Chapter 9

Surprises

Susanna and Lenalee was standing on the doorstep of the church, Lenalee waving at them and Susanna looking relieved.

"Erik please don't walk off like that." Susanna said as Erik and Kanda came up to them. She looked very worried.

"I'm sorry..." Erik said looking down.

"Don't worry just try not to do it again. Come inside now it's bedtime." Susanna said leading Erik to his room. Kanda looked after them and che'ed.

"Kanda, Lavi said he wanted to talk with you." Lenalee said as she and Kanda walked into the church and Lenalee locked the big doors behind them.

"What does he want?" Kanda said frowning.

"He said the priest was gonna tell him more about Erik. Link already went to the liabrary to meet them." She answered. Kanda went to the left but Lenalee stayd by the door.

"You're not gonna go too?" Kanda asked.

"No, I promised to bring Allen a book." She showed Kanda a book she'd been holding. "I'll come by later." Lenalee told him before she started heading towards Allens room.

Kanda didn't care wither way and simply went over to the liabrary passing by Eriks room. The door was partly open and Kanda catched a glimps off Susanna sitting on the chair reading aloud from a book she was holding. Once again Kanda didn't care what they where doing but he made a mental note to ask the priest about Eriks wrist.

Kanda reached his destination and opened the big double doors. Upon entering he saw the priest, Link and Lavi all in the middle of an argument. They stopped when Kanda entered and closed the doors behind him.

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In an old house shadows move about. Small shadows more like children then grown ups, but a closer look showns otherwise. Even if most of the shadows do belong to children some are of adults but very skinny and starved adults curled up in old rugs and whatnot to try and keep some warmth in the hellish rain outside. Even the kids looks starved, some of them wear makeshift bandages and everyones clothes are more or less falling apart. whether this house is meant for poor people or not poor people are the only ones living here.

One off the older kids in the back stands out. His hair is very dark red or maybe just very dirty making it look dark. He sits with his back to a wall and eyes shut. By his side a younger child is sleeping leaning on the older boys shoulder.

"Fall asleep dumbass. You can't fool me with that acting." The older one says. The younger one by his side pulls the fabric, used as a blanket, tighter around himself, but as a lightningbolt crosses the sky lighting up the rooms of the derelict house. Also lighting up the eyes off those who haven't closed them yet. The young one with the blanket is one of them but his eyes dosen't show sadness or hunger, they simply looks like mirrors unable to show anything to there blind owner.

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"So around a year ago Erik came here asking if you knew him, and when he woke up the next morning he didn't remember coming here?" Lavi asked the priest who nodded.

"Yes, it's been like this ever since. No doctor knows whats causing the memory loss." The priest tells them.

"And two months ago he was here the whole time?" Link asked.

"Yes, there was a rainstorm here so no one left the church at that time." The priest answered.

"Then he isn't Lulubell in disguise. Two months ago she was at the order causing havoc." Lavi stated. Good thing these people weren't friends with the noahs as Link had been saying for the past days, or atleast he said it was possible that Erik was. The priest and Susanna had birth records in this town and they had both been present when Kanda almost managed to kill the akuma still running lose. Even if more had come Susanna wasn't one of them as Allens eye hadn't reacted when they meet before.

"If he knows he can't remember isn't this just a game for him?" Kanda says annoyed.

"I don't think a human could look so sad for not remembering you if it was fake." The sister answers him as she walks into the room. She must have finished reading for Erik.

"What happens before he forgets?" Lavi asks the priest.

"Nothing special. For this past year we haven't seen anything that could make him lose all his memories, it just happens at random." The priest says sadly.

"So there isn't anything that he can remember from before coming here?" Lenalee asks. She had joined them right after she gave Allen the book and had stayed very quiet while Lavi and Link had questioned the priest for an hour.

"Erik might not even remember that he meet any of you." The priest answers as he sits down on a chair as silence fills the room. The sister looks down a sad look covers her face.

"Yeah, we've seen that." Kanda said frowning. Silence fills the room.

"It's late maybe we should continue this tomorrow." Lavi suggested trying to lift the tension. He gets nods from most people present and heads for the door.

"Before we go can you answer one last question?" Kanda asks, getting everyones eyes on him. He hadn't looked very intressted since he entered and had only come with some angry comments from time to time.

"What would that be?" The priest asks him.

"Why is there a cross mark around his wrist?"

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Disclaimer: Everything Hoshino made!

Claimer: Everything Hoshino didn't make+writing and posting this.

Authors note: Cross marks one Eriks wrists? 0_0 Also now seems like a good time to tell you that this story starts right after the order has moved to the new HQ after Lulubell infitrated the old HQ. Review it will bring you the next update quicker ;)