The pain was overwhelming. It controlled his body, and prevented him from seeing strait. He was living in a world of illusions, as the world of reality had been stripped away from him long ago. His mind had become all jumbled up, and one thought constantly occupied his mind; when will this torture end? He had lost count of all his visitors, nurses and friends alike, and he could feel his identity slipping away from him. One memory kept him going now; a memory of someone whose name had left him; a handsome young man with long raven hair, and sharp sapphire eyes.

I'll stay by your side forever, Moyashi.

Who could this person be? Every time he felt so close to the truth, it escaped him. He wondered what exactly made this person more important the rest. While everyone else remained faded out and beyond reach, this man was sharply engraved into his head. The question slowly began to take over his mind. The pain was dulled, all his senses were dulled, and he mulled over every possibility. The matter of time had lost all importance, but he couldn't shake the feeling that he had forgotten something of extreme importance. Something that could damage a special someone's feeling, but he pushed the thought to the back of his mind not wishing to dwell upon it.

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Somehow, Kanda had ended up in the hospital. He had insisted, violently even, not be taken "hostage," as he called it, but in the end he had lost when they knocked him unconscious with drug darts (how they actually were able to hit him with one remains a mystery…). That was only after much damage had been done to both the hotel and the employees however. As for why they insisted so harshly that he remained was due to his current condition. With horrid nightmares plaguing him every night, he wasn't exactly what you'd call stable. In fact, he was quite the opposite. The main problem however was that he had told no one, and left them to assume whatever. They all assumed he was going mad. It was due to this that Kanda was currently restrained with metal bars on a hospital bed. They weren't taking any chances, and he was seriously pissed. Of course when the Moyashi needed him most, he would get restrained by a bunch of fucking idiotic doctors trying to help him. Che, well it wasn't working.

He was allowed no visitors, and his room was located in a secluded area of the hospital. This however, was one of the advantages of his predicament; no stupid rabbits around.

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"How's your assignment coming along, Rhode?"

"Very well, his state is weakening as every second ticks by, like petals falling from a flower; one only has so much strength." She replied with a mischievous grin, "The options are limitless when you're in a dream, but then one has to wonder – when a dream becomes reality, what is a dream really?"

"Ne, ne, when's our turn Earl?" The Jasdevi twins inquired eagerly.

"Have some manners you two," Tyki calmly took a sip of win from his glass.

"Relax; we still have plenty of time. No matter what they do," he paused chuckling, "they're no less doomed than flies caught up in a spider's web. Besides, it seems that the pieces of our puzzle are finally coming together, and their memories are slowly returning to them. It won't be long until that one exorcist, Kanda I believe, will snap. He has much weight to carry on his shoulders after all."

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He was going to escape. It didn't matter to him how long it might take, he could do it. This was nothing after all the crazy things he had been through as an exorcist – wait, what was an exorcist? Damn defective memory.

He began to examine the bars that contained him. There were four in all; one across his chest, two around his wrists, and one right above his feet. He would've struggled, except for the fact that they had hooked up an annoying as hell gadget that shocked him every time he tried. Not a little baby shock, a huge electrocuting one. That's when he began to think. Every day a nurse arrives at 7am, 12:15pm, and 6pm for meals …? He glanced at the time, 5:47. Great, she'll be here soon, and for the first time since he had been stripped of his freedom, he smirked. You can restrain my body all you want, but there is always a loophole for those who look hard enough.

6:00

"Kanda-san, I have your dinner." Perfect, right on time, Kanda noticed. He attempted to put on a desperate face, and replied,

"I need to get out of here. Now."

"I'm sorry Kanda-san, but you are not permitted to. I apologize." He was disgusted by the pitying looked in her eyes, but kept his façade. Might as well – he had already started after all.

"This one time, no one will know." God he hated begging.

"Why do you insist?" She wavered.

"It is the anniversary of my mother's death, and I wish to go pay her my respect." Complete bullshit, yet she appeared swayed. Got her…

"I'm so sorry! I could make an exception just this once I suppose…" Kanda smirked, too easy.

"Thank you, I will be back before seven. Will you please unlock my chains?" Che, how long had it been since he had use the word "please"?

"What? Oh, yes." She walked over to the counter and pushed a button. They recoiled instantly. Kanda rubbed his wrists. Never before had freedom felt so good. He grabbed Mugen on the bedside table, as someone had been so stupid as to leave it there, and left. The nurse watched uncertainly, but made no attempt to stop him. Che, fucking retard, Kanda thought brushed past her to the door. He was going to see his Moyashi and no one was going to stop him.

As he walked through the twisted corridors he swore. He had forgotten how contorted they were, and quickly found himself lost in the labyrinth. To his left were windows, and to his right, more doors that led to rooms and who knows what else. He glanced out the window. He was on the tenth floor.

"Fuck this," he exclaimed as he jumped out the window to the ten story drop. The glass shattered, and he fell.

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Allen's Mind

All hell broke loose around him. Reality and imagination clashed, and fire engulfed the area. No longer was he Allen Walker. He had become just another body as his identity slowly slipped away from him.

"Come closer, Allen."A booming voice sounded. His legs began to move with a will of their own, drawing him nearer to the voice. As he approached, he sighted the owner.

"W-W-Who are you?" Allen finally found his voice. The man smirked.

"Well now, it wouldn't be any fun if I told you, now would it? Besides, I think you already know the answer to that question." His smirk widened, and Allen cringed back in fear. "Why don't you follow me, little boy?" He began to walk towards a particularly revolting section. Allen had no choice but to follow. Control of his legs had not yet returned. "Good boy," the man smiled as they descended further into the darkness of Allen's mind.

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Kanda somehow managed not to kill himself. It was quite amazing, really. He had flipped in mid-air, proceeding to land on his feet as if he'd done it millions of times before that. Maybe he had, but if that was the case he had no clue. His memory was fucked up at the moment.

He brushed of his clothing. He wore his usual jeans and a t-shirt. Huh… the same outfit as the day he had been drugged… He began to walk towards the forest that lay just beyond the hospital. The sky was ominously dark for sometime around six, and the air was weighed down by a heavy silence. As he reached the outskirts of it he shuddered. Something wasn't right. Since when was the forest silent? He could remember being bothered by the howling of wild animals and the chirping of goddamn crickets every fucking night he had been here. How could it all of a sudden disappear? He proceeded with caution, drawing Mugen. Light-footed, he continued down the path that led to who knows where. Thinking of which, why had he come in here in the first place? No logical came to mind.

A few minutes later, and nothing out of the ordinary had happened. He had not, however seen any wildlife whatsoever. He glanced around him. The scenery had not changed much, unless you counted the slight lightening of the shade of green and the increasing amounts of moss…He halted as the trees broke and he entered a clearing. In front of him was a huge, silvery, shining lake. It almost seems familiar… Similar to Moyashi's huge, round, sparkly eyes. That was until he spotted them that is; the lotus flowers.

Sharp jabs of pains attacked his head, and his vision blurred. He could swear he caught a glimpse of a boy with silver eyed and white hair before all consciousness left him~

Hey everyone, I finally updated! Yaaaaaaay! Haha :) I hope this chapter wasn't too confusing because of the many things going on… Feel free to let me know if there's anything I need to change ^-^ Cookies to those to review! :D

Thanks for reading!

-pathless