Allen Walker

I stare at the window of train. Rolling fields of green meadows and turquoise creeks passed beside me. I was mildly happy Lavi was in another section of the train with Bookman and Saeko, talking about history stuff. Now no one would doodle on my face when I sleep.

Though Yoru looks rather prone to marker-fy my face. I wouldn't risk falling asleep just yet.

Kanda Yu

Tch. Today was the first day of a freaking weird mission. I tried to keep everyone away from me with my most menacing glare, but that didn't affect Yoru. Why on earth am I stuck with her? I bet a million Euros that it was Old Man Tiedoll. Her new uniform was also very different from ours – an elegant swallowtail coat. Personally, I think it looks better on her than a full length long coat.

I turned my face towards the window, away from the humans and at the much more pleasant vegetation. Sadly, the red apples hanging from the gnarled branches happened to remind me of Yoru's bright red irises.

Somehow, I felt more at rest, even though that kind of eye color ought to freak someone out.

Beansprout's bottomless stomach growled as he looked at the ripe fruit. He smiled one of his "I'm sorry for the inconvenience" smiles, and Yoru cocked her head to the side, her long hair brushing my shoulder. "Why didn't you say so?" She planted a firm hand onto my head, and hoisted herself onto the luggage rack. And boy is my head throbbing. She tossed down a heavy canvas bag. It landed onto Sprout's knees. He pulled at the drawstrings, and a blood red apple fell out. He looked at Yoru in something that could only be described as disbelief.

Yoru smiled: "You must be wondering how I knew. Well, I calculated the speed of our train, and then estimated that we would be passing a field of apples by now, and you would get hungry. But of course, I had a marvelous plan B, so I also brought some pears." Beansprout nodded in amazement as he guzzled an apple impatiently.

Lavi poked his head at us. He gave a long sigh, and began: "Ladies and gentlemen, I am sorry to announce that the catering crew is unwell today. May there be anyways to salvage the terrible dilemma?" Yoru looked as if this was within her repertoire: "I always have a perfect backup plan." She tossed Lavi a sack. A rather delicious smell wafted from within. "Yakiniku (Japanese barbeque … I think) sandwiches?" Lavi peered into the bag. Yoru began fumbling in the luggage rack again, and so-very-unfortunately, it was my shoulder she was stepping on. I could barely contain myself to tremble with anger.

Suddenly, a bento with the work "SOBA" written in neat kanji was thrown into my lap. Sprout received another sack, this time the pears. Lenalee had a box with chocolate cake and Chinese stir-fried noodles; Shirou seemed content with some egg salad sandwiches. Lavi smiled gratefully as he carried the lunches of yakiniku sandwiches, pudding (Yorkshire, for Bookman), and pizza (for Saeko) back to his fellow historians.

Lunch was quite pleasant, despite the noisy chattering of the other Exorcists. I managed to catch some sleep during the long trip from France to Italy. I woke up just in time for a poker duel between Yoru and Sprout.

"Yu-chan, you're finally awake!" Lavi yelled happily. I pulled my hair tie off, and began to tie it back. "Hey, Allen, wanna bet?" Yoru leaned towards Sprout. This made me sort of uncomfortable. I tugged at my hair for the last time, and Allen said: "Whose cards are we going to use?" Yoru gave a sweet smile: "Well, let's all use our own cards, Allen!" Sprout pulled out a deck of white-backed cards, and Yoru pulled out a set of black cards. "What's the bet?" Yoru asked Sprout. He pulled out a large apple: "This." Yoru gave a smile.

After several moves, Allen produced what was supposed to be an almost unbeatable move (by cheating, duh), but Yoru's cards began to change. I watched with my own eyes as the silver on the surface shifted into different shapes. "Royal Flush!" Yoru spread her cards onto the table. Sprout painfully handed her the apple. She put it into the sack. "Let's save it for later." She said to Sprout. He nodded understandingly.

The stationmaster yelled at the passengers on our train: "Venice, Italy!"

Somehow, I felt that this day won't be as smooth as we envisioned.

To be continued

Author's notes:

New chapter for you guys! I've always wanted to go to the famed, Venice, so yeah ... but apparently Kanda isn't too happy about it. Actually, this chapter should have been a side story, but I sort of like it better as a chapter ... and this chapter probably has more foreshadowing than the ... 3rd, I think? Well anyways, I hope you like this chapter! Please rate and review! Thanks for all your support, guys!