"Aw! Look how cute they are!" Allen's voice woke Mikki up from her deep sleep. She had a nightmare last night about a man dressed in black armor coming to kill her. When she opened her eyes her face was next to Kanda's, his arms wrapped around her.

"Ah!" She pushed away from him startled that they were so close. Turns out Kanda was even closer to the edge of the bed.

"What the hell?" He mumbled as he fell to the floor, still half asleep.

"Oh Kanda, I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to knock you off!" Mikki looked over the edge of the bed. He was staring back up at her with a small grin on his face. Mikki's deep red hair almost touched his face as she leaned over. His grin faded away when another red head peeped up behind hers.

"Did you have a nice fall?" Lavi asked.

"Tsk, I don't want to deal with your crap this early in the morning." Kanda stood up and glared at him.

"Oh, Mikki, this was on the door." Lavi handed her a purple rose with a note attached.

"I betcha it's from Kanda, they make such a cute couple!" Allen teased with a kissy face.

"Yeah, real cute," Lavi said sarcastically.

"Shut up shrimp, mind your own damn business. And how the hell could I put a flower on the door when I was asleep?" Kanda said getting irritated at the young boy.

"Oh, that's right! How did your date go last night?" Allen asked batting his eyelashes.

"It wasn't a date," Mikki said as Kanda began to draw his blades. She put the flower on a table and got ready for the day ahead.

She took the flower down to the lobby with her. She wanted to read the note in private, and no one was ever in the lobby. She sat in a chair and read the note:

To my love,
You failed your last test, I suggest we meet alone so I can help you study. I'll be in room 103, patiently waiting.
Sincerely,
Your Sex Ed teacher

Mikki rolled her eyes as she shredded the note. She stuck the flower behind her ear and did exactly what her gut said was wrong. She went to room 103.

Back at Headquarters:

"Where's my daughter?" General Cross said loudly as he swung open the doors to the Order.

"Hello General!" Komui said in a cheerful voice.

"My daughter, where is she?" He demanded.

"Why, do you need her for something?"

"My father senses were tingling, she's with that Noah again."

"I didn't know you had those..." Komui said looking towards Reever.

"Where. Is. She." Reever slid up behind the General and locked the door.

"She's out on a mission. Don't worry, Allen's with her."

"Don't worry? Are we talking about my idiot apprentice? I don't trust him alone with my daughter!"

"Lenalee, Lavi, and Kanda are with them."

Cross stared at him for a moment. "And you trust Allen with Lenalee...?"

A cloud of paranoia began to etch into Komui's mind, but he quickly brushed it away knowing that was Cross' intent. "Yes I do."

Cross grunted when he failed. "Fine, but at least tell me where they are so I can check up on her. When I find that no good Noah of pleasure, I'll show him what I find pleasurable."Cross said with malice growing in his eyes.

"I'm afraid General, you've made a grave mistake coming here. Now that we finally have you here again, you're going to have to stay here."

Cross snorted and turned around to head out the door. He saw that not only did Reever lock him in, he also got an army load of guards blocking the exit. "We'll see about that," Cross said as he turned around and headed to his prison cell (a.k.a. bedroom).

Back to the exorcists:

"Mikki, where the heck have you been?" Allen asked when she went back up to the room. "You've been gone for over an hour! The manager says his carriage driver doesn't like waiting, and I'm sure we've missed the train by now." Mikki had forgotten all about the morning schedule.

"You smell funny. Like...like cologne." Lavi sniffed around her and she brushed him away.

"Mind your own business Lavi." Lavi looked hurt when she didn't use his nickname.

"We don't have time for this," Kanda interrupted. "If we're going to make the next train we'd better hurry." Allen agreed and everyone quickly went outside to catch the carriage. They all sat in an awkward silence as Mikki looked out the window and pouted. When they arrived at the station, there was no train in sight. The next train would arrive in an hour.

"So what are we going to do now?" Lenalee asked as they found a bench and sat down.

"I'm going to look at the stores around here." Mikki started walking away.

"No you're not!" Allen got up and pulled her back. "You're not going out of our sight. I don't know what you were doing this morning, but I have a feeling it wasn't good." Mikki sighed as she sat on the ground facing away from the group.

"Alright Mother," she said sarcastically.

...

They all immediately got onto the next train that came, this time though there was no window breaking involved. Two hours later they ended up at the wrong station. The station they needed was another two hours ahead of them, only the train they caught wasn't going that way.

"Well, it seems you've put us into quite the pickle," Lavi remarked dryly. "We're never going to get to this desert."

"Stop being a baby." Said a mans' deep voice.

Lavi looked around. "Who said that?"

"Master?" Allen screeched when Cross came walking out of the shadows.

"Daddy!" Mikki ran up to her father and tried to tackle him, but he quickly moved out of the way and let her hit the wall behind him. He turned around and glared at her.

"You were with that Noah again, weren't you?"

"No I wasn't. Oh, you brought Timcanpy!" Mikki's face light up when the golden golem flew out from under Cross' hat and went straight to Allen.

"Don't change the subject, I can smell him on you. Shower before you enter my cab, I don't allow dirty things near me."

"Cab?" Allen asked when he calmed Tim down enough to sit on his shoulder.

"Yes, while I was detained by the evil Order I overheard Komui talking to a conductor who said you weren't seen on the train you were supposed to be on. He also mentioned something about broken windows and Komui's face turned a funny purple color. Anyways, I know how stupid you children can be, so I brought my carriage with me when I came to get you. I'll take you to the next train station, and this time you'd better make it on."

"Wait, does headquarters know you're hear with us?" Allen asked when Cross eyed Kanda's golem suspiciously.

"It was either stay there and watch you fail your mission or come and help you. You should be more grateful you little brat."

"You broke out, didn't you?"

Cross sighed, "Keep it quiet, I don't need them knowing where I am. After I drop you off I'm leaving for awhile. Headquarters can screw themselves for all I care. And as for you," Cross turned towards Mikki again. "If I catch you with that Noah one more time I will chain you up in a basement and make you watch as I slowly kill him in painfully perverted ways. Then I'll leave you there." Cross swiftly walked away from the scared group as he headed towards the cab.

The ride was quiet as Cross glared at his daughter and apprentice the whole way there.

So sorry if this chapter turned out a little boring...I had most of it written a loooong time ago, but I needed to add a few more things and I don't know if it all fits together correctly. Anyways, the next chapter should be better! And I want to add a little personal thanks to all of you who reviewed~