The four exorcists, Bookman, Lavi, Kanda, and Allen all made the decision to stay at the Sage's home overnight in order to investigate something called 'Silverton' that had been destroying akuma in the town. When they woke up that morning, Bookman had found a note from Tsamo telling them he was out in town and would be back in maybe an hour or two and that until his return, his apprentice would occupy them. They then met a blond boy named Jethese who informed them that the apprentice they were looking for was him. Kanda was suspicious of him, just as he had been suspicious of the Sage, and started asking him questions regarding the akuma, but Jethese didn't have the answers.

"So, how long have you been the Sage's apprentice?"

"Almost two years now, although it feels like it's been longer than that…"

Jethese had offered to give Allen, Lavi, and Kanda a tour of the town of Earthridge. They had just left Tsamo's house only minutes ago and were walking through the town with Kanda being completely silent.

Allen's stomach growled. "Hey, are there any places to eat around here? I'm starving."

"You're always hungry!" Lavi said with a laugh.

"If it's food you want, then it's food you'll get!" Jethese turned the corner and signaled them to follow. "I'll show you to my favorite restaurant in town!"

The four of them walked into a bar at the edge of town. There were a mixture of men and women, most of the women wearing suggestive clothing and taunting them as they entered. Jethese had a grin on his face, Allen and Lavi turned bright red, and Kanda rolled his eyes. The four of them sat at the bar and Jethese ordered them something to drink, although none of them accepted.

"T-this wasn't what I meant when I said a 'place to eat', y'know…" Allen said, his face still red from all the girls prancing around half-naked.

Jethese smiled like a pervert. "What teenaged guy wouldn't like this place?"

A girl with brown hair approached the bar and wrapped her arms around Kanda and Lavi's waists as she stood between them. Jethese looked almost shocked to see her. She got her face dangerously close to Lavi's. Lavi got even redder and didn't object in any way. "Hey there, sexy…You got a name, hun?" she said into Lavi's ear, who was too nervous to respond.

Allen noticed Jethese staring at her with a blank face. Surprisingly, he wasn't making that perverted grin anymore.

The girl was licking her lips in front of Lavi's face. "My name's Nova…What about you, redhead?" She whispered seductively while stroking his hair.

Lavi gulped. "M…my name..? Uhm…uh…"

"What did you just say your name was..?" Jethese asked the girl, looking confused.

She took her eyes off of Lavi and glanced at the blond boy who'd interrupted her. "Nova…could it be you're jealous because he's getting all my attention..?" She said as she reached across Lavi and Allen to stroke Jethese's chin, who pushed her hand away. Nova then got off of Lavi and stood behind Kanda, wrapping both arms around him, one hand stroking his chest, the other tickling his waist.

Kanda sat there with a grumpy face and ignored the girl's advances onto him.

"What about you, baby?" She put her lips to Kanda's ear. "Will you play with me..?" When Kanda didn't respond, she began slowly lowering the hand that was on his waist.

When Kanda realized where she was planning to put her hand, he quickly grabbed her arm and squeezed it as he yanked her away from him. She squealed and he stood up, holding her in the air by her arm. Everyone in the bar was getting quiet and watching Kanda yell in her face, "Who the fuck do you think you are? I bet you go selling yourself out to any guy who's willing to pay, don't you? Sluts like you are pathetic and I want nothing to do with them, GOT IT?"

The bartender grabbed him to hold him back. "Let her go, ya hear me, pal? You ain't welcome here, get out!"

Kanda dropped the girl and she fell to her knees. He then shoved the bartender off him and said, "I was just leaving." and walked out of the bar, followed by Allen and Lavi.

Jethese took one last look at the brown haired girl, who by then had tears in her eyes, before leaving with the others.

"Well, that was a huge waste of time." Kanda mumbled as he made his way down the street. "Stupid hooker…"

Allen caught up with him and said, "Don't you think you could've gone easy on Nova?"

Kanda grabbed Allen's shirt by the collar. "Do not call that whore by that name. That's probably just her 'stripper name' she goes by so no one finds out her real identity."

"She's still human!" Allen pleaded.

"Anyone who's willing to sell themselves like that is more like an akuma to me."

"If you ask me, the way you acted was less humane!"

"You wouldn't understand, beansprout."

Lavi stood between the two and said, "Hey, has anyone seen Jethese around here? I haven't seen him since we left the bar."

The three of them looked behind them to see that the blond boy was in fact no where to be found.

"He's probably enjoying that slut's company in the bar still." Kanda scoffed.

Allen scratched his head. "No, I'm positive he left with us…"

Suddenly, down at the end of the street near the bar, there were screams. People started fleeing from the area as fast as they could from the horrifying creature they'd just seen emerge from a human body.

Kanda unsheathed Mugen, Allen activated his left arm, and Lavi enlarged his hammer to prepare to battle the level 2 akuma at the streets end.

"Somebody, help me!" An unfortunately familiar voice came from the akuma's grip. It was Jethese, being squeezed in it's large claw. He cried out in agony, "Anybody, please! HELP!"