It was about midday and Kanda was peacefully sitting alone eating his soba, not that his peace lasted for long.
BANG! The door to the cafeteria swung open and in stormed Mai Tomiju; Black Order's Therapist. Everyone went silent as she stopped to scan the room. Fairly quickly, she spotted her target and smiled. Storming over, she reached Kanda who knew she didn't just come in to say hello. She grabbed his unfinished soba and moved it out of his reach. Kanda stood up, very displeased and angered by the interruption.
"I don't know how…but you've managed to avoid me for the past 3 days." Mai said angrily. "Well, game over."
"I haven't been managing to avoid you; you just haven't been searching hard enough!" Kanda replied.
"You…just…ughhh…" Mai moaned. "Listen, your 72 hours late for your first therapy session, now hurry up and come with me!"
"As if I'd go anywhere with you…"
"Don't be difficult. This is now compulsory for all exorcists, so you're coming with me whether you like it or not!" Mai slowly raised her voice.
"I don't care if it's compulsory, who would want to take this stupid therapy with such an arrogant scientist like you!" Kanda hissed.
"You're one to talk…"
"Shut up! I have better things to do with my time…"
"Like what? Brush your hair?"
Kanda was getting not only impatient, but pissed. He pulled out Mugen, but did not activate it and pointed it towards Mai. "You really piss me off…"
"That's the way you're going to play?" Mai said sheepishly.
The finders that were sitting close by quickly moved out of the firing range. Already a hurricane was brewing and it wasn't going to pass by swiftly.
Suddenly a long hammer stretched out, knocking Kanda's Mugen out of his hand. Looking back, Kanda and Mai saw Lavi and Allen standing by. Both Mai and Kanda pulled a very angered face towards them. A shiver ran down their spines as they got the evil glare.
"Seems like your own team turned against you…" Mai said slyly.
"Tch…Like I care which side they're on…" Kanda retaliated. Kanda picked up Mugen and put it back in its sheath. Turning around, he headed for the door. "I'll be there soon…" He said as he left the cafeteria.
Mai turned towards Allen and Lavi who were still standing close by. Slowly walking over, she gave off an evil presence, displeased that they interfered.
"Did I ask for help?" She asked, demanding an answer.
"Uh…well…no…" Lavi serenely replied.
"But Kanda is an exorcist; you couldn't stand up to him!" Allen added.
"Do you think, just because I am apart of the science team, that I can't stand up for myself?"
"No, that's not it at all!" Allen said shaking his hands. "We just know that Kanda is your first patient and he can be rather…difficult to work with…"
"Yeah! Yu-tan is like an onion! You gotta peel back a layer at a time…" Lavi added.
"Not if you have a knife." With that, Mai took her leave and went straight to her therapy division. Lavi and Allen were left speechless; both a little scared for when it was their turn to take therapy.
A few hours later, Kanda finally rocked up outside Mai's therapy quarters. He hesitated as he knocked on the door, a little disturbed as to what to expect once he enters.
After a few knocks, Mai opened the door. Without saying anything, she gestured him to come inside and take a seat.
"I'll be there soon…" Mai mimicked.
"I'm here aren't I?" Kanda hissed as he took a seat, crossing his arms and legs.
Mai sighed as she sat down at her desk. The room she had been given was squared and spacious. It wasn't too big and wasn't too small. After entering through the door, to the right you had Mai's desk (similar to Komui's) with three red lounges surrounding it. Behind the desk stood two modern auburn coloured bookcases covered with books on psychotherapy and psychology. On the opposite side was a table, surrounded by eight chairs where group therapies could be held. To the right of the table, at the back of the room, were four couches, one being a corner lounge with a small coffee table in the middle. It was rather modern, but comfy. Kanda gave a quick look around the room before turning towards Mai who was holding, what appeared to be his diary.
"Like what I've done with the place?" She asked sarcastically.
"Tch. You stalling for something? Trying to waste more time?" Kanda asked.
"I would love to spend as little time with exorcists as possible, but I have a job, and in order to keep it, I have to do it right, whether I like it or not, and besides, you seem rather interesting…" Mai began. "Bookman has told me many things about you. And it's quite clear by the way you treat the others, you hate being around people, am I right?"
"Something wrong with being solo?"
"Not at all. However, being an exorcist, you sometimes have to rely on others for aid…"
"Tch…"
Mai sighed once again. She put the diary on her desk and pulled out something from the draws below. It was a stack of pictures, the first picture having a grey blotch on it.
"What the hell is that?" Kanda asked as he scrunched up his nose looking at the weird pictures.
"You will be taking Rorschach's Test. I will record you perception of these 10 inkblots for analysis…" Mai chuckled for the first time. "Do not worry…since you are rather reluctant to discuss your personality openly, I am getting you to take this test."
"Right…" Kanda rolled his eyes before sitting forward, waiting to take the 'Rorschach's Test'.
Mai handed Kanda the first picture. "Now tell me what first comes to your mind…" she said as she readied her notebook and pen.
Kanda gave a sour look. Turning it upside down and to the side. "It's an inkblot…" Kanda deadpanned.
Mai sighed. "I know you're not cooperative, but try and use a little imagination…"
"Fine. It's a GREY inkblot…happy?" Kanda sarcastically said as he put the picture back on her desk. Mai rolled her eyes then quickly scribbled down in her notebook. She then handed Kanda the second picture.
Kanda looked at it for no more than two seconds. "It's a red and grey inkblot."
Mai looked toward him with a sour face. "Kanda, I'm going to ask you a very, very easy yes or no question…Do you like spending time with me?"
"No." Kanda said flat out.
"Alright then. Pick up the picture and take a closer look, tell me what you see. If you say 'inkblot' with colour nouns in front, I will keep you here all night long…" Mai said ferociously.
Kanda growled a little, but picked up the picture again. Kanda now dazed at it for a little longer before setting it down again.
"What do you see?"
"Two bears fighting a bloody battle…imaginative enough?" Kanda snapped.
"Good, that's better." Mai said a little pleased. "Now we'll hopefully get through this a little faster…"
Pic 3
"Two men carrying a bucket with blood rain…" Mai again continued to scribble things down each time Kanda gave a decent answer.
Pic 4
"A dragon rug…"
Pic 5
"A bat…"
Pic 6
"Akuma transforming…"
Pic 7
"A broken necklace at the bottom of the sea…"
Pic 8
"A woman crying…"
Mai looked at Kanda a little surprised.
"What?" Kanda hissed.
"Oh, nothing…let's continue…"
Pic 9
"Interpretation of pain…"
Once again, Mai looked at Kanda a little surprised. Kanda growled and swiftly looked the other way, tapping his foot, waiting for her to finish.
Pic 10
This time, Kanda took a little longer to respond. He stared at the picture, really concentrating.
"Two boys…climbing out of the ground trying to reach for something…" Kanda finally said.
Mai thought for a moment, and then quickly scribbled down in her notebook.
"Alright. You can go."
"That's it?" Kanda asked a little surprised.
"Do you want to stay for more?"
"Tch." Kanda quickly stood up and stormed out.
Mai leaned back in her chair and gave a small, pleased smile. "He's like an onion aye? Well I think I just cut right down the middle…"
Kanda was heading back to his chambers when he noticed Allen, Lavi, Lenalee, Krory and even Miranda standing outside with hopeful eyes.
"Che. What the hell?"
"Hehe, Kanda~ you just finished your therapy session right?" Allen said, overly nice.
"What of it moyashi?" Kanda snarled.
"Well, we were wondering, could you give us, ya' know, maybe a quick heads up on what to expect?"
"Please Kanda!" Lenalee begged.
Kanda opened the door to his room and stopped to think for a moment. He turned to the others and gave an incredibly cheeky and sly smirk.
"I hope you like the colour of blood…" Kanda responded before closing the door into his room.
The others froze. Allen got goose bumps just thinking about it.
"He…he's not serious? Is he?" Miranda asked, a little frightened.
"Well…Yu-tan isn't much of a joker…" Lavi said a little disappointed.
Suddenly, from around the corner, Mai appeared.
"Here you all are…"
Everyone jumped back. They didn't hear her come and just got the biggest fright of their lives. Krory was clenching his heart, trying to calm down and slow down his heart beat that was currently racing around the world.
"Allen-kun…You're next" Mai said sheepishly.
Allen gave a big gulp and slowly walked forward. Allen turned back to the others who were all giving him a look almost saying 'Good luck and Goodbye'. Mai turned around and was leading the way. They stood outside her quarters, slowly, Mai opened the door to the inside of her office. Allen closed his eyes, thinking that the furniture would be covered in skeletons and the walls dripping with blood. As he walked inside, he opened his eyes and immediately saw the blood-red coloured couches. Allen's face turned from scared, to fuming…
"BAKANDA!"
To be continued...
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Attention! If you would like to see the actual Rorschach's Test Pictures, please go to my profile and click on the link where it says 'Rorschach's Test'. It will direct you to a wik page where you can scroll down and actually see the 10 pictures I based off for this chapter.