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Okay... so yea. I finally updated! Yay! Oh, this is the second to last chapter (the next one will be written the same as the first but as the closing for the show) BUT I have some side stories pertaining to this one... One is "Behind the scenes with the Earl and Komui- What they were doing the whole time" The other will be "What happened in the closet- Jas's Diary with input from Debi" and lastly- and the one that will be coming out the soonest- "Choaji's Funeral". So, yea. Tell me how you like this chapter!

Read, Review, and ENJOY!

Oh, and I'm sorry for the delay in updating!

"Soooooo," Lavi started as he walked ahead of Kanda with his hands behind his head, taking wide steps from tile to tile, "Where are we going again?"

Kanda gritted his teeth in annoyance, his hand twitching, "I already told you, I'm just going to the bathroom, bathroom! There is no reason for you to follow me!"

Lavi tsked as he fell back and wrapped his arm around Kanda's shoulder, "But Yu~ chan, who's to say you're not going to sneak soba into the bathroom?" Lavi made a serious face, "I need to be vigilant at all times!"

"Che, idiot..." Kanda muttered darkly.

Kanda sped up, Lavi calling from behind him to wait up. The package in his pocket seemed to burn his side with mockery. He gritted his teeth as he tried not to think about it. Only one dark thought seemed to hover over him like a cloud…

How had that idiot known?

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Allen's Room

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"Ah! It looks sooo cute!" gushed Road as she giggled and clapped her hands, a victorious gleam in her eyes.

Allen stood in the red velvet dress, his face almost as red. He had glistening tears in his eyes, "And I thought my master was bad…" he mumbled.

Tyki turned away, one hand clenching his stomach. The other was covering his evil grin. Oh, he would never let the boy live this down… and he looked so cute all red and embarrassed that Tyki was close to collapsing on the ground with laughter.

Tyki coughed, trying to compose himself, "Hey Road, do you happen to know where the camera is?"

Allen seemed to go from beat red, to as pale as snow. Road grinned widely, her eyes shining with mirth. She was enjoying this. Road hummed to herself, skipping from place to place, as she looked for a camera. Tyki just leaned against the wall watching with a smile as Allen tried helplessly to get the dress off. The only problem was that he wasn't used to taking off a dress… and it was laced up in the back.

"No…" Allen cried helplessly as he clawed at his back, trying to undo it, "Please no… If Lavi sees… And Kanda… Oh God, please no!"

Tyki cleared his throat, making both Road and Allen pause to look at him. He smiled widely and Allen gulped and shivered as if he knew what was coming. Tyki's smile grew as he held up his hand which, to Allen's horror and Road's delight, held… a camera.

"No!" Allen cried as a click of a button being pressed sounded, then a flash almost blinded him.

And that was the end of the world… for Allen at least.

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In a Random Hallway a Few Hours Later

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Allen ran as fast as he could, sprinting through a maze of hallways, gritting his teeth against the stitch in his side. He couldn't stop now. He had to keep going. If he stopped… he just couldn't.

He cursed as he stumbled over the now dark blue dress that had been forced upon him. Why did dresses have to be so long? He thought darkly as he cursed the dress, and Road, for all it was worth. But he couldn't delay, his very sanity- the small amount he still had considering he was wearing his fifth dress today, this one so damn long- depended on it.

"AHH!" Allen cried out as he stumbled around the corner, the hem of the dress getting caught under his foot. This time, Allen wasn't so lucky in catching himself. He fell, hitting into something hard and warm that let out a long string of curse words.

The object, person, which Allen had fallen into roughly, pushed him away, cursing again. Allen froze as he saw that it was non other then the long haired samurai himself.

Kanda, who was standing, cursing, and brushing himself off, stopped as he actually looked at Allen. Kanda's eyes became narrow slits as he fell silent, all cursing halted in its track.

After a while of them both just staring at each other, Kanda finally spoke, "What the fuck Moyashi? Is this really what you do on your spare time?"

Allen's face turned beat red as he gritted out, "What do you think Bakanda?"

Kanda was about to retort when from both sides, footsteps could be heard.

"Al~len, Where are you?" came a whiney cry.

"Road, he's not going to answer you- Ah! There's no need to hit me!"

"Well then shut up!"

"Huh? Is that you Yu~chan? Where are you! Are you avoiding me?" came another whiney voice from the other direction.

Both Allen and Kanda froze, horror written on their faces. They were trapped. Kanda cursed under his breath as he grabbed Allen's forearm, "This way."

Kanda dragged Allen down another hallway and stopped at a random door, testing to see if it was locked. It was. He cursed again and dragged Allen farther down the hallway, Allen tripping over the dress but getting dragged along despite it. He would have complained about being dragged, but he was scared for his life and he could hear Road and Tyki, not to mention Lavi- it sounded like they had actually joined up- not far behind.

They were moving so fast that they almost ran into someone who was stepping out of a room. Allen and Kanda froze, both glancing behind them before looking at who they had almost trampled. It was Komui. He had on a shocked expression and was looking at Allen curiously, then he became guarded and stood in front of the door he had exited with his arms outstretched.

"Hoho~ nothing to see here. NOTHING. Be on your way now. This isn't in anyway a secret entrance to an underground lab, NEVER! Don't think such things. It is NOT, I repeat NOT, a Komurin manufacturing room! How could it be such an absurd thing? Sillies. Hoho~" Komui ranted as he chuckled sinisterly.

Both Allen and Kanda walked around him slowly, both noting the big and obvious sign over the door which stated in bold gold letters Komui and Earl~Chan's Co. Operative Komurin Manufacturing Lab. They decided against saying anything not only because of the manic look in Komui's eyes, but also because there was stains on the door. Stains that looked very much like blood stains- and knowing Komui, they probably were. That and they were pressed for time.

Kanda stopped at another door- one which was in a completely different hallway then the one Komui's "not a manufacturing room" had been on- and tried again. It was locked. A look of hatred was on his face as he coldly stared at the door, as if willing it to open. He cursed again, and kicked out at the door. Hard. It opened with a bang, and Kanda didn't miss a beat before he threw Allen into the room- for which Allen was thankful that Kanda kicking the door had been enough to actually open the door because even if it hadn't, Allen had the strangest idea that Kanda still would have thrown him in the direction of the door. Kanda joined Allen, shutting the door quietly.

Kanda turned to glare at him, his eyes pure ice, "If you say one word, I'll kill you."

Allen nodded, holding his breath as he heard footsteps outside the door.

"I could have sworn I heard something here…" whined Lavi from the other side of the door.

Somebody, presumably Tyki, sighed and Road's disappointed voice added, "I can't believe he ran away… Dressing him up had been so much fun! What am I going to do now?" There was a pause, then a "Oh Bookman Junior~!"

A chill ran down Allen's back and Kanda gave him a look that could almost be pity. They both sat down against a wall, perfectly silent, ready to wait it out.

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A Little Bit Later

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Allen's stomach growled loudly, filling up the whole room.

Kanda looked at him disgustedly, "Oi, quiet your goddamned stomach!"

Allen frowned as he whined, "But I'm sooo hungry… I can't take it anymore. I want to go eat!"

Kanda stood up, "Fine… Let's go."

"You're hungry too?" Allen asked as he stood up.

"Che, I'm not like you. Even if I'm hungry my stomach doesn't announce it to the world. That goes for most normal people too."

And with that they both made their way to the cafeteria (Allen stopping by the hospital wing to pick up something-anything- to wear since he was too scared to try his room… and he needed the nurse's help to get out of the dress.)

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In the Cafeteria

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"I'm sooo sorry Allen~ I just couldn't help it!" Road sang as she wrapped her arms around Allen when he came and sat down, him shivering in response.

Kanda sat down without a sound, Lavi opened his mouth to say something but was silenced by a look that was promising things worse then just plain death.

Instead Lavi turned to Allen, who had shrugged off Road's arms enough that he could eat and was looking down at his food- which consisted of beansprouts in broth cooked and flavored the best that Jerry could do for Allen- with a look of plain misery.

"Allen," Lavi questioned as he tilted his head to the side with a contemplating look, "If you're eating beansprouts… doesn't that make you a cannibal?"

Allen gave him a cold stare but didn't grace Lavi's question with any words. Lavi laughed weakly as he rubbed his head and looked away from Allen's stare. Kanda on the other hand chuckled. Yes chuckled. Everyone, including Road and Tyki… and the whole cafeteria, stared at him in silence, shocked.

Allen, taking a few moments to recover from the shock of hearing Kanda chuckle, which was frightening enough to make someone mute, said slowly and dangerously, "What are you so amused about, hmmm? Bakanda?"

"Well Moyashi, I was trying to figure out if you being a cannibal moyashi was funnier then seeing you in that stupid dress." Kanda retorted with a smirk, which calmed everyone's nerves- mostly- until they actually took in what Kanda had said.

Allen, and Road, looked at Kanda like they were going to kill him. Allen stood up, his face a snarl as he growled out, "What did you say!"

Kanda stood up, him towering over Allen who didn't seem affected by this in his fury, "Are you deaf now too? I said I couldn't figure out which I thought was more ridiculous, you a cannibal or you in that dress. You know, D-R-E-S-S dress."

Allen reach down and grabbed the first thing that he could reach, which happened to be some of Tyki's soba that he had positioned in sight of Kanda to bother him. Kanda, reacting to Allen's movements reached down and grabbed hold of some of his mitarashi dango that he had gotten to spite Allen.

Almost in slow motion, each of their hands, laded with the "forbidden" food of the other, came towards each of their faces. Allen shoved the soba into Kanda's mouth at the same time that Kanda shoved the dango into Allen's. They both continued to reach over the table to grab hold of each other to try and strangle the other to death, their mouth's full of food.

Everyone stared in silence as the two of them tried to kill each other by lack of oxygen. Both Lavi and Tyki got up and tried to separate them, only managing to get their heads bashed against the table and elbowed in the face and ribs… multiple times.

Out of nowhere Komui appeared with his cup of coffee in hand, "Oh my," he stated matter-of-factly, "You both just lost the game! That means that I have to tell Earl~chan."

Everyone shivered and wondered about what had happened between the Earl and Komui for him to call him Earl~chan. And right after they started wondering, they stopped. It was too scary to think about. Then everyone grasped what he had said, and they all exclaimed and started talking in a burst of sound.

Allen and Kanda were frozen, both still grasping the others neck. Then, they both exclaimed in outrage and continued to try and kill the other, blaming each other for their losing. They would have continued, but a crowd was forming around them. A crowd of Allen's fangirls *cough* and guys *cough* who were all but squealing and demanding pictures of the so called "dress" that was mentioned.

This was when Allen started running and Road started smiling evilly thinking of the candy that she would soon be able to get.

(A/N): Just in case you didnt get it, the ending is Road thinking about all the money she will get for candy by selling the pictures she has of Allen. ;)