Reincarnation

Pairing: KandaxOC

Story type: AU

Chapter Number: Three

Chapter title: Security and Privacy

'Hey, Kanda.'

He grunted, and continued to walk through the dimly lit corridors, keeping a steel grip on Yuuki's wrist. There were several times that she nearly slammed into walls and poles, but she always dodged in the nick of time. Her captor wasn't very gentle.

'Why didn't the security programme ask about me? Aren't I trespassing?'

He ignored her. There was a bright light at the end of the corridor and they were approaching it rapidly. The man of Asian descent kicked the glass door before him open and stalked into the bright room.

The décor of the room was a pale cream color or white. It was a Japanese styled room and was decorated simply. The only thing that had no practical use was square a painting of a white lotus. This was the living room and there seemed to be no door leading to other rooms. There was no apparent source of light but seemed to glow from the walls itself.

'Kanda-sama.' A foreign female voice came from the walls 'Where have you been these two days? Why haven't you answered my calls to the golem AND the car?' part of the cream wall slid open and a tall Asian woman came along with a shorter white-haired man. The man sniggered as he eyed Yuuki.

'Look Lenalee, looks like he got himself a woman again.' Oh. So that's why the security programme didn't question her presence.

Kanda snorted. 'She's not. She just cooks.'

The girl clapped her hands together, smiling and looking at Yuuki. Her hair tumbled down from her shoulders as she tilted her head to the side. She was wearing a black Chinese top with black shorts. She had smooth pale skin and soft brown eyes. She was a beautiful person.

'So you did listen to Lavi! You went to go find soba!' The Asian woman looked down at Yuuki again, smiled and stretched her hand forward. 'Hello, I'm Lenalee Lee and this-' She pointed at the white haired man '—is Allen Walker.' She pointed to the golden golem sitting on Allen's head 'Oh, this is Timcampy, Allen's golem.'

'Oh.' She took Lenalee's hand and shook it firmly. 'I'm Kaname Yuuki.'

Lenalee looked back at Kanda with a crossed look on her face. She raised her finger and pointed it straight at him.

'You! Kanda! You shouldn't just run off like that! You know how much paperwork we had to go through to cover this up as a business trip? You need to act more mature! Really!'

Lenalee sighed and gave an exasperated smile. 'Welcome home, Kanda-sama.'

Kanda gunted and Allen went over to Yuuki.

Allen was slightly taller than Lenalee. His white hair seemed soft. A peculiar scar ran down the left side of his face, Yuuki thought that it was probably an implant or enhancement. His eyes were of a queer shade of grey-blue. He was wearing black jeans and a white hoodie.

'Pleasure to meet you. I work for this prick-' he jabbed a thumb in Kanda's direction, '-but I'm also his supervisor. I'm the one who has to keep fixing everything when he fails-' Timcampy seemed to be nodding.

'Moyashi. Shut up.' Kanda glared Allen.

'It's Allen, Idiot. You can't even remember a name with that brain the size of a peanu-'

Lenalee hit the both of them in the arm and frowned. 'You two! Stop acting like kids!'

Both Kanda and Allen glared at one another before grumbling.

'So, Kanda-kun… about Yuuki-chan…?' Lenalee gave Kanda a questioning look.

'She'll have to stay. Get her one of the guest rooms ready.'

Lenalee nodded and went back through the sliding door. Allen stayed and had a confused look on his face.

'As long as she lives in the city center, we can bring her back home no problem. She doesn't need to spend the night here-'

'Go get me milk matcha, Moyashi.'

'You can't order me around, Bakanda. I'm your supervisor.' But Allen went through the door behind him and his cries of protest were muffled completely.

Yuuki was relieved that Kanda didn't mention her living outside the city center. She would probably been kicked out and mowed down instantly.

A white sofa appeared from beneath Kanda and Yuuki and they sat down. Lenalee's voice came from the walls,

'Just thought you might want a seat. You guys can chat. We'll be gone for now. Won't be listening. I'll just give you a shout when the room's ready, Kanda-sama.'

Kanda grunted.

They sat on the sofa and Yuuki shuffled uncomfortably. It felt like she didn't fit here.

'Lenalee is a childhood friend. So is that bean sprout.'

Yuuki nodded.

Kanda stayed silent. Yuuki assumed that he was waiting for her to give him her own information.

'I don't really have friends. You're really lucky Kanda-kun.'

Kanda grunted.

'Lavi Bookman, idiotic redhead… he told me about you.'

'Oh. I… I don't know a 'Lavi'.'

As if on cue, another door slid open and a man with fiery hair ran in. His single emerald eye darted round before landing on Kanda and Yuuki.

'YUU! You found yourself a GIRLFRIEND. FINALLY.'

Yuuki frowned for a second. She knew this voic—

She gasped, and shot up in alarm.

'Lavi Bookman! You're the guy that's on the radio!' Kanda rolled his eyes, as if to say

You do know a Lavi.

Lavi grinned and shook the Asian girl's small hand vigorously.

'Sure I am. And you are Kaname Yuuki, right? You work at the ice cream shop.'

'I am! How did you…?'

Lavi winked. 'I have my ways. I was the one that told Yuu to come find you. For soba.'

Yuuki nodded. 'I see.'

Kanda pulled Yuuki back and she fell back into the sofa. He stood up with an angry glare etched into his face. He walked up to the man of equal height and pressed his face close to Lavi's.

'Don't. Call me. By my. First. Name. Why the fuck are you in my house!'

'Don't see why not! It's a nice name! We're best friends; of course I can come in and out of your hous-!'

Kanda's frown deepened and Lavi grinned, holding his arms up in defense.

'Okay, okay! No need to get worked up. Erm, Yuuki-chan!'

Lavi bounded over to the sofa and took a seat. His arms were slung on her shoulders.

'You need a nickname!'

Yuuki blinked. 'I… do?'

'Sure you do!' Lavi seemed to be deep in thought for a second before bonding back up in glee.

'I got a perfect one! I'll call you 'Yuu' as well! That way, Kanda Yuu over here won't be able to tell the difference when I call Yuuki and Yuu. See?'

Yuuki nodded slowly, but really she didn't see the point at all. Ah well. If it pleases Lavi-kun.

Lenalee's voice boomed from the white walls again,

'Oh. Hi Lavi! Urm, Kanda-sama? Komui nii-chan seems to have destroyed most of the guest rooms. Will it be fine if Yuuki-chan stays in the dojo?'

Kanda frowned.

'Didn't we have the security programme that rejects Komui when he comes 10 feet within my living area?'

'Um, we did, but Komui nii-chan disabled that.'

Kanda stayed silent, then gave Lenalee a sharp nod.

'Okay then, the dojo is all ready, Kanda-sama.'

Lavi chuckled. 'You knew Yuu would let Yuu-chan stay at the dojo, didn't you?'

Lenalee made a long 'hmmmm' sound but didn't reply.

'Oi. Don't call me by my first name.'

Lavi perked up.

'Oh! You must have heard wrong Kanda-sama, I was talking about Yuuki-chan over here. You know, you should really get those ears of yours cleaned!' Lavi gave a mega-watt grin.

'Well then. I'll bring Yuu-chan over to the dojo! Yuu-kun over here should take a shower or something!' Lavi gave Yuuki's shoulders a gentle push and they walked towards the lotus painting.

'You,' Kanda said in an annoyed tone. 'Don't try anything with my chef.'

'Your chef? So protective of Yuu-chan over here, Yuu!'

Kanda made an annoyed grunt and Lavi barked a short laugh.

'Now, Yuuki-chan, I'm sure you haven't seen this before. Watch closely.' Lavi winked… well, Yuuki couldn't be too sure, but it seemed like a wink… or some sort of happy blink.

The redhead placed one hand on to the wall beneath the lotus photo. Blue lights popped up on the wall (similar to the red lights on the complex walls). The lights gathered round Lavi's hand and words formed:

Lavi Bookman. Authorized individual.

Lavi lifted the palm of his hand of the smooth surface and the walls parted smoothly to reveal a corridor.

'Here, let's get in here. Come on, Yuuki-chan.'

Yuuki and Lavi got into the corridor and the door slid to a shut behind them as soon as they were about a meter away.

The corridor branched off into several different rooms; there were rooms that were lined with shelves of books and there were rooms with many desks. Yuuki assumed that these were libraries and workplaces.

There were other rooms that seemed to have once been bedrooms: Beds were snapped in half or in ruins, carpeting was torn up and the rooms were sometimes covered in pungent gooey substance.

Lavi grimaced and gave Yuuki an apologetic look

'Yuu's Chairman is Lenalee's brother, Komui Lee. He gets the job done when we need it, but he does these experiments in his free time. Sorry that you have to make do with the dojo.'

'Ahh, I see. It's fine. I'm sorry that Kanda-kun brought me here so suddenly, I'm sure it's because he wanted to answer my questions.'

'Questions?'

'Mmhmm. I ask him questions when he has his soba at my place and he answers them before he leaves. I did ask quite a lot today.'

'And… Kanda Yuu answers all of these questions for you?'

Yuuki nodded.

'Ahh…' Lavi scratched the back of his head 'That's funny. Yuu-kun likes ignoring people…'

'Well, I do give him information about myself in return.'

Lavi smiled. 'Maybe it's the quality soba you make that melted that heart of ice. Just a little.'

Yuuki laughed. 'Soba's cold. That doesn't work at all.'

Lavi grinned and made a disapproving sound. 'Now, now, I'm sure it was at the very least some very warm soba. Oh, and the dojo is here, end of the corridor.'

The dojo at the end of the corridor was as bright as the living room. The walls were a pale cream and the wooden floor boards were a deep chocolate brown. It was definitely some sort of processed mahogany. There was a thick double tatami bed on the floor and soft blue sheets. She mentally reminded herself to thank Lenalee for the awesome bed.

'So… the bathroom is just to the left of the dojo, press your hands on the wall and ask for the bathroom and the system will show you. I think Lenalee put the towels… actually. No idea. Just ask the system if you need anything, okay? I'll be off now. Yuu-kun will probably check on you if he doesn't get lectured by anyone.'

'I hope he'll drop by. It's fun talking to Kanda.' Yuuki had no idea why this blurted out.

'Really? What will you two talk about?'

'Well, he doesn't talk much; it's just me blabbering on…it's a little embarrassing really.'

'Nah, it's nothing embarrassing, that's what I do too.' Lavi's eye twinkled as he gave her a smile. 'Okay then. See you round Yuuki-chan!'

Every conversation in the complex is recorded and taped for future use. There is no such thing as privacy. These particular conversations were being surveyed closely by Lenalee and Allen, for Kanda's safety. Other higher-ups were watching this at the same time… for other purposes.

It seemed that Kanda's safety was not their priority. Kanda was the legal heir to the company, but the company was always controlled by others. The ones behind the dark veils.

We got sick of this pretty soon.

Yuuki had just got out of the bath and had a fluffy white towel wrapped around her. It seemed like her clothes had disappeared, so she was looking round for others.

A knock came from on of the walls;

'Yuuki-chan? Can I come in?'

It was Lenalee's voice.

'Ye-yeah. Sure.'

The door slid open and the Chinese girl was there. In her hands were a bundle of clothes.

'Sorry Yuuki-chan, I had to go find clothes for you. I'm afraid I only have some of my clothes. I grew out of them, so I think they'll fit you!'

Yuuki nodded. 'Thank you.'

Lenalee held up a small white dress and gave Yuuki a smile.

'Will it fit? I brought some other things as well.'

'W-well, I think I can wear that as a top, then-' She picked up a pair of black shorts, '—I can wear these underneath. Thanks, Lee-san.'

Lenalee laughed.

'Just call me Lenalee, or whatever nickname you come up with. Lavi calls me Lena-chan. You can do that too.'

Yuuki nodded. She felt timid when talking to Lenalee. The older girl was so kind and extremely cute.

'Well then.' Lenalee put down the clothes on a nearby stool and started to turn to the door. 'I'll be off then.'

Yuuki nodded.

'Thanks Lena-chan. See you round.'

Lenalee nodded and disappeared behind the sliding door.