A/N: Woot Woot \O/ second chapter :D

Disclaimer: I don't own D. Gray - Man T_T

Of Black Cats and Demons

Chapter 2

"Che. Just how long do I have to sit around here," Kanda irritably mumbled. He sat on the edge of the school roof, his palm supporting him, and an unbent elbow resting on his propped up knee. The black cat's ears and tail appeared out of irritation, cat tail flicking back and forth.

The cats that he spotted in the alleys told him that the redheaded demon would idly kill time up here.

"I swear, if they lied..." Kanda quietly said to himself, other hand balling into a fist, "no catnip for them."

Suddenly, he heard the metal door creak and some footsteps.

"Well, what do we have here?" a calm voice asked.

Kanda immediately turned around, ready to tell whoever it was that Kanda did not just flinch because he was startled, but because it was one of those twitches the body instinctively has on its own and the twitch just happened to be his entire body; the words died in his throat when his eyes saw the familiar blood red hair.

There he was, in all his demon glory, wearing the standard school uniform - a black, unbuttoned blazer over a white dress shirt with a red tie, black dress pants, and shiny black dress shoes. And wrapped around his head was the Green Headband of Sight. Kanda noticed his own appearance: a simple tight and sleeveless turtleneck and some black jeans that hugged his thin legs.

"It's particularly rude to pointedly stare at someone, you know," Lavi said as he went to sit next to Kanda. "So what's a black cat like Yuu doing here?"

"You know my name?" Kanda asked, deliberately ignoring he just called the black-haired teen by his first name.

"Who doesn't," Lavi scoffed. "Well? Why are you here?"

"I'm just here," Kanda shrugged. "Besides, I could ask you the same thing," he said, tail coiling around Lavi's arm.

"Taking a liking to me, already?" Lavi smirked.

Kanda's ear twitched. He pulled his tail back, and mumbled a soft and clipped, "Maybe." The one-worded answer didn't go unheard by the other, but Lavi ignored it.

The two sat on the edge of the school roof, lazing about and speaking of random things.

Lavi was wrapping up the story about how he and his two other friends mistook a car as an elephant, when the door suddenly opened and a voice called out.

"...and it was then I decided not to drink ginger ale while walking home from school a-"

"Lavi! You're still up here?" a female voice asked.

Kanda immediately willed for his cat ears and tail to disappear before the random girl noticed he was even there.

"Yeah, sorry," Lavi asked, plastering a fake grin to his face, "I was just talking to my friend, Yuu, here." The redhead harshly patted Kanda's back. Had the latter not been gripping the concrete edge to the roof so tightly, he might have fallen off.

"And what is this friend you speak o- oooohh," the girl drawled out, taking in every detail of the breathtaking teen sitting before her.

Lavi swore he saw some hearts in the girl's eyes. He felt the attraction emitting from her, whereas Kanda seemed completely unaffected. In fact, the black-haired other next to him had a bored expression on his face.

The girl went back to talking to Lavi but she occasionally glanced at Kanda, who was looking off into the distance.

"The, er, principal was, uh, looking for," the girl paused to take a look at Kanda, "you."

"Oh. Tell her I'll be there later," Lavi offhandedly said. When the fidgeting girl didn't leave, Lavi could feel the irritation bubbling in the pit of his stomach.

That's rare, Lavi mused. No matter, first for everything.

"You know you can leave, right?"

"Oh! Right," she lamely said. The girl left, albeit reluctantly.

"I should get going, also," Lavi said, not making a move to get up.

Before saying anything, Kanda let his ears and tail reappear. "She's annoying. I managed to scrape up the last of my willpower to keep my ears and tail from showing themselves."

Kanda's lips tugged downward in a frown, while Lavi's eyes twinkled with mirth.

"Who was she, anyways?"

"Eager to know?" Lavi teased, smirk appearing.

Kanda turned his head to glare at the redhead. "No."

Lavi chuckled and shook his head. "I really should get going to class, right now. But with your tail wrapped around my wrist, I don't know if I can even get up."

Kanda's cheeks dusted pink as he looked away and muttered a quick, "Sorry."

"I don't really mind," Lavi said, grinning. "Besides," the grin was replaced with a mischievous smirk, "you're kinda cute."

Kanda tensed, his cheeks burning. "I'm not cute," he stubbornly mumbled as he crossed his arms over his chest.

"Whatever, you say," Lavi said, rolling his eyes.

I can't help that my cat side likes you, Kanda wanted to say. He held the words back because he realized just how childish it would sound.

It wasn't until Kanda heard the metal door close that he realized Lavi was gone.

He let out a sigh and shook his head.

Just what had gotten into me, Lavi thought. He had never been that open with anyone. Not even his two best friends! But there he was, telling that story about how he mistook the car for an elephant to a stranger he just met. And to a black cat from the underworld, no less.

"...vi? Hey! Lavi!" a familiar voice called out to him.

"Huh? What?" The redhead snapped out of his thoughts and was faced with a worried Lenalee. "Oh, sorry. Just spaced out a bit." Lavi tried to give a convincing smile.

"Something on your mind?" she asked, concerned.

"Nothing you need to be worried about," he answered, false smile still on his face.

Lenalee rolled her eyes, fox ears and tail nearly appearing.

"Fine, but if you need anything, just tell me," she said, heading over to Allen.

"Well? How is he?" the white-haired angel demanded.

"He's a bit bothered and distracted," Lenalee said, shaking her head, long green tresses swaying back and forth. "I'm sure it has something to do with that black cat presence."

Allen nodded. "Do you think the cat is aiming for the Headband, also?"

"I'm thinking not, but we can't be too sure."

"And how do you think we can get the Headband from him?" Allen asked.

Lenalee, again, shook her head, answering with an, "I don't know. I don't think he trusts us enough."

Allen and Lenalee both glanced at Lavi, who staring out the window.

"He's distracted. How about we just sneak over there, snatch the Headband and disappear before he notices anything?" Lenalee suggested.

Allen shook his head. "There are too many people, they'll notice."

"Oh. Well, we can always d-"

"Alright, class, time to get started," the teacher said as she walked in.

Most of the class let out a groan; some let their head fall onto their desk with painful 'thump'.

Kanda sat on the branch of a tree, his back leaning on the trunk and a leg dangling off the branch. He was so bored, he seriously considered playing his violin, Mugen. The sleek and black violin was what any violinist could ever hope to even come across. The strings were very durable, able to be pulled and stretched to any maximum, but never snap. The chinrest was lined with soft material, and the bow was just perfect. But he'd mastered it a while ago, giving him nothing more to do than just play it.

He let his hands and arm take the position, violin and bow appearing in a flurry of black sparkles and red feathers - which soon faded.

He let his hands smoothly run up and down the strings as his other hand pulled the bow back and forth. The familiar tune washed out the city noise and the buzz of a million voices. Kanda was in his own world, now.

"Ava Maria?" a familiar voice asked.

Kanda stopped playing and put the violin and bow in his lap. He looked down to see whoever it was, ready to glare at them. But seeing the familiar green eye and red hair, his annoyance was thrown out the window.

"Yeah," he replied. He let the violin and bow disappear before he jumped down. "School's over?"

"Why? Were you waiting for me?" Lavi teased.

"Che," he sneered. "No."

"And no, school is still going to continue for another couple hours, but those are recreational classes and I'm too lazy to go to them."

"Oh."

Kanda stuck his hands into his pockets and forced his tail and ears to disappear. The duo wandered off in a random direction, once again, speaking of miscellaneous subjects.

"...so I killed it," Kanda said.

"How could you say that so nonchalantly?" Lavi asked, incredulous. "Roaches are nasty and if you squish them, there's a crunch," the redhead said, suppressing a shudder.

Kanda shrugged. "It's not a big deal."

"Yes, it- oh, hey, are you hungry?" Lavi randomly asked.

"What the he-"

"-language, Yuu-"

"-heck," Kanda lamely finished. "Why ask me now of all times?"

"Because any second now, both our stomachs will growl," Lavi replied.

Soon enough, their stomachs let out a resounding rumble.

Kanda grumbled curses under his breath as he crossed his arms across his chest. Lavi let out a short laugh - which abruptly stopped.

He closed his eye and reopened it; the usual pine green now a blood red. The redhead disappeared in a flash, leaving a particularly irritated Kanda. The latter mumbled a long stream of colorful words as he ran after Lavi.

He ran and ran, occasionally pausing to get information from cats he passed by. He ran through the city, passing by dank, dark alleys and pristine, fancy stores.

And Kanda continued running - that is, until he heard a grunt in an alleyway he ran past.

The black-haired teen turned around and headed into the alley, spotting a tussled Lavi held against the brick wall by his neck and a knife pressed to his throat.

Now's the time, Kanda heard in his mind.

Komui, get out of my head or I swear something will happen to your precious cat under your fancy chair, Kanda thought.

Whatever, grab the Headband, Komui demanded. It's the perfect time.

Kanda didn't listen; he flew towards the man with the knife and kicked him in the side. Kanda heard the winded man wheeze and cough before he heard steps running away.

"What the fu-"

Lavi coughed as he got up form his hands and knees. "-language, Yuu-"

"flim flam happened here?"

"Oh, nothing, just that I was nearly killed," Lavi sarcastically answered with an eye roll.

Kanda growled. "I wasn't talking abut that; I'm talking about why the guy suddenly attacked you."

"Worried, aren't you?" Lavi teased, smirk forming on his face.

Kanda intentionally ignored that Lavi had just messed with him and instead yelled, "Don't change the subject, da-"

"-language, I said-"

"dang it," he lamely finished.

"It really doesn't concern you, Kanda," Lavi said, an edge to his tone.

"What do you mean it doesn't concern me?" Kanda yelled.

"It just doesn't, okay," Lavi said, eyes narrowing.

"Che. Fine, be that way." Kanda crossed his arms as the corners of his lips tugged downward. "I'm going back to the underworld."

"But-" Lavi started.

But Kanda was already gone.

Kanda was lounging in his apartment in the underworld, contemplating on exactly what happened today.

He laid on his stomach, chin resting on his folded arms. His ears and tails have shown a while ago, and his tail was wavering back and forth.

I'm not normally like that, he thought. Everything the demon does gets a reaction out of me.

Why is that? I'm usually not that sociable. Especially not with demons. And especially not with Lavi.

Just what is going on with me?

A/N: How's that for a second chapter ;D?