A month has passed since Elizabeth's first mission and there were plenty more of them after. She was on her way back home after looking for Innocence with a finder name Gozu, according to him he's Kanda number one fan. Elizabeth was getting kind of irritated with how much this guy can talk. Just because he was talking about her long lost friend does not mean that was all that interests her. The walk back home was long, making the trip even more painful bare. Her feet were getting tired not to mention she was getting hungry. Getting home to taste Jerry's cooking was motivation enough to keep on walking until she tripped on a rock and landed on her knees.
"Hey are you alright, Madam Andrews?" Gozu picked her up.
She only responded with a grumbling beast that she calls a stomach. Gozu chuckled at her then helped her back to her feet. They spotted Kanda in the distance, who was on his way to the next mission. Gozu ran up to him excited to see his favourite Exorcist, Kanda just brushed him off and turned his attention to Elizabeth.
"Are you on your way back to Headquarters?" the black haired Exorcist asked.
"Yeah, I'm pretty hungry," Elizabeth groaned.
Kanda chuckled and placed a hand on her head then took something out of his pocket. It was a seaweed bar; it's like a chocolate bar only it was made with seaweed and not sweet. Elizabeth looked at Kanda's kind gesture though he never smiled or anything but just stood there holding out the bar in his hand.
"Do you want it or not?" Kanda barked. "I'm wasting time giving you this, so you can take it or leave it."
Elizabeth took it with a smile and began eating it. It tastes different but she couldn't complain, it tasted like she was in China again. Kanda just patted her firmly on the shoulder then continued walking away. She turned around to thank him but he just waved without turning back.
"Wow, Madam Andrews, you must be special if Kanda treats you like that," Gozu awed.
"What do you mean?" She asked finishing off the bar.
"Kanda hardly shows any gestures of kindness to anyone. What's your secret?"
Elizabeth just rolled her eyes and walked on to Headquarters. And again Gozu just kept talking about crap that she didn't care much about. Luckily, when they arrived at the Black Order castle they parted ways. She grunted with a big sigh as she was glad to finally be done with him. Elizabeth went to her room to take off her jacket, to only have her tank top on. Johnny made this shirt for her to should off her strong biceps and because it was low on chest, showing off the tattoo on her chest.
She looked at herself in the mirror as she fingered along the cross on her chest. It looked similar to the cross on Allen's hand only it was all black. Even though this cross is black it turns green when she activates her Innocence. Elizabeth grabbed after some things to get ready for a shower.
The young Exorcist felt like she was alone when she arrived at the shower. She stripped herself down and got in. It felt good to have water sprinkling over her tired body. Elizabeth lathered some shampoo in her hair and scrubbed away the dirt and whatever else that was in her hair. Missions don't come without fighting, which requires her to get dirty.
After that quick shower, Elizabeth stepped out not realizing that Lenalee and some other woman were there as well. She turned around seeing the strange woman looking at her. Elizabeth just blushed and put her clothes on. Lenalee walked over to Elizabeth with smile.
"Welcome home, Elizabeth," she said.
"Thank you, Lenalee," Elizabeth replied.
Elizabeth finished putting on her clean clothes and looked at the woman who was looking at her. She has not seen this young woman around before. Her taste in make-up style was different and she had brown hair like Elizabeth's, only it was curly. Was she new? Or was she on a mission when Elizabeth arrived here?
"Um, are you Elizabeth Andrews?" The woman asked.
"Yeah, may I ask who you are?" She replied.
"My name is Miranda Lotto. I'm an Exorcist here at the Black Order," the woman introduced herself.
Elizabeth nodded then left the bathroom. Her stomach was still growling, telling her to feed it, so she submitted to the hungry stomach and went to the dining hall. Hardly anyone was there, aside from a few Finders and people from the Science Division. Jerry beamed when realized that Elizabeth returned from her mission.
"My my, you sure do looking hungry. What would you like to eat?" The head cook chimed.
Elizabeth thought for a moment.
"I'll have beef stew, fried moose, curry chicken, hamburger and fried rice. And for dessert I'll have mango pudding, orange cake and a large piece of lemon pie," Elizabeth placed her order.
"Oh I just love to cook for you and Allen," Jerry chimed again.
It took a nice while for Jerry to finish Elizabeth's order but when she got it Elizabeth sat down with Reveer and Johnny, who were eating their meal as well. Everyone looked at her as she ate, staring at her in awe as she was able to eat some much.
"I suppose to metamorphic type Innocence need lots of food like parasite type Innocence," Reveer observed.
Elizabeth just chewed down on her food, not phased by the men watching her eat. She stopped when she smelled Allen's scent appear in the room. Elizabeth turned to look at him as she chewed on a piece of moose meat. She looked back at the scientist; they were all smirking at her.
"What?" Elizabeth raised a brow at them.
"You seemed to know when Allen's in room," Reveer smiled.
"Well, he has a very unique smell, it not hard to tell him from everyone else," she explained.
"What kind of smell does he have?" Johnny asked out of curiosity.
Elizabeth thought for a moment as she watched Allen order his food. He was looking at her while he was waiting.
"He smells like a field of flowers after a rainy day," she tried to explain without it sounding weird.
Reever and Johnny didn't say anything else when Allen sat down. Elizabeth watched him eat at his meal. He had quite a bit with him, like she did. Elizabeth picked up a piece of moose meat and tore at the wild game.
"Elizabeth, what are you eating there?" Allen asked. "It smells different."
"It's moose meat," she told him.
"Huh?"
"Would you like to try a piece?"
Allen nodded and took a piece of the moose. He took a big bite out of it and seemed to really enjoy the toughness of gamey meat. Elizabeth put a few more pieces on his plate then ate the rest. No one said anything for a while and Elizabeth finished all of her food then sighed as she was stuffed.
"That was great!" She chimed.
"Hey, Elizabeth," Allen began to ask a question. "Would you mind coming into town with me? Komui asked me to go there for something and I was wondering if you wanted to come with."
Elizabeth looked to Reever and he nodded as if to say that she can go. She accepted then went to room to get her uniform jacket and put on her boots. Allen was waiting for her in the hallway and they went off together.
The afternoon was almost over but Allen decided if they can't get back before dark then they'll just rent a hotel room for the night. But hopefully it wouldn't have to come to that. They went to some clothing stores so Allen could look for a new tie and looked like he was looking for something else. Elizabeth went off on her own while he looked for something that Komui told him to get.
Elizabeth didn't really know what Allen was looking for so she just went around, doing some window shopping. Nothing really caught her eye until she came across a necklace; it was rather pretty. The design on it was rather unique. It had a feather made from diamonds, it was pretty expensive and she did not bring the money to buy something like that. Elizabeth also didn't feel like asking Allen to buy it, considering that is not what they are in town for.
"Pretty, isn't it?" She heard Allen say from behind her.
"Yeah but I wouldn't wear. Something like that is just a waste of money," she brushed it off only to glance at it again. Elizabeth walked away from Allen, who didn't bother to follow her. She grunted as he did not follow but then her stomach growled loudly. "Allen, I'm hungry!"
Allen looked back at her and smiled. He ran over to Elizabeth and agreed that they both should go get something to eat. They both went to find an Inn to stay at and get something to eat there as well. After a long day of running errands for Komui, everyone was feeling pretty tired.
With the appetites of Allen Walker and Elizabeth Andrews people in the Inn were wondering if they could be human. They both could eat more than the average human but then those people don't Innocence that requires a large amount of energy. Some people even left the Inn because they could not stand the sight of the two of them. Elizabeth frowned at how people judged them. Allen kept eating like he didn't have a care in the world.
After when everything was said and done the two young Exorcists rented out a room to share. They separated the room with a blanket hung over a piece of rope to preserve privacy for one another. Elizabeth stayed on the side closest to the window. It was a peaceful overcast night so there was not much for her to look at before Elizabeth fell to sleep.
"Elizabeth, I never had the chance to ask you something," Allen mention from his side of the room.
"What is it?" Elizabeth asked trying not to fall asleep on Allen.
"You seem to be able to get along with Kanda now, everyone has taken notice that he has a soft spot for you, it would seem that he has forgiven you. But what sparked the relationship between the two of you in the first place?" Allen observed.
Elizabeth turned on her back and though for a moment.
"It happened about a year or two after my parents died. Kanda come into town with his master to do some training. He found Sophia and I how were being picked on by some kids at school. Sophia was sick so I tried to protect her from being picked on. That when Kanda stepped in and scared them off. During the two weeks he spent in our town we became close enough to consider each other brother and sister. I feel bad for showing any emotions when he left but now I doubt he truly cares anymore," she explained.
Everything fell silent for a moment then Elizabeth asked a question out of curiosity.
"Allen, you had Cross as your master. How did you meet him?"
"It was after I turned my adopted father into a demon. He taught me what these demons were and who they were made by. He trained me for three years before he allowed me to carry the title as an Exorcist. How long did you have Master Cross as your master?"
"I only had him as my master for three months. A lot happened in those months. He appeared after my parents died then he helped my sister and I get a new family, though for some reason I was getting attached to him..."
Allen kept quiet as Elizabeth yawned. She could sense that Allen didn't have a good relationship with Cross but she didn't think too much of it. They both said their good nights then drifted off to sleep. Elizabeth suddenly was washed over by a wave of memories from the past. She thought about how awful she treated Allen, especially after he saved her life. Elizabeth buried her face in the blankets and just tried to get some sleep.
