A/N : Hello there~ It's been a while since I updated :D ... oh who am I kidding, it has been like forever since I last updated this, I am trully trully trully sorry for that ;-; *really. I can't tell you enough how sorry I am ;-;* Acads have kept me busy.
Now, maybe some of you are wondering... "If I'm soooo busy, then where did you find the time to write this chapter?" Well... Last night I had no internet connection and was practically bored to death so I scanned my files and found this unfinished chapter 4, then I told myself, "It would be such a waste to trash my first fanfic, I might as well finish it." I had actually written the first part of this chapter a long time ago *around the time when I just finished chapter 3* but then I got stuck and.. well.. you know the rest ^^"
Anyway, I've dragged this on for long enough and I don't want to bore you with my blabbering so here it is, Chapter 4 :'D
Disclaimer : I DO NOT OWN DGM.! ;-;
Chapter 4 : The Fierce yet Soft Maroon
A month has passed since that fateful day. It was almost time for Lenalee's birthday. Kanda didn't know what to do; he's been thinking about it for over a week now. Lenalee was kind of like his best friend in the order, excluding Marie that is. The difference was that Marie was almost never around, and Lenalee was there for him always, not that he needed to look for her. Usually it was the other way around.
Kanda was meditating in his room, hoping that it would help him come up with an idea on what to do. His concentration was then interrupted as his golem came out of his pocket and started to beep. Kanda opened his eyes at this and listened to the message that played next.
"Come to my office immediately. I have a task for you." the voice said and ended the transmission.
Kanda sighed. He stood up and harshly grabbed his golem immediately placing it back into his pocket. As he opened the door of his room, he came into face to face with Lenalee. For a while they remained frozen in place. Lenalee felt awkward and blinked then she took a step backward before she started to speak. "Uhmm... are you... uhmm... busy?" Lenalee mentally slapped herself. You idiot! That wasn't what you were supposed to say!'
"I'm being called to Lvellie's office. I'm guessing that they have a mission for me. Why do you ask?" Kanda replied with a question of his own.
Lenalee became sad at this and it was obvious to her that Kanda has noticed it, so she immediately feigned a smile. "Oh. Uhmm... is that so. When will you be back?"
Kanda shrugged at this. "I don't know what the mission is yet so I don't know when I'll be back. I'm guessing that I won't be gone for long though." Kanda knew where this conversation was going and immediately added, "I'll probabily be back in time for your birthday."
Upon hearing those words, Lenalee looked up at him. "How did you know?" she asked in disbelief. Up until now she had always thought that no one in the order knew about her birthday.
"That's a secret." he said giving her a small smirk. "Well, I have to go now." He gave her a small pat on the head before he made his way to Lvellie's office.
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He soon arrived infront of his office. Kanda took a deep breath before opening the doors and entering the room. Inside he saw a man clearly preoccupied his paperwork. The man didn't even look to know who is was who had entered. "Has no one ever taught you to knock before entering?" He turned his chair around and faced him.
"Just tell me what the mission is." Kanda replied. Malcom C. Lvellie. He was the last person that he wanted to see right now. He didn't like how he has treated Lenalee up until now just because she couldn't activate her innocence. A brilliant idea suddenly flashed into his mind. 'What if I get rid of Lvellie for her? That would make an EXCELLENT birthday gift.' Kanda mentally smiled at this. It was certainly a great idea, but he knew that Lenalee didn't like it when others get hurt so he immediately pushed the idea away for now.
"Impatient as always." Lvellie said raising an eyebrow at him clearly irked by Kanda's response. Lvellie knew that Kanda was quite the disrespectful person, and he didn't like it. He had always wanted to get rid of him and any other child in the order, but he couldn't as they were an important asset to them of which they cannot lose. Thus, Lvellie had decided to punish him instead, not only him but also his little girl friend, Lenalee. Amongst the young ones in the order Lenalee was the one he resented the most. To him she was useless and they shouldn't be wasting time waiting for her to activate her innocence, but those of a higher rank than him didn't agree. Now he was stuck with her and he dreaded every moment of it. At least he got to make her suffer and that was good enough for him.
"Your mission is to go to the Antarctic and retrieve some innocence." He started to explain what Kanda will be doing. "A team of finders have gone ahead. They will meet you in South Georgia. Any questions?"
"None." Kanda responded and immediately left the room slamming the door behind him making Lvellie's pile of paper fall from his desk and scatter all over the room. Normally Lvellie would be rather cross with Kanda and a frown would creep up on his face, but right now it was the total opposite. Lvellie was grinning like a Cheshire cat which didn't suit him at all.
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It took about two and a half days but he had finally made it. Kanda inhaled the frosty air. It was certainly chilly there, he was thankful that he had brought along some warm clothing. Silence was something that Kanda had expected, he was wrong though. As soon as he arrived to town he was tackled to the group by a female finder who was around in her twenties. "YOU ARE SOOO CUTE!" she pinched his cheeks and hugged him even tighter. "GET OFF OF ME!" Kanda yelled trying to peel the woman off of him. He was furious and the other finders could see it. The three other men in their team tried to get her off of him as well, but they were unsuccessful as the femal finder kissed each one of them on the cheek. The males were love struck and stopped what they were doing. Kanda wanted to slap himself at the sight of the pathetic team of finders.
A kid wearing a cloak with its hood up slowly approached them. "Let go of him Sarah." the mysterious person said. 'Who is this kid...' Kanda mentally asked himself as he stopped what he was doing and started at kid.
"Awwwwww... but he's sooooo cute!" the woman named Sarah whined as she held onto Kanda even tighter making it difficult for him to breathe. The kid knew this as well and hit the woman and she instantly fainted and fell on top of Kanda. Kanda then pushed the woman off of him and turned to face the kid who by now was slapping the male finders forcing them to come back to their senses. Kanda stared at Sarah not feeling sorry for her but wondering if she was still alive. Again the kid knew what he was thinking and answered his question, "Don't worry. She's still alive. I just knocked her out."
Kanda turned to see the kid approaching him. "Who are you?" he bluntly asked. The kid pulled the hood down. He was surprised to see that the kid was another female, what surprised him more was that she wasn't a finder, but a fellow exorcist. "Rein. My name is Rein. And you must be Kanda Yu. It's a pleasure to meet you." she said holding out her hand for a handshake. Kanda took it and shook her hand immediately letting go after.
Rein had shoulder length maroon hair and amber eyes. She had a maroon headband which was slightly darker than her hair and had two black roses on right side near her ear.
"Lvellie never said anything about meeting up with another exorcist." he said with suspicion in his tone.
She shrugged. "The same goes for me. Lvellie never said that he was sending out another exorcist. All he said was he was sending some back up."
"Is that so..." Kanda nodded. He was still suspicious but if she was around the group of finders that he was to meet then he figured that it was alright.
"How about we go inside and I'll explain the current situation to you." Rein said. Kanda nodded at this. Rein turned to the male finders who immediately understood her and carried Sarah back to the inn they were staying at. Rein followed with Kanda beside her.
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The finders brought Sarah to a room leaving Rein and Kanda alone to talk. Rein sat down on the sofa and motioned for Kanda to sit down as well. Without saying a word, Kanda sat across from Rein and waited for her to begin.
"I'm going to be brief and to the point." She said and Kanda nodded in response, Rein saw this and continued. "There has been a rumor around town, about a young girl around our age whose singing brings forth dramatic changes to the weather to a certain area, in this case, is this town. People describe her to have pale blond hair and bloodshot red eyes and a cross like scar on her neck. Finders have been sent to try and bring the girl back to headquarters, but every time they would come near her… She starts singing a sad and slow melody which brings a heavy snow storm capable of blowing the finders away. A few days ago I was sent out to try and retrieve the girl. As I was heading up the mountain where they say she could be found, a bunch of akuma attacked me. They were all level ones but their numbers have outmatched me. I manage to hack away at some, but there was still too many. I had no choice but to fall back and call for reinforcements. And… that's about it." Rein felt ashamed of how she wasn't able to complete the mission assigned to her and even had to ask for help. She looked down at the floor and waited for a response.
Kanda stood up and started to head for the door. "Let's go before the akumas get to her first." Rein looked up to him and saw the serious look on his face. Upon seeing this, Rein stood up as well and grabbed her hood and another which was about the same size and handed one to Kanda. "It gets a lot colder up on the mountains." She said with a small smile on her face.
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As Rein and Kanda left, one of the finders who were supposed to accompany them check to see if they were done with their conversation…
"Rein – sama? Are you done speaking with…- WAHHHH!"
Upon hearing his girly screaming, the other finders in the team rushed to where he was. "What?! What's wrong?." One of them asked.
"They're GONE! Rein – sama and the other exorcist are gone!" he yelled quaking in fear. It was his first time to be out in the field, as such, he didn't know what to do when faced with certain situations. He was nearly killed by an akuma when they had accompanied Rein for the first time up the mountain. If it wasn't for her he wouldn't even be there anymore. This was also the reason why he holds such a high level of respect for Rein.
Still panicked from the sight of an empty room he asked, "Should we go look for them?" He soon felt a hand on his right shoulder, his reflex told him to look up so he did and saw the female finder, Sarah, looking at him with a stern look on her face. He then gave her a puzzled look before looking at his fellow finders. Each one of them gave him the same stern and determined look as Sarah.
Sarah's features soon softened and she softly spoke, "Even if we wanted to go after them, we don't know where they went. It would be best that we stay here and wait for further orders."
"Yeah, Sarah's right. They could always contact us via golem." One of the finders reasoned.
"I… I guess you're right."
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"Shouldn't we have brought the finders with us?" Kanda asked as they trudged along the steep path up the mountain trying to shield his sight from the snow brought by the harsh winds.
Rein stopped for a while. This made Kanda stop as well. He looked back at his companion and asked, "What's wrong?"
"I… I don't want Sarah… no… I don't want my sister to be in danger. That's why… I…" Tears threatened on falling. She kept her head down not wanting her companion to see. She expected Kanda to make a snide remark or something, but what he did surprised her. Kanda lifted her chin up forcing her to look up at him. His expression was not what she had expected, quite the opposite actually, he had a concerned look on his face and his eyes were so full of emotion. Rein gasped at this and was about to say something when he let go and turned his back towards her. "Sorry. You reminded me of someone." He immediately said.
Rein was about to say something when a sweet sounding melody filled the air. This lifted the snow storm enabling them to see the source of the sweet melody.