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Chapter 12

I slowly wake, stretching out over the bed before slowly opening my eyes. My vision is blurry at first, so I rub my eyes only to find Kanda's dark eyes right above mine. Shooting back surprised, I nearly fall off of my bed. Kanda raises an eyebrow, amused by my reaction.

"Kanda what the hell.." I mumble in a sleepy voice.

"You look like hell." He says, standing up straight.

"Very funny wise guy, what are you doing?" I ask, sitting up and scratching my head.

"Lavi couldn't be here, so I came."

I get up and look down at the clothes I fell asleep in. My button down is all wrinkled up and messy, so I pull it off and toss it onto the ground. Wandering around the room aimlessly, I search for my exorcist jacket.

"Over here okami." Kanda says, holding up my jacket.

I sigh, confused as to how he got ahold of it. "Don't know what that means so I'll just pretend it's a compliment." I say, snatching it out of his hands.

"I mean, it isn't an insult." He smirks.

I eye him sharply, slipping into my uniform and heading towards the door. I feel much more rested than I had last night, but I can tell by Kanda's amused expression, that I must still look like a wreck. Suddenly, I remember last night and how I fell asleep. I look over to Kanda, my brows furrowed.

"Where's Lavi?" I ask.

"He has some things to take care of. Bookman's had him all night and morning. I wouldn't expect to see him anytime soon." He says, a strange look in his eyes.

"Why not?" I pry, suspicious.

"Stop asking so many questions." Kanda sighs.

I growl at him but let it go. I walk out of the room, a little annoyed, with Kanda close behind. I probably wouldn't be so bothered if I Kanda hadn't made that comment about Lavi. Now I have this sick feeling in my gut, like I don't know when I'm going to see him next. Oh stop it. It's literally been ten minutes.


The morning goes by slowly, breakfast drags on and I'm not even interested in my meal. Allen and Lenalee ramble on about how crazy Komui has been lately, but I hardly pay attention. I push my plates aside and stand up. Kanda looks up from his soba, curious.

"What are you doing Okami?" He asks.

"I'm getting stir crazy." I tell him.

"We've barely been home for more than a day. How can you be stir crazy?"
"I don't know! I just am." I growl at him.

Kanda chuckles amused. My eye twitches with frustration from his taunts. Just then, a finder walks up to Kanda and hands him a letter. I raise an eyebrow as Kanda reads it. After a moment, he folds the letter and tucks it into his exorcist coat. He sighs and goes back to eating his Soba.

"Well, what was it?" I ask, poking his shoulder.

"An inconvenience." He mumbles.

"Details please. Use your words Kanda."

"A mission. Even though we were promised a break." He sighs.

"Ok, great! When do we leave?" I asked, actually glad to have an excuse to go out.

"Now would be best."

"Ok, I'll go get Lavi." I tell him, turning away.

"Nope, this one only calls for the two of us."

What!? It's not that I mind being alone with Kanda, it's just that I was really hoping to see Lavi. But now with the promise of a mission, that probably won't happen for at least a few more days.I turn back to face the blue-haired exorcist. I tap my foot impatiently behind him while he calmly eats his food.

"Hey Kanda." I say sweetly.

"What?" He asks, unmoving.

"Let's go!" I yell, grabbing the back of his coat collar and pulling him out of his seat.

"Hey!" He snarls, nearly falling backwards, but regaining his composure.

Lenalee and Allen burst out laughing at the site of Kanda being man-handled. The angry samurai turns around and glares at me with a look that could kill. I raise an eyebrow, daring him to do something. We stand there for a moment, until he eventually exhales loudly and grabs the chain link around my neck, pulling it with him as he walks.

"Fine then, come on doggy." He taunts.

"Hey! Kanda!" I follow him just to keep myself from choking, pulling at his death grip.

"This should be fun." He mumbles evilly.

Eventually I pull free from his grip and we make our way through the castle, occasionally shoving each other into the walls. We reach the canal at the bottom of the castle where Komui and a finder are waiting. They greet us and the finder helps me into our boat.

"Kanda, Sage, I know you usually undergo missions as a treo, but I have the utmost confidence in you two." Komui says.

"The contract was very brief, any details we should know before leaving?" Kanda asks.

"Yea, I don't have to pretend to be the order's pet this time do I?" I ask sarcastically.

"Oh of course not. There is just a slight Akuma infestation in a small town in Sweden. Your finder has the location details." Komui answers.

Kanda nods and boards the boat. I help our finder by pushing the boat away from the dock. He takes a long rod and uses it to push along the bottom of the canal and move the boat.

"Have fun!" Komui smiles, waving goodbye.

I raise an eyebrow at him. Have fun? What's that suppose to mean? Kanda shakes his head and rolls his eyes, taking a seat with his hand on Mugen. I sit across from him, stroking the glowing innocence by my collar.


After a long day of traveling, Kanda and I finally make it to our sit at the outskirts of a small town, awaiting nightfall. I look around us, the land here is beautiful. The sky is overcast and everything is leafy green. I sigh, taking in a deep breath.

"Yep smells like rain." I grin.

"You seem to be feeling better." Kanda says, closing his eyes and leaning back.

"I told you, I get stir crazy. But now that we're out here it's all better. It's kind of like a vacation if you think about it. There's really nice scenery here and all we have to do is kill a few Akuma." I grin.

"You are like a wolf. Remind me to just take you on a walk next time." Kanda says.

"Watch it." I growl. "You'll kill the mood."

Moments later, rain begins to fall. I look up at the sky and stick out my tongue, letting it collect droplets of water. Suddenly, a hand grabs my head and aims it towards the town. I shake free to find Kanda intently staring at something towards the town. He's already in a crouched position, with one hand on Mugen.

"Huh?" I mumble, trying to see what Kanda is looking at.

"Akuma." He growls.

Sure enough, I see a group of Akuma emerging from the hills around the town. I stand up and crack my knuckles.

"Well what are we waiting for?" I ask Kanda, grinning.

Innocence, activate! The green light of innocence flashes for an instant, like lightning in the storm. My vision blurs for a moment, then clears, becoming even clearer than before. I take off running, faster in this form. I can hear Kanda unsheathing mugen, running from close behind.

We intercept the Akuma before they can reach the town. I jump into one of the Akuma, snarling with teeth bared and claws outstretched. Kanda slashes Mugen through the air, releasing weapon like illusions of hellish insects.

I bite and slash and ram into the Akuma while Kanda's illusions attack. Akuma explode around us, spraying bullets through the air. It doesn't take too long for their numbers to deplete. Kanda and I are able to keep any Akuma from reaching the town.

Once all the Akuma are destroyed, we take a deep breath. Kanda flicks the Akuma blood off of Mugen and trails his finger across its blade, sheathing it once again. I walk over to him and he pats my head. I shake the water out of my fur and deactivate.

"Hey!" Kanda growls.

"Oh hush, you're already wet, plus it's still raining." I laugh, pulling my wet hair to one side.

"I can't believe Komui sent me on such a simple mission." He sighs.

"I'm getting pretty good at this, I could've done it myself." I grin.

Kanda chuckles and tussles my hair. I shake my head and attempt to fix it. Our job is done here already, but I'm loving the weather here.

"Hey, let's have some fun while we're here." I tell him.

"Fun?" Kanda asks, as if he has never heard the word before.

"Yea, ya know, fun. Let's go swimming or something."

"Swimming?" He asks.

"You mean you didn't hear that waterfall?"

"No, I don't have wolf ears." He grumbles.

"Well it's only about a mile off from here, come on, live a little!" I exclaim.

He sighs and nods. I grin, grabbing the sleeve of his coat and leading him away from the village, in the direction of the waterfall that I heard from before.