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Plot: OMG! It's chapter 22!

Kanda's eyebrow seemed to twitch, but he didn't say anything about Allen's run-in with the coffee machine. He'd have to explain that later. Apparently Lavi was on the 7th floor, and had just gotten out of some sort of x-ray. They were allowed to visit, but no more than one or two at a time. Kanda sighed, hating that they were going to have to take the elevator because the stairs were only for emergencies. After the run in with the possessed one back at the apartment, Kanda never wanted to ride another one of the contraptions again... but fate wasn't having it.

"Alright, they say he's tired from whatever they've done to him today, so we're supposed to be quiet..." Kanda doubted that Lavi himself would be quiet. They probably sedated him after the coloring books lost their effect. "I don't believe a word of it but I don't run the place."

Allen blinked, nodding and following Kanda into the large, metal contraption that they called an elevator. Why where they going in one of these again...? Oh yes, to see Kanda's friend, Mr. Lavi. Allen looked at Kanda and tipped his head to the side. Why didn't he believe that his friend was quiet after what they had done? Wouldn't anyone? Allen shook his head and leaned into Kanda a bit, reaching down to scratch his calf. The reflection in the elevator caught his eyes, and Allen stared at a white haired male that was leaning into a stoic, angry-looking raven haired male, but who looked completely content.

Completely content on a world that wasn't his.

Allen frowned and turned back around, separating himself from Kanda and looking towards the ground. It was going to end soon, just because he was happy. Anything that made him happy seemed to crumble. Inwardly, Allen cursed both Solen and his mother. They were going to take the one thing from him that made him truly happy, and for what? A kingdom? If that was it, Allen didn't want it. Take it back. He would trade it all for this world. For Kanda.

Please, please let it last just a little longer...

Kanda glanced at the reflection in the elevator and almost snorted. What a pair of people were staring back at him, looking almost dreamlike inside of the cheap chrome finishing of the hospital elevator. Dreamlike was defiantly quite the word for it, because in the dim lighting of the small square space, he swore that Allen's reflection looked extremely upset. Familiar blue-grey eyes were none too clear and filled with a sadness that Kanda himself hadn't seen one, well, anyone. Allen?

It wasn't long before the two reached Lavi's room, where said red-head's eyes were glued to the television screen. At first, he didn't notice the visitors at his door, looking extremely bored with whatever show he was watching. Kanda sighed, really, he could be some psycho waiting to take him out, couldn't he pay a little more attention? It's not like he knows about the crazy shit that's been going on lately. The raven sighed, clearing his throat. He didn't know what he was expecting, but the sudden rush of excitement and even more sudden "KANDA!" Should have been expected. Oh dear God, I should have stayed at the hotel... "I told the old Panda you'd come to see me!" Lavi grinned and did some sort of wiggle thing that Kanda could have gone without.

"And you've brought a friend!" Lavi looked at Allen and smiled before waving... vigourously.

Allen jumped a little when the red head that was staring at the screen of a moving picture box (strange, how'd they get that to happen) jumped and screamed Kanda's name. He was then accosted from far away, and waved back timidly. This red head was supposed to be the tired one? Suddenly Allen could see why Kanda didn't believe a word of it, and he backed up a little, hiding behind Kanda so that only his head popped out. This Lavi character was scary.

"H-hello." He stuttered. Who was panda? Was there a real panda that talked to this red head? When Allen turned around, he saw it. A old man, hunched over and wrinkly, with circles around his eyes that resembled the Earth pandas around here. The man looked at Allen, and he got the distinct feeling of being of being revealed, and he backed up a little more before nodding to the man. He nodded back, the went over to the redhead and punched the top of his head. Allen's eyes widened, and the man growled.

"How many times do I have to tell you not to call me Panda?" He said. Allen slunk back, suddenly afraid.

Old men should not have that much strength.

"It's not my fault! I didn't know you were awake." Lavi pouted, sticking a hand on the top of his head and sniffling. Lying wasn't worth the trouble anymore, with the both of them knowing that he wasn't sorry in the least. "You're making me look bad in front of my guests Gramps!" He glared, crossing his arms and glaring at the old man. Kanda only snorted at the statement. He, unfortunately, had seen how these two acted around each other and was used to the... sentiments shown. Allen on the other hand... was probably very confused. Or just scared... Kanda looked at said boy hiding behind him and almost sighed. Scared it was.

"Lavi, stop digging your grave for a couple of minutes so I can leave." He sighed... this was giving him a headache.

Lavi suddenly smiled sweetly, out of his lets bug the hell out of grandfather panda state of mind. Or at least... he looked like it. Sort of. Kanda didn't bother deciphering the faces anymore, they all meant trouble. Ignoring the sudden scowl that Kanda gained, Lavi snickered, noticing that the raven was in a more... irritable mood than normal. Maybe it was the small child cowering behind him... speaking of the kid that was kind of cute but obviously extremely off limits...

"Hey, how long have you known Kanda kid? He seems to like you." It was true, other than the evidence he had gathered from the night before, the fact that Allen was still with him proved that either something was wrong, or Kanda had gained a new friend.

Or both.

Allen watched as the old man grumbled something about insolence and teenagers, then turned and looked at him. Allen got that same feeling of being revealed, and the old man got up, shuffling towards the two of them, and grabbed Allen by his arm and dragged him out of the room, mindless of his protests. He glared at Lavi when he said something that was too low for Allen to catch, and just looked at Kanda when he moved to follow. Then he continued dragging Allen out of the room, into a different room, where he sat down and dropped the first bomb of the evening.

"I know where you're from," He said, and Allen's eyes widened and his face paled. "Yes, I know all about that world. I'm here to tell you to be careful." He stared at Allen for a while, then shook his head. "There are things at work that you have no idea about." He added mysteriously. Allen stared for a bit, then finally spoke up.

"How do you know?" The man shook his head and sat back, looking up at the celing and steeling himself for a long tale.

"I know, because I am the bookman." He said, and Allen's eyes widened. The bookman? He dropped into a bow, and the man raised him up, shaking his head once more.

"That's not necessary kid." he said, straightening him up. "Yes, I'm the bookman." Then he sat back once more. "Let me tell you a tale, one that begins long ago..."

"Should I be worried?" Kanda had never seen Bookman move so suddenly, save for when he was trying to beat some sense into Lavi's head. The two hadn't met though, so Allen couldn't be in any trouble from the old mad.

Lavi shrugged. "Probably not, but you never know with the panda." Lavi's grin seemed to widen, before slowly melting off of his face. "You didn't just come here to visit." It was more a statement than a question, and Lavi knew the answer well enough. He wasn't as all knowing as the bookman, but he wasn't in training for no reason. "What's going on Kanda? Who is he?"

Kanda wasn't sure whether he wanted to tell Lavi anything. The more he knew, the more trouble he would be in. The last thing that he wanted was for him to be targeted because of his knowledge instead of his lack there of. "I want answers first." Kanda said gruffly, and Lavi frowned, knowing there was no talking Kanda out of anything when he used that tone of voice.

"What happened on the elevator last night?" Once the question was asked, the air of the room seemed tot ake a strange turn. Lavi... Lavi wasn't sure just what had happened. It was one of the strangest things that he had witnessed so far in life. Save for things that he had read and recorded in his books. As a bookman, he wrote down what happened in this world. But usually all that he had to worry about were politics and newscasts. Not... whatever was afoot now. "Somethings out here, and it wants something that missing and very important to it." He said, repeating what whatever was in the reflection of the elevator had said to him before the lights flickered out and the elevator dropped. "Kanda, are they looking for your friend?"

Whaaaat? After a super long hatius, we're finally back? Yep. We're back and kicking major butt and taking names. Why were we gone so long? The story is simple. School. It hates our guts and likes to make us bend to its power. So we did for a while, until we formed a plan strong enough to overthrow it and conquer it! So...long story short, we're writing again. The updates won't be frequent, and they won't be as long as this one, but we're doing our best. Just be patient with us. Anyway, you know what to do lovelies.

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Kitty-chan (Neko-Kyoutan) and Kiyoko-kun.