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Beauty and the Samurai.

Allen was walking slowly though the woods, exhausted. He had been walking for days now, so long that he had forgotten how long it had been since he began trying to get Lenalee back.

"I'm lost," Allen moaned to himself. "None of this looks familiar; how am I ever going to find her in this place?" he groaned, sitting to rest under a nearby tree. He pulled his bag off from his shoulders and took out some food.

Allen looked up and stared at the sky. It was sunset, and so Allen decided to set up camp before it became dark. He built a small fire with some wood he found nearby before unrolling his sleeping bag and climbing into it.

"Please, Mana, Komui, help me find Lenalee, please," Allen quietly prayed before falling asleep.

Allen stood in a bright green forest in the middle of a small dirt road. He looked around, but didn't hear or see anything in the forest; he was alone.

"Allen~!" called a voice that Allen hadn't heard in years. Not believing his ears he turned around slowly to face a man he hadn't seen in ages.

He was tall, with dark purple hair and a skinny frame. He wore what looked like a white lab coat that was clean, just like Allen remembered, with a clean white beret on his head. He was holding a bright blue mug with a pink bunny on it, with steam rising from the top. Allen knew that mug. He and Lenalee kept it in a high cupboard, where it hadn't been used since Komui died.

"K-Komui? Is that you?" Allen asked, shocked to see Komui again.

"Why of course it is, you silly boy! This isn't real, obviously, but I'm here to show you the way to my precious little Lenalee!" he yelled before turning around and running off.

Allen stood in place, still in complete shock, and stared at Komui running off deeper into the forest.

"Are you coming or are you just going to stand there? Come on, you got to go save my sweet young sister!" Komui yelled back at him over his shoulder.

Gathering his senses Allen replied, "Right!" and followed Komui down the small dirt road, running for what seemed like ages until they reached the iron gates that Allen would never forget. The castle loomed over the gates, looking even more intimidating than Allen remembered.

"Sorry Allen, but this is as far as I can go. You better take care of my sister! Get her away from him, my sweet Lenalee!" Komui cried out before everything started to fade.

Alone in a dark room Road was standing in front of a set of double doors, heart-shaped with gold framing and a golden crown on the top. The doors themselves were checked with black and red diamonds, and this was a very special set of doors.

She opened them up, a purple and black swirling space awaiting Road on the other side, which gave off an odd glow that would send shivers down any normal person's spine.

"Show me Allen Walker," she ordered.

The black and purple swirled together and showed Allen sleeping peacefully under a tree.

Road frowned and started pacing as she watched the image. "Damn, I need to do something, slow him down…get it so he has to come back…but what to do?"

And then she had an idea. An evil grin split her face and she laughed with glee. But first things first: she needed to steal Lero, and she had to make sure the Earl didn't find out about it. He was never too pleased when she stole Lero. But even if the Earl became angry with her, he would never do anything to hurt her. So Road grinned again, already visualizing her plan.

Lenalee was walking though the garden. It was so nice today, one of those rare mid-October days that had a small breeze and bright sunshine. It was a little chilly but other than that it was perfect, and Lenalee wanted to enjoy it as much as possible. She hadn't been at the castle for that long—maybe a month, or a month and a half? Lenalee couldn't remember, nor did she really mind.

Standing on the balcony of a long abandoned spare room two floors up, Kanda, Lavi, Link, and Fou watched Lenalee walking in the garden.

"Hey, Yu~," Lavi sang out in a pitchy sing-song voice.

"Don't call me that," Kanda growled at the candlestick holder.

Ignoring this, Lavi suggested, "Aww, Yu, why don't you do something nice for the girl?"

"What, pray tell, do you propose he do?" Link asked.

"I'm teaching how to use a sword, there's nothing else I need to do," Kanda huffed. This wasn't entirely true—he did want to do something for her, but no way in hell was Lavi going to learn about it.

"No, no, no, no, no, no, Yu. That's not how it works—you do stuff for her that she doesn't ask for you to do. You know, surprise her with something," Lavi told him.

Kanda already had an idea. He remembered Lenalee saying something about a love for reading and knew what he needed to do. Turning away from the balcony he started to walk back into the castle to prepare the room. He hadn't been there in while; it was time to start using it again.

"Yu?" Lavi called after him, hopping around to watch Kanda's retreating back. "Yu, where are you going?"

"Stop calling me that, baka usagi, it's none of your business where I'm going," Kanda said without stopping or slowing his walk, not bothering to look back at the candlestick.

Lavi turned to the others as Kanda disappeared, worry in his eyes. "Do you really think Yu can break this spell?" He then stared down at Lenalee, still enjoying the garden. "She's pretty and kind and caring, she stands up Kanda when he's being stubborn and she seems to have warmed up to him…but what if it's not enough?"

"Well, we'll just have to wait and see what happens, won't we?" Link responded.

"But what if they don't say it—what if we're stuck like this forever?" Lavi exclaimed, making sure to keep his voice down.

"Well, if you haven't noticed, you moron, at least you have something that relates to arms. None of us want to be stuck like we are now forever either," Fou snapped back at him.

Silence fell over the group for a few minutes. Lavi was thinking about what they could do to help.

"Wait a minute! I have an idea!" Lavi exclaimed, and everyone leaned in so they could quietly discuss his brilliant plan.

Well that's that! I wonder what little Road is up to. The little minx.

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