A/N: New chapter, anyone?
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Of Black Cats and Demons
Chapter 5
Kanda breathed deeply, trying to calm his nerves down. He was at the monumental building of the Court of Black Cats, where Komui called him to be at precisely twelve o'clock in the afternoon.
He supposed he was called at that time because the Underworld was a bit empty because this was a good time to terrorize beings at the surface. It was also a good time where things can go on in the Underworld where no one can hear you...and your screams of terror.
He pushed open the marble doors, the large slabs of rock creaking. He stepped in, and his tail and ears appeared. Kanda walked around, going up the steps; he opened the wooden door, seeing Komui in his fancy office, sitting in his fancy chair, stroking his fancy cat with its fancy big, red bow on its fancy head.
Kanda opened his mouth to say something, but Komui beat him to it.
"I know what you did Kanda," he said with that indifferent face of his. One of his purple ears twitched. "I told you to take the Headband and kill him.
"So, I will have you do just that. You will take the Headband, Kanda," Komui demanded, "and you will kill him. If you can't get the job done, I'll just have Daisya take care of it. Everyone knows he's been craving a bit of sunlight on the surface."
As if on cue, Daisya appeared from behind one of the shadowed marble columns. "Yeah, Kanda. Look how pale I'm getting," he joked.
"See what I mean, Kanda? And with Daisya's brutal behavior that was shown with that other demon when Suman couldn't get his job done, I assume you'd be more willing to do your assigned task."
Images of said demon's torn body and blood everywhere flashed before Kanda's eyes.
"I expect everything to be over and done by the end of this week," Komui said, the light reflecting off both lenses of his glasses. "You have three days, Kanda. Now begone."
Suddenly, a portal of red and purple swirls appeared under his feet , and he slipped in.
"Do you think he'll really do it, Komui?" Daiysa asked.
"I'm sure he will," he replied, looking over at him, "he'd much rather kill the demon himself than have you do it."
One of Daisya's eyebrow rose. "Heh?"
"After all," Komui said, pausing, "he likes the demon a lot more than he thinks, whether he knows it or not."
"Hm."
"Besides, he knows those Angel punks are getting closer to the Headband. And he knows what happens when they get it."
"What happens?"
The cat in Komui's lap jumped off and circled around Daisya. "Let's just say, no one down here survives."
Kanda felt a gush of wind and realized he was falling from the sky. He bent his knees and landed on the balls of his feet easily; he brushed off the dust that landed on his shoulders from the dust cloud and looked around where he was.
He looked around, seeing trees, grass, and more trees. Kanda sighed, grumbling about how Komui sent him to a random spot in the city.
He walked around, keeping an eye out for some cats and some sign of civilization.
Finally, an orange cat walked across his path and he asked it if it's seen a big, fancy building with white walls. After a couple of meows and some paw-pointing directions, Kanda set out to Lavi's school.
"Allen? Did you-"
"Yeah, I felt him, too. Listen Lenalee, stage some accident or something so we can get out of here," Allen mouthed to Lenalee from across the room. "We have to stop him before he gets to the Headband."
She nodded. Lenalee slowly inhaled, held her breath for a bit, and slowly exhaled. She then closed her eyes, let herself go limp, and fell out of her chair.
"Lenalee!" the teacher exclaimed. "Lenalee!"
"Is she alright?" Allen asked, feigning a bit of surprise.
"I don't know," the teacher replied, "Allen, could you take her to the nurse?"
"Of course," he said, picking her up. He carried her out, and the moment they were a few feet away from the closed door, he set her down. They nodded to each other and silently shot through the hallways and staircases of the school.
Wonder what that was about, Lavi thought, mildly surprised at what just happened in front of him. Lenalee had just fainted and Allen carried her out to the nurse. He inwardly shrugged, not thinking to the situation anymore.
What he was thinking now, though, was a different story. The only thoughts that would linger in his mind for more than a few seconds were of a certain black cat from the Underworld. He felt his presence enter the real world, but he didn't want to bother Kanda, having already set himself in the mindset that Kanda would want to avoid him after the emotionally awkward black cat kissed him last week.
He sighed, toying with the black pen in his hand.
So, for the first time in a hundred years, Lavi didn't know what to do.
"Finally," Kanda muttered. He had finally found Lavi's school, and he was a mere five minutes walk from it. Suddenly, a feeling spiked in him. "Hm?"
Running out the double doors were two awfully familiar figures.
"Kanda!" Allen yelled. "Don't move," he said as he disappeared. And as if time stopped, Allen appeared behind him, armor activated. The silver mask covered half of his face, and the white fur-lines cape billowed behind him. The sharp claws on his left hand were held against Kanda's neck as the large, gloved, white hand held the black cat's hands together.
Lenalee let her fox tail and ears appear, her eyes turning a feral yellow. Her senses heightened as she bolted to Kanda and Allen.
Kanda growled, his ears and tail showing. His eyes swirled from the cold black to a shocking ice blue. "What are you doing here?" he growled out, sharpened fangs poking out from the corner of his mouth.
Allen scoffed, "As if you didn't know. We're here for the same reason you are."
"Che." Kanda snarled, glaring at Lenalee, the person in front of him.
Taking advantage of the height difference between him and Allen, Kanda stuck his foot behind him and swiped it across, effectively distracting the white-haired boy into letting him go. He jumped to the side, willing for Mugen to appear. In a flurry of black and red light, his violin burst into his hands.
"Che." He swung it a few times for the violin to thin out into a sleek, black sword.
Allen and Lenalee stood side by side, facing Kanda who stood across from them.
As if on cue, they charged at each other.
Bored, Lavi looked out the window, finding what he had expected to be completely different.
He had expected the empty, sandy lot in front of the school with the tree branches slightly swaying in the direction of the breeze. In reality, he saw a certain black cat fighting with what seemed to be a white-
Wait a minute.
He squinted, secretly wishing his right eye didn't have to be covered with an eye patch. His eye widened at the sight of Allen, cloaked in Angel Armor, and Lenalee, fox ears and tail revealed. He pieced together the facts and realized what was about to happen. Lavi quickly raised his hand in the middle of his teacher's lecture.
"Hm? Yes, Lavi?" the teacher inquired.
"I, uh, may I got to the restroom?" he dumbly asked.
"Sure?" the teacher replied, a bit lenient on letting the redhead go.
He jumped out of his seat and bolted out the door. He pulled open one of the big windows from across the hallway and climbed on the sill. Quickly, he jumped out. Landing on the balls of his feet, he realized it was the wrong side of the building, so he darted around the corner and around another. His demon instincts kicked in as he saw the scene before him. Kanda was blocking blows from both Lenalee and Allen with a sword. Lavi reached into his pocket and pulled out the switchblade. It flicked out of the socket, as if it had a mind to do it. Fire engulfed the eye patch on his right eye, and the fabric burnt away. The eyelid opened revealing a blood red eye beneath.
Lavi put his arm out and swept it across the air. In synchronization, fire appeared out of thin air and followed the direction of his hand, creating a wall between Kanda and Allen, who had pulled Lenalee away. The trio looked over, realizing it was Lavi who created the burning madness. He pulled his arm back in the opposite direction, and the fire diminished.
"Lavi, we-" Allen started.
He held a hand up, and Allen flinched. "Don't," he said.
Lavi looked at Kanda, red and green clashing with blue. Kanda shamefully looked away.
"You've been deceiving me," Lavi said, "all of you."