Chapter 7- Tight Wire Act

Kanda: Hmph, my own fighting chapter... Whatever. U.U

--; Wow, that's really happy...

Kanda: T.T Ichigen...

Date: September 19

Time: 3:29 pm

Place: Milan, Italy

Kanda swerved as the thread shot out at him again, and Cedric grinned as he pulled it back, and prepared for his next attack.

Kanda gritted his teeth as he dodged the thread, and then appeared behind Cedric.

"You're wide open!" Kanda shouted as he slashed down at Cedric, but froze as the thread suddenly impaled Kanda's side, and blood rolled out of his mouth as Kanda jumped back, and blood trailed after him as he clutched the wound.

"How did you do that?"

"My thread can strike like a snake, so it doesn't just go forward." Cedric stated, and Kanda glanced around him to see several lines of thread around him.

"Just like a spider's web…" Kanda muttered as he braced himself, and Cedric shot more thread at Kanda, but missed as Kanda ducked, and slashed at the thread, but the blade didn't cut it.

Cedric chuckled as Kanda's eyes widened, and thread pierced Kanda's shoulder as he jumped back more.

"My thread is made of diamonds, so your steel blade can't cut it." Cedric stated as he readied the thread he was holding onto, and Kanda breathed slowly as he readied himself again.

"Hakka Tourou!" Kanda shouted, and his attack slashed at Cedric.

Cedric chuckled again as the attack hit against a wall of thread, and it didn't even leave a scratch on it.

"Sorry, boy. Maybe next time you'll actually be able to hurt me." Cedric said mockingly, and Kanda gritted his teeth angrily as he raised Mugen and the other glowing blade.

Cedric shot more thread out at Kanda, but missed yet again as Kanda jumped into the air, but suddenly stopped as something cut into his leg.

"Hah! You forgot about the other thread, boy!" Cedric shouted as Kanda noticed a line of thread cutting into his leg.

Kanda jumped back onto the ground, and glanced around again at the surrounding lines of thread.

"You're now trapped, boy." Cedric said as he pushed his glasses up again, and smirked.

Kanda gritted his teeth as he stood up and pointed Mugen at Cedric.

"I'll kill you."

"Heh, just try it."

Kanda appeared behind Cedric, but was blocked when thread shot out from the side, and Cedric turned around to swing the thread so it pushed Kanda back.

Kanda slid a bit as he straightened up, and the two stared at each other.

"You'd be stronger if you were older, but you're still a kid." Cedric said as he pulled out a cigarette and lit it between his teeth.

Kanda glared at Cedric before running up to him and slashing at him.

Cedric calmly leaned back to avoid Mugen, and then jumped back to avoid the other blade.

"Sorry, kid. Don't hold it against me, but I hate fighting kids."

Kanda silently stared at Cedric as he puffed smoke out of his mouth and put the cigarette back between his teeth.

"I don't suppose you could just put down that sword and leaving the Exorcists?"

"Like hell."

"Thought so…"

Cedric sighed as Kanda slashed at him again, but missed again as thread blocked Kanda's blades.

Cedric raised his hand, and several strings of thread suddenly shot out at Kanda, and he was barely able to see them before they suddenly wrapped around Mugen, and Cedric closed his hand.

Mugen suddenly shattered like Lavi's hammer did, and Kanda stared in disbelief until more thread wrapped around his arms and slammed him into a building.

"Oops, I missed, I think." Cedric muttered as he put one hand on his head while staring down at Mugen's fragments.

Cedric glanced over at Kanda, and then sighed again as he turned around and calmly walked away.

"Maybe I can get a drink before Gran yells at me for not killing him? Maybe…" Cedric muttered as he calmly tossed a wallet into the air, and smirked as he disappeared around the corner.

Back where Kanda was, Kanda gritted his teeth as he stood back up and stared down at Mugen with the hilt still in his hand.

"Damn it, he stole my wallet…" Kanda muttered, and then picked up Mugen's fragments with a grimace.

"I'll need to make Komui fix Mugen again now. So how about bringing me to him, Reever?" Kanda said, and Reever jumped slightly as he looked out from behind a building.

"Um, sure…" He said slowly, and Kanda scowled as he calmly walked past Reever and started to think up what he should yell at Komui.

"Didn't kill him, Cedric!? Why not!?" Gran shouted as he glared at Cedric who was calmly slumped against a tree with several bottles around him.

"Ah, I was drunk so I couldn't aim right. At least I broke his Innocence, I think…"

"What kind of excuse is that!?"

"A good one that will make you go away?" Cedric asked hopefully as he put the bottle to his lips and took a quick gulp as Gran glared lividly at him.

"Ah, Cedric got drunk again?" Someone said from behind Gran, and the two looked at the person to see a boy with a scar down the left side of his face.

"Ah, Nella! Have a drink!" Cedric said happily, but Nella shook his head quickly.

"I'm underage." He stated, and Cedric sighed sadly as he took another gulp.

"Your loss, kid." Cedric said, and Gran sighed as he gave up on yelling uselessly at Cedric, and walked away as the other two continued to stay there.

"So when is Boss sending you out?" Cedric asked Nella, and the boy smiled happily.

"I'll be going to Paris!"

"Lucky…"

Cedric grimaced as he took another long gulp of his drink, and Nella smiled happily still.

"I have a question."

"Go for it."

"When will my fiancé be ready for me?"

Cedric pondered it for a long moment before grinning. "No clue, probably during your trip to Paris."

"Okay!"

Nella continued to smile happily as Cedric looked away to pick up another bottle, and he put it to his lips, but frowned.

"I'm almost out already? Man, if only it wasn't hard to find a good drink out here…" Cedric muttered, and Nella nodded, but then shrugged.

"I wouldn't know, so whatever."

Cedric scowled at Nella, and then looked at the white haired youth.

"Shouldn't you get going already? I'm sure your fiancé, if that's what you want to call her, is there already." Cedric stated, and Nella nodded quickly.

"Master Gin did say that Miss Rôade would be bringing her, so knowing Miss Rôade she's probably been there for a few hours." Nella said with a nervous laugh, and Cedric grimaced.

"Then how about you go and leave me to my drinks?"

"Okay! Bye, Cedric!"

"See ya, Nella, you crazy kid…"

"Baby-sitting again, Cedric?" Xerxes asked as he suddenly appeared, and Cedric chuckled as Nella disappeared from sight.

"Nah, it's only Nella."

"Nella? Oh yes, that one." Xerxes said, and Cedric nodded as he took another sip of his drink.

"Yeah, that punk, Nella Reklaw."

"That's so hard to say, how about just his real name?"

"Okay, but I still think your name is harder, Xerxes."

"Heh, maybe, but Nella is still harder."

Cedric nodded with a laugh as he looked in the direction Nella left.

"Yep, Nella Reklaw, or to be correct, the new Allen Walker."

"Those mirror names are weird. All you have to do is flip the name around."

"True. Now Xerxes, how about you stay for a drink, seeing as we both let our targets live, but destroyed their weapons?" Cedric asked as he held up a unopened bottle in front of Xerxes, and grinned as Xerxes took the bottle.

"Sure, and I was right, Gran was mad at me too." Xerxes said, and his red hair gleamed behind his mask in the sunlight surrounding the tree.

"Heh, you are still a mystery for the reason you wear that mask, Xerxes."

"Maybe, but it's better than exposing oneself to the horrors of the real world."

"Heh, you sound like Cathol." Cedric said as the two took a gulp of their drink and awaited the punishment they were waiting for as on the coast of Pesaro, Allen and Cathol had completed their fight.

O.o Nella Reklaw is the new Allen Walker!? What the hell is going on!? Oh wait, I already know... XD

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