Well here is chapter 5! sorry for the wait! it a bit longer this time. hope you enjoy~

I don't own -man.

Chapter 5 - Investigation.

"Komui you wanted to see me?" Kanda entered Komui's office. Then he saw a certain white haired moyashi looking angrily at him.

"Ah Kanda, you're finally here. You and Allen are going on a mission together. To Japan." Komui smiled.


"Damn it. I can't believe I have to go on a mission with that stupid beansprout!. Now what am I supposed to do?! Geez.. what did Lavi say? Make him aware? Act nice? How the hell am I supposed to do that?"

Kanda and Allen were at the train station just as their train arrived. They had both been reluctant to go on this mission together. But Komui gave them no choice in the matter. So here they were. Utterly ignoring each other as they boarded the train.

"okay so I have to be nicer to him right. Fine I'll act nice." Kanda thought.

As they entered the train compartment, Kanda first and Allen followed, Kanda put his suitcase on the railing high above the seats. After he was finished he grabbed Allen's suitcase out of his hands and placed it besides his own. When he turned around to sit, he was met with a baffled face. Allen looked at him as if Kanda had just done something considerate, oh wait he did.

"uhm.. thanks?" Allen said confused. Kanda just gave him a look, then turned his eyes towards the window. There was an awkward silence after that. Neither of them wanted to speak to each other, but the silence was just too much. So Allen decided he should just go over the mission file with Kanda. He started to read it for himself.

"What the fuck did I just do?" Kanda thought "oh god, he must think I'm idiot!"

"Okay, so apparently , in the village called Tsuwano, there have been a lot of people getting sick. The symptoms are; blood coughing, heavy breathing, extreme rashes and for some reason the people infected want to stay in water, like baths or lakes. Mhh rather odd.. The reason they think it's innocence is because there is a large amount of akuma present at the village." Allen said. "it's kind of weird though. An Innocence that gives people rashes?" Allen looked at Kanda awaiting a response. Kanda noticed this but what should he say?

"Well we won't be able to find out what it is from here. Let's just see when we get there." With that he ended the conversation . boy this was gonna be a long trip. They had to be in the train for several days. Then they'd had to take the boat to get to Japan.


"hurry op moyashi!" Kanda yelled. They had just arrived at Tsuwano. The trip had been quiet for the most part. Neither of them had anything to talk about. Now they were finally at the village. Both of them just wanted to find an inn and get some rest in a normal, proper, bed.

"ah Kanda-dono, Walker-dono!" The finder Sai came to them. "how was your trip? I have found you an inn, for you to stay at."

"best news I heard all day, lead the way, I'm tired." Kanda said. Though that wasn't the only reason. Kanda hadn't had a lot of sleep since he wouldn't allow himself. What if he had such a dream in front of the moyashi? Kanda just needed some time away from Allen. Having nothing to look at except for him for three days was a bit much for Kanda, it had built up quite much and he needed to relieve himself.

"Yes Kanda-dono" Sai said as he lead the way. Allen just followed after them. He was really tired and was glad that for once Kanda didn't want to go investigate first thing. When they arrived at the inn, the dream was shattered. Sai had booked them a double room. Meaning Allen and Kanda had to share. Share a room together. "great. Just fucking great. This way I won't have sleep for at least another week!"

"good night. I will be here again at 7 am. Tomorrow. " with that the finder left. But not without getting an angry glare form Kanda first.

When Kanda turned around, he saw the moyashi already lying k.o. on the bed with his shoes still on, on his belly. "such a little kid…" Kanda thought. Then he went to the bathroom to get rid of his 'little problem' afterwards he took a shower and when he came back into the room he found Allen in exactly the same way as when he left him. "damn brat is gonna catch himself a cold.." Then Kanda reluctantly made his way towards Allen and took the boys shoes of. He also took of the coat and placed the covers over the boy. Then he went to bed himself, with the intention of staying awake. But falling asleep almost instantly.


The next morning, when Allen woke up he was a bit disorientated. He didn't remember getting into bed? He looked over at Kanda. Who looked like he had it really warm. Allen opened the window to let some fresh air in and then went to the bathroom to take a shower.

Kanda woke from the sound of the shower. Sitting up abruptly, his vision went black for a few seconds. Shaking it away Kanda looked around. "Shit. Did I fall asleep?" Kanda took a look under the covers and found it nice and clean. "thank god.. that would've been hard to explain to the sprout.." Kanda was relieved. When he stepped out of bed he put on his coat quickly. It was quite chilly in the room. When he looked around he saw that the window was open. He move to close it when he heard a knocking on the door. He glanced at the clock. "hm. 7am. Sharp."

"Come in" Kanda said while continuing his task of closing the window.

"Good morning, Kanda-dono. I trust that you have slept well?" after receiving no answer he continued, "Are you and Walker-dono ready for breakfast?" as soon as he finished his question the door to the bathroom opened. A fresh Allen stepped out. His upper body bare and his hair still wet.

"ah, good morning Sa-" Kanda stormed past Allen and Sai, "I'll meet you downstairs" he said.

"uhm.. good morning Sai-san" Allen said with his trademark smile, ignoring Kanda. "did you sleep well?" Allen said while he moved to his suitcase. He pulled out a fresh shirt and vest. And began to put them on.

"Good morning, Walker-dono. Breakfast is ready for you downstairs. Let us talk about the mission there." He said as he stood by the door gesturing for Allen to head towards the dining room. As soon as Allen left the room, the finder closed the door behind them. They made for the dining room and saw Kanda had already started breakfast. But to Allen surprise it contained a lot more than just soba.

"wow Kanda I've never seen you eat anything else but Soba?" Allen said as he joined Kanda at his table.

"That's because Kanda is Japanese is he not? This food must seem nostalgic to him, for not having being able to eat it for a long time." The finder said.

"nonsense, I'm just hungry and soba alone isn't going to cut it." Kanda said returning to his food. Not admitting that Japanese food held a special place in his heart.

Allen's food had arrived in the meantime. He had kept it simple this time. Just a whole lot of sandwiches and some plates of rice with curry. And of course as dessert some mitarashii dango, about twenty of them.

"Sai-san, have you been able to figure out the cause of the disease yet?" Allen asked the Finder.

"we do not know the exact cause yet. However we were able to find out that all of the infected had spent a day at the hill, south from here. There is a huge meadow there with flowers and a lake. And a lot of people go there to relax and play."

"alright. Well lets visit some of the victims first, maybe we can find out more. After that we should head to the meadow. Do you agree Kanda?"

"Yeah fine. Let's go" Kanda said as he stood up and went towards the door. Allen quickly ate the last three dango's and went after him.

They went to one victim after another, but none had given them a clue other than the meadow. The fifth person they visited was very sick, and the doctors feared that she wouldn't have much longer. Her name was Ayane. She was very weak, lying in bed. She looked to be somewhere around forty. Her house was richly decorated with all kinds of paintings and many bookcases. Her bedroom was much the same. But a lot messier.

Kanda was talking with Ayane's daughter, as was the finder, while Allen looked around. After a while Allen noticed something and asked Kanda about it.

"psst Kanda? That plant over there, next to her bed. I've seen it before in the other houses. What is it?" Allen asked Kanda silently.

"It's called Tsuwabuki. It's this village's symbol. Stands for protection from evil spirits or something. Everyone here has it in their house." Kanda said to Allen.

"well we thank you for your time" the Finder said to Ayane and her daughter. After giving a small bow the three left the house. "Shall we head towards the meadow now? I think we will be able to find out much more there." Sai said. The exorcists nodded and they headed off. When they reached the meadow the could find noting out of the ordinary. When Allen walked over a hill he was surprised by what he saw behind it.

"Kanda could you come here for a second?" Allen yelled. What he saw was a field of Tsuwabuki plants. But many of them were dying. They were trampled on, ripped to pieces and just miserable really.

"I guess the village people went a bit far with their superstition. They didn't leave a plant alive." Allen said. "I kind of pity them, the plants I mean." Suddenly a shadow covered the whole area and Allen's left eye activated. When they looked up there was a huge swarm of Akuma. Mostly level ones but there were some level three's as well.

"Sai-san, hide yourself!" Allen said as he activated his anti-akuma weapon. Kanda was already in action. Cutting through the number ones like butter. He was then faced with two level three's . it took a bit of a struggle but Kanda defeated them soon enough. Allen kept himself busy with the level ones so Kanda could deal with the last two level three's .

Suddenly there was a yell of pain. "Sai-san!" Allen yelled. The was an akuma looming over the finder he had not hit him, the finder simply fell, and it had hurt. "thank goodness he has not been hit" Allen thought "I have to save him though, before he does!" Allen lunged at the akuma and saved Sai.

"Walker-dono watch out!" Sai yelled . Allen turned around to dodge the level two Akuma that had escaped Kanda's wrath. "Too late! Won't make it!" was what Allen thought before he was hit. The Akuma hit him against his head, causing the boy to fly away a good few meters. He landed into the lake. "Walker-dono!" Sai yelled.

"che" Kanda sliced through the level three that had tried to run from him. And with that the battle was won. "oi moyashi! It's over!" Kanda said looking around, he scoured the battle field but couldn't find the boy. "hey finder! Where's moyashi?"

"he fell into the lake!" The finder said before he passed out. His head was bleeding, probably not a good thing Kanda thought. But he went to the moyashi first. He ran into the water and saw the moyashi. He was floating on his back but was about to go under. Kanda lunged at Allen. He grabbed him and held him above water. He went out of the lake and carried him over his shoulder. He put the boy down in the grass. "oi moyashi wake up! Wake up! Kanda said slapping his face. Allen however remained still. Kanda held his ear near Allen's mouth and found the boy wasn't breathing. "Damnit" Kanda thought. Kanda looked at the finder, still passed out.. damn than he had to do it. he pinched Allen's nose closed and laid his lips on his. "don't die! Don't die damnit!" he blew air in Allen's mouth as he was performing CPR on the boy. "please!"


Well. thats it. hope you liked it. please review your likes and dislikes. thanks for reading!