Chapter 6: Annoying

Hey, sorry for the long wait! I'll tell you next time why besides the fact that I'm currently in another country. Strangely, fanfiction knows the country where I am and even states so in my profile so if you are stalker and want to know then go check it out. xP

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Disclaimer: Dark-Flame Alchemist doesn't own D-Grayman except for her OC

Kurai finished taking a shower and drying herself after her training with Kanda not too long ago. Still in her undergarments, she held her new uniform coat in hand, checking it out in front of her mirror first.

She turned her body afterwards, keeping her head still facing the mirror to see how the material looked from behind.

Her eyes wandered her figure until they fell upon the familiar diagonal scar that started from her left shoulder and ended down at her right hip. She gave it a good stare before walking over to her bed. Placing her coat back on the bed, she let her hand feel the old injury, almost having forgotten about it again.

Sighing, she removed her hand where it was and began to put her clothes on.

~…~

Kurai walked down the halls wearing her new uniform. This consisted of black tight pants, knee-high, black boots with heels and a dark red tube top underneath her collared, elbow-sleeved exorcist coat that went up to her knees. The coat was decorated with white trimmings and had the black order symbol of the rose. She also wore the same black fingerless gloves that went up to her wrist.

She closed her eyes while stretching her arms. Suddenly, she could hear someone shouting out to her, "Hey, Kurai!"

Opening one eye, she noticed Lavi and Bookman walking in her direction with the red head grinning and waving.

Kurai placed her arms back down and waved before they stopped a foot apart from each other.

"Hi Lavi," she greeted.

A frown formed on Lavi's face when he saw her new attire, "Aw man. I've only been here for two weeks and you already changed your uniform. Don't worry though, I still think you look hot." He grinned this time.

She rolled her eyes before respectfully bowing down at the shorter man, "Good afternoon, Bookman."

"The same to you, Miss Uchiha. I see your wounds are fully healed now," he stated, seeing no more bandages.

"They absolutely are. Thank you for using your healing techniques. Those needles of yours weren't as bad as I thought they'd be," she smiled.

"You're welcome. Acupuncture has its benefits after all," Bookman said before nudging an elbow at his apprentice, "You see, Lavi? You should be more respectful to your elders like Miss Uchiha."

Lavi snorted, placing his hands behind his neck, "Be respectful to an old panda like you? Nah!" He was then sent flying into the wall because of a kick from Bookman.

He rubbed his sore head before jumping back up with an angry expression on his face, "Why'd you have to go and do that, old man?"

"Humph, like I said, you should be more respectful and don't call me an old panda!"

"Not my fault you're old and resemble one! Ow, would you stop that!"

As the two were arguing, Kurai blinked at their interaction before noticing that Bookman did kind of look like a panda with the dark circles around his eyes, but she would never say it out loud.

After whacking Lavi on the head a few more times, Bookman turned to Kurai, "I apologize for my idiot apprentice's terrible behavior."

She just waved a hand, "Don't worry. If he infuriates me from now on, then I'll just beat the crap out of him."

Bookman chuckled, "If that's the case, then I approve. Goodbye for now, Miss Uchiha. Let's go Lavi." He continued walking again.

"That's not cool, Gramps!" Lavi exclaimed before he ran past her to follow his mentor, but stopped to face her again, "I'll see you later!" Waiting for no response, he turned back and left.

Kurai shook her head and walked off after they were out of sight.

~…~

"I see you're still eating soba noodles, Kanda," Kurai frowned, watching him with Lenalee by his side while she sat across from them. They were the only ones in the cafeteria at the moment since lunch was over for a few hours already.

"Shut up and let me enjoy my meal," he retorted to her statement.

She rolled her eyes, muttering to herself, "I regret ever introducing you to that stuff."

Lenalee shrugged, "It's better than him not eating anything at all, I guess."

"At least someone understands."

Before Kurai could snap at him, they all felt a small quake in the room and became startled, wondering if there was an earthquake.

Suddenly, one of the walls broke, revealing a robot with a cheerful Komui right behind it. Jerry, seeing debris all over the cafeteria, had his jaw wide open from what he just witnessed.

After their grand entrance, the branch chief and robot went over to the exorcists' table.

"Hello there!"

Kurai and Lenalee just stared at the machine in awe while Kanda scoffed and paid attention back to his food.

"Uh, brother? What is that?"

Komui smirked and struck a pose, pointing at his creation, "This here is Sir Komlin! He's my masterpiece!"

"So what exactly is he supposed to do?" Kurai asked curiously.

"Why, help out the science department, of course! My baby should take workloads off for them! So, what do you think? Pretty impressive, eh?" None of them paid attention to him as Kurai and Lenalee watched Sir Komlin start to walk around the cafeteria while Kanda minded his own business.

The robot went around a circle before going back to the exorcists' table, scanning the three of them with a red light for a few seconds.

"Lenalee Lee, Kurai Uchiha and Yu Kanda accounted for," it reported.

"Wow, that's pretty neat," Kurai said while Lenalee nodded in agreement. Kanda was a little irritated that Sir Komlin mentioned his first name, but didn't say anything.

Komui began to squeal in delight, "He's brilliant!"

Then, unexpected to them all, Sir Komlin moved closer to the table until it was in front of Kanda. Everyone except Kanda observed the robot, wondering what it was going to do next.

Komui, Lenalee and Kurai became horrified when Sir Komlin leaned down and grabbed Kanda's tray with his soba noodles. What's worse, it somehow started to eat the food.

"Oh my god," Kurai lowly said before the three of them turned to see Kanda's reaction.

His dark eyes kept their gaze where his food once was as he blinked, not believing what just happened. With a blank expression on his face that masked the seething anger inside him, he closed his eyes and held mugen in hand.

"Umm, Kanda? What do you plan to do with your innocence? I hope you're just going to clean it," Komui nervously hoped.

Without giving a response, he immediately unsheathed mugen, jumped up and easily sliced Sir Komlin in half.

Komui screamed and cried while running towards his now damaged machine. He hugged the parts before yelling out at Kanda, "Why Kanda? He was so young! How could you?"

"Che, serves it right," the Japanese exorcist muttered before walking towards the doors with a pissed off look. He was out of the dining hall before anyone could say anything.

Kurai and Lenalee both shook their heads and glanced at each other.

"I'll go after the hot head while you deal with your brother," Kurai proposed.

"Sounds like a good idea," Lenalee sighed before going over to comfort the upset Komui.

Kurai got up and speed-walked out of the cafeteria to catch up with Kanda. She turned a corner in the hall and found him not too far away, "Hey Kanda! Wait up!"

"Leave me alone, Uchiha, or I'll fight you right here."

She didn't listen to him and started walking the same pace as him once she was at his side.

"Uchiha… what did I just say? Are you asking for your death wish right now?" he said with a hint of annoyance.

Kurai paid no mind to his words, "You should really control your anger, you know."

"Che… it was that thing's fault for eating my food," he argued.

She sighed, "Kanda, you can't just do that. Besides, you could have gotten another bowl."

"…"

Kurai rolled her eyes at his silence as they continued walking to who knows where.

Surprisingly, though, a familiar face was headed in their direction, causing them to all stop for a chat.

Kurai bowed, "Good afternoon, General Tiedoll."

"General," Kanda simply said with a nod.

General Tiedoll smiled at the sight of the two exorcists, "Lovely to see you two again. Kurai, you look livelier now than you were at our last meeting years ago. I'm happy to see this."

She smiled, "Thank you general. How are you these days?"

"Doing well, my dear. Yeegar sends his regards, by the way. I ran into him not too long ago and we were discussing about the two of you actually. Good things though."

"Glad to know."

Tiedoll looked at Kanda, noticing that he was upset at the moment, "What's wrong, Yu, my son?"

Kanda just frowned.

"Oh, don't worry about him right now. He's just being his moody self as usual after an incident in the dining hall," Kurai explained.

The general chuckled, "I'm glad he has you around then. Well, I must be going to Komui's office. I have much to discuss with him."

Remembering that Komui was most likely upset at the moment, Kurai nervously laughed, "Umm, he probably isn't there right now. I suggest you visit him in a few hours."

"I'll take your word for it then. Kurai. Yu." He nodded and walked past the two exorcists.

Seeing that Kanda was still grumpy, she placed an arm around his shoulder and started leading him, "How about we go meditate in the garden? Maybe that'll cool you down."

"Fine," Kanda retorted, pushing her away from him, but still walking next to her.

As they were walking away, a figure left his place hiding behind a corner with a smirk on his face, "Yu, huh?"

~…~

"Are you calm now, Kanda?" Kurai asked him as they were meditating in the garden for the last hour side by side.

"…"

"I take that as a yes," she chuckled.

"Be quiet."

"All right. All right."

With her eyes still closed, she could hear footsteps approaching them. She slowly opened her right eye to see Lenalee with her clipboard and Lavi waving at her.

"What you two up to?" he asked.

Kurai took a glance at her companion before looking back up at him. "We're meditating," she whispered, "You better not bother Kanda right now though."

"Too late," Kanda said, opening his eyes with a glaring look at the newcomer, "Who the hell are you?"

The red head waved a hand while Lenalee introduced him, "His name is Lavi. He's a new exorcist here. I forgot that the two of you haven't met yet since Kanda was out on a mission for a few weeks."

"What's up?" Lavi smiled cheekily.

"Che… like I care," Kanda responded before shutting his eyes once more.

"Yeah, he's still not in a good mood," Kurai sighed.

Lenalee shook her head, "The same could be said for my brother."

"Why? What happened to them?" Lavi asked curiously.

"You don't want to know," the female exorcists stated simultaneously.

"Uh, ok then."

"Would you all shut up? I can't concentrate," Kanda said, gritting his teeth.

"All right, Yu. We'll be quiet," Lavi complied with a happy face.

Lenalee blinked while Kurai face-palmed.

A dark aura started to surround Kanda, "What. Did. You. Just. Call. Me?" he opened his eyes, glaring at the culprit who dared to call him the name that he didn't like to be called by.

"Umm, Yu. Why? Its your name, isn't it?"

After blinking a few times, Kanda stood up and cracked his knuckles.

Kurai sighed, "I think you better start running."

"Good idea," Lavi nervously laughed before he ran away in a flash. Kanda started chasing him around the area right after.

"Come back here!"

"Not until you stop chasing me, Yu!"

"You're going to get it, baka usagi!"

"A what?"

"You heard me, stupid rabbit!"

After circling around a few times, Lavi eventually hid behind Kurai, using her as a shield. She gave him a blank look as he gave her a pleading one, seeing Kanda getting closer and closer.

She rolled her eyes before staring at Lenalee, "Lena, do something about Kanda."

The teal-haired girl nodded and when Kanda ran towards their direction she bonked him on the head with her clipboard, "Kanda, stop it!"

He growled once he stopped, rubbing his head irritably, "I can't get a day to relax after coming back from a mission, can I. I'm going to the training room. Nobody follow me this time or I'll slice them to bits."

Without waiting for a response, he grabbed his innocence and stomped out of the garden. Lenalee ran to catch up with him, just to make sure that he didn't cause any trouble in the hallways with his tantrum.

"Poor Kanda…" Kurai shook her head before letting out a gasp from something attaching to her. She grimaced seeing familiar arms wrapped around her and turned her head around to glare at the person holding her, "Lavi, what are you doing?"

He grinned, "Thanking the one who saved me with a hug."

She jabbed an elbow to his chest, causing him to let go of her and hold his stomach in pain, "Geez! What was that for?"

Kurai stood up and stared him down with her hands on her hips, "I almost got him to relax and you put him in an even more foul mood!"

Lavi held his hands up in defense in case she planned to hit him, "Sorry… my curiosity got the best of me."

"Unbelievable," she said shaking her head before spinning around and walking.

"Hey! Where are you going?"

"Away from you! You aggravate me!" she yelled. Soon, she was out of the garden, leaving a chuckling Lavi behind.

Walking down the halls, Kurai couldn't help but feel a little miffed off from what just happened, and it was all because of a certain person.

'It's official. Lavi is the most annoying person I've ever met.'

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