Yo. So I finally updated. And guess what? This chapter is really boring. So too bad.

"I told you, she went that way!"

"No, dumbass, it was the other direction you stupid panda!"

"You-"

"GUUYYYYS!!!"

Lavi and Bookman spun around suddenly to Lenalee's piercing shriek and took their attentions off of the argument they were having over a lost girl. She didn't know how she could be so stupid either, not being able to catch up to that demon even with her new boots activated. And now they had an even bigger problem; Dior had been kidnapped and there was no clue at all on where to find her.

"Che, she's probably been ripped to shreds." Kanda suggested as he stood there with his arms crossed, glaring at the dead akuma scattered across the earth around them. There had been a couple of demons sent to this town-not a lot-but they had all been killed by the exorcists.

"Bakanda." Allen shook his head as he sighed at the samurai, who was now staring at him coldly. Kanda did that every time the poor boy opened his mouth. "How come you're never the one who gets ripped to shreds?"

"What did you just say. Moyashi?" Kanda threatened as he drew out his sword towards a lazy-looking Allen. "Say it again and you might be the one getting tested for your wish."

"KAN-DA!" Lenalee said as she huffed out some air angrily. "And Allen!" the Chinese exorcist turned to both of them and gave them a look with her violet eyes. "The most important thing right now is to find some clues that could lead to where Dior has gone!" she hissed at the two guys, who were still looking at each other like they wanted to throw needles at the other. "Try to look around and see if there's any hints or whatever!"

"Hai, hai!" Lavi dragged himself across the ruins lazily and supposedly glanced around. "Lenalee!" he called after 5 seconds of searching. "I don't think there's anything!"

The black-haired girl closed her eyes for a minute in anger. "Lavi, could you at least try?" Lenalee said through gritted teeth as the redhead smiled lazily back at her. "I know you might not care about Dior but this IS our mission, and her Innocence, I mean, if she has one, could be really important to the Order!"

"Fine!" Lavi called as he threw himself underneath all the akuma body parts and started digging.

"Thankyou!" Lenalee said in exasperation as she looked around the town uneasily. People had come out of their houses due to the noise and were staring at them with frightened looks on their faces. But um, who wouldn't be scared if giant machines started attacking town and people were flying up in the air to destroy them?

"Everything's fine, everybody!" Allen Walker scratched the back of his head and tried to smile at the people, who were hiding shyly behind the buildings. But everything was not fine. Dior had been taken by a level 3-that was probably negative fine. Then again, Allen Walker just had to be like that.

"Who are you people?" A man who was brave enough called out and shook his fist in the air angrily. "And what have you done to our beautiful town?"

Allen didn't bother to glance at the cracked walls and destroyed structures that used to be people's houses probably. "That was Lavi's fault." he smiled sweetly at the folks who blinked back in confusion at him.

"Who the heck is Lavi?" the man called again furiously. "I'm going to kill him!"

"Hey…Allen." The white-haired boy heard his redheaded friend's squeaky little whisper beside him. "I'm going to smash you with my hammer later."

Allen just smirked and ignored a whimpering Lavi. "You can kill him later." He assured the townsfolk. "But right now we need your help."

"YOU EXPECT US TO HELP YOU?" A woman couldn't control her anger any more and shrieked. "LOOK AT WHAT YOU'VE DONE!"

Kanda, who wasn't even in the conversation, spun around suddenly and glared at the woman. "We just fucking saved your lives." He spat as the poor lady took a tiny step backwards. "Or do you wish you were dead right now?"

The woman looked like she was about to burst into tears as Kanda turned away and made his usual noise-yes you guessed it- The Che. "Hey!" Allen called angrily at the Japanese exorcist as he tried to comfort the woman. "Get some manners!"

"I will- once they learn to respect the people that just saved their worthless lives." Kanda retorted, not bothering to glance at Allen. Before he could say anything else though, the townspeople started shouting in protest.

"You just made my mom cry!" A young boy yelled as some other men behind him raised their fists furiously.

"GET OUT OF HERE!"

"Yeah, get out this moment!"

Lenalee sort of slumped down uncomfortably as she glanced around at the angry townspeople. She really wanted to smack Kanda right now; he was causing more trouble than there already was. She also noticed that the woman had pushed Allen away and the white haired boy looked a bit surprised at the hostility. People were already starting to grab Lavi's hair and some were attacking Allen.

"If you don't leave we'll make you!" the people cried as they tumbled over each other, trying to murder the exorcists.

Suddenly Kanda took out his mugen from its sheath and pointed it at a random man's throat. "You will let us stay wherever we want." The blue haired exorcist hissed at the expression of fear on the man's face.

"Kanda!" Lenalee said as she hit him on the head. "Stop acting so immature!" then she turned towards the frightened man as she grabbed Kanda's sword away from his throat. "I'm terribly sorry," she said, dipping her head. "We'll respect your wishes and leave right away."

She felt Kanda's stare behind her as the man quickly scurried away in fear with a quick nod. She didn't care at all though-she was so…tired. "What?"

Kanda's eyes were full of disbelief as he slowly put his sword back into it's sheath. "So we're actually leaving then?"He echoed.

"Yes." Lenalee said firmly. "We are. We'll find Dior by ourselves."

"….."Kanda had no words to say. He had always thought of Lenalee as a strong woman and not one who would give up easily, but maybe he was wrong.

The Chinese girl sighed as if she had read his mind and went over to the crowd, who were trying to kill Allen, Lavi, and Bookman. "Hellllppp!" Lavi cried as someone grabbed his throat and tried to choke him. Lenalee quickly went over and pried the hands off of her friend.

"Everybody!" Lenalee screamed at the top of her lungs. Everybody shut up and turned around with blinks. The Chinese girl took a deep breath and spoke. "We'll leave." She said darkly to Allen's surprise. "So please just leave them alone."

Hands loosened and grips were released. Lavi gasped for breath as someone stopped choking him and Bookman touched his hair to make sure that it was still intact. "What did you say, Lenalee?" Lavi blinked with his emerald eye. "But don't we need their help?"

"No." answered Lenalee as she grabbed Allen's hand and started to walk away from the crowd, leaving Lavi and Bookman to stare after her in surprise. To say the truth, the Chinese exorcist was actually quite….mad. She was used to people being mean and hostile of course-you just had to get used to it if you were an exorcist-but she would always be disappointed after. She would always wonder why humans acted like this…it sickened her to know that they would probably all eat each other once they were left in an inconvenient scenario. Sometimes she even turned cold when she imagined her friends betraying her. She knew that they probably never would, but she just always got an uncomfortable feeling when she thought about these things. She knew that some part of her was still insecure, even though that part was really small. And how come she never got anything in return for helping other people? Exorcists were the poor souls who had to risk their lives for the sake of other people. But they never got anything kind in return except for screaming and yelling and the raising of fists. It angered her even more and more, and she wasn't even angry that often....

"Um, Lenalee?"

The Chinese exorcist let go of Allen Walker's hand and spun around to face him. The boy looked a bit anxious. "Are you alright?" he wanted to know.

Lenalee didn't bother to smile. "Yes, I'm fine." She said dully as Lavi, Kanda, and Bookman caught up behind them.

"Gee, Lenalee, you look so pale." Lavi commented as he tilted his head to the side and blinked. "You sure you're okay?"

The black haired exorcist turned away from everybody and glanced at the ground. "Yeah." She answered quietly. Why did she even have the guts to think about getting something in return? She chose to become an exorcist so this was the path that she had to take. This life was harsh, but this was her life.

"Where are we going to go?" Allen scratched the back of his head as he glanced around. A few people were waiting for them to leave the town-they were in front of the gates now and everywhere around town was just darkness and trees. A man was tapping his finger on his crossed arms, waiting for them impatiently to get their butts out of there while a young boy stared anxiously at them with big green eyes.

Lenalee knew that she would be disgusted if she looked at their expressions, so she just closed her eyes and covered her face as she waited for Allen to say something. She didn't want her life to feel like a crime-she was an exorcist, not a criminal, and she didn't like the gazes that people gave her-as if she were one.

"Lets set up a camp around here." Bookman decided as he took a step towards the dark forest. Kanda and Lavi followed behind him as Allen walked beside her slowly.

"Yo Lenalee!" Lavi called from the front as he stepped out of the town. "You can open your eyes now!"

The black-haired exorcist blinked open her violet eyes and saw Lavi waving at her with a smile on his face. She forced out a smile and waved back, not daring to glance back at the faces of the angry people. She didn't do anything wrong. She had only carried out her job.

"Lenalee." Allen Walker, who was walking beside her, spoke. "You should look back."

She turned to the white-haired boy in surprise. "Why..why?" she managed to choke out. Yes, why? Why would he want her to glance at the horrible, deformed faces of the humans, all glaring back at her? She didn't deserve that kind of treatment. She was just an exorcist.

Allen gave her a sweet smile. "Because why not?" he replied. "Why are you closing your eyes? Do you not want to face the world? Are you scared to?"

Lenalee felt a tear drip down her cheek automatically. She hadn't meant to cry-she didn't want to. She always felt so weak even though her innocence was so strong. But Innocence couldn't prevent her tears from flowing, no matter how much she wished it could. "How did you know?" her question came out in a whisper. How DID Allen know about her insecurities? How did he know about her need to be accepted by regular people instead of being chased out of a village all the time?

Allen just kept smiling as they walked further away from the town. He glanced up at the dark night sky and smiled at God, probably. "Because I feel the same way." He answered without glancing her. "I want to belong as well. We save lives but this is what we get in return. We need to accept it."

Lenalee wiped away a tear. She felt so…stupid right now. "So?" she challenged the British boy. "It doesn't matter. I don't want to look at their angry faces knowing I haven't even done anything wrong."

Allen Walker turned to her and laughed to her surprise. "Exactly!" he smiled. "So why are you afraid to look at them when you haven't done anything but help them? Don't make yourself feel like a criminal."

Lenalee blinked at the white-haired boy. Strangely, he did have a point. If it weren't for them that whole town probably would have been destroyed by now, and yet in return for saving they got anger from the people. She was the hero, not the criminal. They didn't have a right to treat her like this, and she had no reason not to glance back. She just didn't have the confidence to.

Suddenly, Allen put a gloved hand on her shoulder to her surprise. "I dare you to look back, Lenalee." He said. "Look back at the angry townspeople and remember what you've done. Would they be alive right now if it weren't for you? Probably not."

She stared into Allen's eyes. She almost wanted to spin around and scream at the people and tell them they had no right to treat them like crap, and that she had saved them all from the machines of the Earl. But she couldn't bring herself to. She got a horrible feeling in her stomach every time she imagined their faces-that cold and unforgiving look.

Allen seemed to know what she was feeling so he smiled and had an idea. "I know!" he said brightly. "How about on the count of three we both turn around and make silly faces and the people?" he suggested.

Lenalee couldn't believe it. "Allen." She said flatly. "That sounds like something that Lavi would do."

"HEY!" the redhead who was walking in font of them suddenly whipped around and pouted. Apparently he had been listening to their conversation the whole time. "Lenalee! You did not just say that!"

Lenalee blinked. Obviously Kanda, Bookman, and Lavi had been listening intently to their conversation and had heard it all. She could feel her face go hot- it was soooooo embarrassing…

"Sometimes you just have to act like Lavi." Allen said as he glanced at the redhead, who winked back at him playfully. "I mean it." He admitted as Lavi walked up to Lenalee and covered up her eyes with his hands.

"Um, Lavi?" the Chinese exorcist muttered as he turned her towards the town. "What are you doing?"

"Are you ready, Lenalee?" Lavi smiled. "As soon as I count to three you have to open your eyes or I'll make you open them." He said and took a deep breath. "Okay, here I go. One….two….THREE!"

He took his hands off of her eyes as she opened them at the same time. It was horrifying but rushing at the same time. She saw everything. The faces of a few men glaring at them with annoyance. The expressions of the people who did not approve of them and their actions. Everything. And the funny part of it was that she wasn't a scared at all, because she knew now that she had a right to look back and not feel like she should go hide herself in a hole because of what she did. Which was nothing.

"BLLLEHEEHHH!!!" Lavi stuck out his tongue and wiggled his butt towards the townspeople, who looked shocked. "Take that, losers!" he yelled as he stretched down his eyes and made weird noises.

Lenalee was actually fine with just looking, but she didn't want Lavi to act like this. And she did have a point, because suddenly, a man whose face was red took out an axe from nowhere and started charging towards them at the speed of a jet ski.

O noes.

"And of course you just had to do that." Allen sighed as he sat down glumly beside Lavi around the fire that the exorcists had made. He was actually just fine with walking out of the town, not running out of there for their lives due to a man with a giant axe that was chasing them because of a certain redhead's taunt. He DID want Lenalee to feel better about herself, but he didn't want it like this.

And now they were in the woods sitting around a fire that wasn't providing too much warmth.

Lenalee couldn't help frowning. "What are we going to do?" she said. "Where are we going to find Dior?"

"I'd be surprised if she was still alive." Kanda said as he crossed his arms and closed his eyes. It was around midnight, and they had nowhere to go and no clues so of course Kanda just went to sleep.

Allen looked thoughtful. "The akuma couldn't have gotten too far. "he said. "And also, that one was a level 3, which means that it probably had some kind of…purpose to take Dior."

Lenalee nodded. "Probably." She said. Or at least, she hoped.

"But don't level 3's just eat as well?" Lavi piped up unnecessarily. Lenalee was almost going to smack him until there was a sudden rustling sound in the bushes behind her, startling everyone.

Before anyone could say "Humina Humina Humina," Kanda opened his eyes, jumped over towards the bush, and poked his sword in there.

Allen stared in shock as a muffled sound of pain rang out from the bush. "Ka-Kanda!" the British boy cried as a body fell out of the leaves limply. The samurai deposited his sword back into its sheath with a satisfied smirk as Lenalee quickly rushed over to the body, which happened to be a young boy around the age of 12.

"Are…are you okay?!" she cried as she lifted the groaning person up from the ground.

The boy didn't look like he was harmed that badly, but his arm was bleeding a bit.

Lavi whistled. "Looks like you missed, Yu." He noted.

Kanda smirked. "Che, I didn't kill him on purpose."

Lenalee glared at the both of them. "Good thing you didn't." she said dryly as she helped the boy sit up. "I really didn't know that you had even that much bit of compassion in you, Kanda."

"Che."

Allen just ignored them both. "Does your arm hurt?"He asked the boy, who lifted his head and shook his head.

"No, its alright." He answered with a cough. "I'm fine."

"Um…" said Lavi. "That's great. But why were you spying on us again?"

The boy supported himself up and coughed some more. "I wasn't spying on you guys and I'm sorry for startling you…" he said quietly. "But my name is Adam and-"

"Nobody cares," Kanda said coldly. "If your name is Adam."

The brown haired boy pouted a bit in frustration. He was wearing a green vest and dirty pants, and clearly he did a lot of down-to-earth work and didn't have too much money. "Well I want to help!" he protested, turning towards Lenalee because she seemed to be the only one who was actually listening to him. "I heard that you needed help… but the townspeople…I'm very sorry that they acted like that."

"Its alright." Allen laughed half-heartedly as he rubbed the back of his head. "We're quite used to it."

Wasn't that sad.

"I'm not sure if I could be of any use to you, but I do know the place quite well and I-"

"If you turn out to be an akuma I'll fucking slice your head off." Kanda threatened with a hiss, making the poor boy flinch. Lenalee sighed and looked at Lavi, who had a hint of suspicion in his emerald eye as well.

"Do you think we could trust him?" the redhead inquired cautiously. "I mean…can't that Lulubell person shape shift or something?"

"That's true." Bookman agreed thoughtfully. "But right now he's our only hope, Lavi."

Lenalee blinked at the boy named Adam. "WE'll just have to take a chance." She said, looking very tired. "Alright, Adam." She said. "The problem is that our friend Dior has been kidnapped by one of those things that we were fighting off earlier…they're called akuma. Do you know any place that thing could have gone off to?"

Adam rubbed his arm, the spot that bled as Allen passed him some white cloth to bandage it up. "Well…." The boy said, looking like he was thinking hard. "The thing is…those scary monsters have been hanging around here a lot."

Lavi seemed interested. "Really?" he said and turned to Kanda. "Maybe there is Innocence around here."

"They came a few days ago, and the numbers keep increasing for some reason. "the boy said. "None of them did anything or harmed anyone though, so we just didn't really care."

Lenalee looked surprised. "Strange." She muttered. "I wonder why?"

"I don't know either." Adam replied. "But I know that in these woods, there has been a cabin that has been left empty for quite a while. Nobody ever goes in it because its looks creepy and it has been inhabited for years, and even travelers don't stay there." He said with a shudder. "But recently, according to my father who fishes near the lake around the cabin, he's seen silhouettes walking in and out of cabin. At first he thought it was an illusion, but then the next day he went fishing he saw someone go in there, so he was completely frightened." The boy sighed. "That's why my father doesn't fish that often anymore. He keeps telling people that there may be someone living in the cabin, but of course nobody believes him."

"The home of a level 3?" Lavi suggested. "Why else would someone go in there?"

"Whatever." Lenalee said as she got up from where she was sitting. "Adam, is it okay if you take us to this cabin that you're talking about?"

"Um…" the boy said uncomfortably. "Sure…but I would prefer not to go inside. It's quite a big scary house."

"Its alright." Lenalee replied. "We just need you to take us there."

"BUT I'm SO TIRED!" Lavi complained but got up anyway.

"I'll try not to yell at you." Lenalee said without bothering to glance at the annoying redhead. Bookman got up and put out the fire as they all followed the boy named Adam further into the forest.

"Che,"said Kanda as he crossed his arms and glared at the boy. "Let's just hope that I won't have to kill him in the end."

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