Allen was not as surprised by Cross' intrusion into the room, nor was he surprised that he had brought another man with him. But he was surprised that the man's hair was so long that it reached below his waist. And it resembled the color of raven's wings as it was so black it seemed blue. The man also wore nothing but black or dark gray, as that is what the entire outfit contained; a long black Jacket that was sleeveless that had a dark gray under shirt that only covered his upper body, his pants were somewhat baggy and black with gray stripes down the side, and he wore boots made for running that were black and came to about mid calf. Allen continued to stare at the man until the man turned away from him to watch what Cross was doing.

Allen realized that he had been staring at him until he turned with his cheeks dusted a light pink color. Allen wondered what the man had been thinking for him to turn away in embarrassment when Cross, turned to him. He quickly dressed before he could be scolded, but Cross did not give him a second glance before turning to the other occupant of the room. "Now I have hired you for one purpose and one purpose only, that is to protect my investment." At this Cross gave a dramatic wave that gave reference to Allen. "All you have left to do is sign this paper and start working."

The man in front of Cross grabbed the paper and read through it, looked up, "So, what am I supposed to protect that is so important?" This in Allen's opinion did not sound like a question but a statement.

Pointing at Allen, Cross said, "Him."

"Che, him?! Why would such a Moyashi need protection of this degree?" he stared at Allen with disbelief written across his face.

"Because I said so, that's why." Cross scowled at the man, "And many of the other performers do not care for him and have taken to creating accidence for him."

"Really and why would they want to get rid of a fellow circus freak? What is he the only one with talent or is he just that ugly." Kanda scoffed at the idea of others actually wanting to hurt the Moyashi. Especially, one that looked as weak as this kid.

Allen did not like how this man seemed to think he was nothing but a weakling or that he was pampered.

Cross gave a chuckle at how the man he had just hired acted like this was beneath him and so not worth his time. "Well, you called me about taking on this job, boy. Now are you going to sign or not?"

"Che," Kanda grabbed the pen that Cross was holding up and signed the contract. Then roughly threw it into Cross' hands.

Existing the tent Allen headed back to the trapeze training area, all the while having been followed by his new shadow. Cross had decided to explain in detail that he, Allen, was not to have a hair on his head harmed. And what he would do if something were to happen. It was noon by the time Cross had finally shut up and let them leave.

They traveled through the tents in silence, neither wanting to break the silence that had fallen over them.

Kanda still did not like that he was hired to protect such a person, though he could be described as cute or beautiful; but something in the way the kid held himself said that he had seen more than most people would ever see.

And hearing Cross rant on and on about how he was to protect the Moyashi from the other in the circus troupe had given him a slight headache. Now that Kanda thought about it, the red-head had said some nasty stuff about the Moyashi when he had first arrived here. The guy in front of him now did not seem like the prince or royal pain that the rabbit had described.

When they arrived at the training grounds Kanda took a chance to look around, and saw that there were only three others in the area. One was the red-head, speak of the devil Kanda thought, the next was a girl who had long black hair like himself but it had a more greenish tint than his blue-ish black hair, and the last was a young man who had short choppy orange hair. Kanda did not expect any of them to cause the Moyashi harm, though the girl and the red-head both stiffen when they saw Allen.

"Yo, prince, back again," the orange haired one said as he walked up to Allen. But Allen just walked past him and next to the girl. "Cross said we need to team up. Let's go." He then walked over to the practice line for the trapeze with the girl following him with a scowl on her face.

Allen had put on his persona and acted as they expected.

While, Allen practiced with the girl Kanda was approach by the rabbit and the orange haired guy. "Hi, I haven't seen you here before. My names Narien, and who might you be…?"

At that Lavi answered, "This is the royal pains new bodyguard, Kanda, wasn't it?" Lavi looked at him with an idiot grin on his face. 'Che' was the only thing that Kanda said.

"Now Lavi don't be like that. Allen has a good reason for being like he is." Narien scolded Lavi. "Oh, yeah. Then what is this Holy Reason that you try to make everyone understand, huh?! You say that all the time but you never have an actual answer for it." Lavi's face turned dark as he argued with Narien.

"It's not my place to say, and you know that."Narien countered. "Yup, like always. The same old answer and you want us to be nice to him even if he thinks of us less than the dirt he walks on."

Narien sighed, and looked at Kanda, "Sorry, but Allen isn't as bad as he makes himself out to be, so, please try to understand him. And not get offended by his action." Narien looked at Allen practicing. "He's a good kid who cares about a lot of people. But please do not, under any circumstance, listen to the others' opinions of him," Narien looked at Kanda and pleaded with his eyes.