After the odd mission, the four exorcists had finally returned home. They all entered the corridor at the same time, being met by a bunch of people; Komui, Tiedoll, Bookman, Reever, Allen, Daisya, Maurie, Lenalee, Johnny, and some other scientists.
"I'm so glad my children are okay!" Tiedoll said with a smile.
"Moron, getting yourself captured!" Bookman complained to Lavi with a kick.
"Congratulations on completing your first official mission, Silverton!" Komui exclaimed. Everyone clapped.
Silverton rubbed the back of her neck and awkwardly turned away. She hated having all eyes on her; it gave her chills. "Whatever…" she mumbled as she walked off.
Lavi asked, "Where are you going?" as she continued to leave.
She replied with a simple, "None of your business," before she left.
*"She's probably going to her room to sleep,"* Kanda thought, *"After all, she never fell asleep on the train ride. Tch, she's too shy around him…"* he glared at Lavi. *"But it's not like I care…"*
A half hour later, things had gone back to normal as everyone returned to their regular routine. Komui had oddly offered the exorcists some time off, but everyone had a feeling Komui had just lost the mission log in his messy office again.
"Alright, now don't you go messing with those bandages, alright?" The Head Nurse spoke to Miranda as she carefully casted her broken hand.
Miranda nodded her head as she lay in one of the beds in the medical wing. "I won't. Thank you so much for helping me."
"Don't thank me; I'm just doing my job." She smiled and walked out of the room.
Miranda sighed, all alone in the large room. *"Komui probably thinks I'm nothing but a hassle…All I did was slow everyone else down…"* she frowned. *"I bet he won't even come to visit me here…He has more important things to do anyway…"*
There was a knock on the door. Miranda's face lit up as she whipped her head around, hoping to see Komui.
"You're open to visitors at this hour, right?" A man's voice asked. He walked in holding a bouquet of yellow tulips.
Slightly disappointed, Miranda mumbled, "Hello, Section Leader Reever…"
Reever walked over to her bedside. "You can just call me 'Reever' if you like. Here, these are for you," he handed her the flowers, and she willingly accepted them. "You feeling well?"
"I'm fine, just a bit lonely in here by myself." *"I wish Komui was here…"*
Reever rubbed the back of his neck. "Well then…If you're ever lonely…you can always ask for me."
"But…" Miranda looked away, "Aren't you busy with work?"
"Yeah, but…" he smiled, "I can always make room in my schedule for you, Miranda."
Over the intercom came Komui's voice, "SECTION LEADER REEEEEEEVERRRRRR! COME TO MY OFFICE AND HELP ME FIND THE YOU-KNOW-WHAT!"
Reever laughed, "He means the mission log. Sorry, I guess sometimes work will get in the way…"
"What's the matter with me?" Kanda said aloud in the darkness of his room. The sun was setting, sending its orange glow through his window. He paced back and forth, biting his thumbnail. "This will pass…its only temporary…Just a phase…" He badly wanted – needed to meditate, but the last place he wanted to go was the meditation room. "What if she's there and it gets worse?" He shook himself off. "I'm being ridiculous. This is ridiculous. I can't believe I'm letting this shitty phase get to me…..I'm fucking talking to myself like an idiot!" He kicked over his small trashcan. "Fuck this. I NEED to meditate."
The samurai barged out of his room and rushed down the narrow hallway. His mind was fogged and cluttered with only one thing in mind: Get rid of this ridiculous feeling. Regardless of whether it was a phase or not, he was determined to rid himself of it.
He turned the corner and before he knew it, he was on the ground. He'd bumped into something – someone really, really hard; to the point where they both were on the ground. Kanda lifted himself up on his elbows. "Ugh, watch where you're goi-" He paused when he saw the other person.
"What was that for, eh?!" Silverton rubbed her red nose. "I smashed my nose into your chest…firm pecs, by the way." She laughed.
*"Damn it, that feeling again."* He scowled. He stood himself up and started walking off again.
"Just gonna leave me layin' here? What happened to all the gentlemen in the world?" she pouted.
Kanda stopped and looked back at her. He thought back to when Lavi gave her his coat when she was cold. *"She seems to be attracted to chivalrous men…not that I care."* He walked back and held out his hand to her. He made sure not to look her in the eyes.
Silverton was a bit shocked. She smiled and took his hand as he helped her up. "Why thank you, my good sir." She said with a sloppy bow of her head.
It turned out that they were both headed to the meditation room. Silverton had just woken up, what with her odd sleeping habits. They both walked together down the hallway.
"So, Yu, why are you going to meditate? I need to because I keep thinking about my past…It's really getting to me lately." She scratched her head. *"Especially knowing that Nova's soul is bound to my brain…wait, can she hear my thoughts right now? Well, that's unsettling…"*
"What about your past is getting to you?" The dark haired man interrupted her thoughts.
There was a long silence before she replied, "Can we talk about this somewhere else? The walls have ears in here…"
Kanda hesitantly lead her down a staircase that Silverton didn't even know existed. They continued to travel downwards until they reached a door. The door opened, letting in dim light and delightful fragrances. "Here we are." Kanda led her into the unique room. "This underground garden was built for the science department's biology studies, but over time, it became more like a sanctuary."
The garden was very unique indeed. There were small streams of water trickling between the white stones beneath the exorcists' feet. Scented candles were scattered about, their tiny flames flickering through the darkness. Different species of plants were in pots and planters, varying in color, shape, and size.
Silverton smiled. "Wow, this really reminds me of Master! He always had plants everywhere. I recognize these candles too. The fragrance they give off is allowing the plants to survive without sunlight."
Kanda sat atop a large white boulder. "Alright, enough stalling. Past. Tell me." He demanded with a straight face.
Silverton kneeled down and dipped her fingertips into the gently flowing streams of water. "Back when we were in France…when I nearly drowned…"
"Keep going…"
She sighed, "Something weird happened. While I was unconscious, I had a sort of odd vision…dream, maybe. It's like I was locked inside my own mind…"
Kanda raised an eyebrow. "And what does that have to do with your past?"
"In the…dream…I saw my sister."
"Nova?"
"That's my only sister, genius. She told me she was trapped inside my subconscious ever since she died. I dunno, maybe I was delusional. After all, I was in the process of dying, too." The girl rubbed her shoulder.
Kanda rested his chin on his fist and tried to think of a reason this would have happened. *"From what she said, it sounds like she and her sister have some sort of connection through their minds…That might be the explanation for why Nova can take over Alyssa's body, too…But then…"* He remembered back when he and Silverton first made legitimate eye contact. "Remember when we first met, how you were fighting off Lavi and Moyashi, but then the Sage walked in and touched your forehead? You suddenly stopped fighting and calmed down, as if he was speaking to you in another sense."
Silverton smirked, "That's because he was speaking to me telepathically. It's a skill every Sage passes down to their apprentice. This, of course, means I can do that as well. In fact, getting into someone's mind and memories is quite easy."
"Exactly," Kanda hopped off the boulder and stood next to her. "Maybe you weren't just delusional or having visions. Anyone with that much mental control could probably pull off a number of things, including telepathically connecting with a deceased sibling."