Chapter 4: Reunion?
Yuna stared at the man before her with sad eyes. Her face didn't show much expression, but her eyes told the truth. All she could see was the young man that stood before. Even the noisy questions from the two people beside her was a sound she couldn't hear. She was in her own world. Yuna quickly snapped out of it, though, as a blade was coming towards her. She dodged it easily, by moving to the side, since the blade was going to cut vertically. The blade kept coming at her, attempting to slice some part of Yuna.
Lenalee and Allen were confused. They couldn't understand the hostility coming from the dark haired man towards the little girl. Lenalee desperately wanted the man to stop. She didn't want Yuna to get hurt and she didn't want them to fight. She should do something, but what can she do in this situation? As if hearing her wishes, Allen stepped up, taking the glove off of his left hand. What was revealed was a coal black skinned hand with a green like cross embed onto the top of the hand. With two words, "Crown Clown," the hand turned into a claw. A white cloak appeared across his shoulders and a sort of very long white glove-like thing became Allen's right hand. His hair also became more spiky. Lenalee gasped slightly at the sudden activation of an innocence, but realized what Allen planned to do. In a flash, Allen appeared between the young girl and man, using his clawed hand to grab hold of the blade, and his other held out signaling to stop.
"Bakanda! What do you think you are doing? Is this how you treat every newcomer? There is no reason to fight. Put down your blade."
The young man "tched" before lowering his blade, glaring both at Allen and Yuna. Allen transformed back into his original appearance looking at the man with caution. Lenalee cautiously came up to the small group and put on her best smile, positioning herself beside Allen. Might as well first introduce them, even though Kanda seemed to already know the girl. Then, the man or Yuna could explain just what was going on.
"Umm...Kanda, this is Yuna-chan. And Yuna-chan, this is Kanda..."
A silence followed, and there was no movement. However, you could feel the tension in the air. Kanda merely turned his head away, while Yuna stared on at him sadly. There was no movement of shaking hands or no sound of introduction. Kanda didn't understand it though, Yuna? Wasn't it Ying? Or is it the wrong person? But it couldn't be... They are obviously the same people. Just in the world was the person doing here anyway? Various thoughts went through his head.
Lenalee continued on, "Well...I guess you guys seem to know each other already?"
Kanda turned back his head with a scowl, looking at the forest green haired exorcist. Know? It wasn't exactly that he knew the girl. However, it wasn't exactly that he didn't know her either. And in truth, he didn't hold too much of a grudge on the girl. The shock and surprise had taken over, and maybe even a sense of betrayal. His feelings were mixed, and he didn't quite know how to feel.
Allen continued on from Lenalee, "Anyway, would you two, maybe explain some things? Lenalee and I aren't exactly aware of what happened that made Bakanda be so violent. Well, he was always like that. Still, it seemed you two know each other?"
Yuna stared off into space for a minute, before deciding to tell the two confused people a part of it. They deserved to know, but she wasn't ready to tell them everything and she was sure they weren't ready either. Especially when Kanda, himself, didn't know the true story about their encounter. Honestly, because of the problem with Yuna's memories, she didn't quite remember the whole thing clearly. It's as if a fog was blocking her memories. Still, she can see parts here and there and make out some parts. And sometimes, her memories appear in her dreams. And those dreams aren't always exactly true. There might a twist within the dream.
"I'll explain," Yuna stated.
Kanda rolled his eyes in disgust, but maybe he should hear this too. He needed to know why this person was still alive if they are the same people in the first place. He needed to know what exactly happened. There were many things he needed to know. And the woman. The woman he saw nine years ago. The hallucination, illusion, he needed to know. He had to find her, quickly, before it was too late.
And so, Yuna began...
"Indeed we saw each other, Kanda and myself. We didn't exactly know each other, just saw each other. We only actually met once in the past, nine years ago. I believe that Yu-, no Kanda, only saw me for two days in total. For me, I actually saw Kanda since he was cre-, no born, in the Project. I actually, umm... watched him almost everyday. Not that I actually wanted to..."
Kanda glared at the young girl as she was about to say his first name, but his expression turned to surprise. Was the girl a stalker or something? And what did she mean by that it wasn't like she wanted to watch him. Then she was forced to? This surprised Lenalee and Allen as well. They were also confused. Project? They had no idea what that was suppose to mean.
Allen spoke up, "What do you mean Project?"
Yuna looked at Kanda unsure whether or not to reveal the fact or not. Kanda made no motion or signals, so Yuna decided to explain without too much details.
"Well, how do you say this. Umm...Kanda was part of the Synthetic Disciple Project. He is a second exorcist or the second generation. To put it simply, the reason why he could heal so fast if because of this project. However, it isn't as wonderful as it seems."
Allen and Lenalee nodded. They decided not to pry too much into the details. Surely such a gift would have consequences.
"Anyway, I watched Kanda almost everyday. And I promise that it wasn't because of my own interests. There were reasons...Putting that aside, Kanda found me one day in this lotus garden, if I'm correct. Seemed he was in a daze that day, but I quickly walked away. The next day, I passed him while walking out of a room and I went over to the lotus garden, which is where I usually am. After a while, he came to the garden. Thinking he was looking for me, I approached him. I introduced myself. Then the next day... it was decided that the project failed, and so, we were all released."
Lenalee and Allen could both tell that there was important information that wasn't given, but they decided to to pry in the details. It was good enough that Yuna decided to tell them at least some of the things that happened. On the other hand, Kanda was suspicious of this small girl. Reasons? And it seemed as if the girl wasn't sure about what happened. Indeed what she said was right, but why was she unsure? He counted himself lucky that the girl didn't reveal the 'small' incident, but he still glared at the girl in a rude manner. Kanda knew there was something huge, the real truth, behind her words. He will get the truth out of the girl one day. Before it was too late. He needed to know...
"And that's it. For our meeting's part."
Curious, Lenalee asked, "If you were there where Kanda was, does that mean that you are a second generation or whatever as well?"
Kanda perked up at this question. The only other one that he knew that was a second generation beside himself was Alma. However, he believed he was dead. After all, he did kill him with his own hands. Kanda expected Yuna to be a second generation, why else was she there at that place?
Yuna slowly replied, "No. I was there for something else."
Kanda narrowed his eyes. What in the world did that mean? Was Yuna one of those scientists then? No, that wasn't possible. Otherwise, she wouldn't be coming out of that cubical room that time as if she was just experimented on. She was experimented on. Then why was Yuna there in the first place, then? And just why was those nasty scientists experimenting on Yuna?
Having a wonderful thought just spark up in Lenalee's mind, she quickly grabbed Allen's arm and cheerfully spoke, "Ah, we have something to do. Right, Allen-kun? So, we'll be off first. See you guys later!"
Allen grunted as he was dragged off by Lenalee, heading towards Komui's office. Their feet thudded against the ground and slowly echoed into nothingness. Lenalee softly whispered into Allen's ear to explain, "We should give those two a nice reunion by themselves. We don't want to disturb them alright?"
Allen had dumbly nodded and continued on being dragged by Lenalee. Both Kanda and Yuna were surprised, though it didn't show on their faces. A scowl was all that showed on Kanda's face, while Yuna was just expressionless. Yuna had watched the two figures hurried away, and when they turned at a corner, she sighed. She had never talked so much in her life before. Or at least she didn't remember talking so much before. Then, suddenly, she felt a blade tip at her back.
"Tell me everything, Ying."
Yuna shook her head, right left right.
"TELL ME! OTHERWISE-" Kanda was now nearly shouting, but Yuna had turn around and put a finger to his lips, telling him to keep silent.
Kanda glared at the small girl in front of him, gripping mugen tightly, his knuckles turning chalky white. Yuna took a step back from the danger of the shining blade and looked directly into Kanda's frustrated eyes.
"You will know...one day. It won't be too late. I promise. Plus, there is no guarantee that I know everything," promised Yuna.
Familiarity slapped Kanda in the face. That tone... No. Forget about it.
Yuna noticed the change of expression in Kanda's face and spoke, "You might notice things as you see me more often, I suppose. You will find out everything, gradually."
Kanda glowered at Yuna, and asked rudely, "Then can I ask a few questions?"
Yuna raised her eyebrows and answered, "That depends on the question..."
"Then, first question. Are you related to that woman?" asked Kanda.
"Unclassified."
Kanda frowned in dislike and continued on, "Why were you there?"
"Unclassified."
Kanda clenched his teeth, "Why did you watch me all the time?"
"Unclassified."
"Fine. Last question for now. Were there any other survivors of that incident?"
Surprisingly, there was a pause before Yuna replied, "You really want to know?"
Kanda narrowed his eyes as if he hadn't already and scowled, "Hurry up with the answer!"
"Yes."
"Who? Who is it?"
Yuna looked at Kanda. She doubted that he believed that his friend was still alive, but that hope in his eyes..."Didn't you say last question?"
"Disregard that then. Just tell me already," Kanda said.
Yuna bit her lip, unsure, before answering, "Alma."
A long silence followed. Kanda in shock. There was no way he was alive. He knew. He had killed his friend with his own hands. It wasn't possible. Even if he prayed everyday to God. You can't bring the dead back alive. Maybe he didn't kill him that time, but he was sure he killed Alma. He was sure of it.
"You're lying," stated Kanda stubbornly with a glare.
Yuna shrugged, "Your choice to believe me or not."
Kanda gave another harsh glare to the girl before turning around and walking away without another word. Yuna merely watched in silence as she was left alone in the large area. Soon, Kanda's figure vanished and Yuna was truly alone. Yuna reached up to her lotus hairpin, touching it gently.
"Izumi, is this alright? It's fine right? I'm okay like this right?" asked Yuna in particularly to no one.
The hairpin shined for a moment, then returned to its usual brightness. A voice echoed in her ears, "Remember. Don't you dare forget, my cute, little pet. And telling that to him. What do you think you are doing?"
Yuna shivered, the voice sending chills down her spine. She shook the voice off, ignoring it. She quickly walked towards the direction of her room, wanting to have time alone in a space that wasn't so large. Her face was expressionless, but her eyes showed a hint of fear.
Yuna opened the door to her room with a click from her key when she got to the wooden door of her room. She quickly went in and closed the door, and went to sit on the bed's soft sheets. She hugged herself, cold. She was shivering, from cold, yes, since she had always been bad with cold weather. However, she was shivering in fear of something else. She was alone, so there shouldn't be afraid of anything, but maybe, she was afraid of herself, what she had to do, or the past. Whichever one, it had to do with herself. Yuna wasn't quite sure what she was so afraid of either. Just something...
And a memory fragment hit her. Her mind burned and it hurt. Yuna raised her hands to clutch her head as visions past before her eyelids that were now closed from the pain. It was like watching a movie that was fast forwarding. Her past memories that she forgotten are coming up. That person was right. Coming here was bringing her memories back faster. Was it the influence of Kanda?
Blood. Too much. It hurt. A lot. Too much. Too fast.
It felt as if too much information and wisdom was given to her at once. It felt as if it was a ton loads of information, a fragment of her memory.
Grim Reaper?
In one of these visions that she saw, she heard that name being called out. Was that dying person meaning her, or someone else? She couldn't tell. It hurt too much.
Soon, she passed out from all the pain. A drop of tear in the corner of each eye were visible. She lied there on the bed sheets, eventually going into a deep sleep. Before long, it would be morning.
It was late by this time. About 10pm now. Lights were going to be out soon and most people had already gone to bed. They never know how early they had to get up, since there might be an emergency. The people at Black Order had to be ready at all times.
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