This is the beginning of the Rewinding Town arc. It is currently one of my favourites to write, simply for the fact that we'll get to delve into Katsu's mind and past. :) I hope you guys enjoy the beginning of it.

The three Exorcists met up with the finder just outside the rewinding city. He filled them in on his observations that no other soul had entered or left the town in the time that he had been stationed there.

"Do you really think we can get in?" Allen asked watching the archway to the town hesitantly.

"What's the worst that can happen? We get spit back out here?" Katsu rolled her eyes. Stepping out in front, raising her hand out to the arch. Slowly, she extended her arm until her whole hand resided on the other side of the gate. It couldn't be seen from where they stood, as if it had been disconnected from her body. She turned her head to the others, and raised an eyebrow. Without another word, she walked through the arch way.

When she appeared on the other side, she was faced with a town that looked no different from any other. People of all ages were walking through the streets. Some children tugging on their mothers' arms as they pointed excitedly at an item in a window display. Katsu smiled fondly as she watched the children, as it reminded her of times when she was that little and naive. When she thought there was nothing bad in the world, nothing that would pull her out of her utopia. She just hoped those children didn't get the kind of wakeup call she did.

Katsu was still watching them closely when Lenalee and Allen joined her. They didn't disturb her for a moment. Allen watched her closely, amazed to see her face so relaxed, and open. Not tightened in anger or stress. She looked truly peaceful.

Lenalee was the one to break the silence. "So this is the rewinding town. It appears that Nii-san's theory was right."

Katsu tensed. She had been so lost in her memory of happy times she forgot for a moment that Lenalee and Allen were with her on this mission. "It seems so. He was also right about this going to take a long time. What is one supposed to look for when searching a town that continues to repeat?"

"Perhaps we should split up. We can cover more ground that way," Allen suggested.

Katsu agreed immediately. "I'm going to try this way. We can meet up in an hour or so by that pub." She pointed to the far corner of the street where a pub sign was hanging. When she got a nod of recognition, Katsu started in the direction she had designated for herself.

She kept a close eye on everything that was happening around her, looking for anything strange. These moments were always the ones Katsu hated the most on her missions. It was always the stale mate. She much preferred knowing where the Innocence was so she could get in, grab the Innocence, fight some akuma and get out.

Katsu wasn't sure how long she had been wondering for, but suddenly, her vision faded again. She tried to keep her walking steady as it happened, so she wouldn't draw any unnecessary attention onto herself. She focused on her ears however, as she walked. She was going to use this moment of blindness to her advantage.

While she avoided the footsteps of the people around her with skill that only came with dealing with the blindness for years, she kept an ear out for a certain sound in particular.

Distinct cries of pain, not due to physical pain, but that of emotional pain, registered in Katsu's ears. There was an akuma in town, and a level two to boot. Any doubt Katsu had about the town's strangeness not being caused by Innocence fled from her mind.

Katsu rushed towards the sound, weaving in and out of the crowds, trying to reach the akuma. She wasn't going to give it a chance to harm any of the town's folk. As she drew nearer to the sound, she could also make out the sound of a piano melody. Innocence, her mind supplied for her. But who's Innocence? She'd never heard that type of Innocence before. Could it be the Innocence that was causing the town to rewind?

No, that would make this way too easy, Katsu thought. But then again, I'd never been in a situation before where I was able to listen for the Innocence I was trying to find.

In the moment she wasn't concentrating, she managed to run face first into a corner of a wall. Katsu swore, holding her now throbbing forehead. She berated herself. It had been a long time since she miscalculated before. She blamed it on her lack of experience with the town.

Ignoring the pain in her head, she felt either side of the wall and found that it fell to the right. She carefully carried her arm to her other side, to gauge how much room she had to work with. When her arm was fully extended to her right, she found another wall. An alley.

Not wasting another second, Katsu made her way down the alley towards the cries and piano melody. They should be at the end of the alley... Katsu surmised. Wait... Along with the two sounds, there was another, more faint sound. She had to strain to hear a low steady ticking. Could that be another Exorcist? They haven't activated their Innocence yet if they are. The sound is so faint.

Robotic laughter filled the alley and judging by the distance, Katsu had reached the akuma.

"Let the woman go, akuma."

Katsu instantly recognized Allen's voice, and also the source of the sad piano song. Of course, I hadn't heard Allen's Innocence before. Not the Innocence we're looking for.

However, Katsu could hear the ticking coming from her left. Did someone leave a clock in the alley?

Katsu didn't dwell on the idea as the akuma laughed, the sound turning towards Allen. As it did so, there was a woman joyfully crying as footsteps faded away.

"Wait!" Allen called. In his moment of distraction, the sound of the akuma readying a gun could be heard.

Katsu knew this was the time to take out the akuma. She activated her Innocence silently, feeling the warm water sensation flow over her body. Once she was completely covered, she focused her attention on her wrists, and in seconds a pair of shuriken solidified from her wrists. Let's see what my Innocence can do now.

With great precision and the help of the narrow alley way, Katsu threw her shuriken at the akuma. With a sharp shing sound, the shuriken made four distinct thunks. Katsu grinned. They had multiplied in the air.

The explosion that followed was brief, slightly loud and was immediately after the one the akuma produced in Allen's direction. There was a moment of silence before Allen's war cry could be heard. The piano melody shifted slightly, warning Katsu of an oncoming ally attack onto her person. She threw her arm out in front of herself, the impermeable arm blocking Allen's attack.

"Is that any way you treat a comrade that just saved you arse?" Katsu snapped.

"Sorry," Allen apologised, retracting his arm. "Uh...K-Katsu, why are your eyes...red?" Allen's voice rang out, slightly disconcerted. Katsu could feel his wary gaze on her face.

Slowly, Katsu began to be able to see again as she answered Allen's question. She sighed irritably as she answered. "I don't know. It happens periodically."

"You can't see when they're red, can you?" Katsu's gaze focused on Allen. How did he know this? "You weren't looking at me when the conversation started. Nor did you recognize the fact that the akuma was holding a person hostage. You could have harmed her."

Katsu snorted. "Please, the explosions are the parts people should be worried about."

"Though I am curious to know how you knew where the akuma was if you couldn't see it."

"Same way I knew you were here in the first place."

"You heard it speak?"

Katsu rolled her eyes. She should have expected this answer. "No. I can hear akuma. I can tell what level they are too."

Allen's eyebrows furrowed. "How did you know I was here then?"

"I have to have some way to know where my fellow Exorcists are." Katsu paused waiting for the eureka moment. It didn't come. She expanded, "I can also hear Innocence, among a couple other things. Now, I think it might be a good time to try and reconnect with Lenalee. See if she has anything to add to what I've found out."

"I think that woman who ran away might be a good person to ask as well. She seemed a little bit different to the rest of the people in the town," Allen added.

Katsu nodded, deactivating her Innocence. "Let's go to that pub then. I'm starved." They began to walk in the direction of their rendezvous spot. "I'm going to order everything I could possibly eat. Just think if we stay overnight, which we probably will, we won't need to pay. The bar man won't remember the next day if they're continuously repeating the same day." Katsu smiled at the thought of endless amounts of food and sugar.

"Isn't that stealing?" Allen asked, while trying to inconspicuously look at the people around him.

"Who cares? We might as well use this horrendous situation to our own advantage." Katsu watched him from the corner of her eye. He looked way too innocent. He couldn't be that innocent and naive, it just wasn't possible. The minute your eyes were opened to the real world all nativity disappears. Katsu snapped her head forward again. Just another reason to hate her twin.

Lenalee wasn't in the pub when they arrived so Allen and Katsu took it upon themselves to order some lunch while they waited for her. The waiter had been initially dumbfounded by the shear amount of food they ordered, but under the assurance they would pay for everything, even if they didn't eat it (they weren't paying for it any way, but the waiter didn't have to know that) the waiter took their order to the kitchen.

While they waited, Allen took a napkin, and a pencil borrowed from the waiter and was-attempting-to draw a picture. This was about the time Lenalee walked into the pub. She found them swiftly, sitting across from the two. Katsu had put up a mini fight when Allen decided to sit next to her. She had tried to hit him, push him off the booth but he remained stubborn until Katsu just gave up.

Allen looked up from his chicken scratch as Lenalee sat down. "Hello Lenalee! Did you find anything?"

How is he so cheery? Katsu thought, staring at him with an annoyed disbelief.

Lenalee nodded. "I took the time to test out Nii-san's theory of whether we're stuck here or not. It turns out we are. I made a hole in the wall and walked through it but I arrived at the same spot I had started at in the city. What about you guys?"

"We're definitely working with Innocence." Katsu announced, monotone. "Defeated an akuma. Apparently it was terrorising a woman. They wouldn't terrorise anyone without reason. They'd just kill 'em. Not to mention, I could hear something strange in the town."

"Strange?" Lenalee asked. She knew that Katsu was referring to one of her blind moments.

"It sounded like a ticking clock. But it was faint, as if it had found an accommodator that had yet to activate it yet. But I've never run into an Innocence that didn't resemble a song."

"Well at least we can continue our search with the assurance that we're working with Innocence and that we're going to have to be prepared to fight off some akuma," Lenalee said.

"I think I may have found a good lead," Allen piped up. "When Katsu killed the akuma, the woman it had been terrorising appeared to be unaffected by the town repeating. If we could find her again, we could ask her some questions."

"That's all fine and dandy, but you're the only one that knows what she looks like." Katsu muttered, resting her head against a closed fist that was supported by the table.

"That's why I drew a portrait!" He held up the chicken scratch.

"Uh...Allen, no offense, but no one can understand that drawing," Lenalee pointed out hesitantly.

"And that's putting it nicely," Katsu added.

Allen frowned, putting the picture he had been so proud of on the table.

The food arrived then, taking several waiters to carry and multiple trips. By the time all the food was on the table, every square inch of the table was covered by food and plates. Lenalee stared wide eyed at their orders.

"It still amazes me how much parasitic types can eat. How are you guys planning to pay for all that? You know we don't get paid much."

Katsu tapped her nose. "Don't worry, I've got it covered."

Allen shook his head but didn't argue.

Within minutes, the two of them had cleared off all their plates, leaving Lenalee with her eyes about to bug out of her head. "Did you even breathe in between plates? Did you taste it at all?"

Katsu shook her head smiling. "Of course not. We don't have time to spend breathing when we have to get to work searching for a mystery woman."

Lenalee shook her head exasperated.

They sat in silence for a moment, as Allen continued to lick his fork, as if wishing he had more food to eat. He glanced up at Lenalee, when his attention was drawn just to the side of her, where he saw a shadow leering over her shoulder. His first reaction was to drop the fork that was resting in his mouth before jumping up and pointing at the shadow with an exclamation.

"It's you! This is the person I was telling you guys about!"

The woman cried out in alarm, looking much like a startled rabbit. Within seconds, she was attempting to leap out the nearest window. It was only due to Katsu's quick reflexes that she managed to grab on to the woman's arm before she ran away.

"Please excuse that idiot. His manners seem to be lacking at the moment." She said. "We just want to talk to you. We're Exorcists."

"Exorcists?"

Katsu nodded. "Yes. Though why did you feel the need to run through the window?"

"I-It's just an instinctual reaction," The woman stuttered.

"Then why don't you come inside so we can talk," Lenalee suggested, in a calm voice, not wanting to startle the woman further.

After a moment's pause, the woman nodded. She decided it was better to re-enter the pub, via the door.

She sat down beside Lenalee. Lenalee introduced the three of them.

The woman smiled insecurely as she introduced herself. "I'm Miranda Lotto. I'm so glad to see that there are other people that are unaffected by this town's anomaly. I tried telling other people, but they only made fun of me." Miranda's eyes teared up. "I seriously contemplated suicide at that time."

Lenalee and Allen sweat dropped while Katsu looked on at the woman in understanding. While she couldn't relate to such petty situations, she most certainly understood the pain of no longer thinking life could be worth living.

"You got to help me!" Miranda cried, her tears falling freely down her cheeks. She leaned over the table in Allen's and Katsu's direction, eyes wide. "I don't know how much more of this I can take! You two helped me when you defeated that monster. Please help me now!"

Allen raised his hands, trying to calm the woman down. "Don't worry Miranda, we'll find the reason to this."

"Something must have happened on the real October 9th, can you remember anything in particular?" Katsu asked, drawing circles on the table with her finger. Any possible connections she could have had with this woman flew out the window once she started in her hysterics.

Miranda turned her attention onto Katsu when Katsu noticed her vision beginning to wane. Katsu sighed but Miranda blew it out of proportion.

"Your eyes are red! Why did you eyes turn red?"

Katsu tried to ignore the woman's screeching, and it was an easy task with the pain filled cries filling the pub. Four of them to be exact.

"We aren't the only ones who appear to have noticed Ms. Miranda is different." Allen muttered. Katsu heard a shuffled noise to her side, indicating Allen had stood.

"Allen, is that what your eye looks like when it's activated?" Lenalee asked, completely ignoring Allen's previous statement.

"Yes, I can see four akuma sitting at the bar."

"You better watch out." Katsu muttered boredly continuing her circle drawing, though the circles were becoming more wobbly. "They're all level twos."

Katsu could feel Allen's hard stare on the side of her face. "How can you tell?"

"How can you tell that there are akuma in here? You see them. I can hear them. I thought I told you this. Now, don't ask more questions unless you feel like being blown apart." She stood leisurely. "Lenalee, I think now would be a good time to take Miranda away from here with your dark boots. Allen and I will take care of the akuma."

"Alright. Ms. Miranda, will you please take my hand?" Miranda sniffled, but must have complied for there was a soft whoosh and the sound of Lenalee's violin melody grew softer, along with the mysterious ticking.

"Bet'cha I can get more than you. With both eyes closed," Katsu taunted, making her way out from behind her booth, activating her Innocence as she did so.

"I really don't think now is the right time to be placing a bet," Allen countered slightly disapprovingly.

Katsu frowned, "Note to self, Allen is no fun as well." She focused her eyes in the general direction of Allen's sad piano melody. "At the very least try not to hurt yourself. I'd rather not have to come save your butt."

With those parting words, Katsu jumped into the center of the pub, envisioning the layout of the building in her mind. She threw shuriken in the direction of the crying. They didn't seem to hit anything except for the wall, which was doing little good for their predicament.

Katsu could also make out the sounds of a gun firing and figured that had to be Allen's Innocence in action.

Katsu ducked when sensed an akuma lashing out at her. She felt the hairs on the top of her head stir as she just barely missed a strike to the head.

All her movements seized, however, when she heard the most agonizingly high pitched screech fill the open air. What would have normally been a head splitting sound was amplified in her sensitive ears. Katsu couldn't hold back the scream of pain as the sound continued to ricochet around inside her head. It was as if the mere vibrations were trying to liquefy her brain.

Katsu's limbs gave out on her and she collapsed to the ground, body shaking in pain.

The noise stopped, much to her relief. She didn't get a moment to pause however. The next attack was sent her way, but because of her body and senses' weakened state, Katsu couldn't react quick enough. It was only thanks to a pair of arms grabbing her around her middle that she just barely missed the explosion that rang out from her previous position.

"Katsu, are you ok-" Allen never finished his sentence before he cried out in alarm, as he dragged Katsu's body out harm's way again.

He wasn't quick enough. Katsu felt her feet burn. They burned hotter than any flame she had ever felt before. Her entire face contorted in pain as she tried to avoid showing anymore weakness. A strangled cry still managed to claw its way up her throat.

"Ice fire," The akuma proclaimed proudly. "Hotter than any flame. Even just a small amount will start to corrode your flesh. I'm going to burn you to ashes."

"No, let's tear them to pieces with my ability!" A second argued.

"No, no, no. Let's make their brains explode with my ability. I much liked the black skinned boy's reaction to my power. I want to do it again." A third pitched in, cackling gleefully.

There was a pause, as if the akuma realized they had reached a fork in the road. Instantly they began to bicker amongst themselves. Katsu could make out, "Rock, Paper, Scissors."

Allen took this moment to check on Katsu. "Katsu, are you alright? Can you still fight?"

Katsu's eyebrows furrowed in annoyance. "Of course I can still fight." She pushed herself to her feet unsteadily. She wobbled and Allen caught her. "As long as I'm conscious, I will fight." She shook off Allen's hands. "Don't let this chance go to waste. Help me attack the akuma."

Katsu readied her shuriken, trying to ignore her shaking hands. Not waiting to see if Allen was ready, she threw them, hearing the shing, of them separating.

A machine gun like sound rang out afterwards, signaling Allen's attack as well.

"What the hell are you doing?" The third akuma exclaimed. "You cheater! You don't attack people while they're playing rock, paper, scissors!"

"I'm sorry," Katsu apologised, with a sweet voice that was coated in cyanide. "I wasn't aware there were rules to this game."

"You couldn't truly believe we'd wait for you to finish," Allen added, exasperated.

"We'll kill you Exorcists!" The akuma yelled out together.

"Wait!"

The unfamiliar voice rang out. Katsu shivered as the silence was filled with a sinister, unending laugh. She could feel her body tense as it tried to go into survival mode. Her fingers and limbs twitched uncontrollably. I-It couldn't be.

"It looks like you guys are having fun, but aren't you forgetting something? You're supposed to be retrieving the Innocence." There was an impatient sigh. "Come back to me."

There was a large crash as various debris fell on top of the two of them. The silence that followed was deafening. Even though Katsu began to regain her vision again and the evil laugh was fading, she couldn't stop her body shaking, or her mind resurfacing horrible, despicable memories.

Around her Katsu could see the various pieces of the now ruined pub, scattered around them. There was also a fairly strong breeze. With a quick glance up, Katsu could see a large hole in the ceiling in which she assumed the akuma retreated from.

Thank goodness that by tomorrow, the bar tender would completely forget about them destroying his bar. I wonder if this town also fixes any destruction that happens to the town as well, Katsu thought absently, in an attempt to distract her mind. It didn't work.

"Katsu, were you injured?" Allen gently began to search her body for any wounds.

That was the last straw, Allen's probing fingers. Katsu's mind was instantly transported away from the present. Instead of Allen's voice, she heard another, mocking voice that was always echoed by a second. She felt their hands instead of Allen's as they touched her body, injured her body instead of caring for its well being. All for the sake of a sick game. The sinister laughter danced in her ears, like some twisted background music.

She whimpered, and tears rolled freely down her face. "Stop it, please just stop."

Allen retracted his hands as if Katsu's skin burned him. Had she been injured? Did he aggravate that injury? What did he do to cause such a...weak and desperate plea?

Much to Allen's relief, Lenalee walked through the door then, looking around frantically. She found Allen and Katsu quickly, rushing to their side. "You guys made quite the mess..." She noticed Katsu's frantic state. "What happened?"

"I don't know," Allen replied helplessly. "I think she might be injured. She reacted this way when a voice rang out to order the akuma to retreat."

"A voice?" Lenalee asked.

Allen nodded.

Lenalee knelt down beside Katsu. From here she could see the girl shaking. Worry filled Lenalee. She had only seen Katsu like this a handful of times and never this severe. Usually it was in response to the nightmares she had when she was newly arrived at the Order.

She gently took Katsu's twitching hand and cradled it in both of hers. She tried to make the gesture feel as nonthreatening as possible. "Katsu," She whispered. "It's alright. You're alright. I'm here. Lenalee. And Allen is here too. The two of us won't let anything happen to you."

"L-Lenalee?" Katsu hiccupped, desperately trying to grasp onto the strand of light that was Lenalee in her bleak consciousness.

Lenalee smiled comfortingly down at Katsu, "Yes, I'm here."

Katsu's eyes refocused in the present, slowly seeing Lenalee's kind face smiling down at her. She grasped onto the hand that was holding hers once before retracting it and using it to push herself up into a standing position. Her eyes flickered to the second presence in the room, Allen before looking away again almost immediately. She couldn't deal with the feeling of looking in a mirror on top all her other jumbled emotions.

She wiped her damp cheeks as she spoke to Lenalee. "Is Miranda safe?"

Lenalee nodded. "Yes, I took her to her apartment and told her I'd return with you two."

"Well, we should get going then."

Allen stepped forward, hand raised signally Katsu to pause. "We can take a moment to rest. You look like you could use it."

"I'll rest when we get back to the Order. Right now, we're on a mission with a possible accommodator of Innocence. That is more important right now." Katsu felt her resolve growing with every word she spoke. She had to give it to Allen for riling her up again.

"If you're not in a good state to complete the mission or fight, you'll just be a liability," Allen tried to say slowly and in the least offending way possible.

It didn't seem to work, for it only angered Katsu. She stalked forwards until she was right in Allen's face. "I will fight for those who cannot until I am no longer breathing. I don't give a damn if I might not be in perfect condition. I will continue to fight until I can't." Allen met Katsu's gaze levelly and didn't respond. A fiery understanding seemed to flicker in his eyes.

Katsu spun to face Lenalee, wobbling slightly as she did as she felt the pain of her burns skyrocket up her legs. She smiled in an attempt to stop Lenalee from worrying about her. She motioned towards the door instead. "Lead the way."

Lenalee frowned, noticing Katsu's forced smile. "You're injured."

Katsu shook her head roughly. "I'm fine, Miranda is the most important person to be worried about at the moment."

Lenalee gave Katsu a look clearly stating they weren't going to argue about this. "She'll be fine for the few minutes that I treat your wounds."

Grumbling, Katsu gently lowered herself to the ground. She rolled up her pants, revealing two large burns on her shins.

Lenalee ran into the back of the pub to grab a cloth and rinse it with water. It wasn't the best, but it would have to do for now. She rushed back, immediately bending down beside Katsu to dab at the wounds.

Once Lenalee was content with the state of Katsu's wounds, she let the girl stand up again and led the way to Miranda's apartment.

On the way, Lenalee asked something that was on her mind ever since the beginning of the attack. "Allen, how long has your eye been cursed?"

Surprised at the nature of the question, Allen looked at Lenalee with a sense of shock. He frowned once the question settled in his mind. He still answered though, "Ever since I was little. Before I became Cross' apprentice. Three years, roughly." Allen's expression grew darker still when he mentioned Cross. "Why do you ask?" He muttered spitefully, though the spitefulness seemed to originate more from the memory than the conversation.

Katsu observed Allen's reaction with a sense of curiosity, one that she was surprised to find wasn't accompanied with anger. Was it possible that his past was almost as bad as hers? Katsu shook her head. She doubted it. Kanda was the only one in the Order whose past could compete against hers. It was why she had befriended him so quickly, and him her. Not to mention she was the only one in the Order not somehow mentally insane and drove Kanda up the wall, with the exception of Lenalee.

"Oh, I just noticed that Katsu went blind almost simultaneously with your eye. I guess it wouldn't be such a far cry to assume this is simply another way you guys are connected."

Katsu frowned, that was the last thing she wanted to hear. That she had another damn connection with her stupid twin. Katsu pinched her nose. At least she potentially knew why she had never been able to call upon her sensitive ears when she wanted.

As if sensing her foul mood, Allen's eyes drifted over to Katsu where she was pointedly avoiding his.

Lenalee announced that they had arrived at Miranda's building, silently leading the way up the stairs to the appropriate room. Once there, they met up with Miranda. She unlocked the door for them, letting them in. Once she closed the door behind them, she immediately went over to sit beside a large grandfather clock. She began to obsessively clean it.

"Ms. Miranda, we thought it would be best if we told you what the monsters you saw earlier were and why they're here," Allen began softly, not wanting to startle the traumatized woman.

"And you can tell Allen and Katsu what you told me earlier," Lenalee added, smiling encouragingly at Miranda, even though her back was turned to them.

Miranda nodded her head slowly, allowing the three Exorcists to explain.

Once they were finished, there was a moment of silence before Miranda launched into her story of how she'd always felt useless, so once she found the clock that hadn't responded to anybody but her, she felt accepted. It became her most prized possession.

Katsu stood abruptly as all the pieces connected in her head. The unresponsive clock, Miranda starting it, the soft ticking that she kept hearing near Miranda, it all made sense. It was hard to believe there was any other answer.

Startled, Allen and Lenalee looked up at Katsu.

"Are you alright?" Allen asked.

Katsu glared at him, "I'm fine." Her eyes drifted back to Miranda. "I think we have a new accommodator on our hands."

"You think the clock is the Innocence that was causing the ticking," Lenalee stated, having seen where Katsu's thought process was. "And it responded to Miranda."

Miranda turned her head frantically to face the three Exorcists, her one hand still rubbing the clock lovingly. "No, no, no. I never asked for any of this. I'm not special. I'm not strong like you guys, I couldn't be!" Miranda cried.

"M-Miranda..." Allen started, trying to approach Miranda slowly to calm her down. It only seemed to make it worse.

Her face became frantic as she cried out, "You guys are the special ones with amazing powers! Not me, you have to help me stop this!"

"We will help you," Allen said slowly. "But we need your help as well."

Miranda's expression immediately softened as she looked at Allen disbelievingly. "You need my help?"

"Obviously," Katsu muttered, "You're the Innocence's accommodator." She refrained from saying it loud enough for Miranda to hear knowing it would be too much for her easily worked up personality.

Miranda stared back at Allen's kind eyes, about to answer when a loud gong filled the room. It almost sounded loud enough to have been able to echo throughout the whole town.

As if that one noise was the indicator she needed, Miranda stood, eyes blank and walked over to her bed. The three Exorcists watched in amazement as Miranda instantly fell asleep.

"How does she do that? I'd love to be able to fall asleep that quickly," Katsu muttered.

Allen viewed the predicament differently, however. "How can you just fall asleep like that?" He exclaimed, truly confused. "You were about to help us!"

Lenalee gently touched each twin's arm, her attention drawn to the clock and the room around it. "Guys, look around us."

Following suit, the two silverette's glanced at their surroundings, a unified look of shock decorating their faces. Covering every possible surface was a different shaped clock. Some were in the shape of hearts, squares, flowers, stars...Katsu even swore she saw one in the shape of a cat.

It didn't stop there. The hands on the clock then started to spin unusually fast, backwards. With it, it was sucking in the different shaped clocks.

It must be taking back today's time, Katsu surmised.

"Alright, this definitely isn't normal. This is without a doubt Innocence," Katsu claimed. "Though it seems we're going to have to wait for Miranda to wake up again before we try and fix this. To get her to stop that stupid clock."

Once the hands stopped spinning and all the clocks had been sucked into the grandfather clock, sun shined through Miranda's open windows.

Shell shocked, the Exorcists hardly noticed Miranda re-awakening.

"Huh, when did I go to bed?"

Katsu sweat dropped. "Can we just get to the point?"

"Right, Miranda, we're sure that you clock is Innocence. Can you think of any emotional trauma you went through on the first October 9th that might have caused it to activate like this?" Lenalee asked.

Miranda's eyes unfocused as she remembered back to the first October 9th. "Well, it was the day that I was fired for the hundredth time..."

Katsu had to hide her shock. It was possible for someone to get fired a hundred times?

"I felt as anyone would have for the number of times they've been fired to go into the triple digits. I was leaning against my dear clock, drinking, not really caring about life. And I had wished that tomorrow would never come." Miranda finished.

"That's it!" Allen exclaimed. "The Innocence granted you wish!"

"Perhaps if Miranda got a job that she didn't get fired from the Innocence would take the wish back," Katsu suggested. She glanced over to Allen and Lenalee. "You guys have any ideas?"

"This might take some time..."

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