. I walked over to stand beside him, he was at least a head taller than me so I had to tilt my head up to meet his green eyes. "Let's go."

He led me down the familiar halls that led to the elevator. Once we were in Lavi pressed floor 5 then proceeded to fold his arms, leaning up against the wall.

"So…" I began. "How long have you been here?"

Lavi's eyes-or eye, he had a black eyepatch that covered one of them. I'd decided not to bring it up in case it was a delicate subject-focused on me. "A few months. I hear you just came. And you're neither an Exorcist nor work here."

I huffed. "I'm going to be training to become a Finder so quiet."

Lavi laughed. "Touchy! That's a dangerous job. You sure you're up for it?"

"You sure you're up for being an Exorcist?" I countered. Being honest I didn't know what the boy's profession was, I'd taken a wild guess and prayed it was right.

The redhead narrowed his eyes, "Yeah, pretty sure." Even though I'd meant my words jokingly I felt I'd angered him. The elevator came to a stop before I could confirm my suspicions. "Lenalee's in the cafeteria, straight ahead. I gotta get going so see ya!"

"Lavi wait!" I stretched my arm forward taking ahold of his sleeve. "I'm sorry, if...I angered you earlier by asking you if you were up to being an Exorcist. I shouldn't question your worth even if it's meant as a joke."

I could feel Lavi's gaze burning into my head above me. Laughter suddenly echoed through the air. I snapped my head up to see the boy close to tears. "Man...you really can apologize…" Lavi said between breaths.

'Wha-?" I dropped my grip on his shirt and stepped back, confused by his actions.

"Don't worry, I wasn't mad by what you said or anything. But thanks for the apology!"

I bit the inside of my cheek turning on my heel to head towards the cafeteria. "Jerk…"

Inside the cafeteria were rows of tables. It was fairly empty; out of the people there some wore uniforms like Allen and Lenalee, some had tan cloaks, others lab coats I assumed to be scientists.

"Sybil! Over here!" The voice of Lenalee called out to me. I quickly located her sitting at a table not too far away.

"I hope you like chicken, it's not spicy. Try it! You probably haven't eaten in a few days you must be starving." Lenalee offered the food to me once I'd sat down.

"Thanks." I said, taking some of the food in my hand. I held it in front of my lips preparing to take a bite when something occurred to me. I couldn't remember the last time I'd eaten so I should be hungry, but my stomach hadn't ached nor growled with hunger since I'd gotten here. I swallowed the lump in my throat and pushed the thoughts to the back of my mind. So that I couldn't think of anything else that'd stop me, I opened my mouth wide and bit the chicken. I ripped apart some of the meat from the bone and chewed it, letting it's flavor spread across my tongue. I crunched up my nose in disgust.

"Bleh," I forcefully swallowed it. I added on, "Bitter."

"Bitter?!" Lenalee exclaimed. "But that was sweet chicken! You got some strange taste!"

I shrugged pushing the plate back towards Lenalee. "You can have the rest."

The girl grinned and quickly took one of the chicken. Before she took a bite she said, "Gladly."


"So do I get the tour today?" I asked hopefully.

"Sadly no." Lenalee replied as we entered the elevator, her hitting floor 4. "Komui wanted me to drop you off at the Training Facility so you get accustomed to the kind of stuff Finders have to do to prepare for field work. The tour will come after that."

"How long will it take?"

"Only a few hours."

"Only a few hours?!"

"Well Finders have a dangerous job. They're on their own out there. They have to investigate strange anomalies and if it turns out to be Innocence or something worse they report it in. But they also have to be able to protect themselves." Her voice grew serious. "Finders are people without Innocence, that means they don't have ways of destroying Akuma. They can capture the Akuma, although it's not always permanent. But that's why Exorcists are there!"

The seemingly dark words Lenalee had just been speaking were brightened up by her last sentence. As Lenalee rambled on I faced back forward lost in my thoughts…

So the Exorcists are the ones to always save the day…? Interesting.

"We're here!" I jolted to a stop at Lenalee's sudden shout. The girl faced me with serious eyes, she held up a finger and pointed towards the door in front of us saying, "If you see Kanda in there try to be nice. Even if he comes off as a jerk he's nice once you get to know him!"

I mentally laughed. And how long will that take?

"When you go in look for a man with huge muscles and spiky hair, he's kind of like the 'Master of the Dojo' down here. He'll help you get stronger. If you tell him you're working towards being a Finder he'll help you work on skills needed for that. So good luck! I'll be back in a few hours to give you the tour. See you!"

"Bye," I turned around and placed my hand on the door handle, reluctant to open it.

But I have to.

I inhaled deeply gathering confidence as I shoved the door open. When I entered I expected to hear sounds of fighting, or see it at least. But that wasn't it at all. Inside the so-called-Dojo it was dead silent. I almost felt bad for letting the door slam behind me as it did. Rows of pillars separated the large room into sections; there were five in total. And sitting all the way across the room meditating was none other than Kanda.

That man could look pissed even with his eyes closed.

I mouthed a large 'OKayy" as I began to feel nervous, my confidence starting to crumble away. So far I hadn't seen this Master, either I hadn't looked hard enough or he wasn't here.

He's not here. There's no place to hide in this room-unless he's behind Kanda which I doubt because Lenalee described him as a muscular man so I'd think he'd be tall and not short so his short body wouldn't-

"Are you here to train or are you going to stand there wasting daylight?" A man's voice broke my train of thoughts. The voice came from the corner behind me, the one place I hadn't checked.

I slowly turned and as I saw the man I wondered how I didn't noticed him before. Short, spiky black hair decorated his head. I glanced at his muscles-which were a bit smaller than my torso. This was definitely the guy. "Excuse me, sir. I was wondering if I could become your apprentice. Lenalee sent me."

The man opened an eye and observed me. "Lenalee huh? If she sent me you she must think you have some potential. What are you? Exorcist? Finder? Something else?"

"Finder, sir."

The man waved a hand in the air like he was swatting a fly and said, "Drop the sir alright? Call me Douchi. If you're gonna be a Finder you'll need to build up some muscle. Do you know how to fight?"

I shrugged, "I have amnesia, I can't remember anything up until I arrived at the Order so I wouldn't know."

A large grin spread across the man's face revealing canine-like teeth. He stood and walked past me heading towards the center of the floor in the first section. "I decided to take you on as my apprentice. But I have to know your strength and where you need improvement first. You'll fight me, considering you don't think you can fight if you can knock me off my feet I'll tell Komui to put you on the best Finder Unit out there."

"Alright," I said, not entirely sure what a Finder Unit is. I should ask Lenalee about that later. I raised my fists and began bouncing on my feet. My ears detected a snicker in the distance and my eyes flickered over to where Kanda sat. The man had opened his eyes and now was watching me, his eyes showed faint amusement. I glared at him and was about to face back forward when something struck me in my chin.

The force sent my head flying back like whiplash and pain spread where I'd been hit. Before the hit could send me flying off my feet I widened my stance. The hit had drew blood and the liquid now dripped down onto my chest. I gritted my teeth slowly looking up, Douchi stood there cracking his knuckles. Disappointment clear on his face.

"You'd be dead now if I was an Akuma. Never take your eyes off an opponent in battle. And letting you know, I talked to the Head Nurse. She let me in on your healing ability. I'll train you kid, but I won't hold back." At this information I grew confused. How did he talk to the Nurse about me if he didn't know I was coming? Or did he?

I didn't get the chance to ask for at the end of his sentence he pulled his fist back preparing to swing. I had seconds to jump back before the powerful hit landed right where I'd been standing. Somehow the floor didn't crack, it must be made of some really strong cement.

"You dodged that one! But what about this?" Douchi's figure suddenly disappeared. I was taken by surprise but I had to focus. My eyes flickered around to try and see where he'd appear next. A gentle whoosh of air from behind me let me know.

I twisted around; when I'd done a full 180o I kicked my leg out and brought my hands closer to my face to ready for my next attack. Strong hands gripped my foot, as I'd predicted Douchi had appeared there and right into my kick. Even though he'd stopped my kick I hadn't lost. I noticed that Douchi's hands were struggling against the force I'd put into my attack. Seeing this as an opportunity, I took action.

I'd only have a few seconds before Douchi pushed my foot away so while it was still firm in his grip, I curled my hands into a fist and punched the man in the gut with all my might. A grunt echoed through the silent air as I did. His grip around my foot loosened and I yanked it down so he didn't cause me to fall.

I didn't hit him that hard did I? I thought as I observed the man who was seemingly in pain.

Douchi gave me a weak thumbs up, "Nice...punch. But, you still have a lot to learn kid."

The thumbs up that I moments ago thought was a sign of praise, turned into a fist that slammed into my gut and sent me flying backwards. I crashed into a wall but thankfully I didn't receive as much injury from that punch as I did his others. I cried mentally. Why does this guy have to be my mentor?!

Kanda's POV

I watched as the girl got her ass handed to her by Douchi. At some parts it seemed like she could hold her own, but Douchi always overpowered her. I began to walk towards the exit feeling I'd have more peace and quiet in my room than in here.

As I passed Douchi whom had just sent the girl flying I commented, "She seems like she needs a lot of work."

Douchi scoffed. "Not much, I don't know who she is but she has a lot of raw power. That punch she landed on me, did some damage."

I raised a brow. Damage? That's rare. That man's skin is like stone. It's one of the reasons why he's a go-to person when you someone to train you. It takes a lot power to cause him pain. With a small shake of my head I gripped the handle and opened the door. That girl was suspicious. I'd overheard Douchi mentioning healing powers, regular humans don't have that.

Just who is she?