AN: this is late I know, but finals week is coming up so I don't know when I'll be able to update next. But don't worry my loves a few more weeks and I'm all yours. All right now on to the story.
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Chapter 11
If Kanda were any less of a man, he would be slamming his head into the wall by now.
"How in the hell are we supposed to look for unnatural phenomena in a school for magic?" he growled to Lenalee. She shook her head helplessly and looked around. They were currently in a hallway with moving pictures and talking suites of armor. Kanda was also pretty sure he saw the transparent form of a ghost earlier. "Che, how annoying." He growled.
Lenalee looked at him. "Maybe we can ask one of the ghosts. I'm sure they've seen something even they can't explain."
Kanda looked at her as if she had grown and extra head. "You want to ask a bunch of dead people where the Innocence is?" he asked.
She blushed and gave him a slight glare. "It's better than what we're doing now. Besides what do we have to lose?"
Kanda grimaced but he had to agree, what they were doing right now was not working. Finally, he sighed and grumbled. "Fine we'll try your way." She grinned and led them to look for a ghost. It took an hour to find one of the damn things, which in Kanda's opinion was 59 minutes to long. When they finally found a ghost, it was the nearly headless Nick guy.
"Excuse me," Lenalee called to the ghost. "Can we ask you a question?"
Nick turned around in surprise and spotted the two Exorcists. "Why yes my dear girl, you can ask me anything."
Lenalee smiled. "We're looking for something," Nick looked interested but didn't interrupt. "It's a small green cube with gears encircling it and sometimes it glows when someone or something gets to close. Have you seen it?"
Nick thought for a while, much to the annoyance of Kanda. "Yes I believe I have," Lenalee's eyes widened and Kanda leaned forward slightly. "Unfortunately Peeves the poltergeist threw it into the Forbidden Forest some years ago and I haven't seen it since."
Lenalee's shoulders slumped and Kanda growled out a frustrated "dammit!"
"It's okay Kanda," Lenalee tried to soothe the angered teen. "At least we have a lead. That's more than what we had before." She turned to the ghost. "Thank you for your help. It's much appreciated."
"You're welcome my dear girl. I just wish I was of more help." Nick replied, he then moved away going through a wall.
"Allen and Lavi should be at the Great Hall by now," Lenalee told Kanda. "We should group up and think of what to do next."
Kanda 'che'd' and walked off towards the Great Hall, Lenalee sighed and followed the grumpy teen. Five minutes later, they entered the room. Kanda led the way to the head table where Allen and Lavi were eating. Allen looked mildly disgusted while Lavi looked like he was trying very hard not to laugh.
Lenalee sat next to Allen looking at him expectantly. "Well," she questioned. "How did it go?"
Allen let out a disgusted groan and Lavi lost his fight and started cracking up.
"It was horrible Lenalee!" Allen exploded, but making sure not to be too loud. "These wizards have got to be the laziest, weakest, most pathetic human beings in the entire world."
"Che," Kanda said irritated. "Stop being overdramatic Moyashi."
Lavi finally stopped laughing. "He isn't being dramatic Kanda," Lenalee and Kanda blinked at the use of his last name instead of his first. "I'm surprised they're still alive." Lavi said seriously.
"Please for the love of all that is good and holy," Allen begged. "Tell me you at least have an inkling of where the Innocence is."
Lenalee and Kanda exchanged stunned looks. "Well," Lenalee began. "Kanda and I talked to one of the ghosts and he said that the Innocence should be somewhere in the Forest."
Both Lavi and Allen's jaw dropped. "Because it can never be easy can it?" Lavi sighed.
Allen meanwhile slammed his head into the table with what sounded like a groan. "Great," he said sarcastically. "I'm going to be stuck with these brats for forever aren't I?" Lavi patted Allen's back sympathetically.
Lenalee's eyebrows rose. "Uh Allen do you mind if we watch one of your classes before we continue searching?"
Allen sighed and nodded. "If you guys are done eating we can go now. My next class starts in ten minutes with the sixth year Slytherin and Gryffindors." With that, they got up and made their way out of the Great Hall.
They arrived a couple of minutes later and Kanda appraised the surroundings with grudging approval. Well at least the Moyashi isn't completely fucking up, he thought.
A few minutes later, the class showed up. Allen clapped, gaining everyone's attention. "Okay! As you may have heard from your housemates today, you will be running around the lake as many times as you can. You will be running or jogging you will not be walking. Lavi and I will be running beside you." Allen looked them over then jerked his head toward the lake. "Get going."
They took off and Allen turned to Kanda and Lenalee. "You guys can run with us or stay here. Your choice." That said he and Lavi ran after the students.
Lenalee looked up at Kanda. "Do you want to join?"
Kanda thought for a moment then shrugged. "Might as well." He grumbled.
They soon caught up to the group and ran with them. Kanda saw the change when they reached the halfway point and the students started slowing down. He watched Allen and Lavi start pushing the students, keeping them running. Both Allen and Lavi looked like predators running through a flock of sheep. Finally, they were close to the finishing line when they started slowing down drastically, Allen and Lavi were actually almost running in place the Hogwarts students were going so slow. Finally, the last few feet of the lap, they literally started crawling; panting, groaning, and he were sure some were even crying. When the lap was done, Allen turned to Kanda who had a stunned look on his face. Allen nodded and said. "My point exactly."
AN: review please! And remember I don't know when I will update next. Hopefully soon.
