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A/N: here's the long awaited chapter 10! thanks for staying with me for this long guys! thanks to those who put me on their alert/favorites lists! special thanks to nellchan0013, Sashum-Mushroom, and catnip565 for reviewing! this chapter's a little different than the other ones, but hope you enjoy it!

Name: Mizuki

Gender: Female

Race: Japanese

Age: 18

Hair: Black

Eyes: Brown

Height: 5' 1/2" --(note the ½ inch)

Weight: 105 lbs

Blood Type: O

Status: Exorcist

General: Froi Tiedoll

Team: Kanda Yu, Noise Marie, Daisya Barry

I was supposed to be meeting them in Barcelona. Er…rather, they were supposed to be meeting me. I'd gotten there a couple of days early, so I thought I'd scope out the town for a bit. You know, a little sightseeing.

"Um…could you help me? I'm sort of lost." And boy, was I lost. This had to be the fifth person I'd gone up to asking for directions. It's not that they sent me the wrong way or anything. It's more that I don't have any sense of direction at all. I'd been wandering around for what seemed like hours. No surprises there. Anyway, back to the guy. He had the type of hair you'd like to run your hands through and the type of eyes that crinkled when he laughed. What can I say? My hormones got the better of me this time. Yeah yeah, I know. Me, a girl, out alone in the middle of nowhere walking up to this pretty handsome guy and asking for directions. Maybe not such a good idea. But still, I had to try.

"The Sagrada Familia Church, huh? They were working on it the other day. Well, you're not too far. About fifteen minutes away. Luckily for you, I'm actually headed over there right now. I could walk you there, if you think you might get lost."

I rubbed the back of my neck, embarrassed by the whole situation. "Thanks a lot…um…what was your name?"

"Toki," he grinned.

Yep, that's when I first met Toki. And yeah, I thought he was cute. What?! This was before I knew he was an Akuma bent on human destruction! People make mistakes!

I offered him a hand. "I'm Mizuki. Did you say I was fifteen minutes away?"

He took my hand and shook it. "Yep."

I groaned loudly. "That's what the last person I asked for directions said. I must've been going around in circles all this time." I smacked myself in the forehead. I'm such an idiot.

Well, we'd been walking for maybe ten minutes and I was bombarded with questions. Nothing wrong with a little curiosity, right? I told him that I'd been camping out in the mountains in Switzerland and traveled over here to meet up with the rest of my team.

"Wow, that's pretty impressive, being able to live out on your own like that in the wilderness."

"Hmm...I dunno. I guess I just really like the outdoors. I mean, I like staying in hotels, but I start to feel cramped after a while. Although I am kind of stiff from sleeping on the ground all the time." I stretched my arms a bit.

"That's a strange coat you've got there." He eyed the silver emblem on my jacket.

"Yeah. I work for the order. In fact, I'm going to Barcelona to meet up with some of my teammates," I said proudly. "I'm actually a few days early."

"The Black Order, huh? Well then this might be a bit harder than I thought." He rubbed his chin.

"Eh? What's harder than you thought?" I gave him a really confused look.

"Killing you."

"Killing…me…?" I said slowly. I stopped walking. He transformed into a huge-ass butterfly, which doesn't sound too intimidating, but it was. I mean…he's a giant bug with weapons for goodness' sake.

I smirked and got into an attack stance. "Well this is unexpected. Not that I'm complaining. I've been itching for a good fight for a while." I grabbed my weapon and activated it as the townspeople around us screamed and ran in terror. With a yell, I charged towards him and swung my bō at his head. He simply flew back to avoid my attack. I then redirected my attack towards his abdomen, and missed again.

"Would you hold still?" I tried attacking again, but he dodged. "Argh!" I lunged and was able to nick him a bit in the side.

He flew high above me, out of range. "Nice try," he sneered. "but not good enough." He angled his wings so the sun gleamed off the metal blades and into my eyes.

I shut them tightly as I blindly held my weapon in front of me, waiting for the attack. But it never came. I opened one eye slowly and saw something white. The back of a guy's shirt. He was wearing a white collared shirt and black pants. His dark hair was a little messy, but ruffled in a way that gave him a wild sort of look. Behind his glasses were a pair of coal black eyes that went well with his ivory skin. He turned his head around to look at me and winked. My jaw dropped. The nerve of this guy! He ran towards Toki, who had somehow been thrown back and gave him a nice roundhouse kick in the head, sending him flying several yards away. My jaw dropped at the power of his kick. It must have been pretty strong to throw back an Akuma. And a level two Akuma, at that. Toki recovered and this mysterious man got into an attack position.

"Looks like I'll have to retreat for now, little girl. You won't be so lucky next time!" Toki growled and he flew away.

Little girl? "My name's Mizuki dammit!" I started to run after him, "Get back –" but was stopped by the man's arm thrown in front of me.

"Don't be so reckless. He won't be coming back anytime soon."

What the hell? This guy upstages me, then thinks he can tell me what to do?

"Reckless? If you hadn't gotten in my way –"

"I think you should appreciate –"

"Appreciate what?" I interrupted, my face livid. "Appreciate the fact that you just let a demon go free where it could harm more innocent people? Yeah, thanks a lot for that." I shoved past him and headed in the general direction Toki flew.

He grabbed my arm tightly and whirled me around.

"What's your problem?! Let me go or I'll make you!"

"I don't think that's a very good idea."

"Oh, and since when were you in a position to give me advice?" I poked my unsheathed weapon at his chest.

He squinted at my jacket and seemed to just realize who I was. His eyes widened and he loosened his grip, but did not let go. "An Exorcist?"

"Yeah, no kidding idiot. That's why I need to after the Akuma. And let go of me!" I wrenched my arm from his grasp and returned my weapon to its proper place.

He stared at me for a while, thinking about something…"Mizuki-chan, right?" He asked, tilting his head and rubbing his chin. "What are you doing here?"

Referring to me in the familiar, eh? He's not gonna get away with that! "Who are you? Or better yet, who do you think you are? What are you doing here?"

"You know, a cute girl like you shouldn't be traveling alone. Or be this hostile."

"Cut the crap and answer my questions." I folded my arms.

He laughed and scratched his head. "Feisty too. That Akuma was a level two, right? This is the second time I've encountered it. Unfortunately, without Innocence, I can't do much except drive it away. You probably could've defeated it if you activated your Innocence to a higher level. He'll come back eventually, which is why I'd suggest not running after it. Let it come to you instead."

This guy… "How do you know so much about Akuma and Innocence if you're not an Exorcist?"

"Wouldn't you like to know?" he smirked and winked.

Seriously, does this guy want a punch in the face? Still, I couldn't just let him go. He could either be really useful, or really dangerous. Either way, I need to be on my guard. "You're coming with me." I grabbed him by the wrist and dragged him forward, towards my destination.

"Whoa! Hey!" he yelped, taken by surprise and nearly falling off-balance.

"I don't care who you are. But if you're not going to tell me, I'm going to have to assume that you're an enemy and therefore cannot be left alone. That means you're stuck with me for the next couple of days."

He dug his heels into the ground, stopping me. "If you must know, I am a researcher for the Black Order. Currently, I'm doing an independent investigation of the Noah."

"The…Noah? Hmm, I remember Komui-san mentioning something…I'll admit I really don't know too much about them though." I scratched my head.

"They are direct descendents of Noah himself. Their power derives from Dark Matter, similar to that of the Akuma."

"Are they demons as well?" I wondered aloud. I remember Komui-san saying that the Noah were extremely powerful.

"No," he said curtly. "They are human."

"Human…" I trailed off. That's pretty interesting. These 'Noah' are human, but use Dark Matter, which means they must be vulnerable to Innocence.

"But don't worry about them. That's my job," he smiled and patted me on the head.

What am I, a dog? I gently pushed his hand away. "Well, it's my job to get rid of them if they're associated with the Earl, isn't it?" I said, irritated.

"I suppose" he shrugged. "Well, if you're going to be here for a while, you should come and stay with me."

I gave him a questioning look, raising an eyebrow.

His eyes widened and he waved his hands around. "That's not what I meant!" He chuckled and rubbed the back of his neck. "What I meant was, there's an extra bedroom where I'm staying. You can stay there for the next couple of days if you want."

Well…I have been roughing it for a while…and it'd be nice to sleep on a bed for once… Besides, he doesn't seem like a bad guy. He did give me all that information about the Noah…he could probably teach me a lot in the next couple of days. Not to mention he did save me.

"All right. But if you try anything funny, I'll give you a reason to wish you were a girl."

He grinned, obviously amused by my threat. "Looking forward to it. And just out of curiosity, what are you doing in Barcelona? A mission?"

"I'm meeting my teammates here. They should be here in maybe two or three days. At least, I hope so." It wouldn't surprise me if Kanda decided to take an extra day or two to avoid being social in any way. Or to braid his hair.

"Your teammates huh? Well, let's hope they get here safely. We are in a war, after all." He stuck his hands in his pockets and looked up towards the sky.

"That we are." I said softly.

We began walking down the road as the townspeople recovered from their earlier panic when it hit me.

"Oh yeah! You know my name, but I don't know yours yet."

"My name?" he blinked.

"Well, as much as it pains me to say it, you did save me. And you were kind enough to offer me a place to stay." I gave him a sincere smile. Yeah, it was one of those rare occasions.

He gave a me wide grin and bent down slightly so his coal eyes met my coffee ones. "My name is Tyki. Tyki Mikk."

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