From that time on,we got closer to each other. Komui often sends us on missions and we often visit each other. When Komui gave us a group mission with Allen and Lavi,I could see that Kanda was a bit pissed. I had to cover my mouth to hide my laughing but I was caught.

"Why are you laughing? "

" You look funny when you're pissed. Hehe! "

" N-No it's not. " He said with a red face. As we prepared for the mission,I suddenly found myself braiding one long lock of my hair into a carefully thin braid. As we went to a first class cabin,I immediately went to find a gambler.

"You can play poker? " Allen asked.

" 56003 games. Never lost one. " I smiled. Suddenly,I noticed Lavi and Kanda cold-sweating. I felt an evil aura coming from Allen. He was shuffling cards and horns were sprouting from his head.

" Hehe... How about a game? " He asked with a demon-like look. I found myself also sweating from fear and Lavi and Kanda shaking their head.

" Erm... N-No thanks. I'll find someone else... " I said and made a run for it. From what I heard,Allen can make a man strip to his boxers or worse when he's playing poker. I walked down a few cabins and found a guy wearing weird round glasses, a long-sleeved white shirt, dark blue jeans, and suspenders playing cards with a tiny girl with spiky hair and punk-Gothic Lolita clothes.

" Care for a game of poker? " He said as he handed me a few cards. I sat down and played. The girl was out in five minutes and it was me against him. After what seemed to be 2 hours,we played altogether 50 games and I win all of them.

" It's been a long time since I played with someone this good... Did you cheat? "

"Nope. My sleeves are clean. "

" You look familiar. Do you have a sister? "

" You saw her? Where? When? " The sentence made me ready for a goose chase despite abandoning the mission.

" Must be a coincidence... " He said as the girl whispered to him and looked at me.

" Hi. I'm Road! This is Tyki! We're... travelers! " She said as she shook my hand. I felt a sting of dark pain lurching from her hand towards my whole body. I quickly retracted my hand and saw a cross-like stigmata embedded on my palm. It felt as if my flesh was burning and my bone joints were about to fall off. Tyki and Road stood up and left quietly with a smile on their face. I could see a flick of yellow on both their eyes. Noahs?! Impossible. But the black cross denied it. I heard Kanda's voice.

"Hwa? Where are you? " he voice rang from the cabin behind me. I opened the door and saw him. He held my hand tightly and asked.

"Where were you? I was worried. "

" Oh,I was playing poker with some guys and I forgot the time. Sorry I made you worried. " I smiled as I hid the pain embedding from my palm and my wrist joint. We went back to the cabin and saw Lavi drawing on Allen's face.

"What the hell are you doing? " Kanda asked.

"I got bored. Can I braid Yuu's hair?"

" You want to die? And don't call me Yuu. " Kanda said dryly. Then I could see that Lavi's eyes were on me.

"No in a million years. " I said and held my hand up in rejection. Lavi's faced dropped and he slumped out of the room for some stranger's sleeping face to draw on. I sat beside the window and Kanda sat beside me. I stared at Allen for a while. Kanda made his cute face into something funnier than Komui's reaction when Lenalee returns from a mission. I laughed for a while and stared out the window in worry. Why are Noahs here? Why is there a cross in my palm? What do they want from me? My brow furrowed and Kanda touched my shoulders,startling me.

"Are you alright? You look worried. "

" I-IT's alright. Just a bit tired. "

" Here. " He said as he set my head on his shoulders,my arm around mine. I immediately fall asleep, my crucified hand tucked in my hood as it acts as a blanket. When I woke up,I saw that Allen and Lavi were staring at us,their faces happy.

"What?"

"Kanda and Xue Hwa,sitting under a tree,K.I.S.S.I.N- "their sentence stopped as Kanda pointed Mugen at their faces. I sat up nervously and looked at him. He was blushing slightly and said " S-Shut up. "he said and set Mugen down. Even though the both of them quite down,I could see in their faces that they're not giving up. As we reached the location,I put my hood up. Not only do I want to avoid the people's eyes,I want to avoid THEM. As we met with our Finder, Nicholas,we proceed to the town where there was reported noises of violin at night and people growing black threads out of their eyes and then dying,singing a song. As we went towards the house of a man who got infected by the 'disease',it was no clue that this was The Millennium Earl's doing. The man has black threads flowing out from his eyes and he was singing a horrible tune.

The Millennium Earl is searching

For a new Noah

I'm not worth becoming one. Who's the next victim?

The horrid songs repeats itself until the man's last breath. The black threads wrapped his body like a cocoon that is unpenetratable. The cross on my palm seemed to burn as the song sang and I went outside so I wouldn't have to endure the agonizing burning. As the warm summer night wind blow through my hair,I saw a small figure heading towards the sky. My left eye was activated suddenly and the black figure was swarming with disgusting and terrifying souls. They were worse than the Level 2's. I couldn't even tell if that soul is human until I hear the screams and mourn. I banged the door and shouted.

"Guys! Level 4 up ahead! "

"Lets go! "

We all jumped from roof to roof as the figure reveal what was really in the shadows of the moonlight. A big swarm of Level 4s were making a sphere shaped like wall to protect something. A violin sound. A very familiar one. We all activated our Innocence and fought the Level 4's. They were way stronger than the 4 of us and we were worn out and only 10 of 40 of them were down. Suddenly,I heard a voice from the sphere. "All of you,leave now. " The Level 4's looked pissed when they heard that. "We were ordered to protect you,Noah. Now keep playing. " Suddenly,black light shone from within and all the Level 4's exploded in an instant. As the smoke ceases,the Noah was revealed. I bit my teeth as she cleared the smoke. Kanda,Allen and Lavi gawked at her and looked at me when they saw her. She now has dark skin,amber eyes and crosses running across her forehead and a tuxedo-dress was adorned on her with black boots. Despite the dramatic changes,she still had my face. My sister had become a Noah.

"Hello there,Xue Hwa. "

" Yu Feng. "