"Awww! That last place was soooo boring!" Alexandreina complained, swinging her feet over the edge of the cart that was hauling them through some thick brush. Vasilisa shoved some hay into a bunch and laid down on it, staring up at the fast moving clouds. "What did you expect? We where only there to research a case that could have been some innocence." Alexandreina frowned. "But I really wanted to kill some Akuma! Last time we found innocence there where lots of Akuma." "Well, we didn't find any innocence this time, so obviously there where no Akuma." Vasilisa turned on her side to hide her eyes from the blaring sun. It was noon. "When we get back, I'm going to demand that Komui gives us a more challenging mission, with lots of Akuma!" Vasilisa frowned. "Can't we just relax? We've been on 4 missions in a row! I think it's time for a break." Alexandreina looked at her in disbelief. "A break won't find the heart, Vasilisa. A break won't kill the Earl!" She was pumped. Vasilisa promptly tuned her out, away from the long lecture ahead of her, and watched as the thick forest passed beside them. She was exited to be going home. One of the few things she ever got exited about. "How long will it be until we get there? Do you think we've missed much? I wonder if they'll have a party for us, or any new missions! I hope we get new missions!" Alexandreina spent the later half of the cart ride day dreaming of destroying Akuma, and getting lots of missions. To Vasilisa's dismay, she felt the need to voice her dreams as well. Never again are we going to celebrate with an all you can eat dessert buffet. Never again. Vasilisa thought to herself before drifting off into a light slumber.
"Ok, so we've past the village, got some food-""I don't agree with you're money obtaining methods." Teddy interjected. "Shut up! I saw you sneak some meat kabobs off of someone's cart! How can you even eat, anyways?" Eas objected, her mouth bursting with a semi-chewed sweet bun. "I open my mouth and shove it in! Don't ask where it goes! I'm not too sure myself. And regardless, you took even more than we needed!" Eas pouted. "I didn't mean to, it's habit. Anyways, as I was saying, we passed the village, and where out of the forest, so where's the cliff? You said nothing about a grassy field." "That's because there shouldn't be one!" Teddy exclaimed, frustrated. "We must have taken a wrong turn or something, it's because you insisted on resting at the village for the night!" Eas punched Teddy on the head. "It was dark! You can't expect me to walk through a forest in the dead of night! Do you know what could be out there?" "You are an exorcist! You could handle it!" Teddy rejected. "I haven't been trained at all!" Eas huffed. "Ok, so maybe if we turn here, we'll make it back to the forest." "Good idea." Teddy frowned. "Let's walk in circles and get more lost than we already are." "Do you have a better idea?" She growled. "Leave it to me! I have an excellent tracking nose." Teddy tapped his nose excitedly. "What are you? A blood hound?" Why didn't you tell me you could track it earlier?" Teddy frowned. "Because I knew you'd make fun of me!" "Sorry." Eas apologized. "Can you find the scent?" Teddy nodded. "It's really strong if we walk through the passage you suggested we should be there…" Teddy cut off his sentence as they looked through an opening of trees. A large stone wall stood 50 metres away. The dense rock rose high above the clouds. "How on earth did we miss that?" Eas demanded, shocked. "Let's go." Teddy began walking towards the cliff. "How the heck are we going to get up there? Is there a staircase somewhere?" "Nope." Teddy answered promptly. "We climb." Eas's jaw unlocked and her mouth hung open. "Are, are you kidding me? No way! I'll fall to my death!" Teddy grunted. "You'd better watch your step then." "I am going to die." Eas concluded, gripping onto the rock wall and pushing herself up a few feet from the bottom.
"Allen, Lenalee, Komui wants you in his office! It looks like you got a new mission!" Reever yelled into the nearly empty cafeteria. It was mid-noon and the bunch of exorcists had nothing to do. Allen was playing a game of old maid, forced upon by Lenalee, with her and Sarra. Lavi was making a castle of bread sticks while Mizuki was cheering him on. Seraphina watched the card game. The castle fell down as Lavi was distracted by Reever. "Oi! Would ya keep it down? I'm trying to break a world record here!" Lavi bellowed at Reever, resetting his base. Reever sighed. "Allen, Lenalee?" They stood up and walked over to Reever. "Good luck!" Sarra piped up, looking only at Allen. Mizuki chuckled at her and she sent a dirty glare in her direction. As the other two left, Seraphina let out an exasperated sigh. "Man, I thought he was going to make me go! I was so scared." She melted onto the table, her eyes closed. "You really don't like missions, do you?" Sarra asked her, while cleaning up the cards. "Nooo, I just love going out and facing my death by fighting gross evil demons that's only purpose in life is to track you down and kill you. Now why would I ever hate that?" She let her sarcastic side slip out. She was becoming lazy from the amount of time she had. "Jeez, I was just asking." Sarra sighed, walking over to where Lavi and Mizuki sat, the tower now double the size it had originally been. "I'm going to the lab." Seraphina mused before walking through the large doorway.
"What's with her?" Lavi questioned, his concentration peaked on the wavering tower. "She's in love with Kanda, though she still rejects her feelings, and now she's in a super bad mood." Mizuki explained, chewing on a bread stick. Sarra nudged her in the side. "Ow! What?" "You shouldn't talk about her personal life like that! She'll kill you!" "Sure Sure." Mizuki turned back to Lavi, his face an uncomfortable shade of blue, his hand over his mouth. "Hey, umm, you alright?" Sarra asked, shocked by the colour. "Let your breath out, idiot!" Mizuki slapped his hand away from his mouth and a loud Corus of laughter erupted from his mouth. "She…likes…..YU?????" Tears welled in his now red face. "It's not that funny." Sarra grumbled. "It's Yu! How could it not be funny! Wow, she's going to have to wait forever before he notices she's interested in him!" Lavi wiped the tears from his eyes. "Not all guys are as foreword as you, idiot, and he's defiantly better then Allen!" Mizuki corrected him. Sarra stepped on her foot under the table. "Ow! Stop doing that!" "Stop talking about him that way!" Sarra growled. "Oh, sorry, I forgot that you…" Sarra's hand flew over Mizuki's mouth before she could finish her sentence. "I eat blueberries. You forgot that I eat blueberries." She finished the sentence for her. "That doesn't make any sense." Mizuki mumbled from behind Sarra's hand. "You look flush, why don't you go to the nurse?" Sarra prodded. "I feel fine." Mizuki assured her. "No no, I really think you should go. Here, I'll take you. Lavi, will you excuse us?" Lavi looked confused. "Umm, ok, do you need any help?" "Nope!" Sarra concluded, dragging Mizuki out the doorway. Lavi looked after them, confused. "What'd you do that for? I told you I feel just fine!" Mizuki said, prying Sarra's hand off her face. "Don't talk about who I do or do not like! You promised it would be our secret!" Sarra's face was bright red and her eyes glistened. Mizuki thought she could see steam coming from her head. "Oh, alright! You don't have to get angry! I, I just, when I'm with Lavi, it's like I just can't keep my mouth shut. If he asks about something, it's like I have to tell him! I think he used some kind off voodoo against me!" Sarra sighed. "And you accuse Seraphina of being clueless?" Mizuki furrowed her eyebrows. "I told you! He's a…" "A toy, I know." Sarra started walking down the hall. "Where are you going?" Mizuki asked, slightly agitated. "To the lab. I want to apologize to Seraphina before she finds out from someone else." Mizuki's eyes lit up. "No! You cannot do that! She will rip my head off! She'll become a female Kanda and tear me to shreds!" "Then you should have thought of that before you opened you're big mouth!" Sarra turned into the hallway leading to the lab. Mizuki lunged at her, knocking her to the ground. "You can't do that! I'll die! Do you want that?" "At least you'll die with my secret intact, hey! Stop pulling my hair!" Mizuki sat up, holding out her pinkie finger. Sarra sat up as well, panting. "Ok, so if I promise you I will bring you're secret to my grave, however early that may be, will you promise not to tell Seraphina what I told Lavi? I'll make sure he shuts up, too." Sarra's eyebrows lowered. "How do I know you'll keep the secret next time Lavi brings the topic up?" Mizuki rummaged around in her pockets before pulling out a roll of tape. "I'll put this over my mouth every time that happens!" Sarra stared in shock. "I didn't know you had pockets!" Mizuki rolled her eyes. "Do we have a deal?" Sarra sighed. "Fine. But if Seraphina finds out in the end, it's not my problem." Mizuki beamed. "Ok, now we can go to the lab." Sarra rolled her eyes. "Fine."