Ren: I didn't get any ideas, but we'll improvise.

Van: I'll help!

Lacutta: No way!

Van: Yes way!

Lacutta: No!

Van: Yes!

Ren: Shut up!

Disclaimer: I own no one but lil' Shari.

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Ashari twirled in the cloths Miranda and Linali had lent her. She was in a black and pink striped skirt and a black blouse with a rose pattern going down the left side of her shirt. Her neck-length red-black hair was put up in a spiked pony tail. She wore fair pink tights and black lace up boots. She had her collar on tighter, enough to look like a necklace. She had on a pink sash tied loosely around her waist, matching her tights.

"Are you sure I don't look too girly?" Ashari asked. "You look lovely." Miranda said. Ashari blushed. "I'm a bit nervous. Do you think I'll do okay?" Miranda and Linali smiled at the tiny girl. "You'll do fine. I bet when he sees you he'll fall head over heels." Linali said. Ashari looked up at the older girl. "Has Kanda ever liked anyone?" She asked. Linali and Miranda looked at each other. "Well, we never really knew much about him…" Linali said.

Ashari jumped off her bed and smiled. "Well, hopefully I will." She tugged on her collar and ran out of the room. "Ashari wait!" Linali called. Ashari turned, getting her lips smeared with pink lip gloss. Linali touched it up and said "Go get him girl!"

Ashari smiled and ran to see Lavi on a motorcycle. He smiled at her "my lady, your carriage awaits." Ashari smiled and got on. Lavi revved the engine and took off.

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Kanda huffed as he sat at a table at an out door café. He was wearing a black shirt, black slacks, and black boots. He wasn't waiting alone though. Allen was cowering at the other end of the table, praying that Ashari would arrive early. Kanda growled as the clock struck two. Allen cowered even more. Kanda was already ticked off that he was there. If Ashari was late, Allen would be in his grave by three.

Suddenly they heard a motorcycle speed pass, a figure jumping off. Allen and Kanda gasped. "Ashari, is that…you?" Allen asked. "Allen! Hurry and get on or you'll get left behind!" Lavi yelled as he drove circles around the table. Kanda glared at him.

Allen ran after Lavi's cycle, leaving the two people alone. "Allen! Don't run too fast or you'll fall!" Ashari yelled after the young man. Kanda smirked. "Selfless fool." Ashari turned around and did something not even Kanda knew how to react to. She turned around and grabbed his nose. "Ow, you little! OW OW OW!!!" He yelled. "Let go!" "Not until you say 'sorry'!" Ashari said. "WHAT?!"

"Say sorry."

"NO!"

"Say it!"

"NO!"

"Say it or I'll pinch harder!"

"How the hell can you pinch any harder?!"

Kanda had tears in his eyes, he growled and yelled "FINE I'M SORRY!!!"

Ashari let go and turned around. "It's okay, now where are we going?" Kanda, holding his nose, yelled. "What the hell was that about?!" Ashari turned around and gave him a look. It looked like a glare, but god, when Ashari glared, her cheeks puffed and she just looked too cute to take seriously. Plus, the outfit made her looks even more irresistible. Kanda was on the version of melting. He felt the left side of his mouth twitch.

"What?" Ashari snapped. Kanda's eyes widened. "I can't take you seriously." Ashari sighed and bowed her head. "You plan to give up already?" Kanda yelled.

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"I can't believe you cried." Kana sighed as he walked beside Ashari towards the forest. "The movie was sad!" Ashari argued. "Poor Edward…" She sighed. "Che, your so, so, uh!" Kanda sighed. "Well how would life be like for you if you had scissor-hands?" She asked. Kanda turned away. "It would be a good enough life." "I wouldn't be able to live with myself." Ashari said. "Imagine, not being able to hold hands, hug, touch, oh that sounds horrible!" Kanda felt the girl shake.

"Why, can you not live without someone's touch?" Kanda asked. Ashari turned to look at him. Kanda gulped when he saw tears in her eyes. He had touched a tender spot. He looked away. "Listen, you don't have to hide anything anymore. I read your file, so don't act like your hiding something from me because I already know." He said. Ashari gasped then let out a sob. "So you know what I did, how I killed my family?"

Kanda felt a chill go up his spine. "Your father tried to kill you, that's what I read." Ashari laughed cold and dark. "No Kanda, I killed him, it's all my fault, IT'S ALWAYS MY FAULT!!!" She yelled, tears spilling from her eyes. "I killed mom, I killed Sean and I killed Father, I did, I did!" She yelled. Kanda grabbed her wrist and made her look at him.

"Listen…listen to me!" he yelled between gritted teeth as he tried to restrain her. "It's not your-AH!" He let go as he felt a searing pain go through his shoulder. He looked at Ashari to see she had blood dripping from her mouth. Her eyes widened as she looked at the blood on her hands. "No, it's happening again, NO!" She screamed. "NO, NO, NO, NO!!!" she started screaming. Kanda grabbed her ankle and pulled her down. He pinned her arms above her and wrapped a leg around her hips. "NO! KANDA RUN! GET OUT OF HERE! RUN!" She yelled. Kanda hit her at the back of her neck, causing the girl's world to go dark.

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"Uh…" Ashari groaned. She sat up and rubbed her head. She looked around. There was nothing but darkness around her. "Kanda? Allen? Miranda?" She called. "Where am I?"

Summer's gone, winter snows,

Hold your hands, kiss your nose.

Come with me, please believe,

I will never let you go…

"That song…Mama?" Ashari called. She saw a woman with blond hair and blue eyes huddled in a large ray of light. Trees from the brown earth sheltered the woman as she rocked a bundle in her arms. A man came through the trees and sat next to her, gazing down at her proudly. Ashari gasped "Daddy…" The couple paid no mind to her. The woman continued to sing.

All you see, all I hear,

We can't talk unless we're near.

Roaring winds blow soft snow,

I will never let you go.

"She sang that song to Sean as they died." A voice said. Ashari spun around. "You killed her Shari, both of them at the same time." The man said. Ashari looked up at her father, now aged and dark. "Father, I had to, she turned herself into one of them, one of the monsters. She was going to kill us, kill you…She did kill you. I had to…had to stop her, before she killed anyone else. I had to." Ashari said. "You should have did what I did, you should have died for her to let her live. After all, Sean died because of you." He said. "He fell in by himself; I was no where near the water!" "You knew you had to protect him, he was fragile, like your mother." He said.

Ashari backed away. "I'm not god; I didn't decide to make him a half-it. You took that woman and had him behind our backs, Mama loved you, she loved him too when that weak thing had him and died. Why did you do it? What did we do to deserve the treachery you committed?" she asked. The man grinned wildly. "Stupid child, you talk too much!" He said lunging at her. He grabbed her as the woman continued to sing.

Blue sea eyes, always cry,

Red hair rest in rumpled knots.

Innocence has seen death,

I will never let you go.

Red wet stones always know,

Sticky blood runs in the streams.

Mournful howls, crying now,

I will never let you go.

The man raised her up, Ashari clutching to his hand. She felt tears come to her eyes as the image faded behind her father. "…mama…mama…" she gasped as it faded. She felt her breath slow as he grinned up at her. "Now join your dear father in hell." "…no…" She gasped. 'I can't die…I can' die…I don't want to. I want to live…' she thought.

"Ashari! Wake up!"

"Uh?" She asked. Her father's grip loosened as light shone down into the dark world. She smiled and looked up. "…Kan…da…" she sighed and opened her eyes.

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Ashari opened her eyes to see a certain raven-haired exorcist. He was gripping her shoulders, with a look of annoyance on his face. But just seeing his scowling face made the young girl smile. "Kanda…" She said. Kanda let go of her and sat in a chair, crossing his arms. "You were screaming like hell was about to swallow you." Kanda said. Ashari smiled to herself and said "Thank you."

Kanda blushed a bit. "So you want to tell me what the deal with your family is?" He asked. Ashari's smile faded. "You sure you want to hear?" she asked. "I mean if you read my file." "I want to hear it from you." Ashari sighed. "My father use to be part of a covenant. He was supposed to marry a woman in it and have a son to pass down the wolf's collar to. But he liked my mom instead and tore away from his old life to be with her. And instead of a son, they had a daughter. My Father gave me the collar, engraving my name on it. But his old life haunted him and he returned. He just went back to give them his son. When he came back he had my half-brother. His mother had died giving birth to him."

"But even though he left us, we still welcomed him back like he had just gone to get fire-wood. Mama loved him, and treated him as her own son. But he was very weak. Father was a bit upset that I had the collar and not him, but he said I was a pure-blooded child. He said he didn't want a son, which made my brother Sean a half-it. But one day, Sean fell into the river ad drowned, I tried to save him and brought him back, but it was too late. Mama cried for so long. But when I and Father returned from our daily training, we found her looking sick. Before we knew what was happening, she turned into an Akuma. Father tried to help her, but she killed him. Father was dead and I was the one with the collar, so I did what I had to do."

Ashari had tears falling from her eyes. "I didn't want to and I k now she didn't mean to, but I had no choice. She could have killed a lot of other people. I didn't want to do it, I had to…hic…I had to…" She said between sobs. "Please…Please don't hate me!" He begged. Kanda got up and walked to her side. "Kanda…?" She asked. Suddenly, Kanda's arms were around her. Ashari's surprised gasp turned into a sigh as she laid her cheek against Kanda's shoulder.

She pulled away and looked up at him. Kanda brushed a stray hair from her face. "You stupid idiot," He sighed and held her to his chest. "Like I'd hate you." He said. "You drive me crazy just with that stupid little smile and those huge eyes. How can I hate you?" he let his lips brush over hers. "I promise, I'll protect you with my life." He said holding her closer.

"Tell her she completes you." A voice whispered from the doorway. Kanda slowly looked behind Ashari to see Lavi, Linali, Allen, Komui, Miranda and almost every one in the black order looking in through the door. Kanda gave a glare.

CLANG!!!

"Lavi? Komui? Are you guys okay?" Allen asked. Linali and Miranda quickly closed the door.

Kanda sighed and looked down at the giggling Ashari. "Well?" Ashari pinched his nose. "Ow!" He said and rubbed his red face. "Let's get out of here." Ashari said. Kanda smirked and nodded, opening the window.

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Lacutta: did that just happen?

Ren: … (Crying from joy)

Lacutta: Did that just happen?

Van: GO SHARI!!!

Lacutta: How did that happen?

Ren: I'm so proud!

Van: I hear wedding bells!

Lacutta: How the hell did that happen?

Ren: (blows nose) Review please…