A/N: Well… guys… this is the second to last chapter for this story… unfortunately…

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Disclaimer: Do not own D Gray Man.

There might be 'slight OOC' in this chapter (I don't know what to write anymore!!!!)

I'm trying to improve my grammar and usage of words… but I hope you guys enjoy this second to last chapter!! I love happy endings…but I don't know if you guys would find the ending "happy"… I have my weird definition on "happy"… hehehe

The last and final chapter…. Should be up tomorrow… I'm writing this when I'm supposed to do my homework… oh the guilty pleasure….

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A Mellow Melody

Soft gentle wind blew among the trees. The dark night sky was dotted with shimmering stars. Light footsteps stepping on the snow could be heard among the trees as they walked.

They walked in a slow pace while enjoying each other's company. They knew this is their last day with Kanda before the time is up. Nobody wanted the time to come, but it's the reality.

White flakes floated down from the dark sky, landing on the white ground.

"Snow…" Lavi looked up at the sky.

"It's snowing…" Kanda said quietly.

Allen chuckled. "This is nice." He enjoyed his friends' company. "Let's go a bit further ahead!"

"What's over there?" Linalee pointed ahead as Lavi squint his eyes at it.

"I think…it's a lake…" He smiled. "Let's go check it out!"

They picked up their pace as they jogged over to the lake.

"It's frozen!" Lavi exclaimed. He jumped onto the ice and skated around on his boots. (A/N: I did that in Oregon last time I went there… it was fun!!)

Linalee followed him. She carefully set her feet on the ice and gave a hard push. Her hair flied behind her head as she glided across the ice.

Allen laughed and seized Kanda's hand.

"Let's go!" He turned and gave the older exorcist an encouraging smile.

Kanda blinked. He wasn't sure if he can go onto the ice with his geta. Allen seemed to read his mind, but he dragged him onto the ice on purpose.

Lavi turned back and took Kanda's other hand.

"You've got to have some fun!" he laughed.

Kanda chuckled.

He watched his friends guided him around the frozen lake. They let go of him as Linalee took over. Her eyes twinkled with laughter as she took both of his hands.

"You know how to ice skate?"

"I don't think I can skate in my shoes." He commented truthfully, but she laughed.

"Don't worry," She activated her Innocence. "Just forget about the shoes and have some fun!"

Lavi and Allen laughed. They watched Linalee raced across the ice with Kanda behind her, trying to keep up the pace.

The Japanese laughed lightly as he enjoyed the wind beating against his face. He ignored the idea of Linalee's warm hand around his cold ones. He disregarded that she's alive and he's not. He only cared about spending his time with his friends until the end.

After a while, Linalee guided Kanda to the land.

"It was…fun."

"I'm glad to hear that." She smiled. "It was amazing that you didn't fall."

Allen fell backwards onto the snow covered ground by a tree. The snow gave him a soft impact as he landed. Linalee sat down next to Allen and watched Lavi skated around on the ice, drawing loops on the frozen surface.

The white hair exorcist looked around for Kanda, but the swordsman is nowhere to be seen.

"Kanda?"

"Hn. I'm up here." They looked up, and surprised to find Kanda perched up on a tree. He leaned his back against the main trunk of the tree as one of his legs dangled over the branch.

"How did you get up there?" Allen sat up. "I never knew you sit on trees."

"Now you know." He looked up at the sky. "There're so many stars…"

"It's still snowing." Allen muttered. "But it's… beautiful…"

Linalee looked up, too. "It's been a long time since I seen anything like this."

They stayed silent for a moment, watching the nature's beauty.

"I wondered how many more 'time' I have left…" Kanda sighed.

"Don't worry." Allen reassured. "We'll stay with you until the end."

"We're friends." Linalee lay down as she watched the stars. "Don't you remember the time when we were talking in the courtyard?"

Kanda closed his eyes. He remembered.

Lavi jumped back onto the land as he made his way back to the others. He jumped up onto the tree and sat down on a branch below Kanda. "That was fun." He sighed happily. "Don't you think so, Yuu?"

"Hn."

Lavi looked up at him. "Yuu, honestly, are you having a good time?"

Kanda reached out his hand and watched a single snowflake landed on his palm. The tiny flake stayed on his hand as he watched. Normally, snow would melt on his skin, but this one stayed undamaged.

"Yes. Thanks for everything."

He looked down and found his friends smiling up at him.

"You're welcome!"

They fell silent. Kanda brushed the snow off from his palm and resumed his star watching.

He noticed a moon was hiding behind the dark clouds. It seemed like it's peeking down at him, and telling him to go to it. He reached out his hand to the moon and pretended to grasp for it.

'It's so far away…' he thought. 'I wondered if I can go nearer to it after I die… for real…'

The wind gradually grew stronger. Kanda tucked one loose strand of his hair behind his ear. He shielded his eyes with his hands as he watched the breeze picked up the snowflakes in the air and took them away.

'The snowflakes seemed to be traveling in ease to the moon…'

Kanda looked down at his friends, and realized they're asleep. Lavi had one of his arms rested on his chest while the other and the legs hanging down from the branch. He watched Linalee curled up against Allen unconsciously as they slept. She shuddered as the wind picked up again.

'They're cold.' He realized. Quietly, he removed his haori and dropped it onto Allen and Linalee. The girl stopped shuddering and a smile formed on her lips.

'Each of them has their own future ahead of them…' He smiled sadly.

He noticed a small gold object flying towards him. "Timcanpy?"

The little golem flew in his direction and landed on his lap. 'What is wrong with it?'

Timcanpy nuzzled against his kimono and settled in.

Kanda stared at the little gold golem. He sighed and gave the golem a gentle pat.

The wind blew stronger. Kanda winced. He swore he almost fell down from his spot. He narrowed his eyes at the wind. It seemed like it's telling him to follow it. Then it hit him.

'It's time for me to go.'

He leaped down from the tree and landed a few yards away from it. He began to walk, only to realize Timcanpy was sitting on his head.

"Timcanpy," He said quietly. "Go back to Allen, you don't want to record this." The golem spread its wings open and flew in front of him.

"…What do you want from me?"

Timcanpy made a snarling noise and bit a strand of Kanda's hair.

"Wha-" He watched the golem flew behind his head with the hair in his mouth. Slowly, he turned around/

The golem was pointing his hair at his friends.

Kanda looked back at the three sleeping figures.

"I see…" He picked up Timcanpy and knelt down in the snow.

After a few minutes, Kanda stood up and watched the satisfied little golem flew off.

"Farewell…" He whispered, giving them one last look, and walked into the woods.


Allen woke up, feeling a sharp sting on his cheek. He touched his cheek and found Timcanpy chewing on his face.

Sleeping...

He fell asleep.

Allen jumped up, but something soft rubbed against his bare hands. He looked down, eyes widening.

Black silk haori.

Kanda's haori.

"Shit…" He whispered softly as he scanned around for a sign of the Japanese. None.

"Timcanpy! Have you seen Kanda?" The gold golem flew around his head and zoomed into the woods. "Wait! Come back!" He covered Linalee with the cloth and rushed after Timcanpy.

Soon, he found a fresh trail of footprints leading deeper into the forest. 'Kanda…Where are you going?'


Kanda coughed slightly. He watched the breeze formed into a small cyclone in front of him.

'Am I supposed to go in there?' He thought to himself. 'It seemed like it's welcoming me.'

The sound of the breeze blowing somewhat sounded mellow to his ears. He walked over to the cyclone.

'I guessed this is it,' Kanda glanced behind his back bitterly. He doesn't want to leave them like this, but he knew the emotional pain will become unbearable if he leaves later. 'I hope Timcanpy know what it's suppose to do.'

He walked forward.

When he's about to touch the cyclone, he heard rapid footsteps approaching.

Kanda spun around just in time to see Allen emerged from the thick trees.

Allen stopped dead in his track. The Japanese stared at him.

"Go back!" Kanda tried to yell over the sound of the cyclone.

"What are you doing?!"

"Just go back!"

Allen ignored Kanda and dashed forward. He grabbed the older exorcist's hand roughly and stared into his eyes. "Why are you doing this?"

"Let go!" Kanda tried to pull his hand away, "Damn it! I don't want you to see this!"

Allen tightened his grip. "See what?"

"Forget it." He yanked his hand out of Allen's grip violently. "Go back to the others."

"I don't want to. What are you doing?" The white hair boy stared at him. He no longer possessed his innocent looking eyes, but he still managed to pull it off with the gray blue eyes. "You're not leaving us now. Right?"

Kanda turned away from him.

"My time is up." He said flatly. "I don't want to see you guys in pain. I know it hurts more to see someone leave in front of you instead of just-"

"I don't care how bad it hurts to see you go, but I want to stay with you until the end." Allen reached for his hands again. "We're friends. Aren't we?"

He felt Allen's warm hands closed against his cold ones. It would be nice to be alive again, but he can't.

A gentle smell of the Sakura blossom filled the whole air.

"I have to go."

"I'll go with you."

"No!" Kanda pushed the boy away as hard as he could. "Listen, don't do stupid things to get what you want! Live your life to the fullest and keep going until the end." He turned to the cyclone and walked into it.

"Kanda!" The younger teen got back onto his feet as he dived at Kanda, trying to make a grasp for his friend.

He missed.

"Allen…I'm sorry." Kanda gave a sorrowful smile behind the wall of air at the younger boy. "I truly am."

"NO!" Allen watched in horror as his friend get swallowed up inside the tunnel of wind.

Sliver lights spiraled up the cyclone and in a blinding flash, they're gone.

Allen sank into his knees.

"Kanda…" Tears streamed out as he stared at the spot where Kanda stood last.

"WHY?!" He yelled, pounding his fists into the snow. He felt his heart aching in an unspeakable pain as he sobbed.

Kanda was right.

It does hurt.

The scent of the Sakura blossom was still in the air around him as the snow continued falling on him. It seemed so unreal. Kanda won't come back.


Linalee sat by the tree as she clutched the silk haori around her body. Earlier, she followed the white hair exorcist, hid behind the tree when he came to a stop.

She saw them. She heard them. She knew everything. She sobbed silently and tightened her grip on the cloth. 'He's gone.' Linalee pulled the haori up to her face. A gentle scent of Sakura blossom reeked among the silk.

"Kanda…" She muttered.

It reminded her of him.

Lavi stood on the branch a few trees away from Linalee and Allen. He, too, saw everything.

He watched Linalee slid down on her back against a tree. It hurts him to watch the other two suffer like this, but it hurts even more to watch Kanda leave.

He leaped down from the tree and walked up to the girl. She stiffened as she heard him approaching.

"Lavi…"

"I…I saw everything." He said quietly.

"I know…"

He reached out his hand to her.

She looked up at him. "Let's go get Allen."

Linalee nodded and took his hand.


They found Allen curled up on the snow. He shivered slightly as the melted snow seeped through his coat. Linalee placed the haori around Allen's back and sat down next to him. Lavi remained standing in front of them.

"He's gone." Allen whispered hoarsely. "He's gone forever…"

Linalee took him into her arms and hugged him tightly.

Lavi turned his head away. He felt his eyes sting as the tears threatened to spill. He quickly wiped them away.

Timcanpy flew around them. It landed on the ground in front of them.

"Tim… what are you doing here?" Allen watched the little gold golem snarled at him. "Go back to the Black Order…"

Timcanpy ignored its master's command and opened its mouth. A hologram immediately formed from its mouth. The three exorcists' eyes widened.

Kanda's form appeared on the hologram and was looking right at them.

"Linalee, Lavi, Allen." He began. "I know this is late, but I have to tell you guys that I'm sorry. By the time you see this clip, I'll probably be gone already. I didn't tell you guys that I'm leaving because I know it doesn't hurt as much as leaving in front of you guys. But, that's not the case.

"You guys showed me the true meaning of love and friendship, the emotions I've lacked. I want to thank you guys for that again.

"No matter what, I don't want you guys to come after me. I'm dead. I won't be able to come back ever again. Don't do stupid things to get what you want."

Allen's eyes widened.

"All of you have a bright future ahead of you. Look forward to it." He gave an encouraging smile. "Don't worry. I may be gone, I'm still with you guys, just not in person...and all the times we spend together…the memories… I'll be watching over you from the above.

"Allen, Linalee, Lavi… My friends…everybody… I'm sorry, but it's my death wish… Don't give up." Kanda raised his index and middle fingers up and pressed them against his lips. "I see you guys as the most important people in my life. I…I love you guys as my friends and family." He removed his fingers from his lips and hold out in front of him.

"I know we'll be able to see each other again. Goodbye, my friends."

The hologram disappeared as Timcanpy closed its mouth.

They watched the little golem hopped onto Allen's lap and settled down. "Tim…you were with Kanda?"

Timcanpy made a small sound and covered its body with its wings.

"Thank…you…Timcanpy…"

"Allen…"

He turned and faced his friends. "It does hurt…" He managed to force a smile out. "I don't know why…it was hurting so bad…" His hands clutched the haori. "But now, it doesn't hurt that bad…"

"Kanda will forever be in our memories…" Lavi sat down next to Allen. "He won't be erased, even if he's gone…"

"He taught us all an important lesson. We should cherish that." Linalee hugged him. "Don't worry…he's in a better place now…"

Allen closed his eyes. He slowly returned the hug. "Yeah…He is."

'It's almost like the whole incident with Mana's death…' He thought sadly.

"We should do what Kanda wished for us to do." The red hair exorcist rubbed his eyes. "We'll live our life to the fullest."

"Yes…"

They watched the snow continued to fall. They knew beyond the clouds, beyond sky, and among the starts, Kanda is watching over them.

TBC


A/N: I am proud to announce… that this story will end in the next chapter… the EPILOGUE!

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