Chapter 30- Hikari No Moto 2
Author's Note: Excuse the shortness of Kanda's fight, but I couldn't think of any more for him right now in this spot...

Seedry watched as Kanda raised his blades, and he then froze as Kanda appeared in front of him, and Kanda swiftly slashed Seedry's chest with one blade, and then swung the other blade down at him, but it was blocked by Hellblade.

Seedry gritted his teeth as Kanda pushed against Hellblade with a large amount of power.

Seedry perked up when he felt a chill run down his spine.

He glanced at Hellblade, but then froze as Kanda's katana sliced through Hellblade, and slashed Seedry's chest again.

Seedry was silent as he slowly started to fall back, and Kanda started to pant heavily as his eyes returned to normal, and he staggered slightly.

"That move… did you save it for Master Gin?"

"Yes…"

"Heh, I feel honored although you seem to be experiencing a side effect, huh?"

"Shut up…"

Seedry chuckled weakly as blood flowed from his wounds, and he coughed blood as he panted heavily.

"Damn it… Rei-ling…" Seedry muttered before closing his eyes, and Kanda stared down at him before sheathing his blades, and he turned slowly to the tower.

He staggered over to the gate, and slowly walked inside with a small grin.

"Now where is Lenalee…?" He muttered, but froze as he heard a gulping sound coming from above.

"Wow, you beat Seedry. Nice job, girlie." Cedric said as he stood on a web of thread in the shape of a snake.

"You…"

"Yo."

Kanda gritted his teeth as he slowly reached for Mugen, but stopped as thread was suddenly wrapped around his arm.

Cedric smirked as he calmly lifted Kanda into the air, and he then slammed Kanda into the wall before staggering.

"Ugh… I think I drank too much again…" Cedric muttered as his arm swung to the other side, and Kanda was flung into the other wall.

Kanda coughed up blood as he hit the floor, and the thread unwrapped itself, and shot back to Cedric's hand.

"Sorry, girlie. Anything that touches me or this thread while I'm holding onto it can't attack. That's my Noah power." Cedric stated as Kanda weakly looked up at Cedric.

"Would you like to know something?"

"W-What…"

"Seedry may be good at finding out things, but he's also a master of technology." Cedric stated as he reached up to his ear, and pulled out a small orb.

"Your entire fight was recorded on Seedry's visors, and sent to all of us, so we know everything you two said." Cedric stated with a smile, and Kanda grimaced when he remembered what Seedry had stated about him liking Lenalee.

"Damn it…" Kanda muttered before the large thread snake lunged down at him.

Cedric was hanging from one of the arches as the snake swayed over Kanda's body.

"Sorry, girlie. But this is where you stop." Cedric said as Kanda slowly opened his eyes, and the gritted his teeth weakly as he willed for his body to move, but he couldn't as his body was at its limit.

"Good night, girlie." Cedric said with a little wave as he jumped to the floor, and fixed his glasses.

"Nothing personal, but that ponytail is weird." Cedric muttered as he looked down at Kanda while the thread snake slowly lost its form, and it wrapped around Cedric's arm.

Cedric pulled out a bottle, and popped the lid off as he went for a gulp, but stopped as Mugen was suddenly at his throat.

Kanda gritted his teeth as he gripped Mugen tightly, and Cedric stared at Kanda calmly as he lowered his bottle again.

Kanda's hand was trembling as it was under a lot of strain from moving, and Kanda looked like he was about to collapse as he staggered a little.

"Where's… Lenalee?"

"Sheesh, you don't give up, do you? She's fine. Boss is just waiting for 'Adam' to come." Cedric said and Kanda looked at him weakly in confusion.

"Adam?"

"That's what he called it. Don't know who it is though. It could be you, or it could be that boy Lavi or Allen." Cedric said as he rubbed the back of his neck, and Kanda felt dizzy as he started to lose his focus.

His grip lessened, and Cedric watched as Kanda slowly fell to the ground, and Mugen fell next to him as the blade turned back to black. Cedric stared down at Kanda, and he then sighed as he looked at the orb.

"Hey, Boss! Get Keria to prepare a bed for Seedry and girlie." Cedric said into the orb, and he then put it back in his ear.

"Sure thing, Cedric. Bring those two up here."

"Your call, Boss." Cedric said as he unwrapped some thread from his arm, and it wrapped around Kanda and Mugen as he walked out to where Seedry was laying.

"Whew, look at you." Cedric muttered when he saw Seedry, and the thread gently wrapped around Seedry and Hellblade's two pieces.

Cedric sighed as he scratched his head, and he then turned back to the tower.

"I can't drink anything while carrying these two…" He complained as he slowly walked back into the tower.

"Man… and I just got a few new drinks to try out… Maybe Xerxes will want a drink after this is over. Maybe I should try to get Kiki to drink something, that'll make everything a lot funnier since Keria doesn't drink, and Rôade is too young. Boss wouldn't like Kiki to drink probably though…" Cedric complained again with a sigh as he climbed up the stairs.

Cedric stopped to looked around, and he smirked as he went back to walking.

"Everyone seems to be having fun, and fun is what it's all about… I need to ask Boss if he can recruit some older woman to drink with."

Cedric sighed again as he continued to complain to himself, and he then rubbed the back of his head.

"Man, I really wanted Kiki to start drinking, but then Boss would probably toss my out into a tsunami…" Cedric muttered, and he felt a cold shiver as he felt someone appear behind him.

"Yes I would do that if you ever even went close to Kiki with even a small drink, Cedric." Gin said with a smile, but his red aura was enough to make Cedric start grinning nervously.

"Sorry, Boss…"

"Good. Now never think about that again, and get those two to the beds."

"Yes, Boss." Gin disappeared, and Cedric sighed in relief.

"Man, I was seriously about to die just then, wasn't I?"

Poor Cedric... All he wants is a drink... Okay! Time for the next vote! Remaining are:

Milly vs. Tyrir

Komui and Krory vs. Rôade

Lavi vs. Xerxes

Allen vs. Kiki

Also, Hikari No Moto is from the song Doubt & Trust by ACCESS. It was just a really cool line...