Hey! the late update isnt my fault! i had no internet and no MW for ages ==

i also went to SMASH! convention XD It was so much fun! So many cool cosplays and i saw two Sailor Moon transvestites! (One of them had me fooled for a girl...)

Anyway, i hope you enjoy! This was a fun chapter to write! ^^

After a moment of blankness, Allen yelped and tried to shove Lavi away from him. The redhead automatically grabbed his wrist as they fell. He tripped over the edge of the ceramic bathtub and fell heavily, Allen sprawled on top of him.

'Ow', Allen muttered, lifting his head off Lavi's chest.

'I'm the one on the bottom', Lavi grumbled. Then he smiled. 'Not that I mind, in this case'

'What?', Allen blinked, confused. Lavi grinned at his younger friend's clueless expression.

'Ah, Allen,' he sighed. 'You're so naïve.'

Allen frowned. Remembering where he was, he gasped and staggered away from Lavi, to the other side of the tub. It wasn't built for two people though, and Allen didn't get as far as he wanted to be.

Lavi shifted his legs so he was crouching, and quickly leaned forward to place two hands on either side of Allen's head. Allen stifled a shriek and slid down a bit.

'Lavi, there is definitely some way around this', he tried to reason. 'You said they weren't here yet, right? That means we can just pretend to do it and-', Lavi placed a pale finger on his lips, silencing him.

'Mistletoe', Lavi smiled, eyes flickering up. Allen's followed his, and they widened when he felt a soft set of lips press against his.

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'Allen-kun! Lavi! Where are you?'

Holding a squirming Fred the Chicken in her hands, Lenalee scanned the corridor for any signs of her friends. '…I could have sworn I saw Lavi skipping down here…'

The door in front of her slammed open. Her shriek was muffled by the wood. With a dull thud she staggered back, Fred successfully leaping out of her arms, onto the newly revealed Allen's head. Lavi was beside him, one hand in his pocket, the other ruffling his crimson hair. Allen was tomato-red, and it didn't look like that was going to change.

Lenalee looked up at them, blinking. 'D-did you do it…?', she asked tentatively. Miranda giggled. Allen turned even redder.

'Sure we did', Lavi smirked. 'Look at the Moyashi's face!', he grinned and looped an arm around his younger friend's shoulders. Fred clucked importantly and settled himself in Allen's hair.

'W-what is he doing?', Allen muttered, still dazed.

'I think he's making a nest!', Krory said. He and Reever smiled. Allen couldn't care less at the moment. He was confused, dazed and light-headed.

Lenalee looked suspicious but shrugged. 'Alright. Lavi, it's your turn to spin Fred-san', Fred hissed at her from his perch. Lenalee scowled in return.

Miranda was up next. She whimpered nervously, biting her lip.

'Ok', Lavi chirped. 'What'll it be?'

'D-dare…', Miranda mumbled.

'Allen, any ideas?', Lavi asked the boy sweetly. He blinked and looked around. Allen was sitting on the opposite side of the circle, as far away from the redhead as possible. His knees were drawn up to his chest, and he looked beyond confused and upset. He jumped violently when he heard Lavi's voice and shook his head.

'Ok then, I'll pick', he smiled. He liked Miranda. He didn't want to give her anything too challenging or embarrassing. He wasn't that mean, after a-

'I Dare you to get drunk', the words were out of Lavi's mouth before he even thought them. He raised his eyebrows in surprise. Miranda paled, large eyes wide with worry.

'D-drunk?', she repeated in a whisper. She began to shake her head, but stopped, smiling faintly as if she knew something the others didn't.

'Alright', she said meekly. 'I'll do it'

'Excellent!', Lavi said brightly, clapping his hands together. 'General Cross left some alcoholic gifts for me and Yuu-chan which are probably strong enough to knock out an elephant'

'That's our secret weapon against the Earl then?', Reever grinned.

----

They sat at the empty cafeteria with dozens of empty bottles littered around them. The group stood or sat huddled around Miranda, jaws wide. Other than some slight nervous giggling, she didn't seem the slightest bit drunk.

'What are you?', Reever whispered in awe, eyes wide.

Miranda smiled, not looking the least bit drunk. 'Before I was found by Allen-kun and Lenalee-chan, I used to drink a lot', she explained, 'After a while I gained a very high tolerance of alcohol'

'Well that's no fun', Lavi grumbled, crossing his arms and pouting.

Miranda's smile turned both apologetic and smug. 'Sorry, Lavi. Is it someone else's turn no-?', she cut off in an odd squeak, clapping a hand over her mouth.

'Miranda? Are you alright?', Reever asked. Miranda fumbled through the mass of bottles, finding the last one she drank. She blinked a couple of times at the label, lips parting in surprise.

'Almonds', she hissed. 'This has almonds?'

'Made from, actually', Allen mumbled. 'That was my Master's gift to Kanda and L-Lavi…', he turned pink and trailed off.

'Oh dear', Miranda hiccoughed. The others jumped at the sound.

'What-?'

'I'm allergic to almonds!', Miranda wailed. 'I'm going to get all swollen and poofy now!'

'Oh…shit!', Lavi swore. 'Someone get a medic or somethin'!'

Miranda slumped forward on the table. Everyone closed in, gasping.

'M-Miranda?', Lenalee said cautiously.

'She isn't dead is she?', Chaoji said nervously. 'I don't like dead people. They creep me out'

'Shut up, Chaoji!', Lavi snapped, placing a hand on Miranda's shoulder. 'Miranda? Miranda!'

'I don't like almonds', the brown-haired Exorcist groaned, much to the relief of the group. 'I hate almonds.', she sat up suddenly, brown eyes narrowed. 'I wanna kill 'em all.'

'…What?', Allen yelped after several seconds of silence.

'You heard me, Walker', Miranda growled. 'Gimme all them damned almonds. I'm gonna kill them and everyone they ever cared about!'

'Miranda…', Krory said weakly. 'They're just legumes'

'Shut up!', Miranda shouted, standing up. She placed a foot on the seat and pushed. The entire table, complete with its several occupants, skid back several inches.

'I'll kill 'em myself if you idiots ain't gonna help me!', Miranda snarled. She then screamed out a bunch of what appeared to be German curses and stormed out of the cafeteria.

'Ok…', Lavi said, placing a hand on the table to pick himself up. 'What the crap just happened?'

'I think those are her allergic reactions', Reever groaned, staggering to his feet. 'Maybe the mix of alcohol and almonds had a negative effect on her.'

'…Or she's totally shit-faced', Kanda grunted. 'Her Innocence controls time. Who knows what could happen if that almond crap got mixed in with that?'

They all shuddered.

'Ok', Allen said, 'We need to find her and convince her the almonds are harmless'

Lavi nodded. 'Before she goes totally nuts', he burst out laughing. 'Geddit? Nuts?', the others stared at him silently. He sighed and wiped a tear from his eye.

'You people have no sense of humour', he muttered. 'Alright. Let's go find the Nut Lady!'

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Miranda ambled down the corridor like a zombie, brown hair tousled, narrowed eyes gleaming.

'You can't hide from me, almonds', she hissed. She heard a squeak and spun around. A small group of almonds were peeking out the corner of a door. They saw her and disappeared.

'Aha!', she cried, diving at them. 'You can't escape from me!', they scattered as she dove at them, squealing and running on short legs.

'Miranda?', a masculine voice grunted. She spun around, eyes wild.

Cross Marian was leaning against a wall, cigarette in one hand, bottle of brandy in the other. He was looking at Miranda quizzically.

'Just got back…', he gestured at the gold and black traveling cloak he wore.

'Are you after them too?', she hissed.

'After what?', he said.

'Those cursed almonds', she snapped. 'What else?', she shook her head. 'People around here can be real stupid sometimes'

Cross raised an eyebrow. 'So says the crazy nut lady', he puffed on the cigarette, sending out a cloud of hazy smoke. Miranda stumbled away from it, coughing.

'If you ain't gonna help me, get lost!', she huffed. Cross's eyebrows disappeared into his flaming red hair.

''scuse me?', he grunted. 'Wait…you're drunk aren't you?', he sighed and grabbed Miranda's upper arm. 'We better return you to-'

Miranda's fist slammed into the corner of his mouth, sending the cigarette flying into space, and her knee slammed into his stomach. He doubled over, reaching for Judgment. Miranda twisted his arm behind his back and flipped over it, kicking him in the head. With a final grunt, he fell to the ground like a sack of potatoes, Miranda looming over him.

'I guess you're on the stupid almond's side'

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'Komui better not hear about this', Allen muttered as they ran, Krory in the lead. 'He'll skin us alive and hang us on his walls if he knows what we've done'

'So far', Reever panted, 'We've stolen his beret, dumped soba on his head, stole his KSSESHHFUGLH…wow that' hard to say, and now we might have a rogue Exorcist who wants to commit cold murder on a legume. Did I miss anything?'

'We need tranquilizer or something', Kanda muttered. 'There's nothing we can do short of knocking her out'

'Those poor almonds must be in a real nutshell', Lavi smiled. Krory, Lenalee, Chaoji and Allen groaned.

'Che', Kanda muttered. 'Your jokes are as bad as your fighting techniques, Baka Usagi'

'That must mean they're awesome then!', Lavi smirked smugly. Kanda mumbled dark words under his breath.

'Woah!', Allen exclaimed. 'What's that?'

Lavi squinted. 'It looks like a burning matchstick'

'T-That's my master', Allen whispered in horror. 'He's upside down!'

They ran over to none other than Cross Marian. He was trussed up like a Christmas turkey, suspended by a thick piece of rope attached to his bound ankles, which was then linked and knotted to a torch on the wall. His face was bright red, and he was screaming something through the gag over his mouth.

'Jesus!', Lavi gasped. 'Who did this?'

More muffled yelling.

'Oh', Lavi smacked a hand to his head. 'Right, my bad', he remove the gag from Cross' mouth.

'I'm gonna kill her when I find her!', he roared. 'How dare she hang me like this?!'

'She?', Kanda said. 'You mean Miranda Lotto?'

'Yes!', Cross snarled. 'When I find her I…I…', he trailed off, panting.

'Maybe we should cut him down', Chaoji suggested. Allen moved over to the torch, hand hovering over the knot. He bit his lip.

'What's wrong?' Reever asked.

'I…I don't know', Allen admitted. 'It seems I can't cut him down.'

'Cut me down, brat!', Cross snarled. Allen narrowed his eyes and stepped away from the rope, crossing his arms. Cross turned purple. Lenalee hastily untied him, where he fell to the ground with a small crash.

'I'm gonna kill you too, brat', he wheezed, flat on his back. 'After I find that German woman…never did like Germans…stab their own comrades in the back…'

'She should be nearby', Krory announced. 'We should catch her quickly.'

'Right', the other replied.

'We should probably run from him', Allen whispered to Lavi as Cross struggled to get back on his feet. He swayed suddenly, clutching his stomach. 'I don't feel too good…'

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'Stupid almonds…', Miranda mumbled. 'You wait. I'm gonna kill you, and the rest of your stupid family. Mr. Grumpy. Pants is gonna assist me, aren't you?', she turned to the large pink and purple cat beside her. It blinked and growled.

'You haven't seen Mr. Grumpy Pants when he's angry, little nutty bastards', Miranda whispered. 'You should have seen what he did to Mr. Happy Hat…'

Mr. Grumpy Pants let out a loud snarl, jerking his head. Miranda followed, crying out in triumph at the sight of several almonds that had just turned a corner.

Mr. Grumpy Pants leapt forward, Miranda right behind him. The almonds squealed and ran back the way they came from.

Miranda dove for them, only to crash into something hard. She fell back with a grunt, scowling at the object she hit.

'Ow!', Komui Lee whined through the paper bag over his head. 'That was ru-Miranda? What on Earth are you doing?'

'The almonds!', Miranda cried. 'They're gone! You scared 'em off!'

'…What?', Komui said, rubbing his head. 'What almonds?'

'Do you know where they went?', Miranda demanded. 'Tell me!'

'Uh…I have some almonds in my office if you want them', Komui said in confusion jerking a thumb over his shoulder. He sniffled. 'Someone stole my beret and my hair gel…'

'You…you're in league with them?', Miranda whispered dangerously.

'Of course not!', Komui yelped. 'Those meanies stole my most precious belongings!'

'So you will join me then?', Miranda asked. 'They must be annihilated'

'Hmm…a bit drastic, but I like it!', Komui said brightly, getting to his feet. 'I have a new weapon I have been desperate to test on my so-called "allies"'

'So the nuts betrayed you…', Miranda muttered.

'What's that?', Komui called over his shoulder as they walked. 'Oh yes, those nutcases had the sheer nerve to break into my office and steal the only two things I love more than Lenalee!'

'So they've gotten smart', Miranda mused.

A few minutes later, they were at Komui's office. He barged in and slid open a drawer in his desk, ruffling through the contents there while Miranda looked around.

'So those tricky little bastards are in here are they?', she muttered, cracking her knuckles.

'I think they left…', Komui aid without looking up. 'They must have used Innocence to get in here…'

Miranda's head whipped around, eyes wide. 'They have Innocence? So they've evolved too…'

'Huh?', Komui muttered absent-mindedly. 'Aha! Found it!', he pulled out a massive gun, complete with a line of ammunition. 'Let's go find them!'

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'I so did not sign up for this', Reever muttered.

'You think I want to be here?', Kanda growled. 'As soon as this stupid game is over, Baka Usagi, I am going to skin you alive'

'Relax, Yuu-poo', Lavi said airily. 'Even if you won't admit it, this is the most fun you've had in your boring life'

Kanda lunged at Lavi's undefended back. Krory and Chaoji restrained him while he clawed wildly at the air.

'What kind of nutcase is afraid of…nuts?', Lavi wondered aloud, earning another groan from his group. 'It's like an evil Miranda has emerged…'

'This is why I don't like alcohol', Lenalee said daintily. 'It turns people into complete idiots'

'I'm gonna pretend you didn't say that, Lena', Lavi muttered. A few other nodded in agreement. Lenalee turned red and huffed angrily.

A sudden pain in Kanda's arm made him spin around, hissing. His eyes widened and Lavi's jaw dropped.

Allen's teeth were clamped over his upper arm. His eyes were narrowed and hollow. Kanda yelped in shock and tried shaking him off, but he held on tight.

It was only when Lavi waved a carrot in front of his face that Allen relinquished his hold, diving at Lavi instead. The red-haired Exorcist held him back by placing his free hang firmly on Allen's head while he snapped at the air like a piranha.

'Someone hold him back!', Lavi shouted.

'Screw that', Kanda snarled, 'Shoot the damn bean sprout!'

'I'm so hungry!', Allen moaned, trying to escape Krory and Chaoji's chokeholds. 'Give me that damn carrot!'

'You had to dare him not to eat, huh?', Lavi muttered to Kanda. 'Nice going. Now he's a rabid sprout'

'Miranda!', Lenalee shouted suddenly, pointing. The others followed her line of sight, gasping when they saw Komui by her side, holding an over-sized gun. He was still wearing the paper bag.

'They aren't almonds!', Miranda exclaimed. 'They're peanuts!'

'Whatever they are, they're all dead!', Komui cackled, squeezing the trigger on his gun. There was a loud bang and Lenalee suddenly fell back, wrapped in a bubble of pink gum. Only her head was visible, poking out of the top.

'W-What?', she choked out, squirming. 'I cant get out! Komui!', she shouted. She screamed as she started rolling back. Lavi and Kanda reached out to grab her, only succeeding in trapping their hands on the bubble.

'Dammit!', Kanda snarled. Lavi placed both feet on the bubble and tugged back. The ball rolled back towards him and Kanda. Both of them yelled out as they were swallowed, re-emerging on opposite sides of the bubble. It tiled towards Kanda, and his face ended up against the wall, squished up like a fish.

Lavi burst out laughing. A second later Lenalee yelped in pain 'Ow! You kicked me!'

'I thought it was the rabbit', Kanda growled. 'I'm going to kill you!'

Reever, Chaoji, Krory and Allen ran back towards Komui as the bubble rolled towards them.

'I hate this job!', Reever wailed as he got sucked in by the bubble. Allen shrieked and leapt at Komui, teeth clamping around his head. He flailed his arms, shooting randomly.

Ten minutes later.

'…Has anyone come by yet?'

'Nope.'

'I hate you.'

'I know.'

'Ouch! Your bubble just hit mine!'

'Well, I'm sorry! It's not like I have much space to bounce around in!'

Everyone glared at Komui, who was trapped inside his own bubble. He chuckled nervously.

'Oops?'

Ah, hope you liked this ^^ I spent a while on it...The randomness of this chapter is probably due to not eating for about a day. Im doing the 40-hour famine, and i cant eat anything till monday T^T So sorry if there were any typos!

For those who don't like YAOI, i hope you were able to bear with it :3 Sorry to any guys who are reading this!

Till next time,

-Lazy Llama- Please check out my new fic! XD