Chapter 8 – Saving Kanda

03:00 3rd January 1893

After the vision Leona had been out for a few days and it was a few more until she could get out of bed without collapsing within an hour. Unfortunately because of this she didn't have the energy to contact someone who could help Kanda. She knew who could help him as well. A month or two ago she felt Lenalee's joy and relief during one of her nightly visits to Kanda (she had found that even though she wasn't in Lenalee's dream she could feel her extreme emotions as they were still connected) and knew that only one other person could cause her to feel that way, her brother.

During one of their talks Kanda had said that some of the scientists were complaining that there was a new supervisor called Komui Lee, this must have been Lenalee's brother. If her instincts were right then Komui could save Kanda because Leona was sure that wherever he had been taken it wouldn't be good. She just wished that she had had enough energy to contact him but at the moment she only had enough energy for one visit and it was needed to help Kanda.


Lenalee opened her eyes and found herself in a familiar void. She felt overjoyed because it meant that Leona was back to see her. She had so much to tell her about: her brother, how he stopped the exhausting and painful tests, how she hadn't had a single nightmare since he had come and how she had started to accept her innocence.

However her exuberance was halted when Leona shimmered into view. Instead of the strong, gentle and loving figure that had visited her before this time she looked exhausted and extremely worried about something. Seeing her look so fragile Lenalee immediately rushed up to Leona and stared at her trying to comprehend that change in her.

"Lenalee I need your help"

There were no greetings or pleasantries this time Leona didn't have the strength for it and she knew that every second that passed things were getting worse for Kanda.

"Listen, I don't have much time, I know of someone like you Lenalee except he is in terrible danger. His name is Kanda and he is an exorcist. Tell your brother to contact the Asian branch and have someone find him. He was taken by some people in cloaks, I don't know who but they were defiantly part of the order. You need to tell your brother this soon, he doesn't have much time he needs to be found. He was part of the second exorcist project. Please Lenalee he needs help and he needs it soon. I'm sorry that we haven't spoken in a while but I can't stay for long I don't have the strength."

Leona said this hurriedly afraid that she wouldn't have enough time to tell Lenalee all that her brother needed to know. All Lenalee could do was nod and repeat the information to herself in her head and hope that she could tell Komui everything.

"Thank you Lenalee. I'll come and visit you when I have more strength. Please find him"

And with that Leona faded out of sight too exhausted to remain any longer. Lenalee stood there in the void for a little while trying to digest all that she had been told. Snapping out of her daze she realised that she needed to tell her brother this right away. Felling herself drift back towards consciousness she hoped that they could find Kanda as Leona looked desperate to have him safe.


01:00 15th February 1893

It had been over a month since Leona had first contacted Lenalee with her desperate plea for Kanda's rescue and they had finally done it. Komui looked into the small hospital room where the emaciated form of the boy lay. It had taken a very long time for both Komui and Bak to locate the child and even longer to find a way to get him out of that hell.

He would never forget the sight that greeted him when he first saw the child. Kanda was curled up in a far corner of a tiny cell, shivering violently in threadbare clothed that seemed to still be stained with the blood from the incident. His body was littered with many cuts, bruises and broken bones that were slowly healing. It turned out that Kanda's body was failing because it didn't have the energy required to heal him at the rate that he was being destroyed.

Turning his attention back to the child he waited for any sign that he may be waking up, he had done this every day since Kanda had been stable enough to transport to the headquarters. He hoped that the child would wake up soon but even though his body was now in a stable state and he was healed enough to wake up it seemed that his mind had retreated in a vain attempt to get away from the hell he had been living in.

Sighing tiredly he got up and retired for the night too exhausted to stay there for any longer.


Where was he? He couldn't remember much. If he tried all he got were disjointed flashes of pain, blood and betrayal. Yet something about where he was seemed familiar and oddly he felt a tiny bit of peace here. Looking about all he could see was black but unlike the other blackness this one was warm comforting and safe. Why did he feel safe here?

"Kanda?...Kanda?...Kanda?"

He could just hear a soft melodic voice calling for some one. Was it him? Was he Kanda? He couldn't remember. He didn't want to remember.

The voice was getting louder. It was so familiar just like this place. Why did he feel safe? Why wasn't he in pain? He didn't know any more. All he knew was that for some reason he wanted to find the owner of the voice.

Peering around he could only see black. However as he continued to look around he saw a small blue glow that was steadily getting brighter. The glow seemed to radiate peace and safety. Why was it familiar? He waited in the void as the glow got brighter. When the glow had seemed to reach its max a figure started to materialise inside it. Once the figure had materialised the glow dimmed but was still there surrounding the figure. He could feel something stirring in his memories. Something about this figure was familiar and comforting.

The figure looked up at him and her eyes connected with hers.

"Leona?"

His voice was scratchy and very quiet from its lack of use apart from screaming. He didn't know why he said that but he could feel memories just beyond his reach.

The figure just nodded and opened her arms, offering comfort and safety. Without realising why he rushed over to her and she enveloped him in a warm embrace. Crystal wings enclosed them making him feel safe and warm.

Suddenly all his repressed memories slammed back into his mind and he broke down, releasing all his repressed emotions. She just held him and murmured softly sweet nothings into his ear while he was engulfed in his memories of pain, suffering and yet also of comfort and peace.

He didn't know how long they stayed like that but eventually he started to calm down and slowly the tears stopped pouring down his face.

"Shh, little one you're safe now. They can't hurt you anymore"

Now that he had stopped crying he could understand what Leona was constantly murmuring into his ear. He was confused. How was he safe? He couldn't be safe while in that hellish place that the masked people had brought him to after he had killed Alma. Sensing his confusion Leona slowly started to tell him about how she had contacted Lenalee and how her brother had found and rescued him.

At first he was sceptical and didn't dare to hope that it was true but after a while he started to believe Leona. She also told him about Lenalee and Komui in general and reassure him that he was safe. When she had finished she just continued to hold him as he silently took in the information.

After a while she started to loosen her embrace.

"Come on Kanda. It's time to wake up. I think that you've worried them enough already."

Sensing his slight panic she immediately reassured him once again that he was safe and that they wouldn't harm him. Eventually he relaxed again and agreed, albeit a bit reluctantly, that is was time for him to wake up.

As he felt himself drifting towards consciousness. He felt worried about what would be waiting for him. He decided just before he regained consciousness that until he fully felt safe he would try not to get close to anyone. Unfortunately for him he only felt safe when with Leona.


There that's another chapter finished. Sorry that it took so long but I had my exams and I am currently suffering from writers block and I could only do a little bit of this at a time before I came up blank.

Hope you enjoyed it. Please review although any flames will be used to light the evening fire. Sooooo warm and toasty.

Phoenix