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Chapter 10

I rubbed my temples harshly. This experiment was a pain in every way. It wasn't bad enough that I was in the cafeteria where everybody was talking and thinking all at once, and it was lunch time, but God knows I had to actually pay attention to what they were thinking.

Believe me; you DO NOT want to know.

I don't even want to remember. Unfortunately, I'm unable to forget because these things coming into my head directly from somebody else's mentally scarred me.

Here, shall I give an example?

No, trust me, you don't want to know.

How about one of the milder thought bubbles. Hm?

I wonder what's up with that Kanda guy, thought one of the Finders. He's always such an asshole to everybody! I wish I could get him alone for what he did to Bob. I'd shove my foot right up his—

Do we get what I mean?

Oh look, here's another one. The headache ensues!

WHY?! How could she?! What did Two-Spot ever do to deserve that?! I deserve Ellie's affection! What does he have that I don't?! … He has a suit… and he's a member of Crow… Do girls find secret agents sexy? Maybe I should try that? Gah! Just look at that guy! How could he ever even get a girl?! He's such a… a… something… crap… What is he? OH! It's Ellie. Mmmmm… Should I go talk to her? Will she be mad? Maybe I won't. No Yes I will! I demand an explanation!! But, I saw what she did to Komui. It's probably not safe, and she looks like she's in a bad mood…No! She can get over it! I'm going! No I'm not… Yes I am! No I'm not… GHAA!! Why is this so hard?!

Can you possibly guess who that was?

With a twitch, I took off my earrings and stared at Lavi from across the room. Actually, it was more of a glare. He looked a bit afraid by then. I called him over with the index finger on my right hand. And he came just like a good little puppy, but his tail was between his legs. Clearly, he was freaked out.

The red-head sat across from me, frown embedded on his mug.

"Alright, what's bothering you," I grumbled.

"Ah… nothing!" He laughed, trying to sound like he actually meant it. He sounded like he was crying, actually.

I gripped the bridge of my nose. "Just get it out of your system."

"Well… okay…" He cleared his throat and took a deep breath. "WHYYYYYYYYY?!?!" Everybody in the cafeteria stared at the two of us. At first, I jumped like something had just exploded next to my head, and then I tried to hide my red face in my hands, but it was a little too late, because Lavi was screaming and bawling. "Why him?!?! What could he have possibly done to deserve your loooove?!"

I bashed my head repeatedly against the table. "Lavi! SHUT UP!" I hissed.

"It's not fair Ellie!! Why did you do it?!?"

"Hero Status!"

He stopped sobbing and just observed my expression. "Hero Status?"

I still saw a lot of eyes on us… and more specifically me. "Yeah, simple concept! Save the girl in her moment of need, and she gives you a kiss! If you want one too, wait until I'm in trouble!" I made a rolling motion with my hand in a probably useless attempt to get his response.

"So… You aren't…?"

"Dear God no!" I pulled him in close so nobody else, especially Link, could hear. "He's too much of a square for me."

He repressed some laughter. "So… we're cool, right?"

"… Yeah… Just don't tick me off." Something in his face, and the fact that he didn't leave, made me realize he wanted further explanation. "I'm a klutz. You'll get your chance! Shoo." With the wave of my left hand, he was gone. He looked rather giddy as well. I might even have seen him skip. And that wouldn't really have surprised me. He's a pretty odd guy. By "Odd" I mean meterosexual, but I think we got that.

I didn't want to put those earrings back on.

I stared at them. They were the epitome of the plague. I didn't want to know what was going through the heads of these people. No I did not. I'd heard way too much for my poor teenage female brain with too much imagery already. I didn't need or want more mental scarring.

Unfortunately, this computer didn't come with the delete button.

Otherwise, all memory of Algebra, evil bunnies, and Health Class would have been burned ages ago.

It shall haunt me forever…

And then, awakening me from my angry glare at the pieces of metal that may well have ruined my mental purity, somebody rammed into me. It wasn't until I got involved that I realized there were about eight people arguing behind me. In fact, it was escalating into violence. And violence means...?

"Hey, back off man!"

"Back off?! What right do you have?! Go to Hell!"

"You go to Hell, Pig!"

"Hey, settle down you to," cried the only peacemaker.

"Stow it old man, this doesn't concern you!"

The main two of the argument were both finders. The other six or so just stood around and messed with the tension. It was like one of those scenes in the hallway at school where to people start arguing and everybody chants "Fight! Fight! Fight!" until either they get their way or a teacher comes and kicks their asses.

The first man, a dark-haired and very tall person with a scar, pushed the second, who was a more muscled and lighter haired Finder. The second bumped into me very hard, and I got crushed against the table.

I was a bit too placid that day for my own good. All of my angry energy had long been wasted. I didn't really want to be in the middle of some stupid fight, but I didn't really feel the need to defend my self. With a sigh, a waited until I was free, and then I crossed my arms and turned around to see what exactly was going on.

Finder #1 was currently in fighting position, and Finder #2 was cracking his knuckles. "You're dead now, jackass," #2 grumbled.

"Just try it, moron," #1 grumbled with arrogance.

The second did just that. His fist launched right at his opponent, and unfortunately it was placed horribly. He instead caught his knuckle on the table because the first blocked it nicely. But, when the first one tried to counter, his foot barely made so much as anything to be considered damage. And yet the second still cried out. And he punched the first Finder in the face, lightly might I add, and both toppled back.

I was appalled.

These two sucked.

It's just like when I try to watch boxing and the guys miss all of the open spots. It always gives me the urge to just jump in there and beat the living shit out of both of them. In fact, I may have done it once or twice had my friend Beth not gotten just a great jab into my rib cage. That always hurt. Beth was a very painful person. She couldn't spell to save her life (Only a month ago spelled 'Church' as 'Chrch'), but she really, really hurt.

I grumbled and watched the sissy fight for another moment until I just couldn't take it anymore.

I might have been a coward, and really slow, and even insane, but I sure as hell was not delicate.

If I was, chances are that getting off of the roof would have been agonizing.

"Hey," I shouted, grabbing their attention fast enough. "If you two ladies are going to fight, don't fight like pussies!"

"Excuse me?!" They both loomed over me, hoping to intimidate with their large shadows. "You think you can do better, little girl?" Oh, aren't they just menacing?

Yes! They are very menacing down on the ground holding their broken noses and calling for their mommies as I threaten another axe-kick.

The two of them were just the epitome of terror.

"Have I gotten my point through…?" I glared with hollow eyes. They were trying very hard to crawl away, and I noticed that everybody else had moved as far to the other side of the room as they could get, quivering as my eyes met theirs.

Good.

I could use some respect.

And then, I smiled brightly, picked up the Earrings of Doom, and strolled off. I could swear that the moment I was gone, somebody said "she's almost as scary as Kanda".

I thought hard about that for a moment. Was I scarier than the King of Kill himself? Well, not counting the bad hair day, I couldn't even compete. Jamie could. If Jamie had been in my situation, the two of them wouldn't have crawled away. They'd be six feet under by that time.

And that made my easily-distracted mind focus more on where exactly Jamie was. She planned to hide the decapitated pony-tail in Komui's office, and that couldn't have taken too long. So, where exactly was she? More importantly, was Kanda still alive? She seemed to have it out for him. In her sleep, she mentioned getting her weapon and shooting him in the face. It was creepy. Because, she actually, probably, would do it too.

And then shooting got me thinking about stuff too. The D-Champions really did sound very ticked when we said we'd be out of town…

And then the Higher-Ups were delighted when we said we were coming here.

Those people are freaking psycho though.

But, when you're choosing between joining the people who are stricter than Nazis and don't care if you live or die, and the ones that are pitifully unorganized and a little too neighborly, you're not going to choose the people who'd get you sent to the front lines on day one. "Welcome to the Vatican! You're going to go get shot in the name of our hopelessly pointless war!"

I'm sorry people, it's true.

As I quested for the answers to questions that nobody was even man enough to bring forth, I was suddenly yelled at by a very ticked Jamie.

"WAKE UP!!!"

I woke up. I flew a good three feet into the air, and I landed on my butt in the middle of the hall. And then I fell back and looked up at her. She glared down at me.

"What are you doing?"

"I'm trying to get a new perspective. This one scares me."

She kicked me in the gut and scowled. "I just talked to Lydia. The package isn't coming until tomorrow." Just as I was about to start whining with displeasure, Jamie shut me up with another question. "Want to go find an Akuma to kill?"

"TOTALLY!!"

D-Champions forever man, D-Champions forever.

Who are the D-Champions?!

Dun Dun Dun...

Cliffhanger!

Meh, that Chapter was alright, but I still wasn't too happy with it.

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