Recap:

Juuri was interrogated by Komui and Bookman about her knowledge and if there is some reason behind the ex-general Yeegar's last words. However, through her simple swaying of words, she managed to make them believe that there is 'no such thing' as Seeker of Time as she is as rumored. However, how long can she be able to hold their trust in her? Can she be able to rescue the next exorcist that is going to die?


Disclaimer:

I do not own D. Gray Man, Katsura Hoshino does.


"This wish I hold deep within my heart,
if it's called Destiny,"

"Is that all of it?"

A red-haired, eye-patched exorcist thought while walking down the gloomy hall of the Order. In the past few days, his mind was flooded by answers to some questions which are pretty illogical in his opinion. And here he was hoping that the cloud of smoke would surely blow away if they'll be able to obtain some answers.

But Lavi was wrong. Very wrong.

The cloud of smoke just blinded him more.

Confusion and frustration keep building up inside his head.

He is disturbed by some certain matters especially about the grouping of exorcists in protecting their assigned general, in which it is very unlikely of him.

Him who is always as calm and as laid back as the wind,

now acts like an anxious dog that has lost its bone.

How absurd.

As Lavi expected, he and the old panda will be escorting Allen to find General Cross Marian on the search and protect mission just as they wanted. And with their authority as Bookmen or more like the old panda, they can be able to suggest things just like the assignments of groups to Komui. It seems like the old panda is also interested on Allen's fate.

'To observe the Destroyer of Time scrutinizingly.' As Bookman had put it.

However, his concern also lies in solving the mystery behind what is happening around a certain exorcist girl.

Juuri Nightray.

What was she thinking when she asked to be assigned in General Tiedoll's group just because she doesn't want to be with a womanizer marshall like General Cross? What does she really mean by 'she's just her'? That she has nothing to do with Allen's 'Destroyer of Time'? That there isn't something about being the 'Seeker of Time'? That there was no such thing as an implication about the last words of General Yeegar?

All of these don't make any sense even after she finished saying her reasons.

Like answering a question just brings forth a horde more of questions…

"Eh?"

All of a sudden, Lavi stopped walking. A silly thought graces inside his mind. A very thoughtless idea but it is the only thing that he can possibly call an answer to his questions.

Implications.

'Could she be…implying that she don't have anything to do with it?'

"She is hiding something, yes that is a given." Lavi mutters silently to himself, a confident grin is now resting on his lips. "She was implying that she is 'not' a part of it."

How silly of him not to think of this? All this time he was with the girl, he knew that there is this something around her. An unknown feeling that makes him wary and anxious from the very start when he had first met her.

It's like she knows something that he don't.

"She is denying it."

Lavi knows that this is just an assumption but he believes in what he sees with his eyes.

"It is unreasonable,yes," He said while holding his chin up in thought while taking on a grim expression. "-but that leaves us the thought that she is just misleading us."

This theory of him is one of his best attribute that made him a perfect candidate as a Bookman because Bookmen have to be very observant on what they see, even the slightest detail is essential.

"Juuri Nightray is hiding the true implication of being the 'Seeker of Time' all along."


"Umm…Komui?"

"Supervisor…."

"!" A high pitched cry can be heard deafeningly by the poor occupants of the room. As usual, the floor is littered with stacks of paper and the tired looks from the members of the science department who are moving and working around hastily is also present. However, the cause of the sudden ruckus is not about this daily phenomenon that resulted for Juuri to get herself hugged tightly by a crying supervisor named Komui.

"I WON'T ALLOW IT! WHY DO YOU NEED TO BE IN TIEDOLL'S TEAM! NOT WITH MY LENALEE! Komui ranted as he hugs you tighter.

If that is even possible for the fact that she cannot breathe anymore.

"L-let me go! Dammit Komui!" The poor exorcist girl says as struggles to free herself from the deathly clutches called Komui's hug of insanity.

The other occupants of the room helped the poor girl to get free from their crazy, idiotic, irresponsible supervisor. And with tough luck and persuasion, they manage to pin down the said man on the floor.

"Ahem. " Juuri cleared her throat to get their attention especially to stop Komui from 'rampaging' again. "So, about my mission-"

However, it seems like Komui haven't learned his lesson, yet.

"I WON'T AL-"

"WILL YOU GIVE IT UP ALREADY!" She can't helped but face palmed herself from this stupidity. She's just here asking for her mission and al so she can fly away from here now and yet this sister complex is rendering her with his own idealistic 'sister' that she is.

When did she get adopted as his sister?

"Geez give me the damn map already so I can leave, right now. Secondly," Juuri can't help but to glare at Komui who is now cowering and pouting in the corner from her gaze. Unbeknownst to her, some of the scientists have inched away from her flaring anger. "please don't treat me as your f*cking sister because I'm not."

And there it is again.

The wailing.

"!" Komui cries as he clutches Juuri's right leg pitifully like he was grieving around in a corny drama show which isn't dramatic at all. " YOUR HAVING KANDA'S PERSONALITY!I WON'T ALLOW ANYMORE OF HIS RUDE ATTITUDE ON YOU! And now that you are going to be in a team with him…" The wailing turned into sniffs right now but it didn't budge her stoned still persona. Eventually, she sighed in defeat and pull the still sniffing man away from her, just to make sure that her uniform would not itch from the salt of his ever-so-pitiful-tears.

"I get it. I'm just impatient of the situation, Komui. Everyone is on the move right now in their own missions but I'm still stuck at here." Juuri said with her normal calm voice. "Don't tell me your actually mean to make me stay here. "

And if Komui didn't get the hint that she demands something.

Fortunately, the said supervisor took on a serious look after realizing what she truly mean.

It is very natural of her to suspect that something is off. One of her suspicions is that she was not even informed about Allen's departure with Lenalee to find Cross even though she knew of it already in the series of the plot. Krory was also assigned to a mission and will depart tomorrow morning and will be later watched on by the Bookman and Lavi. So all in all, she is going to be the only exorcist here waiting for an order to depart to Tiedoll's team.

In short, they are suspending her.

"Ofcourse not. However," He fixed the rim of his glasses with his middle finger. "I cannot say that I'm not yet fully accepting your deicision up until now, Juuri. Are you really sure of what youre doing? Why choose-"

"I understand."She simply reply with a small tone. "But I cannot understand what else you want me to say. Am I that too suspicious in your eyes, Komui?"

He was taken aback by her bold question of their trust in her. She is an exorcist and a respectable one at that. However, he cannot stop the questions plaguing around about her. It is like she explained it logically, proved to be that she is normal, that they are merely putting words into the situation, that the ex-general was just blabbing about them saving the world for they are exorcists, and yet he cannot place the fact about her reaction with the general's words and her involvement to him before it happened.

It was just too wrong.

And it is also wrong that he cannot stop himself from doubting her.

"Do you, perhaps ,expect me to say something magnificent? Out of the ordinary? Something important? " She says while combing her hair with her hands, boredly. "You expect me to be useful?"

"Juuri…" Komui cannot help but feel foreign about her, especially her words. It is like the Juuri he knows to be easy going, calm, smart looking, and playful girl would be this dead serious. And this is only the second time that he'd seen it. Isn't she just a sixteen year-old girl like Lenalee?

And with much deliberation inside his mind on whether letting a girl like her go around alone to catch up with Kanda, he made the decision to just let her go.

Eventhough, he really wants for his sister and this girl to stay here and not fight akuma, to just enjoy their lives as teenage girls their age, to enjoy a normal human life. But they aren't normal.

They are exorcists chosen by God.

"….Okay, I'll give the info on Kanda's current location." Komui pulled a small map and a booklet from his table which is surprisingly clean today. "-and also the most likely places where you can find the General in case you got separated with your team. You can take the train at 5am tomorrow."

When he didn't receive a reply, he tore his eyes away from the files in his hand to see her reaction. However, he was stopped.

Komui was stopped by Juuri's serene yet sad smile.

"Thank you for still believing in me Komui."

And with that, the dark haired girl headed out of the room to pack her things up and sleep early.

For the first time Komui prayed to God, not for his Lenalee's happiness but to this poor child's safety.


Waiting.

Waiting.

Waiting.

10:09 am

Wai-

'BOOM!'

"WHERE THE FUCKING HELL IS SHE!" a blue-haired Japanese man punched the poor oak tree impatiently as he waited impatiently near the train station of the small village he is in. He was almost on his way toward the next village that would take him to Dankern, another village that he needs to cross to meet up with the doorbell exorcist named Daisya Barry.

Instead, he is here waiting 'patiently' for God-knows-how-long under the stupid sun surrounded by idling idiots talking like there's no tomorrow. Or is it just him or there a bunch of women talking and giggling in the corner while eyeing him like he is some kind of meat…

How he wanted to just slice them up to bits and proceed to his mission once and for all.

And speaking of stupid women, SHE is the one to blame for this.

"That idiot brat."

The logic is very simple. Kanda was called three hours ago by Komui that the brat is going to be in team Tiedoll starting from short, he 'needs' to wait for her to arrive here. And is it just his imagination or Komui clearly stressed the word 'wait'.

So here he is, waiting for almost two hours now for nothing.

Nothing.

Kanda cannot help but growl menacingly, creating the aura of pure darkness around him which seems to drive away humans and even animals away from him. His thoughts consisted of many different ways he can be able to get back with the stupid bitch that made him look like an idiot under the scorching sun.

"Limb to limb? No, I'll hang her under the sun, pierce her weak and pathetic body with mugen as slowly as possible just like how long I waited here…." A small sadistic smirk made its way on his lips, clearly delighted of his plan. However, this little atmosphere is short lived when a thought of her smiling face at him crossed his mind. Her words clearly etched on his mind like soothing tea in the moring. Warm and light.

"Arigato and okairi! Sorry if was a little late, since you came back from your mission, our supposed to be little mission. So yeah! Welcome home!"

'Wait.' The blue-haired guy grunted in disgust after his brain registered what he just thought. What is he thinking? Warm and light? Soothing?

"Give me a break."

'When did her voice became like that? 'Kanda thought as he almost blanched involuntarily on how he used that word. All he thinks of her is that she is someone who does not know when to keep her mouth shut like some prissy spoiled brat who is definitely a weakling in the battlefield. Yes, she maybe an intermediate with her scythe but she has no stand against him with mugen. He can list a lot of things that he hates about her; getting herself tripped out of nowhere which end up to her spraining her ankle, bothering people's lives, getting lost, praising her pathetic noodle soup, and getting herself too emotional for her own fucking good.

"Would they actually stay with me until it stops raining or, I'll be standing alone again, under it?"

"…."

He ignored this statement from her because he deemed it not his business. It is not his character to stick his nose where it doesn't belong because he himself does not want people to stick theirs to him. However, this doesn't inhibit him from thinking that something is damn wrong. And to top it all, Kanda doesn't like it when he was grouped in with "them" from her statement which clearly flared up his anger to a few notches up because he definitely doesn't like being group to some scumbag asshole he didn't even know.

And to add another thing, Komui assigned him another mission, a small one.

A covert mission.

"I want you Kanda-kun to watch over Juuri-chan for me,okay?"

Could they just get away from his fucking life?

And this brat is going to worsen it even more than it was already is.

He was told also by Komui that Juuri is not supposed to be in Tiedoll but on Cross Marian's team instead. However, by her own request, she insisted to be in Tiedoll team.

When did she have the power to 'request' such a thing like arrangements of teams? And the tone that Komui used to explain it to him isn't the usual 'sister complex' one but rather the tone in which he used when he called about the death of a general which he doesn't remember its name and the arrangement of teams.

Which only means that the stupid sister complex is finally taking his job seriously.

"Please keep an eye on her."

"Che. " Kanda cannot help but scoff indignantly from the words of his supervisor. "I'm not going to babysit a brat like her."

Nevertheless, this isn't the words he expected to hear from Komui who adores the brat like his own sister.

This is being…doubtful.

Damn her.

And now he is thinking about her goddamn business. She can be whatever she wants as long as she doesn't involve herself to him. However, he was too late to warn her to get away from his plain sight. And now that she is going to be in team Tiedoll, Kanda cannot be able to assure that he won't be killing anyone until he finished his mission.

Kanda emanated an unearthly growl of frustration. Why does this people makes his life as complicated as possible? They can screw up themselves for all he cares. All that is important is find "that person"…

When he accidentally glanced up at a nearby clock hanging on the wall of the station, he mentally tightens his fists in frustration.

11:09 am

Kanda let out a string of curse and mentally remind himself to brutally re-enact his plan after the stupid brat came her.

Definitely make her pay for making him think about her for an hour without him knowing.

"If she didn't come here within one more hour," Kanda's gripped on his mugen tighten with full intensity that even a normal metal cannot be able to stand the full force. "-she's dead."


"I'M DEAD! I'M DEAD! I'M DEAD! I'M DEAD! I'M DEAD! I'M DEAD! I'M DEAD! I'M DEAD! I'M DEAD! I'M DEAD! I'M DEAD! I'M DEAD! I'M DEAD! I'M DEAD! I'M DEAD! I'M DEAD! I'M DEAD! I'M D-"

"Please calm down, Miss." An old man with brownish white hair says while digging his shovel down to a pile of charcoals on the side compartment. Loud chugging can be hear everywhere and the visible sighing of relief and joy is evident in the air. The train started to move slowly at first until it maintained its average speed to officially begin its duty again.

"Thanks really, Miss. You saved us from crashing into that." A middle aged woman says while lulling her baby to sleep.

"If it weren't you we are long dead and left as fertilizers on the gound." A man which is the woman's husband says, extending his hand to their 'saviour'.

"Uh…its okay." The dark haired hero which is actually a girl says while returning the handshake. " I'm more worried with my life right now."

"You should give more credit to yourself, Miss." The old man says again. "You sliced the boulders of rocks in front of the rails like nothing and even vanquished those monstrosities like nothing."

"Its okay really. Just forget it." Juuri says as she scratches her head in frustration but she choose to lock it up. It is really nothing that she was rudely awakened by the sudden shout of danger around only to see akuma. After defeating the weaklings, she managed to sleep again but was rudely awakened again by the big stumps of rocks and logs in the tracks. So she have no choice but slice them up one by one careful not to slice the tracks too and remove them for the train to pass.

In short, she is already three hours late and so is the train that would supposedly take her to a small village where her favorite Japanese comrade is waiting for her. And to think she is late….

"I'm dead."

Juuri remembered that she also had done something 'outrageous' again in which will most likely make her more suspicious than she already is.

Why does she need to be a damn playful trickster?

"I'm very dead."

She hasn't had enough sleep in which she was hoping of fulfilling in the three hours ride on the train. Unluckily, she already had an idea that once she step on the village where she will meet up with Kanda, she cannot be able to have any sleep at all.

'Damn hectic.'

To get her thoughts away from her own death by the hands of her pissed of team mate, she opened her journal and began scribbling about her thoughts.

And also other person's thought about her.

One example is Komui.

-It cannot be helped that he will start to use the benefit of doubt. Komui is smart and he knows if he is being fooled or not. He worries for everybody especially if it has something to do with his sister, Lenalee. Given that I already answered 'some' of the questions awhile back, the sparks of confusion ignited an urge to suspect me more.

After losing ideas to write or more like losing her enthusiasm to write something 'negative' about her current position, she began tapping the pen she 'borrowed' from the science department rhythmically .

'All in all, they are suspicious of me.'

Juuri cannot blame them. She was too careless to not hide herself from the late ex-general. She should've just hide and let him sing that nightmarish song and die. Just stay in the corner and blame herself from not being able to persuade him , she didn't take notice the situation and just barged in there.

She is so damn careless.

And because of her carelessness, the world that she longed to be her home will surely shatter now.

Just great.

And she expects them to foolishly believe her that she has nothing to do with "saving them"? How wrong she was. They found her red-handed already and sooner or later, some sly human would be able to discover her being here.

That she is not from this world at all.

That she has no business here.

That she is just a stranger, a' wandering soul' of another world as she puts it.

'What am I anyway? Am I still a human? Or-' She grimaced in thought while tightening her hold onto her diary. '…am I already dead?'

She wants to believe that there is a significant reason that she is here. That there is no coincidence, that she is wanted: finally wanted. Even if how cliché it sounds to her, she wants to believe that her existence is needed just like a main protagonist or heroine in a story or maybe just a little supporting character would be enough to her.

She just wants a place for her to belong.

Having lost any idea on how and what is really going on with herself, she scribbles a note at the last page of her diary as a simple reminder. It may not be significant but she wants to see that note there the next time she writes. Just a simple six worded sentence. Chuckling a little to herself, she cannot help but quote that she might be a little of an emo if left alone. Is she also bipolar like Krory?

"I just want to enjoy this dream as it till it lasts."

And for now, she will believe onto that little hope.

Note:

I will change for the better.


Tall trees are everywhere. The sounds of birds chirping and other animals can be heard. Some early morning dews are still evident even if it is almost noon. This forest can be really call the epitome of tranquility if not including the wild animals lurking in the shadows and also the loud obnoxious singing of a man clad in black.

"Umm, please be careful of your actions Krory-dono." A man in white cloak says as he hopes to make his 'singing' companion stop his acts. "-The wild animals of this forest might hear you and worst come here."

"I can't help it!" The man 'singing' reassures the said companion now named Tohma. "This is my first mission after becoming an Exorcist! I can't hold back my joy!"

This only made Tohma, the finder worry even more.

"You really should take care. We are in the middle of the forest and we might know how dangerous of a place we are in." Tohma sighs as he again continues to make some sense to the exorcist whom he will be escorting on his own first mission. Why does he need to be assigned with him?

It is not like the finder is disappointed with the 'unproffesional attitude' of Krory-dono but he was actually called by Komui this morning to escort Nightray-dono. However, when he met the female exorcist, she immediately flat out refused him and therefore said to him to accompany Krory-dono instead.

"Because Krory needs more assistance than me."

And she is truly right about that.

Out of nowhere, there are sudden movement of bushes behind Krory. This action alerts the exorcist and hides immediately behind the finder.

"Weren't you going to defeat it?"

The bushes keep moving until-

"What are you doing, Kuro-chan?" The familiar voice of a red-haired says, appearing behind the bushes with Bookman.

This made the uneasy Krory to relax. Atleast this isn't the wolves and bears Tohma had been saying awhile ago.

"Yo!"

"Lavi! Bookman!" Krory mutters as he slumped onto the ground. "Please do not frighten me like that…"


"Lavi, did you come to support me?"

Krory and Tohma, together with Lavi and Bookman are heading to a village nearby the forests to investigate their mission.

The red haired cannot help but chuckle at Krory's question. He knows that Krory might get angry if he carelessly says that he 'needed' to be watched over. So he just says it casually.

"Komui asked us to."

Krory didn't take it that much but replied.

"I'm fine alone." Krory then summarized the information about his mission in a professional way. Very much different from his attitude awhile ago. Maybe he have that potential in him

"-As long as I solved this mission, I'll become a hero!"

Or not.

"The villagers will thank me! I've even practiced my signature!" He says as he pulls out cars with his picture with a signature in it. The others cannot help but sweat drop from his stupidity.

Suddenly, Tohma remembered something and stopped on his tracks.

"Krory-dono, I just remembered something."

The excited exorcist cannot help but get confused. He doesn't really want to stop right now where the village that will call him a hero is just right infront of him. "What is it, Tohma-san?"

"Yeah, Tohma."Lavi who is also curious from the sudden call asks. "What is it all of a sudden?"

"Give it to Krory please."

The finder pulled out something from his cloak to reveal a small…mirror?

"Umm…" The confused Krory grabs the small mirror from Tohma, carefully surveying what is it that so important with a simple mirror.

"What is this…?" Lavi asks as he too take a look at the small object in Krory's hands.

"You see, " Tohma says as he cleared his throat. "-Nightray-dono asked me to give this to Krory-dono as a goodluck charm for his first mission."

...

...

..

"YOU MEAN JUURI DID WHAT-!" The red haired exclaims as he stares shockedly at the object infront of him. Well, it also looks like he is not the only one unaffected…

"J-JUURI!" Krory exclaims as he almost let go of the mirror in his hands. "WHEN? HOW? WHY?"

"Nightray-dono just wants to personally gave it to Krory-dono but cannot since her train is going to arrive anytime." Tohma explained briefly. "She asked me to give it to Krory-dono instead of her."

There was a small silence when Lavi whacked Krory in the head.

"WHY YOU OF ALL PEOPLE!" Lavi says as he grabs the object away from Krory. "I SHOULD BE THE ONE TO HAVE A PRESENT! NOT YOU KURO-CHAN!"

The other man struggled to get Lavi's hands away from his newly acquired present.

"STOP BEING JEALOUS LAVI!" Krory playfully sticks his tongue out at the poor red head. " AND THIS IS MINE!"

Then, the unceremonious 'small' brawl began on who will have the small gift from Juuri.

The poor finder cannot help but regret his actions of even revealing such a trivial request.

Maybe it would be best if he just hide it from the start.

"Why did she do that…" Bookman ponders as he looks at the mirror in Krory's hands. As he look at it, he saw small letters etched or more like scratched on it. After some little inspection, he found out that it was actually words.

'What-'

His eyes widen as he looks at a small sentence that is not very visible in normal human eyes but only to the eyes of very observant Bookmen like him could read it very clearly.

However, it is not the way of being able to inscribed it shocked him.

It is the statement itself.

Could this be the true motif of the rumored 'Seeker of Time'?

"Mirrors reflect the truth."


The weather is very hot.

There weren't much trees around the station but there is a visible forest far north form her location. She feels a little dizzy from exhaustion and the ride but she thankfully manage to pull herself out of her cabin to finally drop off the annoying train where every single one of them kept praising her features or her abilities.

Why can't they just leave her alone?

It is already 12:10 in the afternoon and this weather is the most 'excruciating' in her part.

Dear Lord, why does she need to get out off the train at this hour?

'And to think I'm so late.' She thought as she try to calm herself. 'I'll be so screwed,'

When she boarded off the train, she was immediately greeted by strong gust of wind and a cold metal pressed on her…neck?

"Your dead."

'-And so dead.' Juuri thought as she come face to face with her enraged-beyond-any-recognizable-morality-within-called as her knight shining armor.

Which shines so deadly to her.

"Hi Kanda…" Juuri waves her hand while nervously clutching her bag. With the looks of it, Kanda 'did' stay long enough for her.

'About three hours or four hours…?'

"Any last words?" The enraged blue-haired samurai says as he presses his mugen against her neck, drawing a small cut in which she cannot help but sigh disapprovingly.

How many times is she always in this position?

She had lost count.

"Kanda."Juuri says as she looks at her captor who didn't even bother to acknowledge her reason. "I am aware I am late and I am…well deeply sorry that I am la-"

"Your damn late brat." He glares at her angrily, finally locking eyes with her. Seems like the heat got in him. Juuri immediately shakes her head. If she hadn't known him as a rude, conceited anime character, she would've freak out already.

However, it seems like the people around them seem to be very distressed with the seen unfolding in front of them.

"-I know. That is why I am going to apologize and propose that-"

"If you are planning to get out of this alive by reasoning, no your clearly mistaken."

She truly cannot help but asked herself again of changing her team was a good idea.

"Stop pointing that to her, Sir!"

"Oh no! What is he doing!"

"He is going to kill a helpless girl!"

Then an absurd idea passed through her mind. She immediately grinned discretely. She's such an opportunist. She turns her gaze from Kanda to the people around them.

"Sorry everyone! My husband and I haven't seen each other for a long time. He was just frustrated that he hasn't seen me for a long time!" She tries to hide her smirk by pouting cutely with fake tears.

'And this is supposed to be our honeymoon!' That is something she wants to add to but refrained herself with all her might and logic.

This statement seems to appease the people around them. Others even started to awe at their 'cute' show of 'love' and reunion for a long time. Romance as they put it.

"You should have said it earlier Misses!"

"You're lucky to have a handsome husband like him!"

"I wish for both of your happiness!"

But it seems like this statement only fuelled up the dark aura behind her.

"You…." An unearthly growl emanated behind her.

'I would have laughed if this was shown in the anime.'

And without further ado, she excused herself from the crowd with her seething 'husband' behind her.

After rounding up two corners from the station, Juuri was about to turn to another corner when she was pinned unceremoniously against a wall. She was surprised from the sudden action.

Well, she expected this to happen sooner and later but heck, she does not want to deal with his frustration right now.

With a sigh, she just coughs up her reason of doing an 'interesting' show like that.

"I just want us to get out of the commotion you made yourself, Kanda."


He is pissed.

Beyond pissed.

What is it? Damn hell frustration? For hell's sake he just wanted to cut the stupid brat into unknown pieces right now. Why does she always do things that make him kill her so fucking badly?

She is just a stupid, annoying,a pathetic excuse for a damn spoiled brat.

"WHAT IS WITH THE FUCKING HUSBAND AND WIFE THING YOU BACK THERE, STUPID BRAT!" Kanda flared as he tighten his grip onto her wrist. He is sure that it will start to bruise from his grip but he is too angry to mind her weak body.

Who is she to 'humiliate' his being like that? With all that people there.

The brat sighs not in pain like what he supposedly thought but a sigh of disapproval instead. He noticed that she opened her mouth to speak but she immediately closed it. This made him even more enraged. Out of the blue, he heard her speak quietly, but just enough for him to hear.

"Why are you angry?"

Why is he angry?

He is about to snap at her but restrained to answer her question as 'calm' as possible without unsheathing his mugen the nth time.

"You made me wait for four fucking hours in the middle of nowhere, brat." Kanda growls menacingly as he again tightened his grip to her bruising wrist. "-and you made that idiotic commotion. Do you expect me to welcome you? ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND!"

"…"

He waited for a few seconds but it seems like he is not going to hear any of her stupid reasons. Well, it doesn't make a difference since he is going to kill her anyway.

However, he was a 'little' surprised to hear her laugh.

Her obnoxious laugh just like last time.

"AHAHAHAHA! I'M SUCH AN IDIOT!HAHAHAHA!HIHI!" She laughs as she became unsteady until her body gave out. She can just only stand because he is holding her weight by her wrist and the wall.

"Stop laughing!"

Kanda cannot help but twitch in annoyance as the brat laughs so carelessly in front of him, very unfazed by her situation, just like last time in the Order.

That warm and light feeling.

As fast as the thought crossed his mind, he immediately grimaced at the thought of even 'thinking' about something pretty useless.

So he chooses to deal at the matter at hand and stop the buffoon from attracting anyone from her loud obnoxious voice and cause another commotion like what happened awhile ago…

"How many times have I told you to stop being an idiot!" Kanda says as he impatiently shakes her already shaking form from lack of oxygen.

Her laughter slowly ceases after a few seconds. Thank God if there really is one.

Then she smiled.

'Ah, fuck.'

She smiled at him.

'Isn't she tired of that freaking smiling all the time with her damn cheeks stretched painfully all so wide?'

"Give me one damn reason-"

"You still trust me, never changed. " She laughs but not the usual obnoxious laugh which made him question her sanity. "I'm still me in your eyes..."

…what?

Kanda didn't almost catch it but luckily he did.

'What's with the sudden change of tone...' He furrowed his eyes in slight confusion that maybe he was wrong? 'The hell?'

"Oi. What did you mean by that?" Kanda glares at her giggling face which is still unfazed from his presence. "Oi! Quit it I'm talking to you!"

Her giggling increases in volume after his statement in which he regretted for he needed to painstakingly deal with her stupid voice again.

Bad choice.

"I mean you are still the same ol' kind Kanda." She says while grinning abnormally at him ear to ear. "the typical yandere type, that is~."

Kanda doesn't like to be played around.

And what's with the yandebe, yadebe- whatsoever it is. But from the sounds of it, it isn't the first time he heard it.

And he is not glad to be swayed around this brat fingers by the use of her illogical words. He was suddenly stopped by his stupor when he felt small hot puffs of air on his face….

'What the h-'

"You still have that intimidating glare." She says, now very clear that she leaned in to close, visibly close to him in which he found to be-

'Irritating...'

"Get off me." He averted his eyes away from her. "Now."

The girl immediately gave him a funny look in which he replied with his usual glare.

Did he say something wrong? Or does she not understand something as simple as that?

"Did you hear me? Do you want me to repeat myself?"

"How can I be able to get off if you are the one pinning me against the wall, " She smirks at him which made him think of executing her right now. " And you say that I am not in my right mind. Are you, Kanda in your right mind?"

...

"Che." Kanda says pulling off of her and feeing her bruised wrist. He doesn't feel least guilty about it since she is at fault about everything that happened today as he put it. She is lucky that he only bruised her wrists and not ended her pathetic life.

'Her fucking fault.'

When he began to walk away, he took a glance at her to see that she is checking her bruised wrist. Well, if she is doing this to make him guilty, she is clearly mistaken.

"It's your damn fault." He says as he continue to walk towards the 'Forest of No Return' as the old woman that said. When he was growing so frustrated, he walked around for an hour to ask for information. He found out that this forest leads to a village named Dankern that is near the village where he will meet up with another blabbermouth. Damn fate for putting another load of annoyance at him.

"Yeah, whatever." The brat says as she finally catches up with him. "Just trust me that I won't screw up is fine."

"And why would I trust someone like you?" Kanda spats back.

"…" She mumbles under her breath, in which he wasn't able to catch up this time.

"Are you mute? Speak clearly!"

"I'm not mute! I'm your team mate, you jerk!" She says, sticking her tongue playfully at him, just like small twerp would. He can already feel his veins popping from anger but 'tries' to control it for the sake of the mission." And for goodness sake, call me by my name! I have one, KANDA!"

"I think 'damn brat' suits you best already," A small snort escaped his lips, hiding that victorious smirk that is threatening to pull out. Looks like he won the match this time.

The female exorcist who had obviously been winning awhile back had lost the verbal battle and only managed to reply by raising her middle finger bitterly at him in protest.

What a problematic mission.

The very reason that he always worked alone in missions. Speaking of missions, now that the brat is here, he can finally get onto his mission. As the two of them trudge forward with loud clacking of boots behind him which obviously signifies the still heated gaze the defeated chibi is giving behind him, Kanda cannot help that he is actually with someone right now in a mission. There was supposed to be three exorcist males including him in team Tiedoll and yet, the girl had joined out of nowhere without even knowing anything at all about the general.

He is not that oblivious about what is happening, it is just bothersome to deal with it at all. He spares a sideway glance at the still grumbling brat behind him which alerted the said girl of his staring.

"W-What?" She snapped at him, which only turned out into nothing that scary looking.

"Tch."

'Fucking problematic.'

Whether he likes it or not, he has no choice but to do his mission with someone LIKE her.

And also for his other mission of keeping an eye on her.

"-the memories left behind and your face I've lost,
will still continue to be deserted…"

-Strength by Abingdon Boys School


So here it is as promised!.

I updated a little early because I wan't to surprise you and I finished early with the reviewing...well, more like lost hope in math... damn.

Anyway, there are still exams for tomorrow but I think it is best if I'll do this, sleep early. then wake up early and study than cramming,,^^

FOr those who messaged me, thanks so much~ I'm so happy guys!^^ Don't worry, I'll be updating again this month, probably next week, so yeah~ VACATION IN WEDNESDAY! WOOHOO~! *readies manga links for the manga cramming* Heaven~ I;m gonna take vacation in my hometown now...wahh...the fresh air of the countryside..:)

ah yeah, the song I used there, it is one of my favs GO ABINGDON! HOOOO! , sorry, I really love rock and the message is so heartfelt, I'm so melting while singing it~^^ I suggest it, It is also the 4th ending theme in Soul Eater,^^

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