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"You…you're what!"

"Going on a trip with Mikki," Lavi looked at Allen. "Is that a problem?"

"Oh. My. Cheese steak. Please don't tell me you're dating her."

"Well, not exactly," Lavi blushed slightly.

"But you're in love with her aren't you? Why Lavi? Why out of all the girls you could fall in love with you have to fall in love with my arch nemesis/worst nightmare aka MY MASTER'S daughter! You will breed and create even more little Crosses and then they will breed and create more and so on! They will eventually take over the world with all their debts! And I will have to pay them all!" Allen's face had grown a few shades paler each time he thought about it. And when he mentioned "breeding" with Mikki, Lavi's face grew a few shades redder.

"Calm down Allen, it's not like we're getting married. Komui just wants me to get her out of here for awhile while you guys fix our 'little problem'."

"You're right, just don't make any baby Crosses please."

"Allen!"

"Haha, sorry, I just love the look on your face. Well, have a nice trip!" Allen began to walk away.

"Hey Beansprout, when are you going to tell Komui you knocked up Lenalee!" Lavi shouted down the hallway.

"Shut up! That's how rumors get started and how I'll end up dead!"

"Then you shut up about Mikki!"

"You shut up about Lenalee!"

"No you shut up!"

"No you shut up!"

"Shut it!"

"You shut it!"

"Shut up Albino!"

"Shut it lettuce eater!"

"How about both of you shut up?" Kanda broke into their little hissy fit and handed Lavi his hammer. "You forgot this; never know, you might need it."

"Thanks Kanda," Lavi glared at Allen when he took his hammer in hand.

"Mikki's already outside. I swear if something happens to her when you two are gone I will kill you." Kanda looked down at Lavi with malice in his eyes.

"Chill Yu, if anything she'll need to make sure nothing happens to me."

"Did you just insult yourself?" Allen questioned Lavi.

He thought about it before replying, "Maybe. I need to get going, see you later Yu!" He waved to a steaming mad Kanda. He turned to Allen, "Hope you don't die when I'm gone," he glared.

When he stepped outside he looked around for Mikki and saw her shadow coming out from behind a tree. "Mikki?"

"Leave me alone Lavi; I don't want to go anymore."

Lavi ran up to her and saw she was brooding. "What do you mean you don't want to go? What happened? You were so excited about it earlier!"

"I found out why you're taking me away. It's not because you want to spend time with me, it's because you have to!" She looked up and stared him in the eye. "I heard what happened with all the Noahs. This whole time you made me think you had them imprisoned or something, but that's not true! They're not even here! They escaped and Komui told you to take me away and keep an eye on me so they can't get to me again."

"Mikki you're not being fair. I volunteered to watch you!"

"To watch me? Like I'm some sort of child that needs to be babysat? Look, I realized I messed up the first time; I wasn't planning on messing up that majorly again!"

Lavi let out a quick air of disbelief. "Mikki, what the hell is your problem? What changed in the last three hours that made you not want to go?"

The truth was that Mikki was panicking; she had been ever since that kiss and realizing she didn't want Lavi's light. She felt that going on this trip would be making a commitment to Lavi, one that she thought she would never have to make. She was like her Dad more than she realized. Screwing with people was what she did best, drinking alcohol just to get drunk was something she cherished, having a fun time in the bedroom with any man she chose was what she loved, settling down with Lavi was…well not really in her plans.

"You lied to me Lavi, I can't trust a liar."

Lavi's mouth hung open, "I lied to you? Did I hear you right?" Mikki nodded. "You've gone insane. Tyki must have brainwashed you or something. I didn't even mention anything about the Noah's escaping, so how could I lie to you about that?"

"You didn't tell me. You should have."

"Mikki, listen to yourself! If I would have told you, you would have panicked or done something rash and end up even more hurt than you already are. What you need is to go away for a bit, forget being an exorcist, forget the Noahs even exist, and live like a normal human for a few weeks. Now look, I already have a small cabin available up in a wooden mountain area. I'm going there for two weeks and you're coming with me. You can't stay here, it's not safe."

"I'm not staying here, but I'm not going with you." Mikki stood up and looked at him. "Good-bye Lavi," she said as she began to walk away.

He grabbed onto her arm and pulled her back rather harshly. "Where are you going?"

"I'll be hiding for a little bit; just until all this Noah stuff blows over."

"It will never blow over Mikki! The only thing the Noahs care about right now is destroying the Order and you are the key they need to blow up the whole fricken place!" With each phrase he tightened his hold on her.

"Lavi just let me go! You're hurting me!" She violently pulled her arm out of his grasp and almost smacked him across the face. She froze with her hand midway in the air and a look of fear quickly streaked across Lavi's face.

"I don't know what's gotten into you Mikki, but I don't like it." Suddenly all emotion was gone from him and he turned away, slowly heading back into the Order. "I don't care anymore. Go where ever you want. When you end up dying or back in the Noah's hands don't expect me to save you again." He slammed the front door and left Mikki standing there with a feeling of guilt, regret, and a small feeling of freedom.

"I can't believe you let her go!" Kanda yelled at Lavi. "How dare you! She going to end up getting herself killed!" He saw no emotion on Lavi's face and a new level of anger flared up in him. "I can't even look at you!"

"Don't worry, you won't have to for much longer. I'm going off with Panda. I think our time here at this Order is done." He looked over to Allen who held a shocked look on his face and shrugged. "Panda told you we weren't staying here that long anyway." He started off towards his room to pack his things. Kanda threw a nasty insult at Lavi and flung open the doors to convince Mikki to stay with the Order. To his sadness he saw that Mikki was nowhere to be found.

"Are you really all that surprised?" Allen asked, walking up behind Kanda. "She was like a caged bird who was eventually able to have her cage open, but not the window. As soon as someone did open the window, she flew righ-"

Kanda cut him off by slamming a fist down on his head. "Enough with your stupid parables; I'm going to find her."

Allen rubbed his head, "You won't be able to if she's anything like Master. You don't know where she's heading to, and you won't know because she doesn't want to be found. I don't think even the Noah's could find her now. She looked very determined."

"Don't you have somewhere to be?" Kanda growled.

"Well I was supposed to be helping restore the kitchen-"

"That didn't need a response, just go."

"Okay, I get it. No need to be so grumpy," Allen stopped when Kanda turned to him with an evil darkness in his eyes. "Got it. Gone." He ran back into the Order leaving a dust trail behind him.

Four Days Later

It was hot, dry, and sandy. To a normal person that may seem like hell, but to Mikki it was paradise-well, besides the lack of water. Ever since she was little she had always enjoyed the desert. It was a strange place: completely open with no bushes or trees to hide you, yet you didn't feel the need to be hidden because you were completely alone and safe. Only a few times did she cross paths with living things; those things being camels, scorpions, and a camel spider (which she quickly killed out of fear and disgust). She saw a lion out in the distance but decided it was best to leave him in the distance. Having nothing to do, no meetings to get to, no annoying voices pestering her, she set up a tent which she picked up on her way to the desert (sending the bills to the Order of course) and relaxed inside avoiding the direct heat from the sun. She closed her eyes and it wasn't long before she fell asleep.

…

He couldn't believe it. She was gone. She left the Order without anyone and was wandering around on the Earth alone. He sat on a cliff overlooking a river and dangled his feet. Maybe he shouldn't have let his anger get the better of him. He could have talked some sense into her if he had tried hard enough. It wasn't his fault; that damn red haired Bookman and the other exorcists got in his way. He should've killed them all.

"Tyki?"

"Yes Road?" He looked up from the river and saw her slip out one of her doors.

"Are you okay? Earl wants you back home, he's worried you got a concussion from that blow to the head."

"It's been almost a week, if I haven't died in my sleep yet I'm not going to. Can't you people just leave me alone?"

"He's just worried about you. You're acting like some loner wandering around like this."

"I prefer the word drifter," he sarcastically said, "and I'm not a loner, I have my horse."

"You're getting weird Tyki, is your human self trying to take over?"

"No. Leave me alone please."

She sighed and threw a pack of cigarettes at him. He grunted a thanks and she slid her hand through his hair. "You need to cut it," she watched the long locks slip through her fingers. "And you're starting a beard. You look like a caveman. All you're missing are some animal pelts and a club."

He lightly slapped her hand away, "Get away from me Road."

"Fine, but the next time Earl wants me to check up on you, I'm sending the twins."

"You wouldn't dare."

"Oh, but I would," she evilly grinned at him and hurried back in her door. She peeked her head out one last time. "One more thing; if I were you I would forget Mikki. I didn't like her all that much anyway. Never get involved with an exorcist."

"Says the girl who's in love with Allen Walker."

"Yes, but he's different Tyki. He's one of us," she giggled and closed the door making it disappear altogether.

Tyki stood up and went back to his horse. As he jumped on something occurred to him. He remembered Mikki begging him to take her somewhere. He chuckled when he finally realized where she was hiding. The desert.

A/N: So I came across a picture of Tyki sitting depressingly on a cliff and *bam* the last part of this story was born. Only two more chapters to go before it's over!