Chapter 19- Indian Food Is Good
Kanda: T.T I will kill you!
O.o What!? Why me!? ... Oh yeah... I know why...
Date: October 2
Time: 8:39 am
Place: India
Kanda walked down one of the streets in the town they were in as the three of them decided to split up yet again.
He glanced around at all of the stores and vendors until he suddenly stopped as he saw one of the stores' sign.
"Hmm…" Kanda looked around cautiously before walking into the store and taking a look around.
A few people were sitting at tables as they calmly ate the food in front of them, and Kanda glanced around before the man behind the counter noticed him.
"Welcome!" He called over in Indian, and Kanda looked over with a blank stare.
The man held out a menu, and Kanda took it quickly.
"Noodles… Noodles… Noodles with spice…" Kanda muttered as the store was a Noodle Restaurant, and he was hungry.
Kanda pointed to one of the dishes, and the man glanced down before beaming at Kanda.
"Coming up, sir!" He said in Indian before running to the back room, and Kanda sighed as he leaned onto the counter.
He glanced around at the few people to see some of them playing cards, eating, or talking.
"Lively." He muttered sarcastically, and the door suddenly opened as a boy a little bit older than Kanda walked in and sat down at the counter as the man that took Kanda's order rushed over to him.
The boy pointed quickly to several dishes, and the man happily skipped to the kitchen.
"Sheesh, this service stinks…" The boy muttered, and Kanda perked up when he noticed that the boy spoke in English.
Kanda quickly looked over at him to see him playing with a chain that was around his neck that had a small silver pair of wings.
The man quickly rushed out of the kitchen with Kanda's and the boy's meals, and he bowed before leaving again.
After Kanda finished his noodles calmly, he glanced over at the boy to see him staring into space.
"Hey you." Kanda said to him, and the boy looked over bored-like.
"What?"
"Have you seen a girl with long hair that was wearing a cloak like mine?"
The boy was silent for a moment as he thought, and he then shook his head.
"Nope, sorry." He said before returning to his remaining food.
The man walked out of the kitchen with a rag, and the boy near Kanda looked over.
"Thank you for the food, and you know where to send the bill." He said in Indian, and the man nodded happily as the boy stood up and headed toward the door.
Kanda watched him leave before he then froze.
How was he going to pay for the noodles he ate?
Krory looked around happily as he stared at the various vendors, and he felt all excited as it was his first time in India.
"If only Allen or Lavi were here to help me…" Krory muttered as he looked around at the things he liked, but couldn't buy.
Behind Krory, Komui was happily asking people if they had seen Lenalee, and he showed them all a picture, but they all shook their heads.
"Komui, maybe we should try a different street?" Krory asked excitedly cause he wanted to see more of the town.
"Okay."
Krory and Komui turned down a new street, and happily asked the people around, but still, no one had seen Lenalee.
Komui's and Krory's stomachs suddenly grumbled as they walked further down the street, and the two looked around before seeing a restaurant.
Krory opened the door cautiously, and the two walked in and sat down at the counter.
The man behind the counter happily smiled at them before shouting something to the kitchen after Krory and Komui had ordered the food.
A few moments later, the two were looking around, and didn't look as the kitchen door opened and their food was placed in front of them.
"Enjoy." A cold and very annoyed voice said, and the two froze as they looked around and saw Kanda glaring at them.
"Kanda? Why are you… working…" Komui trailed off as the two suddenly tried not to laugh as Kanda was wearing a pink apron, but still had Mugen on his back.
"What's so funny?" He asked angrily as he reached for Mugen, and the two instantly stopped laughing as they cringed in fear.
Kanda scowled angrily as he walked back to the kitchen, and Komui poked his noodles cautiously.
"Did he poison them?" Komui asked, and Krory froze as he was just about to eat.
The two stared at the noodles cautiously, and then pushed them away.
"I lost my appetite." They said in unison, and on cue, the man walked back out and glanced over at them.
He narrowed his eyes as Komui and Krory stood up, and the man suddenly grabbed their heads in his large hands and glared at them.
"You order, you eat." He said in Indian, but the two got the message quickly.
The two sat back down, and once the man was gone, Krory leaned over to Komui.
"Um… How are we going to pay for this food?"
Komui froze midway between eating, and he trembled slightly.
"And we can't say we're from the Black Order because that man could know Gin…" Krory added, and Komui sighed sadly as the two imagined themselves in pink aprons like Kanda.
The man walked out of the kitchen, and glanced over at Komui and Krory as the two had completely froze, and were in a state of shock.
The man motioned for Kanda, and Kanda calmly walked over, and the man motioned for the door.
"Get you and your stupid friends out of my store." He said in Indian, but made it clear as he brutally shoved Kanda, Krory, and Komui toward the door.
"I don't need you foreigners here!" He shouted after them, and the three looked back as Kanda quickly got rid of the apron, and slashed it into pieces.
"Thank god for that…" He muttered, and the other two sweat dropped at him.
"So should we get back to asking about Lenalee?" Krory asked, but before Komui or Kanda could respond, the three suddenly paused as a calm melody filled the air, and the three looked around at what seemed to be a small stage, and they saw a little girl sitting in front of a microphone as people gathered around her.
The people seemed very excited as the three walked over, and Komui noticed a poster on one of the houses.
He took it off, and the other two glanced over at him.
"A magic show will be starting at 9:00. Three lucky people will be chosen to join in. Hope you can make it!" Komui read, and the three looked back at the little girl as another person came on stage and put a large box on the stage.
The person was hooded as he silently walked away, and the little girl happily waved after him as he disappeared into an alleyway.
"Thank you for coming!" The little girl said, and then repeated it in several other languages, and the people all trembled with excitement as the little girl smiled happily.
"I'll pick the three lucky people to join us now." She said in several languages, and the people around her muttered happily to each other.
The little girl looked at the people with a puzzled look until she noticed Kanda, Komui, and Krory.
"How about we see what the foreigners can do?" She asked in several languages again, and the people all looked at the three Exorcists.
"Um…" Was all Komui could say before the three were quickly rushed to the stage, and the three stood in front of the box as the little girl happily smiled at them.
"You three are a long way from home, right?" She asked in Indian and English, and Krory nodded as he grew excited.
"I bet you are wondering what's going on over there right now?" She asked, and Krory nodded again, and the little girl smiled happily.
"I wonder if that's true." She said in English only before motioning to the box behind them.
"Inside this box, we have a rare specimen who will be suddenly whisked away without even touching the box!" She said to the people, and they all cheered as she walked over to the box.
"Which one of the three lucky foreigners would like to start? How about the moody one?" She asked Kanda, and he scowled, but was rushed to the box by another hooded person, and the little girl opened it up to show the empty inside of it.
Kanda was brutally pushed inside, and the girl closed the box as Krory stared at it like a little kid waiting for something to happen.
"Three… Two… One!" The little girl said in Indian, and she motioned to the box at one, and the hooded person opened the box to show the empty inside.
Krory gasped as everyone cheered, and Krory examined the box quickly.
"What did you do to Kanda!?"
"Relax, it's only magic. He's fine." She said before Krory was pushed into the box next.
"Three… Two… One!" She said, and the hooded person opened the box again, and Krory had disappeared.
Komui sweat dropped as the little girl smiled kindly at him, but two hooded people suddenly jumped on Komui as he tried to run away, and they threw him into the box.
The little girl count down again, and when the box opened, Komui had disappeared.
The people all cheered happily as the little girl bowed happily, and then the hooded people walked into the box, and closed it behind them.
"Thank you for your time, and I hope to entertain you all again!" She said before opening the empty box, and stepping inside.
The people all waved as she closed the box, and muttered. "Card Ace Door."
The bottom of the box disappeared, and the little girl chuckled as she slowly fell into the spade shape door below her.
Kanda, Krory, and Komui looked around cautiously as the three stood in a large room lit by blue candles.
"Welcome, Exorcists." The little girl said with the three hooded people behind her.
"You're…"
The little girl giggled as she held up a card, and then moved it across her face, and her entire body changed.
Her long back hair gleamed deathly in the light, and the row of crosses seemed to glow as Rôade smiled at them.
"Like I said, welcome." She said as the three hooded people removed their hoods, and Kanda's eyes widened as one of them was the boy from earlier in the Noodles Shop.
"Aroc Darkbloom." The boy said, and Kanda gritted his teeth as he gripped Mugen's hilt while the other two introduced themselves.
"Gran Weapons." The large man said with a grin as he looked down at the three Exorcists.
The last hooded person slowly removed his hood, and the three flinched at his red eyes and white skin.
"Zareth Hart." The albino said with a solemn look as his white hair covered half of his face.
"Please play with them while Gin-kun makes our new place move comfortable." Rôade said with a giggle, and Komui narrowed his eyes.
"New place? You mean that…"
"Master Gin left India last night with the others." Gran stated, and the three Exorcists stared at him in surprise.
"Last night!?"
"Where did he take my Lenalee!?"
Gran chuckled as he raised his arm, and the three flinched as his arm suddenly turned into a large blade connected to his shoulder, and his other arm turned into a mace.
"Master Gin took the girl, and left the boy here." He stated, and Komui raised an eyebrow.
"Boy?"
"Allen Walker." Zareth stated emotionlessly, and the three Exorcists' eyes widened as they stared at the four in surprise.
"Allen!? He was kidnapped too!?"
"Che, Bean Sprout…"
Gran grinned happily as he pointed his arms at the three. "Yes, and that other boy is in the not so desirable care of Tyrir Breaker!" He shouted, and Kanda scowled again.
"Eye Patch is so stupid…"
"So Lavi and Allen have both been kidnapped, but Allen is still here?"
"That is correct." Zareth stated, and Krory narrowed his eyes at him as his hair rose.
"Give all three of them back to us." He said lowly, and Zareth shook his head slowly.
"Have fun you three." Rôade suddenly said as she tossed a card into the air, and a spade shaped door appeared.
"I'm going to go see Gin-kun." She stated, and was about to enter the door until Kanda suddenly appeared next to her and slashed down at her.
"You wanna play with me?" Rôade asked, and Kanda froze as his Innocence suddenly deactivated, and he stared at it in surprise until he swiftly blocked Gran's arm, but was sent back a few feet.
"I can control reality. That means that Innocence will have no effect on me." Rôade stated before entering the door with a wave.
Kanda straightened up, and the three stared at the two in front of them.
"Hey, where'd the other one go?" Komui asked, but his answer came when something suddenly impaled the ground in front of him and the three looked up to see Aroc looking down at them from where he was in mid-air while wings emerged from his back.
Zareth pulled out a small bow, and it started to glow as he pulled the string back, and let go of it as a arrow shaped bolt shot out at the three.
They all dodged it, but flinched as they stared at the three in front of them.
"Two Parasite Innocence, and one Tool-Type." Komui stated slowly as the two in front of him readied their Innocence, and they faced the three in front of them.
"Three vs. Two, huh? I'll stay back to even the odds." Gran said as his arms became normal, and the two next to him nodded.
"Sure, you can take them on if they survive against us!" Aroc said happily as he took to the air again, and he grinned as needles shot out of his wings.
"Let's go, Exorcists!"
Date: October 2
Time: 10:22 am
Place: Unknown
"Look, everyone." Gin said as he appeared in the middle of nowhere, and the nine people behind him looked up at the building in front of them.
Gin smiled as Lenalee looked away from where she was standing next to Keria, and Keria smiled kindly as she put her hand on Lenalee's shoulder, and Lenalee's eyes went blank again.
Gin looked back at the building and smiled as the gates were open, and the Gate Keeper was somehow knocked out.
"Thank you for opening the gates, my little spy." Gin said as he walked toward the Black Order, and the person by the gates smiled as the sunlight shone down on him.
"Of course, Master Gin. I did my job like we planned."
"Yep, and how is it inside?"
"The people have all been rounded up down in the waterway, and I swept the area for any others."
"The Generals?"
"All conveniently gone."
"Excellent, and now how about you give some of us the tour, Philman Niniha?" Gin asked, and Philman smiled as a bird clung to his shoulder.
"Very well, Master Gin."
"Great! As expected from one who can create dreams with his Innocence!" Gin said happily as he walked inside, and Keria followed him as the others followed Gin for the tour.
Gin entered Komui's office, and sweat dropped at all of the paper before looking back at Lenalee and Keria.
"Cheer up, Lenalee. Your Allen will be coming back to you soon."
"My Allen…"
"That's right. He's all yours and no one else's."
"Only my Allen…" Lenalee muttered quietly with a small smile on her face as Keria smiled as well.
"Okay, Keria. Work on her desire some more like you did to Allen while he was with us. Also, great work on Allen, I bet he'll be here in a second as soon as he wakes up." Gin said, and Keria nodded with a bow, and then led Lenalee away.
Gin walked over to the shelves, and then pulled a book of records down and opened it quickly to a page.
"Here we are… Now where is it…" Gin muttered, and a small golden locket swung from around his neck, and he glanced down at it with a smile.
"It's going to rain. Lena always loved the rain…" Gin trailed off as he sadly stopped talking, and he closed the book.
"Not here… next book." He said as he tossed the book away and he pulled a different book off of the shelf and leafed through it.
"Where is it…"
What could Gin possibly want to find, and who is Lena? You'll find out soon...
So Kanda and Krory are against three Exorcists, huh? Good luck, you two.
Kanda: T.T Why'd you make that stupid apron pink?
Cause I felt like making fun of you.
Kanda: T.T Kaichu: Ichigen!
O.o WAIT! -runs away quickly-