The next mission was not long in coming. And so Komui, a few days later, sent Lavi together with Sandra on a mission. It was afternoon already , and the two of them were in the train on the way to the city, to which Komui sent them. Sandra sat opposite him and she was not exactly thrilled that she had to go with him on a mission as she did not have a good picture of him from the last mission.

"Spoiled with this guy ...", she thought irritably, looking at him.

Lavi looked out of the window and seemed lost in thought.

"Keep her in mind", Bookman had told him before he left with Sandra. Lavi knew now that she was not normal and not human.

"What is he thinking about?", she asked herself. "At least, he does not just raise his grin. I really do not unterstand this guy."

He noticed that she was staring annoyed at him.

"Why do you look at me the whole time?", he asked.

"I just wonder what you're thinking. You've been so thoughtful all the time", she said.

"Oh, I don´t think anything special sweety", he replied with a grin.

"Don´t call me sweety", she said sourly because she hated being called like that.

"Oh come sweety, calm down. Why are you so upset? "He said intentionally to annoy her.

"Because I do not trust you and I know you do not mean it honestly."

She tried to look into his eye.

"Oh, why don´t you trust me?" He asked, looking at her, but consciously trying to avoid contact with her eyes.

"You do not even look into my eyes because you know I'm right!"

"Oh man ...", he sighed.

There upon he looked out of the window again, and they were not talking to each other the whole trip long.

In the late afternoon they finally arrived in the city.

"So where do we want to start?" Sandra asked, looking around.

"Let's ask the people here", he said, walking forward.

"Good", she said, following him.

They then asked the people in the city about unnatural phenomena and whether there have been strange happenings in recent times.

"Hm ... The people are not very talkative here", Sandra said.

"Yes, that's right. Let's go eat something first", he said, as it was already beginning to get dark.

"Yes good idea", she said, as she was gradually hungry.

Together they went to a guest house nearby, took a room for the night and ate in the dining room. Lavi sat facing Sandra opposite the food. It was silent between them, which seemed funny to Sandra.

"Why so quiet?" She asked, looking at him, who looked thoughtful again.

Otherwise he could never hold his hat, Sandra said. Lavi looked up at her.

"Oh, nothing special sweety."

There it was again. This one little word, which he said she almost went to the ceiling.

"Leave it!"

"What?"

"You shall not call me that!"

"And if so?" He asked, grinning at her cheerfully.

It was obvious that he wanted to provoke her because he knew she was upset.

"I do not think you want to make me feel angry", she said irritably, clenching her hand on the table to a fist.

Lavi remembered how she finished with Kanda on her first encounter.

"It´s ok. Don´t be so sensitive."

"Then stop it!"

Again she tried to look into his eye and look into him. And again he did not leave her to him and gave way to her gaze.

"Why do you shut yourself up in front of others? Is anything happening in your life that makes you so?", she asked directly.

He wonders why she is asking so directly and does not treat him like a friend.

"Why do you ask?"

"Because I was just the same way until recently ... I did not want to let anyone to me ... As you know, I do not come from the earth ... What brings me a fundamental mistrust towards humans anyway ..."

"Yes ... I know", he said briefly, without saying anything about himself.

For a moment, it was quiet between the two. But then…

"Interesting", he said suddenly with a grin to distract the subject.

"Why interesting?" She asked, wondering.

"Because you don´t hear something like that every day."

"You do not meet someone like me every day."

"Yes you are right."

Again he smiled at her.

The next day, Sandra and Lavi heard each other again in the city. Just as they did on the previous day, they could get nothing out of the crowd. Tormented by these stubborn residents, they settled down on a bench. Lavi sighed.

"People do not seem to be very talkative."

"Yes, sorry", Sandra agreed, and sighed.

But suddenly the two exorcists heard a male voice behind them.

"You are exorcists, are you?"

Suddenly, Lavi and Sandra turned around and saw an old man. Lavi did not hesitate and held his weapon at him.

"Take your weapon down. He's not an Akuma", Sandra said immediately.

"You can never be so sure!", he said suspiciously.

"He is not an Akuma! I know that so exactly because an Akuma has no aura and this man already! So take the weapon down! ", she murmured.

"I did not know about this ability," he complained.

"Then you know it now!"

"You could have told me sooner!"

"How so? You're not talking about yourself either", she countered.

Lavi sighed and pulled his hammer back. Then he looked at the old man.

"So? What do they want from us?", he asked directly.

"I've heard you're looking for inexplicable phenomena. For some time, people have been leaving the city without a trace", the old man told them.

"Hm ...", Lavi thought, looking at Sandra, "Do you think what I think?"

"Akuma!" She said directly.

"Yes", he agreed. "We should take a look."

Sandra nodded to him and together they followed the old man. This brought the two exorcists to a nearby forest, where the people are said to disappear from the city. From the outside, the forest was very gloomy, with little sunlight through the thick branches of the tall trees. Lavi and Sandra decided to enter the house soon and advised the old man to go back to town. He followed the advice of the exorcists and so they set out together in the forest.

After a short walk, they suddenly heard screams in the neighborhood. The two exorcists hurried out at once. It also did not take long and they found a young woman who was just attacked by a swarm Akuma. Unfortunately they came too late. They could no longer help the woman. The black pentagrams of the virus were already spreading on her body. A few seconds later the young woman fell to dust.

"Damn!" Lavi shouted, activating his innocence, "I hate it when I'm right!"

Sandra also activated her Innocence.

"Yeah, well, we're too late and could not help the woman anymore ...", she said sadly, then fought Akuma with him.

"They were all", he said, looking around.

"Yes I think so."

"How many did you get?"

"Eh ... what? No idea. Why do you ask?"

"I had 55", he said, grinning at her, "is such a mock of me that I notice everything."

"Oh man ... Who cares?" She thought, sighing.

But shortly afterwards Sandra looked around frantically.

"What's the matter?" He asked.

"We are being observed!"

Instantly Lavi looked attentively. A moment later, they heard something behind them. It did not take a second and Sandra disappeared quickly. Lavi just looked puzzled to the spot where she just stood. And already the rustling stopped. Sandra exchanged again beside Lavi and had a young man in the tow, which she held fast.

"Where were you so fast?" Lavi asked in surprise.

"I wanted to see who watched us and caught this man!"

"Oh, she is really fast", he thought in amazement, then he turned to the young man. "Why did you observe us?"

"I'd like to know it too", Sandra agreed.

"I'm sorry!", said the man frightened, "Please let me go!"

"Then tell us what are you doing here", Lavi urged the man to talk.

"I ... I followed you and then these things came ...", the man said frightened.

"And we're supposed to believe them?" Lavi was suspicious and already had the feeling that was even more behind the thing.

"Yes ... I ... I can tell you something about these strange happenings in the city ... Please come to my house ... I invite you."

"All right, let's go with him", Sandra said.

"Good! But then tell us what's going on here", said Lavi.

"Yes ... Yes ... I do", said the man, and nodded again and again.

The two exorcists then accompanied the man home. He lived in a distinguished villa on the outskirts of the city. Together they sat with the young man at a festively laid out dining table.

"Serve you. I rarely visit", he said with a smile.

"Did not they want to tell us about the happenings in this city?" Lavi raced suspiciously. Sandra did not let the man out of his sight.

"Oh, right", he began to tell. "It all started a month ago when my father died. My mother does not get over his death until today. "

"Hm funny ...", Lavi wondered.

"What do you mean?" Sandra asked, looking at him.

"A month ago, the disappearance of the people in this city began ..."

"Yes, that's right."

"Where is your mother now?" Lavi asked the young man.

"She is in her room and is asleep. She does most of the time", he explained.

After the meal the two were brought to a guest room. Since it was already late and already dark, the two exorcists stayed in the villa. Sandra sat down on one of the two beds.

"It's strange, or not?", she asked, looking at him.

"Yes, both happened just a month ago. This is strange. I don´t trust the whole thing here", he said thinking.

"Yes, we should be vigilant", she said.

"Yes you are right."

Sandra stood up and pulled her uniform out. Underneath, she wore a black sleeveless top, which gave her a good look at her cleavage, which always concealed her uniform. It was the first time that Lavi consciously saw her femininity and of course staring directly at her.

"I'm going to the balcony", she said, stretching her briefly and opening the door to the balcony.

"Ok good ...", he said only, was slightly blushed and looked directly to the side. "Oh man ..." he sighed and took a book directly after Sandra had gone to the balcony.

She stayed there for quite some time and looked at the stars. Every time she saw her, she thought about her home. Lavi, who read in his book in time, looked at her. He wondered why she stayed on the balcony all the time. Somehow he put his book aside and stood up. He went to the balcony.

"Everything ok?", he asked worried, "It's cold here. Why do not you come back in?"

"Oh ... I just look at the stars", she said with a smile.

"I Understand ...", he said, returning her smile. He also directed his gaze into the stereocial afterthought.

"The sky is free again from clouds ...", he stammered suddenly.

It was the first time she'd heard him talking so confused and found it somehow amusing.

"Yes, that's right. It's a clear night. "

Again she smiled at him, but this time with a fake, drawn smile, since she did not want to leave him this time. She still did not trust him and did not want to tell him anything about her past. He noticed this and also gave a smile. It was for him, like a riddle, which he could not see, but he wanted to solve it somehow.

"Somehow you're a peculiar guy ...", Sandra suddenly said, "I thought you were a first-rate woman, but now I think it's more in you ..."

"Oh yes? Do you think? ", he asked, looking at her.

"For what reason do you lock yourself from others?", she asked him now directly. She looked directly at him with her blue eyes in his eye. For a moment he held his intense gaze and lost himself in it. Then he turned away.

"You do not want anyone to let you go, I realize", she said, "I know that feel ..."

"Well ... It's already late ... Let's go to sleep", he said, dodging her and was already on the way back into the room.

"Why do you go?"

He don´t even liked that she was asking so hard and wanted to know more about him.

"I do not want to talk about it!" He said some irritated and went in.

"It's good. I just wanted to help you ... ", Sandra sighed and went back into the room.

Without saying another word, they both went to sleep in their respective beds.

While Sandra was already asleep after a short time, Lavi was still awake in his bed. He looked over at Sandra, who was looking at him and watched her.

"Should I trust her ...?" He asked himself, uncertain about it.

He did not know why, but his heart beat faster than he thought about them. Her blue eyes and her intense eyes did not go out of his head. Lavi was already drawn to her, even though he knew that he was not allowed to allow any emotions.