The morning sun beamed in from the window. Kanda could see it through his closed eyelids as he began waking up from his slumber. He took a deep breath and stretched, eyes still closed. He was still dead tired and decided it wouldn't be a bad idea to get just a little more sleep. He wrapped his arms around his pillow snugly. It was more firm than he remembered. He unconsciously buried his face in his pillow. It smelled different than he'd remembered…It smelled like some sort of flower. He began drifting off to sleep again, inhaling the peaceful aroma. His pillow snuggled closely into his chest…

Kanda's eyes shot open. He shook at the realization that his 'pillow' was none other than his brown haired friend, Silverton. It took a moment to process. He glanced up at the bed she was previously sleeping in, only to find the blankets draped over, hanging off the side of the bed. He looked back at her sleeping form and finally reacted. "THE FUCK?!" He shoved her off of him and growled furiously.

Not expecting the sudden impact of her back being slammed against the bed behind her, Silverton instantly awoke. As she rubbed her eyes tiredly, she asked, "Yu..? The hell was that for..?" She examined her surroundings. "Hm. How'd I get on the floor?"

"That's what I want to know, dumbass!" hissed the samurai. *"This bitch is so irritating! Why does she cling to me?!"*

Silverton stood up off the ground and stretched her limbs. "Whatever, I got a good night's sleep."

"Thanks to you, I didn't!"

"You were warned!" She laughed.

After the two of them got dressed, they went into the kitchen, following the smell of biscuits. They ate the food that was prepared for them in silence. Afterwards, the three exorcists headed out into town.

"Where to first?" Silverton questioned. By now, the townspeople were out and about; nothing but women and children.

"I suggest we talk to who we can while we can." Kanda answered her. He walked up to a food cart and tried to get the merchants attention. "Hey, you wouldn't happen to have any missing male relatives, would you?"

The woman at the stand noticed the man speaking to her and gasped. "W-What do you want..?!"

"Calm down. I'm here to help you." He said, hoping to hell she wouldn't scream.

But it was no use. The woman screamed, getting the attention of everyone nearby. "Please, go away!" she hollered, "Get out!"

A large hand gripped onto Kanda's shoulder and spun him around. "Is there a problem here?" It was a man.

The woman at the stand shrieked when she saw the man. "John, what are you doing?! Get back inside! HURRY!"

"I'll be fine, Janet. Haven't you noticed? Men only go missing at night." He said.

"At night?" Silverton's voice came from behind him. "Excuse me, would you mind if we asked you a few questions? He's with me," she pointed to Kanda, "We're here to find out more about the disappearances in town lately."

The man agreed and walked the three exorcists into a nearby restaurant and sat at one of the empty tables. "Alright, we're safer here. Now, how may I help you, I'll do whatever I can."

Although Silverton was more comfortable being a follower, for now, she decided it would be a nice change of pace to be the leader. "Outside, you said men only go missing at night. What makes you think that? Do you have any evidence to prove it's true?"

John answered, "Every man who's ever gone missing has always gone missing at night. Don't know how else to say it…"

"So then why do all males still stay indoors, even during the day?" Silverton continued.

"Well," John sighed, "Most women are like my sister, Janet. They've lost their husbands, boyfriends, brothers, fathers, sons; they just don't want to risk it."

"You're saying Janet lost someone too?" Miranda asked curiously, wanting to make herself useful.

"Oh, yeah. Her husband, Al, went missing two nights ago. Al was actually a close friend of mine."

Silverton questioned further, "Before Al went missing, did you notice anything…different about him at all; maybe he was acting strangely?"

John shook his head. "Nothing at all. Last time I saw him was the day he disappeared. He'd shown up late to my shop to pick up some bread; I own the bakery a few blocks away. All he did was pick up his order and leave. It was like any other time…" John covered his face with his palms. "If only I'd known…Damn it, I'm an idiot. I just let him walk back out there in the dark…and now he's…poor Janet…"

Silverton tried to console him, "It's okay, calm down-"

"No, no, no. You don't understand," John slammed his hands on the table, "She lost Sammy too. Her son! He was only eleven, for gosh sakes…I should've seen it coming!"

John's sudden aggression was making both Miranda and Silverton nervous. Kanda was getting more and more pissed off.

"I need you to calm down, John. Right now, you and Janet are our only leads. We need your cooperation. I know this is hard-"

Silverton was cut off by John's large hands gripping her shoulders and shaking her. "You just don't understand! This is my family we're talking about!"

Kanda gripped onto the upset man's arm harshly. "Calm your ass down!" His narrow eyes pierced down into John's. "LET. HER. GO!"

John snapped back to his senses and slowly released his hands from Silverton's shoulders. "…Forgive me…I just…I'm sorry, I should go…" John quickly stood up and left the restaurant hastily.

"Are you alright, Lys?" Miranda asked as she glanced at her friend. "…Lys..?"

Silverton wouldn't respond. She sat there, staring blankly at the seat across the table from her, where John was previously sitting. Her eyes were wide open and her breathing was shallow.

Silverton completely forgot where she was. She imagined herself in her house; what it used to be. She recalled some of her last memories of the building. She heard crying. At first it was quiet and distant, but it gradually grew louder and louder. The crying got so loud, it sounded as if it was inside her head, rattling her brain. She thought back to what John had yelled in her face. *"This is my family were talking about! If only I'd known! I should've seen it coming!"*

"…sa! ….…yssa! …..ome on! Alyssa!"

Kanda's voice threw her back into reality. She was still in the restaurant. She was still sitting inbetween Kanda and Miranda. Her feet were in her seat and her knees were pressing into her chest. Her hands were covering her ears.

"W-What's wrong..? Can you hear me..?" Miranda whispered nervously, concerned for her friend's mental state.

Silverton turned her head and looked at her, then Kanda. They both gave her worried expressions, but Kanda looked more confused than anything.

"I-I'm fine…" Silverton shook her head quickly. "I'm fine, guys. Chill out." She relaxed her shoulders and smiled at Miranda. "Trust me. Let's get out of here."

As they walked out of the restaurant, Kanda yanked on Silverton's arm, pulling her back and letting Miranda walk ahead. "Hey," he whispered to her, "What was actually wrong back there?"

"Look, I'll tell you some other time…maybe." She whispered before catching up to Miranda and getting her attention. "You guys, from what John said, I don't think we're going to have much luck with finding the cause of the disappearances during the day."

Accepting that she'd changed the subject, Kanda added, "I agree. If we're going to find anything…" he paused, "we need to search at night."