Disclaimer: I do not own D Gray Man or any of its characters except Kane
Lavi's POV
The next morning the town's streets were crowded with people carrying their belongings, mothers tugging their children along and fathers loading up their families into small carriages. Others just walked out of the town their things in their hands. The slamming of doors woke Lavi up. He awoke to seeing Kanda look out the window staring at the early morning activities of the town.
"How long have you been up?" Lavi asked while rubbing his eyes.
"Since dawn" Kanda said while still looking out the window.
Lavi decided to see what was so interesting outside, so he got up and joined Kanda near the window. Lines of people or carriages could be seen on the town's roads.
"What do you think the Akuma's were doing here" Lavi asked quietly.
"Che, like I said before who knows." With that Kanda turned around and started walking towards the door
"Where are you going Yu?" asked Lavi
"I said don't call me that Baka Usagi, and I'm going to go search for Innocence like we were sent here to do." Kanda said and left with Mugen in hand not even bothering to shut the door on his way out.
Lavi sighed went over to the bed and grabbed his bag and slung it over his shoulder, and just like his Raven haired companion had done not minutes ago, he left the building but he closed the door on the way out.
"Yu has been pretty snappy with me lately I wonder what's going on with him" Lavi mused to himself as he walked down the steps.
The Inn door was open and he stepped out into the crisp morning air, and looked around for Kanda. He found Kanda looking around the base of a destroyed church. Lavi ran over to him and decided to help him look for any sign of the innocence that had lured the Akuma here and made them attack with such force.
"Do you sense innocence here Kanda, because I sure don't" Lavi asked while turning to Kanda who was looking at the stain glass windows of the church.
"No" he finally said
"Then should we be going to the next town, I mean if there is no innocence here then there is no reason for us to stay" Lavi said trying to be cold about the matter when all he wanted to do was go find anybody who needed help and help them.
"Whatever, it looks like we will have to walk to the next town the train doesn't go the town we are heading towards and even if it did the next train is not till tomorrow." Kanda mentioned and starting walking towards the way of the next town.
Lavi trailed next to Kanda the entire way there, conversation that was tried to be made by Lavi was shortly cut off with some sort of cold comment from Kanda. You know Kanda may not be the favorite person in the Black Order no one seem to know how to deal with him, or are to simply afraid to even try. Though beyond anybodies belief Lavi would just come up behind Kanda just start talking with him even calling him by his first name. They all thought he was incredibly stupid or just incredibly brave, but in truth Lavi and Kanda are friends and make a good team in battle. They hold great respect for one another, even though it's covered up by Lavi's constant teasing and Kanda's Insults and cold personality.
"I'm guessing were here" Lavi said as he looked at a sign that probably used to say "welcome" but now was scorched and broken in half.
This town was in worse shape than the last, there was almost no building left standing. You could still see the blood stains of where people were killed. All Lavi wanted to do was find the damn Akumas and kill every single one of them. He looked over and saw a mother crying into a teddy bear and he could only guess that it was from a dead child. He looked down and this time noticed that Kanda's grip on Mugen was very tight. Most people think that Kanda does not care for anyone but himself, but they are dead wrong. He cares for people, but does not let himself show it. The only reason Lavi can see it, is because Kanda and himself have been friends for a long time and they know each other better than most people did.
"Excuse me miss" Lavi called out to a young women who was standing on the side of the road.
"Were from the Black Order, this is going to be an odd question, but how many people were killed here and do you know how many Akumas were here?" Lavi asked trying to ignore the look on the Women's face.
"I think there were 10-12 Akuma here and I think about 20 people are dead." The women said her voice wavering and her eyes began to glisten from tears that had not been shed.
"Thank you" Lavi said while putting his hand on her shoulder as a sign of comfort and they took off towards the middle of town. He could hear the quiet sobs coming from the women behind them, she had probably lost someone.
"The numbers of people killed and of Akumas has grown; do you think they are gathering somewhere and these towns could be like meeting places?" Lavi asked.
"Maybe" Kanda answered in a low voice. Right now he was trying to see if he could sense any innocence in the town.
"Well there would have to be someone pulling the strings, Akumas wouldn't think of this on their own." Lavi responded.
"I don't know Lavi" Kanda said quietly ignoring the shocked face that Lavi wore when he called him by his name. He only did that when he was very serious and very confused.