Fourth chapter is up. Man this one took a while to type. And no, big swords don't work well against me.
I forgot the disclaimer last time: I don't own D.Gray Man or xxxHolic.
Wrong Dimension: Dept Paying and Job Hunting
"Wait. We have to pay to stay here?" Kanda was outraged. The fact that getting into a mess is free while getting out of that mess requires payment didn't not agree with his conscience. 'It's all that damn usagi's fault. It was his idea in the first place.' he thought maliciously.
"That's right. In order to receive something you must give something up in return. Equal compensation, in other words." Everyone one of the exorcists jaws dropped at hearing this. Yuko continued, "In order to pay for the information on the portal, you all must work here in my shop doing various chores and the like."
"That's fine. We can stay for a few days to work off what we now owe" Allen was relieved that she didn't ask for anything more than that. Sadly, he was wrong.
"As for the renting of rooms and meals, you'll have to find jobs outside of working here." She finished, still wearing her salesman smile. Her assistant, Watanuki, didn't seem too surprised about what Yuko is having them do. Yuko looked over at the clock hanging on the wall. "It's late. I suggest that you think over on what jobs to get for a few months. That portal won't be available for at least eighty days at the least."
She showed the exorcists to the rooms in the back. Kanda and Lavi's rooms were on the left side of the hall while Allen and Lenalee's rooms were on the right. 'At least we get separate rooms' Kanda thought. He entered his room without saying a word of thanks and closed the door behind him. Everyone else gave their thanks to Yuko and entered their own rooms. Tomorrow was going to be a long day.
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The night seemed to last forever as they laid in bed wondering what lies ahead for them here in this strange world. Dawn soon came, welcoming the new day. None of the exorcists got that much sleep that night out of fear of something attacking them while they slept. When they woke, each of them found clothes placed at the foot of each of the beds. Along with the clothes came a note written by Yuko-san. "These are loaner clothes for when you go out and search for a job. Put them on and join me for breakfast." No one knew nor wished to know why Yuko-san had these clothes in the first place. Quickly putting on the supplied clothing, they walked wearily down the hall to the dinning room from last night.
"Ah. Awake at last, I see." Yuko said cheerfully. Not exactly the best thing to hear first thing in the morning for any of them. They sat down around the table, taking the same places they had last night, and started eating what was provided for them. There was much more on the table than what was sat out the first time. 'It seems she remembered how much Moyashi ate last night.' "Che," Kanda couldn't care less about Allen.
Yuko got their attention with a slight cough. "Today you all will start working for me. Only two of you will search for jobs out side of here due to your ages." She pointed to Lavi and Kanda. "You two will be the ones out job hunting to pay for your rooms and the like. As for you two," points to Allen and Lenalee. "Your task will be to clean the shop with Watanuki and grocery shopping for food."
"Sounds simple enough." Lavi sighed, "Well at least only two off us will be job hunting, right, Yu?" He only received a murderous glare from Kanda and Lavi slowly started to back away.
"At least it's not as bad as having to pay off Master's depts." Allen went off in a nostalgic nightmare.
"So, the portal will appear by mid February, then?" Lenalee questioned. It was early December.
"Yes, by mid to late February the portal to your world will be opened." Yuko turned to Lavi and Kanda. "You two should finish eating and get going. The faster one of you gets a job, the quicker you'll pay off rent."
"Right, ma'am." Lavi quickly finished off his share and took his dishes to the kitchen. He quickly headed back to his room and picked up his Big Hammer, Little Hammer and strapped it around his upper right leg. The clothes that were lent to him allowed him to conceal his hammer from view with the long dark blue jacket that matched his given white long sleeve shirt and blue jeans. He still wore his signature green headband and eye patch. Walking down the hall towards the front door he meet up with Kanda dressed in a short black jacket with a red long sleeve shirt and black pants. He was forced to leave Mugen behind due to the fact it would stand out. Together, they set out to search for a job.
They drifted around Tokyo for several hours before stepping inside to ask if the store was hiring. After trying several stores and being unsuccessful at finding a good place to work, they stopped at a small café for a quick bite before continuing on with their search. Trying general food stores and small restaurants and the like, neither of them seemed to make a impression on the managers they've asked. Lavi soon spied a book store on the corner of the street they were on. Being around book made him feel better. Maybe it was because he was a Bookman, but he decided on going in a look around. Kanda, having nothing better to do, followed him into the book store. Again, they drifted through out the isles, going in between and around the bookshelves, looking at titles he has never seen before. He pulled on down to browse through it, but before he could open the book, there was a large crash in the isle next to them.
He put the book away quickly and skidded around the corner to find a small short hair brunette girl collapsed on the floor underneath a large some of thick, hardback books and a ladder. Lavi quickly pulled off the ladder and moved the books off of her. "Are you okay, miss?" he asked.
She looked up at him, her dark brown eyes were rimmed with tears of pain. "Yes, I'm fine," she said softly. Lavi helped the young girl sit up as she held on to her head. "This isn't the first time I've fallen down with a bunch of books." She wiped away the tears that welled up in her eyes.
"You got to be more careful. Would you like some help?" He started to pile the books up in small stacks.
"Yes, please." she answered, getting up a dusting off her long grayish blue skirt and white collar long sleeve shirt. Her short hair fell over her shoulders as she bent over to starts placing the books back on the shelves.
"Alright. Yu, your helping, too." Kanda che'd again as he started to place the books back on the shelves. Lavi soon finished placing another pile of books on the shelves as he turned his head towards the girl. "By the way, I didn't get your name, miss. My name is Lavi." He said as he held out a hand to her.
She took his hand, "My name is Nohane Canton, but everyone just calls me Noh." She smiled as she shook his hand. "And your friend's name is Yu?"
"Kanda, please." He tired to be friendly, but he still had his glaring eyes with seemed to make Noh nervous. She let out a small "okay" as she went back to organizing the books.
"By the way, Lavi, were you and Kanda-san looking for something. I could help you find any book that you might be looking for." She definitely sounded like she worked here, which would probably explain why she said it wasn't the first time being buried under books.
"Um, no, we were actually looking for a job some where and we just came in here to relax from being turned down at so many places." Lavi laughed nervously.
"Really? If you want you two could work here if you want. We're a bit low on staff right now and with everyone gone for holiday vacation, we don't have many people to run the store." Lavi and Kanda looked at her with disbelief and slight joy.
"You can do that for us?"
"I sure can. I get the manager and tell him that we have two people looking for a job here. Be right back" She ran off towards the back.
"It seems we found our new work place, Yu."
"Stop calling me that."
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Finish this chapter and it's two in the morning. An OC is introduced. She will come up quiet a bit in the next chapter. My cat is trying to eat my hand again. Nyan.
