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CHAPTER VIII: Substitute Teacher

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Lavi was sick. He had decided to take Kanda out to a bar the other day to try and calm his nerves and to stop copying a damn goldfish. Of course, as he always did, he drank a bit too much and got a hangover. Allen wasn't happy of course, as Lavi had sort of sinned again.

"Lavi?" said angel said and poked the redhead.

Lavi groaned and pulled the sheets over his head.

"Well, you deserved that, you know!?" Allen said, clearly not feeling sorry for the older teen at all. "Anyway, since you are sick I might as well go to school again, right!?"

"Don't you think the teacher find it weird that you're hardly ever there?" Lavi asked.

"Does it look like I care?" Allen said and smiled. "All right, I'll go to school!"

Lavi didn't say anything so Allen took that as a sign that he could go. He grabbed his backpack and headed out the door. He started walking towards the school when he remembered something… he couldn't remember where the school was.

"Darn it," he muttered. "I'm so used to walking there with Lavi…"

Suddenly he walked into something and fell on his back. He looked up and saw... Kanda… Great, just the person he was so eager to meet…

"Watch where you're going, you Moyashi," the dark haired said angry.

Allen got to his feet and muttered, "It's Allen."

"What are you doing out here anyways?" Kanda asked. "Aren't you supposed to take care of the stupid rabbit?"

Allen looked up at him and tilted his head.

"I'm not taking care of a rabbit," he said. "I'm taking care of Lavi."

Kanda had to use absolutely all of his willpower so he wouldn't punch the shorter boy right in the face.

"What are you doing here anyways?" he asked through gritted teeth.

"School!" Allen said happily and decided to follow Kanda; the older boy was going to school and if Allen followed him he wouldn't be lost anymore.

They walked in silence until they got to school. Then Kanda had to show Allen where he was having Chemistry as the class had been moved to a new room for some strange reason. Allen entered and sat down at a desk.

"Hello," the teacher said when he walked in. "I am Tiedoll, your substitute teacher for today. Today we are making candy!"

Allen's eyes widened; he liked candy! They were supposed to boil hydrochloric acid and ammonia which went all right even for Allen. That was until he forgot to turn the heat off at the end, causing the entire thing to burn. They didn't have to evacuate this time, but they did anyways; the smell was horrible (*)!

"Now, kids, have you learnt what not to do now?" Tiedoll asked outside the classroom.

"… what not to do?" Allen asked.

"Good boy, Allen," Tiedoll chirped and patted the boy's head. "Anyways, class is over. Bye bye!"

Allen sighed and walked to his next class. He now knew he didn't like Chemistry; it was evil! Next he had… Math… Maybe he should just leave!? Deciding to go home to Lavi he turned around to leave.

Right before he was outside someone placed a hand on his shoulder and he turned around. His eyes widened.

"Hello, boy," a dark voice said. "I will be your substitute I Math now; Tyki Mikk."

Tyki dragged Allen after him. Allen had a feeling he would stay at school much longer today…

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Lavi woke up, luckily without a headache. He glanced at the clock; it was four. Allen was home again then. He got up and went to the first room he could think of seeing Allen in; the kitchen. To his dismay the Exorcist wasn't there. He wasn't in the living room either. Lavi went around his small apartment, but Allen wasn't anywhere. He was starting to worry now.

He picked up his phone and found Kanda's number.

"What the hell do you want, Baka Usagi?" was the first thing Kanda said.

"Have you seen Allen?" Lavi asked fast.

"Not after I showed him where Chemistry was," Kanda answered irritated. "Why, is he missing?"

"Well yeah, or I wouldn't ask if you've seen him, would I!?"

"Whatever… Maybe he got lost?"

"Nah, he knows where I live."

"He's shopping?"

"No, my wallet's still here."

"Maybe he was kidnapped then!?" Kanda said, a tad of sarcasm in voice; yes, kidnapping of people he didn't like was Kanda's idea of jokes.

"… That's it!" Lavi said, almost panicking. "It was Tyki, it has to be. Help me find him, please?"

"All right, just stop your whining. Be at my place in five minutes then."

Lavi put his phone in his pocket before putting on his shoes. He ran outside, not even bothering to lock the door. Kanda was waiting outside when he got there and both of them ran to the school since that was the last place Kanda had seen him.

"I still don't get how you can lose a freaking angel though," Kanda said, partly sarcastic and partly worried.

Yes, partly worried, but only because if people saw an angel they might want to ask people questions about him. If that happen Kanda would have to talk to someone. That was the only reason… yeah, sure…

"Well, he sucks at directions," Lavi answered when they entered the school.

"Give him a map maybe!?"

"He sucks at reading maps."

"… a GPS!?"

Lavi glared at him.

"What, I think that was a good suggestion," Kanda said and smirked.

"Okay, he had Chemistry, Math, Biology and English today," Lavi said, remembering Allen's schedule. "So…"

"Biology was cancelled," Kanda said. "Two girls from the same class said so when I passed them. And I didn't see him coming out from the English classroom."

Lavi stared at him.

"Where you waiting for him?" he asked.

"Che!" Kanda said and turned away from his friend. "Just because he's stupid and short. And because you didn't give him a GPS…"

"Whatever," Lavi said, grabbed Kanda's hand and pulled him along down a corridor. "That means he had Math last. Who's his teacher, do you know?"

Kanda thought for a moment.

"I think they had a substitute," he said slowly. "Someone named Mickey."

"What, like the mouse?" Lavi asked.

"How the hell should I know?" Kanda snapped.

They ran down the corridor in order to get to the Math classroom. The chance of Allen being was low, but still…

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"You know," Tyki said bored where he sat on the table, smoking a cigarette. "Just because you're invisible doesn't mean I don't know that you're here. It's not like you can go through walls. Besides, you can't stay invisible forever, just about four hours. And you've been invisible for…"

He glanced at the watch.

"Three hours," he said. "Just take your time though, I'm not busy."

Allen was sitting in a corner. He couldn't leave as Tyki would notice. He didn't want to be visible as it would be easier for Tyki to tie him up then. He was scared and he wanted to get back to Lavi. The redhead was probably getting worried too.

"Lavi will find me," he whispered, knowing that Tyki would find out where he was sitting by talking, but he didn't care.

"What was that?" Tyki asked.

"Lavi will find me," Allen said louder. "And he will save me."

Tyki sighed as he got up and walked over to where he knew the angel was sitting. He bent down and ruffled the boy's hair.

"He won't," he said, a small on his lips.

Allen didn't bother staying invisible anymore and showed himself.

"He will," he said. "Lavi's nice."

Tyki sat down in front of him.

"No, he's not," he said. "Lavi doesn't care about others. Trust me, I knew him when he was a child."

"You don't know him now," Allen said, anger building up inside of him. "He's changed."

"Oh, you poor naïve boy," Tyki said. "People don't change. He doesn't really care about. He's a good actor actually; no wonder you think he likes you."

"That's not true!" Allen almost yelled, tears welling up in his eyes. "Lavi does care about people."

Tyki shook his head as he got up. He grabbed Allen's arm and forced him to stand up.

"Now, shall we go and meet the rest of my family?" the dark man asked, smirking.

"Let go of me," Allen said trying to free his arm, but Tyki was strong.

"Hey, if I have to force you along you might get hurt," Tyki said. "And I would be ever so sad if I would have to hurt an angel."

Tyki was just about to open the door as it flew open. The first thing he noticed was that he was suddenly backing away from it with a sword very close to his neck. Kanda had insisted on picking up a sword from the kendo-club at the school in case they might need it. At least he got to use it.

Lavi ran over to Allen. Allen looked up at him and smiled.

"I knew you would find me," he said and hugged the teen.

"Of course," Lavi said and smiled back at him.

Kanda looked from those two to Tyki who still had a sword way to close to his neck.

"So… what to do with you?" he asked, mostly to himself. "Maybe I should cut you up and serve you to the dogs?"

Tyki smiled, clearly not afraid of the threats or the sword.

"Oh, I don't know," he said. "I'm not sure if you should feed dogs human flesh. Maybe you should you cut my head off and put it on a stake?"

"Are you mocking me?" Kanda said through gritted teeth.

Suddenly a loud BAM was heard and Kanda yelled in pain. Lavi ran over to him.

"Yuu-chan?" he said. "Are you okay?"

He looked down at Kanda's right arm; it was covered in blood.

"Haha, you got him, brother," someone said in a crazy voice by the door.

Lavi turned around to face them. Two boys where standing there, one with long blonde hair and crazy eyes, and the other with black hair and a gun in is hand.

"I totally did, Jasdero," the black haired said. "You okay, Tyki?"

Tyki nodded at the boys and walked over to Allen. He grabbed his arm and dragged him along. Lavi was about to follow them, but the black haired boy pointed his gun at him.

"Don't even think about it, pal," he said and smiled.

"No, don't think about it," the blonde, Jasdero, said and pulled out a gun as well. "Or we will blast your head off, right, Devito?"

The black haired, Devito, smiled.

"Besides, if you follow us your friend here might die of blood loss," he said.

Jasdero and Devito laughed and ran after Tyki and Allen. Lavi knew they were right. Kanda would lose too much blood if he was left here alone. Luckily Lavi was pretty good at first aid and fixed Kanda's arm as much as he could. Unfortunately they would need to get the Japanese to the hospital which meant they would have no idea how to find Allen.

Shit…

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A/N: All right, here we go! Finally I'm getting to the main plot here. Okay, time for explanations:

(*): we did this at school once. The candy is called Hockey Powder (I'm not sure if you even have that wherever you live, but…) and is really tasty. I'm not sure if HCl + NH3 can burn, but it DOES smell weird, trust me. It smells like… antibiotics, just really strong. Tastes good though.

How did you like the GPS jokes? I think they suited Kanda for some reason. And yes, when Lavi glares at him he's a little bit Deak-ish again.

Anyways, if I get… let's say… 75-80 reviews I will have the next chapter up at Monday. This time I mean it as I don't have much to do during the weekend. Review then, please!?